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Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other colleges by value signal.

106 schools across 36 states report awards or completions in this field. Leader: Oglala Lakota College (29.71 ROI). Lowest net price: Oglala Lakota College at $1,895. Avg net price: $19,948.

97 schools report standard admissions data; the rest stay marked as open or not reported. Use the filters to narrow by price, selectivity, size and setting.

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1.2% of reported awards

Oglala Lakota College

Kyle, SD · Rural · Public

Net $1,895 Admit Open / not reported $22,517 earnings 1.1k students A+

1.2% of reported awards

University of Florida

Gainesville, FL · City · Public

Net $6,541 Admit 24.2% $71,588 earnings 36k students A+

1.7% of reported awards

California State University-Bakersfield

Bakersfield, CA · City · Public

Net $5,652 Admit 93.9% $59,009 earnings 8.6k students A+

9.6% of reported awards

Solano Community College

Fairfield, CA · Suburb · Public

Net $4,669 Admit Open / not reported $44,170 earnings 8.1k students A+

0.2% of reported awards

Stanford University

Stanford, CA · Suburb · Private Non-Profit

Net $13,807 Admit 3.6% $124,080 earnings 7.6k students A+

0% of reported awards

Utah Valley University

Orem, UT · City · Public

Net $6,376 Admit Open / not reported $55,486 earnings 28k students A+

0.2% of reported awards

Massachusetts Bay Community College

Wellesley Hills, MA · Suburb · Public

Net $7,169 Admit Open / not reported $52,654 earnings 3.8k students A+

0% of reported awards

University of California-San Diego

La Jolla, CA · City · Public

Net $12,470 Admit 26.7% $84,943 earnings 35k students A+

0.1% of reported awards

University of Illinois Chicago

Chicago, IL · City · Public

Net $10,974 Admit 77.4% $68,740 earnings 22k students A

1.6% of reported awards

University of South Florida

Tampa, FL · City · Public

Net $9,812 Admit 43.2% $57,743 earnings 37k students A

1.7% of reported awards

Indiana University-East

Richmond, IN · Town · Public

Net $8,134 Admit 67.2% $47,156 earnings 2.6k students A

0.3% of reported awards

Vanderbilt University

Nashville, TN · City · Private Non-Profit

Net $15,846 Admit 5.9% $91,565 earnings 7.2k students A

0.9% of reported awards

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Champaign, IL · City · Public

Net $14,355 Admit 42.4% $81,054 earnings 36k students A

0.1% of reported awards

University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus

Denver, CO · City · Public

Net $11,900 Admit 74.7% $64,270 earnings 11k students A

2.6% of reported awards

Saint Xavier University

Chicago, IL · City · Private Non-Profit

Net $10,970 Admit 84.3% $58,656 earnings 3.1k students A

0.1% of reported awards

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA · City · Private Non-Profit

Net $19,066 Admit 3.7% $101,817 earnings 7.6k students A

0.4% of reported awards

University of the Virgin Islands

Charlotte Amalie, VI · Rural · Public

Net $7,469 Admit 99% $38,681 earnings 1.5k students A

0% of reported awards

New Jersey Institute of Technology

Newark, NJ · City · Public

Net $16,504 Admit 65.1% $84,276 earnings 9.0k students A

1.4% of reported awards

Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College

Perkinston, MS · Rural · Public

Net $6,962 Admit Open / not reported $33,017 earnings 6.4k students A

0.2% of reported awards

Indiana University-Indianapolis

Indianapolis, IN · City · Public

Net $11,668 Admit 76.4% $55,198 earnings 14k students A

0% of reported awards

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, MD · City · Private Non-Profit

Net $18,809 Admit 6.4% $87,555 earnings 5.7k students A

4.2% of reported awards

Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

Albany, NY · City · Private Non-Profit

Net $29,882 Admit 52.7% $131,426 earnings 481 students A

0.1% of reported awards

University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Greensboro, NC · City · Public

