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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 | 8000 | 22200 | 0.6405 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 5 | California State University-Northridge | 8400 | 36500 | 0.7709 | 32,846 | 1005 | 0.9176 | |
| 6 | Middlebury College | 9000 | 94500 | 0.9048 | 2,640 | 1499 | 0.1277 | |
| 7 | California State University-East Bay | 9200 | 45100 | 0.7964 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 8 | Rhode Island College | 9600 | 30200 | 0.6828 | 5,695 | 995 | 0.8557 | |
| 9 | Louisiana State University-Shreveport | 9700 | 36800 | 0.7359 | 2,651 | 1085 | 0.5055 | |
| 10 | Portland State University | 9800 | 26100 | 0.6242 | 14,932 | 1174 | 0.8586 | |
| 11 | Colgate University | 10200 | 95800 | 0.8935 | 3,193 | 1488 | 0.1388 | |
| 12 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 10300 | 10300 | 0 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 13 | Indiana State University | 10600 | 25900 | 0.5917 | 6,352 | 1015 | 0.9157 | |
| 14 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 10700 | 21100 | 0.4936 | 7,753 | 1140 | 0.9245 | |
| 15 | Southern Utah University | 10800 | 51400 | 0.7898 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 16 | California State University-Stanislaus | 11300 | 31200 | 0.6384 | 8,494 | 950 | 0.9558 | |
| 17 | Worcester State University | 11500 | 34900 | 0.67 | 4,485 | 1090 | 0.8799 | |
| 18 | Marshall University | 11600 | 39800 | 0.7084 | 9,960 | 1070 | 0.9663 | |
| 19 | Fayetteville State University | 11700 | 18200 | 0.3569 | 6,542 | 900 | 0.689 | |
| 20 | California State University-Fresno | 11800 | 19600 | 0.4004 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 20 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 11800 | 31400 | 0.6243 | 14,249 | 1084 | 0.7761 | |
| 22 | University of Hawaii at Hilo | 11900 | 56000 | 0.7875 | 2,304 | 990 | 0.8351 | |
| 23 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 12000 | 20500 | 0.4137 | 5,063 | 1069 | 0.8756 | |
| 24 | Eastern Illinois University | 12200 | 24700 | 0.5045 | 6,731 | 1020 | 0.7073 | |
| 25 | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | 12300 | 19300 | 0.3627 | 10,743 | 1075 | 0.9598 | |
| 26 | Fitchburg State University | 12400 | 33800 | 0.6327 | 3,000 | 1090 | 0.8885 | |
| 27 | Mount Holyoke College | 12600 | 89900 | 0.8599 | 2,135 | 1419 | 0.3841 | |
| 28 | Vassar College | 12900 | 93100 | 0.8615 | 2,514 | 1488 | 0.2093 | |
| 29 | University of Colorado Colorado Springs | 13400 | 26600 | 0.4963 | 9,040 | 1119 | 0.9666 | |
| 29 | University of Southern Maine | 13400 | 23000 | 0.4169 | 5,549 | 1139 | 0.8241 | |
| 31 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 13700 | 38300 | 0.6417 | 5,677 | 985 | 0.9301 | |
| 31 | Louisiana Tech University | 13700 | 43000 | 0.6812 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 31 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 61700 | 0.7774 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 34 | Aquinas College | 13800 | 86000 | 0.8395 | 1,103 | 1035 | 0.9726 | |
| 34 | University of South Florida | 13800 | 22400 | 0.3843 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 36 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 14300 | 22800 | 0.3733 | 11,994 | 1090 | 0.8651 | |
| 36 | Youngstown State University | 14300 | 28400 | 0.4963 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 38 | San Francisco State University | 14400 | 47700 | 0.6983 | 19,444 | 1035 | 0.9644 | |
| 39 | Salem State University | 14500 | 38300 | 0.621 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 40 | Arkansas Tech University | 14600 | 31400 | 0.5343 | 8,279 | 1055 | 0.9747 | |
| 40 | California State University-San Bernardino | 14600 | 32700 | 0.5533 | 15,948 | 1020 | 0.943 | |
| 40 | Central Connecticut State University | 14600 | 34200 | 0.5728 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 40 | Eastern Michigan University | 14600 | 33900 | 0.5708 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 44 | Bridgewater State University | 14800 | 37300 | 0.604 | 8,849 | 1143 | 0.8798 | |
| 44 | University of North Alabama | 14800 | 37300 | 0.6033 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 44 | Western Michigan University | 14800 | 26500 | 0.4419 | 13,714 | 1089 | 0.9121 | |
| 47 | California State University-San Marcos | 15000 | 24700 | 0.3935 | 15,770 | 990 | 0.9513 | |
