Considering a degree in Biology?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Biology majors who live in Ohio.
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 Ohio.
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 | 95700 | 0.938 | 6,738 | 1535 | 0.0418 | |
| 2 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 7800 | 36100 | 0.7849 | 10,368 | 1064 | 0.999 | |
| 3 | Brigham Young University | 8100 | 22300 | 0.6382 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 4 | Columbus State Community College | 9000 | 20800 | 0.5679 | 28,081 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | Savannah State University | 10100 | 50900 | 0.8019 | 2,966 | 925 | 1 | |
| 6 | Southern Utah University | 11000 | 51400 | 0.7859 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 7 | Eastern Washington University | 11500 | 30700 | 0.6257 | 7,640 | 995 | 0.8526 | |
| 8 | University of Hawaii at Hilo | 12000 | 56000 | 0.7857 | 2,304 | 1005 | 0.8351 | |
| 9 | University of West Florida | 12100 | 22200 | 0.4545 | 9,971 | 1149 | 0.5822 | |
| 10 | Northern Arizona University | 12200 | 30400 | 0.5979 | 22,203 | 1090 | 0.8961 | |
| 11 | Boston University | 12600 | 93200 | 0.8647 | 18,289 | 1475 | 0.1283 | |
| 11 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 12600 | 29300 | 0.57 | 8,421 | 1045 | 0.9444 | |
| 13 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 13000 | 62800 | 0.7929 | 13,039 | 1010 | 0.894 | |
| 14 | Wesleyan College | 13200 | 63100 | 0.7912 | 500 | 1065 | 0.591 | |
| 15 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 13300 | 27100 | 0.5085 | 29,727 | 980 | 0.9229 | |
| 15 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 13300 | 43000 | 0.6907 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 17 | Coastal Carolina University | 13400 | 27200 | 0.5074 | 11,471 | 1145 | 0.7003 | |
| 18 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 13700 | 38300 | 0.6417 | 5,677 | 1085 | 0.9301 | |
| 19 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 14000 | 22800 | 0.3865 | 11,994 | 1090 | 0.8651 | |
| 19 | Utah State University | 14000 | 21000 | 0.3327 | 26,629 | 1176 | 0.9212 | |
| 21 | Eastern Michigan University | 14300 | 33900 | 0.5776 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 21 | Salem State University | 14300 | 38300 | 0.6262 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 23 | Virginia Union University | 14400 | 51700 | 0.7217 | 1,205 | 870 | 0.9802 | |
| 24 | Arkansas Tech University | 14500 | 31400 | 0.5374 | 8,279 | 1035 | 0.9747 | |
| 24 | Central Michigan University | 14500 | 37400 | 0.6129 | 10,238 | 1095 | 0.9104 | |
| 26 | Mercy University | 14700 | 46400 | 0.6836 | 6,692 | 1135 | 0.8724 | |
| 26 | Miles College | 14700 | 35100 | 0.5811 | 1,180 | 0 | 1 | |
| 26 | University of the Virgin Islands | 14700 | 29600 | 0.5027 | 1,650 | 925 | 0.9936 | |
| 29 | Troy University | 14900 | 26700 | 0.4418 | 10,130 | 1090 | 0.9535 | |
| 29 | University of California-Irvine | 14900 | 40400 | 0.6309 | 30,260 | 1333 | 0.2895 | |
| 31 | Ball State University | 15100 | 22400 | 0.3261 | 15,950 | 1170 | 0.8625 | |
| 31 | Georgetown University | 15100 | 92700 | 0.8371 | 7,908 | 1457 | 0.1349 | |
| 31 | Lindsey Wilson University | 15100 | 49300 | 0.6939 | 1,738 | 0 | 0 | |
| 31 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 15100 | 54400 | 0.7229 | 15,735 | 1103 | 0.8797 | |
| 31 | University of Nevada-Reno | 15100 | 28200 | 0.4642 | 20,204 | 1134 | 0.8313 | |
| 36 | University of Maine | 15200 | 29300 | 0.4815 | 9,182 | 1205 | 0.9562 | |
