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Considering a degree in Architecture?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Architecture majors who live in Arkansas.
Rankings are calculated by estimating the net price at every college offering Architecture degrees for a "typical" middle class family living in the state of Arkansas.
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 Coast Guard Academy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,081 | 1294 | 0.2432 | |
| 1 | United States Naval Academy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4,465 | 1302 | 0.0936 | |
| 3 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 5100 | 40700 | 0.8738 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 4 | Princeton University | 5500 | 82400 | 0.9329 | 5,813 | 1535 | 0.0462 | |
| 4 | Yale University | 5500 | 92200 | 0.94 | 6,814 | 1507 | 0.0387 | |
| 6 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 7700 | 90000 | 0.9149 | 4,580 | 1542 | 0.0455 | |
| 7 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8400 | 98000 | 0.9146 | 9,157 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 8 | Rice University | 8600 | 89100 | 0.9038 | 4,789 | 1535 | 0.08 | |
| 8 | United States Merchant Marine Academy | 8600 | 8600 | 0 | 947 | 1230 | 0.3247 | |
| 10 | University of Pennsylvania | 8900 | 92900 | 0.9044 | 10,013 | 1528 | 0.054 | |
| 11 | Carnegie Mellon University | 9000 | 90900 | 0.9007 | 7,824 | 1528 | 0.1166 | |
| 12 | Washington University in St Louis | 9300 | 102300 | 0.909 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 13 | University of Notre Dame | 10900 | 86200 | 0.874 | 8,880 | 1471 | 0.1127 | |
| 14 | Wellesley College | 11000 | 91300 | 0.8797 | 2,407 | 1500 | 0.1405 | |
| 15 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 11200 | 36600 | 0.6936 | 27,082 | 1099 | 0.8459 | |
| 16 | Middlebury College | 11600 | 89900 | 0.8713 | 2,760 | 1499 | 0.1075 | |
| 17 | Cornell University | 11800 | 93100 | 0.8735 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
| 18 | Brown University | 11900 | 94000 | 0.8731 | 7,910 | 1535 | 0.0539 | |
| 19 | California State University-Fresno | 12500 | 45900 | 0.7284 | 21,430 | 995 | 0.9638 | |
| 19 | University of North Alabama | 12500 | 28200 | 0.5571 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 21 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 12600 | 26100 | 0.5167 | 21,947 | 1335 | 0.3122 | |
| 21 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 21 | Indiana State University | 12600 | 25900 | 0.5143 | 6,224 | 1140 | 0.8077 | |
| 24 | University of Central Florida | 12900 | 25300 | 0.4895 | 59,649 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
| 25 | Florida Atlantic University | 13000 | 25800 | 0.4968 | 24,942 | 1130 | 0.6613 | |
| 26 | Louisiana Tech University | 13200 | 36900 | 0.6422 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 27 | Portland State University | 13600 | 43100 | 0.6849 | 15,414 | 1112 | 0.9087 | |
| 27 | University of Delaware | 13600 | 34500 | 0.6058 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 27 | University of Idaho | 13600 | 25800 | 0.4733 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 30 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 51900 | 0.7365 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 31 | Utah State University | 13800 | 20800 | 0.3369 | 25,920 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 32 | Mount Holyoke College | 13900 | 89900 | 0.8457 | 2,178 | 1449 | 0.3603 | |
| 32 | University of Houston | 13900 | 23100 | 0.3984 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 34 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 14400 | 26500 | 0.4563 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 35 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 14800 | 28000 | 0.4711 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 36 | University of Georgia | 14900 | 26600 | 0.438 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 37 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 15000 | 64500 | 0.7674 | 15,375 | 1179 | 0.866 | |
| 38 | University of Maine at Augusta | 15200 | 44900 | 0.6617 | 4,250 | 0 | 0.0683 | |
| 39 | Northeastern University | 15400 | 89900 | 0.8287 | 22,695 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 40 | Lehigh University | 15600 | 89600 | 0.8263 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 41 | University of Memphis | 16000 | 26400 | 0.3947 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 42 | Keene State College | 16600 | 51200 | 0.6747 | 2,744 | 1020 | 0.9033 | |
| 43 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 16700 | 29200 | 0.4283 | 18,667 | 1090 | 0.9711 | |
| 44 | California State University-Sacramento | 16900 | 27600 | 0.388 | 28,226 | 1015 | 0.9343 | |
| 44 | University of Kansas | 16900 | 37100 | 0.543 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 46 | Arkansas State University | 17000 | 28100 | 0.3963 | 9,985 | 1075 | 0.7959 | |
| 47 | Bennington College | 17200 | 89500 | 0.8078 | 797 | 1360 | 0.4453 | |
| 48 | University of California-Berkeley | 17500 | 43500 | 0.5982 | 33,469 | 1407 | 0.1104 | |
