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Considering a degree in Geography?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Geography majors who live in Massachusetts.
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 Massachusetts.
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 | 5100 | 69100 | 0.9266 | 22,077 | 965 | 0.9124 | |
| 4 | California State University-Northridge | 7900 | 65100 | 0.8788 | 32,846 | 1005 | 0.9176 | |
| 5 | Brigham Young University | 8100 | 22100 | 0.6333 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 6 | California State University-East Bay | 8800 | 62400 | 0.8583 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 6 | Colgate University | 8800 | 95800 | 0.9081 | 3,193 | 1488 | 0.1388 | |
| 8 | Rhode Island College | 8900 | 62600 | 0.8577 | 5,695 | 995 | 0.8557 | |
| 9 | Portland State University | 9900 | 73900 | 0.8658 | 14,932 | 1174 | 0.8586 | |
| 10 | Worcester State University | 10000 | 34900 | 0.713 | 4,485 | 1090 | 0.8799 | |
| 11 | Southern Utah University | 10200 | 22200 | 0.5416 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 12 | Marshall University | 10900 | 27800 | 0.6074 | 9,960 | 1070 | 0.9663 | |
| 13 | California State University-Stanislaus | 11000 | 31200 | 0.648 | 8,494 | 950 | 0.9558 | |
| 13 | Middlebury College | 11000 | 94500 | 0.8836 | 2,640 | 1499 | 0.1277 | |
| 15 | California State University-Fresno | 11200 | 54800 | 0.7956 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 15 | Indiana State University | 11200 | 25900 | 0.5685 | 6,352 | 1015 | 0.9157 | |
| 15 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 11200 | 31400 | 0.6434 | 14,249 | 1084 | 0.7761 | |
| 18 | Vassar College | 11800 | 92200 | 0.8724 | 2,514 | 1488 | 0.2093 | |
| 19 | Fitchburg State University | 11900 | 33800 | 0.6476 | 3,000 | 1090 | 0.8885 | |
| 20 | Mount Holyoke College | 12200 | 88900 | 0.8632 | 2,135 | 1419 | 0.3841 | |
| 21 | University of South Florida | 12600 | 16300 | 0.2265 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 21 | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | 12600 | 19300 | 0.3472 | 10,743 | 1075 | 0.9598 | |
| 23 | University of Southern Maine | 12900 | 29700 | 0.5654 | 5,549 | 1139 | 0.8241 | |
| 24 | San Francisco State University | 13100 | 47700 | 0.7256 | 19,444 | 1035 | 0.9644 | |
| 25 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 13200 | 55100 | 0.7605 | 5,677 | 985 | 0.9301 | |
| 26 | University of Georgia | 13500 | 27200 | 0.503 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 27 | Aquinas College | 13600 | 86000 | 0.8418 | 1,103 | 1035 | 0.9726 | |
| 27 | University of North Alabama | 13600 | 28200 | 0.518 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 29 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 61700 | 0.7784 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 30 | Louisiana Tech University | 13800 | 43500 | 0.6827 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 31 | Eastern Michigan University | 14000 | 33900 | 0.5863 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 31 | Youngstown State University | 14000 | 28400 | 0.5069 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 33 | Salem State University | 14200 | 33900 | 0.5818 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 34 | California State University-San Bernardino | 14300 | 32700 | 0.5625 | 15,948 | 1020 | 0.943 | |
| 35 | Bridgewater State University | 14400 | 28800 | 0.5004 | 8,849 | 1143 | 0.8798 | |
| 36 | Arkansas Tech University | 14500 | 32500 | 0.5543 | 8,279 | 1055 | 0.9747 | |
| 37 | Sonoma State University | 14700 | 57500 | 0.7448 | 4,449 | 1050 | 0.9841 | |
| 38 | Pittsburg State University | 14800 | 23900 | 0.3801 | 4,561 | 1055 | 0.5487 | |
| 38 | Wayne State College | 14800 | 26400 | 0.439 | 3,886 | 0 | 1 | |
| 40 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 15100 | 25700 | 0.4124 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 41 | California State University-Chico | 15200 | 58100 | 0.7384 | 13,599 | 1054 | 0.9107 | |
| 41 | Fayetteville State University | 15200 | 25500 | 0.4038 | 6,542 | 900 | 0.689 | |
| 43 | University of Wisconsin-Parkside | 15300 | 20600 | 0.2548 | 3,207 | 1084 | 0.9751 | |
| 44 | Jacksonville State University | 15400 | 42900 | 0.6404 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 45 | Texas State University | 15500 | 26200 | 0.4082 | 39,353 | 1080 | 0.9118 | |
