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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 | University of Pennsylvania | 4000 | 93100 | 0.9575 | 9,989 | 1535 | 0.0492 | |
| 2 | University of Michigan-Flint | 4600 | 43700 | 0.8952 | 5,534 | 1079 | 0.6734 | |
| 3 | Santa Monica College | 6400 | 15500 | 0.588 | 23,453 | 0 | 1 | |
| 4 | College of the Ozarks | 6700 | 34300 | 0.8058 | 1,500 | 1130 | 0.1097 | |
| 5 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 6900 | 41500 | 0.8333 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 6 | Grinnell College | 9000 | 93600 | 0.9035 | 1,668 | 1469 | 0.1605 | |
| 7 | Dine College | 10200 | 13700 | 0.2546 | 1,432 | 0 | 1 | |
| 7 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 10200 | 32800 | 0.6886 | 46,627 | 1366 | 0.492 | |
| 7 | University of California-Davis | 10200 | 38700 | 0.7372 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 10 | Cornell University | 10500 | 93700 | 0.8878 | 16,138 | 1528 | 0.0838 | |
| 10 | Eastern Kentucky University | 10500 | 27300 | 0.6164 | 13,448 | 1075 | 0.9683 | |
| 12 | Georgetown College | 10700 | 86600 | 0.876 | 1,123 | 1145 | 0.9337 | |
| 13 | Antelope Valley Community College District | 10900 | 20400 | 0.4683 | 13,532 | 0 | 0 | |
| 14 | Missouri Southern State University | 11400 | 26700 | 0.573 | 3,917 | 1109 | 0.9656 | |
| 15 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | 12100 | 25900 | 0.5322 | 1,066 | 1197 | 0.4449 | |
| 15 | Northern Arizona University | 12100 | 30400 | 0.6012 | 22,203 | 1129 | 0.8961 | |
| 15 | University of West Florida | 12100 | 50500 | 0.7611 | 9,971 | 1120 | 0.5822 | |
| 18 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 12700 | 40500 | 0.6863 | 29,727 | 990 | 0.9229 | |
| 18 | University of North Florida | 12700 | 22400 | 0.4336 | 14,837 | 1124 | 0.6815 | |
| 20 | University of South Florida | 12800 | 22400 | 0.429 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 21 | Peru State College | 13100 | 20700 | 0.3697 | 1,308 | 0 | 1 | |
| 22 | University of Georgia | 13200 | 27200 | 0.514 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 23 | Scripps College | 13300 | 93900 | 0.8584 | 1,103 | 1472 | 0.3988 | |
| 24 | California State University-Bakersfield | 13800 | 57200 | 0.7583 | 9,897 | 1015 | 0.8416 | |
| 25 | Salem State University | 13900 | 38300 | 0.6367 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 26 | Georgetown University | 14000 | 92700 | 0.849 | 7,908 | 1470 | 0.1349 | |
| 27 | Baptist Health Sciences University | 14100 | 27600 | 0.49 | 782 | 1020 | 0.8202 | |
| 28 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 14500 | 44000 | 0.6708 | 308 | 1144 | 0.9053 | |
| 29 | Mercy University | 14600 | 46400 | 0.6858 | 6,692 | 1135 | 0.8724 | |
| 30 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 14800 | 26000 | 0.4303 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 31 | St Lawrence University | 15000 | 88000 | 0.8292 | 1,949 | 1359 | 0.5434 | |
| 32 | Central Michigan University | 15200 | 38700 | 0.6071 | 10,238 | 1099 | 0.9104 | |
| 33 | Florida State University | 15500 | 23000 | 0.3264 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 34 | North Carolina Wesleyan University | 15800 | 77300 | 0.7956 | 1,262 | 980 | 0.8026 | |
| 34 | Waynesburg University | 15800 | 45000 | 0.6487 | 1,032 | 1093 | 0.8981 | |
| 36 | Niagara University | 15900 | 57400 | 0.7227 | 2,638 | 1170 | 0.876 | |
| 36 | Santa Ana College | 15900 | 35300 | 0.5498 | 27,248 | 0 | 0 | |
| 38 | North Carolina Central University | 16600 | 37500 | 0.5578 | 7,232 | 865 | 0.8605 | |
| 38 | Sam Houston State University | 16600 | 27100 | 0.3873 | 17,822 | 1035 | 0.9372 | |
| 40 | Guilford College | 16800 | 66300 | 0.7461 | 1,132 | 1100 | 0.8 | |
| 40 | Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi | 16800 | 28900 | 0.4193 | 8,673 | 1095 | 0.9156 | |
| 42 | Northeastern University | 17600 | 90000 | 0.8043 | 22,456 | 1481 | 0.0562 | |
