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Considering a degree in Geography?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Geography majors who live in New York.
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 York.
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 | 4800 | 69100 | 0.931 | 22,077 | 965 | 0.9124 | |
| 4 | Colgate University | 7000 | 91400 | 0.9235 | 3,193 | 1488 | 0.1388 | |
| 5 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 7400 | 36100 | 0.796 | 10,368 | 1064 | 0.999 | |
| 6 | California State University-Northridge | 7600 | 36500 | 0.7928 | 32,846 | 1005 | 0.9176 | |
| 7 | CUNY Brooklyn College | 7700 | 31800 | 0.759 | 11,499 | 1126 | 0.578 | |
| 8 | CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice | 7900 | 36700 | 0.7855 | 11,942 | 1073 | 0.5708 | |
| 9 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22200 | 0.6405 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 10 | California State University-East Bay | 8600 | 45100 | 0.8097 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 11 | Middlebury College | 8700 | 94500 | 0.908 | 2,640 | 1499 | 0.1277 | |
| 12 | Rhode Island College | 8800 | 30200 | 0.7094 | 5,695 | 995 | 0.8557 | |
| 13 | Portland State University | 9000 | 26100 | 0.6549 | 14,932 | 1174 | 0.8586 | |
| 14 | Southern Utah University | 10100 | 51400 | 0.8035 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 15 | California State University-Stanislaus | 10600 | 31200 | 0.6608 | 8,494 | 950 | 0.9558 | |
| 16 | Worcester State University | 10700 | 34900 | 0.6929 | 4,485 | 1090 | 0.8799 | |
| 17 | Fayetteville State University | 10800 | 18200 | 0.4064 | 6,542 | 900 | 0.689 | |
| 17 | Marshall University | 10800 | 27800 | 0.611 | 9,960 | 1070 | 0.9663 | |
| 19 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 10900 | 20500 | 0.4687 | 5,063 | 1069 | 0.8756 | |
| 20 | Central Connecticut State University | 11100 | 34200 | 0.6751 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 21 | California State University-Fresno | 11200 | 19600 | 0.431 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 21 | University of Hawaii at Hilo | 11200 | 56000 | 0.8 | 2,304 | 990 | 0.8351 | |
| 23 | Eastern Illinois University | 11300 | 24700 | 0.541 | 6,731 | 1020 | 0.7073 | |
| 23 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 11300 | 27800 | 0.5919 | 22,007 | 1427 | 0.1672 | |
| 25 | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | 11500 | 26300 | 0.5629 | 10,743 | 1075 | 0.9598 | |
| 26 | Fitchburg State University | 11600 | 33800 | 0.6563 | 3,000 | 1090 | 0.8885 | |
| 27 | Louisiana Tech University | 11800 | 42900 | 0.7248 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 28 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 11900 | 24900 | 0.5212 | 5,677 | 985 | 0.9301 | |
| 29 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 31100 | 0.6022 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 30 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 30 | Mount Holyoke College | 12600 | 89900 | 0.8599 | 2,135 | 1419 | 0.3841 | |
| 32 | University of South Florida | 12700 | 22400 | 0.4335 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 33 | University of Georgia | 13100 | 27200 | 0.5176 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 34 | Framingham State University | 13200 | 31000 | 0.5744 | 2,782 | 1190 | 0.8366 | |
| 35 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 13300 | 22800 | 0.4172 | 11,994 | 1090 | 0.8651 | |
| 36 | Aquinas College | 13400 | 86000 | 0.8441 | 1,103 | 1035 | 0.9726 | |
| 37 | Eastern Michigan University | 13700 | 33900 | 0.5973 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 38 | Salem State University | 13800 | 38300 | 0.6393 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 38 | San Francisco State University | 13800 | 47700 | 0.7109 | 19,444 | 1035 | 0.9644 | |
| 38 | Youngstown State University | 13800 | 28400 | 0.5139 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 41 | California State University-San Bernardino | 14000 | 32700 | 0.5716 | 15,948 | 1020 | 0.943 | |
| 42 | Bridgewater State University | 14100 | 37300 | 0.6218 | 8,849 | 1143 | 0.8798 | |
| 43 | Arkansas Tech University | 14300 | 31400 | 0.5438 | 8,279 | 1055 | 0.9747 | |
| 43 | California State University-San Marcos | 14300 | 24700 | 0.4219 | 15,770 | 990 | 0.9513 | |
| 43 | Texas State University | 14300 | 26700 | 0.4637 | 39,353 | 1080 | 0.9118 | |
