Considering a degree in biology?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for biology majors who live in Minnesota.
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 Minnesota.
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 | 95800 | 0.9386 | 8,844 | 1535 | 0.0365 | |
| 2 | Savannah State University | 6900 | 29000 | 0.7616 | 2,966 | 925 | 0.4614 | |
| 3 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22000 | 0.6362 | 32,952 | 1374 | 0.6778 | |
| 4 | Duke University | 10200 | 93600 | 0.8912 | 6,523 | 1527 | 0.0571 | |
| 4 | Southern Utah University | 10200 | 22200 | 0.5416 | 13,126 | 1140 | 0.8179 | |
| 6 | Georgetown University | 10600 | 92700 | 0.8857 | 7,833 | 1457 | 0.1291 | |
| 7 | College of Saint Mary | 10800 | 37800 | 0.7141 | 552 | 1103 | 0.4465 | |
| 8 | University of California-San Diego | 11400 | 39700 | 0.7127 | 34,955 | 1375 | 0.2671 | |
| 9 | Eastern Washington University | 11500 | 31200 | 0.6315 | 6,952 | 995 | 0.9075 | |
| 10 | Northern Arizona University | 11600 | 27900 | 0.5837 | 22,990 | 1090 | 0.8961 | |
| 11 | University of Hawaii at Hilo | 11800 | 33200 | 0.6437 | 2,292 | 1005 | 0.6063 | |
| 12 | Boston University | 12800 | 92800 | 0.8622 | 18,805 | 1475 | 0.1111 | |
| 13 | University of the Virgin Islands | 13100 | 26100 | 0.499 | 1,569 | 925 | 0.9898 | |
| 14 | Mayville State University | 13600 | 22000 | 0.3811 | 1,067 | 1034 | 0.7123 | |
| 14 | University of Georgia | 13600 | 26600 | 0.4887 | 32,399 | 1382 | 0.377 | |
| 16 | Utah State University | 13800 | 20800 | 0.3369 | 25,706 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 16 | Western Washington University | 13800 | 31400 | 0.5605 | 13,752 | 1272 | 0.9325 | |
| 18 | Wesleyan College | 13900 | 43800 | 0.6825 | 496 | 1065 | 0.591 | |
| 19 | Grand Valley State University | 14000 | 25300 | 0.4472 | 19,002 | 1084 | 0.8302 | |
| 20 | Central Michigan University | 14300 | 37800 | 0.621 | 10,193 | 1095 | 0.8982 | |
| 21 | Daytona State College | 14800 | 18000 | 0.1783 | 12,820 | 0 | 0 | |
| 21 | Northeastern University | 14800 | 89900 | 0.8354 | 17,432 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 23 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15100 | 37700 | 0.6009 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8609 | |
| 24 | Talladega College | 15200 | 26900 | 0.435 | 701 | 970 | 0.8542 | |
| 25 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 15300 | 31000 | 0.506 | 8,553 | 1045 | 0.8688 | |
| 26 | Ball State University | 15500 | 22400 | 0.3085 | 15,189 | 1170 | 0.855 | |
| 26 | University of Arkansas-Fort Smith | 15500 | 21700 | 0.2851 | 5,459 | 1055 | 0.8046 | |
| 28 | California State University-Long Beach | 16000 | 25800 | 0.3799 | 36,082 | 1135 | 0.4627 | |
| 29 | Eastern Michigan University | 16200 | 36100 | 0.5503 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 30 | Grove City College | 16300 | 39700 | 0.5902 | 2,341 | 1266 | 0.7232 | |
| 31 | SUNY College at Potsdam | 16400 | 27600 | 0.406 | 2,111 | 1060 | 0.777 | |
| 31 | Waynesburg University | 16400 | 45000 | 0.6366 | 1,030 | 1093 | 0.8982 | |
| 33 | Northern State University | 16700 | 23300 | 0.2827 | 3,169 | 1075 | 0.93 | |
| 34 | West Virginia University | 16800 | 40900 | 0.589 | 18,206 | 1125 | 0.89 | |
| 35 | Ferris State University | 17000 | 31000 | 0.4523 | 8,991 | 1015 | 0.9139 | |
| 36 | Millikin University | 17100 | 45000 | 0.6198 | 1,495 | 1020 | 0.6668 | |
| 36 | SUNY at Fredonia | 17100 | 27800 | 0.3854 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 36 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 17100 | 17100 | 0 | 14,449 | 1195 | 0.784 | |
| 39 | University of Louisville | 17300 | 29100 | 0.4059 | 17,086 | 1148 | 0.7941 | |
