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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 | 7900 | 24900 | 0.6836 | 25,920 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 2 | College of the Ozarks | 8200 | 32800 | 0.7493 | 1,454 | 1135 | 0.1199 | |
| 3 | Cornell University | 10300 | 92000 | 0.8877 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
| 3 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 10300 | 21100 | 0.5126 | 4,721 | 1110 | 0.7782 | |
| 5 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 12500 | 34300 | 0.6352 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 6 | Sul Ross State University | 13000 | 26700 | 0.5124 | 1,441 | 1000 | 0.9562 | |
| 7 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 32200 | 0.5744 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 8 | Texas Tech University | 13900 | 27000 | 0.485 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 9 | Louisiana Tech University | 14300 | 24900 | 0.425 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 9 | Oklahoma Panhandle State University | 14300 | 17500 | 0.1829 | 1,071 | 985 | 0.9707 | |
| 11 | Northwest Missouri State University | 14600 | 36300 | 0.5973 | 5,241 | 1075 | 0.8613 | |
| 12 | University of Idaho | 14700 | 31300 | 0.5308 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 13 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 16600 | 28000 | 0.4069 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 14 | Arkansas State University | 17100 | 28100 | 0.3917 | 9,985 | 1075 | 0.7959 | |
| 15 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 17800 | 26300 | 0.3236 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 16 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 18200 | 18200 | 0 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 17 | University of Vermont | 18300 | 37800 | 0.5164 | 12,276 | 1379 | 0.653 | |
| 18 | Angelo State University | 18400 | 23100 | 0.2035 | 9,779 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 19 | Texas State University | 18900 | 28900 | 0.3455 | 36,268 | 1100 | 0.8908 | |
| 20 | Kansas State University | 19000 | 28800 | 0.341 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 21 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20100 | 43700 | 0.5405 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 22 | South Dakota State University | 20500 | 25200 | 0.1866 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 23 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 20900 | 36200 | 0.4229 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 24 | West Virginia University | 21100 | 28800 | 0.2676 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 25 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 21400 | 35400 | 0.396 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 26 | Buena Vista University | 22400 | 59100 | 0.6203 | 810 | 1124 | 0.7761 | |
| 27 | University of South Dakota | 22800 | 26000 | 0.1232 | 7,619 | 1120 | 0.9878 | |
| 28 | Fort Valley State University | 23700 | 38900 | 0.3904 | 2,558 | 940 | 0.628 | |
| 29 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24100 | 37100 | 0.3508 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
| 30 | Unity Environmental University | 24400 | 27700 | 0.119 | 5,655 | 0 | 0.818 | |
| 31 | Wilson College | 24800 | 44400 | 0.4412 | 1,180 | 1040 | 0.9532 | |
| 32 | North Dakota State University | 25000 | 27600 | 0.0945 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 32 | Tuskegee University | 25000 | 42100 | 0.4066 | 2,400 | 1030 | 0.3143 | |
| 34 | Montana State University | 25300 | 31400 | 0.1942 | 15,053 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 35 | Dordt University | 25500 | 52300 | 0.5122 | 1,695 | 1195 | 0.7116 | |
| 36 | University of Minnesota-Crookston | 25600 | 28600 | 0.1034 | 2,510 | 1095 | 0.8781 | |
| 37 | California State University-Fresno | 25700 | 35900 | 0.284 | 21,430 | 995 | 0.9638 | |
| 38 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 26300 | 37400 | 0.2971 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 38 | The University of Findlay | 26300 | 50200 | 0.4764 | 3,954 | 1124 | 0.8615 | |
| 40 | California State University-Chico | 27000 | 27000 | 0 | 13,392 | 1117 | 0.9158 | |
| 41 | University of Arizona | 27100 | 37700 | 0.2815 | 45,025 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
| 42 | University of Arkansas | 27200 | 30800 | 0.1172 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 43 | Murray State University | 27700 | 32400 | 0.1454 | 8,281 | 1124 | 0.8568 | |
| 44 | Iowa State University | 28100 | 42800 | 0.3427 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 44 | Mississippi State University | 28100 | 32300 | 0.13 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 46 | Alabama A & M University | 28200 | 42800 | 0.3409 | 5,845 | 940 | 0.6622 | |