| 46 | University of North Alabama | 14400 | 37300 | 0.614 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 46 | Wayne State College | 14400 | 30200 | 0.5238 | 3,886 | 0 | 1 | |
| 48 | Sonoma State University | 14500 | 26700 | 0.457 | 4,449 | 1050 | 0.9841 | |
| 48 | West Virginia University | 14500 | 73100 | 0.8013 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 50 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 14600 | 54400 | 0.7321 | 15,735 | 1069 | 0.8797 | |
| 51 | Pittsburg State University | 14700 | 23900 | 0.3843 | 4,561 | 1055 | 0.5487 | |
| 52 | California State University-Chico | 14900 | 41000 | 0.6371 | 13,599 | 1054 | 0.9107 | |
| 52 | University of Maine at Farmington | 14900 | 32600 | 0.5432 | 1,661 | 1062 | 0.9832 | |
| 54 | University of West Georgia | 15100 | 24600 | 0.3866 | 10,075 | 1035 | 0.7995 | |
| 55 | University of North Texas | 15300 | 26100 | 0.4135 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 55 | University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire | 15300 | 22400 | 0.3176 | 8,329 | 1209 | 0.385 | |
| 57 | Florida State University | 15400 | 23000 | 0.3307 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 57 | Jacksonville State University | 15400 | 27000 | 0.4304 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 57 | Kansas State University | 15400 | 26400 | 0.4149 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 60 | Appalachian State University | 15500 | 26000 | 0.404 | 19,732 | 1174 | 0.9388 | |
| 60 | University of Wisconsin-Parkside | 15500 | 20600 | 0.2492 | 3,207 | 1084 | 0.9751 | |
| 62 | Indiana State University | 15600 | 32400 | 0.5187 | 6,352 | 1015 | 0.9157 | |
| 62 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 38800 | 0.5992 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 64 | Grand Valley State University | 15700 | 28300 | 0.4445 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 65 | University of California-Los Angeles | 16000 | 36700 | 0.5636 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 66 | Georgia Southern University | 16200 | 49700 | 0.6742 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 66 | Vassar College | 16200 | 93100 | 0.8261 | 2,514 | 1488 | 0.2093 | |
| 68 | Sam Houston State University | 16400 | 27100 | 0.3947 | 17,822 | 1035 | 0.9372 | |
| 69 | University of Louisville | 16500 | 29100 | 0.4334 | 17,916 | 1134 | 0.7921 | |
| 69 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 16500 | 26300 | 0.3717 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 69 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 16500 | 36500 | 0.5483 | 7,747 | 1073 | 0.9617 | |
| 72 | SUNY College at Geneseo | 16900 | 39400 | 0.5716 | 3,943 | 1275 | 0.3333 | |
| 73 | Kutztown University of Pennsylvania | 17000 | 29400 | 0.4223 | 6,229 | 1174 | 0.8942 | |
| 73 | University of Kentucky | 17000 | 36500 | 0.5351 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 75 | California State University-Sacramento | 17100 | 30700 | 0.4428 | 28,619 | 1015 | 0.9357 | |
| 76 | East Carolina University | 17600 | 26100 | 0.3256 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 76 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 17600 | 29900 | 0.4131 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 78 | Kennesaw State University | 17700 | 27400 | 0.3537 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 79 | San Jose State University | 17900 | 41100 | 0.564 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 79 | University of Central Oklahoma | 17900 | 27500 | 0.3494 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 81 | California State University-Fullerton | 18200 | 41600 | 0.5623 | 40,705 | 960 | 0.8811 | |
| 81 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 18200 | 18200 | 0 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 81 | San Diego State University | 18200 | 28900 | 0.3703 | 36,196 | 1208 | 0.3741 | |
| 84 | Georgia College & State University | 18300 | 18300 | 0 | 6,250 | 1165 | 0.8466 | |
| 85 | Emory & Henry University | 18500 | 52400 | 0.6465 | 1,084 | 1145 | 0.8365 | |
| 86 | Pennsylvania Western University | 19200 | 30900 | 0.3788 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 87 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 19600 | 40600 | 0.5184 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 88 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 19900 | 35200 | 0.4343 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 88 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 19900 | 26100 | 0.2372 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 90 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20100 | 57800 | 0.652 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 91 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 20200 | 38500 | 0.4738 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 | |
