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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 | 83400 | 0.958 | 5,916 | 1528 | 0.0442 | |
| 4 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 3600 | 93300 | 0.9613 | 4,561 | 1542 | 0.0456 | |
| 5 | University of Pennsylvania | 4000 | 93100 | 0.9575 | 9,989 | 1535 | 0.0492 | |
| 6 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 6900 | 41500 | 0.8345 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 7 | United States Merchant Marine Academy | 7200 | 8800 | 0.1828 | 962 | 1214 | 0.3424 | |
| 7 | University of Notre Dame | 7200 | 89100 | 0.919 | 8,950 | 1497 | 0.0938 | |
| 9 | Washington University in St Louis | 7300 | 102300 | 0.9283 | 8,153 | 1512 | 0.1192 | |
| 10 | Florida Atlantic University | 8400 | 26900 | 0.6889 | 25,626 | 1150 | 0.5497 | |
| 11 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8600 | 98000 | 0.9125 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 12 | Middlebury College | 8700 | 94500 | 0.908 | 2,640 | 1499 | 0.1277 | |
| 13 | Carnegie Mellon University | 8900 | 90900 | 0.9025 | 7,728 | 1528 | 0.1107 | |
| 14 | Portland State University | 9100 | 26100 | 0.651 | 14,932 | 1174 | 0.8586 | |
| 15 | Rice University | 9600 | 92500 | 0.8965 | 4,807 | 1528 | 0.0801 | |
| 16 | Wellesley College | 9900 | 95400 | 0.8958 | 2,366 | 1499 | 0.1479 | |
| 17 | University of Central Florida | 10000 | 31700 | 0.6853 | 60,083 | 1289 | 0.428 | |
| 18 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 10200 | 26000 | 0.6083 | 22,313 | 1341 | 0.2996 | |
| 18 | University of California-Davis | 10200 | 38600 | 0.7362 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 20 | Cornell University | 10500 | 93700 | 0.8878 | 16,138 | 1528 | 0.0838 | |
| 21 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 10700 | 36600 | 0.7073 | 27,963 | 1090 | 0.8395 | |
| 22 | California State University-Fresno | 10900 | 54600 | 0.7996 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 23 | Massachusetts Maritime Academy | 11000 | 46600 | 0.7639 | 1,511 | 1120 | 0.9202 | |
| 24 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 11800 | 29300 | 0.5973 | 8,421 | 1054 | 0.9444 | |
| 25 | Brown University | 11900 | 94000 | 0.8733 | 7,951 | 1500 | 0.0634 | |
| 25 | Louisiana Tech University | 11900 | 42900 | 0.7225 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 27 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 31100 | 0.6022 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 28 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 28 | Mount Holyoke College | 12600 | 89900 | 0.8599 | 2,135 | 1419 | 0.3841 | |
| 28 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 12600 | 35000 | 0.6395 | 18,667 | 1090 | 0.9711 | |
| 31 | University of Houston | 12800 | 21800 | 0.4127 | 40,366 | 1224 | 0.7577 | |
| 32 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 13700 | 25600 | 0.464 | 10,396 | 1125 | 0.7162 | |
| 33 | Utah State University | 13800 | 20800 | 0.3369 | 26,629 | 1168 | 0.9212 | |
| 34 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 13900 | 31000 | 0.5523 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 35 | University of Memphis | 14000 | 29100 | 0.5191 | 15,538 | 1080 | 0.7878 | |
| 36 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 14400 | 57100 | 0.7474 | 15,735 | 1069 | 0.8797 | |
| 36 | University of North Alabama | 14400 | 37300 | 0.614 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 38 | University of Maine at Augusta | 14600 | 54900 | 0.7338 | 4,313 | 0 | 0 | |
| 39 | Indiana State University | 15800 | 32400 | 0.5126 | 6,352 | 1015 | 0.9157 | |
| 40 | Keene State College | 16000 | 69800 | 0.7703 | 2,640 | 1064 | 0.8982 | |
| 41 | North Carolina State University | 16100 | 28500 | 0.4348 | 29,340 | 1374 | 0.3954 | |
| 41 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 16100 | 26500 | 0.3942 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 43 | Georgia Southern University | 16300 | 49700 | 0.6722 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 43 | Texas Tech University | 16300 | 27100 | 0.3984 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 45 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 16600 | 26300 | 0.3679 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 46 | Bennington College | 16800 | 89500 | 0.8125 | 708 | 1402 | 0.3721 | |
| 47 | California State University-Sacramento | 17300 | 30700 | 0.4363 | 28,619 | 1015 | 0.9357 | |
| 47 | Morgan State University | 17300 | 42200 | 0.5905 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 49 | Barnard College | 17500 | 99700 | 0.8241 | 3,223 | 1499 | 0.1005 | |
| 50 | Yale University | 17700 | 278600 | 0.9365 | 6,667 | 1507 | 0.0475 | |
| 51 | La Roche University | 17800 | 87300 | 0.7963 | 1,972 | 990 | 0.6638 | |
| 52 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 17900 | 47900 | 0.6257 | 21,028 | 1450 | 0.1334 | |
