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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 Dakota.
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 Dakota.
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 | University of Connecticut | 0 | 33200 | 1 | 19,388 | 1324 | 0.5395 | |
| 1 | Utah State University | 0 | 24900 | 1 | 25,920 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 3 | College of the Ozarks | 9200 | 32800 | 0.7188 | 1,454 | 1135 | 0.1199 | |
| 4 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 10300 | 21100 | 0.5121 | 4,721 | 1110 | 0.7782 | |
| 5 | Cornell University | 10700 | 92000 | 0.8834 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
| 6 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 27200 | 0.5443 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 7 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 8 | Sul Ross State University | 12700 | 26700 | 0.5237 | 1,441 | 1000 | 0.9562 | |
| 9 | Texas State University | 13200 | 23200 | 0.4313 | 36,268 | 1100 | 0.8908 | |
| 10 | Texas Tech University | 13900 | 27000 | 0.485 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 11 | Oklahoma Panhandle State University | 14200 | 17500 | 0.1886 | 1,071 | 985 | 0.9707 | |
| 12 | Louisiana Tech University | 14300 | 24900 | 0.425 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 13 | Northwest Missouri State University | 14600 | 36300 | 0.5973 | 5,241 | 1075 | 0.8613 | |
| 14 | University of Idaho | 14700 | 31300 | 0.5308 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 15 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 15600 | 25700 | 0.3925 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 16 | North Carolina State University | 15800 | 27500 | 0.4261 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 17 | University of Florida | 16300 | 22300 | 0.2692 | 36,567 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 18 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 17600 | 26300 | 0.3312 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 19 | Alabama A & M University | 17900 | 35300 | 0.4923 | 5,845 | 940 | 0.6622 | |
| 20 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 18200 | 18200 | 0 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 21 | Kansas State University | 19000 | 28800 | 0.3403 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 22 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 20100 | 38800 | 0.4812 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 23 | University of Wyoming | 20200 | 26700 | 0.2426 | 8,130 | 1159 | 0.9688 | |
| 24 | South Dakota State University | 20800 | 25200 | 0.1739 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 25 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27100 | 0.2289 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 26 | Montana State University | 21100 | 27100 | 0.2211 | 15,053 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 26 | West Virginia University | 21100 | 28800 | 0.2676 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 28 | North Dakota State University | 21200 | 25700 | 0.1744 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 29 | Buena Vista University | 22700 | 59100 | 0.6166 | 810 | 1124 | 0.7761 | |
| 30 | Fort Valley State University | 23700 | 38900 | 0.3904 | 2,558 | 940 | 0.628 | |
| 31 | Wilson College | 24400 | 43300 | 0.4363 | 1,180 | 1040 | 0.9532 | |
| 32 | Unity Environmental University | 24900 | 27700 | 0.1009 | 5,655 | 0 | 0.818 | |
| 33 | Centenary University | 25000 | 63600 | 0.6068 | 951 | 965 | 0.9675 | |
| 34 | Dordt University | 25500 | 52300 | 0.5122 | 1,695 | 1195 | 0.7116 | |
| 35 | California State University-Fresno | 25700 | 35900 | 0.284 | 21,430 | 995 | 0.9638 | |
| 36 | Michigan State University | 25800 | 28900 | 0.1089 | 41,234 | 1223 | 0.848 | |
| 37 | University of Minnesota-Crookston | 25900 | 28600 | 0.0922 | 2,510 | 1095 | 0.8781 | |
| 38 | Tuskegee University | 26000 | 42100 | 0.3828 | 2,400 | 1030 | 0.3143 | |
| 39 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 26200 | 37400 | 0.2998 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 40 | The University of Findlay | 26300 | 50200 | 0.4764 | 3,954 | 1124 | 0.8615 | |
| 41 | California State University-Chico | 27000 | 27000 | 0 | 13,392 | 1117 | 0.9158 | |
| 42 | Iowa State University | 27100 | 41400 | 0.3463 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 42 | University of Arizona | 27100 | 37700 | 0.2815 | 45,025 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
| 42 | University of Arkansas | 27100 | 30800 | 0.1198 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 45 | University of South Dakota | 27700 | 29600 | 0.0636 | 7,619 | 1120 | 0.9878 | |
| 46 | Murray State University | 28000 | 32400 | 0.1355 | 8,281 | 1124 | 0.8568 | |
