Considering a degree in Biology?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Biology majors who live in Connecticut.
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 Connecticut.
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 | 95200 | 0.9377 | 6,738 | 1500 | 0.0418 | |
| 2 | Savannah State University | 6800 | 29000 | 0.7651 | 2,966 | 950 | 1 | |
| 3 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22000 | 0.6362 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 4 | Utah State University | 9700 | 26700 | 0.6361 | 26,629 | 1168 | 0.9212 | |
| 5 | Eastern Washington University | 11400 | 31200 | 0.6347 | 7,640 | 1045 | 0.8526 | |
| 6 | Northern Arizona University | 11500 | 27900 | 0.5865 | 22,203 | 1129 | 0.8961 | |
| 7 | Duke University | 11900 | 93600 | 0.8731 | 6,525 | 1533 | 0.0524 | |
| 8 | Georgetown University | 12200 | 92700 | 0.8684 | 7,908 | 1470 | 0.1349 | |
| 9 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 12500 | 26500 | 0.5277 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 9 | University of South Florida | 12500 | 17100 | 0.2688 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 9 | University of the Virgin Islands | 12500 | 22800 | 0.4511 | 1,650 | 900 | 0.9936 | |
| 12 | Boston University | 12700 | 92800 | 0.8633 | 18,289 | 1475 | 0.1283 | |
| 13 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 12900 | 43000 | 0.7 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 14 | Mayville State University | 13500 | 22000 | 0.3872 | 1,067 | 1034 | 0.7825 | |
| 14 | University of Delaware | 13500 | 34500 | 0.6079 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 16 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 13600 | 19000 | 0.2845 | 11,994 | 1090 | 0.8651 | |
| 17 | Virginia Union University | 13900 | 39400 | 0.6468 | 1,205 | 870 | 0.9802 | |
| 17 | Wesleyan College | 13900 | 43800 | 0.6825 | 500 | 1065 | 0.591 | |
| 19 | Arkansas Tech University | 14200 | 34400 | 0.5873 | 8,279 | 1055 | 0.9747 | |
| 20 | Central Michigan University | 14300 | 37800 | 0.621 | 10,238 | 1099 | 0.9104 | |
| 20 | Miles College | 14300 | 25400 | 0.4364 | 1,180 | 0 | 1 | |
| 22 | Northeastern University | 14500 | 89900 | 0.8387 | 22,456 | 1481 | 0.0562 | |
| 23 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 14900 | 29300 | 0.4915 | 8,421 | 1054 | 0.9444 | |
| 24 | Troy University | 15000 | 26700 | 0.4381 | 10,130 | 1075 | 0.9535 | |
| 25 | University of California-Irvine | 15100 | 38000 | 0.603 | 30,260 | 1333 | 0.2895 | |
| 26 | University of Central Oklahoma | 15400 | 28700 | 0.4635 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 27 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 38800 | 0.5992 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 28 | California State University-Long Beach | 15800 | 25800 | 0.3877 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 28 | Emporia State University | 15800 | 22900 | 0.3102 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 28 | Waynesburg University | 15800 | 45000 | 0.6487 | 1,032 | 1093 | 0.8981 | |
| 31 | Eastern Michigan University | 16000 | 36100 | 0.5569 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 32 | University of Maine | 16200 | 29300 | 0.4474 | 9,182 | 1195 | 0.9562 | |
| 32 | West Virginia University | 16200 | 40900 | 0.6036 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 34 | University of California-Los Angeles | 16300 | 36700 | 0.5554 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 35 | Ferris State University | 16400 | 31000 | 0.4717 | 8,980 | 1015 | 0.8237 | |
