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Considering a degree in Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering majors who live in California.
Rankings are calculated by estimating the net price at every college offering Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering degrees for a "typical" middle class family living in the state of California.
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 | Rice University | 4300 | 85500 | 0.9496 | 4,789 | 1535 | 0.08 | |
| 2 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 4900 | 86800 | 0.9433 | 4,576 | 1535 | 0.0485 | |
| 3 | Yale University | 5500 | 92300 | 0.9403 | 6,814 | 1507 | 0.0387 | |
| 4 | Harvard University | 5900 | 91300 | 0.9356 | 7,038 | 1535 | 0.0365 | |
| 5 | Antelope Valley Community College District | 6200 | 12900 | 0.5181 | 12,937 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | Johns Hopkins University | 6200 | 88600 | 0.9299 | 6,356 | 1543 | 0.0644 | |
| 7 | California Institute of Technology | 7100 | 90300 | 0.9212 | 987 | 1557 | 0.0257 | |
| 7 | Santa Monica College | 7100 | 15500 | 0.5427 | 23,164 | 0 | 0.4384 | |
| 9 | CUNY City College | 8600 | 31200 | 0.7245 | 12,982 | 1169 | 0.5997 | |
| 10 | Vanderbilt University | 8800 | 95000 | 0.9072 | 7,221 | 1527 | 0.0586 | |
| 11 | Stanford University | 9400 | 71500 | 0.868 | 7,904 | 1535 | 0.0361 | |
| 11 | Washington University in St Louis | 9400 | 96200 | 0.9026 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 13 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 10200 | 94100 | 0.8919 | 9,157 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 13 | University of California-Davis | 10200 | 38000 | 0.7304 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
| 15 | Cornell University | 10400 | 92000 | 0.8866 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
| 16 | Marshall University | 11000 | 27100 | 0.5931 | 9,165 | 1065 | 0.9572 | |
| 16 | University of Pennsylvania | 11000 | 93000 | 0.8819 | 10,013 | 1528 | 0.054 | |
| 18 | University of California-San Diego | 11500 | 34100 | 0.6617 | 34,955 | 1375 | 0.2677 | |
| 19 | The University of Texas at Austin | 12200 | 30700 | 0.6023 | 43,165 | 1335 | 0.2664 | |
| 20 | Florida Gulf Coast University | 13200 | 22500 | 0.4139 | 14,243 | 1125 | 0.7675 | |
| 20 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 13200 | 24400 | 0.4595 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 20 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 13200 | 38500 | 0.657 | 17,901 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 23 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 13300 | 13300 | 0 | 18,428 | 1090 | 0.9529 | |
| 24 | Duke University | 13500 | 93500 | 0.8559 | 6,523 | 1539 | 0.0571 | |
| 24 | Louisiana Tech University | 13500 | 24900 | 0.4571 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 26 | Boston University | 13600 | 88800 | 0.8472 | 18,805 | 1475 | 0.1111 | |
| 27 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 32200 | 0.5744 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 28 | Northern Illinois University | 13900 | 29300 | 0.5266 | 11,349 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 28 | University of South Florida | 13900 | 17100 | 0.187 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 30 | North Carolina A & T State University | 14000 | 17900 | 0.2185 | 12,216 | 1020 | 0.4617 | |
| 31 | University of Houston | 14300 | 23600 | 0.3946 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 32 | Case Western Reserve University | 14600 | 80400 | 0.8179 | 6,528 | 1485 | 0.3778 | |
| 33 | University of California-Berkeley | 15000 | 43600 | 0.6561 | 33,469 | 1407 | 0.1104 | |
| 34 | Alabama State University | 15100 | 28000 | 0.4597 | 3,322 | 945 | 0.9564 | |
| 35 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 15500 | 24800 | 0.3744 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 36 | California State University-Long Beach | 15700 | 25800 | 0.3918 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 36 | University of California-Santa Cruz | 15700 | 38100 | 0.5886 | 17,940 | 1281 | 0.6557 | |
| 38 | Santa Ana College | 15900 | 35300 | 0.5498 | 26,073 | 0 | 0 | |
| 39 | Tufts University | 16100 | 92400 | 0.8262 | 7,126 | 1507 | 0.1153 | |
| 40 | University of Arizona | 16200 | 30900 | 0.4765 | 45,025 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
| 41 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 16300 | 28000 | 0.4176 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 41 | University of California-Los Angeles | 16300 | 36700 | 0.5549 | 33,471 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 41 | University of California-Riverside | 16300 | 36500 | 0.5533 | 22,599 | 1199 | 0.7685 | |
