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 | 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 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 10300 | 10300 | 0 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 6 | Colgate University | 11000 | 95800 | 0.8848 | 3,193 | 1488 | 0.1388 | |
| 7 | Eastern Washington University | 11500 | 28700 | 0.5996 | 7,640 | 1045 | 0.8526 | |
| 8 | California State University-Fresno | 11600 | 19600 | 0.4119 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 8 | Fayetteville State University | 11600 | 20300 | 0.428 | 6,542 | 900 | 0.689 | |
| 10 | Indiana State University | 11900 | 25900 | 0.5414 | 6,352 | 1015 | 0.9157 | |
| 11 | California State University-Stanislaus | 12100 | 28500 | 0.5753 | 8,494 | 950 | 0.9558 | |
| 12 | Marshall University | 12200 | 36600 | 0.6663 | 9,960 | 1070 | 0.9663 | |
| 12 | University of Hawaii at Hilo | 12200 | 33200 | 0.6317 | 2,304 | 990 | 0.8351 | |
| 14 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 12300 | 20500 | 0.3998 | 5,063 | 1069 | 0.8756 | |
| 15 | California State University-Northridge | 12400 | 22000 | 0.4364 | 32,846 | 1005 | 0.9176 | |
| 15 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 29200 | 0.5745 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 17 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 18 | Vassar College | 13000 | 92400 | 0.8595 | 2,514 | 1488 | 0.2093 | |
| 19 | California State University-San Bernardino | 13200 | 30800 | 0.5721 | 15,948 | 1020 | 0.943 | |
| 19 | Eastern Illinois University | 13200 | 24300 | 0.4572 | 6,731 | 1020 | 0.7073 | |
| 19 | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | 13200 | 19300 | 0.3161 | 10,743 | 1075 | 0.9598 | |
| 22 | University of South Florida | 13400 | 17100 | 0.2162 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 23 | Middlebury College | 14300 | 89900 | 0.841 | 2,640 | 1499 | 0.1277 | |
| 24 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 14400 | 19000 | 0.2423 | 11,994 | 1090 | 0.8651 | |
| 25 | Arkansas Tech University | 14500 | 34400 | 0.5786 | 8,279 | 1055 | 0.9747 | |
| 26 | Western Washington University | 14600 | 31400 | 0.5355 | 13,609 | 1199 | 0.9371 | |
| 27 | Northern Illinois University | 14700 | 30400 | 0.5174 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 28 | Salisbury University | 15000 | 28700 | 0.4776 | 6,477 | 1245 | 0.8826 | |
| 29 | Pittsburg State University | 15300 | 23900 | 0.3593 | 4,561 | 1055 | 0.5487 | |
| 29 | University of Wisconsin-Parkside | 15300 | 20600 | 0.2548 | 3,207 | 1084 | 0.9751 | |
| 29 | Wayne State College | 15300 | 20300 | 0.2463 | 3,886 | 0 | 1 | |
| 32 | California State University-Chico | 15500 | 23500 | 0.3401 | 13,599 | 1054 | 0.9107 | |
| 33 | James Madison University | 15600 | 28900 | 0.4608 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 33 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 29800 | 0.4782 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 35 | California State University-East Bay | 15800 | 30100 | 0.4757 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 35 | Kansas State University | 15800 | 26100 | 0.3962 | 16,555 | 1163 | 0.875 | |
| 35 | University of West Georgia | 15800 | 24600 | 0.3581 | 10,075 | 1035 | 0.7995 | |
| 38 | Western Michigan University | 15900 | 32500 | 0.5114 | 13,714 | 1089 | 0.9121 | |
| 39 | California State University-Long Beach | 16300 | 25800 | 0.3683 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 39 | University of California-Los Angeles | 16300 | 36700 | 0.5554 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 39 | University of North Texas | 16300 | 26100 | 0.3761 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 39 | Worcester State University | 16300 | 31700 | 0.4852 | 4,485 | 1090 | 0.8799 | |
| 43 | California State University-Sacramento | 16400 | 27600 | 0.4061 | 28,619 | 1015 | 0.9357 | |
| 44 | Portland State University | 16500 | 26100 | 0.368 | 14,932 | 1174 | 0.8586 | |
| 44 | The University of Texas at Austin | 16500 | 28000 | 0.4111 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 44 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 16500 | 22300 | 0.2598 | 26,213 | 1209 | 0.7778 | |
| 47 | SUNY College at Geneseo | 16600 | 26400 | 0.3706 | 3,943 | 1275 | 0.3333 | |
| 47 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16600 | 64800 | 0.7439 | 22,007 | 1427 | 0.1672 | |
