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Considering a degree in Geography?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Geography majors who live in Kentucky.
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 Kentucky.
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 | Northern Kentucky University | 7700 | 26600 | 0.7121 | 10,136 | 1110 | 0.9666 | |
| 5 | Brigham Young University | 8100 | 22100 | 0.6333 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 5 | California State University-Northridge | 8100 | 65100 | 0.8757 | 32,846 | 1005 | 0.9176 | |
| 7 | California State University-East Bay | 9000 | 62400 | 0.8551 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 8 | Rhode Island College | 9100 | 62600 | 0.8545 | 5,695 | 995 | 0.8557 | |
| 9 | Colgate University | 9500 | 95800 | 0.9008 | 3,193 | 1488 | 0.1388 | |
| 10 | Portland State University | 10100 | 73900 | 0.8631 | 14,932 | 1174 | 0.8586 | |
| 11 | California State University-Stanislaus | 11200 | 31200 | 0.6416 | 8,494 | 950 | 0.9558 | |
| 11 | Worcester State University | 11200 | 35900 | 0.6871 | 4,485 | 1090 | 0.8799 | |
| 13 | California State University-Fresno | 11400 | 54800 | 0.7919 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 13 | Fayetteville State University | 11400 | 20300 | 0.4378 | 6,542 | 900 | 0.689 | |
| 13 | Middlebury College | 11400 | 94500 | 0.8794 | 2,640 | 1499 | 0.1277 | |
| 16 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 11500 | 21000 | 0.4518 | 7,753 | 1140 | 0.9245 | |
| 17 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 11600 | 27800 | 0.582 | 22,007 | 1427 | 0.1672 | |
| 18 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 11900 | 20500 | 0.4171 | 5,063 | 1069 | 0.8756 | |
| 19 | Fitchburg State University | 12400 | 34800 | 0.6428 | 3,000 | 1090 | 0.8885 | |
| 19 | Vassar College | 12400 | 92200 | 0.8659 | 2,514 | 1488 | 0.2093 | |
| 21 | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | 12900 | 19300 | 0.3316 | 10,743 | 1075 | 0.9598 | |
| 22 | Eastern Illinois University | 13000 | 24300 | 0.4655 | 6,731 | 1020 | 0.7073 | |
| 23 | San Francisco State University | 13200 | 47700 | 0.7235 | 19,444 | 1035 | 0.9644 | |
| 23 | University of Southern Maine | 13200 | 29700 | 0.5553 | 5,549 | 1139 | 0.8241 | |
| 25 | Framingham State University | 13300 | 39800 | 0.6652 | 2,782 | 1190 | 0.8366 | |
| 26 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 13500 | 55100 | 0.7551 | 5,677 | 985 | 0.9301 | |
| 27 | Central Connecticut State University | 13600 | 34200 | 0.6021 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 28 | Aquinas College | 13700 | 86000 | 0.8407 | 1,103 | 1035 | 0.9726 | |
| 28 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 61700 | 0.7784 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 30 | Louisiana Tech University | 14000 | 43500 | 0.6781 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 31 | Bridgewater State University | 14100 | 28800 | 0.5122 | 8,849 | 1143 | 0.8798 | |
| 31 | Youngstown State University | 14100 | 28400 | 0.5033 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 33 | Eastern Michigan University | 14300 | 33900 | 0.5774 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 34 | California State University-San Bernardino | 14500 | 32700 | 0.5564 | 15,948 | 1020 | 0.943 | |
| 34 | Salem State University | 14500 | 33900 | 0.5729 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 34 | Western Michigan University | 14500 | 26500 | 0.4533 | 13,714 | 1089 | 0.9121 | |
| 37 | Arkansas Tech University | 14600 | 32500 | 0.5512 | 8,279 | 1055 | 0.9747 | |
| 38 | California State University-San Marcos | 14700 | 24700 | 0.4056 | 15,770 | 990 | 0.9513 | |
| 39 | Mount Holyoke College | 14900 | 89900 | 0.8343 | 2,135 | 1419 | 0.3841 | |
| 39 | Sonoma State University | 14900 | 57500 | 0.7413 | 4,449 | 1050 | 0.9841 | |
| 41 | Wayne State College | 15000 | 26400 | 0.4314 | 3,886 | 0 | 1 | |
| 42 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 15300 | 25700 | 0.4046 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 43 | California State University-Chico | 15400 | 58100 | 0.7349 | 13,599 | 1054 | 0.9107 | |
| 44 | Jacksonville State University | 15500 | 42900 | 0.638 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 45 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 38800 | 0.5992 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 45 | University of Maine at Farmington | 15600 | 25500 | 0.3865 | 1,661 | 1062 | 0.9832 | |
