Considering a degree in Geography?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Geography majors who live in Tennessee.
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 Tennessee.
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 | Southern Utah University | 10600 | 22200 | 0.5235 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 6 | Colgate University | 11200 | 95800 | 0.8827 | 3,193 | 1488 | 0.1388 | |
| 7 | Marshall University | 11600 | 33400 | 0.6525 | 9,960 | 1070 | 0.9663 | |
| 8 | Fayetteville State University | 12700 | 26300 | 0.5174 | 6,542 | 900 | 0.689 | |
| 9 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 12800 | 24900 | 0.4851 | 5,677 | 985 | 0.9301 | |
| 10 | California State University-San Bernardino | 13300 | 30800 | 0.5688 | 15,948 | 1020 | 0.943 | |
| 10 | Vassar College | 13300 | 92400 | 0.8563 | 2,514 | 1488 | 0.2093 | |
| 12 | Eastern Illinois University | 13400 | 24300 | 0.449 | 6,731 | 1020 | 0.7073 | |
| 12 | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | 13400 | 19300 | 0.3057 | 10,743 | 1075 | 0.9598 | |
| 14 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 63200 | 0.7838 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 15 | Arkansas Tech University | 14500 | 34400 | 0.5786 | 8,279 | 1055 | 0.9747 | |
| 15 | Middlebury College | 14500 | 89900 | 0.8388 | 2,640 | 1499 | 0.1277 | |
| 17 | Grand Valley State University | 14600 | 25300 | 0.4234 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 18 | Northern Illinois University | 14800 | 30400 | 0.5127 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 19 | Austin Peay State University | 15400 | 29100 | 0.4725 | 9,593 | 1075 | 0.9691 | |
| 19 | Wayne State College | 15400 | 20300 | 0.2414 | 3,886 | 0 | 1 | |
| 21 | University of Central Oklahoma | 15500 | 28700 | 0.46 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 22 | California State University-Chico | 15600 | 23500 | 0.3358 | 13,599 | 1054 | 0.9107 | |
| 22 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 29800 | 0.4782 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 24 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 15700 | 25800 | 0.3886 | 10,396 | 1125 | 0.7162 | |
| 25 | Sam Houston State University | 15800 | 27000 | 0.415 | 17,822 | 1035 | 0.9372 | |
| 25 | Western Michigan University | 15800 | 26500 | 0.4042 | 13,714 | 1089 | 0.9121 | |
| 27 | University of West Georgia | 15900 | 24600 | 0.354 | 10,075 | 1035 | 0.7995 | |
| 28 | Appalachian State University | 16300 | 19500 | 0.1642 | 19,732 | 1174 | 0.9388 | |
| 28 | Jacksonville State University | 16300 | 27000 | 0.397 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 30 | Worcester State University | 16400 | 31700 | 0.4821 | 4,485 | 1090 | 0.8799 | |
| 31 | California State University-Sacramento | 16500 | 27600 | 0.4025 | 28,619 | 1015 | 0.9357 | |
| 32 | Portland State University | 16600 | 26100 | 0.3642 | 14,932 | 1174 | 0.8586 | |
| 32 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16600 | 64800 | 0.7439 | 22,007 | 1427 | 0.1672 | |
| 34 | Frostburg State University | 16700 | 26600 | 0.3719 | 3,436 | 1095 | 0.907 | |
| 35 | Eastern Michigan University | 16900 | 36100 | 0.5321 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 35 | University of Colorado Colorado Springs | 16900 | 25400 | 0.3351 | 9,040 | 1119 | 0.9666 | |
| 37 | University of South Florida | 17100 | 17100 | 0 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 37 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 17100 | 17100 | 0 | 14,657 | 1190 | 0.7583 | |
| 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 | West Virginia University | 17400 | 40900 | 0.5743 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 42 | University of Memphis | 17800 | 26400 | 0.3265 | 15,538 | 1080 | 0.7878 | |
| 43 | Rhode Island College | 17900 | 27400 | 0.3471 | 5,695 | 995 | 0.8557 | |
| 44 | Georgia College & State University | 18300 | 18300 | 0 | 6,250 | 1165 | 0.8466 | |
| 45 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 18400 | 22800 | 0.1932 | 11,994 | 1090 | 0.8651 | |
| 46 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 18700 | 25200 | 0.2575 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 46 | Youngstown State University | 18700 | 34000 | 0.45 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 48 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 19500 | 31400 | 0.379 | 14,249 | 1084 | 0.7761 | |
