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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 | 5600 | 69100 | 0.9194 | 22,077 | 965 | 0.9124 | |
| 4 | Brigham Young University | 8100 | 22100 | 0.6333 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 5 | California State University-Northridge | 8400 | 65100 | 0.8711 | 32,846 | 1005 | 0.9176 | |
| 6 | Rhode Island College | 9500 | 62600 | 0.8481 | 5,695 | 995 | 0.8557 | |
| 7 | California State University-East Bay | 9700 | 62400 | 0.8439 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 8 | Portland State University | 10500 | 73900 | 0.8577 | 14,932 | 1174 | 0.8586 | |
| 9 | Colgate University | 10600 | 95800 | 0.8893 | 3,193 | 1488 | 0.1388 | |
| 9 | Southern Utah University | 10600 | 22200 | 0.5235 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 11 | California State University-Stanislaus | 11400 | 31200 | 0.6351 | 8,494 | 950 | 0.9558 | |
| 12 | California State University-Fresno | 11600 | 54800 | 0.7883 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 12 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 11600 | 27800 | 0.582 | 22,007 | 1427 | 0.1672 | |
| 12 | Worcester State University | 11600 | 35900 | 0.676 | 4,485 | 1090 | 0.8799 | |
| 15 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 11900 | 31400 | 0.6211 | 14,249 | 1084 | 0.7761 | |
| 16 | Middlebury College | 12000 | 94500 | 0.873 | 2,640 | 1499 | 0.1277 | |
| 17 | Indiana State University | 12100 | 25900 | 0.5337 | 6,352 | 1015 | 0.9157 | |
| 18 | Fitchburg State University | 12400 | 34800 | 0.6428 | 3,000 | 1090 | 0.8885 | |
| 19 | University of South Florida | 13300 | 16300 | 0.1836 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 19 | Vassar College | 13300 | 92200 | 0.8561 | 2,514 | 1488 | 0.2093 | |
| 21 | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | 13400 | 19300 | 0.3057 | 10,743 | 1075 | 0.9598 | |
| 22 | San Francisco State University | 13500 | 47700 | 0.7172 | 19,444 | 1035 | 0.9644 | |
| 23 | University of Colorado Colorado Springs | 13600 | 34400 | 0.604 | 9,040 | 1119 | 0.9666 | |
| 24 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 13700 | 43000 | 0.6814 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 24 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 61700 | 0.7784 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 26 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 13800 | 55100 | 0.7496 | 5,677 | 985 | 0.9301 | |
| 27 | Aquinas College | 13900 | 86000 | 0.8383 | 1,103 | 1035 | 0.9726 | |
| 27 | University of North Alabama | 13900 | 28200 | 0.5074 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 29 | University of Georgia | 14100 | 27200 | 0.4809 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 30 | Youngstown State University | 14400 | 28400 | 0.4928 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 31 | Louisiana Tech University | 14500 | 43500 | 0.6667 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 32 | Arkansas Tech University | 14700 | 32500 | 0.5481 | 8,279 | 1055 | 0.9747 | |
| 32 | California State University-San Bernardino | 14700 | 32700 | 0.5502 | 15,948 | 1020 | 0.943 | |
| 32 | Eastern Michigan University | 14700 | 33900 | 0.5656 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 35 | Salem State University | 14800 | 33900 | 0.5641 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 36 | Sonoma State University | 15100 | 57500 | 0.7378 | 4,449 | 1050 | 0.9841 | |
| 37 | Wayne State College | 15200 | 26400 | 0.4238 | 3,886 | 0 | 1 | |
| 38 | University of Wisconsin-Parkside | 15300 | 20600 | 0.2548 | 3,207 | 1084 | 0.9751 | |
| 39 | Mount Holyoke College | 15400 | 89900 | 0.8288 | 2,135 | 1419 | 0.3841 | |
| 39 | Pittsburg State University | 15400 | 23900 | 0.3551 | 4,561 | 1055 | 0.5487 | |
| 41 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 29800 | 0.4782 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 42 | California State University-Chico | 15700 | 58100 | 0.7298 | 13,599 | 1054 | 0.9107 | |
| 42 | Jacksonville State University | 15700 | 42900 | 0.6334 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 44 | Fayetteville State University | 15800 | 25500 | 0.3802 | 6,542 | 900 | 0.689 | |
| 44 | Grand Valley State University | 15800 | 28500 | 0.4448 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 44 | Sam Houston State University | 15800 | 30100 | 0.4751 | 17,822 | 1035 | 0.9372 | |
