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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 | California State University-Los Angeles | 5700 | 69100 | 0.9179 | 22,077 | 965 | 0.9124 | |
| 4 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22200 | 0.6405 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 5 | California State University-Northridge | 8500 | 22000 | 0.6128 | 32,846 | 1005 | 0.9176 | |
| 6 | Middlebury College | 9000 | 94500 | 0.9048 | 2,640 | 1499 | 0.1277 | |
| 7 | California State University-East Bay | 9200 | 45100 | 0.7964 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 8 | Portland State University | 9800 | 26100 | 0.6242 | 14,932 | 1174 | 0.8586 | |
| 9 | Colgate University | 10200 | 95800 | 0.8935 | 3,193 | 1488 | 0.1388 | |
| 10 | Southern Utah University | 11100 | 51400 | 0.784 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 11 | California State University-Stanislaus | 11400 | 33600 | 0.6617 | 8,494 | 950 | 0.9558 | |
| 12 | California State University-Fresno | 11500 | 54600 | 0.7886 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 12 | Worcester State University | 11500 | 34900 | 0.67 | 4,485 | 1090 | 0.8799 | |
| 14 | Marshall University | 11600 | 27800 | 0.5822 | 9,960 | 1070 | 0.9663 | |
| 15 | Fayetteville State University | 11700 | 18200 | 0.3569 | 6,542 | 900 | 0.689 | |
| 16 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 11800 | 31400 | 0.6243 | 14,249 | 1084 | 0.7761 | |
| 17 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 12000 | 20500 | 0.4137 | 5,063 | 1069 | 0.8756 | |
| 18 | Eastern Illinois University | 12200 | 24700 | 0.5045 | 6,731 | 1020 | 0.7073 | |
| 18 | University of Hawaii at Hilo | 12200 | 56000 | 0.7821 | 2,304 | 990 | 0.8351 | |
| 20 | Fitchburg State University | 12400 | 33800 | 0.6327 | 3,000 | 1090 | 0.8885 | |
| 21 | Mount Holyoke College | 12600 | 89900 | 0.8599 | 2,135 | 1419 | 0.3841 | |
| 21 | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | 12600 | 26300 | 0.5211 | 10,743 | 1075 | 0.9598 | |
| 23 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 12700 | 24900 | 0.4892 | 5,677 | 985 | 0.9301 | |
| 24 | Vassar College | 12900 | 93100 | 0.8615 | 2,514 | 1488 | 0.2093 | |
| 25 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 13000 | 26600 | 0.5103 | 13,039 | 1020 | 0.894 | |
| 26 | Framingham State University | 13200 | 31000 | 0.5744 | 2,782 | 1190 | 0.8366 | |
| 27 | University of Colorado Colorado Springs | 13400 | 26600 | 0.4963 | 9,040 | 1119 | 0.9666 | |
| 27 | University of Southern Maine | 13400 | 23000 | 0.4169 | 5,549 | 1139 | 0.8241 | |
| 29 | Louisiana Tech University | 13700 | 42900 | 0.6805 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 29 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 61700 | 0.7774 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 31 | Aquinas College | 13800 | 86000 | 0.8395 | 1,103 | 1035 | 0.9726 | |
| 32 | University of North Alabama | 13900 | 28200 | 0.5074 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 33 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 14300 | 22800 | 0.3733 | 11,994 | 1090 | 0.8651 | |
| 33 | Youngstown State University | 14300 | 28400 | 0.4963 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 35 | San Francisco State University | 14400 | 47700 | 0.6983 | 19,444 | 1035 | 0.9644 | |
| 36 | Salem State University | 14500 | 38300 | 0.621 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 37 | Arkansas Tech University | 14600 | 31400 | 0.5343 | 8,279 | 1055 | 0.9747 | |
| 37 | California State University-San Marcos | 14600 | 28500 | 0.4874 | 15,770 | 990 | 0.9513 | |
| 37 | Central Connecticut State University | 14600 | 34200 | 0.5728 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 37 | Eastern Michigan University | 14600 | 33900 | 0.5708 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 41 | California State University-San Bernardino | 14700 | 40100 | 0.6337 | 15,948 | 1020 | 0.943 | |
| 42 | Bridgewater State University | 14800 | 37300 | 0.604 | 8,849 | 1143 | 0.8798 | |
| 42 | Western Michigan University | 14800 | 26500 | 0.4419 | 13,714 | 1089 | 0.9121 | |
| 44 | Wayne State College | 15000 | 30200 | 0.5039 | 3,886 | 0 | 1 | |
| 45 | Sonoma State University | 15200 | 26700 | 0.4307 | 4,449 | 1050 | 0.9841 | |
| 46 | Ball State University | 15400 | 22400 | 0.3127 | 15,950 | 1185 | 0.8625 | |
