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Considering a degree in Architecture?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Architecture majors who live in Kentucky.
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 Kentucky.
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 | 1294 | 0.2432 | |
| 1 | United States Naval Academy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4,465 | 1302 | 0.0936 | |
| 3 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 5000 | 40700 | 0.8762 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 4 | Princeton University | 5400 | 82400 | 0.9341 | 5,813 | 1535 | 0.0462 | |
| 5 | Yale University | 5500 | 92200 | 0.94 | 6,814 | 1507 | 0.0387 | |
| 6 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 8000 | 90000 | 0.9116 | 4,580 | 1542 | 0.0455 | |
| 7 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8400 | 98000 | 0.9146 | 9,157 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 8 | University of Pennsylvania | 8500 | 92900 | 0.9087 | 10,013 | 1528 | 0.054 | |
| 9 | Rice University | 8600 | 89100 | 0.9038 | 4,789 | 1535 | 0.08 | |
| 9 | United States Merchant Marine Academy | 8600 | 8600 | 0 | 947 | 1230 | 0.3247 | |
| 11 | Carnegie Mellon University | 9000 | 90900 | 0.9007 | 7,824 | 1528 | 0.1166 | |
| 12 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 9200 | 30000 | 0.6931 | 40,754 | 1391 | 0.3915 | |
| 13 | Washington University in St Louis | 9300 | 102300 | 0.909 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 14 | Eastern Kentucky University | 10000 | 22900 | 0.5649 | 12,726 | 1055 | 0.9695 | |
| 15 | Wellesley College | 10700 | 91300 | 0.883 | 2,407 | 1500 | 0.1405 | |
| 16 | University of Notre Dame | 10800 | 86200 | 0.8752 | 8,880 | 1471 | 0.1127 | |
| 17 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 11100 | 36600 | 0.6964 | 27,082 | 1099 | 0.8459 | |
| 18 | Middlebury College | 11500 | 89900 | 0.8724 | 2,760 | 1499 | 0.1075 | |
| 18 | Utah State University | 11500 | 28500 | 0.5964 | 25,920 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 20 | Brown University | 11700 | 94000 | 0.8752 | 7,910 | 1535 | 0.0539 | |
| 20 | California State University-Sacramento | 11700 | 30700 | 0.6186 | 28,226 | 1015 | 0.9343 | |
| 22 | Cornell University | 11800 | 93100 | 0.8735 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
| 23 | University of Houston | 12000 | 23100 | 0.4807 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 24 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 12400 | 26100 | 0.5243 | 21,947 | 1335 | 0.3122 | |
| 24 | California State University-Fresno | 12400 | 45900 | 0.7306 | 21,430 | 995 | 0.9638 | |
| 24 | University of North Alabama | 12400 | 28200 | 0.5606 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 27 | Indiana State University | 12600 | 31200 | 0.5968 | 6,224 | 1140 | 0.8077 | |
| 28 | University of Idaho | 13500 | 25800 | 0.4773 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 29 | Mount Holyoke College | 13600 | 89900 | 0.849 | 2,178 | 1449 | 0.3603 | |
| 29 | Portland State University | 13600 | 43100 | 0.6849 | 15,414 | 1112 | 0.9087 | |
| 31 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 51900 | 0.7365 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 32 | Louisiana Tech University | 14400 | 36900 | 0.6097 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 32 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 14400 | 26500 | 0.4563 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 34 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 14500 | 28000 | 0.4818 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 35 | University of Georgia | 14900 | 26600 | 0.4416 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 35 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 14900 | 64500 | 0.7689 | 15,375 | 1179 | 0.866 | |
| 37 | University of Maine at Augusta | 15100 | 44900 | 0.6639 | 4,250 | 0 | 0.0683 | |
| 38 | Northeastern University | 15200 | 89900 | 0.8309 | 22,695 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 39 | Lehigh University | 15600 | 89600 | 0.8263 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 40 | University of Memphis | 15900 | 26400 | 0.3985 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 41 | University of Florida | 16200 | 22500 | 0.2799 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 42 | Keene State College | 16300 | 51200 | 0.6819 | 2,744 | 1020 | 0.9033 | |
| 42 | University of California-Los Angeles | 16300 | 36700 | 0.5555 | 33,471 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 44 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 16600 | 29200 | 0.4317 | 18,667 | 1090 | 0.9711 | |
| 45 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 16700 | 22300 | 0.2509 | 24,868 | 1214 | 0.796 | |
| 46 | Bennington College | 17200 | 89500 | 0.8078 | 797 | 1360 | 0.4453 | |
| 47 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 17500 | 26300 | 0.3325 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 47 | University of Rhode Island | 17500 | 33900 | 0.4839 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 49 | Barnard College | 17600 | 99700 | 0.8232 | 3,269 | 1499 | 0.1147 | |