| 47 | Florida State University | 15700 | 23000 | 0.3177 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 47 | University of West Georgia | 15700 | 24600 | 0.3622 | 10,075 | 1035 | 0.7995 | |
| 49 | Ball State University | 15800 | 22400 | 0.2951 | 15,950 | 1185 | 0.8625 | |
| 49 | Grand Valley State University | 15800 | 28500 | 0.4448 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 51 | Texas State University | 15900 | 25700 | 0.3819 | 39,353 | 1080 | 0.9118 | |
| 52 | Northern Illinois University | 16000 | 30400 | 0.4735 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 53 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 16100 | 62800 | 0.7433 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 54 | Appalachian State University | 16200 | 22800 | 0.2898 | 19,732 | 1174 | 0.9388 | |
| 54 | Weber State University | 16200 | 20300 | 0.2024 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 56 | Frostburg State University | 16300 | 34600 | 0.5289 | 3,436 | 1095 | 0.907 | |
| 56 | University of Northern Colorado | 16300 | 64400 | 0.7465 | 6,598 | 1080 | 0.945 | |
| 56 | University of South Florida | 16300 | 16300 | 0 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 59 | The University of Texas at Austin | 16500 | 28100 | 0.4123 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 60 | University of Arizona | 16600 | 41400 | 0.5992 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 61 | California State University-Long Beach | 16700 | 33300 | 0.4986 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 62 | Sam Houston State University | 17100 | 27100 | 0.3689 | 17,822 | 1035 | 0.9372 | |
| 63 | Marshall University | 17300 | 39800 | 0.5652 | 9,960 | 1070 | 0.9663 | |
| 64 | East Carolina University | 17600 | 26100 | 0.3256 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 64 | Kutztown University of Pennsylvania | 17600 | 29400 | 0.4018 | 6,229 | 1174 | 0.8942 | |
| 64 | University of Louisville | 17600 | 29100 | 0.3956 | 17,916 | 1134 | 0.7921 | |
| 67 | University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire | 17700 | 22400 | 0.2102 | 8,329 | 1209 | 0.385 | |
| 68 | California State University-Sacramento | 17900 | 35700 | 0.4987 | 28,619 | 1015 | 0.9357 | |
| 68 | University of Arkansas | 17900 | 36800 | 0.5129 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 68 | University of South Alabama | 17900 | 40600 | 0.5585 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 68 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 17900 | 22800 | 0.2152 | 11,994 | 1090 | 0.8651 | |
| 72 | Kennesaw State University | 18100 | 61500 | 0.7052 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 73 | Georgia College & State University | 18300 | 18300 | 0 | 6,250 | 1165 | 0.8466 | |
| 73 | University of Vermont | 18300 | 37800 | 0.5164 | 12,159 | 1372 | 0.7304 | |
| 75 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 18400 | 30600 | 0.3971 | 38,463 | 1324 | 0.7589 | |
| 76 | Central Washington University | 18600 | 22700 | 0.1804 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 76 | San Diego State University | 18600 | 28900 | 0.3565 | 36,196 | 1208 | 0.3741 | |
| 76 | University of Central Oklahoma | 18600 | 35500 | 0.4766 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 79 | San Jose State University | 18800 | 41100 | 0.5427 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 80 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 18900 | 37900 | 0.5031 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 81 | California State University-Fullerton | 19300 | 61400 | 0.6855 | 40,705 | 960 | 0.8811 | |
| 82 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 19500 | 29900 | 0.3471 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 83 | SUNY Oneonta | 19600 | 28800 | 0.3193 | 4,815 | 1090 | 0.7696 | |
| 84 | University of Northern Iowa | 19700 | 24000 | 0.1786 | 7,800 | 1115 | 0.9313 | |
| 85 | Syracuse University | 19800 | 83600 | 0.7632 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 86 | Emory & Henry University | 19900 | 52400 | 0.6205 | 1,084 | 1145 | 0.8365 | |
| 86 | Georgia Southern University | 19900 | 20100 | 0.0099 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 88 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20100 | 45100 | 0.5547 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 89 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20200 | 28400 | 0.2883 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 89 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 20200 | 32300 | 0.3744 | 15,735 | 1069 | 0.8797 | |
