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Considering a degree in Geography?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Geography majors who live in Virginia.
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 Virginia.
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 | Old Dominion University | 0 | 32400 | 1 | 17,504 | 1205 | 0.9135 | |
| 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 | |
| 4 | California State University-Los Angeles | 5100 | 69100 | 0.9266 | 22,077 | 965 | 0.9124 | |
| 5 | Brigham Young University | 8100 | 22100 | 0.6333 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 5 | California State University-Northridge | 8100 | 65100 | 0.8757 | 32,846 | 1005 | 0.9176 | |
| 7 | Rhode Island College | 9000 | 62600 | 0.8561 | 5,695 | 995 | 0.8557 | |
| 8 | Colgate University | 9200 | 95800 | 0.9039 | 3,193 | 1488 | 0.1388 | |
| 9 | California State University-East Bay | 9300 | 62400 | 0.8503 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 10 | Portland State University | 10000 | 73900 | 0.8645 | 14,932 | 1174 | 0.8586 | |
| 11 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 10300 | 10300 | 0 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 12 | California State University-Stanislaus | 11100 | 31200 | 0.6448 | 8,494 | 950 | 0.9558 | |
| 12 | Marshall University | 11100 | 27800 | 0.6002 | 9,960 | 1070 | 0.9663 | |
| 12 | Worcester State University | 11100 | 35900 | 0.6899 | 4,485 | 1090 | 0.8799 | |
| 15 | Middlebury College | 11200 | 94500 | 0.8815 | 2,640 | 1499 | 0.1277 | |
| 16 | California State University-Fresno | 11300 | 54800 | 0.7938 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 16 | Fayetteville State University | 11300 | 20300 | 0.4428 | 6,542 | 900 | 0.689 | |
| 18 | Indiana State University | 11400 | 25900 | 0.5607 | 6,352 | 1015 | 0.9157 | |
| 18 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 11400 | 31400 | 0.637 | 14,249 | 1084 | 0.7761 | |
| 20 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 11500 | 21000 | 0.4518 | 7,753 | 1140 | 0.9245 | |
| 21 | University of Hawaii at Hilo | 11900 | 33200 | 0.6407 | 2,304 | 990 | 0.8351 | |
| 22 | Vassar College | 12100 | 92200 | 0.8692 | 2,514 | 1488 | 0.2093 | |
| 23 | Fitchburg State University | 12400 | 34800 | 0.6428 | 3,000 | 1090 | 0.8885 | |
| 24 | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | 12700 | 19300 | 0.342 | 10,743 | 1075 | 0.9598 | |
| 25 | Eastern Illinois University | 12900 | 24300 | 0.4696 | 6,731 | 1020 | 0.7073 | |
| 26 | University of Southern Maine | 13000 | 29700 | 0.5621 | 5,549 | 1139 | 0.8241 | |
| 27 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 13100 | 43000 | 0.6953 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 28 | San Francisco State University | 13200 | 47700 | 0.7235 | 19,444 | 1035 | 0.9644 | |
| 29 | Framingham State University | 13300 | 39800 | 0.6652 | 2,782 | 1190 | 0.8366 | |
| 30 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 13400 | 55100 | 0.7569 | 5,677 | 985 | 0.9301 | |
| 31 | Aquinas College | 13700 | 86000 | 0.8407 | 1,103 | 1035 | 0.9726 | |
| 31 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 61700 | 0.7784 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 33 | Louisiana Tech University | 13900 | 43500 | 0.6804 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 34 | Bridgewater State University | 14000 | 28800 | 0.5152 | 8,849 | 1143 | 0.8798 | |
| 35 | Youngstown State University | 14100 | 28400 | 0.5033 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 36 | Eastern Michigan University | 14200 | 33900 | 0.5804 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 37 | California State University-San Bernardino | 14400 | 32700 | 0.5594 | 15,948 | 1020 | 0.943 | |
| 38 | Arkansas Tech University | 14600 | 32500 | 0.5512 | 8,279 | 1055 | 0.9747 | |
| 39 | Mount Holyoke College | 14700 | 89900 | 0.8366 | 2,135 | 1419 | 0.3841 | |
| 40 | Sonoma State University | 14800 | 57500 | 0.743 | 4,449 | 1050 | 0.9841 | |
| 41 | Wayne State College | 14900 | 26400 | 0.4352 | 3,886 | 0 | 1 | |
| 42 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 15200 | 25700 | 0.4085 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 43 | California State University-Chico | 15300 | 58100 | 0.7366 | 13,599 | 1054 | 0.9107 | |
| 43 | University of Wisconsin-Parkside | 15300 | 20600 | 0.2548 | 3,207 | 1084 | 0.9751 | |
| 45 | Jacksonville State University | 15500 | 42900 | 0.638 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 45 | University of Maine at Farmington | 15500 | 25500 | 0.3919 | 1,661 | 1062 | 0.9832 | |
