Considering a degree in Geography?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Geography majors who live in Rhode Island.
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 Rhode Island.
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 | 5200 | 69100 | 0.9252 | 22,077 | 965 | 0.9124 | |
| 4 | Brigham Young University | 8100 | 22300 | 0.6382 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 5 | California State University-Northridge | 8200 | 22000 | 0.6278 | 32,846 | 1005 | 0.9176 | |
| 6 | Rhode Island College | 9100 | 30200 | 0.6994 | 5,695 | 995 | 0.8557 | |
| 7 | Colgate University | 9200 | 95800 | 0.9039 | 3,193 | 1488 | 0.1388 | |
| 8 | Indiana State University | 10000 | 32400 | 0.6916 | 6,352 | 1015 | 0.9157 | |
| 8 | Portland State University | 10000 | 43300 | 0.7696 | 14,932 | 1174 | 0.8586 | |
| 10 | University of Nevada-Reno | 10100 | 45800 | 0.7802 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 10 | Worcester State University | 10100 | 40100 | 0.7483 | 4,485 | 1090 | 0.8799 | |
| 12 | Southern Utah University | 10500 | 51400 | 0.7957 | 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 | 11100 | 31200 | 0.6448 | 8,494 | 950 | 0.9558 | |
| 14 | Middlebury College | 11100 | 94500 | 0.8829 | 2,640 | 1499 | 0.1277 | |
| 16 | Marshall University | 11200 | 39800 | 0.7184 | 9,960 | 1070 | 0.9663 | |
| 17 | California State University-Fresno | 11300 | 44000 | 0.7434 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 18 | Fayetteville State University | 11400 | 18200 | 0.3734 | 6,542 | 900 | 0.689 | |
| 18 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 11400 | 87500 | 0.8696 | 14,249 | 1084 | 0.7761 | |
| 20 | University of Hawaii at Hilo | 11600 | 56000 | 0.7928 | 2,304 | 990 | 0.8351 | |
| 21 | Eastern Illinois University | 11800 | 24600 | 0.5196 | 6,731 | 1020 | 0.7073 | |
| 22 | Vassar College | 12000 | 93100 | 0.8712 | 2,514 | 1488 | 0.2093 | |
| 23 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 12300 | 24900 | 0.5052 | 5,677 | 985 | 0.9301 | |
| 23 | Louisiana Tech University | 12300 | 42900 | 0.7132 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 25 | Fitchburg State University | 12400 | 34300 | 0.6381 | 3,000 | 1090 | 0.8885 | |
| 25 | Mount Holyoke College | 12400 | 89900 | 0.8621 | 2,135 | 1419 | 0.3841 | |
| 25 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 31100 | 0.6022 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 28 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 28 | Central Connecticut State University | 12600 | 37200 | 0.6611 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 30 | University of Colorado Colorado Springs | 12900 | 26600 | 0.5151 | 9,040 | 1119 | 0.9666 | |
| 31 | University of Southern Maine | 13000 | 23000 | 0.4343 | 5,549 | 1139 | 0.8241 | |
| 32 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 13100 | 43000 | 0.6953 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 33 | Framingham State University | 13300 | 31000 | 0.5712 | 2,782 | 1190 | 0.8366 | |
| 33 | University of South Florida | 13300 | 22400 | 0.4067 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 35 | Aquinas College | 13700 | 86000 | 0.8407 | 1,103 | 1035 | 0.9726 | |
| 35 | University of North Alabama | 13700 | 28200 | 0.5145 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 37 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 13800 | 22800 | 0.3953 | 11,994 | 1090 | 0.8651 | |
| 38 | Youngstown State University | 14100 | 28400 | 0.5033 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 39 | Eastern Michigan University | 14200 | 33900 | 0.5805 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 39 | San Francisco State University | 14200 | 47700 | 0.7025 | 19,444 | 1035 | 0.9644 | |
| 41 | California State University-San Marcos | 14300 | 38300 | 0.6265 | 15,770 | 990 | 0.9513 | |
| 41 | Salem State University | 14300 | 39200 | 0.635 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 43 | California State University-San Bernardino | 14400 | 32700 | 0.5594 | 15,948 | 1020 | 0.943 | |
| 44 | Arkansas Tech University | 14500 | 31400 | 0.5374 | 8,279 | 1055 | 0.9747 | |
| 45 | Sonoma State University | 14900 | 26700 | 0.442 | 4,449 | 1050 | 0.9841 | |
