Considering a degree in Biology?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Biology majors who live in New York.
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 York.
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 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 7400 | 36100 | 0.796 | 10,368 | 1064 | 0.999 | |
| 3 | CUNY Brooklyn College | 7700 | 31800 | 0.759 | 11,499 | 1126 | 0.578 | |
| 4 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22000 | 0.6362 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 5 | Duke University | 9500 | 93600 | 0.8987 | 6,525 | 1533 | 0.0524 | |
| 6 | Georgetown University | 9800 | 92700 | 0.8943 | 7,908 | 1470 | 0.1349 | |
| 7 | Southern Utah University | 9900 | 22200 | 0.5551 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 8 | University of California-Davis | 10200 | 38100 | 0.7328 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 9 | Savannah State University | 10300 | 26700 | 0.615 | 2,966 | 950 | 1 | |
| 10 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 10800 | 29100 | 0.6294 | 40,996 | 1399 | 0.4175 | |
| 11 | University of California-San Diego | 11000 | 39700 | 0.7228 | 35,442 | 1375 | 0.2856 | |
| 12 | Eastern Washington University | 11300 | 31200 | 0.6379 | 7,640 | 1045 | 0.8526 | |
| 13 | University of West Florida | 11500 | 21500 | 0.4645 | 9,971 | 1120 | 0.5822 | |
| 14 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 11800 | 24900 | 0.5252 | 5,677 | 985 | 0.9301 | |
| 15 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 12400 | 26500 | 0.5315 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 16 | University of the Virgin Islands | 12500 | 22800 | 0.4511 | 1,650 | 900 | 0.9936 | |
| 17 | Boston University | 12800 | 92800 | 0.8622 | 18,289 | 1475 | 0.1283 | |
| 18 | Mayville State University | 13500 | 22000 | 0.3874 | 1,067 | 1034 | 0.7825 | |
| 19 | Grand Valley State University | 13700 | 25300 | 0.459 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 19 | Virginia Union University | 13700 | 39400 | 0.6518 | 1,205 | 870 | 0.9802 | |
| 19 | Western Washington University | 13700 | 31400 | 0.5637 | 13,609 | 1199 | 0.9371 | |
| 22 | Utah State University | 13800 | 20800 | 0.3369 | 26,629 | 1168 | 0.9212 | |
| 23 | Wesleyan College | 13900 | 43800 | 0.6825 | 500 | 1065 | 0.591 | |
| 24 | Central Michigan University | 14200 | 37800 | 0.6236 | 10,238 | 1099 | 0.9104 | |
| 24 | Miles College | 14200 | 25400 | 0.4403 | 1,180 | 0 | 1 | |
| 26 | Arkansas Tech University | 14300 | 27400 | 0.4784 | 8,279 | 1055 | 0.9747 | |
| 26 | Northeastern University | 14300 | 89900 | 0.8409 | 22,456 | 1481 | 0.0562 | |
| 28 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 14700 | 29300 | 0.4983 | 8,421 | 1054 | 0.9444 | |
| 29 | Troy University | 14900 | 26700 | 0.4418 | 10,130 | 1075 | 0.9535 | |
| 30 | Coastal Carolina University | 15000 | 27200 | 0.4486 | 11,471 | 1160 | 0.7003 | |
| 31 | University of Central Oklahoma | 15400 | 28700 | 0.4635 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 32 | Waynesburg University | 15500 | 45000 | 0.6548 | 1,032 | 1093 | 0.8981 | |
| 33 | Emporia State University | 15600 | 22900 | 0.319 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 33 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 29800 | 0.4782 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 35 | Valley City State University | 15700 | 23800 | 0.338 | 1,663 | 1045 | 0.9942 | |
