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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 | California State University-Los Angeles | 5400 | 69100 | 0.9223 | 22,077 | 965 | 0.9124 | |
| 4 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22200 | 0.6405 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 5 | California State University-Northridge | 8400 | 22000 | 0.6173 | 32,846 | 1005 | 0.9176 | |
| 6 | Middlebury College | 8800 | 94500 | 0.9069 | 2,640 | 1499 | 0.1277 | |
| 7 | California State University-East Bay | 9100 | 45100 | 0.7986 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 8 | Colgate University | 9800 | 95800 | 0.8977 | 3,193 | 1488 | 0.1388 | |
| 9 | Portland State University | 10200 | 43300 | 0.7645 | 14,932 | 1174 | 0.8586 | |
| 10 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 10700 | 21100 | 0.4936 | 7,753 | 1140 | 0.9245 | |
| 11 | Southern Utah University | 11000 | 51400 | 0.7859 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 12 | California State University-Stanislaus | 11300 | 33600 | 0.6647 | 8,494 | 950 | 0.9558 | |
| 12 | Worcester State University | 11300 | 34900 | 0.6757 | 4,485 | 1090 | 0.8799 | |
| 14 | Front Range Community College | 11500 | 18600 | 0.3774 | 21,970 | 0 | 1 | |
| 14 | Marshall University | 11500 | 39800 | 0.7109 | 9,960 | 1070 | 0.9663 | |
| 16 | Fayetteville State University | 11600 | 18200 | 0.3624 | 6,542 | 900 | 0.689 | |
| 16 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 11600 | 31400 | 0.6307 | 14,249 | 1084 | 0.7761 | |
| 18 | California State University-Fresno | 11700 | 19600 | 0.4055 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 19 | Eastern Illinois University | 12000 | 24700 | 0.5126 | 6,731 | 1020 | 0.7073 | |
| 20 | University of Hawaii at Hilo | 12100 | 56000 | 0.7839 | 2,304 | 990 | 0.8351 | |
| 20 | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | 12100 | 19300 | 0.3731 | 10,743 | 1075 | 0.9598 | |
| 22 | Fitchburg State University | 12200 | 33800 | 0.6386 | 3,000 | 1090 | 0.8885 | |
| 23 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 23 | Mount Holyoke College | 12600 | 89900 | 0.8599 | 2,135 | 1419 | 0.3841 | |
| 23 | Vassar College | 12600 | 93100 | 0.8647 | 2,514 | 1488 | 0.2093 | |
| 26 | Framingham State University | 13200 | 31000 | 0.5744 | 2,782 | 1190 | 0.8366 | |
| 27 | Louisiana Tech University | 13500 | 42900 | 0.6852 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 27 | University of Colorado Colorado Springs | 13500 | 26600 | 0.493 | 9,040 | 1119 | 0.9666 | |
| 29 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 13600 | 38300 | 0.6443 | 5,677 | 985 | 0.9301 | |
| 29 | University of South Florida | 13600 | 22400 | 0.3933 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 31 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 61700 | 0.7774 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 32 | Aquinas College | 13800 | 86000 | 0.8395 | 1,103 | 1035 | 0.9726 | |
| 32 | University of North Alabama | 13800 | 28200 | 0.5109 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 34 | Central Connecticut State University | 14100 | 34200 | 0.5875 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 34 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 14100 | 22800 | 0.3821 | 11,994 | 1090 | 0.8651 | |
| 36 | Youngstown State University | 14200 | 28400 | 0.4998 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 37 | San Francisco State University | 14300 | 47700 | 0.7004 | 19,444 | 1035 | 0.9644 | |
| 38 | Salem State University | 14400 | 38300 | 0.6236 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 39 | Eastern Michigan University | 14500 | 33900 | 0.5737 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 40 | Arkansas Tech University | 14600 | 31400 | 0.5343 | 8,279 | 1055 | 0.9747 | |
| 40 | California State University-San Bernardino | 14600 | 40100 | 0.6362 | 15,948 | 1020 | 0.943 | |
| 42 | Bridgewater State University | 14700 | 37300 | 0.6069 | 8,849 | 1143 | 0.8798 | |
| 43 | California State University-San Marcos | 14800 | 24700 | 0.4016 | 15,770 | 990 | 0.9513 | |
| 44 | Sonoma State University | 14900 | 41200 | 0.6384 | 4,449 | 1050 | 0.9841 | |
| 44 | Wayne State College | 14900 | 30200 | 0.5073 | 3,886 | 0 | 1 | |
| 46 | West Virginia University | 15000 | 73100 | 0.7945 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 47 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 15100 | 71500 | 0.7891 | 15,735 | 1069 | 0.8797 | |
