Considering a degree in Geography?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Geography majors who live in Minnesota.
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 Minnesota.
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 | |
| 5 | Colgate University | 8900 | 95800 | 0.9071 | 3,193 | 1488 | 0.1388 | |
| 5 | Rhode Island College | 8900 | 63300 | 0.8593 | 5,695 | 995 | 0.8557 | |
| 7 | Portland State University | 9400 | 26100 | 0.6407 | 14,932 | 1174 | 0.8586 | |
| 8 | Indiana State University | 9800 | 32400 | 0.6978 | 6,352 | 1015 | 0.9157 | |
| 9 | Worcester State University | 10000 | 40100 | 0.7508 | 4,485 | 1090 | 0.8799 | |
| 10 | University of Nevada-Reno | 10100 | 45800 | 0.7802 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 11 | Southern Utah University | 10800 | 51400 | 0.7898 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 12 | Middlebury College | 10900 | 94500 | 0.885 | 2,640 | 1499 | 0.1277 | |
| 13 | California State University-Stanislaus | 11000 | 31200 | 0.648 | 8,494 | 950 | 0.9558 | |
| 14 | Marshall University | 11100 | 39800 | 0.7209 | 9,960 | 1070 | 0.9663 | |
| 15 | California State University-Fresno | 11200 | 44000 | 0.7457 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 15 | 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 | |
| 17 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 11300 | 20500 | 0.4456 | 5,063 | 1069 | 0.8756 | |
| 19 | Eastern Illinois University | 11700 | 24600 | 0.5237 | 6,731 | 1020 | 0.7073 | |
| 19 | Vassar College | 11700 | 93100 | 0.8744 | 2,514 | 1488 | 0.2093 | |
| 21 | University of Hawaii at Hilo | 11800 | 56000 | 0.7893 | 2,304 | 990 | 0.8351 | |
| 22 | Fitchburg State University | 11900 | 33800 | 0.6475 | 3,000 | 1090 | 0.8885 | |
| 23 | Central Connecticut State University | 12000 | 37200 | 0.6773 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 24 | Louisiana Tech University | 12200 | 42900 | 0.7155 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 25 | Mount Holyoke College | 12400 | 89900 | 0.8621 | 2,135 | 1419 | 0.3841 | |
| 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 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 13200 | 38300 | 0.6547 | 5,677 | 985 | 0.9301 | |
| 28 | University of South Florida | 13200 | 22400 | 0.4111 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 30 | Framingham State University | 13300 | 31000 | 0.5712 | 2,782 | 1190 | 0.8366 | |
| 31 | Aquinas College | 13600 | 86000 | 0.8418 | 1,103 | 1035 | 0.9726 | |
| 31 | University of North Alabama | 13600 | 28200 | 0.518 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 33 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 34900 | 0.6071 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 33 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 13700 | 22200 | 0.3837 | 11,994 | 1090 | 0.8651 | |
| 35 | Eastern Michigan University | 14000 | 33900 | 0.5864 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 35 | Youngstown State University | 14000 | 28400 | 0.5069 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 37 | Salem State University | 14100 | 38300 | 0.6315 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 37 | San Francisco State University | 14100 | 47700 | 0.7046 | 19,444 | 1035 | 0.9644 | |
| 37 | University of Arizona | 14100 | 32100 | 0.5606 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 40 | California State University-San Marcos | 14200 | 38300 | 0.6291 | 15,770 | 990 | 0.9513 | |
| 41 | California State University-San Bernardino | 14300 | 32700 | 0.5625 | 15,948 | 1020 | 0.943 | |
| 42 | Arkansas Tech University | 14400 | 31400 | 0.5406 | 8,279 | 1055 | 0.9747 | |
| 43 | West Virginia University | 14600 | 73100 | 0.8 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 44 | Ball State University | 14800 | 22400 | 0.3395 | 15,950 | 1185 | 0.8625 | |
| 44 | Sonoma State University | 14800 | 26700 | 0.4457 | 4,449 | 1050 | 0.9841 | |
| 44 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 14800 | 56900 | 0.7399 | 15,735 | 1069 | 0.8797 | |
| 47 | Wayne State College | 15000 | 30500 | 0.509 | 3,886 | 0 | 1 | |
| 48 | California State University-Chico | 15300 | 23500 | 0.3486 | 13,599 | 1054 | 0.9107 | |
| 48 | University of West Georgia | 15300 | 24600 | 0.3784 | 10,075 | 1035 | 0.7995 | |
