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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 | College of the Ozarks | 8000 | 47200 | 0.8309 | 1,454 | 1135 | 0.1199 | |
| 2 | Eastern Kentucky University | 10000 | 22900 | 0.5649 | 12,726 | 1055 | 0.9695 | |
| 3 | University of California-Davis | 10200 | 38500 | 0.7358 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
| 4 | Utah State University | 11500 | 28500 | 0.5964 | 25,920 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 5 | Cornell University | 11800 | 93100 | 0.8735 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
| 6 | Sul Ross State University | 12300 | 37300 | 0.6705 | 1,441 | 1000 | 0.9562 | |
| 7 | California State University-Fresno | 12400 | 45900 | 0.7306 | 21,430 | 995 | 0.9638 | |
| 7 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 12400 | 41800 | 0.7032 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 7 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 29100 | 0.5734 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 10 | West Virginia University | 13100 | 57700 | 0.7728 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 11 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 13200 | 54500 | 0.7577 | 12,498 | 1010 | 0.8896 | |
| 12 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 13300 | 25700 | 0.4825 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 13 | University of Idaho | 13500 | 25800 | 0.4773 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 14 | Fort Valley State University | 13900 | 39100 | 0.6446 | 2,558 | 890 | 0.628 | |
| 15 | Louisiana Tech University | 14400 | 36900 | 0.6097 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 16 | Texas State University | 14500 | 24500 | 0.4075 | 36,268 | 1100 | 0.8908 | |
| 17 | Oklahoma Panhandle State University | 14600 | 21200 | 0.3119 | 1,071 | 985 | 0.9707 | |
| 17 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 14600 | 28000 | 0.4782 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 19 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 14900 | 64500 | 0.7689 | 15,375 | 1179 | 0.866 | |
| 20 | California State University-Chico | 15000 | 23500 | 0.3613 | 13,392 | 1117 | 0.9158 | |
| 21 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15100 | 29000 | 0.4808 | 5,241 | 1075 | 0.8613 | |
| 21 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 15100 | 26400 | 0.4277 | 4,721 | 1110 | 0.7782 | |
| 23 | Sam Houston State University | 16000 | 23000 | 0.3045 | 17,787 | 1030 | 0.9026 | |
| 24 | University of Florida | 16200 | 22500 | 0.2799 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 25 | North Carolina State University | 16500 | 28500 | 0.4199 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 26 | Alabama A & M University | 16600 | 44800 | 0.6289 | 5,845 | 920 | 0.6622 | |
| 27 | University of Rhode Island | 18100 | 46400 | 0.6094 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 28 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 18300 | 41200 | 0.5565 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 29 | Unity Environmental University | 18500 | 41600 | 0.5548 | 5,655 | 0 | 0.818 | |
| 30 | SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology at Cobleskill | 20100 | 26800 | 0.25 | 1,894 | 1055 | 0.8401 | |
| 31 | Stetson University | 20400 | 79100 | 0.7425 | 2,349 | 1114 | 0.716 | |
| 32 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 20500 | 26500 | 0.2261 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 33 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 20800 | 32800 | 0.3664 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 34 | Buena Vista University | 22500 | 59100 | 0.6195 | 810 | 1124 | 0.7761 | |
| 35 | Montana State University | 23200 | 31500 | 0.2636 | 15,053 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 36 | Washington State University | 23800 | 38700 | 0.3859 | 21,455 | 1131 | 0.8664 | |
| 37 | The University of Findlay | 24700 | 50600 | 0.5114 | 3,954 | 1124 | 0.8615 | |
| 38 | Wilson College | 24900 | 44400 | 0.4404 | 1,180 | 1040 | 0.9532 | |
| 39 | Dordt University | 25300 | 52500 | 0.5178 | 1,695 | 1170 | 0.7116 | |
| 40 | South Dakota State University | 25600 | 28700 | 0.1092 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 40 | University of Arkansas | 25600 | 27700 | 0.077 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 42 | University of Minnesota-Crookston | 25700 | 28600 | 0.1009 | 2,612 | 1095 | 0.8786 | |
| 43 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 26000 | 59900 | 0.5658 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 44 | Tuskegee University | 26500 | 42100 | 0.371 | 2,400 | 1113 | 0.3143 | |
| 45 | University of Arizona | 27100 | 38500 | 0.2958 | 45,025 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
| 46 | Murray State University | 27200 | 32400 | 0.1587 | 8,281 | 1124 | 0.8568 | |