| 36 | West Virginia University | 15200 | 73100 | 0.7918 | 18,206 | 1125 | 0.8514 | |
| 38 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 29800 | 0.4782 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 39 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 16100 | 90700 | 0.8225 | 8,727 | 1055 | 0.9703 | |
| 39 | Niagara University | 16100 | 57400 | 0.7192 | 2,638 | 1160 | 0.876 | |
| 41 | Madonna University | 16400 | 67900 | 0.758 | 1,919 | 980 | 0.6757 | |
| 42 | Francis Marion University | 16500 | 36100 | 0.5425 | 3,793 | 1015 | 0.9508 | |
| 43 | Grove City College | 16600 | 39700 | 0.5826 | 2,247 | 1266 | 0.667 | |
| 44 | University of Miami | 16700 | 96300 | 0.8267 | 13,241 | 1406 | 0.1761 | |
| 45 | Waynesburg University | 16900 | 45000 | 0.6241 | 1,032 | 1093 | 0.8981 | |
| 46 | Bethel University | 17000 | 48700 | 0.6516 | 2,674 | 970 | 0.6023 | |
| 47 | SUNY at Fredonia | 17100 | 27800 | 0.3854 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 48 | Montclair State University | 17200 | 36000 | 0.5224 | 19,048 | 1058 | 0.894 | |
| 49 | Duke University | 17300 | 98500 | 0.8246 | 6,525 | 1527 | 0.0524 | |
| 49 | Emporia State University | 17300 | 31200 | 0.4457 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 49 | SUNY College at Potsdam | 17300 | 49300 | 0.6493 | 1,750 | 1060 | 0.8241 | |
| 49 | Winona State University | 17300 | 23000 | 0.2496 | 5,317 | 1115 | 0.7549 | |
| 53 | Utah Tech University | 17600 | 23300 | 0.245 | 12,993 | 0 | 1 | |
| 54 | Northeastern University | 17900 | 90000 | 0.8008 | 22,456 | 1490 | 0.0562 | |
| 54 | York College of Pennsylvania | 17900 | 45800 | 0.6097 | 3,369 | 1153 | 0.7374 | |
| 56 | San Jose State University | 18300 | 41100 | 0.5542 | 29,890 | 1124 | 0.8039 | |
| 57 | University of Central Oklahoma | 18600 | 31100 | 0.4024 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 57 | University of Rhode Island | 18600 | 33900 | 0.4514 | 14,466 | 1148 | 0.7456 | |
| 59 | University of Mary | 18800 | 32600 | 0.423 | 2,821 | 1175 | 0.753 | |
| 60 | McMurry University | 18900 | 71400 | 0.7357 | 4,133 | 1065 | 0.8984 | |
| 61 | Coker University | 19000 | 47800 | 0.6028 | 1,220 | 1050 | 0.9396 | |
| 62 | Western Washington University | 19400 | 31600 | 0.3867 | 13,609 | 1272 | 0.9371 | |
| 63 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 19500 | 29900 | 0.3473 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 63 | Unity Environmental University | 19500 | 48200 | 0.595 | 6,525 | 0 | 0.818 | |
| 65 | Carlow University | 19700 | 53900 | 0.6343 | 2,303 | 1065 | 0.8768 | |
| 66 | Minot State University | 20000 | 23500 | 0.1497 | 2,499 | 1075 | 0.6462 | |
| 66 | Stockton University | 20000 | 32100 | 0.3767 | 7,583 | 1135 | 0.901 | |
| 68 | La Sierra University | 20100 | 51200 | 0.608 | 1,266 | 1025 | 0.9069 | |
| 69 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 20400 | 39800 | 0.4869 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 70 | State University of New York at Cortland | 20600 | 27700 | 0.2561 | 5,890 | 1175 | 0.624 | |
| 71 | Mayville State University | 20700 | 23800 | 0.1321 | 1,067 | 1034 | 0.7825 | |
| 71 | Millikin University | 20700 | 45000 | 0.5398 | 1,427 | 1020 | 0.765 | |
| 71 | North Dakota State University | 20700 | 25700 | 0.1942 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 71 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 20700 | 30600 | 0.3258 | 43,633 | 1327 | 0.4343 | |
| 75 | Central Methodist University-College of Liberal Arts and Sciences | 20900 | 71000 | 0.7053 | 1,040 | 1040 | 0.6271 | |