| 53 | SUNY College of Technology at Alfred | 18100 | 37500 | 0.5173 | 3,758 | 0 | 0.7236 | |
| 54 | Olivet Nazarene University | 18400 | 79300 | 0.7686 | 2,704 | 1104 | 0.5586 | |
| 55 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 18600 | 29900 | 0.3797 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 56 | Norwich University | 18700 | 100600 | 0.8144 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 57 | Lehigh University | 19200 | 89800 | 0.7863 | 5,986 | 1436 | 0.2896 | |
| 58 | University of Rhode Island | 19500 | 44300 | 0.5593 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 58 | University of Southern California | 19500 | 76400 | 0.7452 | 20,768 | 1499 | 0.1119 | |
| 60 | SUNY College of Technology at Delhi | 19800 | 55300 | 0.6417 | 2,881 | 1040 | 0.89 | |
| 61 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 20000 | 35200 | 0.4314 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 62 | Syracuse University | 20300 | 83600 | 0.7572 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 63 | University of New Orleans | 20500 | 30000 | 0.3162 | 5,419 | 1040 | 0.7431 | |
| 64 | North Dakota State University | 20600 | 25700 | 0.2008 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 65 | Iowa State University | 21100 | 25700 | 0.1794 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 66 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 21400 | 80400 | 0.7335 | 17,848 | 1470 | 0.1565 | |
| 67 | University of Kansas | 21500 | 44400 | 0.5154 | 22,544 | 1176 | 0.9258 | |
| 68 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 69 | Marywood University | 22000 | 93800 | 0.7655 | 1,936 | 1144 | 0.7878 | |
| 70 | Mount Mary University | 22100 | 57200 | 0.6134 | 616 | 1069 | 0.831 | |
| 71 | Tufts University | 22300 | 99000 | 0.7749 | 7,031 | 1497 | 0.1082 | |
| 72 | SUNY Maritime College | 22600 | 59200 | 0.6186 | 1,401 | 1164 | 0.785 | |
| 73 | Judson University | 24000 | 49100 | 0.5122 | 697 | 1010 | 0.8905 | |
| 73 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 24000 | 60700 | 0.6046 | 1,984 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 75 | Temple University | 24400 | 36100 | 0.3243 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 76 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 24600 | 36800 | 0.3317 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 77 | South Dakota State University | 25100 | 28700 | 0.1242 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 78 | Delaware Valley University | 25700 | 95800 | 0.7318 | 1,680 | 1189 | 0.9268 | |
| 79 | University of Arkansas | 26400 | 44700 | 0.4087 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 80 | Ball State University | 26500 | 26500 | 0 | 15,950 | 1185 | 0.8625 | |
| 81 | Drury University | 26600 | 54500 | 0.5119 | 1,453 | 1209 | 0.6575 | |
| 82 | Hobart William Smith Colleges | 27200 | 88300 | 0.6918 | 1,862 | 1296 | 0.667 | |
| 82 | University of Southern Mississippi | 27200 | 27200 | 0 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 84 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 18,028 | 1059 | 0.7996 | |
| 85 | Lawrence Technological University | 29500 | 99100 | 0.7027 | 2,661 | 1149 | 0.8101 | |
| 85 | Thomas Jefferson University | 29500 | 70000 | 0.5792 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 87 | Ithaca College | 29800 | 72600 | 0.5892 | 4,205 | 1328 | 0.7015 | |
| 88 | Mississippi State University | 29900 | 34400 | 0.1326 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 89 | Prairie View A & M University | 30400 | 39600 | 0.2322 | 9,022 | 960 | 0.7836 | |
| 90 | Kent State University at Kent | 30900 | 37500 | 0.1751 | 21,144 | 1104 | 0.7603 | |
| 91 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 31800 | 54400 | 0.4154 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 92 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 31900 | 35200 | 0.0938 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 93 | Anderson University | 32300 | 54700 | 0.4098 | 3,724 | 1209 | 0.5491 | |
| 94 | Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design | 33000 | 61800 | 0.4669 | 838 | 1143 | 0.6054 | |
| 95 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 33400 | 38200 | 0.1273 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 96 | Connecticut College | 33800 | 91700 | 0.6317 | 1,953 | 1284 | 0.3923 | |
| 97 | University of Illinois Chicago | 34000 | 51300 | 0.3371 | 24,260 | 1174 | 0.7576 | |
| 98 | Samford University | 34400 | 93800 | 0.6333 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 99 | University of Idaho | 34500 | 48700 | 0.2916 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 100 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 34700 | 46400 | 0.2519 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 101 | Chatham University | 34800 | 63900 | 0.4557 | 1,555 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 102 | North Carolina A & T State University | 36400 | 36700 | 0.0082 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.5125 | |
