Considering a degree in Biology?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Biology majors who live in New Jersey.
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 New Jersey.
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 | 95300 | 0.9378 | 6,738 | 1500 | 0.0418 | |
| 2 | Savannah State University | 6800 | 29000 | 0.7651 | 2,966 | 950 | 1 | |
| 3 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 7500 | 36100 | 0.7932 | 10,368 | 1064 | 0.999 | |
| 4 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22000 | 0.6362 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 5 | Duke University | 8700 | 93600 | 0.9073 | 6,525 | 1533 | 0.0524 | |
| 6 | Georgetown University | 9000 | 92700 | 0.9029 | 7,908 | 1470 | 0.1349 | |
| 7 | Utah State University | 9700 | 26700 | 0.6361 | 26,629 | 1168 | 0.9212 | |
| 8 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 11000 | 29100 | 0.6225 | 40,996 | 1399 | 0.4175 | |
| 9 | University of California-San Diego | 11100 | 39700 | 0.7203 | 35,442 | 1375 | 0.2856 | |
| 10 | Northern Arizona University | 11500 | 27900 | 0.5865 | 22,203 | 1129 | 0.8961 | |
| 11 | University of Hawaii at Hilo | 11600 | 33200 | 0.6497 | 2,304 | 990 | 0.8351 | |
| 11 | University of West Florida | 11600 | 21500 | 0.4599 | 9,971 | 1120 | 0.5822 | |
| 13 | Eastern Washington University | 11800 | 28600 | 0.5879 | 7,640 | 1045 | 0.8526 | |
| 14 | University of the Virgin Islands | 12500 | 22800 | 0.4511 | 1,650 | 900 | 0.9936 | |
| 15 | Boston University | 12700 | 92800 | 0.8633 | 18,289 | 1475 | 0.1283 | |
| 16 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 12900 | 43000 | 0.7 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 17 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 13000 | 49100 | 0.7353 | 29,727 | 990 | 0.9229 | |
| 18 | Mayville State University | 13500 | 22000 | 0.3874 | 1,067 | 1034 | 0.7825 | |
| 19 | Western Washington University | 13700 | 31400 | 0.5637 | 13,609 | 1199 | 0.9371 | |
| 20 | Francis Marion University | 13900 | 24100 | 0.424 | 3,793 | 1015 | 0.9508 | |
| 20 | Virginia Union University | 13900 | 39400 | 0.6468 | 1,205 | 870 | 0.9802 | |
| 20 | Wesleyan College | 13900 | 43800 | 0.6825 | 500 | 1065 | 0.591 | |
| 23 | Arkansas Tech University | 14300 | 27400 | 0.4784 | 8,279 | 1055 | 0.9747 | |
| 23 | Central Michigan University | 14300 | 37800 | 0.621 | 10,238 | 1099 | 0.9104 | |
| 23 | Miles College | 14300 | 25400 | 0.4364 | 1,180 | 0 | 1 | |
| 26 | Northeastern University | 14500 | 89900 | 0.8387 | 22,456 | 1481 | 0.0562 | |
| 27 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 14900 | 29300 | 0.4915 | 8,421 | 1054 | 0.9444 | |
| 28 | Troy University | 15000 | 26700 | 0.4381 | 10,130 | 1075 | 0.9535 | |
| 29 | Coastal Carolina University | 15100 | 27200 | 0.445 | 11,471 | 1160 | 0.7003 | |
| 30 | University of Central Oklahoma | 15400 | 28700 | 0.4635 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 31 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 38800 | 0.5992 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 32 | California State University-Long Beach | 15800 | 25800 | 0.3877 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 32 | Waynesburg University | 15800 | 45000 | 0.6487 | 1,032 | 1093 | 0.8981 | |
| 34 | Eastern Michigan University | 16100 | 36100 | 0.5542 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 35 | University of Maine | 16200 | 29300 | 0.4474 | 9,182 | 1195 | 0.9562 | |
