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Considering a degree in Animal Sciences?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Animal Sciences majors who live in Colorado.
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 Colorado.
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 | 8200 | 25200 | 0.6743 | 25,706 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 3 | University of California-Davis | 10200 | 38100 | 0.7328 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
| 4 | Cornell University | 11500 | 93100 | 0.8767 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0876 | |
| 4 | Front Range Community College | 11500 | 18600 | 0.3775 | 21,970 | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | Pikes Peak State College | 11800 | 18700 | 0.3701 | 12,556 | 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | Arapahoe Community College | 12100 | 25500 | 0.5228 | 15,012 | 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | North Carolina A & T State University | 13100 | 17900 | 0.2689 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.499 | |
| 9 | University of Delaware | 13500 | 34500 | 0.6079 | 20,026 | 1294 | 0.706 | |
| 10 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 47300 | 0.7099 | 38,040 | 1418 | 0.452 | |
| 11 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15100 | 37700 | 0.6009 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8609 | |
| 12 | California State University-Chico | 15400 | 23500 | 0.3443 | 13,792 | 1075 | 0.9272 | |
| 13 | Sam Houston State University | 15800 | 30300 | 0.4782 | 17,787 | 1030 | 0.9026 | |
| 13 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 15800 | 38400 | 0.5882 | 37,140 | 1406 | 0.4237 | |
| 15 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 15900 | 31000 | 0.4867 | 8,553 | 1045 | 0.8688 | |
| 16 | Oklahoma Panhandle State University | 16200 | 16700 | 0.03 | 1,021 | 985 | 0.683 | |
| 17 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 17100 | 26300 | 0.3494 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 18 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 17200 | 35400 | 0.5147 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 18 | West Virginia University | 17200 | 40900 | 0.5792 | 18,206 | 1125 | 0.89 | |
| 20 | University of Vermont | 18300 | 37800 | 0.5164 | 12,276 | 1379 | 0.653 | |
| 21 | Texas Tech University | 18500 | 27100 | 0.3179 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 22 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 19900 | 29900 | 0.3368 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5743 | |
| 23 | University of Wyoming | 20600 | 27900 | 0.264 | 8,130 | 1179 | 0.9688 | |
| 24 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 20800 | 26000 | 0.2028 | 4,880 | 1124 | 0.8172 | |
| 25 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 20900 | 39200 | 0.4671 | 11,355 | 1222 | 0.8816 | |
| 26 | Stetson University | 21000 | 79100 | 0.7349 | 2,349 | 1179 | 0.716 | |
| 27 | Louisiana Tech University | 21600 | 26100 | 0.1726 | 10,881 | 1189 | 0.864 | |
| 28 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,221 | 1204 | 0.8854 | |
| 29 | South Dakota State University | 21900 | 25200 | 0.1301 | 10,719 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 30 | Buena Vista University | 22400 | 59100 | 0.6212 | 1,436 | 1124 | 0.7761 | |
| 31 | Abilene Christian University | 24300 | 59000 | 0.5877 | 3,263 | 1189 | 0.6603 | |
| 32 | Unity Environmental University | 24500 | 29900 | 0.1809 | 6,507 | 0 | 0.818 | |
| 33 | Wilson College | 24800 | 44400 | 0.442 | 1,379 | 1055 | 0.9211 | |
| 34 | Sul Ross State University | 25100 | 37300 | 0.3272 | 1,890 | 1020 | 0.9871 | |
| 35 | University of Minnesota-Crookston | 25600 | 28600 | 0.106 | 2,612 | 1095 | 0.8786 | |
| 36 | Dordt University | 26200 | 52500 | 0.5007 | 1,716 | 1205 | 0.6847 | |
| 37 | The University of Findlay | 26300 | 50600 | 0.4798 | 4,062 | 1124 | 0.8337 | |
| 37 | Tuskegee University | 26300 | 42100 | 0.3757 | 2,659 | 1090 | 0.4868 | |
| 39 | University of Arkansas | 26600 | 28900 | 0.079 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.743 | |
| 40 | University of Idaho | 26900 | 30600 | 0.1211 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 41 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 27100 | 41500 | 0.3468 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 41 | University of Arizona | 27100 | 37700 | 0.2815 | 44,848 | 1233 | 0.8614 | |
| 43 | Kansas State University | 27300 | 30400 | 0.104 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8169 | |
| 44 | Fort Valley State University | 27500 | 45200 | 0.3914 | 2,699 | 1025 | 0.6587 | |
| 45 | Murray State University | 27600 | 32400 | 0.1477 | 7,851 | 1115 | 0.8568 | |
