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Considering a degree in Geography?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Geography majors who live in Tennessee.
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 Tennessee.
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 | California State University-East Bay | 9200 | 62400 | 0.8519 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 7 | Rhode Island College | 9500 | 62600 | 0.8481 | 5,695 | 995 | 0.8557 | |
| 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 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 11500 | 21000 | 0.4518 | 7,753 | 1140 | 0.9245 | |
| 13 | California State University-Fresno | 11600 | 54800 | 0.7883 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 13 | Marshall University | 11600 | 27800 | 0.5822 | 9,960 | 1070 | 0.9663 | |
| 13 | Worcester State University | 11600 | 35900 | 0.676 | 4,485 | 1090 | 0.8799 | |
| 16 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 11900 | 31400 | 0.6211 | 14,249 | 1084 | 0.7761 | |
| 17 | Middlebury College | 12000 | 94500 | 0.873 | 2,640 | 1499 | 0.1277 | |
| 18 | University of Hawaii at Hilo | 12300 | 33200 | 0.6286 | 2,304 | 990 | 0.8351 | |
| 19 | Fitchburg State University | 12400 | 34800 | 0.6428 | 3,000 | 1090 | 0.8885 | |
| 19 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 29600 | 0.5802 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 21 | Framingham State University | 13300 | 39800 | 0.6652 | 2,782 | 1190 | 0.8366 | |
| 21 | Vassar College | 13300 | 92200 | 0.8561 | 2,514 | 1488 | 0.2093 | |
| 23 | Eastern Illinois University | 13400 | 24300 | 0.449 | 6,731 | 1020 | 0.7073 | |
| 23 | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | 13400 | 19300 | 0.3057 | 10,743 | 1075 | 0.9598 | |
| 25 | San Francisco State University | 13500 | 47700 | 0.7172 | 19,444 | 1035 | 0.9644 | |
| 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 | Youngstown State University | 14400 | 28400 | 0.4928 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 30 | Louisiana Tech University | 14500 | 43500 | 0.6667 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 31 | Arkansas Tech University | 14700 | 32500 | 0.5481 | 8,279 | 1055 | 0.9747 | |
| 31 | California State University-San Bernardino | 14700 | 32700 | 0.5502 | 15,948 | 1020 | 0.943 | |
| 31 | Eastern Michigan University | 14700 | 33900 | 0.5656 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 31 | University of Memphis | 14700 | 37800 | 0.6115 | 15,538 | 1080 | 0.7878 | |
| 35 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 14800 | 25800 | 0.4235 | 10,396 | 1125 | 0.7162 | |
| 36 | Western Michigan University | 14900 | 26500 | 0.4381 | 13,714 | 1089 | 0.9121 | |
| 37 | Central Connecticut State University | 15100 | 34200 | 0.5582 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 37 | Sonoma State University | 15100 | 57500 | 0.7378 | 4,449 | 1050 | 0.9841 | |
| 39 | Wayne State College | 15200 | 26400 | 0.4238 | 3,886 | 0 | 1 | |
| 40 | Mount Holyoke College | 15400 | 89900 | 0.8288 | 2,135 | 1419 | 0.3841 | |
| 40 | Pittsburg State University | 15400 | 23900 | 0.3551 | 4,561 | 1055 | 0.5487 | |
| 42 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 15600 | 25700 | 0.393 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 42 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 38800 | 0.5992 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 44 | California State University-Chico | 15700 | 58100 | 0.7298 | 13,599 | 1054 | 0.9107 | |
| 44 | Jacksonville State University | 15700 | 42900 | 0.6334 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 46 | Fayetteville State University | 15800 | 25500 | 0.3802 | 6,542 | 900 | 0.689 | |
| 46 | Grand Valley State University | 15800 | 28500 | 0.4448 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 48 | Florida State University | 15900 | 23000 | 0.309 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 49 | Austin Peay State University | 16000 | 29100 | 0.4519 | 9,593 | 1075 | 0.9691 | |
| 50 | Ball State University | 16300 | 22400 | 0.2727 | 15,950 | 1185 | 0.8625 | |
