Considering a degree in biology?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for biology majors who live in Hawaii.
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 Hawaii.
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 | 97100 | 0.9389 | 6,738 | 1500 | 0.0418 | |
| 2 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 7800 | 36100 | 0.7849 | 10,368 | 1064 | 0.999 | |
| 3 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22000 | 0.6362 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 4 | Savannah State University | 10700 | 26700 | 0.6 | 2,966 | 950 | 1 | |
| 5 | Northern Arizona University | 11500 | 27900 | 0.5865 | 22,203 | 1129 | 0.8961 | |
| 6 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 11600 | 29100 | 0.6019 | 40,996 | 1399 | 0.4175 | |
| 7 | University of Hawaii at Hilo | 11700 | 33300 | 0.6476 | 2,304 | 990 | 0.8351 | |
| 8 | Eastern Washington University | 11800 | 28600 | 0.5879 | 7,640 | 1045 | 0.8526 | |
| 9 | Boston University | 12200 | 92800 | 0.8687 | 18,289 | 1475 | 0.1283 | |
| 9 | University of Central Florida | 12200 | 25300 | 0.5172 | 60,083 | 1289 | 0.428 | |
| 11 | University of the Virgin Islands | 12600 | 22800 | 0.4467 | 1,650 | 900 | 0.9936 | |
| 12 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 12800 | 26500 | 0.5164 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 13 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 13200 | 49100 | 0.7312 | 29,727 | 990 | 0.9229 | |
| 14 | Duke University | 13400 | 93600 | 0.857 | 6,525 | 1533 | 0.0524 | |
| 15 | Georgetown University | 13700 | 92700 | 0.8522 | 7,908 | 1470 | 0.1349 | |
| 15 | 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 | 14000 | 43800 | 0.6802 | 500 | 1065 | 0.591 | |
| 19 | Grand Valley State University | 14200 | 25300 | 0.4393 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 20 | Arkansas Tech University | 14500 | 27400 | 0.4711 | 8,279 | 1055 | 0.9747 | |
| 20 | Central Michigan University | 14500 | 37800 | 0.6157 | 10,238 | 1099 | 0.9104 | |
| 22 | Miles College | 14600 | 25400 | 0.4246 | 1,180 | 0 | 1 | |
| 23 | Virginia Union University | 14700 | 39400 | 0.6265 | 1,205 | 870 | 0.9802 | |
| 24 | University of California-Irvine | 15100 | 38000 | 0.603 | 30,260 | 1333 | 0.2895 | |
| 25 | Northeastern University | 15200 | 89900 | 0.8309 | 22,456 | 1481 | 0.0562 | |
| 26 | University of Central Oklahoma | 15500 | 28700 | 0.46 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 27 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 38800 | 0.5992 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 28 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 15700 | 29300 | 0.4642 | 8,421 | 1054 | 0.9444 | |
| 29 | University of California-Los Angeles | 16300 | 36700 | 0.5554 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 30 | SUNY College at Potsdam | 16400 | 27600 | 0.406 | 1,750 | 1060 | 0.8241 | |
| 31 | Ferris State University | 16500 | 31000 | 0.4685 | 8,980 | 1015 | 0.8237 | |
| 31 | SUNY College at Geneseo | 16500 | 26400 | 0.3744 | 3,943 | 1275 | 0.3333 | |
| 33 | Eastern Michigan University | 16600 | 36100 | 0.5402 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 34 | University of Maine | 16700 | 29300 | 0.4303 | 9,182 | 1195 | 0.9562 | |
| 35 | Waynesburg University | 16900 | 45000 | 0.6246 | 1,032 | 1093 | 0.8981 | |
| 36 | West Virginia University | 17000 | 40900 | 0.5841 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 37 | Millikin University | 17100 | 45000 | 0.6198 | 1,427 | 1065 | 0.765 | |
