Considering a degree in Geography?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Geography majors who live in South Carolina.
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 South Carolina.
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 | 5400 | 69100 | 0.9223 | 22,077 | 965 | 0.9124 | |
| 4 | Greenville Technical College | 7200 | 18400 | 0.6091 | 11,999 | 0 | 1 | |
| 5 | Brigham Young University | 8100 | 22300 | 0.6382 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 6 | Rhode Island College | 9500 | 30200 | 0.6862 | 5,695 | 995 | 0.8557 | |
| 7 | Portland State University | 9700 | 26100 | 0.6291 | 14,932 | 1174 | 0.8586 | |
| 8 | Colgate University | 9900 | 95800 | 0.8966 | 3,193 | 1488 | 0.1388 | |
| 9 | University of Nevada-Reno | 10100 | 45800 | 0.7802 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 10 | Worcester State University | 10300 | 34900 | 0.7043 | 4,485 | 1090 | 0.8799 | |
| 11 | Indiana State University | 10500 | 25900 | 0.5955 | 6,352 | 1015 | 0.9157 | |
| 12 | Southern Utah University | 10700 | 51400 | 0.7918 | 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 | 11300 | 31200 | 0.6384 | 8,494 | 950 | 0.9558 | |
| 15 | California State University-Fresno | 11500 | 44000 | 0.7388 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 15 | Marshall University | 11500 | 27800 | 0.5858 | 9,960 | 1070 | 0.9663 | |
| 15 | Middlebury College | 11500 | 94500 | 0.8787 | 2,640 | 1499 | 0.1277 | |
| 18 | Fayetteville State University | 11600 | 18200 | 0.3624 | 6,542 | 900 | 0.689 | |
| 18 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 11600 | 87500 | 0.8673 | 14,249 | 1084 | 0.7761 | |
| 20 | University of Hawaii at Hilo | 11800 | 56000 | 0.7893 | 2,304 | 990 | 0.8351 | |
| 20 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 11800 | 20500 | 0.4219 | 5,063 | 1069 | 0.8756 | |
| 22 | Eastern Illinois University | 12100 | 24600 | 0.5074 | 6,731 | 1020 | 0.7073 | |
| 22 | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | 12100 | 19300 | 0.3731 | 10,743 | 1075 | 0.9598 | |
| 24 | Fitchburg State University | 12400 | 33800 | 0.6327 | 3,000 | 1090 | 0.8885 | |
| 24 | Mount Holyoke College | 12400 | 89900 | 0.8621 | 2,135 | 1419 | 0.3841 | |
| 26 | Louisiana Tech University | 12600 | 42900 | 0.7062 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 26 | Vassar College | 12600 | 93100 | 0.8647 | 2,514 | 1488 | 0.2093 | |
| 28 | University of Colorado Colorado Springs | 13200 | 26600 | 0.5038 | 9,040 | 1119 | 0.9666 | |
| 29 | Framingham State University | 13300 | 31000 | 0.5712 | 2,782 | 1190 | 0.8366 | |
| 30 | Central Connecticut State University | 13500 | 34200 | 0.605 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 31 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 13600 | 38300 | 0.6443 | 5,677 | 985 | 0.9301 | |
| 32 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 61700 | 0.7781 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 33 | Aquinas College | 13800 | 86000 | 0.8395 | 1,103 | 1035 | 0.9726 | |
| 33 | University of North Alabama | 13800 | 28200 | 0.5109 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 35 | University of Arizona | 14100 | 32100 | 0.5606 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 35 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 14100 | 22800 | 0.3821 | 11,994 | 1090 | 0.8651 | |
| 37 | Youngstown State University | 14200 | 28400 | 0.4998 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 38 | Coastal Carolina University | 14300 | 27200 | 0.475 | 11,471 | 1160 | 0.7003 | |
| 38 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 14300 | 26600 | 0.4624 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 38 | San Francisco State University | 14300 | 47700 | 0.7004 | 19,444 | 1035 | 0.9644 | |
| 41 | Eastern Michigan University | 14400 | 33900 | 0.5746 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 41 | Salem State University | 14400 | 38300 | 0.6236 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 43 | California State University-San Marcos | 14500 | 38300 | 0.6212 | 15,770 | 990 | 0.9513 | |
| 44 | Arkansas Tech University | 14600 | 31400 | 0.5343 | 8,279 | 1055 | 0.9747 | |
| 44 | California State University-San Bernardino | 14600 | 32700 | 0.5533 | 15,948 | 1020 | 0.943 | |
| 46 | Western Michigan University | 14700 | 28900 | 0.4918 | 13,714 | 1089 | 0.9121 | |
