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 | 1535 | 0.0418 | |
| 2 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 7500 | 36100 | 0.7932 | 10,368 | 1064 | 0.999 | |
| 3 | Brigham Young University | 8100 | 22300 | 0.6382 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 4 | Savannah State University | 9700 | 50900 | 0.8097 | 2,966 | 925 | 1 | |
| 5 | Southern Utah University | 10200 | 51400 | 0.8015 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 6 | University of Nevada-Reno | 10300 | 45800 | 0.7759 | 20,204 | 1134 | 0.8313 | |
| 7 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 11200 | 33800 | 0.6688 | 40,996 | 1331 | 0.4175 | |
| 8 | Eastern Washington University | 11400 | 30700 | 0.629 | 7,640 | 995 | 0.8526 | |
| 8 | University of Hawaii at Hilo | 11400 | 56000 | 0.7964 | 2,304 | 1005 | 0.8351 | |
| 10 | University of West Florida | 11600 | 22200 | 0.477 | 9,971 | 1149 | 0.5822 | |
| 11 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 11800 | 29300 | 0.5973 | 8,421 | 1045 | 0.9444 | |
| 12 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 12000 | 24900 | 0.5172 | 5,677 | 1085 | 0.9301 | |
| 13 | Boston University | 12200 | 93200 | 0.869 | 18,289 | 1475 | 0.1283 | |
| 14 | Georgetown University | 12600 | 92700 | 0.8641 | 7,908 | 1457 | 0.1349 | |
| 15 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 12800 | 43000 | 0.7023 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 16 | University of South Florida | 12900 | 22400 | 0.4245 | 39,093 | 1239 | 0.4071 | |
| 17 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 13000 | 27100 | 0.5195 | 29,727 | 980 | 0.9229 | |
| 18 | Wesleyan College | 13200 | 63100 | 0.7912 | 500 | 1065 | 0.591 | |
| 19 | Mayville State University | 13400 | 22000 | 0.3922 | 1,067 | 1034 | 0.7825 | |
| 19 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 13400 | 22800 | 0.4128 | 11,994 | 1090 | 0.8651 | |
| 21 | Virginia Union University | 13600 | 51700 | 0.7372 | 1,205 | 870 | 0.9802 | |
| 22 | Coastal Carolina University | 13800 | 45300 | 0.6957 | 11,471 | 1145 | 0.7003 | |
| 22 | Eastern Michigan University | 13800 | 33900 | 0.5923 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 24 | Salem State University | 13900 | 39200 | 0.6452 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 25 | Utah State University | 14000 | 21000 | 0.3327 | 26,629 | 1176 | 0.9212 | |
| 26 | Arkansas Tech University | 14200 | 31400 | 0.547 | 8,279 | 1035 | 0.9747 | |
| 27 | Miles College | 14300 | 35100 | 0.5925 | 1,180 | 0 | 1 | |
| 27 | University of the Virgin Islands | 14300 | 29600 | 0.5162 | 1,650 | 925 | 0.9936 | |
| 29 | Central Michigan University | 14500 | 37400 | 0.6129 | 10,238 | 1095 | 0.9104 | |
| 30 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 14600 | 56900 | 0.7434 | 15,735 | 1103 | 0.8797 | |
| 31 | Mercy University | 14700 | 46400 | 0.6836 | 6,692 | 1135 | 0.8724 | |
| 31 | West Virginia University | 14700 | 73100 | 0.7986 | 18,206 | 1125 | 0.8514 | |
| 33 | Lindsey Wilson University | 15000 | 49300 | 0.696 | 1,738 | 0 | 0 | |
| 33 | University of California-Irvine | 15000 | 40400 | 0.6284 | 30,260 | 1333 | 0.2895 | |
| 35 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 15200 | 90700 | 0.8325 | 8,727 | 1055 | 0.9703 | |
| 36 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 38800 | 0.5992 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 36 | Valley City State University | 15600 | 23800 | 0.3425 | 1,663 | 1055 | 0.9942 | |
