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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 | College of the Ozarks | 8200 | 47200 | 0.8267 | 1,454 | 1135 | 0.1199 | |
| 2 | Marshall University | 8800 | 33700 | 0.7373 | 9,146 | 1065 | 0.9572 | |
| 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 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 29100 | 0.5734 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 7 | California State University-Fresno | 12600 | 45900 | 0.7262 | 21,430 | 995 | 0.9638 | |
| 8 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 12700 | 54500 | 0.7669 | 12,498 | 1010 | 0.8896 | |
| 8 | Sul Ross State University | 12700 | 37300 | 0.6597 | 1,441 | 1000 | 0.9562 | |
| 10 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 13100 | 41800 | 0.6864 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 11 | West Virginia University | 13300 | 57800 | 0.7695 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 12 | University of Delaware | 13600 | 34500 | 0.6058 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 13 | Middle Tennessee State University | 13700 | 23200 | 0.4094 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 14 | Fort Valley State University | 14100 | 39100 | 0.6395 | 2,558 | 890 | 0.628 | |
| 15 | University of Wisconsin-Platteville | 14200 | 22900 | 0.381 | 6,270 | 1180 | 0.8726 | |
| 16 | Texas State University | 14500 | 24500 | 0.4075 | 36,268 | 1100 | 0.8908 | |
| 17 | Louisiana Tech University | 14600 | 36900 | 0.6042 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 18 | Oklahoma Panhandle State University | 14700 | 21200 | 0.3072 | 1,071 | 985 | 0.9707 | |
| 19 | Murray State University | 15000 | 27000 | 0.4438 | 8,281 | 1124 | 0.8568 | |
| 20 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15100 | 37700 | 0.6009 | 5,241 | 1075 | 0.8613 | |
| 20 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 15100 | 28000 | 0.4604 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 20 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 15100 | 64500 | 0.7658 | 15,375 | 1179 | 0.866 | |
| 23 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 15200 | 20500 | 0.2596 | 4,721 | 1110 | 0.7782 | |
| 24 | California State University-Chico | 15300 | 23500 | 0.3486 | 13,392 | 1117 | 0.9158 | |
| 25 | Sam Houston State University | 16000 | 23000 | 0.3045 | 17,787 | 1030 | 0.9026 | |
| 26 | Alabama A & M University | 16800 | 44800 | 0.6244 | 5,845 | 920 | 0.6622 | |
| 27 | Arkansas State University | 17100 | 28100 | 0.3917 | 9,985 | 1075 | 0.7959 | |
| 28 | University of Maine | 17200 | 29300 | 0.4132 | 591 | 1199 | 0.9684 | |
| 29 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 17800 | 26300 | 0.3211 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 30 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 18500 | 41200 | 0.5516 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 30 | University of Rhode Island | 18500 | 46400 | 0.6008 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 32 | Unity Environmental University | 18600 | 41600 | 0.5524 | 5,655 | 0 | 0.818 | |
| 33 | Iowa State University | 20100 | 24200 | 0.1726 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 34 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 20500 | 26500 | 0.2261 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 35 | Stetson University | 20700 | 79100 | 0.7387 | 2,349 | 1114 | 0.716 | |
| 36 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27100 | 0.2285 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 37 | Montana State University | 21800 | 27100 | 0.1953 | 15,053 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 38 | Buena Vista University | 22500 | 59100 | 0.6195 | 810 | 1124 | 0.7761 | |
| 38 | University of Florida | 22500 | 43200 | 0.4795 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 40 | SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology at Cobleskill | 23500 | 51600 | 0.5447 | 1,894 | 1055 | 0.8401 | |
| 41 | Wilson College | 24900 | 44400 | 0.4404 | 1,180 | 1040 | 0.9532 | |
| 42 | The University of Findlay | 25000 | 50600 | 0.5055 | 3,954 | 1124 | 0.8615 | |
| 43 | Dordt University | 25500 | 52500 | 0.514 | 1,695 | 1170 | 0.7116 | |
| 44 | South Dakota State University | 25600 | 28700 | 0.1092 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 44 | University of Arkansas | 25600 | 27700 | 0.077 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 46 | University of Minnesota-Crookston | 25700 | 28600 | 0.1009 | 2,612 | 1095 | 0.8786 | |
| 47 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 26200 | 59900 | 0.5625 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 48 | Tuskegee University | 26500 | 42100 | 0.371 | 2,400 | 1113 | 0.3143 | |
