Considering a degree in Geography?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Geography majors who live in Washington.
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 Washington.
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 | Bellevue College | 5200 | 5200 | 0.0006 | 12,485 | 0 | 1 | |
| 4 | California State University-Los Angeles | 5700 | 69100 | 0.9179 | 22,077 | 965 | 0.9124 | |
| 5 | Brigham Young University | 8100 | 22300 | 0.6382 | 34,354 | 1374 | 0.6862 | |
| 6 | Rhode Island College | 9400 | 63300 | 0.8514 | 5,695 | 995 | 0.8557 | |
| 7 | University of Nevada-Reno | 10100 | 32500 | 0.6894 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 8 | Colgate University | 10200 | 95800 | 0.8935 | 3,193 | 1488 | 0.1388 | |
| 9 | Portland State University | 10400 | 43300 | 0.7603 | 14,932 | 1174 | 0.8586 | |
| 9 | Worcester State University | 10400 | 34900 | 0.7015 | 4,485 | 1090 | 0.8799 | |
| 11 | Indiana State University | 10500 | 32400 | 0.6762 | 6,352 | 1015 | 0.9157 | |
| 12 | Southern Utah University | 10800 | 51400 | 0.7898 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 12 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 10800 | 21100 | 0.4888 | 7,753 | 1140 | 0.9245 | |
| 14 | California State University-Stanislaus | 11400 | 33600 | 0.6617 | 8,494 | 950 | 0.9558 | |
| 15 | Marshall University | 11600 | 39800 | 0.7084 | 9,960 | 1070 | 0.9663 | |
| 16 | Eastern Washington University | 11700 | 30700 | 0.6192 | 7,640 | 1045 | 0.8526 | |
| 16 | Fayetteville State University | 11700 | 18200 | 0.3569 | 6,542 | 900 | 0.689 | |
| 16 | Middlebury College | 11700 | 94500 | 0.8765 | 2,640 | 1499 | 0.1277 | |
| 16 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 11700 | 87500 | 0.8661 | 14,249 | 1084 | 0.7761 | |
| 20 | California State University-Fresno | 11800 | 19600 | 0.3969 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 21 | University of Hawaii at Hilo | 11900 | 56000 | 0.7875 | 2,304 | 990 | 0.8351 | |
| 22 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 12000 | 20500 | 0.413 | 5,063 | 1069 | 0.8756 | |
| 23 | Eastern Illinois University | 12200 | 24600 | 0.5034 | 6,731 | 1020 | 0.7073 | |
| 24 | Fitchburg State University | 12400 | 33800 | 0.6327 | 3,000 | 1090 | 0.8885 | |
| 24 | Mount Holyoke College | 12400 | 89900 | 0.8621 | 2,135 | 1419 | 0.3841 | |
| 26 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 27 | Vassar College | 12900 | 93100 | 0.8615 | 2,514 | 1488 | 0.2093 | |
| 28 | University of Colorado Colorado Springs | 13400 | 26600 | 0.4963 | 9,040 | 1119 | 0.9666 | |
| 29 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 13500 | 43000 | 0.686 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 30 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 13700 | 38300 | 0.6417 | 5,677 | 985 | 0.9301 | |
| 30 | Louisiana Tech University | 13700 | 42900 | 0.6805 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 30 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 61700 | 0.7781 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 33 | Aquinas College | 13800 | 86000 | 0.8395 | 1,103 | 1035 | 0.9726 | |
| 33 | University of South Florida | 13800 | 22400 | 0.3843 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 35 | University of Georgia | 13900 | 27200 | 0.4883 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 36 | Appalachian State University | 14000 | 25500 | 0.4512 | 19,732 | 1174 | 0.9388 | |
| 36 | Central Connecticut State University | 14000 | 34200 | 0.5904 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 38 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 14300 | 22800 | 0.3733 | 11,994 | 1090 | 0.8651 | |
| 38 | Youngstown State University | 14300 | 28400 | 0.4963 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 40 | San Francisco State University | 14400 | 47700 | 0.6983 | 19,444 | 1035 | 0.9644 | |
| 41 | Arkansas Tech University | 14600 | 31400 | 0.5343 | 8,279 | 1055 | 0.9747 | |
| 41 | Eastern Michigan University | 14600 | 33900 | 0.5687 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 41 | Salem State University | 14600 | 38300 | 0.6184 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 44 | California State University-San Bernardino | 14700 | 40100 | 0.6337 | 15,948 | 1020 | 0.943 | |
| 45 | University of North Alabama | 14800 | 37300 | 0.6033 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 45 | Western Michigan University | 14800 | 28900 | 0.4884 | 13,714 | 1089 | 0.9121 | |
