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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 | 1,063 | 1319 | 0.206 | |
| 1 | United States Naval Academy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4,474 | 1305 | 0.0927 | |
| 3 | Princeton University | 3800 | 82600 | 0.954 | 5,916 | 1528 | 0.0442 | |
| 4 | Yale University | 5500 | 92200 | 0.94 | 6,667 | 1507 | 0.0475 | |
| 5 | United States Merchant Marine Academy | 7300 | 8600 | 0.1511 | 962 | 1214 | 0.3424 | |
| 6 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8300 | 97100 | 0.915 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 7 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 8400 | 90000 | 0.9071 | 4,561 | 1542 | 0.0456 | |
| 8 | Carnegie Mellon University | 9000 | 90900 | 0.9006 | 7,728 | 1528 | 0.1107 | |
| 9 | Wellesley College | 9300 | 91300 | 0.8983 | 2,366 | 1499 | 0.1479 | |
| 10 | Mount Holyoke College | 9500 | 89900 | 0.8946 | 2,135 | 1419 | 0.3841 | |
| 11 | Utah State University | 9700 | 26700 | 0.6361 | 26,629 | 1168 | 0.9212 | |
| 12 | Rice University | 9800 | 89100 | 0.8903 | 4,807 | 1528 | 0.0801 | |
| 13 | University of Notre Dame | 10600 | 86200 | 0.8775 | 8,950 | 1497 | 0.0938 | |
| 14 | Washington University in St Louis | 10700 | 102300 | 0.8957 | 8,153 | 1512 | 0.1192 | |
| 15 | Indiana State University | 11200 | 25900 | 0.5685 | 6,352 | 1015 | 0.9157 | |
| 16 | California State University-Fresno | 11300 | 19600 | 0.4272 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 17 | Cornell University | 11500 | 93100 | 0.8767 | 16,138 | 1528 | 0.0838 | |
| 18 | California State University-Sacramento | 11700 | 30700 | 0.6186 | 28,619 | 1015 | 0.9357 | |
| 19 | University of Central Florida | 11900 | 25300 | 0.529 | 60,083 | 1289 | 0.428 | |
| 20 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 12000 | 25000 | 0.5193 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 20 | University of Houston | 12000 | 28400 | 0.5781 | 40,366 | 1224 | 0.7577 | |
| 20 | University of Pennsylvania | 12000 | 92900 | 0.8708 | 9,989 | 1535 | 0.0492 | |
| 23 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 29200 | 0.5745 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 24 | North Carolina A & T State University | 12700 | 17900 | 0.2913 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.5125 | |
| 25 | University of Arizona | 12900 | 30900 | 0.5835 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 26 | University of North Alabama | 13000 | 28200 | 0.5393 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 27 | University of Delaware | 13500 | 34500 | 0.608 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 28 | University of Georgia | 13600 | 26600 | 0.4887 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 29 | Middlebury College | 13700 | 89900 | 0.8477 | 2,640 | 1499 | 0.1277 | |
| 30 | Brown University | 13900 | 94000 | 0.8521 | 7,951 | 1500 | 0.0634 | |
| 31 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 15300 | 29300 | 0.4778 | 8,421 | 1054 | 0.9444 | |
| 31 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 15300 | 25600 | 0.4016 | 10,396 | 1125 | 0.7162 | |
| 33 | Lehigh University | 15500 | 89600 | 0.8275 | 5,986 | 1436 | 0.2896 | |
| 34 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 15800 | 38400 | 0.5882 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 35 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 15900 | 27700 | 0.4254 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 36 | University of Florida | 16300 | 22500 | 0.2755 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 37 | Georgia Southern University | 16600 | 20100 | 0.1737 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 38 | Bennington College | 17100 | 89500 | 0.8095 | 708 | 1402 | 0.3721 | |
| 38 | SUNY College of Technology at Alfred | 17100 | 29500 | 0.4201 | 3,758 | 0 | 0.7236 | |
| 40 | Keene State College | 17400 | 41400 | 0.579 | 2,640 | 1064 | 0.8982 | |
| 40 | University of Memphis | 17400 | 26400 | 0.3416 | 15,538 | 1080 | 0.7878 | |
| 42 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 17500 | 29900 | 0.4139 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 43 | Barnard College | 17600 | 99700 | 0.8232 | 3,223 | 1499 | 0.1005 | |
| 43 | Prairie View A & M University | 17600 | 25400 | 0.3071 | 9,022 | 960 | 0.7836 | |
| 45 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 17800 | 39000 | 0.5433 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 46 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 17900 | 44300 | 0.5956 | 21,028 | 1450 | 0.1334 | |
| 47 | University of California-Berkeley | 18100 | 43500 | 0.5844 | 33,513 | 1407 | 0.1145 | |
| 48 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 18400 | 30600 | 0.3971 | 38,463 | 1324 | 0.7589 | |
| 49 | University of Illinois Chicago | 18700 | 30100 | 0.3793 | 24,260 | 1174 | 0.7576 | |
| 50 | University of New Orleans | 19100 | 27200 | 0.2978 | 5,419 | 1040 | 0.7431 | |
| 51 | Connecticut College | 19200 | 95300 | 0.7982 | 1,953 | 1284 | 0.3923 | |