| 35 | SUNY College at Geneseo | 16400 | 26400 | 0.3782 | 3,943 | 1275 | 0.3333 | |
| 37 | Millikin University | 17100 | 45000 | 0.6198 | 1,427 | 1065 | 0.765 | |
| 38 | Daemen University | 17400 | 55100 | 0.6843 | 1,656 | 1050 | 0.7375 | |
| 39 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 17500 | 29900 | 0.4138 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 40 | University of Miami | 17700 | 95700 | 0.8149 | 13,241 | 1408 | 0.1761 | |
| 41 | Bethel University | 17800 | 35300 | 0.4953 | 2,674 | 970 | 0.6023 | |
| 41 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 17800 | 54300 | 0.6721 | 10,368 | 1064 | 0.999 | |
| 43 | Lindsey Wilson University | 18100 | 47100 | 0.616 | 1,738 | 1035 | 0 | |
| 44 | University of Mary | 18200 | 32600 | 0.4424 | 2,821 | 1175 | 0.753 | |
| 45 | University of Nevada-Reno | 18900 | 28200 | 0.3295 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 46 | Madonna University | 19000 | 49200 | 0.6142 | 1,919 | 925 | 0.6757 | |
| 47 | Carlow University | 19400 | 82500 | 0.7649 | 2,303 | 1084 | 0.8768 | |
| 47 | McMurry University | 19400 | 51900 | 0.6257 | 4,133 | 1104 | 0.8984 | |
| 47 | Wichita State University | 19400 | 29800 | 0.3485 | 14,906 | 1065 | 0.7224 | |
| 50 | Coker University | 19600 | 47800 | 0.5902 | 1,220 | 1050 | 0.9396 | |
| 50 | University of Southern California | 19600 | 75900 | 0.7422 | 20,768 | 1499 | 0.1119 | |
| 52 | Winona State University | 20000 | 29500 | 0.3229 | 5,317 | 1115 | 0.7549 | |
| 53 | Minot State University | 20100 | 23500 | 0.145 | 2,499 | 1075 | 0.6462 | |
| 54 | Grove City College | 20200 | 39700 | 0.4918 | 2,247 | 1248 | 0.667 | |
| 55 | State University of New York at Cortland | 20400 | 27700 | 0.2633 | 5,890 | 1175 | 0.624 | |
| 56 | La Sierra University | 20600 | 65900 | 0.687 | 1,266 | 1124 | 0.9069 | |
| 56 | University of Wyoming | 20600 | 27900 | 0.2642 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 58 | Florida College | 20800 | 34200 | 0.3921 | 728 | 1099 | 0.6966 | |
| 58 | North Dakota State University | 20800 | 25700 | 0.19 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 60 | Bradley University | 21400 | 50800 | 0.5787 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 61 | Central Methodist University-College of Liberal Arts and Sciences | 21500 | 52700 | 0.5924 | 1,040 | 1075 | 0.6271 | |
| 62 | Niagara University | 21800 | 57400 | 0.62 | 2,638 | 1170 | 0.876 | |
| 63 | Grand Valley State University | 22100 | 35900 | 0.3849 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 64 | The University of Alabama | 22400 | 31000 | 0.2772 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 65 | Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences | 22700 | 56900 | 0.6007 | 533 | 1244 | 0.5269 | |
| 65 | Augustana College | 22700 | 72800 | 0.688 | 2,536 | 1157 | 0.6628 | |
| 65 | East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania | 22700 | 31300 | 0.2751 | 5,130 | 1099 | 0.8645 | |
| 65 | Juniata College | 22700 | 73800 | 0.6922 | 1,276 | 1263 | 0.7941 | |
| 65 | San Jose State University | 22700 | 41100 | 0.4478 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 70 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 22900 | 90700 | 0.7476 | 8,727 | 1055 | 0.9703 | |
| 70 | Saint Cloud State University | 22900 | 36800 | 0.3773 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 72 | Illinois State University | 23100 | 36400 | 0.3665 | 19,513 | 1115 | 0.8555 | |
| 73 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 23200 | 24900 | 0.0682 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 74 | Southwest Minnesota State University | 23400 | 26700 | 0.1231 | 7,290 | 1015 | 0.6409 | |