| 43 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 18000 | 48900 | 0.6315 | 5,274 | 1103 | 0.9513 | |
| 43 | University of Rhode Island | 18000 | 33900 | 0.4691 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 45 | University of Lynchburg | 18400 | 58900 | 0.6882 | 1,424 | 1099 | 0.6108 | |
| 46 | McMurry University | 18600 | 71400 | 0.7399 | 4,133 | 1104 | 0.8984 | |
| 46 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 18600 | 29900 | 0.3797 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 48 | Ouachita Baptist University | 19200 | 65400 | 0.7062 | 1,715 | 1193 | 0.7072 | |
| 48 | The College of Idaho | 19200 | 81100 | 0.7636 | 1,042 | 1189 | 0.491 | |
| 48 | Vanguard University of Southern California | 19200 | 54300 | 0.6467 | 1,923 | 1095 | 0.7415 | |
| 51 | University of Houston | 19400 | 28400 | 0.3173 | 40,366 | 1224 | 0.7577 | |
| 52 | University of Saint Mary | 19500 | 53700 | 0.6363 | 1,044 | 1083 | 0.8229 | |
| 52 | Whitman College | 19500 | 84800 | 0.77 | 1,468 | 1397 | 0.4016 | |
| 54 | Thomas University | 20100 | 30400 | 0.3386 | 1,022 | 1110 | 0.383 | |
| 55 | Ripon College | 20200 | 68900 | 0.7064 | 665 | 1225 | 0.8186 | |
| 56 | King's College | 20500 | 63100 | 0.6755 | 1,559 | 1135 | 0.9193 | |
| 57 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 20700 | 30600 | 0.3258 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 58 | La Sierra University | 20800 | 51100 | 0.5929 | 1,266 | 1124 | 0.9069 | |
| 59 | McDaniel College | 20900 | 63900 | 0.6725 | 1,641 | 1155 | 0.7817 | |
| 59 | Millikin University | 20900 | 45000 | 0.5354 | 1,427 | 1065 | 0.765 | |
| 61 | Daemen University | 21000 | 56700 | 0.6294 | 1,656 | 1050 | 0.7375 | |
| 62 | North Park University | 21100 | 55900 | 0.6226 | 1,825 | 1075 | 0.6949 | |
| 62 | Texas Southern University | 21100 | 38900 | 0.4576 | 6,844 | 915 | 0.9691 | |
| 64 | Southwestern Adventist University | 21600 | 58700 | 0.6324 | 758 | 1064 | 0.7836 | |
| 64 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 21600 | 27200 | 0.2048 | 5,063 | 1069 | 0.8756 | |
| 66 | Grand Valley State University | 21900 | 36200 | 0.3949 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 66 | Oklahoma City University | 21900 | 74100 | 0.7047 | 1,546 | 1159 | 0.7103 | |
| 68 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 22100 | 42500 | 0.48 | 14,249 | 1084 | 0.7761 | |
| 69 | Buena Vista University | 22200 | 59100 | 0.6244 | 836 | 1075 | 0.6497 | |
| 70 | Seattle Pacific University | 22300 | 98900 | 0.7748 | 1,657 | 1174 | 0.9301 | |
| 71 | Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences | 22500 | 56900 | 0.6039 | 533 | 1244 | 0.5269 | |
| 71 | California Baptist University | 22500 | 65400 | 0.6564 | 8,707 | 1024 | 0.8139 | |
| 71 | Newman University | 22500 | 55800 | 0.5964 | 2,529 | 1069 | 0.7398 | |
| 74 | Saint Cloud State University | 22600 | 36800 | 0.3849 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 75 | Houghton University | 22700 | 51300 | 0.5576 | 958 | 1277 | 0.89 | |
| 76 | Dakota State University | 23100 | 25600 | 0.0977 | 3,085 | 1174 | 0.9241 | |
| 77 | Huntingdon College | 23500 | 65000 | 0.6383 | 943 | 1130 | 0.692 | |
| 78 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 24000 | 60700 | 0.6046 | 1,984 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 79 | Franklin College | 24200 | 61800 | 0.6084 | 894 | 1189 | 0.7254 | |
| 80 | University of South Dakota | 24300 | 26900 | 0.0955 | 7,515 | 1120 | 0.9884 | |
| 81 | Lewis University | 24500 | 59800 | 0.5902 | 4,914 | 1127 | 0.6916 | |
| 82 | Rogers State University | 24800 | 49700 | 0.5006 | 3,278 | 1025 | 0.6784 | |
| 83 | Brewton-Parker Christian University | 25000 | 34300 | 0.2701 | 1,234 | 990 | 0.9649 | |
| 84 | South Dakota State University | 25100 | 28700 | 0.1242 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 84 | University of California-Santa Cruz | 25100 | 43500 | 0.423 | 18,194 | 1281 | 0.7273 | |
| 86 | University of South Carolina Aiken | 25200 | 33900 | 0.2568 | 3,379 | 1065 | 0.743 | |
