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Considering a degree in Geography?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Geography majors who live in Maryland.
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 Maryland.
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 | 5000 | 69100 | 0.9281 | 22,077 | 965 | 0.9124 | |
| 4 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22200 | 0.6405 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 4 | California State University-Northridge | 8000 | 22000 | 0.6355 | 32,846 | 1005 | 0.9176 | |
| 6 | Colgate University | 8500 | 95800 | 0.9112 | 3,193 | 1488 | 0.1388 | |
| 7 | Middlebury College | 8700 | 94500 | 0.908 | 2,640 | 1499 | 0.1277 | |
| 8 | California State University-East Bay | 8800 | 45100 | 0.8053 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 9 | Rhode Island College | 9000 | 30200 | 0.7027 | 5,695 | 995 | 0.8557 | |
| 10 | Portland State University | 9300 | 26100 | 0.6433 | 14,932 | 1174 | 0.8586 | |
| 11 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 10300 | 10300 | 0 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 12 | Southern Utah University | 10700 | 51400 | 0.7918 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 13 | California State University-Stanislaus | 10900 | 31200 | 0.6512 | 8,494 | 950 | 0.9558 | |
| 13 | Worcester State University | 10900 | 34900 | 0.6871 | 4,485 | 1090 | 0.8799 | |
| 15 | California State University-Fresno | 11000 | 54600 | 0.7978 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 15 | Marshall University | 11000 | 39800 | 0.7234 | 9,960 | 1070 | 0.9663 | |
| 17 | Fayetteville State University | 11100 | 18200 | 0.3899 | 6,542 | 900 | 0.689 | |
| 17 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 11100 | 31400 | 0.6466 | 14,249 | 1084 | 0.7761 | |
| 19 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 11200 | 20500 | 0.4537 | 5,063 | 1069 | 0.8756 | |
| 20 | University of Hawaii at Hilo | 11400 | 56000 | 0.7964 | 2,304 | 990 | 0.8351 | |
| 20 | Vassar College | 11400 | 93100 | 0.8776 | 2,514 | 1488 | 0.2093 | |
| 22 | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | 11500 | 19300 | 0.4042 | 10,743 | 1075 | 0.9598 | |
| 23 | Eastern Illinois University | 11600 | 24700 | 0.5288 | 6,731 | 1020 | 0.7073 | |
| 24 | Fitchburg State University | 11800 | 33800 | 0.6504 | 3,000 | 1090 | 0.8885 | |
| 25 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 12100 | 24900 | 0.5132 | 5,677 | 985 | 0.9301 | |
| 26 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 31100 | 0.6022 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 27 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 27 | Mount Holyoke College | 12600 | 89900 | 0.8599 | 2,135 | 1419 | 0.3841 | |
| 29 | University of Southern Maine | 12800 | 23000 | 0.443 | 5,549 | 1139 | 0.8241 | |
| 30 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 12900 | 43000 | 0.7 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 31 | Louisiana Tech University | 13000 | 42900 | 0.6969 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 32 | Framingham State University | 13200 | 31000 | 0.5744 | 2,782 | 1190 | 0.8366 | |
| 33 | Aquinas College | 13500 | 86000 | 0.843 | 1,103 | 1035 | 0.9726 | |
| 33 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 13500 | 22800 | 0.4084 | 11,994 | 1090 | 0.8651 | |
| 35 | Bridgewater State University | 13800 | 28800 | 0.5214 | 8,849 | 1143 | 0.8798 | |
| 36 | Youngstown State University | 13900 | 28400 | 0.5104 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 37 | Eastern Michigan University | 14000 | 33900 | 0.5885 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 37 | Salem State University | 14000 | 38300 | 0.6341 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 37 | San Francisco State University | 14000 | 47700 | 0.7067 | 19,444 | 1035 | 0.9644 | |
| 40 | California State University-San Bernardino | 14200 | 32700 | 0.5655 | 15,948 | 1020 | 0.943 | |
| 40 | Western Michigan University | 14200 | 26500 | 0.4646 | 13,714 | 1089 | 0.9121 | |
| 42 | Arkansas Tech University | 14400 | 31400 | 0.5406 | 8,279 | 1055 | 0.9747 | |
| 42 | California State University-San Marcos | 14400 | 24700 | 0.4178 | 15,770 | 990 | 0.9513 | |
| 44 | University of North Alabama | 14500 | 37300 | 0.6114 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 45 | Wayne State College | 14600 | 30200 | 0.5172 | 3,886 | 0 | 1 | |
