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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 | Johns Hopkins University | 2700 | 91800 | 0.9709 | 6,354 | 1554 | 0.0611 | |
| 2 | California Institute of Technology | 3000 | 117400 | 0.9744 | 971 | 1564 | 0.0379 | |
| 3 | University of Pennsylvania | 3500 | 93100 | 0.9629 | 9,989 | 1535 | 0.0492 | |
| 4 | Stanford University | 3600 | 1865200 | 0.9981 | 7,346 | 1542 | 0.038 | |
| 5 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 3900 | 112100 | 0.9651 | 4,561 | 1542 | 0.0456 | |
| 6 | Harvard University | 5900 | 96000 | 0.9387 | 6,738 | 1500 | 0.0418 | |
| 7 | Northwestern University | 7700 | 93000 | 0.9174 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 7 | Vanderbilt University | 7700 | 98000 | 0.9214 | 7,221 | 1527 | 0.0586 | |
| 9 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8900 | 96500 | 0.9082 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 10 | Rice University | 9500 | 92600 | 0.8971 | 4,807 | 1528 | 0.0801 | |
| 11 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 10500 | 33600 | 0.6865 | 22,313 | 1341 | 0.2996 | |
| 12 | University of Rochester | 10600 | 96300 | 0.8904 | 6,096 | 1448 | 0.4191 | |
| 13 | Washington University in St Louis | 10700 | 102300 | 0.8957 | 8,153 | 1512 | 0.1192 | |
| 14 | Antelope Valley Community College District | 10900 | 20400 | 0.4646 | 13,532 | 0 | 0 | |
| 15 | University of California-Merced | 11600 | 46300 | 0.7502 | 8,234 | 1070 | 0.9704 | |
| 16 | Santa Monica College | 11700 | 33300 | 0.6478 | 23,453 | 0 | 1 | |
| 17 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 29600 | 0.5802 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 18 | North Carolina A & T State University | 12500 | 17900 | 0.3025 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.5125 | |
| 19 | Boston University | 13000 | 114300 | 0.8861 | 18,289 | 1475 | 0.1283 | |
| 20 | Cornell University | 13100 | 93700 | 0.8601 | 16,138 | 1528 | 0.0838 | |
| 21 | University of Houston | 13200 | 21800 | 0.3944 | 40,366 | 1224 | 0.7577 | |
| 22 | Louisiana Tech University | 13500 | 43500 | 0.6896 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 22 | University of Delaware | 13500 | 34500 | 0.608 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 24 | The University of Texas at Dallas | 13600 | 19400 | 0.2988 | 23,007 | 1281 | 0.6909 | |
| 25 | Brown University | 13900 | 120200 | 0.8843 | 7,951 | 1500 | 0.0634 | |
| 26 | University of Memphis | 14000 | 37800 | 0.6299 | 15,538 | 1080 | 0.7878 | |
| 27 | Florida Gulf Coast University | 14100 | 40000 | 0.6475 | 14,434 | 1125 | 0.6344 | |
| 28 | University of California-Riverside | 14300 | 118200 | 0.8786 | 24,034 | 1199 | 0.8609 | |
| 29 | Bucknell University | 14700 | 92800 | 0.8413 | 3,928 | 1275 | 0.322 | |
| 30 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 14900 | 29300 | 0.4915 | 8,421 | 1054 | 0.9444 | |
| 31 | Case Western Reserve University | 15100 | 92100 | 0.8358 | 6,657 | 1484 | 0.3778 | |
| 31 | University of California-Irvine | 15100 | 43700 | 0.6548 | 30,260 | 1333 | 0.2895 | |
| 33 | University of Southern California | 15200 | 71400 | 0.7874 | 20,768 | 1499 | 0.1119 | |
| 34 | Alabama State University | 15500 | 24300 | 0.3632 | 3,521 | 945 | 0.9755 | |
| 34 | Florida State University | 15500 | 23000 | 0.3264 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 34 | Northern Illinois University | 15500 | 30400 | 0.4914 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 37 | Santa Ana College | 15900 | 35300 | 0.5498 | 27,248 | 0 | 0 | |
| 37 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 15900 | 27700 | 0.4254 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 39 | Duke University | 16000 | 98500 | 0.8377 | 6,525 | 1533 | 0.0524 | |
| 40 | University of Arizona | 16200 | 41400 | 0.6088 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 40 | West Virginia University | 16200 | 40900 | 0.6036 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 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 | University of Louisville | 16600 | 29100 | 0.43 | 17,916 | 1134 | 0.7921 | |
| 44 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16600 | 64800 | 0.7439 | 22,007 | 1427 | 0.1672 | |
| 46 | Marshall University | 16800 | 39800 | 0.5777 | 9,960 | 1070 | 0.9663 | |
| 47 | California State University-Long Beach | 17000 | 33300 | 0.4897 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 48 | Millikin University | 17100 | 45000 | 0.6198 | 1,427 | 1065 | 0.765 | |
