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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 | California Institute of Technology | 3900 | 90300 | 0.9566 | 987 | 1557 | 0.0257 | |
| 2 | Johns Hopkins University | 4100 | 88600 | 0.9536 | 6,356 | 1543 | 0.0644 | |
| 3 | Rice University | 4300 | 85500 | 0.9496 | 4,789 | 1535 | 0.08 | |
| 4 | Antelope Valley Community College District | 4500 | 12900 | 0.6524 | 12,937 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | Santa Ana College | 4600 | 23100 | 0.8003 | 26,073 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | University of Pennsylvania | 4600 | 93000 | 0.9507 | 10,013 | 1528 | 0.054 | |
| 7 | Boston University | 4700 | 88800 | 0.9475 | 18,805 | 1475 | 0.1111 | |
| 7 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 4700 | 86800 | 0.9456 | 4,576 | 1535 | 0.0485 | |
| 9 | Yale University | 5500 | 92300 | 0.9403 | 6,814 | 1507 | 0.0387 | |
| 10 | Harvard University | 5900 | 91300 | 0.9356 | 7,038 | 1535 | 0.0365 | |
| 11 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 6000 | 94100 | 0.9365 | 9,157 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 12 | Brown University | 6800 | 93900 | 0.9273 | 7,910 | 1535 | 0.0539 | |
| 13 | Vanderbilt University | 7600 | 95000 | 0.9199 | 7,221 | 1527 | 0.0586 | |
| 14 | Washington University in St Louis | 9200 | 96200 | 0.904 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 15 | Duke University | 9300 | 93500 | 0.9009 | 6,523 | 1539 | 0.0571 | |
| 16 | Stanford University | 9400 | 71500 | 0.868 | 7,904 | 1535 | 0.0361 | |
| 17 | University of California-Davis | 10200 | 38000 | 0.7304 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
| 18 | Cornell University | 10300 | 92000 | 0.8877 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
| 19 | Wichita State University | 11600 | 29800 | 0.6109 | 14,280 | 1094 | 0.7211 | |
| 20 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 11700 | 27800 | 0.579 | 21,075 | 1420 | 0.1534 | |
| 21 | Santa Monica College | 11800 | 20900 | 0.4365 | 23,164 | 0 | 0.4384 | |
| 22 | The University of Texas at Austin | 12100 | 30700 | 0.6055 | 43,165 | 1335 | 0.2664 | |
| 23 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 12300 | 24400 | 0.4964 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 24 | Florida Gulf Coast University | 13200 | 22500 | 0.4139 | 14,243 | 1125 | 0.7675 | |
| 25 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 13300 | 13300 | 0 | 18,428 | 1090 | 0.9529 | |
| 26 | North Carolina A & T State University | 13400 | 17900 | 0.2521 | 12,216 | 1020 | 0.4617 | |
| 27 | Louisiana Tech University | 13500 | 24900 | 0.4571 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 28 | University of California-Merced | 13600 | 40400 | 0.6628 | 8,372 | 1070 | 0.9152 | |
| 29 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 32200 | 0.5744 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 30 | Northern Illinois University | 13900 | 29300 | 0.5263 | 11,349 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 31 | West Virginia University | 14000 | 23300 | 0.3991 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 32 | Kansas State University | 14100 | 26100 | 0.4588 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 32 | Union College | 14100 | 91000 | 0.8451 | 2,065 | 1393 | 0.4392 | |
| 34 | Lehigh University | 14500 | 85700 | 0.8313 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 34 | University of North Texas | 14500 | 25400 | 0.4298 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 36 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 14700 | 28000 | 0.4747 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 37 | Case Western Reserve University | 15100 | 80400 | 0.8117 | 6,528 | 1485 | 0.3778 | |
| 37 | Florida International University | 15100 | 23700 | 0.3621 | 44,904 | 1175 | 0.5466 | |
| 39 | University of Florida | 15400 | 22300 | 0.3095 | 36,567 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 40 | Florida State University | 15500 | 23100 | 0.3289 | 32,711 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 40 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 15500 | 24800 | 0.3744 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 42 | Tufts University | 16100 | 92400 | 0.8262 | 7,126 | 1507 | 0.1153 | |
| 43 | University of California-Los Angeles | 16300 | 36700 | 0.5549 | 33,471 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 43 | University of Southern California | 16300 | 71400 | 0.772 | 21,023 | 1485 | 0.1002 | |
| 43 | University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire | 16300 | 22300 | 0.2687 | 8,765 | 1209 | 0.8799 | |
| 46 | University of California-Riverside | 16400 | 36500 | 0.5505 | 22,599 | 1199 | 0.7685 | |
