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 | Utah State University | 0 | 25200 | 1 | 25,920 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 2 | College of the Ozarks | 9000 | 32800 | 0.7249 | 1,454 | 1135 | 0.1199 | |
| 3 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 10300 | 21200 | 0.5142 | 4,721 | 1110 | 0.7782 | |
| 4 | Cornell University | 10500 | 93100 | 0.8876 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
| 5 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 12700 | 54500 | 0.7669 | 12,498 | 1010 | 0.8896 | |
| 6 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 12800 | 26100 | 0.5095 | 21,947 | 1335 | 0.3122 | |
| 6 | California State University-Fresno | 12800 | 19600 | 0.3462 | 21,430 | 995 | 0.9638 | |
| 8 | West Virginia University | 13100 | 57700 | 0.7728 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 9 | Fort Valley State University | 13200 | 39100 | 0.6625 | 2,558 | 940 | 0.628 | |
| 9 | Texas State University | 13200 | 23200 | 0.4313 | 36,268 | 1100 | 0.8908 | |
| 11 | University of Delaware | 13600 | 34500 | 0.605 | 19,119 | 1303 | 0.6356 | |
| 12 | Middle Tennessee State University | 13700 | 23200 | 0.409 | 17,668 | 1124 | 0.68 | |
| 12 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 32300 | 0.576 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 14 | Louisiana Tech University | 14100 | 36900 | 0.6178 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 14 | North Carolina A & T State University | 14100 | 20300 | 0.3057 | 12,216 | 1020 | 0.4617 | |
| 14 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 14100 | 64500 | 0.7813 | 14,576 | 1179 | 0.6967 | |
| 17 | Oklahoma Panhandle State University | 14300 | 21500 | 0.3356 | 1,071 | 985 | 0.9707 | |
| 18 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 14500 | 26500 | 0.4546 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 19 | Northwest Missouri State University | 14600 | 27900 | 0.476 | 5,241 | 1075 | 0.8613 | |
| 20 | Stephen F Austin State University | 15100 | 22600 | 0.3314 | 9,129 | 1060 | 0.7445 | |
| 21 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 15400 | 28000 | 0.4497 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 22 | North Carolina State University | 15600 | 27500 | 0.4331 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 22 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 15600 | 46800 | 0.6664 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 24 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 15700 | 25800 | 0.3909 | 5,187 | 1005 | 0.9229 | |
| 25 | Sam Houston State University | 16000 | 29900 | 0.4649 | 17,787 | 1030 | 0.9026 | |
| 26 | Alabama A & M University | 17100 | 44800 | 0.6177 | 5,845 | 940 | 0.6622 | |
| 26 | Arkansas State University | 17100 | 28100 | 0.3917 | 9,985 | 1075 | 0.7959 | |
| 28 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 17200 | 27200 | 0.3671 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 28 | University of Maine | 17200 | 29000 | 0.4068 | 591 | 1199 | 0.9684 | |
| 30 | University of Rhode Island | 17800 | 34700 | 0.4866 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 31 | University of Arkansas | 18100 | 27700 | 0.3455 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 32 | Angelo State University | 18500 | 23100 | 0.1979 | 9,779 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 33 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 18600 | 51700 | 0.6398 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 34 | Kansas State University | 19000 | 28800 | 0.3415 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 35 | Unity Environmental University | 19100 | 41600 | 0.5404 | 5,655 | 0 | 0.818 | |
| 36 | University of Wyoming | 20000 | 26700 | 0.2497 | 8,130 | 1159 | 0.9688 | |
| 37 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 21400 | 40100 | 0.4655 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 38 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 21600 | 35400 | 0.3902 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 39 | Buena Vista University | 22500 | 59100 | 0.6188 | 810 | 1124 | 0.7761 | |
| 39 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 22500 | 59900 | 0.6242 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 41 | Sul Ross State University | 22600 | 48500 | 0.5343 | 1,441 | 1000 | 0.9562 | |
| 42 | California State University-Chico | 22900 | 37600 | 0.3909 | 13,392 | 1117 | 0.9158 | |
| 42 | University of South Dakota | 22900 | 26000 | 0.1182 | 7,619 | 1120 | 0.9878 | |
| 44 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24100 | 38000 | 0.3658 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
| 45 | Wilson College | 24300 | 43300 | 0.4385 | 1,180 | 1040 | 0.9532 | |