| 49 | Morgan State University | 17600 | 37200 | 0.5269 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 49 | SUNY College of Technology at Alfred | 17600 | 46700 | 0.6234 | 3,525 | 1070 | 0.8175 | |
| 52 | Prairie View A & M University | 17700 | 39600 | 0.5528 | 8,836 | 970 | 0.7794 | |
| 53 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 17900 | 30400 | 0.4118 | 20,592 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 53 | University of Arkansas | 17900 | 27700 | 0.3549 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 55 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 18000 | 35300 | 0.4896 | 5,731 | 1174 | 0.9064 | |
| 56 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 18100 | 27700 | 0.3461 | 31,112 | 1114 | 0.8129 | |
| 57 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 18300 | 41200 | 0.5565 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 58 | Connecticut College | 19300 | 115500 | 0.8326 | 1,990 | 1287 | 0.3704 | |
| 59 | La Roche University | 19800 | 66200 | 0.7013 | 755 | 1069 | 0.7016 | |
| 59 | Texas Tech University | 19800 | 27900 | 0.2906 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 59 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 19800 | 78700 | 0.7485 | 17,901 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 62 | University of Southern California | 20100 | 75800 | 0.7352 | 20,630 | 1492 | 0.0981 | |
| 63 | University of New Orleans | 20200 | 30200 | 0.331 | 5,476 | 1050 | 0.6677 | |
| 64 | South Dakota State University | 20600 | 25200 | 0.1838 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 65 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 20700 | 30600 | 0.3258 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 66 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 20800 | 30700 | 0.3208 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 67 | North Dakota State University | 21000 | 25700 | 0.1841 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 68 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 21500 | 42700 | 0.4966 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 68 | Webb Institute | 21500 | 73700 | 0.7085 | 106 | 1475 | 0.1404 | |
| 70 | Tufts University | 22000 | 98900 | 0.7773 | 7,126 | 1507 | 0.1153 | |
| 71 | Marywood University | 22300 | 79900 | 0.7212 | 1,834 | 1160 | 0.6058 | |
| 71 | SUNY Maritime College | 22300 | 46800 | 0.524 | 1,286 | 1215 | 0.7242 | |
| 73 | University of Southern Mississippi | 23100 | 23100 | 0 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
| 74 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 23200 | 40000 | 0.4199 | 1,984 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 75 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 23300 | 35000 | 0.3343 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 76 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 23400 | 36800 | 0.3643 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 77 | Hampshire College | 23700 | 101500 | 0.7662 | 844 | 1254 | 0.7528 | |
| 78 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24100 | 38000 | 0.3658 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
| 79 | Judson University | 24200 | 49100 | 0.5067 | 793 | 985 | 0.6233 | |
| 80 | Norwich University | 24300 | 88400 | 0.7253 | 2,642 | 1182 | 0.7361 | |
| 81 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 25100 | 56100 | 0.5523 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 82 | Drury University | 25200 | 52900 | 0.5235 | 1,391 | 1228 | 0.5758 | |
| 83 | University of Central Florida | 25300 | 25300 | 0 | 59,649 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
| 84 | University of Kansas | 25400 | 44000 | 0.4231 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 85 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 26000 | 59900 | 0.5658 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 85 | Mount Mary University | 26000 | 57200 | 0.5448 | 749 | 1005 | 0.6634 | |
| 87 | Hobart William Smith Colleges | 26100 | 88300 | 0.7044 | 1,794 | 1313 | 0.6399 | |
| 87 | Stony Brook University | 26100 | 33200 | 0.2129 | 18,263 | 1404 | 0.4904 | |
| 89 | Ball State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 15,189 | 1170 | 0.855 | |
| 90 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 27000 | 40500 | 0.3334 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 91 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 27300 | 41500 | 0.342 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 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 | Syracuse University | 27800 | 83100 | 0.6654 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 95 | Mississippi State University | 28200 | 32300 | 0.1279 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 96 | University of Delaware | 28500 | 34500 | 0.1741 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 97 | University of Utah | 28900 | 32000 | 0.098 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 98 | Northern Kentucky University | 29700 | 32100 | 0.0748 | 10,163 | 1090 | 0.8307 | |
