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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 | 4500 | 30400 | 0.8511 | 26,073 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | University of Pennsylvania | 4600 | 93000 | 0.9507 | 10,013 | 1528 | 0.054 | |
| 3 | Swarthmore College | 6000 | 88900 | 0.9325 | 1,623 | 1520 | 0.0746 | |
| 4 | North Carolina Central University | 7000 | 27000 | 0.7416 | 6,595 | 971 | 0.8697 | |
| 5 | College of the Ozarks | 7600 | 32800 | 0.7676 | 1,454 | 1135 | 0.1199 | |
| 6 | Georgetown University | 8400 | 92200 | 0.909 | 7,833 | 1457 | 0.1291 | |
| 7 | Grinnell College | 9300 | 91400 | 0.8984 | 1,788 | 1462 | 0.1451 | |
| 8 | Georgetown College | 9800 | 46500 | 0.7885 | 1,111 | 1060 | 0.9106 | |
| 9 | University of California-Davis | 10200 | 38000 | 0.7304 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
| 10 | Cornell University | 10300 | 92000 | 0.8877 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
| 10 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 10300 | 21100 | 0.5124 | 4,721 | 1110 | 0.7782 | |
| 12 | Brigham Young University | 10700 | 29000 | 0.6306 | 32,221 | 1374 | 0.6919 | |
| 13 | Antelope Valley Community College District | 10900 | 20800 | 0.4756 | 12,937 | 0 | 0 | |
| 14 | Santa Monica College | 11800 | 20900 | 0.4365 | 23,164 | 0 | 0.4384 | |
| 15 | University of West Florida | 12000 | 21500 | 0.4413 | 9,661 | 1120 | 0.5687 | |
| 16 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 12400 | 27100 | 0.5416 | 28,674 | 980 | 0.9401 | |
| 17 | California State University-Bakersfield | 13800 | 28300 | 0.5104 | 8,865 | 1050 | 0.8508 | |
| 18 | Missouri Southern State University | 14100 | 20100 | 0.2992 | 3,881 | 1074 | 0.9706 | |
| 19 | Peru State College | 14200 | 25500 | 0.4439 | 1,452 | 0 | 0.7708 | |
| 20 | Central Michigan University | 15000 | 40600 | 0.6307 | 10,219 | 1095 | 0.8982 | |
| 21 | Northeastern University | 15300 | 89900 | 0.8302 | 22,695 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 22 | Baptist Health Sciences University | 15500 | 28500 | 0.4565 | 733 | 1110 | 0.6776 | |
| 23 | University of California-Santa Cruz | 15700 | 38100 | 0.5886 | 17,940 | 1281 | 0.6557 | |
| 24 | Scripps College | 17100 | 93800 | 0.8178 | 1,117 | 1475 | 0.3829 | |
| 25 | Saint Cloud State University | 18200 | 24500 | 0.2569 | 8,013 | 1094 | 0.9495 | |
| 26 | State University of New York at Cortland | 18300 | 27700 | 0.3391 | 5,911 | 1175 | 0.5979 | |
| 27 | Texas Southern University | 18800 | 42400 | 0.5561 | 6,619 | 920 | 0.9335 | |
| 28 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 19200 | 31000 | 0.3813 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 29 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 19600 | 40000 | 0.5099 | 1,984 | 1369 | 0.6328 | |
| 30 | McMurry University | 19800 | 46600 | 0.5756 | 3,167 | 1065 | 0.5704 | |
| 30 | The College of Idaho | 19800 | 49100 | 0.5965 | 1,049 | 1170 | 0.4722 | |
| 32 | Western Michigan University | 20200 | 32300 | 0.3747 | 13,860 | 1104 | 0.846 | |
| 33 | Vanguard University of Southern California | 20300 | 54300 | 0.6264 | 1,964 | 1069 | 0.6479 | |
| 34 | Niagara University | 20400 | 57400 | 0.6444 | 2,692 | 970 | 0.3972 | |
| 35 | Thomas University | 20500 | 29000 | 0.2934 | 882 | 1030 | 0.4316 | |
| 36 | Northern Arizona University | 20900 | 31200 | 0.3284 | 22,991 | 1145 | 0.8961 | |
| 37 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 21400 | 35400 | 0.396 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 38 | Tabor College | 21600 | 55600 | 0.6112 | 539 | 965 | 0.6458 | |
| 38 | Union Adventist University | 21600 | 45000 | 0.52 | 536 | 1079 | 0.9989 | |
