Recent Articles
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 | 6700 | 34300 | 0.8058 | 1,500 | 1130 | 0.1097 | |
| 2 | Cornell University | 10500 | 93700 | 0.8878 | 16,138 | 1528 | 0.0838 | |
| 3 | Eastern Kentucky University | 10800 | 22900 | 0.5293 | 13,448 | 1075 | 0.9683 | |
| 3 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 10800 | 32800 | 0.6703 | 46,627 | 1366 | 0.492 | |
| 5 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 11200 | 39000 | 0.7131 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 6 | Arkansas State University | 11400 | 28400 | 0.5995 | 11,189 | 1080 | 0.7818 | |
| 7 | California State University-Fresno | 11500 | 19600 | 0.4157 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 8 | Fort Valley State University | 12100 | 54800 | 0.779 | 2,699 | 1025 | 0.6587 | |
| 9 | Louisiana Tech University | 12200 | 42900 | 0.7155 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 9 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 12200 | 29300 | 0.5836 | 8,421 | 1054 | 0.9444 | |
| 11 | Sul Ross State University | 12700 | 27100 | 0.532 | 1,890 | 1020 | 0.9871 | |
| 12 | University of Arizona | 13000 | 31000 | 0.5803 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 13 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 34900 | 0.6071 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 14 | Oklahoma Panhandle State University | 14600 | 17400 | 0.1605 | 1,021 | 985 | 1 | |
| 14 | University of Wisconsin-Platteville | 14600 | 26100 | 0.4411 | 6,045 | 1193 | 0.8938 | |
| 16 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 14700 | 57100 | 0.7421 | 15,735 | 1069 | 0.8797 | |
| 17 | Texas State University | 14800 | 26700 | 0.445 | 39,353 | 1080 | 0.9118 | |
| 17 | West Virginia University | 14800 | 73100 | 0.7972 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 19 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 15200 | 25800 | 0.4099 | 5,386 | 995 | 0.9092 | |
| 20 | California State University-Chico | 15300 | 41000 | 0.6273 | 13,599 | 1054 | 0.9107 | |
| 21 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 38800 | 0.5992 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 22 | University of Florida | 15800 | 22500 | 0.2977 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 23 | North Carolina State University | 16100 | 28500 | 0.4348 | 29,340 | 1374 | 0.3954 | |
| 24 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 16500 | 41200 | 0.6002 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 25 | Sam Houston State University | 16600 | 30300 | 0.4518 | 17,822 | 1035 | 0.9372 | |
| 26 | Middle Tennessee State University | 17100 | 29000 | 0.4106 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 27 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 17500 | 29900 | 0.4164 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 28 | University of Arkansas | 17700 | 28500 | 0.3807 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 29 | Angelo State University | 18100 | 23100 | 0.2191 | 10,103 | 1045 | 0.7981 | |
| 30 | University of Rhode Island | 18300 | 33900 | 0.4603 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 31 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 18600 | 21200 | 0.1212 | 5,063 | 1069 | 0.8756 | |
| 32 | Alabama A & M University | 19400 | 51200 | 0.621 | 6,370 | 915 | 0.5795 | |
| 32 | Unity Environmental University | 19400 | 31900 | 0.3914 | 6,525 | 0 | 0.818 | |
| 34 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 19900 | 45100 | 0.559 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 35 | South Dakota State University | 20200 | 25200 | 0.2009 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 36 | SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology at Cobleskill | 20500 | 57000 | 0.6399 | 1,894 | 1055 | 0.8401 | |
| 37 | Washington State University | 20600 | 35900 | 0.4276 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 38 | West Texas A & M University | 20900 | 29200 | 0.284 | 7,110 | 1060 | 0.6681 | |
| 39 | Tarleton State University | 21000 | 23000 | 0.087 | 17,556 | 1090 | 0.5386 | |
| 40 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 41 | Buena Vista University | 22200 | 59100 | 0.6244 | 836 | 1075 | 0.6497 | |
| 42 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 22300 | 26000 | 0.1421 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 43 | Saint Cloud State University | 23000 | 26300 | 0.1261 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 44 | North Dakota State University | 23900 | 26800 | 0.1105 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 45 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24000 | 38500 | 0.3764 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 46 | Montana State University | 24400 | 24400 | 0 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 47 | Abilene Christian University | 24500 | 58800 | 0.5835 | 5,101 | 1149 | 0.6615 | |
