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Considering a degree in Architecture?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Architecture majors who live in Maryland.
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 Maryland.
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 | 7400 | 92900 | 0.9206 | 10,013 | 1528 | 0.054 | |
| 6 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8400 | 98000 | 0.9146 | 9,157 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 7 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 8600 | 90000 | 0.9049 | 4,580 | 1542 | 0.0455 | |
| 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 | |
| 10 | Carnegie Mellon University | 9000 | 90900 | 0.9007 | 7,824 | 1528 | 0.1166 | |
| 11 | Washington University in St Louis | 9300 | 102300 | 0.909 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 12 | Wellesley College | 9700 | 91300 | 0.8939 | 2,407 | 1500 | 0.1405 | |
| 13 | University of Notre Dame | 10300 | 86200 | 0.881 | 8,880 | 1471 | 0.1127 | |
| 14 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 10800 | 27400 | 0.6055 | 27,082 | 1099 | 0.8459 | |
| 15 | Middlebury College | 11100 | 89900 | 0.8768 | 2,760 | 1499 | 0.1075 | |
| 16 | Brown University | 11200 | 94000 | 0.8806 | 7,910 | 1535 | 0.0539 | |
| 17 | Utah State University | 11500 | 28500 | 0.5964 | 25,920 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 18 | Massachusetts Maritime Academy | 11700 | 21000 | 0.443 | 1,407 | 1120 | 0.7207 | |
| 19 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 11800 | 26100 | 0.5473 | 21,947 | 1335 | 0.3122 | |
| 19 | Cornell University | 11800 | 93100 | 0.8735 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
| 21 | University of Illinois Chicago | 11900 | 30400 | 0.6077 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 22 | California State University-Fresno | 12000 | 45900 | 0.7393 | 21,430 | 995 | 0.9638 | |
| 23 | Indiana State University | 12100 | 31200 | 0.6128 | 6,224 | 1140 | 0.8077 | |
| 23 | University of North Alabama | 12100 | 28200 | 0.5713 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 25 | Florida Atlantic University | 12400 | 25800 | 0.52 | 24,942 | 1130 | 0.6613 | |
| 25 | University of Central Florida | 12400 | 25300 | 0.5093 | 59,649 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
| 25 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 29100 | 0.5734 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 28 | Mount Holyoke College | 13000 | 89900 | 0.8557 | 2,178 | 1449 | 0.3603 | |
| 29 | University of Houston | 13100 | 23100 | 0.433 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 30 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 13300 | 13300 | 0 | 18,667 | 1090 | 0.9711 | |
| 31 | Portland State University | 13400 | 43100 | 0.6896 | 15,414 | 1112 | 0.9087 | |
| 32 | North Carolina A & T State University | 13500 | 17900 | 0.2465 | 12,216 | 1040 | 0.4617 | |
| 33 | University of Delaware | 13600 | 34500 | 0.6058 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 34 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 13700 | 28000 | 0.5104 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 35 | Louisiana Tech University | 14100 | 36900 | 0.6178 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 36 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 14600 | 64500 | 0.7736 | 15,375 | 1179 | 0.866 | |
| 37 | Northeastern University | 14700 | 89900 | 0.8365 | 22,695 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 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 | 26400 | 0.4099 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 41 | Keene State College | 15900 | 51200 | 0.6901 | 2,744 | 1020 | 0.9033 | |
| 42 | California State University-Sacramento | 16500 | 27600 | 0.4025 | 28,226 | 1015 | 0.9343 | |
| 43 | University of California-Berkeley | 16700 | 43500 | 0.6166 | 33,469 | 1407 | 0.1104 | |
| 44 | University of Rhode Island | 17000 | 33900 | 0.4986 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 45 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 17100 | 26300 | 0.3477 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 46 | Bennington College | 17200 | 89500 | 0.8078 | 797 | 1360 | 0.4453 | |
| 47 | SUNY College of Technology at Alfred | 17400 | 46700 | 0.6277 | 3,525 | 1070 | 0.8175 | |
| 48 | Barnard College | 17600 | 99700 | 0.8232 | 3,269 | 1499 | 0.1147 | |
| 49 | University of Arkansas | 17700 | 27700 | 0.3621 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 50 | Morgan State University | 17900 | 37200 | 0.5189 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 51 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 18000 | 41200 | 0.5637 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 52 | Prairie View A & M University | 18100 | 25400 | 0.2874 | 8,836 | 970 | 0.7794 | |
