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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 | 1,108 | 1334 | 0.2244 | |
| 1 | United States Naval Academy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4,474 | 1305 | 0.0927 | |
| 3 | Princeton University | 3600 | 82600 | 0.9564 | 5,813 | 1535 | 0.0462 | |
| 4 | Yale University | 5500 | 92200 | 0.94 | 6,814 | 1507 | 0.0387 | |
| 5 | United States Merchant Marine Academy | 7200 | 8600 | 0.1627 | 962 | 1214 | 0.3424 | |
| 6 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8200 | 97100 | 0.916 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0399 | |
| 7 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 8700 | 90000 | 0.9038 | 4,535 | 1542 | 0.0455 | |
| 8 | Wellesley College | 8900 | 91300 | 0.9027 | 2,407 | 1500 | 0.1405 | |
| 9 | Carnegie Mellon University | 9000 | 90900 | 0.9007 | 7,377 | 1528 | 0.1166 | |
| 10 | Washington University in St Louis | 9300 | 102300 | 0.9091 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 11 | University of Pennsylvania | 9400 | 92900 | 0.8988 | 11,478 | 1536 | 0.054 | |
| 12 | Rice University | 9800 | 89100 | 0.8903 | 4,789 | 1535 | 0.08 | |
| 13 | University of Notre Dame | 10400 | 86200 | 0.8798 | 8,880 | 1500 | 0.1127 | |
| 14 | Indiana State University | 11100 | 25900 | 0.5723 | 6,224 | 1020 | 0.8077 | |
| 15 | California State University-Sacramento | 11700 | 30700 | 0.6186 | 28,820 | 1035 | 0.9399 | |
| 15 | Cornell University | 11700 | 93100 | 0.8745 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0876 | |
| 17 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 29200 | 0.5745 | 38,040 | 1418 | 0.452 | |
| 18 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.7517 | |
| 18 | North Carolina A & T State University | 12600 | 17900 | 0.2969 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.499 | |
| 20 | University of North Alabama | 12900 | 28200 | 0.5429 | 7,662 | 1140 | 0.8731 | |
| 21 | Mount Holyoke College | 13000 | 89900 | 0.8557 | 2,178 | 1449 | 0.3603 | |
| 22 | University of Houston | 13400 | 22000 | 0.3902 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 23 | Middlebury College | 13500 | 89900 | 0.8499 | 2,760 | 1499 | 0.1075 | |
| 24 | Utah State University | 13800 | 20800 | 0.3369 | 25,706 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 25 | Brown University | 13900 | 94000 | 0.8521 | 7,910 | 1535 | 0.0539 | |
| 25 | University of Idaho | 13900 | 25800 | 0.462 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 27 | Northeastern University | 14700 | 89900 | 0.8365 | 17,432 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 28 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 15100 | 31000 | 0.5125 | 8,553 | 1045 | 0.8688 | |
| 29 | Lehigh University | 15600 | 89600 | 0.8263 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 30 | Portland State University | 15900 | 26100 | 0.3895 | 15,414 | 1094 | 0.9087 | |
| 31 | University of Florida | 16400 | 22500 | 0.271 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 32 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 16600 | 26300 | 0.3673 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 33 | Connecticut College | 16700 | 95300 | 0.8244 | 1,990 | 1421 | 0.3704 | |
| 34 | Morgan State University | 16800 | 28500 | 0.4104 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 34 | University of Maryland Global Campus | 16800 | 29700 | 0.4345 | 52,187 | 0 | 0 | |
| 36 | Bennington College | 17200 | 89500 | 0.8079 | 797 | 1370 | 0.4453 | |
| 37 | Keene State College | 17400 | 41400 | 0.5799 | 2,725 | 1085 | 0.9033 | |
| 38 | Barnard College | 17600 | 99700 | 0.8232 | 3,487 | 1499 | 0.0884 | |
| 38 | Prairie View A & M University | 17600 | 25400 | 0.3071 | 8,877 | 975 | 0.7931 | |
| 40 | SUNY College of Technology at Alfred | 17700 | 38700 | 0.5421 | 3,781 | 1100 | 0.7568 | |
| 41 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 17900 | 43200 | 0.5853 | 20,591 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 42 | University of California-Berkeley | 18000 | 43500 | 0.5867 | 33,070 | 1407 | 0.1098 | |
| 43 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 18200 | 18200 | 0 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 44 | University of Illinois Chicago | 18500 | 30100 | 0.386 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 45 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 18900 | 29900 | 0.3692 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5743 | |
| 46 | University of New Orleans | 19000 | 27200 | 0.3014 | 5,419 | 1040 | 0.7431 | |
| 47 | Norwich University | 19300 | 73800 | 0.7382 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 48 | University of Southern California | 19600 | 75900 | 0.7422 | 20,630 | 1492 | 0.0981 | |
| 49 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 19900 | 32300 | 0.3837 | 15,375 | 1103 | 0.866 | |
