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 | 1500 | 0.0418 | |
| 2 | Savannah State University | 6800 | 29000 | 0.7651 | 2,966 | 950 | 1 | |
| 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 | Southern Utah University | 10100 | 22200 | 0.5461 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 6 | University of California-San Diego | 11300 | 39700 | 0.7152 | 35,442 | 1375 | 0.2856 | |
| 7 | University of West Florida | 11700 | 21500 | 0.4552 | 9,971 | 1120 | 0.5822 | |
| 8 | Eastern Washington University | 11800 | 28600 | 0.5879 | 7,640 | 1045 | 0.8526 | |
| 8 | University of Central Florida | 11800 | 25300 | 0.5329 | 60,083 | 1289 | 0.428 | |
| 10 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 12000 | 24900 | 0.5172 | 5,677 | 985 | 0.9301 | |
| 11 | Boston University | 12600 | 92800 | 0.8644 | 18,289 | 1475 | 0.1283 | |
| 11 | University of the Virgin Islands | 12600 | 22800 | 0.4467 | 1,650 | 900 | 0.9936 | |
| 13 | Duke University | 13000 | 93600 | 0.8613 | 6,525 | 1533 | 0.0524 | |
| 14 | Georgetown University | 13300 | 92700 | 0.8565 | 7,908 | 1470 | 0.1349 | |
| 15 | Mayville State University | 13500 | 22000 | 0.3872 | 1,067 | 1034 | 0.7825 | |
| 16 | Western Washington University | 13700 | 31400 | 0.5637 | 13,609 | 1199 | 0.9371 | |
| 17 | Grand Valley State University | 13900 | 25300 | 0.4511 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 17 | Wesleyan College | 13900 | 43800 | 0.6825 | 500 | 1065 | 0.591 | |
| 19 | Virginia Union University | 14100 | 39400 | 0.6417 | 1,205 | 870 | 0.9802 | |
| 20 | Central Michigan University | 14300 | 37800 | 0.621 | 10,238 | 1099 | 0.9104 | |
| 21 | Arkansas Tech University | 14400 | 27400 | 0.4748 | 8,279 | 1055 | 0.9747 | |
| 21 | Miles College | 14400 | 25400 | 0.4325 | 1,180 | 0 | 1 | |
| 23 | Northeastern University | 14700 | 89900 | 0.8365 | 22,456 | 1481 | 0.0562 | |
| 24 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 15100 | 29300 | 0.4847 | 8,421 | 1054 | 0.9444 | |
| 24 | Troy University | 15100 | 26700 | 0.4344 | 10,130 | 1075 | 0.9535 | |
| 26 | Coastal Carolina University | 15200 | 27200 | 0.4413 | 11,471 | 1160 | 0.7003 | |
| 27 | 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 | 15900 | 25800 | 0.3838 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 29 | Weber State University | 15900 | 23600 | 0.3258 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 31 | Waynesburg University | 16100 | 45000 | 0.6427 | 1,032 | 1093 | 0.8981 | |
| 32 | Eastern Michigan University | 16300 | 36100 | 0.5485 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 32 | University of California-Los Angeles | 16300 | 36700 | 0.5554 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 34 | SUNY College at Potsdam | 16400 | 27600 | 0.406 | 1,750 | 1060 | 0.8241 | |
| 35 | Ferris State University | 16500 | 31000 | 0.4685 | 8,980 | 1015 | 0.8237 | |
| 36 | West Virginia University | 16600 | 40900 | 0.5939 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 37 | Morgan State University | 16800 | 28500 | 0.4104 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 37 | University of Maryland Global Campus | 16800 | 29700 | 0.4337 | 52,187 | 0 | 1 | |
| 39 | Millikin University | 17100 | 45000 | 0.6198 | 1,427 | 1065 | 0.765 | |
| 39 | SUNY at Fredonia | 17100 | 27800 | 0.3854 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 39 | University of South Florida | 17100 | 17100 | 0 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 39 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 17100 | 17100 | 0 | 14,657 | 1190 | 0.7583 | |
