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Considering a degree in Architec?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Architec majors who live in California.
Rankings are calculated by estimating the net price at every college offering Architec degrees for a "typical" middle class family living in the state of California.
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 |
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1 | United States Coast Guard Academy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,081 | 1283 | 0.2432 | |
1 | United States Naval Academy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4,465 | 1314 | 0.0936 | |
1 | University of California-Los Angeles | 0 | 36700 | 1 | 34,398 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
1 | University of Connecticut | 0 | 33200 | 1 | 19,388 | 1324 | 0.5395 | |
5 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 3800 | 86800 | 0.9564 | 4,576 | 1535 | 0.0485 | |
6 | Utah State University | 3900 | 20300 | 0.8091 | 25,920 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
7 | Rice University | 4700 | 85500 | 0.9454 | 4,788 | 1535 | 0.08 | |
8 | Yale University | 5000 | 92300 | 0.9462 | 6,717 | 1507 | 0.0387 | |
9 | Santa Ana College | 5400 | 30400 | 0.8227 | 26,073 | 0 | 0.0674 | |
10 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 5900 | 39100 | 0.8487 | 33,921 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
11 | University of Pennsylvania | 6200 | 93000 | 0.9329 | 10,013 | 1528 | 0.054 | |
12 | Amherst College | 6900 | 95600 | 0.9282 | 1,881 | 1514 | 0.0901 | |
13 | Wellesley College | 7000 | 90900 | 0.9227 | 2,405 | 1500 | 0.1405 | |
14 | Princeton University | 7300 | 81800 | 0.9112 | 5,811 | 1535 | 0.0462 | |
15 | CUNY City College | 7400 | 31200 | 0.7644 | 12,982 | 1169 | 0.5997 | |
16 | Washington University in St Louis | 8600 | 96200 | 0.9105 | 8,219 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
17 | Vanderbilt University | 8700 | 95000 | 0.9088 | 7,221 | 1527 | 0.0586 | |
18 | United States Merchant Marine Academy | 9000 | 10200 | 0.1128 | 947 | 1239 | 0.3247 | |
19 | Cornell University | 9500 | 92000 | 0.8969 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
20 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 9600 | 94100 | 0.8976 | 9,007 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
21 | University of Notre Dame | 9700 | 86100 | 0.8878 | 8,880 | 1499 | 0.1127 | |
22 | California State University-Fresno | 10800 | 19700 | 0.4536 | 21,430 | 995 | 0.9638 | |
22 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 10800 | 27200 | 0.6011 | 39,256 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
24 | Santa Monica College | 11400 | 20900 | 0.453 | 23,164 | 0 | 0.4384 | |
25 | Mount Holyoke College | 11700 | 89700 | 0.8694 | 2,178 | 1449 | 0.3603 | |
26 | Fairmont State University | 12000 | 21400 | 0.4372 | 3,060 | 1005 | 0.9924 | |
27 | Massachusetts Maritime Academy | 12100 | 21900 | 0.4456 | 1,402 | 1120 | 0.7207 | |
28 | Middlebury College | 12200 | 89800 | 0.8645 | 2,751 | 1499 | 0.1075 | |
29 | Boston University | 12400 | 88800 | 0.8601 | 18,310 | 1475 | 0.1111 | |
30 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 12500 | 25700 | 0.5147 | 49,382 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
31 | Louisiana Tech University | 13000 | 24900 | 0.4789 | 11,058 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
32 | North Carolina A & T State University | 13300 | 17900 | 0.2546 | 12,216 | 1020 | 0.4617 | |
33 | University of Idaho | 13700 | 31300 | 0.561 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
34 | Tufts University | 14000 | 92400 | 0.8483 | 6,972 | 1507 | 0.1153 | |
35 | Northeastern University | 14200 | 89900 | 0.8418 | 22,649 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
35 | Texas Tech University | 14200 | 27000 | 0.4755 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
37 | Carnegie Mellon University | 14300 | 87300 | 0.8365 | 7,616 | 1528 | 0.1166 | |
38 | College of the Holy Cross | 14600 | 85600 | 0.8293 | 3,106 | 1338 | 0.1761 | |
