Recent Articles
Considering a degree in Geography?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Geography majors who live in Maine.
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 Maine.
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 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22200 | 0.6405 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 5 | California State University-Northridge | 8100 | 36500 | 0.7791 | 32,846 | 1005 | 0.9176 | |
| 6 | Middlebury College | 8700 | 94500 | 0.908 | 2,640 | 1499 | 0.1277 | |
| 7 | California State University-East Bay | 9000 | 45100 | 0.8008 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 8 | Colgate University | 9200 | 95800 | 0.9039 | 3,193 | 1488 | 0.1388 | |
| 8 | Rhode Island College | 9200 | 30200 | 0.6961 | 5,695 | 995 | 0.8557 | |
| 10 | Portland State University | 9500 | 26100 | 0.6357 | 14,932 | 1174 | 0.8586 | |
| 11 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 10300 | 10300 | 0 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 12 | Southern Utah University | 10500 | 51400 | 0.7957 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 13 | California State University-Stanislaus | 11100 | 31200 | 0.6448 | 8,494 | 950 | 0.9558 | |
| 13 | Worcester State University | 11100 | 34900 | 0.6814 | 4,485 | 1090 | 0.8799 | |
| 15 | Marshall University | 11200 | 39800 | 0.7184 | 9,960 | 1070 | 0.9663 | |
| 16 | Fayetteville State University | 11400 | 18200 | 0.3734 | 6,542 | 900 | 0.689 | |
| 16 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 11400 | 31400 | 0.637 | 14,249 | 1084 | 0.7761 | |
| 18 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 11500 | 20500 | 0.4386 | 5,063 | 1069 | 0.8756 | |
| 19 | California State University-Fresno | 11600 | 19600 | 0.4106 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 20 | Eastern Illinois University | 11800 | 24700 | 0.5207 | 6,731 | 1020 | 0.7073 | |
| 21 | University of Hawaii at Hilo | 11900 | 56000 | 0.7875 | 2,304 | 990 | 0.8351 | |
| 22 | Fitchburg State University | 12000 | 33800 | 0.6445 | 3,000 | 1090 | 0.8885 | |
| 22 | Vassar College | 12000 | 93100 | 0.8712 | 2,514 | 1488 | 0.2093 | |
| 24 | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | 12100 | 26300 | 0.5401 | 10,743 | 1075 | 0.9598 | |
| 25 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 12300 | 24900 | 0.5052 | 5,677 | 985 | 0.9301 | |
| 25 | Louisiana Tech University | 12300 | 42900 | 0.7132 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 27 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 31100 | 0.6022 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 28 | Mount Holyoke College | 12600 | 89900 | 0.8599 | 2,135 | 1419 | 0.3841 | |
| 29 | University of Colorado Colorado Springs | 12900 | 26600 | 0.5151 | 9,040 | 1119 | 0.9666 | |
| 30 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 13100 | 43000 | 0.6953 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 31 | Central Connecticut State University | 13200 | 34200 | 0.6138 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 31 | Framingham State University | 13200 | 31000 | 0.5744 | 2,782 | 1190 | 0.8366 | |
| 33 | University of South Florida | 13300 | 22400 | 0.4067 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 34 | University of Southern Maine | 13500 | 23000 | 0.4126 | 5,549 | 1139 | 0.8241 | |
| 35 | Aquinas College | 13700 | 86000 | 0.8407 | 1,103 | 1035 | 0.9726 | |
| 35 | University of North Alabama | 13700 | 28200 | 0.5145 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 37 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 13800 | 22800 | 0.3953 | 11,994 | 1090 | 0.8651 | |
| 38 | Bridgewater State University | 14000 | 28800 | 0.5152 | 8,849 | 1143 | 0.8798 | |
| 39 | Youngstown State University | 14100 | 28400 | 0.5033 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 40 | Eastern Michigan University | 14200 | 33900 | 0.5826 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 40 | Salem State University | 14200 | 39200 | 0.6375 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 40 | San Francisco State University | 14200 | 47700 | 0.7025 | 19,444 | 1035 | 0.9644 | |
| 43 | California State University-San Marcos | 14300 | 38300 | 0.6265 | 15,770 | 990 | 0.9513 | |
| 44 | California State University-San Bernardino | 14400 | 32700 | 0.5594 | 15,948 | 1020 | 0.943 | |
