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Considering a degree in Animal Sciences?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Animal Sciences majors who live in South Carolina.
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 South Carolina.
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 | 6700 | 34300 | 0.8058 | 1,500 | 1130 | 0.1097 | |
| 2 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 6900 | 41500 | 0.8345 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 3 | Greenville Technical College | 7200 | 18400 | 0.6091 | 11,999 | 0 | 1 | |
| 4 | Cornell University | 10500 | 93700 | 0.8878 | 16,138 | 1528 | 0.0838 | |
| 5 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 11000 | 26000 | 0.5775 | 22,313 | 1341 | 0.2996 | |
| 6 | Eastern Kentucky University | 11100 | 22900 | 0.5162 | 13,448 | 1075 | 0.9683 | |
| 7 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 11200 | 39000 | 0.7131 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 8 | Arkansas State University | 11400 | 28400 | 0.5995 | 11,189 | 1080 | 0.7818 | |
| 8 | California State University-Fresno | 11400 | 54600 | 0.7904 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 10 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 31100 | 0.6022 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 11 | Fort Valley State University | 12500 | 54800 | 0.7717 | 2,699 | 1025 | 0.6587 | |
| 12 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 13 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 12800 | 29300 | 0.5632 | 8,421 | 1054 | 0.9444 | |
| 14 | University of Idaho | 12900 | 27800 | 0.5369 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 15 | Sul Ross State University | 13100 | 41100 | 0.6816 | 1,890 | 1020 | 0.9871 | |
| 16 | North Carolina A & T State University | 13200 | 17900 | 0.2633 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.5125 | |
| 17 | Louisiana Tech University | 13500 | 42900 | 0.6852 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 18 | University of Georgia | 13700 | 27200 | 0.4956 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 19 | Coastal Carolina University | 14300 | 27200 | 0.475 | 11,471 | 1160 | 0.7003 | |
| 20 | Oklahoma Panhandle State University | 14600 | 17400 | 0.1605 | 1,021 | 985 | 1 | |
| 20 | University of Wisconsin-Platteville | 14600 | 23900 | 0.389 | 6,045 | 1193 | 0.8938 | |
| 22 | West Virginia University | 15200 | 73100 | 0.7918 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 23 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 15300 | 54400 | 0.7192 | 15,735 | 1069 | 0.8797 | |
| 23 | University of Maine | 15300 | 29300 | 0.4781 | 9,182 | 1195 | 0.9562 | |
| 25 | Texas State University | 15400 | 26100 | 0.4099 | 39,353 | 1080 | 0.9118 | |
| 26 | California State University-Chico | 15600 | 23500 | 0.3358 | 13,599 | 1054 | 0.9107 | |
| 26 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 38800 | 0.5992 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 28 | North Carolina State University | 16100 | 28500 | 0.4348 | 29,340 | 1374 | 0.3954 | |
| 29 | Kansas State University | 16200 | 26400 | 0.3854 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 30 | Sam Houston State University | 17300 | 27100 | 0.3615 | 17,822 | 1035 | 0.9372 | |
| 31 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 17500 | 29900 | 0.4164 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 32 | University of Arkansas | 18000 | 28500 | 0.3702 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 33 | Angelo State University | 18100 | 23100 | 0.2191 | 10,103 | 1045 | 0.7981 | |
| 34 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 18200 | 18200 | 0 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 35 | Unity Environmental University | 19500 | 31900 | 0.3883 | 6,525 | 0 | 0.818 | |
| 36 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 19900 | 45100 | 0.559 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 37 | Alabama A & M University | 20000 | 51200 | 0.6096 | 6,370 | 915 | 0.5795 | |
| 38 | University of Rhode Island | 20300 | 47400 | 0.5719 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 39 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 20500 | 26500 | 0.2262 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 40 | College of Charleston | 20600 | 33900 | 0.3927 | 10,596 | 1234 | 0.73 | |
| 40 | SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology at Cobleskill | 20600 | 57000 | 0.6381 | 1,894 | 1055 | 0.8401 | |
| 42 | West Texas A & M University | 21200 | 29200 | 0.2737 | 7,110 | 1060 | 0.6681 | |
| 43 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 21600 | 27200 | 0.2048 | 5,063 | 1069 | 0.8756 | |
| 44 | Buena Vista University | 22200 | 59100 | 0.6244 | 836 | 1075 | 0.6497 | |
| 45 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 22300 | 37600 | 0.4069 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 46 | Murray State University | 22500 | 27600 | 0.1838 | 8,217 | 1124 | 0.8413 | |
