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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 | 6300 | 30400 | 0.792 | 26,073 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | North Carolina Central University | 7000 | 27000 | 0.7416 | 6,595 | 971 | 0.8697 | |
| 3 | Santa Monica College | 7100 | 15500 | 0.5427 | 23,164 | 0 | 0.4384 | |
| 4 | College of the Ozarks | 7600 | 32800 | 0.7676 | 1,454 | 1135 | 0.1199 | |
| 5 | Grinnell College | 9400 | 91400 | 0.8973 | 1,788 | 1462 | 0.1451 | |
| 6 | Georgetown College | 9800 | 46500 | 0.7885 | 1,111 | 1060 | 0.9106 | |
| 7 | University of California-Davis | 10200 | 38000 | 0.7304 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 | |
| 8 | Swarthmore College | 10300 | 88900 | 0.8842 | 1,623 | 1520 | 0.0746 | |
| 8 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 10300 | 21100 | 0.5124 | 4,721 | 1110 | 0.7782 | |
| 10 | Cornell University | 10400 | 92000 | 0.8866 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
| 11 | Antelope Valley Community College District | 11000 | 20800 | 0.4742 | 12,937 | 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | University of Pennsylvania | 11000 | 93000 | 0.8819 | 10,013 | 1528 | 0.054 | |
| 13 | Brigham Young University | 12500 | 29000 | 0.5686 | 32,221 | 1374 | 0.6919 | |
| 13 | University of West Florida | 12500 | 21500 | 0.4181 | 9,661 | 1120 | 0.5687 | |
| 15 | Saginaw Valley State University | 13000 | 28600 | 0.5446 | 6,152 | 1050 | 0.7207 | |
| 16 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 13100 | 27100 | 0.5158 | 28,674 | 980 | 0.9401 | |
| 17 | California State University-Bakersfield | 13800 | 28300 | 0.5104 | 8,865 | 1050 | 0.8508 | |
| 18 | Georgetown University | 14000 | 92200 | 0.8482 | 7,833 | 1457 | 0.1291 | |
| 18 | University of Houston | 14000 | 23600 | 0.4073 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 20 | Peru State College | 14200 | 25500 | 0.4439 | 1,452 | 0 | 0.7708 | |
| 21 | Radford University | 14300 | 21900 | 0.347 | 6,161 | 1070 | 0.8953 | |
| 22 | Central Michigan University | 14900 | 40600 | 0.6331 | 10,219 | 1095 | 0.8982 | |
| 23 | Northeastern University | 15300 | 89900 | 0.8302 | 22,695 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 24 | Baptist Health Sciences University | 15500 | 28500 | 0.4565 | 733 | 1110 | 0.6776 | |
| 25 | University of California-Santa Cruz | 15700 | 38100 | 0.5886 | 17,940 | 1281 | 0.6557 | |
| 26 | Scripps College | 17100 | 93800 | 0.8178 | 1,117 | 1475 | 0.3829 | |
| 27 | Morehead State University | 17600 | 28000 | 0.3716 | 8,258 | 1120 | 0.7721 | |
| 28 | Saint Cloud State University | 18200 | 24500 | 0.2574 | 8,013 | 1094 | 0.9495 | |
| 29 | Missouri Southern State University | 18600 | 24800 | 0.2496 | 3,881 | 1074 | 0.9706 | |
| 30 | Texas Southern University | 18800 | 42400 | 0.5561 | 6,619 | 920 | 0.9335 | |
| 31 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 19600 | 40000 | 0.5099 | 1,984 | 1369 | 0.6328 | |
| 32 | McMurry University | 19800 | 46600 | 0.5756 | 3,167 | 1065 | 0.5704 | |
| 32 | The College of Idaho | 19800 | 49100 | 0.5965 | 1,049 | 1170 | 0.4722 | |
| 34 | Western Michigan University | 20200 | 32300 | 0.3747 | 13,860 | 1104 | 0.846 | |
| 35 | Vanguard University of Southern California | 20300 | 54300 | 0.6264 | 1,964 | 1069 | 0.6479 | |
| 36 | Niagara University | 20400 | 57400 | 0.6444 | 2,692 | 970 | 0.3972 | |
| 37 | Thomas University | 20500 | 29000 | 0.2934 | 882 | 1030 | 0.4316 | |
| 38 | Northern Arizona University | 20900 | 31200 | 0.3286 | 22,991 | 1145 | 0.8961 | |
