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Considering a degree in Geography?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Geography majors who live in Louisiana.
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 Louisiana.
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 | Brigham Young University | 8100 | 22100 | 0.6333 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 5 | California State University-Northridge | 8300 | 65100 | 0.8726 | 32,846 | 1005 | 0.9176 | |
| 6 | Rhode Island College | 9400 | 62600 | 0.8497 | 5,695 | 995 | 0.8557 | |
| 7 | California State University-East Bay | 9600 | 62400 | 0.8455 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 8 | Portland State University | 9800 | 73900 | 0.8672 | 14,932 | 1174 | 0.8586 | |
| 9 | Colgate University | 10200 | 95800 | 0.8935 | 3,193 | 1488 | 0.1388 | |
| 10 | Southern Utah University | 10500 | 22200 | 0.528 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 11 | California State University-Stanislaus | 11300 | 31200 | 0.6384 | 8,494 | 950 | 0.9558 | |
| 12 | Worcester State University | 11400 | 35900 | 0.6815 | 4,485 | 1090 | 0.8799 | |
| 13 | California State University-Fresno | 11500 | 54800 | 0.7901 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 13 | Marshall University | 11500 | 27800 | 0.5858 | 9,960 | 1070 | 0.9663 | |
| 15 | Middlebury College | 11800 | 94500 | 0.8752 | 2,640 | 1499 | 0.1277 | |
| 15 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 11800 | 31400 | 0.6243 | 14,249 | 1084 | 0.7761 | |
| 17 | University of Hawaii at Hilo | 12200 | 33200 | 0.6317 | 2,304 | 990 | 0.8351 | |
| 18 | Fitchburg State University | 12400 | 34800 | 0.6428 | 3,000 | 1090 | 0.8885 | |
| 18 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 29600 | 0.5802 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 20 | Louisiana State University-Shreveport | 12700 | 34200 | 0.6286 | 2,651 | 1085 | 0.5055 | |
| 21 | Vassar College | 13000 | 92200 | 0.8594 | 2,514 | 1488 | 0.2093 | |
| 22 | University of South Florida | 13200 | 16300 | 0.1898 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 22 | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | 13200 | 19300 | 0.3161 | 10,743 | 1075 | 0.9598 | |
| 24 | Framingham State University | 13300 | 39800 | 0.6652 | 2,782 | 1190 | 0.8366 | |
| 25 | San Francisco State University | 13400 | 47700 | 0.7193 | 19,444 | 1035 | 0.9644 | |
| 25 | University of Southern Maine | 13400 | 29700 | 0.5486 | 5,549 | 1139 | 0.8241 | |
| 27 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 13700 | 55100 | 0.7514 | 5,677 | 985 | 0.9301 | |
| 27 | Louisiana Tech University | 13700 | 43000 | 0.6812 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 29 | Aquinas College | 13800 | 86000 | 0.8395 | 1,103 | 1035 | 0.9726 | |
| 30 | University of Georgia | 14000 | 27200 | 0.4846 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 31 | Bridgewater State University | 14300 | 28800 | 0.505 | 8,849 | 1143 | 0.8798 | |
| 31 | Youngstown State University | 14300 | 28400 | 0.4963 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 33 | Eastern Michigan University | 14500 | 33900 | 0.5715 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 34 | California State University-San Bernardino | 14600 | 32700 | 0.5533 | 15,948 | 1020 | 0.943 | |
| 34 | Central Connecticut State University | 14600 | 34200 | 0.5728 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 36 | Arkansas Tech University | 14700 | 32500 | 0.5481 | 8,279 | 1055 | 0.9747 | |
| 37 | California State University-San Marcos | 15000 | 24700 | 0.3935 | 15,770 | 990 | 0.9513 | |
| 37 | Sonoma State University | 15000 | 57500 | 0.7395 | 4,449 | 1050 | 0.9841 | |
| 39 | Wayne State College | 15100 | 26400 | 0.4276 | 3,886 | 0 | 1 | |
| 40 | Mount Holyoke College | 15200 | 89900 | 0.831 | 2,135 | 1419 | 0.3841 | |
| 41 | Pittsburg State University | 15300 | 23900 | 0.3593 | 4,561 | 1055 | 0.5487 | |
| 41 | University of Wisconsin-Parkside | 15300 | 20600 | 0.2548 | 3,207 | 1084 | 0.9751 | |
| 43 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 15500 | 25700 | 0.3969 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 44 | California State University-Chico | 15600 | 58100 | 0.7315 | 13,599 | 1054 | 0.9107 | |
| 44 | Jacksonville State University | 15600 | 42900 | 0.6357 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 44 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 29800 | 0.4782 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 47 | Fayetteville State University | 15700 | 25500 | 0.3842 | 6,542 | 900 | 0.689 | |
