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 | College of the Ozarks | 7700 | 47200 | 0.8373 | 1,454 | 1135 | 0.1199 | |
| 2 | Utah State University | 8200 | 25200 | 0.6743 | 25,920 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 3 | University of California-Davis | 10200 | 38600 | 0.7368 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
| 4 | Sul Ross State University | 11400 | 37300 | 0.6946 | 1,441 | 1000 | 0.9562 | |
| 5 | Santa Monica College | 11700 | 33300 | 0.6478 | 23,164 | 0 | 0.4384 | |
| 6 | Cornell University | 11800 | 93100 | 0.8735 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
| 7 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 12200 | 26200 | 0.5331 | 21,947 | 1335 | 0.3122 | |
| 7 | California State University-Fresno | 12200 | 45900 | 0.7349 | 21,430 | 995 | 0.9638 | |
| 9 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0.0009 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 10 | West Virginia University | 12800 | 57700 | 0.778 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 11 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 13000 | 54500 | 0.7614 | 12,498 | 1010 | 0.8896 | |
| 12 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 13100 | 25700 | 0.4897 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 13 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 13300 | 25700 | 0.4825 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 14 | North Carolina A & T State University | 13400 | 17900 | 0.2521 | 12,216 | 1040 | 0.4617 | |
| 15 | Fort Valley State University | 13500 | 39100 | 0.6548 | 2,558 | 890 | 0.628 | |
| 15 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 13500 | 64500 | 0.7906 | 15,375 | 1179 | 0.866 | |
| 17 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 13600 | 28000 | 0.5139 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 18 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 49300 | 0.7221 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 19 | Louisiana Tech University | 14000 | 36900 | 0.6205 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 20 | Oklahoma Panhandle State University | 14500 | 21200 | 0.3167 | 1,071 | 985 | 0.9707 | |
| 21 | California State University-Chico | 14700 | 23700 | 0.3787 | 13,392 | 1117 | 0.9158 | |
| 22 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 14800 | 26400 | 0.4405 | 4,721 | 1110 | 0.7782 | |
| 23 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15100 | 29000 | 0.4808 | 5,241 | 1075 | 0.8613 | |
| 24 | Sam Houston State University | 15900 | 30300 | 0.4749 | 17,787 | 1030 | 0.9026 | |
| 24 | Santa Ana College | 15900 | 35300 | 0.5498 | 26,073 | 0 | 0 | |
| 26 | Alabama A & M University | 16500 | 44800 | 0.6311 | 5,845 | 920 | 0.6622 | |
| 27 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 16700 | 39000 | 0.5705 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 28 | Arkansas State University | 16800 | 28100 | 0.4023 | 9,985 | 1075 | 0.7959 | |
| 28 | Texas State University | 16800 | 26800 | 0.3727 | 36,268 | 1100 | 0.8908 | |
| 30 | University of Rhode Island | 17500 | 46400 | 0.6223 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 31 | University of Arizona | 18200 | 30900 | 0.4117 | 45,025 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
| 32 | Unity Environmental University | 18400 | 41600 | 0.5572 | 5,655 | 0 | 0.818 | |
| 33 | Texas Tech University | 19300 | 27900 | 0.3086 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 34 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 19400 | 36900 | 0.4748 | 24,457 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 35 | Stetson University | 19900 | 79100 | 0.7488 | 2,349 | 1114 | 0.716 | |
| 35 | SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology at Cobleskill | 19900 | 26800 | 0.2574 | 1,894 | 1055 | 0.8401 | |
| 37 | Iowa State University | 20100 | 24200 | 0.1726 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 38 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 20200 | 32800 | 0.3847 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 39 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 20300 | 38200 | 0.4685 | 11,365 | 1216 | 0.8816 | |
| 40 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27100 | 0.2285 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 41 | North Dakota State University | 21000 | 25700 | 0.1841 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 41 | Tarleton State University | 21000 | 23000 | 0.087 | 15,130 | 1095 | 0.5256 | |
| 43 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 44 | Buena Vista University | 22500 | 59100 | 0.6195 | 810 | 1124 | 0.7761 | |
| 45 | Montana State University | 22900 | 31400 | 0.2706 | 15,053 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 46 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24100 | 38000 | 0.3658 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