| 44 | Western Michigan University | 14400 | 26500 | 0.457 | 13,714 | 1089 | 0.9121 | |
| 46 | Arkansas Tech University | 14500 | 31400 | 0.5374 | 8,279 | 1055 | 0.9747 | |
| 47 | Wayne State College | 14700 | 30200 | 0.5139 | 3,886 | 0 | 1 | |
| 47 | West Virginia University | 14700 | 73100 | 0.7986 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 49 | Sonoma State University | 14900 | 26700 | 0.442 | 4,449 | 1050 | 0.9841 | |
| 50 | Ball State University | 15000 | 22400 | 0.3305 | 15,950 | 1185 | 0.8625 | |
| 50 | Texas State University | 15000 | 26700 | 0.4375 | 39,353 | 1080 | 0.9118 | |
| 50 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 15000 | 54400 | 0.7248 | 15,735 | 1069 | 0.8797 | |
| 53 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 15200 | 26000 | 0.4149 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 54 | California State University-Chico | 15400 | 41000 | 0.6249 | 13,599 | 1054 | 0.9107 | |
| 54 | University of Maine at Farmington | 15400 | 32600 | 0.5282 | 1,661 | 1062 | 0.9832 | |
| 54 | University of West Georgia | 15400 | 24600 | 0.3744 | 10,075 | 1035 | 0.7995 | |
| 57 | University of Wisconsin-Parkside | 15500 | 20600 | 0.2492 | 3,207 | 1084 | 0.9751 | |
| 58 | Florida State University | 15600 | 23000 | 0.322 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 58 | Jacksonville State University | 15600 | 27000 | 0.423 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 58 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 38800 | 0.5992 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 61 | University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire | 16000 | 22400 | 0.2863 | 8,329 | 1209 | 0.385 | |
| 62 | University of Maine | 16100 | 29300 | 0.4517 | 9,182 | 1195 | 0.9562 | |
| 62 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 16100 | 22300 | 0.2778 | 26,213 | 1209 | 0.7778 | |
| 64 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16300 | 64800 | 0.7481 | 22,007 | 1427 | 0.1672 | |
| 64 | University of Northern Colorado | 16300 | 30500 | 0.4656 | 6,598 | 1080 | 0.945 | |
| 66 | Indiana State University | 16400 | 32400 | 0.494 | 6,352 | 1015 | 0.9157 | |
| 67 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 16600 | 41200 | 0.5978 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 67 | California State University-Long Beach | 16600 | 25800 | 0.3567 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 69 | Georgia Southern University | 16800 | 20100 | 0.1638 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 70 | Sam Houston State University | 17000 | 27100 | 0.3726 | 17,822 | 1035 | 0.9372 | |
| 70 | University of South Alabama | 17000 | 22400 | 0.2415 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 70 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 17000 | 36500 | 0.5346 | 7,747 | 1073 | 0.9617 | |
| 73 | Montclair State University | 17100 | 36000 | 0.5256 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 73 | Weber State University | 17100 | 20300 | 0.1579 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 75 | Kutztown University of Pennsylvania | 17400 | 29400 | 0.4086 | 6,229 | 1174 | 0.8942 | |
| 76 | California State University-Sacramento | 17600 | 30700 | 0.4265 | 28,619 | 1015 | 0.9357 | |
| 76 | East Carolina University | 17600 | 26100 | 0.3256 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 78 | University of Arkansas | 17800 | 28500 | 0.3772 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 79 | California State University-Fullerton | 18000 | 20600 | 0.1246 | 40,705 | 960 | 0.8811 | |
| 79 | The University of Texas at Austin | 18000 | 28100 | 0.359 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 81 | Kennesaw State University | 18100 | 27400 | 0.3391 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 81 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 18100 | 25200 | 0.2814 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 83 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 18200 | 18200 | 0 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 83 | San Jose State University | 18200 | 41100 | 0.5567 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 85 | Georgia College & State University | 18300 | 18300 | 0 | 6,250 | 1165 | 0.8466 | |
