Considering a degree in Geography?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Geography majors who live in Pennsylvania.
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 Pennsylvania.
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 | 5500 | 69100 | 0.9208 | 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 | 45800 | 0.7802 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 11 | Worcester State University | 10200 | 34900 | 0.7072 | 4,485 | 1090 | 0.8799 | |
| 12 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 10800 | 21100 | 0.4888 | 7,753 | 1140 | 0.9245 | |
| 13 | Southern Utah University | 11000 | 51400 | 0.7859 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 14 | California State University-Stanislaus | 11200 | 31200 | 0.6416 | 8,494 | 950 | 0.9558 | |
| 15 | Middlebury College | 11300 | 94500 | 0.8808 | 2,640 | 1499 | 0.1277 | |
| 16 | California State University-Fresno | 11400 | 44000 | 0.7411 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 16 | Marshall University | 11400 | 27800 | 0.5894 | 9,960 | 1070 | 0.9663 | |
| 18 | Fayetteville State University | 11500 | 18200 | 0.3679 | 6,542 | 900 | 0.689 | |
| 18 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 11500 | 87500 | 0.8684 | 14,249 | 1084 | 0.7761 | |
| 18 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 11500 | 27800 | 0.5858 | 22,007 | 1427 | 0.1672 | |
| 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 | |
| 22 | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | 12000 | 19300 | 0.3783 | 10,743 | 1075 | 0.9598 | |
| 24 | Vassar College | 12300 | 93100 | 0.8679 | 2,514 | 1488 | 0.2093 | |
| 25 | Fitchburg State University | 12400 | 33800 | 0.6327 | 3,000 | 1090 | 0.8885 | |
| 25 | Mount Holyoke College | 12400 | 89900 | 0.8621 | 2,135 | 1419 | 0.3841 | |
| 27 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 12500 | 24900 | 0.4972 | 5,677 | 985 | 0.9301 | |
| 28 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 29 | 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 | Louisiana Tech University | 13400 | 42900 | 0.6875 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 32 | University of Georgia | 13600 | 27200 | 0.4993 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 33 | Aquinas College | 13700 | 86000 | 0.8407 | 1,103 | 1035 | 0.9726 | |
| 33 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 61700 | 0.7781 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 35 | Appalachian State University | 14000 | 25500 | 0.4512 | 19,732 | 1174 | 0.9388 | |
| 35 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 14000 | 22800 | 0.3865 | 11,994 | 1090 | 0.8651 | |
| 37 | Bridgewater State University | 14100 | 28800 | 0.5119 | 8,849 | 1143 | 0.8798 | |
| 37 | University of Arizona | 14100 | 32100 | 0.5606 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 39 | San Francisco State University | 14200 | 47700 | 0.7025 | 19,444 | 1035 | 0.9644 | |
| 39 | Youngstown State University | 14200 | 28400 | 0.4998 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 41 | Eastern Michigan University | 14300 | 33900 | 0.5776 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 41 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 14300 | 26600 | 0.4624 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 41 | 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 | 32700 | 0.5564 | 15,948 | 1020 | 0.943 | |
| 46 | California State University-San Marcos | 14700 | 24700 | 0.4056 | 15,770 | 990 | 0.9513 | |
| 46 | University of North Alabama | 14700 | 37300 | 0.606 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 48 | Sonoma State University | 14800 | 41200 | 0.6408 | 4,449 | 1050 | 0.9841 | |
| 48 | West Virginia University | 14800 | 73100 | 0.7972 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 50 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 15000 | 56900 | 0.7364 | 15,735 | 1069 | 0.8797 | |
| 51 | Wayne State College | 15100 | 30500 | 0.5057 | 3,886 | 0 | 1 | |
| 52 | Pittsburg State University | 15300 | 23900 | 0.3593 | 4,561 | 1055 | 0.5487 | |
| 53 | California State University-Chico | 15500 | 23500 | 0.3401 | 13,599 | 1054 | 0.9107 | |
| 53 | University of West Georgia | 15500 | 24600 | 0.3703 | 10,075 | 1035 | 0.7995 | |
| 55 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 29800 | 0.4782 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 56 | Jacksonville State University | 15700 | 27000 | 0.4192 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 57 | Grand Valley State University | 15800 | 28300 | 0.441 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 58 | University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire | 16100 | 22400 | 0.2818 | 8,329 | 1209 | 0.385 | |
| 59 | University of California-Los Angeles | 16300 | 36700 | 0.5554 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 60 | University of Northern Colorado | 16400 | 30500 | 0.4623 | 6,598 | 1080 | 0.945 | |
| 61 | SUNY College at Geneseo | 16600 | 25600 | 0.3515 | 3,943 | 1275 | 0.3333 | |
| 62 | Georgia Southern University | 16700 | 49700 | 0.6641 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 63 | Montclair State University | 17200 | 36000 | 0.5224 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 63 | Sam Houston State University | 17200 | 27100 | 0.3652 | 17,822 | 1035 | 0.9372 | |
| 65 | University of South Alabama | 17400 | 22400 | 0.2236 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 66 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 17600 | 35600 | 0.5063 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 66 | University at Albany | 17600 | 30800 | 0.4286 | 12,889 | 1245 | 0.7044 | |
