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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 | 26,073 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | Santa Monica College | 6400 | 15500 | 0.5879 | 23,164 | 0 | 0.4384 | |
| 3 | University of Pennsylvania | 7100 | 92900 | 0.9238 | 10,013 | 1528 | 0.054 | |
| 4 | College of the Ozarks | 7700 | 47200 | 0.8373 | 1,454 | 1135 | 0.1199 | |
| 4 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 7700 | 43500 | 0.8237 | 28,674 | 980 | 0.9401 | |
| 6 | Grinnell College | 9400 | 91400 | 0.8973 | 1,788 | 1462 | 0.1451 | |
| 7 | Georgetown College | 9900 | 75600 | 0.8691 | 1,111 | 1060 | 0.9106 | |
| 8 | University of California-Davis | 10200 | 38600 | 0.7368 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
| 9 | University of Michigan-Flint | 11200 | 45600 | 0.7541 | 5,011 | 1103 | 0.7047 | |
| 10 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 11300 | 41800 | 0.7295 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 11 | Cornell University | 11800 | 93100 | 0.8735 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
| 12 | Dine College | 12000 | 13700 | 0.1237 | 1,828 | 0 | 0.6036 | |
| 12 | University of Houston | 12000 | 28400 | 0.5781 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 14 | Florida Atlantic University | 12200 | 25800 | 0.5278 | 24,942 | 1130 | 0.6613 | |
| 14 | University of Central Florida | 12200 | 25300 | 0.5172 | 59,649 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
| 16 | University of West Florida | 12500 | 21500 | 0.4181 | 9,661 | 1120 | 0.5687 | |
| 17 | Missouri Southern State University | 12800 | 20100 | 0.3641 | 3,881 | 1074 | 0.9706 | |
| 18 | Saginaw Valley State University | 13000 | 28600 | 0.5467 | 6,152 | 1050 | 0.7207 | |
| 19 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 13100 | 25700 | 0.4897 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 20 | Northern Arizona University | 13200 | 27100 | 0.5135 | 22,991 | 1145 | 0.8961 | |
| 21 | Scripps College | 13400 | 93900 | 0.8567 | 1,117 | 1475 | 0.3829 | |
| 22 | Union College | 13600 | 92400 | 0.8527 | 2,065 | 1393 | 0.4392 | |
| 23 | Washburn University | 13800 | 24000 | 0.4245 | 5,331 | 1095 | 1 | |
| 24 | Peru State College | 13900 | 22100 | 0.3722 | 1,452 | 0 | 0.7708 | |
| 25 | California State University-Bakersfield | 14000 | 50800 | 0.7252 | 8,865 | 1050 | 0.8508 | |
| 26 | Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi | 14300 | 28900 | 0.5059 | 8,320 | 1074 | 0.8858 | |
| 27 | Central Michigan University | 14400 | 37400 | 0.6155 | 10,219 | 1095 | 0.8982 | |
| 28 | Northeastern University | 14500 | 89900 | 0.8387 | 22,695 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 28 | University of Georgia | 14500 | 26600 | 0.4537 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 30 | Baptist Health Sciences University | 14700 | 36300 | 0.5952 | 733 | 1045 | 0.6776 | |
| 31 | Georgetown University | 14800 | 92700 | 0.8403 | 7,833 | 1457 | 0.1291 | |
| 31 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 14800 | 26400 | 0.4407 | 4,721 | 1110 | 0.7782 | |
| 33 | Radford University | 15000 | 32000 | 0.5318 | 6,161 | 1070 | 0.8953 | |
| 34 | University of California-Santa Cruz | 15400 | 39100 | 0.6046 | 17,940 | 1281 | 0.6557 | |
| 34 | University of Central Oklahoma | 15400 | 28700 | 0.4635 | 10,454 | 1055 | 0.8176 | |
| 34 | University of North Florida | 15400 | 33000 | 0.5337 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
| 37 | University of South Alabama | 15700 | 22400 | 0.2997 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 38 | Waynesburg University | 15800 | 45000 | 0.6482 | 1,088 | 1099 | 0.9169 | |
| 39 | Sam Houston State University | 16300 | 23000 | 0.2914 | 17,787 | 1030 | 0.9026 | |
| 40 | Delaware State University | 16500 | 46500 | 0.6453 | 4,941 | 985 | 0.6167 | |
