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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 | 92000 | 0.9704 | 6,356 | 1543 | 0.0644 | |
| 2 | California Institute of Technology | 3400 | 90800 | 0.9626 | 987 | 1557 | 0.0257 | |
| 3 | Stanford University | 3500 | 71800 | 0.9517 | 7,904 | 1535 | 0.0361 | |
| 4 | Santa Ana College | 4500 | 23100 | 0.8046 | 27,248 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 4600 | 40700 | 0.886 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 6 | Yale University | 5500 | 92200 | 0.94 | 6,814 | 1507 | 0.0387 | |
| 7 | Harvard University | 5900 | 96000 | 0.9387 | 8,844 | 1535 | 0.0365 | |
| 8 | Santa Monica College | 6400 | 15500 | 0.588 | 23,453 | 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | Rio Hondo College | 7100 | 21600 | 0.6726 | 17,441 | 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | Vanderbilt University | 7600 | 96200 | 0.9205 | 7,221 | 1527 | 0.0586 | |
| 11 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8200 | 97100 | 0.916 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0399 | |
| 12 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 8900 | 90000 | 0.9016 | 4,535 | 1542 | 0.0455 | |
| 13 | Washington University in St Louis | 9300 | 102300 | 0.9091 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 14 | University of Pennsylvania | 9400 | 92900 | 0.8988 | 11,478 | 1536 | 0.054 | |
| 15 | Bucknell University | 9600 | 91800 | 0.8959 | 3,920 | 1396 | 0.2893 | |
| 16 | Rice University | 9800 | 89100 | 0.8903 | 4,789 | 1535 | 0.08 | |
| 17 | Marshall University | 10700 | 33400 | 0.6794 | 9,146 | 1065 | 0.9573 | |
| 18 | University of California-San Diego | 11200 | 39700 | 0.718 | 34,955 | 1375 | 0.2671 | |
| 19 | Cornell University | 11700 | 93100 | 0.8745 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0876 | |
| 20 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 12100 | 38800 | 0.6887 | 17,885 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 21 | Boston University | 13100 | 92800 | 0.859 | 18,805 | 1475 | 0.1111 | |
| 22 | University of Houston | 13200 | 22000 | 0.3993 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 23 | Union College | 13500 | 92400 | 0.8538 | 2,065 | 1393 | 0.4392 | |
| 24 | The University of Texas at Dallas | 13600 | 19400 | 0.2988 | 21,858 | 1283 | 0.6513 | |
| 24 | University of California-Merced | 13600 | 42000 | 0.6764 | 8,372 | 1070 | 0.9053 | |
| 26 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 50700 | 0.7294 | 38,040 | 1418 | 0.452 | |
| 27 | Duke University | 13800 | 93600 | 0.8528 | 6,523 | 1527 | 0.0571 | |
| 27 | Grand Valley State University | 13800 | 25300 | 0.4551 | 19,002 | 1084 | 0.8302 | |
| 29 | Brown University | 13900 | 94000 | 0.8521 | 7,910 | 1535 | 0.0539 | |
| 29 | Northern Illinois University | 13900 | 30400 | 0.5445 | 11,348 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 31 | Florida Gulf Coast University | 14000 | 20300 | 0.3096 | 14,463 | 1125 | 0.6344 | |
| 32 | Alabama State University | 14200 | 31300 | 0.5476 | 3,521 | 945 | 0.9755 | |
| 33 | Case Western Reserve University | 15200 | 91300 | 0.8339 | 6,528 | 1475 | 0.3654 | |
| 34 | University of California-Irvine | 15300 | 38000 | 0.5978 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2857 | |
| 34 | University of Southern California | 15300 | 71400 | 0.786 | 20,630 | 1492 | 0.0981 | |
| 36 | Florida State University | 15400 | 22900 | 0.3271 | 32,720 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 37 | University of Central Oklahoma | 15500 | 28700 | 0.46 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 38 | Lehigh University | 15600 | 89600 | 0.8263 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 39 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 15900 | 38400 | 0.5856 | 37,140 | 1406 | 0.4237 | |
| 40 | University of Maine | 16200 | 29300 | 0.4474 | 9,601 | 1205 | 0.9664 | |
| 41 | California State University-Long Beach | 16400 | 25800 | 0.3645 | 36,082 | 1135 | 0.4627 | |
| 42 | West Virginia University | 16600 | 40900 | 0.5939 | 18,206 | 1125 | 0.89 | |
| 43 | Northwestern University | 16700 | 89500 | 0.8138 | 9,399 | 1527 | 0.0769 | |
| 43 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16700 | 64800 | 0.7418 | 20,885 | 1420 | 0.1534 | |
| 45 | University of California-Riverside | 17000 | 36500 | 0.5341 | 22,600 | 1199 | 0.7639 | |
| 46 | University of Louisville | 17100 | 29100 | 0.4128 | 17,086 | 1148 | 0.7941 | |
| 46 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 17100 | 17100 | 0 | 14,449 | 1195 | 0.784 | |
