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 | California State University-Los Angeles | 5400 | 69100 | 0.9223 | 22,077 | 965 | 0.9124 | |
| 4 | Brigham Young University | 8100 | 22300 | 0.6382 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 5 | Rhode Island College | 9300 | 63300 | 0.853 | 5,695 | 995 | 0.8557 | |
| 6 | Colgate University | 9900 | 95800 | 0.8966 | 3,193 | 1488 | 0.1388 | |
| 7 | University of Nevada-Reno | 10100 | 32500 | 0.6894 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 8 | Portland State University | 10300 | 43300 | 0.7627 | 14,932 | 1174 | 0.8586 | |
| 8 | Worcester State University | 10300 | 34900 | 0.7043 | 4,485 | 1090 | 0.8799 | |
| 10 | Indiana State University | 10500 | 25900 | 0.5955 | 6,352 | 1015 | 0.9157 | |
| 11 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 10800 | 21100 | 0.4888 | 7,753 | 1140 | 0.9245 | |
| 12 | Southern Utah University | 11100 | 51400 | 0.784 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 13 | California State University-Stanislaus | 11300 | 33600 | 0.6647 | 8,494 | 950 | 0.9558 | |
| 14 | California State University-Fresno | 11500 | 44000 | 0.7388 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 14 | Front Range Community College | 11500 | 18600 | 0.3774 | 21,970 | 0 | 1 | |
| 14 | Marshall University | 11500 | 39800 | 0.7109 | 9,960 | 1070 | 0.9663 | |
| 14 | Middlebury College | 11500 | 94500 | 0.8787 | 2,640 | 1499 | 0.1277 | |
| 14 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 11500 | 27800 | 0.5858 | 22,007 | 1427 | 0.1672 | |
| 19 | Fayetteville State University | 11600 | 18200 | 0.3624 | 6,542 | 900 | 0.689 | |
| 19 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 11600 | 87500 | 0.8673 | 14,249 | 1084 | 0.7761 | |
| 21 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 11800 | 20500 | 0.4219 | 5,063 | 1069 | 0.8756 | |
| 22 | Eastern Illinois University | 12100 | 24600 | 0.5074 | 6,731 | 1020 | 0.7073 | |
| 22 | University of Hawaii at Hilo | 12100 | 56000 | 0.7839 | 2,304 | 990 | 0.8351 | |
| 22 | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | 12100 | 19300 | 0.3731 | 10,743 | 1075 | 0.9598 | |
| 25 | Fitchburg State University | 12200 | 33800 | 0.6386 | 3,000 | 1090 | 0.8885 | |
| 26 | Mount Holyoke College | 12400 | 89900 | 0.8621 | 2,135 | 1419 | 0.3841 | |
| 27 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 27 | Vassar College | 12600 | 93100 | 0.8647 | 2,514 | 1488 | 0.2093 | |
| 29 | Framingham State University | 13300 | 31000 | 0.5712 | 2,782 | 1190 | 0.8366 | |
| 29 | University of Southern Maine | 13300 | 23000 | 0.4213 | 5,549 | 1139 | 0.8241 | |
| 31 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 13400 | 43000 | 0.6883 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 32 | Central Connecticut State University | 13500 | 34200 | 0.605 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 32 | Louisiana Tech University | 13500 | 42900 | 0.6852 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 34 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 13600 | 38300 | 0.6443 | 5,677 | 985 | 0.9301 | |
| 35 | University of Georgia | 13700 | 27200 | 0.4956 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 35 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 61700 | 0.7781 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 37 | Aquinas College | 13800 | 86000 | 0.8395 | 1,103 | 1035 | 0.9726 | |
| 38 | Appalachian State University | 14000 | 25500 | 0.4512 | 19,732 | 1174 | 0.9388 | |
| 39 | University of Arizona | 14100 | 32100 | 0.5606 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 39 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 14100 | 22800 | 0.3821 | 11,994 | 1090 | 0.8651 | |
| 41 | Youngstown State University | 14200 | 28400 | 0.4998 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 42 | San Francisco State University | 14300 | 47700 | 0.7004 | 19,444 | 1035 | 0.9644 | |
| 43 | Eastern Michigan University | 14400 | 33900 | 0.5746 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 43 | Salem State University | 14400 | 38300 | 0.6236 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 45 | Arkansas Tech University | 14600 | 31400 | 0.5343 | 8,279 | 1055 | 0.9747 | |
| 45 | California State University-San Bernardino | 14600 | 40100 | 0.6362 | 15,948 | 1020 | 0.943 | |
