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 | California State University-Los Angeles | 5200 | 69100 | 0.9252 | 22,077 | 965 | 0.9124 | |
| 4 | California State University-Northridge | 8000 | 22000 | 0.6369 | 32,846 | 1005 | 0.9176 | |
| 5 | Brigham Young University | 8100 | 22300 | 0.6382 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 6 | Colgate University | 8500 | 95800 | 0.9112 | 3,193 | 1488 | 0.1388 | |
| 7 | Rhode Island College | 9000 | 30200 | 0.7027 | 5,695 | 995 | 0.8557 | |
| 8 | Portland State University | 9300 | 26100 | 0.6445 | 14,932 | 1174 | 0.8586 | |
| 9 | Indiana State University | 9600 | 32400 | 0.704 | 6,352 | 1015 | 0.9157 | |
| 10 | Worcester State University | 9900 | 34900 | 0.7158 | 4,485 | 1090 | 0.8799 | |
| 11 | University of Nevada-Reno | 10100 | 45800 | 0.7802 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 12 | Middlebury College | 10700 | 94500 | 0.8871 | 2,640 | 1499 | 0.1277 | |
| 12 | Southern Utah University | 10700 | 51400 | 0.7918 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 14 | California State University-Stanislaus | 10900 | 31200 | 0.6512 | 8,494 | 950 | 0.9558 | |
| 15 | Marshall University | 11000 | 27800 | 0.6038 | 9,960 | 1070 | 0.9663 | |
| 16 | California State University-Fresno | 11100 | 44000 | 0.7479 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 16 | Fayetteville State University | 11100 | 18200 | 0.3899 | 6,542 | 900 | 0.689 | |
| 16 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 11100 | 87500 | 0.873 | 14,249 | 1084 | 0.7761 | |
| 19 | University of Hawaii at Hilo | 11400 | 56000 | 0.7964 | 2,304 | 990 | 0.8351 | |
| 19 | Vassar College | 11400 | 93100 | 0.8776 | 2,514 | 1488 | 0.2093 | |
| 21 | Central Connecticut State University | 11500 | 34200 | 0.6635 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 21 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 11500 | 27800 | 0.5858 | 22,007 | 1427 | 0.1672 | |
| 21 | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | 11500 | 19300 | 0.4042 | 10,743 | 1075 | 0.9598 | |
| 24 | Eastern Illinois University | 11600 | 24600 | 0.5277 | 6,731 | 1020 | 0.7073 | |
| 25 | Fitchburg State University | 11800 | 33800 | 0.6504 | 3,000 | 1090 | 0.8885 | |
| 26 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 12100 | 24900 | 0.5132 | 5,677 | 985 | 0.9301 | |
| 27 | Mount Holyoke College | 12400 | 89900 | 0.8621 | 2,135 | 1419 | 0.3841 | |
| 28 | University of Colorado Colorado Springs | 12500 | 26600 | 0.5301 | 9,040 | 1119 | 0.9666 | |
| 29 | Louisiana Tech University | 13000 | 42900 | 0.6969 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 29 | University of South Florida | 13000 | 22400 | 0.4201 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 31 | Framingham State University | 13300 | 31000 | 0.5712 | 2,782 | 1190 | 0.8366 | |
| 32 | Aquinas College | 13500 | 86000 | 0.843 | 1,103 | 1035 | 0.9726 | |
| 33 | University of North Alabama | 13600 | 28200 | 0.518 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 33 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 13600 | 22800 | 0.404 | 11,994 | 1090 | 0.8651 | |
| 35 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 61700 | 0.7781 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 36 | Eastern Michigan University | 13900 | 33900 | 0.5894 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 36 | Youngstown State University | 13900 | 28400 | 0.5104 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 38 | Appalachian State University | 14000 | 25500 | 0.4512 | 19,732 | 1174 | 0.9388 | |
| 38 | California State University-San Marcos | 14000 | 38300 | 0.6343 | 15,770 | 990 | 0.9513 | |
| 38 | Salem State University | 14000 | 38300 | 0.6341 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 38 | San Francisco State University | 14000 | 47700 | 0.7067 | 19,444 | 1035 | 0.9644 | |
| 42 | University of Arizona | 14100 | 32100 | 0.5606 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 43 | California State University-San Bernardino | 14200 | 32700 | 0.5655 | 15,948 | 1020 | 0.943 | |
| 44 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 14300 | 26600 | 0.4624 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 45 | Arkansas Tech University | 14400 | 31400 | 0.5406 | 8,279 | 1055 | 0.9747 | |
