Considering a degree in biology?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for biology majors who live in Vermont.
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 Vermont.
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 | 95200 | 0.9377 | 6,738 | 1500 | 0.0418 | |
| 2 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 7700 | 36100 | 0.7877 | 10,368 | 1064 | 0.999 | |
| 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 | Savannah State University | 10600 | 26700 | 0.6037 | 2,966 | 950 | 1 | |
| 6 | Eastern Washington University | 11500 | 31200 | 0.6315 | 7,640 | 1045 | 0.8526 | |
| 6 | Northern Arizona University | 11500 | 27900 | 0.5865 | 22,203 | 1129 | 0.8961 | |
| 8 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 12200 | 24900 | 0.5092 | 5,677 | 985 | 0.9301 | |
| 8 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 12200 | 25000 | 0.5113 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 10 | Boston University | 12300 | 92800 | 0.8676 | 18,289 | 1475 | 0.1283 | |
| 10 | Duke University | 12300 | 93600 | 0.8688 | 6,525 | 1533 | 0.0524 | |
| 12 | Georgetown University | 12600 | 92700 | 0.8641 | 7,908 | 1470 | 0.1349 | |
| 12 | University of the Virgin Islands | 12600 | 22800 | 0.4467 | 1,650 | 900 | 0.9936 | |
| 14 | University of South Florida | 12900 | 17100 | 0.2454 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 15 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 13200 | 49100 | 0.7312 | 29,727 | 990 | 0.9229 | |
| 16 | Wesleyan College | 14000 | 43800 | 0.6802 | 500 | 1065 | 0.591 | |
| 17 | Arkansas Tech University | 14300 | 34400 | 0.5844 | 8,279 | 1055 | 0.9747 | |
| 18 | Central Michigan University | 14500 | 37800 | 0.6157 | 10,238 | 1099 | 0.9104 | |
| 18 | Virginia Union University | 14500 | 39400 | 0.6315 | 1,205 | 870 | 0.9802 | |
| 20 | Miles College | 14600 | 25400 | 0.4246 | 1,180 | 0 | 1 | |
| 21 | Northeastern University | 15000 | 89900 | 0.8331 | 22,456 | 1481 | 0.0562 | |
| 22 | Troy University | 15400 | 26700 | 0.4231 | 10,130 | 1075 | 0.9535 | |
| 23 | University of Central Oklahoma | 15500 | 28700 | 0.46 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 24 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 38800 | 0.5992 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 24 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 15600 | 29300 | 0.4676 | 8,421 | 1054 | 0.9444 | |
| 26 | Valley City State University | 15700 | 23800 | 0.3378 | 1,663 | 1045 | 0.9942 | |
| 27 | Weber State University | 16000 | 23600 | 0.3216 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 28 | University of California-Los Angeles | 16300 | 36700 | 0.5554 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 29 | Eastern Michigan University | 16500 | 36100 | 0.543 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 29 | Ferris State University | 16500 | 31000 | 0.4685 | 8,980 | 1015 | 0.8237 | |
| 29 | University of Maine | 16500 | 29300 | 0.4371 | 9,182 | 1195 | 0.9562 | |
| 32 | Waynesburg University | 16600 | 45000 | 0.6306 | 1,032 | 1093 | 0.8981 | |
| 33 | Vermont State University | 16700 | 27000 | 0.3789 | 4,087 | 960 | 0.8323 | |
| 34 | West Virginia University | 16800 | 40900 | 0.589 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 35 | Winona State University | 17000 | 23000 | 0.2596 | 5,317 | 1115 | 0.7549 | |
| 36 | Millikin University | 17100 | 45000 | 0.6198 | 1,427 | 1065 | 0.765 | |
| 37 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 17400 | 29900 | 0.4171 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 38 | Daemen University | 17500 | 55100 | 0.6825 | 1,656 | 1050 | 0.7375 | |
