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Considering a degree in Architecture?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Architecture majors who live in Maine.
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 Maine.
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 | Princeton University | 5300 | 82400 | 0.9353 | 5,813 | 1535 | 0.0462 | |
| 5 | Yale University | 5500 | 92200 | 0.94 | 6,814 | 1507 | 0.0387 | |
| 6 | University of Pennsylvania | 8100 | 92900 | 0.913 | 10,013 | 1528 | 0.054 | |
| 7 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 8200 | 90000 | 0.9093 | 4,576 | 1535 | 0.0485 | |
| 8 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8400 | 98000 | 0.9146 | 9,157 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 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 | |
| 11 | Carnegie Mellon University | 9000 | 90900 | 0.9007 | 7,824 | 1528 | 0.1166 | |
| 12 | Washington University in St Louis | 9200 | 96200 | 0.904 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 13 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 10400 | 25000 | 0.5832 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 13 | Wellesley College | 10400 | 91300 | 0.8862 | 2,407 | 1500 | 0.1405 | |
| 15 | University of Notre Dame | 10600 | 86200 | 0.8775 | 8,880 | 1499 | 0.1127 | |
| 16 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 10700 | 28400 | 0.6224 | 40,754 | 1391 | 0.3915 | |
| 17 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 11000 | 36600 | 0.6991 | 27,082 | 1099 | 0.8459 | |
| 18 | Middlebury College | 11300 | 89900 | 0.8746 | 2,760 | 1499 | 0.1075 | |
| 19 | Brown University | 11600 | 94000 | 0.8763 | 7,910 | 1535 | 0.0539 | |
| 19 | University of Southern Maine | 11600 | 23000 | 0.4951 | 5,525 | 1129 | 0.7931 | |
| 21 | Cornell University | 11700 | 93100 | 0.8745 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
| 22 | University of Houston | 12000 | 28400 | 0.5781 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 23 | Indiana State University | 12200 | 25900 | 0.5298 | 6,224 | 1140 | 0.8077 | |
| 24 | California State University-Fresno | 12300 | 45900 | 0.7327 | 21,430 | 995 | 0.9638 | |
| 25 | University of North Alabama | 13200 | 30800 | 0.5707 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 26 | Mount Holyoke College | 13400 | 89900 | 0.8512 | 2,178 | 1449 | 0.3603 | |
| 26 | University of Idaho | 13400 | 25800 | 0.4807 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 28 | Portland State University | 13500 | 26100 | 0.4837 | 15,960 | 1176 | 0.9091 | |
| 29 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 31700 | 0.5674 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 30 | Louisiana Tech University | 14300 | 36900 | 0.6124 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 30 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 14300 | 28000 | 0.489 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 32 | University of Georgia | 14800 | 26600 | 0.4445 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 32 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 14800 | 64500 | 0.7705 | 14,576 | 1179 | 0.6967 | |
| 34 | Northeastern University | 15100 | 89900 | 0.832 | 22,695 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 34 | University of Maine at Augusta | 15100 | 44900 | 0.6641 | 4,250 | 0 | 0.0683 | |
| 36 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 15200 | 35700 | 0.5744 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 37 | Lehigh University | 15600 | 89600 | 0.8263 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 38 | University of Memphis | 15800 | 26400 | 0.4023 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 39 | Keene State College | 16200 | 51200 | 0.6839 | 2,744 | 1020 | 0.9033 | |
| 40 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 16400 | 45400 | 0.6382 | 18,428 | 1090 | 0.9529 | |
| 41 | North Carolina State University | 16500 | 28500 | 0.4223 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 41 | University of Southern Mississippi | 16500 | 23100 | 0.2857 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
| 43 | California State University-Sacramento | 16700 | 27600 | 0.3952 | 28,226 | 1015 | 0.9343 | |
| 43 | University of Kansas | 16700 | 37100 | 0.5503 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 45 | Bennington College | 17100 | 89500 | 0.8085 | 797 | 1360 | 0.4453 | |
| 45 | University of California-Berkeley | 17100 | 43500 | 0.6074 | 33,469 | 1407 | 0.1104 | |
| 47 | Prairie View A & M University | 17300 | 49200 | 0.648 | 8,056 | 955 | 0.7441 | |
| 48 | Barnard College | 17600 | 99700 | 0.8232 | 3,269 | 1490 | 0.0796 | |
| 48 | SUNY College of Technology at Alfred | 17600 | 46700 | 0.6234 | 3,525 | 1070 | 0.8175 | |
