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 | CUNY Brooklyn College | 7700 | 31800 | 0.759 | 11,499 | 1126 | 0.578 | |
| 3 | CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice | 7900 | 36700 | 0.7855 | 11,942 | 1073 | 0.5708 | |
| 4 | Brigham Young University | 8100 | 22300 | 0.6382 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 5 | University of Central Florida | 10000 | 31900 | 0.6867 | 60,083 | 1289 | 0.428 | |
| 6 | University of Nevada-Reno | 10100 | 45800 | 0.7802 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 7 | Georgetown University | 10200 | 92700 | 0.8899 | 7,908 | 1470 | 0.1349 | |
| 8 | Savannah State University | 10400 | 50900 | 0.796 | 2,966 | 950 | 1 | |
| 9 | Southern Utah University | 10500 | 51400 | 0.7957 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 10 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 11200 | 33800 | 0.6688 | 40,996 | 1399 | 0.4175 | |
| 11 | Eastern Washington University | 11300 | 30700 | 0.6322 | 7,640 | 1045 | 0.8526 | |
| 12 | Francis Marion University | 11600 | 31300 | 0.6294 | 3,793 | 1015 | 0.9508 | |
| 12 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 11600 | 29300 | 0.6041 | 8,421 | 1054 | 0.9444 | |
| 12 | University of Hawaii at Hilo | 11600 | 56000 | 0.7928 | 2,304 | 990 | 0.8351 | |
| 15 | University of West Florida | 12000 | 50500 | 0.7631 | 9,971 | 1120 | 0.5822 | |
| 16 | Boston University | 12100 | 93200 | 0.8701 | 18,289 | 1475 | 0.1283 | |
| 17 | Northern Arizona University | 12200 | 30400 | 0.5979 | 22,203 | 1129 | 0.8961 | |
| 18 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 12500 | 62800 | 0.8008 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 19 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 12700 | 38300 | 0.6678 | 5,677 | 985 | 0.9301 | |
| 19 | University of South Florida | 12700 | 22400 | 0.4335 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 21 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 13000 | 27100 | 0.5195 | 29,727 | 990 | 0.9229 | |
| 22 | Wesleyan College | 13100 | 63100 | 0.7927 | 500 | 1065 | 0.591 | |
| 23 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 13300 | 22800 | 0.4172 | 11,994 | 1090 | 0.8651 | |
| 24 | Mayville State University | 13400 | 22000 | 0.3922 | 1,067 | 1034 | 0.7825 | |
| 24 | Virginia Union University | 13400 | 51700 | 0.7411 | 1,205 | 870 | 0.9802 | |
| 26 | Bridgewater State University | 13600 | 28800 | 0.5274 | 8,849 | 1143 | 0.8798 | |
| 26 | Eastern Michigan University | 13600 | 33900 | 0.5982 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 28 | University of the Virgin Islands | 13700 | 29600 | 0.5364 | 1,650 | 900 | 0.9936 | |
| 29 | Coastal Carolina University | 13800 | 45300 | 0.6957 | 11,471 | 1160 | 0.7003 | |
| 29 | Salem State University | 13800 | 38300 | 0.6393 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 31 | Arkansas Tech University | 14300 | 31400 | 0.5438 | 8,279 | 1055 | 0.9747 | |
| 31 | Miles College | 14300 | 35100 | 0.5925 | 1,180 | 0 | 1 | |
| 33 | Troy University | 14400 | 26700 | 0.4606 | 10,130 | 1075 | 0.9535 | |
| 33 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 14400 | 56900 | 0.7469 | 15,735 | 1069 | 0.8797 | |
| 35 | West Virginia University | 14500 | 73100 | 0.8013 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 36 | Central Michigan University | 14600 | 37400 | 0.6102 | 10,238 | 1099 | 0.9104 | |
| 37 | University of Maine | 14700 | 29300 | 0.4986 | 9,182 | 1195 | 0.9562 | |
| 38 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 15000 | 90700 | 0.8347 | 8,727 | 1055 | 0.9703 | |
