Six School Sunday

Every Sunday we will be featuring schools from the HorseSchoolsOnline.com website. We will try to feature a variety of horse school opportunities each week.

4 Year University w/Vet Programs
University of California, Davis - Davis, CA USA
http://www.horseschoolsonline.com/school-listing/university-california%E2%80%93davis
Animal Science with Equine Concentration (B.S.), Animal Science and Management with Equine Concentration (B.S.), Animal Biology (M.S., Ph.D.), Molecular, Cellular and Integrative Physiology (M.S., Ph.D.), Veterinary Medicine (D.V.M.)


Tufts University - North Grafton, MA USA
http://www.horseschoolsonline.com/school-listing/tufts-university
Veterinary Medicine (DVM), Animals and Public Policy (MS), Conservation Medicine (MS), Biomedical Sciences (PhD)

University of Tennessee-Knoxville -Knoxville, TN USA
http://www.horseschoolsonline.com/school-listing/university-tennessee-knoxville
Animal Science (BS, MS, PhD) -Concentration areas: Animal Industries, BioSciences, Pre-Vet, Doctor of Veterinary Medicine

Community College
Wayne Community College - Goldsboro, NC USA
http://www.horseschoolsonline.com/school-listing/wayne-community-college
Applied Animal Science Technology


High School
Cheltenham Ladies' College - Cheltenham, UK
http://www.horseschoolsonline.com/school-listing/cheltenham-ladies-college
GCSEs, A Levels, International Baccalaureate Diploma

Specialty School
John & Josh Lyons Certification Program - Cross Plains, TN USA
http://www.horseschoolsonline.com/school-listing/john-josh-lyons-certification-program
John and Josh Lyons Certified Trainer

Schools please be sure your listings have been updated and have full descriptions. Only schools with full descriptions will be featured.

Why Choose a Specialty School?

A specialty school allows you to learn a certain technical skill or study with a specific person. Many specialty schools, such as farrier and equine massage schools, are designed to provide you with a skill that will enable you to find employment (or start your own business) immediately after graduation. Some of the schools offer apprenticeships or working-student arrangements that provide hands-on experience after graduation.

A specialty education can take less time to complete than a college or university degree. Specialty school programs can vary from a couple of months to just over a year. Upon completion you'll have a degree or certificate in your course of study.

Specialty schools represent more of the hands-on careers within the equine industry such as massage therapy, farrier/natural trimming, training, riding instructor, rider, etc. Having a certificate or being able to say you studied under a specific trainer can help further your career within those fields.

You may also decide to supplement a university education with a specialty school. Some specialty schools are linked with universities or community colleges, so be sure to ask them about the possibility of college credit and its transferability.

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Photo provided by Meredith Manor

Six School Sunday

Every Sunday we will be featuring schools from the HorseSchoolsOnline.com website. We will try to feature a variety of horse school opportunities each week.

4 Year University
Murray State College - Murray, KY, USA
http://www.horseschoolsonline.com/school-listing/murray-state-university
Animal/Equine Science - Equine Science Emphasis, Equine Management Emphasis & Food Animal Emphasis (B.S.A.), Pre-Veterinary Medicine (B.S.A.), Veterinary Technology (B.S.A.), Equine Science Minor, Agriculture with Equine Emphasis (M.S.)

Private College
Berry College - Mount Berry, GA, USA
http://www.horseschoolsonline.com/school-listing/berry-college
Animal Science with emphasis in Equine Science

Independent Study/Distance College
Lesley University, Cambridge, MA USA
http://www.horseschoolsonline.com/school-listing/lesley-university
Self-Designed Master's Degree

International School
Animal Talk - Lane Cove, Australia
http://www.horseschoolsonline.com/school-listing/animal-talk
Animal Communication

High School
Dana Hall School - Wellsley, MA USA
http://www.horseschoolsonline.com/school-listing/dana-hall-school

Specialty School
Kentucky Horseshoeing School - Richmond, KY USA
http://www.horseschoolsonline.com/school-listing/kentucky-horseshoeing-school
12 Week Basic Farrier Course 24 Week Intermediate Farrier Course 36 Week Career Track (with or without a 1-Year Paid Apprenticeship)

Schools please be sure your listings have been updated and have full descriptions. Only schools with full descriptions will be featured.

Why Choose a College or University

In your search for a horse school you have a lot of things to consider in pursuing the best education for your career choice. I want to talk about some of the reasons you might want to consider choosing a college or university with an equine program.

Students may choose a university because “that’s what their parents want.” Your parents could be concerned about your choice of careers/majors. Attending a college or university can be a good compromise for horsey teenagers and their parents. The student satisfies the parents by attending a university, and the equine major allows the student to pursue something that he or she loves and is interested in.

You might not know for sure what you want to do just that you want to be involved in horses. A college program gives you four years to explore and see where your strengths and weaknesses are. A nice well-rounded equine program will expose you to many different areas of the horse industry giving you a chance to try on several hats before deciding which one fits you.

