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Considering a degree in Geography?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Geography majors who live in Oregon.
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 Oregon.
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 | 5100 | 69100 | 0.9266 | 22,077 | 965 | 0.9124 | |
| 4 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22200 | 0.6405 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 5 | California State University-Northridge | 8100 | 22000 | 0.631 | 32,846 | 1005 | 0.9176 | |
| 6 | Middlebury College | 8700 | 94500 | 0.908 | 2,640 | 1499 | 0.1277 | |
| 7 | Colgate University | 8800 | 95800 | 0.9081 | 3,193 | 1488 | 0.1388 | |
| 8 | California State University-East Bay | 8900 | 45100 | 0.803 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 9 | Rhode Island College | 9100 | 30200 | 0.6994 | 5,695 | 995 | 0.8557 | |
| 10 | Portland State University | 9400 | 43300 | 0.783 | 14,932 | 1174 | 0.8586 | |
| 11 | Indiana State University | 9900 | 25900 | 0.6187 | 6,352 | 1015 | 0.9157 | |
| 12 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 10700 | 21100 | 0.4936 | 7,753 | 1140 | 0.9245 | |
| 13 | Southern Utah University | 10800 | 51400 | 0.7898 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 14 | California State University-Stanislaus | 11000 | 33600 | 0.6736 | 8,494 | 950 | 0.9558 | |
| 14 | Worcester State University | 11000 | 34900 | 0.6843 | 4,485 | 1090 | 0.8799 | |
| 16 | Marshall University | 11100 | 39800 | 0.7209 | 9,960 | 1070 | 0.9663 | |
| 17 | Fayetteville State University | 11200 | 18200 | 0.3844 | 6,542 | 900 | 0.689 | |
| 17 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 11200 | 31400 | 0.6434 | 14,249 | 1084 | 0.7761 | |
| 19 | California State University-Fresno | 11500 | 19600 | 0.4157 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 19 | University of Hawaii at Hilo | 11500 | 56000 | 0.7946 | 2,304 | 990 | 0.8351 | |
| 21 | Eastern Illinois University | 11700 | 24700 | 0.5248 | 6,731 | 1020 | 0.7073 | |
| 21 | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | 11700 | 19300 | 0.3938 | 10,743 | 1075 | 0.9598 | |
| 21 | Vassar College | 11700 | 93100 | 0.8744 | 2,514 | 1488 | 0.2093 | |
| 24 | Louisiana Tech University | 12200 | 42900 | 0.7155 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 25 | Fitchburg State University | 12400 | 33800 | 0.6327 | 3,000 | 1090 | 0.8885 | |
| 26 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 26 | Mount Holyoke College | 12600 | 89900 | 0.8599 | 2,135 | 1419 | 0.3841 | |
| 28 | University of Southern Maine | 12900 | 23000 | 0.4387 | 5,549 | 1139 | 0.8241 | |
| 29 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 13200 | 38300 | 0.6547 | 5,677 | 985 | 0.9301 | |
| 29 | Framingham State University | 13200 | 31000 | 0.5744 | 2,782 | 1190 | 0.8366 | |
| 31 | Aquinas College | 13600 | 86000 | 0.8418 | 1,103 | 1035 | 0.9726 | |
| 31 | University of North Alabama | 13600 | 28200 | 0.518 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 33 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 61700 | 0.7774 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 33 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 13700 | 22800 | 0.3996 | 11,994 | 1090 | 0.8651 | |
| 35 | Youngstown State University | 14000 | 28400 | 0.5069 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 36 | Eastern Michigan University | 14100 | 33900 | 0.5855 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 36 | Salem State University | 14100 | 38300 | 0.6315 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 36 | San Francisco State University | 14100 | 47700 | 0.7046 | 19,444 | 1035 | 0.9644 | |
| 39 | California State University-San Marcos | 14200 | 28500 | 0.5015 | 15,770 | 990 | 0.9513 | |
| 40 | California State University-San Bernardino | 14300 | 40100 | 0.6437 | 15,948 | 1020 | 0.943 | |
| 40 | Western Michigan University | 14300 | 26500 | 0.4608 | 13,714 | 1089 | 0.9121 | |
| 42 | Arkansas Tech University | 14400 | 31400 | 0.5406 | 8,279 | 1055 | 0.9747 | |
| 42 | Bridgewater State University | 14400 | 37300 | 0.6144 | 8,849 | 1143 | 0.8798 | |
| 44 | West Virginia University | 14600 | 73100 | 0.8 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 45 | Wayne State College | 14700 | 30200 | 0.5139 | 3,886 | 0 | 1 | |
| 46 | Sonoma State University | 14800 | 26700 | 0.4457 | 4,449 | 1050 | 0.9841 | |
