Considering a degree in biology?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for biology majors who live in California.
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 California.
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 | Santa Ana College | 4600 | 23100 | 0.8003 | 27,248 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | Harvard University | 5900 | 96000 | 0.9387 | 6,738 | 1500 | 0.0418 | |
| 3 | Santa Monica College | 6400 | 15500 | 0.588 | 23,453 | 0 | 1 | |
| 4 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 7500 | 36100 | 0.7932 | 10,368 | 1064 | 0.999 | |
| 5 | Brigham Young University | 8100 | 22300 | 0.6382 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 6 | Savannah State University | 9700 | 50900 | 0.8097 | 2,966 | 950 | 1 | |
| 7 | University of Central Florida | 10000 | 31900 | 0.6867 | 60,083 | 1289 | 0.428 | |
| 8 | Southern Utah University | 10600 | 51400 | 0.7937 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 9 | Antelope Valley Community College District | 10900 | 20400 | 0.4649 | 13,532 | 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | University of Hawaii at Hilo | 11300 | 56000 | 0.7982 | 2,304 | 990 | 0.8351 | |
| 11 | Eastern Washington University | 11400 | 30700 | 0.629 | 7,640 | 1045 | 0.8526 | |
| 12 | University of West Florida | 11600 | 22200 | 0.477 | 9,971 | 1120 | 0.5822 | |
| 13 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 11700 | 25200 | 0.5336 | 5,677 | 985 | 0.9301 | |
| 14 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 11800 | 29300 | 0.5973 | 8,421 | 1054 | 0.9444 | |
| 15 | Boston University | 12200 | 93200 | 0.869 | 18,289 | 1475 | 0.1283 | |
| 15 | Northern Arizona University | 12200 | 30400 | 0.5979 | 22,203 | 1129 | 0.8961 | |
| 17 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 13000 | 27100 | 0.5195 | 29,727 | 990 | 0.9229 | |
| 18 | Wesleyan College | 13200 | 63100 | 0.7912 | 500 | 1065 | 0.591 | |
| 19 | Mayville State University | 13400 | 22000 | 0.3922 | 1,067 | 1034 | 0.7825 | |
| 19 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 13400 | 22800 | 0.4128 | 11,994 | 1090 | 0.8651 | |
| 21 | Virginia Union University | 13600 | 51700 | 0.7372 | 1,205 | 870 | 0.9802 | |
| 22 | Eastern Michigan University | 13800 | 33900 | 0.5923 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 22 | University of the Virgin Islands | 13800 | 29600 | 0.533 | 1,650 | 900 | 0.9936 | |
| 24 | Coastal Carolina University | 13900 | 45300 | 0.6935 | 11,471 | 1160 | 0.7003 | |
| 24 | Salem State University | 13900 | 38300 | 0.6367 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 26 | Georgetown University | 14200 | 92700 | 0.8468 | 7,908 | 1470 | 0.1349 | |
| 27 | Arkansas Tech University | 14300 | 31400 | 0.5438 | 8,279 | 1055 | 0.9747 | |
| 27 | Miles College | 14300 | 35100 | 0.5925 | 1,180 | 0 | 1 | |
| 27 | West Virginia University | 14300 | 73100 | 0.8041 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 30 | Ball State University | 14600 | 22400 | 0.3484 | 15,950 | 1185 | 0.8625 | |
| 30 | Central Michigan University | 14600 | 37400 | 0.6102 | 10,238 | 1099 | 0.9104 | |
| 32 | Mercy University | 14700 | 46400 | 0.6836 | 6,692 | 1135 | 0.8724 | |
| 32 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 14700 | 54400 | 0.7303 | 15,735 | 1069 | 0.8797 | |
| 32 | University of Nevada-Reno | 14700 | 28200 | 0.4784 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 35 | University of California-Irvine | 15000 | 40400 | 0.6285 | 30,260 | 1333 | 0.2895 | |
| 36 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 15200 | 90700 | 0.8325 | 8,727 | 1055 | 0.9703 | |
