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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 | 34300 | 0.8087 | 1,500 | 1130 | 0.1097 | |
| 2 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 10400 | 26000 | 0.6006 | 22,313 | 1341 | 0.2996 | |
| 3 | Cornell University | 10500 | 93700 | 0.8878 | 16,138 | 1528 | 0.0838 | |
| 3 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 10500 | 32800 | 0.6795 | 46,627 | 1366 | 0.492 | |
| 5 | Eastern Kentucky University | 10600 | 27300 | 0.6128 | 13,448 | 1075 | 0.9683 | |
| 6 | Arkansas State University | 11400 | 28400 | 0.5995 | 11,189 | 1080 | 0.7818 | |
| 6 | California State University-Fresno | 11400 | 19600 | 0.4208 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 8 | Fort Valley State University | 12000 | 54800 | 0.7809 | 2,699 | 1025 | 0.6587 | |
| 8 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 12000 | 29300 | 0.5905 | 8,421 | 1054 | 0.9444 | |
| 10 | Sul Ross State University | 12300 | 41100 | 0.7011 | 1,890 | 1020 | 0.9871 | |
| 11 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 12400 | 30000 | 0.5867 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 12 | North Carolina A & T State University | 12700 | 17900 | 0.2913 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.5125 | |
| 13 | Louisiana Tech University | 13000 | 42900 | 0.6969 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 14 | University of Delaware | 13400 | 34500 | 0.6119 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 15 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 61700 | 0.7774 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 16 | Oklahoma Panhandle State University | 14500 | 17400 | 0.1662 | 1,021 | 985 | 1 | |
| 16 | West Virginia University | 14500 | 73100 | 0.8013 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 18 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 14600 | 57100 | 0.7439 | 15,735 | 1069 | 0.8797 | |
| 19 | Texas State University | 14700 | 26100 | 0.4367 | 39,353 | 1080 | 0.9118 | |
| 20 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 14900 | 26000 | 0.4264 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 21 | California State University-Chico | 15100 | 41000 | 0.6322 | 13,599 | 1054 | 0.9107 | |
| 22 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 29800 | 0.4782 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 23 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 16200 | 26500 | 0.3882 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 24 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 16400 | 41200 | 0.6026 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 25 | Sam Houston State University | 16700 | 27100 | 0.3836 | 17,822 | 1035 | 0.9372 | |
| 26 | University of Maryland Global Campus | 16800 | 29700 | 0.433 | 52,187 | 0 | 1 | |
| 27 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 17600 | 29900 | 0.4131 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 28 | Morgan State University | 18100 | 42200 | 0.5715 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 29 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 18200 | 18200 | 0 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 30 | University of Vermont | 18300 | 37800 | 0.5164 | 12,159 | 1372 | 0.7304 | |
| 31 | Unity Environmental University | 19400 | 31900 | 0.3914 | 6,525 | 0 | 0.818 | |
| 32 | University of Rhode Island | 19700 | 47400 | 0.5845 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 33 | Alabama A & M University | 19800 | 51200 | 0.614 | 6,370 | 915 | 0.5795 | |
| 34 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 19900 | 40600 | 0.511 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 35 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 20200 | 38500 | 0.4738 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 | |
| 36 | University of Wyoming | 20300 | 27900 | 0.2742 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 37 | SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology at Cobleskill | 20400 | 57000 | 0.6416 | 1,894 | 1055 | 0.8401 | |
| 38 | Washington State University | 20600 | 35900 | 0.4276 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 39 | West Texas A & M University | 20800 | 29200 | 0.2874 | 7,110 | 1060 | 0.6681 | |
| 40 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27100 | 0.229 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 41 | Tarleton State University | 21000 | 23000 | 0.087 | 17,556 | 1090 | 0.5386 | |
| 42 | Iowa State University | 21100 | 25700 | 0.1794 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 43 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 21600 | 27200 | 0.2048 | 5,063 | 1069 | 0.8756 | |
| 44 | Buena Vista University | 22200 | 59100 | 0.6244 | 836 | 1075 | 0.6497 | |
| 45 | University of Florida | 22600 | 42800 | 0.4725 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 46 | Abilene Christian University | 24300 | 58800 | 0.5869 | 5,101 | 1149 | 0.6615 | |