| 47 | North Dakota State University | 27800 | 30400 | 0.0835 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 48 | Texas Tech University | 27900 | 27900 | 0 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 49 | Mississippi State University | 28200 | 32300 | 0.1279 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 50 | University of Delaware | 28500 | 34500 | 0.1741 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 51 | Iowa State University | 28800 | 43300 | 0.3365 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 52 | Oregon State University | 28900 | 36700 | 0.2142 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 53 | Clemson University | 29200 | 37100 | 0.2137 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 54 | Kansas State University | 29300 | 41600 | 0.2943 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 55 | Huntington University | 29400 | 44300 | 0.3364 | 1,589 | 1055 | 0.7564 | |
| 56 | Northern Kentucky University | 29700 | 32100 | 0.0748 | 10,163 | 1090 | 0.8307 | |
| 56 | University of Wisconsin-Platteville | 29700 | 31800 | 0.0671 | 6,270 | 1180 | 0.8726 | |
| 58 | Centenary University | 30800 | 63600 | 0.5156 | 951 | 965 | 0.9675 | |
| 58 | East Texas A&M University | 30800 | 36500 | 0.1561 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 60 | University of Kentucky | 31100 | 36100 | 0.1392 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 61 | Angelo State University | 31800 | 35400 | 0.1027 | 9,779 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 62 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 32200 | 36700 | 0.121 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 63 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 32900 | 43100 | 0.2368 | 21,947 | 1335 | 0.3122 | |
| 64 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 15,130 | 1095 | 0.5256 | |
| 65 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 34200 | 58500 | 0.4159 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 66 | University of Vermont | 34500 | 66300 | 0.4787 | 12,276 | 1379 | 0.653 | |
| 67 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 35100 | 35100 | 0 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 68 | Delaware Valley University | 35400 | 83300 | 0.575 | 1,768 | 1180 | 0.9326 | |
| 69 | Abilene Christian University | 35800 | 60700 | 0.4099 | 3,233 | 1129 | 0.6604 | |
| 69 | Andrews University | 35800 | 62100 | 0.4235 | 1,312 | 1196 | 0.874 | |
| 71 | North Carolina A & T State University | 36200 | 36600 | 0.0109 | 12,216 | 1040 | 0.4617 | |
| 72 | Tennessee Technological University | 36400 | 38500 | 0.0554 | 8,838 | 1159 | 0.8316 | |
| 73 | University of Connecticut | 37300 | 43900 | 0.1505 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 74 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 37500 | 41600 | 0.0993 | 5,386 | 995 | 0.9092 | |
| 75 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37600 | 66500 | 0.4343 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 76 | Auburn University | 38000 | 38000 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 77 | University of Wyoming | 40200 | 45300 | 0.1134 | 8,130 | 1159 | 0.9688 | |
| 78 | Arkansas State University | 40300 | 40800 | 0.0109 | 9,985 | 1075 | 0.7959 | |
| 79 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42500 | 57700 | 0.2632 | 11,365 | 1216 | 0.8816 | |
| 80 | University of Georgia | 43100 | 48800 | 0.1172 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 80 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43100 | 53400 | 0.1929 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 82 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 43600 | 53700 | 0.188 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 83 | University of Maine | 45200 | 45200 | 0 | 591 | 1199 | 0.9684 | |
| 84 | Middle Tennessee State University | 46000 | 46000 | 0 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 85 | Michigan State University | 47200 | 56200 | 0.1601 | 41,234 | 1223 | 0.848 | |
| 86 | University of Mount Olive | 48300 | 50400 | 0.0424 | 1,937 | 1020 | 0.7775 | |
| 87 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48600 | 51200 | 0.0514 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 88 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53700 | 64200 | 0.1635 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
| 89 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 54000 | 56100 | 0.038 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 90 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 54100 | 59200 | 0.0867 | 24,457 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 91 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58200 | 64100 | 0.0921 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 92 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 59100 | 61200 | 0.0349 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.