| 47 | University of Minnesota-Crookston | 24500 | 29500 | 0.17 | 2,873 | 1095 | 0.8747 | |
| 49 | Wilson College | 24600 | 44400 | 0.4452 | 1,379 | 1055 | 0.9211 | |
| 50 | The University of Findlay | 24700 | 50600 | 0.5114 | 4,132 | 1090 | 0.6748 | |
| 51 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 25200 | 31100 | 0.1888 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 52 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 25300 | 39400 | 0.358 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 53 | Minnesota State University, Mankato | 25500 | 28000 | 0.0915 | 13,433 | 1145 | 0.8844 | |
| 54 | Delaware Valley University | 25700 | 95800 | 0.7318 | 1,680 | 1189 | 0.9268 | |
| 55 | Dordt University | 26000 | 52500 | 0.5045 | 1,716 | 1205 | 0.6847 | |
| 56 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 26200 | 40600 | 0.3546 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 57 | Murray State University | 27300 | 32400 | 0.1565 | 8,217 | 1124 | 0.8413 | |
| 58 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 28500 | 43100 | 0.339 | 22,313 | 1341 | 0.2996 | |
| 59 | Huntington University | 29000 | 44400 | 0.3465 | 1,512 | 1065 | 0.7518 | |
| 60 | University of Connecticut | 29200 | 55500 | 0.4737 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 61 | Morehead State University | 29400 | 31600 | 0.0696 | 7,941 | 1080 | 0.8328 | |
| 62 | Iowa State University | 30700 | 45200 | 0.3221 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 63 | Centenary University | 30800 | 62900 | 0.5106 | 936 | 1070 | 0.8308 | |
| 64 | Tuskegee University | 31500 | 45600 | 0.3093 | 2,660 | 1090 | 0.4868 | |
| 65 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 31900 | 54400 | 0.4135 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 65 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 31900 | 35200 | 0.0938 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 67 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 32400 | 38400 | 0.1562 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 68 | University of Vermont | 34300 | 66300 | 0.4821 | 12,159 | 1372 | 0.7304 | |
| 69 | University of Idaho | 34500 | 48700 | 0.2916 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 70 | Texas Tech University | 35500 | 41000 | 0.1342 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 71 | Tennessee Technological University | 36000 | 38500 | 0.0666 | 9,187 | 1163 | 0.7613 | |
| 72 | North Carolina A & T State University | 36500 | 36700 | 0.0054 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.5125 | |
| 73 | Andrews University | 37100 | 76700 | 0.5161 | 1,384 | 1143 | 0.8185 | |
| 74 | Lubbock Christian University | 38200 | 49400 | 0.2267 | 1,383 | 1074 | 0.7473 | |
| 75 | Mississippi State University | 38900 | 53400 | 0.2726 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 76 | University of Wyoming | 39700 | 45300 | 0.1229 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 77 | University of Maine | 40200 | 42800 | 0.0608 | 9,182 | 1195 | 0.9562 | |
| 78 | Kansas State University | 40900 | 41900 | 0.0239 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 79 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42400 | 53900 | 0.2132 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 80 | University of Maryland-College Park | 42800 | 58500 | 0.2682 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 81 | Oregon State University | 44800 | 61900 | 0.2766 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 82 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47500 | 61500 | 0.2286 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 82 | University of Delaware | 47500 | 62400 | 0.2385 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 84 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48200 | 51200 | 0.0598 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 85 | University of Kentucky | 48300 | 59900 | 0.1934 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 86 | Michigan State University | 49200 | 56200 | 0.1245 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 87 | University of Georgia | 52000 | 52100 | 0.0019 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 88 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 54900 | 68800 | 0.2022 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 89 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 55600 | 63800 | 0.1281 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 90 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 59100 | 61600 | 0.0416 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 | |
| 91 | Auburn University | 59400 | 59400 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 92 | Clemson University | 61100 | 63700 | 0.0403 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 93 | University of California-Davis | 68200 | 69900 | 0.0243 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.