Considering a degree in biology?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for biology majors who live in Florida.
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 Florida.
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 | College of Saint Mary | 1800 | 37800 | 0.9522 | 552 | 1103 | 0.4465 | |
| 2 | St Petersburg College | 5800 | 16000 | 0.6356 | 23,936 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | Harvard University | 5900 | 95600 | 0.938 | 8,844 | 1535 | 0.0365 | |
| 4 | Indian River State College | 6600 | 13300 | 0.5052 | 15,429 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22000 | 0.6362 | 32,952 | 1374 | 0.6778 | |
| 6 | Savannah State University | 10800 | 26700 | 0.5962 | 2,966 | 925 | 0.4614 | |
| 7 | Eastern Washington University | 11500 | 31200 | 0.6315 | 6,952 | 995 | 0.9075 | |
| 7 | Northern Arizona University | 11500 | 27900 | 0.5864 | 22,990 | 1090 | 0.8961 | |
| 9 | Boston University | 11900 | 92800 | 0.8719 | 18,805 | 1475 | 0.1111 | |
| 10 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 12600 | 24900 | 0.4932 | 5,661 | 1085 | 0.982 | |
| 11 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 12800 | 25000 | 0.4873 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 11 | University of West Florida | 12800 | 21700 | 0.41 | 9,970 | 1149 | 0.5824 | |
| 13 | Grand Valley State University | 13100 | 35900 | 0.636 | 19,002 | 1084 | 0.8302 | |
| 13 | Miami Dade College | 13100 | 31700 | 0.5859 | 58,941 | 0 | 0 | |
| 13 | University of the Virgin Islands | 13100 | 26100 | 0.499 | 1,569 | 925 | 0.9898 | |
| 16 | University of North Alabama | 13200 | 28200 | 0.5322 | 7,662 | 1140 | 0.8731 | |
| 17 | Mayville State University | 13500 | 22000 | 0.387 | 1,067 | 1034 | 0.7123 | |
| 17 | University of Delaware | 13500 | 34500 | 0.6079 | 20,026 | 1294 | 0.706 | |
| 19 | Utah State University | 13800 | 20800 | 0.3369 | 25,706 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 20 | Wesleyan College | 13900 | 43800 | 0.6825 | 496 | 1065 | 0.591 | |
| 21 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 14500 | 19000 | 0.237 | 11,994 | 1090 | 0.865 | |
| 22 | Central Michigan University | 14600 | 37800 | 0.6131 | 10,193 | 1095 | 0.8982 | |
| 23 | Duke University | 14700 | 93600 | 0.8432 | 6,523 | 1527 | 0.0571 | |
| 24 | Georgetown University | 15000 | 92700 | 0.8382 | 7,833 | 1457 | 0.1291 | |
| 25 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15100 | 37700 | 0.6009 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8609 | |
| 26 | University of Central Oklahoma | 15500 | 28700 | 0.46 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 27 | Northeastern University | 15700 | 89900 | 0.8254 | 17,432 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 27 | Talladega College | 15700 | 26900 | 0.4164 | 701 | 970 | 0.8542 | |
| 29 | University of South Florida | 15900 | 17200 | 0.0745 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 30 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 16100 | 31000 | 0.4803 | 8,553 | 1045 | 0.8688 | |
| 31 | California State University-Long Beach | 16300 | 25800 | 0.3683 | 36,082 | 1135 | 0.4627 | |
| 31 | University of Florida | 16300 | 22600 | 0.2792 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 31 | University of West Alabama | 16300 | 24200 | 0.3271 | 2,983 | 990 | 0.4265 | |
| 34 | Emporia State University | 16600 | 22900 | 0.2753 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 35 | Grove City College | 16700 | 39700 | 0.5801 | 2,341 | 1266 | 0.7232 | |
| 36 | Eastern Michigan University | 16800 | 36100 | 0.5345 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 37 | Ferris State University | 16900 | 31000 | 0.4555 | 8,991 | 1015 | 0.9139 | |
