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Considering a degree in Animal Sciences?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Animal Sciences majors who live in Idaho.
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 Idaho.
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 | 8400 | 32800 | 0.7432 | 1,454 | 1135 | 0.1199 | |
| 2 | Idaho State University | 9800 | 22300 | 0.561 | 10,406 | 0 | 0.8396 | |
| 3 | University of California-Davis | 10100 | 37800 | 0.732 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
| 4 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 10300 | 21100 | 0.5128 | 4,721 | 1110 | 0.7782 | |
| 5 | Cornell University | 10400 | 92000 | 0.8866 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
| 6 | Utah State University | 12100 | 20300 | 0.4037 | 25,920 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 7 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 27200 | 0.5443 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 8 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 9 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 13400 | 24000 | 0.4416 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 10 | University of Delaware | 13600 | 32500 | 0.5809 | 19,119 | 1303 | 0.6356 | |
| 10 | University of Idaho | 13600 | 26500 | 0.4852 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 12 | Louisiana Tech University | 13900 | 24900 | 0.4411 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 13 | Texas Tech University | 14000 | 27000 | 0.4813 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 14 | University of Wisconsin-Platteville | 14200 | 22900 | 0.381 | 6,270 | 1140 | 0.8726 | |
| 15 | Oklahoma Panhandle State University | 14300 | 17500 | 0.1829 | 1,071 | 985 | 0.9707 | |
| 15 | West Virginia University | 14300 | 23300 | 0.3862 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 17 | Northwest Missouri State University | 14600 | 36300 | 0.5973 | 5,241 | 1075 | 0.8613 | |
| 18 | North Carolina State University | 15600 | 27500 | 0.4331 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 19 | University of Florida | 15700 | 22300 | 0.2961 | 36,567 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 20 | Middle Tennessee State University | 16500 | 23200 | 0.2885 | 17,668 | 1124 | 0.68 | |
| 21 | University of Arizona | 16700 | 30900 | 0.4603 | 45,025 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
| 22 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 17200 | 27200 | 0.3671 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 23 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 17600 | 26300 | 0.3312 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 24 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 18200 | 18200 | 0 | 34,242 | 1260 | 0.7333 | |
| 25 | Texas State University | 18900 | 28900 | 0.3455 | 36,268 | 1100 | 0.8908 | |
| 26 | Kansas State University | 19000 | 28800 | 0.3408 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 27 | University of Wyoming | 20000 | 26700 | 0.2497 | 8,130 | 1159 | 0.9688 | |
| 28 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 20200 | 38800 | 0.481 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 28 | SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology at Cobleskill | 20200 | 26800 | 0.2462 | 1,764 | 1055 | 0.8325 | |
| 30 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 20600 | 38100 | 0.4588 | 11,365 | 1216 | 0.8816 | |
| 31 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27100 | 0.2289 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 32 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 21500 | 35400 | 0.3932 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 33 | Buena Vista University | 22500 | 59100 | 0.6188 | 810 | 1124 | 0.7761 | |
| 34 | Sul Ross State University | 23100 | 37300 | 0.3808 | 1,441 | 1000 | 0.9562 | |
| 35 | Fort Valley State University | 23500 | 38900 | 0.3956 | 2,558 | 940 | 0.628 | |
| 36 | Wilson College | 24300 | 43300 | 0.4385 | 1,180 | 1040 | 0.9532 | |
| 37 | Unity Environmental University | 24900 | 27700 | 0.1009 | 5,655 | 0 | 0.818 | |
| 38 | Montana State University | 25000 | 31400 | 0.2038 | 15,053 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 39 | Tuskegee University | 25100 | 42100 | 0.4042 | 2,400 | 1030 | 0.3143 | |
| 40 | Dordt University | 25200 | 52300 | 0.518 | 1,695 | 1195 | 0.7116 | |
| 41 | California State University-Fresno | 25400 | 35900 | 0.2924 | 21,430 | 995 | 0.9638 | |
| 42 | South Dakota State University | 25600 | 28700 | 0.1071 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 43 | University of Minnesota-Crookston | 25800 | 28600 | 0.0988 | 2,510 | 1095 | 0.8781 | |
| 44 | The University of Findlay | 25900 | 50200 | 0.4843 | 3,954 | 1124 | 0.8615 | |
