Considering a degree in Biology?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Biology majors who live in Tennessee.
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 Tennessee.
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 | 95900 | 0.9386 | 6,738 | 1500 | 0.0418 | |
| 2 | Brigham Young University | 8100 | 22300 | 0.6382 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 3 | University of Central Florida | 10000 | 31900 | 0.6867 | 60,083 | 1289 | 0.428 | |
| 4 | University of Nevada-Reno | 10100 | 45800 | 0.7802 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 5 | Savannah State University | 10200 | 50900 | 0.7999 | 2,966 | 950 | 1 | |
| 5 | University of California-Davis | 10200 | 38600 | 0.7366 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 7 | Southern Utah University | 11300 | 51400 | 0.7801 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 8 | Eastern Washington University | 11800 | 28600 | 0.5879 | 7,640 | 1045 | 0.8526 | |
| 9 | University of Hawaii at Hilo | 12000 | 56000 | 0.7857 | 2,304 | 990 | 0.8351 | |
| 10 | University of California-San Diego | 12200 | 41600 | 0.7072 | 35,442 | 1375 | 0.2856 | |
| 11 | University of West Florida | 12900 | 22200 | 0.4185 | 9,971 | 1120 | 0.5822 | |
| 12 | Boston University | 13000 | 93200 | 0.8604 | 18,289 | 1475 | 0.1283 | |
| 13 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 13200 | 40500 | 0.674 | 29,727 | 990 | 0.9229 | |
| 13 | Wesleyan College | 13200 | 63100 | 0.7912 | 500 | 1065 | 0.591 | |
| 15 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 13300 | 29300 | 0.5461 | 8,421 | 1054 | 0.9444 | |
| 16 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 13800 | 38300 | 0.6391 | 5,677 | 985 | 0.9301 | |
| 17 | University of the Virgin Islands | 14400 | 29600 | 0.5128 | 1,650 | 900 | 0.9936 | |
| 18 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 14500 | 19000 | 0.237 | 11,994 | 1090 | 0.8651 | |
| 19 | Central Michigan University | 14600 | 37400 | 0.6102 | 10,238 | 1099 | 0.9104 | |
| 19 | Coastal Carolina University | 14600 | 45300 | 0.678 | 11,471 | 1160 | 0.7003 | |
| 21 | Arkansas Tech University | 14700 | 31400 | 0.5311 | 8,279 | 1055 | 0.9747 | |
| 21 | Eastern Michigan University | 14700 | 33900 | 0.5658 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 21 | Mercy University | 14700 | 46400 | 0.6836 | 6,692 | 1135 | 0.8724 | |
| 21 | Salem State University | 14700 | 38300 | 0.6158 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 21 | University of Memphis | 14700 | 26400 | 0.4441 | 15,538 | 1080 | 0.7878 | |
| 26 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 14800 | 25800 | 0.4235 | 10,396 | 1125 | 0.7162 | |
| 27 | Miles College | 14900 | 35100 | 0.5754 | 1,180 | 0 | 1 | |
| 27 | University of California-Irvine | 14900 | 40400 | 0.6309 | 30,260 | 1333 | 0.2895 | |
| 27 | Virginia Union University | 14900 | 51700 | 0.712 | 1,205 | 870 | 0.9802 | |
| 30 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 15400 | 56900 | 0.7293 | 15,735 | 1069 | 0.8797 | |
| 31 | West Virginia University | 15500 | 73100 | 0.7876 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 32 | Ball State University | 15600 | 22400 | 0.3037 | 15,950 | 1185 | 0.8625 | |
| 32 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 29800 | 0.4782 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 32 | Valley City State University | 15600 | 23800 | 0.3425 | 1,663 | 1045 | 0.9942 | |
| 35 | Austin Peay State University | 16100 | 31400 | 0.489 | 9,593 | 1075 | 0.9691 | |
| 35 | Lindsey Wilson University | 16100 | 49300 | 0.6736 | 1,738 | 1035 | 0 | |
