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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 33,471 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 1 | Utah State University | 0 | 30000 | 1 | 25,920 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 5 | Rice University | 4200 | 85500 | 0.9508 | 4,789 | 1535 | 0.08 | |
| 6 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 5200 | 86800 | 0.9398 | 4,576 | 1535 | 0.0485 | |
| 7 | Yale University | 5500 | 92300 | 0.9403 | 6,814 | 1507 | 0.0387 | |
| 8 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 7100 | 39100 | 0.8193 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 9 | Princeton University | 8200 | 81800 | 0.8996 | 5,813 | 1535 | 0.0462 | |
| 10 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8900 | 94100 | 0.9057 | 9,157 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 11 | University of Pennsylvania | 9000 | 93000 | 0.9034 | 10,013 | 1528 | 0.054 | |
| 12 | Washington University in St Louis | 9600 | 96200 | 0.9006 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 13 | United States Merchant Marine Academy | 10200 | 10200 | 0 | 947 | 1239 | 0.3247 | |
| 14 | Cornell University | 10700 | 92000 | 0.8834 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
| 15 | Wellesley College | 11100 | 90900 | 0.8782 | 2,407 | 1500 | 0.1405 | |
| 16 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 11300 | 27200 | 0.5853 | 40,754 | 1391 | 0.3915 | |
| 17 | University of Notre Dame | 11500 | 86100 | 0.8664 | 8,880 | 1499 | 0.1127 | |
| 18 | Massachusetts Maritime Academy | 12800 | 21000 | 0.3906 | 1,407 | 1120 | 0.7207 | |
| 18 | Middlebury College | 12800 | 89800 | 0.8573 | 2,760 | 1499 | 0.1075 | |
| 20 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 13100 | 24400 | 0.4636 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 21 | University of North Alabama | 13300 | 28200 | 0.5287 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 22 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 32200 | 0.5744 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 23 | Louisiana Tech University | 13900 | 24900 | 0.4411 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 24 | Texas Tech University | 14000 | 27000 | 0.4813 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 25 | University of Idaho | 14400 | 26400 | 0.4542 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 26 | Carnegie Mellon University | 14700 | 87300 | 0.8314 | 7,824 | 1528 | 0.1166 | |
| 27 | University of Houston | 15000 | 23600 | 0.3649 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 28 | Northeastern University | 15300 | 89900 | 0.8302 | 22,695 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 29 | Webb Institute | 15500 | 73700 | 0.7899 | 106 | 1475 | 0.1404 | |
| 30 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 15700 | 28000 | 0.439 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 31 | University of Florida | 16100 | 22300 | 0.2781 | 36,567 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 32 | University of California-Berkeley | 16300 | 43500 | 0.6252 | 33,469 | 1407 | 0.1104 | |
| 33 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 17100 | 27400 | 0.3757 | 27,082 | 1099 | 0.8459 | |
| 34 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 17200 | 27200 | 0.3671 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 35 | Bennington College | 17500 | 89500 | 0.805 | 797 | 1360 | 0.4453 | |
| 36 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 18200 | 18200 | 0 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 37 | University of Southern California | 18300 | 76000 | 0.7592 | 21,023 | 1485 | 0.1002 | |
| 38 | Brown University | 18600 | 93900 | 0.8017 | 7,910 | 1535 | 0.0539 | |
| 39 | University of New Orleans | 18700 | 29500 | 0.3661 | 5,476 | 1125 | 0.6677 | |
| 40 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 18800 | 30900 | 0.3927 | 38,093 | 1302 | 0.7821 | |
| 41 | Barnard College | 19100 | 93200 | 0.7951 | 3,269 | 1490 | 0.0796 | |
| 41 | Tufts University | 19100 | 92400 | 0.7937 | 7,126 | 1507 | 0.1153 | |
| 43 | Lehigh University | 19300 | 85700 | 0.7752 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 44 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 19700 | 40000 | 0.5074 | 1,984 | 1369 | 0.6328 | |
| 45 | University of Southern Mississippi | 19800 | 26300 | 0.2468 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
| 46 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 20100 | 38800 | 0.4812 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 46 | The University of Texas at Austin | 20100 | 26900 | 0.2527 | 43,165 | 1335 | 0.2664 | |
| 48 | Iowa State University | 20300 | 24200 | 0.1626 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 49 | University of Colorado Boulder | 20400 | 30600 | 0.3333 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
| 50 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 20600 | 36700 | 0.4382 | 14,576 | 1179 | 0.6967 | |
