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Considering a degree in Architecture?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Architecture majors who live in District of Columbia.
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 District of Columbia.
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 | Princeton University | 7800 | 81800 | 0.9045 | 5,813 | 1535 | 0.0462 | |
| 8 | Washington University in St Louis | 9400 | 96200 | 0.9026 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 9 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 10200 | 94100 | 0.8919 | 9,157 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 9 | United States Merchant Marine Academy | 10200 | 10200 | 0 | 947 | 1239 | 0.3247 | |
| 9 | University of Notre Dame | 10200 | 86100 | 0.8815 | 8,880 | 1499 | 0.1127 | |
| 12 | Cornell University | 10400 | 92000 | 0.8866 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
| 13 | University of Pennsylvania | 11300 | 93000 | 0.8787 | 10,013 | 1528 | 0.054 | |
| 14 | University of Central Florida | 11900 | 23600 | 0.4958 | 59,649 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
| 14 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 11900 | 27200 | 0.5632 | 40,754 | 1391 | 0.3915 | |
| 16 | Florida Atlantic University | 12000 | 24800 | 0.5152 | 24,942 | 1130 | 0.6613 | |
| 17 | Mount Holyoke College | 12200 | 89700 | 0.8644 | 2,178 | 1449 | 0.3603 | |
| 18 | Middlebury College | 12400 | 89800 | 0.8618 | 2,760 | 1499 | 0.1075 | |
| 19 | Massachusetts Maritime Academy | 12600 | 21000 | 0.4002 | 1,407 | 1120 | 0.7207 | |
| 20 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 12800 | 26200 | 0.5113 | 21,947 | 1335 | 0.3122 | |
| 21 | Indiana State University | 12900 | 25900 | 0.5027 | 6,224 | 1020 | 0.8077 | |
| 22 | Utah State University | 13000 | 30000 | 0.5659 | 25,920 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 23 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 13200 | 38500 | 0.657 | 17,901 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 24 | North Carolina A & T State University | 13300 | 17900 | 0.2577 | 12,216 | 1020 | 0.4617 | |
| 25 | Louisiana Tech University | 13700 | 24900 | 0.4491 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 25 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 32200 | 0.5744 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 27 | Lehigh University | 13800 | 85700 | 0.8394 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 28 | Texas Tech University | 14000 | 27000 | 0.4813 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 29 | University of Idaho | 14200 | 26400 | 0.4618 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 30 | University of the District of Columbia | 14300 | 26900 | 0.469 | 3,297 | 0 | 0.8384 | |
| 31 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 14400 | 28000 | 0.4854 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 32 | University of Houston | 14500 | 23600 | 0.3861 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 33 | University of California-Berkeley | 15000 | 43500 | 0.655 | 33,469 | 1407 | 0.1104 | |
| 34 | University of Maine at Augusta | 15100 | 23200 | 0.3489 | 4,250 | 0 | 0.0683 | |
| 35 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 15200 | 35700 | 0.5744 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 36 | Northeastern University | 15900 | 89900 | 0.8235 | 22,695 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 37 | Carnegie Mellon University | 16200 | 87300 | 0.8142 | 7,824 | 1528 | 0.1166 | |
| 38 | University of California-Los Angeles | 16300 | 36700 | 0.5548 | 33,471 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 39 | Tufts University | 16600 | 92400 | 0.8207 | 7,126 | 1507 | 0.1153 | |
| 39 | University of Georgia | 16600 | 27100 | 0.3851 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 41 | University of Southern Mississippi | 16800 | 23100 | 0.2725 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
| 42 | SUNY College of Technology at Alfred | 17200 | 26000 | 0.3388 | 3,525 | 1070 | 0.8175 | |
| 43 | Bennington College | 17300 | 89500 | 0.8071 | 797 | 1360 | 0.4453 | |
| 44 | University of Arkansas | 17400 | 27700 | 0.3708 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 45 | Barnard College | 17600 | 93200 | 0.8112 | 3,269 | 1490 | 0.0796 | |
| 45 | University of Kansas | 17600 | 34900 | 0.4954 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 47 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 17900 | 28100 | 0.3632 | 20,592 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 48 | University of Rhode Island | 18200 | 34400 | 0.4707 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 49 | University of New Orleans | 18400 | 29500 | 0.3763 | 5,476 | 1125 | 0.6677 | |