| 46 | Ball State University | 14700 | 22400 | 0.3439 | 15,950 | 1185 | 0.8625 | |
| 46 | Sonoma State University | 14700 | 26700 | 0.4495 | 4,449 | 1050 | 0.9841 | |
| 46 | Texas State University | 14700 | 26100 | 0.4367 | 39,353 | 1080 | 0.9118 | |
| 46 | West Virginia University | 14700 | 73100 | 0.7986 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 50 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 14800 | 54400 | 0.7284 | 15,735 | 1069 | 0.8797 | |
| 51 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 14900 | 26000 | 0.4264 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 52 | California State University-Chico | 15200 | 23500 | 0.3528 | 13,599 | 1054 | 0.9107 | |
| 52 | University of West Georgia | 15200 | 24600 | 0.3825 | 10,075 | 1035 | 0.7995 | |
| 54 | Jacksonville State University | 15300 | 38200 | 0.5991 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 55 | University of Wisconsin-Parkside | 15500 | 20600 | 0.2492 | 3,207 | 1084 | 0.9751 | |
| 56 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 38800 | 0.5992 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 57 | Kansas State University | 15700 | 26400 | 0.4053 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 57 | University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire | 15700 | 22400 | 0.2997 | 8,329 | 1209 | 0.385 | |
| 59 | Appalachian State University | 15800 | 26000 | 0.3924 | 19,732 | 1174 | 0.9388 | |
| 59 | Morgan State University | 15800 | 30700 | 0.4849 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 61 | Indiana State University | 16000 | 32400 | 0.5064 | 6,352 | 1015 | 0.9157 | |
| 62 | Georgia Southern University | 16300 | 20100 | 0.1886 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 62 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16300 | 64800 | 0.7481 | 22,007 | 1427 | 0.1672 | |
| 64 | California State University-Long Beach | 16500 | 25800 | 0.3605 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 64 | Sam Houston State University | 16500 | 27100 | 0.391 | 17,822 | 1035 | 0.9372 | |
| 66 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 16700 | 26300 | 0.3641 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 66 | University of South Alabama | 16700 | 22400 | 0.2549 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 66 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 16700 | 36500 | 0.5428 | 7,747 | 1073 | 0.9617 | |
| 69 | Montclair State University | 16800 | 36000 | 0.5339 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 70 | Kutztown University of Pennsylvania | 17200 | 29400 | 0.4155 | 6,229 | 1174 | 0.8942 | |
| 70 | University of Kentucky | 17200 | 36500 | 0.528 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 72 | California State University-Sacramento | 17400 | 30700 | 0.433 | 28,619 | 1015 | 0.9357 | |
| 73 | University at Albany | 17500 | 30800 | 0.4319 | 12,889 | 1245 | 0.7044 | |
| 74 | The University of Texas at Austin | 17700 | 28100 | 0.3697 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 74 | University of Arkansas | 17700 | 28500 | 0.3807 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 76 | Kennesaw State University | 17900 | 26700 | 0.3295 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 77 | California State University-Fullerton | 18000 | 20600 | 0.1246 | 40,705 | 960 | 0.8811 | |
| 78 | San Jose State University | 18100 | 41100 | 0.5591 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 79 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 18200 | 18200 | 0 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 80 | Georgia College & State University | 18300 | 18300 | 0 | 6,250 | 1165 | 0.8466 | |
| 81 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 18800 | 29900 | 0.373 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 82 | The University of Montana | 19000 | 27400 | 0.3067 | 8,014 | 1184 | 0.9586 | |
| 83 | Emory & Henry University | 19100 | 52400 | 0.6361 | 1,084 | 1145 | 0.8365 | |
| 84 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 19200 | 26900 | 0.2861 | 14,657 | 1190 | 0.7583 | |
| 85 | Rowan University | 19800 | 41300 | 0.5209 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 86 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 19900 | 40600 | 0.511 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 86 | SUNY College at Geneseo | 19900 | 39400 | 0.4954 | 3,943 | 1275 | 0.3333 | |
