Considering a degree in Biology?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Biology majors who live in Maine.
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 Maine.
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 | 95200 | 0.9377 | 6,738 | 1535 | 0.0418 | |
| 2 | Brigham Young University | 8100 | 22300 | 0.6382 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 3 | University of California-Davis | 10200 | 38600 | 0.7366 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 4 | University of Nevada-Reno | 10300 | 45800 | 0.7759 | 20,204 | 1134 | 0.8313 | |
| 5 | Savannah State University | 10700 | 50900 | 0.7901 | 2,966 | 925 | 1 | |
| 6 | Southern Utah University | 10900 | 51400 | 0.7879 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 7 | Eastern Washington University | 11500 | 30700 | 0.6257 | 7,640 | 995 | 0.8526 | |
| 8 | University of California-San Diego | 11600 | 41600 | 0.7216 | 35,442 | 1375 | 0.2856 | |
| 9 | University of Hawaii at Hilo | 11800 | 56000 | 0.7893 | 2,304 | 1005 | 0.8351 | |
| 10 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 12300 | 24900 | 0.5052 | 5,677 | 1085 | 0.9301 | |
| 11 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 12400 | 29300 | 0.5768 | 8,421 | 1045 | 0.9444 | |
| 12 | Boston University | 12500 | 93200 | 0.8658 | 18,289 | 1475 | 0.1283 | |
| 13 | University of West Florida | 12700 | 50500 | 0.7492 | 9,971 | 1149 | 0.5822 | |
| 14 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 13000 | 40500 | 0.6789 | 29,727 | 980 | 0.9229 | |
| 15 | Georgetown University | 13100 | 92700 | 0.8587 | 7,908 | 1457 | 0.1349 | |
| 15 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 13100 | 43000 | 0.6953 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 17 | Wesleyan College | 13200 | 63100 | 0.7912 | 500 | 1065 | 0.591 | |
| 18 | Mayville State University | 13400 | 22000 | 0.3922 | 1,067 | 1034 | 0.7825 | |
| 19 | University of Delaware | 13500 | 34500 | 0.6095 | 19,287 | 1294 | 0.6924 | |
| 19 | University of Georgia | 13500 | 27200 | 0.503 | 32,824 | 1382 | 0.3425 | |
| 21 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 13800 | 22800 | 0.3953 | 11,994 | 1090 | 0.8651 | |
| 22 | Utah State University | 14000 | 21000 | 0.3327 | 26,629 | 1176 | 0.9212 | |
| 23 | Coastal Carolina University | 14100 | 45300 | 0.6891 | 11,471 | 1145 | 0.7003 | |
| 24 | Eastern Michigan University | 14200 | 33900 | 0.5805 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 24 | Salem State University | 14200 | 39200 | 0.6375 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 24 | Virginia Union University | 14200 | 51700 | 0.7256 | 1,205 | 870 | 0.9802 | |
| 27 | Arkansas Tech University | 14400 | 31400 | 0.5406 | 8,279 | 1035 | 0.9747 | |
| 28 | Central Michigan University | 14500 | 37400 | 0.6129 | 10,238 | 1095 | 0.9104 | |
| 29 | Miles College | 14600 | 35100 | 0.5839 | 1,180 | 0 | 1 | |
| 29 | University of the Virgin Islands | 14600 | 29600 | 0.506 | 1,650 | 925 | 0.9936 | |
| 31 | Mercy University | 14700 | 46400 | 0.6836 | 6,692 | 1135 | 0.8724 | |
| 32 | University of California-Irvine | 14900 | 40400 | 0.6309 | 30,260 | 1333 | 0.2895 | |
| 33 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 15000 | 56900 | 0.7364 | 15,735 | 1103 | 0.8797 | |
| 34 | Lindsey Wilson University | 15100 | 49300 | 0.6939 | 1,738 | 0 | 0 | |
| 34 | West Virginia University | 15100 | 73100 | 0.7931 | 18,206 | 1125 | 0.8514 | |