| 38 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 17400 | 29900 | 0.4171 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 39 | Daemen University | 17500 | 55100 | 0.6825 | 1,656 | 1050 | 0.7375 | |
| 40 | Salem State University | 17600 | 28500 | 0.3824 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 40 | University of Louisville | 17600 | 29100 | 0.3956 | 17,916 | 1134 | 0.7921 | |
| 42 | University of Miami | 17700 | 95700 | 0.8149 | 13,241 | 1408 | 0.1761 | |
| 43 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 17900 | 22800 | 0.2152 | 11,994 | 1090 | 0.8651 | |
| 44 | Bethel University | 18000 | 35300 | 0.4896 | 2,674 | 970 | 0.6023 | |
| 45 | College of Charleston | 18100 | 33900 | 0.4667 | 10,596 | 1234 | 0.73 | |
| 46 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 18200 | 39000 | 0.5329 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 47 | Lindsey Wilson University | 18300 | 47100 | 0.6117 | 1,738 | 1035 | 0 | |
| 48 | University of Mary | 18800 | 32600 | 0.4234 | 2,821 | 1175 | 0.753 | |
| 49 | Madonna University | 19200 | 49200 | 0.6101 | 1,919 | 925 | 0.6757 | |
| 50 | University of Nevada-Reno | 19300 | 28200 | 0.3154 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 50 | University of Rhode Island | 19300 | 33900 | 0.4308 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 52 | Carlow University | 19600 | 82500 | 0.7625 | 2,303 | 1084 | 0.8768 | |
| 53 | McMurry University | 20000 | 51900 | 0.6141 | 4,133 | 1104 | 0.8984 | |
| 53 | Winona State University | 20000 | 29500 | 0.3229 | 5,317 | 1115 | 0.7549 | |
| 55 | Minot State University | 20100 | 23500 | 0.145 | 2,499 | 1075 | 0.6462 | |
| 56 | University of Southern California | 20200 | 75900 | 0.7342 | 20,768 | 1499 | 0.1119 | |
| 57 | Coker University | 20300 | 47800 | 0.5756 | 1,220 | 1050 | 0.9396 | |
| 58 | Grove City College | 20600 | 39700 | 0.4817 | 2,247 | 1248 | 0.667 | |
| 58 | La Sierra University | 20600 | 65900 | 0.687 | 1,266 | 1124 | 0.9069 | |
| 58 | State University of New York at Cortland | 20600 | 27700 | 0.2561 | 5,890 | 1175 | 0.624 | |
| 61 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 20700 | 30600 | 0.3258 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 62 | Florida College | 20800 | 34200 | 0.3921 | 728 | 1099 | 0.6966 | |
| 62 | Mayville State University | 20800 | 23800 | 0.1275 | 1,067 | 1034 | 0.7825 | |
| 62 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 20800 | 39200 | 0.4696 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 65 | Niagara University | 21800 | 57400 | 0.62 | 2,638 | 1170 | 0.876 | |
| 66 | Bradley University | 21900 | 50800 | 0.5688 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 66 | Central Methodist University-College of Liberal Arts and Sciences | 21900 | 52700 | 0.5848 | 1,040 | 1075 | 0.6271 | |
| 68 | Montana State University | 22300 | 27100 | 0.1769 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 69 | Valley City State University | 22600 | 25600 | 0.1184 | 1,663 | 1045 | 0.9942 | |
| 70 | Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences | 22700 | 56900 | 0.6007 | 533 | 1244 | 0.5269 | |
| 70 | Augustana College | 22700 | 72800 | 0.688 | 2,536 | 1157 | 0.6628 | |
| 70 | East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania | 22700 | 31300 | 0.2751 | 5,130 | 1099 | 0.8645 | |
| 70 | Juniata College | 22700 | 73800 | 0.6922 | 1,276 | 1263 | 0.7941 | |
