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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 | 1314 | 0.0936 | |
| 3 | Utah State University | 4700 | 21700 | 0.7832 | 25,920 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 4 | Princeton University | 5300 | 82400 | 0.9353 | 5,813 | 1535 | 0.0462 | |
| 5 | Yale University | 5500 | 92200 | 0.94 | 6,814 | 1507 | 0.0387 | |
| 6 | University of Pennsylvania | 7800 | 92900 | 0.9162 | 10,013 | 1528 | 0.054 | |
| 7 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8400 | 98000 | 0.9146 | 9,157 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 7 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 8400 | 90000 | 0.9071 | 4,576 | 1535 | 0.0485 | |
| 9 | Rice University | 8600 | 89100 | 0.9038 | 4,789 | 1535 | 0.08 | |
| 9 | United States Merchant Marine Academy | 8600 | 8600 | 0 | 947 | 1239 | 0.3247 | |
| 11 | Carnegie Mellon University | 9000 | 90900 | 0.9007 | 7,824 | 1528 | 0.1166 | |
| 12 | Washington University in St Louis | 9200 | 96200 | 0.904 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 13 | Wellesley College | 10100 | 91300 | 0.8895 | 2,407 | 1500 | 0.1405 | |
| 14 | University of Notre Dame | 10500 | 86200 | 0.8787 | 8,880 | 1499 | 0.1127 | |
| 15 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 10700 | 28400 | 0.6224 | 40,754 | 1391 | 0.3915 | |
| 16 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 10900 | 27400 | 0.6019 | 27,082 | 1099 | 0.8459 | |
| 17 | Middlebury College | 11200 | 89900 | 0.8757 | 2,760 | 1499 | 0.1075 | |
| 18 | Brown University | 11400 | 94000 | 0.8784 | 7,910 | 1535 | 0.0539 | |
| 19 | California State University-Sacramento | 11700 | 30700 | 0.6186 | 28,226 | 1015 | 0.9343 | |
| 19 | Cornell University | 11700 | 93100 | 0.8745 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
| 21 | University of Illinois Chicago | 11800 | 30400 | 0.611 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 22 | Massachusetts Maritime Academy | 11900 | 21000 | 0.4335 | 1,407 | 1120 | 0.7207 | |
| 23 | University of Houston | 12000 | 28400 | 0.5781 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 24 | University of North Alabama | 12200 | 28200 | 0.5677 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 25 | California State University-Fresno | 12300 | 19600 | 0.3717 | 21,430 | 995 | 0.9638 | |
| 25 | Indiana State University | 12300 | 31200 | 0.6064 | 6,224 | 1140 | 0.8077 | |
| 27 | Florida Atlantic University | 12500 | 25800 | 0.5162 | 24,942 | 1130 | 0.6613 | |
| 27 | University of Central Florida | 12500 | 25300 | 0.5053 | 59,649 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
| 29 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 30 | Mount Holyoke College | 13200 | 89900 | 0.8534 | 2,178 | 1449 | 0.3603 | |
| 31 | Portland State University | 13400 | 26100 | 0.4875 | 15,960 | 1176 | 0.9091 | |
| 32 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 31700 | 0.5674 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 33 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 14100 | 28000 | 0.4961 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 34 | Louisiana Tech University | 14200 | 36900 | 0.6151 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 35 | University of the District of Columbia | 14300 | 26900 | 0.469 | 3,297 | 0 | 0.8384 | |
| 36 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 14400 | 26500 | 0.4582 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 37 | University of Georgia | 14700 | 26600 | 0.4475 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 37 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 14700 | 64500 | 0.772 | 14,576 | 1179 | 0.6967 | |
| 39 | Northeastern University | 14900 | 89900 | 0.8343 | 22,695 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 40 | University of Maine at Augusta | 15000 | 44900 | 0.6661 | 4,250 | 0 | 0.0683 | |
| 41 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 15200 | 35700 | 0.5744 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 42 | Lehigh University | 15600 | 89600 | 0.8263 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 42 | University of Memphis | 15600 | 29900 | 0.4779 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 44 | The University of Texas at Austin | 15800 | 30500 | 0.4817 | 43,165 | 1335 | 0.2664 | |
| 45 | Keene State College | 16000 | 51200 | 0.687 | 2,744 | 1020 | 0.9033 | |
| 46 | University of Florida | 16100 | 22500 | 0.2843 | 36,567 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 47 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 16300 | 45400 | 0.6404 | 18,428 | 1090 | 0.9529 | |
| 48 | University of California-Berkeley | 16900 | 43500 | 0.612 | 33,469 | 1407 | 0.1104 | |
| 49 | Bennington College | 17100 | 89500 | 0.8085 | 797 | 1360 | 0.4453 | |
| 50 | University of Rhode Island | 17200 | 33900 | 0.4927 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 51 | SUNY College of Technology at Alfred | 17500 | 46700 | 0.6255 | 3,525 | 1070 | 0.8175 | |
