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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 | 8400 | 32800 | 0.7432 | 1,454 | 1135 | 0.1199 | |
| 2 | University of California-Davis | 10100 | 37800 | 0.732 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
| 3 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 10300 | 21100 | 0.5128 | 4,721 | 1110 | 0.7782 | |
| 4 | Cornell University | 10400 | 92000 | 0.8866 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
| 5 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 11600 | 34300 | 0.6614 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 6 | California State University-Fresno | 12000 | 19600 | 0.3869 | 21,430 | 995 | 0.9638 | |
| 7 | Utah State University | 12100 | 20300 | 0.4037 | 25,920 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 8 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 27200 | 0.5443 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 9 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 10 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 13400 | 24000 | 0.4416 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 11 | North Carolina A & T State University | 13800 | 17900 | 0.2297 | 12,216 | 1020 | 0.4617 | |
| 12 | Fort Valley State University | 13900 | 20300 | 0.3158 | 2,558 | 940 | 0.628 | |
| 12 | Louisiana Tech University | 13900 | 24900 | 0.4411 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 14 | Texas Tech University | 14000 | 27000 | 0.4813 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 15 | Oklahoma Panhandle State University | 14300 | 17500 | 0.1829 | 1,071 | 985 | 0.9707 | |
| 16 | University of Idaho | 14400 | 26400 | 0.4542 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 17 | Northwest Missouri State University | 14600 | 27900 | 0.476 | 5,241 | 1075 | 0.8613 | |
| 18 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 15200 | 35700 | 0.5744 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 19 | North Carolina State University | 15600 | 27500 | 0.4331 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 20 | Stephen F Austin State University | 16100 | 22600 | 0.2872 | 9,129 | 1060 | 0.7445 | |
| 21 | University of Arizona | 16700 | 30900 | 0.4603 | 45,025 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
| 22 | Arkansas State University | 17100 | 28100 | 0.3917 | 9,985 | 1075 | 0.7959 | |
| 23 | Sam Houston State University | 17500 | 23000 | 0.2392 | 17,787 | 1030 | 0.9026 | |
| 24 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 17600 | 26300 | 0.3312 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 25 | University of Arkansas | 17900 | 27700 | 0.3527 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 26 | Angelo State University | 18500 | 23100 | 0.1979 | 9,779 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 27 | University of Rhode Island | 18600 | 34400 | 0.4591 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 28 | Texas State University | 18900 | 28900 | 0.3455 | 36,268 | 1100 | 0.8908 | |
| 28 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 18900 | 18900 | 0.0004 | 14,449 | 1195 | 0.7816 | |
| 30 | Kansas State University | 19000 | 28800 | 0.3408 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 31 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 20000 | 31000 | 0.3545 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 32 | Iowa State University | 20100 | 24200 | 0.1701 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 33 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 20200 | 38800 | 0.481 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 34 | South Dakota State University | 20600 | 25200 | 0.1814 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 35 | Pennsylvania State University-World Campus | 20700 | 33400 | 0.3819 | 8,012 | 1139 | 1 | |
| 36 | West Virginia University | 20800 | 28800 | 0.278 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 37 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27100 | 0.2289 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 38 | Montana State University | 21000 | 27100 | 0.2248 | 15,053 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 39 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 21500 | 35400 | 0.3932 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 40 | Buena Vista University | 22500 | 59100 | 0.6188 | 810 | 1124 | 0.7761 | |
| 41 | Sul Ross State University | 23100 | 37300 | 0.3808 | 1,441 | 1000 | 0.9562 | |
| 42 | University of Kentucky | 23900 | 36000 | 0.3358 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 43 | Wilson College | 24300 | 43300 | 0.4385 | 1,180 | 1040 | 0.9532 | |
| 44 | Unity Environmental University | 24900 | 27700 | 0.1009 | 5,655 | 0 | 0.818 | |
| 45 | Tuskegee University | 25100 | 42100 | 0.4042 | 2,400 | 1030 | 0.3143 | |