| 46 | West Virginia University | 14500 | 73100 | 0.8013 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 47 | Sonoma State University | 14600 | 41200 | 0.6457 | 4,449 | 1050 | 0.9841 | |
| 47 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 14600 | 56900 | 0.7434 | 15,735 | 1069 | 0.8797 | |
| 49 | Ball State University | 14700 | 22400 | 0.3439 | 15,950 | 1185 | 0.8625 | |
| 50 | Wayne State College | 14900 | 30500 | 0.5123 | 3,886 | 0 | 1 | |
| 51 | California State University-Chico | 15200 | 23500 | 0.3528 | 13,599 | 1054 | 0.9107 | |
| 52 | Jacksonville State University | 15500 | 27000 | 0.4267 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 53 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 29800 | 0.4782 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 53 | University of North Texas | 15600 | 26200 | 0.4052 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 55 | University of West Georgia | 15700 | 57700 | 0.7285 | 10,075 | 1035 | 0.7995 | |
| 55 | University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire | 15700 | 22400 | 0.2997 | 8,329 | 1209 | 0.385 | |
| 55 | University of Wisconsin-Parkside | 15700 | 20600 | 0.2377 | 3,207 | 1084 | 0.9751 | |
| 58 | Grand Valley State University | 15800 | 28300 | 0.441 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 58 | Morgan State University | 15800 | 30700 | 0.4849 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 58 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 15800 | 22300 | 0.2912 | 26,213 | 1209 | 0.7778 | |
| 61 | University of Northern Colorado | 16200 | 30500 | 0.4689 | 6,598 | 1080 | 0.945 | |
| 62 | Georgia Southern University | 16300 | 20100 | 0.1886 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 62 | University of California-Los Angeles | 16300 | 36700 | 0.5554 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 64 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 16400 | 41200 | 0.6026 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 65 | Sam Houston State University | 16700 | 27100 | 0.3836 | 17,822 | 1035 | 0.9372 | |
| 65 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 16700 | 26300 | 0.3652 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 65 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 16700 | 26600 | 0.3726 | 7,747 | 1073 | 0.9617 | |
| 68 | Montclair State University | 16800 | 36000 | 0.5335 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 68 | University of Louisville | 16800 | 29100 | 0.4231 | 17,916 | 1134 | 0.7921 | |
| 68 | University of Maryland Global Campus | 16800 | 29700 | 0.434 | 52,187 | 0 | 1 | |
| 71 | University of South Alabama | 17400 | 40200 | 0.5677 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 72 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 17600 | 35600 | 0.5063 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 72 | University of Arkansas | 17600 | 28400 | 0.3796 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 74 | California State University-East Bay | 17700 | 33300 | 0.4681 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 75 | Kennesaw State University | 17900 | 26700 | 0.3295 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 76 | Central Washington University | 18100 | 27900 | 0.3518 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 76 | San Jose State University | 18100 | 41100 | 0.5591 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 78 | Texas State University | 18200 | 26100 | 0.3026 | 39,353 | 1080 | 0.9118 | |
| 79 | Georgia College & State University | 18300 | 18300 | 0 | 6,250 | 1165 | 0.8466 | |
| 79 | University of Vermont | 18300 | 37800 | 0.5164 | 12,159 | 1372 | 0.7304 | |
| 81 | San Diego State University | 18400 | 28900 | 0.3634 | 36,196 | 1208 | 0.3741 | |
| 82 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 18800 | 29900 | 0.3707 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 83 | Emory & Henry University | 19100 | 52400 | 0.6357 | 1,084 | 1145 | 0.8365 | |
| 84 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 19700 | 28300 | 0.3049 | 5,063 | 1069 | 0.8756 | |
| 85 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 19900 | 39800 | 0.4995 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 86 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20000 | 57800 | 0.6537 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 86 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20000 | 45100 | 0.5568 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 88 | State University of New York at New Paltz | 20300 | 26300 | 0.2284 | 6,113 | 1279 | 0.6267 | |
