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 | 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 | Colgate University | 10500 | 95800 | 0.8901 | 3,193 | 1488 | 0.1388 | |
| 6 | Indiana State University | 11200 | 25900 | 0.5685 | 6,352 | 1015 | 0.9157 | |
| 7 | California State University-Fresno | 11300 | 19600 | 0.4272 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 8 | California State University-Stanislaus | 11700 | 28500 | 0.5894 | 8,494 | 950 | 0.9558 | |
| 8 | Marshall University | 11700 | 36600 | 0.68 | 9,960 | 1070 | 0.9663 | |
| 10 | Vassar College | 11900 | 92400 | 0.8714 | 2,514 | 1488 | 0.2093 | |
| 11 | California State University-Northridge | 12000 | 22000 | 0.4546 | 32,846 | 1005 | 0.9176 | |
| 12 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 12100 | 24900 | 0.5132 | 5,677 | 985 | 0.9301 | |
| 13 | Fayetteville State University | 12200 | 26300 | 0.5364 | 6,542 | 900 | 0.689 | |
| 14 | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | 12600 | 19300 | 0.3472 | 10,743 | 1075 | 0.9598 | |
| 15 | Eastern Illinois University | 12700 | 24300 | 0.4779 | 6,731 | 1020 | 0.7073 | |
| 16 | University of South Florida | 12800 | 17100 | 0.2513 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 17 | University of Georgia | 13600 | 26600 | 0.4887 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 18 | Middlebury College | 13700 | 89900 | 0.8477 | 2,640 | 1499 | 0.1277 | |
| 18 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 32900 | 0.5832 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 20 | Northern Illinois University | 14100 | 30400 | 0.5355 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 21 | Arkansas Tech University | 14400 | 27400 | 0.4748 | 8,279 | 1055 | 0.9747 | |
| 22 | California State University-San Marcos | 14500 | 24700 | 0.4137 | 15,770 | 990 | 0.9513 | |
| 23 | Texas State University | 15000 | 25500 | 0.412 | 39,353 | 1080 | 0.9118 | |
| 23 | Wayne State College | 15000 | 20300 | 0.2611 | 3,886 | 0 | 1 | |
| 25 | California State University-Chico | 15100 | 23500 | 0.3571 | 13,599 | 1054 | 0.9107 | |
| 26 | Western Michigan University | 15200 | 26500 | 0.4268 | 13,714 | 1089 | 0.9121 | |
| 27 | Florida State University | 15500 | 22900 | 0.3228 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 27 | University of Central Oklahoma | 15500 | 28700 | 0.46 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 29 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 38800 | 0.5992 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 30 | Kansas State University | 15800 | 26100 | 0.3962 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 30 | Sam Houston State University | 15800 | 30300 | 0.4782 | 17,822 | 1035 | 0.9372 | |
| 30 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 15800 | 22300 | 0.2912 | 26,213 | 1209 | 0.7778 | |
| 30 | Worcester State University | 15800 | 36700 | 0.5696 | 4,485 | 1090 | 0.8799 | |
| 34 | California State University-Long Beach | 16000 | 25800 | 0.3799 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 34 | Portland State University | 16000 | 26100 | 0.3872 | 14,932 | 1174 | 0.8586 | |
| 34 | University of Colorado Colorado Springs | 16000 | 25400 | 0.3706 | 9,040 | 1119 | 0.9666 | |
| 34 | Weber State University | 16000 | 23600 | 0.3216 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 38 | California State University-Sacramento | 16100 | 27600 | 0.417 | 28,619 | 1015 | 0.9357 | |
| 38 | Frostburg State University | 16100 | 26600 | 0.3945 | 3,436 | 1095 | 0.907 | |
| 40 | Eastern Michigan University | 16400 | 36100 | 0.5459 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 41 | SUNY College at Geneseo | 16500 | 26400 | 0.3744 | 3,943 | 1275 | 0.3333 | |
| 41 | The University of Texas at Austin | 16500 | 28000 | 0.4111 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 43 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16600 | 64800 | 0.7439 | 22,007 | 1427 | 0.1672 | |
| 44 | West Virginia University | 16700 | 40900 | 0.5914 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 45 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 17200 | 25700 | 0.3307 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 46 | East Carolina University | 17600 | 26100 | 0.3256 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 46 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 17600 | 22200 | 0.2076 | 11,994 | 1090 | 0.8651 | |
