Considering a degree in Biology?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Biology majors who live in Idaho.
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 Idaho.
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 | 96500 | 0.939 | 6,738 | 1535 | 0.0418 | |
| 2 | College of Southern Idaho | 7300 | 22100 | 0.6682 | 10,176 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | Brigham Young University | 8100 | 22300 | 0.6382 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 4 | University of California-Davis | 10200 | 38600 | 0.7366 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 5 | Savannah State University | 10800 | 50900 | 0.7881 | 2,966 | 925 | 1 | |
| 6 | Southern Utah University | 11000 | 51400 | 0.7859 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 7 | University of California-San Diego | 11700 | 41600 | 0.7192 | 35,442 | 1375 | 0.2856 | |
| 8 | Eastern Washington University | 11800 | 28600 | 0.5879 | 7,640 | 995 | 0.8526 | |
| 8 | University of Hawaii at Hilo | 11800 | 56000 | 0.7893 | 2,304 | 1005 | 0.8351 | |
| 10 | Francis Marion University | 11900 | 31300 | 0.6198 | 3,793 | 1015 | 0.9508 | |
| 11 | Boston University | 12600 | 93200 | 0.8647 | 18,289 | 1475 | 0.1283 | |
| 11 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 12600 | 29300 | 0.57 | 8,421 | 1045 | 0.9444 | |
| 13 | University of West Florida | 12800 | 50500 | 0.7472 | 9,971 | 1149 | 0.5822 | |
| 14 | Wesleyan College | 13200 | 63100 | 0.7912 | 500 | 1065 | 0.591 | |
| 15 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 13300 | 27100 | 0.5085 | 29,727 | 980 | 0.9229 | |
| 15 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 13300 | 43000 | 0.6907 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 17 | University of Delaware | 13500 | 34500 | 0.6095 | 19,287 | 1294 | 0.6924 | |
| 17 | University of South Florida | 13500 | 22400 | 0.3977 | 39,093 | 1239 | 0.4071 | |
| 19 | University of Georgia | 13600 | 27200 | 0.4993 | 32,824 | 1382 | 0.3425 | |
| 20 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 13700 | 38300 | 0.6417 | 5,677 | 1085 | 0.9301 | |
| 20 | Georgetown University | 13700 | 92700 | 0.8522 | 7,908 | 1457 | 0.1349 | |
| 22 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 14000 | 22800 | 0.3865 | 11,994 | 1090 | 0.8651 | |
| 22 | Utah State University | 14000 | 21000 | 0.3327 | 26,629 | 1176 | 0.9212 | |
| 24 | Bridgewater State University | 14100 | 28800 | 0.5119 | 8,849 | 1180 | 0.8798 | |
| 25 | Coastal Carolina University | 14200 | 45300 | 0.6869 | 11,471 | 1145 | 0.7003 | |
| 26 | Eastern Michigan University | 14300 | 33900 | 0.5776 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 26 | Salem State University | 14300 | 38300 | 0.6262 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 28 | Virginia Union University | 14400 | 51700 | 0.7217 | 1,205 | 870 | 0.9802 | |
| 29 | Arkansas Tech University | 14500 | 31400 | 0.5374 | 8,279 | 1035 | 0.9747 | |
| 29 | Central Michigan University | 14500 | 37400 | 0.6129 | 10,238 | 1095 | 0.9104 | |
| 31 | Mercy University | 14700 | 46400 | 0.6836 | 6,692 | 1135 | 0.8724 | |
| 31 | Miles College | 14700 | 35100 | 0.5811 | 1,180 | 0 | 1 | |
| 31 | University of the Virgin Islands | 14700 | 29600 | 0.5027 | 1,650 | 925 | 0.9936 | |
| 34 | University of California-Irvine | 14900 | 40400 | 0.6309 | 30,260 | 1333 | 0.2895 | |
| 35 | Lindsey Wilson University | 15100 | 49300 | 0.6939 | 1,738 | 0 | 0 | |
| 35 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 15100 | 71500 | 0.7891 | 15,735 | 1103 | 0.8797 | |
