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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 | 56000 | 0.8817 | 1,500 | 1130 | 0.1097 | |
| 2 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 10800 | 33800 | 0.6809 | 46,627 | 1366 | 0.492 | |
| 3 | California State University-Fresno | 11200 | 54800 | 0.7956 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 4 | Arkansas State University | 11500 | 31800 | 0.6384 | 11,189 | 1080 | 0.7818 | |
| 5 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 11600 | 20500 | 0.4322 | 5,063 | 1069 | 0.8756 | |
| 6 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 29600 | 0.5802 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 7 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 12700 | 26500 | 0.5202 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 8 | Sul Ross State University | 12800 | 27100 | 0.5283 | 1,890 | 1020 | 0.9871 | |
| 9 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 13000 | 27600 | 0.5285 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 10 | Cornell University | 13100 | 93700 | 0.8601 | 16,138 | 1528 | 0.0838 | |
| 11 | Louisiana Tech University | 13800 | 43500 | 0.6827 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 12 | Murray State University | 14900 | 27000 | 0.4495 | 8,217 | 1124 | 0.8413 | |
| 13 | California State University-Chico | 15200 | 58100 | 0.7384 | 13,599 | 1054 | 0.9107 | |
| 13 | Oklahoma Panhandle State University | 15200 | 18100 | 0.1606 | 1,021 | 985 | 1 | |
| 15 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 15300 | 29300 | 0.4778 | 8,421 | 1054 | 0.9444 | |
| 16 | Texas State University | 15500 | 26200 | 0.4082 | 39,353 | 1080 | 0.9118 | |
| 17 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 29800 | 0.4782 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 18 | Sam Houston State University | 15800 | 30100 | 0.4751 | 17,822 | 1035 | 0.9372 | |
| 19 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 16400 | 62800 | 0.7385 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 19 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 16400 | 39900 | 0.5898 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 19 | West Virginia University | 16400 | 40900 | 0.5987 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 22 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 16800 | 26300 | 0.3612 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 23 | University of Florida | 17100 | 22500 | 0.2399 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 24 | University of Massachusetts-Boston | 17300 | 89500 | 0.8064 | 12,138 | 1189 | 0.8379 | |
| 25 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 17500 | 29900 | 0.4139 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 26 | University of Arkansas | 17700 | 36800 | 0.5183 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 27 | University of Vermont | 18300 | 37800 | 0.5164 | 12,159 | 1372 | 0.7304 | |
| 28 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 18500 | 37900 | 0.5137 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 29 | Alabama A & M University | 19400 | 51900 | 0.6263 | 6,370 | 915 | 0.5795 | |
| 29 | Unity Environmental University | 19400 | 30500 | 0.3634 | 6,525 | 0 | 0.818 | |
| 31 | University of Rhode Island | 19800 | 81200 | 0.7561 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 32 | South Dakota State University | 20400 | 25200 | 0.19 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 33 | SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology at Cobleskill | 20500 | 30800 | 0.3348 | 1,894 | 1055 | 0.8401 | |
| 33 | University of Wyoming | 20500 | 27900 | 0.2644 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 35 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 20700 | 30600 | 0.326 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 36 | North Dakota State University | 20800 | 25700 | 0.1902 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 37 | University of Maryland-College Park | 21000 | 35000 | 0.4004 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 38 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 39 | Buena Vista University | 22400 | 59100 | 0.6212 | 836 | 1075 | 0.6497 | |
| 39 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 22400 | 35700 | 0.3722 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 41 | Abilene Christian University | 23300 | 58800 | 0.6039 | 5,101 | 1149 | 0.6615 | |
| 41 | West Texas A & M University | 23300 | 29200 | 0.2019 | 7,110 | 1060 | 0.6681 | |
| 43 | Montana State University | 24600 | 73500 | 0.6655 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 44 | Eastern Kentucky University | 24700 | 38400 | 0.3571 | 13,448 | 1075 | 0.9683 | |
| 45 | The University of Findlay | 24800 | 84900 | 0.7082 | 4,132 | 1090 | 0.6748 | |
| 45 | Wilson College | 24800 | 44400 | 0.4421 | 1,379 | 1055 | 0.9211 | |
