Considering a degree in Geography?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Geography majors who live in California.
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 California.
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 | Santa Ana College | 4600 | 23100 | 0.8003 | 27,248 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | California State University-Los Angeles | 4900 | 69100 | 0.9295 | 22,077 | 965 | 0.9124 | |
| 5 | California State University-Northridge | 7700 | 22000 | 0.6502 | 32,846 | 1005 | 0.9176 | |
| 6 | Brigham Young University | 8100 | 22300 | 0.6382 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 7 | Colgate University | 8200 | 95800 | 0.9144 | 3,193 | 1488 | 0.1388 | |
| 8 | Rhode Island College | 8700 | 63300 | 0.8625 | 5,695 | 995 | 0.8557 | |
| 9 | Indiana State University | 9600 | 25900 | 0.6303 | 6,352 | 1015 | 0.9157 | |
| 10 | Portland State University | 9700 | 43300 | 0.7765 | 14,932 | 1174 | 0.8586 | |
| 11 | Worcester State University | 9800 | 34900 | 0.7186 | 4,485 | 1090 | 0.8799 | |
| 12 | University of Nevada-Reno | 10100 | 32500 | 0.6894 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 13 | Middlebury College | 10500 | 94500 | 0.8892 | 2,640 | 1499 | 0.1277 | |
| 14 | Southern Utah University | 10600 | 51400 | 0.7937 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 15 | California State University-Stanislaus | 10800 | 31300 | 0.6557 | 8,494 | 950 | 0.9558 | |
| 15 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 10800 | 21100 | 0.4888 | 7,753 | 1140 | 0.9245 | |
| 17 | California State University-Fresno | 10900 | 19700 | 0.4459 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 17 | Marshall University | 10900 | 27800 | 0.6074 | 9,960 | 1070 | 0.9663 | |
| 19 | Fayetteville State University | 11000 | 18200 | 0.3954 | 6,542 | 900 | 0.689 | |
| 19 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 11000 | 87500 | 0.8741 | 14,249 | 1084 | 0.7761 | |
| 19 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 11000 | 20500 | 0.4606 | 5,063 | 1069 | 0.8756 | |
| 22 | Vassar College | 11100 | 93100 | 0.8808 | 2,514 | 1488 | 0.2093 | |
| 23 | University of Hawaii at Hilo | 11300 | 56000 | 0.7982 | 2,304 | 990 | 0.8351 | |
| 24 | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | 11400 | 19300 | 0.4093 | 10,743 | 1075 | 0.9598 | |
| 25 | Eastern Illinois University | 11500 | 24600 | 0.5318 | 6,731 | 1020 | 0.7073 | |
| 26 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 11700 | 25200 | 0.5336 | 5,677 | 985 | 0.9301 | |
| 26 | Fitchburg State University | 11700 | 33800 | 0.6534 | 3,000 | 1090 | 0.8885 | |
| 26 | San Francisco State University | 11700 | 46700 | 0.7489 | 19,444 | 1035 | 0.9644 | |
| 29 | Mount Holyoke College | 12400 | 89900 | 0.8621 | 2,135 | 1419 | 0.3841 | |
| 29 | University of Colorado Colorado Springs | 12400 | 26600 | 0.5339 | 9,040 | 1119 | 0.9666 | |
| 31 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0.0009 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 32 | Louisiana Tech University | 12900 | 42900 | 0.6992 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 33 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 13000 | 43000 | 0.6979 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 34 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 13400 | 22800 | 0.4128 | 11,994 | 1090 | 0.8651 | |
| 35 | Aquinas College | 13500 | 86000 | 0.843 | 1,103 | 1035 | 0.9726 | |
| 36 | Bridgewater State University | 13700 | 28800 | 0.5243 | 8,849 | 1143 | 0.8798 | |
| 36 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 61700 | 0.7781 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 38 | Eastern Michigan University | 13800 | 33900 | 0.5923 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 38 | Youngstown State University | 13800 | 28400 | 0.5139 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 40 | Salem State University | 13900 | 38300 | 0.6367 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 41 | California State University-San Marcos | 14000 | 24700 | 0.435 | 15,770 | 990 | 0.9513 | |
| 41 | Western Michigan University | 14000 | 28900 | 0.5161 | 13,714 | 1089 | 0.9121 | |
| 43 | California State University-San Bernardino | 14100 | 32700 | 0.5689 | 15,948 | 1020 | 0.943 | |
| 44 | Arkansas Tech University | 14300 | 31400 | 0.5438 | 8,279 | 1055 | 0.9747 | |
