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Considering a degree in Architecture?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Architecture majors who live in California.
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 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 | |
4 | Utah State University | 3900 | 20300 | 0.8091 | 25,920 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
5 | Rice University | 4700 | 85500 | 0.9449 | 4,788 | 1535 | 0.08 | |
6 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 4800 | 86800 | 0.9444 | 4,576 | 1535 | 0.0485 | |
7 | Yale University | 5000 | 92300 | 0.9457 | 6,717 | 1507 | 0.0387 | |
8 | Santa Ana College | 5900 | 30400 | 0.8051 | 26,073 | 0 | 0.0674 | |
9 | University of Pennsylvania | 6200 | 93000 | 0.9335 | 10,013 | 1528 | 0.054 | |
10 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 6400 | 32200 | 0.8011 | 39,256 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
11 | Santa Monica College | 6700 | 15500 | 0.5686 | 23,164 | 0 | 0.4384 | |
12 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 6900 | 39100 | 0.8245 | 33,921 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
13 | Wellesley College | 7000 | 90900 | 0.9233 | 2,405 | 1500 | 0.1405 | |
14 | Princeton University | 7400 | 81800 | 0.9094 | 5,811 | 1535 | 0.0462 | |
15 | Washington University in St Louis | 9300 | 96200 | 0.9035 | 8,219 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
16 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 10000 | 94100 | 0.894 | 9,007 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
17 | United States Merchant Marine Academy | 10200 | 10200 | 0 | 947 | 1239 | 0.3247 | |
17 | University of Notre Dame | 10200 | 86100 | 0.8815 | 8,880 | 1499 | 0.1127 | |
19 | Cornell University | 10300 | 92000 | 0.8877 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
20 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 11800 | 26300 | 0.5506 | 21,917 | 1335 | 0.3122 | |
21 | Mount Holyoke College | 12000 | 89700 | 0.8667 | 2,178 | 1449 | 0.3603 | |
22 | Middlebury College | 12700 | 89800 | 0.8584 | 2,751 | 1499 | 0.1075 | |
23 | Florida Atlantic University | 12900 | 24800 | 0.479 | 24,942 | 1130 | 0.6613 | |
24 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 13200 | 24400 | 0.4595 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
25 | Louisiana Tech University | 13300 | 24900 | 0.4651 | 11,058 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
26 | The University of Texas at Austin | 13600 | 30700 | 0.5567 | 43,718 | 1335 | 0.2664 | |
27 | University of Idaho | 13900 | 31300 | 0.5564 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
28 | Indiana State University | 14000 | 25900 | 0.4602 | 6,118 | 1140 | 0.8077 | |
29 | Texas Tech University | 14100 | 27000 | 0.4776 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
30 | Tufts University | 14600 | 92400 | 0.8424 | 6,972 | 1507 | 0.1153 | |
31 | Northeastern University | 14800 | 89900 | 0.8357 | 22,649 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
32 | University of California-Berkeley | 15000 | 43600 | 0.6561 | 32,429 | 1407 | 0.1104 | |
33 | Carnegie Mellon University | 15100 | 87300 | 0.8268 | 7,616 | 1528 | 0.1166 | |
34 | University of Florida | 16200 | 22300 | 0.2737 | 38,113 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
35 | California State University-Sacramento | 16500 | 27400 | 0.3964 | 28,139 | 1015 | 0.9343 | |
36 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 16600 | 78300 | 0.7881 | 17,885 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
37 | North Carolina State University at Raleigh | 17000 | 25900 | 0.3452 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
38 | Bennington College | 17200 | 89500 | 0.808 | 797 | 1360 | 0.4453 | |
38 | University of Georgia | 17200 | 27100 | 0.3662 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
40 | Barnard College | 17600 | 93200 | 0.8112 | 3,269 | 1490 | 0.0796 | |
41 | Keene State College | 18000 | 31900 | 0.4348 | 2,719 | 1020 | 0.9033 | |
42 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 18100 | 24200 | 0.2526 | 7,890 | 1105 | 0.2056 | |
43 | University of Rhode Island | 18200 | 34400 | 0.4707 | 14,296 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
44 | Prairie View A & M University | 18400 | 25400 | 0.2756 | 8,831 | 955 | 0.7441 | |
44 | University of Southern Mississippi | 18400 | 26300 | 0.3 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
46 | University of New Orleans | 18500 | 29500 | 0.3729 | 5,476 | 1125 | 0.6677 | |
47 | Lehigh University | 19100 | 85700 | 0.7776 | 5,910 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
47 | University of Southern California | 19100 | 71400 | 0.7327 | 21,023 | 1485 | 0.1002 | |
49 | Brown University | 20400 | 93900 | 0.7825 | 7,909 | 1535 | 0.0539 | |
49 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 20400 | 36700 | 0.4437 | 14,576 | 1179 | 0.6967 | |