| 39 | Winona State University | 17300 | 23000 | 0.2471 | 5,317 | 1115 | 0.7549 | |
| 41 | Salem State University | 17400 | 28500 | 0.3894 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 42 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 17600 | 22200 | 0.2076 | 11,994 | 1090 | 0.865 | |
| 43 | Tougaloo College | 17800 | 34200 | 0.4794 | 1,286 | 985 | 0.5985 | |
| 44 | Bethel University | 17900 | 35300 | 0.4924 | 2,674 | 970 | 0.6023 | |
| 44 | Bridgewater State University | 17900 | 25400 | 0.2944 | 8,270 | 1180 | 0.8781 | |
| 44 | College of Charleston | 17900 | 33900 | 0.4726 | 10,880 | 1255 | 0.6003 | |
| 44 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 17900 | 39000 | 0.5422 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 48 | State University of New York at Oswego | 18100 | 27700 | 0.3465 | 5,517 | 1180 | 0.8055 | |
| 49 | University of Miami | 18200 | 95700 | 0.8097 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 50 | University of Mary | 18500 | 32600 | 0.4328 | 2,821 | 1175 | 0.753 | |
| 51 | University of Central Oklahoma | 18900 | 22700 | 0.1674 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 52 | East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania | 19100 | 26700 | 0.2851 | 4,891 | 1095 | 0.9205 | |
| 52 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 19100 | 29900 | 0.3625 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5743 | |
| 52 | University of Nevada-Reno | 19100 | 28200 | 0.3224 | 19,117 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
| 55 | Carlow University | 19400 | 57800 | 0.6645 | 1,355 | 1065 | 0.8695 | |
| 56 | Lee University | 19500 | 37400 | 0.4789 | 3,271 | 1154 | 0.7052 | |
| 56 | McMurry University | 19500 | 51900 | 0.6238 | 3,167 | 1065 | 0.5704 | |
| 58 | Bethel University | 19800 | 54500 | 0.6376 | 1,065 | 1030 | 0.9766 | |
| 58 | La Sierra University | 19800 | 65900 | 0.6992 | 1,226 | 1025 | 0.915 | |
| 58 | Loyola University New Orleans | 19800 | 72100 | 0.7252 | 3,007 | 1155 | 0.9305 | |
| 58 | University of Southern California | 19800 | 75900 | 0.7395 | 20,630 | 1492 | 0.0981 | |
| 62 | Daemen University | 20000 | 55100 | 0.6371 | 1,653 | 1050 | 0.6826 | |
| 63 | Minot State University | 20200 | 23500 | 0.1393 | 2,499 | 1075 | 0.6462 | |
| 64 | Malone University | 20300 | 57100 | 0.6449 | 992 | 1075 | 0.7586 | |
| 65 | Hampshire College | 20700 | 83900 | 0.7536 | 844 | 1254 | 0.7528 | |
| 65 | University of Wyoming | 20700 | 27900 | 0.2594 | 8,130 | 1179 | 0.9688 | |
| 67 | Florida College | 20800 | 34200 | 0.3921 | 728 | 1099 | 0.6966 | |
| 68 | North Dakota State University | 21000 | 25700 | 0.1847 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 69 | State University of New York at New Paltz | 21300 | 26300 | 0.1903 | 6,862 | 1260 | 0.6161 | |
| 70 | Piedmont University | 21400 | 47200 | 0.5466 | 1,159 | 1130 | 0.9328 | |
| 71 | Central Methodist University-College of Liberal Arts and Sciences | 21600 | 52700 | 0.5905 | 1,041 | 1040 | 0.5687 | |
| 72 | Niagara University | 22000 | 57400 | 0.6165 | 2,692 | 1160 | 0.8737 | |
| 73 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 22600 | 25400 | 0.1104 | 2,906 | 1125 | 0.4696 | |
| 74 | Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences | 22800 | 56900 | 0.5991 | 533 | 1244 | 0.5269 | |
| 74 | Augustana College | 22800 | 72800 | 0.6867 | 2,522 | 1163 | 0.6268 | |
| 76 | San Jose State University | 22900 | 41100 | 0.4429 | 28,008 | 1124 | 0.8461 | |
| 77 | University of Southern Mississippi | 23100 | 23100 | 0 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
