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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 | Lubbock Christian University | 3400 | 45100 | 0.9246 | 1,383 | 1074 | 0.7473 | |
| 2 | College of the Ozarks | 6600 | 38400 | 0.8291 | 1,500 | 1130 | 0.1097 | |
| 3 | Houston City College | 9300 | 15100 | 0.3854 | 59,451 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | University of California-Davis | 10200 | 38100 | 0.7328 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 5 | Cornell University | 11500 | 93100 | 0.8767 | 16,138 | 1528 | 0.0838 | |
| 6 | Eastern Kentucky University | 12200 | 22900 | 0.4681 | 13,448 | 1075 | 0.9683 | |
| 7 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 12600 | 25700 | 0.5097 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 8 | San Jacinto Community College | 13300 | 16800 | 0.208 | 33,215 | 1135 | 1 | |
| 8 | Sul Ross State University | 13300 | 27300 | 0.5133 | 1,890 | 1020 | 0.9871 | |
| 10 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 63200 | 0.7838 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 11 | University of Wisconsin-Platteville | 14600 | 23900 | 0.389 | 6,045 | 1193 | 0.8938 | |
| 12 | Murray State University | 14900 | 27000 | 0.4495 | 8,217 | 1124 | 0.8413 | |
| 13 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 38800 | 0.5992 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 14 | Texas State University | 15700 | 25500 | 0.3859 | 39,353 | 1080 | 0.9118 | |
| 15 | Kansas State University | 15800 | 26100 | 0.3962 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 16 | Sam Houston State University | 16000 | 30300 | 0.4716 | 17,822 | 1035 | 0.9372 | |
| 17 | Morehead State University | 16100 | 28000 | 0.4247 | 7,941 | 1080 | 0.8328 | |
| 18 | Oklahoma Panhandle State University | 16200 | 16700 | 0.03 | 1,021 | 985 | 1 | |
| 18 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 16200 | 29300 | 0.4471 | 8,421 | 1054 | 0.9444 | |
| 20 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 16500 | 25800 | 0.3604 | 5,386 | 995 | 0.9092 | |
| 21 | Arkansas State University | 16800 | 28100 | 0.4023 | 11,189 | 1080 | 0.7818 | |
| 22 | West Virginia University | 17200 | 40900 | 0.5792 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 23 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 17300 | 26300 | 0.3422 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 24 | Middle Tennessee State University | 17500 | 23200 | 0.2456 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 25 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 18200 | 18200 | 0 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 26 | Angelo State University | 18300 | 35400 | 0.4821 | 10,103 | 1045 | 0.7981 | |
| 27 | Tuskegee University | 19200 | 42100 | 0.5445 | 2,660 | 1090 | 0.4868 | |
| 28 | Iowa State University | 19900 | 24200 | 0.179 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 29 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20100 | 45200 | 0.5559 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 30 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 20200 | 38500 | 0.4738 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 | |
| 31 | South Dakota State University | 20400 | 25200 | 0.19 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 32 | Alabama A & M University | 20500 | 28200 | 0.2734 | 6,370 | 915 | 0.5795 | |
| 32 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 20500 | 26500 | 0.2262 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 32 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 20500 | 32300 | 0.3651 | 15,735 | 1069 | 0.8797 | |
| 32 | University of Wyoming | 20500 | 27900 | 0.2644 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 36 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 20700 | 26000 | 0.2032 | 5,063 | 1069 | 0.8756 | |
| 37 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 21000 | 39200 | 0.4645 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 37 | West Texas A & M University | 21000 | 29100 | 0.2787 | 7,110 | 1060 | 0.6681 | |
| 39 | Washington State University | 21100 | 36200 | 0.417 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 40 | Louisiana Tech University | 21700 | 25300 | 0.1424 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 41 | Buena Vista University | 22400 | 59100 | 0.6212 | 836 | 1075 | 0.6497 | |
| 42 | University of Florida | 22500 | 43000 | 0.4765 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 43 | California State University-Chico | 22600 | 31000 | 0.2706 | 13,599 | 1054 | 0.9107 | |
| 44 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 23400 | 30000 | 0.2199 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 45 | University of Kentucky | 23700 | 36400 | 0.3487 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 46 | University of Arizona | 24300 | 38100 | 0.3623 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 47 | Unity Environmental University | 24500 | 29900 | 0.1809 | 6,525 | 0 | 0.818 | |
