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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 Iowa.
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 Iowa.
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 | Johns Hopkins University | 2700 | 91800 | 0.9709 | 6,354 | 1554 | 0.0611 | |
| 2 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 3900 | 112100 | 0.9651 | 4,561 | 1542 | 0.0456 | |
| 3 | University of Pennsylvania | 4700 | 93100 | 0.95 | 9,989 | 1535 | 0.0492 | |
| 4 | Harvard University | 5900 | 95900 | 0.9386 | 6,738 | 1500 | 0.0418 | |
| 5 | Vanderbilt University | 7800 | 98000 | 0.9204 | 7,221 | 1527 | 0.0586 | |
| 6 | Northwestern University | 7900 | 93000 | 0.9152 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 7 | California Institute of Technology | 8400 | 117400 | 0.9284 | 971 | 1564 | 0.0379 | |
| 8 | Case Western Reserve University | 8700 | 92100 | 0.9052 | 6,657 | 1484 | 0.3778 | |
| 9 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8900 | 96500 | 0.9082 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 10 | Rice University | 9700 | 92600 | 0.895 | 4,807 | 1528 | 0.0801 | |
| 11 | University of California-Davis | 10100 | 49800 | 0.7964 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 12 | University of California-Merced | 10400 | 46200 | 0.7756 | 8,234 | 1070 | 0.9704 | |
| 13 | University of Rochester | 10600 | 96300 | 0.8904 | 6,096 | 1448 | 0.4191 | |
| 14 | Washington University in St Louis | 10700 | 102300 | 0.8957 | 8,153 | 1512 | 0.1192 | |
| 15 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 10800 | 33500 | 0.6769 | 22,313 | 1341 | 0.2996 | |
| 16 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 11100 | 30900 | 0.6402 | 40,996 | 1399 | 0.4175 | |
| 17 | Marshall University | 11200 | 27800 | 0.5966 | 9,960 | 1070 | 0.9663 | |
| 18 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 11400 | 40100 | 0.7156 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 19 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 11600 | 27800 | 0.582 | 22,007 | 1427 | 0.1672 | |
| 20 | University of California-San Diego | 11700 | 45200 | 0.7415 | 35,442 | 1375 | 0.2856 | |
| 21 | North Carolina A & T State University | 12900 | 17900 | 0.2801 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.5125 | |
| 22 | Boston University | 13000 | 114300 | 0.8861 | 18,289 | 1475 | 0.1283 | |
| 23 | Cornell University | 13100 | 93700 | 0.8601 | 16,138 | 1528 | 0.0838 | |
| 24 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 13300 | 13300 | 0 | 18,667 | 1090 | 0.9711 | |
| 25 | University of Delaware | 13500 | 34500 | 0.608 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 26 | The University of Texas at Dallas | 13600 | 19400 | 0.2988 | 23,007 | 1281 | 0.6909 | |
| 27 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 61700 | 0.7784 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 28 | Brown University | 13900 | 120200 | 0.8843 | 7,951 | 1500 | 0.0634 | |
| 28 | University of Houston | 13900 | 21800 | 0.3623 | 40,366 | 1224 | 0.7577 | |
| 30 | Louisiana Tech University | 14000 | 43500 | 0.6781 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 31 | University of Memphis | 14400 | 37800 | 0.6194 | 15,538 | 1080 | 0.7878 | |
| 32 | Bucknell University | 14600 | 92800 | 0.8424 | 3,928 | 1275 | 0.322 | |
| 33 | University of California-Riverside | 14700 | 118100 | 0.8752 | 24,034 | 1199 | 0.8609 | |
| 34 | Florida Gulf Coast University | 15100 | 40000 | 0.6225 | 14,434 | 1125 | 0.6344 | |
| 35 | Stanford University | 15400 | 1865100 | 0.9917 | 7,346 | 1542 | 0.038 | |
| 35 | University of Mississippi | 15400 | 37400 | 0.5885 | 22,939 | 1172 | 0.9738 | |
| 37 | Florida State University | 15700 | 23000 | 0.3177 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 37 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 15700 | 29300 | 0.4642 | 8,421 | 1054 | 0.9444 | |
| 39 | Duke University | 16000 | 98500 | 0.8377 | 6,525 | 1533 | 0.0524 | |
| 39 | Northern Illinois University | 16000 | 30400 | 0.4735 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 41 | Alabama State University | 16300 | 33500 | 0.5127 | 3,521 | 945 | 0.9755 | |
| 42 | North Carolina State University | 16400 | 28500 | 0.4252 | 29,340 | 1374 | 0.3954 | |
| 42 | University of California-Los Angeles | 16400 | 47400 | 0.6546 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 44 | California State University-Long Beach | 16700 | 33300 | 0.4986 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 45 | Kansas State University | 16900 | 26400 | 0.3596 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 46 | University of Florida | 17100 | 22500 | 0.2399 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 46 | University of Louisville | 17100 | 29100 | 0.4128 | 17,916 | 1134 | 0.7921 | |