| 47 | Montana State University | 24400 | 24400 | 0 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 48 | Tennessee Technological University | 24600 | 33700 | 0.2693 | 9,187 | 1163 | 0.7613 | |
| 48 | The University of Findlay | 24600 | 50600 | 0.5134 | 4,132 | 1090 | 0.6748 | |
| 48 | Wilson College | 24600 | 44400 | 0.4452 | 1,379 | 1055 | 0.9211 | |
| 51 | South Dakota State University | 25100 | 28700 | 0.1242 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 51 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 25100 | 32900 | 0.2389 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 53 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 25200 | 39400 | 0.3606 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 54 | Michigan State University | 25500 | 28900 | 0.1193 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 55 | Delaware Valley University | 25700 | 95800 | 0.7318 | 1,680 | 1189 | 0.9268 | |
| 56 | Dordt University | 26000 | 52500 | 0.5045 | 1,716 | 1205 | 0.6847 | |
| 56 | University of Arkansas | 26000 | 28500 | 0.0899 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 58 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 26100 | 40600 | 0.3571 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 59 | University of Minnesota-Crookston | 26200 | 29500 | 0.1124 | 2,873 | 1095 | 0.8747 | |
| 60 | Texas Tech University | 27100 | 27100 | 0 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 61 | University of Georgia | 27200 | 27200 | 0 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 62 | Murray State University | 27300 | 32400 | 0.1565 | 8,217 | 1124 | 0.8413 | |
| 63 | North Dakota State University | 27400 | 30400 | 0.0976 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 64 | Huntington University | 29000 | 44400 | 0.3465 | 1,512 | 1065 | 0.7518 | |
| 65 | Morehead State University | 29400 | 31600 | 0.0696 | 7,941 | 1080 | 0.8328 | |
| 66 | Towson University | 29500 | 30100 | 0.02 | 16,361 | 1082 | 0.8057 | |
| 67 | Centenary University | 30700 | 62900 | 0.5122 | 936 | 1070 | 0.8308 | |
| 68 | University of Wisconsin-Platteville | 30900 | 33500 | 0.0766 | 6,045 | 1193 | 0.8938 | |
| 69 | Angelo State University | 31300 | 35400 | 0.1149 | 10,103 | 1045 | 0.7981 | |
| 70 | Tuskegee University | 31500 | 45600 | 0.3093 | 2,660 | 1090 | 0.4868 | |
| 70 | University of Kentucky | 31500 | 36500 | 0.1371 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 72 | North Carolina State University | 32400 | 54800 | 0.4083 | 29,340 | 1374 | 0.3954 | |
| 73 | University of Idaho | 34500 | 48700 | 0.2916 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 74 | Auburn University | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 75 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 35200 | 35200 | 0 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 76 | University of Connecticut | 36900 | 66200 | 0.4429 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 77 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 37100 | 41600 | 0.1097 | 5,386 | 995 | 0.9092 | |
| 77 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37100 | 66700 | 0.4439 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 79 | Andrews University | 37200 | 76700 | 0.5148 | 1,384 | 1143 | 0.8185 | |
| 80 | Middle Tennessee State University | 37600 | 48300 | 0.2216 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 81 | Lubbock Christian University | 38100 | 49400 | 0.2287 | 1,383 | 1074 | 0.7473 | |
| 82 | Mississippi State University | 38900 | 53400 | 0.2726 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 83 | University of Maine | 40100 | 42800 | 0.0631 | 9,182 | 1195 | 0.9562 | |
| 84 | University of Arizona | 42500 | 48600 | 0.1254 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 85 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42600 | 63300 | 0.3271 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 86 | Kansas State University | 43900 | 48400 | 0.0923 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 87 | Oregon State University | 44800 | 61900 | 0.2766 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 88 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48200 | 51200 | 0.0598 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 89 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 50600 | 63800 | 0.2065 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 90 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53400 | 63400 | 0.1578 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 91 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 54900 | 68800 | 0.2022 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 92 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 58600 | 61200 | 0.0419 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 93 | Clemson University | 61100 | 63700 | 0.0403 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 94 | University of California-Davis | 68300 | 69900 | 0.0229 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.