| 47 | Sonoma State University | 14900 | 41200 | 0.6384 | 4,449 | 1050 | 0.9841 | |
| 48 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 15100 | 56900 | 0.7346 | 15,735 | 1069 | 0.8797 | |
| 49 | Wayne State College | 15200 | 30500 | 0.5024 | 3,886 | 0 | 1 | |
| 49 | West Virginia University | 15200 | 73100 | 0.7918 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 51 | University of West Georgia | 15500 | 24600 | 0.3703 | 10,075 | 1035 | 0.7995 | |
| 52 | California State University-Chico | 15600 | 23500 | 0.3358 | 13,599 | 1054 | 0.9107 | |
| 52 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 38800 | 0.5992 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 54 | University of Wisconsin-Parkside | 15700 | 20600 | 0.2377 | 3,207 | 1084 | 0.9751 | |
| 55 | Florida State University | 15800 | 23000 | 0.3133 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 55 | Jacksonville State University | 15800 | 27000 | 0.4155 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 57 | University of California-Los Angeles | 16300 | 36700 | 0.5554 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 57 | University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire | 16300 | 22400 | 0.2729 | 8,329 | 1209 | 0.385 | |
| 59 | Frostburg State University | 16400 | 26600 | 0.3832 | 3,436 | 1095 | 0.907 | |
| 60 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16500 | 64800 | 0.7456 | 22,007 | 1427 | 0.1672 | |
| 60 | University of Northern Colorado | 16500 | 30500 | 0.459 | 6,598 | 1080 | 0.945 | |
| 62 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 16800 | 41200 | 0.5929 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 62 | California State University-Long Beach | 16800 | 25800 | 0.3489 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 64 | Georgia Southern University | 17000 | 20100 | 0.1539 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 65 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 17200 | 26300 | 0.3462 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 65 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 17200 | 26600 | 0.3537 | 7,747 | 1073 | 0.9617 | |
| 67 | Weber State University | 17300 | 20300 | 0.1481 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 68 | Sam Houston State University | 17400 | 27100 | 0.3578 | 17,822 | 1035 | 0.9372 | |
| 69 | East Carolina University | 17600 | 26100 | 0.3256 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 69 | University of South Alabama | 17600 | 22400 | 0.2147 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 71 | University of Kentucky | 17800 | 37300 | 0.5242 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 72 | James Madison University | 17900 | 28900 | 0.3805 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 73 | California State University-East Bay | 18000 | 33300 | 0.4591 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 73 | Kutztown University of Pennsylvania | 18000 | 29300 | 0.3851 | 6,229 | 1174 | 0.8942 | |
| 75 | Texas State University | 18200 | 26100 | 0.3026 | 39,353 | 1080 | 0.9118 | |
| 76 | Georgia College & State University | 18300 | 18300 | 0 | 6,250 | 1165 | 0.8466 | |
| 76 | Kennesaw State University | 18300 | 26700 | 0.3145 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 76 | University of Vermont | 18300 | 37800 | 0.5164 | 12,159 | 1372 | 0.7304 | |
| 79 | San Jose State University | 18400 | 41100 | 0.5518 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 79 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 18400 | 25200 | 0.2695 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 81 | The University of Texas at Austin | 18500 | 28200 | 0.3443 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 82 | San Diego State University | 18700 | 28900 | 0.353 | 36,196 | 1208 | 0.3741 | |
| 83 | Central Washington University | 18800 | 22700 | 0.1716 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 84 | The University of Montana | 19300 | 27400 | 0.2958 | 8,014 | 1184 | 0.9586 | |
| 85 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 19800 | 29900 | 0.3373 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 86 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20000 | 45100 | 0.5568 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 87 | Emory & Henry University | 20200 | 52400 | 0.6141 | 1,084 | 1145 | 0.8365 | |
| 87 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 20200 | 38500 | 0.4738 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 | |
