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Considering a degree in Geography?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Geography majors who live in Arkansas.
Rankings are calculated by estimating the net price at every college offering Geography degrees for a "typical" middle class family living in the state of Arkansas.
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 | United States Air Force Academy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4,114 | 1335 | 0.1409 | |
| 1 | United States Military Academy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4,507 | 1335 | 0.1161 | |
| 3 | California State University-Los Angeles | 5400 | 69100 | 0.9223 | 22,077 | 965 | 0.9124 | |
| 4 | Brigham Young University | 8100 | 22100 | 0.6333 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 5 | California State University-Northridge | 8200 | 65100 | 0.8742 | 32,846 | 1005 | 0.9176 | |
| 6 | Rhode Island College | 9300 | 62600 | 0.8513 | 5,695 | 995 | 0.8557 | |
| 7 | California State University-East Bay | 9500 | 62400 | 0.8471 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 8 | Colgate University | 9800 | 95800 | 0.8977 | 3,193 | 1488 | 0.1388 | |
| 9 | Portland State University | 10200 | 73900 | 0.8618 | 14,932 | 1174 | 0.8586 | |
| 10 | California State University-Stanislaus | 11300 | 31200 | 0.6384 | 8,494 | 950 | 0.9558 | |
| 10 | Worcester State University | 11300 | 35900 | 0.6843 | 4,485 | 1090 | 0.8799 | |
| 12 | Arkansas State University | 11400 | 31800 | 0.6421 | 11,189 | 1080 | 0.7818 | |
| 13 | California State University-Fresno | 11500 | 54800 | 0.7901 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 14 | Middlebury College | 11600 | 94500 | 0.8773 | 2,640 | 1499 | 0.1277 | |
| 15 | Indiana State University | 11700 | 25900 | 0.5491 | 6,352 | 1015 | 0.9157 | |
| 16 | University of Hawaii at Hilo | 12100 | 33200 | 0.6347 | 2,304 | 990 | 0.8351 | |
| 17 | Fitchburg State University | 12400 | 34800 | 0.6428 | 3,000 | 1090 | 0.8885 | |
| 18 | Vassar College | 12700 | 92200 | 0.8626 | 2,514 | 1488 | 0.2093 | |
| 19 | Eastern Illinois University | 13100 | 24300 | 0.4614 | 6,731 | 1020 | 0.7073 | |
| 20 | University of Colorado Colorado Springs | 13200 | 34400 | 0.6156 | 9,040 | 1119 | 0.9666 | |
| 21 | San Francisco State University | 13300 | 47700 | 0.7214 | 19,444 | 1035 | 0.9644 | |
| 21 | University of Southern Maine | 13300 | 29700 | 0.552 | 5,549 | 1139 | 0.8241 | |
| 23 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 13600 | 55100 | 0.7533 | 5,677 | 985 | 0.9301 | |
| 24 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 61700 | 0.7784 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 25 | Aquinas College | 13800 | 86000 | 0.8395 | 1,103 | 1035 | 0.9726 | |
| 25 | University of North Alabama | 13800 | 28200 | 0.5109 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 27 | Central Connecticut State University | 14100 | 34200 | 0.5875 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 28 | Bridgewater State University | 14200 | 28800 | 0.5086 | 8,849 | 1143 | 0.8798 | |
| 28 | Louisiana Tech University | 14200 | 43500 | 0.6735 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 28 | Youngstown State University | 14200 | 28400 | 0.4998 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 31 | Eastern Michigan University | 14400 | 33900 | 0.5745 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 32 | California State University-San Bernardino | 14500 | 32700 | 0.5564 | 15,948 | 1020 | 0.943 | |
| 33 | Arkansas Tech University | 14600 | 32500 | 0.5516 | 8,279 | 1055 | 0.9747 | |
| 34 | Sonoma State University | 15000 | 57500 | 0.7395 | 4,449 | 1050 | 0.9841 | |
| 34 | Wayne State College | 15000 | 26400 | 0.4314 | 3,886 | 0 | 1 | |
| 36 | Mount Holyoke College | 15100 | 89900 | 0.8321 | 2,135 | 1419 | 0.3841 | |
| 37 | Pittsburg State University | 15200 | 23900 | 0.3634 | 4,561 | 1055 | 0.5487 | |
| 38 | University of Wisconsin-Parkside | 15300 | 20600 | 0.2548 | 3,207 | 1084 | 0.9751 | |
| 39 | California State University-Chico | 15500 | 58100 | 0.7332 | 13,599 | 1054 | 0.9107 | |
| 39 | Fayetteville State University | 15500 | 25500 | 0.392 | 6,542 | 900 | 0.689 | |
| 39 | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | 15500 | 26300 | 0.4108 | 10,743 | 1075 | 0.9598 | |
| 42 | Jacksonville State University | 15600 | 42900 | 0.6357 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 42 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 29800 | 0.4782 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 44 | University of West Georgia | 15700 | 24600 | 0.3622 | 10,075 | 1035 | 0.7995 | |