| 47 | Western Michigan University | 14700 | 28900 | 0.4918 | 13,714 | 1089 | 0.9121 | |
| 48 | University of North Alabama | 14800 | 37300 | 0.6033 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 49 | California State University-San Marcos | 14900 | 24700 | 0.3975 | 15,770 | 990 | 0.9513 | |
| 50 | West Virginia University | 15000 | 73100 | 0.7945 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 51 | Sonoma State University | 15100 | 26700 | 0.4345 | 4,449 | 1050 | 0.9841 | |
| 52 | Wayne State College | 15200 | 30500 | 0.5024 | 3,886 | 0 | 1 | |
| 53 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 15300 | 54400 | 0.7192 | 15,735 | 1069 | 0.8797 | |
| 54 | Pittsburg State University | 15400 | 23900 | 0.3551 | 4,561 | 1055 | 0.5487 | |
| 55 | California State University-Chico | 15500 | 27000 | 0.4253 | 13,599 | 1054 | 0.9107 | |
| 56 | Jacksonville State University | 15600 | 38200 | 0.5912 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 56 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 38800 | 0.5992 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 58 | University of Wisconsin-Parkside | 15700 | 20600 | 0.2377 | 3,207 | 1084 | 0.9751 | |
| 59 | Florida State University | 15800 | 23000 | 0.3133 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 59 | Grand Valley State University | 15800 | 28300 | 0.441 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 61 | University of West Georgia | 16000 | 57700 | 0.7233 | 10,075 | 1035 | 0.7995 | |
| 62 | University of California-Los Angeles | 16300 | 36700 | 0.5554 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 62 | University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire | 16300 | 22400 | 0.2729 | 8,329 | 1209 | 0.385 | |
| 64 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 16500 | 22300 | 0.2598 | 26,213 | 1209 | 0.7778 | |
| 64 | University of Northern Colorado | 16500 | 39100 | 0.5782 | 6,598 | 1080 | 0.945 | |
| 66 | California State University-Long Beach | 16800 | 25800 | 0.3489 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 66 | Georgia Southern University | 16800 | 49700 | 0.6621 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 68 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 17200 | 26300 | 0.3462 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 69 | Weber State University | 17300 | 20300 | 0.1481 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 70 | Montclair State University | 17400 | 36000 | 0.5169 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 70 | Sam Houston State University | 17400 | 27100 | 0.3578 | 17,822 | 1035 | 0.9372 | |
| 72 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 17600 | 35600 | 0.5063 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 72 | University of South Alabama | 17600 | 22400 | 0.2147 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 74 | University of Arkansas | 18000 | 28400 | 0.3655 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 75 | Kennesaw State University | 18200 | 27400 | 0.3355 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 75 | Texas State University | 18200 | 26100 | 0.3026 | 39,353 | 1080 | 0.9118 | |
| 77 | University of Vermont | 18300 | 37800 | 0.5164 | 12,159 | 1372 | 0.7304 | |
| 78 | San Jose State University | 18400 | 41100 | 0.5518 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 79 | San Diego State University | 18700 | 28900 | 0.353 | 36,196 | 1208 | 0.3741 | |
| 80 | Central Washington University | 18800 | 22700 | 0.1716 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 81 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 19800 | 29900 | 0.3373 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 82 | Emory & Henry University | 20200 | 52400 | 0.6141 | 1,084 | 1145 | 0.8365 | |
| 82 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 20200 | 38500 | 0.4738 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 | |
| 84 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20300 | 57800 | 0.6485 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 85 | Syracuse University | 20400 | 83600 | 0.756 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 86 | SUNY Oneonta | 20600 | 55300 | 0.6281 | 4,815 | 1090 | 0.7696 | |
| 87 | Millersville University of Pennsylvania | 21200 | 24900 | 0.1486 | 5,823 | 1115 | 0.8619 | |
| 88 | Salisbury University | 21400 | 29300 | 0.2697 | 6,477 | 1245 | 0.8826 | |
