Considering a degree in biology?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for biology majors who live in South Dakota.
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 Dakota.
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 | 96000 | 0.9382 | 6,738 | 1500 | 0.0418 | |
| 2 | Brigham Young University | 8100 | 22300 | 0.6382 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 3 | University of Nevada-Reno | 10100 | 32500 | 0.6894 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 4 | Savannah State University | 11100 | 50900 | 0.7822 | 2,966 | 950 | 1 | |
| 5 | Southern Utah University | 11300 | 51400 | 0.7801 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 6 | Eastern Washington University | 11800 | 28600 | 0.5879 | 7,640 | 1045 | 0.8526 | |
| 7 | University of Hawaii at Hilo | 12000 | 56000 | 0.7857 | 2,304 | 990 | 0.8351 | |
| 8 | Francis Marion University | 12100 | 31300 | 0.6134 | 3,793 | 1015 | 0.9508 | |
| 9 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 12900 | 24900 | 0.4811 | 5,677 | 985 | 0.9301 | |
| 10 | Boston University | 13000 | 93200 | 0.8604 | 18,289 | 1475 | 0.1283 | |
| 10 | University of West Florida | 13000 | 50500 | 0.7433 | 9,971 | 1120 | 0.5822 | |
| 12 | Wesleyan College | 13200 | 63100 | 0.7912 | 500 | 1065 | 0.591 | |
| 13 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 13300 | 62800 | 0.7881 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 13 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 13300 | 29300 | 0.5461 | 8,421 | 1054 | 0.9444 | |
| 15 | Mayville State University | 13400 | 22000 | 0.3922 | 1,067 | 1034 | 0.7825 | |
| 16 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 13500 | 27100 | 0.5011 | 29,727 | 990 | 0.9229 | |
| 16 | University of Delaware | 13500 | 34500 | 0.6095 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 18 | Coastal Carolina University | 13800 | 27200 | 0.4927 | 11,471 | 1160 | 0.7003 | |
| 19 | University of the Virgin Islands | 14400 | 29600 | 0.5128 | 1,650 | 900 | 0.9936 | |
| 20 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 14500 | 22800 | 0.3645 | 11,994 | 1090 | 0.8651 | |
| 21 | Central Michigan University | 14600 | 37400 | 0.6102 | 10,238 | 1099 | 0.9104 | |
| 22 | Arkansas Tech University | 14700 | 31400 | 0.5311 | 8,279 | 1055 | 0.9747 | |
| 22 | Eastern Michigan University | 14700 | 33900 | 0.5658 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 22 | Georgetown University | 14700 | 92700 | 0.8414 | 7,908 | 1470 | 0.1349 | |
| 22 | Mercy University | 14700 | 46400 | 0.6836 | 6,692 | 1135 | 0.8724 | |
| 22 | Salem State University | 14700 | 38300 | 0.6158 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 27 | Miles College | 14900 | 35100 | 0.5754 | 1,180 | 0 | 1 | |
| 27 | Virginia Union University | 14900 | 51700 | 0.712 | 1,205 | 870 | 0.9802 | |
| 29 | Troy University | 15300 | 26700 | 0.4269 | 10,130 | 1075 | 0.9535 | |
| 30 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 15400 | 71500 | 0.7849 | 15,735 | 1069 | 0.8797 | |
| 31 | West Virginia University | 15500 | 73100 | 0.7876 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 32 | Ball State University | 15600 | 22400 | 0.3037 | 15,950 | 1185 | 0.8625 | |
| 32 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 38800 | 0.5992 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 34 | Lindsey Wilson University | 16100 | 49300 | 0.6736 | 1,738 | 1035 | 0 | |
| 34 | Madonna University | 16100 | 67900 | 0.7624 | 1,919 | 925 | 0.6757 | |
| 34 | Niagara University | 16100 | 57400 | 0.7192 | 2,638 | 1170 | 0.876 | |
