Considering a degree in Geography?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Geography majors who live in New Jersey.
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 New Jersey.
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 | 8200 | 95800 | 0.9144 | 3,193 | 1488 | 0.1388 | |
| 6 | Rhode Island College | 8900 | 30200 | 0.706 | 5,695 | 995 | 0.8557 | |
| 7 | Indiana State University | 9400 | 32400 | 0.7102 | 6,352 | 1015 | 0.9157 | |
| 8 | Portland State University | 9700 | 43300 | 0.7765 | 14,932 | 1174 | 0.8586 | |
| 9 | Worcester State University | 9800 | 34900 | 0.7186 | 4,485 | 1090 | 0.8799 | |
| 10 | Middlebury College | 10500 | 94500 | 0.8892 | 2,640 | 1499 | 0.1277 | |
| 11 | Southern Utah University | 10600 | 51400 | 0.7937 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 12 | California State University-Stanislaus | 10800 | 31200 | 0.6544 | 8,494 | 950 | 0.9558 | |
| 13 | Marshall University | 10900 | 39800 | 0.7259 | 9,960 | 1070 | 0.9663 | |
| 14 | California State University-Fresno | 11000 | 44000 | 0.7502 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 14 | Fayetteville State University | 11000 | 18200 | 0.3954 | 6,542 | 900 | 0.689 | |
| 14 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 11000 | 87500 | 0.8741 | 14,249 | 1084 | 0.7761 | |
| 17 | Vassar College | 11100 | 93100 | 0.8808 | 2,514 | 1488 | 0.2093 | |
| 18 | Eastern Illinois University | 11500 | 24600 | 0.5318 | 6,731 | 1020 | 0.7073 | |
| 19 | University of Hawaii at Hilo | 11700 | 56000 | 0.791 | 2,304 | 990 | 0.8351 | |
| 20 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 12000 | 24900 | 0.5172 | 5,677 | 985 | 0.9301 | |
| 21 | Kean University | 12300 | 39200 | 0.6862 | 11,932 | 1040 | 0.7811 | |
| 22 | Fitchburg State University | 12400 | 33800 | 0.6327 | 3,000 | 1090 | 0.8885 | |
| 22 | Mount Holyoke College | 12400 | 89900 | 0.8621 | 2,135 | 1419 | 0.3841 | |
| 22 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 31100 | 0.6022 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 25 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 26 | Louisiana Tech University | 12900 | 42900 | 0.6992 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 26 | University of South Florida | 12900 | 22400 | 0.4245 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 28 | University of Idaho | 13000 | 27800 | 0.5344 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 29 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 13400 | 22800 | 0.4128 | 11,994 | 1090 | 0.8651 | |
| 30 | Aquinas College | 13500 | 86000 | 0.843 | 1,103 | 1035 | 0.9726 | |
| 30 | University of North Alabama | 13500 | 28200 | 0.5216 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 32 | Eastern Michigan University | 13800 | 33900 | 0.5923 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 32 | Youngstown State University | 13800 | 28400 | 0.5139 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 34 | Salem State University | 13900 | 38300 | 0.6367 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 34 | San Francisco State University | 13900 | 47700 | 0.7088 | 19,444 | 1035 | 0.9644 | |
| 36 | California State University-San Bernardino | 14100 | 32700 | 0.5686 | 15,948 | 1020 | 0.943 | |
| 36 | University of Arizona | 14100 | 32100 | 0.5606 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 38 | Arkansas Tech University | 14300 | 31400 | 0.5438 | 8,279 | 1055 | 0.9747 | |
| 39 | California State University-San Marcos | 14400 | 24700 | 0.4178 | 15,770 | 990 | 0.9513 | |
| 40 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 14500 | 56900 | 0.7452 | 15,735 | 1069 | 0.8797 | |
| 41 | Sonoma State University | 14600 | 26700 | 0.4532 | 4,449 | 1050 | 0.9841 | |
| 41 | West Virginia University | 14600 | 73100 | 0.8 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 43 | University of Nevada-Reno | 14700 | 28200 | 0.4784 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 44 | Wayne State College | 14800 | 30500 | 0.5156 | 3,886 | 0 | 1 | |
| 45 | California State University-Chico | 15000 | 41000 | 0.6346 | 13,599 | 1054 | 0.9107 | |
