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Considering a degree in Geography?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Geography majors who live in Idaho.
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 Idaho.
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 | 5500 | 69100 | 0.9208 | 22,077 | 965 | 0.9124 | |
| 4 | College of Southern Idaho | 7300 | 22100 | 0.6682 | 10,176 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22200 | 0.6405 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 6 | California State University-Northridge | 8200 | 36500 | 0.7764 | 32,846 | 1005 | 0.9176 | |
| 7 | Middlebury College | 8700 | 94500 | 0.908 | 2,640 | 1499 | 0.1277 | |
| 8 | California State University-East Bay | 9100 | 45100 | 0.7986 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 9 | Colgate University | 9500 | 95800 | 0.9008 | 3,193 | 1488 | 0.1388 | |
| 10 | Portland State University | 10100 | 43300 | 0.7668 | 14,932 | 1174 | 0.8586 | |
| 11 | Southern Utah University | 10900 | 51400 | 0.7879 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 12 | California State University-Stanislaus | 11200 | 33600 | 0.6677 | 8,494 | 950 | 0.9558 | |
| 12 | Worcester State University | 11200 | 34900 | 0.6786 | 4,485 | 1090 | 0.8799 | |
| 14 | California State University-Fresno | 11300 | 54600 | 0.7923 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 14 | Marshall University | 11300 | 39800 | 0.7159 | 9,960 | 1070 | 0.9663 | |
| 16 | Fayetteville State University | 11500 | 18200 | 0.3679 | 6,542 | 900 | 0.689 | |
| 17 | University of Hawaii at Hilo | 11700 | 56000 | 0.791 | 2,304 | 990 | 0.8351 | |
| 18 | Eastern Illinois University | 11900 | 24700 | 0.5167 | 6,731 | 1020 | 0.7073 | |
| 19 | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | 12200 | 26300 | 0.5363 | 10,743 | 1075 | 0.9598 | |
| 20 | Vassar College | 12300 | 93100 | 0.8679 | 2,514 | 1488 | 0.2093 | |
| 21 | Fitchburg State University | 12400 | 33800 | 0.6327 | 3,000 | 1090 | 0.8885 | |
| 21 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 31100 | 0.6022 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 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 | |
| 25 | University of Idaho | 13000 | 27900 | 0.5331 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 26 | University of Southern Maine | 13100 | 23000 | 0.43 | 5,549 | 1139 | 0.8241 | |
| 27 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 13400 | 38300 | 0.6495 | 5,677 | 985 | 0.9301 | |
| 27 | Louisiana Tech University | 13400 | 42900 | 0.6875 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 29 | Aquinas College | 13700 | 86000 | 0.8407 | 1,103 | 1035 | 0.9726 | |
| 30 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 14000 | 22800 | 0.3865 | 11,994 | 1090 | 0.8651 | |
| 31 | San Francisco State University | 14200 | 47700 | 0.7025 | 19,444 | 1035 | 0.9644 | |
| 31 | Youngstown State University | 14200 | 28400 | 0.4998 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 33 | Salem State University | 14300 | 38300 | 0.6262 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 34 | California State University-San Marcos | 14400 | 28500 | 0.4944 | 15,770 | 990 | 0.9513 | |
| 34 | Eastern Michigan University | 14400 | 33900 | 0.5767 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 36 | Arkansas Tech University | 14500 | 31400 | 0.5374 | 8,279 | 1055 | 0.9747 | |
| 36 | California State University-San Bernardino | 14500 | 40100 | 0.6387 | 15,948 | 1020 | 0.943 | |
| 36 | Western Michigan University | 14500 | 26500 | 0.4533 | 13,714 | 1089 | 0.9121 | |
| 39 | Bridgewater State University | 14600 | 37300 | 0.6096 | 8,849 | 1143 | 0.8798 | |
| 40 | University of North Alabama | 14700 | 37300 | 0.606 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 41 | Sonoma State University | 14800 | 41200 | 0.6408 | 4,449 | 1050 | 0.9841 | |
| 41 | Wayne State College | 14800 | 30200 | 0.5106 | 3,886 | 0 | 1 | |
| 43 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 15000 | 71500 | 0.7905 | 15,735 | 1069 | 0.8797 | |
| 44 | Texas State University | 15100 | 26700 | 0.4338 | 39,353 | 1080 | 0.9118 | |
| 44 | West Virginia University | 15100 | 73100 | 0.7931 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 46 | California State University-Chico | 15500 | 23500 | 0.3401 | 13,599 | 1054 | 0.9107 | |