| 47 | Florida State University | 15600 | 23000 | 0.322 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 47 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 29800 | 0.4782 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 49 | Ball State University | 15700 | 22400 | 0.2995 | 15,950 | 1185 | 0.8625 | |
| 49 | Texas State University | 15700 | 25700 | 0.3897 | 39,353 | 1080 | 0.9118 | |
| 51 | Grand Valley State University | 15800 | 28500 | 0.4448 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 51 | University of North Texas | 15800 | 26100 | 0.3943 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 53 | Northern Illinois University | 15900 | 30400 | 0.4777 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 54 | Appalachian State University | 16000 | 22800 | 0.2985 | 19,732 | 1174 | 0.9388 | |
| 54 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 16000 | 62800 | 0.7449 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 54 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 16000 | 22300 | 0.2822 | 26,213 | 1209 | 0.7778 | |
| 57 | University of Northern Colorado | 16300 | 64400 | 0.7465 | 6,598 | 1080 | 0.945 | |
| 57 | University of South Florida | 16300 | 16300 | 0 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 59 | University of Arizona | 16500 | 41400 | 0.6016 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 59 | West Virginia University | 16500 | 40900 | 0.5963 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 61 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16600 | 64800 | 0.7439 | 22,007 | 1427 | 0.1672 | |
| 62 | Kansas State University | 16800 | 26400 | 0.3644 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 63 | Sam Houston State University | 17000 | 27100 | 0.3726 | 17,822 | 1035 | 0.9372 | |
| 63 | University of Louisville | 17000 | 29100 | 0.4162 | 17,916 | 1134 | 0.7921 | |
| 65 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 17400 | 29900 | 0.4173 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 66 | University of Kentucky | 17500 | 46800 | 0.6264 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 67 | University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire | 17600 | 22400 | 0.2147 | 8,329 | 1209 | 0.385 | |
| 68 | University at Albany | 17700 | 30800 | 0.4254 | 12,889 | 1245 | 0.7044 | |
| 68 | University of South Alabama | 17700 | 40600 | 0.5635 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 70 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 17800 | 22800 | 0.2196 | 11,994 | 1090 | 0.8651 | |
| 71 | California State University-Sacramento | 17900 | 35700 | 0.4987 | 28,619 | 1015 | 0.9357 | |
| 72 | Kennesaw State University | 18000 | 61500 | 0.7069 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 73 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 18100 | 25200 | 0.2814 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 74 | Georgia College & State University | 18300 | 18300 | 0 | 6,250 | 1165 | 0.8466 | |
| 75 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 18400 | 30600 | 0.3971 | 38,463 | 1324 | 0.7589 | |
| 76 | San Diego State University | 18500 | 28900 | 0.3599 | 36,196 | 1208 | 0.3741 | |
| 76 | University of Central Oklahoma | 18500 | 35500 | 0.4795 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 78 | San Jose State University | 18700 | 41100 | 0.5452 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 79 | California State University-Fullerton | 19300 | 61400 | 0.6855 | 40,705 | 960 | 0.8811 | |
| 79 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 19300 | 26400 | 0.2684 | 5,063 | 1069 | 0.8756 | |
| 79 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 19300 | 26900 | 0.2823 | 14,657 | 1190 | 0.7583 | |
| 82 | SUNY Oneonta | 19500 | 28800 | 0.3227 | 4,815 | 1090 | 0.7696 | |
| 83 | Emory & Henry University | 19600 | 52400 | 0.6257 | 1,084 | 1145 | 0.8365 | |
| 84 | Pennsylvania Western University | 19700 | 30900 | 0.3626 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 84 | University of Northern Iowa | 19700 | 24000 | 0.1786 | 7,800 | 1115 | 0.9313 | |
