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 | California State University-Los Angeles | 5800 | 69100 | 0.9165 | 22,077 | 965 | 0.9124 | |
| 4 | Brigham Young University | 8100 | 22300 | 0.6382 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 5 | Rhode Island College | 9500 | 63300 | 0.8498 | 5,695 | 995 | 0.8557 | |
| 6 | Portland State University | 10000 | 26100 | 0.6176 | 14,932 | 1174 | 0.8586 | |
| 7 | University of Nevada-Reno | 10100 | 45800 | 0.7802 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 8 | Colgate University | 10600 | 95800 | 0.8893 | 3,193 | 1488 | 0.1388 | |
| 8 | Worcester State University | 10600 | 34900 | 0.6957 | 4,485 | 1090 | 0.8799 | |
| 10 | Indiana State University | 10800 | 25900 | 0.5839 | 6,352 | 1015 | 0.9157 | |
| 11 | Southern Utah University | 10900 | 51400 | 0.7879 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 12 | California State University-Stanislaus | 11400 | 31200 | 0.6351 | 8,494 | 950 | 0.9558 | |
| 13 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 11500 | 27800 | 0.5858 | 22,007 | 1427 | 0.1672 | |
| 14 | Marshall University | 11700 | 39800 | 0.7059 | 9,960 | 1070 | 0.9663 | |
| 15 | Fayetteville State University | 11800 | 18200 | 0.3515 | 6,542 | 900 | 0.689 | |
| 16 | California State University-Fresno | 11900 | 19600 | 0.3918 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 16 | Middlebury College | 11900 | 94500 | 0.8744 | 2,640 | 1499 | 0.1277 | |
| 16 | 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 | |
| 24 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 25 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 12900 | 24900 | 0.4811 | 5,677 | 985 | 0.9301 | |
| 26 | Vassar College | 13200 | 93100 | 0.8583 | 2,514 | 1488 | 0.2093 | |
| 27 | Framingham State University | 13300 | 31000 | 0.5712 | 2,782 | 1190 | 0.8366 | |
| 28 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 13700 | 43000 | 0.6814 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 28 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 61700 | 0.7781 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 30 | Louisiana Tech University | 13800 | 42900 | 0.6782 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 31 | Aquinas College | 13900 | 86000 | 0.8383 | 1,103 | 1035 | 0.9726 | |
| 32 | University of Arizona | 14100 | 32100 | 0.5606 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 33 | Bridgewater State University | 14400 | 28800 | 0.5011 | 8,849 | 1143 | 0.8798 | |
| 33 | San Francisco State University | 14400 | 47700 | 0.6983 | 19,444 | 1035 | 0.9644 | |
| 33 | Youngstown State University | 14400 | 28400 | 0.4928 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 36 | Central Connecticut State University | 14500 | 34200 | 0.5758 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 36 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 14500 | 22800 | 0.3645 | 11,994 | 1090 | 0.8651 | |
| 38 | Arkansas Tech University | 14700 | 31400 | 0.5311 | 8,279 | 1055 | 0.9747 | |
| 38 | California State University-San Bernardino | 14700 | 32700 | 0.5502 | 15,948 | 1020 | 0.943 | |
| 38 | California State University-San Marcos | 14700 | 38300 | 0.616 | 15,770 | 990 | 0.9513 | |
| 38 | Eastern Michigan University | 14700 | 33900 | 0.5658 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 38 | Salem State University | 14700 | 38300 | 0.6158 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 38 | University of Memphis | 14700 | 26400 | 0.4441 | 15,538 | 1080 | 0.7878 | |
| 44 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 14800 | 25800 | 0.4235 | 10,396 | 1125 | 0.7162 | |
| 45 | University of North Alabama | 14900 | 37300 | 0.6006 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 45 | Western Michigan University | 14900 | 28900 | 0.4849 | 13,714 | 1089 | 0.9121 | |
| 47 | Sonoma State University | 15100 | 41200 | 0.6335 | 4,449 | 1050 | 0.9841 | |
| 48 | West Virginia University | 15200 | 73100 | 0.7918 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 49 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 15400 | 56900 | 0.7293 | 15,735 | 1069 | 0.8797 | |
| 49 | Wayne State College | 15400 | 30500 | 0.4959 | 3,886 | 0 | 1 | |
