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Considering a degree in Geography?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Geography majors who live in Washington.
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 Washington.
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 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22000 | 0.6362 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 4 | Mount Holyoke College | 9500 | 89900 | 0.8946 | 2,135 | 1419 | 0.3841 | |
| 5 | Southern Utah University | 10500 | 22200 | 0.528 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 6 | Colgate University | 11000 | 95800 | 0.8848 | 3,193 | 1488 | 0.1388 | |
| 7 | California State University-Fresno | 11600 | 19600 | 0.4119 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 7 | Fayetteville State University | 11600 | 20300 | 0.428 | 6,542 | 900 | 0.689 | |
| 7 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 11600 | 27800 | 0.582 | 22,007 | 1427 | 0.1672 | |
| 10 | California State University-Sacramento | 11700 | 31300 | 0.6265 | 28,619 | 1015 | 0.9357 | |
| 10 | Eastern Washington University | 11700 | 31200 | 0.6251 | 7,640 | 1045 | 0.8526 | |
| 12 | Marshall University | 12200 | 36600 | 0.6663 | 9,960 | 1070 | 0.9663 | |
| 13 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 12600 | 24900 | 0.4932 | 5,677 | 985 | 0.9301 | |
| 14 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 12800 | 25000 | 0.4873 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 15 | Vassar College | 13000 | 92400 | 0.8595 | 2,514 | 1488 | 0.2093 | |
| 16 | California State University-San Bernardino | 13200 | 30800 | 0.5721 | 15,948 | 1020 | 0.943 | |
| 16 | Eastern Illinois University | 13200 | 24300 | 0.4572 | 6,731 | 1020 | 0.7073 | |
| 18 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 13400 | 24700 | 0.4577 | 7,753 | 1140 | 0.9245 | |
| 19 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 13600 | 43000 | 0.6837 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 20 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 63200 | 0.7838 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 21 | University of Georgia | 14000 | 26600 | 0.4737 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 22 | Middlebury College | 14300 | 89900 | 0.841 | 2,640 | 1499 | 0.1277 | |
| 23 | Arkansas Tech University | 14600 | 27400 | 0.4675 | 8,279 | 1055 | 0.9747 | |
| 23 | Western Washington University | 14600 | 31400 | 0.5355 | 13,609 | 1199 | 0.9371 | |
| 25 | Northern Illinois University | 14700 | 30400 | 0.5174 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 26 | Sonoma State University | 14800 | 26700 | 0.4457 | 4,449 | 1050 | 0.9841 | |
| 27 | Wayne State College | 15300 | 20300 | 0.2463 | 3,886 | 0 | 1 | |
| 28 | California State University-Chico | 15500 | 23500 | 0.3401 | 13,599 | 1054 | 0.9107 | |
| 28 | University of Central Oklahoma | 15500 | 28700 | 0.46 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 30 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 29800 | 0.4782 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 31 | Western Michigan University | 15700 | 26500 | 0.4079 | 13,714 | 1089 | 0.9121 | |
| 32 | University of West Georgia | 15800 | 24600 | 0.3581 | 10,075 | 1035 | 0.7995 | |
| 33 | Fitchburg State University | 16000 | 33700 | 0.5253 | 3,000 | 1090 | 0.8885 | |
| 34 | Appalachian State University | 16200 | 19500 | 0.1693 | 19,732 | 1174 | 0.9388 | |
| 35 | California State University-Long Beach | 16300 | 25800 | 0.3683 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 35 | University of North Texas | 16300 | 26100 | 0.3761 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 35 | Worcester State University | 16300 | 31700 | 0.4852 | 4,485 | 1090 | 0.8799 | |
| 38 | Frostburg State University | 16500 | 26600 | 0.3794 | 3,436 | 1095 | 0.907 | |
| 38 | Portland State University | 16500 | 26100 | 0.368 | 14,932 | 1174 | 0.8586 | |
| 40 | SUNY College at Geneseo | 16600 | 26400 | 0.3706 | 3,943 | 1275 | 0.3333 | |
| 41 | University of Colorado Colorado Springs | 16700 | 25400 | 0.343 | 9,040 | 1119 | 0.9666 | |
| 42 | Eastern Michigan University | 16800 | 36100 | 0.5348 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 43 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 17200 | 35400 | 0.5147 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 43 | West Virginia University | 17200 | 40900 | 0.5792 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 45 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 17400 | 29900 | 0.4173 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 46 | Sam Houston State University | 17500 | 27000 | 0.352 | 17,822 | 1035 | 0.9372 | |
