Considering a degree in Geography?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Geography majors who live in South Dakota.
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 Dakota.
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 | 5600 | 69100 | 0.9194 | 22,077 | 965 | 0.9124 | |
| 4 | Brigham Young University | 8100 | 22300 | 0.6382 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 5 | California State University-Northridge | 8600 | 22000 | 0.6096 | 32,846 | 1005 | 0.9176 | |
| 6 | Rhode Island College | 9500 | 63300 | 0.8498 | 5,695 | 995 | 0.8557 | |
| 7 | University of Nevada-Reno | 10100 | 32500 | 0.6894 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 8 | Portland State University | 10500 | 43300 | 0.758 | 14,932 | 1174 | 0.8586 | |
| 9 | Colgate University | 10600 | 95800 | 0.8893 | 3,193 | 1488 | 0.1388 | |
| 9 | Worcester State University | 10600 | 34900 | 0.6957 | 4,485 | 1090 | 0.8799 | |
| 11 | Indiana State University | 10800 | 25900 | 0.5839 | 6,352 | 1015 | 0.9157 | |
| 12 | Southern Utah University | 11300 | 51400 | 0.7801 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 13 | California State University-Stanislaus | 11500 | 33600 | 0.6587 | 8,494 | 950 | 0.9558 | |
| 14 | California State University-Fresno | 11600 | 44000 | 0.7366 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 15 | Marshall University | 11700 | 39800 | 0.7059 | 9,960 | 1070 | 0.9663 | |
| 16 | Fayetteville State University | 11800 | 18200 | 0.3515 | 6,542 | 900 | 0.689 | |
| 17 | Middlebury College | 11900 | 94500 | 0.8744 | 2,640 | 1499 | 0.1277 | |
| 17 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 11900 | 87500 | 0.8639 | 14,249 | 1084 | 0.7761 | |
| 19 | University of Hawaii at Hilo | 12000 | 56000 | 0.7857 | 2,304 | 990 | 0.8351 | |
| 20 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 12200 | 20500 | 0.4042 | 5,063 | 1069 | 0.8756 | |
| 21 | Eastern Illinois University | 12300 | 24600 | 0.4993 | 6,731 | 1020 | 0.7073 | |
| 22 | Fitchburg State University | 12400 | 33800 | 0.6327 | 3,000 | 1090 | 0.8885 | |
| 22 | Mount Holyoke College | 12400 | 89900 | 0.8621 | 2,135 | 1419 | 0.3841 | |
| 22 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 31100 | 0.6022 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 25 | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | 12500 | 19300 | 0.3523 | 10,743 | 1075 | 0.9598 | |
| 26 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 27 | Vassar College | 13200 | 93100 | 0.8583 | 2,514 | 1488 | 0.2093 | |
| 28 | University of Colorado Colorado Springs | 13600 | 26600 | 0.4888 | 9,040 | 1119 | 0.9666 | |
| 29 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 13700 | 43000 | 0.6814 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 30 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 13800 | 38300 | 0.6391 | 5,677 | 985 | 0.9301 | |
| 30 | Louisiana Tech University | 13800 | 42900 | 0.6782 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 32 | Aquinas College | 13900 | 86000 | 0.8383 | 1,103 | 1035 | 0.9726 | |
| 33 | Appalachian State University | 14000 | 25500 | 0.4512 | 19,732 | 1174 | 0.9388 | |
| 33 | University of South Florida | 14000 | 22400 | 0.3754 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 35 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 14300 | 26600 | 0.4624 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 36 | Bridgewater State University | 14400 | 28800 | 0.5011 | 8,849 | 1143 | 0.8798 | |
| 36 | San Francisco State University | 14400 | 47700 | 0.6983 | 19,444 | 1035 | 0.9644 | |
| 36 | Youngstown State University | 14400 | 28400 | 0.4928 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 39 | Central Connecticut State University | 14500 | 34200 | 0.5758 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 39 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 14500 | 22800 | 0.3645 | 11,994 | 1090 | 0.8651 | |
| 41 | Arkansas Tech University | 14700 | 31400 | 0.5311 | 8,279 | 1055 | 0.9747 | |
| 41 | California State University-San Bernardino | 14700 | 40100 | 0.6337 | 15,948 | 1020 | 0.943 | |
| 41 | California State University-San Marcos | 14700 | 28500 | 0.4839 | 15,770 | 990 | 0.9513 | |