| 47 | University of Florida | 22600 | 42800 | 0.4725 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 48 | Montana State University | 24400 | 24400 | 0 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 49 | Wilson College | 24600 | 44400 | 0.4452 | 1,379 | 1055 | 0.9211 | |
| 50 | Abilene Christian University | 24800 | 58800 | 0.5783 | 5,101 | 1149 | 0.6615 | |
| 51 | South Dakota State University | 25100 | 28700 | 0.1242 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 51 | The University of Findlay | 25100 | 50600 | 0.5035 | 4,132 | 1090 | 0.6748 | |
| 53 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 25600 | 39400 | 0.3504 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 53 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 25600 | 32900 | 0.2238 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 55 | Delaware Valley University | 25700 | 95800 | 0.7318 | 1,680 | 1189 | 0.9268 | |
| 56 | Dordt University | 26100 | 52500 | 0.5026 | 1,716 | 1205 | 0.6847 | |
| 57 | Huntington University | 26200 | 44400 | 0.4095 | 1,512 | 1065 | 0.7518 | |
| 57 | University of Minnesota-Crookston | 26200 | 29500 | 0.1124 | 2,873 | 1095 | 0.8747 | |
| 59 | Texas Tech University | 27100 | 27100 | 0 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 60 | North Dakota State University | 27400 | 30400 | 0.0976 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 61 | University of Delaware | 28500 | 34500 | 0.1741 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 62 | Oregon State University | 28800 | 36700 | 0.2171 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 63 | University of Connecticut | 29200 | 55500 | 0.4737 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 64 | Morehead State University | 29400 | 31600 | 0.0696 | 7,941 | 1080 | 0.8328 | |
| 65 | Iowa State University | 30700 | 45200 | 0.3221 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 66 | Centenary University | 30800 | 62900 | 0.5106 | 936 | 1070 | 0.8308 | |
| 67 | Tuskegee University | 31500 | 45600 | 0.3093 | 2,660 | 1090 | 0.4868 | |
| 67 | University of Kentucky | 31500 | 36500 | 0.1371 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 69 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 17,556 | 1090 | 0.5386 | |
| 70 | University of Vermont | 34300 | 66300 | 0.4821 | 12,159 | 1372 | 0.7304 | |
| 71 | Auburn University | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 72 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 35200 | 35200 | 0 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 73 | Tennessee Technological University | 36000 | 38500 | 0.0666 | 9,187 | 1163 | 0.7613 | |
| 74 | Andrews University | 37100 | 76700 | 0.5161 | 1,384 | 1143 | 0.8185 | |
| 74 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 37100 | 41600 | 0.1097 | 5,386 | 995 | 0.9092 | |
| 76 | Washington State University | 37500 | 53600 | 0.2998 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 77 | Middle Tennessee State University | 38000 | 48300 | 0.2133 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 78 | Lubbock Christian University | 38300 | 49400 | 0.2247 | 1,383 | 1074 | 0.7473 | |
| 79 | Mississippi State University | 38900 | 53400 | 0.2726 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 80 | University of Wyoming | 39700 | 45300 | 0.1229 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 81 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42300 | 63300 | 0.3318 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 82 | University of Arizona | 42500 | 48600 | 0.1254 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 83 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43100 | 58500 | 0.2631 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 84 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47200 | 61500 | 0.2335 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 85 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48200 | 51200 | 0.0598 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 86 | Michigan State University | 49200 | 56200 | 0.1245 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 87 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 50600 | 63800 | 0.2065 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 88 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 50800 | 64400 | 0.2112 | 46,627 | 1366 | 0.492 | |
| 89 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53400 | 63400 | 0.1578 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 90 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58400 | 63600 | 0.0818 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 91 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 58600 | 61200 | 0.0419 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 92 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 59100 | 61600 | 0.0416 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 | |
| 93 | Clemson University | 61100 | 63700 | 0.0403 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 94 | University of California-Davis | 68000 | 69900 | 0.0272 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.