| 38 | Grand Valley State University | 15800 | 28300 | 0.441 | 19,154 | 1084 | 0.9271 | |
| 38 | Waynesburg University | 15800 | 45000 | 0.6483 | 1,032 | 1093 | 0.8981 | |
| 40 | Francis Marion University | 16100 | 36100 | 0.5536 | 3,793 | 1015 | 0.9508 | |
| 40 | Niagara University | 16100 | 57400 | 0.7192 | 2,638 | 1160 | 0.876 | |
| 42 | Grove City College | 16200 | 39700 | 0.5919 | 2,247 | 1266 | 0.667 | |
| 42 | Madonna University | 16200 | 67900 | 0.7609 | 1,919 | 980 | 0.6757 | |
| 44 | University of Miami | 16500 | 96300 | 0.8288 | 13,241 | 1406 | 0.1761 | |
| 45 | Montclair State University | 16600 | 36000 | 0.5391 | 19,048 | 1058 | 0.894 | |
| 45 | University of Louisville | 16600 | 29100 | 0.43 | 17,916 | 1148 | 0.7921 | |
| 47 | Bethel University | 16800 | 48700 | 0.6557 | 2,674 | 970 | 0.6023 | |
| 47 | Emporia State University | 16800 | 31200 | 0.4617 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 49 | SUNY College at Potsdam | 17100 | 49300 | 0.6534 | 1,750 | 1060 | 0.8241 | |
| 50 | Duke University | 17300 | 98500 | 0.8246 | 6,525 | 1527 | 0.0524 | |
| 50 | Utah Tech University | 17300 | 23300 | 0.2579 | 12,993 | 0 | 1 | |
| 52 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 17500 | 29900 | 0.4141 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 53 | Northeastern University | 17600 | 90000 | 0.8041 | 22,456 | 1490 | 0.0562 | |
| 54 | York College of Pennsylvania | 17800 | 45800 | 0.6119 | 3,369 | 1153 | 0.7374 | |
| 55 | San Jose State University | 18000 | 41100 | 0.5615 | 29,890 | 1124 | 0.8039 | |
| 55 | University of Rhode Island | 18000 | 33900 | 0.4691 | 14,466 | 1148 | 0.7456 | |
| 57 | University of Mary | 18200 | 32600 | 0.442 | 2,821 | 1175 | 0.753 | |
| 58 | Coker University | 18300 | 47800 | 0.6174 | 1,220 | 1050 | 0.9396 | |
| 59 | McMurry University | 18400 | 71400 | 0.7427 | 4,133 | 1065 | 0.8984 | |
| 60 | Carlow University | 19400 | 53900 | 0.6398 | 2,303 | 1065 | 0.8768 | |
| 60 | Unity Environmental University | 19400 | 48200 | 0.597 | 6,525 | 0 | 0.818 | |
| 62 | SUNY Oneonta | 19500 | 29300 | 0.3344 | 4,815 | 1234 | 0.7696 | |
| 63 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 19700 | 39800 | 0.5045 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 64 | La Sierra University | 19900 | 51200 | 0.6119 | 1,266 | 1025 | 0.9069 | |
| 64 | Winona State University | 19900 | 29500 | 0.3267 | 5,317 | 1115 | 0.7549 | |
| 66 | Minot State University | 20000 | 23500 | 0.1497 | 2,499 | 1075 | 0.6462 | |
| 66 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 20000 | 26100 | 0.2334 | 31,845 | 1292 | 0.5651 | |
| 68 | Stockton University | 20200 | 46100 | 0.562 | 7,583 | 1135 | 0.901 | |
| 68 | SUNY at Fredonia | 20200 | 53600 | 0.6229 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 70 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 20300 | 39200 | 0.4824 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 71 | Central Methodist University-College of Liberal Arts and Sciences | 20400 | 71000 | 0.7123 | 1,040 | 1040 | 0.6271 | |
| 71 | University of Wyoming | 20400 | 27900 | 0.2682 | 8,138 | 1179 | 0.9695 | |
| 73 | Millikin University | 20500 | 45000 | 0.5442 | 1,427 | 1020 | 0.765 | |
| 74 | Florida College | 20600 | 56800 | 0.6368 | 728 | 1099 | 0.6966 | |
| 75 | Ferris State University | 20800 | 31000 | 0.3295 | 8,980 | 1015 | 0.8237 | |