| 46 | Texas State University | 14800 | 26700 | 0.445 | 39,353 | 1080 | 0.9118 | |
| 46 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 14800 | 71500 | 0.7933 | 15,735 | 1069 | 0.8797 | |
| 49 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 15000 | 26000 | 0.4226 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 49 | Pittsburg State University | 15000 | 23900 | 0.3718 | 4,561 | 1055 | 0.5487 | |
| 51 | California State University-Chico | 15300 | 23500 | 0.3486 | 13,599 | 1054 | 0.9107 | |
| 52 | Jacksonville State University | 15400 | 38200 | 0.5964 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 52 | University of Maine at Farmington | 15400 | 32600 | 0.5278 | 1,661 | 1062 | 0.9832 | |
| 54 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 38800 | 0.5992 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 55 | Grand Valley State University | 15700 | 28300 | 0.4445 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 56 | University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire | 15800 | 22400 | 0.2952 | 8,329 | 1209 | 0.385 | |
| 57 | Appalachian State University | 15900 | 26000 | 0.3886 | 19,732 | 1174 | 0.9388 | |
| 57 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 15900 | 22300 | 0.2867 | 26,213 | 1209 | 0.7778 | |
| 59 | Frostburg State University | 16100 | 26600 | 0.3945 | 3,436 | 1095 | 0.907 | |
| 60 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16300 | 64800 | 0.7481 | 22,007 | 1427 | 0.1672 | |
| 61 | Georgia Southern University | 16500 | 49700 | 0.6682 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 62 | Sam Houston State University | 16600 | 30300 | 0.4518 | 17,822 | 1035 | 0.9372 | |
| 63 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 16800 | 26600 | 0.3688 | 7,747 | 1073 | 0.9617 | |
| 64 | University of Louisville | 16900 | 29100 | 0.4196 | 17,916 | 1134 | 0.7921 | |
| 64 | University of South Alabama | 16900 | 22400 | 0.246 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 66 | Montclair State University | 17000 | 36000 | 0.5284 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 67 | James Madison University | 17400 | 28900 | 0.3978 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 68 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 17500 | 29900 | 0.4164 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 69 | California State University-Sacramento | 17800 | 27700 | 0.358 | 28,619 | 1015 | 0.9357 | |
| 70 | Kennesaw State University | 18000 | 27400 | 0.3428 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 71 | San Jose State University | 18100 | 41100 | 0.5591 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 72 | Central Washington University | 18300 | 22700 | 0.1936 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 72 | Georgia College & State University | 18300 | 18300 | 0 | 6,250 | 1165 | 0.8466 | |
| 74 | California State University-Fullerton | 18600 | 41600 | 0.5527 | 40,705 | 960 | 0.8811 | |
| 75 | Emory & Henry University | 19300 | 52400 | 0.6309 | 1,084 | 1145 | 0.8365 | |
| 76 | SUNY College at Geneseo | 19900 | 39400 | 0.4954 | 3,943 | 1275 | 0.3333 | |
| 77 | Rowan University | 20000 | 41300 | 0.516 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 78 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20300 | 57800 | 0.6485 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 78 | Syracuse University | 20300 | 83600 | 0.7572 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 78 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 20300 | 26100 | 0.2219 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 78 | University of Wyoming | 20300 | 27900 | 0.2742 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 82 | State University of New York at New Paltz | 20400 | 26300 | 0.2246 | 6,113 | 1279 | 0.6267 | |
| 83 | SUNY Oneonta | 20500 | 55300 | 0.6299 | 4,815 | 1090 | 0.7696 | |
| 83 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 20500 | 39200 | 0.4773 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 85 | Millersville University of Pennsylvania | 20800 | 24900 | 0.1646 | 5,823 | 1115 | 0.8619 | |
| 86 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 21100 | 27800 | 0.2408 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 87 | University of Mary Washington | 21200 | 47400 | 0.5536 | 3,531 | 1279 | 0.7413 | |
| 88 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 21300 | 41600 | 0.488 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 89 | Rocky Mountain College | 21400 | 52000 | 0.5882 | 779 | 1055 | 0.7775 | |