| 49 | University of Colorado Colorado Springs | 16700 | 25400 | 0.343 | 9,040 | 1119 | 0.9666 | |
| 49 | University of Southern Maine | 16700 | 23000 | 0.2736 | 5,549 | 1139 | 0.8241 | |
| 51 | Eastern Michigan University | 16800 | 36100 | 0.5348 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 52 | West Virginia University | 16900 | 40900 | 0.5865 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 53 | Georgia Southern University | 17000 | 20100 | 0.1539 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 54 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 17200 | 35400 | 0.5147 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 55 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 17300 | 26300 | 0.3422 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 56 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 17400 | 29900 | 0.4173 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 57 | Sam Houston State University | 17500 | 27000 | 0.352 | 17,822 | 1035 | 0.9372 | |
| 58 | University of Louisville | 17900 | 29100 | 0.3853 | 17,916 | 1134 | 0.7921 | |
| 59 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 18000 | 26600 | 0.3236 | 7,747 | 1073 | 0.9617 | |
| 60 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 18200 | 18200 | 0 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 61 | California State University-Fullerton | 18300 | 20600 | 0.1113 | 40,705 | 960 | 0.8811 | |
| 61 | Central Connecticut State University | 18300 | 34000 | 0.4613 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 61 | University of Vermont | 18300 | 37800 | 0.5164 | 12,159 | 1372 | 0.7304 | |
| 64 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 18500 | 25200 | 0.2654 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 65 | The University of Montana | 19100 | 25200 | 0.2418 | 8,014 | 1184 | 0.9586 | |
| 66 | University of Maine at Farmington | 19500 | 33700 | 0.422 | 1,661 | 1062 | 0.9832 | |
| 66 | University of Nevada-Reno | 19500 | 28200 | 0.3083 | 20,204 | 1109 | 0.8313 | |
| 68 | University of Central Oklahoma | 19600 | 22700 | 0.1366 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 69 | SUNY Oneonta | 19700 | 29300 | 0.3276 | 4,815 | 1090 | 0.7696 | |
| 70 | California State University-Los Angeles | 19900 | 38000 | 0.4764 | 22,077 | 965 | 0.9124 | |
| 71 | Pennsylvania Western University | 20000 | 29000 | 0.3108 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 72 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20100 | 45200 | 0.5559 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 73 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 20200 | 38500 | 0.4738 | 25,141 | 1256 | 0.7613 | |
| 73 | Youngstown State University | 20200 | 34000 | 0.4059 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 75 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20300 | 39900 | 0.4915 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 76 | Emory & Henry University | 20500 | 52400 | 0.6085 | 1,084 | 1145 | 0.8365 | |
| 76 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 20500 | 32300 | 0.3651 | 15,735 | 1069 | 0.8797 | |
| 76 | University of Wyoming | 20500 | 27900 | 0.2644 | 8,138 | 1163 | 0.9695 | |
| 79 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 21000 | 39200 | 0.4645 | 10,900 | 1222 | 0.8914 | |
| 80 | Millersville University of Pennsylvania | 21200 | 24900 | 0.1486 | 5,823 | 1115 | 0.8619 | |
| 81 | University of Mary Washington | 21300 | 47100 | 0.5481 | 3,531 | 1279 | 0.7413 | |
| 82 | State University of New York at New Paltz | 21500 | 26300 | 0.1827 | 6,113 | 1279 | 0.6267 | |
| 83 | Louisiana Tech University | 21700 | 26100 | 0.1687 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 84 | Rocky Mountain College | 21900 | 52000 | 0.5786 | 779 | 1055 | 0.7775 | |
| 85 | Grand Valley State University | 22100 | 35900 | 0.3849 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 86 | Aquinas College | 22400 | 53400 | 0.581 | 1,103 | 1035 | 0.9726 | |
| 86 | Florida State University | 22400 | 32400 | 0.3091 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 86 | University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire | 22400 | 22400 | 0 | 8,329 | 1209 | 0.385 | |
| 89 | Indiana University-Southeast | 22600 | 25900 | 0.1269 | 3,200 | 1095 | 0.842 | |