| 86 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 19900 | 45100 | 0.559 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 89 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20200 | 57800 | 0.6503 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 89 | University of Northern Iowa | 20200 | 24800 | 0.1844 | 7,800 | 1115 | 0.9313 | |
| 91 | Syracuse University | 20300 | 83600 | 0.7572 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 91 | University of Wyoming | 20300 | 27900 | 0.2742 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 93 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 20400 | 39200 | 0.4798 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 94 | SUNY Oneonta | 20500 | 55300 | 0.6299 | 4,815 | 1090 | 0.7696 | |
| 95 | Millersville University of Pennsylvania | 20700 | 24900 | 0.1687 | 5,823 | 1115 | 0.8619 | |
| 96 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 20900 | 27800 | 0.248 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 97 | Rocky Mountain College | 21200 | 52000 | 0.592 | 779 | 1055 | 0.7775 | |
| 97 | University of Mary Washington | 21200 | 47400 | 0.5531 | 3,531 | 1279 | 0.7413 | |
| 99 | Grand Valley State University | 21900 | 36200 | 0.3949 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 100 | Florida State University | 22200 | 23000 | 0.0348 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 101 | Concordia University-Nebraska | 22400 | 85400 | 0.7376 | 3,007 | 1135 | 0.8572 | |
| 101 | Park University | 22400 | 31300 | 0.2848 | 4,657 | 1035 | 0.6904 | |
| 101 | University of Maryland Global Campus | 22400 | 35300 | 0.3649 | 52,187 | 0 | 1 | |
| 101 | University of South Florida | 22400 | 22400 | 0 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 105 | Augustana College | 22500 | 72800 | 0.6908 | 2,536 | 1157 | 0.6628 | |
| 106 | Saint Cloud State University | 22600 | 36800 | 0.3849 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 107 | Pennsylvania Western University | 22700 | 34400 | 0.3398 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 107 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 22700 | 30300 | 0.2511 | 7,753 | 1140 | 0.9245 | |
| 109 | Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania | 22900 | 34900 | 0.3443 | 4,371 | 1084 | 0.865 | |
| 110 | Calvin University | 23000 | 55500 | 0.5853 | 3,359 | 1232 | 0.6791 | |
| 111 | Central Washington University | 23100 | 27900 | 0.1723 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 111 | University of Southern Mississippi | 23100 | 23100 | 0 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 113 | University of North Texas | 23600 | 26100 | 0.0957 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 114 | State University of New York at New Paltz | 23700 | 35700 | 0.3357 | 6,113 | 1279 | 0.6267 | |
| 115 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 24700 | 36800 | 0.329 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 115 | University at Buffalo | 24700 | 34000 | 0.2736 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 115 | University of Northern Colorado | 24700 | 39100 | 0.3684 | 6,598 | 1080 | 0.945 | |
| 118 | Minnesota State University, Mankato | 25500 | 28000 | 0.0915 | 13,433 | 1145 | 0.8844 | |
| 119 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 25900 | 28400 | 0.0902 | 14,834 | 1149 | 0.7803 | |
| 120 | Gustavus Adolphus College | 26100 | 75500 | 0.6544 | 1,906 | 1273 | 0.6099 | |
| 121 | Northern Illinois University | 26300 | 32100 | 0.1818 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 122 | Bemidji State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 3,751 | 1075 | 0.5598 | |
| 123 | University of Central Arkansas | 26700 | 31200 | 0.1461 | 8,238 | 1110 | 0.9157 | |
| 124 | Weber State University | 27100 | 31500 | 0.1399 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 125 | University of Central Oklahoma | 27200 | 33800 | 0.1951 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 125 | University of Georgia | 27200 | 27200 | 0 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 127 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 18,028 | 1059 | 0.7996 | |
