Considering a degree in biology?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for biology majors who live in Arkansas.
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 Arkansas.
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 | 96000 | 0.9387 | 6,738 | 1500 | 0.0418 | |
| 2 | Savannah State University | 6800 | 29000 | 0.7651 | 2,966 | 950 | 1 | |
| 3 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 7900 | 36100 | 0.7821 | 10,368 | 1064 | 0.999 | |
| 4 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22000 | 0.6362 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 5 | University of California-Davis | 10200 | 38100 | 0.7328 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 6 | Southern Utah University | 10400 | 22200 | 0.5325 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 7 | Eastern Washington University | 11800 | 28600 | 0.5879 | 7,640 | 1045 | 0.8526 | |
| 8 | Boston University | 12000 | 92800 | 0.8709 | 18,289 | 1475 | 0.1283 | |
| 9 | University of West Florida | 12200 | 21500 | 0.432 | 9,971 | 1120 | 0.5822 | |
| 10 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 12600 | 25000 | 0.4953 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 10 | University of the Virgin Islands | 12600 | 22800 | 0.4467 | 1,650 | 900 | 0.9936 | |
| 12 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 12900 | 26500 | 0.5126 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 13 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 13300 | 49100 | 0.7292 | 29,727 | 990 | 0.9229 | |
| 14 | Mayville State University | 13500 | 22000 | 0.3872 | 1,067 | 1034 | 0.7825 | |
| 14 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 13500 | 43000 | 0.686 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 16 | Western Washington University | 13700 | 31400 | 0.5637 | 13,609 | 1199 | 0.9371 | |
| 17 | Utah State University | 13800 | 20800 | 0.3369 | 26,629 | 1168 | 0.9212 | |
| 18 | Wesleyan College | 13900 | 43800 | 0.6825 | 500 | 1065 | 0.591 | |
| 19 | Arkansas Tech University | 14400 | 27400 | 0.4752 | 8,279 | 1055 | 0.9747 | |
| 20 | Central Michigan University | 14600 | 37800 | 0.6131 | 10,238 | 1099 | 0.9104 | |
| 21 | Miles College | 14700 | 25400 | 0.4207 | 1,180 | 0 | 1 | |
| 22 | Virginia Union University | 14900 | 39400 | 0.6214 | 1,205 | 870 | 0.9802 | |
| 23 | University of California-Irvine | 15100 | 38000 | 0.603 | 30,260 | 1333 | 0.2895 | |
| 24 | Northeastern University | 15400 | 89900 | 0.8287 | 22,456 | 1481 | 0.0562 | |
| 25 | Coastal Carolina University | 15600 | 27200 | 0.4266 | 11,471 | 1160 | 0.7003 | |
| 25 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 38800 | 0.5992 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 27 | Duke University | 15900 | 93600 | 0.8303 | 6,525 | 1533 | 0.0524 | |
| 28 | Ball State University | 16000 | 22400 | 0.2861 | 15,950 | 1185 | 0.8625 | |
| 28 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 16000 | 29300 | 0.4539 | 8,421 | 1054 | 0.9444 | |
| 30 | Georgetown University | 16200 | 92700 | 0.8252 | 7,908 | 1470 | 0.1349 | |
| 31 | Ferris State University | 16400 | 31000 | 0.4717 | 8,980 | 1015 | 0.8237 | |
| 32 | SUNY College at Potsdam | 16500 | 27600 | 0.4024 | 1,750 | 1060 | 0.8241 | |
| 33 | Arkansas State University | 16600 | 28100 | 0.4105 | 11,189 | 1080 | 0.7818 | |
| 34 | Eastern Michigan University | 16800 | 36100 | 0.5347 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 35 | Millikin University | 17100 | 45000 | 0.6198 | 1,427 | 1065 | 0.765 | |
