Considering a degree in Biology?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Biology majors who live in Rhode Island.
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 Rhode Island.
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 | 0.9382 | 6,738 | 1535 | 0.0418 | |
| 2 | Brigham Young University | 8100 | 22300 | 0.6382 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 3 | Rhode Island College | 9100 | 30200 | 0.6994 | 5,695 | 995 | 0.8557 | |
| 4 | Savannah State University | 10000 | 50900 | 0.8038 | 2,966 | 925 | 1 | |
| 5 | University of Nevada-Reno | 10300 | 45800 | 0.7759 | 20,204 | 1134 | 0.8313 | |
| 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 Hawaii at Hilo | 11800 | 56000 | 0.7893 | 2,304 | 1005 | 0.8351 | |
| 9 | Northern Arizona University | 12200 | 30400 | 0.5979 | 22,203 | 1090 | 0.8961 | |
| 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 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 12900 | 62800 | 0.7944 | 13,039 | 1010 | 0.894 | |
| 15 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 13100 | 43000 | 0.6953 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 16 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 13200 | 27100 | 0.5121 | 29,727 | 980 | 0.9229 | |
| 16 | Wesleyan College | 13200 | 63100 | 0.7912 | 500 | 1065 | 0.591 | |
| 18 | Coastal Carolina University | 13400 | 27200 | 0.5074 | 11,471 | 1145 | 0.7003 | |
| 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 | Georgetown University | 13600 | 92700 | 0.8533 | 7,908 | 1457 | 0.1349 | |
| 22 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 13800 | 22800 | 0.3953 | 11,994 | 1090 | 0.8651 | |
| 23 | Eastern Michigan University | 14200 | 33900 | 0.5805 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 23 | Salem State University | 14200 | 39200 | 0.6375 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 23 | Virginia Union University | 14200 | 51700 | 0.7256 | 1,205 | 870 | 0.9802 | |
| 26 | Arkansas Tech University | 14400 | 31400 | 0.5406 | 8,279 | 1035 | 0.9747 | |
| 27 | Central Michigan University | 14500 | 37400 | 0.6129 | 10,238 | 1095 | 0.9104 | |
| 28 | Miles College | 14600 | 35100 | 0.5839 | 1,180 | 0 | 1 | |
| 28 | University of the Virgin Islands | 14600 | 29600 | 0.506 | 1,650 | 925 | 0.9936 | |
| 30 | Mercy University | 14700 | 46400 | 0.6836 | 6,692 | 1135 | 0.8724 | |
| 30 | West Virginia University | 14700 | 73100 | 0.7986 | 18,206 | 1125 | 0.8514 | |
| 32 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 15000 | 54400 | 0.7248 | 15,735 | 1103 | 0.8797 | |
| 33 | Lindsey Wilson University | 15100 | 49300 | 0.6939 | 1,738 | 0 | 0 | |
| 34 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 29800 | 0.4782 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 35 | Grand Valley State University | 15800 | 28300 | 0.441 | 19,154 | 1084 | 0.9271 | |
| 36 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 15900 | 90700 | 0.8247 | 8,727 | 1055 | 0.9703 | |
| 37 | Niagara University | 16100 | 57400 | 0.7192 | 2,638 | 1160 | 0.876 | |
| 38 | Francis Marion University | 16400 | 36100 | 0.5453 | 3,793 | 1015 | 0.9508 | |
| 38 | Madonna University | 16400 | 67900 | 0.758 | 1,919 | 980 | 0.6757 | |
| 40 | Grove City College | 16500 | 39700 | 0.5851 | 2,247 | 1266 | 0.667 | |
| 41 | Waynesburg University | 16600 | 45000 | 0.6301 | 1,032 | 1093 | 0.8981 | |
