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Considering a degree in Animal Sciences?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Animal Sciences majors who live in Utah.
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 Utah.
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 | 8400 | 32800 | 0.7432 | 1,454 | 1135 | 0.1199 | |
| 2 | Utah Valley University | 9600 | 17000 | 0.4313 | 43,796 | 1090 | 1 | |
| 3 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 10300 | 21100 | 0.5128 | 4,721 | 1110 | 0.7782 | |
| 4 | Cornell University | 10400 | 92000 | 0.8866 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
| 5 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 27200 | 0.5443 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 6 | Utah State University | 12700 | 20300 | 0.3743 | 25,920 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 7 | Louisiana Tech University | 13900 | 24900 | 0.4411 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 8 | Texas Tech University | 14000 | 27000 | 0.4813 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 9 | Kansas State University | 14200 | 26100 | 0.4563 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 10 | Oklahoma Panhandle State University | 14300 | 17500 | 0.1829 | 1,071 | 985 | 0.9707 | |
| 11 | University of Idaho | 14400 | 31300 | 0.5404 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 12 | Northwest Missouri State University | 14600 | 27900 | 0.476 | 5,241 | 1075 | 0.8613 | |
| 13 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 15700 | 25800 | 0.3909 | 5,187 | 1005 | 0.9229 | |
| 14 | Stephen F Austin State University | 16100 | 22600 | 0.2872 | 9,129 | 1060 | 0.7445 | |
| 15 | Middle Tennessee State University | 16500 | 23200 | 0.2885 | 17,668 | 1124 | 0.68 | |
| 16 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 16600 | 25700 | 0.3541 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 17 | University of Georgia | 16900 | 27100 | 0.3761 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 18 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 17100 | 26300 | 0.3502 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 19 | Sam Houston State University | 17300 | 23000 | 0.2478 | 17,787 | 1030 | 0.9026 | |
| 20 | Angelo State University | 18500 | 23100 | 0.1979 | 9,779 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 21 | Texas State University | 18900 | 28900 | 0.3455 | 36,268 | 1100 | 0.8908 | |
| 22 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 19400 | 36900 | 0.4748 | 24,457 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 23 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 20200 | 38800 | 0.481 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 24 | West Virginia University | 20800 | 28800 | 0.278 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 25 | Montana State University | 21100 | 27100 | 0.2211 | 15,053 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 26 | Buena Vista University | 22500 | 59100 | 0.6188 | 810 | 1124 | 0.7761 | |
| 27 | Sul Ross State University | 23100 | 37300 | 0.3808 | 1,441 | 1000 | 0.9562 | |
| 28 | Fort Valley State University | 23500 | 38900 | 0.3956 | 2,558 | 940 | 0.628 | |
| 29 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24100 | 37100 | 0.3508 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
| 30 | Wilson College | 24300 | 43300 | 0.4385 | 1,180 | 1040 | 0.9532 | |
| 31 | Unity Environmental University | 24900 | 27700 | 0.1009 | 5,655 | 0 | 0.818 | |
| 32 | Tuskegee University | 25100 | 42100 | 0.4042 | 2,400 | 1030 | 0.3143 | |
| 33 | Dordt University | 25200 | 52300 | 0.518 | 1,695 | 1195 | 0.7116 | |
| 34 | California State University-Fresno | 25400 | 35900 | 0.2924 | 21,430 | 995 | 0.9638 | |
| 35 | South Dakota State University | 25600 | 28700 | 0.1071 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 36 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 25700 | 37400 | 0.3132 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 37 | University of Minnesota-Crookston | 25800 | 28600 | 0.0988 | 2,510 | 1095 | 0.8781 | |
| 38 | The University of Findlay | 25900 | 50200 | 0.4843 | 3,954 | 1124 | 0.8615 | |
| 39 | Southern Utah University | 26500 | 35600 | 0.2553 | 13,126 | 1140 | 0.8179 | |
| 40 | University of Arizona | 26700 | 37700 | 0.2922 | 45,025 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
| 41 | University of Arkansas | 26800 | 30800 | 0.1292 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 42 | California State University-Chico | 27000 | 27000 | 0 | 13,392 | 1117 | 0.9158 | |
| 43 | Murray State University | 27800 | 32400 | 0.1414 | 8,281 | 1124 | 0.8568 | |
| 43 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 27800 | 36700 | 0.2406 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 45 | North Dakota State University | 27900 | 30400 | 0.0815 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 46 | Alabama A & M University | 28100 | 42800 | 0.3433 | 5,845 | 940 | 0.6622 | |
