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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 | 38400 | 0.8291 | 1,454 | 1135 | 0.1199 | |
| 2 | University of California-Davis | 10200 | 38100 | 0.7328 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
| 3 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 11400 | 26000 | 0.5621 | 22,033 | 1321 | 0.3132 | |
| 4 | Cornell University | 11500 | 93100 | 0.8767 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0876 | |
| 5 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 29200 | 0.5745 | 38,040 | 1418 | 0.452 | |
| 6 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 12500 | 20500 | 0.3908 | 4,880 | 1124 | 0.8172 | |
| 7 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 13200 | 25700 | 0.4858 | 46,815 | 1378 | 0.6057 | |
| 8 | East Texas A&M University | 13800 | 30000 | 0.5401 | 9,992 | 1045 | 0.9224 | |
| 8 | Utah State University | 13800 | 20800 | 0.3369 | 25,706 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 10 | University of Georgia | 14100 | 26600 | 0.4699 | 32,399 | 1382 | 0.377 | |
| 11 | University of Wisconsin-Platteville | 14200 | 22900 | 0.381 | 6,045 | 1193 | 0.8938 | |
| 12 | University of Idaho | 14500 | 25800 | 0.4369 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 13 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15100 | 37700 | 0.6009 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8609 | |
| 14 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 15500 | 25800 | 0.3988 | 5,386 | 1050 | 0.9092 | |
| 15 | California State University-Chico | 15600 | 23500 | 0.3358 | 13,792 | 1075 | 0.9272 | |
| 16 | Sam Houston State University | 15700 | 30300 | 0.4815 | 17,787 | 1030 | 0.9026 | |
| 17 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 15800 | 38400 | 0.5882 | 37,140 | 1406 | 0.4237 | |
| 18 | Oklahoma Panhandle State University | 16200 | 16700 | 0.03 | 1,021 | 985 | 0.683 | |
| 19 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 16400 | 31000 | 0.4706 | 8,553 | 1045 | 0.8688 | |
| 20 | Arkansas State University | 16900 | 28100 | 0.3988 | 9,985 | 1075 | 0.8226 | |
| 21 | West Virginia University | 17100 | 40900 | 0.5816 | 18,206 | 1125 | 0.89 | |
| 22 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 17200 | 35400 | 0.5147 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 23 | Middle Tennessee State University | 17700 | 23200 | 0.237 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 24 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 18200 | 18200 | 0 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 25 | University of Vermont | 18300 | 37800 | 0.5164 | 12,276 | 1379 | 0.653 | |
| 26 | University of Rhode Island | 19800 | 33900 | 0.416 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 27 | Iowa State University | 19900 | 24200 | 0.1786 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 28 | University of Arizona | 20100 | 30900 | 0.3501 | 44,848 | 1233 | 0.8614 | |
| 29 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 20500 | 29900 | 0.3167 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5743 | |
| 30 | SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology at Cobleskill | 20700 | 26800 | 0.2276 | 1,988 | 1080 | 0.8402 | |
| 31 | Stetson University | 21400 | 79100 | 0.7298 | 2,349 | 1179 | 0.716 | |
| 32 | Louisiana Tech University | 21900 | 26100 | 0.1611 | 10,881 | 1189 | 0.864 | |
| 33 | Buena Vista University | 22400 | 59100 | 0.6212 | 1,436 | 1124 | 0.7761 | |
| 34 | University of South Dakota | 22700 | 26000 | 0.1261 | 7,619 | 1120 | 0.9878 | |
| 35 | Abilene Christian University | 24200 | 59000 | 0.5894 | 3,263 | 1189 | 0.6603 | |
| 36 | Unity Environmental University | 24500 | 29900 | 0.1809 | 6,507 | 0 | 0.818 | |
| 37 | Wilson College | 24800 | 44400 | 0.442 | 1,379 | 1055 | 0.9211 | |
| 38 | North Dakota State University | 24900 | 27600 | 0.0972 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 38 | Tennessee Technological University | 24900 | 33700 | 0.2609 | 9,187 | 1163 | 0.7613 | |
| 40 | South Dakota State University | 25400 | 28700 | 0.1143 | 10,719 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 41 | Sul Ross State University | 25500 | 37300 | 0.3165 | 1,890 | 1020 | 0.9871 | |
| 42 | University of Minnesota-Crookston | 25600 | 28600 | 0.106 | 2,612 | 1095 | 0.8786 | |
| 43 | Dordt University | 26200 | 52500 | 0.5007 | 1,716 | 1205 | 0.6847 | |
| 44 | Tuskegee University | 26300 | 42100 | 0.3757 | 2,659 | 1090 | 0.4868 | |
| 45 | The University of Findlay | 26600 | 50600 | 0.4739 | 4,062 | 1124 | 0.8337 | |
| 45 | University of Arkansas | 26600 | 28900 | 0.079 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.743 | |
| 47 | Kansas State University | 27600 | 30400 | 0.0947 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8169 | |