| 91 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 20200 | 39200 | 0.4849 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 93 | University of Wyoming | 20300 | 27900 | 0.2742 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 94 | SUNY Oneonta | 20400 | 55300 | 0.6317 | 4,815 | 1090 | 0.7696 | |
| 95 | Rocky Mountain College | 20900 | 52000 | 0.5978 | 779 | 1055 | 0.7775 | |
| 96 | Millersville University of Pennsylvania | 21000 | 36700 | 0.4282 | 5,823 | 1115 | 0.8619 | |
| 97 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 21100 | 41600 | 0.4928 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 98 | University of Mary Washington | 21200 | 47400 | 0.5521 | 3,531 | 1279 | 0.7413 | |
| 99 | Salisbury University | 21400 | 29300 | 0.2697 | 6,477 | 1245 | 0.8826 | |
| 100 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 21900 | 42500 | 0.4847 | 14,249 | 1084 | 0.7761 | |
| 101 | Concordia University-Nebraska | 22200 | 85400 | 0.7399 | 3,007 | 1135 | 0.8572 | |
| 102 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 22300 | 37600 | 0.4069 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 102 | Park University | 22300 | 31300 | 0.288 | 4,657 | 1035 | 0.6904 | |
| 104 | Augustana College | 22500 | 72800 | 0.6908 | 2,536 | 1157 | 0.6628 | |
| 105 | Saint Cloud State University | 22600 | 36800 | 0.3849 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 105 | Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania | 22600 | 34900 | 0.3529 | 4,371 | 1084 | 0.865 | |
| 107 | University of Southern Mississippi | 22700 | 23100 | 0.0173 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 107 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 22700 | 30300 | 0.2511 | 7,753 | 1140 | 0.9245 | |
| 109 | Central Washington University | 22800 | 27900 | 0.1831 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 110 | Calvin University | 23000 | 55500 | 0.5853 | 3,359 | 1232 | 0.6791 | |
| 110 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 23000 | 27500 | 0.1618 | 18,028 | 1059 | 0.7996 | |
| 112 | State University of New York at New Paltz | 23700 | 26300 | 0.0999 | 6,113 | 1279 | 0.6267 | |
| 113 | Temple University | 24300 | 36100 | 0.3271 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 114 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 24500 | 36800 | 0.3344 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 115 | University of Northern Colorado | 24600 | 39100 | 0.371 | 6,598 | 1080 | 0.945 | |
| 116 | University of North Dakota | 25500 | 28600 | 0.1073 | 11,837 | 1189 | 0.8157 | |
| 117 | Gustavus Adolphus College | 26100 | 75500 | 0.6544 | 1,906 | 1273 | 0.6099 | |
| 118 | Northern Illinois University | 26200 | 32100 | 0.183 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 119 | University of Arkansas | 26300 | 44700 | 0.4109 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 120 | Bemidji State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 3,751 | 1075 | 0.5598 | |
| 121 | Ball State University | 26500 | 26500 | 0 | 15,950 | 1185 | 0.8625 | |
| 122 | California State University-Long Beach | 26900 | 38800 | 0.3066 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 123 | Weber State University | 27000 | 31500 | 0.143 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 124 | University of Northern Iowa | 28700 | 37300 | 0.2297 | 7,800 | 1115 | 0.9313 | |
| 125 | University of Iowa | 29500 | 32100 | 0.0799 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 126 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 30100 | 33200 | 0.0932 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 127 | Ohio Wesleyan University | 31000 | 75700 | 0.5902 | 1,652 | 1281 | 0.6441 | |
| 128 | Villanova University | 31700 | 92900 | 0.6591 | 6,933 | 1466 | 0.2814 | |
| 129 | Syracuse University | 31800 | 83500 | 0.6198 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 130 | University of Colorado Colorado Springs | 32000 | 41600 | 0.2307 | 9,040 | 1119 | 0.9666 | |
| 131 | Liberty University | 32500 | 44700 | 0.2729 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 132 | Hofstra University | 32800 | 75200 | 0.5642 | 6,599 | 1369 | 0.7267 | |
