Considering a degree in Geography?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Geography majors who live in Virginia.
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 Virginia.
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 | Old Dominion University | 0 | 32400 | 1 | 17,504 | 1205 | 0.9135 | |
| 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 | |
| 4 | California State University-Los Angeles | 5200 | 69100 | 0.9252 | 22,077 | 965 | 0.9124 | |
| 5 | Brigham Young University | 8100 | 22300 | 0.6382 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 6 | Rhode Island College | 9100 | 63300 | 0.8562 | 5,695 | 995 | 0.8557 | |
| 7 | Colgate University | 9200 | 95800 | 0.9039 | 3,193 | 1488 | 0.1388 | |
| 8 | Portland State University | 9500 | 26100 | 0.6368 | 14,932 | 1174 | 0.8586 | |
| 9 | Indiana State University | 10000 | 32400 | 0.6916 | 6,352 | 1015 | 0.9157 | |
| 10 | University of Nevada-Reno | 10100 | 45800 | 0.7802 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 10 | Worcester State University | 10100 | 34900 | 0.7101 | 4,485 | 1090 | 0.8799 | |
| 12 | Southern Utah University | 10900 | 51400 | 0.7879 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 13 | California State University-Stanislaus | 11100 | 31200 | 0.6448 | 8,494 | 950 | 0.9558 | |
| 13 | Middlebury College | 11100 | 94500 | 0.8829 | 2,640 | 1499 | 0.1277 | |
| 15 | Marshall University | 11200 | 39800 | 0.7184 | 9,960 | 1070 | 0.9663 | |
| 16 | California State University-Fresno | 11300 | 44000 | 0.7434 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 16 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 11300 | 87500 | 0.8707 | 14,249 | 1084 | 0.7761 | |
| 18 | Fayetteville State University | 11400 | 18200 | 0.3734 | 6,542 | 900 | 0.689 | |
| 19 | University of Hawaii at Hilo | 11700 | 56000 | 0.791 | 2,304 | 990 | 0.8351 | |
| 20 | Eastern Illinois University | 11800 | 24600 | 0.5196 | 6,731 | 1020 | 0.7073 | |
| 20 | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | 11800 | 19300 | 0.3886 | 10,743 | 1075 | 0.9598 | |
| 22 | Fitchburg State University | 12000 | 33800 | 0.6445 | 3,000 | 1090 | 0.8885 | |
| 22 | Vassar College | 12000 | 93100 | 0.8712 | 2,514 | 1488 | 0.2093 | |
| 24 | Mount Holyoke College | 12400 | 89900 | 0.8621 | 2,135 | 1419 | 0.3841 | |
| 25 | Central Connecticut State University | 12500 | 34200 | 0.6342 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 26 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 27 | University of Colorado Colorado Springs | 12900 | 26600 | 0.5151 | 9,040 | 1119 | 0.9666 | |
| 28 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 13300 | 38300 | 0.6521 | 5,677 | 985 | 0.9301 | |
| 28 | Framingham State University | 13300 | 31000 | 0.5712 | 2,782 | 1190 | 0.8366 | |
| 28 | Louisiana Tech University | 13300 | 42900 | 0.6899 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 28 | University of South Florida | 13300 | 22400 | 0.4067 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 32 | Aquinas College | 13700 | 86000 | 0.8407 | 1,103 | 1035 | 0.9726 | |
| 32 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 61700 | 0.7781 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 34 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 13800 | 22800 | 0.3953 | 11,994 | 1090 | 0.8651 | |
| 35 | Bridgewater State University | 14000 | 28800 | 0.515 | 8,849 | 1143 | 0.8798 | |
| 36 | University of Arizona | 14100 | 32100 | 0.5606 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 36 | Youngstown State University | 14100 | 28400 | 0.5033 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 38 | Eastern Michigan University | 14200 | 33900 | 0.5805 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 38 | Salem State University | 14200 | 38300 | 0.6288 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 38 | San Francisco State University | 14200 | 47700 | 0.7025 | 19,444 | 1035 | 0.9644 | |
| 41 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 14300 | 26600 | 0.4624 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 42 | California State University-San Bernardino | 14400 | 32700 | 0.5594 | 15,948 | 1020 | 0.943 | |
| 43 | Arkansas Tech University | 14500 | 31400 | 0.5374 | 8,279 | 1055 | 0.9747 | |
| 44 | California State University-San Marcos | 14600 | 24700 | 0.4097 | 15,770 | 990 | 0.9513 | |