| 47 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 29800 | 0.4782 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 47 | University of Maine at Farmington | 15600 | 32600 | 0.5217 | 1,661 | 1062 | 0.9832 | |
| 49 | Jacksonville State University | 15700 | 27000 | 0.4192 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 50 | Kansas State University | 16100 | 26400 | 0.3909 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 50 | University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire | 16100 | 22400 | 0.2818 | 8,329 | 1209 | 0.385 | |
| 52 | University of California-Los Angeles | 16300 | 36700 | 0.5554 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 52 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16300 | 64800 | 0.7481 | 22,007 | 1427 | 0.1672 | |
| 54 | Indiana State University | 16500 | 32400 | 0.4909 | 6,352 | 1015 | 0.9157 | |
| 55 | Georgia Southern University | 16700 | 49700 | 0.6641 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 56 | Sam Houston State University | 17000 | 30300 | 0.4386 | 17,822 | 1035 | 0.9372 | |
| 56 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 17000 | 26300 | 0.3527 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 58 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 17100 | 36500 | 0.5318 | 7,747 | 1073 | 0.9617 | |
| 59 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 17500 | 29900 | 0.4164 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 60 | East Carolina University | 17600 | 26100 | 0.3256 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 61 | California State University-Sacramento | 17700 | 31400 | 0.4369 | 28,619 | 1015 | 0.9357 | |
| 62 | Kennesaw State University | 18100 | 27400 | 0.3391 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 63 | The University of Texas at Austin | 18200 | 28100 | 0.3519 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 64 | Georgia College & State University | 18300 | 18300 | 0 | 6,250 | 1165 | 0.8466 | |
| 64 | San Jose State University | 18300 | 41100 | 0.5542 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 66 | California State University-Fullerton | 18800 | 41600 | 0.5479 | 40,705 | 960 | 0.8811 | |
| 67 | SUNY Oneonta | 19600 | 29300 | 0.331 | 4,815 | 1090 | 0.7696 | |
| 68 | Emory & Henry University | 19900 | 52400 | 0.6205 | 1,084 | 1145 | 0.8365 | |
| 68 | SUNY College at Geneseo | 19900 | 39400 | 0.4954 | 3,943 | 1275 | 0.3333 | |
| 70 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20300 | 57800 | 0.6485 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 70 | Syracuse University | 20300 | 83600 | 0.7572 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 72 | University of Mary Washington | 21100 | 47400 | 0.5547 | 3,531 | 1279 | 0.7413 | |
| 73 | Boise State University | 21400 | 31200 | 0.3143 | 25,308 | 1025 | 0.8389 | |
| 73 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 21400 | 41600 | 0.4856 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 75 | Millersville University of Pennsylvania | 21500 | 36700 | 0.4146 | 5,823 | 1115 | 0.8619 | |
| 76 | Rocky Mountain College | 21600 | 52000 | 0.5843 | 779 | 1055 | 0.7775 | |
| 76 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 21600 | 27200 | 0.2048 | 5,063 | 1069 | 0.8756 | |
| 78 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 79 | Grand Valley State University | 21900 | 36200 | 0.3949 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 80 | Florida State University | 22200 | 32100 | 0.3082 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 81 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 22300 | 37600 | 0.4069 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 82 | Augustana College | 22500 | 72800 | 0.6908 | 2,536 | 1157 | 0.6628 | |
| 82 | Park University | 22500 | 31300 | 0.2816 | 4,657 | 1035 | 0.6904 | |
| 82 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 22500 | 42500 | 0.4706 | 14,249 | 1084 | 0.7761 | |
| 85 | Saint Cloud State University | 22600 | 36800 | 0.3849 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 86 | Concordia University-Nebraska | 22700 | 85400 | 0.7341 | 3,007 | 1135 | 0.8572 | |
| 86 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 22700 | 30300 | 0.2511 | 7,753 | 1140 | 0.9245 | |
| 88 | Calvin University | 22900 | 55500 | 0.5871 | 3,359 | 1232 | 0.6791 | |
| 89 | Pennsylvania Western University | 23000 | 34400 | 0.3311 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 89 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 23000 | 27500 | 0.1618 | 18,028 | 1059 | 0.7996 | |
