Considering a degree in Biology?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Biology majors who live in Arkansas.
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 Arkansas.
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 | 96000 | 0.9387 | 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 | Savannah State University | 10100 | 50900 | 0.8019 | 2,966 | 950 | 1 | |
| 4 | University of Nevada-Reno | 10100 | 45800 | 0.7802 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 6 | University of California-Davis | 10200 | 38600 | 0.7366 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 7 | Southern Utah University | 11100 | 51400 | 0.784 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 8 | Arkansas State University | 11400 | 28400 | 0.6002 | 11,189 | 1080 | 0.7818 | |
| 9 | Eastern Washington University | 11800 | 28600 | 0.5879 | 7,640 | 1045 | 0.8526 | |
| 10 | University of Hawaii at Hilo | 12100 | 56000 | 0.7839 | 2,304 | 990 | 0.8351 | |
| 11 | Northern Arizona University | 12200 | 30400 | 0.5979 | 22,203 | 1129 | 0.8961 | |
| 12 | University of West Florida | 12700 | 22200 | 0.4275 | 9,971 | 1120 | 0.5822 | |
| 13 | Boston University | 12800 | 93200 | 0.8626 | 18,289 | 1475 | 0.1283 | |
| 13 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 12800 | 29300 | 0.5632 | 8,421 | 1054 | 0.9444 | |
| 15 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 13100 | 40500 | 0.6765 | 29,727 | 990 | 0.9229 | |
| 16 | Wesleyan College | 13200 | 63100 | 0.7912 | 500 | 1065 | 0.591 | |
| 17 | University of Delaware | 13500 | 34500 | 0.6095 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 18 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 13600 | 38300 | 0.6443 | 5,677 | 985 | 0.9301 | |
| 19 | University of South Florida | 13700 | 22400 | 0.3888 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 20 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 14100 | 22800 | 0.3821 | 11,994 | 1090 | 0.8651 | |
| 21 | University of the Virgin Islands | 14200 | 29600 | 0.5195 | 1,650 | 900 | 0.9936 | |
| 22 | Coastal Carolina University | 14400 | 45300 | 0.6825 | 11,471 | 1160 | 0.7003 | |
| 22 | Eastern Michigan University | 14400 | 33900 | 0.5746 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 22 | Salem State University | 14400 | 38300 | 0.6236 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 25 | Virginia Union University | 14500 | 51700 | 0.7198 | 1,205 | 870 | 0.9802 | |
| 26 | Arkansas Tech University | 14600 | 30900 | 0.5284 | 8,279 | 1055 | 0.9747 | |
| 26 | Central Michigan University | 14600 | 37400 | 0.6102 | 10,238 | 1099 | 0.9104 | |
| 28 | Mercy University | 14700 | 46400 | 0.6836 | 6,692 | 1135 | 0.8724 | |
| 29 | Miles College | 14800 | 35100 | 0.5782 | 1,180 | 0 | 1 | |
| 30 | Troy University | 15000 | 26700 | 0.4381 | 10,130 | 1075 | 0.9535 | |
| 31 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 15100 | 56900 | 0.7346 | 15,735 | 1069 | 0.8797 | |
| 32 | West Virginia University | 15200 | 73100 | 0.7918 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 33 | University of Maine | 15300 | 29300 | 0.4781 | 9,182 | 1195 | 0.9562 | |
| 34 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 38800 | 0.5992 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 35 | Grand Valley State University | 15800 | 28300 | 0.441 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 36 | Lindsey Wilson University | 16100 | 49300 | 0.6736 | 1,738 | 1035 | 0 | |
| 36 | Madonna University | 16100 | 67900 | 0.7624 | 1,919 | 925 | 0.6757 | |