| 38 | Salem State University | 17500 | 28500 | 0.3859 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 40 | University of Miami | 17700 | 95700 | 0.8149 | 13,241 | 1408 | 0.1761 | |
| 41 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 17800 | 22800 | 0.2196 | 11,994 | 1090 | 0.8651 | |
| 41 | Utah Tech University | 17800 | 23300 | 0.2364 | 12,993 | 1065 | 1 | |
| 43 | Bethel University | 18000 | 35300 | 0.4896 | 2,674 | 970 | 0.6023 | |
| 43 | Bridgewater State University | 18000 | 25400 | 0.291 | 8,849 | 1143 | 0.8798 | |
| 43 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 18000 | 39000 | 0.538 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 46 | Lindsey Wilson University | 18300 | 47100 | 0.6117 | 1,738 | 1035 | 0 | |
| 47 | University of Mary | 18600 | 32600 | 0.4281 | 2,821 | 1175 | 0.753 | |
| 48 | Madonna University | 19200 | 49200 | 0.6101 | 1,919 | 925 | 0.6757 | |
| 49 | Carlow University | 19600 | 82500 | 0.7625 | 2,303 | 1084 | 0.8768 | |
| 50 | Wichita State University | 19700 | 29800 | 0.3384 | 14,906 | 1065 | 0.7224 | |
| 51 | McMurry University | 19800 | 51900 | 0.618 | 4,133 | 1104 | 0.8984 | |
| 52 | University of Southern California | 20000 | 75900 | 0.7369 | 20,768 | 1499 | 0.1119 | |
| 53 | Coker University | 20100 | 47800 | 0.5798 | 1,220 | 1050 | 0.9396 | |
| 53 | Minot State University | 20100 | 23500 | 0.145 | 2,499 | 1075 | 0.6462 | |
| 53 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 20100 | 32300 | 0.3775 | 15,735 | 1069 | 0.8797 | |
| 56 | Grove City College | 20500 | 39700 | 0.4842 | 2,247 | 1248 | 0.667 | |
| 57 | La Sierra University | 20600 | 65900 | 0.687 | 1,266 | 1124 | 0.9069 | |
| 58 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 20700 | 30600 | 0.3258 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 58 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 20700 | 39200 | 0.4722 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 60 | Florida College | 20800 | 34200 | 0.3921 | 728 | 1099 | 0.6966 | |
| 60 | Mayville State University | 20800 | 23800 | 0.1275 | 1,067 | 1034 | 0.7825 | |
| 60 | North Dakota State University | 20800 | 25700 | 0.19 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 63 | State University of New York at New Paltz | 21400 | 26300 | 0.1865 | 6,113 | 1279 | 0.6267 | |
| 64 | Bradley University | 21800 | 50800 | 0.5708 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 64 | Central Methodist University-College of Liberal Arts and Sciences | 21800 | 52700 | 0.5867 | 1,040 | 1075 | 0.6271 | |
| 64 | Niagara University | 21800 | 57400 | 0.62 | 2,638 | 1170 | 0.876 | |
| 67 | Grand Valley State University | 22100 | 35900 | 0.3849 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 68 | The University of Alabama | 22600 | 31000 | 0.2708 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 69 | Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences | 22700 | 56900 | 0.6007 | 533 | 1244 | 0.5269 | |
| 69 | Augustana College | 22700 | 72800 | 0.688 | 2,536 | 1157 | 0.6628 | |
| 69 | East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania | 22700 | 31300 | 0.2751 | 5,130 | 1099 | 0.8645 | |
| 69 | Juniata College | 22700 | 73800 | 0.6922 | 1,276 | 1263 | 0.7941 | |
| 73 | Saint Cloud State University | 22900 | 36800 | 0.3773 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 73 | San Jose State University | 22900 | 41100 | 0.4429 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 75 | Roger Williams University | 23100 | 63700 | 0.6375 | 3,970 | 1235 | 0.882 | |