| 46 | Florida State University | 15600 | 23000 | 0.322 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 46 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 38800 | 0.5992 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 48 | Framingham State University | 15700 | 39800 | 0.6051 | 2,782 | 1190 | 0.8366 | |
| 49 | Grand Valley State University | 15800 | 28500 | 0.4448 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 49 | Northern Illinois University | 15800 | 30400 | 0.4823 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 49 | Sam Houston State University | 15800 | 30100 | 0.4751 | 17,822 | 1035 | 0.9372 | |
| 49 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 15800 | 22300 | 0.2912 | 26,213 | 1209 | 0.7778 | |
| 53 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 16000 | 62800 | 0.7449 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 54 | University of Northern Colorado | 16200 | 64400 | 0.7481 | 6,598 | 1080 | 0.945 | |
| 55 | West Virginia University | 16400 | 40900 | 0.5987 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 56 | SUNY College at Geneseo | 16500 | 25600 | 0.3554 | 3,943 | 1275 | 0.3333 | |
| 57 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16600 | 64800 | 0.7439 | 22,007 | 1427 | 0.1672 | |
| 58 | University of Kentucky | 17300 | 46800 | 0.6292 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 58 | University of Massachusetts-Boston | 17300 | 89500 | 0.8064 | 12,138 | 1189 | 0.8379 | |
| 60 | James Madison University | 17400 | 28900 | 0.3984 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 60 | University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire | 17400 | 22400 | 0.2237 | 8,329 | 1209 | 0.385 | |
| 62 | California State University-Sacramento | 17500 | 35700 | 0.5099 | 28,619 | 1015 | 0.9357 | |
| 62 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 17500 | 29900 | 0.4139 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 62 | University of South Alabama | 17500 | 40600 | 0.5684 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 65 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 17600 | 22800 | 0.2284 | 11,994 | 1090 | 0.8651 | |
| 66 | Kennesaw State University | 18000 | 61500 | 0.7069 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 66 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 18000 | 25200 | 0.2853 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 68 | Georgia College & State University | 18300 | 18300 | 0 | 6,250 | 1165 | 0.8466 | |
| 69 | California State University-Fullerton | 18600 | 61400 | 0.6969 | 40,705 | 960 | 0.8811 | |
| 69 | San Jose State University | 18600 | 41100 | 0.5476 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 71 | Emory & Henry University | 19300 | 52400 | 0.6309 | 1,084 | 1145 | 0.8365 | |
| 71 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 19300 | 26400 | 0.2686 | 5,063 | 1069 | 0.8756 | |
| 71 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 19300 | 26900 | 0.2823 | 14,657 | 1190 | 0.7583 | |
| 74 | Pennsylvania Western University | 19500 | 30900 | 0.3691 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 75 | Syracuse University | 19800 | 83600 | 0.7632 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 76 | Eastern Illinois University | 20100 | 28100 | 0.2841 | 6,731 | 1020 | 0.7073 | |
| 76 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20100 | 28400 | 0.2918 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 78 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 20200 | 43700 | 0.5378 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 78 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 20200 | 38500 | 0.4738 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 | |
| 80 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 20300 | 25500 | 0.204 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 81 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 20500 | 39200 | 0.4773 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 82 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 21000 | 47800 | 0.5608 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 83 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 21200 | 28300 | 0.2512 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 84 | Millersville University of Pennsylvania | 21300 | 54200 | 0.6069 | 5,823 | 1115 | 0.8619 | |
| 84 | State University of New York at New Paltz | 21300 | 26300 | 0.1903 | 6,113 | 1279 | 0.6267 | |
