Considering a degree in Geography?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Geography majors who live in Iowa.
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 Iowa.
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 | 5300 | 69100 | 0.9237 | 22,077 | 965 | 0.9124 | |
| 4 | Brigham Young University | 8100 | 22300 | 0.6382 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 5 | Rhode Island College | 9300 | 30200 | 0.6928 | 5,695 | 995 | 0.8557 | |
| 6 | Colgate University | 9500 | 95800 | 0.9008 | 3,193 | 1488 | 0.1388 | |
| 7 | Indiana State University | 10100 | 32400 | 0.6885 | 6,352 | 1015 | 0.9157 | |
| 7 | Portland State University | 10100 | 43300 | 0.7673 | 14,932 | 1174 | 0.8586 | |
| 7 | University of Nevada-Reno | 10100 | 45800 | 0.7802 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 10 | Worcester State University | 10200 | 34900 | 0.7072 | 4,485 | 1090 | 0.8799 | |
| 11 | Southern Utah University | 10600 | 51400 | 0.7937 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 12 | California State University-Stanislaus | 11200 | 31200 | 0.6416 | 8,494 | 950 | 0.9558 | |
| 13 | Marshall University | 11300 | 39800 | 0.7159 | 9,960 | 1070 | 0.9663 | |
| 13 | Middlebury College | 11300 | 94500 | 0.8808 | 2,640 | 1499 | 0.1277 | |
| 15 | Fayetteville State University | 11500 | 18200 | 0.3679 | 6,542 | 900 | 0.689 | |
| 15 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 11500 | 87500 | 0.8684 | 14,249 | 1084 | 0.7761 | |
| 17 | California State University-Fresno | 11600 | 19600 | 0.4071 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 18 | University of Hawaii at Hilo | 11700 | 56000 | 0.791 | 2,304 | 990 | 0.8351 | |
| 18 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 11700 | 20500 | 0.4305 | 5,063 | 1069 | 0.8756 | |
| 20 | Eastern Illinois University | 11900 | 24600 | 0.5156 | 6,731 | 1020 | 0.7073 | |
| 21 | Vassar College | 12300 | 93100 | 0.8679 | 2,514 | 1488 | 0.2093 | |
| 22 | Fitchburg State University | 12400 | 33800 | 0.6327 | 3,000 | 1090 | 0.8885 | |
| 22 | Louisiana Tech University | 12400 | 42900 | 0.7108 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 22 | Mount Holyoke College | 12400 | 89900 | 0.8621 | 2,135 | 1419 | 0.3841 | |
| 25 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 26 | Central Connecticut State University | 13000 | 34200 | 0.6196 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 27 | University of Southern Maine | 13100 | 23000 | 0.43 | 5,549 | 1139 | 0.8241 | |
| 28 | Framingham State University | 13300 | 31000 | 0.5712 | 2,782 | 1190 | 0.8366 | |
| 28 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 13300 | 43000 | 0.6907 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 30 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 13400 | 38300 | 0.6495 | 5,677 | 985 | 0.9301 | |
| 31 | Aquinas College | 13700 | 86000 | 0.8407 | 1,103 | 1035 | 0.9726 | |
| 31 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 61700 | 0.7781 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 33 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 14000 | 22800 | 0.3865 | 11,994 | 1090 | 0.8651 | |
| 34 | San Francisco State University | 14200 | 47700 | 0.7025 | 19,444 | 1035 | 0.9644 | |
| 34 | Youngstown State University | 14200 | 28400 | 0.4998 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 36 | Eastern Michigan University | 14300 | 33900 | 0.5776 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 36 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 14300 | 26600 | 0.4624 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 36 | Salem State University | 14300 | 38300 | 0.6262 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 39 | California State University-San Marcos | 14400 | 38300 | 0.6238 | 15,770 | 990 | 0.9513 | |
| 40 | Arkansas Tech University | 14500 | 31400 | 0.5374 | 8,279 | 1055 | 0.9747 | |
| 40 | California State University-San Bernardino | 14500 | 32700 | 0.5564 | 15,948 | 1020 | 0.943 | |
| 42 | University of North Alabama | 14700 | 37300 | 0.606 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 43 | Sonoma State University | 15000 | 26700 | 0.4382 | 4,449 | 1050 | 0.9841 | |
| 44 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 15100 | 54400 | 0.7229 | 15,735 | 1069 | 0.8797 | |
| 44 | Wayne State College | 15100 | 30500 | 0.5057 | 3,886 | 0 | 1 | |
