Considering a degree in Geography?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Geography majors who live in Louisiana.
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 Louisiana.
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 | 5500 | 69100 | 0.9208 | 22,077 | 965 | 0.9124 | |
| 4 | Brigham Young University | 8100 | 22300 | 0.6382 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 5 | California State University-Northridge | 8500 | 22000 | 0.6141 | 32,846 | 1005 | 0.9176 | |
| 6 | Rhode Island College | 9400 | 63300 | 0.8514 | 5,695 | 995 | 0.8557 | |
| 7 | Louisiana State University-Shreveport | 9700 | 36800 | 0.7359 | 2,651 | 1085 | 0.5055 | |
| 8 | University of Nevada-Reno | 10100 | 45800 | 0.7802 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 9 | Colgate University | 10200 | 95800 | 0.8935 | 3,193 | 1488 | 0.1388 | |
| 10 | Portland State University | 10400 | 43300 | 0.7603 | 14,932 | 1174 | 0.8586 | |
| 10 | Worcester State University | 10400 | 34900 | 0.7015 | 4,485 | 1090 | 0.8799 | |
| 12 | Indiana State University | 10500 | 32400 | 0.6762 | 6,352 | 1015 | 0.9157 | |
| 13 | Southern Utah University | 10800 | 51400 | 0.7898 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 13 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 10800 | 21100 | 0.4888 | 7,753 | 1140 | 0.9245 | |
| 15 | California State University-Stanislaus | 11400 | 31200 | 0.6351 | 8,494 | 950 | 0.9558 | |
| 16 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 11500 | 27800 | 0.5858 | 22,007 | 1427 | 0.1672 | |
| 17 | California State University-Fresno | 11600 | 44000 | 0.7366 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 17 | Marshall University | 11600 | 39800 | 0.7084 | 9,960 | 1070 | 0.9663 | |
| 19 | Fayetteville State University | 11700 | 18200 | 0.3569 | 6,542 | 900 | 0.689 | |
| 19 | Middlebury College | 11700 | 94500 | 0.8765 | 2,640 | 1499 | 0.1277 | |
| 19 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 11700 | 87500 | 0.8661 | 14,249 | 1084 | 0.7761 | |
| 22 | University of Hawaii at Hilo | 11900 | 56000 | 0.7875 | 2,304 | 990 | 0.8351 | |
| 23 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 12000 | 20500 | 0.413 | 5,063 | 1069 | 0.8756 | |
| 24 | Eastern Illinois University | 12200 | 24600 | 0.5034 | 6,731 | 1020 | 0.7073 | |
| 25 | Fitchburg State University | 12400 | 33800 | 0.6327 | 3,000 | 1090 | 0.8885 | |
| 25 | 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 | |
| 28 | Vassar College | 12900 | 93100 | 0.8615 | 2,514 | 1488 | 0.2093 | |
| 29 | University of Colorado Colorado Springs | 13400 | 26600 | 0.4963 | 9,040 | 1119 | 0.9666 | |
| 29 | University of Southern Maine | 13400 | 23000 | 0.4169 | 5,549 | 1139 | 0.8241 | |
| 31 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 13700 | 38300 | 0.6417 | 5,677 | 985 | 0.9301 | |
| 31 | Louisiana Tech University | 13700 | 43000 | 0.6812 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 31 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 61700 | 0.7781 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 34 | Aquinas College | 13800 | 86000 | 0.8395 | 1,103 | 1035 | 0.9726 | |
| 34 | University of South Florida | 13800 | 22400 | 0.3843 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 36 | University of North Alabama | 13900 | 28200 | 0.5074 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 37 | University of Arizona | 14100 | 32100 | 0.5606 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 38 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 14300 | 22800 | 0.3733 | 11,994 | 1090 | 0.8651 | |
| 38 | Youngstown State University | 14300 | 28400 | 0.4963 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 40 | San Francisco State University | 14400 | 47700 | 0.6983 | 19,444 | 1035 | 0.9644 | |
| 41 | Arkansas Tech University | 14600 | 31400 | 0.5343 | 8,279 | 1055 | 0.9747 | |
| 41 | California State University-San Bernardino | 14600 | 32700 | 0.5533 | 15,948 | 1020 | 0.943 | |
| 41 | Eastern Michigan University | 14600 | 33900 | 0.5687 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 41 | Salem State University | 14600 | 38300 | 0.6184 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 45 | Western Michigan University | 14800 | 28900 | 0.4884 | 13,714 | 1089 | 0.9121 | |
| 46 | California State University-San Marcos | 15000 | 24700 | 0.3935 | 15,770 | 990 | 0.9513 | |
