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Considering a degree in Architecture?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Architecture majors who live in Connecticut.
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 Connecticut.
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 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 4600 | 40700 | 0.886 | 35,358 | 1448 | 0.1642 | |
| 5 | United States Merchant Marine Academy | 7100 | 8600 | 0.1743 | 962 | 1214 | 0.3424 | |
| 6 | Yale University | 7500 | 91200 | 0.9178 | 6,667 | 1507 | 0.0475 | |
| 7 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8200 | 97100 | 0.916 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 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 | Utah State University | 9700 | 26700 | 0.6361 | 26,629 | 1168 | 0.9212 | |
| 13 | Rice University | 9800 | 89100 | 0.8903 | 4,807 | 1528 | 0.0801 | |
| 14 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 10200 | 26000 | 0.6083 | 22,313 | 1341 | 0.2996 | |
| 15 | University of Notre Dame | 10300 | 86200 | 0.881 | 8,950 | 1497 | 0.0938 | |
| 16 | Washington University in St Louis | 10700 | 102300 | 0.8957 | 8,153 | 1512 | 0.1192 | |
| 17 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 11000 | 29100 | 0.6225 | 40,996 | 1399 | 0.4175 | |
| 18 | Cornell University | 11500 | 93100 | 0.8767 | 16,138 | 1528 | 0.0838 | |
| 19 | California State University-Sacramento | 11600 | 30700 | 0.6219 | 28,619 | 1015 | 0.9357 | |
| 20 | University of Pennsylvania | 12000 | 92900 | 0.8708 | 9,989 | 1535 | 0.0492 | |
| 21 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 22 | University of Houston | 13200 | 22000 | 0.3993 | 40,366 | 1224 | 0.7577 | |
| 23 | Middlebury College | 13500 | 89900 | 0.8499 | 2,640 | 1499 | 0.1277 | |
| 24 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 63200 | 0.7838 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 25 | Brown University | 13900 | 94000 | 0.8521 | 7,951 | 1500 | 0.0634 | |
| 26 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 14500 | 26500 | 0.4515 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 27 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 14900 | 29300 | 0.4915 | 8,421 | 1054 | 0.9444 | |
| 28 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 15300 | 25600 | 0.4016 | 10,396 | 1125 | 0.7162 | |
| 29 | Lehigh University | 15500 | 89600 | 0.8275 | 5,986 | 1436 | 0.2896 | |
| 30 | University of Kansas | 15700 | 34900 | 0.5503 | 22,544 | 1176 | 0.9258 | |
| 31 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 15800 | 38400 | 0.5882 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 32 | University of California-Los Angeles | 16300 | 36700 | 0.5554 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 33 | The University of Texas at Austin | 16500 | 28000 | 0.4111 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 34 | Bennington College | 17100 | 89500 | 0.8095 | 708 | 1402 | 0.3721 | |
| 35 | Keene State College | 17400 | 32100 | 0.4572 | 2,640 | 1064 | 0.8982 | |
| 35 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 17400 | 39000 | 0.5535 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 37 | Barnard College | 17600 | 99700 | 0.8232 | 3,223 | 1499 | 0.1005 | |
| 37 | SUNY College of Technology at Alfred | 17600 | 38700 | 0.5447 | 3,758 | 0 | 0.7236 | |
| 39 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 17900 | 44300 | 0.5956 | 21,028 | 1450 | 0.1334 | |
| 40 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 18500 | 29900 | 0.3805 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 41 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 18600 | 31000 | 0.4005 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 42 | Norwich University | 19200 | 73800 | 0.7396 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 42 | Olivet Nazarene University | 19200 | 79300 | 0.7576 | 2,704 | 1104 | 0.5586 | |
| 42 | University of Colorado Boulder | 19200 | 31900 | 0.3987 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7809 | |
| 45 | SUNY College of Technology at Delhi | 19400 | 30400 | 0.3617 | 2,881 | 1040 | 0.89 | |
| 46 | University of New Orleans | 19500 | 30600 | 0.3633 | 5,419 | 1040 | 0.7431 | |
| 47 | University of Southern California | 19600 | 75900 | 0.7422 | 20,768 | 1499 | 0.1119 | |
| 48 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 19700 | 78600 | 0.7492 | 17,848 | 1470 | 0.1565 | |
| 49 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 19800 | 32300 | 0.3868 | 15,735 | 1069 | 0.8797 | |
| 50 | Iowa State University | 19900 | 24200 | 0.179 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 51 | Hampshire College | 20600 | 83900 | 0.7548 | 844 | 1254 | 0.7528 | |
| 51 | University of Memphis | 20600 | 29600 | 0.3044 | 15,538 | 1080 | 0.7878 | |
