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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 | 1,081 | 1294 | 0.2432 | |
| 1 | United States Naval Academy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4,465 | 1302 | 0.0936 | |
| 3 | Princeton University | 5200 | 82400 | 0.9365 | 5,813 | 1535 | 0.0462 | |
| 4 | Yale University | 5500 | 92200 | 0.94 | 6,814 | 1507 | 0.0387 | |
| 5 | University of Pennsylvania | 7800 | 92900 | 0.9162 | 10,013 | 1528 | 0.054 | |
| 6 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8400 | 98000 | 0.9146 | 9,157 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 6 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 8400 | 90000 | 0.9071 | 4,580 | 1542 | 0.0455 | |
| 8 | Rice University | 8600 | 89100 | 0.9038 | 4,789 | 1535 | 0.08 | |
| 8 | United States Merchant Marine Academy | 8600 | 8600 | 0 | 947 | 1230 | 0.3247 | |
| 10 | Carnegie Mellon University | 9000 | 90900 | 0.9007 | 7,824 | 1528 | 0.1166 | |
| 11 | Washington University in St Louis | 9300 | 102300 | 0.909 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 12 | Wellesley College | 10100 | 91300 | 0.8895 | 2,407 | 1500 | 0.1405 | |
| 13 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 10300 | 25000 | 0.5872 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 14 | University of Notre Dame | 10500 | 86200 | 0.8787 | 8,880 | 1471 | 0.1127 | |
| 15 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 10900 | 31800 | 0.6576 | 27,082 | 1099 | 0.8459 | |
| 16 | Middlebury College | 11200 | 89900 | 0.8757 | 2,760 | 1499 | 0.1075 | |
| 17 | Brown University | 11400 | 94000 | 0.8784 | 7,910 | 1535 | 0.0539 | |
| 18 | Utah State University | 11500 | 28500 | 0.5964 | 25,920 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 19 | Cornell University | 11800 | 93100 | 0.8735 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
| 20 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 12000 | 26100 | 0.5396 | 21,947 | 1335 | 0.3122 | |
| 21 | California State University-Fresno | 12100 | 45900 | 0.7371 | 21,430 | 995 | 0.9638 | |
| 21 | Indiana State University | 12100 | 25900 | 0.5337 | 6,224 | 1140 | 0.8077 | |
| 23 | University of North Alabama | 12200 | 28200 | 0.5677 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 24 | Florida Atlantic University | 12500 | 25800 | 0.5162 | 24,942 | 1130 | 0.6613 | |
| 25 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 26 | Louisiana Tech University | 12900 | 36900 | 0.6503 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 27 | Mount Holyoke College | 13200 | 89900 | 0.8534 | 2,178 | 1449 | 0.3603 | |
| 28 | University of Houston | 13300 | 23100 | 0.4244 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 28 | University of Idaho | 13300 | 25800 | 0.4842 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 28 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 13300 | 13300 | 0 | 18,667 | 1090 | 0.9711 | |
| 31 | Portland State University | 13500 | 43100 | 0.6873 | 15,414 | 1112 | 0.9087 | |
| 32 | University of Delaware | 13600 | 34500 | 0.6058 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 33 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 13700 | 64500 | 0.7875 | 15,375 | 1179 | 0.866 | |
| 33 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 32800 | 0.5827 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 35 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 14000 | 28000 | 0.4997 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 36 | Northeastern University | 14900 | 89900 | 0.8343 | 22,695 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 37 | University of Maine at Augusta | 15000 | 44900 | 0.6661 | 4,250 | 0 | 0.0683 | |
| 38 | Lehigh University | 15600 | 89600 | 0.8263 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 39 | University of Memphis | 15700 | 26400 | 0.4061 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 40 | Keene State College | 16300 | 51200 | 0.6823 | 2,744 | 1020 | 0.9033 | |
| 41 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 16400 | 22300 | 0.2643 | 24,868 | 1214 | 0.796 | |
| 41 | University of Southern Mississippi | 16400 | 23100 | 0.29 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
| 43 | North Carolina State University | 16500 | 28500 | 0.4199 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 43 | University of Kansas | 16500 | 37100 | 0.5538 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 45 | California State University-Sacramento | 16600 | 27600 | 0.3989 | 28,226 | 1015 | 0.9343 | |
| 46 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 16700 | 39000 | 0.5705 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 47 | Bennington College | 17200 | 89500 | 0.8078 | 797 | 1360 | 0.4453 | |
| 47 | University of Rhode Island | 17200 | 33900 | 0.4927 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 49 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 17300 | 26300 | 0.3401 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 50 | Morgan State University | 17400 | 37200 | 0.5323 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 51 | Prairie View A & M University | 17500 | 39600 | 0.5579 | 8,836 | 970 | 0.7794 | |
