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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 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 11000 | 26000 | 0.5775 | 22,033 | 1321 | 0.3132 | |
| 4 | Front Range Community College | 11500 | 18600 | 0.3774 | 21,970 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | Cornell University | 11700 | 93100 | 0.8745 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0876 | |
| 6 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 12100 | 20500 | 0.4084 | 4,880 | 1124 | 0.8172 | |
| 7 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 29200 | 0.5745 | 38,040 | 1418 | 0.452 | |
| 8 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 12500 | 25700 | 0.513 | 46,815 | 1378 | 0.6057 | |
| 9 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.7517 | |
| 9 | Fort Valley State University | 12600 | 29700 | 0.5756 | 2,699 | 1025 | 0.6587 | |
| 11 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 13100 | 28000 | 0.5318 | 8,553 | 1045 | 0.8688 | |
| 12 | East Texas A&M University | 13500 | 30000 | 0.5501 | 9,992 | 1045 | 0.9224 | |
| 13 | University of Georgia | 13900 | 26600 | 0.4775 | 32,399 | 1382 | 0.377 | |
| 14 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 14600 | 26500 | 0.4478 | 22,364 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 15 | Murray State University | 15000 | 27000 | 0.4443 | 7,851 | 1115 | 0.8568 | |
| 16 | Texas State University | 15500 | 25500 | 0.3924 | 36,236 | 1100 | 0.8932 | |
| 17 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 29800 | 0.4782 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8609 | |
| 18 | Sam Houston State University | 15800 | 30300 | 0.4782 | 17,787 | 1030 | 0.9026 | |
| 19 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 15900 | 38400 | 0.5856 | 37,140 | 1406 | 0.4237 | |
| 20 | Oklahoma Panhandle State University | 16200 | 16700 | 0.03 | 1,021 | 985 | 0.683 | |
| 21 | University of Florida | 16400 | 22500 | 0.271 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 22 | Arkansas State University | 16700 | 28100 | 0.4059 | 9,985 | 1075 | 0.8226 | |
| 23 | West Virginia University | 16800 | 40900 | 0.589 | 18,206 | 1125 | 0.89 | |
| 24 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 17100 | 26300 | 0.3483 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 25 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 17200 | 35400 | 0.5147 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 26 | Middle Tennessee State University | 17400 | 23200 | 0.25 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 27 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 17500 | 29900 | 0.4159 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5743 | |
| 28 | University of Vermont | 18300 | 37800 | 0.5164 | 12,276 | 1379 | 0.653 | |
| 29 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 18400 | 39000 | 0.5294 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 30 | Angelo State University | 18500 | 23100 | 0.2011 | 9,702 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 31 | University of Rhode Island | 19500 | 33900 | 0.4249 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 32 | University of Arizona | 19800 | 30900 | 0.3598 | 44,848 | 1233 | 0.8614 | |
| 33 | Alabama A & M University | 20400 | 28200 | 0.2762 | 6,370 | 915 | 0.5795 | |
| 34 | South Dakota State University | 20600 | 25200 | 0.1844 | 10,719 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 34 | SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology at Cobleskill | 20600 | 26800 | 0.2313 | 1,988 | 1080 | 0.8402 | |
| 36 | Arapahoe Community College | 20700 | 34000 | 0.3906 | 15,012 | 0 | 0 | |
| 36 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 20700 | 30600 | 0.326 | 44,819 | 1327 | 0.4987 | |
| 36 | University of Wyoming | 20700 | 27900 | 0.2594 | 8,130 | 1179 | 0.9688 | |
| 39 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 20900 | 39200 | 0.4671 | 11,355 | 1222 | 0.8816 | |
| 40 | Stetson University | 21000 | 79100 | 0.7349 | 2,349 | 1179 | 0.716 | |
| 41 | Washington State University | 21200 | 36200 | 0.4131 | 21,455 | 1125 | 0.8664 | |
| 42 | Louisiana Tech University | 21600 | 26100 | 0.1726 | 10,881 | 1189 | 0.864 | |
| 43 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,221 | 1204 | 0.8854 | |
| 44 | Buena Vista University | 22500 | 59100 | 0.6197 | 1,436 | 1124 | 0.7761 | |
| 44 | California State University-Chico | 22500 | 27000 | 0.1664 | 13,792 | 1075 | 0.9272 | |
| 46 | Abilene Christian University | 24300 | 59000 | 0.5877 | 3,263 | 1189 | 0.6603 | |
| 47 | Unity Environmental University | 24500 | 29900 | 0.1809 | 6,507 | 0 | 0.818 | |
| 48 | Pikes Peak State College | 24700 | 31600 | 0.2186 | 12,556 | 0 | 0 | |