Net $10,965 Admit 88.5% $48,160 earnings 14k students A

0.6% of reported awards

Fresno Pacific University

Fresno, CA · City · Private Non-Profit

Net $13,630 Admit 64.1% $58,896 earnings 1.5k students A

3.7% of reported awards

Contra Costa College

San Pablo, CA · Suburb · Public

Net $9,490 Admit Open / not reported $40,850 earnings 5.2k students A

0.6% of reported awards

Wayne State University

Detroit, MI · City · Public

Net $12,766 Admit 81.2% $53,493 earnings 16k students B

0.1% of reported awards

University of Minnesota-Twin Cities

Minneapolis, MN · City · Public

Net $16,778 Admit 79.8% $69,020 earnings 32k students B

4.2% of reported awards

Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny

McKeesport, PA · Suburb · Public

Net $15,521 Admit 96.5% $63,435 earnings 349 students B

15.5% of reported awards

University of Puerto Rico

Bayamon, PR · City · Public

Net $8,484 Admit 35.3% $34,409 earnings 2.9k students B

0.1% of reported awards

Stony Brook University

Stony Brook, NY · Suburb · Public

Net $18,784 Admit 49% $74,502 earnings 18k students B

0% of reported awards

Washington University in St Louis

St. Louis, MO · Suburb · Private Non-Profit

Net $21,786 Admit 12.1% $86,182 earnings 7.9k students B

1.4% of reported awards

Indiana University-Bloomington

Bloomington, IN · City · Public

Net $16,264 Admit 78.2% $63,742 earnings 38k students B

0.1% of reported awards

University of New Orleans

New Orleans, LA · City · Public

Net $12,384 Admit 74.3% $47,872 earnings 4.6k students B

1.7% of reported awards

University of Mississippi

University, MS · Town · Public

Net $13,314 Admit 96.6% $50,994 earnings 21k students B

0.5% of reported awards

Nevada State University

Henderson, NV · Rural · Public

Net $14,068 Admit 86.8% $53,166 earnings 3.8k students B

1% of reported awards

Middle Tennessee State University

Murfreesboro, TN · City · Public

Net $13,359 Admit 69.1% $48,541 earnings 16k students B

2.2% of reported awards

Cornell University

Ithaca, NY · City · Private Non-Profit

Net $28,690 Admit 8.8% $104,043 earnings 16k students B

38.6% of reported awards

University of Puerto Rico-Aguadilla

Aguadilla, PR · Suburb · Public

Net $7,765 Admit 81.4% $27,997 earnings 1.9k students B

0.2% of reported awards

Grinnell College

Grinnell, IA · Town · Private Non-Profit

Net $17,648 Admit 14.5% $62,830 earnings 1.7k students B

1.1% of reported awards

Delaware State University

Dover, DE · City · Public

Net $13,910 Admit 46.6% $49,307 earnings 4.4k students B

0.6% of reported awards

Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Scranton

Dunmore, PA · Suburb · Public

Net $17,910 Admit 98.5% $63,435 earnings 793 students B

0.2% of reported awards

Ursuline College

Pepper Pike, OH · Suburb · Private Non-Profit

Net $16,164 Admit 74.9% $56,878 earnings 670 students B

0% of reported awards

East Carolina University

Greenville, NC · City · Public

Net $15,739 Admit 89.2% $55,146 earnings 20k students B

0% of reported awards

Ohio State University-Main Campus

Columbus, OH · City · Public

Net $17,339 Admit 60.6% $60,409 earnings 46k students B

10.7% of reported awards

Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Lehigh Valley

Center Valley, PA · Suburb · Public

Net $18,220 Admit 97.4% $63,435 earnings 859 students B

5.3% of reported awards

Pennsylvania State University-Penn State New Kensington

New Kensington, PA · Rural · Public

Net $18,305 Admit 95.3% $63,435 earnings 416 students B

1.4% of reported awards

Boston University

Boston, MA · City · Private Non-Profit

Net $24,402 Admit 11.1% $83,238 earnings 18k students B

0.3% of reported awards

University of Minnesota-Duluth

Duluth, MN · City · Public

Net $18,743 Admit 88.8% $62,616 earnings 7.3k students B

0.4% of reported awards

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Blacksburg, VA · City · Public

