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 | 8,844 | 1535 | 0.0365 | |
| 2 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22000 | 0.6362 | 32,952 | 1374 | 0.6778 | |
| 3 | University of California-Davis | 10200 | 38100 | 0.7328 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
| 4 | Savannah State University | 10400 | 26700 | 0.6112 | 2,966 | 925 | 0.4614 | |
| 5 | College of Saint Mary | 10800 | 37800 | 0.7141 | 552 | 1103 | 0.4465 | |
| 6 | University of California-San Diego | 11300 | 39700 | 0.7152 | 34,955 | 1375 | 0.2671 | |
| 7 | Eastern Washington University | 11500 | 31200 | 0.6315 | 6,952 | 995 | 0.9075 | |
| 8 | University of Hawaii at Hilo | 11700 | 33200 | 0.6467 | 2,292 | 1005 | 0.6063 | |
| 8 | University of West Florida | 11700 | 21500 | 0.4552 | 9,970 | 1149 | 0.5824 | |
| 10 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 12000 | 24900 | 0.5172 | 5,661 | 1085 | 0.982 | |
| 11 | University of the Virgin Islands | 12100 | 26100 | 0.5373 | 1,569 | 925 | 0.9898 | |
| 12 | Boston University | 12600 | 92800 | 0.8644 | 18,805 | 1475 | 0.1111 | |
| 12 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 12600 | 26500 | 0.5239 | 12,507 | 1010 | 0.8897 | |
| 12 | University of South Florida | 12600 | 17100 | 0.2629 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 15 | University of North Alabama | 12900 | 28200 | 0.5429 | 7,662 | 1140 | 0.8731 | |
| 16 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 13000 | 43000 | 0.6976 | 23,181 | 1354 | 0.3297 | |
| 17 | Duke University | 13400 | 93600 | 0.857 | 6,523 | 1527 | 0.0571 | |
| 18 | Georgetown University | 13700 | 92700 | 0.8522 | 7,833 | 1457 | 0.1291 | |
| 19 | Utah State University | 13800 | 20800 | 0.3369 | 25,706 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 20 | Francis Marion University | 13900 | 24100 | 0.424 | 3,692 | 1015 | 0.8639 | |
| 20 | Wesleyan College | 13900 | 43800 | 0.6825 | 496 | 1065 | 0.591 | |
| 22 | Central Michigan University | 14200 | 37800 | 0.6236 | 10,193 | 1095 | 0.8982 | |
| 23 | Northeastern University | 14700 | 89900 | 0.8365 | 17,432 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 23 | Pittsburg State University | 14700 | 23900 | 0.3843 | 4,472 | 1055 | 0.8942 | |
| 25 | Daytona State College | 14800 | 18000 | 0.1783 | 12,820 | 0 | 0 | |
| 26 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15100 | 37700 | 0.6009 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8609 | |
| 26 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 15100 | 31000 | 0.5125 | 8,553 | 1045 | 0.8688 | |
| 26 | Talladega College | 15100 | 26900 | 0.4387 | 701 | 970 | 0.8542 | |
| 26 | University of California-Irvine | 15100 | 38000 | 0.603 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2857 | |
| 30 | Ball State University | 15400 | 22400 | 0.3129 | 15,189 | 1170 | 0.855 | |
| 31 | University of Arkansas-Fort Smith | 15500 | 21700 | 0.2851 | 5,459 | 1055 | 0.8046 | |
| 32 | California State University-Long Beach | 15900 | 25800 | 0.3838 | 36,082 | 1135 | 0.4627 | |
| 32 | Emporia State University | 15900 | 22900 | 0.3059 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 34 | Waynesburg University | 16100 | 45000 | 0.6426 | 1,030 | 1093 | 0.8982 | |
| 35 | Eastern Michigan University | 16300 | 36100 | 0.5484 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 35 | Grove City College | 16300 | 39700 | 0.5902 | 2,341 | 1266 | 0.7232 | |
| 35 | University of Florida | 16300 | 22500 | 0.2755 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 38 | SUNY College at Geneseo | 16400 | 26400 | 0.3782 | 3,881 | 1279 | 0.6645 | |
| 38 | SUNY College at Potsdam | 16400 | 27600 | 0.406 | 2,111 | 1060 | 0.777 | |