| 48 | Ball State University | 15300 | 22400 | 0.3171 | 15,950 | 1185 | 0.8625 | |
| 48 | Texas State University | 15300 | 26700 | 0.4263 | 39,353 | 1080 | 0.9118 | |
| 50 | California State University-Chico | 15500 | 27000 | 0.4253 | 13,599 | 1054 | 0.9107 | |
| 50 | University of West Georgia | 15500 | 24600 | 0.3703 | 10,075 | 1035 | 0.7995 | |
| 52 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 29800 | 0.4782 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 53 | Florida State University | 15800 | 23000 | 0.3133 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 53 | Jacksonville State University | 15800 | 27000 | 0.4155 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 53 | University of Maine at Farmington | 15800 | 32600 | 0.5155 | 1,661 | 1062 | 0.9832 | |
| 56 | Kansas State University | 16200 | 26400 | 0.3854 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 57 | University of California-Los Angeles | 16300 | 36700 | 0.5554 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 57 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16300 | 64800 | 0.7481 | 22,007 | 1427 | 0.1672 | |
| 57 | University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire | 16300 | 22400 | 0.2729 | 8,329 | 1209 | 0.385 | |
| 60 | Appalachian State University | 16400 | 26000 | 0.3694 | 19,732 | 1174 | 0.9388 | |
| 60 | Frostburg State University | 16400 | 26600 | 0.3832 | 3,436 | 1095 | 0.907 | |
| 62 | Indiana State University | 16700 | 32400 | 0.4848 | 6,352 | 1015 | 0.9157 | |
| 63 | Georgia Southern University | 17000 | 20100 | 0.1539 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 64 | Sam Houston State University | 17100 | 30300 | 0.4353 | 17,822 | 1035 | 0.9372 | |
| 65 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 17200 | 26600 | 0.3537 | 7,747 | 1073 | 0.9617 | |
| 66 | Weber State University | 17300 | 20300 | 0.1481 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 67 | Montclair State University | 17400 | 36000 | 0.5172 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 67 | University of South Alabama | 17400 | 22400 | 0.2236 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 69 | California State University-Sacramento | 17800 | 31400 | 0.4337 | 28,619 | 1015 | 0.9357 | |
| 69 | University of Kentucky | 17800 | 36500 | 0.5132 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 71 | California State University-Fullerton | 18000 | 20600 | 0.1246 | 40,705 | 960 | 0.8811 | |
| 72 | Kennesaw State University | 18200 | 27400 | 0.3355 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 73 | San Jose State University | 18400 | 41100 | 0.5518 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 73 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 18400 | 25200 | 0.2695 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 73 | The University of Texas at Austin | 18400 | 28100 | 0.3448 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 76 | Central Washington University | 18700 | 22700 | 0.176 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 77 | University of Central Oklahoma | 18800 | 27500 | 0.3166 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 78 | The University of Montana | 19300 | 27400 | 0.2958 | 8,014 | 1184 | 0.9586 | |
| 79 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 19800 | 29900 | 0.3396 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 80 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 19900 | 45100 | 0.559 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 81 | SUNY College at Geneseo | 20000 | 39400 | 0.4928 | 3,943 | 1275 | 0.3333 | |
| 82 | Emory & Henry University | 20200 | 52400 | 0.6146 | 1,084 | 1145 | 0.8365 | |
| 83 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20300 | 57800 | 0.6485 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 83 | Syracuse University | 20300 | 83600 | 0.7572 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 85 | SUNY Oneonta | 20600 | 55300 | 0.6281 | 4,815 | 1090 | 0.7696 | |
| 86 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 20900 | 39200 | 0.4671 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 87 | University of Mary Washington | 21100 | 47400 | 0.5552 | 3,531 | 1279 | 0.7413 | |
| 88 | Georgia College & State University | 21400 | 52400 | 0.5915 | 6,250 | 1165 | 0.8466 | |