Net $24,953 Admit 54.8% $81,698 earnings 31k students B

0.2% of reported awards

Niagara University

Niagara University, NY · Suburb · Private Non-Profit

Net $17,248 Admit 87.4% $56,196 earnings 2.7k students B

0.9% of reported awards

Pennsylvania State University-World Campus

University Park, PA · City · Public

Net $19,550 Admit 91.2% $63,435 earnings 7.9k students B

0.3% of reported awards

University of Vermont

Burlington, VT · City · Public

Net $19,343 Admit 65.3% $62,472 earnings 12k students B

1.7% of reported awards

Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Bayamon

Bayamon, PR · City · Private Non-Profit

Net $9,284 Admit 39.6% $29,936 earnings 3.5k students B

0.1% of reported awards

Illinois State University

Normal, IL · Suburb · Public

Net $19,398 Admit 88.2% $62,117 earnings 19k students B

0% of reported awards

Central Michigan University

Mount Pleasant, MI · Town · Public

Net $17,597 Admit 89.8% $55,874 earnings 10k students B

0.1% of reported awards

The University of Tennessee-Knoxville

Knoxville, TN · City · Public

Net $18,976 Admit 41.6% $60,249 earnings 30k students B

2.1% of reported awards

Cumberland University

Lebanon, TN · Town · Private Non-Profit

Net $18,759 Admit 67.3% $57,687 earnings 2.1k students B

0% of reported awards

Rutgers University-New Brunswick

New Brunswick, NJ · City · Public

Net $24,406 Admit 58.2% $74,479 earnings 38k students B

0.1% of reported awards

Northeastern University

Boston, MA · City · Private Non-Profit

Net $30,915 Admit 5.2% $92,538 earnings 17k students B

0.2% of reported awards

University of Maryland Global Campus

Adelphi, MD · Suburb · Public

Net $22,063 Admit Open / not reported $65,287 earnings 50k students B

1% of reported awards

Northwest State Community College

Archbold, OH · Rural · Public

Net $13,555 Admit Open / not reported $40,004 earnings 1.1k students C

0.5% of reported awards

Kansas State University

Manhattan, KS · City · Public

Net $19,406 Admit 81.7% $57,262 earnings 15k students C

1.1% of reported awards

SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry

Syracuse, NY · City · Public

Net $18,952 Admit 63.3% $55,763 earnings 1.8k students C

0.1% of reported awards

University of Northern Colorado

Greeley, CO · City · Public

Net $17,760 Admit 85.9% $52,231 earnings 5.6k students C

0% of reported awards

Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia

Philadelphia, PA · City · Private Non-Profit

Net $29,689 Admit 88.8% $86,881 earnings 4.9k students C

17.4% of reported awards

University of Puerto Rico at Ponce

Ponce, PR · City · Public

Net $10,990 Admit 52.5% $31,394 earnings 2.3k students C

0% of reported awards

University of Southern California

Los Angeles, CA · City · Private Non-Profit

Net $32,740 Admit 9.8% $92,498 earnings 20k students C

0.1% of reported awards

University of South Alabama

Mobile, AL · City · Public

Net $17,648 Admit 71% $49,379 earnings 8.9k students C

0.6% of reported awards

North Carolina Central University

Durham, NC · City · Public

Net $15,359 Admit 87% $42,968 earnings 6.1k students C

0.6% of reported awards

University of New Hampshire-Main Campus

Durham, NH · Town · Public

Net $23,805 Admit 88.2% $66,479 earnings 11k students C

0.1% of reported awards

University of North Carolina Wilmington

Wilmington, NC · City · Public

Net $20,109 Admit 64.2% $54,967 earnings 15k students C

0.5% of reported awards

Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg

Middletown, PA · Suburb · Public

Net $23,330 Admit 97.6% $63,435 earnings 4.0k students C

1.4% of reported awards

Thomas Jefferson University

Philadelphia, PA · City · Private Non-Profit

Net $28,928 Admit 81% $77,449 earnings 3.8k students C

0% of reported awards

Rowan University

Glassboro, NJ · Suburb · Public

Net $22,408 Admit 77.7% $59,988 earnings 16k students C

0.1% of reported awards

The University of Montana

Missoula, MT · City · Public

Net $16,784 Admit 95.9% $44,511 earnings 7.5k students C

0.6% of reported awards

Seattle Pacific University

Seattle, WA · City · Private Non-Profit

Net $24,488 Admit 83.4% $64,506 earnings 1.8k students C

2% of reported awards

Russell Sage College

Troy, NY · City · Private Non-Profit

Net $22,917 Admit 53.3% $58,316 earnings 1.2k students C

5.6% of reported awards

Barry University

Miami, FL · Suburb · Private Non-Profit

Net $22,613 Admit 77.2% $55,966 earnings 2.2k students C

1.1% of reported awards

Beloit College

Beloit, WI · City · Private Non-Profit

Net $21,526 Admit 63% $53,260 earnings 926 students C

1.9% of reported awards

