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Considering a degree in Geography?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Geography majors who live in South Dakota.
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 South Dakota.
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 | 5800 | 69100 | 0.9165 | 22,077 | 965 | 0.9124 | |
| 4 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22200 | 0.6405 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 5 | California State University-Northridge | 8600 | 22000 | 0.6082 | 32,846 | 1005 | 0.9176 | |
| 6 | Middlebury College | 9100 | 94500 | 0.9037 | 2,640 | 1499 | 0.1277 | |
| 7 | California State University-East Bay | 9800 | 30100 | 0.6754 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 8 | Portland State University | 10500 | 43300 | 0.7575 | 14,932 | 1174 | 0.8586 | |
| 9 | Colgate University | 10600 | 95800 | 0.8893 | 3,193 | 1488 | 0.1388 | |
| 10 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 10700 | 21100 | 0.4936 | 7,753 | 1140 | 0.9245 | |
| 11 | Southern Utah University | 11200 | 51400 | 0.7821 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 12 | California State University-Stanislaus | 11500 | 33600 | 0.6587 | 8,494 | 950 | 0.9558 | |
| 13 | California State University-Fresno | 11600 | 54600 | 0.7868 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 13 | Worcester State University | 11600 | 34900 | 0.6671 | 4,485 | 1090 | 0.8799 | |
| 15 | Marshall University | 11700 | 39800 | 0.7059 | 9,960 | 1070 | 0.9663 | |
| 16 | Fayetteville State University | 11800 | 18200 | 0.3515 | 6,542 | 900 | 0.689 | |
| 17 | University of Hawaii at Hilo | 12000 | 56000 | 0.7857 | 2,304 | 990 | 0.8351 | |
| 18 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 12200 | 20500 | 0.4048 | 5,063 | 1069 | 0.8756 | |
| 19 | Eastern Illinois University | 12300 | 24700 | 0.5005 | 6,731 | 1020 | 0.7073 | |
| 20 | Fitchburg State University | 12400 | 33800 | 0.6327 | 3,000 | 1090 | 0.8885 | |
| 21 | Mount Holyoke College | 12600 | 89900 | 0.8599 | 2,135 | 1419 | 0.3841 | |
| 22 | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | 12700 | 26300 | 0.5172 | 10,743 | 1075 | 0.9598 | |
| 23 | Louisiana Tech University | 12800 | 42900 | 0.7015 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 24 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 12900 | 24900 | 0.4811 | 5,677 | 985 | 0.9301 | |
| 25 | University of Arizona | 13000 | 31000 | 0.5803 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 26 | Vassar College | 13200 | 93100 | 0.8583 | 2,514 | 1488 | 0.2093 | |
| 27 | University of Southern Maine | 13500 | 23000 | 0.4126 | 5,549 | 1139 | 0.8241 | |
| 28 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 13700 | 43000 | 0.6814 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 28 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 61700 | 0.7774 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 30 | Aquinas College | 13900 | 86000 | 0.8383 | 1,103 | 1035 | 0.9726 | |
| 31 | San Francisco State University | 14400 | 47700 | 0.6983 | 19,444 | 1035 | 0.9644 | |
| 31 | Youngstown State University | 14400 | 28400 | 0.4928 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 33 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 14500 | 22800 | 0.3645 | 11,994 | 1090 | 0.8651 | |
| 34 | Arkansas Tech University | 14700 | 31400 | 0.5311 | 8,279 | 1055 | 0.9747 | |
| 34 | California State University-San Bernardino | 14700 | 40100 | 0.6337 | 15,948 | 1020 | 0.943 | |
| 34 | California State University-San Marcos | 14700 | 28500 | 0.4839 | 15,770 | 990 | 0.9513 | |
| 34 | Eastern Michigan University | 14700 | 33900 | 0.5679 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 34 | Salem State University | 14700 | 38300 | 0.6158 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 39 | Bridgewater State University | 14900 | 37300 | 0.6012 | 8,849 | 1143 | 0.8798 | |
| 39 | University of North Alabama | 14900 | 37300 | 0.6006 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 41 | Central Connecticut State University | 15100 | 34200 | 0.5582 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 41 | Sonoma State University | 15100 | 41200 | 0.6335 | 4,449 | 1050 | 0.9841 | |
| 41 | Wayne State College | 15100 | 30200 | 0.5006 | 3,886 | 0 | 1 | |
| 44 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 15400 | 71500 | 0.7849 | 15,735 | 1069 | 0.8797 | |
