Considering a degree in Geography?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Geography majors who live in New York.
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 York.
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 | Colgate University | 7000 | 91100 | 0.9232 | 3,193 | 1488 | 0.1388 | |
| 4 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 7400 | 36100 | 0.796 | 10,368 | 1064 | 0.999 | |
| 5 | CUNY Brooklyn College | 7700 | 31800 | 0.759 | 11,499 | 1126 | 0.578 | |
| 6 | CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice | 7900 | 36700 | 0.7855 | 11,942 | 1073 | 0.5708 | |
| 7 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22000 | 0.6362 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 8 | Mount Holyoke College | 9500 | 89900 | 0.8946 | 2,135 | 1419 | 0.3841 | |
| 9 | Marshall University | 10600 | 33400 | 0.6824 | 9,960 | 1070 | 0.9663 | |
| 10 | Indiana State University | 10700 | 25900 | 0.5878 | 6,352 | 1015 | 0.9157 | |
| 11 | California State University-Stanislaus | 11500 | 28500 | 0.5964 | 8,494 | 950 | 0.9558 | |
| 12 | Fayetteville State University | 11700 | 26300 | 0.5554 | 6,542 | 900 | 0.689 | |
| 13 | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | 12100 | 19300 | 0.3731 | 10,743 | 1075 | 0.9598 | |
| 14 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 15 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 12700 | 43000 | 0.7046 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 16 | University of North Alabama | 12800 | 28200 | 0.5464 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 17 | University of Arizona | 12900 | 30900 | 0.5835 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 18 | Middlebury College | 13300 | 89900 | 0.8521 | 2,640 | 1499 | 0.1277 | |
| 19 | Grand Valley State University | 13700 | 25300 | 0.459 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 19 | Northern Illinois University | 13700 | 30400 | 0.5491 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 19 | University of Idaho | 13700 | 25800 | 0.4699 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 19 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 61700 | 0.7784 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 23 | Salisbury University | 14200 | 28700 | 0.5055 | 6,477 | 1245 | 0.8826 | |
| 23 | Sonoma State University | 14200 | 26700 | 0.4682 | 4,449 | 1050 | 0.9841 | |
| 25 | Arkansas Tech University | 14300 | 27400 | 0.4784 | 8,279 | 1055 | 0.9747 | |
| 26 | California State University-Chico | 14800 | 23500 | 0.3698 | 13,599 | 1054 | 0.9107 | |
| 26 | Wayne State College | 14800 | 20300 | 0.2709 | 3,886 | 0 | 1 | |
| 28 | Western Michigan University | 15000 | 32500 | 0.5391 | 13,714 | 1089 | 0.9121 | |
| 29 | California State University-East Bay | 15200 | 30100 | 0.4957 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 30 | University of Colorado Colorado Springs | 15500 | 25400 | 0.3903 | 9,040 | 1119 | 0.9666 | |
| 30 | Worcester State University | 15500 | 31700 | 0.5104 | 4,485 | 1090 | 0.8799 | |
| 32 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 29800 | 0.4782 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 33 | Frostburg State University | 15700 | 26600 | 0.4095 | 3,436 | 1095 | 0.907 | |
| 33 | Sam Houston State University | 15700 | 30300 | 0.4815 | 17,822 | 1035 | 0.9372 | |
| 35 | Weber State University | 15800 | 23600 | 0.33 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 36 | California State University-Sacramento | 15900 | 27600 | 0.4243 | 28,619 | 1015 | 0.9357 | |
| 36 | Eastern Michigan University | 15900 | 36100 | 0.5598 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 38 | Central Connecticut State University | 16200 | 34000 | 0.523 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 39 | West Virginia University | 16300 | 40900 | 0.6012 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 40 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16600 | 64800 | 0.7439 | 22,007 | 1427 | 0.1672 | |
| 41 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 17100 | 17100 | 0 | 14,657 | 1190 | 0.7583 | |
| 42 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 17200 | 35400 | 0.5147 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 42 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 17200 | 39000 | 0.5586 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 42 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 17200 | 22800 | 0.2459 | 11,994 | 1090 | 0.8651 | |
