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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 | University of Pennsylvania | 5600 | 93100 | 0.9403 | 9,989 | 1535 | 0.0492 | |
| 2 | University of Michigan-Flint | 5700 | 43700 | 0.87 | 5,534 | 1079 | 0.6734 | |
| 3 | College of the Ozarks | 6600 | 34300 | 0.8087 | 1,500 | 1130 | 0.1097 | |
| 4 | Grinnell College | 9000 | 93600 | 0.9035 | 1,668 | 1469 | 0.1605 | |
| 5 | University of Central Florida | 10000 | 31700 | 0.6853 | 60,083 | 1289 | 0.428 | |
| 6 | Dine College | 10300 | 13700 | 0.2473 | 1,432 | 0 | 1 | |
| 7 | Cornell University | 10500 | 93700 | 0.8878 | 16,138 | 1528 | 0.0838 | |
| 8 | Eastern Kentucky University | 11300 | 27300 | 0.5871 | 13,448 | 1075 | 0.9683 | |
| 9 | Missouri Southern State University | 12000 | 26700 | 0.5505 | 3,917 | 1109 | 0.9656 | |
| 10 | Georgetown College | 12100 | 86600 | 0.8598 | 1,123 | 1145 | 0.9337 | |
| 11 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 12200 | 20500 | 0.4048 | 5,063 | 1069 | 0.8756 | |
| 12 | University of West Florida | 12500 | 22200 | 0.4365 | 9,971 | 1120 | 0.5822 | |
| 13 | University of South Carolina Aiken | 12600 | 23300 | 0.4594 | 3,379 | 1065 | 0.743 | |
| 14 | Peru State College | 13100 | 20700 | 0.3697 | 1,308 | 0 | 1 | |
| 15 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 13200 | 40500 | 0.674 | 29,727 | 990 | 0.9229 | |
| 16 | University of North Florida | 13500 | 22400 | 0.3978 | 14,837 | 1124 | 0.6815 | |
| 17 | University of South Florida | 14000 | 22400 | 0.3754 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 18 | Baptist Health Sciences University | 14100 | 27600 | 0.49 | 782 | 1020 | 0.8202 | |
| 18 | University of Houston | 14100 | 21800 | 0.3531 | 40,366 | 1224 | 0.7577 | |
| 20 | Georgetown University | 14400 | 92700 | 0.8446 | 7,908 | 1470 | 0.1349 | |
| 21 | California State University-Bakersfield | 14600 | 57400 | 0.7457 | 9,897 | 1015 | 0.8416 | |
| 21 | Mercy University | 14600 | 46400 | 0.6858 | 6,692 | 1135 | 0.8724 | |
| 23 | Salem State University | 14700 | 38300 | 0.6158 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 24 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 15200 | 25800 | 0.4099 | 5,386 | 995 | 0.9092 | |
| 25 | Central Michigan University | 15700 | 38700 | 0.5942 | 10,238 | 1099 | 0.9104 | |
| 26 | Florida State University | 15900 | 23000 | 0.309 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 26 | Niagara University | 15900 | 57400 | 0.7227 | 2,638 | 1170 | 0.876 | |
| 26 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 15900 | 44000 | 0.6389 | 308 | 1144 | 0.9053 | |
| 29 | St Lawrence University | 16100 | 88000 | 0.8167 | 1,949 | 1359 | 0.5434 | |
| 30 | North Carolina Wesleyan University | 16700 | 77300 | 0.7839 | 1,262 | 980 | 0.8026 | |
| 31 | Guilford College | 16800 | 66300 | 0.7461 | 1,132 | 1100 | 0.8 | |
| 32 | North Carolina Central University | 17600 | 37500 | 0.5311 | 7,232 | 865 | 0.8605 | |
| 33 | Sam Houston State University | 17700 | 27100 | 0.3467 | 17,822 | 1035 | 0.9372 | |
| 34 | Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi | 17800 | 20700 | 0.1401 | 8,673 | 1095 | 0.9156 | |
| 34 | University of South Alabama | 17800 | 22400 | 0.2057 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 34 | Waynesburg University | 17800 | 45000 | 0.6034 | 1,032 | 1093 | 0.8981 | |
| 37 | University of Alabama at Birmingham | 18000 | 28500 | 0.3688 | 11,959 | 1260 | 0.8818 | |
| 38 | Northeastern University | 18200 | 90000 | 0.7976 | 22,456 | 1481 | 0.0562 | |
| 39 | University of Lynchburg | 18400 | 58900 | 0.6882 | 1,424 | 1099 | 0.6108 | |
| 40 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 18900 | 28300 | 0.3311 | 3,375 | 1090 | 0.5885 | |
| 41 | University of Rhode Island | 19200 | 33900 | 0.4337 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 42 | Ouachita Baptist University | 19500 | 65400 | 0.7016 | 1,715 | 1193 | 0.7072 | |