| 35 | University of Nevada-Reno | 15100 | 28200 | 0.4642 | 20,204 | 1134 | 0.8313 | |
| 38 | West Virginia University | 15200 | 73100 | 0.7918 | 18,206 | 1125 | 0.8514 | |
| 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 | 1055 | 0.9942 | |
| 41 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 16100 | 90700 | 0.8225 | 8,727 | 1055 | 0.9703 | |
| 41 | Niagara University | 16100 | 57400 | 0.7192 | 2,638 | 1160 | 0.876 | |
| 43 | Madonna University | 16400 | 67900 | 0.758 | 1,919 | 980 | 0.6757 | |
| 44 | Grove City College | 16600 | 39700 | 0.5826 | 2,247 | 1266 | 0.667 | |
| 45 | University of Miami | 16700 | 96300 | 0.8267 | 13,241 | 1406 | 0.1761 | |
| 46 | Waynesburg University | 16900 | 45000 | 0.6241 | 1,032 | 1093 | 0.8981 | |
| 47 | Bethel University | 17000 | 48700 | 0.6516 | 2,674 | 970 | 0.6023 | |
| 48 | Weber State University | 17200 | 20300 | 0.153 | 31,672 | 0 | 1 | |
| 49 | Duke University | 17300 | 98500 | 0.8246 | 6,525 | 1527 | 0.0524 | |
| 49 | Emporia State University | 17300 | 31200 | 0.4457 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 49 | SUNY College at Potsdam | 17300 | 49300 | 0.6493 | 1,750 | 1060 | 0.8241 | |
| 52 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 17400 | 29900 | 0.4174 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 53 | Northeastern University | 17900 | 90000 | 0.8008 | 22,456 | 1490 | 0.0562 | |
| 53 | York College of Pennsylvania | 17900 | 45800 | 0.6097 | 3,369 | 1153 | 0.7374 | |
| 55 | San Jose State University | 18300 | 41100 | 0.5542 | 29,890 | 1124 | 0.8039 | |
| 56 | University of Central Oklahoma | 18600 | 31100 | 0.4024 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 56 | University of Rhode Island | 18600 | 33900 | 0.4514 | 14,466 | 1148 | 0.7456 | |
| 58 | University of Mary | 18800 | 32600 | 0.423 | 2,821 | 1175 | 0.753 | |
| 59 | McMurry University | 18900 | 71400 | 0.7357 | 4,133 | 1065 | 0.8984 | |
| 60 | Coker University | 19000 | 47800 | 0.6028 | 1,220 | 1050 | 0.9396 | |
| 61 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 19300 | 28500 | 0.3231 | 14,657 | 1195 | 0.7583 | |
| 62 | Unity Environmental University | 19500 | 48200 | 0.595 | 6,525 | 0 | 0.818 | |
| 63 | Carlow University | 19700 | 53900 | 0.6343 | 2,303 | 1065 | 0.8768 | |
| 64 | Winona State University | 19900 | 29500 | 0.3267 | 5,317 | 1115 | 0.7549 | |
| 65 | Minot State University | 20000 | 23500 | 0.1497 | 2,499 | 1075 | 0.6462 | |
| 65 | Stockton University | 20000 | 32100 | 0.3767 | 7,583 | 1135 | 0.901 | |
| 67 | La Sierra University | 20100 | 51200 | 0.608 | 1,266 | 1025 | 0.9069 | |
| 67 | SUNY at Fredonia | 20100 | 53600 | 0.6248 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 69 | SUNY Old Westbury | 20300 | 24400 | 0.1682 | 4,474 | 1110 | 0.8352 | |
| 70 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 20400 | 39800 | 0.4869 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 71 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 20500 | 26100 | 0.2142 | 31,845 | 1292 | 0.5651 | |
| 72 | State University of New York at Cortland | 20600 | 27700 | 0.2561 | 5,890 | 1175 | 0.624 | |
| 73 | Mayville State University | 20700 | 23800 | 0.1321 | 1,067 | 1034 | 0.7825 | |
| 73 | Millikin University | 20700 | 45000 | 0.5398 | 1,427 | 1020 | 0.765 | |
| 75 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 20800 | 39200 | 0.4696 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 76 | Central Methodist University-College of Liberal Arts and Sciences | 20900 | 71000 | 0.7053 | 1,040 | 1040 | 0.6271 | |