| 51 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 29800 | 0.4782 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 52 | Jacksonville State University | 15700 | 38200 | 0.5886 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 52 | Pittsburg State University | 15700 | 23900 | 0.3426 | 4,561 | 1055 | 0.5487 | |
| 52 | University of West Georgia | 15700 | 24600 | 0.3622 | 10,075 | 1035 | 0.7995 | |
| 55 | California State University-Chico | 15800 | 41000 | 0.6151 | 13,599 | 1054 | 0.9107 | |
| 55 | Grand Valley State University | 15800 | 28300 | 0.441 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 57 | Austin Peay State University | 16100 | 31400 | 0.489 | 9,593 | 1075 | 0.9691 | |
| 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 | |
| 60 | University of Northern Colorado | 16600 | 30500 | 0.4557 | 6,598 | 1080 | 0.945 | |
| 61 | SUNY College at Geneseo | 16700 | 25600 | 0.3476 | 3,943 | 1275 | 0.3333 | |
| 61 | University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire | 16700 | 22400 | 0.255 | 8,329 | 1209 | 0.385 | |
| 63 | California State University-Long Beach | 17000 | 25800 | 0.3412 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 64 | Georgia Southern University | 17200 | 20100 | 0.1439 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 65 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 17400 | 26600 | 0.3462 | 7,747 | 1073 | 0.9617 | |
| 66 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 17600 | 35600 | 0.5063 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 66 | University at Albany | 17600 | 30800 | 0.4286 | 12,889 | 1245 | 0.7044 | |
| 66 | University of Louisville | 17600 | 29100 | 0.3956 | 17,916 | 1134 | 0.7921 | |
| 69 | Sam Houston State University | 17700 | 27100 | 0.3467 | 17,822 | 1035 | 0.9372 | |
| 70 | Montclair State University | 17800 | 36000 | 0.5058 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 71 | University of South Alabama | 18000 | 22400 | 0.1968 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 72 | Texas State University | 18200 | 26100 | 0.3026 | 39,353 | 1080 | 0.9118 | |
| 73 | Georgia College & State University | 18300 | 18300 | 0 | 6,250 | 1165 | 0.8466 | |
| 73 | Kutztown University of Pennsylvania | 18300 | 29300 | 0.3748 | 6,229 | 1174 | 0.8942 | |
| 75 | Kennesaw State University | 18400 | 26700 | 0.3108 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 76 | San Jose State University | 18600 | 41100 | 0.5469 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 77 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 18700 | 25200 | 0.2577 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 77 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 18700 | 32900 | 0.4316 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 79 | San Diego State University | 18900 | 28900 | 0.3461 | 36,196 | 1208 | 0.3741 | |
| 80 | The University of Texas at Austin | 19000 | 28200 | 0.3266 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 81 | Central Washington University | 19100 | 27900 | 0.3159 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 82 | California State University-Fullerton | 19300 | 32900 | 0.4131 | 40,705 | 960 | 0.8811 | |
| 83 | SUNY Oneonta | 19700 | 29300 | 0.3276 | 4,815 | 1090 | 0.7696 | |
| 84 | Pennsylvania Western University | 20200 | 30900 | 0.3465 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 85 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 20300 | 29900 | 0.3205 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 86 | Syracuse University | 20400 | 83600 | 0.756 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 86 | University of Northern Iowa | 20400 | 24800 | 0.1775 | 7,800 | 1115 | 0.9313 | |
| 86 | University of Wyoming | 20400 | 27900 | 0.2682 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 89 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20600 | 57800 | 0.6433 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 90 | Emory & Henry University | 20900 | 52400 | 0.6019 | 1,084 | 1145 | 0.8365 | |
| 91 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 21000 | 40100 | 0.4764 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 92 | Millersville University of Pennsylvania | 21400 | 24900 | 0.1406 | 5,823 | 1115 | 0.8619 | |
