Considering a degree in biology?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for biology majors who live in Connecticut.
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 Connecticut.
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 | 95200 | 0.9377 | 8,844 | 1535 | 0.0365 | |
| 2 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22000 | 0.6362 | 32,952 | 1374 | 0.6778 | |
| 3 | Savannah State University | 10400 | 26700 | 0.6112 | 2,966 | 925 | 0.4614 | |
| 4 | College of Saint Mary | 10800 | 37800 | 0.7141 | 552 | 1103 | 0.4465 | |
| 5 | Eastern Washington University | 11400 | 31200 | 0.6347 | 6,952 | 995 | 0.9075 | |
| 6 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 12000 | 28000 | 0.571 | 8,553 | 1045 | 0.8688 | |
| 6 | University of the Virgin Islands | 12000 | 26100 | 0.5412 | 1,569 | 925 | 0.9898 | |
| 8 | Duke University | 12200 | 93600 | 0.8699 | 6,523 | 1527 | 0.0571 | |
| 9 | Georgetown University | 12500 | 92700 | 0.8652 | 7,833 | 1457 | 0.1291 | |
| 9 | University of South Florida | 12500 | 17100 | 0.2688 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 11 | Boston University | 12700 | 92800 | 0.8633 | 18,805 | 1475 | 0.1111 | |
| 12 | University of North Alabama | 12800 | 28200 | 0.5464 | 7,662 | 1140 | 0.8731 | |
| 13 | University of Delaware | 13500 | 34500 | 0.6079 | 20,026 | 1294 | 0.706 | |
| 14 | Utah State University | 13800 | 20800 | 0.3369 | 25,706 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 15 | Wesleyan College | 13900 | 43800 | 0.6825 | 496 | 1065 | 0.591 | |
| 16 | Central Michigan University | 14200 | 37800 | 0.6236 | 10,193 | 1095 | 0.8982 | |
| 17 | Northeastern University | 14500 | 89900 | 0.8387 | 17,432 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 18 | Talladega College | 14900 | 26900 | 0.4462 | 701 | 970 | 0.8542 | |
| 19 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15100 | 29000 | 0.4808 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8609 | |
| 20 | University of West Alabama | 15700 | 24200 | 0.3519 | 2,983 | 990 | 0.4265 | |
| 21 | Waynesburg University | 15800 | 45000 | 0.6486 | 1,030 | 1093 | 0.8982 | |
| 22 | Eastern Michigan University | 16000 | 36100 | 0.5567 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 23 | Grove City College | 16200 | 39700 | 0.5919 | 2,341 | 1266 | 0.7232 | |
| 23 | West Virginia University | 16200 | 40900 | 0.6036 | 18,206 | 1125 | 0.89 | |
| 25 | University of Florida | 16300 | 22500 | 0.2755 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 26 | Ferris State University | 16900 | 31000 | 0.4555 | 8,991 | 1015 | 0.9139 | |
| 26 | Millikin University | 16900 | 45000 | 0.6242 | 1,495 | 1020 | 0.6668 | |
| 28 | SUNY at Fredonia | 17100 | 27800 | 0.3854 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 29 | Salem State University | 17200 | 28500 | 0.3964 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 30 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 17300 | 22800 | 0.2415 | 11,994 | 1090 | 0.865 | |
| 31 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 17400 | 39000 | 0.5533 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 32 | Utah Tech University | 17500 | 23300 | 0.2493 | 13,006 | 0 | 0 | |
| 33 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 17600 | 29900 | 0.4136 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5743 | |
| 33 | Tougaloo College | 17600 | 34200 | 0.4853 | 1,286 | 985 | 0.5985 | |
| 35 | University of Miami | 17700 | 95700 | 0.8149 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 36 | Bethel University | 17800 | 35300 | 0.4953 | 2,674 | 970 | 0.6023 | |
| 36 | Northern State University | 17800 | 27200 | 0.3456 | 3,169 | 1075 | 0.93 | |