| 90 | Augustana College | 22700 | 72800 | 0.6881 | 2,536 | 1157 | 0.6628 | |
| 91 | Fitchburg State University | 22800 | 33700 | 0.3235 | 3,000 | 1090 | 0.8885 | |
| 92 | Saint Cloud State University | 22900 | 36800 | 0.3775 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 93 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 23000 | 27500 | 0.1618 | 18,028 | 1059 | 0.7996 | |
| 93 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 23000 | 24700 | 0.0689 | 7,753 | 1140 | 0.9245 | |
| 95 | Concordia University-Nebraska | 23100 | 61100 | 0.6218 | 3,007 | 1135 | 0.8572 | |
| 96 | San Jose State University | 23200 | 41100 | 0.4356 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 97 | University of Kentucky | 23700 | 36400 | 0.3487 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 98 | Calvin University | 24000 | 53500 | 0.5513 | 3,359 | 1232 | 0.6791 | |
| 98 | Central Washington University | 24000 | 27900 | 0.14 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 98 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 24000 | 24900 | 0.0361 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 101 | University of Arizona | 24400 | 37700 | 0.3533 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 101 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 24400 | 24400 | 0 | 16,131 | 1275 | 0.6472 | |
| 103 | University at Buffalo | 25000 | 34000 | 0.2647 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 104 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 25100 | 37900 | 0.3375 | 5,677 | 985 | 0.9301 | |
| 105 | Minnesota State University, Mankato | 25700 | 28000 | 0.0817 | 13,433 | 1145 | 0.8844 | |
| 106 | Michigan State University | 25800 | 28900 | 0.1089 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 107 | Park University | 25900 | 31300 | 0.1728 | 4,657 | 1035 | 0.6904 | |
| 107 | Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania | 25900 | 34900 | 0.2582 | 4,371 | 1084 | 0.865 | |
| 109 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 26100 | 28400 | 0.0805 | 14,834 | 1149 | 0.7803 | |
| 110 | Gustavus Adolphus College | 26300 | 75500 | 0.6519 | 1,906 | 1273 | 0.6099 | |
| 111 | Ball State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 15,950 | 1185 | 0.8625 | |
| 111 | Bemidji State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 3,751 | 1075 | 0.5598 | |
| 111 | Salem State University | 26400 | 43200 | 0.3891 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 114 | University of Southern Mississippi | 26500 | 26500 | 0 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 115 | University of Arkansas | 26600 | 28900 | 0.0793 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 116 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 26700 | 36800 | 0.2746 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 117 | University of Idaho | 26800 | 30600 | 0.1244 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 118 | Kennesaw State University | 27400 | 27400 | 0 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 118 | Rowan University | 27400 | 41300 | 0.3369 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 118 | Syracuse University | 27400 | 83100 | 0.6701 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 121 | University of North Alabama | 27500 | 37300 | 0.2628 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 122 | California State University-San Marcos | 27900 | 28500 | 0.021 | 15,770 | 990 | 0.9513 | |
| 122 | Texas State University | 27900 | 28000 | 0.0036 | 39,353 | 1080 | 0.9118 | |
| 124 | Bridgewater State University | 28300 | 35500 | 0.2032 | 8,849 | 1143 | 0.8798 | |
| 125 | Elmhurst University | 28400 | 67000 | 0.5763 | 3,170 | 1133 | 0.7501 | |
| 125 | Weber State University | 28400 | 33900 | 0.1621 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 127 | University of Northern Iowa | 29000 | 37300 | 0.2223 | 7,800 | 1115 | 0.9313 | |
| 128 | Jacksonville State University | 29200 | 38200 | 0.2354 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 129 | Sonoma State University | 29700 | 41200 | 0.2791 | 4,449 | 1050 | 0.9841 | |
| 130 | University of Iowa | 29800 | 32100 | 0.0714 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 131 | Southern Utah University | 30200 | 40800 | 0.2599 | 13,176 | 1140 | 0.9998 | |
| 132 | Villanova University | 30400 | 88800 | 0.6574 | 6,933 | 1466 | 0.2814 | |