| 45 | West Virginia University | 15500 | 73100 | 0.7876 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 46 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 29800 | 0.4782 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 46 | Pittsburg State University | 15600 | 23900 | 0.3467 | 4,561 | 1055 | 0.5487 | |
| 48 | California State University-Chico | 15700 | 27000 | 0.4179 | 13,599 | 1054 | 0.9107 | |
| 48 | Texas State University | 15700 | 26700 | 0.4114 | 39,353 | 1080 | 0.9118 | |
| 50 | Jacksonville State University | 15900 | 27000 | 0.4118 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 51 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16300 | 64800 | 0.7481 | 22,007 | 1427 | 0.1672 | |
| 52 | Appalachian State University | 16700 | 26000 | 0.3578 | 19,732 | 1174 | 0.9388 | |
| 52 | SUNY College at Geneseo | 16700 | 25600 | 0.3476 | 3,943 | 1275 | 0.3333 | |
| 52 | University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire | 16700 | 22400 | 0.255 | 8,329 | 1209 | 0.385 | |
| 55 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 16800 | 22300 | 0.2464 | 26,213 | 1209 | 0.7778 | |
| 56 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 17000 | 41200 | 0.588 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 56 | California State University-Long Beach | 17000 | 25800 | 0.3412 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 56 | Georgia Southern University | 17000 | 49700 | 0.6581 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 56 | Indiana State University | 17000 | 32400 | 0.4755 | 6,352 | 1015 | 0.9157 | |
| 60 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 17400 | 29900 | 0.4198 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 61 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 17500 | 36500 | 0.5209 | 7,747 | 1073 | 0.9617 | |
| 62 | Sam Houston State University | 17700 | 27100 | 0.3467 | 17,822 | 1035 | 0.9372 | |
| 63 | California State University-Fullerton | 18000 | 20600 | 0.1246 | 40,705 | 960 | 0.8811 | |
| 64 | University of Kentucky | 18100 | 36500 | 0.5048 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 65 | California State University-Sacramento | 18200 | 27700 | 0.3436 | 28,619 | 1015 | 0.9357 | |
| 65 | University of Arkansas | 18200 | 28500 | 0.3632 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 67 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 18400 | 30600 | 0.3971 | 38,463 | 1324 | 0.7589 | |
| 67 | Kennesaw State University | 18400 | 27400 | 0.3282 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 69 | San Jose State University | 18600 | 41100 | 0.5469 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 70 | University of Central Oklahoma | 19100 | 27500 | 0.3057 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 71 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 19200 | 26900 | 0.2861 | 14,657 | 1190 | 0.7583 | |
| 72 | Pennsylvania Western University | 20100 | 30900 | 0.3497 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 73 | South Dakota State University | 20200 | 25200 | 0.2009 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 73 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 20200 | 38500 | 0.4738 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 | |
| 73 | University of Northern Iowa | 20200 | 24800 | 0.1844 | 7,800 | 1115 | 0.9313 | |
| 76 | University of Wyoming | 20300 | 27900 | 0.2742 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 77 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20500 | 57800 | 0.6451 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 78 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 20700 | 35200 | 0.4116 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 78 | SUNY Oneonta | 20700 | 55300 | 0.6262 | 4,815 | 1090 | 0.7696 | |
| 80 | Emory & Henry University | 20800 | 52400 | 0.6024 | 1,084 | 1145 | 0.8365 | |
| 81 | University of Mary Washington | 21000 | 47400 | 0.5564 | 3,531 | 1279 | 0.7413 | |
| 81 | University of Wisconsin-Parkside | 21000 | 24300 | 0.1383 | 3,207 | 1084 | 0.9751 | |
| 83 | Millersville University of Pennsylvania | 21400 | 24900 | 0.1406 | 5,823 | 1115 | 0.8619 | |
| 84 | Georgia College & State University | 21600 | 52400 | 0.5877 | 6,250 | 1165 | 0.8466 | |
| 84 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 21600 | 41600 | 0.4808 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 86 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 87 | Grand Valley State University | 21900 | 36200 | 0.3949 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 88 | Rocky Mountain College | 22000 | 52000 | 0.5766 | 779 | 1055 | 0.7775 | |
