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Considering a degree in Geography?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Geography majors who live in Connecticut.
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 Connecticut.
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 | Colgate University | 10200 | 95800 | 0.8932 | 3,193 | 1488 | 0.1388 | |
| 6 | California State University-Fresno | 11100 | 19600 | 0.4374 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 7 | Vassar College | 11300 | 92400 | 0.8779 | 2,514 | 1488 | 0.2093 | |
| 8 | Marshall University | 11400 | 36600 | 0.6882 | 9,960 | 1070 | 0.9663 | |
| 9 | California State University-Sacramento | 11600 | 30700 | 0.6219 | 28,619 | 1015 | 0.9357 | |
| 9 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 11600 | 27800 | 0.582 | 22,007 | 1427 | 0.1672 | |
| 11 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 11700 | 25000 | 0.5312 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 12 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 11900 | 24900 | 0.5212 | 5,677 | 985 | 0.9301 | |
| 12 | Fayetteville State University | 11900 | 26300 | 0.5478 | 6,542 | 900 | 0.689 | |
| 14 | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | 12300 | 19300 | 0.3627 | 10,743 | 1075 | 0.9598 | |
| 15 | Eastern Illinois University | 12500 | 24300 | 0.4861 | 6,731 | 1020 | 0.7073 | |
| 16 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 17 | University of Arizona | 12900 | 30900 | 0.5835 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 18 | Middlebury College | 13500 | 89900 | 0.8499 | 2,640 | 1499 | 0.1277 | |
| 19 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 63200 | 0.7838 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 20 | Grand Valley State University | 13800 | 25300 | 0.4551 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 21 | Northern Illinois University | 13900 | 30400 | 0.5446 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 22 | Arkansas Tech University | 14200 | 34400 | 0.5873 | 8,279 | 1055 | 0.9747 | |
| 23 | Salisbury University | 14300 | 28700 | 0.502 | 6,477 | 1245 | 0.8826 | |
| 24 | California State University-San Marcos | 14400 | 24700 | 0.4178 | 15,770 | 990 | 0.9513 | |
| 25 | Wayne State College | 14800 | 20300 | 0.2709 | 3,886 | 0 | 1 | |
| 26 | California State University-Chico | 14900 | 23500 | 0.3656 | 13,599 | 1054 | 0.9107 | |
| 26 | Western Michigan University | 14900 | 26500 | 0.4381 | 13,714 | 1089 | 0.9121 | |
| 28 | University of Maine at Farmington | 15100 | 23200 | 0.3496 | 1,661 | 1062 | 0.9832 | |
| 29 | Fitchburg State University | 15300 | 33700 | 0.5461 | 3,000 | 1090 | 0.8885 | |
| 30 | University of North Texas | 15400 | 26100 | 0.4106 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 30 | University of West Georgia | 15400 | 24600 | 0.3744 | 10,075 | 1035 | 0.7995 | |
| 32 | Appalachian State University | 15500 | 19500 | 0.2053 | 19,732 | 1174 | 0.9388 | |
| 32 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 15500 | 22300 | 0.3046 | 26,213 | 1209 | 0.7778 | |
| 34 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 29800 | 0.4782 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 34 | University of Colorado Colorado Springs | 15600 | 25400 | 0.3864 | 9,040 | 1119 | 0.9666 | |
| 34 | Worcester State University | 15600 | 36700 | 0.5751 | 4,485 | 1090 | 0.8799 | |
| 37 | Sam Houston State University | 15700 | 30300 | 0.4815 | 17,822 | 1035 | 0.9372 | |
| 38 | California State University-Long Beach | 15800 | 25800 | 0.3877 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 38 | Kansas State University | 15800 | 26100 | 0.3962 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 40 | Frostburg State University | 15900 | 26600 | 0.402 | 3,436 | 1095 | 0.907 | |
| 41 | Eastern Michigan University | 16000 | 36100 | 0.557 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 41 | University of Southern Maine | 16000 | 23000 | 0.304 | 5,549 | 1139 | 0.8241 | |
| 43 | SUNY College at Geneseo | 16400 | 26400 | 0.3782 | 3,943 | 1275 | 0.3333 | |
| 44 | Central Connecticut State University | 16500 | 34000 | 0.5141 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 44 | West Virginia University | 16500 | 40900 | 0.5963 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 46 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 17200 | 35400 | 0.5147 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 46 | Salem State University | 17200 | 28500 | 0.3964 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 48 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 17300 | 22800 | 0.2415 | 11,994 | 1090 | 0.8651 | |
