Considering a degree in Biology?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Biology majors who live in Maryland.
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 Maryland.
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 | 95400 | 0.9378 | 6,738 | 1535 | 0.0418 | |
| 2 | Brigham Young University | 8100 | 22300 | 0.6382 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 3 | Savannah State University | 9800 | 50900 | 0.8078 | 2,966 | 925 | 1 | |
| 4 | University of California-Davis | 10200 | 38600 | 0.7366 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 5 | University of Nevada-Reno | 10300 | 45800 | 0.7759 | 20,204 | 1134 | 0.8313 | |
| 6 | Southern Utah University | 10700 | 51400 | 0.7918 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 7 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 11200 | 33800 | 0.6688 | 40,996 | 1331 | 0.4175 | |
| 8 | Eastern Washington University | 11500 | 30700 | 0.6257 | 7,640 | 995 | 0.8526 | |
| 9 | Francis Marion University | 11700 | 31300 | 0.6262 | 3,793 | 1015 | 0.9508 | |
| 9 | University of West Florida | 11700 | 22200 | 0.4725 | 9,971 | 1149 | 0.5822 | |
| 11 | University of Hawaii at Hilo | 11800 | 56000 | 0.7893 | 2,304 | 1005 | 0.8351 | |
| 12 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 12000 | 29300 | 0.5905 | 8,421 | 1045 | 0.9444 | |
| 13 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 12100 | 24900 | 0.5132 | 5,677 | 1085 | 0.9301 | |
| 14 | Northern Arizona University | 12200 | 30400 | 0.5979 | 22,203 | 1090 | 0.8961 | |
| 15 | Boston University | 12300 | 93200 | 0.8679 | 18,289 | 1475 | 0.1283 | |
| 16 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 12700 | 62800 | 0.7976 | 13,039 | 1010 | 0.894 | |
| 17 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 13100 | 27100 | 0.5158 | 29,727 | 980 | 0.9229 | |
| 18 | Wesleyan College | 13200 | 63100 | 0.7912 | 500 | 1065 | 0.591 | |
| 19 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 13600 | 19000 | 0.2845 | 11,994 | 1090 | 0.8651 | |
| 20 | Georgetown University | 13700 | 92700 | 0.8522 | 7,908 | 1457 | 0.1349 | |
| 21 | Virginia Union University | 13800 | 51700 | 0.7333 | 1,205 | 870 | 0.9802 | |
| 22 | Coastal Carolina University | 13900 | 45300 | 0.6935 | 11,471 | 1145 | 0.7003 | |
| 22 | Eastern Michigan University | 13900 | 33900 | 0.5894 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 24 | Salem State University | 14000 | 38300 | 0.6341 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 24 | Utah State University | 14000 | 21000 | 0.3327 | 26,629 | 1176 | 0.9212 | |
| 26 | Arkansas Tech University | 14300 | 31400 | 0.5438 | 8,279 | 1035 | 0.9747 | |
| 27 | Miles College | 14400 | 35100 | 0.5896 | 1,180 | 0 | 1 | |
| 27 | University of the Virgin Islands | 14400 | 29600 | 0.5128 | 1,650 | 925 | 0.9936 | |
| 29 | Central Michigan University | 14500 | 37400 | 0.6129 | 10,238 | 1095 | 0.9104 | |
| 29 | West Virginia University | 14500 | 73100 | 0.8013 | 18,206 | 1125 | 0.8514 | |
| 31 | Ball State University | 14700 | 22400 | 0.3439 | 15,950 | 1170 | 0.8625 | |
| 31 | Mercy University | 14700 | 46400 | 0.6836 | 6,692 | 1135 | 0.8724 | |
| 31 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 14700 | 56900 | 0.7416 | 15,735 | 1103 | 0.8797 | |
| 34 | University of Maine | 14900 | 29300 | 0.4918 | 9,182 | 1205 | 0.9562 | |
| 35 | Lindsey Wilson University | 15000 | 49300 | 0.696 | 1,738 | 0 | 0 | |
