Considering a degree in biology?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for biology majors who live in Massachusetts.
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 Massachusetts.
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 | 95100 | 0.9376 | 6,738 | 1500 | 0.0418 | |
| 2 | Savannah State University | 6800 | 29000 | 0.7651 | 2,966 | 950 | 1 | |
| 3 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 7600 | 36100 | 0.7904 | 10,368 | 1064 | 0.999 | |
| 4 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22000 | 0.6362 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 5 | Utah State University | 9700 | 26700 | 0.6361 | 26,629 | 1168 | 0.9212 | |
| 6 | Duke University | 9800 | 93600 | 0.8955 | 6,525 | 1533 | 0.0524 | |
| 7 | Georgetown University | 10200 | 92700 | 0.89 | 7,908 | 1470 | 0.1349 | |
| 8 | Northern Arizona University | 11500 | 27900 | 0.5865 | 22,203 | 1129 | 0.8961 | |
| 9 | Eastern Washington University | 11800 | 28600 | 0.5879 | 7,640 | 1045 | 0.8526 | |
| 9 | University of Hawaii at Hilo | 11800 | 33200 | 0.6437 | 2,304 | 990 | 0.8351 | |
| 9 | University of West Florida | 11800 | 21500 | 0.4506 | 9,971 | 1120 | 0.5822 | |
| 12 | University of Central Florida | 11900 | 25300 | 0.529 | 60,083 | 1289 | 0.428 | |
| 13 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 12000 | 25000 | 0.5193 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 14 | University of the Virgin Islands | 12600 | 22800 | 0.4467 | 1,650 | 900 | 0.9936 | |
| 15 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 12700 | 26500 | 0.5202 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 16 | Mayville State University | 13500 | 22000 | 0.3872 | 1,067 | 1034 | 0.7825 | |
| 17 | University of Georgia | 13600 | 26600 | 0.4887 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 18 | Wesleyan College | 13900 | 43800 | 0.6825 | 500 | 1065 | 0.591 | |
| 19 | Boston University | 14100 | 91700 | 0.8465 | 18,289 | 1475 | 0.1283 | |
| 20 | Virginia Union University | 14300 | 39400 | 0.6366 | 1,205 | 870 | 0.9802 | |
| 21 | Arkansas Tech University | 14400 | 27400 | 0.4748 | 8,279 | 1055 | 0.9747 | |
| 21 | Central Michigan University | 14400 | 37800 | 0.6183 | 10,238 | 1099 | 0.9104 | |
| 23 | Miles College | 14500 | 25400 | 0.4285 | 1,180 | 0 | 1 | |
| 24 | Troy University | 15200 | 26700 | 0.4306 | 10,130 | 1075 | 0.9535 | |
| 25 | Coastal Carolina University | 15300 | 27200 | 0.4376 | 11,471 | 1160 | 0.7003 | |
| 25 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 15300 | 29300 | 0.4778 | 8,421 | 1054 | 0.9444 | |
| 27 | Ball State University | 15500 | 22400 | 0.3085 | 15,950 | 1185 | 0.8625 | |
| 27 | Northeastern University | 15500 | 89100 | 0.8264 | 22,456 | 1481 | 0.0562 | |
| 29 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 29800 | 0.4782 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 30 | Emporia State University | 16000 | 22900 | 0.3015 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 31 | Eastern Michigan University | 16300 | 36100 | 0.5485 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 31 | University of California-Los Angeles | 16300 | 36700 | 0.5554 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 33 | SUNY College at Potsdam | 16400 | 27600 | 0.406 | 1,750 | 1060 | 0.8241 | |
| 33 | University of Maine | 16400 | 29300 | 0.4405 | 9,182 | 1195 | 0.9562 | |
| 33 | Waynesburg University | 16400 | 45000 | 0.6366 | 1,032 | 1093 | 0.8981 | |
| 33 | West Virginia University | 16400 | 40900 | 0.5987 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 37 | Ferris State University | 16500 | 31000 | 0.4685 | 8,980 | 1015 | 0.8237 | |
