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Considering a degree in Biology?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Biology majors who live in South Dakota.
Rankings are calculated by estimating the net price at every college offering Biology degrees for a "typical" middle class family living in the state of South Dakota.
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 | Harvard University | 5900 | 96000 | 0.9382 | 8,844 | 1535 | 0.0365 | |
| 2 | Savannah State University | 6900 | 29000 | 0.7616 | 2,966 | 925 | 0.4614 | |
| 3 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22000 | 0.6362 | 32,952 | 1374 | 0.6778 | |
| 4 | University of California-Davis | 10200 | 38100 | 0.7328 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
| 5 | College of Saint Mary | 10800 | 37800 | 0.7141 | 552 | 1103 | 0.4465 | |
| 6 | Eastern Washington University | 11500 | 31200 | 0.6315 | 6,952 | 995 | 0.9075 | |
| 7 | Boston University | 12100 | 92800 | 0.8698 | 18,805 | 1475 | 0.1111 | |
| 8 | University of the Virgin Islands | 12500 | 26100 | 0.522 | 1,569 | 925 | 0.9898 | |
| 8 | University of West Florida | 12500 | 21500 | 0.4181 | 9,970 | 1149 | 0.5824 | |
| 10 | University of Central Florida | 12600 | 25300 | 0.5014 | 59,552 | 1280 | 0.4011 | |
| 11 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 13500 | 28000 | 0.5175 | 8,553 | 1045 | 0.8688 | |
| 12 | University of Delaware | 13600 | 34500 | 0.606 | 20,026 | 1294 | 0.706 | |
| 12 | University of South Florida | 13600 | 17100 | 0.2045 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 14 | Utah State University | 13800 | 20800 | 0.3369 | 25,706 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 14 | Western Washington University | 13800 | 31400 | 0.5605 | 13,752 | 1272 | 0.9325 | |
| 16 | Wesleyan College | 13900 | 43800 | 0.6825 | 496 | 1065 | 0.591 | |
| 17 | Duke University | 14300 | 93600 | 0.8474 | 6,523 | 1527 | 0.0571 | |
| 18 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 14600 | 19000 | 0.2318 | 11,994 | 1090 | 0.865 | |
| 19 | Central Michigan University | 14700 | 37800 | 0.6104 | 10,193 | 1095 | 0.8982 | |
| 19 | Georgetown University | 14700 | 92700 | 0.8414 | 7,833 | 1457 | 0.1291 | |
| 21 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15100 | 37700 | 0.6009 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8609 | |
| 22 | Daytona State College | 15200 | 18000 | 0.156 | 12,820 | 0 | 0 | |
| 23 | Coastal Carolina University | 15800 | 27200 | 0.4192 | 10,811 | 1145 | 0.7527 | |
| 23 | Talladega College | 15800 | 26900 | 0.4127 | 701 | 970 | 0.8542 | |
| 25 | Northeastern University | 15900 | 89900 | 0.8231 | 17,432 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 25 | University of Arkansas-Fort Smith | 15900 | 21700 | 0.2667 | 5,459 | 1055 | 0.8046 | |
| 27 | Ball State University | 16300 | 22400 | 0.2727 | 15,189 | 1170 | 0.855 | |
| 27 | University of California-Los Angeles | 16300 | 36700 | 0.5554 | 33,475 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 27 | Weber State University | 16300 | 23600 | 0.3089 | 31,672 | 0 | 0 | |
| 30 | University of Florida | 16400 | 22500 | 0.271 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 31 | University of West Alabama | 16500 | 24200 | 0.3188 | 2,983 | 990 | 0.4265 | |
| 32 | Emporia State University | 16700 | 22900 | 0.2709 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 32 | SUNY College at Geneseo | 16700 | 26400 | 0.3668 | 3,881 | 1279 | 0.6645 | |
| 34 | Grove City College | 16800 | 39700 | 0.5776 | 2,341 | 1266 | 0.7232 | |
| 35 | Ferris State University | 16900 | 31000 | 0.4555 | 8,991 | 1015 | 0.9139 | |
