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 | 1500 | 0.0418 | |
| 2 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 7600 | 36100 | 0.7904 | 10,368 | 1064 | 0.999 | |
| 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 | Duke University | 9800 | 93600 | 0.8955 | 6,525 | 1533 | 0.0524 | |
| 6 | Georgetown University | 10200 | 92700 | 0.89 | 7,908 | 1470 | 0.1349 | |
| 6 | Southern Utah University | 10200 | 22200 | 0.5416 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 8 | Savannah State University | 10500 | 26700 | 0.6075 | 2,966 | 950 | 1 | |
| 9 | Eastern Washington University | 11400 | 31200 | 0.6347 | 7,640 | 1045 | 0.8526 | |
| 10 | University of the Virgin Islands | 12600 | 22800 | 0.4467 | 1,650 | 900 | 0.9936 | |
| 11 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 12700 | 26500 | 0.5202 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 12 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 13100 | 49100 | 0.7333 | 29,727 | 990 | 0.9229 | |
| 12 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 13100 | 43000 | 0.6953 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 14 | University of Georgia | 13600 | 26600 | 0.4887 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 15 | Western Washington University | 13700 | 31400 | 0.5637 | 13,609 | 1199 | 0.9371 | |
| 16 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 13800 | 19000 | 0.2739 | 11,994 | 1090 | 0.8651 | |
| 17 | Wesleyan College | 13900 | 43800 | 0.6825 | 500 | 1065 | 0.591 | |
| 18 | Boston University | 14100 | 91700 | 0.8465 | 18,289 | 1475 | 0.1283 | |
| 19 | Arkansas Tech University | 14300 | 34400 | 0.5844 | 8,279 | 1055 | 0.9747 | |
| 19 | Virginia Union University | 14300 | 39400 | 0.6366 | 1,205 | 870 | 0.9802 | |
| 21 | Central Michigan University | 14400 | 37800 | 0.6183 | 10,238 | 1099 | 0.9104 | |
| 22 | Miles College | 14500 | 25400 | 0.4285 | 1,180 | 0 | 1 | |
| 23 | University of California-Irvine | 15100 | 38000 | 0.603 | 30,260 | 1333 | 0.2895 | |
| 24 | Troy University | 15200 | 26700 | 0.4306 | 10,130 | 1075 | 0.9535 | |
| 25 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 15300 | 29300 | 0.4778 | 8,421 | 1054 | 0.9444 | |
| 26 | Northeastern University | 15500 | 89100 | 0.8264 | 22,456 | 1481 | 0.0562 | |
| 26 | University of Central Oklahoma | 15500 | 28700 | 0.46 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 28 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 38800 | 0.5992 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 29 | California State University-Long Beach | 16000 | 25800 | 0.3799 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 29 | Emporia State University | 16000 | 22900 | 0.3015 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 31 | Eastern Michigan University | 16300 | 36100 | 0.5485 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 31 | University of Florida | 16300 | 22500 | 0.2755 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 33 | Waynesburg University | 16400 | 45000 | 0.6366 | 1,032 | 1093 | 0.8981 | |
| 34 | Ferris State University | 16500 | 31000 | 0.4685 | 8,980 | 1015 | 0.8237 | |
| 35 | West Virginia University | 16700 | 40900 | 0.5914 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 36 | Millikin University | 17100 | 45000 | 0.6198 | 1,427 | 1065 | 0.765 | |
| 37 | Salem State University | 17300 | 28500 | 0.393 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 37 | University of Louisville | 17300 | 29100 | 0.4059 | 17,916 | 1134 | 0.7921 | |
| 39 | Daemen University | 17500 | 55100 | 0.6825 | 1,656 | 1050 | 0.7375 | |
| 40 | University of Miami | 17700 | 95700 | 0.8149 | 13,241 | 1408 | 0.1761 | |
| 40 | Utah Tech University | 17700 | 23300 | 0.2407 | 12,993 | 1065 | 1 | |
| 42 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 17800 | 39000 | 0.5431 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 43 | Bethel University | 17900 | 35300 | 0.4924 | 2,674 | 970 | 0.6023 | |
| 44 | Lindsey Wilson University | 18200 | 47100 | 0.6138 | 1,738 | 1035 | 0 | |
| 45 | University of Mary | 18500 | 32600 | 0.4329 | 2,821 | 1175 | 0.753 | |
| 46 | Bridgewater State University | 18600 | 25400 | 0.2682 | 8,849 | 1143 | 0.8798 | |
