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Considering a degree in Geography?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Geography majors who live in Wisconsin.
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 Wisconsin.
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 | 5100 | 69100 | 0.9266 | 22,077 | 965 | 0.9124 | |
| 4 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22200 | 0.6405 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 5 | California State University-Northridge | 8100 | 36500 | 0.7791 | 32,846 | 1005 | 0.9176 | |
| 6 | Middlebury College | 8700 | 94500 | 0.908 | 2,640 | 1499 | 0.1277 | |
| 7 | California State University-East Bay | 9000 | 45100 | 0.8008 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 8 | Colgate University | 9200 | 95800 | 0.9039 | 3,193 | 1488 | 0.1388 | |
| 9 | Portland State University | 9500 | 26100 | 0.6357 | 14,932 | 1174 | 0.8586 | |
| 10 | Indiana State University | 10100 | 25900 | 0.611 | 6,352 | 1015 | 0.9157 | |
| 11 | Southern Utah University | 10900 | 51400 | 0.7879 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 12 | California State University-Stanislaus | 11100 | 31200 | 0.6448 | 8,494 | 950 | 0.9558 | |
| 12 | Worcester State University | 11100 | 34900 | 0.6814 | 4,485 | 1090 | 0.8799 | |
| 14 | Marshall University | 11300 | 27800 | 0.593 | 9,960 | 1070 | 0.9663 | |
| 15 | Fayetteville State University | 11400 | 18200 | 0.3734 | 6,542 | 900 | 0.689 | |
| 16 | California State University-Fresno | 11600 | 19600 | 0.4106 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 16 | University of Hawaii at Hilo | 11600 | 56000 | 0.7928 | 2,304 | 990 | 0.8351 | |
| 18 | Eastern Illinois University | 11800 | 24700 | 0.5207 | 6,731 | 1020 | 0.7073 | |
| 19 | Fitchburg State University | 12000 | 33800 | 0.6445 | 3,000 | 1090 | 0.8885 | |
| 19 | Vassar College | 12000 | 93100 | 0.8712 | 2,514 | 1488 | 0.2093 | |
| 21 | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | 12200 | 26300 | 0.5363 | 10,743 | 1075 | 0.9598 | |
| 22 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 12300 | 24900 | 0.5052 | 5,677 | 985 | 0.9301 | |
| 22 | Louisiana Tech University | 12300 | 42900 | 0.7132 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 24 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 31100 | 0.6026 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 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 | University of Arizona | 13000 | 31000 | 0.5803 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 27 | University of Southern Maine | 13000 | 23000 | 0.4343 | 5,549 | 1139 | 0.8241 | |
| 29 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 13100 | 43000 | 0.6953 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 29 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 13100 | 21300 | 0.3849 | 18,667 | 1090 | 0.9711 | |
| 31 | Framingham State University | 13200 | 31000 | 0.5744 | 2,782 | 1190 | 0.8366 | |
| 32 | University of Georgia | 13500 | 27200 | 0.503 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 33 | Aquinas College | 13700 | 86000 | 0.8407 | 1,103 | 1035 | 0.9726 | |
| 34 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 13900 | 22800 | 0.3909 | 11,994 | 1090 | 0.8651 | |
| 35 | Youngstown State University | 14100 | 28400 | 0.5033 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 36 | Eastern Michigan University | 14200 | 33900 | 0.5826 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 36 | Salem State University | 14200 | 38300 | 0.6288 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 36 | San Francisco State University | 14200 | 47700 | 0.7025 | 19,444 | 1035 | 0.9644 | |
| 39 | California State University-San Marcos | 14300 | 38300 | 0.6265 | 15,770 | 990 | 0.9513 | |
| 40 | California State University-San Bernardino | 14400 | 32700 | 0.5594 | 15,948 | 1020 | 0.943 | |
| 40 | Western Michigan University | 14400 | 26500 | 0.457 | 13,714 | 1089 | 0.9121 | |
| 42 | Arkansas Tech University | 14500 | 31400 | 0.5374 | 8,279 | 1055 | 0.9747 | |
| 42 | Bridgewater State University | 14500 | 37300 | 0.612 | 8,849 | 1143 | 0.8798 | |
| 44 | University of North Alabama | 14600 | 37300 | 0.6087 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 45 | Wayne State College | 14700 | 30200 | 0.5139 | 3,886 | 0 | 1 | |
