Considering a degree in Biology?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Biology majors who live in Washington.
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 Washington.
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 | Bellevue College | 5200 | 5200 | 0.0006 | 12,485 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2 | Harvard University | 5900 | 96100 | 0.9383 | 6,738 | 1535 | 0.0418 | |
| 3 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 7900 | 36100 | 0.7821 | 10,368 | 1064 | 0.999 | |
| 4 | Brigham Young University | 8100 | 22300 | 0.6382 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 5 | Georgetown University | 9500 | 92700 | 0.8975 | 7,908 | 1457 | 0.1349 | |
| 6 | University of Central Florida | 10000 | 31900 | 0.6867 | 60,083 | 1280 | 0.428 | |
| 7 | Savannah State University | 10200 | 50900 | 0.7999 | 2,966 | 925 | 1 | |
| 7 | University of California-Davis | 10200 | 38600 | 0.7366 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 9 | Southern Utah University | 10800 | 51400 | 0.7898 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 10 | Eastern Washington University | 11500 | 28700 | 0.5996 | 7,640 | 995 | 0.8526 | |
| 11 | Francis Marion University | 12000 | 31300 | 0.6166 | 3,793 | 1015 | 0.9508 | |
| 11 | University of Hawaii at Hilo | 12000 | 56000 | 0.7857 | 2,304 | 1005 | 0.8351 | |
| 13 | Northern Arizona University | 12200 | 30400 | 0.5979 | 22,203 | 1090 | 0.8961 | |
| 14 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 12700 | 24900 | 0.4892 | 5,677 | 1085 | 0.9301 | |
| 15 | Boston University | 12900 | 93200 | 0.8615 | 18,289 | 1475 | 0.1283 | |
| 16 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 13000 | 29300 | 0.5563 | 8,421 | 1045 | 0.9444 | |
| 17 | University of West Florida | 13100 | 50500 | 0.7413 | 9,971 | 1149 | 0.5822 | |
| 18 | Wesleyan College | 13200 | 63100 | 0.7912 | 500 | 1065 | 0.591 | |
| 19 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 13400 | 27100 | 0.5048 | 29,727 | 980 | 0.9229 | |
| 20 | University of Delaware | 13500 | 34500 | 0.6095 | 19,287 | 1294 | 0.6924 | |
| 21 | University of South Florida | 13800 | 22400 | 0.3843 | 39,093 | 1239 | 0.4071 | |
| 22 | University of Georgia | 13900 | 27200 | 0.4883 | 32,824 | 1382 | 0.3425 | |
| 23 | Utah State University | 14000 | 21000 | 0.3327 | 26,629 | 1176 | 0.9212 | |
| 24 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 14300 | 22800 | 0.3733 | 11,994 | 1090 | 0.8651 | |
| 25 | Coastal Carolina University | 14400 | 45300 | 0.6825 | 11,471 | 1145 | 0.7003 | |
| 26 | Central Michigan University | 14500 | 37400 | 0.6129 | 10,238 | 1095 | 0.9104 | |
| 27 | Arkansas Tech University | 14600 | 31400 | 0.5343 | 8,279 | 1035 | 0.9747 | |
| 27 | Eastern Michigan University | 14600 | 33900 | 0.5687 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 27 | Salem State University | 14600 | 38300 | 0.6184 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 30 | Mercy University | 14700 | 46400 | 0.6836 | 6,692 | 1135 | 0.8724 | |
| 30 | Virginia Union University | 14700 | 51700 | 0.7159 | 1,205 | 870 | 0.9802 | |
| 32 | Miles College | 14800 | 35100 | 0.5782 | 1,180 | 0 | 1 | |
| 32 | University of the Virgin Islands | 14800 | 29600 | 0.4993 | 1,650 | 925 | 0.9936 | |
| 34 | University of California-Irvine | 14900 | 40400 | 0.6309 | 30,260 | 1333 | 0.2895 | |
