Considering a degree in biology?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for biology majors who live in Mississippi.
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 Mississippi.
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 | 96100 | 0.9383 | 6,738 | 1500 | 0.0418 | |
| 2 | Savannah State University | 6800 | 29000 | 0.7651 | 2,966 | 950 | 1 | |
| 3 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22000 | 0.6362 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 4 | Utah State University | 9700 | 26700 | 0.6361 | 26,629 | 1168 | 0.9212 | |
| 5 | University of California-Davis | 10200 | 38100 | 0.7328 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 6 | Southern Utah University | 10500 | 22200 | 0.528 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 7 | Northern Arizona University | 11500 | 27900 | 0.5865 | 22,203 | 1129 | 0.8961 | |
| 8 | Eastern Washington University | 11800 | 28600 | 0.5879 | 7,640 | 1045 | 0.8526 | |
| 9 | Boston University | 11900 | 92800 | 0.8719 | 18,289 | 1475 | 0.1283 | |
| 10 | University of Hawaii at Hilo | 12200 | 33200 | 0.6317 | 2,304 | 990 | 0.8351 | |
| 11 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 12600 | 24900 | 0.4932 | 5,677 | 985 | 0.9301 | |
| 11 | University of the Virgin Islands | 12600 | 22800 | 0.4467 | 1,650 | 900 | 0.9936 | |
| 13 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 12800 | 25000 | 0.4873 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 14 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 13400 | 49100 | 0.7272 | 29,727 | 990 | 0.9229 | |
| 14 | University of South Florida | 13400 | 17100 | 0.2162 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 16 | Wesleyan College | 13900 | 43800 | 0.6825 | 500 | 1065 | 0.591 | |
| 17 | Grand Valley State University | 14500 | 25300 | 0.4274 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 18 | Arkansas Tech University | 14600 | 27400 | 0.4675 | 8,279 | 1055 | 0.9747 | |
| 19 | Central Michigan University | 14700 | 37800 | 0.6104 | 10,238 | 1099 | 0.9104 | |
| 20 | Miles College | 14800 | 25400 | 0.4167 | 1,180 | 0 | 1 | |
| 21 | Virginia Union University | 15000 | 39400 | 0.6189 | 1,205 | 870 | 0.9802 | |
| 22 | University of California-Irvine | 15100 | 38000 | 0.603 | 30,260 | 1333 | 0.2895 | |
| 23 | University of Central Oklahoma | 15500 | 28700 | 0.46 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 24 | Northeastern University | 15600 | 89900 | 0.8265 | 22,456 | 1481 | 0.0562 | |
| 24 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 29800 | 0.4782 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 26 | Troy University | 15700 | 26700 | 0.4119 | 10,130 | 1075 | 0.9535 | |
| 27 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 16200 | 29300 | 0.4471 | 8,421 | 1054 | 0.9444 | |
| 28 | California State University-Long Beach | 16300 | 25800 | 0.3683 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 29 | Duke University | 16400 | 93600 | 0.825 | 6,525 | 1533 | 0.0524 | |
| 29 | Ferris State University | 16400 | 31000 | 0.4717 | 8,980 | 1015 | 0.8237 | |
| 31 | SUNY College at Potsdam | 16500 | 27600 | 0.4024 | 1,750 | 1060 | 0.8241 | |
| 32 | Emporia State University | 16600 | 22900 | 0.2753 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 32 | SUNY College at Geneseo | 16600 | 26400 | 0.3706 | 3,943 | 1275 | 0.3333 | |
| 34 | Georgetown University | 16700 | 92700 | 0.8198 | 7,908 | 1470 | 0.1349 | |