| 36 | Niagara University | 16100 | 57400 | 0.7192 | 2,638 | 1170 | 0.876 | |
| 39 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 16400 | 90700 | 0.8192 | 8,727 | 1055 | 0.9703 | |
| 40 | Francis Marion University | 16500 | 36100 | 0.5425 | 3,793 | 1015 | 0.9508 | |
| 41 | Georgetown University | 16600 | 92700 | 0.8209 | 7,908 | 1470 | 0.1349 | |
| 42 | University of Miami | 16800 | 96300 | 0.8257 | 13,241 | 1408 | 0.1761 | |
| 43 | Bethel University | 17000 | 48700 | 0.6516 | 2,674 | 970 | 0.6023 | |
| 44 | SUNY at Fredonia | 17100 | 27800 | 0.3854 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 45 | Waynesburg University | 17200 | 45000 | 0.6171 | 1,032 | 1093 | 0.8981 | |
| 46 | Duke University | 17300 | 98500 | 0.8246 | 6,525 | 1533 | 0.0524 | |
| 46 | SUNY College at Potsdam | 17300 | 49300 | 0.6493 | 1,750 | 1060 | 0.8241 | |
| 48 | College of Charleston | 17400 | 33900 | 0.4872 | 10,596 | 1234 | 0.73 | |
| 48 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 17400 | 29900 | 0.4174 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 50 | Emporia State University | 17500 | 31200 | 0.4392 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 50 | Winona State University | 17500 | 23000 | 0.2388 | 5,317 | 1115 | 0.7549 | |
| 52 | York College of Pennsylvania | 17900 | 45800 | 0.6097 | 3,369 | 1153 | 0.7374 | |
| 53 | Northeastern University | 18000 | 90000 | 0.7997 | 22,456 | 1481 | 0.0562 | |
| 54 | San Jose State University | 18400 | 41100 | 0.5518 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 55 | University of Arkansas | 19000 | 28500 | 0.3333 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 55 | University of Mary | 19000 | 32600 | 0.4175 | 2,821 | 1175 | 0.753 | |
| 57 | Coker University | 19200 | 47800 | 0.5986 | 1,220 | 1050 | 0.9396 | |
| 58 | McMurry University | 19300 | 71400 | 0.7301 | 4,133 | 1104 | 0.8984 | |
| 59 | Unity Environmental University | 19500 | 48200 | 0.595 | 6,525 | 0 | 0.818 | |
| 60 | Carlow University | 19900 | 53900 | 0.6306 | 2,303 | 1084 | 0.8768 | |
| 61 | Minot State University | 20000 | 23500 | 0.1497 | 2,499 | 1075 | 0.6462 | |
| 62 | SUNY Old Westbury | 20400 | 24400 | 0.1641 | 4,474 | 1110 | 0.8352 | |
| 63 | State University of New York at New Paltz | 20500 | 26300 | 0.2208 | 6,113 | 1279 | 0.6267 | |
| 64 | Grove City College | 20600 | 39700 | 0.4817 | 2,247 | 1248 | 0.667 | |
| 64 | SUNY Oneonta | 20600 | 55300 | 0.6281 | 4,815 | 1090 | 0.7696 | |
| 66 | Mayville State University | 20700 | 23800 | 0.1321 | 1,067 | 1034 | 0.7825 | |
| 67 | La Sierra University | 20800 | 51200 | 0.5943 | 1,266 | 1124 | 0.9069 | |
| 67 | Millikin University | 20800 | 45000 | 0.5376 | 1,427 | 1065 | 0.765 | |
| 69 | Ferris State University | 20900 | 31000 | 0.3263 | 8,980 | 1015 | 0.8237 | |
| 70 | Central Methodist University-College of Liberal Arts and Sciences | 21000 | 71000 | 0.7039 | 1,040 | 1075 | 0.6271 | |
| 70 | Stockton University | 21000 | 46100 | 0.5446 | 7,583 | 1134 | 0.901 | |
| 72 | Florida College | 21300 | 56800 | 0.6245 | 728 | 1099 | 0.6966 | |
| 73 | Daemen University | 21700 | 56700 | 0.6172 | 1,656 | 1050 | 0.7375 | |
| 73 | University of Florida | 21700 | 22500 | 0.0355 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 75 | Utah State University | 22000 | 39000 | 0.4358 | 26,629 | 1168 | 0.9212 | |
| 76 | Juniata College | 22200 | 75300 | 0.7056 | 1,276 | 1263 | 0.7941 | |
| 77 | Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences | 22600 | 56900 | 0.602 | 533 | 1244 | 0.5269 | |
| 77 | Augustana College | 22600 | 72800 | 0.6891 | 2,536 | 1157 | 0.6628 | |
