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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 | 1,108 | 1334 | 0.2244 | |
| 1 | United States Naval Academy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4,474 | 1305 | 0.0927 | |
| 3 | Princeton University | 3700 | 82600 | 0.9552 | 5,813 | 1535 | 0.0462 | |
| 4 | Yale University | 5500 | 92200 | 0.94 | 6,814 | 1507 | 0.0387 | |
| 5 | United States Merchant Marine Academy | 7300 | 8600 | 0.1511 | 962 | 1214 | 0.3424 | |
| 6 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8300 | 97100 | 0.915 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0399 | |
| 7 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 8400 | 90000 | 0.9071 | 4,535 | 1542 | 0.0455 | |
| 8 | Carnegie Mellon University | 9000 | 90900 | 0.9007 | 7,377 | 1528 | 0.1166 | |
| 9 | University of Pennsylvania | 9200 | 92900 | 0.9009 | 11,478 | 1536 | 0.054 | |
| 9 | Washington University in St Louis | 9200 | 102300 | 0.9104 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 9 | Wellesley College | 9200 | 91300 | 0.8994 | 2,407 | 1500 | 0.1405 | |
| 12 | Rice University | 9800 | 89100 | 0.8903 | 4,789 | 1535 | 0.08 | |
| 13 | University of Notre Dame | 10600 | 86200 | 0.8775 | 8,880 | 1500 | 0.1127 | |
| 14 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 11300 | 29100 | 0.6122 | 40,684 | 1331 | 0.3915 | |
| 15 | Cornell University | 11500 | 93100 | 0.8767 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0876 | |
| 16 | Florida Atlantic University | 11600 | 25800 | 0.5511 | 24,876 | 1130 | 0.6613 | |
| 17 | California State University-Sacramento | 11700 | 30700 | 0.6186 | 28,820 | 1035 | 0.9399 | |
| 18 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 29200 | 0.5745 | 38,040 | 1418 | 0.452 | |
| 19 | University of North Alabama | 13000 | 28200 | 0.5393 | 7,662 | 1140 | 0.8731 | |
| 20 | Mount Holyoke College | 13200 | 89900 | 0.8534 | 2,178 | 1449 | 0.3603 | |
| 21 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 13300 | 13300 | 0 | 18,288 | 1090 | 0.9068 | |
| 22 | University of Delaware | 13500 | 34500 | 0.6079 | 20,026 | 1294 | 0.706 | |
| 23 | University of Georgia | 13600 | 26600 | 0.4887 | 32,399 | 1382 | 0.377 | |
| 23 | University of Houston | 13600 | 22000 | 0.3811 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 25 | Middlebury College | 13700 | 89900 | 0.8477 | 2,760 | 1499 | 0.1075 | |
| 26 | Utah State University | 13800 | 20800 | 0.3369 | 25,706 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 27 | Brown University | 13900 | 94000 | 0.8521 | 7,910 | 1535 | 0.0539 | |
| 28 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 14600 | 26500 | 0.4513 | 22,364 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 29 | Northeastern University | 14800 | 89900 | 0.8354 | 17,432 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 30 | University of Maine at Augusta | 15200 | 30600 | 0.5036 | 4,313 | 0 | 0 | |
| 31 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 15300 | 31000 | 0.506 | 8,553 | 1045 | 0.8688 | |
| 32 | Lehigh University | 15400 | 89600 | 0.8286 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 33 | Ball State University | 15500 | 22400 | 0.3085 | 15,189 | 1170 | 0.855 | |
| 34 | University of California-Los Angeles | 16300 | 36700 | 0.5554 | 33,475 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 35 | North Carolina State University | 16400 | 28500 | 0.425 | 28,422 | 1378 | 0.4174 | |
| 36 | Connecticut College | 16600 | 95300 | 0.8254 | 1,990 | 1421 | 0.3704 | |
| 37 | Bennington College | 17100 | 89500 | 0.8094 | 797 | 1370 | 0.4453 | |
| 38 | Keene State College | 17500 | 32100 | 0.4539 | 2,725 | 1085 | 0.9033 | |
| 38 | Morgan State University | 17500 | 28500 | 0.3858 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 40 | SUNY College of Technology at Alfred | 17700 | 38700 | 0.5421 | 3,781 | 1100 | 0.7568 | |
| 41 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 17800 | 39000 | 0.543 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 42 | Barnard College | 17900 | 99700 | 0.8202 | 3,487 | 1499 | 0.0884 | |
| 43 | Texas Tech University | 18100 | 27100 | 0.3326 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 44 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 18400 | 30600 | 0.3971 | 38,093 | 1302 | 0.7821 | |
| 45 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 19100 | 29900 | 0.3635 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5743 | |
| 46 | Norwich University | 19400 | 73800 | 0.7369 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 47 | University of Colorado Boulder | 19600 | 31900 | 0.3862 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7808 | |
| 48 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 19700 | 78700 | 0.7498 | 17,885 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 49 | University of New Orleans | 19800 | 30600 | 0.3535 | 5,419 | 1040 | 0.7431 | |
| 49 | University of Southern California | 19800 | 75900 | 0.7395 | 20,630 | 1492 | 0.0981 | |
