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Considering a degree in Geography?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Geography majors who live in Texas.
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 Texas.
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 | 5700 | 69100 | 0.9179 | 22,077 | 965 | 0.9124 | |
| 4 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22200 | 0.6405 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 5 | California State University-Northridge | 8400 | 36500 | 0.7709 | 32,846 | 1005 | 0.9176 | |
| 6 | Middlebury College | 9000 | 94500 | 0.9048 | 2,640 | 1499 | 0.1277 | |
| 7 | California State University-East Bay | 9200 | 45100 | 0.7964 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 8 | Houston City College | 9300 | 15100 | 0.3854 | 59,451 | 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | Rhode Island College | 9600 | 30200 | 0.6828 | 5,695 | 995 | 0.8557 | |
| 10 | Colgate University | 10200 | 95800 | 0.8935 | 3,193 | 1488 | 0.1388 | |
| 10 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 10200 | 10300 | 0.0106 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 12 | Portland State University | 10400 | 43300 | 0.7598 | 14,932 | 1174 | 0.8586 | |
| 13 | Indiana State University | 10600 | 25900 | 0.5917 | 6,352 | 1015 | 0.9157 | |
| 14 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 10700 | 21100 | 0.4936 | 7,753 | 1140 | 0.9245 | |
| 15 | Southern Utah University | 11100 | 51400 | 0.784 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 16 | California State University-Stanislaus | 11300 | 31200 | 0.6384 | 8,494 | 950 | 0.9558 | |
| 16 | San Jacinto Community College | 11300 | 14300 | 0.2097 | 33,215 | 1135 | 1 | |
| 18 | California State University-Fresno | 11500 | 54600 | 0.7886 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 18 | Worcester State University | 11500 | 34900 | 0.67 | 4,485 | 1090 | 0.8799 | |
| 20 | Marshall University | 11600 | 27800 | 0.5822 | 9,960 | 1070 | 0.9663 | |
| 21 | Fayetteville State University | 11700 | 18200 | 0.3569 | 6,542 | 900 | 0.689 | |
| 22 | Eastern Illinois University | 12200 | 24700 | 0.5045 | 6,731 | 1020 | 0.7073 | |
| 22 | University of Hawaii at Hilo | 12200 | 56000 | 0.7821 | 2,304 | 990 | 0.8351 | |
| 24 | Fitchburg State University | 12400 | 33800 | 0.6327 | 3,000 | 1090 | 0.8885 | |
| 24 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 31100 | 0.6022 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 26 | Mount Holyoke College | 12600 | 89900 | 0.8599 | 2,135 | 1419 | 0.3841 | |
| 26 | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | 12600 | 26300 | 0.5211 | 10,743 | 1075 | 0.9598 | |
| 28 | Louisiana Tech University | 12700 | 42900 | 0.7038 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 29 | Vassar College | 12900 | 93100 | 0.8615 | 2,514 | 1488 | 0.2093 | |
| 30 | University of Arizona | 13000 | 31000 | 0.5803 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 31 | Framingham State University | 13200 | 31000 | 0.5744 | 2,782 | 1190 | 0.8366 | |
| 32 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 13500 | 43000 | 0.686 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 33 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 13700 | 38300 | 0.6417 | 5,677 | 985 | 0.9301 | |
| 34 | Aquinas College | 13800 | 86000 | 0.8395 | 1,103 | 1035 | 0.9726 | |
| 34 | University of South Florida | 13800 | 22400 | 0.3843 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 36 | Bridgewater State University | 14300 | 28800 | 0.505 | 8,849 | 1143 | 0.8798 | |
| 36 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 14300 | 22800 | 0.3733 | 11,994 | 1090 | 0.8651 | |
| 36 | Youngstown State University | 14300 | 28400 | 0.4963 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 39 | San Francisco State University | 14400 | 47700 | 0.6983 | 19,444 | 1035 | 0.9644 | |
| 40 | Arkansas Tech University | 14600 | 31400 | 0.5343 | 8,279 | 1055 | 0.9747 | |
| 40 | California State University-San Bernardino | 14600 | 32700 | 0.5533 | 15,948 | 1020 | 0.943 | |
| 40 | California State University-San Marcos | 14600 | 38300 | 0.6186 | 15,770 | 990 | 0.9513 | |
| 40 | Eastern Michigan University | 14600 | 33900 | 0.5708 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 40 | Salem State University | 14600 | 38300 | 0.6184 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 45 | University of North Alabama | 14800 | 37300 | 0.6033 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 45 | Western Michigan University | 14800 | 26500 | 0.4419 | 13,714 | 1089 | 0.9121 | |