| 86 | Salem State University | 19800 | 39400 | 0.4979 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 86 | Syracuse University | 19800 | 83600 | 0.7632 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 88 | Georgia Southern University | 19900 | 20100 | 0.0099 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 89 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20200 | 45100 | 0.5531 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 90 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 20400 | 25500 | 0.2 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 91 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 21100 | 47800 | 0.5587 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 92 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 21300 | 28300 | 0.2477 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 93 | Millersville University of Pennsylvania | 21400 | 54200 | 0.605 | 5,823 | 1115 | 0.8619 | |
| 93 | State University of New York at New Paltz | 21400 | 26300 | 0.1865 | 6,113 | 1279 | 0.6267 | |
| 95 | Rocky Mountain College | 21500 | 67200 | 0.6802 | 779 | 1055 | 0.7775 | |
| 96 | Montclair State University | 22000 | 36800 | 0.4025 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 97 | Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania | 22200 | 52300 | 0.5756 | 4,371 | 1084 | 0.865 | |
| 97 | Western Michigan University | 22200 | 37800 | 0.413 | 13,714 | 1089 | 0.9121 | |
| 99 | Park University | 22500 | 31300 | 0.2816 | 4,657 | 1035 | 0.6904 | |
| 100 | Concordia University-Nebraska | 22600 | 60400 | 0.6257 | 3,007 | 1135 | 0.8572 | |
| 100 | Indiana University-Southeast | 22600 | 25900 | 0.1269 | 3,200 | 1095 | 0.842 | |
| 102 | Augustana College | 22700 | 72800 | 0.6881 | 2,536 | 1157 | 0.6628 | |
| 103 | Saint Cloud State University | 22900 | 36800 | 0.3775 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 104 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 23000 | 27500 | 0.1618 | 18,028 | 1059 | 0.7996 | |
| 105 | University of North Alabama | 23200 | 37300 | 0.3781 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 106 | Calvin University | 23300 | 85000 | 0.7262 | 3,359 | 1232 | 0.6791 | |
| 106 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 23300 | 32900 | 0.2914 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 108 | Weber State University | 23700 | 31500 | 0.2479 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 109 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24100 | 38400 | 0.3726 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 109 | University of Southern Mississippi | 24100 | 30400 | 0.2073 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 111 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 24400 | 24400 | 0 | 16,131 | 1275 | 0.6472 | |
| 112 | Pittsburg State University | 24700 | 36200 | 0.3176 | 4,561 | 1055 | 0.5487 | |
| 113 | Temple University | 24800 | 36100 | 0.3132 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 114 | Minnesota State University, Mankato | 25700 | 28000 | 0.0817 | 13,433 | 1145 | 0.8844 | |
| 115 | Michigan State University | 25800 | 28900 | 0.1089 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 115 | University of North Dakota | 25800 | 28600 | 0.0977 | 11,837 | 1189 | 0.8157 | |
| 117 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 26300 | 36800 | 0.2855 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 117 | Gustavus Adolphus College | 26300 | 75500 | 0.6519 | 1,906 | 1273 | 0.6099 | |
| 119 | Bemidji State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 3,751 | 1075 | 0.5598 | |
| 120 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 26700 | 43300 | 0.3837 | 7,747 | 1073 | 0.9617 | |
| 121 | University of Arkansas | 26800 | 52400 | 0.4888 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 122 | University of Georgia | 27200 | 27200 | 0 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 123 | California State University-Long Beach | 27300 | 43100 | 0.367 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 123 | Rowan University | 27300 | 41300 | 0.3392 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 125 | Central Washington University | 27700 | 27900 | 0.0072 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 126 | Central Connecticut State University | 27800 | 29500 | 0.0576 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 127 | California State University-San Marcos | 28000 | 38300 | 0.2689 | 15,770 | 990 | 0.9513 | |
| 128 | University of Mary Washington | 29500 | 32500 | 0.093 | 3,531 | 1279 | 0.7413 | |
| 129 | University of Iowa | 29800 | 32100 | 0.0714 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 130 | Southern Utah University | 29900 | 40800 | 0.2673 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 130 | Towson University | 29900 | 39200 | 0.2374 | 16,361 | 1082 | 0.8057 | |