| 37 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 29800 | 0.4782 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 38 | Grand Valley State University | 15800 | 28300 | 0.441 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 38 | Waynesburg University | 15800 | 45000 | 0.6483 | 1,032 | 1093 | 0.8981 | |
| 40 | Lindsey Wilson University | 15900 | 49300 | 0.6777 | 1,738 | 1035 | 0 | |
| 41 | Madonna University | 16000 | 67900 | 0.7639 | 1,919 | 925 | 0.6757 | |
| 42 | Francis Marion University | 16100 | 36100 | 0.5536 | 3,793 | 1015 | 0.9508 | |
| 42 | Niagara University | 16100 | 57400 | 0.7192 | 2,638 | 1170 | 0.876 | |
| 44 | University of California-Los Angeles | 16300 | 36700 | 0.5555 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 45 | University of Miami | 16500 | 96300 | 0.8288 | 13,241 | 1408 | 0.1761 | |
| 46 | Bethel University | 16800 | 48700 | 0.6557 | 2,674 | 970 | 0.6023 | |
| 46 | Emporia State University | 16800 | 31200 | 0.4617 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 48 | Utah State University | 17000 | 34000 | 0.5001 | 26,629 | 1168 | 0.9212 | |
| 49 | SUNY College at Potsdam | 17100 | 49300 | 0.6534 | 1,750 | 1060 | 0.8241 | |
| 50 | Duke University | 17300 | 98500 | 0.8246 | 6,525 | 1533 | 0.0524 | |
| 51 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 17500 | 29900 | 0.4141 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 52 | Northeastern University | 17600 | 90000 | 0.8041 | 22,456 | 1481 | 0.0562 | |
| 53 | York College of Pennsylvania | 17800 | 45800 | 0.6119 | 3,369 | 1153 | 0.7374 | |
| 54 | San Jose State University | 18000 | 41200 | 0.5618 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 55 | University of Mary | 18200 | 32600 | 0.442 | 2,821 | 1175 | 0.753 | |
| 56 | Coker University | 18300 | 47800 | 0.6174 | 1,220 | 1050 | 0.9396 | |
| 57 | McMurry University | 18600 | 71400 | 0.7399 | 4,133 | 1104 | 0.8984 | |
| 58 | Stockton University | 19300 | 32100 | 0.3985 | 7,583 | 1134 | 0.901 | |
| 59 | Unity Environmental University | 19400 | 48200 | 0.597 | 6,525 | 0 | 0.818 | |
| 60 | SUNY Oneonta | 19500 | 29300 | 0.3344 | 4,815 | 1090 | 0.7696 | |
| 61 | Carlow University | 19600 | 53900 | 0.6361 | 2,303 | 1084 | 0.8768 | |
| 62 | Winona State University | 19900 | 29500 | 0.3267 | 5,317 | 1115 | 0.7549 | |
| 63 | Minot State University | 20000 | 23500 | 0.1497 | 2,499 | 1075 | 0.6462 | |
| 64 | SUNY Old Westbury | 20100 | 24400 | 0.1765 | 4,474 | 1110 | 0.8352 | |
| 65 | Grove City College | 20200 | 39700 | 0.4918 | 2,247 | 1248 | 0.667 | |
| 65 | SUNY at Fredonia | 20200 | 53600 | 0.6229 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 67 | Central Methodist University-College of Liberal Arts and Sciences | 20500 | 71000 | 0.7109 | 1,040 | 1075 | 0.6271 | |
| 68 | Florida College | 20600 | 56800 | 0.6368 | 728 | 1099 | 0.6966 | |
| 69 | Millikin University | 20700 | 45000 | 0.5398 | 1,427 | 1065 | 0.765 | |
| 69 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 20700 | 30600 | 0.3258 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 71 | Ferris State University | 20800 | 31000 | 0.3295 | 8,980 | 1015 | 0.8237 | |
| 71 | La Sierra University | 20800 | 51100 | 0.5929 | 1,266 | 1124 | 0.9069 | |
| 71 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 20800 | 27800 | 0.2516 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 74 | Daemen University | 21600 | 56700 | 0.619 | 1,656 | 1050 | 0.7375 | |
| 75 | Juniata College | 22200 | 75300 | 0.7056 | 1,276 | 1263 | 0.7941 | |
| 76 | Troy University | 22300 | 34700 | 0.3573 | 10,130 | 1075 | 0.9535 | |