| 36 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 38800 | 0.5992 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 37 | Grand Valley State University | 15800 | 28300 | 0.441 | 19,154 | 1084 | 0.9271 | |
| 38 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 15900 | 90700 | 0.8247 | 8,727 | 1055 | 0.9703 | |
| 39 | Niagara University | 16100 | 57400 | 0.7192 | 2,638 | 1160 | 0.876 | |
| 40 | University of Maine | 16300 | 29300 | 0.4449 | 9,182 | 1205 | 0.9562 | |
| 41 | Francis Marion University | 16400 | 36100 | 0.5453 | 3,793 | 1015 | 0.9508 | |
| 41 | Madonna University | 16400 | 67900 | 0.758 | 1,919 | 980 | 0.6757 | |
| 43 | Grove City College | 16500 | 39700 | 0.5851 | 2,247 | 1266 | 0.667 | |
| 44 | SUNY College at Geneseo | 16600 | 25600 | 0.3515 | 3,943 | 1279 | 0.3333 | |
| 44 | Waynesburg University | 16600 | 45000 | 0.6301 | 1,032 | 1093 | 0.8981 | |
| 46 | University of Miami | 16700 | 96300 | 0.8267 | 13,241 | 1406 | 0.1761 | |
| 47 | Bethel University | 17000 | 48700 | 0.6516 | 2,674 | 970 | 0.6023 | |
| 48 | SUNY at Fredonia | 17100 | 27800 | 0.3854 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 48 | Weber State University | 17100 | 20300 | 0.1579 | 31,672 | 0 | 1 | |
| 50 | College of Charleston | 17200 | 33900 | 0.4931 | 10,596 | 1255 | 0.73 | |
| 50 | Emporia State University | 17200 | 31200 | 0.4489 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 52 | Duke University | 17300 | 98500 | 0.8246 | 6,525 | 1527 | 0.0524 | |
| 52 | SUNY College at Potsdam | 17300 | 49300 | 0.6493 | 1,750 | 1060 | 0.8241 | |
| 54 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 17400 | 29900 | 0.4174 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 55 | Northeastern University | 17900 | 90000 | 0.8008 | 22,456 | 1490 | 0.0562 | |
| 55 | York College of Pennsylvania | 17900 | 45800 | 0.6097 | 3,369 | 1153 | 0.7374 | |
| 57 | San Jose State University | 18300 | 41100 | 0.5542 | 29,890 | 1124 | 0.8039 | |
| 58 | University of Rhode Island | 18500 | 33900 | 0.4544 | 14,466 | 1148 | 0.7456 | |
| 59 | University of Mary | 18700 | 32600 | 0.4278 | 2,821 | 1175 | 0.753 | |
| 60 | McMurry University | 18800 | 71400 | 0.7371 | 4,133 | 1065 | 0.8984 | |
| 61 | Coker University | 18900 | 47800 | 0.6049 | 1,220 | 1050 | 0.9396 | |
| 62 | East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania | 19200 | 33700 | 0.43 | 5,130 | 1095 | 0.8645 | |
| 62 | Western Washington University | 19200 | 31600 | 0.393 | 13,609 | 1272 | 0.9371 | |
| 64 | Unity Environmental University | 19400 | 48200 | 0.5971 | 6,525 | 0 | 0.818 | |
| 65 | Carlow University | 19600 | 53900 | 0.6361 | 2,303 | 1065 | 0.8768 | |
| 66 | Winona State University | 19900 | 29500 | 0.3267 | 5,317 | 1115 | 0.7549 | |
| 67 | Minot State University | 20000 | 23500 | 0.1497 | 2,499 | 1075 | 0.6462 | |
| 68 | La Sierra University | 20100 | 51200 | 0.608 | 1,266 | 1025 | 0.9069 | |
| 69 | SUNY Old Westbury | 20300 | 24400 | 0.1682 | 4,474 | 1110 | 0.8352 | |
| 70 | State University of New York at Cortland | 20500 | 27700 | 0.2597 | 5,890 | 1175 | 0.624 | |
| 71 | Millikin University | 20700 | 45000 | 0.5398 | 1,427 | 1020 | 0.765 | |
| 71 | Stockton University | 20700 | 46100 | 0.5511 | 7,583 | 1135 | 0.901 | |
| 73 | Central Methodist University-College of Liberal Arts and Sciences | 20800 | 71000 | 0.7067 | 1,040 | 1040 | 0.6271 | |
| 74 | Ferris State University | 20900 | 31000 | 0.3263 | 8,980 | 1015 | 0.8237 | |