| 74 | Saint Cloud State University | 22900 | 36800 | 0.3773 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 75 | San Jose State University | 23000 | 41100 | 0.4405 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 76 | Southwest Minnesota State University | 23400 | 26700 | 0.1231 | 7,290 | 1015 | 0.6409 | |
| 76 | York College of Pennsylvania | 23400 | 45800 | 0.4895 | 3,369 | 1153 | 0.7374 | |
| 78 | Florida International University | 23700 | 23700 | 0 | 46,249 | 1180 | 0.6085 | |
| 79 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 23800 | 90700 | 0.7376 | 8,727 | 1055 | 0.9703 | |
| 80 | Keuka College | 24100 | 59400 | 0.5937 | 986 | 1043 | 0.8151 | |
| 81 | Stockton University | 24200 | 32100 | 0.246 | 7,583 | 1134 | 0.901 | |
| 82 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 24400 | 24400 | 0 | 16,131 | 1275 | 0.6472 | |
| 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 | 24900 | 37900 | 0.3427 | 5,677 | 985 | 0.9301 | |
| 87 | Emporia State University | 25000 | 32000 | 0.2187 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 88 | Ave Maria University | 25500 | 46600 | 0.453 | 1,320 | 1164 | 0.4139 | |
| 88 | The University of Findlay | 25500 | 50600 | 0.4956 | 4,132 | 1090 | 0.6748 | |
| 90 | University of Mary Hardin-Baylor | 25600 | 53800 | 0.5243 | 2,775 | 1105 | 0.9747 | |
| 91 | Evangel University | 25700 | 40900 | 0.372 | 1,843 | 1180 | 0.7161 | |
| 91 | Minnesota State University, Mankato | 25700 | 28000 | 0.0815 | 13,433 | 1145 | 0.8844 | |
| 93 | Messiah University | 25900 | 54300 | 0.5228 | 2,722 | 1266 | 0.8107 | |
| 94 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 26000 | 28300 | 0.0808 | 3,375 | 1090 | 0.5885 | |
| 95 | Ball State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 15,950 | 1185 | 0.8625 | |
| 95 | Geneva College | 26400 | 50300 | 0.4754 | 1,299 | 1167 | 0.9556 | |
| 97 | Trine University | 26500 | 56100 | 0.5277 | 4,373 | 1159 | 0.8548 | |
| 97 | University of Southern Mississippi | 26500 | 26500 | 0 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 99 | Wingate University | 26700 | 65000 | 0.5892 | 2,673 | 1100 | 0.9113 | |
| 100 | St. Francis College | 26800 | 39400 | 0.3202 | 1,719 | 1035 | 1 | |
| 100 | Troy University | 26800 | 34700 | 0.2277 | 10,130 | 1075 | 0.9535 | |
| 102 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 26900 | 41500 | 0.3516 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 103 | Florida Southern College | 27700 | 63200 | 0.5615 | 2,682 | 1264 | 0.6442 | |
| 103 | North Dakota State University | 27700 | 30400 | 0.0884 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 105 | Mitchell College | 27800 | 66600 | 0.5826 | 442 | 817 | 0.9466 | |
| 106 | Saint Edward's University | 27900 | 73200 | 0.6191 | 2,499 | 1128 | 0.8142 | |
| 106 | Wichita State University | 27900 | 39800 | 0.3008 | 14,906 | 1065 | 0.7224 | |
| 108 | Bridgewater State University | 28100 | 35500 | 0.2088 | 8,849 | 1143 | 0.8798 | |
| 109 | Weber State University | 28200 | 33900 | 0.168 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 110 | Grace College and Theological Seminary | 28400 | 41800 | 0.3197 | 1,795 | 1130 | 0.8215 | |
| 111 | Francis Marion University | 28500 | 40200 | 0.2914 | 3,793 | 1015 | 0.9508 | |
| 112 | Saint Xavier University | 28600 | 53700 | 0.4671 | 3,100 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 113 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 28900 | 34000 | 0.1501 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 114 | University of Alaska Southeast | 29000 | 31300 | 0.0731 | 1,559 | 1020 | 0.6192 | |