| 45 | Grand Valley State University | 15800 | 28500 | 0.4448 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 46 | Texas State University | 16100 | 25700 | 0.3741 | 39,353 | 1080 | 0.9118 | |
| 46 | University of North Texas | 16100 | 26100 | 0.3829 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 48 | Northern Illinois University | 16200 | 30400 | 0.4689 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 49 | University of South Florida | 16300 | 16300 | 0 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 50 | University of Northern Colorado | 16400 | 64400 | 0.745 | 6,598 | 1080 | 0.945 | |
| 51 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16600 | 64800 | 0.7439 | 22,007 | 1427 | 0.1672 | |
| 52 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 16700 | 62800 | 0.7337 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 53 | Sam Houston State University | 17300 | 27100 | 0.3615 | 17,822 | 1035 | 0.9372 | |
| 54 | Marshall University | 17400 | 39800 | 0.5627 | 9,960 | 1070 | 0.9663 | |
| 54 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 17400 | 29900 | 0.4173 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 56 | California State University-Sacramento | 17700 | 35700 | 0.5043 | 28,619 | 1015 | 0.9357 | |
| 57 | University of Kentucky | 17800 | 46800 | 0.6205 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 58 | University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire | 17900 | 22400 | 0.2013 | 8,329 | 1209 | 0.385 | |
| 59 | University of South Alabama | 18100 | 40600 | 0.5536 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 59 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 18100 | 22800 | 0.2064 | 11,994 | 1090 | 0.8651 | |
| 61 | Kennesaw State University | 18200 | 61500 | 0.7036 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 62 | Georgia College & State University | 18300 | 18300 | 0 | 6,250 | 1165 | 0.8466 | |
| 63 | University of Central Oklahoma | 18800 | 35500 | 0.471 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 64 | California State University-Fullerton | 18900 | 61400 | 0.692 | 40,705 | 960 | 0.8811 | |
| 64 | San Jose State University | 18900 | 41100 | 0.5403 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 66 | University of Arkansas | 19000 | 36900 | 0.485 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 67 | The University of Montana | 19200 | 75200 | 0.7443 | 8,014 | 1184 | 0.9586 | |
| 68 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 19300 | 26400 | 0.2684 | 5,063 | 1069 | 0.8756 | |
| 69 | SUNY Oneonta | 19600 | 28800 | 0.3193 | 4,815 | 1090 | 0.7696 | |
| 70 | Georgia Southern University | 19800 | 20100 | 0.0149 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 70 | Syracuse University | 19800 | 83600 | 0.7632 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 72 | Salem State University | 20000 | 39400 | 0.4928 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 73 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20100 | 45100 | 0.5547 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 74 | Emory & Henry University | 20200 | 52400 | 0.6146 | 1,084 | 1145 | 0.8365 | |
| 74 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 20200 | 38500 | 0.4738 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 | |
| 76 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 20400 | 32300 | 0.3682 | 15,735 | 1069 | 0.8797 | |
| 77 | University of Wyoming | 20500 | 27900 | 0.2644 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 78 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 20900 | 39200 | 0.4671 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 79 | University of Mary Washington | 21300 | 46900 | 0.5454 | 3,531 | 1279 | 0.7413 | |
| 80 | Millersville University of Pennsylvania | 21600 | 54200 | 0.6013 | 5,823 | 1115 | 0.8619 | |
| 81 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 81 | Rocky Mountain College | 21800 | 67200 | 0.6757 | 779 | 1055 | 0.7775 | |
| 83 | Western Michigan University | 22200 | 37800 | 0.413 | 13,714 | 1089 | 0.9121 | |
| 84 | Montclair State University | 22300 | 36800 | 0.3943 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 85 | Florida State University | 22400 | 23000 | 0.0261 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 85 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 22400 | 35700 | 0.3722 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 85 | Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania | 22400 | 52300 | 0.5717 | 4,371 | 1084 | 0.865 | |