| 48 | University of Florida | 17100 | 22500 | 0.2399 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 48 | University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire | 17100 | 22400 | 0.2371 | 8,329 | 1209 | 0.385 | |
| 51 | Union College | 17200 | 93400 | 0.8162 | 1,954 | 1399 | 0.4342 | |
| 52 | University of Miami | 17400 | 96300 | 0.8194 | 13,241 | 1408 | 0.1761 | |
| 53 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 17500 | 29900 | 0.4139 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 53 | University of Arkansas | 17500 | 36800 | 0.5237 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 55 | Yale University | 17700 | 275000 | 0.9356 | 6,667 | 1507 | 0.0475 | |
| 56 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 17900 | 43800 | 0.5908 | 21,028 | 1450 | 0.1334 | |
| 57 | San Jose State University | 18000 | 40800 | 0.5594 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 57 | University of Rhode Island | 18000 | 81200 | 0.7783 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 59 | University of Alabama at Birmingham | 18100 | 38700 | 0.5324 | 11,959 | 1260 | 0.8818 | |
| 60 | University of Vermont | 18300 | 37800 | 0.5164 | 12,159 | 1372 | 0.7304 | |
| 61 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 19300 | 26900 | 0.2823 | 14,657 | 1190 | 0.7583 | |
| 62 | Lehigh University | 19400 | 111000 | 0.8254 | 5,986 | 1436 | 0.2896 | |
| 63 | Syracuse University | 19800 | 83600 | 0.7632 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 64 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 20100 | 25500 | 0.2118 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 64 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20100 | 45100 | 0.5547 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 66 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 20200 | 38500 | 0.4738 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 | |
| 67 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 20300 | 39200 | 0.4824 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 68 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 20700 | 30600 | 0.326 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 69 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 20800 | 47800 | 0.5649 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 69 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 20800 | 28300 | 0.2654 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 71 | University of Maryland-College Park | 21000 | 35000 | 0.4004 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 72 | University of the Pacific | 21300 | 121200 | 0.8239 | 3,097 | 1313 | 0.6905 | |
| 73 | Grand Canyon University | 21400 | 48300 | 0.5569 | 75,936 | 1075 | 0.7891 | |
| 74 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 75 | Grand Valley State University | 21900 | 36600 | 0.4016 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 75 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 21900 | 33600 | 0.3479 | 21,469 | 1167 | 0.9061 | |
| 77 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 22100 | 42500 | 0.48 | 14,249 | 1084 | 0.7761 | |
| 78 | Tufts University | 22300 | 120000 | 0.8139 | 7,031 | 1497 | 0.1082 | |
| 79 | California Baptist University | 22400 | 67800 | 0.6697 | 8,707 | 1024 | 0.8139 | |
| 80 | Indiana Institute of Technology | 22500 | 48800 | 0.5391 | 1,650 | 1055 | 0.7039 | |
| 81 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 22700 | 36100 | 0.3709 | 34,447 | 1273 | 0.8804 | |
| 82 | Montana State University | 22900 | 73500 | 0.6886 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 83 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 23600 | 42000 | 0.4386 | 21,388 | 1369 | 0.5945 | |
| 84 | Florida International University | 23700 | 23700 | 0 | 46,249 | 1180 | 0.6085 | |
| 85 | Miami University-Oxford | 24000 | 28300 | 0.1519 | 16,405 | 1284 | 0.74 | |
| 86 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24100 | 38400 | 0.3726 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 87 | Temple University | 24400 | 36100 | 0.3243 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 88 | Messiah University | 24900 | 89600 | 0.7222 | 2,722 | 1266 | 0.8107 | |
| 89 | University of North Texas | 25400 | 36900 | 0.3118 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 90 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 25600 | 80500 | 0.6823 | 17,848 | 1470 | 0.1565 | |
| 91 | George Fox University | 25800 | 95400 | 0.7298 | 3,530 | 1168 | 0.9282 | |
| 91 | University of Akron Main Campus | 25800 | 28000 | 0.0784 | 11,691 | 1074 | 0.7722 | |
| 93 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 25900 | 40600 | 0.362 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 94 | Jackson State University | 26100 | 35000 | 0.2533 | 4,967 | 940 | 0.9602 | |
