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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 | 1,063 | 1319 | 0.206 | |
| 1 | United States Naval Academy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4,474 | 1305 | 0.0927 | |
| 3 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 3600 | 93300 | 0.9613 | 4,561 | 1542 | 0.0456 | |
| 3 | Princeton University | 3600 | 83400 | 0.9568 | 5,916 | 1528 | 0.0442 | |
| 5 | University of Pennsylvania | 4200 | 93100 | 0.9553 | 9,989 | 1535 | 0.0492 | |
| 6 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 5300 | 40700 | 0.8689 | 35,358 | 1448 | 0.1642 | |
| 7 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 6900 | 41500 | 0.8333 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 8 | United States Merchant Marine Academy | 7200 | 8800 | 0.1828 | 962 | 1214 | 0.3424 | |
| 9 | Washington University in St Louis | 7300 | 102300 | 0.9283 | 8,153 | 1512 | 0.1192 | |
| 10 | University of Notre Dame | 7400 | 89100 | 0.9168 | 8,950 | 1497 | 0.0938 | |
| 11 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8600 | 98000 | 0.9125 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 11 | Florida Atlantic University | 8600 | 26900 | 0.6815 | 25,626 | 1150 | 0.5497 | |
| 13 | Middlebury College | 8700 | 94500 | 0.908 | 2,640 | 1499 | 0.1277 | |
| 14 | Carnegie Mellon University | 8900 | 90900 | 0.9025 | 7,728 | 1528 | 0.1107 | |
| 15 | Rice University | 9600 | 92500 | 0.8965 | 4,807 | 1528 | 0.0801 | |
| 16 | Portland State University | 9800 | 43300 | 0.7737 | 14,932 | 1174 | 0.8586 | |
| 17 | University of California-Berkeley | 10100 | 44400 | 0.7727 | 33,513 | 1407 | 0.1145 | |
| 17 | Wellesley College | 10100 | 95400 | 0.8937 | 2,366 | 1499 | 0.1479 | |
| 19 | University of California-Davis | 10200 | 38600 | 0.7362 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 20 | Cornell University | 10500 | 93700 | 0.8878 | 16,138 | 1528 | 0.0838 | |
| 21 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 10800 | 27400 | 0.6055 | 27,963 | 1090 | 0.8395 | |
| 22 | Massachusetts Maritime Academy | 11200 | 46600 | 0.7596 | 1,511 | 1120 | 0.9202 | |
| 23 | California State University-Fresno | 11400 | 19600 | 0.4208 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 24 | Brown University | 11900 | 94000 | 0.8733 | 7,951 | 1500 | 0.0634 | |
| 25 | Louisiana Tech University | 12000 | 42900 | 0.7202 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 25 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 12000 | 29300 | 0.5905 | 8,421 | 1054 | 0.9444 | |
| 27 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 27 | Mount Holyoke College | 12600 | 89900 | 0.8599 | 2,135 | 1419 | 0.3841 | |
| 29 | Kean University | 12700 | 39200 | 0.676 | 11,932 | 1040 | 0.7811 | |
| 29 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 12700 | 35000 | 0.6367 | 18,667 | 1090 | 0.9711 | |
| 31 | University of Arizona | 13000 | 31000 | 0.5803 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 31 | University of Houston | 13000 | 21800 | 0.4036 | 40,366 | 1224 | 0.7577 | |
| 33 | University of Delaware | 13400 | 34500 | 0.6119 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 34 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 61700 | 0.7774 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 35 | University of Memphis | 14200 | 26400 | 0.463 | 15,538 | 1080 | 0.7878 | |
| 36 | University of North Alabama | 14500 | 37300 | 0.6114 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 37 | University of Maine at Augusta | 14700 | 54900 | 0.732 | 4,313 | 0 | 0 | |
| 38 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 14800 | 54400 | 0.7284 | 15,735 | 1069 | 0.8797 | |
| 39 | Morgan State University | 15800 | 30700 | 0.4849 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 40 | Indiana State University | 16000 | 32400 | 0.5064 | 6,352 | 1015 | 0.9157 | |
| 41 | Keene State College | 16100 | 51400 | 0.6872 | 2,640 | 1064 | 0.8982 | |
| 42 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 16200 | 26500 | 0.3882 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 43 | Georgia Southern University | 16300 | 20100 | 0.1886 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 44 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 16700 | 28100 | 0.4063 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 44 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 16700 | 26300 | 0.3641 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 46 | Bennington College | 16800 | 89500 | 0.8125 | 708 | 1402 | 0.3721 | |
| 46 | University of Maryland Global Campus | 16800 | 29700 | 0.433 | 52,187 | 0 | 1 | |
| 48 | University of Colorado Boulder | 17000 | 31800 | 0.4656 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7809 | |
| 49 | University of Kentucky | 17200 | 36500 | 0.528 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 50 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 17300 | 44100 | 0.608 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 51 | Barnard College | 17500 | 99700 | 0.8241 | 3,223 | 1499 | 0.1005 | |
