Considering a degree in biology?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for biology majors who live in Washington.
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 Washington.
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 | 96100 | 0.9383 | 6,738 | 1500 | 0.0418 | |
| 2 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 7900 | 36100 | 0.7821 | 10,368 | 1064 | 0.999 | |
| 3 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22000 | 0.6362 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 4 | Utah State University | 8200 | 25200 | 0.6743 | 26,629 | 1168 | 0.9212 | |
| 5 | Duke University | 8700 | 93600 | 0.9073 | 6,525 | 1533 | 0.0524 | |
| 6 | Georgetown University | 9000 | 92700 | 0.9029 | 7,908 | 1470 | 0.1349 | |
| 7 | University of California-Davis | 10200 | 38100 | 0.7328 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 8 | Savannah State University | 10800 | 26700 | 0.5962 | 2,966 | 950 | 1 | |
| 9 | Eastern Washington University | 11500 | 28700 | 0.5996 | 7,640 | 1045 | 0.8526 | |
| 9 | Northern Arizona University | 11500 | 27900 | 0.5865 | 22,203 | 1129 | 0.8961 | |
| 11 | Boston University | 11900 | 92800 | 0.8719 | 18,289 | 1475 | 0.1283 | |
| 12 | University of Hawaii at Hilo | 12200 | 33200 | 0.6317 | 2,304 | 990 | 0.8351 | |
| 13 | University of West Florida | 12300 | 21500 | 0.4274 | 9,971 | 1120 | 0.5822 | |
| 14 | University of Central Florida | 12500 | 25300 | 0.5053 | 60,083 | 1289 | 0.428 | |
| 15 | University of the Virgin Islands | 12600 | 22800 | 0.4467 | 1,650 | 900 | 0.9936 | |
| 16 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 13000 | 26500 | 0.5089 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 17 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 13400 | 49100 | 0.7272 | 29,727 | 990 | 0.9229 | |
| 17 | University of South Florida | 13400 | 17100 | 0.2162 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 19 | University of Delaware | 13500 | 34500 | 0.6079 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 20 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 13600 | 43000 | 0.6837 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 21 | Wesleyan College | 13900 | 43800 | 0.6825 | 500 | 1065 | 0.591 | |
| 22 | University of Georgia | 14000 | 26600 | 0.4737 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 23 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 14400 | 19000 | 0.2423 | 11,994 | 1090 | 0.8651 | |
| 24 | Arkansas Tech University | 14500 | 34400 | 0.5786 | 8,279 | 1055 | 0.9747 | |
| 24 | Grand Valley State University | 14500 | 25300 | 0.4274 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 26 | Central Michigan University | 14700 | 37800 | 0.6104 | 10,238 | 1099 | 0.9104 | |
| 27 | Miles College | 14800 | 25400 | 0.4167 | 1,180 | 0 | 1 | |
| 28 | Virginia Union University | 15000 | 39400 | 0.6189 | 1,205 | 870 | 0.9802 | |
| 29 | Northeastern University | 15600 | 89900 | 0.8265 | 22,456 | 1481 | 0.0562 | |
| 29 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 38800 | 0.5992 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 31 | Coastal Carolina University | 15700 | 27200 | 0.4229 | 11,471 | 1160 | 0.7003 | |
| 31 | Valley City State University | 15700 | 23800 | 0.3378 | 1,663 | 1045 | 0.9942 | |
| 33 | Ball State University | 16100 | 22400 | 0.2817 | 15,950 | 1185 | 0.8625 | |
| 34 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 16200 | 29300 | 0.4471 | 8,421 | 1054 | 0.9444 | |
