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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 | California State University-Los Angeles | 5300 | 69100 | 0.9237 | 22,077 | 965 | 0.9124 | |
| 4 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22200 | 0.6405 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 5 | California State University-Northridge | 8100 | 22000 | 0.631 | 32,846 | 1005 | 0.9176 | |
| 6 | Middlebury College | 8700 | 94500 | 0.908 | 2,640 | 1499 | 0.1277 | |
| 7 | Colgate University | 8800 | 95800 | 0.9081 | 3,193 | 1488 | 0.1388 | |
| 8 | California State University-East Bay | 8900 | 45100 | 0.803 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 9 | Rhode Island College | 9100 | 30200 | 0.6994 | 5,695 | 995 | 0.8557 | |
| 10 | Portland State University | 9400 | 26100 | 0.6395 | 14,932 | 1174 | 0.8586 | |
| 11 | Indiana State University | 9900 | 25900 | 0.6187 | 6,352 | 1015 | 0.9157 | |
| 12 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 10300 | 10300 | 0 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 13 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 10700 | 21100 | 0.4936 | 7,753 | 1140 | 0.9245 | |
| 14 | Southern Utah University | 10800 | 51400 | 0.7898 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 15 | California State University-Stanislaus | 11000 | 31200 | 0.648 | 8,494 | 950 | 0.9558 | |
| 15 | Worcester State University | 11000 | 34900 | 0.6843 | 4,485 | 1090 | 0.8799 | |
| 17 | Marshall University | 11100 | 39800 | 0.7209 | 9,960 | 1070 | 0.9663 | |
| 18 | Fayetteville State University | 11200 | 18200 | 0.3844 | 6,542 | 900 | 0.689 | |
| 18 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 11200 | 31400 | 0.6434 | 14,249 | 1084 | 0.7761 | |
| 20 | California State University-Fresno | 11500 | 19600 | 0.4157 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 21 | Eastern Illinois University | 11700 | 24700 | 0.5248 | 6,731 | 1020 | 0.7073 | |
| 21 | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | 11700 | 19300 | 0.3938 | 10,743 | 1075 | 0.9598 | |
| 21 | Vassar College | 11700 | 93100 | 0.8744 | 2,514 | 1488 | 0.2093 | |
| 24 | University of Hawaii at Hilo | 11800 | 56000 | 0.7893 | 2,304 | 990 | 0.8351 | |
| 25 | Fitchburg State University | 11900 | 33800 | 0.6475 | 3,000 | 1090 | 0.8885 | |
| 26 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 12200 | 24900 | 0.5092 | 5,677 | 985 | 0.9301 | |
| 26 | Louisiana Tech University | 12200 | 42900 | 0.7155 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 28 | Mount Holyoke College | 12600 | 89900 | 0.8599 | 2,135 | 1419 | 0.3841 | |
| 29 | University of Colorado Colorado Springs | 12700 | 26600 | 0.5226 | 9,040 | 1119 | 0.9666 | |
| 30 | University of Southern Maine | 12900 | 23000 | 0.4387 | 5,549 | 1139 | 0.8241 | |
| 31 | University of Arizona | 13000 | 31000 | 0.5803 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 32 | University of the District of Columbia | 13100 | 27500 | 0.5244 | 3,610 | 0 | 0.8384 | |
| 33 | University of South Florida | 13200 | 22400 | 0.4111 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 34 | University of Georgia | 13400 | 27200 | 0.5066 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 35 | Aquinas College | 13600 | 86000 | 0.8418 | 1,103 | 1035 | 0.9726 | |
| 36 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 61700 | 0.7774 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 36 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 13700 | 22800 | 0.3996 | 11,994 | 1090 | 0.8651 | |
| 38 | Bridgewater State University | 13900 | 28800 | 0.5183 | 8,849 | 1143 | 0.8798 | |
| 39 | Youngstown State University | 14000 | 28400 | 0.5069 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 40 | Eastern Michigan University | 14100 | 33900 | 0.5855 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 40 | Salem State University | 14100 | 38300 | 0.6315 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 40 | San Francisco State University | 14100 | 47700 | 0.7046 | 19,444 | 1035 | 0.9644 | |
| 43 | California State University-San Marcos | 14200 | 38300 | 0.6291 | 15,770 | 990 | 0.9513 | |
| 44 | California State University-San Bernardino | 14300 | 32700 | 0.5625 | 15,948 | 1020 | 0.943 | |
| 45 | Arkansas Tech University | 14400 | 31400 | 0.5406 | 8,279 | 1055 | 0.9747 | |
