Considering a degree in Biology?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Biology majors who live in California.
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 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 | Harvard University | 5900 | 96000 | 0.9387 | 8,844 | 1535 | 0.0365 | |
| 2 | Santa Monica College | 6400 | 15500 | 0.588 | 23,453 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22000 | 0.6362 | 32,952 | 1374 | 0.6778 | |
| 4 | Savannah State University | 10400 | 26700 | 0.6112 | 2,966 | 925 | 0.4614 | |
| 5 | College of Saint Mary | 10800 | 37800 | 0.7141 | 552 | 1103 | 0.4465 | |
| 6 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 11000 | 29100 | 0.6225 | 40,684 | 1331 | 0.3915 | |
| 7 | University of California-San Diego | 11200 | 39700 | 0.718 | 34,955 | 1375 | 0.2671 | |
| 8 | Northern Arizona University | 11500 | 27900 | 0.5864 | 22,990 | 1090 | 0.8961 | |
| 9 | University of Hawaii at Hilo | 11600 | 33200 | 0.6497 | 2,292 | 1005 | 0.6063 | |
| 9 | University of West Florida | 11600 | 21500 | 0.4599 | 9,970 | 1149 | 0.5824 | |
| 11 | Eastern Washington University | 11800 | 28600 | 0.5879 | 6,952 | 995 | 0.9075 | |
| 12 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 12000 | 28000 | 0.571 | 8,553 | 1045 | 0.8688 | |
| 12 | University of the Virgin Islands | 12000 | 26100 | 0.5412 | 1,569 | 925 | 0.9898 | |
| 14 | Boston University | 12700 | 92800 | 0.8633 | 18,805 | 1475 | 0.1111 | |
| 15 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 13100 | 43000 | 0.6956 | 23,181 | 1354 | 0.3297 | |
| 16 | Mayville State University | 13500 | 22000 | 0.387 | 1,067 | 1034 | 0.7123 | |
| 17 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 13600 | 19000 | 0.2845 | 11,994 | 1090 | 0.865 | |
| 18 | Grand Valley State University | 13800 | 25300 | 0.4551 | 19,002 | 1084 | 0.8302 | |
| 18 | Utah State University | 13800 | 20800 | 0.3369 | 25,706 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 20 | Duke University | 13900 | 93600 | 0.8517 | 6,523 | 1527 | 0.0571 | |
| 20 | Wesleyan College | 13900 | 43800 | 0.6825 | 496 | 1065 | 0.591 | |
| 22 | Central Michigan University | 14200 | 37800 | 0.6236 | 10,193 | 1095 | 0.8982 | |
| 22 | Georgetown University | 14200 | 92700 | 0.8468 | 7,833 | 1457 | 0.1291 | |
| 24 | Northeastern University | 14500 | 89900 | 0.8387 | 17,432 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 25 | Pittsburg State University | 14600 | 23900 | 0.3885 | 4,472 | 1055 | 0.8942 | |
| 26 | Daytona State College | 14700 | 18000 | 0.1838 | 12,820 | 0 | 0 | |
| 27 | Talladega College | 14900 | 26900 | 0.4462 | 701 | 970 | 0.8542 | |
| 28 | Troy University | 15000 | 26700 | 0.4381 | 10,222 | 1090 | 0.9604 | |
| 29 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15100 | 37700 | 0.6009 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8609 | |
| 30 | University of Southern California | 15300 | 71400 | 0.786 | 20,630 | 1492 | 0.0981 | |
| 31 | University of Arkansas-Fort Smith | 15400 | 21700 | 0.2897 | 5,459 | 1055 | 0.8046 | |
| 32 | University of West Alabama | 15700 | 24200 | 0.3519 | 2,983 | 990 | 0.4265 | |
| 33 | Waynesburg University | 15800 | 45000 | 0.6486 | 1,030 | 1093 | 0.8982 | |
| 34 | Santa Ana College | 15900 | 35300 | 0.5498 | 27,248 | 0 | 0 | |
| 35 | Eastern Michigan University | 16000 | 36100 | 0.5567 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 36 | Grove City College | 16200 | 39700 | 0.5919 | 2,341 | 1266 | 0.7232 | |
| 36 | West Virginia University | 16200 | 40900 | 0.6036 | 18,206 | 1125 | 0.89 | |
| 38 | SUNY College at Potsdam | 16300 | 27600 | 0.4096 | 2,111 | 1060 | 0.777 | |