| 47 | California State University-San Marcos | 15000 | 24700 | 0.3935 | 15,770 | 990 | 0.9513 | |
| 47 | Sonoma State University | 15000 | 41200 | 0.636 | 4,449 | 1050 | 0.9841 | |
| 49 | West Virginia University | 15100 | 73100 | 0.7931 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 50 | Wayne State College | 15300 | 30500 | 0.4992 | 3,886 | 0 | 1 | |
| 51 | Ball State University | 15400 | 22400 | 0.3127 | 15,950 | 1185 | 0.8625 | |
| 51 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 15400 | 54400 | 0.7174 | 15,735 | 1069 | 0.8797 | |
| 53 | California State University-Chico | 15600 | 27000 | 0.4216 | 13,599 | 1054 | 0.9107 | |
| 53 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 38800 | 0.5992 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 55 | Jacksonville State University | 15700 | 38200 | 0.5886 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 55 | University of Wisconsin-Parkside | 15700 | 20600 | 0.2377 | 3,207 | 1084 | 0.9751 | |
| 57 | University of West Georgia | 16100 | 57700 | 0.7216 | 10,075 | 1035 | 0.7995 | |
| 58 | University of California-Los Angeles | 16300 | 36700 | 0.5554 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 59 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16500 | 64800 | 0.7456 | 22,007 | 1427 | 0.1672 | |
| 59 | University of Northern Colorado | 16500 | 39100 | 0.5782 | 6,598 | 1080 | 0.945 | |
| 59 | University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire | 16500 | 22400 | 0.2639 | 8,329 | 1209 | 0.385 | |
| 62 | SUNY College at Geneseo | 16700 | 25600 | 0.3476 | 3,943 | 1275 | 0.3333 | |
| 62 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 16700 | 22300 | 0.2509 | 26,213 | 1209 | 0.7778 | |
| 64 | Georgia Southern University | 16900 | 49700 | 0.6601 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 65 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 17300 | 26600 | 0.35 | 7,747 | 1073 | 0.9617 | |
| 66 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 17400 | 29900 | 0.4174 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 66 | Weber State University | 17400 | 20300 | 0.1431 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 68 | Sam Houston State University | 17500 | 27100 | 0.3541 | 17,822 | 1035 | 0.9372 | |
| 69 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 17600 | 35600 | 0.5063 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 69 | East Carolina University | 17600 | 26100 | 0.3256 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 71 | Kutztown University of Pennsylvania | 18100 | 29300 | 0.3817 | 6,229 | 1174 | 0.8942 | |
| 72 | Texas State University | 18200 | 26100 | 0.3026 | 39,353 | 1080 | 0.9118 | |
| 73 | Kennesaw State University | 18300 | 27400 | 0.3318 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 73 | University of Vermont | 18300 | 37800 | 0.5164 | 12,159 | 1372 | 0.7304 | |
| 75 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 18400 | 30600 | 0.3971 | 38,463 | 1324 | 0.7589 | |
| 75 | University of South Alabama | 18400 | 40200 | 0.5428 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 77 | San Jose State University | 18500 | 41100 | 0.5494 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 78 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 18600 | 32900 | 0.4346 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 79 | Central Washington University | 18800 | 22800 | 0.1729 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 79 | The University of Texas at Austin | 18800 | 28200 | 0.3337 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 81 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 19300 | 28500 | 0.3231 | 14,657 | 1190 | 0.7583 | |
| 82 | Pennsylvania Western University | 20000 | 30900 | 0.3529 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 83 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 20200 | 38500 | 0.4738 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 | |
| 84 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20400 | 57800 | 0.6468 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 84 | Syracuse University | 20400 | 83600 | 0.756 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 86 | Emory & Henry University | 20500 | 52400 | 0.608 | 1,084 | 1145 | 0.8365 | |
| 87 | State University of New York at New Paltz | 20600 | 26300 | 0.217 | 6,113 | 1279 | 0.6267 | |