| 35 | Madonna University | 16100 | 67900 | 0.7624 | 1,919 | 925 | 0.6757 | |
| 35 | Niagara University | 16100 | 57400 | 0.7192 | 2,638 | 1170 | 0.876 | |
| 39 | Francis Marion University | 16600 | 36100 | 0.5398 | 3,793 | 1015 | 0.9508 | |
| 40 | SUNY College at Geneseo | 16700 | 25600 | 0.3476 | 3,943 | 1275 | 0.3333 | |
| 41 | Bethel University | 16900 | 48700 | 0.654 | 2,674 | 970 | 0.6023 | |
| 41 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 16900 | 90700 | 0.8137 | 8,727 | 1055 | 0.9703 | |
| 41 | University of Miami | 16900 | 96300 | 0.8246 | 13,241 | 1408 | 0.1761 | |
| 44 | SUNY at Fredonia | 17100 | 27800 | 0.3854 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 45 | Duke University | 17300 | 98500 | 0.8246 | 6,525 | 1533 | 0.0524 | |
| 46 | Georgetown University | 17400 | 92700 | 0.8123 | 7,908 | 1470 | 0.1349 | |
| 46 | SUNY College at Potsdam | 17400 | 49300 | 0.6473 | 1,750 | 1060 | 0.8241 | |
| 48 | Emporia State University | 17800 | 31200 | 0.4296 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 49 | Utah Tech University | 17900 | 23300 | 0.2321 | 12,993 | 1065 | 1 | |
| 49 | Waynesburg University | 17900 | 45000 | 0.6029 | 1,032 | 1093 | 0.8981 | |
| 49 | York College of Pennsylvania | 17900 | 45800 | 0.6097 | 3,369 | 1153 | 0.7374 | |
| 52 | Northeastern University | 18200 | 90000 | 0.7974 | 22,456 | 1481 | 0.0562 | |
| 53 | San Jose State University | 18600 | 41100 | 0.5469 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 54 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 19300 | 28500 | 0.3231 | 14,657 | 1190 | 0.7583 | |
| 55 | University of Mary | 19400 | 32600 | 0.4063 | 2,821 | 1175 | 0.753 | |
| 56 | Unity Environmental University | 19500 | 48200 | 0.595 | 6,525 | 0 | 0.818 | |
| 57 | Coker University | 19600 | 47800 | 0.5902 | 1,220 | 1050 | 0.9396 | |
| 57 | McMurry University | 19600 | 71400 | 0.7259 | 4,133 | 1104 | 0.8984 | |
| 59 | Winona State University | 19900 | 29500 | 0.3267 | 5,317 | 1115 | 0.7549 | |
| 60 | Carlow University | 20000 | 53900 | 0.6287 | 2,303 | 1084 | 0.8768 | |
| 60 | Minot State University | 20000 | 23500 | 0.1497 | 2,499 | 1075 | 0.6462 | |
| 62 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 20300 | 29900 | 0.3205 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 63 | SUNY Old Westbury | 20500 | 24400 | 0.16 | 4,474 | 1110 | 0.8352 | |
| 64 | Mayville State University | 20700 | 23800 | 0.1321 | 1,067 | 1034 | 0.7825 | |
| 64 | North Dakota State University | 20700 | 25700 | 0.1942 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 64 | SUNY Oneonta | 20700 | 55300 | 0.6262 | 4,815 | 1090 | 0.7696 | |
| 67 | Ferris State University | 20800 | 31000 | 0.3295 | 8,980 | 1015 | 0.8237 | |
| 67 | Grove City College | 20800 | 39700 | 0.4767 | 2,247 | 1248 | 0.667 | |
| 67 | La Sierra University | 20800 | 51200 | 0.5943 | 1,266 | 1124 | 0.9069 | |
| 67 | Millikin University | 20800 | 45000 | 0.5376 | 1,427 | 1065 | 0.765 | |
| 71 | Central Methodist University-College of Liberal Arts and Sciences | 21200 | 71000 | 0.7011 | 1,040 | 1075 | 0.6271 | |
| 72 | Stockton University | 21400 | 46100 | 0.536 | 7,583 | 1134 | 0.901 | |
| 73 | Florida College | 21500 | 56800 | 0.6209 | 728 | 1099 | 0.6966 | |
| 74 | Bryan College-Dayton | 21600 | 36000 | 0.4003 | 1,565 | 1085 | 1 | |
| 75 | Daemen University | 21700 | 56700 | 0.6172 | 1,656 | 1050 | 0.7375 | |
| 75 | University of Florida | 21700 | 22500 | 0.0355 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 77 | Grand Valley State University | 21900 | 36600 | 0.4014 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 78 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 22000 | 27800 | 0.2084 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 78 | Utah State University | 22000 | 39000 | 0.4358 | 26,629 | 1168 | 0.9212 | |
