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Considering a degree in Architecture?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Architecture majors who live in Michigan.
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 Michigan.
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 | |
| 4 | Princeton University | 4000 | 83400 | 0.952 | 5,916 | 1528 | 0.0442 | |
| 5 | University of Pennsylvania | 4800 | 93100 | 0.9489 | 9,989 | 1535 | 0.0492 | |
| 6 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 5700 | 40800 | 0.8591 | 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 | 7400 | 8800 | 0.16 | 962 | 1214 | 0.3424 | |
| 8 | Washington University in St Louis | 7400 | 102300 | 0.9278 | 8,153 | 1512 | 0.1192 | |
| 10 | University of Notre Dame | 8000 | 89100 | 0.91 | 8,950 | 1497 | 0.0938 | |
| 11 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8600 | 98000 | 0.9125 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 11 | Henry Ford College | 8600 | 20800 | 0.5856 | 11,410 | 0 | 0 | |
| 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 | 9800 | 92500 | 0.8944 | 4,807 | 1528 | 0.0801 | |
| 16 | Portland State University | 10100 | 43300 | 0.7668 | 14,932 | 1174 | 0.8586 | |
| 17 | Cornell University | 10500 | 93700 | 0.8878 | 16,138 | 1528 | 0.0838 | |
| 17 | University of California-Berkeley | 10500 | 44400 | 0.7637 | 33,513 | 1407 | 0.1145 | |
| 17 | Wellesley College | 10500 | 95400 | 0.8895 | 2,366 | 1499 | 0.1479 | |
| 20 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 11000 | 31800 | 0.6544 | 27,963 | 1090 | 0.8395 | |
| 21 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 11100 | 33800 | 0.6718 | 40,996 | 1399 | 0.4175 | |
| 22 | California State University-Fresno | 11600 | 19600 | 0.4106 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 22 | Massachusetts Maritime Academy | 11600 | 46600 | 0.7511 | 1,511 | 1120 | 0.9202 | |
| 24 | Brown University | 11900 | 94000 | 0.8733 | 7,951 | 1500 | 0.0634 | |
| 25 | Mount Holyoke College | 12600 | 89900 | 0.8599 | 2,135 | 1419 | 0.3841 | |
| 25 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 12600 | 29300 | 0.57 | 8,421 | 1054 | 0.9444 | |
| 27 | Wayne State University | 13300 | 32900 | 0.5954 | 16,390 | 1183 | 0.8359 | |
| 28 | Louisiana Tech University | 13400 | 42900 | 0.6875 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 28 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 13400 | 27400 | 0.5117 | 18,667 | 1090 | 0.9711 | |
| 30 | University of North Alabama | 13700 | 28200 | 0.5145 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 30 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 61700 | 0.7774 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 32 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 14100 | 25600 | 0.4484 | 10,396 | 1125 | 0.7162 | |
| 33 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 14200 | 31000 | 0.5426 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 34 | Eastern Michigan University | 14300 | 33900 | 0.5795 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 35 | University of Memphis | 14400 | 29100 | 0.5054 | 15,538 | 1080 | 0.7878 | |
| 36 | University of Maine at Augusta | 14900 | 54900 | 0.7283 | 4,313 | 0 | 0 | |
| 37 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 15100 | 54400 | 0.7229 | 15,735 | 1069 | 0.8797 | |
| 38 | University of Kansas | 15700 | 34900 | 0.5496 | 22,544 | 1176 | 0.9258 | |
| 39 | Keene State College | 16300 | 51400 | 0.6838 | 2,640 | 1064 | 0.8982 | |
| 39 | Texas Tech University | 16300 | 27100 | 0.3984 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 39 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 16300 | 22300 | 0.2688 | 26,213 | 1209 | 0.7778 | |
| 42 | Indiana State University | 16500 | 32400 | 0.4909 | 6,352 | 1015 | 0.9157 | |
| 43 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 16700 | 41200 | 0.5953 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 43 | Morgan State University | 16700 | 30700 | 0.4556 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 45 | Bennington College | 16800 | 89500 | 0.8125 | 708 | 1402 | 0.3721 | |
| 46 | Georgia Southern University | 16900 | 20100 | 0.1588 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 47 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 17000 | 28100 | 0.3956 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 48 | Barnard College | 17500 | 99700 | 0.8241 | 3,223 | 1499 | 0.1005 | |
| 49 | California State University-Sacramento | 17600 | 30700 | 0.4265 | 28,619 | 1015 | 0.9357 | |
| 50 | Yale University | 17700 | 278600 | 0.9365 | 6,667 | 1507 | 0.0475 | |
| 51 | University of Arkansas | 17900 | 28500 | 0.3737 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 52 | SUNY College of Technology at Alfred | 18200 | 37500 | 0.5147 | 3,758 | 0 | 0.7236 | |
| 53 | La Roche University | 18700 | 87300 | 0.786 | 1,972 | 990 | 0.6638 | |
| 54 | Connecticut College | 18900 | 93000 | 0.7965 | 1,953 | 1284 | 0.3923 | |