| 35 | Eastern Michigan University | 16800 | 36100 | 0.5347 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 36 | Millikin University | 17100 | 45000 | 0.6198 | 1,427 | 1065 | 0.765 | |
| 37 | West Virginia University | 17200 | 40900 | 0.5792 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 38 | Daemen University | 17500 | 55100 | 0.6825 | 1,656 | 1050 | 0.7375 | |
| 38 | Waynesburg University | 17500 | 45000 | 0.6106 | 1,032 | 1093 | 0.8981 | |
| 40 | University of Miami | 17700 | 95700 | 0.8149 | 13,241 | 1408 | 0.1761 | |
| 41 | Salem State University | 17800 | 28500 | 0.3754 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 41 | University of California-Santa Cruz | 17800 | 42900 | 0.5857 | 18,194 | 1281 | 0.7273 | |
| 43 | Bethel University | 17900 | 35300 | 0.4924 | 2,674 | 970 | 0.6023 | |
| 44 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 18200 | 54300 | 0.6647 | 10,368 | 1064 | 0.999 | |
| 44 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 18200 | 22800 | 0.202 | 11,994 | 1090 | 0.8651 | |
| 46 | Lindsey Wilson University | 18300 | 47100 | 0.6117 | 1,738 | 1035 | 0 | |
| 47 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 18600 | 39000 | 0.5226 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 48 | Madonna University | 19100 | 49200 | 0.6121 | 1,919 | 925 | 0.6757 | |
| 49 | University of Mary | 19200 | 32600 | 0.4124 | 2,821 | 1175 | 0.753 | |
| 50 | Carlow University | 19700 | 82500 | 0.7613 | 2,303 | 1084 | 0.8768 | |
| 51 | Wichita State University | 20000 | 29800 | 0.3284 | 14,906 | 1065 | 0.7224 | |
| 51 | Winona State University | 20000 | 29500 | 0.3229 | 5,317 | 1115 | 0.7549 | |
| 53 | Minot State University | 20100 | 23500 | 0.145 | 2,499 | 1075 | 0.6462 | |
| 53 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 20100 | 29900 | 0.3269 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 55 | McMurry University | 20300 | 51900 | 0.6084 | 4,133 | 1104 | 0.8984 | |
| 56 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 20500 | 32300 | 0.3651 | 15,735 | 1069 | 0.8797 | |
| 56 | University of Southern California | 20500 | 75900 | 0.7303 | 20,768 | 1499 | 0.1119 | |
| 58 | La Sierra University | 20600 | 65900 | 0.687 | 1,266 | 1124 | 0.9069 | |
| 59 | Coker University | 20700 | 47800 | 0.5672 | 1,220 | 1050 | 0.9396 | |
| 59 | Grove City College | 20700 | 39700 | 0.4792 | 2,247 | 1248 | 0.667 | |
| 61 | Florida College | 20800 | 34200 | 0.3921 | 728 | 1099 | 0.6966 | |
| 61 | Mayville State University | 20800 | 23800 | 0.1275 | 1,067 | 1034 | 0.7825 | |
| 61 | University of Mississippi | 20800 | 27100 | 0.2312 | 22,939 | 1172 | 0.9738 | |
| 64 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 21000 | 39200 | 0.4645 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 65 | State University of New York at New Paltz | 21500 | 26300 | 0.1827 | 6,113 | 1279 | 0.6267 | |
| 65 | University of West Florida | 21500 | 21500 | 0 | 9,971 | 1120 | 0.5822 | |
| 67 | Niagara University | 21800 | 57400 | 0.62 | 2,638 | 1170 | 0.876 | |
| 68 | Bradley University | 22100 | 50800 | 0.5649 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 68 | Central Methodist University-College of Liberal Arts and Sciences | 22100 | 52700 | 0.581 | 1,040 | 1075 | 0.6271 | |
| 70 | Montana State University | 22500 | 27100 | 0.1695 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 70 | University of Florida | 22500 | 43000 | 0.4765 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 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 | |
