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Considering a degree in Animal Sciences?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Animal Sciences majors who live in Pennsylvania.
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 Pennsylvania.
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 | 8000 | 47200 | 0.8309 | 1,454 | 1135 | 0.1199 | |
| 2 | Utah State University | 11500 | 28500 | 0.5964 | 25,920 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 3 | Cornell University | 11800 | 93100 | 0.8735 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
| 4 | Sul Ross State University | 12300 | 37300 | 0.6705 | 1,441 | 1000 | 0.9562 | |
| 5 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 12400 | 41800 | 0.7032 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 5 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 29100 | 0.5734 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 7 | California State University-Fresno | 12500 | 19600 | 0.3615 | 21,430 | 995 | 0.9638 | |
| 8 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 9 | East Texas A&M University | 12700 | 30000 | 0.5767 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 10 | Fort Valley State University | 12900 | 44300 | 0.7092 | 2,558 | 890 | 0.628 | |
| 10 | West Virginia University | 12900 | 57700 | 0.7763 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 12 | Louisiana Tech University | 13100 | 36900 | 0.6449 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 13 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 13200 | 54500 | 0.7577 | 12,498 | 1010 | 0.8896 | |
| 14 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 13300 | 25700 | 0.4825 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 15 | Middle Tennessee State University | 13500 | 23200 | 0.418 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 15 | University of Idaho | 13500 | 25800 | 0.4773 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 17 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 14500 | 28000 | 0.4818 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 18 | Oklahoma Panhandle State University | 14600 | 21200 | 0.3119 | 1,071 | 985 | 0.9707 | |
| 19 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 14900 | 64500 | 0.7689 | 15,375 | 1179 | 0.866 | |
| 20 | Murray State University | 15000 | 27000 | 0.4438 | 8,281 | 1124 | 0.8568 | |
| 20 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 15000 | 20500 | 0.2693 | 4,721 | 1110 | 0.7782 | |
| 22 | California State University-Chico | 15100 | 30700 | 0.5073 | 13,392 | 1117 | 0.9158 | |
| 22 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15100 | 37700 | 0.6009 | 5,241 | 1075 | 0.8613 | |
| 24 | Sam Houston State University | 16000 | 30300 | 0.4716 | 17,787 | 1030 | 0.9026 | |
| 25 | North Carolina State University | 16500 | 28500 | 0.4199 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 26 | Alabama A & M University | 16800 | 44800 | 0.6244 | 5,845 | 920 | 0.6622 | |
| 26 | Texas State University | 16800 | 26800 | 0.3727 | 36,268 | 1100 | 0.8908 | |
| 28 | University of Arkansas | 17900 | 27700 | 0.3549 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 29 | University of Rhode Island | 18100 | 46400 | 0.6094 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 30 | Unity Environmental University | 18500 | 41600 | 0.5548 | 5,655 | 0 | 0.818 | |
| 31 | Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania | 19800 | 26500 | 0.2542 | 9,967 | 1080 | 0.9475 | |
| 32 | SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology at Cobleskill | 20100 | 26800 | 0.25 | 1,894 | 1055 | 0.8401 | |
| 33 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20200 | 45200 | 0.5537 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 34 | Stetson University | 20400 | 79100 | 0.7425 | 2,349 | 1114 | 0.716 | |
| 35 | South Dakota State University | 20600 | 25200 | 0.1838 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 36 | Pennsylvania State University-World Campus | 20700 | 33400 | 0.3819 | 8,012 | 1139 | 1 | |
| 36 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 20700 | 30600 | 0.3258 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 38 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 20800 | 32800 | 0.3664 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 39 | Montana State University | 21600 | 27100 | 0.2027 | 15,053 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 40 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 22200 | 59900 | 0.6293 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 41 | Buena Vista University | 22500 | 59100 | 0.6195 | 810 | 1124 | 0.7761 | |
| 42 | University of Kentucky | 23800 | 36100 | 0.3388 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 42 | Washington State University | 23800 | 38700 | 0.3859 | 21,455 | 1131 | 0.8664 | |
| 44 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24100 | 38000 | 0.3658 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
| 45 | The University of Findlay | 24700 | 50600 | 0.5114 | 3,954 | 1124 | 0.8615 | |