| 48 | Wilson College | 24800 | 44400 | 0.4421 | 1,379 | 1055 | 0.9211 | |
| 49 | University of Arkansas | 25400 | 27700 | 0.0826 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 50 | The University of Findlay | 25700 | 50600 | 0.4917 | 4,132 | 1090 | 0.6748 | |
| 51 | Michigan State University | 25800 | 28900 | 0.1089 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 52 | Dordt University | 26200 | 52500 | 0.5007 | 1,716 | 1205 | 0.6847 | |
| 53 | University of Minnesota-Crookston | 26500 | 29500 | 0.103 | 2,873 | 1095 | 0.8747 | |
| 54 | University of Georgia | 26600 | 48600 | 0.4523 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 55 | University of Idaho | 26700 | 45200 | 0.4089 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 56 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 27300 | 41500 | 0.342 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 57 | Fort Valley State University | 27600 | 54200 | 0.4912 | 2,699 | 1025 | 0.6587 | |
| 58 | North Dakota State University | 27700 | 30400 | 0.0886 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 59 | University of Delaware | 28500 | 34500 | 0.1741 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 60 | Huntington University | 29300 | 44300 | 0.3384 | 1,512 | 1065 | 0.7518 | |
| 61 | Montana State University | 29700 | 31900 | 0.0689 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 62 | Mississippi State University | 30100 | 34400 | 0.1246 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 62 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 30100 | 36500 | 0.1753 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 64 | Texas Tech University | 30500 | 38900 | 0.216 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 65 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 30700 | 39200 | 0.2171 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 66 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 31400 | 43100 | 0.2717 | 22,313 | 1341 | 0.2996 | |
| 67 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 31800 | 41200 | 0.2284 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 68 | North Carolina A & T State University | 31900 | 36700 | 0.1307 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.5125 | |
| 69 | SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology at Cobleskill | 32300 | 42700 | 0.2433 | 1,894 | 1055 | 0.8401 | |
| 69 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32300 | 35100 | 0.0799 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 71 | North Carolina State University | 32700 | 54800 | 0.4033 | 29,340 | 1374 | 0.3954 | |
| 72 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 17,556 | 1090 | 0.5386 | |
| 73 | Auburn University | 33700 | 34100 | 0.0117 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 74 | University of Vermont | 34500 | 66300 | 0.4799 | 12,159 | 1372 | 0.7304 | |
| 75 | University of Rhode Island | 34700 | 46400 | 0.2519 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 76 | Centenary University | 35400 | 63600 | 0.4433 | 936 | 1070 | 0.8308 | |
| 77 | Tennessee Technological University | 36200 | 38500 | 0.0594 | 9,187 | 1163 | 0.7613 | |
| 78 | Delaware Valley University | 36300 | 66900 | 0.4575 | 1,680 | 1189 | 0.9268 | |
| 79 | Abilene Christian University | 37000 | 58900 | 0.3721 | 5,101 | 1149 | 0.6615 | |
| 79 | California State University-Fresno | 37000 | 43800 | 0.1552 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 81 | University of Connecticut | 37100 | 53600 | 0.3081 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 82 | Andrews University | 37200 | 70100 | 0.4694 | 1,384 | 1143 | 0.8185 | |
| 83 | University of Maine | 39800 | 45200 | 0.1195 | 9,182 | 1195 | 0.9562 | |
| 84 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 41800 | 53600 | 0.2203 | 46,627 | 1366 | 0.492 | |
| 85 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43400 | 53600 | 0.1904 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 86 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2752 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 87 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47100 | 59700 | 0.2124 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 88 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48500 | 51200 | 0.0544 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 89 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 49800 | 62200 | 0.1995 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 90 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53200 | 61000 | 0.1293 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 91 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53600 | 62800 | 0.1465 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 92 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 58900 | 61200 | 0.0374 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 93 | Clemson University | 61400 | 63700 | 0.036 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.