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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 | Bellevue College | 5200 | 5200 | 0.0006 | 12,485 | 0 | 1 | |
| 4 | California State University-Los Angeles | 5500 | 69100 | 0.9208 | 22,077 | 965 | 0.9124 | |
| 5 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22200 | 0.6405 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 6 | California State University-Northridge | 8400 | 36500 | 0.7709 | 32,846 | 1005 | 0.9176 | |
| 7 | Middlebury College | 9000 | 94500 | 0.9048 | 2,640 | 1499 | 0.1277 | |
| 8 | California State University-East Bay | 9200 | 45100 | 0.7964 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 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 | |
| 11 | Portland State University | 10400 | 43300 | 0.7598 | 14,932 | 1174 | 0.8586 | |
| 12 | Indiana State University | 10600 | 25900 | 0.5917 | 6,352 | 1015 | 0.9157 | |
| 13 | Southern Utah University | 10800 | 51400 | 0.7898 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 14 | California State University-Stanislaus | 11400 | 33600 | 0.6617 | 8,494 | 950 | 0.9558 | |
| 14 | Eastern Washington University | 11400 | 28700 | 0.6031 | 7,640 | 1045 | 0.8526 | |
| 16 | California State University-Fresno | 11500 | 54600 | 0.7886 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 16 | Worcester State University | 11500 | 34900 | 0.67 | 4,485 | 1090 | 0.8799 | |
| 18 | Marshall University | 11600 | 39800 | 0.7084 | 9,960 | 1070 | 0.9663 | |
| 19 | Fayetteville State University | 11700 | 18200 | 0.3569 | 6,542 | 900 | 0.689 | |
| 20 | University of Hawaii at Hilo | 11900 | 56000 | 0.7875 | 2,304 | 990 | 0.8351 | |
| 21 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 12000 | 20500 | 0.4137 | 5,063 | 1069 | 0.8756 | |
| 22 | Eastern Illinois University | 12200 | 24700 | 0.5045 | 6,731 | 1020 | 0.7073 | |
| 23 | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | 12300 | 19300 | 0.3627 | 10,743 | 1075 | 0.9598 | |
| 24 | Fitchburg State University | 12400 | 33800 | 0.6327 | 3,000 | 1090 | 0.8885 | |
| 25 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 25 | Mount Holyoke College | 12600 | 89900 | 0.8599 | 2,135 | 1419 | 0.3841 | |
| 27 | Vassar College | 12900 | 93100 | 0.8615 | 2,514 | 1488 | 0.2093 | |
| 28 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 13700 | 38300 | 0.6417 | 5,677 | 985 | 0.9301 | |
| 28 | Louisiana Tech University | 13700 | 42900 | 0.6805 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 28 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 61700 | 0.7774 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 31 | Aquinas College | 13800 | 86000 | 0.8395 | 1,103 | 1035 | 0.9726 | |
| 32 | University of Georgia | 13900 | 27200 | 0.4883 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 33 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 14300 | 22800 | 0.3733 | 11,994 | 1090 | 0.8651 | |
| 33 | Youngstown State University | 14300 | 28400 | 0.4963 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 35 | San Francisco State University | 14400 | 47700 | 0.6983 | 19,444 | 1035 | 0.9644 | |
| 36 | Arkansas Tech University | 14600 | 31400 | 0.5343 | 8,279 | 1055 | 0.9747 | |
| 36 | California State University-San Marcos | 14600 | 28500 | 0.4874 | 15,770 | 990 | 0.9513 | |
| 36 | Eastern Michigan University | 14600 | 33900 | 0.5708 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 36 | Salem State University | 14600 | 38300 | 0.6184 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 40 | California State University-San Bernardino | 14700 | 40100 | 0.6337 | 15,948 | 1020 | 0.943 | |
| 41 | Bridgewater State University | 14800 | 37300 | 0.604 | 8,849 | 1143 | 0.8798 | |
| 41 | University of North Alabama | 14800 | 37300 | 0.6033 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 41 | Western Michigan University | 14800 | 26500 | 0.4419 | 13,714 | 1089 | 0.9121 | |
| 44 | Sonoma State University | 15000 | 41200 | 0.636 | 4,449 | 1050 | 0.9841 | |
| 44 | Wayne State College | 15000 | 30200 | 0.5039 | 3,886 | 0 | 1 | |
| 46 | West Virginia University | 15100 | 73100 | 0.7931 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 47 | University of Nevada-Reno | 15300 | 28200 | 0.4571 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 48 | Ball State University | 15400 | 22400 | 0.3127 | 15,950 | 1185 | 0.8625 | |