| 88 | SUNY Oneonta | 20700 | 55300 | 0.6262 | 4,815 | 1090 | 0.7696 | |
| 89 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 20800 | 26100 | 0.2028 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 90 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 21000 | 39200 | 0.4645 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 91 | Millersville University of Pennsylvania | 21300 | 24900 | 0.1446 | 5,823 | 1115 | 0.8619 | |
| 92 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 92 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 21800 | 27800 | 0.2156 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 94 | Grand Valley State University | 21900 | 36600 | 0.4014 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 94 | Rocky Mountain College | 21900 | 52000 | 0.5786 | 779 | 1055 | 0.7775 | |
| 96 | Florida State University | 22300 | 32600 | 0.3161 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 97 | Indiana University-Southeast | 22500 | 25900 | 0.131 | 3,200 | 1095 | 0.842 | |
| 98 | Augustana College | 22600 | 72800 | 0.6891 | 2,536 | 1157 | 0.6628 | |
| 98 | California State University-Northridge | 22600 | 36500 | 0.3803 | 32,846 | 1005 | 0.9176 | |
| 98 | Park University | 22600 | 31300 | 0.2784 | 4,657 | 1035 | 0.6904 | |
| 101 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 22700 | 42000 | 0.46 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 102 | Saint Cloud State University | 22800 | 36800 | 0.3803 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 103 | Concordia University-Nebraska | 23000 | 85400 | 0.7309 | 3,007 | 1135 | 0.8572 | |
| 104 | Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania | 23400 | 34900 | 0.3299 | 4,371 | 1084 | 0.865 | |
| 105 | Bridgewater State University | 23600 | 37300 | 0.367 | 8,849 | 1143 | 0.8798 | |
| 106 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24000 | 38500 | 0.3764 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 107 | University of North Texas | 24300 | 37400 | 0.35 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 107 | University of Southern Mississippi | 24300 | 27200 | 0.1066 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 109 | University of Central Oklahoma | 25100 | 34000 | 0.2617 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 110 | California State University-Sacramento | 25200 | 29700 | 0.1514 | 28,619 | 1015 | 0.9357 | |
| 111 | Temple University | 25300 | 36100 | 0.2994 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 112 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 25400 | 36900 | 0.312 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 113 | Minnesota State University, Mankato | 25600 | 28000 | 0.0854 | 13,433 | 1145 | 0.8844 | |
| 114 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 26000 | 28400 | 0.0842 | 14,834 | 1149 | 0.7803 | |
| 115 | Gustavus Adolphus College | 26200 | 75500 | 0.6529 | 1,906 | 1273 | 0.6099 | |
| 116 | Northern Illinois University | 26300 | 32100 | 0.1829 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 117 | Bemidji State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 3,751 | 1075 | 0.5598 | |
| 118 | University of Arkansas | 27000 | 44500 | 0.3928 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 119 | San Diego State University | 27200 | 37100 | 0.2671 | 36,196 | 1208 | 0.3741 | |
| 120 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 18,028 | 1059 | 0.7996 | |
| 121 | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | 27900 | 29600 | 0.0575 | 10,743 | 1075 | 0.9598 | |
| 122 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 28500 | 41900 | 0.3195 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 123 | University of Northern Iowa | 28900 | 37300 | 0.2252 | 7,800 | 1115 | 0.9313 | |
| 124 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 29300 | 33000 | 0.112 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 125 | University of Iowa | 29700 | 32100 | 0.0746 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 126 | University of Mary Washington | 30000 | 33000 | 0.0909 | 3,531 | 1279 | 0.7413 | |
| 127 | The University of Montana | 30500 | 30500 | 0 | 8,014 | 1184 | 0.9586 | |
| 128 | California State University-Long Beach | 30900 | 38800 | 0.2036 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 128 | Ohio Wesleyan University | 30900 | 75700 | 0.5915 | 1,652 | 1281 | 0.6441 | |
| 128 | Pittsburg State University | 30900 | 37100 | 0.1672 | 4,561 | 1055 | 0.5487 | |