| 48 | Millikin University | 17300 | 45000 | 0.6153 | 1,427 | 1065 | 0.765 | |
| 49 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 17400 | 29900 | 0.4173 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 49 | University of Miami | 17400 | 96300 | 0.8194 | 13,241 | 1408 | 0.1761 | |
| 51 | University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire | 17700 | 22400 | 0.2102 | 8,329 | 1209 | 0.385 | |
| 51 | Yale University | 17700 | 275000 | 0.9356 | 6,667 | 1507 | 0.0475 | |
| 53 | University of Arkansas | 17900 | 36800 | 0.5129 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 54 | University of Alabama at Birmingham | 18100 | 38700 | 0.5324 | 11,959 | 1260 | 0.8818 | |
| 55 | Union College | 18300 | 93400 | 0.8044 | 1,954 | 1399 | 0.4342 | |
| 55 | University of Vermont | 18300 | 37800 | 0.5164 | 12,159 | 1372 | 0.7304 | |
| 57 | University of Rhode Island | 18600 | 81200 | 0.7709 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 58 | San Jose State University | 18800 | 41100 | 0.5427 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 59 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 19300 | 26900 | 0.2823 | 14,657 | 1190 | 0.7583 | |
| 60 | Lehigh University | 19400 | 111000 | 0.8254 | 5,986 | 1436 | 0.2896 | |
| 61 | Syracuse University | 19800 | 83600 | 0.7632 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 62 | University of Southern California | 20100 | 76200 | 0.7362 | 20,768 | 1499 | 0.1119 | |
| 63 | Washington State University | 21100 | 36200 | 0.417 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 64 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 21200 | 47800 | 0.5566 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 65 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 21500 | 28300 | 0.2406 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 66 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 66 | Grand Canyon University | 21800 | 48300 | 0.5487 | 75,936 | 1075 | 0.7891 | |
| 68 | Grand Valley State University | 21900 | 36600 | 0.4016 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 68 | University of the Pacific | 21900 | 121000 | 0.8188 | 3,097 | 1313 | 0.6905 | |
| 70 | Tufts University | 22400 | 120000 | 0.813 | 7,031 | 1497 | 0.1082 | |
| 71 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 22500 | 42500 | 0.4706 | 14,249 | 1084 | 0.7761 | |
| 72 | University of South Dakota | 22700 | 26000 | 0.1265 | 7,515 | 1120 | 0.9884 | |
| 73 | Indiana Institute of Technology | 23200 | 48800 | 0.5247 | 1,650 | 1055 | 0.7039 | |
| 73 | Montana State University | 23200 | 73500 | 0.6845 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 75 | Florida International University | 23700 | 23700 | 0 | 46,249 | 1180 | 0.6085 | |
| 76 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24100 | 38400 | 0.3726 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 77 | The College of New Jersey | 24700 | 41100 | 0.3992 | 7,433 | 1243 | 0.6148 | |
| 78 | Messiah University | 25100 | 89600 | 0.72 | 2,722 | 1266 | 0.8107 | |
| 79 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 25600 | 80500 | 0.6823 | 17,848 | 1470 | 0.1565 | |
| 80 | Binghamton University | 25700 | 32700 | 0.2159 | 14,559 | 1404 | 0.3731 | |
| 81 | University of North Texas | 26000 | 36900 | 0.2956 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 82 | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology | 26100 | 28400 | 0.0806 | 2,216 | 1268 | 0.7987 | |
| 82 | Stony Brook University | 26100 | 33200 | 0.2129 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 82 | University of Evansville | 26100 | 64700 | 0.5967 | 1,920 | 1174 | 0.9412 | |
| 85 | University of Akron Main Campus | 26200 | 28000 | 0.0642 | 11,691 | 1074 | 0.7722 | |
| 86 | Jackson State University | 26300 | 35000 | 0.2484 | 4,967 | 940 | 0.9602 | |
| 87 | Trine University | 26500 | 56100 | 0.5278 | 4,373 | 1159 | 0.8548 | |
| 88 | George Fox University | 26600 | 95400 | 0.7214 | 3,530 | 1168 | 0.9282 | |
| 88 | Iowa State University | 26600 | 43300 | 0.3862 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 88 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 26600 | 40600 | 0.3448 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 91 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 26800 | 43300 | 0.3814 | 7,747 | 1073 | 0.9617 | |
| 92 | University of Mount Union | 27100 | 56300 | 0.5183 | 2,207 | 1089 | 0.782 | |