| 80 | Juniata College | 22200 | 75300 | 0.7056 | 1,276 | 1263 | 0.7941 | |
| 81 | University of South Florida | 22400 | 22400 | 0 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 82 | Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences | 22600 | 56900 | 0.602 | 533 | 1244 | 0.5269 | |
| 82 | Augustana College | 22600 | 72800 | 0.6891 | 2,536 | 1157 | 0.6628 | |
| 84 | Saint Cloud State University | 22800 | 36800 | 0.3803 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 85 | The University of Alabama | 23000 | 33400 | 0.3112 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 86 | University of Southern Mississippi | 23100 | 23100 | 0 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 87 | Troy University | 23200 | 34700 | 0.3314 | 10,130 | 1075 | 0.9535 | |
| 88 | Southwest Minnesota State University | 23300 | 26700 | 0.1273 | 7,290 | 1015 | 0.6409 | |
| 89 | Bridgewater State University | 23700 | 37300 | 0.3642 | 8,849 | 1143 | 0.8798 | |
| 89 | Florida International University | 23700 | 34100 | 0.3049 | 46,249 | 1180 | 0.6085 | |
| 89 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 23700 | 36100 | 0.3432 | 34,447 | 1273 | 0.8804 | |
| 92 | Northern Arizona University | 23800 | 47300 | 0.4962 | 22,203 | 1129 | 0.8961 | |
| 93 | Huntingdon College | 23900 | 65000 | 0.6322 | 943 | 1130 | 0.692 | |
| 93 | State University of New York at New Paltz | 23900 | 35700 | 0.3302 | 6,113 | 1279 | 0.6267 | |
| 95 | Montana State University | 24400 | 24400 | 0 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 95 | Saint Edward's University | 24400 | 105600 | 0.7691 | 2,499 | 1128 | 0.8142 | |
| 97 | Wisconsin Lutheran College | 24700 | 56700 | 0.5653 | 957 | 1233 | 0.7816 | |
| 98 | Ave Maria University | 25000 | 46600 | 0.4637 | 1,320 | 1164 | 0.4139 | |
| 99 | East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania | 25200 | 37700 | 0.3312 | 5,130 | 1099 | 0.8645 | |
| 99 | Messiah University | 25200 | 54700 | 0.5393 | 2,722 | 1266 | 0.8107 | |
| 99 | University of California-Santa Cruz | 25200 | 43400 | 0.4192 | 18,194 | 1281 | 0.7273 | |
| 102 | The University of Findlay | 25300 | 50600 | 0.4996 | 4,132 | 1090 | 0.6748 | |
| 102 | University of Central Oklahoma | 25300 | 34000 | 0.2558 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 104 | Minnesota State University, Mankato | 25600 | 28000 | 0.0854 | 13,433 | 1145 | 0.8844 | |
| 105 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 25700 | 62800 | 0.5907 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 106 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 25900 | 28300 | 0.0847 | 3,375 | 1090 | 0.5885 | |
| 107 | Keuka College | 26200 | 64000 | 0.5901 | 986 | 1043 | 0.8151 | |
| 108 | Lipscomb University | 26300 | 70000 | 0.6241 | 3,327 | 1214 | 0.6774 | |
| 109 | Geneva College | 26400 | 50300 | 0.4766 | 1,299 | 1167 | 0.9556 | |
| 110 | Trine University | 26500 | 56100 | 0.5279 | 4,373 | 1159 | 0.8548 | |
| 111 | St. Francis College | 26700 | 39400 | 0.3227 | 1,719 | 1035 | 1 | |
| 112 | Wingate University | 26800 | 67100 | 0.6016 | 2,673 | 1100 | 0.9113 | |
| 113 | Weber State University | 27100 | 31600 | 0.1425 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 114 | University of Georgia | 27200 | 47400 | 0.4259 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 115 | Florida Southern College | 27700 | 63200 | 0.5616 | 2,682 | 1264 | 0.6442 | |
| 115 | Mitchell College | 27700 | 63900 | 0.5663 | 442 | 817 | 0.9466 | |
