Considering a degree in Geography?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Geography majors who live in Maryland.
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 Maryland.
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 | Southern Utah University | 10100 | 22200 | 0.5461 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 6 | Colgate University | 10300 | 95800 | 0.8921 | 3,193 | 1488 | 0.1388 | |
| 6 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 10300 | 10300 | 0 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 8 | Fayetteville State University | 11000 | 20300 | 0.4575 | 6,542 | 900 | 0.689 | |
| 9 | Indiana State University | 11100 | 25900 | 0.5723 | 6,352 | 1015 | 0.9157 | |
| 10 | California State University-Fresno | 11200 | 19600 | 0.4323 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 11 | Marshall University | 11500 | 36600 | 0.6855 | 9,960 | 1070 | 0.9663 | |
| 12 | California State University-Sacramento | 11600 | 30700 | 0.6219 | 28,619 | 1015 | 0.9357 | |
| 12 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 11600 | 27800 | 0.582 | 22,007 | 1427 | 0.1672 | |
| 12 | Vassar College | 11600 | 92400 | 0.8747 | 2,514 | 1488 | 0.2093 | |
| 15 | University of Hawaii at Hilo | 11700 | 33200 | 0.6467 | 2,304 | 990 | 0.8351 | |
| 16 | California State University-Northridge | 11900 | 22000 | 0.4592 | 32,846 | 1005 | 0.9176 | |
| 16 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 11900 | 25000 | 0.5232 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 18 | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | 12400 | 19300 | 0.3575 | 10,743 | 1075 | 0.9598 | |
| 19 | Eastern Illinois University | 12600 | 24300 | 0.482 | 6,731 | 1020 | 0.7073 | |
| 19 | University of South Florida | 12600 | 17100 | 0.2629 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 19 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 12600 | 24700 | 0.4902 | 7,753 | 1140 | 0.9245 | |
| 22 | University of Arizona | 12900 | 30900 | 0.5835 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 23 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 13000 | 43000 | 0.6976 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 24 | Middlebury College | 13600 | 89900 | 0.8488 | 2,640 | 1499 | 0.1277 | |
| 25 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 57800 | 0.7626 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 26 | Grand Valley State University | 13900 | 25300 | 0.4511 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 27 | Northern Illinois University | 14000 | 30400 | 0.5401 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 28 | Arkansas Tech University | 14400 | 27400 | 0.4748 | 8,279 | 1055 | 0.9747 | |
| 28 | California State University-San Marcos | 14400 | 24700 | 0.4178 | 15,770 | 990 | 0.9513 | |
| 28 | Sonoma State University | 14400 | 26700 | 0.4607 | 4,449 | 1050 | 0.9841 | |
| 31 | Wayne State College | 14900 | 20300 | 0.266 | 3,886 | 0 | 1 | |
| 32 | Western Michigan University | 15000 | 26500 | 0.4344 | 13,714 | 1089 | 0.9121 | |
| 33 | University of Maine at Farmington | 15200 | 23200 | 0.3437 | 1,661 | 1062 | 0.9832 | |
| 34 | University of Wisconsin-Parkside | 15300 | 20600 | 0.2548 | 3,207 | 1084 | 0.9751 | |
| 35 | Ball State University | 15400 | 22400 | 0.3129 | 15,950 | 1185 | 0.8625 | |
| 35 | Fitchburg State University | 15400 | 33700 | 0.5431 | 3,000 | 1090 | 0.8885 | |
| 37 | Florida State University | 15500 | 22900 | 0.3228 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 37 | University of West Georgia | 15500 | 24600 | 0.3703 | 10,075 | 1035 | 0.7995 | |
| 39 | James Madison University | 15600 | 28900 | 0.4608 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 39 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 38800 | 0.5992 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 41 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 15700 | 22300 | 0.2957 | 26,213 | 1209 | 0.7778 | |
| 41 | Worcester State University | 15700 | 31700 | 0.5041 | 4,485 | 1090 | 0.8799 | |
| 43 | California State University-Long Beach | 15900 | 25800 | 0.3838 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 43 | Jacksonville State University | 15900 | 27000 | 0.4118 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 45 | University of Southern Maine | 16100 | 23000 | 0.2997 | 5,549 | 1139 | 0.8241 | |