| 79 | Saint Cloud State University | 22800 | 36800 | 0.3803 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 80 | University of Southern Mississippi | 23100 | 23100 | 0 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 81 | Southwest Minnesota State University | 23300 | 26700 | 0.1273 | 7,290 | 1015 | 0.6409 | |
| 82 | Bridgewater State University | 23500 | 37300 | 0.3698 | 8,849 | 1143 | 0.8798 | |
| 83 | Florida International University | 23700 | 34100 | 0.3049 | 46,249 | 1180 | 0.6085 | |
| 84 | Huntingdon College | 23800 | 65000 | 0.6337 | 943 | 1130 | 0.692 | |
| 85 | Saint Edward's University | 24100 | 105600 | 0.7719 | 2,499 | 1128 | 0.8142 | |
| 86 | Montana State University | 24400 | 24400 | 0 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 87 | Wisconsin Lutheran College | 24700 | 56700 | 0.5653 | 957 | 1233 | 0.7816 | |
| 88 | University of Central Oklahoma | 24900 | 34000 | 0.2676 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 89 | Ave Maria University | 25000 | 46600 | 0.4637 | 1,320 | 1164 | 0.4139 | |
| 89 | East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania | 25000 | 37700 | 0.3365 | 5,130 | 1099 | 0.8645 | |
| 91 | Messiah University | 25100 | 54700 | 0.5412 | 2,722 | 1266 | 0.8107 | |
| 91 | The University of Findlay | 25100 | 50600 | 0.5035 | 4,132 | 1090 | 0.6748 | |
| 93 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 25600 | 62800 | 0.5923 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 94 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 25900 | 28300 | 0.0847 | 3,375 | 1090 | 0.5885 | |
| 95 | Stony Brook University | 26100 | 33200 | 0.2129 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 96 | Keuka College | 26200 | 64000 | 0.5901 | 986 | 1043 | 0.8151 | |
| 97 | Geneva College | 26400 | 50300 | 0.4766 | 1,299 | 1167 | 0.9556 | |
| 98 | Trine University | 26500 | 56100 | 0.5279 | 4,373 | 1159 | 0.8548 | |
| 99 | Ball State University | 26600 | 26600 | 0 | 15,950 | 1185 | 0.8625 | |
| 100 | St. Francis College | 26800 | 39400 | 0.3202 | 1,719 | 1035 | 1 | |
| 100 | University of Central Arkansas | 26800 | 31200 | 0.1407 | 8,238 | 1110 | 0.9157 | |
| 100 | Wingate University | 26800 | 67100 | 0.6016 | 2,673 | 1100 | 0.9113 | |
| 103 | Valley City State University | 26900 | 29300 | 0.0816 | 1,663 | 1045 | 0.9942 | |
| 104 | University of Georgia | 27200 | 47400 | 0.4259 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 104 | Weber State University | 27200 | 31600 | 0.1394 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 106 | North Dakota State University | 27600 | 30400 | 0.092 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 107 | Florida Southern College | 27700 | 63200 | 0.5616 | 2,682 | 1264 | 0.6442 | |
| 107 | Mitchell College | 27700 | 63900 | 0.5663 | 442 | 817 | 0.9466 | |
| 109 | Maine Maritime Academy | 28400 | 34400 | 0.1743 | 977 | 1189 | 0.9615 | |
| 110 | Grace College and Theological Seminary | 28500 | 41800 | 0.3164 | 1,795 | 1130 | 0.8215 | |
| 111 | University of Alaska Southeast | 28900 | 31300 | 0.0766 | 1,559 | 1020 | 0.6192 | |
| 112 | University of Louisville | 29100 | 29100 | 0 | 17,916 | 1134 | 0.7921 | |
| 113 | Huntington University | 29200 | 44400 | 0.342 | 1,512 | 1065 | 0.7518 | |
| 113 | Jacksonville University | 29200 | 102400 | 0.7148 | 2,916 | 1210 | 0.5748 | |
| 113 | University of Connecticut | 29200 | 55500 | 0.4737 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 116 | Utah Tech University | 29400 | 35200 | 0.1648 | 12,993 | 1065 | 1 | |