| 91 | Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania | 23200 | 34900 | 0.3356 | 4,371 | 1084 | 0.865 | |
| 92 | Central Washington University | 23500 | 27200 | 0.1359 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 93 | State University of New York at New Paltz | 23800 | 35700 | 0.333 | 6,113 | 1279 | 0.6267 | |
| 94 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24000 | 38500 | 0.3764 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 94 | University of North Texas | 24000 | 37400 | 0.358 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 94 | University of Wisconsin-Parkside | 24000 | 30400 | 0.2094 | 3,207 | 1084 | 0.9751 | |
| 97 | University of South Florida | 24800 | 36500 | 0.3202 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 98 | University of Northern Colorado | 24900 | 39100 | 0.3633 | 6,598 | 1080 | 0.945 | |
| 99 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 25000 | 36800 | 0.3208 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 100 | Minnesota State University, Mankato | 25500 | 28000 | 0.0915 | 13,433 | 1145 | 0.8844 | |
| 101 | Gustavus Adolphus College | 26100 | 75500 | 0.6544 | 1,906 | 1273 | 0.6099 | |
| 102 | Northern Illinois University | 26300 | 32100 | 0.1807 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 103 | Bemidji State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 3,751 | 1075 | 0.5598 | |
| 104 | Ball State University | 26500 | 26500 | 0 | 15,950 | 1185 | 0.8625 | |
| 105 | University of Arkansas | 26800 | 44700 | 0.3997 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 106 | Weber State University | 27100 | 31500 | 0.1399 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 107 | University of Southern Mississippi | 27200 | 27200 | 0 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 108 | California State University-Long Beach | 27300 | 38800 | 0.2963 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 109 | University of Central Oklahoma | 27700 | 33800 | 0.1803 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 110 | Central Connecticut State University | 28000 | 30400 | 0.0791 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 111 | University of Northern Iowa | 28700 | 37300 | 0.2297 | 7,800 | 1115 | 0.9313 | |
| 112 | University of Iowa | 29500 | 32100 | 0.0799 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 112 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29500 | 34200 | 0.1373 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 114 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 30100 | 33200 | 0.0932 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 115 | The University of Montana | 30500 | 30500 | 0 | 8,014 | 1184 | 0.9586 | |
| 116 | University of North Dakota | 30700 | 33700 | 0.0908 | 11,837 | 1189 | 0.8157 | |
| 117 | Kutztown University of Pennsylvania | 30800 | 35800 | 0.1396 | 6,229 | 1174 | 0.8942 | |
| 117 | Ohio Wesleyan University | 30800 | 75700 | 0.5928 | 1,652 | 1281 | 0.6441 | |
| 119 | Pittsburg State University | 31300 | 37100 | 0.1564 | 4,561 | 1055 | 0.5487 | |
| 120 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 32100 | 54400 | 0.4099 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 121 | San Diego State University | 32300 | 37100 | 0.1295 | 36,196 | 1208 | 0.3741 | |
| 121 | Villanova University | 32300 | 92900 | 0.6526 | 6,933 | 1466 | 0.2814 | |
| 123 | Liberty University | 32500 | 44700 | 0.2729 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 123 | University of Louisville | 32500 | 42100 | 0.2278 | 17,916 | 1134 | 0.7921 | |
| 123 | University of Nevada-Reno | 32500 | 32500 | 0 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 126 | University of Colorado Colorado Springs | 32800 | 41600 | 0.2115 | 9,040 | 1119 | 0.9666 | |
| 127 | Salisbury University | 34200 | 41700 | 0.1799 | 6,477 | 1245 | 0.8826 | |
| 128 | George Washington University | 34300 | 81800 | 0.5808 | 11,495 | 1436 | 0.4713 | |
| 128 | University of Vermont | 34300 | 66300 | 0.4821 | 12,159 | 1372 | 0.7304 | |
| 130 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 34400 | 59100 | 0.4177 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 131 | Samford University | 34700 | 93800 | 0.6301 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 131 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 34700 | 46400 | 0.2519 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 133 | Valparaiso University | 35400 | 63200 | 0.4393 | 2,056 | 1183 | 0.8994 | |
