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 | 8100 | 22300 | 0.6382 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 3 | Georgetown University | 9500 | 92700 | 0.8975 | 7,908 | 1470 | 0.1349 | |
| 4 | University of Central Florida | 10000 | 31900 | 0.6867 | 60,083 | 1289 | 0.428 | |
| 5 | Savannah State University | 10500 | 50900 | 0.794 | 2,966 | 950 | 1 | |
| 6 | Southern Utah University | 10600 | 51400 | 0.7937 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 7 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 11200 | 33800 | 0.6688 | 40,996 | 1399 | 0.4175 | |
| 8 | University of Hawaii at Hilo | 11700 | 56000 | 0.791 | 2,304 | 990 | 0.8351 | |
| 9 | Eastern Washington University | 11800 | 28600 | 0.5879 | 7,640 | 1045 | 0.8526 | |
| 9 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 11800 | 29300 | 0.5973 | 8,421 | 1054 | 0.9444 | |
| 11 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 12000 | 24900 | 0.5172 | 5,677 | 985 | 0.9301 | |
| 12 | University of West Florida | 12100 | 50500 | 0.7611 | 9,971 | 1120 | 0.5822 | |
| 13 | Boston University | 12200 | 93200 | 0.869 | 18,289 | 1475 | 0.1283 | |
| 14 | Kean University | 12300 | 39200 | 0.6862 | 11,932 | 1040 | 0.7811 | |
| 15 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 13000 | 27100 | 0.5195 | 29,727 | 990 | 0.9229 | |
| 16 | Coastal Carolina University | 13100 | 27200 | 0.5185 | 11,471 | 1160 | 0.7003 | |
| 17 | Wesleyan College | 13200 | 63100 | 0.7912 | 500 | 1065 | 0.591 | |
| 18 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 13400 | 19000 | 0.295 | 11,994 | 1090 | 0.8651 | |
| 19 | Virginia Union University | 13600 | 51700 | 0.7372 | 1,205 | 870 | 0.9802 | |
| 20 | Eastern Michigan University | 13800 | 33900 | 0.5923 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 20 | University of the Virgin Islands | 13800 | 29600 | 0.533 | 1,650 | 900 | 0.9936 | |
| 22 | Salem State University | 13900 | 38300 | 0.6367 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 23 | Arkansas Tech University | 14300 | 31400 | 0.5438 | 8,279 | 1055 | 0.9747 | |
| 23 | Miles College | 14300 | 35100 | 0.5925 | 1,180 | 0 | 1 | |
| 23 | West Virginia University | 14300 | 73100 | 0.8041 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 26 | Troy University | 14500 | 26700 | 0.4568 | 10,130 | 1075 | 0.9535 | |
| 27 | Ball State University | 14600 | 22400 | 0.3484 | 15,950 | 1185 | 0.8625 | |
| 27 | Central Michigan University | 14600 | 37400 | 0.6102 | 10,238 | 1099 | 0.9104 | |
| 29 | Mercy University | 14700 | 46400 | 0.6836 | 6,692 | 1135 | 0.8724 | |
| 29 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 14700 | 54400 | 0.7303 | 15,735 | 1069 | 0.8797 | |
| 29 | University of Nevada-Reno | 14700 | 28200 | 0.4784 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 32 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 15200 | 90700 | 0.8325 | 8,727 | 1055 | 0.9703 | |
| 33 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 38800 | 0.5992 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 34 | Grand Valley State University | 15800 | 28300 | 0.441 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 34 | Waynesburg University | 15800 | 45000 | 0.6483 | 1,032 | 1093 | 0.8981 | |
| 36 | Lindsey Wilson University | 15900 | 49300 | 0.6777 | 1,738 | 1035 | 0 | |
| 37 | Madonna University | 16000 | 67900 | 0.7639 | 1,919 | 925 | 0.6757 | |
| 38 | Francis Marion University | 16100 | 36100 | 0.5536 | 3,793 | 1015 | 0.9508 | |
| 38 | Niagara University | 16100 | 57400 | 0.7192 | 2,638 | 1170 | 0.876 | |
