These numbers can be gamed somewhat. For example, they might only count students that went through their CREAM program. This would suggest that if the CREAM program is more difficult to get into, a higher percentage of the students who do get in are likely to get accepted to a DVM program. I am not sure if there might be some sort of “successful completion” of the CREAM program also required. Regardless, 84% is quite good. I also saw something like 90% of UVM CREAM program students getting accepted to a DVM program, which seems sort of amazing to me.
Our daughter moved west after graduating from UVM. She established residency somewhere well to the west of here. This gave her time to increase her experience with animals (big ones and little ones) in both veterinary and non-veterinary environments. This also has allowed her to get in-state tuition at the DVM program that she is currently participating in. One thing that I remember telling her quite a few years ago is that getting through a DVM program is a huge investment of both time and money. You need to make sure that you want to do it before you take that path. She did take the time, was sure that she wanted to do it, and I think that this is helping her now.
To me the two advantages that I see wrt UNH is that it is in-state for you and will save money, and that it has both CREAM and marine biology. I think that U.Maine is a good school, but I am not sure why a student would pick it over UNH in-state.
I honestly do not know how useful an articulation agreement is. My daughter did not use this and did not apply to Tufts. When she started applying to DVM programs between she and my wife and I none of us had much of a guess regarding how hard it would be to get accepted somewhere. It worked out.
I only ate on-campus at UVM a few times, but the food seemed good to me. There are quite a few restaurants in Burlington that we liked. It is an attractive school with a very good animal science program in an attractive location.