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Considering a degree in Animal Sciences?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Animal Sciences majors who live in Alaska.
Rankings are calculated by estimating the net price at every college offering Animal Sciences degrees for a "typical" middle class family living in the state of Alaska.
Note: Net price is the actual cost of college paid after factoring in financial aid.The net prices displayed in these rankings are College Raptor's estimates.
“Typical” middle class family values used in the Net Price estimates on this page are:
| Rank | Institution | Typical Net Price | Sticker Price | % Savings | Undergraduates | Est. Median SAT | Acceptance Rate | Save |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Utah State University | 7900 | 24900 | 0.6836 | 25,920 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 2 | College of the Ozarks | 8200 | 32800 | 0.7493 | 1,454 | 1135 | 0.1199 | |
| 3 | Cornell University | 10300 | 92000 | 0.8877 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
| 3 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 10300 | 21100 | 0.5129 | 4,721 | 1110 | 0.7782 | |
| 5 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 12400 | 29900 | 0.5852 | 12,498 | 1010 | 0.8896 | |
| 6 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 12500 | 34300 | 0.6352 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 7 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 13400 | 24000 | 0.4416 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 8 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 32200 | 0.5744 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 9 | Texas Tech University | 13900 | 27000 | 0.485 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 10 | University of Alaska Fairbanks | 14100 | 30300 | 0.534 | 5,912 | 1149 | 0.6212 | |
| 11 | Louisiana Tech University | 14300 | 24900 | 0.425 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 11 | Oklahoma Panhandle State University | 14300 | 17500 | 0.1829 | 1,071 | 985 | 0.9707 | |
| 13 | Northwest Missouri State University | 14600 | 27900 | 0.476 | 5,241 | 1075 | 0.8613 | |
| 14 | University of Idaho | 14800 | 31300 | 0.5276 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 15 | Stephen F Austin State University | 16100 | 22600 | 0.2872 | 9,129 | 1060 | 0.7445 | |
| 16 | North Carolina State University | 16500 | 28500 | 0.4223 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 17 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 16600 | 28000 | 0.4069 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 18 | University of Arizona | 16700 | 30900 | 0.4603 | 45,025 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
| 19 | Arkansas State University | 17100 | 28100 | 0.3917 | 9,985 | 1075 | 0.7959 | |
| 20 | Sam Houston State University | 17500 | 23000 | 0.2392 | 17,787 | 1030 | 0.9026 | |
| 21 | University of Maine | 18400 | 29000 | 0.3659 | 591 | 1199 | 0.9684 | |
| 22 | University of Rhode Island | 18600 | 34400 | 0.4591 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 23 | Texas State University | 18900 | 28900 | 0.3455 | 36,268 | 1100 | 0.8908 | |
| 24 | Kansas State University | 19000 | 28800 | 0.3413 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 25 | Iowa State University | 20000 | 24200 | 0.1755 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 26 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 20100 | 38800 | 0.4817 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 27 | North Dakota State University | 20900 | 25700 | 0.1868 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 28 | Tarleton State University | 21000 | 23000 | 0.087 | 15,130 | 0 | 0.5256 | |
| 29 | West Virginia University | 21100 | 28800 | 0.2676 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 30 | Montana State University | 21200 | 27100 | 0.2174 | 15,053 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 31 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 21400 | 35400 | 0.396 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 32 | Buena Vista University | 22400 | 59100 | 0.6203 | 810 | 1124 | 0.7761 | |
| 33 | Washington State University | 22900 | 36800 | 0.3783 | 14,346 | 1139 | 0.8797 | |
| 34 | Fort Valley State University | 23700 | 38900 | 0.3904 | 2,558 | 940 | 0.628 | |
| 34 | Sul Ross State University | 23700 | 37300 | 0.3647 | 1,441 | 1000 | 0.9562 | |
| 36 | University of Kentucky | 23800 | 36000 | 0.3394 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 37 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24100 | 37100 | 0.3508 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
| 38 | Unity Environmental University | 24400 | 27700 | 0.119 | 5,655 | 0 | 0.818 | |
| 39 | Wilson College | 24800 | 44400 | 0.4412 | 1,180 | 1040 | 0.9532 | |
| 40 | Tuskegee University | 25000 | 42100 | 0.4066 | 2,400 | 1030 | 0.3143 | |
| 41 | Dordt University | 25500 | 52300 | 0.5122 | 1,695 | 1195 | 0.7116 | |
| 41 | South Dakota State University | 25500 | 28700 | 0.1116 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 43 | University of Minnesota-Crookston | 25600 | 28600 | 0.1034 | 2,510 | 1095 | 0.8781 | |