| 50 | University of South Florida | 16300 | 16300 | 0 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 52 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 16400 | 62800 | 0.7385 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 52 | Texas State University | 16400 | 25700 | 0.3624 | 39,353 | 1080 | 0.9118 | |
| 52 | University of California-Los Angeles | 16400 | 47400 | 0.6546 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 55 | Northern Illinois University | 16500 | 30400 | 0.4594 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 55 | The University of Texas at Austin | 16500 | 28100 | 0.4123 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 55 | University of Northern Colorado | 16500 | 64400 | 0.7434 | 6,598 | 1080 | 0.945 | |
| 58 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16600 | 64800 | 0.7439 | 22,007 | 1427 | 0.1672 | |
| 59 | Frostburg State University | 16700 | 34600 | 0.5173 | 3,436 | 1095 | 0.907 | |
| 60 | University of Arizona | 16900 | 41400 | 0.5909 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 61 | California State University-Long Beach | 17000 | 33300 | 0.4896 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 62 | West Virginia University | 17100 | 40900 | 0.5816 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 63 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 17400 | 26300 | 0.3384 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 64 | University of Louisville | 17500 | 29100 | 0.399 | 17,916 | 1134 | 0.7921 | |
| 65 | East Carolina University | 17600 | 26100 | 0.3256 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 66 | Sam Houston State University | 17700 | 27100 | 0.3467 | 17,822 | 1035 | 0.9372 | |
| 67 | California State University-Sacramento | 17900 | 35700 | 0.4987 | 28,619 | 1015 | 0.9357 | |
| 68 | University of Kentucky | 18100 | 46800 | 0.6139 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 69 | University of Arkansas | 18200 | 36800 | 0.5047 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 70 | Georgia College & State University | 18300 | 18300 | 0 | 6,250 | 1165 | 0.8466 | |
| 70 | James Madison University | 18300 | 28900 | 0.3672 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 70 | University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire | 18300 | 22400 | 0.1834 | 8,329 | 1209 | 0.385 | |
| 73 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 18400 | 30600 | 0.3971 | 38,463 | 1324 | 0.7589 | |
| 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 | |
| 76 | University of South Alabama | 18500 | 40600 | 0.5438 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 77 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 18700 | 25200 | 0.2576 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 78 | San Diego State University | 18900 | 28900 | 0.3461 | 36,196 | 1208 | 0.3741 | |
| 79 | California State University-Fullerton | 19000 | 61400 | 0.6904 | 40,705 | 960 | 0.8811 | |
| 79 | San Jose State University | 19000 | 41100 | 0.5379 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 81 | The University of Montana | 19300 | 75200 | 0.743 | 8,014 | 1184 | 0.9586 | |
| 81 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 19300 | 26400 | 0.2688 | 5,063 | 1069 | 0.8756 | |
| 81 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 19300 | 26900 | 0.2823 | 14,657 | 1190 | 0.7583 | |
| 84 | SUNY Oneonta | 19700 | 28800 | 0.3158 | 4,815 | 1090 | 0.7696 | |
| 85 | Georgia Southern University | 19800 | 20100 | 0.0149 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 85 | Syracuse University | 19800 | 83600 | 0.7632 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 87 | Pennsylvania Western University | 20100 | 30900 | 0.3497 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 87 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20100 | 45100 | 0.5547 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 89 | Salem State University | 20200 | 39400 | 0.4877 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 89 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 20200 | 38500 | 0.4738 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 | |
