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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Princeton University | 3500 | 82600 | 0.9576 | 5,916 | 1528 | 0.0442 | |
| 4 | Yale University | 5500 | 92200 | 0.94 | 6,667 | 1507 | 0.0475 | |
| 5 | United States Merchant Marine Academy | 7100 | 8600 | 0.1743 | 962 | 1214 | 0.3424 | |
| 6 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8200 | 97100 | 0.916 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 6 | Utah State University | 8200 | 25200 | 0.6743 | 26,629 | 1168 | 0.9212 | |
| 8 | Wellesley College | 8700 | 91300 | 0.9049 | 2,366 | 1499 | 0.1479 | |
| 9 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 8900 | 90000 | 0.9016 | 4,561 | 1542 | 0.0456 | |
| 10 | Carnegie Mellon University | 9000 | 90900 | 0.9006 | 7,728 | 1528 | 0.1107 | |
| 11 | Mount Holyoke College | 9500 | 89900 | 0.8946 | 2,135 | 1419 | 0.3841 | |
| 12 | Rice University | 9800 | 89100 | 0.8903 | 4,807 | 1528 | 0.0801 | |
| 13 | Massachusetts Maritime Academy | 10000 | 21000 | 0.524 | 1,511 | 1120 | 0.9202 | |
| 14 | University of California-Davis | 10200 | 38200 | 0.7339 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 15 | University of Notre Dame | 10300 | 86200 | 0.881 | 8,950 | 1497 | 0.0938 | |
| 16 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 10500 | 26000 | 0.5978 | 22,313 | 1341 | 0.2996 | |
| 17 | Washington University in St Louis | 10700 | 102300 | 0.8957 | 8,153 | 1512 | 0.1192 | |
| 18 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 11000 | 29100 | 0.6225 | 40,996 | 1399 | 0.4175 | |
| 19 | Cornell University | 11500 | 93100 | 0.8767 | 16,138 | 1528 | 0.0838 | |
| 20 | Santa Monica College | 11700 | 33300 | 0.6478 | 23,453 | 0 | 1 | |
| 21 | California State University-Sacramento | 11900 | 30700 | 0.6121 | 28,619 | 1015 | 0.9357 | |
| 22 | University of Pennsylvania | 12000 | 92900 | 0.8708 | 9,989 | 1535 | 0.0492 | |
| 23 | North Carolina A & T State University | 12500 | 17900 | 0.3025 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.5125 | |
| 24 | University of North Alabama | 12800 | 28200 | 0.5464 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 25 | University of Arizona | 12900 | 30900 | 0.5835 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 26 | University of Houston | 13200 | 22000 | 0.3993 | 40,366 | 1224 | 0.7577 | |
| 27 | Middlebury College | 13500 | 89900 | 0.8499 | 2,640 | 1499 | 0.1277 | |
| 28 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 63200 | 0.7838 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 29 | Brown University | 13900 | 94000 | 0.8521 | 7,951 | 1500 | 0.0634 | |
| 30 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 14900 | 29300 | 0.4915 | 8,421 | 1054 | 0.9444 | |
| 31 | University of Maine at Augusta | 15000 | 30600 | 0.5101 | 4,313 | 0 | 0 | |
| 32 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 15300 | 25600 | 0.4016 | 10,396 | 1125 | 0.7162 | |
| 32 | University of Southern California | 15300 | 71400 | 0.786 | 20,768 | 1499 | 0.1119 | |
| 34 | Lehigh University | 15500 | 89600 | 0.8275 | 5,986 | 1436 | 0.2896 | |
| 34 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 15500 | 22300 | 0.3046 | 26,213 | 1209 | 0.7778 | |
| 36 | University of Kansas | 15700 | 34900 | 0.5503 | 22,544 | 1176 | 0.9258 | |
| 37 | Portland State University | 15800 | 26100 | 0.3949 | 14,932 | 1174 | 0.8586 | |
| 38 | Santa Ana College | 15900 | 35300 | 0.5498 | 27,248 | 0 | 0 | |
| 38 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 15900 | 27700 | 0.4254 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 40 | University of California-Los Angeles | 16300 | 36700 | 0.5555 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 41 | SUNY College of Technology at Alfred | 17000 | 29500 | 0.4235 | 3,758 | 0 | 0.7236 | |
| 42 | Bennington College | 17100 | 89500 | 0.8095 | 708 | 1402 | 0.3721 | |
| 43 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 17300 | 27400 | 0.3684 | 27,963 | 1090 | 0.8395 | |
| 44 | Keene State College | 17400 | 32100 | 0.4572 | 2,640 | 1064 | 0.8982 | |
| 45 | Prairie View A & M University | 17500 | 25400 | 0.3111 | 9,022 | 960 | 0.7836 | |
| 46 | Barnard College | 17600 | 99700 | 0.8232 | 3,223 | 1499 | 0.1005 | |
| 47 | University of California-Berkeley | 17800 | 43600 | 0.5926 | 33,513 | 1407 | 0.1145 | |
| 48 | Texas Tech University | 17900 | 27100 | 0.34 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 49 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 18200 | 18200 | 0 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 50 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 18400 | 30600 | 0.3971 | 38,463 | 1324 | 0.7589 | |
| 51 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 18500 | 29900 | 0.3805 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 52 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 18600 | 31000 | 0.4005 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 53 | Norwich University | 19200 | 73800 | 0.7396 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 53 | Olivet Nazarene University | 19200 | 79300 | 0.7576 | 2,704 | 1104 | 0.5586 | |
