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Considering a degree in Geography?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Geography majors who live in Ohio.
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 Ohio.
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 | Sinclair Community College | 7200 | 11300 | 0.3648 | 19,415 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22000 | 0.6362 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 5 | Columbus State Community College | 9000 | 20800 | 0.5679 | 28,081 | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | Mount Holyoke College | 9500 | 89900 | 0.8946 | 2,135 | 1419 | 0.3841 | |
| 7 | Southern Utah University | 10300 | 22200 | 0.5371 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 8 | Colgate University | 10700 | 95800 | 0.888 | 3,193 | 1488 | 0.1388 | |
| 9 | Marshall University | 11200 | 33400 | 0.6645 | 9,960 | 1070 | 0.9663 | |
| 10 | Fayetteville State University | 11400 | 20300 | 0.4378 | 6,542 | 900 | 0.689 | |
| 11 | California State University-Sacramento | 11700 | 30700 | 0.6186 | 28,619 | 1015 | 0.9357 | |
| 12 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 12400 | 24900 | 0.5012 | 5,677 | 985 | 0.9301 | |
| 12 | Vassar College | 12400 | 92400 | 0.866 | 2,514 | 1488 | 0.2093 | |
| 14 | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | 12900 | 19300 | 0.3316 | 10,743 | 1075 | 0.9598 | |
| 15 | Eastern Illinois University | 13000 | 24300 | 0.4655 | 6,731 | 1020 | 0.7073 | |
| 16 | University of North Alabama | 13100 | 28200 | 0.5358 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 17 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 63200 | 0.7838 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 18 | Middlebury College | 14000 | 89900 | 0.8443 | 2,640 | 1499 | 0.1277 | |
| 19 | Grand Valley State University | 14200 | 25300 | 0.4393 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 20 | Arkansas Tech University | 14400 | 34400 | 0.5815 | 8,279 | 1055 | 0.9747 | |
| 20 | Northern Illinois University | 14400 | 30400 | 0.5269 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 22 | California State University-San Marcos | 14700 | 24700 | 0.4056 | 15,770 | 990 | 0.9513 | |
| 23 | Pittsburg State University | 15000 | 23900 | 0.3718 | 4,561 | 1055 | 0.5487 | |
| 23 | Worcester State University | 15000 | 30000 | 0.5 | 4,485 | 1090 | 0.8799 | |
| 25 | Wayne State College | 15200 | 20300 | 0.2512 | 3,886 | 0 | 1 | |
| 26 | California State University-Chico | 15300 | 23500 | 0.3486 | 13,599 | 1054 | 0.9107 | |
| 26 | Texas State University | 15300 | 25500 | 0.4002 | 39,353 | 1080 | 0.9118 | |
| 26 | University of Wisconsin-Parkside | 15300 | 20600 | 0.2548 | 3,207 | 1084 | 0.9751 | |
| 29 | Western Michigan University | 15400 | 26500 | 0.4193 | 13,714 | 1089 | 0.9121 | |
| 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 | Fitchburg State University | 15700 | 33700 | 0.5342 | 3,000 | 1090 | 0.8885 | |
| 33 | Ball State University | 15800 | 22400 | 0.2951 | 15,950 | 1185 | 0.8625 | |
| 33 | Kansas State University | 15800 | 26100 | 0.3962 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 35 | Appalachian State University | 15900 | 19500 | 0.1847 | 19,732 | 1174 | 0.9388 | |
| 36 | Jacksonville State University | 16100 | 27000 | 0.4044 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 36 | Weber State University | 16100 | 23600 | 0.3174 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 38 | California State University-Long Beach | 16200 | 25800 | 0.3722 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 38 | Portland State University | 16200 | 26100 | 0.3795 | 14,932 | 1174 | 0.8586 | |
| 40 | SUNY College at Geneseo | 16500 | 26400 | 0.3744 | 3,943 | 1275 | 0.3333 | |
| 40 | The University of Texas at Austin | 16500 | 28000 | 0.4111 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 42 | Eastern Michigan University | 16600 | 36100 | 0.5404 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 42 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16600 | 64800 | 0.7439 | 22,007 | 1427 | 0.1672 | |
| 42 | West Virginia University | 16600 | 40900 | 0.5939 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 45 | Georgia Southern University | 16700 | 20100 | 0.1687 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 46 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 17200 | 35400 | 0.5147 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 46 | Sam Houston State University | 17200 | 27000 | 0.3631 | 17,822 | 1035 | 0.9372 | |