| 41 | University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire | 16300 | 22300 | 0.2687 | 8,765 | 1209 | 0.8799 | |
| 45 | Northwestern University | 16800 | 89500 | 0.8127 | 8,846 | 1513 | 0.0722 | |
| 45 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16800 | 64800 | 0.7406 | 21,075 | 1420 | 0.1534 | |
| 47 | Bucknell University | 17800 | 88400 | 0.7984 | 3,920 | 1284 | 0.2893 | |
| 48 | University of Maine | 18100 | 29000 | 0.3762 | 591 | 1199 | 0.9684 | |
| 49 | Union College | 18300 | 91000 | 0.799 | 2,065 | 1393 | 0.4392 | |
| 50 | University of Rhode Island | 18400 | 34400 | 0.4649 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 51 | San Jose State University | 18900 | 30000 | 0.3702 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 52 | Kansas State University | 19000 | 28800 | 0.3404 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 53 | University of Southern California | 19200 | 71400 | 0.7313 | 21,023 | 1485 | 0.1002 | |
| 54 | Jackson State University | 19300 | 28000 | 0.3102 | 4,650 | 950 | 0.4823 | |
| 54 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 19300 | 27000 | 0.2856 | 7,505 | 1059 | 0.9633 | |
| 56 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 19400 | 36900 | 0.4748 | 24,457 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 57 | Lehigh University | 19500 | 85700 | 0.7729 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 58 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 19600 | 40000 | 0.5099 | 1,984 | 1369 | 0.6328 | |
| 59 | University of Nevada-Reno | 19700 | 28200 | 0.3014 | 18,895 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
| 60 | University of Mississippi | 19900 | 27000 | 0.2629 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 61 | University of Colorado Boulder | 20200 | 30600 | 0.3398 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
| 62 | West Virginia University | 20400 | 28800 | 0.2919 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 63 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 20700 | 36200 | 0.4276 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 64 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 20900 | 38100 | 0.451 | 11,365 | 1216 | 0.8816 | |
| 65 | Milwaukee School of Engineering | 21100 | 69400 | 0.6964 | 2,705 | 1292 | 0.6239 | |
| 66 | Brown University | 21300 | 93900 | 0.7729 | 7,910 | 1535 | 0.0539 | |
| 67 | University of Miami | 21500 | 70800 | 0.6967 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 68 | University of Memphis | 22400 | 30000 | 0.2538 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 69 | Florida State University | 22700 | 25000 | 0.0922 | 32,711 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 70 | Indiana Institute of Technology | 22900 | 48800 | 0.5309 | 1,642 | 1055 | 0.5713 | |
| 71 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 23000 | 35400 | 0.3498 | 5,731 | 1174 | 0.9064 | |
| 72 | University of Rochester | 23300 | 93100 | 0.7499 | 6,580 | 1469 | 0.4008 | |
| 73 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 23400 | 71600 | 0.6734 | 3,135 | 1299 | 0.5493 | |
| 74 | Oral Roberts University | 23500 | 55600 | 0.5772 | 5,017 | 1139 | 0.989 | |
| 75 | Syracuse University | 23600 | 83100 | 0.716 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 76 | Montana State University | 24700 | 31400 | 0.2133 | 15,053 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 77 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 25000 | 40700 | 0.3855 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 77 | University of Alabama at Birmingham | 25000 | 28500 | 0.123 | 12,382 | 1242 | 0.8842 | |
| 79 | Walla Walla University | 25700 | 51700 | 0.5024 | 1,238 | 1159 | 0.604 | |
| 80 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 25800 | 35700 | 0.2775 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 81 | The College of New Jersey | 26000 | 42000 | 0.3812 | 7,435 | 1248 | 0.6235 | |
| 82 | University of Arkansas | 26500 | 30800 | 0.1389 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 82 | University of Mount Union | 26500 | 50900 | 0.4791 | 1,927 | 1105 | 0.8013 | |
| 84 | Trine University | 26600 | 56100 | 0.5258 | 4,157 | 1209 | 0.8469 | |
| 84 | University of South Dakota | 26600 | 29600 | 0.1038 | 7,619 | 1120 | 0.9878 | |
| 86 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 26700 | 36700 | 0.2703 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 87 | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology | 26900 | 31000 | 0.1315 | 2,170 | 1264 | 0.8525 | |
| 87 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 26900 | 83600 | 0.6785 | 7,283 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
| 89 | University of the Pacific | 27000 | 69800 | 0.6124 | 3,249 | 1298 | 0.7132 | |
