Considering a degree in Geography?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Geography majors who live in Colorado.
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 Colorado.
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 | Colgate University | 10900 | 95800 | 0.8859 | 3,193 | 1488 | 0.1388 | |
| 6 | Marshall University | 11300 | 33400 | 0.6615 | 9,960 | 1070 | 0.9663 | |
| 7 | Fayetteville State University | 11500 | 20300 | 0.4329 | 6,542 | 900 | 0.689 | |
| 8 | California State University-Sacramento | 11700 | 31300 | 0.6265 | 28,619 | 1015 | 0.9357 | |
| 9 | California State University-Stanislaus | 12000 | 28500 | 0.5788 | 8,494 | 950 | 0.9558 | |
| 10 | University of Hawaii at Hilo | 12100 | 33200 | 0.6347 | 2,304 | 990 | 0.8351 | |
| 11 | California State University-Northridge | 12300 | 22000 | 0.441 | 32,846 | 1005 | 0.9176 | |
| 12 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 12500 | 24900 | 0.4972 | 5,677 | 985 | 0.9301 | |
| 13 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 13 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 12600 | 25700 | 0.5097 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 15 | Vassar College | 12700 | 92400 | 0.8628 | 2,514 | 1488 | 0.2093 | |
| 16 | University of Arizona | 12900 | 30900 | 0.5835 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 17 | University of North Alabama | 13100 | 28200 | 0.5358 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 18 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 61700 | 0.7784 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 19 | Middlebury College | 14200 | 89900 | 0.8421 | 2,640 | 1499 | 0.1277 | |
| 20 | Arkansas Tech University | 14500 | 27400 | 0.4711 | 8,279 | 1055 | 0.9747 | |
| 20 | Northern Illinois University | 14500 | 30400 | 0.5222 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 22 | Sonoma State University | 14700 | 26700 | 0.4495 | 4,449 | 1050 | 0.9841 | |
| 23 | Salisbury University | 14800 | 28700 | 0.4846 | 6,477 | 1245 | 0.8826 | |
| 24 | Pittsburg State University | 15200 | 23900 | 0.3634 | 4,561 | 1055 | 0.5487 | |
| 24 | Wayne State College | 15200 | 20300 | 0.2512 | 3,886 | 0 | 1 | |
| 24 | Worcester State University | 15200 | 30000 | 0.4933 | 4,485 | 1090 | 0.8799 | |
| 27 | California State University-Chico | 15400 | 23500 | 0.3443 | 13,599 | 1054 | 0.9107 | |
| 28 | Texas State University | 15500 | 25500 | 0.3924 | 39,353 | 1080 | 0.9118 | |
| 29 | James Madison University | 15600 | 28900 | 0.4608 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 29 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 38800 | 0.5992 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 31 | Western Michigan University | 15700 | 32500 | 0.5175 | 13,714 | 1089 | 0.9121 | |
| 32 | Ball State University | 16000 | 22400 | 0.2861 | 15,950 | 1185 | 0.8625 | |
| 33 | Appalachian State University | 16100 | 19500 | 0.1745 | 19,732 | 1174 | 0.9388 | |
| 34 | California State University-Long Beach | 16200 | 25800 | 0.3722 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 34 | Weber State University | 16200 | 23600 | 0.3131 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 36 | Portland State University | 16300 | 26100 | 0.3757 | 14,932 | 1174 | 0.8586 | |
| 36 | University of California-Los Angeles | 16300 | 36700 | 0.5554 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 38 | Frostburg State University | 16400 | 26600 | 0.3832 | 3,436 | 1095 | 0.907 | |
| 38 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 16400 | 22300 | 0.2643 | 26,213 | 1209 | 0.7778 | |
| 40 | Eastern Michigan University | 16600 | 36100 | 0.5404 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 40 | SUNY College at Geneseo | 16600 | 26400 | 0.3706 | 3,943 | 1275 | 0.3333 | |
| 40 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16600 | 64800 | 0.7439 | 22,007 | 1427 | 0.1672 | |
| 43 | University of Colorado Colorado Springs | 16800 | 25400 | 0.3398 | 9,040 | 1119 | 0.9666 | |
| 43 | West Virginia University | 16800 | 40900 | 0.589 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 45 | Georgia Southern University | 16900 | 20100 | 0.1588 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 46 | Sam Houston State University | 17300 | 27000 | 0.3594 | 17,822 | 1035 | 0.9372 | |
| 47 | Rhode Island College | 17600 | 27400 | 0.3581 | 5,695 | 995 | 0.8557 | |