| 93 | West Virginia University | 27300 | 51100 | 0.466 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 94 | University of Central Oklahoma | 27800 | 44800 | 0.3795 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 95 | Dartmouth College | 28100 | 94500 | 0.7024 | 4,715 | 1485 | 0.0602 | |
| 96 | Wayne State University | 28200 | 46800 | 0.3977 | 16,390 | 1183 | 0.8359 | |
| 97 | University of Hartford | 28500 | 70100 | 0.5933 | 4,223 | 1224 | 0.9579 | |
| 98 | University of Utah | 28700 | 32000 | 0.1028 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 99 | Oregon State University | 28800 | 36700 | 0.2153 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 100 | Clemson University | 29000 | 37100 | 0.2179 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 101 | Marquette University | 29200 | 63800 | 0.5424 | 8,206 | 1304 | 0.7802 | |
| 101 | University of Connecticut | 29200 | 53200 | 0.4512 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 103 | University of Toledo | 29300 | 32600 | 0.1009 | 10,726 | 1134 | 0.8889 | |
| 104 | University of South Florida | 29600 | 36700 | 0.1934 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 105 | Lawrence Technological University | 30100 | 99100 | 0.6966 | 2,661 | 1149 | 0.8101 | |
| 105 | Mississippi State University | 30100 | 34400 | 0.1246 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 107 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30500 | 78200 | 0.6097 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 108 | Alfred University | 30600 | 67100 | 0.544 | 1,478 | 1229 | 0.48 | |
| 108 | Gannon University | 30600 | 92500 | 0.6694 | 2,768 | 1174 | 0.7416 | |
| 110 | University of North Dakota | 31000 | 33700 | 0.0827 | 11,837 | 1189 | 0.8157 | |
| 111 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 31200 | 48800 | 0.361 | 21,028 | 1450 | 0.1334 | |
| 112 | Rockhurst University | 32200 | 62500 | 0.4848 | 1,964 | 1159 | 0.9392 | |
| 113 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32300 | 35100 | 0.0799 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 114 | Marymount University | 32500 | 72900 | 0.5542 | 2,503 | 1095 | 0.9316 | |
| 115 | Wichita State University | 32700 | 40100 | 0.1844 | 14,906 | 1065 | 0.7224 | |
| 116 | Milwaukee School of Engineering | 33000 | 72600 | 0.5451 | 2,836 | 1283 | 0.6711 | |
| 117 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 33200 | 75200 | 0.5587 | 3,190 | 1317 | 0.6187 | |
| 117 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 33200 | 34200 | 0.0292 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 119 | Harding University | 33500 | 47800 | 0.299 | 3,536 | 1184 | 0.7052 | |
| 120 | Regis College | 33900 | 108900 | 0.6889 | 987 | 965 | 0.6979 | |
| 121 | George Washington University | 34300 | 81800 | 0.5808 | 11,495 | 1436 | 0.4713 | |
| 122 | California Baptist University | 34500 | 69100 | 0.5009 | 8,707 | 1024 | 0.8139 | |
| 123 | Valparaiso University | 34900 | 62700 | 0.4428 | 2,056 | 1183 | 0.8994 | |
| 124 | Stevenson University | 35300 | 59900 | 0.4105 | 3,154 | 1100 | 0.8006 | |
| 125 | New York Institute of Technology | 35400 | 83600 | 0.577 | 3,646 | 1298 | 0.8102 | |
| 126 | Western New England University | 35700 | 87400 | 0.5916 | 2,616 | 1199 | 0.8348 | |
| 127 | Temple University | 35800 | 57200 | 0.3739 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 128 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 36600 | 40000 | 0.0851 | 1,984 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 129 | University of Nevada-Reno | 37300 | 44800 | 0.1674 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 130 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 37400 | 63100 | 0.407 | 5,986 | 1110 | 0.8916 | |
| 131 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37500 | 66600 | 0.4367 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 132 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 37800 | 40100 | 0.0571 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 132 | Widener University | 37800 | 79400 | 0.5241 | 2,975 | 1179 | 0.7093 | |
| 134 | Drexel University | 39700 | 107600 | 0.6308 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 135 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 40200 | 86300 | 0.5342 | 5,833 | 1440 | 0.6725 | |
| 136 | Endicott College | 40300 | 94900 | 0.5753 | 3,195 | 1275 | 0.7121 | |
| 137 | Johnson & Wales University-Providence | 40400 | 66000 | 0.3875 | 3,908 | 1050 | 0.8844 | |
| 137 | University of Maine | 40400 | 56000 | 0.2787 | 9,182 | 1195 | 0.9562 | |
| 139 | University of Illinois Chicago | 41000 | 51300 | 0.2007 | 24,260 | 1174 | 0.7576 | |
