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Considering a degree in Architecture?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Architecture majors who live in Montana.
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 Montana.
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 | 36700 | 1 | 33,471 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 1 | Utah State University | 0 | 24900 | 1 | 25,920 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 5 | Rice University | 4200 | 85500 | 0.9508 | 4,789 | 1535 | 0.08 | |
| 6 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 5200 | 86800 | 0.9398 | 4,576 | 1535 | 0.0485 | |
| 7 | Yale University | 5500 | 92300 | 0.9403 | 6,814 | 1507 | 0.0387 | |
| 8 | Princeton University | 8200 | 81800 | 0.8996 | 5,813 | 1535 | 0.0462 | |
| 9 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8900 | 94100 | 0.9057 | 9,157 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 10 | University of Pennsylvania | 9000 | 93000 | 0.9034 | 10,013 | 1528 | 0.054 | |
| 11 | Washington University in St Louis | 9600 | 96200 | 0.9006 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 12 | United States Merchant Marine Academy | 10200 | 10200 | 0 | 947 | 1239 | 0.3247 | |
| 13 | Cornell University | 10700 | 92000 | 0.8834 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
| 14 | Wellesley College | 11100 | 90900 | 0.8782 | 2,407 | 1500 | 0.1405 | |
| 15 | University of Notre Dame | 11500 | 86100 | 0.8664 | 8,880 | 1499 | 0.1127 | |
| 16 | California State University-Fresno | 12100 | 19600 | 0.3819 | 21,430 | 995 | 0.9638 | |
| 17 | The University of Texas at Austin | 12200 | 30700 | 0.6023 | 43,165 | 1335 | 0.2664 | |
| 18 | Middlebury College | 12800 | 89800 | 0.8573 | 2,760 | 1499 | 0.1075 | |
| 19 | Florida Atlantic University | 12900 | 24800 | 0.479 | 24,942 | 1130 | 0.6613 | |
| 20 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 13300 | 13300 | 0 | 18,428 | 1090 | 0.9529 | |
| 21 | University of Delaware | 13700 | 32500 | 0.578 | 19,119 | 1303 | 0.6356 | |
| 21 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 32200 | 0.5744 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 23 | Louisiana Tech University | 13900 | 24900 | 0.4411 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 24 | Texas Tech University | 14000 | 27000 | 0.4813 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 25 | North Carolina A & T State University | 14200 | 17900 | 0.2073 | 12,216 | 1020 | 0.4617 | |
| 26 | University of Idaho | 14400 | 31300 | 0.5404 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 27 | Carnegie Mellon University | 14700 | 87300 | 0.8314 | 7,824 | 1528 | 0.1166 | |
| 28 | University of Maine at Augusta | 15200 | 23200 | 0.3446 | 4,250 | 0 | 0.0683 | |
| 29 | Northeastern University | 15300 | 89900 | 0.8302 | 22,695 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 30 | Webb Institute | 15500 | 73700 | 0.7899 | 106 | 1475 | 0.1404 | |
| 31 | University of Florida | 15800 | 22300 | 0.2916 | 36,567 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 32 | Brown University | 16300 | 93900 | 0.8262 | 7,910 | 1535 | 0.0539 | |
| 33 | Tufts University | 17000 | 92400 | 0.8164 | 7,126 | 1507 | 0.1153 | |
| 34 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 17200 | 27200 | 0.3671 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 35 | Bennington College | 17500 | 89500 | 0.805 | 797 | 1360 | 0.4453 | |
| 36 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 17600 | 26300 | 0.3312 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 37 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 17900 | 28100 | 0.3632 | 20,592 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 37 | University of Arkansas | 17900 | 27700 | 0.3531 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 39 | Morgan State University | 18100 | 19700 | 0.0813 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 40 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 18200 | 18200 | 0 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 41 | University of Southern California | 18300 | 76000 | 0.7592 | 21,023 | 1485 | 0.1002 | |
| 42 | Mount Holyoke College | 18400 | 89700 | 0.7953 | 2,178 | 1449 | 0.3603 | |
| 43 | Portland State University | 18600 | 26100 | 0.2872 | 15,960 | 1176 | 0.9091 | |
| 44 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 18800 | 30900 | 0.3927 | 38,093 | 1302 | 0.7821 | |
| 45 | Barnard College | 19100 | 93200 | 0.7951 | 3,269 | 1490 | 0.0796 | |
| 46 | University of Illinois Chicago | 19400 | 30300 | 0.3594 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 47 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 19700 | 40000 | 0.5074 | 1,984 | 1369 | 0.6328 | |
| 48 | University of Southern Mississippi | 19800 | 26300 | 0.2468 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
