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Considering a degree in Architecture?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Architecture majors who live in Colorado.
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 Colorado.
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 | 1283 | 0.2432 | |
| 1 | United States Naval Academy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4,465 | 1314 | 0.0936 | |
| 3 | Rice University | 4300 | 85500 | 0.9496 | 4,789 | 1535 | 0.08 | |
| 4 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 4700 | 86800 | 0.9456 | 4,576 | 1535 | 0.0485 | |
| 5 | Princeton University | 5500 | 81800 | 0.9326 | 5,813 | 1535 | 0.0462 | |
| 5 | Yale University | 5500 | 92300 | 0.9403 | 6,814 | 1507 | 0.0387 | |
| 7 | University of Pennsylvania | 6500 | 93000 | 0.9303 | 10,013 | 1528 | 0.054 | |
| 8 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 6800 | 94100 | 0.928 | 9,157 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 9 | Wellesley College | 7000 | 90900 | 0.9233 | 2,407 | 1500 | 0.1405 | |
| 10 | Utah State University | 7900 | 24900 | 0.6836 | 25,920 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 11 | Middlebury College | 8800 | 89800 | 0.9018 | 2,760 | 1499 | 0.1075 | |
| 12 | Washington University in St Louis | 9200 | 96200 | 0.904 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 13 | Brown University | 9400 | 93900 | 0.8996 | 7,910 | 1535 | 0.0539 | |
| 14 | Mount Holyoke College | 9500 | 89700 | 0.8945 | 2,178 | 1449 | 0.3603 | |
| 15 | University of Notre Dame | 10000 | 86100 | 0.8838 | 8,880 | 1499 | 0.1127 | |
| 16 | United States Merchant Marine Academy | 10200 | 10200 | 0 | 947 | 1239 | 0.3247 | |
| 17 | Cornell University | 10300 | 92000 | 0.8877 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
| 18 | The University of Texas at Austin | 12100 | 30700 | 0.6055 | 43,165 | 1335 | 0.2664 | |
| 19 | Arapahoe Community College | 12200 | 25400 | 0.5188 | 15,012 | 0 | 1 | |
| 19 | California State University-Fresno | 12200 | 19600 | 0.3768 | 21,430 | 995 | 0.9638 | |
| 19 | Lehigh University | 12200 | 85700 | 0.8581 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 22 | Massachusetts Maritime Academy | 12500 | 21000 | 0.4049 | 1,407 | 1120 | 0.7207 | |
| 23 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 13100 | 38500 | 0.6596 | 17,901 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 24 | University of Delaware | 13600 | 32500 | 0.5829 | 19,119 | 1303 | 0.6356 | |
| 25 | University of North Alabama | 13700 | 28200 | 0.5145 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 25 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 32200 | 0.5744 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 27 | Louisiana Tech University | 14000 | 24900 | 0.437 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 27 | Texas Tech University | 14000 | 27000 | 0.4813 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 29 | Carnegie Mellon University | 14400 | 87300 | 0.8348 | 7,824 | 1528 | 0.1166 | |
| 30 | University of Idaho | 14500 | 31300 | 0.5372 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 31 | University of Houston | 14600 | 23600 | 0.3818 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 32 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 15200 | 35700 | 0.5744 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 32 | University of Maine at Augusta | 15200 | 23200 | 0.3446 | 4,250 | 0 | 0.0683 | |
| 34 | North Carolina State University | 16500 | 28500 | 0.4223 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 35 | Northeastern University | 16700 | 89900 | 0.8146 | 22,695 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 36 | University of Southern California | 16800 | 76000 | 0.7789 | 21,023 | 1485 | 0.1002 | |
| 37 | Bennington College | 17100 | 89500 | 0.8085 | 797 | 1360 | 0.4453 | |
| 38 | Tufts University | 17500 | 92400 | 0.811 | 7,126 | 1507 | 0.1153 | |
| 39 | Barnard College | 17600 | 93200 | 0.8112 | 3,269 | 1490 | 0.0796 | |
| 39 | California State University-Sacramento | 17600 | 27200 | 0.3528 | 28,226 | 1015 | 0.9343 | |
| 41 | Morgan State University | 18000 | 19700 | 0.0864 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 42 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 18200 | 18200 | 0 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 43 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 18400 | 30600 | 0.3971 | 38,093 | 1302 | 0.7821 | |
| 44 | University of Illinois Chicago | 19200 | 30300 | 0.366 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 45 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 19800 | 40000 | 0.5049 | 1,984 | 1369 | 0.6328 | |
| 46 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 19900 | 27200 | 0.2687 | 31,112 | 1130 | 0.8129 | |
| 46 | University of Southern Mississippi | 19900 | 26300 | 0.243 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
| 48 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 20300 | 31000 | 0.3458 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 49 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 20400 | 36700 | 0.4437 | 14,576 | 1179 | 0.6967 | |