| 75 | University of Southern Mississippi | 23100 | 23100 | 0 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 77 | Southwest Minnesota State University | 23400 | 26700 | 0.1231 | 7,290 | 1015 | 0.6409 | |
| 77 | York College of Pennsylvania | 23400 | 45800 | 0.4895 | 3,369 | 1153 | 0.7374 | |
| 79 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 23600 | 90700 | 0.7398 | 8,727 | 1055 | 0.9703 | |
| 79 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 23600 | 24900 | 0.0522 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 81 | Florida International University | 23700 | 23700 | 0 | 46,249 | 1180 | 0.6085 | |
| 82 | Keuka College | 24100 | 59400 | 0.5937 | 986 | 1043 | 0.8151 | |
| 82 | Stockton University | 24100 | 32100 | 0.2491 | 7,583 | 1134 | 0.901 | |
| 84 | Unity Environmental University | 24500 | 29900 | 0.1809 | 6,525 | 0 | 0.818 | |
| 85 | Huntingdon College | 24600 | 44400 | 0.4457 | 943 | 1130 | 0.692 | |
| 86 | Wisconsin Lutheran College | 24700 | 56700 | 0.5642 | 957 | 1233 | 0.7816 | |
| 87 | Emporia State University | 24800 | 32000 | 0.2249 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 88 | University of Hawaii at Hilo | 25200 | 38300 | 0.3422 | 2,304 | 990 | 0.8351 | |
| 89 | The University of Findlay | 25400 | 50600 | 0.4976 | 4,132 | 1090 | 0.6748 | |
| 90 | Ave Maria University | 25500 | 46600 | 0.453 | 1,320 | 1164 | 0.4139 | |
| 90 | University of Mary Hardin-Baylor | 25500 | 53800 | 0.5262 | 2,775 | 1105 | 0.9747 | |
| 92 | Evangel University | 25700 | 40900 | 0.372 | 1,843 | 1180 | 0.7161 | |
| 92 | Minnesota State University, Mankato | 25700 | 28000 | 0.0815 | 13,433 | 1145 | 0.8844 | |
| 94 | Messiah University | 25900 | 54300 | 0.5228 | 2,722 | 1266 | 0.8107 | |
| 95 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 26000 | 28300 | 0.0808 | 3,375 | 1090 | 0.5885 | |
| 96 | SUNY College at Potsdam | 26300 | 37700 | 0.3022 | 1,750 | 1060 | 0.8241 | |
| 97 | Ball State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 15,950 | 1185 | 0.8625 | |
| 97 | Geneva College | 26400 | 50300 | 0.4754 | 1,299 | 1167 | 0.9556 | |
| 99 | Trine University | 26500 | 56100 | 0.5277 | 4,373 | 1159 | 0.8548 | |
| 100 | Wingate University | 26700 | 65000 | 0.5892 | 2,673 | 1100 | 0.9113 | |
| 101 | St. Francis College | 26900 | 39400 | 0.3177 | 1,719 | 1035 | 1 | |
| 102 | Florida Southern College | 27700 | 63200 | 0.5615 | 2,682 | 1264 | 0.6442 | |
| 103 | Mitchell College | 27800 | 66600 | 0.5826 | 442 | 817 | 0.9466 | |
| 103 | Saint Edward's University | 27800 | 73200 | 0.6205 | 2,499 | 1128 | 0.8142 | |
| 105 | Grace College and Theological Seminary | 28300 | 41800 | 0.3223 | 1,795 | 1130 | 0.8215 | |
| 106 | Francis Marion University | 28500 | 40200 | 0.2914 | 3,793 | 1015 | 0.9508 | |
| 107 | Maine Maritime Academy | 28600 | 33400 | 0.1439 | 977 | 1189 | 0.9615 | |
| 107 | Saint Xavier University | 28600 | 53700 | 0.4671 | 3,100 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 109 | University of Alaska Southeast | 29000 | 31300 | 0.0731 | 1,559 | 1020 | 0.6192 | |
| 110 | Huntington University | 29300 | 44300 | 0.3384 | 1,512 | 1065 | 0.7518 | |
| 111 | Montclair State University | 29400 | 36300 | 0.1902 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 112 | Montana State University | 29500 | 31900 | 0.0751 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 113 | Blue Mountain Christian University | 29600 | 39900 | 0.2576 | 915 | 1095 | 0.8895 | |
| 114 | Lipscomb University | 29800 | 57800 | 0.4841 | 3,327 | 1214 | 0.6774 | |