| 52 | Norwich University | 19400 | 73800 | 0.7369 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 52 | Olivet Nazarene University | 19400 | 79300 | 0.755 | 2,704 | 1104 | 0.5586 | |
| 54 | SUNY College of Technology at Delhi | 19500 | 30400 | 0.3584 | 2,881 | 1040 | 0.89 | |
| 55 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 19700 | 78600 | 0.7492 | 17,848 | 1470 | 0.1565 | |
| 56 | Iowa State University | 19900 | 24200 | 0.179 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 56 | University of Southern California | 19900 | 75900 | 0.7382 | 20,768 | 1499 | 0.1119 | |
| 58 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 20000 | 32300 | 0.3806 | 15,735 | 1069 | 0.8797 | |
| 59 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 20200 | 29300 | 0.3101 | 1,984 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 60 | South Dakota State University | 20400 | 25200 | 0.19 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 61 | Hampshire College | 20600 | 83900 | 0.7548 | 844 | 1254 | 0.7528 | |
| 62 | North Dakota State University | 20800 | 25700 | 0.1902 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 63 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27300 | 0.2346 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 64 | Louisiana Tech University | 21200 | 26100 | 0.1879 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 65 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 21300 | 35300 | 0.3962 | 5,986 | 1110 | 0.8916 | |
| 66 | La Roche University | 21400 | 72600 | 0.7055 | 1,972 | 990 | 0.6638 | |
| 66 | Webb Institute | 21400 | 89600 | 0.7608 | 104 | 1465 | 0.2484 | |
| 68 | Tufts University | 21500 | 98900 | 0.7823 | 7,031 | 1497 | 0.1082 | |
| 69 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 70 | Mount Mary University | 22300 | 57200 | 0.6102 | 616 | 1069 | 0.831 | |
| 71 | University of the District of Columbia | 22800 | 35300 | 0.3545 | 3,610 | 0 | 0.8384 | |
| 72 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 23000 | 27500 | 0.1618 | 18,028 | 1059 | 0.7996 | |
| 73 | University of Southern Mississippi | 23100 | 23100 | 0 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 74 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 23200 | 34500 | 0.3279 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 74 | Drury University | 23200 | 52900 | 0.5613 | 1,453 | 1209 | 0.6575 | |
| 76 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 23600 | 34400 | 0.3139 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 77 | University of Kansas | 24000 | 43000 | 0.4415 | 22,544 | 1176 | 0.9258 | |
| 78 | Judson University | 24100 | 49100 | 0.5087 | 697 | 1010 | 0.8905 | |
| 78 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24100 | 39300 | 0.3873 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 80 | Marywood University | 25100 | 67700 | 0.629 | 1,936 | 1144 | 0.7878 | |
| 80 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 25100 | 32800 | 0.2347 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 82 | Ball State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 15,950 | 1185 | 0.8625 | |
| 83 | University of Arkansas | 26600 | 28900 | 0.0793 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 83 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 26600 | 36600 | 0.2731 | 27,963 | 1090 | 0.8395 | |
| 85 | University of Idaho | 26700 | 45200 | 0.4089 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 86 | Syracuse University | 27400 | 83100 | 0.6701 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 87 | Hobart William Smith Colleges | 27600 | 88300 | 0.6873 | 1,862 | 1296 | 0.667 | |
| 88 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 29100 | 29200 | 0.0034 | 18,667 | 1090 | 0.9711 | |
| 89 | University of Connecticut | 29200 | 39500 | 0.2608 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 90 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 30700 | 43100 | 0.2879 | 22,313 | 1341 | 0.2996 | |
| 91 | Ithaca College | 30800 | 72500 | 0.575 | 4,205 | 1328 | 0.7015 | |
| 92 | Massachusetts Maritime Academy | 31000 | 40200 | 0.229 | 1,511 | 1120 | 0.9202 | |
| 93 | Kent State University at Kent | 31200 | 37500 | 0.1678 | 21,144 | 1104 | 0.7603 | |
| 94 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 31400 | 41200 | 0.2381 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 95 | SUNY Maritime College | 31600 | 41600 | 0.2402 | 1,401 | 1164 | 0.785 | |
| 96 | Lawrence Technological University | 32000 | 71900 | 0.5548 | 2,661 | 1149 | 0.8101 | |
| 97 | Portland State University | 32200 | 43100 | 0.2526 | 14,932 | 1174 | 0.8586 | |
| 98 | Morgan State University | 32400 | 41900 | 0.2269 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 99 | Samford University | 32500 | 64600 | 0.497 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 100 | The Catholic University of America | 32600 | 81200 | 0.5989 | 3,294 | 1229 | 0.7328 | |
| 101 | North Carolina State University | 32700 | 54800 | 0.4033 | 29,340 | 1374 | 0.3954 | |