| 36 | University of California-Los Angeles | 16300 | 36700 | 0.5554 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 37 | Ferris State University | 16400 | 31000 | 0.4717 | 8,980 | 1015 | 0.8237 | |
| 38 | West Virginia University | 16500 | 40900 | 0.5963 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 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 | |
| 41 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 17300 | 22800 | 0.2415 | 11,994 | 1090 | 0.8651 | |
| 42 | Daemen University | 17400 | 55100 | 0.6843 | 1,656 | 1050 | 0.7375 | |
| 42 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 17400 | 39000 | 0.5534 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 44 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 17500 | 29900 | 0.4139 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 44 | Utah Tech University | 17500 | 23300 | 0.2493 | 12,993 | 1065 | 1 | |
| 46 | University of Miami | 17700 | 95700 | 0.8149 | 13,241 | 1408 | 0.1761 | |
| 47 | Bethel University | 17800 | 35300 | 0.4953 | 2,674 | 970 | 0.6023 | |
| 47 | Bridgewater State University | 17800 | 25400 | 0.3015 | 8,849 | 1143 | 0.8798 | |
| 49 | Lindsey Wilson University | 18100 | 47100 | 0.616 | 1,738 | 1035 | 0 | |
| 50 | University of Mary | 18200 | 32600 | 0.4424 | 2,821 | 1175 | 0.753 | |
| 51 | University of Rhode Island | 18700 | 33900 | 0.4485 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 52 | East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania | 18900 | 26700 | 0.2926 | 5,130 | 1099 | 0.8645 | |
| 53 | Madonna University | 19000 | 49200 | 0.6142 | 1,919 | 925 | 0.6757 | |
| 54 | Carlow University | 19400 | 82500 | 0.7649 | 2,303 | 1084 | 0.8768 | |
| 54 | McMurry University | 19400 | 51900 | 0.6257 | 4,133 | 1104 | 0.8984 | |
| 54 | Wichita State University | 19400 | 29800 | 0.3487 | 14,906 | 1065 | 0.7224 | |
| 57 | SUNY Oneonta | 19500 | 29300 | 0.3344 | 4,815 | 1090 | 0.7696 | |
| 58 | Coker University | 19600 | 47800 | 0.5902 | 1,220 | 1050 | 0.9396 | |
| 58 | University of Southern California | 19600 | 75900 | 0.7422 | 20,768 | 1499 | 0.1119 | |
| 60 | Winona State University | 20000 | 29500 | 0.3231 | 5,317 | 1115 | 0.7549 | |
| 61 | Minot State University | 20100 | 23500 | 0.1452 | 2,499 | 1075 | 0.6462 | |
| 62 | Grove City College | 20200 | 39700 | 0.4918 | 2,247 | 1248 | 0.667 | |
| 63 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 20300 | 39200 | 0.4824 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 64 | State University of New York at Cortland | 20400 | 27700 | 0.2633 | 5,890 | 1175 | 0.624 | |
| 65 | La Sierra University | 20600 | 65900 | 0.687 | 1,266 | 1124 | 0.9069 | |
| 66 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 20700 | 30600 | 0.326 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 67 | Florida College | 20800 | 34200 | 0.3921 | 728 | 1099 | 0.6966 | |
| 67 | North Dakota State University | 20800 | 25700 | 0.1902 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 69 | State University of New York at New Paltz | 21200 | 26300 | 0.1941 | 6,113 | 1279 | 0.6267 | |
| 70 | Bradley University | 21400 | 50800 | 0.5787 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 71 | Central Methodist University-College of Liberal Arts and Sciences | 21500 | 52700 | 0.5924 | 1,040 | 1075 | 0.6271 | |
| 72 | Niagara University | 21800 | 57400 | 0.62 | 2,638 | 1170 | 0.876 | |
