Considering a degree in Biology?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Biology majors who live in West Virginia.
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 West Virginia.
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 | 0.9385 | 6,738 | 1535 | 0.0418 | |
| 2 | Brigham Young University | 8100 | 22300 | 0.6382 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 3 | Savannah State University | 10200 | 50900 | 0.7999 | 2,966 | 925 | 1 | |
| 4 | University of Nevada-Reno | 10300 | 45800 | 0.7759 | 20,204 | 1134 | 0.8313 | |
| 5 | Southern Utah University | 11200 | 51400 | 0.7821 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 5 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 11200 | 33800 | 0.6688 | 40,996 | 1331 | 0.4175 | |
| 7 | Eastern Washington University | 11500 | 30700 | 0.6257 | 7,640 | 995 | 0.8526 | |
| 8 | Marshall University | 11600 | 27800 | 0.5824 | 9,960 | 1065 | 0.9663 | |
| 9 | Francis Marion University | 12000 | 31300 | 0.6166 | 3,793 | 1015 | 0.9508 | |
| 10 | Northern Arizona University | 12200 | 30400 | 0.5979 | 22,203 | 1090 | 0.8961 | |
| 10 | University of Hawaii at Hilo | 12200 | 56000 | 0.7821 | 2,304 | 1005 | 0.8351 | |
| 12 | Boston University | 12900 | 93200 | 0.8615 | 18,289 | 1475 | 0.1283 | |
| 13 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 13000 | 29300 | 0.5563 | 8,421 | 1045 | 0.9444 | |
| 13 | University of West Florida | 13000 | 22200 | 0.414 | 9,971 | 1149 | 0.5822 | |
| 15 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 13100 | 40500 | 0.6765 | 29,727 | 980 | 0.9229 | |
| 16 | Wesleyan College | 13200 | 63100 | 0.7912 | 500 | 1065 | 0.591 | |
| 17 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 13500 | 43000 | 0.686 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 17 | University of Delaware | 13500 | 34500 | 0.6095 | 19,287 | 1294 | 0.6924 | |
| 19 | Coastal Carolina University | 13700 | 27200 | 0.4964 | 11,471 | 1145 | 0.7003 | |
| 20 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 13900 | 38300 | 0.6365 | 5,677 | 1085 | 0.9301 | |
| 21 | Utah State University | 14000 | 21000 | 0.3327 | 26,629 | 1176 | 0.9212 | |
| 22 | Bridgewater State University | 14300 | 28800 | 0.5047 | 8,849 | 1180 | 0.8798 | |
| 22 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 14300 | 19000 | 0.2476 | 11,994 | 1090 | 0.8651 | |
| 24 | Central Michigan University | 14500 | 37400 | 0.6129 | 10,238 | 1095 | 0.9104 | |
| 25 | Arkansas Tech University | 14600 | 31400 | 0.5343 | 8,279 | 1035 | 0.9747 | |
| 25 | Eastern Michigan University | 14600 | 33900 | 0.5687 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 25 | Salem State University | 14600 | 38300 | 0.6184 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 28 | Mercy University | 14700 | 46400 | 0.6836 | 6,692 | 1135 | 0.8724 | |
| 28 | Virginia Union University | 14700 | 51700 | 0.7159 | 1,205 | 870 | 0.9802 | |
| 30 | Miles College | 14800 | 35100 | 0.5782 | 1,180 | 0 | 1 | |
| 30 | University of the Virgin Islands | 14800 | 29600 | 0.4993 | 1,650 | 925 | 0.9936 | |
| 32 | West Virginia University | 15100 | 73100 | 0.7931 | 18,206 | 1125 | 0.8514 | |
| 33 | Lindsey Wilson University | 15200 | 49300 | 0.6919 | 1,738 | 0 | 0 | |
| 33 | Troy University | 15200 | 26700 | 0.4306 | 10,130 | 1090 | 0.9535 | |
| 35 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 15400 | 56900 | 0.7293 | 15,735 | 1103 | 0.8797 | |
| 36 | University of Maine | 15500 | 29300 | 0.4713 | 9,182 | 1205 | 0.9562 | |
| 37 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 38800 | 0.5992 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 37 | Valley City State University | 15600 | 23800 | 0.3425 | 1,663 | 1055 | 0.9942 | |
| 39 | Grand Valley State University | 15800 | 28300 | 0.441 | 19,154 | 1084 | 0.9271 | |
| 40 | Georgetown University | 15900 | 92700 | 0.8285 | 7,908 | 1457 | 0.1349 | |
| 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 | Duke University | 17300 | 98500 | 0.8246 | 6,525 | 1527 | 0.0524 | |
