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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 | 6700 | 34300 | 0.8058 | 1,500 | 1130 | 0.1097 | |
| 2 | Cornell University | 10500 | 93700 | 0.8878 | 16,138 | 1528 | 0.0838 | |
| 3 | Eastern Kentucky University | 10800 | 27300 | 0.6054 | 13,448 | 1075 | 0.9683 | |
| 4 | California State University-Fresno | 11200 | 54600 | 0.7941 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 5 | Fort Valley State University | 12100 | 54800 | 0.779 | 2,699 | 1025 | 0.6587 | |
| 6 | Louisiana Tech University | 12200 | 42900 | 0.7155 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 6 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 12200 | 29300 | 0.5836 | 8,421 | 1054 | 0.9444 | |
| 8 | Sul Ross State University | 12500 | 41100 | 0.6962 | 1,890 | 1020 | 0.9871 | |
| 9 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 12600 | 30000 | 0.5801 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 10 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 12800 | 26500 | 0.5164 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 11 | University of Arizona | 13000 | 31000 | 0.5803 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 12 | University of Georgia | 13400 | 27200 | 0.5066 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 13 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 61700 | 0.7774 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 14 | Oklahoma Panhandle State University | 14600 | 17400 | 0.1605 | 1,021 | 985 | 1 | |
| 15 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 14700 | 57100 | 0.7421 | 15,735 | 1069 | 0.8797 | |
| 16 | Texas State University | 14800 | 26700 | 0.445 | 39,353 | 1080 | 0.9118 | |
| 16 | West Virginia University | 14800 | 73100 | 0.7972 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 18 | University of Maine | 15000 | 29300 | 0.4883 | 9,182 | 1195 | 0.9562 | |
| 19 | California State University-Chico | 15300 | 23500 | 0.3486 | 13,599 | 1054 | 0.9107 | |
| 20 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 38800 | 0.5992 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 21 | Kansas State University | 15800 | 26400 | 0.4005 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 21 | University of Florida | 15800 | 22500 | 0.2977 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 23 | University of Massachusetts-Boston | 16100 | 89500 | 0.8198 | 12,138 | 1189 | 0.8379 | |
| 24 | Texas Tech University | 16300 | 27100 | 0.3984 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 25 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 16500 | 41200 | 0.6002 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 26 | Sam Houston State University | 16600 | 30300 | 0.4518 | 17,822 | 1035 | 0.9372 | |
| 27 | University of Kentucky | 17300 | 36500 | 0.5244 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 28 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 17500 | 29900 | 0.4164 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 29 | University of Arkansas | 17700 | 28500 | 0.3807 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 30 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 18200 | 18200 | 0 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 31 | Unity Environmental University | 19400 | 31900 | 0.3914 | 6,525 | 0 | 0.818 | |
| 32 | Alabama A & M University | 19800 | 51200 | 0.6129 | 6,370 | 915 | 0.5795 | |
| 32 | University of Rhode Island | 19800 | 44300 | 0.5525 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 34 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 20200 | 38500 | 0.4738 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 | |
| 35 | SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology at Cobleskill | 20500 | 57000 | 0.6399 | 1,894 | 1055 | 0.8401 | |
| 35 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 20500 | 39200 | 0.4773 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 37 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 20700 | 30600 | 0.3258 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 38 | West Texas A & M University | 20900 | 29200 | 0.284 | 7,110 | 1060 | 0.6681 | |
| 39 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 21600 | 27200 | 0.2048 | 5,063 | 1069 | 0.8756 | |
| 40 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 41 | Buena Vista University | 22200 | 59100 | 0.6244 | 836 | 1075 | 0.6497 | |
| 42 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 22300 | 37600 | 0.4069 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 43 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24000 | 38600 | 0.3769 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 44 | Montana State University | 24400 | 24400 | 0 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 45 | Abilene Christian University | 24500 | 58800 | 0.5835 | 5,101 | 1149 | 0.6615 | |
