Recent Articles
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 | North Carolina Central University | 7000 | 27000 | 0.7416 | 6,595 | 971 | 0.8697 | |
| 2 | Swarthmore College | 7100 | 88900 | 0.9202 | 1,623 | 1520 | 0.0746 | |
| 3 | University of Pennsylvania | 7300 | 93000 | 0.9217 | 10,013 | 1528 | 0.054 | |
| 4 | College of the Ozarks | 8200 | 32800 | 0.7493 | 1,454 | 1135 | 0.1199 | |
| 5 | Grinnell College | 9300 | 91400 | 0.8984 | 1,788 | 1462 | 0.1451 | |
| 6 | Georgetown University | 9800 | 92200 | 0.8938 | 7,833 | 1457 | 0.1291 | |
| 7 | Cornell University | 10300 | 92000 | 0.8877 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
| 7 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 10300 | 21100 | 0.5129 | 4,721 | 1110 | 0.7782 | |
| 9 | Brigham Young University | 11200 | 29000 | 0.6134 | 32,221 | 1374 | 0.6919 | |
| 9 | Georgetown College | 11200 | 46500 | 0.7584 | 1,111 | 1060 | 0.9106 | |
| 11 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 12500 | 34300 | 0.6352 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 12 | University of West Florida | 13000 | 21500 | 0.3948 | 9,661 | 1120 | 0.5687 | |
| 13 | University of South Florida | 14200 | 17100 | 0.1695 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 14 | Peru State College | 14300 | 25500 | 0.4399 | 1,452 | 0 | 0.7708 | |
| 15 | University of Houston | 15000 | 23600 | 0.3649 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 16 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 15200 | 35700 | 0.5744 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 17 | University of Michigan-Flint | 15400 | 36600 | 0.5792 | 5,011 | 1103 | 0.7047 | |
| 18 | Baptist Health Sciences University | 15500 | 28500 | 0.4565 | 733 | 1110 | 0.6776 | |
| 19 | Central Michigan University | 15600 | 40600 | 0.6159 | 10,219 | 1095 | 0.8982 | |
| 20 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 17200 | 27200 | 0.3671 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 21 | Northeastern University | 17400 | 89900 | 0.8068 | 22,695 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 22 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 17800 | 26600 | 0.3318 | 3,413 | 1085 | 0.5295 | |
| 23 | SUNY College at Plattsburgh | 18000 | 32100 | 0.4399 | 3,856 | 1169 | 0.7518 | |
| 24 | University of South Alabama | 18500 | 22400 | 0.1744 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 25 | University of Rhode Island | 18600 | 34400 | 0.4591 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 26 | Texas Southern University | 18900 | 42400 | 0.5537 | 6,619 | 920 | 0.9335 | |
| 27 | Missouri Southern State University | 19100 | 24800 | 0.2294 | 3,881 | 1074 | 0.9706 | |
| 28 | Saint Cloud State University | 19900 | 24500 | 0.1911 | 8,013 | 1094 | 0.9495 | |
| 28 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 19900 | 40000 | 0.5024 | 1,984 | 1369 | 0.6328 | |
| 30 | The College of Idaho | 20600 | 49100 | 0.5802 | 1,049 | 1170 | 0.4722 | |
| 30 | Thomas University | 20600 | 29000 | 0.2899 | 882 | 1030 | 0.4316 | |
| 32 | Vanguard University of Southern California | 20700 | 57300 | 0.6386 | 1,964 | 1069 | 0.6479 | |
| 33 | University of Northern Iowa | 20800 | 24000 | 0.1334 | 7,716 | 1115 | 0.8713 | |
| 34 | McMurry University | 20900 | 46600 | 0.552 | 3,167 | 1065 | 0.5704 | |
| 34 | Salem State University | 20900 | 28500 | 0.2666 | 4,853 | 1100 | 0.9557 | |
| 36 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 21100 | 38100 | 0.4457 | 11,365 | 1216 | 0.8816 | |
| 37 | Western Michigan University | 21200 | 32300 | 0.3437 | 13,860 | 1104 | 0.846 | |
| 38 | Niagara University | 21300 | 57400 | 0.6287 | 2,692 | 970 | 0.3972 | |