51 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 20500 | 36200 | 0.4326 | 40,978 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
52 | Hobart William Smith Colleges | 21500 | 81100 | 0.7346 | 1,767 | 1313 | 0.6399 | |
52 | Webb Institute | 21500 | 73700 | 0.7085 | 106 | 1475 | 0.1404 | |
54 | SUNY Maritime College | 22200 | 31700 | 0.2998 | 1,283 | 1215 | 0.7242 | |
54 | University of Memphis | 22200 | 30000 | 0.2604 | 15,768 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
56 | Syracuse University | 23700 | 83100 | 0.7148 | 15,955 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
57 | La Roche University | 23800 | 55400 | 0.5706 | 1,986 | 1150 | 0.7761 | |
58 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24100 | 37100 | 0.3508 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
59 | Judson University | 24200 | 49100 | 0.507 | 793 | 1049 | 0.624 | |
60 | South Dakota State University | 24300 | 25300 | 0.0396 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
61 | Miami University-Oxford | 24900 | 27200 | 0.0844 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
61 | Mount Mary University | 24900 | 53300 | 0.532 | 749 | 1005 | 0.6634 | |
63 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 25000 | 40700 | 0.3855 | 70,646 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
63 | University of Kansas | 25000 | 42000 | 0.4049 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
65 | California State University-Fresno | 25300 | 35900 | 0.2951 | 21,430 | 995 | 0.9638 | |
66 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 25400 | 36500 | 0.3038 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
66 | SUNY College of Technology at Alfred | 25400 | 35600 | 0.2869 | 3,525 | 1070 | 0.8175 | |
68 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 25700 | 36500 | 0.296 | 26,994 | 1099 | 0.8459 | |
69 | Ball State University | 26000 | 26000 | 0 | 15,189 | 1170 | 0.855 | |
70 | Marywood University | 26100 | 55500 | 0.53 | 1,833 | 1160 | 0.6058 | |
71 | University of Arkansas | 26200 | 30800 | 0.148 | 28,855 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
72 | University of North Alabama | 26400 | 41500 | 0.3641 | 8,076 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
73 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 26700 | 83600 | 0.6809 | 7,283 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
74 | Delaware Valley University | 27200 | 63800 | 0.5735 | 1,768 | 1180 | 0.9326 | |
75 | Norwich University | 27300 | 70900 | 0.6151 | 2,642 | 1209 | 0.7361 | |
76 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 17,402 | 1044 | 0.7933 | |
77 | North Dakota State University | 27800 | 30400 | 0.0841 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
78 | Drury University | 28400 | 52900 | 0.463 | 1,391 | 1228 | 0.5758 | |
79 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 29800 | 41100 | 0.2752 | 25,194 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
79 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 29800 | 39700 | 0.2492 | 1,880 | 1369 | 0.6328 | |
81 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 29900 | 31100 | 0.0385 | 20,592 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
81 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 29900 | 30000 | 0.0033 | 18,428 | 1090 | 0.9529 | |
83 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
83 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 30000 | 33100 | 0.0937 | 19,657 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
85 | Andrews University | 30100 | 47100 | 0.3606 | 1,312 | 1208 | 0.874 | |
85 | University of Houston | 30100 | 35200 | 0.1451 | 42,050 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
87 | University of Maine at Augusta | 30500 | 38900 | 0.2162 | 4,250 | 0 | 0.0683 | |
88 | North Carolina A & T State University | 30800 | 36400 | 0.1537 | 12,216 | 1020 | 0.4617 | |
89 | Portland State University | 31000 | 43000 | 0.278 | 15,675 | 1176 | 0.9091 | |
90 | Connecticut College | 31100 | 83300 | 0.627 | 1,990 | 1287 | 0.3704 | |
90 | Woodbury University | 31100 | 66600 | 0.5331 | 825 | 1087 | 0.7287 | |
92 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 31500 | 53900 | 0.4156 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
92 | Kean University | 31500 | 39600 | 0.2046 | 11,758 | 1035 | 0.7688 | |
94 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 32100 | 46200 | 0.3054 | 8,526 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
95 | Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design | 32600 | 57100 | 0.4286 | 885 | 1143 | 0.628 | |
96 | Thomas Jefferson University | 33200 | 67700 | 0.5095 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
97 | Anderson University | 33600 | 52400 | 0.3588 | 3,405 | 1209 | 0.5471 | |
97 | Morgan State University | 33600 | 37200 | 0.0968 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
99 | Ithaca College | 34100 | 72500 | 0.5296 | 4,084 | 1314 | 0.6901 | |
100 | Auburn University | 34400 | 34400 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