| 50 | Jacksonville State University | 15600 | 27000 | 0.423 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 50 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 29800 | 0.4782 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 52 | University of Wisconsin-Parkside | 15700 | 20600 | 0.2377 | 3,207 | 1084 | 0.9751 | |
| 53 | Kansas State University | 15800 | 26400 | 0.4001 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 53 | University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire | 15800 | 21500 | 0.2649 | 8,329 | 1209 | 0.385 | |
| 55 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 16000 | 22300 | 0.2822 | 26,213 | 1209 | 0.7778 | |
| 56 | University of Northern Colorado | 16300 | 30500 | 0.4656 | 6,598 | 1080 | 0.945 | |
| 57 | Georgia Southern University | 16500 | 49700 | 0.6682 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 57 | SUNY College at Geneseo | 16500 | 25600 | 0.3554 | 3,943 | 1275 | 0.3333 | |
| 57 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16500 | 64800 | 0.7456 | 22,007 | 1427 | 0.1672 | |
| 60 | California State University-Long Beach | 16600 | 25800 | 0.3567 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 61 | Sam Houston State University | 16900 | 27100 | 0.3762 | 17,822 | 1035 | 0.9372 | |
| 62 | Weber State University | 17100 | 20300 | 0.1579 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 63 | James Madison University | 17400 | 28900 | 0.3978 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 63 | University of Kentucky | 17400 | 37300 | 0.5352 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 65 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 17500 | 29900 | 0.4141 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 66 | East Carolina University | 17600 | 26100 | 0.3256 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 66 | University at Albany | 17600 | 30800 | 0.4286 | 12,889 | 1245 | 0.7044 | |
| 66 | University of South Alabama | 17600 | 40200 | 0.5627 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 69 | Syracuse University | 17900 | 83600 | 0.7859 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 69 | The University of Texas at Austin | 17900 | 28200 | 0.3656 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 71 | Kennesaw State University | 18000 | 27400 | 0.3428 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 72 | San Jose State University | 18100 | 41100 | 0.5591 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 72 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 18100 | 31100 | 0.4183 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 74 | Central Washington University | 18300 | 22700 | 0.1936 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 74 | University of Central Oklahoma | 18300 | 31100 | 0.412 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 76 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 18400 | 30600 | 0.3971 | 38,463 | 1324 | 0.7589 | |
| 76 | San Diego State University | 18400 | 28900 | 0.3634 | 36,196 | 1208 | 0.3741 | |
| 78 | The University of Montana | 19100 | 27400 | 0.3031 | 8,014 | 1184 | 0.9586 | |
| 79 | Emory & Henry University | 19400 | 52400 | 0.6305 | 1,084 | 1145 | 0.8365 | |
| 80 | SUNY Oneonta | 19500 | 29300 | 0.3344 | 4,815 | 1090 | 0.7696 | |
| 81 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 20100 | 39800 | 0.4944 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 82 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20300 | 57800 | 0.6485 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 82 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 20300 | 26100 | 0.2219 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 84 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 21000 | 24100 | 0.1284 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 85 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 21100 | 27800 | 0.2408 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 86 | Millersville University of Pennsylvania | 21300 | 36700 | 0.42 | 5,823 | 1115 | 0.8619 | |
| 86 | University of Mary Washington | 21300 | 47400 | 0.551 | 3,531 | 1279 | 0.7413 | |
| 88 | Rocky Mountain College | 21400 | 52000 | 0.5882 | 779 | 1055 | 0.7775 | |
| 88 | University of Northern Iowa | 21400 | 24800 | 0.1371 | 7,800 | 1115 | 0.9313 | |
