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 | Antelope Valley Community College District | 4500 | 12900 | 0.6514 | 13,532 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | Harvard University | 5900 | 96000 | 0.9387 | 6,738 | 1500 | 0.0418 | |
| 3 | Santa Monica College | 6400 | 15500 | 0.588 | 23,453 | 0 | 1 | |
| 4 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 7500 | 36100 | 0.7932 | 10,368 | 1064 | 0.999 | |
| 5 | Brigham Young University | 8100 | 22300 | 0.6382 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 6 | Savannah State University | 9700 | 50900 | 0.8097 | 2,966 | 950 | 1 | |
| 7 | University of Nevada-Reno | 10100 | 32500 | 0.6894 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 8 | Southern Utah University | 10600 | 51400 | 0.7937 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 9 | University of California-San Diego | 11200 | 41600 | 0.7315 | 35,442 | 1375 | 0.2856 | |
| 9 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 11200 | 33800 | 0.6688 | 40,996 | 1399 | 0.4175 | |
| 11 | Eastern Washington University | 11300 | 30700 | 0.6322 | 7,640 | 1045 | 0.8526 | |
| 12 | University of West Florida | 11600 | 22200 | 0.477 | 9,971 | 1120 | 0.5822 | |
| 13 | University of Hawaii at Hilo | 11700 | 56000 | 0.791 | 2,304 | 990 | 0.8351 | |
| 14 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 11800 | 29300 | 0.5973 | 8,421 | 1054 | 0.9444 | |
| 15 | Boston University | 12200 | 93200 | 0.869 | 18,289 | 1475 | 0.1283 | |
| 16 | University of South Florida | 12900 | 22400 | 0.4245 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 17 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 13000 | 27100 | 0.5195 | 29,727 | 990 | 0.9229 | |
| 18 | Coastal Carolina University | 13100 | 27200 | 0.5185 | 11,471 | 1160 | 0.7003 | |
| 19 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 13200 | 38300 | 0.6547 | 5,677 | 985 | 0.9301 | |
| 19 | Wesleyan College | 13200 | 63100 | 0.7912 | 500 | 1065 | 0.591 | |
| 21 | Mayville State University | 13400 | 22000 | 0.3922 | 1,067 | 1034 | 0.7825 | |
| 21 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 13400 | 19000 | 0.295 | 11,994 | 1090 | 0.8651 | |
| 23 | Virginia Union University | 13600 | 51700 | 0.7372 | 1,205 | 870 | 0.9802 | |
| 24 | Bridgewater State University | 13700 | 28800 | 0.5243 | 8,849 | 1143 | 0.8798 | |
| 25 | Eastern Michigan University | 13800 | 33900 | 0.5923 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 25 | University of the Virgin Islands | 13800 | 29600 | 0.533 | 1,650 | 900 | 0.9936 | |
| 27 | Salem State University | 13900 | 38300 | 0.6367 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 28 | Utah State University | 14000 | 21000 | 0.3327 | 26,629 | 1168 | 0.9212 | |
| 29 | Georgetown University | 14200 | 92700 | 0.8468 | 7,908 | 1470 | 0.1349 | |
| 30 | Arkansas Tech University | 14300 | 31400 | 0.5438 | 8,279 | 1055 | 0.9747 | |
| 30 | Miles College | 14300 | 35100 | 0.5925 | 1,180 | 0 | 1 | |
| 30 | West Virginia University | 14300 | 73100 | 0.8041 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 33 | Ball State University | 14600 | 22400 | 0.3484 | 15,950 | 1185 | 0.8625 | |
| 33 | Central Michigan University | 14600 | 37400 | 0.6102 | 10,238 | 1099 | 0.9104 | |
| 35 | Mercy University | 14700 | 46400 | 0.6836 | 6,692 | 1135 | 0.8724 | |
| 35 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 14700 | 54400 | 0.7303 | 15,735 | 1069 | 0.8797 | |
| 37 | University of Maine | 14800 | 29300 | 0.4952 | 9,182 | 1195 | 0.9562 | |
| 38 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 15200 | 90700 | 0.8325 | 8,727 | 1055 | 0.9703 | |
