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Considering a degree in Animal Sciences?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Animal Sciences majors who live in Kentucky.
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 Kentucky.
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 | Utah State University | 4700 | 21700 | 0.7832 | 25,920 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 2 | College of the Ozarks | 8000 | 47200 | 0.8309 | 1,454 | 1135 | 0.1199 | |
| 3 | Eastern Kentucky University | 10000 | 22900 | 0.5649 | 12,726 | 1055 | 0.9695 | |
| 4 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 10300 | 21200 | 0.5145 | 4,721 | 1110 | 0.7782 | |
| 5 | Cornell University | 11700 | 93100 | 0.8745 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
| 6 | Sul Ross State University | 12200 | 48200 | 0.7465 | 1,441 | 1000 | 0.9562 | |
| 7 | California State University-Fresno | 12400 | 45900 | 0.7306 | 21,430 | 995 | 0.9638 | |
| 8 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 9 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 12700 | 54500 | 0.7669 | 12,498 | 1010 | 0.8896 | |
| 9 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 12700 | 30000 | 0.5767 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 11 | Fort Valley State University | 12900 | 39100 | 0.6702 | 2,558 | 940 | 0.628 | |
| 12 | Louisiana Tech University | 13100 | 36900 | 0.6449 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 12 | West Virginia University | 13100 | 57700 | 0.7728 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 14 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 13400 | 25700 | 0.4786 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 15 | University of Idaho | 13500 | 25800 | 0.4772 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 16 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 31700 | 0.5674 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 17 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 14200 | 25700 | 0.4469 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 18 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 14400 | 26500 | 0.4582 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 19 | Texas State University | 14500 | 24500 | 0.4075 | 36,268 | 1100 | 0.8908 | |
| 20 | Northwest Missouri State University | 14600 | 36300 | 0.5973 | 5,241 | 1075 | 0.8613 | |
| 20 | Oklahoma Panhandle State University | 14600 | 21200 | 0.3119 | 1,071 | 985 | 0.9707 | |
| 20 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 14600 | 28000 | 0.4782 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 23 | Stephen F Austin State University | 14800 | 36100 | 0.5901 | 9,129 | 1060 | 0.7445 | |
| 24 | University of Georgia | 14900 | 26600 | 0.4414 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 24 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 14900 | 64500 | 0.7689 | 14,576 | 1179 | 0.6967 | |
| 26 | California State University-Chico | 15100 | 30700 | 0.5073 | 13,392 | 1117 | 0.9158 | |
| 27 | Murray State University | 15600 | 27000 | 0.4218 | 8,281 | 1124 | 0.8568 | |
| 27 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 15600 | 25800 | 0.3959 | 5,187 | 1005 | 0.9229 | |
| 29 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 15700 | 42500 | 0.6307 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 30 | Sam Houston State University | 16000 | 29700 | 0.4617 | 17,787 | 1030 | 0.9026 | |
| 31 | Alabama A & M University | 16800 | 44800 | 0.6244 | 5,845 | 940 | 0.6622 | |
| 32 | Arkansas State University | 17000 | 28100 | 0.3952 | 9,985 | 1075 | 0.7959 | |
| 33 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 17600 | 26300 | 0.3312 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 34 | University of Arkansas | 17900 | 27700 | 0.3538 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 35 | University of Rhode Island | 18100 | 46400 | 0.6094 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 36 | University of Vermont | 18300 | 37800 | 0.5164 | 12,276 | 1379 | 0.653 | |
| 37 | Unity Environmental University | 18500 | 41600 | 0.5548 | 5,655 | 0 | 0.818 | |
| 38 | University of Arizona | 18700 | 30900 | 0.3955 | 45,025 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
| 39 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 19400 | 36900 | 0.4748 | 24,457 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 40 | Iowa State University | 20000 | 24200 | 0.1755 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 41 | Kansas State University | 20600 | 28800 | 0.2836 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 42 | North Dakota State University | 20900 | 25700 | 0.1868 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 43 | Tarleton State University | 21000 | 23000 | 0.087 | 15,130 | 0 | 0.5256 | |
| 44 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 21400 | 40100 | 0.4662 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 45 | Buena Vista University | 22400 | 59100 | 0.6203 | 810 | 1124 | 0.7761 | |
