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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 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22000 | 0.6362 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 4 | Mount Holyoke College | 9500 | 89900 | 0.8946 | 2,135 | 1419 | 0.3841 | |
| 5 | Southern Utah University | 10200 | 22200 | 0.5416 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 6 | Colgate University | 10500 | 95800 | 0.8901 | 3,193 | 1488 | 0.1388 | |
| 7 | Fayetteville State University | 11100 | 20300 | 0.4526 | 6,542 | 900 | 0.689 | |
| 8 | California State University-Sacramento | 11700 | 31300 | 0.6265 | 28,619 | 1015 | 0.9357 | |
| 8 | California State University-Stanislaus | 11700 | 28500 | 0.5894 | 8,494 | 950 | 0.9558 | |
| 8 | Marshall University | 11700 | 36600 | 0.68 | 9,960 | 1070 | 0.9663 | |
| 11 | Vassar College | 11900 | 92400 | 0.8714 | 2,514 | 1488 | 0.2093 | |
| 12 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 12100 | 24900 | 0.5132 | 5,677 | 985 | 0.9301 | |
| 13 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 12600 | 25700 | 0.5097 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 13 | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | 12600 | 19300 | 0.3472 | 10,743 | 1075 | 0.9598 | |
| 15 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 12700 | 24700 | 0.4861 | 7,753 | 1140 | 0.9245 | |
| 16 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 13100 | 43000 | 0.6953 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 17 | Middlebury College | 13700 | 89900 | 0.8477 | 2,640 | 1499 | 0.1277 | |
| 17 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 63200 | 0.7838 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 19 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 13800 | 19000 | 0.2739 | 11,994 | 1090 | 0.8651 | |
| 20 | Northern Illinois University | 14100 | 30400 | 0.5355 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 21 | Arkansas Tech University | 14400 | 27400 | 0.4748 | 8,279 | 1055 | 0.9747 | |
| 22 | California State University-San Marcos | 14500 | 24700 | 0.4137 | 15,770 | 990 | 0.9513 | |
| 22 | Salisbury University | 14500 | 28700 | 0.4951 | 6,477 | 1245 | 0.8826 | |
| 24 | Worcester State University | 14800 | 30000 | 0.5067 | 4,485 | 1090 | 0.8799 | |
| 25 | Texas State University | 15000 | 25500 | 0.412 | 39,353 | 1080 | 0.9118 | |
| 25 | Wayne State College | 15000 | 20300 | 0.2611 | 3,886 | 0 | 1 | |
| 27 | University of Maine at Farmington | 15300 | 23200 | 0.3378 | 1,661 | 1062 | 0.9832 | |
| 28 | Western Michigan University | 15400 | 32500 | 0.5268 | 13,714 | 1089 | 0.9121 | |
| 29 | California State University-East Bay | 15500 | 30100 | 0.4857 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 29 | Florida State University | 15500 | 22900 | 0.3228 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 29 | University of Central Oklahoma | 15500 | 28700 | 0.46 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 29 | University of West Georgia | 15500 | 24600 | 0.3703 | 10,075 | 1035 | 0.7995 | |
| 33 | James Madison University | 15600 | 28900 | 0.4608 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 33 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 38800 | 0.5992 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 35 | Appalachian State University | 15700 | 19500 | 0.195 | 19,732 | 1174 | 0.9388 | |
| 36 | Sam Houston State University | 15800 | 30300 | 0.4782 | 17,822 | 1035 | 0.9372 | |
| 37 | Jacksonville State University | 15900 | 27000 | 0.4118 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 38 | California State University-Long Beach | 16000 | 25800 | 0.3799 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 39 | University of Southern Maine | 16200 | 23000 | 0.2953 | 5,549 | 1139 | 0.8241 | |
| 40 | Eastern Michigan University | 16300 | 36100 | 0.5487 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 41 | West Virginia University | 16400 | 40900 | 0.5987 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 42 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16600 | 64800 | 0.7439 | 22,007 | 1427 | 0.1672 | |
| 43 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 16800 | 26300 | 0.3612 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 44 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 17100 | 17100 | 0 | 14,657 | 1190 | 0.7583 | |
| 45 | Rhode Island College | 17300 | 27400 | 0.369 | 5,695 | 995 | 0.8557 | |