| 47 | Sonoma State University | 15000 | 41200 | 0.636 | 4,449 | 1050 | 0.9841 | |
| 47 | Wayne State College | 15000 | 30200 | 0.5039 | 3,886 | 0 | 1 | |
| 50 | Ball State University | 15400 | 22400 | 0.3127 | 15,950 | 1185 | 0.8625 | |
| 50 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 15400 | 54400 | 0.7174 | 15,735 | 1069 | 0.8797 | |
| 50 | West Virginia University | 15400 | 73100 | 0.789 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 53 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 15500 | 26000 | 0.4034 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 53 | Texas State University | 15500 | 26100 | 0.406 | 39,353 | 1080 | 0.9118 | |
| 53 | University of Wisconsin-Parkside | 15500 | 20600 | 0.2492 | 3,207 | 1084 | 0.9751 | |
| 56 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 29800 | 0.4782 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 56 | University of West Georgia | 15600 | 24600 | 0.3662 | 10,075 | 1035 | 0.7995 | |
| 58 | California State University-Chico | 15700 | 41000 | 0.6176 | 13,599 | 1054 | 0.9107 | |
| 58 | Grand Valley State University | 15700 | 28300 | 0.4445 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 60 | Jacksonville State University | 15800 | 27000 | 0.4155 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 61 | Southeastern Louisiana University | 16200 | 51300 | 0.684 | 14,294 | 1125 | 0.915 | |
| 62 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16300 | 64800 | 0.7481 | 22,007 | 1427 | 0.1672 | |
| 62 | University of North Texas | 16300 | 26100 | 0.3752 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 64 | Kansas State University | 16400 | 26400 | 0.3798 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 65 | Frostburg State University | 16500 | 26600 | 0.3794 | 3,436 | 1095 | 0.907 | |
| 65 | University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire | 16500 | 22400 | 0.2639 | 8,329 | 1209 | 0.385 | |
| 67 | Appalachian State University | 16600 | 26000 | 0.3617 | 19,732 | 1174 | 0.9388 | |
| 68 | SUNY College at Geneseo | 16700 | 25600 | 0.3476 | 3,943 | 1275 | 0.3333 | |
| 69 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 16900 | 41200 | 0.5905 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 70 | Georgia Southern University | 17100 | 20100 | 0.1489 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 71 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 17300 | 26300 | 0.3413 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 71 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 17300 | 26600 | 0.35 | 7,747 | 1073 | 0.9617 | |
| 73 | University of Louisville | 17400 | 29100 | 0.4024 | 17,916 | 1134 | 0.7921 | |
| 74 | Sam Houston State University | 17500 | 27100 | 0.3541 | 17,822 | 1035 | 0.9372 | |
| 74 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 17500 | 29900 | 0.4164 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 74 | University at Albany | 17500 | 30800 | 0.4319 | 12,889 | 1245 | 0.7044 | |
| 77 | Montclair State University | 17600 | 36000 | 0.5117 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 77 | University of South Alabama | 17600 | 22400 | 0.2147 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 79 | California State University-Sacramento | 17800 | 30700 | 0.42 | 28,619 | 1015 | 0.9357 | |
| 80 | University of Kentucky | 17900 | 36500 | 0.509 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 81 | California State University-Fullerton | 18000 | 20600 | 0.1246 | 40,705 | 960 | 0.8811 | |
| 82 | James Madison University | 18100 | 28900 | 0.3735 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 82 | University of Arkansas | 18100 | 28500 | 0.3667 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 84 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 18200 | 18200 | 0.0015 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 85 | Georgia College & State University | 18300 | 18300 | 0 | 6,250 | 1165 | 0.8466 | |
| 85 | Kennesaw State University | 18300 | 26700 | 0.3145 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 85 | University of Vermont | 18300 | 37800 | 0.5164 | 12,159 | 1372 | 0.7304 | |
| 88 | San Jose State University | 18500 | 41100 | 0.5494 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 89 | The University of Texas at Austin | 18700 | 28100 | 0.3341 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 90 | Central Washington University | 18800 | 22700 | 0.1716 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 90 | San Diego State University | 18800 | 28900 | 0.3496 | 36,196 | 1208 | 0.3741 | |