| 38 | University of Central Oklahoma | 21300 | 22700 | 0.0617 | 10,454 | 1095 | 0.8176 | |
| 40 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 21400 | 35400 | 0.396 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 41 | Union Adventist University | 21600 | 45000 | 0.52 | 536 | 1079 | 0.9989 | |
| 42 | Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences | 21700 | 56900 | 0.618 | 533 | 1269 | 0.5269 | |
| 42 | Tabor College | 21700 | 55600 | 0.6094 | 539 | 965 | 0.6458 | |
| 44 | Guilford College | 21900 | 57400 | 0.6184 | 1,160 | 1025 | 0.8376 | |
| 44 | Northern Arizona University | 21900 | 31200 | 0.2975 | 22,991 | 1145 | 0.8961 | |
| 46 | Madonna University | 22000 | 50400 | 0.5635 | 1,839 | 1005 | 0.9293 | |
| 47 | Russell Sage College | 22100 | 57600 | 0.6167 | 1,255 | 1134 | 0.5326 | |
| 48 | Newman University | 22300 | 54000 | 0.588 | 2,398 | 1090 | 0.4761 | |
| 49 | Buena Vista University | 22400 | 59100 | 0.6203 | 810 | 1124 | 0.7761 | |
| 50 | Ursuline College | 22600 | 59000 | 0.6174 | 637 | 1085 | 0.8401 | |
| 51 | Bradley University | 23000 | 50900 | 0.5481 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 52 | St Lawrence University | 23200 | 87600 | 0.7352 | 1,949 | 1359 | 0.5434 | |
| 53 | North Park University | 23300 | 53000 | 0.5603 | 1,876 | 1110 | 0.7284 | |
| 54 | Ouachita Baptist University | 23400 | 52200 | 0.5522 | 1,729 | 1209 | 0.6752 | |
| 54 | Southwestern Adventist University | 23400 | 40800 | 0.4262 | 813 | 1060 | 0.5552 | |
| 56 | Springfield College | 23500 | 63300 | 0.6285 | 1,764 | 1201 | 0.7189 | |
| 57 | Daemen University | 23800 | 54400 | 0.5629 | 1,656 | 1209 | 0.7375 | |
| 58 | McDaniel College | 24000 | 61700 | 0.6114 | 1,631 | 1155 | 0.7793 | |
| 59 | Eastern Kentucky University | 24100 | 38000 | 0.3654 | 12,726 | 1055 | 0.9695 | |
| 60 | Fontbonne University | 24300 | 50200 | 0.5161 | 650 | 1090 | 0.9503 | |
| 61 | Beloit College | 24500 | 75600 | 0.6762 | 1,004 | 1298 | 0.6304 | |
| 62 | King's College | 24700 | 63000 | 0.6076 | 1,568 | 1180 | 0.9305 | |
| 62 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 24700 | 39200 | 0.37 | 28,674 | 980 | 0.9401 | |
| 64 | Dakota State University | 24800 | 25600 | 0.0293 | 3,066 | 1192 | 0.8814 | |
| 65 | University of Lynchburg | 24900 | 54900 | 0.547 | 1,595 | 1124 | 0.4301 | |
| 66 | Franklin College | 25000 | 61800 | 0.5954 | 931 | 1150 | 0.6978 | |
| 67 | Roberts Wesleyan University | 25100 | 60000 | 0.5818 | 1,045 | 1166 | 0.7058 | |
| 68 | Houghton University | 25300 | 35500 | 0.2872 | 939 | 1277 | 0.8866 | |
| 69 | South Dakota State University | 25500 | 28700 | 0.1116 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 70 | Huntingdon College | 25700 | 44100 | 0.4175 | 880 | 1105 | 0.6793 | |
| 71 | Christian Brothers University | 25900 | 57600 | 0.5503 | 1,155 | 1110 | 0.867 | |
| 71 | Saginaw Valley State University | 25900 | 38900 | 0.3347 | 6,152 | 1050 | 0.7207 | |
| 73 | Corban University | 26000 | 57300 | 0.5456 | 785 | 1124 | 0.8974 | |
| 74 | University of Evansville | 26200 | 64700 | 0.5954 | 1,742 | 1207 | 0.7813 | |
| 75 | Marquette University | 26600 | 65700 | 0.5948 | 8,045 | 1309 | 0.8134 | |
| 76 | La Sierra University | 26800 | 55100 | 0.514 | 1,244 | 1015 | 0.933 | |
| 77 | Northwest Nazarene University | 26900 | 68400 | 0.6068 | 1,043 | 1145 | 0.7159 | |
| 78 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 27000 | 30400 | 0.1135 | 8,426 | 1235 | 0.8876 | |
| 79 | Morehead State University | 27300 | 32600 | 0.1625 | 8,258 | 1120 | 0.7721 | |
| 80 | Oakland University | 27400 | 39800 | 0.3117 | 12,587 | 1050 | 0.8784 | |