| 36 | Eastern Michigan University | 17000 | 36100 | 0.5282 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 37 | Millikin University | 17100 | 45000 | 0.6198 | 1,495 | 1020 | 0.6668 | |
| 37 | Northern State University | 17100 | 23400 | 0.2675 | 3,169 | 1075 | 0.93 | |
| 37 | SUNY at Fredonia | 17100 | 27800 | 0.3854 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 40 | West Virginia University | 17500 | 40900 | 0.5719 | 18,206 | 1125 | 0.89 | |
| 41 | Tougaloo College | 17700 | 34200 | 0.4823 | 1,286 | 985 | 0.5985 | |
| 41 | University of Miami | 17700 | 95700 | 0.8149 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 43 | Waynesburg University | 17800 | 45000 | 0.6034 | 1,030 | 1093 | 0.8982 | |
| 44 | Bethel University | 17900 | 35300 | 0.4924 | 2,674 | 970 | 0.6023 | |
| 45 | Utah Tech University | 18200 | 23300 | 0.2192 | 13,006 | 0 | 0 | |
| 46 | Bridgewater State University | 18400 | 25400 | 0.2752 | 8,270 | 1180 | 0.8781 | |
| 46 | State University of New York at Oswego | 18400 | 27700 | 0.3356 | 5,517 | 1180 | 0.8055 | |
| 48 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 18900 | 28300 | 0.3311 | 3,375 | 1090 | 0.5876 | |
| 48 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 18900 | 39000 | 0.5166 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 50 | University of Mary | 19300 | 32600 | 0.4067 | 2,821 | 1175 | 0.753 | |
| 51 | East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania | 19600 | 26700 | 0.2663 | 4,891 | 1095 | 0.9205 | |
| 51 | University of Nevada-Reno | 19600 | 28200 | 0.3047 | 19,117 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
| 53 | Carlow University | 19700 | 57800 | 0.6593 | 1,355 | 1065 | 0.8695 | |
| 53 | SUNY Oneonta | 19700 | 29300 | 0.3276 | 4,681 | 1234 | 0.696 | |
| 53 | University of Central Oklahoma | 19700 | 22700 | 0.1322 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 56 | La Sierra University | 19800 | 65900 | 0.6992 | 1,226 | 1025 | 0.915 | |
| 56 | University of Rhode Island | 19800 | 33900 | 0.416 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 58 | Bethel University | 19900 | 54500 | 0.6358 | 1,065 | 1030 | 0.9766 | |
| 58 | Daemen University | 19900 | 55100 | 0.6389 | 1,653 | 1050 | 0.6826 | |
| 58 | Lee University | 19900 | 37400 | 0.4682 | 3,271 | 1154 | 0.7052 | |
| 61 | McMurry University | 20200 | 51900 | 0.6103 | 3,167 | 1065 | 0.5704 | |
| 61 | Minot State University | 20200 | 23500 | 0.1393 | 2,499 | 1075 | 0.6462 | |
| 63 | Loyola University New Orleans | 20300 | 72100 | 0.7183 | 3,007 | 1155 | 0.9305 | |
| 64 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 20400 | 29900 | 0.319 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5743 | |
| 65 | Hampshire College | 20500 | 83900 | 0.756 | 844 | 1254 | 0.7528 | |
| 65 | University of California-Santa Cruz | 20500 | 42900 | 0.5227 | 17,940 | 1281 | 0.6579 | |
| 67 | South Dakota State University | 20600 | 25200 | 0.1844 | 10,719 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 67 | University of Southern California | 20600 | 75900 | 0.729 | 20,630 | 1492 | 0.0981 | |
| 69 | Florida College | 20800 | 34200 | 0.3921 | 728 | 1099 | 0.6966 | |
| 70 | Mayville State University | 20900 | 23800 | 0.1218 | 1,067 | 1034 | 0.7123 | |
| 71 | North Dakota State University | 21000 | 25700 | 0.1847 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 72 | Malone University | 21300 | 57100 | 0.6274 | 992 | 1075 | 0.7586 | |
| 73 | Niagara University | 21900 | 57400 | 0.6182 | 2,692 | 1160 | 0.8737 | |
| 74 | Central Methodist University-College of Liberal Arts and Sciences | 22000 | 52700 | 0.5829 | 1,041 | 1040 | 0.5687 | |
| 75 | Grand Valley State University | 22100 | 35900 | 0.3849 | 19,002 | 1084 | 0.8302 | |
| 75 | Piedmont University | 22100 | 47200 | 0.5318 | 1,159 | 1130 | 0.9328 | |
