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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 | 4900 | 69100 | 0.9295 | 22,077 | 965 | 0.9124 | |
| 4 | California State University-Northridge | 7700 | 65100 | 0.8818 | 32,846 | 1005 | 0.9176 | |
| 5 | Brigham Young University | 8100 | 22100 | 0.6333 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 6 | Colgate University | 8200 | 95800 | 0.9144 | 3,193 | 1488 | 0.1388 | |
| 7 | California State University-East Bay | 8600 | 62400 | 0.8615 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 7 | Rhode Island College | 8600 | 62600 | 0.8625 | 5,695 | 995 | 0.8557 | |
| 9 | Portland State University | 9600 | 73900 | 0.8699 | 14,932 | 1174 | 0.8586 | |
| 10 | Middlebury College | 10600 | 94500 | 0.8879 | 2,640 | 1499 | 0.1277 | |
| 11 | California State University-Stanislaus | 10700 | 31200 | 0.6576 | 8,494 | 950 | 0.9558 | |
| 12 | Worcester State University | 10800 | 35900 | 0.6982 | 4,485 | 1090 | 0.8799 | |
| 13 | Indiana State University | 10900 | 25900 | 0.5801 | 6,352 | 1015 | 0.9157 | |
| 14 | California State University-Fresno | 11000 | 54800 | 0.7992 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 14 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 11000 | 31400 | 0.6498 | 14,249 | 1084 | 0.7761 | |
| 16 | Vassar College | 11200 | 92200 | 0.8789 | 2,514 | 1488 | 0.2093 | |
| 17 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 11500 | 21000 | 0.4518 | 7,753 | 1140 | 0.9245 | |
| 18 | University of Colorado Colorado Springs | 12300 | 34400 | 0.6418 | 9,040 | 1119 | 0.9666 | |
| 19 | Fitchburg State University | 12400 | 34800 | 0.6428 | 3,000 | 1090 | 0.8885 | |
| 19 | University of South Florida | 12400 | 16300 | 0.2387 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 21 | Eastern Illinois University | 12500 | 24300 | 0.4861 | 6,731 | 1020 | 0.7073 | |
| 22 | University of Southern Maine | 12700 | 29700 | 0.5722 | 5,549 | 1139 | 0.8241 | |
| 23 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 12800 | 43000 | 0.7023 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 24 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 12900 | 55100 | 0.766 | 5,677 | 985 | 0.9301 | |
| 24 | San Francisco State University | 12900 | 47700 | 0.7298 | 19,444 | 1035 | 0.9644 | |
| 26 | Framingham State University | 13300 | 39800 | 0.6652 | 2,782 | 1190 | 0.8366 | |
| 26 | University of Georgia | 13300 | 27200 | 0.5103 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 28 | Aquinas College | 13500 | 86000 | 0.843 | 1,103 | 1035 | 0.9726 | |
| 28 | Louisiana Tech University | 13500 | 43500 | 0.6896 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 30 | Bridgewater State University | 13700 | 28800 | 0.5245 | 8,849 | 1143 | 0.8798 | |
| 30 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 61700 | 0.7784 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 32 | Eastern Michigan University | 13800 | 33900 | 0.5922 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 32 | Youngstown State University | 13800 | 28400 | 0.5139 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 34 | California State University-San Bernardino | 14100 | 32700 | 0.5686 | 15,948 | 1020 | 0.943 | |
| 34 | Salem State University | 14100 | 33900 | 0.5847 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 36 | Mount Holyoke College | 14200 | 89900 | 0.8421 | 2,135 | 1419 | 0.3841 | |
| 37 | Arkansas Tech University | 14400 | 32500 | 0.5574 | 8,279 | 1055 | 0.9747 | |
| 38 | Sonoma State University | 14500 | 57500 | 0.7482 | 4,449 | 1050 | 0.9841 | |
| 39 | Pittsburg State University | 14600 | 23900 | 0.3885 | 4,561 | 1055 | 0.5487 | |
| 39 | Wayne State College | 14600 | 26400 | 0.4465 | 3,886 | 0 | 1 | |
| 41 | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | 14800 | 26300 | 0.4374 | 10,743 | 1075 | 0.9598 | |
| 42 | Fayetteville State University | 14900 | 25500 | 0.4155 | 6,542 | 900 | 0.689 | |
| 42 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 14900 | 25700 | 0.4202 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 44 | California State University-Chico | 15000 | 58100 | 0.7418 | 13,599 | 1054 | 0.9107 | |
| 45 | Texas State University | 15100 | 26200 | 0.4234 | 39,353 | 1080 | 0.9118 | |
| 46 | Jacksonville State University | 15300 | 42900 | 0.6427 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 46 | University of Wisconsin-Parkside | 15300 | 20600 | 0.2548 | 3,207 | 1084 | 0.9751 | |