| 46 | Wilson College | 24900 | 44400 | 0.4404 | 1,180 | 1040 | 0.9532 | |
| 47 | Dordt University | 25300 | 52500 | 0.5178 | 1,695 | 1170 | 0.7116 | |
| 48 | University of Minnesota-Crookston | 25700 | 28600 | 0.1009 | 2,612 | 1095 | 0.8786 | |
| 49 | Tuskegee University | 26500 | 42100 | 0.371 | 2,400 | 1113 | 0.3143 | |
| 50 | Delaware Valley University | 26700 | 83300 | 0.6795 | 1,768 | 1180 | 0.9326 | |
| 51 | University of Arizona | 27100 | 38500 | 0.2958 | 45,025 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
| 52 | North Dakota State University | 27800 | 30400 | 0.0835 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 53 | Iowa State University | 28800 | 43300 | 0.3365 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 54 | University of Connecticut | 29200 | 33700 | 0.1337 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 55 | Kansas State University | 29300 | 41600 | 0.2943 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 56 | Huntington University | 29400 | 44300 | 0.3364 | 1,589 | 1055 | 0.7564 | |
| 57 | University of Wisconsin-Platteville | 29700 | 31800 | 0.0671 | 6,270 | 1180 | 0.8726 | |
| 58 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 30500 | 42500 | 0.2822 | 14,449 | 1195 | 0.7816 | |
| 59 | Centenary University | 30800 | 63600 | 0.5156 | 951 | 965 | 0.9675 | |
| 60 | Angelo State University | 31800 | 35400 | 0.1027 | 9,779 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 61 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32500 | 35100 | 0.0742 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 62 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 32900 | 43100 | 0.2368 | 21,947 | 1335 | 0.3122 | |
| 63 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 15,130 | 1095 | 0.5256 | |
| 64 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 34200 | 58500 | 0.4159 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 65 | University of Vermont | 34500 | 66300 | 0.4787 | 12,276 | 1379 | 0.653 | |
| 66 | Abilene Christian University | 35800 | 60700 | 0.4099 | 3,233 | 1129 | 0.6604 | |
| 66 | Andrews University | 35800 | 62100 | 0.4235 | 1,312 | 1196 | 0.874 | |
| 68 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 35900 | 42800 | 0.1613 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 69 | North Carolina A & T State University | 36200 | 36600 | 0.0109 | 12,216 | 1040 | 0.4617 | |
| 70 | Mississippi State University | 36300 | 50500 | 0.2801 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 71 | Auburn University | 36400 | 38000 | 0.0421 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 71 | Tennessee Technological University | 36400 | 38500 | 0.0554 | 8,838 | 1159 | 0.8316 | |
| 73 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 37500 | 41600 | 0.0993 | 5,386 | 995 | 0.9092 | |
| 74 | Texas Tech University | 38600 | 41000 | 0.0586 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 75 | Arkansas State University | 39100 | 40300 | 0.0298 | 9,985 | 1075 | 0.7959 | |
| 76 | University of Wyoming | 40200 | 45300 | 0.1134 | 8,130 | 1159 | 0.9688 | |
| 77 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42500 | 57700 | 0.2632 | 11,365 | 1216 | 0.8816 | |
| 78 | University of Florida | 43100 | 45600 | 0.0548 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 78 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43100 | 53400 | 0.1929 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 80 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 43600 | 53700 | 0.188 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 81 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2745 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 82 | University of Maine | 45200 | 45200 | 0 | 591 | 1199 | 0.9684 | |
| 83 | University of Georgia | 45900 | 51600 | 0.1108 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 84 | Michigan State University | 46200 | 56200 | 0.1779 | 41,234 | 1223 | 0.848 | |
| 85 | University of Delaware | 47800 | 61300 | 0.2208 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 86 | University of Mount Olive | 48300 | 50400 | 0.0424 | 1,937 | 1020 | 0.7775 | |
| 87 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53300 | 61000 | 0.1267 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 88 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 54000 | 56100 | 0.038 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 89 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 56000 | 64100 | 0.1264 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 90 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 57100 | 59200 | 0.0361 | 24,457 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 91 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 59100 | 61200 | 0.0349 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 92 | Clemson University | 61500 | 63700 | 0.0335 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 93 | University of California-Davis | 69800 | 69800 | 0 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.