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Considering a degree in Biomedical Sciences?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Biomedical Sciences majors who live in California.
Rankings are calculated by estimating the net price at every college offering Biomedical Sciences 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 | Santa Ana College | 4600 | 23100 | 0.8003 | 27,248 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | College of the Ozarks | 6600 | 38400 | 0.8291 | 1,500 | 1130 | 0.1097 | |
| 3 | MiraCosta College | 7100 | 22400 | 0.6813 | 12,125 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | Grinnell College | 9300 | 91400 | 0.8984 | 1,668 | 1469 | 0.1605 | |
| 5 | Dine College | 10100 | 13700 | 0.2619 | 1,432 | 0 | 1 | |
| 6 | University of California-Davis | 10200 | 38200 | 0.7339 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 7 | Georgetown College | 11000 | 61900 | 0.8221 | 1,123 | 1145 | 0.9337 | |
| 8 | Florida Atlantic University | 11300 | 25800 | 0.5627 | 25,626 | 1150 | 0.5497 | |
| 9 | Cornell University | 11500 | 93100 | 0.8767 | 16,138 | 1528 | 0.0838 | |
| 10 | Santa Monica College | 11700 | 33300 | 0.6478 | 23,453 | 0 | 1 | |
| 11 | University of Pennsylvania | 12000 | 92900 | 0.8708 | 9,989 | 1535 | 0.0492 | |
| 12 | University of Houston | 12100 | 28400 | 0.5746 | 40,366 | 1224 | 0.7577 | |
| 13 | University of Michigan-Flint | 12400 | 46300 | 0.732 | 5,534 | 1079 | 0.6734 | |
| 14 | Scripps College | 13300 | 93900 | 0.8578 | 1,103 | 1472 | 0.3988 | |
| 15 | University of Georgia | 13400 | 26600 | 0.4963 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 16 | California State University-Bakersfield | 13600 | 45000 | 0.6982 | 9,897 | 1015 | 0.8416 | |
| 16 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 13600 | 40600 | 0.6644 | 308 | 1144 | 0.9053 | |
| 16 | Peru State College | 13600 | 22300 | 0.3892 | 1,308 | 0 | 1 | |
| 19 | Georgetown University | 13800 | 92700 | 0.8511 | 7,908 | 1470 | 0.1349 | |
| 20 | Baptist Health Sciences University | 14000 | 26600 | 0.4728 | 782 | 1020 | 0.8202 | |
| 20 | University of South Carolina Aiken | 14000 | 23300 | 0.3993 | 3,379 | 1065 | 0.743 | |
| 22 | Central Michigan University | 14300 | 37800 | 0.621 | 10,238 | 1099 | 0.9104 | |
| 23 | Northeastern University | 14500 | 89900 | 0.8387 | 22,456 | 1481 | 0.0562 | |
| 24 | Western Michigan University | 14900 | 26500 | 0.4381 | 13,714 | 1089 | 0.9121 | |
| 25 | Florida State University | 15400 | 22900 | 0.3271 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 26 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 15800 | 38400 | 0.5882 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 26 | Waynesburg University | 15800 | 45000 | 0.6487 | 1,032 | 1093 | 0.8981 | |
| 28 | Morehead State University | 16100 | 28000 | 0.4247 | 7,941 | 1080 | 0.8328 | |
| 29 | Sam Houston State University | 16500 | 27000 | 0.389 | 17,822 | 1035 | 0.9372 | |
| 30 | North Carolina Wesleyan University | 16600 | 54700 | 0.6962 | 1,262 | 980 | 0.8026 | |
| 31 | Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi | 16800 | 20700 | 0.1884 | 8,673 | 1095 | 0.9156 | |
| 32 | Millikin University | 17100 | 45000 | 0.6198 | 1,427 | 1065 | 0.765 | |
| 33 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 17200 | 35400 | 0.5147 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 34 | Daemen University | 17400 | 55100 | 0.6843 | 1,656 | 1050 | 0.7375 | |
| 35 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 17500 | 29900 | 0.4139 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 36 | North Carolina Central University | 18000 | 27600 | 0.3476 | 7,232 | 865 | 0.8605 | |
| 37 | Rogers State University | 18200 | 49200 | 0.6301 | 3,278 | 1025 | 0.6784 | |
| 38 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 18400 | 30600 | 0.3971 | 38,463 | 1324 | 0.7589 | |
| 39 | Delaware State University | 18600 | 42200 | 0.5587 | 4,581 | 930 | 0.4658 | |
