Manhattan ? It’s increasingly likely that your veterinarian is going to be a woman.

Seventy-five percent of Kansas State University’s College of Veterinary Science students are females, and some schools in the country are 80 percent female.

Ronnie Elmore, associate dean of Kansas State’s vet college, says the reasons for the increase in female students vary. He tells The Topeka Capital-Journal that discrimination in the past likely kept many females from entering a profession that was considered a male domain.

And Gail Litfin, a Topeka veterinarian, says economics is also a factor. She says veterinarians don’t make enough money, considering the school debts they often have in the early years of their careers. She thinks many men likely have decided to pursue careers that pay more.