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 | Stanford University | 3700 | 71300 | 0.948 | 7,904 | 1535 | 0.0361 | |
| 3 | California Institute of Technology | 4100 | 90800 | 0.9549 | 987 | 1557 | 0.0257 | |
| 4 | Santa Ana College | 4500 | 23100 | 0.8046 | 26,073 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | Yale University | 5500 | 92200 | 0.94 | 6,814 | 1507 | 0.0387 | |
| 6 | Harvard University | 5900 | 91300 | 0.9356 | 7,038 | 1535 | 0.0365 | |
| 7 | Santa Monica College | 6400 | 15500 | 0.5879 | 23,164 | 0 | 0.4384 | |
| 8 | University of Pennsylvania | 7000 | 92900 | 0.9249 | 10,013 | 1528 | 0.054 | |
| 9 | Vanderbilt University | 7700 | 96500 | 0.9204 | 7,221 | 1527 | 0.0586 | |
| 10 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8400 | 98000 | 0.9146 | 9,164 | 1494 | 0.2965 | |
| 11 | Rice University | 8600 | 89100 | 0.9038 | 4,789 | 1535 | 0.08 | |
| 12 | Marshall University | 8800 | 34400 | 0.7437 | 9,146 | 1065 | 0.9572 | |
| 13 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 8900 | 90000 | 0.9016 | 4,580 | 1542 | 0.0455 | |
| 14 | Washington University in St Louis | 9500 | 96200 | 0.9014 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 15 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 9900 | 25000 | 0.6031 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 16 | University of California-San Diego | 10800 | 39700 | 0.7281 | 34,955 | 1375 | 0.2677 | |
| 17 | Duke University | 10900 | 93600 | 0.8838 | 6,523 | 1539 | 0.0571 | |
| 18 | Boston University | 11100 | 91600 | 0.8791 | 18,805 | 1475 | 0.1111 | |
| 18 | Brown University | 11100 | 94000 | 0.8816 | 7,910 | 1535 | 0.0539 | |
| 20 | University of California-Merced | 11700 | 39400 | 0.7035 | 8,372 | 1070 | 0.9152 | |
| 21 | Wichita State University | 11800 | 29800 | 0.6025 | 14,280 | 1094 | 0.7211 | |
| 22 | Cornell University | 12000 | 93100 | 0.8713 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
| 23 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 12100 | 26200 | 0.5369 | 21,947 | 1335 | 0.3122 | |
| 24 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 29100 | 0.5734 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 25 | West Virginia University | 12500 | 57700 | 0.7832 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 26 | University of California-Riverside | 12700 | 66000 | 0.808 | 22,599 | 1199 | 0.7685 | |
| 27 | University of Houston | 12900 | 23100 | 0.4417 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 28 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 13100 | 25700 | 0.4897 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 29 | The University of Texas at Dallas | 13300 | 18700 | 0.2891 | 21,858 | 1283 | 0.6513 | |
| 29 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 13300 | 13300 | 0 | 18,667 | 1090 | 0.9711 | |
| 31 | North Carolina A & T State University | 13400 | 17900 | 0.2521 | 12,216 | 1040 | 0.4617 | |
| 32 | Florida Gulf Coast University | 13500 | 22500 | 0.3996 | 14,243 | 1125 | 0.7675 | |
| 33 | Union College | 13600 | 92400 | 0.8527 | 2,065 | 1393 | 0.4392 | |
| 33 | University of South Florida | 13600 | 17100 | 0.2045 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 35 | Kansas State University | 13700 | 26100 | 0.4738 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 35 | University of Delaware | 13700 | 34500 | 0.6033 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 37 | Louisiana Tech University | 14000 | 36900 | 0.6205 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 38 | Northern Illinois University | 14400 | 30700 | 0.5296 | 11,349 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 39 | University of North Texas | 14600 | 25700 | 0.4325 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 40 | Bucknell University | 14800 | 94800 | 0.8437 | 3,920 | 1284 | 0.2893 | |
| 41 | Alabama State University | 15100 | 37900 | 0.6018 | 3,322 | 970 | 0.9564 | |
| 42 | Case Western Reserve University | 15200 | 83100 | 0.8169 | 6,528 | 1485 | 0.3778 | |
| 42 | University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire | 15200 | 22400 | 0.3199 | 8,765 | 1209 | 0.8799 | |
| 44 | University of Memphis | 15300 | 29900 | 0.4879 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 45 | University of California-Santa Cruz | 15400 | 39100 | 0.6046 | 17,940 | 1281 | 0.6557 | |
| 45 | University of Central Oklahoma | 15400 | 28700 | 0.4635 | 10,454 | 1055 | 0.8176 | |
| 47 | Lehigh University | 15800 | 89600 | 0.8241 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 48 | California State University-Long Beach | 16000 | 25800 | 0.3801 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 48 | University of Southern California | 16000 | 71400 | 0.7762 | 20,630 | 1492 | 0.0981 | |