| 89 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 21600 | 27800 | 0.2228 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 90 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 90 | Rocky Mountain College | 21800 | 52000 | 0.5805 | 779 | 1055 | 0.7775 | |
| 92 | California State University-Northridge | 22500 | 36500 | 0.383 | 32,846 | 1005 | 0.9176 | |
| 92 | Park University | 22500 | 31300 | 0.2816 | 4,657 | 1035 | 0.6904 | |
| 94 | Augustana College | 22600 | 72800 | 0.6891 | 2,536 | 1157 | 0.6628 | |
| 94 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 22600 | 42000 | 0.4624 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 96 | Saint Cloud State University | 22800 | 36800 | 0.3803 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 97 | Concordia University-Nebraska | 22900 | 85400 | 0.7321 | 3,007 | 1135 | 0.8572 | |
| 98 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 23000 | 27500 | 0.1618 | 18,028 | 1059 | 0.7996 | |
| 99 | University of Southern Mississippi | 23100 | 23100 | 0 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 100 | Pennsylvania Western University | 23200 | 34400 | 0.3253 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 101 | Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania | 23300 | 34900 | 0.3328 | 4,371 | 1084 | 0.865 | |
| 102 | Bridgewater State University | 23500 | 37300 | 0.3698 | 8,849 | 1143 | 0.8798 | |
| 103 | State University of New York at New Paltz | 23800 | 35700 | 0.333 | 6,113 | 1279 | 0.6267 | |
| 104 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24000 | 38500 | 0.3764 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 105 | University of North Texas | 24100 | 37400 | 0.3554 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 106 | University of Central Oklahoma | 24900 | 34000 | 0.2676 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 107 | University of South Florida | 25000 | 36500 | 0.3147 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 108 | California State University-Sacramento | 25100 | 29700 | 0.1547 | 28,619 | 1015 | 0.9357 | |
| 109 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 25200 | 36900 | 0.3174 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 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 | |
| 112 | Northern Illinois University | 26300 | 32100 | 0.1826 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 113 | Bemidji State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 3,751 | 1075 | 0.5598 | |
| 114 | Ball State University | 26600 | 26600 | 0 | 15,950 | 1185 | 0.8625 | |
| 115 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 26900 | 36500 | 0.2632 | 7,747 | 1073 | 0.9617 | |
| 116 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 28500 | 41900 | 0.3195 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 117 | University of Northern Iowa | 28900 | 37300 | 0.2252 | 7,800 | 1115 | 0.9313 | |
| 118 | University of Connecticut | 29200 | 56600 | 0.4843 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 119 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 29300 | 33000 | 0.112 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 120 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29700 | 34200 | 0.1314 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 121 | University of Mary Washington | 30000 | 33000 | 0.0909 | 3,531 | 1279 | 0.7413 | |
| 122 | Towson University | 30200 | 30200 | 0 | 16,361 | 1082 | 0.8057 | |
| 123 | The University of Montana | 30500 | 30500 | 0 | 8,014 | 1184 | 0.9586 | |
| 124 | Kutztown University of Pennsylvania | 30800 | 35100 | 0.1225 | 6,229 | 1174 | 0.8942 | |
| 125 | Ohio Wesleyan University | 30900 | 75700 | 0.5915 | 1,652 | 1281 | 0.6441 | |
| 125 | University of North Dakota | 30900 | 33700 | 0.0858 | 11,837 | 1189 | 0.8157 | |
| 127 | George Mason University | 31000 | 35700 | 0.1315 | 28,862 | 1271 | 0.8647 | |
| 128 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32000 | 35200 | 0.0908 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 129 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 32200 | 54400 | 0.408 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 130 | Liberty University | 32400 | 44700 | 0.275 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 130 | University of Colorado Colorado Springs | 32400 | 41600 | 0.2211 | 9,040 | 1119 | 0.9666 | |