| 46 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 15400 | 54400 | 0.7174 | 15,735 | 1069 | 0.8797 | |
| 46 | West Virginia University | 15400 | 73100 | 0.789 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 49 | Pittsburg State University | 15500 | 23900 | 0.3509 | 4,561 | 1055 | 0.5487 | |
| 49 | Texas State University | 15500 | 26700 | 0.4188 | 39,353 | 1080 | 0.9118 | |
| 51 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 38800 | 0.5992 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 52 | California State University-Chico | 15700 | 23500 | 0.3316 | 13,599 | 1054 | 0.9107 | |
| 52 | Grand Valley State University | 15700 | 28300 | 0.4445 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 52 | Jacksonville State University | 15700 | 38200 | 0.5886 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 55 | University of Maine at Farmington | 16000 | 32600 | 0.5094 | 1,661 | 1062 | 0.9832 | |
| 56 | University of California-Los Angeles | 16300 | 36700 | 0.5554 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 56 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16300 | 64800 | 0.7481 | 22,007 | 1427 | 0.1672 | |
| 58 | Frostburg State University | 16500 | 26600 | 0.3794 | 3,436 | 1095 | 0.907 | |
| 58 | University of Northern Colorado | 16500 | 30500 | 0.459 | 6,598 | 1080 | 0.945 | |
| 58 | University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire | 16500 | 22400 | 0.2639 | 8,329 | 1209 | 0.385 | |
| 61 | SUNY College at Geneseo | 16700 | 25600 | 0.3476 | 3,943 | 1275 | 0.3333 | |
| 62 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 16900 | 41200 | 0.5905 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 62 | California State University-Long Beach | 16900 | 25800 | 0.345 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 62 | Indiana State University | 16900 | 32400 | 0.4786 | 6,352 | 1015 | 0.9157 | |
| 65 | Georgia Southern University | 17100 | 20100 | 0.1489 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 66 | Sam Houston State University | 17300 | 30300 | 0.4287 | 17,822 | 1035 | 0.9372 | |
| 66 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 17300 | 26300 | 0.3413 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 66 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 17300 | 36500 | 0.5264 | 7,747 | 1073 | 0.9617 | |
| 69 | University of Louisville | 17400 | 29100 | 0.4024 | 17,916 | 1134 | 0.7921 | |
| 70 | University at Albany | 17500 | 30800 | 0.4319 | 12,889 | 1245 | 0.7044 | |
| 71 | East Carolina University | 17600 | 26100 | 0.3256 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 71 | Montclair State University | 17600 | 36000 | 0.5117 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 71 | University of South Alabama | 17600 | 22400 | 0.2147 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 74 | California State University-Sacramento | 17800 | 31400 | 0.4337 | 28,619 | 1015 | 0.9357 | |
| 75 | University of Kentucky | 17900 | 36500 | 0.509 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 76 | California State University-Fullerton | 18000 | 20600 | 0.1246 | 40,705 | 960 | 0.8811 | |
| 77 | James Madison University | 18100 | 28900 | 0.3735 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 78 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 18200 | 18200 | 0 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 79 | Georgia College & State University | 18300 | 18300 | 0 | 6,250 | 1165 | 0.8466 | |
| 79 | Kennesaw State University | 18300 | 27400 | 0.3318 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 81 | San Jose State University | 18500 | 41100 | 0.5494 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 82 | Central Washington University | 18800 | 22700 | 0.1716 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 83 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 19900 | 45100 | 0.559 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 84 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 20100 | 29900 | 0.3296 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 85 | University of Northern Iowa | 20200 | 24800 | 0.1844 | 7,800 | 1115 | 0.9313 | |
| 86 | Syracuse University | 20300 | 83600 | 0.7572 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 86 | University of Wyoming | 20300 | 27900 | 0.2742 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 88 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20400 | 57800 | 0.6468 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 89 | Emory & Henry University | 20500 | 52400 | 0.6085 | 1,084 | 1145 | 0.8365 | |