| 117 | University of Delaware | 28500 | 34500 | 0.1741 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 118 | Grace College and Theological Seminary | 28800 | 41800 | 0.3103 | 1,795 | 1130 | 0.8215 | |
| 119 | University of Alaska Southeast | 28900 | 31300 | 0.0766 | 1,559 | 1020 | 0.6192 | |
| 120 | University of Connecticut | 29100 | 55500 | 0.4755 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 120 | University of Louisville | 29100 | 29100 | 0 | 17,916 | 1134 | 0.7921 | |
| 122 | Huntington University | 29200 | 44400 | 0.342 | 1,512 | 1065 | 0.7518 | |
| 123 | Jacksonville University | 29400 | 102400 | 0.7128 | 2,916 | 1210 | 0.5748 | |
| 124 | Blue Mountain Christian University | 29500 | 39900 | 0.2604 | 915 | 1095 | 0.8895 | |
| 125 | University of Southern California | 29700 | 98300 | 0.698 | 20,768 | 1499 | 0.1119 | |
| 126 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 29800 | 112100 | 0.7341 | 4,999 | 1258 | 0.9296 | |
| 126 | Southwestern College | 29800 | 89500 | 0.6672 | 816 | 1000 | 0.4729 | |
| 126 | University of Pikeville | 29800 | 34800 | 0.1438 | 1,164 | 1070 | 0.8967 | |
| 129 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29900 | 33000 | 0.0938 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 130 | Saint Xavier University | 30400 | 58200 | 0.4774 | 3,100 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 131 | California State University-Long Beach | 31000 | 38800 | 0.201 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 131 | University of Maine | 31000 | 43100 | 0.2809 | 9,182 | 1195 | 0.9562 | |
| 133 | Centenary University | 31600 | 63000 | 0.4983 | 936 | 1070 | 0.8308 | |
| 133 | Hampton University | 31600 | 54800 | 0.4233 | 4,046 | 1005 | 0.6358 | |
| 135 | University of Mary Hardin-Baylor | 32100 | 51900 | 0.3814 | 2,775 | 1105 | 0.9747 | |
| 136 | Liberty University | 32400 | 44700 | 0.275 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 137 | University of New England | 32700 | 70900 | 0.5389 | 4,631 | 1145 | 0.9203 | |
| 138 | Nova Southeastern University | 32800 | 56100 | 0.4152 | 7,057 | 1187 | 0.7557 | |
| 139 | University of Oregon | 33100 | 40200 | 0.1784 | 20,710 | 1193 | 0.8742 | |
| 140 | Wichita State University | 33200 | 42200 | 0.2134 | 14,906 | 1065 | 0.7224 | |
| 141 | Elizabethtown College | 33700 | 57500 | 0.4137 | 1,935 | 1214 | 0.8892 | |
| 142 | Charleston Southern University | 34100 | 48400 | 0.2971 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 143 | Siena University | 34400 | 66400 | 0.4821 | 3,149 | 1301 | 0.8464 | |
| 144 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 34800 | 59100 | 0.4109 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 145 | Samford University | 34900 | 93800 | 0.628 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 146 | Barry University | 35100 | 58800 | 0.4031 | 4,654 | 1005 | 0.9663 | |
| 147 | Pfeiffer University | 35200 | 56100 | 0.3724 | 696 | 941 | 0.9603 | |
| 148 | Auburn University | 35300 | 35300 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 149 | Roger Williams University | 35500 | 63700 | 0.443 | 3,970 | 1235 | 0.882 | |
| 150 | Western New England University | 35800 | 70600 | 0.4927 | 2,616 | 1199 | 0.8348 | |
| 151 | Bradley University | 35900 | 60600 | 0.4075 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 152 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 36100 | 36100 | 0 | 16,131 | 1275 | 0.6472 | |
| 153 | Indiana Wesleyan University-Marion | 36900 | 49100 | 0.2486 | 2,075 | 1090 | 0.8894 | |
| 154 | Eckerd College | 37400 | 77000 | 0.5143 | 1,893 | 1255 | 0.758 | |
| 155 | University of Dubuque | 38000 | 65900 | 0.423 | 1,395 | 1074 | 0.8731 | |