| 39 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 21500 | 35400 | 0.3932 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 40 | Madonna University | 21600 | 50400 | 0.5714 | 1,839 | 1005 | 0.9293 | |
| 40 | Tabor College | 21600 | 55600 | 0.6112 | 539 | 965 | 0.6458 | |
| 40 | Union Adventist University | 21600 | 45000 | 0.52 | 536 | 1079 | 0.9989 | |
| 43 | Bradley University | 21700 | 50900 | 0.5737 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 44 | Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences | 21800 | 56900 | 0.6164 | 533 | 1269 | 0.5269 | |
| 45 | Guilford College | 21900 | 57400 | 0.6184 | 1,160 | 1025 | 0.8376 | |
| 46 | Newman University | 22400 | 54000 | 0.5857 | 2,398 | 1090 | 0.4761 | |
| 47 | Buena Vista University | 22500 | 59100 | 0.6188 | 810 | 1124 | 0.7761 | |
| 48 | Ursuline College | 22600 | 59000 | 0.6174 | 637 | 1085 | 0.8401 | |
| 49 | Ouachita Baptist University | 23000 | 52200 | 0.5599 | 1,729 | 1209 | 0.6752 | |
| 50 | Dakota State University | 23100 | 25600 | 0.0977 | 3,066 | 1192 | 0.8814 | |
| 50 | Eastern Kentucky University | 23100 | 38000 | 0.3917 | 12,726 | 1055 | 0.9695 | |
| 50 | North Park University | 23100 | 53000 | 0.5641 | 1,876 | 1110 | 0.7284 | |
| 53 | Southwestern Adventist University | 23200 | 40800 | 0.4311 | 813 | 1060 | 0.5552 | |
| 54 | Beloit College | 23300 | 75600 | 0.6921 | 1,004 | 1298 | 0.6304 | |
| 55 | Daemen University | 23400 | 54400 | 0.5702 | 1,656 | 1209 | 0.7375 | |
| 56 | Springfield College | 23600 | 63300 | 0.6269 | 1,764 | 1201 | 0.7189 | |
| 57 | Fontbonne University | 23800 | 50200 | 0.5261 | 650 | 1090 | 0.9503 | |
| 58 | McDaniel College | 24200 | 61700 | 0.6082 | 1,631 | 1155 | 0.7793 | |
| 59 | University of Lynchburg | 24300 | 54900 | 0.5574 | 1,595 | 1124 | 0.4301 | |
| 60 | Franklin College | 24400 | 59700 | 0.5921 | 931 | 1150 | 0.6978 | |
| 60 | Roberts Wesleyan University | 24400 | 60000 | 0.5935 | 1,045 | 1166 | 0.7058 | |
| 62 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 24600 | 26600 | 0.0779 | 3,413 | 1085 | 0.5295 | |
| 63 | King's College | 24700 | 63000 | 0.6076 | 1,568 | 1180 | 0.9305 | |
| 64 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 24900 | 51700 | 0.5179 | 1,409 | 1110 | 0.6327 | |
| 65 | Houghton University | 25000 | 35500 | 0.2956 | 939 | 1277 | 0.8866 | |
| 66 | South Dakota State University | 25600 | 28700 | 0.1071 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 67 | Huntingdon College | 25700 | 44100 | 0.4175 | 880 | 1105 | 0.6793 | |
| 68 | La Sierra University | 25800 | 53800 | 0.5205 | 1,244 | 1015 | 0.933 | |
| 69 | Christian Brothers University | 26000 | 57600 | 0.5488 | 1,155 | 1110 | 0.867 | |
| 69 | St Lawrence University | 26000 | 87600 | 0.7033 | 1,949 | 1359 | 0.5434 | |
| 71 | Corban University | 26100 | 57300 | 0.5443 | 785 | 1124 | 0.8974 | |
| 71 | University of Evansville | 26100 | 64700 | 0.5965 | 1,742 | 1207 | 0.7813 | |
| 73 | Oakland University | 26200 | 39800 | 0.3419 | 12,587 | 1050 | 0.8784 | |
| 74 | Northwest Nazarene University | 26400 | 68400 | 0.6141 | 1,043 | 1145 | 0.7159 | |
| 75 | University of South Dakota | 26600 | 29600 | 0.1038 | 7,619 | 1120 | 0.9878 | |
| 76 | Methodist University | 26800 | 51900 | 0.484 | 1,436 | 1175 | 0.752 | |
| 77 | Russell Sage College | 27100 | 57600 | 0.5298 | 1,255 | 1134 | 0.5326 | |
| 78 | Seattle Pacific University | 27200 | 62600 | 0.5656 | 1,776 | 1188 | 0.8339 | |
| 79 | University of South Carolina Aiken | 27400 | 36700 | 0.2534 | 3,289 | 1115 | 0.7857 | |
| 80 | Grand Valley State University | 27700 | 35700 | 0.2241 | 19,002 | 1233 | 0.8302 | |
| 81 | University of Northern Iowa | 28100 | 36200 | 0.2232 | 7,716 | 1115 | 0.8713 | |
