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 | 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 | 10700 | 95800 | 0.888 | 3,193 | 1488 | 0.1388 | |
| 6 | Marshall University | 11200 | 33400 | 0.6645 | 9,960 | 1070 | 0.9663 | |
| 7 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 11600 | 27800 | 0.582 | 22,007 | 1427 | 0.1672 | |
| 8 | California State University-Sacramento | 11700 | 30700 | 0.6186 | 28,619 | 1015 | 0.9357 | |
| 9 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 11900 | 20500 | 0.4171 | 5,063 | 1069 | 0.8756 | |
| 10 | University of Hawaii at Hilo | 12000 | 33200 | 0.6377 | 2,304 | 990 | 0.8351 | |
| 11 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 12400 | 24900 | 0.5012 | 5,677 | 985 | 0.9301 | |
| 11 | Fayetteville State University | 12400 | 26300 | 0.5288 | 6,542 | 900 | 0.689 | |
| 11 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 12400 | 25000 | 0.5033 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 11 | Vassar College | 12400 | 92400 | 0.866 | 2,514 | 1488 | 0.2093 | |
| 15 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 16 | University of Arizona | 12900 | 30900 | 0.5835 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 17 | California State University-San Bernardino | 13000 | 30800 | 0.5786 | 15,948 | 1020 | 0.943 | |
| 17 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 13000 | 24700 | 0.474 | 7,753 | 1140 | 0.9245 | |
| 19 | University of North Alabama | 13100 | 28200 | 0.5358 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 20 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 13400 | 43000 | 0.6883 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 21 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 61700 | 0.7784 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 22 | University of Georgia | 13800 | 26600 | 0.4812 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 23 | Middlebury College | 14000 | 89900 | 0.8443 | 2,640 | 1499 | 0.1277 | |
| 24 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 14100 | 19000 | 0.2581 | 11,994 | 1090 | 0.8651 | |
| 25 | Arkansas Tech University | 14400 | 34400 | 0.5815 | 8,279 | 1055 | 0.9747 | |
| 25 | Northern Illinois University | 14400 | 30400 | 0.5269 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 27 | Sonoma State University | 14600 | 26700 | 0.4532 | 4,449 | 1050 | 0.9841 | |
| 28 | Salisbury University | 14700 | 28700 | 0.4881 | 6,477 | 1245 | 0.8826 | |
| 29 | Pittsburg State University | 15000 | 23900 | 0.3718 | 4,561 | 1055 | 0.5487 | |
| 29 | Worcester State University | 15000 | 30000 | 0.5 | 4,485 | 1090 | 0.8799 | |
| 31 | Wayne State College | 15200 | 20300 | 0.2512 | 3,886 | 0 | 1 | |
| 32 | California State University-Chico | 15300 | 23500 | 0.3486 | 13,599 | 1054 | 0.9107 | |
| 32 | Texas State University | 15300 | 25500 | 0.4002 | 39,353 | 1080 | 0.9118 | |
| 32 | University of Wisconsin-Parkside | 15300 | 20600 | 0.2548 | 3,207 | 1084 | 0.9751 | |
| 35 | Western Michigan University | 15400 | 26500 | 0.4193 | 13,714 | 1089 | 0.9121 | |
| 36 | University of Central Oklahoma | 15500 | 28700 | 0.46 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 37 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 29800 | 0.4782 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 38 | Ball State University | 15800 | 22400 | 0.2951 | 15,950 | 1185 | 0.8625 | |
| 38 | Kansas State University | 15800 | 26100 | 0.3962 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 40 | Appalachian State University | 15900 | 19500 | 0.1847 | 19,732 | 1174 | 0.9388 | |
| 41 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 16200 | 22300 | 0.2733 | 26,213 | 1209 | 0.7778 | |
| 42 | Eastern Michigan University | 16600 | 36100 | 0.5404 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 43 | West Virginia University | 17000 | 40900 | 0.5841 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 44 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 17100 | 17100 | 0.0005 | 14,657 | 1190 | 0.7583 | |
| 45 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 17200 | 35400 | 0.5147 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 45 | Sam Houston State University | 17200 | 27000 | 0.3631 | 17,822 | 1035 | 0.9372 | |
