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Considering a degree in Geography?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Geography majors who live in Nevada.
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 Nevada.
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 | 5500 | 69100 | 0.9208 | 22,077 | 965 | 0.9124 | |
| 4 | Brigham Young University | 8100 | 22100 | 0.6333 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 5 | California State University-Northridge | 8300 | 65100 | 0.8726 | 32,846 | 1005 | 0.9176 | |
| 6 | California State University-East Bay | 9100 | 62400 | 0.8535 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 6 | College of Southern Nevada | 9100 | 20700 | 0.5597 | 28,313 | 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | Rhode Island College | 9400 | 62600 | 0.8497 | 5,695 | 995 | 0.8557 | |
| 9 | Colgate University | 10200 | 95800 | 0.8935 | 3,193 | 1488 | 0.1388 | |
| 10 | Portland State University | 10300 | 73900 | 0.8604 | 14,932 | 1174 | 0.8586 | |
| 11 | Southern Utah University | 10500 | 22200 | 0.528 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 12 | California State University-Stanislaus | 11300 | 31200 | 0.6384 | 8,494 | 950 | 0.9558 | |
| 13 | Worcester State University | 11400 | 35900 | 0.6815 | 4,485 | 1090 | 0.8799 | |
| 14 | California State University-Fresno | 11500 | 54800 | 0.7901 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 14 | Marshall University | 11500 | 27800 | 0.5858 | 9,960 | 1070 | 0.9663 | |
| 14 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 11500 | 21000 | 0.4518 | 7,753 | 1140 | 0.9245 | |
| 17 | Middlebury College | 11800 | 94500 | 0.8752 | 2,640 | 1499 | 0.1277 | |
| 18 | Indiana State University | 11900 | 25900 | 0.5414 | 6,352 | 1015 | 0.9157 | |
| 19 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 12300 | 20500 | 0.3998 | 5,063 | 1069 | 0.8756 | |
| 20 | Fitchburg State University | 12400 | 34800 | 0.6428 | 3,000 | 1090 | 0.8885 | |
| 21 | Vassar College | 13000 | 92200 | 0.8594 | 2,514 | 1488 | 0.2093 | |
| 22 | San Francisco State University | 13400 | 47700 | 0.7193 | 19,444 | 1035 | 0.9644 | |
| 22 | University of Colorado Colorado Springs | 13400 | 34400 | 0.6098 | 9,040 | 1119 | 0.9666 | |
| 22 | University of Southern Maine | 13400 | 29700 | 0.5486 | 5,549 | 1139 | 0.8241 | |
| 25 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 13700 | 55100 | 0.7514 | 5,677 | 985 | 0.9301 | |
| 25 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 61700 | 0.7784 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 27 | Aquinas College | 13800 | 86000 | 0.8395 | 1,103 | 1035 | 0.9726 | |
| 28 | University of North Alabama | 13900 | 28200 | 0.5074 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 29 | University of Georgia | 14000 | 27200 | 0.4846 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 30 | Louisiana Tech University | 14300 | 43500 | 0.6712 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 30 | Youngstown State University | 14300 | 28400 | 0.4963 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 32 | Eastern Michigan University | 14500 | 33900 | 0.5715 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 33 | California State University-San Bernardino | 14600 | 32700 | 0.5533 | 15,948 | 1020 | 0.943 | |
| 33 | Central Connecticut State University | 14600 | 34200 | 0.5728 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 35 | Arkansas Tech University | 14700 | 32500 | 0.5481 | 8,279 | 1055 | 0.9747 | |
| 35 | Salem State University | 14700 | 33900 | 0.567 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 37 | Western Michigan University | 14800 | 26500 | 0.4419 | 13,714 | 1089 | 0.9121 | |
| 38 | Sonoma State University | 15000 | 57500 | 0.7395 | 4,449 | 1050 | 0.9841 | |
| 39 | Wayne State College | 15100 | 26400 | 0.4276 | 3,886 | 0 | 1 | |
| 40 | Mount Holyoke College | 15200 | 89900 | 0.831 | 2,135 | 1419 | 0.3841 | |
| 41 | Pittsburg State University | 15300 | 23900 | 0.3593 | 4,561 | 1055 | 0.5487 | |
| 42 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 15500 | 25700 | 0.3969 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 43 | California State University-Chico | 15600 | 58100 | 0.7315 | 13,599 | 1054 | 0.9107 | |
