Considering a degree in Geography?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Geography majors who live in Montana.
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 Montana.
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 | 5300 | 69100 | 0.9237 | 22,077 | 965 | 0.9124 | |
| 4 | Brigham Young University | 8100 | 22300 | 0.6382 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 5 | California State University-Northridge | 8300 | 22000 | 0.6232 | 32,846 | 1005 | 0.9176 | |
| 6 | Rhode Island College | 9300 | 30200 | 0.6928 | 5,695 | 995 | 0.8557 | |
| 7 | Colgate University | 9500 | 95800 | 0.9008 | 3,193 | 1488 | 0.1388 | |
| 8 | Indiana State University | 10100 | 32400 | 0.6885 | 6,352 | 1015 | 0.9157 | |
| 8 | Portland State University | 10100 | 43300 | 0.7673 | 14,932 | 1174 | 0.8586 | |
| 8 | University of Nevada-Reno | 10100 | 32500 | 0.6894 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 11 | Worcester State University | 10200 | 34900 | 0.7072 | 4,485 | 1090 | 0.8799 | |
| 12 | Southern Utah University | 10600 | 51400 | 0.7937 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 13 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 10800 | 21100 | 0.4888 | 7,753 | 1140 | 0.9245 | |
| 14 | California State University-Stanislaus | 11200 | 33600 | 0.6677 | 8,494 | 950 | 0.9558 | |
| 15 | Middlebury College | 11300 | 94500 | 0.8808 | 2,640 | 1499 | 0.1277 | |
| 16 | Marshall University | 11400 | 27800 | 0.5894 | 9,960 | 1070 | 0.9663 | |
| 17 | Fayetteville State University | 11500 | 18200 | 0.3679 | 6,542 | 900 | 0.689 | |
| 17 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 11500 | 87500 | 0.8684 | 14,249 | 1084 | 0.7761 | |
| 19 | California State University-Fresno | 11600 | 19600 | 0.4071 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 20 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 11700 | 20500 | 0.4305 | 5,063 | 1069 | 0.8756 | |
| 21 | Eastern Illinois University | 11900 | 24600 | 0.5156 | 6,731 | 1020 | 0.7073 | |
| 22 | University of Hawaii at Hilo | 12000 | 56000 | 0.7857 | 2,304 | 990 | 0.8351 | |
| 23 | Fitchburg State University | 12100 | 33800 | 0.6416 | 3,000 | 1090 | 0.8885 | |
| 24 | Vassar College | 12300 | 93100 | 0.8679 | 2,514 | 1488 | 0.2093 | |
| 25 | Louisiana Tech University | 12400 | 42900 | 0.7108 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 25 | Mount Holyoke College | 12400 | 89900 | 0.8621 | 2,135 | 1419 | 0.3841 | |
| 27 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 28 | Central Connecticut State University | 13000 | 34200 | 0.6196 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 28 | University of Colorado Colorado Springs | 13000 | 26600 | 0.5113 | 9,040 | 1119 | 0.9666 | |
| 30 | University of Southern Maine | 13100 | 23000 | 0.43 | 5,549 | 1139 | 0.8241 | |
| 31 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 13300 | 43000 | 0.6907 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 32 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 13400 | 38300 | 0.6495 | 5,677 | 985 | 0.9301 | |
| 33 | University of South Florida | 13500 | 22400 | 0.3977 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 34 | Aquinas College | 13700 | 86000 | 0.8407 | 1,103 | 1035 | 0.9726 | |
| 34 | University of North Alabama | 13700 | 28200 | 0.5145 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 34 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 61700 | 0.7781 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 37 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 14000 | 22800 | 0.3865 | 11,994 | 1090 | 0.8651 | |
| 38 | Bridgewater State University | 14100 | 28800 | 0.5119 | 8,849 | 1143 | 0.8798 | |
| 38 | University of Arizona | 14100 | 32100 | 0.5606 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 40 | San Francisco State University | 14200 | 47700 | 0.7025 | 19,444 | 1035 | 0.9644 | |
| 40 | Youngstown State University | 14200 | 28400 | 0.4998 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 42 | Eastern Michigan University | 14300 | 33900 | 0.5776 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 42 | Salem State University | 14300 | 38300 | 0.6262 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 44 | Arkansas Tech University | 14500 | 31400 | 0.5374 | 8,279 | 1055 | 0.9747 | |
| 44 | California State University-San Bernardino | 14500 | 40100 | 0.6387 | 15,948 | 1020 | 0.943 | |