| 40 | Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences | 21700 | 56900 | 0.618 | 533 | 1269 | 0.5269 | |
| 40 | Bradley University | 21700 | 50900 | 0.5737 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 40 | Madonna University | 21700 | 50400 | 0.5695 | 1,839 | 1005 | 0.9293 | |
| 43 | Guilford College | 21800 | 57400 | 0.6201 | 1,160 | 1025 | 0.8376 | |
| 44 | Newman University | 22300 | 54000 | 0.588 | 2,398 | 1090 | 0.4761 | |
| 44 | St Lawrence University | 22300 | 87600 | 0.7455 | 1,949 | 1359 | 0.5434 | |
| 46 | Buena Vista University | 22400 | 59100 | 0.6203 | 810 | 1124 | 0.7761 | |
| 47 | Ursuline College | 22600 | 59000 | 0.6174 | 637 | 1085 | 0.8401 | |
| 48 | Ouachita Baptist University | 23000 | 52200 | 0.5599 | 1,729 | 1209 | 0.6752 | |
| 49 | Dakota State University | 23100 | 25600 | 0.0977 | 3,066 | 1192 | 0.8814 | |
| 49 | Eastern Kentucky University | 23100 | 38000 | 0.3917 | 12,726 | 1055 | 0.9695 | |
| 49 | North Park University | 23100 | 53000 | 0.5641 | 1,876 | 1110 | 0.7284 | |
| 52 | Southwestern Adventist University | 23200 | 40800 | 0.4311 | 813 | 1060 | 0.5552 | |
| 53 | Beloit College | 23300 | 75600 | 0.6921 | 1,004 | 1298 | 0.6304 | |
| 53 | Daemen University | 23300 | 54400 | 0.5721 | 1,656 | 1209 | 0.7375 | |
| 55 | Springfield College | 23600 | 63300 | 0.6269 | 1,764 | 1201 | 0.7189 | |
| 56 | Fontbonne University | 23800 | 50200 | 0.5261 | 650 | 1090 | 0.9503 | |
| 57 | McDaniel College | 24100 | 61700 | 0.6098 | 1,631 | 1155 | 0.7793 | |
| 58 | University of Lynchburg | 24300 | 54900 | 0.5579 | 1,595 | 1124 | 0.4301 | |
| 59 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 24400 | 26600 | 0.0828 | 3,413 | 1085 | 0.5295 | |
| 60 | Roberts Wesleyan University | 24500 | 60000 | 0.5918 | 1,045 | 1166 | 0.7058 | |
| 61 | King's College | 24700 | 63000 | 0.6076 | 1,568 | 1180 | 0.9305 | |
| 62 | Franklin College | 25000 | 61800 | 0.5954 | 931 | 1150 | 0.6978 | |
| 62 | Houghton University | 25000 | 35500 | 0.2956 | 939 | 1277 | 0.8866 | |
| 62 | University of Akron Main Campus | 25000 | 25000 | 0 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 65 | South Dakota State University | 25500 | 28700 | 0.1116 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 66 | Huntingdon College | 25700 | 44100 | 0.4175 | 880 | 1105 | 0.6793 | |
| 67 | La Sierra University | 25800 | 53800 | 0.5205 | 1,244 | 1015 | 0.933 | |
| 68 | Christian Brothers University | 25900 | 57600 | 0.5503 | 1,155 | 1110 | 0.867 | |
| 68 | Saginaw Valley State University | 25900 | 38900 | 0.3347 | 6,152 | 1050 | 0.7207 | |
| 70 | Corban University | 26000 | 57300 | 0.5456 | 785 | 1124 | 0.8974 | |
| 71 | Oakland University | 26200 | 39800 | 0.3419 | 12,587 | 1050 | 0.8784 | |
| 71 | University of Evansville | 26200 | 64700 | 0.5954 | 1,742 | 1207 | 0.7813 | |
| 73 | Northwest Nazarene University | 26400 | 68400 | 0.6141 | 1,043 | 1145 | 0.7159 | |
| 73 | University of South Dakota | 26400 | 29600 | 0.1082 | 7,619 | 1120 | 0.9878 | |
| 75 | Methodist University | 26800 | 51900 | 0.484 | 1,436 | 1175 | 0.752 | |
| 76 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 27000 | 41900 | 0.3555 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 76 | Russell Sage College | 27000 | 57600 | 0.5316 | 1,255 | 1134 | 0.5326 | |
| 78 | Morehead State University | 27300 | 32600 | 0.1625 | 8,258 | 1120 | 0.7721 | |
| 78 | Seattle Pacific University | 27300 | 62600 | 0.564 | 1,776 | 1188 | 0.8339 | |
| 80 | University of South Carolina Aiken | 27400 | 36700 | 0.2534 | 3,289 | 1115 | 0.7857 | |
| 81 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 27500 | 31400 | 0.1242 | 14,019 | 1159 | 0.7781 | |
| 82 | Grand Valley State University | 27700 | 35700 | 0.2241 | 19,002 | 1233 | 0.8302 | |