| 43 | Jacksonville State University | 15600 | 42900 | 0.6357 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 43 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 29800 | 0.4782 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 43 | Truckee Meadows Community College | 15600 | 28200 | 0.4469 | 11,771 | 0 | 1 | |
| 47 | Fayetteville State University | 15700 | 25500 | 0.3842 | 6,542 | 900 | 0.689 | |
| 47 | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | 15700 | 26300 | 0.4031 | 10,743 | 1075 | 0.9598 | |
| 49 | Grand Valley State University | 15800 | 28500 | 0.4448 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 49 | University of West Georgia | 15800 | 24600 | 0.3581 | 10,075 | 1035 | 0.7995 | |
| 51 | Ball State University | 16100 | 22400 | 0.2817 | 15,950 | 1185 | 0.8625 | |
| 52 | Texas State University | 16200 | 26200 | 0.3815 | 39,353 | 1080 | 0.9118 | |
| 53 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 16300 | 62800 | 0.7401 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 53 | Northern Illinois University | 16300 | 30400 | 0.4642 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 53 | Weber State University | 16300 | 20300 | 0.1974 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 56 | The University of Texas at Austin | 16500 | 28100 | 0.4123 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 56 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 16500 | 22300 | 0.2598 | 26,213 | 1209 | 0.7778 | |
| 56 | University of Northern Colorado | 16500 | 64400 | 0.7434 | 6,598 | 1080 | 0.945 | |
| 59 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16600 | 64800 | 0.7439 | 22,007 | 1427 | 0.1672 | |
| 60 | SUNY College at Geneseo | 16700 | 25600 | 0.3476 | 3,943 | 1275 | 0.3333 | |
| 61 | California State University-Long Beach | 16900 | 33300 | 0.4926 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 62 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 17300 | 26300 | 0.3422 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 63 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 17400 | 29900 | 0.4173 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 63 | University of Louisville | 17400 | 29100 | 0.4024 | 17,916 | 1134 | 0.7921 | |
| 65 | Sam Houston State University | 17500 | 27100 | 0.3541 | 17,822 | 1035 | 0.9372 | |
| 66 | University at Albany | 17700 | 30800 | 0.4254 | 12,889 | 1245 | 0.7044 | |
| 67 | California State University-Sacramento | 17800 | 35700 | 0.5015 | 28,619 | 1015 | 0.9357 | |
| 67 | Kutztown University of Pennsylvania | 17800 | 29400 | 0.395 | 6,229 | 1174 | 0.8942 | |
| 69 | University of Kentucky | 17900 | 46800 | 0.6172 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 70 | James Madison University | 18100 | 28900 | 0.3742 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 70 | University of Arkansas | 18100 | 36800 | 0.5074 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 70 | University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire | 18100 | 22400 | 0.1924 | 8,329 | 1209 | 0.385 | |
| 73 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 18200 | 22800 | 0.202 | 11,994 | 1090 | 0.8651 | |
| 74 | Georgia College & State University | 18300 | 18300 | 0 | 6,250 | 1165 | 0.8466 | |
| 74 | Kennesaw State University | 18300 | 61500 | 0.702 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 74 | University of South Alabama | 18300 | 40600 | 0.5487 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 77 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 18600 | 25200 | 0.2616 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 78 | California State University-Fullerton | 18900 | 61400 | 0.692 | 40,705 | 960 | 0.8811 | |
| 79 | Central Washington University | 19000 | 22700 | 0.1628 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 79 | San Jose State University | 19000 | 41100 | 0.5379 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 81 | The University of Montana | 19300 | 75200 | 0.743 | 8,014 | 1184 | 0.9586 | |
| 82 | University of Nevada-Reno | 19600 | 28400 | 0.308 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 83 | Syracuse University | 19800 | 83600 | 0.7632 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 84 | Pennsylvania Western University | 20000 | 30900 | 0.3529 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 85 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 20200 | 38500 | 0.4738 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 | |