| 46 | North Dakota State University | 27700 | 30400 | 0.0882 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 47 | Texas State University | 28000 | 28000 | 0 | 36,236 | 1100 | 0.8932 | |
| 48 | Alabama A & M University | 28300 | 37700 | 0.2492 | 6,370 | 915 | 0.5795 | |
| 49 | Iowa State University | 28600 | 43300 | 0.3398 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 50 | Huntington University | 29300 | 44300 | 0.3384 | 1,588 | 1055 | 0.7564 | |
| 51 | East Texas A&M University | 29400 | 36500 | 0.1945 | 9,992 | 1045 | 0.9224 | |
| 52 | University of Wisconsin-Platteville | 29600 | 31800 | 0.0716 | 6,045 | 1193 | 0.8938 | |
| 53 | Montana State University | 29700 | 31400 | 0.0541 | 15,046 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 54 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 30300 | 38400 | 0.2109 | 15,375 | 1103 | 0.866 | |
| 55 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 30600 | 39200 | 0.2197 | 12,507 | 1010 | 0.8897 | |
| 56 | Angelo State University | 31600 | 35400 | 0.1068 | 9,702 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 57 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 31700 | 41200 | 0.2308 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.7517 | |
| 58 | Centenary University | 32100 | 63600 | 0.4952 | 936 | 1070 | 0.8308 | |
| 59 | SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology at Cobleskill | 32400 | 42700 | 0.241 | 1,988 | 1080 | 0.8402 | |
| 60 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 32500 | 43100 | 0.2461 | 22,033 | 1321 | 0.3132 | |
| 61 | North Carolina State University | 32700 | 54800 | 0.4031 | 28,422 | 1378 | 0.4174 | |
| 62 | University of Rhode Island | 33200 | 46400 | 0.2842 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 63 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 15,254 | 1080 | 0.8955 | |
| 64 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 34200 | 41000 | 0.1656 | 22,364 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 65 | Andrews University | 35000 | 70100 | 0.5008 | 1,384 | 1143 | 0.8185 | |
| 66 | Mississippi State University | 36200 | 50500 | 0.283 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 66 | Tennessee Technological University | 36200 | 38500 | 0.0592 | 9,187 | 1163 | 0.7613 | |
| 68 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 36400 | 41600 | 0.1268 | 5,386 | 1050 | 0.9092 | |
| 69 | California State University-Fresno | 37000 | 43800 | 0.1554 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 70 | University of Connecticut | 37100 | 53600 | 0.3081 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 71 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37800 | 66300 | 0.43 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5478 | |
| 72 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 38300 | 53100 | 0.2786 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 73 | Delaware Valley University | 39400 | 66900 | 0.4111 | 1,768 | 1208 | 0.9321 | |
| 74 | University of Maine | 40100 | 45200 | 0.1129 | 9,601 | 1205 | 0.9664 | |
| 75 | Arkansas State University | 40400 | 41000 | 0.0146 | 9,985 | 1075 | 0.8226 | |
| 76 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 40500 | 50000 | 0.1902 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 77 | Washington State University | 40600 | 56300 | 0.28 | 21,455 | 1125 | 0.8664 | |
| 78 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 41300 | 53600 | 0.2296 | 46,815 | 1378 | 0.6057 | |
| 79 | Middle Tennessee State University | 41600 | 46000 | 0.0956 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 80 | University of Mount Olive | 42100 | 50400 | 0.1643 | 1,944 | 1075 | 0.7575 | |
| 81 | University of Florida | 43100 | 45700 | 0.057 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 82 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43200 | 53600 | 0.1942 | 31,133 | 1463 | 0.4479 | |
| 83 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2752 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 84 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47100 | 59700 | 0.2122 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 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 Georgia | 48600 | 51600 | 0.0581 | 32,399 | 1382 | 0.377 | |
| 88 | University of Kentucky | 49000 | 58000 | 0.1561 | 25,534 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 89 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53200 | 61000 | 0.1291 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 90 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53600 | 62800 | 0.1465 | 23,920 | 1397 | 0.5973 | |
| 91 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 56900 | 59200 | 0.0385 | 24,449 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 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.