| 47 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 17400 | 29900 | 0.4173 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 48 | Salem State University | 17600 | 28500 | 0.3824 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 48 | University of Louisville | 17600 | 29100 | 0.3956 | 17,916 | 1134 | 0.7921 | |
| 50 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 17700 | 26600 | 0.3349 | 7,747 | 1073 | 0.9617 | |
| 51 | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | 17800 | 21900 | 0.1875 | 10,743 | 1075 | 0.9598 | |
| 52 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 18200 | 18200 | 0 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 52 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 18200 | 39000 | 0.533 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 52 | Towson University | 18200 | 29900 | 0.3909 | 16,361 | 1082 | 0.8057 | |
| 55 | Central Connecticut State University | 18300 | 34000 | 0.4613 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 55 | Georgia College & State University | 18300 | 18300 | 0 | 6,250 | 1165 | 0.8466 | |
| 55 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 18300 | 25400 | 0.2763 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 58 | Central Washington University | 18500 | 22700 | 0.1848 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 59 | Framingham State University | 18900 | 31000 | 0.3904 | 2,782 | 1190 | 0.8366 | |
| 60 | University of Northern Colorado | 19100 | 30500 | 0.3738 | 6,598 | 1080 | 0.945 | |
| 61 | University of Nevada-Reno | 19300 | 28200 | 0.3154 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 62 | University of South Alabama | 19400 | 22400 | 0.1342 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 63 | University of Maine at Farmington | 19500 | 33700 | 0.4217 | 1,661 | 1062 | 0.9832 | |
| 64 | SUNY Oneonta | 19600 | 29300 | 0.331 | 4,815 | 1090 | 0.7696 | |
| 65 | California State University-Los Angeles | 19800 | 38000 | 0.479 | 22,077 | 965 | 0.9124 | |
| 66 | Emory & Henry University | 19900 | 52400 | 0.6205 | 1,084 | 1145 | 0.8365 | |
| 67 | Youngstown State University | 20000 | 34000 | 0.4118 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 68 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20100 | 45200 | 0.5559 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 69 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20200 | 29400 | 0.3124 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 69 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 20200 | 32300 | 0.3744 | 15,735 | 1069 | 0.8797 | |
| 69 | Villanova University | 20200 | 87900 | 0.7702 | 6,933 | 1466 | 0.2814 | |
| 72 | Eastern Illinois University | 20400 | 28100 | 0.2735 | 6,731 | 1020 | 0.7073 | |
| 73 | University of Wyoming | 20500 | 27900 | 0.2644 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 74 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 20800 | 39200 | 0.4696 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 75 | University of Mary Washington | 21300 | 47100 | 0.5469 | 3,531 | 1279 | 0.7413 | |
| 76 | Louisiana Tech University | 21400 | 26100 | 0.1802 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 77 | Rocky Mountain College | 21600 | 52000 | 0.5843 | 779 | 1055 | 0.7775 | |
| 78 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 79 | Grand Valley State University | 22100 | 35900 | 0.3849 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 80 | Aquinas College | 22400 | 53400 | 0.581 | 1,103 | 1035 | 0.9726 | |
| 80 | Florida State University | 22400 | 32400 | 0.3091 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 80 | Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania | 22400 | 34100 | 0.3445 | 4,371 | 1084 | 0.865 | |
| 80 | University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire | 22400 | 22400 | 0 | 8,329 | 1209 | 0.385 | |
| 84 | Augustana College | 22700 | 72800 | 0.6881 | 2,536 | 1157 | 0.6628 | |
| 85 | Fitchburg State University | 22800 | 33700 | 0.3235 | 3,000 | 1090 | 0.8885 | |
| 86 | Concordia University-Nebraska | 22900 | 61100 | 0.6251 | 3,007 | 1135 | 0.8572 | |
| 86 | Saint Cloud State University | 22900 | 36800 | 0.3775 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 88 | San Jose State University | 23000 | 41100 | 0.4405 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 89 | Illinois State University | 23100 | 36400 | 0.3667 | 19,513 | 1115 | 0.8555 | |