| 48 | University of North Texas | 15400 | 26100 | 0.4097 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 48 | University of West Georgia | 15400 | 24600 | 0.3744 | 10,075 | 1035 | 0.7995 | |
| 50 | Florida State University | 15500 | 23000 | 0.3264 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 50 | Northern Illinois University | 15500 | 30400 | 0.4914 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 50 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 15500 | 22300 | 0.3046 | 26,213 | 1209 | 0.7778 | |
| 53 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 29800 | 0.4782 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 54 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 15800 | 62800 | 0.7481 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 55 | University of Northern Colorado | 16000 | 64400 | 0.7512 | 6,598 | 1080 | 0.945 | |
| 56 | SUNY College at Geneseo | 16400 | 25600 | 0.3593 | 3,943 | 1275 | 0.3333 | |
| 57 | Sam Houston State University | 16500 | 27100 | 0.391 | 17,822 | 1035 | 0.9372 | |
| 58 | University of Louisville | 16600 | 29100 | 0.43 | 17,916 | 1134 | 0.7921 | |
| 58 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16600 | 64800 | 0.7439 | 22,007 | 1427 | 0.1672 | |
| 60 | Marshall University | 16800 | 39800 | 0.5777 | 9,960 | 1070 | 0.9663 | |
| 61 | James Madison University | 17100 | 28900 | 0.4088 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 61 | Kutztown University of Pennsylvania | 17100 | 29400 | 0.4189 | 6,229 | 1174 | 0.8942 | |
| 61 | University of South Alabama | 17100 | 40600 | 0.5782 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 61 | University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire | 17100 | 22400 | 0.2371 | 8,329 | 1209 | 0.385 | |
| 65 | California State University-Sacramento | 17300 | 35700 | 0.5155 | 28,619 | 1015 | 0.9357 | |
| 65 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 17300 | 22800 | 0.2415 | 11,994 | 1090 | 0.8651 | |
| 67 | University of Arkansas | 17500 | 36800 | 0.5237 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 68 | East Carolina University | 17600 | 26100 | 0.3256 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 69 | University at Albany | 17700 | 30800 | 0.4254 | 12,889 | 1245 | 0.7044 | |
| 70 | Kennesaw State University | 17800 | 61500 | 0.7101 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 71 | Central Washington University | 18000 | 22700 | 0.2068 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 71 | University of Central Oklahoma | 18000 | 35500 | 0.4936 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 73 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 18100 | 38000 | 0.5241 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 74 | California State University-Fullerton | 18300 | 61400 | 0.7018 | 40,705 | 960 | 0.8811 | |
| 74 | Georgia College & State University | 18300 | 18300 | 0 | 6,250 | 1165 | 0.8466 | |
| 76 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 18400 | 30600 | 0.3971 | 38,463 | 1324 | 0.7589 | |
| 76 | San Jose State University | 18400 | 41100 | 0.5525 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 78 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 18500 | 29900 | 0.3805 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 79 | Kean University | 18600 | 39400 | 0.5279 | 11,932 | 1040 | 0.7811 | |
| 80 | Emory & Henry University | 18800 | 52400 | 0.6413 | 1,084 | 1145 | 0.8365 | |
| 81 | Pennsylvania Western University | 19300 | 30900 | 0.3756 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 81 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 19300 | 26400 | 0.269 | 5,063 | 1069 | 0.8756 | |
| 83 | University of Northern Iowa | 19700 | 24000 | 0.1786 | 7,800 | 1115 | 0.9313 | |
| 84 | Syracuse University | 19800 | 83600 | 0.7632 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 84 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 19800 | 32300 | 0.3868 | 15,735 | 1069 | 0.8797 | |
| 86 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 20100 | 25500 | 0.2118 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 87 | Rutgers University-Newark | 20200 | 39200 | 0.4852 | 7,989 | 1159 | 0.7136 | |