| 51 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 20200 | 29300 | 0.3101 | 2,381 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 52 | South Dakota State University | 20400 | 25200 | 0.1896 | 10,719 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 53 | Hampshire College | 20600 | 83900 | 0.7548 | 844 | 1254 | 0.7528 | |
| 54 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 20700 | 30600 | 0.326 | 44,819 | 1327 | 0.4987 | |
| 55 | University of Memphis | 20800 | 29600 | 0.2976 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 56 | SUNY Maritime College | 21000 | 32000 | 0.3439 | 1,285 | 1215 | 0.7241 | |
| 57 | Louisiana Tech University | 21200 | 26100 | 0.1879 | 10,881 | 1189 | 0.864 | |
| 58 | Webb Institute | 21400 | 89600 | 0.7608 | 106 | 1475 | 0.1404 | |
| 59 | Tufts University | 21500 | 98900 | 0.7823 | 7,126 | 1507 | 0.1149 | |
| 60 | La Roche University | 21700 | 72600 | 0.7014 | 1,828 | 1059 | 0.7576 | |
| 61 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,221 | 1204 | 0.8854 | |
| 62 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 23000 | 27500 | 0.1618 | 17,450 | 1044 | 0.9518 | |
| 63 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 23200 | 34500 | 0.3279 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 64 | Saint Cloud State University | 23300 | 26300 | 0.1152 | 8,738 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 65 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 23600 | 34400 | 0.3139 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 66 | Minnesota State University, Mankato | 23800 | 27100 | 0.1209 | 13,433 | 1145 | 0.8844 | |
| 67 | Indiana State University | 23900 | 32400 | 0.2625 | 6,224 | 1020 | 0.8077 | |
| 68 | Judson University | 24100 | 49100 | 0.5086 | 718 | 1015 | 0.4759 | |
| 68 | University of Kansas | 24100 | 37600 | 0.3607 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 68 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24100 | 39300 | 0.3873 | 23,920 | 1397 | 0.5973 | |
| 71 | North Dakota State University | 24200 | 26800 | 0.0999 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 72 | Temple University | 24700 | 36100 | 0.316 | 21,457 | 1135 | 0.8041 | |
| 73 | Drury University | 25200 | 52900 | 0.5235 | 1,391 | 1228 | 0.5758 | |
| 74 | Mount Mary University | 25900 | 57200 | 0.5463 | 752 | 1025 | 0.6233 | |
| 75 | Marywood University | 26000 | 67700 | 0.6157 | 1,833 | 1160 | 0.6058 | |
| 76 | University of Southern Mississippi | 26500 | 26500 | 0 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
| 77 | University of Arkansas | 26600 | 28900 | 0.079 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.743 | |
| 78 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 26700 | 31800 | 0.1605 | 27,132 | 1099 | 0.9617 | |
| 79 | University of Idaho | 26800 | 45200 | 0.4067 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 80 | Hobart William Smith Colleges | 26900 | 88300 | 0.6952 | 1,794 | 1308 | 0.6399 | |
| 81 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 27700 | 31100 | 0.1088 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 82 | Syracuse University | 27800 | 83100 | 0.6653 | 15,957 | 1363 | 0.4592 | |
| 83 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 29900 | 42200 | 0.2913 | 15,375 | 1103 | 0.866 | |
| 84 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 85 | Portland State University | 30700 | 43100 | 0.2871 | 15,414 | 1094 | 0.9087 | |
| 86 | Massachusetts Maritime Academy | 31000 | 40200 | 0.229 | 1,402 | 1120 | 0.947 | |
| 87 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 31200 | 48800 | 0.361 | 20,591 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 88 | Kean University | 31300 | 39500 | 0.2077 | 11,758 | 1040 | 0.759 | |
| 89 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 31400 | 41200 | 0.2381 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.7517 | |
| 89 | North Carolina A & T State University | 31400 | 36700 | 0.1443 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.499 | |
| 91 | Ithaca College | 32000 | 72500 | 0.5585 | 4,268 | 1314 | 0.6901 | |
| 92 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 32100 | 43100 | 0.2554 | 22,033 | 1321 | 0.3132 | |
| 92 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 32100 | 36700 | 0.1249 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 94 | Lawrence Technological University | 32200 | 71900 | 0.552 | 2,579 | 1159 | 0.559 | |
| 95 | Prairie View A & M University | 32700 | 39600 | 0.1742 | 8,877 | 975 | 0.7931 | |
| 95 | University of Rhode Island | 32700 | 44300 | 0.2616 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 97 | Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design | 33300 | 57400 | 0.4197 | 838 | 1143 | 0.6054 | |
| 98 | Thomas Jefferson University | 34100 | 68100 | 0.4995 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8097 | |
| 99 | Chatham University | 34900 | 63300 | 0.449 | 1,550 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 100 | Andrews University | 35000 | 70100 | 0.5008 | 1,384 | 1143 | 0.8185 | |
