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Considering a degree in Biomedical Sciences?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Biomedical Sciences majors who live in Virginia.
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 Virginia.
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 | Swarthmore College | 6400 | 93800 | 0.9319 | 1,623 | 1520 | 0.0746 | |
| 2 | University of Pennsylvania | 7700 | 92900 | 0.9173 | 10,013 | 1528 | 0.054 | |
| 3 | College of the Ozarks | 7900 | 47200 | 0.8331 | 1,454 | 1135 | 0.1199 | |
| 4 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 28600 | 0.7211 | 32,221 | 1374 | 0.6919 | |
| 5 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 8200 | 43500 | 0.8122 | 28,674 | 980 | 0.9401 | |
| 6 | Grinnell College | 9300 | 91400 | 0.8984 | 1,788 | 1462 | 0.1451 | |
| 7 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | 9400 | 53000 | 0.8234 | 1,217 | 1229 | 0.5405 | |
| 8 | Eastern Kentucky University | 10000 | 22900 | 0.5643 | 12,726 | 1055 | 0.9695 | |
| 9 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 10300 | 21200 | 0.514 | 4,721 | 1110 | 0.7782 | |
| 10 | Georgetown College | 10500 | 75600 | 0.8611 | 1,111 | 1060 | 0.9106 | |
| 11 | University of Michigan-Flint | 11600 | 45600 | 0.7453 | 5,011 | 1103 | 0.7047 | |
| 12 | Cornell University | 11700 | 93100 | 0.8745 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
| 13 | University of Houston | 12000 | 23100 | 0.4807 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 14 | Saginaw Valley State University | 12900 | 28600 | 0.5491 | 6,152 | 1050 | 0.7207 | |
| 15 | Missouri Southern State University | 13000 | 20100 | 0.3541 | 3,881 | 1074 | 0.9706 | |
| 16 | Georgetown University | 13100 | 92700 | 0.8586 | 7,833 | 1457 | 0.1291 | |
| 17 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 13900 | 25700 | 0.4586 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 17 | Peru State College | 13900 | 22100 | 0.3707 | 1,452 | 0 | 0.7708 | |
| 17 | University of West Florida | 13900 | 21500 | 0.353 | 9,661 | 1120 | 0.5687 | |
| 20 | University of South Carolina Aiken | 14100 | 37000 | 0.6188 | 3,289 | 1115 | 0.7857 | |
| 20 | University of South Florida | 14100 | 17100 | 0.1753 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 22 | Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi | 14200 | 28900 | 0.5094 | 8,320 | 1074 | 0.8858 | |
| 23 | California State University-Bakersfield | 14500 | 50800 | 0.7152 | 8,865 | 1050 | 0.8508 | |
| 24 | Central Michigan University | 14600 | 37400 | 0.6102 | 10,219 | 1095 | 0.8982 | |
| 25 | University of Georgia | 14800 | 26600 | 0.4445 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 26 | Northeastern University | 15100 | 89900 | 0.832 | 22,695 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 27 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 15200 | 35700 | 0.5744 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 28 | Baptist Health Sciences University | 15500 | 36300 | 0.5732 | 733 | 1110 | 0.6776 | |
| 28 | University of Central Oklahoma | 15500 | 28700 | 0.46 | 10,454 | 1095 | 0.8176 | |
| 30 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 15600 | 25800 | 0.3959 | 5,187 | 1005 | 0.9229 | |
| 31 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 15700 | 42500 | 0.6307 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 32 | University of North Florida | 15800 | 22400 | 0.295 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
| 33 | Delaware State University | 16000 | 46500 | 0.656 | 4,941 | 960 | 0.6167 | |
| 33 | Sam Houston State University | 16000 | 29700 | 0.4617 | 17,787 | 1030 | 0.9026 | |
