Considering a degree in Biology?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Biology majors who live in Massachusetts.
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 Massachusetts.
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 | 95100 | 0.9376 | 6,738 | 1535 | 0.0418 | |
| 2 | Northeastern University | 6400 | 89100 | 0.9286 | 22,456 | 1490 | 0.0562 | |
| 3 | Brigham Young University | 8100 | 22300 | 0.6382 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 4 | Savannah State University | 9900 | 50900 | 0.8058 | 2,966 | 925 | 1 | |
| 5 | University of California-Davis | 10200 | 38600 | 0.7366 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 6 | University of Nevada-Reno | 10300 | 45800 | 0.7759 | 20,204 | 1134 | 0.8313 | |
| 7 | Southern Utah University | 10400 | 51400 | 0.7976 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 8 | Georgetown University | 10600 | 92700 | 0.8856 | 7,908 | 1457 | 0.1349 | |
| 9 | University of California-San Diego | 11400 | 41600 | 0.7264 | 35,442 | 1375 | 0.2856 | |
| 10 | Eastern Washington University | 11500 | 30700 | 0.6257 | 7,640 | 995 | 0.8526 | |
| 11 | University of Hawaii at Hilo | 11600 | 56000 | 0.7928 | 2,304 | 1005 | 0.8351 | |
| 12 | University of West Florida | 11900 | 22200 | 0.4635 | 9,971 | 1149 | 0.5822 | |
| 13 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 12200 | 24900 | 0.5092 | 5,677 | 1085 | 0.9301 | |
| 13 | Northern Arizona University | 12200 | 30400 | 0.5979 | 22,203 | 1090 | 0.8961 | |
| 13 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 12200 | 29300 | 0.5836 | 8,421 | 1045 | 0.9444 | |
| 16 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 12800 | 62800 | 0.796 | 13,039 | 1010 | 0.894 | |
| 17 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 13100 | 27100 | 0.5158 | 29,727 | 980 | 0.9229 | |
| 18 | University of South Florida | 13200 | 22400 | 0.4111 | 39,093 | 1239 | 0.4071 | |
| 18 | Wesleyan College | 13200 | 63100 | 0.7912 | 500 | 1065 | 0.591 | |
| 20 | Mayville State University | 13400 | 22000 | 0.3922 | 1,067 | 1034 | 0.7825 | |
| 20 | University of Georgia | 13400 | 27200 | 0.5066 | 32,824 | 1382 | 0.3425 | |
| 22 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 13700 | 19000 | 0.2792 | 11,994 | 1090 | 0.8651 | |
| 23 | Coastal Carolina University | 14000 | 45300 | 0.6913 | 11,471 | 1145 | 0.7003 | |
| 23 | Eastern Michigan University | 14000 | 33900 | 0.5864 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 23 | Virginia Union University | 14000 | 51700 | 0.7294 | 1,205 | 870 | 0.9802 | |
| 26 | Boston University | 14100 | 91900 | 0.847 | 18,289 | 1475 | 0.1283 | |
| 26 | Salem State University | 14100 | 38300 | 0.6315 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 28 | Arkansas Tech University | 14400 | 31400 | 0.5406 | 8,279 | 1035 | 0.9747 | |
| 29 | Central Michigan University | 14500 | 37400 | 0.6129 | 10,238 | 1095 | 0.9104 | |
| 29 | Miles College | 14500 | 35100 | 0.5868 | 1,180 | 0 | 1 | |
| 29 | University of the Virgin Islands | 14500 | 29600 | 0.5094 | 1,650 | 925 | 0.9936 | |
| 32 | West Virginia University | 14600 | 73100 | 0.8 | 18,206 | 1125 | 0.8514 | |
| 33 | Mercy University | 14700 | 46400 | 0.6836 | 6,692 | 1135 | 0.8724 | |
| 34 | University of California-Irvine | 14900 | 40400 | 0.6309 | 30,260 | 1333 | 0.2895 | |
