Considering a degree in biology?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for biology majors who live in New Jersey.
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 New Jersey.
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 | 95300 | 0.9378 | 6,738 | 1500 | 0.0418 | |
| 2 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22000 | 0.6362 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 3 | Duke University | 8700 | 93600 | 0.9073 | 6,525 | 1533 | 0.0524 | |
| 4 | Georgetown University | 9000 | 92700 | 0.9029 | 7,908 | 1470 | 0.1349 | |
| 5 | Utah State University | 9700 | 26700 | 0.6361 | 26,629 | 1168 | 0.9212 | |
| 6 | Southern Utah University | 10000 | 22200 | 0.5506 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 7 | Savannah State University | 10400 | 26700 | 0.6112 | 2,966 | 950 | 1 | |
| 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 | |
| 10 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 11900 | 24900 | 0.5212 | 5,677 | 985 | 0.9301 | |
| 11 | University of the Virgin Islands | 12500 | 22800 | 0.4511 | 1,650 | 900 | 0.9936 | |
| 12 | Boston University | 12700 | 92800 | 0.8633 | 18,289 | 1475 | 0.1283 | |
| 13 | University of Georgia | 13400 | 26600 | 0.4963 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 14 | University of Delaware | 13500 | 34500 | 0.608 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 15 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 13600 | 19000 | 0.2845 | 11,994 | 1090 | 0.8651 | |
| 16 | Francis Marion University | 13900 | 24100 | 0.424 | 3,793 | 1015 | 0.9508 | |
| 16 | Virginia Union University | 13900 | 39400 | 0.6468 | 1,205 | 870 | 0.9802 | |
| 16 | Wesleyan College | 13900 | 43800 | 0.6825 | 500 | 1065 | 0.591 | |
| 19 | Arkansas Tech University | 14200 | 34400 | 0.5873 | 8,279 | 1055 | 0.9747 | |
| 20 | Central Michigan University | 14300 | 37800 | 0.621 | 10,238 | 1099 | 0.9104 | |
| 20 | Miles College | 14300 | 25400 | 0.4364 | 1,180 | 0 | 1 | |
| 22 | Northeastern University | 14500 | 89900 | 0.8387 | 22,456 | 1481 | 0.0562 | |
| 23 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 14900 | 29300 | 0.4915 | 8,421 | 1054 | 0.9444 | |
| 24 | University of Central Oklahoma | 15400 | 28700 | 0.4635 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 25 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 38800 | 0.5992 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 26 | Emporia State University | 15800 | 22900 | 0.3102 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 26 | Waynesburg University | 15800 | 45000 | 0.6487 | 1,032 | 1093 | 0.8981 | |
| 28 | Eastern Michigan University | 16000 | 36100 | 0.557 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 29 | University of California-Los Angeles | 16300 | 36700 | 0.5554 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 30 | Ferris State University | 16400 | 31000 | 0.4717 | 8,980 | 1015 | 0.8237 | |
| 30 | SUNY College at Geneseo | 16400 | 26400 | 0.3782 | 3,943 | 1275 | 0.3333 | |
| 32 | West Virginia University | 16500 | 40900 | 0.5963 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 33 | Millikin University | 17100 | 45000 | 0.6198 | 1,427 | 1065 | 0.765 | |
| 33 | SUNY at Fredonia | 17100 | 27800 | 0.3854 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 35 | Salem State University | 17200 | 28500 | 0.3964 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 36 | Daemen University | 17400 | 55100 | 0.6843 | 1,656 | 1050 | 0.7375 | |