| 46 | Eastern Michigan University | 16300 | 36100 | 0.5487 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 46 | West Virginia University | 16300 | 40900 | 0.6012 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 48 | SUNY College at Geneseo | 16400 | 26400 | 0.3782 | 3,943 | 1275 | 0.3333 | |
| 49 | Sam Houston State University | 16700 | 27000 | 0.3816 | 17,822 | 1035 | 0.9372 | |
| 50 | Morgan State University | 16800 | 28500 | 0.4104 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 50 | University of Maryland Global Campus | 16800 | 29700 | 0.4338 | 52,187 | 0 | 1 | |
| 52 | Salisbury University | 17100 | 28700 | 0.4051 | 6,477 | 1245 | 0.8826 | |
| 53 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 17200 | 35400 | 0.5147 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 53 | University of Louisville | 17200 | 29100 | 0.4093 | 17,916 | 1134 | 0.7921 | |
| 55 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 17400 | 26600 | 0.3462 | 7,747 | 1073 | 0.9617 | |
| 56 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 17500 | 22800 | 0.2328 | 11,994 | 1090 | 0.8651 | |
| 57 | University at Albany | 17700 | 30800 | 0.4254 | 12,889 | 1245 | 0.7044 | |
| 58 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 17800 | 25200 | 0.2931 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 59 | Towson University | 18100 | 29900 | 0.3943 | 16,361 | 1082 | 0.8057 | |
| 60 | Georgia College & State University | 18300 | 18300 | 0 | 6,250 | 1165 | 0.8466 | |
| 60 | University of Vermont | 18300 | 37800 | 0.5164 | 12,159 | 1372 | 0.7304 | |
| 62 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 18400 | 30600 | 0.3971 | 38,463 | 1324 | 0.7589 | |
| 63 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 18700 | 31400 | 0.4045 | 14,249 | 1084 | 0.7761 | |
| 64 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 18800 | 29900 | 0.3705 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 64 | The University of Montana | 18800 | 25200 | 0.2537 | 8,014 | 1184 | 0.9586 | |
| 64 | University of Central Oklahoma | 18800 | 22700 | 0.1718 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 67 | University of South Alabama | 18900 | 22400 | 0.1565 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 68 | University of Nevada-Reno | 19000 | 28200 | 0.326 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 69 | Emory & Henry University | 19100 | 52400 | 0.6361 | 1,084 | 1145 | 0.8365 | |
| 70 | California State University-Los Angeles | 19500 | 38000 | 0.4869 | 22,077 | 965 | 0.9124 | |
| 71 | Kutztown University of Pennsylvania | 19600 | 29100 | 0.3265 | 6,229 | 1174 | 0.8942 | |
| 72 | Central Connecticut State University | 19700 | 29500 | 0.332 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 73 | Georgia Southern University | 19800 | 20100 | 0.0149 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 73 | Youngstown State University | 19800 | 34000 | 0.4177 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 75 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 19900 | 32300 | 0.3837 | 15,735 | 1069 | 0.8797 | |
| 76 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20000 | 29400 | 0.3192 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 77 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20100 | 45200 | 0.5559 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 78 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 20200 | 38500 | 0.4738 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 | |
| 79 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 20400 | 39200 | 0.4798 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 80 | University of Northern Iowa | 20500 | 24800 | 0.1733 | 7,800 | 1115 | 0.9313 | |
| 80 | University of Wyoming | 20500 | 27900 | 0.2644 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 82 | Millersville University of Pennsylvania | 20600 | 24900 | 0.1727 | 5,823 | 1115 | 0.8619 | |
| 83 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 20700 | 26000 | 0.2032 | 5,063 | 1069 | 0.8756 | |
| 84 | Louisiana Tech University | 21000 | 25300 | 0.1701 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 85 | Rocky Mountain College | 21200 | 52000 | 0.592 | 779 | 1055 | 0.7775 | |
| 86 | State University of New York at New Paltz | 21300 | 26300 | 0.1903 | 6,113 | 1279 | 0.6267 | |
| 87 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 88 | California State University-Chico | 22000 | 31000 | 0.29 | 13,599 | 1054 | 0.9107 | |