| 48 | Salem State University | 17700 | 28500 | 0.3789 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 48 | University at Albany | 17700 | 30800 | 0.4254 | 12,889 | 1245 | 0.7044 | |
| 48 | University of Louisville | 17700 | 29100 | 0.3921 | 17,916 | 1134 | 0.7921 | |
| 51 | Central Connecticut State University | 18000 | 34000 | 0.4701 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 51 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 18000 | 22800 | 0.2108 | 11,994 | 1090 | 0.8651 | |
| 51 | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | 18000 | 21900 | 0.1783 | 10,743 | 1075 | 0.9598 | |
| 54 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 18200 | 18200 | 0 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 55 | Georgia College & State University | 18300 | 18300 | 0 | 6,250 | 1165 | 0.8466 | |
| 56 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 18400 | 30600 | 0.3971 | 38,463 | 1324 | 0.7589 | |
| 57 | Youngstown State University | 18500 | 34000 | 0.4559 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 58 | Central Washington University | 18600 | 22700 | 0.1804 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 59 | Framingham State University | 19000 | 31000 | 0.3872 | 2,782 | 1190 | 0.8366 | |
| 60 | University of Central Oklahoma | 19400 | 22700 | 0.1454 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 61 | University of Maine at Farmington | 19500 | 33700 | 0.4219 | 1,661 | 1062 | 0.9832 | |
| 62 | University of South Alabama | 19600 | 22400 | 0.1252 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 63 | California State University-Los Angeles | 19800 | 38000 | 0.479 | 22,077 | 965 | 0.9124 | |
| 63 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 19800 | 29900 | 0.3371 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 65 | Pennsylvania Western University | 19900 | 29000 | 0.3143 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 66 | Emory & Henry University | 20200 | 52400 | 0.6146 | 1,084 | 1145 | 0.8365 | |
| 67 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20300 | 29400 | 0.309 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 68 | Eastern Illinois University | 20500 | 28100 | 0.2699 | 6,731 | 1020 | 0.7073 | |
| 69 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 20700 | 26000 | 0.2032 | 5,063 | 1069 | 0.8756 | |
| 70 | Millersville University of Pennsylvania | 21100 | 24900 | 0.1526 | 5,823 | 1115 | 0.8619 | |
| 71 | University of Mary Washington | 21300 | 47100 | 0.5475 | 3,531 | 1279 | 0.7413 | |
| 72 | State University of New York at New Paltz | 21500 | 26300 | 0.1827 | 6,113 | 1279 | 0.6267 | |
| 73 | Louisiana Tech University | 21600 | 26100 | 0.1726 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 74 | Rocky Mountain College | 21700 | 52000 | 0.5824 | 779 | 1055 | 0.7775 | |
| 75 | Grand Valley State University | 22100 | 35900 | 0.3849 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 76 | Florida State University | 22400 | 32400 | 0.3091 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 76 | University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire | 22400 | 22400 | 0 | 8,329 | 1209 | 0.385 | |
| 78 | Augustana College | 22700 | 72800 | 0.6881 | 2,536 | 1157 | 0.6628 | |
| 79 | Fitchburg State University | 22800 | 33700 | 0.3235 | 3,000 | 1090 | 0.8885 | |
| 80 | Saint Cloud State University | 22900 | 36800 | 0.3775 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 81 | Aquinas College | 23000 | 53400 | 0.5697 | 1,103 | 1035 | 0.9726 | |
| 81 | Concordia University-Nebraska | 23000 | 61100 | 0.6235 | 3,007 | 1135 | 0.8572 | |
| 81 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 23000 | 27500 | 0.1618 | 18,028 | 1059 | 0.7996 | |
| 81 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 23000 | 24700 | 0.0689 | 7,753 | 1140 | 0.9245 | |
| 85 | San Jose State University | 23100 | 41100 | 0.4381 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 85 | University of Southern Mississippi | 23100 | 23100 | 0 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 87 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 23800 | 24900 | 0.0441 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 87 | University of Wisconsin-Parkside | 23800 | 30400 | 0.2168 | 3,207 | 1084 | 0.9751 | |
| 89 | Calvin University | 24000 | 53500 | 0.5513 | 3,359 | 1232 | 0.6791 | |