| 88 | Park University | 22500 | 31300 | 0.2816 | 4,657 | 1035 | 0.6904 | |
| 89 | Indiana University-Southeast | 22600 | 25900 | 0.1269 | 3,200 | 1095 | 0.842 | |
| 90 | Augustana College | 22700 | 72800 | 0.6881 | 2,536 | 1157 | 0.6628 | |
| 90 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 22700 | 42500 | 0.4659 | 14,249 | 1084 | 0.7761 | |
| 92 | Concordia University-Nebraska | 22900 | 60400 | 0.6207 | 3,007 | 1135 | 0.8572 | |
| 92 | Saint Cloud State University | 22900 | 36800 | 0.3775 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 92 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 22900 | 29600 | 0.2263 | 7,753 | 1140 | 0.9245 | |
| 95 | Pennsylvania Western University | 23200 | 34400 | 0.3253 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 96 | Calvin University | 23400 | 85000 | 0.725 | 3,359 | 1232 | 0.6791 | |
| 97 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 23600 | 32900 | 0.2822 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 98 | Weber State University | 23700 | 31500 | 0.2479 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 99 | University of Maine at Farmington | 23900 | 33700 | 0.2899 | 1,661 | 1062 | 0.9832 | |
| 100 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24100 | 38400 | 0.3726 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 101 | University of Southern Mississippi | 24200 | 30400 | 0.204 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 102 | Temple University | 25100 | 36100 | 0.3049 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 103 | Michigan State University | 25800 | 28900 | 0.1089 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 104 | Gustavus Adolphus College | 26300 | 75500 | 0.6519 | 1,906 | 1273 | 0.6099 | |
| 105 | Ball State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 15,950 | 1185 | 0.8625 | |
| 105 | Bemidji State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 3,751 | 1075 | 0.5598 | |
| 107 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 26500 | 36800 | 0.28 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 108 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 26900 | 43300 | 0.3791 | 7,747 | 1073 | 0.9617 | |
| 109 | University of Georgia | 27200 | 27200 | 0 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 110 | Rowan University | 27300 | 41300 | 0.3392 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 111 | West Virginia University | 27400 | 40900 | 0.3299 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 112 | California State University-Long Beach | 27500 | 43100 | 0.3624 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 112 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 18,028 | 1059 | 0.7996 | |
| 114 | Central Washington University | 27700 | 27900 | 0.0072 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 115 | University of Northern Iowa | 27900 | 36200 | 0.2292 | 7,800 | 1115 | 0.9313 | |
| 116 | California State University-San Marcos | 28100 | 38300 | 0.2662 | 15,770 | 990 | 0.9513 | |
| 117 | James Madison University | 28900 | 28900 | 0 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 118 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 29900 | 59100 | 0.4938 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 119 | Southern Utah University | 30100 | 40800 | 0.2624 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 120 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 30500 | 31800 | 0.0409 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 121 | Kutztown University of Pennsylvania | 30800 | 36000 | 0.1445 | 6,229 | 1174 | 0.8942 | |
| 122 | University of North Dakota | 31000 | 33700 | 0.0827 | 11,837 | 1189 | 0.8157 | |
| 123 | San Diego State University | 31200 | 35300 | 0.1161 | 36,196 | 1208 | 0.3741 | |
| 123 | University of Louisville | 31200 | 42100 | 0.2586 | 17,916 | 1134 | 0.7921 | |
| 125 | State University of New York at New Paltz | 31300 | 35700 | 0.1231 | 6,113 | 1279 | 0.6267 | |
| 126 | Ohio Wesleyan University | 31600 | 108100 | 0.7078 | 1,652 | 1281 | 0.6441 | |
| 127 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 32100 | 39900 | 0.1956 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 128 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 32200 | 54400 | 0.408 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 129 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32300 | 35100 | 0.0799 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 130 | Villanova University | 32400 | 114000 | 0.7159 | 6,933 | 1466 | 0.2814 | |