| 44 | California State University-Fresno | 25700 | 35900 | 0.284 | 21,430 | 995 | 0.9638 | |
| 45 | The University of Findlay | 26300 | 50200 | 0.4764 | 3,954 | 1124 | 0.8615 | |
| 46 | California State University-Chico | 27000 | 27000 | 0 | 13,392 | 1117 | 0.9158 | |
| 47 | University of Arkansas | 27200 | 30800 | 0.1172 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 48 | Murray State University | 27700 | 32400 | 0.1454 | 8,281 | 1124 | 0.8568 | |
| 49 | Alabama A & M University | 28200 | 42800 | 0.3409 | 5,845 | 940 | 0.6622 | |
| 50 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 28800 | 36700 | 0.2141 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 51 | Oregon State University | 28900 | 36700 | 0.2147 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 52 | University of Wisconsin-Platteville | 29600 | 31800 | 0.0693 | 6,270 | 1140 | 0.8726 | |
| 53 | Lubbock Christian University | 30100 | 49000 | 0.3856 | 1,322 | 1070 | 0.7589 | |
| 54 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 31100 | 33100 | 0.0605 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 55 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 31400 | 43700 | 0.2817 | 14,576 | 1179 | 0.6967 | |
| 56 | SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology at Cobleskill | 31600 | 43200 | 0.2684 | 1,764 | 1055 | 0.8325 | |
| 57 | Angelo State University | 31700 | 35400 | 0.1047 | 9,779 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 57 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 31700 | 42400 | 0.2524 | 21,947 | 1335 | 0.3122 | |
| 57 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 31700 | 41100 | 0.2289 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 60 | North Carolina A & T State University | 32100 | 36400 | 0.118 | 12,216 | 1020 | 0.4617 | |
| 61 | Centenary University | 32300 | 63600 | 0.492 | 951 | 965 | 0.9675 | |
| 62 | University of Vermont | 34500 | 66300 | 0.4793 | 12,276 | 1379 | 0.653 | |
| 63 | Delaware Valley University | 35800 | 63800 | 0.4387 | 1,768 | 1180 | 0.9326 | |
| 64 | Abilene Christian University | 36000 | 60700 | 0.4066 | 3,233 | 1129 | 0.6604 | |
| 65 | Andrews University | 36300 | 47100 | 0.2291 | 1,312 | 1208 | 0.874 | |
| 65 | Mississippi State University | 36300 | 50500 | 0.2815 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 67 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 37400 | 41600 | 0.101 | 5,187 | 1005 | 0.9229 | |
| 68 | University of Connecticut | 37600 | 41800 | 0.1005 | 19,388 | 1324 | 0.5395 | |
| 69 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 38200 | 62000 | 0.3839 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 70 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 38600 | 44600 | 0.1345 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 70 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 38600 | 52900 | 0.2702 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 70 | University of Wyoming | 38600 | 43800 | 0.1187 | 8,130 | 1159 | 0.9688 | |
| 73 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 40200 | 40200 | 0 | 11,365 | 1216 | 0.8816 | |
| 74 | University of Georgia | 40300 | 46000 | 0.1242 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 75 | University of Alaska Anchorage | 42200 | 42200 | 0 | 9,965 | 1095 | 0.5958 | |
| 76 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 43000 | 46200 | 0.0693 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 77 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43300 | 52900 | 0.1815 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 78 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 43400 | 55100 | 0.2125 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 79 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 43700 | 52100 | 0.1612 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 80 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 43800 | 50300 | 0.1293 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 81 | University of Florida | 44100 | 45600 | 0.0329 | 36,567 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 82 | Middle Tennessee State University | 45800 | 45800 | 0 | 17,668 | 1124 | 0.68 | |
| 83 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 46400 | 58900 | 0.2121 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 84 | Michigan State University | 47200 | 56200 | 0.1601 | 41,234 | 1223 | 0.848 | |
| 84 | University of Delaware | 47200 | 53200 | 0.1127 | 19,119 | 1303 | 0.6356 | |
| 86 | University of Mount Olive | 48200 | 50400 | 0.0438 | 1,937 | 945 | 0.7775 | |
| 87 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 53200 | 56100 | 0.0518 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 88 | Auburn University | 55400 | 55400 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 89 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 57000 | 59200 | 0.0372 | 24,457 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 90 | Clemson University | 61400 | 63700 | 0.0346 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 91 | University of California-Davis | 63500 | 63500 | 0 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.