| 89 | Syracuse University | 20400 | 83600 | 0.756 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 90 | SUNY Oneonta | 20500 | 55300 | 0.6299 | 4,815 | 1090 | 0.7696 | |
| 91 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 20700 | 40100 | 0.4839 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 92 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 20900 | 27800 | 0.248 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 93 | Millersville University of Pennsylvania | 21200 | 36700 | 0.4227 | 5,823 | 1115 | 0.8619 | |
| 93 | Rocky Mountain College | 21200 | 52000 | 0.592 | 779 | 1055 | 0.7775 | |
| 95 | Florida State University | 22300 | 23000 | 0.0305 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 96 | Park University | 22400 | 31300 | 0.2848 | 4,657 | 1035 | 0.6904 | |
| 97 | Concordia University-Nebraska | 22500 | 85400 | 0.7368 | 3,007 | 1135 | 0.8572 | |
| 97 | Indiana University-Southeast | 22500 | 25900 | 0.131 | 3,200 | 1095 | 0.842 | |
| 99 | Augustana College | 22600 | 72800 | 0.6891 | 2,536 | 1157 | 0.6628 | |
| 100 | Pennsylvania Western University | 22700 | 34400 | 0.3398 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 101 | Saint Cloud State University | 22800 | 36800 | 0.3803 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 101 | Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania | 22800 | 34900 | 0.3471 | 4,371 | 1084 | 0.865 | |
| 101 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 22800 | 30200 | 0.245 | 7,753 | 1140 | 0.9245 | |
| 104 | Illinois State University | 23000 | 36400 | 0.3696 | 19,513 | 1115 | 0.8555 | |
| 105 | University of Southern Mississippi | 23100 | 23100 | 0 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 106 | Bridgewater State University | 23200 | 37300 | 0.3797 | 8,849 | 1143 | 0.8798 | |
| 107 | University of Central Oklahoma | 24300 | 34000 | 0.2852 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 108 | Temple University | 24600 | 36100 | 0.3188 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 109 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 24800 | 36900 | 0.3282 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 109 | California State University-Sacramento | 24800 | 29700 | 0.1648 | 28,619 | 1015 | 0.9357 | |
| 111 | Salisbury University | 25400 | 29300 | 0.1341 | 6,477 | 1245 | 0.8826 | |
| 112 | Minnesota State University, Mankato | 25600 | 28000 | 0.0854 | 13,433 | 1145 | 0.8844 | |
| 113 | University of North Dakota | 25700 | 28600 | 0.1014 | 11,837 | 1189 | 0.8157 | |
| 114 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 26000 | 28400 | 0.0842 | 14,834 | 1149 | 0.7803 | |
| 115 | Gustavus Adolphus College | 26200 | 75500 | 0.6529 | 1,906 | 1273 | 0.6099 | |
| 115 | Northern Illinois University | 26200 | 32100 | 0.1834 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 117 | Bemidji State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 3,751 | 1075 | 0.5598 | |
| 118 | University of Central Arkansas | 26800 | 31200 | 0.1407 | 8,238 | 1110 | 0.9157 | |
| 119 | Weber State University | 27100 | 31600 | 0.1425 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 120 | University of Georgia | 27200 | 47400 | 0.4259 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 121 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 18,028 | 1059 | 0.7996 | |
| 122 | James Madison University | 28900 | 28900 | 0 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 122 | University of Northern Iowa | 28900 | 37300 | 0.2252 | 7,800 | 1115 | 0.9313 | |
| 124 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29200 | 33000 | 0.115 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 125 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 29300 | 33000 | 0.112 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 125 | University of Connecticut | 29300 | 56600 | 0.4826 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 127 | Towson University | 29500 | 30200 | 0.0233 | 16,361 | 1082 | 0.8057 | |
| 128 | University of Iowa | 29700 | 32100 | 0.0746 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 129 | University of Mary Washington | 30000 | 33000 | 0.0909 | 3,531 | 1279 | 0.7413 | |
