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Considering a degree in Bioengineering?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Bioengineering majors who live in Massachusetts.
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 Massachusetts.
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 | 4100 | 90300 | 0.9544 | 987 | 1557 | 0.0257 | |
| 2 | Johns Hopkins University | 4300 | 88600 | 0.9513 | 6,356 | 1543 | 0.0644 | |
| 2 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 4300 | 85800 | 0.9499 | 4,576 | 1535 | 0.0485 | |
| 2 | Rice University | 4300 | 85500 | 0.9496 | 4,789 | 1535 | 0.08 | |
| 5 | University of Pennsylvania | 5400 | 93000 | 0.9421 | 10,013 | 1528 | 0.054 | |
| 6 | Yale University | 5500 | 92300 | 0.9403 | 6,814 | 1507 | 0.0387 | |
| 7 | Harvard University | 5900 | 90400 | 0.9345 | 7,038 | 1535 | 0.0365 | |
| 8 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 6300 | 94100 | 0.9333 | 9,157 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 9 | Vanderbilt University | 7700 | 95000 | 0.9188 | 7,221 | 1527 | 0.0586 | |
| 10 | Brown University | 7800 | 93900 | 0.9167 | 7,910 | 1535 | 0.0539 | |
| 11 | Washington University in St Louis | 9200 | 96200 | 0.904 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 12 | Duke University | 9600 | 93500 | 0.8976 | 6,523 | 1539 | 0.0571 | |
| 13 | Cornell University | 10300 | 92000 | 0.8877 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
| 14 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 10900 | 27200 | 0.6 | 40,754 | 1391 | 0.3915 | |
| 15 | Lehigh University | 11000 | 85700 | 0.8721 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 15 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 11000 | 34300 | 0.6789 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 17 | Tufts University | 11500 | 92100 | 0.8753 | 7,126 | 1507 | 0.1153 | |
| 18 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 27200 | 0.5443 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 19 | Florida Gulf Coast University | 13400 | 22500 | 0.405 | 14,243 | 1125 | 0.7675 | |
| 20 | Louisiana Tech University | 13700 | 24900 | 0.4491 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 21 | Northern Illinois University | 14200 | 29300 | 0.5163 | 11,349 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 22 | Union College | 14400 | 91000 | 0.8418 | 2,065 | 1393 | 0.4392 | |
| 23 | Stanford University | 14800 | 71300 | 0.792 | 7,904 | 1535 | 0.0361 | |
| 24 | Alabama State University | 15100 | 28000 | 0.4622 | 3,322 | 945 | 0.9564 | |
| 24 | Case Western Reserve University | 15100 | 80400 | 0.8117 | 6,528 | 1485 | 0.3778 | |
| 26 | University of California-Irvine | 15200 | 35300 | 0.5701 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2878 | |
| 27 | California State University-Long Beach | 15300 | 25800 | 0.4071 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 28 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 15500 | 24800 | 0.3744 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 29 | University of Florida | 15700 | 22300 | 0.2961 | 36,567 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 30 | University of Arizona | 16000 | 30900 | 0.483 | 45,025 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
| 31 | University of California-Los Angeles | 16300 | 36700 | 0.5548 | 33,471 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 31 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 16300 | 78300 | 0.7919 | 17,901 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 31 | University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire | 16300 | 22300 | 0.2687 | 8,765 | 1209 | 0.8799 | |
| 34 | University of Southern California | 16500 | 76000 | 0.7828 | 21,023 | 1485 | 0.1002 | |
| 35 | Northwestern University | 16700 | 89500 | 0.8138 | 8,846 | 1513 | 0.0722 | |
| 35 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16700 | 64800 | 0.7426 | 21,075 | 1420 | 0.1534 | |
| 37 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 17400 | 33600 | 0.4818 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 38 | Bucknell University | 17700 | 88400 | 0.7996 | 3,920 | 1284 | 0.2893 | |
| 38 | University of Arkansas | 17700 | 27700 | 0.361 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 38 | University of Rhode Island | 17700 | 34400 | 0.4852 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 38 | University of Rochester | 17700 | 93100 | 0.8101 | 6,580 | 1469 | 0.4008 | |
| 42 | University of Louisville | 17800 | 29100 | 0.3887 | 17,086 | 1148 | 0.7941 | |
