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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 | 1294 | 0.2432 | |
| 1 | United States Naval Academy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4,465 | 1302 | 0.0936 | |
| 3 | Princeton University | 5200 | 82400 | 0.9365 | 5,813 | 1535 | 0.0462 | |
| 4 | Yale University | 5500 | 92200 | 0.94 | 6,814 | 1507 | 0.0387 | |
| 5 | University of Pennsylvania | 7800 | 92900 | 0.9162 | 10,013 | 1528 | 0.054 | |
| 6 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8400 | 98000 | 0.9146 | 9,157 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 7 | Rice University | 8600 | 89100 | 0.9038 | 4,789 | 1535 | 0.08 | |
| 7 | United States Merchant Marine Academy | 8600 | 8600 | 0 | 947 | 1230 | 0.3247 | |
| 9 | Carnegie Mellon University | 9000 | 90900 | 0.9007 | 7,824 | 1528 | 0.1166 | |
| 10 | Washington University in St Louis | 9300 | 102300 | 0.909 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 11 | University of Notre Dame | 10500 | 86200 | 0.8787 | 8,880 | 1471 | 0.1127 | |
| 12 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 10900 | 27400 | 0.6019 | 27,082 | 1099 | 0.8459 | |
| 13 | Middlebury College | 11200 | 89900 | 0.8757 | 2,760 | 1499 | 0.1075 | |
| 14 | Wellesley College | 11300 | 90300 | 0.8754 | 2,407 | 1500 | 0.1405 | |
| 15 | Brown University | 11400 | 94000 | 0.8784 | 7,910 | 1535 | 0.0539 | |
| 16 | Utah State University | 11500 | 28500 | 0.5964 | 25,920 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 17 | California State University-Sacramento | 11700 | 30700 | 0.6186 | 28,226 | 1015 | 0.9343 | |
| 18 | Cornell University | 11800 | 93100 | 0.8735 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
| 19 | University of Illinois Chicago | 11900 | 30400 | 0.6077 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 20 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 12000 | 26100 | 0.5396 | 21,947 | 1335 | 0.3122 | |
| 21 | California State University-Fresno | 12100 | 45900 | 0.7371 | 21,430 | 995 | 0.9638 | |
| 21 | Indiana State University | 12100 | 25900 | 0.5337 | 6,224 | 1140 | 0.8077 | |
| 23 | University of North Alabama | 12200 | 28200 | 0.5677 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 24 | Florida Atlantic University | 12500 | 25800 | 0.5162 | 24,942 | 1130 | 0.6613 | |
| 24 | University of Central Florida | 12500 | 25300 | 0.5053 | 59,649 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
| 26 | Northeastern University | 12600 | 89100 | 0.8589 | 22,695 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 26 | Tufts University | 12600 | 92100 | 0.8633 | 7,126 | 1507 | 0.1153 | |
| 28 | Louisiana Tech University | 12900 | 36900 | 0.6503 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 29 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 13100 | 38800 | 0.6616 | 17,901 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 30 | University of Houston | 13300 | 23100 | 0.4244 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 30 | University of Idaho | 13300 | 25800 | 0.4842 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 32 | Portland State University | 13500 | 43100 | 0.6873 | 15,414 | 1112 | 0.9087 | |
| 33 | North Carolina A & T State University | 13600 | 17900 | 0.2409 | 12,216 | 1040 | 0.4617 | |
| 33 | University of Delaware | 13600 | 34500 | 0.6058 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 35 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 51900 | 0.7365 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 36 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 14000 | 28000 | 0.4997 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 37 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 14700 | 64500 | 0.772 | 15,375 | 1179 | 0.866 | |
| 38 | University of Maine at Augusta | 15000 | 44900 | 0.6661 | 4,250 | 0 | 0.0683 | |
| 39 | Lehigh University | 15600 | 89600 | 0.8263 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 39 | University of Memphis | 15600 | 29900 | 0.4779 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 41 | Keene State College | 16000 | 68700 | 0.7668 | 2,744 | 1020 | 0.9033 | |
| 42 | University of California-Los Angeles | 16300 | 36700 | 0.5555 | 33,471 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 43 | University of Southern Mississippi | 16400 | 23100 | 0.29 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
| 43 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 16400 | 29200 | 0.4385 | 18,667 | 1090 | 0.9711 | |
| 45 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 16700 | 39000 | 0.5705 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 46 | University of California-Berkeley | 16900 | 43500 | 0.612 | 33,469 | 1407 | 0.1104 | |
| 47 | Bennington College | 17200 | 89500 | 0.8078 | 797 | 1360 | 0.4453 | |
| 48 | Prairie View A & M University | 17500 | 39600 | 0.5579 | 8,836 | 970 | 0.7794 | |
| 48 | SUNY College of Technology at Alfred | 17500 | 46700 | 0.6255 | 3,525 | 1070 | 0.8175 | |
| 50 | Barnard College | 17600 | 99700 | 0.8232 | 3,269 | 1499 | 0.1147 | |
