This area covers veterinary science and animal health. To register as a veterinarian you need an accredited veterinary degree. Veterinary technology and animal science degrees do not lead to registration as a vet.

This describes the field in general, not this course. Check the university's page for what this course covers.

Getting into veterinary science courses

Selection is primarily ATAR-based, and these courses are among the most competitive in the country because so few universities offer them. Units 3 and 4 English is the usual prerequisite, and chemistry or biology is commonly required. Some courses ask about animal handling experience. Becoming a registered veterinarian takes an accredited veterinary degree, which for several of these is a further qualification after this one.

This describes the field in general, not this course. Check the university's page for what this course covers.

The lowest ATAR is the lowest rank that got an offer in 2026, not a cut-off or a guarantee. Next year's depends on how many places there are and who applies. How ATARs really work · Didn't get the ATAR you needed?

What this course asks for beyond your ATAR

Getting an offer also involves a written statement. Your rank is not the whole decision here, so a course that looks out of reach on ATAR alone may not be, and one that looks safe may not be either.

We show that these requirements exist, not what they currently say, because universities change them and we would rather send you to the source than repeat something out of date. Check the current requirements at VTAC

Three kinds of figure on this page

They are not all about the same thing, so they are kept apart. Each section says who its numbers describe.

This course

Bachelor of Veterinary Nursing and Technology at La Trobe, Melbourne. These describe this course and nothing else.

Lowest offer: 51.50
Median admitted: 65.20
Length: 3 years
Study mode: On campus
Campus: Melbourne
TAC code: 2100314061

Veterinary Science at La Trobe

Source: QILT, SES 2023-2024, CEQ 2024-2025, GOS 2023-2025

Every veterinary science student at La Trobe, not this course alone. The tick on each bar is the national figure for veterinary science.

Overall student experience83.8%

National average: 76.6%

Teaching quality85.5%

National average: 80.5%

Overall satisfaction78.7%

National average: 75.1%

In full-time work, about four months out64.5%

National average: 76.2%

Median starting salary: $61,500
National, same field: $74,000

All of La Trobe

Every student at La Trobe, across every subject. Nobody publishes them for one course or one study area.

Where graduates end up

Source: QILT, 2025 GOS-L

QILT does not publish three-year outcomes at course level.

In full-time work+12.4 pts

4 months after finishing

79.4%

3 years on

91.8%

Employer satisfaction86.3%

of supervisors would hire another La Trobe graduate. Employers of recent graduates, surveyed by QILT (ESS 2023-2025).

Do students stay and finish?

Source: Dept of Education, 2024

Of students who started at La Trobe in 2016, nine years later:

Finished a degree: 70%
Still studying: 3.8%
Left after returning: 17.6%
Never came back after first year: 8.6%

More recently: of new La Trobe bachelor students in 2023, 10.4% didn't come back to study at any university the following year.

Students are followed if they move: finishing a degree at another university counts as finishing, and moving to another university doesn't count as leaving. Read these alongside the quality measures, not instead of them. Completion and attrition partly reflect who a university enrols – universities serving more regional, mature-age and part-time students naturally run higher attrition without being worse at teaching. What completion rates tell you

What it costs, next to what graduates earn

Total student contribution:3 years × $14,046/year ≈ $42,100Estimate

The Australian government sets this rate by field of study, so it is the same at every university in the country – La Trobe did not set it and cannot discount it. Your exact total depends on the subjects you pick. Paid through HELP once you're earning, not upfront. How HECS-HELP works

Typical starting salary (this study area): $61,500
Typical salary three years on (all La Trobe graduates): $87,000

Our arithmetic, from the fee and salary figures shown elsewhere on this page with their sources. It never affects how well this course fits you.

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