| 80 | University of South Dakota | 27400 | 29600 | 0.0744 | 7,619 | 1120 | 0.9878 | |
| 82 | Methodist University | 27700 | 51900 | 0.4666 | 1,436 | 1175 | 0.752 | |
| 83 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 28000 | 31400 | 0.1083 | 14,019 | 1159 | 0.7781 | |
| 84 | University of South Carolina Aiken | 28100 | 36700 | 0.2343 | 3,289 | 1115 | 0.7857 | |
| 85 | California State University-Bakersfield | 28300 | 42200 | 0.3291 | 8,865 | 1050 | 0.8508 | |
| 86 | Seattle Pacific University | 28400 | 62600 | 0.5464 | 1,776 | 1188 | 0.8339 | |
| 87 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28500 | 31500 | 0.0953 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 88 | Radford University | 28800 | 32800 | 0.122 | 6,161 | 1070 | 0.8953 | |
| 89 | Grand Valley State University | 28900 | 35700 | 0.1905 | 19,002 | 1233 | 0.8302 | |
| 90 | Mercy University | 29000 | 44500 | 0.3485 | 6,775 | 1074 | 0.8584 | |
| 90 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 29000 | 78100 | 0.6288 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 92 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 29100 | 44100 | 0.3404 | 352 | 1180 | 0.9647 | |
| 93 | Delaware State University | 29200 | 36700 | 0.2045 | 4,941 | 960 | 0.6167 | |
| 94 | Edgewood College | 29600 | 51900 | 0.4297 | 1,214 | 1125 | 0.9452 | |
| 94 | New England College | 29600 | 64600 | 0.5421 | 1,032 | 930 | 0.9213 | |
| 96 | Southern Adventist University | 29800 | 46900 | 0.3648 | 2,827 | 1125 | 0.6661 | |
| 97 | Trevecca Nazarene University | 29900 | 46100 | 0.3514 | 1,903 | 1085 | 0.6944 | |
| 98 | Mississippi College | 30200 | 45400 | 0.3352 | 2,724 | 1110 | 0.4928 | |
| 99 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 30400 | 54700 | 0.4429 | 1,409 | 1110 | 0.6327 | |
| 100 | Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi | 30500 | 41000 | 0.2559 | 8,320 | 1074 | 0.8858 | |
| 101 | University of Pikeville | 30800 | 34800 | 0.1151 | 1,353 | 1055 | 0.8808 | |
| 102 | St. Andrews University | 31500 | 44700 | 0.2953 | 806 | 985 | 0.3048 | |
| 103 | University of North Florida | 32300 | 37900 | 0.1478 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
| 104 | Liberty University | 32700 | 43900 | 0.2551 | 52,823 | 1181 | 0.9932 | |
| 104 | Sam Houston State University | 32700 | 39900 | 0.1804 | 17,787 | 1030 | 0.9026 | |
| 106 | Alverno College | 33300 | 55500 | 0.4001 | 673 | 1000 | 0.8438 | |
| 106 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 15,130 | 0 | 0.5256 | |
| 108 | Elizabethtown College | 33800 | 54600 | 0.3812 | 1,903 | 1214 | 0.7787 | |
| 109 | Scripps College | 34100 | 94800 | 0.6401 | 1,117 | 1475 | 0.3829 | |
| 110 | Auburn University | 34400 | 34400 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 111 | Concordia University Ann Arbor | 34700 | 53300 | 0.3489 | 1,044 | 1095 | 0.7209 | |
| 112 | Adelphi University | 35100 | 63300 | 0.4454 | 5,325 | 1218 | 0.6591 | |
| 112 | California Baptist University | 35100 | 65200 | 0.4616 | 8,417 | 1069 | 0.8535 | |
| 114 | New York Institute of Technology | 35400 | 83600 | 0.5761 | 3,355 | 1235 | 0.7808 | |
| 115 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | 35500 | 35500 | 0 | 1,217 | 1229 | 0.5405 | |
| 116 | Siena College | 35900 | 65100 | 0.4486 | 3,469 | 1260 | 0.7764 | |
| 117 | State University of New York at Cortland | 36300 | 39900 | 0.0903 | 5,911 | 1175 | 0.5979 | |
| 118 | University of Central Florida | 36500 | 39600 | 0.0783 | 59,649 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
| 119 | Biola University | 36700 | 52900 | 0.3065 | 3,481 | 1268 | 0.7482 | |