| 86 | Emory & Henry University | 20500 | 52400 | 0.6085 | 1,084 | 1145 | 0.8365 | |
| 87 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 20600 | 43700 | 0.5287 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 87 | Eastern Illinois University | 20600 | 28100 | 0.2663 | 6,731 | 1020 | 0.7073 | |
| 89 | University of Mary Washington | 21300 | 46900 | 0.546 | 3,531 | 1279 | 0.7413 | |
| 90 | Millersville University of Pennsylvania | 21700 | 54200 | 0.5995 | 5,823 | 1115 | 0.8619 | |
| 91 | Rocky Mountain College | 21900 | 67200 | 0.6742 | 779 | 1055 | 0.7775 | |
| 92 | Florida State University | 22400 | 32200 | 0.3047 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 93 | Montclair State University | 22500 | 36800 | 0.3889 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 94 | Park University | 22600 | 31300 | 0.2784 | 4,657 | 1035 | 0.6904 | |
| 94 | Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania | 22600 | 52300 | 0.5679 | 4,371 | 1084 | 0.865 | |
| 96 | Augustana College | 22700 | 72800 | 0.6881 | 2,536 | 1157 | 0.6628 | |
| 97 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 22800 | 42500 | 0.4635 | 14,249 | 1084 | 0.7761 | |
| 98 | Saint Cloud State University | 22900 | 36800 | 0.3775 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 99 | Concordia University-Nebraska | 23000 | 60400 | 0.6191 | 3,007 | 1135 | 0.8572 | |
| 100 | Calvin University | 23400 | 85000 | 0.725 | 3,359 | 1232 | 0.6791 | |
| 101 | Bridgewater State University | 23600 | 37300 | 0.3672 | 8,849 | 1143 | 0.8798 | |
| 102 | University of Wisconsin-Parkside | 23800 | 30400 | 0.2168 | 3,207 | 1084 | 0.9751 | |
| 103 | University of Maine at Farmington | 24000 | 33700 | 0.2863 | 1,661 | 1062 | 0.9832 | |
| 104 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24100 | 38400 | 0.3726 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 105 | University of Southern Mississippi | 24300 | 30400 | 0.2007 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 106 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 24400 | 24400 | 0 | 16,131 | 1275 | 0.6472 | |
| 107 | University of Hawaii at Hilo | 25400 | 38400 | 0.3381 | 2,304 | 990 | 0.8351 | |
| 108 | Minnesota State University, Mankato | 25700 | 28000 | 0.0817 | 13,433 | 1145 | 0.8844 | |
| 109 | Gustavus Adolphus College | 26300 | 75500 | 0.6519 | 1,906 | 1273 | 0.6099 | |
| 109 | University of North Texas | 26300 | 36900 | 0.2874 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 111 | Bemidji State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 3,751 | 1075 | 0.5598 | |
| 112 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 26700 | 36800 | 0.2746 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 113 | University of Central Arkansas | 26900 | 31200 | 0.1373 | 8,238 | 1110 | 0.9157 | |
| 114 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 27100 | 43300 | 0.3745 | 7,747 | 1073 | 0.9617 | |
| 115 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 18,028 | 1059 | 0.7996 | |
| 116 | West Virginia University | 27600 | 51100 | 0.4601 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 117 | California State University-San Marcos | 27900 | 28500 | 0.021 | 15,770 | 990 | 0.9513 | |
| 117 | University of Northern Iowa | 27900 | 36200 | 0.2292 | 7,800 | 1115 | 0.9313 | |
| 119 | University of Central Oklahoma | 28100 | 44800 | 0.3728 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 120 | University of Connecticut | 29200 | 53200 | 0.4512 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 121 | University of South Florida | 29500 | 36700 | 0.1961 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 122 | University of Iowa | 29800 | 32100 | 0.0714 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 123 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 30100 | 59100 | 0.4904 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 124 | Towson University | 30500 | 39200 | 0.2221 | 16,361 | 1082 | 0.8057 | |
| 125 | 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 | San Diego State University | 31200 | 35300 | 0.1161 | 36,196 | 1208 | 0.3741 | |