| 77 | The University of Alabama | 22400 | 33400 | 0.3292 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 78 | Valley City State University | 22500 | 25600 | 0.1227 | 1,663 | 1045 | 0.9942 | |
| 79 | Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences | 22600 | 56900 | 0.602 | 533 | 1244 | 0.5269 | |
| 79 | Augustana College | 22600 | 72800 | 0.6891 | 2,536 | 1157 | 0.6628 | |
| 81 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 22700 | 36100 | 0.3709 | 34,447 | 1273 | 0.8804 | |
| 82 | Saint Cloud State University | 22800 | 36800 | 0.3803 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 83 | Bridgewater State University | 23100 | 37300 | 0.3821 | 8,849 | 1143 | 0.8798 | |
| 84 | Southwest Minnesota State University | 23300 | 26700 | 0.1273 | 7,290 | 1015 | 0.6409 | |
| 85 | Huntingdon College | 23600 | 65000 | 0.6368 | 943 | 1130 | 0.692 | |
| 85 | Saint Edward's University | 23600 | 105600 | 0.7766 | 2,499 | 1128 | 0.8142 | |
| 87 | State University of New York at New Paltz | 23700 | 35700 | 0.3357 | 6,113 | 1279 | 0.6267 | |
| 88 | University of Southern Mississippi | 23800 | 27200 | 0.125 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 89 | University of Central Oklahoma | 24100 | 34000 | 0.2911 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 90 | University of South Florida | 24200 | 36500 | 0.3366 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 91 | Montana State University | 24400 | 31600 | 0.2281 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 92 | East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania | 24500 | 37700 | 0.3498 | 5,130 | 1099 | 0.8645 | |
| 92 | The University of Findlay | 24500 | 50600 | 0.5154 | 4,132 | 1090 | 0.6748 | |
| 94 | Wisconsin Lutheran College | 24700 | 56700 | 0.5653 | 957 | 1233 | 0.7816 | |
| 95 | Messiah University | 24800 | 54700 | 0.5467 | 2,722 | 1266 | 0.8107 | |
| 96 | Ave Maria University | 25000 | 46600 | 0.4637 | 1,320 | 1164 | 0.4139 | |
| 96 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 25000 | 62800 | 0.6018 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 98 | Minnesota State University, Mankato | 25600 | 28000 | 0.0854 | 13,433 | 1145 | 0.8844 | |
| 99 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 25900 | 28300 | 0.0847 | 3,375 | 1090 | 0.5885 | |
| 100 | Keuka College | 26200 | 64000 | 0.5901 | 986 | 1043 | 0.8151 | |
| 101 | Geneva College | 26400 | 50300 | 0.4766 | 1,299 | 1167 | 0.9556 | |
| 102 | Trine University | 26500 | 56100 | 0.5279 | 4,373 | 1159 | 0.8548 | |
| 103 | St. Francis College | 26800 | 39400 | 0.3202 | 1,719 | 1035 | 1 | |
| 103 | Wingate University | 26800 | 67100 | 0.6016 | 2,673 | 1100 | 0.9113 | |
| 105 | University of Southern California | 27100 | 98300 | 0.7245 | 20,768 | 1499 | 0.1119 | |
| 105 | Weber State University | 27100 | 31600 | 0.1425 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 107 | Mitchell College | 27600 | 63900 | 0.5679 | 442 | 817 | 0.9466 | |
| 107 | North Dakota State University | 27600 | 30400 | 0.092 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 109 | Florida Southern College | 27700 | 63200 | 0.5616 | 2,682 | 1264 | 0.6442 | |
| 110 | Grace College and Theological Seminary | 28000 | 41800 | 0.3299 | 1,795 | 1130 | 0.8215 | |
| 111 | Maine Maritime Academy | 28500 | 34400 | 0.1713 | 977 | 1189 | 0.9615 | |
| 112 | Jacksonville University | 28700 | 102400 | 0.7197 | 2,916 | 1210 | 0.5748 | |
| 113 | University of Alaska Southeast | 28900 | 31300 | 0.0766 | 1,559 | 1020 | 0.6192 | |
| 113 | Utah Tech University | 28900 | 35200 | 0.179 | 12,993 | 1065 | 1 | |
| 115 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 29000 | 112100 | 0.7412 | 4,999 | 1258 | 0.9296 | |
