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Considering a degree in Architecture?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Architecture majors who live in Iowa.
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 Iowa.
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 |
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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 | |
1 | University of California-Los Angeles | 0 | 68600 | 1 | 34,398 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
4 | Utah State University | 3900 | 20300 | 0.8091 | 25,920 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
5 | Rice University | 4300 | 85500 | 0.9496 | 4,788 | 1535 | 0.08 | |
6 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 4800 | 86800 | 0.9444 | 4,576 | 1535 | 0.0485 | |
7 | Yale University | 5500 | 92300 | 0.9403 | 6,717 | 1507 | 0.0387 | |
8 | Wellesley College | 7000 | 90900 | 0.9233 | 2,405 | 1500 | 0.1405 | |
9 | Princeton University | 7700 | 81800 | 0.9057 | 5,811 | 1535 | 0.0462 | |
10 | Washington University in St Louis | 9300 | 96200 | 0.9035 | 8,219 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
11 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 10000 | 94100 | 0.894 | 9,007 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
12 | University of Notre Dame | 10100 | 86100 | 0.8826 | 8,880 | 1499 | 0.1127 | |
13 | United States Merchant Marine Academy | 10200 | 10200 | 0 | 947 | 1239 | 0.3247 | |
14 | Cornell University | 10300 | 92000 | 0.8877 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
15 | University of Pennsylvania | 11000 | 93000 | 0.8819 | 10,013 | 1528 | 0.054 | |
16 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 11700 | 27200 | 0.5706 | 32,499 | 1391 | 0.3915 | |
17 | Mount Holyoke College | 12000 | 89700 | 0.8667 | 2,178 | 1449 | 0.3603 | |
18 | Middlebury College | 12100 | 89800 | 0.8651 | 2,751 | 1499 | 0.1075 | |
19 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 27200 | 0.5443 | 39,256 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
20 | University of Central Florida | 12700 | 23600 | 0.4619 | 68,470 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
21 | Florida Atlantic University | 12900 | 24800 | 0.479 | 24,942 | 1130 | 0.6613 | |
22 | Massachusetts Maritime Academy | 13200 | 21900 | 0.3978 | 1,402 | 1120 | 0.7207 | |
23 | Louisiana Tech University | 13700 | 24900 | 0.4491 | 11,058 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
24 | North Carolina A & T State University | 14000 | 17900 | 0.2185 | 12,216 | 1020 | 0.4617 | |
24 | Texas Tech University | 14000 | 27000 | 0.4813 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
26 | University of Idaho | 14200 | 26400 | 0.4618 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
27 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 14300 | 26500 | 0.4616 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
28 | University of California-Berkeley | 15000 | 43500 | 0.655 | 32,429 | 1407 | 0.1104 | |
29 | University of Maine at Augusta | 15100 | 23200 | 0.3489 | 4,250 | 0 | 0.0683 | |
30 | Northeastern University | 15900 | 89900 | 0.8235 | 22,649 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
31 | Carnegie Mellon University | 16000 | 87300 | 0.8165 | 7,616 | 1528 | 0.1166 | |
31 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 16000 | 28000 | 0.4283 | 8,526 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
33 | Tufts University | 16600 | 92400 | 0.8207 | 6,972 | 1507 | 0.1153 | |
33 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 16600 | 78300 | 0.7881 | 17,885 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
35 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 16700 | 22300 | 0.2509 | 24,868 | 1214 | 0.796 | |
36 | University of Southern Mississippi | 17000 | 23100 | 0.2639 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
37 | Bennington College | 17200 | 89500 | 0.808 | 797 | 1360 | 0.4453 | |
37 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 17200 | 27200 | 0.3671 | 41,678 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
37 | SUNY College of Technology at Alfred | 17200 | 26000 | 0.3388 | 3,525 | 1070 | 0.8175 | |
37 | University of Georgia | 17200 | 27100 | 0.3662 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
41 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 17300 | 27400 | 0.3684 | 26,994 | 1099 | 0.8459 | |
42 | Lehigh University | 17400 | 85700 | 0.7974 | 5,910 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
43 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 17500 | 26300 | 0.335 | 19,657 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
44 | Barnard College | 17600 | 93200 | 0.8112 | 3,269 | 1490 | 0.0796 | |
44 | California State University-Sacramento | 17600 | 27200 | 0.3528 | 28,139 | 1015 | 0.9343 | |
46 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 17900 | 28100 | 0.3632 | 20,592 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
47 | Keene State College | 18000 | 31900 | 0.4348 | 2,719 | 1020 | 0.9033 | |