| 94 | Stony Brook University | 26100 | 33200 | 0.2129 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 94 | University of Evansville | 26100 | 64700 | 0.5967 | 1,920 | 1174 | 0.9412 | |
| 97 | University of South Dakota | 26300 | 29600 | 0.111 | 7,515 | 1120 | 0.9884 | |
| 97 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 26300 | 43300 | 0.393 | 7,747 | 1073 | 0.9617 | |
| 99 | Trine University | 26500 | 56100 | 0.5278 | 4,373 | 1159 | 0.8548 | |
| 100 | Wichita State University | 27000 | 30300 | 0.1087 | 14,906 | 1065 | 0.7224 | |
| 101 | University of Central Oklahoma | 27100 | 44800 | 0.3951 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 101 | University of Mount Union | 27100 | 56300 | 0.5183 | 2,207 | 1089 | 0.782 | |
| 103 | Rowan University | 27300 | 41300 | 0.3392 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 104 | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology | 27400 | 32700 | 0.1618 | 2,216 | 1268 | 0.7987 | |
| 104 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 27400 | 29900 | 0.0837 | 18,667 | 1090 | 0.9711 | |
| 106 | Wayne State University | 27900 | 46800 | 0.4041 | 16,390 | 1183 | 0.8359 | |
| 107 | Dartmouth College | 28100 | 94500 | 0.7024 | 4,715 | 1485 | 0.0602 | |
| 108 | University of Hartford | 28500 | 70100 | 0.5933 | 4,223 | 1224 | 0.9579 | |
| 109 | University of Utah | 28700 | 32000 | 0.1028 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 110 | Oregon State University | 28800 | 36700 | 0.2153 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 111 | Clemson University | 29000 | 37100 | 0.2179 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 112 | University of Toledo | 29300 | 32600 | 0.1009 | 10,726 | 1134 | 0.8889 | |
| 113 | Lawrence Technological University | 29500 | 99100 | 0.7027 | 2,661 | 1149 | 0.8101 | |
| 114 | University of South Florida | 29700 | 36700 | 0.1906 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 115 | University of Iowa | 29800 | 32100 | 0.0714 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 116 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 29900 | 78200 | 0.6173 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 117 | Gannon University | 30000 | 92500 | 0.6759 | 2,768 | 1174 | 0.7416 | |
| 118 | George Mason University | 30400 | 35700 | 0.1483 | 28,862 | 1271 | 0.8647 | |
| 119 | Alfred University | 30600 | 67100 | 0.544 | 1,478 | 1229 | 0.48 | |
| 120 | University of North Dakota | 31000 | 33700 | 0.0827 | 11,837 | 1189 | 0.8157 | |
| 121 | Marymount University | 32000 | 72900 | 0.561 | 2,503 | 1095 | 0.9316 | |
| 122 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 32100 | 36700 | 0.1252 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 123 | The College of New Jersey | 32200 | 45900 | 0.2986 | 7,433 | 1243 | 0.6148 | |
| 124 | University of Nevada-Reno | 32500 | 32500 | 0 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 125 | Rockhurst University | 32700 | 62500 | 0.4769 | 1,964 | 1159 | 0.9392 | |
| 126 | Milwaukee School of Engineering | 33100 | 72600 | 0.5437 | 2,836 | 1283 | 0.6711 | |
| 126 | Regis College | 33100 | 108900 | 0.6963 | 987 | 965 | 0.6979 | |
| 128 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 33300 | 75200 | 0.5573 | 3,190 | 1317 | 0.6187 | |
| 129 | Harding University | 33500 | 47800 | 0.299 | 3,536 | 1184 | 0.7052 | |
| 130 | George Washington University | 34300 | 81800 | 0.5808 | 11,495 | 1436 | 0.4713 | |
| 131 | Stevenson University | 35300 | 59900 | 0.4105 | 3,154 | 1100 | 0.8006 | |
| 132 | New York Institute of Technology | 35400 | 83600 | 0.577 | 3,646 | 1298 | 0.8102 | |
| 132 | Valparaiso University | 35400 | 63200 | 0.4393 | 2,056 | 1183 | 0.8994 | |
| 134 | Western New England University | 35900 | 87400 | 0.5893 | 2,616 | 1199 | 0.8348 | |
| 135 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 36400 | 53600 | 0.321 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 136 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 36500 | 40000 | 0.0876 | 1,984 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 137 | University of Connecticut | 37200 | 70600 | 0.4731 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 138 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 37400 | 63100 | 0.407 | 5,986 | 1110 | 0.8916 | |
| 139 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 37800 | 40100 | 0.0571 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 139 | Widener University | 37800 | 79400 | 0.5241 | 2,975 | 1179 | 0.7093 | |
