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 2024 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	$15,060	$18,810	$17,310
2	$20,440	$25,540	$23,500
3	$25,820	$32,270	$29,690
4	$31,200	$39,000	$35,880
5	$36,580	$45,730	$42,070
6	$41,960	$52,460	$48,260
7	$47,340	$59,190	$54,450
8	$52,720	$65,920	$60,640
For each additional person, add	$5,380	$6,730	$6,190

* 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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