| 132 | University of West Georgia | 30100 | 46800 | 0.3568 | 10,075 | 1035 | 0.7995 | |
| 133 | Kutztown University of Pennsylvania | 30800 | 36000 | 0.1445 | 6,229 | 1174 | 0.8942 | |
| 134 | Ohio Wesleyan University | 31700 | 108100 | 0.7069 | 1,652 | 1281 | 0.6441 | |
| 135 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 32000 | 39900 | 0.1981 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 136 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 32100 | 36700 | 0.1252 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 136 | Villanova University | 32100 | 114000 | 0.7185 | 6,933 | 1466 | 0.2814 | |
| 138 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32300 | 35100 | 0.0799 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 139 | University of Colorado Colorado Springs | 32600 | 53600 | 0.3917 | 9,040 | 1119 | 0.9666 | |
| 140 | Liberty University | 33100 | 43400 | 0.2361 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 141 | SUNY College at Geneseo | 33600 | 39400 | 0.1473 | 3,943 | 1275 | 0.3333 | |
| 142 | James Madison University | 33800 | 45100 | 0.2506 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 143 | George Washington University | 34300 | 81800 | 0.5808 | 11,495 | 1436 | 0.4713 | |
| 143 | Salisbury University | 34300 | 41600 | 0.1755 | 6,477 | 1245 | 0.8826 | |
| 145 | University of Vermont | 34500 | 66300 | 0.4799 | 12,159 | 1372 | 0.7304 | |
| 146 | Samford University | 34600 | 93800 | 0.6312 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 147 | University of Idaho | 34800 | 48700 | 0.2854 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 148 | Valparaiso University | 35200 | 63000 | 0.441 | 2,056 | 1183 | 0.8994 | |
| 149 | George Mason University | 35700 | 35800 | 0.0011 | 28,862 | 1271 | 0.8647 | |
| 150 | Carthage College | 35800 | 61800 | 0.4207 | 2,914 | 1125 | 0.8445 | |
| 151 | East Carolina University | 36900 | 42700 | 0.1356 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 152 | University of Connecticut | 37100 | 70600 | 0.4746 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 153 | University of Nevada-Reno | 37300 | 44800 | 0.1674 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 154 | Frostburg State University | 37600 | 55400 | 0.3214 | 3,436 | 1095 | 0.907 | |
| 155 | University of Central Arkansas | 38000 | 40200 | 0.0569 | 8,238 | 1110 | 0.9157 | |
| 155 | University of St Thomas | 38000 | 74700 | 0.4914 | 6,270 | 1299 | 0.8548 | |
| 157 | The University of Montana | 39200 | 75200 | 0.4785 | 8,014 | 1184 | 0.9586 | |
| 157 | University of Denver | 39200 | 84100 | 0.5341 | 5,766 | 1292 | 0.8538 | |
| 159 | University of Wyoming | 40000 | 45300 | 0.1168 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 160 | Elmhurst University | 40200 | 69600 | 0.4222 | 3,170 | 1133 | 0.7501 | |
| 161 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40300 | 90200 | 0.5531 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 162 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 41400 | 53400 | 0.2249 | 21,469 | 1167 | 0.9061 | |
| 163 | University at Buffalo | 41500 | 46400 | 0.1057 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 164 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42600 | 57200 | 0.2552 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 165 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 43700 | 60500 | 0.2778 | 15,735 | 1069 | 0.8797 | |
| 166 | Texas Christian University | 44300 | 87400 | 0.4934 | 11,152 | 1268 | 0.4809 | |
| 167 | Illinois State University | 45800 | 49100 | 0.067 | 19,513 | 1115 | 0.8555 | |
| 168 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47100 | 59800 | 0.2121 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 169 | DePaul University | 49000 | 66400 | 0.2619 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 170 | The University of Texas at Austin | 49800 | 58800 | 0.153 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 171 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 50600 | 52900 | 0.0433 | 14,834 | 1149 | 0.7803 | |
| 172 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 58900 | 61200 | 0.0374 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 173 | Hofstra University | 59000 | 83400 | 0.2925 | 6,599 | 1369 | 0.7267 | |
| 174 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 59300 | 61600 | 0.0372 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 | |
| 175 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 60200 | 64800 | 0.0709 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.