| 68 | James Madison University | 17700 | 28900 | 0.3874 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 69 | Kennesaw State University | 18100 | 27400 | 0.3391 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 70 | San Jose State University | 18300 | 41100 | 0.5542 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 70 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 18300 | 25300 | 0.2765 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 70 | The University of Texas at Austin | 18300 | 28200 | 0.3514 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 70 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 18300 | 32900 | 0.4438 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 74 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 18400 | 30600 | 0.3971 | 38,463 | 1324 | 0.7589 | |
| 75 | Central Washington University | 18600 | 22700 | 0.1804 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 76 | Villanova University | 18700 | 88100 | 0.7876 | 6,933 | 1466 | 0.2814 | |
| 77 | The University of Montana | 19200 | 27400 | 0.2994 | 8,014 | 1184 | 0.9586 | |
| 78 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 19500 | 29900 | 0.3473 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 79 | SUNY Oneonta | 19600 | 29300 | 0.331 | 4,815 | 1090 | 0.7696 | |
| 80 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 19700 | 28300 | 0.3038 | 5,063 | 1069 | 0.8756 | |
| 81 | Emory & Henry University | 19900 | 52400 | 0.6201 | 1,084 | 1145 | 0.8365 | |
| 82 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 20200 | 38500 | 0.4738 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 | |
| 83 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 20400 | 39800 | 0.4869 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 83 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20400 | 57800 | 0.6468 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 83 | Syracuse University | 20400 | 83600 | 0.756 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 83 | University of Wyoming | 20400 | 27900 | 0.2682 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 87 | Rowan University | 20500 | 41300 | 0.5039 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 87 | State University of New York at New Paltz | 20500 | 26300 | 0.2208 | 6,113 | 1279 | 0.6267 | |
| 89 | Millersville University of Pennsylvania | 21100 | 36700 | 0.4255 | 5,823 | 1115 | 0.8619 | |
| 90 | Salisbury University | 21400 | 29300 | 0.2697 | 6,477 | 1245 | 0.8826 | |
| 90 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 21400 | 27800 | 0.23 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 92 | Rocky Mountain College | 21600 | 52000 | 0.5843 | 779 | 1055 | 0.7775 | |
| 93 | Florida State University | 22300 | 32600 | 0.3161 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 94 | Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania | 22400 | 34100 | 0.3445 | 4,371 | 1084 | 0.865 | |
| 95 | Park University | 22500 | 31300 | 0.2816 | 4,657 | 1035 | 0.6904 | |
| 96 | Augustana College | 22600 | 72800 | 0.6891 | 2,536 | 1157 | 0.6628 | |
| 96 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 22600 | 42000 | 0.4624 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 98 | Concordia University-Nebraska | 22800 | 85400 | 0.7333 | 3,007 | 1135 | 0.8572 | |
| 98 | Saint Cloud State University | 22800 | 36800 | 0.3803 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 100 | Illinois State University | 23000 | 36400 | 0.3696 | 19,513 | 1115 | 0.8555 | |
| 100 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 23000 | 27500 | 0.1618 | 18,028 | 1059 | 0.7996 | |
| 102 | Pennsylvania Western University | 23300 | 34400 | 0.3224 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 103 | University of North Texas | 23900 | 37400 | 0.3607 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 104 | University of Southern Mississippi | 24200 | 27200 | 0.1103 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 104 | University of Wisconsin-Parkside | 24200 | 30400 | 0.2038 | 3,207 | 1084 | 0.9751 | |
| 106 | University of Central Oklahoma | 24800 | 34000 | 0.2705 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 107 | University of South Florida | 24900 | 36500 | 0.3175 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 108 | University at Buffalo | 25000 | 34000 | 0.2647 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 109 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 25100 | 36900 | 0.3201 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 110 | Minnesota State University, Mankato | 25600 | 28000 | 0.0854 | 13,433 | 1145 | 0.8844 | |
| 111 | Gustavus Adolphus College | 26200 | 75500 | 0.6529 | 1,906 | 1273 | 0.6099 | |
| 111 | Temple University | 26200 | 36100 | 0.2744 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 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 | Ball State University | 26600 | 26600 | 0 | 15,950 | 1185 | 0.8625 | |
| 116 | University of Arkansas | 26800 | 44500 | 0.3973 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 116 | University of Central Arkansas | 26800 | 31200 | 0.1407 | 8,238 | 1110 | 0.9157 | |
| 116 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 26800 | 36500 | 0.2659 | 7,747 | 1073 | 0.9617 | |
| 119 | San Diego State University | 27200 | 37100 | 0.2671 | 36,196 | 1208 | 0.3741 | |
| 119 | Weber State University | 27200 | 31600 | 0.1394 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 121 | Central Connecticut State University | 28000 | 30400 | 0.0791 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 122 | Kutztown University of Pennsylvania | 28900 | 35100 | 0.1766 | 6,229 | 1174 | 0.8942 | |