| 35 | California State University-Long Beach | 16300 | 25800 | 0.3683 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 35 | University of California-Los Angeles | 16300 | 36700 | 0.5554 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 35 | University of Florida | 16300 | 22500 | 0.2755 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 38 | Ferris State University | 16400 | 31000 | 0.4717 | 8,980 | 1015 | 0.8237 | |
| 39 | SUNY College at Potsdam | 16500 | 27600 | 0.4024 | 1,750 | 1060 | 0.8241 | |
| 40 | SUNY College at Geneseo | 16600 | 26400 | 0.3706 | 3,943 | 1275 | 0.3333 | |
| 41 | Eastern Michigan University | 16900 | 36100 | 0.5319 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 41 | West Virginia University | 16900 | 40900 | 0.5865 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 43 | Millikin University | 17100 | 45000 | 0.6198 | 1,427 | 1065 | 0.765 | |
| 44 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 17400 | 29900 | 0.4171 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 45 | Daemen University | 17500 | 55100 | 0.6825 | 1,656 | 1050 | 0.7375 | |
| 45 | Waynesburg University | 17500 | 45000 | 0.6106 | 1,032 | 1093 | 0.8981 | |
| 47 | University of Miami | 17700 | 95700 | 0.8149 | 13,241 | 1408 | 0.1761 | |
| 48 | Bethel University | 17900 | 35300 | 0.4924 | 2,674 | 970 | 0.6023 | |
| 49 | Bridgewater State University | 18300 | 25400 | 0.2794 | 8,849 | 1143 | 0.8798 | |
| 49 | College of Charleston | 18300 | 33900 | 0.4607 | 10,596 | 1234 | 0.73 | |
| 49 | Lindsey Wilson University | 18300 | 47100 | 0.6117 | 1,738 | 1035 | 0 | |
| 52 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 18600 | 39000 | 0.5226 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 53 | Madonna University | 19100 | 49200 | 0.6121 | 1,919 | 925 | 0.6757 | |
| 54 | University of Mary | 19200 | 32600 | 0.4124 | 2,821 | 1175 | 0.753 | |
| 55 | East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania | 19500 | 26700 | 0.2701 | 5,130 | 1099 | 0.8645 | |
| 55 | University of Nevada-Reno | 19500 | 28200 | 0.3083 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 57 | University of Central Oklahoma | 19600 | 22700 | 0.1366 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 58 | Carlow University | 19700 | 82500 | 0.7613 | 2,303 | 1084 | 0.8768 | |
| 59 | Winona State University | 20000 | 29500 | 0.3229 | 5,317 | 1115 | 0.7549 | |
| 60 | Minot State University | 20100 | 23500 | 0.145 | 2,499 | 1075 | 0.6462 | |
| 61 | McMurry University | 20300 | 51900 | 0.6084 | 4,133 | 1104 | 0.8984 | |
| 62 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 20500 | 32300 | 0.3651 | 15,735 | 1069 | 0.8797 | |
| 62 | University of Southern California | 20500 | 75900 | 0.7303 | 20,768 | 1499 | 0.1119 | |
| 64 | La Sierra University | 20600 | 65900 | 0.687 | 1,266 | 1124 | 0.9069 | |
| 65 | Coker University | 20700 | 47800 | 0.5672 | 1,220 | 1050 | 0.9396 | |
| 65 | Grove City College | 20700 | 39700 | 0.4792 | 2,247 | 1248 | 0.667 | |
| 65 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 20700 | 30600 | 0.3258 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 65 | State University of New York at Cortland | 20700 | 27700 | 0.2525 | 5,890 | 1175 | 0.624 | |
| 69 | Florida College | 20800 | 34200 | 0.3921 | 728 | 1099 | 0.6966 | |
| 69 | Mayville State University | 20800 | 23800 | 0.1275 | 1,067 | 1034 | 0.7825 | |
| 71 | State University of New York at New Paltz | 21500 | 26300 | 0.1827 | 6,113 | 1279 | 0.6267 | |
| 72 | Niagara University | 21800 | 57400 | 0.62 | 2,638 | 1170 | 0.876 | |
