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Considering a degree in Animal Sciences?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Animal Sciences majors who live in Maryland.
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 Maryland.
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 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 10300 | 26000 | 0.6045 | 22,313 | 1341 | 0.2996 | |
| 3 | California State University-Fresno | 11200 | 19600 | 0.4323 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 4 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 11300 | 25700 | 0.5596 | 46,627 | 1366 | 0.492 | |
| 5 | Cornell University | 11500 | 93100 | 0.8767 | 16,138 | 1528 | 0.0838 | |
| 6 | Fort Valley State University | 12200 | 29700 | 0.589 | 2,699 | 1025 | 0.6587 | |
| 7 | Sul Ross State University | 12600 | 27100 | 0.5356 | 1,890 | 1020 | 0.9871 | |
| 8 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 12900 | 30000 | 0.5701 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 9 | University of Georgia | 13500 | 26600 | 0.4925 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 10 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 63200 | 0.7838 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 11 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 14500 | 26500 | 0.4515 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 12 | Murray State University | 14900 | 27000 | 0.4495 | 8,217 | 1124 | 0.8413 | |
| 13 | California State University-Chico | 15000 | 23500 | 0.3613 | 13,599 | 1054 | 0.9107 | |
| 14 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 15100 | 29300 | 0.4847 | 8,421 | 1054 | 0.9444 | |
| 15 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 29800 | 0.4782 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 16 | Sam Houston State University | 15800 | 27000 | 0.415 | 17,822 | 1035 | 0.9372 | |
| 16 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 15800 | 38400 | 0.5882 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 18 | Oklahoma Panhandle State University | 16200 | 16700 | 0.03 | 1,021 | 985 | 1 | |
| 19 | Arkansas State University | 16300 | 28100 | 0.4201 | 11,189 | 1080 | 0.7818 | |
| 19 | University of Florida | 16300 | 22500 | 0.2755 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 21 | West Virginia University | 16600 | 40900 | 0.5939 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 22 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 16700 | 26300 | 0.3651 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 23 | Morgan State University | 16800 | 28500 | 0.4104 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 24 | Middle Tennessee State University | 17000 | 23200 | 0.2672 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 25 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 17200 | 35400 | 0.5147 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 26 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 17500 | 29900 | 0.4139 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 27 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 17600 | 39000 | 0.5484 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 28 | Texas Tech University | 18000 | 27100 | 0.3363 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 29 | Towson University | 18100 | 29900 | 0.3943 | 16,361 | 1082 | 0.8057 | |
| 30 | Angelo State University | 18300 | 23100 | 0.2072 | 10,103 | 1045 | 0.7981 | |
| 30 | University of Vermont | 18300 | 37800 | 0.5164 | 12,159 | 1372 | 0.7304 | |
| 32 | Iowa State University | 19900 | 24200 | 0.179 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 32 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 19900 | 32300 | 0.3837 | 15,735 | 1069 | 0.8797 | |
| 34 | Alabama A & M University | 20200 | 28200 | 0.2837 | 6,370 | 915 | 0.5795 | |
| 34 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 20200 | 38500 | 0.4738 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 | |
| 36 | University of Wyoming | 20500 | 27900 | 0.2644 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 37 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 20700 | 30600 | 0.326 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 37 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 20700 | 26000 | 0.2032 | 5,063 | 1069 | 0.8756 | |
| 39 | North Dakota State University | 20800 | 25700 | 0.1902 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 40 | Louisiana Tech University | 21000 | 25300 | 0.1701 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 41 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 42 | Montana State University | 22100 | 27100 | 0.1843 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 43 | Buena Vista University | 22400 | 59100 | 0.6212 | 836 | 1075 | 0.6497 | |
| 44 | University of Maryland Global Campus | 22500 | 35300 | 0.3628 | 52,187 | 0 | 1 | |
| 45 | West Texas A & M University | 23200 | 29200 | 0.2053 | 7,110 | 1060 | 0.6681 | |
| 46 | Abilene Christian University | 23500 | 59000 | 0.6013 | 5,101 | 1149 | 0.6615 | |
