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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 | 8100 | 47200 | 0.8288 | 1,454 | 1135 | 0.1199 | |
| 2 | Utah State University | 8200 | 25200 | 0.6743 | 25,920 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 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 | Front Range Community College | 11500 | 18600 | 0.3775 | 21,970 | 0 | 1 | |
| 7 | Cornell University | 11700 | 93100 | 0.8745 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
| 8 | Sul Ross State University | 12400 | 48200 | 0.7424 | 1,441 | 1000 | 0.9562 | |
| 9 | California State University-Fresno | 12500 | 45900 | 0.7284 | 21,430 | 995 | 0.9638 | |
| 10 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 11 | Fort Valley State University | 13000 | 39100 | 0.6676 | 2,558 | 940 | 0.628 | |
| 12 | Louisiana Tech University | 13200 | 36900 | 0.6422 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 12 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 13200 | 54500 | 0.7577 | 12,498 | 1010 | 0.8896 | |
| 12 | West Virginia University | 13200 | 57700 | 0.7711 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 15 | University of Delaware | 13600 | 34500 | 0.6068 | 19,119 | 1303 | 0.6356 | |
| 15 | University of Idaho | 13600 | 25800 | 0.4732 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 17 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 31700 | 0.5674 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 18 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 14000 | 64500 | 0.7829 | 14,576 | 1179 | 0.6967 | |
| 19 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 14400 | 26500 | 0.4582 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 20 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 14500 | 25700 | 0.4353 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 20 | Texas State University | 14500 | 24500 | 0.4075 | 36,268 | 1100 | 0.8908 | |
| 22 | Northwest Missouri State University | 14600 | 27900 | 0.476 | 5,241 | 1075 | 0.8613 | |
| 22 | Oklahoma Panhandle State University | 14600 | 21200 | 0.3119 | 1,071 | 985 | 0.9707 | |
| 24 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 14800 | 28000 | 0.4711 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 25 | California State University-Chico | 15300 | 27000 | 0.4327 | 13,392 | 1117 | 0.9158 | |
| 26 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 15600 | 25800 | 0.3959 | 5,187 | 1005 | 0.9229 | |
| 27 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 15700 | 42500 | 0.6307 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 28 | Sam Houston State University | 15900 | 30300 | 0.4749 | 17,787 | 1030 | 0.9026 | |
| 29 | North Carolina State University | 16500 | 28500 | 0.4223 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 30 | Alabama A & M University | 16700 | 44800 | 0.6266 | 5,845 | 940 | 0.6622 | |
| 31 | Arkansas State University | 17000 | 28100 | 0.3952 | 9,985 | 1075 | 0.7959 | |
| 32 | University of Maine | 17100 | 29300 | 0.4166 | 591 | 1199 | 0.9684 | |
| 33 | University of Arkansas | 18000 | 27700 | 0.3502 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 34 | University of Rhode Island | 18300 | 46400 | 0.6051 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 35 | Unity Environmental University | 18600 | 41600 | 0.5524 | 5,655 | 0 | 0.818 | |
| 36 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 19400 | 36900 | 0.4748 | 24,457 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 37 | University of Wyoming | 19900 | 26700 | 0.2545 | 8,130 | 1159 | 0.9688 | |
| 38 | Texas Tech University | 20000 | 27900 | 0.2834 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 39 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20200 | 45200 | 0.5537 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 40 | Arapahoe Community College | 20800 | 34000 | 0.3877 | 15,012 | 0 | 1 | |
| 40 | Kansas State University | 20800 | 28800 | 0.2775 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 42 | North Dakota State University | 20900 | 25700 | 0.1868 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 42 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 20900 | 32800 | 0.3623 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 44 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 21400 | 40100 | 0.4662 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 45 | South Dakota State University | 22000 | 25200 | 0.1271 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 46 | Buena Vista University | 22400 | 59100 | 0.6203 | 810 | 1124 | 0.7761 | |
