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Considering a degree in Geography?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Geography majors who live in Nebraska.
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 Nebraska.
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 | 8100 | 22100 | 0.6333 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 4 | California State University-Northridge | 8100 | 65100 | 0.8757 | 32,846 | 1005 | 0.9176 | |
| 6 | Rhode Island College | 9100 | 62600 | 0.8545 | 5,695 | 995 | 0.8557 | |
| 7 | California State University-East Bay | 9400 | 62400 | 0.8487 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 8 | Colgate University | 9500 | 95800 | 0.9008 | 3,193 | 1488 | 0.1388 | |
| 9 | Portland State University | 9600 | 73900 | 0.8699 | 14,932 | 1174 | 0.8586 | |
| 10 | Southern Utah University | 10300 | 22200 | 0.5371 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 10 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 10300 | 10300 | 0 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 12 | California State University-Stanislaus | 11200 | 31200 | 0.6416 | 8,494 | 950 | 0.9558 | |
| 12 | Worcester State University | 11200 | 35900 | 0.6871 | 4,485 | 1090 | 0.8799 | |
| 14 | California State University-Fresno | 11400 | 54800 | 0.7919 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 14 | Middlebury College | 11400 | 94500 | 0.8794 | 2,640 | 1499 | 0.1277 | |
| 16 | Indiana State University | 11500 | 25900 | 0.5569 | 6,352 | 1015 | 0.9157 | |
| 17 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 11600 | 27800 | 0.582 | 22,007 | 1427 | 0.1672 | |
| 18 | Fitchburg State University | 12400 | 34800 | 0.6428 | 3,000 | 1090 | 0.8885 | |
| 18 | Vassar College | 12400 | 92200 | 0.8659 | 2,514 | 1488 | 0.2093 | |
| 20 | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | 12900 | 19300 | 0.3316 | 10,743 | 1075 | 0.9598 | |
| 21 | Eastern Illinois University | 13000 | 24300 | 0.4655 | 6,731 | 1020 | 0.7073 | |
| 21 | University of Colorado Colorado Springs | 13000 | 34400 | 0.6214 | 9,040 | 1119 | 0.9666 | |
| 23 | San Francisco State University | 13200 | 47700 | 0.7235 | 19,444 | 1035 | 0.9644 | |
| 24 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 13500 | 55100 | 0.7551 | 5,677 | 985 | 0.9301 | |
| 25 | Central Connecticut State University | 13600 | 34200 | 0.6021 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 26 | Aquinas College | 13700 | 86000 | 0.8407 | 1,103 | 1035 | 0.9726 | |
| 26 | University of North Alabama | 13700 | 28200 | 0.5145 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 26 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 61700 | 0.7784 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 29 | Louisiana Tech University | 14000 | 43500 | 0.6781 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 30 | Bridgewater State University | 14100 | 28800 | 0.5122 | 8,849 | 1143 | 0.8798 | |
| 30 | Youngstown State University | 14100 | 28400 | 0.5033 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 32 | Eastern Michigan University | 14300 | 33900 | 0.5774 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 33 | Wayne State College | 14400 | 25700 | 0.4377 | 3,886 | 0 | 1 | |
| 34 | California State University-San Bernardino | 14500 | 32700 | 0.5564 | 15,948 | 1020 | 0.943 | |
| 34 | Salem State University | 14500 | 33900 | 0.5729 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 34 | Western Michigan University | 14500 | 26500 | 0.4533 | 13,714 | 1089 | 0.9121 | |
| 37 | Arkansas Tech University | 14600 | 32500 | 0.5512 | 8,279 | 1055 | 0.9747 | |
| 38 | Mount Holyoke College | 14900 | 89900 | 0.8343 | 2,135 | 1419 | 0.3841 | |
| 38 | Sonoma State University | 14900 | 57500 | 0.7413 | 4,449 | 1050 | 0.9841 | |
| 40 | Pittsburg State University | 15000 | 23900 | 0.3718 | 4,561 | 1055 | 0.5487 | |
| 41 | University of Wisconsin-Parkside | 15300 | 20600 | 0.2548 | 3,207 | 1084 | 0.9751 | |
| 42 | California State University-Chico | 15400 | 58100 | 0.7349 | 13,599 | 1054 | 0.9107 | |
| 43 | Fayetteville State University | 15500 | 25500 | 0.392 | 6,542 | 900 | 0.689 | |
| 43 | Jacksonville State University | 15500 | 42900 | 0.638 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 45 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 38800 | 0.5992 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 46 | University of West Georgia | 15700 | 24600 | 0.3622 | 10,075 | 1035 | 0.7995 | |
