Considering a degree in Animal Sciences?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Animal Sciences majors who live in California.
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 California.
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 | Santa Monica College | 6400 | 15500 | 0.588 | 23,453 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2 | College of the Ozarks | 6600 | 34300 | 0.8079 | 1,500 | 1135 | 0.1097 | |
| 3 | University of California-Davis | 10200 | 38700 | 0.7376 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 4 | Eastern Kentucky University | 10600 | 22900 | 0.5381 | 13,448 | 1110 | 0.9683 | |
| 5 | California State University-Fresno | 11000 | 19700 | 0.4408 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 6 | Cornell University | 11600 | 93700 | 0.8761 | 16,138 | 1521 | 0.0838 | |
| 7 | Fort Valley State University | 11800 | 54800 | 0.7845 | 2,699 | 1025 | 0.6587 | |
| 7 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 11800 | 29300 | 0.5973 | 8,421 | 1045 | 0.9444 | |
| 9 | Sul Ross State University | 12300 | 27100 | 0.5467 | 1,890 | 1020 | 0.9871 | |
| 10 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 31100 | 0.6022 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 11 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0.0009 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 11 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 12600 | 62800 | 0.7992 | 13,039 | 1010 | 0.894 | |
| 13 | Louisiana Tech University | 12900 | 42900 | 0.6992 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 14 | University of Delaware | 13500 | 34500 | 0.6095 | 19,287 | 1294 | 0.6924 | |
| 15 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 14300 | 26600 | 0.4624 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 16 | University of Wisconsin-Platteville | 14600 | 23900 | 0.389 | 6,045 | 1193 | 0.8938 | |
| 17 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 14700 | 71500 | 0.7947 | 15,735 | 1103 | 0.8797 | |
| 17 | West Virginia University | 14700 | 73100 | 0.7986 | 18,206 | 1125 | 0.8514 | |
| 19 | Oklahoma Panhandle State University | 15100 | 17400 | 0.1318 | 1,021 | 985 | 1 | |
| 20 | California State University-Chico | 15200 | 41000 | 0.6298 | 13,599 | 1075 | 0.9107 | |
| 21 | Kansas State University | 15600 | 26400 | 0.4097 | 16,555 | 1164 | 0.875 | |
| 21 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 38800 | 0.5992 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 23 | Santa Ana College | 15900 | 35300 | 0.5498 | 27,248 | 0 | 0 | |
| 24 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 16600 | 26300 | 0.3691 | 19,787 | 1214 | 0.8807 | |
| 25 | University of Arkansas | 17500 | 28400 | 0.3831 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 26 | University of Rhode Island | 18000 | 33900 | 0.4691 | 14,466 | 1148 | 0.7456 | |
| 27 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 18500 | 29900 | 0.3807 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 28 | Sam Houston State University | 19400 | 30300 | 0.3594 | 17,822 | 1030 | 0.9372 | |
| 28 | Unity Environmental University | 19400 | 48200 | 0.597 | 6,525 | 0 | 0.818 | |
| 30 | Alabama A & M University | 19700 | 51200 | 0.615 | 6,370 | 915 | 0.5795 | |
| 30 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 19700 | 28300 | 0.3054 | 5,063 | 1069 | 0.8756 | |
| 32 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 20100 | 39000 | 0.4848 | 9,666 | 1045 | 0.7498 | |
| 33 | South Dakota State University | 20300 | 25200 | 0.1941 | 10,883 | 1120 | 0.9618 | |
| 34 | University of Wyoming | 20400 | 27900 | 0.2682 | 8,138 | 1179 | 0.9695 | |
| 34 | West Texas A & M University | 20400 | 29200 | 0.3011 | 7,110 | 1060 | 0.6681 | |
| 36 | SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology at Cobleskill | 20500 | 57000 | 0.6399 | 1,894 | 1080 | 0.8401 | |
| 37 | North Dakota State University | 20700 | 25700 | 0.1942 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 37 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 20700 | 30600 | 0.3258 | 43,633 | 1327 | 0.4343 | |
| 39 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27100 | 0.2287 | 31,875 | 1463 | 0.4503 | |
| 40 | University of Florida | 21700 | 22500 | 0.0355 | 37,283 | 1399 | 0.2033 | |
| 41 | Buena Vista University | 22300 | 59100 | 0.6225 | 836 | 1124 | 0.6497 | |
| 42 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24000 | 38500 | 0.3764 | 24,019 | 1397 | 0.5989 | |
| 43 | Montana State University | 24500 | 31600 | 0.225 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 44 | Wilson College | 24700 | 44400 | 0.4433 | 1,379 | 1055 | 0.9211 | |
| 45 | Abilene Christian University | 25100 | 55000 | 0.544 | 5,101 | 1189 | 0.6615 | |