| 48 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 17600 | 29900 | 0.4126 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5743 | |
| 49 | University of Miami | 17700 | 95700 | 0.8149 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 50 | University of Illinois Chicago | 18400 | 30100 | 0.3893 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 51 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 18600 | 31400 | 0.4077 | 13,921 | 1119 | 0.7468 | |
| 52 | University of Nevada-Reno | 18900 | 28200 | 0.3295 | 19,117 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
| 53 | San Jose State University | 19000 | 40800 | 0.5349 | 28,008 | 1124 | 0.8461 | |
| 54 | University of Mississippi | 19100 | 27000 | 0.2925 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 55 | Jackson State University | 19300 | 28000 | 0.3102 | 4,650 | 950 | 0.9315 | |
| 56 | University of Rochester | 20200 | 93100 | 0.7833 | 6,580 | 1462 | 0.4008 | |
| 57 | University of Alabama at Birmingham | 20400 | 28500 | 0.2846 | 11,959 | 1260 | 0.8818 | |
| 58 | University of Memphis | 20600 | 29600 | 0.3044 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 59 | Louisiana Tech University | 21000 | 26100 | 0.1956 | 10,881 | 1189 | 0.864 | |
| 60 | Tufts University | 21300 | 98900 | 0.7843 | 7,126 | 1507 | 0.1149 | |
| 61 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 21900 | 33600 | 0.3479 | 21,210 | 1148 | 0.9262 | |
| 62 | University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire | 22400 | 22400 | 0 | 9,351 | 1195 | 0.8234 | |
| 63 | Indiana Institute of Technology | 22500 | 48800 | 0.5391 | 1,650 | 1055 | 0.7039 | |
| 64 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 23200 | 24900 | 0.0682 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 65 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 23400 | 34500 | 0.3221 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 66 | University of Kentucky | 23900 | 36400 | 0.3448 | 25,534 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 67 | Miami University-Oxford | 24000 | 27500 | 0.1274 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 68 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24100 | 39300 | 0.3873 | 23,920 | 1397 | 0.5973 | |
| 69 | Temple University | 24500 | 36100 | 0.3216 | 21,457 | 1135 | 0.8041 | |
| 69 | University at Buffalo | 24500 | 34000 | 0.2794 | 20,359 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 71 | Binghamton University | 25700 | 32700 | 0.2159 | 14,669 | 1415 | 0.3861 | |
| 71 | Walla Walla University | 25700 | 51700 | 0.5032 | 1,313 | 1113 | 0.5077 | |
| 73 | Messiah University | 25900 | 54300 | 0.5228 | 2,618 | 1241 | 0.7897 | |
| 73 | Regis College | 25900 | 70700 | 0.6337 | 987 | 965 | 0.6978 | |
| 75 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 26300 | 28400 | 0.0756 | 14,504 | 1149 | 0.7637 | |
| 76 | University of Arkansas | 26400 | 28900 | 0.0849 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.743 | |
| 76 | University of the Pacific | 26400 | 69800 | 0.621 | 3,249 | 1298 | 0.7132 | |
| 78 | University of Mount Union | 26500 | 50900 | 0.4799 | 2,207 | 1089 | 0.782 | |
| 78 | University of South Dakota | 26500 | 29600 | 0.1063 | 7,619 | 1120 | 0.9878 | |
| 80 | Kansas State University | 26600 | 30400 | 0.1256 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8169 | |
| 80 | Trine University | 26600 | 56100 | 0.5253 | 4,373 | 1159 | 0.8548 | |
| 82 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 26900 | 36500 | 0.2632 | 7,505 | 1073 | 0.9633 | |
| 83 | Michigan Technological University | 27000 | 34700 | 0.222 | 6,013 | 1256 | 0.9243 | |
| 84 | University of Arizona | 27300 | 37700 | 0.2762 | 44,848 | 1233 | 0.8614 | |
| 85 | Rowan University | 27500 | 41300 | 0.3345 | 16,100 | 1219 | 0.7766 | |
| 86 | George Fox University | 27700 | 69400 | 0.6012 | 3,354 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 86 | Syracuse University | 27700 | 83100 | 0.6665 | 15,957 | 1363 | 0.4592 | |
| 88 | Wichita State University | 27900 | 39800 | 0.2999 | 13,313 | 1073 | 0.9395 | |
| 89 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28500 | 32300 | 0.1176 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 89 | University of North Texas | 28500 | 37400 | 0.2378 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 91 | Dartmouth College | 28600 | 96000 | 0.7021 | 4,637 | 1521 | 0.054 | |
| 91 | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology | 28600 | 32700 | 0.1269 | 2,216 | 1268 | 0.7987 | |
| 91 | University of Hartford | 28600 | 70100 | 0.5921 | 4,223 | 1224 | 0.9575 | |
| 94 | Marquette University | 28700 | 63800 | 0.5503 | 8,045 | 1309 | 0.8134 | |