| 77 | University of Southern Mississippi | 23100 | 23200 | 0.0016 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 78 | San Jose State University | 23200 | 41100 | 0.4356 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 79 | Southwest Minnesota State University | 23400 | 26700 | 0.1231 | 7,290 | 1015 | 0.6409 | |
| 79 | York College of Pennsylvania | 23400 | 45800 | 0.4895 | 3,369 | 1153 | 0.7374 | |
| 81 | Florida International University | 23700 | 23700 | 0 | 46,249 | 1180 | 0.6085 | |
| 82 | Keuka College | 24100 | 59400 | 0.5937 | 986 | 1043 | 0.8151 | |
| 83 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 24300 | 90700 | 0.7321 | 8,727 | 1055 | 0.9703 | |
| 84 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 24400 | 24400 | 0 | 16,131 | 1275 | 0.6472 | |
| 85 | Unity Environmental University | 24500 | 29900 | 0.1809 | 6,525 | 0 | 0.818 | |
| 86 | Stockton University | 24700 | 32100 | 0.2304 | 7,583 | 1134 | 0.901 | |
| 86 | Wisconsin Lutheran College | 24700 | 56700 | 0.5642 | 957 | 1233 | 0.7816 | |
| 88 | Huntingdon College | 24800 | 44400 | 0.4412 | 943 | 1130 | 0.692 | |
| 89 | University of Central Florida | 25300 | 25300 | 0 | 60,083 | 1289 | 0.428 | |
| 90 | Ave Maria University | 25600 | 46600 | 0.4508 | 1,320 | 1164 | 0.4139 | |
| 91 | The University of Findlay | 25700 | 50600 | 0.4917 | 4,132 | 1090 | 0.6748 | |
| 92 | University of Mary Hardin-Baylor | 25800 | 53800 | 0.5206 | 2,775 | 1105 | 0.9747 | |
| 93 | Evangel University | 25900 | 40900 | 0.3671 | 1,843 | 1180 | 0.7161 | |
| 94 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 26000 | 28300 | 0.0808 | 3,375 | 1090 | 0.5885 | |
| 95 | Messiah University | 26100 | 54300 | 0.5191 | 2,722 | 1266 | 0.8107 | |
| 96 | Ball State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 15,950 | 1185 | 0.8625 | |
| 96 | Geneva College | 26400 | 50300 | 0.4754 | 1,299 | 1167 | 0.9556 | |
| 98 | Trine University | 26500 | 56100 | 0.5277 | 4,373 | 1159 | 0.8548 | |
| 98 | University of Georgia | 26500 | 48600 | 0.4543 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 100 | St. Francis College | 26700 | 39400 | 0.3227 | 1,719 | 1035 | 1 | |
| 100 | Wingate University | 26700 | 65000 | 0.5892 | 2,673 | 1100 | 0.9113 | |
| 102 | Valley City State University | 27100 | 29300 | 0.0779 | 1,663 | 1045 | 0.9942 | |
| 103 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 27300 | 41500 | 0.342 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 104 | Florida Southern College | 27700 | 63200 | 0.5615 | 2,682 | 1264 | 0.6442 | |
| 104 | Mitchell College | 27700 | 66600 | 0.5841 | 442 | 817 | 0.9466 | |
| 104 | North Dakota State University | 27700 | 30400 | 0.0884 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 107 | Saint Edward's University | 28200 | 73200 | 0.615 | 2,499 | 1128 | 0.8142 | |
| 108 | Bridgewater State University | 28300 | 35500 | 0.2032 | 8,849 | 1143 | 0.8798 | |
| 109 | Weber State University | 28400 | 33900 | 0.1621 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 110 | University of Delaware | 28500 | 34500 | 0.1741 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 111 | Francis Marion University | 28600 | 40200 | 0.2889 | 3,793 | 1015 | 0.9508 | |
| 111 | Maine Maritime Academy | 28600 | 33400 | 0.1439 | 977 | 1189 | 0.9615 | |
| 111 | Saint Xavier University | 28600 | 53700 | 0.4671 | 3,100 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 114 | Grace College and Theological Seminary | 28700 | 41800 | 0.3136 | 1,795 | 1130 | 0.8215 | |