| 43 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 17900 | 28100 | 0.3632 | 20,592 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 44 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 18200 | 18200 | 0 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 45 | University of Vermont | 18300 | 37800 | 0.5164 | 12,276 | 1379 | 0.653 | |
| 46 | Boston University | 18400 | 88000 | 0.7914 | 18,805 | 1475 | 0.1111 | |
| 47 | University of Mississippi | 18700 | 45500 | 0.5895 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 48 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 18900 | 18900 | 0 | 14,449 | 1195 | 0.7816 | |
| 48 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 18900 | 27000 | 0.3004 | 7,505 | 1059 | 0.9633 | |
| 50 | Kansas State University | 19000 | 28800 | 0.3406 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 50 | University of Memphis | 19000 | 26400 | 0.2808 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 52 | Jackson State University | 19300 | 28000 | 0.3102 | 4,650 | 950 | 0.4823 | |
| 53 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 19400 | 36900 | 0.4748 | 24,457 | 1256 | 0.7847 | |
| 54 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 19600 | 31000 | 0.3684 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 55 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 19700 | 40000 | 0.5074 | 1,984 | 1369 | 0.6328 | |
| 56 | The University of Texas at Austin | 19800 | 26900 | 0.2638 | 43,165 | 1335 | 0.2664 | |
| 57 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 20000 | 36200 | 0.4478 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 58 | University of Colorado Boulder | 20100 | 30600 | 0.3431 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
| 59 | Marshall University | 20400 | 36300 | 0.4383 | 9,165 | 1065 | 0.9572 | |
| 60 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 20500 | 38100 | 0.4614 | 11,365 | 1216 | 0.8816 | |
| 61 | West Virginia University | 20600 | 28800 | 0.2849 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 62 | Milwaukee School of Engineering | 20900 | 69400 | 0.6992 | 2,705 | 1292 | 0.6239 | |
| 63 | University of Miami | 21100 | 70800 | 0.7023 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 64 | Florida State University | 22600 | 25000 | 0.0962 | 32,711 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 65 | Indiana Institute of Technology | 23200 | 48800 | 0.5247 | 1,642 | 1055 | 0.5713 | |
| 66 | Syracuse University | 23500 | 83100 | 0.7172 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 67 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 23700 | 71600 | 0.6692 | 3,135 | 1299 | 0.5493 | |
| 68 | Oral Roberts University | 23800 | 55600 | 0.5724 | 5,017 | 1139 | 0.989 | |
| 68 | University of Kentucky | 23800 | 36000 | 0.3382 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 70 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 24000 | 83600 | 0.7132 | 7,283 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
| 71 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24100 | 37100 | 0.3513 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
| 72 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 24300 | 35500 | 0.3135 | 5,731 | 1174 | 0.9064 | |
| 73 | Temple University | 24700 | 36300 | 0.3198 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 74 | Montana State University | 24900 | 31400 | 0.207 | 15,053 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 75 | University of Akron Main Campus | 25000 | 25000 | 0 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 76 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 25100 | 36600 | 0.3146 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 77 | University of Massachusetts-Boston | 25400 | 42200 | 0.3981 | 12,234 | 1194 | 0.8296 | |
| 78 | Walla Walla University | 25700 | 51700 | 0.5038 | 1,238 | 1159 | 0.604 | |
| 79 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 25800 | 35700 | 0.2777 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 80 | The College of New Jersey | 26000 | 42000 | 0.3812 | 7,435 | 1248 | 0.6235 | |
| 81 | University of Mount Union | 26400 | 50900 | 0.4805 | 1,927 | 1105 | 0.8013 | |
| 81 | University of South Dakota | 26400 | 29600 | 0.1082 | 7,619 | 1120 | 0.9878 | |
| 83 | Trine University | 26600 | 56100 | 0.5263 | 4,157 | 1209 | 0.8469 | |
| 84 | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology | 27400 | 31600 | 0.1331 | 2,170 | 1264 | 0.8525 | |
| 85 | University of North Texas | 27500 | 37400 | 0.2649 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 86 | The University of Texas at Dallas | 27700 | 32800 | 0.1553 | 21,858 | 1283 | 0.6513 | |
| 87 | Grand Valley State University | 28000 | 35700 | 0.2157 | 19,002 | 1233 | 0.8302 | |