| 34 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 14900 | 56900 | 0.7381 | 15,735 | 1103 | 0.8797 | |
| 36 | Lindsey Wilson University | 15000 | 49300 | 0.696 | 1,738 | 0 | 0 | |
| 36 | University of Maine | 15000 | 29300 | 0.4883 | 9,182 | 1205 | 0.9562 | |
| 38 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 29800 | 0.4782 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 38 | Valley City State University | 15600 | 23800 | 0.3425 | 1,663 | 1055 | 0.9942 | |
| 40 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 15700 | 90700 | 0.8269 | 8,727 | 1055 | 0.9703 | |
| 41 | Grand Valley State University | 15800 | 28300 | 0.441 | 19,154 | 1084 | 0.9271 | |
| 42 | Niagara University | 16100 | 57400 | 0.7192 | 2,638 | 1160 | 0.876 | |
| 42 | University of Massachusetts-Boston | 16100 | 89500 | 0.8198 | 12,138 | 1189 | 0.8379 | |
| 44 | Francis Marion University | 16300 | 36100 | 0.5481 | 3,793 | 1015 | 0.9508 | |
| 44 | University of California-Los Angeles | 16300 | 36700 | 0.5554 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 46 | Grove City College | 16400 | 39700 | 0.5876 | 2,247 | 1266 | 0.667 | |
| 46 | Madonna University | 16400 | 67900 | 0.758 | 1,919 | 980 | 0.6757 | |
| 46 | Waynesburg University | 16400 | 45000 | 0.6362 | 1,032 | 1093 | 0.8981 | |
| 49 | SUNY College at Geneseo | 16500 | 25600 | 0.3554 | 3,943 | 1279 | 0.3333 | |
| 50 | University of Miami | 16600 | 96300 | 0.8277 | 13,241 | 1406 | 0.1761 | |
| 51 | Bethel University | 16900 | 48700 | 0.6536 | 2,674 | 970 | 0.6023 | |
| 51 | Montclair State University | 16900 | 36000 | 0.5308 | 19,048 | 1058 | 0.894 | |
| 51 | University of Louisville | 16900 | 29100 | 0.4196 | 17,916 | 1148 | 0.7921 | |
| 54 | College of Charleston | 17100 | 33900 | 0.4961 | 10,596 | 1255 | 0.73 | |
| 54 | Emporia State University | 17100 | 31200 | 0.4521 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 54 | Weber State University | 17100 | 20300 | 0.1579 | 31,672 | 0 | 1 | |
| 57 | SUNY College at Potsdam | 17200 | 49300 | 0.6514 | 1,750 | 1060 | 0.8241 | |
| 58 | Duke University | 17300 | 98500 | 0.8246 | 6,525 | 1527 | 0.0524 | |
| 59 | York College of Pennsylvania | 17800 | 45800 | 0.6119 | 3,369 | 1153 | 0.7374 | |
| 60 | San Jose State University | 18200 | 41100 | 0.5567 | 29,890 | 1124 | 0.8039 | |
| 61 | University of Central Oklahoma | 18300 | 31100 | 0.412 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 62 | University of Mary | 18500 | 32600 | 0.4325 | 2,821 | 1175 | 0.753 | |
| 63 | Coker University | 18700 | 47800 | 0.6091 | 1,220 | 1050 | 0.9396 | |
| 63 | McMurry University | 18700 | 71400 | 0.7385 | 4,133 | 1065 | 0.8984 | |
| 65 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 19000 | 29900 | 0.364 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 66 | East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania | 19100 | 33700 | 0.433 | 5,130 | 1095 | 0.8645 | |
| 67 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 19300 | 28500 | 0.3231 | 14,657 | 1195 | 0.7583 | |
| 68 | Unity Environmental University | 19400 | 48200 | 0.597 | 6,525 | 0 | 0.818 | |
| 69 | SUNY Oneonta | 19500 | 29300 | 0.3344 | 4,815 | 1234 | 0.7696 | |
| 70 | Carlow University | 19600 | 53900 | 0.6361 | 2,303 | 1065 | 0.8768 | |
| 70 | Stockton University | 19600 | 32100 | 0.3892 | 7,583 | 1135 | 0.901 | |
