Considering a degree in biology?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for biology majors who live in Wisconsin.
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 Wisconsin.
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 | 95700 | 0.938 | 6,738 | 1500 | 0.0418 | |
| 2 | Brigham Young University | 8100 | 22300 | 0.6382 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 3 | University of Nevada-Reno | 10100 | 45800 | 0.7802 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 4 | University of California-Davis | 10200 | 38600 | 0.7366 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 5 | Savannah State University | 10700 | 50900 | 0.7901 | 2,966 | 950 | 1 | |
| 6 | Southern Utah University | 10900 | 51400 | 0.7879 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 7 | Eastern Washington University | 11500 | 30700 | 0.6257 | 7,640 | 1045 | 0.8526 | |
| 8 | University of Hawaii at Hilo | 11900 | 56000 | 0.7875 | 2,304 | 990 | 0.8351 | |
| 9 | University of West Florida | 12000 | 22200 | 0.459 | 9,971 | 1120 | 0.5822 | |
| 10 | Northern Arizona University | 12200 | 30400 | 0.5979 | 22,203 | 1129 | 0.8961 | |
| 11 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 12300 | 24900 | 0.5052 | 5,677 | 985 | 0.9301 | |
| 12 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 12400 | 29300 | 0.5768 | 8,421 | 1054 | 0.9444 | |
| 13 | Boston University | 12500 | 93200 | 0.8658 | 18,289 | 1475 | 0.1283 | |
| 14 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 13000 | 40500 | 0.6789 | 29,727 | 990 | 0.9229 | |
| 15 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 13200 | 21300 | 0.3802 | 18,667 | 1090 | 0.9711 | |
| 15 | Wesleyan College | 13200 | 63100 | 0.7912 | 500 | 1065 | 0.591 | |
| 17 | University of South Florida | 13300 | 22400 | 0.4067 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 18 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 13900 | 22800 | 0.3909 | 11,994 | 1090 | 0.8651 | |
| 19 | University of the Virgin Islands | 14100 | 29600 | 0.5229 | 1,650 | 900 | 0.9936 | |
| 20 | Coastal Carolina University | 14200 | 45300 | 0.6869 | 11,471 | 1160 | 0.7003 | |
| 20 | Eastern Michigan University | 14200 | 33900 | 0.5805 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 20 | Salem State University | 14200 | 38300 | 0.6288 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 20 | Virginia Union University | 14200 | 51700 | 0.7256 | 1,205 | 870 | 0.9802 | |
| 24 | Arkansas Tech University | 14500 | 31400 | 0.5374 | 8,279 | 1055 | 0.9747 | |
| 25 | Central Michigan University | 14600 | 37400 | 0.6102 | 10,238 | 1099 | 0.9104 | |
| 25 | Miles College | 14600 | 35100 | 0.5839 | 1,180 | 0 | 1 | |
| 27 | Mercy University | 14700 | 46400 | 0.6836 | 6,692 | 1135 | 0.8724 | |
| 28 | Troy University | 14800 | 26700 | 0.4456 | 10,130 | 1075 | 0.9535 | |
| 29 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 15000 | 54400 | 0.7248 | 15,735 | 1069 | 0.8797 | |
| 29 | West Virginia University | 15000 | 73100 | 0.7945 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 31 | University of Maine | 15100 | 29300 | 0.4849 | 9,182 | 1195 | 0.9562 | |
| 32 | Georgetown University | 15400 | 92700 | 0.8339 | 7,908 | 1470 | 0.1349 | |
| 33 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 29800 | 0.4782 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 34 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 15900 | 90700 | 0.8247 | 8,727 | 1055 | 0.9703 | |
| 35 | Lindsey Wilson University | 16000 | 49300 | 0.6757 | 1,738 | 1035 | 0 | |