| 47 | Dordt University | 26100 | 52500 | 0.5026 | 1,716 | 1205 | 0.6847 | |
| 48 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 26200 | 40600 | 0.3546 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 49 | University of Minnesota-Crookston | 26500 | 29500 | 0.103 | 2,873 | 1095 | 0.8747 | |
| 50 | Fort Valley State University | 27200 | 54200 | 0.4986 | 2,699 | 1025 | 0.6587 | |
| 51 | Delaware Valley University | 27300 | 95800 | 0.7151 | 1,680 | 1189 | 0.9268 | |
| 52 | Iowa State University | 28600 | 43300 | 0.34 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 53 | Huntington University | 29300 | 44400 | 0.3398 | 1,512 | 1065 | 0.7518 | |
| 54 | University of Wisconsin-Platteville | 31200 | 33500 | 0.0684 | 6,045 | 1193 | 0.8938 | |
| 55 | North Carolina A & T State University | 31300 | 36700 | 0.147 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.5125 | |
| 56 | Angelo State University | 31600 | 35400 | 0.1071 | 10,103 | 1045 | 0.7981 | |
| 57 | Morehead State University | 31700 | 31800 | 0.0031 | 7,941 | 1080 | 0.8328 | |
| 58 | Tuskegee University | 31800 | 53200 | 0.4026 | 2,660 | 1090 | 0.4868 | |
| 59 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 31900 | 54400 | 0.4135 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 60 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 32100 | 36700 | 0.1252 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 61 | Centenary University | 32200 | 62800 | 0.487 | 936 | 1070 | 0.8308 | |
| 62 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32300 | 35100 | 0.0799 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 63 | North Carolina State University | 32700 | 54800 | 0.4033 | 29,340 | 1374 | 0.3954 | |
| 64 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 17,556 | 1090 | 0.5386 | |
| 65 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 33500 | 55500 | 0.3965 | 22,313 | 1341 | 0.2996 | |
| 66 | University of Idaho | 34800 | 48700 | 0.2854 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 67 | Texas Tech University | 35500 | 38900 | 0.0874 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 68 | Tennessee Technological University | 36200 | 38500 | 0.0594 | 9,187 | 1163 | 0.7613 | |
| 69 | University of Connecticut | 37100 | 70600 | 0.4746 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 70 | Andrews University | 37200 | 76700 | 0.5148 | 1,384 | 1143 | 0.8185 | |
| 70 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37200 | 66600 | 0.4412 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 72 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 37300 | 41600 | 0.1031 | 5,386 | 995 | 0.9092 | |
| 73 | Washington State University | 38100 | 53900 | 0.2932 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 74 | Lubbock Christian University | 38400 | 49000 | 0.2165 | 1,383 | 1074 | 0.7473 | |
| 75 | Mississippi State University | 39100 | 53400 | 0.2675 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 76 | University of Maine | 40200 | 56000 | 0.2823 | 9,182 | 1195 | 0.9562 | |
| 77 | Middle Tennessee State University | 41800 | 46500 | 0.1012 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 78 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42600 | 57200 | 0.2552 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 79 | University of Arizona | 42800 | 43800 | 0.0228 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 80 | Kansas State University | 43600 | 47900 | 0.0886 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 80 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 43600 | 60500 | 0.2794 | 15,735 | 1069 | 0.8797 | |
| 82 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2752 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 83 | University of Delaware | 47500 | 62000 | 0.2335 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 84 | University of Georgia | 48600 | 51800 | 0.0618 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 85 | Michigan State University | 49200 | 56200 | 0.1245 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 86 | University of Kentucky | 51200 | 74100 | 0.3093 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 87 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53600 | 63400 | 0.1547 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 88 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 54500 | 66200 | 0.1767 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 89 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 59300 | 61600 | 0.0372 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 | |
| 90 | Clemson University | 61400 | 63700 | 0.036 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 91 | University of California-Davis | 68500 | 90000 | 0.2388 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 92 | Auburn University | 75400 | 85500 | 0.1181 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.