| 48 | East Carolina University | 17600 | 26100 | 0.3256 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 48 | Salem State University | 17600 | 28500 | 0.3824 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 50 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 17700 | 26600 | 0.3354 | 7,747 | 1073 | 0.9617 | |
| 51 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 17900 | 22800 | 0.2152 | 11,994 | 1090 | 0.8651 | |
| 52 | Bridgewater State University | 18100 | 25400 | 0.2875 | 8,849 | 1143 | 0.8798 | |
| 53 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 18200 | 39000 | 0.533 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 53 | Towson University | 18200 | 29900 | 0.3909 | 16,361 | 1082 | 0.8057 | |
| 55 | Georgia College & State University | 18300 | 18300 | 0 | 6,250 | 1165 | 0.8466 | |
| 55 | University of Vermont | 18300 | 37800 | 0.5164 | 12,159 | 1372 | 0.7304 | |
| 57 | University of Northern Colorado | 19100 | 30500 | 0.3738 | 6,598 | 1080 | 0.945 | |
| 58 | University of Central Oklahoma | 19200 | 22700 | 0.1542 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 59 | University of South Alabama | 19400 | 22400 | 0.1342 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 60 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 19500 | 29900 | 0.3471 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 60 | University of Maine at Farmington | 19500 | 33700 | 0.4217 | 1,661 | 1062 | 0.9832 | |
| 62 | SUNY Oneonta | 19600 | 29300 | 0.331 | 4,815 | 1090 | 0.7696 | |
| 63 | University of Northern Iowa | 19700 | 24000 | 0.1786 | 7,800 | 1115 | 0.9313 | |
| 63 | Youngstown State University | 19700 | 34000 | 0.4206 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 65 | California State University-Los Angeles | 19800 | 38000 | 0.479 | 22,077 | 965 | 0.9124 | |
| 65 | Pennsylvania Western University | 19800 | 29000 | 0.3177 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 67 | Central Connecticut State University | 19900 | 29500 | 0.3253 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 67 | Emory & Henry University | 19900 | 52400 | 0.6205 | 1,084 | 1145 | 0.8365 | |
| 69 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20100 | 45200 | 0.5559 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 70 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20200 | 29400 | 0.3124 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 70 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 20200 | 32300 | 0.3744 | 15,735 | 1069 | 0.8797 | |
| 70 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 20200 | 38500 | 0.4738 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 | |
| 73 | University of Wyoming | 20500 | 27900 | 0.2644 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 74 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 21200 | 26000 | 0.184 | 5,063 | 1069 | 0.8756 | |
| 75 | University of Mary Washington | 21300 | 47100 | 0.5469 | 3,531 | 1279 | 0.7413 | |
| 76 | Louisiana Tech University | 21400 | 26100 | 0.1802 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 76 | State University of New York at New Paltz | 21400 | 26300 | 0.1865 | 6,113 | 1279 | 0.6267 | |
| 78 | Rocky Mountain College | 21600 | 52000 | 0.5843 | 779 | 1055 | 0.7775 | |
| 79 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 80 | Florida State University | 22400 | 32400 | 0.3091 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 80 | University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire | 22400 | 22400 | 0 | 8,329 | 1209 | 0.385 | |
| 82 | Augustana College | 22700 | 72800 | 0.6881 | 2,536 | 1157 | 0.6628 | |
| 83 | Concordia University-Nebraska | 22900 | 61100 | 0.6251 | 3,007 | 1135 | 0.8572 | |
| 83 | Saint Cloud State University | 22900 | 36800 | 0.3775 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 85 | Aquinas College | 23000 | 53400 | 0.5697 | 1,103 | 1035 | 0.9726 | |
| 85 | San Jose State University | 23000 | 41100 | 0.4405 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 85 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 23000 | 24700 | 0.0689 | 7,753 | 1140 | 0.9245 | |
| 88 | Illinois State University | 23100 | 36400 | 0.3667 | 19,513 | 1115 | 0.8555 | |