| 46 | North Dakota State University | 25100 | 27600 | 0.0898 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 46 | The University of Findlay | 25100 | 50500 | 0.5029 | 3,954 | 1124 | 0.8615 | |
| 48 | Dordt University | 25300 | 69400 | 0.6354 | 1,695 | 1195 | 0.7116 | |
| 49 | South Dakota State University | 25600 | 28700 | 0.1071 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 50 | Michigan State University | 25800 | 28900 | 0.1089 | 41,234 | 1223 | 0.848 | |
| 50 | University of Minnesota-Crookston | 25800 | 28600 | 0.0988 | 2,510 | 1095 | 0.8781 | |
| 52 | Iowa State University | 26900 | 41400 | 0.3509 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 53 | Tuskegee University | 27000 | 42100 | 0.3591 | 2,400 | 1030 | 0.3143 | |
| 54 | University of Arizona | 27100 | 37700 | 0.2815 | 45,025 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
| 55 | Murray State University | 27800 | 32400 | 0.1414 | 8,281 | 1124 | 0.8568 | |
| 56 | Montana State University | 28100 | 68200 | 0.5878 | 15,053 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 57 | Mississippi State University | 28300 | 32300 | 0.126 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 58 | Oregon State University | 28900 | 36700 | 0.2138 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 58 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 28900 | 43700 | 0.3386 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 60 | Centenary University | 29300 | 63600 | 0.5392 | 951 | 965 | 0.9675 | |
| 61 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 29400 | 42200 | 0.3034 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 62 | University of Wisconsin-Platteville | 29800 | 31800 | 0.0652 | 6,270 | 1140 | 0.8726 | |
| 63 | Texas Tech University | 29900 | 29900 | 0 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 64 | University of Idaho | 30200 | 45300 | 0.3331 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 65 | Lubbock Christian University | 30300 | 49200 | 0.3845 | 1,322 | 1070 | 0.7589 | |
| 66 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 31400 | 36500 | 0.1397 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 67 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 15,130 | 0 | 0.5256 | |
| 68 | University of Vermont | 34600 | 66300 | 0.4782 | 12,276 | 1379 | 0.653 | |
| 69 | University of Mount Olive | 35300 | 35300 | 0 | 1,937 | 945 | 0.7775 | |
| 70 | Delaware Valley University | 35800 | 83300 | 0.5702 | 1,768 | 1180 | 0.9326 | |
| 71 | Abilene Christian University | 36000 | 60700 | 0.4066 | 3,233 | 1129 | 0.6604 | |
| 72 | Auburn University | 36300 | 38000 | 0.0447 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 73 | Andrews University | 36400 | 62100 | 0.4139 | 1,312 | 1208 | 0.874 | |
| 74 | University of Connecticut | 37700 | 43900 | 0.1414 | 19,388 | 1324 | 0.5395 | |
| 75 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 38200 | 66500 | 0.4253 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 76 | Washington State University | 38600 | 53900 | 0.2835 | 14,346 | 1139 | 0.8797 | |
| 77 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 38900 | 60900 | 0.3614 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 78 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 40400 | 40400 | 0 | 11,365 | 1216 | 0.8816 | |
| 79 | University of Florida | 43200 | 45600 | 0.0526 | 36,567 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 79 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43200 | 44900 | 0.0379 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 81 | SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology at Cobleskill | 45300 | 52600 | 0.1389 | 1,764 | 1055 | 0.8325 | |
| 82 | University of Georgia | 45900 | 51600 | 0.1108 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 83 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 46600 | 58900 | 0.2099 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 84 | University of Kentucky | 50900 | 56400 | 0.0974 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 85 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 52100 | 53100 | 0.0188 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 86 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53400 | 61000 | 0.1257 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 87 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 54700 | 72300 | 0.2444 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 88 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 57100 | 59200 | 0.0351 | 24,457 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 89 | Clemson University | 61600 | 63700 | 0.0326 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 90 | University of California-Davis | 70700 | 89800 | 0.2126 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.
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