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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 | 1900 | 112100 | 0.9829 | 4,561 | 1542 | 0.0456 | |
| 4 | Princeton University | 4100 | 83400 | 0.9509 | 5,916 | 1528 | 0.0442 | |
| 5 | University of Pennsylvania | 4900 | 93100 | 0.9478 | 9,989 | 1535 | 0.0492 | |
| 6 | United States Merchant Marine Academy | 7400 | 8800 | 0.16 | 962 | 1214 | 0.3424 | |
| 7 | University of Notre Dame | 8300 | 86900 | 0.905 | 8,950 | 1497 | 0.0938 | |
| 8 | Carnegie Mellon University | 8900 | 112200 | 0.9209 | 7,728 | 1528 | 0.1107 | |
| 8 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8900 | 96500 | 0.9082 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 10 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 9300 | 38900 | 0.7613 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 11 | Utah State University | 9700 | 26700 | 0.6361 | 26,629 | 1168 | 0.9212 | |
| 12 | Rice University | 9800 | 92600 | 0.8939 | 4,807 | 1528 | 0.0801 | |
| 13 | University of California-Davis | 10100 | 49800 | 0.7964 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 14 | Portland State University | 10200 | 73900 | 0.8618 | 14,932 | 1174 | 0.8586 | |
| 15 | University of Central Florida | 10500 | 25300 | 0.5856 | 60,083 | 1289 | 0.428 | |
| 16 | University of California-Berkeley | 10600 | 57300 | 0.8145 | 33,513 | 1407 | 0.1145 | |
| 17 | Washington University in St Louis | 10700 | 102300 | 0.8957 | 8,153 | 1512 | 0.1192 | |
| 17 | Wellesley College | 10700 | 117800 | 0.9091 | 2,366 | 1499 | 0.1479 | |
| 19 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 11100 | 30900 | 0.6402 | 40,996 | 1399 | 0.4175 | |
| 20 | Arkansas State University | 11400 | 31800 | 0.6421 | 11,189 | 1080 | 0.7818 | |
| 21 | California State University-Fresno | 11500 | 54800 | 0.7901 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 22 | Middlebury College | 11600 | 94500 | 0.8773 | 2,640 | 1499 | 0.1277 | |
| 23 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 12000 | 38600 | 0.6885 | 17,848 | 1470 | 0.1565 | |
| 24 | Florida Atlantic University | 12200 | 25800 | 0.5278 | 25,626 | 1150 | 0.5497 | |
| 25 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 29600 | 0.5802 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 26 | Cornell University | 13100 | 93700 | 0.8601 | 16,138 | 1528 | 0.0838 | |
| 26 | North Carolina A & T State University | 13100 | 17900 | 0.2689 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.5125 | |
| 28 | University of Delaware | 13500 | 34500 | 0.608 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 29 | Brown University | 13900 | 120200 | 0.8843 | 7,951 | 1500 | 0.0634 | |
| 30 | University of Houston | 14100 | 21800 | 0.3531 | 40,366 | 1224 | 0.7577 | |
| 31 | Louisiana Tech University | 14200 | 43500 | 0.6735 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 32 | University of Memphis | 14500 | 37800 | 0.6167 | 15,538 | 1080 | 0.7878 | |
| 33 | University of Maine at Augusta | 15000 | 54900 | 0.7265 | 4,313 | 0 | 0 | |
| 34 | Mount Holyoke College | 15100 | 89900 | 0.8321 | 2,135 | 1419 | 0.3841 | |
| 35 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 15900 | 27700 | 0.4254 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 36 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 16000 | 29300 | 0.4539 | 8,421 | 1054 | 0.9444 | |
| 37 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 16200 | 62800 | 0.7417 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 38 | University of California-Los Angeles | 16400 | 47400 | 0.6546 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 39 | The University of Texas at Austin | 16500 | 28100 | 0.4123 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 40 | Georgia Southern University | 16900 | 20100 | 0.1588 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 40 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 16900 | 39900 | 0.5772 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 42 | Bennington College | 17100 | 89500 | 0.8095 | 708 | 1402 | 0.3721 | |
| 42 | University of Florida | 17100 | 22500 | 0.2399 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 42 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 17100 | 26300 | 0.3498 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 45 | Barnard College | 17500 | 99700 | 0.8241 | 3,223 | 1499 | 0.1005 | |
| 46 | California State University-Sacramento | 17700 | 35700 | 0.5043 | 28,619 | 1015 | 0.9357 | |
| 46 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 17700 | 27400 | 0.3538 | 27,963 | 1090 | 0.8395 | |
| 46 | Yale University | 17700 | 275000 | 0.9356 | 6,667 | 1507 | 0.0475 | |
| 49 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 18400 | 30600 | 0.3971 | 38,463 | 1324 | 0.7589 | |
| 50 | La Roche University | 18900 | 87300 | 0.7837 | 1,972 | 990 | 0.6638 | |
| 51 | University of Arkansas | 19000 | 36900 | 0.485 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 52 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 19100 | 37900 | 0.4979 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 53 | Connecticut College | 19200 | 93000 | 0.7932 | 1,953 | 1284 | 0.3923 | |
