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Considering a degree in Geography?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Geography majors who live in New Jersey.
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 New Jersey.
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 | 22000 | 0.6401 | 32,846 | 1005 | 0.9176 | |
| 5 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22200 | 0.6405 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 6 | Colgate University | 8200 | 95800 | 0.9144 | 3,193 | 1488 | 0.1388 | |
| 7 | California State University-East Bay | 8700 | 45100 | 0.8075 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 7 | Middlebury College | 8700 | 94500 | 0.908 | 2,640 | 1499 | 0.1277 | |
| 9 | Rhode Island College | 8900 | 30200 | 0.706 | 5,695 | 995 | 0.8557 | |
| 10 | Indiana State University | 9600 | 25900 | 0.6303 | 6,352 | 1015 | 0.9157 | |
| 11 | Portland State University | 9700 | 43300 | 0.776 | 14,932 | 1174 | 0.8586 | |
| 12 | Southern Utah University | 10600 | 51400 | 0.7937 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 13 | California State University-Stanislaus | 10700 | 31200 | 0.6576 | 8,494 | 950 | 0.9558 | |
| 14 | Marshall University | 10800 | 39800 | 0.7285 | 9,960 | 1070 | 0.9663 | |
| 14 | Worcester State University | 10800 | 34900 | 0.69 | 4,485 | 1090 | 0.8799 | |
| 16 | California State University-Fresno | 10900 | 54600 | 0.7996 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 17 | Fayetteville State University | 11000 | 18200 | 0.3954 | 6,542 | 900 | 0.689 | |
| 18 | Vassar College | 11100 | 93100 | 0.8808 | 2,514 | 1488 | 0.2093 | |
| 19 | University of Hawaii at Hilo | 11300 | 56000 | 0.7982 | 2,304 | 990 | 0.8351 | |
| 20 | Eastern Illinois University | 11400 | 24700 | 0.5369 | 6,731 | 1020 | 0.7073 | |
| 20 | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | 11400 | 19300 | 0.4093 | 10,743 | 1075 | 0.9598 | |
| 22 | Central Connecticut State University | 11600 | 34200 | 0.6605 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 23 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 12000 | 24900 | 0.5172 | 5,677 | 985 | 0.9301 | |
| 24 | Kean University | 12300 | 39200 | 0.6862 | 11,932 | 1040 | 0.7811 | |
| 25 | Fitchburg State University | 12400 | 33800 | 0.6327 | 3,000 | 1090 | 0.8885 | |
| 26 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 26 | Mount Holyoke College | 12600 | 89900 | 0.8599 | 2,135 | 1419 | 0.3841 | |
| 28 | Louisiana Tech University | 12900 | 42900 | 0.6992 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 28 | University of Idaho | 12900 | 27800 | 0.5369 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 30 | Framingham State University | 13200 | 31000 | 0.5744 | 2,782 | 1190 | 0.8366 | |
| 31 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 13400 | 22800 | 0.4128 | 11,994 | 1090 | 0.8651 | |
| 32 | Aquinas College | 13500 | 86000 | 0.843 | 1,103 | 1035 | 0.9726 | |
| 33 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 61700 | 0.7774 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 34 | Eastern Michigan University | 13800 | 33900 | 0.5944 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 34 | Youngstown State University | 13800 | 28400 | 0.5139 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 36 | California State University-San Marcos | 13900 | 38300 | 0.6369 | 15,770 | 990 | 0.9513 | |
| 36 | Salem State University | 13900 | 38300 | 0.6367 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 36 | San Francisco State University | 13900 | 47700 | 0.7088 | 19,444 | 1035 | 0.9644 | |
| 39 | California State University-San Bernardino | 14100 | 32700 | 0.5686 | 15,948 | 1020 | 0.943 | |
| 40 | Bridgewater State University | 14200 | 37300 | 0.6193 | 8,849 | 1143 | 0.8798 | |
| 41 | Arkansas Tech University | 14300 | 31400 | 0.5438 | 8,279 | 1055 | 0.9747 | |
| 42 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 14400 | 57100 | 0.7474 | 15,735 | 1069 | 0.8797 | |
| 42 | University of North Alabama | 14400 | 37300 | 0.614 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 44 | Sonoma State University | 14500 | 41200 | 0.6481 | 4,449 | 1050 | 0.9841 | |
| 44 | Texas State University | 14500 | 26700 | 0.4562 | 39,353 | 1080 | 0.9118 | |
| 44 | Wayne State College | 14500 | 30200 | 0.5205 | 3,886 | 0 | 1 | |
