Considering a degree in biology?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for biology majors who live in South Carolina.
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 South Carolina.
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 | 95600 | 0.938 | 6,738 | 1500 | 0.0418 | |
| 2 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 7900 | 36100 | 0.7821 | 10,368 | 1064 | 0.999 | |
| 3 | Brigham Young University | 8100 | 22300 | 0.6382 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 4 | University of Central Florida | 10000 | 31900 | 0.6867 | 60,083 | 1289 | 0.428 | |
| 5 | Savannah State University | 10100 | 50900 | 0.8019 | 2,966 | 950 | 1 | |
| 5 | University of Nevada-Reno | 10100 | 45800 | 0.7802 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 7 | Southern Utah University | 11100 | 51400 | 0.784 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 8 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 11200 | 33800 | 0.6688 | 40,996 | 1399 | 0.4175 | |
| 9 | Eastern Washington University | 11400 | 30700 | 0.629 | 7,640 | 1045 | 0.8526 | |
| 10 | Francis Marion University | 11800 | 31300 | 0.6235 | 3,793 | 1015 | 0.9508 | |
| 11 | University of Hawaii at Hilo | 12100 | 56000 | 0.7839 | 2,304 | 990 | 0.8351 | |
| 12 | Northern Arizona University | 12200 | 30400 | 0.5979 | 22,203 | 1129 | 0.8961 | |
| 12 | University of West Florida | 12200 | 22200 | 0.45 | 9,971 | 1120 | 0.5822 | |
| 14 | Greenville Technical College | 12700 | 23700 | 0.4642 | 11,999 | 0 | 1 | |
| 15 | Boston University | 12800 | 93200 | 0.8626 | 18,289 | 1475 | 0.1283 | |
| 15 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 12800 | 29300 | 0.5632 | 8,421 | 1054 | 0.9444 | |
| 17 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 13100 | 62800 | 0.7913 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 17 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 13100 | 40500 | 0.6765 | 29,727 | 990 | 0.9229 | |
| 19 | Wesleyan College | 13200 | 63100 | 0.7912 | 500 | 1065 | 0.591 | |
| 20 | Georgetown University | 13400 | 92700 | 0.8554 | 7,908 | 1470 | 0.1349 | |
| 20 | Mayville State University | 13400 | 22000 | 0.3922 | 1,067 | 1034 | 0.7825 | |
| 20 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 13400 | 43000 | 0.6883 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 23 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 13600 | 38300 | 0.6443 | 5,677 | 985 | 0.9301 | |
| 23 | Coastal Carolina University | 13600 | 45300 | 0.7001 | 11,471 | 1160 | 0.7003 | |
| 25 | University of South Florida | 13700 | 22400 | 0.3888 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 26 | Utah State University | 14000 | 21000 | 0.3327 | 26,629 | 1168 | 0.9212 | |
| 27 | University of the Virgin Islands | 14200 | 29600 | 0.5195 | 1,650 | 900 | 0.9936 | |
| 27 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 14200 | 19000 | 0.2528 | 11,994 | 1090 | 0.8651 | |
| 29 | Eastern Michigan University | 14400 | 33900 | 0.5746 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 29 | Salem State University | 14400 | 38300 | 0.6236 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 31 | Virginia Union University | 14500 | 51700 | 0.7198 | 1,205 | 870 | 0.9802 | |
| 32 | Arkansas Tech University | 14600 | 31400 | 0.5343 | 8,279 | 1055 | 0.9747 | |
| 32 | Central Michigan University | 14600 | 37400 | 0.6102 | 10,238 | 1099 | 0.9104 | |
| 34 | Mercy University | 14700 | 46400 | 0.6836 | 6,692 | 1135 | 0.8724 | |
| 35 | Miles College | 14800 | 35100 | 0.5782 | 1,180 | 0 | 1 | |