| 39 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 38800 | 0.5992 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 39 | Valley City State University | 15600 | 23800 | 0.3425 | 1,663 | 1045 | 0.9942 | |
| 41 | Waynesburg University | 15800 | 45000 | 0.6483 | 1,032 | 1093 | 0.8981 | |
| 42 | Lindsey Wilson University | 15900 | 49300 | 0.6777 | 1,738 | 1035 | 0 | |
| 42 | Santa Ana College | 15900 | 35300 | 0.5498 | 27,248 | 0 | 0 | |
| 44 | Madonna University | 16000 | 67900 | 0.7639 | 1,919 | 925 | 0.6757 | |
| 45 | Francis Marion University | 16100 | 36100 | 0.5536 | 3,793 | 1015 | 0.9508 | |
| 45 | Niagara University | 16100 | 57400 | 0.7192 | 2,638 | 1170 | 0.876 | |
| 47 | University of California-Los Angeles | 16300 | 36700 | 0.5555 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 48 | SUNY College at Geneseo | 16400 | 25600 | 0.3593 | 3,943 | 1275 | 0.3333 | |
| 49 | University of Miami | 16500 | 96300 | 0.8288 | 13,241 | 1408 | 0.1761 | |
| 50 | Montclair State University | 16600 | 36000 | 0.5391 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 51 | Bethel University | 16800 | 48700 | 0.6557 | 2,674 | 970 | 0.6023 | |
| 51 | Emporia State University | 16800 | 31200 | 0.4617 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 53 | College of Charleston | 17000 | 33900 | 0.4991 | 10,596 | 1234 | 0.73 | |
| 53 | Weber State University | 17000 | 20300 | 0.1629 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 55 | SUNY at Fredonia | 17100 | 27800 | 0.3854 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 55 | SUNY College at Potsdam | 17100 | 49300 | 0.6534 | 1,750 | 1060 | 0.8241 | |
| 57 | Duke University | 17300 | 98500 | 0.8246 | 6,525 | 1533 | 0.0524 | |
| 57 | Utah Tech University | 17300 | 23300 | 0.2579 | 12,993 | 1065 | 1 | |
| 59 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 17500 | 29900 | 0.4141 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 60 | Northeastern University | 17600 | 90000 | 0.8041 | 22,456 | 1481 | 0.0562 | |
| 61 | York College of Pennsylvania | 17800 | 45800 | 0.6119 | 3,369 | 1153 | 0.7374 | |
| 62 | San Jose State University | 18000 | 41200 | 0.5618 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 63 | University of Mary | 18200 | 32600 | 0.442 | 2,821 | 1175 | 0.753 | |
| 64 | Coker University | 18300 | 47800 | 0.6174 | 1,220 | 1050 | 0.9396 | |
| 65 | McMurry University | 18600 | 71400 | 0.7399 | 4,133 | 1104 | 0.8984 | |
| 66 | Western Washington University | 18700 | 31600 | 0.4089 | 13,609 | 1199 | 0.9371 | |
| 67 | East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania | 18900 | 33700 | 0.4389 | 5,130 | 1099 | 0.8645 | |
| 68 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 19300 | 28500 | 0.3231 | 14,657 | 1190 | 0.7583 | |
| 69 | Unity Environmental University | 19400 | 48200 | 0.597 | 6,525 | 0 | 0.818 | |
| 70 | Carlow University | 19600 | 53900 | 0.6361 | 2,303 | 1084 | 0.8768 | |
| 71 | Winona State University | 19900 | 29500 | 0.3267 | 5,317 | 1115 | 0.7549 | |
| 72 | Minot State University | 20000 | 23500 | 0.1497 | 2,499 | 1075 | 0.6462 | |
| 72 | Stockton University | 20000 | 46100 | 0.5663 | 7,583 | 1134 | 0.901 | |
| 72 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 20000 | 26100 | 0.2334 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 75 | Grove City College | 20200 | 39700 | 0.4918 | 2,247 | 1248 | 0.667 | |
| 76 | SUNY Oneonta | 20400 | 55300 | 0.6317 | 4,815 | 1090 | 0.7696 | |
| 77 | Central Methodist University-College of Liberal Arts and Sciences | 20500 | 71000 | 0.7109 | 1,040 | 1075 | 0.6271 | |
