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Considering a degree in Architecture?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Architecture majors who live in Louisiana.
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 Louisiana.
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 | 1,108 | 1334 | 0.2244 | |
| 1 | United States Naval Academy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4,474 | 1305 | 0.0927 | |
| 3 | Princeton University | 4200 | 82600 | 0.9492 | 5,813 | 1535 | 0.0462 | |
| 4 | Yale University | 5500 | 92200 | 0.94 | 6,814 | 1507 | 0.0387 | |
| 5 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 7500 | 90000 | 0.9171 | 4,535 | 1542 | 0.0455 | |
| 6 | United States Merchant Marine Academy | 7600 | 8600 | 0.1162 | 962 | 1214 | 0.3424 | |
| 7 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8400 | 97100 | 0.914 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0399 | |
| 8 | Carnegie Mellon University | 9000 | 90900 | 0.9007 | 7,377 | 1528 | 0.1166 | |
| 9 | University of Pennsylvania | 9200 | 92900 | 0.9009 | 11,478 | 1536 | 0.054 | |
| 9 | Washington University in St Louis | 9200 | 102300 | 0.9104 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 11 | Utah State University | 9700 | 26700 | 0.6361 | 25,706 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 12 | Rice University | 9800 | 89100 | 0.8903 | 4,789 | 1535 | 0.08 | |
| 13 | Wellesley College | 10400 | 91300 | 0.8862 | 2,407 | 1500 | 0.1405 | |
| 14 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 11200 | 26000 | 0.5698 | 22,033 | 1321 | 0.3132 | |
| 14 | University of Notre Dame | 11200 | 86200 | 0.8705 | 8,880 | 1500 | 0.1127 | |
| 16 | California State University-Fresno | 11500 | 19600 | 0.4124 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 16 | Cornell University | 11500 | 93100 | 0.8767 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0876 | |
| 18 | California State University-Sacramento | 11700 | 30700 | 0.6186 | 28,820 | 1035 | 0.9399 | |
| 19 | Louisiana State University-Shreveport | 12700 | 34200 | 0.6286 | 2,651 | 1085 | 0.5055 | |
| 20 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 13300 | 13300 | 0 | 18,288 | 1090 | 0.9068 | |
| 21 | Louisiana Tech University | 13700 | 25400 | 0.4608 | 10,881 | 1189 | 0.864 | |
| 21 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 47300 | 0.7099 | 38,040 | 1418 | 0.452 | |
| 23 | Brown University | 13900 | 94000 | 0.8521 | 7,910 | 1535 | 0.0539 | |
| 24 | Mount Holyoke College | 14100 | 89900 | 0.8434 | 2,178 | 1449 | 0.3603 | |
| 25 | Middlebury College | 14300 | 89900 | 0.841 | 2,760 | 1499 | 0.1075 | |
| 25 | University of Houston | 14300 | 22000 | 0.3493 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 27 | University of Idaho | 14400 | 25800 | 0.4415 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 28 | Lehigh University | 15400 | 89600 | 0.8286 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 29 | University of Maine at Augusta | 15500 | 30600 | 0.4938 | 4,313 | 0 | 0 | |
| 30 | Northeastern University | 15700 | 89900 | 0.8254 | 17,432 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 31 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 16100 | 31000 | 0.4803 | 8,553 | 1045 | 0.8688 | |
| 32 | North Carolina State University | 16400 | 28500 | 0.425 | 28,422 | 1378 | 0.4174 | |
| 32 | University of Kansas | 16400 | 34900 | 0.5299 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 34 | Portland State University | 16500 | 26100 | 0.3676 | 15,414 | 1094 | 0.9087 | |
| 34 | Southeastern Louisiana University | 16500 | 40000 | 0.5879 | 13,192 | 1075 | 0.9931 | |
| 34 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 16500 | 22300 | 0.2598 | 24,868 | 1214 | 0.796 | |
| 37 | Connecticut College | 16600 | 95300 | 0.8254 | 1,990 | 1421 | 0.3704 | |
| 38 | Bennington College | 17100 | 89500 | 0.8094 | 797 | 1370 | 0.4453 | |
| 39 | SUNY College of Technology at Alfred | 17200 | 29500 | 0.4168 | 3,781 | 1100 | 0.7568 | |
| 40 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 17300 | 26300 | 0.3418 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 41 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 17500 | 29900 | 0.4169 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5743 | |
| 42 | Barnard College | 17600 | 99700 | 0.8232 | 3,487 | 1499 | 0.0884 | |
| 43 | Keene State College | 17700 | 32100 | 0.4469 | 2,725 | 1085 | 0.9033 | |
| 44 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 17800 | 27400 | 0.3502 | 27,132 | 1099 | 0.9617 | |
| 45 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 17900 | 37700 | 0.5256 | 20,591 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 46 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 18200 | 18200 | 0.0015 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 47 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 18400 | 30600 | 0.3971 | 38,093 | 1302 | 0.7821 | |
| 48 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 18600 | 39000 | 0.5225 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 49 | University of California-Berkeley | 18800 | 43500 | 0.5683 | 33,070 | 1407 | 0.1098 | |
