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Considering a degree in Animal Sciences?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Animal Sciences majors who live in Montana.
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 Montana.
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 | University of California-Davis | 10200 | 38100 | 0.7328 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
| 3 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 10800 | 26000 | 0.5852 | 22,033 | 1321 | 0.3132 | |
| 4 | Cornell University | 11500 | 93100 | 0.8767 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0876 | |
| 5 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 11900 | 20500 | 0.417 | 4,880 | 1124 | 0.8172 | |
| 6 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 29200 | 0.5745 | 38,040 | 1418 | 0.452 | |
| 7 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.7517 | |
| 8 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 12800 | 26500 | 0.5164 | 12,507 | 1010 | 0.8897 | |
| 8 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 12800 | 28000 | 0.5425 | 8,553 | 1045 | 0.8688 | |
| 10 | Utah State University | 13800 | 20800 | 0.3369 | 25,706 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 11 | Murray State University | 14900 | 27000 | 0.4491 | 7,851 | 1115 | 0.8568 | |
| 12 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15100 | 37700 | 0.6009 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8609 | |
| 13 | Texas State University | 15300 | 25500 | 0.4002 | 36,236 | 1100 | 0.8932 | |
| 14 | Kansas State University | 15800 | 26100 | 0.3962 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8169 | |
| 14 | Sam Houston State University | 15800 | 30300 | 0.4782 | 17,787 | 1030 | 0.9026 | |
| 16 | Oklahoma Panhandle State University | 16300 | 16700 | 0.024 | 1,021 | 985 | 0.683 | |
| 17 | North Carolina State University | 16400 | 28500 | 0.425 | 28,422 | 1378 | 0.4174 | |
| 18 | West Virginia University | 16600 | 40900 | 0.5939 | 18,206 | 1125 | 0.89 | |
| 19 | University of Maine | 16700 | 29300 | 0.4303 | 9,601 | 1205 | 0.9664 | |
| 20 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 17200 | 35400 | 0.5147 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 21 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 17500 | 29900 | 0.4169 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5743 | |
| 22 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 18100 | 39000 | 0.5353 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 23 | Angelo State University | 18300 | 23100 | 0.2067 | 9,702 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 23 | University of Vermont | 18300 | 37800 | 0.5164 | 12,276 | 1379 | 0.653 | |
| 25 | Iowa State University | 19900 | 24200 | 0.1786 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 26 | Alabama A & M University | 20400 | 28200 | 0.2762 | 6,370 | 915 | 0.5795 | |
| 27 | University of Wyoming | 20600 | 27900 | 0.264 | 8,130 | 1179 | 0.9688 | |
| 28 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 20700 | 30600 | 0.326 | 44,819 | 1327 | 0.4987 | |
| 29 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 20800 | 39200 | 0.4696 | 11,355 | 1222 | 0.8816 | |
| 30 | Stetson University | 20900 | 79100 | 0.7361 | 2,349 | 1179 | 0.716 | |
| 30 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27300 | 0.2346 | 31,133 | 1463 | 0.4479 | |
| 32 | Louisiana Tech University | 21500 | 26100 | 0.1764 | 10,881 | 1189 | 0.864 | |
| 33 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,221 | 1204 | 0.8854 | |
| 34 | South Dakota State University | 21900 | 25200 | 0.1301 | 10,719 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 35 | Buena Vista University | 22400 | 59100 | 0.6212 | 1,436 | 1124 | 0.7761 | |
| 35 | California State University-Chico | 22400 | 27000 | 0.1701 | 13,792 | 1075 | 0.9272 | |
| 35 | The University of Montana | 22400 | 25300 | 0.1147 | 7,891 | 1225 | 0.9586 | |
| 38 | University of Kentucky | 23700 | 36400 | 0.3479 | 25,534 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 39 | Abilene Christian University | 24300 | 59000 | 0.5877 | 3,263 | 1189 | 0.6603 | |
| 40 | Unity Environmental University | 24500 | 29900 | 0.1809 | 6,507 | 0 | 0.818 | |
| 41 | Wilson College | 24800 | 44400 | 0.442 | 1,379 | 1055 | 0.9211 | |
| 42 | North Dakota State University | 24900 | 27600 | 0.0972 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 42 | Sul Ross State University | 24900 | 37300 | 0.3325 | 1,890 | 1020 | 0.9871 | |
| 42 | Tennessee Technological University | 24900 | 33700 | 0.2609 | 9,187 | 1163 | 0.7613 | |
| 45 | University of Minnesota-Crookston | 25600 | 28600 | 0.106 | 2,612 | 1095 | 0.8786 | |
| 46 | Michigan State University | 25800 | 28900 | 0.1089 | 41,234 | 1279 | 0.848 | |
