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Considering a degree in Animal Sciences?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Animal Sciences majors who live in Texas.
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 Texas.
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 | Cornell University | 10500 | 93700 | 0.8878 | 16,138 | 1528 | 0.0838 | |
| 4 | Eastern Kentucky University | 11200 | 27300 | 0.5908 | 13,448 | 1075 | 0.9683 | |
| 5 | San Jacinto Community College | 11300 | 14300 | 0.2097 | 33,215 | 1135 | 1 | |
| 6 | California State University-Fresno | 11500 | 54600 | 0.7886 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 7 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 12000 | 32800 | 0.6338 | 46,627 | 1366 | 0.492 | |
| 8 | Fort Valley State University | 12600 | 54800 | 0.7699 | 2,699 | 1025 | 0.6587 | |
| 9 | Houston City College | 12700 | 18900 | 0.3281 | 59,451 | 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 13000 | 29300 | 0.5563 | 8,421 | 1054 | 0.9444 | |
| 10 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 13000 | 30100 | 0.5681 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 12 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 13100 | 26500 | 0.5051 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 13 | Sul Ross State University | 13300 | 27300 | 0.5133 | 1,890 | 1020 | 0.9871 | |
| 14 | Louisiana Tech University | 13700 | 42900 | 0.6805 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 14 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 61700 | 0.7774 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 16 | Oklahoma Panhandle State University | 14600 | 17400 | 0.1605 | 1,021 | 985 | 1 | |
| 17 | West Virginia University | 15100 | 73100 | 0.7931 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 18 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 15200 | 57100 | 0.7334 | 15,735 | 1069 | 0.8797 | |
| 19 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 15500 | 26000 | 0.4034 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 19 | Texas State University | 15500 | 26200 | 0.4074 | 39,353 | 1080 | 0.9118 | |
| 21 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 38800 | 0.5992 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 22 | California State University-Chico | 15700 | 41000 | 0.6176 | 13,599 | 1054 | 0.9107 | |
| 23 | North Carolina State University | 16100 | 28500 | 0.4348 | 29,340 | 1374 | 0.3954 | |
| 24 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 16200 | 25800 | 0.3711 | 5,386 | 995 | 0.9092 | |
| 25 | Kansas State University | 16400 | 26400 | 0.3798 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 26 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 16900 | 41200 | 0.5905 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 27 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 17100 | 26500 | 0.3561 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 28 | Sam Houston State University | 17300 | 27100 | 0.3621 | 17,822 | 1035 | 0.9372 | |
| 28 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 17300 | 26300 | 0.3413 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 30 | Middle Tennessee State University | 17600 | 29000 | 0.3933 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 31 | University of Kentucky | 17900 | 36500 | 0.509 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 32 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 18200 | 18200 | 0 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 33 | Lubbock Christian University | 19300 | 48900 | 0.6065 | 1,383 | 1074 | 0.7473 | |
| 33 | Texas Tech University | 19300 | 27300 | 0.2925 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 35 | Unity Environmental University | 19500 | 31900 | 0.3883 | 6,525 | 0 | 0.818 | |
| 36 | Alabama A & M University | 19600 | 51200 | 0.617 | 6,370 | 915 | 0.5795 | |
| 37 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 19900 | 45100 | 0.559 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 38 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 20200 | 38500 | 0.4738 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 | |
| 39 | University of Rhode Island | 20500 | 47400 | 0.5676 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 40 | Angelo State University | 20600 | 23100 | 0.1109 | 10,103 | 1045 | 0.7981 | |
| 40 | North Dakota State University | 20600 | 25700 | 0.2008 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 40 | SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology at Cobleskill | 20600 | 57000 | 0.6381 | 1,894 | 1055 | 0.8401 | |