| 37 | SUNY College at Geneseo | 16700 | 25600 | 0.3476 | 3,943 | 1275 | 0.3333 | |
| 38 | Bethel University | 16900 | 48700 | 0.6536 | 2,674 | 970 | 0.6023 | |
| 38 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 16900 | 90700 | 0.8137 | 8,727 | 1055 | 0.9703 | |
| 38 | University of Miami | 16900 | 96300 | 0.8246 | 13,241 | 1408 | 0.1761 | |
| 41 | California State University-Long Beach | 17000 | 25800 | 0.3412 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 41 | Utah State University | 17000 | 34000 | 0.5001 | 26,629 | 1168 | 0.9212 | |
| 43 | Duke University | 17300 | 98500 | 0.8246 | 6,525 | 1533 | 0.0524 | |
| 44 | SUNY College at Potsdam | 17400 | 49300 | 0.6473 | 1,750 | 1060 | 0.8241 | |
| 44 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 17400 | 29900 | 0.4174 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 44 | Weber State University | 17400 | 20300 | 0.1431 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 47 | Emporia State University | 17800 | 31200 | 0.4296 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 48 | Utah Tech University | 17900 | 23300 | 0.2321 | 12,993 | 1065 | 1 | |
| 48 | Waynesburg University | 17900 | 45000 | 0.6029 | 1,032 | 1093 | 0.8981 | |
| 48 | York College of Pennsylvania | 17900 | 45800 | 0.6097 | 3,369 | 1153 | 0.7374 | |
| 51 | Winona State University | 18000 | 23000 | 0.2168 | 5,317 | 1115 | 0.7549 | |
| 52 | Northeastern University | 18200 | 90000 | 0.7974 | 22,456 | 1481 | 0.0562 | |
| 53 | San Jose State University | 18600 | 41100 | 0.5469 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 54 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 18900 | 28300 | 0.3311 | 3,375 | 1090 | 0.5885 | |
| 55 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 19300 | 28500 | 0.3231 | 14,657 | 1190 | 0.7583 | |
| 56 | University of Mary | 19400 | 32600 | 0.4063 | 2,821 | 1175 | 0.753 | |
| 57 | Unity Environmental University | 19500 | 48200 | 0.595 | 6,525 | 0 | 0.818 | |
| 58 | Coker University | 19600 | 47800 | 0.5902 | 1,220 | 1050 | 0.9396 | |
| 58 | East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania | 19600 | 33700 | 0.4181 | 5,130 | 1099 | 0.8645 | |
| 58 | McMurry University | 19600 | 71400 | 0.7259 | 4,133 | 1104 | 0.8984 | |
| 61 | Carlow University | 20000 | 53900 | 0.6287 | 2,303 | 1084 | 0.8768 | |
| 61 | Minot State University | 20000 | 23500 | 0.1497 | 2,499 | 1075 | 0.6462 | |
| 63 | SUNY at Fredonia | 20100 | 53600 | 0.6248 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 64 | South Dakota State University | 20300 | 25200 | 0.1941 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 65 | North Dakota State University | 20700 | 25700 | 0.1942 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 65 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 20700 | 30600 | 0.3258 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 65 | SUNY Oneonta | 20700 | 55300 | 0.6262 | 4,815 | 1090 | 0.7696 | |
| 68 | Grove City College | 20800 | 39700 | 0.4767 | 2,247 | 1248 | 0.667 | |
| 68 | La Sierra University | 20800 | 51200 | 0.5943 | 1,266 | 1124 | 0.9069 | |
| 68 | Millikin University | 20800 | 45000 | 0.5376 | 1,427 | 1065 | 0.765 | |
| 71 | Ferris State University | 20900 | 31000 | 0.3263 | 8,980 | 1015 | 0.8237 | |
| 72 | Central Methodist University-College of Liberal Arts and Sciences | 21200 | 71000 | 0.7011 | 1,040 | 1075 | 0.6271 | |
| 72 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 21200 | 39200 | 0.4594 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 74 | SUNY Old Westbury | 21300 | 38000 | 0.4401 | 4,474 | 1110 | 0.8352 | |