| 54 | Olivet Nazarene University | 18900 | 79300 | 0.7623 | 2,704 | 1104 | 0.5586 | |
| 56 | Lehigh University | 19200 | 89800 | 0.7863 | 5,986 | 1436 | 0.2896 | |
| 56 | Norwich University | 19200 | 100600 | 0.8094 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 58 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 19500 | 29900 | 0.3496 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 59 | SUNY College of Technology at Delhi | 20100 | 55300 | 0.6363 | 2,881 | 1040 | 0.89 | |
| 59 | University of Houston | 20100 | 28400 | 0.2926 | 40,366 | 1224 | 0.7577 | |
| 59 | University of Rhode Island | 20100 | 47400 | 0.5761 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 59 | University of Southern California | 20100 | 76400 | 0.7373 | 20,768 | 1499 | 0.1119 | |
| 63 | South Dakota State University | 20200 | 25200 | 0.2009 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 64 | Syracuse University | 20300 | 83600 | 0.7572 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 65 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 20400 | 60700 | 0.6639 | 1,984 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 66 | University of New Orleans | 21000 | 30000 | 0.2996 | 5,419 | 1040 | 0.7431 | |
| 67 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 21400 | 27800 | 0.23 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 68 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 68 | Utah State University | 21800 | 38800 | 0.4382 | 26,629 | 1168 | 0.9212 | |
| 70 | Mount Mary University | 22100 | 57200 | 0.6134 | 616 | 1069 | 0.831 | |
| 70 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 22100 | 80400 | 0.7248 | 17,848 | 1470 | 0.1565 | |
| 72 | Marywood University | 22300 | 93800 | 0.7623 | 1,936 | 1144 | 0.7878 | |
| 73 | Tufts University | 22400 | 99000 | 0.7738 | 7,031 | 1497 | 0.1082 | |
| 74 | SUNY Maritime College | 22900 | 59200 | 0.6135 | 1,401 | 1164 | 0.785 | |
| 75 | Judson University | 24000 | 49100 | 0.5122 | 697 | 1010 | 0.8905 | |
| 75 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24000 | 38500 | 0.3764 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 77 | Miami University-Oxford | 24600 | 28300 | 0.1307 | 16,405 | 1284 | 0.74 | |
| 78 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 25000 | 36800 | 0.3208 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 79 | Ball State University | 25400 | 25400 | 0 | 15,950 | 1185 | 0.8625 | |
| 79 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 25400 | 31100 | 0.1824 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 81 | Delaware Valley University | 25700 | 95800 | 0.7318 | 1,680 | 1189 | 0.9268 | |
| 82 | Drury University | 26800 | 54500 | 0.5082 | 1,453 | 1209 | 0.6575 | |
| 83 | Hobart William Smith Colleges | 27100 | 88300 | 0.693 | 1,862 | 1296 | 0.667 | |
| 84 | University of Southern Mississippi | 27200 | 27200 | 0 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 85 | North Dakota State University | 27400 | 30400 | 0.0976 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 86 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 18,028 | 1059 | 0.7996 | |
| 87 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 28800 | 43100 | 0.332 | 22,313 | 1341 | 0.2996 | |
| 88 | Andrews University | 29600 | 76800 | 0.6142 | 1,384 | 1143 | 0.8185 | |
| 89 | Mississippi State University | 29900 | 34400 | 0.1326 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 90 | Thomas Jefferson University | 30000 | 70000 | 0.5721 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 91 | Lawrence Technological University | 30100 | 99100 | 0.6966 | 2,661 | 1149 | 0.8101 | |
| 92 | Ithaca College | 30500 | 72600 | 0.5796 | 4,205 | 1328 | 0.7015 | |
| 93 | Iowa State University | 30700 | 45200 | 0.3221 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 94 | Kent State University at Kent | 30900 | 37500 | 0.1751 | 21,144 | 1104 | 0.7603 | |
| 94 | Prairie View A & M University | 30900 | 39600 | 0.2196 | 9,022 | 960 | 0.7836 | |
| 96 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 31100 | 50300 | 0.3816 | 21,028 | 1450 | 0.1334 | |
| 97 | Anderson University | 32100 | 54700 | 0.4134 | 3,724 | 1209 | 0.5491 | |
| 97 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 32100 | 54400 | 0.4099 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 99 | North Carolina State University | 32400 | 54800 | 0.4083 | 29,340 | 1374 | 0.3954 | |
| 99 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 32400 | 38400 | 0.1562 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 101 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 33400 | 38200 | 0.1273 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 102 | Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design | 33700 | 61800 | 0.4556 | 838 | 1143 | 0.6054 | |
| 103 | University of Idaho | 34500 | 48700 | 0.2916 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 103 | University of Illinois Chicago | 34500 | 51300 | 0.3274 | 24,260 | 1174 | 0.7576 | |