| 73 | Grand Valley State University | 22100 | 35900 | 0.3849 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 74 | The University of Alabama | 22400 | 31000 | 0.2772 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 75 | Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences | 22700 | 56900 | 0.6007 | 533 | 1244 | 0.5269 | |
| 75 | Augustana College | 22700 | 72800 | 0.6881 | 2,536 | 1157 | 0.6628 | |
| 75 | Juniata College | 22700 | 73800 | 0.6922 | 1,276 | 1263 | 0.7941 | |
| 75 | San Jose State University | 22700 | 41100 | 0.4478 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 79 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 22900 | 90700 | 0.7476 | 8,727 | 1055 | 0.9703 | |
| 79 | Saint Cloud State University | 22900 | 36800 | 0.3775 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 81 | University of Southern Mississippi | 23100 | 23100 | 0 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 82 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 23200 | 24900 | 0.0682 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 83 | Southwest Minnesota State University | 23400 | 26700 | 0.1233 | 7,290 | 1015 | 0.6409 | |
| 83 | York College of Pennsylvania | 23400 | 45800 | 0.4895 | 3,369 | 1153 | 0.7374 | |
| 85 | Florida International University | 23700 | 23700 | 0 | 46,249 | 1180 | 0.6085 | |
| 86 | Keuka College | 24100 | 59400 | 0.5938 | 986 | 1043 | 0.8151 | |
| 87 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 24200 | 37900 | 0.3612 | 5,677 | 985 | 0.9301 | |
| 87 | Centenary University | 24200 | 58300 | 0.5855 | 936 | 1070 | 0.8308 | |
| 87 | Stockton University | 24200 | 32200 | 0.2468 | 7,583 | 1134 | 0.901 | |
| 90 | Emporia State University | 24400 | 32000 | 0.2374 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 90 | Unity Environmental University | 24400 | 29900 | 0.1842 | 6,525 | 0 | 0.818 | |
| 92 | Huntingdon College | 24500 | 44400 | 0.4479 | 943 | 1130 | 0.692 | |
| 93 | Wisconsin Lutheran College | 24700 | 56700 | 0.5642 | 957 | 1233 | 0.7816 | |
| 94 | The University of Findlay | 25100 | 50600 | 0.5035 | 4,132 | 1090 | 0.6748 | |
| 95 | University of Mary Hardin-Baylor | 25200 | 53800 | 0.5318 | 2,775 | 1105 | 0.9747 | |
| 96 | Ave Maria University | 25500 | 46600 | 0.453 | 1,320 | 1164 | 0.4139 | |
| 96 | Evangel University | 25500 | 40900 | 0.3769 | 1,843 | 1180 | 0.7161 | |
| 98 | Messiah University | 25700 | 54300 | 0.5264 | 2,722 | 1266 | 0.8107 | |
| 98 | Salem State University | 25700 | 43200 | 0.4053 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 100 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 26000 | 28300 | 0.0809 | 3,375 | 1090 | 0.5885 | |
| 101 | SUNY College at Potsdam | 26100 | 37700 | 0.3075 | 1,750 | 1060 | 0.8241 | |
| 102 | Ball State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 15,950 | 1185 | 0.8625 | |
| 102 | Geneva College | 26400 | 50300 | 0.4755 | 1,299 | 1167 | 0.9556 | |
| 104 | Trine University | 26500 | 56100 | 0.5278 | 4,373 | 1159 | 0.8548 | |
| 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 | 27000 | 29300 | 0.0781 | 1,663 | 1045 | 0.9942 | |
| 108 | Saint Edward's University | 27500 | 73200 | 0.6246 | 2,499 | 1128 | 0.8142 | |
| 109 | Mitchell College | 27600 | 66600 | 0.5856 | 442 | 817 | 0.9466 | |
| 110 | Florida Southern College | 27800 | 63200 | 0.56 | 2,682 | 1264 | 0.6442 | |
| 111 | Weber State University | 27900 | 33900 | 0.1769 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 112 | Grace College and Theological Seminary | 28000 | 41800 | 0.3301 | 1,795 | 1130 | 0.8215 | |