| 35 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 17000 | 52500 | 0.6761 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 36 | University of South Alabama | 17400 | 35200 | 0.5059 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 37 | Vanguard University of Southern California | 17600 | 57300 | 0.6927 | 1,964 | 1069 | 0.6479 | |
| 38 | University of Rhode Island | 17900 | 46400 | 0.6137 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 39 | North Park University | 18000 | 53200 | 0.6615 | 1,876 | 1110 | 0.7284 | |
| 40 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 18400 | 30600 | 0.3971 | 38,093 | 1302 | 0.7821 | |
| 41 | North Carolina Central University | 18600 | 27600 | 0.3259 | 6,595 | 971 | 0.8697 | |
| 42 | Grand Valley State University | 18700 | 29500 | 0.366 | 19,002 | 1233 | 0.8302 | |
| 42 | Madonna University | 18700 | 58300 | 0.6796 | 1,839 | 1005 | 0.9293 | |
| 42 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 18700 | 43800 | 0.5725 | 352 | 1180 | 0.9647 | |
| 45 | McMurry University | 19000 | 60400 | 0.6852 | 3,167 | 1065 | 0.5704 | |
| 46 | La Sierra University | 19300 | 70200 | 0.7249 | 1,244 | 1015 | 0.933 | |
| 46 | Salem State University | 19300 | 35100 | 0.4499 | 4,853 | 1100 | 0.9557 | |
| 48 | Texas Southern University | 19400 | 42500 | 0.5438 | 6,619 | 920 | 0.9335 | |
| 49 | University of Lynchburg | 19500 | 52100 | 0.6245 | 1,595 | 1124 | 0.4301 | |
| 50 | Western Michigan University | 19600 | 32500 | 0.3974 | 13,860 | 1104 | 0.846 | |
| 51 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 19700 | 40000 | 0.5074 | 1,984 | 1369 | 0.6328 | |
| 52 | Niagara University | 19800 | 57400 | 0.6548 | 2,692 | 970 | 0.3972 | |
| 53 | The College of Idaho | 20200 | 70400 | 0.7131 | 1,049 | 1170 | 0.4722 | |
| 53 | Ursuline College | 20200 | 71300 | 0.7164 | 637 | 1085 | 0.8401 | |
| 55 | Dakota State University | 20400 | 22500 | 0.0912 | 3,066 | 1192 | 0.8814 | |
| 56 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 20500 | 30700 | 0.3297 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 57 | Thomas University | 20600 | 32000 | 0.356 | 882 | 1030 | 0.4316 | |
| 58 | Beloit College | 20700 | 97600 | 0.7878 | 1,004 | 1298 | 0.6304 | |
| 59 | McDaniel College | 20800 | 63900 | 0.6741 | 1,631 | 1155 | 0.7793 | |
| 60 | SUNY College at Plattsburgh | 21000 | 50000 | 0.5797 | 3,856 | 1169 | 0.7518 | |
| 61 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 21200 | 42500 | 0.5017 | 14,019 | 1159 | 0.7781 | |
| 62 | Southwestern Adventist University | 21300 | 49800 | 0.5721 | 813 | 1060 | 0.5552 | |
| 63 | Bradley University | 21500 | 50800 | 0.5767 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 64 | King's College | 21600 | 63100 | 0.658 | 1,568 | 1180 | 0.9305 | |
| 64 | Union Adventist University | 21600 | 45000 | 0.52 | 536 | 1079 | 0.9989 | |
| 66 | Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences | 21700 | 56900 | 0.618 | 533 | 1269 | 0.5269 | |
| 67 | Guilford College | 21900 | 57400 | 0.6184 | 1,160 | 1025 | 0.8376 | |
| 67 | Tabor College | 21900 | 65000 | 0.6635 | 539 | 965 | 0.6458 | |
| 69 | Newman University | 22300 | 54000 | 0.588 | 2,398 | 1090 | 0.4761 | |
| 70 | Buena Vista University | 22400 | 59100 | 0.6203 | 810 | 1124 | 0.7761 | |
| 71 | St Lawrence University | 22500 | 87800 | 0.7435 | 1,949 | 1359 | 0.5434 | |
| 72 | Ouachita Baptist University | 22900 | 65200 | 0.6485 | 1,729 | 1209 | 0.6752 | |
| 73 | Northern Arizona University | 23000 | 32000 | 0.2815 | 22,991 | 1145 | 0.8961 | |
| 74 | Roberts Wesleyan University | 23200 | 72100 | 0.6784 | 1,045 | 1166 | 0.7058 | |
| 75 | Houghton University | 23900 | 61900 | 0.6142 | 939 | 1277 | 0.8866 | |
| 76 | Daemen University | 24000 | 55100 | 0.5645 | 1,656 | 1209 | 0.7375 | |
| 76 | Fontbonne University | 24000 | 49800 | 0.5183 | 650 | 1090 | 0.9503 | |
| 78 | Huntingdon College | 24200 | 55400 | 0.5634 | 880 | 1105 | 0.6793 | |
