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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 | 1283 | 0.2432 | |
| 1 | United States Naval Academy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4,465 | 1314 | 0.0936 | |
| 3 | Utah State University | 4700 | 21700 | 0.7832 | 25,920 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 4 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 4800 | 40700 | 0.8811 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 5 | Princeton University | 5200 | 82400 | 0.9365 | 5,813 | 1535 | 0.0462 | |
| 6 | Yale University | 5500 | 92200 | 0.94 | 6,814 | 1507 | 0.0387 | |
| 7 | University of Pennsylvania | 7400 | 92900 | 0.9206 | 10,013 | 1528 | 0.054 | |
| 8 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8400 | 98000 | 0.9146 | 9,157 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 9 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 8600 | 90000 | 0.9049 | 4,576 | 1535 | 0.0485 | |
| 9 | Rice University | 8600 | 89100 | 0.9038 | 4,789 | 1535 | 0.08 | |
| 9 | United States Merchant Marine Academy | 8600 | 8600 | 0 | 947 | 1239 | 0.3247 | |
| 12 | Carnegie Mellon University | 9000 | 90900 | 0.9007 | 7,824 | 1528 | 0.1166 | |
| 13 | Washington University in St Louis | 9200 | 96200 | 0.904 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 14 | Wellesley College | 9700 | 91300 | 0.8939 | 2,407 | 1500 | 0.1405 | |
| 15 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 10100 | 29300 | 0.6564 | 31,112 | 1130 | 0.8129 | |
| 16 | University of Notre Dame | 10300 | 86200 | 0.881 | 8,880 | 1499 | 0.1127 | |
| 17 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 10700 | 28400 | 0.6224 | 40,754 | 1391 | 0.3915 | |
| 18 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 10800 | 36600 | 0.7046 | 27,082 | 1099 | 0.8459 | |
| 19 | Middlebury College | 11100 | 89900 | 0.8768 | 2,760 | 1499 | 0.1075 | |
| 20 | Brown University | 11300 | 94000 | 0.8795 | 7,910 | 1535 | 0.0539 | |
| 21 | Cornell University | 11700 | 93100 | 0.8745 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
| 21 | Massachusetts Maritime Academy | 11700 | 21000 | 0.443 | 1,407 | 1120 | 0.7207 | |
| 23 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 11800 | 26100 | 0.5473 | 21,947 | 1335 | 0.3122 | |
| 23 | University of Illinois Chicago | 11800 | 30400 | 0.611 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 25 | Indiana State University | 11900 | 25900 | 0.5414 | 6,224 | 1140 | 0.8077 | |
| 26 | California State University-Fresno | 12000 | 45900 | 0.7393 | 21,430 | 995 | 0.9638 | |
| 27 | Louisiana Tech University | 12800 | 36900 | 0.653 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 28 | Mount Holyoke College | 13000 | 89900 | 0.8557 | 2,178 | 1449 | 0.3603 | |
| 28 | University of North Alabama | 13000 | 30800 | 0.5772 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 30 | University of Houston | 13100 | 23100 | 0.433 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 31 | Portland State University | 13400 | 26100 | 0.4875 | 15,960 | 1176 | 0.9091 | |
| 32 | North Carolina A & T State University | 13500 | 17900 | 0.2465 | 12,216 | 1020 | 0.4617 | |
| 33 | University of Delaware | 13600 | 34500 | 0.6068 | 19,119 | 1303 | 0.6356 | |
| 34 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 13700 | 28000 | 0.5104 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 34 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 31700 | 0.5674 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 36 | University of Georgia | 14600 | 26600 | 0.4506 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 36 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 14600 | 64500 | 0.7736 | 14,576 | 1179 | 0.6967 | |
| 38 | Northeastern University | 14700 | 89900 | 0.8365 | 22,695 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 39 | University of Maine at Augusta | 15000 | 44900 | 0.6661 | 4,250 | 0 | 0.0683 | |
| 40 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 15200 | 35700 | 0.5744 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 41 | University of Memphis | 15500 | 26400 | 0.4137 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 42 | Lehigh University | 15600 | 89600 | 0.8263 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 43 | Keene State College | 15900 | 51200 | 0.69 | 2,744 | 1020 | 0.9033 | |
| 44 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 16200 | 45400 | 0.6426 | 18,428 | 1090 | 0.9529 | |
| 45 | California State University-Sacramento | 16500 | 27600 | 0.4025 | 28,226 | 1015 | 0.9343 | |
| 46 | Bennington College | 17100 | 89500 | 0.8085 | 797 | 1360 | 0.4453 | |
| 47 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 17200 | 27200 | 0.3671 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 47 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 17200 | 26300 | 0.3464 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 49 | SUNY College of Technology at Alfred | 17400 | 46700 | 0.6277 | 3,525 | 1070 | 0.8175 | |
