Also, as for "Once that cash cow is gone maybe vet school prices will come down to earth." - the source of the rising cost is a combination of two things, neither one of which has anything to do with small animal medicine:

1) The loss of industry support for large animal vets

2) The loss of state funding for veterinary schools, which has put pressure on the one remaining dial available to those schools, which is tuition. This is a systemic problem that extends way beyond vet schools, but is particularly obvious there