| 89 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 23200 | 34500 | 0.3279 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 90 | Central Washington University | 23500 | 27900 | 0.158 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 91 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 24000 | 34500 | 0.3036 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 91 | Calvin University | 24000 | 53500 | 0.5513 | 3,359 | 1232 | 0.6791 | |
| 93 | Indiana State University | 24300 | 32400 | 0.2501 | 6,352 | 1015 | 0.9157 | |
| 94 | University of Arizona | 24400 | 38100 | 0.3597 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 94 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 24400 | 24400 | 0 | 16,131 | 1275 | 0.6472 | |
| 96 | Park University | 24500 | 31300 | 0.2176 | 4,657 | 1035 | 0.6904 | |
| 97 | Temple University | 25000 | 36100 | 0.3077 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 98 | University of Hawaii at Hilo | 25200 | 38300 | 0.3422 | 2,304 | 990 | 0.8351 | |
| 99 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 25300 | 32800 | 0.2286 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 100 | California State University-Stanislaus | 25600 | 36800 | 0.3045 | 8,494 | 950 | 0.9558 | |
| 101 | Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania | 25700 | 34900 | 0.2639 | 4,371 | 1084 | 0.865 | |
| 102 | University of North Dakota | 25800 | 28600 | 0.0977 | 11,837 | 1189 | 0.8157 | |
| 103 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 26100 | 28400 | 0.0805 | 14,834 | 1149 | 0.7803 | |
| 104 | Gustavus Adolphus College | 26300 | 75500 | 0.6519 | 1,906 | 1273 | 0.6099 | |
| 105 | Bemidji State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 3,751 | 1075 | 0.5598 | |
| 106 | Indiana University-Southeast | 26500 | 29800 | 0.1105 | 3,200 | 1095 | 0.842 | |
| 106 | University of Southern Mississippi | 26500 | 26500 | 0 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 108 | University of Arkansas | 26600 | 28900 | 0.0793 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 109 | University of Idaho | 26700 | 45200 | 0.4089 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 110 | California State University-Northridge | 27100 | 36500 | 0.257 | 32,846 | 1005 | 0.9176 | |
| 111 | Kennesaw State University | 27400 | 27400 | 0 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 112 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 18,028 | 1059 | 0.7996 | |
| 113 | Villanova University | 27800 | 88800 | 0.6867 | 6,933 | 1466 | 0.2814 | |
| 114 | Syracuse University | 27900 | 83100 | 0.6641 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 115 | California State University-San Bernardino | 28000 | 39100 | 0.2838 | 15,948 | 1020 | 0.943 | |
| 116 | Ohio Wesleyan University | 28100 | 75800 | 0.6287 | 1,652 | 1281 | 0.6441 | |
| 117 | Elmhurst University | 28300 | 67000 | 0.5778 | 3,170 | 1133 | 0.7501 | |
| 118 | University of North Texas | 28600 | 37400 | 0.2351 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 119 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 28900 | 34000 | 0.1501 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 120 | California State University-East Bay | 29400 | 45100 | 0.3483 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 121 | Montclair State University | 29500 | 36300 | 0.1874 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 121 | Sonoma State University | 29500 | 41200 | 0.284 | 4,449 | 1050 | 0.9841 | |
| 123 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 29700 | 31600 | 0.0601 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 124 | University of Iowa | 29800 | 32100 | 0.0714 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 125 | University of West Georgia | 30200 | 46800 | 0.3546 | 10,075 | 1035 | 0.7995 | |
| 126 | Minnesota State University, Mankato | 30500 | 32800 | 0.0697 | 13,433 | 1145 | 0.8844 | |
| 127 | Kutztown University of Pennsylvania | 30800 | 35900 | 0.1422 | 6,229 | 1174 | 0.8942 | |
| 128 | Frostburg State University | 30900 | 43000 | 0.2815 | 3,436 | 1095 | 0.907 | |
| 128 | San Francisco State University | 30900 | 47700 | 0.3523 | 19,444 | 1035 | 0.9644 | |
| 130 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 31100 | 59100 | 0.4735 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 131 | San Diego State University | 31300 | 36100 | 0.1329 | 36,196 | 1208 | 0.3741 | |
| 131 | University of Louisville | 31300 | 42000 | 0.2546 | 17,916 | 1134 | 0.7921 | |