| 43 | University of Louisville | 17200 | 29100 | 0.4093 | 17,916 | 1134 | 0.7921 | |
| 44 | Daemen University | 17500 | 55100 | 0.6825 | 1,656 | 1050 | 0.7375 | |
| 44 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 17500 | 29900 | 0.4138 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 44 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 17500 | 22800 | 0.2328 | 11,994 | 1090 | 0.8651 | |
| 47 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 17600 | 39000 | 0.5483 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 47 | Utah Tech University | 17600 | 23300 | 0.245 | 12,993 | 1065 | 1 | |
| 49 | University of Miami | 17700 | 95700 | 0.8149 | 13,241 | 1408 | 0.1761 | |
| 50 | Bethel University | 17900 | 35300 | 0.4924 | 2,674 | 970 | 0.6023 | |
| 50 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 17900 | 54300 | 0.6703 | 10,368 | 1064 | 0.999 | |
| 50 | University of California-Santa Cruz | 17900 | 42900 | 0.5834 | 18,194 | 1281 | 0.7273 | |
| 53 | Lindsey Wilson University | 18100 | 47100 | 0.616 | 1,738 | 1035 | 0 | |
| 53 | Towson University | 18100 | 29900 | 0.3943 | 16,361 | 1082 | 0.8057 | |
| 55 | University of Mary | 18300 | 32600 | 0.4376 | 2,821 | 1175 | 0.753 | |
| 56 | Madonna University | 19100 | 49200 | 0.6121 | 1,919 | 925 | 0.6757 | |
| 57 | Carlow University | 19500 | 82500 | 0.7637 | 2,303 | 1084 | 0.8768 | |
| 58 | McMurry University | 19600 | 51900 | 0.6218 | 4,133 | 1104 | 0.8984 | |
| 59 | University of Southern California | 19700 | 75900 | 0.7408 | 20,768 | 1499 | 0.1119 | |
| 60 | Coker University | 19800 | 47800 | 0.586 | 1,220 | 1050 | 0.9396 | |
| 61 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 19900 | 32300 | 0.3837 | 15,735 | 1069 | 0.8797 | |
| 62 | Winona State University | 20000 | 29500 | 0.3229 | 5,317 | 1115 | 0.7549 | |
| 63 | Minot State University | 20100 | 23500 | 0.145 | 2,499 | 1075 | 0.6462 | |
| 64 | Grove City College | 20300 | 39700 | 0.4893 | 2,247 | 1248 | 0.667 | |
| 65 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 20400 | 39200 | 0.4798 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 66 | La Sierra University | 20600 | 65900 | 0.687 | 1,266 | 1124 | 0.9069 | |
| 67 | Florida College | 20800 | 34200 | 0.3921 | 728 | 1099 | 0.6966 | |
| 68 | State University of New York at New Paltz | 21300 | 26300 | 0.1903 | 6,113 | 1279 | 0.6267 | |
| 69 | Bradley University | 21500 | 50800 | 0.5767 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 70 | Central Methodist University-College of Liberal Arts and Sciences | 21600 | 52700 | 0.5905 | 1,040 | 1075 | 0.6271 | |
| 71 | Niagara University | 21800 | 57400 | 0.62 | 2,638 | 1170 | 0.876 | |
| 72 | Montana State University | 22100 | 27100 | 0.1843 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 73 | University of Florida | 22500 | 43000 | 0.4765 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 74 | Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences | 22700 | 56900 | 0.6007 | 533 | 1244 | 0.5269 | |
| 74 | Augustana College | 22700 | 72800 | 0.688 | 2,536 | 1157 | 0.6628 | |
| 74 | East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania | 22700 | 31300 | 0.2751 | 5,130 | 1099 | 0.8645 | |
| 74 | Juniata College | 22700 | 73800 | 0.6922 | 1,276 | 1263 | 0.7941 | |
