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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 | 1,063 | 1319 | 0.206 | |
| 1 | United States Naval Academy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4,474 | 1305 | 0.0927 | |
| 3 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 1600 | 93300 | 0.9828 | 4,561 | 1542 | 0.0456 | |
| 4 | Princeton University | 4100 | 83400 | 0.9508 | 5,916 | 1528 | 0.0442 | |
| 5 | University of Pennsylvania | 5000 | 93100 | 0.9467 | 9,989 | 1535 | 0.0492 | |
| 6 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 5900 | 40700 | 0.8541 | 35,358 | 1448 | 0.1642 | |
| 7 | United States Merchant Marine Academy | 7400 | 8800 | 0.16 | 962 | 1214 | 0.3424 | |
| 8 | Washington University in St Louis | 7500 | 102300 | 0.9263 | 8,153 | 1512 | 0.1192 | |
| 9 | University of Notre Dame | 8200 | 89100 | 0.9078 | 8,950 | 1497 | 0.0938 | |
| 10 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8600 | 98000 | 0.9125 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 11 | Middlebury College | 8800 | 94500 | 0.9069 | 2,640 | 1499 | 0.1277 | |
| 12 | Carnegie Mellon University | 8900 | 90900 | 0.9025 | 7,728 | 1528 | 0.1107 | |
| 13 | Portland State University | 9700 | 26100 | 0.628 | 14,932 | 1174 | 0.8586 | |
| 14 | Rice University | 9800 | 92500 | 0.8944 | 4,807 | 1528 | 0.0801 | |
| 15 | Cornell University | 10500 | 93700 | 0.8878 | 16,138 | 1528 | 0.0838 | |
| 16 | Wellesley College | 10700 | 95400 | 0.8874 | 2,366 | 1499 | 0.1479 | |
| 17 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 11100 | 36600 | 0.6964 | 27,963 | 1090 | 0.8395 | |
| 18 | Arkansas State University | 11300 | 28400 | 0.6037 | 11,189 | 1080 | 0.7818 | |
| 19 | California State University-Fresno | 11400 | 54600 | 0.7904 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 20 | Massachusetts Maritime Academy | 11700 | 46600 | 0.7489 | 1,511 | 1120 | 0.9202 | |
| 21 | Brown University | 11900 | 94000 | 0.8733 | 7,951 | 1500 | 0.0634 | |
| 22 | Mount Holyoke College | 12600 | 89900 | 0.8599 | 2,135 | 1419 | 0.3841 | |
| 23 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 12800 | 29300 | 0.5632 | 8,421 | 1054 | 0.9444 | |
| 24 | University of Arizona | 13000 | 31000 | 0.5803 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 25 | University of Delaware | 13400 | 34500 | 0.6119 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 26 | Louisiana Tech University | 13500 | 42900 | 0.6852 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 26 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 13500 | 35000 | 0.6138 | 18,667 | 1090 | 0.9711 | |
| 28 | University of Georgia | 13700 | 27200 | 0.4956 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 28 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 61700 | 0.7774 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 30 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 14200 | 25600 | 0.4445 | 10,396 | 1125 | 0.7162 | |
| 31 | University of Memphis | 14500 | 26400 | 0.4516 | 15,538 | 1080 | 0.7878 | |
| 32 | University of North Alabama | 14700 | 37300 | 0.606 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 33 | University of Maine at Augusta | 15000 | 54900 | 0.7265 | 4,313 | 0 | 0 | |
| 34 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 15100 | 57100 | 0.7351 | 15,735 | 1069 | 0.8797 | |
| 35 | Keene State College | 16400 | 51400 | 0.6813 | 2,640 | 1064 | 0.8982 | |
| 36 | Indiana State University | 16700 | 32400 | 0.4848 | 6,352 | 1015 | 0.9157 | |
| 37 | Bennington College | 16800 | 89500 | 0.8125 | 708 | 1402 | 0.3721 | |
| 37 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 16800 | 41200 | 0.5929 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 37 | Georgia Southern University | 16800 | 20100 | 0.1638 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 40 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 17200 | 26300 | 0.3451 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 41 | Barnard College | 17500 | 99700 | 0.8241 | 3,223 | 1499 | 0.1005 | |
| 41 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 17500 | 29900 | 0.4164 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 43 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 17600 | 44100 | 0.6012 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 44 | California State University-Sacramento | 17700 | 30700 | 0.4233 | 28,619 | 1015 | 0.9357 | |
| 44 | Yale University | 17700 | 278600 | 0.9365 | 6,667 | 1507 | 0.0475 | |
| 46 | Morgan State University | 17900 | 42200 | 0.5763 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 47 | SUNY College of Technology at Alfred | 18200 | 37500 | 0.5147 | 3,758 | 0 | 0.7236 | |
| 48 | University of Rhode Island | 18800 | 33900 | 0.4455 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 49 | Connecticut College | 18900 | 93000 | 0.7965 | 1,953 | 1284 | 0.3923 | |
| 49 | La Roche University | 18900 | 87300 | 0.7837 | 1,972 | 990 | 0.6638 | |
| 51 | Olivet Nazarene University | 19100 | 79300 | 0.7598 | 2,704 | 1104 | 0.5586 | |
| 52 | Lehigh University | 19200 | 89800 | 0.7863 | 5,986 | 1436 | 0.2896 | |