| 44 | University of North Alabama | 14600 | 37300 | 0.6087 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 46 | West Virginia University | 14700 | 73100 | 0.7986 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 47 | Sonoma State University | 14900 | 26700 | 0.442 | 4,449 | 1050 | 0.9841 | |
| 47 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 14900 | 56900 | 0.7381 | 15,735 | 1069 | 0.8797 | |
| 49 | Wayne State College | 15000 | 30500 | 0.509 | 3,886 | 0 | 1 | |
| 50 | California State University-Chico | 15400 | 41000 | 0.6249 | 13,599 | 1054 | 0.9107 | |
| 51 | Jacksonville State University | 15500 | 38200 | 0.5938 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 52 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 38800 | 0.5992 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 53 | University of Wisconsin-Parkside | 15700 | 20600 | 0.2377 | 3,207 | 1084 | 0.9751 | |
| 54 | Grand Valley State University | 15800 | 28300 | 0.441 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 55 | University of West Georgia | 15900 | 57700 | 0.7251 | 10,075 | 1035 | 0.7995 | |
| 56 | University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire | 16000 | 22400 | 0.2863 | 8,329 | 1209 | 0.385 | |
| 57 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 16100 | 22300 | 0.2778 | 26,213 | 1209 | 0.7778 | |
| 58 | Frostburg State University | 16200 | 26600 | 0.3907 | 3,436 | 1095 | 0.907 | |
| 59 | University of California-Los Angeles | 16300 | 36700 | 0.5554 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 59 | University of Northern Colorado | 16300 | 39100 | 0.5833 | 6,598 | 1080 | 0.945 | |
| 61 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16500 | 64800 | 0.7456 | 22,007 | 1427 | 0.1672 | |
| 62 | Georgia Southern University | 16600 | 20100 | 0.1737 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 62 | SUNY College at Geneseo | 16600 | 25600 | 0.3515 | 3,943 | 1275 | 0.3333 | |
| 64 | Sam Houston State University | 17000 | 27100 | 0.3726 | 17,822 | 1035 | 0.9372 | |
| 64 | University of Louisville | 17000 | 29100 | 0.4162 | 17,916 | 1134 | 0.7921 | |
| 64 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 17000 | 26300 | 0.3538 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 67 | Weber State University | 17100 | 20300 | 0.1579 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 68 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 17400 | 29900 | 0.4174 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 69 | Kutztown University of Pennsylvania | 17700 | 29300 | 0.3953 | 6,229 | 1174 | 0.8942 | |
| 70 | University of South Alabama | 17800 | 40200 | 0.5578 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 71 | Kennesaw State University | 18100 | 26700 | 0.322 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 72 | San Jose State University | 18200 | 41100 | 0.5567 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 72 | Texas State University | 18200 | 26100 | 0.3026 | 39,353 | 1080 | 0.9118 | |
| 74 | Georgia College & State University | 18300 | 18300 | 0 | 6,250 | 1165 | 0.8466 | |
| 75 | Central Washington University | 18400 | 27900 | 0.341 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 76 | The University of Montana | 19100 | 27400 | 0.3031 | 8,014 | 1184 | 0.9586 | |
| 77 | Emory & Henry University | 19600 | 52400 | 0.6253 | 1,084 | 1145 | 0.8365 | |
| 78 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 19700 | 28300 | 0.304 | 5,063 | 1069 | 0.8756 | |
| 79 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20100 | 45100 | 0.5552 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 80 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 20300 | 39800 | 0.4894 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 80 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20300 | 57800 | 0.6485 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 82 | Syracuse University | 20400 | 83600 | 0.756 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 83 | SUNY Oneonta | 20600 | 55300 | 0.6281 | 4,815 | 1090 | 0.7696 | |
| 84 | James Madison University | 20700 | 29000 | 0.2847 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 85 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 21300 | 27800 | 0.2336 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 86 | Millersville University of Pennsylvania | 21400 | 36700 | 0.4173 | 5,823 | 1115 | 0.8619 | |
| 87 | Rocky Mountain College | 21500 | 52000 | 0.5863 | 779 | 1055 | 0.7775 | |