| 47 | Sonoma State University | 15000 | 41200 | 0.636 | 4,449 | 1050 | 0.9841 | |
| 47 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 15000 | 29900 | 0.4999 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 47 | Wayne State College | 15000 | 30200 | 0.5039 | 3,886 | 0 | 1 | |
| 50 | Ball State University | 15400 | 22400 | 0.3127 | 15,950 | 1185 | 0.8625 | |
| 50 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 15400 | 54400 | 0.7174 | 15,735 | 1069 | 0.8797 | |
| 50 | West Virginia University | 15400 | 73100 | 0.789 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 53 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 15500 | 26000 | 0.4034 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 53 | Texas State University | 15500 | 26200 | 0.4074 | 39,353 | 1080 | 0.9118 | |
| 55 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 38800 | 0.5992 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 56 | California State University-Chico | 15700 | 41000 | 0.6176 | 13,599 | 1054 | 0.9107 | |
| 57 | Florida State University | 15800 | 23000 | 0.3133 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 57 | Jacksonville State University | 15800 | 27000 | 0.4155 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 59 | University of California-Los Angeles | 16300 | 36700 | 0.5554 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 59 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16300 | 64800 | 0.7481 | 22,007 | 1427 | 0.1672 | |
| 61 | University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire | 16500 | 22400 | 0.2639 | 8,329 | 1209 | 0.385 | |
| 62 | SUNY College at Geneseo | 16700 | 25600 | 0.3476 | 3,943 | 1275 | 0.3333 | |
| 63 | Georgia Southern University | 16800 | 20100 | 0.1638 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 64 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 16900 | 41200 | 0.5905 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 65 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 17300 | 26600 | 0.35 | 7,747 | 1073 | 0.9617 | |
| 66 | University of Louisville | 17400 | 29100 | 0.4024 | 17,916 | 1134 | 0.7921 | |
| 67 | Sam Houston State University | 17500 | 30300 | 0.4221 | 17,822 | 1035 | 0.9372 | |
| 67 | University at Albany | 17500 | 30800 | 0.4319 | 12,889 | 1245 | 0.7044 | |
| 69 | East Carolina University | 17600 | 26100 | 0.3256 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 69 | Montclair State University | 17600 | 36000 | 0.5117 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 69 | University of South Alabama | 17600 | 22400 | 0.2147 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 72 | University of Kentucky | 17900 | 36500 | 0.509 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 73 | California State University-Fullerton | 18000 | 20600 | 0.1246 | 40,705 | 960 | 0.8811 | |
| 74 | California State University-Sacramento | 18100 | 27700 | 0.3472 | 28,619 | 1015 | 0.9357 | |
| 74 | James Madison University | 18100 | 28900 | 0.3735 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 74 | University of Arkansas | 18100 | 28500 | 0.3667 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 77 | Georgia College & State University | 18300 | 18300 | 0 | 6,250 | 1165 | 0.8466 | |
| 77 | Kennesaw State University | 18300 | 26700 | 0.3145 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 79 | San Jose State University | 18500 | 41100 | 0.5494 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 80 | San Diego State University | 18800 | 28900 | 0.3496 | 36,196 | 1208 | 0.3741 | |
| 81 | The University of Texas at Austin | 18900 | 28200 | 0.3283 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 82 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 19200 | 26900 | 0.2861 | 14,657 | 1190 | 0.7583 | |
| 83 | The University of Montana | 19300 | 27400 | 0.2958 | 8,014 | 1184 | 0.9586 | |
| 84 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 19900 | 45100 | 0.559 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 85 | Pennsylvania Western University | 20000 | 30900 | 0.3529 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 86 | University of Northern Iowa | 20200 | 24800 | 0.1844 | 7,800 | 1115 | 0.9313 | |
| 87 | Syracuse University | 20300 | 83600 | 0.7572 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 87 | University of Wyoming | 20300 | 27900 | 0.2742 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 89 | Emory & Henry University | 20500 | 52400 | 0.6085 | 1,084 | 1145 | 0.8365 | |
