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Considering a degree in Animal Sciences?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Animal Sciences majors who live in Connecticut.
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 Connecticut.
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 | University of California-Davis | 10200 | 38100 | 0.7328 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
| 3 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 11000 | 25700 | 0.5713 | 46,815 | 1378 | 0.6057 | |
| 4 | California State University-Fresno | 11100 | 19600 | 0.4353 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 5 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 11300 | 20500 | 0.4471 | 4,880 | 1124 | 0.8172 | |
| 6 | Cornell University | 11700 | 93100 | 0.8745 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0876 | |
| 7 | Fort Valley State University | 12100 | 29700 | 0.5924 | 2,699 | 1025 | 0.6587 | |
| 8 | Sul Ross State University | 12400 | 27100 | 0.543 | 1,890 | 1020 | 0.9871 | |
| 9 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 12500 | 26500 | 0.5277 | 12,507 | 1010 | 0.8897 | |
| 10 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.7517 | |
| 11 | East Texas A&M University | 12800 | 30000 | 0.5734 | 9,992 | 1045 | 0.9224 | |
| 12 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 13400 | 25700 | 0.4786 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 13 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 50700 | 0.7294 | 38,040 | 1418 | 0.452 | |
| 14 | University of Idaho | 13800 | 25800 | 0.4659 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 14 | Utah State University | 13800 | 20800 | 0.3369 | 25,706 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 16 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 14900 | 31000 | 0.5189 | 8,553 | 1045 | 0.8688 | |
| 17 | Murray State University | 15000 | 27000 | 0.4443 | 7,851 | 1115 | 0.8568 | |
| 18 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 29800 | 0.4782 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8609 | |
| 19 | Sam Houston State University | 15700 | 30300 | 0.4815 | 17,787 | 1030 | 0.9026 | |
| 20 | Kansas State University | 15800 | 26100 | 0.3949 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8169 | |
| 21 | Oklahoma Panhandle State University | 16100 | 16700 | 0.036 | 1,021 | 985 | 0.683 | |
| 22 | University of Maine | 16200 | 29300 | 0.4474 | 9,601 | 1205 | 0.9664 | |
| 22 | West Virginia University | 16200 | 40900 | 0.6036 | 18,206 | 1125 | 0.89 | |
| 24 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 17500 | 39000 | 0.5525 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 25 | Texas Tech University | 17900 | 27100 | 0.34 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 26 | University of Vermont | 18300 | 37800 | 0.5164 | 12,276 | 1379 | 0.653 | |
| 27 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 18600 | 29900 | 0.3792 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5743 | |
| 28 | Iowa State University | 20000 | 24200 | 0.1732 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 29 | Alabama A & M University | 20100 | 28200 | 0.2869 | 6,370 | 915 | 0.5795 | |
| 30 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20200 | 45200 | 0.5537 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5478 | |
| 31 | Stetson University | 20300 | 79100 | 0.7437 | 2,349 | 1179 | 0.716 | |
| 32 | South Dakota State University | 20600 | 25200 | 0.1844 | 10,719 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 33 | Louisiana Tech University | 21000 | 26100 | 0.1956 | 10,881 | 1189 | 0.864 | |
| 33 | North Dakota State University | 21000 | 25700 | 0.1847 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 35 | Washington State University | 21200 | 36200 | 0.4131 | 21,455 | 1125 | 0.8664 | |
| 36 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,221 | 1204 | 0.8854 | |
| 37 | California State University-Chico | 22000 | 31000 | 0.29 | 13,792 | 1075 | 0.9272 | |
| 38 | Buena Vista University | 22500 | 59100 | 0.6197 | 1,436 | 1124 | 0.7761 | |
| 39 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24100 | 39300 | 0.3873 | 23,920 | 1397 | 0.5973 | |
| 40 | Abilene Christian University | 24300 | 59000 | 0.5877 | 3,263 | 1189 | 0.6603 | |
| 41 | Unity Environmental University | 24400 | 29900 | 0.1842 | 6,507 | 0 | 0.818 | |
| 42 | Wilson College | 24900 | 44400 | 0.4406 | 1,379 | 1055 | 0.9211 | |
| 43 | Tennessee Technological University | 25000 | 33700 | 0.257 | 9,187 | 1163 | 0.7613 | |
| 44 | Michigan State University | 25500 | 28900 | 0.1193 | 41,234 | 1279 | 0.848 | |
| 45 | The University of Findlay | 25800 | 50600 | 0.4897 | 4,062 | 1124 | 0.8337 | |
