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Considering a degree in Biomedical Sciences?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Biomedical Sciences majors who live in South Dakota.
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 South Dakota.
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 | College of the Ozarks | 6600 | 38400 | 0.8291 | 1,500 | 1130 | 0.1097 | |
| 2 | Grinnell College | 9300 | 91400 | 0.8984 | 1,668 | 1469 | 0.1605 | |
| 3 | Dine College | 10200 | 13700 | 0.2546 | 1,432 | 0 | 1 | |
| 4 | Cornell University | 11500 | 93100 | 0.8767 | 16,138 | 1528 | 0.0838 | |
| 5 | University of Houston | 12000 | 28400 | 0.5781 | 40,366 | 1224 | 0.7577 | |
| 5 | University of Pennsylvania | 12000 | 92900 | 0.8708 | 9,989 | 1535 | 0.0492 | |
| 7 | Georgetown College | 12400 | 61900 | 0.7995 | 1,123 | 1145 | 0.9337 | |
| 8 | University of Central Florida | 12600 | 25300 | 0.5014 | 60,083 | 1289 | 0.428 | |
| 9 | Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi | 12800 | 28900 | 0.5579 | 8,673 | 1095 | 0.9156 | |
| 10 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 13200 | 25700 | 0.4858 | 46,627 | 1366 | 0.492 | |
| 11 | University of Michigan-Flint | 13500 | 46300 | 0.7082 | 5,534 | 1079 | 0.6734 | |
| 12 | Peru State College | 13600 | 22300 | 0.3892 | 1,308 | 0 | 1 | |
| 13 | Baptist Health Sciences University | 14000 | 26600 | 0.4728 | 782 | 1020 | 0.8202 | |
| 14 | California State University-Bakersfield | 14100 | 45000 | 0.6871 | 9,897 | 1015 | 0.8416 | |
| 15 | Georgetown University | 14300 | 92700 | 0.8457 | 7,908 | 1470 | 0.1349 | |
| 16 | Central Michigan University | 14800 | 37800 | 0.6078 | 10,238 | 1099 | 0.9104 | |
| 17 | University of Central Oklahoma | 15500 | 28700 | 0.46 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 18 | Florida State University | 15800 | 22900 | 0.3097 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 18 | Sam Houston State University | 15800 | 30300 | 0.4782 | 17,822 | 1035 | 0.9372 | |
| 20 | Northeastern University | 15900 | 89900 | 0.8231 | 22,456 | 1481 | 0.0562 | |
| 21 | Western Michigan University | 16000 | 32500 | 0.5083 | 13,714 | 1089 | 0.9121 | |
| 22 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 16900 | 44500 | 0.6198 | 308 | 1144 | 0.9053 | |
| 23 | Millikin University | 17100 | 45000 | 0.6198 | 1,427 | 1065 | 0.765 | |
| 24 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 17200 | 35400 | 0.5147 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 25 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 17400 | 29900 | 0.4173 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 26 | Daemen University | 17500 | 55100 | 0.6825 | 1,656 | 1050 | 0.7375 | |
| 26 | North Carolina Wesleyan University | 17500 | 54700 | 0.6798 | 1,262 | 980 | 0.8026 | |
| 28 | Waynesburg University | 17800 | 45000 | 0.6034 | 1,032 | 1093 | 0.8981 | |
| 29 | Delaware State University | 18000 | 42200 | 0.5729 | 4,581 | 930 | 0.4658 | |
| 30 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 18400 | 30600 | 0.3971 | 38,463 | 1324 | 0.7589 | |
| 31 | Dakota State University | 18700 | 22500 | 0.169 | 3,085 | 1174 | 0.9241 | |
| 32 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 18900 | 28300 | 0.3311 | 3,375 | 1090 | 0.5885 | |
| 33 | Ouachita Baptist University | 19600 | 58200 | 0.6634 | 1,715 | 1193 | 0.7072 | |
| 34 | University of Saint Mary | 19700 | 53700 | 0.6331 | 1,044 | 1083 | 0.8229 | |
| 35 | Lee University | 19900 | 37400 | 0.4682 | 3,425 | 1154 | 0.7138 | |
| 36 | Whitman College | 20100 | 85500 | 0.7655 | 1,468 | 1397 | 0.4016 | |
| 37 | The College of Idaho | 20200 | 59900 | 0.6628 | 1,042 | 1189 | 0.491 | |
| 38 | McMurry University | 20400 | 51900 | 0.6064 | 4,133 | 1104 | 0.8984 | |
| 38 | South Dakota State University | 20400 | 25200 | 0.19 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 40 | La Sierra University | 20600 | 65900 | 0.687 | 1,266 | 1124 | 0.9069 | |