| 43 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27100 | 0.2287 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 43 | West Texas A & M University | 20900 | 29400 | 0.2864 | 7,110 | 1060 | 0.6681 | |
| 45 | Tarleton State University | 21000 | 23000 | 0.087 | 17,556 | 1090 | 0.5386 | |
| 46 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 21600 | 27200 | 0.2048 | 5,063 | 1069 | 0.8756 | |
| 47 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 48 | Buena Vista University | 22200 | 59100 | 0.6244 | 836 | 1075 | 0.6497 | |
| 49 | University of Florida | 22600 | 42800 | 0.4725 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 50 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 23300 | 30000 | 0.2224 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 51 | Montana State University | 24400 | 24400 | 0 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 52 | Tennessee Technological University | 24600 | 33700 | 0.2693 | 9,187 | 1163 | 0.7613 | |
| 52 | Wilson College | 24600 | 44400 | 0.4452 | 1,379 | 1055 | 0.9211 | |
| 54 | Abilene Christian University | 25000 | 58900 | 0.5758 | 5,101 | 1149 | 0.6615 | |
| 55 | South Dakota State University | 25100 | 28700 | 0.1242 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 56 | The University of Findlay | 25200 | 50600 | 0.5016 | 4,132 | 1090 | 0.6748 | |
| 57 | Delaware Valley University | 25700 | 95800 | 0.7318 | 1,680 | 1189 | 0.9268 | |
| 58 | University of Arkansas | 26000 | 28500 | 0.0899 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 59 | Dordt University | 26100 | 52500 | 0.5026 | 1,716 | 1205 | 0.6847 | |
| 60 | University of Minnesota-Crookston | 26200 | 29500 | 0.1124 | 2,873 | 1095 | 0.8747 | |
| 61 | University of Georgia | 27200 | 27200 | 0 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 62 | Murray State University | 27300 | 32400 | 0.1565 | 8,217 | 1124 | 0.8413 | |
| 63 | Iowa State University | 27700 | 45200 | 0.3885 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 64 | University of Delaware | 28500 | 34500 | 0.1741 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 65 | Huntington University | 29000 | 44400 | 0.3465 | 1,512 | 1065 | 0.7518 | |
| 66 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 29200 | 43100 | 0.3227 | 22,313 | 1341 | 0.2996 | |
| 67 | Mississippi State University | 29900 | 34400 | 0.1326 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 68 | Centenary University | 30800 | 62900 | 0.5106 | 936 | 1070 | 0.8308 | |
| 69 | University of Wisconsin-Platteville | 30900 | 33500 | 0.0766 | 6,045 | 1193 | 0.8938 | |
| 70 | Tuskegee University | 31500 | 45600 | 0.3093 | 2,660 | 1090 | 0.4868 | |
| 71 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 33400 | 38200 | 0.1273 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 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 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 35200 | 35200 | 0 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 76 | North Carolina A & T State University | 36500 | 36700 | 0.0054 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.5125 | |
| 77 | University of Connecticut | 36800 | 66200 | 0.4444 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 78 | Andrews University | 37100 | 76700 | 0.5161 | 1,384 | 1143 | 0.8185 | |
| 79 | Washington State University | 37500 | 53600 | 0.2998 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 80 | University of Wyoming | 39700 | 45300 | 0.1229 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 81 | University of Maine | 40700 | 42800 | 0.0491 | 9,182 | 1195 | 0.9562 | |
| 82 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42300 | 63300 | 0.3318 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 83 | University of Arizona | 42500 | 48600 | 0.1254 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 84 | Arkansas State University | 42900 | 44600 | 0.0381 | 11,189 | 1080 | 0.7818 | |
| 85 | Oregon State University | 44800 | 61900 | 0.2766 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 86 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47200 | 61500 | 0.2335 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 87 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48200 | 51200 | 0.0598 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 88 | Michigan State University | 49200 | 56200 | 0.1245 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 89 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53400 | 63400 | 0.1578 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 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 | Clemson University | 61100 | 63700 | 0.0403 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 93 | University of California-Davis | 67900 | 69900 | 0.0286 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.