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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 | 6600 | 38400 | 0.8291 | 1,500 | 1130 | 0.1097 | |
| 2 | Cornell University | 11500 | 93100 | 0.8767 | 16,138 | 1528 | 0.0838 | |
| 3 | Marshall University | 12200 | 36600 | 0.6663 | 9,960 | 1070 | 0.9663 | |
| 4 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 29200 | 0.5745 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 5 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 12600 | 25700 | 0.5097 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 6 | North Carolina A & T State University | 13200 | 17900 | 0.2633 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.5125 | |
| 7 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 13700 | 30000 | 0.5434 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 8 | University of Georgia | 14000 | 26600 | 0.4737 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 9 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 38800 | 0.5992 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 10 | Texas State University | 15700 | 25500 | 0.3845 | 39,353 | 1080 | 0.9118 | |
| 11 | Kansas State University | 15800 | 26100 | 0.3962 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 11 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 15800 | 38400 | 0.5882 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 13 | Morehead State University | 16100 | 28000 | 0.4247 | 7,941 | 1080 | 0.8328 | |
| 14 | Oklahoma Panhandle State University | 16200 | 16700 | 0.03 | 1,021 | 985 | 1 | |
| 14 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 16200 | 29300 | 0.4471 | 8,421 | 1054 | 0.9444 | |
| 16 | University of Florida | 16300 | 22500 | 0.2755 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 17 | Arkansas State University | 16800 | 28100 | 0.4023 | 11,189 | 1080 | 0.7818 | |
| 18 | West Virginia University | 16900 | 40900 | 0.5865 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 19 | Middle Tennessee State University | 17500 | 23200 | 0.2456 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 19 | Sam Houston State University | 17500 | 27000 | 0.352 | 17,822 | 1035 | 0.9372 | |
| 21 | University of Vermont | 18300 | 37800 | 0.5164 | 12,159 | 1372 | 0.7304 | |
| 22 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 18600 | 39000 | 0.5228 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 23 | University of Rhode Island | 19700 | 33900 | 0.419 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 24 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 20100 | 29900 | 0.3271 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 25 | South Dakota State University | 20400 | 25200 | 0.19 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 26 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 20500 | 26500 | 0.2262 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 27 | SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology at Cobleskill | 20600 | 26800 | 0.2313 | 1,894 | 1055 | 0.8401 | |
| 28 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 20700 | 26000 | 0.2032 | 5,063 | 1069 | 0.8756 | |
| 29 | North Dakota State University | 20800 | 25700 | 0.1902 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 30 | Tarleton State University | 21000 | 23000 | 0.087 | 17,556 | 1090 | 0.5386 | |
| 31 | Louisiana Tech University | 21700 | 25300 | 0.1424 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 32 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 33 | Buena Vista University | 22400 | 59100 | 0.6212 | 836 | 1075 | 0.6497 | |
| 34 | California State University-Chico | 22600 | 31000 | 0.2706 | 13,599 | 1054 | 0.9107 | |
| 35 | Murray State University | 22800 | 27600 | 0.1738 | 8,217 | 1124 | 0.8413 | |
| 36 | Abilene Christian University | 23500 | 59000 | 0.6013 | 5,101 | 1149 | 0.6615 | |
| 37 | University of Kentucky | 23700 | 36400 | 0.3487 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 37 | West Texas A & M University | 23700 | 29200 | 0.1882 | 7,110 | 1060 | 0.6681 | |
| 39 | University of Arizona | 24300 | 38100 | 0.3623 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 40 | Unity Environmental University | 24500 | 29900 | 0.1809 | 6,525 | 0 | 0.818 | |
| 41 | Wilson College | 24800 | 44400 | 0.4421 | 1,379 | 1055 | 0.9211 | |
| 42 | Eastern Kentucky University | 25200 | 38400 | 0.3441 | 13,448 | 1075 | 0.9683 | |
| 43 | Sul Ross State University | 25300 | 37300 | 0.3218 | 1,890 | 1020 | 0.9871 | |
| 44 | University of Arkansas | 25400 | 27700 | 0.0826 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 45 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 25600 | 32800 | 0.2194 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 46 | The University of Findlay | 25700 | 50600 | 0.4917 | 4,132 | 1090 | 0.6748 | |
| 47 | Dordt University | 26200 | 52500 | 0.5007 | 1,716 | 1205 | 0.6847 | |
