Considering a degree in Biology?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Biology majors who live in South Carolina.
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 South Carolina.
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 | 95600 | 0.938 | 6,738 | 1535 | 0.0418 | |
| 2 | Brigham Young University | 8100 | 22300 | 0.6382 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 3 | Savannah State University | 10100 | 50900 | 0.8019 | 2,966 | 925 | 1 | |
| 4 | University of Nevada-Reno | 10300 | 45800 | 0.7759 | 20,204 | 1134 | 0.8313 | |
| 5 | Southern Utah University | 11100 | 51400 | 0.784 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 6 | Eastern Washington University | 11500 | 30700 | 0.6257 | 7,640 | 995 | 0.8526 | |
| 7 | University of Hawaii at Hilo | 11900 | 56000 | 0.7875 | 2,304 | 1005 | 0.8351 | |
| 8 | Greenville Technical College | 12700 | 23700 | 0.4642 | 11,999 | 0 | 1 | |
| 9 | Boston University | 12800 | 93200 | 0.8626 | 18,289 | 1475 | 0.1283 | |
| 9 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 12800 | 29300 | 0.5632 | 8,421 | 1045 | 0.9444 | |
| 11 | University of West Florida | 12900 | 22200 | 0.4185 | 9,971 | 1149 | 0.5822 | |
| 12 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 13100 | 40500 | 0.6765 | 29,727 | 980 | 0.9229 | |
| 13 | Wesleyan College | 13200 | 63100 | 0.7912 | 500 | 1065 | 0.591 | |
| 14 | Georgetown University | 13400 | 92700 | 0.8554 | 7,908 | 1457 | 0.1349 | |
| 14 | Mayville State University | 13400 | 22000 | 0.3922 | 1,067 | 1034 | 0.7825 | |
| 16 | Coastal Carolina University | 13600 | 45300 | 0.7001 | 11,471 | 1145 | 0.7003 | |
| 17 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 13800 | 38300 | 0.6391 | 5,677 | 1085 | 0.9301 | |
| 18 | Utah State University | 14000 | 21000 | 0.3327 | 26,629 | 1176 | 0.9212 | |
| 19 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 14100 | 22800 | 0.3821 | 11,994 | 1090 | 0.8651 | |
| 20 | Eastern Michigan University | 14400 | 33900 | 0.5746 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 20 | Salem State University | 14400 | 38300 | 0.6236 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 22 | Arkansas Tech University | 14500 | 31400 | 0.5374 | 8,279 | 1035 | 0.9747 | |
| 22 | Central Michigan University | 14500 | 37400 | 0.6129 | 10,238 | 1095 | 0.9104 | |
| 22 | Virginia Union University | 14500 | 51700 | 0.7198 | 1,205 | 870 | 0.9802 | |
| 25 | Mercy University | 14700 | 46400 | 0.6836 | 6,692 | 1135 | 0.8724 | |
| 25 | University of the Virgin Islands | 14700 | 29600 | 0.5027 | 1,650 | 925 | 0.9936 | |
| 27 | Miles College | 14800 | 35100 | 0.5782 | 1,180 | 0 | 1 | |
| 28 | West Virginia University | 15000 | 73100 | 0.7945 | 18,206 | 1125 | 0.8514 | |
| 29 | Lindsey Wilson University | 15200 | 49300 | 0.6919 | 1,738 | 0 | 0 | |
| 29 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 15200 | 56900 | 0.7329 | 15,735 | 1103 | 0.8797 | |
| 31 | University of Maine | 15300 | 29300 | 0.4781 | 9,182 | 1205 | 0.9562 | |
| 32 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 38800 | 0.5992 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 33 | Grand Valley State University | 15800 | 28300 | 0.441 | 19,154 | 1084 | 0.9271 | |
| 34 | Niagara University | 16100 | 57400 | 0.7192 | 2,638 | 1160 | 0.876 | |
| 35 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 16400 | 90700 | 0.8192 | 8,727 | 1055 | 0.9703 | |