| 50 | Barnard College | 17600 | 99700 | 0.8232 | 3,269 | 1490 | 0.0796 | |
| 50 | University of Rhode Island | 17600 | 46400 | 0.6202 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 52 | Morgan State University | 17900 | 37200 | 0.5189 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 53 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 18000 | 41200 | 0.5637 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 53 | Prairie View A & M University | 18000 | 49200 | 0.6338 | 8,056 | 955 | 0.7441 | |
| 55 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 18400 | 30600 | 0.3971 | 38,093 | 1302 | 0.7821 | |
| 56 | The University of Texas at Austin | 19100 | 26900 | 0.2898 | 43,165 | 1335 | 0.2664 | |
| 57 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 19200 | 78700 | 0.7561 | 17,901 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 58 | Connecticut College | 19300 | 115500 | 0.8326 | 1,990 | 1287 | 0.3704 | |
| 59 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 19400 | 29300 | 0.3374 | 1,984 | 1369 | 0.6328 | |
| 59 | Texas Tech University | 19400 | 27900 | 0.305 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 61 | Towson University | 19700 | 30000 | 0.3429 | 16,264 | 1093 | 0.8198 | |
| 62 | University of Southern California | 19800 | 75800 | 0.7391 | 21,023 | 1485 | 0.1002 | |
| 63 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20200 | 45200 | 0.5537 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 64 | University of New Orleans | 20300 | 30200 | 0.3277 | 5,476 | 1125 | 0.6677 | |
| 65 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 20500 | 34400 | 0.404 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 65 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 20500 | 26500 | 0.2261 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 67 | La Roche University | 20800 | 66200 | 0.6862 | 1,986 | 1150 | 0.7761 | |
| 68 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27100 | 0.2288 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 68 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 20900 | 53000 | 0.6062 | 5,731 | 1174 | 0.9064 | |
| 70 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 21200 | 42700 | 0.5036 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 71 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 21400 | 40100 | 0.4662 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 72 | Webb Institute | 21500 | 73700 | 0.7085 | 106 | 1475 | 0.1404 | |
| 73 | Tufts University | 21700 | 98900 | 0.7803 | 7,126 | 1507 | 0.1153 | |
| 74 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 21900 | 59900 | 0.6343 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 75 | Marywood University | 22000 | 79900 | 0.7249 | 1,834 | 1160 | 0.6058 | |
| 76 | University of Florida | 22500 | 43100 | 0.4779 | 36,567 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 76 | University of Maryland Global Campus | 22500 | 35300 | 0.3631 | 50,793 | 0 | 0.7633 | |
| 78 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 23000 | 27500 | 0.1618 | 17,771 | 1044 | 0.7933 | |
| 79 | University of Southern Mississippi | 23100 | 23100 | 0 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
| 80 | University at Buffalo | 24100 | 34000 | 0.2912 | 20,360 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 81 | Judson University | 24200 | 49100 | 0.5076 | 793 | 1049 | 0.624 | |
| 82 | Norwich University | 24500 | 88400 | 0.723 | 2,642 | 1209 | 0.7361 | |
| 83 | Temple University | 24600 | 36400 | 0.3244 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 84 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 24700 | 38500 | 0.3586 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 85 | Mount Mary University | 24900 | 53300 | 0.5325 | 749 | 1005 | 0.6634 | |
| 86 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 25000 | 37100 | 0.3264 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 86 | University of Kansas | 25000 | 44000 | 0.4315 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 88 | Syracuse University | 25300 | 83100 | 0.6955 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 88 | University of Central Florida | 25300 | 25300 | 0 | 59,649 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
| 90 | South Dakota State University | 25500 | 28700 | 0.1116 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 90 | University of Arkansas | 25500 | 27700 | 0.0796 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 92 | Hobart William Smith Colleges | 26100 | 88300 | 0.7044 | 1,794 | 1313 | 0.6399 | |
| 93 | Ball State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 15,189 | 1170 | 0.855 | |
| 94 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 26600 | 40500 | 0.3433 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 95 | SUNY Maritime College | 26700 | 46800 | 0.4299 | 1,286 | 1215 | 0.7242 | |
