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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 | 1,454 | 1135 | 0.1199 | |
| 2 | University of Pennsylvania | 9200 | 92900 | 0.9009 | 11,478 | 1536 | 0.054 | |
| 3 | Grinnell College | 9300 | 91400 | 0.8984 | 1,788 | 1462 | 0.1451 | |
| 4 | Dine College | 10200 | 13700 | 0.2546 | 1,423 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | Cornell University | 11500 | 93100 | 0.8767 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0876 | |
| 5 | Northern Arizona University | 11500 | 27900 | 0.5864 | 22,990 | 1090 | 0.8961 | |
| 7 | Georgetown College | 11900 | 61900 | 0.8076 | 1,111 | 1120 | 0.9106 | |
| 7 | University of Houston | 11900 | 28400 | 0.5817 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 9 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | 12400 | 25900 | 0.5212 | 1,066 | 1197 | 0.4449 | |
| 10 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 12500 | 20500 | 0.3908 | 4,880 | 1124 | 0.8172 | |
| 11 | Florida Atlantic University | 12600 | 25800 | 0.5123 | 24,876 | 1130 | 0.6613 | |
| 11 | University of Central Florida | 12600 | 25300 | 0.5014 | 59,552 | 1280 | 0.4011 | |
| 13 | Saginaw Valley State University | 12800 | 28600 | 0.5517 | 6,135 | 1055 | 0.7207 | |
| 14 | Missouri Southern State University | 13000 | 20100 | 0.3541 | 3,881 | 1074 | 0.9703 | |
| 15 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 13500 | 25700 | 0.4747 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 16 | Peru State College | 13600 | 22300 | 0.3887 | 1,308 | 0 | 0 | |
| 17 | University of Michigan-Flint | 13700 | 46300 | 0.7039 | 5,011 | 1109 | 0.7046 | |
| 18 | Baptist Health Sciences University | 14000 | 26600 | 0.4728 | 782 | 1020 | 0.8202 | |
| 19 | University of Georgia | 14100 | 26600 | 0.4699 | 32,399 | 1382 | 0.377 | |
| 20 | California State University-Bakersfield | 14300 | 30600 | 0.5328 | 8,865 | 925 | 0.9385 | |
| 21 | Grand Valley State University | 14600 | 25300 | 0.4234 | 19,002 | 1084 | 0.8302 | |
| 22 | Central Michigan University | 14700 | 37800 | 0.6104 | 10,193 | 1095 | 0.8982 | |
| 22 | Georgetown University | 14700 | 92700 | 0.8414 | 7,833 | 1457 | 0.1291 | |
| 24 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 15000 | 40600 | 0.6299 | 352 | 1180 | 0.9647 | |
| 24 | Union College | 15000 | 92400 | 0.8376 | 2,065 | 1393 | 0.4392 | |
| 26 | Radford University | 15400 | 32000 | 0.5193 | 6,161 | 1070 | 0.8953 | |
| 27 | University of Central Oklahoma | 15500 | 28700 | 0.46 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 28 | Northeastern University | 15900 | 89900 | 0.8231 | 17,432 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 29 | Western Michigan University | 16300 | 32500 | 0.499 | 13,027 | 1115 | 0.846 | |
| 30 | Oakland University | 16800 | 28200 | 0.4045 | 12,587 | 1130 | 0.8784 | |
| 31 | Millikin University | 17000 | 45000 | 0.622 | 1,495 | 1020 | 0.6668 | |
| 32 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 17400 | 29900 | 0.4203 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5743 | |
| 33 | Sam Houston State University | 17700 | 27000 | 0.3446 | 17,787 | 1030 | 0.9026 | |
| 34 | Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi | 17800 | 20700 | 0.1401 | 8,320 | 1090 | 0.8858 | |
| 34 | Waynesburg University | 17800 | 45000 | 0.6034 | 1,030 | 1093 | 0.8982 | |
| 36 | Delaware State University | 18000 | 42200 | 0.5729 | 4,581 | 930 | 0.4658 | |
| 36 | Salem State University | 18000 | 28500 | 0.3684 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 36 | University of Lynchburg | 18000 | 54900 | 0.6723 | 1,595 | 1104 | 0.4301 | |
| 39 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 18400 | 30600 | 0.3971 | 38,093 | 1302 | 0.7821 | |
