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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 | 23100 | 0.8046 | 27,248 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | Santa Monica College | 6400 | 15500 | 0.588 | 23,453 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | College of the Ozarks | 6600 | 38400 | 0.8291 | 1,454 | 1135 | 0.1199 | |
| 4 | Rio Hondo College | 7100 | 21600 | 0.6726 | 17,441 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | Grinnell College | 9400 | 91400 | 0.8973 | 1,788 | 1462 | 0.1451 | |
| 5 | University of Pennsylvania | 9400 | 92900 | 0.8988 | 11,478 | 1536 | 0.054 | |
| 7 | Dine College | 10100 | 13700 | 0.2619 | 1,423 | 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | University of California-Davis | 10200 | 38200 | 0.7339 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
| 9 | Georgetown College | 10600 | 61900 | 0.8286 | 1,111 | 1120 | 0.9106 | |
| 10 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 11300 | 20500 | 0.4471 | 4,880 | 1124 | 0.8172 | |
| 11 | Eastern Kentucky University | 11500 | 22900 | 0.4987 | 13,448 | 1110 | 0.7761 | |
| 12 | University of West Florida | 11600 | 21500 | 0.4599 | 9,970 | 1149 | 0.5824 | |
| 13 | Cornell University | 11700 | 93100 | 0.8745 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0876 | |
| 13 | Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi | 11700 | 28900 | 0.596 | 8,320 | 1090 | 0.8858 | |
| 15 | University of North Florida | 12300 | 22400 | 0.4515 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
| 16 | Missouri Southern State University | 12400 | 20100 | 0.384 | 3,881 | 1074 | 0.9703 | |
| 17 | University of South Florida | 12500 | 17100 | 0.2688 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 18 | University of Michigan-Flint | 12600 | 46300 | 0.7277 | 5,011 | 1109 | 0.7046 | |
| 19 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 13000 | 25700 | 0.4939 | 28,674 | 980 | 0.9419 | |
| 20 | University of Houston | 13200 | 22000 | 0.3993 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 21 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 13400 | 25700 | 0.4786 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 22 | Union College | 13500 | 92400 | 0.8538 | 2,065 | 1393 | 0.4392 | |
| 23 | California State University-Bakersfield | 13600 | 45000 | 0.6982 | 8,865 | 925 | 0.9385 | |
| 23 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 13600 | 40600 | 0.6644 | 352 | 1180 | 0.9647 | |
| 25 | Peru State College | 13700 | 22300 | 0.3874 | 1,308 | 0 | 0 | |
| 26 | Grand Valley State University | 13800 | 25300 | 0.4551 | 19,002 | 1084 | 0.8302 | |
| 27 | Baptist Health Sciences University | 14000 | 26600 | 0.4728 | 782 | 1020 | 0.8202 | |
| 28 | Central Michigan University | 14200 | 37800 | 0.6236 | 10,193 | 1095 | 0.8982 | |
| 28 | Georgetown University | 14200 | 92700 | 0.8468 | 7,833 | 1457 | 0.1291 | |
| 30 | Northeastern University | 14500 | 89900 | 0.8387 | 17,432 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 31 | Western Michigan University | 15400 | 32500 | 0.5268 | 13,027 | 1115 | 0.846 | |
| 32 | Oakland University | 15500 | 28200 | 0.4507 | 12,587 | 1130 | 0.8784 | |
| 32 | University of Central Oklahoma | 15500 | 28700 | 0.46 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 34 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 15600 | 25800 | 0.3938 | 5,386 | 1050 | 0.9092 | |
| 35 | Sam Houston State University | 15700 | 30300 | 0.4815 | 17,787 | 1030 | 0.9026 | |
| 36 | Waynesburg University | 15800 | 45000 | 0.6486 | 1,030 | 1093 | 0.8982 | |
| 37 | Morehead State University | 16900 | 28000 | 0.3962 | 8,258 | 1140 | 0.7721 | |
| 38 | Millikin University | 17100 | 45000 | 0.6198 | 1,495 | 1020 | 0.6668 | |
| 39 | Scripps College | 17200 | 93900 | 0.8163 | 1,117 | 1475 | 0.3829 | |
| 40 | University of Lynchburg | 17400 | 54900 | 0.6827 | 1,595 | 1104 | 0.4301 | |