| 38 | Millikin University | 17100 | 45000 | 0.6198 | 1,427 | 1065 | 0.765 | |
| 38 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 17100 | 17100 | 0 | 14,657 | 1190 | 0.7583 | |
| 40 | University of Louisville | 17300 | 29100 | 0.4059 | 17,916 | 1134 | 0.7921 | |
| 41 | Daemen University | 17500 | 55100 | 0.6825 | 1,656 | 1050 | 0.7375 | |
| 42 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 17600 | 22800 | 0.2284 | 11,994 | 1090 | 0.8651 | |
| 43 | University of Miami | 17700 | 95700 | 0.8149 | 13,241 | 1408 | 0.1761 | |
| 44 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 17800 | 39000 | 0.5431 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 45 | Bethel University | 17900 | 35300 | 0.4924 | 2,674 | 970 | 0.6023 | |
| 45 | University of California-Santa Cruz | 17900 | 42900 | 0.5834 | 18,194 | 1281 | 0.7273 | |
| 47 | Lindsey Wilson University | 18200 | 47100 | 0.6138 | 1,738 | 1035 | 0 | |
| 48 | University of Mary | 18500 | 32600 | 0.4329 | 2,821 | 1175 | 0.753 | |
| 49 | Bridgewater State University | 18600 | 25400 | 0.2682 | 8,849 | 1143 | 0.8798 | |
| 50 | University of Central Oklahoma | 18900 | 22700 | 0.1674 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 51 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 19000 | 29900 | 0.3636 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 51 | University of Rhode Island | 19000 | 33900 | 0.4396 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 53 | Madonna University | 19100 | 49200 | 0.6121 | 1,919 | 925 | 0.6757 | |
| 53 | University of Nevada-Reno | 19100 | 28200 | 0.3224 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 55 | Carlow University | 19500 | 82500 | 0.7637 | 2,303 | 1084 | 0.8768 | |
| 55 | SUNY Oneonta | 19500 | 29300 | 0.3344 | 4,815 | 1090 | 0.7696 | |
| 57 | Wichita State University | 19600 | 29800 | 0.3418 | 14,906 | 1065 | 0.7224 | |
| 58 | McMurry University | 19700 | 51900 | 0.6199 | 4,133 | 1104 | 0.8984 | |
| 59 | Coker University | 19900 | 47800 | 0.5839 | 1,220 | 1050 | 0.9396 | |
| 59 | University of Southern California | 19900 | 75900 | 0.7382 | 20,768 | 1499 | 0.1119 | |
| 61 | Winona State University | 20000 | 29500 | 0.3229 | 5,317 | 1115 | 0.7549 | |
| 62 | Minot State University | 20100 | 23500 | 0.145 | 2,499 | 1075 | 0.6462 | |
| 63 | Grove City College | 20400 | 39700 | 0.4868 | 2,247 | 1248 | 0.667 | |
| 64 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 20500 | 39200 | 0.4773 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 65 | La Sierra University | 20600 | 65900 | 0.687 | 1,266 | 1124 | 0.9069 | |
| 66 | Florida College | 20800 | 34200 | 0.3921 | 728 | 1099 | 0.6966 | |
| 66 | North Dakota State University | 20800 | 25700 | 0.19 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 68 | Bradley University | 21600 | 50800 | 0.5747 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 69 | Central Methodist University-College of Liberal Arts and Sciences | 21700 | 52700 | 0.5886 | 1,040 | 1075 | 0.6271 | |
| 70 | Niagara University | 21800 | 57400 | 0.62 | 2,638 | 1170 | 0.876 | |
| 71 | Grand Valley State University | 22100 | 35900 | 0.3849 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 72 | Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences | 22700 | 56900 | 0.6007 | 533 | 1244 | 0.5269 | |
| 72 | Augustana College | 22700 | 72800 | 0.688 | 2,536 | 1157 | 0.6628 | |
| 72 | East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania | 22700 | 31300 | 0.2751 | 5,130 | 1099 | 0.8645 | |
