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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 Monica College | 6400 | 15500 | 0.5879 | 23,164 | 0 | 0.4384 | |
| 2 | University of Pennsylvania | 7100 | 92900 | 0.9238 | 10,013 | 1528 | 0.054 | |
| 3 | College of the Ozarks | 7700 | 47200 | 0.8373 | 1,454 | 1135 | 0.1199 | |
| 3 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 7700 | 43500 | 0.8237 | 28,674 | 980 | 0.9401 | |
| 5 | Grinnell College | 9400 | 91400 | 0.8973 | 1,788 | 1462 | 0.1451 | |
| 6 | Georgetown College | 9900 | 75600 | 0.8691 | 1,111 | 1060 | 0.9106 | |
| 7 | University of California-Davis | 10200 | 38600 | 0.7368 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
| 8 | University of Michigan-Flint | 11200 | 45600 | 0.7541 | 5,011 | 1103 | 0.7047 | |
| 9 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 11300 | 41800 | 0.7295 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 10 | Cornell University | 11800 | 93100 | 0.8735 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
| 11 | Dine College | 12000 | 13700 | 0.1237 | 1,828 | 0 | 0.6036 | |
| 11 | University of Houston | 12000 | 28400 | 0.5781 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 13 | Missouri Southern State University | 12700 | 26700 | 0.5243 | 3,881 | 1074 | 0.9706 | |
| 14 | Saginaw Valley State University | 13000 | 28600 | 0.5467 | 6,152 | 1050 | 0.7207 | |
| 15 | Scripps College | 13400 | 93900 | 0.8567 | 1,117 | 1475 | 0.3829 | |
| 16 | University of West Florida | 13500 | 39000 | 0.6533 | 9,661 | 1120 | 0.5687 | |
| 17 | Union College | 13600 | 92400 | 0.8527 | 2,065 | 1393 | 0.4392 | |
| 17 | University of South Florida | 13600 | 17100 | 0.2045 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 19 | Washburn University | 13800 | 24000 | 0.4245 | 5,331 | 1095 | 1 | |
| 20 | Peru State College | 13900 | 22100 | 0.3722 | 1,452 | 0 | 0.7708 | |
| 21 | California State University-Bakersfield | 14000 | 50800 | 0.7252 | 8,865 | 1050 | 0.8508 | |
| 22 | Central Michigan University | 14400 | 37400 | 0.6155 | 10,219 | 1095 | 0.8982 | |
| 23 | Northeastern University | 14500 | 89900 | 0.8387 | 22,695 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 24 | Baptist Health Sciences University | 14700 | 36300 | 0.5952 | 733 | 1045 | 0.6776 | |
| 25 | Georgetown University | 14800 | 92700 | 0.8403 | 7,833 | 1457 | 0.1291 | |
| 25 | Grand Valley State University | 14800 | 25300 | 0.4155 | 19,002 | 1233 | 0.8302 | |
| 25 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 14800 | 26400 | 0.4407 | 4,721 | 1110 | 0.7782 | |
| 28 | Radford University | 15000 | 32000 | 0.5318 | 6,161 | 1070 | 0.8953 | |
| 29 | University of Central Oklahoma | 15400 | 28700 | 0.4635 | 10,454 | 1055 | 0.8176 | |
| 29 | University of North Florida | 15400 | 33000 | 0.5337 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
| 31 | Waynesburg University | 15800 | 45000 | 0.6482 | 1,088 | 1099 | 0.9169 | |
| 32 | Delaware State University | 15900 | 46500 | 0.6582 | 4,941 | 985 | 0.6167 | |
| 32 | Sam Houston State University | 15900 | 30300 | 0.4749 | 17,787 | 1030 | 0.9026 | |
| 32 | Santa Ana College | 15900 | 35300 | 0.5498 | 26,073 | 0 | 0 | |
| 35 | Millikin University | 16600 | 45000 | 0.6309 | 1,496 | 1020 | 0.6668 | |
| 36 | University of South Alabama | 16900 | 35200 | 0.5202 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 37 | Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi | 17300 | 20700 | 0.1642 | 8,320 | 1074 | 0.8858 | |
| 38 | University of Rhode Island | 17400 | 46400 | 0.6245 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 38 | Vanguard University of Southern California | 17400 | 54300 | 0.6798 | 1,964 | 1069 | 0.6479 | |
| 40 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 17700 | 48000 | 0.6308 | 3,856 | 1185 | 0.7518 | |