| 46 | Salem State University | 17400 | 28500 | 0.3894 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 47 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 17500 | 29900 | 0.4139 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 48 | Central Washington University | 18200 | 22700 | 0.198 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 48 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 18200 | 18200 | 0 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 50 | California State University-Fullerton | 18300 | 20600 | 0.1113 | 40,705 | 960 | 0.8811 | |
| 50 | Georgia College & State University | 18300 | 18300 | 0 | 6,250 | 1165 | 0.8466 | |
| 50 | Youngstown State University | 18300 | 34000 | 0.4618 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 53 | University of South Alabama | 19100 | 22400 | 0.1476 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 54 | Emory & Henry University | 19300 | 52400 | 0.6309 | 1,084 | 1145 | 0.8365 | |
| 55 | SUNY Oneonta | 19500 | 29300 | 0.3344 | 4,815 | 1090 | 0.7696 | |
| 56 | California State University-Los Angeles | 19600 | 38000 | 0.4843 | 22,077 | 965 | 0.9124 | |
| 57 | Central Connecticut State University | 19700 | 29500 | 0.332 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 57 | Kutztown University of Pennsylvania | 19700 | 29100 | 0.323 | 6,229 | 1174 | 0.8942 | |
| 57 | University of Northern Iowa | 19700 | 24000 | 0.1786 | 7,800 | 1115 | 0.9313 | |
| 60 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 20000 | 32300 | 0.3806 | 15,735 | 1069 | 0.8797 | |
| 61 | Eastern Illinois University | 20100 | 28100 | 0.2841 | 6,731 | 1020 | 0.7073 | |
| 61 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20100 | 29400 | 0.3158 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 63 | University of Wyoming | 20500 | 27900 | 0.2644 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 64 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 20700 | 26000 | 0.2032 | 5,063 | 1069 | 0.8756 | |
| 65 | Louisiana Tech University | 21200 | 26100 | 0.1879 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 66 | Rocky Mountain College | 21400 | 52000 | 0.5882 | 779 | 1055 | 0.7775 | |
| 66 | University of Mary Washington | 21400 | 47100 | 0.5459 | 3,531 | 1279 | 0.7413 | |
| 68 | Grand Valley State University | 22100 | 35900 | 0.3849 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 69 | California State University-Chico | 22200 | 27000 | 0.1775 | 13,599 | 1054 | 0.9107 | |
| 70 | Aquinas College | 22400 | 53400 | 0.581 | 1,103 | 1035 | 0.9726 | |
| 70 | University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire | 22400 | 22400 | 0 | 8,329 | 1209 | 0.385 | |
| 72 | Augustana College | 22700 | 72800 | 0.6881 | 2,536 | 1157 | 0.6628 | |
| 72 | Concordia University-Nebraska | 22700 | 61100 | 0.6284 | 3,007 | 1135 | 0.8572 | |
| 74 | Fitchburg State University | 22800 | 33700 | 0.3235 | 3,000 | 1090 | 0.8885 | |
| 75 | Saint Cloud State University | 22900 | 36800 | 0.3775 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 75 | San Jose State University | 22900 | 41100 | 0.4429 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 77 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 23400 | 24900 | 0.0602 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 78 | University of Wisconsin-Parkside | 23800 | 30400 | 0.2168 | 3,207 | 1084 | 0.9751 | |
| 79 | Calvin University | 23900 | 53500 | 0.5532 | 3,359 | 1232 | 0.6791 | |
| 80 | Indiana State University | 24000 | 32400 | 0.2594 | 6,352 | 1015 | 0.9157 | |
| 81 | Park University | 24300 | 31300 | 0.224 | 4,657 | 1035 | 0.6904 | |
| 82 | University of Arizona | 24400 | 37700 | 0.3533 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 83 | Pennsylvania Western University | 24700 | 34400 | 0.2817 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 84 | University of Hawaii at Hilo | 25100 | 38300 | 0.3448 | 2,304 | 990 | 0.8351 | |
| 85 | Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania | 25500 | 34900 | 0.2697 | 4,371 | 1084 | 0.865 | |
| 86 | University of North Dakota | 25800 | 28600 | 0.0977 | 11,837 | 1189 | 0.8157 | |
| 87 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 26100 | 28400 | 0.0805 | 14,834 | 1149 | 0.7803 | |
| 88 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 26200 | 36800 | 0.2882 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 89 | Gustavus Adolphus College | 26300 | 75500 | 0.6519 | 1,906 | 1273 | 0.6099 | |
