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Considering a degree in Bioengineering?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Bioengineering majors who live in California.
Rankings are calculated by estimating the net price at every college offering Bioengineering 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 | Yale University | 5500 | 92200 | 0.94 | 6,814 | 1507 | 0.0387 | |
| 6 | Harvard University | 5900 | 96000 | 0.9387 | 8,844 | 1535 | 0.0365 | |
| 7 | Rio Hondo College | 7100 | 21600 | 0.6726 | 17,441 | 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | Vanderbilt University | 7600 | 96200 | 0.9205 | 7,221 | 1527 | 0.0586 | |
| 9 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8200 | 97100 | 0.916 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0399 | |
| 10 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 8900 | 90000 | 0.9016 | 4,535 | 1542 | 0.0455 | |
| 11 | University of Pennsylvania | 9200 | 92900 | 0.9009 | 11,478 | 1536 | 0.054 | |
| 11 | Washington University in St Louis | 9200 | 102300 | 0.9104 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 13 | Bucknell University | 9600 | 91800 | 0.8959 | 3,920 | 1396 | 0.2893 | |
| 14 | Rice University | 9800 | 89100 | 0.8903 | 4,789 | 1535 | 0.08 | |
| 15 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 11000 | 25700 | 0.5713 | 46,815 | 1378 | 0.6057 | |
| 16 | University of California-San Diego | 11200 | 39700 | 0.718 | 34,955 | 1375 | 0.2671 | |
| 17 | Marshall University | 11400 | 36600 | 0.6882 | 9,146 | 1065 | 0.9573 | |
| 18 | Cornell University | 11500 | 93100 | 0.8767 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0876 | |
| 19 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 11600 | 27800 | 0.5818 | 20,885 | 1420 | 0.1534 | |
| 20 | Santa Monica College | 11700 | 33300 | 0.6478 | 23,453 | 0 | 0 | |
| 20 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 11700 | 25000 | 0.5312 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 22 | University of Houston | 12000 | 28400 | 0.5781 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 22 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 12000 | 38800 | 0.6912 | 17,885 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 24 | North Carolina A & T State University | 12500 | 17900 | 0.3025 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.499 | |
| 25 | Boston University | 12700 | 92800 | 0.8633 | 18,805 | 1475 | 0.1111 | |
| 26 | Union College | 13500 | 92400 | 0.8538 | 2,065 | 1393 | 0.4392 | |
| 27 | The University of Texas at Dallas | 13600 | 19400 | 0.2988 | 21,858 | 1283 | 0.6513 | |
| 27 | University of California-Merced | 13600 | 42000 | 0.6764 | 8,372 | 1070 | 0.9053 | |
| 29 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 47300 | 0.7099 | 38,040 | 1418 | 0.452 | |
| 30 | Brown University | 13900 | 94000 | 0.8521 | 7,910 | 1535 | 0.0539 | |
| 30 | Duke University | 13900 | 93600 | 0.8517 | 6,523 | 1527 | 0.0571 | |
| 30 | Northern Illinois University | 13900 | 30400 | 0.5445 | 11,348 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 33 | Alabama State University | 14200 | 31300 | 0.5476 | 3,521 | 945 | 0.9755 | |
| 34 | Florida Gulf Coast University | 14500 | 22500 | 0.3552 | 14,463 | 1125 | 0.6344 | |
| 35 | Case Western Reserve University | 15100 | 91300 | 0.835 | 6,528 | 1475 | 0.3654 | |
| 35 | University of California-Irvine | 15100 | 38000 | 0.6031 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2857 | |
| 37 | University of Southern California | 15300 | 71400 | 0.786 | 20,630 | 1492 | 0.0981 | |
| 38 | Lehigh University | 15400 | 89600 | 0.8286 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 38 | University of Central Oklahoma | 15400 | 28700 | 0.4635 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 40 | Wayne State University | 16200 | 32900 | 0.5073 | 16,012 | 1174 | 0.8116 | |
| 41 | University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire | 16400 | 22400 | 0.2683 | 9,351 | 1195 | 0.8234 | |
| 42 | Northwestern University | 16600 | 89500 | 0.8149 | 9,399 | 1527 | 0.0769 | |
| 42 | West Virginia University | 16600 | 40900 | 0.5939 | 18,206 | 1125 | 0.89 | |
| 44 | University of California-Riverside | 17000 | 36500 | 0.5341 | 22,600 | 1199 | 0.7639 | |
| 45 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 17400 | 39000 | 0.5533 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 46 | University of Miami | 17700 | 95700 | 0.8149 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 47 | University of California-Berkeley | 17900 | 43600 | 0.5903 | 33,070 | 1407 | 0.1098 | |
