Brevard Community College is in East-Central Florida, with campuses in Cocoa, Melbourne, Palm Bay and Titusville. BCC offers a two-year veterinary certification program at all of its locations. This program is based around streamlining the education process into the general education courses the student will need. Along with that, students will undergo supervised clinical training and practice at the colleges on site facility as well as being placed in external facilities. While general education classes can be completed before admission to the program, the program is designed to build upon itself from semester to semester; an emphasis is placed on physically attending class because of the hands-on nature of the subject matter.
Brevard Community College
1519 Clearlake Road
Cocoa, FL 32922
321-632-1111
brevard.cc.fl.us
Hillsborough Community College has several campuses all over the state of Florida. It offers a technician certification program that can be completed in 2 years or in 5 consecutive terms, depending on the student's choice and willingness to take on a full- or part-time course load. The program is made up of relevant coursework, such as animal-specific courses in anatomy and physiology, nursing and clinical pathology. Completion of this program doesn't guarantee certification, as graduates will still need to sit for the national exam and certification.
Hillsborough Community College
1206 North Park Road
Plant City, Florida 33566
813-757-2157
www.hccfl.edu
St. Petersburg College maintains over 10 campuses in Florida, as well as the ability to take courses online. Their distance and online veterinary technician programs are certified by the state and national boards as veterinary technician programs. Their classroom programs offer both two-year and four-year programs. The four-year program builds upon the two-year and provides students with a continuing, more specific education that can allow students to progress into the administrative roles of veterinary medicine. This four-year program is also offered online.
St. Petersburg College
Health Education Center
7200 66th St. North
Pinellas Park, FL
727-341-3687
spcollege.edu