| 42 | University of Miami | 16700 | 96300 | 0.8267 | 13,241 | 1406 | 0.1761 | |
| 43 | Bethel University | 17000 | 48700 | 0.6516 | 2,674 | 970 | 0.6023 | |
| 44 | SUNY at Fredonia | 17100 | 27800 | 0.3854 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 45 | Emporia State University | 17200 | 31200 | 0.4489 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 46 | Duke University | 17300 | 98500 | 0.8246 | 6,525 | 1527 | 0.0524 | |
| 46 | SUNY College at Potsdam | 17300 | 49300 | 0.6493 | 1,750 | 1060 | 0.8241 | |
| 48 | Northeastern University | 17900 | 90000 | 0.8008 | 22,456 | 1490 | 0.0562 | |
| 48 | York College of Pennsylvania | 17900 | 45800 | 0.6097 | 3,369 | 1153 | 0.7374 | |
| 50 | San Jose State University | 18300 | 41100 | 0.5542 | 29,890 | 1124 | 0.8039 | |
| 51 | University of Central Oklahoma | 18500 | 31100 | 0.4056 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 52 | University of Mary | 18700 | 32600 | 0.4278 | 2,821 | 1175 | 0.753 | |
| 53 | McMurry University | 18800 | 71400 | 0.7371 | 4,133 | 1065 | 0.8984 | |
| 54 | Coker University | 18900 | 47800 | 0.6049 | 1,220 | 1050 | 0.9396 | |
| 55 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 19200 | 29900 | 0.3573 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 56 | Unity Environmental University | 19400 | 48200 | 0.597 | 6,525 | 0 | 0.818 | |
| 57 | Carlow University | 19600 | 53900 | 0.6361 | 2,303 | 1065 | 0.8768 | |
| 58 | Winona State University | 19900 | 29500 | 0.3267 | 5,317 | 1115 | 0.7549 | |
| 59 | Minot State University | 20000 | 23500 | 0.1497 | 2,499 | 1075 | 0.6462 | |
| 60 | La Sierra University | 20100 | 51200 | 0.608 | 1,266 | 1025 | 0.9069 | |
| 61 | SUNY Old Westbury | 20300 | 24400 | 0.1682 | 4,474 | 1110 | 0.8352 | |
| 62 | State University of New York at New Paltz | 20400 | 26300 | 0.2246 | 6,113 | 1260 | 0.6267 | |
| 62 | University of Wyoming | 20400 | 27900 | 0.2682 | 8,138 | 1179 | 0.9695 | |
| 64 | State University of New York at Cortland | 20500 | 27700 | 0.2597 | 5,890 | 1175 | 0.624 | |
| 65 | Mayville State University | 20700 | 23800 | 0.1321 | 1,067 | 1034 | 0.7825 | |
| 65 | Millikin University | 20700 | 45000 | 0.5398 | 1,427 | 1020 | 0.765 | |
| 65 | Stockton University | 20700 | 46100 | 0.5511 | 7,583 | 1135 | 0.901 | |
| 65 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 20700 | 39200 | 0.4722 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 69 | Central Methodist University-College of Liberal Arts and Sciences | 20800 | 71000 | 0.7067 | 1,040 | 1040 | 0.6271 | |
| 70 | Ferris State University | 20900 | 31000 | 0.3263 | 8,980 | 1015 | 0.8237 | |
| 71 | Florida College | 21000 | 56800 | 0.6297 | 728 | 1099 | 0.6966 | |
| 72 | Daemen University | 21800 | 56700 | 0.6154 | 1,656 | 1050 | 0.7375 | |
| 73 | Utah State University | 22000 | 39000 | 0.4358 | 26,629 | 1176 | 0.9212 | |
| 74 | Juniata College | 22300 | 75300 | 0.7043 | 1,276 | 1229 | 0.7941 | |
| 75 | Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences | 22600 | 56900 | 0.602 | 533 | 1244 | 0.5269 | |
| 75 | Augustana College | 22600 | 72800 | 0.6891 | 2,536 | 1163 | 0.6628 | |
| 77 | Saint Cloud State University | 22800 | 36800 | 0.3803 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 77 | Troy University | 22800 | 34700 | 0.3429 | 10,130 | 1090 | 0.9535 | |