| 49 | Barnard College | 17600 | 99700 | 0.8232 | 3,269 | 1499 | 0.1147 | |
| 50 | Morgan State University | 17700 | 37200 | 0.5242 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 50 | SUNY College of Technology at Alfred | 17700 | 46700 | 0.6213 | 3,525 | 1070 | 0.8175 | |
| 50 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 17700 | 26300 | 0.3249 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 53 | Prairie View A & M University | 17800 | 39600 | 0.5503 | 8,836 | 970 | 0.7794 | |
| 54 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 17900 | 30400 | 0.4118 | 20,592 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 55 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 18000 | 35300 | 0.4896 | 5,731 | 1174 | 0.9064 | |
| 56 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 18100 | 27700 | 0.3461 | 31,112 | 1114 | 0.8129 | |
| 57 | University of Rhode Island | 18300 | 46400 | 0.6051 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 58 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 18400 | 30600 | 0.3971 | 38,093 | 1302 | 0.7821 | |
| 59 | University of Arkansas | 19000 | 27800 | 0.3146 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 60 | Connecticut College | 19300 | 115500 | 0.8326 | 1,990 | 1287 | 0.3704 | |
| 61 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 19600 | 29300 | 0.3305 | 1,984 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 62 | La Roche University | 19900 | 66200 | 0.6998 | 755 | 1069 | 0.7016 | |
| 63 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 20000 | 78700 | 0.7459 | 17,901 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 64 | University of Southern California | 20200 | 75800 | 0.7338 | 20,630 | 1492 | 0.0981 | |
| 65 | University of New Orleans | 20300 | 30200 | 0.3277 | 5,476 | 1050 | 0.6677 | |
| 66 | South Dakota State University | 20600 | 25200 | 0.1838 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 67 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 20700 | 31000 | 0.3327 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 68 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 20800 | 34400 | 0.3953 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 69 | Webb Institute | 21500 | 73700 | 0.7085 | 106 | 1475 | 0.1404 | |
| 70 | Tufts University | 22100 | 98900 | 0.7763 | 7,126 | 1507 | 0.1153 | |
| 71 | SUNY Maritime College | 22300 | 46800 | 0.524 | 1,286 | 1215 | 0.7242 | |
| 72 | Marywood University | 22400 | 79900 | 0.7199 | 1,834 | 1160 | 0.6058 | |
| 73 | University of Florida | 22500 | 43200 | 0.4795 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 74 | University of Southern Mississippi | 23100 | 23100 | 0 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
| 75 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 23300 | 35000 | 0.3343 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 76 | Hampshire College | 23600 | 101500 | 0.7671 | 844 | 1254 | 0.7528 | |
| 77 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24100 | 38000 | 0.3658 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
| 78 | Judson University | 24200 | 49100 | 0.5067 | 793 | 985 | 0.6233 | |
| 79 | University at Buffalo | 24300 | 34000 | 0.2853 | 20,360 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 80 | Norwich University | 24400 | 88400 | 0.7242 | 2,642 | 1182 | 0.7361 | |
| 80 | University of Central Arkansas | 24400 | 29500 | 0.174 | 8,268 | 1124 | 0.8949 | |
| 82 | Drury University | 25100 | 52900 | 0.5254 | 1,391 | 1228 | 0.5758 | |
| 82 | Miami University-Oxford | 25100 | 28400 | 0.1161 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 84 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 25300 | 56100 | 0.5487 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 85 | Mount Mary University | 26000 | 57200 | 0.5448 | 749 | 1005 | 0.6634 | |
| 86 | Hobart William Smith Colleges | 26100 | 88300 | 0.7044 | 1,794 | 1313 | 0.6399 | |
| 86 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 26100 | 59900 | 0.5642 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 88 | Ball State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 15,189 | 1170 | 0.855 | |
| 89 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 27500 | 41500 | 0.3371 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 89 | Thomas Jefferson University | 27500 | 67700 | 0.5937 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 89 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 17,771 | 1044 | 0.7933 | |
| 92 | North Dakota State University | 27800 | 30400 | 0.0835 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 92 | Syracuse University | 27800 | 83100 | 0.6654 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 94 | Texas Tech University | 27900 | 27900 | 0 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 95 | Mississippi State University | 28200 | 32300 | 0.1279 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 96 | University of Utah | 28900 | 32000 | 0.098 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 97 | Clemson University | 29200 | 37100 | 0.2137 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 97 | University of Connecticut | 29200 | 33700 | 0.1337 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 99 | Ithaca College | 29900 | 72500 | 0.5874 | 4,268 | 1314 | 0.6901 | |