| 90 | University of North Texas | 27200 | 37400 | 0.2729 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 91 | The University of Texas at Dallas | 27300 | 32800 | 0.1675 | 21,858 | 1283 | 0.6513 | |
| 92 | University of Louisville | 27400 | 42200 | 0.3505 | 17,086 | 1148 | 0.7941 | |
| 93 | Grand Valley State University | 27700 | 35700 | 0.2241 | 19,002 | 1233 | 0.8302 | |
| 94 | Regis College | 28000 | 70400 | 0.6021 | 1,055 | 965 | 0.9009 | |
| 95 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 28200 | 41900 | 0.3269 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 96 | George Fox University | 28300 | 67100 | 0.5787 | 3,401 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 96 | Mississippi State University | 28300 | 32300 | 0.126 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 98 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 31500 | 0.0921 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 98 | University of Hartford | 28600 | 70100 | 0.5914 | 4,223 | 1224 | 0.9579 | |
| 100 | Dartmouth College | 28800 | 91100 | 0.6835 | 4,570 | 1528 | 0.054 | |
| 101 | University of Utah | 28900 | 32000 | 0.0961 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 102 | Messiah University | 29000 | 54100 | 0.4642 | 2,618 | 1241 | 0.7897 | |
| 103 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 29100 | 42400 | 0.3138 | 21,947 | 1335 | 0.3122 | |
| 103 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 29100 | 52900 | 0.4501 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 105 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 29900 | 31100 | 0.0385 | 20,592 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 106 | Gannon University | 30000 | 45300 | 0.3378 | 2,768 | 1174 | 0.7416 | |
| 107 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30500 | 78100 | 0.6096 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 108 | Alfred University | 30600 | 67100 | 0.5437 | 1,474 | 1214 | 0.7384 | |
| 109 | California Baptist University | 30900 | 64600 | 0.5216 | 8,417 | 1069 | 0.8535 | |
| 109 | University of Toledo | 30900 | 42000 | 0.2639 | 11,013 | 1159 | 0.9202 | |
| 111 | North Carolina State University | 31100 | 53000 | 0.4127 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 112 | Widener University | 32300 | 75300 | 0.5708 | 2,811 | 1155 | 0.8402 | |
| 113 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 32400 | 38500 | 0.1585 | 7,890 | 1105 | 0.2056 | |
| 114 | Rockhurst University | 32700 | 62500 | 0.4768 | 2,304 | 1124 | 0.7089 | |
| 115 | California Lutheran University | 32900 | 64900 | 0.4934 | 2,297 | 1258 | 0.7567 | |
| 115 | Harding University | 32900 | 47000 | 0.2995 | 3,523 | 1193 | 0.3942 | |
| 117 | George Washington University | 33700 | 81800 | 0.5882 | 11,677 | 1421 | 0.4709 | |
| 118 | LeTourneau University | 34100 | 54600 | 0.3754 | 3,184 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 119 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 34500 | 35100 | 0.0171 | 33,572 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 119 | Valparaiso University | 34500 | 63200 | 0.4535 | 2,123 | 1247 | 0.8934 | |
| 121 | University of Vermont | 34600 | 66300 | 0.4782 | 12,276 | 1379 | 0.653 | |
| 122 | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | 34700 | 74600 | 0.5351 | 2,315 | 1382 | 0.7686 | |
| 123 | Stevenson University | 35300 | 59900 | 0.4105 | 3,106 | 1100 | 0.7891 | |
| 123 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 35300 | 42400 | 0.1674 | 31,112 | 1130 | 0.8129 | |
| 125 | Lawrence Technological University | 35900 | 67800 | 0.4703 | 2,579 | 1159 | 0.7403 | |
| 126 | Florida International University | 36100 | 36800 | 0.019 | 44,904 | 1175 | 0.5466 | |
| 127 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 36900 | 62000 | 0.4049 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 128 | University of Central Oklahoma | 37300 | 38500 | 0.0312 | 10,454 | 1095 | 0.8176 | |
| 128 | Wichita State University | 37300 | 39600 | 0.058 | 14,280 | 1094 | 0.7211 | |
| 130 | University of Connecticut | 37800 | 41800 | 0.0957 | 19,388 | 1324 | 0.5395 | |
| 131 | Washington State University | 38600 | 53900 | 0.2835 | 14,346 | 1139 | 0.8797 | |
| 132 | Wayne State University | 39000 | 45500 | 0.1428 | 16,173 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
| 133 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 39100 | 52900 | 0.2607 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 134 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 39600 | 53800 | 0.264 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
| 134 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 39600 | 56700 | 0.3017 | 40,754 | 1391 | 0.3915 | |
| 136 | Stony Brook University | 39900 | 53000 | 0.2467 | 18,263 | 1395 | 0.4904 | |
| 137 | Loyola University Chicago | 40100 | 73500 | 0.4543 | 12,538 | 1303 | 0.816 | |
