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 | 6600 | 34300 | 0.8079 | 1,500 | 1130 | 0.1097 | |
| 2 | University of California-Davis | 10200 | 38600 | 0.7366 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 3 | Eastern Kentucky University | 11300 | 28000 | 0.5958 | 13,448 | 1075 | 0.9683 | |
| 4 | California State University-Fresno | 11600 | 44000 | 0.7366 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 4 | Cornell University | 11600 | 93700 | 0.8761 | 16,138 | 1528 | 0.0838 | |
| 6 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 12200 | 20500 | 0.4042 | 5,063 | 1069 | 0.8756 | |
| 7 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 12400 | 33000 | 0.6244 | 46,627 | 1366 | 0.492 | |
| 8 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 9 | Fort Valley State University | 12700 | 54800 | 0.7681 | 2,699 | 1025 | 0.6587 | |
| 10 | Louisiana Tech University | 12800 | 42900 | 0.7015 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 11 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 13300 | 29300 | 0.5461 | 8,421 | 1054 | 0.9444 | |
| 12 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 61700 | 0.7781 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 13 | University of Arizona | 14100 | 32100 | 0.5606 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 14 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 14300 | 26600 | 0.4624 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 15 | University of Wisconsin-Platteville | 14600 | 23900 | 0.389 | 6,045 | 1193 | 0.8938 | |
| 16 | Oklahoma Panhandle State University | 15100 | 17400 | 0.1318 | 1,021 | 985 | 1 | |
| 17 | West Virginia University | 15200 | 73100 | 0.7918 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 18 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 15400 | 71500 | 0.7849 | 15,735 | 1069 | 0.8797 | |
| 19 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 38800 | 0.5992 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 19 | University of Maine | 15600 | 29300 | 0.4678 | 9,182 | 1195 | 0.9562 | |
| 21 | California State University-Chico | 15700 | 27000 | 0.4179 | 13,599 | 1054 | 0.9107 | |
| 22 | North Carolina State University | 16300 | 28500 | 0.4289 | 29,340 | 1374 | 0.3954 | |
| 23 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 17300 | 26500 | 0.3485 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 24 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 17400 | 29900 | 0.4174 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 25 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 17500 | 26300 | 0.3348 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 26 | Middle Tennessee State University | 17700 | 29000 | 0.3899 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 27 | University of Kentucky | 18100 | 37300 | 0.516 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 28 | Angelo State University | 18200 | 23100 | 0.2117 | 10,103 | 1045 | 0.7981 | |
| 29 | University of Vermont | 18300 | 37800 | 0.5164 | 12,159 | 1372 | 0.7304 | |
| 30 | University of Rhode Island | 19200 | 33900 | 0.4337 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 31 | Unity Environmental University | 19500 | 48200 | 0.595 | 6,525 | 0 | 0.818 | |
| 32 | Alabama A & M University | 20100 | 51200 | 0.6069 | 6,370 | 915 | 0.5795 | |
| 33 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 20200 | 39000 | 0.4822 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 34 | South Dakota State University | 20300 | 25200 | 0.1941 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 35 | University of Wyoming | 20400 | 27900 | 0.2682 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 36 | Sam Houston State University | 20600 | 30300 | 0.3199 | 17,822 | 1035 | 0.9372 | |
| 37 | North Dakota State University | 20700 | 25700 | 0.1942 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 37 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 20700 | 30600 | 0.3258 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 37 | SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology at Cobleskill | 20700 | 57000 | 0.6364 | 1,894 | 1055 | 0.8401 | |
| 37 | Washington State University | 20700 | 35900 | 0.4229 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 41 | Tarleton State University | 21000 | 23000 | 0.087 | 17,556 | 1090 | 0.5386 | |
| 41 | West Texas A & M University | 21000 | 29200 | 0.2806 | 7,110 | 1060 | 0.6681 | |
| 43 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 21200 | 39200 | 0.4594 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 44 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 21500 | 24100 | 0.1077 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 45 | Buena Vista University | 22300 | 59100 | 0.6225 | 836 | 1075 | 0.6497 | |
| 46 | Wilson College | 24700 | 44400 | 0.4433 | 1,379 | 1055 | 0.9211 | |