39 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 14900 | 28000 | 0.4691 | 8,526 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
40 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 15900 | 78300 | 0.7963 | 17,885 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
41 | University of Arizona | 16000 | 30900 | 0.4812 | 43,817 | 1212 | 0.8614 | |
42 | California State University-Sacramento | 16100 | 27400 | 0.4111 | 28,139 | 1015 | 0.9343 | |
43 | North Carolina State University at Raleigh | 16200 | 25900 | 0.3751 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
44 | Ferris State University | 16300 | 31000 | 0.4732 | 8,989 | 1015 | 0.9151 | |
45 | Barnard College | 16400 | 93200 | 0.8235 | 3,269 | 1490 | 0.0796 | |
46 | Bennington College | 16500 | 89500 | 0.8155 | 797 | 1360 | 0.4453 | |
47 | Lehigh University | 16800 | 85700 | 0.8038 | 5,910 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
47 | SUNY College of Technology at Alfred | 16800 | 26000 | 0.352 | 3,525 | 1070 | 0.8175 | |
47 | University of Georgia | 16800 | 27100 | 0.3801 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
50 | University of Kansas | 16900 | 34900 | 0.5146 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
51 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 17200 | 27200 | 0.3673 | 41,678 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
52 | University of Arkansas | 17600 | 27700 | 0.3655 | 28,855 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
53 | University of New Orleans | 17700 | 29500 | 0.4016 | 5,476 | 1125 | 0.6677 | |
54 | Morgan State University | 17800 | 19700 | 0.0938 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
55 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 17900 | 28100 | 0.3613 | 20,592 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
55 | University of Southern Mississippi | 17900 | 26300 | 0.3207 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
57 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 18000 | 31000 | 0.4176 | 60,118 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
58 | The University of Texas at Austin | 18700 | 26900 | 0.3064 | 43,718 | 1335 | 0.2664 | |
59 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 18800 | 30900 | 0.3927 | 48,857 | 1302 | 0.7821 | |
59 | University of Southern California | 18800 | 71400 | 0.7361 | 21,023 | 1485 | 0.1002 | |
61 | Kansas State University | 19000 | 28800 | 0.3402 | 15,649 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
62 | Western Kentucky University | 19200 | 26800 | 0.2815 | 14,017 | 1090 | 0.9387 | |
63 | Iowa State University | 19300 | 24200 | 0.2016 | 25,261 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
63 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 19300 | 36700 | 0.4748 | 14,576 | 1179 | 0.6967 | |
65 | Brown University | 19400 | 93900 | 0.7936 | 7,909 | 1535 | 0.0539 | |
66 | University of Illinois Chicago | 19900 | 30300 | 0.3444 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
67 | Ranken Technical College | 20100 | 40100 | 0.4994 | 1,696 | 0 | 0.7143 | |
68 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 20200 | 38800 | 0.4798 | 40,978 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
68 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 20200 | 30000 | 0.3253 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
70 | North Dakota State University | 20300 | 25700 | 0.2112 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
71 | Milwaukee School of Engineering | 20600 | 69400 | 0.7028 | 2,702 | 1292 | 0.6239 | |
72 | Hobart William Smith Colleges | 20900 | 81100 | 0.7426 | 1,767 | 1313 | 0.6399 | |
72 | Montana State University | 20900 | 27100 | 0.2301 | 14,913 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
74 | University of Miami | 21400 | 70800 | 0.6973 | 13,221 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
74 | Webb Institute | 21400 | 73700 | 0.7091 | 106 | 1475 | 0.1404 | |
76 | University of Memphis | 21700 | 30000 | 0.2753 | 15,768 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
77 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 21800 | 35400 | 0.3849 | 5,731 | 1174 | 0.9064 | |
