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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 | 1,081 | 1283 | 0.2432 | |
| 1 | United States Naval Academy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4,465 | 1302 | 0.0936 | |
| 3 | Rice University | 4300 | 85500 | 0.9496 | 4,789 | 1535 | 0.08 | |
| 4 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 4900 | 86800 | 0.9433 | 4,576 | 1535 | 0.0485 | |
| 5 | Yale University | 5500 | 92300 | 0.9403 | 6,814 | 1507 | 0.0387 | |
| 6 | Wellesley College | 7000 | 90900 | 0.9233 | 2,407 | 1500 | 0.1405 | |
| 7 | Princeton University | 8600 | 81800 | 0.8947 | 5,813 | 1535 | 0.0462 | |
| 8 | Washington University in St Louis | 9400 | 96200 | 0.9026 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 9 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 10200 | 94100 | 0.8919 | 9,157 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 9 | United States Merchant Marine Academy | 10200 | 10200 | 0 | 947 | 1239 | 0.3247 | |
| 9 | University of Notre Dame | 10200 | 86100 | 0.8815 | 8,880 | 1499 | 0.1127 | |
| 12 | Cornell University | 10400 | 92000 | 0.8866 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
| 13 | University of Pennsylvania | 11900 | 93000 | 0.8722 | 10,013 | 1528 | 0.054 | |
| 14 | Florida Atlantic University | 12000 | 24800 | 0.5152 | 24,942 | 1130 | 0.6613 | |
| 15 | Mount Holyoke College | 12200 | 89700 | 0.8644 | 2,178 | 1449 | 0.3603 | |
| 15 | The University of Texas at Austin | 12200 | 30700 | 0.6023 | 43,165 | 1335 | 0.2664 | |
| 17 | California State University-Fresno | 12400 | 19600 | 0.3666 | 21,430 | 995 | 0.9638 | |
| 17 | Middlebury College | 12400 | 89800 | 0.8618 | 2,760 | 1499 | 0.1075 | |
| 19 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 20 | Indiana State University | 12900 | 25900 | 0.5027 | 6,224 | 1020 | 0.8077 | |
| 21 | Utah State University | 13000 | 30000 | 0.5659 | 25,920 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 22 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 13200 | 38500 | 0.657 | 17,901 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 23 | University of North Alabama | 13300 | 28200 | 0.5287 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 23 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 13300 | 13300 | 0 | 18,428 | 1090 | 0.9529 | |
| 25 | University of Delaware | 13600 | 32500 | 0.5809 | 19,119 | 1303 | 0.6356 | |
| 26 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 32200 | 0.5744 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 27 | Texas Tech University | 13900 | 26800 | 0.4809 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 28 | Louisiana Tech University | 14000 | 24900 | 0.4382 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 29 | University of Idaho | 14600 | 26400 | 0.4466 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 30 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 15200 | 35700 | 0.5744 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 31 | North Carolina State University | 15600 | 27500 | 0.4331 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 32 | University of California-Los Angeles | 16100 | 36700 | 0.5622 | 33,471 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 33 | Southeastern Louisiana University | 16200 | 28600 | 0.4344 | 13,206 | 1125 | 0.9387 | |
| 34 | University of Southern Mississippi | 16800 | 23100 | 0.2725 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
| 35 | Northeastern University | 17000 | 89900 | 0.8112 | 22,695 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 36 | Carnegie Mellon University | 17200 | 87300 | 0.8027 | 7,824 | 1528 | 0.1166 | |
| 36 | SUNY College of Technology at Alfred | 17200 | 26000 | 0.3388 | 3,525 | 1070 | 0.8175 | |
| 36 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 17200 | 27400 | 0.3721 | 27,082 | 1099 | 0.8459 | |
| 39 | Bennington College | 17300 | 89500 | 0.8071 | 797 | 1360 | 0.4453 | |
| 40 | Barnard College | 17600 | 93200 | 0.8112 | 3,269 | 1490 | 0.0796 | |
| 40 | University of Kansas | 17600 | 34900 | 0.4954 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 42 | Tufts University | 17800 | 92400 | 0.8077 | 7,126 | 1507 | 0.1153 | |
| 43 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 18200 | 18200 | 0.0016 | 34,242 | 1260 | 0.7333 | |
| 43 | University of Rhode Island | 18200 | 34400 | 0.4707 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 45 | Portland State University | 18500 | 26100 | 0.2907 | 15,960 | 1176 | 0.9091 | |
| 46 | University of Southern California | 19200 | 76000 | 0.7473 | 21,023 | 1485 | 0.1002 | |
| 47 | Lehigh University | 19300 | 85700 | 0.7752 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 47 | University of Memphis | 19300 | 26400 | 0.2694 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 49 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 19600 | 29300 | 0.3305 | 1,984 | 1369 | 0.6328 | |