| 45 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 14900 | 56900 | 0.7381 | 15,735 | 1069 | 0.8797 | |
| 47 | Wayne State College | 15000 | 30500 | 0.509 | 3,886 | 0 | 1 | |
| 47 | West Virginia University | 15000 | 73100 | 0.7945 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 49 | California State University-Chico | 15400 | 41000 | 0.6249 | 13,599 | 1054 | 0.9107 | |
| 49 | University of West Georgia | 15400 | 24600 | 0.3744 | 10,075 | 1035 | 0.7995 | |
| 51 | Florida State University | 15600 | 23000 | 0.322 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 51 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 38800 | 0.5992 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 53 | Jacksonville State University | 15700 | 27000 | 0.4192 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 54 | Kansas State University | 15900 | 26400 | 0.3953 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 55 | University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire | 16000 | 22400 | 0.2863 | 8,329 | 1209 | 0.385 | |
| 56 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 16100 | 22300 | 0.2778 | 26,213 | 1209 | 0.7778 | |
| 57 | University of California-Los Angeles | 16300 | 36700 | 0.5554 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 57 | University of Northern Colorado | 16300 | 39100 | 0.5833 | 6,598 | 1080 | 0.945 | |
| 59 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16500 | 64800 | 0.7456 | 22,007 | 1427 | 0.1672 | |
| 60 | Georgia Southern University | 16600 | 49700 | 0.6662 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 60 | SUNY College at Geneseo | 16600 | 25600 | 0.3515 | 3,943 | 1275 | 0.3333 | |
| 62 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 16900 | 26600 | 0.365 | 7,747 | 1073 | 0.9617 | |
| 63 | Montclair State University | 17100 | 36000 | 0.5252 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 63 | Weber State University | 17100 | 20300 | 0.1579 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 65 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 17400 | 29900 | 0.4174 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 66 | James Madison University | 17500 | 28900 | 0.3943 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 67 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 17600 | 35600 | 0.5063 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 67 | University at Albany | 17600 | 30800 | 0.4286 | 12,889 | 1245 | 0.7044 | |
| 69 | University of South Alabama | 17800 | 40200 | 0.5578 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 70 | California State University-East Bay | 17900 | 33300 | 0.4621 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 71 | Kennesaw State University | 18100 | 27400 | 0.3391 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 71 | The University of Texas at Austin | 18100 | 28200 | 0.3585 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 73 | San Jose State University | 18200 | 41100 | 0.5567 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 73 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 18200 | 32900 | 0.4468 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 75 | Central Washington University | 18400 | 27900 | 0.341 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 76 | San Diego State University | 18500 | 28900 | 0.3599 | 36,196 | 1208 | 0.3741 | |
| 76 | University of Central Oklahoma | 18500 | 31100 | 0.4056 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 78 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 19300 | 28500 | 0.3231 | 14,657 | 1190 | 0.7583 | |
| 79 | Emory & Henry University | 19600 | 52400 | 0.6253 | 1,084 | 1145 | 0.8365 | |
| 79 | SUNY Oneonta | 19600 | 29300 | 0.331 | 4,815 | 1090 | 0.7696 | |
| 81 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 19700 | 28300 | 0.3039 | 5,063 | 1069 | 0.8756 | |
| 82 | Sam Houston State University | 20000 | 30300 | 0.3396 | 17,822 | 1035 | 0.9372 | |
| 82 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20000 | 45100 | 0.5568 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 84 | Rowan University | 20300 | 41300 | 0.5088 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 84 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 20300 | 39800 | 0.4894 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 84 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20300 | 57800 | 0.6485 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 87 | State University of New York at New Paltz | 20400 | 26300 | 0.2246 | 6,113 | 1279 | 0.6267 | |
