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 | 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 | Duke University | 9900 | 93600 | 0.8945 | 6,525 | 1533 | 0.0524 | |
| 6 | Georgetown University | 10200 | 92700 | 0.89 | 7,908 | 1470 | 0.1349 | |
| 6 | Southern Utah University | 10200 | 22200 | 0.5416 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 8 | Eastern Washington University | 11400 | 31200 | 0.6347 | 7,640 | 1045 | 0.8526 | |
| 8 | University of California-San Diego | 11400 | 39700 | 0.7127 | 35,442 | 1375 | 0.2856 | |
| 10 | Northern Arizona University | 11500 | 27900 | 0.5865 | 22,203 | 1129 | 0.8961 | |
| 11 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 12000 | 25000 | 0.5193 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 12 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 12100 | 24900 | 0.5132 | 5,677 | 985 | 0.9301 | |
| 13 | Boston University | 12400 | 92800 | 0.8665 | 18,289 | 1475 | 0.1283 | |
| 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 | University of South Florida | 12800 | 17100 | 0.2513 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 17 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 13100 | 49100 | 0.7333 | 29,727 | 990 | 0.9229 | |
| 17 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 13100 | 43000 | 0.6953 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 19 | University of Delaware | 13500 | 34500 | 0.6079 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 20 | University of Georgia | 13600 | 26600 | 0.4887 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 21 | Western Washington University | 13700 | 31400 | 0.5637 | 13,609 | 1199 | 0.9371 | |
| 22 | Utah State University | 13800 | 20800 | 0.3369 | 26,629 | 1168 | 0.9212 | |
| 23 | Wesleyan College | 13900 | 43800 | 0.6825 | 500 | 1065 | 0.591 | |
| 24 | Grand Valley State University | 14000 | 25300 | 0.4472 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 25 | Arkansas Tech University | 14300 | 34400 | 0.5844 | 8,279 | 1055 | 0.9747 | |
| 25 | Virginia Union University | 14300 | 39400 | 0.6366 | 1,205 | 870 | 0.9802 | |
| 27 | Central Michigan University | 14400 | 37800 | 0.6183 | 10,238 | 1099 | 0.9104 | |
| 28 | Miles College | 14500 | 25400 | 0.4285 | 1,180 | 0 | 1 | |
| 29 | Northeastern University | 14800 | 89900 | 0.8354 | 22,456 | 1481 | 0.0562 | |
| 30 | University of California-Irvine | 15100 | 38000 | 0.603 | 30,260 | 1333 | 0.2895 | |
| 31 | Coastal Carolina University | 15300 | 27200 | 0.4376 | 11,471 | 1160 | 0.7003 | |
| 31 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 15300 | 29300 | 0.4778 | 8,421 | 1054 | 0.9444 | |
| 33 | Ball State University | 15500 | 22400 | 0.3085 | 15,950 | 1185 | 0.8625 | |
| 33 | University of Central Oklahoma | 15500 | 28700 | 0.46 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 35 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 38800 | 0.5992 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 36 | Eastern Michigan University | 16400 | 36100 | 0.5458 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 36 | SUNY College at Potsdam | 16400 | 27600 | 0.406 | 1,750 | 1060 | 0.8241 | |
| 36 | Waynesburg University | 16400 | 45000 | 0.6366 | 1,032 | 1093 | 0.8981 | |
| 36 | West Virginia University | 16400 | 40900 | 0.5987 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 40 | Ferris State University | 16500 | 31000 | 0.4685 | 8,980 | 1015 | 0.8237 | |
| 40 | SUNY College at Geneseo | 16500 | 26400 | 0.3744 | 3,943 | 1275 | 0.3333 | |
| 42 | Millikin University | 17100 | 45000 | 0.6198 | 1,427 | 1065 | 0.765 | |
| 42 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 17100 | 17100 | 0 | 14,657 | 1190 | 0.7583 | |
| 44 | University of Louisville | 17300 | 29100 | 0.4059 | 17,916 | 1134 | 0.7921 | |
| 45 | Daemen University | 17500 | 55100 | 0.6825 | 1,656 | 1050 | 0.7375 | |