| 36 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 17400 | 39000 | 0.5534 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 38 | Utah Tech University | 17500 | 23300 | 0.2493 | 12,993 | 1065 | 1 | |
| 39 | College of Charleston | 17700 | 33900 | 0.4785 | 10,596 | 1234 | 0.73 | |
| 39 | University of Miami | 17700 | 95700 | 0.8149 | 13,241 | 1408 | 0.1761 | |
| 41 | Bethel University | 17800 | 35300 | 0.4953 | 2,674 | 970 | 0.6023 | |
| 41 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 17800 | 54300 | 0.6721 | 10,368 | 1064 | 0.999 | |
| 43 | Lindsey Wilson University | 18100 | 47100 | 0.616 | 1,738 | 1035 | 0 | |
| 44 | University of Mary | 18200 | 32600 | 0.4424 | 2,821 | 1175 | 0.753 | |
| 45 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 18500 | 29900 | 0.3805 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 46 | SUNY Old Westbury | 18600 | 24400 | 0.238 | 4,474 | 1110 | 0.8352 | |
| 47 | East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania | 18900 | 26700 | 0.2926 | 5,130 | 1099 | 0.8645 | |
| 47 | University of Nevada-Reno | 18900 | 28200 | 0.3295 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 49 | Madonna University | 19000 | 49200 | 0.6142 | 1,919 | 925 | 0.6757 | |
| 50 | Carlow University | 19400 | 82500 | 0.7649 | 2,303 | 1084 | 0.8768 | |
| 50 | McMurry University | 19400 | 51900 | 0.6257 | 4,133 | 1104 | 0.8984 | |
| 52 | Coker University | 19600 | 47800 | 0.5902 | 1,220 | 1050 | 0.9396 | |
| 52 | University of Southern California | 19600 | 75900 | 0.7422 | 20,768 | 1499 | 0.1119 | |
| 54 | Winona State University | 20000 | 29500 | 0.3231 | 5,317 | 1115 | 0.7549 | |
| 55 | Minot State University | 20100 | 23500 | 0.1452 | 2,499 | 1075 | 0.6462 | |
| 55 | Rutgers University-Newark | 20100 | 38000 | 0.4709 | 7,989 | 1159 | 0.7136 | |
| 57 | Grove City College | 20200 | 39700 | 0.4918 | 2,247 | 1248 | 0.667 | |
| 58 | State University of New York at Cortland | 20400 | 27700 | 0.2633 | 5,890 | 1175 | 0.624 | |
| 59 | La Sierra University | 20600 | 65900 | 0.687 | 1,266 | 1124 | 0.9069 | |
| 60 | Florida College | 20800 | 34200 | 0.3921 | 728 | 1099 | 0.6966 | |
| 60 | Mayville State University | 20800 | 23800 | 0.1277 | 1,067 | 1034 | 0.7825 | |
| 60 | North Dakota State University | 20800 | 25700 | 0.1902 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 63 | Bradley University | 21400 | 50800 | 0.5787 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 64 | Central Methodist University-College of Liberal Arts and Sciences | 21500 | 52700 | 0.5924 | 1,040 | 1075 | 0.6271 | |
| 65 | Niagara University | 21800 | 57400 | 0.62 | 2,638 | 1170 | 0.876 | |
| 66 | Grand Valley State University | 22100 | 35900 | 0.3849 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 66 | Montana State University | 22100 | 27100 | 0.1843 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 68 | Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences | 22700 | 56900 | 0.6007 | 533 | 1244 | 0.5269 | |
| 68 | Augustana College | 22700 | 72800 | 0.6881 | 2,536 | 1157 | 0.6628 | |
| 68 | Juniata College | 22700 | 73800 | 0.6922 | 1,276 | 1263 | 0.7941 | |
| 68 | San Jose State University | 22700 | 41100 | 0.4478 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 72 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 22900 | 90700 | 0.7476 | 8,727 | 1055 | 0.9703 | |
| 72 | Saint Cloud State University | 22900 | 36800 | 0.3775 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 74 | Illinois State University | 23100 | 36400 | 0.3667 | 19,513 | 1115 | 0.8555 | |
