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Considering a degree in Biomedical Sciences?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Biomedical Sciences majors who live in Iowa.
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 Iowa.
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 | 4700 | 93100 | 0.95 | 9,989 | 1535 | 0.0492 | |
| 2 | University of Michigan-Flint | 5200 | 44000 | 0.8823 | 5,534 | 1079 | 0.6734 | |
| 3 | College of the Ozarks | 6600 | 56000 | 0.8817 | 1,500 | 1130 | 0.1097 | |
| 4 | Grinnell College | 7300 | 91000 | 0.9193 | 1,668 | 1469 | 0.1605 | |
| 5 | Morehead State University | 8300 | 29200 | 0.7168 | 7,941 | 1080 | 0.8328 | |
| 6 | University of Central Florida | 10500 | 25300 | 0.5856 | 60,083 | 1289 | 0.428 | |
| 7 | Dine College | 10800 | 14000 | 0.2281 | 1,432 | 0 | 1 | |
| 8 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 11400 | 33800 | 0.6631 | 46,627 | 1366 | 0.492 | |
| 9 | Georgetown College | 11600 | 86600 | 0.8665 | 1,123 | 1145 | 0.9337 | |
| 10 | University of West Florida | 12100 | 22200 | 0.4545 | 9,971 | 1120 | 0.5822 | |
| 11 | Northern Arizona University | 12300 | 35800 | 0.6566 | 22,203 | 1129 | 0.8961 | |
| 12 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | 12400 | 25900 | 0.5216 | 1,066 | 1197 | 0.4449 | |
| 13 | University of North Florida | 12700 | 22400 | 0.4336 | 14,837 | 1124 | 0.6815 | |
| 14 | Cornell University | 13100 | 93700 | 0.8601 | 16,138 | 1528 | 0.0838 | |
| 15 | Peru State College | 13600 | 25200 | 0.4601 | 1,308 | 0 | 1 | |
| 16 | University of Houston | 13900 | 21800 | 0.3623 | 40,366 | 1224 | 0.7577 | |
| 17 | Baptist Health Sciences University | 14100 | 26600 | 0.4691 | 782 | 1020 | 0.8202 | |
| 18 | California State University-Bakersfield | 14300 | 57100 | 0.7494 | 9,897 | 1015 | 0.8416 | |
| 19 | Salem State University | 14500 | 33900 | 0.5729 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 20 | Georgetown University | 15000 | 92700 | 0.8382 | 7,908 | 1470 | 0.1349 | |
| 21 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 15200 | 43300 | 0.6491 | 308 | 1144 | 0.9053 | |
| 22 | Rogers State University | 15300 | 49200 | 0.6891 | 3,278 | 1025 | 0.6784 | |
| 23 | Central Michigan University | 15400 | 38700 | 0.6019 | 10,238 | 1099 | 0.9104 | |
| 24 | St Lawrence University | 15600 | 88000 | 0.8224 | 1,949 | 1359 | 0.5434 | |
| 25 | Florida State University | 15700 | 23000 | 0.3177 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 26 | Grand Valley State University | 15800 | 28500 | 0.4448 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 27 | Buena Vista University | 16100 | 59100 | 0.7282 | 836 | 1075 | 0.6497 | |
| 28 | Waynesburg University | 16900 | 45000 | 0.6246 | 1,032 | 1093 | 0.8981 | |
| 29 | Sam Houston State University | 17100 | 27100 | 0.3689 | 17,822 | 1035 | 0.9372 | |
| 30 | North Carolina Wesleyan University | 17200 | 54700 | 0.6852 | 1,262 | 980 | 0.8026 | |
| 31 | Delaware State University | 17300 | 43000 | 0.598 | 4,581 | 930 | 0.4658 | |
| 31 | Millikin University | 17300 | 45000 | 0.6153 | 1,427 | 1065 | 0.765 | |
| 33 | University of South Alabama | 17900 | 40600 | 0.5585 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 34 | Northeastern University | 18000 | 90000 | 0.8 | 22,456 | 1481 | 0.0562 | |
| 35 | University of Alabama at Birmingham | 18100 | 38700 | 0.5324 | 11,959 | 1260 | 0.8818 | |
| 36 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 18400 | 30600 | 0.3971 | 38,463 | 1324 | 0.7589 | |
| 36 | Missouri Southern State University | 18400 | 26700 | 0.3108 | 3,917 | 1109 | 0.9656 | |
| 38 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 18800 | 32000 | 0.4129 | 3,825 | 1175 | 0.7841 | |
| 39 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 18900 | 71500 | 0.7352 | 5,274 | 1103 | 0.9513 | |
| 40 | North Park University | 19000 | 55100 | 0.6549 | 1,825 | 1075 | 0.6949 | |
| 41 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 19300 | 26400 | 0.2689 | 5,063 | 1069 | 0.8756 | |