| 78 | San Jose State University | 22800 | 41100 | 0.4454 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 79 | Saint Cloud State University | 22900 | 36800 | 0.3773 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 80 | University of Southern Mississippi | 23100 | 23100 | 0 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 81 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 23200 | 90700 | 0.7442 | 8,727 | 1055 | 0.9703 | |
| 82 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 23300 | 24900 | 0.0642 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 83 | Southwest Minnesota State University | 23400 | 26700 | 0.1231 | 7,290 | 1015 | 0.6409 | |
| 83 | York College of Pennsylvania | 23400 | 45800 | 0.4895 | 3,369 | 1153 | 0.7374 | |
| 85 | Florida International University | 23700 | 34100 | 0.3049 | 46,249 | 1180 | 0.6085 | |
| 85 | Stockton University | 23700 | 32100 | 0.2615 | 7,583 | 1134 | 0.901 | |
| 87 | Keuka College | 24100 | 59400 | 0.5937 | 986 | 1043 | 0.8151 | |
| 88 | Unity Environmental University | 24400 | 29900 | 0.1842 | 6,525 | 0 | 0.818 | |
| 89 | Emporia State University | 24600 | 32000 | 0.2312 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 89 | Huntingdon College | 24600 | 44400 | 0.4457 | 943 | 1130 | 0.692 | |
| 91 | Wisconsin Lutheran College | 24700 | 56700 | 0.5642 | 957 | 1233 | 0.7816 | |
| 92 | University of Hawaii at Hilo | 25000 | 38300 | 0.3475 | 2,304 | 990 | 0.8351 | |
| 93 | The University of Findlay | 25100 | 50600 | 0.5035 | 4,132 | 1090 | 0.6748 | |
| 94 | University of Mary Hardin-Baylor | 25300 | 53800 | 0.5299 | 2,775 | 1105 | 0.9747 | |
| 95 | Ave Maria University | 25500 | 46600 | 0.453 | 1,320 | 1164 | 0.4139 | |
| 95 | Evangel University | 25500 | 40900 | 0.3769 | 1,843 | 1180 | 0.7161 | |
| 97 | Messiah University | 25800 | 54300 | 0.5246 | 2,722 | 1266 | 0.8107 | |
| 97 | Salem State University | 25800 | 43200 | 0.403 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 99 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 26000 | 28300 | 0.0808 | 3,375 | 1090 | 0.5885 | |
| 100 | Northern Arizona University | 26300 | 43200 | 0.392 | 22,203 | 1129 | 0.8961 | |
| 101 | Ball State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 15,950 | 1185 | 0.8625 | |
| 101 | Geneva College | 26400 | 50300 | 0.4754 | 1,299 | 1167 | 0.9556 | |
| 103 | Trine University | 26500 | 56100 | 0.5277 | 4,373 | 1159 | 0.8548 | |
| 103 | University of Georgia | 26500 | 48600 | 0.4543 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 105 | Wingate University | 26700 | 65000 | 0.5892 | 2,673 | 1100 | 0.9113 | |
| 106 | St. Francis College | 26800 | 39400 | 0.3202 | 1,719 | 1035 | 1 | |
| 107 | Valley City State University | 27100 | 29300 | 0.0779 | 1,663 | 1045 | 0.9942 | |
| 108 | Saint Edward's University | 27600 | 73200 | 0.6232 | 2,499 | 1128 | 0.8142 | |
| 109 | Florida Southern College | 27700 | 63200 | 0.5615 | 2,682 | 1264 | 0.6442 | |
| 109 | Mitchell College | 27700 | 66600 | 0.5841 | 442 | 817 | 0.9466 | |
| 109 | North Dakota State University | 27700 | 30400 | 0.0884 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 112 | Bridgewater State University | 27800 | 35500 | 0.2164 | 8,849 | 1143 | 0.8798 | |
| 112 | Wichita State University | 27800 | 39800 | 0.3033 | 14,906 | 1065 | 0.7224 | |
| 114 | Grace College and Theological Seminary | 28100 | 41800 | 0.3275 | 1,795 | 1130 | 0.8215 | |
| 115 | Francis Marion University | 28200 | 40200 | 0.2988 | 3,793 | 1015 | 0.9508 | |
| 116 | Saint Xavier University | 28500 | 53700 | 0.4689 | 3,100 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 116 | University of Delaware | 28500 | 34500 | 0.1741 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 118 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 28600 | 49100 | 0.4176 | 29,727 | 990 | 0.9229 | |