| 44 | Western Michigan University | 14500 | 28900 | 0.4988 | 13,714 | 1089 | 0.9121 | |
| 47 | California State University-San Marcos | 14700 | 24700 | 0.4056 | 15,770 | 990 | 0.9513 | |
| 48 | Sonoma State University | 15000 | 26700 | 0.4382 | 4,449 | 1050 | 0.9841 | |
| 49 | Ball State University | 15100 | 22400 | 0.3261 | 15,950 | 1185 | 0.8625 | |
| 49 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 15100 | 54400 | 0.7229 | 15,735 | 1069 | 0.8797 | |
| 49 | Wayne State College | 15100 | 30500 | 0.5057 | 3,886 | 0 | 1 | |
| 49 | West Virginia University | 15100 | 73100 | 0.7931 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 53 | California State University-Chico | 15500 | 23500 | 0.3401 | 13,599 | 1054 | 0.9107 | |
| 53 | Jacksonville State University | 15500 | 38200 | 0.5938 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 53 | University of West Georgia | 15500 | 24600 | 0.3703 | 10,075 | 1035 | 0.7995 | |
| 56 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 38800 | 0.5992 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 57 | Florida State University | 15700 | 23000 | 0.3177 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 58 | Grand Valley State University | 15800 | 28300 | 0.441 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 59 | Rocky Mountain College | 15900 | 51300 | 0.6898 | 779 | 1055 | 0.7775 | |
| 60 | University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire | 16100 | 22400 | 0.2818 | 8,329 | 1209 | 0.385 | |
| 61 | University of Northern Colorado | 16400 | 39100 | 0.5808 | 6,598 | 1080 | 0.945 | |
| 62 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16500 | 64800 | 0.7456 | 22,007 | 1427 | 0.1672 | |
| 63 | Georgia Southern University | 16900 | 20100 | 0.1588 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 64 | Montclair State University | 17200 | 36000 | 0.5224 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 65 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 17600 | 35600 | 0.5063 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 65 | University of Kentucky | 17600 | 37300 | 0.5282 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 67 | James Madison University | 17700 | 28900 | 0.3874 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 68 | Kutztown University of Pennsylvania | 17900 | 29300 | 0.3885 | 6,229 | 1174 | 0.8942 | |
| 68 | University of Arkansas | 17900 | 28400 | 0.3691 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 70 | University of South Alabama | 18000 | 40200 | 0.5528 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 71 | Kennesaw State University | 18100 | 27400 | 0.3391 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 72 | San Jose State University | 18300 | 41100 | 0.5542 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 72 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 18300 | 25200 | 0.2735 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 72 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 18300 | 32900 | 0.4438 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 75 | Central Washington University | 18500 | 27200 | 0.3194 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 76 | San Diego State University | 18600 | 28900 | 0.3565 | 36,196 | 1208 | 0.3741 | |
| 76 | University of Central Oklahoma | 18600 | 31100 | 0.4024 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 78 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 19300 | 28500 | 0.3231 | 14,657 | 1190 | 0.7583 | |
| 79 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 19500 | 29900 | 0.3473 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 80 | Pennsylvania Western University | 19800 | 30900 | 0.3594 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 81 | Emory & Henry University | 19900 | 52400 | 0.6201 | 1,084 | 1145 | 0.8365 | |
| 82 | Sam Houston State University | 20200 | 30300 | 0.333 | 17,822 | 1035 | 0.9372 | |
| 83 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20300 | 57800 | 0.6485 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 84 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 20400 | 39800 | 0.4869 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 84 | Syracuse University | 20400 | 83600 | 0.756 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 84 | University of Northern Iowa | 20400 | 24800 | 0.1775 | 7,800 | 1115 | 0.9313 | |