| 48 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 17300 | 26600 | 0.35 | 7,747 | 1073 | 0.9617 | |
| 50 | Central Washington University | 18000 | 22700 | 0.2068 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 51 | Youngstown State University | 18100 | 34000 | 0.4677 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 52 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 18200 | 18200 | 0 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 53 | California State University-Fullerton | 18300 | 20600 | 0.1113 | 40,705 | 960 | 0.8811 | |
| 53 | Georgia College & State University | 18300 | 18300 | 0 | 6,250 | 1165 | 0.8466 | |
| 55 | Framingham State University | 18400 | 31000 | 0.4066 | 2,782 | 1190 | 0.8366 | |
| 56 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 18500 | 29900 | 0.3805 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 57 | University of Central Oklahoma | 18600 | 22700 | 0.1806 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 58 | University of South Alabama | 18700 | 22400 | 0.1655 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 59 | Emory & Henry University | 18800 | 52400 | 0.6413 | 1,084 | 1145 | 0.8365 | |
| 59 | University of Northern Colorado | 18800 | 30500 | 0.3836 | 6,598 | 1080 | 0.945 | |
| 61 | California State University-Los Angeles | 19400 | 38000 | 0.4895 | 22,077 | 965 | 0.9124 | |
| 61 | Pennsylvania Western University | 19400 | 29000 | 0.3315 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 63 | Kutztown University of Pennsylvania | 19500 | 29100 | 0.3299 | 6,229 | 1174 | 0.8942 | |
| 64 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 19800 | 39900 | 0.504 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 65 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20100 | 45200 | 0.5559 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 66 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 20300 | 39200 | 0.4824 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 67 | Millersville University of Pennsylvania | 20500 | 24900 | 0.1767 | 5,823 | 1115 | 0.8619 | |
| 67 | University of Wyoming | 20500 | 27900 | 0.2644 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 69 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 20600 | 26000 | 0.2082 | 5,063 | 1069 | 0.8756 | |
| 70 | Louisiana Tech University | 20900 | 26100 | 0.1994 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 71 | Rocky Mountain College | 21100 | 52000 | 0.5939 | 779 | 1055 | 0.7775 | |
| 72 | State University of New York at New Paltz | 21200 | 26300 | 0.1941 | 6,113 | 1279 | 0.6267 | |
| 73 | University of Mary Washington | 21400 | 47100 | 0.5448 | 3,531 | 1279 | 0.7413 | |
| 74 | Aquinas College | 22300 | 53400 | 0.5829 | 1,103 | 1035 | 0.9726 | |
| 75 | Florida State University | 22400 | 32400 | 0.3091 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 75 | University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire | 22400 | 22400 | 0 | 8,329 | 1209 | 0.385 | |
| 77 | Concordia University-Nebraska | 22500 | 61100 | 0.6317 | 3,007 | 1135 | 0.8572 | |
| 78 | Indiana University-Southeast | 22600 | 25900 | 0.1269 | 3,200 | 1095 | 0.842 | |
| 79 | Augustana College | 22700 | 72800 | 0.6881 | 2,536 | 1157 | 0.6628 | |
| 79 | San Jose State University | 22700 | 41100 | 0.4478 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 81 | Saint Cloud State University | 22900 | 36800 | 0.3775 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 82 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 23000 | 27500 | 0.1618 | 18,028 | 1059 | 0.7996 | |
| 83 | Illinois State University | 23100 | 36400 | 0.3667 | 19,513 | 1115 | 0.8555 | |
| 83 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 23100 | 24700 | 0.0648 | 7,753 | 1140 | 0.9245 | |
| 85 | Indiana State University | 23500 | 32400 | 0.2748 | 6,352 | 1015 | 0.9157 | |
| 86 | University of Wisconsin-Parkside | 23800 | 30400 | 0.2168 | 3,207 | 1084 | 0.9751 | |
| 87 | Calvin University | 23900 | 53500 | 0.5532 | 3,359 | 1232 | 0.6791 | |
| 88 | Park University | 24100 | 31300 | 0.2304 | 4,657 | 1035 | 0.6904 | |