| 50 | Portland State University | 18500 | 26100 | 0.2907 | 15,960 | 1176 | 0.9091 | |
| 51 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 19100 | 27200 | 0.2981 | 31,112 | 1130 | 0.8129 | |
| 52 | University of Southern California | 19200 | 76000 | 0.7473 | 21,023 | 1485 | 0.1002 | |
| 53 | University of Illinois Chicago | 19300 | 30300 | 0.3627 | 22,495 | 1247 | 0.7735 | |
| 54 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 19600 | 29300 | 0.3305 | 1,984 | 1369 | 0.6328 | |
| 55 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 20200 | 38800 | 0.481 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 55 | University of Colorado Boulder | 20200 | 30600 | 0.3398 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
| 55 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20200 | 43700 | 0.5382 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 58 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 20300 | 36700 | 0.4464 | 14,576 | 1144 | 0.6967 | |
| 59 | The University of Texas at Austin | 20600 | 26900 | 0.2341 | 43,165 | 1335 | 0.2664 | |
| 59 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 20600 | 30000 | 0.3138 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 61 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 20700 | 31000 | 0.3319 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 62 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27100 | 0.2289 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 63 | Brown University | 21300 | 93900 | 0.7729 | 7,910 | 1535 | 0.0539 | |
| 64 | Webb Institute | 21500 | 73700 | 0.7085 | 106 | 1475 | 0.1404 | |
| 65 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 21600 | 34400 | 0.372 | 14,783 | 1140 | 0.8096 | |
| 66 | Hobart William Smith Colleges | 22000 | 81100 | 0.7284 | 1,794 | 1313 | 0.6399 | |
| 67 | University of Memphis | 22600 | 30000 | 0.2471 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 68 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 23200 | 35400 | 0.3442 | 5,731 | 1174 | 0.9064 | |
| 69 | Syracuse University | 23600 | 83100 | 0.716 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 70 | La Roche University | 24200 | 55400 | 0.5634 | 1,986 | 1150 | 0.7761 | |
| 71 | Judson University | 24300 | 49100 | 0.506 | 793 | 1049 | 0.624 | |
| 72 | Mount Mary University | 25000 | 53300 | 0.5311 | 749 | 1005 | 0.6634 | |
| 73 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 25100 | 36600 | 0.3146 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 73 | California State University-Fresno | 25100 | 35900 | 0.3007 | 21,430 | 995 | 0.9638 | |
| 75 | South Dakota State University | 25600 | 28700 | 0.1071 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 76 | Ball State University | 26000 | 26000 | 0 | 15,189 | 1170 | 0.855 | |
| 77 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 26100 | 36500 | 0.2851 | 27,082 | 1099 | 0.8459 | |
| 78 | Marywood University | 26500 | 55500 | 0.5228 | 1,834 | 1160 | 0.6058 | |
| 78 | Norwich University | 26500 | 70900 | 0.6264 | 2,642 | 1209 | 0.7361 | |
| 80 | University of North Alabama | 26800 | 41500 | 0.3544 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 81 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 26900 | 83600 | 0.6785 | 7,283 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
| 82 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 27400 | 40300 | 0.32 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 83 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 17,771 | 1044 | 0.7933 | |
| 84 | North Dakota State University | 27900 | 30400 | 0.0815 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 85 | Drury University | 28300 | 52900 | 0.4649 | 1,391 | 1228 | 0.5758 | |
| 86 | Connecticut College | 28600 | 83300 | 0.657 | 1,990 | 1287 | 0.3704 | |
| 87 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 29900 | 30000 | 0.0033 | 18,428 | 1090 | 0.9529 | |
| 88 | Keene State College | 30000 | 40700 | 0.2641 | 2,744 | 1020 | 0.9033 | |
| 88 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 90 | The Catholic University of America | 30300 | 80900 | 0.6255 | 3,177 | 1204 | 0.8278 | |
| 90 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 30300 | 41800 | 0.2753 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 92 | Maine Maritime Academy | 30400 | 33400 | 0.0899 | 945 | 1180 | 0.5606 | |