| 48 | Grand Valley State University | 15800 | 28500 | 0.4448 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 49 | Ball State University | 16100 | 22400 | 0.2817 | 15,950 | 1185 | 0.8625 | |
| 50 | Southeastern Louisiana University | 16200 | 51300 | 0.6842 | 14,294 | 1125 | 0.915 | |
| 50 | Texas State University | 16200 | 25700 | 0.3702 | 39,353 | 1080 | 0.9118 | |
| 52 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 16300 | 62800 | 0.7401 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 52 | Northern Illinois University | 16300 | 30400 | 0.4642 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 54 | The University of Texas at Austin | 16500 | 28100 | 0.4123 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 54 | University of Northern Colorado | 16500 | 64400 | 0.7434 | 6,598 | 1080 | 0.945 | |
| 56 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16600 | 64800 | 0.7439 | 22,007 | 1427 | 0.1672 | |
| 57 | University of Arizona | 16800 | 41400 | 0.5937 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 58 | West Virginia University | 16900 | 40900 | 0.5865 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 59 | Kansas State University | 17200 | 26400 | 0.3485 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 60 | Sam Houston State University | 17500 | 27100 | 0.3541 | 17,822 | 1035 | 0.9372 | |
| 61 | East Carolina University | 17600 | 26100 | 0.3256 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 62 | University at Albany | 17700 | 30800 | 0.4254 | 12,889 | 1245 | 0.7044 | |
| 63 | California State University-Sacramento | 17800 | 35700 | 0.5015 | 28,619 | 1015 | 0.9357 | |
| 64 | University of Kentucky | 17900 | 46800 | 0.6172 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 65 | James Madison University | 18100 | 28900 | 0.3742 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 65 | University of Arkansas | 18100 | 36800 | 0.5074 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 65 | University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire | 18100 | 22400 | 0.1924 | 8,329 | 1209 | 0.385 | |
| 68 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 18200 | 22800 | 0.202 | 11,994 | 1090 | 0.8651 | |
| 69 | Georgia College & State University | 18300 | 18300 | 0 | 6,250 | 1165 | 0.8466 | |
| 69 | Kennesaw State University | 18300 | 61500 | 0.702 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 69 | University of South Alabama | 18300 | 40600 | 0.5487 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 69 | University of Vermont | 18300 | 37800 | 0.5164 | 12,159 | 1372 | 0.7304 | |
| 73 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 18600 | 25200 | 0.2616 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 74 | San Jose State University | 19000 | 41100 | 0.5379 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 74 | University of Central Oklahoma | 19000 | 35500 | 0.4654 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 76 | The University of Montana | 19300 | 75200 | 0.743 | 8,014 | 1184 | 0.9586 | |
| 76 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 19300 | 26400 | 0.2687 | 5,063 | 1069 | 0.8756 | |
| 78 | California State University-Fullerton | 19500 | 61400 | 0.6822 | 40,705 | 960 | 0.8811 | |
| 79 | Georgia Southern University | 19800 | 20100 | 0.0149 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 79 | Syracuse University | 19800 | 83600 | 0.7632 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 81 | Pennsylvania Western University | 20000 | 30900 | 0.3529 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 82 | Salem State University | 20100 | 39400 | 0.4903 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 82 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 20100 | 29900 | 0.3271 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 82 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20100 | 45100 | 0.5547 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 85 | Emory & Henry University | 20500 | 52400 | 0.6085 | 1,084 | 1145 | 0.8365 | |
| 86 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 20600 | 43700 | 0.5287 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 86 | Eastern Illinois University | 20600 | 28100 | 0.2663 | 6,731 | 1020 | 0.7073 | |