| 78 | Florida College | 20600 | 56800 | 0.6368 | 728 | 1099 | 0.6966 | |
| 79 | Millikin University | 20700 | 45000 | 0.5398 | 1,427 | 1065 | 0.765 | |
| 79 | North Dakota State University | 20700 | 25700 | 0.1942 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 81 | Ferris State University | 20800 | 31000 | 0.3295 | 8,980 | 1015 | 0.8237 | |
| 81 | La Sierra University | 20800 | 51100 | 0.5929 | 1,266 | 1124 | 0.9069 | |
| 81 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 20800 | 27800 | 0.2516 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 84 | SUNY Old Westbury | 20900 | 38000 | 0.4506 | 4,474 | 1110 | 0.8352 | |
| 85 | Daemen University | 21600 | 56700 | 0.619 | 1,656 | 1050 | 0.7375 | |
| 86 | University of Florida | 21700 | 22500 | 0.0355 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 87 | Grand Valley State University | 21900 | 36600 | 0.4014 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 88 | Juniata College | 22200 | 75300 | 0.7056 | 1,276 | 1263 | 0.7941 | |
| 89 | Troy University | 22300 | 34700 | 0.3573 | 10,130 | 1075 | 0.9535 | |
| 90 | The University of Alabama | 22400 | 33400 | 0.3292 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 91 | Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences | 22600 | 56900 | 0.602 | 533 | 1244 | 0.5269 | |
| 91 | Augustana College | 22600 | 72800 | 0.6891 | 2,536 | 1157 | 0.6628 | |
| 93 | Saint Cloud State University | 22800 | 36800 | 0.3803 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 94 | Southwest Minnesota State University | 23300 | 26700 | 0.1273 | 7,290 | 1015 | 0.6409 | |
| 95 | Huntingdon College | 23600 | 65000 | 0.6368 | 943 | 1130 | 0.692 | |
| 95 | Saint Edward's University | 23600 | 105600 | 0.7766 | 2,499 | 1128 | 0.8142 | |
| 97 | Florida International University | 23700 | 23700 | 0 | 46,249 | 1180 | 0.6085 | |
| 97 | State University of New York at New Paltz | 23700 | 35700 | 0.3357 | 6,113 | 1279 | 0.6267 | |
| 99 | University of Southern Mississippi | 23800 | 27200 | 0.125 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 100 | Northern Arizona University | 23900 | 37100 | 0.3573 | 22,203 | 1129 | 0.8961 | |
| 101 | University of Central Oklahoma | 24100 | 34000 | 0.2911 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 102 | Montana State University | 24400 | 31600 | 0.2281 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 103 | The University of Findlay | 24600 | 50600 | 0.5134 | 4,132 | 1090 | 0.6748 | |
| 104 | Wisconsin Lutheran College | 24700 | 56700 | 0.5653 | 957 | 1233 | 0.7816 | |
| 105 | Messiah University | 24800 | 54700 | 0.5467 | 2,722 | 1266 | 0.8107 | |
| 106 | Ave Maria University | 25000 | 46600 | 0.4637 | 1,320 | 1164 | 0.4139 | |
| 106 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 25000 | 62800 | 0.6018 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 108 | University of California-Santa Cruz | 25500 | 43500 | 0.4139 | 18,194 | 1281 | 0.7273 | |
| 109 | Minnesota State University, Mankato | 25600 | 28000 | 0.0854 | 13,433 | 1145 | 0.8844 | |
| 110 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 25900 | 28300 | 0.0847 | 3,375 | 1090 | 0.5885 | |
| 110 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 25900 | 40600 | 0.3618 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 112 | Stony Brook University | 26100 | 33200 | 0.2129 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 113 | Keuka College | 26200 | 64000 | 0.5901 | 986 | 1043 | 0.8151 | |
| 114 | Geneva College | 26400 | 50300 | 0.4766 | 1,299 | 1167 | 0.9556 | |
| 115 | Trine University | 26500 | 56100 | 0.5279 | 4,373 | 1159 | 0.8548 | |