| 47 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 19000 | 29900 | 0.3636 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 48 | East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania | 19100 | 26700 | 0.2851 | 5,130 | 1099 | 0.8645 | |
| 48 | Madonna University | 19100 | 49200 | 0.6121 | 1,919 | 925 | 0.6757 | |
| 50 | Carlow University | 19500 | 82500 | 0.7637 | 2,303 | 1084 | 0.8768 | |
| 50 | SUNY Oneonta | 19500 | 29300 | 0.3344 | 4,815 | 1090 | 0.7696 | |
| 52 | Wichita State University | 19600 | 29800 | 0.3418 | 14,906 | 1065 | 0.7224 | |
| 53 | McMurry University | 19700 | 51900 | 0.6199 | 4,133 | 1104 | 0.8984 | |
| 54 | Coker University | 19900 | 47800 | 0.5839 | 1,220 | 1050 | 0.9396 | |
| 54 | University of Southern California | 19900 | 75900 | 0.7382 | 20,768 | 1499 | 0.1119 | |
| 56 | Winona State University | 20000 | 29500 | 0.3229 | 5,317 | 1115 | 0.7549 | |
| 57 | Minot State University | 20100 | 23500 | 0.145 | 2,499 | 1075 | 0.6462 | |
| 58 | Grove City College | 20400 | 39700 | 0.4868 | 2,247 | 1248 | 0.667 | |
| 59 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 20500 | 39200 | 0.4773 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 60 | La Sierra University | 20600 | 65900 | 0.687 | 1,266 | 1124 | 0.9069 | |
| 61 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 20700 | 30600 | 0.3258 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 62 | Florida College | 20800 | 34200 | 0.3921 | 728 | 1099 | 0.6966 | |
| 62 | Mayville State University | 20800 | 23800 | 0.1275 | 1,067 | 1034 | 0.7825 | |
| 64 | Bradley University | 21600 | 50800 | 0.5747 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 65 | Central Methodist University-College of Liberal Arts and Sciences | 21700 | 52700 | 0.5886 | 1,040 | 1075 | 0.6271 | |
| 66 | Niagara University | 21800 | 57400 | 0.62 | 2,638 | 1170 | 0.876 | |
| 67 | Grand Valley State University | 22100 | 35900 | 0.3849 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 68 | Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences | 22700 | 56900 | 0.6007 | 533 | 1244 | 0.5269 | |
| 68 | Augustana College | 22700 | 72800 | 0.688 | 2,536 | 1157 | 0.6628 | |
| 68 | Juniata College | 22700 | 73800 | 0.6922 | 1,276 | 1263 | 0.7941 | |
| 71 | Saint Cloud State University | 22900 | 36800 | 0.3773 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 71 | San Jose State University | 22900 | 41100 | 0.4429 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 73 | Illinois State University | 23100 | 36400 | 0.3665 | 19,513 | 1115 | 0.8555 | |
| 74 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 23400 | 90700 | 0.742 | 8,727 | 1055 | 0.9703 | |
| 74 | Southwest Minnesota State University | 23400 | 26700 | 0.1231 | 7,290 | 1015 | 0.6409 | |
| 74 | University of Massachusetts-Boston | 23400 | 89500 | 0.7383 | 12,138 | 1189 | 0.8379 | |
| 74 | York College of Pennsylvania | 23400 | 45800 | 0.4895 | 3,369 | 1153 | 0.7374 | |
| 78 | Keuka College | 24100 | 59400 | 0.5937 | 986 | 1043 | 0.8151 | |
| 79 | Unity Environmental University | 24400 | 29900 | 0.1842 | 6,525 | 0 | 0.818 | |
| 80 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 24600 | 37900 | 0.3506 | 5,677 | 985 | 0.9301 | |
| 80 | Huntingdon College | 24600 | 44400 | 0.4457 | 943 | 1130 | 0.692 | |
| 82 | Wisconsin Lutheran College | 24700 | 56700 | 0.5642 | 957 | 1233 | 0.7816 | |
| 83 | University of Hawaii at Hilo | 25100 | 38300 | 0.3448 | 2,304 | 990 | 0.8351 | |
| 84 | The University of Findlay | 25300 | 50600 | 0.4996 | 4,132 | 1090 | 0.6748 | |
| 85 | University of Mary Hardin-Baylor | 25400 | 53800 | 0.528 | 2,775 | 1105 | 0.9747 | |
| 86 | Ave Maria University | 25500 | 46600 | 0.453 | 1,320 | 1164 | 0.4139 | |
| 87 | Evangel University | 25600 | 40900 | 0.3745 | 1,843 | 1180 | 0.7161 | |
| 88 | Messiah University | 25800 | 54300 | 0.5246 | 2,722 | 1266 | 0.8107 | |
| 89 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 26000 | 28300 | 0.0808 | 3,375 | 1090 | 0.5885 | |
| 90 | SUNY College at Potsdam | 26200 | 37700 | 0.3048 | 1,750 | 1060 | 0.8241 | |
| 91 | Northern Arizona University | 26300 | 43200 | 0.392 | 22,203 | 1129 | 0.8961 | |
| 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 | 26900 | 39400 | 0.3177 | 1,719 | 1035 | 1 | |