| 39 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 29800 | 0.4782 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 39 | Waynesburg University | 15600 | 45000 | 0.6543 | 1,032 | 1093 | 0.8981 | |
| 41 | Mercy University | 15700 | 46400 | 0.6621 | 6,692 | 1135 | 0.8724 | |
| 42 | Grand Valley State University | 15800 | 28300 | 0.441 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 42 | Lindsey Wilson University | 15800 | 49300 | 0.6797 | 1,738 | 1035 | 0 | |
| 44 | Madonna University | 15900 | 67900 | 0.7653 | 1,919 | 925 | 0.6757 | |
| 45 | University of California-Los Angeles | 16000 | 36700 | 0.5636 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 46 | SUNY College at Potsdam | 16200 | 47900 | 0.6624 | 1,750 | 1060 | 0.8241 | |
| 47 | California State University-Long Beach | 16300 | 25800 | 0.3683 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 48 | Montclair State University | 16500 | 36000 | 0.5419 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 48 | University of Miami | 16500 | 96300 | 0.8288 | 13,241 | 1408 | 0.1761 | |
| 50 | Emporia State University | 16700 | 31200 | 0.4649 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 51 | Bethel University | 16800 | 48700 | 0.6557 | 2,674 | 970 | 0.6023 | |
| 52 | College of Charleston | 16900 | 33900 | 0.502 | 10,596 | 1234 | 0.73 | |
| 52 | Daemen University | 16900 | 54300 | 0.6888 | 1,656 | 1050 | 0.7375 | |
| 52 | Weber State University | 16900 | 20300 | 0.1678 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 55 | Duke University | 17300 | 98500 | 0.8246 | 6,525 | 1533 | 0.0524 | |
| 56 | Northeastern University | 17500 | 90000 | 0.8052 | 22,456 | 1481 | 0.0562 | |
| 56 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 17500 | 29900 | 0.4141 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 58 | York College of Pennsylvania | 17800 | 45800 | 0.6119 | 3,369 | 1153 | 0.7374 | |
| 59 | San Jose State University | 17900 | 41100 | 0.564 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 60 | University of Mary | 18000 | 32600 | 0.4468 | 2,821 | 1175 | 0.753 | |
| 61 | Coker University | 18100 | 47800 | 0.6216 | 1,220 | 1050 | 0.9396 | |
| 62 | McMurry University | 18500 | 71400 | 0.7413 | 4,133 | 1104 | 0.8984 | |
| 62 | Niagara University | 18500 | 57500 | 0.6781 | 2,638 | 1170 | 0.876 | |
| 64 | SUNY College at Geneseo | 19300 | 25700 | 0.2489 | 3,943 | 1275 | 0.3333 | |
| 64 | Unity Environmental University | 19300 | 48200 | 0.5991 | 6,525 | 0 | 0.818 | |
| 66 | SUNY Oneonta | 19400 | 29400 | 0.339 | 4,815 | 1090 | 0.7696 | |
| 67 | Carlow University | 19500 | 53900 | 0.638 | 2,303 | 1084 | 0.8768 | |
| 68 | Stockton University | 19800 | 46100 | 0.5707 | 7,583 | 1134 | 0.901 | |
| 69 | Winona State University | 19900 | 29500 | 0.3267 | 5,317 | 1115 | 0.7549 | |
| 70 | Minot State University | 20000 | 23500 | 0.1497 | 2,499 | 1075 | 0.6462 | |
| 71 | Grove City College | 20100 | 39700 | 0.4943 | 2,247 | 1248 | 0.667 | |
| 72 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 20200 | 39200 | 0.4849 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 73 | SUNY at Fredonia | 20300 | 27900 | 0.2733 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 74 | Central Methodist University-College of Liberal Arts and Sciences | 20400 | 71000 | 0.7123 | 1,040 | 1075 | 0.6271 | |
| 74 | SUNY Old Westbury | 20400 | 24400 | 0.1644 | 4,474 | 1110 | 0.8352 | |
| 76 | Florida College | 20500 | 56800 | 0.6385 | 728 | 1099 | 0.6966 | |