| 36 | University of California-Irvine | 14900 | 40400 | 0.6309 | 30,260 | 1333 | 0.2895 | |
| 37 | Troy University | 15000 | 26700 | 0.4381 | 10,130 | 1075 | 0.9535 | |
| 38 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 15100 | 56900 | 0.7346 | 15,735 | 1069 | 0.8797 | |
| 39 | West Virginia University | 15200 | 73100 | 0.7918 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 40 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 29800 | 0.4782 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 40 | Valley City State University | 15600 | 23800 | 0.3425 | 1,663 | 1045 | 0.9942 | |
| 42 | Lindsey Wilson University | 16100 | 49300 | 0.6736 | 1,738 | 1035 | 0 | |
| 42 | Madonna University | 16100 | 67900 | 0.7624 | 1,919 | 925 | 0.6757 | |
| 42 | Niagara University | 16100 | 57400 | 0.7192 | 2,638 | 1170 | 0.876 | |
| 45 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 16400 | 90700 | 0.8192 | 8,727 | 1055 | 0.9703 | |
| 46 | SUNY College at Geneseo | 16600 | 25600 | 0.3515 | 3,943 | 1275 | 0.3333 | |
| 47 | University of Miami | 16800 | 96300 | 0.8257 | 13,241 | 1408 | 0.1761 | |
| 48 | Bethel University | 17000 | 48700 | 0.6516 | 2,674 | 970 | 0.6023 | |
| 49 | Waynesburg University | 17200 | 45000 | 0.6171 | 1,032 | 1093 | 0.8981 | |
| 50 | Duke University | 17300 | 98500 | 0.8246 | 6,525 | 1533 | 0.0524 | |
| 50 | SUNY College at Potsdam | 17300 | 49300 | 0.6493 | 1,750 | 1060 | 0.8241 | |
| 52 | Emporia State University | 17500 | 31200 | 0.4392 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 53 | Utah Tech University | 17700 | 23300 | 0.2407 | 12,993 | 1065 | 1 | |
| 54 | York College of Pennsylvania | 17900 | 45800 | 0.6097 | 3,369 | 1153 | 0.7374 | |
| 55 | Northeastern University | 18000 | 90000 | 0.7997 | 22,456 | 1481 | 0.0562 | |
| 56 | San Jose State University | 18400 | 41100 | 0.5518 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 57 | University of Central Oklahoma | 18800 | 31100 | 0.3959 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 58 | University of Mary | 19000 | 32600 | 0.4175 | 2,821 | 1175 | 0.753 | |
| 59 | Coker University | 19200 | 44900 | 0.5733 | 1,220 | 1050 | 0.9396 | |
| 60 | McMurry University | 19300 | 71400 | 0.7301 | 4,133 | 1104 | 0.8984 | |
| 61 | Unity Environmental University | 19500 | 48200 | 0.595 | 6,525 | 0 | 0.818 | |
| 62 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 19800 | 29900 | 0.3373 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 63 | Carlow University | 19900 | 53900 | 0.6306 | 2,303 | 1084 | 0.8768 | |
| 63 | 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 | |
| 66 | SUNY at Fredonia | 20100 | 53600 | 0.6248 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 67 | Stockton University | 20200 | 32100 | 0.3705 | 7,583 | 1134 | 0.901 | |
| 68 | University of Wyoming | 20400 | 27900 | 0.2682 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 69 | State University of New York at New Paltz | 20500 | 26300 | 0.2208 | 6,113 | 1279 | 0.6267 | |
| 70 | Grove City College | 20600 | 39700 | 0.4817 | 2,247 | 1248 | 0.667 | |
| 70 | State University of New York at Cortland | 20600 | 27700 | 0.2561 | 5,890 | 1175 | 0.624 | |
| 70 | SUNY Oneonta | 20600 | 55300 | 0.6281 | 4,815 | 1090 | 0.7696 | |
| 73 | North Dakota State University | 20700 | 25700 | 0.1942 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 74 | La Sierra University | 20800 | 51200 | 0.5943 | 1,266 | 1124 | 0.9069 | |
| 74 | Millikin University | 20800 | 45000 | 0.5376 | 1,427 | 1065 | 0.765 | |