| 36 | Niagara University | 16100 | 57400 | 0.7192 | 2,638 | 1170 | 0.876 | |
| 37 | Madonna University | 16200 | 67900 | 0.7609 | 1,919 | 925 | 0.6757 | |
| 38 | Francis Marion University | 16400 | 36100 | 0.5453 | 3,793 | 1015 | 0.9508 | |
| 39 | California State University-Long Beach | 16600 | 25800 | 0.3567 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 39 | Waynesburg University | 16600 | 45000 | 0.6301 | 1,032 | 1093 | 0.8981 | |
| 41 | University of Miami | 16700 | 96300 | 0.8267 | 13,241 | 1408 | 0.1761 | |
| 42 | Bethel University | 17000 | 48700 | 0.6516 | 2,674 | 970 | 0.6023 | |
| 42 | Winona State University | 17000 | 23000 | 0.2589 | 5,317 | 1115 | 0.7549 | |
| 44 | SUNY at Fredonia | 17100 | 27800 | 0.3854 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 44 | Weber State University | 17100 | 20300 | 0.1579 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 46 | Emporia State University | 17200 | 31200 | 0.4489 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 47 | Duke University | 17300 | 98500 | 0.8246 | 6,525 | 1533 | 0.0524 | |
| 47 | SUNY College at Potsdam | 17300 | 49300 | 0.6493 | 1,750 | 1060 | 0.8241 | |
| 49 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 17400 | 29900 | 0.4174 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 50 | Northeastern University | 17900 | 90000 | 0.8008 | 22,456 | 1481 | 0.0562 | |
| 50 | York College of Pennsylvania | 17900 | 45800 | 0.6097 | 3,369 | 1153 | 0.7374 | |
| 52 | San Jose State University | 18200 | 41100 | 0.5567 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 53 | University of Rhode Island | 18500 | 33900 | 0.4544 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 54 | University of Mary | 18700 | 32600 | 0.4278 | 2,821 | 1175 | 0.753 | |
| 55 | Coker University | 18900 | 47800 | 0.6049 | 1,220 | 1050 | 0.9396 | |
| 56 | McMurry University | 19000 | 71400 | 0.7343 | 4,133 | 1104 | 0.8984 | |
| 57 | Unity Environmental University | 19400 | 48200 | 0.597 | 6,525 | 0 | 0.818 | |
| 58 | SUNY Oneonta | 19600 | 29300 | 0.331 | 4,815 | 1090 | 0.7696 | |
| 59 | Carlow University | 19700 | 53900 | 0.6343 | 2,303 | 1084 | 0.8768 | |
| 60 | Minot State University | 20000 | 23500 | 0.1497 | 2,499 | 1075 | 0.6462 | |
| 61 | University of Wyoming | 20400 | 27900 | 0.2682 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 62 | Grove City College | 20500 | 39700 | 0.4842 | 2,247 | 1248 | 0.667 | |
| 62 | Stockton University | 20500 | 46100 | 0.5555 | 7,583 | 1134 | 0.901 | |
| 64 | Mayville State University | 20700 | 23800 | 0.1321 | 1,067 | 1034 | 0.7825 | |
| 64 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 20700 | 30600 | 0.3258 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 66 | Millikin University | 20800 | 45000 | 0.5376 | 1,427 | 1065 | 0.765 | |
| 67 | Central Methodist University-College of Liberal Arts and Sciences | 20900 | 71000 | 0.7053 | 1,040 | 1075 | 0.6271 | |
| 67 | Ferris State University | 20900 | 31000 | 0.3263 | 8,980 | 1015 | 0.8237 | |
| 67 | La Sierra University | 20900 | 51200 | 0.5923 | 1,266 | 1124 | 0.9069 | |
| 70 | Florida College | 21000 | 56800 | 0.6297 | 728 | 1099 | 0.6966 | |
| 71 | SUNY Old Westbury | 21100 | 38000 | 0.4453 | 4,474 | 1110 | 0.8352 | |
| 72 | Daemen University | 21800 | 56700 | 0.6154 | 1,656 | 1050 | 0.7375 | |
| 73 | Grand Valley State University | 21900 | 36600 | 0.4014 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 74 | Utah State University | 22000 | 39000 | 0.4358 | 26,629 | 1168 | 0.9212 | |
