• DEVTP application
• Liability waiver
• Health risk acknowledgment
• Meningitis waiver

All four forms are required.

Please send the completed forms to the Veterinary Technology Department through email: cvcvettech@dcccd.edu or Fax: 972-698-3051.

Program cost
The total cost of the 60-credit program is dependent upon residence:

• Out-of-state/country students: $13,740 over the course of the program.
• In-state students outside of Dallas County, Texas: $6,660 over the course of the program.
• In-state students inside of Dallas County, Texas: $3,540 over the course of the program.

{Starting Fall 2020}

• Beginning Fall 2020, the Dallas County Community College District (DCCCD) will be implementing the All-Inclusive Learning Materials for credit courses. The cost-saving alternative will increase tuition to the following amount, if selected.
  • Out-of-state/country students: $200 per credit hour.
  • In-state students outside of Dallas County, Texas: $135 per credit hour.
  • In-state students inside of Dallas County, Texas: $79 per credit hour.

Financial aid
Financial aid may be available for those who qualify. Please call Cedar Valley College Financial Aid Department at 972-587-2599, visit their website, or email them (facc@dcccd.edu) for more information.
fafsa.ed.gov – Financial Aid Application
Cedar Valley Title IV Financial Aid School Code: 014035

Veterans Services Benefits
The appropriate paperwork will need to be completed and submitted to the Cedar Valley College’s Veterans Service Office. 

Course formats
Assignments will take a variety of forms, such as:

• Reading selected chapters in a text and taking a written test
• Viewing a video and completing a video-based assignment
• Practicing skills while being observed by a preceptor
• Writing assignments
• Online assignments
• Making and submitting a video of yourself performing a skill or task
• Submitting work products, such as radiographs, for evaluation

Large-animal lab at Cedar Valley College
Students are never required to travel to Cedar Valley to attend classes or complete lab practical exams. The laboratory portion of Large-Animal Assisting Techniques (VTHT 2325)* is offered on the Cedar Valley College campus for students who do not have access to a large-animal training location. The lab is offered in the fall and spring semesters and is held over a two-day period on a Thursday and Friday. This lab covers all of the AVMA-required, hands-on large-animal tasks and gives students a chance to visit the campus, meet the instructors, and interact with other DEVTP students from all over the country. Students in DEVTP also have the option of submitting videos of the required tasks instead of traveling to campus.

*Travel fees and lodging for this lab are not included in tuition.

Students are expected to complete work according to the course’s schedule. It is strongly recommended that students take only one or two courses in their first semester. If using Financial Aid, you will need a minimum of 6 credit hours each semester.

**These courses require students enployment at an approved veterinary facility prior to enrollment.

Cedar Valley College is given a list of required and recommended tasks by the American Veterinary Medical Association that students must complete in order for Distance Education Veterinary Technology Program to be an accredited program. The task list is non-negotiable and, in order to maintain accreditation, CVC requires students to complete the specified required tasks and didactic information. Therefore, there is no testing out of classes or granting credit for on-the-job experience. Even though some of the tasks and information in the lower-level courses may seem simplistic or repetitive, students with work experience often use the information and opportunity to brush up on their existing skills and come away with new ideas.

You must be working with an Off-Campus Clinical Instruction (OCCI)-Cedar Valley College approved hospital to complete all hands-on tasks for the intermediate and advanced courses. Almost any hospital can be approved for use as an OCCI facility as long as they have the required equipment and credentialed staff to serve as your preceptor.

To locate the additional OCCI information and paperwork, students will need to log into Blackboard and search “OCCI” in the Community Tab.

Each hospital with a student performing AVMA-required hands-on tasks is required to provide a designated preceptor who acts as an in-house mentor to assist, tutor, and provide feedback to the student. Preceptors must be veterinarians, graduates of an AVMA-accredited program of veterinary technology, or credentialed technicians designated as RVT, LVT, or CVT. Preceptors spend one to two hours per week, per course, assisting DEVTP students with course work.