The King Ranch Institute for Ranch Management is part of Texas A&M University in Kingsville, Texas. They offer courses for graduate students focusing on ranching careers including a Master of Science degree.
Their vision is: “We are determined to educate leaders who will make a positive difference in ranching, and ensure that our hard earned heritage is not lost.” With the mission: “We aspire to be a focal point for the training of graduate students in a unique and multi-disciplinary, systems approach to ranch management. We want to teach our students how to manage ranches, but we also want to teach them how to progressively think their way through to success and innovation for the industry.”
From their website:
“* To teach our students to see the big picture, we follow a systems approach to learning about the complex business of ranching
* To give our students outside perspective, we enhance their curriculum by using invited lectureships, an annual symposium, and other mediums
* To provide our students with hands-on experience, we use the King Ranch and other large ranches as applied teaching laboratories
* To give our students access to one of the top wildlife research centers in the world, we leverage the Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute as a model of success and a sister institute for collaboration
* To teach our students to apply what’s been learned, we provide internships for them with selected ranches and use successful ranch managers as mentors.”
They also offer extension courses and lectures for the community. Some recent offerings include Grazing Management, Systems Thinking, Managerial Accounting for Ranchers, Human Resource Management and Equine Science.
Great high quality program!
You can visit their website at KRIRM.