| 53 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 19300 | 78700 | 0.7548 | 17,901 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 54 | Connecticut College | 19400 | 115500 | 0.8318 | 1,990 | 1287 | 0.3704 | |
| 55 | La Roche University | 19500 | 66200 | 0.7058 | 755 | 1069 | 0.7016 | |
| 56 | Towson University | 19700 | 30000 | 0.3429 | 16,264 | 1093 | 0.8198 | |
| 56 | University of Southern California | 19700 | 75800 | 0.7404 | 20,630 | 1492 | 0.0981 | |
| 58 | University of New Orleans | 19800 | 30200 | 0.3443 | 5,476 | 1050 | 0.6677 | |
| 59 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 20200 | 30700 | 0.3404 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 60 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 20500 | 26500 | 0.2261 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 61 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 20700 | 30600 | 0.3258 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 62 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27100 | 0.2288 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 62 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 20900 | 53000 | 0.6062 | 5,731 | 1174 | 0.9064 | |
| 64 | North Dakota State University | 21000 | 25700 | 0.1841 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 65 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 21200 | 42700 | 0.5036 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 66 | Webb Institute | 21500 | 73700 | 0.7085 | 106 | 1475 | 0.1404 | |
| 67 | Tufts University | 21700 | 98900 | 0.7803 | 7,126 | 1507 | 0.1153 | |
| 68 | Marywood University | 22000 | 79900 | 0.7249 | 1,834 | 1160 | 0.6058 | |
| 69 | University of Florida | 22500 | 43200 | 0.4795 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 69 | University of Maryland Global Campus | 22500 | 35300 | 0.3631 | 50,793 | 0 | 0.7633 | |
| 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 | |
| 72 | University of Southern Mississippi | 23100 | 23100 | 0 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
| 74 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 23200 | 36800 | 0.3698 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 75 | Hampshire College | 23800 | 101500 | 0.7652 | 844 | 1254 | 0.7528 | |
| 76 | University of Kentucky | 23900 | 36100 | 0.3384 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 77 | Norwich University | 24100 | 88400 | 0.7276 | 2,642 | 1182 | 0.7361 | |
| 78 | Judson University | 24200 | 49100 | 0.5067 | 793 | 985 | 0.6233 | |
| 79 | Miami University-Oxford | 24500 | 28400 | 0.1372 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 80 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 24600 | 56100 | 0.5612 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 81 | University of Kansas | 25100 | 44000 | 0.4299 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 82 | Drury University | 25300 | 52900 | 0.5216 | 1,391 | 1228 | 0.5758 | |
| 83 | South Dakota State University | 25600 | 28700 | 0.1092 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 84 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 25800 | 59900 | 0.5692 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 85 | Mount Mary University | 26000 | 57200 | 0.5448 | 749 | 1005 | 0.6634 | |
| 86 | Stony Brook University | 26100 | 33200 | 0.2129 | 18,263 | 1404 | 0.4904 | |
| 87 | Hobart William Smith Colleges | 26200 | 88300 | 0.7033 | 1,794 | 1313 | 0.6399 | |
| 88 | Ball State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 15,189 | 1170 | 0.855 | |
| 89 | SUNY Maritime College | 26700 | 46800 | 0.4299 | 1,286 | 1215 | 0.7242 | |
| 90 | University of Idaho | 27000 | 45200 | 0.4023 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 91 | Thomas Jefferson University | 27700 | 67700 | 0.5907 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 92 | Syracuse University | 27900 | 83100 | 0.6642 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 92 | Texas Tech University | 27900 | 27900 | 0 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 94 | Mississippi State University | 28200 | 32300 | 0.1279 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 95 | University of Connecticut | 29300 | 33700 | 0.1307 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 96 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 97 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 31100 | 49800 | 0.3755 | 20,592 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 98 | Ithaca College | 32200 | 72500 | 0.5557 | 4,268 | 1314 | 0.6901 | |