| 116 | Huntington University | 29100 | 44400 | 0.3443 | 1,512 | 1065 | 0.7518 | |
| 116 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29100 | 34200 | 0.1489 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 118 | Saint Xavier University | 29200 | 58200 | 0.498 | 3,100 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 119 | California State University-Long Beach | 29400 | 38800 | 0.2422 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 119 | Southwestern College | 29400 | 89500 | 0.6717 | 816 | 1000 | 0.4729 | |
| 121 | Blue Mountain Christian University | 29500 | 39900 | 0.2604 | 915 | 1095 | 0.8895 | |
| 122 | University of Pikeville | 29800 | 34800 | 0.1438 | 1,164 | 1070 | 0.8967 | |
| 123 | Bryan College-Dayton | 30100 | 36000 | 0.1639 | 1,565 | 1085 | 1 | |
| 124 | University of Maine | 30200 | 43100 | 0.2994 | 9,182 | 1195 | 0.9562 | |
| 125 | Hampton University | 31500 | 54800 | 0.4252 | 4,046 | 1005 | 0.6358 | |
| 126 | Centenary University | 31600 | 63000 | 0.4983 | 936 | 1070 | 0.8308 | |
| 127 | Nova Southeastern University | 31900 | 56100 | 0.4313 | 7,057 | 1187 | 0.7557 | |
| 128 | University of Louisville | 32000 | 42100 | 0.2396 | 17,916 | 1134 | 0.7921 | |
| 129 | University of Mary Hardin-Baylor | 32100 | 51900 | 0.3814 | 2,775 | 1105 | 0.9747 | |
| 130 | Liberty University | 32500 | 44700 | 0.2727 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 131 | University of New England | 32700 | 70900 | 0.5389 | 4,631 | 1145 | 0.9203 | |
| 132 | University of Oregon | 33100 | 40200 | 0.1784 | 20,710 | 1193 | 0.8742 | |
| 132 | Wichita State University | 33100 | 42200 | 0.2158 | 14,906 | 1065 | 0.7224 | |
| 134 | Siena University | 33300 | 66400 | 0.4987 | 3,149 | 1301 | 0.8464 | |
| 135 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 33400 | 59100 | 0.4346 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 136 | Elizabethtown College | 33500 | 57500 | 0.4172 | 1,935 | 1214 | 0.8892 | |
| 137 | Charleston Southern University | 34100 | 48400 | 0.2971 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 138 | Samford University | 34400 | 93800 | 0.6333 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 139 | Barry University | 34900 | 58800 | 0.4065 | 4,654 | 1005 | 0.9663 | |
| 140 | Bradley University | 35000 | 60600 | 0.4223 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 141 | Pfeiffer University | 35200 | 56100 | 0.3724 | 696 | 941 | 0.9603 | |
| 142 | Roger Williams University | 35500 | 63700 | 0.443 | 3,970 | 1235 | 0.882 | |
| 142 | SUNY College at Geneseo | 35500 | 39400 | 0.0991 | 3,943 | 1275 | 0.3333 | |
| 144 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 36100 | 36100 | 0 | 16,131 | 1275 | 0.6472 | |
| 144 | Western New England University | 36100 | 70600 | 0.4885 | 2,616 | 1199 | 0.8348 | |
| 146 | Florida International University | 36500 | 36800 | 0.0081 | 46,249 | 1180 | 0.6085 | |
| 146 | Western Washington University | 36500 | 36500 | 0 | 13,609 | 1199 | 0.9371 | |
| 148 | Indiana Wesleyan University-Marion | 36900 | 49100 | 0.2486 | 2,075 | 1090 | 0.8894 | |
| 149 | University of Rhode Island | 37000 | 58400 | 0.3664 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 150 | University of Connecticut | 37100 | 66200 | 0.4399 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 151 | Eckerd College | 37400 | 77000 | 0.5143 | 1,893 | 1255 | 0.758 | |
| 152 | Southeastern University | 37500 | 79400 | 0.5279 | 11,981 | 1110 | 0.4247 | |
| 153 | University of Dubuque | 38000 | 65900 | 0.423 | 1,395 | 1074 | 0.8731 | |
| 154 | Loyola University Chicago | 38600 | 74800 | 0.4842 | 12,640 | 1262 | 0.751 | |
