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Considering a degree in Geography?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Geography majors who live in District of Columbia.
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 District of Columbia.
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 | Colgate University | 10500 | 95800 | 0.8901 | 3,193 | 1488 | 0.1388 | |
| 7 | California State University-Sacramento | 11700 | 30700 | 0.6186 | 28,619 | 1015 | 0.9357 | |
| 7 | California State University-Stanislaus | 11700 | 28500 | 0.5894 | 8,494 | 950 | 0.9558 | |
| 7 | Marshall University | 11700 | 36600 | 0.68 | 9,960 | 1070 | 0.9663 | |
| 10 | Vassar College | 11900 | 92400 | 0.8714 | 2,514 | 1488 | 0.2093 | |
| 11 | California State University-Northridge | 12000 | 22000 | 0.4546 | 32,846 | 1005 | 0.9176 | |
| 11 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 12000 | 25000 | 0.5193 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 13 | Fayetteville State University | 12200 | 26300 | 0.5364 | 6,542 | 900 | 0.689 | |
| 14 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 15 | Eastern Illinois University | 12700 | 24300 | 0.4779 | 6,731 | 1020 | 0.7073 | |
| 15 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 12700 | 24700 | 0.4861 | 7,753 | 1140 | 0.9245 | |
| 17 | University of Arizona | 12900 | 30900 | 0.5835 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 18 | University of North Alabama | 13000 | 28200 | 0.5393 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 19 | University of Georgia | 13600 | 26600 | 0.4887 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 20 | Middlebury College | 13700 | 89900 | 0.8477 | 2,640 | 1499 | 0.1277 | |
| 20 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 63200 | 0.7838 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 22 | Grand Valley State University | 14000 | 25300 | 0.4472 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 23 | Northern Illinois University | 14100 | 30400 | 0.5355 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 24 | Arkansas Tech University | 14300 | 34400 | 0.5844 | 8,279 | 1055 | 0.9747 | |
| 24 | University of the District of Columbia | 14300 | 26900 | 0.469 | 3,610 | 0 | 0.8384 | |
| 26 | Salisbury University | 14500 | 28700 | 0.4951 | 6,477 | 1245 | 0.8826 | |
| 26 | Sonoma State University | 14500 | 26700 | 0.457 | 4,449 | 1050 | 0.9841 | |
| 28 | Pittsburg State University | 14800 | 23900 | 0.3801 | 4,561 | 1055 | 0.5487 | |
| 29 | Wayne State College | 15000 | 20300 | 0.2611 | 3,886 | 0 | 1 | |
| 30 | University of Wisconsin-Parkside | 15300 | 20600 | 0.2548 | 3,207 | 1084 | 0.9751 | |
| 31 | Western Michigan University | 15400 | 32500 | 0.5268 | 13,714 | 1089 | 0.9121 | |
| 32 | Fitchburg State University | 15500 | 33700 | 0.5402 | 3,000 | 1090 | 0.8885 | |
| 33 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 38800 | 0.5992 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 34 | Appalachian State University | 15700 | 19500 | 0.195 | 19,732 | 1174 | 0.9388 | |
| 35 | Kansas State University | 15800 | 26100 | 0.3962 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 35 | Sam Houston State University | 15800 | 30300 | 0.4782 | 17,822 | 1035 | 0.9372 | |
| 35 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 15800 | 22300 | 0.2912 | 26,213 | 1209 | 0.7778 | |
| 35 | Worcester State University | 15800 | 31700 | 0.501 | 4,485 | 1090 | 0.8799 | |
| 39 | California State University-Long Beach | 16000 | 25800 | 0.3799 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 39 | University of Colorado Colorado Springs | 16000 | 25400 | 0.3706 | 9,040 | 1119 | 0.9666 | |
| 39 | Weber State University | 16000 | 23600 | 0.3216 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 42 | Frostburg State University | 16100 | 26600 | 0.3945 | 3,436 | 1095 | 0.907 | |
| 43 | Eastern Michigan University | 16400 | 36100 | 0.5459 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 43 | West Virginia University | 16400 | 40900 | 0.5987 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 45 | SUNY College at Geneseo | 16500 | 26400 | 0.3744 | 3,943 | 1275 | 0.3333 | |
| 46 | Georgia Southern University | 16600 | 20100 | 0.1737 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 46 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16600 | 64800 | 0.7439 | 22,007 | 1427 | 0.1672 | |