| 75 | Florida College | 21000 | 56800 | 0.6297 | 728 | 1099 | 0.6966 | |
| 76 | Daemen University | 21800 | 56700 | 0.6154 | 1,656 | 1050 | 0.7375 | |
| 77 | Juniata College | 22300 | 75300 | 0.7043 | 1,276 | 1229 | 0.7941 | |
| 78 | Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences | 22600 | 56900 | 0.602 | 533 | 1244 | 0.5269 | |
| 78 | Augustana College | 22600 | 72800 | 0.6891 | 2,536 | 1163 | 0.6628 | |
| 80 | Saint Cloud State University | 22800 | 36800 | 0.3803 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 80 | Troy University | 22800 | 34700 | 0.3429 | 10,130 | 1090 | 0.9535 | |
| 82 | University of Southern Mississippi | 23100 | 23100 | 0 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 83 | Northern Arizona University | 23200 | 47300 | 0.5108 | 22,203 | 1090 | 0.8961 | |
| 84 | Southwest Minnesota State University | 23300 | 26700 | 0.1273 | 7,290 | 1015 | 0.6409 | |
| 85 | Florida International University | 23700 | 23700 | 0 | 46,249 | 1175 | 0.6085 | |
| 85 | Huntingdon College | 23700 | 65000 | 0.6353 | 943 | 1130 | 0.692 | |
| 87 | Saint Edward's University | 23900 | 105600 | 0.7738 | 2,499 | 1128 | 0.8142 | |
| 88 | State University of New York at New Paltz | 24000 | 35700 | 0.3274 | 6,113 | 1260 | 0.6267 | |
| 89 | Bridgewater State University | 24100 | 37300 | 0.3538 | 8,849 | 1180 | 0.8798 | |
| 90 | Montana State University | 24400 | 24400 | 0 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 90 | SUNY Oneonta | 24400 | 55300 | 0.5593 | 4,815 | 1234 | 0.7696 | |
| 92 | University of Central Oklahoma | 24700 | 34000 | 0.2735 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 92 | Wisconsin Lutheran College | 24700 | 56700 | 0.5653 | 957 | 1233 | 0.7816 | |
| 94 | University of South Florida | 24800 | 36500 | 0.3202 | 39,093 | 1239 | 0.4071 | |
| 95 | Ave Maria University | 25000 | 46600 | 0.4637 | 1,320 | 1164 | 0.4139 | |
| 95 | Keuka College | 25000 | 64000 | 0.6089 | 986 | 1100 | 0.8151 | |
| 97 | Messiah University | 25100 | 54700 | 0.5412 | 2,722 | 1241 | 0.8107 | |
| 98 | Saint Joseph's College of Maine | 25200 | 64000 | 0.6064 | 1,105 | 1055 | 0.8351 | |
| 99 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 25400 | 62800 | 0.5954 | 13,039 | 1010 | 0.894 | |
| 100 | The University of Findlay | 25500 | 50600 | 0.4956 | 4,132 | 1124 | 0.6748 | |
| 101 | Minnesota State University, Mankato | 25600 | 28000 | 0.0854 | 13,433 | 1145 | 0.8844 | |
| 102 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 25900 | 28300 | 0.0847 | 3,375 | 1090 | 0.5885 | |
| 103 | Geneva College | 26400 | 50300 | 0.4766 | 1,299 | 1143 | 0.9556 | |
| 103 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 26400 | 40600 | 0.3495 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 105 | Trine University | 26500 | 56100 | 0.5279 | 4,373 | 1159 | 0.8548 | |
| 106 | Ball State University | 26600 | 26600 | 0 | 15,950 | 1170 | 0.8625 | |
| 107 | Wingate University | 26800 | 67100 | 0.6016 | 2,673 | 1100 | 0.9113 | |
| 108 | Valley City State University | 26900 | 29300 | 0.0816 | 1,663 | 1055 | 0.9942 | |
| 109 | North Dakota State University | 27600 | 30400 | 0.092 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 110 | Florida Southern College | 27700 | 63200 | 0.5616 | 2,682 | 1264 | 0.6442 | |
| 111 | Mitchell College | 27800 | 63900 | 0.5647 | 442 | 817 | 0.9466 | |
| 111 | St. Francis College | 27800 | 39400 | 0.2948 | 1,719 | 1119 | 1 | |
| 113 | Grace College and Theological Seminary | 28300 | 41800 | 0.3221 | 1,795 | 1130 | 0.8215 | |
