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Considering a degree in Animal Sciences?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Animal Sciences majors who live in Minnesota.
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 Minnesota.
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 | 1,454 | 1135 | 0.1199 | |
| 2 | California State University-Fresno | 11200 | 19600 | 0.4302 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 3 | Cornell University | 11700 | 93100 | 0.8745 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0876 | |
| 4 | Fort Valley State University | 12300 | 29700 | 0.5857 | 2,699 | 1025 | 0.6587 | |
| 5 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 12400 | 28000 | 0.5568 | 8,553 | 1045 | 0.8688 | |
| 6 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 12700 | 26500 | 0.5202 | 12,507 | 1010 | 0.8897 | |
| 7 | Sul Ross State University | 12800 | 27100 | 0.5283 | 1,890 | 1020 | 0.9871 | |
| 8 | East Texas A&M University | 13100 | 30000 | 0.5634 | 9,992 | 1045 | 0.9224 | |
| 9 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 13400 | 25700 | 0.4786 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 10 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 32900 | 0.5832 | 38,040 | 1418 | 0.452 | |
| 11 | Utah State University | 13800 | 20800 | 0.3369 | 25,706 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 12 | University of Wisconsin-Platteville | 14200 | 22900 | 0.381 | 6,045 | 1193 | 0.8938 | |
| 13 | Texas State University | 15000 | 25500 | 0.412 | 36,236 | 1100 | 0.8932 | |
| 14 | California State University-Chico | 15100 | 23500 | 0.3571 | 13,792 | 1075 | 0.9272 | |
| 15 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 29800 | 0.4782 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8609 | |
| 16 | Sam Houston State University | 15800 | 30300 | 0.4782 | 17,787 | 1030 | 0.9026 | |
| 17 | Oklahoma Panhandle State University | 16200 | 16700 | 0.03 | 1,021 | 985 | 0.683 | |
| 18 | Arkansas State University | 16400 | 28100 | 0.4166 | 9,985 | 1075 | 0.8226 | |
| 19 | West Virginia University | 16800 | 40900 | 0.589 | 18,206 | 1125 | 0.89 | |
| 20 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 17500 | 29900 | 0.4159 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5743 | |
| 21 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 18200 | 18200 | 0 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 22 | Angelo State University | 18500 | 23100 | 0.2011 | 9,702 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 23 | University of Rhode Island | 19000 | 33900 | 0.4396 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 23 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 19000 | 21200 | 0.1016 | 4,880 | 1124 | 0.8172 | |
| 25 | Alabama A & M University | 20200 | 28200 | 0.2833 | 6,370 | 915 | 0.5795 | |
| 26 | Stetson University | 20600 | 79100 | 0.7399 | 2,349 | 1179 | 0.716 | |
| 27 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 20700 | 30600 | 0.326 | 44,819 | 1327 | 0.4987 | |
| 28 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27300 | 0.2346 | 31,133 | 1463 | 0.4479 | |
| 29 | Tarleton State University | 21000 | 23000 | 0.087 | 15,254 | 1080 | 0.8955 | |
| 30 | Louisiana Tech University | 21200 | 26100 | 0.1879 | 10,881 | 1189 | 0.864 | |
| 30 | Washington State University | 21200 | 36200 | 0.4131 | 21,455 | 1125 | 0.8664 | |
| 32 | South Dakota State University | 22100 | 25200 | 0.1249 | 10,719 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 33 | Buena Vista University | 22500 | 59100 | 0.6197 | 1,436 | 1124 | 0.7761 | |
| 34 | Saint Cloud State University | 23400 | 26300 | 0.1103 | 8,738 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 35 | Abilene Christian University | 24300 | 59000 | 0.5877 | 3,263 | 1189 | 0.6603 | |
| 35 | North Dakota State University | 24300 | 26800 | 0.095 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 37 | Unity Environmental University | 24400 | 29900 | 0.1842 | 6,507 | 0 | 0.818 | |
| 38 | University of Minnesota-Crookston | 24900 | 29500 | 0.1559 | 2,612 | 1095 | 0.8786 | |
| 38 | Wilson College | 24900 | 44400 | 0.4406 | 1,379 | 1055 | 0.9211 | |
| 40 | Tennessee Technological University | 25000 | 33700 | 0.257 | 9,187 | 1163 | 0.7613 | |
| 41 | Michigan State University | 25500 | 28900 | 0.1193 | 41,234 | 1279 | 0.848 | |
| 42 | Minnesota State University, Mankato | 25900 | 28000 | 0.0767 | 13,433 | 1145 | 0.8844 | |
| 43 | The University of Findlay | 26000 | 50600 | 0.4858 | 4,062 | 1124 | 0.8337 | |
| 44 | Dordt University | 26100 | 52500 | 0.5026 | 1,716 | 1205 | 0.6847 | |
| 45 | Tuskegee University | 26200 | 42100 | 0.3781 | 2,659 | 1090 | 0.4868 | |
| 46 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 26600 | 41500 | 0.3588 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 46 | University of Arkansas | 26600 | 28900 | 0.078 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.743 | |