| 45 | Bridgewater State University | 17700 | 25400 | 0.305 | 8,849 | 1143 | 0.8798 | |
| 46 | California State University-Fullerton | 18300 | 20600 | 0.1113 | 40,705 | 960 | 0.8811 | |
| 46 | Georgia College & State University | 18300 | 18300 | 0 | 6,250 | 1165 | 0.8466 | |
| 46 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 18300 | 29900 | 0.3872 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 49 | Emory & Henry University | 18500 | 52400 | 0.6465 | 1,084 | 1145 | 0.8365 | |
| 49 | University of Central Oklahoma | 18500 | 22700 | 0.185 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 49 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 18500 | 31400 | 0.4109 | 14,249 | 1084 | 0.7761 | |
| 49 | University of South Alabama | 18500 | 22400 | 0.1744 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 53 | The University of Montana | 18700 | 25200 | 0.2577 | 8,014 | 1184 | 0.9586 | |
| 54 | Syracuse University | 19000 | 82200 | 0.7694 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 55 | California State University-Los Angeles | 19200 | 38000 | 0.4948 | 22,077 | 965 | 0.9124 | |
| 56 | SUNY College at Geneseo | 19300 | 26500 | 0.2711 | 3,943 | 1275 | 0.3333 | |
| 56 | Vassar College | 19300 | 91500 | 0.789 | 2,514 | 1488 | 0.2093 | |
| 58 | SUNY Oneonta | 19400 | 29400 | 0.339 | 4,815 | 1090 | 0.7696 | |
| 58 | University of Maine at Farmington | 19400 | 33700 | 0.4233 | 1,661 | 1062 | 0.9832 | |
| 60 | Youngstown State University | 19600 | 34000 | 0.4236 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 61 | Eastern Illinois University | 19700 | 28100 | 0.2984 | 6,731 | 1020 | 0.7073 | |
| 62 | San Diego State University | 19800 | 28900 | 0.315 | 36,196 | 1208 | 0.3741 | |
| 63 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20000 | 39900 | 0.499 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 64 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 20200 | 39200 | 0.4849 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 65 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 20400 | 26000 | 0.2145 | 5,063 | 1069 | 0.8756 | |
| 66 | Louisiana Tech University | 20800 | 26100 | 0.2033 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 67 | Rocky Mountain College | 20900 | 52000 | 0.5978 | 779 | 1055 | 0.7775 | |
| 68 | University at Albany | 21000 | 30800 | 0.3194 | 12,889 | 1245 | 0.7044 | |
| 69 | University of Mary Washington | 21500 | 47100 | 0.5442 | 3,531 | 1279 | 0.7413 | |
| 70 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 71 | Aquinas College | 22200 | 53400 | 0.5847 | 1,103 | 1035 | 0.9726 | |
| 72 | Concordia University-Nebraska | 22400 | 61100 | 0.6333 | 3,007 | 1135 | 0.8572 | |
| 72 | Florida State University | 22400 | 32400 | 0.3091 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 72 | University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire | 22400 | 22400 | 0 | 8,329 | 1209 | 0.385 | |
| 75 | San Jose State University | 22600 | 41100 | 0.4502 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 76 | Augustana College | 22700 | 72800 | 0.6881 | 2,536 | 1157 | 0.6628 | |
| 76 | Fitchburg State University | 22700 | 33700 | 0.3265 | 3,000 | 1090 | 0.8885 | |
| 78 | Central Washington University | 22800 | 27900 | 0.1831 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 79 | Saint Cloud State University | 22900 | 36800 | 0.3775 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 80 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 23000 | 27500 | 0.1618 | 18,028 | 1059 | 0.7996 | |
| 81 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 23100 | 24700 | 0.0648 | 7,753 | 1140 | 0.9245 | |
| 82 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 23200 | 34500 | 0.3279 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 83 | Calvin University | 23800 | 53500 | 0.555 | 3,359 | 1232 | 0.6791 | |
| 83 | University of Kentucky | 23800 | 36400 | 0.3475 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 83 | University of Wisconsin-Parkside | 23800 | 30400 | 0.2168 | 3,207 | 1084 | 0.9751 | |
| 86 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 24000 | 37900 | 0.3665 | 5,677 | 985 | 0.9301 | |
| 86 | Park University | 24000 | 31300 | 0.2336 | 4,657 | 1035 | 0.6904 | |
| 88 | Pennsylvania Western University | 24300 | 34400 | 0.2933 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 89 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 24700 | 32800 | 0.2469 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 90 | University of Hawaii at Hilo | 24800 | 38300 | 0.3527 | 2,304 | 990 | 0.8351 | |