| 114 | University of Pikeville | 29800 | 34800 | 0.1438 | 1,164 | 1070 | 0.8967 | |
| 116 | Southern Utah University | 29900 | 40800 | 0.2673 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 117 | University of Connecticut | 30000 | 49700 | 0.3962 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 117 | University of West Florida | 30000 | 38000 | 0.2104 | 9,971 | 1120 | 0.5822 | |
| 119 | Mercy University | 30100 | 44500 | 0.3237 | 6,692 | 1135 | 0.8724 | |
| 119 | Mississippi State University | 30100 | 34400 | 0.1245 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 119 | Southwestern College | 30100 | 64400 | 0.5326 | 816 | 1000 | 0.4729 | |
| 122 | Bryan College-Dayton | 30200 | 36000 | 0.1609 | 1,565 | 1085 | 1 | |
| 123 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 30500 | 39200 | 0.2222 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 124 | Jacksonville University | 30800 | 74200 | 0.5847 | 2,916 | 1210 | 0.5748 | |
| 125 | California State University-Long Beach | 30900 | 38900 | 0.2058 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 126 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 31000 | 77600 | 0.6003 | 4,999 | 1258 | 0.9296 | |
| 126 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 31000 | 59100 | 0.4752 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 128 | University of Louisville | 31200 | 42000 | 0.257 | 17,916 | 1134 | 0.7921 | |
| 129 | Hampton University | 31600 | 54800 | 0.4233 | 4,046 | 1005 | 0.6358 | |
| 130 | Samford University | 32600 | 64600 | 0.4955 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 131 | Liberty University | 33200 | 44600 | 0.2556 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 132 | SUNY Old Westbury | 33600 | 40900 | 0.1785 | 4,474 | 1110 | 0.8352 | |
| 133 | Elizabethtown College | 33700 | 55300 | 0.3907 | 1,935 | 1214 | 0.8892 | |
| 134 | Nova Southeastern University | 34100 | 56100 | 0.3921 | 7,057 | 1187 | 0.7557 | |
| 134 | SUNY at Fredonia | 34100 | 39600 | 0.1391 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 136 | Charleston Southern University | 34200 | 48400 | 0.2949 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 136 | University of Rhode Island | 34200 | 44300 | 0.2278 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 138 | Siena University | 34400 | 65100 | 0.4717 | 3,149 | 1301 | 0.8464 | |
| 138 | Southeastern University | 34400 | 60500 | 0.4312 | 11,981 | 1110 | 0.4247 | |
| 140 | SUNY College at Geneseo | 34500 | 39400 | 0.1245 | 3,943 | 1275 | 0.3333 | |
| 140 | University of Oregon | 34500 | 40200 | 0.1416 | 20,710 | 1193 | 0.8742 | |
| 142 | Coastal Carolina University | 34900 | 45100 | 0.2259 | 11,471 | 1160 | 0.7003 | |
| 143 | University of New England | 35100 | 68000 | 0.4841 | 4,631 | 1145 | 0.9203 | |
| 144 | Barry University | 35200 | 56400 | 0.3757 | 4,654 | 1005 | 0.9663 | |
| 145 | Pfeiffer University | 35300 | 56100 | 0.3704 | 696 | 941 | 0.9603 | |
| 146 | Centenary University | 35400 | 63600 | 0.4433 | 936 | 1070 | 0.8308 | |
| 147 | The University of Tampa | 35500 | 56900 | 0.3758 | 10,710 | 1250 | 0.4363 | |
| 148 | Indiana Wesleyan University-Marion | 36000 | 48500 | 0.2574 | 2,075 | 1090 | 0.8894 | |
| 149 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 36100 | 36100 | 0 | 16,131 | 1275 | 0.6472 | |
| 150 | Eckerd College | 36600 | 75100 | 0.5126 | 1,893 | 1255 | 0.758 | |
| 151 | University of Nevada-Reno | 37300 | 45800 | 0.1857 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 152 | Northwest Nazarene University | 38100 | 62800 | 0.3932 | 1,043 | 1145 | 0.7159 | |