| 46 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 22400 | 59900 | 0.6259 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 48 | Washington State University | 22900 | 36800 | 0.3783 | 14,346 | 1139 | 0.8797 | |
| 49 | Montana State University | 23300 | 31400 | 0.2579 | 15,053 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 50 | SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology at Cobleskill | 23400 | 51600 | 0.5466 | 1,764 | 1055 | 0.8325 | |
| 51 | The University of Findlay | 24800 | 50600 | 0.5095 | 3,954 | 1124 | 0.8615 | |
| 51 | Wilson College | 24800 | 44400 | 0.4412 | 1,180 | 1040 | 0.9532 | |
| 53 | Dordt University | 25100 | 52500 | 0.5216 | 1,695 | 1195 | 0.7116 | |
| 54 | University of Minnesota-Crookston | 25600 | 28600 | 0.1034 | 2,510 | 1095 | 0.8781 | |
| 55 | Tuskegee University | 26000 | 42100 | 0.3828 | 2,400 | 1030 | 0.3143 | |
| 56 | University of Arizona | 27100 | 37700 | 0.2815 | 45,025 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
| 57 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 27600 | 35400 | 0.2206 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 58 | Murray State University | 27700 | 32400 | 0.1454 | 8,281 | 1124 | 0.8568 | |
| 59 | Mississippi State University | 28100 | 32300 | 0.13 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 60 | Iowa State University | 28700 | 43300 | 0.3381 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 61 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 29400 | 42400 | 0.3065 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 62 | University of Connecticut | 29600 | 33700 | 0.1218 | 19,388 | 1324 | 0.5395 | |
| 62 | University of Wisconsin-Platteville | 29600 | 31800 | 0.0693 | 6,270 | 1140 | 0.8726 | |
| 64 | Lubbock Christian University | 30200 | 49200 | 0.3866 | 1,322 | 1070 | 0.7589 | |
| 65 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 30700 | 36500 | 0.1589 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 66 | Centenary University | 31200 | 63600 | 0.5093 | 951 | 965 | 0.9675 | |
| 67 | Angelo State University | 31700 | 35400 | 0.1047 | 9,779 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 68 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 33100 | 43100 | 0.2322 | 21,947 | 1335 | 0.3122 | |
| 69 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 15,130 | 0 | 0.5256 | |
| 70 | University of Vermont | 34500 | 66300 | 0.4793 | 12,276 | 1379 | 0.653 | |
| 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 | North Carolina A & T State University | 36000 | 36600 | 0.0164 | 12,216 | 1020 | 0.4617 | |
| 74 | Andrews University | 36400 | 62100 | 0.4139 | 1,312 | 1208 | 0.874 | |
| 74 | Auburn University | 36400 | 38000 | 0.0421 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 76 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 38800 | 53400 | 0.2735 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 77 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 39800 | 53700 | 0.259 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
| 78 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 40500 | 40500 | 0 | 11,365 | 1216 | 0.8816 | |
| 79 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 43000 | 46200 | 0.0693 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 79 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43000 | 53400 | 0.1948 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 81 | University of Florida | 43100 | 45600 | 0.0548 | 36,567 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 82 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2748 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 83 | University of Georgia | 45900 | 51600 | 0.1108 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 84 | Middle Tennessee State University | 46000 | 46000 | 0 | 17,668 | 1124 | 0.68 | |
| 85 | Michigan State University | 47200 | 56200 | 0.1601 | 41,234 | 1223 | 0.848 | |
| 86 | University of Mount Olive | 48200 | 50400 | 0.0438 | 1,937 | 945 | 0.7775 | |
| 87 | University of Kentucky | 48800 | 56600 | 0.1377 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 88 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 52700 | 58900 | 0.1053 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 89 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53200 | 61000 | 0.1279 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 90 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 53900 | 56100 | 0.0393 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 91 | 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.