| 75 | Stockton University | 21400 | 46100 | 0.536 | 7,583 | 1134 | 0.901 | |
| 76 | Florida College | 21500 | 56800 | 0.6209 | 728 | 1099 | 0.6966 | |
| 76 | Valley City State University | 21500 | 24700 | 0.1275 | 1,663 | 1045 | 0.9942 | |
| 78 | Daemen University | 21700 | 56700 | 0.6172 | 1,656 | 1050 | 0.7375 | |
| 78 | University of Florida | 21700 | 22500 | 0.0355 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 80 | Grand Valley State University | 21900 | 36600 | 0.4014 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 81 | Juniata College | 22200 | 75300 | 0.7056 | 1,276 | 1263 | 0.7941 | |
| 82 | Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences | 22600 | 56900 | 0.602 | 533 | 1244 | 0.5269 | |
| 82 | Augustana College | 22600 | 72800 | 0.6891 | 2,536 | 1157 | 0.6628 | |
| 84 | Saint Cloud State University | 22800 | 36800 | 0.3803 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 85 | Southwest Minnesota State University | 23300 | 26700 | 0.1273 | 7,290 | 1015 | 0.6409 | |
| 86 | University of South Dakota | 23500 | 26900 | 0.1263 | 7,515 | 1120 | 0.9884 | |
| 87 | Bridgewater State University | 23700 | 37300 | 0.3642 | 8,849 | 1143 | 0.8798 | |
| 87 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 23700 | 36100 | 0.3432 | 34,447 | 1273 | 0.8804 | |
| 89 | Huntingdon College | 23900 | 65000 | 0.6322 | 943 | 1130 | 0.692 | |
| 89 | Northern Arizona University | 23900 | 37100 | 0.3578 | 22,203 | 1129 | 0.8961 | |
| 89 | State University of New York at New Paltz | 23900 | 35700 | 0.3302 | 6,113 | 1279 | 0.6267 | |
| 92 | Saint Edward's University | 24400 | 105600 | 0.7691 | 2,499 | 1128 | 0.8142 | |
| 92 | University of Southern Mississippi | 24400 | 27200 | 0.1029 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 94 | Wisconsin Lutheran College | 24700 | 56700 | 0.5653 | 957 | 1233 | 0.7816 | |
| 95 | Ave Maria University | 25000 | 46600 | 0.4637 | 1,320 | 1164 | 0.4139 | |
| 95 | Montana State University | 25000 | 31600 | 0.2091 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 97 | Messiah University | 25200 | 54700 | 0.5393 | 2,722 | 1266 | 0.8107 | |
| 98 | University of Central Oklahoma | 25300 | 34000 | 0.2558 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 99 | The University of Findlay | 25400 | 50600 | 0.4976 | 4,132 | 1090 | 0.6748 | |
| 99 | University of South Florida | 25400 | 36500 | 0.3038 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 101 | Minnesota State University, Mankato | 25600 | 28000 | 0.0854 | 13,433 | 1145 | 0.8844 | |
| 102 | Stony Brook University | 26100 | 33200 | 0.2129 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 103 | Keuka College | 26200 | 64000 | 0.5901 | 986 | 1043 | 0.8151 | |
| 104 | Geneva College | 26400 | 50300 | 0.4766 | 1,299 | 1167 | 0.9556 | |
| 105 | Trine University | 26500 | 56100 | 0.5279 | 4,373 | 1159 | 0.8548 | |
| 106 | St. Francis College | 26700 | 39400 | 0.3227 | 1,719 | 1035 | 1 | |
| 107 | Wingate University | 26800 | 67100 | 0.6016 | 2,673 | 1100 | 0.9113 | |
| 108 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 27100 | 40600 | 0.3323 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 109 | Florida Southern College | 27700 | 63200 | 0.5616 | 2,682 | 1264 | 0.6442 | |
| 109 | Mitchell College | 27700 | 63900 | 0.5663 | 442 | 817 | 0.9466 | |
| 111 | Maine Maritime Academy | 28400 | 34400 | 0.1743 | 977 | 1189 | 0.9615 | |
| 112 | Grace College and Theological Seminary | 28800 | 41800 | 0.3103 | 1,795 | 1130 | 0.8215 | |
| 113 | University of Alaska Southeast | 28900 | 31300 | 0.0766 | 1,559 | 1020 | 0.6192 | |
| 114 | Huntington University | 29200 | 44400 | 0.342 | 1,512 | 1065 | 0.7518 | |
