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Considering a degree in Animal Sciences?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Animal Sciences majors who live in Massachusetts.
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 Massachusetts.
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 | Utah State University | 9700 | 26700 | 0.6361 | 25,706 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 3 | University of California-Davis | 10200 | 38100 | 0.7328 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
| 4 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 11600 | 20500 | 0.432 | 4,880 | 1124 | 0.8172 | |
| 5 | Cornell University | 11700 | 93100 | 0.8745 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0876 | |
| 6 | Fort Valley State University | 12300 | 29700 | 0.5857 | 2,699 | 1025 | 0.6587 | |
| 7 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.7517 | |
| 8 | East Texas A&M University | 13100 | 30000 | 0.5634 | 9,992 | 1045 | 0.9224 | |
| 9 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 50700 | 0.7294 | 38,040 | 1418 | 0.452 | |
| 10 | University of Idaho | 14000 | 25800 | 0.4582 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 11 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 14600 | 26500 | 0.4478 | 22,364 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 12 | Murray State University | 15000 | 27000 | 0.4443 | 7,851 | 1115 | 0.8568 | |
| 13 | California State University-Chico | 15100 | 23500 | 0.3571 | 13,792 | 1075 | 0.9272 | |
| 14 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 15300 | 31000 | 0.506 | 8,553 | 1045 | 0.8688 | |
| 15 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 38800 | 0.5992 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8609 | |
| 15 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 15600 | 25800 | 0.3938 | 5,386 | 1050 | 0.9092 | |
| 17 | Kansas State University | 15800 | 26100 | 0.3949 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8169 | |
| 17 | Sam Houston State University | 15800 | 30300 | 0.4782 | 17,787 | 1030 | 0.9026 | |
| 19 | Oklahoma Panhandle State University | 16200 | 16700 | 0.03 | 1,021 | 985 | 0.683 | |
| 20 | Arkansas State University | 16400 | 28100 | 0.4166 | 9,985 | 1075 | 0.8226 | |
| 20 | University of Maine | 16400 | 29300 | 0.4405 | 9,601 | 1205 | 0.9664 | |
| 22 | North Carolina State University | 16500 | 28500 | 0.4204 | 28,422 | 1378 | 0.4174 | |
| 23 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 16700 | 26300 | 0.3635 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 24 | West Virginia University | 16800 | 40900 | 0.589 | 18,206 | 1125 | 0.89 | |
| 25 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 17200 | 35400 | 0.5147 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 26 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 17500 | 29900 | 0.4159 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5743 | |
| 27 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 18200 | 18200 | 0 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 28 | Angelo State University | 18500 | 23100 | 0.2011 | 9,702 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 29 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 19400 | 36900 | 0.4748 | 24,449 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 30 | University of Arizona | 19500 | 30900 | 0.3695 | 44,848 | 1233 | 0.8614 | |
| 31 | South Dakota State University | 20600 | 25200 | 0.1844 | 10,719 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 31 | Stetson University | 20600 | 79100 | 0.7399 | 2,349 | 1179 | 0.716 | |
| 33 | North Dakota State University | 21000 | 25700 | 0.1847 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 34 | Louisiana Tech University | 21200 | 26100 | 0.1879 | 10,881 | 1189 | 0.864 | |
| 35 | Buena Vista University | 22500 | 59100 | 0.6197 | 1,436 | 1124 | 0.7761 | |
| 36 | University of Massachusetts-Boston | 23600 | 43300 | 0.4555 | 12,138 | 1189 | 0.8378 | |
| 37 | University of Kentucky | 23800 | 36400 | 0.345 | 25,534 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 38 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24100 | 39300 | 0.3877 | 23,920 | 1397 | 0.5973 | |
| 39 | Abilene Christian University | 24300 | 59000 | 0.5877 | 3,263 | 1189 | 0.6603 | |
| 40 | Unity Environmental University | 24400 | 29900 | 0.1842 | 6,507 | 0 | 0.818 | |
| 41 | Sul Ross State University | 24500 | 37300 | 0.3433 | 1,890 | 1020 | 0.9871 | |