| 91 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 20400 | 29900 | 0.317 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 92 | University of Wyoming | 20500 | 27900 | 0.2644 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 93 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 20600 | 32300 | 0.362 | 15,735 | 1069 | 0.8797 | |
| 94 | Emory & Henry University | 20800 | 52400 | 0.6024 | 1,084 | 1145 | 0.8365 | |
| 95 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 21000 | 25500 | 0.1765 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 96 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 21200 | 39200 | 0.4594 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 97 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 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 | Indiana University-Southeast | 22600 | 25900 | 0.1269 | 3,200 | 1095 | 0.842 | |
| 100 | Park University | 22600 | 31300 | 0.2784 | 4,657 | 1035 | 0.6904 | |
| 102 | Augustana College | 22700 | 72800 | 0.6881 | 2,536 | 1157 | 0.6628 | |
| 102 | Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania | 22700 | 52300 | 0.566 | 4,371 | 1084 | 0.865 | |
| 104 | Saint Cloud State University | 22900 | 36800 | 0.3775 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 105 | Concordia University-Nebraska | 23100 | 60400 | 0.6174 | 3,007 | 1135 | 0.8572 | |
| 106 | Calvin University | 23400 | 85000 | 0.725 | 3,359 | 1232 | 0.6791 | |
| 107 | Weber State University | 23600 | 31500 | 0.2511 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 108 | Bridgewater State University | 23700 | 37300 | 0.3644 | 8,849 | 1143 | 0.8798 | |
| 109 | University of Wisconsin-Parkside | 23800 | 30400 | 0.2168 | 3,207 | 1084 | 0.9751 | |
| 110 | University of Maine at Farmington | 24200 | 33700 | 0.2828 | 1,661 | 1062 | 0.9832 | |
| 111 | University of Southern Mississippi | 24400 | 30400 | 0.1974 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 112 | Indiana State University | 24800 | 32400 | 0.2347 | 6,352 | 1015 | 0.9157 | |
| 113 | University at Buffalo | 25100 | 34000 | 0.2618 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 114 | Michigan State University | 25800 | 28900 | 0.1089 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 115 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 26100 | 28400 | 0.0805 | 14,834 | 1149 | 0.7803 | |
| 115 | University of North Texas | 26100 | 26100 | 0 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 117 | Gustavus Adolphus College | 26300 | 75500 | 0.6519 | 1,906 | 1273 | 0.6099 | |
| 118 | Bemidji State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 3,751 | 1075 | 0.5598 | |
| 119 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 26800 | 36800 | 0.2719 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 120 | University of Georgia | 27200 | 27200 | 0 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 120 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 27200 | 43300 | 0.3722 | 7,747 | 1073 | 0.9617 | |
| 122 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 18,028 | 1059 | 0.7996 | |
| 123 | Central Washington University | 27700 | 27900 | 0.0072 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 124 | University of Northern Iowa | 27900 | 36200 | 0.2292 | 7,800 | 1115 | 0.9313 | |
| 125 | University of Central Oklahoma | 28200 | 44800 | 0.3706 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 126 | California State University-San Marcos | 28300 | 38300 | 0.261 | 15,770 | 990 | 0.9513 | |
| 127 | University of Connecticut | 29200 | 53200 | 0.4512 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 128 | University of Mary Washington | 29500 | 32500 | 0.0924 | 3,531 | 1279 | 0.7413 | |
| 129 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 30200 | 59100 | 0.4887 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 130 | University of West Georgia | 30300 | 46800 | 0.3525 | 10,075 | 1035 | 0.7995 | |
| 131 | Kutztown University of Pennsylvania | 30800 | 36000 | 0.1445 | 6,229 | 1174 | 0.8942 | |
| 132 | University of North Dakota | 31000 | 33700 | 0.0827 | 11,837 | 1189 | 0.8157 | |
| 133 | Illinois State University | 31100 | 36400 | 0.1453 | 19,513 | 1115 | 0.8555 | |
| 134 | State University of New York at New Paltz | 31300 | 35700 | 0.1231 | 6,113 | 1279 | 0.6267 | |