| 72 | Juniata College | 22700 | 73800 | 0.6922 | 1,276 | 1263 | 0.7941 | |
| 76 | Saint Cloud State University | 22900 | 36800 | 0.3773 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 76 | San Jose State University | 22900 | 41100 | 0.4429 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 78 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 23400 | 90700 | 0.742 | 8,727 | 1055 | 0.9703 | |
| 78 | Southwest Minnesota State University | 23400 | 26700 | 0.1231 | 7,290 | 1015 | 0.6409 | |
| 78 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 23400 | 24900 | 0.0602 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 78 | York College of Pennsylvania | 23400 | 45800 | 0.4895 | 3,369 | 1153 | 0.7374 | |
| 82 | Keuka College | 24100 | 59400 | 0.5937 | 986 | 1043 | 0.8151 | |
| 83 | Unity Environmental University | 24400 | 29900 | 0.1842 | 6,525 | 0 | 0.818 | |
| 84 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 24600 | 37900 | 0.3506 | 5,677 | 985 | 0.9301 | |
| 84 | Huntingdon College | 24600 | 44400 | 0.4457 | 943 | 1130 | 0.692 | |
| 86 | Wisconsin Lutheran College | 24700 | 56700 | 0.5642 | 957 | 1233 | 0.7816 | |
| 87 | The University of Findlay | 25300 | 50600 | 0.4996 | 4,132 | 1090 | 0.6748 | |
| 88 | University of Mary Hardin-Baylor | 25400 | 53800 | 0.528 | 2,775 | 1105 | 0.9747 | |
| 89 | Ave Maria University | 25500 | 46600 | 0.453 | 1,320 | 1164 | 0.4139 | |
| 90 | Evangel University | 25600 | 40900 | 0.3745 | 1,843 | 1180 | 0.7161 | |
| 91 | Messiah University | 25800 | 54300 | 0.5246 | 2,722 | 1266 | 0.8107 | |
| 92 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 26000 | 28300 | 0.0808 | 3,375 | 1090 | 0.5885 | |
| 93 | Salem State University | 26100 | 43200 | 0.3961 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 94 | Geneva College | 26400 | 50300 | 0.4754 | 1,299 | 1167 | 0.9556 | |
| 95 | Trine University | 26500 | 56100 | 0.5277 | 4,373 | 1159 | 0.8548 | |
| 95 | University of Southern Mississippi | 26500 | 26500 | 0 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 97 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 26600 | 41500 | 0.3588 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 98 | Wingate University | 26700 | 65000 | 0.5892 | 2,673 | 1100 | 0.9113 | |
| 99 | St. Francis College | 26900 | 39400 | 0.3177 | 1,719 | 1035 | 1 | |
| 100 | Valley City State University | 27100 | 29300 | 0.0779 | 1,663 | 1045 | 0.9942 | |
| 101 | Florida Southern College | 27700 | 63200 | 0.5615 | 2,682 | 1264 | 0.6442 | |
| 101 | Saint Edward's University | 27700 | 73200 | 0.6219 | 2,499 | 1128 | 0.8142 | |
| 103 | Mitchell College | 27800 | 66600 | 0.5826 | 442 | 817 | 0.9466 | |
| 104 | Weber State University | 28100 | 33900 | 0.171 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 105 | Grace College and Theological Seminary | 28200 | 41800 | 0.3249 | 1,795 | 1130 | 0.8215 | |
| 106 | Francis Marion University | 28400 | 40200 | 0.2938 | 3,793 | 1015 | 0.9508 | |
| 107 | Maine Maritime Academy | 28600 | 33400 | 0.1439 | 977 | 1189 | 0.9615 | |
| 107 | Saint Xavier University | 28600 | 53700 | 0.4671 | 3,100 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 109 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 28800 | 49100 | 0.4135 | 29,727 | 990 | 0.9229 | |
| 110 | University of Alaska Southeast | 29000 | 31300 | 0.0731 | 1,559 | 1020 | 0.6192 | |
| 111 | Montclair State University | 29200 | 36300 | 0.1957 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 112 | Huntington University | 29300 | 44300 | 0.3384 | 1,512 | 1065 | 0.7518 | |