| 89 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20300 | 57800 | 0.6485 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 90 | Syracuse University | 20400 | 83600 | 0.756 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 90 | University of Northern Iowa | 20400 | 24800 | 0.1775 | 7,800 | 1115 | 0.9313 | |
| 90 | University of Wyoming | 20400 | 27900 | 0.2682 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 93 | State University of New York at New Paltz | 20500 | 26300 | 0.2208 | 6,113 | 1279 | 0.6267 | |
| 94 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 20600 | 39800 | 0.4819 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 94 | SUNY Oneonta | 20600 | 55300 | 0.6281 | 4,815 | 1090 | 0.7696 | |
| 96 | Rowan University | 20800 | 41300 | 0.4967 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 97 | Millersville University of Pennsylvania | 21200 | 24900 | 0.1486 | 5,823 | 1115 | 0.8619 | |
| 97 | University of Mary Washington | 21200 | 47400 | 0.5527 | 3,531 | 1279 | 0.7413 | |
| 99 | Salisbury University | 21400 | 29300 | 0.2697 | 6,477 | 1245 | 0.8826 | |
| 100 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 100 | Rocky Mountain College | 21800 | 52000 | 0.5805 | 779 | 1055 | 0.7775 | |
| 102 | Grand Valley State University | 21900 | 36600 | 0.4014 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 103 | University of South Florida | 22400 | 22400 | 0 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 104 | California State University-Northridge | 22500 | 36500 | 0.383 | 32,846 | 1005 | 0.9176 | |
| 104 | Park University | 22500 | 31300 | 0.2816 | 4,657 | 1035 | 0.6904 | |
| 106 | Augustana College | 22600 | 72800 | 0.6891 | 2,536 | 1157 | 0.6628 | |
| 106 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 22600 | 42000 | 0.4624 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 108 | Saint Cloud State University | 22800 | 36800 | 0.3803 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 109 | Concordia University-Nebraska | 22900 | 85400 | 0.7321 | 3,007 | 1135 | 0.8572 | |
| 110 | University of Southern Mississippi | 23100 | 23100 | 0 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 111 | Pennsylvania Western University | 23200 | 34400 | 0.3253 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 112 | Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania | 23300 | 34900 | 0.3328 | 4,371 | 1084 | 0.865 | |
| 113 | Bridgewater State University | 23500 | 37300 | 0.3698 | 8,849 | 1143 | 0.8798 | |
| 114 | University of North Texas | 24200 | 26200 | 0.0765 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 115 | University of Central Oklahoma | 24900 | 34000 | 0.2676 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 116 | California State University-Sacramento | 25100 | 29700 | 0.1547 | 28,619 | 1015 | 0.9357 | |
| 116 | Temple University | 25100 | 36100 | 0.3049 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 118 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 25200 | 36900 | 0.3174 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 119 | University of North Dakota | 25700 | 28600 | 0.1014 | 11,837 | 1189 | 0.8157 | |
| 120 | Michigan State University | 25800 | 28900 | 0.1089 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 121 | University of Arkansas | 26000 | 28400 | 0.0842 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 122 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 26100 | 34200 | 0.2366 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 123 | Gustavus Adolphus College | 26200 | 75500 | 0.6529 | 1,906 | 1273 | 0.6099 | |
| 124 | Northern Illinois University | 26300 | 32100 | 0.1826 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 125 | Bemidji State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 3,751 | 1075 | 0.5598 | |
| 126 | Ball State University | 26600 | 26600 | 0 | 15,950 | 1185 | 0.8625 | |
| 127 | University of Georgia | 27200 | 47400 | 0.4259 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 128 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 18,028 | 1059 | 0.7996 | |
| 129 | University of Louisville | 29100 | 29100 | 0 | 17,916 | 1134 | 0.7921 | |
| 130 | Towson University | 30200 | 30200 | 0 | 16,361 | 1082 | 0.8057 | |
| 131 | Ohio Wesleyan University | 30900 | 75700 | 0.5915 | 1,652 | 1281 | 0.6441 | |