| 42 | Ouachita Baptist University | 19400 | 77000 | 0.748 | 1,715 | 1193 | 0.7072 | |
| 43 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 19500 | 29900 | 0.3471 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 44 | Ripon College | 19600 | 68900 | 0.7151 | 665 | 1225 | 0.8186 | |
| 45 | University of Saint Mary | 19700 | 53700 | 0.6331 | 1,044 | 1083 | 0.8229 | |
| 45 | Vanguard University of Southern California | 19700 | 87700 | 0.7753 | 1,923 | 1095 | 0.7415 | |
| 47 | Iowa State University | 19900 | 24200 | 0.179 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 48 | McMurry University | 20000 | 52500 | 0.6192 | 4,133 | 1104 | 0.8984 | |
| 48 | The College of Idaho | 20000 | 59900 | 0.6661 | 1,042 | 1189 | 0.491 | |
| 50 | University of Rhode Island | 20100 | 81200 | 0.7524 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 51 | Whitman College | 20200 | 85500 | 0.7641 | 1,468 | 1397 | 0.4016 | |
| 52 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 20300 | 30500 | 0.334 | 1,984 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 53 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 20400 | 43700 | 0.5333 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 53 | Dakota State University | 20400 | 22500 | 0.0912 | 3,085 | 1174 | 0.9241 | |
| 53 | South Dakota State University | 20400 | 25200 | 0.19 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 56 | La Sierra University | 20600 | 84200 | 0.7553 | 1,266 | 1124 | 0.9069 | |
| 56 | State University of New York at Cortland | 20600 | 27700 | 0.2561 | 5,890 | 1175 | 0.624 | |
| 58 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 20700 | 30600 | 0.326 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 59 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 20800 | 39200 | 0.4696 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 60 | King's College | 20900 | 63100 | 0.6691 | 1,559 | 1135 | 0.9193 | |
| 61 | McDaniel College | 21100 | 63900 | 0.6694 | 1,641 | 1155 | 0.7817 | |
| 62 | Daemen University | 21300 | 55400 | 0.6151 | 1,656 | 1050 | 0.7375 | |
| 63 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 64 | Texas Southern University | 22200 | 25500 | 0.1296 | 6,844 | 915 | 0.9691 | |
| 64 | Washburn University | 22200 | 29500 | 0.2478 | 5,427 | 1048 | 1 | |
| 64 | Western Michigan University | 22200 | 37800 | 0.413 | 13,714 | 1089 | 0.9121 | |
| 67 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 22400 | 35700 | 0.3722 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 68 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 22500 | 42500 | 0.4706 | 14,249 | 1084 | 0.7761 | |
| 69 | Oklahoma City University | 22600 | 74300 | 0.6959 | 1,546 | 1159 | 0.7103 | |
| 70 | Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences | 22700 | 56900 | 0.6007 | 533 | 1244 | 0.5269 | |
| 70 | University of South Dakota | 22700 | 26000 | 0.1265 | 7,515 | 1120 | 0.9884 | |
| 72 | Newman University | 22800 | 55800 | 0.5917 | 2,529 | 1069 | 0.7398 | |
| 73 | Saint Cloud State University | 22900 | 36800 | 0.3775 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 74 | Houghton University | 23200 | 44300 | 0.4763 | 958 | 1277 | 0.89 | |
| 75 | Lewis University | 23300 | 59400 | 0.608 | 4,914 | 1127 | 0.6916 | |
| 76 | Huntingdon College | 23700 | 65000 | 0.6353 | 943 | 1130 | 0.692 | |
| 77 | Thomas University | 24000 | 30400 | 0.2104 | 1,022 | 1110 | 0.383 | |
| 78 | Franklin College | 24400 | 61800 | 0.6054 | 894 | 1189 | 0.7254 | |
| 79 | Southwestern Adventist University | 24500 | 43200 | 0.433 | 758 | 1064 | 0.7836 | |
| 79 | Susquehanna University | 24500 | 122200 | 0.7998 | 2,220 | 1199 | 0.7908 | |
| 81 | Guilford College | 24700 | 57400 | 0.5696 | 1,132 | 1100 | 0.8 | |
| 82 | University at Buffalo | 24800 | 34000 | 0.2706 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 83 | Eastern Kentucky University | 24900 | 38400 | 0.3519 | 13,448 | 1075 | 0.9683 | |