| 72 | Winona State University | 19900 | 29500 | 0.3267 | 5,317 | 1115 | 0.7549 | |
| 73 | La Sierra University | 20000 | 51200 | 0.6099 | 1,266 | 1025 | 0.9069 | |
| 73 | Minot State University | 20000 | 23500 | 0.1497 | 2,499 | 1075 | 0.6462 | |
| 75 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 20100 | 39800 | 0.4944 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 76 | SUNY at Fredonia | 20200 | 53600 | 0.6229 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 77 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 20300 | 26100 | 0.2219 | 31,845 | 1292 | 0.5651 | |
| 78 | State University of New York at Cortland | 20500 | 27700 | 0.2597 | 5,890 | 1175 | 0.624 | |
| 79 | Millikin University | 20600 | 45000 | 0.542 | 1,427 | 1020 | 0.765 | |
| 79 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 20600 | 39200 | 0.4747 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 81 | Central Methodist University-College of Liberal Arts and Sciences | 20700 | 71000 | 0.7081 | 1,040 | 1040 | 0.6271 | |
| 81 | North Dakota State University | 20700 | 25700 | 0.1942 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 83 | Ferris State University | 20900 | 31000 | 0.3263 | 8,980 | 1015 | 0.8237 | |
| 83 | Florida College | 20900 | 56800 | 0.6315 | 728 | 1099 | 0.6966 | |
| 85 | SUNY Old Westbury | 21000 | 38000 | 0.448 | 4,474 | 1110 | 0.8352 | |
| 86 | Daemen University | 21700 | 56700 | 0.6172 | 1,656 | 1050 | 0.7375 | |
| 86 | University of Florida | 21700 | 22500 | 0.0355 | 37,283 | 1399 | 0.2033 | |
| 88 | Utah State University | 22000 | 39000 | 0.4358 | 26,629 | 1176 | 0.9212 | |
| 89 | Juniata College | 22300 | 75300 | 0.7043 | 1,276 | 1229 | 0.7941 | |
| 90 | Bridgewater State University | 22400 | 37300 | 0.3998 | 8,849 | 1180 | 0.8798 | |
| 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 | 1163 | 0.6628 | |
| 93 | Troy University | 22700 | 34700 | 0.3458 | 10,130 | 1090 | 0.9535 | |
| 94 | Saint Cloud State University | 22800 | 36800 | 0.3803 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 95 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 22900 | 36100 | 0.3653 | 34,447 | 1264 | 0.8804 | |
| 96 | Illinois State University | 23000 | 36400 | 0.3696 | 19,513 | 1120 | 0.8555 | |
| 97 | Southwest Minnesota State University | 23300 | 26700 | 0.1273 | 7,290 | 1015 | 0.6409 | |
| 98 | Huntingdon College | 23600 | 65000 | 0.6368 | 943 | 1130 | 0.692 | |
| 99 | Saint Edward's University | 23800 | 105600 | 0.7748 | 2,499 | 1128 | 0.8142 | |
| 100 | State University of New York at New Paltz | 24000 | 35700 | 0.3274 | 6,113 | 1260 | 0.6267 | |
| 100 | University of Southern Mississippi | 24000 | 27200 | 0.1176 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 102 | Montana State University | 24400 | 24400 | 0 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 103 | Wisconsin Lutheran College | 24700 | 56700 | 0.5653 | 957 | 1233 | 0.7816 | |
| 104 | Ave Maria University | 25000 | 46600 | 0.4637 | 1,320 | 1164 | 0.4139 | |
| 104 | Keuka College | 25000 | 64000 | 0.6089 | 986 | 1100 | 0.8151 | |
| 106 | Messiah University | 25100 | 54700 | 0.5412 | 2,722 | 1241 | 0.8107 | |
| 107 | The University of Findlay | 25400 | 50600 | 0.4976 | 4,132 | 1124 | 0.6748 | |