| 41 | Delaware State University | 17600 | 42200 | 0.5823 | 4,581 | 930 | 0.4658 | |
| 41 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 17600 | 29900 | 0.4126 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5743 | |
| 43 | North Carolina Central University | 18000 | 27600 | 0.3476 | 6,595 | 1060 | 0.8696 | |
| 44 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 18400 | 30600 | 0.3971 | 38,093 | 1302 | 0.7821 | |
| 45 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 18800 | 32000 | 0.4129 | 3,825 | 1175 | 0.7841 | |
| 46 | Ouachita Baptist University | 19800 | 58200 | 0.66 | 1,729 | 1209 | 0.6752 | |
| 46 | The College of Idaho | 19800 | 59900 | 0.6694 | 1,041 | 1189 | 0.491 | |
| 48 | Daemen University | 19900 | 55100 | 0.6389 | 1,653 | 1050 | 0.6826 | |
| 48 | University of Northern Iowa | 19900 | 24000 | 0.1728 | 7,711 | 1129 | 0.9274 | |
| 50 | Dakota State University | 20400 | 22500 | 0.0912 | 3,066 | 1192 | 0.8805 | |
| 50 | University of Alabama at Birmingham | 20400 | 28500 | 0.2846 | 11,959 | 1260 | 0.8818 | |
| 52 | North Park University | 20700 | 53200 | 0.6108 | 1,841 | 1075 | 0.6851 | |
| 52 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 20700 | 30600 | 0.326 | 44,819 | 1327 | 0.4987 | |
| 54 | Tarleton State University | 21000 | 23000 | 0.087 | 15,254 | 1080 | 0.8955 | |
| 55 | Thomas University | 21100 | 25300 | 0.1662 | 1,022 | 1110 | 0.383 | |
| 56 | McDaniel College | 21900 | 63900 | 0.6569 | 1,620 | 1155 | 0.7793 | |
| 57 | Niagara University | 22000 | 57400 | 0.6165 | 2,692 | 1160 | 0.8737 | |
| 58 | Washburn University | 22200 | 29500 | 0.2478 | 5,331 | 1095 | 0.9551 | |
| 59 | Newman University | 22300 | 54000 | 0.5871 | 2,529 | 1069 | 0.7398 | |
| 59 | Oklahoma City University | 22300 | 64400 | 0.6539 | 1,514 | 1174 | 0.7702 | |
| 61 | Buena Vista University | 22500 | 59100 | 0.6197 | 1,436 | 1124 | 0.7761 | |
| 62 | St Lawrence University | 22700 | 87800 | 0.7413 | 1,949 | 1359 | 0.5434 | |
| 63 | Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences | 22800 | 56900 | 0.5991 | 533 | 1244 | 0.5269 | |
| 64 | Northern Arizona University | 23100 | 34100 | 0.3221 | 22,990 | 1090 | 0.8961 | |
| 64 | Saint Cloud State University | 23100 | 36800 | 0.3737 | 8,738 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 66 | Houghton University | 23200 | 44300 | 0.4763 | 1,162 | 1277 | 0.8866 | |
| 67 | Vanguard University of Southern California | 23700 | 54300 | 0.5638 | 1,960 | 1100 | 0.6244 | |
| 68 | Southwestern Adventist University | 23800 | 43200 | 0.4492 | 758 | 1064 | 0.7836 | |
| 69 | Bradley University | 23900 | 50800 | 0.5295 | 3,596 | 1223 | 0.7676 | |
| 70 | Saint Ambrose University | 24000 | 55400 | 0.5664 | 1,939 | 1085 | 0.7733 | |
| 71 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | 24300 | 44400 | 0.4518 | 1,066 | 1197 | 0.4449 | |
| 72 | Huntingdon College | 24500 | 44400 | 0.4479 | 880 | 1130 | 0.6949 | |
| 72 | King's College | 24500 | 63100 | 0.6121 | 1,568 | 1170 | 0.9311 | |
| 72 | University at Buffalo | 24500 | 34000 | 0.2794 | 20,359 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 75 | University of Saint Mary | 24600 | 53700 | 0.541 | 1,027 | 1040 | 0.8663 | |
| 76 | Guilford College | 24700 | 57400 | 0.5696 | 1,132 | 1100 | 0.8 | |
| 77 | Franklin College | 25000 | 61800 | 0.5948 | 931 | 1150 | 0.698 | |
| 78 | Roberts Wesleyan University | 25200 | 60200 | 0.5816 | 1,393 | 1142 | 0.7063 | |
| 78 | Seattle Pacific University | 25200 | 70000 | 0.64 | 1,776 | 1180 | 0.834 | |
| 80 | Brewton-Parker Christian University | 25500 | 34300 | 0.258 | 1,234 | 990 | 0.9649 | |
| 81 | South Dakota State University | 25600 | 28700 | 0.1097 | 10,719 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 82 | Salem State University | 25700 | 43200 | 0.4053 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 83 | Christian Brothers University | 25900 | 57600 | 0.5497 | 1,155 | 1110 | 0.867 | |