| 87 | Syracuse University | 20400 | 83600 | 0.756 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 87 | University of Wyoming | 20400 | 27900 | 0.2682 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 90 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 20700 | 39200 | 0.4722 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 91 | Millersville University of Pennsylvania | 20900 | 24900 | 0.1606 | 5,823 | 1115 | 0.8619 | |
| 92 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 21100 | 24100 | 0.1243 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 93 | University of Mary Washington | 21300 | 47400 | 0.5516 | 3,531 | 1279 | 0.7413 | |
| 94 | Salisbury University | 21400 | 29300 | 0.2697 | 6,477 | 1245 | 0.8826 | |
| 95 | Rocky Mountain College | 21500 | 52000 | 0.5863 | 779 | 1055 | 0.7775 | |
| 96 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 97 | Grand Valley State University | 21900 | 36600 | 0.4014 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 98 | Park University | 22500 | 31300 | 0.2816 | 4,657 | 1035 | 0.6904 | |
| 98 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 22500 | 42000 | 0.4648 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 100 | Augustana College | 22600 | 72800 | 0.6891 | 2,536 | 1157 | 0.6628 | |
| 101 | Concordia University-Nebraska | 22700 | 85400 | 0.7344 | 3,007 | 1135 | 0.8572 | |
| 102 | Saint Cloud State University | 22800 | 36800 | 0.3803 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 103 | Illinois State University | 23000 | 36400 | 0.3696 | 19,513 | 1115 | 0.8555 | |
| 103 | Pennsylvania Western University | 23000 | 34400 | 0.3311 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 103 | Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania | 23000 | 34900 | 0.3414 | 4,371 | 1084 | 0.865 | |
| 106 | University of Southern Mississippi | 23100 | 23100 | 0 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 107 | Bridgewater State University | 23300 | 37300 | 0.3749 | 8,849 | 1143 | 0.8798 | |
| 108 | University of North Texas | 23800 | 37400 | 0.3634 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 109 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24000 | 38500 | 0.3764 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 110 | University of Wisconsin-Parkside | 24200 | 30400 | 0.2038 | 3,207 | 1084 | 0.9751 | |
| 111 | Temple University | 24900 | 36100 | 0.3105 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 111 | University at Buffalo | 24900 | 34000 | 0.2677 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 113 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 25000 | 36900 | 0.3228 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 114 | University of North Dakota | 25700 | 28600 | 0.1014 | 11,837 | 1189 | 0.8157 | |
| 115 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 26000 | 28400 | 0.0842 | 14,834 | 1149 | 0.7803 | |
| 116 | Gustavus Adolphus College | 26200 | 75500 | 0.6529 | 1,906 | 1273 | 0.6099 | |
| 117 | Northern Illinois University | 26300 | 32100 | 0.1822 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 118 | Bemidji State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 3,751 | 1075 | 0.5598 | |
| 119 | Ball State University | 26600 | 26600 | 0 | 15,950 | 1185 | 0.8625 | |
| 120 | University of Arkansas | 26700 | 44500 | 0.3996 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 121 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 18,028 | 1059 | 0.7996 | |
| 121 | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | 27500 | 29600 | 0.0711 | 10,743 | 1075 | 0.9598 | |
| 123 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 28500 | 41900 | 0.3195 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 124 | University of Northern Iowa | 28900 | 37300 | 0.2252 | 7,800 | 1115 | 0.9313 | |