| 40 | Dakota State University | 18700 | 22500 | 0.169 | 3,066 | 1192 | 0.8805 | |
| 41 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 18900 | 28300 | 0.3311 | 3,375 | 1090 | 0.5876 | |
| 41 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 18900 | 32000 | 0.4098 | 3,825 | 1175 | 0.7841 | |
| 43 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 19500 | 31400 | 0.379 | 13,921 | 1119 | 0.7468 | |
| 44 | La Sierra University | 19800 | 65900 | 0.6992 | 1,226 | 1025 | 0.915 | |
| 45 | Daemen University | 19900 | 55100 | 0.6389 | 1,653 | 1050 | 0.6826 | |
| 46 | Ouachita Baptist University | 20000 | 58200 | 0.6565 | 1,729 | 1209 | 0.6752 | |
| 47 | Scripps College | 20200 | 94900 | 0.7875 | 1,117 | 1475 | 0.3829 | |
| 47 | The College of Idaho | 20200 | 59900 | 0.6628 | 1,041 | 1189 | 0.491 | |
| 49 | University of California-Santa Cruz | 20500 | 42900 | 0.5227 | 17,940 | 1281 | 0.6579 | |
| 50 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 20700 | 30600 | 0.326 | 44,819 | 1327 | 0.4987 | |
| 50 | University of Northern Iowa | 20700 | 24000 | 0.1366 | 7,711 | 1129 | 0.9274 | |
| 52 | University of Alabama at Birmingham | 20900 | 28500 | 0.267 | 11,959 | 1260 | 0.8818 | |
| 53 | Tarleton State University | 21000 | 23000 | 0.087 | 15,254 | 1080 | 0.8955 | |
| 54 | Thomas University | 21100 | 25300 | 0.1662 | 1,022 | 1110 | 0.383 | |
| 55 | North Park University | 21400 | 53200 | 0.5976 | 1,841 | 1075 | 0.6851 | |
| 56 | Niagara University | 21800 | 57400 | 0.62 | 2,692 | 1160 | 0.8737 | |
| 57 | McDaniel College | 22200 | 63900 | 0.6522 | 1,620 | 1155 | 0.7793 | |
| 57 | Newman University | 22200 | 54000 | 0.5893 | 2,529 | 1069 | 0.7398 | |
| 57 | Washburn University | 22200 | 29500 | 0.2478 | 5,331 | 1095 | 0.9551 | |
| 60 | Buena Vista University | 22400 | 59100 | 0.6212 | 1,436 | 1124 | 0.7761 | |
| 61 | St Lawrence University | 22600 | 87800 | 0.7424 | 1,949 | 1359 | 0.5434 | |
| 62 | Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences | 22700 | 56900 | 0.6007 | 533 | 1244 | 0.5269 | |
| 63 | Saint Cloud State University | 22900 | 36800 | 0.3772 | 8,738 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 64 | Houghton University | 23100 | 44300 | 0.4786 | 1,162 | 1277 | 0.8866 | |
| 65 | Oklahoma City University | 23600 | 64400 | 0.6337 | 1,514 | 1174 | 0.7702 | |
| 66 | King's College | 24400 | 63100 | 0.6136 | 1,568 | 1170 | 0.9311 | |
| 67 | Saint Ambrose University | 24500 | 55400 | 0.5574 | 1,939 | 1085 | 0.7733 | |
| 68 | University of Saint Mary | 24600 | 53700 | 0.5416 | 1,027 | 1040 | 0.8663 | |
| 69 | Bradley University | 24700 | 50800 | 0.5137 | 3,596 | 1223 | 0.7676 | |
| 69 | Guilford College | 24700 | 57400 | 0.5696 | 1,132 | 1100 | 0.8 | |
| 69 | Vanguard University of Southern California | 24700 | 57300 | 0.5688 | 1,960 | 1100 | 0.6244 | |
| 72 | Huntingdon College | 24800 | 44400 | 0.4412 | 880 | 1130 | 0.6949 | |
| 73 | Franklin College | 24900 | 61800 | 0.5962 | 931 | 1150 | 0.698 | |
| 74 | Southwestern Adventist University | 25000 | 43200 | 0.4214 | 758 | 1064 | 0.7836 | |
| 75 | University at Buffalo | 25100 | 34000 | 0.2618 | 20,359 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 76 | Brewton-Parker Christian University | 25300 | 34300 | 0.2618 | 1,234 | 990 | 0.9649 | |
| 77 | Roberts Wesleyan University | 25400 | 60200 | 0.5783 | 1,393 | 1142 | 0.7063 | |
| 77 | South Dakota State University | 25400 | 28700 | 0.1143 | 10,719 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 79 | Christian Brothers University | 25800 | 57600 | 0.5512 | 1,155 | 1110 | 0.867 | |
| 80 | Eastern Kentucky University | 25900 | 38400 | 0.3258 | 13,448 | 1110 | 0.7761 | |
| 81 | University of Evansville | 26100 | 64700 | 0.5966 | 1,742 | 1174 | 0.776 | |
| 82 | Seattle Pacific University | 26700 | 70000 | 0.6186 | 1,776 | 1180 | 0.834 | |