| 47 | Northwestern University | 16700 | 89500 | 0.8138 | 8,846 | 1513 | 0.0722 | |
| 48 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 17200 | 27200 | 0.3671 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 48 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 17200 | 33600 | 0.4877 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 50 | University of Arkansas | 17500 | 27700 | 0.3683 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 51 | University of Maine | 17600 | 29000 | 0.3935 | 591 | 1199 | 0.9684 | |
| 52 | University of Rochester | 17700 | 93100 | 0.8101 | 6,580 | 1469 | 0.4008 | |
| 53 | Bucknell University | 17800 | 88400 | 0.7984 | 3,920 | 1284 | 0.2893 | |
| 54 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 18200 | 18200 | 0 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 55 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 18300 | 78300 | 0.7664 | 17,901 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 56 | University of Mississippi | 18700 | 45500 | 0.5895 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 57 | San Jose State University | 18900 | 30000 | 0.3702 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 58 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 19200 | 31000 | 0.3813 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 58 | University of Illinois Chicago | 19200 | 30300 | 0.366 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 60 | Jackson State University | 19300 | 28000 | 0.3102 | 4,650 | 950 | 0.4823 | |
| 60 | University of Nevada-Reno | 19300 | 28200 | 0.3156 | 18,895 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
| 62 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 19400 | 36900 | 0.4748 | 24,457 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 63 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 19600 | 40000 | 0.5099 | 1,984 | 1369 | 0.6328 | |
| 64 | Marshall University | 20100 | 36300 | 0.4466 | 9,165 | 1065 | 0.9572 | |
| 64 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 20100 | 38800 | 0.4817 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 64 | University of Colorado Boulder | 20100 | 30600 | 0.3431 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
| 67 | Alabama State University | 20200 | 37400 | 0.4592 | 3,322 | 945 | 0.9564 | |
| 67 | George Mason University | 20200 | 33500 | 0.3971 | 28,331 | 1268 | 0.8748 | |
| 69 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 20300 | 38100 | 0.4667 | 11,365 | 1216 | 0.8816 | |
| 70 | Montana State University | 20700 | 27100 | 0.2358 | 15,053 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 71 | Milwaukee School of Engineering | 20900 | 69400 | 0.6992 | 2,705 | 1292 | 0.6239 | |
| 72 | University of Miami | 21000 | 70800 | 0.7038 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 73 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 22400 | 35400 | 0.3667 | 5,731 | 1174 | 0.9064 | |
| 73 | University of Memphis | 22400 | 30000 | 0.2538 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 75 | Indiana Institute of Technology | 22900 | 48800 | 0.5309 | 1,642 | 1055 | 0.5713 | |
| 76 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 23400 | 71600 | 0.6734 | 3,135 | 1299 | 0.5493 | |
| 77 | Oral Roberts University | 23500 | 55600 | 0.5778 | 5,017 | 1139 | 0.989 | |
| 77 | Syracuse University | 23500 | 83100 | 0.7172 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 79 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 23700 | 83600 | 0.7168 | 7,283 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
| 80 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24100 | 37100 | 0.3508 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
| 81 | Temple University | 24500 | 36300 | 0.3253 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 82 | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology | 24700 | 26900 | 0.082 | 2,170 | 1264 | 0.8525 | |
| 83 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 25000 | 40700 | 0.3855 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 84 | Walla Walla University | 25700 | 51700 | 0.5038 | 1,238 | 1159 | 0.604 | |
| 85 | The College of New Jersey | 26000 | 42000 | 0.3812 | 7,435 | 1248 | 0.6235 | |
| 86 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 26200 | 28400 | 0.0776 | 14,504 | 1145 | 0.7637 | |
| 87 | University of Arizona | 26300 | 37700 | 0.3028 | 45,025 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
| 88 | University of Mount Union | 26400 | 50900 | 0.4805 | 1,927 | 1105 | 0.8013 | |
| 88 | University of South Dakota | 26400 | 29600 | 0.1082 | 7,619 | 1120 | 0.9878 | |
| 90 | Trine University | 26600 | 56100 | 0.5263 | 4,157 | 1209 | 0.8469 | |