| 87 | Loyola University Maryland | 25400 | 78800 | 0.6778 | 4,013 | 1329 | 0.6986 | |
| 88 | Christian Brothers University | 25700 | 57600 | 0.5545 | 1,155 | 1110 | 0.867 | |
| 88 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 25700 | 28300 | 0.0907 | 3,375 | 1090 | 0.5885 | |
| 88 | West Virginia Wesleyan College | 25700 | 53800 | 0.522 | 971 | 1030 | 0.9334 | |
| 91 | George Fox University | 25800 | 92800 | 0.7222 | 3,530 | 1168 | 0.9282 | |
| 91 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 25800 | 49600 | 0.4795 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 93 | Oakland University | 26100 | 39600 | 0.341 | 12,770 | 1039 | 0.8897 | |
| 93 | University of Evansville | 26100 | 64700 | 0.5963 | 1,920 | 1174 | 0.9412 | |
| 95 | University of Alabama at Birmingham | 26200 | 43400 | 0.396 | 11,959 | 1260 | 0.8818 | |
| 96 | Mars Hill University | 26900 | 54500 | 0.5056 | 1,062 | 1100 | 0.6822 | |
| 97 | New England College | 27000 | 65900 | 0.5905 | 1,049 | 930 | 0.8584 | |
| 98 | Delaware State University | 27100 | 62600 | 0.567 | 4,581 | 930 | 0.4658 | |
| 98 | Saginaw Valley State University | 27100 | 39800 | 0.3209 | 6,280 | 1050 | 0.7843 | |
| 98 | University of Central Oklahoma | 27100 | 33800 | 0.198 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 101 | Roberts Wesleyan University | 27300 | 82000 | 0.6673 | 1,320 | 1230 | 0.6744 | |
| 102 | Mississippi Christian University | 27500 | 45100 | 0.3897 | 2,583 | 1222 | 0.8416 | |
| 103 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28500 | 36500 | 0.2194 | 11,691 | 1074 | 0.7722 | |
| 104 | University of Northern Iowa | 28700 | 37300 | 0.2297 | 7,800 | 1115 | 0.9313 | |
| 105 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 29000 | 112100 | 0.7412 | 4,999 | 1258 | 0.9296 | |
| 106 | Morehead State University | 29300 | 31600 | 0.0728 | 7,941 | 1080 | 0.8328 | |
| 107 | Edgewood University | 29700 | 58200 | 0.4894 | 1,236 | 1125 | 0.7498 | |
| 107 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 29700 | 78300 | 0.6208 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 109 | University of Pikeville | 29800 | 34800 | 0.1438 | 1,164 | 1070 | 0.8967 | |
| 110 | Taylor University | 30100 | 60700 | 0.5048 | 2,769 | 1229 | 0.9881 | |
| 111 | Keiser University-Ft Lauderdale | 30500 | 101400 | 0.699 | 18,904 | 0 | 0.8516 | |
| 112 | Southern Adventist University | 30700 | 49000 | 0.3746 | 2,946 | 1142 | 0.7163 | |
| 113 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 30800 | 58700 | 0.4756 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 114 | Marquette University | 31000 | 75900 | 0.5915 | 8,206 | 1304 | 0.7802 | |
| 115 | Columbia International University | 31200 | 44800 | 0.3029 | 1,084 | 1079 | 0.9371 | |
| 116 | Biola University | 31700 | 67400 | 0.5298 | 3,553 | 1281 | 0.7817 | |
| 117 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 32300 | 43900 | 0.2643 | 3,825 | 1175 | 0.7841 | |
| 118 | Liberty University | 32500 | 44700 | 0.2729 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 119 | Morningside University | 32700 | 80100 | 0.5921 | 1,172 | 922 | 0.7104 | |
| 119 | University of New England | 32700 | 70900 | 0.5389 | 4,631 | 1145 | 0.9203 | |
| 121 | Alverno College | 32900 | 55500 | 0.4066 | 525 | 1000 | 0.8223 | |
| 122 | Siena University | 33300 | 66300 | 0.4978 | 3,149 | 1301 | 0.8464 | |
| 122 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 17,556 | 1090 | 0.5386 | |
| 124 | Elizabethtown College | 33500 | 57500 | 0.4172 | 1,935 | 1214 | 0.8892 | |
| 125 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 33900 | 39000 | 0.13 | 8,706 | 1230 | 0.8906 | |
| 126 | St. John's University-New York | 34100 | 83800 | 0.5934 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 127 | Lee University | 34200 | 39100 | 0.1253 | 3,425 | 1154 | 0.7138 | |
| 128 | Trevecca Nazarene University | 34300 | 50900 | 0.3256 | 1,961 | 1099 | 0.7512 | |
