Considering a degree in biology?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for biology majors who live in Alabama.
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 Alabama.
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 | 0.9381 | 6,738 | 1500 | 0.0418 | |
| 2 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 7900 | 36100 | 0.7821 | 10,368 | 1064 | 0.999 | |
| 3 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22000 | 0.6362 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 4 | Utah State University | 9700 | 26700 | 0.6361 | 26,629 | 1168 | 0.9212 | |
| 5 | Duke University | 10000 | 93600 | 0.8934 | 6,525 | 1533 | 0.0524 | |
| 6 | Georgetown University | 10300 | 92700 | 0.8889 | 7,908 | 1470 | 0.1349 | |
| 7 | Savannah State University | 10800 | 26700 | 0.5962 | 2,966 | 950 | 1 | |
| 8 | Eastern Washington University | 11800 | 28600 | 0.5879 | 7,640 | 1045 | 0.8526 | |
| 9 | Boston University | 11900 | 92800 | 0.8719 | 18,289 | 1475 | 0.1283 | |
| 10 | University of Hawaii at Hilo | 12200 | 33200 | 0.6317 | 2,304 | 990 | 0.8351 | |
| 11 | University of the Virgin Islands | 12600 | 22800 | 0.4467 | 1,650 | 900 | 0.9936 | |
| 12 | University of North Alabama | 13500 | 28200 | 0.5224 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 13 | Wesleyan College | 13900 | 43800 | 0.6825 | 500 | 1065 | 0.591 | |
| 14 | University of Georgia | 14000 | 26600 | 0.4737 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 15 | Arkansas Tech University | 14500 | 34400 | 0.5786 | 8,279 | 1055 | 0.9747 | |
| 16 | Central Michigan University | 14700 | 37800 | 0.6104 | 10,238 | 1099 | 0.9104 | |
| 17 | Miles College | 14900 | 25000 | 0.4043 | 1,180 | 0 | 1 | |
| 18 | Virginia Union University | 15000 | 39400 | 0.6189 | 1,205 | 870 | 0.9802 | |
| 19 | Northeastern University | 15600 | 89900 | 0.8265 | 22,456 | 1481 | 0.0562 | |
| 19 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 38800 | 0.5992 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 19 | Troy University | 15600 | 26800 | 0.4167 | 10,130 | 1075 | 0.9535 | |
| 22 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 16200 | 29300 | 0.4471 | 8,421 | 1054 | 0.9444 | |
| 23 | University of California-Los Angeles | 16300 | 36700 | 0.5554 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 24 | Ferris State University | 16400 | 31000 | 0.4717 | 8,980 | 1015 | 0.8237 | |
| 25 | SUNY College at Potsdam | 16500 | 27600 | 0.4024 | 1,750 | 1060 | 0.8241 | |
| 26 | Eastern Michigan University | 16800 | 36100 | 0.5347 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 27 | Millikin University | 17100 | 45000 | 0.6198 | 1,427 | 1065 | 0.765 | |
| 27 | University of South Florida | 17100 | 17100 | 0 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 27 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 17100 | 17100 | 0 | 14,657 | 1190 | 0.7583 | |
| 30 | West Virginia University | 17200 | 40900 | 0.5792 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 31 | Daemen University | 17500 | 55100 | 0.6825 | 1,656 | 1050 | 0.7375 | |
| 31 | Waynesburg University | 17500 | 45000 | 0.6106 | 1,032 | 1093 | 0.8981 | |
| 33 | University of Miami | 17700 | 95700 | 0.8149 | 13,241 | 1408 | 0.1761 | |
| 34 | Bethel University | 17900 | 35300 | 0.4924 | 2,674 | 970 | 0.6023 | |
| 35 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 18200 | 22800 | 0.202 | 11,994 | 1090 | 0.8651 | |
| 36 | Lindsey Wilson University | 18300 | 47100 | 0.6117 | 1,738 | 1035 | 0 | |
| 37 | Madonna University | 19100 | 49200 | 0.6121 | 1,919 | 925 | 0.6757 | |