| 51 | Mount Holyoke College | 20700 | 89700 | 0.7696 | 2,178 | 1449 | 0.3603 | |
| 52 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27100 | 0.2289 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 53 | Hobart William Smith Colleges | 22300 | 81100 | 0.7247 | 1,794 | 1313 | 0.6399 | |
| 53 | South Dakota State University | 22300 | 25200 | 0.1144 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 55 | University of Memphis | 22800 | 30000 | 0.2404 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 56 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 23600 | 33600 | 0.2978 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 57 | La Roche University | 24300 | 55400 | 0.5616 | 1,986 | 1150 | 0.7761 | |
| 58 | Judson University | 24400 | 49100 | 0.5035 | 793 | 1049 | 0.624 | |
| 59 | Miami University-Oxford | 24700 | 27200 | 0.0917 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 60 | Mount Mary University | 25100 | 53300 | 0.529 | 749 | 1005 | 0.6634 | |
| 61 | California State University-Fresno | 25400 | 35900 | 0.2924 | 21,430 | 995 | 0.9638 | |
| 62 | University of Kansas | 25700 | 42000 | 0.3878 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 63 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 25800 | 36500 | 0.2928 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 63 | SUNY College of Technology at Alfred | 25800 | 35600 | 0.2757 | 3,525 | 1070 | 0.8175 | |
| 65 | Norwich University | 25900 | 70900 | 0.6349 | 2,642 | 1209 | 0.7361 | |
| 66 | Ball State University | 26000 | 26000 | 0 | 15,189 | 1170 | 0.855 | |
| 67 | Marywood University | 26600 | 55500 | 0.521 | 1,834 | 1160 | 0.6058 | |
| 68 | University of Arkansas | 26800 | 30800 | 0.1295 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 69 | Indiana State University | 27100 | 30900 | 0.1231 | 6,224 | 1140 | 0.8077 | |
| 70 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 27200 | 83600 | 0.6749 | 7,283 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
| 71 | Kent State University at Kent | 27400 | 28400 | 0.0352 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 72 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 17,771 | 1044 | 0.7933 | |
| 73 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 27900 | 78300 | 0.6438 | 17,901 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 74 | North Dakota State University | 28100 | 30400 | 0.0752 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 75 | Drury University | 28200 | 52900 | 0.4668 | 1,391 | 1228 | 0.5758 | |
| 75 | Keene State College | 28200 | 40700 | 0.307 | 2,744 | 1020 | 0.9033 | |
| 77 | Florida Atlantic University | 28300 | 39200 | 0.2782 | 24,942 | 1130 | 0.6613 | |
| 78 | Connecticut College | 28900 | 83300 | 0.6534 | 1,990 | 1287 | 0.3704 | |
| 79 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 29900 | 31100 | 0.0385 | 20,592 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 80 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 30000 | 30000 | 0 | 18,428 | 1090 | 0.9529 | |
| 81 | Syracuse University | 30400 | 83100 | 0.6342 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 82 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 30700 | 33100 | 0.0726 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 83 | University of Maine at Augusta | 30800 | 38900 | 0.2085 | 4,250 | 0 | 0.0683 | |
| 84 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 31000 | 42400 | 0.2689 | 21,947 | 1335 | 0.3122 | |
| 84 | University of Kentucky | 31000 | 36000 | 0.139 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 86 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 31300 | 41100 | 0.2387 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 86 | North Carolina State University | 31300 | 53000 | 0.4091 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 86 | Portland State University | 31300 | 43000 | 0.2718 | 15,960 | 1176 | 0.9091 | |
| 89 | University of Rhode Island | 31500 | 46700 | 0.3255 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 90 | Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design | 31700 | 57100 | 0.4449 | 885 | 0 | 0.628 | |
| 91 | North Carolina A & T State University | 31800 | 36400 | 0.1262 | 12,216 | 1020 | 0.4617 | |
| 91 | Thomas Jefferson University | 31800 | 67700 | 0.5302 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 93 | Benedictine College | 32000 | 50800 | 0.3702 | 2,391 | 1229 | 0.7645 | |
| 94 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 32600 | 38500 | 0.1533 | 7,890 | 1105 | 0.2056 | |
| 95 | Ithaca College | 33300 | 72500 | 0.5406 | 4,268 | 1314 | 0.6901 | |
| 96 | Anderson University | 33600 | 52400 | 0.3588 | 3,405 | 1209 | 0.5471 | |
| 97 | California State University-Sacramento | 34400 | 44900 | 0.234 | 28,226 | 1015 | 0.9343 | |
| 97 | Morgan State University | 34400 | 37200 | 0.0753 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 99 | Prairie View A & M University | 34500 | 39600 | 0.1288 | 8,056 | 955 | 0.7441 | |
