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Considering a degree in Geography?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Geography majors who live in Colorado.
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 Colorado.
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 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22000 | 0.6362 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 4 | Mount Holyoke College | 9500 | 89900 | 0.8946 | 2,135 | 1419 | 0.3841 | |
| 5 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 10300 | 10300 | 0 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 6 | Southern Utah University | 10400 | 22200 | 0.5325 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 7 | Colgate University | 10900 | 95800 | 0.8859 | 3,193 | 1488 | 0.1388 | |
| 8 | Marshall University | 11300 | 33400 | 0.6615 | 9,960 | 1070 | 0.9663 | |
| 9 | California State University-Sacramento | 11700 | 31300 | 0.6265 | 28,619 | 1015 | 0.9357 | |
| 10 | California State University-Stanislaus | 12000 | 28500 | 0.5788 | 8,494 | 950 | 0.9558 | |
| 11 | Fayetteville State University | 12500 | 26300 | 0.525 | 6,542 | 900 | 0.689 | |
| 12 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 13 | Vassar College | 12700 | 92400 | 0.8628 | 2,514 | 1488 | 0.2093 | |
| 14 | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | 13000 | 19300 | 0.3264 | 10,743 | 1075 | 0.9598 | |
| 15 | University of North Alabama | 13100 | 28200 | 0.5358 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 16 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 13200 | 24700 | 0.4659 | 7,753 | 1140 | 0.9245 | |
| 17 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 63200 | 0.7838 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 18 | Middlebury College | 14200 | 89900 | 0.8421 | 2,640 | 1499 | 0.1277 | |
| 19 | Arkansas Tech University | 14400 | 34400 | 0.5815 | 8,279 | 1055 | 0.9747 | |
| 20 | Northern Illinois University | 14500 | 30400 | 0.5222 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 21 | Sonoma State University | 14700 | 26700 | 0.4495 | 4,449 | 1050 | 0.9841 | |
| 22 | Salisbury University | 14800 | 28700 | 0.4846 | 6,477 | 1245 | 0.8826 | |
| 23 | Wayne State College | 15200 | 20300 | 0.2512 | 3,886 | 0 | 1 | |
| 24 | Texas State University | 15500 | 25500 | 0.3924 | 39,353 | 1080 | 0.9118 | |
| 24 | University of Central Oklahoma | 15500 | 28700 | 0.46 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 24 | Western Michigan University | 15500 | 26500 | 0.4155 | 13,714 | 1089 | 0.9121 | |
| 27 | James Madison University | 15600 | 28900 | 0.4608 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 27 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 38800 | 0.5992 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 29 | Florida State University | 15700 | 22900 | 0.3141 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 29 | University of West Georgia | 15700 | 24600 | 0.3622 | 10,075 | 1035 | 0.7995 | |
| 31 | Fitchburg State University | 15800 | 33700 | 0.5313 | 3,000 | 1090 | 0.8885 | |
| 31 | Kansas State University | 15800 | 26100 | 0.3962 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 31 | Sam Houston State University | 15800 | 30300 | 0.4782 | 17,822 | 1035 | 0.9372 | |
| 34 | Jacksonville State University | 16100 | 27000 | 0.4044 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 34 | Worcester State University | 16100 | 31700 | 0.4915 | 4,485 | 1090 | 0.8799 | |
| 36 | Weber State University | 16200 | 23600 | 0.3131 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 37 | University of California-Los Angeles | 16300 | 36700 | 0.5554 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 38 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 16400 | 22300 | 0.2643 | 26,213 | 1209 | 0.7778 | |
| 39 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16600 | 64800 | 0.7439 | 22,007 | 1427 | 0.1672 | |
| 40 | Eastern Michigan University | 16800 | 36100 | 0.5348 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 41 | Georgia Southern University | 16900 | 20100 | 0.1588 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 42 | West Virginia University | 17100 | 40900 | 0.5816 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 43 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 17200 | 35400 | 0.5147 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 44 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 17400 | 29900 | 0.4173 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 45 | Rhode Island College | 17600 | 27400 | 0.3581 | 5,695 | 995 | 0.8557 | |
