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Considering a degree in Animal Sciences?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Animal Sciences majors who live in Alabama.
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 Alabama.
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 | College of the Ozarks | 6600 | 38400 | 0.8291 | 1,454 | 1135 | 0.1199 | |
| 2 | Utah State University | 9700 | 26700 | 0.6361 | 25,706 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 3 | University of California-Davis | 10200 | 38100 | 0.7328 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
| 4 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 11200 | 26000 | 0.5698 | 22,033 | 1321 | 0.3132 | |
| 5 | Cornell University | 11500 | 93100 | 0.8767 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0876 | |
| 6 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 13000 | 26500 | 0.5089 | 12,507 | 1010 | 0.8897 | |
| 7 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 13500 | 25700 | 0.4747 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 8 | University of North Alabama | 13600 | 28200 | 0.5187 | 7,662 | 1140 | 0.8731 | |
| 9 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 47300 | 0.7099 | 38,040 | 1418 | 0.452 | |
| 10 | University of Idaho | 14400 | 25800 | 0.4415 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 11 | Murray State University | 14900 | 27000 | 0.4491 | 7,851 | 1115 | 0.8568 | |
| 12 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15100 | 37700 | 0.6009 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8609 | |
| 13 | California State University-Chico | 15500 | 23500 | 0.3401 | 13,792 | 1075 | 0.9272 | |
| 14 | Texas State University | 15700 | 25500 | 0.3845 | 36,236 | 1100 | 0.8932 | |
| 14 | Troy University | 15700 | 26800 | 0.413 | 10,222 | 1090 | 0.9604 | |
| 16 | Kansas State University | 15800 | 26100 | 0.3962 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8169 | |
| 16 | Sam Houston State University | 15800 | 27000 | 0.415 | 17,787 | 1030 | 0.9026 | |
| 18 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 16100 | 31000 | 0.4803 | 8,553 | 1045 | 0.8688 | |
| 19 | Oklahoma Panhandle State University | 16200 | 16700 | 0.03 | 1,021 | 985 | 0.683 | |
| 20 | Arkansas State University | 16800 | 28100 | 0.4023 | 9,985 | 1075 | 0.8226 | |
| 21 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 17300 | 26300 | 0.3418 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 22 | West Virginia University | 17400 | 40900 | 0.5743 | 18,206 | 1125 | 0.89 | |
| 23 | Middle Tennessee State University | 17500 | 23200 | 0.2456 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 23 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 17500 | 29900 | 0.4169 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5743 | |
| 25 | Angelo State University | 18300 | 23100 | 0.2067 | 9,702 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 26 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 18600 | 39000 | 0.5225 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 27 | Alabama A & M University | 19300 | 28300 | 0.316 | 6,370 | 915 | 0.5795 | |
| 28 | Iowa State University | 19900 | 24200 | 0.1786 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 29 | South Dakota State University | 20400 | 25200 | 0.1896 | 10,719 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 30 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 20500 | 26500 | 0.2262 | 22,364 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 30 | University of South Alabama | 20500 | 22400 | 0.0885 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 32 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 20800 | 26000 | 0.2028 | 4,880 | 1124 | 0.8172 | |
| 33 | Tarleton State University | 21000 | 23000 | 0.087 | 15,254 | 1080 | 0.8955 | |
| 34 | Stetson University | 21200 | 79100 | 0.7324 | 2,349 | 1179 | 0.716 | |
| 35 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,221 | 1204 | 0.8854 | |
| 35 | Louisiana Tech University | 21800 | 25300 | 0.1384 | 10,881 | 1189 | 0.864 | |
| 37 | Buena Vista University | 22400 | 59100 | 0.6212 | 1,436 | 1124 | 0.7761 | |
| 38 | Montana State University | 22500 | 27100 | 0.1695 | 15,046 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 38 | University of Florida | 22500 | 43000 | 0.4764 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 40 | Washington State University | 23600 | 38700 | 0.3897 | 21,455 | 1125 | 0.8664 | |
| 41 | University of Kentucky | 23700 | 36400 | 0.3488 | 25,534 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 42 | Abilene Christian University | 24200 | 59000 | 0.5894 | 3,263 | 1189 | 0.6603 | |
| 43 | Unity Environmental University | 24500 | 29900 | 0.1809 | 6,507 | 0 | 0.818 | |
| 44 | Wilson College | 24800 | 44400 | 0.442 | 1,379 | 1055 | 0.9211 | |
| 45 | Sul Ross State University | 25300 | 37300 | 0.3218 | 1,890 | 1020 | 0.9871 | |
