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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 | 1302 | 0.0936 | |
| 3 | Rice University | 4300 | 85500 | 0.9496 | 4,789 | 1535 | 0.08 | |
| 4 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 4900 | 86800 | 0.9433 | 4,576 | 1535 | 0.0485 | |
| 5 | Yale University | 5500 | 92300 | 0.9403 | 6,814 | 1507 | 0.0387 | |
| 6 | Wellesley College | 7000 | 90900 | 0.9233 | 2,407 | 1500 | 0.1405 | |
| 7 | Utah State University | 7900 | 24900 | 0.6836 | 25,920 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 8 | Princeton University | 8400 | 81800 | 0.8972 | 5,813 | 1535 | 0.0462 | |
| 9 | Washington University in St Louis | 9400 | 96200 | 0.9026 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 10 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 10200 | 94100 | 0.8919 | 9,157 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 10 | United States Merchant Marine Academy | 10200 | 10200 | 0 | 947 | 1239 | 0.3247 | |
| 10 | University of Notre Dame | 10200 | 86100 | 0.8815 | 8,880 | 1499 | 0.1127 | |
| 13 | Cornell University | 10400 | 92000 | 0.8866 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
| 14 | Front Range Community College | 11500 | 18600 | 0.3775 | 21,970 | 0 | 1 | |
| 15 | University of Pennsylvania | 11800 | 93000 | 0.8733 | 10,013 | 1528 | 0.054 | |
| 16 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 11900 | 27200 | 0.5632 | 40,754 | 1391 | 0.3915 | |
| 17 | Arapahoe Community College | 12200 | 25400 | 0.5188 | 15,012 | 0 | 1 | |
| 17 | Mount Holyoke College | 12200 | 89700 | 0.8644 | 2,178 | 1449 | 0.3603 | |
| 19 | Middlebury College | 12400 | 89800 | 0.8618 | 2,760 | 1499 | 0.1075 | |
| 19 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 27200 | 0.5443 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 21 | Florida Atlantic University | 12600 | 24800 | 0.491 | 24,942 | 1130 | 0.6613 | |
| 22 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 12800 | 26200 | 0.5113 | 21,947 | 1335 | 0.3122 | |
| 23 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 13200 | 38500 | 0.657 | 17,901 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 24 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 13300 | 13300 | 0 | 18,428 | 1090 | 0.9529 | |
| 25 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 13400 | 24400 | 0.4513 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 26 | Indiana State University | 13600 | 25900 | 0.4757 | 6,224 | 1020 | 0.8077 | |
| 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 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 14300 | 26500 | 0.4594 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 30 | University of Idaho | 14500 | 31300 | 0.5372 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 31 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 14700 | 28000 | 0.4747 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 32 | Lehigh University | 15600 | 85700 | 0.8184 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 33 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 16000 | 22300 | 0.2822 | 24,868 | 1214 | 0.796 | |
| 34 | University of Florida | 16100 | 22300 | 0.2781 | 36,567 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 35 | Northeastern University | 16700 | 89900 | 0.8146 | 22,695 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 36 | Carnegie Mellon University | 17000 | 87300 | 0.805 | 7,824 | 1528 | 0.1166 | |
| 37 | SUNY College of Technology at Alfred | 17100 | 26000 | 0.3426 | 3,525 | 1070 | 0.8175 | |
| 38 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 17200 | 26300 | 0.3464 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 39 | Bennington College | 17300 | 89500 | 0.8071 | 797 | 1360 | 0.4453 | |
| 40 | Tufts University | 17500 | 92400 | 0.811 | 7,126 | 1507 | 0.1153 | |
| 41 | Barnard College | 17600 | 93200 | 0.8112 | 3,269 | 1490 | 0.0796 | |
| 42 | University of Arkansas | 17800 | 27700 | 0.3563 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 43 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 18200 | 18200 | 0 | 34,242 | 1260 | 0.7333 | |
| 44 | University of Rhode Island | 18400 | 34400 | 0.4649 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 45 | University of Southern California | 19200 | 76000 | 0.7473 | 21,023 | 1485 | 0.1002 | |
| 46 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 19600 | 29300 | 0.3305 | 1,984 | 1369 | 0.6328 | |
| 47 | University of Southern Mississippi | 19900 | 26300 | 0.243 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
| 48 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 20200 | 38800 | 0.481 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 49 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 20400 | 36700 | 0.4437 | 14,576 | 1144 | 0.6967 | |
