Vet Up!® The National HCOP Academy for Veterinary Medicine Program Eligibility Requirements

Vet Up! is open to individuals who are:

U.S. citizens
Non-citizen nationals
Foreign nationals who possess a visa permitting permanent residence in the United States

Participants must also establish an educationally or economically disadvantaged background by meeting two or more of the following criteria:

The individual is an underrepresented minority with respect to race or ethnicity.
The individual is from a rural background.
The individual is the first-generation in their family to attend college (neither parent nor legal guardian completed a Bachelor’s degree or higher).
The individual graduated from (or last attended) a high school that, based on the most recent annual data available, had:
- Less than 60% of seniors receiving a high school diploma; or
- Less than 60% of graduates going to college the first year after graduation; or
- Over half of the enrolled students eligible for free or reduced-price lunches.
Low family annual income based the 2023 Poverty Guidelines and validated by federal income tax return. A family is a group of two or more individuals related by birth, marriage, or adoption who live together. A household may be only one person.

Size of Parents’ Family*	48 Contiguous States and D.C.	Alaska	Hawaii
1	$29,160	$36,420	$33,540
2	$39,440	$49,280	$45,360
3	$49,720	$62,140	$57,180
4	$60,000	$75,000	$69,000
5	$70,280	$87,860	$80,820
6	$80,560	$100,720	$92,640
7	$90,840	$113,580	$104,460
8	$101,120	$126,440	$116,280
For each additional person, add	$10,280	$12,860	$11,820

* Includes only dependents listed on federal income tax forms. Some programs will use the student’s family rather than his or her parents’ family.

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