| 41 | Eastern Michigan University | 14700 | 33900 | 0.5658 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 41 | Salem State University | 14700 | 38300 | 0.6158 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 46 | University of North Alabama | 14900 | 37300 | 0.6006 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 46 | Western Michigan University | 14900 | 28900 | 0.4849 | 13,714 | 1089 | 0.9121 | |
| 48 | West Virginia University | 15200 | 73100 | 0.7918 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 49 | Sonoma State University | 15300 | 26700 | 0.427 | 4,449 | 1050 | 0.9841 | |
| 50 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 15400 | 71500 | 0.7849 | 15,735 | 1069 | 0.8797 | |
| 50 | Wayne State College | 15400 | 30500 | 0.4959 | 3,886 | 0 | 1 | |
| 52 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 29800 | 0.4782 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 53 | Pittsburg State University | 15700 | 23900 | 0.3426 | 4,561 | 1055 | 0.5487 | |
| 53 | University of West Georgia | 15700 | 24600 | 0.3622 | 10,075 | 1035 | 0.7995 | |
| 55 | California State University-Chico | 15800 | 23500 | 0.3273 | 13,599 | 1054 | 0.9107 | |
| 56 | Florida State University | 15900 | 23000 | 0.309 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 56 | Jacksonville State University | 15900 | 27000 | 0.4118 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 58 | University of California-Los Angeles | 16300 | 36700 | 0.5554 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 59 | Kansas State University | 16500 | 26400 | 0.3738 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 59 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16500 | 64800 | 0.7456 | 22,007 | 1427 | 0.1672 | |
| 61 | University of Northern Colorado | 16600 | 39100 | 0.5756 | 6,598 | 1080 | 0.945 | |
| 62 | University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire | 16700 | 22400 | 0.255 | 8,329 | 1209 | 0.385 | |
| 63 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 16900 | 22300 | 0.2419 | 26,213 | 1209 | 0.7778 | |
| 64 | Georgia Southern University | 17000 | 49700 | 0.6581 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 65 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 17400 | 26600 | 0.3462 | 7,747 | 1073 | 0.9617 | |
| 66 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 17500 | 26300 | 0.3348 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 67 | East Carolina University | 17600 | 26100 | 0.3256 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 67 | University of Louisville | 17600 | 29100 | 0.3956 | 17,916 | 1134 | 0.7921 | |
| 69 | University of Kentucky | 18100 | 37300 | 0.516 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 70 | Texas State University | 18200 | 26100 | 0.3026 | 39,353 | 1080 | 0.9118 | |
| 70 | University of Arkansas | 18200 | 28400 | 0.3585 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 72 | Kennesaw State University | 18400 | 27400 | 0.3282 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 73 | San Jose State University | 18600 | 41100 | 0.5469 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 73 | University of South Alabama | 18600 | 40200 | 0.5378 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 75 | Central Washington University | 19200 | 22700 | 0.154 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 76 | The University of Montana | 19400 | 27400 | 0.2921 | 8,014 | 1184 | 0.9586 | |
| 77 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 20200 | 38500 | 0.4738 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 | |
| 78 | South Dakota State University | 20300 | 25200 | 0.1941 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 78 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 20300 | 29900 | 0.3205 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 80 | University of Northern Iowa | 20400 | 24800 | 0.1775 | 7,800 | 1115 | 0.9313 | |
| 81 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20500 | 57800 | 0.6451 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 82 | Sam Houston State University | 20600 | 30300 | 0.3199 | 17,822 | 1035 | 0.9372 | |
| 82 | State University of New York at New Paltz | 20600 | 26300 | 0.217 | 6,113 | 1279 | 0.6267 | |
| 84 | SUNY Oneonta | 20700 | 55300 | 0.6262 | 4,815 | 1090 | 0.7696 | |
| 85 | Emory & Henry University | 20900 | 52400 | 0.6019 | 1,084 | 1145 | 0.8365 | |