| 74 | York College of Pennsylvania | 23400 | 45800 | 0.4895 | 3,369 | 1153 | 0.7374 | |
| 76 | Stockton University | 23500 | 32100 | 0.2678 | 7,583 | 1134 | 0.901 | |
| 77 | Keuka College | 24100 | 59400 | 0.5937 | 986 | 1043 | 0.8151 | |
| 78 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 24200 | 37900 | 0.3612 | 5,677 | 985 | 0.9301 | |
| 79 | Unity Environmental University | 24400 | 29900 | 0.1842 | 6,525 | 0 | 0.818 | |
| 80 | Huntingdon College | 24500 | 44400 | 0.4479 | 943 | 1130 | 0.692 | |
| 81 | Wisconsin Lutheran College | 24700 | 56700 | 0.5642 | 957 | 1233 | 0.7816 | |
| 82 | University of Hawaii at Hilo | 24900 | 38300 | 0.3501 | 2,304 | 990 | 0.8351 | |
| 83 | The University of Findlay | 25000 | 50600 | 0.5055 | 4,132 | 1090 | 0.6748 | |
| 84 | University of Mary Hardin-Baylor | 25200 | 53800 | 0.5318 | 2,775 | 1105 | 0.9747 | |
| 85 | Evangel University | 25400 | 40900 | 0.3794 | 1,843 | 1180 | 0.7161 | |
| 86 | Ave Maria University | 25500 | 46600 | 0.453 | 1,320 | 1164 | 0.4139 | |
| 87 | Salem State University | 25600 | 29000 | 0.1171 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 88 | Messiah University | 25700 | 54300 | 0.5264 | 2,722 | 1266 | 0.8107 | |
| 88 | Minnesota State University, Mankato | 25700 | 28000 | 0.0815 | 13,433 | 1145 | 0.8844 | |
| 90 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 26000 | 28300 | 0.0808 | 3,375 | 1090 | 0.5885 | |
| 91 | SUNY College at Potsdam | 26100 | 37700 | 0.3075 | 1,750 | 1060 | 0.8241 | |
| 92 | Ball State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 15,950 | 1185 | 0.8625 | |
| 92 | Geneva College | 26400 | 50300 | 0.4754 | 1,299 | 1167 | 0.9556 | |
| 94 | Trine University | 26500 | 56100 | 0.5277 | 4,373 | 1159 | 0.8548 | |
| 94 | University of Southern Mississippi | 26500 | 26500 | 0 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 96 | Wingate University | 26700 | 65000 | 0.5892 | 2,673 | 1100 | 0.9113 | |
| 97 | St. Francis College | 26800 | 39400 | 0.3202 | 1,719 | 1035 | 1 | |
| 98 | Valley City State University | 27100 | 29300 | 0.0779 | 1,663 | 1045 | 0.9942 | |
| 99 | Saint Edward's University | 27500 | 73200 | 0.6246 | 2,499 | 1128 | 0.8142 | |
| 100 | Mitchell College | 27600 | 63900 | 0.568 | 442 | 817 | 0.9466 | |
| 101 | Bridgewater State University | 27700 | 35500 | 0.2189 | 8,849 | 1143 | 0.8798 | |
| 101 | Florida Southern College | 27700 | 63200 | 0.5615 | 2,682 | 1264 | 0.6442 | |
| 103 | Weber State University | 27900 | 33900 | 0.1769 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 104 | Grace College and Theological Seminary | 28000 | 41800 | 0.3301 | 1,795 | 1130 | 0.8215 | |
| 105 | Francis Marion University | 28100 | 40200 | 0.3013 | 3,793 | 1015 | 0.9508 | |
| 106 | Saint Xavier University | 28500 | 53700 | 0.4689 | 3,100 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 106 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 28500 | 49100 | 0.4196 | 29,727 | 990 | 0.9229 | |
| 108 | University of Alaska Southeast | 29000 | 31300 | 0.0731 | 1,559 | 1020 | 0.6192 | |
| 109 | Huntington University | 29300 | 44300 | 0.3384 | 1,512 | 1065 | 0.7518 | |
| 109 | Montana State University | 29300 | 31900 | 0.0814 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 111 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 29400 | 42200 | 0.3031 | 15,735 | 1069 | 0.8797 | |
| 112 | Blue Mountain Christian University | 29600 | 39900 | 0.2576 | 915 | 1095 | 0.8895 | |
| 112 | University of West Florida | 29600 | 38000 | 0.2209 | 9,971 | 1120 | 0.5822 | |
