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Considering a degree in Animal Sciences?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Animal Sciences majors who live in Louisiana.
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 Louisiana.
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 | 1,500 | 1130 | 0.1097 | |
| 2 | Cornell University | 11500 | 93100 | 0.8767 | 16,138 | 1528 | 0.0838 | |
| 3 | California State University-Fresno | 11600 | 19600 | 0.4119 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 4 | Eastern Kentucky University | 12200 | 22900 | 0.4681 | 13,448 | 1075 | 0.9683 | |
| 5 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 12300 | 20500 | 0.3998 | 5,063 | 1069 | 0.8756 | |
| 6 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 7 | Louisiana State University-Shreveport | 12700 | 34200 | 0.6286 | 2,651 | 1085 | 0.5055 | |
| 8 | University of Arizona | 12900 | 30900 | 0.5835 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 9 | Louisiana Tech University | 13700 | 25400 | 0.4608 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 9 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 63200 | 0.7838 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 11 | University of Wisconsin-Platteville | 14600 | 23900 | 0.389 | 6,045 | 1193 | 0.8938 | |
| 12 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 38800 | 0.5992 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 13 | Kansas State University | 15800 | 26100 | 0.3962 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 13 | Sam Houston State University | 15800 | 27000 | 0.415 | 17,822 | 1035 | 0.9372 | |
| 15 | Oklahoma Panhandle State University | 16200 | 16700 | 0.03 | 1,021 | 985 | 1 | |
| 15 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 16200 | 29300 | 0.4471 | 8,421 | 1054 | 0.9444 | |
| 17 | Southeastern Louisiana University | 16300 | 26900 | 0.3916 | 14,294 | 1125 | 0.915 | |
| 17 | University of Florida | 16300 | 22500 | 0.2755 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 19 | North Carolina State University | 16400 | 28500 | 0.4252 | 29,340 | 1374 | 0.3954 | |
| 20 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 17200 | 35400 | 0.5147 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 20 | West Virginia University | 17200 | 40900 | 0.5792 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 22 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 17400 | 29900 | 0.4173 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 23 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 18200 | 18200 | 0.0015 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 24 | Angelo State University | 18300 | 23100 | 0.2072 | 10,103 | 1045 | 0.7981 | |
| 25 | University of Rhode Island | 19700 | 33900 | 0.419 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 26 | South Dakota State University | 20400 | 25200 | 0.19 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 27 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 20500 | 26500 | 0.2262 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 28 | SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology at Cobleskill | 20600 | 26800 | 0.2313 | 1,894 | 1055 | 0.8401 | |
| 29 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27300 | 0.2346 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 30 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 31 | Buena Vista University | 22400 | 59100 | 0.6212 | 836 | 1075 | 0.6497 | |
| 32 | California State University-Chico | 22600 | 31000 | 0.2706 | 13,599 | 1054 | 0.9107 | |
| 33 | Murray State University | 22800 | 27600 | 0.1738 | 8,217 | 1124 | 0.8413 | |
| 34 | Abilene Christian University | 23500 | 59000 | 0.6013 | 5,101 | 1149 | 0.6615 | |
| 35 | University of Kentucky | 23700 | 36400 | 0.3487 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 35 | West Texas A & M University | 23700 | 29200 | 0.1882 | 7,110 | 1060 | 0.6681 | |
| 37 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24100 | 39300 | 0.3873 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 38 | Unity Environmental University | 24500 | 29900 | 0.1809 | 6,525 | 0 | 0.818 | |
| 39 | Wilson College | 24800 | 44400 | 0.4421 | 1,379 | 1055 | 0.9211 | |
| 40 | Sul Ross State University | 25300 | 37300 | 0.3218 | 1,890 | 1020 | 0.9871 | |
| 41 | Texas State University | 25400 | 25500 | 0.0039 | 39,353 | 1080 | 0.9118 | |
| 41 | University of Arkansas | 25400 | 27700 | 0.0826 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 43 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 25600 | 32800 | 0.2194 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 44 | The University of Findlay | 25700 | 50600 | 0.4917 | 4,132 | 1090 | 0.6748 | |
| 45 | Michigan State University | 25800 | 28900 | 0.1089 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 46 | Dordt University | 26200 | 52500 | 0.5007 | 1,716 | 1205 | 0.6847 | |
| 47 | Tuskegee University | 26300 | 42100 | 0.3757 | 2,660 | 1090 | 0.4868 | |