| 99 | North Carolina State University | 32800 | 54800 | 0.4004 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 100 | Lawrence Technological University | 33100 | 82500 | 0.5985 | 2,579 | 1159 | 0.7403 | |
| 100 | Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design | 33100 | 57400 | 0.4224 | 885 | 1143 | 0.628 | |
| 102 | University of Oregon | 33200 | 38600 | 0.1406 | 20,622 | 1250 | 0.883 | |
| 103 | Anderson University | 33300 | 52500 | 0.3659 | 3,405 | 1209 | 0.5471 | |
| 104 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 33700 | 58500 | 0.4245 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 105 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 33800 | 36100 | 0.0637 | 33,572 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 106 | Chatham University | 35100 | 63900 | 0.451 | 1,555 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 106 | Delaware Valley University | 35100 | 83300 | 0.5786 | 1,768 | 1180 | 0.9326 | |
| 106 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 35100 | 35100 | 0 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 109 | Andrews University | 35800 | 62100 | 0.4235 | 1,312 | 1196 | 0.874 | |
| 110 | Auburn University | 36500 | 38000 | 0.0394 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 111 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37000 | 66500 | 0.4433 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 112 | Benedictine College | 37800 | 50800 | 0.256 | 2,391 | 1223 | 0.7645 | |
| 113 | Kean University | 38700 | 48300 | 0.1988 | 11,758 | 1035 | 0.759 | |
| 114 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 39700 | 39700 | 0 | 24,868 | 1214 | 0.796 | |
| 115 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5067 | 33,471 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 116 | Temple University | 40700 | 55300 | 0.2642 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 117 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 41300 | 47200 | 0.1249 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 118 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41400 | 57000 | 0.2738 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 119 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 42300 | 54700 | 0.2266 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 120 | California College of the Arts | 42400 | 87600 | 0.5158 | 1,004 | 1079 | 0.911 | |
| 121 | University of Georgia | 43100 | 48800 | 0.1172 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 122 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 43900 | 57100 | 0.2302 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 123 | The University of Texas at Austin | 45300 | 45300 | 0 | 43,165 | 1348 | 0.2664 | |
| 124 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 46000 | 86200 | 0.4662 | 5,743 | 1438 | 0.6343 | |
| 125 | University at Buffalo | 46800 | 46800 | 0 | 20,360 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 126 | Maine Maritime Academy | 47400 | 49800 | 0.0482 | 945 | 1180 | 0.5606 | |
| 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 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 49500 | 60000 | 0.1749 | 31,112 | 1114 | 0.8129 | |
| 130 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 51000 | 84700 | 0.398 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 131 | University of Utah | 51600 | 53700 | 0.0398 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 132 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53300 | 61000 | 0.1267 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 133 | University of San Francisco | 53400 | 84800 | 0.3702 | 5,321 | 1292 | 0.6171 | |
| 134 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53700 | 64200 | 0.1635 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
| 135 | Woodbury University | 53800 | 69500 | 0.2258 | 825 | 1087 | 0.7287 | |
| 136 | University of Colorado Boulder | 54800 | 56600 | 0.0318 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
| 137 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 58100 | 66100 | 0.121 | 40,754 | 1391 | 0.3915 | |
| 138 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58300 | 64100 | 0.0905 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 139 | Howard University | 58400 | 76900 | 0.2405 | 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 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 60800 | 63000 | 0.0339 | 38,093 | 1302 | 0.7821 | |
| 143 | Clemson University | 61500 | 63700 | 0.0335 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 144 | The Catholic University of America | 76400 | 82500 | 0.0739 | 3,177 | 1155 | 0.8278 | |
| 145 | Otis College of Art and Design | 78700 | 79800 | 0.0138 | 1,224 | 1235 | 0.8176 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.