| 48 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 17800 | 39000 | 0.5433 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 49 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 18000 | 25200 | 0.2852 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 50 | Central Washington University | 18200 | 22700 | 0.198 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 50 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 18200 | 18200 | 0 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 50 | Towson University | 18200 | 29900 | 0.3909 | 16,361 | 1082 | 0.8057 | |
| 53 | Georgia College & State University | 18300 | 18300 | 0 | 6,250 | 1165 | 0.8466 | |
| 53 | Youngstown State University | 18300 | 34000 | 0.4618 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 55 | Framingham State University | 18600 | 31000 | 0.4001 | 2,782 | 1190 | 0.8366 | |
| 56 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 18800 | 31400 | 0.4013 | 14,249 | 1084 | 0.7761 | |
| 57 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 18900 | 21200 | 0.1082 | 5,063 | 1069 | 0.8756 | |
| 58 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 19000 | 29900 | 0.3638 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 59 | University of South Alabama | 19100 | 22400 | 0.1476 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 60 | Emory & Henry University | 19300 | 52400 | 0.6309 | 1,084 | 1145 | 0.8365 | |
| 61 | University of Wisconsin-Parkside | 19400 | 23000 | 0.1563 | 3,207 | 1084 | 0.9751 | |
| 62 | University of Maine at Farmington | 19500 | 33700 | 0.422 | 1,661 | 1062 | 0.9832 | |
| 63 | California State University-Los Angeles | 19600 | 38000 | 0.4843 | 22,077 | 965 | 0.9124 | |
| 64 | Central Connecticut State University | 19700 | 29500 | 0.332 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 65 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20000 | 39900 | 0.499 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 65 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 20000 | 32300 | 0.3806 | 15,735 | 1069 | 0.8797 | |
| 67 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20100 | 45200 | 0.5559 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 68 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 20200 | 38500 | 0.4738 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 | |
| 69 | University of Northern Iowa | 20500 | 24800 | 0.1733 | 7,800 | 1115 | 0.9313 | |
| 70 | Millersville University of Pennsylvania | 20700 | 24900 | 0.1687 | 5,823 | 1115 | 0.8619 | |
| 71 | Louisiana Tech University | 21200 | 26100 | 0.1879 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 72 | State University of New York at New Paltz | 21300 | 26300 | 0.1903 | 6,113 | 1279 | 0.6267 | |
| 73 | Rocky Mountain College | 21400 | 52000 | 0.5882 | 779 | 1055 | 0.7775 | |
| 73 | University of Mary Washington | 21400 | 47100 | 0.5459 | 3,531 | 1279 | 0.7413 | |
| 75 | University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire | 21500 | 21500 | 0 | 8,329 | 1209 | 0.385 | |
| 76 | Grand Valley State University | 22100 | 35900 | 0.3849 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 77 | Augustana College | 22700 | 72800 | 0.6881 | 2,536 | 1157 | 0.6628 | |
| 77 | Concordia University-Nebraska | 22700 | 61100 | 0.6284 | 3,007 | 1135 | 0.8572 | |
| 79 | Fitchburg State University | 22800 | 33700 | 0.3235 | 3,000 | 1090 | 0.8885 | |
| 80 | San Jose State University | 22900 | 41100 | 0.4429 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 81 | University of Southern Mississippi | 23100 | 23100 | 0 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 81 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 23100 | 25300 | 0.087 | 7,753 | 1140 | 0.9245 | |
| 83 | Aquinas College | 23300 | 53400 | 0.5641 | 1,103 | 1035 | 0.9726 | |
| 83 | Saint Cloud State University | 23300 | 26300 | 0.1156 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 85 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 23400 | 24900 | 0.0602 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 86 | University of Kentucky | 23700 | 36400 | 0.3481 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 87 | Calvin University | 23900 | 53500 | 0.5532 | 3,359 | 1232 | 0.6791 | |
| 88 | Park University | 24300 | 31300 | 0.224 | 4,657 | 1035 | 0.6904 | |