| 117 | Blue Mountain Christian University | 29500 | 39900 | 0.2604 | 915 | 1095 | 0.8895 | |
| 117 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 29500 | 112100 | 0.7367 | 4,999 | 1258 | 0.9296 | |
| 119 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29700 | 33000 | 0.0999 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 119 | University of Southern California | 29700 | 98300 | 0.698 | 20,768 | 1499 | 0.1119 | |
| 121 | Southwestern College | 29800 | 89500 | 0.6672 | 816 | 1000 | 0.4729 | |
| 121 | University of Pikeville | 29800 | 34800 | 0.1438 | 1,164 | 1070 | 0.8967 | |
| 123 | Bryan College-Dayton | 30100 | 36000 | 0.1639 | 1,565 | 1085 | 1 | |
| 123 | Saint Xavier University | 30100 | 58200 | 0.4825 | 3,100 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 125 | California State University-Long Beach | 30800 | 38800 | 0.2061 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 126 | Centenary University | 31600 | 63000 | 0.4983 | 936 | 1070 | 0.8308 | |
| 126 | Hampton University | 31600 | 54800 | 0.4233 | 4,046 | 1005 | 0.6358 | |
| 128 | University of Mary Hardin-Baylor | 32100 | 51900 | 0.3814 | 2,775 | 1105 | 0.9747 | |
| 129 | Liberty University | 32400 | 44700 | 0.275 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 130 | Nova Southeastern University | 32500 | 56100 | 0.4206 | 7,057 | 1187 | 0.7557 | |
| 131 | University of New England | 32700 | 70900 | 0.5389 | 4,631 | 1145 | 0.9203 | |
| 132 | University of Oregon | 33100 | 40200 | 0.1784 | 20,710 | 1193 | 0.8742 | |
| 133 | Wichita State University | 33200 | 42200 | 0.2134 | 14,906 | 1065 | 0.7224 | |
| 134 | The University of Alabama | 33400 | 53100 | 0.3709 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 135 | Elizabethtown College | 33700 | 57500 | 0.4137 | 1,935 | 1214 | 0.8892 | |
| 136 | Siena University | 34000 | 66400 | 0.4881 | 3,149 | 1301 | 0.8464 | |
| 137 | Charleston Southern University | 34100 | 48400 | 0.2971 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 138 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 34500 | 59100 | 0.416 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 139 | Samford University | 34800 | 93800 | 0.6291 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 140 | Barry University | 35200 | 58800 | 0.4014 | 4,654 | 1005 | 0.9663 | |
| 140 | Minnesota State University, Mankato | 35200 | 37600 | 0.0637 | 13,433 | 1145 | 0.8844 | |
| 140 | Pfeiffer University | 35200 | 56100 | 0.3724 | 696 | 941 | 0.9603 | |
| 140 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 35200 | 46500 | 0.2431 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 144 | Auburn University | 35300 | 35300 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 145 | Roger Williams University | 35500 | 63700 | 0.443 | 3,970 | 1235 | 0.882 | |
| 145 | SUNY College at Geneseo | 35500 | 39400 | 0.0991 | 3,943 | 1275 | 0.3333 | |
| 147 | Bradley University | 35600 | 60600 | 0.4124 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 148 | Western New England University | 35900 | 70600 | 0.4913 | 2,616 | 1199 | 0.8348 | |
| 149 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 36100 | 36100 | 0 | 16,131 | 1275 | 0.6472 | |
| 150 | Indiana Wesleyan University-Marion | 36900 | 49100 | 0.2486 | 2,075 | 1090 | 0.8894 | |
| 151 | Eckerd College | 37400 | 77000 | 0.5143 | 1,893 | 1255 | 0.758 | |
| 152 | University of Rhode Island | 37700 | 58400 | 0.3544 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 153 | Southeastern University | 38000 | 79400 | 0.5216 | 11,981 | 1110 | 0.4247 | |