| 39 | University of Central Oklahoma | 18600 | 22700 | 0.1806 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 39 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 18600 | 31400 | 0.4077 | 14,249 | 1084 | 0.7761 | |
| 42 | Lee University | 19400 | 37400 | 0.4816 | 3,425 | 1154 | 0.7138 | |
| 42 | McMurry University | 19400 | 51900 | 0.6257 | 4,133 | 1104 | 0.8984 | |
| 42 | Ouachita Baptist University | 19400 | 58200 | 0.6669 | 1,715 | 1193 | 0.7072 | |
| 45 | Whitman College | 19500 | 84800 | 0.77 | 1,468 | 1397 | 0.4016 | |
| 46 | University of Saint Mary | 19700 | 53700 | 0.6331 | 1,044 | 1083 | 0.8229 | |
| 47 | The College of Idaho | 19800 | 59900 | 0.6694 | 1,042 | 1189 | 0.491 | |
| 48 | Ripon College | 20300 | 69000 | 0.7054 | 665 | 1225 | 0.8186 | |
| 49 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 20400 | 48900 | 0.5824 | 5,274 | 1103 | 0.9513 | |
| 49 | State University of New York at Cortland | 20400 | 27700 | 0.2633 | 5,890 | 1175 | 0.624 | |
| 49 | University of Alabama at Birmingham | 20400 | 28500 | 0.2846 | 11,959 | 1260 | 0.8818 | |
| 52 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 20600 | 26000 | 0.2082 | 5,063 | 1069 | 0.8756 | |
| 53 | North Park University | 20700 | 53200 | 0.6108 | 1,825 | 1075 | 0.6949 | |
| 53 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 20700 | 30600 | 0.326 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 55 | Thomas University | 21100 | 25300 | 0.1662 | 1,022 | 1110 | 0.383 | |
| 56 | University of Lynchburg | 21300 | 54900 | 0.6124 | 1,424 | 1099 | 0.6108 | |
| 57 | Bradley University | 21400 | 50800 | 0.5787 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 58 | Niagara University | 21800 | 57400 | 0.62 | 2,638 | 1170 | 0.876 | |
| 59 | McDaniel College | 21900 | 63900 | 0.6569 | 1,641 | 1155 | 0.7817 | |
| 60 | Grand Valley State University | 22100 | 35900 | 0.3849 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 60 | Oklahoma City University | 22100 | 64400 | 0.657 | 1,546 | 1159 | 0.7103 | |
| 62 | Washburn University | 22200 | 29500 | 0.2478 | 5,427 | 1048 | 1 | |
| 63 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 22300 | 43200 | 0.4839 | 3,825 | 1175 | 0.7841 | |
| 64 | Buena Vista University | 22400 | 59100 | 0.6212 | 836 | 1075 | 0.6497 | |
| 65 | St Lawrence University | 22600 | 87800 | 0.7424 | 1,949 | 1359 | 0.5434 | |
| 66 | Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences | 22700 | 56900 | 0.6007 | 533 | 1244 | 0.5269 | |
| 67 | Newman University | 22800 | 55800 | 0.5917 | 2,529 | 1069 | 0.7398 | |
| 68 | Saint Cloud State University | 22900 | 36800 | 0.3775 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 69 | Missouri Southern State University | 23000 | 26700 | 0.1386 | 3,917 | 1109 | 0.9656 | |
| 70 | Dakota State University | 23100 | 25600 | 0.0977 | 3,085 | 1174 | 0.9241 | |
| 70 | King's College | 23100 | 63100 | 0.6343 | 1,559 | 1135 | 0.9193 | |
| 72 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 23200 | 34500 | 0.3279 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 72 | Houghton University | 23200 | 44300 | 0.4763 | 958 | 1277 | 0.89 | |
| 74 | Vanguard University of Southern California | 23600 | 54300 | 0.5656 | 1,923 | 1095 | 0.7415 | |
| 75 | University of South Dakota | 23700 | 26000 | 0.088 | 7,515 | 1120 | 0.9884 | |
| 76 | Southwestern Adventist University | 23800 | 43200 | 0.4492 | 758 | 1064 | 0.7836 | |
| 77 | Northern Arizona University | 23900 | 34100 | 0.301 | 22,203 | 1129 | 0.8961 | |
| 78 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | 24200 | 44400 | 0.4549 | 1,066 | 1197 | 0.4449 | |
| 79 | Franklin College | 24400 | 61800 | 0.6054 | 894 | 1189 | 0.7254 | |
| 79 | Lewis University | 24400 | 57700 | 0.5769 | 4,914 | 1127 | 0.6916 | |
| 81 | Eastern Kentucky University | 24500 | 38400 | 0.3623 | 13,448 | 1075 | 0.9683 | |
| 81 | Huntingdon College | 24500 | 44400 | 0.4479 | 943 | 1130 | 0.692 | |
| 83 | Guilford College | 24700 | 57400 | 0.5696 | 1,132 | 1100 | 0.8 | |
| 84 | Seattle Pacific University | 25100 | 70000 | 0.6414 | 1,657 | 1174 | 0.9301 | |