| 152 | Saint Joseph's College of Maine | 38100 | 65000 | 0.4136 | 1,105 | 1055 | 0.8351 | |
| 154 | University of Dubuque | 38200 | 65900 | 0.4213 | 1,395 | 1074 | 0.8731 | |
| 155 | Reinhardt University | 38700 | 49300 | 0.2138 | 1,129 | 1070 | 0.6154 | |
| 155 | Western New England University | 38700 | 69200 | 0.4409 | 2,616 | 1199 | 0.8348 | |
| 157 | State University of New York at Cortland | 38800 | 39900 | 0.0276 | 5,890 | 1175 | 0.624 | |
| 158 | SUNY Oneonta | 39500 | 41700 | 0.0527 | 4,815 | 1090 | 0.7696 | |
| 159 | Stony Brook University | 39700 | 53000 | 0.2507 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 159 | University of Central Florida | 39700 | 39700 | 0 | 60,083 | 1289 | 0.428 | |
| 161 | University of Wyoming | 40000 | 45300 | 0.1167 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 162 | Loyola University Chicago | 40800 | 74100 | 0.4492 | 12,640 | 1262 | 0.751 | |
| 163 | University of New Haven | 41000 | 67300 | 0.3906 | 4,969 | 1219 | 0.5589 | |
| 163 | Western Washington University | 41000 | 51500 | 0.2041 | 13,609 | 1199 | 0.9371 | |
| 165 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 42400 | 42400 | 0 | 14,657 | 1190 | 0.7583 | |
| 166 | Sacred Heart University | 42600 | 67500 | 0.3691 | 7,291 | 1265 | 0.6363 | |
| 167 | University of Florida | 43100 | 45700 | 0.057 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 168 | Providence College | 43400 | 85000 | 0.4895 | 4,680 | 1345 | 0.4994 | |
| 169 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43500 | 68700 | 0.3678 | 4,279 | 1234 | 0.5796 | |
| 170 | St. John's University-New York | 44500 | 78000 | 0.4292 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 171 | Quinnipiac University | 44800 | 79200 | 0.4343 | 6,610 | 1250 | 0.7031 | |
| 172 | Illinois State University | 45800 | 49100 | 0.0669 | 19,513 | 1115 | 0.8555 | |
| 173 | University of California-San Diego | 45900 | 77200 | 0.4055 | 35,442 | 1375 | 0.2856 | |
| 174 | University of Delaware | 47700 | 61300 | 0.2231 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 175 | DePaul University | 49100 | 66000 | 0.2562 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 176 | University of Georgia | 49700 | 51600 | 0.0368 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 177 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 53300 | 53300 | 0 | 34,447 | 1273 | 0.8804 | |
| 178 | Dallas Baptist University | 55800 | 63400 | 0.1199 | 2,938 | 1073 | 0.9131 | |
| 179 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 55900 | 63800 | 0.1237 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 180 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 58100 | 63200 | 0.0806 | 40,996 | 1399 | 0.4175 | |
| 181 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58200 | 64100 | 0.092 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 182 | Auburn University | 58500 | 58500 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 183 | College of Charleston | 61200 | 61200 | 0 | 10,596 | 1234 | 0.73 | |
| 184 | Hawaii Pacific University | 63500 | 65800 | 0.0347 | 3,468 | 1200 | 0.8855 | |
| 185 | University of California-Davis | 68400 | 69800 | 0.0201 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 186 | University of California-Irvine | 72000 | 75600 | 0.0476 | 30,260 | 1333 | 0.2895 | |
| 187 | Rollins College | 82400 | 82400 | 0 | 2,639 | 1284 | 0.5285 | |
| 187 | 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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