| 92 | University of Central Oklahoma | 18900 | 27500 | 0.313 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 93 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 19900 | 45100 | 0.559 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 94 | Pennsylvania Western University | 20000 | 30900 | 0.3529 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 95 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 20200 | 38500 | 0.4738 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 | |
| 95 | University of Northern Iowa | 20200 | 24800 | 0.1844 | 7,800 | 1115 | 0.9313 | |
| 97 | Syracuse University | 20300 | 83600 | 0.7572 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 98 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20400 | 57800 | 0.6468 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 99 | Emory & Henry University | 20500 | 52400 | 0.6085 | 1,084 | 1145 | 0.8365 | |
| 100 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 20600 | 35200 | 0.4144 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 100 | State University of New York at New Paltz | 20600 | 26300 | 0.217 | 6,113 | 1279 | 0.6267 | |
| 102 | SUNY Oneonta | 20700 | 55300 | 0.6262 | 4,815 | 1090 | 0.7696 | |
| 103 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 20800 | 26100 | 0.2028 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 104 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 20900 | 40600 | 0.4864 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 105 | University of Mary Washington | 21100 | 47400 | 0.5558 | 3,531 | 1279 | 0.7413 | |
| 106 | Salisbury University | 21400 | 29300 | 0.2697 | 6,477 | 1245 | 0.8826 | |
| 107 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 107 | Millersville University of Pennsylvania | 21800 | 36700 | 0.4064 | 5,823 | 1115 | 0.8619 | |
| 109 | Rocky Mountain College | 21900 | 52000 | 0.5786 | 779 | 1055 | 0.7775 | |
| 110 | Florida State University | 22200 | 23000 | 0.0348 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 111 | Augustana College | 22500 | 72800 | 0.6908 | 2,536 | 1157 | 0.6628 | |
| 112 | Park University | 22600 | 31300 | 0.2784 | 4,657 | 1035 | 0.6904 | |
| 112 | Saint Cloud State University | 22600 | 36800 | 0.3849 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 114 | Calvin University | 22800 | 55500 | 0.5889 | 3,359 | 1232 | 0.6791 | |
| 114 | University of Southern Mississippi | 22800 | 23100 | 0.013 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 116 | Concordia University-Nebraska | 23000 | 85400 | 0.7306 | 3,007 | 1135 | 0.8572 | |
| 116 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 23000 | 27500 | 0.1618 | 18,028 | 1059 | 0.7996 | |
| 118 | Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania | 23400 | 34900 | 0.3299 | 4,371 | 1084 | 0.865 | |
| 119 | University at Buffalo | 25100 | 34000 | 0.2618 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 119 | University of Northern Colorado | 25100 | 39100 | 0.3582 | 6,598 | 1080 | 0.945 | |
| 121 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 25200 | 36800 | 0.3154 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 122 | Temple University | 25300 | 36100 | 0.2994 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 123 | Minnesota State University, Mankato | 25500 | 28000 | 0.0915 | 13,433 | 1145 | 0.8844 | |
| 124 | Michigan State University | 25800 | 28900 | 0.1089 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 125 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 25900 | 28400 | 0.0902 | 14,834 | 1149 | 0.7803 | |
| 126 | Gustavus Adolphus College | 26100 | 75500 | 0.6544 | 1,906 | 1273 | 0.6099 | |
| 127 | Northern Illinois University | 26300 | 32100 | 0.1812 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 128 | Bemidji State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 3,751 | 1075 | 0.5598 | |
| 129 | Weber State University | 27100 | 31500 | 0.1399 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 130 | University of Georgia | 27200 | 27200 | 0 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 131 | California State University-Long Beach | 27500 | 38800 | 0.2912 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 132 | Towson University | 30000 | 30100 | 0.0033 | 16,361 | 1082 | 0.8057 | |