| 40 | California State University-Long Beach | 16400 | 25800 | 0.3644 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 40 | SUNY College at Geneseo | 16400 | 25600 | 0.3593 | 3,943 | 1275 | 0.3333 | |
| 42 | University of Miami | 16500 | 96300 | 0.8288 | 13,241 | 1408 | 0.1761 | |
| 43 | University of Louisville | 16600 | 29100 | 0.43 | 17,916 | 1134 | 0.7921 | |
| 44 | Bethel University | 16800 | 48700 | 0.6557 | 2,674 | 970 | 0.6023 | |
| 44 | Emporia State University | 16800 | 31200 | 0.4617 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 46 | Weber State University | 17000 | 20300 | 0.1629 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 47 | SUNY College at Potsdam | 17100 | 49300 | 0.6534 | 1,750 | 1060 | 0.8241 | |
| 48 | Duke University | 17300 | 98500 | 0.8246 | 6,525 | 1533 | 0.0524 | |
| 49 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 17500 | 29900 | 0.4141 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 50 | Northeastern University | 17600 | 90000 | 0.8041 | 22,456 | 1481 | 0.0562 | |
| 51 | York College of Pennsylvania | 17800 | 45800 | 0.6119 | 3,369 | 1153 | 0.7374 | |
| 52 | San Jose State University | 18000 | 41100 | 0.5615 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 52 | University of Central Oklahoma | 18000 | 31100 | 0.4217 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 54 | University of Mary | 18200 | 32600 | 0.442 | 2,821 | 1175 | 0.753 | |
| 55 | Coker University | 18300 | 47800 | 0.6174 | 1,220 | 1050 | 0.9396 | |
| 56 | McMurry University | 18600 | 71400 | 0.7399 | 4,133 | 1104 | 0.8984 | |
| 57 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 19300 | 28500 | 0.3231 | 14,657 | 1190 | 0.7583 | |
| 58 | Rutgers University-Newark | 19400 | 39200 | 0.5056 | 7,989 | 1159 | 0.7136 | |
| 58 | Unity Environmental University | 19400 | 48200 | 0.597 | 6,525 | 0 | 0.818 | |
| 60 | SUNY Oneonta | 19500 | 29300 | 0.3344 | 4,815 | 1090 | 0.7696 | |
| 61 | Carlow University | 19600 | 53900 | 0.6361 | 2,303 | 1084 | 0.8768 | |
| 62 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 19700 | 39800 | 0.5044 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 63 | Stockton University | 19800 | 32200 | 0.3836 | 7,583 | 1134 | 0.901 | |
| 64 | Winona State University | 19900 | 29500 | 0.3267 | 5,317 | 1115 | 0.7549 | |
| 65 | Minot State University | 20000 | 23500 | 0.1497 | 2,499 | 1075 | 0.6462 | |
| 65 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 20000 | 26100 | 0.2334 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 67 | Grove City College | 20200 | 39700 | 0.4918 | 2,247 | 1248 | 0.667 | |
| 67 | SUNY at Fredonia | 20200 | 53600 | 0.6229 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 69 | State University of New York at Cortland | 20400 | 27700 | 0.2633 | 5,890 | 1175 | 0.624 | |
| 70 | Central Methodist University-College of Liberal Arts and Sciences | 20500 | 71000 | 0.7109 | 1,040 | 1075 | 0.6271 | |
| 71 | Florida College | 20600 | 56800 | 0.6368 | 728 | 1099 | 0.6966 | |
| 72 | Mayville State University | 20700 | 23800 | 0.1321 | 1,067 | 1034 | 0.7825 | |
| 72 | Millikin University | 20700 | 45000 | 0.5398 | 1,427 | 1065 | 0.765 | |
| 72 | North Dakota State University | 20700 | 25700 | 0.1942 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 75 | Ferris State University | 20800 | 31000 | 0.3295 | 8,980 | 1015 | 0.8237 | |
| 75 | La Sierra University | 20800 | 51200 | 0.5943 | 1,266 | 1124 | 0.9069 | |
| 75 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 20800 | 27800 | 0.2516 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 78 | SUNY Old Westbury | 20900 | 38000 | 0.4506 | 4,474 | 1110 | 0.8352 | |