Lincoln Memorial University

Harrogate, TN · Town · Private Non-Profit

Net $20,406 Admit 62.6% $49,956 earnings 1.6k students C

1.4% of reported awards

Dakota State University

Madison, SD · Town · Public

Net $21,057 Admit 88.1% $50,970 earnings 2.1k students C

22.5% of reported awards

Seminole State College

Seminole, OK · Town · Public

Net $14,628 Admit Open / not reported $35,390 earnings 1.1k students C

0.7% of reported awards

Davis & Elkins College

Elkins, WV · Town · Private Non-Profit

Net $18,273 Admit 94.3% $43,411 earnings 661 students C

1.4% of reported awards

Siena University

Loudonville, NY · Suburb · Private Non-Profit

Net $33,733 Admit 69% $76,079 earnings 3.4k students C

0.1% of reported awards

New York University

New York, NY · City · Private Non-Profit

Net $37,050 Admit 9.2% $82,509 earnings 29k students C

0.2% of reported awards

Southern Adventist University

Collegedale, TN · Suburb · Private Non-Profit

Net $24,345 Admit 65.5% $53,723 earnings 2.8k students C

1.1% of reported awards

Drexel University

Philadelphia, PA · City · Private Non-Profit

Net $38,509 Admit 79.4% $84,648 earnings 13k students C

0.9% of reported awards

Huntingdon College

Montgomery, AL · City · Private Non-Profit

Net $22,566 Admit 69.5% $49,601 earnings 879 students C

0.7% of reported awards

University of Cincinnati-Main Campus

Cincinnati, OH · City · Public

Net $25,648 Admit 85.3% $54,810 earnings 30k students D

2.4% of reported awards

Guilford College

Greensboro, NC · City · Private Non-Profit

Net $22,270 Admit 80% $47,590 earnings 1.0k students D

0.7% of reported awards

Scripps College

Claremont, CA · Suburb · Private Non-Profit

Net $36,294 Admit 38.3% $77,539 earnings 1.1k students D

0.2% of reported awards

Case Western Reserve University

Cleveland, OH · City · Private Non-Profit

Net $41,190 Admit 36.5% $87,989 earnings 6.4k students D

0.3% of reported awards

Mount Aloysius College

Cresson, PA · Town · Private Non-Profit

Net $22,344 Admit 82.1% $46,165 earnings 1.1k students D

0.1% of reported awards

Syracuse University

Syracuse, NY · City · Private Non-Profit

Net $38,793 Admit 45.9% $79,164 earnings 15k students D

0.5% of reported awards

Whitman College

Walla Walla, WA · City · Private Non-Profit

Net $33,313 Admit 38.2% $67,589 earnings 1.5k students D

0.2% of reported awards

University of Miami

Coral Gables, FL · Suburb · Private Non-Profit

Net $37,244 Admit 18.9% $75,328 earnings 13k students D

1.9% of reported awards

Wilmington College

Wilmington, OH · Town · Private Non-Profit

Net $24,153 Admit 92.4% $48,491 earnings 1.0k students D

0.3% of reported awards

Xavier University

Cincinnati, OH · City · Private Non-Profit

Net $32,997 Admit 86.4% $64,873 earnings 4.2k students D

0.9% of reported awards

Hartwick College

Oneonta, NY · Town · Private Non-Profit

Net $31,320 Admit 69.6% $61,107 earnings 1.1k students D

2.3% of reported awards

Methodist University

Fayetteville, NC · City · Private Non-Profit

Net $24,704 Admit 75.1% $48,050 earnings 1.4k students D

2.5% of reported awards

Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus

University Park, PA · City · Public

Net $32,875 Admit 60.6% $63,435 earnings 42k students D

1.3% of reported awards

Shenandoah University

Winchester, VA · City · Private Non-Profit

Net $30,298 Admit 77% $58,433 earnings 2.1k students D

0.5% of reported awards

George Fox University

Newberg, OR · Town · Private Non-Profit

Net $31,679 Admit 93.5% $59,761 earnings 2.7k students D

2.2% of reported awards

Springfield College

Springfield, MA · City · Private Non-Profit

Net $30,587 Admit 71.9% $48,036 earnings 1.8k students D

0.4% of reported awards

Liberty University

Lynchburg, VA · City · Private Non-Profit

Net $29,357 Admit 99% $44,813 earnings 50k students D

0.7% of reported awards

Yeshiva University

New York, NY · City · Private Non-Profit

Net $49,965 Admit 55.6% $71,353 earnings 2.9k students D

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106 schools across 36 states report a positive share of awards or completions in Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other. Oglala Lakota College leads this field set on school-wide ROI proxy at 29.71 (exceptional investment), while Oglala Lakota College has the lowest reported average net price at $1,895.

Use this hub as a value screen, not a department ranking. Compare net price by aid eligibility, award concentration, graduation outcomes, and 97 report admissions data, averaging 64.7% acceptance; then verify curriculum, licensure, placement, and transfer pathways with the school.