| 88 | Florida State University | 22300 | 23000 | 0.0305 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 89 | California State University-Northridge | 22400 | 36500 | 0.3858 | 32,846 | 1005 | 0.9176 | |
| 90 | Park University | 22500 | 31300 | 0.2816 | 4,657 | 1035 | 0.6904 | |
| 90 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 22500 | 42000 | 0.4648 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 92 | Augustana College | 22600 | 72800 | 0.6891 | 2,536 | 1157 | 0.6628 | |
| 93 | Concordia University-Nebraska | 22700 | 85400 | 0.7344 | 3,007 | 1135 | 0.8572 | |
| 94 | Saint Cloud State University | 22800 | 36800 | 0.3803 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 94 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 22800 | 30200 | 0.245 | 7,753 | 1140 | 0.9245 | |
| 96 | Illinois State University | 23000 | 36400 | 0.3696 | 19,513 | 1115 | 0.8555 | |
| 96 | Pennsylvania Western University | 23000 | 34400 | 0.3311 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 96 | Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania | 23000 | 34900 | 0.3414 | 4,371 | 1084 | 0.865 | |
| 99 | University of Southern Mississippi | 23100 | 23100 | 0 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 100 | State University of New York at New Paltz | 23800 | 35700 | 0.333 | 6,113 | 1279 | 0.6267 | |
| 101 | University of North Texas | 23900 | 26200 | 0.0879 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 102 | University of Central Oklahoma | 24700 | 34000 | 0.2735 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 103 | California State University-Sacramento | 24900 | 29700 | 0.1615 | 28,619 | 1015 | 0.9357 | |
| 103 | Temple University | 24900 | 36100 | 0.3105 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 105 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 25000 | 36900 | 0.3228 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 106 | University of Arkansas | 26000 | 28400 | 0.0842 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 107 | Gustavus Adolphus College | 26200 | 75500 | 0.6529 | 1,906 | 1273 | 0.6099 | |
| 108 | Northern Illinois University | 26300 | 32100 | 0.1822 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 109 | Bemidji State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 3,751 | 1075 | 0.5598 | |
| 110 | Ball State University | 26600 | 26600 | 0 | 15,950 | 1185 | 0.8625 | |
| 111 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 26700 | 36500 | 0.2687 | 7,747 | 1073 | 0.9617 | |
| 112 | University of Central Arkansas | 26800 | 31200 | 0.1407 | 8,238 | 1110 | 0.9157 | |
| 113 | University of Georgia | 27200 | 47400 | 0.4259 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 114 | San Diego State University | 27300 | 37100 | 0.2644 | 36,196 | 1208 | 0.3741 | |
| 115 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 18,028 | 1059 | 0.7996 | |
| 116 | University of Northern Iowa | 28900 | 37300 | 0.2252 | 7,800 | 1115 | 0.9313 | |
| 117 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 29300 | 33000 | 0.112 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 118 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29400 | 33000 | 0.109 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 119 | Towson University | 29900 | 30200 | 0.0099 | 16,361 | 1082 | 0.8057 | |
| 120 | University of Mary Washington | 30000 | 33000 | 0.0915 | 3,531 | 1279 | 0.7413 | |
| 121 | California State University-Long Beach | 30600 | 38800 | 0.2113 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 122 | University of North Dakota | 30900 | 33700 | 0.0858 | 11,837 | 1189 | 0.8157 | |
| 123 | Ohio Wesleyan University | 31000 | 75700 | 0.5902 | 1,652 | 1281 | 0.6441 | |
| 124 | Pittsburg State University | 31700 | 37100 | 0.1456 | 4,561 | 1055 | 0.5487 | |
| 125 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 32000 | 54400 | 0.4117 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 126 | Villanova University | 32200 | 92900 | 0.6537 | 6,933 | 1466 | 0.2814 | |
| 127 | University of Kentucky | 32300 | 37300 | 0.1339 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 128 | Liberty University | 32400 | 43400 | 0.2522 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 129 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 33500 | 38200 | 0.1228 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 130 | University of Idaho | 33800 | 48700 | 0.3062 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 131 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 34200 | 34200 | 0 | 16,131 | 1275 | 0.6472 | |