| 90 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 21600 | 21600 | 0 | 7,753 | 1140 | 0.9245 | |
| 91 | Grand Valley State University | 21900 | 36600 | 0.4014 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 92 | California State University-Northridge | 22200 | 36500 | 0.3913 | 32,846 | 1005 | 0.9176 | |
| 93 | Florida State University | 22300 | 32600 | 0.3161 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 94 | Park University | 22500 | 31300 | 0.2816 | 4,657 | 1035 | 0.6904 | |
| 94 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 22500 | 42000 | 0.4648 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 96 | Augustana College | 22600 | 72800 | 0.6891 | 2,536 | 1157 | 0.6628 | |
| 96 | Concordia University-Nebraska | 22600 | 85400 | 0.7356 | 3,007 | 1135 | 0.8572 | |
| 98 | Pennsylvania Western University | 22800 | 34400 | 0.3369 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 99 | Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania | 22900 | 34900 | 0.3443 | 4,371 | 1084 | 0.865 | |
| 100 | Illinois State University | 23000 | 36400 | 0.3696 | 19,513 | 1115 | 0.8555 | |
| 101 | Saint Cloud State University | 23100 | 26300 | 0.1196 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 102 | Bridgewater State University | 23200 | 37300 | 0.3773 | 8,849 | 1143 | 0.8798 | |
| 103 | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | 23400 | 23500 | 0.0043 | 10,743 | 1075 | 0.9598 | |
| 104 | State University of New York at New Paltz | 23700 | 35700 | 0.3357 | 6,113 | 1279 | 0.6267 | |
| 104 | University of North Texas | 23700 | 37400 | 0.3661 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 106 | University of Southern Mississippi | 24000 | 27200 | 0.1176 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 107 | Temple University | 24700 | 36100 | 0.316 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 108 | Gustavus Adolphus College | 24800 | 75500 | 0.6715 | 1,906 | 1273 | 0.6099 | |
| 108 | University at Buffalo | 24800 | 34000 | 0.2706 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 110 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 24900 | 36900 | 0.3255 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 111 | Minnesota State University, Mankato | 25600 | 28000 | 0.0854 | 13,433 | 1145 | 0.8844 | |
| 112 | Northern Illinois University | 26300 | 32100 | 0.1828 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 113 | Bemidji State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 3,751 | 1075 | 0.5598 | |
| 113 | Indiana University-Southeast | 26400 | 29800 | 0.114 | 3,200 | 1095 | 0.842 | |
| 115 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 26600 | 27900 | 0.0465 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 115 | University of Arkansas | 26600 | 44500 | 0.4018 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 115 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 26600 | 36500 | 0.2714 | 7,747 | 1073 | 0.9617 | |
| 118 | University of North Dakota | 26900 | 29800 | 0.0971 | 11,837 | 1189 | 0.8157 | |
| 119 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 18,028 | 1059 | 0.7996 | |
| 120 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 29300 | 33000 | 0.112 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 121 | University of Iowa | 29700 | 32100 | 0.0746 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 122 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 30800 | 33200 | 0.0722 | 14,834 | 1149 | 0.7803 | |
| 122 | Kutztown University of Pennsylvania | 30800 | 35100 | 0.1225 | 6,229 | 1174 | 0.8942 | |
| 124 | Pittsburg State University | 30900 | 37100 | 0.1672 | 4,561 | 1055 | 0.5487 | |
| 125 | Ohio Wesleyan University | 31000 | 75700 | 0.5902 | 1,652 | 1281 | 0.6441 | |
| 126 | Texas State University | 31100 | 36300 | 0.1441 | 39,353 | 1080 | 0.9118 | |
| 127 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32000 | 35200 | 0.0908 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 127 | University of St Thomas | 32000 | 74800 | 0.5722 | 6,270 | 1299 | 0.8548 | |
| 127 | Villanova University | 32000 | 92900 | 0.6558 | 6,933 | 1466 | 0.2814 | |
| 130 | University of Louisville | 32200 | 42100 | 0.2349 | 17,916 | 1134 | 0.7921 | |
| 131 | Liberty University | 32400 | 44700 | 0.275 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 132 | University of Colorado Colorado Springs | 32500 | 41600 | 0.2187 | 9,040 | 1119 | 0.9666 | |