| 48 | Tuskegee University | 26300 | 42100 | 0.3757 | 2,660 | 1090 | 0.4868 | |
| 49 | University of Minnesota-Crookston | 26500 | 29500 | 0.103 | 2,873 | 1095 | 0.8747 | |
| 50 | University of Idaho | 26700 | 45200 | 0.4089 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 51 | Texas Tech University | 27100 | 27100 | 0 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 52 | Fort Valley State University | 27600 | 54200 | 0.4912 | 2,699 | 1025 | 0.6587 | |
| 53 | Alabama A & M University | 28300 | 37700 | 0.2491 | 6,370 | 915 | 0.5795 | |
| 54 | University of Delaware | 28500 | 34500 | 0.1741 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 55 | Iowa State University | 28600 | 43300 | 0.34 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 56 | Clemson University | 29000 | 37100 | 0.2179 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 57 | University of Connecticut | 29200 | 39500 | 0.2608 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 58 | Huntington University | 29300 | 44300 | 0.3384 | 1,512 | 1065 | 0.7518 | |
| 59 | Montana State University | 29700 | 31900 | 0.0689 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 60 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 30100 | 42200 | 0.2866 | 15,735 | 1069 | 0.8797 | |
| 61 | Lubbock Christian University | 30200 | 49200 | 0.3866 | 1,383 | 1074 | 0.7473 | |
| 62 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 30700 | 39200 | 0.2171 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 63 | University of Wisconsin-Platteville | 31200 | 33500 | 0.0684 | 6,045 | 1193 | 0.8938 | |
| 64 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 31400 | 43100 | 0.2717 | 22,313 | 1341 | 0.2996 | |
| 65 | Angelo State University | 31600 | 35400 | 0.1071 | 10,103 | 1045 | 0.7981 | |
| 66 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 31800 | 41200 | 0.2284 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 67 | North Carolina State University | 32700 | 54800 | 0.4033 | 29,340 | 1374 | 0.3954 | |
| 68 | Auburn University | 33700 | 34100 | 0.0117 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 69 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 35100 | 35100 | 0 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 70 | Centenary University | 35400 | 63600 | 0.4433 | 936 | 1070 | 0.8308 | |
| 71 | Tennessee Technological University | 36200 | 38500 | 0.0594 | 9,187 | 1163 | 0.7613 | |
| 72 | Delaware Valley University | 36300 | 66900 | 0.4575 | 1,680 | 1189 | 0.9268 | |
| 73 | California State University-Fresno | 37000 | 43800 | 0.1552 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 74 | Andrews University | 37200 | 70100 | 0.4694 | 1,384 | 1143 | 0.8185 | |
| 75 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 37300 | 41600 | 0.1031 | 5,386 | 995 | 0.9092 | |
| 76 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 38000 | 66300 | 0.427 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 77 | Washington State University | 38100 | 53900 | 0.2932 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 78 | Mississippi State University | 39100 | 53400 | 0.2675 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 79 | University of Maine | 39800 | 45200 | 0.1195 | 9,182 | 1195 | 0.9562 | |
| 80 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 40000 | 50000 | 0.2002 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 80 | University of Wyoming | 40000 | 45300 | 0.1168 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 82 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 41800 | 53600 | 0.2203 | 46,627 | 1366 | 0.492 | |
| 83 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42400 | 56200 | 0.2456 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 84 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43400 | 53600 | 0.1904 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 85 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2752 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 86 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48500 | 51200 | 0.0544 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 87 | Michigan State University | 49200 | 56200 | 0.1245 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 88 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53200 | 61000 | 0.1293 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 89 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53600 | 62800 | 0.1465 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 90 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58200 | 64100 | 0.092 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 91 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 59300 | 61600 | 0.0372 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 | |
| 92 | University of California-Davis | 68200 | 69800 | 0.0229 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.