Considering a degree in Geography?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Geography majors who live in Massachusetts.
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 Massachusetts.
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 | 5100 | 69100 | 0.9266 | 22,077 | 965 | 0.9124 | |
| 4 | Brigham Young University | 8100 | 22300 | 0.6382 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 4 | California State University-Northridge | 8100 | 22000 | 0.6323 | 32,846 | 1005 | 0.9176 | |
| 6 | Colgate University | 8900 | 95800 | 0.9071 | 3,193 | 1488 | 0.1388 | |
| 6 | Rhode Island College | 8900 | 63300 | 0.8593 | 5,695 | 995 | 0.8557 | |
| 8 | Indiana State University | 9800 | 32400 | 0.6978 | 6,352 | 1015 | 0.9157 | |
| 9 | Portland State University | 9900 | 43300 | 0.7719 | 14,932 | 1174 | 0.8586 | |
| 10 | Worcester State University | 10000 | 34900 | 0.713 | 4,485 | 1090 | 0.8799 | |
| 11 | University of Nevada-Reno | 10100 | 45800 | 0.7802 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 12 | Southern Utah University | 10800 | 51400 | 0.7898 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 13 | Middlebury College | 10900 | 94500 | 0.885 | 2,640 | 1499 | 0.1277 | |
| 14 | California State University-Stanislaus | 11000 | 31200 | 0.648 | 8,494 | 950 | 0.9558 | |
| 15 | Marshall University | 11100 | 39800 | 0.7209 | 9,960 | 1070 | 0.9663 | |
| 16 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 11200 | 87500 | 0.8719 | 14,249 | 1084 | 0.7761 | |
| 17 | Fayetteville State University | 11300 | 18200 | 0.3789 | 6,542 | 900 | 0.689 | |
| 18 | California State University-Fresno | 11400 | 19600 | 0.4172 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 19 | University of Hawaii at Hilo | 11500 | 56000 | 0.7946 | 2,304 | 990 | 0.8351 | |
| 20 | Eastern Illinois University | 11700 | 24600 | 0.5237 | 6,731 | 1020 | 0.7073 | |
| 20 | Vassar College | 11700 | 93100 | 0.8744 | 2,514 | 1488 | 0.2093 | |
| 22 | Fitchburg State University | 11900 | 33800 | 0.6476 | 3,000 | 1090 | 0.8885 | |
| 23 | Central Connecticut State University | 12000 | 37200 | 0.6773 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 24 | Mount Holyoke College | 12200 | 88900 | 0.8632 | 2,135 | 1419 | 0.3841 | |
| 25 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 31100 | 0.6022 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 26 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 27 | University of Southern Maine | 12900 | 23000 | 0.4387 | 5,549 | 1139 | 0.8241 | |
| 28 | Louisiana Tech University | 13100 | 42900 | 0.6945 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 29 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 13200 | 38300 | 0.6547 | 5,677 | 985 | 0.9301 | |
| 30 | Aquinas College | 13600 | 86000 | 0.8418 | 1,103 | 1035 | 0.9726 | |
| 31 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 13700 | 22800 | 0.3996 | 11,994 | 1090 | 0.8651 | |
| 32 | Appalachian State University | 14000 | 25500 | 0.4512 | 19,732 | 1174 | 0.9388 | |
| 32 | Eastern Michigan University | 14000 | 33900 | 0.5864 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 32 | Youngstown State University | 14000 | 28400 | 0.5069 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 35 | Salem State University | 14100 | 38300 | 0.6315 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 35 | San Francisco State University | 14100 | 47700 | 0.7046 | 19,444 | 1035 | 0.9644 | |
| 37 | California State University-San Bernardino | 14300 | 32700 | 0.5625 | 15,948 | 1020 | 0.943 | |
| 38 | Arkansas Tech University | 14400 | 31400 | 0.5406 | 8,279 | 1055 | 0.9747 | |
| 38 | Bridgewater State University | 14400 | 28800 | 0.5002 | 8,849 | 1143 | 0.8798 | |
| 40 | California State University-San Marcos | 14600 | 24700 | 0.4097 | 15,770 | 990 | 0.9513 | |
| 40 | University of North Alabama | 14600 | 37300 | 0.6087 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 42 | Sonoma State University | 14700 | 41200 | 0.6432 | 4,449 | 1050 | 0.9841 | |
| 43 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 14800 | 56900 | 0.7399 | 15,735 | 1069 | 0.8797 | |
| 44 | West Virginia University | 14900 | 73100 | 0.7959 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 45 | Wayne State College | 15000 | 30500 | 0.509 | 3,886 | 0 | 1 | |
| 46 | California State University-Chico | 15300 | 41000 | 0.6273 | 13,599 | 1054 | 0.9107 | |