| 38 | University of Mary | 19200 | 32600 | 0.4124 | 2,821 | 1175 | 0.753 | |
| 39 | East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania | 19500 | 26700 | 0.2701 | 5,130 | 1099 | 0.8645 | |
| 40 | University of Central Oklahoma | 19600 | 22700 | 0.1366 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 41 | Carlow University | 19700 | 82500 | 0.7613 | 2,303 | 1084 | 0.8768 | |
| 42 | Wichita State University | 20000 | 29800 | 0.3284 | 14,906 | 1065 | 0.7224 | |
| 42 | Winona State University | 20000 | 29500 | 0.3229 | 5,317 | 1115 | 0.7549 | |
| 44 | Minot State University | 20100 | 23500 | 0.145 | 2,499 | 1075 | 0.6462 | |
| 44 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 20100 | 29900 | 0.3269 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 46 | McMurry University | 20300 | 51900 | 0.6084 | 4,133 | 1104 | 0.8984 | |
| 47 | University of Southern California | 20500 | 75900 | 0.7303 | 20,768 | 1499 | 0.1119 | |
| 48 | La Sierra University | 20600 | 65900 | 0.687 | 1,266 | 1124 | 0.9069 | |
| 49 | Coker University | 20700 | 47800 | 0.5672 | 1,220 | 1050 | 0.9396 | |
| 49 | Grove City College | 20700 | 39700 | 0.4792 | 2,247 | 1248 | 0.667 | |
| 51 | Florida College | 20800 | 34200 | 0.3921 | 728 | 1099 | 0.6966 | |
| 51 | Mayville State University | 20800 | 23800 | 0.1275 | 1,067 | 1034 | 0.7825 | |
| 51 | North Dakota State University | 20800 | 25700 | 0.19 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 54 | University of West Florida | 21500 | 21500 | 0 | 9,971 | 1120 | 0.5822 | |
| 55 | Niagara University | 21800 | 57400 | 0.62 | 2,638 | 1170 | 0.876 | |
| 56 | Bradley University | 22100 | 50800 | 0.5649 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 56 | Central Methodist University-College of Liberal Arts and Sciences | 22100 | 52700 | 0.581 | 1,040 | 1075 | 0.6271 | |
| 56 | Grand Valley State University | 22100 | 35900 | 0.3849 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 59 | Montana State University | 22500 | 27100 | 0.1695 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 59 | University of Florida | 22500 | 43000 | 0.4765 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 61 | Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences | 22700 | 56900 | 0.6007 | 533 | 1244 | 0.5269 | |
| 61 | Augustana College | 22700 | 72800 | 0.688 | 2,536 | 1157 | 0.6628 | |
| 61 | Juniata College | 22700 | 73800 | 0.6922 | 1,276 | 1263 | 0.7941 | |
| 64 | Saint Cloud State University | 22900 | 36800 | 0.3773 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 65 | University of Southern Mississippi | 23100 | 23100 | 0 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 66 | San Jose State University | 23200 | 41100 | 0.4356 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 67 | Southwest Minnesota State University | 23400 | 26700 | 0.1231 | 7,290 | 1015 | 0.6409 | |
| 67 | York College of Pennsylvania | 23400 | 45800 | 0.4895 | 3,369 | 1153 | 0.7374 | |
| 69 | Florida International University | 23700 | 34100 | 0.3049 | 46,249 | 1180 | 0.6085 | |
| 70 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 24000 | 24900 | 0.0361 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 71 | Keuka College | 24100 | 59400 | 0.5937 | 986 | 1043 | 0.8151 | |
| 72 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 24300 | 90700 | 0.7321 | 8,727 | 1055 | 0.9703 | |
| 73 | Unity Environmental University | 24500 | 29900 | 0.1809 | 6,525 | 0 | 0.818 | |
| 74 | Stockton University | 24700 | 32100 | 0.2304 | 7,583 | 1134 | 0.901 | |
| 74 | Wisconsin Lutheran College | 24700 | 56700 | 0.5642 | 957 | 1233 | 0.7816 | |
