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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 | College of the Ozarks | 6600 | 56000 | 0.8817 | 1,500 | 1130 | 0.1097 | |
| 2 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 11300 | 33500 | 0.662 | 22,313 | 1341 | 0.2996 | |
| 3 | California State University-Fresno | 11600 | 54800 | 0.7883 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 4 | Eastern Kentucky University | 12300 | 22900 | 0.4637 | 13,448 | 1075 | 0.9683 | |
| 5 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 29600 | 0.5802 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 6 | Cornell University | 13100 | 93700 | 0.8601 | 16,138 | 1528 | 0.0838 | |
| 6 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 13100 | 26500 | 0.5051 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 8 | Louisiana Tech University | 14500 | 43500 | 0.6667 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 9 | University of Wisconsin-Platteville | 14600 | 23900 | 0.389 | 6,045 | 1193 | 0.8938 | |
| 10 | Oklahoma Panhandle State University | 15200 | 18100 | 0.1606 | 1,021 | 985 | 1 | |
| 11 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 38800 | 0.5992 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 12 | California State University-Chico | 15700 | 58100 | 0.7298 | 13,599 | 1054 | 0.9107 | |
| 13 | Sam Houston State University | 15800 | 30100 | 0.4751 | 17,822 | 1035 | 0.9372 | |
| 14 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 16400 | 29300 | 0.4403 | 8,421 | 1054 | 0.9444 | |
| 14 | Texas State University | 16400 | 26200 | 0.3738 | 39,353 | 1080 | 0.9118 | |
| 16 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 16900 | 62800 | 0.7306 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 17 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 17400 | 29900 | 0.4173 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 18 | Middle Tennessee State University | 17700 | 23200 | 0.2371 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 19 | University of Vermont | 18300 | 37800 | 0.5164 | 12,159 | 1372 | 0.7304 | |
| 20 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 19300 | 26400 | 0.2689 | 5,063 | 1069 | 0.8756 | |
| 21 | Unity Environmental University | 19500 | 30500 | 0.3601 | 6,525 | 0 | 0.818 | |
| 22 | Alabama A & M University | 19600 | 51900 | 0.6216 | 6,370 | 915 | 0.5795 | |
| 23 | Iowa State University | 19900 | 24200 | 0.179 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 24 | South Dakota State University | 20400 | 25200 | 0.19 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 24 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 20400 | 36600 | 0.4424 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 26 | University of Rhode Island | 20600 | 81200 | 0.7463 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 27 | SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology at Cobleskill | 20700 | 30800 | 0.3283 | 1,894 | 1055 | 0.8401 | |
| 28 | Tarleton State University | 21000 | 23000 | 0.087 | 17,556 | 1090 | 0.5386 | |
| 29 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 30 | Buena Vista University | 22400 | 59100 | 0.6212 | 836 | 1075 | 0.6497 | |
| 30 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 22400 | 35700 | 0.3722 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 32 | Abilene Christian University | 23300 | 58800 | 0.6039 | 5,101 | 1149 | 0.6615 | |
| 33 | Sul Ross State University | 23700 | 40800 | 0.4188 | 1,890 | 1020 | 0.9871 | |
| 34 | West Texas A & M University | 23800 | 29200 | 0.1848 | 7,110 | 1060 | 0.6681 | |
| 35 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 23900 | 32900 | 0.2731 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 36 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24100 | 38400 | 0.3726 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 37 | Wilson College | 24800 | 44400 | 0.4421 | 1,379 | 1055 | 0.9211 | |
| 38 | North Dakota State University | 24900 | 27600 | 0.0975 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 39 | Montana State University | 25000 | 73500 | 0.66 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 40 | The University of Findlay | 25400 | 84900 | 0.7012 | 4,132 | 1090 | 0.6748 | |
| 41 | Michigan State University | 25800 | 28900 | 0.1089 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 42 | Dordt University | 26200 | 52500 | 0.5007 | 1,716 | 1205 | 0.6847 | |
| 43 | University of Minnesota-Crookston | 26500 | 29500 | 0.103 | 2,873 | 1095 | 0.8747 | |
| 44 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 27100 | 40600 | 0.3325 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 45 | University of Arkansas | 27200 | 52400 | 0.4812 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 46 | University of South Dakota | 27300 | 29600 | 0.0773 | 7,515 | 1120 | 0.9884 | |
| 47 | Murray State University | 27600 | 32400 | 0.148 | 8,217 | 1124 | 0.8413 | |