| 75 | Ferris State University | 20900 | 31000 | 0.3263 | 8,980 | 1015 | 0.8237 | |
| 75 | Sinclair Community College | 20900 | 22100 | 0.0544 | 19,415 | 0 | 0 | |
| 78 | Florida College | 21100 | 56800 | 0.628 | 728 | 1099 | 0.6966 | |
| 78 | SUNY Old Westbury | 21100 | 38000 | 0.4453 | 4,474 | 1110 | 0.8352 | |
| 80 | University of Florida | 21700 | 22500 | 0.0355 | 37,283 | 1399 | 0.2033 | |
| 81 | Daemen University | 21800 | 56700 | 0.6154 | 1,656 | 1050 | 0.7375 | |
| 82 | Grand Valley State University | 21900 | 36600 | 0.4014 | 19,154 | 1084 | 0.9271 | |
| 83 | Juniata College | 22300 | 75300 | 0.7043 | 1,276 | 1229 | 0.7941 | |
| 84 | Valley City State University | 22500 | 25600 | 0.1227 | 1,663 | 1055 | 0.9942 | |
| 85 | Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences | 22600 | 56900 | 0.602 | 533 | 1244 | 0.5269 | |
| 85 | Augustana College | 22600 | 72800 | 0.6891 | 2,536 | 1163 | 0.6628 | |
| 87 | Saint Cloud State University | 22800 | 36800 | 0.3803 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 88 | Illinois State University | 23000 | 36400 | 0.3696 | 19,513 | 1120 | 0.8555 | |
| 89 | Southwest Minnesota State University | 23300 | 26700 | 0.1273 | 7,290 | 1015 | 0.6409 | |
| 90 | Florida International University | 23700 | 23700 | 0 | 46,249 | 1175 | 0.6085 | |
| 90 | Huntingdon College | 23700 | 65000 | 0.6353 | 943 | 1130 | 0.692 | |
| 92 | Saint Edward's University | 24000 | 105600 | 0.7729 | 2,499 | 1128 | 0.8142 | |
| 92 | State University of New York at New Paltz | 24000 | 35700 | 0.3274 | 6,113 | 1260 | 0.6267 | |
| 94 | Bridgewater State University | 24200 | 37300 | 0.3514 | 8,849 | 1180 | 0.8798 | |
| 94 | University of Southern Mississippi | 24200 | 27200 | 0.1103 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 96 | Montana State University | 24400 | 24400 | 0 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 96 | SUNY Oneonta | 24400 | 55300 | 0.5593 | 4,815 | 1234 | 0.7696 | |
| 98 | Wisconsin Lutheran College | 24700 | 56700 | 0.5653 | 957 | 1233 | 0.7816 | |
| 99 | East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania | 24900 | 37700 | 0.3392 | 5,130 | 1095 | 0.8645 | |
| 99 | University of South Florida | 24900 | 36500 | 0.3175 | 39,093 | 1239 | 0.4071 | |
| 101 | Ave Maria University | 25000 | 46600 | 0.4637 | 1,320 | 1164 | 0.4139 | |
| 101 | Keuka College | 25000 | 64000 | 0.6089 | 986 | 1100 | 0.8151 | |
| 103 | Messiah University | 25200 | 54700 | 0.5393 | 2,722 | 1241 | 0.8107 | |
| 104 | Minnesota State University, Mankato | 25600 | 28000 | 0.0854 | 13,433 | 1145 | 0.8844 | |
| 105 | The University of Findlay | 25700 | 48000 | 0.4637 | 4,132 | 1124 | 0.6748 | |
| 106 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 25900 | 28300 | 0.0847 | 3,375 | 1090 | 0.5885 | |
| 107 | Geneva College | 26400 | 50300 | 0.4766 | 1,299 | 1143 | 0.9556 | |
| 108 | Trine University | 26500 | 56100 | 0.5279 | 4,373 | 1159 | 0.8548 | |
| 109 | Wingate University | 26800 | 67100 | 0.6016 | 2,673 | 1100 | 0.9113 | |
| 110 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 26900 | 36500 | 0.2632 | 7,747 | 1073 | 0.9617 | |
| 111 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 27300 | 36100 | 0.2436 | 34,447 | 1264 | 0.8804 | |
| 111 | Weber State University | 27300 | 31600 | 0.1362 | 31,672 | 0 | 1 | |
| 113 | Florida Southern College | 27700 | 63200 | 0.5616 | 2,682 | 1264 | 0.6442 | |
| 113 | St. Francis College | 27700 | 39400 | 0.2973 | 1,719 | 1119 | 1 | |