| 88 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 20800 | 25500 | 0.1844 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 89 | University of Mary Washington | 21300 | 46900 | 0.546 | 3,531 | 1279 | 0.7413 | |
| 90 | State University of New York at New Paltz | 21500 | 26300 | 0.1827 | 6,113 | 1279 | 0.6267 | |
| 91 | Millersville University of Pennsylvania | 21700 | 54200 | 0.5995 | 5,823 | 1115 | 0.8619 | |
| 92 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 93 | Rocky Mountain College | 21900 | 67200 | 0.6742 | 779 | 1055 | 0.7775 | |
| 94 | Western Michigan University | 22200 | 37800 | 0.413 | 13,714 | 1089 | 0.9121 | |
| 95 | Florida State University | 22400 | 23000 | 0.0261 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 96 | Indiana University-Southeast | 22600 | 25900 | 0.1269 | 3,200 | 1095 | 0.842 | |
| 96 | Park University | 22600 | 31300 | 0.2784 | 4,657 | 1035 | 0.6904 | |
| 96 | Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania | 22600 | 52300 | 0.5679 | 4,371 | 1084 | 0.865 | |
| 99 | Augustana College | 22700 | 72800 | 0.6881 | 2,536 | 1157 | 0.6628 | |
| 100 | Saint Cloud State University | 22900 | 36800 | 0.3775 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 100 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 22900 | 29600 | 0.2263 | 7,753 | 1140 | 0.9245 | |
| 102 | Concordia University-Nebraska | 23000 | 60400 | 0.6191 | 3,007 | 1135 | 0.8572 | |
| 102 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 23000 | 27500 | 0.1618 | 18,028 | 1059 | 0.7996 | |
| 104 | Calvin University | 23400 | 85000 | 0.725 | 3,359 | 1232 | 0.6791 | |
| 104 | University of North Alabama | 23400 | 37300 | 0.3727 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 106 | Weber State University | 23600 | 31500 | 0.2511 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 107 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 23700 | 32900 | 0.2792 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 108 | University of Maine at Farmington | 24000 | 33700 | 0.2863 | 1,661 | 1062 | 0.9832 | |
| 109 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24100 | 38400 | 0.3726 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 110 | University of Southern Mississippi | 24300 | 30400 | 0.2007 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 111 | Indiana State University | 24700 | 32400 | 0.2377 | 6,352 | 1015 | 0.9157 | |
| 111 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 24700 | 47800 | 0.4836 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 113 | University at Buffalo | 25000 | 34000 | 0.2647 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 114 | Temple University | 25300 | 36100 | 0.2994 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 115 | Minnesota State University, Mankato | 25700 | 28000 | 0.0817 | 13,433 | 1145 | 0.8844 | |
| 116 | Michigan State University | 25800 | 28900 | 0.1089 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 116 | University of North Dakota | 25800 | 28600 | 0.0977 | 11,837 | 1189 | 0.8157 | |
| 118 | University of North Texas | 26100 | 26100 | 0 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 119 | Gustavus Adolphus College | 26300 | 75500 | 0.6519 | 1,906 | 1273 | 0.6099 | |
| 120 | Bemidji State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 3,751 | 1075 | 0.5598 | |
| 121 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 26700 | 36800 | 0.2746 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 122 | University of Central Arkansas | 26900 | 31200 | 0.1373 | 8,238 | 1110 | 0.9157 | |
| 123 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 27100 | 43300 | 0.3745 | 7,747 | 1073 | 0.9617 | |
| 124 | California State University-Long Beach | 27600 | 43100 | 0.36 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 125 | Central Washington University | 27700 | 27900 | 0.0072 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 126 | University of Northern Iowa | 27900 | 36200 | 0.2292 | 7,800 | 1115 | 0.9313 | |
| 127 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 30100 | 59100 | 0.4904 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 128 | University of West Georgia | 30300 | 46800 | 0.3525 | 10,075 | 1035 | 0.7995 | |
| 129 | Towson University | 30500 | 39200 | 0.2221 | 16,361 | 1082 | 0.8057 | |
| 130 | Kutztown University of Pennsylvania | 30800 | 36000 | 0.1445 | 6,229 | 1174 | 0.8942 | |
| 131 | San Diego State University | 31200 | 35300 | 0.1161 | 36,196 | 1208 | 0.3741 | |