When you complete a college or university, you will have an associate or bachelor degree in hand. This degree is there whether you choose to pursue a career in the equine industry or not. Because we live in a degree culture within the US many consider a bachelors degree to be the bare minimum that you need in today's job industry.

More and more we see older students coming back to colleges and universities to pursue a course of study. Sometimes these students are already horse professionals that decide they need that specialized study or degree to further their career choices, or individuals who have decided to change careers and enter the horse world and are most comfortable doing this within a structured course of study.

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Photo provided by St. Andrews Presbyterian College

Six School Sunday

Every Sunday we will be featuring schools from the HorseSchoolsOnline.com website. We will try to feature a variety of horse school opportunities each week.

4 Year University
Rutgers University - New Brunswick, NJ, USA
http://www.horseschoolsonline.com/school-listing/rutgers-university
Bachelor of Science, Master of Science, and PhD in Animal Science with Equine specialty in Animal Industries, and Bachelor of Science in Pre-Veterinary Sciences.

Private College
Sweet Briar College - Sweet Briar, VA, USA
http://www.horseschoolsonline.com/school-listing/sweet-briar-college
Liberal Arts with Equine Studies Certificate

International College
Oaklands College - St. Albans, United Kingdom
http://www.horseschoolsonline.com/school-listing/oaklands-college
Certificates, Diplomas, Extended Diplomas, and Foundations Degrees in up to BHS Assistant Instructor, Horse Care, Landbased Studies - Equine, Horse Management, Equine Performance and Management.

High School
The Madeira School - McClean, VA, USA
http://www.horseschoolsonline.com/school-listing/madeira-school
Students compete in IEA, local, regional, and rated shows.

Racing School
Stubbing Court Training, Ltd. - Chesterfield, United Kingdom
http://www.horseschoolsonline.com/school-listing/stubbing-court-training-ltd
NVQ Horse Care Certificates and Apprenticeship.

Specialty School
Equine Research Foundation - Aptos, CA, USA
http://www.horseschoolsonline.com/school-listing/equine-research-foundation
Research in Equine Cognition and Perception

Schools please be sure your listings have been updated and have full descriptions. Only schools with full descriptions will be featured.

What Is A Horse School?

The term “horse school” covers a wide range of educational opportunities, from secondary schools and accredited universities, to the clinics and camps of well-known trainers and specialty riding programs. As long as the focus of what you are learning involves horses, the place in which you are learning can be termed a horse school.

The two main classifications of horse schools are (1) universities and colleges, which offer an accredited degree (A.A., A.S., B.A., B.S., etc.), and (2) specialty schools, which typically offer a certificate or diploma upon completion of the program.

If you choose to pursue a degree, you will learn about a lot more than just horses. Every college or university has general education requirements that are mandatory for all degree candidates. Classes include math, English, history, and a foreign language.

However, if you choose to pursue a certificate or diploma from a specialty school, typically you will only take classes in the equine skill you are learning.

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Photo provided by SUNY Cobleskill

Six School Sunday

Every Sunday we will be featuring schools from the HorseSchoolsOnline.com website. We will try to feature a variety of horse school opportunities each week.

College with Riding Team
Albion College - Albion, MI, USA
http://www.horseschoolsonline.com/school-listing/albion-college
Competes in IHSA and IDA. Students can work toward BHS certifications.

Schools Outside the US
St. Peter's School, Cambridge - Cambridge, New Zealand
http://www.horseschoolsonline.com/school-listing/st-peter%E2%80%99s-school-cambridge
Equine Studies Yr 9 Introductory Equine Modules. From yr 10 National Certificates in Equine: Introductory Skills (Level 2), Stable Practice (Level 3), Sporthorse (Level 4). 

High School
Stoneleigh-Burnham School - Greenfield, MA, USA
http://www.horseschoolsonline.com/school-listing/stoneleigh-burnham-school
Equitation, dressage, show jumping, and eventing. Competes in IEA.

Online School
National Grooming Society, Equine Grooming School
http://www.horseschoolsonline.com/school-listing/national-grooming-society-equine-grooming-school
Courses are partially online and partially onsite in various facilities. Professional Equine Grooming Certificate.

Specialty School
Meredith Manor International Equestrian Centre - Waverly, WV, USA
http://www.horseschoolsonline.com/school-listing/meredith-manor-international-equestrian-centre
Certificates in Riding Master 1-6 (Western, Dressage, Jumping), Equine Science Master, Shoeing Short Course, Training Certification, Teaching Certification, Equine Massage Therapy Certification.

Specialty School
Tallgrass Animal Acupressure Institute - Colorado, USA
http://www.horseschoolsonline.com/school-listing/tallgrass-animal-acupressure-institute-0
Certificates in Equine Acupressure, Small Animal Acupressure, Equine & Small Animal Acupressure Combined and Tui Na, Chinese Meridian Massage.

Schools please be sure your listings have been updated and have full descriptions. Only schools with full descriptions will be featured.