| 115 | Mitchell College | 27800 | 63900 | 0.5647 | 442 | 817 | 0.9466 | |
| 116 | Wichita State University | 28100 | 30600 | 0.0816 | 14,906 | 1073 | 0.7224 | |
| 117 | Grace College and Theological Seminary | 28400 | 41800 | 0.3195 | 1,795 | 1130 | 0.8215 | |
| 118 | University of Alaska Southeast | 28900 | 31300 | 0.0766 | 1,559 | 1020 | 0.6192 | |
| 119 | Huntington University | 29100 | 44400 | 0.3443 | 1,512 | 1055 | 0.7518 | |
| 119 | Jacksonville University | 29100 | 102400 | 0.7158 | 2,916 | 1195 | 0.5748 | |
| 121 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 29200 | 112100 | 0.7394 | 4,999 | 1274 | 0.9296 | |
| 122 | Blue Mountain Christian University | 29500 | 39900 | 0.2604 | 915 | 1095 | 0.8895 | |
| 123 | Southwestern College | 29700 | 89500 | 0.6683 | 816 | 1025 | 0.4729 | |
| 123 | University of Southern California | 29700 | 98300 | 0.698 | 20,768 | 1492 | 0.1119 | |
| 125 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29800 | 34200 | 0.1285 | 31,845 | 1292 | 0.5651 | |
| 126 | Saint Xavier University | 29900 | 58200 | 0.4859 | 3,100 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 127 | Bryan College-Dayton | 30100 | 36000 | 0.1639 | 1,565 | 1085 | 1 | |
| 128 | California State University-Long Beach | 30700 | 38800 | 0.2087 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 129 | University of Pikeville | 30800 | 34800 | 0.1151 | 1,164 | 1055 | 0.8967 | |
| 130 | Hampton University | 31500 | 54800 | 0.4252 | 4,046 | 947 | 0.6358 | |
| 131 | Centenary University | 31600 | 63000 | 0.4983 | 936 | 1070 | 0.8308 | |
| 132 | Nova Southeastern University | 32000 | 56100 | 0.4295 | 7,057 | 1165 | 0.7557 | |
| 133 | Liberty University | 32400 | 44700 | 0.275 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 134 | University of Louisville | 32700 | 42100 | 0.223 | 17,916 | 1148 | 0.7921 | |
| 134 | University of New England | 32700 | 70900 | 0.5389 | 4,631 | 1145 | 0.9203 | |
| 136 | University of Oregon | 33100 | 40200 | 0.1784 | 20,710 | 1250 | 0.8742 | |
| 137 | Elizabethtown College | 33600 | 57500 | 0.4154 | 1,935 | 1214 | 0.8892 | |
| 138 | Charleston Southern University | 34100 | 48400 | 0.2971 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 139 | Samford University | 34700 | 93800 | 0.6301 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 140 | Barry University | 34800 | 58800 | 0.4082 | 4,654 | 1005 | 0.9663 | |
| 141 | Pfeiffer University | 35200 | 56100 | 0.3724 | 696 | 941 | 0.9603 | |
| 141 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 35200 | 46500 | 0.2431 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 143 | Siena University | 35400 | 66400 | 0.467 | 3,149 | 1254 | 0.8464 | |
| 143 | SUNY College at Geneseo | 35400 | 39400 | 0.1016 | 3,943 | 1279 | 0.3333 | |
| 145 | Roger Williams University | 35500 | 63700 | 0.443 | 3,970 | 1235 | 0.882 | |
| 146 | Western New England University | 35900 | 70600 | 0.4913 | 2,616 | 1199 | 0.8348 | |
| 147 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 36100 | 36100 | 0 | 16,131 | 1270 | 0.6472 | |
| 148 | Indiana Wesleyan University-Marion | 36900 | 49100 | 0.2486 | 2,075 | 1090 | 0.8894 | |
| 149 | University of Connecticut | 37000 | 66200 | 0.4414 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 149 | University of Dubuque | 37000 | 65900 | 0.4382 | 1,395 | 1090 | 0.8731 | |
| 151 | Loyola University Chicago | 37200 | 74800 | 0.5029 | 12,640 | 1303 | 0.751 | |
| 152 | Eckerd College | 37400 | 77000 | 0.5143 | 1,893 | 1255 | 0.758 | |