| 135 | Ohio Wesleyan University | 31500 | 108100 | 0.7088 | 1,652 | 1281 | 0.6441 | |
| 136 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 32100 | 36700 | 0.1252 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 137 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 32200 | 39900 | 0.1931 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 138 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 32400 | 54400 | 0.4043 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 139 | Villanova University | 32600 | 114000 | 0.7141 | 6,933 | 1466 | 0.2814 | |
| 140 | Liberty University | 33100 | 44700 | 0.2595 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 141 | University of Colorado Colorado Springs | 33400 | 53600 | 0.3767 | 9,040 | 1119 | 0.9666 | |
| 142 | SUNY College at Geneseo | 33600 | 39400 | 0.1473 | 3,943 | 1275 | 0.3333 | |
| 143 | Salisbury University | 34000 | 41600 | 0.1827 | 6,477 | 1245 | 0.8826 | |
| 143 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 34000 | 47000 | 0.2767 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 145 | George Washington University | 34300 | 81800 | 0.5808 | 11,495 | 1436 | 0.4713 | |
| 146 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 34400 | 35200 | 0.0238 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 147 | University of Vermont | 34500 | 66300 | 0.4799 | 12,159 | 1372 | 0.7304 | |
| 148 | University of Idaho | 34700 | 48700 | 0.2875 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 149 | Samford University | 34900 | 93800 | 0.628 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 150 | Valparaiso University | 35200 | 63000 | 0.441 | 2,056 | 1183 | 0.8994 | |
| 151 | Minnesota State University, Mankato | 35300 | 37600 | 0.0609 | 13,433 | 1145 | 0.8844 | |
| 152 | Carthage College | 35800 | 61800 | 0.4207 | 2,914 | 1125 | 0.8445 | |
| 152 | Temple University | 35800 | 57200 | 0.3739 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 154 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 36100 | 36100 | 0 | 16,131 | 1275 | 0.6472 | |
| 155 | University of Nevada-Reno | 37300 | 44800 | 0.1674 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 156 | University of St Thomas | 37900 | 74700 | 0.4928 | 6,270 | 1299 | 0.8548 | |
| 157 | University of Central Arkansas | 38000 | 40200 | 0.0569 | 8,238 | 1110 | 0.9157 | |
| 158 | University of Denver | 39000 | 84100 | 0.5364 | 5,766 | 1292 | 0.8538 | |
| 159 | Elmhurst University | 40200 | 69600 | 0.4222 | 3,170 | 1133 | 0.7501 | |
| 159 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 40200 | 40300 | 0.0025 | 26,213 | 1209 | 0.7778 | |
| 161 | Montclair State University | 42500 | 47000 | 0.0958 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 162 | Kansas State University | 43600 | 47900 | 0.0896 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 163 | Texas Christian University | 44000 | 87400 | 0.4968 | 11,152 | 1268 | 0.4809 | |
| 164 | Appalachian State University | 46100 | 46100 | 0 | 19,732 | 1174 | 0.9388 | |
| 164 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 46100 | 46600 | 0.0107 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 166 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47100 | 59800 | 0.2121 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 167 | University of Southern Maine | 48700 | 63100 | 0.2281 | 5,549 | 1139 | 0.8241 | |
| 168 | University at Albany | 48900 | 48900 | 0 | 12,889 | 1245 | 0.7044 | |
| 169 | DePaul University | 49100 | 66400 | 0.2604 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 170 | Towson University | 50400 | 68400 | 0.2633 | 16,361 | 1082 | 0.8057 | |
| 171 | University of Iowa | 52100 | 54400 | 0.0421 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 172 | George Mason University | 53400 | 61400 | 0.1304 | 28,862 | 1271 | 0.8647 | |
| 173 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 173 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53600 | 63400 | 0.1547 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 175 | Hofstra University | 59300 | 83400 | 0.2889 | 6,599 | 1369 | 0.7267 | |
| 176 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 59500 | 64800 | 0.0817 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.