| 50 | Wayne State University | 16100 | 46200 | 0.6516 | 16,173 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
| 51 | University of California-Los Angeles | 16300 | 36700 | 0.5559 | 33,471 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 52 | University of Florida | 16400 | 22500 | 0.271 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 53 | University of Maine | 16600 | 29300 | 0.4337 | 9,601 | 1178 | 0.9664 | |
| 53 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 16600 | 33600 | 0.5055 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 55 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 16800 | 39000 | 0.5684 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 56 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16900 | 64800 | 0.7388 | 21,075 | 1420 | 0.1534 | |
| 57 | University of Rhode Island | 17400 | 46400 | 0.6245 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 58 | University of Colorado Boulder | 17600 | 30600 | 0.4248 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
| 59 | University of Miami | 17700 | 96300 | 0.8159 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 60 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 17800 | 26700 | 0.3333 | 7,505 | 1059 | 0.9633 | |
| 61 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 18100 | 27700 | 0.3461 | 31,112 | 1114 | 0.8129 | |
| 62 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 18200 | 35300 | 0.484 | 5,731 | 1174 | 0.9064 | |
| 63 | University of Vermont | 18300 | 37800 | 0.5164 | 12,276 | 1379 | 0.653 | |
| 64 | The University of Texas at Austin | 18900 | 27600 | 0.3147 | 43,165 | 1348 | 0.2664 | |
| 65 | University of Mississippi | 19100 | 45000 | 0.5762 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 66 | Jackson State University | 19300 | 28000 | 0.3102 | 4,650 | 965 | 0.4823 | |
| 66 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 19300 | 78700 | 0.7548 | 17,901 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 68 | San Jose State University | 19500 | 33700 | 0.4214 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 69 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 20000 | 31400 | 0.3631 | 13,921 | 1119 | 0.7468 | |
| 70 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20300 | 45200 | 0.5514 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 71 | University of Rochester | 20400 | 93100 | 0.7811 | 6,580 | 1469 | 0.4008 | |
| 72 | Northwestern University | 20600 | 89500 | 0.7702 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 73 | Tufts University | 21600 | 98900 | 0.7813 | 7,126 | 1507 | 0.1153 | |
| 74 | Florida State University | 22700 | 32500 | 0.3015 | 32,711 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 75 | Indiana Institute of Technology | 22900 | 48800 | 0.5309 | 1,642 | 1055 | 0.5713 | |
| 75 | Montana State University | 22900 | 31400 | 0.2706 | 15,053 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 77 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 23100 | 40000 | 0.4224 | 1,984 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 78 | University of the Pacific | 23300 | 69800 | 0.6654 | 3,249 | 1298 | 0.7132 | |
| 79 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 23500 | 35000 | 0.3286 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 80 | University at Buffalo | 24000 | 34000 | 0.2942 | 20,360 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 80 | University of Kentucky | 24000 | 36100 | 0.3345 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 82 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24100 | 38000 | 0.3658 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
| 83 | Marquette University | 24400 | 63100 | 0.6129 | 8,045 | 1309 | 0.8134 | |
| 84 | Regis College | 24900 | 70700 | 0.6478 | 1,055 | 965 | 0.9009 | |
| 84 | University of Mount Union | 24900 | 50900 | 0.51 | 1,927 | 1240 | 0.8013 | |
| 86 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 25700 | 59900 | 0.5708 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 87 | Walla Walla University | 25800 | 51700 | 0.5011 | 1,238 | 1159 | 0.604 | |
| 88 | Stony Brook University | 26100 | 33200 | 0.2129 | 18,263 | 1404 | 0.4904 | |
| 89 | Grand Valley State University | 26300 | 36300 | 0.2759 | 19,002 | 1233 | 0.8302 | |
| 90 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 26500 | 28400 | 0.0688 | 14,504 | 1145 | 0.7637 | |
| 90 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 26500 | 41500 | 0.3612 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 90 | University of Arkansas | 26500 | 29600 | 0.1065 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 93 | Trine University | 26700 | 56100 | 0.5236 | 4,157 | 1209 | 0.8469 | |