| 90 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24100 | 39300 | 0.3873 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 91 | Front Range Community College | 24400 | 31400 | 0.2228 | 21,970 | 0 | 1 | |
| 92 | Indiana State University | 24500 | 32400 | 0.2439 | 6,352 | 1015 | 0.9157 | |
| 92 | Park University | 24500 | 31300 | 0.2176 | 4,657 | 1035 | 0.6904 | |
| 94 | University at Buffalo | 24900 | 34000 | 0.2677 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 95 | Temple University | 25100 | 36100 | 0.3049 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 96 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 25400 | 32800 | 0.2255 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 97 | Michigan State University | 25800 | 28900 | 0.1089 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 97 | Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania | 25800 | 34900 | 0.2611 | 4,371 | 1084 | 0.865 | |
| 97 | University of North Dakota | 25800 | 28600 | 0.0977 | 11,837 | 1189 | 0.8157 | |
| 100 | Gustavus Adolphus College | 26300 | 75500 | 0.6519 | 1,906 | 1273 | 0.6099 | |
| 101 | Bemidji State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 3,751 | 1075 | 0.5598 | |
| 102 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 26500 | 36800 | 0.28 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 103 | University of Arkansas | 26600 | 28900 | 0.0793 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 104 | University of Idaho | 26800 | 30600 | 0.1244 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 105 | University of Central Arkansas | 26900 | 31200 | 0.1373 | 8,238 | 1110 | 0.9157 | |
| 106 | Kansas State University | 27300 | 30400 | 0.1043 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 107 | Kennesaw State University | 27400 | 27400 | 0 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 107 | Rowan University | 27400 | 41300 | 0.3369 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 109 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 27500 | 36500 | 0.2467 | 7,747 | 1073 | 0.9617 | |
| 110 | Villanova University | 27800 | 88800 | 0.6867 | 6,933 | 1466 | 0.2814 | |
| 111 | California State University-San Marcos | 27900 | 28500 | 0.021 | 15,770 | 990 | 0.9513 | |
| 111 | Syracuse University | 27900 | 83100 | 0.6641 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 113 | California State University-San Bernardino | 28100 | 35400 | 0.2063 | 15,948 | 1020 | 0.943 | |
| 114 | Bridgewater State University | 28200 | 35500 | 0.2061 | 8,849 | 1143 | 0.8798 | |
| 114 | The University of Montana | 28200 | 28200 | 0 | 8,014 | 1184 | 0.9586 | |
| 116 | Elmhurst University | 28400 | 67000 | 0.5763 | 3,170 | 1133 | 0.7501 | |
| 117 | University of North Texas | 28700 | 37400 | 0.2325 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 118 | University of Northern Iowa | 29000 | 37300 | 0.2223 | 7,800 | 1115 | 0.9313 | |
| 119 | Jacksonville State University | 29200 | 38200 | 0.2354 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 120 | California State University-East Bay | 29500 | 45100 | 0.3461 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 121 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 29700 | 31600 | 0.0601 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 122 | University of Iowa | 29800 | 32100 | 0.0714 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 123 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 30000 | 38400 | 0.2187 | 15,735 | 1069 | 0.8797 | |
| 124 | Southern Utah University | 30100 | 40800 | 0.2624 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 125 | University of West Georgia | 30200 | 46800 | 0.3546 | 10,075 | 1035 | 0.7995 | |
| 126 | Kutztown University of Pennsylvania | 30800 | 35900 | 0.1422 | 6,229 | 1174 | 0.8942 | |
| 127 | San Francisco State University | 30900 | 47700 | 0.3523 | 19,444 | 1035 | 0.9644 | |
| 128 | George Mason University | 31000 | 35700 | 0.1315 | 28,862 | 1271 | 0.8647 | |
| 129 | Illinois State University | 31100 | 36400 | 0.1453 | 19,513 | 1115 | 0.8555 | |
| 130 | San Diego State University | 31200 | 36100 | 0.1357 | 36,196 | 1208 | 0.3741 | |
| 131 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 31300 | 59100 | 0.4701 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 132 | Ohio Wesleyan University | 31500 | 75700 | 0.5836 | 1,652 | 1281 | 0.6441 | |