| 90 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 20600 | 35200 | 0.4144 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 90 | State University of New York at New Paltz | 20600 | 26300 | 0.217 | 6,113 | 1279 | 0.6267 | |
| 90 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20600 | 57800 | 0.6433 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 93 | SUNY Oneonta | 20700 | 55300 | 0.6262 | 4,815 | 1090 | 0.7696 | |
| 94 | University of Mary Washington | 21100 | 47400 | 0.5558 | 3,531 | 1279 | 0.7413 | |
| 95 | Millersville University of Pennsylvania | 21300 | 24900 | 0.1446 | 5,823 | 1115 | 0.8619 | |
| 96 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 21600 | 27200 | 0.2048 | 5,063 | 1069 | 0.8756 | |
| 97 | Grand Valley State University | 21900 | 36200 | 0.3949 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 97 | Rocky Mountain College | 21900 | 52000 | 0.5786 | 779 | 1055 | 0.7775 | |
| 99 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 22200 | 27900 | 0.2034 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 100 | Augustana College | 22500 | 72800 | 0.6908 | 2,536 | 1157 | 0.6628 | |
| 101 | Park University | 22600 | 31300 | 0.2784 | 4,657 | 1035 | 0.6904 | |
| 101 | Saint Cloud State University | 22600 | 36800 | 0.3849 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 103 | Calvin University | 22800 | 55500 | 0.5889 | 3,359 | 1232 | 0.6791 | |
| 103 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 22800 | 42500 | 0.4635 | 14,249 | 1084 | 0.7761 | |
| 105 | Concordia University-Nebraska | 23000 | 85400 | 0.7306 | 3,007 | 1135 | 0.8572 | |
| 106 | University of Southern Mississippi | 23100 | 23100 | 0 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 107 | Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania | 23400 | 34900 | 0.3299 | 4,371 | 1084 | 0.865 | |
| 108 | Central Washington University | 23800 | 27900 | 0.1472 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 109 | University of Wisconsin-Parkside | 24000 | 30400 | 0.2094 | 3,207 | 1084 | 0.9751 | |
| 110 | University of North Texas | 24300 | 37400 | 0.35 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 111 | University of Northern Colorado | 25100 | 39100 | 0.3582 | 6,598 | 1080 | 0.945 | |
| 112 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 25200 | 36800 | 0.3154 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 113 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 25700 | 32900 | 0.2207 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 114 | Michigan State University | 25800 | 28900 | 0.1089 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 115 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 25900 | 28400 | 0.0902 | 14,834 | 1149 | 0.7803 | |
| 116 | Gustavus Adolphus College | 26100 | 75500 | 0.6544 | 1,906 | 1273 | 0.6099 | |
| 117 | Northern Illinois University | 26300 | 32100 | 0.1812 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 118 | Bemidji State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 3,751 | 1075 | 0.5598 | |
| 119 | Weber State University | 27100 | 31500 | 0.1399 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 120 | University of Georgia | 27200 | 27200 | 0 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 121 | California State University-Long Beach | 27500 | 38800 | 0.2912 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 121 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 18,028 | 1059 | 0.7996 | |
| 123 | University of Central Oklahoma | 28000 | 33800 | 0.1714 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 124 | Central Connecticut State University | 28200 | 30400 | 0.0725 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 125 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29800 | 33000 | 0.0969 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 126 | Towson University | 30000 | 30100 | 0.0033 | 16,361 | 1082 | 0.8057 | |
| 127 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 30100 | 33200 | 0.0932 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 128 | Ohio Wesleyan University | 30700 | 75700 | 0.5941 | 1,652 | 1281 | 0.6441 | |
| 128 | University of North Dakota | 30700 | 33700 | 0.0908 | 11,837 | 1189 | 0.8157 | |
| 130 | Kutztown University of Pennsylvania | 30800 | 35800 | 0.1396 | 6,229 | 1174 | 0.8942 | |
