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2023 Best Value Biological & Physical Science Schools in New York

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

7 Colleges
$37,047 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$34,697 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Biological & Physical Science School for You

Biological & Physical Science is the #142 most popular major in New York with 322 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Biological & Physical Science Schools in New York ranking. This report analyzed 7 schools in New York to see which ones offered the best value programs for biological science students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Biological & Physical Science Schools in New York

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Biological & Physical Science Colleges.

Best New York Schools for Affordable Quality in Biological & Physical Science

#1

Stony Brook University

Stony Brook, NY
$10,455 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Stony Brook University the best value school in New York for biological and physical science students. SUNY Stony Brook is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Stony Brook.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at SUNY Stony Brook are $10,455 per year.

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#2

Hunter College

New York, NY
$7,382 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Hunter College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best biological and physical science schools in New York. Hunter is a very large public school located in the large city of New York.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Hunter are $7,382 per year. The average amount in student loans that biological science majors at Hunter take out is $8,849.

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#3

Touro College

New York, NY
$18,908 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Touro College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best biological and physical science schools in New York. Touro is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of New York.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Touro are $18,908 a year.

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#4

Bard College

Annandale-On-Hudson, NY
$57,968 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 7 schools in New York that were part of this year’s ranking, Bard College landed the # 4 spot on the list. Bard is a small private not-for-profit school located in the town of Annandale-On-Hudson.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Bard are $57,968 per year. While working on their degree, biological science majors at Bard accumulate an average of around $26,493 in student debt.

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#5

New York University

New York, NY
$56,500 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means New York University is a great value for biological and physical science students. NYU is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of New York.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at NYU are $56,500 a year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, NYU also did well on our Best Biological & Physical Science Schools in New York list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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#6

Fordham University

Bronx, NY
$55,776 Average Tuition & Fees

Fordham University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Biological & Physical Science Schools in New York ranking. Fordham U is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Bronx.

Fordham U undergraduate students pay an average of $55,776 in in-state tuition and fees each year. After completing their degree, biological science graduates from Fordham U carry an average student debtload of $25,000.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Fordham U also did well on our Best Biological & Physical Science Schools in New York list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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#7

The New School

New York, NY
$52,338 Average Tuition & Fees

The New School did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for biological and physical science students. It came in at #7 on the list. New School University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of New York.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at New School University are $52,338 per year.

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Best Value Biological & Physical Science Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Value Biological & Physical Science Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania 329
Maryland 73
New Jersey 374
District of Columbia 36

Biological & Physical Science is one of 44 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies 34,975
Interdisciplinary Studies 9,074
International Studies 7,368
Nutrition Science 5,330
Behavioral Science 4,169

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 7 schools only.

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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