| 50 | University of Arkansas | 17800 | 27700 | 0.3574 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 51 | University of Rhode Island | 17900 | 46400 | 0.6137 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 52 | Morgan State University | 18000 | 19700 | 0.0864 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 52 | University of Maine | 18000 | 29300 | 0.3869 | 591 | 1199 | 0.9684 | |
| 54 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 18200 | 41200 | 0.5589 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 55 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 19100 | 27500 | 0.3057 | 31,112 | 1130 | 0.8129 | |
| 56 | Connecticut College | 19300 | 115500 | 0.8326 | 1,990 | 1287 | 0.3704 | |
| 57 | The University of Texas at Austin | 19500 | 26900 | 0.275 | 43,165 | 1335 | 0.2664 | |
| 58 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 19600 | 78700 | 0.751 | 17,901 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 59 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 19700 | 40000 | 0.5074 | 1,984 | 1369 | 0.6328 | |
| 59 | Texas Tech University | 19700 | 27900 | 0.2942 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 61 | University of Southern California | 20000 | 75800 | 0.7365 | 21,023 | 1485 | 0.1002 | |
| 62 | South Dakota State University | 20500 | 25200 | 0.1866 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 62 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 20500 | 30700 | 0.3297 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 62 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 20500 | 31000 | 0.3391 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 62 | University of New Orleans | 20500 | 30200 | 0.3211 | 5,476 | 1125 | 0.6677 | |
| 66 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 20600 | 32800 | 0.3714 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 67 | La Roche University | 21000 | 66200 | 0.6832 | 1,986 | 1150 | 0.7761 | |
| 68 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 21200 | 53000 | 0.6006 | 5,731 | 1174 | 0.9064 | |
| 69 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 21400 | 40100 | 0.4662 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 70 | Webb Institute | 21500 | 73700 | 0.7085 | 106 | 1475 | 0.1404 | |
| 71 | Tufts University | 21900 | 98900 | 0.7783 | 7,126 | 1507 | 0.1153 | |
| 72 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 22100 | 59900 | 0.6309 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 73 | Marywood University | 22200 | 79900 | 0.7224 | 1,834 | 1160 | 0.6058 | |
| 74 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 23300 | 36800 | 0.367 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 75 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24100 | 38000 | 0.3658 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
| 76 | Judson University | 24200 | 49100 | 0.5076 | 793 | 1049 | 0.624 | |
| 76 | University at Buffalo | 24200 | 34000 | 0.2883 | 20,360 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 78 | Norwich University | 24700 | 88400 | 0.7208 | 2,642 | 1209 | 0.7361 | |
| 79 | Mount Mary University | 24900 | 53300 | 0.5325 | 749 | 1005 | 0.6634 | |
| 79 | Temple University | 24900 | 36400 | 0.3162 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 81 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 25000 | 37100 | 0.3264 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 82 | Syracuse University | 25300 | 83100 | 0.6955 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 83 | Hobart William Smith Colleges | 26000 | 88300 | 0.7056 | 1,794 | 1313 | 0.6399 | |
| 84 | Stony Brook University | 26100 | 33200 | 0.2129 | 18,263 | 1395 | 0.4904 | |
| 85 | Ball State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 15,189 | 1170 | 0.855 | |
| 86 | SUNY Maritime College | 26600 | 46800 | 0.432 | 1,286 | 1215 | 0.7242 | |
| 87 | Thomas Jefferson University | 27500 | 67700 | 0.5937 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 87 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 17,771 | 1044 | 0.7933 | |
| 89 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 27600 | 36700 | 0.2476 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 90 | North Dakota State University | 27800 | 30400 | 0.0858 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 91 | Mississippi State University | 28100 | 32300 | 0.13 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 92 | Drury University | 28700 | 52900 | 0.4573 | 1,391 | 1228 | 0.5758 | |
| 93 | Clemson University | 29100 | 37100 | 0.2156 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 94 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 29500 | 42400 | 0.3041 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 95 | University of Connecticut | 29600 | 33700 | 0.1218 | 19,388 | 1324 | 0.5395 | |
| 96 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 97 | Maine Maritime Academy | 30500 | 33400 | 0.0879 | 945 | 1180 | 0.5606 | |