| 77 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 20600 | 27800 | 0.2587 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 78 | Ferris State University | 20700 | 31000 | 0.3328 | 8,980 | 1015 | 0.8237 | |
| 78 | Millikin University | 20700 | 45000 | 0.5398 | 1,427 | 1065 | 0.765 | |
| 78 | North Dakota State University | 20700 | 25700 | 0.1942 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 81 | La Sierra University | 20900 | 51200 | 0.5923 | 1,266 | 1124 | 0.9069 | |
| 82 | University of Florida | 21700 | 22500 | 0.0355 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 83 | Utah State University | 22000 | 39000 | 0.4358 | 26,629 | 1168 | 0.9212 | |
| 84 | Juniata College | 22200 | 75300 | 0.7056 | 1,276 | 1263 | 0.7941 | |
| 85 | The University of Alabama | 22300 | 33400 | 0.3322 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 86 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 22500 | 36100 | 0.3764 | 34,447 | 1273 | 0.8804 | |
| 87 | Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences | 22600 | 56900 | 0.602 | 533 | 1244 | 0.5269 | |
| 87 | Augustana College | 22600 | 72800 | 0.6891 | 2,536 | 1157 | 0.6628 | |
| 89 | Saint Cloud State University | 22800 | 36800 | 0.3803 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 90 | Southwest Minnesota State University | 23300 | 26700 | 0.1273 | 7,290 | 1015 | 0.6409 | |
| 91 | Huntingdon College | 23500 | 65000 | 0.6383 | 943 | 1130 | 0.692 | |
| 91 | Saint Edward's University | 23500 | 105600 | 0.7776 | 2,499 | 1128 | 0.8142 | |
| 93 | State University of New York at New Paltz | 23700 | 26300 | 0.0999 | 6,113 | 1279 | 0.6267 | |
| 93 | University of Southern Mississippi | 23700 | 27200 | 0.1287 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 95 | University of Central Oklahoma | 24000 | 34000 | 0.2941 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 96 | East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania | 24300 | 37700 | 0.3551 | 5,130 | 1099 | 0.8645 | |
| 96 | Montana State University | 24300 | 24400 | 0.0041 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 98 | The University of Findlay | 24400 | 50600 | 0.5174 | 4,132 | 1090 | 0.6748 | |
| 99 | Wisconsin Lutheran College | 24700 | 56700 | 0.5653 | 957 | 1233 | 0.7816 | |
| 100 | Messiah University | 24800 | 54700 | 0.5467 | 2,722 | 1266 | 0.8107 | |
| 101 | Ave Maria University | 25000 | 46600 | 0.4637 | 1,320 | 1164 | 0.4139 | |
| 101 | Keuka College | 25000 | 64000 | 0.6089 | 986 | 1043 | 0.8151 | |
| 103 | University of California-Santa Cruz | 25500 | 43400 | 0.4122 | 18,194 | 1281 | 0.7273 | |
| 104 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 25900 | 28300 | 0.0847 | 3,375 | 1090 | 0.5885 | |
| 105 | Geneva College | 26400 | 50300 | 0.4766 | 1,299 | 1167 | 0.9556 | |
| 106 | St. Francis College | 26500 | 38400 | 0.3102 | 1,719 | 1035 | 1 | |
| 106 | Trine University | 26500 | 56100 | 0.5279 | 4,373 | 1159 | 0.8548 | |
| 108 | Ball State University | 26600 | 26600 | 0 | 15,950 | 1185 | 0.8625 | |
| 109 | Wingate University | 26800 | 67100 | 0.6016 | 2,673 | 1100 | 0.9113 | |
| 110 | Valley City State University | 26900 | 29300 | 0.0816 | 1,663 | 1045 | 0.9942 | |
| 111 | Mitchell College | 27500 | 63900 | 0.5694 | 442 | 817 | 0.9466 | |
| 112 | Florida Southern College | 27700 | 63200 | 0.5616 | 2,682 | 1264 | 0.6442 | |
| 113 | Wichita State University | 27900 | 30600 | 0.0882 | 14,906 | 1065 | 0.7224 | |
| 114 | Jacksonville University | 28600 | 102400 | 0.7206 | 2,916 | 1210 | 0.5748 | |
| 115 | Utah Tech University | 28800 | 35200 | 0.1819 | 12,993 | 1065 | 1 | |
| 116 | Grace College and Theological Seminary | 28900 | 41800 | 0.3075 | 1,795 | 1130 | 0.8215 | |
