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Considering a degree in Geography?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Geography majors who live in California.
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 California.
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 | Santa Ana College | 4600 | 23100 | 0.8003 | 27,248 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | California State University-Los Angeles | 4900 | 69100 | 0.9295 | 22,077 | 965 | 0.9124 | |
| 5 | Santa Monica College | 6400 | 15500 | 0.588 | 23,453 | 0 | 1 | |
| 6 | California State University-Northridge | 7700 | 65100 | 0.8817 | 32,846 | 1005 | 0.9176 | |
| 7 | Brigham Young University | 8100 | 22100 | 0.6333 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 8 | Colgate University | 8200 | 95800 | 0.9144 | 3,193 | 1488 | 0.1388 | |
| 9 | Rhode Island College | 8600 | 62600 | 0.8625 | 5,695 | 995 | 0.8557 | |
| 10 | California State University-East Bay | 9100 | 62400 | 0.8535 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 11 | Portland State University | 9600 | 73900 | 0.8699 | 14,932 | 1174 | 0.8586 | |
| 12 | Middlebury College | 10600 | 94500 | 0.8879 | 2,640 | 1499 | 0.1277 | |
| 13 | California State University-Stanislaus | 10700 | 31300 | 0.6589 | 8,494 | 950 | 0.9558 | |
| 13 | Marshall University | 10700 | 27800 | 0.6146 | 9,960 | 1070 | 0.9663 | |
| 15 | Worcester State University | 10800 | 35900 | 0.6982 | 4,485 | 1090 | 0.8799 | |
| 16 | Fayetteville State University | 10900 | 20300 | 0.4624 | 6,542 | 900 | 0.689 | |
| 17 | California State University-Fresno | 11000 | 54900 | 0.7998 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 17 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 11000 | 31400 | 0.6498 | 14,249 | 1084 | 0.7761 | |
| 19 | Vassar College | 11200 | 92200 | 0.8789 | 2,514 | 1488 | 0.2093 | |
| 20 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 11300 | 20500 | 0.4472 | 5,063 | 1069 | 0.8756 | |
| 21 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 11500 | 21000 | 0.4518 | 7,753 | 1140 | 0.9245 | |
| 22 | Central Connecticut State University | 11600 | 34200 | 0.6605 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 22 | University of Hawaii at Hilo | 11600 | 33200 | 0.6497 | 2,304 | 990 | 0.8351 | |
| 24 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 11700 | 54100 | 0.7842 | 5,677 | 985 | 0.9301 | |
| 24 | San Francisco State University | 11700 | 46700 | 0.7489 | 19,444 | 1035 | 0.9644 | |
| 26 | Fitchburg State University | 12400 | 34800 | 0.6428 | 3,000 | 1090 | 0.8885 | |
| 26 | University of South Florida | 12400 | 16300 | 0.2387 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 28 | Eastern Illinois University | 12500 | 24300 | 0.4861 | 6,731 | 1020 | 0.7073 | |
| 29 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 13000 | 43000 | 0.6979 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 30 | Aquinas College | 13500 | 86000 | 0.843 | 1,103 | 1035 | 0.9726 | |
| 30 | Louisiana Tech University | 13500 | 43500 | 0.6896 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 30 | University of North Alabama | 13500 | 28200 | 0.5216 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 33 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 61700 | 0.7784 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 34 | Eastern Michigan University | 13800 | 33900 | 0.5922 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 34 | Youngstown State University | 13800 | 28400 | 0.5139 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 36 | Western Michigan University | 14000 | 26500 | 0.4721 | 13,714 | 1089 | 0.9121 | |
| 37 | California State University-San Bernardino | 14100 | 32700 | 0.5689 | 15,948 | 1020 | 0.943 | |
| 37 | Salem State University | 14100 | 33900 | 0.5847 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 39 | Mount Holyoke College | 14200 | 89900 | 0.8421 | 2,135 | 1419 | 0.3841 | |
| 40 | Arkansas Tech University | 14400 | 32500 | 0.5574 | 8,279 | 1055 | 0.9747 | |
| 41 | Sonoma State University | 14500 | 57600 | 0.7489 | 4,449 | 1050 | 0.9841 | |
| 42 | Pittsburg State University | 14600 | 23900 | 0.3885 | 4,561 | 1055 | 0.5487 | |
| 42 | Wayne State College | 14600 | 26400 | 0.4465 | 3,886 | 0 | 1 | |
| 44 | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | 14800 | 26300 | 0.4374 | 10,743 | 1075 | 0.9598 | |
| 45 | California State University-Chico | 15000 | 58300 | 0.7426 | 13,599 | 1054 | 0.9107 | |
| 46 | Texas State University | 15100 | 26200 | 0.4234 | 39,353 | 1080 | 0.9118 | |
