Considering a degree in Biomedical Sciences?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Biomedical Sciences majors who live in Iowa.
Rankings are calculated by estimating the net price at every college offering Biomedical Sciences degrees for a "typical" middle class family living in the state of Iowa.
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 | University of Pennsylvania | 6100 | 93000 | 0.9346 | 10,013 | 1528 | 0.054 | |
| 2 | Swarthmore College | 6600 | 88900 | 0.9258 | 1,623 | 1520 | 0.0746 | |
| 3 | North Carolina Central University | 7000 | 27000 | 0.7416 | 6,595 | 971 | 0.8697 | |
| 4 | Grinnell College | 7400 | 90800 | 0.9186 | 1,788 | 1462 | 0.1451 | |
| 5 | College of the Ozarks | 7900 | 32800 | 0.7584 | 1,454 | 1135 | 0.1199 | |
| 6 | Georgetown University | 9200 | 92200 | 0.9003 | 7,833 | 1457 | 0.1291 | |
| 7 | Cornell University | 10300 | 92000 | 0.8877 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
| 7 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 10300 | 21100 | 0.5123 | 4,721 | 1110 | 0.7782 | |
| 9 | Georgetown College | 10600 | 46500 | 0.7713 | 1,111 | 1060 | 0.9106 | |
| 10 | Brigham Young University | 11000 | 29000 | 0.6203 | 32,221 | 1374 | 0.6919 | |
| 11 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 11600 | 34300 | 0.6614 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 12 | University of Central Florida | 12600 | 23600 | 0.4661 | 59,649 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
| 13 | Saginaw Valley State University | 12900 | 28600 | 0.5491 | 6,152 | 1050 | 0.7207 | |
| 13 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 12900 | 27100 | 0.5232 | 28,674 | 980 | 0.9401 | |
| 15 | University of South Florida | 13800 | 17100 | 0.1928 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 16 | Northern Arizona University | 14100 | 25400 | 0.4458 | 22,991 | 1145 | 0.8961 | |
| 17 | Peru State College | 14200 | 25500 | 0.4439 | 1,452 | 0 | 0.7708 | |
| 18 | Radford University | 14300 | 21900 | 0.347 | 6,161 | 1070 | 0.8953 | |
| 19 | University of Michigan-Flint | 15100 | 36600 | 0.5874 | 5,011 | 1103 | 0.7047 | |
| 20 | Central Michigan University | 15300 | 40600 | 0.6233 | 10,219 | 1095 | 0.8982 | |
| 21 | Baptist Health Sciences University | 15500 | 28500 | 0.4565 | 733 | 1110 | 0.6776 | |
| 22 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 15600 | 25800 | 0.3959 | 5,187 | 1005 | 0.9229 | |
| 23 | Buena Vista University | 16100 | 59100 | 0.7282 | 810 | 1124 | 0.7761 | |
| 24 | Grand Valley State University | 16200 | 25300 | 0.3601 | 19,002 | 1233 | 0.8302 | |
| 24 | Oakland University | 16200 | 28000 | 0.422 | 12,587 | 1050 | 0.8784 | |
| 26 | Northeastern University | 16400 | 89900 | 0.8179 | 22,695 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 26 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 16400 | 32400 | 0.494 | 352 | 1180 | 0.9647 | |
| 28 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 16700 | 25700 | 0.3502 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 29 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 17200 | 27200 | 0.3671 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 30 | Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi | 17700 | 18900 | 0.0636 | 8,320 | 1074 | 0.8858 | |
| 31 | State University of New York at Cortland | 18400 | 27700 | 0.3355 | 5,911 | 1175 | 0.5979 | |
| 32 | Missouri Southern State University | 18900 | 24800 | 0.2375 | 3,881 | 1074 | 0.9706 | |
| 33 | Texas Southern University | 19000 | 42400 | 0.5514 | 6,619 | 920 | 0.9335 | |
| 34 | Saint Cloud State University | 19100 | 24500 | 0.2219 | 8,013 | 1094 | 0.9495 | |
| 35 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 19700 | 40000 | 0.5074 | 1,984 | 1369 | 0.6328 | |
