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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 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 10300 | 25000 | 0.5872 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 12 | University of Notre Dame | 10500 | 86200 | 0.8787 | 8,880 | 1471 | 0.1127 | |
| 13 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 10900 | 36600 | 0.7018 | 27,082 | 1099 | 0.8459 | |
| 14 | Middlebury College | 11200 | 89900 | 0.8757 | 2,760 | 1499 | 0.1075 | |
| 15 | Wellesley College | 11300 | 90300 | 0.8754 | 2,407 | 1500 | 0.1405 | |
| 16 | Brown University | 11400 | 94000 | 0.8784 | 7,910 | 1535 | 0.0539 | |
| 17 | Cornell University | 11800 | 93100 | 0.8735 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
| 18 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 12000 | 26100 | 0.5396 | 21,947 | 1335 | 0.3122 | |
| 19 | University of North Alabama | 12200 | 28200 | 0.5677 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 20 | California State University-Fresno | 12300 | 19600 | 0.3717 | 21,430 | 995 | 0.9638 | |
| 20 | Indiana State University | 12300 | 31200 | 0.6064 | 6,224 | 1140 | 0.8077 | |
| 22 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 29100 | 0.5734 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 23 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 23 | Northeastern University | 12600 | 89100 | 0.8589 | 22,695 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 23 | Tufts University | 12600 | 92100 | 0.8633 | 7,126 | 1507 | 0.1153 | |
| 26 | Louisiana Tech University | 12900 | 36900 | 0.6503 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 27 | University of Houston | 13300 | 23100 | 0.4244 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 27 | University of Idaho | 13300 | 25800 | 0.4842 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 29 | Portland State University | 13500 | 43100 | 0.6873 | 15,414 | 1112 | 0.9087 | |
| 30 | Utah State University | 13800 | 20800 | 0.3369 | 25,920 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 31 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 14100 | 28000 | 0.4961 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 32 | University of Georgia | 14700 | 26600 | 0.4476 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 32 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 14700 | 64500 | 0.772 | 15,375 | 1179 | 0.866 | |
| 34 | University of Maine at Augusta | 15000 | 44900 | 0.6661 | 4,250 | 0 | 0.0683 | |
| 35 | Lehigh University | 15600 | 89600 | 0.8263 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 35 | University of Memphis | 15600 | 29900 | 0.4779 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 37 | University of Florida | 16200 | 22500 | 0.2799 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 38 | Keene State College | 16300 | 51200 | 0.6823 | 2,744 | 1020 | 0.9033 | |
| 39 | University of Southern Mississippi | 16400 | 23100 | 0.29 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
| 39 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 16400 | 29200 | 0.4385 | 18,667 | 1090 | 0.9711 | |
| 41 | North Carolina State University | 16500 | 28500 | 0.4199 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 41 | University of Kansas | 16500 | 37100 | 0.5538 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 43 | California State University-Sacramento | 16600 | 27600 | 0.3989 | 28,226 | 1015 | 0.9343 | |
| 44 | University of California-Berkeley | 16900 | 43500 | 0.612 | 33,469 | 1407 | 0.1104 | |
| 45 | Bennington College | 17200 | 89500 | 0.8078 | 797 | 1360 | 0.4453 | |
| 46 | SUNY College of Technology at Alfred | 17500 | 46700 | 0.6255 | 3,525 | 1070 | 0.8175 | |
| 47 | Barnard College | 17600 | 99700 | 0.8232 | 3,269 | 1499 | 0.1147 | |
| 48 | University of Arkansas | 17700 | 27700 | 0.3621 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 49 | University of Rhode Island | 17800 | 44300 | 0.5976 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 50 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 17900 | 30400 | 0.4118 | 20,592 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 50 | Morgan State University | 17900 | 19700 | 0.0915 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 52 | Prairie View A & M University | 18100 | 25400 | 0.2874 | 8,836 | 970 | 0.7794 | |
| 52 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 18100 | 27700 | 0.3461 | 31,112 | 1114 | 0.8129 | |
| 52 | University of Colorado Boulder | 18100 | 30600 | 0.4085 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
| 55 | Mount Holyoke College | 18500 | 88900 | 0.7923 | 2,178 | 1449 | 0.3603 | |
| 56 | Connecticut College | 19400 | 115500 | 0.8318 | 1,990 | 1287 | 0.3704 | |
| 56 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 19400 | 35400 | 0.4503 | 5,731 | 1174 | 0.9064 | |
| 58 | Texas Tech University | 19500 | 27900 | 0.3014 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 58 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 19500 | 78700 | 0.7523 | 17,901 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 60 | La Roche University | 19600 | 66200 | 0.7043 | 755 | 1069 | 0.7016 | |
| 60 | University of Massachusetts-Boston | 19600 | 88900 | 0.7798 | 12,234 | 1194 | 0.8296 | |
| 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 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 20500 | 31000 | 0.3391 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 64 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 20500 | 32800 | 0.3755 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 66 | South Dakota State University | 20600 | 25200 | 0.1838 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 67 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 20700 | 30600 | 0.3258 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 68 | North Dakota State University | 21000 | 25700 | 0.1841 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 69 | Webb Institute | 21500 | 73700 | 0.7085 | 106 | 1475 | 0.1404 | |
| 70 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 22000 | 59900 | 0.6326 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 71 | Marywood University | 22100 | 79900 | 0.7237 | 1,834 | 1160 | 0.6058 | |
| 72 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 23000 | 27500 | 0.1618 | 17,771 | 1044 | 0.7933 | |
| 73 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 23100 | 40000 | 0.4224 | 1,984 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 74 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 23300 | 36800 | 0.367 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 75 | University of Kentucky | 23900 | 36100 | 0.3385 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 76 | Judson University | 24200 | 49100 | 0.5067 | 793 | 985 | 0.6233 | |
| 76 | Norwich University | 24200 | 88400 | 0.7264 | 2,642 | 1182 | 0.7361 | |
