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 | 0 | |
| 2 | College of the Ozarks | 6600 | 38400 | 0.8291 | 1,454 | 1135 | 0.1199 | |
| 3 | Utah State University | 8200 | 25200 | 0.6743 | 25,706 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 4 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 11300 | 20500 | 0.4472 | 4,880 | 1124 | 0.8172 | |
| 5 | Cornell University | 11800 | 93100 | 0.8735 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0876 | |
| 6 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 12000 | 28000 | 0.571 | 8,553 | 1045 | 0.8688 | |
| 7 | North Carolina A & T State University | 12500 | 17900 | 0.3025 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.499 | |
| 8 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0.0009 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.7517 | |
| 9 | University of Delaware | 13600 | 34500 | 0.6054 | 20,026 | 1294 | 0.706 | |
| 10 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 50700 | 0.7294 | 38,040 | 1418 | 0.452 | |
| 11 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 14700 | 26500 | 0.4465 | 22,364 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 11 | Texas State University | 14700 | 25500 | 0.4238 | 36,236 | 1100 | 0.8932 | |
| 13 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 29800 | 0.4782 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8609 | |
| 14 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 15700 | 25800 | 0.392 | 5,386 | 1050 | 0.9092 | |
| 15 | Sam Houston State University | 15800 | 30300 | 0.4782 | 17,787 | 1030 | 0.9026 | |
| 16 | Santa Ana College | 15900 | 35300 | 0.5498 | 27,248 | 0 | 0 | |
| 16 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 15900 | 38400 | 0.5856 | 37,140 | 1406 | 0.4237 | |
| 18 | Oklahoma Panhandle State University | 16100 | 16700 | 0.036 | 1,021 | 985 | 0.683 | |
| 19 | Arkansas State University | 16200 | 28100 | 0.4237 | 9,985 | 1075 | 0.8226 | |
| 20 | University of Florida | 16500 | 22500 | 0.2666 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 21 | North Carolina State University | 16600 | 28500 | 0.4187 | 28,422 | 1378 | 0.4174 | |
| 21 | West Virginia University | 16600 | 40900 | 0.5939 | 18,206 | 1125 | 0.89 | |
| 23 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 17200 | 35400 | 0.5147 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 24 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 17500 | 29900 | 0.4144 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5743 | |
| 25 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 18200 | 18200 | 0 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 26 | University of Vermont | 18300 | 37800 | 0.5164 | 12,276 | 1379 | 0.653 | |
| 27 | University of Rhode Island | 18700 | 33900 | 0.4485 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 28 | University of Arizona | 19300 | 30900 | 0.376 | 44,848 | 1233 | 0.8614 | |
| 29 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20200 | 45200 | 0.5537 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5478 | |
| 30 | Stetson University | 20300 | 79100 | 0.7437 | 2,349 | 1179 | 0.716 | |
| 31 | SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology at Cobleskill | 20400 | 26800 | 0.2388 | 1,988 | 1080 | 0.8402 | |
| 32 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 20700 | 30600 | 0.3258 | 44,819 | 1327 | 0.4987 | |
| 33 | Louisiana Tech University | 21000 | 26100 | 0.1956 | 10,881 | 1189 | 0.864 | |
| 33 | North Dakota State University | 21000 | 25700 | 0.183 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 33 | Tarleton State University | 21000 | 23000 | 0.087 | 15,254 | 1080 | 0.8955 | |
| 36 | Washington State University | 21300 | 36200 | 0.4119 | 21,455 | 1125 | 0.8664 | |
| 37 | California State University-Chico | 22100 | 31000 | 0.2867 | 13,792 | 1075 | 0.9272 | |
| 38 | Buena Vista University | 22500 | 59100 | 0.6191 | 1,436 | 1124 | 0.7761 | |
| 39 | Sul Ross State University | 24100 | 37300 | 0.354 | 1,890 | 1020 | 0.9871 | |
| 40 | Abilene Christian University | 24400 | 59000 | 0.5861 | 3,263 | 1189 | 0.6603 | |
| 40 | Unity Environmental University | 24400 | 29900 | 0.1842 | 6,507 | 0 | 0.818 | |
| 42 | Wilson College | 24900 | 44400 | 0.4401 | 1,379 | 1055 | 0.9211 | |
| 43 | Michigan State University | 25500 | 28900 | 0.1193 | 41,234 | 1279 | 0.848 | |
| 44 | South Dakota State University | 25600 | 28700 | 0.1082 | 10,719 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 45 | The University of Findlay | 25800 | 50600 | 0.4897 | 4,062 | 1124 | 0.8337 | |
| 46 | Dordt University | 26100 | 52500 | 0.5026 | 1,716 | 1205 | 0.6847 | |
| 47 | Tuskegee University | 26200 | 42100 | 0.3781 | 2,659 | 1090 | 0.4868 | |