| 40 | Winona State University | 16600 | 23000 | 0.2782 | 5,317 | 1115 | 0.7549 | |
| 41 | Northern State University | 16700 | 23300 | 0.2827 | 3,169 | 1075 | 0.93 | |
| 41 | West Virginia University | 16700 | 40900 | 0.5914 | 18,206 | 1125 | 0.89 | |
| 43 | Morgan State University | 16800 | 28500 | 0.4104 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 43 | University of Maryland Global Campus | 16800 | 29700 | 0.4345 | 52,187 | 0 | 0 | |
| 45 | Ferris State University | 16900 | 31000 | 0.4555 | 8,991 | 1015 | 0.9139 | |
| 46 | Millikin University | 17000 | 45000 | 0.622 | 1,495 | 1020 | 0.6668 | |
| 47 | SUNY at Fredonia | 17100 | 27800 | 0.3854 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 48 | University of Louisville | 17200 | 29100 | 0.4093 | 17,086 | 1148 | 0.7941 | |
| 49 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 17500 | 22800 | 0.2328 | 11,994 | 1090 | 0.865 | |
| 50 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 17600 | 39000 | 0.5481 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 51 | Tougaloo College | 17700 | 34200 | 0.4823 | 1,286 | 985 | 0.5985 | |
| 51 | University of Miami | 17700 | 95700 | 0.8149 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 53 | Bridgewater State University | 17800 | 25400 | 0.2979 | 8,270 | 1180 | 0.8781 | |
| 54 | Bethel University | 17900 | 35300 | 0.4924 | 2,674 | 970 | 0.6023 | |
| 55 | University of Mary | 18300 | 32600 | 0.4376 | 2,821 | 1175 | 0.753 | |
| 56 | SUNY Old Westbury | 18600 | 24400 | 0.238 | 4,260 | 1110 | 0.8363 | |
| 57 | University of Central Oklahoma | 18800 | 22700 | 0.1718 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 58 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 18900 | 29900 | 0.3702 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5743 | |
| 58 | University of Rhode Island | 18900 | 33900 | 0.4426 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 60 | East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania | 19000 | 26700 | 0.2888 | 4,891 | 1095 | 0.9205 | |
| 60 | University of Nevada-Reno | 19000 | 28200 | 0.326 | 19,117 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
| 62 | McMurry University | 19300 | 51900 | 0.6277 | 3,167 | 1065 | 0.5704 | |
| 63 | Carlow University | 19400 | 57800 | 0.6645 | 1,355 | 1065 | 0.8695 | |
| 63 | Lee University | 19400 | 37400 | 0.4816 | 3,271 | 1154 | 0.7052 | |
| 65 | SUNY Oneonta | 19500 | 29300 | 0.3344 | 4,681 | 1234 | 0.696 | |
| 66 | University of Southern California | 19600 | 75900 | 0.7422 | 20,630 | 1492 | 0.0981 | |
| 67 | Bethel University | 19700 | 54500 | 0.6382 | 1,065 | 1030 | 0.9766 | |
| 67 | Loyola University New Orleans | 19700 | 72100 | 0.7266 | 3,007 | 1155 | 0.9305 | |
| 69 | La Sierra University | 19800 | 65900 | 0.6992 | 1,226 | 1025 | 0.915 | |
| 70 | Daemen University | 19900 | 55100 | 0.6389 | 1,653 | 1050 | 0.6826 | |
| 71 | Malone University | 20100 | 57100 | 0.6484 | 992 | 1075 | 0.7586 | |
| 71 | Minot State University | 20100 | 23500 | 0.1448 | 2,499 | 1075 | 0.6462 | |
| 73 | Hampshire College | 20600 | 83900 | 0.7548 | 844 | 1254 | 0.7528 | |
| 73 | University of Wyoming | 20600 | 27900 | 0.264 | 8,130 | 1179 | 0.9688 | |
| 75 | Florida College | 20800 | 34200 | 0.3921 | 728 | 1099 | 0.6966 | |
| 75 | Mayville State University | 20800 | 23800 | 0.1272 | 1,067 | 1034 | 0.7123 | |
| 75 | North Dakota State University | 20800 | 25700 | 0.1898 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 78 | Piedmont University | 21200 | 47200 | 0.5508 | 1,159 | 1130 | 0.9328 | |
| 79 | State University of New York at New Paltz | 21300 | 26300 | 0.1903 | 6,862 | 1260 | 0.6161 | |
