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Considering a degree in Animal Sciences?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Animal Sciences majors who live in Tennessee.
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 Tennessee.
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 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 9700 | 38900 | 0.751 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 3 | University of California-Davis | 10100 | 49800 | 0.7964 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 4 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 11300 | 33500 | 0.662 | 22,313 | 1341 | 0.2996 | |
| 5 | Arkansas State University | 11500 | 31800 | 0.6384 | 11,189 | 1080 | 0.7818 | |
| 6 | California State University-Fresno | 11600 | 54800 | 0.7883 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 7 | Cornell University | 13100 | 93700 | 0.8601 | 16,138 | 1528 | 0.0838 | |
| 8 | University of Delaware | 13500 | 34500 | 0.608 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 9 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 61700 | 0.7784 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 10 | Sul Ross State University | 13800 | 27100 | 0.4913 | 1,890 | 1020 | 0.9871 | |
| 11 | Louisiana Tech University | 14500 | 43500 | 0.6667 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 12 | University of Wisconsin-Platteville | 14600 | 23900 | 0.389 | 6,045 | 1193 | 0.8938 | |
| 13 | University of Memphis | 14700 | 37800 | 0.6115 | 15,538 | 1080 | 0.7878 | |
| 14 | Oklahoma Panhandle State University | 15200 | 18100 | 0.1606 | 1,021 | 985 | 1 | |
| 15 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 29800 | 0.4782 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 15 | University of Maine | 15600 | 33300 | 0.5317 | 9,182 | 1195 | 0.9562 | |
| 17 | California State University-Chico | 15700 | 58100 | 0.7298 | 13,599 | 1054 | 0.9107 | |
| 18 | Sam Houston State University | 15800 | 27100 | 0.4168 | 17,822 | 1035 | 0.9372 | |
| 19 | Austin Peay State University | 16000 | 29100 | 0.4519 | 9,593 | 1075 | 0.9691 | |
| 20 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 16400 | 62800 | 0.7385 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 20 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 16400 | 29300 | 0.4403 | 8,421 | 1054 | 0.9444 | |
| 20 | Texas State University | 16400 | 25700 | 0.3624 | 39,353 | 1080 | 0.9118 | |
| 23 | University of Arizona | 16900 | 41400 | 0.5909 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 24 | University of Florida | 17100 | 22500 | 0.2399 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 25 | Kansas State University | 17300 | 26400 | 0.3429 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 26 | Middle Tennessee State University | 18300 | 23300 | 0.2141 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 26 | University of Vermont | 18300 | 37800 | 0.5164 | 12,159 | 1372 | 0.7304 | |
| 28 | Texas Tech University | 18800 | 27100 | 0.3061 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 29 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 19300 | 26400 | 0.2688 | 5,063 | 1069 | 0.8756 | |
| 30 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 19500 | 37900 | 0.4873 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 30 | Unity Environmental University | 19500 | 30500 | 0.3601 | 6,525 | 0 | 0.818 | |
| 32 | Alabama A & M University | 19600 | 51900 | 0.6216 | 6,370 | 915 | 0.5795 | |
| 33 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20100 | 45100 | 0.5547 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 34 | South Dakota State University | 20400 | 25200 | 0.19 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 34 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 20400 | 29900 | 0.317 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 34 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 20400 | 36600 | 0.4424 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 37 | University of Wyoming | 20500 | 27900 | 0.2644 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 38 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 20600 | 32300 | 0.362 | 15,735 | 1069 | 0.8797 | |
| 38 | University of Rhode Island | 20600 | 81200 | 0.7463 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 40 | Washington State University | 21100 | 36200 | 0.417 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 41 | Buena Vista University | 22400 | 59100 | 0.6212 | 836 | 1075 | 0.6497 | |
| 41 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 22400 | 35700 | 0.3722 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 43 | Murray State University | 22800 | 27600 | 0.1738 | 8,217 | 1124 | 0.8413 | |
| 44 | Abilene Christian University | 23300 | 58800 | 0.6039 | 5,101 | 1149 | 0.6615 | |
| 45 | Montana State University | 23400 | 73500 | 0.6818 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 46 | West Texas A & M University | 23800 | 29200 | 0.1848 | 7,110 | 1060 | 0.6681 | |