| 88 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 20300 | 39200 | 0.4824 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 89 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 20800 | 47800 | 0.5649 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 89 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 20800 | 28300 | 0.2654 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 91 | Millersville University of Pennsylvania | 21100 | 54200 | 0.6105 | 5,823 | 1115 | 0.8619 | |
| 91 | Rocky Mountain College | 21100 | 67200 | 0.6861 | 779 | 1055 | 0.7775 | |
| 93 | State University of New York at New Paltz | 21200 | 26300 | 0.1941 | 6,113 | 1279 | 0.6267 | |
| 94 | University of Mary Washington | 21400 | 46900 | 0.5427 | 3,531 | 1279 | 0.7413 | |
| 95 | Salisbury University | 21600 | 29300 | 0.2628 | 6,477 | 1245 | 0.8826 | |
| 96 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 97 | Grand Valley State University | 21900 | 36600 | 0.4016 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 97 | Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania | 21900 | 52300 | 0.5813 | 4,371 | 1084 | 0.865 | |
| 99 | Western Michigan University | 22200 | 37800 | 0.413 | 13,714 | 1089 | 0.9121 | |
| 100 | Concordia University-Nebraska | 22300 | 60400 | 0.6307 | 3,007 | 1135 | 0.8572 | |
| 101 | Park University | 22400 | 31300 | 0.2848 | 4,657 | 1035 | 0.6904 | |
| 102 | Indiana University-Southeast | 22600 | 25900 | 0.1269 | 3,200 | 1095 | 0.842 | |
| 103 | Augustana College | 22700 | 72800 | 0.6881 | 2,536 | 1157 | 0.6628 | |
| 104 | Saint Cloud State University | 22900 | 36800 | 0.3775 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 105 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 23000 | 32900 | 0.3005 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 105 | University of North Alabama | 23000 | 37300 | 0.3834 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 107 | Illinois State University | 23100 | 36400 | 0.3667 | 19,513 | 1115 | 0.8555 | |
| 108 | Calvin University | 23200 | 85000 | 0.7274 | 3,359 | 1232 | 0.6791 | |
| 109 | University of Maine at Farmington | 23300 | 33700 | 0.3076 | 1,661 | 1062 | 0.9832 | |
| 110 | Weber State University | 23600 | 31500 | 0.2511 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 111 | University of Southern Mississippi | 23800 | 30400 | 0.2172 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 112 | Temple University | 24400 | 36100 | 0.3243 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 113 | University at Buffalo | 24500 | 34000 | 0.2794 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 114 | University of Hawaii at Hilo | 25200 | 38400 | 0.3433 | 2,304 | 990 | 0.8351 | |
| 115 | Minnesota State University, Mankato | 25700 | 28000 | 0.0817 | 13,433 | 1145 | 0.8844 | |
| 116 | University of North Dakota | 25800 | 28600 | 0.0977 | 11,837 | 1189 | 0.8157 | |
| 117 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 26000 | 36800 | 0.2936 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 118 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 26100 | 28400 | 0.0805 | 14,834 | 1149 | 0.7803 | |
| 119 | Gustavus Adolphus College | 26300 | 75500 | 0.6519 | 1,906 | 1273 | 0.6099 | |
| 119 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 26300 | 43300 | 0.393 | 7,747 | 1073 | 0.9617 | |
| 121 | Ball State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 15,950 | 1185 | 0.8625 | |
| 121 | Bemidji State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 3,751 | 1075 | 0.5598 | |
| 123 | University of Central Arkansas | 26900 | 31200 | 0.1373 | 8,238 | 1110 | 0.9157 | |
| 123 | West Virginia University | 26900 | 51100 | 0.4738 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 125 | California State University-Long Beach | 27100 | 43100 | 0.3717 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 126 | California State University-San Marcos | 27400 | 38300 | 0.2845 | 15,770 | 990 | 0.9513 | |
| 127 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 18,028 | 1059 | 0.7996 | |
| 128 | Central Connecticut State University | 27600 | 29500 | 0.0644 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 129 | Towson University | 29500 | 39200 | 0.2477 | 16,361 | 1082 | 0.8057 | |
| 130 | Rowan University | 29700 | 41300 | 0.2816 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 130 | Southern Utah University | 29700 | 40800 | 0.2722 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 132 | George Mason University | 30400 | 35700 | 0.1483 | 28,862 | 1271 | 0.8647 | |