| 96 | University of Idaho | 26900 | 45200 | 0.4045 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 97 | Thomas Jefferson University | 27600 | 67700 | 0.5922 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 98 | North Dakota State University | 27800 | 30400 | 0.0858 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 99 | Mississippi State University | 28100 | 32300 | 0.13 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 100 | Drury University | 28800 | 52900 | 0.4554 | 1,391 | 1228 | 0.5758 | |
| 101 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 29500 | 42400 | 0.3041 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 102 | University of Connecticut | 29600 | 33700 | 0.1218 | 19,388 | 1324 | 0.5395 | |
| 103 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 104 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 31100 | 49800 | 0.3755 | 20,592 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 104 | University of Kentucky | 31100 | 36100 | 0.1386 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 106 | Kean University | 31500 | 39600 | 0.2046 | 11,758 | 1035 | 0.7688 | |
| 107 | Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design | 32000 | 64900 | 0.5058 | 885 | 0 | 0.628 | |
| 108 | Ithaca College | 32100 | 72500 | 0.5571 | 4,268 | 1314 | 0.6901 | |
| 109 | North Carolina State University | 32800 | 54800 | 0.4017 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 110 | Anderson University | 33300 | 52500 | 0.3659 | 3,405 | 1209 | 0.5471 | |
| 111 | Lawrence Technological University | 33600 | 82500 | 0.5924 | 2,579 | 1155 | 0.7403 | |
| 112 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 33800 | 36100 | 0.0637 | 33,572 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 113 | Chatham University | 35100 | 63900 | 0.451 | 1,555 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 113 | Delaware Valley University | 35100 | 83300 | 0.5786 | 1,768 | 1180 | 0.9326 | |
| 113 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 35100 | 35100 | 0 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 116 | Andrews University | 36400 | 62100 | 0.4139 | 1,312 | 1208 | 0.874 | |
| 117 | Benedictine College | 37800 | 50800 | 0.256 | 2,391 | 1229 | 0.7645 | |
| 118 | Auburn University | 38000 | 38000 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 119 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 38500 | 38500 | 0 | 7,890 | 1105 | 0.2056 | |
| 120 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 39700 | 39700 | 0 | 24,868 | 1214 | 0.796 | |
| 121 | Stony Brook University | 39800 | 53000 | 0.2491 | 18,263 | 1395 | 0.4904 | |
| 121 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 39800 | 53700 | 0.259 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
| 123 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5067 | 33,471 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 124 | Endicott College | 40800 | 64200 | 0.3644 | 3,176 | 1215 | 0.7229 | |
| 125 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41300 | 57000 | 0.2756 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 126 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 43800 | 57100 | 0.2315 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 127 | Florida Atlantic University | 44400 | 44400 | 0 | 24,942 | 1130 | 0.6613 | |
| 128 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 46000 | 86200 | 0.4662 | 5,743 | 1438 | 0.6343 | |
| 129 | Maine Maritime Academy | 47400 | 49800 | 0.0482 | 945 | 1180 | 0.5606 | |
| 130 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 48500 | 92100 | 0.4736 | 7,283 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
| 131 | Drexel University | 48700 | 83800 | 0.4188 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 132 | Woodbury University | 50500 | 69500 | 0.2733 | 825 | 1087 | 0.7287 | |
| 133 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53200 | 61000 | 0.1279 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 134 | Howard University | 53400 | 76900 | 0.3055 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 134 | University of San Francisco | 53400 | 84800 | 0.3702 | 5,321 | 1292 | 0.6171 | |
| 136 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 53900 | 56100 | 0.0393 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 137 | University of Colorado Boulder | 54800 | 56600 | 0.0318 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
| 138 | Miami University-Oxford | 56600 | 56600 | 0 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 139 | Maryland Institute College of Art | 60700 | 71200 | 0.1476 | 1,324 | 1196 | 0.7729 | |
| 140 | Clemson University | 61400 | 63700 | 0.0346 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 141 | Otis College of Art and Design | 65300 | 79800 | 0.1817 | 1,224 | 1055 | 0.8176 | |
| 142 | University of Oregon | 66700 | 68900 | 0.032 | 20,622 | 1250 | 0.883 | |
| 143 | University of California-Berkeley | 70400 | 75900 | 0.0725 | 33,469 | 1407 | 0.1104 | |
| 144 | The Catholic University of America | 79400 | 82500 | 0.0376 | 3,177 | 1204 | 0.8278 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.