| 73 | Bradley University | 22100 | 50800 | 0.5649 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 73 | Central Methodist University-College of Liberal Arts and Sciences | 22100 | 52700 | 0.581 | 1,040 | 1075 | 0.6271 | |
| 75 | Montana State University | 22500 | 27100 | 0.1695 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 76 | Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences | 22700 | 56900 | 0.6007 | 533 | 1244 | 0.5269 | |
| 76 | Augustana College | 22700 | 72800 | 0.688 | 2,536 | 1157 | 0.6628 | |
| 76 | Juniata College | 22700 | 73800 | 0.6922 | 1,276 | 1263 | 0.7941 | |
| 79 | Saint Cloud State University | 22900 | 36800 | 0.3773 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 79 | The University of Alabama | 22900 | 31000 | 0.2611 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 81 | San Jose State University | 23200 | 41100 | 0.4356 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 82 | Southwest Minnesota State University | 23400 | 26700 | 0.1231 | 7,290 | 1015 | 0.6409 | |
| 82 | York College of Pennsylvania | 23400 | 45800 | 0.4895 | 3,369 | 1153 | 0.7374 | |
| 84 | Florida International University | 23700 | 23700 | 0 | 46,249 | 1180 | 0.6085 | |
| 85 | Keuka College | 24100 | 59400 | 0.5937 | 986 | 1043 | 0.8151 | |
| 86 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 24300 | 90700 | 0.7321 | 8,727 | 1055 | 0.9703 | |
| 87 | Unity Environmental University | 24500 | 29900 | 0.1809 | 6,525 | 0 | 0.818 | |
| 88 | Wisconsin Lutheran College | 24700 | 56700 | 0.5642 | 957 | 1233 | 0.7816 | |
| 89 | Huntingdon College | 24800 | 44400 | 0.4412 | 943 | 1130 | 0.692 | |
| 90 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 25100 | 37900 | 0.3375 | 5,677 | 985 | 0.9301 | |
| 91 | Emporia State University | 25200 | 32000 | 0.2124 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 92 | Ave Maria University | 25600 | 46600 | 0.4508 | 1,320 | 1164 | 0.4139 | |
| 93 | Minnesota State University, Mankato | 25700 | 28000 | 0.0815 | 13,433 | 1145 | 0.8844 | |
| 93 | The University of Findlay | 25700 | 50600 | 0.4917 | 4,132 | 1090 | 0.6748 | |
| 95 | University of Mary Hardin-Baylor | 25800 | 53800 | 0.5206 | 2,775 | 1105 | 0.9747 | |
| 96 | Evangel University | 25900 | 40900 | 0.3671 | 1,843 | 1180 | 0.7161 | |
| 97 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 26000 | 28300 | 0.0808 | 3,375 | 1090 | 0.5885 | |
| 98 | Messiah University | 26100 | 54300 | 0.5191 | 2,722 | 1266 | 0.8107 | |
| 99 | Geneva College | 26400 | 50300 | 0.4754 | 1,299 | 1167 | 0.9556 | |
| 99 | Salem State University | 26400 | 43200 | 0.3891 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 101 | Trine University | 26500 | 56100 | 0.5277 | 4,373 | 1159 | 0.8548 | |
| 101 | University of Southern Mississippi | 26500 | 26500 | 0 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 103 | St. Francis College | 26700 | 39400 | 0.3227 | 1,719 | 1035 | 1 | |
| 103 | Troy University | 26700 | 34700 | 0.2305 | 10,130 | 1075 | 0.9535 | |
| 103 | Wingate University | 26700 | 65000 | 0.5892 | 2,673 | 1100 | 0.9113 | |
| 106 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 27300 | 41500 | 0.342 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 107 | Florida Southern College | 27700 | 63200 | 0.5615 | 2,682 | 1264 | 0.6442 | |
| 107 | Mitchell College | 27700 | 66600 | 0.5841 | 442 | 817 | 0.9466 | |
| 107 | North Dakota State University | 27700 | 30400 | 0.0884 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 110 | Wichita State University | 27800 | 39800 | 0.3033 | 14,906 | 1065 | 0.7224 | |