| 45 | West Virginia University | 14700 | 73100 | 0.7986 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 47 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 14800 | 57100 | 0.7404 | 15,735 | 1069 | 0.8797 | |
| 48 | Sonoma State University | 14900 | 26700 | 0.442 | 4,449 | 1050 | 0.9841 | |
| 49 | Texas State University | 15000 | 26700 | 0.4375 | 39,353 | 1080 | 0.9118 | |
| 50 | Pittsburg State University | 15100 | 23900 | 0.3676 | 4,561 | 1055 | 0.5487 | |
| 51 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 15200 | 26000 | 0.4149 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 52 | California State University-Chico | 15400 | 23500 | 0.3443 | 13,599 | 1054 | 0.9107 | |
| 52 | University of West Georgia | 15400 | 24600 | 0.3744 | 10,075 | 1035 | 0.7995 | |
| 54 | University of Maine at Farmington | 15500 | 32600 | 0.5247 | 1,661 | 1062 | 0.9832 | |
| 54 | University of Wisconsin-Parkside | 15500 | 20600 | 0.2492 | 3,207 | 1084 | 0.9751 | |
| 56 | Florida State University | 15600 | 23000 | 0.322 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 56 | Jacksonville State University | 15600 | 27000 | 0.423 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 56 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 38800 | 0.5992 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 59 | University of North Texas | 15800 | 26100 | 0.3943 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 60 | University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire | 15900 | 21600 | 0.2631 | 8,329 | 1209 | 0.385 | |
| 61 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16300 | 64800 | 0.7481 | 22,007 | 1427 | 0.1672 | |
| 62 | Georgia Southern University | 16600 | 49700 | 0.6662 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 63 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 16900 | 26600 | 0.365 | 7,747 | 1073 | 0.9617 | |
| 64 | Sam Houston State University | 17000 | 27100 | 0.3726 | 17,822 | 1035 | 0.9372 | |
| 64 | University of Louisville | 17000 | 29100 | 0.4162 | 17,916 | 1134 | 0.7921 | |
| 64 | University of South Alabama | 17000 | 22400 | 0.2415 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 67 | Montclair State University | 17100 | 36000 | 0.5256 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 67 | Weber State University | 17100 | 20300 | 0.1579 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 69 | James Madison University | 17500 | 28900 | 0.3943 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 69 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 17500 | 29900 | 0.4164 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 69 | University at Albany | 17500 | 30800 | 0.4319 | 12,889 | 1245 | 0.7044 | |
| 69 | University of Kentucky | 17500 | 36500 | 0.5208 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 73 | California State University-Sacramento | 17600 | 30700 | 0.4265 | 28,619 | 1015 | 0.9357 | |
| 74 | University of Arkansas | 17800 | 28500 | 0.3772 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 75 | California State University-Fullerton | 18000 | 20600 | 0.1246 | 40,705 | 960 | 0.8811 | |
| 76 | Kennesaw State University | 18100 | 27400 | 0.3391 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 77 | San Jose State University | 18200 | 41100 | 0.5567 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 78 | Georgia College & State University | 18300 | 18300 | 0 | 6,250 | 1165 | 0.8466 | |
| 79 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 18400 | 30600 | 0.3971 | 38,463 | 1324 | 0.7589 | |
| 80 | San Diego State University | 18500 | 28900 | 0.3599 | 36,196 | 1208 | 0.3741 | |
| 81 | The University of Montana | 19100 | 27400 | 0.3031 | 8,014 | 1184 | 0.9586 | |
| 82 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 19200 | 26900 | 0.2861 | 14,657 | 1190 | 0.7583 | |
| 83 | Emory & Henry University | 19600 | 52400 | 0.6257 | 1,084 | 1145 | 0.8365 | |
| 84 | Pennsylvania Western University | 19700 | 30900 | 0.3627 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 85 | SUNY College at Geneseo | 19900 | 39400 | 0.4954 | 3,943 | 1275 | 0.3333 | |
| 86 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 20300 | 35200 | 0.4229 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 86 | Rowan University | 20300 | 41300 | 0.5088 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 86 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20300 | 57800 | 0.6485 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 86 | University of Wyoming | 20300 | 27900 | 0.2742 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 90 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 20400 | 26100 | 0.2181 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 91 | Syracuse University | 20500 | 83600 | 0.7548 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 92 | SUNY Oneonta | 20600 | 55300 | 0.6281 | 4,815 | 1090 | 0.7696 | |