| 89 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 24800 | 32800 | 0.2438 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 90 | University of Hawaii at Hilo | 24900 | 38300 | 0.3501 | 2,304 | 990 | 0.8351 | |
| 91 | California State University-Stanislaus | 25000 | 36800 | 0.3208 | 8,494 | 950 | 0.9558 | |
| 92 | Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania | 25200 | 34900 | 0.2783 | 4,371 | 1084 | 0.865 | |
| 93 | Minnesota State University, Mankato | 25700 | 28000 | 0.0817 | 13,433 | 1145 | 0.8844 | |
| 94 | University of North Dakota | 25800 | 28600 | 0.0977 | 11,837 | 1189 | 0.8157 | |
| 95 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 26000 | 36800 | 0.2936 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 96 | Georgia Southern University | 26300 | 26800 | 0.0187 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 96 | Gustavus Adolphus College | 26300 | 75500 | 0.6519 | 1,906 | 1273 | 0.6099 | |
| 98 | Ball State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 15,950 | 1185 | 0.8625 | |
| 98 | Bemidji State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 3,751 | 1075 | 0.5598 | |
| 100 | California State University-Northridge | 26500 | 36500 | 0.2734 | 32,846 | 1005 | 0.9176 | |
| 100 | University of Arkansas | 26500 | 28900 | 0.0828 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 100 | University of Southern Mississippi | 26500 | 26500 | 0 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 103 | University of Idaho | 26700 | 45200 | 0.4089 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 104 | University of Central Arkansas | 26900 | 31200 | 0.1373 | 8,238 | 1110 | 0.9157 | |
| 105 | University of North Alabama | 27200 | 37300 | 0.2708 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 106 | Kennesaw State University | 27400 | 27400 | 0 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 106 | Rowan University | 27400 | 41300 | 0.3369 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 106 | Syracuse University | 27400 | 83100 | 0.6701 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 109 | California State University-San Bernardino | 27500 | 39100 | 0.2966 | 15,948 | 1020 | 0.943 | |
| 110 | Bridgewater State University | 27700 | 35500 | 0.2189 | 8,849 | 1143 | 0.8798 | |
| 111 | Villanova University | 27800 | 88800 | 0.6867 | 6,933 | 1466 | 0.2814 | |
| 112 | Texas State University | 27900 | 28000 | 0.0036 | 39,353 | 1080 | 0.9118 | |
| 112 | University of Northern Iowa | 27900 | 36200 | 0.2292 | 7,800 | 1115 | 0.9313 | |
| 112 | Weber State University | 27900 | 33900 | 0.1769 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 115 | Elmhurst University | 28100 | 67000 | 0.5808 | 3,170 | 1133 | 0.7501 | |
| 116 | Jacksonville State University | 28800 | 38200 | 0.2459 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 117 | California State University-East Bay | 28900 | 45100 | 0.3594 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 117 | Pittsburg State University | 28900 | 36200 | 0.2014 | 4,561 | 1055 | 0.5487 | |
| 119 | Sonoma State University | 29100 | 41200 | 0.2937 | 4,449 | 1050 | 0.9841 | |
| 119 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29100 | 34000 | 0.1442 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 121 | University of Connecticut | 29200 | 39500 | 0.261 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 122 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 29400 | 42200 | 0.3031 | 15,735 | 1069 | 0.8797 | |
| 123 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 29700 | 31600 | 0.0601 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 123 | Southern Utah University | 29700 | 40800 | 0.2722 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 125 | George Mason University | 30400 | 35700 | 0.1483 | 28,862 | 1271 | 0.8647 | |
| 125 | San Francisco State University | 30400 | 47700 | 0.3628 | 19,444 | 1035 | 0.9644 | |
| 127 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 30700 | 59100 | 0.4803 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 128 | University of Louisville | 30800 | 42000 | 0.2665 | 17,916 | 1134 | 0.7921 | |
| 129 | San Diego State University | 31400 | 36100 | 0.1301 | 36,196 | 1208 | 0.3741 | |
| 130 | Ohio Wesleyan University | 31700 | 75700 | 0.5809 | 1,652 | 1281 | 0.6441 | |
| 131 | Portland State University | 32000 | 43100 | 0.2572 | 14,932 | 1174 | 0.8586 | |