| 103 | Kean University | 36600 | 44900 | 0.1849 | 11,932 | 1040 | 0.7811 | |
| 104 | University of Connecticut | 36900 | 66200 | 0.4429 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 104 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 36900 | 66700 | 0.4469 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 106 | Andrews University | 37200 | 76700 | 0.5148 | 1,384 | 1143 | 0.8185 | |
| 107 | Benedictine College | 37800 | 52500 | 0.2798 | 2,404 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 108 | Maine Maritime Academy | 38300 | 53000 | 0.2775 | 977 | 1189 | 0.9615 | |
| 109 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 38800 | 40300 | 0.0372 | 26,213 | 1209 | 0.7778 | |
| 110 | Drexel University | 39200 | 86400 | 0.5466 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 111 | Stony Brook University | 39400 | 53000 | 0.2559 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 112 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 40000 | 42600 | 0.061 | 5,986 | 1110 | 0.8916 | |
| 113 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5061 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 114 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 40800 | 55300 | 0.2624 | 21,388 | 1369 | 0.5945 | |
| 115 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41000 | 58700 | 0.3018 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 116 | University of Arizona | 42500 | 48600 | 0.1254 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 116 | University of Maryland-College Park | 42500 | 58500 | 0.2733 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 118 | University of Florida | 42800 | 45700 | 0.0635 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 119 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 42900 | 88100 | 0.5129 | 35,358 | 1448 | 0.1642 | |
| 120 | University at Buffalo | 46400 | 46400 | 0 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 121 | Otis College of Art and Design | 46700 | 79800 | 0.4145 | 1,188 | 1335 | 0.8034 | |
| 122 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 46900 | 57100 | 0.1786 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 123 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47200 | 61500 | 0.2335 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 124 | University of Delaware | 47300 | 62400 | 0.2427 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 125 | University of Kentucky | 48000 | 59900 | 0.1982 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 126 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48200 | 51200 | 0.0598 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 127 | The University of Texas at Austin | 49000 | 58900 | 0.1681 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 128 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 49200 | 58800 | 0.1628 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 128 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 49200 | 67600 | 0.2722 | 40,996 | 1399 | 0.4175 | |
| 130 | University of California-Berkeley | 51300 | 76600 | 0.3302 | 33,513 | 1407 | 0.1145 | |
| 131 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 51600 | 53400 | 0.0337 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 132 | University of Georgia | 52000 | 52100 | 0.0019 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 133 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 52600 | 86300 | 0.3905 | 5,833 | 1440 | 0.6725 | |
| 134 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 52900 | 53300 | 0.0075 | 34,447 | 1273 | 0.8804 | |
| 135 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 53400 | 96100 | 0.4442 | 6,839 | 1469 | 0.1446 | |
| 136 | University of San Francisco | 54800 | 87200 | 0.3716 | 5,171 | 1333 | 0.7176 | |
| 137 | University of Colorado Boulder | 55300 | 70900 | 0.2202 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7809 | |
| 138 | Miami University-Oxford | 57400 | 57400 | 0 | 16,405 | 1284 | 0.74 | |
| 139 | Maryland Institute College of Art | 58100 | 71200 | 0.1836 | 1,192 | 1232 | 0.7681 | |
| 140 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58500 | 63600 | 0.0803 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 141 | Auburn University | 59400 | 59400 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 142 | Howard University | 60000 | 88500 | 0.3222 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 143 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 60400 | 63000 | 0.0407 | 38,463 | 1324 | 0.7589 | |
| 144 | Clemson University | 61100 | 63700 | 0.0403 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 145 | Webb Institute | 61200 | 74800 | 0.1819 | 104 | 1465 | 0.2484 | |
| 146 | University of Oregon | 68700 | 71300 | 0.036 | 20,710 | 1193 | 0.8742 | |
| 147 | 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.