| 114 | Southern Utah University | 29700 | 40800 | 0.2722 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 114 | Southwestern College | 29700 | 64400 | 0.5388 | 816 | 1000 | 0.4729 | |
| 116 | Lipscomb University | 29800 | 57800 | 0.4855 | 3,327 | 1214 | 0.6774 | |
| 116 | University of Pikeville | 29800 | 34800 | 0.1438 | 1,164 | 1070 | 0.8967 | |
| 118 | Mercy University | 29900 | 44500 | 0.3282 | 6,692 | 1135 | 0.8724 | |
| 119 | Mississippi State University | 30100 | 34400 | 0.1245 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 120 | Bryan College-Dayton | 30200 | 36000 | 0.1609 | 1,565 | 1085 | 1 | |
| 121 | Utah Tech University | 30400 | 35200 | 0.1364 | 12,993 | 1065 | 1 | |
| 122 | Jacksonville University | 30500 | 74200 | 0.5888 | 2,916 | 1210 | 0.5748 | |
| 123 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 30700 | 77600 | 0.6042 | 4,999 | 1258 | 0.9296 | |
| 124 | University of Louisville | 30800 | 42000 | 0.2665 | 17,916 | 1134 | 0.7921 | |
| 125 | Hampton University | 31400 | 54800 | 0.427 | 4,046 | 1005 | 0.6358 | |
| 126 | Samford University | 32400 | 64600 | 0.4986 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 127 | Liberty University | 33200 | 44600 | 0.2556 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 128 | SUNY Old Westbury | 33500 | 40900 | 0.1809 | 4,474 | 1110 | 0.8352 | |
| 128 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 33500 | 36100 | 0.072 | 34,447 | 1273 | 0.8804 | |
| 130 | Elizabethtown College | 33600 | 55300 | 0.3925 | 1,935 | 1214 | 0.8892 | |
| 131 | Nova Southeastern University | 33700 | 56100 | 0.3992 | 7,057 | 1187 | 0.7557 | |
| 132 | University of Rhode Island | 33800 | 44300 | 0.2368 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 133 | Siena University | 34000 | 65100 | 0.4778 | 3,149 | 1301 | 0.8464 | |
| 134 | Southeastern University | 34100 | 60500 | 0.4361 | 11,981 | 1110 | 0.4247 | |
| 135 | Charleston Southern University | 34200 | 48400 | 0.2949 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 135 | SUNY at Fredonia | 34200 | 39600 | 0.1365 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 137 | Coastal Carolina University | 34600 | 45100 | 0.2326 | 11,471 | 1160 | 0.7003 | |
| 138 | Barry University | 34900 | 56400 | 0.381 | 4,654 | 1005 | 0.9663 | |
| 139 | University of New England | 35100 | 68000 | 0.4841 | 4,631 | 1145 | 0.9203 | |
| 140 | Centenary University | 35300 | 63600 | 0.4449 | 936 | 1070 | 0.8308 | |
| 140 | Pfeiffer University | 35300 | 56100 | 0.3704 | 696 | 941 | 0.9603 | |
| 142 | Roger Williams University | 35600 | 63700 | 0.4413 | 3,970 | 1235 | 0.882 | |
| 142 | The University of Tampa | 35600 | 56900 | 0.374 | 10,710 | 1250 | 0.4363 | |
| 144 | State University of New York at New Paltz | 35700 | 35700 | 0 | 6,113 | 1279 | 0.6267 | |
| 145 | Indiana Wesleyan University-Marion | 35800 | 48500 | 0.2615 | 2,075 | 1090 | 0.8894 | |
| 146 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 36100 | 36100 | 0 | 16,131 | 1275 | 0.6472 | |
| 147 | Florida International University | 36500 | 36800 | 0.0081 | 46,249 | 1180 | 0.6085 | |
| 148 | Eckerd College | 36600 | 75100 | 0.5126 | 1,893 | 1255 | 0.758 | |
| 149 | University of Connecticut | 37200 | 53600 | 0.3062 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 150 | Northwest Nazarene University | 38100 | 62800 | 0.3932 | 1,043 | 1145 | 0.7159 | |
| 150 | Saint Joseph's College of Maine | 38100 | 65000 | 0.4136 | 1,105 | 1055 | 0.8351 | |
| 152 | University of Dubuque | 38200 | 65900 | 0.4213 | 1,395 | 1074 | 0.8731 | |