| 48 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 16800 | 26300 | 0.3612 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 49 | Central Connecticut State University | 17100 | 34000 | 0.4965 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 49 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 17100 | 17100 | 0 | 14,657 | 1190 | 0.7583 | |
| 51 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 17200 | 35400 | 0.5147 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 52 | Rhode Island College | 17300 | 27400 | 0.369 | 5,695 | 995 | 0.8557 | |
| 53 | Salem State University | 17400 | 28500 | 0.3894 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 54 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 17500 | 29900 | 0.4139 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 54 | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | 17500 | 21900 | 0.2012 | 10,743 | 1075 | 0.9598 | |
| 54 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 17500 | 26600 | 0.3425 | 7,747 | 1073 | 0.9617 | |
| 57 | East Carolina University | 17600 | 26100 | 0.3256 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 57 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 17600 | 22800 | 0.2284 | 11,994 | 1090 | 0.8651 | |
| 59 | Towson University | 18200 | 29900 | 0.3909 | 16,361 | 1082 | 0.8057 | |
| 60 | California State University-Fullerton | 18300 | 20600 | 0.1113 | 40,705 | 960 | 0.8811 | |
| 61 | The University of Montana | 18800 | 25200 | 0.2537 | 8,014 | 1184 | 0.9586 | |
| 61 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 18800 | 31400 | 0.4013 | 14,249 | 1084 | 0.7761 | |
| 63 | University of Central Oklahoma | 18900 | 22700 | 0.1674 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 64 | University of South Alabama | 19100 | 22400 | 0.1476 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 65 | Emory & Henry University | 19300 | 52400 | 0.6309 | 1,084 | 1145 | 0.8365 | |
| 66 | University of Maine at Farmington | 19500 | 33700 | 0.422 | 1,661 | 1062 | 0.9832 | |
| 67 | California State University-Los Angeles | 19600 | 38000 | 0.4843 | 22,077 | 965 | 0.9124 | |
| 68 | University of Northern Iowa | 19700 | 24000 | 0.1786 | 7,800 | 1115 | 0.9313 | |
| 69 | Youngstown State University | 19800 | 34000 | 0.4177 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 70 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20000 | 39900 | 0.499 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 70 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 20000 | 32300 | 0.3806 | 15,735 | 1069 | 0.8797 | |
| 72 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20100 | 45200 | 0.5559 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 73 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 20200 | 38500 | 0.4738 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 | |
| 74 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 20500 | 39200 | 0.4773 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 75 | Millersville University of Pennsylvania | 20700 | 24900 | 0.1687 | 5,823 | 1115 | 0.8619 | |
| 75 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 20700 | 26000 | 0.2032 | 5,063 | 1069 | 0.8756 | |
| 77 | Louisiana Tech University | 21200 | 26100 | 0.1879 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 78 | Rocky Mountain College | 21400 | 52000 | 0.5882 | 779 | 1055 | 0.7775 | |
| 78 | University of Mary Washington | 21400 | 47100 | 0.5459 | 3,531 | 1279 | 0.7413 | |
| 80 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 81 | California State University-Chico | 22200 | 31000 | 0.2835 | 13,599 | 1054 | 0.9107 | |
| 82 | Aquinas College | 22400 | 53400 | 0.581 | 1,103 | 1035 | 0.9726 | |
| 82 | Florida State University | 22400 | 32400 | 0.3091 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 82 | University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire | 22400 | 22400 | 0 | 8,329 | 1209 | 0.385 | |
| 85 | Indiana University-Southeast | 22600 | 25900 | 0.1269 | 3,200 | 1095 | 0.842 | |
| 86 | Augustana College | 22700 | 72800 | 0.6881 | 2,536 | 1157 | 0.6628 | |
| 86 | Concordia University-Nebraska | 22700 | 61100 | 0.6284 | 3,007 | 1135 | 0.8572 | |