| 36 | California State University-Long Beach | 15800 | 25800 | 0.3877 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 36 | Weber State University | 15800 | 23600 | 0.33 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 38 | Eastern Michigan University | 16000 | 36100 | 0.557 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 38 | University of California-Los Angeles | 16000 | 36700 | 0.5636 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 38 | West Virginia University | 16000 | 40900 | 0.6085 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 41 | University of Maine | 16100 | 29300 | 0.4508 | 9,182 | 1195 | 0.9562 | |
| 42 | Ferris State University | 16400 | 31000 | 0.4717 | 8,980 | 1015 | 0.8237 | |
| 43 | Millikin University | 17100 | 45000 | 0.6198 | 1,427 | 1065 | 0.765 | |
| 43 | Salem State University | 17100 | 28500 | 0.3999 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 45 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 17200 | 22800 | 0.2459 | 11,994 | 1090 | 0.8651 | |
| 46 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 17500 | 29900 | 0.4139 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 47 | Bridgewater State University | 17700 | 25400 | 0.305 | 8,849 | 1143 | 0.8798 | |
| 47 | University of Miami | 17700 | 95700 | 0.8149 | 13,241 | 1408 | 0.1761 | |
| 49 | Bethel University | 17800 | 35300 | 0.4953 | 2,674 | 970 | 0.6023 | |
| 50 | Lindsey Wilson University | 18000 | 47100 | 0.6181 | 1,738 | 1035 | 0 | |
| 50 | University of California-Santa Cruz | 18000 | 42900 | 0.5811 | 18,194 | 1281 | 0.7273 | |
| 50 | University of Mary | 18000 | 32600 | 0.4472 | 2,821 | 1175 | 0.753 | |
| 53 | University of Rhode Island | 18600 | 33900 | 0.4514 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 54 | East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania | 18800 | 26700 | 0.2963 | 5,130 | 1099 | 0.8645 | |
| 54 | University of Nevada-Reno | 18800 | 28200 | 0.3331 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 56 | SUNY Old Westbury | 18900 | 24400 | 0.2259 | 4,474 | 1110 | 0.8352 | |
| 57 | Madonna University | 19000 | 49200 | 0.6142 | 1,919 | 925 | 0.6757 | |
| 58 | McMurry University | 19300 | 51900 | 0.6276 | 4,133 | 1104 | 0.8984 | |
| 59 | Carlow University | 19400 | 82500 | 0.7649 | 2,303 | 1084 | 0.8768 | |
| 59 | Coker University | 19400 | 47800 | 0.5944 | 1,220 | 1050 | 0.9396 | |
| 59 | University of Southern California | 19400 | 75900 | 0.7448 | 20,768 | 1499 | 0.1119 | |
| 62 | Winona State University | 20000 | 29500 | 0.3231 | 5,317 | 1115 | 0.7549 | |
| 63 | Grove City College | 20100 | 39700 | 0.4943 | 2,247 | 1248 | 0.667 | |
| 63 | Minot State University | 20100 | 23500 | 0.1452 | 2,499 | 1075 | 0.6462 | |
| 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 | |
| 68 | Bradley University | 21300 | 50800 | 0.5806 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 69 | Central Methodist University-College of Liberal Arts and Sciences | 21400 | 52700 | 0.5943 | 1,040 | 1075 | 0.6271 | |
| 70 | Montana State University | 22000 | 27100 | 0.1879 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 71 | The University of Alabama | 22300 | 31000 | 0.2804 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 72 | San Jose State University | 22600 | 41100 | 0.4502 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 73 | Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences | 22700 | 56900 | 0.6007 | 533 | 1244 | 0.5269 | |
| 73 | Augustana College | 22700 | 72800 | 0.6881 | 2,536 | 1157 | 0.6628 | |