| 133 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 30500 | 31800 | 0.0409 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 134 | San Diego State University | 31500 | 35300 | 0.1076 | 36,196 | 1208 | 0.3741 | |
| 135 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 31700 | 39900 | 0.2056 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 136 | Ohio Wesleyan University | 31800 | 108100 | 0.706 | 1,652 | 1281 | 0.6441 | |
| 136 | Villanova University | 31800 | 114000 | 0.7211 | 6,933 | 1466 | 0.2814 | |
| 138 | SUNY Oneonta | 32000 | 41400 | 0.2269 | 4,815 | 1090 | 0.7696 | |
| 139 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32300 | 35100 | 0.0799 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 140 | Liberty University | 33200 | 44700 | 0.2573 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 141 | George Washington University | 34300 | 81800 | 0.5808 | 11,495 | 1436 | 0.4713 | |
| 142 | Samford University | 34400 | 93800 | 0.6333 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 143 | University of Vermont | 34500 | 66300 | 0.4799 | 12,159 | 1372 | 0.7304 | |
| 144 | University of Idaho | 34800 | 48700 | 0.2854 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 145 | Valparaiso University | 35200 | 63000 | 0.441 | 2,056 | 1183 | 0.8994 | |
| 146 | Carthage College | 35800 | 61800 | 0.4207 | 2,914 | 1125 | 0.8445 | |
| 147 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 36100 | 36100 | 0 | 16,131 | 1275 | 0.6472 | |
| 148 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 36900 | 66600 | 0.4457 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 149 | Frostburg State University | 37200 | 55400 | 0.3286 | 3,436 | 1095 | 0.907 | |
| 149 | University of Connecticut | 37200 | 70600 | 0.4731 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 151 | University of Nevada-Reno | 37300 | 44800 | 0.1674 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 152 | University of St Thomas | 38200 | 74700 | 0.4887 | 6,270 | 1299 | 0.8548 | |
| 153 | The University of Montana | 39100 | 75200 | 0.4798 | 8,014 | 1184 | 0.9586 | |
| 154 | University of Denver | 39300 | 84100 | 0.5329 | 5,766 | 1292 | 0.8538 | |
| 155 | University of Wyoming | 40000 | 45300 | 0.1168 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 156 | Elmhurst University | 40200 | 69600 | 0.4222 | 3,170 | 1133 | 0.7501 | |
| 157 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40300 | 90200 | 0.5531 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 158 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 40600 | 42700 | 0.0491 | 14,657 | 1190 | 0.7583 | |
| 159 | Montclair State University | 42000 | 47000 | 0.1065 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 160 | University of Arizona | 42800 | 43800 | 0.0228 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 161 | Kansas State University | 43700 | 47900 | 0.0879 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 162 | Texas Christian University | 44400 | 87400 | 0.4922 | 11,152 | 1268 | 0.4809 | |
| 163 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 46000 | 46600 | 0.0129 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 164 | Appalachian State University | 46100 | 46100 | 0 | 19,732 | 1174 | 0.9388 | |
| 165 | Georgia Southern University | 46900 | 47900 | 0.0209 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 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 | 49800 | 58800 | 0.153 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 169 | University of Kentucky | 50900 | 74100 | 0.3132 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 170 | University of Iowa | 52100 | 54400 | 0.0421 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 171 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53200 | 61000 | 0.1293 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 172 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53600 | 63400 | 0.1547 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 173 | Hofstra University | 58800 | 83400 | 0.2949 | 6,599 | 1369 | 0.7267 | |
| 174 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 59300 | 61600 | 0.0372 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 | |
| 175 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 60600 | 64800 | 0.0648 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.