| 86 | Central Washington University | 18400 | 22700 | 0.1892 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 87 | University of Central Oklahoma | 18500 | 27500 | 0.3275 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 88 | The University of Montana | 19100 | 27400 | 0.3031 | 8,014 | 1184 | 0.9586 | |
| 89 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 19300 | 29900 | 0.3563 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 90 | Emory & Henry University | 19600 | 52400 | 0.6257 | 1,084 | 1145 | 0.8365 | |
| 91 | Pennsylvania Western University | 19700 | 30900 | 0.3627 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 92 | SUNY College at Geneseo | 19900 | 39400 | 0.4954 | 3,943 | 1275 | 0.3333 | |
| 93 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20200 | 57800 | 0.6503 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 93 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 20200 | 38500 | 0.4738 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 | |
| 93 | University of Northern Iowa | 20200 | 24800 | 0.1844 | 7,800 | 1115 | 0.9313 | |
| 96 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 20300 | 40600 | 0.5011 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 96 | Syracuse University | 20300 | 83600 | 0.7572 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 98 | State University of New York at New Paltz | 20400 | 26300 | 0.2246 | 6,113 | 1279 | 0.6267 | |
| 98 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 20400 | 26100 | 0.2181 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 100 | SUNY Oneonta | 20600 | 55300 | 0.6281 | 4,815 | 1090 | 0.7696 | |
| 101 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 20700 | 39200 | 0.4722 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 102 | University of Mary Washington | 21100 | 47400 | 0.5542 | 3,531 | 1279 | 0.7413 | |
| 103 | Millersville University of Pennsylvania | 21400 | 36700 | 0.4173 | 5,823 | 1115 | 0.8619 | |
| 104 | Rocky Mountain College | 21500 | 52000 | 0.5863 | 779 | 1055 | 0.7775 | |
| 105 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 106 | Grand Valley State University | 21900 | 36200 | 0.3949 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 107 | Augustana College | 22500 | 72800 | 0.6908 | 2,536 | 1157 | 0.6628 | |
| 107 | Park University | 22500 | 31300 | 0.2816 | 4,657 | 1035 | 0.6904 | |
| 109 | Concordia University-Nebraska | 22600 | 85400 | 0.7353 | 3,007 | 1135 | 0.8572 | |
| 109 | Saint Cloud State University | 22600 | 36800 | 0.3849 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 111 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 22700 | 30300 | 0.2511 | 7,753 | 1140 | 0.9245 | |
| 112 | University of Southern Mississippi | 22800 | 23100 | 0.013 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 113 | Calvin University | 22900 | 55500 | 0.5871 | 3,359 | 1232 | 0.6791 | |
| 114 | Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania | 23100 | 34900 | 0.3385 | 4,371 | 1084 | 0.865 | |
| 115 | University of North Texas | 23900 | 37400 | 0.3607 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 116 | Temple University | 24800 | 36100 | 0.3132 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 117 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 24900 | 36800 | 0.3235 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 118 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 25400 | 32900 | 0.2298 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 119 | University of North Dakota | 25500 | 28600 | 0.1073 | 11,837 | 1189 | 0.8157 | |
| 120 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 25900 | 28400 | 0.0902 | 14,834 | 1149 | 0.7803 | |
| 121 | Gustavus Adolphus College | 26100 | 75500 | 0.6544 | 1,906 | 1273 | 0.6099 | |
| 122 | Northern Illinois University | 26300 | 32100 | 0.1806 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 123 | Bemidji State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 3,751 | 1075 | 0.5598 | |
| 124 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 18,028 | 1059 | 0.7996 | |
| 125 | Towson University | 29900 | 30100 | 0.0066 | 16,361 | 1082 | 0.8057 | |
| 126 | Ohio Wesleyan University | 30900 | 75700 | 0.5915 | 1,652 | 1281 | 0.6441 | |
| 127 | Pittsburg State University | 31300 | 37100 | 0.1564 | 4,561 | 1055 | 0.5487 | |
