Considering a degree in Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering majors who live in California.
Rankings are calculated by estimating the net price at every college offering Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering degrees for a "typical" middle class family living in the state of California.
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 | Johns Hopkins University | 2700 | 92000 | 0.9704 | 6,356 | 1543 | 0.0644 | |
| 2 | California Institute of Technology | 3400 | 90800 | 0.9626 | 987 | 1557 | 0.0257 | |
| 3 | Stanford University | 3500 | 71800 | 0.9517 | 7,904 | 1535 | 0.0361 | |
| 4 | Santa Ana College | 4500 | 23100 | 0.8046 | 27,248 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | Yale University | 5500 | 92200 | 0.94 | 6,814 | 1507 | 0.0387 | |
| 6 | Harvard University | 5900 | 96000 | 0.9387 | 8,844 | 1535 | 0.0365 | |
| 7 | Santa Monica College | 6400 | 15500 | 0.588 | 23,453 | 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | Rio Hondo College | 7100 | 21600 | 0.6726 | 17,441 | 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | Vanderbilt University | 7600 | 96200 | 0.9205 | 7,221 | 1527 | 0.0586 | |
| 10 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8200 | 97100 | 0.916 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0399 | |
| 11 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 8900 | 90000 | 0.9016 | 4,535 | 1542 | 0.0455 | |
| 12 | University of Pennsylvania | 9200 | 92900 | 0.9009 | 11,478 | 1536 | 0.054 | |
| 12 | Washington University in St Louis | 9200 | 102300 | 0.9104 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 14 | Bucknell University | 9600 | 91800 | 0.8959 | 3,920 | 1396 | 0.2893 | |
| 15 | Rice University | 9800 | 89100 | 0.8903 | 4,789 | 1535 | 0.08 | |
| 16 | University of California-Davis | 10200 | 38200 | 0.7339 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
| 17 | Marshall University | 10700 | 33400 | 0.6794 | 9,146 | 1065 | 0.9573 | |
| 18 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 11000 | 26000 | 0.5786 | 22,033 | 1321 | 0.3132 | |
| 19 | University of California-San Diego | 11200 | 39700 | 0.718 | 34,955 | 1375 | 0.2671 | |
| 20 | Cornell University | 11500 | 93100 | 0.8767 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0876 | |
| 21 | The University of Texas at Dallas | 11600 | 19400 | 0.4019 | 21,858 | 1283 | 0.6513 | |
| 22 | University of Houston | 12000 | 28400 | 0.5781 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 23 | University of California-Merced | 12500 | 41900 | 0.7018 | 8,372 | 1070 | 0.9053 | |
| 23 | University of South Florida | 12500 | 17100 | 0.2688 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 25 | Boston University | 12700 | 92800 | 0.8633 | 18,805 | 1475 | 0.1111 | |
| 26 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 13300 | 13300 | 0 | 18,288 | 1090 | 0.9068 | |
| 27 | Union College | 13500 | 92400 | 0.8538 | 2,065 | 1393 | 0.4392 | |
| 27 | University of Delaware | 13500 | 34500 | 0.6079 | 20,026 | 1294 | 0.706 | |
| 29 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 47300 | 0.7099 | 38,040 | 1418 | 0.452 | |
| 30 | Grand Valley State University | 13800 | 25300 | 0.4551 | 19,002 | 1084 | 0.8302 | |
| 31 | Brown University | 13900 | 94000 | 0.8521 | 7,910 | 1535 | 0.0539 | |
| 31 | Duke University | 13900 | 93600 | 0.8517 | 6,523 | 1527 | 0.0571 | |
| 31 | Northern Illinois University | 13900 | 30400 | 0.5445 | 11,348 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 34 | Florida Gulf Coast University | 14500 | 22500 | 0.3552 | 14,463 | 1125 | 0.6344 | |
| 35 | Case Western Reserve University | 15100 | 91300 | 0.835 | 6,528 | 1475 | 0.3654 | |
| 36 | University of Southern California | 15300 | 71400 | 0.786 | 20,630 | 1492 | 0.0981 | |
| 37 | Lehigh University | 15400 | 89600 | 0.8286 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 37 | University of Central Oklahoma | 15400 | 28700 | 0.4635 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 39 | Alabama State University | 15500 | 24300 | 0.3632 | 3,521 | 945 | 0.9755 | |
| 40 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 15900 | 27700 | 0.4254 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 41 | University of Maine | 16200 | 29300 | 0.4474 | 9,601 | 1205 | 0.9664 | |
| 42 | University of California-Los Angeles | 16300 | 36700 | 0.5555 | 33,475 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 43 | University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire | 16400 | 22400 | 0.2683 | 9,351 | 1195 | 0.8234 | |
| 44 | The University of Texas at Austin | 16500 | 28000 | 0.4111 | 43,165 | 1356 | 0.2664 | |
| 45 | Northwestern University | 16600 | 89500 | 0.8149 | 9,399 | 1527 | 0.0769 | |