| 48 | University of Mississippi | 18500 | 45000 | 0.5893 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 49 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 18600 | 29900 | 0.3802 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5743 | |
| 50 | San Jose State University | 19000 | 40800 | 0.5349 | 28,008 | 1124 | 0.8461 | |
| 51 | University of Colorado Boulder | 19200 | 31900 | 0.3987 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7808 | |
| 52 | Jackson State University | 19300 | 28000 | 0.3102 | 4,650 | 950 | 0.9315 | |
| 53 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 19400 | 36900 | 0.4748 | 24,449 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 54 | University of Rochester | 20100 | 93100 | 0.7843 | 6,580 | 1462 | 0.4008 | |
| 55 | University of Memphis | 20600 | 29600 | 0.3044 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 56 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 20700 | 30600 | 0.326 | 44,819 | 1327 | 0.4987 | |
| 57 | Louisiana Tech University | 21000 | 26100 | 0.1956 | 10,881 | 1189 | 0.864 | |
| 58 | Tufts University | 21300 | 98900 | 0.7843 | 7,126 | 1507 | 0.1149 | |
| 59 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 21900 | 33600 | 0.3479 | 21,210 | 1148 | 0.9262 | |
| 60 | Grand Valley State University | 22100 | 35900 | 0.3849 | 19,002 | 1084 | 0.8302 | |
| 60 | Montana State University | 22100 | 27100 | 0.1843 | 15,046 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 62 | Florida State University | 22500 | 32400 | 0.306 | 32,720 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 62 | Indiana Institute of Technology | 22500 | 48800 | 0.5391 | 1,650 | 1055 | 0.7039 | |
| 64 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 23200 | 34500 | 0.3279 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 64 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 23200 | 24900 | 0.0682 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 66 | Washington State University | 23600 | 38700 | 0.3897 | 21,455 | 1125 | 0.8664 | |
| 67 | Florida International University | 23700 | 23700 | 0 | 45,193 | 1175 | 0.5466 | |
| 68 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 23900 | 40500 | 0.4099 | 25,900 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 69 | Miami University-Oxford | 24000 | 27500 | 0.1274 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 70 | Temple University | 24500 | 36100 | 0.3216 | 21,457 | 1135 | 0.8041 | |
| 70 | University at Buffalo | 24500 | 34000 | 0.2794 | 20,359 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 72 | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology | 24600 | 26900 | 0.0848 | 2,216 | 1268 | 0.7987 | |
| 73 | Walla Walla University | 25600 | 51700 | 0.5046 | 1,313 | 1113 | 0.5077 | |
| 74 | Messiah University | 25900 | 54300 | 0.5228 | 2,618 | 1241 | 0.7897 | |
| 74 | Regis College | 25900 | 70700 | 0.6337 | 987 | 965 | 0.6978 | |
| 76 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 26200 | 28400 | 0.0802 | 14,504 | 1149 | 0.7637 | |
| 77 | University of South Dakota | 26300 | 29600 | 0.1107 | 7,619 | 1120 | 0.9878 | |
| 78 | University of Mount Union | 26400 | 50900 | 0.4812 | 2,207 | 1089 | 0.782 | |
| 78 | University of the Pacific | 26400 | 69800 | 0.621 | 3,249 | 1298 | 0.7132 | |
| 80 | Trine University | 26500 | 56100 | 0.5276 | 4,373 | 1159 | 0.8548 | |
| 80 | University of Arkansas | 26500 | 28900 | 0.0825 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.743 | |
| 82 | Kansas State University | 26600 | 30400 | 0.1261 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8169 | |
| 83 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 26900 | 36500 | 0.2632 | 7,505 | 1073 | 0.9633 | |
| 84 | Michigan Technological University | 27000 | 34700 | 0.222 | 6,013 | 1256 | 0.9243 | |
| 85 | University of Arizona | 27200 | 37700 | 0.2789 | 44,848 | 1233 | 0.8614 | |
| 86 | Syracuse University | 27300 | 83100 | 0.6713 | 15,957 | 1363 | 0.4592 | |
| 87 | George Fox University | 27700 | 69400 | 0.6012 | 3,354 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 88 | Wichita State University | 27900 | 39800 | 0.3007 | 13,313 | 1073 | 0.9395 | |
| 89 | Dartmouth College | 28100 | 96000 | 0.7074 | 4,637 | 1521 | 0.054 | |