| 44 | West Virginia University | 15100 | 73100 | 0.7931 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 47 | California State University-Chico | 15500 | 41000 | 0.6224 | 13,599 | 1054 | 0.9107 | |
| 47 | University of West Georgia | 15500 | 24600 | 0.3703 | 10,075 | 1035 | 0.7995 | |
| 49 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 29800 | 0.4782 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 50 | Jacksonville State University | 15700 | 27000 | 0.4192 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 51 | University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire | 16100 | 22400 | 0.2818 | 8,329 | 1209 | 0.385 | |
| 52 | University of Northern Colorado | 16400 | 39100 | 0.5808 | 6,598 | 1080 | 0.945 | |
| 53 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16500 | 64800 | 0.7456 | 22,007 | 1427 | 0.1672 | |
| 54 | Georgia Southern University | 16700 | 49700 | 0.6641 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 55 | University of Louisville | 17100 | 29100 | 0.4128 | 17,916 | 1134 | 0.7921 | |
| 55 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 17100 | 26300 | 0.35 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 57 | Montclair State University | 17200 | 36000 | 0.5224 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 58 | James Madison University | 17700 | 28900 | 0.3874 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 59 | University of South Alabama | 18000 | 40200 | 0.5528 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 60 | Kennesaw State University | 18100 | 27400 | 0.3391 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 61 | San Jose State University | 18300 | 41100 | 0.5542 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 61 | The University of Texas at Austin | 18300 | 28200 | 0.3514 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 63 | Central Washington University | 18600 | 22700 | 0.1804 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 64 | The University of Montana | 19200 | 27400 | 0.2994 | 8,014 | 1184 | 0.9586 | |
| 65 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 19500 | 29900 | 0.3473 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 66 | SUNY Oneonta | 19600 | 29300 | 0.331 | 4,815 | 1090 | 0.7696 | |
| 67 | Pennsylvania Western University | 19800 | 30900 | 0.3594 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 68 | Emory & Henry University | 19900 | 52400 | 0.6201 | 1,084 | 1145 | 0.8365 | |
| 69 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20000 | 45100 | 0.5568 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 70 | Sam Houston State University | 20200 | 30300 | 0.333 | 17,822 | 1035 | 0.9372 | |
| 70 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 20200 | 38500 | 0.4738 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 | |
| 72 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20300 | 57800 | 0.6485 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 73 | Syracuse University | 20400 | 83600 | 0.756 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 73 | University of Northern Iowa | 20400 | 24800 | 0.1775 | 7,800 | 1115 | 0.9313 | |
| 73 | University of Wyoming | 20400 | 27900 | 0.2682 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 76 | Rowan University | 20500 | 41300 | 0.5039 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 76 | State University of New York at New Paltz | 20500 | 26300 | 0.2208 | 6,113 | 1279 | 0.6267 | |
| 78 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 20800 | 39200 | 0.4696 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 79 | University of Wisconsin-Parkside | 21100 | 24300 | 0.1313 | 3,207 | 1084 | 0.9751 | |
| 80 | Iowa State University | 21300 | 25700 | 0.1728 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 81 | Millersville University of Pennsylvania | 21500 | 36700 | 0.4146 | 5,823 | 1115 | 0.8619 | |
| 82 | Rocky Mountain College | 21600 | 52000 | 0.5843 | 779 | 1055 | 0.7775 | |
| 83 | Grand Valley State University | 21900 | 36600 | 0.4014 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 84 | Florida State University | 22300 | 32600 | 0.3161 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 85 | California State University-Northridge | 22400 | 36500 | 0.3858 | 32,846 | 1005 | 0.9176 | |
| 86 | Park University | 22500 | 31300 | 0.2816 | 4,657 | 1035 | 0.6904 | |
| 87 | Augustana College | 22600 | 72800 | 0.6891 | 2,536 | 1157 | 0.6628 | |
