Considering a degree in Animal Sciences?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Animal Sciences majors who live in Illinois.
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 Illinois.
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 | 6700 | 34300 | 0.8058 | 1,500 | 1130 | 0.1097 | |
| 2 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 7000 | 41500 | 0.8323 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 3 | Morehead State University | 8200 | 26300 | 0.6877 | 7,941 | 1080 | 0.8328 | |
| 4 | Southern Illinois University Edwardsville | 10200 | 41500 | 0.7543 | 8,945 | 1099 | 0.975 | |
| 5 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 10700 | 26000 | 0.5891 | 22,313 | 1341 | 0.2996 | |
| 5 | Cornell University | 10700 | 93700 | 0.8857 | 16,138 | 1528 | 0.0838 | |
| 7 | Eastern Kentucky University | 10900 | 27300 | 0.6018 | 13,448 | 1075 | 0.9683 | |
| 8 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 11100 | 28100 | 0.6048 | 8,421 | 1054 | 0.9444 | |
| 9 | Arkansas State University | 11400 | 28400 | 0.5995 | 11,189 | 1080 | 0.7818 | |
| 10 | California State University-Fresno | 11500 | 19600 | 0.4121 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 11 | Fort Valley State University | 12300 | 54800 | 0.7754 | 2,699 | 1025 | 0.6587 | |
| 12 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 31100 | 0.6022 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 13 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 14 | Sul Ross State University | 12700 | 41100 | 0.6914 | 1,890 | 1020 | 0.9871 | |
| 14 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 12700 | 30000 | 0.5767 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 16 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 12900 | 26500 | 0.5126 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 17 | University of Arizona | 13000 | 31000 | 0.5803 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 17 | University of Idaho | 13000 | 27800 | 0.5344 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 19 | Louisiana Tech University | 13300 | 42900 | 0.6899 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 20 | University of Georgia | 13500 | 27200 | 0.503 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 21 | Oklahoma Panhandle State University | 14600 | 17400 | 0.1605 | 1,021 | 985 | 1 | |
| 21 | University of Wisconsin-Platteville | 14600 | 29200 | 0.4991 | 6,045 | 1193 | 0.8938 | |
| 23 | West Virginia University | 14700 | 73100 | 0.7986 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 24 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 14800 | 57100 | 0.7404 | 15,735 | 1069 | 0.8797 | |
| 25 | Texas State University | 15000 | 26700 | 0.4375 | 39,353 | 1080 | 0.9118 | |
| 26 | University of Maine | 15100 | 29300 | 0.4849 | 9,182 | 1195 | 0.9562 | |
| 27 | California State University-Chico | 15400 | 23500 | 0.3443 | 13,599 | 1054 | 0.9107 | |
| 27 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 15400 | 25800 | 0.4033 | 5,386 | 995 | 0.9092 | |
| 29 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 38800 | 0.5992 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 30 | University of Florida | 15900 | 22500 | 0.2932 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 31 | Texas Tech University | 16400 | 27100 | 0.3947 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 32 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 16600 | 26500 | 0.3756 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 33 | Sam Houston State University | 16800 | 30300 | 0.4452 | 17,822 | 1035 | 0.9372 | |
| 34 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 17400 | 29900 | 0.4174 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 35 | University of Arkansas | 17800 | 28500 | 0.3747 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 36 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 18200 | 18200 | 0 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 37 | University of Rhode Island | 18500 | 33900 | 0.4544 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 38 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 19300 | 24000 | 0.1953 | 5,063 | 1069 | 0.8756 | |
| 39 | Unity Environmental University | 19400 | 31900 | 0.3914 | 6,525 | 0 | 0.818 | |
| 40 | Alabama A & M University | 19900 | 51200 | 0.6118 | 6,370 | 915 | 0.5795 | |
| 41 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20000 | 45100 | 0.5568 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 42 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 20200 | 40600 | 0.5019 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 43 | South Dakota State University | 20300 | 25200 | 0.1941 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 44 | University of Wyoming | 20400 | 27900 | 0.2682 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 45 | SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology at Cobleskill | 20500 | 57000 | 0.6399 | 1,894 | 1055 | 0.8401 | |