| 79 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 24400 | 26600 | 0.0828 | 3,413 | 1085 | 0.5295 | |
| 80 | Saint Cloud State University | 24500 | 35100 | 0.303 | 8,013 | 1094 | 0.9495 | |
| 81 | University of Alabama at Birmingham | 24700 | 28500 | 0.1335 | 12,382 | 1242 | 0.8842 | |
| 82 | Franklin College | 25000 | 61800 | 0.5954 | 931 | 1150 | 0.6978 | |
| 83 | University of Central Florida | 25300 | 25300 | 0 | 59,649 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
| 84 | Northwest Nazarene University | 25500 | 75700 | 0.6635 | 1,043 | 1145 | 0.7159 | |
| 84 | South Dakota State University | 25500 | 28700 | 0.1116 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 86 | Methodist University | 25600 | 73900 | 0.654 | 1,436 | 1175 | 0.752 | |
| 87 | Christian Brothers University | 25900 | 57600 | 0.5503 | 1,155 | 1110 | 0.867 | |
| 88 | Corban University | 26000 | 57300 | 0.5456 | 785 | 1124 | 0.8974 | |
| 89 | Seattle Pacific University | 26100 | 77000 | 0.6614 | 1,776 | 1188 | 0.8339 | |
| 90 | University of Evansville | 26200 | 64700 | 0.5954 | 1,742 | 1207 | 0.7813 | |
| 91 | University of South Dakota | 26400 | 29600 | 0.1082 | 7,619 | 1120 | 0.9878 | |
| 92 | Oakland University | 26800 | 39700 | 0.325 | 12,587 | 1050 | 0.8784 | |
| 93 | Springfield College | 27100 | 65600 | 0.5867 | 1,764 | 1201 | 0.7189 | |
| 94 | Morehead State University | 27300 | 32600 | 0.1624 | 8,258 | 1120 | 0.7721 | |
| 94 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 27300 | 47900 | 0.4298 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 96 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 27600 | 35400 | 0.2206 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 97 | Marquette University | 27700 | 66200 | 0.5813 | 8,045 | 1309 | 0.8134 | |
| 98 | University of Northern Iowa | 28000 | 36200 | 0.2268 | 7,716 | 1115 | 0.8713 | |
| 99 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 33400 | 0.1437 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 100 | Mercy University | 28700 | 44500 | 0.3552 | 6,775 | 1074 | 0.8584 | |
| 101 | University of Iowa | 28900 | 31100 | 0.0709 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 102 | Radford University | 29000 | 32800 | 0.1159 | 6,161 | 1070 | 0.8953 | |
| 103 | Oklahoma City University | 29500 | 62200 | 0.5256 | 1,447 | 1190 | 0.7039 | |
| 103 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 29500 | 42400 | 0.3041 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 105 | Edgewood College | 29600 | 75800 | 0.6098 | 1,214 | 1125 | 0.9452 | |
| 106 | New England College | 29700 | 65800 | 0.5487 | 1,032 | 930 | 0.9213 | |
| 107 | Southern Adventist University | 29800 | 46900 | 0.3648 | 2,827 | 1125 | 0.6661 | |
| 108 | Trevecca Nazarene University | 29900 | 46100 | 0.3514 | 1,903 | 1085 | 0.6944 | |
| 109 | Mississippi College | 30200 | 45400 | 0.3352 | 2,724 | 1110 | 0.4928 | |
| 110 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 30400 | 54700 | 0.4429 | 1,409 | 1110 | 0.6327 | |
| 111 | Russell Sage College | 30600 | 71000 | 0.569 | 1,255 | 1134 | 0.5326 | |
| 112 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30700 | 78100 | 0.6069 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 113 | University of Pikeville | 30800 | 34800 | 0.1151 | 1,353 | 1055 | 0.8808 | |
| 114 | St. Andrews University | 31500 | 44700 | 0.2953 | 806 | 985 | 0.3048 | |
| 115 | Liberty University | 32000 | 60900 | 0.4751 | 52,823 | 1181 | 0.9932 | |
| 116 | St. John's University-New York | 32500 | 78000 | 0.583 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 117 | Alvernia University | 32700 | 69400 | 0.5287 | 2,050 | 1060 | 0.6232 | |
| 118 | Alverno College | 33300 | 55500 | 0.4001 | 673 | 1000 | 0.8438 | |