| 141 | Washington State University | 38100 | 53900 | 0.2932 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 142 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 38300 | 103500 | 0.6297 | 4,182 | 1317 | 0.8783 | |
| 143 | Drexel University | 39100 | 107600 | 0.6364 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 143 | Mississippi State University | 39100 | 53400 | 0.2675 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 145 | University of Mississippi | 39800 | 60300 | 0.3399 | 22,939 | 1172 | 0.9738 | |
| 146 | University of Maine | 40000 | 56000 | 0.2859 | 9,182 | 1195 | 0.9562 | |
| 147 | Endicott College | 40400 | 94900 | 0.5742 | 3,195 | 1275 | 0.7121 | |
| 147 | Johnson & Wales University-Providence | 40400 | 66000 | 0.3875 | 3,908 | 1050 | 0.8844 | |
| 147 | University of Illinois Chicago | 40400 | 51300 | 0.2124 | 24,260 | 1174 | 0.7576 | |
| 150 | University at Buffalo | 41400 | 46400 | 0.1078 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 151 | Saint Louis University | 41800 | 81100 | 0.4847 | 9,331 | 1250 | 0.7499 | |
| 152 | Marquette University | 41900 | 75900 | 0.4481 | 8,206 | 1304 | 0.7802 | |
| 153 | Fairfield University | 42000 | 84300 | 0.5016 | 5,671 | 1345 | 0.2505 | |
| 154 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 43200 | 108500 | 0.6019 | 35,358 | 1448 | 0.1642 | |
| 155 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43400 | 68700 | 0.3679 | 4,279 | 1234 | 0.5796 | |
| 156 | Kansas State University | 43700 | 47900 | 0.0884 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 157 | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | 43900 | 83400 | 0.4735 | 2,160 | 1374 | 0.809 | |
| 158 | LeTourneau University | 44800 | 55000 | 0.1855 | 2,903 | 1242 | 0.4879 | |
| 159 | Duquesne University | 45200 | 70500 | 0.3587 | 5,382 | 1252 | 0.8639 | |
| 160 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 46300 | 59900 | 0.2271 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 161 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47100 | 59800 | 0.2121 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 162 | Santa Clara University | 47300 | 107400 | 0.5596 | 6,695 | 1399 | 0.4788 | |
| 163 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 48700 | 86200 | 0.4349 | 4,206 | 1430 | 0.5068 | |
| 164 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 49500 | 72700 | 0.319 | 46,627 | 1366 | 0.492 | |
| 165 | The University of Texas at Austin | 49800 | 58800 | 0.153 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 166 | University of Colorado Boulder | 50000 | 56000 | 0.1072 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7809 | |
| 167 | Binghamton University | 50500 | 52800 | 0.0433 | 14,559 | 1404 | 0.3731 | |
| 168 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 50600 | 52900 | 0.0433 | 14,834 | 1149 | 0.7803 | |
| 168 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 50600 | 95600 | 0.4709 | 5,461 | 1292 | 0.6189 | |
| 170 | University of Kentucky | 50900 | 74100 | 0.3129 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 171 | University of California-Berkeley | 51300 | 98700 | 0.4802 | 33,513 | 1407 | 0.1145 | |
| 172 | Loyola University Chicago | 52100 | 74800 | 0.3037 | 12,640 | 1262 | 0.751 | |
| 173 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 53000 | 86300 | 0.3859 | 5,833 | 1440 | 0.6725 | |
| 174 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 54100 | 95100 | 0.4311 | 6,839 | 1469 | 0.1446 | |
| 175 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 54500 | 66200 | 0.1767 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 176 | University of California-San Diego | 55100 | 90100 | 0.3885 | 35,442 | 1375 | 0.2856 | |
| 177 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 57900 | 65700 | 0.1188 | 40,996 | 1399 | 0.4175 | |
| 178 | Hofstra University | 58800 | 83400 | 0.2949 | 6,599 | 1369 | 0.7267 | |
| 179 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 60600 | 64800 | 0.0648 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 180 | Michigan Technological University | 60900 | 76100 | 0.1997 | 6,009 | 1247 | 0.8546 | |
| 181 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 62300 | 65000 | 0.0415 | 9,827 | 1329 | 0.6737 | |
| 182 | Hawaii Pacific University | 63500 | 65800 | 0.0348 | 3,468 | 1200 | 0.8855 | |
| 183 | University of California-Davis | 68600 | 90000 | 0.2377 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 184 | University of California-Santa Cruz | 76200 | 82900 | 0.0809 | 18,194 | 1281 | 0.7273 | |
| 185 | The Catholic University of America | 82500 | 82500 | 0 | 3,294 | 1229 | 0.7328 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.