101 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 35000 | 42400 | 0.1745 | 31,112 | 1130 | 0.8129 | |
102 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 35300 | 43500 | 0.1886 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
103 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 35400 | 62000 | 0.4291 | 30,962 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
104 | Chatham University | 35900 | 63300 | 0.4332 | 1,551 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
105 | Lawrence Technological University | 36300 | 67800 | 0.4644 | 2,579 | 1155 | 0.7403 | |
105 | Mississippi State University | 36300 | 50500 | 0.2805 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
107 | University of Connecticut | 37800 | 41800 | 0.0957 | 19,388 | 1324 | 0.5395 | |
108 | Benedictine College | 37900 | 50800 | 0.254 | 2,391 | 1229 | 0.7645 | |
109 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 38200 | 48900 | 0.2188 | 5,731 | 1174 | 0.9064 | |
110 | Massachusetts Maritime Academy | 38500 | 40200 | 0.0423 | 1,402 | 1120 | 0.7207 | |
111 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 39100 | 56700 | 0.3105 | 32,499 | 1391 | 0.3915 | |
112 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 39400 | 39400 | 0 | 24,868 | 1214 | 0.796 | |
113 | University of Central Florida | 39600 | 39600 | 0 | 68,470 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
114 | Stony Brook University | 39800 | 53000 | 0.2482 | 18,263 | 1395 | 0.4904 | |
115 | Endicott College | 40400 | 63200 | 0.3607 | 3,176 | 1215 | 0.7229 | |
116 | Temple University | 40800 | 56100 | 0.2726 | 20,786 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
117 | University of San Francisco | 40900 | 83400 | 0.509 | 5,321 | 1292 | 0.6171 | |
118 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 41200 | 47200 | 0.1271 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
119 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 41600 | 55100 | 0.2452 | 43,729 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
119 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 41600 | 52900 | 0.2135 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
121 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 41700 | 54900 | 0.2406 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
122 | University at Buffalo | 42400 | 46800 | 0.094 | 20,355 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
123 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 43100 | 50300 | 0.1432 | 33,626 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
124 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 43200 | 46200 | 0.0661 | 41,678 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
125 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43700 | 52900 | 0.1739 | 30,994 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
126 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 44900 | 57100 | 0.2131 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
127 | University of Delaware | 45400 | 53200 | 0.1463 | 19,119 | 1303 | 0.6356 | |
128 | University of Illinois Chicago | 45700 | 48000 | 0.0479 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
129 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 46500 | 58900 | 0.2113 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
130 | Maine Maritime Academy | 47700 | 49800 | 0.0422 | 945 | 1180 | 0.5606 | |
131 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 48100 | 85700 | 0.4385 | 5,743 | 1438 | 0.6343 | |
132 | Drexel University | 48700 | 82600 | 0.4103 | 12,896 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
133 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 49500 | 57200 | 0.1355 | 42,178 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
134 | University of Kentucky | 49600 | 56000 | 0.1131 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
135 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 51400 | 56100 | 0.083 | 60,118 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
136 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 51700 | 51700 | 0 | 34,656 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
137 | Otis College of Art and Design | 52000 | 78800 | 0.34 | 1,224 | 1055 | 0.8176 | |
138 | University of Colorado Boulder | 53300 | 56300 | 0.0532 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
139 | Howard University | 58400 | 61600 | 0.052 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
140 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 58900 | 61100 | 0.0353 | 48,857 | 1302 | 0.7821 | |
141 | Clemson University | 59000 | 61100 | 0.0353 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
142 | University of Oregon | 59300 | 68900 | 0.1401 | 20,509 | 1250 | 0.883 | |
143 | Maryland Institute College of Art | 60700 | 71200 | 0.1476 | 1,324 | 1196 | 0.7729 | |
144 | The Catholic University of America | 82500 | 82500 | 0 | 3,167 | 1204 | 0.8278 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.