| 50 | The University of Texas at Austin | 20600 | 26900 | 0.2341 | 43,165 | 1335 | 0.2664 | |
| 51 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27100 | 0.2289 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 52 | Brown University | 21300 | 93900 | 0.7729 | 7,910 | 1535 | 0.0539 | |
| 53 | Webb Institute | 21500 | 73700 | 0.7085 | 106 | 1475 | 0.1404 | |
| 54 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 21900 | 34400 | 0.3633 | 14,783 | 1140 | 0.8096 | |
| 55 | South Dakota State University | 22100 | 25200 | 0.1219 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 56 | SUNY Maritime College | 22200 | 31700 | 0.2998 | 1,286 | 1215 | 0.7242 | |
| 57 | Ball State University | 22400 | 22400 | 0 | 15,189 | 1170 | 0.855 | |
| 58 | Hobart William Smith Colleges | 22500 | 81100 | 0.7223 | 1,794 | 1313 | 0.6399 | |
| 59 | University of Memphis | 22900 | 30000 | 0.2371 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 60 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 23200 | 35400 | 0.3442 | 5,731 | 1174 | 0.9064 | |
| 61 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 23400 | 33600 | 0.3037 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 62 | Syracuse University | 23600 | 83100 | 0.716 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 63 | University of Kentucky | 23900 | 36000 | 0.3359 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 64 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24100 | 37100 | 0.3508 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
| 65 | University at Buffalo | 24200 | 34000 | 0.2883 | 20,360 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 66 | Judson University | 24300 | 49100 | 0.506 | 793 | 1049 | 0.624 | |
| 66 | Miami University-Oxford | 24300 | 27200 | 0.1064 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 68 | La Roche University | 24500 | 55400 | 0.558 | 1,986 | 1150 | 0.7761 | |
| 68 | University of New Orleans | 24500 | 31000 | 0.2097 | 5,476 | 1125 | 0.6677 | |
| 70 | Mount Mary University | 25000 | 53300 | 0.5311 | 749 | 1005 | 0.6634 | |
| 71 | California State University-Fresno | 25500 | 35900 | 0.2896 | 21,430 | 995 | 0.9638 | |
| 72 | University of Kansas | 25800 | 42000 | 0.3852 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 73 | Norwich University | 26400 | 70900 | 0.6278 | 2,642 | 1209 | 0.7361 | |
| 73 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 26400 | 36500 | 0.2769 | 27,082 | 1099 | 0.8459 | |
| 75 | Marywood University | 26800 | 55500 | 0.5174 | 1,834 | 1160 | 0.6058 | |
| 76 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 26900 | 83600 | 0.6785 | 7,283 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
| 77 | University of North Alabama | 27000 | 41500 | 0.3496 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 78 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 17,771 | 1044 | 0.7933 | |
| 79 | North Dakota State University | 27900 | 30400 | 0.0815 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 80 | Drury University | 28100 | 52900 | 0.4687 | 1,391 | 1228 | 0.5758 | |
| 81 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 28200 | 41900 | 0.3269 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 81 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 28200 | 36700 | 0.232 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 83 | Mississippi State University | 28300 | 32300 | 0.126 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 84 | Connecticut College | 28500 | 83300 | 0.6583 | 1,990 | 1287 | 0.3704 | |
| 85 | Clemson University | 29300 | 37100 | 0.2121 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 86 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 29900 | 31100 | 0.0385 | 20,592 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 87 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 88 | California State University-Sacramento | 30400 | 30900 | 0.0162 | 28,226 | 1015 | 0.9343 | |
| 88 | Keene State College | 30400 | 40700 | 0.2542 | 2,744 | 1020 | 0.9033 | |
| 88 | Maine Maritime Academy | 30400 | 33400 | 0.0899 | 945 | 1180 | 0.5606 | |
| 91 | University of Maine at Augusta | 30900 | 38900 | 0.2059 | 4,250 | 0 | 0.0683 | |
| 92 | North Carolina State University | 31100 | 53000 | 0.4127 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 93 | University of Houston | 31300 | 35200 | 0.1109 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 94 | Portland State University | 31400 | 43000 | 0.2692 | 15,960 | 1176 | 0.9091 | |
| 95 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 31500 | 41100 | 0.2338 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 96 | Kean University | 31600 | 39600 | 0.2021 | 11,758 | 1035 | 0.7688 | |
| 96 | Thomas Jefferson University | 31600 | 67700 | 0.5331 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 98 | North Carolina A & T State University | 31900 | 36400 | 0.1235 | 12,216 | 1020 | 0.4617 | |