| 132 | Illinois State University | 31000 | 36400 | 0.1481 | 19,513 | 1115 | 0.8555 | |
| 133 | Pittsburg State University | 31600 | 37100 | 0.1483 | 4,561 | 1055 | 0.5487 | |
| 134 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32000 | 35200 | 0.0908 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 135 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 32200 | 54400 | 0.408 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 135 | University of Denver | 32200 | 84100 | 0.6173 | 5,766 | 1292 | 0.8538 | |
| 137 | Liberty University | 32400 | 44700 | 0.275 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 137 | Villanova University | 32400 | 92900 | 0.6515 | 6,933 | 1466 | 0.2814 | |
| 139 | University of Idaho | 32800 | 48700 | 0.3267 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 140 | George Washington University | 34400 | 81800 | 0.5796 | 11,495 | 1436 | 0.4713 | |
| 141 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 34500 | 59100 | 0.416 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 142 | Samford University | 34800 | 93800 | 0.6291 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 143 | California State University-Fullerton | 35200 | 37600 | 0.0636 | 40,705 | 960 | 0.8811 | |
| 143 | Minnesota State University, Mankato | 35200 | 37600 | 0.0637 | 13,433 | 1145 | 0.8844 | |
| 143 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 35200 | 46500 | 0.2431 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 143 | Valparaiso University | 35200 | 63000 | 0.441 | 2,056 | 1183 | 0.8994 | |
| 147 | SUNY College at Geneseo | 35500 | 39400 | 0.0991 | 3,943 | 1275 | 0.3333 | |
| 148 | Carthage College | 35800 | 61800 | 0.4207 | 2,914 | 1125 | 0.8445 | |
| 149 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 36100 | 36100 | 0 | 16,131 | 1275 | 0.6472 | |
| 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 | Indiana University-Southeast | 37400 | 40800 | 0.0833 | 3,200 | 1095 | 0.842 | |
| 153 | University of Southern Maine | 37500 | 37500 | 0 | 5,549 | 1139 | 0.8241 | |
| 154 | University of Central Arkansas | 37900 | 40200 | 0.0595 | 8,238 | 1110 | 0.9157 | |
| 154 | University of St Thomas | 37900 | 74800 | 0.4933 | 6,270 | 1299 | 0.8548 | |
| 156 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 39400 | 42800 | 0.0795 | 14,657 | 1190 | 0.7583 | |
| 157 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 39700 | 40300 | 0.0149 | 26,213 | 1209 | 0.7778 | |
| 158 | Elmhurst University | 40100 | 69600 | 0.4236 | 3,170 | 1133 | 0.7501 | |
| 159 | College of Charleston | 42100 | 64600 | 0.3484 | 10,596 | 1234 | 0.73 | |
| 160 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42400 | 63300 | 0.3301 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 161 | Montclair State University | 43300 | 47000 | 0.0788 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 162 | Kansas State University | 43900 | 48400 | 0.0919 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 163 | Texas Christian University | 44100 | 87400 | 0.4955 | 11,152 | 1268 | 0.4809 | |
| 164 | University at Albany | 44300 | 48900 | 0.0941 | 12,889 | 1245 | 0.7044 | |
| 165 | Appalachian State University | 44500 | 46500 | 0.043 | 19,732 | 1174 | 0.9388 | |
| 166 | University at Buffalo | 46400 | 46400 | 0 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 167 | Calvin University | 47600 | 57400 | 0.1706 | 3,359 | 1232 | 0.6791 | |
| 168 | DePaul University | 49100 | 69400 | 0.2923 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 169 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 50500 | 52900 | 0.0453 | 14,834 | 1149 | 0.7803 | |
| 170 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 50800 | 63800 | 0.2038 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 171 | University of Iowa | 52000 | 54400 | 0.044 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 172 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53500 | 63400 | 0.1562 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 173 | George Mason University | 56000 | 61400 | 0.088 | 28,862 | 1271 | 0.8647 | |
| 174 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 58700 | 62300 | 0.0578 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 175 | Hofstra University | 59200 | 83300 | 0.2894 | 6,599 | 1369 | 0.7267 | |
| 176 | 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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