| 89 | Mississippi State University | 28100 | 32300 | 0.1323 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 91 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28400 | 32300 | 0.1207 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 92 | University of Hartford | 28500 | 70100 | 0.5933 | 4,223 | 1224 | 0.9575 | |
| 92 | University of North Texas | 28500 | 37400 | 0.2378 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 94 | University of Iowa | 28800 | 31100 | 0.0733 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 95 | Gannon University | 29000 | 52900 | 0.4522 | 2,768 | 1133 | 0.7416 | |
| 96 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 29100 | 29200 | 0.0034 | 18,288 | 1090 | 0.9068 | |
| 97 | University of Toledo | 29300 | 32600 | 0.1006 | 11,013 | 1229 | 0.9202 | |
| 98 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 29500 | 43100 | 0.3158 | 22,033 | 1321 | 0.3132 | |
| 99 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 30300 | 38500 | 0.213 | 7,890 | 1110 | 0.2056 | |
| 99 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30300 | 78100 | 0.6118 | 14,267 | 1381 | 0.6693 | |
| 101 | Alfred University | 30600 | 67100 | 0.5438 | 1,442 | 1239 | 0.7384 | |
| 102 | California Baptist University | 30900 | 64800 | 0.5223 | 8,417 | 1070 | 0.8488 | |
| 103 | California State University-Long Beach | 31000 | 38900 | 0.2032 | 36,082 | 1135 | 0.4627 | |
| 103 | University of North Dakota | 31000 | 33700 | 0.0824 | 11,033 | 1150 | 0.769 | |
| 105 | University of Louisville | 31100 | 42000 | 0.2593 | 17,086 | 1148 | 0.7941 | |
| 106 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 31200 | 48800 | 0.361 | 20,591 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 107 | Lawrence Technological University | 31800 | 71900 | 0.5576 | 2,579 | 1159 | 0.559 | |
| 108 | Marquette University | 31900 | 66500 | 0.5203 | 8,045 | 1309 | 0.8134 | |
| 109 | The College of New Jersey | 32100 | 45400 | 0.2927 | 7,435 | 1248 | 0.6229 | |
| 110 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32300 | 35100 | 0.0799 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 111 | University of Rhode Island | 32400 | 46400 | 0.3015 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 112 | University of Nevada-Reno | 32500 | 32500 | 0 | 19,117 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
| 113 | North Carolina State University | 32700 | 54800 | 0.4031 | 28,422 | 1378 | 0.4174 | |
| 113 | Rockhurst University | 32700 | 62500 | 0.4769 | 2,303 | 1124 | 0.6959 | |
| 115 | Harding University | 33500 | 47800 | 0.2987 | 3,536 | 1184 | 0.7052 | |
| 115 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 33500 | 36100 | 0.072 | 33,033 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 117 | George Washington University | 33700 | 81800 | 0.5881 | 11,677 | 1430 | 0.4709 | |
| 118 | LeTourneau University | 33900 | 54800 | 0.3817 | 3,187 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 119 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 34200 | 75200 | 0.5454 | 3,135 | 1307 | 0.5493 | |
| 120 | Milwaukee School of Engineering | 34300 | 70200 | 0.5117 | 2,704 | 1277 | 0.5893 | |
| 121 | University of Vermont | 34500 | 66300 | 0.4799 | 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 | New York Institute of Technology | 35400 | 83600 | 0.5769 | 3,646 | 1298 | 0.8102 | |
| 124 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 35400 | 56700 | 0.3757 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8304 | |
| 124 | Valparaiso University | 35400 | 63200 | 0.4393 | 2,123 | 1189 | 0.8943 | |
| 127 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 36600 | 40000 | 0.085 | 2,381 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 128 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 36900 | 66300 | 0.4436 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5478 | |
| 129 | University of Connecticut | 37200 | 53600 | 0.3062 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 130 | Hofstra University | 38000 | 76900 | 0.5058 | 6,581 | 1328 | 0.6808 | |
| 131 | Western New England University | 38500 | 69200 | 0.4438 | 2,616 | 1199 | 0.8348 | |
| 132 | Loyola University Chicago | 39100 | 74100 | 0.4722 | 12,538 | 1303 | 0.816 | |
| 133 | University of Maine | 39600 | 45200 | 0.124 | 9,601 | 1205 | 0.9664 | |
| 134 | Stony Brook University | 39700 | 53000 | 0.2506 | 18,263 | 1410 | 0.4904 | |
| 135 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 40100 | 42500 | 0.0565 | 13,921 | 1119 | 0.7468 | |