| 87 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 22600 | 42000 | 0.4624 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 89 | Concordia University-Nebraska | 22800 | 85400 | 0.7333 | 3,007 | 1135 | 0.8572 | |
| 89 | Saint Cloud State University | 22800 | 36800 | 0.3803 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 89 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 22800 | 30200 | 0.245 | 7,753 | 1140 | 0.9245 | |
| 92 | Illinois State University | 23000 | 36400 | 0.3696 | 19,513 | 1115 | 0.8555 | |
| 93 | Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania | 23100 | 34900 | 0.3385 | 4,371 | 1084 | 0.865 | |
| 93 | University of Southern Mississippi | 23100 | 23100 | 0 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 95 | Bridgewater State University | 23400 | 37300 | 0.3725 | 8,849 | 1143 | 0.8798 | |
| 96 | University of North Texas | 23900 | 37400 | 0.3607 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 97 | University of Central Oklahoma | 24800 | 34000 | 0.2705 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 98 | University of South Florida | 24900 | 36500 | 0.3175 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 99 | California State University-Sacramento | 25000 | 29700 | 0.1581 | 28,619 | 1015 | 0.9357 | |
| 99 | Temple University | 25000 | 36100 | 0.3077 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 99 | University at Buffalo | 25000 | 34000 | 0.2647 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 102 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 25100 | 36900 | 0.3201 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 103 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 26000 | 28400 | 0.0842 | 14,834 | 1149 | 0.7803 | |
| 104 | Gustavus Adolphus College | 26200 | 75500 | 0.6529 | 1,906 | 1273 | 0.6099 | |
| 105 | Northern Illinois University | 26300 | 32100 | 0.1824 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 106 | Bemidji State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 3,751 | 1075 | 0.5598 | |
| 107 | Ball State University | 26600 | 26600 | 0 | 15,950 | 1185 | 0.8625 | |
| 108 | University of Arkansas | 26800 | 44500 | 0.3973 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 108 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 26800 | 36500 | 0.2659 | 7,747 | 1073 | 0.9617 | |
| 110 | San Diego State University | 27200 | 37100 | 0.2671 | 36,196 | 1208 | 0.3741 | |
| 110 | Weber State University | 27200 | 31600 | 0.1394 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 112 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 18,028 | 1059 | 0.7996 | |
| 113 | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | 27600 | 29600 | 0.0677 | 10,743 | 1075 | 0.9598 | |
| 114 | University of Connecticut | 29200 | 55500 | 0.4737 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 115 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 29300 | 33000 | 0.112 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 116 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29500 | 34200 | 0.1373 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 117 | University of Iowa | 29700 | 32100 | 0.0746 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 118 | University of Mary Washington | 30000 | 33000 | 0.0909 | 3,531 | 1279 | 0.7413 | |
| 119 | California State University-Long Beach | 30700 | 38800 | 0.2087 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 120 | Kutztown University of Pennsylvania | 30800 | 35100 | 0.1225 | 6,229 | 1174 | 0.8942 | |
| 121 | Ohio Wesleyan University | 30900 | 75700 | 0.5915 | 1,652 | 1281 | 0.6441 | |
| 121 | University of North Dakota | 30900 | 33700 | 0.0858 | 11,837 | 1189 | 0.8157 | |
| 123 | Pittsburg State University | 31000 | 37100 | 0.1645 | 4,561 | 1055 | 0.5487 | |
| 124 | Texas State University | 31100 | 36300 | 0.1445 | 39,353 | 1080 | 0.9118 | |
| 125 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 32100 | 54400 | 0.4099 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 126 | Villanova University | 32300 | 92900 | 0.6526 | 6,933 | 1466 | 0.2814 | |
| 127 | Liberty University | 32400 | 44700 | 0.275 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 128 | University of Colorado Colorado Springs | 32800 | 41600 | 0.2115 | 9,040 | 1119 | 0.9666 | |
| 129 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 33500 | 38200 | 0.1228 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 130 | University of Idaho | 33800 | 48700 | 0.3062 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 131 | George Washington University | 34400 | 81800 | 0.5796 | 11,495 | 1436 | 0.4713 | |