| 76 | Huntingdon College | 24800 | 43200 | 0.4262 | 943 | 1130 | 0.692 | |
| 77 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 25100 | 37900 | 0.3375 | 5,677 | 985 | 0.9301 | |
| 78 | Emporia State University | 25200 | 32000 | 0.2124 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 79 | University of Central Florida | 25300 | 25300 | 0 | 60,083 | 1289 | 0.428 | |
| 80 | Ave Maria University | 25600 | 46600 | 0.4508 | 1,320 | 1164 | 0.4139 | |
| 81 | The University of Findlay | 25700 | 50600 | 0.4917 | 4,132 | 1090 | 0.6748 | |
| 82 | University of Mary Hardin-Baylor | 25800 | 53800 | 0.5206 | 2,775 | 1105 | 0.9747 | |
| 83 | Evangel University | 25900 | 40900 | 0.3671 | 1,843 | 1180 | 0.7161 | |
| 84 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 26000 | 28300 | 0.0808 | 3,375 | 1090 | 0.5885 | |
| 85 | Messiah University | 26100 | 54300 | 0.5191 | 2,722 | 1266 | 0.8107 | |
| 86 | Northern Arizona University | 26200 | 43200 | 0.3924 | 22,203 | 1129 | 0.8961 | |
| 87 | Ball State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 15,950 | 1185 | 0.8625 | |
| 87 | Geneva College | 26400 | 50300 | 0.4754 | 1,299 | 1167 | 0.9556 | |
| 87 | Salem State University | 26400 | 43200 | 0.3891 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 90 | Trine University | 26500 | 56100 | 0.5277 | 4,373 | 1159 | 0.8548 | |
| 91 | St. Francis College | 26700 | 39400 | 0.3227 | 1,719 | 1035 | 1 | |
| 91 | Wingate University | 26700 | 65000 | 0.5892 | 2,673 | 1100 | 0.9113 | |
| 93 | Valley City State University | 27100 | 29300 | 0.0779 | 1,663 | 1045 | 0.9942 | |
| 94 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 27300 | 41500 | 0.342 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 95 | Florida Southern College | 27700 | 63200 | 0.5615 | 2,682 | 1264 | 0.6442 | |
| 95 | Mitchell College | 27700 | 66600 | 0.5841 | 442 | 817 | 0.9466 | |
| 97 | Auburn University | 28200 | 33800 | 0.1668 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 97 | Saint Edward's University | 28200 | 73200 | 0.615 | 2,499 | 1128 | 0.8142 | |
| 99 | Bridgewater State University | 28300 | 35500 | 0.2032 | 8,849 | 1143 | 0.8798 | |
| 100 | Weber State University | 28400 | 33900 | 0.1621 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 101 | University of Delaware | 28500 | 34500 | 0.1741 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 102 | Francis Marion University | 28600 | 40200 | 0.2889 | 3,793 | 1015 | 0.9508 | |
| 102 | Maine Maritime Academy | 28600 | 33400 | 0.1439 | 977 | 1189 | 0.9615 | |
| 102 | Saint Xavier University | 28600 | 53700 | 0.4671 | 3,100 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 105 | Grace College and Theological Seminary | 28700 | 41800 | 0.3136 | 1,795 | 1130 | 0.8215 | |
| 106 | University of Alaska Southeast | 29000 | 31300 | 0.0731 | 1,559 | 1020 | 0.6192 | |
| 107 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 29100 | 49100 | 0.4074 | 29,727 | 990 | 0.9229 | |
| 107 | University of Louisville | 29100 | 29100 | 0 | 17,916 | 1134 | 0.7921 | |
| 109 | Huntington University | 29300 | 44300 | 0.3384 | 1,512 | 1065 | 0.7518 | |
| 110 | Blue Mountain Christian University | 29600 | 39900 | 0.2576 | 915 | 1095 | 0.8895 | |
| 111 | University of Pikeville | 29800 | 34800 | 0.1438 | 1,164 | 1070 | 0.8967 | |
| 112 | Lipscomb University | 29900 | 57800 | 0.483 | 3,327 | 1214 | 0.6774 | |
| 112 | Montclair State University | 29900 | 36300 | 0.1764 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 114 | Southwestern College | 30100 | 64400 | 0.5326 | 816 | 1000 | 0.4729 | |
