Considering a degree in Geography?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Geography majors who live in West 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 West 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 | United States Military Academy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4,473 | 1326 | 0.1245 | |
| 2 | Brigham Young University | 8000 | 22000 | 0.6362 | 32,952 | 1374 | 0.6778 | |
| 3 | Bucknell University | 9600 | 91800 | 0.8959 | 3,920 | 1396 | 0.2893 | |
| 4 | University of Richmond | 9700 | 88400 | 0.8904 | 3,055 | 1484 | 0.222 | |
| 5 | Stephen F Austin State University | 10100 | 27800 | 0.6356 | 9,129 | 1075 | 0.9399 | |
| 6 | Colgate University | 11000 | 95800 | 0.8848 | 3,193 | 1488 | 0.1388 | |
| 7 | Fayetteville State University | 11600 | 20300 | 0.428 | 6,074 | 945 | 0.8215 | |
| 8 | California State University-Sacramento | 11700 | 30700 | 0.6186 | 28,820 | 1035 | 0.9399 | |
| 9 | Indiana State University | 11900 | 25900 | 0.5414 | 6,224 | 1020 | 0.8077 | |
| 10 | Marshall University | 12200 | 36600 | 0.6663 | 9,146 | 1065 | 0.9573 | |
| 11 | University of Chicago | 12300 | 95500 | 0.8709 | 7,598 | 1535 | 0.0448 | |
| 12 | Vassar College | 12900 | 92400 | 0.8606 | 2,462 | 1499 | 0.1857 | |
| 13 | New Mexico State University-Main Campus | 13000 | 26500 | 0.5089 | 12,507 | 1010 | 0.8897 | |
| 14 | California State University-San Bernardino | 13200 | 30800 | 0.5721 | 15,365 | 990 | 0.9374 | |
| 14 | University of North Alabama | 13200 | 28200 | 0.5322 | 7,662 | 1140 | 0.8731 | |
| 16 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 13400 | 25700 | 0.4786 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 17 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 50700 | 0.7294 | 38,040 | 1418 | 0.452 | |
| 18 | Mount Holyoke College | 14100 | 89900 | 0.8434 | 2,178 | 1449 | 0.3603 | |
| 19 | Middlebury College | 14300 | 89900 | 0.841 | 2,760 | 1499 | 0.1075 | |
| 20 | Arkansas Tech University | 14400 | 34400 | 0.5815 | 8,145 | 1035 | 0.9589 | |
| 21 | Central Michigan University | 14600 | 37800 | 0.6131 | 10,193 | 1095 | 0.8982 | |
| 22 | Northern Illinois University | 14700 | 30400 | 0.5174 | 11,348 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 23 | University of Nebraska at Kearney | 15200 | 22400 | 0.321 | 4,213 | 1124 | 0.8949 | |
| 24 | Wayne State College | 15300 | 20300 | 0.2463 | 3,902 | 0 | 0 | |
| 25 | California State University-Chico | 15500 | 23500 | 0.3401 | 13,792 | 1075 | 0.9272 | |
| 26 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 29800 | 0.4782 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8609 | |
| 27 | James Madison University | 15700 | 28900 | 0.4573 | 20,973 | 1260 | 0.7152 | |
| 27 | Texas State University | 15700 | 25500 | 0.3845 | 36,236 | 1100 | 0.8932 | |
| 29 | Sam Houston State University | 15800 | 27000 | 0.415 | 17,787 | 1030 | 0.9026 | |
| 30 | Weber State University | 16200 | 23600 | 0.3131 | 31,672 | 0 | 0 | |
| 30 | Western Michigan University | 16200 | 32500 | 0.5021 | 13,027 | 1115 | 0.846 | |
| 32 | Frostburg State University | 16500 | 26600 | 0.3794 | 3,422 | 1095 | 0.8918 | |
| 33 | The University of Texas at Austin | 16600 | 28000 | 0.4076 | 43,165 | 1356 | 0.2664 | |
| 34 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16800 | 64800 | 0.7411 | 20,885 | 1420 | 0.1534 | |
| 35 | Eastern Michigan University | 16900 | 36100 | 0.5325 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 36 | Worcester State University | 17000 | 31700 | 0.4632 | 4,868 | 1157 | 0.8799 | |
| 37 | University of South Florida | 17100 | 17100 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 38 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 17400 | 29900 | 0.4178 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5743 | |
| 38 | West Liberty University | 17400 | 44100 | 0.6053 | 1,934 | 1035 | 0.9727 | |