| 154 | Reinhardt University | 38600 | 49300 | 0.2161 | 1,129 | 1070 | 0.6154 | |
| 156 | Evangel University | 39000 | 49700 | 0.2151 | 1,843 | 1180 | 0.7161 | |
| 156 | Mississippi State University | 39000 | 53400 | 0.2695 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 158 | Stony Brook University | 39600 | 53000 | 0.2527 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 159 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 39700 | 42800 | 0.0725 | 14,657 | 1190 | 0.7583 | |
| 160 | University of Wyoming | 39900 | 45300 | 0.1191 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 161 | Saint Joseph's College of Maine | 40100 | 66900 | 0.4008 | 1,105 | 1055 | 0.8351 | |
| 162 | Rollins College | 42600 | 85700 | 0.5031 | 2,639 | 1284 | 0.5285 | |
| 163 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42700 | 63300 | 0.3254 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 164 | Providence College | 42900 | 85000 | 0.4953 | 4,680 | 1345 | 0.4994 | |
| 165 | University of Florida | 43100 | 45700 | 0.0569 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 166 | Montclair State University | 43200 | 47000 | 0.0809 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 167 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43300 | 68700 | 0.3694 | 4,279 | 1234 | 0.5796 | |
| 168 | State University of New York at Cortland | 44800 | 52600 | 0.1482 | 5,890 | 1175 | 0.624 | |
| 169 | The University of Tampa | 45500 | 58500 | 0.2222 | 10,710 | 1250 | 0.4363 | |
| 170 | Illinois State University | 45700 | 49100 | 0.0692 | 19,513 | 1115 | 0.8555 | |
| 171 | University of New Haven | 46400 | 73500 | 0.3685 | 4,969 | 1219 | 0.5589 | |
| 172 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47100 | 61500 | 0.234 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 173 | University of Delaware | 47300 | 62500 | 0.2439 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 174 | St. John's University-New York | 47400 | 83800 | 0.4346 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 175 | University of Georgia | 48500 | 52300 | 0.0726 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 176 | Lipscomb University | 48700 | 69900 | 0.3037 | 3,327 | 1214 | 0.6774 | |
| 177 | DePaul University | 49000 | 69400 | 0.2938 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 178 | Sacred Heart University | 49400 | 67500 | 0.2681 | 7,291 | 1265 | 0.6363 | |
| 179 | College of Charleston | 50100 | 64600 | 0.2245 | 10,596 | 1234 | 0.73 | |
| 180 | Northwest Nazarene University | 50200 | 87600 | 0.4268 | 1,043 | 1145 | 0.7159 | |
| 181 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 50800 | 63800 | 0.2038 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 182 | Quinnipiac University | 51300 | 79700 | 0.3565 | 6,610 | 1250 | 0.7031 | |
| 183 | University of California-San Diego | 55100 | 79600 | 0.3077 | 35,442 | 1375 | 0.2856 | |
| 184 | Dallas Baptist University | 55700 | 84300 | 0.3393 | 2,938 | 1073 | 0.9131 | |
| 185 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58500 | 63700 | 0.0817 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 186 | Auburn University | 59200 | 59200 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 187 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 60600 | 67600 | 0.1035 | 40,996 | 1399 | 0.4175 | |
| 188 | Hawaii Pacific University | 63400 | 65800 | 0.0364 | 3,468 | 1200 | 0.8855 | |
| 189 | University of California-Davis | 68500 | 69900 | 0.02 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 190 | University of California-Santa Cruz | 76200 | 82900 | 0.0809 | 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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