| 90 | Ball State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 15,950 | 1185 | 0.8625 | |
| 90 | Bemidji State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 3,751 | 1075 | 0.5598 | |
| 90 | Georgia Southern University | 26400 | 26800 | 0.015 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 93 | University of Southern Mississippi | 26500 | 26500 | 0 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 94 | University of Arkansas | 26600 | 28900 | 0.0793 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 95 | University of Idaho | 26800 | 30600 | 0.1244 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 96 | California State University-Northridge | 26900 | 36500 | 0.2625 | 32,846 | 1005 | 0.9176 | |
| 96 | Kansas State University | 26900 | 30400 | 0.1175 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 96 | University of Central Arkansas | 26900 | 31200 | 0.1373 | 8,238 | 1110 | 0.9157 | |
| 99 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 27200 | 36500 | 0.255 | 7,747 | 1073 | 0.9617 | |
| 100 | University of North Alabama | 27300 | 37300 | 0.2681 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 101 | Kennesaw State University | 27400 | 27400 | 0 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 101 | Rowan University | 27400 | 41300 | 0.3369 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 101 | Syracuse University | 27400 | 83100 | 0.6701 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 104 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 18,028 | 1059 | 0.7996 | |
| 105 | California State University-San Bernardino | 27800 | 35400 | 0.2148 | 15,948 | 1020 | 0.943 | |
| 105 | Villanova University | 27800 | 88800 | 0.6867 | 6,933 | 1466 | 0.2814 | |
| 107 | Bridgewater State University | 27900 | 35500 | 0.2138 | 8,849 | 1143 | 0.8798 | |
| 108 | Weber State University | 28100 | 33900 | 0.171 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 109 | Elmhurst University | 28200 | 67000 | 0.5793 | 3,170 | 1133 | 0.7501 | |
| 109 | The University of Montana | 28200 | 28200 | 0 | 8,014 | 1184 | 0.9586 | |
| 111 | University of North Texas | 28300 | 37400 | 0.2431 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 112 | Oregon State University | 28800 | 36700 | 0.2153 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 113 | Pittsburg State University | 29000 | 36200 | 0.1987 | 4,561 | 1055 | 0.5487 | |
| 114 | Sonoma State University | 29300 | 41200 | 0.2888 | 4,449 | 1050 | 0.9841 | |
| 115 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 29700 | 31600 | 0.0601 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 116 | University of Iowa | 29800 | 32100 | 0.0714 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 117 | Portland State University | 30500 | 43100 | 0.292 | 14,932 | 1174 | 0.8586 | |
| 118 | George Mason University | 30600 | 35700 | 0.1427 | 28,862 | 1271 | 0.8647 | |
| 119 | San Francisco State University | 30700 | 47700 | 0.3565 | 19,444 | 1035 | 0.9644 | |
| 120 | Frostburg State University | 30900 | 43000 | 0.2815 | 3,436 | 1095 | 0.907 | |
| 121 | University of Louisville | 31100 | 42000 | 0.2593 | 17,916 | 1134 | 0.7921 | |
| 122 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 31400 | 41200 | 0.2381 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 122 | San Diego State University | 31400 | 36100 | 0.1301 | 36,196 | 1208 | 0.3741 | |
| 124 | Ohio Wesleyan University | 31700 | 75700 | 0.5809 | 1,652 | 1281 | 0.6441 | |
| 125 | Samford University | 32500 | 64600 | 0.497 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 125 | University of Nevada-Reno | 32500 | 32500 | 0 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 127 | Millersville University of Pennsylvania | 33100 | 37200 | 0.1102 | 5,823 | 1115 | 0.8619 | |
| 128 | Framingham State University | 33200 | 38100 | 0.1286 | 2,782 | 1190 | 0.8366 | |
| 128 | Liberty University | 33200 | 44600 | 0.2556 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 130 | George Washington University | 33700 | 81800 | 0.5881 | 11,495 | 1436 | 0.4713 | |
| 131 | University of Colorado Colorado Springs | 34000 | 41600 | 0.1827 | 9,040 | 1119 | 0.9666 | |
| 132 | University of St Thomas | 34300 | 70300 | 0.5124 | 6,270 | 1299 | 0.8548 | |
| 133 | SUNY College at Geneseo | 34500 | 39400 | 0.1245 | 3,943 | 1275 | 0.3333 | |
| 133 | University of Oregon | 34500 | 40200 | 0.1418 | 20,710 | 1193 | 0.8742 | |
