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Considering a degree in Geography?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Geography majors who live in Minnesota.
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 Minnesota.
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 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22000 | 0.6362 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 4 | Mount Holyoke College | 9500 | 89900 | 0.8946 | 2,135 | 1419 | 0.3841 | |
| 5 | Colgate University | 10500 | 95800 | 0.8901 | 3,193 | 1488 | 0.1388 | |
| 6 | Indiana State University | 11200 | 25900 | 0.5685 | 6,352 | 1015 | 0.9157 | |
| 7 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 11600 | 20500 | 0.4322 | 5,063 | 1069 | 0.8756 | |
| 8 | California State University-Sacramento | 11700 | 30700 | 0.6186 | 28,619 | 1015 | 0.9357 | |
| 8 | California State University-Stanislaus | 11700 | 28500 | 0.5894 | 8,494 | 950 | 0.9558 | |
| 8 | Marshall University | 11700 | 36600 | 0.68 | 9,960 | 1070 | 0.9663 | |
| 11 | University of Hawaii at Hilo | 11800 | 33200 | 0.6437 | 2,304 | 990 | 0.8351 | |
| 12 | Vassar College | 11900 | 92400 | 0.8714 | 2,514 | 1488 | 0.2093 | |
| 13 | California State University-Northridge | 12000 | 22000 | 0.4546 | 32,846 | 1005 | 0.9176 | |
| 13 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 12000 | 25000 | 0.5193 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 15 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 12100 | 24900 | 0.5132 | 5,677 | 985 | 0.9301 | |
| 16 | Fayetteville State University | 12200 | 26300 | 0.5364 | 6,542 | 900 | 0.689 | |
| 17 | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | 12600 | 19300 | 0.3472 | 10,743 | 1075 | 0.9598 | |
| 18 | Eastern Illinois University | 12700 | 24300 | 0.4779 | 6,731 | 1020 | 0.7073 | |
| 19 | California State University-San Bernardino | 12800 | 30800 | 0.5851 | 15,948 | 1020 | 0.943 | |
| 19 | University of South Florida | 12800 | 17100 | 0.2513 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 21 | Middlebury College | 13700 | 89900 | 0.8477 | 2,640 | 1499 | 0.1277 | |
| 21 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 32900 | 0.5832 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 23 | Grand Valley State University | 14000 | 25300 | 0.4472 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 24 | Northern Illinois University | 14100 | 30400 | 0.5355 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 25 | Arkansas Tech University | 14400 | 27400 | 0.4748 | 8,279 | 1055 | 0.9747 | |
| 26 | Salisbury University | 14500 | 28700 | 0.4951 | 6,477 | 1245 | 0.8826 | |
| 27 | Pittsburg State University | 14800 | 23900 | 0.3801 | 4,561 | 1055 | 0.5487 | |
| 28 | Wayne State College | 15000 | 20300 | 0.2611 | 3,886 | 0 | 1 | |
| 29 | Western Michigan University | 15300 | 31200 | 0.5091 | 13,714 | 1089 | 0.9121 | |
| 30 | Florida State University | 15500 | 22900 | 0.3228 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 30 | University of Central Oklahoma | 15500 | 28700 | 0.46 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 30 | University of West Georgia | 15500 | 24600 | 0.3703 | 10,075 | 1035 | 0.7995 | |
| 33 | James Madison University | 15600 | 28900 | 0.4608 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 33 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 29800 | 0.4782 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 35 | Sam Houston State University | 15800 | 30300 | 0.4782 | 17,822 | 1035 | 0.9372 | |
| 35 | Worcester State University | 15800 | 36700 | 0.5696 | 4,485 | 1090 | 0.8799 | |
| 37 | Jacksonville State University | 15900 | 27000 | 0.4118 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 38 | California State University-Long Beach | 16000 | 25800 | 0.3799 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 38 | Portland State University | 16000 | 26100 | 0.3872 | 14,932 | 1174 | 0.8586 | |
| 38 | University of Colorado Colorado Springs | 16000 | 25400 | 0.3706 | 9,040 | 1119 | 0.9666 | |
| 38 | Weber State University | 16000 | 23600 | 0.3216 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 42 | Frostburg State University | 16100 | 26600 | 0.3945 | 3,436 | 1095 | 0.907 | |
| 43 | University of Southern Maine | 16200 | 23000 | 0.2953 | 5,549 | 1139 | 0.8241 | |
| 44 | Eastern Michigan University | 16300 | 36100 | 0.5487 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 45 | SUNY College at Geneseo | 16500 | 26400 | 0.3744 | 3,943 | 1275 | 0.3333 | |