| 133 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32300 | 35100 | 0.0799 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 134 | University of Nevada-Reno | 32500 | 32500 | 0 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 135 | Samford University | 32700 | 64600 | 0.4939 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 136 | Liberty University | 33200 | 44600 | 0.2556 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 137 | George Washington University | 33700 | 81800 | 0.5881 | 11,495 | 1436 | 0.4713 | |
| 138 | University of St Thomas | 34100 | 70300 | 0.5152 | 6,270 | 1299 | 0.8548 | |
| 139 | University of Vermont | 34500 | 66300 | 0.4799 | 12,159 | 1372 | 0.7304 | |
| 140 | University of South Florida | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 141 | Valparaiso University | 35200 | 63000 | 0.441 | 2,056 | 1183 | 0.8994 | |
| 142 | Minnesota State University, Mankato | 35300 | 37600 | 0.0609 | 13,433 | 1145 | 0.8844 | |
| 143 | Carthage College | 35800 | 61800 | 0.4207 | 2,914 | 1125 | 0.8445 | |
| 144 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 36000 | 41600 | 0.1346 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 145 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 36100 | 36100 | 0 | 16,131 | 1275 | 0.6472 | |
| 146 | University of Northern Colorado | 36400 | 39100 | 0.0691 | 6,598 | 1080 | 0.945 | |
| 147 | Hofstra University | 36500 | 76900 | 0.5253 | 6,599 | 1369 | 0.7267 | |
| 148 | East Carolina University | 36900 | 42700 | 0.1356 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 149 | California State University-Fresno | 37000 | 43800 | 0.1552 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 150 | University of Connecticut | 37100 | 53600 | 0.3081 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 151 | Indiana University-Southeast | 37500 | 40800 | 0.0807 | 3,200 | 1095 | 0.842 | |
| 151 | University of Denver | 37500 | 76300 | 0.5085 | 5,766 | 1292 | 0.8538 | |
| 151 | University of Southern Maine | 37500 | 37500 | 0 | 5,549 | 1139 | 0.8241 | |
| 154 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37800 | 66300 | 0.43 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 155 | California State University-Fullerton | 38600 | 41500 | 0.0697 | 40,705 | 960 | 0.8811 | |
| 156 | SUNY Oneonta | 39500 | 41700 | 0.0527 | 4,815 | 1090 | 0.7696 | |
| 157 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 40000 | 42500 | 0.0589 | 14,249 | 1084 | 0.7761 | |
| 157 | University of Wyoming | 40000 | 45300 | 0.1168 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 159 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 40900 | 48500 | 0.1566 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 160 | Montclair State University | 41500 | 46600 | 0.1095 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 161 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 42400 | 42400 | 0 | 14,657 | 1190 | 0.7583 | |
| 162 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42500 | 56200 | 0.2439 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 163 | Texas Christian University | 44200 | 87400 | 0.4945 | 11,152 | 1268 | 0.4809 | |
| 164 | Towson University | 45600 | 46400 | 0.0172 | 16,361 | 1082 | 0.8057 | |
| 165 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 46400 | 46600 | 0.0043 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 166 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47100 | 59700 | 0.2124 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 167 | University of Kentucky | 49000 | 58000 | 0.1558 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 168 | DePaul University | 49100 | 66000 | 0.2562 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 169 | The University of Texas at Austin | 49600 | 59400 | 0.165 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 169 | University of Georgia | 49600 | 51600 | 0.0387 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 171 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 50600 | 52900 | 0.0433 | 14,834 | 1149 | 0.7803 | |
| 172 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 52900 | 61200 | 0.1355 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 173 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 55900 | 63800 | 0.1237 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 174 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 59300 | 61600 | 0.0372 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.
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