| 89 | University of Southern Mississippi | 23100 | 23100 | 0 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 91 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 23200 | 34500 | 0.3279 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 92 | University of Kentucky | 23700 | 36400 | 0.3481 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 92 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 23700 | 24900 | 0.0481 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 94 | Calvin University | 24000 | 53500 | 0.5513 | 3,359 | 1232 | 0.6791 | |
| 95 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24100 | 39300 | 0.3873 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 96 | Indiana State University | 24300 | 32400 | 0.2501 | 6,352 | 1015 | 0.9157 | |
| 97 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 24400 | 24400 | 0 | 16,131 | 1275 | 0.6472 | |
| 98 | Park University | 24500 | 31300 | 0.2176 | 4,657 | 1035 | 0.6904 | |
| 99 | University at Buffalo | 24800 | 34000 | 0.2706 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 100 | Pennsylvania Western University | 25200 | 34400 | 0.2672 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 101 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 25300 | 32800 | 0.2286 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 102 | California State University-Stanislaus | 25600 | 36800 | 0.3045 | 8,494 | 950 | 0.9558 | |
| 103 | Michigan State University | 25800 | 28900 | 0.1089 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 104 | Gustavus Adolphus College | 26300 | 75500 | 0.6519 | 1,906 | 1273 | 0.6099 | |
| 105 | Bemidji State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 3,751 | 1075 | 0.5598 | |
| 105 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 26400 | 36800 | 0.2828 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 107 | Georgia Southern University | 26500 | 26800 | 0.0112 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 108 | University of Arkansas | 26600 | 28900 | 0.0793 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 109 | University of Idaho | 26700 | 45200 | 0.4089 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 110 | University of Central Arkansas | 26900 | 31200 | 0.1373 | 8,238 | 1110 | 0.9157 | |
| 111 | California State University-Northridge | 27100 | 36500 | 0.257 | 32,846 | 1005 | 0.9176 | |
| 112 | Kennesaw State University | 27400 | 27400 | 0 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 112 | Rowan University | 27400 | 41300 | 0.3369 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 114 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 18,028 | 1059 | 0.7996 | |
| 115 | Syracuse University | 27900 | 83100 | 0.6641 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 116 | Bridgewater State University | 28100 | 35500 | 0.2088 | 8,849 | 1143 | 0.8798 | |
| 116 | California State University-San Marcos | 28100 | 38300 | 0.2662 | 15,770 | 990 | 0.9513 | |
| 118 | Weber State University | 28200 | 33900 | 0.168 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 119 | Elmhurst University | 28300 | 67000 | 0.5778 | 3,170 | 1133 | 0.7501 | |
| 120 | University of North Texas | 28600 | 37400 | 0.2351 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 121 | Kutztown University of Pennsylvania | 28900 | 35900 | 0.1952 | 6,229 | 1174 | 0.8942 | |
| 122 | University of Northern Iowa | 29000 | 37300 | 0.2223 | 7,800 | 1115 | 0.9313 | |
| 123 | Jacksonville State University | 29100 | 38200 | 0.2381 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 124 | California State University-East Bay | 29400 | 45100 | 0.3483 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 125 | Montclair State University | 29500 | 36300 | 0.1874 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 126 | Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania | 29800 | 43900 | 0.3214 | 9,847 | 1090 | 0.9309 | |
| 127 | Southern Utah University | 30000 | 40800 | 0.2648 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 128 | University of West Georgia | 30200 | 46800 | 0.3546 | 10,075 | 1035 | 0.7995 | |