| 49 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 19900 | 78700 | 0.7472 | 17,885 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 51 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20200 | 45200 | 0.5537 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5478 | |
| 52 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 20500 | 26500 | 0.2262 | 22,364 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 53 | Hampshire College | 20700 | 83900 | 0.7536 | 844 | 1254 | 0.7528 | |
| 53 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 20700 | 30600 | 0.326 | 44,819 | 1327 | 0.4987 | |
| 53 | University of Memphis | 20700 | 26400 | 0.2163 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 56 | SUNY Maritime College | 20900 | 32000 | 0.347 | 1,285 | 1215 | 0.7241 | |
| 56 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27300 | 0.2349 | 31,133 | 1463 | 0.4479 | |
| 58 | North Dakota State University | 21000 | 25700 | 0.1847 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 59 | Louisiana Tech University | 21100 | 25300 | 0.1661 | 10,881 | 1189 | 0.864 | |
| 59 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 21100 | 35300 | 0.4019 | 5,731 | 1174 | 0.9064 | |
| 61 | Tufts University | 21400 | 98900 | 0.7833 | 7,126 | 1507 | 0.1149 | |
| 61 | Webb Institute | 21400 | 89600 | 0.7608 | 106 | 1475 | 0.1404 | |
| 63 | La Roche University | 21500 | 72600 | 0.7041 | 1,828 | 1059 | 0.7576 | |
| 64 | University of Southern Mississippi | 23100 | 23100 | 0 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
| 65 | University of Kansas | 24000 | 43000 | 0.4429 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 66 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24100 | 39300 | 0.3873 | 23,920 | 1397 | 0.5973 | |
| 67 | Judson University | 24200 | 49100 | 0.5069 | 718 | 1015 | 0.4759 | |
| 68 | Temple University | 24600 | 36100 | 0.3188 | 21,457 | 1135 | 0.8041 | |
| 69 | Drury University | 25300 | 52900 | 0.5216 | 1,391 | 1228 | 0.5758 | |
| 69 | University of Central Florida | 25300 | 25300 | 0 | 59,552 | 1280 | 0.4011 | |
| 71 | South Dakota State University | 25600 | 28700 | 0.1097 | 10,719 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 71 | University of Arkansas | 25600 | 27700 | 0.0776 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.743 | |
| 73 | Marywood University | 25900 | 67700 | 0.6172 | 1,833 | 1160 | 0.6058 | |
| 74 | Mount Mary University | 26000 | 57200 | 0.545 | 752 | 1025 | 0.6233 | |
| 75 | Stony Brook University | 26100 | 33200 | 0.2129 | 18,263 | 1410 | 0.4904 | |
| 76 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 26200 | 36800 | 0.2882 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 77 | Ball State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 15,189 | 1170 | 0.855 | |
| 78 | University of Georgia | 26600 | 48800 | 0.4551 | 32,399 | 1382 | 0.377 | |
| 78 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 26600 | 36600 | 0.2731 | 27,132 | 1099 | 0.9617 | |
| 80 | Texas Tech University | 27100 | 27100 | 0 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 81 | Hobart William Smith Colleges | 27200 | 88300 | 0.6918 | 1,794 | 1308 | 0.6399 | |
| 82 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 17,450 | 1044 | 0.9518 | |
| 83 | Syracuse University | 27800 | 83100 | 0.6653 | 15,957 | 1363 | 0.4592 | |
| 84 | University of Delaware | 28500 | 34500 | 0.1741 | 20,026 | 1294 | 0.706 | |
| 85 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 29100 | 29200 | 0.0034 | 18,288 | 1090 | 0.9068 | |
| 86 | Clemson University | 29200 | 37100 | 0.2141 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 86 | University of Connecticut | 29200 | 39500 | 0.2608 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 88 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 89 | Maine Maritime Academy | 30400 | 33400 | 0.0899 | 945 | 1180 | 0.5414 | |
| 90 | Massachusetts Maritime Academy | 30900 | 40200 | 0.2315 | 1,402 | 1120 | 0.947 | |
| 91 | University of Kentucky | 31400 | 36400 | 0.1373 | 25,534 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 92 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 31900 | 43100 | 0.2601 | 22,033 | 1321 | 0.3132 | |
| 93 | Lawrence Technological University | 32000 | 71900 | 0.5548 | 2,579 | 1159 | 0.559 | |
| 94 | Ithaca College | 32100 | 72500 | 0.5571 | 4,268 | 1314 | 0.6901 | |
| 95 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 32200 | 36700 | 0.1214 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 96 | University of Maine at Augusta | 32600 | 39600 | 0.1767 | 4,313 | 0 | 0 | |
| 96 | University of Rhode Island | 32600 | 46400 | 0.2972 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 98 | North Carolina State University | 32800 | 54800 | 0.4007 | 28,422 | 1378 | 0.4174 | |
| 99 | Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design | 33100 | 57400 | 0.4227 | 838 | 1143 | 0.6054 | |
| 100 | Auburn University | 33700 | 34100 | 0.0117 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4592 | |
| 101 | Thomas Jefferson University | 34100 | 68100 | 0.4995 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8097 | |