| 35 | Madonna University | 16400 | 67900 | 0.758 | 1,919 | 980 | 0.6757 | |
| 37 | Grove City College | 16600 | 39700 | 0.5826 | 2,247 | 1266 | 0.667 | |
| 37 | SUNY College at Geneseo | 16600 | 25600 | 0.3515 | 3,943 | 1279 | 0.3333 | |
| 39 | California State University-Long Beach | 16800 | 25800 | 0.3489 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 39 | Francis Marion University | 16800 | 36100 | 0.5342 | 3,793 | 1015 | 0.9508 | |
| 39 | University of Miami | 16800 | 96300 | 0.8257 | 13,241 | 1406 | 0.1761 | |
| 42 | Bethel University | 17000 | 48700 | 0.6516 | 2,674 | 970 | 0.6023 | |
| 43 | Waynesburg University | 17200 | 45000 | 0.6171 | 1,032 | 1093 | 0.8981 | |
| 44 | Duke University | 17300 | 98500 | 0.8246 | 6,525 | 1527 | 0.0524 | |
| 44 | SUNY College at Potsdam | 17300 | 49300 | 0.6493 | 1,750 | 1060 | 0.8241 | |
| 44 | University of Louisville | 17300 | 29100 | 0.4059 | 17,916 | 1148 | 0.7921 | |
| 47 | Montclair State University | 17400 | 36000 | 0.5169 | 19,048 | 1058 | 0.894 | |
| 47 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 17400 | 29900 | 0.4174 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 49 | Emporia State University | 17500 | 31200 | 0.4392 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 50 | Utah Tech University | 17700 | 23300 | 0.2407 | 12,993 | 0 | 1 | |
| 51 | York College of Pennsylvania | 17900 | 45800 | 0.6097 | 3,369 | 1153 | 0.7374 | |
| 52 | Northeastern University | 18000 | 90000 | 0.7997 | 22,456 | 1490 | 0.0562 | |
| 53 | San Jose State University | 18400 | 41100 | 0.5518 | 29,890 | 1124 | 0.8039 | |
| 54 | University of Mary | 19000 | 32600 | 0.4175 | 2,821 | 1175 | 0.753 | |
| 55 | McMurry University | 19100 | 71400 | 0.7329 | 4,133 | 1065 | 0.8984 | |
| 56 | Coker University | 19200 | 44900 | 0.5733 | 1,220 | 1050 | 0.9396 | |
| 57 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 19300 | 28500 | 0.3231 | 14,657 | 1195 | 0.7583 | |
| 58 | East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania | 19400 | 33700 | 0.4241 | 5,130 | 1095 | 0.8645 | |
| 59 | Unity Environmental University | 19500 | 48200 | 0.595 | 6,525 | 0 | 0.818 | |
| 60 | Carlow University | 19800 | 53900 | 0.6324 | 2,303 | 1065 | 0.8768 | |
| 61 | Winona State University | 19900 | 29500 | 0.3267 | 5,317 | 1115 | 0.7549 | |
| 62 | La Sierra University | 20000 | 51200 | 0.6099 | 1,266 | 1025 | 0.9069 | |
| 62 | Minot State University | 20000 | 23500 | 0.1497 | 2,499 | 1075 | 0.6462 | |
| 64 | SUNY at Fredonia | 20100 | 53600 | 0.6248 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 65 | Millikin University | 20600 | 45000 | 0.542 | 1,427 | 1020 | 0.765 | |
| 65 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 20600 | 39800 | 0.4819 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 67 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 20700 | 30600 | 0.3258 | 43,633 | 1327 | 0.4343 | |
| 68 | Central Methodist University-College of Liberal Arts and Sciences | 20900 | 71000 | 0.7053 | 1,040 | 1040 | 0.6271 | |
| 68 | Ferris State University | 20900 | 31000 | 0.3263 | 8,980 | 1015 | 0.8237 | |
| 70 | Stockton University | 21200 | 46100 | 0.5403 | 7,583 | 1135 | 0.901 | |
| 70 | SUNY Old Westbury | 21200 | 38000 | 0.4427 | 4,474 | 1110 | 0.8352 | |
| 72 | Florida College | 21300 | 56800 | 0.6245 | 728 | 1099 | 0.6966 | |