| 85 | Brewton-Parker Christian University | 25300 | 34300 | 0.2621 | 1,234 | 990 | 0.9649 | |
| 86 | South Dakota State University | 25400 | 28700 | 0.1146 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 87 | Salem State University | 25700 | 43200 | 0.4053 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 88 | Christian Brothers University | 25800 | 57600 | 0.5513 | 1,155 | 1110 | 0.867 | |
| 89 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 26000 | 28300 | 0.0809 | 3,375 | 1090 | 0.5885 | |
| 89 | West Virginia Wesleyan College | 26000 | 53800 | 0.5169 | 971 | 1030 | 0.9334 | |
| 91 | Oakland University | 26100 | 39300 | 0.3357 | 12,770 | 1039 | 0.8897 | |
| 91 | University of Evansville | 26100 | 64700 | 0.5967 | 1,920 | 1174 | 0.9412 | |
| 93 | University of California-Santa Cruz | 26700 | 43000 | 0.3798 | 18,194 | 1281 | 0.7273 | |
| 94 | George Fox University | 26900 | 69400 | 0.6127 | 3,530 | 1168 | 0.9282 | |
| 94 | Mars Hill University | 26900 | 54500 | 0.5056 | 1,062 | 1100 | 0.6822 | |
| 94 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 26900 | 37700 | 0.2867 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 97 | Saginaw Valley State University | 27300 | 39800 | 0.314 | 6,280 | 1050 | 0.7843 | |
| 98 | Wilmington College | 27400 | 48200 | 0.4313 | 1,006 | 1020 | 0.924 | |
| 99 | Mississippi Christian University | 27800 | 45100 | 0.3836 | 2,583 | 1222 | 0.8416 | |
| 100 | University of Northern Iowa | 27900 | 36200 | 0.2292 | 7,800 | 1115 | 0.9313 | |
| 101 | New England College | 28300 | 65800 | 0.57 | 1,049 | 930 | 0.8584 | |
| 102 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 28500 | 49100 | 0.4196 | 29,727 | 990 | 0.9229 | |
| 102 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28500 | 32300 | 0.1176 | 11,691 | 1074 | 0.7722 | |
| 104 | Roberts Wesleyan University | 29100 | 60200 | 0.5168 | 1,320 | 1230 | 0.6744 | |
| 105 | University of West Florida | 29600 | 38000 | 0.2209 | 9,971 | 1120 | 0.5822 | |
| 106 | Southern Adventist University | 29700 | 46900 | 0.3666 | 2,946 | 1142 | 0.7163 | |
| 107 | Edgewood University | 29800 | 51900 | 0.4259 | 1,236 | 1125 | 0.7498 | |
| 107 | University of Iowa | 29800 | 32100 | 0.0714 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 107 | University of Pikeville | 29800 | 34800 | 0.1438 | 1,164 | 1070 | 0.8967 | |
| 110 | Mercy University | 29900 | 44500 | 0.3282 | 6,692 | 1135 | 0.8724 | |
| 111 | University of North Florida | 30100 | 33000 | 0.0879 | 14,837 | 1124 | 0.6815 | |
| 112 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30600 | 78100 | 0.608 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 113 | California Baptist University | 30700 | 64800 | 0.5254 | 8,707 | 1024 | 0.8139 | |
| 113 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 30700 | 77600 | 0.6042 | 4,999 | 1258 | 0.9296 | |
| 115 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 31100 | 57000 | 0.4546 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 115 | Taylor University | 31100 | 59100 | 0.474 | 2,769 | 1229 | 0.9881 | |
| 117 | Columbia International University | 31500 | 44800 | 0.2967 | 1,084 | 1079 | 0.9371 | |
| 118 | Marquette University | 32300 | 66500 | 0.5142 | 8,206 | 1304 | 0.7802 | |
| 119 | Alverno College | 33200 | 55500 | 0.4017 | 525 | 1000 | 0.8223 | |
| 119 | Liberty University | 33200 | 44600 | 0.2556 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 121 | Biola University | 33300 | 71200 | 0.5325 | 3,553 | 1281 | 0.7817 | |
| 121 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 17,556 | 1090 | 0.5386 | |
| 123 | Morningside University | 33500 | 80100 | 0.5821 | 1,172 | 922 | 0.7104 | |
| 124 | Elizabethtown College | 33600 | 55300 | 0.3925 | 1,935 | 1214 | 0.8892 | |
| 125 | Auburn University | 33700 | 34100 | 0.0117 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 125 | Springfield College | 33700 | 66300 | 0.4918 | 1,724 | 1260 | 0.7421 | |