| 79 | Centenary University | 21200 | 63000 | 0.6634 | 936 | 1070 | 0.8308 | |
| 80 | Daemen University | 21600 | 56700 | 0.619 | 1,656 | 1050 | 0.7375 | |
| 81 | Utah State University | 22000 | 39000 | 0.4358 | 26,629 | 1168 | 0.9212 | |
| 82 | Juniata College | 22200 | 75300 | 0.7056 | 1,276 | 1263 | 0.7941 | |
| 83 | The University of Alabama | 22400 | 33400 | 0.3292 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 84 | Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences | 22600 | 56900 | 0.602 | 533 | 1244 | 0.5269 | |
| 84 | Augustana College | 22600 | 72800 | 0.6891 | 2,536 | 1157 | 0.6628 | |
| 86 | Saint Cloud State University | 22800 | 36800 | 0.3803 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 87 | Bridgewater State University | 23100 | 37300 | 0.3821 | 8,849 | 1143 | 0.8798 | |
| 88 | Southwest Minnesota State University | 23300 | 26700 | 0.1273 | 7,290 | 1015 | 0.6409 | |
| 89 | Huntingdon College | 23600 | 65000 | 0.6368 | 943 | 1130 | 0.692 | |
| 89 | Saint Edward's University | 23600 | 105600 | 0.7766 | 2,499 | 1128 | 0.8142 | |
| 91 | Florida International University | 23700 | 23700 | 0 | 46,249 | 1180 | 0.6085 | |
| 91 | State University of New York at New Paltz | 23700 | 35700 | 0.3357 | 6,113 | 1279 | 0.6267 | |
| 93 | University of Southern Mississippi | 23800 | 27200 | 0.125 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 94 | Northern Arizona University | 23900 | 47300 | 0.4958 | 22,203 | 1129 | 0.8961 | |
| 95 | University of South Florida | 24200 | 36500 | 0.3366 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 96 | Montana State University | 24300 | 24400 | 0.0041 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 97 | East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania | 24500 | 37700 | 0.3498 | 5,130 | 1099 | 0.8645 | |
| 97 | The University of Findlay | 24500 | 50600 | 0.5154 | 4,132 | 1090 | 0.6748 | |
| 99 | Wisconsin Lutheran College | 24700 | 56700 | 0.5653 | 957 | 1233 | 0.7816 | |
| 100 | Messiah University | 24800 | 54700 | 0.5467 | 2,722 | 1266 | 0.8107 | |
| 101 | Ave Maria University | 25000 | 46600 | 0.4637 | 1,320 | 1164 | 0.4139 | |
| 101 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 25000 | 62800 | 0.6018 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 103 | Minnesota State University, Mankato | 25600 | 28000 | 0.0854 | 13,433 | 1145 | 0.8844 | |
| 104 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 25900 | 28300 | 0.0847 | 3,375 | 1090 | 0.5885 | |
| 104 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 25900 | 40600 | 0.3618 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 106 | Keuka College | 26200 | 64000 | 0.5901 | 986 | 1043 | 0.8151 | |
| 107 | Geneva College | 26400 | 50300 | 0.4766 | 1,299 | 1167 | 0.9556 | |
| 108 | Trine University | 26500 | 56100 | 0.5279 | 4,373 | 1159 | 0.8548 | |
| 109 | St. Francis College | 26800 | 39400 | 0.3202 | 1,719 | 1035 | 1 | |
| 109 | Wingate University | 26800 | 67100 | 0.6016 | 2,673 | 1100 | 0.9113 | |
| 111 | Valley City State University | 26900 | 29300 | 0.0816 | 1,663 | 1045 | 0.9942 | |
| 112 | Mitchell College | 27600 | 63900 | 0.5679 | 442 | 817 | 0.9466 | |
| 113 | Florida Southern College | 27700 | 63200 | 0.5616 | 2,682 | 1264 | 0.6442 | |
| 114 | Grace College and Theological Seminary | 28000 | 41800 | 0.3299 | 1,795 | 1130 | 0.8215 | |
| 114 | Wichita State University | 28000 | 30600 | 0.0849 | 14,906 | 1065 | 0.7224 | |
