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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 | Utah State University | 8200 | 25200 | 0.6743 | 25,920 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 2 | College of the Ozarks | 8300 | 47200 | 0.8246 | 1,454 | 1135 | 0.1199 | |
| 3 | University of California-Davis | 10200 | 38500 | 0.7358 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
| 4 | Cornell University | 11800 | 93100 | 0.8735 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
| 5 | California State University-Fresno | 12700 | 45900 | 0.724 | 21,430 | 995 | 0.9638 | |
| 6 | Sul Ross State University | 12900 | 27100 | 0.5246 | 1,441 | 1000 | 0.9562 | |
| 7 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 13000 | 26100 | 0.5014 | 21,947 | 1335 | 0.3122 | |
| 8 | Fort Valley State University | 13200 | 44300 | 0.7024 | 2,558 | 890 | 0.628 | |
| 9 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 13300 | 25700 | 0.4825 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 9 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 13300 | 54500 | 0.7559 | 12,498 | 1010 | 0.8896 | |
| 11 | Louisiana Tech University | 13400 | 36900 | 0.6368 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 11 | West Virginia University | 13400 | 57700 | 0.7676 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 13 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 51900 | 0.7365 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 14 | University of Idaho | 13800 | 25800 | 0.4652 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 15 | Oklahoma Panhandle State University | 14500 | 21200 | 0.3167 | 1,071 | 985 | 0.9707 | |
| 16 | Murray State University | 15000 | 27000 | 0.4438 | 8,281 | 1124 | 0.8568 | |
| 17 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15100 | 37700 | 0.6009 | 5,241 | 1075 | 0.8613 | |
| 18 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 15300 | 86200 | 0.823 | 15,375 | 1179 | 0.866 | |
| 19 | California State University-Chico | 15400 | 23500 | 0.3443 | 13,392 | 1117 | 0.9158 | |
| 19 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 15400 | 26400 | 0.4163 | 4,721 | 1110 | 0.7782 | |
| 21 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 15500 | 28000 | 0.4461 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 22 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 15600 | 25800 | 0.3932 | 5,386 | 995 | 0.9092 | |
| 23 | Sam Houston State University | 15900 | 30300 | 0.4749 | 17,787 | 1030 | 0.9026 | |
| 24 | Alabama A & M University | 16800 | 44800 | 0.6244 | 5,845 | 920 | 0.6622 | |
| 24 | Texas State University | 16800 | 26800 | 0.3727 | 36,268 | 1100 | 0.8908 | |
| 26 | Unity Environmental University | 18600 | 41600 | 0.5524 | 5,655 | 0 | 0.818 | |
| 27 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 18700 | 41200 | 0.5467 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 27 | University of Rhode Island | 18700 | 46400 | 0.5965 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 29 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 19400 | 36900 | 0.4748 | 24,457 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 30 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20200 | 45200 | 0.5537 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 31 | South Dakota State University | 20600 | 25200 | 0.1838 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 32 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 20700 | 30600 | 0.3258 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 33 | Stetson University | 20800 | 79100 | 0.7374 | 2,349 | 1114 | 0.716 | |
| 34 | North Dakota State University | 21000 | 25700 | 0.1841 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 34 | Tarleton State University | 21000 | 23000 | 0.087 | 15,130 | 1095 | 0.5256 | |
| 36 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 21200 | 32800 | 0.3542 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 37 | Buena Vista University | 22500 | 59100 | 0.6195 | 810 | 1124 | 0.7761 | |
| 38 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 22600 | 59900 | 0.6226 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 39 | Montana State University | 23400 | 31400 | 0.2547 | 15,053 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 40 | SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology at Cobleskill | 23500 | 51600 | 0.5447 | 1,894 | 1055 | 0.8401 | |
| 41 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24100 | 38000 | 0.3658 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
| 42 | Wilson College | 24900 | 44400 | 0.4404 | 1,180 | 1040 | 0.9532 | |
| 43 | Tennessee Technological University | 25000 | 33700 | 0.2566 | 8,838 | 1159 | 0.8316 | |
| 44 | The University of Findlay | 25100 | 50600 | 0.5035 | 3,954 | 1124 | 0.8615 | |
| 45 | Dordt University | 25600 | 52500 | 0.5121 | 1,695 | 1170 | 0.7116 | |