| 38 | University of California-Los Angeles | 16300 | 36700 | 0.5555 | 33,475 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 40 | California State University-Long Beach | 16400 | 25800 | 0.3645 | 36,082 | 1135 | 0.4627 | |
| 40 | SUNY College at Geneseo | 16400 | 26400 | 0.3782 | 3,881 | 1279 | 0.6645 | |
| 42 | Northern State University | 16600 | 23300 | 0.287 | 3,169 | 1075 | 0.93 | |
| 43 | Ferris State University | 16900 | 31000 | 0.4555 | 8,991 | 1015 | 0.9139 | |
| 43 | Millikin University | 16900 | 45000 | 0.6242 | 1,495 | 1020 | 0.6668 | |
| 45 | SUNY at Fredonia | 17100 | 27800 | 0.3854 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 45 | University of Louisville | 17100 | 29100 | 0.4128 | 17,086 | 1148 | 0.7941 | |
| 45 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 17100 | 17100 | 0 | 14,449 | 1195 | 0.784 | |
| 48 | Utah Tech University | 17500 | 23300 | 0.2493 | 13,006 | 0 | 0 | |
| 49 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 17600 | 29900 | 0.4136 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5743 | |
| 49 | Tougaloo College | 17600 | 34200 | 0.4853 | 1,286 | 985 | 0.5985 | |
| 51 | College of Charleston | 17700 | 33900 | 0.4785 | 10,880 | 1255 | 0.6003 | |
| 51 | University of Miami | 17700 | 95700 | 0.8149 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 53 | Bethel University | 17800 | 35300 | 0.4953 | 2,674 | 970 | 0.6023 | |
| 54 | State University of New York at Oswego | 18000 | 27700 | 0.3501 | 5,517 | 1180 | 0.8055 | |
| 55 | University of Mary | 18200 | 32600 | 0.4423 | 2,821 | 1175 | 0.753 | |
| 56 | SUNY Old Westbury | 18600 | 24400 | 0.238 | 4,260 | 1110 | 0.8363 | |
| 56 | University of Central Oklahoma | 18600 | 22700 | 0.1806 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 58 | University of Nevada-Reno | 18900 | 28200 | 0.3295 | 19,117 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
| 59 | San Jose State University | 19000 | 40800 | 0.5349 | 28,008 | 1124 | 0.8461 | |
| 60 | McMurry University | 19200 | 51900 | 0.6296 | 3,167 | 1065 | 0.5704 | |
| 61 | Carlow University | 19300 | 57800 | 0.6662 | 1,355 | 1065 | 0.8695 | |
| 61 | Lee University | 19300 | 37400 | 0.4843 | 3,271 | 1154 | 0.7052 | |
| 63 | Bethel University | 19600 | 54500 | 0.64 | 1,065 | 1030 | 0.9766 | |
| 63 | Loyola University New Orleans | 19600 | 72100 | 0.728 | 3,007 | 1155 | 0.9305 | |
| 65 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 19800 | 32300 | 0.3868 | 15,375 | 1103 | 0.866 | |
| 66 | Daemen University | 19900 | 55100 | 0.6389 | 1,653 | 1050 | 0.6826 | |
| 66 | Malone University | 19900 | 57100 | 0.6519 | 992 | 1075 | 0.7586 | |
| 68 | Minot State University | 20100 | 23500 | 0.1448 | 2,499 | 1075 | 0.6462 | |
| 69 | Hampshire College | 20600 | 83900 | 0.7548 | 844 | 1254 | 0.7528 | |
| 69 | University of Wyoming | 20600 | 27900 | 0.264 | 8,130 | 1179 | 0.9688 | |
| 71 | Florida College | 20800 | 34200 | 0.3921 | 728 | 1099 | 0.6966 | |
| 72 | Piedmont University | 21100 | 47200 | 0.553 | 1,159 | 1130 | 0.9328 | |
| 73 | State University of New York at New Paltz | 21200 | 26300 | 0.1941 | 6,862 | 1260 | 0.6161 | |
| 74 | Central Methodist University-College of Liberal Arts and Sciences | 21300 | 52700 | 0.5962 | 1,041 | 1040 | 0.5687 | |
| 75 | Niagara University | 21800 | 57400 | 0.62 | 2,692 | 1160 | 0.8737 | |
| 76 | Montana State University | 22100 | 27100 | 0.1843 | 15,046 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 77 | Winona State University | 22300 | 29500 | 0.2455 | 5,317 | 1115 | 0.7549 | |
| 78 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 22600 | 25400 | 0.1104 | 2,906 | 1125 | 0.4696 | |
| 79 | Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences | 22700 | 56900 | 0.6007 | 533 | 1244 | 0.5269 | |