| 80 | Central Methodist University-College of Liberal Arts and Sciences | 21500 | 52700 | 0.5924 | 1,041 | 1040 | 0.5687 | |
| 81 | Niagara University | 21800 | 57400 | 0.62 | 2,692 | 1160 | 0.8737 | |
| 82 | Grand Valley State University | 22100 | 35900 | 0.3849 | 19,002 | 1084 | 0.8302 | |
| 83 | The University of Alabama | 22500 | 31000 | 0.274 | 34,389 | 1284 | 0.7665 | |
| 84 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 22600 | 25400 | 0.1104 | 2,906 | 1125 | 0.4696 | |
| 85 | Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences | 22700 | 56900 | 0.6007 | 533 | 1244 | 0.5269 | |
| 85 | Augustana College | 22700 | 72800 | 0.688 | 2,522 | 1163 | 0.6268 | |
| 87 | San Jose State University | 22800 | 41100 | 0.4454 | 28,008 | 1124 | 0.8461 | |
| 88 | Saint Cloud State University | 22900 | 36800 | 0.3772 | 8,738 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 89 | University of Southern Mississippi | 23100 | 23100 | 0 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
| 90 | York College of Pennsylvania | 23400 | 45800 | 0.4895 | 3,369 | 1153 | 0.7374 | |
| 91 | Florida International University | 23700 | 34100 | 0.3049 | 45,193 | 1175 | 0.5466 | |
| 92 | Saint Norbert College | 23800 | 63800 | 0.6267 | 1,970 | 1193 | 0.8574 | |
| 93 | Mount Marty University | 23900 | 56400 | 0.5762 | 1,022 | 1090 | 0.4257 | |
| 94 | Bradley University | 24000 | 50800 | 0.5275 | 3,596 | 1223 | 0.7676 | |
| 94 | Southwestern Adventist University | 24000 | 43200 | 0.4446 | 758 | 1064 | 0.7836 | |
| 96 | Wisconsin Lutheran College | 24200 | 55200 | 0.5626 | 957 | 1233 | 0.7816 | |
| 97 | Abilene Christian University | 24300 | 59000 | 0.5877 | 3,263 | 1189 | 0.6603 | |
| 98 | Unity Environmental University | 24400 | 29900 | 0.1842 | 6,507 | 0 | 0.818 | |
| 98 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 24400 | 24400 | 0 | 15,254 | 1270 | 0.6424 | |
| 100 | Huntingdon College | 24600 | 44400 | 0.4457 | 880 | 1130 | 0.6949 | |
| 101 | University of West Alabama | 24700 | 34000 | 0.2736 | 2,983 | 990 | 0.4265 | |
| 102 | University of Mary Hardin-Baylor | 25100 | 53800 | 0.5336 | 2,803 | 1099 | 0.9576 | |
| 103 | Point Park University | 25300 | 57000 | 0.5564 | 2,337 | 1140 | 0.9691 | |
| 103 | University of Central Florida | 25300 | 25300 | 0 | 59,552 | 1280 | 0.4011 | |
| 105 | Ave Maria University | 25500 | 46600 | 0.453 | 1,301 | 1164 | 0.4139 | |
| 105 | Evangel University | 25500 | 40900 | 0.3769 | 1,511 | 1180 | 0.7161 | |
| 105 | Northern Arizona University | 25500 | 43200 | 0.4102 | 22,990 | 1090 | 0.8961 | |
| 108 | Concordia University-Chicago | 25800 | 54900 | 0.5296 | 1,368 | 1100 | 0.9279 | |
| 108 | Salem State University | 25800 | 43200 | 0.403 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 110 | Marywood University | 25900 | 67700 | 0.6172 | 1,833 | 1160 | 0.6058 | |
| 110 | Messiah University | 25900 | 54300 | 0.5228 | 2,618 | 1241 | 0.7897 | |
| 112 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 26000 | 28300 | 0.0806 | 3,375 | 1090 | 0.5876 | |
| 112 | University of Mobile | 26000 | 48300 | 0.4614 | 1,308 | 1209 | 0.7789 | |
| 114 | Stony Brook University | 26100 | 33200 | 0.2129 | 18,263 | 1410 | 0.4904 | |
| 115 | Geneva College | 26400 | 50300 | 0.4753 | 1,260 | 1143 | 0.7905 | |
| 116 | Trine University | 26500 | 56100 | 0.5276 | 4,373 | 1159 | 0.8548 | |
| 117 | Troy University | 26900 | 34700 | 0.2248 | 10,222 | 1090 | 0.9604 | |
| 118 | University of Jamestown | 27400 | 34400 | 0.2035 | 1,049 | 1055 | 0.8808 | |
| 119 | Saint Edward's University | 27600 | 73200 | 0.6232 | 2,499 | 1128 | 0.8142 | |
| 120 | Florida Southern College | 27700 | 63200 | 0.5614 | 2,682 | 1264 | 0.6442 | |