| 73 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 22700 | 90700 | 0.7498 | 8,727 | 1055 | 0.9703 | |
| 73 | Juniata College | 22700 | 73800 | 0.6922 | 1,276 | 1263 | 0.7941 | |
| 73 | Niagara University | 22700 | 57500 | 0.6051 | 2,638 | 1170 | 0.876 | |
| 78 | Daemen University | 22900 | 54300 | 0.5783 | 1,656 | 1050 | 0.7375 | |
| 78 | Saint Cloud State University | 22900 | 36800 | 0.3775 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 80 | Keuka College | 23000 | 59400 | 0.6123 | 986 | 1043 | 0.8151 | |
| 81 | Illinois State University | 23100 | 36400 | 0.3667 | 19,513 | 1115 | 0.8555 | |
| 81 | University of Southern Mississippi | 23100 | 23100 | 0 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 83 | Stockton University | 23300 | 32100 | 0.274 | 7,583 | 1134 | 0.901 | |
| 84 | Southwest Minnesota State University | 23400 | 26700 | 0.1233 | 7,290 | 1015 | 0.6409 | |
| 84 | York College of Pennsylvania | 23400 | 45800 | 0.4895 | 3,369 | 1153 | 0.7374 | |
| 86 | State University of New York at Cortland | 24300 | 27800 | 0.1246 | 5,890 | 1175 | 0.624 | |
| 87 | Unity Environmental University | 24400 | 29900 | 0.1842 | 6,525 | 0 | 0.818 | |
| 88 | Huntingdon College | 24500 | 44400 | 0.4479 | 943 | 1130 | 0.692 | |
| 89 | Wisconsin Lutheran College | 24700 | 56700 | 0.5642 | 957 | 1233 | 0.7816 | |
| 90 | University of Hawaii at Hilo | 24800 | 38300 | 0.3527 | 2,304 | 990 | 0.8351 | |
| 91 | The University of Findlay | 24900 | 50600 | 0.5075 | 4,132 | 1090 | 0.6748 | |
| 92 | University of Mary Hardin-Baylor | 25100 | 53800 | 0.5336 | 2,775 | 1105 | 0.9747 | |
| 93 | Evangel University | 25400 | 40900 | 0.3794 | 1,843 | 1180 | 0.7161 | |
| 94 | Ave Maria University | 25500 | 46600 | 0.453 | 1,320 | 1164 | 0.4139 | |
| 95 | Mercy University | 25700 | 44500 | 0.4227 | 6,692 | 1135 | 0.8724 | |
| 95 | Messiah University | 25700 | 54300 | 0.5264 | 2,722 | 1266 | 0.8107 | |
| 95 | Minnesota State University, Mankato | 25700 | 28000 | 0.0817 | 13,433 | 1145 | 0.8844 | |
| 98 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 26000 | 28300 | 0.0809 | 3,375 | 1090 | 0.5885 | |
| 99 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 26100 | 41500 | 0.3709 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 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 | 0.4755 | 1,299 | 1167 | 0.9556 | |
| 101 | SUNY College at Potsdam | 26400 | 37700 | 0.2995 | 1,750 | 1060 | 0.8241 | |
| 104 | Trine University | 26500 | 56100 | 0.5278 | 4,373 | 1159 | 0.8548 | |
| 105 | St. Francis College | 26600 | 38400 | 0.3076 | 1,719 | 1035 | 1 | |
| 106 | Wingate University | 26700 | 65000 | 0.5892 | 2,673 | 1100 | 0.9113 | |
| 107 | Saint Edward's University | 27400 | 73200 | 0.626 | 2,499 | 1128 | 0.8142 | |
| 108 | Mitchell College | 27500 | 66600 | 0.5871 | 442 | 817 | 0.9466 | |
| 109 | North Dakota State University | 27700 | 30400 | 0.0886 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 110 | Florida Southern College | 27800 | 63200 | 0.56 | 2,682 | 1264 | 0.6442 | |
| 110 | Wichita State University | 27800 | 39800 | 0.3034 | 14,906 | 1065 | 0.7224 | |
| 112 | Francis Marion University | 28000 | 40200 | 0.3038 | 3,793 | 1015 | 0.9508 | |
| 113 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 28300 | 49100 | 0.4237 | 29,727 | 990 | 0.9229 | |
| 114 | Saint Xavier University | 28400 | 53700 | 0.4708 | 3,100 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 115 | Maine Maritime Academy | 28700 | 33400 | 0.1409 | 977 | 1189 | 0.9615 | |