| 47 | Ball State University | 15200 | 22400 | 0.3219 | 15,950 | 1185 | 0.8625 | |
| 48 | Jacksonville State University | 15300 | 42900 | 0.6427 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 49 | Northern Illinois University | 15500 | 30400 | 0.4914 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 49 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 15500 | 22300 | 0.3046 | 26,213 | 1209 | 0.7778 | |
| 51 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 38800 | 0.5992 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 52 | Sam Houston State University | 15700 | 30100 | 0.4784 | 17,822 | 1035 | 0.9372 | |
| 53 | Grand Valley State University | 15800 | 28500 | 0.4448 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 54 | Weber State University | 15900 | 20300 | 0.2172 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 55 | University of Northern Colorado | 16000 | 64400 | 0.7512 | 6,598 | 1080 | 0.945 | |
| 56 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 16300 | 62800 | 0.7402 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 57 | Georgia Southern University | 16400 | 20100 | 0.1836 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 58 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 16500 | 26300 | 0.3727 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 59 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16600 | 64800 | 0.7439 | 22,007 | 1427 | 0.1672 | |
| 60 | James Madison University | 17100 | 28900 | 0.4088 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 60 | University of South Alabama | 17100 | 40600 | 0.5782 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 60 | University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire | 17100 | 22400 | 0.2371 | 8,329 | 1209 | 0.385 | |
| 63 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 17300 | 22800 | 0.2415 | 11,994 | 1090 | 0.8651 | |
| 64 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 17500 | 29900 | 0.4139 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 64 | University of Arkansas | 17500 | 36800 | 0.5237 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 66 | California State University-Sacramento | 17700 | 35700 | 0.5043 | 28,619 | 1015 | 0.9357 | |
| 66 | University at Albany | 17700 | 30800 | 0.4254 | 12,889 | 1245 | 0.7044 | |
| 68 | Kennesaw State University | 17800 | 61500 | 0.7101 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 69 | San Jose State University | 18000 | 40800 | 0.5594 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 69 | University of Central Oklahoma | 18000 | 35500 | 0.4936 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 71 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 18100 | 37900 | 0.5242 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 72 | Georgia College & State University | 18300 | 18300 | 0 | 6,250 | 1165 | 0.8466 | |
| 73 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 18400 | 30600 | 0.3971 | 38,463 | 1324 | 0.7589 | |
| 74 | Emory & Henry University | 18800 | 52400 | 0.6413 | 1,084 | 1145 | 0.8365 | |
| 75 | California State University-Fullerton | 19000 | 61400 | 0.6904 | 40,705 | 960 | 0.8811 | |
| 76 | Pennsylvania Western University | 19300 | 30900 | 0.3756 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 76 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 19300 | 26900 | 0.2823 | 14,657 | 1190 | 0.7583 | |
| 78 | University of Northern Iowa | 19700 | 24000 | 0.1786 | 7,800 | 1115 | 0.9313 | |
| 79 | Syracuse University | 19800 | 83600 | 0.7632 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 79 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 19800 | 32300 | 0.3868 | 15,735 | 1069 | 0.8797 | |
| 81 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 20000 | 43700 | 0.5424 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 82 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 20200 | 38500 | 0.4738 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 | |
| 83 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 20800 | 28300 | 0.2654 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 84 | Millersville University of Pennsylvania | 21100 | 54200 | 0.6105 | 5,823 | 1115 | 0.8619 | |
| 84 | Rocky Mountain College | 21100 | 67200 | 0.6861 | 779 | 1055 | 0.7775 | |
| 86 | State University of New York at New Paltz | 21200 | 26300 | 0.1941 | 6,113 | 1279 | 0.6267 | |
| 87 | University of Mary Washington | 21400 | 46900 | 0.5427 | 3,531 | 1279 | 0.7413 | |
