New Mexico State University

Address:

Animal & Range Sciences

PO Box 30003 MSC 3-I

Las Cruces, NM, 88003

United States

32° 18' 20.5416" N, 106° 45' 54.4932" W

Student Contact Information

Contact Name:

Department Head

Phone number:

(575) 646-2515

Email address:

anrsknox@nmsu.edu

Web address:

http://www.nmsu.edu

Majors/Degrees/Certificates

Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Majors:

Horse Management (M), Animal Science (B.S., M.S., Ph.D.), Pre-Veterinary Science

Degrees:

Minor, Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science, Master of Science, Doctor of Philosophy

Specialties:

Breeding management

English or Western riding

Graduate Programs(Non-Vet)

Pre-Vet and Veterinary programs

Stable and Horse Management

Western show events

Associations:

Intercollegiate/Interscholastic Polo

National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association

Grand Canyon Regional - AZ, NM

NCAA Varsity Equestrian

Division I

School Information

Type of School:

Land Grant University

Tuition Costs:

Undergraduate resident: $2,226/semester; undergraduate nonresident: $7,091/semester; housing: $1,413-2,910. Equine scholarships offered.

Facilities:

The NMSU Horse Center is located one mile south of the main campus. It consists of 50 acres of irrigated pastures, four round pens, a polo arena, sale ring, and a yearling barn. The main barn contains offices and a reproduction laboratory. The Equine Education Center was opened in April 2003. It is located on the main campus and offers modern classroom facilities, offices, a spacious tack room, dressing rooms, and lockers. Adjacent to the center are two riding arenas, a round pen, and several pens for maintaining riding horses. The Aggie Rodeo Association has a large practice arena located five miles east of the main campus. There are approximately 60 outdoor stalls provided for NMSU Rodeo Team members.

Class ratio:

50:50

Showing:

Women’s NCAA

NMSU offers intercollegiate competition in equestrian, horse judging, polo, and rodeo. NMSU offers Equitation I and II for both English and Western Equitation and two two-year-old training classes. Care and Management courses address: health, nutrition, marketing, business management, reproduction, behavior, selection, and sales prepping. The NMSU Horse Program routinely maintains 15 to 25 horses for use in the equitation teaching program. While this herd is predominately Quarter Horses, there are some Arabians, Paints, and Thoroughbreds. The NMSU Horse Center has a well established Quarter Horse breeding program. The center maintains approximately 25 brood mares and two to three stallions. The foals produced by the program are extensively used in the “hands-on” teaching program, and sold as yearlings or two-year-olds in the April sale. The NMSU Polo Team routinely keeps approximately fifteen horses for use in daily practices and regional matches.

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