| 46 | University of North Alabama | 14600 | 37300 | 0.6087 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 47 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 14700 | 57100 | 0.7421 | 15,735 | 1069 | 0.8797 | |
| 47 | Wayne State College | 14700 | 30200 | 0.5139 | 3,886 | 0 | 1 | |
| 49 | Ball State University | 14800 | 22400 | 0.3395 | 15,950 | 1185 | 0.8625 | |
| 49 | Sonoma State University | 14800 | 26700 | 0.4457 | 4,449 | 1050 | 0.9841 | |
| 49 | Texas State University | 14800 | 26700 | 0.445 | 39,353 | 1080 | 0.9118 | |
| 49 | West Virginia University | 14800 | 73100 | 0.7972 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 53 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 15000 | 26000 | 0.4226 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 53 | Pittsburg State University | 15000 | 23900 | 0.3718 | 4,561 | 1055 | 0.5487 | |
| 55 | California State University-Chico | 15300 | 41000 | 0.6273 | 13,599 | 1054 | 0.9107 | |
| 56 | Jacksonville State University | 15400 | 38200 | 0.5964 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 57 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 38800 | 0.5992 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 58 | University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire | 15800 | 22400 | 0.2952 | 8,329 | 1209 | 0.385 | |
| 59 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 15900 | 22300 | 0.2867 | 26,213 | 1209 | 0.7778 | |
| 60 | University of California-Los Angeles | 16300 | 36700 | 0.5554 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 60 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16300 | 64800 | 0.7481 | 22,007 | 1427 | 0.1672 | |
| 60 | University of Northern Colorado | 16300 | 30500 | 0.4656 | 6,598 | 1080 | 0.945 | |
| 63 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 16500 | 41200 | 0.6002 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 63 | Georgia Southern University | 16500 | 49700 | 0.6682 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 65 | Sam Houston State University | 16600 | 30300 | 0.4518 | 17,822 | 1035 | 0.9372 | |
| 66 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 16800 | 26300 | 0.3603 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 67 | University of South Alabama | 16900 | 22400 | 0.246 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 67 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 16900 | 36500 | 0.5373 | 7,747 | 1073 | 0.9617 | |
| 69 | Montclair State University | 17000 | 36000 | 0.5284 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 70 | Weber State University | 17100 | 20300 | 0.1579 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 71 | California State University-Sacramento | 17500 | 30700 | 0.4298 | 28,619 | 1015 | 0.9357 | |
| 71 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 17500 | 29900 | 0.4164 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 71 | University at Albany | 17500 | 30800 | 0.4319 | 12,889 | 1245 | 0.7044 | |
| 74 | East Carolina University | 17600 | 26100 | 0.3256 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 75 | University of Arkansas | 17700 | 28500 | 0.3807 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 76 | The University of Texas at Austin | 17800 | 28100 | 0.3661 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 77 | California State University-Fullerton | 18000 | 20600 | 0.1246 | 40,705 | 960 | 0.8811 | |
| 77 | Kennesaw State University | 18000 | 27400 | 0.3428 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 77 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 18000 | 25200 | 0.2853 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 80 | San Jose State University | 18100 | 41100 | 0.5591 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 81 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 18200 | 18200 | 0 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 82 | Georgia College & State University | 18300 | 18300 | 0 | 6,250 | 1165 | 0.8466 | |
| 82 | University of Central Oklahoma | 18300 | 27500 | 0.3348 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 82 | University of Vermont | 18300 | 37800 | 0.5164 | 12,159 | 1372 | 0.7304 | |
| 85 | San Diego State University | 18400 | 28900 | 0.3634 | 36,196 | 1208 | 0.3741 | |
| 86 | Emory & Henry University | 19300 | 52400 | 0.6309 | 1,084 | 1145 | 0.8365 | |
| 87 | SUNY College at Geneseo | 19900 | 39400 | 0.4954 | 3,943 | 1275 | 0.3333 | |