| 114 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 30100 | 42200 | 0.2866 | 15,735 | 1069 | 0.8797 | |
| 116 | Bryan College-Dayton | 30200 | 36000 | 0.1609 | 1,565 | 1085 | 1 | |
| 116 | Southern Utah University | 30200 | 40800 | 0.2599 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 118 | Mercy University | 30400 | 44500 | 0.317 | 6,692 | 1135 | 0.8724 | |
| 119 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 30700 | 39200 | 0.2171 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 120 | California State University-Long Beach | 30900 | 38900 | 0.2058 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 121 | Jacksonville University | 31000 | 74200 | 0.582 | 2,916 | 1210 | 0.5748 | |
| 121 | Utah Tech University | 31000 | 35200 | 0.1194 | 12,993 | 1065 | 1 | |
| 123 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 31300 | 77600 | 0.5965 | 4,999 | 1258 | 0.9296 | |
| 124 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 31400 | 59100 | 0.4684 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 125 | Hampton University | 31500 | 54800 | 0.4252 | 4,046 | 1005 | 0.6358 | |
| 126 | Liberty University | 33100 | 44600 | 0.2578 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 127 | Elizabethtown College | 33700 | 55300 | 0.3907 | 1,935 | 1214 | 0.8892 | |
| 128 | SUNY Old Westbury | 33800 | 40900 | 0.1736 | 4,474 | 1110 | 0.8352 | |
| 129 | SUNY at Fredonia | 34000 | 39600 | 0.1416 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 130 | Charleston Southern University | 34200 | 48400 | 0.2949 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 131 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 34300 | 36100 | 0.0498 | 34,447 | 1273 | 0.8804 | |
| 132 | Nova Southeastern University | 34500 | 56100 | 0.3849 | 7,057 | 1187 | 0.7557 | |
| 133 | Samford University | 34600 | 64600 | 0.4645 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 133 | SUNY College at Geneseo | 34600 | 39400 | 0.1219 | 3,943 | 1275 | 0.3333 | |
| 135 | University of Rhode Island | 34700 | 46400 | 0.2519 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 136 | Southeastern University | 34800 | 60500 | 0.4246 | 11,981 | 1110 | 0.4247 | |
| 137 | Siena University | 34900 | 65100 | 0.464 | 3,149 | 1301 | 0.8464 | |
| 138 | Barry University | 35100 | 56400 | 0.3775 | 4,654 | 1005 | 0.9663 | |
| 138 | University of New England | 35100 | 68000 | 0.4841 | 4,631 | 1145 | 0.9203 | |
| 140 | Coastal Carolina University | 35200 | 45100 | 0.2193 | 11,471 | 1160 | 0.7003 | |
| 141 | Minnesota State University, Mankato | 35300 | 37600 | 0.0608 | 13,433 | 1145 | 0.8844 | |
| 141 | Pfeiffer University | 35300 | 56100 | 0.3704 | 696 | 941 | 0.9603 | |
| 143 | Centenary University | 35400 | 63600 | 0.4433 | 936 | 1070 | 0.8308 | |
| 143 | The University of Tampa | 35400 | 56900 | 0.3775 | 10,710 | 1250 | 0.4363 | |
| 145 | Roger Williams University | 35600 | 63700 | 0.4413 | 3,970 | 1235 | 0.882 | |
| 146 | State University of New York at New Paltz | 35700 | 35700 | 0 | 6,113 | 1279 | 0.6267 | |
| 147 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 36100 | 36100 | 0 | 16,131 | 1275 | 0.6472 | |
| 148 | Indiana Wesleyan University-Marion | 36200 | 48500 | 0.2533 | 2,075 | 1090 | 0.8894 | |
| 149 | Eckerd College | 36600 | 75100 | 0.5126 | 1,893 | 1255 | 0.758 | |
| 150 | University of Connecticut | 37100 | 53600 | 0.3081 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 151 | University of Nevada-Reno | 37300 | 45800 | 0.1857 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 152 | Saint Joseph's College of Maine | 37800 | 65000 | 0.4182 | 1,105 | 1055 | 0.8351 | |