| 35 | University of California-Irvine | 15000 | 40400 | 0.6284 | 30,260 | 1333 | 0.2895 | |
| 37 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 15500 | 90700 | 0.8291 | 8,727 | 1055 | 0.9703 | |
| 38 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 38800 | 0.5992 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 38 | Valley City State University | 15600 | 23800 | 0.3425 | 1,663 | 1055 | 0.9942 | |
| 40 | Morgan State University | 15800 | 30700 | 0.4849 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 41 | Niagara University | 16100 | 57400 | 0.7192 | 2,638 | 1160 | 0.876 | |
| 41 | Waynesburg University | 16100 | 45000 | 0.6422 | 1,032 | 1093 | 0.8981 | |
| 43 | Grove City College | 16300 | 39700 | 0.5902 | 2,247 | 1266 | 0.667 | |
| 43 | Madonna University | 16300 | 67900 | 0.7595 | 1,919 | 980 | 0.6757 | |
| 45 | California State University-Long Beach | 16500 | 25800 | 0.3605 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 46 | University of Miami | 16600 | 96300 | 0.8277 | 13,241 | 1406 | 0.1761 | |
| 47 | Montclair State University | 16800 | 36000 | 0.5335 | 19,048 | 1058 | 0.894 | |
| 47 | University of Maryland Global Campus | 16800 | 29700 | 0.434 | 52,187 | 0 | 1 | |
| 49 | Bethel University | 16900 | 48700 | 0.6536 | 2,674 | 970 | 0.6023 | |
| 49 | Emporia State University | 16900 | 31200 | 0.4585 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 51 | SUNY at Fredonia | 17100 | 27800 | 0.3854 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 52 | SUNY College at Potsdam | 17200 | 49300 | 0.6514 | 1,750 | 1060 | 0.8241 | |
| 53 | Duke University | 17300 | 98500 | 0.8246 | 6,525 | 1527 | 0.0524 | |
| 54 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 17500 | 29900 | 0.4141 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 55 | Northeastern University | 17700 | 90000 | 0.803 | 22,456 | 1490 | 0.0562 | |
| 56 | York College of Pennsylvania | 17800 | 45800 | 0.6119 | 3,369 | 1153 | 0.7374 | |
| 57 | San Jose State University | 18100 | 41100 | 0.5591 | 29,890 | 1124 | 0.8039 | |
| 58 | University of Rhode Island | 18200 | 33900 | 0.4632 | 14,466 | 1148 | 0.7456 | |
| 59 | University of Mary | 18300 | 32600 | 0.4373 | 2,821 | 1175 | 0.753 | |
| 60 | Coker University | 18500 | 47800 | 0.6132 | 1,220 | 1050 | 0.9396 | |
| 60 | McMurry University | 18500 | 71400 | 0.7413 | 4,133 | 1065 | 0.8984 | |
| 62 | Stockton University | 19400 | 32100 | 0.3954 | 7,583 | 1135 | 0.901 | |
| 62 | Unity Environmental University | 19400 | 48200 | 0.597 | 6,525 | 0 | 0.818 | |
| 64 | Carlow University | 19500 | 53900 | 0.638 | 2,303 | 1065 | 0.8768 | |
| 65 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 19900 | 39800 | 0.4995 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 65 | Winona State University | 19900 | 29500 | 0.3267 | 5,317 | 1115 | 0.7549 | |
| 67 | La Sierra University | 20000 | 51200 | 0.6099 | 1,266 | 1025 | 0.9069 | |
| 67 | Minot State University | 20000 | 23500 | 0.1497 | 2,499 | 1075 | 0.6462 | |
| 69 | State University of New York at New Paltz | 20300 | 26300 | 0.2284 | 6,113 | 1260 | 0.6267 | |
| 70 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 20400 | 39200 | 0.4798 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 71 | Central Methodist University-College of Liberal Arts and Sciences | 20500 | 71000 | 0.7109 | 1,040 | 1040 | 0.6271 | |
| 71 | State University of New York at Cortland | 20500 | 27700 | 0.2597 | 5,890 | 1175 | 0.624 | |
