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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 | Princeton University | 3800 | 82600 | 0.954 | 5,916 | 1528 | 0.0442 | |
| 4 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 4800 | 40700 | 0.8811 | 35,358 | 1448 | 0.1642 | |
| 5 | Yale University | 5500 | 92200 | 0.94 | 6,667 | 1507 | 0.0475 | |
| 6 | United States Merchant Marine Academy | 7300 | 8600 | 0.1511 | 962 | 1214 | 0.3424 | |
| 7 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8300 | 97100 | 0.915 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 8 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 8400 | 90000 | 0.9071 | 4,561 | 1542 | 0.0456 | |
| 9 | Carnegie Mellon University | 9000 | 90900 | 0.9006 | 7,728 | 1528 | 0.1107 | |
| 10 | Wellesley College | 9300 | 91300 | 0.8983 | 2,366 | 1499 | 0.1479 | |
| 11 | Mount Holyoke College | 9500 | 89900 | 0.8946 | 2,135 | 1419 | 0.3841 | |
| 12 | Rice University | 9800 | 89100 | 0.8903 | 4,807 | 1528 | 0.0801 | |
| 13 | Massachusetts Maritime Academy | 10000 | 21000 | 0.524 | 1,511 | 1120 | 0.9202 | |
| 14 | University of California-Davis | 10200 | 38100 | 0.7328 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 15 | University of Notre Dame | 10600 | 86200 | 0.8775 | 8,950 | 1497 | 0.0938 | |
| 16 | Washington University in St Louis | 10700 | 102300 | 0.8957 | 8,153 | 1512 | 0.1192 | |
| 17 | California State University-Fresno | 11300 | 19600 | 0.4272 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 17 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 11300 | 29100 | 0.6122 | 40,996 | 1399 | 0.4175 | |
| 19 | Cornell University | 11500 | 93100 | 0.8767 | 16,138 | 1528 | 0.0838 | |
| 20 | California State University-Sacramento | 11700 | 30700 | 0.6186 | 28,619 | 1015 | 0.9357 | |
| 21 | University of Houston | 12000 | 28400 | 0.5781 | 40,366 | 1224 | 0.7577 | |
| 21 | University of Pennsylvania | 12000 | 92900 | 0.8708 | 9,989 | 1535 | 0.0492 | |
| 23 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 24 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 13300 | 13300 | 0 | 18,667 | 1090 | 0.9711 | |
| 25 | University of Georgia | 13600 | 26600 | 0.4887 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 26 | Middlebury College | 13700 | 89900 | 0.8477 | 2,640 | 1499 | 0.1277 | |
| 26 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 32900 | 0.5832 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 28 | Utah State University | 13800 | 20800 | 0.3369 | 26,629 | 1168 | 0.9212 | |
| 29 | Brown University | 13900 | 94000 | 0.8521 | 7,951 | 1500 | 0.0634 | |
| 30 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 14500 | 26500 | 0.4515 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 31 | University of Maine at Augusta | 15200 | 30600 | 0.5036 | 4,313 | 0 | 0 | |
| 32 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 15300 | 29300 | 0.4778 | 8,421 | 1054 | 0.9444 | |
| 33 | Lehigh University | 15500 | 89600 | 0.8275 | 5,986 | 1436 | 0.2896 | |
| 34 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 15800 | 38400 | 0.5882 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 35 | University of Kansas | 15900 | 34900 | 0.5446 | 22,544 | 1176 | 0.9258 | |
| 36 | Portland State University | 16000 | 26100 | 0.3872 | 14,932 | 1174 | 0.8586 | |
| 37 | University of California-Los Angeles | 16300 | 36700 | 0.5554 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 38 | Bennington College | 17100 | 89500 | 0.8095 | 708 | 1402 | 0.3721 | |
| 38 | SUNY College of Technology at Alfred | 17100 | 29500 | 0.4201 | 3,758 | 0 | 0.7236 | |
| 40 | Keene State College | 17400 | 40900 | 0.5743 | 2,640 | 1064 | 0.8982 | |
| 41 | Prairie View A & M University | 17600 | 25400 | 0.3071 | 9,022 | 960 | 0.7836 | |
| 42 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 17800 | 39000 | 0.5433 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 43 | Barnard College | 17900 | 99700 | 0.8202 | 3,223 | 1499 | 0.1005 | |
| 43 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 17900 | 44300 | 0.5956 | 21,028 | 1450 | 0.1334 | |
| 45 | Texas Tech University | 18100 | 27100 | 0.3326 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 45 | University of California-Berkeley | 18100 | 43500 | 0.5844 | 33,513 | 1407 | 0.1145 | |
| 47 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 18200 | 18200 | 0 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 48 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 18700 | 31000 | 0.3972 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 49 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 19000 | 29900 | 0.3638 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 50 | Connecticut College | 19200 | 95300 | 0.7982 | 1,953 | 1284 | 0.3923 | |
| 51 | Norwich University | 19400 | 73800 | 0.7369 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 51 | Olivet Nazarene University | 19400 | 79300 | 0.755 | 2,704 | 1104 | 0.5586 | |
| 53 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 19700 | 78600 | 0.7492 | 17,848 | 1470 | 0.1565 | |
