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Considering a degree in Architecture?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Architecture majors who live in Massachusetts.
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 Massachusetts.
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 | Yale University | 5500 | 92300 | 0.9403 | 6,814 | 1507 | 0.0387 | |
| 5 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 5600 | 85800 | 0.9347 | 4,576 | 1535 | 0.0485 | |
| 6 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 6700 | 39100 | 0.8296 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 7 | Princeton University | 7800 | 81800 | 0.9045 | 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 | Mount Holyoke College | 11200 | 88800 | 0.8733 | 2,178 | 1449 | 0.3603 | |
| 14 | University of Pennsylvania | 11300 | 93000 | 0.8787 | 10,013 | 1528 | 0.054 | |
| 15 | California State University-Fresno | 12000 | 19600 | 0.3869 | 21,430 | 995 | 0.9638 | |
| 16 | The University of Texas at Austin | 12200 | 30700 | 0.6023 | 43,165 | 1335 | 0.2664 | |
| 17 | Middlebury College | 12400 | 89800 | 0.8618 | 2,760 | 1499 | 0.1075 | |
| 18 | Massachusetts Maritime Academy | 13000 | 21000 | 0.3816 | 1,407 | 1120 | 0.7207 | |
| 18 | Utah State University | 13000 | 30000 | 0.5659 | 25,920 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 20 | Florida Atlantic University | 13300 | 24800 | 0.4629 | 24,942 | 1130 | 0.6613 | |
| 21 | Northeastern University | 13400 | 88700 | 0.8494 | 22,695 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 22 | Louisiana Tech University | 13700 | 24900 | 0.4491 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 22 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 32200 | 0.5744 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 24 | North Carolina A & T State University | 13800 | 17900 | 0.2297 | 12,216 | 1020 | 0.4617 | |
| 24 | Tufts University | 13800 | 92100 | 0.8503 | 7,126 | 1507 | 0.1153 | |
| 24 | University of North Alabama | 13800 | 28200 | 0.5109 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 27 | Texas Tech University | 14000 | 27000 | 0.4813 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 28 | University of Idaho | 14200 | 26400 | 0.4618 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 29 | Lehigh University | 14900 | 85700 | 0.8266 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 30 | Wellesley College | 15200 | 90300 | 0.8321 | 2,407 | 1500 | 0.1405 | |
| 31 | North Carolina State University | 15600 | 27500 | 0.4331 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 32 | University of Florida | 15800 | 22300 | 0.2916 | 36,567 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 33 | Carnegie Mellon University | 16200 | 87300 | 0.8142 | 7,824 | 1528 | 0.1166 | |
| 34 | University of California-Los Angeles | 16300 | 36700 | 0.5548 | 33,471 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 35 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 16500 | 78300 | 0.7894 | 17,901 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 36 | University of Southern Mississippi | 17100 | 23100 | 0.2596 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
| 37 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 17200 | 27200 | 0.3671 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 37 | SUNY College of Technology at Alfred | 17200 | 26000 | 0.3388 | 3,525 | 1070 | 0.8175 | |
| 37 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 17200 | 27400 | 0.3721 | 27,082 | 1099 | 0.8459 | |
| 40 | Bennington College | 17300 | 89500 | 0.8071 | 797 | 1360 | 0.4453 | |
| 41 | Barnard College | 17600 | 93200 | 0.8112 | 3,269 | 1490 | 0.0796 | |
| 41 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 17600 | 26300 | 0.3312 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 43 | California State University-Sacramento | 17700 | 27200 | 0.3491 | 28,226 | 1015 | 0.9343 | |
| 43 | Keene State College | 17700 | 31900 | 0.4437 | 2,744 | 1020 | 0.9033 | |
| 45 | Portland State University | 18500 | 26100 | 0.2907 | 15,960 | 1176 | 0.9091 | |
| 46 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 18800 | 30900 | 0.3927 | 38,093 | 1302 | 0.7821 | |
| 47 | University of Memphis | 19100 | 26400 | 0.277 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 48 | University of Southern California | 19200 | 76000 | 0.7473 | 21,023 | 1485 | 0.1002 | |
| 49 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 19700 | 29300 | 0.3271 | 1,984 | 1369 | 0.6328 | |