| 35 | University of South Florida | 17100 | 17100 | 0 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 35 | West Virginia University | 17100 | 40900 | 0.5816 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 38 | Waynesburg University | 17200 | 45000 | 0.6177 | 1,032 | 1093 | 0.8981 | |
| 39 | Daemen University | 17500 | 55100 | 0.6825 | 1,656 | 1050 | 0.7375 | |
| 39 | Winona State University | 17500 | 23000 | 0.2396 | 5,317 | 1115 | 0.7549 | |
| 41 | University of Miami | 17700 | 95700 | 0.8149 | 13,241 | 1408 | 0.1761 | |
| 42 | University of California-Santa Cruz | 17900 | 42900 | 0.5834 | 18,194 | 1281 | 0.7273 | |
| 43 | Bethel University | 18000 | 35300 | 0.4896 | 2,674 | 970 | 0.6023 | |
| 43 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 18000 | 22800 | 0.2108 | 11,994 | 1090 | 0.8651 | |
| 45 | College of Charleston | 18200 | 33900 | 0.4637 | 10,596 | 1234 | 0.73 | |
| 46 | Lindsey Wilson University | 18300 | 47100 | 0.6117 | 1,738 | 1035 | 0 | |
| 47 | University of Arkansas | 19000 | 27800 | 0.3164 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 47 | University of Mary | 19000 | 32600 | 0.4179 | 2,821 | 1175 | 0.753 | |
| 49 | Madonna University | 19200 | 49200 | 0.6101 | 1,919 | 925 | 0.6757 | |
| 50 | East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania | 19400 | 26700 | 0.2738 | 5,130 | 1099 | 0.8645 | |
| 50 | University of Central Oklahoma | 19400 | 22700 | 0.1454 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 50 | University of Nevada-Reno | 19400 | 28200 | 0.3118 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 53 | Carlow University | 19700 | 82500 | 0.7613 | 2,303 | 1084 | 0.8768 | |
| 54 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 19800 | 29900 | 0.3369 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 55 | Wichita State University | 19900 | 29800 | 0.3317 | 14,906 | 1065 | 0.7224 | |
| 56 | McMurry University | 20100 | 51900 | 0.6122 | 4,133 | 1104 | 0.8984 | |
| 56 | Minot State University | 20100 | 23500 | 0.145 | 2,499 | 1075 | 0.6462 | |
| 58 | University of Southern California | 20300 | 75900 | 0.7329 | 20,768 | 1499 | 0.1119 | |
| 59 | Coker University | 20500 | 47800 | 0.5714 | 1,220 | 1050 | 0.9396 | |
| 60 | Grove City College | 20600 | 39700 | 0.4817 | 2,247 | 1248 | 0.667 | |
| 60 | La Sierra University | 20600 | 65900 | 0.687 | 1,266 | 1124 | 0.9069 | |
| 60 | University of Wyoming | 20600 | 27900 | 0.2642 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 63 | Florida College | 20800 | 34200 | 0.3921 | 728 | 1099 | 0.6966 | |
| 64 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 20900 | 39200 | 0.4671 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 65 | State University of New York at New Paltz | 21500 | 26300 | 0.1827 | 6,113 | 1279 | 0.6267 | |
| 66 | Niagara University | 21800 | 57400 | 0.62 | 2,638 | 1170 | 0.876 | |
| 67 | Bradley University | 22000 | 50800 | 0.5669 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 67 | Central Methodist University-College of Liberal Arts and Sciences | 22000 | 52700 | 0.5829 | 1,040 | 1075 | 0.6271 | |
| 69 | Grand Valley State University | 22100 | 35900 | 0.3849 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 70 | University of Florida | 22500 | 43000 | 0.4765 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 71 | Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences | 22700 | 56900 | 0.6007 | 533 | 1244 | 0.5269 | |
| 71 | Augustana College | 22700 | 72800 | 0.688 | 2,536 | 1157 | 0.6628 | |
| 71 | Juniata College | 22700 | 73800 | 0.6922 | 1,276 | 1263 | 0.7941 | |