| 50 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 20500 | 36200 | 0.4339 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 50 | South Dakota State University | 20500 | 25200 | 0.1866 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 52 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 20700 | 30000 | 0.3105 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 53 | Webb Institute | 21500 | 73700 | 0.7085 | 106 | 1475 | 0.1404 | |
| 54 | SUNY Maritime College | 22200 | 31700 | 0.2998 | 1,286 | 1215 | 0.7242 | |
| 55 | Ball State University | 22400 | 22400 | 0 | 15,189 | 1170 | 0.855 | |
| 56 | Hobart William Smith Colleges | 22500 | 81100 | 0.7223 | 1,794 | 1313 | 0.6399 | |
| 57 | University of Memphis | 22900 | 30000 | 0.2371 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 58 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 23300 | 33600 | 0.3067 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 59 | Syracuse University | 23500 | 83100 | 0.7172 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 60 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24100 | 37100 | 0.3508 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
| 61 | Judson University | 24200 | 49100 | 0.5076 | 793 | 1049 | 0.624 | |
| 62 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 24300 | 83600 | 0.7096 | 7,283 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
| 63 | Front Range Community College | 24400 | 31400 | 0.2228 | 21,970 | 0 | 1 | |
| 64 | La Roche University | 24500 | 55400 | 0.558 | 1,986 | 1150 | 0.7761 | |
| 64 | University of New Orleans | 24500 | 31000 | 0.2097 | 5,476 | 1125 | 0.6677 | |
| 66 | Miami University-Oxford | 24900 | 27200 | 0.0844 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 66 | Mount Mary University | 24900 | 53300 | 0.5325 | 749 | 1005 | 0.6634 | |
| 68 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 25900 | 36500 | 0.2901 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 68 | SUNY College of Technology at Alfred | 25900 | 35600 | 0.2729 | 3,525 | 1070 | 0.8175 | |
| 68 | University of Kansas | 25900 | 42000 | 0.3836 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 71 | Norwich University | 26300 | 70900 | 0.6293 | 2,642 | 1209 | 0.7361 | |
| 72 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 26400 | 36500 | 0.2769 | 27,082 | 1099 | 0.8459 | |
| 73 | Marywood University | 26700 | 55500 | 0.5192 | 1,834 | 1160 | 0.6058 | |
| 74 | University of Arkansas | 26900 | 30800 | 0.1269 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 75 | Indiana State University | 27300 | 30900 | 0.1166 | 6,224 | 1140 | 0.8077 | |
| 76 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 17,771 | 1044 | 0.7933 | |
| 77 | North Dakota State University | 27800 | 30400 | 0.0858 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 78 | Drury University | 28100 | 52900 | 0.4687 | 1,391 | 1228 | 0.5758 | |
| 79 | Connecticut College | 28300 | 83300 | 0.6607 | 1,990 | 1287 | 0.3704 | |
| 80 | Florida Atlantic University | 28500 | 39200 | 0.2731 | 24,942 | 1130 | 0.6613 | |
| 81 | Clemson University | 29100 | 37100 | 0.2156 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 82 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 29900 | 31100 | 0.0385 | 20,592 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 82 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 29900 | 30000 | 0.0033 | 18,428 | 1090 | 0.9529 | |
| 84 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 85 | Keene State College | 30400 | 40700 | 0.254 | 2,744 | 1020 | 0.9033 | |
| 86 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 30800 | 33100 | 0.0695 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 87 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 30900 | 41800 | 0.2609 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 88 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 31300 | 42400 | 0.2619 | 21,947 | 1335 | 0.3122 | |
| 89 | Portland State University | 31400 | 43000 | 0.2699 | 15,960 | 1176 | 0.9091 | |
| 89 | Thomas Jefferson University | 31400 | 67700 | 0.5361 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 91 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 31500 | 41100 | 0.2338 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 92 | University of Rhode Island | 31700 | 46700 | 0.3212 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 93 | North Carolina A & T State University | 31900 | 36400 | 0.1235 | 12,216 | 1020 | 0.4617 | |
| 94 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 32700 | 38500 | 0.1507 | 7,890 | 1105 | 0.2056 | |
| 95 | Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design | 32800 | 57100 | 0.4242 | 885 | 0 | 0.628 | |
| 96 | Anderson University | 33500 | 52400 | 0.3607 | 3,405 | 1209 | 0.5471 | |
| 96 | Ithaca College | 33500 | 72500 | 0.5379 | 4,268 | 1314 | 0.6901 | |