| 47 | West Virginia University | 14600 | 73100 | 0.8 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 48 | Pittsburg State University | 14800 | 23900 | 0.3801 | 4,561 | 1055 | 0.5487 | |
| 49 | California State University-Chico | 15100 | 23500 | 0.3571 | 13,599 | 1054 | 0.9107 | |
| 50 | Jacksonville State University | 15300 | 38200 | 0.5991 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 51 | University of North Texas | 15400 | 26100 | 0.4097 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 52 | Florida State University | 15500 | 23000 | 0.3264 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 52 | University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire | 15500 | 22400 | 0.3087 | 8,329 | 1209 | 0.385 | |
| 52 | University of Wisconsin-Parkside | 15500 | 20600 | 0.2492 | 3,207 | 1084 | 0.9751 | |
| 55 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 38800 | 0.5992 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 56 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16300 | 64800 | 0.7481 | 22,007 | 1427 | 0.1672 | |
| 57 | Georgia Southern University | 16500 | 20100 | 0.1787 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 58 | Sam Houston State University | 16600 | 27100 | 0.3873 | 17,822 | 1035 | 0.9372 | |
| 58 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 16600 | 26300 | 0.3679 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 58 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 16600 | 36500 | 0.5455 | 7,747 | 1073 | 0.9617 | |
| 61 | Weber State University | 16900 | 20300 | 0.1678 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 62 | Kutztown University of Pennsylvania | 17100 | 29400 | 0.4189 | 6,229 | 1174 | 0.8942 | |
| 62 | University of Kentucky | 17100 | 36500 | 0.5315 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 64 | California State University-Sacramento | 17300 | 30700 | 0.4363 | 28,619 | 1015 | 0.9357 | |
| 65 | East Carolina University | 17600 | 26100 | 0.3256 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 65 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 17600 | 29900 | 0.4131 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 67 | Kennesaw State University | 17800 | 27400 | 0.3501 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 68 | Central Washington University | 18000 | 22700 | 0.2068 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 68 | San Jose State University | 18000 | 41100 | 0.5615 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 70 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 18200 | 18200 | 0 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 71 | Georgia College & State University | 18300 | 18300 | 0 | 6,250 | 1165 | 0.8466 | |
| 72 | California State University-Fullerton | 18400 | 41600 | 0.5575 | 40,705 | 960 | 0.8811 | |
| 73 | Emory & Henry University | 18800 | 52400 | 0.6413 | 1,084 | 1145 | 0.8365 | |
| 74 | SUNY Oneonta | 19500 | 29300 | 0.3344 | 4,815 | 1090 | 0.7696 | |
| 75 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 19700 | 40600 | 0.5158 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 76 | SUNY College at Geneseo | 19900 | 39400 | 0.4954 | 3,943 | 1275 | 0.3333 | |
| 76 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 19900 | 45100 | 0.559 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 78 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20100 | 57800 | 0.652 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 79 | State University of New York at New Paltz | 20300 | 26300 | 0.2284 | 6,113 | 1279 | 0.6267 | |
| 79 | Syracuse University | 20300 | 83600 | 0.7572 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 79 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 20300 | 39200 | 0.4824 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 79 | University of Wyoming | 20300 | 27900 | 0.2742 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 83 | Millersville University of Pennsylvania | 21100 | 36700 | 0.4255 | 5,823 | 1115 | 0.8619 | |
| 83 | Rocky Mountain College | 21100 | 52000 | 0.5939 | 779 | 1055 | 0.7775 | |
| 85 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 21200 | 41600 | 0.4904 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 85 | University of Mary Washington | 21200 | 47400 | 0.5526 | 3,531 | 1279 | 0.7413 | |
| 87 | Rowan University | 21300 | 41300 | 0.485 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 88 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 21600 | 27200 | 0.2048 | 5,063 | 1069 | 0.8756 | |