| 116 | Jacksonville University | 28700 | 102400 | 0.7197 | 2,916 | 1210 | 0.5748 | |
| 117 | University of Alaska Southeast | 28900 | 31300 | 0.0766 | 1,559 | 1020 | 0.6192 | |
| 117 | Utah Tech University | 28900 | 35200 | 0.179 | 12,993 | 1065 | 1 | |
| 119 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 29000 | 112100 | 0.7412 | 4,999 | 1258 | 0.9296 | |
| 120 | Huntington University | 29100 | 44400 | 0.3443 | 1,512 | 1065 | 0.7518 | |
| 121 | Saint Xavier University | 29200 | 58200 | 0.498 | 3,100 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 122 | Southwestern College | 29400 | 89500 | 0.6717 | 816 | 1000 | 0.4729 | |
| 123 | Blue Mountain Christian University | 29500 | 39900 | 0.2604 | 915 | 1095 | 0.8895 | |
| 124 | University of Southern California | 29700 | 98300 | 0.698 | 20,768 | 1499 | 0.1119 | |
| 125 | University of Pikeville | 29800 | 34800 | 0.1438 | 1,164 | 1070 | 0.8967 | |
| 126 | Mississippi State University | 30000 | 34400 | 0.1276 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 127 | Bryan College-Dayton | 30100 | 36000 | 0.1639 | 1,565 | 1085 | 1 | |
| 128 | University of Maine | 30200 | 43100 | 0.2994 | 9,182 | 1195 | 0.9562 | |
| 129 | Hampton University | 31500 | 54800 | 0.4252 | 4,046 | 1005 | 0.6358 | |
| 130 | Nova Southeastern University | 31900 | 56100 | 0.4313 | 7,057 | 1187 | 0.7557 | |
| 131 | University of Mary Hardin-Baylor | 32100 | 51900 | 0.3814 | 2,775 | 1105 | 0.9747 | |
| 132 | Liberty University | 32500 | 44700 | 0.2727 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 133 | University of New England | 32700 | 70900 | 0.5389 | 4,631 | 1145 | 0.9203 | |
| 134 | Siena University | 33300 | 66400 | 0.4987 | 3,149 | 1301 | 0.8464 | |
| 135 | Elizabethtown College | 33500 | 57500 | 0.4172 | 1,935 | 1214 | 0.8892 | |
| 136 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 33900 | 59100 | 0.4262 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 137 | Charleston Southern University | 34100 | 48400 | 0.2971 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 138 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 34200 | 34200 | 0 | 16,131 | 1275 | 0.6472 | |
| 139 | Samford University | 34400 | 93800 | 0.6333 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 140 | Barry University | 34900 | 58800 | 0.4065 | 4,654 | 1005 | 0.9663 | |
| 141 | Bradley University | 35000 | 60600 | 0.4223 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 142 | Pfeiffer University | 35200 | 56100 | 0.3724 | 696 | 941 | 0.9603 | |
| 143 | Roger Williams University | 35500 | 63700 | 0.443 | 3,970 | 1235 | 0.882 | |
| 144 | Western New England University | 36100 | 70600 | 0.4885 | 2,616 | 1199 | 0.8348 | |
| 145 | Indiana Wesleyan University-Marion | 36900 | 49100 | 0.2486 | 2,075 | 1090 | 0.8894 | |
| 146 | University of Rhode Island | 37000 | 58400 | 0.3664 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 147 | University of Connecticut | 37100 | 66200 | 0.4399 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 148 | Eckerd College | 37400 | 77000 | 0.5143 | 1,893 | 1255 | 0.758 | |
| 149 | Southeastern University | 37500 | 79400 | 0.5279 | 11,981 | 1110 | 0.4247 | |
| 150 | University of Dubuque | 38000 | 65900 | 0.423 | 1,395 | 1074 | 0.8731 | |
| 151 | Maine Maritime Academy | 38500 | 53000 | 0.2737 | 977 | 1189 | 0.9615 | |
| 152 | Loyola University Chicago | 38600 | 74800 | 0.4842 | 12,640 | 1262 | 0.751 | |
| 152 | Reinhardt University | 38600 | 49300 | 0.2161 | 1,129 | 1070 | 0.6154 | |