| 120 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 37400 | 41600 | 0.101 | 5,187 | 1005 | 0.9229 | |
| 121 | Nazareth University | 37700 | 63300 | 0.4039 | 1,882 | 1205 | 0.7472 | |
| 122 | Mount Saint Mary's University | 37900 | 80700 | 0.5298 | 1,733 | 1015 | 0.7313 | |
| 123 | Xavier University | 38400 | 67500 | 0.4312 | 4,239 | 1218 | 0.8669 | |
| 124 | Oakwood University | 38600 | 43300 | 0.1087 | 1,279 | 1020 | 0.507 | |
| 125 | Keiser University-Ft Lauderdale | 38800 | 52100 | 0.2553 | 18,452 | 930 | 0.9697 | |
| 125 | Montreat College | 38800 | 55000 | 0.2948 | 759 | 1055 | 0.6555 | |
| 127 | Saint Joseph's College of Maine | 38900 | 63600 | 0.3885 | 1,059 | 1055 | 0.8172 | |
| 128 | Fresno Pacific University | 40000 | 52200 | 0.2337 | 1,616 | 1075 | 0.5752 | |
| 129 | University of Georgia | 40300 | 46000 | 0.1242 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 130 | Marymount Manhattan College | 40400 | 68600 | 0.4108 | 1,601 | 1224 | 0.8261 | |
| 131 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 40500 | 40500 | 0 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 132 | Saint Mary's College of California | 40700 | 78700 | 0.483 | 1,955 | 1175 | 0.8856 | |
| 133 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41200 | 53900 | 0.2356 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 134 | CUNY City College | 41500 | 41500 | 0 | 12,982 | 1169 | 0.5997 | |
| 134 | Howard Payne University | 41500 | 57700 | 0.2809 | 768 | 1025 | 0.6769 | |
| 136 | University of Alabama at Birmingham | 42200 | 42200 | 0 | 12,382 | 1242 | 0.8842 | |
| 137 | St. John's University-New York | 42300 | 80100 | 0.4717 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 137 | Susquehanna University | 42300 | 76800 | 0.4494 | 2,185 | 1204 | 0.7871 | |
| 139 | Saint Joseph's University | 42600 | 74500 | 0.4281 | 4,828 | 1234 | 0.8639 | |
| 140 | Quinnipiac University | 42700 | 79200 | 0.4608 | 6,248 | 1209 | 0.77 | |
| 140 | University at Buffalo | 42700 | 46800 | 0.0876 | 20,360 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 142 | Marist College | 42900 | 90500 | 0.5262 | 5,551 | 1279 | 0.5651 | |
| 143 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43400 | 68600 | 0.3675 | 3,677 | 1224 | 0.577 | |
| 143 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 43400 | 55100 | 0.2125 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 145 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 43700 | 52100 | 0.1612 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 146 | Alvernia University | 44800 | 68700 | 0.348 | 2,050 | 1060 | 0.6232 | |
| 147 | University of Iowa | 51000 | 53200 | 0.0415 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 148 | University of New England | 51100 | 67700 | 0.2451 | 3,884 | 1145 | 0.9163 | |
| 149 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 51700 | 51700 | 0 | 33,572 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 150 | Oklahoma City University | 52000 | 52000 | 0 | 1,447 | 1190 | 0.7039 | |
| 151 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 53200 | 56100 | 0.0518 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 152 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
| 153 | University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy in St. Louis | 55100 | 60200 | 0.0847 | 275 | 1245 | 0.7515 | |
| 154 | University of California-Santa Cruz | 56700 | 66500 | 0.1474 | 17,940 | 1281 | 0.6557 | |
| 155 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 60800 | 63000 | 0.035 | 38,093 | 1302 | 0.7821 | |
| 156 | University of California-Davis | 63500 | 63500 | 0 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.