| 41 | North Park University | 17900 | 53200 | 0.6634 | 1,876 | 1110 | 0.7284 | |
| 41 | Salem State University | 17900 | 28500 | 0.3719 | 4,853 | 1100 | 0.9557 | |
| 43 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 18500 | 43800 | 0.5771 | 352 | 1180 | 0.9647 | |
| 44 | Eastern Kentucky University | 18600 | 34400 | 0.4587 | 12,726 | 1055 | 0.9695 | |
| 44 | North Carolina Central University | 18600 | 40000 | 0.5348 | 6,595 | 1005 | 0.8697 | |
| 46 | Western Michigan University | 19200 | 32500 | 0.4097 | 13,860 | 1104 | 0.846 | |
| 47 | Texas Southern University | 19800 | 25500 | 0.2239 | 6,619 | 915 | 0.9335 | |
| 48 | Daemen University | 19900 | 55100 | 0.6389 | 1,656 | 1050 | 0.7375 | |
| 48 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 19900 | 30700 | 0.3502 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 48 | The College of Idaho | 19900 | 70400 | 0.7173 | 1,049 | 1170 | 0.4722 | |
| 48 | University of Northern Iowa | 19900 | 24000 | 0.1722 | 7,716 | 1115 | 0.8713 | |
| 52 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 20000 | 31400 | 0.3631 | 13,921 | 1119 | 0.7468 | |
| 53 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 20300 | 38200 | 0.4685 | 11,365 | 1216 | 0.8816 | |
| 54 | Thomas University | 20500 | 32000 | 0.3592 | 882 | 1050 | 0.4316 | |
| 55 | McDaniel College | 20600 | 63900 | 0.6772 | 1,631 | 1155 | 0.7793 | |
| 56 | Bradley University | 21000 | 50800 | 0.5865 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 57 | Niagara University | 21300 | 57400 | 0.6287 | 2,692 | 1160 | 0.3972 | |
| 57 | Southwestern Adventist University | 21300 | 49800 | 0.5721 | 813 | 1064 | 0.5552 | |
| 59 | King's College | 21600 | 63100 | 0.658 | 1,568 | 1180 | 0.9305 | |
| 60 | Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences | 21800 | 56900 | 0.6171 | 533 | 1266 | 0.5269 | |
| 60 | University of Lynchburg | 21800 | 54900 | 0.6022 | 1,595 | 1109 | 0.4301 | |
| 62 | Guilford College | 22300 | 57400 | 0.6114 | 1,160 | 1118 | 0.8376 | |
| 62 | Newman University | 22300 | 54000 | 0.5868 | 2,398 | 1090 | 0.4761 | |
| 64 | Buena Vista University | 22500 | 59100 | 0.6195 | 810 | 1124 | 0.7761 | |
| 65 | St Lawrence University | 22600 | 87800 | 0.7424 | 1,949 | 1359 | 0.5434 | |
| 66 | Ouachita Baptist University | 22700 | 65200 | 0.6515 | 1,729 | 1209 | 0.6752 | |
| 67 | Saint Ambrose University | 22800 | 55400 | 0.5881 | 1,939 | 1085 | 0.7733 | |
| 68 | Roberts Wesleyan University | 22900 | 72100 | 0.6825 | 1,045 | 1166 | 0.7058 | |
| 69 | Dakota State University | 23100 | 25600 | 0.0977 | 3,066 | 1192 | 0.8814 | |
| 69 | Saint Cloud State University | 23100 | 36800 | 0.3733 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 69 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 23100 | 40000 | 0.4224 | 1,984 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 72 | Houghton University | 23800 | 61900 | 0.6158 | 939 | 1277 | 0.8866 | |
| 73 | University at Buffalo | 24000 | 34000 | 0.2942 | 20,360 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 74 | Northern Arizona University | 24100 | 33100 | 0.2719 | 22,991 | 1145 | 0.8961 | |
| 75 | Huntingdon College | 24200 | 55400 | 0.5634 | 880 | 1105 | 0.6793 | |
| 76 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | 24300 | 44400 | 0.4514 | 1,217 | 1229 | 0.5405 | |
| 77 | University of Saint Mary | 24700 | 53700 | 0.5408 | 1,027 | 1045 | 0.8663 | |
| 78 | Franklin College | 25000 | 61800 | 0.5947 | 931 | 1150 | 0.6978 | |
| 78 | La Sierra University | 25000 | 70200 | 0.6438 | 1,244 | 1015 | 0.933 | |
| 80 | Northwest Nazarene University | 25400 | 75700 | 0.6648 | 1,043 | 1145 | 0.7159 | |
| 81 | Brewton-Parker Christian University | 25500 | 34300 | 0.2576 | 1,049 | 945 | 0.8635 | |
| 82 | South Dakota State University | 25600 | 28700 | 0.1092 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 83 | Seattle Pacific University | 25700 | 77000 | 0.6666 | 1,776 | 1188 | 0.8339 | |
