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Considering a degree in Architecture?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Architecture majors who live in Illinois.
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 Illinois.
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 | 36700 | 1 | 34,398 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
1 | University of Connecticut | 0 | 33200 | 1 | 19,388 | 1324 | 0.5395 | |
1 | Utah State University | 0 | 30000 | 1 | 25,920 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
6 | Rice University | 4300 | 85500 | 0.9496 | 4,788 | 1535 | 0.08 | |
7 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 4800 | 86800 | 0.9444 | 4,576 | 1535 | 0.0485 | |
8 | Yale University | 5500 | 92300 | 0.9403 | 6,717 | 1507 | 0.0387 | |
9 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 6900 | 39100 | 0.8245 | 33,921 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
10 | Wellesley College | 7000 | 90900 | 0.9233 | 2,405 | 1500 | 0.1405 | |
11 | Princeton University | 7600 | 81800 | 0.9069 | 5,811 | 1535 | 0.0462 | |
12 | Washington University in St Louis | 9300 | 96200 | 0.9035 | 8,219 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
13 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 10000 | 94100 | 0.894 | 9,007 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
14 | University of Notre Dame | 10100 | 86100 | 0.8826 | 8,880 | 1499 | 0.1127 | |
15 | United States Merchant Marine Academy | 10200 | 10200 | 0 | 947 | 1239 | 0.3247 | |
16 | Cornell University | 10300 | 92000 | 0.8877 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
17 | University of Pennsylvania | 10800 | 93000 | 0.884 | 10,013 | 1528 | 0.054 | |
18 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 11700 | 27200 | 0.5706 | 32,499 | 1391 | 0.3915 | |
19 | Mount Holyoke College | 12000 | 89700 | 0.8667 | 2,178 | 1449 | 0.3603 | |
20 | Middlebury College | 12100 | 89800 | 0.8651 | 2,751 | 1499 | 0.1075 | |
21 | Northern Illinois University | 12300 | 29000 | 0.574 | 11,339 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
22 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 27200 | 0.5443 | 39,256 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
23 | Massachusetts Maritime Academy | 13200 | 21900 | 0.3978 | 1,402 | 1120 | 0.7207 | |
24 | Louisiana Tech University | 13600 | 24900 | 0.4531 | 11,058 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
24 | University of Delaware | 13600 | 32500 | 0.5821 | 19,119 | 1303 | 0.6356 | |
26 | University of North Alabama | 13800 | 28200 | 0.5109 | 8,076 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
27 | Indiana State University | 14000 | 25900 | 0.4602 | 6,118 | 1140 | 0.8077 | |
27 | North Carolina A & T State University | 14000 | 17900 | 0.2185 | 12,216 | 1020 | 0.4617 | |
27 | Texas Tech University | 14000 | 27000 | 0.4813 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
30 | Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville | 14100 | 41100 | 0.6576 | 8,975 | 1045 | 0.9721 | |
30 | University of Idaho | 14100 | 26400 | 0.4656 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
32 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 14300 | 26500 | 0.4616 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
33 | University of California-Berkeley | 15000 | 43500 | 0.655 | 32,429 | 1407 | 0.1104 | |
34 | Northeastern University | 15600 | 89900 | 0.8268 | 22,649 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
35 | Carnegie Mellon University | 15800 | 87300 | 0.8188 | 7,616 | 1528 | 0.1166 | |
35 | Lehigh University | 15800 | 85700 | 0.8161 | 5,910 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
37 | Tufts University | 16400 | 92400 | 0.8229 | 6,972 | 1507 | 0.1153 | |
38 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 16600 | 78300 | 0.7881 | 17,885 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
39 | North Carolina State University at Raleigh | 17000 | 25900 | 0.3452 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
40 | Bennington College | 17200 | 89500 | 0.808 | 797 | 1360 | 0.4453 | |
40 | University of Georgia | 17200 | 27100 | 0.3662 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
42 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 17500 | 26300 | 0.335 | 19,657 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
43 | Barnard College | 17600 | 93200 | 0.8112 | 3,269 | 1490 | 0.0796 | |
43 | California State University-Sacramento | 17600 | 27200 | 0.3528 | 28,139 | 1015 | 0.9343 | |
45 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 17700 | 17700 | 0 | 18,428 | 1090 | 0.9529 | |
46 | Keene State College | 18000 | 31900 | 0.4348 | 2,719 | 1020 | 0.9033 | |
47 | University of New Orleans | 18500 | 29500 | 0.3729 | 5,476 | 1125 | 0.6677 | |
48 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 18800 | 30900 | 0.3927 | 48,857 | 1302 | 0.7821 | |