| 138 | Endicott College | 40400 | 63200 | 0.3607 | 3,176 | 1255 | 0.7229 | |
| 139 | Western New England University | 40500 | 67000 | 0.3957 | 2,616 | 1199 | 0.8348 | |
| 140 | Temple University | 40800 | 56100 | 0.2726 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 141 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 41300 | 42500 | 0.0282 | 14,449 | 1195 | 0.7816 | |
| 142 | Fairfield University | 41500 | 77900 | 0.467 | 5,391 | 1350 | 0.3329 | |
| 143 | Hofstra University | 41700 | 74600 | 0.4409 | 6,581 | 1323 | 0.6808 | |
| 143 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 41700 | 52100 | 0.1996 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 145 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 41900 | 56200 | 0.2543 | 3,965 | 1229 | 0.9121 | |
| 146 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 42000 | 54900 | 0.2352 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 147 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 42400 | 42400 | 0 | 14,019 | 1159 | 0.7781 | |
| 148 | University at Buffalo | 42500 | 46800 | 0.0919 | 20,360 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 149 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 43200 | 46200 | 0.0665 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 149 | University of Florida | 43200 | 45600 | 0.0526 | 36,567 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 151 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43500 | 68600 | 0.3656 | 3,677 | 1224 | 0.577 | |
| 152 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 43600 | 50300 | 0.1332 | 34,242 | 1260 | 0.7333 | |
| 153 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 44000 | 57100 | 0.2292 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 154 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2742 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 155 | Duquesne University | 45400 | 70500 | 0.3557 | 5,371 | 1269 | 0.8356 | |
| 156 | Marquette University | 45700 | 75100 | 0.3916 | 8,045 | 1309 | 0.8134 | |
| 157 | Saint Louis University | 45800 | 74500 | 0.3853 | 10,436 | 1260 | 0.7504 | |
| 158 | University of Illinois Chicago | 46000 | 48000 | 0.0416 | 22,495 | 1247 | 0.7735 | |
| 159 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 46600 | 58900 | 0.2099 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 160 | University of Delaware | 47200 | 53200 | 0.1138 | 19,119 | 1303 | 0.6356 | |
| 161 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 48300 | 85700 | 0.4362 | 5,743 | 1438 | 0.6343 | |
| 162 | University of California-Merced | 48400 | 52300 | 0.0745 | 8,372 | 1070 | 0.9152 | |
| 163 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 49100 | 85800 | 0.4277 | 4,236 | 1445 | 0.4758 | |
| 164 | George Mason University | 49200 | 49200 | 0 | 28,331 | 1268 | 0.8748 | |
| 165 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 49500 | 56400 | 0.1222 | 10,200 | 1346 | 0.6507 | |
| 166 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 49800 | 52300 | 0.0478 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 167 | Binghamton University | 50000 | 52100 | 0.0398 | 14,669 | 1417 | 0.3861 | |
| 168 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 50700 | 81000 | 0.3739 | 5,558 | 1292 | 0.6016 | |
| 169 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 50800 | 52900 | 0.0392 | 14,504 | 1145 | 0.7637 | |
| 170 | University of Kentucky | 51000 | 56000 | 0.0893 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 170 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 51000 | 84200 | 0.3944 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 172 | University of Iowa | 51100 | 53200 | 0.039 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 173 | Drexel University | 51300 | 82600 | 0.3788 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 174 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 51800 | 56100 | 0.0762 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 175 | University of California-Irvine | 52200 | 64800 | 0.1944 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2878 | |
| 176 | Santa Clara University | 52700 | 82900 | 0.3643 | 6,577 | 1427 | 0.48 | |
| 177 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
| 178 | Miami University-Oxford | 56100 | 56100 | 0 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 179 | Hawaii Pacific University | 58800 | 60900 | 0.0341 | 3,533 | 1120 | 0.8587 | |
| 180 | Michigan Technological University | 59100 | 59100 | 0 | 6,022 | 1256 | 0.8353 | |
| 181 | Clemson University | 61600 | 63700 | 0.0326 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 182 | The Catholic University of America | 82500 | 82500 | 0 | 3,177 | 1204 | 0.8278 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.