| 48 | SUNY College at Potsdam | 17300 | 49300 | 0.6493 | 1,750 | 1060 | 0.8241 | |
| 50 | College of Charleston | 17500 | 33900 | 0.4843 | 10,596 | 1255 | 0.73 | |
| 51 | Emporia State University | 17600 | 31200 | 0.436 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 51 | Montclair State University | 17600 | 36000 | 0.5113 | 19,048 | 1058 | 0.894 | |
| 51 | Waynesburg University | 17600 | 45000 | 0.61 | 1,032 | 1093 | 0.8981 | |
| 54 | York College of Pennsylvania | 17900 | 45800 | 0.6097 | 3,369 | 1153 | 0.7374 | |
| 55 | Northeastern University | 18100 | 90000 | 0.7985 | 22,456 | 1490 | 0.0562 | |
| 56 | San Jose State University | 18500 | 41100 | 0.5494 | 29,890 | 1124 | 0.8039 | |
| 57 | University of Central Oklahoma | 19000 | 31100 | 0.3895 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 58 | McMurry University | 19200 | 71400 | 0.7315 | 4,133 | 1065 | 0.8984 | |
| 58 | University of Mary | 19200 | 32600 | 0.4119 | 2,821 | 1175 | 0.753 | |
| 60 | Coker University | 19400 | 47800 | 0.5944 | 1,220 | 1050 | 0.9396 | |
| 61 | Unity Environmental University | 19500 | 48200 | 0.595 | 6,525 | 0 | 0.818 | |
| 62 | Carlow University | 19800 | 53900 | 0.6324 | 2,303 | 1065 | 0.8768 | |
| 63 | Winona State University | 19900 | 29500 | 0.3267 | 5,317 | 1115 | 0.7549 | |
| 64 | La Sierra University | 20000 | 51200 | 0.6099 | 1,266 | 1025 | 0.9069 | |
| 64 | Minot State University | 20000 | 23500 | 0.1497 | 2,499 | 1075 | 0.6462 | |
| 64 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 20000 | 29900 | 0.3306 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 67 | SUNY at Fredonia | 20100 | 53600 | 0.6248 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 68 | University of Wyoming | 20400 | 27900 | 0.2682 | 8,138 | 1179 | 0.9695 | |
| 69 | Millikin University | 20600 | 45000 | 0.542 | 1,427 | 1020 | 0.765 | |
| 70 | Mayville State University | 20700 | 23800 | 0.1321 | 1,067 | 1034 | 0.7825 | |
| 70 | North Dakota State University | 20700 | 25700 | 0.1942 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 72 | Ferris State University | 20900 | 31000 | 0.3263 | 8,980 | 1015 | 0.8237 | |
| 72 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 20900 | 39800 | 0.4744 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 74 | Central Methodist University-College of Liberal Arts and Sciences | 21000 | 71000 | 0.7039 | 1,040 | 1040 | 0.6271 | |
| 75 | SUNY Old Westbury | 21200 | 38000 | 0.4427 | 4,474 | 1110 | 0.8352 | |
| 76 | Florida College | 21400 | 56800 | 0.6227 | 728 | 1099 | 0.6966 | |
| 76 | Stockton University | 21400 | 46100 | 0.536 | 7,583 | 1135 | 0.901 | |
| 78 | Daemen University | 21700 | 56700 | 0.6172 | 1,656 | 1050 | 0.7375 | |
| 79 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 21800 | 27800 | 0.2156 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 80 | Juniata College | 22300 | 75300 | 0.7043 | 1,276 | 1229 | 0.7941 | |
| 81 | University of South Florida | 22400 | 22400 | 0 | 39,093 | 1239 | 0.4071 | |
| 82 | University of Florida | 22500 | 43100 | 0.4783 | 37,283 | 1399 | 0.2033 | |
| 83 | Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences | 22600 | 56900 | 0.602 | 533 | 1244 | 0.5269 | |
| 83 | Augustana College | 22600 | 72800 | 0.6891 | 2,536 | 1163 | 0.6628 | |
| 85 | Saint Cloud State University | 22800 | 36800 | 0.3803 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 86 | University of Southern Mississippi | 23100 | 23100 | 0 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 87 | Southwest Minnesota State University | 23300 | 26700 | 0.1273 | 7,290 | 1015 | 0.6409 | |
| 88 | Florida International University | 23700 | 34100 | 0.3049 | 46,249 | 1175 | 0.6085 | |
| 89 | Huntingdon College | 23800 | 65000 | 0.6337 | 943 | 1130 | 0.692 | |
| 90 | State University of New York at New Paltz | 24100 | 35700 | 0.3246 | 6,113 | 1260 | 0.6267 | |
| 91 | Saint Edward's University | 24300 | 105600 | 0.77 | 2,499 | 1128 | 0.8142 | |
