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 | Marshall University | 11600 | 33400 | 0.6525 | 9,960 | 1070 | 0.9663 | |
| 6 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 11600 | 27800 | 0.582 | 22,007 | 1427 | 0.1672 | |
| 8 | California State University-Sacramento | 11700 | 31300 | 0.6265 | 28,619 | 1015 | 0.9357 | |
| 9 | University of Hawaii at Hilo | 12300 | 33200 | 0.6286 | 2,304 | 990 | 0.8351 | |
| 10 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 12500 | 20500 | 0.3909 | 5,063 | 1069 | 0.8756 | |
| 11 | Fayetteville State University | 12700 | 26300 | 0.5174 | 6,542 | 900 | 0.689 | |
| 12 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 12800 | 24900 | 0.4851 | 5,677 | 985 | 0.9301 | |
| 13 | University of Arizona | 12900 | 30900 | 0.5835 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 14 | Vassar College | 13300 | 92400 | 0.8563 | 2,514 | 1488 | 0.2093 | |
| 15 | Eastern Illinois University | 13400 | 24300 | 0.449 | 6,731 | 1020 | 0.7073 | |
| 16 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 13500 | 24700 | 0.4537 | 7,753 | 1140 | 0.9245 | |
| 17 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 61700 | 0.7784 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 18 | University of Georgia | 14100 | 26600 | 0.4699 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 19 | Arkansas Tech University | 14500 | 34400 | 0.5786 | 8,279 | 1055 | 0.9747 | |
| 19 | Middlebury College | 14500 | 89900 | 0.8388 | 2,640 | 1499 | 0.1277 | |
| 21 | Grand Valley State University | 14600 | 25300 | 0.4234 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 22 | Northern Illinois University | 14800 | 30400 | 0.5127 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 23 | Sonoma State University | 14900 | 26700 | 0.442 | 4,449 | 1050 | 0.9841 | |
| 24 | Salisbury University | 15100 | 28700 | 0.4741 | 6,477 | 1245 | 0.8826 | |
| 25 | Wayne State College | 15400 | 20300 | 0.2414 | 3,886 | 0 | 1 | |
| 26 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 38800 | 0.5992 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 27 | Florida State University | 15800 | 22900 | 0.3097 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 28 | University of West Georgia | 15900 | 24600 | 0.354 | 10,075 | 1035 | 0.7995 | |
| 29 | Western Michigan University | 16000 | 32500 | 0.5083 | 13,714 | 1089 | 0.9121 | |
| 30 | California State University-Long Beach | 16400 | 25800 | 0.3644 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 30 | Worcester State University | 16400 | 31700 | 0.4821 | 4,485 | 1090 | 0.8799 | |
| 32 | The University of Texas at Austin | 16500 | 28000 | 0.4111 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 32 | University of North Texas | 16500 | 26100 | 0.3684 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 34 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 16700 | 22300 | 0.2509 | 26,213 | 1209 | 0.7778 | |
| 35 | University of Southern Maine | 16800 | 23000 | 0.2693 | 5,549 | 1139 | 0.8241 | |
| 36 | University of Colorado Colorado Springs | 16900 | 25400 | 0.3351 | 9,040 | 1119 | 0.9666 | |
| 37 | Eastern Michigan University | 17000 | 36100 | 0.5293 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 38 | Georgia Southern University | 17100 | 20100 | 0.1489 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 39 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 17200 | 35400 | 0.5147 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 40 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 17400 | 29900 | 0.4173 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 40 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 17400 | 26300 | 0.3384 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 40 | West Virginia University | 17400 | 40900 | 0.5743 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 43 | Sam Houston State University | 17700 | 27000 | 0.3446 | 17,822 | 1035 | 0.9372 | |
| 44 | Rhode Island College | 17900 | 27400 | 0.3471 | 5,695 | 995 | 0.8557 | |
| 45 | Salem State University | 18000 | 28500 | 0.3684 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 46 | Towson University | 18200 | 29900 | 0.3909 | 16,361 | 1082 | 0.8057 | |
| 47 | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | 18300 | 21900 | 0.1646 | 10,743 | 1075 | 0.9598 | |
| 48 | Bridgewater State University | 18400 | 25400 | 0.2752 | 8,849 | 1143 | 0.8798 | |