| 51 | SUNY College of Technology at Alfred | 17500 | 46700 | 0.6255 | 3,525 | 1070 | 0.8175 | |
| 53 | University of Arkansas | 17700 | 27700 | 0.3621 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 54 | Barnard College | 17900 | 99700 | 0.8202 | 3,269 | 1499 | 0.1147 | |
| 55 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 18000 | 35300 | 0.4896 | 5,731 | 1174 | 0.9064 | |
| 56 | University of Colorado Boulder | 18100 | 30600 | 0.4085 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
| 57 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 18400 | 30600 | 0.3971 | 38,093 | 1302 | 0.7821 | |
| 58 | Connecticut College | 19400 | 115500 | 0.8318 | 1,990 | 1287 | 0.3704 | |
| 59 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 19500 | 78700 | 0.7523 | 17,901 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 60 | La Roche University | 19600 | 66200 | 0.7043 | 755 | 1069 | 0.7016 | |
| 61 | University of Southern California | 19900 | 75800 | 0.7378 | 20,630 | 1492 | 0.0981 | |
| 62 | University of New Orleans | 20000 | 30200 | 0.3376 | 5,476 | 1050 | 0.6677 | |
| 63 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 20400 | 30700 | 0.3339 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 64 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 20500 | 31000 | 0.3391 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 65 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 20600 | 34400 | 0.4011 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 66 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27100 | 0.2285 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 67 | North Dakota State University | 21000 | 25700 | 0.1841 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 68 | Webb Institute | 21500 | 73700 | 0.7085 | 106 | 1475 | 0.1404 | |
| 69 | Tufts University | 21800 | 98900 | 0.7793 | 7,126 | 1507 | 0.1153 | |
| 70 | Marywood University | 22100 | 79900 | 0.7237 | 1,834 | 1160 | 0.6058 | |
| 70 | South Dakota State University | 22100 | 25200 | 0.1243 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 72 | SUNY Maritime College | 22300 | 46800 | 0.524 | 1,286 | 1215 | 0.7242 | |
| 73 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 23000 | 27500 | 0.1618 | 17,771 | 1044 | 0.7933 | |
| 74 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 23100 | 40000 | 0.4224 | 1,984 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 75 | Saint Cloud State University | 23400 | 26300 | 0.1097 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 76 | Hampshire College | 23700 | 101500 | 0.7662 | 844 | 1254 | 0.7528 | |
| 77 | University at Buffalo | 24100 | 34000 | 0.2912 | 20,360 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 77 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24100 | 38000 | 0.3658 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
| 79 | Judson University | 24200 | 49100 | 0.5067 | 793 | 985 | 0.6233 | |
| 79 | Norwich University | 24200 | 88400 | 0.7264 | 2,642 | 1182 | 0.7361 | |
| 81 | Miami University-Oxford | 24600 | 28400 | 0.1337 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 82 | Drury University | 25200 | 52900 | 0.5235 | 1,391 | 1228 | 0.5758 | |
| 83 | Ball State University | 25500 | 25500 | 0 | 15,189 | 1170 | 0.855 | |
| 84 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 25900 | 59900 | 0.5675 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 85 | Mount Mary University | 26000 | 57200 | 0.5448 | 749 | 1005 | 0.6634 | |
| 86 | Hobart William Smith Colleges | 26100 | 88300 | 0.7044 | 1,794 | 1313 | 0.6399 | |
| 87 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 26700 | 40500 | 0.3408 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 88 | Thomas Jefferson University | 27600 | 67700 | 0.5922 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 89 | Syracuse University | 27900 | 83100 | 0.6642 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 90 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 91 | Maine Maritime Academy | 30400 | 33400 | 0.0899 | 945 | 1180 | 0.5606 | |
| 92 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 31100 | 49800 | 0.3755 | 20,592 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 93 | Kean University | 31500 | 39600 | 0.2046 | 11,758 | 1035 | 0.759 | |
| 94 | Ithaca College | 32100 | 72500 | 0.5571 | 4,268 | 1314 | 0.6901 | |
| 95 | Massachusetts Maritime Academy | 32400 | 40200 | 0.1942 | 1,407 | 1120 | 0.7207 | |
| 96 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32500 | 35100 | 0.0742 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 97 | Lawrence Technological University | 33200 | 82500 | 0.5973 | 2,579 | 1159 | 0.7403 | |
| 97 | Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design | 33200 | 57400 | 0.4207 | 885 | 1143 | 0.628 | |
| 99 | Anderson University | 33300 | 52500 | 0.3659 | 3,405 | 1209 | 0.5471 | |