| 87 | Rowan University | 20500 | 41300 | 0.5039 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 87 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 20500 | 26100 | 0.2142 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 89 | SUNY Oneonta | 20600 | 55300 | 0.6281 | 4,815 | 1090 | 0.7696 | |
| 90 | Millersville University of Pennsylvania | 21000 | 24900 | 0.1566 | 5,823 | 1115 | 0.8619 | |
| 91 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 21200 | 24100 | 0.1202 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 91 | University of Mary Washington | 21200 | 47400 | 0.5521 | 3,531 | 1279 | 0.7413 | |
| 93 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 21400 | 27800 | 0.23 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 94 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 95 | Indiana University-Southeast | 22500 | 25900 | 0.131 | 3,200 | 1095 | 0.842 | |
| 95 | Park University | 22500 | 31300 | 0.2816 | 4,657 | 1035 | 0.6904 | |
| 97 | Augustana College | 22600 | 72800 | 0.6891 | 2,536 | 1157 | 0.6628 | |
| 97 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 22600 | 42000 | 0.4624 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 99 | Concordia University-Nebraska | 22800 | 85400 | 0.7333 | 3,007 | 1135 | 0.8572 | |
| 99 | Saint Cloud State University | 22800 | 36800 | 0.3803 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 101 | Illinois State University | 23000 | 36400 | 0.3696 | 19,513 | 1115 | 0.8555 | |
| 102 | Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania | 23100 | 34900 | 0.3385 | 4,371 | 1084 | 0.865 | |
| 102 | University of Southern Mississippi | 23100 | 23100 | 0 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 104 | State University of New York at New Paltz | 23800 | 35700 | 0.333 | 6,113 | 1279 | 0.6267 | |
| 105 | University of North Texas | 23900 | 37400 | 0.3607 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 106 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24000 | 38500 | 0.3764 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 107 | University of Wisconsin-Parkside | 24200 | 30400 | 0.2038 | 3,207 | 1084 | 0.9751 | |
| 108 | Montana State University | 24400 | 24500 | 0.0018 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 109 | University at Buffalo | 25000 | 34000 | 0.2647 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 110 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 25100 | 36900 | 0.3201 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 111 | Minnesota State University, Mankato | 25600 | 28000 | 0.0854 | 13,433 | 1145 | 0.8844 | |
| 112 | Gustavus Adolphus College | 26200 | 75500 | 0.6529 | 1,906 | 1273 | 0.6099 | |
| 113 | Northern Illinois University | 26300 | 32100 | 0.1824 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 114 | Bemidji State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 3,751 | 1075 | 0.5598 | |
| 115 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 26800 | 36500 | 0.2659 | 7,747 | 1073 | 0.9617 | |
| 116 | Weber State University | 27200 | 31600 | 0.1394 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 117 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 18,028 | 1059 | 0.7996 | |
| 118 | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | 27600 | 29600 | 0.0677 | 10,743 | 1075 | 0.9598 | |
| 119 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 28500 | 41900 | 0.3195 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 120 | University of Iowa | 29700 | 32100 | 0.0746 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 121 | Towson University | 30000 | 30200 | 0.0066 | 16,361 | 1082 | 0.8057 | |
| 122 | California State University-Long Beach | 30700 | 38800 | 0.2087 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 123 | Ohio Wesleyan University | 30900 | 75700 | 0.5915 | 1,652 | 1281 | 0.6441 | |
| 123 | University of North Dakota | 30900 | 33700 | 0.0858 | 11,837 | 1189 | 0.8157 | |
| 125 | Pittsburg State University | 31000 | 37100 | 0.1645 | 4,561 | 1055 | 0.5487 | |
| 126 | Texas State University | 31100 | 36300 | 0.1445 | 39,353 | 1080 | 0.9118 | |
| 127 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32000 | 35200 | 0.0908 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 128 | Villanova University | 32300 | 92900 | 0.6526 | 6,933 | 1466 | 0.2814 | |
