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Considering a degree in Animal Sciences?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Animal Sciences majors who live in Mississippi.
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 Mississippi.
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 | University of California-Davis | 10200 | 38100 | 0.7328 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 3 | Cornell University | 11500 | 93100 | 0.8767 | 16,138 | 1528 | 0.0838 | |
| 4 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 29200 | 0.5745 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 5 | Fort Valley State University | 12700 | 29700 | 0.5722 | 2,699 | 1025 | 0.6587 | |
| 6 | University of Arizona | 12900 | 30900 | 0.5835 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 7 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 13000 | 26500 | 0.5089 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 8 | North Carolina A & T State University | 13200 | 17900 | 0.2633 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.5125 | |
| 9 | University of Delaware | 13500 | 34500 | 0.608 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 10 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 38800 | 0.5992 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 11 | Texas State University | 15700 | 25500 | 0.3845 | 39,353 | 1080 | 0.9118 | |
| 12 | Kansas State University | 15800 | 26100 | 0.3962 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 13 | Oklahoma Panhandle State University | 16200 | 16700 | 0.03 | 1,021 | 985 | 1 | |
| 13 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 16200 | 29300 | 0.4471 | 8,421 | 1054 | 0.9444 | |
| 15 | Arkansas State University | 16800 | 28100 | 0.4023 | 11,189 | 1080 | 0.7818 | |
| 16 | University of Maine | 16900 | 29300 | 0.4235 | 9,182 | 1195 | 0.9562 | |
| 16 | West Virginia University | 16900 | 40900 | 0.5865 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 18 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 17200 | 35400 | 0.5147 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 19 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 17400 | 29900 | 0.4173 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 20 | Middle Tennessee State University | 17500 | 23200 | 0.2456 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 20 | Sam Houston State University | 17500 | 27000 | 0.352 | 17,822 | 1035 | 0.9372 | |
| 22 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 18200 | 18200 | 0 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 23 | Angelo State University | 18300 | 23100 | 0.2072 | 10,103 | 1045 | 0.7981 | |
| 23 | University of Vermont | 18300 | 37800 | 0.5164 | 12,159 | 1372 | 0.7304 | |
| 25 | University of Rhode Island | 19700 | 33900 | 0.419 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 26 | South Dakota State University | 20400 | 25200 | 0.19 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 27 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 20500 | 26500 | 0.2262 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 27 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 20500 | 32300 | 0.3651 | 15,735 | 1069 | 0.8797 | |
| 29 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 20700 | 30600 | 0.326 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 29 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 20700 | 26000 | 0.2032 | 5,063 | 1069 | 0.8756 | |
| 31 | North Dakota State University | 20800 | 25700 | 0.1902 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 31 | University of Mississippi | 20800 | 27100 | 0.2312 | 22,939 | 1172 | 0.9738 | |
| 33 | Louisiana Tech University | 21700 | 25300 | 0.1424 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 34 | Buena Vista University | 22400 | 59100 | 0.6212 | 836 | 1075 | 0.6497 | |
| 35 | Montana State University | 22500 | 27100 | 0.1695 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 35 | University of Florida | 22500 | 43000 | 0.4765 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 37 | California State University-Chico | 22600 | 31000 | 0.2706 | 13,599 | 1054 | 0.9107 | |
| 38 | Murray State University | 22800 | 27600 | 0.1738 | 8,217 | 1124 | 0.8413 | |
| 39 | University of Southern Mississippi | 23100 | 23200 | 0.0016 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 40 | Abilene Christian University | 23500 | 59000 | 0.6013 | 5,101 | 1149 | 0.6615 | |
| 41 | West Texas A & M University | 23700 | 29200 | 0.1882 | 7,110 | 1060 | 0.6681 | |
| 42 | Unity Environmental University | 24500 | 29900 | 0.1809 | 6,525 | 0 | 0.818 | |
| 43 | Wilson College | 24800 | 44400 | 0.4421 | 1,379 | 1055 | 0.9211 | |
| 44 | Eastern Kentucky University | 25200 | 38400 | 0.3441 | 13,448 | 1075 | 0.9683 | |
| 45 | Sul Ross State University | 25300 | 37300 | 0.3218 | 1,890 | 1020 | 0.9871 | |
| 46 | University of Arkansas | 25400 | 27700 | 0.0826 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 47 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 25600 | 32800 | 0.2194 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 48 | The University of Findlay | 25700 | 50600 | 0.4917 | 4,132 | 1090 | 0.6748 | |