| 47 | Grand Valley State University | 15800 | 28500 | 0.4448 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 47 | Sam Houston State University | 15800 | 30100 | 0.4751 | 17,822 | 1035 | 0.9372 | |
| 47 | Texas State University | 15800 | 26200 | 0.3967 | 39,353 | 1080 | 0.9118 | |
| 50 | Northern Illinois University | 16000 | 30400 | 0.4735 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 51 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 16100 | 62800 | 0.7433 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 52 | Appalachian State University | 16200 | 22800 | 0.2898 | 19,732 | 1174 | 0.9388 | |
| 52 | Weber State University | 16200 | 20300 | 0.2024 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 54 | Frostburg State University | 16300 | 34600 | 0.5289 | 3,436 | 1095 | 0.907 | |
| 54 | University of Northern Colorado | 16300 | 64400 | 0.7465 | 6,598 | 1080 | 0.945 | |
| 56 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 16400 | 23400 | 0.2996 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 57 | University of Arizona | 16600 | 41400 | 0.5992 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 57 | West Virginia University | 16600 | 40900 | 0.5939 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 59 | Georgia Southern University | 16700 | 20100 | 0.1687 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 60 | Marshall University | 17300 | 39800 | 0.5652 | 9,960 | 1070 | 0.9663 | |
| 61 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 17400 | 29900 | 0.4173 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 62 | Kutztown University of Pennsylvania | 17600 | 29400 | 0.4018 | 6,229 | 1174 | 0.8942 | |
| 63 | University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire | 17700 | 24700 | 0.2829 | 8,329 | 1209 | 0.385 | |
| 64 | California State University-Sacramento | 17900 | 35700 | 0.4987 | 28,619 | 1015 | 0.9357 | |
| 64 | University of Arkansas | 17900 | 36800 | 0.5129 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 64 | University of South Alabama | 17900 | 40600 | 0.5585 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 64 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 17900 | 22200 | 0.1941 | 11,994 | 1090 | 0.8651 | |
| 68 | Kennesaw State University | 18100 | 61500 | 0.7052 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 69 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 18200 | 26300 | 0.3078 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 70 | San Diego State University | 18600 | 28900 | 0.3565 | 36,196 | 1208 | 0.3741 | |
| 71 | California State University-Fullerton | 18800 | 61400 | 0.6936 | 40,705 | 960 | 0.8811 | |
| 71 | San Jose State University | 18800 | 41100 | 0.5427 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 73 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 19200 | 24000 | 0.1993 | 5,063 | 1069 | 0.8756 | |
| 74 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 19300 | 26900 | 0.2823 | 14,657 | 1190 | 0.7583 | |
| 75 | SUNY Oneonta | 19600 | 28800 | 0.3193 | 4,815 | 1090 | 0.7696 | |
| 76 | Pennsylvania Western University | 19800 | 30900 | 0.3594 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 76 | Syracuse University | 19800 | 83600 | 0.7632 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 78 | Emory & Henry University | 19900 | 52400 | 0.6205 | 1,084 | 1145 | 0.8365 | |
| 79 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20200 | 28400 | 0.2883 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 79 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 20200 | 32300 | 0.3744 | 15,735 | 1069 | 0.8797 | |
| 79 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 20200 | 38500 | 0.4738 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 | |
| 82 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 20600 | 25000 | 0.176 | 7,753 | 1140 | 0.9245 | |
| 83 | University of Northern Iowa | 20700 | 24000 | 0.137 | 7,800 | 1115 | 0.9313 | |
| 84 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 20800 | 39200 | 0.4696 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 85 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 21200 | 47800 | 0.5566 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 86 | University of Mary Washington | 21300 | 46900 | 0.5448 | 3,531 | 1279 | 0.7413 | |
| 87 | Millersville University of Pennsylvania | 21500 | 54200 | 0.6032 | 5,823 | 1115 | 0.8619 | |