| 89 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 21500 | 41600 | 0.4832 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 90 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 21600 | 27800 | 0.2228 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 90 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 21600 | 27200 | 0.2048 | 5,063 | 1069 | 0.8756 | |
| 92 | Millersville University of Pennsylvania | 21700 | 36700 | 0.4091 | 5,823 | 1115 | 0.8619 | |
| 93 | Rocky Mountain College | 21800 | 52000 | 0.5805 | 779 | 1055 | 0.7775 | |
| 94 | Grand Valley State University | 21900 | 36200 | 0.3949 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 95 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 22300 | 37600 | 0.4069 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 96 | Indiana University-Southeast | 22400 | 25900 | 0.1375 | 3,200 | 1095 | 0.842 | |
| 97 | Augustana College | 22500 | 72800 | 0.6908 | 2,536 | 1157 | 0.6628 | |
| 97 | Park University | 22500 | 31300 | 0.2816 | 4,657 | 1035 | 0.6904 | |
| 99 | Saint Cloud State University | 22600 | 36800 | 0.3849 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 100 | Calvin University | 22900 | 55500 | 0.5871 | 3,359 | 1232 | 0.6791 | |
| 100 | Concordia University-Nebraska | 22900 | 85400 | 0.7317 | 3,007 | 1135 | 0.8572 | |
| 102 | Pennsylvania Western University | 23200 | 34400 | 0.3253 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 103 | Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania | 23300 | 34900 | 0.3328 | 4,371 | 1084 | 0.865 | |
| 104 | State University of New York at New Paltz | 23800 | 35700 | 0.333 | 6,113 | 1279 | 0.6267 | |
| 105 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24000 | 38500 | 0.3764 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 105 | University of Wisconsin-Parkside | 24000 | 30400 | 0.2094 | 3,207 | 1084 | 0.9751 | |
| 107 | University of North Texas | 24200 | 37400 | 0.3527 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 108 | University at Buffalo | 25000 | 34000 | 0.2647 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 109 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 25100 | 36800 | 0.3181 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 109 | Temple University | 25100 | 36100 | 0.3049 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 109 | University of Northern Colorado | 25100 | 39100 | 0.3582 | 6,598 | 1080 | 0.945 | |
| 112 | Minnesota State University, Mankato | 25500 | 28000 | 0.0915 | 13,433 | 1145 | 0.8844 | |
| 113 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 25600 | 32900 | 0.2238 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 114 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 25900 | 28400 | 0.0902 | 14,834 | 1149 | 0.7803 | |
| 115 | Gustavus Adolphus College | 26100 | 75500 | 0.6544 | 1,906 | 1273 | 0.6099 | |
| 116 | Northern Illinois University | 26300 | 32100 | 0.181 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 117 | Bemidji State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 3,751 | 1075 | 0.5598 | |
| 118 | University of Arkansas | 26900 | 44700 | 0.3975 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 119 | University of Southern Mississippi | 27200 | 27200 | 0 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 120 | California State University-Long Beach | 27400 | 38800 | 0.2937 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 121 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 18,028 | 1059 | 0.7996 | |
| 122 | University of Northern Iowa | 28700 | 37300 | 0.2297 | 7,800 | 1115 | 0.9313 | |
| 123 | University of Connecticut | 29200 | 55500 | 0.4737 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 124 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29600 | 34200 | 0.1344 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 125 | Towson University | 30100 | 30100 | 0 | 16,361 | 1082 | 0.8057 | |
| 126 | University of North Dakota | 30700 | 33700 | 0.0908 | 11,837 | 1189 | 0.8157 | |
| 127 | Kutztown University of Pennsylvania | 30800 | 35800 | 0.1396 | 6,229 | 1174 | 0.8942 | |
| 127 | Ohio Wesleyan University | 30800 | 75700 | 0.5928 | 1,652 | 1281 | 0.6441 | |
| 129 | George Mason University | 31000 | 35700 | 0.1315 | 28,862 | 1271 | 0.8647 | |
| 130 | Pittsburg State University | 31300 | 37100 | 0.1564 | 4,561 | 1055 | 0.5487 | |
| 131 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 32200 | 54400 | 0.408 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 132 | San Diego State University | 32300 | 37100 | 0.1295 | 36,196 | 1208 | 0.3741 | |
