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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 | 8000 | 32800 | 0.7554 | 1,454 | 1135 | 0.1199 | |
| 2 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 10300 | 21100 | 0.5125 | 4,721 | 1110 | 0.7782 | |
| 3 | Cornell University | 10400 | 92000 | 0.8866 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
| 4 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 12200 | 29900 | 0.5919 | 12,498 | 1010 | 0.8896 | |
| 5 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 5 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 12600 | 24000 | 0.4749 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 7 | Sul Ross State University | 12800 | 26700 | 0.5199 | 1,441 | 1000 | 0.9562 | |
| 8 | Utah State University | 13000 | 30000 | 0.5659 | 25,920 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 9 | Louisiana Tech University | 13700 | 24900 | 0.4491 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 9 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 32200 | 0.5744 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 11 | Fort Valley State University | 13800 | 20300 | 0.3208 | 2,558 | 940 | 0.628 | |
| 12 | Texas Tech University | 14000 | 27000 | 0.4813 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 13 | Kansas State University | 14200 | 26100 | 0.4563 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 13 | University of Idaho | 14200 | 26400 | 0.4618 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 15 | Oklahoma Panhandle State University | 14300 | 17500 | 0.1829 | 1,071 | 985 | 0.9707 | |
| 15 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 14300 | 26500 | 0.4594 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 17 | Northwest Missouri State University | 14600 | 27900 | 0.476 | 5,241 | 1075 | 0.8613 | |
| 18 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 14700 | 28000 | 0.4747 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 19 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 15200 | 35700 | 0.5744 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 20 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 15700 | 25800 | 0.3909 | 5,187 | 1005 | 0.9229 | |
| 20 | University of Arizona | 15700 | 30900 | 0.4927 | 45,025 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
| 22 | Sam Houston State University | 16900 | 23000 | 0.2652 | 17,787 | 1030 | 0.9026 | |
| 23 | University of Arkansas | 17800 | 27700 | 0.3563 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 24 | Angelo State University | 18500 | 23100 | 0.1979 | 9,779 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 25 | Texas State University | 18900 | 28900 | 0.3455 | 36,268 | 1100 | 0.8908 | |
| 26 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 20200 | 38800 | 0.481 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 27 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 20500 | 31000 | 0.3383 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 28 | West Virginia University | 20600 | 28800 | 0.2849 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 29 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 21500 | 35400 | 0.3932 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 30 | Buena Vista University | 22500 | 59100 | 0.6188 | 810 | 1124 | 0.7761 | |
| 31 | Washington State University | 22900 | 36800 | 0.3783 | 14,346 | 1139 | 0.8797 | |
| 32 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24100 | 37100 | 0.3513 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
| 33 | Wilson College | 24300 | 43300 | 0.4385 | 1,180 | 1040 | 0.9532 | |
| 34 | Montana State University | 24900 | 31400 | 0.207 | 15,053 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 34 | Unity Environmental University | 24900 | 27700 | 0.1009 | 5,655 | 0 | 0.818 | |
| 36 | California State University-Fresno | 25100 | 35900 | 0.3007 | 21,430 | 995 | 0.9638 | |
| 36 | Dordt University | 25100 | 52300 | 0.5199 | 1,695 | 1195 | 0.7116 | |
| 36 | Tuskegee University | 25100 | 42100 | 0.4042 | 2,400 | 1030 | 0.3143 | |
| 39 | University of Massachusetts-Boston | 25400 | 42200 | 0.3981 | 12,234 | 1194 | 0.8296 | |
| 40 | Michigan State University | 25500 | 28900 | 0.1193 | 41,234 | 1223 | 0.848 | |
| 41 | South Dakota State University | 25600 | 28700 | 0.1071 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 42 | The University of Findlay | 25700 | 50200 | 0.4883 | 3,954 | 1124 | 0.8615 | |
| 43 | University of Minnesota-Crookston | 25800 | 28600 | 0.0988 | 2,510 | 1095 | 0.8781 | |
| 44 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 27300 | 36700 | 0.2554 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 45 | Murray State University | 27800 | 32400 | 0.1414 | 8,281 | 1124 | 0.8568 | |