| 42 | University of Saint Mary | 19500 | 53700 | 0.6363 | 1,044 | 1083 | 0.8229 | |
| 44 | McMurry University | 19600 | 71400 | 0.7259 | 4,133 | 1104 | 0.8984 | |
| 44 | The College of Idaho | 19600 | 81100 | 0.7586 | 1,042 | 1189 | 0.491 | |
| 46 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 19700 | 48900 | 0.5967 | 5,274 | 1103 | 0.9513 | |
| 47 | Thomas University | 20100 | 30400 | 0.3386 | 1,022 | 1110 | 0.383 | |
| 47 | Whitman College | 20100 | 85500 | 0.7656 | 1,468 | 1397 | 0.4016 | |
| 49 | South Dakota State University | 20200 | 25200 | 0.2009 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 49 | Vanguard University of Southern California | 20200 | 57300 | 0.6473 | 1,923 | 1095 | 0.7415 | |
| 51 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 20400 | 29900 | 0.3195 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 52 | Ripon College | 20600 | 68900 | 0.7006 | 665 | 1225 | 0.8186 | |
| 52 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 20600 | 60700 | 0.6606 | 1,984 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 54 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 20700 | 35200 | 0.4116 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 55 | La Sierra University | 20800 | 51200 | 0.5943 | 1,266 | 1124 | 0.9069 | |
| 56 | Millikin University | 20900 | 45000 | 0.5354 | 1,427 | 1065 | 0.765 | |
| 57 | Daemen University | 21000 | 56700 | 0.6294 | 1,656 | 1050 | 0.7375 | |
| 58 | McDaniel College | 21200 | 63900 | 0.6678 | 1,641 | 1155 | 0.7817 | |
| 58 | North Park University | 21200 | 55900 | 0.6208 | 1,825 | 1075 | 0.6949 | |
| 58 | University of Northern Iowa | 21200 | 24800 | 0.144 | 7,800 | 1115 | 0.9313 | |
| 61 | King's College | 21300 | 63100 | 0.6628 | 1,559 | 1135 | 0.9193 | |
| 62 | Grand Valley State University | 21900 | 36200 | 0.3949 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 63 | Buena Vista University | 22200 | 59100 | 0.6244 | 836 | 1075 | 0.6497 | |
| 64 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 22300 | 37600 | 0.4069 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 65 | Texas Southern University | 22400 | 25500 | 0.1218 | 6,844 | 915 | 0.9691 | |
| 66 | Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences | 22500 | 56900 | 0.6039 | 533 | 1244 | 0.5269 | |
| 66 | Newman University | 22500 | 55800 | 0.5964 | 2,529 | 1069 | 0.7398 | |
| 68 | Saint Cloud State University | 22600 | 36800 | 0.3849 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 69 | Houghton University | 22700 | 51300 | 0.5576 | 958 | 1277 | 0.89 | |
| 70 | Southwestern Adventist University | 22800 | 58700 | 0.612 | 758 | 1064 | 0.7836 | |
| 71 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 22900 | 42500 | 0.4612 | 14,249 | 1084 | 0.7761 | |
| 72 | Oklahoma City University | 23200 | 74100 | 0.6871 | 1,546 | 1159 | 0.7103 | |
| 73 | University of South Dakota | 23300 | 26900 | 0.1327 | 7,515 | 1120 | 0.9884 | |
| 74 | Seattle Pacific University | 23700 | 98900 | 0.7607 | 1,657 | 1174 | 0.9301 | |
| 74 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 23700 | 36100 | 0.3432 | 34,447 | 1273 | 0.8804 | |
| 76 | Northern Arizona University | 23800 | 37100 | 0.3579 | 22,203 | 1129 | 0.8961 | |
| 77 | Huntingdon College | 23900 | 65000 | 0.6322 | 943 | 1130 | 0.692 | |
| 77 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | 23900 | 44400 | 0.4611 | 1,066 | 1197 | 0.4449 | |
| 79 | Franklin College | 24200 | 61800 | 0.6084 | 894 | 1189 | 0.7254 | |
| 80 | Lewis University | 24500 | 59800 | 0.5902 | 4,914 | 1127 | 0.6916 | |
| 81 | Dakota State University | 24800 | 25600 | 0.0293 | 3,085 | 1174 | 0.9241 | |
| 82 | Brewton-Parker Christian University | 25000 | 34300 | 0.2701 | 1,234 | 990 | 0.9649 | |
| 83 | Rogers State University | 25500 | 49700 | 0.4865 | 3,278 | 1025 | 0.6784 | |