| 84 | Christian Brothers University | 25900 | 57600 | 0.5495 | 1,155 | 1110 | 0.867 | |
| 85 | University of Evansville | 26100 | 64700 | 0.5959 | 1,742 | 1174 | 0.7813 | |
| 86 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 26200 | 28300 | 0.0755 | 3,413 | 1095 | 0.5295 | |
| 86 | Oakland University | 26200 | 39700 | 0.3401 | 12,587 | 1050 | 0.8784 | |
| 88 | Oklahoma City University | 26300 | 62200 | 0.577 | 1,514 | 1174 | 0.7702 | |
| 89 | University of South Dakota | 26500 | 29600 | 0.1058 | 7,619 | 1120 | 0.9878 | |
| 90 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 26900 | 47900 | 0.4381 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 91 | Springfield College | 27100 | 65600 | 0.5867 | 1,764 | 1201 | 0.7189 | |
| 92 | Marquette University | 27200 | 66200 | 0.5888 | 8,045 | 1309 | 0.8134 | |
| 93 | George Fox University | 27400 | 76800 | 0.6432 | 3,401 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 94 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 27600 | 35400 | 0.2206 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 94 | Wilmington College | 27600 | 48200 | 0.4281 | 924 | 1035 | 0.846 | |
| 96 | Mississippi College | 27900 | 45100 | 0.3802 | 2,724 | 1110 | 0.4928 | |
| 97 | Morehead State University | 28000 | 32600 | 0.141 | 8,258 | 1140 | 0.7721 | |
| 98 | Mercy University | 28400 | 44500 | 0.3619 | 6,775 | 1074 | 0.8584 | |
| 99 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28500 | 33400 | 0.1467 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 100 | Biola University | 28800 | 71200 | 0.5958 | 3,481 | 1268 | 0.7482 | |
| 101 | University of Iowa | 29000 | 31100 | 0.0686 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 102 | New England College | 29500 | 65800 | 0.5517 | 1,032 | 930 | 0.9213 | |
| 103 | Edgewood College | 29600 | 51900 | 0.4297 | 1,214 | 1125 | 0.9452 | |
| 104 | Beloit College | 29800 | 97600 | 0.6946 | 1,004 | 1298 | 0.6304 | |
| 105 | Southern Adventist University | 29900 | 46900 | 0.3634 | 2,827 | 1112 | 0.6661 | |
| 106 | West Virginia Wesleyan College | 30100 | 53800 | 0.4396 | 938 | 1035 | 0.951 | |
| 107 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 30500 | 54700 | 0.4416 | 1,409 | 1110 | 0.5568 | |
| 108 | Russell Sage College | 30600 | 71000 | 0.569 | 1,255 | 1134 | 0.5326 | |
| 109 | Fresno Pacific University | 30700 | 52200 | 0.4116 | 1,616 | 1075 | 0.5752 | |
| 110 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30800 | 78100 | 0.6056 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 110 | University of Pikeville | 30800 | 34800 | 0.1151 | 1,353 | 1055 | 0.8808 | |
| 112 | California Baptist University | 30900 | 64800 | 0.5223 | 8,417 | 1069 | 0.8535 | |
| 113 | Taylor University | 31100 | 59100 | 0.4731 | 2,503 | 1235 | 0.7353 | |
| 114 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 31300 | 57000 | 0.4511 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 115 | St. Andrews University | 31600 | 44700 | 0.2937 | 806 | 985 | 0.1229 | |
| 116 | Liberty University | 32000 | 44300 | 0.2777 | 52,823 | 1181 | 0.9932 | |
| 117 | St. John's University-New York | 32400 | 78000 | 0.5842 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 118 | Keiser University-Ft Lauderdale | 33300 | 84100 | 0.6039 | 18,452 | 930 | 0.9697 | |
| 118 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 15,130 | 1095 | 0.5256 | |
| 120 | Alverno College | 33400 | 55500 | 0.3989 | 673 | 1000 | 0.8438 | |
| 121 | Elizabethtown College | 33600 | 55900 | 0.3992 | 1,903 | 1214 | 0.7787 | |
| 122 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 33700 | 36100 | 0.0664 | 33,572 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 123 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 34000 | 38700 | 0.1199 | 8,426 | 1235 | 0.8876 | |