| 38 | West Virginia University | 17400 | 41000 | 0.5748 | 18,206 | 1125 | 0.89 | |
| 41 | Keene State College | 17700 | 41400 | 0.573 | 2,725 | 1085 | 0.9033 | |
| 42 | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | 18100 | 21900 | 0.1737 | 10,084 | 1055 | 0.8572 | |
| 43 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 18200 | 54300 | 0.6647 | 10,051 | 1064 | 0.9234 | |
| 43 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 18200 | 22800 | 0.202 | 11,994 | 1090 | 0.865 | |
| 45 | Georgia College & State University | 18300 | 18300 | 0 | 6,006 | 1165 | 0.7823 | |
| 46 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 18400 | 30600 | 0.3971 | 38,093 | 1302 | 0.7821 | |
| 47 | California State University-Fullerton | 18500 | 20600 | 0.1023 | 38,760 | 1090 | 0.9052 | |
| 47 | Central Connecticut State University | 18500 | 34000 | 0.4554 | 8,170 | 1075 | 0.7333 | |
| 49 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 18600 | 39000 | 0.5231 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 50 | University of Maine at Farmington | 19200 | 33700 | 0.4305 | 1,677 | 1124 | 0.9672 | |
| 50 | University of Northern Colorado | 19200 | 30500 | 0.3705 | 6,480 | 1085 | 0.8585 | |
| 52 | University of Central Oklahoma | 19600 | 22700 | 0.1366 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 53 | California State University-Los Angeles | 19900 | 38000 | 0.4764 | 19,586 | 965 | 0.9125 | |
| 53 | Georgia Southern University | 19900 | 20100 | 0.0099 | 23,541 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 53 | University of South Alabama | 19900 | 22400 | 0.1118 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 56 | Olivet Nazarene University | 20000 | 62200 | 0.6781 | 2,711 | 1104 | 0.5586 | |
| 57 | Youngstown State University | 20200 | 34000 | 0.4059 | 9,400 | 1115 | 0.8445 | |
| 58 | Eastern Illinois University | 20300 | 28100 | 0.2776 | 6,785 | 985 | 0.6535 | |
| 59 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 20500 | 26500 | 0.2262 | 22,364 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 60 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20700 | 39900 | 0.4815 | 5,255 | 1109 | 0.7295 | |
| 61 | University of Wisconsin-River Falls | 20900 | 26000 | 0.1961 | 4,880 | 1124 | 0.8172 | |
| 62 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 21100 | 27800 | 0.2406 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8698 | |
| 63 | University of Mary Washington | 21300 | 47100 | 0.5468 | 3,660 | 1283 | 0.7978 | |
| 64 | Plymouth State University | 21400 | 44500 | 0.5185 | 3,182 | 980 | 0.8754 | |
| 65 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,221 | 1204 | 0.8854 | |
| 65 | Louisiana Tech University | 21800 | 25300 | 0.1384 | 10,881 | 1189 | 0.864 | |
| 67 | Rocky Mountain College | 21900 | 52000 | 0.5786 | 851 | 1075 | 0.6961 | |
| 68 | Grand Valley State University | 22100 | 35900 | 0.3849 | 19,002 | 1084 | 0.8302 | |
| 69 | University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire | 22400 | 22400 | 0 | 9,351 | 1195 | 0.8234 | |
| 70 | Florida State University | 22600 | 22900 | 0.0131 | 32,720 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 71 | Augustana College | 22800 | 72800 | 0.6862 | 2,522 | 1163 | 0.6268 | |
| 72 | Concordia University-Nebraska | 23100 | 61100 | 0.6221 | 3,000 | 1130 | 0.8572 | |
| 72 | Saint Cloud State University | 23100 | 36800 | 0.3725 | 8,738 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 72 | University of Southern Mississippi | 23100 | 23100 | 0 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
| 72 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 23100 | 24700 | 0.0648 | 7,490 | 1140 | 0.918 | |
| 76 | San Jose State University | 23300 | 41100 | 0.4332 | 28,008 | 1124 | 0.8461 | |
| 77 | Aquinas College | 23500 | 53400 | 0.5604 | 1,088 | 1035 | 0.8988 | |
| 78 | Florida International University | 23700 | 23700 | 0 | 45,193 | 1175 | 0.5466 | |