49 | University of Southern California | 19000 | 76000 | 0.7499 | 21,023 | 1485 | 0.1002 | |
50 | University of Memphis | 19300 | 26400 | 0.2694 | 15,768 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
51 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 19600 | 29300 | 0.3305 | 1,880 | 1369 | 0.6328 | |
52 | University of Southern Mississippi | 19700 | 26300 | 0.2506 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
53 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 20200 | 38800 | 0.4804 | 40,978 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
53 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 20200 | 31000 | 0.3474 | 60,118 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
53 | University of Colorado Boulder | 20200 | 30600 | 0.3398 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
53 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20200 | 43700 | 0.5382 | 30,962 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
57 | Brown University | 20400 | 93900 | 0.7825 | 7,909 | 1535 | 0.0539 | |
57 | The University of Texas at Austin | 20400 | 26900 | 0.2415 | 43,718 | 1335 | 0.2664 | |
59 | North Dakota State University | 21000 | 25700 | 0.1849 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
60 | Webb Institute | 21500 | 73700 | 0.7085 | 106 | 1475 | 0.1404 | |
61 | Hobart William Smith Colleges | 21900 | 81100 | 0.7297 | 1,767 | 1313 | 0.6399 | |
62 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 22000 | 34400 | 0.3604 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
63 | SUNY Maritime College | 22200 | 31700 | 0.2998 | 1,283 | 1215 | 0.7242 | |
64 | University of Illinois Chicago | 22800 | 30300 | 0.2473 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
65 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 23200 | 35400 | 0.3442 | 5,731 | 1174 | 0.9064 | |
66 | Syracuse University | 23500 | 83100 | 0.7172 | 15,955 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
67 | La Roche University | 24100 | 55400 | 0.5652 | 1,986 | 1150 | 0.7761 | |
67 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24100 | 37100 | 0.3508 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
69 | Judson University | 24200 | 49100 | 0.507 | 793 | 1049 | 0.624 | |
70 | South Dakota State University | 24300 | 25300 | 0.0396 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
71 | Mount Mary University | 24900 | 53300 | 0.532 | 749 | 1005 | 0.6634 | |
72 | California State University-Fresno | 25000 | 35900 | 0.3035 | 21,430 | 995 | 0.9638 | |
73 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 25100 | 36600 | 0.3146 | 70,646 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
74 | Temple University | 25200 | 36300 | 0.306 | 20,786 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
75 | University of Kansas | 25300 | 37600 | 0.3267 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
76 | Ball State University | 25400 | 25900 | 0.0193 | 15,189 | 1170 | 0.855 | |
77 | SUNY College of Technology at Alfred | 25600 | 35600 | 0.2813 | 3,525 | 1070 | 0.8175 | |
77 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 25600 | 34600 | 0.2605 | 42,178 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
79 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 26000 | 31800 | 0.1825 | 26,994 | 1099 | 0.8459 | |
80 | Marywood University | 26400 | 55500 | 0.5246 | 1,833 | 1160 | 0.6058 | |
81 | University of Arkansas | 26500 | 30800 | 0.1383 | 28,855 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
82 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 26700 | 83600 | 0.6809 | 7,283 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
83 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 17,402 | 1044 | 0.7933 | |
84 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 27600 | 40300 | 0.315 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
85 | Florida Atlantic University | 27800 | 39200 | 0.291 | 24,942 | 1130 | 0.6613 | |
86 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 28000 | 41900 | 0.3317 | 43,729 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
87 | Drury University | 28300 | 52900 | 0.4649 | 1,391 | 1228 | 0.5758 | |
88 | Connecticut College | 28500 | 83300 | 0.6583 | 1,990 | 1287 | 0.3704 | |
89 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 29900 | 31100 | 0.0385 | 20,592 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
90 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
91 | Maine Maritime Academy | 30200 | 33400 | 0.0959 | 945 | 1180 | 0.5606 | |
91 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 30200 | 41800 | 0.2776 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
93 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 30600 | 42400 | 0.2784 | 21,917 | 1335 | 0.3122 | |
93 | University of Houston | 30600 | 35200 | 0.1308 | 42,050 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
95 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 30700 | 39500 | 0.2225 | 14,576 | 1179 | 0.6967 | |