| 120 | Mitchell College | 27700 | 66600 | 0.5841 | 442 | 817 | 0.9466 | |
| 122 | Wichita State University | 27900 | 39800 | 0.3007 | 13,313 | 1073 | 0.9395 | |
| 123 | Weber State University | 28200 | 33900 | 0.168 | 31,672 | 0 | 0 | |
| 124 | Saint Xavier University | 28500 | 53700 | 0.4689 | 3,098 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 124 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 28500 | 36700 | 0.2233 | 28,674 | 980 | 0.9419 | |
| 124 | University of Delaware | 28500 | 34500 | 0.1741 | 20,026 | 1294 | 0.706 | |
| 127 | University of Alaska Southeast | 29000 | 31300 | 0.0729 | 1,768 | 1020 | 0.6329 | |
| 128 | Montclair State University | 29100 | 36300 | 0.1985 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 129 | Huntington University | 29200 | 44300 | 0.3407 | 1,588 | 1055 | 0.7564 | |
| 129 | University of Connecticut | 29200 | 37000 | 0.2106 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 131 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29300 | 31800 | 0.0786 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 132 | Montana State University | 29400 | 31900 | 0.0783 | 15,046 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 133 | Blue Mountain Christian University | 29600 | 39900 | 0.2575 | 912 | 1095 | 0.8895 | |
| 134 | Southern Utah University | 29800 | 40800 | 0.2697 | 13,126 | 1140 | 0.8179 | |
| 134 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 29800 | 42200 | 0.2937 | 15,375 | 1103 | 0.866 | |
| 136 | Bryan College-Dayton | 30200 | 36000 | 0.1607 | 1,565 | 1160 | 0.5101 | |
| 136 | Maine Maritime Academy | 30200 | 33400 | 0.0959 | 945 | 1180 | 0.5414 | |
| 138 | Jacksonville University | 30600 | 74200 | 0.5874 | 2,946 | 1195 | 0.5694 | |
| 138 | McPherson College | 30600 | 51400 | 0.4046 | 876 | 1075 | 0.7676 | |
| 140 | Utah Tech University | 30800 | 35200 | 0.125 | 13,006 | 0 | 0 | |
| 141 | Taylor University | 31100 | 59100 | 0.4738 | 2,503 | 1229 | 0.7353 | |
| 142 | Hampton University | 31200 | 54800 | 0.4306 | 3,728 | 947 | 0.6225 | |
| 143 | Missouri Baptist University | 31500 | 53800 | 0.414 | 4,958 | 843 | 0.686 | |
| 144 | Baylor University | 31900 | 70300 | 0.546 | 14,915 | 1321 | 0.5128 | |
| 145 | Centenary University | 32100 | 63600 | 0.4952 | 936 | 1070 | 0.8308 | |
| 145 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 32100 | 36700 | 0.1249 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 147 | Roanoke College | 32400 | 55300 | 0.4143 | 1,793 | 1214 | 0.8306 | |
| 147 | Samford University | 32400 | 64600 | 0.4986 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 149 | Lipscomb University | 32600 | 57800 | 0.4369 | 3,336 | 1260 | 0.6773 | |
| 150 | The University of Tampa | 32700 | 56900 | 0.425 | 10,598 | 1185 | 0.4034 | |
| 151 | State University of New York at Oswego | 32900 | 40200 | 0.1817 | 5,517 | 1180 | 0.8055 | |
| 152 | Liberty University | 33200 | 44600 | 0.2556 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 153 | Harding University | 33500 | 47800 | 0.2987 | 3,536 | 1184 | 0.7052 | |
| 153 | Morningside University | 33500 | 60600 | 0.4471 | 1,172 | 922 | 0.7104 | |
| 153 | Nova Southeastern University | 33500 | 56100 | 0.4028 | 7,311 | 1165 | 0.7321 | |
| 156 | Elizabethtown College | 33600 | 55300 | 0.3925 | 1,903 | 1214 | 0.7787 | |
| 156 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 33600 | 36100 | 0.0692 | 33,033 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 158 | Auburn University | 33800 | 33800 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4592 | |
| 159 | Barry University | 34100 | 56400 | 0.3952 | 3,232 | 1005 | 0.7724 | |