| 116 | Montclair State University | 28800 | 36300 | 0.2067 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 117 | Grace College and Theological Seminary | 28900 | 41800 | 0.3077 | 1,795 | 1130 | 0.8215 | |
| 117 | SUNY at Fredonia | 28900 | 39600 | 0.2705 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 119 | University of Alaska Southeast | 29000 | 31300 | 0.0733 | 1,559 | 1020 | 0.6192 | |
| 120 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29100 | 34000 | 0.1442 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 121 | Huntington University | 29200 | 44300 | 0.3407 | 1,512 | 1065 | 0.7518 | |
| 121 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 29200 | 42200 | 0.3079 | 15,735 | 1069 | 0.8797 | |
| 123 | University of Connecticut | 29300 | 39500 | 0.2583 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 124 | SUNY College at Geneseo | 29400 | 39400 | 0.254 | 3,943 | 1275 | 0.3333 | |
| 125 | Blue Mountain Christian University | 29600 | 39900 | 0.2577 | 915 | 1095 | 0.8895 | |
| 125 | Southwestern College | 29600 | 64400 | 0.5404 | 816 | 1000 | 0.4729 | |
| 127 | Lipscomb University | 29700 | 57800 | 0.4859 | 3,327 | 1214 | 0.6774 | |
| 128 | University of Pikeville | 29800 | 34800 | 0.1438 | 1,164 | 1070 | 0.8967 | |
| 129 | Mississippi State University | 30100 | 34400 | 0.1246 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 130 | Bryan College-Dayton | 30200 | 36000 | 0.161 | 1,565 | 1085 | 1 | |
| 131 | Utah Tech University | 30300 | 35200 | 0.1393 | 12,993 | 1065 | 1 | |
| 132 | Jacksonville University | 30400 | 74200 | 0.5901 | 2,916 | 1210 | 0.5748 | |
| 133 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 30500 | 59100 | 0.4837 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 134 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 30600 | 77600 | 0.6055 | 4,999 | 1258 | 0.9296 | |
| 134 | State University of New York at New Paltz | 30600 | 35700 | 0.1427 | 6,113 | 1279 | 0.6267 | |
| 136 | University of Louisville | 30700 | 42000 | 0.2689 | 17,916 | 1134 | 0.7921 | |
| 137 | Hampton University | 31300 | 54800 | 0.4288 | 4,046 | 1005 | 0.6358 | |
| 138 | Samford University | 32300 | 64600 | 0.5001 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 139 | Liberty University | 33200 | 44600 | 0.2556 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 140 | Elizabethtown College | 33600 | 55300 | 0.3925 | 1,935 | 1214 | 0.8892 | |
| 140 | Nova Southeastern University | 33600 | 56100 | 0.401 | 7,057 | 1187 | 0.7557 | |
| 142 | Auburn University | 33700 | 34100 | 0.0117 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 143 | Siena University | 33800 | 64300 | 0.4737 | 3,149 | 1301 | 0.8464 | |
| 144 | Southeastern University | 34100 | 60500 | 0.4361 | 11,981 | 1110 | 0.4247 | |
| 145 | Charleston Southern University | 34200 | 48400 | 0.295 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 146 | Barry University | 34700 | 56400 | 0.3845 | 4,654 | 1005 | 0.9663 | |
| 147 | University of South Florida | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 148 | University of New England | 35100 | 68000 | 0.4841 | 4,631 | 1145 | 0.9203 | |
| 149 | Centenary University | 35300 | 63600 | 0.4449 | 936 | 1070 | 0.8308 | |
| 149 | Pfeiffer University | 35300 | 56100 | 0.3705 | 696 | 941 | 0.9603 | |
| 151 | Roger Williams University | 35600 | 63700 | 0.4414 | 3,970 | 1235 | 0.882 | |
| 152 | Indiana Wesleyan University-Marion | 35700 | 48500 | 0.2637 | 2,075 | 1090 | 0.8894 | |