| 84 | Christian Brothers University | 25700 | 57600 | 0.5545 | 1,155 | 1110 | 0.867 | |
| 84 | West Virginia Wesleyan College | 25700 | 53800 | 0.522 | 971 | 1030 | 0.9334 | |
| 86 | University of Evansville | 26100 | 64700 | 0.5963 | 1,920 | 1174 | 0.9412 | |
| 87 | Loyola University Maryland | 26200 | 78800 | 0.6676 | 4,013 | 1329 | 0.6986 | |
| 88 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 26500 | 49600 | 0.4654 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 89 | University of Akron Main Campus | 26600 | 28000 | 0.0499 | 11,691 | 1074 | 0.7722 | |
| 90 | Mars Hill University | 26900 | 54500 | 0.5056 | 1,062 | 1100 | 0.6822 | |
| 90 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 26900 | 32000 | 0.1583 | 8,706 | 1230 | 0.8906 | |
| 92 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 27100 | 40600 | 0.3325 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 92 | Saginaw Valley State University | 27100 | 39800 | 0.3209 | 6,280 | 1050 | 0.7843 | |
| 94 | George Fox University | 27300 | 92800 | 0.706 | 3,530 | 1168 | 0.9282 | |
| 94 | Roberts Wesleyan University | 27300 | 82000 | 0.6673 | 1,320 | 1230 | 0.6744 | |
| 96 | Oakland University | 27400 | 39600 | 0.3082 | 12,770 | 1039 | 0.8897 | |
| 97 | Mississippi Christian University | 27500 | 45100 | 0.3897 | 2,583 | 1222 | 0.8416 | |
| 98 | New England College | 27600 | 65900 | 0.5814 | 1,049 | 930 | 0.8584 | |
| 99 | Delaware State University | 27900 | 62600 | 0.5543 | 4,581 | 930 | 0.4658 | |
| 100 | University of Central Oklahoma | 28200 | 33800 | 0.1655 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 101 | Morehead State University | 29400 | 31600 | 0.0696 | 7,941 | 1080 | 0.8328 | |
| 102 | University of Iowa | 29500 | 32100 | 0.0799 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 103 | Edgewood University | 29700 | 58200 | 0.4894 | 1,236 | 1125 | 0.7498 | |
| 104 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 29800 | 112100 | 0.7341 | 4,999 | 1258 | 0.9296 | |
| 104 | University of Pikeville | 29800 | 34800 | 0.1438 | 1,164 | 1070 | 0.8967 | |
| 106 | Scripps College | 30100 | 97800 | 0.6921 | 1,103 | 1472 | 0.3988 | |
| 106 | Taylor University | 30100 | 60700 | 0.5048 | 2,769 | 1229 | 0.9881 | |
| 108 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30700 | 78300 | 0.608 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 108 | Southern Adventist University | 30700 | 49000 | 0.3746 | 2,946 | 1142 | 0.7163 | |
| 110 | Keiser University-Ft Lauderdale | 30900 | 101400 | 0.6951 | 18,904 | 0 | 0.8516 | |
| 111 | Columbia International University | 31200 | 44800 | 0.3029 | 1,084 | 1079 | 0.9371 | |
| 112 | Marquette University | 32000 | 75900 | 0.5783 | 8,206 | 1304 | 0.7802 | |
| 113 | Liberty University | 32400 | 44700 | 0.2752 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 113 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 32400 | 43900 | 0.2621 | 3,825 | 1175 | 0.7841 | |
| 115 | University of New England | 32600 | 70900 | 0.5403 | 4,631 | 1145 | 0.9203 | |
| 116 | Alverno College | 32900 | 55500 | 0.4066 | 525 | 1000 | 0.8223 | |
| 116 | Morningside University | 32900 | 80100 | 0.5896 | 1,172 | 922 | 0.7104 | |
| 118 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 17,556 | 1090 | 0.5386 | |
| 119 | Elizabethtown College | 33700 | 57500 | 0.4137 | 1,935 | 1214 | 0.8892 | |
| 120 | St. John's University-New York | 33800 | 83800 | 0.597 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 121 | California Baptist University | 34200 | 69800 | 0.5098 | 8,707 | 1024 | 0.8139 | |
| 121 | Lee University | 34200 | 39100 | 0.1253 | 3,425 | 1154 | 0.7138 | |
| 123 | Siena University | 34300 | 66300 | 0.4827 | 3,149 | 1301 | 0.8464 | |
| 123 | Trevecca Nazarene University | 34300 | 50900 | 0.3256 | 1,961 | 1099 | 0.7512 | |
| 125 | Washburn University | 34400 | 38400 | 0.1041 | 5,427 | 1048 | 1 | |
| 126 | Adelphi University | 34800 | 63300 | 0.4511 | 5,097 | 1241 | 0.7215 | |