| 45 | The University of Texas at Austin | 16500 | 28000 | 0.4111 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 47 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16600 | 64800 | 0.7439 | 22,007 | 1427 | 0.1672 | |
| 48 | West Virginia University | 16700 | 40900 | 0.5914 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 49 | Central Connecticut State University | 17100 | 36000 | 0.5244 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 50 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 17200 | 25700 | 0.3307 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 51 | University of Louisville | 17300 | 29100 | 0.4059 | 17,916 | 1134 | 0.7921 | |
| 52 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 17500 | 26600 | 0.3425 | 7,747 | 1073 | 0.9617 | |
| 53 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 17600 | 22200 | 0.2076 | 11,994 | 1090 | 0.8651 | |
| 54 | University at Albany | 17700 | 30800 | 0.4254 | 12,889 | 1245 | 0.7044 | |
| 55 | Bridgewater State University | 17900 | 25400 | 0.2945 | 8,849 | 1143 | 0.8798 | |
| 56 | Central Washington University | 18200 | 22700 | 0.198 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 56 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 18200 | 18200 | 0 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 56 | Towson University | 18200 | 29900 | 0.3909 | 16,361 | 1082 | 0.8057 | |
| 59 | Georgia College & State University | 18300 | 18300 | 0 | 6,250 | 1165 | 0.8466 | |
| 59 | University of Vermont | 18300 | 37800 | 0.5164 | 12,159 | 1372 | 0.7304 | |
| 61 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 18400 | 30600 | 0.3971 | 38,463 | 1324 | 0.7589 | |
| 62 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 18800 | 31400 | 0.4013 | 14,249 | 1084 | 0.7761 | |
| 63 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 19000 | 29900 | 0.3638 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 64 | University of Nevada-Reno | 19100 | 28200 | 0.3224 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 64 | University of South Alabama | 19100 | 22400 | 0.1476 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 66 | Emory & Henry University | 19300 | 52400 | 0.6309 | 1,084 | 1145 | 0.8365 | |
| 67 | University of Wisconsin-Parkside | 19400 | 23000 | 0.1563 | 3,207 | 1084 | 0.9751 | |
| 68 | University of Maine at Farmington | 19500 | 33700 | 0.422 | 1,661 | 1062 | 0.9832 | |
| 69 | California State University-Los Angeles | 19600 | 38000 | 0.4843 | 22,077 | 965 | 0.9124 | |
| 70 | Youngstown State University | 19800 | 34000 | 0.4177 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 71 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20000 | 39900 | 0.499 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 72 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20100 | 45200 | 0.5559 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 73 | University of Wyoming | 20500 | 27900 | 0.2644 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 74 | University of Northern Iowa | 20700 | 24000 | 0.137 | 7,800 | 1115 | 0.9313 | |
| 75 | Louisiana Tech University | 21200 | 26100 | 0.1879 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 76 | Rocky Mountain College | 21400 | 52000 | 0.5882 | 779 | 1055 | 0.7775 | |
| 76 | University of Mary Washington | 21400 | 47100 | 0.5459 | 3,531 | 1279 | 0.7413 | |
| 78 | University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire | 21500 | 21500 | 0 | 8,329 | 1209 | 0.385 | |
| 79 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 80 | California State University-Chico | 22200 | 31000 | 0.2835 | 13,599 | 1054 | 0.9107 | |
| 81 | Augustana College | 22700 | 72800 | 0.6881 | 2,536 | 1157 | 0.6628 | |
| 81 | Concordia University-Nebraska | 22700 | 61100 | 0.6284 | 3,007 | 1135 | 0.8572 | |
| 83 | Fitchburg State University | 22800 | 33700 | 0.3235 | 3,000 | 1090 | 0.8885 | |
| 84 | San Jose State University | 22900 | 41100 | 0.4429 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 85 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 23000 | 25300 | 0.0909 | 7,753 | 1140 | 0.9245 | |
| 86 | Illinois State University | 23100 | 36400 | 0.3667 | 19,513 | 1115 | 0.8555 | |
| 87 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 23200 | 34500 | 0.3279 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 88 | Aquinas College | 23300 | 53400 | 0.5641 | 1,103 | 1035 | 0.9726 | |
