Best colleges with Biology degrees

There are 1492 colleges in the U.S. where you can study and earn a degree in biology. These are the top ranked colleges offering majors in biology based on the CollegeSimply ranking methodology. The average net price to attend these colleges is $19,478 per year. Lamar State College Orange offers the cheapest biology degree with an average net price of $600 annually.

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  • Public 4 Year
  • Santa Barbara, CA
  • 4.7 | 3 reviews
  • Nov 30 application deadline

UCSB is a highly selective public university known for undergraduate physics, marine science, and environmental studies. The oceanfront campus sits directly on the Pacific coast near Santa Barbara.

#18 Best Public Universities in America 8/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1230-1460
  • Predicted Avg GPA 3.82
  • Acceptance Rate 33%
  • Net Price $17,658

  • Private 4 Year
  • Tulsa, OK
  • 5.0 | 1 reviews

University of Tulsa is a private university known for undergraduate petroleum engineering and energy programs. The compact urban campus sits in midtown Tulsa.

#6 Best Value Colleges in America 8/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1223-1530
  • Avg GPA 3.97
  • Acceptance Rate 62%
  • Net Price $13,095

  • Public 4 Year
  • New Brunswick, NJ
  • 4.8 | 4 reviews

Rutgers is a large public university known for undergraduate pharmacy, engineering, and life sciences. Students take classes across multiple campuses in New Brunswick and Piscataway linked by campus buses.

#19 Best Public Universities in America 8/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1310-1500
  • Predicted Avg GPA 3.3
  • Acceptance Rate 58%
  • Net Price $20,522

  • Private 4 Year
  • San Francisco, CA
  • | 0 reviews
  • Jan 15 application deadline

USF is a private Jesuit university known for undergraduate nursing, business, and international studies. The urban campus sits beside Golden Gate Park in San Francisco.

#11 Best Private Colleges in California 8/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1190-1390
  • Avg GPA 3.57
  • Acceptance Rate 62%
  • Net Price $45,443

  • Private 4 Year
  • Hoboken, NJ
  • | 0 reviews

Stevens is a private technological university known for undergraduate engineering, computer science, and systems engineering. The compact Hoboken campus sits on the Hudson River waterfront facing the Manhattan skyline.

#3 Best Colleges in New Jersey 8/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1380-1505
  • Avg GPA 3.88
  • Acceptance Rate 48%
  • Net Price $46,165

  • Public 4 Year
  • Champaign, IL
  • 4.4 | 5 reviews
  • Jan 5 application deadline

Illinois is a highly selective public university known for undergraduate computer science and engineering. The campus spans the adjacent college towns of Champaign and Urbana.

#20 Best Public Universities in America 8/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1310-1520
  • Predicted Avg GPA 3.79
  • Acceptance Rate 42%
  • Net Price $13,973

  • Private 4 Year
  • Philadelphia, PA
  • 3.0 | 1 reviews
  • Jan 15 application deadline

Drexel is a private university known for undergraduate engineering, design, and business. The urban campus is in Philadelphia's University City neighborhood.

#14 Best Private Colleges in Pennsylvania 8/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1240-1440
  • Predicted Avg GPA 3.67
  • Acceptance Rate 79%
  • Net Price $42,801

  • Private 4 Year
  • Seattle, WA
  • 5.0 | 1 reviews
  • Jan 15 application deadline

Seattle University is a private Jesuit university known for undergraduate nursing and business. The urban campus sits on First Hill near downtown Seattle.

#3 Best Colleges in Washington 8/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1200-1430
  • Avg GPA 3.62
  • Acceptance Rate 77%
  • Net Price $36,948

  • Public 4 Year
  • College Station, TX
  • 5.0 | 6 reviews
  • Dec 1 application deadline

Texas A&M is a large public university known for undergraduate engineering, agriculture, and business. A large Corps of Cadets gives the College Station campus a long-standing military tradition.

