Considering a degree in Biology?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Biology majors who live in Alaska.
Rankings are calculated by estimating the net price at every college offering Biology degrees for a "typical" middle class family living in the state of Alaska.
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 | Harvard University | 5900 | 96300 | 0.9384 | 6,738 | 1500 | 0.0418 | |
| 2 | Brigham Young University | 8100 | 22300 | 0.6382 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 3 | University of Central Florida | 10000 | 31900 | 0.6867 | 60,083 | 1289 | 0.428 | |
| 4 | University of California-Davis | 10200 | 38600 | 0.7366 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 5 | Southern Utah University | 10900 | 51400 | 0.7879 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 6 | Savannah State University | 11100 | 50900 | 0.7822 | 2,966 | 950 | 1 | |
| 7 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 11200 | 33800 | 0.6688 | 40,996 | 1399 | 0.4175 | |
| 8 | Eastern Washington University | 11400 | 30700 | 0.629 | 7,640 | 1045 | 0.8526 | |
| 9 | University of Hawaii at Hilo | 12000 | 56000 | 0.7857 | 2,304 | 990 | 0.8351 | |
| 10 | Francis Marion University | 12100 | 31300 | 0.6134 | 3,793 | 1015 | 0.9508 | |
| 11 | Northern Arizona University | 12200 | 30400 | 0.5979 | 22,203 | 1129 | 0.8961 | |
| 12 | University of West Florida | 12500 | 22200 | 0.4365 | 9,971 | 1120 | 0.5822 | |
| 13 | University of Alaska Fairbanks | 12700 | 25900 | 0.5107 | 6,209 | 1144 | 0.6424 | |
| 14 | Boston University | 13000 | 93200 | 0.8604 | 18,289 | 1475 | 0.1283 | |
| 15 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 13200 | 40500 | 0.674 | 29,727 | 990 | 0.9229 | |
| 15 | Wesleyan College | 13200 | 63100 | 0.7912 | 500 | 1065 | 0.591 | |
| 17 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 13300 | 62800 | 0.7881 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 17 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 13300 | 29300 | 0.5461 | 8,421 | 1054 | 0.9444 | |
| 19 | Georgetown University | 13700 | 92700 | 0.8522 | 7,908 | 1470 | 0.1349 | |
| 20 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 13800 | 38300 | 0.6391 | 5,677 | 985 | 0.9301 | |
| 21 | University of South Florida | 14000 | 22400 | 0.3754 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 22 | University of the Virgin Islands | 14400 | 29600 | 0.5128 | 1,650 | 900 | 0.9936 | |
| 23 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 14500 | 19000 | 0.237 | 11,994 | 1090 | 0.8651 | |
| 24 | Central Michigan University | 14600 | 37400 | 0.6102 | 10,238 | 1099 | 0.9104 | |
| 24 | Coastal Carolina University | 14600 | 45300 | 0.678 | 11,471 | 1160 | 0.7003 | |
| 26 | Arkansas Tech University | 14700 | 31400 | 0.5311 | 8,279 | 1055 | 0.9747 | |
| 26 | Eastern Michigan University | 14700 | 33900 | 0.5658 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 26 | Mercy University | 14700 | 46400 | 0.6836 | 6,692 | 1135 | 0.8724 | |
| 26 | Salem State University | 14700 | 38300 | 0.6158 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 30 | Miles College | 14900 | 35100 | 0.5754 | 1,180 | 0 | 1 | |
| 30 | University of California-Irvine | 14900 | 40400 | 0.6309 | 30,260 | 1333 | 0.2895 | |
| 30 | Virginia Union University | 14900 | 51700 | 0.712 | 1,205 | 870 | 0.9802 | |
| 33 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 15400 | 71500 | 0.7849 | 15,735 | 1069 | 0.8797 | |
| 33 | University of Nevada-Reno | 15400 | 28200 | 0.4535 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 35 | West Virginia University | 15500 | 73100 | 0.7876 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 36 | Ball State University | 15600 | 22400 | 0.3037 | 15,950 | 1185 | 0.8625 | |