| 88 | Saint Cloud State University | 22900 | 36800 | 0.3775 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 88 | San Jose State University | 22900 | 41100 | 0.4429 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 90 | Illinois State University | 23100 | 36400 | 0.3667 | 19,513 | 1115 | 0.8555 | |
| 90 | University of Southern Mississippi | 23100 | 23100 | 0 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 92 | Central Washington University | 23300 | 27900 | 0.1651 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 93 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 23400 | 24900 | 0.0602 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 94 | Calvin University | 23900 | 53500 | 0.5532 | 3,359 | 1232 | 0.6791 | |
| 95 | Indiana State University | 24000 | 32400 | 0.2594 | 6,352 | 1015 | 0.9157 | |
| 96 | Park University | 24300 | 31300 | 0.224 | 4,657 | 1035 | 0.6904 | |
| 97 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 24400 | 24400 | 0 | 16,131 | 1275 | 0.6472 | |
| 98 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 24600 | 37900 | 0.3506 | 5,677 | 985 | 0.9301 | |
| 98 | University at Buffalo | 24600 | 34000 | 0.2765 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 100 | Pennsylvania Western University | 24700 | 34400 | 0.2817 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 100 | Temple University | 24700 | 36100 | 0.316 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 102 | University of Hawaii at Hilo | 25100 | 38300 | 0.3448 | 2,304 | 990 | 0.8351 | |
| 103 | Michigan State University | 25500 | 28900 | 0.1193 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 103 | Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania | 25500 | 34900 | 0.2697 | 4,371 | 1084 | 0.865 | |
| 105 | Minnesota State University, Mankato | 25700 | 28000 | 0.0817 | 13,433 | 1145 | 0.8844 | |
| 106 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 26200 | 36800 | 0.2882 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 107 | Gustavus Adolphus College | 26300 | 75500 | 0.6519 | 1,906 | 1273 | 0.6099 | |
| 108 | Ball State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 15,950 | 1185 | 0.8625 | |
| 108 | Bemidji State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 3,751 | 1075 | 0.5598 | |
| 110 | University of Arkansas | 26600 | 28900 | 0.0793 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 111 | University of Idaho | 26700 | 45200 | 0.4089 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 112 | Kennesaw State University | 27400 | 27400 | 0 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 112 | Rowan University | 27400 | 41300 | 0.3369 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 112 | Syracuse University | 27400 | 83100 | 0.6701 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 115 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 18,028 | 1059 | 0.7996 | |
| 116 | California State University-San Bernardino | 27800 | 39100 | 0.2889 | 15,948 | 1020 | 0.943 | |
| 116 | California State University-San Marcos | 27800 | 38300 | 0.2741 | 15,770 | 990 | 0.9513 | |
| 116 | Villanova University | 27800 | 88800 | 0.6867 | 6,933 | 1466 | 0.2814 | |
| 119 | Bridgewater State University | 27900 | 35500 | 0.2138 | 8,849 | 1143 | 0.8798 | |
| 119 | Texas State University | 27900 | 28000 | 0.0036 | 39,353 | 1080 | 0.9118 | |
| 121 | Elmhurst University | 28200 | 67000 | 0.5793 | 3,170 | 1133 | 0.7501 | |
| 122 | University of North Texas | 28300 | 37400 | 0.2431 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 123 | Jacksonville State University | 29000 | 38200 | 0.2407 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 124 | California State University-East Bay | 29200 | 45100 | 0.3527 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 125 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 29700 | 31600 | 0.0601 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 126 | Southern Utah University | 29800 | 40800 | 0.2697 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 127 | University of West Georgia | 30000 | 46800 | 0.3589 | 10,075 | 1035 | 0.7995 | |
| 128 | San Francisco State University | 30700 | 47700 | 0.3565 | 19,444 | 1035 | 0.9644 | |
| 129 | Kutztown University of Pennsylvania | 30800 | 35900 | 0.1422 | 6,229 | 1174 | 0.8942 | |