| 93 | Millersville University of Pennsylvania | 20900 | 24900 | 0.1606 | 5,823 | 1115 | 0.8619 | |
| 94 | University of Northern Iowa | 21200 | 24800 | 0.144 | 7,800 | 1115 | 0.9313 | |
| 95 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 21400 | 41600 | 0.4856 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 96 | Rocky Mountain College | 21500 | 52000 | 0.5863 | 779 | 1055 | 0.7775 | |
| 97 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 21600 | 27200 | 0.2048 | 5,063 | 1069 | 0.8756 | |
| 98 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 99 | Grand Valley State University | 21900 | 36200 | 0.3949 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 100 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 22000 | 30300 | 0.2742 | 7,753 | 1140 | 0.9245 | |
| 101 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 22400 | 42500 | 0.4729 | 14,249 | 1084 | 0.7761 | |
| 102 | Augustana College | 22500 | 72800 | 0.6908 | 2,536 | 1157 | 0.6628 | |
| 102 | Park University | 22500 | 31300 | 0.2816 | 4,657 | 1035 | 0.6904 | |
| 104 | Concordia University-Nebraska | 22600 | 85400 | 0.7353 | 3,007 | 1135 | 0.8572 | |
| 105 | University of Southern Mississippi | 22800 | 23100 | 0.013 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 106 | Calvin University | 22900 | 55500 | 0.5871 | 3,359 | 1232 | 0.6791 | |
| 107 | Saint Cloud State University | 23000 | 26300 | 0.1261 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 107 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 23000 | 27500 | 0.1618 | 18,028 | 1059 | 0.7996 | |
| 109 | Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania | 23100 | 34900 | 0.3385 | 4,371 | 1084 | 0.865 | |
| 110 | Central Washington University | 23400 | 27900 | 0.1615 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 111 | State University of New York at New Paltz | 23800 | 35700 | 0.333 | 6,113 | 1279 | 0.6267 | |
| 112 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24000 | 38500 | 0.3764 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 113 | Carthage College | 24100 | 61800 | 0.6108 | 2,914 | 1125 | 0.8445 | |
| 114 | University of South Florida | 24700 | 36500 | 0.3229 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 115 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 24900 | 36800 | 0.3235 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 115 | University of Northern Colorado | 24900 | 39100 | 0.3633 | 6,598 | 1080 | 0.945 | |
| 117 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 25300 | 31100 | 0.1856 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 118 | Ball State University | 25400 | 25400 | 0 | 15,950 | 1185 | 0.8625 | |
| 119 | Minnesota State University, Mankato | 25500 | 28000 | 0.0915 | 13,433 | 1145 | 0.8844 | |
| 120 | Gustavus Adolphus College | 26100 | 75500 | 0.6544 | 1,906 | 1273 | 0.6099 | |
| 121 | Indiana University-Southeast | 26200 | 29800 | 0.1197 | 3,200 | 1095 | 0.842 | |
| 122 | Northern Illinois University | 26300 | 32100 | 0.1806 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 123 | Bemidji State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 3,751 | 1075 | 0.5598 | |
| 124 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 26600 | 33200 | 0.1985 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 125 | California State University-Long Beach | 27300 | 38800 | 0.2963 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 126 | University of Central Oklahoma | 27600 | 33800 | 0.1833 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 127 | Central Connecticut State University | 27900 | 30400 | 0.0823 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 128 | University of Iowa | 29500 | 32100 | 0.0799 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 129 | University of Mary Washington | 30000 | 33000 | 0.0909 | 3,531 | 1279 | 0.7413 | |
| 130 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 30600 | 33200 | 0.0773 | 14,834 | 1149 | 0.7803 | |
| 131 | University of North Dakota | 30700 | 33700 | 0.0908 | 11,837 | 1189 | 0.8157 | |