| 75 | Juniata College | 22200 | 75300 | 0.7056 | 1,276 | 1263 | 0.7941 | |
| 76 | Valley City State University | 22500 | 25600 | 0.1227 | 1,663 | 1045 | 0.9942 | |
| 77 | Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences | 22600 | 56900 | 0.602 | 533 | 1244 | 0.5269 | |
| 77 | Augustana College | 22600 | 72800 | 0.6891 | 2,536 | 1157 | 0.6628 | |
| 77 | The University of Alabama | 22600 | 33400 | 0.3232 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 80 | Illinois State University | 23000 | 36400 | 0.3696 | 19,513 | 1115 | 0.8555 | |
| 81 | Saint Cloud State University | 23100 | 26300 | 0.1196 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 82 | Bridgewater State University | 23300 | 37300 | 0.3749 | 8,849 | 1143 | 0.8798 | |
| 82 | Southwest Minnesota State University | 23300 | 26700 | 0.1273 | 7,290 | 1015 | 0.6409 | |
| 84 | Huntingdon College | 23700 | 65000 | 0.6353 | 943 | 1130 | 0.692 | |
| 85 | State University of New York at New Paltz | 23800 | 35700 | 0.333 | 6,113 | 1279 | 0.6267 | |
| 86 | Saint Edward's University | 23900 | 105600 | 0.7738 | 2,499 | 1128 | 0.8142 | |
| 87 | University of Southern Mississippi | 24100 | 27200 | 0.114 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 88 | Montana State University | 24400 | 24400 | 0 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 89 | East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania | 24700 | 37700 | 0.3445 | 5,130 | 1099 | 0.8645 | |
| 89 | University of Central Oklahoma | 24700 | 34000 | 0.2735 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 89 | Wisconsin Lutheran College | 24700 | 56700 | 0.5653 | 957 | 1233 | 0.7816 | |
| 92 | The University of Findlay | 24900 | 50600 | 0.5075 | 4,132 | 1090 | 0.6748 | |
| 93 | Ave Maria University | 25000 | 46600 | 0.4637 | 1,320 | 1164 | 0.4139 | |
| 93 | Messiah University | 25000 | 54700 | 0.543 | 2,722 | 1266 | 0.8107 | |
| 95 | Ball State University | 25400 | 26200 | 0.0305 | 15,950 | 1185 | 0.8625 | |
| 95 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 25400 | 62800 | 0.5954 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 97 | Minnesota State University, Mankato | 25600 | 28000 | 0.0854 | 13,433 | 1145 | 0.8844 | |
| 98 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 25900 | 28300 | 0.0847 | 3,375 | 1090 | 0.5885 | |
| 99 | Stony Brook University | 26100 | 33200 | 0.2129 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 100 | Keuka College | 26200 | 64000 | 0.5901 | 986 | 1043 | 0.8151 | |
| 101 | Geneva College | 26400 | 50300 | 0.4766 | 1,299 | 1167 | 0.9556 | |
| 102 | Trine University | 26500 | 56100 | 0.5279 | 4,373 | 1159 | 0.8548 | |
| 103 | Wingate University | 26800 | 67100 | 0.6016 | 2,673 | 1100 | 0.9113 | |
| 104 | St. Francis College | 26900 | 39400 | 0.3177 | 1,719 | 1035 | 1 | |
| 105 | North Dakota State University | 27600 | 30400 | 0.092 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 105 | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | 27600 | 29600 | 0.0677 | 10,743 | 1075 | 0.9598 | |
| 107 | Florida Southern College | 27700 | 63200 | 0.5616 | 2,682 | 1264 | 0.6442 | |
| 108 | Mitchell College | 27800 | 63900 | 0.5647 | 442 | 817 | 0.9466 | |
| 109 | Wichita State University | 28000 | 30600 | 0.0849 | 14,906 | 1065 | 0.7224 | |
| 110 | Grace College and Theological Seminary | 28300 | 41800 | 0.3221 | 1,795 | 1130 | 0.8215 | |
| 111 | University of Alaska Southeast | 28900 | 31300 | 0.0766 | 1,559 | 1020 | 0.6192 | |
| 112 | Jacksonville University | 29000 | 102400 | 0.7167 | 2,916 | 1210 | 0.5748 | |