| 49 | Dordt University | 26200 | 52500 | 0.5007 | 1,716 | 1205 | 0.6847 | |
| 50 | Tuskegee University | 26300 | 42100 | 0.3757 | 2,660 | 1090 | 0.4868 | |
| 51 | University of Minnesota-Crookston | 26500 | 29500 | 0.103 | 2,873 | 1095 | 0.8747 | |
| 52 | University of Georgia | 26600 | 48600 | 0.4523 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 53 | Morehead State University | 26700 | 32600 | 0.1808 | 7,941 | 1080 | 0.8328 | |
| 53 | University of Idaho | 26700 | 45200 | 0.4089 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 55 | Texas Tech University | 27100 | 27100 | 0 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 56 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 27300 | 41500 | 0.342 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 57 | Alabama A & M University | 28300 | 37700 | 0.2491 | 6,370 | 915 | 0.5795 | |
| 58 | Iowa State University | 28600 | 43300 | 0.34 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 59 | Clemson University | 29000 | 37100 | 0.2179 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 60 | University of Connecticut | 29200 | 39500 | 0.2608 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 61 | Huntington University | 29300 | 44300 | 0.3384 | 1,512 | 1065 | 0.7518 | |
| 61 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 29300 | 36500 | 0.1972 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 63 | Mississippi State University | 30100 | 34400 | 0.1246 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 64 | Lubbock Christian University | 30200 | 49200 | 0.3866 | 1,383 | 1074 | 0.7473 | |
| 65 | University of Wisconsin-Platteville | 31200 | 33500 | 0.0684 | 6,045 | 1193 | 0.8938 | |
| 66 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 31400 | 43100 | 0.2717 | 22,313 | 1341 | 0.2996 | |
| 66 | University of Kentucky | 31400 | 36400 | 0.1373 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 68 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 31800 | 41200 | 0.2284 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 69 | SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology at Cobleskill | 32300 | 42700 | 0.2433 | 1,894 | 1055 | 0.8401 | |
| 70 | North Carolina State University | 32700 | 54800 | 0.4033 | 29,340 | 1374 | 0.3954 | |
| 71 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 17,556 | 1090 | 0.5386 | |
| 72 | Auburn University | 33800 | 33800 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 73 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 35100 | 35100 | 0 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 74 | Centenary University | 35400 | 63600 | 0.4433 | 936 | 1070 | 0.8308 | |
| 75 | Tennessee Technological University | 36200 | 38500 | 0.0594 | 9,187 | 1163 | 0.7613 | |
| 76 | Delaware Valley University | 36300 | 66900 | 0.4575 | 1,680 | 1189 | 0.9268 | |
| 77 | California State University-Fresno | 37000 | 43800 | 0.1552 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 78 | Andrews University | 37200 | 70100 | 0.4694 | 1,384 | 1143 | 0.8185 | |
| 79 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 37300 | 41600 | 0.1031 | 5,386 | 995 | 0.9092 | |
| 80 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 38000 | 66300 | 0.427 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 81 | Washington State University | 38100 | 53900 | 0.2932 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 82 | University of Wyoming | 40000 | 45300 | 0.1168 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 83 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 41800 | 53600 | 0.2203 | 46,627 | 1366 | 0.492 | |
| 84 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42300 | 53900 | 0.215 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 85 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43400 | 53600 | 0.1904 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 86 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2752 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 87 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47100 | 59700 | 0.2124 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 88 | Michigan State University | 49200 | 56200 | 0.1245 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 89 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 49800 | 62200 | 0.1995 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 90 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53200 | 61000 | 0.1293 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 91 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53600 | 62800 | 0.1465 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 92 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 58900 | 61200 | 0.0374 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 93 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 59300 | 61600 | 0.0372 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.