| 76 | Ferris State University | 20900 | 31000 | 0.3263 | 8,980 | 1015 | 0.8237 | |
| 78 | Florida College | 21100 | 56800 | 0.628 | 728 | 1099 | 0.6966 | |
| 79 | Boise State University | 21400 | 43300 | 0.5059 | 25,308 | 1025 | 0.8389 | |
| 80 | University of Florida | 21700 | 22500 | 0.0355 | 37,283 | 1399 | 0.2033 | |
| 81 | Daemen University | 21800 | 56700 | 0.6154 | 1,656 | 1050 | 0.7375 | |
| 82 | Grand Valley State University | 21900 | 36600 | 0.4014 | 19,154 | 1084 | 0.9271 | |
| 83 | Juniata College | 22300 | 75300 | 0.7043 | 1,276 | 1229 | 0.7941 | |
| 84 | Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences | 22600 | 56900 | 0.602 | 533 | 1244 | 0.5269 | |
| 84 | Augustana College | 22600 | 72800 | 0.6891 | 2,536 | 1163 | 0.6628 | |
| 86 | Saint Cloud State University | 22800 | 36800 | 0.3803 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 87 | Troy University | 22900 | 34700 | 0.34 | 10,130 | 1090 | 0.9535 | |
| 88 | Illinois State University | 23000 | 36400 | 0.3696 | 19,513 | 1120 | 0.8555 | |
| 89 | Northern Arizona University | 23200 | 37100 | 0.3765 | 22,203 | 1090 | 0.8961 | |
| 89 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 23200 | 36100 | 0.357 | 34,447 | 1264 | 0.8804 | |
| 91 | Southwest Minnesota State University | 23300 | 26700 | 0.1273 | 7,290 | 1015 | 0.6409 | |
| 92 | Florida International University | 23700 | 23700 | 0 | 46,249 | 1175 | 0.6085 | |
| 92 | Huntingdon College | 23700 | 65000 | 0.6353 | 943 | 1130 | 0.692 | |
| 94 | Saint Edward's University | 24000 | 105600 | 0.7729 | 2,499 | 1128 | 0.8142 | |
| 94 | State University of New York at New Paltz | 24000 | 35700 | 0.3274 | 6,113 | 1260 | 0.6267 | |
| 96 | University of Southern Mississippi | 24200 | 27200 | 0.1103 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 97 | SUNY Oneonta | 24400 | 55300 | 0.5593 | 4,815 | 1234 | 0.7696 | |
| 98 | Wisconsin Lutheran College | 24700 | 56700 | 0.5653 | 957 | 1233 | 0.7816 | |
| 99 | Montana State University | 24800 | 31600 | 0.2155 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 100 | East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania | 24900 | 37700 | 0.3392 | 5,130 | 1095 | 0.8645 | |
| 101 | Ave Maria University | 25000 | 46600 | 0.4637 | 1,320 | 1164 | 0.4139 | |
| 101 | Keuka College | 25000 | 64000 | 0.6089 | 986 | 1100 | 0.8151 | |
| 103 | Messiah University | 25200 | 54700 | 0.5393 | 2,722 | 1241 | 0.8107 | |
| 104 | University of California-Santa Cruz | 25300 | 43400 | 0.4168 | 18,194 | 1281 | 0.7273 | |
| 105 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 25400 | 62800 | 0.5954 | 13,039 | 1010 | 0.894 | |
| 106 | Minnesota State University, Mankato | 25600 | 28000 | 0.0854 | 13,433 | 1145 | 0.8844 | |
| 107 | The University of Findlay | 25700 | 50600 | 0.4917 | 4,132 | 1124 | 0.6748 | |
| 108 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 25900 | 28300 | 0.0847 | 3,375 | 1090 | 0.5885 | |
| 109 | Stony Brook University | 26100 | 33200 | 0.2129 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 110 | Geneva College | 26400 | 50300 | 0.4766 | 1,299 | 1143 | 0.9556 | |
| 111 | Trine University | 26500 | 56100 | 0.5279 | 4,373 | 1159 | 0.8548 | |
| 112 | Ball State University | 26600 | 26600 | 0 | 15,950 | 1170 | 0.8625 | |
| 113 | Wingate University | 26800 | 67100 | 0.6016 | 2,673 | 1100 | 0.9113 | |