| 38 | State University of New York at Oswego | 18000 | 27700 | 0.3501 | 5,517 | 1180 | 0.8055 | |
| 39 | University of Mary | 18200 | 32600 | 0.4423 | 2,821 | 1175 | 0.753 | |
| 40 | SUNY Old Westbury | 18600 | 24400 | 0.238 | 4,260 | 1110 | 0.8363 | |
| 40 | University of Central Oklahoma | 18600 | 22700 | 0.1806 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 42 | University of Rhode Island | 18700 | 33900 | 0.4485 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 43 | McMurry University | 19200 | 51900 | 0.6296 | 3,167 | 1065 | 0.5704 | |
| 44 | Carlow University | 19300 | 57800 | 0.6662 | 1,355 | 1065 | 0.8695 | |
| 45 | Lee University | 19400 | 37400 | 0.4816 | 3,271 | 1154 | 0.7052 | |
| 45 | Wichita State University | 19400 | 29800 | 0.3483 | 13,313 | 1073 | 0.9395 | |
| 47 | SUNY Oneonta | 19500 | 29300 | 0.3344 | 4,681 | 1234 | 0.696 | |
| 47 | University of Southern California | 19500 | 75900 | 0.7435 | 20,630 | 1492 | 0.0981 | |
| 49 | Bethel University | 19600 | 54500 | 0.64 | 1,065 | 1030 | 0.9766 | |
| 49 | Loyola University New Orleans | 19600 | 72100 | 0.728 | 3,007 | 1155 | 0.9305 | |
| 51 | La Sierra University | 19700 | 65900 | 0.7007 | 1,226 | 1025 | 0.915 | |
| 52 | Daemen University | 19900 | 55100 | 0.6389 | 1,653 | 1050 | 0.6826 | |
| 52 | Malone University | 19900 | 57100 | 0.6519 | 992 | 1075 | 0.7586 | |
| 54 | Minot State University | 20100 | 23500 | 0.1448 | 2,499 | 1075 | 0.6462 | |
| 55 | Hampshire College | 20600 | 83900 | 0.7548 | 844 | 1254 | 0.7528 | |
| 55 | University of Wyoming | 20600 | 27900 | 0.264 | 8,130 | 1179 | 0.9688 | |
| 57 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 20700 | 30600 | 0.326 | 44,819 | 1327 | 0.4987 | |
| 58 | Florida College | 20800 | 34200 | 0.3921 | 728 | 1099 | 0.6966 | |
| 58 | Mayville State University | 20800 | 23800 | 0.1272 | 1,067 | 1034 | 0.7123 | |
| 58 | North Dakota State University | 20800 | 25700 | 0.1898 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 61 | Piedmont University | 21100 | 47200 | 0.553 | 1,159 | 1130 | 0.9328 | |
| 62 | Central Methodist University-College of Liberal Arts and Sciences | 21300 | 52700 | 0.5962 | 1,041 | 1040 | 0.5687 | |
| 63 | Niagara University | 21800 | 57400 | 0.62 | 2,692 | 1160 | 0.8737 | |
| 64 | Grand Valley State University | 22100 | 35900 | 0.3849 | 19,002 | 1084 | 0.8302 | |
| 65 | Winona State University | 22300 | 29500 | 0.2455 | 5,317 | 1115 | 0.7549 | |
| 66 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 22600 | 25400 | 0.1104 | 2,906 | 1125 | 0.4696 | |
| 67 | Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences | 22700 | 56900 | 0.6007 | 533 | 1244 | 0.5269 | |
| 67 | Augustana College | 22700 | 72800 | 0.688 | 2,522 | 1163 | 0.6268 | |
| 69 | East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania | 22800 | 31300 | 0.2719 | 4,891 | 1095 | 0.9205 | |
| 69 | San Jose State University | 22800 | 41100 | 0.4454 | 28,008 | 1124 | 0.8461 | |
| 71 | Saint Cloud State University | 22900 | 36800 | 0.3772 | 8,738 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 72 | York College of Pennsylvania | 23400 | 45800 | 0.4895 | 3,369 | 1153 | 0.7374 | |
| 73 | Saint Norbert College | 23700 | 63800 | 0.6283 | 1,970 | 1193 | 0.8574 | |
| 74 | Southwestern Adventist University | 23800 | 43200 | 0.4492 | 758 | 1064 | 0.7836 | |
| 75 | Bradley University | 23900 | 50800 | 0.5295 | 3,596 | 1223 | 0.7676 | |
| 75 | Mount Marty University | 23900 | 56400 | 0.5762 | 1,022 | 1090 | 0.4257 | |
| 77 | Wisconsin Lutheran College | 24200 | 55200 | 0.5626 | 957 | 1233 | 0.7816 | |
| 78 | Abilene Christian University | 24300 | 59000 | 0.5877 | 3,263 | 1189 | 0.6603 | |
