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Considering a degree in Animal Sciences?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Animal Sciences majors who live in Arkansas.
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 Arkansas.
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 | 4700 | 21700 | 0.7832 | 25,920 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 2 | College of the Ozarks | 8100 | 47200 | 0.8288 | 1,454 | 1135 | 0.1199 | |
| 3 | Stephen F Austin State University | 10200 | 36100 | 0.7175 | 9,129 | 1060 | 0.7445 | |
| 3 | University of California-Davis | 10200 | 38500 | 0.7358 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
| 5 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 10300 | 21200 | 0.514 | 4,721 | 1110 | 0.7782 | |
| 6 | Cornell University | 11700 | 93100 | 0.8745 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
| 7 | Sul Ross State University | 12400 | 48200 | 0.7424 | 1,441 | 1000 | 0.9562 | |
| 8 | California State University-Fresno | 12500 | 45900 | 0.7284 | 21,430 | 995 | 0.9638 | |
| 9 | Fort Valley State University | 13000 | 39100 | 0.6676 | 2,558 | 940 | 0.628 | |
| 9 | West Virginia University | 13000 | 57700 | 0.7745 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 11 | Louisiana Tech University | 13200 | 36900 | 0.6422 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 11 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 13200 | 54500 | 0.7577 | 12,498 | 1010 | 0.8896 | |
| 13 | University of Delaware | 13600 | 34500 | 0.6068 | 19,119 | 1303 | 0.6356 | |
| 14 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 31700 | 0.5674 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 15 | North Carolina A & T State University | 14000 | 17900 | 0.2185 | 12,216 | 1020 | 0.4617 | |
| 15 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 14000 | 64500 | 0.7829 | 14,576 | 1179 | 0.6967 | |
| 17 | University of Wisconsin-Platteville | 14200 | 22900 | 0.381 | 6,270 | 1140 | 0.8726 | |
| 18 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 14400 | 26500 | 0.4582 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 19 | Texas State University | 14500 | 24500 | 0.4075 | 36,268 | 1100 | 0.8908 | |
| 20 | Northwest Missouri State University | 14600 | 36300 | 0.5973 | 5,241 | 1075 | 0.8613 | |
| 20 | Oklahoma Panhandle State University | 14600 | 21200 | 0.3119 | 1,071 | 985 | 0.9707 | |
| 22 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 14800 | 28000 | 0.4711 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 23 | Murray State University | 15000 | 27000 | 0.4463 | 8,281 | 1124 | 0.8568 | |
| 23 | University of Georgia | 15000 | 26600 | 0.4379 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 25 | California State University-Chico | 15300 | 30700 | 0.5008 | 13,392 | 1117 | 0.9158 | |
| 26 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 15700 | 42500 | 0.6307 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 27 | Sam Houston State University | 15900 | 29700 | 0.4651 | 17,787 | 1030 | 0.9026 | |
| 28 | University of Florida | 16100 | 22500 | 0.2843 | 36,567 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 29 | Alabama A & M University | 16700 | 44800 | 0.6266 | 5,845 | 940 | 0.6622 | |
| 30 | University of Rhode Island | 17700 | 33900 | 0.478 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 31 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 18400 | 41200 | 0.554 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 32 | Unity Environmental University | 18600 | 41600 | 0.5524 | 5,655 | 0 | 0.818 | |
| 33 | University of Arkansas | 19100 | 27800 | 0.3135 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 34 | Texas Tech University | 20000 | 27900 | 0.2834 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 35 | Kansas State University | 20800 | 28800 | 0.2775 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 36 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 20900 | 32800 | 0.3623 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 36 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 20900 | 38200 | 0.4529 | 11,365 | 1216 | 0.8816 | |
| 38 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 21000 | 30700 | 0.3133 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 39 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 21400 | 40100 | 0.4662 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 40 | Buena Vista University | 22400 | 59100 | 0.6203 | 810 | 1124 | 0.7761 | |
| 41 | Washington State University | 22900 | 36800 | 0.3783 | 14,346 | 1139 | 0.8797 | |
| 42 | Montana State University | 23300 | 31500 | 0.2604 | 15,053 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 43 | SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology at Cobleskill | 23400 | 51600 | 0.5466 | 1,764 | 1055 | 0.8325 | |
