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This story is the third in a three-part series about new higher education institutions in Arkansas that are welcoming their first class of students or breaking ground on their schools in 2025. The first and second parts can be read here and here . The governor has said higher education will be a focus of the upcoming legislative session that begins Jan. 13.
Arkansas will soon increase access to veterinary medicine by training students at the state’s first two vet schools. Lyon College and Arkansas State University will both break ground this year on multimillion-dollar facilities, and each expects to welcome a class of 120 students in the fall of 2026, pending accreditation.
Arkansas is one of 22 states without an accredited vet school , so Arkansans wanting to train to become veterinarians have always had to travel out of state, said Dr. Eleanor Green, founding dean of Lyon College School of Veterinary Medicine.