| 46 | Sonoma State University | 15000 | 41200 | 0.636 | 4,449 | 1050 | 0.9841 | |
| 48 | West Virginia University | 15100 | 73100 | 0.7931 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 49 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 15200 | 56900 | 0.7329 | 15,735 | 1069 | 0.8797 | |
| 50 | Wayne State College | 15300 | 30500 | 0.4992 | 3,886 | 0 | 1 | |
| 51 | Ball State University | 15400 | 22400 | 0.3127 | 15,950 | 1185 | 0.8625 | |
| 52 | Pittsburg State University | 15500 | 23900 | 0.3509 | 4,561 | 1055 | 0.5487 | |
| 53 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 29800 | 0.4782 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 53 | University of West Georgia | 15600 | 24600 | 0.3662 | 10,075 | 1035 | 0.7995 | |
| 55 | California State University-Chico | 15700 | 23500 | 0.3316 | 13,599 | 1054 | 0.9107 | |
| 56 | Jacksonville State University | 15800 | 27000 | 0.4155 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 57 | Southeastern Louisiana University | 16200 | 51300 | 0.6842 | 14,294 | 1125 | 0.915 | |
| 58 | Kansas State University | 16400 | 26400 | 0.3794 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 59 | Frostburg State University | 16500 | 26600 | 0.3794 | 3,436 | 1095 | 0.907 | |
| 59 | University of Northern Colorado | 16500 | 30500 | 0.459 | 6,598 | 1080 | 0.945 | |
| 59 | University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire | 16500 | 22400 | 0.2639 | 8,329 | 1209 | 0.385 | |
| 62 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 16700 | 22300 | 0.2509 | 26,213 | 1209 | 0.7778 | |
| 63 | California State University-Long Beach | 16900 | 25800 | 0.345 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 63 | Georgia Southern University | 16900 | 20100 | 0.1588 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 65 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 17300 | 26600 | 0.35 | 7,747 | 1073 | 0.9617 | |
| 66 | University of Louisville | 17400 | 29100 | 0.4024 | 17,916 | 1134 | 0.7921 | |
| 66 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 17400 | 26300 | 0.3386 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 66 | Weber State University | 17400 | 20300 | 0.1431 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 69 | Sam Houston State University | 17500 | 27100 | 0.3541 | 17,822 | 1035 | 0.9372 | |
| 70 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 17600 | 35600 | 0.5063 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 71 | University of Kentucky | 17900 | 37300 | 0.5201 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 72 | California State University-East Bay | 18100 | 33300 | 0.4561 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 72 | Kutztown University of Pennsylvania | 18100 | 29300 | 0.3817 | 6,229 | 1174 | 0.8942 | |
| 72 | University of Arkansas | 18100 | 28400 | 0.362 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 75 | Georgia College & State University | 18300 | 18300 | 0 | 6,250 | 1165 | 0.8466 | |
| 75 | Kennesaw State University | 18300 | 26700 | 0.3145 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 77 | University of South Alabama | 18400 | 40200 | 0.5428 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 78 | San Jose State University | 18500 | 41100 | 0.5494 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 79 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 18600 | 25200 | 0.2616 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 80 | Central Washington University | 18900 | 27900 | 0.3231 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 81 | California State University-Fullerton | 19300 | 32900 | 0.4131 | 40,705 | 960 | 0.8811 | |
| 81 | The University of Montana | 19300 | 27400 | 0.2958 | 8,014 | 1184 | 0.9586 | |
| 83 | SUNY Oneonta | 19700 | 29300 | 0.3276 | 4,815 | 1090 | 0.7696 | |
| 84 | Pennsylvania Western University | 20000 | 30900 | 0.3529 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 84 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 20000 | 29900 | 0.3306 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 84 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20000 | 45100 | 0.5568 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 87 | Syracuse University | 20400 | 83600 | 0.756 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 88 | Emory & Henry University | 20500 | 52400 | 0.608 | 1,084 | 1145 | 0.8365 | |