| 84 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 26100 | 28300 | 0.076 | 3,375 | 1090 | 0.5876 | |
| 84 | University of Evansville | 26100 | 64700 | 0.5961 | 1,742 | 1174 | 0.776 | |
| 86 | University of South Dakota | 26500 | 29600 | 0.1063 | 7,619 | 1120 | 0.9878 | |
| 87 | Saginaw Valley State University | 27500 | 39800 | 0.3105 | 6,135 | 1055 | 0.7207 | |
| 87 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 27500 | 31300 | 0.1229 | 8,426 | 1235 | 0.8875 | |
| 89 | Wilmington College | 27600 | 48200 | 0.4284 | 1,006 | 1020 | 0.924 | |
| 90 | George Fox University | 27700 | 69400 | 0.6012 | 3,354 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 91 | Mississippi College | 27900 | 45100 | 0.3805 | 2,883 | 1110 | 0.2911 | |
| 92 | New England College | 28300 | 65800 | 0.57 | 1,032 | 930 | 0.9213 | |
| 93 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28500 | 32300 | 0.1176 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 94 | Russell Sage College | 28900 | 59500 | 0.5146 | 1,247 | 1010 | 0.5326 | |
| 95 | Edgewood College | 29800 | 51900 | 0.4259 | 1,236 | 1125 | 0.7573 | |
| 95 | Southern Adventist University | 29800 | 46900 | 0.3637 | 2,929 | 1134 | 0.655 | |
| 97 | Mercy University | 29900 | 44500 | 0.3282 | 6,774 | 1135 | 0.8584 | |
| 98 | West Virginia Wesleyan College | 30100 | 53800 | 0.4399 | 971 | 1030 | 0.9334 | |
| 99 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 30400 | 77600 | 0.6081 | 5,044 | 1274 | 0.8883 | |
| 100 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 30500 | 54700 | 0.4419 | 1,427 | 1025 | 0.4941 | |
| 100 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30500 | 78100 | 0.6093 | 14,267 | 1381 | 0.6693 | |
| 102 | Fresno Pacific University | 30700 | 52200 | 0.4119 | 1,545 | 1099 | 0.6407 | |
| 103 | University of Pikeville | 30800 | 34800 | 0.1151 | 1,540 | 1055 | 1 | |
| 104 | California Baptist University | 30900 | 64800 | 0.5223 | 8,417 | 1070 | 0.8488 | |
| 105 | Taylor University | 31100 | 59100 | 0.4733 | 2,503 | 1229 | 0.7353 | |
| 106 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 31300 | 57000 | 0.4511 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.782 | |
| 107 | St. Andrews University | 31600 | 44700 | 0.2941 | 628 | 991 | 0.648 | |
| 108 | Marquette University | 31900 | 66500 | 0.5203 | 8,045 | 1309 | 0.8134 | |
| 108 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 31900 | 40900 | 0.22 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 110 | University of Rhode Island | 32400 | 46400 | 0.3015 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 111 | Liberty University | 33200 | 44600 | 0.2556 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 112 | Alverno College | 33300 | 55500 | 0.3991 | 673 | 1000 | 0.8574 | |
| 113 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 33500 | 36100 | 0.072 | 33,033 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 114 | Biola University | 33600 | 71200 | 0.5283 | 3,481 | 1268 | 0.7435 | |
| 114 | Elizabethtown College | 33600 | 55300 | 0.3925 | 1,903 | 1214 | 0.7787 | |
| 116 | Springfield College | 33800 | 66300 | 0.4903 | 1,763 | 1244 | 0.7189 | |
| 117 | LeTourneau University | 34000 | 54800 | 0.3798 | 3,187 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 118 | Texas Southern University | 34100 | 42500 | 0.1978 | 6,844 | 915 | 0.9691 | |
| 119 | Trevecca Nazarene University | 34700 | 50900 | 0.3175 | 1,903 | 1085 | 0.6944 | |
| 120 | Beloit College | 35100 | 81400 | 0.5685 | 1,004 | 1299 | 0.6304 | |
| 121 | Adelphi University | 35200 | 63300 | 0.4445 | 5,325 | 1237 | 0.6591 | |
| 121 | University of New England | 35200 | 68000 | 0.4827 | 3,884 | 1145 | 0.9163 | |
| 123 | New York Institute of Technology | 35500 | 83600 | 0.5755 | 3,646 | 1298 | 0.8102 | |