| 133 | Villanova University | 32400 | 92900 | 0.6515 | 6,933 | 1466 | 0.2814 | |
| 134 | Liberty University | 32500 | 44700 | 0.2729 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 134 | University of Nevada-Reno | 32500 | 32500 | 0 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 136 | University of Louisville | 32600 | 42100 | 0.2254 | 17,916 | 1134 | 0.7921 | |
| 137 | University of Idaho | 32700 | 34100 | 0.041 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 138 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 33400 | 38200 | 0.1273 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 139 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 33900 | 34100 | 0.0059 | 16,131 | 1275 | 0.6472 | |
| 140 | Salisbury University | 34100 | 41700 | 0.1823 | 6,477 | 1245 | 0.8826 | |
| 141 | George Washington University | 34300 | 81800 | 0.5808 | 11,495 | 1436 | 0.4713 | |
| 141 | University of Vermont | 34300 | 66300 | 0.4821 | 12,159 | 1372 | 0.7304 | |
| 143 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 34500 | 59100 | 0.416 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 144 | Samford University | 34800 | 93800 | 0.6291 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 145 | Valparaiso University | 35200 | 63000 | 0.441 | 2,056 | 1183 | 0.8994 | |
| 146 | Carthage College | 35700 | 61800 | 0.4218 | 2,914 | 1125 | 0.8445 | |
| 147 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 35900 | 54000 | 0.3352 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 148 | East Carolina University | 36600 | 42700 | 0.1421 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 149 | Rowan University | 37000 | 53600 | 0.3095 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 150 | University of Denver | 37300 | 84100 | 0.5567 | 5,766 | 1292 | 0.8538 | |
| 150 | Western Michigan University | 37300 | 37900 | 0.0158 | 13,714 | 1089 | 0.9121 | |
| 152 | University of Southern Maine | 37500 | 37500 | 0 | 5,549 | 1139 | 0.8241 | |
| 153 | University of Central Arkansas | 37700 | 40200 | 0.0637 | 8,238 | 1110 | 0.9157 | |
| 154 | University of Arizona | 37800 | 39900 | 0.0526 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 155 | University of St Thomas | 37900 | 74800 | 0.4933 | 6,270 | 1299 | 0.8548 | |
| 156 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 39600 | 40300 | 0.0174 | 26,213 | 1209 | 0.7778 | |
| 157 | University of Wyoming | 39700 | 45300 | 0.1229 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 158 | Elmhurst University | 40000 | 69600 | 0.4251 | 3,170 | 1133 | 0.7501 | |
| 159 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 40200 | 42700 | 0.0585 | 14,657 | 1190 | 0.7583 | |
| 160 | Rhode Island College | 41800 | 63300 | 0.3396 | 5,695 | 995 | 0.8557 | |
| 161 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 42400 | 55100 | 0.2306 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 162 | James Madison University | 43800 | 45100 | 0.0288 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 163 | Texas Christian University | 44200 | 87400 | 0.4945 | 11,152 | 1268 | 0.4809 | |
| 164 | University at Albany | 44300 | 48900 | 0.0941 | 12,889 | 1245 | 0.7044 | |
| 165 | Illinois State University | 45500 | 49100 | 0.0726 | 19,513 | 1115 | 0.8555 | |
| 166 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47500 | 61500 | 0.2286 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 167 | DePaul University | 49100 | 69400 | 0.2923 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 168 | Michigan State University | 49200 | 56200 | 0.1245 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 169 | University of Iowa | 51800 | 54400 | 0.0472 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 170 | University of Georgia | 52000 | 52100 | 0.0019 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 171 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 52600 | 61200 | 0.14 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 172 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 59100 | 61600 | 0.0416 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 | |
| 173 | Hofstra University | 59200 | 83300 | 0.2894 | 6,599 | 1369 | 0.7267 | |
| 174 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 60400 | 63000 | 0.0407 | 38,463 | 1324 | 0.7589 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.