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Considering a degree in Architecture?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Architecture majors who live in Minnesota.
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 Minnesota.
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 | 3800 | 83400 | 0.9544 | 5,916 | 1528 | 0.0442 | |
| 5 | University of Pennsylvania | 4200 | 93100 | 0.9553 | 9,989 | 1535 | 0.0492 | |
| 6 | United States Merchant Marine Academy | 7300 | 8800 | 0.1714 | 962 | 1214 | 0.3424 | |
| 6 | Washington University in St Louis | 7300 | 102300 | 0.9283 | 8,153 | 1512 | 0.1192 | |
| 8 | University of Notre Dame | 7600 | 89100 | 0.9145 | 8,950 | 1497 | 0.0938 | |
| 9 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8600 | 98000 | 0.9125 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 10 | Middlebury College | 8700 | 94500 | 0.908 | 2,640 | 1499 | 0.1277 | |
| 11 | Carnegie Mellon University | 8900 | 90900 | 0.9025 | 7,728 | 1528 | 0.1107 | |
| 12 | Rice University | 9700 | 92500 | 0.8954 | 4,807 | 1528 | 0.0801 | |
| 13 | Portland State University | 9900 | 43300 | 0.7714 | 14,932 | 1174 | 0.8586 | |
| 14 | University of California-Davis | 10200 | 38600 | 0.7362 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 14 | Wellesley College | 10200 | 95400 | 0.8926 | 2,366 | 1499 | 0.1479 | |
| 16 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 10500 | 26000 | 0.5968 | 22,313 | 1341 | 0.2996 | |
| 16 | Cornell University | 10500 | 93700 | 0.8878 | 16,138 | 1528 | 0.0838 | |
| 18 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 10900 | 31800 | 0.6576 | 27,963 | 1090 | 0.8395 | |
| 19 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 11100 | 33800 | 0.6718 | 40,996 | 1399 | 0.4175 | |
| 20 | Massachusetts Maritime Academy | 11300 | 46600 | 0.7575 | 1,511 | 1120 | 0.9202 | |
| 21 | California State University-Fresno | 11500 | 19600 | 0.4157 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 22 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 11800 | 39000 | 0.6966 | 17,848 | 1470 | 0.1565 | |
| 23 | Brown University | 11900 | 94000 | 0.8733 | 7,951 | 1500 | 0.0634 | |
| 24 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 12200 | 29300 | 0.5836 | 8,421 | 1054 | 0.9444 | |
| 25 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 31100 | 0.6022 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 26 | Mount Holyoke College | 12600 | 89900 | 0.8599 | 2,135 | 1419 | 0.3841 | |
| 27 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 13000 | 21300 | 0.3895 | 18,667 | 1090 | 0.9711 | |
| 28 | Louisiana Tech University | 13100 | 42900 | 0.6945 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 28 | University of Houston | 13100 | 21800 | 0.399 | 40,366 | 1224 | 0.7577 | |
| 30 | University of Delaware | 13400 | 34500 | 0.6119 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 31 | Utah State University | 13800 | 20800 | 0.3369 | 26,629 | 1168 | 0.9212 | |
| 32 | University of Memphis | 14200 | 29100 | 0.5122 | 15,538 | 1080 | 0.7878 | |
| 33 | University of North Alabama | 14600 | 37300 | 0.6087 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 34 | University of Maine at Augusta | 14700 | 54900 | 0.732 | 4,313 | 0 | 0 | |
| 35 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 14900 | 54400 | 0.7266 | 15,735 | 1069 | 0.8797 | |
| 36 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 15900 | 22300 | 0.2867 | 26,213 | 1209 | 0.7778 | |
| 37 | North Carolina State University | 16100 | 28500 | 0.4348 | 29,340 | 1374 | 0.3954 | |
| 38 | Indiana State University | 16200 | 32400 | 0.5002 | 6,352 | 1015 | 0.9157 | |
| 38 | Keene State College | 16200 | 69800 | 0.7685 | 2,640 | 1064 | 0.8982 | |
| 40 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 16500 | 41200 | 0.6002 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 40 | Morgan State University | 16500 | 30700 | 0.4621 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 42 | Georgia Southern University | 16700 | 20100 | 0.1687 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 43 | Bennington College | 16800 | 89500 | 0.8125 | 708 | 1402 | 0.3721 | |
| 44 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 17400 | 44100 | 0.6057 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 45 | California State University-Sacramento | 17500 | 30700 | 0.4298 | 28,619 | 1015 | 0.9357 | |
| 46 | Yale University | 17700 | 278600 | 0.9365 | 6,667 | 1507 | 0.0475 | |
| 47 | Barnard College | 17900 | 99700 | 0.8201 | 3,223 | 1499 | 0.1005 | |
| 47 | Syracuse University | 17900 | 83600 | 0.7859 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 49 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 18000 | 37200 | 0.5159 | 5,986 | 1110 | 0.8916 | |
| 50 | SUNY College of Technology at Alfred | 18100 | 37500 | 0.5173 | 3,758 | 0 | 0.7236 | |
| 51 | La Roche University | 18300 | 87300 | 0.7906 | 1,972 | 990 | 0.6638 | |
| 52 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 18400 | 30600 | 0.3971 | 38,463 | 1324 | 0.7589 | |