| 46 | University of West Georgia | 15300 | 24600 | 0.3784 | 10,075 | 1035 | 0.7995 | |
| 48 | Jacksonville State University | 15400 | 38200 | 0.5964 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 49 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 38800 | 0.5992 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 50 | Grand Valley State University | 15800 | 28300 | 0.441 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 50 | Kansas State University | 15800 | 26400 | 0.4001 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 50 | University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire | 15800 | 22400 | 0.2952 | 8,329 | 1209 | 0.385 | |
| 53 | University of Northern Colorado | 16200 | 39100 | 0.5859 | 6,598 | 1080 | 0.945 | |
| 54 | University of California-Los Angeles | 16300 | 36700 | 0.5554 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 55 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16500 | 64800 | 0.7456 | 22,007 | 1427 | 0.1672 | |
| 56 | Georgia Southern University | 16700 | 20100 | 0.1687 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 57 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 16800 | 26600 | 0.3688 | 7,747 | 1073 | 0.9617 | |
| 58 | University of South Alabama | 17000 | 22400 | 0.2415 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 59 | University of Massachusetts-Boston | 17300 | 89500 | 0.8064 | 12,138 | 1189 | 0.8379 | |
| 60 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 17500 | 29900 | 0.4141 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 61 | Kutztown University of Pennsylvania | 17600 | 29300 | 0.3987 | 6,229 | 1174 | 0.8942 | |
| 62 | University of Arkansas | 17700 | 28400 | 0.3761 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 63 | The University of Texas at Austin | 17900 | 28200 | 0.3656 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 64 | Kennesaw State University | 18000 | 27400 | 0.3428 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 65 | San Jose State University | 18100 | 41100 | 0.5591 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 65 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 18100 | 32900 | 0.4498 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 67 | Texas State University | 18200 | 26100 | 0.3026 | 39,353 | 1080 | 0.9118 | |
| 68 | Central Washington University | 18300 | 27900 | 0.3446 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 68 | University of Central Oklahoma | 18300 | 31100 | 0.412 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 68 | University of Vermont | 18300 | 37800 | 0.5164 | 12,159 | 1372 | 0.7304 | |
| 71 | Emory & Henry University | 19400 | 52400 | 0.6305 | 1,084 | 1145 | 0.8365 | |
| 72 | SUNY Oneonta | 19500 | 29300 | 0.3344 | 4,815 | 1090 | 0.7696 | |
| 73 | Pennsylvania Western University | 19600 | 30900 | 0.3659 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 74 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 19700 | 28300 | 0.3044 | 5,063 | 1069 | 0.8756 | |
| 75 | Sam Houston State University | 19800 | 30300 | 0.3462 | 17,822 | 1035 | 0.9372 | |
| 76 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20100 | 57800 | 0.652 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 77 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 20200 | 38500 | 0.4738 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 | |
| 78 | Syracuse University | 20400 | 83600 | 0.756 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 78 | University of Wyoming | 20400 | 27900 | 0.2682 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 80 | Millersville University of Pennsylvania | 20800 | 24900 | 0.1646 | 5,823 | 1115 | 0.8619 | |
| 81 | University of Mary Washington | 21300 | 47400 | 0.551 | 3,531 | 1279 | 0.7413 | |
| 82 | Rocky Mountain College | 21400 | 52000 | 0.5882 | 779 | 1055 | 0.7775 | |
| 83 | Florida State University | 22300 | 32600 | 0.3161 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 84 | Park University | 22500 | 31300 | 0.2816 | 4,657 | 1035 | 0.6904 | |
| 84 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 22500 | 42000 | 0.4648 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 86 | Augustana College | 22600 | 72800 | 0.6891 | 2,536 | 1157 | 0.6628 | |
| 86 | Concordia University-Nebraska | 22600 | 85400 | 0.7356 | 3,007 | 1135 | 0.8572 | |