| 47 | Dordt University | 26200 | 52500 | 0.5007 | 1,716 | 1205 | 0.6847 | |
| 47 | The University of Findlay | 26200 | 50600 | 0.4818 | 4,062 | 1124 | 0.8337 | |
| 49 | Tuskegee University | 26300 | 42100 | 0.3757 | 2,659 | 1090 | 0.4868 | |
| 50 | University of Arkansas | 26600 | 28900 | 0.079 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.743 | |
| 51 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 26900 | 41500 | 0.3516 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 51 | University of Idaho | 26900 | 30600 | 0.1211 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 53 | University of Arizona | 27100 | 37700 | 0.2815 | 44,848 | 1233 | 0.8614 | |
| 54 | Fort Valley State University | 27400 | 45200 | 0.3936 | 2,699 | 1025 | 0.6587 | |
| 55 | Montana State University | 27700 | 31900 | 0.1315 | 15,046 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 56 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 27900 | 32800 | 0.1489 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 57 | Oregon State University | 28800 | 36700 | 0.2152 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 58 | Huntington University | 29300 | 44300 | 0.3384 | 1,588 | 1055 | 0.7564 | |
| 59 | East Texas A&M University | 29400 | 36500 | 0.1945 | 9,992 | 1045 | 0.9224 | |
| 60 | University of Wisconsin-Platteville | 29600 | 31800 | 0.0716 | 6,045 | 1193 | 0.8938 | |
| 61 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 30100 | 38400 | 0.2161 | 15,375 | 1103 | 0.866 | |
| 62 | North Carolina A & T State University | 31600 | 36700 | 0.1389 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.499 | |
| 63 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 32100 | 36700 | 0.1249 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 64 | Centenary University | 32200 | 63600 | 0.4936 | 936 | 1070 | 0.8308 | |
| 65 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32300 | 35100 | 0.0799 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 66 | SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology at Cobleskill | 32400 | 42700 | 0.241 | 1,988 | 1080 | 0.8402 | |
| 67 | University of Rhode Island | 33000 | 46400 | 0.2886 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 68 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 15,254 | 1080 | 0.8955 | |
| 69 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 34000 | 41000 | 0.1703 | 22,364 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 70 | Andrews University | 35000 | 70100 | 0.5008 | 1,384 | 1143 | 0.8185 | |
| 71 | Texas Tech University | 35700 | 38900 | 0.0823 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 72 | Mississippi State University | 36200 | 50500 | 0.283 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 73 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 36400 | 41600 | 0.1268 | 5,386 | 1050 | 0.9092 | |
| 74 | California State University-Fresno | 36900 | 43800 | 0.1577 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 75 | University of Connecticut | 37100 | 53600 | 0.3081 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 76 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37600 | 66300 | 0.433 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5478 | |
| 77 | Delaware Valley University | 39300 | 66900 | 0.4126 | 1,768 | 1208 | 0.9321 | |
| 78 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 40400 | 50000 | 0.1922 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 79 | Arkansas State University | 40500 | 41000 | 0.0122 | 9,985 | 1075 | 0.8226 | |
| 80 | Washington State University | 40600 | 56300 | 0.28 | 21,455 | 1125 | 0.8664 | |
| 81 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 41000 | 53600 | 0.2352 | 46,815 | 1378 | 0.6057 | |
| 82 | Middle Tennessee State University | 41500 | 46000 | 0.0978 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 83 | University of Mount Olive | 42100 | 50400 | 0.1643 | 1,944 | 1075 | 0.7575 | |
| 84 | University of Florida | 43100 | 45700 | 0.057 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 85 | University of Delaware | 48500 | 61300 | 0.2089 | 20,026 | 1294 | 0.706 | |
| 86 | University of Georgia | 48600 | 51600 | 0.0581 | 32,399 | 1382 | 0.377 | |
| 87 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 49800 | 62200 | 0.1995 | 37,140 | 1406 | 0.4237 | |
| 88 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53600 | 62800 | 0.1465 | 23,920 | 1397 | 0.5973 | |
| 89 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 56900 | 59200 | 0.0385 | 24,449 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 90 | Auburn University | 58500 | 58500 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4592 | |
| 91 | Clemson University | 61400 | 63700 | 0.0358 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.