Considering a degree in Animal Sciences?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Animal Sciences majors who live in South Dakota.
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 South Dakota.
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 | 38400 | 0.8265 | 1,500 | 1130 | 0.1097 | |
| 2 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 11400 | 26000 | 0.5621 | 22,313 | 1341 | 0.2996 | |
| 3 | Cornell University | 11500 | 93100 | 0.8767 | 16,138 | 1528 | 0.0838 | |
| 4 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 29200 | 0.5745 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 5 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 5 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 12600 | 25700 | 0.5097 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 7 | Fort Valley State University | 12900 | 29700 | 0.5655 | 2,699 | 1025 | 0.6587 | |
| 8 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 13200 | 25700 | 0.4858 | 46,627 | 1366 | 0.492 | |
| 9 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 13800 | 30000 | 0.5401 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 10 | University of Georgia | 14100 | 26600 | 0.4699 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 11 | University of Wisconsin-Platteville | 14600 | 23900 | 0.389 | 6,045 | 1193 | 0.8938 | |
| 12 | California State University-Chico | 15600 | 23500 | 0.3358 | 13,599 | 1054 | 0.9107 | |
| 12 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 38800 | 0.5992 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 14 | Sam Houston State University | 15800 | 30300 | 0.4782 | 17,822 | 1035 | 0.9372 | |
| 15 | Morehead State University | 16100 | 28000 | 0.4247 | 7,941 | 1080 | 0.8328 | |
| 16 | Oklahoma Panhandle State University | 16200 | 16700 | 0.03 | 1,021 | 985 | 1 | |
| 17 | University of Florida | 16300 | 22500 | 0.2755 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 18 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 16400 | 29300 | 0.4403 | 8,421 | 1054 | 0.9444 | |
| 19 | University of Maine | 17000 | 29300 | 0.42 | 9,182 | 1195 | 0.9562 | |
| 20 | West Virginia University | 17100 | 40900 | 0.5816 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 21 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 17400 | 26300 | 0.3384 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 22 | University of Vermont | 18300 | 37800 | 0.5164 | 12,159 | 1372 | 0.7304 | |
| 23 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 18800 | 39000 | 0.5176 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 24 | University of Rhode Island | 19800 | 33900 | 0.416 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 25 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20100 | 45200 | 0.5559 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 26 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 20400 | 29900 | 0.317 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 27 | University of Wyoming | 20500 | 27900 | 0.2644 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 28 | Alabama A & M University | 20600 | 28200 | 0.2711 | 6,370 | 915 | 0.5795 | |
| 29 | Louisiana Tech University | 21800 | 26100 | 0.1649 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 29 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 21800 | 26000 | 0.1609 | 5,063 | 1069 | 0.8756 | |
| 31 | Buena Vista University | 22400 | 59100 | 0.6212 | 836 | 1075 | 0.6497 | |
| 32 | Abilene Christian University | 23500 | 59000 | 0.6013 | 5,101 | 1149 | 0.6615 | |
| 33 | University of Kentucky | 23700 | 36400 | 0.3493 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 34 | West Texas A & M University | 23800 | 29200 | 0.1848 | 7,110 | 1060 | 0.6681 | |
| 35 | University of Arizona | 24400 | 37700 | 0.3533 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 36 | Unity Environmental University | 24600 | 29900 | 0.1775 | 6,525 | 0 | 0.818 | |
| 37 | Wilson College | 24800 | 44400 | 0.4421 | 1,379 | 1055 | 0.9211 | |
| 38 | North Dakota State University | 24900 | 27600 | 0.0975 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 38 | Tennessee Technological University | 24900 | 33700 | 0.2612 | 9,187 | 1163 | 0.7613 | |
| 40 | Eastern Kentucky University | 25300 | 38400 | 0.3415 | 13,448 | 1075 | 0.9683 | |
| 41 | South Dakota State University | 25400 | 28700 | 0.1146 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 42 | Sul Ross State University | 25500 | 37300 | 0.3165 | 1,890 | 1020 | 0.9871 | |
| 43 | The University of Findlay | 25900 | 50600 | 0.4877 | 4,132 | 1090 | 0.6748 | |
| 44 | Dordt University | 26200 | 52500 | 0.5007 | 1,716 | 1205 | 0.6847 | |
| 44 | Tuskegee University | 26200 | 42100 | 0.3781 | 2,660 | 1090 | 0.4868 | |
| 46 | University of Minnesota-Crookston | 26500 | 29500 | 0.103 | 2,873 | 1095 | 0.8747 | |
| 47 | University of Arkansas | 26600 | 28900 | 0.0793 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 48 | University of Idaho | 26800 | 30600 | 0.1244 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 49 | University of South Dakota | 27300 | 29600 | 0.0773 | 7,515 | 1120 | 0.9884 | |