| 133 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 33400 | 38200 | 0.1273 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 134 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 33800 | 59100 | 0.4278 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 135 | George Washington University | 34300 | 81800 | 0.5808 | 11,495 | 1436 | 0.4713 | |
| 135 | Samford University | 34300 | 93800 | 0.6344 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 135 | University of Vermont | 34300 | 66300 | 0.4821 | 12,159 | 1372 | 0.7304 | |
| 138 | University of Idaho | 34500 | 48700 | 0.2916 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 139 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 34700 | 46400 | 0.2519 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 139 | University of Nevada-Reno | 34700 | 45800 | 0.2425 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 141 | Minnesota State University, Mankato | 35000 | 37600 | 0.0683 | 13,433 | 1145 | 0.8844 | |
| 142 | Valparaiso University | 35200 | 63000 | 0.441 | 2,056 | 1183 | 0.8994 | |
| 143 | University of South Alabama | 35400 | 40200 | 0.1195 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 144 | Rowan University | 35500 | 53600 | 0.3375 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 145 | Carthage College | 35700 | 61800 | 0.4218 | 2,914 | 1125 | 0.8445 | |
| 146 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 36000 | 54000 | 0.3334 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 147 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 36100 | 36100 | 0 | 16,131 | 1275 | 0.6472 | |
| 148 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 36700 | 66700 | 0.4499 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 149 | University of Connecticut | 36900 | 66200 | 0.4429 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 150 | Frostburg State University | 37100 | 42500 | 0.127 | 3,436 | 1095 | 0.907 | |
| 151 | Indiana University-Southeast | 37200 | 40800 | 0.0875 | 3,200 | 1095 | 0.842 | |
| 151 | University at Albany | 37200 | 48900 | 0.2392 | 12,889 | 1245 | 0.7044 | |
| 153 | Western Michigan University | 37300 | 37900 | 0.0158 | 13,714 | 1089 | 0.9121 | |
| 154 | University of Southern Maine | 37500 | 37500 | 0 | 5,549 | 1139 | 0.8241 | |
| 155 | University of Central Arkansas | 37700 | 40200 | 0.0637 | 8,238 | 1110 | 0.9157 | |
| 156 | University of St Thomas | 38200 | 74800 | 0.4893 | 6,270 | 1299 | 0.8548 | |
| 157 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 38700 | 40300 | 0.0397 | 26,213 | 1209 | 0.7778 | |
| 158 | University of Denver | 39300 | 84100 | 0.5329 | 5,766 | 1292 | 0.8538 | |
| 159 | Elmhurst University | 40000 | 69600 | 0.4251 | 3,170 | 1133 | 0.7501 | |
| 160 | The University of Montana | 40200 | 57400 | 0.2997 | 8,014 | 1184 | 0.9586 | |
| 161 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 40500 | 42700 | 0.0515 | 14,657 | 1190 | 0.7583 | |
| 162 | University of Arizona | 42500 | 48600 | 0.1254 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 163 | James Madison University | 43000 | 45100 | 0.0466 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 164 | George Mason University | 43900 | 61400 | 0.2852 | 28,862 | 1271 | 0.8647 | |
| 165 | Montclair State University | 44200 | 47000 | 0.0596 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 166 | Texas Christian University | 44500 | 87400 | 0.4911 | 11,152 | 1268 | 0.4809 | |
| 167 | Illinois State University | 45500 | 49100 | 0.0726 | 19,513 | 1115 | 0.8555 | |
| 168 | Towson University | 46200 | 46400 | 0.0043 | 16,361 | 1082 | 0.8057 | |
| 169 | University at Buffalo | 46400 | 46400 | 0 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 170 | The University of Texas at Austin | 48800 | 58900 | 0.1715 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 171 | DePaul University | 49000 | 69400 | 0.2938 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 172 | Michigan State University | 49200 | 56200 | 0.1245 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 173 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 50300 | 52900 | 0.0485 | 14,834 | 1149 | 0.7803 | |
| 174 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53400 | 63400 | 0.1578 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 175 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 58600 | 61200 | 0.0419 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 176 | 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.