| 115 | Jacksonville University | 29400 | 102400 | 0.7128 | 2,916 | 1210 | 0.5748 | |
| 116 | Blue Mountain Christian University | 29500 | 39900 | 0.2604 | 915 | 1095 | 0.8895 | |
| 117 | University of Southern California | 29700 | 98300 | 0.698 | 20,768 | 1499 | 0.1119 | |
| 118 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 29800 | 112100 | 0.7341 | 4,999 | 1258 | 0.9296 | |
| 118 | Southwestern College | 29800 | 89500 | 0.6672 | 816 | 1000 | 0.4729 | |
| 118 | University of Pikeville | 29800 | 34800 | 0.1438 | 1,164 | 1070 | 0.8967 | |
| 121 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29900 | 34200 | 0.1256 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 122 | Bryan College-Dayton | 30100 | 36000 | 0.1639 | 1,565 | 1085 | 1 | |
| 123 | Saint Xavier University | 30400 | 58200 | 0.4774 | 3,100 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 124 | University of Maine | 31000 | 43100 | 0.2809 | 9,182 | 1195 | 0.9562 | |
| 125 | Centenary University | 31600 | 63000 | 0.4983 | 936 | 1070 | 0.8308 | |
| 125 | Hampton University | 31600 | 54800 | 0.4233 | 4,046 | 1005 | 0.6358 | |
| 127 | University of Mary Hardin-Baylor | 32100 | 51900 | 0.3814 | 2,775 | 1105 | 0.9747 | |
| 128 | Liberty University | 32400 | 44700 | 0.275 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 129 | University of New England | 32700 | 70900 | 0.5389 | 4,631 | 1145 | 0.9203 | |
| 130 | Nova Southeastern University | 32800 | 56100 | 0.4152 | 7,057 | 1187 | 0.7557 | |
| 131 | University of Louisville | 32900 | 42100 | 0.2183 | 17,916 | 1134 | 0.7921 | |
| 132 | University of Oregon | 33100 | 40200 | 0.1784 | 20,710 | 1193 | 0.8742 | |
| 133 | Elizabethtown College | 33700 | 57500 | 0.4137 | 1,935 | 1214 | 0.8892 | |
| 134 | Wichita State University | 33900 | 42200 | 0.1968 | 14,906 | 1065 | 0.7224 | |
| 135 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 34000 | 34200 | 0.0059 | 16,131 | 1275 | 0.6472 | |
| 136 | Charleston Southern University | 34100 | 48400 | 0.2971 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 137 | Siena University | 34400 | 66400 | 0.4821 | 3,149 | 1301 | 0.8464 | |
| 138 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 34800 | 59100 | 0.4109 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 139 | Samford University | 34900 | 93800 | 0.628 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 140 | Barry University | 35100 | 58800 | 0.4031 | 4,654 | 1005 | 0.9663 | |
| 141 | Pfeiffer University | 35200 | 56100 | 0.3724 | 696 | 941 | 0.9603 | |
| 141 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 35200 | 46500 | 0.2431 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 143 | Roger Williams University | 35500 | 63700 | 0.443 | 3,970 | 1235 | 0.882 | |
| 144 | Western New England University | 35800 | 70600 | 0.4927 | 2,616 | 1199 | 0.8348 | |
| 145 | Bradley University | 35900 | 60600 | 0.4075 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 146 | Florida International University | 36500 | 36800 | 0.0081 | 46,249 | 1180 | 0.6085 | |
| 146 | Western Washington University | 36500 | 36500 | 0 | 13,609 | 1199 | 0.9371 | |
| 148 | Indiana Wesleyan University-Marion | 36900 | 49100 | 0.2486 | 2,075 | 1090 | 0.8894 | |
| 149 | University of Connecticut | 37000 | 66200 | 0.4414 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 150 | Eckerd College | 37400 | 77000 | 0.5143 | 1,893 | 1255 | 0.758 | |
| 151 | University of Dubuque | 38000 | 65900 | 0.423 | 1,395 | 1074 | 0.8731 | |
