Find Your Financial Footing

What’s the most important issue facing the veterinary profession? It’s student debt, according to the Merck Veterinary Wellbeing Study. In the study of more than 3,500 veterinarians, over 91% ranked student debt as a “critically” or “moderately important” issue facing the industry. High levels of student debt cause serious psychological distress such as depression, anxiety and panic attacks, according to the study.

So, what can be done? We’ve all read articles about the systemic problems underlying rapidly rising veterinary education costs. This article, however, is for veterinarians dealing with incurred debt and for veterinarians entering the workforce before systemic solutions are implemented.

Learn more in our latest article in Today’s Veterinary Business. Click here to read it.