| 118 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 15,130 | 0 | 0.5256 | |
| 120 | California Baptist University | 33500 | 65600 | 0.4891 | 8,417 | 1069 | 0.8535 | |
| 121 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 33600 | 37000 | 0.0933 | 8,426 | 1235 | 0.8876 | |
| 122 | Elizabethtown College | 33700 | 55900 | 0.3974 | 1,903 | 1214 | 0.7787 | |
| 123 | Keiser University-Ft Lauderdale | 33800 | 84100 | 0.5979 | 18,452 | 930 | 0.9697 | |
| 124 | Scripps College | 34200 | 94900 | 0.6399 | 1,117 | 1475 | 0.3829 | |
| 125 | Siena College | 34700 | 65100 | 0.4671 | 3,469 | 1260 | 0.7764 | |
| 126 | Adelphi University | 35100 | 63300 | 0.4454 | 5,325 | 1218 | 0.6591 | |
| 127 | New York Institute of Technology | 35400 | 83600 | 0.5761 | 3,355 | 1235 | 0.7808 | |
| 128 | George Mason University | 35700 | 35800 | 0.0011 | 28,331 | 1268 | 0.8748 | |
| 129 | State University of New York at Cortland | 35800 | 39900 | 0.1029 | 5,911 | 1175 | 0.5979 | |
| 130 | University of New England | 36200 | 67900 | 0.4666 | 3,884 | 1145 | 0.9163 | |
| 131 | Xavier University | 37500 | 67500 | 0.4445 | 4,239 | 1218 | 0.8669 | |
| 132 | Nazareth University | 37700 | 63300 | 0.4039 | 1,882 | 1205 | 0.7472 | |
| 133 | Mount Saint Mary's University | 37900 | 80700 | 0.5298 | 1,733 | 1015 | 0.7313 | |
| 134 | Auburn University | 38000 | 38000 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 135 | Saint Joseph's College of Maine | 38100 | 65000 | 0.4136 | 1,059 | 1055 | 0.8172 | |
| 136 | Oakwood University | 38600 | 43300 | 0.1087 | 1,279 | 1020 | 0.507 | |
| 137 | Montreat College | 38800 | 55000 | 0.2948 | 759 | 1055 | 0.6555 | |
| 138 | Concordia University Ann Arbor | 39700 | 57000 | 0.3033 | 1,044 | 1095 | 0.7209 | |
| 139 | Fresno Pacific University | 40000 | 52200 | 0.2337 | 1,616 | 1075 | 0.5752 | |
| 140 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 40500 | 40500 | 0 | 11,365 | 1216 | 0.8816 | |
| 141 | Saint Joseph's University | 40600 | 92400 | 0.5605 | 4,828 | 1234 | 0.8639 | |
| 141 | Saint Mary's College of California | 40600 | 83400 | 0.5134 | 1,955 | 1175 | 0.8856 | |
| 143 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41300 | 57000 | 0.2756 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 143 | Quinnipiac University | 41300 | 79200 | 0.4784 | 6,248 | 1209 | 0.77 | |
| 145 | Marist College | 41400 | 90500 | 0.5428 | 5,551 | 1279 | 0.5651 | |
| 146 | CUNY City College | 41500 | 41500 | 0 | 12,982 | 1169 | 0.5997 | |
| 146 | Howard Payne University | 41500 | 57700 | 0.2809 | 768 | 1025 | 0.6769 | |
| 148 | Marymount Manhattan College | 42100 | 69900 | 0.3977 | 1,601 | 1224 | 0.8261 | |
| 149 | Old Dominion University | 42300 | 47700 | 0.1132 | 17,746 | 1205 | 0.9036 | |
| 150 | Susquehanna University | 42400 | 76800 | 0.4481 | 2,185 | 1204 | 0.7871 | |
| 151 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 43000 | 46200 | 0.0693 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 152 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43400 | 68600 | 0.3675 | 3,677 | 1224 | 0.577 | |
| 153 | Biola University | 45000 | 71200 | 0.3681 | 3,481 | 1268 | 0.7482 | |
| 154 | University at Buffalo | 46800 | 46800 | 0 | 20,360 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 155 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 53400 | 53400 | 0 | 33,572 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 156 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
| 157 | University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy in St. Louis | 63500 | 63500 | 0 | 275 | 1245 | 0.7515 | |
| 158 | University of California-Santa Cruz | 67700 | 67700 | 0 | 17,940 | 1281 | 0.6557 | |
| 159 | University of California-Davis | 69800 | 69800 | 0 | 32,273 | 1290 | 0.4183 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.