| 115 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 28800 | 31800 | 0.0943 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 116 | University of Alaska Southeast | 29000 | 31300 | 0.0731 | 1,559 | 1020 | 0.6192 | |
| 117 | Blue Mountain Christian University | 29100 | 39900 | 0.2701 | 915 | 1095 | 0.8895 | |
| 117 | University of Louisville | 29100 | 29100 | 0 | 17,916 | 1134 | 0.7921 | |
| 119 | University of Connecticut | 29200 | 39500 | 0.2608 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 120 | Huntington University | 29300 | 44300 | 0.3384 | 1,512 | 1065 | 0.7518 | |
| 121 | University of Pikeville | 29800 | 34800 | 0.1438 | 1,164 | 1070 | 0.8967 | |
| 122 | Lipscomb University | 29900 | 57800 | 0.483 | 3,327 | 1214 | 0.6774 | |
| 122 | Montclair State University | 29900 | 36300 | 0.1764 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 124 | Southwestern College | 30100 | 64400 | 0.5326 | 816 | 1000 | 0.4729 | |
| 125 | Bryan College-Dayton | 30200 | 36000 | 0.1609 | 1,565 | 1085 | 1 | |
| 126 | Mercy University | 30400 | 44500 | 0.317 | 6,692 | 1135 | 0.8724 | |
| 127 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 30700 | 39200 | 0.2171 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 128 | Jacksonville University | 31000 | 74200 | 0.582 | 2,916 | 1210 | 0.5748 | |
| 128 | The University of Alabama | 31000 | 58500 | 0.4698 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 128 | Utah Tech University | 31000 | 35200 | 0.1194 | 12,993 | 1065 | 1 | |
| 131 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 31300 | 77600 | 0.5965 | 4,999 | 1258 | 0.9296 | |
| 132 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 31400 | 59100 | 0.4684 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 133 | Hampton University | 31500 | 54800 | 0.4252 | 4,046 | 1005 | 0.6358 | |
| 134 | Western Washington University | 32400 | 51500 | 0.3712 | 13,609 | 1199 | 0.9371 | |
| 135 | Samford University | 32800 | 64600 | 0.4924 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 136 | Liberty University | 33100 | 44600 | 0.2578 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 137 | Auburn University | 33700 | 34100 | 0.0117 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 137 | Elizabethtown College | 33700 | 55300 | 0.3907 | 1,935 | 1214 | 0.8892 | |
| 139 | SUNY Old Westbury | 33800 | 40900 | 0.1736 | 4,474 | 1110 | 0.8352 | |
| 140 | SUNY at Fredonia | 34000 | 39600 | 0.1416 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 141 | Charleston Southern University | 34200 | 48400 | 0.2949 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 142 | Nova Southeastern University | 34500 | 56100 | 0.3849 | 7,057 | 1187 | 0.7557 | |
| 142 | University of Oregon | 34500 | 40200 | 0.1416 | 20,710 | 1193 | 0.8742 | |
| 144 | University of Rhode Island | 34700 | 46400 | 0.2519 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 145 | Southeastern University | 34800 | 60500 | 0.4246 | 11,981 | 1110 | 0.4247 | |
| 146 | Siena University | 34900 | 65100 | 0.464 | 3,149 | 1301 | 0.8464 | |
| 147 | Barry University | 35100 | 56400 | 0.3775 | 4,654 | 1005 | 0.9663 | |
| 147 | University of New England | 35100 | 68000 | 0.4841 | 4,631 | 1145 | 0.9203 | |
| 149 | Coastal Carolina University | 35200 | 45100 | 0.2193 | 11,471 | 1160 | 0.7003 | |
| 150 | Minnesota State University, Mankato | 35300 | 37600 | 0.0608 | 13,433 | 1145 | 0.8844 | |
| 150 | Pfeiffer University | 35300 | 56100 | 0.3704 | 696 | 941 | 0.9603 | |
| 152 | Centenary University | 35400 | 63600 | 0.4433 | 936 | 1070 | 0.8308 | |