| 92 | Montana State University | 24400 | 24400 | 0 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 92 | SUNY Oneonta | 24400 | 55300 | 0.5593 | 4,815 | 1234 | 0.7696 | |
| 94 | Wisconsin Lutheran College | 24700 | 56700 | 0.5653 | 957 | 1233 | 0.7816 | |
| 95 | Ave Maria University | 25000 | 46600 | 0.4637 | 1,320 | 1164 | 0.4139 | |
| 95 | Keuka College | 25000 | 64000 | 0.6089 | 986 | 1100 | 0.8151 | |
| 97 | East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania | 25100 | 37700 | 0.3339 | 5,130 | 1095 | 0.8645 | |
| 98 | Messiah University | 25300 | 54700 | 0.5375 | 2,722 | 1241 | 0.8107 | |
| 99 | Minnesota State University, Mankato | 25600 | 28000 | 0.0854 | 13,433 | 1145 | 0.8844 | |
| 99 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 25600 | 62800 | 0.5923 | 13,039 | 1010 | 0.894 | |
| 101 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 25900 | 28300 | 0.0847 | 3,375 | 1090 | 0.5885 | |
| 101 | The University of Findlay | 25900 | 50600 | 0.4877 | 4,132 | 1124 | 0.6748 | |
| 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 | Wingate University | 26800 | 67100 | 0.6016 | 2,673 | 1100 | 0.9113 | |
| 107 | University of Georgia | 27200 | 47400 | 0.4259 | 32,824 | 1382 | 0.3425 | |
| 108 | Weber State University | 27300 | 31600 | 0.1362 | 31,672 | 0 | 1 | |
| 109 | Florida Southern College | 27700 | 63200 | 0.5616 | 2,682 | 1264 | 0.6442 | |
| 109 | Mitchell College | 27700 | 63900 | 0.5663 | 442 | 817 | 0.9466 | |
| 109 | St. Francis College | 27700 | 39400 | 0.2973 | 1,719 | 1119 | 1 | |
| 112 | Grace College and Theological Seminary | 28700 | 41800 | 0.3134 | 1,795 | 1130 | 0.8215 | |
| 113 | University of Alaska Southeast | 28900 | 31300 | 0.0766 | 1,559 | 1020 | 0.6192 | |
| 114 | Huntington University | 29100 | 44400 | 0.3443 | 1,512 | 1055 | 0.7518 | |
| 114 | University of Louisville | 29100 | 29100 | 0 | 17,916 | 1148 | 0.7921 | |
| 116 | University of Connecticut | 29200 | 56600 | 0.4843 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 117 | Jacksonville University | 29300 | 102400 | 0.7138 | 2,916 | 1195 | 0.5748 | |
| 118 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 29400 | 112100 | 0.7376 | 4,999 | 1274 | 0.9296 | |
| 119 | Blue Mountain Christian University | 29500 | 39900 | 0.2604 | 915 | 1095 | 0.8895 | |
| 120 | University of Southern California | 29700 | 98300 | 0.698 | 20,768 | 1492 | 0.1119 | |
| 120 | Utah Tech University | 29700 | 35200 | 0.1563 | 12,993 | 0 | 1 | |
| 122 | Southwestern College | 29800 | 89500 | 0.6672 | 816 | 1025 | 0.4729 | |
| 123 | Bryan College-Dayton | 30100 | 36000 | 0.1639 | 1,565 | 1085 | 1 | |
| 123 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 30100 | 33000 | 0.0878 | 31,845 | 1292 | 0.5651 | |
| 125 | Saint Xavier University | 30200 | 58200 | 0.4808 | 3,100 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 126 | University of Pikeville | 30800 | 34800 | 0.1151 | 1,164 | 1055 | 0.8967 | |
| 127 | Illinois State University | 31000 | 36400 | 0.1481 | 19,513 | 1120 | 0.8555 | |
| 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 | 32200 | 56100 | 0.4259 | 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 | University of Oregon | 33100 | 40200 | 0.1784 | 20,710 | 1250 | 0.8742 | |
| 135 | The University of Alabama | 33400 | 53100 | 0.3709 | 35,621 | 1284 | 0.7117 | |
| 136 | Elizabethtown College | 33700 | 57500 | 0.4137 | 1,935 | 1214 | 0.8892 | |
| 137 | Wichita State University | 34000 | 42200 | 0.1944 | 14,906 | 1073 | 0.7224 | |
| 138 | Charleston Southern University | 34100 | 48400 | 0.2971 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 139 | Barry University | 34700 | 58800 | 0.4099 | 4,654 | 1005 | 0.9663 | |
| 140 | Samford University | 34900 | 93800 | 0.628 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 141 | Pfeiffer University | 35200 | 56100 | 0.3724 | 696 | 941 | 0.9603 | |