| 89 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20600 | 57800 | 0.6433 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 90 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 20800 | 26100 | 0.2028 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 91 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 20900 | 40100 | 0.4789 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 92 | Rowan University | 21000 | 41300 | 0.4918 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 92 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 21000 | 39200 | 0.4645 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 94 | University of Mary Washington | 21200 | 47400 | 0.5532 | 3,531 | 1279 | 0.7413 | |
| 95 | Millersville University of Pennsylvania | 21800 | 36700 | 0.4064 | 5,823 | 1115 | 0.8619 | |
| 96 | Grand Valley State University | 21900 | 36600 | 0.4014 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 96 | Rocky Mountain College | 21900 | 52000 | 0.5786 | 779 | 1055 | 0.7775 | |
| 98 | Florida State University | 22300 | 23000 | 0.0305 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 99 | Augustana College | 22600 | 72800 | 0.6891 | 2,536 | 1157 | 0.6628 | |
| 99 | Park University | 22600 | 31300 | 0.2784 | 4,657 | 1035 | 0.6904 | |
| 101 | Saint Cloud State University | 22800 | 36800 | 0.3803 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 102 | Concordia University-Nebraska | 23000 | 85400 | 0.7309 | 3,007 | 1135 | 0.8572 | |
| 103 | University of Southern Mississippi | 23100 | 23100 | 0 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 104 | Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania | 23400 | 34900 | 0.3299 | 4,371 | 1084 | 0.865 | |
| 105 | Bridgewater State University | 23600 | 37300 | 0.367 | 8,849 | 1143 | 0.8798 | |
| 106 | State University of New York at New Paltz | 23900 | 35700 | 0.3302 | 6,113 | 1279 | 0.6267 | |
| 107 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24000 | 38500 | 0.3764 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 108 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 24100 | 24200 | 0.0011 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 109 | University of Wisconsin-Parkside | 24200 | 30400 | 0.2038 | 3,207 | 1084 | 0.9751 | |
| 110 | University of North Texas | 24300 | 26200 | 0.0726 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 111 | University of Central Oklahoma | 25100 | 34000 | 0.2617 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 112 | Temple University | 25300 | 36100 | 0.2994 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 113 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 25400 | 36900 | 0.312 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 114 | Texas State University | 26100 | 36300 | 0.2812 | 39,353 | 1080 | 0.9118 | |
| 115 | Gustavus Adolphus College | 26200 | 75500 | 0.6529 | 1,906 | 1273 | 0.6099 | |
| 116 | Northern Illinois University | 26300 | 32100 | 0.1829 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 117 | Bemidji State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 3,751 | 1075 | 0.5598 | |
| 118 | San Diego State University | 27200 | 37100 | 0.2671 | 36,196 | 1208 | 0.3741 | |
| 118 | University of Georgia | 27200 | 47400 | 0.4259 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 120 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 18,028 | 1059 | 0.7996 | |
| 121 | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | 27900 | 29600 | 0.0575 | 10,743 | 1075 | 0.9598 | |
| 122 | Central Connecticut State University | 28200 | 30400 | 0.0725 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 123 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 28500 | 41900 | 0.3195 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 124 | James Madison University | 28900 | 28900 | 0 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 124 | University of Northern Iowa | 28900 | 37300 | 0.2252 | 7,800 | 1115 | 0.9313 | |
| 126 | University of Iowa | 29700 | 32100 | 0.0746 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 127 | Towson University | 30200 | 30200 | 0 | 16,361 | 1082 | 0.8057 | |
| 128 | Ohio Wesleyan University | 30900 | 75700 | 0.5915 | 1,652 | 1281 | 0.6441 | |