| 36 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 38800 | 0.5992 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 38 | Grand Valley State University | 15800 | 28300 | 0.441 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 39 | Lindsey Wilson University | 16100 | 49300 | 0.6736 | 1,738 | 1035 | 0 | |
| 39 | Madonna University | 16100 | 67900 | 0.7624 | 1,919 | 925 | 0.6757 | |
| 39 | Niagara University | 16100 | 57400 | 0.7192 | 2,638 | 1170 | 0.876 | |
| 42 | SUNY College at Geneseo | 16700 | 25600 | 0.3476 | 3,943 | 1275 | 0.3333 | |
| 43 | Bethel University | 16900 | 48700 | 0.6536 | 2,674 | 970 | 0.6023 | |
| 43 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 16900 | 90700 | 0.8137 | 8,727 | 1055 | 0.9703 | |
| 43 | University of Miami | 16900 | 96300 | 0.8246 | 13,241 | 1408 | 0.1761 | |
| 46 | California State University-Long Beach | 17000 | 25800 | 0.3412 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 46 | Utah State University | 17000 | 34000 | 0.5001 | 26,629 | 1168 | 0.9212 | |
| 48 | SUNY at Fredonia | 17100 | 27800 | 0.3854 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 49 | Duke University | 17300 | 98500 | 0.8246 | 6,525 | 1533 | 0.0524 | |
| 50 | SUNY College at Potsdam | 17400 | 49300 | 0.6473 | 1,750 | 1060 | 0.8241 | |
| 50 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 17400 | 29900 | 0.4174 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 52 | University of Louisville | 17600 | 29100 | 0.3956 | 17,916 | 1134 | 0.7921 | |
| 53 | Emporia State University | 17800 | 31200 | 0.4296 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 54 | Utah Tech University | 17900 | 23300 | 0.2321 | 12,993 | 1065 | 1 | |
| 54 | Waynesburg University | 17900 | 45000 | 0.6029 | 1,032 | 1093 | 0.8981 | |
| 54 | York College of Pennsylvania | 17900 | 45800 | 0.6097 | 3,369 | 1153 | 0.7374 | |
| 57 | Northeastern University | 18200 | 90000 | 0.7974 | 22,456 | 1481 | 0.0562 | |
| 58 | San Jose State University | 18600 | 41100 | 0.5469 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 59 | University of Central Oklahoma | 19100 | 31100 | 0.3863 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 60 | University of Rhode Island | 19200 | 33900 | 0.4337 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 61 | University of Mary | 19400 | 32600 | 0.4063 | 2,821 | 1175 | 0.753 | |
| 62 | Unity Environmental University | 19500 | 48200 | 0.595 | 6,525 | 0 | 0.818 | |
| 63 | Coker University | 19600 | 47800 | 0.5902 | 1,220 | 1050 | 0.9396 | |
| 63 | McMurry University | 19600 | 71400 | 0.7259 | 4,133 | 1104 | 0.8984 | |
| 65 | SUNY Oneonta | 19700 | 29300 | 0.3276 | 4,815 | 1090 | 0.7696 | |
| 66 | Winona State University | 19900 | 29500 | 0.3267 | 5,317 | 1115 | 0.7549 | |
| 67 | Carlow University | 20000 | 53900 | 0.6287 | 2,303 | 1084 | 0.8768 | |
| 67 | Minot State University | 20000 | 23500 | 0.1497 | 2,499 | 1075 | 0.6462 | |
| 69 | University of Wyoming | 20400 | 27900 | 0.2682 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 70 | Mayville State University | 20700 | 23800 | 0.1321 | 1,067 | 1034 | 0.7825 | |
| 70 | North Dakota State University | 20700 | 25700 | 0.1942 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 70 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 20700 | 30600 | 0.3258 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 70 | State University of New York at Cortland | 20700 | 27700 | 0.2525 | 5,890 | 1175 | 0.624 | |
| 70 | Stockton University | 20700 | 32100 | 0.355 | 7,583 | 1134 | 0.901 | |