| 48 | University of Maine at Farmington | 19500 | 33700 | 0.4222 | 1,661 | 1062 | 0.9832 | |
| 50 | University of Nevada-Reno | 19600 | 28200 | 0.3047 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 51 | Georgia Southern University | 19800 | 20100 | 0.0149 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 52 | California State University-Los Angeles | 19900 | 38000 | 0.4764 | 22,077 | 965 | 0.9124 | |
| 53 | Central Connecticut State University | 20200 | 29500 | 0.3151 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 54 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20400 | 29400 | 0.3056 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 55 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 20700 | 26000 | 0.2032 | 5,063 | 1069 | 0.8756 | |
| 56 | Emory & Henry University | 20800 | 52400 | 0.6024 | 1,084 | 1145 | 0.8365 | |
| 57 | University of Mary Washington | 21200 | 47100 | 0.5487 | 3,531 | 1279 | 0.7413 | |
| 58 | Millersville University of Pennsylvania | 21300 | 24900 | 0.1446 | 5,823 | 1115 | 0.8619 | |
| 59 | Louisiana Tech University | 21800 | 25300 | 0.1384 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 60 | Rocky Mountain College | 22000 | 52000 | 0.5766 | 779 | 1055 | 0.7775 | |
| 61 | Florida State University | 22300 | 22900 | 0.0262 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 62 | University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire | 22400 | 22400 | 0 | 8,329 | 1209 | 0.385 | |
| 63 | Indiana University-Southeast | 22600 | 25900 | 0.1269 | 3,200 | 1095 | 0.842 | |
| 64 | Augustana College | 22700 | 72800 | 0.6881 | 2,536 | 1157 | 0.6628 | |
| 65 | Fitchburg State University | 22800 | 33700 | 0.3235 | 3,000 | 1090 | 0.8885 | |
| 66 | Aquinas College | 22900 | 53400 | 0.5716 | 1,103 | 1035 | 0.9726 | |
| 66 | Saint Cloud State University | 22900 | 36800 | 0.3775 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 68 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 23000 | 24700 | 0.0689 | 7,753 | 1140 | 0.9245 | |
| 69 | University of Southern Mississippi | 23100 | 23100 | 0 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 70 | Concordia University-Nebraska | 23300 | 61100 | 0.6186 | 3,007 | 1135 | 0.8572 | |
| 70 | San Jose State University | 23300 | 41100 | 0.4332 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 72 | University of Wisconsin-Parkside | 23800 | 30400 | 0.2168 | 3,207 | 1084 | 0.9751 | |
| 73 | Calvin University | 24000 | 53500 | 0.5513 | 3,359 | 1232 | 0.6791 | |
| 73 | Central Washington University | 24000 | 27900 | 0.14 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 75 | University of Arizona | 24300 | 38100 | 0.3623 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 76 | Park University | 24600 | 31300 | 0.2144 | 4,657 | 1035 | 0.6904 | |
| 77 | Indiana State University | 24800 | 32400 | 0.2347 | 6,352 | 1015 | 0.9157 | |
| 78 | University at Buffalo | 25100 | 34000 | 0.2618 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 78 | University of Hawaii at Hilo | 25100 | 38300 | 0.3448 | 2,304 | 990 | 0.8351 | |
| 80 | Pennsylvania Western University | 25300 | 34400 | 0.2643 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 81 | Texas State University | 25400 | 25500 | 0.0039 | 39,353 | 1080 | 0.9118 | |
| 81 | University of Arkansas | 25400 | 27700 | 0.0826 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 83 | California State University-Stanislaus | 25700 | 36800 | 0.3018 | 8,494 | 950 | 0.9558 | |
| 83 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 25700 | 32800 | 0.2164 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 85 | Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania | 26100 | 34900 | 0.2525 | 4,371 | 1084 | 0.865 | |
| 85 | University of North Texas | 26100 | 26100 | 0 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 87 | Gustavus Adolphus College | 26300 | 75500 | 0.6519 | 1,906 | 1273 | 0.6099 | |
| 88 | Ball State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 15,950 | 1185 | 0.8625 | |
| 88 | Bemidji State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 3,751 | 1075 | 0.5598 | |