| 91 | California State University-Long Beach | 26800 | 38400 | 0.3025 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 91 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 26800 | 36700 | 0.2699 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 91 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 26800 | 40300 | 0.3348 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 94 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 27000 | 41900 | 0.3555 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 94 | University of the Pacific | 27000 | 69800 | 0.6124 | 3,249 | 1298 | 0.7132 | |
| 96 | The University of Texas at Dallas | 27400 | 32800 | 0.1644 | 21,858 | 1283 | 0.6513 | |
| 96 | University of Louisville | 27400 | 42200 | 0.3505 | 17,086 | 1148 | 0.7941 | |
| 98 | Grand Valley State University | 27700 | 35700 | 0.2241 | 19,002 | 1233 | 0.8302 | |
| 99 | Regis College | 28000 | 70400 | 0.6021 | 1,055 | 965 | 0.9009 | |
| 100 | Dartmouth College | 28300 | 91100 | 0.689 | 4,570 | 1528 | 0.054 | |
| 100 | George Fox University | 28300 | 67100 | 0.5787 | 3,401 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 102 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 28400 | 78100 | 0.6364 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 103 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28500 | 31500 | 0.0953 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 103 | University of Hartford | 28500 | 70100 | 0.5926 | 4,223 | 1224 | 0.9579 | |
| 105 | University of Iowa | 28900 | 31100 | 0.0709 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 106 | Messiah University | 29000 | 54100 | 0.4642 | 2,618 | 1241 | 0.7897 | |
| 107 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 29100 | 42400 | 0.3138 | 21,947 | 1335 | 0.3122 | |
| 107 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 29100 | 52900 | 0.4501 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 109 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 29200 | 36500 | 0.2001 | 7,505 | 1059 | 0.9633 | |
| 110 | University of Toledo | 29400 | 32600 | 0.0983 | 11,013 | 1159 | 0.9202 | |
| 111 | University of Connecticut | 29600 | 33200 | 0.1086 | 19,388 | 1324 | 0.5395 | |
| 112 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 29900 | 31100 | 0.0385 | 20,592 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 113 | Gannon University | 30000 | 45300 | 0.3378 | 2,768 | 1174 | 0.7416 | |
| 114 | University of Houston | 30400 | 35200 | 0.1365 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 115 | Alfred University | 30600 | 67100 | 0.5442 | 1,474 | 1214 | 0.7384 | |
| 116 | California Baptist University | 30900 | 64600 | 0.5216 | 8,417 | 1069 | 0.8535 | |
| 116 | University of Rhode Island | 30900 | 46700 | 0.3383 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 118 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32300 | 34700 | 0.0691 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 118 | Widener University | 32300 | 75300 | 0.5708 | 2,811 | 1155 | 0.8402 | |
| 120 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 32400 | 38500 | 0.1585 | 7,890 | 1105 | 0.2056 | |
| 121 | Rockhurst University | 32700 | 62500 | 0.4766 | 2,304 | 1124 | 0.7089 | |
| 122 | Harding University | 32800 | 47000 | 0.3023 | 3,523 | 1193 | 0.3942 | |
| 122 | North Carolina State University | 32800 | 54800 | 0.4017 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 124 | California Lutheran University | 32900 | 64900 | 0.4934 | 2,297 | 1258 | 0.7567 | |
| 125 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 33300 | 54600 | 0.3899 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 126 | George Washington University | 33700 | 81800 | 0.5882 | 11,677 | 1421 | 0.4709 | |
| 127 | LeTourneau University | 34000 | 54600 | 0.3772 | 3,184 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 127 | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | 34000 | 74600 | 0.5445 | 2,315 | 1382 | 0.7686 | |
| 129 | University of Vermont | 34500 | 66300 | 0.4793 | 12,276 | 1379 | 0.653 | |
| 129 | Valparaiso University | 34500 | 63200 | 0.4535 | 2,123 | 1247 | 0.8934 | |
| 131 | University of South Florida | 34700 | 34700 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 132 | Stevenson University | 35300 | 59900 | 0.4105 | 3,106 | 1100 | 0.7891 | |
| 132 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 35300 | 42400 | 0.1674 | 31,112 | 1130 | 0.8129 | |
| 134 | Mississippi State University | 36300 | 50500 | 0.2815 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 135 | Lawrence Technological University | 36400 | 67800 | 0.4629 | 2,579 | 1155 | 0.7403 | |