| 73 | Millikin University | 20600 | 45000 | 0.542 | 1,427 | 1020 | 0.765 | |
| 74 | Mayville State University | 20700 | 23800 | 0.1321 | 1,067 | 1034 | 0.7825 | |
| 75 | Ferris State University | 20800 | 31000 | 0.3295 | 8,980 | 1015 | 0.8237 | |
| 75 | Florida College | 20800 | 56800 | 0.6333 | 728 | 1099 | 0.6966 | |
| 77 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 20900 | 27800 | 0.248 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 78 | SUNY Old Westbury | 21000 | 38000 | 0.448 | 4,474 | 1110 | 0.8352 | |
| 79 | Daemen University | 21700 | 56700 | 0.6172 | 1,656 | 1050 | 0.7375 | |
| 79 | University of Florida | 21700 | 22500 | 0.0355 | 37,283 | 1399 | 0.2033 | |
| 81 | Grand Valley State University | 21900 | 36600 | 0.4014 | 19,154 | 1084 | 0.9271 | |
| 82 | Juniata College | 22300 | 75300 | 0.7043 | 1,276 | 1229 | 0.7941 | |
| 83 | The University of Alabama | 22400 | 33400 | 0.3292 | 35,621 | 1284 | 0.7117 | |
| 83 | University of South Florida | 22400 | 22400 | 0 | 39,093 | 1239 | 0.4071 | |
| 85 | Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences | 22600 | 56900 | 0.602 | 533 | 1244 | 0.5269 | |
| 85 | Augustana College | 22600 | 72800 | 0.6891 | 2,536 | 1163 | 0.6628 | |
| 85 | Troy University | 22600 | 34700 | 0.3487 | 10,130 | 1090 | 0.9535 | |
| 88 | Saint Cloud State University | 22800 | 36800 | 0.3803 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 88 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 22800 | 36100 | 0.3681 | 34,447 | 1264 | 0.8804 | |
| 90 | University of Southern Mississippi | 22900 | 23100 | 0.0087 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 91 | Southwest Minnesota State University | 23300 | 26700 | 0.1273 | 7,290 | 1015 | 0.6409 | |
| 92 | Huntingdon College | 23600 | 65000 | 0.6368 | 943 | 1130 | 0.692 | |
| 93 | Florida International University | 23700 | 34100 | 0.3049 | 46,249 | 1175 | 0.6085 | |
| 93 | Saint Edward's University | 23700 | 105600 | 0.7757 | 2,499 | 1128 | 0.8142 | |
| 95 | Bridgewater State University | 23900 | 37300 | 0.3587 | 8,849 | 1180 | 0.8798 | |
| 96 | SUNY Oneonta | 24300 | 55300 | 0.5611 | 4,815 | 1234 | 0.7696 | |
| 96 | University of Central Oklahoma | 24300 | 34000 | 0.2852 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 98 | Montana State University | 24400 | 24400 | 0 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 99 | East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania | 24600 | 37700 | 0.3471 | 5,130 | 1095 | 0.8645 | |
| 100 | Wisconsin Lutheran College | 24700 | 56700 | 0.5653 | 957 | 1233 | 0.7816 | |
| 101 | Ave Maria University | 25000 | 46600 | 0.4637 | 1,320 | 1164 | 0.4139 | |
| 101 | Keuka College | 25000 | 64000 | 0.6089 | 986 | 1100 | 0.8151 | |
| 101 | Messiah University | 25000 | 54700 | 0.543 | 2,722 | 1241 | 0.8107 | |
| 104 | The University of Findlay | 25300 | 50600 | 0.4996 | 4,132 | 1124 | 0.6748 | |
| 105 | Minnesota State University, Mankato | 25600 | 28000 | 0.0854 | 13,433 | 1145 | 0.8844 | |
| 106 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 25900 | 28300 | 0.0847 | 3,375 | 1090 | 0.5885 | |
| 107 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 26100 | 40600 | 0.3569 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 108 | Geneva College | 26400 | 50300 | 0.4766 | 1,299 | 1143 | 0.9556 | |
| 109 | Trine University | 26500 | 56100 | 0.5279 | 4,373 | 1159 | 0.8548 | |
| 110 | Wingate University | 26800 | 67100 | 0.6016 | 2,673 | 1100 | 0.9113 | |