| 77 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 22500 | 25400 | 0.1143 | 2,906 | 1125 | 0.4696 | |
| 78 | Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences | 22800 | 56900 | 0.5991 | 533 | 1244 | 0.5269 | |
| 78 | Augustana College | 22800 | 72800 | 0.6867 | 2,522 | 1163 | 0.6268 | |
| 80 | University of South Dakota | 22900 | 26000 | 0.1211 | 7,619 | 1120 | 0.9878 | |
| 81 | Saint Cloud State University | 23100 | 36800 | 0.3737 | 8,738 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 81 | The University of Alabama | 23100 | 31000 | 0.2546 | 34,389 | 1284 | 0.7665 | |
| 83 | Northern Arizona University | 23200 | 34100 | 0.322 | 22,990 | 1090 | 0.8961 | |
| 84 | San Jose State University | 23400 | 41100 | 0.4308 | 28,008 | 1124 | 0.8461 | |
| 85 | York College of Pennsylvania | 23500 | 45800 | 0.4873 | 3,369 | 1153 | 0.7374 | |
| 86 | Mount Marty University | 23900 | 54400 | 0.561 | 1,022 | 1090 | 0.4257 | |
| 87 | Saint Norbert College | 24000 | 63800 | 0.6236 | 1,970 | 1193 | 0.8574 | |
| 88 | Wisconsin Lutheran College | 24200 | 55200 | 0.5611 | 957 | 1233 | 0.7816 | |
| 89 | Abilene Christian University | 24300 | 59000 | 0.5877 | 3,263 | 1189 | 0.6603 | |
| 90 | Unity Environmental University | 24500 | 29900 | 0.1809 | 6,507 | 0 | 0.818 | |
| 91 | Winona State University | 24600 | 25100 | 0.0199 | 5,317 | 1115 | 0.7549 | |
| 92 | Bradley University | 24700 | 50800 | 0.5137 | 3,596 | 1223 | 0.7676 | |
| 93 | Huntingdon College | 24800 | 44400 | 0.4412 | 880 | 1130 | 0.6949 | |
| 94 | Southwestern Adventist University | 25000 | 43200 | 0.4214 | 758 | 1064 | 0.7836 | |
| 95 | Point Park University | 25200 | 57000 | 0.5582 | 2,337 | 1140 | 0.9691 | |
| 96 | University of Hawaii at Hilo | 25300 | 38300 | 0.3396 | 2,292 | 1005 | 0.6063 | |
| 97 | University of Jamestown | 25400 | 34400 | 0.2616 | 1,049 | 1055 | 0.8808 | |
| 98 | Ave Maria University | 25500 | 46600 | 0.453 | 1,301 | 1164 | 0.4139 | |
| 99 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 25700 | 37900 | 0.3216 | 5,661 | 1085 | 0.982 | |
| 99 | University of Mary Hardin-Baylor | 25700 | 53800 | 0.5225 | 2,803 | 1099 | 0.9576 | |
| 101 | Evangel University | 26000 | 40900 | 0.3647 | 1,511 | 1180 | 0.7161 | |
| 102 | Trinity Christian College | 26200 | 40500 | 0.3527 | 825 | 1168 | 0.8492 | |
| 103 | Messiah University | 26300 | 54300 | 0.5154 | 2,618 | 1241 | 0.7897 | |
| 103 | SUNY College at Potsdam | 26300 | 37700 | 0.3022 | 2,111 | 1060 | 0.777 | |
| 105 | Marywood University | 26400 | 67700 | 0.6098 | 1,833 | 1160 | 0.6058 | |
| 106 | Geneva College | 26500 | 50300 | 0.4737 | 1,260 | 1143 | 0.7905 | |
| 106 | Salem State University | 26500 | 43200 | 0.3868 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 106 | University of Southern Mississippi | 26500 | 26500 | 0 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
| 109 | Trine University | 26600 | 56100 | 0.5253 | 4,373 | 1159 | 0.8548 | |
| 109 | University of Mobile | 26600 | 48300 | 0.449 | 1,308 | 1209 | 0.7789 | |
| 111 | Troy University | 26900 | 34700 | 0.2248 | 10,222 | 1090 | 0.9604 | |
| 112 | Concordia University-Chicago | 27000 | 54900 | 0.5078 | 1,368 | 1100 | 0.9279 | |
| 113 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 27500 | 41500 | 0.3371 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 114 | Mitchell College | 27700 | 66600 | 0.5841 | 442 | 817 | 0.9466 | |
| 115 | Florida Southern College | 27900 | 63200 | 0.5593 | 2,682 | 1264 | 0.6442 | |
| 116 | University of North Alabama | 28000 | 37300 | 0.2494 | 7,662 | 1140 | 0.8731 | |
| 116 | Wichita State University | 28000 | 39800 | 0.2974 | 13,313 | 1073 | 0.9395 | |
| 118 | Saint Edward's University | 28300 | 73200 | 0.6137 | 2,499 | 1128 | 0.8142 | |
