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Considering a degree in Animal Sciences?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Animal Sciences majors who live in West 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 West 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 | Utah State University | 4700 | 21700 | 0.7832 | 25,920 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 2 | College of the Ozarks | 8200 | 47200 | 0.8267 | 1,454 | 1135 | 0.1199 | |
| 3 | Marshall University | 8800 | 33700 | 0.7373 | 9,165 | 1065 | 0.9572 | |
| 4 | Stephen F Austin State University | 10200 | 36100 | 0.7175 | 9,129 | 1060 | 0.7445 | |
| 4 | University of California-Davis | 10200 | 38500 | 0.7358 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
| 6 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 10300 | 21200 | 0.5138 | 4,721 | 1110 | 0.7782 | |
| 7 | Cornell University | 11700 | 93100 | 0.8745 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
| 8 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 8 | Sul Ross State University | 12600 | 48200 | 0.7383 | 1,441 | 1000 | 0.9562 | |
| 10 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 12800 | 26100 | 0.509 | 21,947 | 1335 | 0.3122 | |
| 10 | California State University-Fresno | 12800 | 19600 | 0.3462 | 21,430 | 995 | 0.9638 | |
| 12 | Fort Valley State University | 13100 | 39100 | 0.6651 | 2,558 | 940 | 0.628 | |
| 13 | Louisiana Tech University | 13300 | 36900 | 0.6395 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 13 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 13300 | 54500 | 0.7559 | 12,498 | 1010 | 0.8896 | |
| 13 | West Virginia University | 13300 | 57800 | 0.7695 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 16 | Middle Tennessee State University | 13700 | 23200 | 0.4094 | 17,668 | 1124 | 0.68 | |
| 16 | University of Idaho | 13700 | 25800 | 0.4691 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 16 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 31700 | 0.5674 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 19 | North Carolina A & T State University | 14100 | 17900 | 0.2129 | 12,216 | 1020 | 0.4617 | |
| 19 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 14100 | 64500 | 0.7813 | 14,576 | 1179 | 0.6967 | |
| 21 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 14400 | 26500 | 0.4582 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 22 | Texas State University | 14500 | 24500 | 0.4075 | 36,268 | 1100 | 0.8908 | |
| 23 | Northwest Missouri State University | 14600 | 36300 | 0.5973 | 5,241 | 1075 | 0.8613 | |
| 23 | Oklahoma Panhandle State University | 14600 | 21200 | 0.3119 | 1,071 | 985 | 0.9707 | |
| 25 | Murray State University | 15000 | 27000 | 0.4463 | 8,281 | 1124 | 0.8568 | |
| 26 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 15100 | 28000 | 0.4604 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 27 | California State University-Chico | 15400 | 30700 | 0.4976 | 13,392 | 1117 | 0.9158 | |
| 28 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 15600 | 25800 | 0.3959 | 5,187 | 1005 | 0.9229 | |
| 29 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 15700 | 42500 | 0.6307 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 30 | Sam Houston State University | 15900 | 29700 | 0.4651 | 17,787 | 1030 | 0.9026 | |
| 31 | University of Florida | 16100 | 22500 | 0.2843 | 36,567 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 32 | Alabama A & M University | 16800 | 44800 | 0.6244 | 5,845 | 940 | 0.6622 | |
| 33 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 17200 | 27200 | 0.3671 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 33 | University of Maine | 17200 | 29300 | 0.4132 | 591 | 1199 | 0.9684 | |
| 35 | University of Rhode Island | 18500 | 46400 | 0.6008 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 36 | Unity Environmental University | 18600 | 41600 | 0.5524 | 5,655 | 0 | 0.818 | |
| 37 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 19400 | 36900 | 0.4748 | 24,457 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 38 | University of Wyoming | 19900 | 26700 | 0.2545 | 8,130 | 1159 | 0.9688 | |
| 39 | Iowa State University | 20000 | 24200 | 0.1755 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 40 | SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology at Cobleskill | 20200 | 26800 | 0.2462 | 1,764 | 1055 | 0.8325 | |
| 40 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20200 | 45200 | 0.5537 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 42 | South Dakota State University | 20500 | 25200 | 0.1866 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 43 | North Dakota State University | 20900 | 25700 | 0.1868 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 43 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27100 | 0.2285 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 45 | Kansas State University | 21000 | 28800 | 0.2718 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 45 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 21000 | 32800 | 0.3592 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 45 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 21000 | 38200 | 0.4503 | 11,365 | 1216 | 0.8816 | |
