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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 | |
| 1 | University of California-Los Angeles | 0 | 68600 | 1 | 33,471 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 1 | Utah State University | 0 | 24900 | 1 | 25,920 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 5 | Rice University | 4200 | 85500 | 0.9508 | 4,789 | 1535 | 0.08 | |
| 6 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 5200 | 86800 | 0.9398 | 4,576 | 1535 | 0.0485 | |
| 7 | Yale University | 5500 | 92300 | 0.9403 | 6,814 | 1507 | 0.0387 | |
| 8 | Princeton University | 8400 | 81800 | 0.8972 | 5,813 | 1535 | 0.0462 | |
| 9 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8900 | 94100 | 0.9057 | 9,157 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 10 | University of Pennsylvania | 9000 | 93000 | 0.9034 | 10,013 | 1528 | 0.054 | |
| 11 | Washington University in St Louis | 9600 | 96200 | 0.9006 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 12 | United States Merchant Marine Academy | 10200 | 10200 | 0 | 947 | 1239 | 0.3247 | |
| 13 | Cornell University | 10700 | 92000 | 0.8834 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
| 14 | Wellesley College | 11100 | 90900 | 0.8782 | 2,407 | 1500 | 0.1405 | |
| 15 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 11300 | 27200 | 0.5853 | 40,754 | 1391 | 0.3915 | |
| 16 | Front Range Community College | 11500 | 18600 | 0.3775 | 21,970 | 0 | 1 | |
| 16 | University of Notre Dame | 11500 | 86100 | 0.8664 | 8,880 | 1499 | 0.1127 | |
| 18 | California State University-Fresno | 12100 | 19600 | 0.3819 | 21,430 | 995 | 0.9638 | |
| 19 | The University of Texas at Austin | 12200 | 30700 | 0.6023 | 43,165 | 1335 | 0.2664 | |
| 20 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 12300 | 26200 | 0.5304 | 21,947 | 1335 | 0.3122 | |
| 21 | University of Central Florida | 12500 | 23600 | 0.4704 | 59,649 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
| 22 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 23 | Middlebury College | 12800 | 89800 | 0.8573 | 2,760 | 1499 | 0.1075 | |
| 24 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 13100 | 24400 | 0.4636 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 25 | University of North Alabama | 13300 | 28200 | 0.5287 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 25 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 13300 | 13300 | 0 | 18,428 | 1090 | 0.9529 | |
| 27 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 32200 | 0.5744 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 28 | North Carolina A & T State University | 13800 | 17900 | 0.2297 | 12,216 | 1020 | 0.4617 | |
| 29 | Louisiana Tech University | 14000 | 24900 | 0.437 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 29 | Texas Tech University | 14000 | 27000 | 0.4813 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 31 | University of Idaho | 14500 | 31300 | 0.5372 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 32 | Carnegie Mellon University | 14700 | 87300 | 0.8314 | 7,824 | 1528 | 0.1166 | |
| 33 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 15200 | 35700 | 0.5744 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 34 | University of Maine at Augusta | 15300 | 23200 | 0.3403 | 4,250 | 0 | 0.0683 | |
| 35 | Northeastern University | 15500 | 89900 | 0.8279 | 22,695 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 35 | Webb Institute | 15500 | 73700 | 0.7899 | 106 | 1475 | 0.1404 | |
| 37 | North Carolina State University | 15800 | 27500 | 0.4261 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 38 | University of Florida | 16100 | 22300 | 0.2781 | 36,567 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 39 | Brown University | 16200 | 93900 | 0.8272 | 7,910 | 1535 | 0.0539 | |
| 40 | University of California-Berkeley | 16300 | 43500 | 0.6252 | 33,469 | 1407 | 0.1104 | |
| 41 | Tufts University | 16500 | 92400 | 0.8218 | 7,126 | 1507 | 0.1153 | |
| 42 | University of Southern Mississippi | 16800 | 23100 | 0.2725 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
| 43 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 17200 | 27200 | 0.3671 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 43 | SUNY College of Technology at Alfred | 17200 | 26000 | 0.3388 | 3,525 | 1070 | 0.8175 | |
| 45 | Bennington College | 17500 | 89500 | 0.805 | 797 | 1360 | 0.4453 | |
| 46 | University of Kansas | 17700 | 34900 | 0.4928 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 47 | University of Rhode Island | 18000 | 34400 | 0.4765 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 48 | Mount Holyoke College | 18300 | 89700 | 0.7964 | 2,178 | 1449 | 0.3603 | |
| 48 | University of Southern California | 18300 | 76000 | 0.7592 | 21,023 | 1485 | 0.1002 | |
| 50 | Prairie View A & M University | 18600 | 25400 | 0.2678 | 8,056 | 955 | 0.7441 | |