| 35 | West Virginia University | 15100 | 73100 | 0.7931 | 18,206 | 1125 | 0.8514 | |
| 36 | Lindsey Wilson University | 15200 | 49300 | 0.6919 | 1,738 | 0 | 0 | |
| 36 | Troy University | 15200 | 26700 | 0.4306 | 10,130 | 1090 | 0.9535 | |
| 38 | University of Nevada-Reno | 15300 | 28200 | 0.4571 | 20,204 | 1134 | 0.8313 | |
| 39 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 15400 | 71500 | 0.7849 | 15,735 | 1103 | 0.8797 | |
| 40 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 38800 | 0.5992 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 41 | Niagara University | 16100 | 57400 | 0.7192 | 2,638 | 1160 | 0.876 | |
| 42 | Madonna University | 16300 | 67900 | 0.7595 | 1,919 | 980 | 0.6757 | |
| 43 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 16600 | 90700 | 0.817 | 8,727 | 1055 | 0.9703 | |
| 44 | Grove City College | 16700 | 39700 | 0.5801 | 2,247 | 1266 | 0.667 | |
| 45 | University of Miami | 16800 | 96300 | 0.8257 | 13,241 | 1406 | 0.1761 | |
| 46 | Bethel University | 16900 | 48700 | 0.6536 | 2,674 | 970 | 0.6023 | |
| 46 | California State University-Long Beach | 16900 | 25800 | 0.345 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 48 | SUNY at Fredonia | 17100 | 27800 | 0.3854 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 49 | Duke University | 17300 | 98500 | 0.8246 | 6,525 | 1527 | 0.0524 | |
| 49 | SUNY College at Potsdam | 17300 | 49300 | 0.6493 | 1,750 | 1060 | 0.8241 | |
| 51 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 17400 | 29900 | 0.4174 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 51 | University of Louisville | 17400 | 29100 | 0.4024 | 17,916 | 1148 | 0.7921 | |
| 51 | Weber State University | 17400 | 20300 | 0.1431 | 31,672 | 0 | 1 | |
| 54 | College of Charleston | 17500 | 33900 | 0.4843 | 10,596 | 1255 | 0.73 | |
| 55 | Emporia State University | 17600 | 31200 | 0.436 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 55 | Waynesburg University | 17600 | 45000 | 0.61 | 1,032 | 1093 | 0.8981 | |
| 57 | Winona State University | 17800 | 23000 | 0.2278 | 5,317 | 1115 | 0.7549 | |
| 58 | York College of Pennsylvania | 17900 | 45800 | 0.6097 | 3,369 | 1153 | 0.7374 | |
| 59 | Northeastern University | 18100 | 90000 | 0.7985 | 22,456 | 1490 | 0.0562 | |
| 60 | San Jose State University | 18500 | 41100 | 0.5494 | 29,890 | 1124 | 0.8039 | |
| 61 | University of Rhode Island | 19000 | 33900 | 0.4396 | 14,466 | 1148 | 0.7456 | |
| 62 | McMurry University | 19200 | 71400 | 0.7315 | 4,133 | 1065 | 0.8984 | |
| 62 | University of Mary | 19200 | 32600 | 0.4119 | 2,821 | 1175 | 0.753 | |
| 64 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 19300 | 28500 | 0.3231 | 14,657 | 1195 | 0.7583 | |
| 65 | Coker University | 19400 | 47800 | 0.5944 | 1,220 | 1050 | 0.9396 | |
| 66 | East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania | 19500 | 33700 | 0.4211 | 5,130 | 1095 | 0.8645 | |
| 66 | Unity Environmental University | 19500 | 48200 | 0.595 | 6,525 | 0 | 0.818 | |
| 68 | Carlow University | 19800 | 53900 | 0.6324 | 2,303 | 1065 | 0.8768 | |
| 69 | La Sierra University | 20000 | 51200 | 0.6099 | 1,266 | 1025 | 0.9069 | |
| 69 | Minot State University | 20000 | 23500 | 0.1497 | 2,499 | 1075 | 0.6462 | |
| 71 | University of Wyoming | 20400 | 27900 | 0.2682 | 8,138 | 1179 | 0.9695 | |
| 72 | SUNY Old Westbury | 20500 | 24400 | 0.16 | 4,474 | 1110 | 0.8352 | |