| 89 | University of Arizona | 24400 | 38100 | 0.3597 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 89 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 24400 | 24400 | 0 | 16,131 | 1275 | 0.6472 | |
| 91 | Pennsylvania Western University | 24700 | 34400 | 0.2817 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 92 | Gustavus Adolphus College | 24900 | 75500 | 0.6705 | 1,906 | 1273 | 0.6099 | |
| 93 | University of Hawaii at Hilo | 25100 | 38300 | 0.3448 | 2,304 | 990 | 0.8351 | |
| 93 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 25100 | 31100 | 0.1928 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 95 | Ball State University | 25500 | 25500 | 0 | 15,950 | 1185 | 0.8625 | |
| 95 | Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania | 25500 | 34900 | 0.2697 | 4,371 | 1084 | 0.865 | |
| 97 | University of North Dakota | 25800 | 28600 | 0.0977 | 11,837 | 1189 | 0.8157 | |
| 98 | Salem State University | 25900 | 43200 | 0.4007 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 99 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 26100 | 28400 | 0.0805 | 14,834 | 1149 | 0.7803 | |
| 100 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 26200 | 36800 | 0.2882 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 101 | Bemidji State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 3,751 | 1075 | 0.5598 | |
| 101 | Georgia Southern University | 26400 | 26800 | 0.015 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 103 | Indiana University-Southeast | 26500 | 29800 | 0.1105 | 3,200 | 1095 | 0.842 | |
| 104 | University of Arkansas | 26600 | 28900 | 0.0793 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 105 | University of Idaho | 26700 | 45200 | 0.4089 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 106 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 27200 | 36500 | 0.255 | 7,747 | 1073 | 0.9617 | |
| 107 | University of North Alabama | 27300 | 37300 | 0.2681 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 108 | Kennesaw State University | 27400 | 27400 | 0 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 108 | Rowan University | 27400 | 41300 | 0.3369 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 108 | Syracuse University | 27400 | 83100 | 0.6701 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 111 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 18,028 | 1059 | 0.7996 | |
| 112 | California State University-San Bernardino | 27700 | 39100 | 0.2914 | 15,948 | 1020 | 0.943 | |
| 113 | Villanova University | 27800 | 88800 | 0.6867 | 6,933 | 1466 | 0.2814 | |
| 114 | Bridgewater State University | 27900 | 35500 | 0.2139 | 8,849 | 1143 | 0.8798 | |
| 115 | Elmhurst University | 28200 | 67000 | 0.5793 | 3,170 | 1133 | 0.7501 | |
| 116 | University of North Texas | 28300 | 37400 | 0.2431 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 117 | Jacksonville State University | 29000 | 38200 | 0.2407 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 117 | Pittsburg State University | 29000 | 36200 | 0.1987 | 4,561 | 1055 | 0.5487 | |
| 119 | California State University-East Bay | 29200 | 45100 | 0.3527 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 119 | Montclair State University | 29200 | 36300 | 0.1957 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 121 | Sonoma State University | 29300 | 41200 | 0.2888 | 4,449 | 1050 | 0.9841 | |
| 122 | Southern Utah University | 29800 | 40800 | 0.2697 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 123 | University of West Georgia | 30000 | 46800 | 0.3589 | 10,075 | 1035 | 0.7995 | |
| 124 | San Francisco State University | 30700 | 47700 | 0.3565 | 19,444 | 1035 | 0.9644 | |
| 125 | Kutztown University of Pennsylvania | 30900 | 35900 | 0.1394 | 6,229 | 1174 | 0.8942 | |
| 125 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 30900 | 59100 | 0.4769 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 127 | University of Louisville | 31100 | 42000 | 0.2593 | 17,916 | 1134 | 0.7921 | |
| 128 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 31400 | 41200 | 0.2381 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 128 | San Diego State University | 31400 | 36100 | 0.1301 | 36,196 | 1208 | 0.3741 | |
| 130 | Ohio Wesleyan University | 31700 | 75700 | 0.5809 | 1,652 | 1281 | 0.6441 | |