| 48 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 21400 | 40100 | 0.4662 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 49 | Montana State University | 21800 | 27100 | 0.1953 | 15,053 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 50 | Buena Vista University | 22400 | 59100 | 0.6203 | 810 | 1124 | 0.7761 | |
| 51 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 22500 | 59900 | 0.6242 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 52 | Washington State University | 22900 | 36800 | 0.3783 | 14,346 | 1139 | 0.8797 | |
| 53 | Wilson College | 24800 | 44400 | 0.4412 | 1,180 | 1040 | 0.9532 | |
| 54 | The University of Findlay | 25000 | 50600 | 0.5055 | 3,954 | 1124 | 0.8615 | |
| 55 | Dordt University | 25200 | 52500 | 0.5197 | 1,695 | 1195 | 0.7116 | |
| 56 | University of Arkansas | 25500 | 27700 | 0.0796 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 57 | University of Minnesota-Crookston | 25600 | 28600 | 0.1034 | 2,510 | 1095 | 0.8781 | |
| 58 | Tuskegee University | 26000 | 42100 | 0.3828 | 2,400 | 1030 | 0.3143 | |
| 59 | University of Arizona | 27000 | 38500 | 0.2984 | 45,025 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
| 60 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 27600 | 35400 | 0.2206 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 61 | Texas Tech University | 27900 | 27900 | 0 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 62 | Mississippi State University | 28100 | 32300 | 0.13 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 63 | University of Delaware | 28500 | 34500 | 0.1741 | 19,119 | 1303 | 0.6356 | |
| 63 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 28500 | 36700 | 0.2228 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 65 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 29400 | 42400 | 0.3065 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 66 | University of Wisconsin-Platteville | 29600 | 31800 | 0.0693 | 6,270 | 1140 | 0.8726 | |
| 67 | Lubbock Christian University | 30200 | 49200 | 0.3866 | 1,322 | 1070 | 0.7589 | |
| 68 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 30700 | 36500 | 0.1589 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 69 | Centenary University | 31200 | 63600 | 0.5093 | 951 | 965 | 0.9675 | |
| 70 | Angelo State University | 31700 | 35400 | 0.1047 | 9,779 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 71 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32400 | 35100 | 0.077 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 72 | North Carolina State University | 32800 | 54800 | 0.4017 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 73 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 15,130 | 0 | 0.5256 | |
| 74 | University of Vermont | 34500 | 66300 | 0.4793 | 12,276 | 1379 | 0.653 | |
| 75 | Delaware Valley University | 35700 | 83300 | 0.5714 | 1,768 | 1180 | 0.9326 | |
| 76 | Abilene Christian University | 36000 | 60700 | 0.4066 | 3,233 | 1129 | 0.6604 | |
| 77 | Andrews University | 36400 | 62100 | 0.4139 | 1,312 | 1208 | 0.874 | |
| 78 | University of Connecticut | 37600 | 43900 | 0.1436 | 19,388 | 1324 | 0.5395 | |
| 79 | Auburn University | 38000 | 38000 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 80 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 39800 | 53700 | 0.259 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
| 81 | Arkansas State University | 40300 | 40700 | 0.0078 | 9,985 | 1075 | 0.7959 | |
| 82 | University of Georgia | 43000 | 48700 | 0.1174 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 83 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 44300 | 53700 | 0.175 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 84 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2748 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 85 | Michigan State University | 47200 | 56200 | 0.1601 | 41,234 | 1223 | 0.848 | |
| 86 | University of Mount Olive | 48200 | 50400 | 0.0438 | 1,937 | 945 | 0.7775 | |
| 87 | University of Kentucky | 48800 | 56600 | 0.1384 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 88 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 53900 | 56100 | 0.0393 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 89 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 56700 | 58900 | 0.0374 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 90 | Clemson University | 61400 | 63700 | 0.0346 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.