| 73 | Millikin University | 20600 | 45000 | 0.542 | 1,427 | 1020 | 0.765 | |
| 73 | State University of New York at New Paltz | 20600 | 26300 | 0.217 | 6,113 | 1260 | 0.6267 | |
| 75 | Mayville State University | 20700 | 23800 | 0.1321 | 1,067 | 1034 | 0.7825 | |
| 75 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 20700 | 30600 | 0.3258 | 43,633 | 1327 | 0.4343 | |
| 77 | Ferris State University | 20900 | 31000 | 0.3263 | 8,980 | 1015 | 0.8237 | |
| 77 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 20900 | 39800 | 0.4744 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 79 | Central Methodist University-College of Liberal Arts and Sciences | 21000 | 71000 | 0.7039 | 1,040 | 1040 | 0.6271 | |
| 80 | Florida College | 21400 | 56800 | 0.6227 | 728 | 1099 | 0.6966 | |
| 80 | Stockton University | 21400 | 46100 | 0.536 | 7,583 | 1135 | 0.901 | |
| 82 | Daemen University | 21700 | 56700 | 0.6172 | 1,656 | 1050 | 0.7375 | |
| 83 | Grand Valley State University | 21900 | 36600 | 0.4014 | 19,154 | 1084 | 0.9271 | |
| 84 | Juniata College | 22300 | 75300 | 0.7043 | 1,276 | 1229 | 0.7941 | |
| 85 | Valley City State University | 22500 | 25600 | 0.1227 | 1,663 | 1055 | 0.9942 | |
| 86 | Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences | 22600 | 56900 | 0.602 | 533 | 1244 | 0.5269 | |
| 86 | Augustana College | 22600 | 72800 | 0.6891 | 2,536 | 1163 | 0.6628 | |
| 88 | Saint Cloud State University | 22800 | 36800 | 0.3803 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 89 | Western Washington University | 23100 | 31600 | 0.2701 | 13,609 | 1272 | 0.9371 | |
| 90 | Southwest Minnesota State University | 23300 | 26700 | 0.1273 | 7,290 | 1015 | 0.6409 | |
| 91 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 23500 | 36100 | 0.3487 | 34,447 | 1264 | 0.8804 | |
| 92 | Florida International University | 23700 | 23700 | 0 | 46,249 | 1175 | 0.6085 | |
| 93 | Huntingdon College | 23800 | 65000 | 0.6337 | 943 | 1130 | 0.692 | |
| 94 | Saint Edward's University | 24300 | 105600 | 0.77 | 2,499 | 1128 | 0.8142 | |
| 94 | University of Southern Mississippi | 24300 | 27200 | 0.1066 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 96 | Bridgewater State University | 24400 | 37300 | 0.346 | 8,849 | 1180 | 0.8798 | |
| 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 | Ave Maria University | 25000 | 46600 | 0.4637 | 1,320 | 1164 | 0.4139 | |
| 99 | Keuka College | 25000 | 64000 | 0.6089 | 986 | 1100 | 0.8151 | |
| 99 | Montana State University | 25000 | 31600 | 0.2091 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 102 | University of Central Oklahoma | 25100 | 34000 | 0.2617 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 103 | Messiah University | 25300 | 54700 | 0.5375 | 2,722 | 1241 | 0.8107 | |
| 104 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 25600 | 62800 | 0.5923 | 13,039 | 1010 | 0.894 | |
| 105 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 25900 | 28300 | 0.0847 | 3,375 | 1090 | 0.5885 | |
| 105 | The University of Findlay | 25900 | 50600 | 0.4877 | 4,132 | 1124 | 0.6748 | |
| 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 | Ball State University | 26600 | 26600 | 0 | 15,950 | 1170 | 0.8625 | |
| 110 | Wingate University | 26800 | 67100 | 0.6016 | 2,673 | 1100 | 0.9113 | |
| 111 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 26900 | 40600 | 0.3372 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 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 | |