| 127 | University of Rhode Island | 33800 | 46400 | 0.2713 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 128 | Siena University | 34000 | 65100 | 0.4778 | 3,149 | 1301 | 0.8464 | |
| 129 | Texas Southern University | 34100 | 42500 | 0.1978 | 6,844 | 915 | 0.9691 | |
| 130 | Trevecca Nazarene University | 34600 | 50900 | 0.3202 | 1,961 | 1099 | 0.7512 | |
| 131 | Loyola University Maryland | 34900 | 78800 | 0.5572 | 4,013 | 1329 | 0.6986 | |
| 132 | Adelphi University | 35000 | 63300 | 0.4467 | 5,097 | 1241 | 0.7215 | |
| 132 | University of South Florida | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 134 | Beloit College | 35100 | 81400 | 0.5685 | 997 | 1296 | 0.7039 | |
| 134 | University of New England | 35100 | 68000 | 0.4841 | 4,631 | 1145 | 0.9203 | |
| 136 | New York Institute of Technology | 35400 | 83600 | 0.577 | 3,646 | 1298 | 0.8102 | |
| 137 | Union Adventist University | 35700 | 51200 | 0.3018 | 625 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 138 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 35900 | 39000 | 0.078 | 8,706 | 1230 | 0.8906 | |
| 139 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 36600 | 40000 | 0.085 | 1,984 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 140 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 37300 | 41600 | 0.1031 | 5,386 | 995 | 0.9092 | |
| 141 | Marymount Manhattan College | 37700 | 69900 | 0.4606 | 1,601 | 1224 | 0.8261 | |
| 142 | Northwest Nazarene University | 38100 | 62800 | 0.3932 | 1,043 | 1145 | 0.7159 | |
| 142 | Saint Joseph's College of Maine | 38100 | 65000 | 0.4136 | 1,105 | 1055 | 0.8351 | |
| 144 | Howard Payne University | 38200 | 54500 | 0.2988 | 751 | 1043 | 0.6737 | |
| 144 | Keiser University-Ft Lauderdale | 38200 | 63000 | 0.3939 | 18,904 | 0 | 0.8516 | |
| 146 | Xavier University | 38400 | 68100 | 0.4364 | 3,744 | 1286 | 0.848 | |
| 147 | LeTourneau University | 38500 | 54800 | 0.2977 | 2,903 | 1242 | 0.4879 | |
| 147 | Oakwood University | 38500 | 43300 | 0.1107 | 1,184 | 1005 | 0.4563 | |
| 149 | Nazareth University | 38600 | 67200 | 0.425 | 1,862 | 1275 | 0.7409 | |
| 150 | Cumberland University | 39200 | 47500 | 0.1747 | 2,745 | 1055 | 0.6733 | |
| 151 | University of Central Florida | 39700 | 39700 | 0 | 60,083 | 1289 | 0.428 | |
| 151 | University of South Alabama | 39700 | 39700 | 0 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 153 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 40000 | 53600 | 0.2539 | 46,627 | 1366 | 0.492 | |
| 154 | Concordia University Ann Arbor | 40800 | 57000 | 0.2841 | 755 | 1163 | 0.6925 | |
| 155 | Montreat College | 41800 | 58100 | 0.2804 | 781 | 1164 | 0.692 | |
| 155 | Susquehanna University | 41800 | 76800 | 0.4559 | 2,220 | 1199 | 0.7908 | |
| 157 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42700 | 56200 | 0.2403 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 158 | University at Buffalo | 43100 | 46700 | 0.0771 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 159 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43400 | 68700 | 0.3679 | 4,279 | 1234 | 0.5796 | |
| 159 | Radford University | 43400 | 45700 | 0.0501 | 6,206 | 1050 | 0.8939 | |
| 161 | Marist University | 43700 | 110500 | 0.6045 | 5,644 | 1279 | 0.5599 | |
| 162 | St. John's University-New York | 44400 | 78000 | 0.4305 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 163 | Quinnipiac University | 44700 | 79200 | 0.4355 | 6,610 | 1250 | 0.7031 | |
| 164 | La Sierra University | 46900 | 66000 | 0.2883 | 1,266 | 1124 | 0.9069 | |
| 165 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 48600 | 61200 | 0.2057 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 166 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 53300 | 53300 | 0 | 34,447 | 1273 | 0.8804 | |
| 167 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 168 | University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy in St. Louis | 57100 | 61400 | 0.07 | 344 | 1125 | 0.8984 | |
| 169 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58300 | 64100 | 0.0905 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.