| 86 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 21100 | 39800 | 0.4693 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 86 | University of Wisconsin-Parkside | 21100 | 24300 | 0.1313 | 3,207 | 1084 | 0.9751 | |
| 88 | University of Mary Washington | 21200 | 47400 | 0.5539 | 3,531 | 1279 | 0.7413 | |
| 89 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 21500 | 24100 | 0.1077 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 90 | Grand Valley State University | 21900 | 36600 | 0.4014 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 90 | Millersville University of Pennsylvania | 21900 | 36700 | 0.4036 | 5,823 | 1115 | 0.8619 | |
| 92 | Rocky Mountain College | 22000 | 52000 | 0.5766 | 779 | 1055 | 0.7775 | |
| 93 | Indiana University-Southeast | 22500 | 25900 | 0.131 | 3,200 | 1095 | 0.842 | |
| 94 | Augustana College | 22600 | 72800 | 0.6891 | 2,536 | 1157 | 0.6628 | |
| 94 | Park University | 22600 | 31300 | 0.2784 | 4,657 | 1035 | 0.6904 | |
| 96 | Syracuse University | 22700 | 83600 | 0.7285 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 96 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 22700 | 42000 | 0.46 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 98 | Saint Cloud State University | 22800 | 36800 | 0.3803 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 98 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 22800 | 30200 | 0.245 | 7,753 | 1140 | 0.9245 | |
| 100 | Concordia University-Nebraska | 23100 | 85400 | 0.7298 | 3,007 | 1135 | 0.8572 | |
| 100 | University of Southern Mississippi | 23100 | 23100 | 0 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 102 | Pennsylvania Western University | 23400 | 34400 | 0.3195 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 103 | Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania | 23500 | 34900 | 0.3271 | 4,371 | 1084 | 0.865 | |
| 103 | University of South Dakota | 23500 | 26900 | 0.1263 | 7,515 | 1120 | 0.9884 | |
| 105 | University of North Texas | 24400 | 37400 | 0.3474 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 106 | University at Buffalo | 25200 | 34000 | 0.2589 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 107 | University of Central Oklahoma | 25300 | 34000 | 0.2558 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 108 | Temple University | 25400 | 36100 | 0.2966 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 109 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 25500 | 36900 | 0.3092 | 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 | |
| 112 | Northern Illinois University | 26300 | 32100 | 0.1831 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 113 | Bemidji State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 3,751 | 1075 | 0.5598 | |
| 114 | Ball State University | 26600 | 26600 | 0 | 15,950 | 1185 | 0.8625 | |
| 115 | San Diego State University | 27100 | 37100 | 0.2698 | 36,196 | 1208 | 0.3741 | |
| 115 | Weber State University | 27100 | 31600 | 0.1425 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 117 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 18,028 | 1059 | 0.7996 | |
| 118 | University of Connecticut | 29100 | 55500 | 0.4755 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 119 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 29300 | 33000 | 0.112 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 120 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29900 | 34200 | 0.1256 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 121 | Towson University | 30200 | 30200 | 0 | 16,361 | 1082 | 0.8057 | |
| 122 | Kutztown University of Pennsylvania | 30800 | 35100 | 0.1225 | 6,229 | 1174 | 0.8942 | |
| 122 | Ohio Wesleyan University | 30800 | 75700 | 0.5928 | 1,652 | 1281 | 0.6441 | |
| 124 | University of North Dakota | 30900 | 33700 | 0.0858 | 11,837 | 1189 | 0.8157 | |
| 125 | California State University-Long Beach | 31000 | 38800 | 0.201 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 125 | Illinois State University | 31000 | 36400 | 0.1481 | 19,513 | 1115 | 0.8555 | |
| 127 | Liberty University | 32400 | 44700 | 0.275 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 128 | University of Idaho | 32700 | 33400 | 0.0209 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 128 | Villanova University | 32700 | 92900 | 0.6483 | 6,933 | 1466 | 0.2814 | |
| 130 | California State University-Sacramento | 33200 | 33800 | 0.0178 | 28,619 | 1015 | 0.9357 | |