| 93 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 21500 | 24100 | 0.1077 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 94 | Rocky Mountain College | 22000 | 52000 | 0.5766 | 779 | 1055 | 0.7775 | |
| 94 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 22000 | 27800 | 0.2084 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 96 | Florida State University | 22300 | 23000 | 0.0305 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 97 | University of South Florida | 22400 | 22400 | 0 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 98 | Augustana College | 22600 | 72800 | 0.6891 | 2,536 | 1157 | 0.6628 | |
| 98 | Park University | 22600 | 31300 | 0.2784 | 4,657 | 1035 | 0.6904 | |
| 100 | California State University-Northridge | 22700 | 36500 | 0.3776 | 32,846 | 1005 | 0.9176 | |
| 100 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 22700 | 30200 | 0.2483 | 7,753 | 1140 | 0.9245 | |
| 102 | Saint Cloud State University | 22800 | 36800 | 0.3803 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 103 | University of Southern Mississippi | 23100 | 23100 | 0 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 104 | Concordia University-Nebraska | 23200 | 85400 | 0.7286 | 3,007 | 1135 | 0.8572 | |
| 105 | Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania | 23500 | 34900 | 0.3271 | 4,371 | 1084 | 0.865 | |
| 106 | State University of New York at New Paltz | 23900 | 35700 | 0.3302 | 6,113 | 1279 | 0.6267 | |
| 107 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24000 | 38500 | 0.3764 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 108 | University of Wisconsin-Parkside | 24200 | 30400 | 0.2038 | 3,207 | 1084 | 0.9751 | |
| 109 | University of North Texas | 24500 | 26200 | 0.065 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 110 | University at Buffalo | 25200 | 34000 | 0.2589 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 111 | University of Central Oklahoma | 25300 | 34000 | 0.2558 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 112 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 25500 | 36900 | 0.3092 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 113 | University of Arkansas | 26000 | 28400 | 0.0842 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 114 | Gustavus Adolphus College | 26200 | 75500 | 0.6529 | 1,906 | 1273 | 0.6099 | |
| 115 | Northern Illinois University | 26300 | 32100 | 0.1831 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 116 | Bemidji State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 3,751 | 1075 | 0.5598 | |
| 117 | Ball State University | 26600 | 26600 | 0 | 15,950 | 1185 | 0.8625 | |
| 118 | Weber State University | 27100 | 31600 | 0.1425 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 119 | University of Georgia | 27200 | 47400 | 0.4259 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 120 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 18,028 | 1059 | 0.7996 | |
| 121 | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | 28100 | 29600 | 0.0508 | 10,743 | 1075 | 0.9598 | |
| 122 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 28500 | 41900 | 0.3195 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 123 | James Madison University | 28900 | 28900 | 0 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 124 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29900 | 33000 | 0.0938 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 125 | University of Mary Washington | 30000 | 33000 | 0.0909 | 3,531 | 1279 | 0.7413 | |
| 126 | Towson University | 30200 | 30200 | 0 | 16,361 | 1082 | 0.8057 | |
| 127 | Ohio Wesleyan University | 30800 | 75700 | 0.5928 | 1,652 | 1281 | 0.6441 | |
| 128 | University of North Dakota | 30900 | 33700 | 0.0858 | 11,837 | 1189 | 0.8157 | |
| 129 | Illinois State University | 31000 | 36400 | 0.1481 | 19,513 | 1115 | 0.8555 | |
| 130 | University of Kentucky | 32300 | 37300 | 0.1339 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 131 | Liberty University | 32400 | 44700 | 0.275 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 132 | Villanova University | 32700 | 92900 | 0.6483 | 6,933 | 1466 | 0.2814 | |