| 89 | Aquinas College | 22300 | 53400 | 0.5829 | 1,103 | 1035 | 0.9726 | |
| 90 | University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire | 22400 | 22400 | 0 | 8,329 | 1209 | 0.385 | |
| 91 | Concordia University-Nebraska | 22600 | 61100 | 0.63 | 3,007 | 1135 | 0.8572 | |
| 91 | Indiana University-Southeast | 22600 | 25900 | 0.1269 | 3,200 | 1095 | 0.842 | |
| 93 | Augustana College | 22700 | 72800 | 0.6881 | 2,536 | 1157 | 0.6628 | |
| 94 | San Jose State University | 22800 | 41100 | 0.4454 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 95 | Saint Cloud State University | 22900 | 36800 | 0.3775 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 96 | Central Washington University | 23100 | 27900 | 0.1723 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 96 | University of Southern Mississippi | 23100 | 23100 | 0 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 98 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 23300 | 24900 | 0.0642 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 99 | Calvin University | 23900 | 53500 | 0.5532 | 3,359 | 1232 | 0.6791 | |
| 100 | Park University | 24200 | 31300 | 0.2272 | 4,657 | 1035 | 0.6904 | |
| 101 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 24400 | 37900 | 0.3559 | 5,677 | 985 | 0.9301 | |
| 101 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 24400 | 24400 | 0 | 16,131 | 1275 | 0.6472 | |
| 103 | Pennsylvania Western University | 24600 | 34400 | 0.2846 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 103 | University at Buffalo | 24600 | 34000 | 0.2765 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 105 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 25000 | 32800 | 0.2377 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 106 | California State University-Stanislaus | 25200 | 36800 | 0.3153 | 8,494 | 950 | 0.9558 | |
| 107 | Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania | 25300 | 34900 | 0.2754 | 4,371 | 1084 | 0.865 | |
| 108 | Texas State University | 25400 | 25500 | 0.0039 | 39,353 | 1080 | 0.9118 | |
| 108 | University of Arkansas | 25400 | 27700 | 0.0826 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 110 | Minnesota State University, Mankato | 25700 | 28000 | 0.0817 | 13,433 | 1145 | 0.8844 | |
| 111 | Salem State University | 25800 | 43200 | 0.403 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 112 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 26100 | 36800 | 0.2909 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 112 | University of North Texas | 26100 | 26100 | 0 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 114 | Gustavus Adolphus College | 26300 | 75500 | 0.6519 | 1,906 | 1273 | 0.6099 | |
| 115 | Bemidji State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 3,751 | 1075 | 0.5598 | |
| 116 | Kennesaw State University | 26600 | 26600 | 0 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 116 | University of Georgia | 26600 | 48600 | 0.4523 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 118 | Kansas State University | 26700 | 30400 | 0.1217 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 118 | University of Idaho | 26700 | 45200 | 0.4089 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 120 | University of North Alabama | 27200 | 37300 | 0.2708 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 121 | Syracuse University | 27400 | 83100 | 0.6701 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 122 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 18,028 | 1059 | 0.7996 | |
| 123 | California State University-San Bernardino | 27600 | 39100 | 0.294 | 15,948 | 1020 | 0.943 | |
| 124 | Bridgewater State University | 27800 | 35500 | 0.2164 | 8,849 | 1143 | 0.8798 | |
| 124 | Villanova University | 27800 | 88800 | 0.6867 | 6,933 | 1466 | 0.2814 | |
| 126 | Weber State University | 28000 | 33900 | 0.1739 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 127 | Elmhurst University | 28100 | 67000 | 0.5808 | 3,170 | 1133 | 0.7501 | |
| 128 | California State University-East Bay | 29000 | 45100 | 0.3572 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 128 | Pittsburg State University | 29000 | 36200 | 0.1987 | 4,561 | 1055 | 0.5487 | |
| 130 | Montclair State University | 29100 | 36300 | 0.1985 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 131 | University of Connecticut | 29200 | 39500 | 0.2608 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 132 | University of Mary Washington | 29400 | 32400 | 0.0925 | 3,531 | 1279 | 0.7413 | |