95 | University of Maine at Augusta | 30700 | 38900 | 0.2111 | 4,250 | 0 | 0.0683 | |
97 | University of Rhode Island | 31000 | 46700 | 0.3362 | 14,296 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
98 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 31100 | 41100 | 0.2435 | 25,194 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
98 | Portland State University | 31100 | 43000 | 0.2757 | 15,675 | 1176 | 0.9091 | |
100 | Thomas Jefferson University | 31600 | 67700 | 0.5331 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
101 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 32400 | 38500 | 0.1585 | 7,890 | 1105 | 0.2056 | |
102 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 33100 | 46200 | 0.2838 | 8,526 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
103 | University of Oregon | 33200 | 38600 | 0.1411 | 20,509 | 1250 | 0.883 | |
104 | Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design | 33300 | 57100 | 0.4164 | 885 | 1143 | 0.628 | |
105 | Ithaca College | 33600 | 72500 | 0.5365 | 4,084 | 1314 | 0.6901 | |
106 | Anderson University | 33700 | 52400 | 0.3568 | 3,405 | 1209 | 0.5471 | |
107 | Norwich University | 33800 | 70900 | 0.5234 | 2,642 | 1209 | 0.7361 | |
108 | Morgan State University | 34100 | 37200 | 0.0833 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
109 | Prairie View A & M University | 34200 | 39600 | 0.1364 | 8,831 | 955 | 0.7441 | |
110 | Auburn University | 34400 | 34400 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
110 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 34400 | 35100 | 0.0199 | 34,656 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
112 | Andrews University | 34800 | 47100 | 0.2609 | 1,312 | 1208 | 0.874 | |
113 | Chatham University | 35000 | 63300 | 0.4474 | 1,551 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
114 | Delaware Valley University | 35100 | 63800 | 0.4497 | 1,768 | 1180 | 0.9326 | |
115 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 35400 | 42400 | 0.1651 | 31,112 | 1130 | 0.8129 | |
116 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 35500 | 43500 | 0.184 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
117 | Mississippi State University | 36300 | 50500 | 0.2805 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
118 | Lawrence Technological University | 36500 | 67800 | 0.4614 | 2,579 | 1155 | 0.7403 | |
119 | University of Central Florida | 36800 | 39600 | 0.0707 | 68,470 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
120 | Benedictine College | 37800 | 50800 | 0.256 | 2,391 | 1229 | 0.7645 | |
121 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 39000 | 52900 | 0.2626 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
122 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 39400 | 39400 | 0 | 24,868 | 1214 | 0.796 | |
123 | Stony Brook University | 39800 | 53000 | 0.2482 | 18,263 | 1395 | 0.4904 | |
124 | Endicott College | 40600 | 63200 | 0.3575 | 3,176 | 1215 | 0.7229 | |
125 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41400 | 53900 | 0.2319 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
126 | Kean University | 42400 | 48300 | 0.1222 | 11,758 | 1035 | 0.7688 | |
127 | University of Maryland-College Park | 42500 | 52900 | 0.1966 | 30,994 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
128 | University at Buffalo | 42600 | 46800 | 0.0897 | 20,355 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
129 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 43200 | 46200 | 0.0661 | 41,678 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
130 | University of Florida | 43300 | 45600 | 0.0504 | 38,113 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
131 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 43400 | 50300 | 0.1372 | 33,626 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
132 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 44900 | 57100 | 0.2131 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
133 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 48200 | 85700 | 0.4374 | 5,743 | 1438 | 0.6343 | |
134 | Drexel University | 48700 | 82600 | 0.4103 | 12,896 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
135 | University of Kentucky | 50100 | 56000 | 0.1046 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
136 | Woodbury University | 50600 | 68700 | 0.2636 | 825 | 1087 | 0.7287 | |
137 | University of San Francisco | 53300 | 83200 | 0.3592 | 5,321 | 1292 | 0.6171 | |
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 | Otis College of Art and Design | 58000 | 79000 | 0.266 | 1,224 | 1055 | 0.8176 | |
141 | Howard University | 58400 | 61600 | 0.052 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
142 | Clemson University | 59000 | 61100 | 0.0353 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
143 | Maryland Institute College of Art | 60700 | 71200 | 0.1476 | 1,324 | 1196 | 0.7729 | |
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.