| 47 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 28800 | 36700 | 0.2141 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 48 | University of Wisconsin-Platteville | 29600 | 31800 | 0.0693 | 6,270 | 1140 | 0.8726 | |
| 49 | Lubbock Christian University | 30100 | 49000 | 0.3856 | 1,322 | 1070 | 0.7589 | |
| 50 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 31400 | 43700 | 0.2817 | 14,576 | 1179 | 0.6967 | |
| 51 | SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology at Cobleskill | 31600 | 43200 | 0.2684 | 1,764 | 1055 | 0.8325 | |
| 52 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 31700 | 42400 | 0.2524 | 21,947 | 1335 | 0.3122 | |
| 52 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 31700 | 41100 | 0.2289 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 54 | North Carolina A & T State University | 32100 | 36400 | 0.118 | 12,216 | 1020 | 0.4617 | |
| 54 | University of Rhode Island | 32100 | 46700 | 0.3126 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 56 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 32200 | 39200 | 0.1788 | 12,498 | 1010 | 0.8896 | |
| 57 | Centenary University | 32300 | 63600 | 0.492 | 951 | 965 | 0.9675 | |
| 58 | Sam Houston State University | 32700 | 39900 | 0.1804 | 17,787 | 1030 | 0.9026 | |
| 59 | North Carolina State University | 32800 | 54800 | 0.4017 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 60 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 15,130 | 0 | 0.5256 | |
| 61 | Stephen F Austin State University | 34200 | 42800 | 0.2009 | 9,129 | 1060 | 0.7445 | |
| 62 | Delaware Valley University | 35800 | 63800 | 0.4387 | 1,768 | 1180 | 0.9326 | |
| 63 | Abilene Christian University | 36000 | 60700 | 0.4066 | 3,233 | 1129 | 0.6604 | |
| 64 | Andrews University | 36300 | 47100 | 0.2291 | 1,312 | 1208 | 0.874 | |
| 65 | University of Maine | 36500 | 45100 | 0.1907 | 591 | 1199 | 0.9684 | |
| 66 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 37400 | 41600 | 0.101 | 5,187 | 1005 | 0.9229 | |
| 67 | University of Connecticut | 37600 | 41800 | 0.1005 | 19,388 | 1324 | 0.5395 | |
| 68 | Washington State University | 38500 | 53900 | 0.2859 | 14,346 | 1139 | 0.8797 | |
| 69 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 38600 | 44600 | 0.1345 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 69 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 38600 | 52900 | 0.2702 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 69 | University of Wyoming | 38600 | 43800 | 0.1187 | 8,130 | 1159 | 0.9688 | |
| 72 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 40200 | 40200 | 0 | 11,365 | 1216 | 0.8816 | |
| 73 | University of Georgia | 40300 | 46000 | 0.1242 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 74 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 43000 | 46200 | 0.0693 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 75 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43300 | 52900 | 0.1815 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 76 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 43400 | 55100 | 0.2125 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 77 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 43700 | 52100 | 0.1612 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 78 | University of Florida | 44100 | 45600 | 0.0329 | 36,567 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 79 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2748 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 80 | Middle Tennessee State University | 45800 | 45800 | 0 | 17,668 | 1124 | 0.68 | |
| 81 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 46400 | 58900 | 0.2121 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 82 | Michigan State University | 47200 | 56200 | 0.1601 | 41,234 | 1223 | 0.848 | |
| 82 | University of Delaware | 47200 | 53200 | 0.1127 | 19,119 | 1303 | 0.6356 | |
| 84 | University of Mount Olive | 48200 | 50400 | 0.0438 | 1,937 | 945 | 0.7775 | |
| 85 | University of Kentucky | 51000 | 56000 | 0.0893 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 86 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 53200 | 56100 | 0.0518 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 87 | Auburn University | 55400 | 55400 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 88 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 57000 | 59200 | 0.0372 | 24,457 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 89 | Clemson University | 61400 | 63700 | 0.0346 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 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.