| 54 | University of New Orleans | 19800 | 30600 | 0.3535 | 5,419 | 1040 | 0.7431 | |
| 55 | University of Southern California | 19900 | 75900 | 0.7382 | 20,768 | 1499 | 0.1119 | |
| 56 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 20200 | 29300 | 0.3101 | 1,984 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 57 | Hampshire College | 20600 | 83900 | 0.7548 | 844 | 1254 | 0.7528 | |
| 58 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 20700 | 30600 | 0.326 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 59 | University of Memphis | 20800 | 29600 | 0.2976 | 15,538 | 1080 | 0.7878 | |
| 60 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27300 | 0.2346 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 61 | Louisiana Tech University | 21200 | 26100 | 0.1879 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 62 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 21300 | 35300 | 0.3962 | 5,986 | 1110 | 0.8916 | |
| 63 | La Roche University | 21400 | 72600 | 0.7055 | 1,972 | 990 | 0.6638 | |
| 63 | Webb Institute | 21400 | 89600 | 0.7608 | 104 | 1465 | 0.2484 | |
| 65 | Tufts University | 21500 | 98900 | 0.7823 | 7,031 | 1497 | 0.1082 | |
| 66 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 67 | South Dakota State University | 21900 | 25200 | 0.1305 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 68 | Mount Mary University | 22300 | 57200 | 0.6102 | 616 | 1069 | 0.831 | |
| 69 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 23200 | 34500 | 0.3279 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 69 | Drury University | 23200 | 52900 | 0.5613 | 1,453 | 1209 | 0.6575 | |
| 71 | Saint Cloud State University | 23300 | 26300 | 0.1156 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 72 | Indiana State University | 24000 | 32400 | 0.2594 | 6,352 | 1015 | 0.9157 | |
| 73 | Judson University | 24100 | 49100 | 0.5087 | 697 | 1010 | 0.8905 | |
| 73 | North Dakota State University | 24100 | 26800 | 0.1003 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 73 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24100 | 39300 | 0.3873 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 76 | SUNY College of Technology at Delhi | 24400 | 36300 | 0.3274 | 2,881 | 1040 | 0.89 | |
| 76 | University of Arizona | 24400 | 38100 | 0.3597 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 78 | University at Buffalo | 24600 | 34000 | 0.2765 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 79 | Marywood University | 25100 | 67700 | 0.629 | 1,936 | 1144 | 0.7878 | |
| 79 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 25100 | 31100 | 0.1928 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 81 | Kent State University at Kent | 25200 | 28400 | 0.1157 | 21,144 | 1104 | 0.7603 | |
| 82 | Ball State University | 25500 | 25500 | 0 | 15,950 | 1185 | 0.8625 | |
| 83 | Minnesota State University, Mankato | 25700 | 28000 | 0.0817 | 13,433 | 1145 | 0.8844 | |
| 84 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 26200 | 36800 | 0.2882 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 85 | Georgia Southern University | 26400 | 26800 | 0.015 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 86 | University of Southern Mississippi | 26500 | 26500 | 0 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 87 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 26600 | 41500 | 0.3588 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 87 | University of Arkansas | 26600 | 28900 | 0.0793 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 89 | University of Idaho | 26700 | 45200 | 0.4089 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 89 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 26700 | 31800 | 0.1605 | 27,963 | 1090 | 0.8395 | |
| 91 | University of North Alabama | 27300 | 37300 | 0.2681 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 92 | Syracuse University | 27400 | 83100 | 0.6701 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 93 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 18,028 | 1059 | 0.7996 | |
| 94 | Hobart William Smith Colleges | 27600 | 88300 | 0.6873 | 1,862 | 1296 | 0.667 | |
| 95 | Iowa State University | 28000 | 42800 | 0.3446 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 96 | Clemson University | 29000 | 37100 | 0.2179 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 97 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 29700 | 42200 | 0.296 | 15,735 | 1069 | 0.8797 | |
| 98 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 30700 | 43100 | 0.2879 | 22,313 | 1341 | 0.2996 | |
| 99 | Ithaca College | 30800 | 72500 | 0.575 | 4,205 | 1328 | 0.7015 | |
| 100 | North Carolina A & T State University | 31300 | 36700 | 0.147 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.5125 | |
| 101 | SUNY Maritime College | 31600 | 41600 | 0.2402 | 1,401 | 1164 | 0.785 | |
| 102 | Lawrence Technological University | 32000 | 71900 | 0.5548 | 2,661 | 1149 | 0.8101 | |