| 114 | University of Alaska Southeast | 28900 | 31300 | 0.0766 | 1,559 | 1020 | 0.6192 | |
| 115 | Jacksonville University | 29000 | 102400 | 0.7167 | 2,916 | 1195 | 0.5748 | |
| 116 | Huntington University | 29100 | 44400 | 0.3443 | 1,512 | 1055 | 0.7518 | |
| 116 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 29100 | 112100 | 0.7403 | 4,999 | 1274 | 0.9296 | |
| 118 | Utah Tech University | 29400 | 35200 | 0.1648 | 12,993 | 0 | 1 | |
| 119 | Blue Mountain Christian University | 29500 | 39900 | 0.2604 | 915 | 1095 | 0.8895 | |
| 120 | Southwestern College | 29700 | 89500 | 0.6683 | 816 | 1025 | 0.4729 | |
| 120 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29700 | 34200 | 0.1314 | 31,845 | 1292 | 0.5651 | |
| 120 | University of Southern California | 29700 | 98300 | 0.698 | 20,768 | 1492 | 0.1119 | |
| 123 | Saint Xavier University | 29800 | 58200 | 0.4877 | 3,100 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 124 | Bryan College-Dayton | 30100 | 36000 | 0.1639 | 1,565 | 1085 | 1 | |
| 125 | California State University-Long Beach | 30600 | 38800 | 0.2113 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 126 | University of Pikeville | 30800 | 34800 | 0.1151 | 1,164 | 1055 | 0.8967 | |
| 127 | Hampton University | 31500 | 54800 | 0.4252 | 4,046 | 947 | 0.6358 | |
| 128 | Centenary University | 31600 | 63000 | 0.4983 | 936 | 1070 | 0.8308 | |
| 129 | Nova Southeastern University | 31900 | 56100 | 0.4313 | 7,057 | 1165 | 0.7557 | |
| 130 | Liberty University | 32400 | 44700 | 0.275 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 131 | University of Louisville | 32600 | 42100 | 0.2254 | 17,916 | 1148 | 0.7921 | |
| 132 | University of Oregon | 33100 | 40200 | 0.1784 | 20,710 | 1250 | 0.8742 | |
| 133 | Elizabethtown College | 33600 | 57500 | 0.4154 | 1,935 | 1214 | 0.8892 | |
| 134 | Wichita State University | 34000 | 42200 | 0.1944 | 14,906 | 1073 | 0.7224 | |
| 135 | Charleston Southern University | 34100 | 48400 | 0.2971 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 136 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 34200 | 34200 | 0 | 16,131 | 1270 | 0.6472 | |
| 137 | University of New England | 34300 | 66700 | 0.4856 | 4,631 | 1145 | 0.9203 | |
| 138 | Samford University | 34600 | 93800 | 0.6312 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 139 | Barry University | 34900 | 58800 | 0.4065 | 4,654 | 1005 | 0.9663 | |
| 140 | Pfeiffer University | 35200 | 56100 | 0.3724 | 696 | 941 | 0.9603 | |
| 140 | Siena University | 35200 | 66400 | 0.4701 | 3,149 | 1254 | 0.8464 | |
| 140 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 35200 | 46500 | 0.2431 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 143 | Roger Williams University | 35500 | 63700 | 0.443 | 3,970 | 1235 | 0.882 | |
| 144 | Western New England University | 36000 | 70600 | 0.4899 | 2,616 | 1199 | 0.8348 | |
| 145 | Indiana Wesleyan University-Marion | 36900 | 49100 | 0.2486 | 2,075 | 1090 | 0.8894 | |
| 146 | University of Connecticut | 37000 | 80200 | 0.5385 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 146 | University of Dubuque | 37000 | 65900 | 0.4382 | 1,395 | 1090 | 0.8731 | |
| 148 | Loyola University Chicago | 37100 | 74800 | 0.5042 | 12,640 | 1303 | 0.751 | |
| 149 | Eckerd College | 37400 | 77000 | 0.5143 | 1,893 | 1255 | 0.758 | |
| 150 | University of Southern Maine | 37500 | 37500 | 0 | 5,549 | 1144 | 0.8241 | |