| 47 | Mississippi State University | 28300 | 32300 | 0.126 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 48 | Iowa State University | 28800 | 43300 | 0.3351 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 49 | Oregon State University | 28900 | 36700 | 0.2138 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 50 | University of Wisconsin-Platteville | 29800 | 31800 | 0.0652 | 6,270 | 1140 | 0.8726 | |
| 51 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 30200 | 52900 | 0.4293 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 52 | Lubbock Christian University | 30300 | 49000 | 0.3815 | 1,322 | 1070 | 0.7589 | |
| 53 | Centenary University | 30500 | 63600 | 0.5203 | 951 | 965 | 0.9675 | |
| 54 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 31000 | 43700 | 0.2909 | 14,576 | 1179 | 0.6967 | |
| 55 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 31100 | 42400 | 0.2666 | 21,947 | 1335 | 0.3122 | |
| 55 | North Carolina State University | 31100 | 53000 | 0.4127 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 57 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 31300 | 41100 | 0.2387 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 58 | SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology at Cobleskill | 31500 | 43200 | 0.2707 | 1,764 | 1055 | 0.8325 | |
| 58 | University of Rhode Island | 31500 | 46700 | 0.3255 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 60 | North Carolina A & T State University | 31800 | 36400 | 0.1262 | 12,216 | 1020 | 0.4617 | |
| 61 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 32200 | 39200 | 0.1788 | 12,498 | 1010 | 0.8896 | |
| 62 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32500 | 34700 | 0.0633 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 63 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 15,130 | 0 | 0.5256 | |
| 64 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 33700 | 46200 | 0.2708 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 65 | University of Vermont | 34600 | 66300 | 0.4782 | 12,276 | 1379 | 0.653 | |
| 66 | University of Mount Olive | 35300 | 35300 | 0 | 1,937 | 945 | 0.7775 | |
| 67 | Delaware Valley University | 35400 | 63800 | 0.445 | 1,768 | 1180 | 0.9326 | |
| 68 | Abilene Christian University | 35800 | 60700 | 0.4099 | 3,233 | 1129 | 0.6604 | |
| 69 | University of Maine | 36100 | 45100 | 0.1996 | 591 | 1199 | 0.9684 | |
| 70 | Andrews University | 36400 | 47100 | 0.227 | 1,312 | 1208 | 0.874 | |
| 71 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37600 | 62000 | 0.3936 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 72 | University of Connecticut | 37800 | 41800 | 0.0957 | 19,388 | 1324 | 0.5395 | |
| 73 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 38600 | 44600 | 0.1345 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 73 | Washington State University | 38600 | 53900 | 0.2835 | 14,346 | 1139 | 0.8797 | |
| 75 | University of Wyoming | 38800 | 43800 | 0.1158 | 8,130 | 1159 | 0.9688 | |
| 76 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 40200 | 40200 | 0 | 11,365 | 1216 | 0.8816 | |
| 77 | Arkansas State University | 41900 | 45900 | 0.0858 | 9,985 | 1075 | 0.7959 | |
| 78 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 42800 | 52100 | 0.1785 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 78 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 42800 | 55100 | 0.2234 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 78 | University of Maryland-College Park | 42800 | 52900 | 0.1909 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 81 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 43200 | 46200 | 0.0665 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 82 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 43600 | 50300 | 0.1332 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 82 | University of Florida | 43600 | 45600 | 0.0438 | 36,567 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 84 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 46600 | 58900 | 0.2099 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 85 | Michigan State University | 47200 | 56200 | 0.1601 | 41,234 | 1223 | 0.848 | |
| 85 | University of Delaware | 47200 | 53200 | 0.1127 | 19,119 | 1303 | 0.6356 | |
| 87 | University of Kentucky | 51000 | 56000 | 0.0893 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 88 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 52500 | 56100 | 0.0637 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 89 | Auburn University | 55400 | 55400 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 90 | Clemson University | 61600 | 63700 | 0.0326 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 91 | University of California-Davis | 63500 | 63500 | 0 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.