| 113 | Montana State University | 29400 | 31900 | 0.0783 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 114 | Blue Mountain Christian University | 29600 | 39900 | 0.2576 | 915 | 1095 | 0.8895 | |
| 115 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 29700 | 42200 | 0.296 | 15,735 | 1069 | 0.8797 | |
| 116 | Lipscomb University | 29800 | 57800 | 0.4846 | 3,327 | 1214 | 0.6774 | |
| 116 | Southern Utah University | 29800 | 40800 | 0.2697 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 116 | University of Pikeville | 29800 | 34800 | 0.1438 | 1,164 | 1070 | 0.8967 | |
| 119 | Southwestern College | 30000 | 64400 | 0.5342 | 816 | 1000 | 0.4729 | |
| 120 | Mercy University | 30100 | 44500 | 0.3237 | 6,692 | 1135 | 0.8724 | |
| 120 | Mississippi State University | 30100 | 34400 | 0.1245 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 122 | Bryan College-Dayton | 30200 | 36000 | 0.1609 | 1,565 | 1085 | 1 | |
| 123 | Jacksonville University | 30700 | 74200 | 0.5861 | 2,916 | 1210 | 0.5748 | |
| 123 | Utah Tech University | 30700 | 35200 | 0.1279 | 12,993 | 1065 | 1 | |
| 125 | California State University-Long Beach | 30900 | 38900 | 0.2058 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 125 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 30900 | 77600 | 0.6016 | 4,999 | 1258 | 0.9296 | |
| 125 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 30900 | 59100 | 0.4769 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 128 | Hampton University | 31500 | 54800 | 0.4252 | 4,046 | 1005 | 0.6358 | |
| 129 | Samford University | 32500 | 64600 | 0.497 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 130 | Liberty University | 33200 | 44600 | 0.2556 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 131 | Elizabethtown College | 33600 | 55300 | 0.3925 | 1,935 | 1214 | 0.8892 | |
| 131 | SUNY Old Westbury | 33600 | 40900 | 0.1785 | 4,474 | 1110 | 0.8352 | |
| 133 | Nova Southeastern University | 34000 | 56100 | 0.3938 | 7,057 | 1187 | 0.7557 | |
| 134 | SUNY at Fredonia | 34100 | 39600 | 0.1391 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 135 | Charleston Southern University | 34200 | 48400 | 0.2949 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 136 | Siena University | 34300 | 65100 | 0.4732 | 3,149 | 1301 | 0.8464 | |
| 136 | Southeastern University | 34300 | 60500 | 0.4328 | 11,981 | 1110 | 0.4247 | |
| 138 | SUNY College at Geneseo | 34500 | 39400 | 0.1245 | 3,943 | 1275 | 0.3333 | |
| 138 | University of Oregon | 34500 | 40200 | 0.1416 | 20,710 | 1193 | 0.8742 | |
| 140 | Stockton University | 34600 | 44500 | 0.2226 | 7,583 | 1134 | 0.901 | |
| 141 | University of South Florida | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 142 | Barry University | 35100 | 56400 | 0.3775 | 4,654 | 1005 | 0.9663 | |
| 142 | University of New England | 35100 | 68000 | 0.4841 | 4,631 | 1145 | 0.9203 | |
| 144 | Minnesota State University, Mankato | 35300 | 37600 | 0.0608 | 13,433 | 1145 | 0.8844 | |
| 144 | Pfeiffer University | 35300 | 56100 | 0.3704 | 696 | 941 | 0.9603 | |
| 144 | Western New England University | 35300 | 66100 | 0.4651 | 2,616 | 1199 | 0.8348 | |
| 147 | Centenary University | 35400 | 63600 | 0.4433 | 936 | 1070 | 0.8308 | |
| 148 | The University of Tampa | 35500 | 56900 | 0.3758 | 10,710 | 1250 | 0.4363 | |
| 149 | Roger Williams University | 35600 | 63700 | 0.4413 | 3,970 | 1235 | 0.882 | |
| 150 | State University of New York at New Paltz | 35700 | 35700 | 0 | 6,113 | 1279 | 0.6267 | |
| 151 | Indiana Wesleyan University-Marion | 35900 | 48500 | 0.2595 | 2,075 | 1090 | 0.8894 | |
| 152 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 36100 | 36100 | 0 | 16,131 | 1275 | 0.6472 | |