| 40 | Ripon College | 20600 | 69000 | 0.701 | 665 | 1225 | 0.8186 | |
| 42 | University of Northern Iowa | 20700 | 24000 | 0.137 | 7,800 | 1115 | 0.9313 | |
| 43 | Thomas University | 21100 | 25300 | 0.1662 | 1,022 | 1110 | 0.383 | |
| 44 | North Park University | 21400 | 53200 | 0.5976 | 1,825 | 1075 | 0.6949 | |
| 45 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 45 | Niagara University | 21800 | 57400 | 0.62 | 2,638 | 1170 | 0.876 | |
| 45 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 21800 | 26000 | 0.1609 | 5,063 | 1069 | 0.8756 | |
| 48 | University of Lynchburg | 21900 | 54900 | 0.6014 | 1,424 | 1099 | 0.6108 | |
| 49 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 22000 | 48900 | 0.5497 | 5,274 | 1103 | 0.9513 | |
| 50 | Grand Valley State University | 22100 | 35900 | 0.3849 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 51 | McDaniel College | 22200 | 63900 | 0.6522 | 1,641 | 1155 | 0.7817 | |
| 52 | Bradley University | 22300 | 50800 | 0.561 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 53 | Buena Vista University | 22400 | 59100 | 0.6212 | 836 | 1075 | 0.6497 | |
| 53 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 22400 | 43200 | 0.4816 | 3,825 | 1175 | 0.7841 | |
| 55 | St Lawrence University | 22600 | 87800 | 0.7424 | 1,949 | 1359 | 0.5434 | |
| 56 | Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences | 22700 | 56900 | 0.6007 | 533 | 1244 | 0.5269 | |
| 56 | University of South Dakota | 22700 | 26000 | 0.1265 | 7,515 | 1120 | 0.9884 | |
| 58 | Newman University | 22800 | 55800 | 0.5917 | 2,529 | 1069 | 0.7398 | |
| 59 | Saint Cloud State University | 22900 | 36800 | 0.3775 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 60 | Houghton University | 23100 | 44300 | 0.4786 | 958 | 1277 | 0.89 | |
| 60 | King's College | 23100 | 63100 | 0.6343 | 1,559 | 1135 | 0.9193 | |
| 62 | Scripps College | 23300 | 94900 | 0.7549 | 1,103 | 1472 | 0.3988 | |
| 63 | Oklahoma City University | 23400 | 64400 | 0.6368 | 1,546 | 1159 | 0.7103 | |
| 64 | Missouri Southern State University | 23700 | 26700 | 0.1124 | 3,917 | 1109 | 0.9656 | |
| 65 | Northern Arizona University | 23800 | 34100 | 0.3016 | 22,203 | 1129 | 0.8961 | |
| 66 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | 24200 | 44400 | 0.4549 | 1,066 | 1197 | 0.4449 | |
| 67 | Franklin College | 24400 | 61800 | 0.6054 | 894 | 1189 | 0.7254 | |
| 68 | Vanguard University of Southern California | 24600 | 57300 | 0.5706 | 1,923 | 1095 | 0.7415 | |
| 69 | Guilford College | 24700 | 57400 | 0.5696 | 1,132 | 1100 | 0.8 | |
| 70 | Huntingdon College | 24800 | 44400 | 0.4412 | 943 | 1130 | 0.692 | |
| 71 | Southwestern Adventist University | 25000 | 43200 | 0.4214 | 758 | 1064 | 0.7836 | |
| 72 | Brewton-Parker Christian University | 25300 | 34300 | 0.2621 | 1,234 | 990 | 0.9649 | |
| 72 | Eastern Kentucky University | 25300 | 38400 | 0.3415 | 13,448 | 1075 | 0.9683 | |
| 74 | Christian Brothers University | 25800 | 57600 | 0.5513 | 1,155 | 1110 | 0.867 | |
| 75 | Lewis University | 26000 | 57700 | 0.5492 | 4,914 | 1127 | 0.6916 | |
| 75 | West Virginia Wesleyan College | 26000 | 53800 | 0.5169 | 971 | 1030 | 0.9334 | |
| 77 | University of Evansville | 26100 | 64700 | 0.5967 | 1,920 | 1174 | 0.9412 | |
| 78 | University of South Carolina Aiken | 26400 | 36600 | 0.2791 | 3,379 | 1065 | 0.743 | |
| 79 | Salem State University | 26500 | 43200 | 0.3868 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 80 | Seattle Pacific University | 26600 | 70000 | 0.62 | 1,657 | 1174 | 0.9301 | |
| 81 | Morehead State University | 26700 | 32600 | 0.1808 | 7,941 | 1080 | 0.8328 | |
| 82 | Mars Hill University | 26900 | 54500 | 0.5056 | 1,062 | 1100 | 0.6822 | |
| 83 | Saginaw Valley State University | 27300 | 39800 | 0.314 | 6,280 | 1050 | 0.7843 | |
| 83 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 27300 | 31300 | 0.1274 | 8,706 | 1230 | 0.8906 | |
