Professional Golf Turf Management Program

The Professional Golf Turf Management Program at Rutgers trains people to care for golf courses and sports fields. Its two-year certificate combines two 10-week sessions on the New Brunswick campus with a 200-hour paid internship between them, and alumni work as golf course superintendents and assistant superintendents in almost all 50 states and abroad.

A three-week preparatory course, offered online each January with live Zoom classes, suits people new to turf or short on time, and it has no application process or prerequisites. The two-year program requires a high school diploma or GED and at least one season of work on a golf course or sports field. Tuition is $6,495 per 10-week session, with payment plans, financial aid and scholarships available, and a free consultation can be requested before enrolling. Program coordinator Elizabeth Coogan handles student questions.