| 153 | Maine Maritime Academy | 38400 | 49800 | 0.2287 | 977 | 1189 | 0.9615 | |
| 154 | Western New England University | 38500 | 69200 | 0.4438 | 2,616 | 1199 | 0.8348 | |
| 155 | Reinhardt University | 38700 | 49300 | 0.2138 | 1,129 | 1070 | 0.6154 | |
| 156 | SUNY Oneonta | 39300 | 41700 | 0.0575 | 4,815 | 1090 | 0.7696 | |
| 157 | Stony Brook University | 39700 | 53000 | 0.2507 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 157 | University of Central Florida | 39700 | 39700 | 0 | 60,083 | 1289 | 0.428 | |
| 159 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 40100 | 48500 | 0.1731 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 160 | Loyola University Chicago | 41000 | 74100 | 0.4465 | 12,640 | 1262 | 0.751 | |
| 160 | University of New Haven | 41000 | 61300 | 0.3315 | 4,969 | 1219 | 0.5589 | |
| 160 | Western Washington University | 41000 | 51500 | 0.2041 | 13,609 | 1199 | 0.9371 | |
| 163 | Montclair State University | 41300 | 46600 | 0.1138 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 164 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 42400 | 42400 | 0 | 14,657 | 1190 | 0.7583 | |
| 165 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42700 | 53900 | 0.2076 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 166 | Providence College | 42900 | 85000 | 0.4954 | 4,680 | 1345 | 0.4994 | |
| 167 | University of Florida | 43100 | 45700 | 0.057 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 168 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43500 | 68700 | 0.3678 | 4,279 | 1234 | 0.5796 | |
| 169 | St. John's University-New York | 44400 | 78000 | 0.4305 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 170 | Quinnipiac University | 44700 | 79200 | 0.4356 | 6,610 | 1250 | 0.7031 | |
| 171 | University of California-San Diego | 45500 | 77200 | 0.4107 | 35,442 | 1375 | 0.2856 | |
| 172 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47100 | 59700 | 0.2123 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 173 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48500 | 51200 | 0.0544 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 174 | DePaul University | 49100 | 66000 | 0.2562 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 175 | University of Georgia | 49700 | 51600 | 0.0368 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 176 | Sacred Heart University | 51000 | 66500 | 0.2334 | 7,291 | 1265 | 0.6363 | |
| 177 | Dallas Baptist University | 55700 | 63400 | 0.1214 | 2,938 | 1073 | 0.9131 | |
| 178 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 55900 | 63800 | 0.1237 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 179 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 58100 | 63200 | 0.0806 | 40,996 | 1399 | 0.4175 | |
| 180 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58300 | 64100 | 0.0905 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 181 | Auburn University | 58500 | 58500 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 182 | College of Charleston | 61200 | 61200 | 0 | 10,596 | 1234 | 0.73 | |
| 183 | Hawaii Pacific University | 63500 | 65800 | 0.0347 | 3,468 | 1200 | 0.8855 | |
| 184 | University of California-Davis | 68600 | 69800 | 0.0172 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 185 | University of Oregon | 69000 | 71300 | 0.0321 | 20,710 | 1193 | 0.8742 | |
| 186 | Rollins College | 82400 | 82400 | 0 | 2,639 | 1284 | 0.5285 | |
| 186 | University of California-Santa Cruz | 82400 | 82400 | 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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