| 119 | University of Alaska Southeast | 29000 | 31300 | 0.0731 | 1,559 | 1020 | 0.6192 | |
| 120 | University of Connecticut | 29200 | 39500 | 0.2608 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 121 | Huntington University | 29300 | 44300 | 0.3384 | 1,512 | 1065 | 0.7518 | |
| 122 | Blue Mountain Christian University | 29600 | 39900 | 0.2576 | 915 | 1095 | 0.8895 | |
| 123 | Lipscomb University | 29800 | 57800 | 0.485 | 3,327 | 1214 | 0.6774 | |
| 123 | Southwestern College | 29800 | 64400 | 0.5373 | 816 | 1000 | 0.4729 | |
| 123 | University of Pikeville | 29800 | 34800 | 0.1438 | 1,164 | 1070 | 0.8967 | |
| 126 | Mercy University | 30000 | 44500 | 0.326 | 6,692 | 1135 | 0.8724 | |
| 127 | Bryan College-Dayton | 30200 | 36000 | 0.1609 | 1,565 | 1085 | 1 | |
| 127 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 30200 | 39200 | 0.2299 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 129 | Jacksonville University | 30600 | 74200 | 0.5874 | 2,916 | 1210 | 0.5748 | |
| 130 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 30800 | 77600 | 0.6029 | 4,999 | 1258 | 0.9296 | |
| 130 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 30800 | 59100 | 0.4786 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 132 | The University of Alabama | 31000 | 58500 | 0.4698 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 133 | Hampton University | 31500 | 54800 | 0.4252 | 4,046 | 1005 | 0.6358 | |
| 134 | Samford University | 32400 | 64600 | 0.4986 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 135 | Liberty University | 33200 | 44600 | 0.2556 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 136 | SUNY Old Westbury | 33500 | 40900 | 0.1809 | 4,474 | 1110 | 0.8352 | |
| 137 | Elizabethtown College | 33600 | 55300 | 0.3925 | 1,935 | 1214 | 0.8892 | |
| 138 | Auburn University | 33800 | 33800 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 139 | Nova Southeastern University | 33900 | 56100 | 0.3956 | 7,057 | 1187 | 0.7557 | |
| 139 | University of Rhode Island | 33900 | 46400 | 0.2692 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 141 | Siena University | 34100 | 65100 | 0.4763 | 3,149 | 1301 | 0.8464 | |
| 142 | Charleston Southern University | 34200 | 48400 | 0.2949 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 142 | Southeastern University | 34200 | 60500 | 0.4345 | 11,981 | 1110 | 0.4247 | |
| 144 | SUNY College at Geneseo | 34500 | 39400 | 0.1245 | 3,943 | 1275 | 0.3333 | |
| 145 | Barry University | 35000 | 56400 | 0.3792 | 4,654 | 1005 | 0.9663 | |
| 146 | University of New England | 35100 | 68000 | 0.4841 | 4,631 | 1145 | 0.9203 | |
| 147 | Centenary University | 35300 | 63600 | 0.4449 | 936 | 1070 | 0.8308 | |
| 147 | Minnesota State University, Mankato | 35300 | 37600 | 0.0608 | 13,433 | 1145 | 0.8844 | |
| 147 | Pfeiffer University | 35300 | 56100 | 0.3704 | 696 | 941 | 0.9603 | |
| 150 | Roger Williams University | 35600 | 63700 | 0.4413 | 3,970 | 1235 | 0.882 | |
| 150 | The University of Tampa | 35600 | 56900 | 0.374 | 10,710 | 1250 | 0.4363 | |
| 152 | Indiana Wesleyan University-Marion | 35800 | 48500 | 0.2615 | 2,075 | 1090 | 0.8894 | |
| 153 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 36100 | 36100 | 0 | 16,131 | 1275 | 0.6472 | |
| 154 | Eckerd College | 36600 | 75100 | 0.5126 | 1,893 | 1255 | 0.758 | |
| 155 | University of Nevada-Reno | 37300 | 45800 | 0.1857 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 156 | Northwest Nazarene University | 38100 | 62800 | 0.3932 | 1,043 | 1145 | 0.7159 | |