| 74 | The University of Alabama | 22800 | 31000 | 0.2643 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 75 | Saint Cloud State University | 22900 | 36800 | 0.3773 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 76 | San Jose State University | 23100 | 41100 | 0.4381 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 76 | University of Southern Mississippi | 23100 | 23100 | 0 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 78 | Southwest Minnesota State University | 23400 | 26700 | 0.1231 | 7,290 | 1015 | 0.6409 | |
| 78 | York College of Pennsylvania | 23400 | 45800 | 0.4895 | 3,369 | 1153 | 0.7374 | |
| 80 | Florida International University | 23700 | 34100 | 0.3049 | 46,249 | 1180 | 0.6085 | |
| 81 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 24100 | 90700 | 0.7343 | 8,727 | 1055 | 0.9703 | |
| 81 | Keuka College | 24100 | 59400 | 0.5937 | 986 | 1043 | 0.8151 | |
| 83 | Unity Environmental University | 24500 | 29900 | 0.1809 | 6,525 | 0 | 0.818 | |
| 84 | Huntingdon College | 24700 | 44400 | 0.4434 | 943 | 1130 | 0.692 | |
| 84 | Wisconsin Lutheran College | 24700 | 56700 | 0.5642 | 957 | 1233 | 0.7816 | |
| 86 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 25000 | 37900 | 0.3401 | 5,677 | 985 | 0.9301 | |
| 87 | Emporia State University | 25100 | 32000 | 0.2155 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 87 | University of Hawaii at Hilo | 25100 | 38300 | 0.3448 | 2,304 | 990 | 0.8351 | |
| 89 | University of Central Florida | 25300 | 25300 | 0 | 60,083 | 1289 | 0.428 | |
| 90 | Ave Maria University | 25500 | 46600 | 0.453 | 1,320 | 1164 | 0.4139 | |
| 91 | The University of Findlay | 25600 | 50600 | 0.4937 | 4,132 | 1090 | 0.6748 | |
| 92 | University of Mary Hardin-Baylor | 25700 | 53800 | 0.5225 | 2,775 | 1105 | 0.9747 | |
| 93 | Evangel University | 25800 | 40900 | 0.3696 | 1,843 | 1180 | 0.7161 | |
| 94 | Messiah University | 26000 | 54300 | 0.5209 | 2,722 | 1266 | 0.8107 | |
| 94 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 26000 | 28300 | 0.0808 | 3,375 | 1090 | 0.5885 | |
| 96 | Salem State University | 26200 | 43200 | 0.3938 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 97 | Northern Arizona University | 26300 | 43200 | 0.3923 | 22,203 | 1129 | 0.8961 | |
| 98 | Geneva College | 26400 | 50300 | 0.4754 | 1,299 | 1167 | 0.9556 | |
| 99 | Trine University | 26500 | 56100 | 0.5277 | 4,373 | 1159 | 0.8548 | |
| 99 | University of Georgia | 26500 | 48600 | 0.4543 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 101 | Troy University | 26700 | 34700 | 0.2305 | 10,130 | 1075 | 0.9535 | |
| 101 | Wingate University | 26700 | 65000 | 0.5892 | 2,673 | 1100 | 0.9113 | |
| 103 | St. Francis College | 26800 | 39400 | 0.3202 | 1,719 | 1035 | 1 | |
| 104 | University of Central Arkansas | 27000 | 31200 | 0.1372 | 8,238 | 1110 | 0.9157 | |
| 105 | Valley City State University | 27100 | 29300 | 0.0779 | 1,663 | 1045 | 0.9942 | |
| 106 | Florida Southern College | 27700 | 63200 | 0.5615 | 2,682 | 1264 | 0.6442 | |
| 106 | North Dakota State University | 27700 | 30400 | 0.0884 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 108 | Mitchell College | 27800 | 66600 | 0.5826 | 442 | 817 | 0.9466 | |
| 109 | Saint Edward's University | 28000 | 73200 | 0.6178 | 2,499 | 1128 | 0.8142 | |
| 110 | Bridgewater State University | 28200 | 35500 | 0.2061 | 8,849 | 1143 | 0.8798 | |
| 111 | Weber State University | 28300 | 33900 | 0.1651 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 112 | Grace College and Theological Seminary | 28500 | 41800 | 0.3167 | 1,795 | 1130 | 0.8215 | |
| 112 | University of Delaware | 28500 | 34500 | 0.1741 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 114 | Francis Marion University | 28600 | 40200 | 0.2889 | 3,793 | 1015 | 0.9508 | |