| 46 | Salem State University | 17700 | 28500 | 0.3789 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 46 | University at Albany | 17700 | 30800 | 0.4254 | 12,889 | 1245 | 0.7044 | |
| 46 | University of Louisville | 17700 | 29100 | 0.3921 | 17,916 | 1134 | 0.7921 | |
| 49 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 18000 | 22800 | 0.2108 | 11,994 | 1090 | 0.8651 | |
| 50 | Bridgewater State University | 18200 | 25400 | 0.2835 | 8,849 | 1143 | 0.8798 | |
| 50 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 18200 | 18200 | 0 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 50 | Towson University | 18200 | 29900 | 0.3909 | 16,361 | 1082 | 0.8057 | |
| 53 | Georgia College & State University | 18300 | 18300 | 0 | 6,250 | 1165 | 0.8466 | |
| 54 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 18400 | 39000 | 0.5279 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 54 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 18400 | 25200 | 0.2693 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 56 | Youngstown State University | 18500 | 34000 | 0.4559 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 57 | Central Washington University | 18600 | 22700 | 0.1804 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 58 | University of Maine at Farmington | 19500 | 33700 | 0.4219 | 1,661 | 1062 | 0.9832 | |
| 59 | California State University-Los Angeles | 19800 | 38000 | 0.479 | 22,077 | 965 | 0.9124 | |
| 60 | Pennsylvania Western University | 19900 | 29000 | 0.3143 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 61 | Central Connecticut State University | 20000 | 29500 | 0.3219 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 62 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20100 | 45200 | 0.5559 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 63 | Emory & Henry University | 20200 | 52400 | 0.6146 | 1,084 | 1145 | 0.8365 | |
| 63 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 20200 | 38500 | 0.4738 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 | |
| 65 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20300 | 29400 | 0.309 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 66 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 20400 | 32300 | 0.3682 | 15,735 | 1069 | 0.8797 | |
| 67 | Eastern Illinois University | 20500 | 28100 | 0.2699 | 6,731 | 1020 | 0.7073 | |
| 67 | University of Wyoming | 20500 | 27900 | 0.2644 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 69 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 20700 | 26000 | 0.2032 | 5,063 | 1069 | 0.8756 | |
| 70 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 20900 | 39200 | 0.4671 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 71 | State University of New York at New Paltz | 21500 | 26300 | 0.1827 | 6,113 | 1279 | 0.6267 | |
| 72 | Louisiana Tech University | 21600 | 26100 | 0.1726 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 73 | Rocky Mountain College | 21700 | 52000 | 0.5824 | 779 | 1055 | 0.7775 | |
| 74 | Grand Valley State University | 22100 | 35900 | 0.3849 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 75 | University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire | 22400 | 22400 | 0 | 8,329 | 1209 | 0.385 | |
| 76 | California State University-Chico | 22500 | 27000 | 0.1664 | 13,599 | 1054 | 0.9107 | |
| 77 | Indiana University-Southeast | 22600 | 25900 | 0.1269 | 3,200 | 1095 | 0.842 | |
| 78 | Augustana College | 22700 | 72800 | 0.6881 | 2,536 | 1157 | 0.6628 | |
| 79 | Saint Cloud State University | 22900 | 36800 | 0.3775 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 80 | Aquinas College | 23000 | 53400 | 0.5697 | 1,103 | 1035 | 0.9726 | |
| 80 | Concordia University-Nebraska | 23000 | 61100 | 0.6235 | 3,007 | 1135 | 0.8572 | |
| 82 | San Jose State University | 23100 | 41100 | 0.4381 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 82 | University of Southern Mississippi | 23100 | 23100 | 0 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 84 | University of Kentucky | 23700 | 36400 | 0.3484 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 85 | University of Wisconsin-Parkside | 23800 | 30400 | 0.2168 | 3,207 | 1084 | 0.9751 | |
| 86 | Calvin University | 24000 | 53500 | 0.5513 | 3,359 | 1232 | 0.6791 | |