| 48 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 18400 | 22800 | 0.1932 | 11,994 | 1090 | 0.8651 | |
| 50 | Central Connecticut State University | 18600 | 34000 | 0.4524 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 51 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 18700 | 25200 | 0.2575 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 52 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 18800 | 39000 | 0.5176 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 53 | Central Washington University | 19000 | 22700 | 0.1628 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 54 | The University of Montana | 19100 | 25200 | 0.2418 | 8,014 | 1184 | 0.9586 | |
| 55 | University of Northern Colorado | 19300 | 30500 | 0.3672 | 6,598 | 1080 | 0.945 | |
| 56 | University of Maine at Farmington | 19500 | 33700 | 0.4222 | 1,661 | 1062 | 0.9832 | |
| 57 | SUNY Oneonta | 19700 | 29300 | 0.3276 | 4,815 | 1090 | 0.7696 | |
| 57 | University of Central Oklahoma | 19700 | 22700 | 0.1322 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 59 | California State University-Los Angeles | 19900 | 38000 | 0.4764 | 22,077 | 965 | 0.9124 | |
| 60 | Pennsylvania Western University | 20200 | 29000 | 0.3039 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 61 | Youngstown State University | 20300 | 34000 | 0.403 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 62 | Kutztown University of Pennsylvania | 20400 | 29100 | 0.299 | 6,229 | 1174 | 0.8942 | |
| 62 | South Dakota State University | 20400 | 25200 | 0.19 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 62 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20400 | 29400 | 0.3056 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 65 | San Diego State University | 20500 | 28900 | 0.2907 | 36,196 | 1208 | 0.3741 | |
| 66 | University of Wisconsin-Parkside | 20700 | 24300 | 0.1476 | 3,207 | 1084 | 0.9751 | |
| 67 | Emory & Henry University | 20800 | 52400 | 0.6024 | 1,084 | 1145 | 0.8365 | |
| 68 | University of Mary Washington | 21200 | 47100 | 0.5487 | 3,531 | 1279 | 0.7413 | |
| 68 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 21200 | 39200 | 0.4594 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 70 | University of Northern Iowa | 21500 | 24800 | 0.1329 | 7,800 | 1115 | 0.9313 | |
| 71 | Louisiana Tech University | 21800 | 26100 | 0.1649 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 72 | Rocky Mountain College | 22000 | 52000 | 0.5766 | 779 | 1055 | 0.7775 | |
| 73 | University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire | 22400 | 22400 | 0 | 8,329 | 1209 | 0.385 | |
| 74 | Augustana College | 22700 | 72800 | 0.6881 | 2,536 | 1157 | 0.6628 | |
| 74 | California State University-Chico | 22700 | 27000 | 0.159 | 13,599 | 1054 | 0.9107 | |
| 76 | Fitchburg State University | 22800 | 33700 | 0.3235 | 3,000 | 1090 | 0.8885 | |
| 77 | Saint Cloud State University | 22900 | 36800 | 0.3775 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 78 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 23200 | 34500 | 0.3279 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 79 | Aquinas College | 23300 | 53400 | 0.5641 | 1,103 | 1035 | 0.9726 | |
| 79 | Concordia University-Nebraska | 23300 | 61100 | 0.6186 | 3,007 | 1135 | 0.8572 | |
| 79 | San Jose State University | 23300 | 41100 | 0.4332 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 82 | Calvin University | 24000 | 53500 | 0.5513 | 3,359 | 1232 | 0.6791 | |
| 83 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 24100 | 24900 | 0.0321 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 84 | Park University | 24600 | 31300 | 0.2144 | 4,657 | 1035 | 0.6904 | |
| 85 | Indiana State University | 24800 | 32400 | 0.2347 | 6,352 | 1015 | 0.9157 | |
| 86 | University at Buffalo | 25100 | 34000 | 0.2618 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 87 | Temple University | 25400 | 36100 | 0.2966 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 88 | Minnesota State University, Mankato | 25700 | 28000 | 0.0817 | 13,433 | 1145 | 0.8844 | |
| 89 | California State University-Stanislaus | 25800 | 33000 | 0.2184 | 8,494 | 950 | 0.9558 | |
| 89 | University of North Dakota | 25800 | 28600 | 0.0977 | 11,837 | 1189 | 0.8157 | |
| 91 | Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania | 26100 | 34900 | 0.2525 | 4,371 | 1084 | 0.865 | |