| 156 | University of Rhode Island | 38100 | 58400 | 0.3475 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 157 | Southeastern University | 38200 | 79400 | 0.519 | 11,981 | 1110 | 0.4247 | |
| 158 | Maine Maritime Academy | 38400 | 53000 | 0.2756 | 977 | 1189 | 0.9615 | |
| 159 | Reinhardt University | 38600 | 49300 | 0.2161 | 1,129 | 1070 | 0.6154 | |
| 160 | Evangel University | 38900 | 49700 | 0.2172 | 1,843 | 1180 | 0.7161 | |
| 161 | Mississippi State University | 39000 | 53400 | 0.2695 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 162 | Loyola University Chicago | 39300 | 74800 | 0.4748 | 12,640 | 1262 | 0.751 | |
| 163 | Stony Brook University | 39600 | 53000 | 0.2527 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 164 | University of Wyoming | 39900 | 45300 | 0.1191 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 165 | Saint Joseph's College of Maine | 40200 | 66900 | 0.3993 | 1,105 | 1055 | 0.8351 | |
| 166 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5061 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 167 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42300 | 63300 | 0.3317 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 168 | Rollins College | 42800 | 85700 | 0.5007 | 2,639 | 1284 | 0.5285 | |
| 169 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43300 | 68700 | 0.3694 | 4,279 | 1234 | 0.5796 | |
| 169 | Montclair State University | 43300 | 47000 | 0.0788 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 171 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 43900 | 72500 | 0.3946 | 10,368 | 1064 | 0.999 | |
| 172 | Providence College | 44000 | 85000 | 0.4823 | 4,680 | 1345 | 0.4994 | |
| 173 | State University of New York at Cortland | 44700 | 52600 | 0.1501 | 5,890 | 1175 | 0.624 | |
| 174 | Western Washington University | 45300 | 52400 | 0.1355 | 13,609 | 1199 | 0.9371 | |
| 175 | Illinois State University | 45700 | 49100 | 0.0692 | 19,513 | 1115 | 0.8555 | |
| 176 | The University of Tampa | 45800 | 58500 | 0.217 | 10,710 | 1250 | 0.4363 | |
| 177 | University of New Haven | 46000 | 73500 | 0.374 | 4,969 | 1219 | 0.5589 | |
| 178 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47100 | 61500 | 0.234 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 179 | St. John's University-New York | 47700 | 83800 | 0.431 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 180 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48300 | 51200 | 0.0565 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 181 | DePaul University | 49100 | 69400 | 0.2923 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 182 | College of Charleston | 49600 | 64600 | 0.2322 | 10,596 | 1234 | 0.73 | |
| 183 | Sacred Heart University | 50100 | 67500 | 0.2578 | 7,291 | 1265 | 0.6363 | |
| 184 | Northwest Nazarene University | 50200 | 87600 | 0.4268 | 1,043 | 1145 | 0.7159 | |
| 185 | Quinnipiac University | 50800 | 79700 | 0.3628 | 6,610 | 1250 | 0.7031 | |
| 185 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 50800 | 63800 | 0.2038 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 187 | Dallas Baptist University | 55800 | 84300 | 0.3381 | 2,938 | 1073 | 0.9131 | |
| 188 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58200 | 63700 | 0.0864 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 189 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 60600 | 67600 | 0.1035 | 40,996 | 1399 | 0.4175 | |
| 190 | Hawaii Pacific University | 63400 | 65800 | 0.0364 | 3,468 | 1200 | 0.8855 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.
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