| 129 | Liberty University | 32400 | 44700 | 0.275 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 130 | University of Louisville | 32500 | 42100 | 0.2278 | 17,916 | 1134 | 0.7921 | |
| 131 | University of Idaho | 32700 | 33400 | 0.0209 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 132 | California State University-Sacramento | 33300 | 33800 | 0.0148 | 28,619 | 1015 | 0.9357 | |
| 133 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 33500 | 38200 | 0.1228 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 134 | George Washington University | 34400 | 81800 | 0.5796 | 11,495 | 1436 | 0.4713 | |
| 134 | Salisbury University | 34400 | 41800 | 0.1772 | 6,477 | 1245 | 0.8826 | |
| 134 | University of Vermont | 34400 | 66300 | 0.4808 | 12,159 | 1372 | 0.7304 | |
| 137 | Samford University | 34700 | 93800 | 0.6301 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 138 | California State University-Fullerton | 35200 | 37600 | 0.0636 | 40,705 | 960 | 0.8811 | |
| 138 | Valparaiso University | 35200 | 63000 | 0.441 | 2,056 | 1183 | 0.8994 | |
| 140 | SUNY College at Geneseo | 35500 | 39400 | 0.0991 | 3,943 | 1275 | 0.3333 | |
| 141 | Temple University | 35700 | 57200 | 0.3756 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 142 | Carthage College | 35800 | 61800 | 0.4207 | 2,914 | 1125 | 0.8445 | |
| 143 | Framingham State University | 36000 | 38100 | 0.0551 | 2,782 | 1190 | 0.8366 | |
| 144 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 36100 | 36100 | 0 | 16,131 | 1275 | 0.6472 | |
| 145 | East Carolina University | 36800 | 42700 | 0.1381 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 146 | University of Connecticut | 37000 | 66200 | 0.4414 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 147 | University of Maine at Farmington | 37100 | 40800 | 0.0908 | 1,661 | 1062 | 0.9832 | |
| 148 | California State University-East Bay | 37300 | 45100 | 0.1731 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 149 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37600 | 66700 | 0.4364 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 150 | Frostburg State University | 37700 | 42500 | 0.1129 | 3,436 | 1095 | 0.907 | |
| 151 | University of Central Arkansas | 37900 | 40200 | 0.0595 | 8,238 | 1110 | 0.9157 | |
| 152 | University of St Thomas | 38000 | 74800 | 0.492 | 6,270 | 1299 | 0.8548 | |
| 153 | University of Denver | 39100 | 84100 | 0.5352 | 5,766 | 1292 | 0.8538 | |
| 154 | The University of Montana | 39500 | 56800 | 0.3048 | 8,014 | 1184 | 0.9586 | |
| 154 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 39500 | 40300 | 0.0198 | 26,213 | 1209 | 0.7778 | |
| 156 | University of Wyoming | 39900 | 45300 | 0.1191 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 157 | Elmhurst University | 40100 | 69600 | 0.4236 | 3,170 | 1133 | 0.7501 | |
| 158 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5061 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 159 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42400 | 63300 | 0.3301 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 160 | Kansas State University | 44000 | 48400 | 0.0916 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 161 | Texas Christian University | 44200 | 87400 | 0.4944 | 11,152 | 1268 | 0.4809 | |
| 162 | University at Albany | 44300 | 48900 | 0.0941 | 12,889 | 1245 | 0.7044 | |
| 163 | Appalachian State University | 44500 | 46500 | 0.043 | 19,732 | 1174 | 0.9388 | |
| 164 | Calvin University | 47600 | 57400 | 0.1706 | 3,359 | 1232 | 0.6791 | |
| 165 | University of Georgia | 48400 | 52300 | 0.0746 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 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 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 50500 | 52900 | 0.0453 | 14,834 | 1149 | 0.7803 | |
| 168 | The University of Texas at Austin | 50500 | 59100 | 0.1454 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 170 | Georgia College & State University | 52400 | 52400 | 0 | 6,250 | 1165 | 0.8466 | |
| 171 | George Mason University | 56000 | 61400 | 0.088 | 28,862 | 1271 | 0.8647 | |
| 172 | Hofstra University | 59100 | 83300 | 0.2906 | 6,599 | 1369 | 0.7267 | |
| 173 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 59200 | 61600 | 0.0389 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 | |
| 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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