| 88 | Salisbury University | 21600 | 29300 | 0.2628 | 6,477 | 1245 | 0.8826 | |
| 89 | San Diego State University | 21700 | 28900 | 0.2503 | 36,196 | 1208 | 0.3741 | |
| 90 | Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania | 21900 | 52300 | 0.5813 | 4,371 | 1084 | 0.865 | |
| 91 | Concordia University-Nebraska | 22300 | 60400 | 0.6307 | 3,007 | 1135 | 0.8572 | |
| 92 | Florida State University | 22400 | 32200 | 0.3047 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 92 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 22400 | 35700 | 0.3722 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 92 | Park University | 22400 | 31300 | 0.2848 | 4,657 | 1035 | 0.6904 | |
| 95 | Augustana College | 22700 | 72800 | 0.6881 | 2,536 | 1157 | 0.6628 | |
| 96 | Saint Cloud State University | 22900 | 36800 | 0.3775 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 97 | Bridgewater State University | 23100 | 37300 | 0.3823 | 8,849 | 1143 | 0.8798 | |
| 97 | Illinois State University | 23100 | 36400 | 0.3667 | 19,513 | 1115 | 0.8555 | |
| 99 | Calvin University | 23200 | 85000 | 0.7274 | 3,359 | 1232 | 0.6791 | |
| 100 | University of Maine at Farmington | 23300 | 33700 | 0.3076 | 1,661 | 1062 | 0.9832 | |
| 101 | Indiana State University | 23500 | 32400 | 0.2748 | 6,352 | 1015 | 0.9157 | |
| 102 | University of Southern Mississippi | 23800 | 30400 | 0.2172 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 102 | University of Wisconsin-Parkside | 23800 | 30400 | 0.2168 | 3,207 | 1084 | 0.9751 | |
| 104 | Temple University | 24400 | 36100 | 0.3243 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 104 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 24400 | 24400 | 0 | 16,131 | 1275 | 0.6472 | |
| 106 | University of North Texas | 25400 | 36900 | 0.3118 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 107 | University of North Dakota | 25800 | 28600 | 0.0977 | 11,837 | 1189 | 0.8157 | |
| 108 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 26000 | 36800 | 0.2936 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 109 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 26100 | 28400 | 0.0805 | 14,834 | 1149 | 0.7803 | |
| 110 | California State University-Long Beach | 26200 | 43100 | 0.3926 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 111 | Gustavus Adolphus College | 26300 | 75500 | 0.6519 | 1,906 | 1273 | 0.6099 | |
| 111 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 26300 | 43300 | 0.393 | 7,747 | 1073 | 0.9617 | |
| 113 | Bemidji State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 3,751 | 1075 | 0.5598 | |
| 114 | Central Washington University | 26900 | 27200 | 0.011 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 114 | West Virginia University | 26900 | 51100 | 0.4738 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 116 | Rowan University | 27300 | 41300 | 0.3392 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 117 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 18,028 | 1059 | 0.7996 | |
| 118 | California State University-San Marcos | 28200 | 38300 | 0.2636 | 15,770 | 990 | 0.9513 | |
| 119 | Towson University | 29500 | 39200 | 0.2477 | 16,361 | 1082 | 0.8057 | |
| 120 | Southern Utah University | 29700 | 40800 | 0.2722 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 121 | University of West Georgia | 29800 | 46800 | 0.3632 | 10,075 | 1035 | 0.7995 | |
| 122 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 30500 | 31800 | 0.0409 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 122 | University of Louisville | 30500 | 42100 | 0.2752 | 17,916 | 1134 | 0.7921 | |
| 124 | Kutztown University of Pennsylvania | 30800 | 36000 | 0.1445 | 6,229 | 1174 | 0.8942 | |
| 125 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 31700 | 39900 | 0.2056 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 126 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 31800 | 54400 | 0.4154 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 126 | Ohio Wesleyan University | 31800 | 108100 | 0.706 | 1,652 | 1281 | 0.6441 | |
| 126 | Villanova University | 31800 | 114000 | 0.7211 | 6,933 | 1466 | 0.2814 | |
| 129 | SUNY Oneonta | 32000 | 41400 | 0.2269 | 4,815 | 1090 | 0.7696 | |
| 130 | University of Colorado Colorado Springs | 32100 | 53600 | 0.401 | 9,040 | 1119 | 0.9666 | |