| 152 | The University of Tampa | 35700 | 56900 | 0.3723 | 10,710 | 1250 | 0.4363 | |
| 154 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 36100 | 36100 | 0 | 16,131 | 1275 | 0.6472 | |
| 155 | Florida International University | 36500 | 36800 | 0.0081 | 46,249 | 1180 | 0.6085 | |
| 156 | Eckerd College | 36600 | 75100 | 0.5126 | 1,893 | 1255 | 0.758 | |
| 157 | Northwest Nazarene University | 38100 | 62800 | 0.3932 | 1,043 | 1145 | 0.7159 | |
| 157 | Saint Joseph's College of Maine | 38100 | 65000 | 0.4136 | 1,105 | 1055 | 0.8351 | |
| 159 | University of Dubuque | 38200 | 65900 | 0.4214 | 1,395 | 1074 | 0.8731 | |
| 160 | Western New England University | 38400 | 69200 | 0.4452 | 2,616 | 1199 | 0.8348 | |
| 161 | Reinhardt University | 38700 | 49300 | 0.2139 | 1,129 | 1070 | 0.6154 | |
| 162 | SUNY Oneonta | 39300 | 41700 | 0.0575 | 4,815 | 1090 | 0.7696 | |
| 163 | University of Central Florida | 39700 | 39700 | 0 | 60,083 | 1289 | 0.428 | |
| 164 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 39900 | 47500 | 0.16 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 165 | University of Wyoming | 40000 | 45300 | 0.1168 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 166 | University of New Haven | 40800 | 67300 | 0.3936 | 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 | Providence College | 42800 | 85000 | 0.4966 | 4,680 | 1345 | 0.4994 | |
| 169 | Sacred Heart University | 42800 | 67500 | 0.3662 | 7,291 | 1265 | 0.6363 | |
| 169 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42800 | 56200 | 0.2385 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 172 | University of Florida | 43100 | 45700 | 0.057 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 173 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43400 | 68700 | 0.3679 | 4,279 | 1234 | 0.5796 | |
| 174 | CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice | 43600 | 43700 | 0.0023 | 11,942 | 1073 | 0.5708 | |
| 175 | St. John's University-New York | 44300 | 78100 | 0.4318 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 176 | Quinnipiac University | 44700 | 79200 | 0.4355 | 6,610 | 1250 | 0.7031 | |
| 177 | Stony Brook University | 45700 | 53000 | 0.1375 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 178 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47100 | 59700 | 0.2124 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 178 | University of Delaware | 47100 | 61300 | 0.2315 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 180 | DePaul University | 49100 | 66000 | 0.2562 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 181 | University of Georgia | 49700 | 51600 | 0.0368 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 182 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 53300 | 53300 | 0 | 34,447 | 1273 | 0.8804 | |
| 183 | Dallas Baptist University | 55600 | 63400 | 0.123 | 2,938 | 1073 | 0.9131 | |
| 184 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 55900 | 63800 | 0.1237 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 185 | College of Charleston | 61200 | 61200 | 0 | 10,596 | 1234 | 0.73 | |
| 186 | Hawaii Pacific University | 63500 | 65800 | 0.0348 | 3,468 | 1200 | 0.8855 | |
| 187 | University of Oregon | 69000 | 71300 | 0.0321 | 20,710 | 1193 | 0.8742 | |
| 188 | University of California-Irvine | 72100 | 75600 | 0.0463 | 30,260 | 1333 | 0.2895 | |
| 189 | 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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