| 95 | Oregon State University | 28900 | 36700 | 0.2143 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 96 | Gannon University | 29000 | 52900 | 0.4522 | 2,768 | 1133 | 0.7416 | |
| 96 | University of Iowa | 29000 | 31100 | 0.0691 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 98 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 29100 | 29200 | 0.0034 | 18,288 | 1090 | 0.9068 | |
| 99 | Montana State University | 29400 | 31400 | 0.0637 | 15,046 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 99 | University of California-Santa Cruz | 29400 | 43000 | 0.3169 | 17,940 | 1281 | 0.6579 | |
| 101 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 29500 | 43100 | 0.3158 | 22,033 | 1321 | 0.3132 | |
| 101 | University of Toledo | 29500 | 32600 | 0.0966 | 11,013 | 1229 | 0.9202 | |
| 103 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 30300 | 38500 | 0.213 | 7,890 | 1110 | 0.2056 | |
| 104 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30500 | 78100 | 0.6093 | 14,267 | 1381 | 0.6693 | |
| 105 | Alfred University | 30600 | 67100 | 0.5434 | 1,442 | 1239 | 0.7384 | |
| 106 | California Baptist University | 30900 | 64800 | 0.5223 | 8,417 | 1070 | 0.8488 | |
| 107 | North Carolina A & T State University | 31100 | 36700 | 0.1525 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.499 | |
| 107 | University of North Dakota | 31100 | 33700 | 0.0785 | 11,033 | 1150 | 0.769 | |
| 109 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 31200 | 48800 | 0.361 | 20,591 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 110 | Lawrence Technological University | 31900 | 71900 | 0.5562 | 2,579 | 1159 | 0.559 | |
| 111 | The College of New Jersey | 32100 | 45400 | 0.2927 | 7,435 | 1248 | 0.6229 | |
| 112 | University of Rhode Island | 32400 | 46400 | 0.3015 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 113 | Rockhurst University | 32700 | 62500 | 0.4769 | 2,303 | 1124 | 0.6959 | |
| 114 | North Carolina State University | 32800 | 54800 | 0.4007 | 28,422 | 1378 | 0.4174 | |
| 115 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 33500 | 36100 | 0.072 | 33,033 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 116 | George Washington University | 33700 | 81800 | 0.5881 | 11,677 | 1430 | 0.4709 | |
| 116 | Harding University | 33700 | 47800 | 0.296 | 3,536 | 1184 | 0.7052 | |
| 118 | LeTourneau University | 34000 | 54800 | 0.3798 | 3,187 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 119 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 34200 | 75200 | 0.5454 | 3,135 | 1307 | 0.5493 | |
| 120 | Milwaukee School of Engineering | 34500 | 70200 | 0.5089 | 2,704 | 1277 | 0.5893 | |
| 120 | University of Vermont | 34500 | 66300 | 0.4788 | 12,276 | 1379 | 0.653 | |
| 122 | University of South Florida | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 123 | Stevenson University | 35300 | 59900 | 0.4105 | 3,106 | 1100 | 0.7891 | |
| 124 | Valparaiso University | 35400 | 63200 | 0.4393 | 2,123 | 1189 | 0.8943 | |
| 125 | New York Institute of Technology | 35500 | 83600 | 0.5755 | 3,646 | 1298 | 0.8102 | |
| 125 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 35500 | 56700 | 0.3739 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8304 | |
| 127 | Mississippi State University | 36300 | 50500 | 0.2804 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 128 | Florida International University | 36500 | 36800 | 0.0081 | 45,193 | 1175 | 0.5466 | |
| 129 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 36600 | 40000 | 0.085 | 2,381 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 130 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 36900 | 66300 | 0.4436 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5478 | |
| 131 | University of Connecticut | 37300 | 53600 | 0.3043 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 132 | Hofstra University | 38000 | 76900 | 0.5058 | 6,581 | 1328 | 0.6808 | |
| 133 | Washington State University | 38200 | 53900 | 0.2906 | 21,455 | 1125 | 0.8664 | |
| 134 | Western New England University | 38500 | 69200 | 0.4438 | 2,616 | 1199 | 0.8348 | |
| 135 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 38700 | 53100 | 0.2711 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 136 | Loyola University Chicago | 39200 | 74100 | 0.4708 | 12,538 | 1303 | 0.816 | |
| 137 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 39800 | 53600 | 0.2576 | 46,815 | 1378 | 0.6057 | |
| 138 | Stony Brook University | 39900 | 53000 | 0.2481 | 18,263 | 1410 | 0.4904 | |