| 88 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 22000 | 27800 | 0.2084 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 90 | Florida State University | 22200 | 32100 | 0.3082 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 91 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 22300 | 37600 | 0.4069 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 92 | Augustana College | 22500 | 72800 | 0.6908 | 2,536 | 1157 | 0.6628 | |
| 93 | Park University | 22600 | 31300 | 0.2784 | 4,657 | 1035 | 0.6904 | |
| 93 | Saint Cloud State University | 22600 | 36800 | 0.3849 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 93 | Syracuse University | 22600 | 83600 | 0.7297 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 96 | Calvin University | 22800 | 55500 | 0.5889 | 3,359 | 1232 | 0.6791 | |
| 96 | University of Southern Mississippi | 22800 | 23100 | 0.013 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 98 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 23000 | 42500 | 0.4588 | 14,249 | 1084 | 0.7761 | |
| 99 | Concordia University-Nebraska | 23100 | 85400 | 0.7294 | 3,007 | 1135 | 0.8572 | |
| 100 | University of South Dakota | 23300 | 26900 | 0.1327 | 7,515 | 1120 | 0.9884 | |
| 101 | Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania | 23600 | 34900 | 0.3242 | 4,371 | 1084 | 0.865 | |
| 102 | Central Washington University | 23900 | 27200 | 0.1212 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 102 | State University of New York at New Paltz | 23900 | 35700 | 0.3302 | 6,113 | 1279 | 0.6267 | |
| 104 | University of North Texas | 24500 | 37400 | 0.3447 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 105 | University of Northern Colorado | 25100 | 39100 | 0.3582 | 6,598 | 1080 | 0.945 | |
| 106 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 25400 | 36800 | 0.3099 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 106 | University of South Florida | 25400 | 36500 | 0.3038 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 108 | Minnesota State University, Mankato | 25500 | 28000 | 0.0915 | 13,433 | 1145 | 0.8844 | |
| 109 | Michigan State University | 25800 | 28900 | 0.1089 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 110 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 25900 | 32900 | 0.2146 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 111 | Gustavus Adolphus College | 26100 | 75500 | 0.6544 | 1,906 | 1273 | 0.6099 | |
| 112 | Northern Illinois University | 26300 | 32100 | 0.1815 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 113 | Bemidji State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 3,751 | 1075 | 0.5598 | |
| 114 | Ball State University | 26500 | 26500 | 0 | 15,950 | 1185 | 0.8625 | |
| 115 | University of Central Arkansas | 26700 | 31200 | 0.1461 | 8,238 | 1110 | 0.9157 | |
| 116 | Weber State University | 27100 | 31500 | 0.1399 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 117 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 18,028 | 1059 | 0.7996 | |
| 118 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29900 | 34200 | 0.1256 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 119 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 30100 | 33200 | 0.0932 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 120 | The University of Montana | 30500 | 30500 | 0 | 8,014 | 1184 | 0.9586 | |
| 121 | Ohio Wesleyan University | 30700 | 75700 | 0.5941 | 1,652 | 1281 | 0.6441 | |
| 121 | University of North Dakota | 30700 | 33700 | 0.0908 | 11,837 | 1189 | 0.8157 | |
| 123 | Kutztown University of Pennsylvania | 30800 | 35800 | 0.1396 | 6,229 | 1174 | 0.8942 | |
| 124 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 31900 | 35200 | 0.0938 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 125 | San Diego State University | 32200 | 37100 | 0.1322 | 36,196 | 1208 | 0.3741 | |
| 126 | Liberty University | 32400 | 44700 | 0.2752 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 126 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 32400 | 54400 | 0.4043 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 128 | University of Nevada-Reno | 32500 | 32500 | 0 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 129 | University of Idaho | 32700 | 34100 | 0.041 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 129 | Villanova University | 32700 | 92900 | 0.6483 | 6,933 | 1466 | 0.2814 | |