| 124 | LeTourneau University | 34100 | 54800 | 0.378 | 3,184 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 125 | Siena College | 34500 | 65100 | 0.4701 | 3,469 | 1260 | 0.7764 | |
| 126 | Trevecca Nazarene University | 34700 | 50900 | 0.3172 | 1,903 | 1085 | 0.6944 | |
| 127 | Adelphi University | 35200 | 63300 | 0.4443 | 5,325 | 1218 | 0.6591 | |
| 128 | Alvernia University | 35300 | 69400 | 0.4912 | 2,050 | 1165 | 0.6232 | |
| 129 | New York Institute of Technology | 35500 | 83600 | 0.5753 | 3,646 | 1298 | 0.8102 | |
| 130 | State University of New York at Cortland | 35800 | 39900 | 0.1029 | 5,911 | 1175 | 0.5979 | |
| 131 | Union Adventist University | 35900 | 51200 | 0.2988 | 536 | 1079 | 0.9989 | |
| 132 | University of New England | 36300 | 67900 | 0.4651 | 3,884 | 1145 | 0.9163 | |
| 133 | Auburn University | 36500 | 38000 | 0.0394 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 134 | Loyola University Maryland | 37100 | 78800 | 0.5293 | 3,881 | 1309 | 0.7549 | |
| 135 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 37500 | 41600 | 0.0993 | 5,386 | 995 | 0.9092 | |
| 136 | Xavier University | 37600 | 67500 | 0.4431 | 4,239 | 1218 | 0.8669 | |
| 137 | Nazareth University | 37800 | 63300 | 0.4034 | 1,882 | 1205 | 0.7472 | |
| 138 | Saint Joseph's College of Maine | 38000 | 65000 | 0.4151 | 1,059 | 1025 | 0.8172 | |
| 139 | Howard Payne University | 38400 | 54500 | 0.296 | 768 | 1030 | 0.6769 | |
| 140 | Oakwood University | 38600 | 43300 | 0.1071 | 1,279 | 1020 | 0.507 | |
| 141 | Montreat College | 38800 | 55000 | 0.2935 | 759 | 1055 | 0.6555 | |
| 142 | Cumberland University | 39300 | 47500 | 0.1714 | 2,652 | 1125 | 0.67 | |
| 143 | University of Central Florida | 39600 | 39600 | 0 | 59,649 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
| 144 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 40000 | 92400 | 0.567 | 5,044 | 1274 | 0.8883 | |
| 145 | Concordia University Ann Arbor | 40900 | 57000 | 0.2823 | 1,044 | 1163 | 0.7209 | |
| 146 | Quinnipiac University | 41000 | 79200 | 0.4822 | 6,248 | 1209 | 0.77 | |
| 147 | Marist University | 41200 | 102800 | 0.5993 | 5,551 | 1279 | 0.5651 | |
| 148 | Mount Saint Mary's University | 42100 | 79300 | 0.4686 | 1,733 | 1015 | 0.7313 | |
| 149 | Marymount Manhattan College | 42300 | 69900 | 0.3948 | 1,601 | 1224 | 0.8261 | |
| 149 | University of Alabama at Birmingham | 42300 | 42300 | 0 | 11,959 | 1260 | 0.8818 | |
| 151 | Susquehanna University | 42400 | 76800 | 0.4481 | 2,185 | 1204 | 0.7871 | |
| 152 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 42600 | 53700 | 0.2066 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 153 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43400 | 68600 | 0.3665 | 3,677 | 1224 | 0.577 | |
| 154 | Florida Atlantic University | 44400 | 44400 | 0 | 24,942 | 1130 | 0.6613 | |
| 155 | University of Georgia | 45900 | 51600 | 0.1108 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 156 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48600 | 51200 | 0.0514 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 157 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 48800 | 61200 | 0.2032 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 158 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
| 159 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58300 | 64100 | 0.0905 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 160 | University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy in St. Louis | 59600 | 63500 | 0.0614 | 275 | 1179 | 0.7515 | |
| 161 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 60800 | 63000 | 0.0339 | 38,093 | 1302 | 0.7821 | |
| 162 | University of California-Santa Cruz | 76200 | 82000 | 0.0708 | 17,940 | 1281 | 0.6557 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.