| 116 | St. Francis College | 26800 | 39400 | 0.3202 | 1,719 | 1035 | 1 | |
| 116 | Wingate University | 26800 | 67100 | 0.6016 | 2,673 | 1100 | 0.9113 | |
| 118 | University of Southern California | 27100 | 98300 | 0.7245 | 20,768 | 1499 | 0.1119 | |
| 119 | Mitchell College | 27600 | 63900 | 0.5679 | 442 | 817 | 0.9466 | |
| 120 | Florida Southern College | 27700 | 63200 | 0.5616 | 2,682 | 1264 | 0.6442 | |
| 121 | Grace College and Theological Seminary | 28000 | 41800 | 0.3299 | 1,795 | 1130 | 0.8215 | |
| 121 | Wichita State University | 28000 | 30600 | 0.0849 | 14,906 | 1065 | 0.7224 | |
| 123 | Jacksonville University | 28700 | 102400 | 0.7197 | 2,916 | 1210 | 0.5748 | |
| 124 | University of Alaska Southeast | 28900 | 31300 | 0.0766 | 1,559 | 1020 | 0.6192 | |
| 125 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 29000 | 112100 | 0.7412 | 4,999 | 1258 | 0.9296 | |
| 126 | Huntington University | 29100 | 44400 | 0.3443 | 1,512 | 1065 | 0.7518 | |
| 127 | Saint Xavier University | 29200 | 58200 | 0.498 | 3,100 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 127 | University of Connecticut | 29200 | 55500 | 0.4737 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 129 | California State University-Long Beach | 29400 | 38800 | 0.2422 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 129 | Southwestern College | 29400 | 89500 | 0.6717 | 816 | 1000 | 0.4729 | |
| 131 | Blue Mountain Christian University | 29500 | 39900 | 0.2604 | 915 | 1095 | 0.8895 | |
| 132 | University of Pikeville | 29800 | 34800 | 0.1438 | 1,164 | 1070 | 0.8967 | |
| 133 | Bryan College-Dayton | 30100 | 36000 | 0.1639 | 1,565 | 1085 | 1 | |
| 134 | Hampton University | 31500 | 54800 | 0.4252 | 4,046 | 1005 | 0.6358 | |
| 135 | Centenary University | 31600 | 63000 | 0.4983 | 936 | 1070 | 0.8308 | |
| 136 | Nova Southeastern University | 31900 | 56100 | 0.4313 | 7,057 | 1187 | 0.7557 | |
| 137 | University of Louisville | 32000 | 42100 | 0.2396 | 17,916 | 1134 | 0.7921 | |
| 138 | University of Mary Hardin-Baylor | 32100 | 51900 | 0.3814 | 2,775 | 1105 | 0.9747 | |
| 139 | Liberty University | 32500 | 44700 | 0.2727 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 140 | University of New England | 32700 | 70900 | 0.5389 | 4,631 | 1145 | 0.9203 | |
| 141 | University of Oregon | 33100 | 40200 | 0.1784 | 20,710 | 1193 | 0.8742 | |
| 142 | Siena University | 33300 | 66400 | 0.4987 | 3,149 | 1301 | 0.8464 | |
| 143 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 33400 | 59100 | 0.4346 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 144 | Elizabethtown College | 33500 | 57500 | 0.4172 | 1,935 | 1214 | 0.8892 | |
| 145 | Charleston Southern University | 34100 | 48400 | 0.2971 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 146 | Samford University | 34400 | 93800 | 0.6333 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 147 | Barry University | 34900 | 58800 | 0.4065 | 4,654 | 1005 | 0.9663 | |
| 148 | Bradley University | 35000 | 60600 | 0.4223 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 149 | Pfeiffer University | 35200 | 56100 | 0.3724 | 696 | 941 | 0.9603 | |
| 150 | Roger Williams University | 35500 | 63700 | 0.443 | 3,970 | 1235 | 0.882 | |
| 151 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 36100 | 36100 | 0 | 16,131 | 1275 | 0.6472 | |
| 151 | Western New England University | 36100 | 70600 | 0.4885 | 2,616 | 1199 | 0.8348 | |
| 153 | Indiana Wesleyan University-Marion | 36800 | 49100 | 0.2506 | 2,075 | 1090 | 0.8894 | |