| 113 | St. Francis College | 27700 | 39400 | 0.2973 | 1,719 | 1119 | 1 | |
| 116 | Grace College and Theological Seminary | 28700 | 41800 | 0.3134 | 1,795 | 1130 | 0.8215 | |
| 117 | University of Alaska Southeast | 28900 | 31300 | 0.0766 | 1,559 | 1020 | 0.6192 | |
| 118 | Huntington University | 29100 | 44400 | 0.3443 | 1,512 | 1055 | 0.7518 | |
| 119 | Jacksonville University | 29300 | 102400 | 0.7138 | 2,916 | 1195 | 0.5748 | |
| 120 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 29400 | 112100 | 0.7376 | 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 | |
| 122 | Utah Tech University | 29700 | 35200 | 0.1563 | 12,993 | 0 | 1 | |
| 124 | Southwestern College | 29800 | 89500 | 0.6672 | 816 | 1025 | 0.4729 | |
| 125 | Mississippi State University | 30000 | 34400 | 0.1276 | 19,093 | 1214 | 0.8363 | |
| 126 | Bryan College-Dayton | 30100 | 36000 | 0.1639 | 1,565 | 1085 | 1 | |
| 126 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 30100 | 34200 | 0.1197 | 31,845 | 1292 | 0.5651 | |
| 128 | Saint Xavier University | 30200 | 58200 | 0.4808 | 3,100 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 129 | University of Pikeville | 30800 | 34800 | 0.1151 | 1,164 | 1055 | 0.8967 | |
| 130 | Maine Maritime Academy | 30900 | 34400 | 0.1016 | 977 | 1180 | 0.9615 | |
| 131 | University of Maine | 31200 | 43100 | 0.2762 | 9,182 | 1205 | 0.9562 | |
| 132 | Hampton University | 31400 | 54800 | 0.427 | 4,046 | 947 | 0.6358 | |
| 133 | Centenary University | 31600 | 63000 | 0.4983 | 936 | 1070 | 0.8308 | |
| 134 | Nova Southeastern University | 32200 | 56100 | 0.4259 | 7,057 | 1165 | 0.7557 | |
| 135 | Liberty University | 32400 | 44700 | 0.275 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 136 | University of New England | 32700 | 70900 | 0.5389 | 4,631 | 1145 | 0.9203 | |
| 137 | University of Oregon | 33100 | 40200 | 0.1784 | 20,710 | 1250 | 0.8742 | |
| 138 | Elizabethtown College | 33700 | 57500 | 0.4137 | 1,935 | 1214 | 0.8892 | |
| 139 | Wichita State University | 34000 | 42200 | 0.1944 | 14,906 | 1073 | 0.7224 | |
| 140 | Charleston Southern University | 34100 | 48400 | 0.2971 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 141 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 34200 | 34200 | 0 | 16,131 | 1270 | 0.6472 | |
| 142 | Barry University | 34700 | 58800 | 0.4099 | 4,654 | 1005 | 0.9663 | |
| 142 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 34700 | 59100 | 0.4126 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 144 | Samford University | 34900 | 93800 | 0.628 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 145 | Minnesota State University, Mankato | 35200 | 37600 | 0.0637 | 13,433 | 1145 | 0.8844 | |
| 145 | Pfeiffer University | 35200 | 56100 | 0.3724 | 696 | 941 | 0.9603 | |
| 145 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 35200 | 46500 | 0.2431 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 148 | SUNY College at Geneseo | 35400 | 39400 | 0.1016 | 3,943 | 1279 | 0.3333 | |
| 149 | Roger Williams University | 35500 | 63700 | 0.443 | 3,970 | 1235 | 0.882 | |
| 150 | Siena University | 35700 | 66400 | 0.4625 | 3,149 | 1254 | 0.8464 | |
| 151 | Western New England University | 35800 | 70600 | 0.4927 | 2,616 | 1199 | 0.8348 | |