#21 Best Public Universities in America 8/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1150-1400
  • Predicted Avg GPA 3.68
  • Acceptance Rate 57%
  • Net Price $21,437

  • Private 4 Year
  • Memphis, TN
  • 4.5 | 2 reviews
  • Jan 15 application deadline

Rhodes is a private liberal arts college known for undergraduate biology and international studies. The collegiate Gothic campus sits in a wooded residential section of Memphis.

#3 Best Colleges in Tennessee 8/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1300-1486
  • Avg GPA 3.99
  • Acceptance Rate 50%
  • Net Price $31,037

  • Private 4 Year
  • Stockton, CA
  • 5.0 | 2 reviews
  • Jan 15 application deadline

Pacific is a private university known for its Conservatory of Music and undergraduate programs in business and health sciences. Most undergrads live on the residential Stockton campus in California's Central Valley.

#12 Best Private Colleges in California 8/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1183-1480
  • Avg GPA 3.58
  • Acceptance Rate 71%
  • Net Price $31,670

  • Public 4 Year
  • Lexington, VA
  • 5.0 | 2 reviews
  • Feb 1 application deadline

VMI is a public military college known for undergraduate engineering and the sciences. All students join the Corps of Cadets and live in barracks under a military regimen on the historic Lexington campus.

#22 Best Public Universities in America 8/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1050-1270
  • Avg GPA 3.65
  • Acceptance Rate 71%
  • Net Price $18,825

  • Public 4 Year
  • Raleigh, NC
  • 5.0 | 4 reviews
  • Jan 15 application deadline

NC State is a large public university known for undergraduate engineering, agriculture, and textiles. The campus sits in Raleigh within North Carolina's Research Triangle.

#23 Best Public Universities in America 8/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1300-1470
  • Avg GPA 3.83
  • Acceptance Rate 42%
  • Net Price $15,522

  • Private 4 Year
  • Providence, RI
  • 3.0 | 2 reviews
  • Jan 15 application deadline

Providence College is a private Dominican Catholic college known for undergraduate business and the liberal arts. Most undergrads live on the residential campus in a Providence neighborhood.

#3 Best Colleges in Rhode Island 8/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1250-1390
  • Avg GPA 3.47
  • Acceptance Rate 51%
  • Net Price $48,618

  • Private 4 Year
  • Portland, OR
  • | 0 reviews
  • Jan 15 application deadline

University of Portland is a private Catholic university known for undergraduate nursing, engineering, and business. The campus sits on a bluff overlooking the Willamette River in North Portland.

#2 Best Colleges in Oregon 8/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1160-1370
  • Avg GPA 3.66
  • Acceptance Rate 89%
  • Net Price $30,985

  • Public 4 Year
  • Vestal, NY
  • 4.2 | 4 reviews
  • Jan 15 application deadline

Binghamton is a selective public university known for undergraduate business, accounting, and engineering. The wooded hillside campus in Vestal sits above the Susquehanna River valley in New York's Southern Tier.

#24 Best Public Universities in America 8/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1340-1500
  • Avg GPA 4.0
  • Acceptance Rate 39%
  • Net Price $18,877

  • Private 4 Year
  • Boston, MA
  • 4.7 | 6 reviews
  • Jan 1 application deadline

Northeastern is a highly selective private university known for undergraduate engineering, computer science, and health sciences. The urban campus sits in Boston's Fenway neighborhood.

#16 Best Private Colleges in Massachusetts 8/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1440-1540
  • Predicted Avg GPA 3.91
  • Acceptance Rate 5%
  • Net Price $34,207

  • Private 4 Year
  • Fairfield, CT
  • | 0 reviews
  • Jan 15 application deadline

Fairfield is a private Jesuit university known for undergraduate business and nursing. The suburban campus is in coastal Connecticut near Long Island Sound.

#5 Best Private Colleges in Connecticut 8/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1260-1390
  • Avg GPA 3.67
  • Acceptance Rate 33%
  • Net Price $49,958