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Considering a degree in Geography?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Geography majors who live in New Mexico.
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 Mexico.
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 | Southern Utah University | 10500 | 22200 | 0.528 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 6 | Colgate University | 11000 | 95800 | 0.8848 | 3,193 | 1488 | 0.1388 | |
| 7 | California State University-Fresno | 11600 | 19600 | 0.4119 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 7 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 11600 | 27800 | 0.582 | 22,007 | 1427 | 0.1672 | |
| 9 | California State University-Sacramento | 11700 | 31300 | 0.6265 | 28,619 | 1015 | 0.9357 | |
| 10 | Indiana State University | 11900 | 25900 | 0.5414 | 6,352 | 1015 | 0.9157 | |
| 11 | Marshall University | 12200 | 36600 | 0.6663 | 9,960 | 1070 | 0.9663 | |
| 12 | California State University-Northridge | 12400 | 22000 | 0.4364 | 32,846 | 1005 | 0.9176 | |
| 12 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 29200 | 0.5745 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 14 | Fayetteville State University | 12600 | 26300 | 0.5212 | 6,542 | 900 | 0.689 | |
| 15 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 12900 | 26600 | 0.5141 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 16 | Vassar College | 13000 | 92400 | 0.8595 | 2,514 | 1488 | 0.2093 | |
| 17 | California State University-San Bernardino | 13200 | 30800 | 0.5721 | 15,948 | 1020 | 0.943 | |
| 17 | Eastern Illinois University | 13200 | 24300 | 0.4572 | 6,731 | 1020 | 0.7073 | |
| 17 | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | 13200 | 19300 | 0.3161 | 10,743 | 1075 | 0.9598 | |
| 20 | University of South Florida | 13400 | 17100 | 0.2162 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 20 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 13400 | 24700 | 0.4577 | 7,753 | 1140 | 0.9245 | |
| 22 | Middlebury College | 14300 | 89900 | 0.841 | 2,640 | 1499 | 0.1277 | |
| 23 | Arkansas Tech University | 14500 | 34400 | 0.5786 | 8,279 | 1055 | 0.9747 | |
| 23 | Grand Valley State University | 14500 | 25300 | 0.4274 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 25 | Northern Illinois University | 14700 | 30400 | 0.5174 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 26 | Salisbury University | 15000 | 28700 | 0.4776 | 6,477 | 1245 | 0.8826 | |
| 27 | University of Wisconsin-Parkside | 15300 | 20600 | 0.2548 | 3,207 | 1084 | 0.9751 | |
| 27 | Wayne State College | 15300 | 20300 | 0.2463 | 3,886 | 0 | 1 | |
| 29 | University of Central Oklahoma | 15500 | 28700 | 0.46 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 30 | James Madison University | 15600 | 28900 | 0.4608 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 30 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 38800 | 0.5992 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 32 | Texas State University | 15700 | 25500 | 0.3845 | 39,353 | 1080 | 0.9118 | |
| 33 | California State University-East Bay | 15800 | 30100 | 0.4757 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 34 | Western Michigan University | 15900 | 32500 | 0.5114 | 13,714 | 1089 | 0.9121 | |
| 35 | Fitchburg State University | 16000 | 33700 | 0.5253 | 3,000 | 1090 | 0.8885 | |
| 36 | Weber State University | 16200 | 23600 | 0.3131 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 37 | California State University-Long Beach | 16300 | 25800 | 0.3683 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 37 | Worcester State University | 16300 | 31700 | 0.4852 | 4,485 | 1090 | 0.8799 | |
| 39 | Portland State University | 16500 | 26100 | 0.368 | 14,932 | 1174 | 0.8586 | |
| 40 | SUNY College at Geneseo | 16600 | 26400 | 0.3706 | 3,943 | 1275 | 0.3333 | |
| 41 | University of Southern Maine | 16700 | 23000 | 0.2736 | 5,549 | 1139 | 0.8241 | |
| 42 | Eastern Michigan University | 16900 | 36100 | 0.5321 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 42 | West Virginia University | 16900 | 40900 | 0.5865 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 44 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 17100 | 17100 | 0 | 14,657 | 1190 | 0.7583 | |