| 76 | Ferris State University | 20900 | 31000 | 0.3263 | 8,980 | 1015 | 0.8237 | |
| 76 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 20900 | 39200 | 0.4671 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 78 | Central Methodist University-College of Liberal Arts and Sciences | 21000 | 71000 | 0.7039 | 1,040 | 1075 | 0.6271 | |
| 79 | SUNY Old Westbury | 21200 | 38000 | 0.4427 | 4,474 | 1110 | 0.8352 | |
| 80 | Florida College | 21300 | 56800 | 0.6245 | 728 | 1099 | 0.6966 | |
| 81 | Daemen University | 21700 | 56700 | 0.6172 | 1,656 | 1050 | 0.7375 | |
| 82 | Grand Valley State University | 21900 | 36600 | 0.4014 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 83 | Juniata College | 22200 | 75300 | 0.7056 | 1,276 | 1263 | 0.7941 | |
| 84 | University of Florida | 22500 | 43100 | 0.4783 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 85 | Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences | 22600 | 56900 | 0.602 | 533 | 1244 | 0.5269 | |
| 85 | Augustana College | 22600 | 72800 | 0.6891 | 2,536 | 1157 | 0.6628 | |
| 87 | Saint Cloud State University | 22800 | 36800 | 0.3803 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 87 | The University of Alabama | 22800 | 33400 | 0.3172 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 89 | University of Southern Mississippi | 23100 | 23100 | 0 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 90 | Southwest Minnesota State University | 23300 | 26700 | 0.1273 | 7,290 | 1015 | 0.6409 | |
| 91 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 23400 | 36100 | 0.3515 | 34,447 | 1273 | 0.8804 | |
| 92 | Bridgewater State University | 23500 | 37300 | 0.3698 | 8,849 | 1143 | 0.8798 | |
| 93 | Florida International University | 23700 | 34100 | 0.3049 | 46,249 | 1180 | 0.6085 | |
| 94 | Huntingdon College | 23800 | 65000 | 0.6337 | 943 | 1130 | 0.692 | |
| 95 | Saint Edward's University | 24100 | 105600 | 0.7719 | 2,499 | 1128 | 0.8142 | |
| 96 | Montana State University | 24400 | 24400 | 0 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 97 | Wisconsin Lutheran College | 24700 | 56700 | 0.5653 | 957 | 1233 | 0.7816 | |
| 98 | Ave Maria University | 25000 | 46600 | 0.4637 | 1,320 | 1164 | 0.4139 | |
| 98 | East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania | 25000 | 37700 | 0.3365 | 5,130 | 1099 | 0.8645 | |
| 100 | Messiah University | 25100 | 54700 | 0.5412 | 2,722 | 1266 | 0.8107 | |
| 100 | The University of Findlay | 25100 | 50600 | 0.5035 | 4,132 | 1090 | 0.6748 | |
| 102 | University of California-Santa Cruz | 25300 | 43400 | 0.4168 | 18,194 | 1281 | 0.7273 | |
| 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 | |
| 105 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 26100 | 34200 | 0.2366 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 106 | Keuka College | 26200 | 64000 | 0.5901 | 986 | 1043 | 0.8151 | |
| 106 | St. Francis College | 26200 | 39400 | 0.3354 | 1,719 | 1035 | 1 | |
| 108 | Geneva College | 26400 | 50300 | 0.4766 | 1,299 | 1167 | 0.9556 | |
| 108 | Huntington University | 26400 | 44400 | 0.405 | 1,512 | 1065 | 0.7518 | |
| 110 | Trine University | 26500 | 56100 | 0.5279 | 4,373 | 1159 | 0.8548 | |
| 111 | Ball State University | 26600 | 26600 | 0 | 15,950 | 1185 | 0.8625 | |
| 112 | Wingate University | 26800 | 67100 | 0.6016 | 2,673 | 1100 | 0.9113 | |
| 113 | University of Georgia | 27200 | 47400 | 0.4259 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 113 | Weber State University | 27200 | 31600 | 0.1394 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 115 | Florida Southern College | 27700 | 63200 | 0.5616 | 2,682 | 1264 | 0.6442 | |