| 87 | Front Range Community College | 24400 | 31400 | 0.2228 | 21,970 | 0 | 1 | |
| 87 | University of Arizona | 24400 | 37700 | 0.3533 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 89 | Indiana State University | 24500 | 32400 | 0.2439 | 6,352 | 1015 | 0.9157 | |
| 89 | Park University | 24500 | 31300 | 0.2176 | 4,657 | 1035 | 0.6904 | |
| 91 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 25000 | 37900 | 0.3401 | 5,677 | 985 | 0.9301 | |
| 92 | Temple University | 25100 | 36100 | 0.3049 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 92 | University of Hawaii at Hilo | 25100 | 38300 | 0.3448 | 2,304 | 990 | 0.8351 | |
| 94 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 25400 | 32800 | 0.2255 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 95 | Minnesota State University, Mankato | 25700 | 28000 | 0.0817 | 13,433 | 1145 | 0.8844 | |
| 96 | Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania | 25800 | 34900 | 0.2611 | 4,371 | 1084 | 0.865 | |
| 96 | University of North Dakota | 25800 | 28600 | 0.0977 | 11,837 | 1189 | 0.8157 | |
| 98 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 26100 | 28400 | 0.0805 | 14,834 | 1149 | 0.7803 | |
| 99 | Gustavus Adolphus College | 26300 | 75500 | 0.6519 | 1,906 | 1273 | 0.6099 | |
| 100 | Ball State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 15,950 | 1185 | 0.8625 | |
| 100 | Bemidji State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 3,751 | 1075 | 0.5598 | |
| 102 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 26500 | 36800 | 0.28 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 103 | University of Arkansas | 26600 | 28900 | 0.0793 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 104 | University of Idaho | 26800 | 30600 | 0.1244 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 105 | University of Central Arkansas | 26900 | 31200 | 0.1373 | 8,238 | 1110 | 0.9157 | |
| 106 | California State University-Northridge | 27200 | 36500 | 0.2543 | 32,846 | 1005 | 0.9176 | |
| 107 | Kennesaw State University | 27400 | 27400 | 0 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 107 | Rowan University | 27400 | 41300 | 0.3369 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 109 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 18,028 | 1059 | 0.7996 | |
| 109 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 27500 | 36500 | 0.2467 | 7,747 | 1073 | 0.9617 | |
| 111 | Villanova University | 27800 | 88800 | 0.6867 | 6,933 | 1466 | 0.2814 | |
| 112 | California State University-San Marcos | 27900 | 28500 | 0.021 | 15,770 | 990 | 0.9513 | |
| 112 | Syracuse University | 27900 | 83100 | 0.6641 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 112 | University of Northern Iowa | 27900 | 36200 | 0.2292 | 7,800 | 1115 | 0.9313 | |
| 115 | California State University-San Bernardino | 28100 | 35400 | 0.2063 | 15,948 | 1020 | 0.943 | |
| 116 | The University of Montana | 28200 | 28200 | 0 | 8,014 | 1184 | 0.9586 | |
| 117 | Elmhurst University | 28400 | 67000 | 0.5763 | 3,170 | 1133 | 0.7501 | |
| 118 | University of North Texas | 28700 | 37400 | 0.2325 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 119 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 28900 | 34000 | 0.1501 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 120 | Pittsburg State University | 29000 | 36200 | 0.1987 | 4,561 | 1055 | 0.5487 | |
| 121 | University of Mary Washington | 29400 | 32400 | 0.0925 | 3,531 | 1279 | 0.7413 | |
| 122 | California State University-East Bay | 29500 | 45100 | 0.3461 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 123 | Kutztown University of Pennsylvania | 30800 | 35900 | 0.1422 | 6,229 | 1174 | 0.8942 | |
| 124 | California State University-Long Beach | 30900 | 38900 | 0.2058 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 124 | Frostburg State University | 30900 | 43000 | 0.2815 | 3,436 | 1095 | 0.907 | |
| 124 | San Francisco State University | 30900 | 47700 | 0.3523 | 19,444 | 1035 | 0.9644 | |
| 127 | San Diego State University | 31200 | 36100 | 0.1357 | 36,196 | 1208 | 0.3741 | |
| 128 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 31300 | 59100 | 0.4701 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 129 | Ohio Wesleyan University | 31500 | 75700 | 0.5836 | 1,652 | 1281 | 0.6441 | |
| 130 | Portland State University | 32500 | 43100 | 0.2456 | 14,932 | 1174 | 0.8586 | |