| 131 | University of Louisville | 32900 | 42100 | 0.2183 | 17,916 | 1134 | 0.7921 | |
| 132 | University of Colorado Colorado Springs | 33400 | 41600 | 0.1971 | 9,040 | 1119 | 0.9666 | |
| 132 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 33400 | 38200 | 0.1273 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 134 | Salisbury University | 34000 | 41700 | 0.1847 | 6,477 | 1245 | 0.8826 | |
| 135 | George Washington University | 34300 | 81800 | 0.5808 | 11,495 | 1436 | 0.4713 | |
| 135 | University of Vermont | 34300 | 66300 | 0.4821 | 12,159 | 1372 | 0.7304 | |
| 137 | Samford University | 34900 | 93800 | 0.628 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 138 | Valparaiso University | 35200 | 63000 | 0.441 | 2,056 | 1183 | 0.8994 | |
| 139 | Temple University | 35500 | 57200 | 0.3791 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 140 | Carthage College | 35700 | 61800 | 0.4218 | 2,914 | 1125 | 0.8445 | |
| 141 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 36100 | 36100 | 0 | 16,131 | 1275 | 0.6472 | |
| 142 | East Carolina University | 36600 | 42700 | 0.1421 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 143 | University of Connecticut | 36800 | 66200 | 0.4444 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 143 | University of South Alabama | 36800 | 40200 | 0.0847 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 145 | University of Maine at Farmington | 37000 | 40800 | 0.0932 | 1,661 | 1062 | 0.9832 | |
| 146 | Indiana University-Southeast | 37200 | 40800 | 0.0875 | 3,200 | 1095 | 0.842 | |
| 147 | University of West Georgia | 37300 | 47300 | 0.2113 | 10,075 | 1035 | 0.7995 | |
| 147 | Western Michigan University | 37300 | 37900 | 0.0158 | 13,714 | 1089 | 0.9121 | |
| 149 | Rowan University | 37500 | 53600 | 0.3002 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 150 | University of St Thomas | 37900 | 74800 | 0.4933 | 6,270 | 1299 | 0.8548 | |
| 151 | Frostburg State University | 38000 | 42500 | 0.1059 | 3,436 | 1095 | 0.907 | |
| 152 | Framingham State University | 38100 | 38100 | 0 | 2,782 | 1190 | 0.8366 | |
| 153 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 38200 | 66700 | 0.4274 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 154 | University of Denver | 39000 | 84100 | 0.5364 | 5,766 | 1292 | 0.8538 | |
| 155 | Elmhurst University | 40000 | 69600 | 0.4251 | 3,170 | 1133 | 0.7501 | |
| 156 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5061 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 157 | Rhode Island College | 42000 | 63300 | 0.3364 | 5,695 | 995 | 0.8557 | |
| 158 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42200 | 63300 | 0.3334 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 159 | George Mason University | 43500 | 61400 | 0.2917 | 28,862 | 1271 | 0.8647 | |
| 160 | Kansas State University | 43900 | 48400 | 0.0927 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 161 | Texas Christian University | 44000 | 87400 | 0.4968 | 11,152 | 1268 | 0.4809 | |
| 162 | James Madison University | 44100 | 45100 | 0.0222 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 163 | Montclair State University | 44400 | 47000 | 0.0554 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 163 | University at Albany | 44400 | 48900 | 0.092 | 12,889 | 1245 | 0.7044 | |
| 165 | Illinois State University | 45500 | 49100 | 0.0726 | 19,513 | 1115 | 0.8555 | |
| 166 | Towson University | 46300 | 46400 | 0.0022 | 16,361 | 1082 | 0.8057 | |
| 167 | University at Buffalo | 46400 | 46400 | 0 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 168 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47500 | 61500 | 0.2286 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 169 | DePaul University | 49100 | 69400 | 0.2923 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 170 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 50300 | 52900 | 0.0485 | 14,834 | 1149 | 0.7803 | |
| 171 | The University of Texas at Austin | 50400 | 58900 | 0.1443 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 172 | University of Iowa | 51800 | 54400 | 0.0472 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 173 | University of Georgia | 52000 | 52100 | 0.0019 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 174 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53400 | 63400 | 0.1578 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 175 | Hofstra University | 59300 | 83300 | 0.2882 | 6,599 | 1369 | 0.7267 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.