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Considering a degree in Animal Sciences?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Animal Sciences majors who live in New Mexico.
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 New Mexico.
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 | Utah State University | 8200 | 25200 | 0.6743 | 25,706 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 3 | Cornell University | 11500 | 93100 | 0.8767 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0876 | |
| 4 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 12800 | 26600 | 0.5179 | 12,507 | 1010 | 0.8897 | |
| 5 | North Carolina A & T State University | 13200 | 17900 | 0.2633 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.499 | |
| 6 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 13300 | 28000 | 0.5246 | 8,553 | 1045 | 0.8688 | |
| 7 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 47300 | 0.7099 | 38,040 | 1418 | 0.452 | |
| 8 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15100 | 37700 | 0.6009 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8609 | |
| 9 | Sam Houston State University | 15700 | 30300 | 0.4815 | 17,787 | 1030 | 0.9026 | |
| 10 | Oklahoma Panhandle State University | 16200 | 16700 | 0.03 | 1,021 | 985 | 0.683 | |
| 11 | University of Maine | 16900 | 29300 | 0.4235 | 9,601 | 1205 | 0.9664 | |
| 11 | West Virginia University | 16900 | 40900 | 0.5865 | 18,206 | 1125 | 0.89 | |
| 13 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 17200 | 35400 | 0.5147 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 14 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 17500 | 29900 | 0.4169 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5743 | |
| 15 | Angelo State University | 18300 | 23100 | 0.2067 | 9,702 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 16 | Iowa State University | 19900 | 24200 | 0.1786 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 16 | University of Arizona | 19900 | 30900 | 0.3566 | 44,848 | 1233 | 0.8614 | |
| 18 | Alabama A & M University | 20500 | 28200 | 0.2727 | 6,370 | 915 | 0.5795 | |
| 19 | North Dakota State University | 20800 | 25700 | 0.1898 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 19 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 20800 | 26000 | 0.2028 | 4,880 | 1124 | 0.8172 | |
| 21 | Stetson University | 21200 | 79100 | 0.7324 | 2,349 | 1179 | 0.716 | |
| 22 | Louisiana Tech University | 21800 | 26100 | 0.1649 | 10,881 | 1189 | 0.864 | |
| 23 | Buena Vista University | 22400 | 59100 | 0.6212 | 1,436 | 1124 | 0.7761 | |
| 24 | California State University-Chico | 22600 | 27000 | 0.1627 | 13,792 | 1075 | 0.9272 | |
| 25 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 23000 | 27500 | 0.1618 | 17,450 | 1044 | 0.9518 | |
| 26 | Washington State University | 23600 | 38700 | 0.3897 | 21,455 | 1125 | 0.8664 | |
| 27 | Abilene Christian University | 24200 | 59000 | 0.5894 | 3,263 | 1189 | 0.6603 | |
| 28 | Unity Environmental University | 24500 | 29900 | 0.1809 | 6,507 | 0 | 0.818 | |
| 29 | Wilson College | 24800 | 44400 | 0.442 | 1,379 | 1055 | 0.9211 | |
| 30 | Sul Ross State University | 25300 | 37300 | 0.3218 | 1,890 | 1020 | 0.9871 | |
| 31 | South Dakota State University | 25400 | 28700 | 0.1143 | 10,719 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 32 | University of Minnesota-Crookston | 25600 | 28600 | 0.106 | 2,612 | 1095 | 0.8786 | |
| 33 | Michigan State University | 25800 | 28900 | 0.1089 | 41,234 | 1279 | 0.848 | |
| 34 | Dordt University | 26200 | 52500 | 0.5007 | 1,716 | 1205 | 0.6847 | |
| 34 | Tuskegee University | 26200 | 42100 | 0.3781 | 2,659 | 1090 | 0.4868 | |
| 36 | The University of Findlay | 26500 | 50600 | 0.4759 | 4,062 | 1124 | 0.8337 | |
| 37 | University of Arkansas | 26600 | 28900 | 0.079 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.743 | |
| 38 | University of Idaho | 26900 | 30600 | 0.1211 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 39 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 27300 | 41500 | 0.342 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 40 | Kansas State University | 27400 | 30400 | 0.0991 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8169 | |
| 41 | Fort Valley State University | 27600 | 45200 | 0.3892 | 2,699 | 1025 | 0.6587 | |
| 41 | Murray State University | 27600 | 32400 | 0.1477 | 7,851 | 1115 | 0.8568 | |
| 43 | Texas State University | 28000 | 28000 | 0 | 36,236 | 1100 | 0.8932 | |
| 44 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 28100 | 32800 | 0.1428 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 45 | Huntington University | 29200 | 44300 | 0.3407 | 1,588 | 1055 | 0.7564 | |