| 76 | SUNY Old Westbury | 20900 | 38000 | 0.4506 | 4,474 | 1110 | 0.8352 | |
| 77 | Daemen University | 21600 | 56700 | 0.619 | 1,656 | 1050 | 0.7375 | |
| 78 | Juniata College | 22300 | 75300 | 0.7043 | 1,276 | 1229 | 0.7941 | |
| 79 | Troy University | 22400 | 34700 | 0.3545 | 10,130 | 1090 | 0.9535 | |
| 80 | Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences | 22600 | 56900 | 0.602 | 533 | 1244 | 0.5269 | |
| 80 | Augustana College | 22600 | 72800 | 0.6891 | 2,536 | 1163 | 0.6628 | |
| 82 | Saint Cloud State University | 22800 | 36800 | 0.3803 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 83 | Illinois State University | 23000 | 36400 | 0.3696 | 19,513 | 1120 | 0.8555 | |
| 84 | Northern Arizona University | 23100 | 47300 | 0.511 | 22,203 | 1090 | 0.8961 | |
| 85 | Southwest Minnesota State University | 23300 | 26700 | 0.1273 | 7,290 | 1015 | 0.6409 | |
| 86 | Huntingdon College | 23600 | 65000 | 0.6368 | 943 | 1130 | 0.692 | |
| 86 | Saint Edward's University | 23600 | 105600 | 0.7766 | 2,499 | 1128 | 0.8142 | |
| 88 | Florida International University | 23700 | 23700 | 0 | 46,249 | 1175 | 0.6085 | |
| 89 | Bridgewater State University | 23800 | 37300 | 0.3612 | 8,849 | 1180 | 0.8798 | |
| 89 | University of Southern Mississippi | 23800 | 27200 | 0.125 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 91 | State University of New York at New Paltz | 23900 | 35700 | 0.3302 | 6,113 | 1260 | 0.6267 | |
| 92 | University of Central Oklahoma | 24100 | 34000 | 0.2911 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 93 | Montana State University | 24400 | 24400 | 0 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 94 | East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania | 24500 | 37700 | 0.3498 | 5,130 | 1095 | 0.8645 | |
| 95 | Wisconsin Lutheran College | 24700 | 56700 | 0.5653 | 957 | 1233 | 0.7816 | |
| 96 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 24900 | 62800 | 0.6034 | 13,039 | 1010 | 0.894 | |
| 97 | Ave Maria University | 25000 | 46600 | 0.4637 | 1,320 | 1164 | 0.4139 | |
| 97 | Keuka College | 25000 | 64000 | 0.6089 | 986 | 1100 | 0.8151 | |
| 97 | Messiah University | 25000 | 54700 | 0.543 | 2,722 | 1241 | 0.8107 | |
| 100 | The University of Findlay | 25200 | 50600 | 0.5016 | 4,132 | 1124 | 0.6748 | |
| 101 | University of California-Santa Cruz | 25500 | 43400 | 0.4122 | 18,194 | 1281 | 0.7273 | |
| 102 | Minnesota State University, Mankato | 25600 | 28000 | 0.0854 | 13,433 | 1145 | 0.8844 | |
| 103 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 25900 | 28300 | 0.0847 | 3,375 | 1090 | 0.5885 | |
| 104 | Geneva College | 26400 | 50300 | 0.4766 | 1,299 | 1143 | 0.9556 | |
| 105 | Trine University | 26500 | 56100 | 0.5279 | 4,373 | 1159 | 0.8548 | |
| 106 | Ball State University | 26600 | 26600 | 0 | 15,950 | 1170 | 0.8625 | |
| 107 | Wingate University | 26800 | 67100 | 0.6016 | 2,673 | 1100 | 0.9113 | |
| 108 | Weber State University | 27300 | 31600 | 0.1362 | 31,672 | 0 | 1 | |
| 109 | Mitchell College | 27600 | 63900 | 0.568 | 442 | 817 | 0.9466 | |
| 109 | North Dakota State University | 27600 | 30400 | 0.092 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 111 | Florida Southern College | 27700 | 63200 | 0.5616 | 2,682 | 1264 | 0.6442 | |
| 112 | St. Francis College | 27800 | 39400 | 0.2948 | 1,719 | 1119 | 1 | |
| 113 | Grace College and Theological Seminary | 28000 | 41800 | 0.3299 | 1,795 | 1130 | 0.8215 | |