| 152 | The University of Tampa | 35400 | 56900 | 0.3775 | 10,710 | 1250 | 0.4363 | |
| 154 | Roger Williams University | 35600 | 63700 | 0.4413 | 3,970 | 1235 | 0.882 | |
| 155 | Indiana Wesleyan University-Marion | 36200 | 48500 | 0.2533 | 2,075 | 1090 | 0.8894 | |
| 156 | Eckerd College | 36600 | 75100 | 0.5126 | 1,893 | 1255 | 0.758 | |
| 157 | University of Nevada-Reno | 37300 | 45800 | 0.1857 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 158 | Saint Joseph's College of Maine | 37800 | 65000 | 0.4182 | 1,105 | 1055 | 0.8351 | |
| 159 | Northwest Nazarene University | 38000 | 62800 | 0.3948 | 1,043 | 1145 | 0.7159 | |
| 160 | University of Dubuque | 38200 | 65900 | 0.4213 | 1,395 | 1074 | 0.8731 | |
| 161 | Reinhardt University | 38700 | 49300 | 0.2138 | 1,129 | 1070 | 0.6154 | |
| 162 | State University of New York at Cortland | 38800 | 39900 | 0.0276 | 5,890 | 1175 | 0.624 | |
| 163 | Western New England University | 38900 | 69200 | 0.438 | 2,616 | 1199 | 0.8348 | |
| 164 | Mississippi State University | 39100 | 53400 | 0.2674 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 165 | SUNY Oneonta | 39600 | 41700 | 0.0503 | 4,815 | 1090 | 0.7696 | |
| 166 | Stony Brook University | 39700 | 53000 | 0.2507 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 167 | University of Maine | 39800 | 45200 | 0.1195 | 9,182 | 1195 | 0.9562 | |
| 168 | University of Wyoming | 40000 | 45300 | 0.1167 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 169 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5061 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 170 | Loyola University Chicago | 40700 | 74100 | 0.4506 | 12,640 | 1262 | 0.751 | |
| 171 | University of New Haven | 41200 | 67300 | 0.3876 | 4,969 | 1219 | 0.5589 | |
| 172 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 42400 | 42400 | 0 | 14,657 | 1190 | 0.7583 | |
| 173 | Sacred Heart University | 42500 | 67500 | 0.3706 | 7,291 | 1265 | 0.6363 | |
| 174 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43500 | 68700 | 0.3678 | 4,279 | 1234 | 0.5796 | |
| 175 | Providence College | 43900 | 85000 | 0.4836 | 4,680 | 1345 | 0.4994 | |
| 176 | St. John's University-New York | 44600 | 78000 | 0.4279 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 177 | Quinnipiac University | 44900 | 79200 | 0.433 | 6,610 | 1250 | 0.7031 | |
| 178 | Illinois State University | 45800 | 49100 | 0.0669 | 19,513 | 1115 | 0.8555 | |
| 179 | University of California-San Diego | 46400 | 77200 | 0.399 | 35,442 | 1375 | 0.2856 | |
| 180 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48500 | 51200 | 0.0544 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 181 | DePaul University | 49200 | 66000 | 0.2547 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 182 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 53300 | 53300 | 0 | 34,447 | 1273 | 0.8804 | |
| 183 | Dallas Baptist University | 55800 | 63400 | 0.1199 | 2,938 | 1073 | 0.9131 | |
| 184 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 55900 | 63800 | 0.1237 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 185 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 58100 | 63200 | 0.0806 | 40,996 | 1399 | 0.4175 | |
| 186 | College of Charleston | 61200 | 61200 | 0 | 10,596 | 1234 | 0.73 | |
| 187 | Hawaii Pacific University | 63500 | 65800 | 0.0347 | 3,468 | 1200 | 0.8855 | |
| 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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