| 119 | Francis Marion University | 28600 | 40200 | 0.2889 | 3,692 | 1015 | 0.8639 | |
| 120 | Saint Xavier University | 28700 | 53700 | 0.4652 | 3,098 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 121 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 28900 | 36700 | 0.2124 | 28,674 | 980 | 0.9419 | |
| 122 | Pittsburg State University | 29100 | 36200 | 0.1959 | 4,472 | 1055 | 0.8942 | |
| 122 | University of Alaska Southeast | 29100 | 31300 | 0.0688 | 1,768 | 1020 | 0.6329 | |
| 122 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29100 | 34000 | 0.1442 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 125 | Huntington University | 29400 | 44300 | 0.3362 | 1,588 | 1055 | 0.7564 | |
| 126 | Blue Mountain Christian University | 29800 | 39900 | 0.2542 | 912 | 1095 | 0.8895 | |
| 127 | Montana State University | 29900 | 31400 | 0.0478 | 15,046 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 128 | Bryan College-Dayton | 30300 | 36000 | 0.1571 | 1,565 | 1160 | 0.5101 | |
| 128 | Southern Utah University | 30300 | 40800 | 0.2575 | 13,126 | 1140 | 0.8179 | |
| 130 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 30500 | 38400 | 0.2057 | 15,375 | 1103 | 0.866 | |
| 131 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 30700 | 39200 | 0.2171 | 12,507 | 1010 | 0.8897 | |
| 132 | California State University-Long Beach | 31000 | 38900 | 0.2032 | 36,082 | 1135 | 0.4627 | |
| 133 | Jacksonville University | 31100 | 74200 | 0.5807 | 2,946 | 1195 | 0.5694 | |
| 133 | Taylor University | 31100 | 59100 | 0.4733 | 2,503 | 1229 | 0.7353 | |
| 135 | Hampton University | 31300 | 54800 | 0.4288 | 3,728 | 947 | 0.6225 | |
| 136 | McPherson College | 31400 | 51400 | 0.389 | 876 | 1075 | 0.7676 | |
| 137 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 31600 | 59100 | 0.4651 | 23,181 | 1354 | 0.3297 | |
| 138 | Missouri Baptist University | 31700 | 53800 | 0.4116 | 4,958 | 843 | 0.686 | |
| 139 | Baylor University | 31800 | 70300 | 0.5475 | 14,915 | 1321 | 0.5128 | |
| 140 | University of Louisville | 32000 | 42000 | 0.2379 | 17,086 | 1148 | 0.7941 | |
| 141 | Centenary University | 32100 | 63600 | 0.4952 | 936 | 1070 | 0.8308 | |
| 142 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 32200 | 36700 | 0.1214 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 143 | Lipscomb University | 32500 | 57800 | 0.4375 | 3,336 | 1260 | 0.6773 | |
| 144 | The University of Tampa | 32600 | 56900 | 0.4267 | 10,598 | 1185 | 0.4034 | |
| 145 | Samford University | 32900 | 64600 | 0.4908 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 146 | Liberty University | 33100 | 44600 | 0.2578 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 147 | Roanoke College | 33200 | 55300 | 0.3999 | 1,793 | 1214 | 0.8306 | |
| 148 | Morningside University | 33600 | 60600 | 0.4454 | 1,172 | 922 | 0.7104 | |
| 149 | Harding University | 33700 | 47800 | 0.296 | 3,536 | 1184 | 0.7052 | |
| 150 | Elizabethtown College | 33800 | 55300 | 0.3889 | 1,903 | 1214 | 0.7787 | |
| 150 | SUNY Old Westbury | 33800 | 40900 | 0.1736 | 4,260 | 1110 | 0.8363 | |
| 152 | Nova Southeastern University | 34200 | 56100 | 0.3903 | 7,311 | 1165 | 0.7321 | |
| 153 | Sacred Heart University | 34400 | 67500 | 0.4907 | 7,204 | 950 | 0.6536 | |
| 154 | Barry University | 34500 | 56400 | 0.3881 | 3,232 | 1005 | 0.7724 | |
| 155 | University of Oregon | 34700 | 40200 | 0.1383 | 20,622 | 1250 | 0.883 | |
| 156 | University of New England | 35100 | 68000 | 0.4841 | 3,884 | 1145 | 0.9163 | |
| 157 | Roger Williams University | 35700 | 63700 | 0.4392 | 4,038 | 1235 | 0.8771 | |
| 157 | State University of New York at New Paltz | 35700 | 35700 | 0 | 6,862 | 1260 | 0.6161 | |
| 159 | Cedarville University | 35800 | 57000 | 0.3711 | 5,790 | 1232 | 0.6529 | |