| 133 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 31600 | 41200 | 0.2333 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 134 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 32100 | 36700 | 0.1252 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 135 | Samford University | 32700 | 64600 | 0.4939 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 136 | Framingham State University | 33100 | 38100 | 0.1312 | 2,782 | 1190 | 0.8366 | |
| 137 | Liberty University | 33200 | 44600 | 0.2556 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 138 | Millersville University of Pennsylvania | 33300 | 37200 | 0.1049 | 5,823 | 1115 | 0.8619 | |
| 139 | George Washington University | 33700 | 81800 | 0.5881 | 11,495 | 1436 | 0.4713 | |
| 140 | Rhode Island College | 33900 | 45100 | 0.2483 | 5,695 | 995 | 0.8557 | |
| 141 | Salisbury University | 34000 | 41700 | 0.1845 | 6,477 | 1245 | 0.8826 | |
| 142 | University of St Thomas | 34200 | 70300 | 0.5138 | 6,270 | 1299 | 0.8548 | |
| 143 | University of Colorado Colorado Springs | 34300 | 41600 | 0.1755 | 9,040 | 1119 | 0.9666 | |
| 144 | Valparaiso University | 34900 | 62700 | 0.4428 | 2,056 | 1183 | 0.8994 | |
| 145 | University of South Florida | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 146 | Carthage College | 35800 | 61800 | 0.4207 | 2,914 | 1125 | 0.8445 | |
| 147 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 36300 | 53100 | 0.3162 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 148 | Hofstra University | 36400 | 76900 | 0.5266 | 6,599 | 1369 | 0.7267 | |
| 149 | California State University-Fresno | 36900 | 43800 | 0.1574 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 150 | University of Connecticut | 37100 | 53600 | 0.3081 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 151 | University of Nevada-Reno | 37300 | 45800 | 0.1857 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 152 | University of Southern Maine | 37500 | 37500 | 0 | 5,549 | 1139 | 0.8241 | |
| 153 | University of Central Arkansas | 38000 | 40200 | 0.0569 | 8,238 | 1110 | 0.9157 | |
| 154 | California State University-Fullerton | 38600 | 41500 | 0.0697 | 40,705 | 960 | 0.8811 | |
| 155 | University of Denver | 39100 | 76900 | 0.4918 | 5,766 | 1292 | 0.8538 | |
| 156 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 39800 | 50000 | 0.2042 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 156 | The University of Montana | 39800 | 45000 | 0.1155 | 8,014 | 1184 | 0.9586 | |
| 156 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 39800 | 42500 | 0.0636 | 14,249 | 1084 | 0.7761 | |
| 156 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 39800 | 39800 | 0 | 26,213 | 1209 | 0.7778 | |
| 160 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5061 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 161 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 40800 | 48500 | 0.1587 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 162 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 42400 | 42400 | 0 | 14,657 | 1190 | 0.7583 | |
| 163 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42500 | 56200 | 0.2439 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 164 | University at Buffalo | 43300 | 46700 | 0.0728 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 165 | Texas Christian University | 44200 | 87400 | 0.4945 | 11,152 | 1268 | 0.4809 | |
| 166 | Michigan State University | 46200 | 56200 | 0.1779 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 167 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 46400 | 46600 | 0.0043 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 168 | University at Albany | 48900 | 48900 | 0 | 12,889 | 1245 | 0.7044 | |
| 169 | University of Kentucky | 49000 | 58000 | 0.1555 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 170 | DePaul University | 49100 | 66000 | 0.2562 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 171 | University of Georgia | 49700 | 51600 | 0.0368 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 172 | George Mason University | 53400 | 61000 | 0.1246 | 28,862 | 1271 | 0.8647 | |
| 173 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 173 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53600 | 62800 | 0.1465 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 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.