| 142 | Auburn University | 35300 | 35300 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 143 | SUNY College at Geneseo | 35400 | 39400 | 0.1016 | 3,943 | 1279 | 0.3333 | |
| 144 | Roger Williams University | 35500 | 63700 | 0.443 | 3,970 | 1235 | 0.882 | |
| 145 | Siena University | 35700 | 66400 | 0.4625 | 3,149 | 1254 | 0.8464 | |
| 146 | Western New England University | 35800 | 70600 | 0.4927 | 2,616 | 1199 | 0.8348 | |
| 147 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 36100 | 36100 | 0 | 16,131 | 1270 | 0.6472 | |
| 148 | University of Rhode Island | 36500 | 58400 | 0.3749 | 14,466 | 1148 | 0.7456 | |
| 149 | Indiana Wesleyan University-Marion | 36900 | 49100 | 0.2486 | 2,075 | 1090 | 0.8894 | |
| 150 | University of Dubuque | 37000 | 65900 | 0.4382 | 1,395 | 1090 | 0.8731 | |
| 151 | Eckerd College | 37400 | 77000 | 0.5143 | 1,893 | 1255 | 0.758 | |
| 152 | Loyola University Chicago | 37500 | 74800 | 0.4989 | 12,640 | 1303 | 0.751 | |
| 153 | University of Mary Hardin-Baylor | 37800 | 51900 | 0.2716 | 2,775 | 1099 | 0.9747 | |
| 154 | Southeastern University | 38100 | 79400 | 0.5203 | 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 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 39400 | 42800 | 0.0795 | 14,657 | 1195 | 0.7583 | |
| 158 | Bradley University | 39600 | 60600 | 0.3464 | 3,258 | 1223 | 0.7459 | |
| 158 | Stony Brook University | 39600 | 53000 | 0.2527 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 160 | Saint Joseph's College of Maine | 40200 | 66900 | 0.3993 | 1,105 | 1055 | 0.8351 | |
| 161 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5061 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 162 | Sacred Heart University | 40600 | 67500 | 0.3985 | 7,291 | 950 | 0.6363 | |
| 163 | University of New Haven | 41400 | 73500 | 0.4365 | 4,969 | 1164 | 0.5589 | |
| 164 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42300 | 63300 | 0.3317 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 165 | Rollins College | 43100 | 85700 | 0.4972 | 2,639 | 1273 | 0.5285 | |
| 166 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43300 | 68700 | 0.3694 | 4,279 | 1224 | 0.5796 | |
| 167 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 43800 | 72500 | 0.396 | 10,368 | 1064 | 0.999 | |
| 168 | Providence College | 44500 | 85000 | 0.4765 | 4,680 | 1335 | 0.4994 | |
| 169 | State University of New York at Cortland | 44700 | 52600 | 0.1501 | 5,890 | 1175 | 0.624 | |
| 170 | The University of Tampa | 45900 | 58500 | 0.2153 | 10,710 | 1185 | 0.4363 | |
| 171 | Maine Maritime Academy | 46900 | 53000 | 0.1151 | 977 | 1180 | 0.9615 | |
| 171 | Reinhardt University | 46900 | 59300 | 0.2091 | 1,129 | 1070 | 0.6154 | |
| 173 | St. John's University-New York | 47600 | 83800 | 0.4322 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 174 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48300 | 51200 | 0.0565 | 43,633 | 1327 | 0.4343 | |
| 175 | DePaul University | 49100 | 69400 | 0.2923 | 14,338 | 1254 | 0.878 | |
| 176 | Western Washington University | 49300 | 52400 | 0.0592 | 13,609 | 1272 | 0.9371 | |
| 177 | Northwest Nazarene University | 49600 | 87600 | 0.4337 | 1,043 | 1134 | 0.7159 | |
| 178 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 50800 | 63800 | 0.2038 | 42,565 | 1338 | 0.7887 | |
| 179 | Quinnipiac University | 50900 | 79700 | 0.3615 | 6,610 | 1245 | 0.7031 | |
| 180 | Lipscomb University | 53100 | 69900 | 0.2407 | 3,327 | 1260 | 0.6774 | |
| 181 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 53300 | 53300 | 0 | 34,447 | 1264 | 0.8804 | |
| 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 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58200 | 63700 | 0.0864 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 185 | Hawaii Pacific University | 63400 | 65800 | 0.0364 | 3,468 | 1120 | 0.8855 | |
| 186 | University of California-Davis | 68100 | 69900 | 0.0258 | 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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