| 47 | University at Albany | 17700 | 30800 | 0.4254 | 12,889 | 1245 | 0.7044 | |
| 48 | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | 18100 | 21900 | 0.1737 | 10,743 | 1075 | 0.9598 | |
| 49 | Towson University | 18200 | 29900 | 0.3909 | 16,361 | 1082 | 0.8057 | |
| 49 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 18200 | 22800 | 0.202 | 11,994 | 1090 | 0.8651 | |
| 51 | Georgia College & State University | 18300 | 18300 | 0 | 6,250 | 1165 | 0.8466 | |
| 51 | University of Vermont | 18300 | 37800 | 0.5164 | 12,159 | 1372 | 0.7304 | |
| 53 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 18600 | 39000 | 0.5228 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 54 | Central Washington University | 18700 | 22800 | 0.1773 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 55 | University of Maine at Farmington | 19500 | 33700 | 0.422 | 1,661 | 1062 | 0.9832 | |
| 55 | University of Nevada-Reno | 19500 | 28200 | 0.3083 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 57 | University of Northern Iowa | 19700 | 24000 | 0.1786 | 7,800 | 1115 | 0.9313 | |
| 58 | California State University-Los Angeles | 19900 | 38000 | 0.4764 | 22,077 | 965 | 0.9124 | |
| 58 | University of South Alabama | 19900 | 22400 | 0.1118 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 60 | Central Connecticut State University | 20100 | 29500 | 0.3185 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 60 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20100 | 45200 | 0.5559 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 62 | Youngstown State University | 20200 | 34000 | 0.4059 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 63 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20300 | 39900 | 0.4915 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 64 | Emory & Henry University | 20500 | 52400 | 0.6085 | 1,084 | 1145 | 0.8365 | |
| 64 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 20500 | 32300 | 0.3651 | 15,735 | 1069 | 0.8797 | |
| 66 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 20700 | 26000 | 0.2032 | 5,063 | 1069 | 0.8756 | |
| 67 | Millersville University of Pennsylvania | 21200 | 24900 | 0.1486 | 5,823 | 1115 | 0.8619 | |
| 68 | State University of New York at New Paltz | 21500 | 26300 | 0.1827 | 6,113 | 1279 | 0.6267 | |
| 69 | Louisiana Tech University | 21700 | 26100 | 0.1687 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 70 | Rocky Mountain College | 21900 | 52000 | 0.5786 | 779 | 1055 | 0.7775 | |
| 71 | Grand Valley State University | 22100 | 35900 | 0.3849 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 72 | Aquinas College | 22400 | 53400 | 0.581 | 1,103 | 1035 | 0.9726 | |
| 72 | Florida State University | 22400 | 32400 | 0.3091 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 72 | University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire | 22400 | 22400 | 0 | 8,329 | 1209 | 0.385 | |
| 75 | Indiana University-Southeast | 22600 | 25900 | 0.1269 | 3,200 | 1095 | 0.842 | |
| 76 | Augustana College | 22700 | 72800 | 0.6881 | 2,536 | 1157 | 0.6628 | |
| 77 | Saint Cloud State University | 22900 | 36800 | 0.3775 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 78 | Concordia University-Nebraska | 23100 | 61100 | 0.6218 | 3,007 | 1135 | 0.8572 | |
| 79 | San Jose State University | 23200 | 41100 | 0.4356 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 80 | University of Wisconsin-Parkside | 23800 | 30400 | 0.2168 | 3,207 | 1084 | 0.9751 | |
| 81 | Calvin University | 24000 | 53500 | 0.5513 | 3,359 | 1232 | 0.6791 | |
| 82 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24100 | 39300 | 0.3873 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 83 | University of Arizona | 24400 | 37700 | 0.3533 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 83 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 24400 | 24400 | 0 | 16,131 | 1275 | 0.6472 | |
| 85 | Indiana State University | 24700 | 32400 | 0.2377 | 6,352 | 1015 | 0.9157 | |
| 86 | University at Buffalo | 25000 | 34000 | 0.2647 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 87 | University of Hawaii at Hilo | 25100 | 38300 | 0.3448 | 2,304 | 990 | 0.8351 | |