| 90 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 21600 | 27200 | 0.2048 | 5,063 | 1069 | 0.8756 | |
| 91 | Florida State University | 22200 | 32100 | 0.3082 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 92 | Indiana University-Southeast | 22400 | 25900 | 0.1375 | 3,200 | 1095 | 0.842 | |
| 93 | Augustana College | 22500 | 72800 | 0.6908 | 2,536 | 1157 | 0.6628 | |
| 93 | Concordia University-Nebraska | 22500 | 85400 | 0.7364 | 3,007 | 1135 | 0.8572 | |
| 93 | Park University | 22500 | 31300 | 0.2816 | 4,657 | 1035 | 0.6904 | |
| 96 | Saint Cloud State University | 22600 | 36800 | 0.3849 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 97 | Pennsylvania Western University | 22800 | 34400 | 0.3369 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 97 | University of Southern Mississippi | 22800 | 23100 | 0.013 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 99 | Calvin University | 23000 | 55500 | 0.5853 | 3,359 | 1232 | 0.6791 | |
| 99 | Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania | 23000 | 34900 | 0.3414 | 4,371 | 1084 | 0.865 | |
| 101 | University of North Texas | 23700 | 37400 | 0.3661 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 102 | University of Wisconsin-Parkside | 24000 | 30400 | 0.2094 | 3,207 | 1084 | 0.9751 | |
| 103 | University of South Florida | 24500 | 36500 | 0.3284 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 104 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 24800 | 36800 | 0.3263 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 104 | University of Northern Colorado | 24800 | 39100 | 0.3659 | 6,598 | 1080 | 0.945 | |
| 106 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 25200 | 32900 | 0.2359 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 107 | Michigan State University | 25500 | 28900 | 0.1193 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 107 | Minnesota State University, Mankato | 25500 | 28000 | 0.0915 | 13,433 | 1145 | 0.8844 | |
| 107 | University of North Dakota | 25500 | 28600 | 0.1073 | 11,837 | 1189 | 0.8157 | |
| 110 | Gustavus Adolphus College | 26100 | 75500 | 0.6544 | 1,906 | 1273 | 0.6099 | |
| 111 | Northern Illinois University | 26300 | 32100 | 0.1812 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 112 | Bemidji State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 3,751 | 1075 | 0.5598 | |
| 113 | Ball State University | 26500 | 26500 | 0 | 15,950 | 1185 | 0.8625 | |
| 114 | University of Arkansas | 26600 | 44700 | 0.4042 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 115 | Weber State University | 27100 | 31500 | 0.1399 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 116 | California State University-Long Beach | 27200 | 38800 | 0.2989 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 117 | University of Central Oklahoma | 27400 | 33800 | 0.1892 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 118 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 18,028 | 1059 | 0.7996 | |
| 119 | Central Connecticut State University | 27800 | 30400 | 0.0856 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 120 | Villanova University | 28300 | 92900 | 0.6957 | 6,933 | 1466 | 0.2814 | |
| 121 | Oregon State University | 28400 | 36700 | 0.2277 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 122 | University of Northern Iowa | 28700 | 37300 | 0.2297 | 7,800 | 1115 | 0.9313 | |
| 123 | University of Connecticut | 29200 | 55500 | 0.4737 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 124 | University of Iowa | 29500 | 32100 | 0.0799 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 125 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 30100 | 33200 | 0.0932 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 126 | The University of Montana | 30500 | 30500 | 0 | 8,014 | 1184 | 0.9586 | |
| 127 | George Mason University | 30600 | 35700 | 0.1427 | 28,862 | 1271 | 0.8647 | |
| 128 | Kutztown University of Pennsylvania | 30800 | 35800 | 0.1396 | 6,229 | 1174 | 0.8942 | |
| 129 | Ohio Wesleyan University | 30900 | 75700 | 0.5915 | 1,652 | 1281 | 0.6441 | |
| 130 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 31900 | 54400 | 0.4135 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 131 | San Diego State University | 32400 | 37100 | 0.1268 | 36,196 | 1208 | 0.3741 | |