| 98 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 31100 | 49800 | 0.3755 | 20,592 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 99 | Ithaca College | 32000 | 72500 | 0.5585 | 4,268 | 1314 | 0.6901 | |
| 100 | Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design | 32400 | 64900 | 0.4997 | 885 | 0 | 0.628 | |
| 100 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32400 | 35100 | 0.077 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 102 | Massachusetts Maritime Academy | 32700 | 40200 | 0.1867 | 1,407 | 1120 | 0.7207 | |
| 103 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 32800 | 43100 | 0.2392 | 21,947 | 1335 | 0.3122 | |
| 104 | Anderson University | 33200 | 52500 | 0.3678 | 3,405 | 1209 | 0.5471 | |
| 105 | Lawrence Technological University | 33800 | 82500 | 0.59 | 2,579 | 1155 | 0.7403 | |
| 106 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 34100 | 36100 | 0.0554 | 33,572 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 107 | Chatham University | 35000 | 63900 | 0.4526 | 1,555 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 108 | Delaware Valley University | 35300 | 83300 | 0.5762 | 1,768 | 1180 | 0.9326 | |
| 109 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 35700 | 42800 | 0.1649 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 110 | North Carolina A & T State University | 36000 | 36600 | 0.0164 | 12,216 | 1020 | 0.4617 | |
| 111 | Andrews University | 36400 | 62100 | 0.4139 | 1,312 | 1208 | 0.874 | |
| 111 | Auburn University | 36400 | 38000 | 0.0421 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 113 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37400 | 66500 | 0.4373 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 114 | Benedictine College | 37700 | 50800 | 0.2579 | 2,391 | 1229 | 0.7645 | |
| 115 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 38500 | 38500 | 0 | 7,890 | 1105 | 0.2056 | |
| 116 | Kean University | 38800 | 48300 | 0.1967 | 11,758 | 1035 | 0.7688 | |
| 117 | University of Central Florida | 39600 | 39600 | 0 | 59,649 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
| 118 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 39700 | 39700 | 0 | 24,868 | 1214 | 0.796 | |
| 119 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5067 | 33,471 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 120 | Endicott College | 40700 | 64200 | 0.366 | 3,176 | 1215 | 0.7229 | |
| 121 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41300 | 57000 | 0.2756 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 122 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 42600 | 54700 | 0.2212 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 123 | University of Maryland-College Park | 42700 | 53400 | 0.2004 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 124 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 43000 | 46200 | 0.0693 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 125 | University of Florida | 43100 | 45600 | 0.0548 | 36,567 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 126 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 43800 | 57100 | 0.2315 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 127 | University of Illinois Chicago | 44100 | 49300 | 0.1054 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 128 | Florida Atlantic University | 44400 | 44400 | 0 | 24,942 | 1130 | 0.6613 | |
| 129 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 46100 | 86200 | 0.4651 | 5,743 | 1438 | 0.6343 | |
| 130 | University of Delaware | 47600 | 61300 | 0.2245 | 19,119 | 1303 | 0.6356 | |
| 131 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 48500 | 92100 | 0.4736 | 7,283 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
| 132 | Drexel University | 48700 | 83800 | 0.4188 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 133 | University of Kentucky | 48900 | 56600 | 0.1366 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 134 | Woodbury University | 50500 | 69500 | 0.2733 | 825 | 1087 | 0.7287 | |
| 135 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 50900 | 84700 | 0.3991 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 136 | Howard University | 53500 | 76900 | 0.3042 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 137 | University of San Francisco | 53600 | 84800 | 0.3678 | 5,321 | 1292 | 0.6171 | |
| 138 | University of Colorado Boulder | 55200 | 56600 | 0.0247 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
| 139 | Miami University-Oxford | 56600 | 56600 | 0 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 140 | Maryland Institute College of Art | 60700 | 71200 | 0.1476 | 1,324 | 1196 | 0.7729 | |
| 141 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 60800 | 63000 | 0.035 | 38,093 | 1302 | 0.7821 | |
| 142 | Otis College of Art and Design | 66000 | 79800 | 0.1729 | 1,224 | 1055 | 0.8176 | |
| 143 | University of Oregon | 66700 | 68900 | 0.032 | 20,622 | 1250 | 0.883 | |
| 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.