| 130 | California State University-Long Beach | 30500 | 38800 | 0.2139 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 131 | Kutztown University of Pennsylvania | 30800 | 35100 | 0.1225 | 6,229 | 1174 | 0.8942 | |
| 132 | Pittsburg State University | 30900 | 37100 | 0.1672 | 4,561 | 1055 | 0.5487 | |
| 133 | Ohio Wesleyan University | 31000 | 75700 | 0.5902 | 1,652 | 1281 | 0.6441 | |
| 134 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 31900 | 54400 | 0.4135 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 134 | Villanova University | 31900 | 92900 | 0.6569 | 6,933 | 1466 | 0.2814 | |
| 136 | University of Kentucky | 32300 | 37300 | 0.1339 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 137 | Liberty University | 32500 | 44700 | 0.2727 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 138 | University of Idaho | 33800 | 48700 | 0.3062 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 139 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 34000 | 59100 | 0.4245 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 140 | George Washington University | 34400 | 81800 | 0.5796 | 11,495 | 1436 | 0.4713 | |
| 141 | Samford University | 34500 | 93800 | 0.6323 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 142 | California State University-Fullerton | 35200 | 37600 | 0.0636 | 40,705 | 960 | 0.8811 | |
| 142 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 35200 | 35200 | 0 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 142 | Valparaiso University | 35200 | 63000 | 0.441 | 2,056 | 1183 | 0.8994 | |
| 145 | SUNY College at Geneseo | 35500 | 39400 | 0.0991 | 3,943 | 1275 | 0.3333 | |
| 146 | Carthage College | 35800 | 61800 | 0.4207 | 2,914 | 1125 | 0.8445 | |
| 147 | Rowan University | 36100 | 53600 | 0.3263 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 147 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 36100 | 36100 | 0 | 16,131 | 1275 | 0.6472 | |
| 149 | Western Michigan University | 36300 | 38500 | 0.0571 | 13,714 | 1089 | 0.9121 | |
| 150 | East Carolina University | 36800 | 42700 | 0.1381 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 151 | University of Maine at Farmington | 37000 | 40800 | 0.0932 | 1,661 | 1062 | 0.9832 | |
| 152 | Frostburg State University | 37300 | 42500 | 0.1223 | 3,436 | 1095 | 0.907 | |
| 153 | University of Southern Maine | 37500 | 37500 | 0 | 5,549 | 1139 | 0.8241 | |
| 154 | University of St Thomas | 38100 | 74800 | 0.4906 | 6,270 | 1299 | 0.8548 | |
| 155 | University of Denver | 39200 | 84100 | 0.5341 | 5,766 | 1292 | 0.8538 | |
| 156 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 39600 | 42800 | 0.0748 | 14,657 | 1190 | 0.7583 | |
| 157 | University of Wyoming | 39900 | 45300 | 0.1191 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 158 | Elmhurst University | 40200 | 69600 | 0.4222 | 3,170 | 1133 | 0.7501 | |
| 159 | The University of Montana | 41100 | 56800 | 0.2766 | 8,014 | 1184 | 0.9586 | |
| 160 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42600 | 63300 | 0.3269 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 161 | Kansas State University | 44000 | 48400 | 0.0917 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 162 | University at Albany | 44300 | 48900 | 0.0941 | 12,889 | 1245 | 0.7044 | |
| 163 | Texas Christian University | 44400 | 87400 | 0.4921 | 11,152 | 1268 | 0.4809 | |
| 164 | University at Buffalo | 46400 | 46400 | 0 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 165 | Calvin University | 47700 | 57400 | 0.1689 | 3,359 | 1232 | 0.6791 | |
| 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 | The University of Texas at Austin | 49900 | 59100 | 0.1556 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 169 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 50800 | 63800 | 0.2038 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 170 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53500 | 63400 | 0.1562 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 171 | George Mason University | 56300 | 61400 | 0.0831 | 28,862 | 1271 | 0.8647 | |
| 172 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 58800 | 61200 | 0.0391 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 173 | Hofstra University | 58900 | 83300 | 0.293 | 6,599 | 1369 | 0.7267 | |
| 174 | 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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