| 53 | Norwich University | 19400 | 100600 | 0.8075 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 54 | SUNY College of Technology at Delhi | 20100 | 55300 | 0.6363 | 2,881 | 1040 | 0.89 | |
| 55 | Syracuse University | 20300 | 83600 | 0.7572 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 55 | University of Houston | 20300 | 21800 | 0.0688 | 40,366 | 1224 | 0.7577 | |
| 55 | University of Southern California | 20300 | 76400 | 0.7347 | 20,768 | 1499 | 0.1119 | |
| 58 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 20500 | 26500 | 0.2262 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 59 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 20700 | 30600 | 0.3258 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 60 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27100 | 0.2287 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 61 | Iowa State University | 21100 | 25700 | 0.1794 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 61 | University of New Orleans | 21100 | 30000 | 0.2963 | 5,419 | 1040 | 0.7431 | |
| 63 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 21600 | 27800 | 0.2228 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 64 | Utah State University | 21800 | 38800 | 0.4382 | 26,629 | 1168 | 0.9212 | |
| 65 | Mount Mary University | 22100 | 57200 | 0.6134 | 616 | 1069 | 0.831 | |
| 65 | University of Kansas | 22100 | 44400 | 0.5019 | 22,544 | 1176 | 0.9258 | |
| 67 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 22200 | 80400 | 0.7236 | 17,848 | 1470 | 0.1565 | |
| 68 | Marywood University | 22400 | 93800 | 0.7612 | 1,936 | 1144 | 0.7878 | |
| 68 | Tufts University | 22400 | 99000 | 0.7738 | 7,031 | 1497 | 0.1082 | |
| 70 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 22500 | 34200 | 0.3424 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 71 | University of Florida | 22600 | 42800 | 0.4725 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 72 | SUNY Maritime College | 23000 | 59200 | 0.6118 | 1,401 | 1164 | 0.785 | |
| 73 | University of Southern Mississippi | 23100 | 23100 | 0 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 74 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 23400 | 36100 | 0.3515 | 34,447 | 1273 | 0.8804 | |
| 75 | Judson University | 24000 | 49100 | 0.5122 | 697 | 1010 | 0.8905 | |
| 76 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 24100 | 60700 | 0.6029 | 1,984 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 77 | South Dakota State University | 25100 | 28700 | 0.1242 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 78 | University of Arkansas | 25400 | 44700 | 0.431 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 79 | Delaware Valley University | 25700 | 95800 | 0.7318 | 1,680 | 1189 | 0.9268 | |
| 80 | Stony Brook University | 26100 | 33200 | 0.2129 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 81 | Ball State University | 26500 | 26500 | 0 | 15,950 | 1185 | 0.8625 | |
| 82 | University of Central Arkansas | 26700 | 31200 | 0.1461 | 8,238 | 1110 | 0.9157 | |
| 83 | Drury University | 26800 | 54500 | 0.5082 | 1,453 | 1209 | 0.6575 | |
| 84 | Hobart William Smith Colleges | 27100 | 88300 | 0.693 | 1,862 | 1296 | 0.667 | |
| 84 | Texas Tech University | 27100 | 27100 | 0 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 86 | North Dakota State University | 27400 | 30400 | 0.0976 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 87 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 18,028 | 1059 | 0.7996 | |
| 88 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 29000 | 43100 | 0.3274 | 22,313 | 1341 | 0.2996 | |
| 89 | University of Connecticut | 29200 | 55500 | 0.4737 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 90 | Mississippi State University | 29900 | 34400 | 0.1326 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 91 | Thomas Jefferson University | 30200 | 70000 | 0.5692 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 92 | Lawrence Technological University | 30300 | 99100 | 0.6946 | 2,661 | 1149 | 0.8101 | |
| 93 | Ithaca College | 30600 | 72600 | 0.5782 | 4,205 | 1328 | 0.7015 | |
| 94 | Kent State University at Kent | 30900 | 37500 | 0.1751 | 21,144 | 1104 | 0.7603 | |
| 94 | Prairie View A & M University | 30900 | 39600 | 0.2196 | 9,022 | 960 | 0.7836 | |
| 96 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 31100 | 50300 | 0.3816 | 21,028 | 1450 | 0.1334 | |
| 97 | University of Kentucky | 31500 | 36500 | 0.1371 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 98 | University of Central Florida | 31700 | 42800 | 0.2593 | 60,083 | 1289 | 0.428 | |
| 99 | Anderson University | 32100 | 54700 | 0.4134 | 3,724 | 1209 | 0.5491 | |
| 100 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 32200 | 54400 | 0.408 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 101 | North Carolina State University | 32400 | 54800 | 0.4083 | 29,340 | 1374 | 0.3954 | |
| 102 | Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design | 33900 | 61800 | 0.4524 | 838 | 1143 | 0.6054 | |
