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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 | 56000 | 0.8817 | 1,500 | 1130 | 0.1097 | |
| 2 | Morehead State University | 8300 | 29200 | 0.7168 | 7,941 | 1080 | 0.8328 | |
| 3 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 8700 | 38900 | 0.7767 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 4 | California State University-Fresno | 11200 | 54800 | 0.7956 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 5 | Arkansas State University | 11500 | 31800 | 0.6384 | 11,189 | 1080 | 0.7818 | |
| 6 | Eastern Kentucky University | 11700 | 22900 | 0.49 | 13,448 | 1075 | 0.9683 | |
| 7 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 12700 | 26500 | 0.5202 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 8 | Cornell University | 13100 | 93700 | 0.8601 | 16,138 | 1528 | 0.0838 | |
| 9 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 33500 | 0.5909 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 10 | Louisiana Tech University | 13800 | 43500 | 0.6827 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 11 | University of Wisconsin-Platteville | 14600 | 26100 | 0.4411 | 6,045 | 1193 | 0.8938 | |
| 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 | 38800 | 0.5992 | 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 | West Virginia University | 16400 | 40900 | 0.5987 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 21 | Kansas State University | 16600 | 26400 | 0.3692 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 22 | Middle Tennessee State University | 17100 | 23200 | 0.263 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 22 | University of Florida | 17100 | 22500 | 0.2399 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 24 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 17500 | 29900 | 0.4139 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 25 | Texas Tech University | 18100 | 27100 | 0.332 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 26 | Angelo State University | 18300 | 23100 | 0.2072 | 10,103 | 1045 | 0.7981 | |
| 26 | University of Rhode Island | 18300 | 81200 | 0.7746 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 28 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 18900 | 21200 | 0.1082 | 5,063 | 1069 | 0.8756 | |
| 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 | Iowa State University | 19900 | 24200 | 0.179 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 32 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20100 | 45100 | 0.5547 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 33 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 20200 | 38500 | 0.4738 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 | |
| 34 | SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology at Cobleskill | 20500 | 30800 | 0.3348 | 1,894 | 1055 | 0.8401 | |
| 34 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 20500 | 36600 | 0.4396 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 36 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 20700 | 30600 | 0.326 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 37 | North Dakota State University | 20800 | 25700 | 0.1902 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 38 | Tarleton State University | 21000 | 23000 | 0.087 | 17,556 | 1090 | 0.5386 | |
| 39 | Washington State University | 21100 | 36200 | 0.417 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 40 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 41 | South Dakota State University | 21900 | 25200 | 0.1305 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 42 | Buena Vista University | 22400 | 59100 | 0.6212 | 836 | 1075 | 0.6497 | |
| 42 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 22400 | 35700 | 0.3722 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 44 | Sul Ross State University | 22700 | 40800 | 0.4433 | 1,890 | 1020 | 0.9871 | |
| 45 | Abilene Christian University | 23300 | 58800 | 0.6039 | 5,101 | 1149 | 0.6615 | |
| 45 | Saint Cloud State University | 23300 | 26300 | 0.1156 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 45 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 23300 | 31100 | 0.2508 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 45 | West Texas A & M University | 23300 | 29200 | 0.2019 | 7,110 | 1060 | 0.6681 | |
| 49 | Montana State University | 24600 | 73500 | 0.6655 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 50 | The University of Findlay | 24800 | 84900 | 0.7082 | 4,132 | 1090 | 0.6748 | |
| 50 | University of Minnesota-Crookston | 24800 | 29500 | 0.1606 | 2,873 | 1095 | 0.8747 | |
| 50 | Wilson College | 24800 | 44400 | 0.4421 | 1,379 | 1055 | 0.9211 | |
| 53 | Minnesota State University, Mankato | 25700 | 28000 | 0.0817 | 13,433 | 1145 | 0.8844 | |
| 54 | Dordt University | 26100 | 52500 | 0.5026 | 1,716 | 1205 | 0.6847 | |
| 55 | University of Arkansas | 26700 | 52400 | 0.4907 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 56 | Fort Valley State University | 27200 | 54200 | 0.4986 | 2,699 | 1025 | 0.6587 | |
| 57 | Delaware Valley University | 27300 | 95800 | 0.7151 | 1,680 | 1189 | 0.9268 | |
| 58 | Oregon State University | 28800 | 36700 | 0.2153 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 59 | Clemson University | 29000 | 37100 | 0.2179 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 60 | Huntington University | 29300 | 44400 | 0.3398 | 1,512 | 1065 | 0.7518 | |
| 61 | North Carolina A & T State University | 31300 | 36700 | 0.147 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.5125 | |
| 62 | Tuskegee University | 31800 | 53200 | 0.4026 | 2,660 | 1090 | 0.4868 | |
| 63 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 31900 | 54400 | 0.4135 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 64 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 32100 | 36700 | 0.1252 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 65 | Centenary University | 32200 | 62800 | 0.487 | 936 | 1070 | 0.8308 | |
| 66 | North Carolina State University | 32700 | 54800 | 0.4033 | 29,340 | 1374 | 0.3954 | |
| 67 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 33500 | 55500 | 0.3965 | 22,313 | 1341 | 0.2996 | |
| 68 | University of Vermont | 34500 | 66300 | 0.4799 | 12,159 | 1372 | 0.7304 | |
| 69 | University of Idaho | 34800 | 48700 | 0.2854 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 70 | Tennessee Technological University | 36200 | 38500 | 0.0594 | 9,187 | 1163 | 0.7613 | |
| 71 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 36400 | 53600 | 0.321 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 72 | University of Connecticut | 37100 | 70600 | 0.4746 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 73 | Andrews University | 37200 | 76700 | 0.5148 | 1,384 | 1143 | 0.8185 | |
| 74 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 37300 | 41600 | 0.1031 | 5,386 | 995 | 0.9092 | |
| 75 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 38200 | 60200 | 0.3647 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 76 | Lubbock Christian University | 38400 | 49000 | 0.2165 | 1,383 | 1074 | 0.7473 | |
| 77 | Mississippi State University | 39100 | 53400 | 0.2675 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 78 | University of Wyoming | 40000 | 45300 | 0.1168 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 79 | University of Maine | 40200 | 56000 | 0.2823 | 9,182 | 1195 | 0.9562 | |
| 80 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42600 | 53900 | 0.2095 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 81 | University of Arizona | 42800 | 43800 | 0.0228 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 81 | University of Maryland-College Park | 42800 | 68700 | 0.3772 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 83 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 43600 | 60500 | 0.2794 | 15,735 | 1069 | 0.8797 | |
| 84 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47100 | 59800 | 0.2121 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 85 | University of Delaware | 47500 | 62000 | 0.2335 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 86 | University of Georgia | 48600 | 51800 | 0.0618 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 87 | Michigan State University | 49200 | 56200 | 0.1245 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 88 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 50100 | 72700 | 0.3108 | 46,627 | 1366 | 0.492 | |
| 89 | University of Kentucky | 51200 | 74100 | 0.3093 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 90 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53600 | 63400 | 0.1547 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 91 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58400 | 63500 | 0.0803 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 92 | University of California-Davis | 68500 | 90000 | 0.2388 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 93 | 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.