| 101 | University of Maine at Augusta | 32700 | 39600 | 0.1742 | 4,313 | 0 | 0 | |
| 103 | Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design | 33300 | 57400 | 0.4199 | 838 | 1143 | 0.6054 | |
| 104 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 33700 | 41000 | 0.1784 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 105 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 33800 | 36100 | 0.0637 | 34,447 | 1273 | 0.8804 | |
| 106 | Thomas Jefferson University | 34100 | 68100 | 0.4993 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 106 | University of Rhode Island | 34100 | 46400 | 0.2649 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 108 | Chatham University | 34900 | 63300 | 0.449 | 1,555 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 109 | Texas Tech University | 35500 | 38900 | 0.0874 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 110 | Delaware Valley University | 35900 | 66900 | 0.4635 | 1,680 | 1189 | 0.9268 | |
| 110 | Temple University | 35900 | 56400 | 0.3636 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 112 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 36300 | 53100 | 0.3162 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 113 | Andrews University | 37200 | 70100 | 0.4694 | 1,384 | 1143 | 0.8185 | |
| 114 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37300 | 66300 | 0.4375 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 115 | Benedictine College | 37700 | 50800 | 0.2579 | 2,404 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 116 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 37800 | 40100 | 0.0571 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 117 | Maine Maritime Academy | 38400 | 49800 | 0.2287 | 977 | 1189 | 0.9615 | |
| 118 | Mississippi State University | 39100 | 53400 | 0.2675 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 119 | University of San Francisco | 39300 | 84800 | 0.5364 | 5,171 | 1333 | 0.7176 | |
| 120 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 39500 | 39800 | 0.0075 | 26,213 | 1209 | 0.7778 | |
| 121 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 39700 | 50000 | 0.2062 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 121 | Stony Brook University | 39700 | 53000 | 0.2507 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 123 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 40200 | 44100 | 0.0885 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 124 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5061 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 125 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41200 | 57000 | 0.2774 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 126 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 41400 | 55200 | 0.2499 | 21,388 | 1369 | 0.5945 | |
| 127 | Anderson University | 42300 | 53600 | 0.2108 | 3,724 | 1209 | 0.5491 | |
| 128 | Kean University | 42400 | 48300 | 0.1222 | 11,932 | 1040 | 0.7811 | |
| 129 | University at Buffalo | 43200 | 46700 | 0.075 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 130 | Florida Atlantic University | 44400 | 44400 | 0 | 25,626 | 1150 | 0.5497 | |
| 131 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 46100 | 86300 | 0.4656 | 5,833 | 1440 | 0.6725 | |
| 132 | University of Colorado Boulder | 46800 | 57700 | 0.188 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7809 | |
| 133 | Drexel University | 47700 | 83900 | 0.4315 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 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 | 49000 | 58000 | 0.1551 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 137 | The University of Texas at Austin | 49700 | 59400 | 0.1633 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 138 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 50800 | 84700 | 0.4003 | 35,358 | 1448 | 0.1642 | |
| 139 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53200 | 61000 | 0.1293 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 140 | Howard University | 54900 | 66500 | 0.1745 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 141 | Miami University-Oxford | 57400 | 57400 | 0 | 16,405 | 1284 | 0.74 | |
| 142 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 58100 | 63200 | 0.0806 | 40,996 | 1399 | 0.4175 | |
| 143 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58200 | 64100 | 0.092 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 144 | Maryland Institute College of Art | 58400 | 71200 | 0.1798 | 1,192 | 1232 | 0.7681 | |
| 145 | Auburn University | 58500 | 58500 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 146 | Clemson University | 61400 | 63700 | 0.036 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 147 | Otis College of Art and Design | 66600 | 79800 | 0.1654 | 1,188 | 1335 | 0.8034 | |
| 148 | University of California-Davis | 68500 | 69800 | 0.0186 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 149 | University of Oregon | 69000 | 71300 | 0.0321 | 20,710 | 1193 | 0.8742 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.