| 113 | Saint Xavier University | 28500 | 53700 | 0.4689 | 3,100 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 114 | University of Alaska Southeast | 29000 | 31300 | 0.0733 | 1,559 | 1020 | 0.6192 | |
| 115 | Huntington University | 29200 | 44300 | 0.3407 | 1,512 | 1065 | 0.7518 | |
| 116 | Montana State University | 29300 | 31900 | 0.0814 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 117 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 29400 | 42200 | 0.3031 | 15,735 | 1069 | 0.8797 | |
| 118 | Blue Mountain Christian University | 29600 | 39900 | 0.2577 | 915 | 1095 | 0.8895 | |
| 119 | Southern Utah University | 29700 | 40800 | 0.2722 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 119 | Southwestern College | 29700 | 64400 | 0.5388 | 816 | 1000 | 0.4729 | |
| 121 | Lipscomb University | 29800 | 57800 | 0.4853 | 3,327 | 1214 | 0.6774 | |
| 121 | University of Pikeville | 29800 | 34800 | 0.1438 | 1,164 | 1070 | 0.8967 | |
| 123 | Mercy University | 29900 | 44500 | 0.3282 | 6,692 | 1135 | 0.8724 | |
| 124 | Mississippi State University | 30100 | 34400 | 0.1246 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 124 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 30100 | 39200 | 0.2324 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 126 | Bryan College-Dayton | 30200 | 36000 | 0.161 | 1,565 | 1085 | 1 | |
| 127 | Jacksonville University | 30500 | 74200 | 0.5888 | 2,916 | 1210 | 0.5748 | |
| 128 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 30700 | 77600 | 0.6042 | 4,999 | 1258 | 0.9296 | |
| 129 | Kean University | 30800 | 39500 | 0.2204 | 11,932 | 1040 | 0.7811 | |
| 129 | University of Louisville | 30800 | 42000 | 0.2665 | 17,916 | 1134 | 0.7921 | |
| 131 | Hampton University | 31400 | 54800 | 0.427 | 4,046 | 1005 | 0.6358 | |
| 132 | Samford University | 32400 | 64600 | 0.4986 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 133 | Liberty University | 33200 | 44600 | 0.2556 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 134 | SUNY Old Westbury | 33500 | 40900 | 0.1809 | 4,474 | 1110 | 0.8352 | |
| 135 | Elizabethtown College | 33600 | 55300 | 0.3925 | 1,935 | 1214 | 0.8892 | |
| 135 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 33600 | 38200 | 0.1201 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 137 | Nova Southeastern University | 33800 | 56100 | 0.3974 | 7,057 | 1187 | 0.7557 | |
| 138 | Siena University | 34000 | 65100 | 0.4778 | 3,149 | 1301 | 0.8464 | |
| 139 | Charleston Southern University | 34200 | 48400 | 0.295 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 139 | Southeastern University | 34200 | 60500 | 0.4345 | 11,981 | 1110 | 0.4247 | |
| 141 | SUNY College at Geneseo | 34500 | 39400 | 0.1245 | 3,943 | 1275 | 0.3333 | |
| 142 | Barry University | 34900 | 56400 | 0.381 | 4,654 | 1005 | 0.9663 | |
| 143 | University of South Florida | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 144 | University of New England | 35100 | 68000 | 0.4841 | 4,631 | 1145 | 0.9203 | |
| 145 | Minnesota State University, Mankato | 35300 | 37600 | 0.0609 | 13,433 | 1145 | 0.8844 | |
| 145 | Pfeiffer University | 35300 | 56100 | 0.3705 | 696 | 941 | 0.9603 | |
| 147 | Roger Williams University | 35600 | 63700 | 0.4414 | 3,970 | 1235 | 0.882 | |
| 147 | The University of Tampa | 35600 | 56900 | 0.374 | 10,710 | 1250 | 0.4363 | |
| 149 | Indiana Wesleyan University-Marion | 35800 | 48500 | 0.2616 | 2,075 | 1090 | 0.8894 | |
| 150 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 36100 | 36100 | 0 | 16,131 | 1275 | 0.6472 | |