| 88 | Saint Cloud State University | 22800 | 36800 | 0.3803 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 88 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 22800 | 30200 | 0.245 | 7,753 | 1140 | 0.9245 | |
| 90 | Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania | 22900 | 34900 | 0.3443 | 4,371 | 1084 | 0.865 | |
| 91 | State University of New York at New Paltz | 23700 | 35700 | 0.3357 | 6,113 | 1279 | 0.6267 | |
| 91 | University of North Texas | 23700 | 37400 | 0.3661 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 93 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24000 | 38600 | 0.3769 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 93 | University of Southern Mississippi | 24000 | 27200 | 0.1176 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 95 | University of Wisconsin-Parkside | 24200 | 30400 | 0.2038 | 3,207 | 1084 | 0.9751 | |
| 96 | University of South Florida | 24500 | 36500 | 0.3284 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 97 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 24900 | 36900 | 0.3255 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 97 | California State University-Sacramento | 24900 | 29700 | 0.1615 | 28,619 | 1015 | 0.9357 | |
| 99 | Gustavus Adolphus College | 26200 | 75500 | 0.6529 | 1,906 | 1273 | 0.6099 | |
| 100 | Northern Illinois University | 26300 | 32100 | 0.1828 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 101 | Bemidji State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 3,751 | 1075 | 0.5598 | |
| 102 | Ball State University | 26600 | 26600 | 0 | 15,950 | 1185 | 0.8625 | |
| 103 | Weber State University | 27200 | 31600 | 0.1394 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 104 | San Diego State University | 27300 | 37100 | 0.2644 | 36,196 | 1208 | 0.3741 | |
| 104 | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | 27300 | 29600 | 0.0778 | 10,743 | 1075 | 0.9598 | |
| 106 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 18,028 | 1059 | 0.7996 | |
| 107 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 28500 | 41900 | 0.3195 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 108 | University of Northern Iowa | 28900 | 37300 | 0.2252 | 7,800 | 1115 | 0.9313 | |
| 109 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 29300 | 33000 | 0.112 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 109 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29300 | 34200 | 0.1431 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 111 | California State University-Long Beach | 30600 | 38800 | 0.2113 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 111 | George Mason University | 30600 | 35700 | 0.1427 | 28,862 | 1271 | 0.8647 | |
| 113 | Pittsburg State University | 30900 | 37100 | 0.1672 | 4,561 | 1055 | 0.5487 | |
| 113 | University of North Dakota | 30900 | 33700 | 0.0858 | 11,837 | 1189 | 0.8157 | |
| 115 | Ohio Wesleyan University | 31000 | 75700 | 0.5902 | 1,652 | 1281 | 0.6441 | |
| 116 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 31900 | 54400 | 0.4135 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 117 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32000 | 35200 | 0.0908 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 117 | Villanova University | 32000 | 92900 | 0.6558 | 6,933 | 1466 | 0.2814 | |
| 119 | University of Louisville | 32200 | 42100 | 0.2349 | 17,916 | 1134 | 0.7921 | |
| 120 | Liberty University | 32400 | 44700 | 0.275 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 121 | University of Colorado Colorado Springs | 32500 | 41600 | 0.2187 | 9,040 | 1119 | 0.9666 | |
| 122 | University of Idaho | 33800 | 48700 | 0.3062 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 123 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 34100 | 59100 | 0.4228 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 124 | George Washington University | 34400 | 81800 | 0.5796 | 11,495 | 1436 | 0.4713 | |
| 125 | Salisbury University | 34500 | 41800 | 0.1748 | 6,477 | 1245 | 0.8826 | |
| 126 | Samford University | 34600 | 93800 | 0.6312 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 127 | California State University-Fullerton | 35200 | 37600 | 0.0636 | 40,705 | 960 | 0.8811 | |
| 127 | Minnesota State University, Mankato | 35200 | 37600 | 0.0637 | 13,433 | 1145 | 0.8844 | |
