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 Ana College | 4500 | 30400 | 0.8511 | 26,073 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | Santa Monica College | 6400 | 15500 | 0.5879 | 23,164 | 0 | 0.4384 | |
| 3 | College of the Ozarks | 7600 | 32800 | 0.7676 | 1,454 | 1135 | 0.1199 | |
| 4 | University of California-Davis | 10200 | 38000 | 0.7304 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
| 5 | Cornell University | 10300 | 92000 | 0.8877 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
| 5 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 10300 | 21100 | 0.5127 | 4,721 | 1110 | 0.7782 | |
| 7 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 10500 | 34300 | 0.6935 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 8 | California State University-Fresno | 11400 | 19700 | 0.4199 | 21,430 | 995 | 0.9638 | |
| 9 | Utah State University | 11700 | 20300 | 0.4205 | 25,920 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 10 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 12000 | 24000 | 0.4999 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 11 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0.0009 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 12 | Louisiana Tech University | 13500 | 24900 | 0.4571 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 13 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 32200 | 0.5744 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 14 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 13900 | 25700 | 0.4586 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 15 | West Virginia University | 14000 | 23300 | 0.3991 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 16 | Kansas State University | 14100 | 26100 | 0.4588 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 16 | Texas Tech University | 14100 | 27000 | 0.4776 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 16 | University of Idaho | 14100 | 31300 | 0.55 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 19 | Oklahoma Panhandle State University | 14200 | 17500 | 0.1886 | 1,071 | 985 | 0.9707 | |
| 19 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 14200 | 26500 | 0.463 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 21 | Northwest Missouri State University | 14600 | 36300 | 0.5973 | 5,241 | 1075 | 0.8613 | |
| 22 | Murray State University | 15000 | 27000 | 0.4463 | 8,281 | 1124 | 0.8568 | |
| 23 | California State University-Chico | 15400 | 23700 | 0.3492 | 13,392 | 1117 | 0.9158 | |
| 24 | Alabama A & M University | 17400 | 35300 | 0.5064 | 5,845 | 940 | 0.6622 | |
| 24 | University of Rhode Island | 17400 | 34400 | 0.4939 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 26 | University of Arkansas | 17500 | 27700 | 0.3683 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 27 | Texas State University | 18900 | 28900 | 0.3455 | 36,268 | 1100 | 0.8908 | |
| 28 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 19400 | 36900 | 0.4748 | 24,457 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 29 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 19600 | 36200 | 0.4588 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 30 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 19900 | 36700 | 0.4573 | 14,576 | 1179 | 0.6967 | |
| 31 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20100 | 43700 | 0.5405 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 32 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 20300 | 38100 | 0.4667 | 11,365 | 1216 | 0.8816 | |
| 33 | North Dakota State University | 20900 | 25700 | 0.1868 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 33 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27100 | 0.2289 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 35 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 21400 | 35400 | 0.396 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 36 | Sul Ross State University | 22200 | 37300 | 0.405 | 1,441 | 1000 | 0.9562 | |
| 37 | Buena Vista University | 22400 | 59100 | 0.6203 | 810 | 1124 | 0.7761 | |
| 38 | Fort Valley State University | 23000 | 38900 | 0.4084 | 2,558 | 940 | 0.628 | |
| 39 | Unity Environmental University | 24200 | 27700 | 0.1262 | 5,655 | 0 | 0.818 | |
| 40 | Montana State University | 24700 | 31400 | 0.2133 | 15,053 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 41 | Wilson College | 24800 | 44400 | 0.4412 | 1,180 | 1040 | 0.9532 | |
| 42 | Dordt University | 24900 | 52300 | 0.5237 | 1,695 | 1195 | 0.7116 | |
| 42 | Tuskegee University | 24900 | 42100 | 0.409 | 2,400 | 1030 | 0.3143 | |
| 44 | South Dakota State University | 25500 | 28700 | 0.1116 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 44 | The University of Findlay | 25500 | 50200 | 0.4923 | 3,954 | 1124 | 0.8615 | |