| 85 | Oakland University | 27400 | 39300 | 0.3027 | 12,770 | 1039 | 0.8897 | |
| 85 | Wilmington College | 27400 | 48200 | 0.4313 | 1,006 | 1020 | 0.924 | |
| 87 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 27500 | 41500 | 0.3371 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 88 | Mississippi Christian University | 27800 | 45100 | 0.3836 | 2,583 | 1222 | 0.8416 | |
| 89 | George Fox University | 28400 | 69400 | 0.5911 | 3,530 | 1168 | 0.9282 | |
| 90 | Rogers State University | 28500 | 49200 | 0.4208 | 3,278 | 1025 | 0.6784 | |
| 90 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28500 | 32300 | 0.1176 | 11,691 | 1074 | 0.7722 | |
| 92 | New England College | 28900 | 65800 | 0.5608 | 1,049 | 930 | 0.8584 | |
| 93 | North Carolina Central University | 29000 | 40000 | 0.2749 | 7,232 | 865 | 0.8605 | |
| 93 | Roberts Wesleyan University | 29000 | 60200 | 0.5185 | 1,320 | 1230 | 0.6744 | |
| 95 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 29100 | 49100 | 0.4074 | 29,727 | 990 | 0.9229 | |
| 96 | Edgewood University | 29700 | 51900 | 0.4278 | 1,236 | 1125 | 0.7498 | |
| 96 | Marquette University | 29700 | 63800 | 0.5346 | 8,206 | 1304 | 0.7802 | |
| 96 | Southern Adventist University | 29700 | 46900 | 0.3666 | 2,946 | 1142 | 0.7163 | |
| 99 | University of Pikeville | 29800 | 34800 | 0.1438 | 1,164 | 1070 | 0.8967 | |
| 100 | Mercy University | 30400 | 44500 | 0.317 | 6,692 | 1135 | 0.8724 | |
| 101 | University of West Florida | 30500 | 38000 | 0.1972 | 9,971 | 1120 | 0.5822 | |
| 102 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30600 | 78100 | 0.608 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 103 | University of North Florida | 30800 | 33000 | 0.0667 | 14,837 | 1124 | 0.6815 | |
| 104 | Taylor University | 31100 | 59100 | 0.474 | 2,769 | 1229 | 0.9881 | |
| 105 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 31400 | 77600 | 0.5952 | 4,999 | 1258 | 0.9296 | |
| 106 | Columbia International University | 31500 | 44800 | 0.2967 | 1,084 | 1079 | 0.9371 | |
| 107 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 32600 | 40900 | 0.2029 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 108 | Liberty University | 33100 | 44600 | 0.2578 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 109 | Alverno College | 33200 | 55500 | 0.4017 | 525 | 1000 | 0.8223 | |
| 110 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 17,556 | 1090 | 0.5386 | |
| 111 | Auburn University | 33700 | 34100 | 0.0117 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 111 | Morningside University | 33700 | 80100 | 0.5796 | 1,172 | 922 | 0.7104 | |
| 113 | Elizabethtown College | 33800 | 55300 | 0.3889 | 1,935 | 1214 | 0.8892 | |
| 113 | Loyola University Maryland | 33800 | 78800 | 0.5711 | 4,013 | 1329 | 0.6986 | |
| 115 | Washburn University | 34300 | 38400 | 0.1067 | 5,427 | 1048 | 1 | |
| 116 | Springfield College | 34400 | 66300 | 0.4813 | 1,724 | 1260 | 0.7421 | |
| 117 | Texas Southern University | 34500 | 42500 | 0.1883 | 6,844 | 915 | 0.9691 | |
| 118 | Trevecca Nazarene University | 34600 | 50900 | 0.3202 | 1,961 | 1099 | 0.7512 | |
| 119 | Beloit College | 34900 | 81400 | 0.5709 | 997 | 1296 | 0.7039 | |
| 119 | University of Rhode Island | 34900 | 46400 | 0.2476 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 121 | Adelphi University | 35000 | 63300 | 0.4467 | 5,097 | 1241 | 0.7215 | |
| 121 | Siena University | 35000 | 65100 | 0.4625 | 3,149 | 1301 | 0.8464 | |
| 121 | University of South Florida | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 124 | University of New England | 35100 | 68000 | 0.4841 | 4,631 | 1145 | 0.9203 | |
| 125 | New York Institute of Technology | 35400 | 83600 | 0.577 | 3,646 | 1298 | 0.8102 | |
| 126 | Concordia University Ann Arbor | 35600 | 57000 | 0.3752 | 755 | 1163 | 0.6925 | |
