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 | 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 | 11200 | 95800 | 0.8827 | 3,193 | 1488 | 0.1388 | |
| 6 | California State University-Sacramento | 11700 | 31300 | 0.6265 | 28,619 | 1015 | 0.9357 | |
| 7 | Indiana State University | 12100 | 25900 | 0.5337 | 6,352 | 1015 | 0.9157 | |
| 8 | Marshall University | 12300 | 36600 | 0.6636 | 9,960 | 1070 | 0.9663 | |
| 8 | University of Hawaii at Hilo | 12300 | 33200 | 0.6286 | 2,304 | 990 | 0.8351 | |
| 10 | California State University-Northridge | 12500 | 22000 | 0.4321 | 32,846 | 1005 | 0.9176 | |
| 10 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 12500 | 20500 | 0.3909 | 5,063 | 1069 | 0.8756 | |
| 12 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 13 | Fayetteville State University | 12700 | 26300 | 0.5174 | 6,542 | 900 | 0.689 | |
| 14 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 12800 | 24900 | 0.4851 | 5,677 | 985 | 0.9301 | |
| 15 | University of Arizona | 12900 | 30900 | 0.5835 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 16 | Vassar College | 13300 | 92400 | 0.8563 | 2,514 | 1488 | 0.2093 | |
| 17 | Eastern Illinois University | 13400 | 24300 | 0.4492 | 6,731 | 1020 | 0.7073 | |
| 17 | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | 13400 | 19300 | 0.3057 | 10,743 | 1075 | 0.9598 | |
| 19 | University of South Florida | 13600 | 17100 | 0.2045 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 20 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 57800 | 0.7626 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 21 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 13800 | 43000 | 0.679 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 22 | University of Georgia | 14100 | 26600 | 0.4699 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 23 | Middlebury College | 14500 | 89900 | 0.8388 | 2,640 | 1499 | 0.1277 | |
| 24 | Arkansas Tech University | 14600 | 27400 | 0.4675 | 8,279 | 1055 | 0.9747 | |
| 24 | Grand Valley State University | 14600 | 25300 | 0.4234 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 26 | Northern Illinois University | 14800 | 30400 | 0.5127 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 27 | Wayne State College | 15400 | 20300 | 0.2414 | 3,886 | 0 | 1 | |
| 28 | University of Central Oklahoma | 15500 | 28700 | 0.46 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 29 | California State University-Chico | 15600 | 23500 | 0.3358 | 13,599 | 1054 | 0.9107 | |
| 29 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 38800 | 0.5992 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 31 | James Madison University | 15700 | 28900 | 0.4573 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 32 | Florida State University | 15800 | 22900 | 0.3097 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 33 | California State University-East Bay | 15900 | 30100 | 0.4724 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 34 | Western Michigan University | 16000 | 32500 | 0.5083 | 13,714 | 1089 | 0.9121 | |
| 35 | Fitchburg State University | 16100 | 33700 | 0.5223 | 3,000 | 1090 | 0.8885 | |
| 35 | University of Maine at Farmington | 16100 | 23200 | 0.3053 | 1,661 | 1062 | 0.9832 | |
| 37 | Appalachian State University | 16300 | 19500 | 0.1642 | 19,732 | 1174 | 0.9388 | |
| 37 | Jacksonville State University | 16300 | 27000 | 0.397 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 37 | Weber State University | 16300 | 23600 | 0.3089 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 40 | California State University-Long Beach | 16400 | 25800 | 0.3644 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 40 | Worcester State University | 16400 | 31700 | 0.4821 | 4,485 | 1090 | 0.8799 | |
| 42 | University of North Texas | 16500 | 26100 | 0.3684 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 43 | Portland State University | 16600 | 26100 | 0.3644 | 14,932 | 1174 | 0.8586 | |
| 43 | The University of Texas at Austin | 16600 | 28000 | 0.4076 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 45 | Frostburg State University | 16700 | 26600 | 0.3719 | 3,436 | 1095 | 0.907 | |
| 46 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16800 | 64800 | 0.7409 | 22,007 | 1427 | 0.1672 | |
| 47 | University of Colorado Colorado Springs | 16900 | 25400 | 0.3351 | 9,040 | 1119 | 0.9666 | |