| 53 | North Dakota State University | 20800 | 25700 | 0.1902 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 54 | La Roche University | 20900 | 72600 | 0.7124 | 1,972 | 990 | 0.6638 | |
| 54 | Louisiana Tech University | 20900 | 26100 | 0.1994 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 54 | SUNY Maritime College | 20900 | 32000 | 0.347 | 1,401 | 1164 | 0.785 | |
| 57 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 21000 | 35300 | 0.4047 | 5,986 | 1110 | 0.8916 | |
| 58 | Tufts University | 21300 | 98900 | 0.7843 | 7,031 | 1497 | 0.1082 | |
| 59 | Webb Institute | 21400 | 89600 | 0.7608 | 104 | 1465 | 0.2484 | |
| 60 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 61 | Mount Mary University | 22300 | 57200 | 0.6102 | 616 | 1069 | 0.831 | |
| 62 | Drury University | 23200 | 52900 | 0.5613 | 1,453 | 1209 | 0.6575 | |
| 63 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 23400 | 34400 | 0.3197 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 64 | Indiana State University | 23500 | 32400 | 0.2748 | 6,352 | 1015 | 0.9157 | |
| 65 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 23900 | 40500 | 0.4099 | 21,388 | 1369 | 0.5945 | |
| 66 | Miami University-Oxford | 24000 | 27500 | 0.1274 | 16,405 | 1284 | 0.74 | |
| 67 | Judson University | 24100 | 49100 | 0.5087 | 697 | 1010 | 0.8905 | |
| 67 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24100 | 39300 | 0.3873 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 69 | University of Arizona | 24400 | 38100 | 0.3597 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 70 | University at Buffalo | 24500 | 34000 | 0.2794 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 71 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 24800 | 32800 | 0.2438 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 72 | Marywood University | 25000 | 67700 | 0.6305 | 1,936 | 1144 | 0.7878 | |
| 73 | South Dakota State University | 25400 | 28700 | 0.1146 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 74 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 26200 | 41500 | 0.3684 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 75 | Georgia Southern University | 26300 | 26800 | 0.0187 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 76 | Ball State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 15,950 | 1185 | 0.8625 | |
| 76 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 26400 | 36600 | 0.2785 | 27,963 | 1090 | 0.8395 | |
| 78 | University of Arkansas | 26500 | 28900 | 0.0828 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 78 | University of Southern Mississippi | 26500 | 26500 | 0 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 80 | University of Idaho | 26700 | 45200 | 0.4089 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 81 | University of North Alabama | 27200 | 37300 | 0.2708 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 82 | Syracuse University | 27400 | 83100 | 0.6701 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 83 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 18,028 | 1059 | 0.7996 | |
| 84 | Hobart William Smith Colleges | 27700 | 88300 | 0.6862 | 1,862 | 1296 | 0.667 | |
| 85 | Maine Maritime Academy | 28700 | 33400 | 0.1409 | 977 | 1189 | 0.9615 | |
| 86 | Clemson University | 29000 | 37100 | 0.2179 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 87 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 29100 | 29200 | 0.0034 | 18,667 | 1090 | 0.9711 | |
| 88 | University of Connecticut | 29200 | 39500 | 0.261 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 89 | Mississippi State University | 30100 | 34400 | 0.1246 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 90 | Massachusetts Maritime Academy | 30700 | 40200 | 0.2365 | 1,511 | 1120 | 0.9202 | |
| 91 | Ithaca College | 30900 | 72500 | 0.5737 | 4,205 | 1328 | 0.7015 | |
| 92 | North Carolina A & T State University | 31100 | 36700 | 0.1525 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.5125 | |
| 93 | Kent State University at Kent | 31200 | 37500 | 0.1678 | 21,144 | 1104 | 0.7603 | |
| 94 | Kean University | 31300 | 39500 | 0.2077 | 11,932 | 1040 | 0.7811 | |
| 95 | Lawrence Technological University | 31700 | 71900 | 0.559 | 2,661 | 1149 | 0.8101 | |
| 96 | Portland State University | 32000 | 43100 | 0.2572 | 14,932 | 1174 | 0.8586 | |
| 97 | Morgan State University | 32200 | 41900 | 0.2317 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 97 | Prairie View A & M University | 32200 | 39600 | 0.1868 | 9,022 | 960 | 0.7836 | |
| 99 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32300 | 35100 | 0.0799 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 100 | Samford University | 32400 | 64600 | 0.4986 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 101 | University of Maine at Augusta | 32500 | 39600 | 0.1792 | 4,313 | 0 | 0 | |
