Until this week, anyone from New Jersey who wanted to become a veterinarian had to train for their dream in another state.

That changes on Thursday when New Jersey officially launches its first school of veterinary medicine .

A cohort of 75 students, more than half of whom are from New Jersey, will make up the inaugural class of the Shreiber School of Veterinary Medicine at Rowan University in Gloucester County.

The first class, which hails from 16 states, will receive stethoscopes from the school’s dean, Mathew Edson, in a celebration of the school’s opening at Rowan on Thursday.

The establishment of the Shreiber School addresses a long-standing issue. Until now, most New Jersey residents had to pay thousands more for out-of-state veterinary schools to earn a Doctor of Veterinarian

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