| 153 | University of Mary Hardin-Baylor | 37800 | 51900 | 0.2716 | 2,775 | 1099 | 0.9747 | |
| 154 | Southeastern University | 37900 | 79400 | 0.5228 | 11,981 | 1110 | 0.4247 | |
| 155 | Evangel University | 39000 | 49700 | 0.2151 | 1,843 | 1180 | 0.7161 | |
| 155 | Mississippi State University | 39000 | 53400 | 0.2695 | 19,093 | 1214 | 0.8363 | |
| 157 | Bradley University | 39400 | 60600 | 0.3497 | 3,258 | 1223 | 0.7459 | |
| 158 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 39500 | 42800 | 0.0772 | 14,657 | 1195 | 0.7583 | |
| 159 | Stony Brook University | 39600 | 53000 | 0.2527 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 160 | University of Wyoming | 39900 | 45300 | 0.1191 | 8,138 | 1179 | 0.9695 | |
| 161 | Saint Joseph's College of Maine | 40300 | 66900 | 0.3978 | 1,105 | 1055 | 0.8351 | |
| 162 | Sacred Heart University | 40400 | 67500 | 0.4015 | 7,291 | 950 | 0.6363 | |
| 162 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5061 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 164 | University of New Haven | 41400 | 73500 | 0.4365 | 4,969 | 1164 | 0.5589 | |
| 165 | University of Central Florida | 42100 | 42100 | 0 | 60,083 | 1280 | 0.428 | |
| 166 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42400 | 63300 | 0.3301 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 167 | Rollins College | 43100 | 85700 | 0.4972 | 2,639 | 1273 | 0.5285 | |
| 168 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43300 | 68700 | 0.3694 | 4,279 | 1224 | 0.5796 | |
| 169 | Providence College | 44200 | 85000 | 0.48 | 4,680 | 1335 | 0.4994 | |
| 170 | The University of Tampa | 45800 | 58500 | 0.217 | 10,710 | 1185 | 0.4363 | |
| 171 | Reinhardt University | 46900 | 59300 | 0.2091 | 1,129 | 1070 | 0.6154 | |
| 172 | Maine Maritime Academy | 47000 | 53000 | 0.1132 | 977 | 1180 | 0.9615 | |
| 173 | University of Georgia | 47400 | 52300 | 0.0937 | 32,824 | 1382 | 0.3425 | |
| 174 | St. John's University-New York | 47600 | 83800 | 0.4322 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 175 | University of Delaware | 48500 | 62500 | 0.2239 | 19,287 | 1294 | 0.6924 | |
| 176 | DePaul University | 49100 | 69400 | 0.2923 | 14,338 | 1254 | 0.878 | |
| 177 | Northwest Nazarene University | 49600 | 87600 | 0.4337 | 1,043 | 1134 | 0.7159 | |
| 178 | College of Charleston | 49700 | 64600 | 0.2307 | 10,596 | 1255 | 0.73 | |
| 179 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 50800 | 63800 | 0.2038 | 42,565 | 1338 | 0.7887 | |
| 180 | Quinnipiac University | 51100 | 79700 | 0.359 | 6,610 | 1245 | 0.7031 | |
| 181 | Lipscomb University | 53200 | 69900 | 0.2397 | 3,327 | 1260 | 0.6774 | |
| 182 | University of California-San Diego | 55900 | 79600 | 0.2976 | 35,442 | 1375 | 0.2856 | |
| 183 | Dallas Baptist University | 56400 | 84300 | 0.331 | 2,938 | 1109 | 0.9131 | |
| 184 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58300 | 63700 | 0.0848 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 185 | The University of Alabama | 58500 | 58500 | 0 | 35,621 | 1284 | 0.7117 | |
| 186 | Auburn University | 59200 | 59200 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 187 | Hawaii Pacific University | 63400 | 65800 | 0.0364 | 3,468 | 1120 | 0.8855 | |
| 188 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 63600 | 67600 | 0.0591 | 40,996 | 1331 | 0.4175 | |
| 189 | University of California-Davis | 68200 | 69900 | 0.0243 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 190 | 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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