What does it cost to attend horseshoeing school?
In 1968 the average cost of attending farrier school was $2400. The average cost to shoe a horse was $12 a head. At that price, a graduate would have to shoe 200 horses to pay for his/her schooling. Currently, our tuition is $8000. The average cost to shoe a horse is anywhere from $65 – $150 a head. If we figure low at $80 a head (which our graduates should be able to get in all but the most rural or economically depressed parts of the country), a graduate would have to shoe only 100 horses to pay for his/her schooling. So, while the dollar amount sounds high, the relative cost is half that of 1968. At Mission Farrier School, we teach only 4 sessions per year. Our class sizes are kept as small as possible to allow each student the best learning opportunity. The instruction and understanding of healthy foot function that you will receive here, we believe makes it worth it. Of course you will learn to trim a foot and nail on horseshoes. But you will also learn much more. You will learn t