| 79 | Central Washington University | 23800 | 27900 | 0.1472 | 10,317 | 1045 | 0.9062 | |
| 80 | Calvin University | 24000 | 53500 | 0.5513 | 3,356 | 1222 | 0.7091 | |
| 80 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 24000 | 24900 | 0.0361 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 82 | Fitchburg State University | 24100 | 33700 | 0.2849 | 3,027 | 1145 | 0.8693 | |
| 83 | Park University | 24700 | 31300 | 0.2112 | 4,657 | 1035 | 0.6904 | |
| 84 | University at Buffalo | 25000 | 34000 | 0.2647 | 20,359 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 85 | Pennsylvania Western University | 25200 | 34400 | 0.2672 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 86 | University of Hawaii at Hilo | 25400 | 38300 | 0.337 | 2,292 | 1005 | 0.6063 | |
| 87 | California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | 25600 | 37900 | 0.3243 | 5,661 | 1085 | 0.982 | |
| 87 | Northern Arizona University | 25600 | 43200 | 0.4076 | 22,990 | 1090 | 0.8961 | |
| 89 | California State University-Stanislaus | 25700 | 36800 | 0.3018 | 8,455 | 950 | 0.9814 | |
| 90 | Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania | 25900 | 34900 | 0.2582 | 4,371 | 1084 | 0.865 | |
| 91 | University of North Texas | 26100 | 26100 | 0 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 92 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 26300 | 28400 | 0.074 | 14,504 | 1149 | 0.7637 | |
| 93 | Ball State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 15,189 | 1170 | 0.855 | |
| 93 | Bemidji State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 3,751 | 1075 | 0.5598 | |
| 93 | Gustavus Adolphus College | 26400 | 75500 | 0.6502 | 1,905 | 1273 | 0.6099 | |
| 93 | Salem State University | 26400 | 43200 | 0.3891 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 97 | Kennesaw State University | 26600 | 26600 | 0 | 42,760 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 97 | University of Georgia | 26600 | 48800 | 0.4546 | 32,399 | 1382 | 0.377 | |
| 99 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 26800 | 36800 | 0.2719 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 100 | University of Arizona | 27000 | 38100 | 0.2915 | 44,848 | 1233 | 0.8614 | |
| 100 | University of Idaho | 27000 | 45200 | 0.4023 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 102 | California State University-Northridge | 27300 | 36500 | 0.2519 | 32,756 | 1005 | 0.9345 | |
| 103 | Kansas State University | 27400 | 30400 | 0.0992 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8169 | |
| 103 | University of Wisconsin-Parkside | 27400 | 31000 | 0.1164 | 3,184 | 1069 | 0.7539 | |
| 105 | Saginaw Valley State University | 27500 | 39800 | 0.3094 | 6,135 | 1055 | 0.7207 | |
| 105 | University of Minnesota Duluth | 27500 | 31300 | 0.1215 | 8,426 | 1235 | 0.8875 | |
| 105 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 17,450 | 1044 | 0.9518 | |
| 108 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 27600 | 36500 | 0.244 | 7,505 | 1073 | 0.9633 | |
| 109 | Syracuse University | 27700 | 83100 | 0.6665 | 15,957 | 1363 | 0.4592 | |
| 110 | Villanova University | 27900 | 88800 | 0.6855 | 7,004 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 111 | University of Northern Iowa | 28100 | 36200 | 0.224 | 7,711 | 1129 | 0.9274 | |
| 112 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 28200 | 32800 | 0.1405 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 113 | California State University-San Marcos | 28400 | 38300 | 0.2584 | 14,977 | 1040 | 0.951 | |
| 114 | Elmhurst University | 28800 | 67000 | 0.5704 | 3,213 | 1148 | 0.7364 | |
| 115 | Pittsburg State University | 29100 | 36200 | 0.1959 | 4,472 | 1055 | 0.8942 | |
| 115 | University of Louisville | 29100 | 29100 | 0 | 17,086 | 1148 | 0.7941 | |
| 115 | University of Wisconsin-La Crosse | 29100 | 31400 | 0.0734 | 9,501 | 1195 | 0.755 | |
