One thing to remember about the Caribbean schools is that they are known for a higher drop-out rate than most other AVMA accredited vet schools around the world. They are suspected by many in the industries of accepting students that they believe will not finish, solely as a way to increase revenue. The students that do graduate get a great education and do well, so this isn't a negative comment about their education, only their business model.
edited to add this from the 2013 NY Times article: "Though Ross is rarely anyone’s first choice, even detractors say its educational standards are high and its graduates are impressive. But the commuting costs, the foreign setting and the faint stigma that attends education at profit-making institutions have made it a school of last resort.
If getting in is easy, staying in is surprisingly hard. About 20 percent of Ross’s first semester students won’t make it to graduation, say administrators, an exceptionally high rate of attrition. (At American schools, it’s typically closer to 2 percent.) About half of those students are bounced for poor academic performance. Dean Watson says most students flunk out early on, in the first and second semester. But some fail much later. In 2006, Diana Reyes was ejected in her sixth semester, leaving St. Kitts with $160,000 in debt and no degree."
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/24/b...lling-demand-trap-new-veterinarians.html?_r=0