| 151 | Eckerd College | 36600 | 75100 | 0.5126 | 1,893 | 1255 | 0.758 | |
| 152 | Rutgers University-Newark | 37200 | 57900 | 0.3574 | 7,989 | 1159 | 0.7136 | |
| 152 | University of Connecticut | 37200 | 53600 | 0.3062 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 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 | 0.4214 | 1,395 | 1074 | 0.8731 | |
| 158 | Maine Maritime Academy | 38400 | 49800 | 0.2287 | 977 | 1189 | 0.9615 | |
| 158 | Montclair State University | 38400 | 46600 | 0.176 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 160 | Western New England University | 38500 | 69200 | 0.4438 | 2,616 | 1199 | 0.8348 | |
| 161 | Reinhardt University | 38700 | 49300 | 0.2139 | 1,129 | 1070 | 0.6154 | |
| 162 | Stony Brook University | 39700 | 53000 | 0.2507 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 162 | University of Central Florida | 39700 | 39700 | 0 | 60,083 | 1289 | 0.428 | |
| 164 | University of Wyoming | 40000 | 45300 | 0.1168 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 165 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 40100 | 47500 | 0.1558 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 166 | University of New Haven | 40900 | 67300 | 0.3921 | 4,969 | 1219 | 0.5589 | |
| 167 | Loyola University Chicago | 41000 | 74100 | 0.4465 | 12,640 | 1262 | 0.751 | |
| 168 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 42400 | 42400 | 0 | 14,657 | 1190 | 0.7583 | |
| 169 | Sacred Heart University | 42800 | 67500 | 0.3662 | 7,291 | 1265 | 0.6363 | |
| 170 | Providence College | 42900 | 85000 | 0.4954 | 4,680 | 1345 | 0.4994 | |
| 171 | University of Florida | 43100 | 45700 | 0.057 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 172 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43400 | 68700 | 0.3679 | 4,279 | 1234 | 0.5796 | |
| 173 | St. John's University-New York | 44400 | 78000 | 0.4305 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 174 | Quinnipiac University | 44700 | 79200 | 0.4355 | 6,610 | 1250 | 0.7031 | |
| 175 | Illinois State University | 45800 | 49100 | 0.067 | 19,513 | 1115 | 0.8555 | |
| 176 | University of Delaware | 47300 | 61300 | 0.2294 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 177 | DePaul University | 49100 | 66000 | 0.2562 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 178 | University of Georgia | 49700 | 51600 | 0.0368 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 179 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 53300 | 53300 | 0 | 34,447 | 1273 | 0.8804 | |
| 180 | Dallas Baptist University | 55700 | 63400 | 0.1214 | 2,938 | 1073 | 0.9131 | |
| 181 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58300 | 64100 | 0.0905 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 182 | Auburn University | 58500 | 58500 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 183 | College of Charleston | 61200 | 61200 | 0 | 10,596 | 1234 | 0.73 | |
| 184 | Hawaii Pacific University | 63500 | 65800 | 0.0348 | 3,468 | 1200 | 0.8855 | |
| 185 | University of California-Davis | 68600 | 69800 | 0.0172 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 186 | University of Oregon | 69000 | 71300 | 0.0321 | 20,710 | 1193 | 0.8742 | |
| 187 | University of California-Irvine | 72100 | 75600 | 0.0463 | 30,260 | 1333 | 0.2895 | |
| 188 | Rollins College | 82400 | 82400 | 0 | 2,639 | 1284 | 0.5285 | |
| 188 | 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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