| 125 | University of Connecticut | 29200 | 55500 | 0.4737 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 126 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 29300 | 33000 | 0.112 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 127 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29400 | 34200 | 0.1402 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 128 | University of Iowa | 29700 | 32100 | 0.0746 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 129 | Towson University | 29900 | 30200 | 0.0099 | 16,361 | 1082 | 0.8057 | |
| 130 | California State University-Long Beach | 30600 | 38800 | 0.2113 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 131 | George Mason University | 30800 | 35700 | 0.1371 | 28,862 | 1271 | 0.8647 | |
| 131 | Kutztown University of Pennsylvania | 30800 | 35100 | 0.1225 | 6,229 | 1174 | 0.8942 | |
| 133 | Ohio Wesleyan University | 31000 | 75700 | 0.5902 | 1,652 | 1281 | 0.6441 | |
| 133 | Pittsburg State University | 31000 | 37100 | 0.1645 | 4,561 | 1055 | 0.5487 | |
| 135 | Texas State University | 31100 | 36300 | 0.1446 | 39,353 | 1080 | 0.9118 | |
| 136 | Villanova University | 32200 | 92900 | 0.6537 | 6,933 | 1466 | 0.2814 | |
| 137 | University of Louisville | 32300 | 42100 | 0.2325 | 17,916 | 1134 | 0.7921 | |
| 138 | Liberty University | 32400 | 44700 | 0.275 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 139 | California State University-Sacramento | 32900 | 33400 | 0.015 | 28,619 | 1015 | 0.9357 | |
| 140 | University of Idaho | 33900 | 48700 | 0.3041 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 141 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 34200 | 34200 | 0 | 16,131 | 1275 | 0.6472 | |
| 142 | George Washington University | 34400 | 81800 | 0.5796 | 11,495 | 1436 | 0.4713 | |
| 142 | University of Vermont | 34400 | 66300 | 0.4808 | 12,159 | 1372 | 0.7304 | |
| 144 | Samford University | 34600 | 93800 | 0.6312 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 144 | University of Rhode Island | 34600 | 58400 | 0.4075 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 146 | California State University-Fullerton | 35200 | 37600 | 0.0636 | 40,705 | 960 | 0.8811 | |
| 146 | Minnesota State University, Mankato | 35200 | 37600 | 0.0637 | 13,433 | 1145 | 0.8844 | |
| 146 | Valparaiso University | 35200 | 63000 | 0.441 | 2,056 | 1183 | 0.8994 | |
| 149 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 35300 | 46500 | 0.2409 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 150 | Carthage College | 35800 | 61800 | 0.4207 | 2,914 | 1125 | 0.8445 | |
| 151 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 36200 | 54400 | 0.3346 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 152 | Western Michigan University | 36300 | 38500 | 0.0571 | 13,714 | 1089 | 0.9121 | |
| 153 | East Carolina University | 36800 | 42700 | 0.1381 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 154 | University of Maine at Farmington | 37000 | 52800 | 0.2991 | 1,661 | 1062 | 0.9832 | |
| 155 | Indiana University-Southeast | 37400 | 40800 | 0.0833 | 3,200 | 1095 | 0.842 | |
| 156 | Frostburg State University | 37500 | 42500 | 0.1176 | 3,436 | 1095 | 0.907 | |
| 157 | University of Central Arkansas | 37900 | 40200 | 0.0595 | 8,238 | 1110 | 0.9157 | |
| 158 | University of St Thomas | 38000 | 74800 | 0.492 | 6,270 | 1299 | 0.8548 | |
| 159 | University of Denver | 39200 | 84100 | 0.5341 | 5,766 | 1292 | 0.8538 | |
| 160 | Elmhurst University | 40200 | 69600 | 0.4222 | 3,170 | 1133 | 0.7501 | |
| 161 | The University of Montana | 41100 | 56800 | 0.2766 | 8,014 | 1184 | 0.9586 | |
| 162 | Texas Christian University | 44300 | 87400 | 0.4933 | 11,152 | 1268 | 0.4809 | |
| 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 | University of Kentucky | 48500 | 59900 | 0.1909 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 167 | University of Arizona | 48600 | 48600 | 0 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 168 | DePaul University | 49000 | 69400 | 0.2938 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 169 | Michigan State University | 49200 | 56200 | 0.1245 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 170 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 50800 | 63800 | 0.2038 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 171 | Georgia College & State University | 52400 | 52400 | 0 | 6,250 | 1165 | 0.8466 | |
| 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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