| 90 | SUNY Oneonta | 20700 | 55300 | 0.6262 | 4,815 | 1090 | 0.7696 | |
| 91 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 20900 | 40600 | 0.4864 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 92 | University of Mary Washington | 21100 | 47400 | 0.5558 | 3,531 | 1279 | 0.7413 | |
| 93 | Millersville University of Pennsylvania | 21300 | 24900 | 0.1446 | 5,823 | 1115 | 0.8619 | |
| 94 | Salisbury University | 21400 | 29300 | 0.2697 | 6,477 | 1245 | 0.8826 | |
| 95 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 21500 | 41600 | 0.4832 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 96 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 21800 | 27800 | 0.2156 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 97 | Rocky Mountain College | 21900 | 52000 | 0.5786 | 779 | 1055 | 0.7775 | |
| 98 | Florida State University | 22200 | 32100 | 0.3082 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 99 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 22300 | 37600 | 0.4069 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 100 | Augustana College | 22500 | 72800 | 0.6908 | 2,536 | 1157 | 0.6628 | |
| 101 | Park University | 22600 | 31300 | 0.2784 | 4,657 | 1035 | 0.6904 | |
| 101 | Saint Cloud State University | 22600 | 36800 | 0.3849 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 103 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 22700 | 30300 | 0.2511 | 7,753 | 1140 | 0.9245 | |
| 104 | Calvin University | 22800 | 55500 | 0.5889 | 3,359 | 1232 | 0.6791 | |
| 104 | University of Southern Mississippi | 22800 | 23100 | 0.013 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 106 | Concordia University-Nebraska | 23000 | 85400 | 0.7306 | 3,007 | 1135 | 0.8572 | |
| 106 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 23000 | 27500 | 0.1618 | 18,028 | 1059 | 0.7996 | |
| 108 | Pennsylvania Western University | 23300 | 34400 | 0.3224 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 109 | Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania | 23400 | 34900 | 0.3299 | 4,371 | 1084 | 0.865 | |
| 110 | State University of New York at New Paltz | 23900 | 35700 | 0.3302 | 6,113 | 1279 | 0.6267 | |
| 111 | University of Wisconsin-Parkside | 24000 | 30400 | 0.2094 | 3,207 | 1084 | 0.9751 | |
| 112 | University of North Texas | 24300 | 37400 | 0.35 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 113 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 25200 | 36800 | 0.3154 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 113 | University of South Florida | 25200 | 36500 | 0.3093 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 115 | University of North Dakota | 25500 | 28600 | 0.1073 | 11,837 | 1189 | 0.8157 | |
| 116 | Gustavus Adolphus College | 26100 | 75500 | 0.6544 | 1,906 | 1273 | 0.6099 | |
| 117 | Northern Illinois University | 26300 | 32100 | 0.1812 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 118 | Bemidji State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 3,751 | 1075 | 0.5598 | |
| 119 | University of Arkansas | 27000 | 44700 | 0.3952 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 120 | Weber State University | 27100 | 31500 | 0.1399 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 121 | University of Central Oklahoma | 28000 | 33800 | 0.1714 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 122 | University of Connecticut | 29100 | 55500 | 0.4755 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 123 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29800 | 34200 | 0.1285 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 124 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 30100 | 33200 | 0.0932 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 124 | Towson University | 30100 | 30100 | 0 | 16,361 | 1082 | 0.8057 | |
| 126 | The University of Montana | 30500 | 30500 | 0 | 8,014 | 1184 | 0.9586 | |
| 127 | Ohio Wesleyan University | 30700 | 75700 | 0.5941 | 1,652 | 1281 | 0.6441 | |
| 128 | Kutztown University of Pennsylvania | 30800 | 35800 | 0.1396 | 6,229 | 1174 | 0.8942 | |
| 129 | San Diego State University | 32200 | 37100 | 0.1322 | 36,196 | 1208 | 0.3741 | |
| 130 | Liberty University | 32500 | 44700 | 0.2729 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 130 | University of Nevada-Reno | 32500 | 32500 | 0 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 130 | Villanova University | 32500 | 92900 | 0.6504 | 6,933 | 1466 | 0.2814 | |