| 48 | University of Minnesota-Crookston | 26500 | 29500 | 0.103 | 2,873 | 1095 | 0.8747 | |
| 49 | University of Georgia | 26600 | 48600 | 0.4523 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 50 | Morehead State University | 26700 | 32600 | 0.1808 | 7,941 | 1080 | 0.8328 | |
| 50 | University of Idaho | 26700 | 45200 | 0.4089 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 52 | Texas Tech University | 27100 | 27100 | 0 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 53 | Fort Valley State University | 27600 | 54200 | 0.4912 | 2,699 | 1025 | 0.6587 | |
| 54 | North Dakota State University | 27700 | 30400 | 0.0886 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 55 | Alabama A & M University | 28300 | 37700 | 0.2491 | 6,370 | 915 | 0.5795 | |
| 56 | University of Delaware | 28500 | 34500 | 0.1741 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 57 | Iowa State University | 28600 | 43300 | 0.34 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 58 | University of Connecticut | 29200 | 39500 | 0.2608 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 59 | Huntington University | 29300 | 44300 | 0.3384 | 1,512 | 1065 | 0.7518 | |
| 59 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 29300 | 36500 | 0.1972 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 61 | Montana State University | 29700 | 31900 | 0.0689 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 62 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 30100 | 42200 | 0.2866 | 15,735 | 1069 | 0.8797 | |
| 63 | Lubbock Christian University | 30200 | 49200 | 0.3866 | 1,383 | 1074 | 0.7473 | |
| 64 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 30700 | 39200 | 0.2171 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 65 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 31400 | 43100 | 0.2717 | 22,313 | 1341 | 0.2996 | |
| 66 | North Carolina A & T State University | 31900 | 36700 | 0.1307 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.5125 | |
| 67 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 17,556 | 1090 | 0.5386 | |
| 68 | Auburn University | 33800 | 33800 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 69 | University of Vermont | 34500 | 66300 | 0.4799 | 12,159 | 1372 | 0.7304 | |
| 70 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 35100 | 35100 | 0 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 71 | Centenary University | 35400 | 63600 | 0.4433 | 936 | 1070 | 0.8308 | |
| 72 | Tennessee Technological University | 36200 | 38500 | 0.0594 | 9,187 | 1163 | 0.7613 | |
| 73 | Delaware Valley University | 36300 | 66900 | 0.4575 | 1,680 | 1189 | 0.9268 | |
| 74 | Andrews University | 37200 | 70100 | 0.4694 | 1,384 | 1143 | 0.8185 | |
| 75 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 37300 | 41600 | 0.1031 | 5,386 | 995 | 0.9092 | |
| 76 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 38000 | 66300 | 0.427 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 77 | Washington State University | 38100 | 53900 | 0.2932 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 78 | Mississippi State University | 39100 | 53400 | 0.2675 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 79 | University of Maine | 39800 | 45200 | 0.1195 | 9,182 | 1195 | 0.9562 | |
| 80 | University of Wyoming | 40000 | 45300 | 0.1168 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 81 | Arkansas State University | 40300 | 41000 | 0.0171 | 11,189 | 1080 | 0.7818 | |
| 82 | Middle Tennessee State University | 41700 | 46000 | 0.0934 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 83 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 41800 | 53600 | 0.2203 | 46,627 | 1366 | 0.492 | |
| 84 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42400 | 56200 | 0.2456 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 85 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2752 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 86 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47100 | 59700 | 0.2124 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 87 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48500 | 51200 | 0.0544 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 88 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 49800 | 62200 | 0.1995 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 89 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53200 | 61000 | 0.1293 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 90 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58200 | 64100 | 0.092 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 91 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 59300 | 61600 | 0.0372 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 | |
| 92 | Clemson University | 61400 | 63700 | 0.036 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 93 | University of California-Davis | 68200 | 69800 | 0.0229 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.