| 114 | North Dakota State University | 27600 | 30400 | 0.092 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 115 | Florida Southern College | 27700 | 63200 | 0.5616 | 2,682 | 1264 | 0.6442 | |
| 115 | St. Francis College | 27700 | 39400 | 0.2973 | 1,719 | 1119 | 1 | |
| 117 | Mitchell College | 27800 | 63900 | 0.5647 | 442 | 817 | 0.9466 | |
| 118 | Wichita State University | 28100 | 30600 | 0.0816 | 14,906 | 1073 | 0.7224 | |
| 119 | Grace College and Theological Seminary | 28400 | 41800 | 0.3195 | 1,795 | 1130 | 0.8215 | |
| 120 | University of Alaska Southeast | 28900 | 31300 | 0.0766 | 1,559 | 1020 | 0.6192 | |
| 121 | Huntington University | 29100 | 44400 | 0.3443 | 1,512 | 1055 | 0.7518 | |
| 121 | Jacksonville University | 29100 | 102400 | 0.7158 | 2,916 | 1195 | 0.5748 | |
| 123 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 29200 | 112100 | 0.7394 | 4,999 | 1274 | 0.9296 | |
| 123 | University of Connecticut | 29200 | 56600 | 0.4843 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 125 | Blue Mountain Christian University | 29500 | 39900 | 0.2604 | 915 | 1095 | 0.8895 | |
| 125 | Utah Tech University | 29500 | 35200 | 0.162 | 12,993 | 0 | 1 | |
| 127 | Southwestern College | 29700 | 89500 | 0.6683 | 816 | 1025 | 0.4729 | |
| 127 | University of Southern California | 29700 | 98300 | 0.698 | 20,768 | 1492 | 0.1119 | |
| 129 | Saint Xavier University | 29900 | 58200 | 0.4859 | 3,100 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 130 | Mississippi State University | 30000 | 34400 | 0.1276 | 19,093 | 1214 | 0.8363 | |
| 131 | Bryan College-Dayton | 30100 | 36000 | 0.1639 | 1,565 | 1085 | 1 | |
| 132 | California State University-Long Beach | 30700 | 38800 | 0.2087 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 133 | University of Pikeville | 30800 | 34800 | 0.1151 | 1,164 | 1055 | 0.8967 | |
| 134 | University of Maine | 30900 | 43100 | 0.2832 | 9,182 | 1205 | 0.9562 | |
| 135 | Hampton University | 31500 | 54800 | 0.4252 | 4,046 | 947 | 0.6358 | |
| 136 | Centenary University | 31600 | 63000 | 0.4983 | 936 | 1070 | 0.8308 | |
| 137 | Nova Southeastern University | 32000 | 56100 | 0.4295 | 7,057 | 1165 | 0.7557 | |
| 138 | Liberty University | 32400 | 44700 | 0.275 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 139 | University of Louisville | 32700 | 42100 | 0.223 | 17,916 | 1148 | 0.7921 | |
| 139 | University of New England | 32700 | 70900 | 0.5389 | 4,631 | 1145 | 0.9203 | |
| 141 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 33500 | 38200 | 0.1228 | 42,565 | 1338 | 0.7887 | |
| 142 | Elizabethtown College | 33600 | 57500 | 0.4154 | 1,935 | 1214 | 0.8892 | |
| 143 | University of Idaho | 34000 | 48700 | 0.302 | 9,656 | 1119 | 0.7476 | |
| 144 | Charleston Southern University | 34100 | 48400 | 0.2971 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 145 | Samford University | 34700 | 93800 | 0.6301 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 146 | Barry University | 34800 | 58800 | 0.4082 | 4,654 | 1005 | 0.9663 | |
| 147 | Pfeiffer University | 35200 | 56100 | 0.3724 | 696 | 941 | 0.9603 | |
| 147 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 35200 | 46500 | 0.2431 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 149 | Auburn University | 35300 | 35300 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 150 | Siena University | 35400 | 66400 | 0.467 | 3,149 | 1254 | 0.8464 | |
| 150 | SUNY College at Geneseo | 35400 | 39400 | 0.1016 | 3,943 | 1279 | 0.3333 | |
| 152 | Roger Williams University | 35500 | 63700 | 0.443 | 3,970 | 1235 | 0.882 | |