| 41 | Millikin University | 16600 | 45000 | 0.6309 | 1,496 | 1020 | 0.6668 | |
| 42 | University of Rhode Island | 16800 | 33900 | 0.5045 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 43 | Vanguard University of Southern California | 17400 | 54300 | 0.6798 | 1,964 | 1069 | 0.6479 | |
| 44 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 17700 | 48000 | 0.6308 | 3,856 | 1185 | 0.7518 | |
| 45 | North Park University | 17900 | 53200 | 0.6634 | 1,876 | 1110 | 0.7284 | |
| 46 | State University of New York at Cortland | 18100 | 27700 | 0.3463 | 5,911 | 1175 | 0.5979 | |
| 47 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 18500 | 43800 | 0.5771 | 352 | 1180 | 0.9647 | |
| 48 | Eastern Kentucky University | 18600 | 34400 | 0.4587 | 12,726 | 1055 | 0.9695 | |
| 48 | North Carolina Central University | 18600 | 40000 | 0.5348 | 6,595 | 1005 | 0.8697 | |
| 50 | Salem State University | 19000 | 35100 | 0.4585 | 4,853 | 1100 | 0.9557 | |
| 51 | Western Michigan University | 19200 | 32500 | 0.4097 | 13,860 | 1104 | 0.846 | |
| 52 | Texas Southern University | 19300 | 42500 | 0.5462 | 6,619 | 915 | 0.9335 | |
| 53 | Daemen University | 19900 | 55100 | 0.6389 | 1,656 | 1050 | 0.7375 | |
| 53 | The College of Idaho | 19900 | 70400 | 0.7173 | 1,049 | 1170 | 0.4722 | |
| 53 | University of Northern Iowa | 19900 | 24000 | 0.1722 | 7,716 | 1115 | 0.8713 | |
| 56 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 20300 | 38200 | 0.4685 | 11,365 | 1216 | 0.8816 | |
| 57 | Dakota State University | 20400 | 22500 | 0.0912 | 3,066 | 1192 | 0.8814 | |
| 57 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 20400 | 42500 | 0.5206 | 13,921 | 1119 | 0.7468 | |
| 59 | Thomas University | 20500 | 32000 | 0.3592 | 882 | 1050 | 0.4316 | |
| 60 | McDaniel College | 20600 | 63900 | 0.6772 | 1,631 | 1155 | 0.7793 | |
| 60 | South Dakota State University | 20600 | 25200 | 0.1838 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 62 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 20700 | 30600 | 0.3258 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 63 | Bradley University | 21000 | 50800 | 0.5865 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 64 | Niagara University | 21300 | 57400 | 0.6287 | 2,692 | 1160 | 0.3972 | |
| 64 | Southwestern Adventist University | 21300 | 49800 | 0.5721 | 813 | 1064 | 0.5552 | |
| 66 | King's College | 21600 | 63100 | 0.658 | 1,568 | 1180 | 0.9305 | |
| 67 | Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences | 21800 | 56900 | 0.6171 | 533 | 1266 | 0.5269 | |
| 67 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 67 | University of Lynchburg | 21800 | 54900 | 0.6022 | 1,595 | 1109 | 0.4301 | |
| 70 | Guilford College | 22300 | 57400 | 0.6114 | 1,160 | 1118 | 0.8376 | |
| 70 | Newman University | 22300 | 54000 | 0.5868 | 2,398 | 1090 | 0.4761 | |
| 72 | Buena Vista University | 22500 | 59100 | 0.6195 | 810 | 1124 | 0.7761 | |
| 73 | St Lawrence University | 22600 | 87800 | 0.7424 | 1,949 | 1359 | 0.5434 | |
| 74 | Ouachita Baptist University | 22700 | 65200 | 0.6515 | 1,729 | 1209 | 0.6752 | |
| 75 | Saint Ambrose University | 22800 | 55400 | 0.5881 | 1,939 | 1085 | 0.7733 | |
| 76 | Roberts Wesleyan University | 22900 | 72100 | 0.6825 | 1,045 | 1166 | 0.7058 | |
| 77 | Saint Cloud State University | 23100 | 36800 | 0.3733 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 77 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 23100 | 40000 | 0.4224 | 1,984 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 79 | Houghton University | 23800 | 61900 | 0.6158 | 939 | 1277 | 0.8866 | |
| 80 | University of South Dakota | 23900 | 26000 | 0.0821 | 7,619 | 1120 | 0.9878 | |
| 81 | Huntingdon College | 24200 | 55400 | 0.5634 | 880 | 1105 | 0.6793 | |