| 45 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16600 | 64800 | 0.7438 | 20,885 | 1420 | 0.1534 | |
| 45 | West Virginia University | 16600 | 40900 | 0.5939 | 18,206 | 1125 | 0.89 | |
| 48 | University of California-Riverside | 17000 | 36500 | 0.5341 | 22,600 | 1199 | 0.7639 | |
| 49 | University of Louisville | 17100 | 29100 | 0.4128 | 17,086 | 1148 | 0.7941 | |
| 50 | University of Memphis | 17200 | 26400 | 0.3491 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 51 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 17400 | 39000 | 0.5533 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 52 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 17600 | 29900 | 0.4136 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5743 | |
| 53 | University of Miami | 17700 | 95700 | 0.8149 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 54 | University of California-Berkeley | 17900 | 43600 | 0.5903 | 33,070 | 1407 | 0.1098 | |
| 55 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 18600 | 31400 | 0.4077 | 13,921 | 1119 | 0.7468 | |
| 56 | University of Nevada-Reno | 18900 | 28200 | 0.3295 | 19,117 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
| 57 | San Jose State University | 19000 | 40800 | 0.5349 | 28,008 | 1124 | 0.8461 | |
| 58 | University of Mississippi | 19100 | 27000 | 0.2925 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 59 | University of Colorado Boulder | 19200 | 31900 | 0.3987 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7808 | |
| 60 | Jackson State University | 19300 | 28000 | 0.3102 | 4,650 | 950 | 0.9315 | |
| 60 | University of Arizona | 19300 | 30900 | 0.376 | 44,848 | 1233 | 0.8614 | |
| 62 | Wichita State University | 19400 | 29800 | 0.3483 | 13,313 | 1073 | 0.9395 | |
| 63 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 19700 | 78700 | 0.7498 | 17,885 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 64 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 20100 | 29300 | 0.3135 | 2,381 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 64 | University of Rochester | 20100 | 93100 | 0.7843 | 6,580 | 1462 | 0.4008 | |
| 66 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 20300 | 39200 | 0.4824 | 11,355 | 1222 | 0.8816 | |
| 67 | Louisiana Tech University | 21000 | 26100 | 0.1956 | 10,881 | 1189 | 0.864 | |
| 68 | Tufts University | 21300 | 98900 | 0.7843 | 7,126 | 1507 | 0.1149 | |
| 69 | Florida State University | 22500 | 32400 | 0.306 | 32,720 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 69 | Indiana Institute of Technology | 22500 | 48800 | 0.5391 | 1,650 | 1055 | 0.7039 | |
| 71 | Florida International University | 23700 | 23700 | 0 | 45,193 | 1175 | 0.5466 | |
| 71 | University of South Dakota | 23700 | 26000 | 0.0876 | 7,619 | 1120 | 0.9878 | |
| 73 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24100 | 39300 | 0.3873 | 23,920 | 1397 | 0.5973 | |
| 74 | University at Buffalo | 24500 | 34000 | 0.2794 | 20,359 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 75 | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology | 24600 | 26900 | 0.0848 | 2,216 | 1268 | 0.7987 | |
| 76 | The College of New Jersey | 24700 | 38400 | 0.3564 | 7,435 | 1248 | 0.6229 | |
| 77 | Walla Walla University | 25600 | 51700 | 0.5046 | 1,313 | 1113 | 0.5077 | |
| 78 | Binghamton University | 25700 | 32700 | 0.2159 | 14,669 | 1415 | 0.3861 | |
| 79 | Messiah University | 25900 | 54300 | 0.5228 | 2,618 | 1241 | 0.7897 | |
| 79 | Regis College | 25900 | 70700 | 0.6337 | 987 | 965 | 0.6978 | |
| 81 | University of Mount Union | 26400 | 50900 | 0.4812 | 2,207 | 1089 | 0.782 | |
| 81 | University of the Pacific | 26400 | 69800 | 0.621 | 3,249 | 1298 | 0.7132 | |
| 83 | Trine University | 26500 | 56100 | 0.5276 | 4,373 | 1159 | 0.8548 | |
| 83 | University of Arkansas | 26500 | 28900 | 0.0825 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.743 | |
| 85 | Kansas State University | 26600 | 30400 | 0.1261 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8169 | |
| 86 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 26900 | 36500 | 0.2632 | 7,505 | 1073 | 0.9633 | |
| 87 | Michigan Technological University | 27000 | 34700 | 0.222 | 6,013 | 1256 | 0.9243 | |
| 88 | Syracuse University | 27300 | 83100 | 0.6713 | 15,957 | 1363 | 0.4592 | |
| 89 | George Fox University | 27700 | 69400 | 0.6012 | 3,354 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 90 | Dartmouth College | 28100 | 96000 | 0.7074 | 4,637 | 1521 | 0.054 | |
| 90 | Mississippi State University | 28100 | 32300 | 0.1323 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 92 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28400 | 32300 | 0.1207 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 93 | University of Hartford | 28500 | 70100 | 0.5933 | 4,223 | 1224 | 0.9575 | |
