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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 | College of the Ozarks | 8100 | 47200 | 0.8288 | 1,454 | 1135 | 0.1199 | |
| 2 | Utah State University | 11500 | 28500 | 0.5964 | 25,920 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 3 | Cornell University | 11800 | 93100 | 0.8735 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
| 4 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 29100 | 0.5734 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 5 | California State University-Fresno | 12500 | 45900 | 0.7284 | 21,430 | 995 | 0.9638 | |
| 5 | Sul Ross State University | 12500 | 27100 | 0.5393 | 1,441 | 1000 | 0.9562 | |
| 7 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 12600 | 26100 | 0.5167 | 21,947 | 1335 | 0.3122 | |
| 8 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 12700 | 54500 | 0.7669 | 12,498 | 1010 | 0.8896 | |
| 8 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 12700 | 41800 | 0.696 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 10 | East Texas A&M University | 12900 | 30000 | 0.5701 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 11 | Fort Valley State University | 13000 | 44300 | 0.7069 | 2,558 | 890 | 0.628 | |
| 12 | West Virginia University | 13200 | 57700 | 0.7711 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 13 | North Carolina A & T State University | 14000 | 17900 | 0.2185 | 12,216 | 1040 | 0.4617 | |
| 14 | Louisiana Tech University | 14500 | 36900 | 0.6069 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 14 | Texas State University | 14500 | 24500 | 0.4075 | 36,268 | 1100 | 0.8908 | |
| 16 | Oklahoma Panhandle State University | 14700 | 21200 | 0.3072 | 1,071 | 985 | 0.9707 | |
| 17 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 14800 | 28000 | 0.4711 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 18 | University of Georgia | 14900 | 26600 | 0.438 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 19 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 15000 | 64500 | 0.7674 | 15,375 | 1179 | 0.866 | |
| 20 | California State University-Chico | 15100 | 23500 | 0.3571 | 13,392 | 1117 | 0.9158 | |
| 20 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15100 | 29000 | 0.4808 | 5,241 | 1075 | 0.8613 | |
| 22 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 15200 | 26400 | 0.4237 | 4,721 | 1110 | 0.7782 | |
| 23 | North Carolina State University | 16500 | 28500 | 0.4199 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 24 | Alabama A & M University | 16700 | 44800 | 0.6266 | 5,845 | 920 | 0.6622 | |
| 24 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 16700 | 39000 | 0.5705 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 26 | Sam Houston State University | 17100 | 23000 | 0.2566 | 17,787 | 1030 | 0.9026 | |
| 26 | University of Maine | 17100 | 29300 | 0.4166 | 591 | 1199 | 0.9684 | |
| 28 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 17700 | 26300 | 0.3249 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 28 | University of Rhode Island | 17700 | 33900 | 0.478 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 30 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 18400 | 41200 | 0.554 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 31 | Angelo State University | 18500 | 23100 | 0.2005 | 9,779 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 32 | Unity Environmental University | 18600 | 41600 | 0.5524 | 5,655 | 0 | 0.818 | |
| 33 | University of Arkansas | 19000 | 27800 | 0.3146 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 34 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 20500 | 26500 | 0.2261 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 34 | Stetson University | 20500 | 79100 | 0.7412 | 2,349 | 1114 | 0.716 | |
| 36 | University of Wyoming | 20700 | 27900 | 0.2588 | 8,130 | 1159 | 0.9688 | |
| 37 | North Dakota State University | 21000 | 25700 | 0.1841 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 38 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 22300 | 59900 | 0.6276 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 39 | Buena Vista University | 22500 | 59100 | 0.6195 | 810 | 1124 | 0.7761 | |
| 39 | University of Florida | 22500 | 43200 | 0.4795 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 41 | Murray State University | 22900 | 27600 | 0.1682 | 8,281 | 1124 | 0.8568 | |
| 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 | 1,894 | 1055 | 0.8401 | |
| 44 | Washington State University | 23800 | 38700 | 0.3859 | 21,455 | 1131 | 0.8664 | |
| 45 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24100 | 38000 | 0.3658 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