| 88 | Saint Cloud State University | 23300 | 26300 | 0.1156 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 90 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 23400 | 24900 | 0.0602 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 91 | University of Kentucky | 23700 | 36400 | 0.3478 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 92 | Calvin University | 23900 | 53500 | 0.5532 | 3,359 | 1232 | 0.6791 | |
| 93 | Park University | 24300 | 31300 | 0.224 | 4,657 | 1035 | 0.6904 | |
| 94 | University of Arizona | 24400 | 38100 | 0.3597 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 94 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 24400 | 24400 | 0 | 16,131 | 1275 | 0.6472 | |
| 96 | University at Buffalo | 24600 | 34000 | 0.2765 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 97 | Pennsylvania Western University | 24700 | 34400 | 0.2817 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 97 | Temple University | 24700 | 36100 | 0.316 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 99 | Gustavus Adolphus College | 24900 | 75500 | 0.6705 | 1,906 | 1273 | 0.6099 | |
| 100 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 25100 | 31100 | 0.1928 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 101 | Ball State University | 25500 | 25500 | 0 | 15,950 | 1185 | 0.8625 | |
| 101 | Michigan State University | 25500 | 28900 | 0.1193 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 101 | Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania | 25500 | 34900 | 0.2697 | 4,371 | 1084 | 0.865 | |
| 104 | Salem State University | 25900 | 43200 | 0.4007 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 105 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 26200 | 36800 | 0.2882 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 106 | Bemidji State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 3,751 | 1075 | 0.5598 | |
| 106 | Georgia Southern University | 26400 | 26800 | 0.015 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 108 | Indiana University-Southeast | 26500 | 29800 | 0.1105 | 3,200 | 1095 | 0.842 | |
| 108 | University of Southern Mississippi | 26500 | 26500 | 0 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 110 | University of Arkansas | 26600 | 28900 | 0.0793 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 111 | University of Idaho | 26700 | 45200 | 0.4089 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 112 | Kansas State University | 26900 | 31400 | 0.1454 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 112 | University of Central Arkansas | 26900 | 31200 | 0.1373 | 8,238 | 1110 | 0.9157 | |
| 114 | University of North Dakota | 27000 | 29800 | 0.0936 | 11,837 | 1189 | 0.8157 | |
| 115 | University of North Alabama | 27300 | 37300 | 0.2681 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 116 | Kennesaw State University | 27400 | 27400 | 0 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 116 | Rowan University | 27400 | 41300 | 0.3369 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 116 | Syracuse University | 27400 | 83100 | 0.6701 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 119 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 18,028 | 1059 | 0.7996 | |
| 120 | California State University-San Marcos | 27800 | 38300 | 0.2741 | 15,770 | 990 | 0.9513 | |
| 120 | Villanova University | 27800 | 88800 | 0.6867 | 6,933 | 1466 | 0.2814 | |
| 122 | Texas State University | 27900 | 28000 | 0.0036 | 39,353 | 1080 | 0.9118 | |
| 123 | Elmhurst University | 28200 | 67000 | 0.5793 | 3,170 | 1133 | 0.7501 | |
| 124 | University of North Texas | 28300 | 37400 | 0.2431 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 125 | California State University-East Bay | 29200 | 45100 | 0.3527 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 126 | Sonoma State University | 29300 | 41200 | 0.2888 | 4,449 | 1050 | 0.9841 | |
| 127 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 29700 | 31600 | 0.0601 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 127 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 29700 | 42200 | 0.296 | 15,735 | 1069 | 0.8797 | |
| 129 | Southern Utah University | 29800 | 40800 | 0.2697 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 130 | George Mason University | 30600 | 35700 | 0.1427 | 28,862 | 1271 | 0.8647 | |
| 131 | San Francisco State University | 30700 | 47700 | 0.3565 | 19,444 | 1035 | 0.9644 | |