| 101 | Mississippi State University | 36200 | 50500 | 0.283 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 102 | California State University-Fresno | 36700 | 43800 | 0.1622 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 102 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 36700 | 38900 | 0.0586 | 23,329 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 104 | University of Connecticut | 37200 | 53600 | 0.3062 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 105 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37300 | 66300 | 0.4375 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5478 | |
| 106 | Benedictine College | 37700 | 50800 | 0.2579 | 2,403 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 107 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 38400 | 53100 | 0.2767 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 108 | Delaware Valley University | 39200 | 66900 | 0.4141 | 1,768 | 1208 | 0.9321 | |
| 109 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 39500 | 39800 | 0.0075 | 24,868 | 1214 | 0.796 | |
| 110 | Stony Brook University | 39700 | 53000 | 0.2506 | 18,263 | 1410 | 0.4904 | |
| 110 | University of Central Florida | 39700 | 39700 | 0 | 59,552 | 1280 | 0.4011 | |
| 112 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 40200 | 44100 | 0.0885 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 113 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 40300 | 50000 | 0.1942 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 114 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 40500 | 52100 | 0.2228 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 115 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 40900 | 40900 | 0 | 5,731 | 1174 | 0.9064 | |
| 116 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41200 | 57000 | 0.2773 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.782 | |
| 117 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 41300 | 55200 | 0.2517 | 25,900 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 118 | Anderson University | 42300 | 53600 | 0.2108 | 3,683 | 1209 | 0.5471 | |
| 119 | University of Maryland-College Park | 42800 | 53600 | 0.2016 | 31,133 | 1463 | 0.4479 | |
| 120 | University of Florida | 43100 | 45700 | 0.057 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 121 | University at Buffalo | 43900 | 46700 | 0.06 | 20,359 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 122 | University of Illinois Chicago | 45100 | 50600 | 0.1087 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 123 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 46100 | 86300 | 0.4656 | 5,741 | 1438 | 0.6347 | |
| 124 | Maine Maritime Academy | 47200 | 49800 | 0.0522 | 945 | 1180 | 0.5414 | |
| 125 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 48000 | 55800 | 0.1398 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 126 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 48400 | 91400 | 0.4706 | 8,192 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
| 127 | Drexel University | 48600 | 83900 | 0.4208 | 13,309 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 128 | University of Kentucky | 49100 | 58000 | 0.155 | 25,534 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 129 | The University of Texas at Austin | 49700 | 59400 | 0.1633 | 43,165 | 1356 | 0.2664 | |
| 130 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 50800 | 84700 | 0.4003 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 131 | University of Utah | 51400 | 53700 | 0.0425 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 132 | Woodbury University | 52800 | 69500 | 0.2402 | 786 | 1087 | 0.8165 | |
| 133 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 53300 | 53300 | 0 | 33,033 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 134 | University of San Francisco | 53700 | 84800 | 0.3666 | 5,321 | 1292 | 0.6171 | |
| 135 | Howard University | 54900 | 66500 | 0.1745 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 136 | Miami University-Oxford | 57400 | 57400 | 0 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 137 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58200 | 64100 | 0.092 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 138 | Auburn University | 58500 | 58500 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4592 | |
| 139 | Maryland Institute College of Art | 60700 | 71200 | 0.1476 | 1,191 | 1232 | 0.7679 | |
| 140 | Clemson University | 61400 | 63700 | 0.0358 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 141 | California College of the Arts | 65300 | 87600 | 0.2545 | 1,004 | 1079 | 0.911 | |
| 142 | Otis College of Art and Design | 66600 | 79800 | 0.1654 | 1,224 | 1335 | 0.8176 | |
| 143 | University of Oregon | 66700 | 68900 | 0.0331 | 20,622 | 1250 | 0.883 | |
| 144 | University of California-Berkeley | 70700 | 76100 | 0.071 | 33,070 | 1407 | 0.1098 | |
| 145 | The Catholic University of America | 82500 | 82500 | 0 | 3,177 | 1140 | 0.8278 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.