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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 | 6700 | 34300 | 0.8058 | 1,500 | 1130 | 0.1097 | |
| 2 | Morehead State University | 8100 | 26300 | 0.6915 | 7,941 | 1080 | 0.8328 | |
| 3 | University of California-Davis | 10100 | 38600 | 0.7387 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 4 | Cornell University | 10500 | 93700 | 0.8878 | 16,138 | 1528 | 0.0838 | |
| 5 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 11200 | 39000 | 0.7131 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 6 | Eastern Kentucky University | 11300 | 27300 | 0.5871 | 13,448 | 1075 | 0.9683 | |
| 7 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 11400 | 26000 | 0.5621 | 22,313 | 1341 | 0.2996 | |
| 8 | California State University-Fresno | 11900 | 19600 | 0.3953 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 9 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 12200 | 20500 | 0.4048 | 5,063 | 1069 | 0.8756 | |
| 10 | Fort Valley State University | 12700 | 54800 | 0.7681 | 2,699 | 1025 | 0.6587 | |
| 11 | University of Arizona | 13000 | 31000 | 0.5803 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 12 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 13300 | 26500 | 0.4975 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 12 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 13300 | 29300 | 0.5461 | 8,421 | 1054 | 0.9444 | |
| 14 | North Carolina A & T State University | 13500 | 17900 | 0.2465 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.5125 | |
| 15 | Sul Ross State University | 13700 | 27100 | 0.495 | 1,890 | 1020 | 0.9871 | |
| 15 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 61700 | 0.7774 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 17 | Louisiana Tech University | 13800 | 42900 | 0.6782 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 18 | Oklahoma Panhandle State University | 14500 | 17400 | 0.1662 | 1,021 | 985 | 1 | |
| 19 | University of Memphis | 14700 | 26400 | 0.4441 | 15,538 | 1080 | 0.7878 | |
| 20 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 15200 | 25800 | 0.4099 | 5,386 | 995 | 0.9092 | |
| 20 | West Virginia University | 15200 | 73100 | 0.7918 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 22 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 15300 | 57100 | 0.7316 | 15,735 | 1069 | 0.8797 | |
| 23 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 15600 | 26000 | 0.3996 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 23 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 38800 | 0.5992 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 23 | University of Maine | 15600 | 29300 | 0.4678 | 9,182 | 1195 | 0.9562 | |
| 26 | Texas State University | 15700 | 26100 | 0.3984 | 39,353 | 1080 | 0.9118 | |
| 27 | California State University-Chico | 15800 | 41000 | 0.6151 | 13,599 | 1054 | 0.9107 | |
| 28 | Austin Peay State University | 16100 | 31400 | 0.489 | 9,593 | 1075 | 0.9691 | |
| 29 | Texas Tech University | 16300 | 27100 | 0.3984 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 30 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 17000 | 41200 | 0.588 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 31 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 17300 | 26500 | 0.349 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 32 | Sam Houston State University | 17700 | 27100 | 0.3467 | 17,822 | 1035 | 0.9372 | |
| 33 | Angelo State University | 18100 | 23100 | 0.2191 | 10,103 | 1045 | 0.7981 | |
| 34 | University of Arkansas | 18200 | 28500 | 0.3632 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 35 | University of Rhode Island | 19200 | 33900 | 0.4337 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 36 | Unity Environmental University | 19500 | 31900 | 0.3883 | 6,525 | 0 | 0.818 | |
| 37 | Alabama A & M University | 20100 | 51200 | 0.607 | 6,370 | 915 | 0.5795 | |
| 38 | South Dakota State University | 20200 | 25200 | 0.2009 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 38 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 20200 | 38500 | 0.4738 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 | |
| 40 | University of Wyoming | 20300 | 27900 | 0.2742 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 41 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 20400 | 29900 | 0.3195 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 42 | North Dakota State University | 20600 | 25700 | 0.2008 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 43 | SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology at Cobleskill | 20700 | 57000 | 0.6364 | 1,894 | 1055 | 0.8401 | |
| 44 | Iowa State University | 21100 | 25700 | 0.1794 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 45 | West Texas A & M University | 21400 | 29200 | 0.2669 | 7,110 | 1060 | 0.6681 | |
| 46 | Buena Vista University | 22200 | 59100 | 0.6244 | 836 | 1075 | 0.6497 | |