| 50 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 20200 | 38800 | 0.481 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 50 | University of Colorado Boulder | 20200 | 30600 | 0.3398 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
| 52 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 20300 | 36700 | 0.4464 | 14,576 | 1144 | 0.6967 | |
| 53 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 20700 | 31000 | 0.3319 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 54 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27100 | 0.2289 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 55 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 21000 | 30000 | 0.3016 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 56 | Brown University | 21300 | 93900 | 0.7729 | 7,910 | 1535 | 0.0539 | |
| 56 | University of Georgia | 21300 | 27100 | 0.2113 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 58 | Webb Institute | 21500 | 73700 | 0.7085 | 106 | 1475 | 0.1404 | |
| 59 | SUNY Maritime College | 22200 | 31700 | 0.2998 | 1,286 | 1215 | 0.7242 | |
| 60 | University of Florida | 22300 | 44000 | 0.4937 | 36,567 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 61 | Ball State University | 22400 | 22400 | 0 | 15,189 | 1170 | 0.855 | |
| 62 | Hobart William Smith Colleges | 22600 | 81100 | 0.721 | 1,794 | 1313 | 0.6399 | |
| 63 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 23400 | 33600 | 0.3037 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 64 | Syracuse University | 23600 | 83100 | 0.716 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 64 | University of Central Florida | 23600 | 31400 | 0.2482 | 59,649 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
| 64 | University of Houston | 23600 | 23600 | 0 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 67 | University of New Orleans | 24200 | 31000 | 0.2193 | 5,476 | 1125 | 0.6677 | |
| 68 | Judson University | 24300 | 49100 | 0.506 | 793 | 1049 | 0.624 | |
| 68 | Miami University-Oxford | 24300 | 27200 | 0.1064 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 70 | La Roche University | 24600 | 55400 | 0.5562 | 1,986 | 1150 | 0.7761 | |
| 71 | Mount Mary University | 25000 | 53300 | 0.5311 | 749 | 1005 | 0.6634 | |
| 72 | South Dakota State University | 25600 | 28700 | 0.1071 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 72 | University of Arkansas | 25600 | 27700 | 0.0749 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 74 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 26400 | 36500 | 0.2764 | 14,783 | 1140 | 0.8096 | |
| 74 | Norwich University | 26400 | 70900 | 0.6278 | 2,642 | 1209 | 0.7361 | |
| 76 | Marywood University | 26900 | 55500 | 0.5156 | 1,834 | 1160 | 0.6058 | |
| 76 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 26900 | 83600 | 0.6785 | 7,283 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
| 78 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 17,771 | 1044 | 0.7933 | |
| 79 | North Dakota State University | 27900 | 30400 | 0.0815 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 80 | Drury University | 28100 | 52900 | 0.4687 | 1,391 | 1228 | 0.5758 | |
| 81 | Mississippi State University | 28300 | 32300 | 0.126 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 82 | Connecticut College | 28500 | 83300 | 0.6583 | 1,990 | 1287 | 0.3704 | |
| 82 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 28500 | 36700 | 0.2233 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 84 | Clemson University | 29300 | 37100 | 0.2121 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 85 | University of Connecticut | 29600 | 33200 | 0.1086 | 19,388 | 1324 | 0.5395 | |
| 86 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 29900 | 31100 | 0.0385 | 20,592 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 87 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 88 | Keene State College | 30500 | 40700 | 0.2514 | 2,744 | 1020 | 0.9033 | |
| 89 | University of Maine at Augusta | 30900 | 38900 | 0.2059 | 4,250 | 0 | 0.0683 | |
| 89 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 30900 | 33100 | 0.0665 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 91 | University of Kentucky | 31000 | 36000 | 0.139 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 92 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 31100 | 41800 | 0.2561 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 93 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 31500 | 42400 | 0.2571 | 21,947 | 1335 | 0.3122 | |
| 93 | Thomas Jefferson University | 31500 | 67700 | 0.5346 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 95 | Kean University | 31600 | 39600 | 0.2021 | 11,758 | 1035 | 0.7688 | |
| 96 | North Carolina A & T State University | 32000 | 36400 | 0.1207 | 12,216 | 1020 | 0.4617 | |
| 97 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 32800 | 38500 | 0.1481 | 7,890 | 1105 | 0.2056 | |