| 115 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 29100 | 29200 | 0.0034 | 18,288 | 1090 | 0.9068 | |
| 119 | Jacksonville State University | 29300 | 38200 | 0.2328 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 120 | California State University-East Bay | 29500 | 45100 | 0.3461 | 9,909 | 940 | 0.9739 | |
| 121 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 29700 | 31600 | 0.0601 | 6,835 | 1090 | 0.7147 | |
| 121 | Sonoma State University | 29700 | 41200 | 0.2791 | 5,272 | 1050 | 0.9343 | |
| 123 | Montclair State University | 29900 | 36300 | 0.1764 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 123 | Towson University | 29900 | 29900 | 0 | 16,264 | 1098 | 0.8197 | |
| 125 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 126 | Southern Utah University | 30200 | 40800 | 0.2599 | 13,126 | 1140 | 0.8179 | |
| 127 | University of West Georgia | 30300 | 46800 | 0.3525 | 9,103 | 1040 | 0.5161 | |
| 128 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 30400 | 42200 | 0.2794 | 15,375 | 1103 | 0.866 | |
| 129 | California State University-Long Beach | 31000 | 38900 | 0.2032 | 36,082 | 1135 | 0.4627 | |
| 129 | Jacksonville University | 31000 | 74200 | 0.582 | 2,946 | 1195 | 0.5694 | |
| 129 | San Francisco State University | 31000 | 47700 | 0.3502 | 19,444 | 1035 | 0.9644 | |
| 132 | Portland State University | 31100 | 43100 | 0.2784 | 15,414 | 1094 | 0.9087 | |
| 132 | University of North Dakota | 31100 | 33700 | 0.0772 | 11,033 | 1150 | 0.769 | |
| 134 | San Diego State University | 31300 | 36100 | 0.1329 | 35,782 | 1208 | 0.3619 | |
| 135 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 31400 | 59100 | 0.4684 | 23,181 | 1354 | 0.3297 | |
| 136 | Ohio Wesleyan University | 31600 | 75700 | 0.5823 | 1,525 | 1281 | 0.556 | |
| 137 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 31800 | 41200 | 0.2284 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.7517 | |
| 138 | Carthage College | 32600 | 58600 | 0.4441 | 2,675 | 1125 | 0.8706 | |
| 139 | Samford University | 32800 | 64600 | 0.4924 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 140 | Framingham State University | 33000 | 38100 | 0.1339 | 2,782 | 1190 | 0.8361 | |
| 141 | Liberty University | 33100 | 44600 | 0.2578 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 142 | Millersville University of Pennsylvania | 33500 | 37200 | 0.0995 | 5,823 | 1115 | 0.8619 | |
| 143 | Auburn University | 33700 | 34100 | 0.0117 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4592 | |
| 144 | George Washington University | 33900 | 81800 | 0.5857 | 11,677 | 1430 | 0.4709 | |
| 145 | Salisbury University | 34000 | 41700 | 0.1845 | 6,288 | 1250 | 0.8747 | |
| 146 | University of St Thomas | 34100 | 70300 | 0.5152 | 6,270 | 1299 | 0.8536 | |
| 147 | Kutztown University of Pennsylvania | 34200 | 35900 | 0.0474 | 6,306 | 1214 | 0.9075 | |
| 148 | SUNY College at Geneseo | 34500 | 39400 | 0.1245 | 3,881 | 1279 | 0.6645 | |
| 149 | University of Vermont | 34600 | 66300 | 0.4785 | 12,276 | 1379 | 0.653 | |
| 150 | University of Denver | 34800 | 76900 | 0.5478 | 6,614 | 1347 | 0.7781 | |
| 151 | University of Colorado Colorado Springs | 35000 | 41600 | 0.1586 | 9,302 | 1125 | 0.9735 | |
| 152 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 35100 | 35100 | 0 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 153 | Valparaiso University | 35200 | 63000 | 0.441 | 2,123 | 1189 | 0.8943 | |
| 154 | Minnesota State University, Mankato | 35500 | 37600 | 0.056 | 13,433 | 1145 | 0.8844 | |
| 155 | Temple University | 35600 | 56400 | 0.3689 | 21,457 | 1135 | 0.8041 | |
| 156 | State University of New York at New Paltz | 35700 | 35700 | 0 | 6,862 | 1260 | 0.6161 | |
| 157 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 36100 | 36100 | 0 | 15,254 | 1270 | 0.6424 | |