| 73 | Daemen University | 21700 | 56700 | 0.6172 | 1,656 | 1050 | 0.7375 | |
| 73 | University of Florida | 21700 | 22500 | 0.0355 | 37,283 | 1399 | 0.2033 | |
| 75 | Juniata College | 22300 | 75300 | 0.7043 | 1,276 | 1229 | 0.7941 | |
| 76 | University of South Florida | 22400 | 22400 | 0 | 39,093 | 1239 | 0.4071 | |
| 77 | Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences | 22600 | 56900 | 0.602 | 533 | 1244 | 0.5269 | |
| 77 | Augustana College | 22600 | 72800 | 0.6891 | 2,536 | 1163 | 0.6628 | |
| 79 | Saint Cloud State University | 22800 | 36800 | 0.3803 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 79 | The University of Alabama | 22800 | 33400 | 0.3172 | 35,621 | 1284 | 0.7117 | |
| 81 | Troy University | 23000 | 34700 | 0.3372 | 10,130 | 1090 | 0.9535 | |
| 82 | University of Southern Mississippi | 23100 | 23100 | 0 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 83 | Northern Arizona University | 23200 | 47300 | 0.5108 | 22,203 | 1090 | 0.8961 | |
| 84 | Southwest Minnesota State University | 23300 | 26700 | 0.1273 | 7,290 | 1015 | 0.6409 | |
| 85 | Florida International University | 23700 | 23700 | 0 | 46,249 | 1175 | 0.6085 | |
| 86 | Huntingdon College | 23800 | 65000 | 0.6337 | 943 | 1130 | 0.692 | |
| 87 | Saint Edward's University | 24100 | 105600 | 0.7719 | 2,499 | 1128 | 0.8142 | |
| 87 | State University of New York at New Paltz | 24100 | 35700 | 0.3246 | 6,113 | 1260 | 0.6267 | |
| 89 | Bridgewater State University | 24300 | 37300 | 0.3487 | 8,849 | 1180 | 0.8798 | |
| 90 | Montana State University | 24400 | 24400 | 0 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 90 | SUNY Oneonta | 24400 | 55300 | 0.5593 | 4,815 | 1234 | 0.7696 | |
| 92 | Wisconsin Lutheran College | 24700 | 56700 | 0.5653 | 957 | 1233 | 0.7816 | |
| 93 | University of Central Oklahoma | 24900 | 34000 | 0.2676 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 94 | Ave Maria University | 25000 | 46600 | 0.4637 | 1,320 | 1164 | 0.4139 | |
| 94 | Keuka College | 25000 | 64000 | 0.6089 | 986 | 1100 | 0.8151 | |
| 96 | Messiah University | 25300 | 54700 | 0.5375 | 2,722 | 1241 | 0.8107 | |
| 97 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 25500 | 62800 | 0.5938 | 13,039 | 1010 | 0.894 | |
| 98 | Minnesota State University, Mankato | 25600 | 28000 | 0.0854 | 13,433 | 1145 | 0.8844 | |
| 99 | The University of Findlay | 25800 | 50600 | 0.4897 | 4,132 | 1124 | 0.6748 | |
| 100 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 25900 | 28300 | 0.0847 | 3,375 | 1090 | 0.5885 | |
| 101 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 26100 | 34200 | 0.2366 | 31,845 | 1292 | 0.5651 | |
| 102 | Huntington University | 26300 | 44400 | 0.4073 | 1,512 | 1055 | 0.7518 | |
| 103 | Geneva College | 26400 | 50300 | 0.4766 | 1,299 | 1143 | 0.9556 | |
| 104 | Trine University | 26500 | 56100 | 0.5279 | 4,373 | 1159 | 0.8548 | |
| 105 | Ball State University | 26600 | 26600 | 0 | 15,950 | 1170 | 0.8625 | |
| 106 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 26700 | 40600 | 0.3421 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 107 | Wingate University | 26800 | 67100 | 0.6016 | 2,673 | 1100 | 0.9113 | |
| 108 | Valley City State University | 26900 | 29300 | 0.0816 | 1,663 | 1055 | 0.9942 | |
| 109 | St. Francis College | 27100 | 39400 | 0.3126 | 1,719 | 1119 | 1 | |
| 110 | University of Georgia | 27200 | 47400 | 0.4259 | 32,824 | 1382 | 0.3425 | |