| 47 | Florida State University | 15900 | 23000 | 0.309 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 48 | University of Maine at Farmington | 16100 | 25500 | 0.3677 | 1,661 | 1062 | 0.9832 | |
| 49 | Ball State University | 16300 | 22400 | 0.2727 | 15,950 | 1185 | 0.8625 | |
| 50 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 16400 | 62800 | 0.7385 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 50 | Texas State University | 16400 | 26200 | 0.3738 | 39,353 | 1080 | 0.9118 | |
| 50 | University of California-Los Angeles | 16400 | 47400 | 0.6546 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 50 | University of North Texas | 16400 | 26100 | 0.3714 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 54 | Northern Illinois University | 16500 | 30400 | 0.4594 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 54 | The University of Texas at Austin | 16500 | 28100 | 0.4123 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 54 | University of Northern Colorado | 16500 | 64400 | 0.7434 | 6,598 | 1080 | 0.945 | |
| 57 | Appalachian State University | 16700 | 22800 | 0.2678 | 19,732 | 1174 | 0.9388 | |
| 57 | SUNY College at Geneseo | 16700 | 25600 | 0.3476 | 3,943 | 1275 | 0.3333 | |
| 57 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 16700 | 22300 | 0.2509 | 26,213 | 1209 | 0.7778 | |
| 60 | University of Arizona | 16900 | 41400 | 0.5909 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 61 | Kansas State University | 17300 | 26400 | 0.3429 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 62 | University of Louisville | 17500 | 29100 | 0.399 | 17,916 | 1134 | 0.7921 | |
| 63 | East Carolina University | 17600 | 26100 | 0.3256 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 63 | Marshall University | 17600 | 39800 | 0.5576 | 9,960 | 1070 | 0.9663 | |
| 65 | University at Albany | 17700 | 30800 | 0.4254 | 12,889 | 1245 | 0.7044 | |
| 66 | University of Kentucky | 18100 | 46800 | 0.6139 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 67 | California State University-Sacramento | 18200 | 35700 | 0.4903 | 28,619 | 1015 | 0.9357 | |
| 67 | University of Arkansas | 18200 | 36800 | 0.5047 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 69 | Georgia College & State University | 18300 | 18300 | 0 | 6,250 | 1165 | 0.8466 | |
| 69 | James Madison University | 18300 | 28900 | 0.3672 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 69 | University of Vermont | 18300 | 37800 | 0.5164 | 12,159 | 1372 | 0.7304 | |
| 69 | University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire | 18300 | 22400 | 0.1834 | 8,329 | 1209 | 0.385 | |
| 73 | Kennesaw State University | 18400 | 61500 | 0.7004 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 73 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 18400 | 22800 | 0.1932 | 11,994 | 1090 | 0.8651 | |
| 75 | University of South Alabama | 18500 | 40600 | 0.5438 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 76 | San Diego State University | 18900 | 28900 | 0.3461 | 36,196 | 1208 | 0.3741 | |
| 77 | California State University-Fullerton | 19000 | 61400 | 0.6904 | 40,705 | 960 | 0.8811 | |
| 77 | San Jose State University | 19000 | 41100 | 0.5379 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 79 | University of Central Oklahoma | 19100 | 35500 | 0.4625 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 80 | The University of Montana | 19300 | 75200 | 0.743 | 8,014 | 1184 | 0.9586 | |
| 80 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 19300 | 26400 | 0.2689 | 5,063 | 1069 | 0.8756 | |
| 80 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 19300 | 26900 | 0.2823 | 14,657 | 1190 | 0.7583 | |
| 83 | SUNY Oneonta | 19700 | 28800 | 0.3158 | 4,815 | 1090 | 0.7696 | |
| 84 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 19900 | 29600 | 0.3276 | 7,753 | 1140 | 0.9245 | |
| 85 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20100 | 45100 | 0.5547 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 86 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 20200 | 38500 | 0.4738 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 | |
| 87 | South Dakota State University | 20400 | 25200 | 0.19 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 87 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20400 | 28400 | 0.2812 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 87 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 20400 | 29900 | 0.317 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 90 | University of Wyoming | 20500 | 27900 | 0.2644 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 91 | Eastern Illinois University | 20700 | 28100 | 0.2628 | 6,731 | 1020 | 0.7073 | |