| 46 | Dordt University | 25200 | 52300 | 0.518 | 1,695 | 1195 | 0.7116 | |
| 47 | University of Minnesota-Crookston | 25800 | 28600 | 0.0988 | 2,510 | 1095 | 0.8781 | |
| 48 | The University of Findlay | 25900 | 50200 | 0.4843 | 3,954 | 1124 | 0.8615 | |
| 49 | Murray State University | 27800 | 32400 | 0.1414 | 8,281 | 1124 | 0.8568 | |
| 49 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 27800 | 36700 | 0.2406 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 51 | Delaware Valley University | 27900 | 63800 | 0.5626 | 1,768 | 1180 | 0.9326 | |
| 51 | North Dakota State University | 27900 | 30400 | 0.0815 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 53 | Alabama A & M University | 28100 | 42800 | 0.3433 | 5,845 | 940 | 0.6622 | |
| 54 | Mississippi State University | 28300 | 32300 | 0.126 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 55 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 28900 | 42000 | 0.3112 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 56 | Centenary University | 29400 | 63600 | 0.5376 | 951 | 965 | 0.9675 | |
| 57 | University of Connecticut | 29500 | 33200 | 0.1116 | 19,388 | 1324 | 0.5395 | |
| 58 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 29700 | 39500 | 0.2478 | 14,576 | 1144 | 0.6967 | |
| 59 | University of Wisconsin-Platteville | 29800 | 31800 | 0.0652 | 6,270 | 1140 | 0.8726 | |
| 60 | California State University-Chico | 30200 | 41000 | 0.2636 | 13,392 | 1117 | 0.9158 | |
| 61 | Lubbock Christian University | 30300 | 49000 | 0.3815 | 1,322 | 1070 | 0.7589 | |
| 62 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 31100 | 42400 | 0.2666 | 21,947 | 1335 | 0.3122 | |
| 63 | SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology at Cobleskill | 31500 | 43200 | 0.2707 | 1,764 | 1055 | 0.8325 | |
| 64 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 32200 | 39200 | 0.1788 | 12,498 | 1010 | 0.8896 | |
| 65 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32500 | 34700 | 0.0633 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 66 | Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania | 32600 | 39900 | 0.1829 | 9,967 | 1080 | 0.9475 | |
| 67 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 15,130 | 0 | 0.5256 | |
| 68 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 33700 | 46200 | 0.2708 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 69 | University of Vermont | 34600 | 66300 | 0.4782 | 12,276 | 1379 | 0.653 | |
| 70 | University of Mount Olive | 35300 | 35300 | 0 | 1,937 | 945 | 0.7775 | |
| 71 | Abilene Christian University | 35800 | 60700 | 0.4099 | 3,233 | 1129 | 0.6604 | |
| 72 | University of Maine | 36100 | 45100 | 0.1996 | 591 | 1199 | 0.9684 | |
| 73 | Andrews University | 36400 | 47100 | 0.227 | 1,312 | 1208 | 0.874 | |
| 74 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 37600 | 41600 | 0.0979 | 5,187 | 1005 | 0.9229 | |
| 74 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37600 | 62000 | 0.3936 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 76 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 38600 | 44600 | 0.1345 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 76 | Washington State University | 38600 | 53900 | 0.2835 | 14,346 | 1139 | 0.8797 | |
| 78 | University of Wyoming | 38800 | 43800 | 0.1158 | 8,130 | 1159 | 0.9688 | |
| 79 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 39600 | 53800 | 0.264 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
| 80 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 40200 | 40200 | 0 | 11,365 | 1216 | 0.8816 | |
| 81 | University of Georgia | 40300 | 46000 | 0.1242 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 82 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 42800 | 52100 | 0.1785 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 83 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 43200 | 46200 | 0.0665 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 84 | University of Florida | 43600 | 45600 | 0.0438 | 36,567 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 85 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 43900 | 50300 | 0.1273 | 34,242 | 1260 | 0.7333 | |
| 86 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2742 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 87 | Middle Tennessee State University | 45800 | 45800 | 0 | 17,668 | 1124 | 0.68 | |
| 88 | Michigan State University | 46200 | 56200 | 0.1779 | 41,234 | 1223 | 0.848 | |
| 89 | University of Delaware | 47200 | 53200 | 0.1127 | 19,119 | 1303 | 0.6356 | |
| 90 | Auburn University | 55400 | 55400 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 91 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 57100 | 59200 | 0.0351 | 24,457 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 92 | Clemson University | 61600 | 63700 | 0.0326 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.