| 37 | University of Maine | 16900 | 29300 | 0.4235 | 9,601 | 1205 | 0.9664 | |
| 37 | West Virginia University | 16900 | 40900 | 0.5865 | 18,206 | 1125 | 0.89 | |
| 40 | Millikin University | 17000 | 45000 | 0.622 | 1,495 | 1020 | 0.6668 | |
| 41 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 17100 | 17100 | 0 | 14,449 | 1195 | 0.784 | |
| 42 | University of Miami | 17200 | 95700 | 0.8203 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 43 | Waynesburg University | 17500 | 45000 | 0.6105 | 1,030 | 1093 | 0.8982 | |
| 44 | Tougaloo College | 17700 | 34200 | 0.4823 | 1,286 | 985 | 0.5985 | |
| 44 | Winona State University | 17700 | 23000 | 0.2285 | 5,317 | 1115 | 0.7549 | |
| 46 | Bethel University | 17900 | 35300 | 0.4924 | 2,674 | 970 | 0.6023 | |
| 47 | Utah Tech University | 18100 | 23300 | 0.2235 | 13,006 | 0 | 0 | |
| 48 | Bridgewater State University | 18300 | 25400 | 0.2793 | 8,270 | 1180 | 0.8781 | |
| 48 | Northern State University | 18300 | 27200 | 0.3273 | 3,169 | 1075 | 0.93 | |
| 48 | State University of New York at Oswego | 18300 | 27700 | 0.3392 | 5,517 | 1180 | 0.8055 | |
| 51 | SUNY Old Westbury | 18900 | 24400 | 0.2257 | 4,260 | 1110 | 0.8363 | |
| 52 | University of Mary | 19200 | 32600 | 0.4123 | 2,821 | 1175 | 0.753 | |
| 53 | East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania | 19500 | 26700 | 0.2701 | 4,891 | 1095 | 0.9205 | |
| 54 | Carlow University | 19600 | 57800 | 0.661 | 1,355 | 1065 | 0.8695 | |
| 55 | SUNY Oneonta | 19700 | 29300 | 0.3276 | 4,681 | 1234 | 0.696 | |
| 55 | University of Rhode Island | 19700 | 33900 | 0.419 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 57 | Bethel University | 19800 | 54500 | 0.6363 | 1,065 | 1030 | 0.9766 | |
| 57 | La Sierra University | 19800 | 65900 | 0.6992 | 1,226 | 1025 | 0.915 | |
| 57 | Lee University | 19800 | 37400 | 0.4709 | 3,271 | 1154 | 0.7052 | |
| 60 | Daemen University | 20000 | 55100 | 0.6371 | 1,653 | 1050 | 0.6826 | |
| 60 | McMurry University | 20000 | 51900 | 0.6142 | 3,167 | 1065 | 0.5704 | |
| 60 | Wichita State University | 20000 | 29800 | 0.3282 | 13,313 | 1073 | 0.9395 | |
| 63 | Minot State University | 20100 | 23500 | 0.1448 | 2,499 | 1075 | 0.6462 | |
| 64 | Loyola University New Orleans | 20200 | 72100 | 0.7197 | 3,007 | 1155 | 0.9305 | |
| 64 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 20200 | 29900 | 0.3267 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5743 | |
| 66 | University of Southern California | 20400 | 75900 | 0.7316 | 20,630 | 1492 | 0.0981 | |
| 67 | Hampshire College | 20500 | 83900 | 0.756 | 844 | 1254 | 0.7528 | |
| 67 | University of California-Santa Cruz | 20500 | 42900 | 0.5227 | 17,940 | 1281 | 0.6579 | |
| 69 | University of Wyoming | 20600 | 27900 | 0.264 | 8,130 | 1179 | 0.9688 | |
| 70 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 20700 | 30600 | 0.326 | 44,819 | 1327 | 0.4987 | |
| 71 | North Dakota State University | 20800 | 25700 | 0.1898 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 72 | Malone University | 21100 | 57100 | 0.6309 | 992 | 1075 | 0.7586 | |
| 73 | Florida College | 21800 | 32300 | 0.3273 | 728 | 1099 | 0.6966 | |
| 73 | Niagara University | 21800 | 57400 | 0.62 | 2,692 | 1160 | 0.8737 | |
| 75 | Central Methodist University-College of Liberal Arts and Sciences | 22000 | 52700 | 0.5829 | 1,041 | 1040 | 0.5687 | |
| 75 | Piedmont University | 22000 | 47200 | 0.5339 | 1,159 | 1130 | 0.9328 | |
| 77 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 22500 | 25400 | 0.1143 | 2,906 | 1125 | 0.4696 | |
| 78 | Florida Southern College | 22600 | 63200 | 0.643 | 2,682 | 1264 | 0.6442 | |
| 79 | Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences | 22700 | 56900 | 0.6007 | 533 | 1244 | 0.5269 | |