| 132 | Samford University | 32400 | 64600 | 0.4986 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 133 | Liberty University | 33200 | 44600 | 0.2556 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 134 | Rhode Island College | 33300 | 45100 | 0.2616 | 5,695 | 995 | 0.8557 | |
| 135 | George Washington University | 33700 | 81800 | 0.5881 | 11,495 | 1436 | 0.4713 | |
| 136 | University of St Thomas | 34300 | 70300 | 0.5124 | 6,270 | 1299 | 0.8548 | |
| 137 | University of Vermont | 34500 | 66300 | 0.4799 | 12,159 | 1372 | 0.7304 | |
| 138 | University of South Florida | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 139 | Valparaiso University | 35200 | 63000 | 0.441 | 2,056 | 1183 | 0.8994 | |
| 140 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 35600 | 47500 | 0.2507 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 141 | Carthage College | 35800 | 61800 | 0.4207 | 2,914 | 1125 | 0.8445 | |
| 142 | Temple University | 35900 | 56400 | 0.3636 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 143 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 36100 | 36100 | 0 | 16,131 | 1275 | 0.6472 | |
| 144 | Hofstra University | 36200 | 76900 | 0.5292 | 6,599 | 1369 | 0.7267 | |
| 145 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 36400 | 53100 | 0.3144 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 146 | East Carolina University | 36900 | 42700 | 0.1356 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 147 | University of Nevada-Reno | 37300 | 45800 | 0.1857 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 148 | SUNY Oneonta | 39300 | 41700 | 0.0575 | 4,815 | 1090 | 0.7696 | |
| 148 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 39300 | 42500 | 0.0754 | 14,249 | 1084 | 0.7761 | |
| 148 | University of Denver | 39300 | 76900 | 0.4892 | 5,766 | 1292 | 0.8538 | |
| 151 | The University of Montana | 39800 | 45000 | 0.1155 | 8,014 | 1184 | 0.9586 | |
| 152 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5061 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 153 | Montclair State University | 41300 | 46600 | 0.1138 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 154 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 42400 | 42400 | 0 | 14,657 | 1190 | 0.7583 | |
| 155 | University at Buffalo | 43100 | 46700 | 0.0771 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 156 | Texas Christian University | 44400 | 87400 | 0.4922 | 11,152 | 1268 | 0.4809 | |
| 157 | Towson University | 44800 | 46400 | 0.0345 | 16,361 | 1082 | 0.8057 | |
| 158 | James Madison University | 45200 | 45200 | 0 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 159 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 46300 | 46600 | 0.0064 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 160 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47100 | 59700 | 0.2124 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 161 | University at Albany | 48900 | 48900 | 0 | 12,889 | 1245 | 0.7044 | |
| 162 | DePaul University | 49100 | 66000 | 0.2562 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 162 | University of Kentucky | 49100 | 58000 | 0.1548 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 164 | Michigan State University | 49200 | 56200 | 0.1245 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 165 | The University of Texas at Austin | 49700 | 59400 | 0.1633 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 165 | University of Georgia | 49700 | 51600 | 0.0368 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 167 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 50600 | 52900 | 0.0433 | 14,834 | 1149 | 0.7803 | |
| 168 | University of Iowa | 52100 | 54400 | 0.0421 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 169 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 52300 | 53600 | 0.0243 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 170 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53200 | 61000 | 0.1293 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 171 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 58900 | 61200 | 0.0374 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 172 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 59300 | 61600 | 0.0372 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 | |
| 173 | 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.