| 154 | Montclair State University | 38800 | 47000 | 0.1746 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 155 | Evangel University | 39000 | 49700 | 0.2151 | 1,843 | 1180 | 0.7161 | |
| 156 | Stony Brook University | 39600 | 53000 | 0.2527 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 157 | University of Wyoming | 39900 | 45300 | 0.1191 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 158 | Saint Joseph's College of Maine | 40100 | 66900 | 0.4008 | 1,105 | 1055 | 0.8351 | |
| 159 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5061 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 160 | Rollins College | 42600 | 85700 | 0.5031 | 2,639 | 1284 | 0.5285 | |
| 161 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42700 | 63300 | 0.3254 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 162 | Providence College | 42900 | 85000 | 0.4953 | 4,680 | 1345 | 0.4994 | |
| 163 | University of Florida | 43100 | 45700 | 0.0569 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 164 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 43300 | 72500 | 0.4029 | 10,368 | 1064 | 0.999 | |
| 164 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43300 | 68700 | 0.3694 | 4,279 | 1234 | 0.5796 | |
| 166 | Western Washington University | 44000 | 52400 | 0.1603 | 13,609 | 1199 | 0.9371 | |
| 167 | The University of Tampa | 45500 | 58500 | 0.2222 | 10,710 | 1250 | 0.4363 | |
| 168 | Illinois State University | 45700 | 49100 | 0.0692 | 19,513 | 1115 | 0.8555 | |
| 169 | University of New Haven | 46400 | 73500 | 0.3685 | 4,969 | 1219 | 0.5589 | |
| 170 | University of Delaware | 47300 | 62500 | 0.2439 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 171 | St. John's University-New York | 47400 | 83800 | 0.4346 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 172 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48300 | 51200 | 0.0565 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 173 | University of Georgia | 48500 | 52300 | 0.0726 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 174 | Lipscomb University | 48700 | 69900 | 0.3037 | 3,327 | 1214 | 0.6774 | |
| 175 | DePaul University | 49000 | 69400 | 0.2938 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 176 | Sacred Heart University | 49400 | 67500 | 0.2681 | 7,291 | 1265 | 0.6363 | |
| 177 | College of Charleston | 50100 | 64600 | 0.2245 | 10,596 | 1234 | 0.73 | |
| 178 | Northwest Nazarene University | 50200 | 87600 | 0.4268 | 1,043 | 1145 | 0.7159 | |
| 179 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 50800 | 63800 | 0.2038 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 180 | Quinnipiac University | 51300 | 79700 | 0.3565 | 6,610 | 1250 | 0.7031 | |
| 181 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 52900 | 53300 | 0.0075 | 34,447 | 1273 | 0.8804 | |
| 182 | University of California-San Diego | 55300 | 79600 | 0.3052 | 35,442 | 1375 | 0.2856 | |
| 183 | Dallas Baptist University | 55700 | 84300 | 0.3393 | 2,938 | 1073 | 0.9131 | |
| 184 | Auburn University | 59200 | 59200 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 185 | Hawaii Pacific University | 63400 | 65800 | 0.0364 | 3,468 | 1200 | 0.8855 | |
| 186 | University of California-Davis | 68500 | 69900 | 0.02 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 187 | University of Oregon | 68900 | 71300 | 0.0336 | 20,710 | 1193 | 0.8742 | |
| 188 | University of California-Irvine | 72100 | 75200 | 0.0412 | 30,260 | 1333 | 0.2895 | |
| 189 | University of California-Santa Cruz | 82900 | 82900 | 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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