| 98 | Valley City State University | 27100 | 29300 | 0.0779 | 1,663 | 1045 | 0.9942 | |
| 99 | Florida Southern College | 27700 | 63200 | 0.5615 | 2,682 | 1264 | 0.6442 | |
| 99 | North Dakota State University | 27700 | 30400 | 0.0884 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 99 | Saint Edward's University | 27700 | 73200 | 0.6219 | 2,499 | 1128 | 0.8142 | |
| 102 | Mitchell College | 27800 | 66600 | 0.5826 | 442 | 817 | 0.9466 | |
| 103 | Weber State University | 28100 | 33900 | 0.171 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 104 | Grace College and Theological Seminary | 28200 | 41800 | 0.3249 | 1,795 | 1130 | 0.8215 | |
| 105 | Francis Marion University | 28400 | 40200 | 0.2938 | 3,793 | 1015 | 0.9508 | |
| 106 | Saint Xavier University | 28600 | 53700 | 0.4671 | 3,100 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 107 | University of Alaska Southeast | 29000 | 31300 | 0.0731 | 1,559 | 1020 | 0.6192 | |
| 107 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29000 | 34000 | 0.1472 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 109 | University of Connecticut | 29200 | 39500 | 0.2608 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 110 | Huntington University | 29300 | 44300 | 0.3384 | 1,512 | 1065 | 0.7518 | |
| 111 | Montana State University | 29400 | 31900 | 0.0783 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 112 | Blue Mountain Christian University | 29600 | 39900 | 0.2576 | 915 | 1095 | 0.8895 | |
| 113 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 29700 | 42200 | 0.296 | 15,735 | 1069 | 0.8797 | |
| 114 | Lipscomb University | 29800 | 57800 | 0.4846 | 3,327 | 1214 | 0.6774 | |
| 114 | University of Pikeville | 29800 | 34800 | 0.1438 | 1,164 | 1070 | 0.8967 | |
| 116 | University of West Florida | 29900 | 38000 | 0.213 | 9,971 | 1120 | 0.5822 | |
| 117 | Southwestern College | 30000 | 64400 | 0.5342 | 816 | 1000 | 0.4729 | |
| 118 | Mercy University | 30100 | 44500 | 0.3237 | 6,692 | 1135 | 0.8724 | |
| 118 | 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 | Jacksonville University | 30700 | 74200 | 0.5861 | 2,916 | 1210 | 0.5748 | |
| 122 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 30900 | 77600 | 0.6016 | 4,999 | 1258 | 0.9296 | |
| 123 | Hampton University | 31500 | 54800 | 0.4252 | 4,046 | 1005 | 0.6358 | |
| 124 | Samford University | 32500 | 64600 | 0.497 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 125 | Liberty University | 33200 | 44600 | 0.2556 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 126 | Elizabethtown College | 33600 | 55300 | 0.3925 | 1,935 | 1214 | 0.8892 | |
| 126 | SUNY Old Westbury | 33600 | 40900 | 0.1785 | 4,474 | 1110 | 0.8352 | |
| 128 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 33800 | 36100 | 0.0637 | 34,447 | 1273 | 0.8804 | |
| 129 | Nova Southeastern University | 34000 | 56100 | 0.3938 | 7,057 | 1187 | 0.7557 | |
| 130 | SUNY at Fredonia | 34100 | 39600 | 0.1391 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 130 | University of Rhode Island | 34100 | 44300 | 0.23 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 132 | Charleston Southern University | 34200 | 48400 | 0.2949 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 133 | Siena University | 34300 | 65100 | 0.4732 | 3,149 | 1301 | 0.8464 | |
| 133 | Southeastern University | 34300 | 60500 | 0.4328 | 11,981 | 1110 | 0.4247 | |
| 135 | SUNY College at Geneseo | 34500 | 39400 | 0.1245 | 3,943 | 1275 | 0.3333 | |
| 135 | University of Oregon | 34500 | 40200 | 0.1416 | 20,710 | 1193 | 0.8742 | |
| 137 | Stockton University | 34600 | 44500 | 0.2226 | 7,583 | 1134 | 0.901 | |
| 138 | Coastal Carolina University | 34800 | 45100 | 0.2281 | 11,471 | 1160 | 0.7003 | |
| 139 | University of South Florida | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 140 | Barry University | 35100 | 56400 | 0.3775 | 4,654 | 1005 | 0.9663 | |
| 140 | University of New England | 35100 | 68000 | 0.4841 | 4,631 | 1145 | 0.9203 | |
| 142 | Minnesota State University, Mankato | 35300 | 37600 | 0.0608 | 13,433 | 1145 | 0.8844 | |
| 142 | Pfeiffer University | 35300 | 56100 | 0.3704 | 696 | 941 | 0.9603 | |
| 142 | Western New England University | 35300 | 66100 | 0.4651 | 2,616 | 1199 | 0.8348 | |