| 79 | Augustana College | 22700 | 72800 | 0.688 | 2,522 | 1163 | 0.6268 | |
| 81 | East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania | 22800 | 31300 | 0.2719 | 4,891 | 1095 | 0.9205 | |
| 82 | Saint Cloud State University | 22900 | 36800 | 0.3772 | 8,738 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 83 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 23200 | 24900 | 0.0682 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 84 | York College of Pennsylvania | 23400 | 45800 | 0.4895 | 3,369 | 1153 | 0.7374 | |
| 85 | Stockton University | 23500 | 32100 | 0.2678 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 86 | Florida International University | 23700 | 23700 | 0 | 45,193 | 1175 | 0.5466 | |
| 86 | Saint Norbert College | 23700 | 63800 | 0.6283 | 1,970 | 1193 | 0.8574 | |
| 88 | Southwestern Adventist University | 23800 | 43200 | 0.4492 | 758 | 1064 | 0.7836 | |
| 89 | Bradley University | 23900 | 50800 | 0.5295 | 3,596 | 1223 | 0.7676 | |
| 89 | Mount Marty University | 23900 | 56400 | 0.5762 | 1,022 | 1090 | 0.4257 | |
| 91 | Wisconsin Lutheran College | 24200 | 55200 | 0.5626 | 957 | 1233 | 0.7816 | |
| 92 | Abilene Christian University | 24300 | 59000 | 0.5877 | 3,263 | 1189 | 0.6603 | |
| 93 | Emporia State University | 24400 | 32000 | 0.2374 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 93 | Unity Environmental University | 24400 | 29900 | 0.1842 | 6,507 | 0 | 0.818 | |
| 95 | Huntingdon College | 24500 | 44400 | 0.4479 | 880 | 1130 | 0.6949 | |
| 96 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 24900 | 37900 | 0.3427 | 5,661 | 1085 | 0.982 | |
| 97 | University of Mary Hardin-Baylor | 25000 | 53800 | 0.5355 | 2,803 | 1099 | 0.9576 | |
| 98 | Point Park University | 25300 | 57000 | 0.5564 | 2,337 | 1140 | 0.9691 | |
| 99 | Evangel University | 25400 | 40900 | 0.3794 | 1,511 | 1180 | 0.7161 | |
| 100 | Ave Maria University | 25500 | 46600 | 0.453 | 1,301 | 1164 | 0.4139 | |
| 101 | Concordia University-Chicago | 25700 | 54900 | 0.5314 | 1,368 | 1100 | 0.9279 | |
| 101 | Salem State University | 25700 | 43200 | 0.4053 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 103 | Marywood University | 25900 | 67700 | 0.6172 | 1,833 | 1160 | 0.6058 | |
| 103 | Messiah University | 25900 | 54300 | 0.5228 | 2,618 | 1241 | 0.7897 | |
| 105 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 26000 | 28300 | 0.0806 | 3,375 | 1090 | 0.5876 | |
| 105 | University of Mobile | 26000 | 48300 | 0.4614 | 1,308 | 1209 | 0.7789 | |
| 107 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 26300 | 41500 | 0.366 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 108 | Ball State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 15,189 | 1170 | 0.855 | |
| 108 | Geneva College | 26400 | 50300 | 0.4753 | 1,260 | 1143 | 0.7905 | |
| 110 | Trine University | 26500 | 56100 | 0.5276 | 4,373 | 1159 | 0.8548 | |
| 110 | University of Southern Mississippi | 26500 | 26500 | 0 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
| 112 | University of Jamestown | 27400 | 34400 | 0.2035 | 1,049 | 1055 | 0.8808 | |
| 113 | Saint Edward's University | 27500 | 73200 | 0.6246 | 2,499 | 1128 | 0.8142 | |
| 114 | Mitchell College | 27600 | 66600 | 0.5856 | 442 | 817 | 0.9466 | |
| 114 | University of North Alabama | 27600 | 37300 | 0.2601 | 7,662 | 1140 | 0.8731 | |
| 116 | Florida Southern College | 27700 | 63200 | 0.5614 | 2,682 | 1264 | 0.6442 | |
| 116 | North Dakota State University | 27700 | 30400 | 0.0882 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 118 | Wichita State University | 27900 | 39800 | 0.3007 | 13,313 | 1073 | 0.9395 | |