| 49 | Wilson College | 24900 | 44400 | 0.4406 | 1,379 | 1055 | 0.9211 | |
| 50 | Tennessee Technological University | 25000 | 33700 | 0.257 | 9,187 | 1163 | 0.7613 | |
| 51 | Sul Ross State University | 25100 | 37300 | 0.3272 | 1,890 | 1020 | 0.9871 | |
| 52 | Dordt University | 26200 | 52500 | 0.5007 | 1,716 | 1205 | 0.6847 | |
| 53 | The University of Findlay | 26300 | 50600 | 0.4798 | 4,062 | 1124 | 0.8337 | |
| 53 | Tuskegee University | 26300 | 42100 | 0.3757 | 2,659 | 1090 | 0.4868 | |
| 55 | University of Minnesota-Crookston | 26600 | 29500 | 0.0983 | 2,612 | 1095 | 0.8786 | |
| 56 | University of Arkansas | 26700 | 28900 | 0.0745 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.743 | |
| 57 | University of Idaho | 27000 | 30600 | 0.1178 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 58 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 27100 | 41500 | 0.3468 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 59 | Kansas State University | 27300 | 30400 | 0.104 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8169 | |
| 60 | North Dakota State University | 27800 | 30400 | 0.084 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 61 | Iowa State University | 28700 | 43300 | 0.3368 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 62 | Clemson University | 29200 | 37100 | 0.2141 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 63 | Huntington University | 29400 | 44300 | 0.3362 | 1,588 | 1055 | 0.7564 | |
| 64 | Montana State University | 29700 | 31400 | 0.0541 | 15,046 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 64 | University of Wisconsin-Platteville | 29700 | 31800 | 0.0675 | 6,045 | 1193 | 0.8938 | |
| 66 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 30300 | 38400 | 0.2109 | 15,375 | 1103 | 0.866 | |
| 67 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 30600 | 39200 | 0.2197 | 12,507 | 1010 | 0.8897 | |
| 68 | North Carolina A & T State University | 31700 | 36700 | 0.1361 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.499 | |
| 69 | Centenary University | 32100 | 63600 | 0.4952 | 936 | 1070 | 0.8308 | |
| 70 | North Carolina State University | 32800 | 54800 | 0.4007 | 28,422 | 1378 | 0.4174 | |
| 71 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 15,254 | 1080 | 0.8955 | |
| 72 | Andrews University | 35000 | 70100 | 0.5008 | 1,384 | 1143 | 0.8185 | |
| 73 | Texas Tech University | 35800 | 38900 | 0.0797 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 74 | Mississippi State University | 36300 | 50500 | 0.2804 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 75 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 36500 | 41600 | 0.1237 | 5,386 | 1050 | 0.9092 | |
| 76 | California State University-Fresno | 36900 | 43800 | 0.1565 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 77 | University of Connecticut | 37300 | 53600 | 0.3043 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 78 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37800 | 66300 | 0.43 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5478 | |
| 79 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 38500 | 53100 | 0.2748 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 80 | Delaware Valley University | 39400 | 66900 | 0.4111 | 1,768 | 1208 | 0.9321 | |
| 81 | University of Maine | 40100 | 45200 | 0.1129 | 9,601 | 1205 | 0.9664 | |
| 82 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 40500 | 50000 | 0.1902 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 83 | University of Mount Olive | 42300 | 50400 | 0.1617 | 1,944 | 1075 | 0.7575 | |
| 84 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43200 | 53600 | 0.1942 | 31,133 | 1463 | 0.4479 | |
| 85 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2746 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 86 | Michigan State University | 47200 | 56200 | 0.1601 | 41,234 | 1279 | 0.848 | |
| 87 | University of Delaware | 48700 | 61300 | 0.2065 | 20,026 | 1294 | 0.706 | |
| 88 | University of Kentucky | 49100 | 58000 | 0.1541 | 25,534 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 89 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53300 | 61000 | 0.127 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 90 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53700 | 62800 | 0.1449 | 23,920 | 1397 | 0.5973 | |
| 91 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 57000 | 59200 | 0.0363 | 24,449 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 92 | Auburn University | 58500 | 58500 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4592 | |
| 93 | University of California-Davis | 69800 | 69800 | 0 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.