| 88 | Mississippi State University | 28100 | 32300 | 0.13 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 89 | Dartmouth College | 28300 | 91100 | 0.689 | 4,570 | 1528 | 0.054 | |
| 89 | Regis College | 28300 | 69800 | 0.5947 | 1,055 | 965 | 0.9009 | |
| 91 | Michigan Technological University | 28400 | 34700 | 0.1816 | 6,022 | 1256 | 0.8353 | |
| 92 | George Fox University | 28500 | 67100 | 0.5757 | 3,401 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 92 | University of Hartford | 28500 | 70100 | 0.5926 | 4,223 | 1224 | 0.9579 | |
| 94 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 28600 | 78100 | 0.6339 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 95 | University of Utah | 28800 | 32000 | 0.1002 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 96 | University of Iowa | 28900 | 31100 | 0.0709 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 97 | Clemson University | 29100 | 37100 | 0.2156 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 98 | Messiah University | 29200 | 54100 | 0.4605 | 2,618 | 1241 | 0.7897 | |
| 99 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 29900 | 30000 | 0.0033 | 18,428 | 1090 | 0.9529 | |
| 100 | San Jose State University | 30200 | 41000 | 0.2632 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 101 | Gannon University | 30300 | 45300 | 0.3312 | 2,768 | 1174 | 0.7416 | |
| 101 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 30300 | 41800 | 0.2753 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 103 | Alfred University | 30600 | 67100 | 0.5442 | 1,474 | 1214 | 0.7384 | |
| 104 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 30700 | 42400 | 0.276 | 21,947 | 1335 | 0.3122 | |
| 105 | University of Houston | 30800 | 35200 | 0.1251 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 105 | University of Toledo | 30800 | 42000 | 0.267 | 11,013 | 1159 | 0.9202 | |
| 107 | North Carolina A & T State University | 31600 | 36400 | 0.1317 | 12,216 | 1020 | 0.4617 | |
| 108 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32300 | 34700 | 0.0691 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 109 | Widener University | 32400 | 75300 | 0.5695 | 2,811 | 1155 | 0.8402 | |
| 110 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 32600 | 38500 | 0.1533 | 7,890 | 1105 | 0.2056 | |
| 111 | California Lutheran University | 32800 | 65800 | 0.5011 | 2,297 | 1258 | 0.7567 | |
| 111 | Harding University | 32800 | 47000 | 0.3023 | 3,523 | 1193 | 0.3942 | |
| 111 | North Carolina State University | 32800 | 54800 | 0.4017 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 114 | Rockhurst University | 33000 | 62500 | 0.4719 | 2,304 | 1124 | 0.7089 | |
| 115 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 33100 | 46200 | 0.2838 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 116 | George Washington University | 33700 | 81800 | 0.5882 | 11,677 | 1421 | 0.4709 | |
| 117 | LeTourneau University | 34000 | 54600 | 0.3772 | 3,184 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 118 | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | 34100 | 74600 | 0.5432 | 2,315 | 1382 | 0.7686 | |
| 119 | Valparaiso University | 34300 | 63000 | 0.4553 | 2,123 | 1247 | 0.8934 | |
| 120 | University of South Florida | 34700 | 34700 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 121 | University of Nevada-Reno | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 18,895 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
| 122 | California Baptist University | 35100 | 65200 | 0.4616 | 8,417 | 1069 | 0.8535 | |
| 123 | Stevenson University | 35300 | 59900 | 0.4105 | 3,106 | 1100 | 0.7891 | |
| 124 | University of Maine | 35400 | 35400 | 0 | 591 | 1199 | 0.9684 | |
| 125 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 35600 | 42400 | 0.1603 | 31,112 | 1130 | 0.8129 | |
| 126 | Florida International University | 36500 | 36800 | 0.0081 | 44,904 | 1175 | 0.5466 | |
| 126 | University of the Pacific | 36500 | 72100 | 0.4939 | 3,249 | 1298 | 0.7132 | |
| 128 | Lawrence Technological University | 36700 | 67800 | 0.4585 | 2,579 | 1155 | 0.7403 | |
| 129 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37300 | 62000 | 0.3985 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 130 | Loyola University Chicago | 37400 | 73500 | 0.491 | 12,538 | 1303 | 0.816 | |
| 130 | Wichita State University | 37400 | 39600 | 0.0556 | 14,280 | 1094 | 0.7211 | |
| 132 | University of Central Oklahoma | 37500 | 38500 | 0.026 | 10,454 | 1095 | 0.8176 | |
| 133 | University of Connecticut | 37700 | 40900 | 0.0783 | 19,388 | 1324 | 0.5395 | |
| 134 | Washington State University | 38500 | 53900 | 0.2859 | 14,346 | 1139 | 0.8797 | |
| 135 | Western New England University | 38600 | 66000 | 0.4156 | 2,616 | 1199 | 0.8348 | |