| 113 | Wichita State University | 28000 | 30600 | 0.0849 | 14,906 | 1073 | 0.7224 | |
| 115 | Jacksonville University | 28700 | 102400 | 0.7197 | 2,916 | 1195 | 0.5748 | |
| 116 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 28800 | 112100 | 0.743 | 4,999 | 1274 | 0.9296 | |
| 117 | University of Alaska Southeast | 28900 | 31300 | 0.0766 | 1,559 | 1020 | 0.6192 | |
| 118 | Huntington University | 29000 | 44400 | 0.3465 | 1,512 | 1055 | 0.7518 | |
| 119 | Saint Xavier University | 29200 | 58200 | 0.498 | 3,100 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 120 | Southwestern College | 29400 | 89500 | 0.6717 | 816 | 1025 | 0.4729 | |
| 121 | Blue Mountain Christian University | 29500 | 39900 | 0.2604 | 915 | 1095 | 0.8895 | |
| 122 | University of Southern California | 29700 | 98300 | 0.698 | 20,768 | 1492 | 0.1119 | |
| 123 | Bryan College-Dayton | 30100 | 36000 | 0.1639 | 1,565 | 1085 | 1 | |
| 124 | California State University-Long Beach | 30400 | 38800 | 0.2164 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 125 | University of Maine | 30500 | 35800 | 0.1481 | 9,182 | 1205 | 0.9562 | |
| 126 | University of Pikeville | 30800 | 34800 | 0.1151 | 1,164 | 1055 | 0.8967 | |
| 127 | Hampton University | 31200 | 54800 | 0.4306 | 4,046 | 947 | 0.6358 | |
| 128 | Nova Southeastern University | 31500 | 56100 | 0.4384 | 7,057 | 1165 | 0.7557 | |
| 129 | Centenary University | 31600 | 63000 | 0.4983 | 936 | 1070 | 0.8308 | |
| 130 | Liberty University | 32500 | 44700 | 0.2727 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 131 | University of New England | 32700 | 70900 | 0.5389 | 4,631 | 1145 | 0.9203 | |
| 132 | University of Oregon | 33100 | 40200 | 0.1784 | 20,710 | 1250 | 0.8742 | |
| 133 | Elizabethtown College | 33500 | 57500 | 0.4172 | 1,935 | 1214 | 0.8892 | |
| 133 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 33500 | 38200 | 0.1228 | 42,565 | 1338 | 0.7887 | |
| 135 | University of New Haven | 33700 | 73600 | 0.5413 | 4,969 | 1164 | 0.5589 | |
| 136 | Charleston Southern University | 34100 | 48400 | 0.2971 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 137 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 34200 | 34200 | 0 | 16,131 | 1270 | 0.6472 | |
| 138 | Samford University | 34400 | 93800 | 0.6333 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 139 | Barry University | 34500 | 58800 | 0.4133 | 4,654 | 1005 | 0.9663 | |
| 140 | Siena University | 34800 | 66400 | 0.4761 | 3,149 | 1254 | 0.8464 | |
| 141 | Pfeiffer University | 35200 | 56100 | 0.3724 | 696 | 941 | 0.9603 | |
| 142 | Auburn University | 35300 | 35300 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 142 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 35300 | 46500 | 0.2409 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 144 | SUNY College at Geneseo | 35400 | 39400 | 0.1016 | 3,943 | 1279 | 0.3333 | |
| 145 | Roger Williams University | 35500 | 63700 | 0.443 | 3,970 | 1235 | 0.882 | |
| 146 | Western New England University | 36100 | 70600 | 0.4885 | 2,616 | 1199 | 0.8348 | |
| 147 | Loyola University Chicago | 36800 | 74800 | 0.5082 | 12,640 | 1303 | 0.751 | |
| 148 | Indiana Wesleyan University-Marion | 36900 | 49100 | 0.2486 | 2,075 | 1090 | 0.8894 | |
| 149 | University of Dubuque | 37000 | 65900 | 0.4382 | 1,395 | 1090 | 0.8731 | |
| 150 | University of Connecticut | 37100 | 66200 | 0.4399 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 151 | Eckerd College | 37400 | 77000 | 0.5143 | 1,893 | 1255 | 0.758 | |