| 91 | Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania | 25100 | 34900 | 0.2811 | 4,371 | 1084 | 0.865 | |
| 92 | Salem State University | 25600 | 43200 | 0.4077 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 93 | Appalachian State University | 25900 | 40600 | 0.3622 | 19,732 | 1174 | 0.9388 | |
| 93 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 25900 | 36800 | 0.2963 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 95 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 26100 | 28400 | 0.0805 | 14,834 | 1149 | 0.7803 | |
| 96 | Georgia Southern University | 26300 | 26800 | 0.0187 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 96 | Gustavus Adolphus College | 26300 | 75500 | 0.6519 | 1,906 | 1273 | 0.6099 | |
| 98 | Ball State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 15,950 | 1185 | 0.8625 | |
| 98 | Bemidji State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 3,751 | 1075 | 0.5598 | |
| 98 | California State University-Northridge | 26400 | 36500 | 0.2762 | 32,846 | 1005 | 0.9176 | |
| 98 | University of Arkansas | 26400 | 28900 | 0.0863 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 102 | Kansas State University | 26500 | 30400 | 0.1302 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 102 | University of Southern Mississippi | 26500 | 26500 | 0 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 104 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 26800 | 36500 | 0.2659 | 7,747 | 1073 | 0.9617 | |
| 105 | California State University-San Bernardino | 27300 | 39100 | 0.3017 | 15,948 | 1020 | 0.943 | |
| 105 | California State University-San Marcos | 27300 | 38300 | 0.2871 | 15,770 | 990 | 0.9513 | |
| 107 | Kennesaw State University | 27400 | 27400 | 0 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 108 | Villanova University | 27800 | 88800 | 0.6867 | 6,933 | 1466 | 0.2814 | |
| 109 | Texas State University | 27900 | 28000 | 0.0036 | 39,353 | 1080 | 0.9118 | |
| 109 | University of North Texas | 27900 | 37400 | 0.2538 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 111 | Elmhurst University | 28000 | 67000 | 0.5823 | 3,170 | 1133 | 0.7501 | |
| 112 | Jacksonville State University | 28800 | 38200 | 0.2459 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 112 | Montclair State University | 28800 | 36300 | 0.2067 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 114 | Pittsburg State University | 28900 | 36200 | 0.2014 | 4,561 | 1055 | 0.5487 | |
| 115 | University of Northern Iowa | 29000 | 37300 | 0.2223 | 7,800 | 1115 | 0.9313 | |
| 116 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29100 | 34000 | 0.1442 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 117 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 29200 | 42200 | 0.3079 | 15,735 | 1069 | 0.8797 | |
| 118 | University of Connecticut | 29300 | 39500 | 0.2583 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 119 | Southern Utah University | 29600 | 40800 | 0.2747 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 119 | University of West Georgia | 29600 | 46800 | 0.3674 | 10,075 | 1035 | 0.7995 | |
| 121 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 29700 | 31600 | 0.0601 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 122 | University of Iowa | 29800 | 32100 | 0.0714 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 123 | San Francisco State University | 30300 | 47700 | 0.3649 | 19,444 | 1035 | 0.9644 | |
| 124 | State University of New York at New Paltz | 30600 | 35700 | 0.1427 | 6,113 | 1279 | 0.6267 | |
| 125 | University of Louisville | 30700 | 42000 | 0.2689 | 17,916 | 1134 | 0.7921 | |
| 126 | Kutztown University of Pennsylvania | 30800 | 35900 | 0.1422 | 6,229 | 1174 | 0.8942 | |
| 127 | California State University-Long Beach | 31000 | 38900 | 0.2032 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 127 | University of North Dakota | 31000 | 33700 | 0.0827 | 11,837 | 1189 | 0.8157 | |
| 129 | Ohio Wesleyan University | 31800 | 75700 | 0.5796 | 1,652 | 1281 | 0.6441 | |
| 129 | Portland State University | 31800 | 43100 | 0.2618 | 14,932 | 1174 | 0.8586 | |
| 131 | Samford University | 32300 | 64600 | 0.5001 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 131 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32300 | 35100 | 0.0799 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 133 | Millersville University of Pennsylvania | 32800 | 37200 | 0.1183 | 5,823 | 1115 | 0.8619 | |
