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Equine Business Management

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Brand Yourself in our Equine Business Management Program

Focus on the business and management aspects of the horse industry and affiliated agriculture industries. Our major provides a broad-based management education which appeals to employers. Graduates of the equine business management program understand and are able to manage the daily nutrition, health, and exercise/training needs of the horses in their care. The knowledge and skills necessary to succeed in equine or equine-related careers is what you’ll find here. Top it off with the business and management experience necessary to operate an equine or related business. The program focuses on the business and management aspects of the horse industry and affiliated agriculture industries, thus providing a broad-based management education which appeals to employers.

Equine Business Management is a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree.

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Careers in Equine Business Management

Equine pharmaceutical rep
Equine feed management/sales
Racing industry operations
Breed association operations
Barn manager
Race track/ facilities management
Equine advertising & marketing
Horse show/event marketing & management
Ag industries management

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Equine Business Management

AT A GLANCE...

Not JUST a business degree – get all the traditional business education for the office but added hands on curriculum in the barn.
Tailor your Equine Business degree to your goals of working within the $122 billion dollar Equine Industry.
Horsemans Association, Ag Bus Club, Horse Judging, IHSA, NACTA... Join one or all, get involved!
State of the art facility, almost 50,000 sq ft, 45 stalls, indoor round pen, 100 x 160 indoor arena, breeding lab, classrooms, all under one roof.

REAL. HANDS-ON. READY.

At the U of M Crookston, you won’t spend all your time behind a desk. Our curriculum is designed around experiential learning, which means we want you to have as much hands-on learning as possible. Depending on your major, you’ll find opportunities to be in the field, the lab, the classroom, or engaging in simulated scenarios that give you a competitive edge when you enter the workforce or head to grad school. You’ll learn the concepts and then actively apply them through projects, field trips, site visits, internships, and interactions with professionals in the field.

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Meet your future professors

Morgan Pyles
Assistant Professor

Tour our UMN Crookston Equine Facility

Follow along as we tour UMN Crookston's University Teaching & Outreach Center (UTOC) and the equine amenities that it provides to students and horses.