| 50 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 19100 | 83600 | 0.7718 | 8,192 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
| 51 | University of Illinois Chicago | 19300 | 30100 | 0.3593 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 52 | University of Rhode Island | 19700 | 33900 | 0.419 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 52 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 19700 | 78700 | 0.7498 | 17,885 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 54 | Norwich University | 20000 | 73800 | 0.7288 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 55 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20100 | 45200 | 0.5559 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5478 | |
| 56 | South Dakota State University | 20400 | 25200 | 0.1896 | 10,719 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 56 | University of Southern California | 20400 | 75900 | 0.7316 | 20,630 | 1492 | 0.0981 | |
| 58 | Hampshire College | 20500 | 83900 | 0.756 | 844 | 1254 | 0.7528 | |
| 58 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 20500 | 26500 | 0.2262 | 22,364 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 58 | University of New Orleans | 20500 | 30600 | 0.3306 | 5,419 | 1040 | 0.7431 | |
| 61 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 20700 | 30600 | 0.326 | 44,819 | 1327 | 0.4987 | |
| 62 | University of Memphis | 21200 | 26400 | 0.1973 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 63 | Webb Institute | 21400 | 89600 | 0.7608 | 106 | 1475 | 0.1404 | |
| 64 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,221 | 1204 | 0.8854 | |
| 64 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 21800 | 35300 | 0.3821 | 5,731 | 1174 | 0.9064 | |
| 66 | Tufts University | 21900 | 98900 | 0.7783 | 7,126 | 1507 | 0.1149 | |
| 67 | La Roche University | 22500 | 72600 | 0.6903 | 1,828 | 1059 | 0.7576 | |
| 67 | University of Florida | 22500 | 43000 | 0.4764 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 69 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 22600 | 31000 | 0.2724 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 70 | University of Southern Mississippi | 23100 | 23100 | 0 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
| 71 | Judson University | 24100 | 49100 | 0.5086 | 718 | 1015 | 0.4759 | |
| 71 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24100 | 39300 | 0.3873 | 23,920 | 1397 | 0.5973 | |
| 73 | Indiana State University | 24600 | 32400 | 0.2408 | 6,224 | 1020 | 0.8077 | |
| 74 | University at Buffalo | 25000 | 34000 | 0.2647 | 20,359 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 75 | Drury University | 25100 | 52900 | 0.5254 | 1,391 | 1228 | 0.5758 | |
| 76 | Temple University | 25300 | 36100 | 0.2994 | 21,457 | 1135 | 0.8041 | |
| 76 | University of Central Florida | 25300 | 25300 | 0 | 59,552 | 1280 | 0.4011 | |
| 76 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 25300 | 40500 | 0.3754 | 25,900 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 79 | University of Arkansas | 25400 | 27700 | 0.0823 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.743 | |
| 80 | Mount Mary University | 25900 | 57200 | 0.5463 | 752 | 1025 | 0.6233 | |
| 81 | Marywood University | 26300 | 67700 | 0.6113 | 1,833 | 1160 | 0.6058 | |
| 82 | Ball State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 15,189 | 1170 | 0.855 | |
| 83 | University of Georgia | 26600 | 48700 | 0.4542 | 32,399 | 1382 | 0.377 | |
| 84 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 26800 | 36800 | 0.2719 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 84 | Hobart William Smith Colleges | 26800 | 88300 | 0.6964 | 1,794 | 1308 | 0.6399 | |
| 86 | Texas Tech University | 27100 | 27100 | 0 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 87 | Syracuse University | 27300 | 83100 | 0.6713 | 15,957 | 1363 | 0.4592 | |
| 88 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 17,450 | 1044 | 0.9518 | |
| 89 | North Dakota State University | 27700 | 30400 | 0.0882 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 90 | University of North Alabama | 28000 | 37300 | 0.2494 | 7,662 | 1140 | 0.8731 | |
| 91 | University of Delaware | 28500 | 34500 | 0.1741 | 20,026 | 1294 | 0.706 | |
| 92 | University of Connecticut | 29100 | 37000 | 0.2133 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 93 | Morgan State University | 29500 | 41900 | 0.2962 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 94 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 95 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 30400 | 42200 | 0.2794 | 15,375 | 1103 | 0.866 | |
| 96 | University of Kentucky | 31400 | 36400 | 0.1373 | 25,534 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 97 | Massachusetts Maritime Academy | 31600 | 40200 | 0.2141 | 1,402 | 1120 | 0.947 | |
| 98 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 31800 | 41200 | 0.2284 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.7517 | |