| 133 | University of Vermont | 34500 | 66300 | 0.4799 | 12,159 | 1372 | 0.7304 | |
| 136 | University of South Florida | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 137 | Minnesota State University, Mankato | 35300 | 37600 | 0.0609 | 13,433 | 1145 | 0.8844 | |
| 138 | Valparaiso University | 35400 | 63200 | 0.4393 | 2,056 | 1183 | 0.8994 | |
| 139 | State University of New York at New Paltz | 35700 | 35700 | 0 | 6,113 | 1279 | 0.6267 | |
| 140 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 35800 | 41600 | 0.1394 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 140 | Carthage College | 35800 | 61800 | 0.4207 | 2,914 | 1125 | 0.8445 | |
| 142 | Temple University | 35900 | 56400 | 0.3636 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 143 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 36100 | 36100 | 0 | 16,131 | 1275 | 0.6472 | |
| 143 | University of Northern Colorado | 36100 | 39100 | 0.0768 | 6,598 | 1080 | 0.945 | |
| 145 | Hofstra University | 36300 | 76900 | 0.5279 | 6,599 | 1369 | 0.7267 | |
| 145 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 36300 | 53100 | 0.3162 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 147 | California State University-Fresno | 36700 | 43800 | 0.162 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 148 | East Carolina University | 36900 | 42700 | 0.1356 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 149 | University of Connecticut | 37200 | 53600 | 0.3062 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 150 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37300 | 66300 | 0.4375 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 151 | Indiana University-Southeast | 37500 | 40800 | 0.0807 | 3,200 | 1095 | 0.842 | |
| 152 | University of Denver | 39200 | 76900 | 0.4905 | 5,766 | 1292 | 0.8538 | |
| 153 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 39500 | 42500 | 0.0707 | 14,249 | 1084 | 0.7761 | |
| 153 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 39500 | 39800 | 0.0075 | 26,213 | 1209 | 0.7778 | |
| 155 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 40400 | 48500 | 0.1669 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 155 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5061 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 157 | Montclair State University | 41500 | 46600 | 0.1095 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 158 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42600 | 56200 | 0.2421 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 159 | University at Buffalo | 43200 | 46700 | 0.075 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 160 | Texas Christian University | 44300 | 87400 | 0.4934 | 11,152 | 1268 | 0.4809 | |
| 161 | Towson University | 45100 | 46400 | 0.028 | 16,361 | 1082 | 0.8057 | |
| 162 | Illinois State University | 45800 | 49100 | 0.067 | 19,513 | 1115 | 0.8555 | |
| 163 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 46400 | 46600 | 0.0043 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 164 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47100 | 59700 | 0.2124 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 165 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 48600 | 61200 | 0.2057 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 166 | University at Albany | 48900 | 48900 | 0 | 12,889 | 1245 | 0.7044 | |
| 167 | University of Kentucky | 49000 | 58000 | 0.1551 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 168 | DePaul University | 49100 | 66000 | 0.2562 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 169 | Michigan State University | 49200 | 56200 | 0.1245 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 170 | The University of Texas at Austin | 49700 | 59400 | 0.1633 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 170 | University of Georgia | 49700 | 51600 | 0.0368 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 172 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53200 | 61000 | 0.1293 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 173 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53600 | 62800 | 0.1465 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 174 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 59300 | 61600 | 0.0372 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 | |
| 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.