| 75 | Grove City College | 20800 | 39700 | 0.4767 | 2,247 | 1248 | 0.667 | |
| 75 | La Sierra University | 20800 | 51200 | 0.5943 | 1,266 | 1124 | 0.9069 | |
| 75 | Millikin University | 20800 | 45000 | 0.5376 | 1,427 | 1065 | 0.765 | |
| 78 | Ferris State University | 20900 | 31000 | 0.3263 | 8,980 | 1015 | 0.8237 | |
| 78 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 20900 | 26100 | 0.1989 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 80 | Central Methodist University-College of Liberal Arts and Sciences | 21200 | 71000 | 0.7011 | 1,040 | 1075 | 0.6271 | |
| 80 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 21200 | 39200 | 0.4594 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 82 | SUNY Old Westbury | 21300 | 38000 | 0.4401 | 4,474 | 1110 | 0.8352 | |
| 83 | Florida College | 21500 | 56800 | 0.6209 | 728 | 1099 | 0.6966 | |
| 84 | University of Alaska Anchorage | 21600 | 26400 | 0.181 | 9,965 | 1095 | 1 | |
| 85 | Daemen University | 21700 | 56700 | 0.6172 | 1,656 | 1050 | 0.7375 | |
| 86 | Juniata College | 22200 | 75300 | 0.7056 | 1,276 | 1263 | 0.7941 | |
| 87 | Valley City State University | 22500 | 25600 | 0.1227 | 1,663 | 1045 | 0.9942 | |
| 88 | Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences | 22600 | 56900 | 0.602 | 533 | 1244 | 0.5269 | |
| 88 | Augustana College | 22600 | 72800 | 0.6891 | 2,536 | 1157 | 0.6628 | |
| 90 | Saint Cloud State University | 22800 | 36800 | 0.3803 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 91 | The University of Alabama | 23000 | 33400 | 0.3112 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 92 | University of Southern Mississippi | 23100 | 23100 | 0 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 93 | Troy University | 23200 | 34700 | 0.3314 | 10,130 | 1075 | 0.9535 | |
| 94 | Southwest Minnesota State University | 23300 | 26700 | 0.1273 | 7,290 | 1015 | 0.6409 | |
| 95 | Bridgewater State University | 23700 | 37300 | 0.3642 | 8,849 | 1143 | 0.8798 | |
| 96 | Huntingdon College | 23900 | 65000 | 0.6322 | 943 | 1130 | 0.692 | |
| 96 | State University of New York at New Paltz | 23900 | 35700 | 0.3302 | 6,113 | 1279 | 0.6267 | |
| 98 | Saint Edward's University | 24400 | 105600 | 0.7691 | 2,499 | 1128 | 0.8142 | |
| 99 | Wisconsin Lutheran College | 24700 | 56700 | 0.5653 | 957 | 1233 | 0.7816 | |
| 100 | Ave Maria University | 25000 | 46600 | 0.4637 | 1,320 | 1164 | 0.4139 | |
| 100 | Montana State University | 25000 | 31600 | 0.2091 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 102 | East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania | 25200 | 37700 | 0.3312 | 5,130 | 1099 | 0.8645 | |
| 102 | Messiah University | 25200 | 54700 | 0.5393 | 2,722 | 1266 | 0.8107 | |
| 104 | The University of Findlay | 25400 | 50600 | 0.4976 | 4,132 | 1090 | 0.6748 | |
| 105 | Minnesota State University, Mankato | 25600 | 28000 | 0.0854 | 13,433 | 1145 | 0.8844 | |
| 106 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 25900 | 28300 | 0.0847 | 3,375 | 1090 | 0.5885 | |
| 107 | Keuka College | 26200 | 64000 | 0.5901 | 986 | 1043 | 0.8151 | |
| 108 | Geneva College | 26400 | 50300 | 0.4766 | 1,299 | 1167 | 0.9556 | |
| 109 | Trine University | 26500 | 56100 | 0.5279 | 4,373 | 1159 | 0.8548 | |
| 110 | St. Francis College | 26700 | 39400 | 0.3227 | 1,719 | 1035 | 1 | |
| 111 | Wingate University | 26800 | 67100 | 0.6016 | 2,673 | 1100 | 0.9113 | |
| 112 | Weber State University | 27100 | 31600 | 0.1425 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 113 | Florida Southern College | 27700 | 63200 | 0.5616 | 2,682 | 1264 | 0.6442 | |
| 113 | Mitchell College | 27700 | 63900 | 0.5663 | 442 | 817 | 0.9466 | |