| 44 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 14300 | 26600 | 0.4624 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 44 | West Virginia University | 14300 | 73100 | 0.8041 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 47 | University of North Alabama | 14400 | 37300 | 0.614 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 48 | Sonoma State University | 14500 | 26900 | 0.4601 | 4,449 | 1050 | 0.9841 | |
| 49 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 14700 | 54400 | 0.7303 | 15,735 | 1069 | 0.8797 | |
| 50 | Pittsburg State University | 14800 | 23900 | 0.3801 | 4,561 | 1055 | 0.5487 | |
| 50 | Wayne State College | 14800 | 30500 | 0.5156 | 3,886 | 0 | 1 | |
| 52 | California State University-Chico | 15200 | 41000 | 0.6298 | 13,599 | 1054 | 0.9107 | |
| 52 | University of West Georgia | 15200 | 24600 | 0.3825 | 10,075 | 1035 | 0.7995 | |
| 54 | Jacksonville State University | 15300 | 38200 | 0.5991 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 55 | Florida State University | 15500 | 23000 | 0.3264 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 55 | University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire | 15500 | 22400 | 0.3087 | 8,329 | 1209 | 0.385 | |
| 57 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 38800 | 0.5992 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 58 | Grand Valley State University | 15800 | 28300 | 0.441 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 59 | Frostburg State University | 15900 | 26600 | 0.402 | 3,436 | 1095 | 0.907 | |
| 60 | University of Northern Colorado | 16100 | 39100 | 0.5884 | 6,598 | 1080 | 0.945 | |
| 61 | Georgia Southern University | 16300 | 49700 | 0.6722 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 61 | University of California-Los Angeles | 16300 | 36700 | 0.5555 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 63 | SUNY College at Geneseo | 16400 | 25600 | 0.3593 | 3,943 | 1275 | 0.3333 | |
| 64 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16500 | 64800 | 0.7456 | 22,007 | 1427 | 0.1672 | |
| 65 | Sam Houston State University | 16600 | 27100 | 0.3873 | 17,822 | 1035 | 0.9372 | |
| 65 | University of Louisville | 16600 | 29100 | 0.43 | 17,916 | 1134 | 0.7921 | |
| 65 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 16600 | 26300 | 0.3691 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 68 | California State University-East Bay | 16700 | 33500 | 0.5001 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 69 | Weber State University | 17000 | 20300 | 0.1629 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 70 | University of South Alabama | 17200 | 40200 | 0.5727 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 71 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 17500 | 29900 | 0.4141 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 71 | The University of Texas at Austin | 17500 | 28200 | 0.3798 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 73 | Kennesaw State University | 17800 | 27400 | 0.3501 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 74 | Central Washington University | 17900 | 27200 | 0.3415 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 75 | San Jose State University | 18000 | 41200 | 0.5618 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 76 | California State University-Fullerton | 18300 | 32900 | 0.4434 | 40,705 | 960 | 0.8811 | |
| 76 | Georgia College & State University | 18300 | 18300 | 0 | 6,250 | 1165 | 0.8466 | |
| 76 | University of Vermont | 18300 | 37800 | 0.5164 | 12,159 | 1372 | 0.7304 | |
| 79 | Emory & Henry University | 18800 | 52400 | 0.6409 | 1,084 | 1145 | 0.8365 | |
| 80 | Pennsylvania Western University | 19300 | 30900 | 0.3756 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 80 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 19300 | 28500 | 0.3231 | 14,657 | 1190 | 0.7583 | |
| 82 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 19700 | 39800 | 0.5045 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 83 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 19900 | 57800 | 0.6554 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 84 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 20000 | 26100 | 0.2334 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 84 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20000 | 45100 | 0.5568 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 86 | SUNY Oneonta | 20400 | 55300 | 0.6317 | 4,815 | 1090 | 0.7696 | |