| 48 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 15400 | 54400 | 0.7174 | 15,735 | 1069 | 0.8797 | |
| 50 | Texas State University | 15500 | 26700 | 0.4188 | 39,353 | 1080 | 0.9118 | |
| 51 | California State University-Chico | 15600 | 27000 | 0.4216 | 13,599 | 1054 | 0.9107 | |
| 51 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 38800 | 0.5992 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 53 | Jacksonville State University | 15700 | 38200 | 0.5886 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 54 | University of Maine at Farmington | 16000 | 32600 | 0.5094 | 1,661 | 1062 | 0.9832 | |
| 55 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16300 | 64800 | 0.7481 | 22,007 | 1427 | 0.1672 | |
| 56 | University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire | 16500 | 22400 | 0.2639 | 8,329 | 1209 | 0.385 | |
| 57 | California State University-Long Beach | 16900 | 25800 | 0.345 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 57 | Georgia Southern University | 16900 | 49700 | 0.6601 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 59 | Sam Houston State University | 17300 | 30300 | 0.4287 | 17,822 | 1035 | 0.9372 | |
| 59 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 17300 | 36500 | 0.5264 | 7,747 | 1073 | 0.9617 | |
| 61 | University of Louisville | 17400 | 29100 | 0.4024 | 17,916 | 1134 | 0.7921 | |
| 62 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 17500 | 29900 | 0.4164 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 63 | East Carolina University | 17600 | 26100 | 0.3256 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 63 | Montclair State University | 17600 | 36000 | 0.5117 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 63 | University of South Alabama | 17600 | 22400 | 0.2147 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 66 | California State University-Sacramento | 17800 | 31400 | 0.4337 | 28,619 | 1015 | 0.9357 | |
| 67 | California State University-Fullerton | 18000 | 20600 | 0.1246 | 40,705 | 960 | 0.8811 | |
| 68 | Kennesaw State University | 18300 | 27400 | 0.3318 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 69 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 18400 | 30600 | 0.3971 | 38,463 | 1324 | 0.7589 | |
| 70 | San Jose State University | 18500 | 41100 | 0.5494 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 71 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 18600 | 25200 | 0.2616 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 72 | SUNY College at Geneseo | 20000 | 39400 | 0.4928 | 3,943 | 1275 | 0.3333 | |
| 73 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 20200 | 38500 | 0.4738 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 | |
| 74 | Syracuse University | 20300 | 83600 | 0.7572 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 75 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20400 | 57800 | 0.6468 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 76 | Emory & Henry University | 20500 | 52400 | 0.6085 | 1,084 | 1145 | 0.8365 | |
| 77 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 20600 | 35200 | 0.4144 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 78 | SUNY Oneonta | 20700 | 55300 | 0.6262 | 4,815 | 1090 | 0.7696 | |
| 79 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 21000 | 39200 | 0.4645 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 80 | University of Mary Washington | 21100 | 47400 | 0.5558 | 3,531 | 1279 | 0.7413 | |
| 81 | Millersville University of Pennsylvania | 21300 | 24900 | 0.1446 | 5,823 | 1115 | 0.8619 | |
| 82 | Georgia College & State University | 21500 | 52400 | 0.5896 | 6,250 | 1165 | 0.8466 | |
| 82 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 21500 | 41600 | 0.4832 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 84 | Grand Valley State University | 21900 | 36200 | 0.3949 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 84 | Rocky Mountain College | 21900 | 52000 | 0.5786 | 779 | 1055 | 0.7775 | |
| 86 | Florida State University | 22200 | 32100 | 0.3082 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 87 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 22300 | 37600 | 0.4069 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 88 | Augustana College | 22500 | 72800 | 0.6908 | 2,536 | 1157 | 0.6628 | |
| 89 | Park University | 22600 | 31300 | 0.2784 | 4,657 | 1035 | 0.6904 | |