| 52 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 17600 | 29900 | 0.4131 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 53 | The University of Texas at Austin | 17700 | 28100 | 0.3697 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 53 | Yale University | 17700 | 278600 | 0.9365 | 6,667 | 1507 | 0.0475 | |
| 55 | California State University-Sacramento | 17800 | 27700 | 0.358 | 28,619 | 1015 | 0.9357 | |
| 56 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 17900 | 47900 | 0.6257 | 21,028 | 1450 | 0.1334 | |
| 57 | La Roche University | 18100 | 87300 | 0.7928 | 1,972 | 990 | 0.6638 | |
| 57 | SUNY College of Technology at Alfred | 18100 | 37500 | 0.5173 | 3,758 | 0 | 0.7236 | |
| 59 | Olivet Nazarene University | 18500 | 79300 | 0.7673 | 2,704 | 1104 | 0.5586 | |
| 60 | Norwich University | 18800 | 100600 | 0.8134 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 61 | Connecticut College | 19000 | 93000 | 0.7954 | 1,953 | 1284 | 0.3923 | |
| 62 | Lehigh University | 19200 | 89800 | 0.7863 | 5,986 | 1436 | 0.2896 | |
| 63 | University of Southern California | 19600 | 76400 | 0.7439 | 20,768 | 1499 | 0.1119 | |
| 64 | University of Rhode Island | 19700 | 47400 | 0.5845 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 65 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 19900 | 40600 | 0.511 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 65 | SUNY College of Technology at Delhi | 19900 | 55300 | 0.6399 | 2,881 | 1040 | 0.89 | |
| 67 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 20100 | 35200 | 0.4286 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 68 | South Dakota State University | 20200 | 25200 | 0.2009 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 69 | Syracuse University | 20300 | 83600 | 0.7572 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 70 | North Dakota State University | 20600 | 25700 | 0.2008 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 71 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 20700 | 30600 | 0.3258 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 71 | University of New Orleans | 20700 | 30000 | 0.3096 | 5,419 | 1040 | 0.7431 | |
| 73 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27100 | 0.229 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 74 | Iowa State University | 21100 | 25700 | 0.1794 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 75 | University of Kansas | 21600 | 44400 | 0.5132 | 22,544 | 1176 | 0.9258 | |
| 75 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 21600 | 80400 | 0.731 | 17,848 | 1470 | 0.1565 | |
| 77 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 77 | Utah State University | 21800 | 38800 | 0.4382 | 26,629 | 1168 | 0.9212 | |
| 79 | Marywood University | 22000 | 93800 | 0.7655 | 1,936 | 1144 | 0.7878 | |
| 80 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 22100 | 34200 | 0.3541 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 80 | Mount Mary University | 22100 | 57200 | 0.6134 | 616 | 1069 | 0.831 | |
| 82 | Tufts University | 22400 | 99000 | 0.7738 | 7,031 | 1497 | 0.1082 | |
| 83 | University of Florida | 22600 | 42800 | 0.4725 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 84 | SUNY Maritime College | 22700 | 59200 | 0.6169 | 1,401 | 1164 | 0.785 | |
| 85 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 22800 | 36100 | 0.3681 | 34,447 | 1273 | 0.8804 | |
| 85 | University of Southern Mississippi | 22800 | 23100 | 0.013 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 87 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 23500 | 34500 | 0.3191 | 10,396 | 1125 | 0.7162 | |
| 88 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 23800 | 40500 | 0.4124 | 21,388 | 1369 | 0.5945 | |
| 89 | Judson University | 24000 | 49100 | 0.5122 | 697 | 1010 | 0.8905 | |
| 89 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 24000 | 60700 | 0.6046 | 1,984 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 91 | Miami University-Oxford | 24100 | 28300 | 0.1483 | 16,405 | 1284 | 0.74 | |
| 92 | Kent State University at Kent | 24900 | 28400 | 0.1253 | 21,144 | 1104 | 0.7603 | |
| 93 | Delaware Valley University | 25700 | 95800 | 0.7318 | 1,680 | 1189 | 0.9268 | |
| 94 | University of Arkansas | 26000 | 28500 | 0.0899 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 95 | Stony Brook University | 26100 | 33200 | 0.2129 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 96 | Ball State University | 26500 | 26500 | 0 | 15,950 | 1185 | 0.8625 | |
| 97 | Drury University | 26700 | 54500 | 0.51 | 1,453 | 1209 | 0.6575 | |
| 98 | Texas Tech University | 27100 | 27100 | 0 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 99 | Hobart William Smith Colleges | 27200 | 88300 | 0.6918 | 1,862 | 1296 | 0.667 | |
| 99 | University of Georgia | 27200 | 27200 | 0 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 101 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 18,028 | 1059 | 0.7996 | |