| 133 | University of Iowa | 29800 | 32100 | 0.0714 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 134 | George Mason University | 30500 | 35700 | 0.1455 | 28,862 | 1271 | 0.8647 | |
| 134 | San Francisco State University | 30500 | 47700 | 0.3607 | 19,444 | 1035 | 0.9644 | |
| 136 | Frostburg State University | 30900 | 43000 | 0.2815 | 3,436 | 1095 | 0.907 | |
| 137 | University of North Dakota | 31000 | 33700 | 0.0827 | 11,837 | 1189 | 0.8157 | |
| 138 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 31300 | 41200 | 0.2406 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 139 | San Diego State University | 31400 | 36100 | 0.1301 | 36,196 | 1208 | 0.3741 | |
| 139 | University of Kentucky | 31400 | 36400 | 0.1373 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 141 | Ohio Wesleyan University | 31700 | 75700 | 0.5809 | 1,652 | 1281 | 0.6441 | |
| 142 | Portland State University | 32100 | 43100 | 0.2549 | 14,932 | 1174 | 0.8586 | |
| 143 | Samford University | 32400 | 64600 | 0.4986 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 144 | Liberty University | 33200 | 44600 | 0.2556 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 145 | Framingham State University | 33300 | 38100 | 0.126 | 2,782 | 1190 | 0.8366 | |
| 146 | Rhode Island College | 33500 | 45100 | 0.2572 | 5,695 | 995 | 0.8557 | |
| 147 | George Washington University | 33700 | 81800 | 0.5881 | 11,495 | 1436 | 0.4713 | |
| 148 | University of Colorado Colorado Springs | 33800 | 41600 | 0.1875 | 9,040 | 1119 | 0.9666 | |
| 149 | University of St Thomas | 34300 | 70300 | 0.5124 | 6,270 | 1299 | 0.8548 | |
| 150 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 35100 | 35100 | 0 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 151 | Valparaiso University | 35200 | 63000 | 0.441 | 2,056 | 1183 | 0.8994 | |
| 152 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 35700 | 47500 | 0.2486 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 153 | Carthage College | 35800 | 61800 | 0.4207 | 2,914 | 1125 | 0.8445 | |
| 154 | Temple University | 35900 | 56400 | 0.3636 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 155 | University of Northern Colorado | 36000 | 39100 | 0.0793 | 6,598 | 1080 | 0.945 | |
| 156 | Hofstra University | 36300 | 76900 | 0.5279 | 6,599 | 1369 | 0.7267 | |
| 157 | East Carolina University | 36900 | 42700 | 0.1356 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 158 | University of Central Arkansas | 38000 | 40200 | 0.0569 | 8,238 | 1110 | 0.9157 | |
| 159 | California State University-Fullerton | 38200 | 41500 | 0.0793 | 40,705 | 960 | 0.8811 | |
| 160 | University of Denver | 39300 | 76900 | 0.4892 | 5,766 | 1292 | 0.8538 | |
| 161 | SUNY Oneonta | 39400 | 41700 | 0.0551 | 4,815 | 1090 | 0.7696 | |
| 162 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 39600 | 50000 | 0.2082 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 163 | Appalachian State University | 40200 | 40600 | 0.0099 | 19,732 | 1174 | 0.9388 | |
| 164 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5061 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 165 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 42400 | 42400 | 0 | 14,657 | 1190 | 0.7583 | |
| 166 | Texas Christian University | 44400 | 87400 | 0.4922 | 11,152 | 1268 | 0.4809 | |
| 167 | Illinois State University | 45800 | 49100 | 0.067 | 19,513 | 1115 | 0.8555 | |
| 168 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47100 | 59700 | 0.2124 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 169 | DePaul University | 49100 | 66000 | 0.2562 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 170 | Michigan State University | 49200 | 56200 | 0.1245 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 171 | The University of Texas at Austin | 49700 | 59400 | 0.1633 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 172 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 50600 | 52900 | 0.0433 | 14,834 | 1149 | 0.7803 | |
| 173 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 173 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53600 | 62800 | 0.1465 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 175 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 55900 | 63800 | 0.1237 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.
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