| 50 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 20200 | 38800 | 0.481 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 51 | South Dakota State University | 20600 | 25200 | 0.1814 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 51 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 20600 | 36700 | 0.4382 | 14,576 | 1144 | 0.6967 | |
| 53 | North Dakota State University | 21000 | 25700 | 0.1818 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 54 | Brown University | 21300 | 93900 | 0.7729 | 7,910 | 1535 | 0.0539 | |
| 55 | Webb Institute | 21500 | 73700 | 0.7085 | 106 | 1475 | 0.1404 | |
| 56 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 22000 | 34400 | 0.3604 | 14,783 | 1140 | 0.8096 | |
| 56 | Hobart William Smith Colleges | 22000 | 81100 | 0.7284 | 1,794 | 1313 | 0.6399 | |
| 58 | SUNY Maritime College | 22200 | 31700 | 0.2998 | 1,286 | 1215 | 0.7242 | |
| 59 | Ball State University | 22400 | 22400 | 0 | 15,189 | 1170 | 0.855 | |
| 60 | Syracuse University | 23600 | 83100 | 0.716 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 61 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24100 | 37100 | 0.3513 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
| 61 | University of New Orleans | 24100 | 31000 | 0.2226 | 5,476 | 1125 | 0.6677 | |
| 63 | La Roche University | 24200 | 55400 | 0.5634 | 1,986 | 1150 | 0.7761 | |
| 64 | Judson University | 24300 | 49100 | 0.506 | 793 | 1049 | 0.624 | |
| 64 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 24300 | 35500 | 0.3135 | 5,731 | 1174 | 0.9064 | |
| 66 | Mount Mary University | 25000 | 53300 | 0.5311 | 749 | 1005 | 0.6634 | |
| 67 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 25100 | 36600 | 0.3146 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 68 | University of Kansas | 25400 | 42000 | 0.3948 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 69 | Indiana State University | 25800 | 30900 | 0.1652 | 6,224 | 1020 | 0.8077 | |
| 70 | Marywood University | 26500 | 55500 | 0.5228 | 1,834 | 1160 | 0.6058 | |
| 70 | Norwich University | 26500 | 70900 | 0.6264 | 2,642 | 1209 | 0.7361 | |
| 72 | University of Arkansas | 26600 | 30800 | 0.1357 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 73 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 26900 | 83600 | 0.6785 | 7,283 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
| 74 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 17,771 | 1044 | 0.7933 | |
| 75 | Drury University | 28300 | 52900 | 0.4649 | 1,391 | 1228 | 0.5758 | |
| 75 | Mississippi State University | 28300 | 32300 | 0.126 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 77 | Connecticut College | 28600 | 83300 | 0.657 | 1,990 | 1287 | 0.3704 | |
| 78 | University of Connecticut | 29500 | 33200 | 0.1116 | 19,388 | 1324 | 0.5395 | |
| 79 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 29900 | 31100 | 0.0385 | 20,592 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 79 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 29900 | 30000 | 0.0033 | 18,428 | 1090 | 0.9529 | |
| 81 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 82 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 30300 | 41800 | 0.2753 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 83 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 30700 | 42400 | 0.276 | 21,947 | 1335 | 0.3122 | |
| 83 | University of Maine at Augusta | 30700 | 38900 | 0.2111 | 4,250 | 0 | 0.0683 | |
| 85 | University of Houston | 30800 | 35200 | 0.1251 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 86 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 31100 | 41100 | 0.2435 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 87 | University of Rhode Island | 31200 | 44800 | 0.3037 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 88 | Thomas Jefferson University | 31700 | 67700 | 0.5316 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 89 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 32500 | 38500 | 0.1559 | 7,890 | 1105 | 0.2056 | |
| 89 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32500 | 34700 | 0.0633 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 91 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 33100 | 46200 | 0.2838 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 92 | University of Oregon | 33200 | 38600 | 0.1391 | 20,622 | 1250 | 0.883 | |
| 93 | Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design | 33300 | 57100 | 0.4167 | 885 | 1143 | 0.628 | |
| 94 | Anderson University | 33600 | 52400 | 0.3588 | 3,405 | 1209 | 0.5471 | |
| 94 | Ithaca College | 33600 | 72500 | 0.5365 | 4,268 | 1314 | 0.6901 | |
| 96 | Morgan State University | 34300 | 37200 | 0.078 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 96 | Prairie View A & M University | 34300 | 39600 | 0.1339 | 8,056 | 955 | 0.7441 | |