| 47 | Unity Environmental University | 24400 | 29900 | 0.1842 | 6,525 | 0 | 0.818 | |
| 47 | University of Arizona | 24400 | 38100 | 0.3597 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 49 | Eastern Kentucky University | 24600 | 38400 | 0.3597 | 13,448 | 1075 | 0.9683 | |
| 50 | Wilson College | 24800 | 44400 | 0.4421 | 1,379 | 1055 | 0.9211 | |
| 51 | The University of Findlay | 25100 | 50600 | 0.5035 | 4,132 | 1090 | 0.6748 | |
| 52 | South Dakota State University | 25400 | 28700 | 0.1146 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 52 | Texas State University | 25400 | 25500 | 0.0039 | 39,353 | 1080 | 0.9118 | |
| 52 | University of Arkansas | 25400 | 27700 | 0.0826 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 55 | Michigan State University | 25500 | 28900 | 0.1193 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 56 | Dordt University | 26100 | 52500 | 0.5026 | 1,716 | 1205 | 0.6847 | |
| 57 | Tuskegee University | 26300 | 42100 | 0.3757 | 2,660 | 1090 | 0.4868 | |
| 58 | University of Minnesota-Crookston | 26500 | 29500 | 0.103 | 2,873 | 1095 | 0.8747 | |
| 59 | Kansas State University | 26700 | 30400 | 0.1217 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 59 | Morehead State University | 26700 | 32600 | 0.1808 | 7,941 | 1080 | 0.8328 | |
| 59 | University of Idaho | 26700 | 45200 | 0.4089 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 62 | University of Delaware | 28500 | 34500 | 0.1741 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 63 | Clemson University | 29000 | 37100 | 0.2179 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 64 | University of Connecticut | 29200 | 39500 | 0.2608 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 65 | Huntington University | 29300 | 44300 | 0.3384 | 1,512 | 1065 | 0.7518 | |
| 66 | Lubbock Christian University | 30100 | 49200 | 0.3886 | 1,383 | 1074 | 0.7473 | |
| 67 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 30200 | 39200 | 0.2299 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 68 | North Carolina A & T State University | 31200 | 36700 | 0.1497 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.5125 | |
| 68 | University of Wisconsin-Platteville | 31200 | 33500 | 0.0684 | 6,045 | 1193 | 0.8938 | |
| 70 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 31300 | 41200 | 0.2406 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 71 | University of Kentucky | 31400 | 36400 | 0.1373 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 72 | SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology at Cobleskill | 32000 | 42700 | 0.2503 | 1,894 | 1055 | 0.8401 | |
| 73 | North Carolina State University | 32700 | 54800 | 0.4033 | 29,340 | 1374 | 0.3954 | |
| 74 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 17,556 | 1090 | 0.5386 | |
| 75 | Auburn University | 33800 | 33800 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 76 | University of Rhode Island | 33900 | 46400 | 0.2692 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 77 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 35100 | 35100 | 0 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 78 | Centenary University | 35300 | 63600 | 0.4449 | 936 | 1070 | 0.8308 | |
| 79 | Delaware Valley University | 35800 | 66900 | 0.465 | 1,680 | 1189 | 0.9268 | |
| 80 | Tennessee Technological University | 36200 | 38500 | 0.0594 | 9,187 | 1163 | 0.7613 | |
| 81 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37100 | 66300 | 0.4405 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 82 | Andrews University | 37200 | 70100 | 0.4694 | 1,384 | 1143 | 0.8185 | |
| 83 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 37300 | 41600 | 0.1031 | 5,386 | 995 | 0.9092 | |
| 84 | Washington State University | 38100 | 53900 | 0.2932 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 85 | Mississippi State University | 39100 | 53400 | 0.2675 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 86 | University of Maine | 39300 | 45200 | 0.1306 | 9,182 | 1195 | 0.9562 | |
| 87 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 39600 | 50000 | 0.2082 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 88 | University of Maryland-College Park | 42700 | 53600 | 0.2035 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 88 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42700 | 56200 | 0.2403 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 90 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2752 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 91 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53200 | 61000 | 0.1293 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 92 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53600 | 62800 | 0.1465 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 93 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58300 | 64100 | 0.0905 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 94 | University of California-Davis | 68500 | 69800 | 0.0186 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.