| 132 | Liberty University | 32500 | 44700 | 0.2729 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 132 | University of Colorado Colorado Springs | 32500 | 41600 | 0.2187 | 9,040 | 1119 | 0.9666 | |
| 132 | University of Nevada-Reno | 32500 | 32500 | 0 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 135 | University of Idaho | 32700 | 34100 | 0.041 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 136 | University of Oregon | 32900 | 40200 | 0.1826 | 20,710 | 1193 | 0.8742 | |
| 137 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 34100 | 59100 | 0.4228 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 138 | George Washington University | 34300 | 81800 | 0.5808 | 11,495 | 1436 | 0.4713 | |
| 138 | Salisbury University | 34300 | 41700 | 0.1775 | 6,477 | 1245 | 0.8826 | |
| 138 | University of Vermont | 34300 | 66300 | 0.4821 | 12,159 | 1372 | 0.7304 | |
| 141 | Samford University | 34600 | 93800 | 0.6312 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 142 | Valparaiso University | 35400 | 63200 | 0.4393 | 2,056 | 1183 | 0.8994 | |
| 143 | Temple University | 35600 | 57200 | 0.3774 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 144 | Carthage College | 35700 | 61800 | 0.4218 | 2,914 | 1125 | 0.8445 | |
| 145 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 36000 | 54000 | 0.3334 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 146 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 36100 | 36100 | 0 | 16,131 | 1275 | 0.6472 | |
| 147 | East Carolina University | 36600 | 42700 | 0.1421 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 148 | University of West Georgia | 37000 | 47300 | 0.2176 | 10,075 | 1035 | 0.7995 | |
| 149 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37300 | 66700 | 0.4409 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 150 | University of Central Arkansas | 37700 | 40200 | 0.0637 | 8,238 | 1110 | 0.9157 | |
| 151 | University of Arizona | 37800 | 39900 | 0.0526 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 152 | University of St Thomas | 38100 | 74800 | 0.4906 | 6,270 | 1299 | 0.8548 | |
| 153 | University of Denver | 39200 | 84100 | 0.5341 | 5,766 | 1292 | 0.8538 | |
| 154 | Elmhurst University | 40000 | 69600 | 0.4251 | 3,170 | 1133 | 0.7501 | |
| 155 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5061 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 155 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 40400 | 42700 | 0.0538 | 14,657 | 1190 | 0.7583 | |
| 157 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 42400 | 55100 | 0.2306 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 158 | Kansas State University | 43900 | 48400 | 0.0919 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 159 | Texas Christian University | 44300 | 87400 | 0.4934 | 11,152 | 1268 | 0.4809 | |
| 159 | University at Albany | 44300 | 48900 | 0.0941 | 12,889 | 1245 | 0.7044 | |
| 161 | Illinois State University | 45500 | 49100 | 0.0726 | 19,513 | 1115 | 0.8555 | |
| 162 | Towson University | 46300 | 46400 | 0.0022 | 16,361 | 1082 | 0.8057 | |
| 163 | University at Buffalo | 46400 | 46400 | 0 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 164 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47200 | 61500 | 0.2335 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 165 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 48300 | 61200 | 0.2102 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 165 | University of Kentucky | 48300 | 59900 | 0.1938 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 167 | DePaul University | 49000 | 69400 | 0.2938 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 168 | The University of Texas at Austin | 49300 | 58900 | 0.163 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 169 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 50300 | 52900 | 0.0485 | 14,834 | 1149 | 0.7803 | |
| 170 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 50600 | 63800 | 0.2065 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 171 | University of Georgia | 52000 | 52100 | 0.0019 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 172 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53400 | 63400 | 0.1578 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 173 | Hofstra University | 59000 | 83300 | 0.2918 | 6,599 | 1369 | 0.7267 | |
| 174 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 59100 | 61600 | 0.0416 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 | |
| 175 | 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.