| 130 | Villanova University | 32400 | 92900 | 0.6515 | 6,933 | 1466 | 0.2814 | |
| 133 | University of Louisville | 32600 | 42100 | 0.2254 | 17,916 | 1134 | 0.7921 | |
| 134 | University of Idaho | 32700 | 33400 | 0.0209 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 135 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 33500 | 38200 | 0.1228 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 136 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 34100 | 34200 | 0.0029 | 16,131 | 1275 | 0.6472 | |
| 137 | George Washington University | 34400 | 81800 | 0.5796 | 11,495 | 1436 | 0.4713 | |
| 138 | Samford University | 34800 | 93800 | 0.6291 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 139 | California State University-Fullerton | 35200 | 37600 | 0.0636 | 40,705 | 960 | 0.8811 | |
| 139 | Minnesota State University, Mankato | 35200 | 37600 | 0.0637 | 13,433 | 1145 | 0.8844 | |
| 139 | Valparaiso University | 35200 | 63000 | 0.441 | 2,056 | 1183 | 0.8994 | |
| 142 | SUNY College at Geneseo | 35500 | 39400 | 0.0991 | 3,943 | 1275 | 0.3333 | |
| 143 | Temple University | 35700 | 57200 | 0.3756 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 144 | Carthage College | 35800 | 61800 | 0.4207 | 2,914 | 1125 | 0.8445 | |
| 145 | East Carolina University | 36800 | 42700 | 0.1381 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 146 | Rowan University | 37000 | 53600 | 0.3095 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 147 | University of Maine at Farmington | 37100 | 40800 | 0.0908 | 1,661 | 1062 | 0.9832 | |
| 148 | California State University-East Bay | 37300 | 45100 | 0.1731 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 149 | Indiana University-Southeast | 37400 | 40800 | 0.0833 | 3,200 | 1095 | 0.842 | |
| 150 | University of Denver | 37500 | 84100 | 0.5543 | 5,766 | 1292 | 0.8538 | |
| 151 | Frostburg State University | 37800 | 42500 | 0.1106 | 3,436 | 1095 | 0.907 | |
| 151 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37800 | 66700 | 0.4334 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 153 | University of Central Arkansas | 37900 | 40200 | 0.0595 | 8,238 | 1110 | 0.9157 | |
| 153 | University of St Thomas | 37900 | 74800 | 0.4933 | 6,270 | 1299 | 0.8548 | |
| 155 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 39400 | 42800 | 0.0795 | 14,657 | 1190 | 0.7583 | |
| 156 | University of Wyoming | 39900 | 45300 | 0.1191 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 157 | Elmhurst University | 40100 | 69600 | 0.4236 | 3,170 | 1133 | 0.7501 | |
| 158 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42400 | 63300 | 0.3301 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 159 | James Madison University | 43800 | 45000 | 0.0267 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 160 | Kansas State University | 43900 | 48400 | 0.0919 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 161 | Texas Christian University | 44100 | 87400 | 0.4955 | 11,152 | 1268 | 0.4809 | |
| 162 | University at Albany | 44300 | 48900 | 0.0941 | 12,889 | 1245 | 0.7044 | |
| 163 | Illinois State University | 45700 | 49100 | 0.0692 | 19,513 | 1115 | 0.8555 | |
| 164 | University at Buffalo | 46400 | 46400 | 0 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 165 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47100 | 61500 | 0.234 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 166 | Calvin University | 47600 | 57400 | 0.1706 | 3,359 | 1232 | 0.6791 | |
| 167 | University of Kentucky | 48700 | 59900 | 0.1865 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 168 | DePaul University | 49100 | 69400 | 0.2923 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 169 | Michigan State University | 49200 | 56200 | 0.1245 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 170 | The University of Texas at Austin | 50700 | 59100 | 0.142 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 171 | University of Iowa | 52000 | 54400 | 0.044 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 172 | Georgia College & State University | 52400 | 52400 | 0 | 6,250 | 1165 | 0.8466 | |
| 173 | Hofstra University | 59200 | 83300 | 0.2894 | 6,599 | 1369 | 0.7267 | |
| 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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