| 46 | Jacksonville State University | 15300 | 38200 | 0.5991 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 47 | University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire | 15500 | 22400 | 0.3087 | 8,329 | 1209 | 0.385 | |
| 48 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 38800 | 0.5992 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 48 | University of West Georgia | 15600 | 57700 | 0.7303 | 10,075 | 1035 | 0.7995 | |
| 50 | University of Northern Colorado | 16100 | 39100 | 0.5884 | 6,598 | 1080 | 0.945 | |
| 51 | Georgia Southern University | 16300 | 49700 | 0.6722 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 51 | Montclair State University | 16300 | 36000 | 0.5475 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 53 | SUNY College at Geneseo | 16400 | 25600 | 0.3593 | 3,943 | 1275 | 0.3333 | |
| 54 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16500 | 64800 | 0.7456 | 22,007 | 1427 | 0.1672 | |
| 55 | University of South Alabama | 17200 | 40200 | 0.5727 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 56 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 17500 | 29900 | 0.4141 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 56 | The University of Texas at Austin | 17500 | 28200 | 0.3798 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 58 | California State University-East Bay | 17600 | 33300 | 0.4711 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 59 | Kennesaw State University | 17800 | 27400 | 0.3501 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 59 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 17800 | 32900 | 0.459 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 61 | Central Washington University | 17900 | 27900 | 0.359 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 62 | San Jose State University | 18000 | 41100 | 0.5615 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 63 | Emory & Henry University | 18800 | 52400 | 0.6409 | 1,084 | 1145 | 0.8365 | |
| 64 | Pennsylvania Western University | 19300 | 30900 | 0.3756 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 65 | Sam Houston State University | 19400 | 30300 | 0.3594 | 17,822 | 1035 | 0.9372 | |
| 66 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 19700 | 28300 | 0.3052 | 5,063 | 1069 | 0.8756 | |
| 67 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 19900 | 57800 | 0.6554 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 68 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 20000 | 26100 | 0.2334 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 69 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 20300 | 39200 | 0.4824 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 70 | SUNY Oneonta | 20400 | 55300 | 0.6317 | 4,815 | 1090 | 0.7696 | |
| 70 | Syracuse University | 20400 | 83600 | 0.756 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 70 | University of Wyoming | 20400 | 27900 | 0.2682 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 73 | Millersville University of Pennsylvania | 21100 | 36700 | 0.4255 | 5,823 | 1115 | 0.8619 | |
| 73 | Rocky Mountain College | 21100 | 52000 | 0.5939 | 779 | 1055 | 0.7775 | |
| 75 | Rowan University | 21300 | 41300 | 0.485 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 75 | University of Mary Washington | 21300 | 47400 | 0.55 | 3,531 | 1279 | 0.7413 | |
| 77 | California State University-Northridge | 21900 | 36500 | 0.3995 | 32,846 | 1005 | 0.9176 | |
| 77 | Grand Valley State University | 21900 | 36600 | 0.4014 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 79 | Florida State University | 22300 | 32600 | 0.3161 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 79 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 22300 | 42000 | 0.4696 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 81 | Concordia University-Nebraska | 22400 | 85400 | 0.738 | 3,007 | 1135 | 0.8572 | |
| 81 | Park University | 22400 | 31300 | 0.2848 | 4,657 | 1035 | 0.6904 | |
| 83 | Augustana College | 22600 | 72800 | 0.6891 | 2,536 | 1157 | 0.6628 | |
| 84 | Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania | 22700 | 34900 | 0.35 | 4,371 | 1084 | 0.865 | |
| 85 | Saint Cloud State University | 22800 | 36800 | 0.3803 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 85 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 22800 | 30200 | 0.245 | 7,753 | 1140 | 0.9245 | |