| 83 | University of Northern Iowa | 28000 | 36200 | 0.2268 | 7,716 | 1115 | 0.8713 | |
| 84 | Mercy University | 28400 | 44500 | 0.3619 | 6,775 | 1074 | 0.8584 | |
| 84 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 28400 | 78100 | 0.6364 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 86 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 28600 | 44100 | 0.3517 | 352 | 1180 | 0.9647 | |
| 87 | Radford University | 28700 | 32800 | 0.125 | 6,161 | 1070 | 0.8953 | |
| 88 | Delaware State University | 29000 | 36700 | 0.21 | 4,941 | 960 | 0.6167 | |
| 89 | Salem State University | 29100 | 38900 | 0.2517 | 4,853 | 1100 | 0.9557 | |
| 89 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 29100 | 52900 | 0.4501 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 91 | Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi | 29400 | 41000 | 0.2827 | 8,320 | 1074 | 0.8858 | |
| 92 | New England College | 29500 | 64600 | 0.5437 | 1,032 | 930 | 0.9213 | |
| 92 | University of South Alabama | 29500 | 35000 | 0.1572 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 94 | Edgewood College | 29600 | 51900 | 0.4297 | 1,214 | 1125 | 0.9452 | |
| 95 | Southern Adventist University | 29800 | 46900 | 0.3648 | 2,827 | 1125 | 0.6661 | |
| 96 | Trevecca Nazarene University | 29900 | 46100 | 0.3514 | 1,903 | 1085 | 0.6944 | |
| 97 | Mississippi College | 30200 | 45400 | 0.3352 | 2,724 | 1110 | 0.4928 | |
| 98 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 30400 | 54700 | 0.4429 | 1,409 | 1110 | 0.6327 | |
| 98 | University of Houston | 30400 | 35200 | 0.1365 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 100 | Saint Mary's College of California | 30600 | 73600 | 0.5835 | 1,955 | 1175 | 0.8856 | |
| 101 | Fresno Pacific University | 30700 | 52200 | 0.413 | 1,616 | 1075 | 0.5752 | |
| 102 | University of Pikeville | 30800 | 34800 | 0.1151 | 1,353 | 1055 | 0.8808 | |
| 103 | California Baptist University | 30900 | 64600 | 0.5216 | 8,417 | 1069 | 0.8535 | |
| 103 | University of Rhode Island | 30900 | 46700 | 0.3383 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 105 | Biola University | 31000 | 52500 | 0.4099 | 3,481 | 1268 | 0.7482 | |
| 106 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 31200 | 53900 | 0.4211 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 107 | Sam Houston State University | 31400 | 39900 | 0.213 | 17,787 | 1030 | 0.9026 | |
| 107 | University of North Florida | 31400 | 37900 | 0.1715 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
| 109 | St. Andrews University | 31500 | 44700 | 0.2953 | 806 | 985 | 0.3048 | |
| 110 | SUNY College at Plattsburgh | 32000 | 44800 | 0.2857 | 3,856 | 1169 | 0.7518 | |
| 111 | Liberty University | 32800 | 43900 | 0.2528 | 52,823 | 1181 | 0.9932 | |
| 112 | Alverno College | 33300 | 55500 | 0.4001 | 673 | 1000 | 0.8438 | |
| 112 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 15,130 | 0 | 0.5256 | |
| 114 | Elizabethtown College | 33600 | 54600 | 0.3849 | 1,903 | 1214 | 0.7787 | |
| 114 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 33600 | 37000 | 0.0933 | 8,426 | 1235 | 0.8876 | |
| 116 | University of South Florida | 34700 | 34700 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 117 | Adelphi University | 35100 | 63300 | 0.4454 | 5,325 | 1218 | 0.6591 | |
| 118 | New York Institute of Technology | 35400 | 83600 | 0.5761 | 3,355 | 1235 | 0.7808 | |
| 118 | Siena College | 35400 | 65100 | 0.4563 | 3,469 | 1260 | 0.7764 | |
| 120 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | 35500 | 35500 | 0 | 1,217 | 1229 | 0.5405 | |
| 121 | University of Central Florida | 36800 | 39600 | 0.0707 | 59,649 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