| 91 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 20400 | 43700 | 0.5333 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 92 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 21200 | 47800 | 0.5566 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 93 | University of Mary Washington | 21300 | 46900 | 0.5448 | 3,531 | 1279 | 0.7413 | |
| 94 | State University of New York at New Paltz | 21400 | 26300 | 0.1865 | 6,113 | 1279 | 0.6267 | |
| 95 | Millersville University of Pennsylvania | 21500 | 54200 | 0.6032 | 5,823 | 1115 | 0.8619 | |
| 95 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 21500 | 28300 | 0.2406 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 97 | Salisbury University | 21600 | 29300 | 0.2628 | 6,477 | 1245 | 0.8826 | |
| 98 | Rocky Mountain College | 21700 | 67200 | 0.6772 | 779 | 1055 | 0.7775 | |
| 99 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 100 | Montclair State University | 22200 | 36800 | 0.397 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 101 | Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania | 22300 | 52300 | 0.5736 | 4,371 | 1084 | 0.865 | |
| 102 | Park University | 22500 | 31300 | 0.2816 | 4,657 | 1035 | 0.6904 | |
| 102 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 22500 | 42500 | 0.4706 | 14,249 | 1084 | 0.7761 | |
| 104 | Indiana University-Southeast | 22600 | 25900 | 0.1269 | 3,200 | 1095 | 0.842 | |
| 105 | Augustana College | 22700 | 72800 | 0.6881 | 2,536 | 1157 | 0.6628 | |
| 105 | Concordia University-Nebraska | 22700 | 60400 | 0.624 | 3,007 | 1135 | 0.8572 | |
| 107 | Saint Cloud State University | 22900 | 36800 | 0.3775 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 108 | Pennsylvania Western University | 23000 | 34400 | 0.3311 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 109 | Illinois State University | 23100 | 36400 | 0.3667 | 19,513 | 1115 | 0.8555 | |
| 110 | University of North Alabama | 23200 | 37300 | 0.3781 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 111 | Calvin University | 23300 | 85000 | 0.7262 | 3,359 | 1232 | 0.6791 | |
| 112 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 23500 | 32900 | 0.2853 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 113 | University of Wisconsin-Parkside | 23800 | 30400 | 0.2168 | 3,207 | 1084 | 0.9751 | |
| 114 | University of Southern Mississippi | 24200 | 30400 | 0.204 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 115 | Indiana State University | 24300 | 32400 | 0.2501 | 6,352 | 1015 | 0.9157 | |
| 116 | Pittsburg State University | 24800 | 36200 | 0.3149 | 4,561 | 1055 | 0.5487 | |
| 117 | University of Hawaii at Hilo | 25400 | 38400 | 0.3381 | 2,304 | 990 | 0.8351 | |
| 118 | Minnesota State University, Mankato | 25700 | 28000 | 0.0817 | 13,433 | 1145 | 0.8844 | |
| 119 | University of North Dakota | 25800 | 28600 | 0.0977 | 11,837 | 1189 | 0.8157 | |
| 120 | University of North Texas | 25900 | 26100 | 0.0077 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 121 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 26100 | 28400 | 0.0805 | 14,834 | 1149 | 0.7803 | |
| 122 | Gustavus Adolphus College | 26300 | 75500 | 0.6519 | 1,906 | 1273 | 0.6099 | |
| 122 | Western Kentucky University | 26300 | 47700 | 0.4485 | 13,732 | 1090 | 0.9145 | |
| 124 | Bemidji State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 3,751 | 1075 | 0.5598 | |
| 124 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 26400 | 36800 | 0.2828 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 126 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 26800 | 43300 | 0.3814 | 7,747 | 1073 | 0.9617 | |
| 127 | University of Georgia | 27200 | 27200 | 0 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 128 | Rowan University | 27300 | 41300 | 0.3392 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 128 | West Virginia University | 27300 | 40900 | 0.3324 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 130 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 18,028 | 1059 | 0.7996 | |
| 131 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 29800 | 59100 | 0.4955 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 132 | Southern Utah University | 30000 | 40800 | 0.2648 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 133 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 30500 | 31800 | 0.0409 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 134 | Ohio Wesleyan University | 31600 | 108100 | 0.7078 | 1,652 | 1281 | 0.6441 | |