| 46 | Dordt University | 26100 | 52500 | 0.5026 | 1,716 | 1205 | 0.6847 | |
| 47 | Tuskegee University | 26200 | 42100 | 0.3781 | 2,659 | 1090 | 0.4868 | |
| 48 | University of Arkansas | 26400 | 28900 | 0.0849 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.743 | |
| 49 | University of Minnesota-Crookston | 26600 | 29500 | 0.0983 | 2,612 | 1095 | 0.8786 | |
| 50 | University of Arizona | 27200 | 38100 | 0.2862 | 44,848 | 1233 | 0.8614 | |
| 51 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 27500 | 32800 | 0.1602 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 52 | Texas State University | 28000 | 28000 | 0 | 36,236 | 1100 | 0.8932 | |
| 53 | University of Connecticut | 29200 | 39500 | 0.261 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 54 | Huntington University | 29300 | 44300 | 0.3384 | 1,588 | 1055 | 0.7564 | |
| 54 | Montana State University | 29300 | 31900 | 0.0814 | 15,046 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 56 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 29700 | 42200 | 0.296 | 15,375 | 1103 | 0.866 | |
| 56 | University of Wisconsin-Platteville | 29700 | 31800 | 0.0675 | 6,045 | 1193 | 0.8938 | |
| 58 | North Carolina A & T State University | 31100 | 36700 | 0.1525 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.499 | |
| 59 | Angelo State University | 31700 | 35400 | 0.1031 | 9,702 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 60 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 31800 | 43100 | 0.2624 | 22,033 | 1321 | 0.3132 | |
| 61 | Centenary University | 32100 | 63600 | 0.4952 | 936 | 1070 | 0.8308 | |
| 62 | SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology at Cobleskill | 32200 | 42700 | 0.2457 | 1,988 | 1080 | 0.8402 | |
| 63 | University of Rhode Island | 32400 | 44300 | 0.2684 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 64 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32500 | 35100 | 0.0742 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 65 | North Carolina State University | 32800 | 54800 | 0.4007 | 28,422 | 1378 | 0.4174 | |
| 66 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 15,254 | 1080 | 0.8955 | |
| 67 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 33400 | 41000 | 0.186 | 22,364 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 68 | Andrews University | 35000 | 70100 | 0.5008 | 1,384 | 1143 | 0.8185 | |
| 69 | Mississippi State University | 36300 | 50500 | 0.2804 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 70 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 36500 | 41600 | 0.1237 | 5,386 | 1050 | 0.9092 | |
| 71 | Delaware Valley University | 39100 | 66900 | 0.4156 | 1,768 | 1208 | 0.9321 | |
| 72 | University of Wyoming | 40100 | 45300 | 0.1137 | 8,130 | 1179 | 0.9688 | |
| 73 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 40200 | 50000 | 0.1962 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 74 | Arkansas State University | 40600 | 41000 | 0.0098 | 9,985 | 1075 | 0.8226 | |
| 75 | Middle Tennessee State University | 41100 | 46000 | 0.1065 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 76 | University of Mount Olive | 42300 | 50400 | 0.1617 | 1,944 | 1075 | 0.7575 | |
| 77 | University of Maryland-College Park | 42600 | 53600 | 0.2054 | 31,133 | 1463 | 0.4479 | |
| 78 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42800 | 53900 | 0.2058 | 11,355 | 1222 | 0.8816 | |
| 79 | University of Florida | 43200 | 45700 | 0.0548 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 80 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2746 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 81 | University of Delaware | 48000 | 61300 | 0.2171 | 20,026 | 1294 | 0.706 | |
| 82 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48600 | 51200 | 0.0517 | 44,819 | 1327 | 0.4987 | |
| 83 | University of Georgia | 48800 | 51600 | 0.0542 | 32,399 | 1382 | 0.377 | |
| 84 | University of Kentucky | 49200 | 58000 | 0.1531 | 25,534 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 85 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 49800 | 62200 | 0.1995 | 37,140 | 1406 | 0.4237 | |
| 86 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53300 | 61000 | 0.127 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 87 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 57000 | 59200 | 0.0363 | 24,449 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 88 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58300 | 64100 | 0.0905 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 89 | Auburn University | 58500 | 58500 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4592 | |
| 90 | Clemson University | 61500 | 63700 | 0.0338 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.