| 53 | Olivet Nazarene University | 18600 | 79300 | 0.7661 | 2,704 | 1104 | 0.5586 | |
| 54 | Connecticut College | 19000 | 93000 | 0.7954 | 1,953 | 1284 | 0.3923 | |
| 54 | Norwich University | 19000 | 100600 | 0.8114 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 54 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 19000 | 29900 | 0.3663 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 57 | Lehigh University | 19200 | 89800 | 0.7863 | 5,986 | 1436 | 0.2896 | |
| 58 | University of Rhode Island | 19800 | 44300 | 0.5525 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 58 | University of Southern California | 19800 | 76400 | 0.7413 | 20,768 | 1499 | 0.1119 | |
| 60 | SUNY College of Technology at Delhi | 19900 | 55300 | 0.6399 | 2,881 | 1040 | 0.89 | |
| 61 | South Dakota State University | 20200 | 25200 | 0.2009 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 62 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 20700 | 30600 | 0.3258 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 63 | University of New Orleans | 20800 | 30000 | 0.3062 | 5,419 | 1040 | 0.7431 | |
| 64 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 21100 | 27800 | 0.2408 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 65 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 65 | University of Kansas | 21800 | 37600 | 0.4214 | 22,544 | 1176 | 0.9258 | |
| 67 | Marywood University | 22100 | 93800 | 0.7644 | 1,936 | 1144 | 0.7878 | |
| 67 | Mount Mary University | 22100 | 57200 | 0.6134 | 616 | 1069 | 0.831 | |
| 69 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 22200 | 34200 | 0.3512 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 70 | Tufts University | 22400 | 99000 | 0.7738 | 7,031 | 1497 | 0.1082 | |
| 71 | SUNY Maritime College | 22800 | 59200 | 0.6152 | 1,401 | 1164 | 0.785 | |
| 71 | University of Southern Mississippi | 22800 | 23100 | 0.013 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 73 | Saint Cloud State University | 23000 | 26300 | 0.1261 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 74 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 23600 | 34500 | 0.3162 | 10,396 | 1125 | 0.7162 | |
| 75 | North Dakota State University | 23900 | 26800 | 0.1105 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 76 | Judson University | 24000 | 49100 | 0.5122 | 697 | 1010 | 0.8905 | |
| 76 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 24000 | 60700 | 0.6046 | 1,984 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 78 | University at Buffalo | 24800 | 34000 | 0.2706 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 79 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 25200 | 31100 | 0.1888 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 80 | Ball State University | 25400 | 25400 | 0 | 15,950 | 1185 | 0.8625 | |
| 81 | Delaware Valley University | 25700 | 95800 | 0.7318 | 1,680 | 1189 | 0.9268 | |
| 82 | Stony Brook University | 26100 | 33200 | 0.2129 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 83 | University of Arkansas | 26600 | 44700 | 0.4042 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 84 | Drury University | 26700 | 54500 | 0.51 | 1,453 | 1209 | 0.6575 | |
| 85 | Hobart William Smith Colleges | 27100 | 88300 | 0.693 | 1,862 | 1296 | 0.667 | |
| 86 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 18,028 | 1059 | 0.7996 | |
| 87 | Maine Maritime Academy | 28300 | 34400 | 0.1772 | 977 | 1189 | 0.9615 | |
| 88 | Lawrence Technological University | 29800 | 99100 | 0.6996 | 2,661 | 1149 | 0.8101 | |
| 88 | Thomas Jefferson University | 29800 | 70000 | 0.575 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 90 | Ithaca College | 30100 | 72600 | 0.5851 | 4,205 | 1328 | 0.7015 | |
| 91 | Iowa State University | 30700 | 45200 | 0.3221 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 91 | Prairie View A & M University | 30700 | 39600 | 0.2247 | 9,022 | 960 | 0.7836 | |
| 93 | Kent State University at Kent | 30900 | 37500 | 0.1751 | 21,144 | 1104 | 0.7603 | |
| 94 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 31100 | 50300 | 0.3816 | 21,028 | 1450 | 0.1334 | |
| 95 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 31900 | 54400 | 0.4135 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 96 | Anderson University | 32200 | 54700 | 0.4116 | 3,724 | 1209 | 0.5491 | |
| 97 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 32400 | 38400 | 0.1562 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 98 | Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design | 33300 | 61800 | 0.4621 | 838 | 1143 | 0.6054 | |
| 99 | University of Illinois Chicago | 34300 | 51300 | 0.3313 | 24,260 | 1174 | 0.7576 | |
| 100 | University of Idaho | 34500 | 48700 | 0.2916 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 101 | Samford University | 34600 | 93800 | 0.6312 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 102 | Chatham University | 34800 | 63900 | 0.4557 | 1,555 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 103 | Minnesota State University, Mankato | 35000 | 37600 | 0.0683 | 13,433 | 1145 | 0.8844 | |