| 135 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 32100 | 36700 | 0.1252 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 136 | Villanova University | 32200 | 114000 | 0.7176 | 6,933 | 1466 | 0.2814 | |
| 137 | University of Colorado Colorado Springs | 32800 | 53600 | 0.3879 | 9,040 | 1119 | 0.9666 | |
| 138 | Liberty University | 33200 | 44700 | 0.2573 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 138 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 33200 | 34200 | 0.0292 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 140 | SUNY College at Geneseo | 33600 | 39400 | 0.1473 | 3,943 | 1275 | 0.3333 | |
| 141 | George Washington University | 34300 | 81800 | 0.5808 | 11,495 | 1436 | 0.4713 | |
| 142 | Samford University | 34700 | 93800 | 0.6301 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 143 | University of Idaho | 34800 | 48700 | 0.2854 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 144 | Valparaiso University | 34900 | 62700 | 0.4428 | 2,056 | 1183 | 0.8994 | |
| 145 | Carthage College | 35800 | 61800 | 0.4207 | 2,914 | 1125 | 0.8445 | |
| 145 | Temple University | 35800 | 57200 | 0.3739 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 147 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 36100 | 36100 | 0 | 16,131 | 1275 | 0.6472 | |
| 148 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 36300 | 53600 | 0.3229 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 149 | University of Connecticut | 37100 | 70600 | 0.4746 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 150 | University of Nevada-Reno | 37300 | 44800 | 0.1674 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 151 | University of Central Arkansas | 38000 | 40200 | 0.0569 | 8,238 | 1110 | 0.9157 | |
| 151 | University of St Thomas | 38000 | 74700 | 0.4914 | 6,270 | 1299 | 0.8548 | |
| 153 | University of Denver | 39100 | 84100 | 0.5352 | 5,766 | 1292 | 0.8538 | |
| 154 | The University of Montana | 39300 | 75200 | 0.4772 | 8,014 | 1184 | 0.9586 | |
| 155 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 39700 | 40300 | 0.0149 | 26,213 | 1209 | 0.7778 | |
| 156 | James Madison University | 40000 | 45100 | 0.1131 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 156 | University of Wyoming | 40000 | 45300 | 0.1168 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 158 | Elmhurst University | 40200 | 69600 | 0.4222 | 3,170 | 1133 | 0.7501 | |
| 159 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40300 | 90200 | 0.5531 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 160 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 40400 | 42700 | 0.0538 | 14,657 | 1190 | 0.7583 | |
| 161 | University at Buffalo | 41600 | 46400 | 0.1035 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 162 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42500 | 57200 | 0.257 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 163 | Kansas State University | 43600 | 47900 | 0.0889 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 164 | Texas Christian University | 44200 | 87400 | 0.4945 | 11,152 | 1268 | 0.4809 | |
| 165 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 46100 | 46600 | 0.0107 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 166 | University of Kentucky | 47800 | 74100 | 0.3546 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 167 | University at Albany | 48900 | 48900 | 0 | 12,889 | 1245 | 0.7044 | |
| 168 | DePaul University | 49000 | 66400 | 0.2619 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 169 | Michigan State University | 49200 | 56200 | 0.1245 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 170 | Towson University | 49900 | 68400 | 0.2706 | 16,361 | 1082 | 0.8057 | |
| 171 | University of Iowa | 52100 | 54400 | 0.0421 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 172 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53600 | 63400 | 0.1547 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 173 | George Mason University | 53700 | 61400 | 0.1255 | 28,862 | 1271 | 0.8647 | |
| 174 | Hofstra University | 59100 | 83400 | 0.2913 | 6,599 | 1369 | 0.7267 | |
| 175 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 59300 | 61600 | 0.0372 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.