| 103 | University of Idaho | 34500 | 48700 | 0.2916 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 104 | University of Illinois Chicago | 34700 | 51300 | 0.3235 | 24,260 | 1174 | 0.7576 | |
| 105 | Chatham University | 34800 | 63900 | 0.4557 | 1,555 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 105 | Samford University | 34800 | 93800 | 0.6291 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 107 | Auburn University | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 108 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 35200 | 35200 | 0 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 109 | Temple University | 35500 | 57200 | 0.3791 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 110 | North Carolina A & T State University | 36500 | 36700 | 0.0054 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.5125 | |
| 111 | Kean University | 36700 | 44900 | 0.1827 | 11,932 | 1040 | 0.7811 | |
| 112 | Andrews University | 37100 | 76700 | 0.5161 | 1,384 | 1143 | 0.8185 | |
| 113 | Benedictine College | 37500 | 52500 | 0.2855 | 2,404 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 114 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37800 | 66700 | 0.4334 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 115 | Maine Maritime Academy | 38300 | 53000 | 0.2775 | 977 | 1189 | 0.9615 | |
| 116 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 39600 | 40300 | 0.0174 | 26,213 | 1209 | 0.7778 | |
| 117 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 39900 | 59200 | 0.3258 | 5,986 | 1110 | 0.8916 | |
| 118 | Drexel University | 40000 | 86400 | 0.5373 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 119 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5061 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 120 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 40900 | 58700 | 0.3035 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 121 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 41900 | 55300 | 0.2425 | 21,388 | 1369 | 0.5945 | |
| 122 | Florida Atlantic University | 45300 | 45300 | 0 | 25,626 | 1150 | 0.5497 | |
| 123 | University at Buffalo | 46400 | 46400 | 0 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 124 | Otis College of Art and Design | 46600 | 79800 | 0.4158 | 1,188 | 1335 | 0.8034 | |
| 125 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47200 | 61500 | 0.2335 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 126 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 47400 | 57100 | 0.1698 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 127 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 49200 | 58800 | 0.1628 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 128 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 49500 | 67600 | 0.2678 | 40,996 | 1399 | 0.4175 | |
| 129 | The University of Texas at Austin | 49900 | 58900 | 0.1528 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 130 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 50600 | 63800 | 0.2065 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 131 | University of California-Berkeley | 52000 | 76600 | 0.3211 | 33,513 | 1407 | 0.1145 | |
| 132 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 52600 | 86300 | 0.3905 | 5,833 | 1440 | 0.6725 | |
| 133 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 53400 | 96100 | 0.4442 | 6,839 | 1469 | 0.1446 | |
| 133 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53400 | 63400 | 0.1578 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 135 | University of San Francisco | 54700 | 87200 | 0.3727 | 5,171 | 1333 | 0.7176 | |
| 136 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 54900 | 68800 | 0.2022 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 137 | University of Colorado Boulder | 55200 | 70900 | 0.2208 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7809 | |
| 138 | Miami University-Oxford | 57400 | 57400 | 0 | 16,405 | 1284 | 0.74 | |
| 139 | Maryland Institute College of Art | 58100 | 71200 | 0.1836 | 1,192 | 1232 | 0.7681 | |
| 140 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58400 | 63600 | 0.0818 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 141 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 58600 | 61200 | 0.0419 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 142 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 58700 | 62100 | 0.0548 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 143 | Howard University | 60000 | 88500 | 0.3222 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 144 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 60400 | 63000 | 0.0407 | 38,463 | 1324 | 0.7589 | |
| 145 | Clemson University | 61100 | 63700 | 0.0403 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 146 | Webb Institute | 61200 | 74800 | 0.1819 | 104 | 1465 | 0.2484 | |
| 147 | University of California-Davis | 68000 | 69900 | 0.0272 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 148 | University of Oregon | 68700 | 71300 | 0.036 | 20,710 | 1193 | 0.8742 | |
| 149 | The Catholic University of America | 82500 | 82500 | 0 | 3,294 | 1229 | 0.7328 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.