| 115 | University of Connecticut | 29200 | 39500 | 0.2608 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 116 | Huntington University | 29300 | 44300 | 0.3384 | 1,512 | 1065 | 0.7518 | |
| 117 | Blue Mountain Christian University | 29600 | 39900 | 0.2576 | 915 | 1095 | 0.8895 | |
| 118 | University of Pikeville | 29800 | 34800 | 0.1438 | 1,164 | 1070 | 0.8967 | |
| 119 | Lipscomb University | 29900 | 57800 | 0.4838 | 3,327 | 1214 | 0.6774 | |
| 120 | Southern Utah University | 30000 | 40800 | 0.2648 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 121 | Southwestern College | 30100 | 64400 | 0.5326 | 816 | 1000 | 0.4729 | |
| 121 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 30100 | 42200 | 0.2866 | 15,735 | 1069 | 0.8797 | |
| 121 | University of West Florida | 30100 | 38000 | 0.2077 | 9,971 | 1120 | 0.5822 | |
| 124 | Bryan College-Dayton | 30200 | 36000 | 0.1609 | 1,565 | 1085 | 1 | |
| 124 | Mercy University | 30200 | 44500 | 0.3215 | 6,692 | 1135 | 0.8724 | |
| 126 | Jacksonville University | 30800 | 74200 | 0.5847 | 2,916 | 1210 | 0.5748 | |
| 127 | California State University-Long Beach | 30900 | 38900 | 0.2058 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 127 | Utah Tech University | 30900 | 35200 | 0.1222 | 12,993 | 1065 | 1 | |
| 129 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 31100 | 77600 | 0.599 | 4,999 | 1258 | 0.9296 | |
| 129 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 31100 | 59100 | 0.4735 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 131 | Hampton University | 31600 | 54800 | 0.4233 | 4,046 | 1005 | 0.6358 | |
| 132 | Samford University | 32700 | 64600 | 0.4939 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 133 | Liberty University | 33200 | 44600 | 0.2556 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 134 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 33600 | 38200 | 0.1199 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 135 | Auburn University | 33700 | 34100 | 0.0117 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 135 | Elizabethtown College | 33700 | 55300 | 0.3907 | 1,935 | 1214 | 0.8892 | |
| 135 | SUNY Old Westbury | 33700 | 40900 | 0.176 | 4,474 | 1110 | 0.8352 | |
| 138 | SUNY at Fredonia | 34000 | 39600 | 0.1416 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 139 | Charleston Southern University | 34200 | 48400 | 0.2949 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 139 | Nova Southeastern University | 34200 | 56100 | 0.3903 | 7,057 | 1187 | 0.7557 | |
| 141 | Siena University | 34500 | 65100 | 0.4701 | 3,149 | 1301 | 0.8464 | |
| 141 | Southeastern University | 34500 | 60500 | 0.4295 | 11,981 | 1110 | 0.4247 | |
| 141 | University of Oregon | 34500 | 40200 | 0.1416 | 20,710 | 1193 | 0.8742 | |
| 144 | Coastal Carolina University | 35000 | 45100 | 0.2237 | 11,471 | 1160 | 0.7003 | |
| 144 | University of South Florida | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 146 | University of New England | 35100 | 68000 | 0.4841 | 4,631 | 1145 | 0.9203 | |
| 147 | Barry University | 35200 | 56400 | 0.3757 | 4,654 | 1005 | 0.9663 | |
| 148 | Pfeiffer University | 35300 | 56100 | 0.3704 | 696 | 941 | 0.9603 | |
| 149 | Centenary University | 35400 | 63600 | 0.4433 | 936 | 1070 | 0.8308 | |
| 150 | The University of Tampa | 35500 | 56900 | 0.3758 | 10,710 | 1250 | 0.4363 | |
| 151 | Roger Williams University | 35600 | 63700 | 0.4413 | 3,970 | 1235 | 0.882 | |