| 156 | Saint Joseph's College of Maine | 38100 | 65000 | 0.4136 | 1,105 | 1055 | 0.8351 | |
| 158 | University of Dubuque | 38200 | 65900 | 0.4213 | 1,395 | 1074 | 0.8731 | |
| 159 | Maine Maritime Academy | 38400 | 49800 | 0.2287 | 977 | 1189 | 0.9615 | |
| 160 | Western New England University | 38500 | 69200 | 0.4438 | 2,616 | 1199 | 0.8348 | |
| 161 | Reinhardt University | 38700 | 49300 | 0.2138 | 1,129 | 1070 | 0.6154 | |
| 162 | State University of New York at Cortland | 38800 | 39900 | 0.0276 | 5,890 | 1175 | 0.624 | |
| 163 | Mississippi State University | 39100 | 53400 | 0.2674 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 164 | University of Maine | 39300 | 45200 | 0.1306 | 9,182 | 1195 | 0.9562 | |
| 165 | SUNY Oneonta | 39400 | 41700 | 0.0551 | 4,815 | 1090 | 0.7696 | |
| 166 | Stony Brook University | 39700 | 53000 | 0.2507 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 167 | University of Wyoming | 40000 | 45300 | 0.1167 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 168 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 40200 | 48500 | 0.1711 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 169 | Loyola University Chicago | 40900 | 74100 | 0.4479 | 12,640 | 1262 | 0.751 | |
| 169 | University of New Haven | 40900 | 67300 | 0.3921 | 4,969 | 1219 | 0.5589 | |
| 171 | Montclair State University | 41400 | 46600 | 0.1116 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 172 | Sacred Heart University | 42700 | 67500 | 0.3677 | 7,291 | 1265 | 0.6363 | |
| 173 | Providence College | 43100 | 85000 | 0.4931 | 4,680 | 1345 | 0.4994 | |
| 174 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43500 | 68700 | 0.3678 | 4,279 | 1234 | 0.5796 | |
| 175 | St. John's University-New York | 44400 | 78000 | 0.4305 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 176 | Quinnipiac University | 44700 | 79200 | 0.4355 | 6,610 | 1250 | 0.7031 | |
| 177 | Illinois State University | 45800 | 49100 | 0.0669 | 19,513 | 1115 | 0.8555 | |
| 178 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48500 | 51200 | 0.0544 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 179 | DePaul University | 49100 | 66000 | 0.2562 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 180 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 53300 | 53300 | 0 | 34,447 | 1273 | 0.8804 | |
| 181 | Dallas Baptist University | 55700 | 63400 | 0.1214 | 2,938 | 1073 | 0.9131 | |
| 182 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 55900 | 63800 | 0.1237 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 183 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 58100 | 63200 | 0.0806 | 40,996 | 1399 | 0.4175 | |
| 184 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58300 | 64100 | 0.0905 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 185 | College of Charleston | 61200 | 61200 | 0 | 10,596 | 1234 | 0.73 | |
| 186 | Hawaii Pacific University | 63500 | 65800 | 0.0347 | 3,468 | 1200 | 0.8855 | |
| 187 | University of California-Davis | 68600 | 69800 | 0.0172 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 188 | University of Oregon | 69000 | 71300 | 0.0321 | 20,710 | 1193 | 0.8742 | |
| 189 | University of California-Irvine | 72100 | 75600 | 0.0463 | 30,260 | 1333 | 0.2895 | |
| 190 | Rollins College | 82400 | 82400 | 0 | 2,639 | 1284 | 0.5285 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.
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