| 129 | California State University-Long Beach | 30900 | 38900 | 0.2058 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 129 | Frostburg State University | 30900 | 43000 | 0.2815 | 3,436 | 1095 | 0.907 | |
| 129 | San Francisco State University | 30900 | 47700 | 0.3523 | 19,444 | 1035 | 0.9644 | |
| 132 | University of North Dakota | 31000 | 33700 | 0.0827 | 11,837 | 1189 | 0.8157 | |
| 133 | San Diego State University | 31300 | 36100 | 0.1329 | 36,196 | 1208 | 0.3741 | |
| 134 | Ohio Wesleyan University | 31600 | 75700 | 0.5823 | 1,652 | 1281 | 0.6441 | |
| 135 | Portland State University | 32400 | 43100 | 0.2479 | 14,932 | 1174 | 0.8586 | |
| 136 | Millersville University of Pennsylvania | 32500 | 37200 | 0.1264 | 5,823 | 1115 | 0.8619 | |
| 137 | Samford University | 32700 | 64600 | 0.4939 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 138 | Liberty University | 33200 | 44600 | 0.2556 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 139 | George Washington University | 33700 | 81800 | 0.5881 | 11,495 | 1436 | 0.4713 | |
| 140 | Rhode Island College | 33900 | 45100 | 0.2483 | 5,695 | 995 | 0.8557 | |
| 141 | Temple University | 34200 | 56400 | 0.3937 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 141 | University of St Thomas | 34200 | 70300 | 0.5138 | 6,270 | 1299 | 0.8548 | |
| 143 | University of Colorado Colorado Springs | 34300 | 41600 | 0.1755 | 9,040 | 1119 | 0.9666 | |
| 144 | SUNY College at Geneseo | 34500 | 39400 | 0.1245 | 3,943 | 1275 | 0.3333 | |
| 144 | University of Vermont | 34500 | 66300 | 0.4799 | 12,159 | 1372 | 0.7304 | |
| 146 | University of South Florida | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 147 | Valparaiso University | 35200 | 63000 | 0.441 | 2,056 | 1183 | 0.8994 | |
| 148 | Minnesota State University, Mankato | 35300 | 37600 | 0.0609 | 13,433 | 1145 | 0.8844 | |
| 149 | State University of New York at New Paltz | 35700 | 35700 | 0 | 6,113 | 1279 | 0.6267 | |
| 150 | Carthage College | 35800 | 61800 | 0.4207 | 2,914 | 1125 | 0.8445 | |
| 151 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 36300 | 53100 | 0.3162 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 152 | Hofstra University | 36400 | 76900 | 0.5266 | 6,599 | 1369 | 0.7267 | |
| 153 | California State University-Fresno | 36900 | 43800 | 0.1574 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 153 | East Carolina University | 36900 | 42700 | 0.1356 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 155 | University of Connecticut | 37100 | 53600 | 0.3081 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 156 | Indiana University-Southeast | 37500 | 40800 | 0.0807 | 3,200 | 1095 | 0.842 | |
| 156 | University of Southern Maine | 37500 | 37500 | 0 | 5,549 | 1139 | 0.8241 | |
| 158 | California State University-Fullerton | 38600 | 41500 | 0.0697 | 40,705 | 960 | 0.8811 | |
| 159 | University of Denver | 39100 | 76900 | 0.4918 | 5,766 | 1292 | 0.8538 | |
| 160 | The University of Montana | 39800 | 45000 | 0.1155 | 8,014 | 1184 | 0.9586 | |
| 160 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 39800 | 42500 | 0.0636 | 14,249 | 1084 | 0.7761 | |
| 162 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5061 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 163 | Texas Christian University | 44200 | 87400 | 0.4945 | 11,152 | 1268 | 0.4809 | |
| 164 | James Madison University | 45200 | 45200 | 0 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 165 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 46400 | 46600 | 0.0043 | 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 | The University of Texas at Austin | 49600 | 59400 | 0.165 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 169 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 50600 | 52900 | 0.0433 | 14,834 | 1149 | 0.7803 | |
| 170 | University of Iowa | 52100 | 54400 | 0.0421 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 171 | George Mason University | 53400 | 61000 | 0.1246 | 28,862 | 1271 | 0.8647 | |
| 172 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 55900 | 63800 | 0.1237 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 173 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 59300 | 61600 | 0.0372 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 | |
| 174 | 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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