| 89 | Saint Cloud State University | 22600 | 36800 | 0.3849 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 91 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 22700 | 30300 | 0.2511 | 7,753 | 1140 | 0.9245 | |
| 92 | Calvin University | 22800 | 55500 | 0.5889 | 3,359 | 1232 | 0.6791 | |
| 92 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 22800 | 42500 | 0.4635 | 14,249 | 1084 | 0.7761 | |
| 94 | Concordia University-Nebraska | 23000 | 85400 | 0.7306 | 3,007 | 1135 | 0.8572 | |
| 95 | Pennsylvania Western University | 23300 | 34400 | 0.3224 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 96 | Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania | 23400 | 34900 | 0.3299 | 4,371 | 1084 | 0.865 | |
| 97 | State University of New York at New Paltz | 23900 | 35700 | 0.3302 | 6,113 | 1279 | 0.6267 | |
| 98 | Central Washington University | 24000 | 27900 | 0.14 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 98 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24000 | 38500 | 0.3764 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 98 | University of Wisconsin-Parkside | 24000 | 30400 | 0.2094 | 3,207 | 1084 | 0.9751 | |
| 101 | University of North Texas | 24300 | 37400 | 0.35 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 102 | University of Northern Colorado | 25100 | 39100 | 0.3582 | 6,598 | 1080 | 0.945 | |
| 103 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 25200 | 36800 | 0.3154 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 103 | University of South Florida | 25200 | 36500 | 0.3093 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 105 | Temple University | 25300 | 36100 | 0.2994 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 106 | Minnesota State University, Mankato | 25500 | 28000 | 0.0915 | 13,433 | 1145 | 0.8844 | |
| 107 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 25700 | 32900 | 0.2207 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 108 | Gustavus Adolphus College | 26100 | 75500 | 0.6544 | 1,906 | 1273 | 0.6099 | |
| 109 | Northern Illinois University | 26300 | 32100 | 0.1812 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 110 | Bemidji State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 3,751 | 1075 | 0.5598 | |
| 111 | University of Central Arkansas | 26700 | 31200 | 0.1461 | 8,238 | 1110 | 0.9157 | |
| 112 | University of Arkansas | 27000 | 44700 | 0.3952 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 113 | Weber State University | 27100 | 31500 | 0.1399 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 114 | University of Southern Mississippi | 27200 | 27200 | 0 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 115 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 18,028 | 1059 | 0.7996 | |
| 116 | University of Central Oklahoma | 28000 | 33800 | 0.1714 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 117 | Central Connecticut State University | 28200 | 30400 | 0.0725 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 118 | University of Northern Iowa | 28700 | 37300 | 0.2297 | 7,800 | 1115 | 0.9313 | |
| 119 | University of Iowa | 29500 | 32100 | 0.0799 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 120 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29800 | 34200 | 0.1285 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 121 | The University of Montana | 30500 | 30500 | 0 | 8,014 | 1184 | 0.9586 | |
| 122 | Ohio Wesleyan University | 30700 | 75700 | 0.5941 | 1,652 | 1281 | 0.6441 | |
| 122 | University of North Dakota | 30700 | 33700 | 0.0908 | 11,837 | 1189 | 0.8157 | |
| 124 | Kutztown University of Pennsylvania | 30800 | 35800 | 0.1396 | 6,229 | 1174 | 0.8942 | |
| 125 | Illinois State University | 30900 | 36400 | 0.1528 | 19,513 | 1115 | 0.8555 | |
| 126 | Pittsburg State University | 31300 | 37100 | 0.1564 | 4,561 | 1055 | 0.5487 | |
| 127 | San Diego State University | 32200 | 37100 | 0.1322 | 36,196 | 1208 | 0.3741 | |
| 128 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 32300 | 54400 | 0.4062 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 129 | Liberty University | 32400 | 44700 | 0.2752 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 130 | Villanova University | 32500 | 92900 | 0.6504 | 6,933 | 1466 | 0.2814 | |
| 131 | University of Idaho | 32700 | 34100 | 0.041 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 132 | University of Colorado Colorado Springs | 33200 | 41600 | 0.2019 | 9,040 | 1119 | 0.9666 | |