| 53 | University of Colorado Boulder | 19200 | 31900 | 0.3987 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7809 | |
| 56 | Connecticut College | 19300 | 95300 | 0.7971 | 1,953 | 1284 | 0.3923 | |
| 57 | University of New Orleans | 19500 | 30600 | 0.3633 | 5,419 | 1040 | 0.7431 | |
| 58 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 19700 | 78600 | 0.7492 | 17,848 | 1470 | 0.1565 | |
| 59 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 20100 | 29300 | 0.3135 | 1,984 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 60 | Hampshire College | 20600 | 83900 | 0.7548 | 844 | 1254 | 0.7528 | |
| 60 | University of Memphis | 20600 | 29600 | 0.3044 | 15,538 | 1080 | 0.7878 | |
| 62 | North Dakota State University | 20800 | 25700 | 0.1902 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 63 | La Roche University | 20900 | 72600 | 0.7124 | 1,972 | 990 | 0.6638 | |
| 63 | Louisiana Tech University | 20900 | 26100 | 0.1994 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 63 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27300 | 0.2346 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 66 | Tufts University | 21300 | 98900 | 0.7843 | 7,031 | 1497 | 0.1082 | |
| 67 | Webb Institute | 21400 | 89600 | 0.7608 | 104 | 1465 | 0.2484 | |
| 68 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 69 | Mount Mary University | 22300 | 57200 | 0.6102 | 616 | 1069 | 0.831 | |
| 70 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 23000 | 27500 | 0.1618 | 18,028 | 1059 | 0.7996 | |
| 71 | University of Southern Mississippi | 23100 | 23100 | 0 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 72 | Drury University | 23200 | 52900 | 0.5613 | 1,453 | 1209 | 0.6575 | |
| 73 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 23400 | 34400 | 0.3197 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 74 | Indiana State University | 23500 | 32400 | 0.2748 | 6,352 | 1015 | 0.9157 | |
| 75 | University of Kentucky | 23800 | 36400 | 0.3476 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 76 | Miami University-Oxford | 24000 | 27500 | 0.1274 | 16,405 | 1284 | 0.74 | |
| 77 | Judson University | 24100 | 49100 | 0.5087 | 697 | 1010 | 0.8905 | |
| 77 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24100 | 39300 | 0.3873 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 79 | SUNY College of Technology at Delhi | 24200 | 36300 | 0.3329 | 2,881 | 1040 | 0.89 | |
| 80 | University at Buffalo | 24500 | 34000 | 0.2794 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 81 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 24800 | 32800 | 0.2438 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 82 | Marywood University | 25000 | 67700 | 0.6305 | 1,936 | 1144 | 0.7878 | |
| 83 | South Dakota State University | 25400 | 28700 | 0.1146 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 84 | Georgia Southern University | 26300 | 26800 | 0.0187 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 85 | Ball State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 15,950 | 1185 | 0.8625 | |
| 86 | University of Arkansas | 26500 | 28900 | 0.0828 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 87 | Iowa State University | 26600 | 43300 | 0.3862 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 88 | University of Idaho | 26800 | 30600 | 0.1244 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 89 | Syracuse University | 27400 | 83100 | 0.6701 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 90 | Hobart William Smith Colleges | 27700 | 88300 | 0.6862 | 1,862 | 1296 | 0.667 | |
| 91 | Maine Maritime Academy | 28700 | 33400 | 0.1409 | 977 | 1189 | 0.9615 | |
| 92 | Clemson University | 29000 | 37100 | 0.2179 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 93 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 29100 | 29200 | 0.0034 | 18,667 | 1090 | 0.9711 | |
| 94 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 29400 | 38400 | 0.2343 | 15,735 | 1069 | 0.8797 | |
| 95 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 30300 | 41200 | 0.2649 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 96 | Ithaca College | 30900 | 72500 | 0.5737 | 4,205 | 1328 | 0.7015 | |
| 97 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 31100 | 57000 | 0.4546 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 98 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 31200 | 48800 | 0.361 | 21,028 | 1450 | 0.1334 | |
| 98 | Kent State University at Kent | 31200 | 37500 | 0.1678 | 21,144 | 1104 | 0.7603 | |
| 100 | SUNY Maritime College | 31500 | 41600 | 0.2426 | 1,401 | 1164 | 0.785 | |
| 101 | Lawrence Technological University | 31700 | 71900 | 0.559 | 2,661 | 1149 | 0.8101 | |
| 102 | Morgan State University | 32200 | 41900 | 0.2317 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 103 | Samford University | 32400 | 64600 | 0.4986 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 104 | North Carolina State University | 32700 | 54800 | 0.4033 | 29,340 | 1374 | 0.3954 | |