| 119 | Francis Marion University | 28100 | 40200 | 0.3013 | 3,692 | 1015 | 0.8639 | |
| 119 | Mississippi State University | 28100 | 32300 | 0.1323 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 119 | Weber State University | 28100 | 33900 | 0.171 | 31,672 | 0 | 0 | |
| 122 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 28400 | 36700 | 0.226 | 28,674 | 980 | 0.9419 | |
| 123 | Saint Xavier University | 28500 | 53700 | 0.4689 | 3,098 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 124 | Bridgewater State University | 28700 | 35500 | 0.1924 | 8,270 | 1180 | 0.8781 | |
| 125 | University of Alaska Southeast | 29000 | 31300 | 0.0729 | 1,768 | 1020 | 0.6329 | |
| 126 | Huntington University | 29200 | 44300 | 0.3407 | 1,588 | 1055 | 0.7564 | |
| 127 | Blue Mountain Christian University | 29600 | 39900 | 0.2575 | 912 | 1095 | 0.8895 | |
| 128 | Southern Utah University | 29700 | 40800 | 0.2722 | 13,126 | 1140 | 0.8179 | |
| 129 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 30000 | 39200 | 0.235 | 12,507 | 1010 | 0.8897 | |
| 130 | Bryan College-Dayton | 30200 | 36000 | 0.1607 | 1,565 | 1160 | 0.5101 | |
| 131 | Jacksonville University | 30500 | 74200 | 0.5888 | 2,946 | 1195 | 0.5694 | |
| 131 | McPherson College | 30500 | 51400 | 0.4065 | 876 | 1075 | 0.7676 | |
| 133 | Fresno Pacific University | 30600 | 52200 | 0.4144 | 1,545 | 1099 | 0.6407 | |
| 134 | Hampton University | 31100 | 54800 | 0.4325 | 3,728 | 947 | 0.6225 | |
| 134 | Taylor University | 31100 | 59100 | 0.4738 | 2,503 | 1229 | 0.7353 | |
| 136 | Missouri Baptist University | 31500 | 53800 | 0.414 | 4,958 | 843 | 0.686 | |
| 137 | Baylor University | 31900 | 70300 | 0.546 | 14,915 | 1321 | 0.5128 | |
| 138 | Centenary University | 32100 | 63600 | 0.4952 | 936 | 1070 | 0.8308 | |
| 139 | Roanoke College | 32300 | 55300 | 0.4162 | 1,793 | 1214 | 0.8306 | |
| 140 | Samford University | 32400 | 64600 | 0.4986 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 140 | University of Rhode Island | 32400 | 46400 | 0.3015 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 142 | Lipscomb University | 32600 | 57800 | 0.4368 | 3,336 | 1260 | 0.6773 | |
| 143 | Liberty University | 33200 | 44600 | 0.2556 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 144 | Nova Southeastern University | 33300 | 56100 | 0.4063 | 7,311 | 1165 | 0.7321 | |
| 145 | Harding University | 33500 | 47800 | 0.2987 | 3,536 | 1184 | 0.7052 | |
| 145 | Morningside University | 33500 | 60600 | 0.4471 | 1,172 | 922 | 0.7104 | |
| 145 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 33500 | 36100 | 0.072 | 33,033 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 148 | Biola University | 33600 | 71200 | 0.5283 | 3,481 | 1268 | 0.7435 | |
| 148 | Elizabethtown College | 33600 | 55300 | 0.3925 | 1,903 | 1214 | 0.7787 | |
| 150 | Barry University | 33900 | 56400 | 0.3987 | 3,232 | 1005 | 0.7724 | |
| 151 | Sacred Heart University | 34300 | 67500 | 0.4922 | 7,204 | 950 | 0.6536 | |
| 152 | Coastal Carolina University | 34400 | 45100 | 0.237 | 10,811 | 1145 | 0.7527 | |
| 153 | University of South Florida | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 154 | University of New England | 35100 | 68000 | 0.4841 | 3,884 | 1145 | 0.9163 | |
| 155 | Siena College | 35500 | 65100 | 0.4548 | 3,467 | 1254 | 0.6902 | |
| 156 | Roger Williams University | 35600 | 63700 | 0.4413 | 4,038 | 1235 | 0.8771 | |
| 157 | Cedarville University | 35700 | 57000 | 0.3734 | 5,790 | 1232 | 0.6529 | |
| 157 | The University of Tampa | 35700 | 56900 | 0.3723 | 10,598 | 1185 | 0.4034 | |
| 159 | Indiana Wesleyan University-Marion | 35800 | 48500 | 0.2614 | 2,075 | 1090 | 0.8894 | |