| 128 | Central Connecticut State University | 27700 | 30400 | 0.0889 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 129 | James Madison University | 28900 | 28900 | 0 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 130 | University of Louisville | 29100 | 29100 | 0 | 17,916 | 1134 | 0.7921 | |
| 131 | University of Connecticut | 29200 | 55500 | 0.4737 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 131 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29200 | 33000 | 0.115 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 133 | Towson University | 29500 | 30100 | 0.02 | 16,361 | 1082 | 0.8057 | |
| 134 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 30100 | 33200 | 0.0932 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 135 | George Mason University | 30500 | 35700 | 0.1455 | 28,862 | 1271 | 0.8647 | |
| 136 | University of North Dakota | 30700 | 33700 | 0.0908 | 11,837 | 1189 | 0.8157 | |
| 137 | Ohio Wesleyan University | 30900 | 75700 | 0.5915 | 1,652 | 1281 | 0.6441 | |
| 138 | Pittsburg State University | 31300 | 37100 | 0.1564 | 4,561 | 1055 | 0.5487 | |
| 139 | Villanova University | 31900 | 92900 | 0.6569 | 6,933 | 1466 | 0.2814 | |
| 140 | University of Colorado Colorado Springs | 32300 | 41600 | 0.2235 | 9,040 | 1119 | 0.9666 | |
| 141 | San Diego State University | 32400 | 37100 | 0.1268 | 36,196 | 1208 | 0.3741 | |
| 142 | Liberty University | 32500 | 44700 | 0.2729 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 143 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 33400 | 38200 | 0.1273 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 144 | Salisbury University | 34000 | 41700 | 0.1847 | 6,477 | 1245 | 0.8826 | |
| 145 | George Washington University | 34300 | 81800 | 0.5808 | 11,495 | 1436 | 0.4713 | |
| 145 | University of Vermont | 34300 | 66300 | 0.4821 | 12,159 | 1372 | 0.7304 | |
| 147 | Samford University | 34500 | 93800 | 0.6323 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 147 | University of Idaho | 34500 | 48700 | 0.2916 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 149 | University of Nevada-Reno | 34700 | 45800 | 0.2425 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 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 | Temple University | 35600 | 57200 | 0.3774 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 153 | Carthage College | 35700 | 61800 | 0.4218 | 2,914 | 1125 | 0.8445 | |
| 154 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 36100 | 36100 | 0 | 16,131 | 1275 | 0.6472 | |
| 155 | East Carolina University | 36600 | 42700 | 0.1421 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 156 | University of Maine at Farmington | 37000 | 40800 | 0.0932 | 1,661 | 1062 | 0.9832 | |
| 157 | Indiana University-Southeast | 37200 | 40800 | 0.0875 | 3,200 | 1095 | 0.842 | |
| 158 | Frostburg State University | 37300 | 42500 | 0.1223 | 3,436 | 1095 | 0.907 | |
| 159 | University of St Thomas | 38100 | 74800 | 0.4906 | 6,270 | 1299 | 0.8548 | |
| 160 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 39000 | 40300 | 0.0322 | 26,213 | 1209 | 0.7778 | |
| 161 | University of Denver | 39200 | 84100 | 0.5341 | 5,766 | 1292 | 0.8538 | |
| 162 | Elmhurst University | 40000 | 69600 | 0.4251 | 3,170 | 1133 | 0.7501 | |
| 163 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5061 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 164 | University of Arizona | 42500 | 48600 | 0.1254 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 165 | Texas Christian University | 44400 | 87400 | 0.4922 | 11,152 | 1268 | 0.4809 | |
| 166 | Illinois State University | 45500 | 49100 | 0.0726 | 19,513 | 1115 | 0.8555 | |
| 167 | DePaul University | 49000 | 69400 | 0.2938 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 168 | Michigan State University | 49200 | 56200 | 0.1245 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 169 | University of Iowa | 51800 | 54400 | 0.0472 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 170 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53400 | 63400 | 0.1578 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 171 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 58600 | 61200 | 0.0419 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 172 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 58800 | 62100 | 0.0531 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 173 | Hofstra University | 58900 | 83300 | 0.293 | 6,599 | 1369 | 0.7267 | |
| 174 | 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.