| 82 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | 24300 | 44400 | 0.4514 | 1,217 | 1229 | 0.5405 | |
| 83 | Marquette University | 24400 | 63100 | 0.6129 | 8,045 | 1309 | 0.8134 | |
| 84 | University of Alabama at Birmingham | 24500 | 28500 | 0.1405 | 11,959 | 1260 | 0.8818 | |
| 85 | University of Saint Mary | 24700 | 53700 | 0.5408 | 1,027 | 1045 | 0.8663 | |
| 86 | Franklin College | 25000 | 61800 | 0.5947 | 931 | 1150 | 0.6978 | |
| 86 | La Sierra University | 25000 | 70200 | 0.6438 | 1,244 | 1015 | 0.933 | |
| 88 | Northwest Nazarene University | 25400 | 75700 | 0.6648 | 1,043 | 1145 | 0.7159 | |
| 89 | Brewton-Parker Christian University | 25500 | 34300 | 0.2576 | 1,049 | 945 | 0.8635 | |
| 90 | Seattle Pacific University | 25700 | 77000 | 0.6666 | 1,776 | 1188 | 0.8339 | |
| 91 | Christian Brothers University | 25900 | 57600 | 0.5495 | 1,155 | 1110 | 0.867 | |
| 92 | University of Evansville | 26100 | 64700 | 0.5959 | 1,742 | 1174 | 0.7813 | |
| 93 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 26200 | 28300 | 0.0755 | 3,413 | 1095 | 0.5295 | |
| 93 | Oakland University | 26200 | 39700 | 0.3401 | 12,587 | 1050 | 0.8784 | |
| 95 | Grand Valley State University | 26300 | 36300 | 0.2759 | 19,002 | 1233 | 0.8302 | |
| 95 | Oklahoma City University | 26300 | 62200 | 0.577 | 1,514 | 1174 | 0.7702 | |
| 97 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 26900 | 47900 | 0.4381 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 98 | Springfield College | 27100 | 65600 | 0.5867 | 1,764 | 1201 | 0.7189 | |
| 99 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 27300 | 31100 | 0.1233 | 8,426 | 1235 | 0.8876 | |
| 100 | George Fox University | 27400 | 76800 | 0.6432 | 3,401 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 101 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 27600 | 35400 | 0.2206 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 101 | Wilmington College | 27600 | 48200 | 0.4281 | 924 | 1035 | 0.846 | |
| 103 | Mississippi College | 27900 | 45100 | 0.3802 | 2,724 | 1110 | 0.4928 | |
| 104 | Morehead State University | 28000 | 32600 | 0.141 | 8,258 | 1140 | 0.7721 | |
| 105 | Mercy University | 28400 | 44500 | 0.3619 | 6,775 | 1074 | 0.8584 | |
| 106 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28500 | 33400 | 0.1467 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 107 | Biola University | 28800 | 71200 | 0.5958 | 3,481 | 1268 | 0.7482 | |
| 108 | New England College | 29500 | 65800 | 0.5517 | 1,032 | 930 | 0.9213 | |
| 109 | Edgewood College | 29600 | 51900 | 0.4297 | 1,214 | 1125 | 0.9452 | |
| 110 | Beloit College | 29800 | 97600 | 0.6946 | 1,004 | 1298 | 0.6304 | |
| 111 | Southern Adventist University | 29900 | 46900 | 0.3634 | 2,827 | 1112 | 0.6661 | |
| 112 | West Virginia Wesleyan College | 30100 | 53800 | 0.4396 | 938 | 1035 | 0.951 | |
| 113 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 30500 | 54700 | 0.4416 | 1,409 | 1110 | 0.5568 | |
| 114 | Russell Sage College | 30600 | 71000 | 0.569 | 1,255 | 1134 | 0.5326 | |
| 115 | Fresno Pacific University | 30700 | 52200 | 0.4116 | 1,616 | 1075 | 0.5752 | |
| 116 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30800 | 78100 | 0.6056 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 116 | University of Pikeville | 30800 | 34800 | 0.1151 | 1,353 | 1055 | 0.8808 | |
| 118 | California Baptist University | 30900 | 64800 | 0.5223 | 8,417 | 1069 | 0.8535 | |
| 119 | Taylor University | 31100 | 59100 | 0.4731 | 2,503 | 1235 | 0.7353 | |
| 120 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 31300 | 57000 | 0.4511 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 121 | St. Andrews University | 31600 | 44700 | 0.2937 | 806 | 985 | 0.1229 | |
| 122 | Liberty University | 32000 | 44300 | 0.2777 | 52,823 | 1181 | 0.9932 | |