| 47 | Murray State University | 27600 | 32400 | 0.1477 | 7,851 | 1115 | 0.8568 | |
| 49 | Fort Valley State University | 27700 | 45200 | 0.387 | 2,699 | 1025 | 0.6587 | |
| 50 | Texas State University | 28000 | 28000 | 0 | 36,236 | 1100 | 0.8932 | |
| 51 | Mississippi State University | 28100 | 32300 | 0.1323 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 52 | Alabama A & M University | 28300 | 37700 | 0.2492 | 6,370 | 915 | 0.5795 | |
| 52 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 28300 | 32800 | 0.1367 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 54 | University of Connecticut | 29100 | 37000 | 0.2133 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 55 | Huntington University | 29200 | 44300 | 0.3407 | 1,588 | 1055 | 0.7564 | |
| 56 | Montana State University | 29900 | 31400 | 0.0478 | 15,046 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 57 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 30500 | 38400 | 0.2057 | 15,375 | 1103 | 0.866 | |
| 58 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 30700 | 39200 | 0.2171 | 12,507 | 1010 | 0.8897 | |
| 59 | Angelo State University | 31600 | 35400 | 0.1068 | 9,702 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 60 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 31900 | 41200 | 0.226 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.7517 | |
| 61 | North Carolina A & T State University | 32000 | 36700 | 0.128 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.499 | |
| 62 | Centenary University | 32100 | 63600 | 0.4952 | 936 | 1070 | 0.8308 | |
| 62 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 32100 | 36700 | 0.1249 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 64 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32300 | 35100 | 0.0799 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 65 | North Carolina State University | 32700 | 54800 | 0.4031 | 28,422 | 1378 | 0.4174 | |
| 66 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 15,254 | 1080 | 0.8955 | |
| 67 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 34600 | 41000 | 0.1567 | 22,364 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 68 | Andrews University | 35000 | 70100 | 0.5008 | 1,384 | 1143 | 0.8185 | |
| 69 | Texas Tech University | 36100 | 38900 | 0.072 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 70 | California State University-Fresno | 37100 | 43800 | 0.1531 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 71 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 38200 | 66300 | 0.4239 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5478 | |
| 72 | Delaware Valley University | 39500 | 66900 | 0.4096 | 1,768 | 1208 | 0.9321 | |
| 73 | University of Wyoming | 40000 | 45300 | 0.1166 | 8,130 | 1179 | 0.9688 | |
| 74 | University of Maine | 40300 | 45200 | 0.1085 | 9,601 | 1205 | 0.9664 | |
| 75 | Washington State University | 40600 | 56300 | 0.28 | 21,455 | 1125 | 0.8664 | |
| 76 | University of Mount Olive | 42100 | 50400 | 0.1643 | 1,944 | 1075 | 0.7575 | |
| 77 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42400 | 56200 | 0.2456 | 11,355 | 1222 | 0.8816 | |
| 78 | University of Florida | 43100 | 45700 | 0.057 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 79 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43500 | 53600 | 0.1886 | 31,133 | 1463 | 0.4479 | |
| 80 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2752 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 81 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47100 | 59700 | 0.2122 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 82 | Michigan State University | 47200 | 56200 | 0.1601 | 41,234 | 1279 | 0.848 | |
| 83 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48500 | 51200 | 0.0543 | 44,819 | 1327 | 0.4987 | |
| 84 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 48600 | 61200 | 0.2056 | 26,221 | 1204 | 0.8854 | |
| 85 | University of Delaware | 49000 | 61300 | 0.2017 | 20,026 | 1294 | 0.706 | |
| 85 | University of Kentucky | 49000 | 58000 | 0.1565 | 25,534 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 87 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53600 | 62800 | 0.1465 | 23,920 | 1397 | 0.5973 | |
| 88 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 56900 | 59200 | 0.0385 | 24,449 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 89 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58100 | 64100 | 0.0936 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 90 | Auburn University | 58500 | 58500 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4592 | |
| 91 | Clemson University | 61400 | 63700 | 0.0358 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.