| 79 | Augustana College | 22700 | 72800 | 0.688 | 2,522 | 1163 | 0.6268 | |
| 81 | Saint Cloud State University | 22900 | 36800 | 0.3772 | 8,738 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 82 | University of Southern Mississippi | 23100 | 23100 | 0 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
| 83 | San Jose State University | 23300 | 41100 | 0.4332 | 28,008 | 1124 | 0.8461 | |
| 84 | York College of Pennsylvania | 23400 | 45800 | 0.4895 | 3,369 | 1153 | 0.7374 | |
| 85 | Florida International University | 23700 | 23800 | 0.0001 | 45,193 | 1175 | 0.5466 | |
| 86 | Mount Marty University | 23900 | 56400 | 0.5762 | 1,022 | 1090 | 0.4257 | |
| 86 | Saint Norbert College | 23900 | 63800 | 0.6252 | 1,970 | 1193 | 0.8574 | |
| 88 | Abilene Christian University | 24200 | 59000 | 0.5894 | 3,263 | 1189 | 0.6603 | |
| 88 | Wisconsin Lutheran College | 24200 | 55200 | 0.5626 | 957 | 1233 | 0.7816 | |
| 90 | Bradley University | 24500 | 50800 | 0.5177 | 3,596 | 1223 | 0.7676 | |
| 90 | Unity Environmental University | 24500 | 29900 | 0.1809 | 6,507 | 0 | 0.818 | |
| 92 | Stockton University | 24700 | 32100 | 0.2304 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 93 | Huntingdon College | 24800 | 44400 | 0.4412 | 880 | 1130 | 0.6949 | |
| 93 | Southwestern Adventist University | 24800 | 43200 | 0.4261 | 758 | 1064 | 0.7836 | |
| 95 | Daytona State College | 24900 | 28200 | 0.1169 | 12,820 | 0 | 0 | |
| 96 | Point Park University | 25200 | 57000 | 0.5582 | 2,337 | 1140 | 0.9691 | |
| 97 | University of Hawaii at Hilo | 25300 | 38300 | 0.3396 | 2,292 | 1005 | 0.6063 | |
| 98 | Ave Maria University | 25500 | 46600 | 0.4533 | 1,301 | 1164 | 0.4139 | |
| 99 | University of Mary Hardin-Baylor | 25600 | 53800 | 0.5243 | 2,803 | 1099 | 0.9576 | |
| 100 | Evangel University | 25900 | 40900 | 0.3671 | 1,511 | 1180 | 0.7161 | |
| 101 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 26000 | 28300 | 0.0806 | 3,375 | 1090 | 0.5876 | |
| 102 | Stony Brook University | 26100 | 33200 | 0.2129 | 18,263 | 1410 | 0.4904 | |
| 103 | Messiah University | 26200 | 54300 | 0.5172 | 2,618 | 1241 | 0.7897 | |
| 104 | Marywood University | 26300 | 67700 | 0.6113 | 1,833 | 1160 | 0.6058 | |
| 104 | SUNY College at Potsdam | 26300 | 37700 | 0.3022 | 2,111 | 1060 | 0.777 | |
| 106 | Ball State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 15,189 | 1170 | 0.855 | |
| 106 | Geneva College | 26400 | 50300 | 0.4753 | 1,260 | 1143 | 0.7905 | |
| 106 | Salem State University | 26400 | 43200 | 0.3891 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 109 | Trine University | 26500 | 56100 | 0.5276 | 4,373 | 1159 | 0.8548 | |
| 109 | University of Mobile | 26500 | 48300 | 0.451 | 1,308 | 1209 | 0.7789 | |
| 111 | Concordia University-Chicago | 26800 | 54900 | 0.5114 | 1,368 | 1100 | 0.9279 | |
| 112 | Troy University | 26900 | 34700 | 0.2248 | 10,222 | 1090 | 0.9604 | |
| 113 | University of Jamestown | 27400 | 34400 | 0.2035 | 1,049 | 1055 | 0.8808 | |
| 114 | Barry University | 27600 | 55500 | 0.5028 | 3,232 | 1005 | 0.7724 | |
| 115 | Mitchell College | 27700 | 66600 | 0.5841 | 442 | 817 | 0.9466 | |
| 116 | Saint Edward's University | 28200 | 73200 | 0.615 | 2,499 | 1128 | 0.8142 | |
| 117 | Weber State University | 28500 | 33900 | 0.1592 | 31,672 | 0 | 0 | |
| 118 | Francis Marion University | 28600 | 40200 | 0.2889 | 3,692 | 1015 | 0.8639 | |
| 118 | Saint Xavier University | 28600 | 53700 | 0.4671 | 3,098 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 120 | University of Nevada-Reno | 28700 | 45800 | 0.3737 | 19,117 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