| 47 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 28200 | 41900 | 0.3269 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 48 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 28300 | 35400 | 0.2008 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 49 | Mississippi State University | 28500 | 32300 | 0.1201 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 50 | Oregon State University | 28900 | 36700 | 0.2125 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 51 | Clemson University | 29400 | 37100 | 0.207 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 52 | University of Wisconsin-Platteville | 29900 | 31800 | 0.0592 | 6,270 | 1140 | 0.8726 | |
| 53 | Lubbock Christian University | 30500 | 49000 | 0.3774 | 1,322 | 1070 | 0.7589 | |
| 54 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 31100 | 52900 | 0.4123 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 55 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 31300 | 43700 | 0.284 | 14,576 | 1179 | 0.6967 | |
| 56 | SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology at Cobleskill | 31600 | 43200 | 0.2684 | 1,764 | 1055 | 0.8325 | |
| 57 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 31700 | 42400 | 0.2524 | 21,947 | 1335 | 0.3122 | |
| 58 | Angelo State University | 32000 | 35400 | 0.0956 | 9,779 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 58 | University of Rhode Island | 32000 | 46700 | 0.3148 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 60 | North Carolina A & T State University | 32100 | 36400 | 0.118 | 12,216 | 1020 | 0.4617 | |
| 61 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 32200 | 39200 | 0.1788 | 12,498 | 1010 | 0.8896 | |
| 62 | Sam Houston State University | 32700 | 39900 | 0.1804 | 17,787 | 1030 | 0.9026 | |
| 63 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 15,130 | 0 | 0.5256 | |
| 64 | Arkansas State University | 33800 | 41900 | 0.1932 | 9,985 | 1075 | 0.7959 | |
| 65 | Stephen F Austin State University | 34200 | 42800 | 0.2009 | 9,129 | 1060 | 0.7445 | |
| 66 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 34500 | 46200 | 0.2534 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 67 | University of Vermont | 34700 | 66300 | 0.4767 | 12,276 | 1379 | 0.653 | |
| 68 | University of Mount Olive | 35300 | 35300 | 0 | 1,937 | 945 | 0.7775 | |
| 69 | Delaware Valley University | 35800 | 63800 | 0.4387 | 1,768 | 1180 | 0.9326 | |
| 70 | Abilene Christian University | 36000 | 60700 | 0.4066 | 3,233 | 1129 | 0.6604 | |
| 71 | Andrews University | 36100 | 47100 | 0.2333 | 1,312 | 1208 | 0.874 | |
| 72 | University of Maine | 36500 | 45100 | 0.1907 | 591 | 1199 | 0.9684 | |
| 73 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 37700 | 41600 | 0.0933 | 5,187 | 1005 | 0.9229 | |
| 74 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 38200 | 62000 | 0.3839 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 75 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 38500 | 44500 | 0.135 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 76 | Washington State University | 38800 | 53900 | 0.2799 | 14,346 | 1139 | 0.8797 | |
| 77 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 39200 | 52900 | 0.2588 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 78 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 39600 | 57800 | 0.315 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
| 79 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 40200 | 40200 | 0 | 11,365 | 1216 | 0.8816 | |
| 80 | University of Georgia | 40300 | 46000 | 0.1242 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 81 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 43300 | 46200 | 0.0624 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 82 | Middle Tennessee State University | 45800 | 45800 | 0 | 17,668 | 1124 | 0.68 | |
| 83 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 46800 | 58900 | 0.2067 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 84 | University of Delaware | 47200 | 53200 | 0.1127 | 19,119 | 1303 | 0.6356 | |
| 85 | University of Kentucky | 48900 | 56000 | 0.1254 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 86 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 53100 | 56100 | 0.0532 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 87 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53600 | 61000 | 0.1226 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 88 | Auburn University | 55400 | 55400 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 89 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 57300 | 59200 | 0.0318 | 24,457 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 90 | University of California-Davis | 63500 | 63500 | 0 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.