| 46 | Alabama A & M University | 27900 | 42800 | 0.348 | 5,845 | 940 | 0.6622 | |
| 46 | North Dakota State University | 27900 | 30400 | 0.0815 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 48 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 28200 | 41900 | 0.3269 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 49 | Iowa State University | 28800 | 43300 | 0.3351 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 50 | Oregon State University | 28900 | 36700 | 0.2138 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 51 | Clemson University | 29300 | 37100 | 0.2121 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 52 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 29500 | 39500 | 0.2529 | 14,576 | 1144 | 0.6967 | |
| 53 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 29600 | 52900 | 0.4406 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 54 | University of Wisconsin-Platteville | 29800 | 31800 | 0.0652 | 6,270 | 1140 | 0.8726 | |
| 55 | California State University-Chico | 29900 | 41000 | 0.2709 | 13,392 | 1117 | 0.9158 | |
| 56 | Centenary University | 30300 | 63600 | 0.5235 | 951 | 965 | 0.9675 | |
| 56 | Lubbock Christian University | 30300 | 49000 | 0.3815 | 1,322 | 1070 | 0.7589 | |
| 58 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 30400 | 33100 | 0.0816 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 59 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 30700 | 42400 | 0.276 | 21,947 | 1335 | 0.3122 | |
| 60 | North Carolina State University | 31100 | 53000 | 0.4127 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 61 | University of Rhode Island | 31200 | 44800 | 0.3037 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 62 | SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology at Cobleskill | 31400 | 43200 | 0.273 | 1,764 | 1055 | 0.8325 | |
| 63 | North Carolina A & T State University | 31600 | 36400 | 0.1317 | 12,216 | 1020 | 0.4617 | |
| 64 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32500 | 34700 | 0.0633 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 65 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 15,130 | 0 | 0.5256 | |
| 66 | Stephen F Austin State University | 33500 | 42800 | 0.2173 | 9,129 | 1060 | 0.7445 | |
| 67 | University of Vermont | 34600 | 66300 | 0.4782 | 12,276 | 1379 | 0.653 | |
| 68 | Delaware Valley University | 35200 | 63800 | 0.4481 | 1,768 | 1180 | 0.9326 | |
| 69 | University of Mount Olive | 35300 | 35300 | 0 | 1,937 | 945 | 0.7775 | |
| 70 | University of Maine | 35400 | 35400 | 0 | 591 | 1199 | 0.9684 | |
| 71 | Abilene Christian University | 35700 | 60700 | 0.4115 | 3,233 | 1129 | 0.6604 | |
| 72 | Andrews University | 36400 | 47100 | 0.227 | 1,312 | 1208 | 0.874 | |
| 72 | Mississippi State University | 36400 | 50500 | 0.2789 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 74 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37300 | 62000 | 0.3985 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 75 | University of Connecticut | 37800 | 40900 | 0.0758 | 19,388 | 1324 | 0.5395 | |
| 76 | University of Wyoming | 38800 | 43800 | 0.1158 | 8,130 | 1159 | 0.9688 | |
| 77 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 40200 | 40200 | 0 | 11,365 | 1216 | 0.8816 | |
| 78 | University of Georgia | 40300 | 46000 | 0.1242 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 79 | Arkansas State University | 42000 | 45900 | 0.0852 | 9,985 | 1075 | 0.7959 | |
| 80 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 42200 | 52100 | 0.19 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 81 | University of Maryland-College Park | 42600 | 52900 | 0.1947 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 82 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 43200 | 46200 | 0.0665 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 83 | University of Florida | 43400 | 45600 | 0.0482 | 36,567 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 84 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 43700 | 50300 | 0.1313 | 34,242 | 1260 | 0.7333 | |
| 85 | Middle Tennessee State University | 45800 | 45800 | 0 | 17,668 | 1124 | 0.68 | |
| 86 | University of Delaware | 47200 | 53200 | 0.1127 | 19,119 | 1303 | 0.6356 | |
| 87 | University of Kentucky | 51000 | 56000 | 0.0893 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 88 | Auburn University | 55400 | 55400 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 89 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 57100 | 59200 | 0.0351 | 24,457 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 90 | University of California-Davis | 63500 | 63500 | 0 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.