| 136 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 36900 | 62000 | 0.4049 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 137 | Loyola University Chicago | 37200 | 73500 | 0.4937 | 12,538 | 1303 | 0.816 | |
| 138 | University of Central Oklahoma | 37300 | 38500 | 0.0312 | 10,454 | 1095 | 0.8176 | |
| 139 | Hofstra University | 38500 | 74600 | 0.4837 | 6,581 | 1323 | 0.6808 | |
| 139 | Washington State University | 38500 | 53900 | 0.2859 | 14,346 | 1139 | 0.8797 | |
| 141 | Wayne State University | 39000 | 45500 | 0.1428 | 16,173 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
| 142 | University of California-San Diego | 39600 | 61100 | 0.352 | 34,955 | 1375 | 0.2677 | |
| 142 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 39600 | 56700 | 0.3017 | 40,754 | 1391 | 0.3915 | |
| 144 | Stony Brook University | 39800 | 53000 | 0.2491 | 18,263 | 1395 | 0.4904 | |
| 145 | Western New England University | 40500 | 67000 | 0.3957 | 2,616 | 1199 | 0.8348 | |
| 146 | Endicott College | 40600 | 63200 | 0.3575 | 3,176 | 1215 | 0.7229 | |
| 147 | Marquette University | 40900 | 75100 | 0.4555 | 8,045 | 1309 | 0.8134 | |
| 148 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 41300 | 42500 | 0.0282 | 14,449 | 1195 | 0.7816 | |
| 149 | CUNY City College | 41500 | 41500 | 0 | 12,982 | 1169 | 0.5997 | |
| 149 | Fairfield University | 41500 | 77900 | 0.467 | 5,391 | 1350 | 0.3329 | |
| 151 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 41700 | 52100 | 0.1996 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 152 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 41900 | 56200 | 0.2543 | 3,965 | 1229 | 0.9121 | |
| 153 | University of Alabama at Birmingham | 42200 | 42200 | 0 | 12,382 | 1242 | 0.8842 | |
| 154 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 42400 | 42400 | 0 | 14,019 | 1159 | 0.7781 | |
| 155 | University at Buffalo | 42600 | 46800 | 0.0897 | 20,360 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 156 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43400 | 68600 | 0.3675 | 3,677 | 1224 | 0.577 | |
| 157 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 43800 | 57100 | 0.2315 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 158 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2748 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 159 | Duquesne University | 45300 | 70500 | 0.3575 | 5,371 | 1269 | 0.8356 | |
| 160 | Saint Louis University | 45800 | 74500 | 0.3853 | 10,436 | 1260 | 0.7504 | |
| 161 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 46400 | 58900 | 0.2121 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 162 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 46900 | 85700 | 0.4525 | 5,743 | 1438 | 0.6343 | |
| 163 | University of Delaware | 47200 | 53200 | 0.1137 | 19,119 | 1303 | 0.6356 | |
| 164 | University of California-Santa Cruz | 47800 | 66500 | 0.2812 | 17,940 | 1281 | 0.6557 | |
| 165 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 49000 | 85800 | 0.4288 | 4,236 | 1445 | 0.4758 | |
| 166 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 49500 | 56400 | 0.1222 | 10,200 | 1346 | 0.6507 | |
| 167 | Binghamton University | 50600 | 52800 | 0.0417 | 14,669 | 1417 | 0.3861 | |
| 167 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 50600 | 81000 | 0.3751 | 5,558 | 1292 | 0.6016 | |
| 169 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 50900 | 84200 | 0.3956 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 170 | University of Kentucky | 51000 | 56000 | 0.0893 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 171 | Drexel University | 51200 | 82600 | 0.38 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 172 | University of Utah | 51500 | 53700 | 0.0411 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 173 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 51700 | 51700 | 0 | 33,572 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 174 | University of California-Irvine | 52200 | 64800 | 0.1944 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2878 | |
| 175 | Santa Clara University | 52700 | 82900 | 0.3643 | 6,577 | 1427 | 0.48 | |
| 176 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
| 177 | Miami University-Oxford | 56100 | 56100 | 0 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 178 | Hawaii Pacific University | 58700 | 60900 | 0.0362 | 3,533 | 1120 | 0.8587 | |
| 179 | Michigan Technological University | 59100 | 59100 | 0 | 6,022 | 1256 | 0.8353 | |
| 180 | Clemson University | 61400 | 63700 | 0.0346 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 181 | University of California-Berkeley | 74600 | 75500 | 0.0119 | 33,469 | 1407 | 0.1104 | |
| 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.