| 79 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 23100 | 36100 | 0.3598 | 34,447 | 1264 | 0.8804 | |
| 79 | University of Southern Mississippi | 23100 | 23100 | 0 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 81 | Southwest Minnesota State University | 23300 | 26700 | 0.1273 | 7,290 | 1015 | 0.6409 | |
| 82 | Huntingdon College | 23700 | 65000 | 0.6353 | 943 | 1130 | 0.692 | |
| 83 | Saint Edward's University | 23900 | 105600 | 0.7738 | 2,499 | 1128 | 0.8142 | |
| 84 | Bridgewater State University | 24100 | 37300 | 0.3538 | 8,849 | 1180 | 0.8798 | |
| 85 | Montana State University | 24400 | 24400 | 0 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 85 | SUNY Oneonta | 24400 | 55300 | 0.5593 | 4,815 | 1234 | 0.7696 | |
| 87 | Wisconsin Lutheran College | 24700 | 56700 | 0.5653 | 957 | 1233 | 0.7816 | |
| 88 | East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania | 24800 | 37700 | 0.3418 | 5,130 | 1095 | 0.8645 | |
| 88 | University of South Florida | 24800 | 36500 | 0.3202 | 39,093 | 1239 | 0.4071 | |
| 90 | Ave Maria University | 25000 | 46600 | 0.4637 | 1,320 | 1164 | 0.4139 | |
| 90 | Keuka College | 25000 | 64000 | 0.6089 | 986 | 1100 | 0.8151 | |
| 92 | Messiah University | 25100 | 54700 | 0.5412 | 2,722 | 1241 | 0.8107 | |
| 93 | The University of Findlay | 25500 | 50600 | 0.4956 | 4,132 | 1124 | 0.6748 | |
| 94 | Minnesota State University, Mankato | 25600 | 28000 | 0.0854 | 13,433 | 1145 | 0.8844 | |
| 95 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 25900 | 28300 | 0.0847 | 3,375 | 1090 | 0.5885 | |
| 96 | Geneva College | 26400 | 50300 | 0.4766 | 1,299 | 1143 | 0.9556 | |
| 97 | Trine University | 26500 | 56100 | 0.5279 | 4,373 | 1159 | 0.8548 | |
| 98 | Ball State University | 26600 | 26600 | 0 | 15,950 | 1170 | 0.8625 | |
| 99 | Wingate University | 26800 | 67100 | 0.6016 | 2,673 | 1100 | 0.9113 | |
| 100 | Valley City State University | 26900 | 29300 | 0.0816 | 1,663 | 1055 | 0.9942 | |
| 101 | Weber State University | 27300 | 31600 | 0.1362 | 31,672 | 0 | 1 | |
| 102 | North Dakota State University | 27600 | 30400 | 0.092 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 103 | Florida Southern College | 27700 | 63200 | 0.5616 | 2,682 | 1264 | 0.6442 | |
| 104 | Mitchell College | 27800 | 63900 | 0.5647 | 442 | 817 | 0.9466 | |
| 104 | St. Francis College | 27800 | 39400 | 0.2948 | 1,719 | 1119 | 1 | |
| 106 | Wichita State University | 28100 | 30600 | 0.0816 | 14,906 | 1073 | 0.7224 | |
| 107 | Grace College and Theological Seminary | 28300 | 41800 | 0.3221 | 1,795 | 1130 | 0.8215 | |
| 108 | University of Alaska Southeast | 28900 | 31300 | 0.0766 | 1,559 | 1020 | 0.6192 | |
| 109 | Jacksonville University | 29000 | 102400 | 0.7167 | 2,916 | 1195 | 0.5748 | |
| 110 | Huntington University | 29100 | 44400 | 0.3443 | 1,512 | 1055 | 0.7518 | |
| 110 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 29100 | 112100 | 0.7403 | 4,999 | 1274 | 0.9296 | |
| 112 | University of Connecticut | 29200 | 56600 | 0.4843 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 113 | Utah Tech University | 29400 | 35200 | 0.1648 | 12,993 | 0 | 1 | |
| 114 | Blue Mountain Christian University | 29500 | 39900 | 0.2604 | 915 | 1095 | 0.8895 | |
| 115 | Southwestern College | 29700 | 89500 | 0.6683 | 816 | 1025 | 0.4729 | |
| 115 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29700 | 34200 | 0.1314 | 31,845 | 1292 | 0.5651 | |