| 113 | Huntington University | 29200 | 44400 | 0.342 | 1,512 | 1065 | 0.7518 | |
| 113 | University of Connecticut | 29200 | 55500 | 0.4737 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 115 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 29300 | 112100 | 0.7385 | 4,999 | 1258 | 0.9296 | |
| 115 | Utah Tech University | 29300 | 35200 | 0.1677 | 12,993 | 1065 | 1 | |
| 117 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29400 | 34200 | 0.1402 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 118 | Blue Mountain Christian University | 29500 | 39900 | 0.2604 | 915 | 1095 | 0.8895 | |
| 119 | University of Southern California | 29700 | 98300 | 0.698 | 20,768 | 1499 | 0.1119 | |
| 120 | Saint Xavier University | 29800 | 58200 | 0.4877 | 3,100 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 120 | Southwestern College | 29800 | 89500 | 0.6672 | 816 | 1000 | 0.4729 | |
| 120 | University of Pikeville | 29800 | 34800 | 0.1438 | 1,164 | 1070 | 0.8967 | |
| 123 | Bryan College-Dayton | 30100 | 36000 | 0.1639 | 1,565 | 1085 | 1 | |
| 124 | Centenary University | 31600 | 63000 | 0.4983 | 936 | 1070 | 0.8308 | |
| 125 | Hampton University | 31700 | 54800 | 0.4215 | 4,046 | 1005 | 0.6358 | |
| 126 | University of Mary Hardin-Baylor | 32100 | 51900 | 0.3814 | 2,775 | 1105 | 0.9747 | |
| 127 | Nova Southeastern University | 32300 | 56100 | 0.4241 | 7,057 | 1187 | 0.7557 | |
| 127 | University of Louisville | 32300 | 42100 | 0.2325 | 17,916 | 1134 | 0.7921 | |
| 129 | Liberty University | 32400 | 44700 | 0.275 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 130 | University of New England | 32700 | 70900 | 0.5389 | 4,631 | 1145 | 0.9203 | |
| 131 | Elizabethtown College | 33600 | 57500 | 0.4154 | 1,935 | 1214 | 0.8892 | |
| 132 | Siena University | 33700 | 66400 | 0.4927 | 3,149 | 1301 | 0.8464 | |
| 133 | Charleston Southern University | 34100 | 48400 | 0.2971 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 134 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 34200 | 34200 | 0 | 16,131 | 1275 | 0.6472 | |
| 135 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 34300 | 59100 | 0.4194 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 136 | Samford University | 34600 | 93800 | 0.6312 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 137 | Pfeiffer University | 35200 | 56100 | 0.3724 | 696 | 941 | 0.9603 | |
| 137 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 35200 | 38200 | 0.0783 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 139 | Barry University | 35300 | 58800 | 0.3997 | 4,654 | 1005 | 0.9663 | |
| 139 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 35300 | 46500 | 0.2409 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 141 | Bradley University | 35400 | 60600 | 0.4157 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 142 | Roger Williams University | 35500 | 63700 | 0.443 | 3,970 | 1235 | 0.882 | |
| 142 | SUNY College at Geneseo | 35500 | 39400 | 0.0991 | 3,943 | 1275 | 0.3333 | |
| 144 | Western New England University | 36000 | 70600 | 0.4899 | 2,616 | 1199 | 0.8348 | |
| 145 | Florida International University | 36500 | 36800 | 0.0081 | 46,249 | 1180 | 0.6085 | |
| 146 | Indiana Wesleyan University-Marion | 36900 | 49100 | 0.2486 | 2,075 | 1090 | 0.8894 | |
| 147 | Eckerd College | 37400 | 77000 | 0.5143 | 1,893 | 1255 | 0.758 | |
| 148 | Southeastern University | 37800 | 79400 | 0.5241 | 11,981 | 1110 | 0.4247 | |
| 149 | University of Dubuque | 38000 | 65900 | 0.423 | 1,395 | 1074 | 0.8731 | |