| 131 | Salisbury University | 34400 | 41800 | 0.1772 | 6,477 | 1245 | 0.8826 | |
| 131 | University of Vermont | 34400 | 66300 | 0.4808 | 12,159 | 1372 | 0.7304 | |
| 134 | Samford University | 34700 | 93800 | 0.6301 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 135 | Valparaiso University | 34900 | 62700 | 0.4428 | 2,056 | 1183 | 0.8994 | |
| 136 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 35000 | 42800 | 0.1824 | 14,657 | 1190 | 0.7583 | |
| 137 | California State University-Fullerton | 35200 | 37600 | 0.0636 | 40,705 | 960 | 0.8811 | |
| 137 | Minnesota State University, Mankato | 35200 | 37600 | 0.0637 | 13,433 | 1145 | 0.8844 | |
| 139 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 35300 | 46500 | 0.2409 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 140 | SUNY College at Geneseo | 35500 | 39400 | 0.0991 | 3,943 | 1275 | 0.3333 | |
| 141 | Carthage College | 35800 | 61800 | 0.4207 | 2,914 | 1125 | 0.8445 | |
| 142 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 36100 | 36100 | 0 | 16,131 | 1275 | 0.6472 | |
| 143 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 36200 | 54400 | 0.3346 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 144 | Western Michigan University | 36300 | 38500 | 0.0571 | 13,714 | 1089 | 0.9121 | |
| 145 | East Carolina University | 36800 | 42700 | 0.1381 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 146 | University of Maine at Farmington | 37100 | 40800 | 0.0908 | 1,661 | 1062 | 0.9832 | |
| 147 | California State University-East Bay | 37300 | 45100 | 0.1731 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 148 | Indiana University-Southeast | 37400 | 40800 | 0.0833 | 3,200 | 1095 | 0.842 | |
| 149 | Frostburg State University | 37700 | 42500 | 0.1129 | 3,436 | 1095 | 0.907 | |
| 150 | University of Central Arkansas | 37900 | 40200 | 0.0595 | 8,238 | 1110 | 0.9157 | |
| 151 | University of St Thomas | 38000 | 74800 | 0.492 | 6,270 | 1299 | 0.8548 | |
| 152 | University of Denver | 39100 | 84100 | 0.5352 | 5,766 | 1292 | 0.8538 | |
| 153 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 39500 | 40300 | 0.0198 | 26,213 | 1209 | 0.7778 | |
| 154 | Elmhurst University | 40100 | 69600 | 0.4236 | 3,170 | 1133 | 0.7501 | |
| 155 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5061 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 156 | Kansas State University | 44000 | 48400 | 0.0916 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 157 | Texas Christian University | 44200 | 87400 | 0.4944 | 11,152 | 1268 | 0.4809 | |
| 158 | University at Albany | 44300 | 48900 | 0.0941 | 12,889 | 1245 | 0.7044 | |
| 159 | Appalachian State University | 44500 | 46500 | 0.043 | 19,732 | 1174 | 0.9388 | |
| 160 | Towson University | 46100 | 46600 | 0.0107 | 16,361 | 1082 | 0.8057 | |
| 161 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47100 | 61500 | 0.234 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 162 | Calvin University | 47600 | 57400 | 0.1706 | 3,359 | 1232 | 0.6791 | |
| 163 | University of Georgia | 48400 | 52300 | 0.0746 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 164 | University of Arizona | 48600 | 48600 | 0 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 164 | University of Kentucky | 48600 | 59900 | 0.1888 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 166 | DePaul University | 49000 | 69400 | 0.2938 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 167 | Michigan State University | 49200 | 56200 | 0.1245 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 168 | Georgia College & State University | 52400 | 52400 | 0 | 6,250 | 1165 | 0.8466 | |
| 169 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53500 | 63400 | 0.1562 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 170 | George Mason University | 56000 | 61400 | 0.088 | 28,862 | 1271 | 0.8647 | |
| 171 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 58700 | 62300 | 0.0578 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 172 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 58800 | 61200 | 0.0391 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 173 | Hofstra University | 59100 | 83300 | 0.2906 | 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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