| 98 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 33900 | 46200 | 0.2664 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 99 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 34300 | 35100 | 0.0228 | 33,572 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 100 | Auburn University | 34400 | 34400 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 101 | Prairie View A & M University | 34600 | 39600 | 0.1263 | 8,056 | 955 | 0.7441 | |
| 102 | Chatham University | 35000 | 63300 | 0.4474 | 1,555 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 103 | Delaware Valley University | 35600 | 63800 | 0.4419 | 1,768 | 1180 | 0.9326 | |
| 104 | Andrews University | 36300 | 47100 | 0.2291 | 1,312 | 1208 | 0.874 | |
| 104 | Mississippi State University | 36300 | 50500 | 0.2815 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 106 | University of Central Florida | 36600 | 39600 | 0.0758 | 59,649 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
| 107 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 36900 | 53900 | 0.3154 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 108 | Lawrence Technological University | 37000 | 67800 | 0.4541 | 2,579 | 1155 | 0.7403 | |
| 109 | Benedictine College | 37600 | 50800 | 0.2599 | 2,391 | 1229 | 0.7645 | |
| 109 | University of Connecticut | 37600 | 41800 | 0.1005 | 19,388 | 1324 | 0.5395 | |
| 111 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37800 | 62000 | 0.3904 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 112 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 38600 | 44600 | 0.1345 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 113 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 38700 | 52900 | 0.2683 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 114 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 39300 | 48900 | 0.1963 | 5,731 | 1174 | 0.9064 | |
| 115 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 39400 | 39400 | 0 | 24,868 | 1214 | 0.796 | |
| 116 | Stony Brook University | 39800 | 53000 | 0.2491 | 18,263 | 1395 | 0.4904 | |
| 117 | University of Georgia | 40300 | 46000 | 0.1242 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 118 | Temple University | 40400 | 56100 | 0.2798 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 118 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 68600 | 0.4116 | 33,471 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 120 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 40900 | 56700 | 0.2787 | 40,754 | 1391 | 0.3915 | |
| 121 | Endicott College | 41000 | 63200 | 0.3512 | 3,176 | 1215 | 0.7229 | |
| 122 | Kean University | 42400 | 48300 | 0.1222 | 11,758 | 1035 | 0.7688 | |
| 123 | University at Buffalo | 42700 | 46800 | 0.0876 | 20,360 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 124 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 42800 | 54900 | 0.2206 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 125 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 43000 | 55100 | 0.2197 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 125 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 43000 | 46200 | 0.0693 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 125 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43000 | 52900 | 0.1871 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 128 | University of Florida | 43800 | 45600 | 0.0394 | 36,567 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 128 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 43800 | 57100 | 0.2315 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 130 | University of Colorado Boulder | 44500 | 56300 | 0.2094 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
| 131 | Maine Maritime Academy | 47200 | 49800 | 0.0522 | 945 | 1180 | 0.5606 | |
| 132 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 47400 | 85700 | 0.4467 | 5,743 | 1438 | 0.6343 | |
| 133 | Woodbury University | 50600 | 68700 | 0.2636 | 825 | 1087 | 0.7287 | |
| 134 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 50900 | 84200 | 0.3956 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 135 | University of Kentucky | 51000 | 56000 | 0.0893 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 136 | Drexel University | 51100 | 82600 | 0.3812 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 137 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53200 | 61000 | 0.1279 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 138 | University of San Francisco | 53800 | 83200 | 0.3532 | 5,321 | 1292 | 0.6171 | |
| 139 | Howard University | 58300 | 61600 | 0.0536 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 140 | Maryland Institute College of Art | 60700 | 71200 | 0.1476 | 1,324 | 1196 | 0.7729 | |
| 141 | Otis College of Art and Design | 62500 | 79000 | 0.209 | 1,224 | 1055 | 0.8176 | |
| 142 | University of Oregon | 66700 | 68900 | 0.032 | 20,622 | 1250 | 0.883 | |
| 143 | University of California-Berkeley | 74600 | 75500 | 0.0119 | 33,469 | 1407 | 0.1104 | |
| 144 | The Catholic University of America | 82500 | 82500 | 0 | 3,177 | 1204 | 0.8278 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.