| 122 | University of Northern Iowa | 28900 | 37300 | 0.2252 | 7,800 | 1115 | 0.9313 | |
| 124 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29500 | 34200 | 0.1373 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 125 | University of Mary Washington | 30000 | 33000 | 0.0909 | 3,531 | 1279 | 0.7413 | |
| 126 | Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania | 30200 | 45400 | 0.3345 | 9,847 | 1090 | 0.9309 | |
| 127 | California State University-Long Beach | 30700 | 38800 | 0.2087 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 128 | George Mason University | 30900 | 35700 | 0.1343 | 28,862 | 1271 | 0.8647 | |
| 128 | Ohio Wesleyan University | 30900 | 75700 | 0.5915 | 1,652 | 1281 | 0.6441 | |
| 128 | University of North Dakota | 30900 | 33700 | 0.0858 | 11,837 | 1189 | 0.8157 | |
| 131 | Texas State University | 31100 | 36300 | 0.1445 | 39,353 | 1080 | 0.9118 | |
| 132 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 32100 | 54400 | 0.4099 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 133 | Liberty University | 32400 | 44700 | 0.275 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 134 | University of Louisville | 32500 | 42100 | 0.2278 | 17,916 | 1134 | 0.7921 | |
| 135 | California State University-Sacramento | 32900 | 33400 | 0.015 | 28,619 | 1015 | 0.9357 | |
| 136 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 33500 | 38200 | 0.1228 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 137 | University of Idaho | 33800 | 48700 | 0.3062 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 138 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 34200 | 34200 | 0 | 16,131 | 1275 | 0.6472 | |
| 139 | George Washington University | 34400 | 81800 | 0.5796 | 11,495 | 1436 | 0.4713 | |
| 139 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 34400 | 59100 | 0.4177 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 139 | University of Vermont | 34400 | 66300 | 0.4808 | 12,159 | 1372 | 0.7304 | |
| 142 | Samford University | 34700 | 93800 | 0.6301 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 143 | California State University-Fullerton | 35200 | 37600 | 0.0636 | 40,705 | 960 | 0.8811 | |
| 143 | Valparaiso University | 35200 | 63000 | 0.441 | 2,056 | 1183 | 0.8994 | |
| 145 | Carthage College | 35800 | 61800 | 0.4207 | 2,914 | 1125 | 0.8445 | |
| 146 | Framingham State University | 36000 | 38100 | 0.0551 | 2,782 | 1190 | 0.8366 | |
| 147 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 36200 | 54400 | 0.3346 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 148 | Western Michigan University | 36300 | 38500 | 0.0571 | 13,714 | 1089 | 0.9121 | |
| 149 | East Carolina University | 36800 | 42700 | 0.1381 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 150 | University of Connecticut | 37000 | 66200 | 0.4414 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 151 | University of Maine at Farmington | 37100 | 40800 | 0.0908 | 1,661 | 1062 | 0.9832 | |
| 152 | California State University-East Bay | 37300 | 45100 | 0.1731 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 153 | Indiana University-Southeast | 37400 | 40800 | 0.0833 | 3,200 | 1095 | 0.842 | |
| 154 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37600 | 66700 | 0.4364 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 155 | Frostburg State University | 37700 | 42500 | 0.1129 | 3,436 | 1095 | 0.907 | |
| 156 | University of St Thomas | 38000 | 74800 | 0.492 | 6,270 | 1299 | 0.8548 | |
| 157 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 38300 | 42800 | 0.1052 | 14,657 | 1190 | 0.7583 | |
| 158 | University of Denver | 39100 | 84100 | 0.5352 | 5,766 | 1292 | 0.8538 | |
| 159 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 39500 | 40300 | 0.0198 | 26,213 | 1209 | 0.7778 | |
| 160 | Elmhurst University | 40100 | 69600 | 0.4236 | 3,170 | 1133 | 0.7501 | |
| 161 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42400 | 63300 | 0.3301 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 162 | Kansas State University | 44000 | 48400 | 0.0916 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 163 | Texas Christian University | 44200 | 87400 | 0.4944 | 11,152 | 1268 | 0.4809 | |
| 164 | Towson University | 46100 | 46600 | 0.0107 | 16,361 | 1082 | 0.8057 | |
| 165 | Michigan State University | 46200 | 56200 | 0.1779 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 166 | Calvin University | 47600 | 57400 | 0.1706 | 3,359 | 1232 | 0.6791 | |
| 167 | University of Kentucky | 48600 | 59900 | 0.1888 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 168 | DePaul University | 49000 | 69400 | 0.2938 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 169 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 50500 | 52900 | 0.0453 | 14,834 | 1149 | 0.7803 | |
| 170 | University of Iowa | 52000 | 54400 | 0.044 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 171 | Georgia College & State University | 52400 | 52400 | 0 | 6,250 | 1165 | 0.8466 | |
| 172 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53500 | 63400 | 0.1562 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 173 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 58800 | 61200 | 0.0391 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 174 | Hofstra University | 59100 | 83300 | 0.2906 | 6,599 | 1369 | 0.7267 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.
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