| 93 | University of North Texas | 28500 | 37400 | 0.2378 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 95 | University of Iowa | 28800 | 31100 | 0.0733 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 96 | Gannon University | 29000 | 52900 | 0.4522 | 2,768 | 1133 | 0.7416 | |
| 97 | Montana State University | 29400 | 31400 | 0.0637 | 15,046 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 97 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29400 | 34000 | 0.1354 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 99 | University of Toledo | 29700 | 42000 | 0.2926 | 11,013 | 1229 | 0.9202 | |
| 100 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 30300 | 38500 | 0.213 | 7,890 | 1110 | 0.2056 | |
| 100 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30300 | 78100 | 0.6118 | 14,267 | 1381 | 0.6693 | |
| 102 | George Mason University | 30400 | 35700 | 0.1483 | 28,334 | 1268 | 0.8748 | |
| 103 | Alfred University | 30600 | 67100 | 0.5438 | 1,442 | 1239 | 0.7384 | |
| 104 | California Baptist University | 30900 | 64800 | 0.5223 | 8,417 | 1070 | 0.8488 | |
| 105 | California State University-Long Beach | 31000 | 38900 | 0.2032 | 36,082 | 1135 | 0.4627 | |
| 105 | University of North Dakota | 31000 | 33700 | 0.0824 | 11,033 | 1150 | 0.769 | |
| 107 | North Carolina A & T State University | 31100 | 36700 | 0.1525 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.499 | |
| 108 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 31200 | 48800 | 0.361 | 20,591 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 109 | Lawrence Technological University | 31800 | 71900 | 0.5576 | 2,579 | 1159 | 0.559 | |
| 110 | Marquette University | 31900 | 66500 | 0.5203 | 8,045 | 1309 | 0.8134 | |
| 111 | University of Rhode Island | 32400 | 46400 | 0.3015 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 112 | North Carolina State University | 32700 | 54800 | 0.4031 | 28,422 | 1378 | 0.4174 | |
| 112 | Rockhurst University | 32700 | 62500 | 0.4769 | 2,303 | 1124 | 0.6959 | |
| 114 | Harding University | 33500 | 47800 | 0.2987 | 3,536 | 1184 | 0.7052 | |
| 115 | George Washington University | 33700 | 81800 | 0.5881 | 11,677 | 1430 | 0.4709 | |
| 116 | LeTourneau University | 33900 | 54800 | 0.3817 | 3,187 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 117 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 34200 | 75200 | 0.5454 | 3,135 | 1307 | 0.5493 | |
| 118 | Milwaukee School of Engineering | 34300 | 70200 | 0.5117 | 2,704 | 1277 | 0.5893 | |
| 119 | University of Vermont | 34500 | 66300 | 0.4799 | 12,276 | 1379 | 0.653 | |
| 120 | Stevenson University | 35300 | 59900 | 0.4105 | 3,106 | 1100 | 0.7891 | |
| 121 | New York Institute of Technology | 35400 | 83600 | 0.5769 | 3,646 | 1298 | 0.8102 | |
| 121 | Temple University | 35400 | 56400 | 0.3724 | 21,457 | 1135 | 0.8041 | |
| 121 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 35400 | 56700 | 0.3757 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8304 | |
| 121 | Valparaiso University | 35400 | 63200 | 0.4393 | 2,123 | 1189 | 0.8943 | |
| 125 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 36200 | 41600 | 0.1298 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 126 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 36700 | 38900 | 0.0586 | 23,329 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 127 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 36900 | 66300 | 0.4436 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5478 | |
| 128 | University of Connecticut | 37200 | 53600 | 0.3062 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 129 | Hofstra University | 38000 | 76900 | 0.5058 | 6,581 | 1328 | 0.6808 | |
| 130 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 38500 | 53100 | 0.2748 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 130 | Western New England University | 38500 | 69200 | 0.4438 | 2,616 | 1199 | 0.8348 | |
| 132 | Loyola University Chicago | 39100 | 74100 | 0.4722 | 12,538 | 1303 | 0.816 | |
| 133 | Stony Brook University | 39700 | 53000 | 0.2506 | 18,263 | 1410 | 0.4904 | |
| 134 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 39800 | 53600 | 0.2576 | 46,815 | 1378 | 0.6057 | |
| 135 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 40100 | 52100 | 0.2305 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 136 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 40200 | 50000 | 0.1962 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 136 | Santa Clara University | 40200 | 84500 | 0.5245 | 6,577 | 1427 | 0.48 | |
| 136 | Wayne State University | 40200 | 46200 | 0.1299 | 16,012 | 1174 | 0.8116 | |