| 86 | Rocky Mountain College | 21400 | 67200 | 0.6817 | 779 | 1055 | 0.7775 | |
| 86 | University of Mary Washington | 21400 | 46900 | 0.5438 | 3,531 | 1279 | 0.7413 | |
| 88 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 89 | Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania | 22100 | 52300 | 0.5775 | 4,371 | 1084 | 0.865 | |
| 90 | Western Michigan University | 22200 | 37800 | 0.413 | 13,714 | 1089 | 0.9121 | |
| 91 | Concordia University-Nebraska | 22500 | 60400 | 0.6273 | 3,007 | 1135 | 0.8572 | |
| 91 | Park University | 22500 | 31300 | 0.2816 | 4,657 | 1035 | 0.6904 | |
| 93 | Augustana College | 22700 | 72800 | 0.6881 | 2,536 | 1157 | 0.6628 | |
| 94 | Saint Cloud State University | 22900 | 36800 | 0.3775 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 95 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 23000 | 27500 | 0.1618 | 18,028 | 1059 | 0.7996 | |
| 95 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 23000 | 29600 | 0.2229 | 7,753 | 1140 | 0.9245 | |
| 97 | Illinois State University | 23100 | 36400 | 0.3667 | 19,513 | 1115 | 0.8555 | |
| 98 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 23200 | 32900 | 0.2944 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 99 | Calvin University | 23300 | 85000 | 0.7262 | 3,359 | 1232 | 0.6791 | |
| 100 | University of Maine at Farmington | 23600 | 33700 | 0.3002 | 1,661 | 1062 | 0.9832 | |
| 100 | Weber State University | 23600 | 31500 | 0.2511 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 102 | University of Southern Mississippi | 24000 | 30400 | 0.2106 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 103 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24100 | 38400 | 0.3731 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 104 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 24400 | 24400 | 0 | 16,131 | 1275 | 0.6472 | |
| 105 | Temple University | 24700 | 36100 | 0.316 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 106 | University of Hawaii at Hilo | 25300 | 38400 | 0.3407 | 2,304 | 990 | 0.8351 | |
| 107 | Minnesota State University, Mankato | 25700 | 28000 | 0.0817 | 13,433 | 1145 | 0.8844 | |
| 107 | University of North Texas | 25700 | 36900 | 0.3037 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 109 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 26100 | 28400 | 0.0805 | 14,834 | 1149 | 0.7803 | |
| 110 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 26200 | 36800 | 0.2882 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 111 | Gustavus Adolphus College | 26300 | 75500 | 0.6519 | 1,906 | 1273 | 0.6099 | |
| 112 | Ball State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 15,950 | 1185 | 0.8625 | |
| 112 | Bemidji State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 3,751 | 1075 | 0.5598 | |
| 114 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 26600 | 43300 | 0.386 | 7,747 | 1073 | 0.9617 | |
| 115 | University of Arkansas | 26700 | 52400 | 0.4907 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 116 | California State University-Long Beach | 27200 | 43100 | 0.3693 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 117 | University of Central Oklahoma | 27400 | 44800 | 0.3884 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 118 | Central Washington University | 27700 | 27900 | 0.0072 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 119 | California State University-San Marcos | 27800 | 38300 | 0.2741 | 15,770 | 990 | 0.9513 | |
| 119 | Central Connecticut State University | 27800 | 29500 | 0.0576 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 121 | University of Northern Iowa | 27900 | 36200 | 0.2292 | 7,800 | 1115 | 0.9313 | |
| 122 | University of Connecticut | 29200 | 53200 | 0.4512 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 123 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 29600 | 59100 | 0.4989 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 124 | University of Iowa | 29800 | 32100 | 0.0714 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 125 | University of West Georgia | 30000 | 46800 | 0.3589 | 10,075 | 1035 | 0.7995 | |
| 126 | George Mason University | 30600 | 35700 | 0.1427 | 28,862 | 1271 | 0.8647 | |
| 127 | Kutztown University of Pennsylvania | 30800 | 36000 | 0.1445 | 6,229 | 1174 | 0.8942 | |
| 127 | University of Louisville | 30800 | 42100 | 0.2681 | 17,916 | 1134 | 0.7921 | |
| 129 | University of North Dakota | 31000 | 33700 | 0.0827 | 11,837 | 1189 | 0.8157 | |