| 54 | Lehigh University | 19400 | 111000 | 0.8254 | 5,986 | 1436 | 0.2896 | |
| 55 | SUNY College of Technology at Delhi | 19600 | 30400 | 0.3551 | 2,881 | 1040 | 0.89 | |
| 56 | Norwich University | 19800 | 76000 | 0.7391 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 56 | Syracuse University | 19800 | 83600 | 0.7632 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 56 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 19800 | 29900 | 0.3371 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 59 | Iowa State University | 19900 | 24200 | 0.179 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 59 | Olivet Nazarene University | 19900 | 79300 | 0.7487 | 2,704 | 1104 | 0.5586 | |
| 61 | Kean University | 20000 | 39400 | 0.4923 | 11,932 | 1040 | 0.7811 | |
| 62 | University of Southern California | 20200 | 76200 | 0.7348 | 20,768 | 1499 | 0.1119 | |
| 63 | University of Colorado Boulder | 20300 | 32100 | 0.3696 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7809 | |
| 63 | University of Rhode Island | 20300 | 81200 | 0.75 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 65 | South Dakota State University | 20400 | 25200 | 0.19 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 65 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 20400 | 32300 | 0.3682 | 15,735 | 1069 | 0.8797 | |
| 67 | North Dakota State University | 20800 | 25700 | 0.1902 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 68 | University of Maryland-College Park | 21000 | 35000 | 0.4004 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 69 | University of New Orleans | 21100 | 29700 | 0.2895 | 5,419 | 1040 | 0.7431 | |
| 70 | SUNY Maritime College | 21200 | 32000 | 0.3376 | 1,401 | 1164 | 0.785 | |
| 71 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 72 | Mount Mary University | 22300 | 57200 | 0.6102 | 616 | 1069 | 0.831 | |
| 73 | Marywood University | 22400 | 93800 | 0.7612 | 1,936 | 1144 | 0.7878 | |
| 73 | Tufts University | 22400 | 120000 | 0.813 | 7,031 | 1497 | 0.1082 | |
| 75 | Hampshire College | 23000 | 81600 | 0.7184 | 844 | 1254 | 0.7528 | |
| 76 | University of North Alabama | 23300 | 37300 | 0.3754 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 77 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 23700 | 34500 | 0.3133 | 10,396 | 1125 | 0.7162 | |
| 78 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 23900 | 34200 | 0.3014 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 78 | Massachusetts Maritime Academy | 23900 | 46900 | 0.4907 | 1,511 | 1120 | 0.9202 | |
| 80 | Judson University | 24100 | 49100 | 0.5087 | 697 | 1010 | 0.8905 | |
| 81 | University of Southern Mississippi | 24200 | 30400 | 0.204 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 82 | Indiana State University | 24500 | 32400 | 0.2439 | 6,352 | 1015 | 0.9157 | |
| 83 | Miami University-Oxford | 24600 | 28300 | 0.1307 | 16,405 | 1284 | 0.74 | |
| 84 | University of Kansas | 25600 | 43000 | 0.4043 | 22,544 | 1176 | 0.9258 | |
| 85 | Stony Brook University | 26100 | 33200 | 0.2129 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 86 | Ball State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 15,950 | 1185 | 0.8625 | |
| 86 | SUNY College of Technology at Alfred | 26400 | 37700 | 0.2994 | 3,758 | 0 | 0.7236 | |
| 88 | Texas Tech University | 27100 | 27100 | 0 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 89 | University of Georgia | 27200 | 27200 | 0 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 90 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 27400 | 29900 | 0.0837 | 18,667 | 1090 | 0.9711 | |
| 91 | Delaware Valley University | 27500 | 95800 | 0.713 | 1,680 | 1189 | 0.9268 | |
| 91 | Hobart William Smith Colleges | 27500 | 88300 | 0.6884 | 1,862 | 1296 | 0.667 | |
| 91 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 18,028 | 1059 | 0.7996 | |
| 94 | Maine Maritime Academy | 28500 | 34400 | 0.1713 | 977 | 1189 | 0.9615 | |
| 95 | Drury University | 28700 | 68900 | 0.5839 | 1,453 | 1209 | 0.6575 | |
| 96 | Morgan State University | 29200 | 41800 | 0.3014 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 96 | University of Connecticut | 29200 | 53200 | 0.4512 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 98 | Thomas Jefferson University | 30200 | 68700 | 0.5606 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 99 | Lawrence Technological University | 30300 | 99100 | 0.6946 | 2,661 | 1149 | 0.8101 | |
| 100 | Keene State College | 30600 | 41400 | 0.2605 | 2,640 | 1064 | 0.8982 | |
| 101 | Ithaca College | 30700 | 72600 | 0.5768 | 4,205 | 1328 | 0.7015 | |
| 102 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 31200 | 48800 | 0.361 | 21,028 | 1450 | 0.1334 | |
| 102 | Kent State University at Kent | 31200 | 37500 | 0.1678 | 21,144 | 1104 | 0.7603 | |
| 104 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 32200 | 54400 | 0.408 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 105 | Anderson University | 32300 | 53600 | 0.3973 | 3,724 | 1209 | 0.5491 | |