| 87 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 19900 | 45100 | 0.559 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 89 | Rowan University | 20000 | 41300 | 0.516 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 90 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20100 | 57800 | 0.652 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 91 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 20200 | 38500 | 0.4738 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 | |
| 92 | Syracuse University | 20300 | 83600 | 0.7572 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 92 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 20300 | 26100 | 0.2219 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 94 | SUNY Oneonta | 20500 | 55300 | 0.6299 | 4,815 | 1090 | 0.7696 | |
| 94 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 20500 | 39200 | 0.4773 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 96 | Millersville University of Pennsylvania | 21300 | 36700 | 0.42 | 5,823 | 1115 | 0.8619 | |
| 97 | Rocky Mountain College | 21400 | 52000 | 0.5882 | 779 | 1055 | 0.7775 | |
| 98 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 21600 | 27200 | 0.2048 | 5,063 | 1069 | 0.8756 | |
| 99 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 100 | Grand Valley State University | 21900 | 36200 | 0.3949 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 101 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 22200 | 34200 | 0.3512 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 101 | Florida State University | 22200 | 32100 | 0.3082 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 103 | Augustana College | 22500 | 72800 | 0.6908 | 2,536 | 1157 | 0.6628 | |
| 103 | Concordia University-Nebraska | 22500 | 85400 | 0.7364 | 3,007 | 1135 | 0.8572 | |
| 103 | Park University | 22500 | 31300 | 0.2816 | 4,657 | 1035 | 0.6904 | |
| 106 | Saint Cloud State University | 22600 | 36800 | 0.3849 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 107 | Pennsylvania Western University | 22800 | 34400 | 0.3369 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 108 | Calvin University | 23000 | 55500 | 0.5853 | 3,359 | 1232 | 0.6791 | |
| 108 | Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania | 23000 | 34900 | 0.3414 | 4,371 | 1084 | 0.865 | |
| 110 | Central Washington University | 23300 | 27900 | 0.1651 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 111 | State University of New York at New Paltz | 23700 | 35700 | 0.3357 | 6,113 | 1279 | 0.6267 | |
| 111 | University of North Texas | 23700 | 37400 | 0.3661 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 113 | University of Wisconsin-Parkside | 24000 | 30400 | 0.2094 | 3,207 | 1084 | 0.9751 | |
| 114 | Temple University | 24700 | 36100 | 0.316 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 115 | University at Buffalo | 24800 | 34000 | 0.2706 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 116 | Michigan State University | 25500 | 28900 | 0.1193 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 117 | Gustavus Adolphus College | 26100 | 75500 | 0.6544 | 1,906 | 1273 | 0.6099 | |
| 118 | Northern Illinois University | 26300 | 32100 | 0.1812 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 119 | Bemidji State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 3,751 | 1075 | 0.5598 | |
| 120 | University of Central Arkansas | 26700 | 31200 | 0.1461 | 8,238 | 1110 | 0.9157 | |
| 121 | California State University-Long Beach | 27200 | 38800 | 0.2989 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 121 | University of Southern Mississippi | 27200 | 27200 | 0 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 123 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 18,028 | 1059 | 0.7996 | |
| 124 | Central Connecticut State University | 27800 | 30400 | 0.0856 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 125 | University of Northern Iowa | 28700 | 37300 | 0.2297 | 7,800 | 1115 | 0.9313 | |
| 126 | University of Iowa | 29500 | 32100 | 0.0799 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 127 | University of Mary Washington | 30000 | 33000 | 0.0909 | 3,531 | 1279 | 0.7413 | |
| 128 | University of North Dakota | 30700 | 33700 | 0.0908 | 11,837 | 1189 | 0.8157 | |
| 129 | Kutztown University of Pennsylvania | 30800 | 35800 | 0.1396 | 6,229 | 1174 | 0.8942 | |