| 52 | Barnard College | 17600 | 99700 | 0.8232 | 3,269 | 1490 | 0.0796 | |
| 53 | Morgan State University | 17900 | 19700 | 0.0915 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 54 | Prairie View A & M University | 18100 | 49200 | 0.6318 | 8,056 | 955 | 0.7441 | |
| 54 | University of Colorado Boulder | 18100 | 30600 | 0.4085 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
| 56 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 19000 | 27500 | 0.3094 | 31,112 | 1130 | 0.8129 | |
| 57 | Connecticut College | 19300 | 115500 | 0.8326 | 1,990 | 1287 | 0.3704 | |
| 58 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 19400 | 78700 | 0.7536 | 17,901 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 59 | Texas Tech University | 19600 | 27900 | 0.2978 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 60 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 19700 | 40000 | 0.5074 | 1,984 | 1369 | 0.6328 | |
| 61 | University of Southern California | 19900 | 75800 | 0.7378 | 21,023 | 1485 | 0.1002 | |
| 62 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 20300 | 30700 | 0.3362 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 63 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 20500 | 31000 | 0.3391 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 63 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 20500 | 32800 | 0.3745 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 63 | University of New Orleans | 20500 | 30200 | 0.3211 | 5,476 | 1125 | 0.6677 | |
| 66 | La Roche University | 20900 | 66200 | 0.6847 | 1,986 | 1150 | 0.7761 | |
| 66 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27100 | 0.2285 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 68 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 21000 | 53000 | 0.6043 | 5,731 | 1174 | 0.9064 | |
| 69 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 21400 | 40100 | 0.4662 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 70 | Webb Institute | 21500 | 73700 | 0.7085 | 106 | 1475 | 0.1404 | |
| 71 | Tufts University | 21800 | 98900 | 0.7793 | 7,126 | 1507 | 0.1153 | |
| 72 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 22000 | 59900 | 0.6326 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 73 | Marywood University | 22100 | 79900 | 0.7237 | 1,834 | 1160 | 0.6058 | |
| 74 | SUNY Maritime College | 22300 | 46800 | 0.524 | 1,286 | 1215 | 0.7242 | |
| 75 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 23300 | 36800 | 0.367 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 76 | Judson University | 24200 | 49100 | 0.5076 | 793 | 1049 | 0.624 | |
| 77 | University of Southern Mississippi | 24300 | 26500 | 0.083 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
| 78 | Miami University-Oxford | 24600 | 28400 | 0.1337 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 78 | Norwich University | 24600 | 88400 | 0.7219 | 2,642 | 1209 | 0.7361 | |
| 80 | Mount Mary University | 24900 | 53300 | 0.5325 | 749 | 1005 | 0.6634 | |
| 80 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 24900 | 38500 | 0.3534 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 82 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 25000 | 37100 | 0.3264 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 83 | University of Kansas | 25200 | 44000 | 0.4269 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 84 | Syracuse University | 25300 | 83100 | 0.6955 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 85 | South Dakota State University | 25500 | 28700 | 0.1116 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 86 | Hobart William Smith Colleges | 26100 | 88300 | 0.7044 | 1,794 | 1313 | 0.6399 | |
| 86 | Stony Brook University | 26100 | 33200 | 0.2129 | 18,263 | 1395 | 0.4904 | |
| 88 | Ball State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 15,189 | 1170 | 0.855 | |
| 89 | University of Arkansas | 26600 | 29600 | 0.1014 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 90 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 26700 | 40500 | 0.3408 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 91 | University of Idaho | 26900 | 45200 | 0.4045 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 92 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 17,771 | 1044 | 0.7933 | |
| 93 | Thomas Jefferson University | 27600 | 67700 | 0.5922 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 94 | North Dakota State University | 27800 | 30400 | 0.0858 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 95 | The Catholic University of America | 28500 | 81200 | 0.6494 | 3,177 | 1204 | 0.8278 | |
| 96 | Drury University | 28800 | 52900 | 0.4554 | 1,391 | 1228 | 0.5758 | |