| 131 | Liberty University | 33200 | 44700 | 0.2573 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 132 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 33400 | 34200 | 0.0234 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 133 | SUNY College at Geneseo | 33600 | 39400 | 0.1473 | 3,943 | 1275 | 0.3333 | |
| 134 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 34000 | 47000 | 0.2767 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 135 | Salisbury University | 34200 | 41600 | 0.1779 | 6,477 | 1245 | 0.8826 | |
| 136 | George Washington University | 34300 | 81800 | 0.5808 | 11,495 | 1436 | 0.4713 | |
| 137 | University of Vermont | 34500 | 66300 | 0.4799 | 12,159 | 1372 | 0.7304 | |
| 138 | Samford University | 34800 | 93800 | 0.6291 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 138 | University of Idaho | 34800 | 48700 | 0.2854 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 140 | Valparaiso University | 35200 | 63000 | 0.441 | 2,056 | 1183 | 0.8994 | |
| 141 | Minnesota State University, Mankato | 35300 | 37600 | 0.0609 | 13,433 | 1145 | 0.8844 | |
| 142 | Carthage College | 35800 | 61800 | 0.4207 | 2,914 | 1125 | 0.8445 | |
| 143 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 36100 | 36100 | 0 | 16,131 | 1275 | 0.6472 | |
| 144 | East Carolina University | 36900 | 42700 | 0.1356 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 145 | University of Connecticut | 37100 | 70600 | 0.4746 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 146 | University of Nevada-Reno | 37300 | 44800 | 0.1674 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 147 | Frostburg State University | 37800 | 55400 | 0.3178 | 3,436 | 1095 | 0.907 | |
| 148 | University of Central Arkansas | 38000 | 40200 | 0.0569 | 8,238 | 1110 | 0.9157 | |
| 148 | University of St Thomas | 38000 | 74700 | 0.4914 | 6,270 | 1299 | 0.8548 | |
| 150 | Framingham State University | 38800 | 48000 | 0.1915 | 2,782 | 1190 | 0.8366 | |
| 151 | University of Denver | 39100 | 84100 | 0.5352 | 5,766 | 1292 | 0.8538 | |
| 152 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 39900 | 40300 | 0.0099 | 26,213 | 1209 | 0.7778 | |
| 153 | Elmhurst University | 40200 | 69600 | 0.4222 | 3,170 | 1133 | 0.7501 | |
| 154 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40300 | 90200 | 0.5531 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 155 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 40400 | 42700 | 0.0538 | 14,657 | 1190 | 0.7583 | |
| 156 | University at Buffalo | 41600 | 46400 | 0.1035 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 157 | University of Arizona | 42800 | 43800 | 0.0228 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 158 | Kansas State University | 43600 | 47900 | 0.0886 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 159 | Texas Christian University | 44200 | 87400 | 0.4945 | 11,152 | 1268 | 0.4809 | |
| 160 | Illinois State University | 45800 | 49100 | 0.067 | 19,513 | 1115 | 0.8555 | |
| 161 | Appalachian State University | 46100 | 46100 | 0 | 19,732 | 1174 | 0.9388 | |
| 161 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 46100 | 46600 | 0.0107 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 163 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47100 | 59800 | 0.2121 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 164 | University at Albany | 48900 | 48900 | 0 | 12,889 | 1245 | 0.7044 | |
| 165 | DePaul University | 49100 | 66400 | 0.2604 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 166 | The University of Texas at Austin | 49700 | 58800 | 0.1547 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 167 | Towson University | 50100 | 68400 | 0.2677 | 16,361 | 1082 | 0.8057 | |
| 168 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 50600 | 52900 | 0.0433 | 14,834 | 1149 | 0.7803 | |
| 169 | University of Iowa | 52100 | 54400 | 0.0421 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 170 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53200 | 61000 | 0.1293 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 171 | George Mason University | 53600 | 61400 | 0.1271 | 28,862 | 1271 | 0.8647 | |
| 172 | Hofstra University | 59100 | 83400 | 0.2913 | 6,599 | 1369 | 0.7267 | |
| 173 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 59900 | 64800 | 0.0756 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 174 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 60700 | 63000 | 0.0364 | 38,463 | 1324 | 0.7589 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.