78 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 21900 | 27500 | 0.2034 | 17,402 | 1044 | 0.7933 | |
79 | Illinois Institute of Technology | 22500 | 71600 | 0.6852 | 3,105 | 1299 | 0.5493 | |
80 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 22600 | 33600 | 0.3259 | 70,646 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
81 | Washington State University | 22900 | 36800 | 0.3783 | 14,346 | 1139 | 0.8797 | |
82 | South Dakota State University | 23100 | 25300 | 0.0849 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
82 | Syracuse University | 23100 | 83100 | 0.7226 | 15,955 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
84 | La Roche University | 23200 | 55400 | 0.5805 | 1,986 | 1150 | 0.7761 | |
84 | The University of Alabama | 23200 | 29900 | 0.2226 | 35,413 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
86 | University at Buffalo | 23300 | 34000 | 0.3161 | 20,355 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
86 | University of Kentucky | 23300 | 36000 | 0.3523 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
88 | SUNY College of Technology at Delhi | 23600 | 32900 | 0.2811 | 2,634 | 1030 | 0.8841 | |
89 | Judson University | 23800 | 49100 | 0.5157 | 793 | 1049 | 0.624 | |
90 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24000 | 37100 | 0.352 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
91 | Mount Mary University | 24500 | 53300 | 0.5395 | 749 | 1005 | 0.6634 | |
92 | Ball State University | 24800 | 26000 | 0.0441 | 15,189 | 1170 | 0.855 | |
93 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 25000 | 36500 | 0.3159 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
94 | Tuskegee University | 25200 | 42100 | 0.4006 | 2,400 | 1030 | 0.3143 | |
95 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 25500 | 36500 | 0.3 | 26,994 | 1099 | 0.8459 | |
96 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 25600 | 40300 | 0.3657 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
97 | Indiana State University | 25700 | 30900 | 0.1667 | 6,118 | 1140 | 0.8077 | |
98 | Kennesaw State University | 25800 | 27000 | 0.0425 | 44,419 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
99 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 25900 | 41900 | 0.3828 | 43,729 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
100 | University of North Alabama | 26000 | 41500 | 0.3724 | 8,076 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
101 | Marywood University | 26100 | 55500 | 0.529 | 1,833 | 1160 | 0.6058 | |
101 | Tennessee State University | 26100 | 39300 | 0.3348 | 5,057 | 980 | 0.7018 | |
103 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 26500 | 83600 | 0.6826 | 7,283 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
104 | Florida Atlantic University | 26800 | 39200 | 0.3151 | 24,942 | 1130 | 0.6613 | |
104 | Norwich University | 26800 | 70900 | 0.6214 | 2,642 | 1209 | 0.7361 | |
106 | California Baptist University | 26900 | 64600 | 0.5839 | 8,417 | 1069 | 0.8535 | |
106 | Weber State University | 26900 | 33300 | 0.1906 | 31,625 | 1075 | 1 | |
108 | Delaware Valley University | 27000 | 63800 | 0.5773 | 1,768 | 1180 | 0.9326 | |
108 | Fitchburg State University | 27000 | 31300 | 0.1357 | 2,932 | 1150 | 0.8693 | |
110 | Keene State College | 27100 | 40700 | 0.3351 | 2,719 | 1020 | 0.9033 | |
111 | Clemson University | 27200 | 35800 | 0.241 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
112 | University of Hartford | 28100 | 70100 | 0.5983 | 4,222 | 1224 | 0.9579 | |
112 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 28100 | 52900 | 0.468 | 36,970 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
114 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 28200 | 42400 | 0.3337 | 21,917 | 1335 | 0.3122 | |
114 | University of Utah | 28200 | 32000 | 0.1197 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
116 | Drury University | 28300 | 52900 | 0.4657 | 1,391 | 1228 | 0.5758 | |
116 | University of Detroit Mercy | 28300 | 48100 | 0.4119 | 3,417 | 1154 | 0.7572 | |
118 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 28800 | 30000 | 0.0382 | 18,428 | 1090 | 0.9529 | |