| 152 | Southeastern University | 37500 | 79400 | 0.5279 | 11,981 | 1110 | 0.4247 | |
| 153 | University of Mary Hardin-Baylor | 37800 | 51900 | 0.2716 | 2,775 | 1099 | 0.9747 | |
| 154 | Evangel University | 39000 | 49700 | 0.2151 | 1,843 | 1180 | 0.7161 | |
| 154 | Mississippi State University | 39000 | 53400 | 0.2695 | 19,093 | 1214 | 0.8363 | |
| 156 | Bradley University | 39100 | 60600 | 0.3547 | 3,258 | 1223 | 0.7459 | |
| 157 | Sacred Heart University | 39600 | 66500 | 0.4049 | 7,291 | 950 | 0.6363 | |
| 157 | Stony Brook University | 39600 | 53000 | 0.2527 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 159 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 39700 | 42800 | 0.0725 | 14,657 | 1195 | 0.7583 | |
| 160 | Saint Joseph's College of Maine | 40100 | 66900 | 0.4008 | 1,105 | 1055 | 0.8351 | |
| 161 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5061 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 162 | University of Central Florida | 42100 | 42100 | 0 | 60,083 | 1280 | 0.428 | |
| 163 | Rollins College | 43000 | 85700 | 0.4984 | 2,639 | 1273 | 0.5285 | |
| 164 | University of Florida | 43100 | 45700 | 0.0569 | 37,283 | 1399 | 0.2033 | |
| 165 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43300 | 68700 | 0.3694 | 4,279 | 1224 | 0.5796 | |
| 166 | Quinnipiac University | 43500 | 78900 | 0.449 | 6,610 | 1245 | 0.7031 | |
| 167 | Providence College | 43600 | 85000 | 0.487 | 4,680 | 1335 | 0.4994 | |
| 168 | State University of New York at Cortland | 44800 | 52600 | 0.1482 | 5,890 | 1175 | 0.624 | |
| 169 | The University of Tampa | 45700 | 58500 | 0.2187 | 10,710 | 1185 | 0.4363 | |
| 170 | Reinhardt University | 46900 | 59300 | 0.2091 | 1,129 | 1070 | 0.6154 | |
| 171 | Maine Maritime Academy | 47300 | 53000 | 0.1076 | 977 | 1180 | 0.9615 | |
| 172 | St. John's University-New York | 47400 | 83800 | 0.4346 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 172 | University of Georgia | 47400 | 52300 | 0.0937 | 32,824 | 1382 | 0.3425 | |
| 174 | University of Delaware | 48000 | 62500 | 0.2319 | 19,287 | 1294 | 0.6924 | |
| 175 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48300 | 51200 | 0.0565 | 43,633 | 1327 | 0.4343 | |
| 175 | Western Washington University | 48300 | 52400 | 0.0783 | 13,609 | 1272 | 0.9371 | |
| 177 | DePaul University | 49000 | 69400 | 0.2938 | 14,338 | 1254 | 0.878 | |
| 178 | Northwest Nazarene University | 49600 | 87600 | 0.4337 | 1,043 | 1134 | 0.7159 | |
| 179 | College of Charleston | 49900 | 64600 | 0.2276 | 10,596 | 1255 | 0.73 | |
| 180 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 53100 | 53300 | 0.0037 | 34,447 | 1264 | 0.8804 | |
| 181 | Lipscomb University | 53300 | 69900 | 0.2378 | 3,327 | 1260 | 0.6774 | |
| 182 | University of California-San Diego | 55300 | 79600 | 0.3052 | 35,442 | 1375 | 0.2856 | |
| 183 | Dallas Baptist University | 56400 | 84300 | 0.331 | 2,938 | 1109 | 0.9131 | |
| 184 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58400 | 63700 | 0.0832 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 185 | The University of Alabama | 58500 | 58500 | 0 | 35,621 | 1284 | 0.7117 | |
| 186 | Hawaii Pacific University | 63400 | 65800 | 0.0364 | 3,468 | 1120 | 0.8855 | |
| 187 | University of California-Davis | 68500 | 69900 | 0.02 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.
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