| 105 | Samford University | 34700 | 93800 | 0.6301 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 106 | Chatham University | 34800 | 63900 | 0.4557 | 1,555 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 107 | Temple University | 35500 | 57200 | 0.3791 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 108 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 35900 | 54000 | 0.3352 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 109 | North Carolina A & T State University | 36500 | 36700 | 0.0054 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.5125 | |
| 110 | Kean University | 36700 | 44900 | 0.1827 | 11,932 | 1040 | 0.7811 | |
| 111 | University of Connecticut | 36900 | 66200 | 0.4429 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 112 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 37500 | 40100 | 0.064 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 113 | Benedictine College | 37600 | 52500 | 0.2836 | 2,404 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 113 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37600 | 66700 | 0.4364 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 115 | Maine Maritime Academy | 38300 | 53000 | 0.2775 | 977 | 1189 | 0.9615 | |
| 116 | Stony Brook University | 39400 | 53000 | 0.2559 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 117 | Drexel University | 39800 | 86400 | 0.5397 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 118 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 39900 | 59200 | 0.3258 | 5,986 | 1110 | 0.8916 | |
| 119 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5061 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 120 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 40900 | 58700 | 0.3035 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 121 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 41700 | 55300 | 0.2461 | 21,388 | 1369 | 0.5945 | |
| 122 | University of Central Florida | 42100 | 42800 | 0.0164 | 60,083 | 1289 | 0.428 | |
| 123 | University of Arizona | 42500 | 48600 | 0.1254 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 124 | University of Florida | 42800 | 45700 | 0.0635 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 125 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43000 | 58500 | 0.2648 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 126 | Florida Atlantic University | 45300 | 45300 | 0 | 25,626 | 1150 | 0.5497 | |
| 127 | University at Buffalo | 46400 | 46400 | 0 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 128 | Otis College of Art and Design | 46600 | 79800 | 0.4158 | 1,188 | 1335 | 0.8034 | |
| 129 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47200 | 61500 | 0.2335 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 130 | University of Delaware | 47800 | 62400 | 0.2344 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 131 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48200 | 51200 | 0.0598 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 132 | University of Kentucky | 48600 | 59900 | 0.1892 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 133 | The University of Texas at Austin | 49700 | 58900 | 0.1562 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 134 | University of Georgia | 52000 | 52100 | 0.0019 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 135 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 52600 | 86300 | 0.3905 | 5,833 | 1440 | 0.6725 | |
| 136 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 53300 | 53300 | 0 | 34,447 | 1273 | 0.8804 | |
| 137 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 53400 | 96100 | 0.4442 | 6,839 | 1469 | 0.1446 | |
| 138 | University of San Francisco | 54700 | 87200 | 0.3727 | 5,171 | 1333 | 0.7176 | |
| 139 | Howard University | 55100 | 88500 | 0.3776 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 140 | University of Colorado Boulder | 55200 | 70900 | 0.2207 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7809 | |
| 141 | Maryland Institute College of Art | 58100 | 71200 | 0.1836 | 1,192 | 1232 | 0.7681 | |
| 142 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58400 | 63600 | 0.0818 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 143 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 58700 | 62100 | 0.0548 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 144 | Auburn University | 59400 | 59400 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 145 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 60400 | 63000 | 0.0407 | 38,463 | 1324 | 0.7589 | |
| 146 | Clemson University | 61100 | 63700 | 0.0403 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 147 | Webb Institute | 61200 | 74800 | 0.1819 | 104 | 1465 | 0.2484 | |
| 148 | University of California-Davis | 68000 | 69900 | 0.0272 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 149 | University of Oregon | 68700 | 71300 | 0.036 | 20,710 | 1193 | 0.8742 | |
| 150 | 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.