| 114 | Saint Xavier University | 28600 | 53700 | 0.4671 | 3,100 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 116 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 28900 | 31800 | 0.0911 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 117 | University of Alaska Southeast | 29000 | 31300 | 0.0731 | 1,559 | 1020 | 0.6192 | |
| 118 | University of Louisville | 29100 | 29100 | 0 | 17,916 | 1134 | 0.7921 | |
| 119 | University of Connecticut | 29200 | 39500 | 0.2608 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 120 | Huntington University | 29300 | 44300 | 0.3384 | 1,512 | 1065 | 0.7518 | |
| 121 | Blue Mountain Christian University | 29600 | 39900 | 0.2576 | 915 | 1095 | 0.8895 | |
| 121 | Montana State University | 29600 | 31900 | 0.072 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 123 | Montclair State University | 29700 | 36300 | 0.1819 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 124 | University of Pikeville | 29800 | 34800 | 0.1438 | 1,164 | 1070 | 0.8967 | |
| 125 | Lipscomb University | 29900 | 57800 | 0.4834 | 3,327 | 1214 | 0.6774 | |
| 126 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 30000 | 42200 | 0.2889 | 15,735 | 1069 | 0.8797 | |
| 127 | Southwestern College | 30100 | 64400 | 0.5326 | 816 | 1000 | 0.4729 | |
| 128 | Bryan College-Dayton | 30200 | 36000 | 0.1609 | 1,565 | 1085 | 1 | |
| 129 | Mercy University | 30300 | 44500 | 0.3192 | 6,692 | 1135 | 0.8724 | |
| 130 | California State University-Long Beach | 30900 | 38900 | 0.2058 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 130 | Jacksonville University | 30900 | 74200 | 0.5834 | 2,916 | 1210 | 0.5748 | |
| 132 | Utah Tech University | 31000 | 35200 | 0.1194 | 12,993 | 1065 | 1 | |
| 133 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 31200 | 77600 | 0.5978 | 4,999 | 1258 | 0.9296 | |
| 134 | Hampton University | 31600 | 54800 | 0.4233 | 4,046 | 1005 | 0.6358 | |
| 135 | Samford University | 32700 | 64600 | 0.4939 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 136 | Liberty University | 33200 | 44600 | 0.2556 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 137 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 33600 | 38200 | 0.1199 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 138 | Auburn University | 33700 | 34100 | 0.0117 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 138 | Elizabethtown College | 33700 | 55300 | 0.3907 | 1,935 | 1214 | 0.8892 | |
| 138 | SUNY Old Westbury | 33700 | 40900 | 0.176 | 4,474 | 1110 | 0.8352 | |
| 141 | SUNY at Fredonia | 34000 | 39600 | 0.1416 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 142 | Charleston Southern University | 34200 | 48400 | 0.2949 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 143 | Nova Southeastern University | 34300 | 56100 | 0.3885 | 7,057 | 1187 | 0.7557 | |
| 144 | University of Oregon | 34500 | 40200 | 0.1416 | 20,710 | 1193 | 0.8742 | |
| 144 | University of Rhode Island | 34500 | 46400 | 0.2563 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 146 | Southeastern University | 34600 | 60500 | 0.4279 | 11,981 | 1110 | 0.4247 | |
| 146 | SUNY College at Geneseo | 34600 | 39400 | 0.1219 | 3,943 | 1275 | 0.3333 | |
| 148 | Siena University | 34700 | 65100 | 0.4671 | 3,149 | 1301 | 0.8464 | |
| 149 | Barry University | 35100 | 56400 | 0.3775 | 4,654 | 1005 | 0.9663 | |
| 149 | University of New England | 35100 | 68000 | 0.4841 | 4,631 | 1145 | 0.9203 | |
| 151 | Stockton University | 35200 | 44500 | 0.2091 | 7,583 | 1134 | 0.901 | |
| 152 | Minnesota State University, Mankato | 35300 | 37600 | 0.0608 | 13,433 | 1145 | 0.8844 | |
| 152 | Pfeiffer University | 35300 | 56100 | 0.3704 | 696 | 941 | 0.9603 | |