| 86 | Syracuse University | 20400 | 83600 | 0.756 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 88 | Millersville University of Pennsylvania | 20600 | 24900 | 0.1727 | 5,823 | 1115 | 0.8619 | |
| 89 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 20800 | 27800 | 0.2516 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 90 | Rocky Mountain College | 21100 | 52000 | 0.5939 | 779 | 1055 | 0.7775 | |
| 91 | San Diego State University | 21700 | 28900 | 0.2503 | 36,196 | 1208 | 0.3741 | |
| 92 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 93 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 22300 | 42000 | 0.4696 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 94 | Concordia University-Nebraska | 22400 | 85400 | 0.738 | 3,007 | 1135 | 0.8572 | |
| 94 | Park University | 22400 | 31300 | 0.2848 | 4,657 | 1035 | 0.6904 | |
| 96 | Augustana College | 22600 | 72800 | 0.6891 | 2,536 | 1157 | 0.6628 | |
| 97 | Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania | 22700 | 34900 | 0.35 | 4,371 | 1084 | 0.865 | |
| 98 | Saint Cloud State University | 22800 | 36800 | 0.3803 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 99 | University of Southern Mississippi | 22900 | 23100 | 0.0087 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 100 | Illinois State University | 23000 | 36400 | 0.3696 | 19,513 | 1115 | 0.8555 | |
| 101 | University of North Texas | 23400 | 37400 | 0.3741 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 102 | State University of New York at New Paltz | 23700 | 35700 | 0.3357 | 6,113 | 1279 | 0.6267 | |
| 103 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24000 | 38500 | 0.3764 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 104 | University of Central Oklahoma | 24100 | 34000 | 0.2911 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 105 | University of South Florida | 24200 | 36500 | 0.3366 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 105 | University of Wisconsin-Parkside | 24200 | 30400 | 0.2038 | 3,207 | 1084 | 0.9751 | |
| 107 | University at Buffalo | 24600 | 34000 | 0.2765 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 108 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 24700 | 36900 | 0.3309 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 109 | Michigan State University | 25500 | 28900 | 0.1193 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 110 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 26000 | 28400 | 0.0842 | 14,834 | 1149 | 0.7803 | |
| 111 | Gustavus Adolphus College | 26200 | 75500 | 0.6529 | 1,906 | 1273 | 0.6099 | |
| 111 | Northern Illinois University | 26200 | 32100 | 0.184 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 113 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 26300 | 36500 | 0.2796 | 7,747 | 1073 | 0.9617 | |
| 114 | Bemidji State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 3,751 | 1075 | 0.5598 | |
| 114 | University of Arkansas | 26400 | 44500 | 0.4063 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 116 | Ball State University | 26600 | 26600 | 0 | 15,950 | 1185 | 0.8625 | |
| 117 | University of Central Arkansas | 26800 | 31200 | 0.1407 | 8,238 | 1110 | 0.9157 | |
| 118 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 18,028 | 1059 | 0.7996 | |
| 119 | Central Connecticut State University | 27600 | 30400 | 0.0922 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 120 | University of Northern Iowa | 28900 | 37300 | 0.2252 | 7,800 | 1115 | 0.9313 | |
| 121 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 29300 | 33000 | 0.112 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 122 | California State University-Long Beach | 29400 | 38800 | 0.2422 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 122 | Towson University | 29400 | 30200 | 0.0265 | 16,361 | 1082 | 0.8057 | |
| 124 | University of Iowa | 29700 | 32100 | 0.0746 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 125 | University of Mary Washington | 30000 | 33000 | 0.0909 | 3,531 | 1279 | 0.7413 | |
| 126 | George Mason University | 30400 | 35700 | 0.1483 | 28,862 | 1271 | 0.8647 | |
| 127 | The University of Montana | 30500 | 30500 | 0 | 8,014 | 1184 | 0.9586 | |
| 128 | Kutztown University of Pennsylvania | 30800 | 35100 | 0.1225 | 6,229 | 1174 | 0.8942 | |
| 129 | University of North Dakota | 30900 | 33700 | 0.0858 | 11,837 | 1189 | 0.8157 | |
| 130 | Ohio Wesleyan University | 31100 | 75700 | 0.5888 | 1,652 | 1281 | 0.6441 | |
| 130 | Texas State University | 31100 | 36300 | 0.1434 | 39,353 | 1080 | 0.9118 | |