| 46 | University of Arkansas | 25400 | 27700 | 0.0823 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.743 | |
| 47 | University of Minnesota-Crookston | 25600 | 28600 | 0.106 | 2,612 | 1095 | 0.8786 | |
| 48 | Dordt University | 26200 | 52500 | 0.5007 | 1,716 | 1205 | 0.6847 | |
| 49 | The University of Findlay | 26500 | 50600 | 0.4759 | 4,062 | 1124 | 0.8337 | |
| 50 | University of Georgia | 26600 | 48700 | 0.4542 | 32,399 | 1382 | 0.377 | |
| 51 | University of Arizona | 27000 | 38100 | 0.2915 | 44,848 | 1233 | 0.8614 | |
| 52 | Texas Tech University | 27100 | 27100 | 0 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 53 | Fort Valley State University | 27600 | 45200 | 0.3892 | 2,699 | 1025 | 0.6587 | |
| 54 | North Dakota State University | 27700 | 30400 | 0.0882 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 55 | Mississippi State University | 28100 | 32300 | 0.1323 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 56 | University of Delaware | 28500 | 34500 | 0.1741 | 20,026 | 1294 | 0.706 | |
| 57 | Huntington University | 29200 | 44300 | 0.3407 | 1,588 | 1055 | 0.7564 | |
| 58 | East Texas A&M University | 29400 | 36500 | 0.1945 | 9,992 | 1045 | 0.9224 | |
| 59 | University of Wisconsin-Platteville | 29600 | 31800 | 0.0716 | 6,045 | 1193 | 0.8938 | |
| 60 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 30400 | 42200 | 0.2794 | 15,375 | 1103 | 0.866 | |
| 61 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 31800 | 41200 | 0.2284 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.7517 | |
| 62 | North Carolina A & T State University | 31900 | 36700 | 0.1307 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.499 | |
| 63 | Centenary University | 32100 | 63600 | 0.4952 | 936 | 1070 | 0.8308 | |
| 64 | SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology at Cobleskill | 32500 | 42700 | 0.2386 | 1,988 | 1080 | 0.8402 | |
| 65 | North Carolina State University | 32700 | 54800 | 0.4031 | 28,422 | 1378 | 0.4174 | |
| 66 | University of Rhode Island | 33400 | 46400 | 0.2799 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 67 | University of Vermont | 34500 | 66300 | 0.4799 | 12,276 | 1379 | 0.653 | |
| 68 | Andrews University | 35000 | 70100 | 0.5008 | 1,384 | 1143 | 0.8185 | |
| 69 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 35100 | 35100 | 0 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 70 | Tuskegee University | 35400 | 41300 | 0.1437 | 2,659 | 1090 | 0.4868 | |
| 71 | Tennessee Technological University | 36200 | 38500 | 0.0592 | 9,187 | 1163 | 0.7613 | |
| 72 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 36400 | 41600 | 0.1268 | 5,386 | 1050 | 0.9092 | |
| 73 | California State University-Fresno | 37000 | 43800 | 0.1554 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 74 | University of Connecticut | 37100 | 53600 | 0.3081 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 75 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 38000 | 66300 | 0.427 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5478 | |
| 76 | Delaware Valley University | 39400 | 66900 | 0.4111 | 1,768 | 1208 | 0.9321 | |
| 77 | University of Wyoming | 40000 | 45300 | 0.1166 | 8,130 | 1179 | 0.9688 | |
| 78 | University of Maine | 40200 | 45200 | 0.1107 | 9,601 | 1205 | 0.9664 | |
| 79 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 40600 | 50000 | 0.1882 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 80 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 41600 | 53600 | 0.224 | 46,815 | 1378 | 0.6057 | |
| 81 | University of Mount Olive | 42100 | 50400 | 0.1643 | 1,944 | 1075 | 0.7575 | |
| 82 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42400 | 56200 | 0.2456 | 11,355 | 1222 | 0.8816 | |
| 83 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43400 | 53600 | 0.1904 | 31,133 | 1463 | 0.4479 | |
| 84 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2752 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 85 | Michigan State University | 47200 | 56200 | 0.1601 | 41,234 | 1279 | 0.848 | |
| 86 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48500 | 51200 | 0.0543 | 44,819 | 1327 | 0.4987 | |
| 87 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 49800 | 62200 | 0.1995 | 37,140 | 1406 | 0.4237 | |
| 88 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53200 | 61000 | 0.1291 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 89 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53600 | 62800 | 0.1465 | 23,920 | 1397 | 0.5973 | |
| 90 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 56900 | 59200 | 0.0385 | 24,449 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 91 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58200 | 64100 | 0.092 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 92 | Auburn University | 58500 | 58500 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4592 | |
| 93 | Clemson University | 61400 | 63700 | 0.0358 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.