| 84 | Brewton-Parker Christian University | 25300 | 34300 | 0.2621 | 1,234 | 990 | 0.9649 | |
| 84 | Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi | 25300 | 28900 | 0.1247 | 8,673 | 1095 | 0.9156 | |
| 86 | University of South Carolina Aiken | 25700 | 37000 | 0.3055 | 3,379 | 1065 | 0.743 | |
| 87 | Christian Brothers University | 25800 | 57600 | 0.5513 | 1,155 | 1110 | 0.867 | |
| 88 | Loyola University Maryland | 25900 | 78800 | 0.6714 | 4,013 | 1329 | 0.6986 | |
| 88 | Seattle Pacific University | 25900 | 70000 | 0.63 | 1,657 | 1174 | 0.9301 | |
| 90 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 26000 | 28300 | 0.0809 | 3,375 | 1090 | 0.5885 | |
| 90 | West Virginia Wesleyan College | 26000 | 53800 | 0.5169 | 971 | 1030 | 0.9334 | |
| 92 | University of Evansville | 26100 | 64700 | 0.5967 | 1,920 | 1174 | 0.9412 | |
| 93 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 26200 | 50000 | 0.4757 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 94 | George Fox University | 26600 | 95400 | 0.7214 | 3,530 | 1168 | 0.9282 | |
| 95 | Oakland University | 26800 | 39300 | 0.3177 | 12,770 | 1039 | 0.8897 | |
| 95 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 26800 | 39800 | 0.3264 | 29,727 | 990 | 0.9229 | |
| 97 | Edgewood University | 26900 | 57600 | 0.5329 | 1,236 | 1125 | 0.7498 | |
| 97 | Mars Hill University | 26900 | 54500 | 0.5056 | 1,062 | 1100 | 0.6822 | |
| 99 | Rowan University | 27300 | 41300 | 0.3392 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 99 | Saginaw Valley State University | 27300 | 39800 | 0.314 | 6,280 | 1050 | 0.7843 | |
| 101 | Wilmington College | 27400 | 48200 | 0.4313 | 1,006 | 1020 | 0.924 | |
| 102 | Mississippi Christian University | 27800 | 45100 | 0.3836 | 2,583 | 1222 | 0.8416 | |
| 102 | University of Central Oklahoma | 27800 | 44800 | 0.3795 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 104 | University of Northern Iowa | 27900 | 36200 | 0.2292 | 7,800 | 1115 | 0.9313 | |
| 105 | Niagara University | 28400 | 57400 | 0.505 | 2,638 | 1170 | 0.876 | |
| 106 | New England College | 28600 | 65800 | 0.5653 | 1,049 | 930 | 0.8584 | |
| 106 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 36500 | 0.2167 | 11,691 | 1074 | 0.7722 | |
| 108 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 29000 | 32000 | 0.095 | 8,706 | 1230 | 0.8906 | |
| 109 | Roberts Wesleyan University | 29100 | 60200 | 0.5168 | 1,320 | 1230 | 0.6744 | |
| 110 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 29400 | 77600 | 0.6209 | 4,999 | 1258 | 0.9296 | |
| 111 | University of South Florida | 29600 | 36700 | 0.1934 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 112 | Southern Adventist University | 29700 | 46900 | 0.3666 | 2,946 | 1142 | 0.7163 | |
| 113 | University of Pikeville | 29800 | 34800 | 0.1438 | 1,164 | 1070 | 0.8967 | |
| 114 | Scripps College | 30300 | 107900 | 0.7189 | 1,103 | 1472 | 0.3988 | |
| 115 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30500 | 78200 | 0.6097 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 116 | Taylor University | 31100 | 59100 | 0.474 | 2,769 | 1229 | 0.9881 | |
| 117 | North Carolina Central University | 31300 | 40000 | 0.2174 | 7,232 | 865 | 0.8605 | |
| 118 | Columbia International University | 31500 | 44800 | 0.2967 | 1,084 | 1079 | 0.9371 | |
| 119 | University of Lynchburg | 31600 | 58600 | 0.4604 | 1,424 | 1099 | 0.6108 | |
| 120 | University of New England | 32600 | 88500 | 0.6313 | 4,631 | 1145 | 0.9203 | |
| 121 | Alverno College | 33200 | 55500 | 0.4017 | 525 | 1000 | 0.8223 | |
| 121 | Liberty University | 33200 | 44700 | 0.2573 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 123 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 17,556 | 1090 | 0.5386 | |
| 124 | Elizabethtown College | 33700 | 69900 | 0.5181 | 1,935 | 1214 | 0.8892 | |
| 125 | Morningside University | 33800 | 80100 | 0.5787 | 1,172 | 922 | 0.7104 | |
| 126 | Lee University | 34200 | 37800 | 0.0952 | 3,425 | 1154 | 0.7138 | |