| 145 | Centenary University | 35400 | 63600 | 0.4433 | 936 | 1070 | 0.8308 | |
| 146 | The University of Tampa | 35500 | 56900 | 0.3758 | 10,710 | 1250 | 0.4363 | |
| 147 | Roger Williams University | 35600 | 63700 | 0.4413 | 3,970 | 1235 | 0.882 | |
| 148 | State University of New York at New Paltz | 35700 | 35700 | 0 | 6,113 | 1279 | 0.6267 | |
| 149 | University of Maine | 35800 | 35800 | 0 | 9,182 | 1195 | 0.9562 | |
| 150 | Indiana Wesleyan University-Marion | 35900 | 48500 | 0.2595 | 2,075 | 1090 | 0.8894 | |
| 151 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 36100 | 36100 | 0 | 16,131 | 1275 | 0.6472 | |
| 152 | Florida International University | 36500 | 36800 | 0.0081 | 46,249 | 1180 | 0.6085 | |
| 153 | Eckerd College | 36600 | 75100 | 0.5126 | 1,893 | 1255 | 0.758 | |
| 154 | University of Nevada-Reno | 37300 | 45800 | 0.1857 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 155 | Northwest Nazarene University | 38100 | 62800 | 0.3932 | 1,043 | 1145 | 0.7159 | |
| 155 | Saint Joseph's College of Maine | 38100 | 65000 | 0.4136 | 1,105 | 1055 | 0.8351 | |
| 157 | University of Dubuque | 38200 | 65900 | 0.4213 | 1,395 | 1074 | 0.8731 | |
| 158 | Maine Maritime Academy | 38400 | 49800 | 0.2287 | 977 | 1189 | 0.9615 | |
| 159 | Reinhardt University | 38700 | 49300 | 0.2138 | 1,129 | 1070 | 0.6154 | |
| 160 | State University of New York at Cortland | 38800 | 39900 | 0.0276 | 5,890 | 1175 | 0.624 | |
| 161 | Stony Brook University | 39700 | 53000 | 0.2507 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 161 | University of Central Florida | 39700 | 39700 | 0 | 60,083 | 1289 | 0.428 | |
| 163 | University of Wyoming | 40000 | 45300 | 0.1167 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 164 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 40400 | 48500 | 0.1669 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 164 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5061 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 166 | Loyola University Chicago | 40900 | 74100 | 0.4479 | 12,640 | 1262 | 0.751 | |
| 167 | University of New Haven | 41000 | 67300 | 0.3906 | 4,969 | 1219 | 0.5589 | |
| 168 | Montclair State University | 41500 | 46600 | 0.1095 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 169 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 42400 | 42400 | 0 | 14,657 | 1190 | 0.7583 | |
| 170 | Sacred Heart University | 42700 | 67500 | 0.3677 | 7,291 | 1265 | 0.6363 | |
| 171 | Providence College | 43200 | 85000 | 0.4919 | 4,680 | 1345 | 0.4994 | |
| 172 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43500 | 68700 | 0.3678 | 4,279 | 1234 | 0.5796 | |
| 173 | St. John's University-New York | 44400 | 78000 | 0.4305 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 174 | Quinnipiac University | 44800 | 79200 | 0.4343 | 6,610 | 1250 | 0.7031 | |
| 175 | University of California-San Diego | 45800 | 77200 | 0.4068 | 35,442 | 1375 | 0.2856 | |
| 176 | University of Delaware | 47500 | 61300 | 0.2252 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 177 | DePaul University | 49100 | 66000 | 0.2562 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 178 | Dallas Baptist University | 55700 | 63400 | 0.1214 | 2,938 | 1073 | 0.9131 | |
| 178 | The University of Alabama | 55700 | 58500 | 0.0478 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 180 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 55900 | 63800 | 0.1237 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 181 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 58100 | 63200 | 0.0806 | 40,996 | 1399 | 0.4175 | |
| 182 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58200 | 64100 | 0.092 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 183 | Auburn University | 58500 | 58500 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 184 | College of Charleston | 61200 | 61200 | 0 | 10,596 | 1234 | 0.73 | |
| 185 | Hawaii Pacific University | 63500 | 65800 | 0.0347 | 3,468 | 1200 | 0.8855 | |
| 186 | University of California-Davis | 68500 | 69800 | 0.0186 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 187 | Rollins College | 82400 | 82400 | 0 | 2,639 | 1284 | 0.5285 | |
| 187 | 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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