| 130 | Ohio Wesleyan University | 30900 | 75700 | 0.5915 | 1,652 | 1281 | 0.6441 | |
| 131 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 31900 | 35200 | 0.0938 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 132 | Villanova University | 32000 | 92900 | 0.6558 | 6,933 | 1466 | 0.2814 | |
| 133 | University of Louisville | 32200 | 42100 | 0.2349 | 17,916 | 1134 | 0.7921 | |
| 134 | Liberty University | 32500 | 44700 | 0.2729 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 135 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 33400 | 38200 | 0.1273 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 136 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 34100 | 59100 | 0.4228 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 137 | Salisbury University | 34300 | 41700 | 0.1775 | 6,477 | 1245 | 0.8826 | |
| 138 | University of Idaho | 34500 | 48700 | 0.2916 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 139 | Samford University | 34600 | 93800 | 0.6312 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 140 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 34700 | 46400 | 0.2519 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 140 | University of Nevada-Reno | 34700 | 45800 | 0.2425 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 142 | Minnesota State University, Mankato | 35000 | 37600 | 0.0683 | 13,433 | 1145 | 0.8844 | |
| 143 | Valparaiso University | 35200 | 63000 | 0.441 | 2,056 | 1183 | 0.8994 | |
| 144 | Carthage College | 35700 | 61800 | 0.4218 | 2,914 | 1125 | 0.8445 | |
| 145 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 36100 | 36100 | 0 | 16,131 | 1275 | 0.6472 | |
| 146 | University of Connecticut | 36900 | 66200 | 0.4429 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 147 | University of West Georgia | 37000 | 47300 | 0.2176 | 10,075 | 1035 | 0.7995 | |
| 148 | University of Maine at Farmington | 37100 | 40800 | 0.0908 | 1,661 | 1062 | 0.9832 | |
| 149 | Indiana University-Southeast | 37200 | 40800 | 0.0875 | 3,200 | 1095 | 0.842 | |
| 150 | Western Michigan University | 37300 | 37900 | 0.0158 | 13,714 | 1089 | 0.9121 | |
| 151 | Frostburg State University | 37400 | 42500 | 0.12 | 3,436 | 1095 | 0.907 | |
| 152 | Framingham State University | 38100 | 38100 | 0 | 2,782 | 1190 | 0.8366 | |
| 152 | University of St Thomas | 38100 | 74800 | 0.4906 | 6,270 | 1299 | 0.8548 | |
| 154 | University of Denver | 39200 | 84100 | 0.5341 | 5,766 | 1292 | 0.8538 | |
| 155 | University of Wyoming | 39700 | 45300 | 0.1229 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 156 | Elmhurst University | 40000 | 69600 | 0.4251 | 3,170 | 1133 | 0.7501 | |
| 156 | George Washington University | 40000 | 80900 | 0.5058 | 11,495 | 1436 | 0.4713 | |
| 158 | The University of Montana | 40200 | 57400 | 0.2997 | 8,014 | 1184 | 0.9586 | |
| 159 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 40400 | 42700 | 0.0538 | 14,657 | 1190 | 0.7583 | |
| 160 | James Madison University | 43400 | 45100 | 0.0377 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 161 | George Mason University | 43800 | 61400 | 0.2868 | 28,862 | 1271 | 0.8647 | |
| 162 | Kansas State University | 43900 | 48400 | 0.0919 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 163 | Texas Christian University | 44300 | 87400 | 0.4934 | 11,152 | 1268 | 0.4809 | |
| 164 | Illinois State University | 45500 | 49100 | 0.0726 | 19,513 | 1115 | 0.8555 | |
| 165 | Towson University | 46300 | 46400 | 0.0022 | 16,361 | 1082 | 0.8057 | |
| 166 | Appalachian State University | 46500 | 46500 | 0 | 19,732 | 1174 | 0.9388 | |
| 167 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47200 | 61500 | 0.2335 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 168 | University of Kentucky | 48300 | 59900 | 0.1938 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 169 | DePaul University | 49000 | 69400 | 0.2938 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 170 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 50300 | 52900 | 0.0485 | 14,834 | 1149 | 0.7803 | |
| 171 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53400 | 63400 | 0.1578 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 172 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 58800 | 62100 | 0.0531 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 173 | Hofstra University | 59000 | 83300 | 0.2918 | 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.