| 75 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 23200 | 24900 | 0.0682 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 76 | Southwest Minnesota State University | 23400 | 26700 | 0.1233 | 7,290 | 1015 | 0.6409 | |
| 76 | York College of Pennsylvania | 23400 | 45800 | 0.4895 | 3,369 | 1153 | 0.7374 | |
| 78 | Keuka College | 24100 | 59400 | 0.5938 | 986 | 1043 | 0.8151 | |
| 79 | Centenary University | 24200 | 58300 | 0.5855 | 936 | 1070 | 0.8308 | |
| 79 | Stockton University | 24200 | 32200 | 0.2468 | 7,583 | 1134 | 0.901 | |
| 81 | Unity Environmental University | 24400 | 29900 | 0.1842 | 6,525 | 0 | 0.818 | |
| 82 | Huntingdon College | 24500 | 44400 | 0.4479 | 943 | 1130 | 0.692 | |
| 83 | Wisconsin Lutheran College | 24700 | 56700 | 0.5642 | 957 | 1233 | 0.7816 | |
| 84 | University of Hawaii at Hilo | 24900 | 38300 | 0.3501 | 2,304 | 990 | 0.8351 | |
| 85 | The University of Findlay | 25100 | 50600 | 0.5035 | 4,132 | 1090 | 0.6748 | |
| 86 | University of Mary Hardin-Baylor | 25200 | 53800 | 0.5318 | 2,775 | 1105 | 0.9747 | |
| 87 | Ave Maria University | 25500 | 46600 | 0.453 | 1,320 | 1164 | 0.4139 | |
| 87 | Evangel University | 25500 | 40900 | 0.3769 | 1,843 | 1180 | 0.7161 | |
| 89 | Messiah University | 25700 | 54300 | 0.5264 | 2,722 | 1266 | 0.8107 | |
| 90 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 26000 | 28300 | 0.0809 | 3,375 | 1090 | 0.5885 | |
| 91 | Stony Brook University | 26100 | 33200 | 0.2129 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 91 | SUNY College at Potsdam | 26100 | 37700 | 0.3075 | 1,750 | 1060 | 0.8241 | |
| 93 | Ball State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 15,950 | 1185 | 0.8625 | |
| 93 | Geneva College | 26400 | 50300 | 0.4755 | 1,299 | 1167 | 0.9556 | |
| 95 | Trine University | 26500 | 56100 | 0.5278 | 4,373 | 1159 | 0.8548 | |
| 95 | University of Southern Mississippi | 26500 | 26500 | 0 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 97 | Troy University | 26700 | 34700 | 0.2305 | 10,130 | 1075 | 0.9535 | |
| 97 | Wingate University | 26700 | 65000 | 0.5892 | 2,673 | 1100 | 0.9113 | |
| 99 | St. Francis College | 26800 | 39400 | 0.3202 | 1,719 | 1035 | 1 | |
| 100 | Valley City State University | 27000 | 29300 | 0.0781 | 1,663 | 1045 | 0.9942 | |
| 101 | Saint Edward's University | 27500 | 73200 | 0.6246 | 2,499 | 1128 | 0.8142 | |
| 102 | Mitchell College | 27600 | 66600 | 0.5856 | 442 | 817 | 0.9466 | |
| 103 | Bridgewater State University | 27700 | 35500 | 0.219 | 8,849 | 1143 | 0.8798 | |
| 104 | Florida Southern College | 27800 | 63200 | 0.56 | 2,682 | 1264 | 0.6442 | |
| 104 | Wichita State University | 27800 | 39800 | 0.3034 | 14,906 | 1065 | 0.7224 | |
| 106 | Weber State University | 27900 | 33900 | 0.1769 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 107 | Grace College and Theological Seminary | 28000 | 41800 | 0.3301 | 1,795 | 1130 | 0.8215 | |
| 108 | Saint Xavier University | 28500 | 53700 | 0.4689 | 3,100 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 108 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 28500 | 49100 | 0.4196 | 29,727 | 990 | 0.9229 | |
| 110 | University of Alaska Southeast | 29000 | 31300 | 0.0733 | 1,559 | 1020 | 0.6192 | |
| 111 | Huntington University | 29200 | 44300 | 0.3407 | 1,512 | 1065 | 0.7518 | |
