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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 | 1283 | 0.2432 | |
| 1 | United States Naval Academy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4,465 | 1314 | 0.0936 | |
| 1 | University of California-Los Angeles | 0 | 68600 | 1 | 33,471 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 1 | University of Connecticut | 0 | 33200 | 1 | 19,388 | 1324 | 0.5395 | |
| 1 | Utah State University | 0 | 30000 | 1 | 25,920 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 6 | Rice University | 4200 | 85500 | 0.9508 | 4,789 | 1535 | 0.08 | |
| 7 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 5200 | 86800 | 0.9398 | 4,576 | 1535 | 0.0485 | |
| 8 | Yale University | 5500 | 92300 | 0.9403 | 6,814 | 1507 | 0.0387 | |
| 9 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 7100 | 39100 | 0.8193 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 10 | Princeton University | 7800 | 81800 | 0.9045 | 5,813 | 1535 | 0.0462 | |
| 11 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8900 | 94100 | 0.9057 | 9,157 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 12 | University of Pennsylvania | 9000 | 93000 | 0.9034 | 10,013 | 1528 | 0.054 | |
| 13 | Washington University in St Louis | 9600 | 96200 | 0.9006 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 14 | United States Merchant Marine Academy | 10200 | 10200 | 0 | 947 | 1239 | 0.3247 | |
| 15 | Cornell University | 10700 | 92000 | 0.8834 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
| 16 | Wellesley College | 11100 | 90900 | 0.8782 | 2,407 | 1500 | 0.1405 | |
| 17 | University of Notre Dame | 11500 | 86100 | 0.8664 | 8,880 | 1499 | 0.1127 | |
| 18 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 27200 | 0.5443 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 19 | Middlebury College | 12800 | 89800 | 0.8573 | 2,760 | 1499 | 0.1075 | |
| 20 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 13100 | 24400 | 0.4636 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 21 | University of North Alabama | 13300 | 28200 | 0.5287 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 21 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 13300 | 13300 | 0 | 18,428 | 1090 | 0.9529 | |
| 23 | Louisiana Tech University | 13700 | 24900 | 0.4491 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 23 | University of Delaware | 13700 | 32500 | 0.578 | 19,119 | 1303 | 0.6356 | |
| 25 | North Carolina A & T State University | 13800 | 17900 | 0.2297 | 12,216 | 1020 | 0.4617 | |
| 26 | Texas Tech University | 14000 | 27000 | 0.4813 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 27 | University of Idaho | 14200 | 26400 | 0.4618 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 28 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 14500 | 26500 | 0.454 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 29 | Carnegie Mellon University | 14700 | 87300 | 0.8314 | 7,824 | 1528 | 0.1166 | |
| 30 | Northeastern University | 14900 | 89900 | 0.8346 | 22,695 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 31 | University of Houston | 15000 | 23600 | 0.3649 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 32 | Webb Institute | 15500 | 73700 | 0.7899 | 106 | 1475 | 0.1404 | |
| 33 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 15700 | 28000 | 0.439 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 34 | Brown University | 16400 | 93900 | 0.8251 | 7,910 | 1535 | 0.0539 | |
| 35 | University of Southern Mississippi | 16800 | 23100 | 0.2725 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
| 36 | Tufts University | 17000 | 92400 | 0.8164 | 7,126 | 1507 | 0.1153 | |
| 37 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 17200 | 27200 | 0.3671 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 38 | Bennington College | 17500 | 89500 | 0.805 | 797 | 1360 | 0.4453 | |
| 39 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 17800 | 26300 | 0.3236 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 40 | University of Rhode Island | 18000 | 34400 | 0.4765 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 41 | University of Southern California | 18300 | 76000 | 0.7592 | 21,023 | 1485 | 0.1002 | |
| 42 | Mount Holyoke College | 18500 | 89700 | 0.7942 | 2,178 | 1449 | 0.3603 | |
| 43 | Saint Cloud State University | 18600 | 24500 | 0.2405 | 8,013 | 1094 | 0.9495 | |
| 44 | Portland State University | 18700 | 26100 | 0.2834 | 15,960 | 1176 | 0.9091 | |
| 44 | University of New Orleans | 18700 | 29500 | 0.3661 | 5,476 | 1125 | 0.6677 | |
| 46 | Barnard College | 19100 | 93200 | 0.7951 | 3,269 | 1490 | 0.0796 | |
| 47 | University of Memphis | 19400 | 26400 | 0.2657 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 48 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 19600 | 40000 | 0.5099 | 1,984 | 1369 | 0.6328 | |