| 102 | University of Oregon | 34700 | 40200 | 0.1383 | 20,622 | 1250 | 0.883 | |
| 103 | Andrews University | 35000 | 70100 | 0.5008 | 1,384 | 1143 | 0.8185 | |
| 103 | Chatham University | 35000 | 63300 | 0.4474 | 1,550 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 105 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 35100 | 35100 | 0 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 106 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 36300 | 47500 | 0.236 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 106 | Mississippi State University | 36300 | 50500 | 0.2804 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 108 | California State University-Fresno | 36500 | 43800 | 0.1668 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 109 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 36600 | 40000 | 0.085 | 2,381 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 110 | Benedictine College | 37800 | 50800 | 0.256 | 2,403 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 111 | Delaware Valley University | 39100 | 66900 | 0.4156 | 1,768 | 1208 | 0.9321 | |
| 112 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 39300 | 39800 | 0.0126 | 24,868 | 1214 | 0.796 | |
| 113 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 40200 | 44100 | 0.0885 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 114 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 40300 | 48500 | 0.169 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 115 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5061 | 33,475 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 116 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 41100 | 55200 | 0.2554 | 25,900 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 117 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41400 | 57000 | 0.2738 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.782 | |
| 118 | Anderson University | 42300 | 53600 | 0.2108 | 3,683 | 1209 | 0.5471 | |
| 119 | Kean University | 42400 | 48300 | 0.1222 | 11,758 | 1040 | 0.759 | |
| 120 | University at Buffalo | 43800 | 46700 | 0.0621 | 20,359 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 121 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 43900 | 57100 | 0.2305 | 23,329 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 122 | Florida Atlantic University | 44200 | 44400 | 0.0045 | 24,876 | 1130 | 0.6613 | |
| 123 | Towson University | 45100 | 46400 | 0.028 | 16,264 | 1098 | 0.8197 | |
| 124 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 46000 | 86300 | 0.4668 | 5,741 | 1438 | 0.6347 | |
| 125 | University of Colorado Boulder | 46600 | 57700 | 0.1916 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7808 | |
| 126 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47100 | 59700 | 0.2117 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 127 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 48000 | 55800 | 0.1398 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 128 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 48600 | 91400 | 0.4684 | 8,192 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
| 129 | Drexel University | 48800 | 83900 | 0.4184 | 13,309 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 130 | The University of Texas at Austin | 49800 | 59400 | 0.1617 | 43,165 | 1356 | 0.2664 | |
| 131 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 50900 | 84700 | 0.3991 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 132 | University of Utah | 51600 | 53700 | 0.04 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 133 | Woodbury University | 52900 | 69500 | 0.2388 | 786 | 1087 | 0.8165 | |
| 134 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 53000 | 61200 | 0.1332 | 26,221 | 1204 | 0.8854 | |
| 135 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 53300 | 53300 | 0 | 33,033 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 136 | University of San Francisco | 53600 | 84800 | 0.3678 | 5,321 | 1292 | 0.6171 | |
| 137 | Howard University | 54900 | 66500 | 0.1745 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 138 | Miami University-Oxford | 57400 | 57400 | 0 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 139 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58300 | 64100 | 0.0905 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 140 | Maryland Institute College of Art | 60700 | 71200 | 0.1476 | 1,191 | 1232 | 0.7679 | |
| 141 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 60800 | 63000 | 0.0342 | 38,093 | 1302 | 0.7821 | |
| 142 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 61100 | 63200 | 0.0332 | 40,684 | 1331 | 0.3915 | |
| 143 | California College of the Arts | 65200 | 87600 | 0.2556 | 1,004 | 1079 | 0.911 | |
| 144 | Otis College of Art and Design | 66700 | 79800 | 0.1641 | 1,224 | 1335 | 0.8176 | |
| 145 | The Catholic University of America | 82500 | 82500 | 0 | 3,177 | 1140 | 0.8278 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.