| 134 | Temple University | 35500 | 57200 | 0.3791 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 135 | Carthage College | 35700 | 61800 | 0.4218 | 2,914 | 1125 | 0.8445 | |
| 136 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 35900 | 54000 | 0.3352 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 137 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 36100 | 36100 | 0 | 16,131 | 1275 | 0.6472 | |
| 138 | University of South Alabama | 36200 | 40200 | 0.0996 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 139 | Rowan University | 36700 | 53600 | 0.3151 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 140 | University of Connecticut | 36900 | 66200 | 0.4429 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 141 | Indiana University-Southeast | 37200 | 40800 | 0.0875 | 3,200 | 1095 | 0.842 | |
| 141 | University of West Georgia | 37200 | 47300 | 0.2134 | 10,075 | 1035 | 0.7995 | |
| 143 | Frostburg State University | 37600 | 42500 | 0.1153 | 3,436 | 1095 | 0.907 | |
| 143 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37600 | 66700 | 0.4364 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 145 | University of Central Arkansas | 37700 | 40200 | 0.0637 | 8,238 | 1110 | 0.9157 | |
| 146 | University of Arizona | 37800 | 39900 | 0.0526 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 147 | University of St Thomas | 38000 | 74800 | 0.492 | 6,270 | 1299 | 0.8548 | |
| 148 | Framingham State University | 38100 | 38100 | 0 | 2,782 | 1190 | 0.8366 | |
| 149 | University of Denver | 39100 | 84100 | 0.5352 | 5,766 | 1292 | 0.8538 | |
| 150 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 39400 | 40300 | 0.0223 | 26,213 | 1209 | 0.7778 | |
| 151 | University of Wyoming | 39700 | 45300 | 0.1229 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 152 | Elmhurst University | 40000 | 69600 | 0.4251 | 3,170 | 1133 | 0.7501 | |
| 153 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 40300 | 42700 | 0.0561 | 14,657 | 1190 | 0.7583 | |
| 154 | Rhode Island College | 41700 | 63300 | 0.3411 | 5,695 | 995 | 0.8557 | |
| 155 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 42400 | 55100 | 0.2306 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 155 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42400 | 63300 | 0.3303 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 157 | George Mason University | 43700 | 61400 | 0.2884 | 28,862 | 1271 | 0.8647 | |
| 157 | James Madison University | 43700 | 45100 | 0.031 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 159 | Texas Christian University | 44200 | 87400 | 0.4945 | 11,152 | 1268 | 0.4809 | |
| 160 | University at Albany | 44300 | 48900 | 0.0941 | 12,889 | 1245 | 0.7044 | |
| 161 | Montclair State University | 44500 | 47000 | 0.0532 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 162 | Illinois State University | 45500 | 49100 | 0.0726 | 19,513 | 1115 | 0.8555 | |
| 163 | Towson University | 46300 | 46400 | 0.0022 | 16,361 | 1082 | 0.8057 | |
| 164 | University at Buffalo | 46400 | 46400 | 0 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 165 | Appalachian State University | 46500 | 46500 | 0 | 19,732 | 1174 | 0.9388 | |
| 166 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47200 | 61500 | 0.2335 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 167 | University of Kentucky | 48500 | 59900 | 0.1896 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 168 | DePaul University | 49000 | 69400 | 0.2938 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 169 | Michigan State University | 49200 | 56200 | 0.1245 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 170 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 50300 | 52900 | 0.0485 | 14,834 | 1149 | 0.7803 | |
| 171 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 50600 | 63800 | 0.2065 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 172 | University of Georgia | 52000 | 52100 | 0.0019 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 173 | Hofstra University | 59100 | 83300 | 0.2906 | 6,599 | 1369 | 0.7267 | |
| 173 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 59100 | 61600 | 0.0416 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 | |
| 175 | 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.