| 46 | North Dakota State University | 20700 | 25700 | 0.1942 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 46 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 20700 | 39200 | 0.4722 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 46 | Washington State University | 20700 | 35900 | 0.4229 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 49 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27100 | 0.2287 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 50 | West Texas A & M University | 21000 | 29200 | 0.2806 | 7,110 | 1060 | 0.6681 | |
| 51 | Iowa State University | 21300 | 25700 | 0.1728 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 52 | Buena Vista University | 22300 | 59100 | 0.6225 | 836 | 1075 | 0.6497 | |
| 53 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 22400 | 26000 | 0.1383 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 54 | Murray State University | 22700 | 27600 | 0.1776 | 8,217 | 1124 | 0.8413 | |
| 55 | Montana State University | 24400 | 24400 | 0 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 56 | Abilene Christian University | 24600 | 58800 | 0.5818 | 5,101 | 1149 | 0.6615 | |
| 57 | Wilson College | 24700 | 44400 | 0.4433 | 1,379 | 1055 | 0.9211 | |
| 58 | The University of Findlay | 24800 | 50600 | 0.5095 | 4,132 | 1090 | 0.6748 | |
| 59 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 25400 | 31100 | 0.1833 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 60 | Delaware Valley University | 25800 | 95800 | 0.7308 | 1,680 | 1189 | 0.9268 | |
| 61 | Dordt University | 26000 | 52500 | 0.5045 | 1,716 | 1205 | 0.6847 | |
| 62 | University of Minnesota-Crookston | 26400 | 29500 | 0.1066 | 2,873 | 1095 | 0.8747 | |
| 63 | Huntington University | 29200 | 44400 | 0.342 | 1,512 | 1065 | 0.7518 | |
| 64 | Centenary University | 31000 | 62900 | 0.5074 | 936 | 1070 | 0.8308 | |
| 65 | Angelo State University | 31500 | 35400 | 0.1101 | 10,103 | 1045 | 0.7981 | |
| 66 | Tuskegee University | 31700 | 45600 | 0.3049 | 2,660 | 1090 | 0.4868 | |
| 67 | North Carolina State University | 32600 | 54800 | 0.4052 | 29,340 | 1374 | 0.3954 | |
| 68 | University of Illinois Chicago | 32700 | 51300 | 0.3625 | 24,260 | 1174 | 0.7576 | |
| 69 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 17,556 | 1090 | 0.5386 | |
| 70 | University of Vermont | 34400 | 66300 | 0.4808 | 12,159 | 1372 | 0.7304 | |
| 71 | Tennessee Technological University | 36100 | 38500 | 0.0622 | 9,187 | 1163 | 0.7613 | |
| 72 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 36200 | 54000 | 0.3297 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 73 | North Carolina A & T State University | 36500 | 36700 | 0.0054 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.5125 | |
| 74 | University of Connecticut | 37000 | 66200 | 0.4414 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 75 | Andrews University | 37200 | 76700 | 0.5148 | 1,384 | 1143 | 0.8185 | |
| 76 | Middle Tennessee State University | 37800 | 48300 | 0.2174 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 77 | Lubbock Christian University | 38400 | 49400 | 0.2227 | 1,383 | 1074 | 0.7473 | |
| 78 | Mississippi State University | 39000 | 53400 | 0.2695 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 79 | Kansas State University | 40900 | 41900 | 0.0239 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 80 | Oregon State University | 44800 | 61900 | 0.2758 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 81 | University of Delaware | 47700 | 62400 | 0.2363 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 82 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48300 | 51200 | 0.0565 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 83 | University of Kentucky | 48400 | 59900 | 0.1911 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 84 | Michigan State University | 49200 | 56200 | 0.1245 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 85 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 50200 | 64400 | 0.2205 | 46,627 | 1366 | 0.492 | |
| 86 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 50800 | 63800 | 0.2038 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 87 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53500 | 63400 | 0.1562 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 88 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58300 | 63600 | 0.0834 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 89 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 58800 | 61200 | 0.0391 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 90 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 59200 | 61600 | 0.0389 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 | |
| 91 | Auburn University | 59400 | 59400 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 92 | Clemson University | 61300 | 63700 | 0.0376 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 93 | University of California-Davis | 68300 | 69900 | 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.
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