| 116 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 28900 | 112100 | 0.7421 | 4,999 | 1258 | 0.9296 | |
| 116 | University of Alaska Southeast | 28900 | 31300 | 0.0766 | 1,559 | 1020 | 0.6192 | |
| 119 | Saint Xavier University | 29000 | 58200 | 0.5014 | 3,100 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 119 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29000 | 34200 | 0.1519 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 121 | Huntington University | 29100 | 44400 | 0.3443 | 1,512 | 1065 | 0.7518 | |
| 122 | Southwestern College | 29300 | 89500 | 0.6728 | 816 | 1000 | 0.4729 | |
| 123 | Blue Mountain Christian University | 29500 | 39900 | 0.2604 | 915 | 1095 | 0.8895 | |
| 124 | University of Southern California | 29700 | 98300 | 0.698 | 20,768 | 1499 | 0.1119 | |
| 125 | University of Pikeville | 29800 | 34800 | 0.1438 | 1,164 | 1070 | 0.8967 | |
| 126 | Mississippi State University | 30000 | 34400 | 0.1276 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 127 | Bryan College-Dayton | 30100 | 36000 | 0.1639 | 1,565 | 1085 | 1 | |
| 128 | Hampton University | 31400 | 54800 | 0.427 | 4,046 | 1005 | 0.6358 | |
| 129 | Centenary University | 31500 | 63000 | 0.4998 | 936 | 1070 | 0.8308 | |
| 130 | Nova Southeastern University | 31800 | 56100 | 0.4331 | 7,057 | 1187 | 0.7557 | |
| 131 | University of Louisville | 31900 | 42100 | 0.242 | 17,916 | 1134 | 0.7921 | |
| 132 | University of Mary Hardin-Baylor | 32100 | 51900 | 0.3814 | 2,775 | 1105 | 0.9747 | |
| 133 | Liberty University | 32500 | 44700 | 0.2727 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 134 | University of New England | 32700 | 70900 | 0.5389 | 4,631 | 1145 | 0.9203 | |
| 135 | Siena University | 33100 | 64300 | 0.4846 | 3,149 | 1301 | 0.8464 | |
| 136 | Elizabethtown College | 33500 | 57500 | 0.4172 | 1,935 | 1214 | 0.8892 | |
| 137 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 33800 | 59100 | 0.4278 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 138 | Charleston Southern University | 34100 | 48400 | 0.2971 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 139 | Samford University | 34300 | 93800 | 0.6344 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 140 | Barry University | 34800 | 58800 | 0.4082 | 4,654 | 1005 | 0.9663 | |
| 141 | Bradley University | 34900 | 60600 | 0.424 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 141 | St. John's University-New York | 34900 | 82800 | 0.5787 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 143 | Minnesota State University, Mankato | 35200 | 37600 | 0.0637 | 13,433 | 1145 | 0.8844 | |
| 143 | Pfeiffer University | 35200 | 56100 | 0.3724 | 696 | 941 | 0.9603 | |
| 145 | Auburn University | 35300 | 35300 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 146 | Roger Williams University | 35500 | 63700 | 0.443 | 3,970 | 1235 | 0.882 | |
| 147 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 36100 | 36100 | 0 | 16,131 | 1275 | 0.6472 | |
| 147 | Western New England University | 36100 | 70600 | 0.4885 | 2,616 | 1199 | 0.8348 | |
| 149 | Florida International University | 36600 | 36800 | 0.0054 | 46,249 | 1180 | 0.6085 | |
| 150 | Indiana Wesleyan University-Marion | 36800 | 49100 | 0.2506 | 2,075 | 1090 | 0.8894 | |
| 150 | University of Rhode Island | 36800 | 58400 | 0.3698 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 152 | University of Connecticut | 37100 | 66200 | 0.4399 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 153 | Eckerd College | 37400 | 77000 | 0.5143 | 1,893 | 1255 | 0.758 | |