| 49 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 20100 | 38800 | 0.4812 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 49 | The University of Texas at Austin | 20100 | 26900 | 0.2527 | 43,165 | 1335 | 0.2664 | |
| 51 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 20200 | 27200 | 0.2576 | 31,112 | 1130 | 0.8129 | |
| 52 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20400 | 43700 | 0.5336 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 53 | South Dakota State University | 20800 | 25200 | 0.1739 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 54 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27100 | 0.2289 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 55 | North Dakota State University | 21200 | 25700 | 0.1744 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 56 | Minnesota State University-Mankato | 21500 | 27100 | 0.2075 | 12,897 | 1110 | 0.9133 | |
| 57 | Hobart William Smith Colleges | 22000 | 81100 | 0.7284 | 1,794 | 1313 | 0.6399 | |
| 58 | SUNY Maritime College | 22200 | 31700 | 0.2998 | 1,286 | 1215 | 0.7242 | |
| 59 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 23600 | 33600 | 0.2978 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 60 | University at Buffalo | 24100 | 34000 | 0.2912 | 20,360 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 61 | La Roche University | 24200 | 55400 | 0.5634 | 1,986 | 1150 | 0.7761 | |
| 62 | Judson University | 24400 | 49100 | 0.5035 | 793 | 1049 | 0.624 | |
| 63 | Miami University-Oxford | 24700 | 27200 | 0.0917 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 64 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 24800 | 78300 | 0.6834 | 17,901 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 65 | California State University-Fresno | 25100 | 35900 | 0.3007 | 21,430 | 995 | 0.9638 | |
| 65 | Mount Mary University | 25100 | 53300 | 0.529 | 749 | 1005 | 0.6634 | |
| 67 | Ball State University | 25400 | 25900 | 0.0193 | 15,189 | 1170 | 0.855 | |
| 68 | University of Kansas | 25500 | 37600 | 0.3237 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 69 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 25700 | 36500 | 0.2955 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 69 | SUNY College of Technology at Alfred | 25700 | 35600 | 0.2785 | 3,525 | 1070 | 0.8175 | |
| 71 | Norwich University | 25900 | 70900 | 0.6349 | 2,642 | 1209 | 0.7361 | |
| 72 | Stony Brook University | 26100 | 33200 | 0.2129 | 18,263 | 1395 | 0.4904 | |
| 72 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 26100 | 31800 | 0.1793 | 27,082 | 1099 | 0.8459 | |
| 74 | Marywood University | 26500 | 55500 | 0.5228 | 1,834 | 1160 | 0.6058 | |
| 75 | University of Arkansas | 26600 | 30800 | 0.136 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 76 | Indiana State University | 26800 | 30900 | 0.1328 | 6,224 | 1140 | 0.8077 | |
| 77 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 27200 | 83600 | 0.6749 | 7,283 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
| 78 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 17,771 | 1044 | 0.7933 | |
| 79 | Florida Atlantic University | 27900 | 39200 | 0.2885 | 24,942 | 1130 | 0.6613 | |
| 79 | Lehigh University | 27900 | 85700 | 0.6748 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 81 | Drury University | 28300 | 52900 | 0.4649 | 1,391 | 1228 | 0.5758 | |
| 82 | Keene State College | 28500 | 41000 | 0.3052 | 2,744 | 1020 | 0.9033 | |
| 83 | Connecticut College | 28900 | 83300 | 0.6534 | 1,990 | 1287 | 0.3704 | |
| 84 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 29900 | 31100 | 0.0385 | 20,592 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 85 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 86 | Syracuse University | 30400 | 83100 | 0.6342 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 87 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 30700 | 42400 | 0.276 | 21,947 | 1335 | 0.3122 | |
| 87 | University of Maine at Augusta | 30700 | 38900 | 0.2111 | 4,250 | 0 | 0.0683 | |
| 89 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 30800 | 39500 | 0.22 | 14,576 | 1179 | 0.6967 | |
| 90 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 31100 | 41100 | 0.2435 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 91 | North Carolina State University | 31300 | 53000 | 0.4091 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 92 | Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design | 31700 | 57100 | 0.4449 | 885 | 0 | 0.628 | |
| 93 | Thomas Jefferson University | 31900 | 67700 | 0.5287 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 94 | Benedictine College | 32100 | 50800 | 0.3682 | 2,391 | 1229 | 0.7645 | |
| 95 | Massachusetts Maritime Academy | 32300 | 40200 | 0.1967 | 1,407 | 1120 | 0.7207 | |
| 96 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 32500 | 38500 | 0.1559 | 7,890 | 1105 | 0.2056 | |
| 97 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32800 | 34700 | 0.0547 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 98 | Ithaca College | 33300 | 72500 | 0.5406 | 4,268 | 1314 | 0.6901 | |