| 91 | University of Northern Iowa | 20700 | 24000 | 0.137 | 7,800 | 1115 | 0.9313 | |
| 93 | Emory & Henry University | 20800 | 52400 | 0.6024 | 1,084 | 1145 | 0.8365 | |
| 94 | University of Mary Washington | 21200 | 46900 | 0.5466 | 3,531 | 1279 | 0.7413 | |
| 94 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 21200 | 39200 | 0.4594 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 96 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 21600 | 47800 | 0.5482 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 96 | Salisbury University | 21600 | 29300 | 0.2628 | 6,477 | 1245 | 0.8826 | |
| 98 | Millersville University of Pennsylvania | 21900 | 54200 | 0.5958 | 5,823 | 1115 | 0.8619 | |
| 99 | Rocky Mountain College | 22000 | 67200 | 0.6727 | 779 | 1055 | 0.7775 | |
| 100 | Syracuse University | 22100 | 83600 | 0.7356 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 101 | Western Michigan University | 22200 | 37800 | 0.413 | 13,714 | 1089 | 0.9121 | |
| 102 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 22400 | 35700 | 0.3722 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 103 | Park University | 22600 | 31300 | 0.2784 | 4,657 | 1035 | 0.6904 | |
| 104 | Augustana College | 22700 | 72800 | 0.6881 | 2,536 | 1157 | 0.6628 | |
| 104 | Montclair State University | 22700 | 36800 | 0.3834 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 104 | Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania | 22700 | 52300 | 0.566 | 4,371 | 1084 | 0.865 | |
| 104 | University of South Dakota | 22700 | 26000 | 0.1265 | 7,515 | 1120 | 0.9884 | |
| 108 | Saint Cloud State University | 22900 | 36800 | 0.3775 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 109 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 23000 | 27500 | 0.1618 | 18,028 | 1059 | 0.7996 | |
| 110 | Concordia University-Nebraska | 23100 | 60400 | 0.6174 | 3,007 | 1135 | 0.8572 | |
| 111 | Calvin University | 23400 | 85000 | 0.725 | 3,359 | 1232 | 0.6791 | |
| 111 | Pennsylvania Western University | 23400 | 34400 | 0.3195 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 113 | Weber State University | 23600 | 31500 | 0.2511 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 114 | Bridgewater State University | 23700 | 37300 | 0.3644 | 8,849 | 1143 | 0.8798 | |
| 115 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 23900 | 32900 | 0.2731 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 116 | University of Southern Mississippi | 24400 | 30400 | 0.1974 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 117 | University of Hawaii at Hilo | 25300 | 38400 | 0.3407 | 2,304 | 990 | 0.8351 | |
| 118 | Temple University | 25400 | 36100 | 0.2966 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 119 | Minnesota State University, Mankato | 25700 | 28000 | 0.0817 | 13,433 | 1145 | 0.8844 | |
| 120 | University of North Dakota | 25800 | 28600 | 0.0977 | 11,837 | 1189 | 0.8157 | |
| 121 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 26100 | 28400 | 0.0805 | 14,834 | 1149 | 0.7803 | |
| 122 | Gustavus Adolphus College | 26300 | 75500 | 0.6519 | 1,906 | 1273 | 0.6099 | |
| 123 | Bemidji State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 3,751 | 1075 | 0.5598 | |
| 124 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 26800 | 36800 | 0.2719 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 125 | University of Central Arkansas | 26900 | 31200 | 0.1373 | 8,238 | 1110 | 0.9157 | |
| 126 | Central Washington University | 27000 | 27200 | 0.0073 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 127 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 27200 | 43300 | 0.3722 | 7,747 | 1073 | 0.9617 | |
| 128 | Rowan University | 27300 | 41300 | 0.3392 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 129 | California State University-Long Beach | 27700 | 43100 | 0.3577 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 130 | California State University-San Marcos | 27800 | 28500 | 0.0245 | 15,770 | 990 | 0.9513 | |