| 128 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 31900 | 35200 | 0.0938 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 129 | Villanova University | 32100 | 92900 | 0.6548 | 6,933 | 1466 | 0.2814 | |
| 130 | University of Louisville | 32300 | 42100 | 0.2325 | 17,916 | 1134 | 0.7921 | |
| 131 | San Diego State University | 32400 | 37100 | 0.1268 | 36,196 | 1208 | 0.3741 | |
| 132 | Liberty University | 32500 | 44700 | 0.2729 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 133 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 33400 | 38200 | 0.1273 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 134 | Salisbury University | 34200 | 41700 | 0.1799 | 6,477 | 1245 | 0.8826 | |
| 135 | George Washington University | 34300 | 81800 | 0.5808 | 11,495 | 1436 | 0.4713 | |
| 135 | University of Vermont | 34300 | 66300 | 0.4821 | 12,159 | 1372 | 0.7304 | |
| 137 | University of Idaho | 34500 | 48700 | 0.2916 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 138 | Samford University | 34600 | 93800 | 0.6312 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 139 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 34700 | 46400 | 0.2519 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 139 | University of Nevada-Reno | 34700 | 45800 | 0.2425 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 141 | Minnesota State University, Mankato | 35000 | 37600 | 0.0683 | 13,433 | 1145 | 0.8844 | |
| 142 | Valparaiso University | 35200 | 63000 | 0.441 | 2,056 | 1183 | 0.8994 | |
| 143 | Carthage College | 35700 | 61800 | 0.4218 | 2,914 | 1125 | 0.8445 | |
| 144 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 36100 | 36100 | 0 | 16,131 | 1275 | 0.6472 | |
| 145 | Rowan University | 36500 | 53600 | 0.3189 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 146 | University of Connecticut | 36800 | 79000 | 0.534 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 147 | Indiana University-Southeast | 37200 | 40800 | 0.0875 | 3,200 | 1095 | 0.842 | |
| 148 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37400 | 66700 | 0.4394 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 149 | Frostburg State University | 37500 | 42500 | 0.1176 | 3,436 | 1095 | 0.907 | |
| 150 | University of Central Arkansas | 37700 | 40200 | 0.0637 | 8,238 | 1110 | 0.9157 | |
| 151 | University of St Thomas | 38000 | 74800 | 0.492 | 6,270 | 1299 | 0.8548 | |
| 152 | University of Denver | 39200 | 84100 | 0.5341 | 5,766 | 1292 | 0.8538 | |
| 153 | University of Wyoming | 39700 | 45300 | 0.1229 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 154 | Elmhurst University | 40000 | 69600 | 0.4251 | 3,170 | 1133 | 0.7501 | |
| 155 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 40300 | 42700 | 0.0561 | 14,657 | 1190 | 0.7583 | |
| 156 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5061 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 157 | University of Arizona | 42500 | 48600 | 0.1254 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 158 | James Madison University | 43500 | 45100 | 0.0355 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 159 | George Mason University | 43700 | 61400 | 0.2884 | 28,862 | 1271 | 0.8647 | |
| 160 | Kansas State University | 43900 | 48400 | 0.0919 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 161 | Texas Christian University | 44300 | 87400 | 0.4934 | 11,152 | 1268 | 0.4809 | |
| 161 | University at Albany | 44300 | 48900 | 0.0941 | 12,889 | 1245 | 0.7044 | |
| 163 | Illinois State University | 45500 | 49100 | 0.0726 | 19,513 | 1115 | 0.8555 | |
| 164 | University at Buffalo | 46400 | 46400 | 0 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 165 | Appalachian State University | 46500 | 46500 | 0 | 19,732 | 1174 | 0.9388 | |
| 166 | University of Kentucky | 48400 | 59900 | 0.1916 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 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 Georgia | 52000 | 52100 | 0.0019 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 171 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53400 | 63400 | 0.1578 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 172 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 58800 | 62100 | 0.0531 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 173 | Hofstra University | 59100 | 83300 | 0.2906 | 6,599 | 1369 | 0.7267 | |
| 174 | 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.