| 127 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 36200 | 41600 | 0.1298 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 128 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 36700 | 40000 | 0.0825 | 1,984 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 128 | Union Adventist University | 36700 | 51200 | 0.2823 | 625 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 130 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 37300 | 41600 | 0.1031 | 5,386 | 995 | 0.9092 | |
| 131 | Marymount Manhattan College | 37400 | 69900 | 0.4649 | 1,601 | 1224 | 0.8261 | |
| 132 | Saint Joseph's College of Maine | 37700 | 65000 | 0.4198 | 1,105 | 1055 | 0.8351 | |
| 133 | Northwest Nazarene University | 38000 | 62800 | 0.3948 | 1,043 | 1145 | 0.7159 | |
| 134 | Howard Payne University | 38200 | 54500 | 0.2988 | 751 | 1043 | 0.6737 | |
| 134 | LeTourneau University | 38200 | 54800 | 0.3031 | 2,903 | 1242 | 0.4879 | |
| 136 | Xavier University | 38400 | 68100 | 0.4364 | 3,744 | 1286 | 0.848 | |
| 137 | Oakwood University | 38500 | 43300 | 0.1107 | 1,184 | 1005 | 0.4563 | |
| 138 | Keiser University-Ft Lauderdale | 38600 | 63000 | 0.3875 | 18,904 | 0 | 0.8516 | |
| 138 | Nazareth University | 38600 | 67200 | 0.425 | 1,862 | 1275 | 0.7409 | |
| 140 | State University of New York at Cortland | 38800 | 39900 | 0.0276 | 5,890 | 1175 | 0.624 | |
| 141 | Cumberland University | 39200 | 47500 | 0.1747 | 2,745 | 1055 | 0.6733 | |
| 142 | University of South Alabama | 39700 | 39700 | 0 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 143 | California Baptist University | 39800 | 65600 | 0.3933 | 8,707 | 1024 | 0.8139 | |
| 144 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 40200 | 42500 | 0.0542 | 14,249 | 1084 | 0.7761 | |
| 145 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41100 | 57000 | 0.2791 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 146 | University of Alabama at Birmingham | 41300 | 42300 | 0.0237 | 11,959 | 1260 | 0.8818 | |
| 147 | Montreat College | 41800 | 58100 | 0.2804 | 781 | 1164 | 0.692 | |
| 148 | Susquehanna University | 42200 | 76800 | 0.4507 | 2,220 | 1199 | 0.7908 | |
| 149 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42300 | 56200 | 0.2474 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 150 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43400 | 68700 | 0.3679 | 4,279 | 1234 | 0.5796 | |
| 150 | Radford University | 43400 | 45700 | 0.0501 | 6,206 | 1050 | 0.8939 | |
| 152 | University at Buffalo | 43500 | 46700 | 0.0685 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 153 | Florida Atlantic University | 44400 | 44400 | 0 | 25,626 | 1150 | 0.5497 | |
| 154 | St. John's University-New York | 44600 | 78000 | 0.4279 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 155 | Marist University | 44700 | 110500 | 0.5955 | 5,644 | 1279 | 0.5599 | |
| 156 | Quinnipiac University | 44900 | 79200 | 0.433 | 6,610 | 1250 | 0.7031 | |
| 157 | Biola University | 46400 | 71200 | 0.3484 | 3,553 | 1281 | 0.7817 | |
| 158 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48500 | 51200 | 0.0544 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 159 | University of Georgia | 49600 | 51600 | 0.0387 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 160 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 49800 | 62200 | 0.1995 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 161 | University of Iowa | 52100 | 54400 | 0.0421 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 162 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 53300 | 53300 | 0 | 34,447 | 1273 | 0.8804 | |
| 163 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 164 | University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy in St. Louis | 58200 | 61400 | 0.0521 | 344 | 1125 | 0.8984 | |
| 165 | University of California-Davis | 68100 | 69800 | 0.0243 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 166 | University of California-Santa Cruz | 82400 | 82400 | 0 | 18,194 | 1281 | 0.7273 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.