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Best Value Colleges for Cell/Cellular Biology and Anatomical Sciences

Schools ranked by payback period — how quickly you recoup your investment through higher earnings.

Schools Ranked

$32,189

Avg. Earnings

<1 yr

Best Payback

2,416

Graduates

How we calculate value: Payback = (4 years of net price) / (major earnings - $35k baseline). A 2-year payback means you recoup your investment in 2 years through higher earnings vs. not attending college.

#	School	Net Price/yr	Major Earnings	Payback
1	Harvard University Cambridge, MA · Private	$2,669	$47,260	<1 yr
2	California State University-Northridge Northridge, CA · Public	$10,780	$41,565	6.6 yrs
3	San Francisco State University San Francisco, CA · Public	$16,065	$41,342	10.1 yrs
4	University of Connecticut-Avery Point Groton, CT · Public	$9,414	$38,289	11.4 yrs
5	University of Connecticut-Waterbury Campus Waterbury, CT · Public	$10,112	$38,289	12.3 yrs
6	University of Connecticut-Hartford Campus Hartford, CT · Public	$10,515	$38,289	12.8 yrs
7	Duke University Durham, NC · Private	$7,160	$36,848	15.5 yrs
8	University of Connecticut-Stamford Stamford, CT · Public	$15,152	$38,289	18.4 yrs
9	Beloit College Beloit, WI · Private	$10,850	$37,208	19.7 yrs
10	University of Connecticut Storrs, CT · Public	$20,344	$38,289	24.7 yrs
11	University of California-Davis Davis, CA · Public	$14,193	$36,848	30.7 yrs
12	University of Puget Sound Tacoma, WA · Private	$30,077	$37,568	46.8 yrs
13	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN · Public	$12,911	$35,060	860.7 yrs
14	Yale University New Haven, CT · Private	$2,815	$31,305	N/A
15	California State University-San Marcos San Marcos, CA · Public	$14,309	$32,382	N/A
16	University of Rhode Island Kingston, RI · Public	$18,131	$34,704	N/A
17	University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA · Public	$12,644	$28,753	N/A
18	California State University-Fullerton Fullerton, CA · Public	$9,017	$24,140	N/A
19	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL · Public	$11,505	$27,181	N/A
20	Rutgers University-New Brunswick New Brunswick, NJ · Public	$20,927	$19,227	N/A
21	University of California-Santa Cruz Santa Cruz, CA · Public	$15,567	$33,043	N/A
22	University of Colorado Boulder Boulder, CO · Public	$18,204	$28,870	N/A
23	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI · Public	$10,481	$21,850	N/A
24	University of Washington-Seattle Campus Seattle, WA · Public	$8,393	$33,216	N/A
25	University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, CA · Public	$13,423	$33,637	N/A
26	Montana State University Bozeman, MT · Public	$19,942	$30,891	N/A
27	University of California-Riverside Riverside, CA · Public	$11,126	$33,993	N/A
28	Illinois State University Normal, IL · Public	$19,293	$26,896	N/A
29	Missouri State University-Springfield Springfield, MO · Public	$15,950	$26,187	N/A
30	University of Minnesota-Duluth Duluth, MN · Public	$13,364	$28,598	N/A
31	Grand Valley State University Allendale, MI · Public	$15,277	$34,526	N/A
32	Western Washington University Bellingham, WA · Public	$16,819	$31,133	N/A
33	Binghamton University Vestal, NY · Public	$21,423	$21,508	N/A
34	University of Arizona Tucson, AZ · Public	$13,644	$27,494	N/A
35	Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD · Private	$8,457	$22,192	N/A
36	University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Belton, TX · Private	$25,685	$28,960	N/A
37	University of California-Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA · Public	$14,583	$25,194	N/A

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Payback uses earnings by major from the College Scorecard's field-of-study file, last updated June 2026, against net price from the June 2026 release. Scorecard publishes the two separately, so they are different vintages.