| 132 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 34300 | 59100 | 0.4194 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 133 | George Washington University | 34400 | 81800 | 0.5796 | 11,495 | 1436 | 0.4713 | |
| 133 | University of Vermont | 34400 | 66300 | 0.4808 | 12,159 | 1372 | 0.7304 | |
| 135 | Salisbury University | 34500 | 41800 | 0.1748 | 6,477 | 1245 | 0.8826 | |
| 136 | Samford University | 34600 | 93800 | 0.6312 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 137 | California State University-Fullerton | 35200 | 37600 | 0.0636 | 40,705 | 960 | 0.8811 | |
| 137 | Minnesota State University, Mankato | 35200 | 37600 | 0.0637 | 13,433 | 1145 | 0.8844 | |
| 137 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 35200 | 35200 | 0 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 137 | Valparaiso University | 35200 | 63000 | 0.441 | 2,056 | 1183 | 0.8994 | |
| 141 | George Mason University | 35700 | 35800 | 0.0011 | 28,862 | 1271 | 0.8647 | |
| 142 | Carthage College | 35800 | 61800 | 0.4207 | 2,914 | 1125 | 0.8445 | |
| 143 | Western Michigan University | 36300 | 38500 | 0.0571 | 13,714 | 1089 | 0.9121 | |
| 144 | Rowan University | 36500 | 53600 | 0.3189 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 145 | East Carolina University | 36800 | 42700 | 0.1381 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 146 | University of Connecticut | 37000 | 66200 | 0.4414 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 147 | University of Maine at Farmington | 37100 | 40800 | 0.0908 | 1,661 | 1062 | 0.9832 | |
| 148 | California State University-East Bay | 37300 | 45100 | 0.1731 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 149 | Indiana University-Southeast | 37400 | 40800 | 0.0833 | 3,200 | 1095 | 0.842 | |
| 150 | University of Southern Maine | 37500 | 37500 | 0 | 5,549 | 1139 | 0.8241 | |
| 151 | University of St Thomas | 38000 | 74800 | 0.492 | 6,270 | 1299 | 0.8548 | |
| 152 | University of Denver | 39200 | 84100 | 0.5341 | 5,766 | 1292 | 0.8538 | |
| 153 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 39500 | 42800 | 0.0772 | 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 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 41200 | 53400 | 0.2286 | 21,469 | 1167 | 0.9061 | |
| 157 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42500 | 63300 | 0.3285 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 158 | Montclair State University | 43400 | 47000 | 0.0766 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 159 | Kansas State University | 43900 | 48400 | 0.0919 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 160 | Texas Christian University | 44300 | 87400 | 0.4933 | 11,152 | 1268 | 0.4809 | |
| 160 | University at Albany | 44300 | 48900 | 0.0941 | 12,889 | 1245 | 0.7044 | |
| 162 | Appalachian State University | 44500 | 46500 | 0.043 | 19,732 | 1174 | 0.9388 | |
| 163 | University at Buffalo | 46400 | 46400 | 0 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 164 | Calvin University | 47600 | 57400 | 0.1706 | 3,359 | 1232 | 0.6791 | |
| 165 | DePaul University | 49000 | 69400 | 0.2938 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 166 | Michigan State University | 49200 | 56200 | 0.1245 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 167 | The University of Texas at Austin | 50300 | 59100 | 0.1488 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 168 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 50500 | 52900 | 0.0453 | 14,834 | 1149 | 0.7803 | |
| 169 | University of Iowa | 52000 | 54400 | 0.044 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 170 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53500 | 63400 | 0.1562 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 171 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 58700 | 62300 | 0.0578 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 172 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 58800 | 61200 | 0.0391 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 173 | Hofstra University | 59100 | 83300 | 0.2906 | 6,599 | 1369 | 0.7267 | |
| 174 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 59200 | 61600 | 0.0389 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 | |
| 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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