| 111 | Weber State University | 27300 | 31600 | 0.1362 | 31,672 | 0 | 1 | |
| 112 | North Dakota State University | 27600 | 30400 | 0.092 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 113 | Florida Southern College | 27700 | 63200 | 0.5616 | 2,682 | 1264 | 0.6442 | |
| 113 | Mitchell College | 27700 | 63900 | 0.5663 | 442 | 817 | 0.9466 | |
| 115 | Wichita State University | 28100 | 30600 | 0.0816 | 14,906 | 1073 | 0.7224 | |
| 116 | Grace College and Theological Seminary | 28500 | 41800 | 0.3164 | 1,795 | 1130 | 0.8215 | |
| 116 | University of Delaware | 28500 | 34500 | 0.1741 | 19,287 | 1294 | 0.6924 | |
| 118 | University of Alaska Southeast | 28900 | 31300 | 0.0766 | 1,559 | 1020 | 0.6192 | |
| 119 | Jacksonville University | 29200 | 102400 | 0.7148 | 2,916 | 1195 | 0.5748 | |
| 120 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 29300 | 112100 | 0.7385 | 4,999 | 1274 | 0.9296 | |
| 121 | Blue Mountain Christian University | 29500 | 39900 | 0.2604 | 915 | 1095 | 0.8895 | |
| 122 | University of Southern California | 29700 | 98300 | 0.698 | 20,768 | 1492 | 0.1119 | |
| 123 | Southwestern College | 29800 | 89500 | 0.6672 | 816 | 1025 | 0.4729 | |
| 124 | Bryan College-Dayton | 30100 | 36000 | 0.1639 | 1,565 | 1085 | 1 | |
| 124 | Saint Xavier University | 30100 | 58200 | 0.4825 | 3,100 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 126 | University of Pikeville | 30800 | 34800 | 0.1151 | 1,164 | 1055 | 0.8967 | |
| 127 | Charleston Southern University | 31300 | 48400 | 0.3549 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 128 | Hampton University | 31400 | 54800 | 0.427 | 4,046 | 947 | 0.6358 | |
| 129 | Centenary University | 31600 | 63000 | 0.4983 | 936 | 1070 | 0.8308 | |
| 130 | University of Central Florida | 31900 | 31900 | 0 | 60,083 | 1280 | 0.428 | |
| 131 | Nova Southeastern University | 32100 | 56100 | 0.4277 | 7,057 | 1165 | 0.7557 | |
| 132 | Liberty University | 32400 | 44700 | 0.275 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 133 | University of New England | 32700 | 70900 | 0.5389 | 4,631 | 1145 | 0.9203 | |
| 134 | Elizabethtown College | 33700 | 57500 | 0.4137 | 1,935 | 1214 | 0.8892 | |
| 135 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 34200 | 34200 | 0 | 16,131 | 1270 | 0.6472 | |
| 136 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 34500 | 59100 | 0.416 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 137 | Barry University | 34800 | 58800 | 0.4082 | 4,654 | 1005 | 0.9663 | |
| 137 | Samford University | 34800 | 93800 | 0.6291 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 139 | Pfeiffer University | 35200 | 56100 | 0.3724 | 696 | 941 | 0.9603 | |
| 139 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 35200 | 46500 | 0.2431 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 141 | Auburn University | 35300 | 35300 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 142 | Roger Williams University | 35500 | 63700 | 0.443 | 3,970 | 1235 | 0.882 | |
| 142 | Siena University | 35500 | 66400 | 0.4655 | 3,149 | 1254 | 0.8464 | |
| 144 | Western New England University | 35900 | 70600 | 0.4913 | 2,616 | 1199 | 0.8348 | |
| 145 | University of Rhode Island | 36300 | 58400 | 0.3784 | 14,466 | 1148 | 0.7456 | |
| 146 | Indiana Wesleyan University-Marion | 36900 | 49100 | 0.2486 | 2,075 | 1090 | 0.8894 | |