| 83 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 27000 | 31800 | 0.1505 | 8,426 | 1235 | 0.8875 | |
| 84 | University of South Dakota | 27300 | 29600 | 0.077 | 7,619 | 1120 | 0.9878 | |
| 85 | Wilmington College | 27400 | 48200 | 0.4311 | 1,006 | 1020 | 0.924 | |
| 86 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 27700 | 37700 | 0.2655 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 87 | Mississippi College | 27800 | 45100 | 0.3834 | 2,883 | 1110 | 0.2911 | |
| 87 | Morehead State University | 27800 | 32600 | 0.1471 | 8,258 | 1140 | 0.7721 | |
| 89 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28500 | 32300 | 0.1176 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 90 | University of Iowa | 28800 | 31100 | 0.0733 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 91 | New England College | 28900 | 65800 | 0.5608 | 1,032 | 930 | 0.9213 | |
| 91 | Russell Sage College | 28900 | 59500 | 0.5146 | 1,247 | 1010 | 0.5326 | |
| 93 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 29000 | 36700 | 0.2096 | 28,674 | 980 | 0.9419 | |
| 94 | George Fox University | 29200 | 69400 | 0.5796 | 3,354 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 95 | Edgewood College | 29700 | 51900 | 0.4278 | 1,236 | 1125 | 0.7573 | |
| 95 | Southern Adventist University | 29700 | 46900 | 0.3665 | 2,929 | 1134 | 0.655 | |
| 97 | West Virginia Wesleyan College | 30000 | 53800 | 0.4423 | 971 | 1030 | 0.9334 | |
| 98 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30300 | 78100 | 0.6118 | 14,267 | 1381 | 0.6693 | |
| 99 | Mercy University | 30400 | 44500 | 0.317 | 6,774 | 1135 | 0.8584 | |
| 99 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 30400 | 54700 | 0.4443 | 1,427 | 1025 | 0.4941 | |
| 101 | North Carolina Central University | 30800 | 40000 | 0.2299 | 6,595 | 1060 | 0.8696 | |
| 101 | University of Pikeville | 30800 | 34800 | 0.1151 | 1,540 | 1055 | 1 | |
| 103 | Taylor University | 31100 | 59100 | 0.4738 | 2,503 | 1229 | 0.7353 | |
| 103 | University of West Florida | 31100 | 38000 | 0.1814 | 9,970 | 1149 | 0.5824 | |
| 105 | Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | 31200 | 77600 | 0.5978 | 5,044 | 1274 | 0.8883 | |
| 106 | St. Andrews University | 31400 | 44700 | 0.297 | 628 | 991 | 0.648 | |
| 107 | University of North Florida | 31800 | 33000 | 0.0364 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
| 108 | Marquette University | 32800 | 66500 | 0.5067 | 8,045 | 1309 | 0.8134 | |
| 109 | Liberty University | 33100 | 44600 | 0.2578 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 110 | Alverno College | 33200 | 55500 | 0.4015 | 673 | 1000 | 0.8574 | |
| 111 | California Baptist University | 33400 | 65600 | 0.4908 | 8,417 | 1070 | 0.8488 | |
| 112 | University of Rhode Island | 33600 | 46400 | 0.2756 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 113 | Elizabethtown College | 33800 | 55300 | 0.3889 | 1,903 | 1214 | 0.7787 | |
| 114 | LeTourneau University | 33900 | 54800 | 0.3817 | 3,187 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 115 | Beloit College | 34400 | 81400 | 0.5771 | 1,004 | 1299 | 0.6304 | |
| 116 | Springfield College | 34500 | 66300 | 0.4798 | 1,763 | 1244 | 0.7189 | |
| 116 | Texas Southern University | 34500 | 42500 | 0.1883 | 6,844 | 915 | 0.9691 | |
| 116 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 34500 | 36100 | 0.0443 | 33,033 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 119 | Trevecca Nazarene University | 34600 | 50900 | 0.32 | 1,903 | 1085 | 0.6944 | |
| 120 | University of South Florida | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 121 | Adelphi University | 35100 | 63300 | 0.4465 | 5,325 | 1237 | 0.6591 | |
| 121 | University of New England | 35100 | 68000 | 0.4841 | 3,884 | 1145 | 0.9163 | |