| 115 | University of Southern California | 29700 | 98300 | 0.698 | 20,768 | 1492 | 0.1119 | |
| 118 | Saint Xavier University | 29800 | 58200 | 0.4877 | 3,100 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 119 | Mississippi State University | 30000 | 34400 | 0.1276 | 19,093 | 1214 | 0.8363 | |
| 120 | Bryan College-Dayton | 30100 | 36000 | 0.1639 | 1,565 | 1085 | 1 | |
| 121 | California State University-Long Beach | 30600 | 38800 | 0.2113 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 122 | University of Maine | 30800 | 35800 | 0.1397 | 9,182 | 1205 | 0.9562 | |
| 122 | University of Pikeville | 30800 | 34800 | 0.1151 | 1,164 | 1055 | 0.8967 | |
| 124 | Maine Maritime Academy | 31000 | 34400 | 0.0987 | 977 | 1180 | 0.9615 | |
| 125 | Hampton University | 31500 | 54800 | 0.4252 | 4,046 | 947 | 0.6358 | |
| 126 | Centenary University | 31600 | 63000 | 0.4983 | 936 | 1070 | 0.8308 | |
| 127 | Nova Southeastern University | 31900 | 56100 | 0.4313 | 7,057 | 1165 | 0.7557 | |
| 128 | Liberty University | 32400 | 44700 | 0.275 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 129 | University of Louisville | 32600 | 42100 | 0.2254 | 17,916 | 1148 | 0.7921 | |
| 130 | University of New England | 32700 | 70900 | 0.5389 | 4,631 | 1145 | 0.9203 | |
| 131 | Elizabethtown College | 33600 | 57500 | 0.4154 | 1,935 | 1214 | 0.8892 | |
| 132 | Charleston Southern University | 34100 | 48400 | 0.2971 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 133 | Samford University | 34600 | 93800 | 0.6312 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 133 | University of Rhode Island | 34600 | 58400 | 0.4075 | 14,466 | 1148 | 0.7456 | |
| 135 | Barry University | 34900 | 58800 | 0.4065 | 4,654 | 1005 | 0.9663 | |
| 136 | Pfeiffer University | 35200 | 56100 | 0.3724 | 696 | 941 | 0.9603 | |
| 136 | Siena University | 35200 | 66400 | 0.4701 | 3,149 | 1254 | 0.8464 | |
| 136 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 35200 | 46500 | 0.2431 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 139 | SUNY College at Geneseo | 35400 | 39400 | 0.1016 | 3,943 | 1279 | 0.3333 | |
| 140 | Roger Williams University | 35500 | 63700 | 0.443 | 3,970 | 1235 | 0.882 | |
| 141 | Western New England University | 36000 | 70600 | 0.4899 | 2,616 | 1199 | 0.8348 | |
| 142 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 36100 | 36100 | 0 | 16,131 | 1270 | 0.6472 | |
| 143 | Florida International University | 36500 | 36800 | 0.0081 | 46,249 | 1175 | 0.6085 | |
| 144 | Indiana Wesleyan University-Marion | 36900 | 49100 | 0.2486 | 2,075 | 1090 | 0.8894 | |
| 145 | University of Dubuque | 37000 | 65900 | 0.4382 | 1,395 | 1090 | 0.8731 | |
| 146 | Loyola University Chicago | 37100 | 74800 | 0.5042 | 12,640 | 1303 | 0.751 | |
| 147 | Eckerd College | 37400 | 77000 | 0.5143 | 1,893 | 1255 | 0.758 | |
| 148 | Southeastern University | 37800 | 79400 | 0.5241 | 11,981 | 1110 | 0.4247 | |
| 148 | University of Mary Hardin-Baylor | 37800 | 51900 | 0.2716 | 2,775 | 1099 | 0.9747 | |
| 150 | Evangel University | 39000 | 49700 | 0.2151 | 1,843 | 1180 | 0.7161 | |
| 151 | Bradley University | 39300 | 60600 | 0.3514 | 3,258 | 1223 | 0.7459 | |
| 152 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 39500 | 42800 | 0.0772 | 14,657 | 1195 | 0.7583 | |