| 160 | Stockton University | 36000 | 44500 | 0.1911 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 161 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 36100 | 36100 | 0 | 15,254 | 1270 | 0.6424 | |
| 162 | Indiana Wesleyan University-Marion | 36300 | 48500 | 0.2526 | 2,075 | 1090 | 0.8894 | |
| 162 | Mississippi State University | 36300 | 50500 | 0.2804 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 164 | Florida International University | 36400 | 36800 | 0.0109 | 45,193 | 1175 | 0.5466 | |
| 165 | Siena College | 36600 | 65100 | 0.4379 | 3,467 | 1254 | 0.6902 | |
| 166 | Eckerd College | 36700 | 75100 | 0.5116 | 1,893 | 1255 | 0.758 | |
| 167 | University of New Haven | 37100 | 67300 | 0.4485 | 4,903 | 1164 | 0.6038 | |
| 168 | University of Connecticut | 37200 | 53600 | 0.3062 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 169 | Saint Joseph's College of Maine | 37800 | 65000 | 0.4182 | 1,097 | 1055 | 0.8351 | |
| 170 | Loyola University Chicago | 38900 | 74100 | 0.4749 | 12,538 | 1303 | 0.816 | |
| 170 | Western New England University | 38900 | 69200 | 0.438 | 2,616 | 1199 | 0.8348 | |
| 172 | Stony Brook University | 39900 | 53000 | 0.2481 | 18,263 | 1410 | 0.4904 | |
| 173 | Fresno Pacific University | 40100 | 52200 | 0.2327 | 1,545 | 1099 | 0.6407 | |
| 173 | University of Wyoming | 40100 | 45300 | 0.1137 | 8,130 | 1179 | 0.9688 | |
| 175 | University of Maine | 40300 | 45200 | 0.1085 | 9,601 | 1205 | 0.9664 | |
| 176 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 41400 | 52100 | 0.2055 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 177 | Montclair State University | 42000 | 46600 | 0.0987 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 178 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 42400 | 42400 | 0 | 14,449 | 1195 | 0.784 | |
| 179 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43400 | 68600 | 0.3667 | 3,666 | 1224 | 0.577 | |
| 180 | St. John's University-New York | 44600 | 78000 | 0.4279 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 181 | Marist University | 44700 | 75800 | 0.4102 | 5,551 | 1279 | 0.5651 | |
| 182 | Providence College | 44800 | 85000 | 0.4731 | 4,236 | 1335 | 0.5089 | |
| 183 | Ashland University | 44900 | 56400 | 0.204 | 2,977 | 1125 | 0.764 | |
| 183 | Quinnipiac University | 44900 | 79200 | 0.433 | 6,557 | 1245 | 0.7215 | |
| 185 | Illinois State University | 45900 | 49100 | 0.0642 | 19,107 | 1120 | 0.8815 | |
| 186 | University of California-San Diego | 46500 | 75300 | 0.3823 | 34,955 | 1375 | 0.2671 | |
| 187 | Maine Maritime Academy | 46900 | 49800 | 0.0582 | 945 | 1180 | 0.5414 | |
| 188 | Biola University | 47000 | 71200 | 0.34 | 3,481 | 1268 | 0.7435 | |
| 189 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48600 | 51200 | 0.0517 | 44,819 | 1327 | 0.4987 | |
| 190 | University of Georgia | 48800 | 51600 | 0.0542 | 32,399 | 1382 | 0.377 | |
| 191 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 53300 | 53300 | 0 | 33,033 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 192 | MidAmerica Nazarene University | 53400 | 63600 | 0.1597 | 1,204 | 1040 | 0.788 | |
| 193 | Auburn University | 58500 | 58500 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4592 | |
| 194 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 60900 | 63200 | 0.0364 | 40,684 | 1331 | 0.3915 | |
| 195 | College of Charleston | 61200 | 61200 | 0 | 10,880 | 1255 | 0.6003 | |
| 196 | Hawaii Pacific University | 63700 | 65800 | 0.0327 | 3,533 | 1120 | 0.8587 | |
| 197 | University of California-Irvine | 71900 | 75600 | 0.049 | 30,204 | 1333 | 0.2857 | |
| 198 | Rollins College | 82400 | 82400 | 0 | 2,640 | 1273 | 0.4754 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.