| 131 | Salisbury University | 34300 | 41800 | 0.1796 | 6,477 | 1245 | 0.8826 | |
| 132 | George Washington University | 34400 | 81800 | 0.5796 | 11,495 | 1436 | 0.4713 | |
| 132 | University of Vermont | 34400 | 66300 | 0.4808 | 12,159 | 1372 | 0.7304 | |
| 134 | Samford University | 34900 | 93800 | 0.628 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 135 | California State University-Fullerton | 35200 | 37600 | 0.0636 | 40,705 | 960 | 0.8811 | |
| 135 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 35200 | 46500 | 0.2431 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 135 | Valparaiso University | 35200 | 63000 | 0.441 | 2,056 | 1183 | 0.8994 | |
| 138 | SUNY College at Geneseo | 35500 | 39400 | 0.0991 | 3,943 | 1275 | 0.3333 | |
| 139 | Carthage College | 35800 | 61800 | 0.4207 | 2,914 | 1125 | 0.8445 | |
| 140 | Framingham State University | 35900 | 38100 | 0.0577 | 2,782 | 1190 | 0.8366 | |
| 141 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 36100 | 54400 | 0.3364 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 141 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 36100 | 36100 | 0 | 16,131 | 1275 | 0.6472 | |
| 143 | University of Maine at Farmington | 37000 | 40800 | 0.0932 | 1,661 | 1062 | 0.9832 | |
| 144 | California State University-East Bay | 37200 | 45100 | 0.1753 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 145 | University of Southern Maine | 37500 | 37500 | 0 | 5,549 | 1139 | 0.8241 | |
| 146 | Rowan University | 37600 | 53600 | 0.2983 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 147 | University of Central Arkansas | 37900 | 40200 | 0.0595 | 8,238 | 1110 | 0.9157 | |
| 147 | University of St Thomas | 37900 | 74800 | 0.4933 | 6,270 | 1299 | 0.8548 | |
| 149 | Frostburg State University | 38000 | 42500 | 0.1059 | 3,436 | 1095 | 0.907 | |
| 150 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 38200 | 66700 | 0.4274 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 151 | University of Arizona | 38900 | 48300 | 0.1944 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 152 | University of Denver | 39000 | 84100 | 0.5364 | 5,766 | 1292 | 0.8538 | |
| 153 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 39300 | 42800 | 0.0818 | 14,657 | 1190 | 0.7583 | |
| 154 | University of Wyoming | 39900 | 45300 | 0.1191 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 155 | Elmhurst University | 40100 | 69600 | 0.4236 | 3,170 | 1133 | 0.7501 | |
| 156 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42300 | 63300 | 0.3317 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 157 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 42800 | 55100 | 0.2233 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 158 | Montclair State University | 43300 | 47000 | 0.0788 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 159 | Texas Christian University | 44000 | 87400 | 0.4967 | 11,152 | 1268 | 0.4809 | |
| 160 | James Madison University | 44100 | 45000 | 0.02 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 161 | University at Albany | 44400 | 48900 | 0.092 | 12,889 | 1245 | 0.7044 | |
| 162 | Calvin University | 47600 | 57400 | 0.1706 | 3,359 | 1232 | 0.6791 | |
| 163 | University of Georgia | 48400 | 52300 | 0.0746 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 164 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 48500 | 61200 | 0.2075 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 165 | DePaul University | 49100 | 69400 | 0.2923 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 166 | Michigan State University | 49200 | 56200 | 0.1245 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 167 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 50500 | 52900 | 0.0453 | 14,834 | 1149 | 0.7803 | |
| 168 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 50800 | 63800 | 0.2038 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 169 | The University of Texas at Austin | 51100 | 59100 | 0.1353 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 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 | George Mason University | 55800 | 61400 | 0.0913 | 28,862 | 1271 | 0.8647 | |
| 174 | Hofstra University | 59300 | 83300 | 0.2882 | 6,599 | 1369 | 0.7267 | |
| 175 | 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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