| 139 | Johnson & Wales University-Providence | 40400 | 66000 | 0.3874 | 3,908 | 1050 | 0.8841 | |
| 140 | Endicott College | 40500 | 64200 | 0.3691 | 3,194 | 1275 | 0.7121 | |
| 141 | Washington State University | 40600 | 56300 | 0.28 | 21,455 | 1125 | 0.8664 | |
| 142 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 40800 | 55200 | 0.2608 | 25,900 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 143 | University of Alabama at Birmingham | 41100 | 42300 | 0.0284 | 11,959 | 1260 | 0.8818 | |
| 144 | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | 41500 | 83200 | 0.5012 | 2,315 | 1404 | 0.7686 | |
| 144 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 41500 | 53200 | 0.22 | 5,731 | 1174 | 0.9064 | |
| 146 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 41900 | 67900 | 0.3828 | 3,965 | 1229 | 0.9121 | |
| 147 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 42400 | 42400 | 0 | 14,449 | 1195 | 0.784 | |
| 148 | University of Florida | 43100 | 45700 | 0.057 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 149 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43300 | 68600 | 0.3686 | 3,666 | 1224 | 0.577 | |
| 150 | Widener University | 43500 | 79400 | 0.4523 | 2,975 | 1184 | 0.7093 | |
| 151 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2752 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 151 | University of Illinois Chicago | 44900 | 50600 | 0.1127 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 153 | Duquesne University | 45200 | 70500 | 0.3586 | 5,371 | 1274 | 0.8356 | |
| 154 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 46000 | 86300 | 0.4668 | 5,741 | 1438 | 0.6347 | |
| 155 | Fairfield University | 46200 | 84300 | 0.4518 | 5,391 | 1350 | 0.3329 | |
| 155 | Saint Louis University | 46200 | 80900 | 0.4287 | 10,413 | 1305 | 0.7504 | |
| 157 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 48400 | 91400 | 0.4706 | 8,192 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
| 158 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48500 | 51200 | 0.0543 | 44,819 | 1327 | 0.4987 | |
| 159 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 48600 | 61200 | 0.2056 | 26,221 | 1204 | 0.8854 | |
| 160 | Drexel University | 48700 | 83900 | 0.4196 | 13,309 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 161 | University of Kentucky | 49100 | 58000 | 0.1547 | 25,534 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 162 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 49500 | 85800 | 0.4229 | 4,236 | 1445 | 0.4758 | |
| 163 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 49800 | 62200 | 0.1995 | 37,140 | 1406 | 0.4237 | |
| 164 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 50500 | 83600 | 0.3958 | 5,558 | 1292 | 0.6016 | |
| 165 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 50600 | 52900 | 0.0431 | 14,504 | 1149 | 0.7637 | |
| 166 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 50800 | 84700 | 0.4003 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 167 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 51300 | 52800 | 0.0284 | 21,210 | 1148 | 0.9262 | |
| 168 | University of Utah | 51400 | 53700 | 0.0425 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 169 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53200 | 61000 | 0.1291 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 170 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 53300 | 53300 | 0 | 33,033 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 171 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 16,100 | 1219 | 0.7766 | |
| 172 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 56900 | 59200 | 0.0385 | 24,449 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 173 | Miami University-Oxford | 57400 | 57400 | 0 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 174 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58300 | 64100 | 0.0905 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 175 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 61100 | 63200 | 0.0332 | 40,684 | 1331 | 0.3915 | |
| 176 | Clemson University | 61400 | 63700 | 0.0358 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 177 | Hawaii Pacific University | 63500 | 65800 | 0.0346 | 3,533 | 1120 | 0.8587 | |
| 178 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 63700 | 63700 | 0 | 10,200 | 1325 | 0.6507 | |
| 179 | University of California-Irvine | 68900 | 75600 | 0.0886 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2857 | |
| 180 | University of California-Santa Cruz | 76100 | 82400 | 0.0764 | 17,940 | 1281 | 0.6579 | |
| 181 | The Catholic University of America | 82500 | 82500 | 0 | 3,177 | 1140 | 0.8278 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.
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