| 46 | University of Minnesota-Crookston | 25700 | 28600 | 0.1009 | 2,612 | 1095 | 0.8786 | |
| 47 | Tuskegee University | 26500 | 42100 | 0.371 | 2,400 | 1113 | 0.3143 | |
| 48 | University of Arizona | 27100 | 37700 | 0.2815 | 45,025 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
| 48 | University of Arkansas | 27100 | 29600 | 0.0856 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 50 | University of South Dakota | 27500 | 29600 | 0.0721 | 7,619 | 1120 | 0.9878 | |
| 51 | Iowa State University | 28200 | 42800 | 0.341 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 52 | Huntington University | 29400 | 44300 | 0.3364 | 1,589 | 1055 | 0.7564 | |
| 53 | University of Wisconsin-Platteville | 29700 | 31800 | 0.0671 | 6,270 | 1180 | 0.8726 | |
| 54 | Kansas State University | 29800 | 41600 | 0.2822 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 55 | Centenary University | 30700 | 63600 | 0.5172 | 951 | 965 | 0.9675 | |
| 55 | East Texas A&M University | 30700 | 36500 | 0.1589 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 57 | Angelo State University | 31800 | 35400 | 0.1027 | 9,779 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 57 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 31800 | 62800 | 0.4933 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 59 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32500 | 35100 | 0.0742 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 60 | North Carolina State University | 32800 | 54800 | 0.4004 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 61 | University of Vermont | 34500 | 66300 | 0.4787 | 12,276 | 1379 | 0.653 | |
| 62 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 34800 | 58500 | 0.4057 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 63 | Andrews University | 35800 | 62100 | 0.4235 | 1,312 | 1196 | 0.874 | |
| 63 | Delaware Valley University | 35800 | 83300 | 0.5702 | 1,768 | 1180 | 0.9326 | |
| 65 | Abilene Christian University | 36000 | 60700 | 0.4066 | 3,233 | 1129 | 0.6604 | |
| 66 | North Carolina A & T State University | 36100 | 36600 | 0.0137 | 12,216 | 1040 | 0.4617 | |
| 67 | Auburn University | 36300 | 38000 | 0.0447 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 67 | Mississippi State University | 36300 | 50500 | 0.2801 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 69 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 36400 | 42800 | 0.1492 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 70 | University of Connecticut | 37200 | 43900 | 0.1528 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 71 | Texas Tech University | 38500 | 41000 | 0.061 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 72 | University of Wyoming | 40200 | 45300 | 0.1134 | 8,130 | 1159 | 0.9688 | |
| 73 | Arkansas State University | 40400 | 40600 | 0.0071 | 9,985 | 1075 | 0.7959 | |
| 74 | Washington State University | 40700 | 56300 | 0.2775 | 21,455 | 1131 | 0.8664 | |
| 75 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42400 | 57700 | 0.265 | 11,365 | 1216 | 0.8816 | |
| 76 | University of Florida | 43100 | 45600 | 0.0548 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 77 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43500 | 53400 | 0.1854 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 78 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 44600 | 53700 | 0.1694 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 79 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2745 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 80 | University of Maine | 45200 | 45200 | 0 | 591 | 1199 | 0.9684 | |
| 81 | University of Georgia | 45900 | 51600 | 0.1108 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 82 | Middle Tennessee State University | 46000 | 46000 | 0 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 83 | Michigan State University | 47200 | 56200 | 0.1601 | 41,234 | 1223 | 0.848 | |
| 84 | University of Delaware | 48300 | 61300 | 0.2134 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 84 | University of Mount Olive | 48300 | 50400 | 0.0424 | 1,937 | 1020 | 0.7775 | |
| 86 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 48800 | 61200 | 0.2032 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 86 | University of Kentucky | 48800 | 56600 | 0.1375 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 88 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53300 | 61000 | 0.1267 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 89 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 54000 | 56100 | 0.038 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 90 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58200 | 64100 | 0.0921 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 91 | Clemson University | 61500 | 63700 | 0.0335 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.