| 139 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 40100 | 47500 | 0.1558 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 140 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 40200 | 50000 | 0.1962 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 140 | Wayne State University | 40200 | 46200 | 0.1299 | 16,012 | 1174 | 0.8116 | |
| 142 | Santa Clara University | 40300 | 84500 | 0.5233 | 6,577 | 1427 | 0.48 | |
| 143 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5061 | 33,475 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 144 | Endicott College | 40500 | 64200 | 0.3691 | 3,194 | 1275 | 0.7121 | |
| 144 | Johnson & Wales University-Providence | 40500 | 66000 | 0.3866 | 3,908 | 1050 | 0.8841 | |
| 146 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 40800 | 55200 | 0.2608 | 25,900 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 147 | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | 41500 | 83200 | 0.5012 | 2,315 | 1404 | 0.7686 | |
| 147 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 41500 | 53200 | 0.22 | 5,731 | 1174 | 0.9064 | |
| 149 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 41900 | 67900 | 0.3828 | 3,965 | 1229 | 0.9121 | |
| 150 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42800 | 56200 | 0.2385 | 11,355 | 1222 | 0.8816 | |
| 151 | University of Florida | 43200 | 45700 | 0.0548 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 152 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43600 | 68700 | 0.3659 | 3,666 | 1224 | 0.577 | |
| 152 | Widener University | 43600 | 79400 | 0.451 | 2,975 | 1184 | 0.7093 | |
| 154 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 43900 | 57100 | 0.2305 | 23,329 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 155 | Duquesne University | 45300 | 70500 | 0.3568 | 5,371 | 1274 | 0.8356 | |
| 156 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 46000 | 86300 | 0.4668 | 5,741 | 1438 | 0.6347 | |
| 157 | Fairfield University | 46300 | 84300 | 0.4506 | 5,391 | 1350 | 0.3329 | |
| 157 | Saint Louis University | 46300 | 80900 | 0.4275 | 10,413 | 1305 | 0.7504 | |
| 159 | University of Colorado Boulder | 46400 | 57700 | 0.1953 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7808 | |
| 160 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47100 | 59700 | 0.2117 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 161 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 48000 | 55800 | 0.1398 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 161 | University of Delaware | 48000 | 61300 | 0.2171 | 20,026 | 1294 | 0.706 | |
| 163 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48600 | 51200 | 0.0517 | 44,819 | 1327 | 0.4987 | |
| 163 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 48600 | 91400 | 0.4684 | 8,192 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
| 165 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 48700 | 61200 | 0.2034 | 26,221 | 1204 | 0.8854 | |
| 166 | Drexel University | 48800 | 83900 | 0.4184 | 13,309 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 167 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 49700 | 85800 | 0.4206 | 4,236 | 1445 | 0.4758 | |
| 168 | The University of Texas at Austin | 49800 | 59400 | 0.1617 | 43,165 | 1356 | 0.2664 | |
| 169 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 50600 | 83600 | 0.3946 | 5,558 | 1292 | 0.6016 | |
| 170 | University of Utah | 51600 | 53700 | 0.04 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 171 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53300 | 61000 | 0.127 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 172 | George Mason University | 53800 | 61000 | 0.1181 | 28,334 | 1268 | 0.8748 | |
| 173 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 57000 | 59200 | 0.0363 | 24,449 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 174 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58300 | 64100 | 0.0905 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 175 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 61100 | 63200 | 0.0332 | 40,684 | 1331 | 0.3915 | |
| 176 | Clemson University | 61500 | 63700 | 0.0338 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 177 | Hawaii Pacific University | 63700 | 65800 | 0.0327 | 3,533 | 1120 | 0.8587 | |
| 177 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 63700 | 63700 | 0 | 10,200 | 1325 | 0.6507 | |
| 179 | University of California-Davis | 69800 | 69800 | 0 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
| 180 | University of California-Berkeley | 70500 | 76100 | 0.0736 | 33,070 | 1407 | 0.1098 | |
| 181 | The Catholic University of America | 82500 | 82500 | 0 | 3,177 | 1140 | 0.8278 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.