| 111 | University of Georgia | 27200 | 47400 | 0.4259 | 32,824 | 1382 | 0.3425 | |
| 112 | Weber State University | 27300 | 31600 | 0.1362 | 31,672 | 0 | 1 | |
| 113 | North Dakota State University | 27600 | 30400 | 0.092 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 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 | Grace College and Theological Seminary | 28100 | 41800 | 0.3273 | 1,795 | 1130 | 0.8215 | |
| 118 | University of Delaware | 28500 | 34500 | 0.1741 | 19,287 | 1294 | 0.6924 | |
| 119 | Jacksonville University | 28800 | 102400 | 0.7187 | 2,916 | 1195 | 0.5748 | |
| 120 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 28900 | 112100 | 0.7421 | 4,999 | 1274 | 0.9296 | |
| 120 | University of Alaska Southeast | 28900 | 31300 | 0.0766 | 1,559 | 1020 | 0.6192 | |
| 122 | Huntington University | 29100 | 44400 | 0.3443 | 1,512 | 1055 | 0.7518 | |
| 122 | University of Louisville | 29100 | 29100 | 0 | 17,916 | 1148 | 0.7921 | |
| 124 | University of Connecticut | 29300 | 56600 | 0.4826 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 124 | Utah Tech University | 29300 | 35200 | 0.1677 | 12,993 | 0 | 1 | |
| 126 | Saint Xavier University | 29400 | 58200 | 0.4945 | 3,100 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 127 | Blue Mountain Christian University | 29500 | 39900 | 0.2604 | 915 | 1095 | 0.8895 | |
| 127 | Southwestern College | 29500 | 89500 | 0.6706 | 816 | 1025 | 0.4729 | |
| 127 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29500 | 33000 | 0.106 | 31,845 | 1292 | 0.5651 | |
| 130 | Towson University | 29600 | 30200 | 0.0199 | 16,361 | 1098 | 0.8057 | |
| 131 | University of Southern California | 29700 | 98300 | 0.698 | 20,768 | 1492 | 0.1119 | |
| 132 | Bryan College-Dayton | 30100 | 36000 | 0.1639 | 1,565 | 1085 | 1 | |
| 133 | University of Pikeville | 30800 | 34800 | 0.1151 | 1,164 | 1055 | 0.8967 | |
| 134 | Hampton University | 31300 | 54800 | 0.4288 | 4,046 | 947 | 0.6358 | |
| 135 | Centenary University | 31600 | 63000 | 0.4983 | 936 | 1070 | 0.8308 | |
| 135 | Nova Southeastern University | 31600 | 56100 | 0.4366 | 7,057 | 1165 | 0.7557 | |
| 137 | University of Central Florida | 31900 | 31900 | 0 | 60,083 | 1280 | 0.428 | |
| 138 | Liberty University | 32500 | 44700 | 0.2727 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 139 | University of New England | 32700 | 70900 | 0.5389 | 4,631 | 1145 | 0.9203 | |
| 140 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 33500 | 38200 | 0.1228 | 42,565 | 1338 | 0.7887 | |
| 141 | Elizabethtown College | 33600 | 57500 | 0.4154 | 1,935 | 1214 | 0.8892 | |
| 142 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 34000 | 59100 | 0.4245 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 142 | Wichita State University | 34000 | 42200 | 0.1944 | 14,906 | 1073 | 0.7224 | |
| 144 | Charleston Southern University | 34100 | 48400 | 0.2971 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 145 | Samford University | 34500 | 93800 | 0.6323 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 146 | Barry University | 34600 | 58800 | 0.4116 | 4,654 | 1005 | 0.9663 | |
| 147 | Siena University | 35000 | 66400 | 0.4731 | 3,149 | 1254 | 0.8464 | |
| 148 | Pfeiffer University | 35200 | 56100 | 0.3724 | 696 | 941 | 0.9603 | |
| 149 | Auburn University | 35300 | 35300 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 150 | SUNY College at Geneseo | 35400 | 39400 | 0.1016 | 3,943 | 1279 | 0.3333 | |