| 128 | University of North Dakota | 30900 | 33700 | 0.0858 | 11,837 | 1189 | 0.8157 | |
| 132 | Illinois State University | 31000 | 36400 | 0.1481 | 19,513 | 1115 | 0.8555 | |
| 133 | George Mason University | 31100 | 35700 | 0.1287 | 28,862 | 1271 | 0.8647 | |
| 134 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32000 | 35200 | 0.0908 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 135 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 32300 | 54400 | 0.4062 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 136 | Liberty University | 32400 | 44700 | 0.275 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 137 | Villanova University | 32500 | 92900 | 0.6504 | 6,933 | 1466 | 0.2814 | |
| 138 | University of Idaho | 32700 | 33400 | 0.0209 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 138 | University of Louisville | 32700 | 42100 | 0.223 | 17,916 | 1134 | 0.7921 | |
| 140 | Salisbury University | 34300 | 41800 | 0.1796 | 6,477 | 1245 | 0.8826 | |
| 141 | George Washington University | 34400 | 81800 | 0.5796 | 11,495 | 1436 | 0.4713 | |
| 142 | Samford University | 34800 | 93800 | 0.6291 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 143 | California State University-Fullerton | 35200 | 37600 | 0.0636 | 40,705 | 960 | 0.8811 | |
| 144 | Valparaiso University | 35400 | 63200 | 0.4393 | 2,056 | 1183 | 0.8994 | |
| 145 | Carthage College | 35800 | 61800 | 0.4207 | 2,914 | 1125 | 0.8445 | |
| 146 | Framingham State University | 35900 | 38100 | 0.0577 | 2,782 | 1190 | 0.8366 | |
| 147 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 36100 | 36100 | 0 | 16,131 | 1275 | 0.6472 | |
| 148 | University of Connecticut | 37000 | 66200 | 0.4414 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 149 | University of Maine at Farmington | 37100 | 40800 | 0.0908 | 1,661 | 1062 | 0.9832 | |
| 150 | California State University-East Bay | 37200 | 45100 | 0.1753 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 151 | Rowan University | 37300 | 53600 | 0.3039 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 152 | University of Southern Maine | 37500 | 37500 | 0 | 5,549 | 1139 | 0.8241 | |
| 153 | Frostburg State University | 37900 | 42500 | 0.1082 | 3,436 | 1095 | 0.907 | |
| 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 | |
| 156 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 38000 | 66700 | 0.4304 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 157 | University of Arizona | 38900 | 48300 | 0.1944 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 158 | University of Denver | 39000 | 84100 | 0.5364 | 5,766 | 1292 | 0.8538 | |
| 159 | University of Wyoming | 39900 | 45300 | 0.1191 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 160 | Elmhurst University | 40100 | 69600 | 0.4236 | 3,170 | 1133 | 0.7501 | |
| 161 | Montclair State University | 43300 | 47000 | 0.0788 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 162 | James Madison University | 43900 | 45000 | 0.0244 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 162 | Kansas State University | 43900 | 48400 | 0.0921 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 164 | Texas Christian University | 44100 | 87400 | 0.4955 | 11,152 | 1268 | 0.4809 | |
| 165 | University at Albany | 44400 | 48900 | 0.092 | 12,889 | 1245 | 0.7044 | |
| 166 | Towson University | 46400 | 46600 | 0.0043 | 16,361 | 1082 | 0.8057 | |
| 166 | University at Buffalo | 46400 | 46400 | 0 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 168 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47100 | 61500 | 0.234 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 169 | Calvin University | 47600 | 57400 | 0.1706 | 3,359 | 1232 | 0.6791 | |
| 170 | University of Kentucky | 48900 | 59900 | 0.1841 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 171 | DePaul University | 49100 | 69400 | 0.2923 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 172 | Michigan State University | 49200 | 56200 | 0.1245 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 173 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 50800 | 63800 | 0.2038 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 174 | Georgia College & State University | 52400 | 52400 | 0 | 6,250 | 1165 | 0.8466 | |
| 175 | Hofstra University | 59200 | 83300 | 0.2894 | 6,599 | 1369 | 0.7267 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.
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