| 111 | Saint Edward's University | 28200 | 73200 | 0.615 | 2,499 | 1128 | 0.8142 | |
| 112 | Weber State University | 28400 | 33900 | 0.1621 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 113 | Francis Marion University | 28600 | 40200 | 0.2889 | 3,793 | 1015 | 0.9508 | |
| 113 | Maine Maritime Academy | 28600 | 33400 | 0.1439 | 977 | 1189 | 0.9615 | |
| 113 | Saint Xavier University | 28600 | 53700 | 0.4671 | 3,100 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 116 | Grace College and Theological Seminary | 28700 | 41800 | 0.3136 | 1,795 | 1130 | 0.8215 | |
| 117 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 28900 | 34000 | 0.1501 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 118 | University of Alaska Southeast | 29000 | 31300 | 0.0731 | 1,559 | 1020 | 0.6192 | |
| 119 | Huntington University | 29300 | 44300 | 0.3384 | 1,512 | 1065 | 0.7518 | |
| 120 | Blue Mountain Christian University | 29600 | 39900 | 0.2576 | 915 | 1095 | 0.8895 | |
| 121 | University of Pikeville | 29800 | 34800 | 0.1438 | 1,164 | 1070 | 0.8967 | |
| 122 | Lipscomb University | 29900 | 57800 | 0.483 | 3,327 | 1214 | 0.6774 | |
| 123 | Southwestern College | 30100 | 64400 | 0.5326 | 816 | 1000 | 0.4729 | |
| 124 | Bryan College-Dayton | 30200 | 36000 | 0.1609 | 1,565 | 1085 | 1 | |
| 124 | Southern Utah University | 30200 | 40800 | 0.2599 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 126 | Mercy University | 30400 | 44500 | 0.317 | 6,692 | 1135 | 0.8724 | |
| 127 | Jacksonville University | 31000 | 74200 | 0.582 | 2,916 | 1210 | 0.5748 | |
| 127 | Utah Tech University | 31000 | 35200 | 0.1194 | 12,993 | 1065 | 1 | |
| 129 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 31300 | 77600 | 0.5965 | 4,999 | 1258 | 0.9296 | |
| 130 | Hampton University | 31500 | 54800 | 0.4252 | 4,046 | 1005 | 0.6358 | |
| 131 | University of Louisville | 31600 | 42000 | 0.2474 | 17,916 | 1134 | 0.7921 | |
| 132 | Samford University | 32800 | 64600 | 0.4924 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 133 | Liberty University | 33100 | 44600 | 0.2578 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 134 | Elizabethtown College | 33700 | 55300 | 0.3907 | 1,935 | 1214 | 0.8892 | |
| 135 | SUNY Old Westbury | 33800 | 40900 | 0.1736 | 4,474 | 1110 | 0.8352 | |
| 136 | SUNY at Fredonia | 34000 | 39600 | 0.1416 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 137 | Charleston Southern University | 34200 | 48400 | 0.2949 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 138 | Nova Southeastern University | 34500 | 56100 | 0.3849 | 7,057 | 1187 | 0.7557 | |
| 138 | University of Oregon | 34500 | 40200 | 0.1416 | 20,710 | 1193 | 0.8742 | |
| 140 | University of Rhode Island | 34700 | 46400 | 0.2519 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 141 | Southeastern University | 34800 | 60500 | 0.4246 | 11,981 | 1110 | 0.4247 | |
| 142 | Siena University | 34900 | 65100 | 0.464 | 3,149 | 1301 | 0.8464 | |
| 143 | Barry University | 35100 | 56400 | 0.3775 | 4,654 | 1005 | 0.9663 | |
| 143 | University of New England | 35100 | 68000 | 0.4841 | 4,631 | 1145 | 0.9203 | |
| 145 | Pfeiffer University | 35300 | 56100 | 0.3704 | 696 | 941 | 0.9603 | |
| 146 | Centenary University | 35400 | 63600 | 0.4433 | 936 | 1070 | 0.8308 | |
| 146 | Stockton University | 35400 | 44500 | 0.2046 | 7,583 | 1134 | 0.901 | |
| 146 | The University of Tampa | 35400 | 56900 | 0.3775 | 10,710 | 1250 | 0.4363 | |
| 149 | Roger Williams University | 35600 | 63700 | 0.4413 | 3,970 | 1235 | 0.882 | |