| 87 | Bridgewater State University | 23100 | 37300 | 0.3822 | 8,849 | 1143 | 0.8798 | |
| 88 | University of North Texas | 23400 | 37400 | 0.3741 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 89 | State University of New York at New Paltz | 23700 | 35700 | 0.3357 | 6,113 | 1279 | 0.6267 | |
| 90 | University of Southern Mississippi | 23800 | 27200 | 0.125 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 91 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24000 | 38500 | 0.3764 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 92 | University of Central Oklahoma | 24100 | 34000 | 0.2911 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 93 | University of Wisconsin-Parkside | 24200 | 30400 | 0.2038 | 3,207 | 1084 | 0.9751 | |
| 94 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 24700 | 36900 | 0.3309 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 95 | Minnesota State University, Mankato | 25600 | 28000 | 0.0854 | 13,433 | 1145 | 0.8844 | |
| 96 | Gustavus Adolphus College | 26200 | 75500 | 0.6529 | 1,906 | 1273 | 0.6099 | |
| 96 | Northern Illinois University | 26200 | 32100 | 0.184 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 98 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 26300 | 36500 | 0.2796 | 7,747 | 1073 | 0.9617 | |
| 99 | Bemidji State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 3,751 | 1075 | 0.5598 | |
| 99 | University of Arkansas | 26400 | 44500 | 0.4063 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 101 | Ball State University | 26600 | 26600 | 0 | 15,950 | 1185 | 0.8625 | |
| 102 | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | 27000 | 29600 | 0.088 | 10,743 | 1075 | 0.9598 | |
| 103 | Weber State University | 27100 | 31600 | 0.1425 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 104 | San Diego State University | 27400 | 37100 | 0.2617 | 36,196 | 1208 | 0.3741 | |
| 105 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 18,028 | 1059 | 0.7996 | |
| 106 | Central Connecticut State University | 27600 | 30400 | 0.0922 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 107 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 28500 | 41900 | 0.3195 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 108 | University of Northern Iowa | 28900 | 37300 | 0.2252 | 7,800 | 1115 | 0.9313 | |
| 109 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 29300 | 33000 | 0.112 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 110 | Towson University | 29400 | 30200 | 0.0265 | 16,361 | 1082 | 0.8057 | |
| 111 | California State University-Long Beach | 30400 | 38800 | 0.2164 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 112 | Kutztown University of Pennsylvania | 30800 | 35100 | 0.1225 | 6,229 | 1174 | 0.8942 | |
| 112 | Pittsburg State University | 30800 | 37100 | 0.1699 | 4,561 | 1055 | 0.5487 | |
| 114 | University of North Dakota | 30900 | 33700 | 0.0858 | 11,837 | 1189 | 0.8157 | |
| 115 | Ohio Wesleyan University | 31100 | 75700 | 0.5888 | 1,652 | 1281 | 0.6441 | |
| 115 | Texas State University | 31100 | 36300 | 0.1434 | 39,353 | 1080 | 0.9118 | |
| 117 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 31800 | 54400 | 0.4154 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 117 | Villanova University | 31800 | 92900 | 0.658 | 6,933 | 1466 | 0.2814 | |
| 119 | University of Louisville | 32000 | 42100 | 0.2396 | 17,916 | 1134 | 0.7921 | |
| 120 | University of Colorado Colorado Springs | 32100 | 41600 | 0.2283 | 9,040 | 1119 | 0.9666 | |
| 121 | Liberty University | 32500 | 44700 | 0.2727 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 122 | California State University-Sacramento | 32700 | 33400 | 0.0209 | 28,619 | 1015 | 0.9357 | |
| 123 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 33500 | 38200 | 0.1228 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 124 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 33900 | 59100 | 0.4262 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 125 | George Washington University | 34400 | 81800 | 0.5796 | 11,495 | 1436 | 0.4713 | |