| 79 | Daytona State College | 24400 | 28200 | 0.1346 | 12,820 | 0 | 0 | |
| 79 | Emporia State University | 24400 | 32000 | 0.2374 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 79 | Unity Environmental University | 24400 | 29900 | 0.1842 | 6,507 | 0 | 0.818 | |
| 82 | Huntingdon College | 24500 | 44400 | 0.4479 | 880 | 1130 | 0.6949 | |
| 83 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 24800 | 37900 | 0.3454 | 5,661 | 1085 | 0.982 | |
| 84 | University of Mary Hardin-Baylor | 25000 | 53800 | 0.5355 | 2,803 | 1099 | 0.9576 | |
| 85 | Point Park University | 25200 | 57000 | 0.5582 | 2,337 | 1140 | 0.9691 | |
| 85 | University of Hawaii at Hilo | 25200 | 38300 | 0.3422 | 2,292 | 1005 | 0.6063 | |
| 87 | Ave Maria University | 25500 | 46600 | 0.453 | 1,301 | 1164 | 0.4139 | |
| 87 | Evangel University | 25500 | 40900 | 0.3769 | 1,511 | 1180 | 0.7161 | |
| 87 | Northern Arizona University | 25500 | 43200 | 0.4103 | 22,990 | 1090 | 0.8961 | |
| 90 | Concordia University-Chicago | 25700 | 54900 | 0.5314 | 1,368 | 1100 | 0.9279 | |
| 91 | Marywood University | 25800 | 67700 | 0.6187 | 1,833 | 1160 | 0.6058 | |
| 92 | Messiah University | 25900 | 54300 | 0.5228 | 2,618 | 1241 | 0.7897 | |
| 92 | University of Mobile | 25900 | 48300 | 0.4634 | 1,308 | 1209 | 0.7789 | |
| 94 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 26000 | 28300 | 0.0806 | 3,375 | 1090 | 0.5876 | |
| 95 | SUNY College at Potsdam | 26100 | 37700 | 0.3075 | 2,111 | 1060 | 0.777 | |
| 96 | Ball State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 15,189 | 1170 | 0.855 | |
| 96 | Geneva College | 26400 | 50300 | 0.4753 | 1,260 | 1143 | 0.7905 | |
| 98 | Trine University | 26500 | 56100 | 0.5276 | 4,373 | 1159 | 0.8548 | |
| 98 | University of Southern Mississippi | 26500 | 26500 | 0 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
| 100 | Troy University | 26900 | 34700 | 0.2248 | 10,222 | 1090 | 0.9604 | |
| 101 | University of Jamestown | 27400 | 34400 | 0.2035 | 1,049 | 1055 | 0.8808 | |
| 102 | Saint Edward's University | 27500 | 73200 | 0.6246 | 2,499 | 1128 | 0.8142 | |
| 103 | Mitchell College | 27600 | 63900 | 0.568 | 442 | 817 | 0.9466 | |
| 104 | Florida Southern College | 27700 | 63200 | 0.5614 | 2,682 | 1264 | 0.6442 | |
| 105 | Francis Marion University | 28100 | 40200 | 0.3013 | 3,692 | 1015 | 0.8639 | |
| 105 | Weber State University | 28100 | 33900 | 0.171 | 31,672 | 0 | 0 | |
| 107 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 28300 | 36700 | 0.2287 | 28,674 | 980 | 0.9419 | |
| 108 | Saint Xavier University | 28500 | 53700 | 0.4689 | 3,098 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 109 | Bridgewater State University | 28700 | 35500 | 0.192 | 8,270 | 1180 | 0.8781 | |
| 110 | Pittsburg State University | 28900 | 36200 | 0.2014 | 4,472 | 1055 | 0.8942 | |
| 111 | University of Alaska Southeast | 29000 | 31300 | 0.0729 | 1,768 | 1020 | 0.6329 | |
| 112 | Huntington University | 29200 | 44300 | 0.3407 | 1,588 | 1055 | 0.7564 | |
| 113 | Montana State University | 29300 | 31900 | 0.0814 | 15,046 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 114 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29400 | 34000 | 0.1354 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 115 | Blue Mountain Christian University | 29600 | 39900 | 0.2575 | 912 | 1095 | 0.8895 | |
| 116 | Southern Utah University | 29700 | 40800 | 0.2722 | 13,126 | 1140 | 0.8179 | |
| 116 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 29700 | 42200 | 0.296 | 15,375 | 1103 | 0.866 | |
| 118 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 30000 | 39200 | 0.235 | 12,507 | 1010 | 0.8897 | |