| 82 | Mercy University | 28400 | 44500 | 0.3619 | 6,775 | 1074 | 0.8584 | |
| 83 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 28600 | 44100 | 0.3517 | 352 | 1180 | 0.9647 | |
| 83 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 31500 | 0.0921 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 85 | Delaware State University | 29000 | 36700 | 0.21 | 4,941 | 960 | 0.6167 | |
| 86 | Salem State University | 29100 | 38900 | 0.2517 | 4,853 | 1100 | 0.9557 | |
| 86 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 29100 | 52900 | 0.4501 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 88 | Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi | 29400 | 41000 | 0.2827 | 8,320 | 1074 | 0.8858 | |
| 89 | New England College | 29500 | 64600 | 0.5437 | 1,032 | 930 | 0.9213 | |
| 89 | University of South Alabama | 29500 | 35000 | 0.1572 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 91 | Edgewood College | 29600 | 51900 | 0.4297 | 1,214 | 1125 | 0.9452 | |
| 92 | Southern Adventist University | 29900 | 46900 | 0.3621 | 2,827 | 1125 | 0.6661 | |
| 93 | Trevecca Nazarene University | 30000 | 46100 | 0.3485 | 1,903 | 1085 | 0.6944 | |
| 94 | Mississippi College | 30300 | 45400 | 0.3324 | 2,724 | 1110 | 0.4928 | |
| 95 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30500 | 78100 | 0.6096 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 96 | Saint Mary's College of California | 30600 | 73600 | 0.5835 | 1,955 | 1175 | 0.8856 | |
| 97 | Fresno Pacific University | 30800 | 52200 | 0.4105 | 1,616 | 1075 | 0.5752 | |
| 97 | University of Pikeville | 30800 | 34800 | 0.1151 | 1,353 | 1055 | 0.8808 | |
| 97 | University of Rhode Island | 30800 | 46700 | 0.3405 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 100 | California Baptist University | 30900 | 64600 | 0.5216 | 8,417 | 1069 | 0.8535 | |
| 101 | Biola University | 31000 | 52500 | 0.4099 | 3,481 | 1268 | 0.7482 | |
| 102 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 31300 | 53900 | 0.4193 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 103 | Sam Houston State University | 31400 | 39900 | 0.213 | 17,787 | 1030 | 0.9026 | |
| 103 | University of North Florida | 31400 | 37900 | 0.1715 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
| 105 | St. Andrews University | 31600 | 44700 | 0.2924 | 806 | 985 | 0.3048 | |
| 106 | SUNY College at Plattsburgh | 32000 | 44800 | 0.2857 | 3,856 | 1169 | 0.7518 | |
| 107 | Liberty University | 32800 | 43900 | 0.2528 | 52,823 | 1181 | 0.9932 | |
| 108 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 15,130 | 0 | 0.5256 | |
| 109 | Alverno College | 33400 | 55500 | 0.3978 | 673 | 1000 | 0.8438 | |
| 110 | Elizabethtown College | 33600 | 54600 | 0.3849 | 1,903 | 1214 | 0.7787 | |
| 111 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 33700 | 37000 | 0.0898 | 8,426 | 1235 | 0.8876 | |
| 112 | University of South Florida | 34700 | 34700 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 113 | Adelphi University | 35300 | 63300 | 0.4433 | 5,325 | 1218 | 0.6591 | |
| 114 | Siena College | 35400 | 65100 | 0.4563 | 3,469 | 1260 | 0.7764 | |
| 115 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | 35500 | 35500 | 0 | 1,217 | 1229 | 0.5405 | |
| 116 | State University of New York at Cortland | 36300 | 39900 | 0.0903 | 5,911 | 1175 | 0.5979 | |
| 117 | University of Michigan-Flint | 36700 | 39400 | 0.0685 | 5,011 | 1103 | 0.7047 | |
| 118 | University of Central Florida | 36800 | 39600 | 0.0707 | 59,649 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
| 119 | Mount Saint Mary's University | 37100 | 79300 | 0.5317 | 1,733 | 1015 | 0.7313 | |