| 123 | St. John's University-New York | 32400 | 78000 | 0.5842 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 124 | Keiser University-Ft Lauderdale | 33300 | 84100 | 0.6039 | 18,452 | 930 | 0.9697 | |
| 124 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 15,130 | 1095 | 0.5256 | |
| 126 | Alverno College | 33400 | 55500 | 0.3989 | 673 | 1000 | 0.8438 | |
| 127 | Elizabethtown College | 33600 | 55900 | 0.3992 | 1,903 | 1214 | 0.7787 | |
| 128 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 33700 | 36100 | 0.0664 | 33,572 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 129 | LeTourneau University | 34100 | 54800 | 0.378 | 3,184 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 130 | Siena College | 34500 | 65100 | 0.4701 | 3,469 | 1260 | 0.7764 | |
| 131 | Trevecca Nazarene University | 34700 | 50900 | 0.3172 | 1,903 | 1085 | 0.6944 | |
| 132 | University of South Florida | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 133 | Adelphi University | 35200 | 63300 | 0.4443 | 5,325 | 1218 | 0.6591 | |
| 134 | Alvernia University | 35300 | 69400 | 0.4912 | 2,050 | 1165 | 0.6232 | |
| 135 | New York Institute of Technology | 35500 | 83600 | 0.5753 | 3,646 | 1298 | 0.8102 | |
| 136 | Union Adventist University | 35900 | 51200 | 0.2988 | 536 | 1079 | 0.9989 | |
| 137 | University of New England | 36300 | 67900 | 0.4651 | 3,884 | 1145 | 0.9163 | |
| 138 | Auburn University | 36500 | 38000 | 0.0394 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 139 | Loyola University Maryland | 37100 | 78800 | 0.5293 | 3,881 | 1309 | 0.7549 | |
| 140 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 37500 | 41600 | 0.0993 | 5,386 | 995 | 0.9092 | |
| 141 | Xavier University | 37600 | 67500 | 0.4431 | 4,239 | 1218 | 0.8669 | |
| 142 | Nazareth University | 37800 | 63300 | 0.4034 | 1,882 | 1205 | 0.7472 | |
| 143 | Saint Joseph's College of Maine | 38000 | 65000 | 0.4151 | 1,059 | 1025 | 0.8172 | |
| 144 | Howard Payne University | 38400 | 54500 | 0.296 | 768 | 1030 | 0.6769 | |
| 145 | Oakwood University | 38600 | 43300 | 0.1071 | 1,279 | 1020 | 0.507 | |
| 146 | Montreat College | 38800 | 55000 | 0.2935 | 759 | 1055 | 0.6555 | |
| 147 | Cumberland University | 39300 | 47500 | 0.1714 | 2,652 | 1125 | 0.67 | |
| 148 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 40000 | 92400 | 0.567 | 5,044 | 1274 | 0.8883 | |
| 149 | Concordia University Ann Arbor | 40900 | 57000 | 0.2823 | 1,044 | 1163 | 0.7209 | |
| 150 | Quinnipiac University | 41000 | 79200 | 0.4822 | 6,248 | 1209 | 0.77 | |
| 151 | Marist University | 41200 | 102800 | 0.5993 | 5,551 | 1279 | 0.5651 | |
| 152 | Mount Saint Mary's University | 42100 | 79300 | 0.4686 | 1,733 | 1015 | 0.7313 | |
| 153 | Marymount Manhattan College | 42300 | 69900 | 0.3948 | 1,601 | 1224 | 0.8261 | |
| 154 | Susquehanna University | 42400 | 76800 | 0.4481 | 2,185 | 1204 | 0.7871 | |
| 155 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43400 | 68600 | 0.3665 | 3,677 | 1224 | 0.577 | |
| 156 | University at Buffalo | 46800 | 46800 | 0 | 20,360 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 157 | University of Iowa | 51100 | 53200 | 0.0401 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 158 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
| 159 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 54000 | 56100 | 0.038 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 160 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58300 | 64100 | 0.0905 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 161 | University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy in St. Louis | 59600 | 63500 | 0.0614 | 275 | 1179 | 0.7515 | |
| 162 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 60800 | 63000 | 0.0339 | 38,093 | 1302 | 0.7821 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.