| 45 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 17500 | 29900 | 0.4138 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 47 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 17600 | 22200 | 0.2076 | 11,994 | 1090 | 0.8651 | |
| 48 | Utah Tech University | 17700 | 23300 | 0.2407 | 12,993 | 1065 | 1 | |
| 49 | Bethel University | 17900 | 35300 | 0.4924 | 2,674 | 970 | 0.6023 | |
| 49 | Bridgewater State University | 17900 | 25400 | 0.2945 | 8,849 | 1143 | 0.8798 | |
| 51 | Lindsey Wilson University | 18200 | 47100 | 0.6138 | 1,738 | 1035 | 0 | |
| 51 | University of Miami | 18200 | 95700 | 0.8097 | 13,241 | 1408 | 0.1761 | |
| 53 | University of Mary | 18500 | 32600 | 0.4329 | 2,821 | 1175 | 0.753 | |
| 54 | University of Rhode Island | 19000 | 33900 | 0.4396 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 55 | Madonna University | 19100 | 49200 | 0.6121 | 1,919 | 925 | 0.6757 | |
| 56 | Carlow University | 19500 | 82500 | 0.7637 | 2,303 | 1084 | 0.8768 | |
| 56 | Winona State University | 19500 | 29500 | 0.3399 | 5,317 | 1115 | 0.7549 | |
| 58 | Wichita State University | 19600 | 29800 | 0.3418 | 14,906 | 1065 | 0.7224 | |
| 59 | McMurry University | 19700 | 51900 | 0.6199 | 4,133 | 1104 | 0.8984 | |
| 60 | Coker University | 19900 | 47800 | 0.5839 | 1,220 | 1050 | 0.9396 | |
| 60 | Mayville State University | 19900 | 22900 | 0.1326 | 1,067 | 1034 | 0.7825 | |
| 60 | University of Southern California | 19900 | 75900 | 0.7382 | 20,768 | 1499 | 0.1119 | |
| 63 | Minot State University | 20100 | 23500 | 0.145 | 2,499 | 1075 | 0.6462 | |
| 64 | Grove City College | 20400 | 39700 | 0.4868 | 2,247 | 1248 | 0.667 | |
| 65 | State University of New York at Cortland | 20500 | 27700 | 0.2597 | 5,890 | 1175 | 0.624 | |
| 66 | La Sierra University | 20600 | 65900 | 0.687 | 1,266 | 1124 | 0.9069 | |
| 67 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 20700 | 30600 | 0.3258 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 68 | Florida College | 20800 | 34200 | 0.3921 | 728 | 1099 | 0.6966 | |
| 68 | North Dakota State University | 20800 | 25700 | 0.19 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 70 | Bradley University | 21600 | 50800 | 0.5747 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 70 | Valley City State University | 21600 | 24700 | 0.123 | 1,663 | 1045 | 0.9942 | |
| 72 | Central Methodist University-College of Liberal Arts and Sciences | 21700 | 52700 | 0.5886 | 1,040 | 1075 | 0.6271 | |
| 73 | Niagara University | 21800 | 57400 | 0.62 | 2,638 | 1170 | 0.876 | |
| 74 | Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences | 22700 | 56900 | 0.6007 | 533 | 1244 | 0.5269 | |
| 74 | Augustana College | 22700 | 72800 | 0.688 | 2,536 | 1157 | 0.6628 | |
| 74 | East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania | 22700 | 31300 | 0.2751 | 5,130 | 1099 | 0.8645 | |
| 74 | Juniata College | 22700 | 73800 | 0.6922 | 1,276 | 1263 | 0.7941 | |
| 78 | San Jose State University | 22900 | 41100 | 0.4429 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 79 | University of Southern Mississippi | 23100 | 23100 | 0 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 80 | Saint Cloud State University | 23300 | 26300 | 0.1154 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 81 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 23400 | 90700 | 0.742 | 8,727 | 1055 | 0.9703 | |
| 81 | Southwest Minnesota State University | 23400 | 26700 | 0.1231 | 7,290 | 1015 | 0.6409 | |
| 81 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 23400 | 24900 | 0.0602 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 81 | York College of Pennsylvania | 23400 | 45800 | 0.4895 | 3,369 | 1153 | 0.7374 | |
| 85 | Florida International University | 23700 | 23700 | 0 | 46,249 | 1180 | 0.6085 | |
| 86 | Keuka College | 24100 | 59400 | 0.5937 | 986 | 1043 | 0.8151 | |
| 87 | Unity Environmental University | 24400 | 29900 | 0.1842 | 6,525 | 0 | 0.818 | |
| 88 | Huntingdon College | 24600 | 44400 | 0.4457 | 943 | 1130 | 0.692 | |