| 130 | University of Nevada-Reno | 32500 | 32500 | 0 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 132 | Samford University | 32700 | 64600 | 0.4939 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 133 | Framingham State University | 33100 | 38100 | 0.1312 | 2,782 | 1190 | 0.8366 | |
| 134 | Liberty University | 33200 | 44600 | 0.2556 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 135 | Millersville University of Pennsylvania | 33400 | 37200 | 0.1022 | 5,823 | 1115 | 0.8619 | |
| 136 | George Washington University | 33700 | 81800 | 0.5881 | 11,495 | 1436 | 0.4713 | |
| 137 | University of Colorado Colorado Springs | 33900 | 41600 | 0.1851 | 9,040 | 1119 | 0.9666 | |
| 138 | University of St Thomas | 34100 | 70300 | 0.5152 | 6,270 | 1299 | 0.8548 | |
| 139 | University of Vermont | 34500 | 66300 | 0.4799 | 12,159 | 1372 | 0.7304 | |
| 140 | SUNY College at Geneseo | 34600 | 39400 | 0.1219 | 3,943 | 1275 | 0.3333 | |
| 141 | University of South Florida | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 142 | Valparaiso University | 35200 | 63000 | 0.441 | 2,056 | 1183 | 0.8994 | |
| 143 | Carthage College | 35800 | 61800 | 0.4207 | 2,914 | 1125 | 0.8445 | |
| 144 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 36000 | 41600 | 0.1346 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 145 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 36100 | 36100 | 0 | 16,131 | 1275 | 0.6472 | |
| 146 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 36300 | 53100 | 0.3162 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 147 | University of Northern Colorado | 36400 | 39100 | 0.0691 | 6,598 | 1080 | 0.945 | |
| 148 | Hofstra University | 36500 | 76900 | 0.5253 | 6,599 | 1369 | 0.7267 | |
| 149 | East Carolina University | 36900 | 42700 | 0.1356 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 150 | California State University-Fresno | 37000 | 43800 | 0.1552 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 151 | University of Connecticut | 37100 | 53600 | 0.3081 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 152 | University of Denver | 37500 | 76300 | 0.5085 | 5,766 | 1292 | 0.8538 | |
| 152 | University of Southern Maine | 37500 | 37500 | 0 | 5,549 | 1139 | 0.8241 | |
| 154 | California State University-Fullerton | 38600 | 41500 | 0.0697 | 40,705 | 960 | 0.8811 | |
| 155 | SUNY Oneonta | 39500 | 41700 | 0.0527 | 4,815 | 1090 | 0.7696 | |
| 156 | University of South Alabama | 39700 | 39700 | 0 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 157 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 40000 | 42500 | 0.0589 | 14,249 | 1084 | 0.7761 | |
| 158 | Appalachian State University | 40200 | 40600 | 0.0099 | 19,732 | 1174 | 0.9388 | |
| 159 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 40900 | 48500 | 0.1566 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 160 | Montclair State University | 41500 | 46600 | 0.1095 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 161 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 42400 | 42400 | 0 | 14,657 | 1190 | 0.7583 | |
| 162 | University at Buffalo | 43400 | 46700 | 0.0707 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 163 | Texas Christian University | 44200 | 87400 | 0.4945 | 11,152 | 1268 | 0.4809 | |
| 164 | Illinois State University | 45800 | 49100 | 0.067 | 19,513 | 1115 | 0.8555 | |
| 165 | DePaul University | 49100 | 66000 | 0.2562 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 166 | Michigan State University | 49200 | 56200 | 0.1245 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 167 | The University of Texas at Austin | 49600 | 59400 | 0.165 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 167 | University of Georgia | 49600 | 51600 | 0.0387 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 169 | University of Iowa | 52100 | 54400 | 0.0421 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 170 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 52900 | 61200 | 0.1355 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 171 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53200 | 61000 | 0.1293 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 172 | George Mason University | 53300 | 61000 | 0.1263 | 28,862 | 1271 | 0.8647 | |
| 173 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53600 | 62800 | 0.1465 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 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.