| 47 | Murray State University | 22500 | 27600 | 0.1838 | 8,217 | 1124 | 0.8413 | |
| 48 | University of Florida | 22600 | 42800 | 0.4725 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 49 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24000 | 38500 | 0.3764 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 50 | Montana State University | 24400 | 24400 | 0 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 51 | Tennessee Technological University | 24600 | 33700 | 0.2693 | 9,187 | 1163 | 0.7613 | |
| 51 | Wilson College | 24600 | 44400 | 0.4452 | 1,379 | 1055 | 0.9211 | |
| 53 | Abilene Christian University | 25100 | 58800 | 0.5732 | 5,101 | 1149 | 0.6615 | |
| 54 | The University of Findlay | 25400 | 50600 | 0.4976 | 4,132 | 1090 | 0.6748 | |
| 55 | Delaware Valley University | 25700 | 95800 | 0.7318 | 1,680 | 1189 | 0.9268 | |
| 56 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 25900 | 32900 | 0.2146 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 57 | Dordt University | 26100 | 52500 | 0.5026 | 1,716 | 1205 | 0.6847 | |
| 58 | University of Minnesota-Crookston | 26200 | 29500 | 0.1124 | 2,873 | 1095 | 0.8747 | |
| 59 | University of Georgia | 27200 | 27200 | 0 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 60 | University of Delaware | 28500 | 34500 | 0.1741 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 61 | Huntington University | 29000 | 44400 | 0.3465 | 1,512 | 1065 | 0.7518 | |
| 62 | University of Connecticut | 29100 | 55500 | 0.4755 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 63 | Mississippi State University | 29900 | 34400 | 0.1326 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 64 | Centenary University | 30800 | 62900 | 0.5106 | 936 | 1070 | 0.8308 | |
| 65 | University of Wisconsin-Platteville | 30900 | 33500 | 0.0766 | 6,045 | 1193 | 0.8938 | |
| 66 | Tuskegee University | 31500 | 45600 | 0.3093 | 2,660 | 1090 | 0.4868 | |
| 66 | University of Kentucky | 31500 | 36500 | 0.1371 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 68 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 32400 | 54400 | 0.4043 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 68 | North Carolina State University | 32400 | 54800 | 0.4083 | 29,340 | 1374 | 0.3954 | |
| 70 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 17,556 | 1090 | 0.5386 | |
| 71 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 33900 | 35300 | 0.0407 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 72 | University of Vermont | 34300 | 66300 | 0.4821 | 12,159 | 1372 | 0.7304 | |
| 73 | University of Idaho | 34500 | 48700 | 0.2916 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 74 | Auburn University | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 75 | Middle Tennessee State University | 37000 | 48300 | 0.234 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 76 | Andrews University | 37100 | 76700 | 0.5161 | 1,384 | 1143 | 0.8185 | |
| 77 | Washington State University | 37500 | 53600 | 0.2998 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 78 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 38200 | 66700 | 0.4274 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 79 | Lubbock Christian University | 38400 | 49400 | 0.2227 | 1,383 | 1074 | 0.7473 | |
| 80 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42200 | 63300 | 0.3334 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 81 | Arkansas State University | 42900 | 44600 | 0.0381 | 11,189 | 1080 | 0.7818 | |
| 82 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43400 | 58500 | 0.2579 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 83 | Kansas State University | 43900 | 48400 | 0.0927 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 84 | Oregon State University | 44800 | 61900 | 0.2766 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 85 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47200 | 61500 | 0.2335 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 86 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48200 | 51200 | 0.0598 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 87 | Michigan State University | 49200 | 56200 | 0.1245 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 88 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 50600 | 63800 | 0.2065 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 89 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 51500 | 64400 | 0.2003 | 46,627 | 1366 | 0.492 | |
| 90 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 54900 | 68800 | 0.2022 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 91 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58400 | 63600 | 0.0818 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 92 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 58600 | 61200 | 0.0419 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 93 | Clemson University | 61100 | 63700 | 0.0403 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.