48 | University of Arkansas | 18100 | 27700 | 0.3484 | 28,855 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
49 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 18200 | 18200 | 0 | 33,626 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
49 | University of Rhode Island | 18200 | 34400 | 0.4707 | 14,296 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
51 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 18800 | 30900 | 0.3927 | 48,857 | 1302 | 0.7821 | |
52 | University of Southern California | 19000 | 76000 | 0.7499 | 21,023 | 1485 | 0.1002 | |
53 | University of Illinois Chicago | 19200 | 30300 | 0.366 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
54 | University of Memphis | 19300 | 26400 | 0.2694 | 15,768 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
55 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 19600 | 29300 | 0.3305 | 1,880 | 1369 | 0.6328 | |
56 | Iowa State University | 20000 | 24200 | 0.1737 | 25,261 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
57 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 20200 | 38800 | 0.4804 | 40,978 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
57 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 20200 | 31000 | 0.3474 | 60,118 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
59 | Brown University | 20400 | 93900 | 0.7825 | 7,909 | 1535 | 0.0539 | |
59 | The University of Texas at Austin | 20400 | 26900 | 0.2415 | 43,718 | 1335 | 0.2664 | |
59 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 20400 | 36700 | 0.4437 | 14,576 | 1179 | 0.6967 | |
62 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 20700 | 30000 | 0.3105 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
63 | South Dakota State University | 20800 | 21800 | 0.0459 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
64 | North Dakota State University | 21000 | 25700 | 0.1849 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
65 | Webb Institute | 21500 | 73700 | 0.7085 | 106 | 1475 | 0.1404 | |
66 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 22000 | 34400 | 0.3604 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
67 | Hobart William Smith Colleges | 22100 | 81100 | 0.7272 | 1,767 | 1313 | 0.6399 | |
68 | SUNY Maritime College | 22200 | 31700 | 0.2998 | 1,283 | 1215 | 0.7242 | |
69 | Ball State University | 22400 | 22400 | 0 | 15,189 | 1170 | 0.855 | |
70 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 23000 | 27500 | 0.1618 | 17,402 | 1044 | 0.7933 | |
71 | Syracuse University | 23500 | 83100 | 0.7172 | 15,955 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
72 | University of Kentucky | 23800 | 36000 | 0.3383 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
73 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24100 | 37100 | 0.3508 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
74 | Judson University | 24200 | 49100 | 0.507 | 793 | 1049 | 0.624 | |
74 | La Roche University | 24200 | 55400 | 0.5634 | 1,986 | 1150 | 0.7761 | |
74 | University at Buffalo | 24200 | 34000 | 0.2883 | 20,355 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
74 | University of New Orleans | 24200 | 31000 | 0.2193 | 5,476 | 1125 | 0.6677 | |
78 | Mount Mary University | 24900 | 53300 | 0.532 | 749 | 1005 | 0.6634 | |
79 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 25100 | 36600 | 0.3146 | 70,646 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
80 | California State University-Fresno | 25200 | 35900 | 0.2979 | 21,430 | 995 | 0.9638 | |
80 | Temple University | 25200 | 36300 | 0.306 | 20,786 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
82 | University of Kansas | 25500 | 42000 | 0.393 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
83 | Stony Brook University | 26100 | 33200 | 0.2129 | 18,263 | 1395 | 0.4904 | |
84 | Marywood University | 26500 | 55500 | 0.5228 | 1,833 | 1160 | 0.6058 | |
85 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 26700 | 83600 | 0.6809 | 7,283 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
86 | Indiana State University | 26800 | 30900 | 0.1328 | 6,118 | 1140 | 0.8077 | |
86 | University of North Alabama | 26800 | 41500 | 0.3544 | 8,076 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
88 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 27600 | 40300 | 0.315 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
89 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 28000 | 41900 | 0.3317 | 43,729 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
90 | Drury University | 28200 | 52900 | 0.4668 | 1,391 | 1228 | 0.5758 | |
90 | Mississippi State University | 28200 | 32300 | 0.1285 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
92 | Connecticut College | 28500 | 83300 | 0.6583 | 1,990 | 1287 | 0.3704 | |
93 | University of Iowa | 28900 | 31100 | 0.0693 | 22,473 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
94 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 29900 | 30000 | 0.0033 | 18,428 | 1090 | 0.9529 | |
95 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
96 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 30400 | 41800 | 0.2729 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