| 160 | Sacred Heart University | 34400 | 67500 | 0.4907 | 7,204 | 950 | 0.6536 | |
| 161 | Coastal Carolina University | 34500 | 45100 | 0.2348 | 10,811 | 1145 | 0.7527 | |
| 162 | Stockton University | 34800 | 44500 | 0.2181 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 163 | University of New England | 35100 | 68000 | 0.4841 | 3,884 | 1145 | 0.9163 | |
| 164 | Roger Williams University | 35600 | 63700 | 0.4413 | 4,038 | 1235 | 0.8771 | |
| 165 | Cedarville University | 35700 | 57000 | 0.3734 | 5,790 | 1232 | 0.6529 | |
| 165 | Siena College | 35700 | 65100 | 0.4517 | 3,467 | 1254 | 0.6902 | |
| 167 | Indiana Wesleyan University-Marion | 35800 | 48500 | 0.2614 | 2,075 | 1090 | 0.8894 | |
| 168 | Mississippi State University | 36200 | 50500 | 0.283 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 169 | Eckerd College | 36600 | 75100 | 0.5126 | 1,893 | 1255 | 0.758 | |
| 169 | University of New Haven | 36600 | 67300 | 0.456 | 4,903 | 1164 | 0.6038 | |
| 171 | Saint Joseph's College of Maine | 38100 | 65000 | 0.4136 | 1,097 | 1055 | 0.8351 | |
| 172 | Western New England University | 38500 | 69200 | 0.4438 | 2,616 | 1199 | 0.8348 | |
| 173 | Loyola University Chicago | 39000 | 74100 | 0.4735 | 12,538 | 1303 | 0.816 | |
| 174 | University of Maine | 39700 | 45200 | 0.1218 | 9,601 | 1205 | 0.9664 | |
| 175 | Fresno Pacific University | 39900 | 52200 | 0.2352 | 1,545 | 1099 | 0.6407 | |
| 176 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 40300 | 52100 | 0.2266 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 177 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5061 | 33,475 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 178 | Western Washington University | 41900 | 51500 | 0.1866 | 13,752 | 1272 | 0.9325 | |
| 179 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 42400 | 42400 | 0 | 14,449 | 1195 | 0.784 | |
| 180 | University of Georgia | 42900 | 48700 | 0.1176 | 32,399 | 1382 | 0.377 | |
| 181 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43300 | 68600 | 0.3686 | 3,666 | 1224 | 0.577 | |
| 182 | Providence College | 43800 | 85000 | 0.4848 | 4,236 | 1335 | 0.5089 | |
| 183 | Marist University | 43900 | 75800 | 0.4208 | 5,551 | 1279 | 0.5651 | |
| 184 | St. John's University-New York | 44400 | 78000 | 0.4305 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 185 | Quinnipiac University | 44800 | 79200 | 0.4343 | 6,557 | 1245 | 0.7215 | |
| 186 | Ashland University | 44900 | 56400 | 0.204 | 2,977 | 1125 | 0.764 | |
| 187 | Towson University | 45100 | 46400 | 0.028 | 16,264 | 1098 | 0.8197 | |
| 188 | Illinois State University | 45800 | 49100 | 0.0668 | 19,107 | 1120 | 0.8815 | |
| 189 | Biola University | 47200 | 71200 | 0.3372 | 3,481 | 1268 | 0.7435 | |
| 190 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48500 | 51200 | 0.0543 | 44,819 | 1327 | 0.4987 | |
| 191 | MidAmerica Nazarene University | 53300 | 63600 | 0.1617 | 1,204 | 1040 | 0.788 | |
| 192 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58300 | 64100 | 0.0905 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 193 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 61100 | 63200 | 0.0332 | 40,684 | 1331 | 0.3915 | |
| 194 | College of Charleston | 61200 | 61200 | 0 | 10,880 | 1255 | 0.6003 | |
| 195 | Hawaii Pacific University | 63500 | 65800 | 0.0346 | 3,533 | 1120 | 0.8587 | |
| 196 | University of Oregon | 66700 | 68900 | 0.0331 | 20,622 | 1250 | 0.883 | |
| 197 | Rollins College | 82400 | 82400 | 0 | 2,640 | 1273 | 0.4754 | |
| 197 | University of California-Santa Cruz | 82400 | 82400 | 0 | 17,940 | 1281 | 0.6579 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.
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