| 46 | East Texas A&M University | 29400 | 36500 | 0.1945 | 9,992 | 1045 | 0.9224 | |
| 47 | University of Wisconsin-Platteville | 29600 | 31800 | 0.0716 | 6,045 | 1193 | 0.8938 | |
| 48 | Montana State University | 29800 | 31400 | 0.0509 | 15,046 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 49 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 30400 | 38400 | 0.2083 | 15,375 | 1103 | 0.866 | |
| 50 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 31800 | 41200 | 0.2284 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.7517 | |
| 51 | Centenary University | 32100 | 63600 | 0.4952 | 936 | 1070 | 0.8308 | |
| 51 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 32100 | 36700 | 0.1249 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 53 | SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology at Cobleskill | 32500 | 42700 | 0.2386 | 1,988 | 1080 | 0.8402 | |
| 54 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 32700 | 43100 | 0.2415 | 22,033 | 1321 | 0.3132 | |
| 54 | North Carolina State University | 32700 | 54800 | 0.4031 | 28,422 | 1378 | 0.4174 | |
| 56 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 15,254 | 1080 | 0.8955 | |
| 57 | University of Rhode Island | 33400 | 46400 | 0.2799 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 58 | Auburn University | 33700 | 34100 | 0.0117 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4592 | |
| 59 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 34400 | 41000 | 0.1611 | 22,364 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 60 | University of Vermont | 34500 | 66300 | 0.4799 | 12,276 | 1379 | 0.653 | |
| 61 | Andrews University | 35000 | 70100 | 0.5008 | 1,384 | 1143 | 0.8185 | |
| 62 | Texas Tech University | 36000 | 38900 | 0.0746 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 63 | Mississippi State University | 36200 | 50500 | 0.283 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 63 | Tennessee Technological University | 36200 | 38500 | 0.0592 | 9,187 | 1163 | 0.7613 | |
| 65 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 36400 | 41600 | 0.1268 | 5,386 | 1050 | 0.9092 | |
| 66 | California State University-Fresno | 37000 | 43800 | 0.1554 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 67 | University of Connecticut | 37100 | 53600 | 0.3081 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 68 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 38000 | 66300 | 0.427 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5478 | |
| 69 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 38300 | 53100 | 0.2786 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 70 | Delaware Valley University | 39400 | 66900 | 0.4111 | 1,768 | 1208 | 0.9321 | |
| 71 | University of Wyoming | 40000 | 45300 | 0.1166 | 8,130 | 1179 | 0.9688 | |
| 72 | Arkansas State University | 40300 | 41000 | 0.0171 | 9,985 | 1075 | 0.8226 | |
| 73 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 40600 | 50000 | 0.1882 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 74 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 41600 | 53600 | 0.224 | 46,815 | 1378 | 0.6057 | |
| 75 | Middle Tennessee State University | 41700 | 46000 | 0.0934 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 76 | University of Mount Olive | 42100 | 50400 | 0.1643 | 1,944 | 1075 | 0.7575 | |
| 77 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42400 | 56200 | 0.2456 | 11,355 | 1222 | 0.8816 | |
| 78 | University of Florida | 43100 | 45700 | 0.057 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 79 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43400 | 53600 | 0.1904 | 31,133 | 1463 | 0.4479 | |
| 80 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2752 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 81 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47100 | 59700 | 0.2122 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 82 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48500 | 51200 | 0.0543 | 44,819 | 1327 | 0.4987 | |
| 83 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 48600 | 61200 | 0.2056 | 26,221 | 1204 | 0.8854 | |
| 83 | University of Georgia | 48600 | 51600 | 0.0581 | 32,399 | 1382 | 0.377 | |
| 85 | University of Delaware | 48800 | 61300 | 0.2041 | 20,026 | 1294 | 0.706 | |
| 86 | University of Kentucky | 49000 | 58000 | 0.1565 | 25,534 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 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 | Clemson University | 61400 | 63700 | 0.0358 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 91 | 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.