| 46 | University of Minnesota-Crookston | 25600 | 28600 | 0.1034 | 2,510 | 1095 | 0.8781 | |
| 47 | University of Arizona | 26300 | 37700 | 0.3028 | 45,025 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
| 48 | Iowa State University | 26700 | 43300 | 0.3842 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 49 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 27000 | 41900 | 0.3555 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 50 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 29100 | 42400 | 0.3138 | 21,947 | 1335 | 0.3122 | |
| 50 | Clemson University | 29100 | 37100 | 0.2156 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 52 | University of Wisconsin-Platteville | 29600 | 31800 | 0.0693 | 6,270 | 1140 | 0.8726 | |
| 53 | Lubbock Christian University | 30100 | 49000 | 0.3856 | 1,322 | 1070 | 0.7589 | |
| 54 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 30200 | 33100 | 0.0878 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 55 | North Carolina A & T State University | 31200 | 36400 | 0.1427 | 12,216 | 1020 | 0.4617 | |
| 56 | SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology at Cobleskill | 31300 | 43200 | 0.2753 | 1,764 | 1055 | 0.8325 | |
| 57 | Sam Houston State University | 31400 | 39900 | 0.213 | 17,787 | 1030 | 0.9026 | |
| 58 | Angelo State University | 31700 | 35400 | 0.1047 | 9,779 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 59 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 31900 | 39200 | 0.1865 | 12,498 | 1010 | 0.8896 | |
| 60 | Centenary University | 32200 | 63600 | 0.4936 | 951 | 965 | 0.9675 | |
| 61 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 32600 | 46200 | 0.2946 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 62 | North Carolina State University | 32800 | 54800 | 0.4017 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 63 | Stephen F Austin State University | 33200 | 42800 | 0.2243 | 9,129 | 1060 | 0.7445 | |
| 64 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 15,130 | 0 | 0.5256 | |
| 65 | University of Vermont | 34500 | 66300 | 0.4793 | 12,276 | 1379 | 0.653 | |
| 66 | Delaware Valley University | 34900 | 63800 | 0.4528 | 1,768 | 1180 | 0.9326 | |
| 67 | Abilene Christian University | 35500 | 60700 | 0.4148 | 3,233 | 1129 | 0.6604 | |
| 68 | University of Maine | 35800 | 45100 | 0.2062 | 591 | 1199 | 0.9684 | |
| 69 | Mississippi State University | 36300 | 50500 | 0.2815 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 70 | Andrews University | 36400 | 47100 | 0.227 | 1,312 | 1208 | 0.874 | |
| 71 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 37400 | 41600 | 0.101 | 5,187 | 1005 | 0.9229 | |
| 72 | University of Connecticut | 37700 | 41800 | 0.0981 | 19,388 | 1324 | 0.5395 | |
| 73 | Washington State University | 38500 | 53900 | 0.2859 | 14,346 | 1139 | 0.8797 | |
| 74 | University of Wyoming | 38600 | 43800 | 0.1187 | 8,130 | 1159 | 0.9688 | |
| 75 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 38900 | 52900 | 0.2645 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 76 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 39600 | 53700 | 0.2627 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
| 77 | University of Georgia | 40300 | 46000 | 0.1242 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 78 | Arkansas State University | 41900 | 45700 | 0.0834 | 9,985 | 1075 | 0.7959 | |
| 79 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 43000 | 46200 | 0.0693 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 80 | University of Florida | 43200 | 45600 | 0.0526 | 36,567 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 81 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 43300 | 50300 | 0.1392 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 82 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2748 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 83 | Middle Tennessee State University | 45800 | 45800 | 0 | 17,668 | 1124 | 0.68 | |
| 84 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 46400 | 58900 | 0.2121 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 85 | Michigan State University | 47200 | 56200 | 0.1601 | 41,234 | 1223 | 0.848 | |
| 85 | University of Delaware | 47200 | 53200 | 0.1137 | 19,119 | 1303 | 0.6356 | |
| 87 | University of Mount Olive | 48200 | 50400 | 0.0438 | 1,937 | 945 | 0.7775 | |
| 88 | University of Kentucky | 51000 | 56000 | 0.0893 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 89 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 51900 | 56100 | 0.075 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 90 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53200 | 61000 | 0.1279 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 91 | Auburn University | 55400 | 55400 | 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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