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 | 8200 | 25200 | 0.6743 | 25,920 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 2 | College of the Ozarks | 8300 | 47200 | 0.8246 | 1,454 | 1135 | 0.1199 | |
| 3 | University of California-Davis | 10200 | 38500 | 0.7358 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
| 4 | Cornell University | 12000 | 93100 | 0.8713 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
| 5 | California State University-Fresno | 12700 | 45900 | 0.724 | 21,430 | 995 | 0.9638 | |
| 6 | Sul Ross State University | 12900 | 37300 | 0.6544 | 1,441 | 1000 | 0.9562 | |
| 7 | Fort Valley State University | 13200 | 44300 | 0.7024 | 2,558 | 890 | 0.628 | |
| 8 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 13300 | 54500 | 0.7559 | 12,498 | 1010 | 0.8896 | |
| 9 | Louisiana Tech University | 13400 | 36900 | 0.6368 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 9 | West Virginia University | 13400 | 57700 | 0.7676 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 11 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 49300 | 0.7221 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 12 | Middle Tennessee State University | 13800 | 23200 | 0.4051 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 13 | Oklahoma Panhandle State University | 14500 | 21200 | 0.3167 | 1,071 | 985 | 0.9707 | |
| 13 | Texas State University | 14500 | 24500 | 0.4075 | 36,268 | 1100 | 0.8908 | |
| 15 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15100 | 37700 | 0.6009 | 5,241 | 1075 | 0.8613 | |
| 16 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 15300 | 86200 | 0.823 | 15,375 | 1179 | 0.866 | |
| 17 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 15400 | 26400 | 0.4166 | 4,721 | 1110 | 0.7782 | |
| 18 | California State University-Chico | 15500 | 27000 | 0.4253 | 13,392 | 1117 | 0.9158 | |
| 18 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 15500 | 28000 | 0.4461 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 20 | Sam Houston State University | 16000 | 30300 | 0.4716 | 17,787 | 1030 | 0.9026 | |
| 21 | Alabama A & M University | 16800 | 44800 | 0.6244 | 5,845 | 920 | 0.6622 | |
| 21 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 16800 | 39000 | 0.5684 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 23 | University of Maine | 17300 | 29300 | 0.4098 | 9,601 | 1178 | 0.9664 | |
| 24 | University of Arkansas | 18300 | 27700 | 0.3412 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 25 | Unity Environmental University | 18600 | 41600 | 0.5524 | 5,655 | 0 | 0.818 | |
| 25 | University of Rhode Island | 18600 | 46400 | 0.5986 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 27 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 18700 | 41200 | 0.5467 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 28 | University of Arizona | 19100 | 30900 | 0.3825 | 45,025 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
| 29 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 19400 | 36900 | 0.4748 | 24,457 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 30 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20300 | 45200 | 0.5514 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 31 | South Dakota State University | 20800 | 25200 | 0.1767 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 31 | Stetson University | 20800 | 79100 | 0.7374 | 2,349 | 1114 | 0.716 | |
| 33 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 21200 | 32800 | 0.3548 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 34 | Buena Vista University | 22600 | 59100 | 0.6174 | 810 | 1124 | 0.7761 | |
| 34 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 22600 | 59900 | 0.6226 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 36 | University of South Dakota | 23100 | 26000 | 0.1136 | 7,619 | 1120 | 0.9878 | |
| 37 | Montana State University | 23400 | 31400 | 0.2547 | 15,053 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 38 | SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology at Cobleskill | 23500 | 51600 | 0.5447 | 1,894 | 1055 | 0.8401 | |
| 39 | Wilson College | 25000 | 44400 | 0.4384 | 1,180 | 1040 | 0.9532 | |
| 40 | The University of Findlay | 25100 | 50600 | 0.5035 | 3,954 | 1124 | 0.8615 | |
| 41 | North Dakota State University | 25200 | 27600 | 0.0854 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 42 | Dordt University | 25600 | 52500 | 0.5121 | 1,695 | 1170 | 0.7116 | |
| 43 | University of Minnesota-Crookston | 25900 | 28600 | 0.0946 | 2,612 | 1095 | 0.8786 | |
| 44 | Tuskegee University | 26500 | 42100 | 0.371 | 2,400 | 1113 | 0.3143 | |
| 45 | University of Idaho | 27200 | 30600 | 0.1113 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 46 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 27600 | 35400 | 0.2206 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 47 | Murray State University | 27900 | 32400 | 0.1377 | 8,281 | 1124 | 0.8568 | |