| 153 | Northwest Nazarene University | 38000 | 62800 | 0.3948 | 1,043 | 1145 | 0.7159 | |
| 154 | University of Dubuque | 38200 | 65900 | 0.4213 | 1,395 | 1074 | 0.8731 | |
| 155 | Reinhardt University | 38700 | 49300 | 0.2138 | 1,129 | 1070 | 0.6154 | |
| 156 | State University of New York at Cortland | 38800 | 39900 | 0.0276 | 5,890 | 1175 | 0.624 | |
| 157 | Western New England University | 38900 | 69200 | 0.438 | 2,616 | 1199 | 0.8348 | |
| 158 | Mississippi State University | 39100 | 53400 | 0.2674 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 159 | SUNY Oneonta | 39600 | 41700 | 0.0503 | 4,815 | 1090 | 0.7696 | |
| 160 | Stony Brook University | 39700 | 53000 | 0.2507 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 161 | University of Maine | 39800 | 45200 | 0.1195 | 9,182 | 1195 | 0.9562 | |
| 162 | University of Wyoming | 40000 | 45300 | 0.1167 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 163 | Loyola University Chicago | 40700 | 74100 | 0.4506 | 12,640 | 1262 | 0.751 | |
| 164 | Western Washington University | 41000 | 51500 | 0.2041 | 13,609 | 1199 | 0.9371 | |
| 165 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 41100 | 48500 | 0.1525 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 166 | University of New Haven | 41200 | 67300 | 0.3876 | 4,969 | 1219 | 0.5589 | |
| 167 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42400 | 56200 | 0.2456 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 168 | Sacred Heart University | 42500 | 67500 | 0.3706 | 7,291 | 1265 | 0.6363 | |
| 169 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43500 | 68700 | 0.3678 | 4,279 | 1234 | 0.5796 | |
| 170 | Providence College | 43900 | 85000 | 0.4836 | 4,680 | 1345 | 0.4994 | |
| 171 | St. John's University-New York | 44600 | 78000 | 0.4279 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 172 | Quinnipiac University | 44900 | 79200 | 0.433 | 6,610 | 1250 | 0.7031 | |
| 173 | Illinois State University | 45800 | 49100 | 0.0669 | 19,513 | 1115 | 0.8555 | |
| 174 | University of California-San Diego | 46400 | 77200 | 0.399 | 35,442 | 1375 | 0.2856 | |
| 175 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47100 | 59700 | 0.2123 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 176 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48500 | 51200 | 0.0544 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 177 | DePaul University | 49200 | 66000 | 0.2547 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 178 | The University of Alabama | 55700 | 58500 | 0.0478 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 179 | Dallas Baptist University | 55800 | 63400 | 0.1199 | 2,938 | 1073 | 0.9131 | |
| 180 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 55900 | 63800 | 0.1237 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 181 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 58100 | 63200 | 0.0806 | 40,996 | 1399 | 0.4175 | |
| 182 | College of Charleston | 61200 | 61200 | 0 | 10,596 | 1234 | 0.73 | |
| 183 | Hawaii Pacific University | 63500 | 65800 | 0.0347 | 3,468 | 1200 | 0.8855 | |
| 184 | University of California-Davis | 68200 | 69800 | 0.0229 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 185 | University of Oregon | 69000 | 71300 | 0.0321 | 20,710 | 1193 | 0.8742 | |
| 186 | University of California-Irvine | 72000 | 75600 | 0.0476 | 30,260 | 1333 | 0.2895 | |
| 187 | Rollins College | 82400 | 82400 | 0 | 2,639 | 1284 | 0.5285 | |
| 187 | University of California-Santa Cruz | 82400 | 82400 | 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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