| 140 | Fairfield University | 41600 | 84300 | 0.5063 | 5,671 | 1345 | 0.2505 | |
| 140 | Saint Louis University | 41600 | 81100 | 0.4871 | 9,331 | 1250 | 0.7499 | |
| 140 | University at Buffalo | 41600 | 46400 | 0.1035 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 140 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 41600 | 58900 | 0.2937 | 21,388 | 1369 | 0.5945 | |
| 144 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42500 | 57200 | 0.257 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 145 | University of Arizona | 42800 | 43800 | 0.0228 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 146 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43100 | 68700 | 0.3728 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 147 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 43200 | 108500 | 0.6019 | 35,358 | 1448 | 0.1642 | |
| 148 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43400 | 68700 | 0.3679 | 4,279 | 1234 | 0.5796 | |
| 149 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 43700 | 53400 | 0.1818 | 21,469 | 1167 | 0.9061 | |
| 150 | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | 43900 | 83400 | 0.4735 | 2,160 | 1374 | 0.809 | |
| 150 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 43900 | 103500 | 0.5757 | 4,182 | 1317 | 0.8783 | |
| 152 | LeTourneau University | 44600 | 55000 | 0.1891 | 2,903 | 1242 | 0.4879 | |
| 153 | Duquesne University | 45200 | 70500 | 0.3587 | 5,382 | 1252 | 0.8639 | |
| 154 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47100 | 59800 | 0.2121 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 155 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 47300 | 53300 | 0.1125 | 34,447 | 1273 | 0.8804 | |
| 156 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48500 | 51200 | 0.0544 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 157 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 48700 | 86200 | 0.4349 | 4,206 | 1430 | 0.5068 | |
| 158 | The University of Texas at Austin | 49700 | 58800 | 0.1547 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 159 | University of Colorado Boulder | 50000 | 56000 | 0.1072 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7809 | |
| 160 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 50300 | 95600 | 0.4741 | 5,461 | 1292 | 0.6189 | |
| 161 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 50600 | 52900 | 0.0433 | 14,834 | 1149 | 0.7803 | |
| 162 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 50700 | 72700 | 0.3025 | 46,627 | 1366 | 0.492 | |
| 163 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 51300 | 57000 | 0.1001 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 164 | University of Kentucky | 51400 | 74100 | 0.3059 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 165 | University of California-Berkeley | 51800 | 98700 | 0.4751 | 33,513 | 1407 | 0.1145 | |
| 166 | University of Iowa | 52100 | 54400 | 0.0421 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 167 | Loyola University Chicago | 52400 | 74800 | 0.2996 | 12,640 | 1262 | 0.751 | |
| 168 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53200 | 61000 | 0.1293 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 169 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 170 | George Mason University | 53700 | 61400 | 0.1255 | 28,862 | 1271 | 0.8647 | |
| 171 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 54100 | 95100 | 0.4311 | 6,839 | 1469 | 0.1446 | |
| 172 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 54500 | 66200 | 0.1767 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 173 | Miami University-Oxford | 57300 | 57300 | 0 | 16,405 | 1284 | 0.74 | |
| 174 | Hofstra University | 59100 | 83400 | 0.2913 | 6,599 | 1369 | 0.7267 | |
| 175 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 59300 | 61600 | 0.0372 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 | |
| 176 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 60000 | 64800 | 0.074 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 177 | Michigan Technological University | 60600 | 76100 | 0.2037 | 6,009 | 1247 | 0.8546 | |
| 178 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 63000 | 65000 | 0.0308 | 9,827 | 1329 | 0.6737 | |
| 179 | Hawaii Pacific University | 63500 | 65800 | 0.0348 | 3,468 | 1200 | 0.8855 | |
| 180 | Santa Clara University | 69400 | 109300 | 0.3651 | 6,695 | 1399 | 0.4788 | |
| 181 | University of California-Irvine | 72000 | 85400 | 0.1569 | 30,260 | 1333 | 0.2895 | |
| 182 | The Catholic University of America | 82500 | 82500 | 0 | 3,294 | 1229 | 0.7328 | |
| 183 | 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.