| 133 | Kutztown University of Pennsylvania | 30800 | 35900 | 0.1422 | 6,229 | 1174 | 0.8942 | |
| 134 | Frostburg State University | 30900 | 43000 | 0.2815 | 3,436 | 1095 | 0.907 | |
| 135 | San Francisco State University | 31000 | 47700 | 0.3502 | 19,444 | 1035 | 0.9644 | |
| 135 | University of North Dakota | 31000 | 33700 | 0.0827 | 11,837 | 1189 | 0.8157 | |
| 137 | San Diego State University | 31200 | 36100 | 0.1357 | 36,196 | 1208 | 0.3741 | |
| 138 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 31400 | 59100 | 0.4684 | 23,091 | 1354 | 0.382 | |
| 139 | Ohio Wesleyan University | 31500 | 75700 | 0.5836 | 1,652 | 1281 | 0.6441 | |
| 140 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32300 | 35100 | 0.0799 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 141 | Samford University | 32800 | 64600 | 0.4924 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 142 | Framingham State University | 33000 | 38100 | 0.1339 | 2,782 | 1190 | 0.8366 | |
| 143 | Liberty University | 33100 | 44600 | 0.2578 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 144 | George Washington University | 33700 | 81800 | 0.5881 | 11,495 | 1436 | 0.4713 | |
| 145 | Rhode Island College | 34100 | 45100 | 0.2439 | 5,695 | 995 | 0.8557 | |
| 145 | University of St Thomas | 34100 | 70300 | 0.5152 | 6,270 | 1299 | 0.8548 | |
| 147 | Valparaiso University | 35400 | 63200 | 0.4393 | 2,056 | 1183 | 0.8994 | |
| 148 | Carthage College | 35800 | 61800 | 0.4207 | 2,914 | 1125 | 0.8445 | |
| 148 | Temple University | 35800 | 56400 | 0.3654 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 150 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 36100 | 41600 | 0.1322 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 151 | University of Northern Colorado | 36400 | 39100 | 0.0691 | 6,598 | 1080 | 0.945 | |
| 152 | Hofstra University | 36600 | 76900 | 0.524 | 6,599 | 1369 | 0.7267 | |
| 153 | East Carolina University | 36900 | 42700 | 0.1356 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 154 | University of Connecticut | 37100 | 53600 | 0.3081 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 155 | University of Central Arkansas | 38000 | 40200 | 0.0569 | 8,238 | 1110 | 0.9157 | |
| 156 | University of Denver | 39000 | 76900 | 0.4931 | 5,766 | 1292 | 0.8538 | |
| 157 | University of South Alabama | 39700 | 39700 | 0 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 158 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 40000 | 42500 | 0.0589 | 14,249 | 1084 | 0.7761 | |
| 159 | Appalachian State University | 40200 | 40600 | 0.0099 | 19,732 | 1174 | 0.9388 | |
| 160 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 41200 | 47500 | 0.1326 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 161 | Montclair State University | 41500 | 46600 | 0.1095 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 162 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 42400 | 42400 | 0 | 14,657 | 1190 | 0.7583 | |
| 163 | Texas Christian University | 44100 | 87400 | 0.4957 | 11,152 | 1268 | 0.4809 | |
| 164 | Georgia College & State University | 45300 | 52400 | 0.1355 | 6,250 | 1165 | 0.8466 | |
| 165 | Illinois State University | 45800 | 49100 | 0.067 | 19,513 | 1115 | 0.8555 | |
| 165 | Towson University | 45800 | 46400 | 0.0129 | 16,361 | 1082 | 0.8057 | |
| 167 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47100 | 59700 | 0.2124 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 168 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 48600 | 61200 | 0.2057 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 169 | University at Albany | 48900 | 48900 | 0 | 12,889 | 1245 | 0.7044 | |
| 170 | DePaul University | 49200 | 66000 | 0.2547 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 171 | University of Georgia | 49600 | 51600 | 0.0387 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 172 | George Mason University | 53200 | 61000 | 0.1279 | 28,862 | 1271 | 0.8647 | |
| 173 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53600 | 62800 | 0.1465 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 174 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 55900 | 63800 | 0.1237 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 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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