| 127 | California Baptist University | 34500 | 69100 | 0.5009 | 8,707 | 1024 | 0.8139 | |
| 128 | Trevecca Nazarene University | 34600 | 50900 | 0.3202 | 1,961 | 1099 | 0.7512 | |
| 129 | Adelphi University | 35000 | 63300 | 0.4467 | 5,097 | 1241 | 0.7215 | |
| 130 | New York Institute of Technology | 35400 | 83600 | 0.577 | 3,646 | 1298 | 0.8102 | |
| 131 | Bradley University | 35500 | 60000 | 0.4086 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 132 | Auburn University | 36400 | 85500 | 0.5741 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 133 | Springfield College | 36700 | 84400 | 0.5654 | 1,724 | 1260 | 0.7421 | |
| 133 | Union Adventist University | 36700 | 51200 | 0.2823 | 625 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 135 | Beloit College | 37200 | 81100 | 0.5412 | 997 | 1296 | 0.7039 | |
| 135 | Concordia University Ann Arbor | 37200 | 69100 | 0.4615 | 755 | 1163 | 0.6925 | |
| 137 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 37300 | 41600 | 0.1031 | 5,386 | 995 | 0.9092 | |
| 138 | Xavier University | 37500 | 107200 | 0.6501 | 3,744 | 1286 | 0.848 | |
| 139 | Northwest Nazarene University | 38100 | 62800 | 0.3932 | 1,043 | 1145 | 0.7159 | |
| 140 | Howard Payne University | 38200 | 54500 | 0.2988 | 751 | 1043 | 0.6737 | |
| 141 | Keiser University-Ft Lauderdale | 38400 | 62000 | 0.3809 | 18,904 | 0 | 0.8516 | |
| 142 | Oakwood University | 38500 | 43300 | 0.1107 | 1,184 | 1005 | 0.4563 | |
| 143 | Nazareth University | 38600 | 67200 | 0.425 | 1,862 | 1275 | 0.7409 | |
| 144 | Cumberland University | 39200 | 47500 | 0.1747 | 2,745 | 1055 | 0.6733 | |
| 145 | Saint Joseph's College of Maine | 40300 | 82200 | 0.5099 | 1,105 | 1055 | 0.8351 | |
| 146 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41200 | 57400 | 0.2823 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 147 | Mercy University | 41300 | 46400 | 0.11 | 6,692 | 1135 | 0.8724 | |
| 147 | Siena University | 41300 | 66300 | 0.3772 | 3,149 | 1301 | 0.8464 | |
| 149 | Biola University | 41800 | 71200 | 0.4131 | 3,553 | 1281 | 0.7817 | |
| 149 | Montreat College | 41800 | 58100 | 0.2804 | 781 | 1164 | 0.692 | |
| 151 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43400 | 68700 | 0.3679 | 4,279 | 1234 | 0.5796 | |
| 151 | Radford University | 43400 | 45700 | 0.0501 | 6,206 | 1050 | 0.8939 | |
| 151 | St. John's University-New York | 43400 | 82800 | 0.476 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 154 | Marist University | 44200 | 75800 | 0.4168 | 5,644 | 1279 | 0.5599 | |
| 155 | LeTourneau University | 44600 | 55000 | 0.1891 | 2,903 | 1242 | 0.4879 | |
| 156 | Florida Atlantic University | 44900 | 44900 | 0 | 25,626 | 1150 | 0.5497 | |
| 157 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 47300 | 53300 | 0.1125 | 34,447 | 1273 | 0.8804 | |
| 158 | University of Georgia | 48600 | 51800 | 0.0618 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 159 | Marquette University | 48800 | 75900 | 0.3572 | 8,206 | 1304 | 0.7802 | |
| 160 | Marymount Manhattan College | 49100 | 71300 | 0.3114 | 1,601 | 1224 | 0.8261 | |
| 161 | Quinnipiac University | 50100 | 118300 | 0.5763 | 6,610 | 1250 | 0.7031 | |
| 162 | University of Iowa | 52100 | 54400 | 0.0421 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 163 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 54500 | 66200 | 0.1767 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 164 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58300 | 63500 | 0.0819 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 165 | University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy in St. Louis | 61200 | 61700 | 0.0081 | 344 | 1125 | 0.8984 | |
| 166 | University of California-Davis | 68300 | 90000 | 0.241 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 167 | University of California-Santa Cruz | 82900 | 82900 | 0 | 18,194 | 1281 | 0.7273 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.