| 89 | Grand Valley State University | 21900 | 36200 | 0.3949 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 90 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 22100 | 42500 | 0.48 | 14,249 | 1084 | 0.7761 | |
| 91 | Concordia University-Nebraska | 22300 | 85400 | 0.7388 | 3,007 | 1135 | 0.8572 | |
| 91 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 22300 | 37600 | 0.4069 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 93 | Indiana University-Southeast | 22400 | 25900 | 0.1375 | 3,200 | 1095 | 0.842 | |
| 93 | Park University | 22400 | 31300 | 0.2848 | 4,657 | 1035 | 0.6904 | |
| 95 | Augustana College | 22500 | 72800 | 0.6908 | 2,536 | 1157 | 0.6628 | |
| 95 | Pennsylvania Western University | 22500 | 34400 | 0.3456 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 97 | Saint Cloud State University | 22600 | 36800 | 0.3849 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 98 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 22700 | 30300 | 0.2511 | 7,753 | 1140 | 0.9245 | |
| 99 | Illinois State University | 22800 | 36400 | 0.3742 | 19,513 | 1115 | 0.8555 | |
| 99 | Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania | 22800 | 34900 | 0.3471 | 4,371 | 1084 | 0.865 | |
| 101 | Calvin University | 23000 | 55500 | 0.5853 | 3,359 | 1232 | 0.6791 | |
| 102 | University of South Florida | 24200 | 36500 | 0.3366 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 103 | Temple University | 24400 | 36100 | 0.3243 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 104 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 24600 | 36800 | 0.3317 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 104 | University at Buffalo | 24600 | 34000 | 0.2765 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 104 | University of Northern Colorado | 24600 | 39100 | 0.371 | 6,598 | 1080 | 0.945 | |
| 107 | Michigan State University | 25500 | 28900 | 0.1193 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 107 | Minnesota State University, Mankato | 25500 | 28000 | 0.0915 | 13,433 | 1145 | 0.8844 | |
| 109 | Gustavus Adolphus College | 26100 | 75500 | 0.6544 | 1,906 | 1273 | 0.6099 | |
| 110 | Northern Illinois University | 26300 | 32100 | 0.1824 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 111 | Bemidji State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 3,751 | 1075 | 0.5598 | |
| 111 | University of Arkansas | 26400 | 44700 | 0.4087 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 113 | Ball State University | 26500 | 26500 | 0 | 15,950 | 1185 | 0.8625 | |
| 114 | California State University-Long Beach | 27000 | 38800 | 0.304 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 115 | University of Central Oklahoma | 27100 | 33800 | 0.198 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 116 | University of Southern Mississippi | 27200 | 27200 | 0 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 117 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 18,028 | 1059 | 0.7996 | |
| 118 | University of Northern Iowa | 28700 | 37300 | 0.2297 | 7,800 | 1115 | 0.9313 | |
| 119 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29100 | 34200 | 0.149 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 120 | University of Connecticut | 29200 | 55500 | 0.4737 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 121 | University of Iowa | 29500 | 32100 | 0.0799 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 122 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 30100 | 33200 | 0.0932 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 123 | University of North Dakota | 30700 | 33700 | 0.0908 | 11,837 | 1189 | 0.8157 | |
| 124 | Ohio Wesleyan University | 31000 | 75700 | 0.5902 | 1,652 | 1281 | 0.6441 | |
| 125 | Villanova University | 31800 | 92900 | 0.658 | 6,933 | 1466 | 0.2814 | |
| 126 | University of Louisville | 32000 | 42100 | 0.2396 | 17,916 | 1134 | 0.7921 | |
| 127 | University of Colorado Colorado Springs | 32100 | 41600 | 0.2283 | 9,040 | 1119 | 0.9666 | |
| 128 | Liberty University | 32500 | 44700 | 0.2729 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 128 | San Diego State University | 32500 | 37100 | 0.1241 | 36,196 | 1208 | 0.3741 | |
| 130 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 33900 | 59100 | 0.4262 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 131 | George Washington University | 34300 | 81800 | 0.5808 | 11,495 | 1436 | 0.4713 | |