| 132 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 31800 | 54400 | 0.4154 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 132 | Villanova University | 31800 | 92900 | 0.658 | 6,933 | 1466 | 0.2814 | |
| 134 | Liberty University | 32500 | 44700 | 0.2727 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 135 | University of Idaho | 32700 | 33400 | 0.0209 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 136 | California State University-Sacramento | 33400 | 33400 | 0 | 28,619 | 1015 | 0.9357 | |
| 137 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 33500 | 38200 | 0.1228 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 138 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 34200 | 34200 | 0 | 16,131 | 1275 | 0.6472 | |
| 139 | George Washington University | 34400 | 81800 | 0.5796 | 11,495 | 1436 | 0.4713 | |
| 139 | Samford University | 34400 | 93800 | 0.6333 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 141 | Salisbury University | 34600 | 41800 | 0.1725 | 6,477 | 1245 | 0.8826 | |
| 142 | Minnesota State University, Mankato | 35200 | 37600 | 0.0637 | 13,433 | 1145 | 0.8844 | |
| 143 | Valparaiso University | 35400 | 63200 | 0.4393 | 2,056 | 1183 | 0.8994 | |
| 144 | Temple University | 35700 | 57200 | 0.3756 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 145 | Carthage College | 35800 | 61800 | 0.4207 | 2,914 | 1125 | 0.8445 | |
| 145 | Rowan University | 35800 | 53600 | 0.3319 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 147 | Framingham State University | 36200 | 38100 | 0.0499 | 2,782 | 1190 | 0.8366 | |
| 147 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 36200 | 54400 | 0.3346 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 149 | East Carolina University | 36800 | 42700 | 0.1381 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 150 | University of Maine at Farmington | 37000 | 40800 | 0.0932 | 1,661 | 1062 | 0.9832 | |
| 151 | University of Connecticut | 37100 | 66200 | 0.4399 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 152 | Indiana University-Southeast | 37400 | 40800 | 0.0833 | 3,200 | 1095 | 0.842 | |
| 153 | University of Southern Maine | 37500 | 37500 | 0 | 5,549 | 1139 | 0.8241 | |
| 154 | University of St Thomas | 38100 | 74800 | 0.4906 | 6,270 | 1299 | 0.8548 | |
| 155 | University of Arizona | 38900 | 48300 | 0.1944 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 155 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 38900 | 40300 | 0.0347 | 26,213 | 1209 | 0.7778 | |
| 157 | University of Denver | 39300 | 84100 | 0.5329 | 5,766 | 1292 | 0.8538 | |
| 158 | University of Wyoming | 39900 | 45300 | 0.1191 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 159 | Elmhurst University | 40200 | 69600 | 0.4222 | 3,170 | 1133 | 0.7501 | |
| 160 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42700 | 63300 | 0.3254 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 161 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 42800 | 55100 | 0.2233 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 162 | James Madison University | 43100 | 45000 | 0.0422 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 162 | Montclair State University | 43100 | 47000 | 0.083 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 164 | Kansas State University | 44000 | 48400 | 0.0911 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 165 | University at Albany | 44300 | 48900 | 0.0941 | 12,889 | 1245 | 0.7044 | |
| 166 | Texas Christian University | 44400 | 87400 | 0.4921 | 11,152 | 1268 | 0.4809 | |
| 167 | Appalachian State University | 44500 | 46500 | 0.043 | 19,732 | 1174 | 0.9388 | |
| 168 | Calvin University | 47700 | 57400 | 0.1689 | 3,359 | 1232 | 0.6791 | |
| 169 | University of Kentucky | 48100 | 59900 | 0.1975 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 170 | University of Georgia | 48500 | 52300 | 0.0726 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 171 | DePaul University | 49000 | 69400 | 0.2938 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 172 | Hofstra University | 58900 | 83300 | 0.293 | 6,599 | 1369 | 0.7267 | |
| 173 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 59200 | 61600 | 0.0389 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 | |
| 174 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 60600 | 63000 | 0.038 | 38,463 | 1324 | 0.7589 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.
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