| 36 | University of Northern Iowa | 19800 | 24000 | 0.1751 | 7,716 | 1115 | 0.8713 | |
| 37 | Dakota State University | 20000 | 22500 | 0.1112 | 3,066 | 1192 | 0.8814 | |
| 37 | Iowa State University | 20000 | 24200 | 0.1755 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 37 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 20000 | 31000 | 0.3554 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 40 | The College of Idaho | 20200 | 49100 | 0.5883 | 1,049 | 1170 | 0.4722 | |
| 41 | McMurry University | 20400 | 46600 | 0.5627 | 3,167 | 1065 | 0.5704 | |
| 42 | South Dakota State University | 20500 | 25200 | 0.1866 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 42 | Vanguard University of Southern California | 20500 | 57300 | 0.6421 | 1,964 | 1069 | 0.6479 | |
| 44 | Salem State University | 20600 | 28500 | 0.2772 | 4,853 | 1100 | 0.9557 | |
| 44 | Thomas University | 20600 | 29000 | 0.2899 | 882 | 1030 | 0.4316 | |
| 46 | Western Michigan University | 20700 | 32300 | 0.3592 | 13,860 | 1104 | 0.846 | |
| 47 | Niagara University | 20900 | 57400 | 0.6356 | 2,692 | 970 | 0.3972 | |
| 48 | University of Central Oklahoma | 21000 | 22700 | 0.0749 | 10,454 | 1095 | 0.8176 | |
| 49 | Union Adventist University | 21600 | 45000 | 0.52 | 536 | 1079 | 0.9989 | |
| 50 | Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences | 21700 | 56900 | 0.618 | 533 | 1269 | 0.5269 | |
| 51 | Tabor College | 21800 | 55600 | 0.6076 | 539 | 965 | 0.6458 | |
| 52 | Guilford College | 21900 | 57400 | 0.6184 | 1,160 | 1025 | 0.8376 | |
| 52 | Madonna University | 21900 | 50400 | 0.5655 | 1,839 | 1005 | 0.9293 | |
| 54 | Newman University | 22300 | 54000 | 0.588 | 2,398 | 1090 | 0.4761 | |
| 55 | Bradley University | 22400 | 50900 | 0.5599 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 56 | Ursuline College | 22700 | 59000 | 0.6157 | 637 | 1085 | 0.8401 | |
| 57 | University of South Dakota | 22800 | 26000 | 0.1232 | 7,619 | 1120 | 0.9878 | |
| 58 | St Lawrence University | 22900 | 87600 | 0.7387 | 1,949 | 1359 | 0.5434 | |
| 59 | North Park University | 23200 | 53000 | 0.5622 | 1,876 | 1110 | 0.7284 | |
| 59 | Ouachita Baptist University | 23200 | 52200 | 0.5561 | 1,729 | 1209 | 0.6752 | |
| 61 | Southwestern Adventist University | 23400 | 40800 | 0.4262 | 813 | 1060 | 0.5552 | |
| 62 | Springfield College | 23500 | 63300 | 0.6285 | 1,764 | 1201 | 0.7189 | |
| 63 | Daemen University | 23600 | 54400 | 0.5665 | 1,656 | 1209 | 0.7375 | |
| 63 | Russell Sage College | 23600 | 57600 | 0.5906 | 1,255 | 1134 | 0.5326 | |
| 65 | Eastern Kentucky University | 23700 | 38000 | 0.3759 | 12,726 | 1055 | 0.9695 | |
| 66 | Beloit College | 23900 | 75600 | 0.6842 | 1,004 | 1298 | 0.6304 | |
| 67 | Fontbonne University | 24100 | 50200 | 0.5201 | 650 | 1090 | 0.9503 | |
| 67 | McDaniel College | 24100 | 61700 | 0.6098 | 1,631 | 1155 | 0.7793 | |
| 69 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 24400 | 26600 | 0.0828 | 3,413 | 1085 | 0.5295 | |
| 70 | King's College | 24700 | 63000 | 0.6076 | 1,568 | 1180 | 0.9305 | |
| 71 | Roberts Wesleyan University | 24800 | 60000 | 0.5868 | 1,045 | 1166 | 0.7058 | |
| 71 | University of Alabama at Birmingham | 24800 | 28500 | 0.13 | 12,382 | 1242 | 0.8842 | |
| 73 | University of Lynchburg | 24900 | 54900 | 0.547 | 1,595 | 1124 | 0.4301 | |
| 74 | Franklin College | 25000 | 61800 | 0.5954 | 931 | 1150 | 0.6978 | |
| 75 | Houghton University | 25200 | 35500 | 0.29 | 939 | 1277 | 0.8866 | |
| 76 | Huntingdon College | 25700 | 44100 | 0.4175 | 880 | 1105 | 0.6793 | |
| 77 | Christian Brothers University | 25900 | 57600 | 0.5503 | 1,155 | 1110 | 0.867 | |
| 78 | Corban University | 26000 | 57300 | 0.5456 | 785 | 1124 | 0.8974 | |
| 79 | University of Evansville | 26200 | 64700 | 0.5954 | 1,742 | 1207 | 0.7813 | |