| 121 | University of Michigan-Flint | 36800 | 39400 | 0.066 | 5,011 | 1103 | 0.7047 | |
| 123 | Mount Saint Mary's University | 37100 | 79300 | 0.5317 | 1,733 | 1015 | 0.7313 | |
| 124 | University of Central Oklahoma | 37300 | 38500 | 0.0312 | 10,454 | 1095 | 0.8176 | |
| 125 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 37400 | 41600 | 0.101 | 5,187 | 1005 | 0.9229 | |
| 126 | Nazareth University | 37700 | 63300 | 0.4039 | 1,882 | 1205 | 0.7472 | |
| 127 | Keiser University-Ft Lauderdale | 38100 | 52100 | 0.2687 | 18,452 | 930 | 0.9697 | |
| 128 | Xavier University | 38500 | 67500 | 0.4297 | 4,239 | 1218 | 0.8669 | |
| 129 | Oakwood University | 38600 | 43300 | 0.1087 | 1,279 | 1020 | 0.507 | |
| 130 | Montreat College | 38800 | 55000 | 0.2948 | 759 | 1055 | 0.6555 | |
| 130 | Saint Joseph's College of Maine | 38800 | 63600 | 0.3901 | 1,059 | 1055 | 0.8172 | |
| 132 | Concordia University Ann Arbor | 39700 | 53300 | 0.2551 | 1,044 | 1095 | 0.7209 | |
| 133 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 40200 | 40200 | 0 | 11,365 | 1216 | 0.8816 | |
| 134 | University of Georgia | 40300 | 46000 | 0.1242 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 135 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 40500 | 40500 | 0 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 136 | Marymount Manhattan College | 40700 | 68600 | 0.4064 | 1,601 | 1224 | 0.8261 | |
| 137 | Marquette University | 40900 | 75100 | 0.4555 | 8,045 | 1309 | 0.8134 | |
| 138 | CUNY City College | 41500 | 41500 | 0 | 12,982 | 1169 | 0.5997 | |
| 138 | Howard Payne University | 41500 | 57700 | 0.2809 | 768 | 1025 | 0.6769 | |
| 140 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 41700 | 52100 | 0.1996 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 141 | Quinnipiac University | 41900 | 79200 | 0.4709 | 6,248 | 1209 | 0.77 | |
| 142 | St. John's University-New York | 42000 | 80100 | 0.4754 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 143 | Saint Joseph's University | 42200 | 74500 | 0.4335 | 4,828 | 1234 | 0.8639 | |
| 143 | University of Alabama at Birmingham | 42200 | 42200 | 0 | 12,382 | 1242 | 0.8842 | |
| 145 | Marist College | 42400 | 90500 | 0.5317 | 5,551 | 1279 | 0.5651 | |
| 145 | Susquehanna University | 42400 | 76800 | 0.4481 | 2,185 | 1204 | 0.7871 | |
| 147 | University at Buffalo | 42600 | 46800 | 0.0897 | 20,360 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 148 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 43000 | 46200 | 0.0693 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 149 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43400 | 68600 | 0.3675 | 3,677 | 1224 | 0.577 | |
| 150 | Alvernia University | 44700 | 68700 | 0.3494 | 2,050 | 1060 | 0.6232 | |
| 151 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 46400 | 58900 | 0.2121 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 152 | University of Iowa | 51000 | 53200 | 0.0415 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 153 | University of New England | 51100 | 67700 | 0.2451 | 3,884 | 1145 | 0.9163 | |
| 154 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 51700 | 51700 | 0 | 33,572 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 155 | Oklahoma City University | 52000 | 52000 | 0 | 1,447 | 1190 | 0.7039 | |
| 156 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
| 157 | Auburn University | 55400 | 55400 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 158 | University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy in St. Louis | 55600 | 60200 | 0.0764 | 275 | 1245 | 0.7515 | |
| 159 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 60800 | 63000 | 0.035 | 38,093 | 1302 | 0.7821 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.