| 99 | Ithaca College | 31900 | 72500 | 0.5599 | 4,268 | 1314 | 0.6901 | |
| 99 | North Carolina A & T State University | 31900 | 36700 | 0.1307 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.499 | |
| 101 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32300 | 35100 | 0.0799 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 102 | Lawrence Technological University | 32800 | 71900 | 0.5437 | 2,579 | 1159 | 0.559 | |
| 103 | Prairie View A & M University | 32900 | 39600 | 0.1691 | 8,877 | 975 | 0.7931 | |
| 104 | Auburn University | 33700 | 34100 | 0.0117 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4592 | |
| 105 | Thomas Jefferson University | 33900 | 68100 | 0.5024 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8097 | |
| 106 | Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design | 34000 | 57400 | 0.4075 | 838 | 1143 | 0.6054 | |
| 107 | Chatham University | 34900 | 63300 | 0.449 | 1,550 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 108 | Andrews University | 35000 | 70100 | 0.5008 | 1,384 | 1143 | 0.8185 | |
| 109 | SUNY Maritime College | 35700 | 41600 | 0.1417 | 1,285 | 1215 | 0.7241 | |
| 110 | Mississippi State University | 36200 | 50500 | 0.283 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 111 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 36700 | 47500 | 0.2275 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 111 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 36700 | 40000 | 0.0825 | 2,381 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 113 | Benedictine College | 37500 | 50800 | 0.2619 | 2,403 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 114 | Delaware Valley University | 39400 | 66900 | 0.4111 | 1,768 | 1208 | 0.9321 | |
| 115 | Stony Brook University | 39700 | 53000 | 0.2506 | 18,263 | 1410 | 0.4904 | |
| 116 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5061 | 33,475 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 117 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41200 | 57000 | 0.2773 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.782 | |
| 117 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 41200 | 52100 | 0.2093 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 119 | Anderson University | 42200 | 53600 | 0.2127 | 3,683 | 1209 | 0.5471 | |
| 120 | Kean University | 42400 | 48300 | 0.1222 | 11,758 | 1040 | 0.759 | |
| 121 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43400 | 53600 | 0.1904 | 31,133 | 1463 | 0.4479 | |
| 122 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 43800 | 57100 | 0.2328 | 23,329 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 123 | Florida Atlantic University | 44400 | 44400 | 0 | 24,876 | 1130 | 0.6613 | |
| 124 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 46300 | 86300 | 0.4633 | 5,741 | 1438 | 0.6347 | |
| 125 | Maine Maritime Academy | 47000 | 49800 | 0.0562 | 945 | 1180 | 0.5414 | |
| 126 | University of Colorado Boulder | 47800 | 57700 | 0.1717 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7808 | |
| 127 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 48000 | 55800 | 0.1398 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 128 | Drexel University | 48600 | 83900 | 0.4208 | 13,309 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 129 | The University of Texas at Austin | 49600 | 59400 | 0.165 | 43,165 | 1356 | 0.2664 | |
| 130 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 50800 | 84700 | 0.4003 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 131 | University of Utah | 51400 | 53700 | 0.0425 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 132 | Woodbury University | 52800 | 69500 | 0.2402 | 786 | 1087 | 0.8165 | |
| 133 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53200 | 61000 | 0.1291 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 134 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 53300 | 53300 | 0 | 33,033 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 135 | University of San Francisco | 54000 | 84800 | 0.3631 | 5,321 | 1292 | 0.6171 | |
| 136 | Howard University | 55200 | 66500 | 0.17 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 137 | Miami University-Oxford | 57400 | 57400 | 0 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 138 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58200 | 64100 | 0.092 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 139 | Maryland Institute College of Art | 60700 | 71200 | 0.1476 | 1,191 | 1232 | 0.7679 | |
| 140 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 61000 | 63200 | 0.0348 | 40,684 | 1331 | 0.3915 | |
| 141 | Clemson University | 61400 | 63700 | 0.0358 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 142 | California College of the Arts | 65300 | 87600 | 0.2545 | 1,004 | 1079 | 0.911 | |
| 143 | Otis College of Art and Design | 66500 | 79800 | 0.1666 | 1,224 | 1335 | 0.8176 | |
| 144 | University of Oregon | 66700 | 68900 | 0.0331 | 20,622 | 1250 | 0.883 | |
| 145 | The Catholic University of America | 82500 | 82500 | 0 | 3,177 | 1140 | 0.8278 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.