| 120 | University of Central Oklahoma | 37300 | 38500 | 0.0312 | 10,454 | 1095 | 0.8176 | |
| 121 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 37600 | 41600 | 0.0979 | 5,187 | 1005 | 0.9229 | |
| 122 | Nazareth University | 37800 | 63300 | 0.403 | 1,882 | 1205 | 0.7472 | |
| 123 | Keiser University-Ft Lauderdale | 38100 | 52100 | 0.2687 | 18,452 | 930 | 0.9697 | |
| 124 | Xavier University | 38500 | 67500 | 0.4297 | 4,239 | 1218 | 0.8669 | |
| 125 | Oakwood University | 38700 | 43300 | 0.1057 | 1,279 | 1020 | 0.507 | |
| 126 | Montreat College | 38900 | 55000 | 0.2924 | 759 | 1055 | 0.6555 | |
| 127 | Saint Joseph's College of Maine | 39000 | 63600 | 0.387 | 1,059 | 1055 | 0.8172 | |
| 128 | New York Institute of Technology | 39100 | 78600 | 0.5023 | 3,355 | 1235 | 0.7808 | |
| 129 | Alvernia University | 39800 | 68700 | 0.4208 | 2,050 | 1060 | 0.6232 | |
| 129 | Concordia University Ann Arbor | 39800 | 53300 | 0.2532 | 1,044 | 1095 | 0.7209 | |
| 131 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 40200 | 40200 | 0 | 11,365 | 1216 | 0.8816 | |
| 132 | University of Georgia | 40300 | 46000 | 0.1242 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 133 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 40500 | 40500 | 0 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 134 | Marymount Manhattan College | 40900 | 68600 | 0.4035 | 1,601 | 1224 | 0.8261 | |
| 135 | CUNY City College | 41500 | 41500 | 0 | 12,982 | 1169 | 0.5997 | |
| 136 | Howard Payne University | 41600 | 57700 | 0.2787 | 768 | 1025 | 0.6769 | |
| 137 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 41700 | 52100 | 0.1996 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 138 | Quinnipiac University | 41900 | 79200 | 0.4709 | 6,248 | 1209 | 0.77 | |
| 139 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 42000 | 55100 | 0.2379 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 139 | St. John's University-New York | 42000 | 80100 | 0.4754 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 141 | Saint Joseph's University | 42200 | 74500 | 0.4335 | 4,828 | 1234 | 0.8639 | |
| 141 | University of Alabama at Birmingham | 42200 | 42200 | 0 | 12,382 | 1242 | 0.8842 | |
| 143 | Marist College | 42400 | 90500 | 0.5317 | 5,551 | 1279 | 0.5651 | |
| 143 | Susquehanna University | 42400 | 76800 | 0.4481 | 2,185 | 1204 | 0.7871 | |
| 143 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 42400 | 42400 | 0 | 14,019 | 1159 | 0.7781 | |
| 146 | University at Buffalo | 42500 | 46800 | 0.0919 | 20,360 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 147 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 43200 | 46200 | 0.0665 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 148 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43500 | 68600 | 0.3656 | 3,677 | 1224 | 0.577 | |
| 149 | Marquette University | 45700 | 75100 | 0.3916 | 8,045 | 1309 | 0.8134 | |
| 150 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 46600 | 58900 | 0.2099 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 151 | University of Iowa | 51100 | 53200 | 0.039 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 152 | University of New England | 51300 | 67700 | 0.2422 | 3,884 | 1145 | 0.9163 | |
| 153 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 51700 | 51700 | 0 | 33,572 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 154 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 51800 | 56100 | 0.0762 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 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 | 59000 | 61100 | 0.034 | 38,093 | 1302 | 0.7821 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.