| 105 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32300 | 35100 | 0.0799 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 107 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 32400 | 44100 | 0.2654 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 108 | North Carolina State University | 32700 | 54800 | 0.4033 | 29,340 | 1374 | 0.3954 | |
| 108 | Prairie View A & M University | 32700 | 39600 | 0.1742 | 9,022 | 960 | 0.7836 | |
| 110 | Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design | 33900 | 60900 | 0.4435 | 838 | 1143 | 0.6054 | |
| 111 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 34000 | 55500 | 0.3875 | 22,313 | 1341 | 0.2996 | |
| 111 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 34000 | 47000 | 0.2767 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 113 | University of Oregon | 34500 | 40200 | 0.1418 | 20,710 | 1193 | 0.8742 | |
| 114 | Samford University | 34800 | 93800 | 0.6291 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 114 | University of Idaho | 34800 | 48700 | 0.2854 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 116 | Chatham University | 34900 | 80600 | 0.5671 | 1,555 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 117 | Temple University | 35800 | 57200 | 0.3739 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 118 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 36600 | 40000 | 0.0851 | 1,984 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 119 | Andrews University | 37200 | 76700 | 0.5148 | 1,384 | 1143 | 0.8185 | |
| 120 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 37400 | 63100 | 0.407 | 5,986 | 1110 | 0.8916 | |
| 121 | Benedictine College | 37500 | 52500 | 0.2855 | 2,404 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 122 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37700 | 66600 | 0.4337 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 123 | University of Central Arkansas | 38000 | 40200 | 0.0569 | 8,238 | 1110 | 0.9157 | |
| 124 | Mississippi State University | 39100 | 53400 | 0.2675 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 125 | Drexel University | 39900 | 107600 | 0.629 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 125 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 39900 | 40300 | 0.0099 | 26,213 | 1209 | 0.7778 | |
| 127 | University of Illinois Chicago | 41100 | 51300 | 0.1988 | 24,260 | 1174 | 0.7576 | |
| 128 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41200 | 57400 | 0.2823 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 129 | University at Buffalo | 41600 | 46400 | 0.1035 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 130 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 41900 | 58900 | 0.2886 | 21,388 | 1369 | 0.5945 | |
| 131 | University of Arizona | 42800 | 43800 | 0.0228 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 132 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 43200 | 108500 | 0.6019 | 35,358 | 1448 | 0.1642 | |
| 133 | Otis College of Art and Design | 46700 | 102100 | 0.5426 | 1,188 | 1335 | 0.8034 | |
| 134 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 47500 | 53300 | 0.1087 | 34,447 | 1273 | 0.8804 | |
| 135 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48500 | 51200 | 0.0544 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 136 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 50500 | 58800 | 0.1411 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 137 | University of Kentucky | 51500 | 74100 | 0.3043 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 138 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 53000 | 86300 | 0.3859 | 5,833 | 1440 | 0.6725 | |
| 139 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53200 | 61000 | 0.1293 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 140 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53600 | 63400 | 0.1547 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 141 | University of San Francisco | 53900 | 87300 | 0.3827 | 5,171 | 1333 | 0.7176 | |
| 142 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 54100 | 95100 | 0.4311 | 6,839 | 1469 | 0.1446 | |
| 143 | Maryland Institute College of Art | 58400 | 71200 | 0.1798 | 1,192 | 1232 | 0.7681 | |
| 143 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58400 | 63500 | 0.0803 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 145 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 59900 | 64800 | 0.0756 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 145 | Howard University | 59900 | 67300 | 0.1099 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 147 | Webb Institute | 61100 | 74200 | 0.1765 | 104 | 1465 | 0.2484 | |
| 148 | Clemson University | 61400 | 63700 | 0.036 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 149 | Auburn University | 75200 | 85500 | 0.1204 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 150 | 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.