| 121 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 28900 | 36700 | 0.2124 | 28,674 | 980 | 0.9419 | |
| 122 | Pittsburg State University | 29000 | 36200 | 0.1987 | 4,472 | 1055 | 0.8942 | |
| 122 | University of Alaska Southeast | 29000 | 31300 | 0.0729 | 1,768 | 1020 | 0.6329 | |
| 124 | University of Louisville | 29100 | 29100 | 0 | 17,086 | 1148 | 0.7941 | |
| 124 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29100 | 31800 | 0.0849 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 126 | Huntington University | 29200 | 44300 | 0.3407 | 1,588 | 1055 | 0.7564 | |
| 127 | Blue Mountain Christian University | 29600 | 39900 | 0.2575 | 912 | 1095 | 0.8895 | |
| 128 | Montana State University | 29800 | 31900 | 0.0657 | 15,046 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 129 | Montclair State University | 29900 | 36300 | 0.1764 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 130 | Bryan College-Dayton | 30200 | 36000 | 0.1607 | 1,565 | 1160 | 0.5101 | |
| 130 | Southern Utah University | 30200 | 40800 | 0.2599 | 13,126 | 1140 | 0.8179 | |
| 132 | Eckerd College | 30300 | 75100 | 0.5964 | 1,893 | 1255 | 0.758 | |
| 133 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 30400 | 42200 | 0.2794 | 15,375 | 1103 | 0.866 | |
| 134 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 30700 | 39200 | 0.2171 | 12,507 | 1010 | 0.8897 | |
| 135 | Jacksonville University | 31000 | 74400 | 0.5827 | 2,946 | 1195 | 0.5694 | |
| 136 | Illinois State University | 31100 | 36400 | 0.145 | 19,107 | 1120 | 0.8815 | |
| 136 | Taylor University | 31100 | 59100 | 0.4738 | 2,503 | 1229 | 0.7353 | |
| 136 | The University of Alabama | 31100 | 55700 | 0.442 | 34,389 | 1284 | 0.7665 | |
| 139 | McPherson College | 31200 | 51400 | 0.3929 | 876 | 1075 | 0.7676 | |
| 140 | Hampton University | 31300 | 54800 | 0.4288 | 3,728 | 947 | 0.6225 | |
| 141 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 31400 | 59100 | 0.4684 | 23,181 | 1354 | 0.3297 | |
| 142 | Missouri Baptist University | 31500 | 53800 | 0.414 | 4,958 | 843 | 0.686 | |
| 143 | Baylor University | 31800 | 70300 | 0.5475 | 14,915 | 1321 | 0.5128 | |
| 144 | Centenary University | 32100 | 63600 | 0.4952 | 936 | 1070 | 0.8308 | |
| 145 | Lipscomb University | 32500 | 57800 | 0.4374 | 3,336 | 1260 | 0.6773 | |
| 146 | Samford University | 32800 | 64600 | 0.4924 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 147 | University of Oregon | 33000 | 38600 | 0.1444 | 20,622 | 1250 | 0.883 | |
| 148 | Liberty University | 33100 | 44600 | 0.2578 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 148 | Roanoke College | 33100 | 55300 | 0.4017 | 1,793 | 1214 | 0.8306 | |
| 150 | Harding University | 33500 | 47800 | 0.2987 | 3,536 | 1184 | 0.7052 | |
| 150 | University of Arkansas-Fort Smith | 33500 | 34400 | 0.0262 | 5,459 | 1055 | 0.8046 | |
| 152 | Morningside University | 33600 | 60600 | 0.4454 | 1,172 | 922 | 0.7104 | |
| 153 | Auburn University | 33700 | 34100 | 0.0117 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4592 | |
| 153 | Elizabethtown College | 33700 | 55300 | 0.3907 | 1,903 | 1214 | 0.7787 | |
| 155 | SUNY at Fredonia | 34000 | 39600 | 0.1416 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 156 | Nova Southeastern University | 34100 | 56100 | 0.3921 | 7,311 | 1165 | 0.7321 | |
| 157 | Sacred Heart University | 34500 | 67500 | 0.4892 | 7,204 | 950 | 0.6536 | |
| 157 | SUNY College at Geneseo | 34500 | 39400 | 0.1245 | 3,881 | 1279 | 0.6645 | |
| 159 | Coastal Carolina University | 35000 | 45100 | 0.2237 | 10,811 | 1145 | 0.7527 | |
| 160 | University of New England | 35100 | 68000 | 0.4841 | 3,884 | 1145 | 0.9163 | |
| 161 | The University of Tampa | 35200 | 53600 | 0.3428 | 10,598 | 1185 | 0.4034 | |