| 78 | Miami University-Oxford | 24600 | 28400 | 0.1337 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 79 | Drury University | 25200 | 52900 | 0.5235 | 1,391 | 1228 | 0.5758 | |
| 80 | Mount Mary University | 26000 | 57200 | 0.5448 | 749 | 1005 | 0.6634 | |
| 81 | Hobart William Smith Colleges | 26100 | 88300 | 0.7044 | 1,794 | 1313 | 0.6399 | |
| 82 | Ball State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 15,189 | 1170 | 0.855 | |
| 83 | SUNY Maritime College | 26600 | 46800 | 0.432 | 1,286 | 1215 | 0.7242 | |
| 84 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 26900 | 41500 | 0.3516 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 85 | Hampshire College | 27100 | 101600 | 0.7327 | 844 | 1254 | 0.7528 | |
| 86 | Thomas Jefferson University | 27600 | 67700 | 0.5922 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 87 | Syracuse University | 27900 | 83100 | 0.6642 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 88 | University of Utah | 28900 | 32000 | 0.098 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 89 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 90 | Massachusetts Maritime Academy | 31600 | 40200 | 0.2141 | 1,407 | 1120 | 0.7207 | |
| 91 | Ithaca College | 32100 | 72500 | 0.5571 | 4,268 | 1314 | 0.6901 | |
| 92 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32500 | 35100 | 0.0742 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 93 | Lawrence Technological University | 33200 | 82500 | 0.5973 | 2,579 | 1159 | 0.7403 | |
| 93 | Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design | 33200 | 57400 | 0.4207 | 885 | 1143 | 0.628 | |
| 95 | Anderson University | 33300 | 52500 | 0.3659 | 3,405 | 1209 | 0.5471 | |
| 96 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 33500 | 88900 | 0.6234 | 4,580 | 1542 | 0.0455 | |
| 97 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 33900 | 58500 | 0.4211 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 98 | Chatham University | 35100 | 63900 | 0.451 | 1,555 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 99 | Delaware Valley University | 35200 | 83300 | 0.5774 | 1,768 | 1180 | 0.9326 | |
| 100 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 35600 | 42800 | 0.1683 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 101 | Andrews University | 35800 | 62100 | 0.4235 | 1,312 | 1196 | 0.874 | |
| 102 | North Carolina A & T State University | 36200 | 36600 | 0.0109 | 12,216 | 1040 | 0.4617 | |
| 103 | Mississippi State University | 36300 | 50500 | 0.2801 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 104 | Auburn University | 36400 | 38000 | 0.0421 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 105 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 36800 | 38900 | 0.0548 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 106 | University of Connecticut | 37200 | 41400 | 0.1013 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 106 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37200 | 66500 | 0.4403 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 108 | Benedictine College | 37700 | 50800 | 0.2579 | 2,391 | 1223 | 0.7645 | |
| 109 | Kean University | 38800 | 48300 | 0.1967 | 11,758 | 1035 | 0.759 | |
| 110 | University of Central Florida | 39600 | 39600 | 0 | 59,649 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
| 111 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 39700 | 39700 | 0 | 24,868 | 1214 | 0.796 | |
| 112 | Stony Brook University | 39900 | 53000 | 0.2478 | 18,263 | 1404 | 0.4904 | |
| 113 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5067 | 33,471 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 114 | Temple University | 40700 | 55300 | 0.2642 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 115 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 41400 | 47200 | 0.1228 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 115 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41400 | 57000 | 0.2738 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 117 | California College of the Arts | 42400 | 87600 | 0.5158 | 1,004 | 1079 | 0.911 | |
| 118 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 42500 | 54700 | 0.223 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 119 | University of Maryland-College Park | 42800 | 53400 | 0.1985 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 120 | University of Illinois Chicago | 43900 | 49300 | 0.1094 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 121 | Florida Atlantic University | 44400 | 44400 | 0 | 24,942 | 1130 | 0.6613 | |
| 122 | The University of Texas at Austin | 45300 | 45300 | 0 | 43,165 | 1348 | 0.2664 | |
| 123 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 46100 | 86200 | 0.4651 | 5,743 | 1438 | 0.6343 | |
| 124 | University at Buffalo | 46800 | 46800 | 0 | 20,360 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 125 | Maine Maritime Academy | 47300 | 49800 | 0.0502 | 945 | 1180 | 0.5606 | |
| 126 | University of Delaware | 47500 | 61300 | 0.225 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 127 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 48700 | 92100 | 0.4715 | 7,283 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
| 128 | Drexel University | 48800 | 83800 | 0.4176 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 129 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 51000 | 84700 | 0.398 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 130 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53300 | 61000 | 0.1267 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 131 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 53400 | 53400 | 0 | 33,572 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 132 | University of San Francisco | 53500 | 84800 | 0.369 | 5,321 | 1292 | 0.6171 | |
| 133 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53700 | 64200 | 0.1635 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
| 134 | Woodbury University | 53800 | 69500 | 0.2258 | 825 | 1087 | 0.7287 | |
| 135 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 54000 | 56100 | 0.038 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 136 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 58100 | 66100 | 0.121 | 40,754 | 1391 | 0.3915 | |
| 137 | Howard University | 58300 | 76900 | 0.2418 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 138 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 59100 | 61200 | 0.0349 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 139 | Maryland Institute College of Art | 60700 | 71200 | 0.1476 | 1,324 | 1174 | 0.7729 | |
| 140 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 60800 | 63000 | 0.0339 | 38,093 | 1302 | 0.7821 | |
| 141 | Clemson University | 61500 | 63700 | 0.0335 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 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.