119 | Kent State University at Kent | 28900 | 37500 | 0.2306 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
119 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 28900 | 39700 | 0.2729 | 1,880 | 1369 | 0.6328 | |
121 | Andrews University | 29200 | 47100 | 0.3807 | 1,312 | 1208 | 0.874 | |
122 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 29400 | 41100 | 0.2836 | 25,194 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
122 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 29400 | 41800 | 0.2955 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
124 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 29700 | 33100 | 0.1011 | 19,657 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
125 | University of Houston | 29900 | 35200 | 0.1492 | 42,050 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
126 | University of Rhode Island | 30100 | 46700 | 0.3564 | 14,296 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
127 | Connecticut College | 30200 | 83300 | 0.6372 | 1,990 | 1287 | 0.3704 | |
128 | University of Maine at Augusta | 30400 | 38900 | 0.2174 | 4,250 | 0 | 0.0683 | |
129 | Vermont State University | 30500 | 38000 | 0.1961 | 4,087 | 960 | 0.8323 | |
130 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 30800 | 53900 | 0.4294 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
131 | Portland State University | 30900 | 43000 | 0.2821 | 15,675 | 1176 | 0.9091 | |
132 | Woodbury University | 31200 | 66600 | 0.5322 | 825 | 1087 | 0.7287 | |
133 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 31800 | 38500 | 0.1727 | 7,890 | 1105 | 0.2056 | |
134 | Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design | 32200 | 57100 | 0.4352 | 885 | 1143 | 0.628 | |
135 | Anderson University | 32300 | 52400 | 0.3844 | 3,405 | 1209 | 0.5471 | |
136 | Prairie View A & M University | 32500 | 39600 | 0.178 | 8,831 | 955 | 0.7441 | |
137 | Rhode Island School of Design | 32600 | 86500 | 0.6227 | 2,087 | 1455 | 0.1866 | |
138 | Thomas Jefferson University | 32800 | 67700 | 0.5161 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
139 | Massachusetts College of Art and Design | 32900 | 41100 | 0.2006 | 1,747 | 1085 | 0.7627 | |
140 | Ithaca College | 33900 | 72500 | 0.533 | 4,084 | 1314 | 0.6901 | |
141 | DePaul University | 34300 | 59100 | 0.4202 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
142 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 34800 | 62000 | 0.4379 | 30,962 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
143 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 34900 | 42400 | 0.1779 | 31,112 | 1130 | 0.8129 | |
144 | Roger Williams University | 35100 | 63700 | 0.4499 | 4,050 | 1225 | 0.8778 | |
145 | Pennsylvania College of Technology | 35500 | 45500 | 0.2187 | 4,243 | 1130 | 0.7423 | |
146 | Chatham University | 35600 | 63300 | 0.4371 | 1,551 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
146 | Farmingdale State College | 35600 | 37800 | 0.0593 | 10,006 | 1145 | 0.6329 | |
146 | Mississippi State University | 35600 | 50500 | 0.2939 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
149 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 36000 | 51900 | 0.3052 | 5,546 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
150 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 36100 | 38900 | 0.0727 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
151 | Lawrence Technological University | 36300 | 67800 | 0.4651 | 2,579 | 1155 | 0.7403 | |
152 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 36800 | 41600 | 0.116 | 5,187 | 1005 | 0.9229 | |
153 | Benedictine College | 38000 | 50800 | 0.251 | 2,391 | 1229 | 0.7645 | |
153 | University of Wyoming | 38000 | 43800 | 0.133 | 8,045 | 1159 | 0.9688 | |
155 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 38200 | 39400 | 0.0291 | 24,868 | 1214 | 0.796 | |
156 | University of Central Florida | 38400 | 39600 | 0.0289 | 68,470 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
157 | New York Institute of Technology | 38500 | 78600 | 0.5095 | 3,355 | 1235 | 0.7808 | |
158 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 39000 | 56700 | 0.3113 | 32,499 | 1391 | 0.3915 | |