| 129 | Washburn University | 34400 | 38400 | 0.1041 | 5,427 | 1048 | 1 | |
| 130 | Adelphi University | 34800 | 63300 | 0.4511 | 5,097 | 1241 | 0.7215 | |
| 131 | Auburn University | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 131 | Bradley University | 35000 | 60300 | 0.4197 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 133 | New York Institute of Technology | 35100 | 83600 | 0.5799 | 3,646 | 1298 | 0.8102 | |
| 134 | Union Adventist University | 35400 | 51200 | 0.3072 | 625 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 135 | University of South Alabama | 35600 | 40200 | 0.1145 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 136 | Rowan University | 35800 | 53600 | 0.3319 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 137 | Wilmington College | 36400 | 58500 | 0.3774 | 1,006 | 1020 | 0.924 | |
| 138 | Springfield College | 37100 | 68000 | 0.4545 | 1,724 | 1260 | 0.7421 | |
| 138 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 37100 | 41600 | 0.1097 | 5,386 | 995 | 0.9092 | |
| 140 | Beloit College | 37200 | 81700 | 0.5445 | 997 | 1296 | 0.7039 | |
| 141 | Western Michigan University | 37300 | 37900 | 0.0158 | 13,714 | 1089 | 0.9121 | |
| 142 | Xavier University | 37500 | 68100 | 0.4496 | 3,744 | 1286 | 0.848 | |
| 143 | Howard Payne University | 37900 | 54500 | 0.3039 | 751 | 1043 | 0.6737 | |
| 144 | Oakwood University | 38200 | 43300 | 0.117 | 1,184 | 1005 | 0.4563 | |
| 145 | Nazareth University | 38500 | 67200 | 0.4269 | 1,862 | 1275 | 0.7409 | |
| 146 | Cumberland University | 38900 | 47500 | 0.1805 | 2,745 | 1055 | 0.6733 | |
| 147 | Saint Joseph's College of Maine | 39900 | 66900 | 0.4038 | 1,105 | 1055 | 0.8351 | |
| 148 | Concordia University Ann Arbor | 40500 | 53600 | 0.2445 | 755 | 1163 | 0.6925 | |
| 149 | Montreat College | 41500 | 58100 | 0.2852 | 781 | 1164 | 0.692 | |
| 150 | Susquehanna University | 41700 | 85600 | 0.5127 | 2,220 | 1199 | 0.7908 | |
| 151 | University of Central Florida | 42100 | 42800 | 0.0164 | 60,083 | 1289 | 0.428 | |
| 152 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 42400 | 55100 | 0.2306 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 153 | Marist University | 42600 | 75800 | 0.4379 | 5,644 | 1279 | 0.5599 | |
| 153 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42600 | 63300 | 0.3271 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 155 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43200 | 68700 | 0.3719 | 4,279 | 1234 | 0.5796 | |
| 156 | LeTourneau University | 44700 | 57300 | 0.2197 | 2,903 | 1242 | 0.4879 | |
| 157 | State University of New York at Cortland | 44800 | 52600 | 0.1482 | 5,890 | 1175 | 0.624 | |
| 158 | Radford University | 45000 | 47600 | 0.0539 | 6,206 | 1050 | 0.8939 | |
| 159 | Florida Atlantic University | 45300 | 45300 | 0 | 25,626 | 1150 | 0.5497 | |
| 160 | University at Buffalo | 46400 | 46400 | 0 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 161 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 48300 | 61200 | 0.2102 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 162 | Marymount Manhattan College | 49200 | 74900 | 0.3432 | 1,601 | 1224 | 0.8261 | |
| 162 | Quinnipiac University | 49200 | 79700 | 0.3829 | 6,610 | 1250 | 0.7031 | |
| 164 | Northwest Nazarene University | 51500 | 87600 | 0.412 | 1,043 | 1145 | 0.7159 | |
| 165 | University of Iowa | 51800 | 54400 | 0.0472 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 166 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 52900 | 53300 | 0.0075 | 34,447 | 1273 | 0.8804 | |
| 167 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58500 | 63600 | 0.0803 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 168 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 60400 | 63000 | 0.0407 | 38,463 | 1324 | 0.7589 | |
| 169 | University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy in St. Louis | 60500 | 65600 | 0.0778 | 344 | 1125 | 0.8984 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.