| 111 | University of Connecticut | 29200 | 39500 | 0.2608 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 113 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 29400 | 42200 | 0.3031 | 15,735 | 1069 | 0.8797 | |
| 114 | Blue Mountain Christian University | 29600 | 39900 | 0.2577 | 915 | 1095 | 0.8895 | |
| 114 | University of West Florida | 29600 | 38000 | 0.2209 | 9,971 | 1120 | 0.5822 | |
| 116 | Southwestern College | 29700 | 64400 | 0.5388 | 816 | 1000 | 0.4729 | |
| 117 | Lipscomb University | 29800 | 57800 | 0.4853 | 3,327 | 1214 | 0.6774 | |
| 117 | University of Pikeville | 29800 | 34800 | 0.1438 | 1,164 | 1070 | 0.8967 | |
| 119 | Mercy University | 29900 | 44500 | 0.3282 | 6,692 | 1135 | 0.8724 | |
| 120 | Mississippi State University | 30100 | 34400 | 0.1246 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 120 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 30100 | 39200 | 0.2324 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 122 | Bryan College-Dayton | 30200 | 36000 | 0.161 | 1,565 | 1085 | 1 | |
| 123 | Jacksonville University | 30500 | 74200 | 0.5888 | 2,916 | 1210 | 0.5748 | |
| 124 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 30700 | 77600 | 0.6042 | 4,999 | 1258 | 0.9296 | |
| 124 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 30700 | 59100 | 0.4803 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 126 | Kean University | 30800 | 39500 | 0.2204 | 11,932 | 1040 | 0.7811 | |
| 126 | University of Louisville | 30800 | 42000 | 0.2665 | 17,916 | 1134 | 0.7921 | |
| 128 | California State University-Long Beach | 31000 | 38900 | 0.2032 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 129 | Hampton University | 31400 | 54800 | 0.427 | 4,046 | 1005 | 0.6358 | |
| 130 | Samford University | 32400 | 64600 | 0.4986 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 131 | Liberty University | 33200 | 44600 | 0.2556 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 132 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 33500 | 36100 | 0.072 | 34,447 | 1273 | 0.8804 | |
| 133 | Elizabethtown College | 33600 | 55300 | 0.3925 | 1,935 | 1214 | 0.8892 | |
| 134 | Auburn University | 33700 | 34100 | 0.0117 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 135 | Nova Southeastern University | 33800 | 56100 | 0.3974 | 7,057 | 1187 | 0.7557 | |
| 135 | University of Rhode Island | 33800 | 46400 | 0.2713 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 137 | Siena University | 34000 | 65100 | 0.4778 | 3,149 | 1301 | 0.8464 | |
| 138 | Charleston Southern University | 34200 | 48400 | 0.295 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 138 | Southeastern University | 34200 | 60500 | 0.4345 | 11,981 | 1110 | 0.4247 | |
| 140 | Coastal Carolina University | 34600 | 45100 | 0.2326 | 11,471 | 1160 | 0.7003 | |
| 141 | Barry University | 34900 | 56400 | 0.381 | 4,654 | 1005 | 0.9663 | |
| 142 | University of South Florida | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 143 | University of New England | 35100 | 68000 | 0.4841 | 4,631 | 1145 | 0.9203 | |
| 144 | Minnesota State University, Mankato | 35300 | 37600 | 0.0609 | 13,433 | 1145 | 0.8844 | |
| 144 | Pfeiffer University | 35300 | 56100 | 0.3705 | 696 | 941 | 0.9603 | |
| 146 | Roger Williams University | 35600 | 63700 | 0.4414 | 3,970 | 1235 | 0.882 | |
| 146 | The University of Tampa | 35600 | 56900 | 0.374 | 10,710 | 1250 | 0.4363 | |
| 148 | State University of New York at New Paltz | 35700 | 35700 | 0 | 6,113 | 1279 | 0.6267 | |
| 149 | Indiana Wesleyan University-Marion | 35800 | 48500 | 0.2616 | 2,075 | 1090 | 0.8894 | |