| 153 | Southeastern University | 37400 | 79400 | 0.5291 | 11,981 | 1110 | 0.4247 | |
| 155 | State University of New York at Cortland | 37600 | 52600 | 0.2849 | 5,890 | 1175 | 0.624 | |
| 156 | University of Dubuque | 38000 | 65900 | 0.423 | 1,395 | 1074 | 0.8731 | |
| 157 | Loyola University Chicago | 38500 | 74800 | 0.4855 | 12,640 | 1262 | 0.751 | |
| 157 | Maine Maritime Academy | 38500 | 53000 | 0.2737 | 977 | 1189 | 0.9615 | |
| 159 | Evangel University | 39000 | 49700 | 0.2151 | 1,843 | 1180 | 0.7161 | |
| 160 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 39800 | 42800 | 0.0702 | 14,657 | 1190 | 0.7583 | |
| 161 | University of Wyoming | 39900 | 45300 | 0.1191 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 162 | Saint Joseph's College of Maine | 40100 | 66900 | 0.4008 | 1,105 | 1055 | 0.8351 | |
| 163 | Rollins College | 42600 | 85700 | 0.5031 | 2,639 | 1284 | 0.5285 | |
| 164 | Providence College | 42700 | 85000 | 0.4976 | 4,680 | 1345 | 0.4994 | |
| 165 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43300 | 68700 | 0.3694 | 4,279 | 1234 | 0.5796 | |
| 166 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 43500 | 72500 | 0.4001 | 10,368 | 1064 | 0.999 | |
| 167 | Western Washington University | 43800 | 52400 | 0.1641 | 13,609 | 1199 | 0.9371 | |
| 168 | The University of Tampa | 45500 | 58500 | 0.2222 | 10,710 | 1250 | 0.4363 | |
| 169 | Stony Brook University | 45600 | 53000 | 0.1395 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 170 | Illinois State University | 45700 | 49100 | 0.0692 | 19,513 | 1115 | 0.8555 | |
| 171 | University of New Haven | 46500 | 73500 | 0.3672 | 4,969 | 1219 | 0.5589 | |
| 172 | Reinhardt University | 46900 | 59300 | 0.2091 | 1,129 | 1070 | 0.6154 | |
| 173 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47100 | 61500 | 0.234 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 174 | University of Delaware | 47200 | 62500 | 0.246 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 175 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48300 | 51200 | 0.0565 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 176 | University of Georgia | 48500 | 52300 | 0.0726 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 177 | Lipscomb University | 48700 | 69900 | 0.3038 | 3,327 | 1214 | 0.6774 | |
| 178 | DePaul University | 49000 | 69400 | 0.2938 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 179 | Sacred Heart University | 49400 | 67500 | 0.2681 | 7,291 | 1265 | 0.6363 | |
| 180 | Northwest Nazarene University | 50200 | 87600 | 0.4268 | 1,043 | 1145 | 0.7159 | |
| 181 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 50800 | 63800 | 0.2038 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 182 | Quinnipiac University | 51400 | 79700 | 0.3553 | 6,610 | 1250 | 0.7031 | |
| 183 | University of California-San Diego | 55200 | 79600 | 0.3064 | 35,442 | 1375 | 0.2856 | |
| 184 | Dallas Baptist University | 55600 | 84300 | 0.3405 | 2,938 | 1073 | 0.9131 | |
| 185 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58400 | 63700 | 0.0832 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 186 | Hawaii Pacific University | 63400 | 65800 | 0.0364 | 3,468 | 1200 | 0.8855 | |
| 187 | University of California-Davis | 68600 | 69900 | 0.0186 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 188 | University of Oregon | 68900 | 71300 | 0.0336 | 20,710 | 1193 | 0.8742 | |
| 189 | University of California-Irvine | 72200 | 75200 | 0.0399 | 30,260 | 1333 | 0.2895 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.
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