| 89 | Emporia State University | 24700 | 32000 | 0.228 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 89 | Wisconsin Lutheran College | 24700 | 56700 | 0.5642 | 957 | 1233 | 0.7816 | |
| 91 | University of Hawaii at Hilo | 25100 | 38300 | 0.3448 | 2,304 | 990 | 0.8351 | |
| 92 | The University of Findlay | 25300 | 50600 | 0.4996 | 4,132 | 1090 | 0.6748 | |
| 93 | University of Mary Hardin-Baylor | 25400 | 53800 | 0.528 | 2,775 | 1105 | 0.9747 | |
| 94 | Ave Maria University | 25500 | 46600 | 0.453 | 1,320 | 1164 | 0.4139 | |
| 95 | Evangel University | 25600 | 40900 | 0.3745 | 1,843 | 1180 | 0.7161 | |
| 96 | Messiah University | 25800 | 54300 | 0.5246 | 2,722 | 1266 | 0.8107 | |
| 97 | Salem State University | 25900 | 43200 | 0.4007 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 98 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 26000 | 28300 | 0.0808 | 3,375 | 1090 | 0.5885 | |
| 99 | Stony Brook University | 26100 | 33200 | 0.2129 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 100 | Geneva College | 26400 | 50300 | 0.4754 | 1,299 | 1167 | 0.9556 | |
| 101 | Trine University | 26500 | 56100 | 0.5277 | 4,373 | 1159 | 0.8548 | |
| 102 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 26600 | 41500 | 0.3588 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 103 | Troy University | 26700 | 34700 | 0.2305 | 10,130 | 1075 | 0.9535 | |
| 103 | Wingate University | 26700 | 65000 | 0.5892 | 2,673 | 1100 | 0.9113 | |
| 105 | St. Francis College | 26900 | 39400 | 0.3177 | 1,719 | 1035 | 1 | |
| 106 | Florida Southern College | 27700 | 63200 | 0.5615 | 2,682 | 1264 | 0.6442 | |
| 106 | Saint Edward's University | 27700 | 73200 | 0.6219 | 2,499 | 1128 | 0.8142 | |
| 108 | Mitchell College | 27800 | 66600 | 0.5826 | 442 | 817 | 0.9466 | |
| 109 | Weber State University | 28100 | 33900 | 0.171 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 110 | Grace College and Theological Seminary | 28200 | 41800 | 0.3249 | 1,795 | 1130 | 0.8215 | |
| 111 | Francis Marion University | 28400 | 40200 | 0.2938 | 3,793 | 1015 | 0.9508 | |
| 112 | Saint Xavier University | 28600 | 53700 | 0.4671 | 3,100 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 113 | University of Alaska Southeast | 29000 | 31300 | 0.0731 | 1,559 | 1020 | 0.6192 | |
| 114 | Montclair State University | 29200 | 36300 | 0.1957 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 114 | 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 | Montana State University | 29400 | 31900 | 0.0783 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 118 | Blue Mountain Christian University | 29600 | 39900 | 0.2576 | 915 | 1095 | 0.8895 | |
| 119 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 29700 | 42200 | 0.296 | 15,735 | 1069 | 0.8797 | |
| 120 | Lipscomb University | 29800 | 57800 | 0.4846 | 3,327 | 1214 | 0.6774 | |
| 120 | University of Pikeville | 29800 | 34800 | 0.1438 | 1,164 | 1070 | 0.8967 | |
| 122 | University of West Florida | 29900 | 38000 | 0.213 | 9,971 | 1120 | 0.5822 | |
| 123 | Southwestern College | 30000 | 64400 | 0.5342 | 816 | 1000 | 0.4729 | |
| 124 | Mercy University | 30100 | 44500 | 0.3237 | 6,692 | 1135 | 0.8724 | |
| 124 | Mississippi State University | 30100 | 34400 | 0.1245 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 126 | Bryan College-Dayton | 30200 | 36000 | 0.1609 | 1,565 | 1085 | 1 | |
| 127 | Jacksonville University | 30700 | 74200 | 0.5861 | 2,916 | 1210 | 0.5748 | |
| 128 | California State University-Long Beach | 30900 | 38900 | 0.2058 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 128 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 30900 | 77600 | 0.6016 | 4,999 | 1258 | 0.9296 | |
| 130 | Hampton University | 31500 | 54800 | 0.4252 | 4,046 | 1005 | 0.6358 | |
| 131 | Samford University | 32500 | 64600 | 0.497 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 132 | Liberty University | 33200 | 44600 | 0.2556 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 133 | Elizabethtown College | 33600 | 55300 | 0.3925 | 1,935 | 1214 | 0.8892 | |