| 133 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 30100 | 33200 | 0.0932 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 134 | Ohio Wesleyan University | 30700 | 75700 | 0.5941 | 1,652 | 1281 | 0.6441 | |
| 134 | University of North Dakota | 30700 | 33700 | 0.0908 | 11,837 | 1189 | 0.8157 | |
| 136 | Kutztown University of Pennsylvania | 30800 | 35800 | 0.1396 | 6,229 | 1174 | 0.8942 | |
| 137 | Illinois State University | 30900 | 36400 | 0.1528 | 19,513 | 1115 | 0.8555 | |
| 138 | George Mason University | 31100 | 35700 | 0.1287 | 28,862 | 1271 | 0.8647 | |
| 139 | Pittsburg State University | 31300 | 37100 | 0.1564 | 4,561 | 1055 | 0.5487 | |
| 140 | Liberty University | 32500 | 44700 | 0.2729 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 140 | Villanova University | 32500 | 92900 | 0.6504 | 6,933 | 1466 | 0.2814 | |
| 142 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 33400 | 38200 | 0.1273 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 143 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 33900 | 34100 | 0.0059 | 16,131 | 1275 | 0.6472 | |
| 144 | George Washington University | 34300 | 81800 | 0.5808 | 11,495 | 1436 | 0.4713 | |
| 145 | University of Idaho | 34500 | 48700 | 0.2916 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 146 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 34600 | 59100 | 0.4143 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 147 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 34700 | 46400 | 0.2519 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 147 | University of Nevada-Reno | 34700 | 45800 | 0.2425 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 149 | Samford University | 34800 | 93800 | 0.6291 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 150 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 35200 | 35200 | 0 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 150 | Valparaiso University | 35200 | 63000 | 0.441 | 2,056 | 1183 | 0.8994 | |
| 152 | Carthage College | 35700 | 61800 | 0.4218 | 2,914 | 1125 | 0.8445 | |
| 153 | East Carolina University | 36600 | 42700 | 0.1421 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 154 | University of Connecticut | 36800 | 66200 | 0.4444 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 155 | University of Maine at Farmington | 37100 | 40800 | 0.0908 | 1,661 | 1062 | 0.9832 | |
| 156 | Indiana University-Southeast | 37200 | 40800 | 0.0875 | 3,200 | 1095 | 0.842 | |
| 156 | Rowan University | 37200 | 53600 | 0.3058 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 158 | University of Central Arkansas | 37700 | 40200 | 0.0637 | 8,238 | 1110 | 0.9157 | |
| 159 | University of St Thomas | 37900 | 74800 | 0.4933 | 6,270 | 1299 | 0.8548 | |
| 160 | Framingham State University | 38100 | 38100 | 0 | 2,782 | 1190 | 0.8366 | |
| 161 | University of Denver | 39000 | 84100 | 0.5364 | 5,766 | 1292 | 0.8538 | |
| 162 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 39700 | 40300 | 0.0149 | 26,213 | 1209 | 0.7778 | |
| 162 | University of Wyoming | 39700 | 45300 | 0.1229 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 164 | Elmhurst University | 40000 | 69600 | 0.4251 | 3,170 | 1133 | 0.7501 | |
| 165 | The University of Montana | 40200 | 57400 | 0.2997 | 8,014 | 1184 | 0.9586 | |
| 165 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 40200 | 42700 | 0.0585 | 14,657 | 1190 | 0.7583 | |
| 167 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5061 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 168 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42300 | 63300 | 0.3318 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 169 | University of Arizona | 42500 | 48600 | 0.1254 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 170 | Texas Christian University | 44100 | 87400 | 0.4957 | 11,152 | 1268 | 0.4809 | |
| 171 | DePaul University | 49100 | 69400 | 0.2923 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 172 | University of Iowa | 51800 | 54400 | 0.0472 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 173 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53400 | 63400 | 0.1578 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 174 | Hofstra University | 59200 | 83300 | 0.2894 | 6,599 | 1369 | 0.7267 | |
| 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.