| 127 | Auburn University | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 128 | New York Institute of Technology | 35100 | 83600 | 0.5799 | 3,646 | 1298 | 0.8102 | |
| 129 | Concordia University Ann Arbor | 35400 | 53600 | 0.3397 | 755 | 1163 | 0.6925 | |
| 130 | Bradley University | 35900 | 60300 | 0.4047 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 131 | Union Adventist University | 36400 | 51200 | 0.2876 | 625 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 131 | Wilmington College | 36400 | 58500 | 0.3774 | 1,006 | 1020 | 0.924 | |
| 133 | Springfield College | 36800 | 68000 | 0.4589 | 1,724 | 1260 | 0.7421 | |
| 134 | Beloit College | 36900 | 81700 | 0.5482 | 997 | 1296 | 0.7039 | |
| 135 | Western Michigan University | 37300 | 37900 | 0.0158 | 13,714 | 1089 | 0.9121 | |
| 136 | Rowan University | 37500 | 53600 | 0.3002 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 137 | Xavier University | 37600 | 68100 | 0.4481 | 3,744 | 1286 | 0.848 | |
| 138 | Howard Payne University | 37900 | 54500 | 0.3039 | 751 | 1043 | 0.6737 | |
| 139 | Oakwood University | 38200 | 43300 | 0.117 | 1,184 | 1005 | 0.4563 | |
| 140 | Nazareth University | 38500 | 67200 | 0.4269 | 1,862 | 1275 | 0.7409 | |
| 141 | Cumberland University | 38900 | 47500 | 0.1805 | 2,745 | 1055 | 0.6733 | |
| 142 | Saint Joseph's College of Maine | 40000 | 66900 | 0.4023 | 1,105 | 1055 | 0.8351 | |
| 143 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 40800 | 58700 | 0.3052 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 144 | Montreat College | 41500 | 58100 | 0.2852 | 781 | 1164 | 0.692 | |
| 145 | Biola University | 41600 | 71100 | 0.4149 | 3,553 | 1281 | 0.7817 | |
| 146 | Susquehanna University | 42000 | 85600 | 0.5092 | 2,220 | 1199 | 0.7908 | |
| 147 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42200 | 63300 | 0.3334 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 148 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43200 | 68700 | 0.3719 | 4,279 | 1234 | 0.5796 | |
| 149 | Marist University | 43600 | 75800 | 0.4247 | 5,644 | 1279 | 0.5599 | |
| 150 | LeTourneau University | 44300 | 57300 | 0.2267 | 2,903 | 1242 | 0.4879 | |
| 151 | State University of New York at Cortland | 44700 | 52600 | 0.1501 | 5,890 | 1175 | 0.624 | |
| 152 | Radford University | 45000 | 47600 | 0.0539 | 6,206 | 1050 | 0.8939 | |
| 153 | Florida Atlantic University | 45300 | 45300 | 0 | 25,626 | 1150 | 0.5497 | |
| 154 | University at Buffalo | 46400 | 46400 | 0 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 155 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48200 | 51200 | 0.0598 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 156 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 48300 | 61200 | 0.2102 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 157 | Quinnipiac University | 48700 | 79700 | 0.3892 | 6,610 | 1250 | 0.7031 | |
| 158 | Marymount Manhattan College | 48800 | 74900 | 0.3486 | 1,601 | 1224 | 0.8261 | |
| 159 | Northwest Nazarene University | 51400 | 87600 | 0.4131 | 1,043 | 1145 | 0.7159 | |
| 160 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 51500 | 64400 | 0.2003 | 46,627 | 1366 | 0.492 | |
| 161 | University of Georgia | 52000 | 52100 | 0.0019 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 162 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 54900 | 68800 | 0.2022 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 163 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 60400 | 63000 | 0.0407 | 38,463 | 1324 | 0.7589 | |
| 164 | University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy in St. Louis | 60500 | 65600 | 0.0778 | 344 | 1125 | 0.8984 | |
| 165 | University of California-Davis | 67800 | 69900 | 0.03 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 166 | 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.