159 | Stony Brook University | 39200 | 53000 | 0.2609 | 18,263 | 1395 | 0.4904 | |
160 | SUNY Maritime College | 39300 | 40900 | 0.0402 | 1,283 | 1215 | 0.7242 | |
161 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 39800 | 46900 | 0.1523 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
162 | Endicott College | 40100 | 63200 | 0.3661 | 3,176 | 1215 | 0.7229 | |
163 | Temple University | 40200 | 56100 | 0.2841 | 20,786 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
164 | New England Institute of Technology | 40300 | 61100 | 0.3398 | 1,718 | 995 | 0.6673 | |
165 | University of San Francisco | 40700 | 83400 | 0.5114 | 5,321 | 1292 | 0.6171 | |
166 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 40800 | 52900 | 0.2295 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
167 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | 41300 | 42400 | 0.027 | 14,019 | 1115 | 0.7781 | |
168 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 41400 | 56200 | 0.264 | 3,963 | 1229 | 0.9121 | |
169 | California College of the Arts | 41700 | 87800 | 0.5247 | 910 | 1079 | 0.911 | |
170 | University of Florida | 42500 | 45600 | 0.0689 | 38,113 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
171 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 42600 | 50300 | 0.152 | 33,626 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
172 | Kean University | 43100 | 48300 | 0.1066 | 11,758 | 1035 | 0.7688 | |
173 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43200 | 52900 | 0.1842 | 30,994 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
174 | University of San Diego | 44200 | 83300 | 0.4697 | 5,851 | 1298 | 0.5238 | |
175 | University of Delaware | 45200 | 53200 | 0.1516 | 19,119 | 1303 | 0.6356 | |
176 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 45800 | 58900 | 0.2227 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
177 | Maine Maritime Academy | 47400 | 49800 | 0.0471 | 945 | 1180 | 0.5606 | |
178 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 47600 | 85700 | 0.4449 | 5,743 | 1438 | 0.6343 | |
179 | Oregon State University | 48100 | 58900 | 0.1838 | 31,146 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
180 | Drexel University | 48200 | 82600 | 0.4169 | 12,896 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
181 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 48800 | 56400 | 0.1354 | 10,200 | 1346 | 0.6507 | |
181 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 48800 | 57200 | 0.1473 | 42,178 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
183 | Savannah College of Art and Design | 49200 | 64400 | 0.2353 | 14,657 | 1180 | 0.8368 | |
184 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 50100 | 81000 | 0.3818 | 5,558 | 1292 | 0.6016 | |
185 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 50400 | 53300 | 0.0531 | 14,504 | 1145 | 0.7637 | |
186 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 50500 | 51700 | 0.0222 | 34,656 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
187 | Otis College of Art and Design | 51500 | 78800 | 0.3469 | 1,224 | 1055 | 0.8176 | |
188 | Howard University | 52900 | 61600 | 0.142 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
188 | University of Colorado Boulder | 52900 | 56300 | 0.0611 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
190 | Auburn University | 54300 | 55400 | 0.0207 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
191 | Miami University-Oxford | 55000 | 56100 | 0.0204 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
192 | Pratt Institute-Main | 57200 | 83800 | 0.3168 | 3,638 | 1266 | 0.7325 | |
193 | University of Oregon | 58600 | 68900 | 0.1499 | 20,509 | 1250 | 0.883 | |
194 | Maryland Institute College of Art | 59500 | 71200 | 0.1637 | 1,324 | 1196 | 0.7729 | |
195 | The New School | 65100 | 104000 | 0.3745 | 1,328 | 1268 | 0.8333 | |
196 | University of California-Berkeley | 74300 | 75500 | 0.0152 | 32,429 | 1407 | 0.1104 | |
197 | The Catholic University of America | 81400 | 82500 | 0.0139 | 3,167 | 1204 | 0.8278 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.