| 133 | University of Idaho | 32700 | 34100 | 0.041 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 134 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 33400 | 38200 | 0.1273 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 135 | George Washington University | 34300 | 81800 | 0.5808 | 11,495 | 1436 | 0.4713 | |
| 135 | University of Vermont | 34300 | 66300 | 0.4821 | 12,159 | 1372 | 0.7304 | |
| 137 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 34600 | 59100 | 0.4143 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 138 | Samford University | 34800 | 93800 | 0.6291 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 139 | Minnesota State University, Mankato | 35000 | 37600 | 0.0683 | 13,433 | 1145 | 0.8844 | |
| 140 | Valparaiso University | 35200 | 63000 | 0.441 | 2,056 | 1183 | 0.8994 | |
| 141 | Temple University | 35500 | 57200 | 0.3791 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 142 | Carthage College | 35700 | 61800 | 0.4218 | 2,914 | 1125 | 0.8445 | |
| 143 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 35900 | 54000 | 0.3352 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 144 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 36100 | 36100 | 0 | 16,131 | 1275 | 0.6472 | |
| 145 | Indiana University-Southeast | 37200 | 40800 | 0.0875 | 3,200 | 1095 | 0.842 | |
| 145 | Rowan University | 37200 | 53600 | 0.3058 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 147 | University of West Georgia | 37300 | 47300 | 0.2113 | 10,075 | 1035 | 0.7995 | |
| 148 | University of Central Arkansas | 37700 | 40200 | 0.0637 | 8,238 | 1110 | 0.9157 | |
| 149 | University of Arizona | 37800 | 39900 | 0.0526 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 150 | University of St Thomas | 37900 | 74800 | 0.4933 | 6,270 | 1299 | 0.8548 | |
| 151 | University of Denver | 39000 | 84100 | 0.5364 | 5,766 | 1292 | 0.8538 | |
| 152 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 39700 | 40300 | 0.0149 | 26,213 | 1209 | 0.7778 | |
| 153 | Elmhurst University | 40000 | 69600 | 0.4251 | 3,170 | 1133 | 0.7501 | |
| 154 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 40200 | 42700 | 0.0585 | 14,657 | 1190 | 0.7583 | |
| 155 | Rhode Island College | 41900 | 63300 | 0.338 | 5,695 | 995 | 0.8557 | |
| 156 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42300 | 63300 | 0.3318 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 157 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 42400 | 55100 | 0.2306 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 158 | George Mason University | 43600 | 61400 | 0.2901 | 28,862 | 1271 | 0.8647 | |
| 159 | Kansas State University | 43900 | 48400 | 0.093 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 160 | Texas Christian University | 44100 | 87400 | 0.4957 | 11,152 | 1268 | 0.4809 | |
| 161 | Illinois State University | 45500 | 49100 | 0.0726 | 19,513 | 1115 | 0.8555 | |
| 162 | University at Buffalo | 46400 | 46400 | 0 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 163 | Appalachian State University | 46500 | 46500 | 0 | 19,732 | 1174 | 0.9388 | |
| 164 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 48300 | 61200 | 0.2102 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 165 | DePaul University | 49100 | 69400 | 0.2923 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 166 | Michigan State University | 49200 | 56200 | 0.1245 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 167 | The University of Texas at Austin | 50200 | 58900 | 0.1477 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 168 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 50300 | 52900 | 0.0485 | 14,834 | 1149 | 0.7803 | |
| 169 | University of Iowa | 51800 | 54400 | 0.0472 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 170 | University of Georgia | 52000 | 52100 | 0.0019 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 171 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53400 | 63400 | 0.1578 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 172 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 59100 | 61600 | 0.0416 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 | |
| 173 | Hofstra University | 59200 | 83300 | 0.2894 | 6,599 | 1369 | 0.7267 | |
| 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.