| 93 | University of South Dakota | 26700 | 29600 | 0.0997 | 7,619 | 1120 | 0.9878 | |
| 95 | Michigan Technological University | 27000 | 34700 | 0.222 | 6,022 | 1256 | 0.8353 | |
| 95 | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology | 27000 | 31000 | 0.1276 | 2,170 | 1239 | 0.8525 | |
| 97 | George Fox University | 27400 | 76800 | 0.6432 | 3,401 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 97 | Syracuse University | 27400 | 83100 | 0.6702 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 97 | University of Arizona | 27400 | 37700 | 0.2736 | 45,025 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
| 100 | Rowan University | 27600 | 41600 | 0.3362 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
| 101 | Messiah University | 28100 | 54200 | 0.4817 | 2,618 | 1241 | 0.7897 | |
| 102 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 33400 | 0.1437 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 103 | University of Hartford | 28700 | 70100 | 0.5903 | 4,223 | 1224 | 0.9579 | |
| 104 | The College of New Jersey | 28800 | 42300 | 0.319 | 7,435 | 1248 | 0.6235 | |
| 105 | University of Utah | 29000 | 32000 | 0.0923 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 106 | Dartmouth College | 29300 | 96000 | 0.6948 | 4,570 | 1507 | 0.054 | |
| 106 | University of Connecticut | 29300 | 33700 | 0.1307 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 108 | Clemson University | 29400 | 37100 | 0.2089 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 108 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29400 | 33900 | 0.1328 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 110 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 29700 | 62800 | 0.5267 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 110 | University of Toledo | 29700 | 32600 | 0.0906 | 11,013 | 1159 | 0.9202 | |
| 112 | Gannon University | 30000 | 52900 | 0.4333 | 2,768 | 1174 | 0.7416 | |
| 112 | Milwaukee School of Engineering | 30000 | 70200 | 0.573 | 2,705 | 1292 | 0.6239 | |
| 114 | University of North Dakota | 30100 | 32500 | 0.0754 | 11,033 | 1189 | 0.769 | |
| 115 | George Mason University | 30400 | 35700 | 0.1483 | 28,331 | 1268 | 0.8748 | |
| 116 | Alfred University | 30600 | 67100 | 0.5442 | 1,474 | 1214 | 0.7384 | |
| 117 | California Baptist University | 30900 | 64800 | 0.5223 | 8,417 | 1069 | 0.8535 | |
| 118 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 31000 | 78100 | 0.603 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 119 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 31100 | 49800 | 0.3755 | 20,592 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 120 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 31400 | 75200 | 0.5826 | 3,135 | 1299 | 0.5493 | |
| 121 | University of Nevada-Reno | 31800 | 31800 | 0 | 18,895 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
| 122 | Rockhurst University | 32700 | 62500 | 0.4769 | 2,304 | 1124 | 0.7089 | |
| 123 | Harding University | 33000 | 47000 | 0.2969 | 3,523 | 1193 | 0.3942 | |
| 123 | Lawrence Technological University | 33000 | 82500 | 0.5997 | 2,579 | 1159 | 0.7403 | |
| 123 | North Carolina State University | 33000 | 54800 | 0.3971 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 123 | University of Louisville | 33000 | 42000 | 0.2145 | 17,086 | 1148 | 0.7941 | |
| 127 | George Washington University | 33700 | 81800 | 0.5882 | 11,677 | 1421 | 0.4709 | |
| 127 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 33700 | 36100 | 0.0664 | 33,572 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 129 | LeTourneau University | 34200 | 54800 | 0.3762 | 3,184 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 130 | Hofstra University | 34400 | 77000 | 0.5531 | 6,581 | 1323 | 0.6808 | |
| 131 | Stevenson University | 35300 | 59900 | 0.4105 | 3,106 | 1100 | 0.7891 | |
| 132 | Valparaiso University | 35400 | 63200 | 0.4393 | 2,123 | 1208 | 0.8934 | |
| 133 | New York Institute of Technology | 35600 | 83600 | 0.5734 | 3,646 | 1298 | 0.8102 | |
| 134 | Loyola University Chicago | 35700 | 73600 | 0.515 | 12,538 | 1303 | 0.816 | |
| 134 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 35700 | 42500 | 0.1599 | 14,449 | 1195 | 0.7816 | |
| 136 | Florida International University | 36500 | 36800 | 0.0081 | 44,904 | 1175 | 0.5466 | |
| 136 | Mississippi State University | 36500 | 50500 | 0.2765 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 136 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 36500 | 56800 | 0.3572 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 139 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 36700 | 67900 | 0.4594 | 3,965 | 1335 | 0.9121 | |