| 46 | University of Florida | 22500 | 43100 | 0.4779 | 36,567 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 47 | Montana State University | 23200 | 31500 | 0.2636 | 15,053 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 48 | SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology at Cobleskill | 23400 | 51600 | 0.5466 | 1,764 | 1055 | 0.8325 | |
| 49 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24100 | 38000 | 0.3658 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
| 50 | The University of Findlay | 24700 | 50600 | 0.5114 | 3,954 | 1124 | 0.8615 | |
| 51 | Wilson College | 24800 | 44400 | 0.4412 | 1,180 | 1040 | 0.9532 | |
| 52 | Dordt University | 25000 | 52500 | 0.5235 | 1,695 | 1195 | 0.7116 | |
| 53 | South Dakota State University | 25500 | 28700 | 0.1116 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 54 | University of Minnesota-Crookston | 25600 | 28600 | 0.1034 | 2,510 | 1095 | 0.8781 | |
| 55 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 26000 | 59900 | 0.5658 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 56 | Tuskegee University | 26100 | 42100 | 0.3805 | 2,400 | 1030 | 0.3143 | |
| 57 | Texas Tech University | 27900 | 27900 | 0 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 58 | University of Delaware | 28500 | 34500 | 0.1741 | 19,119 | 1303 | 0.6356 | |
| 59 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 29500 | 42400 | 0.3041 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 60 | University of Wisconsin-Platteville | 29600 | 31800 | 0.0693 | 6,270 | 1140 | 0.8726 | |
| 61 | Northern Kentucky University | 29700 | 32100 | 0.0748 | 10,163 | 1090 | 0.8307 | |
| 62 | Lubbock Christian University | 30200 | 49200 | 0.3866 | 1,322 | 1070 | 0.7589 | |
| 63 | University of Kentucky | 31100 | 36100 | 0.1392 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 64 | Centenary University | 31300 | 63600 | 0.5078 | 951 | 965 | 0.9675 | |
| 65 | Angelo State University | 31700 | 35400 | 0.1047 | 9,779 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 66 | University of Louisville | 32400 | 42000 | 0.2288 | 17,086 | 1148 | 0.7941 | |
| 67 | North Carolina State University | 32800 | 54800 | 0.4017 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 68 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 32900 | 43100 | 0.2368 | 21,947 | 1335 | 0.3122 | |
| 69 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 35100 | 35100 | 0 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 70 | Delaware Valley University | 35400 | 83300 | 0.575 | 1,768 | 1180 | 0.9326 | |
| 71 | Abilene Christian University | 35800 | 60700 | 0.4099 | 3,233 | 1129 | 0.6604 | |
| 72 | North Carolina A & T State University | 36000 | 36600 | 0.0164 | 12,216 | 1020 | 0.4617 | |
| 73 | Mississippi State University | 36300 | 50500 | 0.2815 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 74 | Andrews University | 36400 | 62100 | 0.4139 | 1,312 | 1208 | 0.874 | |
| 75 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37600 | 66500 | 0.4343 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 76 | University of Connecticut | 37700 | 43900 | 0.1414 | 19,388 | 1324 | 0.5395 | |
| 77 | Auburn University | 38000 | 38000 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 78 | Washington State University | 38500 | 53900 | 0.2859 | 14,346 | 1139 | 0.8797 | |
| 79 | University of Wyoming | 38600 | 43800 | 0.1187 | 8,130 | 1159 | 0.9688 | |
| 80 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 40500 | 40500 | 0 | 11,365 | 1216 | 0.8816 | |
| 81 | University of Maryland-College Park | 42800 | 53400 | 0.1985 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 82 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 43000 | 46200 | 0.0693 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 83 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2748 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 84 | University of Maine | 45200 | 45200 | 0 | 591 | 1199 | 0.9684 | |
| 85 | Middle Tennessee State University | 46000 | 46000 | 0 | 17,668 | 1124 | 0.68 | |
| 86 | Michigan State University | 47200 | 56200 | 0.1601 | 41,234 | 1223 | 0.848 | |
| 87 | University of Mount Olive | 48200 | 50400 | 0.0438 | 1,937 | 945 | 0.7775 | |
| 88 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53200 | 61000 | 0.1279 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 89 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 53900 | 56100 | 0.0393 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 90 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 56700 | 58900 | 0.0374 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 91 | Clemson University | 61400 | 63700 | 0.0346 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 92 | University of California-Davis | 69800 | 69800 | 0 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.