| 99 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 32700 | 38500 | 0.1507 | 7,890 | 1105 | 0.2056 | |
| 100 | Massachusetts Maritime Academy | 33200 | 40200 | 0.1743 | 1,407 | 1120 | 0.7207 | |
| 101 | Anderson University | 33500 | 52400 | 0.3607 | 3,405 | 1209 | 0.5471 | |
| 101 | Ithaca College | 33500 | 72500 | 0.5379 | 4,268 | 1314 | 0.6901 | |
| 103 | Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design | 33900 | 57100 | 0.4062 | 885 | 1143 | 0.628 | |
| 104 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 34100 | 35100 | 0.0285 | 33,572 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 105 | Auburn University | 34400 | 34400 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 106 | Morgan State University | 34500 | 37200 | 0.0726 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 107 | Prairie View A & M University | 34600 | 39600 | 0.1263 | 8,056 | 955 | 0.7441 | |
| 108 | Chatham University | 35100 | 63300 | 0.4458 | 1,555 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 109 | Delaware Valley University | 35500 | 63800 | 0.4434 | 1,768 | 1180 | 0.9326 | |
| 110 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 35800 | 43500 | 0.1771 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 111 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 36000 | 42400 | 0.1509 | 31,112 | 1130 | 0.8129 | |
| 112 | Andrews University | 36300 | 47100 | 0.2291 | 1,312 | 1208 | 0.874 | |
| 113 | Lawrence Technological University | 36500 | 67800 | 0.4614 | 2,579 | 1159 | 0.7403 | |
| 114 | University of Central Florida | 36600 | 39600 | 0.0758 | 59,649 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
| 115 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 36900 | 38900 | 0.0533 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 116 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 37100 | 53900 | 0.3117 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 117 | Benedictine College | 37600 | 50800 | 0.2599 | 2,391 | 1229 | 0.7645 | |
| 118 | University of Connecticut | 37700 | 41800 | 0.0981 | 19,388 | 1324 | 0.5395 | |
| 119 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37800 | 62000 | 0.3904 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 120 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 38900 | 52900 | 0.2645 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 121 | Stony Brook University | 39900 | 53000 | 0.2467 | 18,263 | 1395 | 0.4904 | |
| 122 | University of Georgia | 40300 | 46000 | 0.1242 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 123 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 68600 | 0.4116 | 33,471 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 124 | Temple University | 40500 | 56100 | 0.278 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 125 | Endicott College | 40900 | 63200 | 0.3528 | 3,176 | 1255 | 0.7229 | |
| 126 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 42800 | 54900 | 0.2206 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 127 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 43200 | 46200 | 0.0665 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 128 | University of Colorado Boulder | 44600 | 56300 | 0.2077 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
| 129 | University of Illinois Chicago | 46600 | 48000 | 0.0291 | 22,495 | 1247 | 0.7735 | |
| 130 | University of Delaware | 47200 | 53200 | 0.1127 | 19,119 | 1303 | 0.6356 | |
| 131 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 48500 | 85700 | 0.4339 | 5,743 | 1438 | 0.6343 | |
| 132 | Woodbury University | 50700 | 68700 | 0.2621 | 825 | 1087 | 0.7287 | |
| 133 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 51000 | 84200 | 0.3944 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 134 | Drexel University | 51200 | 82600 | 0.38 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 135 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 52700 | 56100 | 0.0602 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 136 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 52900 | 58900 | 0.1031 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 137 | University of San Francisco | 53800 | 83200 | 0.3532 | 5,321 | 1292 | 0.6171 | |
| 138 | Howard University | 58300 | 61600 | 0.0536 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 139 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 59000 | 61100 | 0.034 | 38,093 | 1302 | 0.7821 | |
| 140 | University of Oregon | 59400 | 68900 | 0.1389 | 20,622 | 1250 | 0.883 | |
| 141 | Maryland Institute College of Art | 60700 | 71200 | 0.1476 | 1,324 | 1196 | 0.7729 | |
| 142 | Otis College of Art and Design | 62500 | 79000 | 0.209 | 1,224 | 1055 | 0.8176 | |
| 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.