| 49 | University of Arizona | 27000 | 38500 | 0.2984 | 45,025 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
| 49 | University of Idaho | 27000 | 45200 | 0.4023 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 51 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 27600 | 35400 | 0.2206 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 52 | North Dakota State University | 27800 | 30400 | 0.0835 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 53 | Texas Tech University | 27900 | 27900 | 0 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 54 | Mississippi State University | 28200 | 32300 | 0.1279 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 55 | Huntington University | 29400 | 44300 | 0.3364 | 1,589 | 1055 | 0.7564 | |
| 56 | Kansas State University | 29700 | 41600 | 0.2862 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 57 | Centenary University | 30700 | 63600 | 0.5172 | 951 | 965 | 0.9675 | |
| 57 | East Texas A&M University | 30700 | 36500 | 0.1589 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 59 | Angelo State University | 31800 | 35400 | 0.1027 | 9,779 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 60 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 32200 | 36700 | 0.121 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 61 | North Carolina State University | 32800 | 54800 | 0.4004 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 62 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 33300 | 43100 | 0.2275 | 21,947 | 1335 | 0.3122 | |
| 62 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 15,130 | 1095 | 0.5256 | |
| 64 | University of Vermont | 34500 | 66300 | 0.4787 | 12,276 | 1379 | 0.653 | |
| 65 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 34600 | 58500 | 0.4091 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 66 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 35100 | 35100 | 0 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 67 | Delaware Valley University | 35700 | 83300 | 0.5714 | 1,768 | 1180 | 0.9326 | |
| 68 | Andrews University | 35800 | 62100 | 0.4235 | 1,312 | 1196 | 0.874 | |
| 69 | Abilene Christian University | 35900 | 60700 | 0.4083 | 3,233 | 1129 | 0.6604 | |
| 70 | North Carolina A & T State University | 36100 | 36600 | 0.0137 | 12,216 | 1040 | 0.4617 | |
| 71 | Tennessee Technological University | 36400 | 38500 | 0.0554 | 8,838 | 1159 | 0.8316 | |
| 72 | University of Connecticut | 37300 | 43900 | 0.1505 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 73 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 37500 | 41600 | 0.0993 | 5,386 | 995 | 0.9092 | |
| 74 | Auburn University | 38000 | 38000 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 74 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 38000 | 66500 | 0.4283 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 76 | University of Wyoming | 40200 | 45300 | 0.1134 | 8,130 | 1159 | 0.9688 | |
| 77 | Washington State University | 40700 | 56300 | 0.2775 | 21,455 | 1131 | 0.8664 | |
| 78 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42400 | 57700 | 0.265 | 11,365 | 1216 | 0.8816 | |
| 79 | University of Georgia | 43100 | 48800 | 0.1172 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 80 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 44300 | 53700 | 0.175 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 81 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2745 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 82 | Michigan State University | 47200 | 56200 | 0.1601 | 41,234 | 1223 | 0.848 | |
| 83 | University of Mount Olive | 48300 | 50400 | 0.0424 | 1,937 | 1020 | 0.7775 | |
| 84 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48600 | 51200 | 0.0514 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 85 | University of Kentucky | 48800 | 56600 | 0.1372 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 86 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53700 | 64200 | 0.1635 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
| 87 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 54000 | 56100 | 0.038 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 88 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 57100 | 59200 | 0.0361 | 24,457 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 89 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58200 | 64100 | 0.0921 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 90 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 59100 | 61200 | 0.0349 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 91 | 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.