Mesquite, TX (population: 134,509) has four veterinary technician schools within a 100-mile radius of its city center. Navarro College, the highest ranked school in this group with a veterinary technician program, has a total student population of 9,200. It is the 4919th highest ranked school in the USA and the 274th highest in the state of Texas (#1 is Rice University).
Veterinary Technician students from Mesquite schools who go on to become veterinary technicians, veterinarians, veterinarian assistants, veterinary scientistss, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 79,200 people working as veterinary technologists and technicians alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $30,580. Also, Veterinarians make on average $90,110 per year and there are about 54,130 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Dallas-Plano-Irving Metropolitan area alone, there are 600 employed veterinarians earning an average salary of $119,200. Veterinary technologists and technicians in this area earn $29,810/yr and there are 1,260 employed.
Mesquite lies in Dallas county, which is one of the 154 counties in Texas. Overall, the Dallas-Plano-Irving Metropolitan area has 2,047,600 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 0.6% unemployment rate, $22.17/hr average worker wage, and a $46,110 average annual salary. Thus, about 0.616 out of every 1000 jobs in Mesquite are held by veterinary technologists and technicians, and 0.292/1000 are held by veterinarians.
Of the 4 veterinary technician schools with a 100-mile radius of Mesquite, none have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Navarro College comes out as the most expensive ($8,832/yr) for veterinary technician students, with Cedar Valley College as the lowest, reported at only $5,816/yr.
| Name | State | Population | # of Schools | Avg School Rank | Total Programs | Distance from Mesquite |
| Garland | TX | 220,597 | 5 | 20.3828 | 26 | 9.8 miles |
| Dallas | TX | 1,304,930 | 38 | 20.246 | 638 | 10.0 miles |
| Rowlett | TX | 57,581 | 0 | - | 0 | 10.1 miles |
| University | MS | - | 1 | 33.9448 | 106 | 20.2 miles |
| Plano | TX | 282,016 | 1 | 11.5039 | 67 | 21.2 miles |
| Irving | TX | 206,798 | 5 | 26.9216 | 138 | 22.4 miles |
| Carrollton | TX | 130,013 | 4 | 29.2073 | 85 | 23.1 miles |
| Allen | TX | 90,456 | 0 | - | 0 | 23.9 miles |
| Grand Prairie | TX | 167,767 | 3 | 23.6315 | 22 | 25.1 miles |
| Frisco | TX | 114,533 | 0 | - | 0 | 28.3 miles |
| Lewisville | TX | 108,843 | 0 | - | 0 | 28.9 miles |
| Grapevine | TX | 51,993 | 0 | - | 0 | 29.5 miles |
| Arlington | TX | 385,024 | 17 | 27.7925 | 325 | 31.3 miles |
| Mansfield | TX | 51,237 | 5 | 21.6558 | 95 | 33.3 miles |
| Flower Mound | TX | 72,721 | 0 | - | 0 | 33.7 miles |
| North Richland Hills | TX | 67,133 | 1 | 26.4697 | 12 | 36.6 miles |
| Keller | TX | 41,437 | 0 | - | 0 | 38.2 miles |
| Forth Worth | TX | - | 3 | 11.7915 | 4 | 42.0 miles |
| Fort Worth | TX | 751,149 | 10 | 30.6263 | 324 | 43.1 miles |
| Denton | TX | 127,364 | 2 | 47.1819 | 284 | 43.3 miles |
| Corsicana | TX | - | 1 | 14.4403 | 62 | 47.3 miles |
| Tyler | TX | 101,017 | 4 | 24.7884 | 222 | 81.7 miles |
| Durant | OK | - | 3 | 29.6864 | 92 | 85.7 miles |
| Paris | TX | - | 2 | 22.8036 | 81 | 86.3 miles |