| 115 | Grace College and Theological Seminary | 28800 | 41800 | 0.3103 | 1,795 | 1130 | 0.8215 | |
| 116 | University of Alaska Southeast | 28900 | 31300 | 0.0766 | 1,559 | 1020 | 0.6192 | |
| 117 | Huntington University | 29200 | 44400 | 0.342 | 1,512 | 1065 | 0.7518 | |
| 118 | Jacksonville University | 29400 | 102400 | 0.7128 | 2,916 | 1210 | 0.5748 | |
| 119 | Blue Mountain Christian University | 29500 | 39900 | 0.2604 | 915 | 1095 | 0.8895 | |
| 120 | University of Southern California | 29700 | 98300 | 0.698 | 20,768 | 1499 | 0.1119 | |
| 121 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 29800 | 112100 | 0.7341 | 4,999 | 1258 | 0.9296 | |
| 121 | Southwestern College | 29800 | 89500 | 0.6672 | 816 | 1000 | 0.4729 | |
| 121 | University of Pikeville | 29800 | 34800 | 0.1438 | 1,164 | 1070 | 0.8967 | |
| 124 | Bryan College-Dayton | 30100 | 36000 | 0.1639 | 1,565 | 1085 | 1 | |
| 125 | Saint Xavier University | 30400 | 58200 | 0.4774 | 3,100 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 126 | University of Maine | 31000 | 43100 | 0.2809 | 9,182 | 1195 | 0.9562 | |
| 127 | Centenary University | 31600 | 63000 | 0.4983 | 936 | 1070 | 0.8308 | |
| 127 | Hampton University | 31600 | 54800 | 0.4233 | 4,046 | 1005 | 0.6358 | |
| 129 | University of Mary Hardin-Baylor | 32100 | 51900 | 0.3814 | 2,775 | 1105 | 0.9747 | |
| 130 | Liberty University | 32400 | 44700 | 0.275 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 131 | University of New England | 32700 | 70900 | 0.5389 | 4,631 | 1145 | 0.9203 | |
| 132 | Nova Southeastern University | 32800 | 56100 | 0.4152 | 7,057 | 1187 | 0.7557 | |
| 133 | Elizabethtown College | 33700 | 57500 | 0.4137 | 1,935 | 1214 | 0.8892 | |
| 134 | Wichita State University | 33900 | 42200 | 0.1968 | 14,906 | 1065 | 0.7224 | |
| 135 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 34000 | 34200 | 0.0059 | 16,131 | 1275 | 0.6472 | |
| 136 | Charleston Southern University | 34100 | 48400 | 0.2971 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 137 | Siena University | 34400 | 66400 | 0.4821 | 3,149 | 1301 | 0.8464 | |
| 138 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 34800 | 59100 | 0.4109 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 139 | Samford University | 34900 | 93800 | 0.628 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 140 | Barry University | 35100 | 58800 | 0.4031 | 4,654 | 1005 | 0.9663 | |
| 141 | Pfeiffer University | 35200 | 56100 | 0.3724 | 696 | 941 | 0.9603 | |
| 141 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 35200 | 46500 | 0.2431 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 143 | Auburn University | 35300 | 35300 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 144 | Roger Williams University | 35500 | 63700 | 0.443 | 3,970 | 1235 | 0.882 | |
| 145 | Western New England University | 35800 | 70600 | 0.4927 | 2,616 | 1199 | 0.8348 | |
| 146 | Bradley University | 35900 | 60600 | 0.4075 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 147 | Florida International University | 36500 | 36800 | 0.0081 | 46,249 | 1180 | 0.6085 | |
| 147 | Western Washington University | 36500 | 36500 | 0 | 13,609 | 1199 | 0.9371 | |
| 149 | Indiana Wesleyan University-Marion | 36900 | 49100 | 0.2486 | 2,075 | 1090 | 0.8894 | |
| 150 | University of Connecticut | 37000 | 66200 | 0.4414 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 151 | Eckerd College | 37400 | 77000 | 0.5143 | 1,893 | 1255 | 0.758 | |
| 152 | University of Dubuque | 38000 | 65900 | 0.423 | 1,395 | 1074 | 0.8731 | |
| 153 | Southeastern University | 38200 | 79400 | 0.519 | 11,981 | 1110 | 0.4247 | |