| 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 | 26000 | 50600 | 0.4858 | 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 | 26600 | 28900 | 0.078 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.743 | |
| 48 | University of Minnesota-Crookston | 26600 | 29500 | 0.0983 | 2,612 | 1095 | 0.8786 | |
| 50 | Texas State University | 28000 | 28000 | 0 | 36,236 | 1100 | 0.8932 | |
| 51 | Alabama A & M University | 28100 | 37700 | 0.2545 | 6,370 | 915 | 0.5795 | |
| 52 | Iowa State University | 28700 | 43300 | 0.3368 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 53 | University of Connecticut | 29200 | 39500 | 0.2608 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 54 | Huntington University | 29400 | 44300 | 0.3362 | 1,588 | 1055 | 0.7564 | |
| 55 | Montana State University | 29500 | 31900 | 0.0751 | 15,046 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 56 | University of Wisconsin-Platteville | 29700 | 31800 | 0.0675 | 6,045 | 1193 | 0.8938 | |
| 57 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 29900 | 42200 | 0.2913 | 15,375 | 1103 | 0.866 | |
| 58 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 30300 | 39200 | 0.2273 | 12,507 | 1010 | 0.8897 | |
| 59 | North Carolina A & T State University | 31300 | 36700 | 0.147 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.499 | |
| 60 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 32100 | 43100 | 0.2554 | 22,033 | 1321 | 0.3132 | |
| 60 | Centenary University | 32100 | 63600 | 0.4952 | 936 | 1070 | 0.8308 | |
| 62 | SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology at Cobleskill | 32300 | 42700 | 0.2433 | 1,988 | 1080 | 0.8402 | |
| 63 | University of Rhode Island | 32700 | 44300 | 0.2616 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 64 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 15,254 | 1080 | 0.8955 | |
| 65 | University of Vermont | 34500 | 66300 | 0.4788 | 12,276 | 1379 | 0.653 | |
| 66 | Andrews University | 35000 | 70100 | 0.5008 | 1,384 | 1143 | 0.8185 | |
| 67 | Texas Tech University | 35500 | 38900 | 0.0874 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 68 | Mississippi State University | 36300 | 50500 | 0.2804 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 69 | California State University-Fresno | 36600 | 43800 | 0.1634 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 70 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37300 | 66300 | 0.4375 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5478 | |
| 71 | Washington State University | 38200 | 53900 | 0.2906 | 21,455 | 1125 | 0.8664 | |
| 72 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 38600 | 53100 | 0.2729 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 73 | Delaware Valley University | 39200 | 66900 | 0.4141 | 1,768 | 1208 | 0.9321 | |
| 74 | University of Wyoming | 40100 | 45300 | 0.1137 | 8,130 | 1179 | 0.9688 | |
| 75 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 40400 | 53600 | 0.2464 | 46,815 | 1378 | 0.6057 | |
| 76 | Middle Tennessee State University | 41300 | 46000 | 0.1021 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 77 | University of Mount Olive | 42300 | 50400 | 0.1617 | 1,944 | 1075 | 0.7575 | |
| 78 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42700 | 56200 | 0.2403 | 11,355 | 1222 | 0.8816 | |
| 79 | University of Maryland-College Park | 42900 | 53600 | 0.1998 | 31,133 | 1463 | 0.4479 | |
| 80 | University of Florida | 43200 | 45700 | 0.0548 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 81 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2746 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 82 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47100 | 59700 | 0.2117 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 83 | University of Delaware | 48300 | 61300 | 0.213 | 20,026 | 1294 | 0.706 | |
| 84 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48600 | 51200 | 0.0517 | 44,819 | 1327 | 0.4987 | |
| 85 | University of Georgia | 48800 | 51600 | 0.0542 | 32,399 | 1382 | 0.377 | |
| 86 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 49800 | 62200 | 0.1995 | 37,140 | 1406 | 0.4237 | |
| 87 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 53000 | 61200 | 0.1332 | 26,221 | 1204 | 0.8854 | |
| 88 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53300 | 61000 | 0.127 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 89 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58200 | 64100 | 0.092 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 90 | Auburn University | 58500 | 58500 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4592 | |
| 91 | 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.