| 88 | Pennsylvania Western University | 25200 | 34400 | 0.2672 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 89 | Temple University | 25300 | 36100 | 0.2994 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 90 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 25600 | 32800 | 0.2194 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 91 | California State University-Stanislaus | 25700 | 33000 | 0.2214 | 8,494 | 950 | 0.9558 | |
| 92 | Michigan State University | 25800 | 28900 | 0.1089 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 93 | Park University | 25900 | 31300 | 0.1728 | 4,657 | 1035 | 0.6904 | |
| 93 | Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania | 25900 | 34900 | 0.2582 | 4,371 | 1084 | 0.865 | |
| 95 | Gustavus Adolphus College | 26300 | 75500 | 0.6519 | 1,906 | 1273 | 0.6099 | |
| 96 | Ball State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 15,950 | 1185 | 0.8625 | |
| 96 | Bemidji State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 3,751 | 1075 | 0.5598 | |
| 96 | Georgia Southern University | 26400 | 26800 | 0.015 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 96 | Salem State University | 26400 | 43200 | 0.3891 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 100 | University of Southern Mississippi | 26500 | 26500 | 0 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 101 | University of Arkansas | 26600 | 28900 | 0.0793 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 102 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 26700 | 36800 | 0.2746 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 103 | University of Idaho | 26800 | 30600 | 0.1244 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 104 | University of Central Arkansas | 26900 | 31200 | 0.1373 | 8,238 | 1110 | 0.9157 | |
| 105 | California State University-Northridge | 27300 | 36500 | 0.2515 | 32,846 | 1005 | 0.9176 | |
| 106 | Kansas State University | 27400 | 30400 | 0.0995 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 106 | Kennesaw State University | 27400 | 27400 | 0 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 106 | Syracuse University | 27400 | 83100 | 0.6701 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 109 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 18,028 | 1059 | 0.7996 | |
| 109 | University of North Alabama | 27500 | 37300 | 0.2628 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 111 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 27600 | 36500 | 0.244 | 7,747 | 1073 | 0.9617 | |
| 112 | California State University-San Marcos | 27900 | 28500 | 0.021 | 15,770 | 990 | 0.9513 | |
| 112 | Texas State University | 27900 | 28000 | 0.0036 | 39,353 | 1080 | 0.9118 | |
| 114 | The University of Montana | 28200 | 28200 | 0 | 8,014 | 1184 | 0.9586 | |
| 115 | Bridgewater State University | 28300 | 35500 | 0.2032 | 8,849 | 1143 | 0.8798 | |
| 116 | Elmhurst University | 28400 | 67000 | 0.5763 | 3,170 | 1133 | 0.7501 | |
| 116 | Weber State University | 28400 | 33900 | 0.1621 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 118 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 28900 | 34000 | 0.1501 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 119 | Pittsburg State University | 29000 | 36200 | 0.1987 | 4,561 | 1055 | 0.5487 | |
| 120 | Jacksonville State University | 29200 | 38200 | 0.2354 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 121 | University of Mary Washington | 29400 | 32400 | 0.0925 | 3,531 | 1279 | 0.7413 | |
| 122 | California State University-East Bay | 29500 | 45100 | 0.3461 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 123 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 29700 | 31600 | 0.0601 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 124 | Villanova University | 30400 | 88800 | 0.6574 | 6,933 | 1466 | 0.2814 | |
| 125 | Kutztown University of Pennsylvania | 30800 | 35900 | 0.1422 | 6,229 | 1174 | 0.8942 | |
| 126 | San Francisco State University | 31000 | 47700 | 0.3502 | 19,444 | 1035 | 0.9644 | |
| 126 | University of North Dakota | 31000 | 33700 | 0.0827 | 11,837 | 1189 | 0.8157 | |
| 128 | San Diego State University | 31200 | 36100 | 0.1357 | 36,196 | 1208 | 0.3741 | |
| 129 | Ohio Wesleyan University | 31500 | 75700 | 0.5836 | 1,652 | 1281 | 0.6441 | |
| 130 | University of Louisville | 31600 | 42000 | 0.2474 | 17,916 | 1134 | 0.7921 | |
