Anyone go to an Equestrian College; I need some HELP!?

Ontario Canada has a great equine program at Guelph University Kemptville Campus.

Major in equine studies, dressage, coaching, you name it.

Horse can be boarded onsite, full indoor heated arenas, indoor and outdoor paddocks. It is a great facility!

Google it if your interested!!

England also has the British Horse Society Programs, where you can go and study and get a BHA? BHS? Its been a while since I looked into it. Its basically a certificate that says you have taken certain classes and have practical experience as well. I went to the U of Oregon, and they have an Equestrian Team, but no Equine program. The Equestrian Team was great fun and we went to other schools to go to horse shows!

Look into UConn(University of Connecticut). Amazing equine program, you can see the courses online. I really don't feel like getting into a lot of detail because I'm lazy right now haha but they have an equestrian team, two indoor arenas, around 85 horses, they breed Morgans. Also they have an annual horse auction of their school horses, and rescue horses, usually from Connecticut's Department of Agriculture. They also have a great football team(I think, i don't keep up with football, but my uncle goes to all the games so they must not be too bad ha), but the women's basketball is awesome. You take courses involving equine studies, equine management, training, and instruction. Also breeding and horse evaluation. I don't know check out the website haha it tells you everything you need to know :) Good luck!

Hey there, haha I just went through the same thing as you! I'm actually attending the College of Central Florida in the fall for my associates in equine business management and equine exercise physiology. Before that, I was just like you and I took a look at all of these schools plus some. I want to become a trainer and barn owner so I looked for places that taught you how to train. Here's the thing, I'm not sure if your parents are millionaires but if they aren't, you will be in dept for a very long time and the horse world is not a place where you are going to make enough money to pay off dept quickly. Almost all of these schools are private universities and if they aren't, well I'm not sure where you live but out of state tuition is crazy. Look at the reviews by students for all of these colleges, a lot of them aren't good. Most equine colleges are out in the middle of nowhere with nothing to do. I also had a big interest in going to Johnson and Wales University in Rhode Island. They have a lovely major in riding and barn management and will even let you go overseas to train with international riders. The catch? Very expensive and the town is full of Jersey Shore people so unless you love drama, you won't fit in. Anyways, what I'm really trying to get at is if you don't have money, don't go to these places. Try to find a nice state college close to you and get a degree in equine studies. I'm not quite sure what schools offer it and it also depends on what you really want to do but I found the College of Central Florida one of the best small state schools plus it's in Ocala which is practically horse capital so you will find plenty of opportunity. If your like me and want to become a trainer, I think the best bet is just to get a bunch of experience with a trainer and learn that way. As for right now, ride, ride, ride. Get all the experience you can. Let me know if you have any questions and sorry for such a long post. Good luck :)

I fully recommend Alfred University - the Equestrian program, as well as the regular classes, are amazing.

For that at Alfred, I would recommend a Business degree with an Equine Science minor :)

First of all, you need to define your goals. What do you want to do after college?

Do you want to compete professionally? Go to the school with the best trainers/most riding& showing.

Do you want to be in barn management? Riding only a few times are good, but courses in health care, feeding, marketing are important.

Do you want to become a vet? Make sure the college has a pre-vet curriculum.

Want to go into something else - be a nurse or lawyer or accountant? Then look for the school with the best program in that area and a riding program that is just for fun.