| 51 | University of Arkansas | 17700 | 27700 | 0.3621 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 52 | University of Rhode Island | 17800 | 44300 | 0.5976 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 53 | Morgan State University | 17900 | 19700 | 0.0915 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 54 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 18100 | 41200 | 0.5613 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 54 | University of Massachusetts-Boston | 18100 | 88900 | 0.7966 | 12,234 | 1194 | 0.8296 | |
| 56 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 18400 | 30600 | 0.3971 | 38,093 | 1302 | 0.7821 | |
| 57 | Mount Holyoke College | 18500 | 88900 | 0.7923 | 2,178 | 1449 | 0.3603 | |
| 58 | Connecticut College | 19400 | 115500 | 0.8318 | 1,990 | 1287 | 0.3704 | |
| 59 | Texas Tech University | 19500 | 27900 | 0.3014 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 60 | La Roche University | 19600 | 66200 | 0.7043 | 755 | 1069 | 0.7016 | |
| 60 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 19600 | 53000 | 0.6308 | 5,731 | 1174 | 0.9064 | |
| 62 | University of Southern California | 19900 | 75800 | 0.7378 | 20,630 | 1492 | 0.0981 | |
| 63 | University of New Orleans | 20000 | 30200 | 0.3376 | 5,476 | 1050 | 0.6677 | |
| 64 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 20400 | 30700 | 0.3339 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 65 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 20500 | 31000 | 0.3391 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 65 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 20500 | 32800 | 0.3755 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 67 | North Dakota State University | 21000 | 25700 | 0.1841 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 68 | Webb Institute | 21500 | 73700 | 0.7085 | 106 | 1475 | 0.1404 | |
| 69 | Marywood University | 22100 | 79900 | 0.7237 | 1,834 | 1160 | 0.6058 | |
| 70 | SUNY Maritime College | 22300 | 46800 | 0.524 | 1,286 | 1215 | 0.7242 | |
| 71 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 23000 | 27500 | 0.1618 | 17,771 | 1044 | 0.7933 | |
| 72 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 23100 | 40000 | 0.4224 | 1,984 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 73 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 23300 | 36800 | 0.367 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 74 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24100 | 38000 | 0.3663 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
| 75 | Judson University | 24200 | 49100 | 0.5067 | 793 | 985 | 0.6233 | |
| 75 | Norwich University | 24200 | 88400 | 0.7264 | 2,642 | 1182 | 0.7361 | |
| 77 | Miami University-Oxford | 24600 | 28400 | 0.1337 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 78 | Temple University | 24700 | 36400 | 0.3217 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 79 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 24800 | 56100 | 0.5577 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 80 | Drury University | 25200 | 52900 | 0.5235 | 1,391 | 1228 | 0.5758 | |
| 80 | University of Kansas | 25200 | 44000 | 0.4276 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 82 | South Dakota State University | 25600 | 28700 | 0.1092 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 83 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 25900 | 59900 | 0.5675 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 84 | Mount Mary University | 26000 | 57200 | 0.5448 | 749 | 1005 | 0.6634 | |
| 85 | Hobart William Smith Colleges | 26100 | 88300 | 0.7044 | 1,794 | 1313 | 0.6399 | |
| 86 | Ball State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 15,189 | 1170 | 0.855 | |
| 87 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 26900 | 41500 | 0.3516 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 88 | Hampshire College | 27100 | 101600 | 0.7327 | 844 | 1254 | 0.7528 | |
| 89 | Thomas Jefferson University | 27600 | 67700 | 0.5922 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 90 | Syracuse University | 27900 | 83100 | 0.6642 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 91 | University of Utah | 28900 | 32000 | 0.098 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 92 | Clemson University | 29200 | 37100 | 0.2137 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 93 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 94 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 31100 | 49800 | 0.3755 | 20,592 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 95 | Massachusetts Maritime Academy | 31600 | 40200 | 0.2141 | 1,407 | 1120 | 0.7207 | |
| 96 | Ithaca College | 32100 | 72500 | 0.5571 | 4,268 | 1314 | 0.6901 | |
| 97 | North Carolina State University | 32800 | 54800 | 0.4004 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 98 | Lawrence Technological University | 33200 | 82500 | 0.5973 | 2,579 | 1159 | 0.7403 | |