| 80 | La Sierra University | 26500 | 55100 | 0.5195 | 1,244 | 1015 | 0.933 | |
| 81 | Northwest Nazarene University | 26700 | 68400 | 0.6097 | 1,043 | 1145 | 0.7159 | |
| 82 | Edgewood College | 26900 | 51900 | 0.4818 | 1,214 | 1125 | 0.9452 | |
| 83 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 27000 | 30400 | 0.1135 | 8,426 | 1235 | 0.8876 | |
| 84 | Methodist University | 27300 | 51900 | 0.4743 | 1,436 | 1175 | 0.752 | |
| 84 | Morehead State University | 27300 | 32600 | 0.1625 | 8,258 | 1120 | 0.7721 | |
| 86 | University of South Carolina Aiken | 27800 | 36700 | 0.2425 | 3,289 | 1115 | 0.7857 | |
| 87 | California State University-Bakersfield | 27900 | 42200 | 0.3386 | 8,865 | 1050 | 0.8508 | |
| 87 | Seattle Pacific University | 27900 | 62600 | 0.5544 | 1,776 | 1188 | 0.8339 | |
| 89 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 31500 | 0.0921 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 90 | Mercy University | 28700 | 44500 | 0.3552 | 6,775 | 1074 | 0.8584 | |
| 91 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 28800 | 78100 | 0.6313 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 92 | Delaware State University | 29300 | 36700 | 0.2018 | 4,941 | 960 | 0.6167 | |
| 93 | New England College | 29700 | 64600 | 0.5406 | 1,032 | 930 | 0.9213 | |
| 94 | Southern Adventist University | 29800 | 46900 | 0.3648 | 2,827 | 1125 | 0.6661 | |
| 95 | Trevecca Nazarene University | 29900 | 46100 | 0.3514 | 1,903 | 1085 | 0.6944 | |
| 96 | Mississippi College | 30200 | 45400 | 0.3352 | 2,724 | 1110 | 0.4928 | |
| 96 | University of South Alabama | 30200 | 35000 | 0.1372 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 98 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 30400 | 54700 | 0.4429 | 1,409 | 1110 | 0.6327 | |
| 99 | University of Pikeville | 30800 | 34800 | 0.1151 | 1,353 | 1055 | 0.8808 | |
| 100 | University of Houston | 31100 | 35200 | 0.1166 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 101 | St. Andrews University | 31500 | 44700 | 0.2953 | 806 | 985 | 0.3048 | |
| 101 | University of Rhode Island | 31500 | 46700 | 0.3255 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 103 | University of North Florida | 31900 | 37900 | 0.1583 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
| 104 | SUNY College at Plattsburgh | 32100 | 44800 | 0.2835 | 3,856 | 1169 | 0.7518 | |
| 105 | Sam Houston State University | 32200 | 39900 | 0.193 | 17,787 | 1030 | 0.9026 | |
| 106 | Liberty University | 32700 | 43900 | 0.2551 | 52,823 | 1181 | 0.9932 | |
| 107 | Alverno College | 33300 | 55500 | 0.4001 | 673 | 1000 | 0.8438 | |
| 107 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 15,130 | 0 | 0.5256 | |
| 109 | Elizabethtown College | 33700 | 54600 | 0.383 | 1,903 | 1214 | 0.7787 | |
| 110 | Scripps College | 34100 | 94800 | 0.6401 | 1,117 | 1475 | 0.3829 | |
| 111 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 34200 | 35100 | 0.0256 | 33,572 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 112 | Adelphi University | 35100 | 63300 | 0.4454 | 5,325 | 1218 | 0.6591 | |
| 112 | California Baptist University | 35100 | 65200 | 0.4616 | 8,417 | 1069 | 0.8535 | |
| 114 | New York Institute of Technology | 35400 | 83600 | 0.5761 | 3,355 | 1235 | 0.7808 | |
| 115 | Siena College | 35700 | 65100 | 0.4517 | 3,469 | 1260 | 0.7764 | |
| 116 | University of West Florida | 35800 | 44600 | 0.1974 | 9,661 | 1120 | 0.5687 | |
| 117 | Concordia University Ann Arbor | 36200 | 53300 | 0.3207 | 1,044 | 1095 | 0.7209 | |
| 118 | Biola University | 36400 | 52900 | 0.3122 | 3,481 | 1268 | 0.7482 | |
| 118 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | 36400 | 38700 | 0.0595 | 1,217 | 1229 | 0.5405 | |