| 44 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24100 | 38000 | 0.3658 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
| 45 | The University of Findlay | 24800 | 50600 | 0.5095 | 3,954 | 1124 | 0.8615 | |
| 45 | Wilson College | 24800 | 44400 | 0.4412 | 1,180 | 1040 | 0.9532 | |
| 47 | Dordt University | 25100 | 52500 | 0.5216 | 1,695 | 1195 | 0.7116 | |
| 48 | South Dakota State University | 25500 | 28700 | 0.1116 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 49 | University of Minnesota-Crookston | 25600 | 28600 | 0.1034 | 2,510 | 1095 | 0.8781 | |
| 50 | Michigan State University | 25800 | 28900 | 0.1089 | 41,234 | 1223 | 0.848 | |
| 51 | Tuskegee University | 26000 | 42100 | 0.3828 | 2,400 | 1030 | 0.3143 | |
| 52 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 26100 | 59900 | 0.5642 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 53 | University of Idaho | 26900 | 45200 | 0.4045 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 54 | University of Arizona | 27100 | 38500 | 0.2958 | 45,025 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
| 55 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 27600 | 35400 | 0.2206 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 56 | North Dakota State University | 27800 | 30400 | 0.0858 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 57 | Iowa State University | 28700 | 43300 | 0.3381 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 58 | Oregon State University | 28900 | 36700 | 0.2147 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 59 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 29400 | 42400 | 0.3065 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 60 | University of Connecticut | 29600 | 33700 | 0.1218 | 19,388 | 1324 | 0.5395 | |
| 61 | Lubbock Christian University | 30200 | 49200 | 0.3866 | 1,322 | 1070 | 0.7589 | |
| 62 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 30700 | 36500 | 0.1589 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 63 | University of Kentucky | 31100 | 36100 | 0.1386 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 64 | Centenary University | 31200 | 63600 | 0.5093 | 951 | 965 | 0.9675 | |
| 65 | Angelo State University | 31700 | 35400 | 0.1047 | 9,779 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 66 | North Carolina State University | 32800 | 54800 | 0.4017 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 67 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 33100 | 43100 | 0.2322 | 21,947 | 1335 | 0.3122 | |
| 68 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 15,130 | 0 | 0.5256 | |
| 69 | University of Vermont | 34500 | 66300 | 0.4793 | 12,276 | 1379 | 0.653 | |
| 70 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 35100 | 35100 | 0 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 71 | Delaware Valley University | 35600 | 83300 | 0.5726 | 1,768 | 1180 | 0.9326 | |
| 72 | Abilene Christian University | 35900 | 60700 | 0.4083 | 3,233 | 1129 | 0.6604 | |
| 73 | Mississippi State University | 36300 | 50500 | 0.2815 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 74 | Andrews University | 36400 | 62100 | 0.4139 | 1,312 | 1208 | 0.874 | |
| 75 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 37400 | 41600 | 0.101 | 5,187 | 1005 | 0.9229 | |
| 76 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37800 | 66500 | 0.4313 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 77 | Auburn University | 38000 | 38000 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 78 | University of Wyoming | 38600 | 43800 | 0.1187 | 8,130 | 1159 | 0.9688 | |
| 79 | Arkansas State University | 40300 | 40700 | 0.0091 | 9,985 | 1075 | 0.7959 | |
| 80 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 43000 | 46200 | 0.0693 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 80 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43000 | 53400 | 0.1948 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 82 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 44000 | 53700 | 0.1806 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 83 | University of Maine | 45200 | 45200 | 0 | 591 | 1199 | 0.9684 | |
| 84 | Middle Tennessee State University | 46000 | 46000 | 0 | 17,668 | 1124 | 0.68 | |
| 85 | University of Mount Olive | 48200 | 50400 | 0.0438 | 1,937 | 945 | 0.7775 | |
| 86 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53200 | 61000 | 0.1279 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 87 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 54000 | 59200 | 0.0879 | 24,457 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 88 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 56700 | 58900 | 0.0374 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 89 | Clemson University | 61400 | 63700 | 0.0346 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.