| 51 | University of New Orleans | 18700 | 29500 | 0.3661 | 5,476 | 1125 | 0.6677 | |
| 52 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 18800 | 30900 | 0.3927 | 38,093 | 1302 | 0.7821 | |
| 53 | Barnard College | 19100 | 93200 | 0.7951 | 3,269 | 1490 | 0.0796 | |
| 54 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 19800 | 40000 | 0.5049 | 1,984 | 1369 | 0.6328 | |
| 55 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 20100 | 38800 | 0.4812 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 56 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 20200 | 27200 | 0.2576 | 31,112 | 1130 | 0.8129 | |
| 57 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20400 | 43700 | 0.5336 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 58 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 20600 | 30000 | 0.3138 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 59 | Arapahoe Community College | 20800 | 42500 | 0.5112 | 15,012 | 0 | 1 | |
| 60 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27100 | 0.2289 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 61 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 22200 | 34400 | 0.3546 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 61 | SUNY Maritime College | 22200 | 31700 | 0.2998 | 1,286 | 1215 | 0.7242 | |
| 63 | South Dakota State University | 22300 | 25200 | 0.1144 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 64 | Hobart William Smith Colleges | 22500 | 81100 | 0.7223 | 1,794 | 1313 | 0.6399 | |
| 65 | University of Memphis | 22900 | 30000 | 0.2371 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 66 | University of Colorado Boulder | 23500 | 30600 | 0.2323 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
| 67 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24100 | 37100 | 0.3508 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
| 68 | Judson University | 24400 | 49100 | 0.5035 | 793 | 1049 | 0.624 | |
| 68 | La Roche University | 24400 | 55400 | 0.5598 | 1,986 | 1150 | 0.7761 | |
| 70 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 25000 | 40700 | 0.3855 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 71 | Mount Mary University | 25100 | 53300 | 0.529 | 749 | 1005 | 0.6634 | |
| 72 | Temple University | 25300 | 36300 | 0.3033 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 73 | Norwich University | 25900 | 70900 | 0.6349 | 2,642 | 1209 | 0.7361 | |
| 74 | Ball State University | 26000 | 26000 | 0 | 15,189 | 1170 | 0.855 | |
| 75 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 26400 | 36500 | 0.2769 | 27,082 | 1099 | 0.8459 | |
| 76 | Marywood University | 26700 | 55500 | 0.5192 | 1,834 | 1160 | 0.6058 | |
| 77 | University of Arkansas | 26900 | 30800 | 0.1263 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 78 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 27200 | 83600 | 0.6749 | 7,283 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
| 79 | Indiana State University | 27300 | 30900 | 0.1166 | 6,224 | 1140 | 0.8077 | |
| 80 | Kent State University at Kent | 27400 | 28400 | 0.0352 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 81 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 17,771 | 1044 | 0.7933 | |
| 82 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 27600 | 40300 | 0.315 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 83 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 27900 | 78300 | 0.6438 | 17,901 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 84 | North Dakota State University | 28100 | 30400 | 0.0752 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 84 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 28100 | 36700 | 0.2327 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 86 | Drury University | 28200 | 52900 | 0.4668 | 1,391 | 1228 | 0.5758 | |
| 86 | Keene State College | 28200 | 40700 | 0.307 | 2,744 | 1020 | 0.9033 | |
| 88 | Florida Atlantic University | 28400 | 39200 | 0.2757 | 24,942 | 1130 | 0.6613 | |
| 89 | Connecticut College | 28800 | 83300 | 0.6546 | 1,990 | 1287 | 0.3704 | |
| 90 | Lehigh University | 29000 | 85700 | 0.662 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 91 | Clemson University | 29400 | 37100 | 0.207 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 92 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 29900 | 31100 | 0.0385 | 20,592 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 93 | California State University-Sacramento | 30400 | 30900 | 0.0162 | 28,226 | 1015 | 0.9343 | |
| 93 | Syracuse University | 30400 | 83100 | 0.6342 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 95 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 30800 | 33100 | 0.0695 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 96 | University of Kentucky | 31000 | 36000 | 0.139 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 97 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 31100 | 43700 | 0.2886 | 14,576 | 1179 | 0.6967 | |