| 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 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 32200 | 39900 | 0.1931 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 131 | SUNY Oneonta | 32200 | 41400 | 0.2221 | 4,815 | 1090 | 0.7696 | |
| 133 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 32300 | 54400 | 0.4062 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 134 | Villanova University | 32500 | 114000 | 0.715 | 6,933 | 1466 | 0.2814 | |
| 135 | University of Idaho | 32800 | 34400 | 0.0466 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 136 | Liberty University | 33100 | 44700 | 0.2595 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 137 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 33500 | 34200 | 0.0204 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 138 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 34000 | 47000 | 0.2767 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 139 | Salisbury University | 34100 | 41600 | 0.1803 | 6,477 | 1245 | 0.8826 | |
| 140 | George Washington University | 34300 | 81800 | 0.5808 | 11,495 | 1436 | 0.4713 | |
| 141 | University of Vermont | 34500 | 66300 | 0.4799 | 12,159 | 1372 | 0.7304 | |
| 142 | Samford University | 34800 | 93800 | 0.6291 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 143 | Valparaiso University | 35400 | 63200 | 0.4393 | 2,056 | 1183 | 0.8994 | |
| 144 | Carthage College | 35800 | 61800 | 0.4207 | 2,914 | 1125 | 0.8445 | |
| 144 | Temple University | 35800 | 57200 | 0.3739 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 146 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 36300 | 53600 | 0.3229 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 147 | East Carolina University | 36900 | 42700 | 0.1356 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 148 | Indiana University-Southeast | 37500 | 40800 | 0.0807 | 3,200 | 1095 | 0.842 | |
| 149 | Frostburg State University | 37900 | 55400 | 0.316 | 3,436 | 1095 | 0.907 | |
| 149 | University of St Thomas | 37900 | 74700 | 0.4928 | 6,270 | 1299 | 0.8548 | |
| 149 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37900 | 66600 | 0.4307 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 152 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 38100 | 38400 | 0.0078 | 15,735 | 1069 | 0.8797 | |
| 153 | Framingham State University | 38700 | 48000 | 0.1936 | 2,782 | 1190 | 0.8366 | |
| 154 | University of Denver | 39000 | 84100 | 0.5364 | 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 | |
| 157 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 40300 | 42700 | 0.0562 | 14,657 | 1190 | 0.7583 | |
| 159 | University at Buffalo | 41700 | 46400 | 0.1014 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 160 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42400 | 57200 | 0.2587 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 161 | University of Arizona | 42800 | 43800 | 0.0228 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 162 | Kansas State University | 43600 | 47900 | 0.0894 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 163 | Texas Christian University | 44100 | 87400 | 0.4957 | 11,152 | 1268 | 0.4809 | |
| 164 | Appalachian State University | 46100 | 46100 | 0 | 19,732 | 1174 | 0.9388 | |
| 164 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 46100 | 46600 | 0.0107 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 166 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47100 | 59800 | 0.2121 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 167 | Georgia Southern University | 47300 | 47900 | 0.0125 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 168 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 48600 | 61200 | 0.2057 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 169 | DePaul University | 49100 | 66400 | 0.2604 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 170 | Michigan State University | 49200 | 56200 | 0.1245 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 171 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 50600 | 52900 | 0.0433 | 14,834 | 1149 | 0.7803 | |
| 172 | George Mason University | 53500 | 61400 | 0.1287 | 28,862 | 1271 | 0.8647 | |
| 173 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 174 | Hofstra University | 59200 | 83400 | 0.2901 | 6,599 | 1369 | 0.7267 | |
| 175 | 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.