| 115 | Mitchell College | 27700 | 63900 | 0.5663 | 442 | 817 | 0.9466 | |
| 117 | Wichita State University | 28000 | 30600 | 0.0849 | 14,906 | 1065 | 0.7224 | |
| 118 | Maine Maritime Academy | 28400 | 34400 | 0.1743 | 977 | 1189 | 0.9615 | |
| 119 | Grace College and Theological Seminary | 28500 | 41800 | 0.3164 | 1,795 | 1130 | 0.8215 | |
| 119 | University of Delaware | 28500 | 34500 | 0.1741 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 121 | University of Alaska Southeast | 28900 | 31300 | 0.0766 | 1,559 | 1020 | 0.6192 | |
| 122 | University of Louisville | 29100 | 29100 | 0 | 17,916 | 1134 | 0.7921 | |
| 123 | Jacksonville University | 29200 | 102400 | 0.7148 | 2,916 | 1210 | 0.5748 | |
| 123 | University of Connecticut | 29200 | 55500 | 0.4737 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 125 | Blue Mountain Christian University | 29500 | 39900 | 0.2604 | 915 | 1095 | 0.8895 | |
| 125 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 29500 | 112100 | 0.7367 | 4,999 | 1258 | 0.9296 | |
| 127 | University of Southern California | 29700 | 98300 | 0.698 | 20,768 | 1499 | 0.1119 | |
| 128 | Southwestern College | 29800 | 89500 | 0.6672 | 816 | 1000 | 0.4729 | |
| 128 | University of Pikeville | 29800 | 34800 | 0.1438 | 1,164 | 1070 | 0.8967 | |
| 130 | Bryan College-Dayton | 30100 | 36000 | 0.1639 | 1,565 | 1085 | 1 | |
| 130 | Saint Xavier University | 30100 | 58200 | 0.4825 | 3,100 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 132 | University of Maine | 30700 | 43100 | 0.2878 | 9,182 | 1195 | 0.9562 | |
| 133 | California State University-Long Beach | 30800 | 38800 | 0.2061 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 134 | Charleston Southern University | 31300 | 48400 | 0.3549 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 135 | Centenary University | 31600 | 63000 | 0.4983 | 936 | 1070 | 0.8308 | |
| 135 | Hampton University | 31600 | 54800 | 0.4233 | 4,046 | 1005 | 0.6358 | |
| 137 | University of Mary Hardin-Baylor | 32100 | 51900 | 0.3814 | 2,775 | 1105 | 0.9747 | |
| 138 | Liberty University | 32400 | 44700 | 0.275 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 139 | Nova Southeastern University | 32500 | 56100 | 0.4206 | 7,057 | 1187 | 0.7557 | |
| 140 | University of New England | 32700 | 70900 | 0.5389 | 4,631 | 1145 | 0.9203 | |
| 141 | University of Oregon | 33100 | 40200 | 0.1784 | 20,710 | 1193 | 0.8742 | |
| 142 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 33500 | 38200 | 0.1228 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 143 | Elizabethtown College | 33700 | 57500 | 0.4137 | 1,935 | 1214 | 0.8892 | |
| 144 | Siena University | 34000 | 66400 | 0.4881 | 3,149 | 1301 | 0.8464 | |
| 145 | Samford University | 34800 | 93800 | 0.6291 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 146 | Barry University | 35200 | 58800 | 0.4014 | 4,654 | 1005 | 0.9663 | |
| 146 | Pfeiffer University | 35200 | 56100 | 0.3724 | 696 | 941 | 0.9603 | |
| 146 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 35200 | 46500 | 0.2431 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 149 | Auburn University | 35300 | 35300 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 150 | Roger Williams University | 35500 | 63700 | 0.443 | 3,970 | 1235 | 0.882 | |
| 151 | Bradley University | 35600 | 60600 | 0.4124 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 152 | Western New England University | 35900 | 70600 | 0.4913 | 2,616 | 1199 | 0.8348 | |