| 150 | Maine Maritime Academy | 38500 | 53000 | 0.2737 | 977 | 1189 | 0.9615 | |
| 151 | Reinhardt University | 38600 | 49300 | 0.2161 | 1,129 | 1070 | 0.6154 | |
| 152 | Loyola University Chicago | 38900 | 74800 | 0.4801 | 12,640 | 1262 | 0.751 | |
| 153 | Evangel University | 39000 | 49700 | 0.2151 | 1,843 | 1180 | 0.7161 | |
| 153 | Mississippi State University | 39000 | 53400 | 0.2695 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 155 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 39500 | 42800 | 0.0772 | 14,657 | 1190 | 0.7583 | |
| 156 | Saint Joseph's College of Maine | 40300 | 66900 | 0.3978 | 1,105 | 1055 | 0.8351 | |
| 157 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5061 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 158 | University of Central Florida | 42100 | 42100 | 0 | 60,083 | 1289 | 0.428 | |
| 159 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42500 | 63300 | 0.3285 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 160 | Rollins College | 42600 | 85700 | 0.5031 | 2,639 | 1284 | 0.5285 | |
| 161 | University of Florida | 43100 | 45700 | 0.0569 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 162 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43300 | 68700 | 0.3694 | 4,279 | 1234 | 0.5796 | |
| 162 | Providence College | 43300 | 85000 | 0.4906 | 4,680 | 1345 | 0.4994 | |
| 164 | Montclair State University | 43400 | 47000 | 0.0766 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 165 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 43600 | 72500 | 0.3987 | 10,368 | 1064 | 0.999 | |
| 166 | Western Washington University | 44600 | 52400 | 0.1489 | 13,609 | 1199 | 0.9371 | |
| 167 | State University of New York at Cortland | 44800 | 52600 | 0.1482 | 5,890 | 1175 | 0.624 | |
| 168 | The University of Tampa | 45600 | 58500 | 0.2204 | 10,710 | 1250 | 0.4363 | |
| 169 | University of New Haven | 46300 | 73500 | 0.3699 | 4,969 | 1219 | 0.5589 | |
| 170 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47100 | 61500 | 0.234 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 171 | St. John's University-New York | 47500 | 83800 | 0.4334 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 172 | University of Delaware | 47700 | 62500 | 0.2377 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 173 | University of Georgia | 48400 | 52300 | 0.0746 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 174 | Lipscomb University | 48800 | 69900 | 0.3025 | 3,327 | 1214 | 0.6774 | |
| 175 | DePaul University | 49000 | 69400 | 0.2938 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 176 | Sacred Heart University | 49700 | 67500 | 0.2637 | 7,291 | 1265 | 0.6363 | |
| 177 | College of Charleston | 49900 | 64600 | 0.2276 | 10,596 | 1234 | 0.73 | |
| 178 | Northwest Nazarene University | 50200 | 87600 | 0.4268 | 1,043 | 1145 | 0.7159 | |
| 179 | Quinnipiac University | 51100 | 79700 | 0.359 | 6,610 | 1250 | 0.7031 | |
| 180 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 53200 | 53300 | 0.0019 | 34,447 | 1273 | 0.8804 | |
| 181 | University of California-San Diego | 55700 | 79600 | 0.3001 | 35,442 | 1375 | 0.2856 | |
| 182 | Dallas Baptist University | 55800 | 84300 | 0.3381 | 2,938 | 1073 | 0.9131 | |
| 183 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58300 | 63700 | 0.0848 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 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 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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