| 99 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 100 | Maine Maritime Academy | 30300 | 33400 | 0.0929 | 945 | 1180 | 0.5606 | |
| 101 | University of Kentucky | 31100 | 36100 | 0.1392 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 102 | Kean University | 31500 | 39600 | 0.2046 | 11,758 | 1035 | 0.759 | |
| 103 | Ithaca College | 32100 | 72500 | 0.5571 | 4,268 | 1314 | 0.6901 | |
| 104 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 32200 | 36700 | 0.121 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 105 | University of Louisville | 32400 | 42000 | 0.2288 | 17,086 | 1148 | 0.7941 | |
| 106 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32500 | 35100 | 0.0742 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 107 | North Carolina State University | 32800 | 54800 | 0.4004 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 108 | Massachusetts Maritime Academy | 32900 | 40200 | 0.1817 | 1,407 | 1120 | 0.7207 | |
| 109 | Anderson University | 33200 | 52500 | 0.3678 | 3,405 | 1209 | 0.5471 | |
| 110 | Lawrence Technological University | 33400 | 82500 | 0.5949 | 2,579 | 1159 | 0.7403 | |
| 111 | Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design | 33600 | 57400 | 0.4137 | 885 | 1143 | 0.628 | |
| 112 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 34200 | 58500 | 0.4159 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 113 | Chatham University | 35000 | 63900 | 0.4526 | 1,555 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 114 | Delaware Valley University | 35400 | 83300 | 0.575 | 1,768 | 1180 | 0.9326 | |
| 115 | Andrews University | 35800 | 62100 | 0.4235 | 1,312 | 1196 | 0.874 | |
| 116 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 36100 | 51000 | 0.2921 | 33,572 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 117 | North Carolina A & T State University | 36200 | 36600 | 0.0109 | 12,216 | 1040 | 0.4617 | |
| 118 | Auburn University | 36400 | 38000 | 0.0421 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 119 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 36800 | 38900 | 0.0548 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 120 | University of Connecticut | 37300 | 43900 | 0.1505 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 121 | Benedictine College | 37600 | 50800 | 0.2599 | 2,391 | 1223 | 0.7645 | |
| 121 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37600 | 66500 | 0.4343 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 123 | Temple University | 40600 | 55300 | 0.266 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 124 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41400 | 57000 | 0.2738 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 125 | California College of the Arts | 42500 | 87600 | 0.5147 | 1,004 | 1079 | 0.911 | |
| 126 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43100 | 53400 | 0.1929 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 127 | University of Illinois Chicago | 44200 | 49300 | 0.1034 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 128 | Florida Atlantic University | 44400 | 44400 | 0 | 24,942 | 1130 | 0.6613 | |
| 129 | The University of Texas at Austin | 45300 | 45300 | 0 | 43,165 | 1348 | 0.2664 | |
| 130 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 46100 | 86200 | 0.4651 | 5,743 | 1438 | 0.6343 | |
| 131 | University at Buffalo | 46800 | 46800 | 0 | 20,360 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 132 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 48700 | 92100 | 0.4715 | 7,283 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
| 133 | Drexel University | 48800 | 83800 | 0.4176 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 134 | University of San Francisco | 53700 | 84800 | 0.3666 | 5,321 | 1292 | 0.6171 | |
| 135 | Woodbury University | 53800 | 69500 | 0.2258 | 825 | 1087 | 0.7287 | |
| 136 | University of Colorado Boulder | 55400 | 56600 | 0.0212 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
| 137 | Miami University-Oxford | 56600 | 56600 | 0 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 138 | Howard University | 58300 | 76900 | 0.2418 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 139 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 59100 | 61200 | 0.0349 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 140 | Maryland Institute College of Art | 60700 | 71200 | 0.1476 | 1,324 | 1174 | 0.7729 | |
| 141 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 60800 | 63000 | 0.0339 | 38,093 | 1302 | 0.7821 | |
| 142 | Clemson University | 61500 | 63700 | 0.0335 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 143 | University of Oregon | 66800 | 68900 | 0.031 | 20,622 | 1250 | 0.883 | |
| 144 | University of California-Berkeley | 70700 | 75900 | 0.0685 | 33,469 | 1407 | 0.1104 | |
| 145 | The Catholic University of America | 76300 | 82500 | 0.0751 | 3,177 | 1155 | 0.8278 | |
| 146 | Otis College of Art and Design | 79400 | 79800 | 0.005 | 1,224 | 1235 | 0.8176 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.