| 120 | Nazareth University | 37700 | 63300 | 0.4039 | 1,882 | 1205 | 0.7472 | |
| 121 | Mount Saint Mary's University | 37900 | 80700 | 0.5298 | 1,733 | 1015 | 0.7313 | |
| 122 | Xavier University | 38400 | 67500 | 0.4312 | 4,239 | 1218 | 0.8669 | |
| 123 | Oakwood University | 38600 | 43300 | 0.1087 | 1,279 | 1020 | 0.507 | |
| 124 | Keiser University-Ft Lauderdale | 38700 | 52100 | 0.2572 | 18,452 | 930 | 0.9697 | |
| 125 | Montreat College | 38800 | 55000 | 0.2948 | 759 | 1055 | 0.6555 | |
| 126 | Saint Joseph's College of Maine | 38900 | 63600 | 0.3885 | 1,059 | 1055 | 0.8172 | |
| 127 | Fresno Pacific University | 40000 | 52200 | 0.2337 | 1,616 | 1075 | 0.5752 | |
| 128 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 40200 | 40200 | 0 | 11,365 | 1216 | 0.8816 | |
| 129 | University of Georgia | 40300 | 46000 | 0.1242 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 130 | Marymount Manhattan College | 40500 | 68600 | 0.4093 | 1,601 | 1224 | 0.8261 | |
| 130 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 40500 | 40500 | 0 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 132 | Saint Mary's College of California | 40600 | 78700 | 0.4843 | 1,955 | 1175 | 0.8856 | |
| 133 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41300 | 53900 | 0.2337 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 134 | Marquette University | 41400 | 75100 | 0.4489 | 8,045 | 1309 | 0.8134 | |
| 135 | CUNY City College | 41500 | 41500 | 0 | 12,982 | 1169 | 0.5997 | |
| 135 | Howard Payne University | 41500 | 57700 | 0.2809 | 768 | 1025 | 0.6769 | |
| 137 | St. John's University-New York | 42100 | 80100 | 0.4742 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 138 | Quinnipiac University | 42300 | 79200 | 0.4658 | 6,248 | 1209 | 0.77 | |
| 139 | Saint Joseph's University | 42400 | 74500 | 0.4308 | 4,828 | 1234 | 0.8639 | |
| 139 | Susquehanna University | 42400 | 76800 | 0.4481 | 2,185 | 1204 | 0.7871 | |
| 139 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 42400 | 42400 | 0 | 14,019 | 1159 | 0.7781 | |
| 142 | Marist College | 42600 | 90500 | 0.5295 | 5,551 | 1279 | 0.5651 | |
| 142 | University at Buffalo | 42600 | 46800 | 0.0897 | 20,360 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 144 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 42800 | 52100 | 0.1785 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 144 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 42800 | 55100 | 0.2234 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 146 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43400 | 68600 | 0.3675 | 3,677 | 1224 | 0.577 | |
| 147 | Alvernia University | 44900 | 68700 | 0.3465 | 2,050 | 1060 | 0.6232 | |
| 148 | University of Iowa | 51000 | 53200 | 0.0415 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 149 | University of New England | 51100 | 67700 | 0.2451 | 3,884 | 1145 | 0.9163 | |
| 150 | Oklahoma City University | 52000 | 52000 | 0 | 1,447 | 1190 | 0.7039 | |
| 151 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
| 152 | Auburn University | 55400 | 55400 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 152 | University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy in St. Louis | 55400 | 60200 | 0.0797 | 275 | 1245 | 0.7515 | |
| 154 | University of California-Santa Cruz | 56300 | 66500 | 0.1534 | 17,940 | 1281 | 0.6557 | |
| 155 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 56700 | 58900 | 0.0374 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 156 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 60800 | 63000 | 0.035 | 38,093 | 1302 | 0.7821 | |
| 157 | University of California-Davis | 63500 | 63500 | 0 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.
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