| 132 | Kutztown University of Pennsylvania | 30800 | 35900 | 0.1422 | 6,229 | 1174 | 0.8942 | |
| 133 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 30900 | 33200 | 0.069 | 14,834 | 1149 | 0.7803 | |
| 133 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 30900 | 59100 | 0.4769 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 135 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 31400 | 41200 | 0.2381 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 135 | San Diego State University | 31400 | 36100 | 0.1301 | 36,196 | 1208 | 0.3741 | |
| 137 | Ohio Wesleyan University | 31700 | 75700 | 0.5809 | 1,652 | 1281 | 0.6441 | |
| 138 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 32100 | 36700 | 0.1252 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 139 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32300 | 35100 | 0.0799 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 140 | Samford University | 32500 | 64600 | 0.497 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 141 | Millersville University of Pennsylvania | 33100 | 37200 | 0.1102 | 5,823 | 1115 | 0.8619 | |
| 142 | Framingham State University | 33200 | 38100 | 0.1286 | 2,782 | 1190 | 0.8366 | |
| 142 | Liberty University | 33200 | 44600 | 0.2556 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 144 | George Washington University | 33700 | 81800 | 0.5881 | 11,495 | 1436 | 0.4713 | |
| 144 | Rhode Island College | 33700 | 45100 | 0.2527 | 5,695 | 995 | 0.8557 | |
| 146 | University of St Thomas | 34200 | 64600 | 0.4709 | 6,270 | 1299 | 0.8548 | |
| 147 | Valparaiso University | 34900 | 62700 | 0.4428 | 2,056 | 1183 | 0.8994 | |
| 148 | Minnesota State University, Mankato | 35300 | 37600 | 0.0609 | 13,433 | 1145 | 0.8844 | |
| 149 | State University of New York at New Paltz | 35700 | 35700 | 0 | 6,113 | 1279 | 0.6267 | |
| 150 | Carthage College | 35800 | 61800 | 0.4207 | 2,914 | 1125 | 0.8445 | |
| 151 | University of Northern Colorado | 36100 | 39100 | 0.0768 | 6,598 | 1080 | 0.945 | |
| 152 | Hofstra University | 36300 | 76900 | 0.5279 | 6,599 | 1369 | 0.7267 | |
| 153 | California State University-Fresno | 36700 | 43800 | 0.162 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 154 | East Carolina University | 36900 | 42700 | 0.1356 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 155 | University of Connecticut | 37200 | 53600 | 0.3062 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 156 | California State University-Fullerton | 38400 | 41500 | 0.0745 | 40,705 | 960 | 0.8811 | |
| 157 | University of Denver | 39200 | 76900 | 0.4905 | 5,766 | 1292 | 0.8538 | |
| 158 | SUNY Oneonta | 39400 | 41700 | 0.0551 | 4,815 | 1090 | 0.7696 | |
| 159 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 39500 | 39800 | 0.0075 | 26,213 | 1209 | 0.7778 | |
| 160 | The University of Montana | 39800 | 45000 | 0.1155 | 8,014 | 1184 | 0.9586 | |
| 161 | Appalachian State University | 40200 | 40600 | 0.0099 | 19,732 | 1174 | 0.9388 | |
| 162 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5061 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 163 | Montclair State University | 41500 | 46600 | 0.1095 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 164 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 42400 | 42400 | 0 | 14,657 | 1190 | 0.7583 | |
| 165 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42600 | 53900 | 0.2095 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 166 | Texas Christian University | 44300 | 87400 | 0.4934 | 11,152 | 1268 | 0.4809 | |
| 167 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 46400 | 46600 | 0.0043 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 168 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47100 | 59700 | 0.2124 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 169 | DePaul University | 49100 | 66000 | 0.2562 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 170 | University of Georgia | 49700 | 51600 | 0.0368 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 171 | University of Iowa | 52100 | 54400 | 0.0421 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 172 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 52300 | 53600 | 0.0243 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 173 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 59300 | 61600 | 0.0372 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.