| 48 | Eastern Michigan University | 17000 | 36100 | 0.5294 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 49 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 17200 | 35400 | 0.5147 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 50 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 17400 | 29900 | 0.4174 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 50 | West Virginia University | 17400 | 40900 | 0.5743 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 52 | Sam Houston State University | 17700 | 27000 | 0.3446 | 17,822 | 1035 | 0.9372 | |
| 53 | Rhode Island College | 17900 | 27400 | 0.3471 | 5,695 | 995 | 0.8557 | |
| 54 | Salem State University | 18000 | 28500 | 0.3684 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 55 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 18100 | 26600 | 0.3199 | 7,747 | 1073 | 0.9617 | |
| 56 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 18200 | 18200 | 0 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 57 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 18400 | 30600 | 0.3971 | 38,463 | 1324 | 0.7589 | |
| 57 | Towson University | 18400 | 29900 | 0.3842 | 16,361 | 1082 | 0.8057 | |
| 57 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 18400 | 22800 | 0.1932 | 11,994 | 1090 | 0.8651 | |
| 60 | Central Connecticut State University | 18600 | 34000 | 0.4524 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 61 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 18700 | 25200 | 0.2575 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 62 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 18800 | 39000 | 0.5178 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 63 | Central Washington University | 19000 | 22700 | 0.1628 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 64 | The University of Montana | 19100 | 25200 | 0.2418 | 8,014 | 1184 | 0.9586 | |
| 65 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 19500 | 31400 | 0.379 | 14,249 | 1084 | 0.7761 | |
| 66 | SUNY Oneonta | 19700 | 29300 | 0.3276 | 4,815 | 1090 | 0.7696 | |
| 67 | California State University-Los Angeles | 19900 | 38000 | 0.4764 | 22,077 | 965 | 0.9124 | |
| 67 | University of Northern Iowa | 19900 | 24000 | 0.1705 | 7,800 | 1115 | 0.9313 | |
| 69 | University of South Alabama | 20100 | 22400 | 0.1029 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 70 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 20200 | 38500 | 0.4738 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 | |
| 71 | Youngstown State University | 20300 | 34000 | 0.403 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 72 | Kutztown University of Pennsylvania | 20400 | 29100 | 0.299 | 6,229 | 1174 | 0.8942 | |
| 72 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20400 | 29400 | 0.3056 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 74 | University of Wyoming | 20700 | 27900 | 0.2574 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 75 | Emory & Henry University | 20800 | 52400 | 0.6024 | 1,084 | 1145 | 0.8365 | |
| 76 | University of Wisconsin-Parkside | 20900 | 24300 | 0.1396 | 3,207 | 1084 | 0.9751 | |
| 77 | University of Mary Washington | 21400 | 47100 | 0.5455 | 3,531 | 1279 | 0.7413 | |
| 78 | State University of New York at New Paltz | 21600 | 26300 | 0.1789 | 6,113 | 1279 | 0.6267 | |
| 79 | Louisiana Tech University | 21800 | 26100 | 0.1649 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 80 | Rocky Mountain College | 22000 | 52000 | 0.5766 | 779 | 1055 | 0.7775 | |
| 81 | University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire | 22400 | 22400 | 0 | 8,329 | 1209 | 0.385 | |
| 82 | Augustana College | 22800 | 72800 | 0.6861 | 2,536 | 1157 | 0.6628 | |
| 83 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 23000 | 27500 | 0.1618 | 18,028 | 1059 | 0.7996 | |
| 84 | Saint Cloud State University | 23100 | 36800 | 0.3722 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 84 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 23100 | 24700 | 0.0648 | 7,753 | 1140 | 0.9245 | |
| 86 | Concordia University-Nebraska | 23300 | 61100 | 0.6186 | 3,007 | 1135 | 0.8572 | |
| 86 | San Jose State University | 23300 | 41100 | 0.4332 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 88 | Aquinas College | 23500 | 53400 | 0.5604 | 1,103 | 1035 | 0.9726 | |
| 89 | University of Kentucky | 23900 | 36400 | 0.3446 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 90 | Calvin University | 24000 | 53500 | 0.5513 | 3,359 | 1232 | 0.6791 | |
