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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 | 1,063 | 1319 | 0.206 | |
| 1 | United States Naval Academy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4,474 | 1305 | 0.0927 | |
| 3 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 3300 | 89500 | 0.9631 | 4,561 | 1542 | 0.0456 | |
| 4 | Princeton University | 3800 | 83400 | 0.9544 | 5,916 | 1528 | 0.0442 | |
| 5 | University of Pennsylvania | 4400 | 93100 | 0.9532 | 9,989 | 1535 | 0.0492 | |
| 6 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 5400 | 40700 | 0.8664 | 35,358 | 1448 | 0.1642 | |
| 7 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 6600 | 98000 | 0.9329 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 8 | United States Merchant Marine Academy | 7300 | 8800 | 0.1714 | 962 | 1214 | 0.3424 | |
| 8 | Washington University in St Louis | 7300 | 102300 | 0.9283 | 8,153 | 1512 | 0.1192 | |
| 10 | University of Notre Dame | 7600 | 89100 | 0.9145 | 8,950 | 1497 | 0.0938 | |
| 11 | Middlebury College | 8700 | 94500 | 0.908 | 2,640 | 1499 | 0.1277 | |
| 12 | Carnegie Mellon University | 8900 | 90900 | 0.9025 | 7,728 | 1528 | 0.1107 | |
| 13 | Rice University | 9700 | 92500 | 0.8954 | 4,807 | 1528 | 0.0801 | |
| 14 | Portland State University | 9900 | 43300 | 0.7714 | 14,932 | 1174 | 0.8586 | |
| 15 | University of Central Florida | 10000 | 31700 | 0.6853 | 60,083 | 1289 | 0.428 | |
| 16 | University of California-Davis | 10200 | 38600 | 0.7362 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 17 | Cornell University | 10500 | 93700 | 0.8878 | 16,138 | 1528 | 0.0838 | |
| 18 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 10800 | 36600 | 0.7046 | 27,963 | 1090 | 0.8395 | |
| 19 | California State University-Fresno | 11200 | 54600 | 0.7941 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 20 | Massachusetts Maritime Academy | 11300 | 46600 | 0.7576 | 1,511 | 1120 | 0.9202 | |
| 20 | Wellesley College | 11300 | 90400 | 0.8754 | 2,366 | 1499 | 0.1479 | |
| 22 | University of Illinois Chicago | 11400 | 30200 | 0.6224 | 24,260 | 1174 | 0.7576 | |
| 23 | Brown University | 11900 | 94000 | 0.8733 | 7,951 | 1500 | 0.0634 | |
| 24 | Tufts University | 12100 | 92100 | 0.8687 | 7,031 | 1497 | 0.1082 | |
| 25 | Mount Holyoke College | 12200 | 88900 | 0.8632 | 2,135 | 1419 | 0.3841 | |
| 25 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 12200 | 29300 | 0.5836 | 8,421 | 1054 | 0.9444 | |
| 27 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 28 | North Carolina A & T State University | 12800 | 17900 | 0.2857 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.5125 | |
| 29 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 12900 | 35000 | 0.631 | 18,667 | 1090 | 0.9711 | |
| 30 | Louisiana Tech University | 13100 | 42900 | 0.6945 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 30 | University of Houston | 13100 | 21800 | 0.399 | 40,366 | 1224 | 0.7577 | |
| 32 | University of Georgia | 13400 | 27200 | 0.5066 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 33 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 61700 | 0.7774 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 34 | Utah State University | 13800 | 20800 | 0.3369 | 26,629 | 1168 | 0.9212 | |
| 35 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 13900 | 25600 | 0.4562 | 10,396 | 1125 | 0.7162 | |
| 36 | University of Memphis | 14300 | 26400 | 0.4592 | 15,538 | 1080 | 0.7878 | |
| 37 | University of North Alabama | 14600 | 37300 | 0.6087 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 38 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 14700 | 57100 | 0.7421 | 15,735 | 1069 | 0.8797 | |
| 38 | University of Maine at Augusta | 14700 | 54900 | 0.732 | 4,313 | 0 | 0 | |
| 40 | Ball State University | 14800 | 22400 | 0.3395 | 15,950 | 1185 | 0.8625 | |
| 41 | University of Kansas | 15500 | 34900 | 0.5553 | 22,544 | 1176 | 0.9258 | |
| 42 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 15900 | 22300 | 0.2867 | 26,213 | 1209 | 0.7778 | |
| 43 | Indiana State University | 16200 | 32400 | 0.5002 | 6,352 | 1015 | 0.9157 | |
| 43 | Keene State College | 16200 | 69800 | 0.7685 | 2,640 | 1064 | 0.8982 | |
| 45 | Texas Tech University | 16300 | 27100 | 0.3984 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 45 | University of California-Los Angeles | 16300 | 36700 | 0.5554 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 47 | Georgia Southern University | 16700 | 20100 | 0.1687 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 48 | Bennington College | 16800 | 89500 | 0.8125 | 708 | 1402 | 0.3721 | |
| 48 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 16800 | 28100 | 0.4027 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 50 | University of Kentucky | 17300 | 36500 | 0.5244 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 50 | University of Massachusetts-Boston | 17300 | 89500 | 0.8064 | 12,138 | 1189 | 0.8379 | |
| 52 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 17400 | 44100 | 0.6057 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 53 | Barnard College | 17500 | 99700 | 0.8241 | 3,223 | 1499 | 0.1005 | |