| 45 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 17200 | 35400 | 0.5147 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 46 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 17300 | 26300 | 0.3422 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 47 | Sam Houston State University | 17500 | 27000 | 0.352 | 17,822 | 1035 | 0.9372 | |
| 48 | East Carolina University | 17600 | 26100 | 0.3256 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 49 | University at Albany | 17700 | 30800 | 0.4254 | 12,889 | 1245 | 0.7044 | |
| 50 | Salem State University | 17800 | 28500 | 0.3754 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 51 | University of Louisville | 17900 | 29100 | 0.3853 | 17,916 | 1134 | 0.7921 | |
| 52 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 18000 | 26600 | 0.3236 | 7,747 | 1073 | 0.9617 | |
| 53 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 18200 | 22800 | 0.202 | 11,994 | 1090 | 0.8651 | |
| 54 | Central Connecticut State University | 18300 | 34000 | 0.4613 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 55 | Framingham State University | 19200 | 31000 | 0.3808 | 2,782 | 1190 | 0.8366 | |
| 56 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 19300 | 31400 | 0.3854 | 14,249 | 1084 | 0.7761 | |
| 57 | University of Maine at Farmington | 19500 | 33700 | 0.422 | 1,661 | 1062 | 0.9832 | |
| 58 | University of Northern Iowa | 19700 | 24000 | 0.1786 | 7,800 | 1115 | 0.9313 | |
| 59 | California State University-Los Angeles | 19900 | 38000 | 0.4764 | 22,077 | 965 | 0.9124 | |
| 60 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 20100 | 29900 | 0.3271 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 61 | Youngstown State University | 20200 | 34000 | 0.4059 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 62 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20300 | 39900 | 0.4915 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 63 | San Diego State University | 20400 | 28900 | 0.2942 | 36,196 | 1208 | 0.3741 | |
| 64 | Emory & Henry University | 20500 | 52400 | 0.6085 | 1,084 | 1145 | 0.8365 | |
| 64 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 20500 | 32300 | 0.3651 | 15,735 | 1069 | 0.8797 | |
| 64 | University of Wyoming | 20500 | 27900 | 0.2644 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 67 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 20700 | 26000 | 0.2032 | 5,063 | 1069 | 0.8756 | |
| 68 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 21000 | 39200 | 0.4645 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 69 | Millersville University of Pennsylvania | 21200 | 24900 | 0.1486 | 5,823 | 1115 | 0.8619 | |
| 70 | State University of New York at New Paltz | 21500 | 26300 | 0.1827 | 6,113 | 1279 | 0.6267 | |
| 71 | Louisiana Tech University | 21700 | 26100 | 0.1687 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 72 | Rocky Mountain College | 21900 | 52000 | 0.5786 | 779 | 1055 | 0.7775 | |
| 73 | Aquinas College | 22400 | 53400 | 0.581 | 1,103 | 1035 | 0.9726 | |
| 73 | Florida State University | 22400 | 32400 | 0.3091 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 73 | University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire | 22400 | 22400 | 0 | 8,329 | 1209 | 0.385 | |
| 76 | California State University-Chico | 22600 | 27000 | 0.1627 | 13,599 | 1054 | 0.9107 | |
| 76 | Indiana University-Southeast | 22600 | 25900 | 0.1269 | 3,200 | 1095 | 0.842 | |
| 78 | Augustana College | 22700 | 72800 | 0.6881 | 2,536 | 1157 | 0.6628 | |
| 79 | Saint Cloud State University | 22900 | 36800 | 0.3775 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 80 | Concordia University-Nebraska | 23100 | 61100 | 0.6218 | 3,007 | 1135 | 0.8572 | |
| 81 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 23200 | 34500 | 0.3279 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 81 | San Jose State University | 23200 | 41100 | 0.4356 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 83 | Central Washington University | 23700 | 27200 | 0.1285 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 83 | University of Kentucky | 23700 | 36400 | 0.3487 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 85 | Calvin University | 24000 | 53500 | 0.5513 | 3,359 | 1232 | 0.6791 | |
| 85 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 24000 | 24900 | 0.0361 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 87 | University of Arizona | 24400 | 37700 | 0.3533 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 88 | Park University | 24600 | 31300 | 0.2144 | 4,657 | 1035 | 0.6904 | |