| 130 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 32100 | 36700 | 0.1252 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 132 | University of Nevada-Reno | 32500 | 32500 | 0 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 133 | University of Idaho | 32800 | 34400 | 0.0466 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 133 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 32800 | 34200 | 0.0409 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 135 | Liberty University | 33200 | 44700 | 0.2573 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 136 | SUNY College at Geneseo | 33600 | 39400 | 0.1473 | 3,943 | 1275 | 0.3333 | |
| 137 | George Washington University | 34300 | 81800 | 0.5808 | 11,495 | 1436 | 0.4713 | |
| 138 | Samford University | 34400 | 93800 | 0.6333 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 139 | University of Vermont | 34500 | 66300 | 0.4799 | 12,159 | 1372 | 0.7304 | |
| 140 | Minnesota State University, Mankato | 35300 | 37600 | 0.0609 | 13,433 | 1145 | 0.8844 | |
| 141 | Valparaiso University | 35400 | 63200 | 0.4393 | 2,056 | 1183 | 0.8994 | |
| 142 | Carthage College | 35800 | 61800 | 0.4207 | 2,914 | 1125 | 0.8445 | |
| 143 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 36400 | 53600 | 0.321 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 144 | East Carolina University | 36900 | 42700 | 0.1356 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 144 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 36900 | 66600 | 0.4457 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 146 | Frostburg State University | 37200 | 55400 | 0.3286 | 3,436 | 1095 | 0.907 | |
| 146 | University of Connecticut | 37200 | 70600 | 0.4731 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 148 | Indiana University-Southeast | 37500 | 40800 | 0.0807 | 3,200 | 1095 | 0.842 | |
| 149 | University of Central Arkansas | 38000 | 40200 | 0.0569 | 8,238 | 1110 | 0.9157 | |
| 150 | University of St Thomas | 38200 | 74700 | 0.4887 | 6,270 | 1299 | 0.8548 | |
| 151 | Framingham State University | 39000 | 48000 | 0.1873 | 2,782 | 1190 | 0.8366 | |
| 152 | The University of Montana | 39100 | 75200 | 0.4798 | 8,014 | 1184 | 0.9586 | |
| 153 | University of Denver | 39300 | 84100 | 0.5329 | 5,766 | 1292 | 0.8538 | |
| 154 | University of Wyoming | 40000 | 45300 | 0.1168 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 155 | Elmhurst University | 40200 | 69600 | 0.4222 | 3,170 | 1133 | 0.7501 | |
| 156 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40300 | 90200 | 0.5531 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 157 | Montclair State University | 41300 | 47000 | 0.1214 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 158 | University at Buffalo | 41400 | 46400 | 0.1078 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 159 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42700 | 57200 | 0.2535 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 160 | University of Arizona | 42800 | 43800 | 0.0228 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 161 | Kansas State University | 43700 | 47900 | 0.0884 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 162 | Texas Christian University | 44400 | 87400 | 0.4922 | 11,152 | 1268 | 0.4809 | |
| 163 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 46000 | 46600 | 0.0129 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 164 | Appalachian State University | 46100 | 46100 | 0 | 19,732 | 1174 | 0.9388 | |
| 165 | University of Southern Maine | 47900 | 63100 | 0.2408 | 5,549 | 1139 | 0.8241 | |
| 166 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 48600 | 61200 | 0.2057 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 166 | University of Georgia | 48600 | 51800 | 0.0618 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 168 | DePaul University | 49000 | 66400 | 0.2619 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 169 | Michigan State University | 49200 | 56200 | 0.1245 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 170 | The University of Texas at Austin | 49800 | 58800 | 0.153 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 171 | University of Kentucky | 50900 | 74100 | 0.3129 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 172 | University of Iowa | 52100 | 54400 | 0.0421 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 173 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53600 | 63400 | 0.1547 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 174 | George Mason University | 53900 | 61400 | 0.1222 | 28,862 | 1271 | 0.8647 | |
| 175 | Hofstra University | 58800 | 83400 | 0.2949 | 6,599 | 1369 | 0.7267 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.