| 100 | Chatham University | 35100 | 63300 | 0.4458 | 1,555 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 101 | Delaware Valley University | 35400 | 63800 | 0.445 | 1,768 | 1180 | 0.9326 | |
| 102 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 35800 | 42400 | 0.1556 | 31,112 | 1130 | 0.8129 | |
| 102 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 35800 | 43500 | 0.1771 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 104 | Andrews University | 36000 | 47100 | 0.2355 | 1,312 | 1208 | 0.874 | |
| 105 | Mississippi State University | 36600 | 50500 | 0.2752 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 105 | University of Central Florida | 36600 | 39600 | 0.0758 | 59,649 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
| 107 | Lawrence Technological University | 36800 | 67800 | 0.457 | 2,579 | 1155 | 0.7403 | |
| 108 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 37000 | 38900 | 0.0484 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 109 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37600 | 62000 | 0.3936 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 110 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 37900 | 53900 | 0.2968 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 111 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 38400 | 44400 | 0.1352 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 112 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 39100 | 48900 | 0.2004 | 5,731 | 1174 | 0.9064 | |
| 113 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 39300 | 52900 | 0.2569 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 114 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 39400 | 39400 | 0 | 24,868 | 1214 | 0.796 | |
| 115 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 39600 | 57800 | 0.315 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
| 116 | SUNY Maritime College | 39900 | 40900 | 0.0244 | 1,286 | 1215 | 0.7242 | |
| 117 | Stony Brook University | 40100 | 53000 | 0.2431 | 18,263 | 1395 | 0.4904 | |
| 118 | University of Georgia | 40300 | 46000 | 0.1242 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 119 | Temple University | 40800 | 56100 | 0.2726 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 120 | Endicott College | 40900 | 63200 | 0.3528 | 3,176 | 1215 | 0.7229 | |
| 121 | University of Connecticut | 41800 | 41800 | 0 | 19,388 | 1324 | 0.5395 | |
| 122 | University at Buffalo | 42600 | 46800 | 0.0897 | 20,360 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 122 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 42600 | 54900 | 0.2242 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 124 | Kean University | 42700 | 48300 | 0.116 | 11,758 | 1035 | 0.7688 | |
| 124 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 42700 | 55100 | 0.2252 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 126 | University of Illinois Chicago | 46400 | 48000 | 0.0333 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 127 | University of Delaware | 47200 | 53200 | 0.1127 | 19,119 | 1303 | 0.6356 | |
| 128 | Maine Maritime Academy | 47600 | 49800 | 0.0442 | 945 | 1180 | 0.5606 | |
| 129 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 48200 | 85700 | 0.4374 | 5,743 | 1438 | 0.6343 | |
| 130 | Woodbury University | 51100 | 68700 | 0.2563 | 825 | 1087 | 0.7287 | |
| 131 | University of Iowa | 51300 | 53200 | 0.0354 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 132 | Drexel University | 51400 | 82600 | 0.3776 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 133 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 51700 | 51700 | 0 | 33,572 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 134 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 52500 | 56100 | 0.0639 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 135 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53600 | 61000 | 0.1226 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 135 | University of San Francisco | 53600 | 83200 | 0.3556 | 5,321 | 1292 | 0.6171 | |
| 137 | Auburn University | 55400 | 55400 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 138 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 57100 | 58900 | 0.032 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 139 | Howard University | 58300 | 61600 | 0.0536 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 140 | University of Oregon | 59500 | 68900 | 0.1362 | 20,622 | 1250 | 0.883 | |
| 141 | Maryland Institute College of Art | 60700 | 71200 | 0.1476 | 1,324 | 1196 | 0.7729 | |
| 142 | Clemson University | 61800 | 63700 | 0.0296 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 143 | Otis College of Art and Design | 64400 | 79000 | 0.1849 | 1,224 | 1055 | 0.8176 | |
| 144 | The Catholic University of America | 79400 | 82500 | 0.0376 | 3,177 | 1204 | 0.8278 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.