| 153 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 36100 | 36100 | 0 | 16,131 | 1275 | 0.6472 | |
| 154 | Indiana Wesleyan University-Marion | 36900 | 49100 | 0.2486 | 2,075 | 1090 | 0.8894 | |
| 155 | Eckerd College | 37400 | 77000 | 0.5143 | 1,893 | 1255 | 0.758 | |
| 156 | University of Rhode Island | 37700 | 58400 | 0.3544 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 157 | Southeastern University | 38000 | 79400 | 0.5216 | 11,981 | 1110 | 0.4247 | |
| 157 | University of Dubuque | 38000 | 65900 | 0.423 | 1,395 | 1074 | 0.8731 | |
| 159 | Reinhardt University | 38600 | 49300 | 0.2161 | 1,129 | 1070 | 0.6154 | |
| 160 | Evangel University | 39000 | 49700 | 0.2151 | 1,843 | 1180 | 0.7161 | |
| 160 | Mississippi State University | 39000 | 53400 | 0.2695 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 162 | Loyola University Chicago | 39100 | 74800 | 0.4775 | 12,640 | 1262 | 0.751 | |
| 163 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 39400 | 42800 | 0.0795 | 14,657 | 1190 | 0.7583 | |
| 164 | Stony Brook University | 39600 | 53000 | 0.2527 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 165 | Saint Joseph's College of Maine | 40300 | 66900 | 0.3978 | 1,105 | 1055 | 0.8351 | |
| 166 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5061 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 167 | College of Charleston | 42100 | 64600 | 0.3484 | 10,596 | 1234 | 0.73 | |
| 168 | Rollins College | 42700 | 85700 | 0.5019 | 2,639 | 1284 | 0.5285 | |
| 169 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43300 | 68700 | 0.3694 | 4,279 | 1234 | 0.5796 | |
| 169 | Montclair State University | 43300 | 47000 | 0.0788 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 171 | Providence College | 43600 | 85000 | 0.487 | 4,680 | 1345 | 0.4994 | |
| 172 | Western Washington University | 44900 | 52400 | 0.1431 | 13,609 | 1199 | 0.9371 | |
| 173 | Illinois State University | 45700 | 49100 | 0.0692 | 19,513 | 1115 | 0.8555 | |
| 173 | The University of Tampa | 45700 | 58500 | 0.2187 | 10,710 | 1250 | 0.4363 | |
| 175 | University of New Haven | 46100 | 73500 | 0.3726 | 4,969 | 1219 | 0.5589 | |
| 176 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47100 | 61500 | 0.234 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 177 | St. John's University-New York | 47600 | 83800 | 0.4322 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 178 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48300 | 51200 | 0.0565 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 179 | Lipscomb University | 48800 | 69900 | 0.3021 | 3,327 | 1214 | 0.6774 | |
| 180 | DePaul University | 49100 | 69400 | 0.2923 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 181 | Sacred Heart University | 49900 | 67500 | 0.2607 | 7,291 | 1265 | 0.6363 | |
| 182 | Northwest Nazarene University | 50200 | 87600 | 0.4268 | 1,043 | 1145 | 0.7159 | |
| 183 | Quinnipiac University | 51000 | 79700 | 0.3603 | 6,610 | 1250 | 0.7031 | |
| 184 | Dallas Baptist University | 55800 | 84300 | 0.3381 | 2,938 | 1073 | 0.9131 | |
| 185 | University of California-San Diego | 56000 | 79600 | 0.2964 | 35,442 | 1375 | 0.2856 | |
| 186 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58300 | 63700 | 0.0848 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 187 | Hawaii Pacific University | 63400 | 65800 | 0.0364 | 3,468 | 1200 | 0.8855 | |
| 188 | University of California-Davis | 68200 | 69900 | 0.0243 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.
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