| 88 | Rocky Mountain College | 21700 | 67200 | 0.6772 | 779 | 1055 | 0.7775 | |
| 89 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 90 | Montclair State University | 22200 | 36800 | 0.397 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 91 | Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania | 22300 | 52300 | 0.5736 | 4,371 | 1084 | 0.865 | |
| 92 | Florida State University | 22400 | 32200 | 0.3047 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 92 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 22400 | 35700 | 0.3722 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 94 | Park University | 22500 | 31300 | 0.2816 | 4,657 | 1035 | 0.6904 | |
| 94 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 22500 | 42500 | 0.4706 | 14,249 | 1084 | 0.7761 | |
| 96 | Augustana College | 22700 | 72800 | 0.6881 | 2,536 | 1157 | 0.6628 | |
| 96 | Concordia University-Nebraska | 22700 | 59600 | 0.6188 | 3,007 | 1135 | 0.8572 | |
| 98 | Saint Cloud State University | 22900 | 36800 | 0.3775 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 99 | Illinois State University | 23100 | 36400 | 0.3667 | 19,513 | 1115 | 0.8555 | |
| 100 | Calvin University | 23300 | 85000 | 0.7262 | 3,359 | 1232 | 0.6791 | |
| 101 | University of Maine at Farmington | 23800 | 33700 | 0.2934 | 1,661 | 1062 | 0.9832 | |
| 102 | University of Southern Mississippi | 24200 | 30400 | 0.204 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 103 | University at Buffalo | 24800 | 34000 | 0.2706 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 104 | Temple University | 25000 | 36100 | 0.3077 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 105 | Ball State University | 25400 | 25400 | 0 | 15,950 | 1185 | 0.8625 | |
| 105 | University of Hawaii at Hilo | 25400 | 38400 | 0.3381 | 2,304 | 990 | 0.8351 | |
| 107 | University of North Texas | 26000 | 36900 | 0.2956 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 108 | Gustavus Adolphus College | 26300 | 75500 | 0.6519 | 1,906 | 1273 | 0.6099 | |
| 109 | Bemidji State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 3,751 | 1075 | 0.5598 | |
| 109 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 26400 | 36800 | 0.2828 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 111 | Indiana University-Southeast | 26500 | 29800 | 0.1105 | 3,200 | 1095 | 0.842 | |
| 112 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 26800 | 43300 | 0.3814 | 7,747 | 1073 | 0.9617 | |
| 113 | Rowan University | 27300 | 41300 | 0.3392 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 114 | California State University-Long Beach | 27400 | 43100 | 0.3647 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 115 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 18,028 | 1059 | 0.7996 | |
| 116 | Central Washington University | 27700 | 27900 | 0.0072 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 117 | University of Central Oklahoma | 27800 | 44800 | 0.3795 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 118 | California State University-San Marcos | 28100 | 38300 | 0.2662 | 15,770 | 990 | 0.9513 | |
| 119 | University of South Florida | 29600 | 36700 | 0.1934 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 120 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 29800 | 59100 | 0.4955 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 120 | University of Iowa | 29800 | 32100 | 0.0714 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 122 | Minnesota State University, Mankato | 30500 | 32800 | 0.0697 | 13,433 | 1145 | 0.8844 | |
| 122 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 30500 | 31800 | 0.0409 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 124 | George Mason University | 30900 | 35700 | 0.1343 | 28,862 | 1271 | 0.8647 | |
| 124 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 30900 | 33200 | 0.069 | 14,834 | 1149 | 0.7803 | |
| 126 | University of Louisville | 31000 | 42100 | 0.2634 | 17,916 | 1134 | 0.7921 | |
| 126 | University of North Dakota | 31000 | 33700 | 0.0827 | 11,837 | 1189 | 0.8157 | |
| 128 | State University of New York at New Paltz | 31300 | 35700 | 0.1231 | 6,113 | 1279 | 0.6267 | |
| 129 | Ohio Wesleyan University | 31600 | 108100 | 0.7078 | 1,652 | 1281 | 0.6441 | |
| 130 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 32100 | 36700 | 0.1252 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 131 | Villanova University | 32200 | 114000 | 0.7176 | 6,933 | 1466 | 0.2814 | |