| 100 | Minnesota State University, Mankato | 34100 | 37200 | 0.0842 | 12,897 | 1160 | 0.9133 | |
| 101 | Chatham University | 35100 | 63900 | 0.451 | 1,555 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 102 | Delaware Valley University | 35200 | 83300 | 0.5774 | 1,768 | 1180 | 0.9326 | |
| 103 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 35600 | 42800 | 0.1683 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 104 | Andrews University | 35800 | 62100 | 0.4235 | 1,312 | 1196 | 0.874 | |
| 105 | North Carolina A & T State University | 36200 | 36600 | 0.0109 | 12,216 | 1040 | 0.4617 | |
| 106 | Mississippi State University | 36300 | 50500 | 0.2801 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 107 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 36800 | 38900 | 0.0548 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 108 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37200 | 66500 | 0.4403 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 109 | University of Connecticut | 37300 | 43900 | 0.1505 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 110 | Benedictine College | 37700 | 50800 | 0.2579 | 2,391 | 1223 | 0.7645 | |
| 111 | Texas Tech University | 38700 | 41000 | 0.0561 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 112 | University of Central Florida | 39600 | 39600 | 0 | 59,649 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
| 113 | Stony Brook University | 39900 | 53000 | 0.2478 | 18,263 | 1404 | 0.4904 | |
| 114 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5067 | 33,471 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 115 | Temple University | 40700 | 55300 | 0.2642 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 116 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 41400 | 47200 | 0.1228 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 116 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41400 | 57000 | 0.2738 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 118 | California College of the Arts | 42400 | 87600 | 0.5158 | 1,004 | 1079 | 0.911 | |
| 119 | University of Florida | 43100 | 45600 | 0.0548 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 120 | University of Illinois Chicago | 43900 | 49300 | 0.1094 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 121 | The University of Texas at Austin | 45300 | 45300 | 0 | 43,165 | 1348 | 0.2664 | |
| 122 | University of Georgia | 45900 | 51600 | 0.1108 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 123 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 46100 | 86200 | 0.4651 | 5,743 | 1438 | 0.6343 | |
| 124 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 48000 | 60000 | 0.1999 | 31,112 | 1114 | 0.8129 | |
| 125 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48600 | 51200 | 0.0514 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 126 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 48700 | 92100 | 0.4715 | 7,283 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
| 127 | Drexel University | 48800 | 83800 | 0.4176 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 128 | University of Kentucky | 48900 | 56600 | 0.136 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 129 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 51000 | 84700 | 0.398 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 130 | University of Utah | 51600 | 53700 | 0.0398 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 131 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 53400 | 53400 | 0 | 33,572 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 132 | University of San Francisco | 53500 | 84800 | 0.369 | 5,321 | 1292 | 0.6171 | |
| 133 | Woodbury University | 53800 | 69500 | 0.2258 | 825 | 1087 | 0.7287 | |
| 134 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 58100 | 66100 | 0.121 | 40,754 | 1391 | 0.3915 | |
| 135 | Howard University | 58300 | 76900 | 0.2418 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 135 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58300 | 64100 | 0.0905 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 135 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 58300 | 61000 | 0.0448 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 138 | Auburn University | 58700 | 58700 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 139 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 59100 | 61200 | 0.0349 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 140 | Maryland Institute College of Art | 60700 | 71200 | 0.1476 | 1,324 | 1174 | 0.7729 | |
| 141 | Clemson University | 61500 | 63700 | 0.0335 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 142 | University of Oregon | 66800 | 68900 | 0.031 | 20,622 | 1250 | 0.883 | |
| 143 | University of California-Berkeley | 70500 | 75900 | 0.0712 | 33,469 | 1407 | 0.1104 | |
| 144 | The Catholic University of America | 76300 | 82500 | 0.0751 | 3,177 | 1155 | 0.8278 | |
| 145 | Otis College of Art and Design | 78900 | 79800 | 0.0113 | 1,224 | 1235 | 0.8176 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.