| 154 | Centenary University | 35400 | 63600 | 0.4433 | 936 | 1070 | 0.8308 | |
| 154 | The University of Tampa | 35400 | 56900 | 0.3775 | 10,710 | 1250 | 0.4363 | |
| 156 | Roger Williams University | 35600 | 63700 | 0.4413 | 3,970 | 1235 | 0.882 | |
| 157 | Indiana Wesleyan University-Marion | 36100 | 48500 | 0.2554 | 2,075 | 1090 | 0.8894 | |
| 157 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 36100 | 36100 | 0 | 16,131 | 1275 | 0.6472 | |
| 159 | Eckerd College | 36600 | 75100 | 0.5126 | 1,893 | 1255 | 0.758 | |
| 160 | Saint Joseph's College of Maine | 37900 | 65000 | 0.4167 | 1,105 | 1055 | 0.8351 | |
| 161 | Northwest Nazarene University | 38100 | 62800 | 0.3932 | 1,043 | 1145 | 0.7159 | |
| 162 | University of Dubuque | 38200 | 65900 | 0.4213 | 1,395 | 1074 | 0.8731 | |
| 163 | Maine Maritime Academy | 38400 | 49800 | 0.2287 | 977 | 1189 | 0.9615 | |
| 164 | Reinhardt University | 38700 | 49300 | 0.2138 | 1,129 | 1070 | 0.6154 | |
| 165 | State University of New York at Cortland | 38800 | 39900 | 0.0276 | 5,890 | 1175 | 0.624 | |
| 165 | Western New England University | 38800 | 69200 | 0.4394 | 2,616 | 1199 | 0.8348 | |
| 167 | Mississippi State University | 39100 | 53400 | 0.2674 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 168 | SUNY Oneonta | 39500 | 41700 | 0.0527 | 4,815 | 1090 | 0.7696 | |
| 169 | Stony Brook University | 39700 | 53000 | 0.2507 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 169 | University of Maine | 39700 | 45200 | 0.1218 | 9,182 | 1195 | 0.9562 | |
| 171 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5061 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 172 | Loyola University Chicago | 40700 | 74100 | 0.4506 | 12,640 | 1262 | 0.751 | |
| 173 | University of New Haven | 41200 | 67300 | 0.3876 | 4,969 | 1219 | 0.5589 | |
| 174 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 42400 | 42400 | 0 | 14,657 | 1190 | 0.7583 | |
| 175 | Sacred Heart University | 42500 | 67500 | 0.3706 | 7,291 | 1265 | 0.6363 | |
| 176 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43500 | 68700 | 0.3678 | 4,279 | 1234 | 0.5796 | |
| 177 | Providence College | 43700 | 85000 | 0.486 | 4,680 | 1345 | 0.4994 | |
| 178 | St. John's University-New York | 44500 | 78000 | 0.4292 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 179 | Quinnipiac University | 44900 | 79200 | 0.433 | 6,610 | 1250 | 0.7031 | |
| 180 | Illinois State University | 45800 | 49100 | 0.0669 | 19,513 | 1115 | 0.8555 | |
| 181 | University of California-San Diego | 46200 | 77200 | 0.4016 | 35,442 | 1375 | 0.2856 | |
| 182 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47100 | 59700 | 0.2123 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 183 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48500 | 51200 | 0.0544 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 184 | DePaul University | 49100 | 66000 | 0.2562 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 185 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 53300 | 53300 | 0 | 34,447 | 1273 | 0.8804 | |
| 186 | Dallas Baptist University | 55800 | 63400 | 0.1199 | 2,938 | 1073 | 0.9131 | |
| 187 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 58100 | 63200 | 0.0806 | 40,996 | 1399 | 0.4175 | |
| 188 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58200 | 64100 | 0.092 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 189 | Hawaii Pacific University | 63500 | 65800 | 0.0347 | 3,468 | 1200 | 0.8855 | |
| 190 | Rollins College | 82400 | 82400 | 0 | 2,639 | 1284 | 0.5285 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.
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