| 152 | Indiana Wesleyan University-Marion | 36900 | 49100 | 0.2486 | 2,075 | 1090 | 0.8894 | |
| 153 | University of Connecticut | 37000 | 66200 | 0.4414 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 153 | University of Dubuque | 37000 | 65900 | 0.4382 | 1,395 | 1090 | 0.8731 | |
| 155 | Eckerd College | 37400 | 77000 | 0.5143 | 1,893 | 1255 | 0.758 | |
| 156 | Loyola University Chicago | 37500 | 74800 | 0.4989 | 12,640 | 1303 | 0.751 | |
| 157 | University of Mary Hardin-Baylor | 37800 | 51900 | 0.2716 | 2,775 | 1099 | 0.9747 | |
| 158 | Southeastern University | 38100 | 79400 | 0.5203 | 11,981 | 1110 | 0.4247 | |
| 159 | Evangel University | 39000 | 49700 | 0.2151 | 1,843 | 1180 | 0.7161 | |
| 160 | Bradley University | 39600 | 60600 | 0.3464 | 3,258 | 1223 | 0.7459 | |
| 160 | Stony Brook University | 39600 | 53000 | 0.2527 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 162 | Saint Joseph's College of Maine | 40200 | 66900 | 0.3993 | 1,105 | 1055 | 0.8351 | |
| 163 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5061 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 164 | Sacred Heart University | 40600 | 67500 | 0.3985 | 7,291 | 950 | 0.6363 | |
| 165 | University of New Haven | 41400 | 73500 | 0.4365 | 4,969 | 1164 | 0.5589 | |
| 166 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42300 | 63300 | 0.3317 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 167 | Rollins College | 43100 | 85700 | 0.4972 | 2,639 | 1273 | 0.5285 | |
| 167 | University of Florida | 43100 | 45700 | 0.0569 | 37,283 | 1399 | 0.2033 | |
| 169 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43300 | 68700 | 0.3694 | 4,279 | 1224 | 0.5796 | |
| 170 | Montclair State University | 43700 | 47000 | 0.0703 | 19,048 | 1058 | 0.894 | |
| 171 | Providence College | 44500 | 85000 | 0.4765 | 4,680 | 1335 | 0.4994 | |
| 172 | State University of New York at Cortland | 44700 | 52600 | 0.1501 | 5,890 | 1175 | 0.624 | |
| 173 | Illinois State University | 45700 | 49100 | 0.0692 | 19,513 | 1120 | 0.8555 | |
| 174 | The University of Tampa | 45900 | 58500 | 0.2153 | 10,710 | 1185 | 0.4363 | |
| 175 | Reinhardt University | 46900 | 59300 | 0.2091 | 1,129 | 1070 | 0.6154 | |
| 176 | St. John's University-New York | 47600 | 83800 | 0.4322 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 177 | DePaul University | 49100 | 69400 | 0.2923 | 14,338 | 1254 | 0.878 | |
| 178 | Northwest Nazarene University | 49600 | 87600 | 0.4337 | 1,043 | 1134 | 0.7159 | |
| 179 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 50800 | 63800 | 0.2038 | 42,565 | 1338 | 0.7887 | |
| 180 | Quinnipiac University | 50900 | 79700 | 0.3615 | 6,610 | 1245 | 0.7031 | |
| 181 | Lipscomb University | 53100 | 69900 | 0.2407 | 3,327 | 1260 | 0.6774 | |
| 182 | University of California-San Diego | 56200 | 79600 | 0.2939 | 35,442 | 1375 | 0.2856 | |
| 183 | Dallas Baptist University | 56400 | 84300 | 0.331 | 2,938 | 1109 | 0.9131 | |
| 184 | The University of Alabama | 58500 | 58500 | 0 | 35,621 | 1284 | 0.7117 | |
| 185 | Auburn University | 59200 | 59200 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 186 | Hawaii Pacific University | 63400 | 65800 | 0.0364 | 3,468 | 1120 | 0.8855 | |
| 187 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 63500 | 67600 | 0.0606 | 40,996 | 1331 | 0.4175 | |
| 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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