| 130 | San Diego State University | 31400 | 35300 | 0.1104 | 36,196 | 1208 | 0.3741 | |
| 131 | Ohio Wesleyan University | 31700 | 108100 | 0.7069 | 1,652 | 1281 | 0.6441 | |
| 132 | Villanova University | 32000 | 114000 | 0.7194 | 6,933 | 1466 | 0.2814 | |
| 133 | SUNY Oneonta | 32100 | 41400 | 0.2245 | 4,815 | 1090 | 0.7696 | |
| 134 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32300 | 35100 | 0.0799 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 135 | University of Colorado Colorado Springs | 32500 | 53600 | 0.3935 | 9,040 | 1119 | 0.9666 | |
| 136 | Liberty University | 33200 | 44700 | 0.2573 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 137 | George Washington University | 34300 | 81800 | 0.5808 | 11,495 | 1436 | 0.4713 | |
| 137 | Salisbury University | 34300 | 41600 | 0.1755 | 6,477 | 1245 | 0.8826 | |
| 139 | University of Vermont | 34500 | 66300 | 0.4799 | 12,159 | 1372 | 0.7304 | |
| 140 | Samford University | 34600 | 93800 | 0.6312 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 141 | University of Idaho | 34800 | 48700 | 0.2854 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 142 | Valparaiso University | 35200 | 63000 | 0.441 | 2,056 | 1183 | 0.8994 | |
| 143 | Carthage College | 35800 | 61800 | 0.4207 | 2,914 | 1125 | 0.8445 | |
| 144 | East Carolina University | 36900 | 42700 | 0.1356 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 145 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37200 | 66600 | 0.4412 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 146 | University of Nevada-Reno | 37300 | 44800 | 0.1674 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 147 | Frostburg State University | 37500 | 55400 | 0.3232 | 3,436 | 1095 | 0.907 | |
| 147 | Indiana University-Southeast | 37500 | 40800 | 0.0807 | 3,200 | 1095 | 0.842 | |
| 149 | University of Central Arkansas | 38000 | 40200 | 0.0569 | 8,238 | 1110 | 0.9157 | |
| 150 | University of St Thomas | 38100 | 74700 | 0.4901 | 6,270 | 1299 | 0.8548 | |
| 151 | The University of Montana | 39200 | 75200 | 0.4785 | 8,014 | 1184 | 0.9586 | |
| 151 | University of Denver | 39200 | 84100 | 0.5341 | 5,766 | 1292 | 0.8538 | |
| 153 | University of Wyoming | 40000 | 45300 | 0.1168 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 154 | Elmhurst University | 40200 | 69600 | 0.4222 | 3,170 | 1133 | 0.7501 | |
| 155 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40300 | 90200 | 0.5531 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 156 | University at Buffalo | 41500 | 46400 | 0.1057 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 157 | Montclair State University | 41700 | 47000 | 0.1128 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 158 | University of Arizona | 42800 | 43800 | 0.0228 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 159 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 43600 | 60500 | 0.2794 | 15,735 | 1069 | 0.8797 | |
| 160 | Kansas State University | 43700 | 47900 | 0.0881 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 161 | Texas Christian University | 44300 | 87400 | 0.4934 | 11,152 | 1268 | 0.4809 | |
| 162 | Appalachian State University | 46100 | 46100 | 0 | 19,732 | 1174 | 0.9388 | |
| 162 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 46100 | 46600 | 0.0107 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 164 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47100 | 59800 | 0.2121 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 165 | Georgia Southern University | 47200 | 47900 | 0.0146 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 166 | University at Albany | 48900 | 48900 | 0 | 12,889 | 1245 | 0.7044 | |
| 167 | DePaul University | 49000 | 66400 | 0.2619 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 168 | Michigan State University | 49200 | 56200 | 0.1245 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 169 | Towson University | 49600 | 68400 | 0.275 | 16,361 | 1082 | 0.8057 | |
| 170 | The University of Texas at Austin | 49800 | 58800 | 0.153 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 171 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53200 | 61000 | 0.1293 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 172 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 173 | Hofstra University | 59000 | 83400 | 0.2925 | 6,599 | 1369 | 0.7267 | |
| 174 | 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.