| 131 | George Mason University | 31100 | 35700 | 0.1287 | 28,862 | 1271 | 0.8647 | |
| 132 | Pittsburg State University | 31300 | 37100 | 0.1564 | 4,561 | 1055 | 0.5487 | |
| 133 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 32300 | 54400 | 0.4062 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 134 | Liberty University | 32400 | 44700 | 0.2752 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 135 | Villanova University | 32500 | 92900 | 0.6504 | 6,933 | 1466 | 0.2814 | |
| 136 | University of Colorado Colorado Springs | 33200 | 41600 | 0.2019 | 9,040 | 1119 | 0.9666 | |
| 137 | Salisbury University | 34100 | 41700 | 0.1823 | 6,477 | 1245 | 0.8826 | |
| 138 | George Washington University | 34300 | 81800 | 0.5808 | 11,495 | 1436 | 0.4713 | |
| 138 | University of Vermont | 34300 | 66300 | 0.4821 | 12,159 | 1372 | 0.7304 | |
| 140 | University of Idaho | 34500 | 48700 | 0.2916 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 141 | University of Nevada-Reno | 34700 | 45800 | 0.2425 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 142 | Samford University | 34800 | 93800 | 0.6291 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 143 | Minnesota State University, Mankato | 35000 | 37600 | 0.0683 | 13,433 | 1145 | 0.8844 | |
| 144 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 35200 | 35200 | 0 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 144 | Valparaiso University | 35200 | 63000 | 0.441 | 2,056 | 1183 | 0.8994 | |
| 146 | Temple University | 35500 | 57200 | 0.3791 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 147 | Carthage College | 35700 | 61800 | 0.4218 | 2,914 | 1125 | 0.8445 | |
| 148 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 36100 | 36100 | 0 | 16,131 | 1275 | 0.6472 | |
| 149 | University of Connecticut | 36800 | 66200 | 0.4444 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 150 | University of Maine at Farmington | 37100 | 40800 | 0.0908 | 1,661 | 1062 | 0.9832 | |
| 151 | Indiana University-Southeast | 37200 | 40800 | 0.0875 | 3,200 | 1095 | 0.842 | |
| 151 | Rowan University | 37200 | 53600 | 0.3058 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 153 | University of West Georgia | 37300 | 47300 | 0.2113 | 10,075 | 1035 | 0.7995 | |
| 154 | University of Southern Maine | 37500 | 37500 | 0 | 5,549 | 1139 | 0.8241 | |
| 155 | University of Central Arkansas | 37700 | 40200 | 0.0637 | 8,238 | 1110 | 0.9157 | |
| 156 | Frostburg State University | 37900 | 42500 | 0.1082 | 3,436 | 1095 | 0.907 | |
| 156 | University of St Thomas | 37900 | 74800 | 0.4933 | 6,270 | 1299 | 0.8548 | |
| 158 | University of Denver | 39000 | 84100 | 0.5364 | 5,766 | 1292 | 0.8538 | |
| 159 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 39700 | 40300 | 0.0149 | 26,213 | 1209 | 0.7778 | |
| 160 | Elmhurst University | 40000 | 69600 | 0.4251 | 3,170 | 1133 | 0.7501 | |
| 161 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42300 | 63300 | 0.3318 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 162 | Texas Christian University | 43700 | 87200 | 0.499 | 11,152 | 1268 | 0.4809 | |
| 163 | Kansas State University | 43900 | 48400 | 0.0925 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 164 | Illinois State University | 45500 | 49100 | 0.0726 | 19,513 | 1115 | 0.8555 | |
| 165 | University at Buffalo | 46400 | 46400 | 0 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 166 | Appalachian State University | 46500 | 46500 | 0 | 19,732 | 1174 | 0.9388 | |
| 167 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47200 | 61500 | 0.2335 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 168 | DePaul University | 49100 | 69400 | 0.2923 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 169 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 50600 | 63800 | 0.2065 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 170 | University of Iowa | 51800 | 54400 | 0.0472 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 171 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53400 | 63400 | 0.1578 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 172 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 58600 | 61200 | 0.0419 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 173 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 59100 | 61600 | 0.0416 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 | |
| 174 | Hofstra University | 59200 | 83300 | 0.2894 | 6,599 | 1369 | 0.7267 | |
| 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.