| 153 | Western New England University | 35900 | 70600 | 0.4913 | 2,616 | 1199 | 0.8348 | |
| 154 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 36100 | 36100 | 0 | 16,131 | 1270 | 0.6472 | |
| 155 | Northwest Nazarene University | 36300 | 87600 | 0.5855 | 1,043 | 1134 | 0.7159 | |
| 156 | Western Washington University | 36500 | 36500 | 0 | 13,609 | 1272 | 0.9371 | |
| 157 | Indiana Wesleyan University-Marion | 36900 | 49100 | 0.2486 | 2,075 | 1090 | 0.8894 | |
| 158 | University of Dubuque | 37000 | 65900 | 0.4382 | 1,395 | 1090 | 0.8731 | |
| 159 | Loyola University Chicago | 37200 | 74800 | 0.5029 | 12,640 | 1303 | 0.751 | |
| 160 | Eckerd College | 37400 | 77000 | 0.5143 | 1,893 | 1255 | 0.758 | |
| 161 | University of Mary Hardin-Baylor | 37800 | 51900 | 0.2716 | 2,775 | 1099 | 0.9747 | |
| 162 | Southeastern University | 37900 | 79400 | 0.5228 | 11,981 | 1110 | 0.4247 | |
| 163 | Evangel University | 39000 | 49700 | 0.2151 | 1,843 | 1180 | 0.7161 | |
| 164 | Bradley University | 39400 | 60600 | 0.3497 | 3,258 | 1223 | 0.7459 | |
| 165 | University of Wyoming | 39900 | 45300 | 0.1191 | 8,138 | 1179 | 0.9695 | |
| 166 | Saint Joseph's College of Maine | 40300 | 66900 | 0.3978 | 1,105 | 1055 | 0.8351 | |
| 167 | Sacred Heart University | 40400 | 67500 | 0.4015 | 7,291 | 950 | 0.6363 | |
| 167 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5061 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 169 | University of New Haven | 41400 | 73500 | 0.4365 | 4,969 | 1164 | 0.5589 | |
| 170 | University of Central Florida | 42100 | 42100 | 0 | 60,083 | 1280 | 0.428 | |
| 171 | Rollins College | 43100 | 85700 | 0.4972 | 2,639 | 1273 | 0.5285 | |
| 172 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43300 | 68700 | 0.3694 | 4,279 | 1224 | 0.5796 | |
| 173 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 43700 | 72500 | 0.3974 | 10,368 | 1064 | 0.999 | |
| 173 | Montclair State University | 43700 | 47000 | 0.0703 | 19,048 | 1058 | 0.894 | |
| 175 | Providence College | 44200 | 85000 | 0.48 | 4,680 | 1335 | 0.4994 | |
| 176 | The University of Tampa | 45800 | 58500 | 0.217 | 10,710 | 1185 | 0.4363 | |
| 177 | Reinhardt University | 46900 | 59300 | 0.2091 | 1,129 | 1070 | 0.6154 | |
| 178 | Maine Maritime Academy | 47000 | 53000 | 0.1132 | 977 | 1180 | 0.9615 | |
| 179 | St. John's University-New York | 47600 | 83800 | 0.4322 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 180 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48300 | 51200 | 0.0565 | 43,633 | 1327 | 0.4343 | |
| 181 | DePaul University | 49100 | 69400 | 0.2923 | 14,338 | 1254 | 0.878 | |
| 182 | College of Charleston | 49700 | 64600 | 0.2307 | 10,596 | 1255 | 0.73 | |
| 183 | Quinnipiac University | 51100 | 79700 | 0.359 | 6,610 | 1245 | 0.7031 | |
| 184 | Lipscomb University | 53200 | 69900 | 0.2397 | 3,327 | 1260 | 0.6774 | |
| 185 | Dallas Baptist University | 56400 | 84300 | 0.331 | 2,938 | 1109 | 0.9131 | |
| 186 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58300 | 63700 | 0.0848 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 187 | The University of Alabama | 58500 | 58500 | 0 | 35,621 | 1284 | 0.7117 | |
| 188 | Hawaii Pacific University | 63400 | 65800 | 0.0364 | 3,468 | 1120 | 0.8855 | |
| 189 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 63600 | 67600 | 0.0591 | 40,996 | 1331 | 0.4175 | |
| 190 | University of Oregon | 63900 | 71300 | 0.1038 | 20,710 | 1250 | 0.8742 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.
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