| 151 | Roger Williams University | 35500 | 63700 | 0.443 | 3,970 | 1235 | 0.882 | |
| 152 | Western New England University | 36000 | 70600 | 0.4899 | 2,616 | 1199 | 0.8348 | |
| 153 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 36100 | 36100 | 0 | 16,131 | 1270 | 0.6472 | |
| 154 | Indiana Wesleyan University-Marion | 36900 | 49100 | 0.2486 | 2,075 | 1090 | 0.8894 | |
| 154 | Loyola University Chicago | 36900 | 74800 | 0.5069 | 12,640 | 1303 | 0.751 | |
| 156 | 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 | 37600 | 79400 | 0.5266 | 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 | |
| 160 | Mississippi State University | 39000 | 53400 | 0.2695 | 19,093 | 1214 | 0.8363 | |
| 162 | Bradley University | 39100 | 60600 | 0.3547 | 3,258 | 1223 | 0.7459 | |
| 163 | Stony Brook University | 39600 | 53000 | 0.2527 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 163 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 39600 | 42800 | 0.0748 | 14,657 | 1195 | 0.7583 | |
| 165 | Sacred Heart University | 39800 | 67500 | 0.4103 | 7,291 | 950 | 0.6363 | |
| 166 | University of Wyoming | 39900 | 45300 | 0.1191 | 8,138 | 1179 | 0.9695 | |
| 167 | Saint Joseph's College of Maine | 40200 | 66900 | 0.3993 | 1,105 | 1055 | 0.8351 | |
| 168 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5061 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 169 | University of New Haven | 41500 | 73500 | 0.4352 | 4,969 | 1164 | 0.5589 | |
| 170 | Rollins College | 43000 | 85700 | 0.4984 | 2,639 | 1273 | 0.5285 | |
| 171 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43300 | 68700 | 0.3694 | 4,279 | 1224 | 0.5796 | |
| 172 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 43400 | 72500 | 0.4015 | 10,368 | 1064 | 0.999 | |
| 173 | Providence College | 43700 | 85000 | 0.4859 | 4,680 | 1335 | 0.4994 | |
| 174 | Illinois State University | 45700 | 49100 | 0.0692 | 19,513 | 1120 | 0.8555 | |
| 174 | The University of Tampa | 45700 | 58500 | 0.2187 | 10,710 | 1185 | 0.4363 | |
| 176 | Reinhardt University | 46900 | 59300 | 0.2091 | 1,129 | 1070 | 0.6154 | |
| 177 | Maine Maritime Academy | 47200 | 53000 | 0.1095 | 977 | 1180 | 0.9615 | |
| 178 | St. John's University-New York | 47500 | 83800 | 0.4334 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 179 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48300 | 51200 | 0.0565 | 43,633 | 1327 | 0.4343 | |
| 180 | Western Washington University | 48500 | 52400 | 0.0744 | 13,609 | 1272 | 0.9371 | |
| 181 | DePaul University | 49000 | 69400 | 0.2938 | 14,338 | 1254 | 0.878 | |
| 182 | Northwest Nazarene University | 49600 | 87600 | 0.4337 | 1,043 | 1134 | 0.7159 | |
| 183 | College of Charleston | 49900 | 64600 | 0.2276 | 10,596 | 1255 | 0.73 | |
| 184 | Quinnipiac University | 51300 | 79700 | 0.3565 | 6,610 | 1245 | 0.7031 | |
| 185 | Lipscomb University | 53300 | 69900 | 0.2383 | 3,327 | 1260 | 0.6774 | |
| 186 | University of California-San Diego | 55400 | 79600 | 0.3039 | 35,442 | 1375 | 0.2856 | |
| 187 | Dallas Baptist University | 56400 | 84300 | 0.331 | 2,938 | 1109 | 0.9131 | |
| 188 | Hawaii Pacific University | 63400 | 65800 | 0.0364 | 3,468 | 1120 | 0.8855 | |
| 189 | University of Oregon | 63900 | 71300 | 0.1038 | 20,710 | 1250 | 0.8742 | |
| 190 | University of California-Santa Cruz | 82900 | 82900 | 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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