| 46 | University of Central Arkansas | 24400 | 29500 | 0.174 | 8,268 | 1124 | 0.8949 | |
| 47 | The University of Findlay | 24800 | 50600 | 0.5095 | 3,954 | 1124 | 0.8615 | |
| 48 | Wilson College | 24900 | 44400 | 0.4404 | 1,180 | 1040 | 0.9532 | |
| 49 | Dordt University | 25400 | 52500 | 0.5159 | 1,695 | 1170 | 0.7116 | |
| 50 | South Dakota State University | 25600 | 28700 | 0.1092 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 51 | University of Minnesota-Crookston | 25700 | 28600 | 0.1009 | 2,612 | 1095 | 0.8786 | |
| 52 | Tuskegee University | 26400 | 42100 | 0.3733 | 2,400 | 1113 | 0.3143 | |
| 53 | University of Idaho | 27000 | 45200 | 0.4023 | 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 | Texas Tech University | 27900 | 27900 | 0 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 57 | University of Delaware | 28500 | 34500 | 0.1741 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 58 | Iowa State University | 28800 | 43300 | 0.3365 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 59 | Huntington University | 29400 | 44300 | 0.3364 | 1,589 | 1055 | 0.7564 | |
| 60 | Kansas State University | 29500 | 41600 | 0.2899 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 61 | University of Wisconsin-Platteville | 29700 | 31800 | 0.0671 | 6,270 | 1180 | 0.8726 | |
| 62 | Centenary University | 30800 | 63600 | 0.5156 | 951 | 965 | 0.9675 | |
| 63 | University of Kentucky | 31100 | 36100 | 0.1386 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 64 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 32200 | 36700 | 0.121 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 65 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 15,130 | 1095 | 0.5256 | |
| 66 | University of Vermont | 34500 | 66300 | 0.4787 | 12,276 | 1379 | 0.653 | |
| 67 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 35100 | 35100 | 0 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 68 | Delaware Valley University | 35600 | 83300 | 0.5726 | 1,768 | 1180 | 0.9326 | |
| 69 | Andrews University | 35800 | 62100 | 0.4235 | 1,312 | 1196 | 0.874 | |
| 70 | Abilene Christian University | 35900 | 60700 | 0.4083 | 3,233 | 1129 | 0.6604 | |
| 71 | Mississippi State University | 36300 | 50500 | 0.2801 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 72 | Auburn University | 36400 | 38000 | 0.0421 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 72 | Tennessee Technological University | 36400 | 38500 | 0.0554 | 8,838 | 1159 | 0.8316 | |
| 74 | University of Connecticut | 37300 | 43900 | 0.1505 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 75 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 37500 | 41600 | 0.0993 | 5,386 | 995 | 0.9092 | |
| 76 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37800 | 66500 | 0.4313 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 77 | Arkansas State University | 40300 | 40700 | 0.0096 | 9,985 | 1075 | 0.7959 | |
| 78 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42500 | 57700 | 0.2632 | 11,365 | 1216 | 0.8816 | |
| 79 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43200 | 53400 | 0.191 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 80 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 44000 | 53700 | 0.1806 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 81 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2745 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 82 | Middle Tennessee State University | 46000 | 46000 | 0 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 83 | Michigan State University | 47200 | 56200 | 0.1601 | 41,234 | 1223 | 0.848 | |
| 84 | University of Mount Olive | 48300 | 50400 | 0.0424 | 1,937 | 1020 | 0.7775 | |
| 85 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48600 | 51200 | 0.0514 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 86 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 54000 | 56100 | 0.038 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 87 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 54100 | 59200 | 0.0867 | 24,457 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 88 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58200 | 64100 | 0.0921 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 89 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 59100 | 61200 | 0.0349 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 90 | Clemson University | 61500 | 63700 | 0.0335 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 91 | University of California-Davis | 69800 | 69800 | 0 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.