| 147 | University of Connecticut | 37000 | 66200 | 0.4414 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 147 | University of Dubuque | 37000 | 65900 | 0.4382 | 1,395 | 1090 | 0.8731 | |
| 149 | Eckerd College | 37400 | 77000 | 0.5143 | 1,893 | 1255 | 0.758 | |
| 149 | Loyola University Chicago | 37400 | 74800 | 0.5002 | 12,640 | 1303 | 0.751 | |
| 151 | University of Mary Hardin-Baylor | 37800 | 51900 | 0.2716 | 2,775 | 1099 | 0.9747 | |
| 152 | Southeastern University | 38000 | 79400 | 0.5216 | 11,981 | 1110 | 0.4247 | |
| 153 | Evangel University | 39000 | 49700 | 0.2151 | 1,843 | 1180 | 0.7161 | |
| 153 | Mississippi State University | 39000 | 53400 | 0.2695 | 19,093 | 1214 | 0.8363 | |
| 155 | Bradley University | 39500 | 60600 | 0.3481 | 3,258 | 1223 | 0.7459 | |
| 156 | Stony Brook University | 39600 | 53000 | 0.2527 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 157 | University of Wyoming | 39900 | 45300 | 0.1191 | 8,138 | 1179 | 0.9695 | |
| 158 | Saint Joseph's College of Maine | 40300 | 66900 | 0.3978 | 1,105 | 1055 | 0.8351 | |
| 159 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5061 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 160 | Sacred Heart University | 40500 | 67500 | 0.4 | 7,291 | 950 | 0.6363 | |
| 161 | University of New Haven | 41400 | 73500 | 0.4365 | 4,969 | 1164 | 0.5589 | |
| 162 | College of Charleston | 42100 | 64600 | 0.3484 | 10,596 | 1255 | 0.73 | |
| 163 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42400 | 63300 | 0.3301 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 164 | Rollins College | 43100 | 85700 | 0.4972 | 2,639 | 1273 | 0.5285 | |
| 165 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43300 | 68700 | 0.3694 | 4,279 | 1224 | 0.5796 | |
| 166 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 43800 | 72500 | 0.396 | 10,368 | 1064 | 0.999 | |
| 167 | Providence College | 44300 | 85000 | 0.4788 | 4,680 | 1335 | 0.4994 | |
| 168 | State University of New York at Cortland | 44800 | 52600 | 0.1482 | 5,890 | 1175 | 0.624 | |
| 169 | Illinois State University | 45700 | 49100 | 0.0692 | 19,513 | 1120 | 0.8555 | |
| 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 | St. John's University-New York | 47600 | 83800 | 0.4322 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 174 | DePaul University | 49100 | 69400 | 0.2923 | 14,338 | 1254 | 0.878 | |
| 174 | Western Washington University | 49100 | 52400 | 0.063 | 13,609 | 1272 | 0.9371 | |
| 176 | Northwest Nazarene University | 49600 | 87600 | 0.4337 | 1,043 | 1134 | 0.7159 | |
| 177 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 50800 | 63800 | 0.2038 | 42,565 | 1338 | 0.7887 | |
| 178 | Quinnipiac University | 51000 | 79700 | 0.3603 | 6,610 | 1245 | 0.7031 | |
| 179 | Lipscomb University | 53100 | 69900 | 0.2402 | 3,327 | 1260 | 0.6774 | |
| 180 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 53300 | 53300 | 0 | 34,447 | 1264 | 0.8804 | |
| 181 | University of California-San Diego | 56000 | 79600 | 0.2964 | 35,442 | 1375 | 0.2856 | |
| 182 | Dallas Baptist University | 56400 | 84300 | 0.331 | 2,938 | 1109 | 0.9131 | |
| 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 | 68200 | 69900 | 0.0243 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 187 | University of California-Irvine | 72000 | 75200 | 0.0426 | 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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