| 158 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 36700 | 47500 | 0.2275 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 159 | California State University-Fresno | 37000 | 43800 | 0.1555 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 160 | East Carolina University | 37100 | 42700 | 0.1313 | 21,445 | 1160 | 0.8921 | |
| 161 | University of Connecticut | 37300 | 53600 | 0.3043 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 162 | Indiana University-Southeast | 37600 | 40800 | 0.0762 | 3,276 | 1090 | 0.8446 | |
| 163 | University of Nevada-Reno | 38000 | 45800 | 0.1704 | 19,117 | 1134 | 0.7371 | |
| 163 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 38000 | 66300 | 0.427 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5478 | |
| 165 | University of Central Arkansas | 38100 | 40200 | 0.0523 | 8,268 | 1110 | 0.8949 | |
| 166 | Hofstra University | 38300 | 76900 | 0.5019 | 6,581 | 1328 | 0.6808 | |
| 167 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38700 | 38700 | 0 | 14,416 | 1210 | 0.8851 | |
| 168 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 39800 | 39800 | 0 | 24,868 | 1214 | 0.796 | |
| 169 | University of Wyoming | 40200 | 45300 | 0.1127 | 8,130 | 1179 | 0.9688 | |
| 170 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5061 | 33,475 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 171 | Appalachian State University | 40600 | 40600 | 0 | 19,560 | 1190 | 0.9014 | |
| 171 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 40600 | 50000 | 0.1882 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 173 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 40800 | 42500 | 0.04 | 13,921 | 1119 | 0.7468 | |
| 174 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 41100 | 48500 | 0.1525 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 175 | SUNY Oneonta | 41700 | 41700 | 0 | 4,681 | 1234 | 0.696 | |
| 176 | Western Washington University | 41900 | 51500 | 0.1866 | 13,752 | 1272 | 0.9325 | |
| 177 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 42400 | 42400 | 0 | 14,449 | 1195 | 0.784 | |
| 178 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | 42500 | 56200 | 0.2439 | 11,355 | 1222 | 0.8816 | |
| 179 | Texas Christian University | 43600 | 87400 | 0.5014 | 11,049 | 1283 | 0.4449 | |
| 180 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 43900 | 57100 | 0.2297 | 23,329 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 181 | The University of Montana | 44300 | 45000 | 0.0156 | 7,891 | 1225 | 0.9586 | |
| 182 | Illinois State University | 46000 | 49100 | 0.0633 | 19,107 | 1120 | 0.8815 | |
| 183 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 46300 | 46600 | 0.0064 | 6,139 | 1070 | 0.9052 | |
| 184 | Michigan State University | 47200 | 56200 | 0.1601 | 41,234 | 1279 | 0.848 | |
| 185 | University at Albany | 48900 | 48900 | 0 | 12,666 | 1223 | 0.691 | |
| 186 | University of Kentucky | 49100 | 58000 | 0.1538 | 25,534 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 187 | DePaul University | 49200 | 66000 | 0.2547 | 14,188 | 1254 | 0.7589 | |
| 188 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 49800 | 62200 | 0.1995 | 37,140 | 1406 | 0.4237 | |
| 189 | University of Iowa | 51100 | 53200 | 0.0396 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 190 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53300 | 61000 | 0.1262 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 191 | George Mason University | 53400 | 61000 | 0.1246 | 28,334 | 1268 | 0.8748 | |
| 192 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 16,100 | 1219 | 0.7766 | |
| 193 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53800 | 62800 | 0.1433 | 23,920 | 1397 | 0.5973 | |
| 194 | University of Missouri-Columbia | 57100 | 59200 | 0.0356 | 24,449 | 1256 | 0.7847 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.
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