| 154 | University of Rhode Island | 37000 | 58400 | 0.3664 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 155 | Eckerd College | 37400 | 77000 | 0.5143 | 1,893 | 1255 | 0.758 | |
| 156 | Southeastern University | 37500 | 79400 | 0.5279 | 11,981 | 1110 | 0.4247 | |
| 157 | University of Dubuque | 38000 | 65900 | 0.423 | 1,395 | 1074 | 0.8731 | |
| 158 | Maine Maritime Academy | 38500 | 53000 | 0.2737 | 977 | 1189 | 0.9615 | |
| 159 | Loyola University Chicago | 38600 | 74800 | 0.4842 | 12,640 | 1262 | 0.751 | |
| 159 | Reinhardt University | 38600 | 49300 | 0.2161 | 1,129 | 1070 | 0.6154 | |
| 161 | Evangel University | 39000 | 49700 | 0.2151 | 1,843 | 1180 | 0.7161 | |
| 161 | Mississippi State University | 39000 | 53400 | 0.2695 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 163 | University of Wyoming | 39900 | 45300 | 0.1191 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 164 | Saint Joseph's College of Maine | 40100 | 66900 | 0.4008 | 1,105 | 1055 | 0.8351 | |
| 165 | University of Central Florida | 42100 | 42100 | 0 | 60,083 | 1289 | 0.428 | |
| 166 | Rollins College | 42600 | 85700 | 0.5031 | 2,639 | 1284 | 0.5285 | |
| 167 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42700 | 63300 | 0.3254 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 168 | Providence College | 42900 | 85000 | 0.4953 | 4,680 | 1345 | 0.4994 | |
| 169 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43300 | 68700 | 0.3694 | 4,279 | 1234 | 0.5796 | |
| 170 | State University of New York at Cortland | 44800 | 52600 | 0.1482 | 5,890 | 1175 | 0.624 | |
| 171 | The University of Tampa | 45500 | 58500 | 0.2222 | 10,710 | 1250 | 0.4363 | |
| 172 | Illinois State University | 45700 | 49100 | 0.0692 | 19,513 | 1115 | 0.8555 | |
| 173 | University of New Haven | 46400 | 73500 | 0.3685 | 4,969 | 1219 | 0.5589 | |
| 174 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47100 | 61500 | 0.234 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 175 | University of Delaware | 47300 | 62500 | 0.2439 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 176 | St. John's University-New York | 47400 | 83800 | 0.4346 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 177 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48300 | 51200 | 0.0565 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 178 | University of Georgia | 48500 | 52300 | 0.0726 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 179 | Lipscomb University | 48700 | 69900 | 0.3034 | 3,327 | 1214 | 0.6774 | |
| 180 | DePaul University | 49000 | 69400 | 0.2938 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 181 | Sacred Heart University | 49400 | 67500 | 0.2681 | 7,291 | 1265 | 0.6363 | |
| 182 | Northwest Nazarene University | 50200 | 87600 | 0.4268 | 1,043 | 1145 | 0.7159 | |
| 183 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 50800 | 63800 | 0.2038 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 184 | Quinnipiac University | 51300 | 79700 | 0.3565 | 6,610 | 1250 | 0.7031 | |
| 185 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 52900 | 53300 | 0.0075 | 34,447 | 1273 | 0.8804 | |
| 186 | Dallas Baptist University | 55700 | 84300 | 0.3393 | 2,938 | 1073 | 0.9131 | |
| 187 | Auburn University | 59200 | 59200 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 188 | Hawaii Pacific University | 63400 | 65800 | 0.0364 | 3,468 | 1200 | 0.8855 | |
| 189 | University of California-Davis | 68500 | 69900 | 0.02 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 190 | University of California-Irvine | 72100 | 75200 | 0.0412 | 30,260 | 1333 | 0.2895 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.
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