| 92 | Gustavus Adolphus College | 26300 | 75500 | 0.6519 | 1,906 | 1273 | 0.6099 | |
| 93 | Ball State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 15,950 | 1185 | 0.8625 | |
| 93 | Bemidji State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 3,751 | 1075 | 0.5598 | |
| 95 | University of Southern Mississippi | 26500 | 26500 | 0 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 96 | University of Arkansas | 26600 | 28900 | 0.0793 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 97 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 26800 | 36800 | 0.2719 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 97 | University of Idaho | 26800 | 30600 | 0.1244 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 99 | California State University-Northridge | 27300 | 36500 | 0.2515 | 32,846 | 1005 | 0.9176 | |
| 99 | University of South Dakota | 27300 | 29600 | 0.0773 | 7,515 | 1120 | 0.9884 | |
| 101 | Kennesaw State University | 27400 | 27400 | 0 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 101 | Syracuse University | 27400 | 83100 | 0.6701 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 103 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 18,028 | 1059 | 0.7996 | |
| 104 | Kansas State University | 27600 | 30400 | 0.0946 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 104 | University of North Alabama | 27600 | 37300 | 0.2601 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 106 | California State University-San Marcos | 27800 | 28500 | 0.0245 | 15,770 | 990 | 0.9513 | |
| 106 | Villanova University | 27800 | 88800 | 0.6867 | 6,933 | 1466 | 0.2814 | |
| 106 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 27800 | 36500 | 0.2385 | 7,747 | 1073 | 0.9617 | |
| 109 | Texas State University | 27900 | 28000 | 0.0036 | 39,353 | 1080 | 0.9118 | |
| 110 | California State University-San Bernardino | 28200 | 35400 | 0.2035 | 15,948 | 1020 | 0.943 | |
| 111 | Weber State University | 28400 | 33900 | 0.1621 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 112 | Elmhurst University | 28500 | 67000 | 0.5748 | 3,170 | 1133 | 0.7501 | |
| 113 | Pittsburg State University | 29000 | 36200 | 0.1987 | 4,561 | 1055 | 0.5487 | |
| 114 | University of Connecticut | 29200 | 39500 | 0.2608 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 115 | Jacksonville State University | 29300 | 38200 | 0.2328 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 116 | California State University-East Bay | 29600 | 45100 | 0.3438 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 117 | University of Iowa | 29800 | 32100 | 0.0714 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 118 | Southern Utah University | 30300 | 40800 | 0.2575 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 118 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 30300 | 38400 | 0.2109 | 15,735 | 1069 | 0.8797 | |
| 120 | Frostburg State University | 30900 | 43000 | 0.2815 | 3,436 | 1095 | 0.907 | |
| 121 | San Francisco State University | 31000 | 47700 | 0.3502 | 19,444 | 1035 | 0.9644 | |
| 122 | Illinois State University | 31100 | 36400 | 0.1453 | 19,513 | 1115 | 0.8555 | |
| 123 | George Mason University | 31200 | 35700 | 0.1259 | 28,862 | 1271 | 0.8647 | |
| 124 | Ohio Wesleyan University | 31500 | 75700 | 0.5836 | 1,652 | 1281 | 0.6441 | |
| 125 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 31600 | 59100 | 0.4651 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 126 | University of Louisville | 31700 | 42000 | 0.2451 | 17,916 | 1134 | 0.7921 | |
| 127 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 31900 | 41200 | 0.226 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 128 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32300 | 35100 | 0.0799 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 129 | University of Nevada-Reno | 32500 | 32500 | 0 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 130 | Portland State University | 32800 | 43100 | 0.2386 | 14,932 | 1174 | 0.8586 | |
| 131 | Samford University | 32900 | 64600 | 0.4908 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 132 | Framingham State University | 33000 | 38100 | 0.1339 | 2,782 | 1190 | 0.8366 | |
| 133 | Liberty University | 33100 | 44600 | 0.2578 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 134 | Millersville University of Pennsylvania | 33700 | 37200 | 0.0941 | 5,823 | 1115 | 0.8619 | |