| 136 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 40200 | 50000 | 0.1962 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 136 | Santa Clara University | 40200 | 84500 | 0.5245 | 6,577 | 1427 | 0.48 | |
| 138 | Johnson & Wales University-Providence | 40400 | 66000 | 0.3874 | 3,908 | 1050 | 0.8841 | |
| 138 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5061 | 33,475 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 140 | Endicott College | 40500 | 64200 | 0.3691 | 3,194 | 1275 | 0.7121 | |
| 141 | University of Alabama at Birmingham | 41100 | 42300 | 0.0284 | 11,959 | 1260 | 0.8818 | |
| 142 | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | 41500 | 83200 | 0.5012 | 2,315 | 1404 | 0.7686 | |
| 142 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 41500 | 53200 | 0.22 | 5,731 | 1174 | 0.9064 | |
| 144 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 41900 | 67900 | 0.3828 | 3,965 | 1229 | 0.9121 | |
| 145 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 42400 | 42400 | 0 | 14,449 | 1195 | 0.784 | |
| 146 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42800 | 56200 | 0.2385 | 11,355 | 1222 | 0.8816 | |
| 147 | University of Florida | 43100 | 45700 | 0.057 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 148 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43300 | 68600 | 0.3686 | 3,666 | 1224 | 0.577 | |
| 149 | Widener University | 43500 | 79400 | 0.4523 | 2,975 | 1184 | 0.7093 | |
| 150 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 43800 | 57100 | 0.2328 | 23,329 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 151 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2752 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 151 | University of Illinois Chicago | 44900 | 50600 | 0.1127 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 153 | Duquesne University | 45200 | 70500 | 0.3586 | 5,371 | 1274 | 0.8356 | |
| 154 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 46000 | 86300 | 0.4668 | 5,741 | 1438 | 0.6347 | |
| 155 | Fairfield University | 46200 | 84300 | 0.4518 | 5,391 | 1350 | 0.3329 | |
| 155 | Saint Louis University | 46200 | 80900 | 0.4287 | 10,413 | 1305 | 0.7504 | |
| 157 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 48000 | 55800 | 0.1398 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 157 | University of Delaware | 48000 | 61300 | 0.2171 | 20,026 | 1294 | 0.706 | |
| 159 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 48400 | 91400 | 0.4706 | 8,192 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
| 160 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 48600 | 61200 | 0.2056 | 26,221 | 1204 | 0.8854 | |
| 161 | Drexel University | 48700 | 83900 | 0.4196 | 13,309 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 162 | University of Kentucky | 49100 | 58000 | 0.1547 | 25,534 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 163 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 49500 | 85800 | 0.4229 | 4,236 | 1445 | 0.4758 | |
| 164 | The University of Texas at Austin | 49700 | 59400 | 0.1633 | 43,165 | 1356 | 0.2664 | |
| 165 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 49800 | 62200 | 0.1995 | 37,140 | 1406 | 0.4237 | |
| 166 | Binghamton University | 50500 | 52800 | 0.0432 | 14,669 | 1415 | 0.3861 | |
| 166 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 50500 | 83600 | 0.3958 | 5,558 | 1292 | 0.6016 | |
| 168 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 50800 | 84700 | 0.4003 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 169 | University of Utah | 51400 | 53700 | 0.0425 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 170 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53200 | 61000 | 0.1291 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 171 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 16,100 | 1219 | 0.7766 | |
| 171 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53600 | 62800 | 0.1465 | 23,920 | 1397 | 0.5973 | |
| 173 | George Mason University | 53700 | 61000 | 0.1197 | 28,334 | 1268 | 0.8748 | |
| 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 | 61400 | 63700 | 0.0358 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 177 | Hawaii Pacific University | 63500 | 65800 | 0.0346 | 3,533 | 1120 | 0.8587 | |
| 178 | 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-Santa Cruz | 76100 | 82400 | 0.0764 | 17,940 | 1281 | 0.6579 | |
| 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.