| 78 | Saint Cloud State University | 23400 | 26300 | 0.1103 | 8,738 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 79 | York College of Pennsylvania | 23500 | 45800 | 0.4873 | 3,369 | 1153 | 0.7374 | |
| 80 | Saint Norbert College | 23800 | 63800 | 0.6267 | 1,970 | 1193 | 0.8574 | |
| 81 | Mount Marty University | 23900 | 56400 | 0.5762 | 1,022 | 1090 | 0.4257 | |
| 82 | Minnesota State University, Mankato | 24000 | 27100 | 0.1161 | 13,433 | 1145 | 0.8844 | |
| 83 | Bradley University | 24100 | 50800 | 0.5255 | 3,596 | 1223 | 0.7676 | |
| 83 | Southwestern Adventist University | 24100 | 43200 | 0.4423 | 758 | 1064 | 0.7836 | |
| 85 | Wisconsin Lutheran College | 24200 | 55200 | 0.5611 | 957 | 1233 | 0.7816 | |
| 86 | Abilene Christian University | 24300 | 59000 | 0.5877 | 3,263 | 1189 | 0.6603 | |
| 87 | Unity Environmental University | 24400 | 29900 | 0.1842 | 6,507 | 0 | 0.818 | |
| 87 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 24400 | 24400 | 0 | 15,254 | 1270 | 0.6424 | |
| 89 | Huntingdon College | 24600 | 44400 | 0.4457 | 880 | 1130 | 0.6949 | |
| 90 | Emporia State University | 24700 | 32000 | 0.228 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 91 | University of West Alabama | 24900 | 34000 | 0.2677 | 2,983 | 990 | 0.4265 | |
| 92 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 25100 | 37900 | 0.3375 | 5,661 | 1085 | 0.982 | |
| 93 | University of Mary Hardin-Baylor | 25200 | 53800 | 0.5318 | 2,803 | 1099 | 0.9576 | |
| 94 | Point Park University | 25300 | 57000 | 0.5564 | 2,337 | 1140 | 0.9691 | |
| 95 | University of Jamestown | 25400 | 34400 | 0.2616 | 1,049 | 1055 | 0.8808 | |
| 96 | Ave Maria University | 25500 | 46600 | 0.453 | 1,301 | 1164 | 0.4139 | |
| 97 | Evangel University | 25600 | 40900 | 0.3745 | 1,511 | 1180 | 0.7161 | |
| 98 | Concordia University-Chicago | 26000 | 54900 | 0.526 | 1,368 | 1100 | 0.9279 | |
| 98 | Marywood University | 26000 | 67700 | 0.6157 | 1,833 | 1160 | 0.6058 | |
| 98 | Messiah University | 26000 | 54300 | 0.5209 | 2,618 | 1241 | 0.7897 | |
| 101 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 26100 | 28300 | 0.076 | 3,375 | 1090 | 0.5876 | |
| 101 | University of Mobile | 26100 | 48300 | 0.4593 | 1,308 | 1209 | 0.7789 | |
| 103 | Trinity Christian College | 26200 | 40500 | 0.3527 | 825 | 1168 | 0.8492 | |
| 104 | Geneva College | 26500 | 50300 | 0.4737 | 1,260 | 1143 | 0.7905 | |
| 105 | Trine University | 26600 | 56100 | 0.5253 | 4,373 | 1159 | 0.8548 | |
| 106 | Troy University | 26900 | 34700 | 0.2248 | 10,222 | 1090 | 0.9604 | |
| 107 | Saint Edward's University | 27700 | 73200 | 0.6219 | 2,499 | 1128 | 0.8142 | |
| 107 | University of North Alabama | 27700 | 37300 | 0.2574 | 7,662 | 1140 | 0.8731 | |
| 109 | Mitchell College | 27800 | 66600 | 0.5826 | 442 | 817 | 0.9466 | |
| 110 | Florida Southern College | 27900 | 63200 | 0.5593 | 2,682 | 1264 | 0.6442 | |
| 111 | Wichita State University | 28000 | 39800 | 0.2974 | 13,313 | 1073 | 0.9395 | |
| 112 | Weber State University | 28300 | 33900 | 0.1651 | 31,672 | 0 | 0 | |
| 113 | Francis Marion University | 28400 | 40200 | 0.2938 | 3,692 | 1015 | 0.8639 | |
| 114 | Saint Xavier University | 28700 | 53700 | 0.4652 | 3,098 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 114 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 28700 | 36700 | 0.2178 | 28,674 | 980 | 0.9419 | |
| 116 | Pittsburg State University | 29100 | 36200 | 0.1959 | 4,472 | 1055 | 0.8942 | |
| 116 | University of Alaska Southeast | 29100 | 31300 | 0.0688 | 1,768 | 1020 | 0.6329 | |
| 118 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29300 | 34000 | 0.1383 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 119 | Huntington University | 29400 | 44300 | 0.3362 | 1,588 | 1055 | 0.7564 | |