| 133 | California State University-Sacramento | 32900 | 33400 | 0.015 | 28,619 | 1015 | 0.9357 | |
| 134 | University of Idaho | 33800 | 48700 | 0.3062 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 135 | Western Michigan University | 34000 | 36400 | 0.0662 | 13,714 | 1089 | 0.9121 | |
| 136 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 34100 | 59100 | 0.4228 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 137 | George Washington University | 34400 | 81800 | 0.5796 | 11,495 | 1436 | 0.4713 | |
| 137 | University of Vermont | 34400 | 66300 | 0.4808 | 12,159 | 1372 | 0.7304 | |
| 139 | Salisbury University | 34500 | 41800 | 0.1748 | 6,477 | 1245 | 0.8826 | |
| 140 | Samford University | 34600 | 93800 | 0.6312 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 141 | Valparaiso University | 34900 | 62700 | 0.4428 | 2,056 | 1183 | 0.8994 | |
| 142 | California State University-Fullerton | 35200 | 37600 | 0.0636 | 40,705 | 960 | 0.8811 | |
| 143 | Carthage College | 35800 | 61800 | 0.4207 | 2,914 | 1125 | 0.8445 | |
| 144 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 36100 | 36100 | 0 | 16,131 | 1275 | 0.6472 | |
| 145 | Rowan University | 36300 | 53600 | 0.3226 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 146 | University of Connecticut | 37100 | 66200 | 0.4399 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 146 | University of Maine at Farmington | 37100 | 40800 | 0.0908 | 1,661 | 1062 | 0.9832 | |
| 148 | California State University-East Bay | 37200 | 45100 | 0.1753 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 149 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37300 | 66700 | 0.4409 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 150 | Frostburg State University | 37400 | 42500 | 0.12 | 3,436 | 1095 | 0.907 | |
| 151 | University of Central Arkansas | 37900 | 40200 | 0.0595 | 8,238 | 1110 | 0.9157 | |
| 152 | University of Denver | 39200 | 84100 | 0.5341 | 5,766 | 1292 | 0.8538 | |
| 153 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 39600 | 42800 | 0.0748 | 14,657 | 1190 | 0.7583 | |
| 154 | University of Wyoming | 39900 | 45300 | 0.1191 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 155 | Elmhurst University | 40200 | 69600 | 0.4222 | 3,170 | 1133 | 0.7501 | |
| 156 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5061 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 157 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42500 | 53900 | 0.2113 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 158 | Montclair State University | 43300 | 47000 | 0.0788 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 159 | Appalachian State University | 44300 | 46500 | 0.0473 | 19,732 | 1174 | 0.9388 | |
| 159 | Texas Christian University | 44300 | 87400 | 0.4933 | 11,152 | 1268 | 0.4809 | |
| 161 | Towson University | 45700 | 46600 | 0.0193 | 16,361 | 1082 | 0.8057 | |
| 162 | Calvin University | 47700 | 57400 | 0.1689 | 3,359 | 1232 | 0.6791 | |
| 163 | University of Georgia | 48400 | 52300 | 0.0746 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 164 | DePaul University | 49000 | 69400 | 0.2938 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 165 | Michigan State University | 49200 | 56200 | 0.1245 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 166 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 51600 | 53500 | 0.0355 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 167 | Georgia College & State University | 52400 | 52400 | 0 | 6,250 | 1165 | 0.8466 | |
| 168 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 55800 | 63800 | 0.1254 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 169 | George Mason University | 56200 | 61400 | 0.0847 | 28,862 | 1271 | 0.8647 | |
| 170 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 58700 | 62300 | 0.0578 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 171 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 58800 | 61200 | 0.0391 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 172 | Hofstra University | 59000 | 83300 | 0.2918 | 6,599 | 1369 | 0.7267 | |
| 173 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 59200 | 61600 | 0.0389 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.
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