| 107 | University of California-Santa Cruz | 25400 | 43400 | 0.4145 | 18,194 | 1281 | 0.7273 | |
| 109 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 25900 | 28300 | 0.0847 | 3,375 | 1090 | 0.5885 | |
| 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 | Florida Southern College | 27700 | 63200 | 0.5616 | 2,682 | 1264 | 0.6442 | |
| 114 | Mitchell College | 27700 | 63900 | 0.5663 | 442 | 817 | 0.9466 | |
| 116 | St. Francis College | 27800 | 39400 | 0.2948 | 1,719 | 1119 | 1 | |
| 117 | Wichita State University | 28100 | 30600 | 0.0816 | 14,906 | 1073 | 0.7224 | |
| 118 | Grace College and Theological Seminary | 28200 | 41800 | 0.3247 | 1,795 | 1130 | 0.8215 | |
| 119 | Western New England University | 28700 | 66300 | 0.5674 | 2,616 | 1199 | 0.8348 | |
| 120 | Jacksonville University | 28900 | 102400 | 0.7177 | 2,916 | 1195 | 0.5748 | |
| 120 | University of Alaska Southeast | 28900 | 31300 | 0.0766 | 1,559 | 1020 | 0.6192 | |
| 122 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 29000 | 112100 | 0.7412 | 4,999 | 1274 | 0.9296 | |
| 123 | Huntington University | 29100 | 44400 | 0.3443 | 1,512 | 1055 | 0.7518 | |
| 124 | University of Connecticut | 29200 | 56600 | 0.4843 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 125 | Utah Tech University | 29400 | 35200 | 0.1648 | 12,993 | 0 | 1 | |
| 126 | Blue Mountain Christian University | 29500 | 39900 | 0.2604 | 915 | 1095 | 0.8895 | |
| 127 | Saint Xavier University | 29600 | 58200 | 0.4911 | 3,100 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 127 | Southwestern College | 29600 | 89500 | 0.6694 | 816 | 1025 | 0.4729 | |
| 129 | University of Southern California | 29700 | 98300 | 0.698 | 20,768 | 1492 | 0.1119 | |
| 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 | 30600 | 38800 | 0.2113 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 133 | University of Pikeville | 30800 | 34800 | 0.1151 | 1,164 | 1055 | 0.8967 | |
| 134 | Maine Maritime Academy | 31100 | 34400 | 0.0958 | 977 | 1180 | 0.9615 | |
| 135 | Hampton University | 31400 | 54800 | 0.427 | 4,046 | 947 | 0.6358 | |
| 136 | Centenary University | 31600 | 63000 | 0.4983 | 936 | 1070 | 0.8308 | |
| 137 | Nova Southeastern University | 31700 | 56100 | 0.4348 | 7,057 | 1165 | 0.7557 | |
| 138 | Liberty University | 32400 | 44700 | 0.275 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 139 | University of New England | 32700 | 70900 | 0.5389 | 4,631 | 1145 | 0.9203 | |
| 140 | Elizabethtown College | 33600 | 57500 | 0.4154 | 1,935 | 1214 | 0.8892 | |
| 141 | Charleston Southern University | 34100 | 48400 | 0.2971 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 141 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 34100 | 59100 | 0.4228 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 143 | Samford University | 34600 | 93800 | 0.6312 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 144 | Barry University | 34700 | 58800 | 0.4099 | 4,654 | 1005 | 0.9663 | |
| 145 | Siena University | 35100 | 66400 | 0.4716 | 3,149 | 1254 | 0.8464 | |
| 146 | Minnesota State University, Mankato | 35200 | 37600 | 0.0637 | 13,433 | 1145 | 0.8844 | |
| 146 | Pfeiffer University | 35200 | 56100 | 0.3724 | 696 | 941 | 0.9603 | |
| 146 | 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 | Roger Williams University | 35500 | 63700 | 0.443 | 3,970 | 1235 | 0.882 | |