| 123 | Siena College | 35500 | 65100 | 0.4548 | 3,467 | 1254 | 0.6902 | |
| 125 | Union Adventist University | 35900 | 51200 | 0.2991 | 625 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 126 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 36600 | 40000 | 0.085 | 2,381 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 127 | Loyola University Maryland | 37500 | 78800 | 0.5242 | 3,881 | 1303 | 0.7549 | |
| 128 | Northwest Nazarene University | 37600 | 62800 | 0.4011 | 1,043 | 1134 | 0.6474 | |
| 129 | Marymount Manhattan College | 37900 | 69900 | 0.4578 | 1,601 | 1224 | 0.8261 | |
| 130 | Keiser University-Ft Lauderdale | 38200 | 63000 | 0.3939 | 18,071 | 0 | 0.9697 | |
| 130 | Saint Joseph's College of Maine | 38200 | 65000 | 0.4121 | 1,097 | 1055 | 0.8351 | |
| 132 | Howard Payne University | 38400 | 54500 | 0.2963 | 751 | 1043 | 0.6737 | |
| 133 | Oakwood University | 38600 | 43300 | 0.1074 | 1,177 | 1005 | 0.4522 | |
| 134 | State University of New York at Cortland | 38800 | 39900 | 0.0276 | 5,911 | 1175 | 0.5979 | |
| 135 | Alvernia University | 39000 | 69400 | 0.4379 | 2,192 | 1195 | 0.5806 | |
| 136 | Xavier University | 39200 | 68100 | 0.4246 | 4,239 | 1218 | 0.8641 | |
| 137 | Cumberland University | 39300 | 47500 | 0.1718 | 2,745 | 1055 | 0.6733 | |
| 138 | University of Central Florida | 39700 | 39700 | 0 | 59,552 | 1280 | 0.4011 | |
| 138 | University of South Alabama | 39700 | 39700 | 0 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 140 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 39800 | 53600 | 0.2576 | 46,815 | 1378 | 0.6057 | |
| 141 | Nazareth University | 39900 | 67200 | 0.4056 | 1,882 | 1211 | 0.7472 | |
| 142 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 40100 | 42500 | 0.0565 | 13,921 | 1119 | 0.7468 | |
| 143 | Concordia University Ann Arbor | 40900 | 57000 | 0.2823 | 755 | 1163 | 0.6925 | |
| 144 | Susquehanna University | 41800 | 76800 | 0.4559 | 2,246 | 1204 | 0.8143 | |
| 145 | Montreat College | 41900 | 58100 | 0.278 | 781 | 1164 | 0.692 | |
| 146 | Mount Saint Mary's University | 42100 | 79300 | 0.4686 | 1,731 | 1015 | 0.7313 | |
| 147 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42800 | 56200 | 0.2385 | 11,355 | 1222 | 0.8816 | |
| 148 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43600 | 68700 | 0.3659 | 3,666 | 1224 | 0.577 | |
| 148 | Radford University | 43600 | 45700 | 0.047 | 6,161 | 1070 | 0.8953 | |
| 150 | Marist University | 43700 | 75800 | 0.4234 | 5,551 | 1279 | 0.5651 | |
| 151 | Florida Atlantic University | 44100 | 44400 | 0.0068 | 24,876 | 1130 | 0.6613 | |
| 152 | St. John's University-New York | 44400 | 78000 | 0.4305 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 153 | Quinnipiac University | 44800 | 79200 | 0.4343 | 6,557 | 1245 | 0.7215 | |
| 154 | La Sierra University | 44900 | 66000 | 0.3187 | 1,226 | 1025 | 0.915 | |
| 155 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 48700 | 61200 | 0.2034 | 26,221 | 1204 | 0.8854 | |
| 156 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 49800 | 62200 | 0.1995 | 37,140 | 1406 | 0.4237 | |
| 157 | University of Iowa | 51000 | 53200 | 0.0404 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 158 | University of Georgia | 51600 | 52800 | 0.0227 | 32,399 | 1382 | 0.377 | |
| 159 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 16,100 | 1219 | 0.7766 | |
| 160 | University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy in St. Louis | 57100 | 61400 | 0.07 | 343 | 1125 | 0.8984 | |
| 161 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58300 | 64100 | 0.0905 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 162 | Auburn University | 58500 | 58500 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4592 | |
| 163 | University of California-Santa Cruz | 76100 | 82400 | 0.0764 | 17,940 | 1281 | 0.6579 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.