| 151 | Southeastern University | 37800 | 79400 | 0.5241 | 11,981 | 1110 | 0.4247 | |
| 151 | University of Mary Hardin-Baylor | 37800 | 51900 | 0.2716 | 2,775 | 1099 | 0.9747 | |
| 153 | Evangel University | 39000 | 49700 | 0.2151 | 1,843 | 1180 | 0.7161 | |
| 153 | Mississippi State University | 39000 | 53400 | 0.2695 | 19,093 | 1214 | 0.8363 | |
| 155 | Bradley University | 39300 | 60600 | 0.3514 | 3,258 | 1223 | 0.7459 | |
| 156 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 39500 | 42800 | 0.0772 | 14,657 | 1195 | 0.7583 | |
| 157 | Stony Brook University | 39600 | 53000 | 0.2527 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 158 | University of Wyoming | 39900 | 45300 | 0.1191 | 8,138 | 1179 | 0.9695 | |
| 159 | Sacred Heart University | 40300 | 67500 | 0.4029 | 7,291 | 950 | 0.6363 | |
| 160 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5061 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 161 | University of New Haven | 41500 | 73500 | 0.4352 | 4,969 | 1164 | 0.5589 | |
| 162 | Maine Maritime Academy | 42000 | 53000 | 0.2076 | 977 | 1180 | 0.9615 | |
| 163 | University of Central Florida | 42100 | 42100 | 0 | 60,083 | 1280 | 0.428 | |
| 164 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42500 | 63300 | 0.3285 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 165 | Rollins College | 43000 | 85700 | 0.4984 | 2,639 | 1273 | 0.5285 | |
| 166 | University of Florida | 43100 | 45700 | 0.0569 | 37,283 | 1399 | 0.2033 | |
| 167 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43300 | 68700 | 0.3694 | 4,279 | 1224 | 0.5796 | |
| 168 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 43600 | 72500 | 0.3987 | 10,368 | 1064 | 0.999 | |
| 169 | Montclair State University | 43700 | 47000 | 0.0703 | 19,048 | 1058 | 0.894 | |
| 170 | Providence College | 44000 | 85000 | 0.4823 | 4,680 | 1335 | 0.4994 | |
| 171 | Illinois State University | 45700 | 49100 | 0.0692 | 19,513 | 1120 | 0.8555 | |
| 172 | The University of Tampa | 45800 | 58500 | 0.217 | 10,710 | 1185 | 0.4363 | |
| 173 | Reinhardt University | 46900 | 59300 | 0.2091 | 1,129 | 1070 | 0.6154 | |
| 174 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47100 | 61500 | 0.234 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 175 | St. John's University-New York | 47500 | 83800 | 0.4334 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 176 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48300 | 51200 | 0.0565 | 43,633 | 1327 | 0.4343 | |
| 177 | DePaul University | 49100 | 69400 | 0.2923 | 14,338 | 1254 | 0.878 | |
| 178 | Northwest Nazarene University | 49600 | 87600 | 0.4337 | 1,043 | 1134 | 0.7159 | |
| 179 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 50800 | 63800 | 0.2038 | 42,565 | 1338 | 0.7887 | |
| 180 | Quinnipiac University | 51200 | 79700 | 0.3578 | 6,610 | 1245 | 0.7031 | |
| 181 | Lipscomb University | 53200 | 69900 | 0.2392 | 3,327 | 1260 | 0.6774 | |
| 182 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 53300 | 53300 | 0 | 34,447 | 1264 | 0.8804 | |
| 183 | Dallas Baptist University | 56400 | 84300 | 0.331 | 2,938 | 1109 | 0.9131 | |
| 184 | The University of Alabama | 58500 | 58500 | 0 | 35,621 | 1284 | 0.7117 | |
| 185 | Auburn University | 59200 | 59200 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 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 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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