| 125 | Samford University | 34400 | 93800 | 0.6333 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 125 | University of Vermont | 34400 | 66300 | 0.4808 | 12,159 | 1372 | 0.7304 | |
| 128 | Salisbury University | 34600 | 41800 | 0.1725 | 6,477 | 1245 | 0.8826 | |
| 129 | California State University-Fullerton | 35200 | 37600 | 0.0636 | 40,705 | 960 | 0.8811 | |
| 129 | Valparaiso University | 35200 | 63000 | 0.441 | 2,056 | 1183 | 0.8994 | |
| 131 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 35300 | 46500 | 0.2409 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 132 | Temple University | 35700 | 57200 | 0.3756 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 133 | Carthage College | 35800 | 61800 | 0.4207 | 2,914 | 1125 | 0.8445 | |
| 134 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 36100 | 36100 | 0 | 16,131 | 1275 | 0.6472 | |
| 135 | Framingham State University | 36200 | 38100 | 0.0499 | 2,782 | 1190 | 0.8366 | |
| 135 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 36200 | 54400 | 0.3346 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 137 | Western Michigan University | 36300 | 38500 | 0.0571 | 13,714 | 1089 | 0.9121 | |
| 138 | East Carolina University | 36800 | 42700 | 0.1381 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 139 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 36900 | 66700 | 0.4469 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 140 | University of Maine at Farmington | 37000 | 40800 | 0.0932 | 1,661 | 1062 | 0.9832 | |
| 141 | University of Connecticut | 37100 | 66200 | 0.4399 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 142 | Frostburg State University | 37200 | 42500 | 0.1247 | 3,436 | 1095 | 0.907 | |
| 143 | Indiana University-Southeast | 37400 | 40800 | 0.0833 | 3,200 | 1095 | 0.842 | |
| 144 | University of Southern Maine | 37500 | 37500 | 0 | 5,549 | 1139 | 0.8241 | |
| 145 | University of Central Arkansas | 37900 | 40200 | 0.0595 | 8,238 | 1110 | 0.9157 | |
| 146 | University of St Thomas | 38100 | 74800 | 0.4906 | 6,270 | 1299 | 0.8548 | |
| 147 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 38900 | 40300 | 0.0347 | 26,213 | 1209 | 0.7778 | |
| 148 | University of Denver | 39300 | 84100 | 0.5329 | 5,766 | 1292 | 0.8538 | |
| 149 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 39700 | 42800 | 0.0725 | 14,657 | 1190 | 0.7583 | |
| 150 | Elmhurst University | 40200 | 69600 | 0.4222 | 3,170 | 1133 | 0.7501 | |
| 151 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5061 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 152 | The University of Montana | 41100 | 56800 | 0.2766 | 8,014 | 1184 | 0.9586 | |
| 153 | James Madison University | 43100 | 45000 | 0.0422 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 154 | Kansas State University | 44000 | 48400 | 0.0911 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 155 | University at Albany | 44300 | 48900 | 0.0941 | 12,889 | 1245 | 0.7044 | |
| 156 | Texas Christian University | 44400 | 87400 | 0.4921 | 11,152 | 1268 | 0.4809 | |
| 157 | Appalachian State University | 44500 | 46500 | 0.043 | 19,732 | 1174 | 0.9388 | |
| 158 | Illinois State University | 45700 | 49100 | 0.0692 | 19,513 | 1115 | 0.8555 | |
| 159 | University at Buffalo | 46400 | 46400 | 0 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 160 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47200 | 61500 | 0.2324 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 161 | Calvin University | 47700 | 57400 | 0.1689 | 3,359 | 1232 | 0.6791 | |
| 162 | University of Kentucky | 48100 | 59900 | 0.1975 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 163 | University of Georgia | 48500 | 52300 | 0.0726 | 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 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 50500 | 52900 | 0.0453 | 14,834 | 1149 | 0.7803 | |
| 167 | University of Iowa | 52000 | 54400 | 0.044 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 168 | Georgia College & State University | 52400 | 52400 | 0 | 6,250 | 1165 | 0.8466 | |
| 169 | George Mason University | 56300 | 61400 | 0.0831 | 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 | 58900 | 83300 | 0.293 | 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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