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Considering a degree in Animal Sciences?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Animal Sciences majors who live in Virginia.
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 Virginia.
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 | Old Dominion University | 0 | 32400 | 1 | 17,746 | 1205 | 0.9036 | |
| 2 | College of the Ozarks | 7900 | 47200 | 0.8331 | 1,454 | 1135 | 0.1199 | |
| 3 | University of California-Davis | 10200 | 38500 | 0.7358 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
| 4 | Utah State University | 11500 | 28500 | 0.5964 | 25,920 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 5 | Cornell University | 11800 | 93100 | 0.8735 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
| 6 | Sul Ross State University | 12100 | 27100 | 0.5541 | 1,441 | 1000 | 0.9562 | |
| 7 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 12200 | 41900 | 0.7083 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 8 | California State University-Fresno | 12400 | 19600 | 0.3666 | 21,430 | 995 | 0.9638 | |
| 9 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 12600 | 54500 | 0.7688 | 12,498 | 1010 | 0.8896 | |
| 10 | West Virginia University | 12800 | 57700 | 0.778 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 11 | Fort Valley State University | 12900 | 44300 | 0.7092 | 2,558 | 890 | 0.628 | |
| 12 | University of Idaho | 13400 | 25800 | 0.4808 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 13 | Kansas State University | 13600 | 26100 | 0.4773 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 14 | North Carolina A & T State University | 13700 | 17900 | 0.2353 | 12,216 | 1040 | 0.4617 | |
| 14 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 51900 | 0.7365 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 16 | Louisiana Tech University | 14300 | 36900 | 0.6124 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 17 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 14400 | 26500 | 0.4563 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 17 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 14400 | 28100 | 0.4875 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 19 | Texas State University | 14500 | 24500 | 0.4075 | 36,268 | 1100 | 0.8908 | |
| 20 | Oklahoma Panhandle State University | 14600 | 21200 | 0.3119 | 1,071 | 985 | 0.9707 | |
| 21 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 14800 | 64500 | 0.7705 | 15,375 | 1179 | 0.866 | |
| 22 | California State University-Chico | 15000 | 30700 | 0.5106 | 13,392 | 1117 | 0.9158 | |
| 22 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 15000 | 26400 | 0.431 | 4,721 | 1110 | 0.7782 | |
| 24 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15100 | 37700 | 0.6009 | 5,241 | 1075 | 0.8613 | |
| 25 | Sam Houston State University | 16000 | 23000 | 0.3045 | 17,787 | 1030 | 0.9026 | |
| 26 | Alabama A & M University | 16600 | 44800 | 0.6289 | 5,845 | 920 | 0.6622 | |
| 27 | University of Rhode Island | 17900 | 46400 | 0.6137 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 27 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 17900 | 33600 | 0.4669 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 29 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 18200 | 41200 | 0.5589 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 30 | University of Vermont | 18300 | 37800 | 0.5164 | 12,276 | 1379 | 0.653 | |
| 31 | Unity Environmental University | 18500 | 41600 | 0.5548 | 5,655 | 0 | 0.818 | |
| 32 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 19400 | 36900 | 0.4748 | 24,457 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 33 | Stetson University | 20300 | 79100 | 0.7437 | 2,349 | 1114 | 0.716 | |
| 34 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20400 | 45200 | 0.5499 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 35 | South Dakota State University | 20600 | 25200 | 0.1838 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 35 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 20600 | 32800 | 0.3725 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 35 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 20600 | 38200 | 0.4606 | 11,365 | 1216 | 0.8816 | |
| 38 | University of Wyoming | 20700 | 27900 | 0.2588 | 8,130 | 1159 | 0.9688 | |
| 39 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27100 | 0.2285 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 40 | North Dakota State University | 21000 | 25700 | 0.1841 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 40 | Tarleton State University | 21000 | 23000 | 0.087 | 15,130 | 1095 | 0.5256 | |
| 42 | Buena Vista University | 22500 | 59100 | 0.6195 | 810 | 1124 | 0.7761 | |
| 42 | University of Florida | 22500 | 43200 | 0.4795 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 44 | Murray State University | 22900 | 27600 | 0.1682 | 8,281 | 1124 | 0.8568 | |