| 48 | Delaware Valley University | 27700 | 95800 | 0.7109 | 1,680 | 1189 | 0.9268 | |
| 48 | Fort Valley State University | 27700 | 54200 | 0.4893 | 2,699 | 1025 | 0.6587 | |
| 50 | West Virginia University | 27800 | 51100 | 0.4562 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 51 | Huntington University | 29300 | 44400 | 0.3398 | 1,512 | 1065 | 0.7518 | |
| 52 | Mississippi State University | 30100 | 34400 | 0.1246 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 53 | Angelo State University | 31600 | 35400 | 0.1071 | 10,103 | 1045 | 0.7981 | |
| 53 | Morehead State University | 31600 | 31800 | 0.0063 | 7,941 | 1080 | 0.8328 | |
| 55 | Tuskegee University | 31800 | 53200 | 0.4026 | 2,660 | 1090 | 0.4868 | |
| 56 | North Carolina A & T State University | 31900 | 36700 | 0.1307 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.5125 | |
| 57 | Centenary University | 32200 | 62800 | 0.487 | 936 | 1070 | 0.8308 | |
| 58 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 32400 | 54400 | 0.4043 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 59 | North Carolina State University | 32700 | 54800 | 0.4033 | 29,340 | 1374 | 0.3954 | |
| 60 | University of Idaho | 32800 | 34400 | 0.0466 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 61 | Texas Tech University | 36100 | 38900 | 0.072 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 62 | Tennessee Technological University | 36200 | 38500 | 0.0594 | 9,187 | 1163 | 0.7613 | |
| 63 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 36300 | 53600 | 0.3229 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 64 | Auburn University | 36400 | 85500 | 0.5741 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 65 | University of Connecticut | 37000 | 70600 | 0.476 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 66 | Andrews University | 37200 | 76700 | 0.5148 | 1,384 | 1143 | 0.8185 | |
| 67 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 37300 | 41600 | 0.1031 | 5,386 | 995 | 0.9092 | |
| 68 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 38000 | 38400 | 0.0104 | 15,735 | 1069 | 0.8797 | |
| 69 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 38100 | 66600 | 0.4277 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 69 | Washington State University | 38100 | 53900 | 0.2932 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 71 | Lubbock Christian University | 38600 | 49000 | 0.2124 | 1,383 | 1074 | 0.7473 | |
| 72 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 39100 | 60200 | 0.3502 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 73 | University of Wyoming | 40000 | 45300 | 0.1168 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 74 | University of Maine | 40800 | 56000 | 0.2716 | 9,182 | 1195 | 0.9562 | |
| 75 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42300 | 57200 | 0.2605 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 76 | University of Arizona | 42800 | 43800 | 0.0228 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 77 | University of Florida | 43100 | 45700 | 0.057 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 78 | Arkansas State University | 43300 | 45100 | 0.0399 | 11,189 | 1080 | 0.7818 | |
| 79 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43500 | 68700 | 0.367 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 80 | Kansas State University | 43600 | 47900 | 0.0896 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 81 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2752 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 82 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47100 | 59800 | 0.2121 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 83 | University of Delaware | 48200 | 62000 | 0.222 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 84 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48500 | 51200 | 0.0544 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 84 | University of Georgia | 48500 | 51800 | 0.0637 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 86 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 51700 | 72700 | 0.2888 | 46,627 | 1366 | 0.492 | |
| 87 | University of Kentucky | 51800 | 74100 | 0.3002 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 88 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53200 | 61000 | 0.1293 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 89 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 54500 | 66200 | 0.1767 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 90 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 59300 | 61600 | 0.0372 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 | |
| 91 | Clemson University | 61400 | 63700 | 0.036 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 92 | University of California-Davis | 68100 | 90000 | 0.2432 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.