| 131 | Samford University | 32500 | 64600 | 0.497 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 132 | Liberty University | 33200 | 44600 | 0.2556 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 133 | Rhode Island College | 33600 | 45100 | 0.255 | 5,695 | 995 | 0.8557 | |
| 133 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 33600 | 38200 | 0.1201 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 135 | George Washington University | 33700 | 81800 | 0.5881 | 11,495 | 1436 | 0.4713 | |
| 136 | Salisbury University | 34100 | 41700 | 0.1821 | 6,477 | 1245 | 0.8826 | |
| 137 | University of St Thomas | 34200 | 64600 | 0.4709 | 6,270 | 1299 | 0.8548 | |
| 138 | University of Vermont | 34500 | 66300 | 0.4799 | 12,159 | 1372 | 0.7304 | |
| 139 | Valparaiso University | 34900 | 62700 | 0.4428 | 2,056 | 1183 | 0.8994 | |
| 140 | Minnesota State University, Mankato | 35300 | 37600 | 0.0609 | 13,433 | 1145 | 0.8844 | |
| 141 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 35800 | 47500 | 0.2465 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 141 | Carthage College | 35800 | 61800 | 0.4207 | 2,914 | 1125 | 0.8445 | |
| 143 | Temple University | 35900 | 56400 | 0.3636 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 144 | University of Northern Colorado | 36100 | 39100 | 0.0768 | 6,598 | 1080 | 0.945 | |
| 145 | Hofstra University | 36300 | 76900 | 0.5279 | 6,599 | 1369 | 0.7267 | |
| 145 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 36300 | 53100 | 0.3162 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 147 | University of Connecticut | 37200 | 53600 | 0.3062 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 148 | University of Nevada-Reno | 37300 | 45800 | 0.1857 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 149 | University of Southern Maine | 37500 | 37500 | 0 | 5,549 | 1139 | 0.8241 | |
| 150 | University of Central Arkansas | 38000 | 40200 | 0.0569 | 8,238 | 1110 | 0.9157 | |
| 151 | California State University-Fullerton | 38400 | 41500 | 0.0745 | 40,705 | 960 | 0.8811 | |
| 152 | University of Denver | 39200 | 76900 | 0.4905 | 5,766 | 1292 | 0.8538 | |
| 153 | SUNY Oneonta | 39400 | 41700 | 0.0551 | 4,815 | 1090 | 0.7696 | |
| 154 | The University of Montana | 39800 | 45000 | 0.1155 | 8,014 | 1184 | 0.9586 | |
| 155 | University of Wyoming | 40000 | 45300 | 0.1168 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 156 | Appalachian State University | 40300 | 40600 | 0.0074 | 19,732 | 1174 | 0.9388 | |
| 157 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 40400 | 48500 | 0.1669 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 157 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5061 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 159 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 42400 | 42400 | 0 | 14,657 | 1190 | 0.7583 | |
| 160 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42600 | 53900 | 0.2095 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 161 | University at Buffalo | 43200 | 46700 | 0.075 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 162 | Texas Christian University | 44300 | 87400 | 0.4934 | 11,152 | 1268 | 0.4809 | |
| 163 | James Madison University | 45200 | 45200 | 0 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 164 | Illinois State University | 45800 | 49100 | 0.067 | 19,513 | 1115 | 0.8555 | |
| 165 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 46300 | 46600 | 0.0064 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 166 | University at Albany | 48900 | 48900 | 0 | 12,889 | 1245 | 0.7044 | |
| 167 | DePaul University | 49100 | 66000 | 0.2562 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 168 | Michigan State University | 49200 | 56200 | 0.1245 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 169 | University of Iowa | 52100 | 54400 | 0.0421 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 170 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 52300 | 53600 | 0.0243 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 171 | George Mason University | 53500 | 61000 | 0.123 | 28,862 | 1271 | 0.8647 | |
| 172 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 58900 | 61200 | 0.0374 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 173 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 60700 | 63000 | 0.0364 | 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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