| 89 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 25100 | 37900 | 0.3375 | 5,677 | 985 | 0.9301 | |
| 89 | University of Hawaii at Hilo | 25100 | 38300 | 0.3448 | 2,304 | 990 | 0.8351 | |
| 91 | Pennsylvania Western University | 25200 | 34400 | 0.2672 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 92 | California State University-Stanislaus | 25700 | 33000 | 0.2214 | 8,494 | 950 | 0.9558 | |
| 93 | Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania | 25900 | 34900 | 0.2582 | 4,371 | 1084 | 0.865 | |
| 94 | Gustavus Adolphus College | 26300 | 75500 | 0.6519 | 1,906 | 1273 | 0.6099 | |
| 95 | Ball State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 15,950 | 1185 | 0.8625 | |
| 95 | Bemidji State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 3,751 | 1075 | 0.5598 | |
| 95 | Georgia Southern University | 26400 | 26800 | 0.015 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 98 | University of Southern Mississippi | 26500 | 26500 | 0 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 99 | University of Arkansas | 26600 | 28900 | 0.0793 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 100 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 26700 | 36800 | 0.2746 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 101 | University of Idaho | 26800 | 30600 | 0.1244 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 102 | Kansas State University | 27400 | 30400 | 0.0995 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 102 | Kennesaw State University | 27400 | 27400 | 0 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 102 | Rowan University | 27400 | 41300 | 0.3369 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 102 | Syracuse University | 27400 | 83100 | 0.6701 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 106 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 18,028 | 1059 | 0.7996 | |
| 106 | University of North Alabama | 27500 | 37300 | 0.2628 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 108 | Villanova University | 27800 | 88800 | 0.6867 | 6,933 | 1466 | 0.2814 | |
| 109 | California State University-San Marcos | 27900 | 28500 | 0.021 | 15,770 | 990 | 0.9513 | |
| 110 | The University of Montana | 28200 | 28200 | 0 | 8,014 | 1184 | 0.9586 | |
| 111 | Bridgewater State University | 28300 | 35500 | 0.2032 | 8,849 | 1143 | 0.8798 | |
| 112 | Elmhurst University | 28400 | 67000 | 0.5763 | 3,170 | 1133 | 0.7501 | |
| 113 | University of North Texas | 28900 | 37400 | 0.2271 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 114 | Pittsburg State University | 29000 | 36200 | 0.1987 | 4,561 | 1055 | 0.5487 | |
| 115 | Jacksonville State University | 29200 | 38200 | 0.2354 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 115 | University of Connecticut | 29200 | 39500 | 0.2608 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 117 | University of Mary Washington | 29400 | 32400 | 0.0925 | 3,531 | 1279 | 0.7413 | |
| 118 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 29700 | 31600 | 0.0601 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 118 | Sonoma State University | 29700 | 41200 | 0.2791 | 4,449 | 1050 | 0.9841 | |
| 120 | University of Iowa | 29800 | 32100 | 0.0714 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 121 | University of West Georgia | 30300 | 46800 | 0.3525 | 10,075 | 1035 | 0.7995 | |
| 122 | Kutztown University of Pennsylvania | 30800 | 35900 | 0.1422 | 6,229 | 1174 | 0.8942 | |
| 123 | Frostburg State University | 30900 | 43000 | 0.2815 | 3,436 | 1095 | 0.907 | |
| 124 | San Francisco State University | 31000 | 47700 | 0.3502 | 19,444 | 1035 | 0.9644 | |
| 124 | University of North Dakota | 31000 | 33700 | 0.0827 | 11,837 | 1189 | 0.8157 | |
| 126 | Illinois State University | 31100 | 36400 | 0.1453 | 19,513 | 1115 | 0.8555 | |
| 127 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 31400 | 59100 | 0.4684 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 128 | Ohio Wesleyan University | 31500 | 75700 | 0.5836 | 1,652 | 1281 | 0.6441 | |
| 129 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 31800 | 41200 | 0.2284 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 130 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 32100 | 36700 | 0.1252 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 131 | University of Nevada-Reno | 32500 | 32500 | 0 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 132 | Samford University | 32800 | 64600 | 0.4924 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 133 | Liberty University | 33100 | 44600 | 0.2578 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 134 | George Washington University | 33700 | 81800 | 0.5881 | 11,495 | 1436 | 0.4713 | |