| 132 | Liberty University | 33200 | 44700 | 0.2573 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 132 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 33200 | 34200 | 0.0292 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 134 | SUNY College at Geneseo | 33600 | 39400 | 0.1473 | 3,943 | 1275 | 0.3333 | |
| 135 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 34000 | 47000 | 0.2767 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 136 | Salisbury University | 34200 | 41600 | 0.1779 | 6,477 | 1245 | 0.8826 | |
| 137 | George Washington University | 34300 | 81800 | 0.5808 | 11,495 | 1436 | 0.4713 | |
| 138 | University of Vermont | 34500 | 66300 | 0.4799 | 12,159 | 1372 | 0.7304 | |
| 139 | Samford University | 34700 | 93800 | 0.6301 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 140 | University of Idaho | 34800 | 48700 | 0.2854 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 141 | Valparaiso University | 35200 | 63000 | 0.441 | 2,056 | 1183 | 0.8994 | |
| 142 | Carthage College | 35800 | 61800 | 0.4207 | 2,914 | 1125 | 0.8445 | |
| 143 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 36100 | 36100 | 0 | 16,131 | 1275 | 0.6472 | |
| 144 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 36300 | 53600 | 0.3229 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 145 | East Carolina University | 36900 | 42700 | 0.1356 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 146 | University of Connecticut | 37100 | 70600 | 0.4746 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 147 | University of Nevada-Reno | 37300 | 44800 | 0.1674 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 148 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37500 | 66600 | 0.4367 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 149 | University of Central Arkansas | 38000 | 40200 | 0.0569 | 8,238 | 1110 | 0.9157 | |
| 149 | University of St Thomas | 38000 | 74700 | 0.4914 | 6,270 | 1299 | 0.8548 | |
| 151 | Framingham State University | 38800 | 48000 | 0.1915 | 2,782 | 1190 | 0.8366 | |
| 152 | University of Denver | 39100 | 84100 | 0.5352 | 5,766 | 1292 | 0.8538 | |
| 153 | The University of Montana | 39300 | 75200 | 0.4772 | 8,014 | 1184 | 0.9586 | |
| 154 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 39700 | 40300 | 0.0149 | 26,213 | 1209 | 0.7778 | |
| 155 | James Madison University | 40000 | 45100 | 0.1131 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 155 | University of Wyoming | 40000 | 45300 | 0.1168 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 157 | Elmhurst University | 40200 | 69600 | 0.4222 | 3,170 | 1133 | 0.7501 | |
| 158 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40300 | 90200 | 0.5531 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 159 | Kansas State University | 40600 | 41600 | 0.024 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 160 | Texas Christian University | 44200 | 87400 | 0.4945 | 11,152 | 1268 | 0.4809 | |
| 161 | Georgia College & State University | 45100 | 52400 | 0.1393 | 6,250 | 1165 | 0.8466 | |
| 162 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47100 | 59800 | 0.2121 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 163 | University of Southern Maine | 48300 | 63100 | 0.2344 | 5,549 | 1139 | 0.8241 | |
| 164 | University of Georgia | 48600 | 51800 | 0.0618 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 165 | University at Albany | 48900 | 48900 | 0 | 12,889 | 1245 | 0.7044 | |
| 166 | DePaul University | 49000 | 66400 | 0.2619 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 167 | Michigan State University | 49200 | 56200 | 0.1245 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 168 | The University of Texas at Austin | 49700 | 58800 | 0.1547 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 169 | Towson University | 49900 | 68400 | 0.2706 | 16,361 | 1082 | 0.8057 | |
| 170 | University of Kentucky | 51400 | 74100 | 0.3059 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 171 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53600 | 63400 | 0.1547 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 172 | Hofstra University | 59100 | 83400 | 0.2913 | 6,599 | 1369 | 0.7267 | |
| 173 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 60000 | 64800 | 0.074 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 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.