| 46 | Tennessee Technological University | 24600 | 33700 | 0.2693 | 9,187 | 1163 | 0.7613 | |
| 46 | Wilson College | 24600 | 44400 | 0.4452 | 1,379 | 1055 | 0.9211 | |
| 48 | The University of Findlay | 24700 | 50600 | 0.5114 | 4,132 | 1090 | 0.6748 | |
| 49 | South Dakota State University | 25100 | 28700 | 0.1242 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 50 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 25200 | 32900 | 0.2359 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 51 | Delaware Valley University | 25700 | 95800 | 0.7318 | 1,680 | 1189 | 0.9268 | |
| 52 | Dordt University | 26000 | 52500 | 0.5045 | 1,716 | 1205 | 0.6847 | |
| 53 | University of Minnesota-Crookston | 26200 | 29500 | 0.1124 | 2,873 | 1095 | 0.8747 | |
| 54 | Murray State University | 27300 | 32400 | 0.1565 | 8,217 | 1124 | 0.8413 | |
| 55 | North Dakota State University | 27400 | 30400 | 0.0976 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 56 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 28500 | 43100 | 0.339 | 22,313 | 1341 | 0.2996 | |
| 57 | Clemson University | 28800 | 37100 | 0.2253 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 57 | Oregon State University | 28800 | 36700 | 0.2171 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 59 | Huntington University | 29000 | 44400 | 0.3465 | 1,512 | 1065 | 0.7518 | |
| 60 | Morehead State University | 29400 | 31600 | 0.0696 | 7,941 | 1080 | 0.8328 | |
| 61 | Iowa State University | 30700 | 45200 | 0.3221 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 62 | Centenary University | 30800 | 62900 | 0.5106 | 936 | 1070 | 0.8308 | |
| 63 | University of Wisconsin-Platteville | 30900 | 33500 | 0.0766 | 6,045 | 1193 | 0.8938 | |
| 64 | Angelo State University | 31300 | 35400 | 0.1149 | 10,103 | 1045 | 0.7981 | |
| 65 | Tuskegee University | 31500 | 45600 | 0.3093 | 2,660 | 1090 | 0.4868 | |
| 66 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 31900 | 35200 | 0.0938 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 67 | North Carolina State University | 32400 | 54800 | 0.4083 | 29,340 | 1374 | 0.3954 | |
| 67 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 32400 | 38400 | 0.1562 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 69 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 17,556 | 1090 | 0.5386 | |
| 70 | University of Vermont | 34300 | 66300 | 0.4821 | 12,159 | 1372 | 0.7304 | |
| 71 | University of Idaho | 34500 | 48700 | 0.2916 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 72 | Auburn University | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 73 | North Carolina A & T State University | 36500 | 36700 | 0.0054 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.5125 | |
| 74 | University of Connecticut | 36900 | 70600 | 0.4776 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 75 | Andrews University | 37100 | 76700 | 0.5161 | 1,384 | 1143 | 0.8185 | |
| 75 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 37100 | 41600 | 0.1097 | 5,386 | 995 | 0.9092 | |
| 77 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37300 | 66700 | 0.4409 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 78 | Washington State University | 37500 | 53600 | 0.2998 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 79 | Middle Tennessee State University | 37700 | 48300 | 0.2195 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 80 | Lubbock Christian University | 38200 | 49400 | 0.2267 | 1,383 | 1074 | 0.7473 | |
| 81 | Mississippi State University | 38900 | 53400 | 0.2726 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 82 | University of Wyoming | 39700 | 45300 | 0.1229 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 83 | University of Maryland-College Park | 42800 | 58500 | 0.2682 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 84 | Arkansas State University | 42900 | 44600 | 0.0381 | 11,189 | 1080 | 0.7818 | |
| 85 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47200 | 61500 | 0.2335 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 86 | University of Delaware | 47500 | 62400 | 0.2385 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 87 | Michigan State University | 49200 | 56200 | 0.1245 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 88 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 49900 | 64400 | 0.2251 | 46,627 | 1366 | 0.492 | |
| 89 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 50600 | 63800 | 0.2065 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 90 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 54900 | 68800 | 0.2022 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 91 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58500 | 63600 | 0.0803 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 92 | University of California-Davis | 68200 | 69900 | 0.0243 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.