| 100 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 101 | Maine Maritime Academy | 30200 | 33400 | 0.0959 | 945 | 1180 | 0.5606 | |
| 102 | University of Kentucky | 31100 | 36100 | 0.1386 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 103 | North Carolina State University | 32800 | 54800 | 0.4004 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 104 | Anderson University | 33100 | 52500 | 0.3697 | 3,405 | 1209 | 0.5471 | |
| 105 | Massachusetts Maritime Academy | 33200 | 40200 | 0.1743 | 1,407 | 1120 | 0.7207 | |
| 106 | Lawrence Technological University | 33500 | 82500 | 0.5937 | 2,579 | 1159 | 0.7403 | |
| 107 | Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design | 33800 | 57400 | 0.4102 | 885 | 1143 | 0.628 | |
| 108 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 34400 | 58500 | 0.4125 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 109 | Chatham University | 35000 | 63900 | 0.4526 | 1,555 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 110 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 35100 | 35100 | 0 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 111 | Delaware Valley University | 35600 | 83300 | 0.5726 | 1,768 | 1180 | 0.9326 | |
| 112 | Andrews University | 35800 | 62100 | 0.4235 | 1,312 | 1196 | 0.874 | |
| 113 | North Carolina A & T State University | 36200 | 36600 | 0.0109 | 12,216 | 1040 | 0.4617 | |
| 114 | Benedictine College | 37600 | 50800 | 0.2599 | 2,391 | 1223 | 0.7645 | |
| 115 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37800 | 66500 | 0.4313 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 116 | Auburn University | 38000 | 38000 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 117 | Kean University | 38800 | 48300 | 0.1967 | 11,758 | 1035 | 0.759 | |
| 118 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 39700 | 39700 | 0 | 24,868 | 1214 | 0.796 | |
| 119 | Stony Brook University | 39900 | 53000 | 0.2478 | 18,263 | 1404 | 0.4904 | |
| 120 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5067 | 33,471 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 121 | Temple University | 40500 | 55300 | 0.2679 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 122 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41400 | 57000 | 0.2738 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 123 | California College of the Arts | 42600 | 87600 | 0.5136 | 1,004 | 1079 | 0.911 | |
| 124 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 43000 | 54700 | 0.2138 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 125 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43200 | 53400 | 0.191 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 126 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 43900 | 57100 | 0.2302 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 127 | University of Illinois Chicago | 44400 | 49300 | 0.0993 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 128 | The University of Texas at Austin | 45300 | 45300 | 0 | 43,165 | 1348 | 0.2664 | |
| 129 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 46200 | 86200 | 0.4639 | 5,743 | 1438 | 0.6343 | |
| 130 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48600 | 51200 | 0.0514 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 131 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 48700 | 92100 | 0.4715 | 7,283 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
| 132 | Drexel University | 48800 | 83800 | 0.4176 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 133 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53300 | 61000 | 0.1267 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 134 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 53400 | 53400 | 0 | 33,572 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 135 | University of San Francisco | 53800 | 84800 | 0.3655 | 5,321 | 1292 | 0.6171 | |
| 135 | Woodbury University | 53800 | 69500 | 0.2258 | 825 | 1087 | 0.7287 | |
| 137 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 54000 | 56100 | 0.038 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 138 | University of Colorado Boulder | 55700 | 56600 | 0.0159 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
| 139 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 58100 | 66100 | 0.121 | 40,754 | 1391 | 0.3915 | |
| 140 | Howard University | 58300 | 76900 | 0.2418 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 141 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 59100 | 61200 | 0.0349 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 142 | Maryland Institute College of Art | 60700 | 71200 | 0.1476 | 1,324 | 1174 | 0.7729 | |
| 143 | University of Oregon | 66800 | 68900 | 0.031 | 20,622 | 1250 | 0.883 | |
| 144 | The Catholic University of America | 76300 | 82500 | 0.0751 | 3,177 | 1155 | 0.8278 | |
| 145 | Otis College of Art and Design | 79600 | 79800 | 0.0025 | 1,224 | 1235 | 0.8176 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.