| 150 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 36100 | 36100 | 0 | 16,131 | 1275 | 0.6472 | |
| 151 | Eckerd College | 36600 | 75100 | 0.5126 | 1,893 | 1255 | 0.758 | |
| 151 | Florida International University | 36600 | 36800 | 0.0054 | 46,249 | 1180 | 0.6085 | |
| 153 | Northwest Nazarene University | 38100 | 62800 | 0.3932 | 1,043 | 1145 | 0.7159 | |
| 153 | Saint Joseph's College of Maine | 38100 | 65000 | 0.4136 | 1,105 | 1055 | 0.8351 | |
| 155 | University of Dubuque | 38200 | 65900 | 0.4214 | 1,395 | 1074 | 0.8731 | |
| 156 | Maine Maritime Academy | 38400 | 49800 | 0.2287 | 977 | 1189 | 0.9615 | |
| 156 | Montclair State University | 38400 | 46600 | 0.176 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 158 | Western New England University | 38500 | 69200 | 0.4438 | 2,616 | 1199 | 0.8348 | |
| 159 | Reinhardt University | 38700 | 49300 | 0.2139 | 1,129 | 1070 | 0.6154 | |
| 160 | University of Maine | 39200 | 45200 | 0.1328 | 9,182 | 1195 | 0.9562 | |
| 161 | SUNY Oneonta | 39300 | 41700 | 0.0575 | 4,815 | 1090 | 0.7696 | |
| 162 | University of Central Florida | 39700 | 39700 | 0 | 60,083 | 1289 | 0.428 | |
| 163 | University of Wyoming | 40000 | 45300 | 0.1168 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 164 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 40100 | 47500 | 0.1558 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 165 | University of New Haven | 40900 | 67300 | 0.3921 | 4,969 | 1219 | 0.5589 | |
| 166 | Loyola University Chicago | 41000 | 74100 | 0.4465 | 12,640 | 1262 | 0.751 | |
| 166 | Western Washington University | 41000 | 51500 | 0.2041 | 13,609 | 1199 | 0.9371 | |
| 168 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 42400 | 42400 | 0 | 14,657 | 1190 | 0.7583 | |
| 169 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42700 | 56200 | 0.2403 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 170 | Sacred Heart University | 42800 | 67500 | 0.3662 | 7,291 | 1265 | 0.6363 | |
| 171 | Providence College | 42900 | 85000 | 0.4954 | 4,680 | 1345 | 0.4994 | |
| 172 | University of Florida | 43100 | 45700 | 0.057 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 173 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43400 | 68700 | 0.3679 | 4,279 | 1234 | 0.5796 | |
| 174 | St. John's University-New York | 44400 | 78000 | 0.4305 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 175 | Quinnipiac University | 44700 | 79200 | 0.4355 | 6,610 | 1250 | 0.7031 | |
| 176 | University of California-San Diego | 45500 | 77200 | 0.4106 | 35,442 | 1375 | 0.2856 | |
| 177 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48500 | 51200 | 0.0544 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 178 | DePaul University | 49100 | 66000 | 0.2562 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 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 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58300 | 64100 | 0.0905 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 184 | Hawaii Pacific University | 63500 | 65800 | 0.0348 | 3,468 | 1200 | 0.8855 | |
| 185 | University of California-Davis | 68600 | 69800 | 0.0172 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 186 | University of Oregon | 69000 | 71300 | 0.0321 | 20,710 | 1193 | 0.8742 | |
| 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 | |
| 188 | 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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