| 151 | University of Rhode Island | 35800 | 44300 | 0.1917 | 14,466 | 1148 | 0.7456 | |
| 152 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 36100 | 36100 | 0 | 16,131 | 1270 | 0.6472 | |
| 153 | Florida International University | 36500 | 36800 | 0.0081 | 46,249 | 1175 | 0.6085 | |
| 154 | Indiana Wesleyan University-Marion | 36900 | 49100 | 0.2486 | 2,075 | 1090 | 0.8894 | |
| 155 | Loyola University Chicago | 37000 | 74800 | 0.5056 | 12,640 | 1303 | 0.751 | |
| 155 | University of Dubuque | 37000 | 65900 | 0.4382 | 1,395 | 1090 | 0.8731 | |
| 157 | Eckerd College | 37400 | 77000 | 0.5143 | 1,893 | 1255 | 0.758 | |
| 158 | Southeastern University | 37700 | 79400 | 0.5253 | 11,981 | 1110 | 0.4247 | |
| 159 | University of Mary Hardin-Baylor | 37800 | 51900 | 0.2716 | 2,775 | 1099 | 0.9747 | |
| 160 | Evangel University | 39000 | 49700 | 0.2151 | 1,843 | 1180 | 0.7161 | |
| 161 | Bradley University | 39200 | 60600 | 0.353 | 3,258 | 1223 | 0.7459 | |
| 162 | Stony Brook University | 39600 | 53000 | 0.2527 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 163 | University of Wyoming | 39900 | 45300 | 0.1191 | 8,138 | 1179 | 0.9695 | |
| 164 | Sacred Heart University | 40100 | 67500 | 0.4059 | 7,291 | 950 | 0.6363 | |
| 165 | Saint Joseph's College of Maine | 40200 | 66900 | 0.3993 | 1,105 | 1055 | 0.8351 | |
| 166 | University of New Haven | 41500 | 73500 | 0.4352 | 4,969 | 1164 | 0.5589 | |
| 167 | University of Central Florida | 42100 | 42100 | 0 | 60,083 | 1280 | 0.428 | |
| 168 | Rollins College | 43000 | 85700 | 0.4984 | 2,639 | 1273 | 0.5285 | |
| 169 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43300 | 68700 | 0.3694 | 4,279 | 1224 | 0.5796 | |
| 170 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 43500 | 72500 | 0.4001 | 10,368 | 1064 | 0.999 | |
| 171 | Providence College | 43900 | 85000 | 0.4835 | 4,680 | 1335 | 0.4994 | |
| 172 | The University of Tampa | 45700 | 58500 | 0.2187 | 10,710 | 1185 | 0.4363 | |
| 173 | Reinhardt University | 46900 | 59300 | 0.2091 | 1,129 | 1070 | 0.6154 | |
| 174 | St. John's University-New York | 47500 | 83800 | 0.4334 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 175 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48300 | 51200 | 0.0565 | 43,633 | 1327 | 0.4343 | |
| 175 | University of Delaware | 48300 | 62500 | 0.2279 | 19,287 | 1294 | 0.6924 | |
| 177 | Western Washington University | 48600 | 52400 | 0.0725 | 13,609 | 1272 | 0.9371 | |
| 178 | DePaul University | 49100 | 69400 | 0.2923 | 14,338 | 1254 | 0.878 | |
| 179 | Northwest Nazarene University | 49600 | 87600 | 0.4337 | 1,043 | 1134 | 0.7159 | |
| 180 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 50800 | 63800 | 0.2038 | 42,565 | 1338 | 0.7887 | |
| 181 | Quinnipiac University | 51200 | 79700 | 0.3578 | 6,610 | 1245 | 0.7031 | |
| 182 | Lipscomb University | 53200 | 69900 | 0.2388 | 3,327 | 1260 | 0.6774 | |
| 183 | Dallas Baptist University | 56400 | 84300 | 0.331 | 2,938 | 1109 | 0.9131 | |
| 184 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58300 | 63700 | 0.0848 | 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 Washington-Seattle Campus | 63600 | 67600 | 0.0591 | 40,996 | 1331 | 0.4175 | |
| 188 | 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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