| 90 | Salem State University | 26500 | 43200 | 0.3868 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 91 | Kennesaw State University | 26600 | 26600 | 0 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 91 | University of Georgia | 26600 | 48600 | 0.4523 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 93 | University of Idaho | 26700 | 45200 | 0.4089 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 94 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 26800 | 36800 | 0.2719 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 95 | California State University-Northridge | 27300 | 36500 | 0.2515 | 32,846 | 1005 | 0.9176 | |
| 96 | Rowan University | 27400 | 41300 | 0.3369 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 96 | Syracuse University | 27400 | 83100 | 0.6701 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 98 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 18,028 | 1059 | 0.7996 | |
| 99 | Kansas State University | 27600 | 30400 | 0.0946 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 99 | University of North Alabama | 27600 | 37300 | 0.2601 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 101 | Villanova University | 27800 | 88800 | 0.6867 | 6,933 | 1466 | 0.2814 | |
| 101 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 27800 | 36500 | 0.2385 | 7,747 | 1073 | 0.9617 | |
| 103 | University of Northern Iowa | 27900 | 36200 | 0.2292 | 7,800 | 1115 | 0.9313 | |
| 104 | California State University-San Marcos | 28300 | 38300 | 0.261 | 15,770 | 990 | 0.9513 | |
| 105 | Bridgewater State University | 28400 | 35500 | 0.2003 | 8,849 | 1143 | 0.8798 | |
| 105 | Weber State University | 28400 | 33900 | 0.1621 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 107 | Elmhurst University | 28500 | 67000 | 0.5748 | 3,170 | 1133 | 0.7501 | |
| 108 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 28800 | 31800 | 0.0943 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 109 | James Madison University | 28900 | 28900 | 0 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 110 | Pittsburg State University | 29000 | 36200 | 0.1987 | 4,561 | 1055 | 0.5487 | |
| 111 | University of Louisville | 29100 | 29100 | 0 | 17,916 | 1134 | 0.7921 | |
| 112 | California State University-East Bay | 29600 | 45100 | 0.3438 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 113 | Sonoma State University | 29800 | 41200 | 0.2767 | 4,449 | 1050 | 0.9841 | |
| 113 | Towson University | 29800 | 29900 | 0.0033 | 16,361 | 1082 | 0.8057 | |
| 113 | University of Iowa | 29800 | 32100 | 0.0714 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 116 | Montclair State University | 30100 | 36300 | 0.1709 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 117 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 30300 | 42200 | 0.2818 | 15,735 | 1069 | 0.8797 | |
| 118 | Kutztown University of Pennsylvania | 30800 | 35900 | 0.1422 | 6,229 | 1174 | 0.8942 | |
| 119 | California State University-Long Beach | 30900 | 38900 | 0.2058 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 120 | San Francisco State University | 31000 | 47700 | 0.3502 | 19,444 | 1035 | 0.9644 | |
| 120 | University of North Dakota | 31000 | 33700 | 0.0827 | 11,837 | 1189 | 0.8157 | |
| 122 | San Diego State University | 31200 | 36100 | 0.1357 | 36,196 | 1208 | 0.3741 | |
| 123 | University of Kentucky | 31400 | 36400 | 0.1373 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 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 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 31900 | 41200 | 0.226 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 127 | Samford University | 32900 | 64600 | 0.4908 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 128 | Framingham State University | 33000 | 38100 | 0.1339 | 2,782 | 1190 | 0.8366 | |
| 129 | Liberty University | 33100 | 44600 | 0.2578 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 130 | George Washington University | 33800 | 81800 | 0.5869 | 11,495 | 1436 | 0.4713 | |
| 130 | Salisbury University | 33800 | 41700 | 0.1892 | 6,477 | 1245 | 0.8826 | |
| 132 | University of St Thomas | 34100 | 70300 | 0.5152 | 6,270 | 1299 | 0.8548 | |
| 133 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 34400 | 35200 | 0.0238 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 134 | University of Vermont | 34500 | 66300 | 0.4799 | 12,159 | 1372 | 0.7304 | |