| 119 | Bryan College-Dayton | 30200 | 36000 | 0.1607 | 1,565 | 1160 | 0.5101 | |
| 119 | University of West Florida | 30200 | 38000 | 0.2051 | 9,970 | 1149 | 0.5824 | |
| 121 | Jacksonville University | 30500 | 74200 | 0.5888 | 2,946 | 1195 | 0.5694 | |
| 121 | McPherson College | 30500 | 51400 | 0.4065 | 876 | 1075 | 0.7676 | |
| 123 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 30700 | 59100 | 0.4803 | 23,181 | 1354 | 0.3297 | |
| 124 | California State University-Long Beach | 31000 | 38900 | 0.2032 | 36,082 | 1135 | 0.4627 | |
| 125 | Hampton University | 31100 | 54800 | 0.4325 | 3,728 | 947 | 0.6225 | |
| 125 | Taylor University | 31100 | 59100 | 0.4738 | 2,503 | 1229 | 0.7353 | |
| 125 | University of Louisville | 31100 | 42000 | 0.2593 | 17,086 | 1148 | 0.7941 | |
| 128 | Missouri Baptist University | 31500 | 53800 | 0.414 | 4,958 | 843 | 0.686 | |
| 129 | Baylor University | 31900 | 70300 | 0.546 | 14,915 | 1321 | 0.5128 | |
| 130 | Centenary University | 32100 | 63600 | 0.4952 | 936 | 1070 | 0.8308 | |
| 131 | Roanoke College | 32300 | 55300 | 0.4162 | 1,793 | 1214 | 0.8306 | |
| 132 | Samford University | 32400 | 64600 | 0.4986 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 133 | Lipscomb University | 32600 | 57800 | 0.4368 | 3,336 | 1260 | 0.6773 | |
| 134 | The University of Tampa | 32700 | 56900 | 0.425 | 10,598 | 1185 | 0.4034 | |
| 135 | Liberty University | 33200 | 44600 | 0.2556 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 136 | Nova Southeastern University | 33300 | 56100 | 0.4063 | 7,311 | 1165 | 0.7321 | |
| 137 | Morningside University | 33400 | 60600 | 0.4487 | 1,172 | 922 | 0.7104 | |
| 137 | University of Arkansas-Fort Smith | 33400 | 34400 | 0.0291 | 5,459 | 1055 | 0.8046 | |
| 139 | Harding University | 33500 | 47800 | 0.2987 | 3,536 | 1184 | 0.7052 | |
| 140 | Elizabethtown College | 33600 | 55300 | 0.3925 | 1,903 | 1214 | 0.7787 | |
| 141 | Barry University | 33900 | 56400 | 0.3987 | 3,232 | 1005 | 0.7724 | |
| 142 | Coastal Carolina University | 34400 | 45100 | 0.237 | 10,811 | 1145 | 0.7527 | |
| 142 | SUNY College at Geneseo | 34400 | 39400 | 0.127 | 3,881 | 1279 | 0.6645 | |
| 144 | Stockton University | 34600 | 44500 | 0.2226 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 145 | University of New England | 35100 | 68000 | 0.4841 | 3,884 | 1145 | 0.9163 | |
| 146 | Siena College | 35500 | 65100 | 0.4548 | 3,467 | 1254 | 0.6902 | |
| 147 | Roger Williams University | 35600 | 63700 | 0.4413 | 4,038 | 1235 | 0.8771 | |
| 148 | Cedarville University | 35700 | 57000 | 0.3734 | 5,790 | 1232 | 0.6529 | |
| 148 | State University of New York at New Paltz | 35700 | 35700 | 0 | 6,862 | 1260 | 0.6161 | |
| 150 | Indiana Wesleyan University-Marion | 35800 | 48500 | 0.2614 | 2,075 | 1090 | 0.8894 | |
| 150 | University of Maine | 35800 | 35800 | 0 | 9,601 | 1205 | 0.9664 | |
| 152 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 36100 | 36100 | 0 | 15,254 | 1270 | 0.6424 | |
| 153 | Mississippi State University | 36200 | 50500 | 0.283 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 154 | Florida International University | 36500 | 36800 | 0.0081 | 45,193 | 1175 | 0.5466 | |
| 155 | Eckerd College | 36600 | 75100 | 0.5126 | 1,893 | 1255 | 0.758 | |
| 155 | University of New Haven | 36600 | 61300 | 0.4033 | 4,903 | 1164 | 0.6038 | |
| 157 | University of Connecticut | 37200 | 53600 | 0.3062 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 158 | University of Nevada-Reno | 38000 | 45800 | 0.1704 | 19,117 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
| 159 | Saint Joseph's College of Maine | 38100 | 65000 | 0.4136 | 1,097 | 1055 | 0.8351 | |