| 92 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 30400 | 33100 | 0.0816 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 94 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 31100 | 41100 | 0.2435 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 94 | North Carolina State University | 31100 | 53000 | 0.4127 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 96 | Thomas Jefferson University | 31700 | 67700 | 0.5316 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 97 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 32500 | 38500 | 0.1559 | 7,890 | 1105 | 0.2056 | |
| 98 | Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design | 33300 | 57100 | 0.4167 | 885 | 1143 | 0.628 | |
| 99 | Anderson University | 33600 | 52400 | 0.3588 | 3,405 | 1209 | 0.5471 | |
| 99 | Ithaca College | 33600 | 72500 | 0.5365 | 4,268 | 1314 | 0.6901 | |
| 101 | California State University-Sacramento | 34100 | 44900 | 0.2406 | 28,226 | 1015 | 0.9343 | |
| 102 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 34200 | 35100 | 0.0256 | 33,572 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 103 | Morgan State University | 34300 | 37200 | 0.078 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 103 | Prairie View A & M University | 34300 | 39600 | 0.1339 | 8,056 | 955 | 0.7441 | |
| 105 | Auburn University | 34400 | 34400 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 106 | Chatham University | 35100 | 63300 | 0.4458 | 1,555 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 107 | Delaware Valley University | 35200 | 63800 | 0.4481 | 1,768 | 1180 | 0.9326 | |
| 108 | Lawrence Technological University | 36100 | 67800 | 0.4673 | 2,579 | 1159 | 0.7403 | |
| 109 | Andrews University | 36400 | 47100 | 0.227 | 1,312 | 1208 | 0.874 | |
| 109 | Mississippi State University | 36400 | 50500 | 0.2789 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 111 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 36900 | 38900 | 0.0533 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 112 | Benedictine College | 37700 | 50800 | 0.258 | 2,391 | 1229 | 0.7645 | |
| 113 | University of Connecticut | 37800 | 41800 | 0.0957 | 19,388 | 1324 | 0.5395 | |
| 114 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 38600 | 44600 | 0.1345 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 115 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 39100 | 52900 | 0.2607 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 116 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 39400 | 39400 | 0 | 24,868 | 1214 | 0.796 | |
| 117 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 39600 | 53800 | 0.264 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
| 118 | Stony Brook University | 39900 | 53000 | 0.2467 | 18,263 | 1395 | 0.4904 | |
| 119 | SUNY Maritime College | 40000 | 40900 | 0.022 | 1,286 | 1215 | 0.7242 | |
| 120 | Endicott College | 40600 | 63200 | 0.3575 | 3,176 | 1255 | 0.7229 | |
| 121 | Temple University | 40700 | 56100 | 0.2744 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 122 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41400 | 53900 | 0.2319 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 123 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 42400 | 55100 | 0.2306 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 124 | Kean University | 42500 | 48300 | 0.1201 | 11,758 | 1035 | 0.7688 | |
| 125 | University at Buffalo | 42600 | 46800 | 0.0897 | 20,360 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 126 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 43200 | 46200 | 0.0665 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 127 | University of Florida | 43400 | 45600 | 0.0482 | 36,567 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 128 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 43700 | 50300 | 0.1313 | 34,242 | 1260 | 0.7333 | |
| 129 | University of Delaware | 47200 | 53200 | 0.1127 | 19,119 | 1303 | 0.6356 | |
| 130 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 48300 | 85700 | 0.4362 | 5,743 | 1438 | 0.6343 | |
| 131 | Woodbury University | 50700 | 68700 | 0.2621 | 825 | 1087 | 0.7287 | |
| 132 | University of Kentucky | 51000 | 56000 | 0.0893 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 132 | 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 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53400 | 61000 | 0.1257 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 135 | University of San Francisco | 53400 | 83200 | 0.358 | 5,321 | 1292 | 0.6171 | |
| 137 | Miami University-Oxford | 56100 | 56100 | 0 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 138 | Howard University | 58400 | 61600 | 0.052 | 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 | Clemson University | 61600 | 63700 | 0.0326 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 143 | Otis College of Art and Design | 62500 | 79000 | 0.209 | 1,224 | 1055 | 0.8176 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.