| 48 | Kansas State University | 26900 | 31400 | 0.145 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8169 | |
| 49 | University of Idaho | 27000 | 45200 | 0.4023 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 50 | University of Arizona | 27200 | 38100 | 0.2862 | 44,848 | 1233 | 0.8614 | |
| 51 | Murray State University | 27700 | 32400 | 0.1437 | 7,851 | 1115 | 0.8568 | |
| 51 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 27700 | 31100 | 0.1078 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 53 | Iowa State University | 28200 | 42800 | 0.3414 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 54 | Huntington University | 29400 | 44300 | 0.3362 | 1,588 | 1055 | 0.7564 | |
| 55 | Montana State University | 29500 | 31900 | 0.0751 | 15,046 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 56 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 29900 | 42200 | 0.2913 | 15,375 | 1103 | 0.866 | |
| 57 | North Carolina A & T State University | 31300 | 36700 | 0.147 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.499 | |
| 58 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 31400 | 41200 | 0.2381 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.7517 | |
| 59 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 32100 | 43100 | 0.2554 | 22,033 | 1321 | 0.3132 | |
| 59 | Centenary University | 32100 | 63600 | 0.4952 | 936 | 1070 | 0.8308 | |
| 61 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 32200 | 36700 | 0.1214 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 62 | SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology at Cobleskill | 32300 | 42700 | 0.2433 | 1,988 | 1080 | 0.8402 | |
| 63 | North Carolina State University | 32800 | 54800 | 0.4007 | 28,422 | 1378 | 0.4174 | |
| 64 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 33700 | 41000 | 0.178 | 22,364 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 65 | University of Vermont | 34500 | 66300 | 0.4788 | 12,276 | 1379 | 0.653 | |
| 66 | Andrews University | 35000 | 70100 | 0.5008 | 1,384 | 1143 | 0.8185 | |
| 67 | Texas Tech University | 35500 | 38900 | 0.0874 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 68 | Mississippi State University | 36300 | 50500 | 0.2804 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 69 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 36500 | 41600 | 0.1237 | 5,386 | 1050 | 0.9092 | |
| 70 | University of Connecticut | 37300 | 53600 | 0.3043 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 70 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37300 | 66300 | 0.4375 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5478 | |
| 72 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 38600 | 53100 | 0.2729 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 73 | Delaware Valley University | 39200 | 66900 | 0.4141 | 1,768 | 1208 | 0.9321 | |
| 74 | University of Maine | 39800 | 45200 | 0.1195 | 9,601 | 1205 | 0.9664 | |
| 75 | University of Wyoming | 40100 | 45300 | 0.1137 | 8,130 | 1179 | 0.9688 | |
| 76 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 40400 | 53600 | 0.2464 | 46,815 | 1378 | 0.6057 | |
| 77 | Middle Tennessee State University | 41300 | 46000 | 0.1021 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 78 | University of Mount Olive | 42300 | 50400 | 0.1617 | 1,944 | 1075 | 0.7575 | |
| 79 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42600 | 53900 | 0.2095 | 11,355 | 1222 | 0.8816 | |
| 80 | University of Florida | 43200 | 45700 | 0.0548 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 81 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2746 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 82 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47100 | 59700 | 0.2117 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 83 | University of Delaware | 48300 | 61300 | 0.213 | 20,026 | 1294 | 0.706 | |
| 84 | University of Georgia | 48800 | 51600 | 0.0542 | 32,399 | 1382 | 0.377 | |
| 85 | University of Kentucky | 49100 | 58000 | 0.1534 | 25,534 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 86 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 49800 | 62200 | 0.1995 | 37,140 | 1406 | 0.4237 | |
| 87 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 52300 | 53700 | 0.0261 | 23,920 | 1397 | 0.5973 | |
| 88 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 53000 | 61200 | 0.1332 | 26,221 | 1204 | 0.8854 | |
| 89 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 57000 | 59200 | 0.0363 | 24,449 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 90 | Auburn University | 58500 | 58500 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4592 | |
| 91 | Clemson University | 61500 | 63700 | 0.0338 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 92 | University of California-Davis | 69800 | 69800 | 0 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.