| 160 | Western New England University | 38500 | 69200 | 0.4438 | 2,616 | 1199 | 0.8348 | |
| 161 | Loyola University Chicago | 39100 | 74100 | 0.4722 | 12,538 | 1303 | 0.816 | |
| 162 | Stony Brook University | 39700 | 53000 | 0.2506 | 18,263 | 1410 | 0.4904 | |
| 162 | University of Central Florida | 39700 | 39700 | 0 | 59,552 | 1280 | 0.4011 | |
| 164 | Fresno Pacific University | 39900 | 52200 | 0.2352 | 1,545 | 1099 | 0.6407 | |
| 165 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 40200 | 52100 | 0.2285 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 166 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5061 | 33,475 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 167 | Sacred Heart University | 40900 | 66500 | 0.3854 | 7,204 | 950 | 0.6536 | |
| 168 | Montclair State University | 41800 | 46600 | 0.103 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 169 | Western Washington University | 42000 | 51500 | 0.1846 | 13,752 | 1272 | 0.9325 | |
| 170 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 42400 | 42400 | 0 | 14,449 | 1195 | 0.784 | |
| 171 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43300 | 68600 | 0.3686 | 3,666 | 1224 | 0.577 | |
| 172 | Marist University | 43700 | 75800 | 0.4234 | 5,551 | 1279 | 0.5651 | |
| 172 | Providence College | 43700 | 85000 | 0.486 | 4,236 | 1335 | 0.5089 | |
| 174 | St. John's University-New York | 44400 | 78000 | 0.4305 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 175 | Quinnipiac University | 44800 | 79200 | 0.4343 | 6,557 | 1245 | 0.7215 | |
| 176 | Ashland University | 45000 | 56400 | 0.2022 | 2,977 | 1125 | 0.764 | |
| 177 | University of California-San Diego | 45500 | 74600 | 0.3898 | 34,955 | 1375 | 0.2671 | |
| 178 | Illinois State University | 45800 | 49100 | 0.0668 | 19,107 | 1120 | 0.8815 | |
| 179 | University of Georgia | 45900 | 51600 | 0.1108 | 32,399 | 1382 | 0.377 | |
| 180 | Biola University | 47300 | 71200 | 0.3358 | 3,481 | 1268 | 0.7435 | |
| 180 | Maine Maritime Academy | 47300 | 49800 | 0.0502 | 945 | 1180 | 0.5414 | |
| 182 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53200 | 61000 | 0.1291 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 183 | MidAmerica Nazarene University | 53300 | 63600 | 0.1617 | 1,204 | 1040 | 0.788 | |
| 183 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 53300 | 53300 | 0 | 33,033 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 185 | The University of Alabama | 55800 | 56600 | 0.0141 | 34,389 | 1284 | 0.7665 | |
| 186 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58300 | 64100 | 0.0905 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 187 | Auburn University | 58500 | 58500 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4592 | |
| 188 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 61100 | 63200 | 0.0332 | 40,684 | 1331 | 0.3915 | |
| 189 | College of Charleston | 61200 | 61200 | 0 | 10,880 | 1255 | 0.6003 | |
| 190 | Hawaii Pacific University | 63500 | 65800 | 0.0346 | 3,533 | 1120 | 0.8587 | |
| 191 | University of Oregon | 66700 | 68900 | 0.0331 | 20,622 | 1250 | 0.883 | |
| 192 | University of California-Davis | 69800 | 69800 | 0 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
| 193 | University of California-Irvine | 72100 | 75600 | 0.0463 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2857 | |
| 194 | Rollins College | 82400 | 82400 | 0 | 2,640 | 1273 | 0.4754 | |
| 194 | University of California-Santa Cruz | 82400 | 82400 | 0 | 17,940 | 1281 | 0.6579 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.
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