| 99 | Anderson University | 33600 | 52400 | 0.3588 | 3,405 | 1209 | 0.5471 | |
| 100 | California State University-Sacramento | 34100 | 44900 | 0.2406 | 28,226 | 1015 | 0.9343 | |
| 101 | Morgan State University | 34200 | 37200 | 0.0807 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 102 | Prairie View A & M University | 34300 | 39600 | 0.1339 | 8,056 | 955 | 0.7441 | |
| 103 | Chatham University | 35200 | 63300 | 0.4443 | 1,555 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 103 | Delaware Valley University | 35200 | 63800 | 0.4481 | 1,768 | 1180 | 0.9326 | |
| 105 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 35600 | 43500 | 0.1817 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 106 | Andrews University | 36000 | 47100 | 0.2355 | 1,312 | 1208 | 0.874 | |
| 107 | Lawrence Technological University | 36600 | 67800 | 0.46 | 2,579 | 1155 | 0.7403 | |
| 107 | Mississippi State University | 36600 | 50500 | 0.2752 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 109 | University of Central Florida | 36700 | 39600 | 0.0733 | 59,649 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
| 110 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 37900 | 53900 | 0.2968 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 111 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 38800 | 39700 | 0.0227 | 5,731 | 1174 | 0.9064 | |
| 112 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 39400 | 39400 | 0 | 24,868 | 1214 | 0.796 | |
| 113 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 40100 | 56700 | 0.2928 | 40,754 | 1391 | 0.3915 | |
| 114 | University of Georgia | 40300 | 46000 | 0.1242 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 115 | Endicott College | 40700 | 63200 | 0.3559 | 3,176 | 1215 | 0.7229 | |
| 116 | Temple University | 40900 | 56100 | 0.2709 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 117 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 42300 | 54900 | 0.2297 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 118 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 42400 | 55100 | 0.2306 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 119 | Kean University | 42700 | 48300 | 0.116 | 11,758 | 1035 | 0.7688 | |
| 120 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 43500 | 50300 | 0.1352 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 121 | University of Florida | 43600 | 45600 | 0.0438 | 36,567 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 122 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 45200 | 57100 | 0.2083 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 123 | University of Illinois Chicago | 46200 | 48000 | 0.0375 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 124 | Maine Maritime Academy | 47700 | 49800 | 0.0422 | 945 | 1180 | 0.5606 | |
| 125 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 48300 | 85700 | 0.4362 | 5,743 | 1438 | 0.6343 | |
| 126 | University of Kentucky | 49100 | 56000 | 0.1235 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 127 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 49800 | 57800 | 0.1385 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
| 128 | Woodbury University | 51100 | 68700 | 0.2563 | 825 | 1087 | 0.7287 | |
| 129 | Drexel University | 51400 | 82600 | 0.3776 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 130 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 51700 | 51700 | 0 | 33,572 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 130 | University of Colorado Boulder | 51700 | 56300 | 0.0816 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
| 132 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 52200 | 56100 | 0.0693 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 133 | University of San Francisco | 53400 | 83200 | 0.358 | 5,321 | 1292 | 0.6171 | |
| 134 | Auburn University | 55400 | 55400 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 135 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 57100 | 58900 | 0.032 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 136 | Howard University | 58400 | 61600 | 0.052 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 137 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 58600 | 61000 | 0.0407 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 138 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 59200 | 61100 | 0.0309 | 38,093 | 1302 | 0.7821 | |
| 139 | University of Oregon | 59500 | 68900 | 0.1362 | 20,622 | 1250 | 0.883 | |
| 140 | Maryland Institute College of Art | 60700 | 71200 | 0.1476 | 1,324 | 1196 | 0.7729 | |
| 141 | Clemson University | 61800 | 63700 | 0.0296 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 142 | Otis College of Art and Design | 63800 | 79000 | 0.1925 | 1,224 | 1055 | 0.8176 | |
| 143 | University of California-Berkeley | 74600 | 75500 | 0.0119 | 33,469 | 1407 | 0.1104 | |
| 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.