| 98 | Chatham University | 35100 | 63300 | 0.4458 | 1,555 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 99 | Delaware Valley University | 35200 | 63800 | 0.4481 | 1,768 | 1180 | 0.9326 | |
| 100 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 35600 | 42400 | 0.1603 | 31,112 | 1130 | 0.8129 | |
| 100 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 35600 | 43500 | 0.1817 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 102 | Lawrence Technological University | 36100 | 67800 | 0.4673 | 2,579 | 1159 | 0.7403 | |
| 103 | Andrews University | 36400 | 47100 | 0.227 | 1,312 | 1208 | 0.874 | |
| 104 | University of Central Florida | 36700 | 39600 | 0.0733 | 59,649 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
| 105 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37300 | 62000 | 0.3985 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 106 | Benedictine College | 37700 | 50800 | 0.258 | 2,391 | 1229 | 0.7645 | |
| 107 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 38600 | 44600 | 0.1345 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 108 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 39400 | 39400 | 0 | 24,868 | 1214 | 0.796 | |
| 109 | Stony Brook University | 39900 | 53000 | 0.2467 | 18,263 | 1395 | 0.4904 | |
| 110 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 40100 | 56700 | 0.2928 | 40,754 | 1391 | 0.3915 | |
| 111 | University of Georgia | 40300 | 46000 | 0.1242 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 112 | Endicott College | 40600 | 63200 | 0.3576 | 3,176 | 1255 | 0.7229 | |
| 113 | Temple University | 40700 | 56100 | 0.2744 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 114 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41400 | 53900 | 0.2319 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 115 | University of Massachusetts-Boston | 41700 | 56800 | 0.2656 | 12,234 | 1194 | 0.8296 | |
| 116 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 42300 | 54900 | 0.2297 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 117 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 42400 | 55100 | 0.2306 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 118 | Kean University | 42500 | 48300 | 0.1201 | 11,758 | 1035 | 0.7688 | |
| 119 | University at Buffalo | 42600 | 46800 | 0.0897 | 20,360 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 119 | University of Maryland-College Park | 42600 | 52900 | 0.1947 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 121 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 43700 | 50300 | 0.1313 | 34,242 | 1260 | 0.7333 | |
| 122 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 44000 | 57100 | 0.2292 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 123 | University of Illinois Chicago | 46200 | 48000 | 0.0375 | 22,495 | 1247 | 0.7735 | |
| 124 | University of Delaware | 47200 | 53200 | 0.1127 | 19,119 | 1303 | 0.6356 | |
| 125 | Maine Maritime Academy | 47400 | 49800 | 0.0482 | 945 | 1180 | 0.5606 | |
| 126 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 48300 | 85700 | 0.4362 | 5,743 | 1438 | 0.6343 | |
| 127 | Woodbury University | 50700 | 68700 | 0.2621 | 825 | 1087 | 0.7287 | |
| 128 | University of Kentucky | 51000 | 56000 | 0.0893 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 129 | Drexel University | 51200 | 82600 | 0.38 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 130 | University of Colorado Boulder | 51500 | 56300 | 0.0852 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
| 131 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 51700 | 51700 | 0 | 33,572 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 132 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 52200 | 56100 | 0.0691 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 133 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53400 | 61000 | 0.1257 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 133 | University of San Francisco | 53400 | 83200 | 0.358 | 5,321 | 1292 | 0.6171 | |
| 135 | Howard University | 53500 | 61600 | 0.1315 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 136 | Auburn University | 55400 | 55400 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 137 | Miami University-Oxford | 56100 | 56100 | 0 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 138 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 56900 | 58900 | 0.0352 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 139 | Maryland Institute College of Art | 60700 | 71200 | 0.1476 | 1,324 | 1196 | 0.7729 | |
| 140 | Clemson University | 61600 | 63700 | 0.0326 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 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.