| 153 | Stony Brook University | 39600 | 53000 | 0.2527 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 154 | Sacred Heart University | 40300 | 67500 | 0.4029 | 7,291 | 950 | 0.6363 | |
| 154 | Saint Joseph's College of Maine | 40300 | 66900 | 0.3978 | 1,105 | 1055 | 0.8351 | |
| 156 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5061 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 157 | Providence College | 41500 | 83900 | 0.5051 | 4,680 | 1335 | 0.4994 | |
| 157 | University of New Haven | 41500 | 73500 | 0.4352 | 4,969 | 1164 | 0.5589 | |
| 159 | University of Central Florida | 42100 | 42100 | 0 | 60,083 | 1280 | 0.428 | |
| 160 | Rollins College | 43000 | 85700 | 0.4984 | 2,639 | 1273 | 0.5285 | |
| 161 | University of Florida | 43100 | 45700 | 0.0569 | 37,283 | 1399 | 0.2033 | |
| 162 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43300 | 68700 | 0.3694 | 4,279 | 1224 | 0.5796 | |
| 163 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 43600 | 72500 | 0.3987 | 10,368 | 1064 | 0.999 | |
| 164 | Montclair State University | 43700 | 47000 | 0.0703 | 19,048 | 1058 | 0.894 | |
| 165 | Illinois State University | 45700 | 49100 | 0.0692 | 19,513 | 1120 | 0.8555 | |
| 166 | The University of Tampa | 45800 | 58500 | 0.217 | 10,710 | 1185 | 0.4363 | |
| 167 | Reinhardt University | 46900 | 59300 | 0.2091 | 1,129 | 1070 | 0.6154 | |
| 168 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47100 | 61500 | 0.234 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 169 | St. John's University-New York | 47500 | 83800 | 0.4334 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 170 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48300 | 51200 | 0.0565 | 43,633 | 1327 | 0.4343 | |
| 171 | Western Washington University | 48800 | 52400 | 0.0687 | 13,609 | 1272 | 0.9371 | |
| 172 | DePaul University | 49100 | 69400 | 0.2923 | 14,338 | 1254 | 0.878 | |
| 173 | Northwest Nazarene University | 49600 | 87600 | 0.4337 | 1,043 | 1134 | 0.7159 | |
| 174 | College of Charleston | 49700 | 64600 | 0.2307 | 10,596 | 1255 | 0.73 | |
| 175 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 50800 | 63800 | 0.2038 | 42,565 | 1338 | 0.7887 | |
| 176 | Quinnipiac University | 51200 | 79700 | 0.3578 | 6,610 | 1245 | 0.7031 | |
| 177 | Lipscomb University | 53200 | 69900 | 0.2392 | 3,327 | 1260 | 0.6774 | |
| 178 | University of California-San Diego | 55700 | 79600 | 0.3001 | 35,442 | 1375 | 0.2856 | |
| 179 | Dallas Baptist University | 56400 | 84300 | 0.331 | 2,938 | 1109 | 0.9131 | |
| 180 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58300 | 63700 | 0.0848 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 181 | The University of Alabama | 58500 | 58500 | 0 | 35,621 | 1284 | 0.7117 | |
| 182 | Auburn University | 59200 | 59200 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 183 | Hawaii Pacific University | 63400 | 65800 | 0.0364 | 3,468 | 1120 | 0.8855 | |
| 184 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 63600 | 67600 | 0.0591 | 40,996 | 1331 | 0.4175 | |
| 185 | University of Oregon | 63900 | 71300 | 0.1038 | 20,710 | 1250 | 0.8742 | |
| 186 | University of California-Davis | 68300 | 69900 | 0.0229 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 187 | University of California-Irvine | 72100 | 75200 | 0.0412 | 30,260 | 1333 | 0.2895 | |
| 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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