| 102 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 28300 | 43100 | 0.3436 | 22,313 | 1341 | 0.2996 | |
| 103 | Clemson University | 28800 | 37100 | 0.2253 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 104 | University of Connecticut | 29200 | 55500 | 0.4737 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 105 | Lawrence Technological University | 29700 | 99100 | 0.7006 | 2,661 | 1149 | 0.8101 | |
| 105 | Thomas Jefferson University | 29700 | 70000 | 0.5764 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 107 | Ithaca College | 30000 | 72600 | 0.5864 | 4,205 | 1328 | 0.7015 | |
| 108 | Prairie View A & M University | 30600 | 39600 | 0.2272 | 9,022 | 960 | 0.7836 | |
| 109 | University of Central Florida | 31700 | 42800 | 0.2593 | 60,083 | 1289 | 0.428 | |
| 110 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 31800 | 54400 | 0.4154 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 111 | Anderson University | 32300 | 54700 | 0.4098 | 3,724 | 1209 | 0.5491 | |
| 112 | North Carolina State University | 32400 | 54800 | 0.4083 | 29,340 | 1374 | 0.3954 | |
| 113 | Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design | 33100 | 61800 | 0.4653 | 838 | 1143 | 0.6054 | |
| 114 | University of Illinois Chicago | 34100 | 51300 | 0.3352 | 24,260 | 1174 | 0.7576 | |
| 115 | Samford University | 34500 | 93800 | 0.6323 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 115 | University of Idaho | 34500 | 48700 | 0.2916 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 117 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 34700 | 46400 | 0.2519 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 118 | Chatham University | 34800 | 63900 | 0.4557 | 1,555 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 119 | Auburn University | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 120 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 35200 | 35200 | 0 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 121 | Temple University | 35600 | 57200 | 0.3774 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 122 | North Carolina A & T State University | 36400 | 36700 | 0.0082 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.5125 | |
| 123 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37100 | 66700 | 0.4439 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 124 | Andrews University | 37200 | 76700 | 0.5148 | 1,384 | 1143 | 0.8185 | |
| 125 | Benedictine College | 37700 | 52500 | 0.2817 | 2,404 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 126 | Maine Maritime Academy | 38300 | 53000 | 0.2775 | 977 | 1189 | 0.9615 | |
| 127 | Mississippi State University | 38900 | 53400 | 0.2726 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 128 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 39000 | 40300 | 0.0322 | 26,213 | 1209 | 0.7778 | |
| 129 | Drexel University | 39300 | 86400 | 0.5455 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 130 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 39900 | 59200 | 0.3258 | 5,986 | 1110 | 0.8916 | |
| 131 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5061 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 132 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 40900 | 58700 | 0.3035 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 133 | Towson University | 46400 | 46400 | 0 | 16,361 | 1082 | 0.8057 | |
| 133 | University at Buffalo | 46400 | 46400 | 0 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 135 | Otis College of Art and Design | 46700 | 79800 | 0.4145 | 1,188 | 1335 | 0.8034 | |
| 136 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 49200 | 58800 | 0.1628 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 136 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 49200 | 67600 | 0.2722 | 40,996 | 1399 | 0.4175 | |
| 138 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 50600 | 63800 | 0.2065 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 139 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 52600 | 86300 | 0.3905 | 5,833 | 1440 | 0.6725 | |
| 140 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 53400 | 96100 | 0.4442 | 6,839 | 1469 | 0.1446 | |
| 140 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53400 | 63400 | 0.1578 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 142 | University of San Francisco | 54700 | 87200 | 0.3727 | 5,171 | 1333 | 0.7176 | |
| 143 | Howard University | 54900 | 88500 | 0.3798 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 144 | Maryland Institute College of Art | 58100 | 71200 | 0.1836 | 1,192 | 1232 | 0.7681 | |
| 145 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58500 | 63600 | 0.0803 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 146 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 60400 | 63000 | 0.0407 | 38,463 | 1324 | 0.7589 | |
| 147 | Webb Institute | 61200 | 74800 | 0.1819 | 104 | 1465 | 0.2484 | |
| 148 | University of Oregon | 68700 | 71300 | 0.036 | 20,710 | 1193 | 0.8742 | |
| 149 | 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.