| 130 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 30900 | 59100 | 0.4769 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 131 | University of North Dakota | 31000 | 33700 | 0.0827 | 11,837 | 1189 | 0.8157 | |
| 132 | University of Louisville | 31100 | 42000 | 0.2593 | 17,916 | 1134 | 0.7921 | |
| 133 | San Diego State University | 31400 | 36100 | 0.1301 | 36,196 | 1208 | 0.3741 | |
| 134 | Ohio Wesleyan University | 31700 | 75700 | 0.5809 | 1,652 | 1281 | 0.6441 | |
| 135 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 32100 | 36700 | 0.1252 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 136 | Portland State University | 32200 | 43100 | 0.2526 | 14,932 | 1174 | 0.8586 | |
| 137 | Samford University | 32500 | 64600 | 0.497 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 138 | Framingham State University | 33200 | 38100 | 0.1286 | 2,782 | 1190 | 0.8366 | |
| 138 | Liberty University | 33200 | 44600 | 0.2556 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 140 | University of St Thomas | 34300 | 70300 | 0.5124 | 6,270 | 1299 | 0.8548 | |
| 141 | University of Vermont | 34500 | 66300 | 0.4799 | 12,159 | 1372 | 0.7304 | |
| 142 | University of South Florida | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 143 | Valparaiso University | 35200 | 63000 | 0.441 | 2,056 | 1183 | 0.8994 | |
| 144 | State University of New York at New Paltz | 35700 | 35700 | 0 | 6,113 | 1279 | 0.6267 | |
| 145 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 35800 | 47500 | 0.2465 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 145 | Carthage College | 35800 | 61800 | 0.4207 | 2,914 | 1125 | 0.8445 | |
| 147 | University of Northern Colorado | 36100 | 39100 | 0.0768 | 6,598 | 1080 | 0.945 | |
| 148 | Hofstra University | 36300 | 76900 | 0.5279 | 6,599 | 1369 | 0.7267 | |
| 148 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 36300 | 53100 | 0.3162 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 150 | California State University-Fresno | 36700 | 43800 | 0.162 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 151 | University of Connecticut | 37200 | 53600 | 0.3062 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 152 | University of Nevada-Reno | 37300 | 45800 | 0.1857 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 153 | University of Southern Maine | 37500 | 37500 | 0 | 5,549 | 1139 | 0.8241 | |
| 154 | University of Central Arkansas | 38000 | 40200 | 0.0569 | 8,238 | 1110 | 0.9157 | |
| 155 | University of Denver | 39200 | 76900 | 0.4905 | 5,766 | 1292 | 0.8538 | |
| 156 | SUNY Oneonta | 39400 | 41700 | 0.0551 | 4,815 | 1090 | 0.7696 | |
| 157 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 39700 | 50000 | 0.2062 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 158 | University of Wyoming | 40000 | 45300 | 0.1168 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 159 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5061 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 160 | George Washington University | 40800 | 80900 | 0.4959 | 11,495 | 1436 | 0.4713 | |
| 161 | Montclair State University | 41500 | 46600 | 0.1095 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 162 | Texas Christian University | 44300 | 87400 | 0.4934 | 11,152 | 1268 | 0.4809 | |
| 163 | Georgia College & State University | 44900 | 52400 | 0.1431 | 6,250 | 1165 | 0.8466 | |
| 164 | James Madison University | 45200 | 45200 | 0 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 165 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47100 | 59700 | 0.2124 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 166 | University at Albany | 48900 | 48900 | 0 | 12,889 | 1245 | 0.7044 | |
| 167 | University of Kentucky | 49000 | 58000 | 0.1551 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 168 | DePaul University | 49100 | 66000 | 0.2562 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 169 | The University of Texas at Austin | 49700 | 59400 | 0.1633 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 170 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 50600 | 52900 | 0.0433 | 14,834 | 1149 | 0.7803 | |
| 171 | University of Iowa | 52100 | 54400 | 0.0421 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 172 | George Mason University | 53500 | 61000 | 0.123 | 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.