| 152 | University of Rhode Island | 38100 | 58400 | 0.3475 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 153 | Southeastern University | 38200 | 79400 | 0.519 | 11,981 | 1110 | 0.4247 | |
| 154 | Evangel University | 39000 | 49700 | 0.2151 | 1,843 | 1180 | 0.7161 | |
| 154 | Mississippi State University | 39000 | 53400 | 0.2695 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 156 | Loyola University Chicago | 39300 | 74800 | 0.4748 | 12,640 | 1262 | 0.751 | |
| 157 | University of Wyoming | 39900 | 45300 | 0.1191 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 158 | Saint Joseph's College of Maine | 40200 | 66900 | 0.3993 | 1,105 | 1055 | 0.8351 | |
| 159 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5061 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 160 | University of Central Florida | 42100 | 42100 | 0 | 60,083 | 1289 | 0.428 | |
| 161 | Rollins College | 42800 | 85700 | 0.5007 | 2,639 | 1284 | 0.5285 | |
| 162 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43300 | 68700 | 0.3694 | 4,279 | 1234 | 0.5796 | |
| 162 | Montclair State University | 43300 | 47000 | 0.0788 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 164 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 43900 | 72500 | 0.3946 | 10,368 | 1064 | 0.999 | |
| 165 | Providence College | 44000 | 85000 | 0.4823 | 4,680 | 1345 | 0.4994 | |
| 166 | State University of New York at Cortland | 44700 | 52600 | 0.1501 | 5,890 | 1175 | 0.624 | |
| 167 | Illinois State University | 45700 | 49100 | 0.0692 | 19,513 | 1115 | 0.8555 | |
| 168 | The University of Tampa | 45800 | 58500 | 0.217 | 10,710 | 1250 | 0.4363 | |
| 169 | University of New Haven | 46000 | 73500 | 0.374 | 4,969 | 1219 | 0.5589 | |
| 170 | Reinhardt University | 46900 | 59300 | 0.2091 | 1,129 | 1070 | 0.6154 | |
| 171 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47100 | 61500 | 0.234 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 172 | St. John's University-New York | 47700 | 83800 | 0.431 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 173 | University of Georgia | 48400 | 52300 | 0.0746 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 174 | Lipscomb University | 48800 | 69900 | 0.3016 | 3,327 | 1214 | 0.6774 | |
| 175 | DePaul University | 49100 | 69400 | 0.2923 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 176 | College of Charleston | 49600 | 64600 | 0.2322 | 10,596 | 1234 | 0.73 | |
| 177 | Sacred Heart University | 50100 | 67500 | 0.2578 | 7,291 | 1265 | 0.6363 | |
| 178 | Northwest Nazarene University | 50200 | 87600 | 0.4268 | 1,043 | 1145 | 0.7159 | |
| 179 | Quinnipiac University | 50800 | 79700 | 0.3628 | 6,610 | 1250 | 0.7031 | |
| 179 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 50800 | 63800 | 0.2038 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 181 | Dallas Baptist University | 55800 | 84300 | 0.3381 | 2,938 | 1073 | 0.9131 | |
| 182 | University of California-San Diego | 56300 | 79600 | 0.2926 | 35,442 | 1375 | 0.2856 | |
| 183 | The University of Alabama | 57400 | 58500 | 0.0188 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 184 | Auburn University | 59200 | 59200 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 185 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 60600 | 67600 | 0.1035 | 40,996 | 1399 | 0.4175 | |
| 186 | Hawaii Pacific University | 63400 | 65800 | 0.0364 | 3,468 | 1200 | 0.8855 | |
| 187 | University of California-Davis | 68000 | 69900 | 0.0272 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 188 | University of California-Irvine | 72000 | 75200 | 0.0426 | 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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