| 131 | University of Vermont | 34300 | 66300 | 0.4821 | 12,159 | 1372 | 0.7304 | |
| 133 | Salisbury University | 34400 | 41700 | 0.1751 | 6,477 | 1245 | 0.8826 | |
| 133 | Samford University | 34400 | 93800 | 0.6333 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 135 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 34700 | 46400 | 0.2519 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 135 | University of Nevada-Reno | 34700 | 45800 | 0.2425 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 137 | Valparaiso University | 35200 | 63000 | 0.441 | 2,056 | 1183 | 0.8994 | |
| 138 | University of South Alabama | 35600 | 40200 | 0.1145 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 139 | Carthage College | 35700 | 61800 | 0.4218 | 2,914 | 1125 | 0.8445 | |
| 140 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 36000 | 54000 | 0.3334 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 141 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 36100 | 36100 | 0 | 16,131 | 1275 | 0.6472 | |
| 142 | University of West Georgia | 36700 | 47300 | 0.2239 | 10,075 | 1035 | 0.7995 | |
| 143 | University of Maine at Farmington | 37000 | 40800 | 0.0932 | 1,661 | 1062 | 0.9832 | |
| 144 | Frostburg State University | 37200 | 42500 | 0.1247 | 3,436 | 1095 | 0.907 | |
| 145 | Western Michigan University | 37300 | 37900 | 0.0158 | 13,714 | 1089 | 0.9121 | |
| 146 | University of Southern Maine | 37500 | 37500 | 0 | 5,549 | 1139 | 0.8241 | |
| 147 | University of Central Arkansas | 37700 | 40200 | 0.0637 | 8,238 | 1110 | 0.9157 | |
| 148 | University of St Thomas | 38100 | 74800 | 0.4906 | 6,270 | 1299 | 0.8548 | |
| 149 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 38800 | 40300 | 0.0372 | 26,213 | 1209 | 0.7778 | |
| 150 | University of Denver | 39300 | 84100 | 0.5329 | 5,766 | 1292 | 0.8538 | |
| 151 | Elmhurst University | 40000 | 69600 | 0.4251 | 3,170 | 1133 | 0.7501 | |
| 152 | The University of Montana | 40200 | 57400 | 0.2997 | 8,014 | 1184 | 0.9586 | |
| 153 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5061 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 154 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 40500 | 42700 | 0.0515 | 14,657 | 1190 | 0.7583 | |
| 155 | University of Arizona | 42500 | 48600 | 0.1254 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 156 | James Madison University | 43100 | 45100 | 0.0443 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 157 | George Mason University | 43900 | 61400 | 0.2852 | 28,862 | 1271 | 0.8647 | |
| 157 | Kansas State University | 43900 | 48400 | 0.0918 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 159 | University at Albany | 44300 | 48900 | 0.0941 | 12,889 | 1245 | 0.7044 | |
| 160 | Texas Christian University | 44400 | 87400 | 0.4922 | 11,152 | 1268 | 0.4809 | |
| 161 | Montclair State University | 45100 | 47000 | 0.0405 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 162 | Towson University | 46200 | 46400 | 0.0043 | 16,361 | 1082 | 0.8057 | |
| 163 | Appalachian State University | 46500 | 46500 | 0 | 19,732 | 1174 | 0.9388 | |
| 164 | DePaul University | 49000 | 69400 | 0.2938 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 164 | The University of Texas at Austin | 49000 | 58900 | 0.1681 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 166 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 50300 | 52900 | 0.0485 | 14,834 | 1149 | 0.7803 | |
| 167 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 50600 | 63800 | 0.2065 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 168 | University of Georgia | 52000 | 52100 | 0.0019 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 169 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53400 | 63400 | 0.1578 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 170 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 58600 | 61200 | 0.0419 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 171 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 58800 | 62100 | 0.0531 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 172 | Hofstra University | 58900 | 83300 | 0.293 | 6,599 | 1369 | 0.7267 | |
| 173 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 59100 | 61600 | 0.0416 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 | |
| 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.