| 132 | Kutztown University of Pennsylvania | 30800 | 35800 | 0.1396 | 6,229 | 1174 | 0.8942 | |
| 133 | Ohio Wesleyan University | 30900 | 75700 | 0.5915 | 1,652 | 1281 | 0.6441 | |
| 134 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 32000 | 54400 | 0.4117 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 135 | Villanova University | 32100 | 92900 | 0.6548 | 6,933 | 1466 | 0.2814 | |
| 136 | Liberty University | 32500 | 44700 | 0.2729 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 137 | University of Colorado Colorado Springs | 32600 | 41600 | 0.2163 | 9,040 | 1119 | 0.9666 | |
| 138 | Illinois State University | 32900 | 36400 | 0.0979 | 19,513 | 1115 | 0.8555 | |
| 139 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 33400 | 38200 | 0.1273 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 140 | Salisbury University | 34200 | 41700 | 0.1799 | 6,477 | 1245 | 0.8826 | |
| 141 | George Washington University | 34300 | 81800 | 0.5808 | 11,495 | 1436 | 0.4713 | |
| 141 | University of Vermont | 34300 | 66300 | 0.4821 | 12,159 | 1372 | 0.7304 | |
| 143 | University of Idaho | 34500 | 48700 | 0.2916 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 144 | Samford University | 34600 | 93800 | 0.6312 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 145 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 34700 | 46400 | 0.2519 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 145 | University of Nevada-Reno | 34700 | 45800 | 0.2425 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 147 | Valparaiso University | 34900 | 62700 | 0.4428 | 2,056 | 1183 | 0.8994 | |
| 148 | Temple University | 35600 | 57200 | 0.3774 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 149 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 35900 | 54000 | 0.3352 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 150 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 36100 | 36100 | 0 | 16,131 | 1275 | 0.6472 | |
| 151 | East Carolina University | 36600 | 42700 | 0.1421 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 152 | University of Connecticut | 36900 | 66200 | 0.4429 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 153 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37400 | 66700 | 0.4394 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 154 | Frostburg State University | 37500 | 42500 | 0.1176 | 3,436 | 1095 | 0.907 | |
| 155 | University of Central Arkansas | 37700 | 40200 | 0.0637 | 8,238 | 1110 | 0.9157 | |
| 156 | University of St Thomas | 38000 | 74800 | 0.492 | 6,270 | 1299 | 0.8548 | |
| 157 | University of Denver | 39200 | 84100 | 0.5341 | 5,766 | 1292 | 0.8538 | |
| 158 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 39300 | 40300 | 0.0248 | 26,213 | 1209 | 0.7778 | |
| 159 | Elmhurst University | 40000 | 69600 | 0.4251 | 3,170 | 1133 | 0.7501 | |
| 160 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5061 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 161 | Kansas State University | 40900 | 41900 | 0.0239 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 162 | Rhode Island College | 41600 | 63300 | 0.3427 | 5,695 | 995 | 0.8557 | |
| 163 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42400 | 63300 | 0.3303 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 164 | George Mason University | 43700 | 61400 | 0.2884 | 28,862 | 1271 | 0.8647 | |
| 165 | Texas Christian University | 44300 | 87400 | 0.4934 | 11,152 | 1268 | 0.4809 | |
| 166 | Towson University | 46300 | 46400 | 0.0022 | 16,361 | 1082 | 0.8057 | |
| 167 | University at Buffalo | 46400 | 46400 | 0 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 168 | Appalachian State University | 46500 | 46500 | 0 | 19,732 | 1174 | 0.9388 | |
| 169 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47500 | 61500 | 0.2286 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 170 | DePaul University | 49000 | 69400 | 0.2938 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 171 | Michigan State University | 49200 | 56200 | 0.1245 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 172 | The University of Texas at Austin | 49500 | 58900 | 0.1596 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 173 | Hofstra University | 59100 | 83300 | 0.2906 | 6,599 | 1369 | 0.7267 | |
| 173 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 59100 | 61600 | 0.0416 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.