| 136 | Hofstra University | 38700 | 74600 | 0.4811 | 6,581 | 1323 | 0.6808 | |
| 137 | Wayne State University | 39200 | 45500 | 0.1384 | 16,173 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
| 138 | Stony Brook University | 39800 | 53000 | 0.2491 | 18,263 | 1395 | 0.4904 | |
| 139 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 39900 | 81100 | 0.5072 | 5,558 | 1292 | 0.6016 | |
| 140 | University of California-San Diego | 40100 | 61100 | 0.3438 | 34,955 | 1375 | 0.2677 | |
| 141 | Endicott College | 40700 | 63200 | 0.356 | 3,176 | 1215 | 0.7229 | |
| 142 | Marquette University | 41100 | 75100 | 0.4529 | 8,045 | 1309 | 0.8134 | |
| 143 | CUNY City College | 41500 | 41500 | 0 | 12,982 | 1169 | 0.5997 | |
| 143 | Fairfield University | 41500 | 77900 | 0.467 | 5,391 | 1350 | 0.3329 | |
| 145 | University of Alabama at Birmingham | 42200 | 42200 | 0 | 12,382 | 1242 | 0.8842 | |
| 146 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 42300 | 52100 | 0.1881 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 146 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 42300 | 54900 | 0.2297 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 148 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 42400 | 55100 | 0.2306 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 148 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 42400 | 42400 | 0 | 14,019 | 1159 | 0.7781 | |
| 150 | University at Buffalo | 42600 | 46800 | 0.0897 | 20,360 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 151 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 43000 | 46200 | 0.0693 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 152 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43400 | 68600 | 0.3675 | 3,677 | 1224 | 0.577 | |
| 152 | University of California-Riverside | 43400 | 66400 | 0.3463 | 22,599 | 1199 | 0.7685 | |
| 154 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 43800 | 57100 | 0.2315 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 155 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2748 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 156 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 45000 | 51400 | 0.1244 | 3,965 | 1229 | 0.9121 | |
| 157 | Duquesne University | 45300 | 70500 | 0.3575 | 5,371 | 1269 | 0.8356 | |
| 158 | Saint Louis University | 45900 | 74500 | 0.384 | 10,436 | 1260 | 0.7504 | |
| 159 | University of Illinois Chicago | 46200 | 48000 | 0.0375 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 160 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 47100 | 85700 | 0.4502 | 5,743 | 1438 | 0.6343 | |
| 161 | University of Delaware | 47200 | 53200 | 0.1127 | 19,119 | 1303 | 0.6356 | |
| 162 | University of California-Merced | 48300 | 52300 | 0.0764 | 8,372 | 1070 | 0.9152 | |
| 163 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 49000 | 85800 | 0.4288 | 4,236 | 1445 | 0.4758 | |
| 164 | George Mason University | 49200 | 49200 | 0 | 28,331 | 1268 | 0.8748 | |
| 165 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 49800 | 56400 | 0.1169 | 10,200 | 1346 | 0.6507 | |
| 166 | Binghamton University | 50600 | 52800 | 0.0417 | 14,669 | 1417 | 0.3861 | |
| 167 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 50700 | 52900 | 0.0417 | 14,504 | 1145 | 0.7637 | |
| 168 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 50900 | 84200 | 0.3956 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 169 | Drexel University | 51100 | 82600 | 0.3812 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 170 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 51700 | 51700 | 0 | 33,572 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 171 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53200 | 61000 | 0.1279 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 172 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
| 173 | Miami University-Oxford | 56100 | 56100 | 0 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 173 | University of California-Santa Cruz | 56100 | 66500 | 0.1564 | 17,940 | 1281 | 0.6557 | |
| 175 | Santa Clara University | 56500 | 84800 | 0.3339 | 6,577 | 1427 | 0.48 | |
| 176 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 56700 | 58900 | 0.0374 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 177 | Hawaii Pacific University | 58700 | 60900 | 0.0362 | 3,533 | 1120 | 0.8587 | |
| 178 | University of California-Davis | 63500 | 63500 | 0 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
| 179 | University of California-Berkeley | 74600 | 75500 | 0.0119 | 33,469 | 1407 | 0.1104 | |
| 180 | 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.