| 127 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 35200 | 46500 | 0.2431 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 127 | Valparaiso University | 35200 | 63000 | 0.441 | 2,056 | 1183 | 0.8994 | |
| 131 | SUNY College at Geneseo | 35500 | 39400 | 0.0991 | 3,943 | 1275 | 0.3333 | |
| 132 | Temple University | 35700 | 57200 | 0.3756 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 133 | Carthage College | 35800 | 61800 | 0.4207 | 2,914 | 1125 | 0.8445 | |
| 134 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 36100 | 36100 | 0 | 16,131 | 1275 | 0.6472 | |
| 135 | Rowan University | 36300 | 53600 | 0.3226 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 135 | Western Michigan University | 36300 | 38500 | 0.0571 | 13,714 | 1089 | 0.9121 | |
| 137 | East Carolina University | 36800 | 42700 | 0.1381 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 138 | University of Connecticut | 37000 | 70600 | 0.4762 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 138 | University of Maine at Farmington | 37000 | 52800 | 0.2991 | 1,661 | 1062 | 0.9832 | |
| 140 | California State University-East Bay | 37200 | 45100 | 0.1753 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 141 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37300 | 66700 | 0.4409 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 142 | Frostburg State University | 37400 | 42500 | 0.12 | 3,436 | 1095 | 0.907 | |
| 142 | Indiana University-Southeast | 37400 | 40800 | 0.0833 | 3,200 | 1095 | 0.842 | |
| 144 | University of Central Arkansas | 37900 | 40200 | 0.0595 | 8,238 | 1110 | 0.9157 | |
| 145 | Framingham State University | 38100 | 38100 | 0 | 2,782 | 1190 | 0.8366 | |
| 145 | University of St Thomas | 38100 | 74800 | 0.4906 | 6,270 | 1299 | 0.8548 | |
| 147 | University of Denver | 39200 | 84100 | 0.5341 | 5,766 | 1292 | 0.8538 | |
| 147 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 39200 | 40300 | 0.0273 | 26,213 | 1209 | 0.7778 | |
| 149 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 39600 | 42800 | 0.0748 | 14,657 | 1190 | 0.7583 | |
| 150 | Elmhurst University | 40200 | 69600 | 0.4222 | 3,170 | 1133 | 0.7501 | |
| 151 | The University of Montana | 41100 | 56800 | 0.2766 | 8,014 | 1184 | 0.9586 | |
| 152 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42500 | 63300 | 0.3285 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 153 | Montclair State University | 43300 | 47000 | 0.0788 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 154 | James Madison University | 43400 | 45000 | 0.0355 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 155 | Texas Christian University | 44300 | 87400 | 0.4933 | 11,152 | 1268 | 0.4809 | |
| 155 | University at Albany | 44300 | 48900 | 0.0941 | 12,889 | 1245 | 0.7044 | |
| 157 | Illinois State University | 45700 | 49100 | 0.0692 | 19,513 | 1115 | 0.8555 | |
| 157 | Towson University | 45700 | 46600 | 0.0193 | 16,361 | 1082 | 0.8057 | |
| 159 | University at Buffalo | 46400 | 46400 | 0 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 160 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47100 | 61500 | 0.234 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 161 | Calvin University | 47700 | 57400 | 0.1689 | 3,359 | 1232 | 0.6791 | |
| 162 | University of Georgia | 48400 | 52300 | 0.0746 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 162 | University of Kentucky | 48400 | 59900 | 0.1927 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 164 | University of Arizona | 48600 | 48600 | 0 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 165 | DePaul University | 49000 | 69400 | 0.2938 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 166 | Michigan State University | 49200 | 56200 | 0.1245 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 167 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 50500 | 52900 | 0.0453 | 14,834 | 1149 | 0.7803 | |
| 168 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 50800 | 63800 | 0.2038 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 169 | University of Iowa | 52000 | 54400 | 0.044 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 170 | Georgia College & State University | 52400 | 52400 | 0 | 6,250 | 1165 | 0.8466 | |
| 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 | 59000 | 83300 | 0.2918 | 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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