| 45 | University of Arkansas | 26800 | 30800 | 0.1292 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 46 | California State University-Chico | 27000 | 27000 | 0 | 13,392 | 1117 | 0.9158 | |
| 47 | Murray State University | 27800 | 32400 | 0.1414 | 8,281 | 1124 | 0.8568 | |
| 48 | North Dakota State University | 27900 | 30400 | 0.0815 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 49 | Alabama A & M University | 28100 | 42800 | 0.3433 | 5,845 | 940 | 0.6622 | |
| 50 | Mississippi State University | 28300 | 32300 | 0.126 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 51 | Iowa State University | 28800 | 43300 | 0.3351 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 52 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 29800 | 43700 | 0.3184 | 14,576 | 1144 | 0.6967 | |
| 53 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 30200 | 52900 | 0.4293 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 54 | Lubbock Christian University | 30300 | 49000 | 0.3815 | 1,322 | 1070 | 0.7589 | |
| 55 | Centenary University | 30500 | 63600 | 0.5203 | 951 | 965 | 0.9675 | |
| 56 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 31100 | 42400 | 0.2666 | 21,947 | 1335 | 0.3122 | |
| 57 | University of Rhode Island | 31500 | 46700 | 0.3255 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 58 | Angelo State University | 31800 | 35400 | 0.101 | 9,779 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 58 | North Carolina A & T State University | 31800 | 36400 | 0.1262 | 12,216 | 1020 | 0.4617 | |
| 60 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 32200 | 39200 | 0.1788 | 12,498 | 1010 | 0.8896 | |
| 60 | Sam Houston State University | 32200 | 39900 | 0.193 | 17,787 | 1030 | 0.9026 | |
| 62 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32500 | 34700 | 0.0633 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 63 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 15,130 | 0 | 0.5256 | |
| 64 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 33700 | 46200 | 0.2708 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 65 | Stephen F Austin State University | 33800 | 42800 | 0.2103 | 9,129 | 1060 | 0.7445 | |
| 66 | University of Vermont | 34600 | 66300 | 0.4782 | 12,276 | 1379 | 0.653 | |
| 67 | University of Mount Olive | 35300 | 35300 | 0 | 1,937 | 945 | 0.7775 | |
| 68 | Delaware Valley University | 35400 | 63800 | 0.445 | 1,768 | 1180 | 0.9326 | |
| 69 | Abilene Christian University | 35800 | 60700 | 0.4099 | 3,233 | 1129 | 0.6604 | |
| 70 | University of Maine | 36100 | 45100 | 0.1996 | 591 | 1199 | 0.9684 | |
| 71 | Andrews University | 36400 | 47100 | 0.227 | 1,312 | 1208 | 0.874 | |
| 71 | Boise State University | 36400 | 48800 | 0.2541 | 24,030 | 1025 | 0.8721 | |
| 73 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 37600 | 41600 | 0.0979 | 5,187 | 1005 | 0.9229 | |
| 73 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37600 | 62000 | 0.3936 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 75 | University of Connecticut | 37800 | 41800 | 0.0957 | 19,388 | 1324 | 0.5395 | |
| 76 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 38600 | 44600 | 0.1345 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 76 | Washington State University | 38600 | 53900 | 0.2835 | 14,346 | 1139 | 0.8797 | |
| 78 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 39600 | 53800 | 0.264 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
| 79 | University of Georgia | 40300 | 46000 | 0.1242 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 80 | Arkansas State University | 41900 | 45900 | 0.0858 | 9,985 | 1075 | 0.7959 | |
| 81 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 42800 | 52100 | 0.1785 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 81 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 42800 | 55100 | 0.2234 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 83 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2742 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 84 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 46600 | 58900 | 0.2099 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 85 | Michigan State University | 47200 | 56200 | 0.1601 | 41,234 | 1223 | 0.848 | |
| 86 | University of Kentucky | 51000 | 56000 | 0.0893 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 87 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 52500 | 56100 | 0.0637 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 88 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53400 | 61000 | 0.1257 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 89 | Auburn University | 55400 | 55400 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 90 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 57100 | 59200 | 0.0351 | 24,457 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 91 | Clemson University | 61600 | 63700 | 0.0326 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.