| 47 | Tennessee Technological University | 24800 | 33700 | 0.2643 | 9,187 | 1163 | 0.7613 | |
| 48 | Montana State University | 25000 | 31600 | 0.2091 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 49 | Abilene Christian University | 25200 | 55000 | 0.5421 | 5,101 | 1149 | 0.6615 | |
| 50 | The University of Findlay | 25300 | 50600 | 0.4996 | 4,132 | 1090 | 0.6748 | |
| 51 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 25700 | 62800 | 0.5907 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 52 | Dordt University | 26100 | 52500 | 0.5026 | 1,716 | 1205 | 0.6847 | |
| 53 | University of Minnesota-Crookston | 26400 | 29500 | 0.1066 | 2,873 | 1095 | 0.8747 | |
| 54 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 27100 | 40600 | 0.3323 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 54 | University of Arkansas | 27100 | 44500 | 0.3906 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 56 | Murray State University | 27500 | 32400 | 0.1513 | 8,217 | 1124 | 0.8413 | |
| 57 | University of South Dakota | 28200 | 30600 | 0.0783 | 7,515 | 1120 | 0.9884 | |
| 58 | Oregon State University | 28800 | 36700 | 0.216 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 59 | Clemson University | 28900 | 37100 | 0.2207 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 60 | University of Connecticut | 29100 | 55500 | 0.4755 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 61 | Huntington University | 29200 | 44400 | 0.342 | 1,512 | 1065 | 0.7518 | |
| 62 | Morehead State University | 29500 | 31600 | 0.0664 | 7,941 | 1080 | 0.8328 | |
| 63 | Iowa State University | 30800 | 45200 | 0.3183 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 64 | Texas State University | 31100 | 36300 | 0.1439 | 39,353 | 1080 | 0.9118 | |
| 65 | Centenary University | 31600 | 63000 | 0.4983 | 936 | 1070 | 0.8308 | |
| 66 | Tuskegee University | 31700 | 45600 | 0.3049 | 2,660 | 1090 | 0.4868 | |
| 67 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32000 | 35200 | 0.0908 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 68 | University of Idaho | 32700 | 33400 | 0.0209 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 69 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 34500 | 43100 | 0.1997 | 22,313 | 1341 | 0.2996 | |
| 70 | Delaware Valley University | 34600 | 67200 | 0.4849 | 1,680 | 1189 | 0.9268 | |
| 71 | Sul Ross State University | 36300 | 41100 | 0.1169 | 1,890 | 1020 | 0.9871 | |
| 72 | Texas Tech University | 36400 | 42100 | 0.1353 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 73 | North Carolina A & T State University | 36500 | 36700 | 0.0054 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.5125 | |
| 74 | Andrews University | 37200 | 76700 | 0.5148 | 1,384 | 1143 | 0.8185 | |
| 74 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 37200 | 41600 | 0.1056 | 5,386 | 995 | 0.9092 | |
| 76 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 38200 | 66700 | 0.4274 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 77 | Lubbock Christian University | 38500 | 49400 | 0.2206 | 1,383 | 1074 | 0.7473 | |
| 78 | Mississippi State University | 39000 | 53400 | 0.2695 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 79 | Arkansas State University | 43100 | 44600 | 0.0336 | 11,189 | 1080 | 0.7818 | |
| 79 | University of Florida | 43100 | 45700 | 0.0569 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 81 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43500 | 58600 | 0.2577 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 82 | Kansas State University | 43900 | 48400 | 0.0928 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 83 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47100 | 61500 | 0.234 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 84 | University of Delaware | 48300 | 62500 | 0.2284 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 85 | University of Georgia | 48400 | 52300 | 0.0746 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 86 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 48500 | 61200 | 0.2075 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 87 | Michigan State University | 49200 | 56200 | 0.1245 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 88 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 50800 | 63800 | 0.2038 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 89 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53500 | 63400 | 0.1562 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 90 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 54900 | 68800 | 0.2022 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 91 | Auburn University | 59200 | 59200 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 91 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 59200 | 61600 | 0.0389 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.
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