| 98 | Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design | 33200 | 57400 | 0.4207 | 885 | 1143 | 0.628 | |
| 100 | Anderson University | 33300 | 52500 | 0.3659 | 3,405 | 1209 | 0.5471 | |
| 101 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 33500 | 88900 | 0.6234 | 4,580 | 1542 | 0.0455 | |
| 102 | Chatham University | 35100 | 63900 | 0.451 | 1,555 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 103 | Delaware Valley University | 35200 | 83300 | 0.5774 | 1,768 | 1180 | 0.9326 | |
| 104 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 35600 | 42800 | 0.1683 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 105 | Andrews University | 35800 | 62100 | 0.4235 | 1,312 | 1196 | 0.874 | |
| 106 | Mississippi State University | 36300 | 50500 | 0.2801 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 107 | Auburn University | 36400 | 38000 | 0.0421 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 108 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 36800 | 38900 | 0.0548 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 109 | University of Connecticut | 37200 | 41400 | 0.1013 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 109 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37200 | 66500 | 0.4403 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 111 | Benedictine College | 37700 | 50800 | 0.2579 | 2,391 | 1223 | 0.7645 | |
| 112 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 38700 | 53400 | 0.2754 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 113 | Kean University | 38800 | 48300 | 0.1967 | 11,758 | 1035 | 0.759 | |
| 114 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 39700 | 39700 | 0 | 24,868 | 1214 | 0.796 | |
| 115 | Stony Brook University | 39900 | 53000 | 0.2478 | 18,263 | 1404 | 0.4904 | |
| 116 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 41400 | 47200 | 0.1228 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 116 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41400 | 57000 | 0.2738 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 118 | California College of the Arts | 42400 | 87600 | 0.5158 | 1,004 | 1079 | 0.911 | |
| 119 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 42500 | 54700 | 0.223 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 120 | University of Maryland-College Park | 42800 | 53400 | 0.1985 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 121 | University of Florida | 43100 | 45600 | 0.0548 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 122 | The University of Texas at Austin | 45300 | 45300 | 0 | 43,165 | 1348 | 0.2664 | |
| 123 | University of Georgia | 45900 | 51600 | 0.1108 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 124 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 46100 | 86200 | 0.4651 | 5,743 | 1438 | 0.6343 | |
| 125 | University at Buffalo | 46800 | 46800 | 0 | 20,360 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 126 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 47100 | 60000 | 0.2149 | 31,112 | 1114 | 0.8129 | |
| 127 | Maine Maritime Academy | 47300 | 49800 | 0.0502 | 945 | 1180 | 0.5606 | |
| 128 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48600 | 51200 | 0.0514 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 129 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 48700 | 92100 | 0.4715 | 7,283 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
| 130 | Drexel University | 48800 | 83800 | 0.4176 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 131 | University of Kentucky | 48900 | 56600 | 0.136 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 132 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 51000 | 84700 | 0.398 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 133 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53300 | 61000 | 0.1267 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 134 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 53400 | 53400 | 0 | 33,572 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 135 | University of San Francisco | 53500 | 84800 | 0.369 | 5,321 | 1292 | 0.6171 | |
| 136 | Woodbury University | 53800 | 69500 | 0.2258 | 825 | 1087 | 0.7287 | |
| 137 | University of Colorado Boulder | 55000 | 56600 | 0.0282 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
| 138 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 58100 | 66100 | 0.121 | 40,754 | 1391 | 0.3915 | |
| 139 | Howard University | 58300 | 76900 | 0.2418 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 140 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 59100 | 61200 | 0.0349 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 141 | Maryland Institute College of Art | 60700 | 71200 | 0.1476 | 1,324 | 1174 | 0.7729 | |
| 142 | University of Oregon | 66800 | 68900 | 0.031 | 20,622 | 1250 | 0.883 | |
| 143 | The Catholic University of America | 76300 | 82500 | 0.0751 | 3,177 | 1155 | 0.8278 | |
| 144 | Otis College of Art and Design | 78900 | 79800 | 0.0113 | 1,224 | 1235 | 0.8176 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.