| 131 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 31800 | 41200 | 0.2284 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 132 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 32100 | 36700 | 0.1252 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 133 | Samford University | 32800 | 64600 | 0.4924 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 134 | Framingham State University | 33000 | 38100 | 0.1339 | 2,782 | 1190 | 0.8366 | |
| 135 | Liberty University | 33100 | 44600 | 0.2578 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 136 | George Washington University | 33700 | 81800 | 0.5881 | 11,495 | 1436 | 0.4713 | |
| 137 | Salisbury University | 33900 | 41700 | 0.1868 | 6,477 | 1245 | 0.8826 | |
| 138 | Rhode Island College | 34100 | 45100 | 0.2439 | 5,695 | 995 | 0.8557 | |
| 138 | University of St Thomas | 34100 | 70300 | 0.5152 | 6,270 | 1299 | 0.8548 | |
| 140 | University of South Florida | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 141 | Minnesota State University, Mankato | 35300 | 37600 | 0.0609 | 13,433 | 1145 | 0.8844 | |
| 142 | Valparaiso University | 35400 | 63200 | 0.4393 | 2,056 | 1183 | 0.8994 | |
| 143 | Carthage College | 35800 | 61800 | 0.4207 | 2,914 | 1125 | 0.8445 | |
| 144 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 36100 | 41600 | 0.1322 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 145 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 36300 | 53100 | 0.3162 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 146 | University of Northern Colorado | 36400 | 39100 | 0.0691 | 6,598 | 1080 | 0.945 | |
| 147 | Hofstra University | 36600 | 76900 | 0.524 | 6,599 | 1369 | 0.7267 | |
| 148 | East Carolina University | 36900 | 42700 | 0.1356 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 149 | University of Connecticut | 37100 | 53600 | 0.3081 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 150 | University of Southern Maine | 37500 | 37500 | 0 | 5,549 | 1139 | 0.8241 | |
| 151 | California State University-Fullerton | 38600 | 41500 | 0.0697 | 40,705 | 960 | 0.8811 | |
| 152 | University of Denver | 39000 | 76900 | 0.4931 | 5,766 | 1292 | 0.8538 | |
| 153 | SUNY Oneonta | 39600 | 41700 | 0.0503 | 4,815 | 1090 | 0.7696 | |
| 154 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 39800 | 39800 | 0 | 26,213 | 1209 | 0.7778 | |
| 155 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 40000 | 50000 | 0.2002 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 155 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 40000 | 42500 | 0.0589 | 14,249 | 1084 | 0.7761 | |
| 155 | University of Wyoming | 40000 | 45300 | 0.1168 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 158 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5061 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 159 | Montclair State University | 41500 | 46600 | 0.1095 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 160 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42400 | 56200 | 0.2456 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 160 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 42400 | 42400 | 0 | 14,657 | 1190 | 0.7583 | |
| 162 | Texas Christian University | 44100 | 87400 | 0.4957 | 11,152 | 1268 | 0.4809 | |
| 163 | James Madison University | 45200 | 45200 | 0 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 164 | Illinois State University | 45800 | 49100 | 0.067 | 19,513 | 1115 | 0.8555 | |
| 165 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 46400 | 46600 | 0.0043 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 166 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 48600 | 61200 | 0.2057 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 167 | University of Kentucky | 49000 | 58000 | 0.1562 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 168 | DePaul University | 49200 | 66000 | 0.2547 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 169 | The University of Texas at Austin | 49600 | 59400 | 0.165 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 170 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 50600 | 52900 | 0.0433 | 14,834 | 1149 | 0.7803 | |
| 171 | University of Iowa | 52100 | 54400 | 0.0421 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 172 | George Mason University | 53200 | 61000 | 0.1279 | 28,862 | 1271 | 0.8647 | |
| 173 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 174 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 59300 | 61600 | 0.0372 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 | |
| 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.