| 154 | Maine Maritime Academy | 38400 | 53000 | 0.2756 | 977 | 1189 | 0.9615 | |
| 155 | Evangel University | 39000 | 49700 | 0.2151 | 1,843 | 1180 | 0.7161 | |
| 155 | Mississippi State University | 39000 | 53400 | 0.2695 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 157 | Loyola University Chicago | 39300 | 74800 | 0.4748 | 12,640 | 1262 | 0.751 | |
| 157 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 39300 | 42800 | 0.0818 | 14,657 | 1190 | 0.7583 | |
| 159 | Stony Brook University | 39600 | 53000 | 0.2527 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 160 | Saint Joseph's College of Maine | 40200 | 66900 | 0.3993 | 1,105 | 1055 | 0.8351 | |
| 161 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5061 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 162 | Rollins College | 42800 | 85700 | 0.5007 | 2,639 | 1284 | 0.5285 | |
| 163 | University of Florida | 43100 | 45700 | 0.0569 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 164 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43300 | 68700 | 0.3694 | 4,279 | 1234 | 0.5796 | |
| 164 | Montclair State University | 43300 | 47000 | 0.0788 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 166 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 43900 | 72500 | 0.3946 | 10,368 | 1064 | 0.999 | |
| 167 | Providence College | 44000 | 85000 | 0.4823 | 4,680 | 1345 | 0.4994 | |
| 168 | Illinois State University | 45700 | 49100 | 0.0692 | 19,513 | 1115 | 0.8555 | |
| 169 | The University of Tampa | 45800 | 58500 | 0.217 | 10,710 | 1250 | 0.4363 | |
| 170 | University of New Haven | 46000 | 73500 | 0.374 | 4,969 | 1219 | 0.5589 | |
| 171 | Reinhardt University | 46900 | 59300 | 0.2091 | 1,129 | 1070 | 0.6154 | |
| 172 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47100 | 61500 | 0.234 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 173 | St. John's University-New York | 47700 | 83800 | 0.431 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 174 | University of Delaware | 48300 | 62500 | 0.2284 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 175 | University of Georgia | 48400 | 52300 | 0.0746 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 176 | Lipscomb University | 48800 | 69900 | 0.3016 | 3,327 | 1214 | 0.6774 | |
| 177 | DePaul University | 49100 | 69400 | 0.2923 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 178 | College of Charleston | 49600 | 64600 | 0.2322 | 10,596 | 1234 | 0.73 | |
| 179 | Sacred Heart University | 50100 | 67500 | 0.2578 | 7,291 | 1265 | 0.6363 | |
| 180 | Northwest Nazarene University | 50200 | 87600 | 0.4268 | 1,043 | 1145 | 0.7159 | |
| 181 | Quinnipiac University | 50800 | 79700 | 0.3628 | 6,610 | 1250 | 0.7031 | |
| 181 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 50800 | 63800 | 0.2038 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 183 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 53300 | 53300 | 0 | 34,447 | 1273 | 0.8804 | |
| 184 | Dallas Baptist University | 55800 | 84300 | 0.3381 | 2,938 | 1073 | 0.9131 | |
| 185 | University of California-San Diego | 56300 | 79600 | 0.2926 | 35,442 | 1375 | 0.2856 | |
| 186 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58200 | 63700 | 0.0864 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 187 | Hawaii Pacific University | 63400 | 65800 | 0.0364 | 3,468 | 1200 | 0.8855 | |
| 188 | University of Oregon | 68900 | 71300 | 0.0336 | 20,710 | 1193 | 0.8742 | |
| 189 | University of California-Santa Cruz | 82900 | 82900 | 0 | 18,194 | 1281 | 0.7273 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.
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