97 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 30700 | 42400 | 0.276 | 21,917 | 1335 | 0.3122 | |
98 | University of Houston | 30800 | 35200 | 0.1251 | 42,050 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
99 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 31200 | 41100 | 0.2411 | 25,194 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
99 | Portland State University | 31200 | 43000 | 0.2734 | 15,675 | 1176 | 0.9091 | |
101 | Kean University | 31500 | 39600 | 0.2046 | 11,758 | 1035 | 0.7688 | |
102 | Thomas Jefferson University | 31600 | 67700 | 0.5331 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
103 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32400 | 34700 | 0.0662 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
104 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 32500 | 38500 | 0.1559 | 7,890 | 1105 | 0.2056 | |
105 | University of Oregon | 33200 | 38600 | 0.1411 | 20,509 | 1250 | 0.883 | |
106 | Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design | 33300 | 57100 | 0.4164 | 885 | 1143 | 0.628 | |
107 | Anderson University | 33600 | 52400 | 0.3588 | 3,405 | 1209 | 0.5471 | |
107 | Ithaca College | 33600 | 72500 | 0.5365 | 4,084 | 1314 | 0.6901 | |
109 | Norwich University | 33800 | 70900 | 0.5234 | 2,642 | 1209 | 0.7361 | |
110 | North Carolina State University at Raleigh | 34100 | 51300 | 0.336 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
111 | Morgan State University | 34300 | 37200 | 0.078 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
111 | Prairie View A & M University | 34300 | 39600 | 0.1339 | 8,831 | 955 | 0.7441 | |
113 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 34400 | 35100 | 0.0199 | 34,656 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
114 | Andrews University | 34800 | 47100 | 0.2609 | 1,312 | 1208 | 0.874 | |
115 | Chatham University | 35000 | 63300 | 0.4474 | 1,551 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
116 | Delaware Valley University | 35200 | 63800 | 0.4481 | 1,768 | 1180 | 0.9326 | |
117 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 35600 | 42400 | 0.1603 | 31,112 | 1130 | 0.8129 | |
118 | Lawrence Technological University | 36700 | 67800 | 0.4585 | 2,579 | 1155 | 0.7403 | |
119 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37300 | 62000 | 0.3985 | 30,962 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
120 | Benedictine College | 37700 | 50800 | 0.258 | 2,391 | 1229 | 0.7645 | |
120 | University of Connecticut | 37700 | 41800 | 0.0981 | 19,388 | 1324 | 0.5395 | |
122 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 38800 | 48900 | 0.2065 | 5,731 | 1174 | 0.9064 | |
123 | Endicott College | 40700 | 63200 | 0.3559 | 3,176 | 1215 | 0.7229 | |
124 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41400 | 53900 | 0.2319 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
125 | University of Maryland-College Park | 42600 | 52900 | 0.1947 | 30,994 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
126 | University of Florida | 43400 | 45600 | 0.0482 | 38,113 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
127 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 44900 | 57100 | 0.2131 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
128 | University of Delaware | 47200 | 53200 | 0.1127 | 19,119 | 1303 | 0.6356 | |
129 | Maine Maritime Academy | 47500 | 49800 | 0.0462 | 945 | 1180 | 0.5606 | |
130 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 48200 | 85700 | 0.4374 | 5,743 | 1438 | 0.6343 | |
131 | Drexel University | 48700 | 82600 | 0.4103 | 12,896 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
132 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 49500 | 57200 | 0.1355 | 42,178 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
133 | Woodbury University | 50600 | 68700 | 0.2636 | 825 | 1087 | 0.7287 | |
134 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 50900 | 84200 | 0.3956 | 33,921 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
135 | University of Colorado Boulder | 51400 | 56300 | 0.087 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
136 | University of San Francisco | 53400 | 83200 | 0.358 | 5,321 | 1292 | 0.6171 | |
137 | Auburn University | 55400 | 55400 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
138 | Miami University-Oxford | 56100 | 56100 | 0 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
139 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 56800 | 58900 | 0.0366 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
140 | Howard University | 58400 | 61600 | 0.052 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
141 | Clemson University | 59000 | 61100 | 0.0353 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
142 | Maryland Institute College of Art | 60700 | 71200 | 0.1476 | 1,324 | 1196 | 0.7729 | |
143 | Otis College of Art and Design | 62400 | 79000 | 0.2102 | 1,224 | 1055 | 0.8176 | |
144 | The Catholic University of America | 82500 | 82500 | 0 | 3,167 | 1204 | 0.8278 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.