| 132 | University of Louisville | 31300 | 42100 | 0.2562 | 17,916 | 1134 | 0.7921 | |
| 133 | Ohio Wesleyan University | 31600 | 108100 | 0.7078 | 1,652 | 1281 | 0.6441 | |
| 134 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 32100 | 36700 | 0.1252 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 135 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 32200 | 39900 | 0.1931 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 135 | SUNY Oneonta | 32200 | 41400 | 0.2221 | 4,815 | 1090 | 0.7696 | |
| 137 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32300 | 35100 | 0.0799 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 138 | Villanova University | 32500 | 114000 | 0.715 | 6,933 | 1466 | 0.2814 | |
| 139 | Liberty University | 33100 | 44700 | 0.2595 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 140 | University of Colorado Colorado Springs | 33200 | 53600 | 0.3805 | 9,040 | 1119 | 0.9666 | |
| 141 | SUNY College at Geneseo | 33600 | 39400 | 0.1473 | 3,943 | 1275 | 0.3333 | |
| 142 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 34000 | 47000 | 0.2767 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 143 | Salisbury University | 34100 | 41600 | 0.1803 | 6,477 | 1245 | 0.8826 | |
| 144 | George Washington University | 34300 | 81800 | 0.5808 | 11,495 | 1436 | 0.4713 | |
| 145 | University of Idaho | 34700 | 48700 | 0.2875 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 146 | Samford University | 34800 | 93800 | 0.6291 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 147 | Valparaiso University | 35200 | 63000 | 0.441 | 2,056 | 1183 | 0.8994 | |
| 148 | Carthage College | 35800 | 61800 | 0.4207 | 2,914 | 1125 | 0.8445 | |
| 149 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 36100 | 36100 | 0 | 16,131 | 1275 | 0.6472 | |
| 150 | University of Connecticut | 37100 | 70600 | 0.4746 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 151 | University of Nevada-Reno | 37300 | 44800 | 0.1674 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 152 | Frostburg State University | 37900 | 55400 | 0.316 | 3,436 | 1095 | 0.907 | |
| 152 | University of St Thomas | 37900 | 74700 | 0.4928 | 6,270 | 1299 | 0.8548 | |
| 154 | University of Denver | 39000 | 84100 | 0.5364 | 5,766 | 1292 | 0.8538 | |
| 155 | University of Wyoming | 40000 | 45300 | 0.1168 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 156 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 40100 | 40300 | 0.005 | 26,213 | 1209 | 0.7778 | |
| 157 | Elmhurst University | 40200 | 69600 | 0.4222 | 3,170 | 1133 | 0.7501 | |
| 158 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40300 | 90200 | 0.5531 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 158 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 40300 | 42700 | 0.0562 | 14,657 | 1190 | 0.7583 | |
| 160 | Montclair State University | 42400 | 47000 | 0.0979 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 160 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42400 | 57200 | 0.2587 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 162 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 43600 | 60500 | 0.2794 | 15,735 | 1069 | 0.8797 | |
| 163 | Texas Christian University | 44100 | 87400 | 0.4957 | 11,152 | 1268 | 0.4809 | |
| 164 | Illinois State University | 45800 | 49100 | 0.067 | 19,513 | 1115 | 0.8555 | |
| 165 | Appalachian State University | 46100 | 46100 | 0 | 19,732 | 1174 | 0.9388 | |
| 165 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 46100 | 46600 | 0.0107 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 167 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47100 | 59800 | 0.2121 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 168 | DePaul University | 49100 | 66400 | 0.2604 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 169 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 50600 | 52900 | 0.0433 | 14,834 | 1149 | 0.7803 | |
| 170 | University of Iowa | 52100 | 54400 | 0.0421 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 171 | George Mason University | 53500 | 61400 | 0.1287 | 28,862 | 1271 | 0.8647 | |
| 172 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 173 | Hofstra University | 59200 | 83400 | 0.2901 | 6,599 | 1369 | 0.7267 | |
| 174 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 59300 | 61600 | 0.0372 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 | |
| 175 | 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.