| 150 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 36100 | 36100 | 0 | 16,131 | 1275 | 0.6472 | |
| 151 | Indiana Wesleyan University-Marion | 36200 | 48500 | 0.2533 | 2,075 | 1090 | 0.8894 | |
| 152 | Eckerd College | 36600 | 75100 | 0.5126 | 1,893 | 1255 | 0.758 | |
| 153 | University of Connecticut | 37100 | 53600 | 0.3081 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 154 | Saint Joseph's College of Maine | 37800 | 65000 | 0.4182 | 1,105 | 1055 | 0.8351 | |
| 155 | Northwest Nazarene University | 38000 | 62800 | 0.3948 | 1,043 | 1145 | 0.7159 | |
| 156 | University of Dubuque | 38200 | 65900 | 0.4213 | 1,395 | 1074 | 0.8731 | |
| 157 | Reinhardt University | 38700 | 49300 | 0.2138 | 1,129 | 1070 | 0.6154 | |
| 158 | Western New England University | 38900 | 69200 | 0.438 | 2,616 | 1199 | 0.8348 | |
| 159 | Mississippi State University | 39100 | 53400 | 0.2674 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 160 | SUNY Oneonta | 39600 | 41700 | 0.0503 | 4,815 | 1090 | 0.7696 | |
| 161 | Stony Brook University | 39700 | 53000 | 0.2507 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 162 | University of Maine | 39800 | 45200 | 0.1195 | 9,182 | 1195 | 0.9562 | |
| 163 | University of Wyoming | 40000 | 45300 | 0.1167 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 164 | Loyola University Chicago | 40700 | 74100 | 0.4506 | 12,640 | 1262 | 0.751 | |
| 165 | Western Washington University | 41000 | 51500 | 0.2041 | 13,609 | 1199 | 0.9371 | |
| 166 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 41200 | 47500 | 0.1326 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 166 | University of New Haven | 41200 | 67300 | 0.3876 | 4,969 | 1219 | 0.5589 | |
| 168 | Montclair State University | 41500 | 46600 | 0.1095 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 169 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42400 | 56200 | 0.2456 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 169 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 42400 | 42400 | 0 | 14,657 | 1190 | 0.7583 | |
| 171 | Sacred Heart University | 42500 | 67500 | 0.3706 | 7,291 | 1265 | 0.6363 | |
| 172 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43500 | 68700 | 0.3678 | 4,279 | 1234 | 0.5796 | |
| 173 | Providence College | 43900 | 85000 | 0.4836 | 4,680 | 1345 | 0.4994 | |
| 174 | St. John's University-New York | 44600 | 78000 | 0.4279 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 175 | Quinnipiac University | 44900 | 79200 | 0.433 | 6,610 | 1250 | 0.7031 | |
| 176 | Illinois State University | 45800 | 49100 | 0.0669 | 19,513 | 1115 | 0.8555 | |
| 177 | University of California-San Diego | 46400 | 77200 | 0.399 | 35,442 | 1375 | 0.2856 | |
| 178 | DePaul University | 49200 | 66000 | 0.2547 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 179 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 53300 | 53300 | 0 | 34,447 | 1273 | 0.8804 | |
| 180 | Dallas Baptist University | 55800 | 63400 | 0.1199 | 2,938 | 1073 | 0.9131 | |
| 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 | Auburn University | 58500 | 58500 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 184 | Hawaii Pacific University | 63500 | 65800 | 0.0347 | 3,468 | 1200 | 0.8855 | |
| 185 | University of California-Irvine | 72000 | 75600 | 0.0476 | 30,260 | 1333 | 0.2895 | |
| 186 | Rollins College | 82400 | 82400 | 0 | 2,639 | 1284 | 0.5285 | |
| 186 | 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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