| 48 | University of Arkansas | 26500 | 28900 | 0.0833 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.743 | |
| 49 | Kansas State University | 26600 | 30400 | 0.1257 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8169 | |
| 50 | Fort Valley State University | 26700 | 45200 | 0.4091 | 2,699 | 1025 | 0.6587 | |
| 50 | University of Minnesota-Crookston | 26700 | 29500 | 0.0968 | 2,612 | 1095 | 0.8786 | |
| 52 | Iowa State University | 26800 | 43300 | 0.3819 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 53 | University of Idaho | 27100 | 30600 | 0.1146 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 54 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 27500 | 32800 | 0.1619 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 55 | Alabama A & M University | 27800 | 37700 | 0.2624 | 6,370 | 915 | 0.5795 | |
| 55 | Murray State University | 27800 | 32400 | 0.1423 | 7,851 | 1115 | 0.8568 | |
| 57 | Mississippi State University | 28200 | 32300 | 0.1269 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 58 | Clemson University | 29200 | 37100 | 0.2129 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 59 | Huntington University | 29300 | 44300 | 0.3384 | 1,588 | 1055 | 0.7564 | |
| 60 | East Texas A&M University | 29400 | 36500 | 0.1945 | 9,992 | 1045 | 0.9224 | |
| 60 | Montana State University | 29400 | 31400 | 0.0637 | 15,046 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 62 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 29500 | 43100 | 0.3158 | 22,033 | 1321 | 0.3132 | |
| 63 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 29700 | 38400 | 0.2265 | 15,375 | 1103 | 0.866 | |
| 63 | University of Wisconsin-Platteville | 29700 | 31800 | 0.0661 | 6,045 | 1193 | 0.8938 | |
| 65 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 30000 | 39200 | 0.235 | 12,507 | 1010 | 0.8897 | |
| 66 | Angelo State University | 31800 | 35400 | 0.1019 | 9,702 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 67 | Centenary University | 32100 | 63600 | 0.4952 | 936 | 1070 | 0.8308 | |
| 68 | Andrews University | 35000 | 70100 | 0.5008 | 1,384 | 1143 | 0.8185 | |
| 69 | Texas Tech University | 35300 | 38900 | 0.0926 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 70 | Tennessee Technological University | 36400 | 38500 | 0.0546 | 9,187 | 1163 | 0.7613 | |
| 71 | California State University-Fresno | 37300 | 43800 | 0.1487 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 72 | University of Connecticut | 37400 | 53600 | 0.3025 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 73 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 38800 | 53100 | 0.2692 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 74 | Delaware Valley University | 39100 | 66900 | 0.4156 | 1,768 | 1208 | 0.9321 | |
| 75 | University of Maine | 39600 | 45200 | 0.124 | 9,601 | 1205 | 0.9664 | |
| 76 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 39800 | 53600 | 0.2576 | 46,815 | 1378 | 0.6057 | |
| 77 | University of Wyoming | 40200 | 45300 | 0.1127 | 8,130 | 1179 | 0.9688 | |
| 78 | Middle Tennessee State University | 41100 | 46000 | 0.1065 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 79 | University of Mount Olive | 42300 | 50400 | 0.1608 | 1,944 | 1075 | 0.7575 | |
| 80 | University of Maryland-College Park | 42600 | 53600 | 0.2054 | 31,133 | 1463 | 0.4479 | |
| 81 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42800 | 56200 | 0.2385 | 11,355 | 1222 | 0.8816 | |
| 82 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2743 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 83 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47000 | 59700 | 0.2127 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 84 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 48800 | 61200 | 0.2027 | 26,221 | 1204 | 0.8854 | |
| 85 | University of Kentucky | 49200 | 58000 | 0.1524 | 25,534 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 86 | University of Georgia | 51600 | 52800 | 0.0227 | 32,399 | 1382 | 0.377 | |
| 87 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53300 | 61000 | 0.1262 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 88 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53800 | 62800 | 0.1433 | 23,920 | 1397 | 0.5973 | |
| 89 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 57100 | 59200 | 0.0356 | 24,449 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 90 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58300 | 64100 | 0.0905 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 91 | Auburn University | 58500 | 58500 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4592 | |
| 92 | University of California-Davis | 69800 | 69800 | 0 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.
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