| 120 | Montana State University | 29500 | 31900 | 0.0751 | 15,046 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 121 | Blue Mountain Christian University | 29800 | 39900 | 0.2542 | 912 | 1095 | 0.8895 | |
| 122 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 29900 | 42200 | 0.2913 | 15,375 | 1103 | 0.866 | |
| 123 | Bryan College-Dayton | 30300 | 36000 | 0.1571 | 1,565 | 1160 | 0.5101 | |
| 123 | Maine Maritime Academy | 30300 | 33400 | 0.0929 | 945 | 1180 | 0.5414 | |
| 123 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 30300 | 39200 | 0.2273 | 12,507 | 1010 | 0.8897 | |
| 126 | University of West Florida | 30400 | 38000 | 0.1999 | 9,970 | 1149 | 0.5824 | |
| 127 | Jacksonville University | 30700 | 74200 | 0.5861 | 2,946 | 1195 | 0.5694 | |
| 128 | McPherson College | 30800 | 51400 | 0.4007 | 876 | 1075 | 0.7676 | |
| 129 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 30900 | 59100 | 0.4769 | 23,181 | 1354 | 0.3297 | |
| 129 | Utah Tech University | 30900 | 35200 | 0.1222 | 13,006 | 0 | 0 | |
| 131 | Taylor University | 31100 | 59100 | 0.4733 | 2,503 | 1229 | 0.7353 | |
| 132 | Hampton University | 31300 | 54800 | 0.4288 | 3,728 | 947 | 0.6225 | |
| 133 | Missouri Baptist University | 31700 | 53800 | 0.4116 | 4,958 | 843 | 0.686 | |
| 134 | Baylor University | 31900 | 70300 | 0.546 | 14,915 | 1321 | 0.5128 | |
| 135 | Centenary University | 32100 | 63600 | 0.4952 | 936 | 1070 | 0.8308 | |
| 136 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 32200 | 36700 | 0.1214 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 137 | Samford University | 32500 | 64600 | 0.497 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 138 | Lipscomb University | 32600 | 57800 | 0.437 | 3,336 | 1260 | 0.6773 | |
| 138 | Roanoke College | 32600 | 55300 | 0.4107 | 1,793 | 1214 | 0.8306 | |
| 140 | University of Rhode Island | 32700 | 44300 | 0.2616 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 141 | Liberty University | 33200 | 44600 | 0.2556 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 142 | Elizabethtown College | 33600 | 55300 | 0.3925 | 1,903 | 1214 | 0.7787 | |
| 142 | Nova Southeastern University | 33600 | 56100 | 0.401 | 7,311 | 1165 | 0.7321 | |
| 142 | SUNY Old Westbury | 33600 | 40900 | 0.1785 | 4,260 | 1110 | 0.8363 | |
| 145 | Auburn University | 33700 | 34100 | 0.0117 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4592 | |
| 145 | Harding University | 33700 | 47800 | 0.296 | 3,536 | 1184 | 0.7052 | |
| 145 | Morningside University | 33700 | 60600 | 0.4438 | 1,172 | 922 | 0.7104 | |
| 148 | Barry University | 34300 | 56400 | 0.3916 | 3,232 | 1005 | 0.7724 | |
| 149 | SUNY College at Geneseo | 34400 | 39400 | 0.127 | 3,881 | 1279 | 0.6645 | |
| 150 | Sacred Heart University | 34500 | 67500 | 0.4892 | 7,204 | 950 | 0.6536 | |
| 151 | Coastal Carolina University | 34600 | 45100 | 0.2326 | 10,811 | 1145 | 0.7527 | |
| 152 | Stockton University | 35000 | 44500 | 0.2136 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 152 | University of South Florida | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 154 | University of New England | 35200 | 68000 | 0.4827 | 3,884 | 1145 | 0.9163 | |
| 155 | Roger Williams University | 35700 | 63700 | 0.4392 | 4,038 | 1235 | 0.8771 | |
| 155 | The University of Tampa | 35700 | 56900 | 0.3723 | 10,598 | 1185 | 0.4034 | |
| 157 | Cedarville University | 35800 | 57000 | 0.3711 | 5,790 | 1232 | 0.6529 | |
| 157 | Siena College | 35800 | 65100 | 0.4502 | 3,467 | 1254 | 0.6902 | |
| 159 | Indiana Wesleyan University-Marion | 36000 | 48500 | 0.2588 | 2,075 | 1090 | 0.8894 | |