| 140 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 37000 | 38900 | 0.0502 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 141 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 38500 | 38500 | 0 | 7,890 | 1105 | 0.2056 | |
| 142 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 39100 | 53400 | 0.2679 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 143 | Western New England University | 40500 | 67300 | 0.398 | 2,616 | 1199 | 0.8348 | |
| 144 | Johnson & Wales University-Providence | 40600 | 66000 | 0.3854 | 3,908 | 1050 | 0.8844 | |
| 145 | Temple University | 41000 | 55300 | 0.2588 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 146 | Washington State University | 41200 | 56300 | 0.269 | 21,455 | 1131 | 0.8664 | |
| 146 | Widener University | 41200 | 79400 | 0.4813 | 2,811 | 1155 | 0.8402 | |
| 148 | Endicott College | 41500 | 64200 | 0.3535 | 3,176 | 1255 | 0.7229 | |
| 149 | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | 41600 | 83300 | 0.5009 | 2,315 | 1382 | 0.7686 | |
| 150 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 42200 | 54700 | 0.2285 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 151 | University of Alabama at Birmingham | 42300 | 42300 | 0 | 11,959 | 1260 | 0.8818 | |
| 152 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42900 | 57700 | 0.2563 | 11,365 | 1216 | 0.8816 | |
| 153 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43600 | 68600 | 0.3639 | 3,677 | 1224 | 0.577 | |
| 154 | University of Illinois Chicago | 43700 | 49300 | 0.1135 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 155 | Fairfield University | 43800 | 84300 | 0.4803 | 5,391 | 1350 | 0.3329 | |
| 156 | Oregon State University | 45000 | 61900 | 0.2736 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 156 | Saint Louis University | 45000 | 80900 | 0.4435 | 10,436 | 1260 | 0.7504 | |
| 158 | Duquesne University | 45500 | 70500 | 0.354 | 5,371 | 1270 | 0.8356 | |
| 159 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 46000 | 86200 | 0.4662 | 5,743 | 1438 | 0.6343 | |
| 160 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48800 | 51200 | 0.0479 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 161 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 48900 | 61200 | 0.2003 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 162 | Drexel University | 49100 | 83800 | 0.414 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 162 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 49100 | 92100 | 0.4671 | 7,283 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
| 164 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 49200 | 85800 | 0.4265 | 4,236 | 1445 | 0.4758 | |
| 165 | Binghamton University | 50900 | 52800 | 0.037 | 14,669 | 1417 | 0.3861 | |
| 165 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 50900 | 82600 | 0.3839 | 5,558 | 1292 | 0.6016 | |
| 167 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 51100 | 84700 | 0.3968 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 168 | University of Iowa | 51200 | 53200 | 0.0368 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 169 | Santa Clara University | 51900 | 84500 | 0.386 | 6,577 | 1427 | 0.48 | |
| 170 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53500 | 61000 | 0.1238 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 171 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 54200 | 56100 | 0.0348 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 172 | Miami University-Oxford | 56600 | 56600 | 0 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 173 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 57200 | 59200 | 0.033 | 24,457 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 174 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 58100 | 66100 | 0.121 | 40,754 | 1391 | 0.3915 | |
| 175 | Hawaii Pacific University | 58900 | 60900 | 0.0321 | 3,533 | 1120 | 0.8587 | |
| 176 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 63500 | 63500 | 0 | 10,200 | 1346 | 0.6507 | |
| 177 | University of California-Davis | 69800 | 69800 | 0 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
| 178 | University of California-Berkeley | 70200 | 75900 | 0.0751 | 33,469 | 1407 | 0.1104 | |
| 179 | University of California-Irvine | 73000 | 74700 | 0.0228 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2878 | |
| 180 | The Catholic University of America | 76300 | 82500 | 0.0751 | 3,177 | 1155 | 0.8278 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.
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