| 98 | Anderson University | 33500 | 52400 | 0.3607 | 3,405 | 1209 | 0.5471 | |
| 98 | Ithaca College | 33500 | 72500 | 0.5379 | 4,268 | 1314 | 0.6901 | |
| 98 | Massachusetts Maritime Academy | 33500 | 40200 | 0.1668 | 1,407 | 1120 | 0.7207 | |
| 101 | Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design | 34100 | 57100 | 0.4027 | 885 | 1143 | 0.628 | |
| 102 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 34200 | 46200 | 0.2599 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 102 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 34200 | 35100 | 0.0256 | 33,572 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 104 | Auburn University | 34400 | 34400 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 105 | Morgan State University | 34500 | 37200 | 0.0726 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 106 | California State University-Sacramento | 34600 | 44900 | 0.2295 | 28,226 | 1015 | 0.9343 | |
| 106 | Prairie View A & M University | 34600 | 39600 | 0.1263 | 8,056 | 955 | 0.7441 | |
| 108 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 34700 | 34700 | 0 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 109 | Chatham University | 35000 | 63300 | 0.4474 | 1,555 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 110 | Delaware Valley University | 35700 | 63800 | 0.4403 | 1,768 | 1180 | 0.9326 | |
| 111 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 36200 | 42400 | 0.1462 | 31,112 | 1130 | 0.8129 | |
| 112 | Andrews University | 36300 | 47100 | 0.2291 | 1,312 | 1208 | 0.874 | |
| 113 | Lawrence Technological University | 36600 | 67800 | 0.46 | 2,579 | 1159 | 0.7403 | |
| 114 | Benedictine College | 37500 | 50800 | 0.2619 | 2,391 | 1229 | 0.7645 | |
| 115 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 38000 | 62000 | 0.3872 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 116 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 38600 | 44600 | 0.1345 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 117 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 39400 | 39400 | 0 | 24,868 | 1214 | 0.796 | |
| 118 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 39500 | 48900 | 0.1922 | 5,731 | 1174 | 0.9064 | |
| 119 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 39600 | 53800 | 0.264 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
| 120 | Stony Brook University | 39900 | 53000 | 0.2467 | 18,263 | 1395 | 0.4904 | |
| 121 | Temple University | 40500 | 56100 | 0.278 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 122 | Endicott College | 41000 | 63200 | 0.3512 | 3,176 | 1255 | 0.7229 | |
| 123 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 41200 | 56700 | 0.2734 | 40,754 | 1391 | 0.3915 | |
| 124 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41400 | 53900 | 0.2319 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 125 | University at Buffalo | 42700 | 46800 | 0.0876 | 20,360 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 126 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 43000 | 54900 | 0.2169 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 127 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 43200 | 55100 | 0.2161 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 127 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 43200 | 46200 | 0.0665 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 129 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 44000 | 57100 | 0.2292 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 130 | University of Illinois Chicago | 46800 | 48000 | 0.025 | 22,495 | 1247 | 0.7735 | |
| 131 | Maine Maritime Academy | 47100 | 49800 | 0.0542 | 945 | 1180 | 0.5606 | |
| 132 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 48500 | 85700 | 0.4339 | 5,743 | 1438 | 0.6343 | |
| 133 | Woodbury University | 50700 | 68700 | 0.2621 | 825 | 1087 | 0.7287 | |
| 134 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 51000 | 84200 | 0.3944 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 135 | Drexel University | 51200 | 82600 | 0.38 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 136 | University of San Francisco | 53900 | 83200 | 0.352 | 5,321 | 1292 | 0.6171 | |
| 137 | Howard University | 58300 | 61600 | 0.0536 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 138 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 59000 | 61100 | 0.034 | 38,093 | 1302 | 0.7821 | |
| 139 | University of Oregon | 59400 | 68900 | 0.1389 | 20,622 | 1250 | 0.883 | |
| 140 | Maryland Institute College of Art | 60700 | 71200 | 0.1476 | 1,324 | 1196 | 0.7729 | |
| 141 | Otis College of Art and Design | 62500 | 79000 | 0.209 | 1,224 | 1055 | 0.8176 | |
| 142 | University of California-Berkeley | 74600 | 75500 | 0.0119 | 33,469 | 1407 | 0.1104 | |
| 143 | The Catholic University of America | 82500 | 82500 | 0 | 3,177 | 1204 | 0.8278 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.