| 91 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24100 | 39300 | 0.3873 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 91 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 24100 | 24900 | 0.0321 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 93 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 24400 | 24400 | 0 | 16,131 | 1275 | 0.6472 | |
| 94 | Park University | 24700 | 31300 | 0.2112 | 4,657 | 1035 | 0.6904 | |
| 95 | Pennsylvania Western University | 25300 | 34400 | 0.2643 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 96 | South Dakota State University | 25600 | 28700 | 0.1078 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 97 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 25700 | 32800 | 0.2165 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 98 | California State University-Stanislaus | 25800 | 33000 | 0.2184 | 8,494 | 950 | 0.9558 | |
| 98 | Michigan State University | 25800 | 28900 | 0.1089 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 100 | Minnesota State University, Mankato | 25900 | 28000 | 0.0747 | 13,433 | 1145 | 0.8844 | |
| 101 | University of North Dakota | 26000 | 28600 | 0.0909 | 11,837 | 1189 | 0.8157 | |
| 102 | Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania | 26100 | 34900 | 0.2525 | 4,371 | 1084 | 0.865 | |
| 103 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 26300 | 28400 | 0.0737 | 14,834 | 1149 | 0.7803 | |
| 104 | Ball State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 15,950 | 1185 | 0.8625 | |
| 104 | Bemidji State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 3,751 | 1075 | 0.5598 | |
| 104 | Georgia Southern University | 26400 | 26800 | 0.015 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 104 | Gustavus Adolphus College | 26400 | 75500 | 0.6501 | 1,906 | 1273 | 0.6099 | |
| 108 | University of Southern Mississippi | 26500 | 26500 | 0 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 109 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 26800 | 36800 | 0.2719 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 109 | University of Arkansas | 26800 | 28900 | 0.0726 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 111 | University of Idaho | 26900 | 30600 | 0.1211 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 112 | Kennesaw State University | 27400 | 27400 | 0 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 113 | Rowan University | 27500 | 41300 | 0.3345 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 113 | University of South Dakota | 27500 | 29600 | 0.0707 | 7,515 | 1120 | 0.9884 | |
| 115 | Kansas State University | 27600 | 30400 | 0.0946 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 115 | Syracuse University | 27600 | 83100 | 0.6677 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 115 | University of North Alabama | 27600 | 37300 | 0.2601 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 118 | California State University-San Marcos | 27800 | 28500 | 0.0245 | 15,770 | 990 | 0.9513 | |
| 119 | Texas State University | 27900 | 28000 | 0.0036 | 39,353 | 1080 | 0.9118 | |
| 119 | Villanova University | 27900 | 88800 | 0.6855 | 6,933 | 1466 | 0.2814 | |
| 121 | California State University-San Bernardino | 28200 | 35400 | 0.2035 | 15,948 | 1020 | 0.943 | |
| 122 | Bridgewater State University | 28400 | 35500 | 0.2003 | 8,849 | 1143 | 0.8798 | |
| 123 | Elmhurst University | 28500 | 67000 | 0.5748 | 3,170 | 1133 | 0.7501 | |
| 124 | University of Iowa | 29000 | 31100 | 0.0674 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 125 | Pittsburg State University | 29100 | 36200 | 0.1959 | 4,561 | 1055 | 0.5487 | |
| 126 | University of Connecticut | 29200 | 39500 | 0.2608 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 127 | Sonoma State University | 29800 | 41200 | 0.2767 | 4,449 | 1050 | 0.9841 | |
| 128 | Southern Utah University | 30300 | 40800 | 0.2575 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 128 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 30300 | 38400 | 0.2109 | 15,735 | 1069 | 0.8797 | |
| 128 | University of West Georgia | 30300 | 46800 | 0.3525 | 10,075 | 1035 | 0.7995 | |
| 131 | San Francisco State University | 31000 | 47700 | 0.3502 | 19,444 | 1035 | 0.9644 | |
| 132 | George Mason University | 31200 | 35700 | 0.1259 | 28,862 | 1271 | 0.8647 | |