| 153 | Florida International University | 36500 | 36800 | 0.0081 | 46,249 | 1180 | 0.6085 | |
| 154 | Eckerd College | 36600 | 75100 | 0.5126 | 1,893 | 1255 | 0.758 | |
| 155 | University of Connecticut | 37100 | 49700 | 0.2534 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 156 | Northwest Nazarene University | 38100 | 62800 | 0.3932 | 1,043 | 1145 | 0.7159 | |
| 156 | Saint Joseph's College of Maine | 38100 | 65000 | 0.4136 | 1,105 | 1055 | 0.8351 | |
| 158 | University of Dubuque | 38200 | 65900 | 0.4213 | 1,395 | 1074 | 0.8731 | |
| 159 | Reinhardt University | 38700 | 49300 | 0.2138 | 1,129 | 1070 | 0.6154 | |
| 160 | State University of New York at Cortland | 38800 | 39900 | 0.0276 | 5,890 | 1175 | 0.624 | |
| 161 | Stony Brook University | 39700 | 53000 | 0.2507 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 162 | University of Wyoming | 40000 | 45300 | 0.1167 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 163 | Loyola University Chicago | 40900 | 74100 | 0.4479 | 12,640 | 1262 | 0.751 | |
| 164 | University of New Haven | 41000 | 67300 | 0.3906 | 4,969 | 1219 | 0.5589 | |
| 164 | Western Washington University | 41000 | 51500 | 0.2041 | 13,609 | 1199 | 0.9371 | |
| 166 | Sacred Heart University | 42700 | 67500 | 0.3677 | 7,291 | 1265 | 0.6363 | |
| 167 | University of Florida | 43100 | 45700 | 0.057 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 168 | Providence College | 43200 | 85000 | 0.4919 | 4,680 | 1345 | 0.4994 | |
| 168 | University of Massachusetts-Boston | 43200 | 89500 | 0.5171 | 12,138 | 1189 | 0.8379 | |
| 170 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43500 | 68700 | 0.3678 | 4,279 | 1234 | 0.5796 | |
| 171 | St. John's University-New York | 44400 | 78000 | 0.4305 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 172 | Quinnipiac University | 44800 | 79200 | 0.4343 | 6,610 | 1250 | 0.7031 | |
| 173 | Illinois State University | 45800 | 49100 | 0.0669 | 19,513 | 1115 | 0.8555 | |
| 173 | University of California-San Diego | 45800 | 77200 | 0.4068 | 35,442 | 1375 | 0.2856 | |
| 175 | University of Delaware | 47500 | 61300 | 0.2252 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 176 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48500 | 51200 | 0.0544 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 177 | DePaul University | 49100 | 66000 | 0.2562 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 178 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 53300 | 53300 | 0 | 34,447 | 1273 | 0.8804 | |
| 179 | Dallas Baptist University | 55700 | 63400 | 0.1214 | 2,938 | 1073 | 0.9131 | |
| 179 | The University of Alabama | 55700 | 58500 | 0.0478 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 181 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 55900 | 63800 | 0.1237 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 182 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 58100 | 63200 | 0.0806 | 40,996 | 1399 | 0.4175 | |
| 183 | Auburn University | 58500 | 58500 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 184 | College of Charleston | 61200 | 61200 | 0 | 10,596 | 1234 | 0.73 | |
| 185 | Hawaii Pacific University | 63500 | 65800 | 0.0347 | 3,468 | 1200 | 0.8855 | |
| 186 | University of California-Davis | 68500 | 69800 | 0.0186 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 187 | University of California-Irvine | 72100 | 75600 | 0.0463 | 30,260 | 1333 | 0.2895 | |
| 188 | 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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