| 133 | California State University-Sacramento | 32800 | 33400 | 0.018 | 28,619 | 1015 | 0.9357 | |
| 134 | University of Colorado Colorado Springs | 33400 | 41600 | 0.1971 | 9,040 | 1119 | 0.9666 | |
| 135 | University of Idaho | 33800 | 48700 | 0.3062 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 136 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 34100 | 35400 | 0.035 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 137 | Salisbury University | 34300 | 41800 | 0.1796 | 6,477 | 1245 | 0.8826 | |
| 138 | George Washington University | 34400 | 81800 | 0.5796 | 11,495 | 1436 | 0.4713 | |
| 138 | University of Vermont | 34400 | 66300 | 0.4808 | 12,159 | 1372 | 0.7304 | |
| 140 | Samford University | 34900 | 93800 | 0.628 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 141 | Minnesota State University, Mankato | 35200 | 37600 | 0.0637 | 13,433 | 1145 | 0.8844 | |
| 141 | Valparaiso University | 35200 | 63000 | 0.441 | 2,056 | 1183 | 0.8994 | |
| 143 | Temple University | 35700 | 57200 | 0.3756 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 144 | Carthage College | 35800 | 61800 | 0.4207 | 2,914 | 1125 | 0.8445 | |
| 145 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 36100 | 36100 | 0 | 16,131 | 1275 | 0.6472 | |
| 146 | East Carolina University | 36800 | 42700 | 0.1381 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 147 | University of Connecticut | 37000 | 66200 | 0.4414 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 147 | University of Maine at Farmington | 37000 | 40800 | 0.0932 | 1,661 | 1062 | 0.9832 | |
| 149 | California State University-East Bay | 37200 | 45100 | 0.1753 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 150 | Indiana University-Southeast | 37400 | 40800 | 0.0833 | 3,200 | 1095 | 0.842 | |
| 151 | University of Southern Maine | 37500 | 37500 | 0 | 5,549 | 1139 | 0.8241 | |
| 152 | Rowan University | 37600 | 53600 | 0.2983 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 153 | University of Central Arkansas | 37900 | 40200 | 0.0595 | 8,238 | 1110 | 0.9157 | |
| 153 | University of St Thomas | 37900 | 74800 | 0.4933 | 6,270 | 1299 | 0.8548 | |
| 155 | Frostburg State University | 38000 | 42500 | 0.1059 | 3,436 | 1095 | 0.907 | |
| 156 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 38200 | 66700 | 0.4274 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 157 | University of Denver | 39000 | 84100 | 0.5364 | 5,766 | 1292 | 0.8538 | |
| 158 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 39300 | 42800 | 0.0818 | 14,657 | 1190 | 0.7583 | |
| 159 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 40000 | 40300 | 0.0074 | 26,213 | 1209 | 0.7778 | |
| 160 | Elmhurst University | 40100 | 69600 | 0.4236 | 3,170 | 1133 | 0.7501 | |
| 161 | The University of Montana | 41000 | 56800 | 0.2784 | 8,014 | 1184 | 0.9586 | |
| 162 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42300 | 63300 | 0.3317 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 163 | Texas Christian University | 44000 | 87400 | 0.4967 | 11,152 | 1268 | 0.4809 | |
| 164 | Appalachian State University | 44500 | 46500 | 0.043 | 19,732 | 1174 | 0.9388 | |
| 165 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47100 | 61500 | 0.234 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 166 | Calvin University | 47600 | 57400 | 0.1706 | 3,359 | 1232 | 0.6791 | |
| 167 | DePaul University | 49100 | 69400 | 0.2923 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 168 | Michigan State University | 49200 | 56200 | 0.1245 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 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 | George Mason University | 55800 | 61400 | 0.0913 | 28,862 | 1271 | 0.8647 | |
| 173 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 58800 | 61200 | 0.0391 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 174 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 59200 | 61600 | 0.0389 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 | |
| 175 | Hofstra University | 59300 | 83300 | 0.2882 | 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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