| 123 | New York Institute of Technology | 35400 | 83600 | 0.5769 | 3,646 | 1298 | 0.8102 | |
| 124 | Concordia University Ann Arbor | 35600 | 57000 | 0.3752 | 755 | 1163 | 0.6925 | |
| 125 | Loyola University Maryland | 36000 | 78800 | 0.5432 | 3,881 | 1303 | 0.7549 | |
| 126 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 36400 | 41600 | 0.1268 | 5,386 | 1050 | 0.9092 | |
| 127 | Siena College | 36600 | 65100 | 0.4379 | 3,467 | 1254 | 0.6902 | |
| 128 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 36700 | 40000 | 0.0825 | 2,381 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 128 | Union Adventist University | 36700 | 51200 | 0.2821 | 625 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 130 | Marymount Manhattan College | 37400 | 69900 | 0.4649 | 1,601 | 1224 | 0.8261 | |
| 131 | Northwest Nazarene University | 37600 | 62800 | 0.4011 | 1,043 | 1134 | 0.6474 | |
| 132 | Nazareth University | 37700 | 63300 | 0.4045 | 1,882 | 1211 | 0.7472 | |
| 132 | Saint Joseph's College of Maine | 37700 | 65000 | 0.4198 | 1,097 | 1055 | 0.8351 | |
| 134 | Howard Payne University | 38200 | 54500 | 0.2987 | 751 | 1043 | 0.6737 | |
| 135 | Alvernia University | 38500 | 69400 | 0.4451 | 2,192 | 1195 | 0.5806 | |
| 135 | Oakwood University | 38500 | 43300 | 0.1105 | 1,177 | 1005 | 0.4522 | |
| 137 | Keiser University-Ft Lauderdale | 38600 | 63000 | 0.3875 | 18,071 | 0 | 0.9697 | |
| 138 | State University of New York at Cortland | 38800 | 39900 | 0.0276 | 5,911 | 1175 | 0.5979 | |
| 139 | Cumberland University | 39200 | 47500 | 0.1745 | 2,745 | 1055 | 0.6733 | |
| 140 | Xavier University | 39300 | 68100 | 0.4232 | 4,239 | 1218 | 0.8641 | |
| 141 | University of South Alabama | 39700 | 39700 | 0 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 142 | Fresno Pacific University | 39900 | 52200 | 0.2352 | 1,545 | 1099 | 0.6407 | |
| 143 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41100 | 57000 | 0.2791 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.782 | |
| 144 | Montreat College | 41800 | 58100 | 0.2803 | 781 | 1164 | 0.692 | |
| 145 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 42000 | 53600 | 0.2165 | 46,815 | 1378 | 0.6057 | |
| 146 | Susquehanna University | 42200 | 76800 | 0.4507 | 2,246 | 1204 | 0.8143 | |
| 147 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42400 | 56200 | 0.2456 | 11,355 | 1222 | 0.8816 | |
| 148 | Mount Saint Mary's University | 42900 | 80700 | 0.4683 | 1,731 | 1015 | 0.7313 | |
| 149 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43300 | 68600 | 0.3686 | 3,666 | 1224 | 0.577 | |
| 150 | St. John's University-New York | 44600 | 78000 | 0.4279 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 151 | Marist University | 44700 | 75800 | 0.4102 | 5,551 | 1279 | 0.5651 | |
| 152 | Quinnipiac University | 44900 | 79200 | 0.433 | 6,557 | 1245 | 0.7215 | |
| 153 | Biola University | 46900 | 71200 | 0.3414 | 3,481 | 1268 | 0.7435 | |
| 154 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 48600 | 61200 | 0.2056 | 26,221 | 1204 | 0.8854 | |
| 155 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 49800 | 62200 | 0.1995 | 37,140 | 1406 | 0.4237 | |
| 156 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 16,100 | 1219 | 0.7766 | |
| 157 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58100 | 64100 | 0.0936 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 158 | University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy in St. Louis | 58200 | 61400 | 0.0521 | 343 | 1125 | 0.8984 | |
| 159 | Auburn University | 58500 | 58500 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4592 | |
| 160 | University of California-Davis | 69800 | 69800 | 0 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.