| 48 | Iowa State University | 28400 | 42800 | 0.3368 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 49 | University of Connecticut | 29200 | 33700 | 0.1337 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 50 | Huntington University | 29600 | 44300 | 0.3319 | 1,589 | 1055 | 0.7564 | |
| 51 | Kansas State University | 29800 | 41600 | 0.2825 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 52 | University of Wisconsin-Platteville | 29900 | 31800 | 0.0614 | 6,270 | 1180 | 0.8726 | |
| 53 | Centenary University | 30700 | 63600 | 0.5172 | 951 | 965 | 0.9675 | |
| 54 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 30800 | 36500 | 0.1561 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 55 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 31800 | 62800 | 0.4933 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 56 | Angelo State University | 31900 | 35400 | 0.0976 | 9,779 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 57 | North Carolina State University | 33000 | 54800 | 0.3971 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 58 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 15,130 | 1095 | 0.5256 | |
| 59 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 33500 | 43100 | 0.2229 | 21,947 | 1335 | 0.3122 | |
| 60 | University of Vermont | 34600 | 66300 | 0.4773 | 12,276 | 1379 | 0.653 | |
| 61 | Andrews University | 35800 | 62100 | 0.4235 | 1,312 | 1196 | 0.874 | |
| 61 | Delaware Valley University | 35800 | 83300 | 0.5702 | 1,768 | 1180 | 0.9326 | |
| 63 | Abilene Christian University | 36000 | 60700 | 0.4066 | 3,233 | 1129 | 0.6604 | |
| 64 | North Carolina A & T State University | 36100 | 36600 | 0.0137 | 12,216 | 1040 | 0.4617 | |
| 65 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 36400 | 42800 | 0.1495 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 66 | Mississippi State University | 36500 | 50500 | 0.2765 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 67 | Tennessee Technological University | 36600 | 38500 | 0.0508 | 8,838 | 1159 | 0.8316 | |
| 68 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 37700 | 41600 | 0.095 | 5,386 | 995 | 0.9092 | |
| 69 | Texas Tech University | 38600 | 41000 | 0.0586 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 70 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 38800 | 53400 | 0.2735 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 71 | University of Wyoming | 40300 | 45300 | 0.1094 | 8,130 | 1159 | 0.9688 | |
| 72 | Arkansas State University | 40400 | 40700 | 0.0083 | 9,985 | 1075 | 0.7959 | |
| 73 | Washington State University | 41200 | 56300 | 0.269 | 21,455 | 1131 | 0.8664 | |
| 74 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42500 | 57700 | 0.2632 | 11,365 | 1216 | 0.8816 | |
| 75 | University of Florida | 43300 | 45600 | 0.0504 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 76 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43500 | 53400 | 0.1854 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 77 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 44600 | 53700 | 0.1694 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 78 | Oregon State University | 45000 | 61900 | 0.2736 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 79 | University of Georgia | 45900 | 51600 | 0.1108 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 80 | Michigan State University | 47200 | 56200 | 0.1601 | 41,234 | 1223 | 0.848 | |
| 81 | University of Delaware | 48200 | 61300 | 0.2136 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 82 | University of Mount Olive | 48400 | 50400 | 0.0388 | 1,937 | 1020 | 0.7775 | |
| 83 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48800 | 51200 | 0.0479 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 84 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 48900 | 61200 | 0.2003 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 84 | University of Kentucky | 48900 | 56600 | 0.1353 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 86 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53500 | 61000 | 0.1238 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 87 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53900 | 64200 | 0.1604 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
| 88 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 54200 | 56100 | 0.0348 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 89 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58200 | 64100 | 0.0921 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 90 | Auburn University | 58700 | 58700 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 91 | Clemson University | 61700 | 63700 | 0.0307 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.
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