| 133 | SUNY Old Westbury | 33600 | 40900 | 0.1785 | 4,474 | 1110 | 0.8352 | |
| 135 | Auburn University | 33700 | 34100 | 0.0117 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 136 | Nova Southeastern University | 34000 | 56100 | 0.3938 | 7,057 | 1187 | 0.7557 | |
| 137 | SUNY at Fredonia | 34100 | 39600 | 0.1391 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 138 | Charleston Southern University | 34200 | 48400 | 0.2949 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 139 | Siena University | 34300 | 65100 | 0.4732 | 3,149 | 1301 | 0.8464 | |
| 139 | Southeastern University | 34300 | 60500 | 0.4328 | 11,981 | 1110 | 0.4247 | |
| 141 | University of Oregon | 34500 | 40200 | 0.1416 | 20,710 | 1193 | 0.8742 | |
| 142 | Stockton University | 34600 | 44500 | 0.2226 | 7,583 | 1134 | 0.901 | |
| 143 | Barry University | 35100 | 56400 | 0.3775 | 4,654 | 1005 | 0.9663 | |
| 143 | University of New England | 35100 | 68000 | 0.4841 | 4,631 | 1145 | 0.9203 | |
| 145 | Minnesota State University, Mankato | 35300 | 37600 | 0.0608 | 13,433 | 1145 | 0.8844 | |
| 145 | Pfeiffer University | 35300 | 56100 | 0.3704 | 696 | 941 | 0.9603 | |
| 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 | Eckerd College | 36600 | 75100 | 0.5126 | 1,893 | 1255 | 0.758 | |
| 154 | University of Nevada-Reno | 37300 | 45800 | 0.1857 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 155 | Northwest Nazarene University | 38100 | 62800 | 0.3932 | 1,043 | 1145 | 0.7159 | |
| 155 | Saint Joseph's College of Maine | 38100 | 65000 | 0.4136 | 1,105 | 1055 | 0.8351 | |
| 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 | Western New England University | 38600 | 69200 | 0.4423 | 2,616 | 1199 | 0.8348 | |
| 160 | Reinhardt University | 38700 | 49300 | 0.2138 | 1,129 | 1070 | 0.6154 | |
| 161 | SUNY Oneonta | 39400 | 41700 | 0.0551 | 4,815 | 1090 | 0.7696 | |
| 161 | University of Maine | 39400 | 45200 | 0.1284 | 9,182 | 1195 | 0.9562 | |
| 163 | University of Central Florida | 39700 | 39700 | 0 | 60,083 | 1289 | 0.428 | |
| 164 | University of Wyoming | 40000 | 45300 | 0.1167 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 165 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5061 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 166 | Loyola University Chicago | 40900 | 74100 | 0.4479 | 12,640 | 1262 | 0.751 | |
| 167 | University of New Haven | 41000 | 67300 | 0.3906 | 4,969 | 1219 | 0.5589 | |
| 168 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42600 | 53900 | 0.2095 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 169 | Sacred Heart University | 42700 | 67500 | 0.3677 | 7,291 | 1265 | 0.6363 | |
| 170 | University of Florida | 43100 | 45700 | 0.057 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 171 | Providence College | 43200 | 85000 | 0.4919 | 4,680 | 1345 | 0.4994 | |
| 172 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43500 | 68700 | 0.3678 | 4,279 | 1234 | 0.5796 | |
| 173 | St. John's University-New York | 44400 | 78000 | 0.4305 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 174 | Quinnipiac University | 44800 | 79200 | 0.4343 | 6,610 | 1250 | 0.7031 | |
| 175 | Illinois State University | 45800 | 49100 | 0.0669 | 19,513 | 1115 | 0.8555 | |
| 176 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47100 | 59700 | 0.2123 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 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 Washington-Seattle Campus | 58100 | 63200 | 0.0806 | 40,996 | 1399 | 0.4175 | |
| 182 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 60900 | 63800 | 0.0452 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 183 | College of Charleston | 61200 | 61200 | 0 | 10,596 | 1234 | 0.73 | |
| 184 | Hawaii Pacific University | 63500 | 65800 | 0.0347 | 3,468 | 1200 | 0.8855 | |
| 185 | University of California-Davis | 68500 | 69800 | 0.0186 | 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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