| 153 | University of Dubuque | 38000 | 65900 | 0.423 | 1,395 | 1074 | 0.8731 | |
| 155 | Reinhardt University | 38600 | 49300 | 0.2161 | 1,129 | 1070 | 0.6154 | |
| 156 | Evangel University | 39000 | 49700 | 0.2151 | 1,843 | 1180 | 0.7161 | |
| 156 | Mississippi State University | 39000 | 53400 | 0.2695 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 158 | Loyola University Chicago | 39100 | 74800 | 0.4775 | 12,640 | 1262 | 0.751 | |
| 159 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 39400 | 42800 | 0.0795 | 14,657 | 1190 | 0.7583 | |
| 160 | University of Wyoming | 39900 | 45300 | 0.1191 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 161 | Saint Joseph's College of Maine | 40300 | 66900 | 0.3978 | 1,105 | 1055 | 0.8351 | |
| 162 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5061 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 163 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42400 | 63300 | 0.3301 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 164 | Rollins College | 42700 | 85700 | 0.5019 | 2,639 | 1284 | 0.5285 | |
| 165 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43300 | 68700 | 0.3694 | 4,279 | 1234 | 0.5796 | |
| 165 | Montclair State University | 43300 | 47000 | 0.0788 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 167 | Providence College | 43600 | 85000 | 0.487 | 4,680 | 1345 | 0.4994 | |
| 168 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 43800 | 72500 | 0.396 | 10,368 | 1064 | 0.999 | |
| 169 | State University of New York at Cortland | 44800 | 52600 | 0.1482 | 5,890 | 1175 | 0.624 | |
| 170 | Western Washington University | 44900 | 52400 | 0.1431 | 13,609 | 1199 | 0.9371 | |
| 171 | Illinois State University | 45700 | 49100 | 0.0692 | 19,513 | 1115 | 0.8555 | |
| 171 | The University of Tampa | 45700 | 58500 | 0.2187 | 10,710 | 1250 | 0.4363 | |
| 173 | University of New Haven | 46100 | 73500 | 0.3726 | 4,969 | 1219 | 0.5589 | |
| 174 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47100 | 61500 | 0.234 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 175 | St. John's University-New York | 47600 | 83800 | 0.4322 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 176 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48300 | 51200 | 0.0565 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 177 | Lipscomb University | 48800 | 69900 | 0.3021 | 3,327 | 1214 | 0.6774 | |
| 178 | DePaul University | 49100 | 69400 | 0.2923 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 179 | Sacred Heart University | 49900 | 67500 | 0.2607 | 7,291 | 1265 | 0.6363 | |
| 180 | Northwest Nazarene University | 50200 | 87600 | 0.4268 | 1,043 | 1145 | 0.7159 | |
| 181 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 50800 | 63800 | 0.2038 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 182 | Quinnipiac University | 51000 | 79700 | 0.3603 | 6,610 | 1250 | 0.7031 | |
| 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 | 56000 | 79600 | 0.2964 | 35,442 | 1375 | 0.2856 | |
| 186 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58300 | 63700 | 0.0848 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 187 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 60600 | 67600 | 0.1035 | 40,996 | 1399 | 0.4175 | |
| 188 | Hawaii Pacific University | 63400 | 65800 | 0.0364 | 3,468 | 1200 | 0.8855 | |
| 189 | University of California-Irvine | 72000 | 75200 | 0.0426 | 30,260 | 1333 | 0.2895 | |
| 190 | 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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