| 97 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 29500 | 42400 | 0.3041 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 98 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 99 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 31100 | 49800 | 0.3755 | 20,592 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 100 | Ithaca College | 32100 | 72500 | 0.5571 | 4,268 | 1314 | 0.6901 | |
| 101 | Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design | 32200 | 64900 | 0.5027 | 885 | 0 | 0.628 | |
| 102 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32400 | 35100 | 0.077 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 103 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 32600 | 43100 | 0.2438 | 21,947 | 1335 | 0.3122 | |
| 104 | North Carolina State University | 32800 | 54800 | 0.4017 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 105 | Anderson University | 33300 | 52500 | 0.3659 | 3,405 | 1209 | 0.5471 | |
| 106 | Lawrence Technological University | 33700 | 82500 | 0.5912 | 2,579 | 1155 | 0.7403 | |
| 107 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 33900 | 36100 | 0.0609 | 33,572 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 108 | Chatham University | 35000 | 63900 | 0.4526 | 1,555 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 109 | Delaware Valley University | 35200 | 83300 | 0.5774 | 1,768 | 1180 | 0.9326 | |
| 110 | North Carolina A & T State University | 35900 | 36600 | 0.0191 | 12,216 | 1020 | 0.4617 | |
| 111 | Mississippi State University | 36300 | 50500 | 0.2815 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 112 | Andrews University | 36400 | 62100 | 0.4139 | 1,312 | 1208 | 0.874 | |
| 113 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 36700 | 38900 | 0.0566 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 114 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37200 | 66500 | 0.4403 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 115 | Benedictine College | 37700 | 50800 | 0.2579 | 2,391 | 1229 | 0.7645 | |
| 115 | University of Connecticut | 37700 | 43900 | 0.1414 | 19,388 | 1324 | 0.5395 | |
| 117 | Auburn University | 38000 | 38000 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 118 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 38500 | 38500 | 0 | 7,890 | 1105 | 0.2056 | |
| 119 | Kean University | 38700 | 48300 | 0.1988 | 11,758 | 1035 | 0.7688 | |
| 120 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 39700 | 39700 | 0 | 24,868 | 1214 | 0.796 | |
| 121 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 39800 | 53700 | 0.259 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
| 122 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5067 | 33,471 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 123 | Temple University | 40600 | 55300 | 0.266 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 124 | Endicott College | 40800 | 64200 | 0.3644 | 3,176 | 1215 | 0.7229 | |
| 125 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41300 | 57000 | 0.2756 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 126 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 43000 | 46200 | 0.0693 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 127 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 46100 | 86200 | 0.4651 | 5,743 | 1438 | 0.6343 | |
| 128 | University at Buffalo | 46800 | 46800 | 0 | 20,360 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 129 | Maine Maritime Academy | 47300 | 49800 | 0.0502 | 945 | 1180 | 0.5606 | |
| 130 | University of Delaware | 47400 | 61300 | 0.2266 | 19,119 | 1303 | 0.6356 | |
| 131 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 48500 | 92100 | 0.4736 | 7,283 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
| 132 | Drexel University | 48700 | 83800 | 0.4188 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 133 | University of Kentucky | 48900 | 56600 | 0.1369 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 134 | Woodbury University | 50500 | 69500 | 0.2733 | 825 | 1087 | 0.7287 | |
| 135 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 50900 | 84700 | 0.3991 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 136 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53200 | 61000 | 0.1279 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 137 | University of San Francisco | 53500 | 84800 | 0.369 | 5,321 | 1292 | 0.6171 | |
| 138 | Howard University | 58300 | 76900 | 0.2418 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 139 | Maryland Institute College of Art | 60700 | 71200 | 0.1476 | 1,324 | 1196 | 0.7729 | |
| 140 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 60800 | 63000 | 0.035 | 38,093 | 1302 | 0.7821 | |
| 141 | Clemson University | 61400 | 63700 | 0.0346 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 142 | Otis College of Art and Design | 65600 | 79800 | 0.1779 | 1,224 | 1055 | 0.8176 | |
| 143 | University of Oregon | 66700 | 68900 | 0.032 | 20,622 | 1250 | 0.883 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.