| 53 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 17500 | 29900 | 0.4164 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 55 | Morgan State University | 17600 | 42200 | 0.5834 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 56 | Yale University | 17700 | 278600 | 0.9365 | 6,667 | 1507 | 0.0475 | |
| 57 | California State University-Sacramento | 17800 | 27700 | 0.358 | 28,619 | 1015 | 0.9357 | |
| 57 | The University of Texas at Austin | 17800 | 28100 | 0.3661 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 59 | SUNY College of Technology at Alfred | 18100 | 37500 | 0.5173 | 3,758 | 0 | 0.7236 | |
| 59 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 18100 | 37200 | 0.5134 | 5,986 | 1110 | 0.8916 | |
| 61 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 18200 | 18200 | 0 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 62 | La Roche University | 18300 | 87300 | 0.7906 | 1,972 | 990 | 0.6638 | |
| 63 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 18400 | 30600 | 0.3971 | 38,463 | 1324 | 0.7589 | |
| 64 | Olivet Nazarene University | 18600 | 79300 | 0.7661 | 2,704 | 1104 | 0.5586 | |
| 65 | Connecticut College | 19000 | 93000 | 0.7954 | 1,953 | 1284 | 0.3923 | |
| 65 | Norwich University | 19000 | 100600 | 0.8114 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 67 | Lehigh University | 19200 | 89800 | 0.7863 | 5,986 | 1436 | 0.2896 | |
| 68 | University of Rhode Island | 19800 | 44300 | 0.5525 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 68 | University of Southern California | 19800 | 76400 | 0.7413 | 20,768 | 1499 | 0.1119 | |
| 70 | SUNY College of Technology at Delhi | 19900 | 55300 | 0.6399 | 2,881 | 1040 | 0.89 | |
| 71 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 20100 | 40600 | 0.5061 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 72 | South Dakota State University | 20200 | 25200 | 0.2009 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 73 | Syracuse University | 20300 | 83600 | 0.7572 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 74 | North Dakota State University | 20600 | 25700 | 0.2008 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 75 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 20700 | 30600 | 0.3258 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 76 | University of New Orleans | 20800 | 30000 | 0.3062 | 5,419 | 1040 | 0.7431 | |
| 77 | Iowa State University | 21100 | 25700 | 0.1794 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 77 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 21100 | 27800 | 0.2408 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 79 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 21700 | 80400 | 0.7298 | 17,848 | 1470 | 0.1565 | |
| 80 | Marywood University | 22100 | 93800 | 0.7644 | 1,936 | 1144 | 0.7878 | |
| 80 | Mount Mary University | 22100 | 57200 | 0.6134 | 616 | 1069 | 0.831 | |
| 82 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 22200 | 34200 | 0.3512 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 83 | SUNY Maritime College | 22800 | 59200 | 0.6152 | 1,401 | 1164 | 0.785 | |
| 84 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 23000 | 27500 | 0.1618 | 18,028 | 1059 | 0.7996 | |
| 85 | Judson University | 24000 | 49100 | 0.5122 | 697 | 1010 | 0.8905 | |
| 85 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 24000 | 60700 | 0.6046 | 1,984 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 85 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24000 | 38600 | 0.3769 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 88 | Miami University-Oxford | 24300 | 28300 | 0.1413 | 16,405 | 1284 | 0.74 | |
| 89 | Temple University | 24700 | 36100 | 0.316 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 90 | University at Buffalo | 24800 | 34000 | 0.2706 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 91 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 25200 | 32900 | 0.2359 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 92 | Delaware Valley University | 25700 | 95800 | 0.7318 | 1,680 | 1189 | 0.9268 | |
| 93 | Stony Brook University | 26100 | 33200 | 0.2129 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 94 | University of Arkansas | 26600 | 44700 | 0.4042 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 95 | Drury University | 26700 | 54500 | 0.51 | 1,453 | 1209 | 0.6575 | |
| 96 | Hobart William Smith Colleges | 27100 | 88300 | 0.693 | 1,862 | 1296 | 0.667 | |
| 97 | University of Southern Mississippi | 27200 | 27200 | 0 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 98 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 28500 | 43100 | 0.339 | 22,313 | 1341 | 0.2996 | |
| 99 | Clemson University | 28800 | 37100 | 0.2253 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 100 | University of Connecticut | 29200 | 55500 | 0.4737 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 101 | Lawrence Technological University | 29800 | 99100 | 0.6996 | 2,661 | 1149 | 0.8101 | |