| 104 | Texas Tech University | 35500 | 41000 | 0.1342 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 105 | Temple University | 35600 | 57200 | 0.3774 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 106 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 36000 | 54000 | 0.3334 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 107 | North Carolina A & T State University | 36500 | 36700 | 0.0054 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.5125 | |
| 108 | Kean University | 36700 | 44900 | 0.1827 | 11,932 | 1040 | 0.7811 | |
| 109 | University of Connecticut | 36900 | 66200 | 0.4429 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 110 | Andrews University | 37200 | 76700 | 0.5148 | 1,384 | 1143 | 0.8185 | |
| 111 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37300 | 66700 | 0.4409 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 112 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 37500 | 40100 | 0.064 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 113 | Benedictine College | 37700 | 52500 | 0.2817 | 2,404 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 114 | Mississippi State University | 38900 | 53400 | 0.2726 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 115 | Drexel University | 39500 | 86400 | 0.5431 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 116 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5061 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 117 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 40900 | 58700 | 0.3035 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 118 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 41200 | 55300 | 0.2552 | 21,388 | 1369 | 0.5945 | |
| 119 | University of Central Florida | 42100 | 42800 | 0.0164 | 60,083 | 1289 | 0.428 | |
| 120 | University of Arizona | 42500 | 48600 | 0.1254 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 121 | University of Florida | 42800 | 45700 | 0.0635 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 121 | University of Maryland-College Park | 42800 | 58500 | 0.2682 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 123 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 42900 | 88100 | 0.5129 | 35,358 | 1448 | 0.1642 | |
| 124 | Florida Atlantic University | 45300 | 45300 | 0 | 25,626 | 1150 | 0.5497 | |
| 125 | Otis College of Art and Design | 46700 | 79800 | 0.4145 | 1,188 | 1335 | 0.8034 | |
| 126 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 47100 | 57100 | 0.1751 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 127 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47500 | 61500 | 0.2286 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 128 | University of Kentucky | 48300 | 59900 | 0.1938 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 129 | The University of Texas at Austin | 49300 | 58900 | 0.163 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 130 | University of California-Berkeley | 51600 | 76600 | 0.3263 | 33,513 | 1407 | 0.1145 | |
| 130 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 51600 | 53400 | 0.0337 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 132 | University of Georgia | 52000 | 52100 | 0.0019 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 133 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 52600 | 86300 | 0.3905 | 5,833 | 1440 | 0.6725 | |
| 134 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 53100 | 53300 | 0.0037 | 34,447 | 1273 | 0.8804 | |
| 135 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 53400 | 96100 | 0.4442 | 6,839 | 1469 | 0.1446 | |
| 136 | University of San Francisco | 54700 | 87200 | 0.3727 | 5,171 | 1333 | 0.7176 | |
| 137 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 54900 | 68800 | 0.2022 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 138 | University of Colorado Boulder | 55200 | 70900 | 0.2205 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7809 | |
| 139 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 55600 | 63800 | 0.1281 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 140 | Miami University-Oxford | 57400 | 57400 | 0 | 16,405 | 1284 | 0.74 | |
| 141 | Maryland Institute College of Art | 58100 | 71200 | 0.1836 | 1,192 | 1232 | 0.7681 | |
| 142 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58300 | 63600 | 0.0834 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 143 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 58800 | 62100 | 0.0531 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 144 | Auburn University | 59400 | 59400 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 145 | Howard University | 60000 | 88500 | 0.3222 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 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 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.