| 47 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 23900 | 32900 | 0.2731 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 48 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24100 | 38400 | 0.3726 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 49 | Wilson College | 24800 | 44400 | 0.4421 | 1,379 | 1055 | 0.9211 | |
| 50 | Tennessee Technological University | 24900 | 33700 | 0.2612 | 9,187 | 1163 | 0.7613 | |
| 51 | Eastern Kentucky University | 25300 | 38400 | 0.3415 | 13,448 | 1075 | 0.9683 | |
| 52 | The University of Findlay | 25400 | 84900 | 0.7012 | 4,132 | 1090 | 0.6748 | |
| 53 | Dordt University | 26200 | 52500 | 0.5007 | 1,716 | 1205 | 0.6847 | |
| 54 | University of Minnesota-Crookston | 26500 | 29500 | 0.103 | 2,873 | 1095 | 0.8747 | |
| 55 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 27100 | 40600 | 0.3325 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 56 | University of Arkansas | 27200 | 52400 | 0.4812 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 56 | University of Georgia | 27200 | 27200 | 0 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 58 | Delaware Valley University | 27700 | 95800 | 0.7109 | 1,680 | 1189 | 0.9268 | |
| 58 | Fort Valley State University | 27700 | 54200 | 0.4893 | 2,699 | 1025 | 0.6587 | |
| 58 | North Dakota State University | 27700 | 30400 | 0.0886 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 58 | West Virginia University | 27700 | 40900 | 0.3226 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 62 | Iowa State University | 28600 | 43300 | 0.34 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 63 | Huntington University | 29300 | 44400 | 0.3398 | 1,512 | 1065 | 0.7518 | |
| 64 | Mississippi State University | 30100 | 34400 | 0.1246 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 65 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 30800 | 39400 | 0.2184 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 66 | Angelo State University | 31600 | 35400 | 0.1071 | 10,103 | 1045 | 0.7981 | |
| 66 | Morehead State University | 31600 | 31800 | 0.0063 | 7,941 | 1080 | 0.8328 | |
| 66 | SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology at Cobleskill | 31600 | 42700 | 0.2597 | 1,894 | 1055 | 0.8401 | |
| 69 | Tuskegee University | 31800 | 53200 | 0.4026 | 2,660 | 1090 | 0.4868 | |
| 70 | North Carolina A & T State University | 31900 | 36700 | 0.1307 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.5125 | |
| 71 | Centenary University | 32200 | 62800 | 0.487 | 936 | 1070 | 0.8308 | |
| 72 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 32400 | 54400 | 0.4043 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 73 | North Carolina State University | 32700 | 54800 | 0.4033 | 29,340 | 1374 | 0.3954 | |
| 74 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 17,556 | 1090 | 0.5386 | |
| 75 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 34400 | 35200 | 0.0238 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 76 | University of Idaho | 34700 | 48700 | 0.2875 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 77 | University of Connecticut | 37000 | 70600 | 0.476 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 78 | Andrews University | 37200 | 76700 | 0.5148 | 1,384 | 1143 | 0.8185 | |
| 79 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 37300 | 41600 | 0.1031 | 5,386 | 995 | 0.9092 | |
| 80 | Lubbock Christian University | 38600 | 49000 | 0.2124 | 1,383 | 1074 | 0.7473 | |
| 81 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 39100 | 60200 | 0.3502 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 82 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42300 | 57200 | 0.2605 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 83 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43500 | 68700 | 0.367 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 84 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2752 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 85 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48500 | 51200 | 0.0544 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 86 | Michigan State University | 49200 | 56200 | 0.1245 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 87 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 51700 | 72700 | 0.2888 | 46,627 | 1366 | 0.492 | |
| 88 | University of Kentucky | 51800 | 74100 | 0.3002 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 89 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53200 | 61000 | 0.1293 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 90 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 58900 | 61200 | 0.0374 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 91 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 59300 | 61600 | 0.0372 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 | |
| 92 | Clemson University | 61400 | 63700 | 0.036 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 93 | Auburn University | 75200 | 85500 | 0.1204 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.