| 45 | Montana State University | 23100 | 31500 | 0.2667 | 15,053 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 46 | SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology at Cobleskill | 23300 | 51600 | 0.5486 | 1,894 | 1055 | 0.8401 | |
| 47 | The University of Findlay | 24600 | 50600 | 0.5134 | 3,954 | 1124 | 0.8615 | |
| 48 | Wilson College | 24900 | 44400 | 0.4404 | 1,180 | 1040 | 0.9532 | |
| 49 | Dordt University | 25200 | 52500 | 0.5197 | 1,695 | 1170 | 0.7116 | |
| 50 | University of Arkansas | 25600 | 27700 | 0.077 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 51 | University of Minnesota-Crookston | 25700 | 28600 | 0.1009 | 2,612 | 1095 | 0.8786 | |
| 52 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 25900 | 59900 | 0.5675 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 53 | Tuskegee University | 26500 | 42100 | 0.371 | 2,400 | 1113 | 0.3143 | |
| 54 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 27100 | 41500 | 0.3468 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 55 | University of Arizona | 27200 | 38500 | 0.2932 | 45,025 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
| 56 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 27600 | 35400 | 0.2206 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 57 | Texas Tech University | 27900 | 27900 | 0 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 58 | University of Delaware | 28500 | 34500 | 0.1741 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 59 | Iowa State University | 28800 | 43300 | 0.3365 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 60 | Oregon State University | 28900 | 36700 | 0.2142 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 61 | University of Connecticut | 29200 | 33700 | 0.1337 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 62 | Huntington University | 29500 | 44300 | 0.3342 | 1,589 | 1055 | 0.7564 | |
| 63 | University of Wisconsin-Platteville | 29700 | 31800 | 0.0671 | 6,270 | 1180 | 0.8726 | |
| 64 | Centenary University | 30800 | 63600 | 0.5156 | 951 | 965 | 0.9675 | |
| 64 | East Texas A&M University | 30800 | 36500 | 0.1561 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 66 | University of Kentucky | 31100 | 36100 | 0.1386 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 67 | Angelo State University | 31800 | 35400 | 0.1027 | 9,779 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 68 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 32800 | 43100 | 0.2392 | 21,947 | 1335 | 0.3122 | |
| 68 | North Carolina State University | 32800 | 54800 | 0.4004 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 70 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 34100 | 58500 | 0.4177 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 71 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 35100 | 35100 | 0 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 72 | Delaware Valley University | 35300 | 83300 | 0.5762 | 1,768 | 1180 | 0.9326 | |
| 73 | Abilene Christian University | 35700 | 60700 | 0.4115 | 3,233 | 1129 | 0.6604 | |
| 73 | George Mason University | 35700 | 35800 | 0.0011 | 28,331 | 1268 | 0.8748 | |
| 75 | Andrews University | 35800 | 62100 | 0.4235 | 1,312 | 1196 | 0.874 | |
| 76 | Mississippi State University | 36300 | 50500 | 0.2801 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 77 | Tennessee Technological University | 36400 | 38500 | 0.0554 | 8,838 | 1159 | 0.8316 | |
| 78 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 37500 | 41600 | 0.0993 | 5,386 | 995 | 0.9092 | |
| 79 | Auburn University | 38000 | 38000 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 80 | Arkansas State University | 40300 | 40800 | 0.012 | 9,985 | 1075 | 0.7959 | |
| 81 | Washington State University | 40700 | 56300 | 0.2775 | 21,455 | 1131 | 0.8664 | |
| 82 | University of Georgia | 43100 | 48800 | 0.1172 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 83 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 43400 | 53700 | 0.1917 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 84 | University of Maine | 45200 | 45200 | 0 | 591 | 1199 | 0.9684 | |
| 85 | Middle Tennessee State University | 46000 | 46000 | 0 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 86 | Michigan State University | 47200 | 56200 | 0.1601 | 41,234 | 1223 | 0.848 | |
| 87 | University of Mount Olive | 48300 | 50400 | 0.0424 | 1,937 | 1020 | 0.7775 | |
| 88 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48600 | 51200 | 0.0514 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 89 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53300 | 61000 | 0.1267 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 90 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53700 | 64200 | 0.1635 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
| 91 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 54000 | 56100 | 0.038 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 92 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 59100 | 61200 | 0.0349 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 93 | Clemson University | 61500 | 63700 | 0.0335 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.