| 50 | Kansas State University | 27600 | 30400 | 0.0942 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 50 | Murray State University | 27600 | 32400 | 0.148 | 8,217 | 1124 | 0.8413 | |
| 52 | Texas State University | 27900 | 28000 | 0.0036 | 39,353 | 1080 | 0.9118 | |
| 53 | Iowa State University | 28000 | 42800 | 0.3446 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 54 | Clemson University | 29000 | 37100 | 0.2179 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 55 | University of Connecticut | 29200 | 39500 | 0.2608 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 56 | Huntington University | 29300 | 44300 | 0.3384 | 1,512 | 1065 | 0.7518 | |
| 57 | Montana State University | 29800 | 31400 | 0.0509 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 58 | Lubbock Christian University | 30200 | 49200 | 0.3866 | 1,383 | 1074 | 0.7473 | |
| 59 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 30300 | 38400 | 0.2109 | 15,735 | 1069 | 0.8797 | |
| 60 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 30800 | 39200 | 0.2146 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 61 | Angelo State University | 31600 | 35400 | 0.1071 | 10,103 | 1045 | 0.7981 | |
| 62 | North Carolina A & T State University | 32000 | 36700 | 0.128 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.5125 | |
| 63 | SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology at Cobleskill | 32300 | 42700 | 0.2433 | 1,894 | 1055 | 0.8401 | |
| 64 | North Carolina State University | 32700 | 54800 | 0.4033 | 29,340 | 1374 | 0.3954 | |
| 65 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 17,556 | 1090 | 0.5386 | |
| 66 | Auburn University | 33700 | 34100 | 0.0117 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 67 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 34600 | 41000 | 0.1563 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 68 | Centenary University | 35300 | 63600 | 0.4449 | 936 | 1070 | 0.8308 | |
| 69 | Texas Tech University | 36100 | 38900 | 0.072 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 70 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 36200 | 53100 | 0.3181 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 71 | Delaware Valley University | 36300 | 66900 | 0.4575 | 1,680 | 1189 | 0.9268 | |
| 72 | California State University-Fresno | 37000 | 43800 | 0.1552 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 73 | Andrews University | 37200 | 70100 | 0.4694 | 1,384 | 1143 | 0.8185 | |
| 74 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 37300 | 41600 | 0.1031 | 5,386 | 995 | 0.9092 | |
| 75 | Washington State University | 38100 | 53900 | 0.2932 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 76 | Mississippi State University | 39100 | 53400 | 0.2675 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 77 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 40000 | 50000 | 0.2002 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 78 | Arkansas State University | 40200 | 41000 | 0.0195 | 11,189 | 1080 | 0.7818 | |
| 79 | Middle Tennessee State University | 41900 | 46000 | 0.0891 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 80 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42300 | 56200 | 0.2474 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 81 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43500 | 53600 | 0.1886 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 82 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2752 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 83 | University of Delaware | 48200 | 61300 | 0.2136 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 84 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48500 | 51200 | 0.0544 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 85 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 48600 | 61200 | 0.2057 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 86 | Michigan State University | 49200 | 56200 | 0.1245 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 87 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 49800 | 62200 | 0.1995 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 88 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53200 | 61000 | 0.1293 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 89 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53600 | 62800 | 0.1465 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 90 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58100 | 64100 | 0.0936 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 91 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 59300 | 61600 | 0.0372 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 | |
| 92 | University of California-Davis | 68100 | 69800 | 0.0243 | 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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