| 162 | Roger Williams University | 35600 | 63700 | 0.4413 | 4,038 | 1235 | 0.8771 | |
| 163 | Cedarville University | 35700 | 57000 | 0.3734 | 5,790 | 1232 | 0.6529 | |
| 163 | State University of New York at New Paltz | 35700 | 35700 | 0 | 6,862 | 1260 | 0.6161 | |
| 165 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 36100 | 36100 | 0 | 15,254 | 1270 | 0.6424 | |
| 166 | Indiana Wesleyan University-Marion | 36200 | 48500 | 0.2532 | 2,075 | 1090 | 0.8894 | |
| 166 | Mississippi State University | 36200 | 50500 | 0.283 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 168 | Siena College | 36400 | 65100 | 0.4409 | 3,467 | 1254 | 0.6902 | |
| 169 | University of New Haven | 37000 | 67300 | 0.45 | 4,903 | 1164 | 0.6038 | |
| 170 | University of Connecticut | 37100 | 53600 | 0.3081 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 171 | Saint Joseph's College of Maine | 37800 | 65000 | 0.4182 | 1,097 | 1055 | 0.8351 | |
| 172 | Florida Institute of Technology | 38800 | 68600 | 0.4343 | 3,666 | 1224 | 0.577 | |
| 173 | Loyola University Chicago | 38900 | 74100 | 0.4749 | 12,538 | 1303 | 0.816 | |
| 173 | Western New England University | 38900 | 69200 | 0.438 | 2,616 | 1199 | 0.8348 | |
| 175 | University of Central Florida | 39700 | 39700 | 0 | 59,552 | 1280 | 0.4011 | |
| 176 | Fresno Pacific University | 39900 | 52200 | 0.2352 | 1,545 | 1099 | 0.6407 | |
| 177 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5061 | 33,475 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 178 | Western Washington University | 41700 | 51500 | 0.1905 | 13,752 | 1272 | 0.9325 | |
| 179 | University of Georgia | 42900 | 48700 | 0.1176 | 32,399 | 1382 | 0.377 | |
| 180 | Marist University | 44500 | 75800 | 0.4128 | 5,551 | 1279 | 0.5651 | |
| 180 | Providence College | 44500 | 85000 | 0.4766 | 4,236 | 1335 | 0.5089 | |
| 182 | St. John's University-New York | 44600 | 78000 | 0.4279 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 183 | Ashland University | 44900 | 56400 | 0.204 | 2,977 | 1125 | 0.764 | |
| 183 | Quinnipiac University | 44900 | 79200 | 0.433 | 6,557 | 1245 | 0.7215 | |
| 185 | University of California-San Diego | 46400 | 74600 | 0.3778 | 34,955 | 1375 | 0.2671 | |
| 186 | Biola University | 46900 | 71200 | 0.3414 | 3,481 | 1268 | 0.7435 | |
| 187 | Maine Maritime Academy | 47000 | 49800 | 0.0562 | 945 | 1180 | 0.5414 | |
| 188 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47100 | 59700 | 0.2122 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 189 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53200 | 61000 | 0.1291 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 190 | MidAmerica Nazarene University | 53300 | 63600 | 0.1617 | 1,204 | 1040 | 0.788 | |
| 190 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 53300 | 53300 | 0 | 33,033 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 192 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58200 | 64100 | 0.092 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 193 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 61000 | 63200 | 0.0348 | 40,684 | 1331 | 0.3915 | |
| 194 | College of Charleston | 61200 | 61200 | 0 | 10,880 | 1255 | 0.6003 | |
| 195 | Hawaii Pacific University | 63500 | 65800 | 0.0346 | 3,533 | 1120 | 0.8587 | |
| 196 | University of California-Davis | 69800 | 69800 | 0 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
| 197 | University of California-Irvine | 72000 | 75600 | 0.0476 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2857 | |
| 198 | Rollins College | 81400 | 81500 | 0.001 | 2,640 | 1273 | 0.4754 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.
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