| 105 | Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design | 32900 | 57400 | 0.4269 | 838 | 1143 | 0.6054 | |
| 106 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 33400 | 41000 | 0.1864 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 107 | University of Rhode Island | 33800 | 46400 | 0.2713 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 108 | Thomas Jefferson University | 34100 | 68100 | 0.4993 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 109 | Chatham University | 34900 | 63300 | 0.449 | 1,555 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 110 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 35600 | 41600 | 0.1442 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 111 | Delaware Valley University | 35700 | 66900 | 0.4665 | 1,680 | 1189 | 0.9268 | |
| 112 | Temple University | 35900 | 56400 | 0.3636 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 113 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 36400 | 53100 | 0.3144 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 114 | University of San Francisco | 36900 | 83900 | 0.5605 | 5,171 | 1333 | 0.7176 | |
| 114 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 36900 | 66300 | 0.4436 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 116 | Andrews University | 37200 | 70100 | 0.4694 | 1,384 | 1143 | 0.8185 | |
| 116 | University of Connecticut | 37200 | 53600 | 0.3062 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 118 | California State University-Fresno | 37300 | 43800 | 0.1483 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 119 | Benedictine College | 37800 | 50800 | 0.256 | 2,404 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 120 | Mississippi State University | 39100 | 53400 | 0.2675 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 120 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 39100 | 53200 | 0.2651 | 5,986 | 1110 | 0.8916 | |
| 122 | Stony Brook University | 39700 | 53000 | 0.2507 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 122 | University of Central Florida | 39700 | 39700 | 0 | 60,083 | 1289 | 0.428 | |
| 124 | University of Illinois Chicago | 39800 | 50600 | 0.2135 | 24,260 | 1174 | 0.7576 | |
| 125 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 40100 | 48500 | 0.1731 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 126 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 40900 | 55200 | 0.259 | 21,388 | 1369 | 0.5945 | |
| 127 | Kean University | 42200 | 48300 | 0.1263 | 11,932 | 1040 | 0.7811 | |
| 128 | Anderson University | 42300 | 53600 | 0.2108 | 3,724 | 1209 | 0.5491 | |
| 129 | University of Florida | 43100 | 45700 | 0.057 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 130 | Florida Atlantic University | 44400 | 44400 | 0 | 25,626 | 1150 | 0.5497 | |
| 131 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 46000 | 86300 | 0.4668 | 5,833 | 1440 | 0.6725 | |
| 132 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47100 | 59700 | 0.2124 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 133 | University of Delaware | 47300 | 61300 | 0.2294 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 134 | Drexel University | 47700 | 83900 | 0.4315 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 135 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 48300 | 91400 | 0.4717 | 6,839 | 1469 | 0.1446 | |
| 136 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48500 | 51200 | 0.0544 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 137 | Otis College of Art and Design | 49000 | 78800 | 0.378 | 1,188 | 1335 | 0.8034 | |
| 138 | The University of Texas at Austin | 49700 | 59400 | 0.1633 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 139 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 49800 | 62200 | 0.1995 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 140 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 50500 | 58800 | 0.1411 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 141 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 50800 | 84700 | 0.4003 | 35,358 | 1448 | 0.1642 | |
| 142 | University of Georgia | 51600 | 52800 | 0.0227 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 143 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53200 | 61000 | 0.1293 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 144 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 53300 | 53300 | 0 | 34,447 | 1273 | 0.8804 | |
| 145 | Howard University | 54800 | 66500 | 0.176 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 146 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58300 | 64100 | 0.0905 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 147 | Maryland Institute College of Art | 58400 | 71200 | 0.1798 | 1,192 | 1232 | 0.7681 | |
| 148 | Auburn University | 58500 | 58500 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 149 | University of Oregon | 69000 | 71300 | 0.0321 | 20,710 | 1193 | 0.8742 | |
| 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.