| 98 | University of Houston | 31300 | 35200 | 0.1109 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 99 | Portland State University | 31400 | 43000 | 0.2694 | 15,960 | 1176 | 0.9091 | |
| 100 | Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design | 31700 | 57100 | 0.4449 | 885 | 0 | 0.628 | |
| 100 | Thomas Jefferson University | 31700 | 67700 | 0.5316 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 102 | Benedictine College | 32000 | 50800 | 0.3702 | 2,391 | 1229 | 0.7645 | |
| 103 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 32700 | 38500 | 0.1507 | 7,890 | 1105 | 0.2056 | |
| 104 | Ithaca College | 33200 | 72500 | 0.542 | 4,268 | 1314 | 0.6901 | |
| 104 | Massachusetts Maritime Academy | 33200 | 40200 | 0.1743 | 1,407 | 1120 | 0.7207 | |
| 106 | Anderson University | 33500 | 52400 | 0.3607 | 3,405 | 1209 | 0.5471 | |
| 107 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 33900 | 46200 | 0.2664 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 108 | Morgan State University | 34500 | 37200 | 0.0726 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 109 | Chatham University | 35100 | 63300 | 0.4458 | 1,555 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 110 | Delaware Valley University | 35500 | 63800 | 0.4434 | 1,768 | 1180 | 0.9326 | |
| 111 | Andrews University | 36100 | 47100 | 0.2333 | 1,312 | 1208 | 0.874 | |
| 112 | Mississippi State University | 36600 | 50500 | 0.2752 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 113 | Lawrence Technological University | 37000 | 67800 | 0.4541 | 2,579 | 1155 | 0.7403 | |
| 114 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 37900 | 53900 | 0.2968 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 115 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 38400 | 44400 | 0.1351 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 116 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 39300 | 52900 | 0.2569 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 116 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 39300 | 48900 | 0.1963 | 5,731 | 1174 | 0.9064 | |
| 118 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 39400 | 39400 | 0 | 24,868 | 1214 | 0.796 | |
| 119 | Stony Brook University | 40100 | 53000 | 0.2431 | 18,263 | 1395 | 0.4904 | |
| 120 | University of Georgia | 40300 | 46000 | 0.1242 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 121 | Endicott College | 41000 | 63200 | 0.3512 | 3,176 | 1215 | 0.7229 | |
| 122 | University of Connecticut | 41800 | 41800 | 0 | 19,388 | 1324 | 0.5395 | |
| 123 | Kean University | 42700 | 48300 | 0.116 | 11,758 | 1035 | 0.7688 | |
| 123 | University at Buffalo | 42700 | 46800 | 0.0876 | 20,360 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 125 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 43000 | 55100 | 0.2197 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 126 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 43700 | 50300 | 0.1313 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 127 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 45200 | 57100 | 0.2083 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 128 | University of Illinois Chicago | 46600 | 48000 | 0.0291 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 129 | University of Delaware | 47200 | 53200 | 0.1127 | 19,119 | 1303 | 0.6356 | |
| 130 | Maine Maritime Academy | 47500 | 49800 | 0.0462 | 945 | 1180 | 0.5606 | |
| 131 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 48200 | 85700 | 0.4374 | 5,743 | 1438 | 0.6343 | |
| 132 | Woodbury University | 51100 | 68700 | 0.2563 | 825 | 1087 | 0.7287 | |
| 133 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 51200 | 84200 | 0.392 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 134 | Drexel University | 51400 | 82600 | 0.3776 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 135 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 51700 | 51700 | 0 | 33,572 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 136 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 52700 | 56100 | 0.0604 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 137 | University of San Francisco | 53700 | 83200 | 0.3544 | 5,321 | 1292 | 0.6171 | |
| 138 | Auburn University | 55400 | 55400 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 139 | Miami University-Oxford | 56100 | 56100 | 0 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 140 | Howard University | 58300 | 61600 | 0.0536 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 141 | University of Oregon | 59500 | 68900 | 0.1362 | 20,622 | 1250 | 0.883 | |
| 142 | Maryland Institute College of Art | 60700 | 71200 | 0.1476 | 1,324 | 1196 | 0.7729 | |
| 143 | Otis College of Art and Design | 64700 | 79000 | 0.1811 | 1,224 | 1055 | 0.8176 | |
| 144 | The Catholic University of America | 79300 | 82500 | 0.0388 | 3,177 | 1204 | 0.8278 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.