| 160 | Mississippi State University | 36300 | 50500 | 0.2804 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 161 | Florida International University | 36500 | 36800 | 0.0081 | 45,193 | 1175 | 0.5466 | |
| 162 | Eckerd College | 36700 | 75100 | 0.5116 | 1,893 | 1255 | 0.758 | |
| 162 | University of New Haven | 36700 | 67300 | 0.4545 | 4,903 | 1164 | 0.6038 | |
| 164 | University of Connecticut | 37300 | 53600 | 0.3043 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 165 | Saint Joseph's College of Maine | 38200 | 65000 | 0.4121 | 1,097 | 1055 | 0.8351 | |
| 166 | Western New England University | 38600 | 69200 | 0.4423 | 2,616 | 1199 | 0.8348 | |
| 167 | Loyola University Chicago | 39100 | 74100 | 0.4722 | 12,538 | 1303 | 0.816 | |
| 168 | University of Central Florida | 39700 | 39700 | 0 | 59,552 | 1280 | 0.4011 | |
| 169 | University of Maine | 39800 | 45200 | 0.1195 | 9,601 | 1205 | 0.9664 | |
| 170 | Stony Brook University | 39900 | 53000 | 0.2481 | 18,263 | 1410 | 0.4904 | |
| 171 | Fresno Pacific University | 40100 | 52200 | 0.2327 | 1,545 | 1099 | 0.6407 | |
| 172 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5061 | 33,475 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 173 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 40500 | 52100 | 0.2228 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 174 | SUNY Oneonta | 41700 | 41700 | 0 | 4,681 | 1234 | 0.696 | |
| 175 | Montclair State University | 42000 | 46600 | 0.0987 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 176 | University of Florida | 43200 | 45700 | 0.0548 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 177 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43400 | 68600 | 0.3667 | 3,666 | 1224 | 0.577 | |
| 178 | Marist University | 44000 | 75800 | 0.4194 | 5,551 | 1279 | 0.5651 | |
| 178 | Providence College | 44000 | 85000 | 0.4825 | 4,236 | 1335 | 0.5089 | |
| 180 | St. John's University-New York | 44400 | 78000 | 0.4305 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 181 | Quinnipiac University | 44800 | 79200 | 0.4343 | 6,557 | 1245 | 0.7215 | |
| 182 | Ashland University | 44900 | 56400 | 0.204 | 2,977 | 1125 | 0.764 | |
| 183 | Illinois State University | 45900 | 49100 | 0.0642 | 19,107 | 1120 | 0.8815 | |
| 184 | Biola University | 47300 | 71200 | 0.3358 | 3,481 | 1268 | 0.7435 | |
| 185 | University of Delaware | 48300 | 61300 | 0.213 | 20,026 | 1294 | 0.706 | |
| 186 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48600 | 51200 | 0.0517 | 44,819 | 1327 | 0.4987 | |
| 187 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 53300 | 53300 | 0 | 33,033 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 188 | MidAmerica Nazarene University | 53400 | 63600 | 0.1597 | 1,204 | 1040 | 0.788 | |
| 189 | The University of Alabama | 55800 | 56500 | 0.0124 | 34,389 | 1284 | 0.7665 | |
| 190 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58200 | 64100 | 0.092 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 191 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 61100 | 63200 | 0.0332 | 40,684 | 1331 | 0.3915 | |
| 192 | Hawaii Pacific University | 63700 | 65800 | 0.0327 | 3,533 | 1120 | 0.8587 | |
| 193 | University of Oregon | 64100 | 71300 | 0.1003 | 20,622 | 1250 | 0.883 | |
| 194 | University of California-Davis | 69800 | 69800 | 0 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
| 195 | University of California-Irvine | 72100 | 75600 | 0.0463 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2857 | |
| 196 | Rollins College | 82400 | 82400 | 0 | 2,640 | 1273 | 0.4754 | |
| 196 | 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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