| 134 | Rhode Island College | 33100 | 45100 | 0.266 | 5,695 | 995 | 0.8557 | |
| 135 | Liberty University | 33200 | 44600 | 0.2556 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 136 | Framingham State University | 33400 | 38100 | 0.1234 | 2,782 | 1190 | 0.8366 | |
| 137 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 33600 | 38200 | 0.1201 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 138 | George Washington University | 33700 | 81800 | 0.5881 | 11,495 | 1436 | 0.4713 | |
| 139 | University of St Thomas | 34400 | 70300 | 0.511 | 6,270 | 1299 | 0.8548 | |
| 140 | University of Vermont | 34500 | 66300 | 0.4799 | 12,159 | 1372 | 0.7304 | |
| 141 | University of South Florida | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 142 | Valparaiso University | 35200 | 63000 | 0.441 | 2,056 | 1183 | 0.8994 | |
| 143 | Minnesota State University, Mankato | 35300 | 37600 | 0.0609 | 13,433 | 1145 | 0.8844 | |
| 144 | Carthage College | 35800 | 61800 | 0.4207 | 2,914 | 1125 | 0.8445 | |
| 145 | Temple University | 35900 | 56400 | 0.3636 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 145 | University of Northern Colorado | 35900 | 39100 | 0.0819 | 6,598 | 1080 | 0.945 | |
| 147 | California State University-Fresno | 36100 | 43800 | 0.1757 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 147 | Hofstra University | 36100 | 70100 | 0.4851 | 6,599 | 1369 | 0.7267 | |
| 147 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 36100 | 36100 | 0 | 16,131 | 1275 | 0.6472 | |
| 150 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 36700 | 66300 | 0.4466 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 151 | East Carolina University | 36900 | 42700 | 0.1356 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 152 | University of Nevada-Reno | 37300 | 45800 | 0.1857 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 153 | Indiana University-Southeast | 37500 | 40800 | 0.0807 | 3,200 | 1095 | 0.842 | |
| 153 | University of Southern Maine | 37500 | 37500 | 0 | 5,549 | 1139 | 0.8241 | |
| 155 | University of Central Arkansas | 38000 | 40200 | 0.0569 | 8,238 | 1110 | 0.9157 | |
| 156 | University at Buffalo | 38700 | 46700 | 0.1713 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 157 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 39000 | 39800 | 0.0201 | 26,213 | 1209 | 0.7778 | |
| 158 | University of Denver | 39300 | 76900 | 0.4892 | 5,766 | 1292 | 0.8538 | |
| 159 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 39500 | 50000 | 0.2102 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 160 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 39900 | 48500 | 0.1772 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 161 | University of Wyoming | 40000 | 45300 | 0.1168 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 162 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5061 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 163 | Texas Christian University | 44500 | 87400 | 0.4911 | 11,152 | 1268 | 0.4809 | |
| 164 | Towson University | 44600 | 46400 | 0.0388 | 16,361 | 1082 | 0.8057 | |
| 165 | James Madison University | 45200 | 45200 | 0 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 166 | Illinois State University | 45800 | 49100 | 0.067 | 19,513 | 1115 | 0.8555 | |
| 167 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 46200 | 46600 | 0.0086 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 168 | DePaul University | 49100 | 66000 | 0.2562 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 169 | Michigan State University | 49200 | 56200 | 0.1245 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 170 | The University of Texas at Austin | 49700 | 59400 | 0.1633 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 170 | University of Georgia | 49700 | 51600 | 0.0368 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 172 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 172 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53600 | 62800 | 0.1465 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 174 | George Mason University | 53700 | 61000 | 0.1197 | 28,862 | 1271 | 0.8647 | |
| 175 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 59300 | 61600 | 0.0372 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 | |
| 176 | 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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