| 130 | West Virginia University | 27800 | 51100 | 0.4562 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 132 | Central Connecticut State University | 28200 | 29500 | 0.044 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 133 | University of Connecticut | 29200 | 53200 | 0.4512 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 134 | University of West Georgia | 30300 | 46800 | 0.3525 | 10,075 | 1035 | 0.7995 | |
| 135 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 30500 | 31800 | 0.0409 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 136 | Towson University | 30600 | 39200 | 0.2196 | 16,361 | 1082 | 0.8057 | |
| 137 | Kutztown University of Pennsylvania | 30800 | 36000 | 0.1445 | 6,229 | 1174 | 0.8942 | |
| 138 | Illinois State University | 31100 | 36400 | 0.1453 | 19,513 | 1115 | 0.8555 | |
| 139 | George Mason University | 31200 | 35700 | 0.1259 | 28,862 | 1271 | 0.8647 | |
| 140 | State University of New York at New Paltz | 31300 | 35700 | 0.1231 | 6,113 | 1279 | 0.6267 | |
| 141 | Ohio Wesleyan University | 31500 | 108100 | 0.7088 | 1,652 | 1281 | 0.6441 | |
| 142 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 32100 | 36700 | 0.1252 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 143 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32300 | 35100 | 0.0799 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 144 | University of Nevada-Reno | 32500 | 32500 | 0 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 145 | Villanova University | 32600 | 114000 | 0.7141 | 6,933 | 1466 | 0.2814 | |
| 146 | University of Idaho | 32800 | 34400 | 0.0466 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 147 | Liberty University | 33100 | 44700 | 0.2595 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 148 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 33600 | 34200 | 0.0175 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 149 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 34000 | 47000 | 0.2767 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 150 | George Washington University | 34300 | 81800 | 0.5808 | 11,495 | 1436 | 0.4713 | |
| 151 | Samford University | 34900 | 93800 | 0.628 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 152 | Valparaiso University | 35200 | 63000 | 0.441 | 2,056 | 1183 | 0.8994 | |
| 153 | Carthage College | 35800 | 61800 | 0.4207 | 2,914 | 1125 | 0.8445 | |
| 154 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 36100 | 36100 | 0 | 16,131 | 1275 | 0.6472 | |
| 155 | Indiana University-Southeast | 37500 | 40800 | 0.0807 | 3,200 | 1095 | 0.842 | |
| 156 | University of St Thomas | 37900 | 74700 | 0.4928 | 6,270 | 1299 | 0.8548 | |
| 157 | Frostburg State University | 38000 | 55400 | 0.3142 | 3,436 | 1095 | 0.907 | |
| 157 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 38000 | 38400 | 0.0104 | 15,735 | 1069 | 0.8797 | |
| 159 | Framingham State University | 38600 | 48000 | 0.1956 | 2,782 | 1190 | 0.8366 | |
| 160 | University of Denver | 39000 | 84100 | 0.5364 | 5,766 | 1292 | 0.8538 | |
| 161 | Elmhurst University | 40200 | 69600 | 0.4222 | 3,170 | 1133 | 0.7501 | |
| 162 | University at Buffalo | 41800 | 46400 | 0.0992 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 163 | Texas Christian University | 44000 | 87400 | 0.4968 | 11,152 | 1268 | 0.4809 | |
| 164 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 46100 | 46600 | 0.0107 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 165 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47100 | 59800 | 0.2121 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 166 | Georgia Southern University | 47200 | 47900 | 0.0146 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 167 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 48600 | 61200 | 0.2057 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 168 | University of Southern Maine | 48700 | 63100 | 0.2281 | 5,549 | 1139 | 0.8241 | |
| 169 | DePaul University | 49100 | 66400 | 0.2604 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 170 | Michigan State University | 49200 | 56200 | 0.1245 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 171 | University of Iowa | 52100 | 54400 | 0.0421 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 172 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53600 | 63400 | 0.1547 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 173 | Hofstra University | 59300 | 83400 | 0.2889 | 6,599 | 1369 | 0.7267 | |
| 174 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 59500 | 64800 | 0.0817 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 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.