| 102 | North Carolina State University | 32700 | 54800 | 0.4033 | 29,340 | 1374 | 0.3954 | |
| 103 | Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design | 32900 | 57400 | 0.4269 | 838 | 1143 | 0.6054 | |
| 104 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 33500 | 36100 | 0.072 | 34,447 | 1273 | 0.8804 | |
| 105 | Connecticut College | 33800 | 95400 | 0.6451 | 1,953 | 1284 | 0.3923 | |
| 105 | University of Rhode Island | 33800 | 44300 | 0.2368 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 107 | Thomas Jefferson University | 34100 | 68100 | 0.4993 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 108 | Chatham University | 34900 | 63300 | 0.449 | 1,555 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 109 | Texas Tech University | 35300 | 38900 | 0.0926 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 110 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 35600 | 47500 | 0.2507 | 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 | California State University-Fresno | 36300 | 43800 | 0.1712 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 114 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 36600 | 40000 | 0.085 | 1,984 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 115 | 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 | |
| 117 | Benedictine College | 37800 | 50800 | 0.256 | 2,404 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 118 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 39200 | 39800 | 0.0151 | 26,213 | 1209 | 0.7778 | |
| 118 | University of San Francisco | 39200 | 84800 | 0.5376 | 5,171 | 1333 | 0.7176 | |
| 120 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 39500 | 50000 | 0.2102 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 121 | Stony Brook University | 39700 | 53000 | 0.2507 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 121 | University of Central Florida | 39700 | 39700 | 0 | 60,083 | 1289 | 0.428 | |
| 123 | University of Illinois Chicago | 39800 | 50600 | 0.2135 | 24,260 | 1174 | 0.7576 | |
| 124 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 40100 | 48500 | 0.1731 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 125 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41200 | 57000 | 0.2774 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 126 | Anderson University | 42300 | 53600 | 0.2108 | 3,724 | 1209 | 0.5491 | |
| 127 | University of Maryland-College Park | 42600 | 53600 | 0.2054 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 128 | University of Florida | 43100 | 45700 | 0.057 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 129 | Florida Atlantic University | 44400 | 44400 | 0 | 25,626 | 1150 | 0.5497 | |
| 130 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 46000 | 86300 | 0.4668 | 5,833 | 1440 | 0.6725 | |
| 131 | University of Delaware | 47300 | 61300 | 0.2294 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 132 | Drexel University | 47700 | 83900 | 0.4315 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 133 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 48000 | 55800 | 0.1398 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 134 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 48300 | 91400 | 0.4717 | 6,839 | 1469 | 0.1446 | |
| 135 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48500 | 51200 | 0.0544 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 136 | University of Kentucky | 49100 | 58000 | 0.1548 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 137 | University of Georgia | 49700 | 51600 | 0.0368 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 138 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 50500 | 58800 | 0.1411 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 139 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53200 | 61000 | 0.1293 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 140 | Howard University | 54800 | 66500 | 0.176 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 141 | Maryland Institute College of Art | 58400 | 71200 | 0.1798 | 1,192 | 1232 | 0.7681 | |
| 142 | Auburn University | 58500 | 58500 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 143 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 60700 | 63000 | 0.0364 | 38,463 | 1324 | 0.7589 | |
| 144 | Otis College of Art and Design | 66600 | 79800 | 0.1654 | 1,188 | 1335 | 0.8034 | |
| 145 | University of California-Davis | 68600 | 69800 | 0.0172 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 146 | University of Oregon | 69000 | 71300 | 0.0321 | 20,710 | 1193 | 0.8742 | |
| 147 | University of California-Berkeley | 70500 | 76100 | 0.0736 | 33,513 | 1407 | 0.1145 | |
| 148 | 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.