| 152 | State University of New York at New Paltz | 35700 | 35700 | 0 | 6,113 | 1279 | 0.6267 | |
| 153 | Indiana Wesleyan University-Marion | 36100 | 48500 | 0.2554 | 2,075 | 1090 | 0.8894 | |
| 154 | Eckerd College | 36600 | 75100 | 0.5126 | 1,893 | 1255 | 0.758 | |
| 155 | Saint Joseph's College of Maine | 38000 | 65000 | 0.4151 | 1,105 | 1055 | 0.8351 | |
| 156 | Northwest Nazarene University | 38100 | 62800 | 0.3932 | 1,043 | 1145 | 0.7159 | |
| 157 | University of Dubuque | 38200 | 65900 | 0.4213 | 1,395 | 1074 | 0.8731 | |
| 158 | Maine Maritime Academy | 38400 | 49800 | 0.2287 | 977 | 1189 | 0.9615 | |
| 159 | Reinhardt University | 38700 | 49300 | 0.2138 | 1,129 | 1070 | 0.6154 | |
| 159 | Western New England University | 38700 | 69200 | 0.4409 | 2,616 | 1199 | 0.8348 | |
| 161 | Mississippi State University | 39100 | 53400 | 0.2674 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 162 | SUNY Oneonta | 39500 | 41700 | 0.0527 | 4,815 | 1090 | 0.7696 | |
| 163 | Stony Brook University | 39700 | 53000 | 0.2507 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 164 | University of Wyoming | 40000 | 45300 | 0.1167 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 165 | Loyola University Chicago | 40800 | 74100 | 0.4492 | 12,640 | 1262 | 0.751 | |
| 165 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 40800 | 48500 | 0.1587 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 167 | University of New Haven | 41100 | 67300 | 0.3891 | 4,969 | 1219 | 0.5589 | |
| 168 | Montclair State University | 41600 | 46600 | 0.1073 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 169 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 42400 | 42400 | 0 | 14,657 | 1190 | 0.7583 | |
| 170 | Sacred Heart University | 42600 | 67500 | 0.3691 | 7,291 | 1265 | 0.6363 | |
| 171 | University of Florida | 43100 | 45700 | 0.057 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 172 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43500 | 68700 | 0.3678 | 4,279 | 1234 | 0.5796 | |
| 172 | Providence College | 43500 | 85000 | 0.4884 | 4,680 | 1345 | 0.4994 | |
| 174 | St. John's University-New York | 44500 | 78000 | 0.4292 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 175 | Quinnipiac University | 44800 | 79200 | 0.4343 | 6,610 | 1250 | 0.7031 | |
| 176 | Illinois State University | 45800 | 49100 | 0.0669 | 19,513 | 1115 | 0.8555 | |
| 177 | University of California-San Diego | 46100 | 77200 | 0.4029 | 35,442 | 1375 | 0.2856 | |
| 178 | Hawaii Pacific University | 47500 | 49800 | 0.0459 | 3,468 | 1200 | 0.8855 | |
| 179 | University of Delaware | 47800 | 61300 | 0.221 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 180 | DePaul University | 49100 | 66000 | 0.2562 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 181 | University of Georgia | 49700 | 51600 | 0.0368 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 182 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 53300 | 53300 | 0 | 34,447 | 1273 | 0.8804 | |
| 183 | The University of Alabama | 55700 | 58500 | 0.0478 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 184 | Dallas Baptist University | 55800 | 63400 | 0.1199 | 2,938 | 1073 | 0.9131 | |
| 185 | University of California-Davis | 68300 | 69800 | 0.0215 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 186 | Rollins College | 82400 | 82400 | 0 | 2,639 | 1284 | 0.5285 | |
| 186 | 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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