| 133 | Illinois State University | 31300 | 36400 | 0.1399 | 19,513 | 1115 | 0.8555 | |
| 133 | San Diego State University | 31300 | 36100 | 0.1329 | 36,196 | 1208 | 0.3741 | |
| 135 | Ohio Wesleyan University | 31500 | 75700 | 0.5836 | 1,652 | 1281 | 0.6441 | |
| 136 | University of Louisville | 31700 | 42000 | 0.2451 | 17,916 | 1134 | 0.7921 | |
| 137 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 32300 | 36700 | 0.1199 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 138 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32500 | 35100 | 0.0742 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 138 | University of Nevada-Reno | 32500 | 32500 | 0 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 140 | Samford University | 32900 | 64600 | 0.4908 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 141 | Framingham State University | 33000 | 38100 | 0.1339 | 2,782 | 1190 | 0.8366 | |
| 142 | Liberty University | 33100 | 44600 | 0.2578 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 143 | Millersville University of Pennsylvania | 33700 | 37200 | 0.0941 | 5,823 | 1115 | 0.8619 | |
| 144 | George Washington University | 34000 | 81800 | 0.5845 | 11,495 | 1436 | 0.4713 | |
| 144 | Salisbury University | 34000 | 41700 | 0.1845 | 6,477 | 1245 | 0.8826 | |
| 146 | University of St Thomas | 34100 | 70300 | 0.5152 | 6,270 | 1299 | 0.8548 | |
| 147 | SUNY College at Geneseo | 34600 | 39400 | 0.1219 | 3,943 | 1275 | 0.3333 | |
| 147 | University of Vermont | 34600 | 66300 | 0.4784 | 12,159 | 1372 | 0.7304 | |
| 149 | Valparaiso University | 35200 | 63000 | 0.441 | 2,056 | 1183 | 0.8994 | |
| 150 | Carthage College | 35800 | 61800 | 0.4207 | 2,914 | 1125 | 0.8445 | |
| 151 | Temple University | 36000 | 56400 | 0.3618 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 152 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 36200 | 41600 | 0.1298 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 153 | University of Northern Colorado | 36400 | 39100 | 0.0691 | 6,598 | 1080 | 0.945 | |
| 154 | Hofstra University | 36600 | 76900 | 0.524 | 6,599 | 1369 | 0.7267 | |
| 155 | California State University-Fresno | 37100 | 43800 | 0.153 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 155 | East Carolina University | 37100 | 42700 | 0.1311 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 157 | University of Southern Maine | 37500 | 37500 | 0 | 5,549 | 1139 | 0.8241 | |
| 158 | Indiana University-Southeast | 37700 | 40800 | 0.0759 | 3,200 | 1095 | 0.842 | |
| 159 | University of Central Arkansas | 38200 | 40200 | 0.0521 | 8,238 | 1110 | 0.9157 | |
| 159 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 38200 | 66300 | 0.4239 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 161 | California State University-Fullerton | 38600 | 41500 | 0.0698 | 40,705 | 960 | 0.8811 | |
| 162 | University of Denver | 39000 | 76900 | 0.4931 | 5,766 | 1292 | 0.8538 | |
| 163 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 39800 | 39800 | 0 | 26,213 | 1209 | 0.7778 | |
| 164 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5061 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 165 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 41400 | 47500 | 0.1284 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 166 | Montclair State University | 41600 | 46600 | 0.1073 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 167 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42400 | 56200 | 0.2456 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 167 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 42400 | 42400 | 0 | 14,657 | 1190 | 0.7583 | |
| 169 | University at Buffalo | 43500 | 46700 | 0.0685 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 170 | Texas Christian University | 44000 | 87400 | 0.4968 | 11,152 | 1268 | 0.4809 | |
| 171 | Georgia College & State University | 45300 | 52400 | 0.1355 | 6,250 | 1165 | 0.8466 | |
| 172 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 46300 | 46600 | 0.0064 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 173 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 48800 | 61200 | 0.2025 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 174 | University at Albany | 48900 | 48900 | 0 | 12,889 | 1245 | 0.7044 | |
| 175 | DePaul University | 49200 | 66000 | 0.2547 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.
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