| 133 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 33400 | 38200 | 0.1273 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 134 | Salisbury University | 34100 | 41700 | 0.1823 | 6,477 | 1245 | 0.8826 | |
| 135 | George Washington University | 34300 | 81800 | 0.5808 | 11,495 | 1436 | 0.4713 | |
| 135 | University of Vermont | 34300 | 66300 | 0.4821 | 12,159 | 1372 | 0.7304 | |
| 137 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 34600 | 59100 | 0.4143 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 138 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 34700 | 46400 | 0.2519 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 139 | Samford University | 34800 | 93800 | 0.6291 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 140 | Valparaiso University | 35400 | 63200 | 0.4393 | 2,056 | 1183 | 0.8994 | |
| 141 | Carthage College | 35700 | 61800 | 0.4218 | 2,914 | 1125 | 0.8445 | |
| 142 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 35900 | 54000 | 0.3352 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 143 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 36100 | 36100 | 0 | 16,131 | 1275 | 0.6472 | |
| 144 | University of Connecticut | 36800 | 66200 | 0.4444 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 145 | Indiana University-Southeast | 37200 | 40800 | 0.0875 | 3,200 | 1095 | 0.842 | |
| 145 | Rowan University | 37200 | 53600 | 0.3058 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 147 | University of West Georgia | 37300 | 47300 | 0.2113 | 10,075 | 1035 | 0.7995 | |
| 148 | University of Southern Maine | 37500 | 37500 | 0 | 5,549 | 1139 | 0.8241 | |
| 149 | University of Arizona | 37800 | 39900 | 0.0526 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 150 | Frostburg State University | 37900 | 42500 | 0.1082 | 3,436 | 1095 | 0.907 | |
| 150 | University of St Thomas | 37900 | 74800 | 0.4933 | 6,270 | 1299 | 0.8548 | |
| 152 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 38000 | 66700 | 0.4304 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 153 | Framingham State University | 38100 | 38100 | 0 | 2,782 | 1190 | 0.8366 | |
| 154 | University of Denver | 39000 | 84100 | 0.5364 | 5,766 | 1292 | 0.8538 | |
| 155 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 39700 | 40300 | 0.0149 | 26,213 | 1209 | 0.7778 | |
| 155 | University of Wyoming | 39700 | 45300 | 0.1229 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 157 | Elmhurst University | 40000 | 69600 | 0.4251 | 3,170 | 1133 | 0.7501 | |
| 158 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 40200 | 42700 | 0.0585 | 14,657 | 1190 | 0.7583 | |
| 159 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5061 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 160 | George Mason University | 43600 | 61400 | 0.2901 | 28,862 | 1271 | 0.8647 | |
| 161 | Kansas State University | 43900 | 48400 | 0.0925 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 162 | James Madison University | 44000 | 45100 | 0.0244 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 163 | Texas Christian University | 44100 | 87400 | 0.4957 | 11,152 | 1268 | 0.4809 | |
| 164 | University at Albany | 44300 | 48900 | 0.0941 | 12,889 | 1245 | 0.7044 | |
| 165 | Towson University | 46300 | 46400 | 0.0022 | 16,361 | 1082 | 0.8057 | |
| 166 | University at Buffalo | 46400 | 46400 | 0 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 167 | Appalachian State University | 46500 | 46500 | 0 | 19,732 | 1174 | 0.9388 | |
| 168 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47200 | 61500 | 0.2335 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 169 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 48300 | 61200 | 0.2102 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 170 | University of Kentucky | 48800 | 59900 | 0.1848 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 171 | DePaul University | 49100 | 69400 | 0.2923 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 172 | Michigan State University | 49200 | 56200 | 0.1245 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 173 | The University of Texas at Austin | 50200 | 58900 | 0.1477 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 174 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 50300 | 52900 | 0.0485 | 14,834 | 1149 | 0.7803 | |
| 175 | Hofstra University | 59200 | 83300 | 0.2894 | 6,599 | 1369 | 0.7267 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.