| 135 | George Washington University | 33800 | 81800 | 0.5869 | 11,495 | 1436 | 0.4713 | |
| 136 | University of St Thomas | 34100 | 70300 | 0.5152 | 6,270 | 1299 | 0.8548 | |
| 137 | University of Vermont | 34500 | 66300 | 0.4799 | 12,159 | 1372 | 0.7304 | |
| 138 | SUNY College at Geneseo | 34600 | 39400 | 0.1219 | 3,943 | 1275 | 0.3333 | |
| 139 | University of South Florida | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 140 | Valparaiso University | 35200 | 63000 | 0.441 | 2,056 | 1183 | 0.8994 | |
| 141 | State University of New York at New Paltz | 35700 | 35700 | 0 | 6,113 | 1279 | 0.6267 | |
| 142 | Carthage College | 35800 | 61800 | 0.4207 | 2,914 | 1125 | 0.8445 | |
| 143 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 36100 | 36100 | 0 | 16,131 | 1275 | 0.6472 | |
| 144 | Hofstra University | 36600 | 76900 | 0.524 | 6,599 | 1369 | 0.7267 | |
| 145 | East Carolina University | 36900 | 42700 | 0.1356 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 146 | California State University-Fresno | 37100 | 43800 | 0.1529 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 147 | Indiana University-Southeast | 37500 | 40800 | 0.0807 | 3,200 | 1095 | 0.842 | |
| 148 | University of Central Arkansas | 38000 | 40200 | 0.0569 | 8,238 | 1110 | 0.9157 | |
| 149 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 38200 | 66300 | 0.4239 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 150 | California State University-Fullerton | 38600 | 41500 | 0.0697 | 40,705 | 960 | 0.8811 | |
| 151 | University of Denver | 39000 | 76900 | 0.4931 | 5,766 | 1292 | 0.8538 | |
| 152 | University of South Alabama | 39700 | 39700 | 0 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 153 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 40000 | 50000 | 0.2002 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 153 | University of Wyoming | 40000 | 45300 | 0.1168 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 155 | Appalachian State University | 40200 | 40600 | 0.0099 | 19,732 | 1174 | 0.9388 | |
| 155 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 40200 | 42500 | 0.0542 | 14,249 | 1084 | 0.7761 | |
| 157 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5061 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 158 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 41300 | 48500 | 0.1484 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 159 | Montclair State University | 41500 | 46600 | 0.1095 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 160 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 42400 | 42400 | 0 | 14,657 | 1190 | 0.7583 | |
| 161 | Texas Christian University | 44000 | 87400 | 0.4968 | 11,152 | 1268 | 0.4809 | |
| 162 | James Madison University | 45200 | 45200 | 0 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 163 | Georgia College & State University | 45300 | 52400 | 0.1355 | 6,250 | 1165 | 0.8466 | |
| 164 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 46300 | 46600 | 0.0064 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 165 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 48600 | 61200 | 0.2057 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 166 | University at Albany | 48900 | 48900 | 0 | 12,889 | 1245 | 0.7044 | |
| 167 | University of Kentucky | 49000 | 58000 | 0.1565 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 168 | DePaul University | 49200 | 66000 | 0.2547 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 168 | Michigan State University | 49200 | 56200 | 0.1245 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 170 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 50600 | 52900 | 0.0433 | 14,834 | 1149 | 0.7803 | |
| 171 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 171 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53600 | 62800 | 0.1465 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 173 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 55900 | 63800 | 0.1237 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 174 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 59300 | 61600 | 0.0372 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 | |
| 175 | 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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