| 103 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32300 | 35100 | 0.0799 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 104 | Morgan State University | 32400 | 41900 | 0.2269 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 105 | Samford University | 32500 | 64600 | 0.497 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 106 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 32600 | 34500 | 0.0551 | 10,396 | 1125 | 0.7162 | |
| 107 | North Carolina State University | 32700 | 54800 | 0.4033 | 29,340 | 1374 | 0.3954 | |
| 108 | Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design | 33300 | 57400 | 0.4199 | 838 | 1143 | 0.6054 | |
| 109 | Auburn University | 33700 | 34100 | 0.0117 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 110 | Thomas Jefferson University | 34100 | 68100 | 0.4993 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 110 | University of Rhode Island | 34100 | 44300 | 0.23 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 112 | Chatham University | 34900 | 63300 | 0.449 | 1,555 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 113 | Delaware Valley University | 35900 | 66900 | 0.4635 | 1,680 | 1189 | 0.9268 | |
| 113 | Temple University | 35900 | 56400 | 0.3636 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 115 | Andrews University | 37200 | 70100 | 0.4694 | 1,384 | 1143 | 0.8185 | |
| 115 | University of Connecticut | 37200 | 53600 | 0.3062 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 117 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37300 | 66300 | 0.4375 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 118 | Benedictine College | 37700 | 50800 | 0.2579 | 2,404 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 119 | Maine Maritime Academy | 38400 | 49800 | 0.2287 | 977 | 1189 | 0.9615 | |
| 120 | Mississippi State University | 39100 | 53400 | 0.2675 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 121 | University of San Francisco | 39300 | 84800 | 0.5364 | 5,171 | 1333 | 0.7176 | |
| 122 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 39500 | 39800 | 0.0075 | 26,213 | 1209 | 0.7778 | |
| 123 | Stony Brook University | 39700 | 53000 | 0.2507 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 123 | University of Central Florida | 39700 | 39700 | 0 | 60,083 | 1289 | 0.428 | |
| 125 | University of Illinois Chicago | 40000 | 50600 | 0.2095 | 24,260 | 1174 | 0.7576 | |
| 126 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 40400 | 48500 | 0.1669 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 127 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41200 | 57000 | 0.2774 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 128 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 41400 | 55200 | 0.2499 | 21,388 | 1369 | 0.5945 | |
| 129 | Anderson University | 42300 | 53600 | 0.2108 | 3,724 | 1209 | 0.5491 | |
| 130 | Kean University | 42400 | 48300 | 0.1222 | 11,932 | 1040 | 0.7811 | |
| 131 | University of Florida | 43100 | 45700 | 0.057 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 132 | Florida Atlantic University | 44400 | 44400 | 0 | 25,626 | 1150 | 0.5497 | |
| 133 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 46100 | 86300 | 0.4656 | 5,833 | 1440 | 0.6725 | |
| 134 | University of Colorado Boulder | 46800 | 57700 | 0.188 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7809 | |
| 135 | University of Delaware | 47500 | 61300 | 0.2252 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 136 | Drexel University | 47700 | 83900 | 0.4315 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 137 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 48000 | 55800 | 0.1398 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 138 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 48300 | 91400 | 0.4717 | 6,839 | 1469 | 0.1446 | |
| 139 | University of Kentucky | 49000 | 58000 | 0.1551 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 140 | The University of Texas at Austin | 49700 | 59400 | 0.1633 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 141 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 50500 | 58800 | 0.1411 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 142 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 53300 | 53300 | 0 | 34,447 | 1273 | 0.8804 | |
| 143 | Howard University | 54900 | 66500 | 0.1745 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 144 | Miami University-Oxford | 57400 | 57400 | 0 | 16,405 | 1284 | 0.74 | |
| 145 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 58200 | 61000 | 0.0473 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 146 | Maryland Institute College of Art | 58400 | 71200 | 0.1798 | 1,192 | 1232 | 0.7681 | |
| 147 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 60700 | 63000 | 0.0364 | 38,463 | 1324 | 0.7589 | |
| 148 | Otis College of Art and Design | 66600 | 79800 | 0.1654 | 1,188 | 1335 | 0.8034 | |
| 149 | University of Oregon | 69000 | 71300 | 0.0321 | 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.