| 135 | Rhode Island College | 34100 | 45100 | 0.2439 | 5,695 | 995 | 0.8557 | |
| 135 | University of St Thomas | 34100 | 70300 | 0.5152 | 6,270 | 1299 | 0.8548 | |
| 137 | University of Vermont | 34500 | 66300 | 0.4799 | 12,159 | 1372 | 0.7304 | |
| 138 | University of Colorado Colorado Springs | 34700 | 41600 | 0.1658 | 9,040 | 1119 | 0.9666 | |
| 139 | Valparaiso University | 35200 | 63000 | 0.441 | 2,056 | 1183 | 0.8994 | |
| 140 | Minnesota State University, Mankato | 35300 | 37600 | 0.0609 | 13,433 | 1145 | 0.8844 | |
| 141 | Carthage College | 35800 | 61800 | 0.4207 | 2,914 | 1125 | 0.8445 | |
| 141 | Temple University | 35800 | 56400 | 0.3654 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 143 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 36100 | 36100 | 0 | 16,131 | 1275 | 0.6472 | |
| 144 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 36300 | 53100 | 0.3162 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 145 | University of Northern Colorado | 36400 | 39100 | 0.0691 | 6,598 | 1080 | 0.945 | |
| 146 | Hofstra University | 36600 | 76900 | 0.524 | 6,599 | 1369 | 0.7267 | |
| 147 | University of Central Arkansas | 38000 | 40200 | 0.0569 | 8,238 | 1110 | 0.9157 | |
| 147 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 38000 | 66300 | 0.427 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 149 | California State University-Fullerton | 38600 | 41500 | 0.0697 | 40,705 | 960 | 0.8811 | |
| 150 | University of Denver | 39000 | 76900 | 0.4931 | 5,766 | 1292 | 0.8538 | |
| 151 | SUNY Oneonta | 39600 | 41700 | 0.0503 | 4,815 | 1090 | 0.7696 | |
| 152 | University of South Alabama | 39700 | 39700 | 0 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 153 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 39800 | 39800 | 0 | 26,213 | 1209 | 0.7778 | |
| 154 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 40000 | 50000 | 0.2002 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 155 | Appalachian State University | 40200 | 40600 | 0.0099 | 19,732 | 1174 | 0.9388 | |
| 156 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5061 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 157 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 41100 | 48500 | 0.1525 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 158 | Montclair State University | 41500 | 46600 | 0.1095 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 159 | University at Buffalo | 43400 | 46700 | 0.0707 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 160 | Texas Christian University | 44100 | 87400 | 0.4957 | 11,152 | 1268 | 0.4809 | |
| 161 | Georgia College & State University | 45300 | 52400 | 0.1355 | 6,250 | 1165 | 0.8466 | |
| 162 | Towson University | 45800 | 46400 | 0.0129 | 16,361 | 1082 | 0.8057 | |
| 163 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 46400 | 46600 | 0.0043 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 164 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47100 | 59700 | 0.2124 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 165 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 48600 | 61200 | 0.2057 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 166 | DePaul University | 49200 | 66000 | 0.2547 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 166 | Michigan State University | 49200 | 56200 | 0.1245 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 168 | The University of Texas at Austin | 49600 | 59400 | 0.165 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 168 | University of Georgia | 49600 | 51600 | 0.0387 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 170 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 50600 | 52900 | 0.0433 | 14,834 | 1149 | 0.7803 | |
| 171 | George Mason University | 53200 | 61000 | 0.1279 | 28,862 | 1271 | 0.8647 | |
| 172 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53600 | 62800 | 0.1465 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 173 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 59300 | 61600 | 0.0372 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 | |
| 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.