| 47 | The University of Findlay | 24300 | 50600 | 0.5193 | 3,954 | 1124 | 0.8615 | |
| 48 | Washington State University | 24800 | 38700 | 0.3595 | 21,455 | 1131 | 0.8664 | |
| 49 | Dordt University | 24900 | 52500 | 0.5254 | 1,695 | 1170 | 0.7116 | |
| 49 | Wilson College | 24900 | 44400 | 0.4404 | 1,180 | 1040 | 0.9532 | |
| 51 | Tennessee Technological University | 25000 | 33700 | 0.2566 | 8,838 | 1159 | 0.8316 | |
| 52 | Michigan State University | 25500 | 28900 | 0.1193 | 41,234 | 1223 | 0.848 | |
| 53 | South Dakota State University | 25600 | 28700 | 0.1092 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 54 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 25700 | 59900 | 0.5708 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 54 | University of Minnesota-Crookston | 25700 | 28600 | 0.1009 | 2,612 | 1095 | 0.8786 | |
| 56 | Tuskegee University | 26400 | 42100 | 0.3733 | 2,400 | 1113 | 0.3143 | |
| 57 | University of Arkansas | 26500 | 29600 | 0.1058 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 58 | University of Idaho | 27100 | 30600 | 0.1146 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 59 | Murray State University | 27700 | 32400 | 0.1432 | 8,281 | 1124 | 0.8568 | |
| 60 | Kansas State University | 28800 | 41600 | 0.3082 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 61 | Clemson University | 29200 | 37100 | 0.2137 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 62 | Huntington University | 29300 | 44300 | 0.3387 | 1,589 | 1055 | 0.7564 | |
| 62 | University of Connecticut | 29300 | 33700 | 0.1307 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 64 | University of Wisconsin-Platteville | 29700 | 31800 | 0.0671 | 6,270 | 1180 | 0.8726 | |
| 65 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 29800 | 62800 | 0.5251 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 66 | Centenary University | 30500 | 63600 | 0.5203 | 951 | 965 | 0.9675 | |
| 67 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 30700 | 36500 | 0.1589 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 68 | Angelo State University | 31800 | 35400 | 0.1027 | 9,779 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 69 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 32200 | 36700 | 0.121 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 70 | North Carolina State University | 32800 | 54800 | 0.4004 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 71 | University of Vermont | 34500 | 66300 | 0.4787 | 12,276 | 1379 | 0.653 | |
| 72 | Delaware Valley University | 35000 | 83300 | 0.5798 | 1,768 | 1180 | 0.9326 | |
| 73 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 35300 | 42800 | 0.1753 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 74 | Abilene Christian University | 35500 | 60700 | 0.4148 | 3,233 | 1129 | 0.6604 | |
| 75 | Andrews University | 35800 | 62100 | 0.4235 | 1,312 | 1196 | 0.874 | |
| 76 | Mississippi State University | 36300 | 50500 | 0.2801 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 77 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 36900 | 66500 | 0.4448 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 78 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 37500 | 41600 | 0.0993 | 5,386 | 995 | 0.9092 | |
| 79 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 38800 | 53400 | 0.2735 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 80 | University of Wyoming | 40200 | 45300 | 0.1134 | 8,130 | 1159 | 0.9688 | |
| 81 | University of Florida | 43100 | 45600 | 0.0548 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 82 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2745 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 83 | University of Maine | 45200 | 45200 | 0 | 9,601 | 1178 | 0.9664 | |
| 84 | University of Georgia | 45900 | 51600 | 0.1108 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 85 | Middle Tennessee State University | 46000 | 46000 | 0 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 86 | University of Delaware | 47300 | 61300 | 0.2292 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 87 | University of Mount Olive | 48300 | 50400 | 0.0424 | 1,937 | 1020 | 0.7775 | |
| 88 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48600 | 51200 | 0.0514 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 89 | University of Kentucky | 48900 | 56600 | 0.1362 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 90 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 54000 | 56100 | 0.038 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 91 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58300 | 64100 | 0.0905 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 92 | Auburn University | 58700 | 58700 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.
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