| 160 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 36100 | 36100 | 0 | 15,254 | 1270 | 0.6424 | |
| 161 | Western Washington University | 36300 | 36300 | 0 | 13,752 | 1272 | 0.9325 | |
| 162 | University of New Haven | 36500 | 67300 | 0.4574 | 4,903 | 1164 | 0.6038 | |
| 163 | Eckerd College | 36600 | 75100 | 0.5126 | 1,893 | 1255 | 0.758 | |
| 164 | University of Connecticut | 37200 | 53600 | 0.3062 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 165 | Saint Joseph's College of Maine | 38100 | 65000 | 0.4136 | 1,097 | 1055 | 0.8351 | |
| 166 | Western New England University | 38500 | 69200 | 0.4438 | 2,616 | 1199 | 0.8348 | |
| 167 | Loyola University Chicago | 39100 | 74100 | 0.4722 | 12,538 | 1303 | 0.816 | |
| 168 | University of Maine | 39600 | 45200 | 0.124 | 9,601 | 1205 | 0.9664 | |
| 169 | Stony Brook University | 39700 | 53000 | 0.2506 | 18,263 | 1410 | 0.4904 | |
| 169 | University of Central Florida | 39700 | 39700 | 0 | 59,552 | 1280 | 0.4011 | |
| 171 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 40100 | 52100 | 0.2305 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 172 | SUNY Oneonta | 41700 | 41700 | 0 | 4,681 | 1234 | 0.696 | |
| 173 | Montclair State University | 41800 | 46600 | 0.103 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 174 | University of Florida | 43100 | 45700 | 0.057 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 175 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43300 | 68600 | 0.3686 | 3,666 | 1224 | 0.577 | |
| 176 | Marist University | 43700 | 75800 | 0.4234 | 5,551 | 1279 | 0.5651 | |
| 176 | Providence College | 43700 | 85000 | 0.486 | 4,236 | 1335 | 0.5089 | |
| 178 | St. John's University-New York | 44400 | 78000 | 0.4305 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 179 | Quinnipiac University | 44800 | 79200 | 0.4343 | 6,557 | 1245 | 0.7215 | |
| 180 | Ashland University | 44900 | 56400 | 0.204 | 2,977 | 1125 | 0.764 | |
| 180 | La Sierra University | 44900 | 66000 | 0.3187 | 1,226 | 1025 | 0.915 | |
| 182 | Illinois State University | 45800 | 49100 | 0.0668 | 19,107 | 1120 | 0.8815 | |
| 183 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47100 | 59700 | 0.2122 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 183 | University of Georgia | 47100 | 52800 | 0.1082 | 32,399 | 1382 | 0.377 | |
| 185 | Maine Maritime Academy | 47300 | 49800 | 0.0502 | 945 | 1180 | 0.5414 | |
| 186 | University of Delaware | 48000 | 61300 | 0.2171 | 20,026 | 1294 | 0.706 | |
| 187 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48500 | 51200 | 0.0543 | 44,819 | 1327 | 0.4987 | |
| 188 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53200 | 61000 | 0.1291 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 189 | MidAmerica Nazarene University | 53300 | 63600 | 0.1617 | 1,204 | 1040 | 0.788 | |
| 190 | The University of Alabama | 55800 | 56600 | 0.0141 | 34,389 | 1284 | 0.7665 | |
| 191 | Auburn University | 58500 | 58500 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4592 | |
| 192 | Hawaii Pacific University | 63500 | 65800 | 0.0346 | 3,533 | 1120 | 0.8587 | |
| 193 | University of Oregon | 66700 | 68900 | 0.0331 | 20,622 | 1250 | 0.883 | |
| 194 | University of California-Irvine | 68900 | 75600 | 0.0886 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2857 | |
| 195 | University of California-Davis | 69800 | 69800 | 0 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
| 196 | University of California-Santa Cruz | 76100 | 82400 | 0.0764 | 17,940 | 1281 | 0.6579 | |
| 197 | Rollins College | 82400 | 82400 | 0 | 2,640 | 1273 | 0.4754 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.
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