| 101 | Thomas Jefferson University | 29800 | 70000 | 0.575 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 103 | Mississippi State University | 29900 | 34400 | 0.1326 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 104 | Ithaca College | 30100 | 72600 | 0.5851 | 4,205 | 1328 | 0.7015 | |
| 105 | Prairie View A & M University | 30700 | 39600 | 0.2247 | 9,022 | 960 | 0.7836 | |
| 106 | Kent State University at Kent | 30900 | 37500 | 0.1751 | 21,144 | 1104 | 0.7603 | |
| 107 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 31100 | 50300 | 0.3816 | 21,028 | 1450 | 0.1334 | |
| 108 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 31900 | 35200 | 0.0938 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 109 | Anderson University | 32200 | 54700 | 0.4116 | 3,724 | 1209 | 0.5491 | |
| 110 | North Carolina State University | 32400 | 54800 | 0.4083 | 29,340 | 1374 | 0.3954 | |
| 110 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 32400 | 38400 | 0.1562 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 112 | Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design | 33300 | 61800 | 0.4621 | 838 | 1143 | 0.6054 | |
| 113 | University of Idaho | 34500 | 48700 | 0.2916 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 114 | Samford University | 34600 | 93800 | 0.6312 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 115 | Chatham University | 34800 | 63900 | 0.4557 | 1,555 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 116 | Auburn University | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 117 | Kean University | 36700 | 44900 | 0.1827 | 11,932 | 1040 | 0.7811 | |
| 118 | Andrews University | 37100 | 76700 | 0.5161 | 1,384 | 1143 | 0.8185 | |
| 119 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37300 | 66700 | 0.4409 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 120 | Benedictine College | 37700 | 52500 | 0.2817 | 2,404 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 121 | Maine Maritime Academy | 38300 | 53000 | 0.2775 | 977 | 1189 | 0.9615 | |
| 122 | Drexel University | 39500 | 86400 | 0.5431 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 123 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 40900 | 58700 | 0.3035 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 124 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 41200 | 55300 | 0.2552 | 21,388 | 1369 | 0.5945 | |
| 125 | University of Arizona | 42500 | 48600 | 0.1254 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 126 | University of Florida | 42800 | 45700 | 0.0635 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 126 | University of Maryland-College Park | 42800 | 58500 | 0.2682 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 128 | Florida Atlantic University | 45300 | 45300 | 0 | 25,626 | 1150 | 0.5497 | |
| 129 | Otis College of Art and Design | 46700 | 79800 | 0.4145 | 1,188 | 1335 | 0.8034 | |
| 130 | University of Delaware | 47500 | 62400 | 0.2385 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 131 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 49200 | 58800 | 0.1628 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 132 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 49300 | 67600 | 0.2708 | 40,996 | 1399 | 0.4175 | |
| 133 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 50600 | 63800 | 0.2065 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 134 | University of California-Berkeley | 51600 | 76600 | 0.3263 | 33,513 | 1407 | 0.1145 | |
| 135 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 52600 | 86300 | 0.3905 | 5,833 | 1440 | 0.6725 | |
| 136 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 53100 | 53300 | 0.0037 | 34,447 | 1273 | 0.8804 | |
| 137 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 53400 | 96100 | 0.4442 | 6,839 | 1469 | 0.1446 | |
| 138 | University of San Francisco | 54700 | 87200 | 0.3727 | 5,171 | 1333 | 0.7176 | |
| 139 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 54900 | 68800 | 0.2022 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 140 | Howard University | 55000 | 88500 | 0.3787 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 141 | University of Colorado Boulder | 55200 | 70900 | 0.2205 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7809 | |
| 142 | Maryland Institute College of Art | 58100 | 71200 | 0.1836 | 1,192 | 1232 | 0.7681 | |
| 143 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58500 | 63600 | 0.0803 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 144 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 58600 | 61200 | 0.0419 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 145 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 58700 | 62100 | 0.0548 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 146 | Webb Institute | 61200 | 74800 | 0.1819 | 104 | 1465 | 0.2484 | |
| 147 | University of Oregon | 68700 | 71300 | 0.036 | 20,710 | 1193 | 0.8742 | |
| 148 | The Catholic University of America | 82500 | 82500 | 0 | 3,294 | 1229 | 0.7328 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.