| 46 | The University of Findlay | 25200 | 50600 | 0.5016 | 4,132 | 1124 | 0.6748 | |
| 47 | Dordt University | 25900 | 52500 | 0.5064 | 1,716 | 1205 | 0.6847 | |
| 47 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 25900 | 40600 | 0.3618 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 49 | University of Minnesota-Crookston | 26400 | 29500 | 0.1066 | 2,873 | 1095 | 0.8747 | |
| 50 | Murray State University | 27500 | 32400 | 0.1513 | 8,217 | 1115 | 0.8413 | |
| 51 | Tuskegee University | 28200 | 45600 | 0.3816 | 2,660 | 1090 | 0.4868 | |
| 52 | Iowa State University | 28800 | 45200 | 0.3626 | 26,346 | 1207 | 0.8793 | |
| 52 | Oregon State University | 28800 | 36700 | 0.216 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 54 | Clemson University | 28900 | 37100 | 0.2207 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 55 | Huntington University | 29000 | 44400 | 0.3465 | 1,512 | 1055 | 0.7518 | |
| 56 | Mississippi State University | 30000 | 34400 | 0.1276 | 19,093 | 1214 | 0.8363 | |
| 57 | University of Maine | 30500 | 43100 | 0.2925 | 9,182 | 1205 | 0.9562 | |
| 58 | Morehead State University | 30700 | 31600 | 0.0285 | 7,941 | 1140 | 0.8328 | |
| 59 | Texas State University | 31100 | 36300 | 0.1432 | 39,353 | 1100 | 0.9118 | |
| 60 | Angelo State University | 31500 | 35400 | 0.1101 | 10,103 | 1055 | 0.7981 | |
| 61 | Centenary University | 31600 | 63000 | 0.4983 | 936 | 1070 | 0.8308 | |
| 62 | University of Vermont | 31700 | 71700 | 0.5582 | 12,159 | 1379 | 0.7304 | |
| 63 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32000 | 35200 | 0.0908 | 32,041 | 1302 | 0.4358 | |
| 64 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 32300 | 43100 | 0.2508 | 22,313 | 1321 | 0.2996 | |
| 64 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 32300 | 54400 | 0.4062 | 35,248 | 1273 | 0.6939 | |
| 66 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 32400 | 38400 | 0.1562 | 23,003 | 1159 | 0.7367 | |
| 67 | North Carolina State University | 32600 | 54800 | 0.4052 | 29,340 | 1378 | 0.3954 | |
| 68 | University of Idaho | 32700 | 33400 | 0.0209 | 9,656 | 1119 | 0.7476 | |
| 69 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 17,556 | 1090 | 0.5386 | |
| 70 | Middle Tennessee State University | 33400 | 48300 | 0.3086 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 71 | Auburn University | 35300 | 35300 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 72 | Texas Tech University | 35500 | 42100 | 0.1566 | 34,021 | 1200 | 0.6906 | |
| 73 | Tennessee Technological University | 36100 | 38500 | 0.0622 | 9,187 | 1163 | 0.7613 | |
| 74 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 36200 | 41600 | 0.1296 | 5,386 | 1050 | 0.9092 | |
| 75 | North Carolina A & T State University | 36400 | 36700 | 0.0082 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.5125 | |
| 76 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 36900 | 66700 | 0.4469 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 77 | University of Connecticut | 37100 | 66200 | 0.4399 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 78 | Andrews University | 37200 | 76700 | 0.5148 | 1,384 | 1143 | 0.8185 | |
| 79 | Washington State University | 37700 | 53600 | 0.2967 | 21,400 | 1125 | 0.861 | |
| 80 | Lubbock Christian University | 38500 | 49400 | 0.2206 | 1,383 | 1104 | 0.7473 | |
| 81 | University of Arizona | 38900 | 48300 | 0.1944 | 43,294 | 1233 | 0.8351 | |
| 82 | Delaware Valley University | 42600 | 67200 | 0.3659 | 1,680 | 1208 | 0.9268 | |
| 83 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42700 | 63300 | 0.3254 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 84 | Arkansas State University | 43100 | 44600 | 0.0336 | 11,189 | 1075 | 0.7818 | |
| 85 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47100 | 61500 | 0.234 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 86 | Michigan State University | 47200 | 56200 | 0.1601 | 41,415 | 1279 | 0.8324 | |
| 87 | University of Georgia | 47400 | 52300 | 0.0937 | 32,824 | 1382 | 0.3425 | |
| 88 | University of Kentucky | 48100 | 59900 | 0.1971 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 89 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 48500 | 61200 | 0.2075 | 26,490 | 1204 | 0.8863 | |
| 90 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 48900 | 64700 | 0.2443 | 46,627 | 1378 | 0.492 | |
| 91 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 50800 | 63800 | 0.2038 | 42,565 | 1338 | 0.7887 | |
| 92 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 54900 | 68800 | 0.2022 | 38,572 | 1406 | 0.3659 | |
| 93 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 59200 | 61600 | 0.0389 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.
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