| 128 | University of North Dakota | 30900 | 33700 | 0.0858 | 11,837 | 1189 | 0.8157 | |
| 130 | Illinois State University | 31000 | 36400 | 0.1481 | 19,513 | 1115 | 0.8555 | |
| 131 | Liberty University | 32400 | 44700 | 0.275 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 132 | Villanova University | 32500 | 92900 | 0.6504 | 6,933 | 1466 | 0.2814 | |
| 133 | California State University-Sacramento | 32800 | 33400 | 0.018 | 28,619 | 1015 | 0.9357 | |
| 134 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 33500 | 38200 | 0.1228 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 135 | University of Idaho | 33800 | 48700 | 0.3062 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 136 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 34100 | 34200 | 0.0029 | 16,131 | 1275 | 0.6472 | |
| 137 | Salisbury University | 34300 | 41800 | 0.1796 | 6,477 | 1245 | 0.8826 | |
| 138 | George Washington University | 34400 | 81800 | 0.5796 | 11,495 | 1436 | 0.4713 | |
| 138 | University of Vermont | 34400 | 66300 | 0.4808 | 12,159 | 1372 | 0.7304 | |
| 140 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 34700 | 59100 | 0.4126 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 141 | Samford University | 34800 | 93800 | 0.6291 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 142 | Minnesota State University, Mankato | 35200 | 37600 | 0.0637 | 13,433 | 1145 | 0.8844 | |
| 142 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 35200 | 35200 | 0 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 142 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 35200 | 46500 | 0.2431 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 142 | Valparaiso University | 35200 | 63000 | 0.441 | 2,056 | 1183 | 0.8994 | |
| 146 | SUNY College at Geneseo | 35500 | 39400 | 0.0991 | 3,943 | 1275 | 0.3333 | |
| 147 | Carthage College | 35800 | 61800 | 0.4207 | 2,914 | 1125 | 0.8445 | |
| 148 | Framingham State University | 35900 | 38100 | 0.0577 | 2,782 | 1190 | 0.8366 | |
| 149 | East Carolina University | 36800 | 42700 | 0.1381 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 150 | University of Connecticut | 37000 | 66200 | 0.4414 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 151 | University of Maine at Farmington | 37100 | 40800 | 0.0908 | 1,661 | 1062 | 0.9832 | |
| 152 | Indiana University-Southeast | 37400 | 40800 | 0.0833 | 3,200 | 1095 | 0.842 | |
| 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 | University of Denver | 39000 | 84100 | 0.5364 | 5,766 | 1292 | 0.8538 | |
| 156 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 39400 | 42800 | 0.0795 | 14,657 | 1190 | 0.7583 | |
| 157 | University of Wyoming | 39900 | 45300 | 0.1191 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 158 | Elmhurst University | 40100 | 69600 | 0.4236 | 3,170 | 1133 | 0.7501 | |
| 159 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5061 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 160 | Montclair State University | 43300 | 47000 | 0.0788 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 161 | Texas Christian University | 44100 | 87400 | 0.4955 | 11,152 | 1268 | 0.4809 | |
| 162 | University at Albany | 44400 | 48900 | 0.092 | 12,889 | 1245 | 0.7044 | |
| 163 | Appalachian State University | 44500 | 46500 | 0.043 | 19,732 | 1174 | 0.9388 | |
| 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 | DePaul University | 49100 | 69400 | 0.2923 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 168 | Michigan State University | 49200 | 56200 | 0.1245 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 169 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 50500 | 52900 | 0.0453 | 14,834 | 1149 | 0.7803 | |
| 170 | The University of Texas at Austin | 50900 | 59100 | 0.1387 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 171 | George Mason University | 55900 | 61400 | 0.0896 | 28,862 | 1271 | 0.8647 | |
| 172 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 58800 | 61200 | 0.0391 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 173 | Hofstra University | 59200 | 83300 | 0.2894 | 6,599 | 1369 | 0.7267 | |
| 173 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 59200 | 61600 | 0.0389 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 | |
| 175 | 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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