| 135 | SUNY College at Geneseo | 34600 | 39400 | 0.1219 | 3,943 | 1275 | 0.3333 | |
| 136 | Valparaiso University | 35200 | 63000 | 0.441 | 2,056 | 1183 | 0.8994 | |
| 137 | Minnesota State University, Mankato | 35300 | 37600 | 0.0609 | 13,433 | 1145 | 0.8844 | |
| 138 | State University of New York at New Paltz | 35700 | 35700 | 0 | 6,113 | 1279 | 0.6267 | |
| 139 | Carthage College | 35800 | 61800 | 0.4207 | 2,914 | 1125 | 0.8445 | |
| 139 | Temple University | 35800 | 56400 | 0.3654 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 141 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 36100 | 36100 | 0 | 16,131 | 1275 | 0.6472 | |
| 142 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 36300 | 47500 | 0.236 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 143 | University of Northern Colorado | 36400 | 39100 | 0.0691 | 6,598 | 1080 | 0.945 | |
| 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 | |
| 146 | University of Connecticut | 37100 | 53600 | 0.3081 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 148 | University of Southern Maine | 37500 | 37500 | 0 | 5,549 | 1139 | 0.8241 | |
| 149 | University of Central Arkansas | 38000 | 40200 | 0.0569 | 8,238 | 1110 | 0.9157 | |
| 150 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 38200 | 66300 | 0.4239 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 151 | California State University-Fullerton | 38600 | 41500 | 0.0697 | 40,705 | 960 | 0.8811 | |
| 152 | University of Denver | 39000 | 76900 | 0.4931 | 5,766 | 1292 | 0.8538 | |
| 153 | SUNY Oneonta | 39600 | 41700 | 0.0503 | 4,815 | 1090 | 0.7696 | |
| 154 | The University of Montana | 39700 | 45000 | 0.1178 | 8,014 | 1184 | 0.9586 | |
| 154 | University of South Alabama | 39700 | 39700 | 0 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 156 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 39800 | 39800 | 0 | 26,213 | 1209 | 0.7778 | |
| 157 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 40000 | 50000 | 0.2002 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 157 | University of Wyoming | 40000 | 45300 | 0.1168 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 159 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5061 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 160 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 41300 | 48500 | 0.1484 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 161 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42300 | 56200 | 0.2474 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 162 | Texas Christian University | 44000 | 87400 | 0.4968 | 11,152 | 1268 | 0.4809 | |
| 163 | Illinois State University | 45800 | 49100 | 0.067 | 19,513 | 1115 | 0.8555 | |
| 164 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 46300 | 46600 | 0.0064 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 165 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47100 | 59700 | 0.2124 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 166 | University at Albany | 48900 | 48900 | 0 | 12,889 | 1245 | 0.7044 | |
| 167 | DePaul University | 49200 | 66000 | 0.2547 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 167 | Michigan State University | 49200 | 56200 | 0.1245 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 169 | The University of Texas at Austin | 49600 | 59400 | 0.165 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 170 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 50600 | 52900 | 0.0433 | 14,834 | 1149 | 0.7803 | |
| 171 | George Mason University | 53100 | 61000 | 0.1295 | 28,862 | 1271 | 0.8647 | |
| 172 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53200 | 61000 | 0.1293 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 173 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53600 | 62800 | 0.1465 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 174 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 58900 | 61200 | 0.0374 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 175 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 59300 | 61600 | 0.0372 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 | |
| 176 | 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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