| 49 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 20100 | 38800 | 0.4812 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 50 | University of Colorado Boulder | 20400 | 30600 | 0.3333 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
| 51 | The University of Montana | 20600 | 25300 | 0.1858 | 8,014 | 1184 | 0.9586 | |
| 51 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 20600 | 36700 | 0.4382 | 14,576 | 1179 | 0.6967 | |
| 51 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 20600 | 30000 | 0.3138 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 54 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27100 | 0.2289 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 55 | Hobart William Smith Colleges | 22300 | 81100 | 0.7247 | 1,794 | 1313 | 0.6399 | |
| 55 | South Dakota State University | 22300 | 25200 | 0.1144 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 57 | Ball State University | 22400 | 22400 | 0 | 15,189 | 1170 | 0.855 | |
| 58 | University of Memphis | 22800 | 30000 | 0.2404 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 59 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 23000 | 27500 | 0.1618 | 17,771 | 1044 | 0.7933 | |
| 60 | Montana State University | 23400 | 31400 | 0.2548 | 15,053 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 61 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 23600 | 33600 | 0.2978 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 62 | University at Buffalo | 24100 | 34000 | 0.2912 | 20,360 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 62 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24100 | 37100 | 0.3508 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
| 64 | La Roche University | 24300 | 55400 | 0.5616 | 1,986 | 1150 | 0.7761 | |
| 64 | University of New Orleans | 24300 | 31000 | 0.2161 | 5,476 | 1125 | 0.6677 | |
| 66 | Judson University | 24400 | 49100 | 0.5035 | 793 | 1049 | 0.624 | |
| 67 | Miami University-Oxford | 24700 | 27200 | 0.0917 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 68 | Mount Mary University | 25100 | 53300 | 0.529 | 749 | 1005 | 0.6634 | |
| 68 | Temple University | 25100 | 36300 | 0.3088 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 70 | North Dakota State University | 25300 | 27600 | 0.0829 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 71 | University of Kansas | 25700 | 42000 | 0.3878 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 72 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 25800 | 36500 | 0.2928 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 72 | SUNY College of Technology at Alfred | 25800 | 35600 | 0.2757 | 3,525 | 1070 | 0.8175 | |
| 74 | Norwich University | 25900 | 70900 | 0.6349 | 2,642 | 1209 | 0.7361 | |
| 75 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 26300 | 36500 | 0.2796 | 27,082 | 1099 | 0.8459 | |
| 76 | Marywood University | 26600 | 55500 | 0.521 | 1,834 | 1160 | 0.6058 | |
| 77 | University of North Alabama | 26900 | 41500 | 0.352 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 78 | Indiana State University | 27100 | 30900 | 0.1231 | 6,224 | 1140 | 0.8077 | |
| 79 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 27200 | 83600 | 0.6749 | 7,283 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
| 80 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 27400 | 40300 | 0.32 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 81 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 27800 | 36700 | 0.2412 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 82 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 27900 | 78300 | 0.6438 | 17,901 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 83 | Drury University | 28200 | 52900 | 0.4668 | 1,391 | 1228 | 0.5758 | |
| 83 | Keene State College | 28200 | 40700 | 0.307 | 2,744 | 1020 | 0.9033 | |
| 85 | Mississippi State University | 28500 | 32300 | 0.1201 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 86 | Lehigh University | 28600 | 85700 | 0.6667 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 87 | Connecticut College | 28900 | 83300 | 0.6534 | 1,990 | 1287 | 0.3704 | |
| 88 | Clemson University | 29400 | 37100 | 0.207 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 89 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 90 | California State University-Sacramento | 30400 | 30900 | 0.0162 | 28,226 | 1015 | 0.9343 | |
| 90 | Syracuse University | 30400 | 83100 | 0.6342 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 92 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 30700 | 41800 | 0.2657 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 93 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 31000 | 42400 | 0.2689 | 21,947 | 1335 | 0.3122 | |
| 93 | University of Kentucky | 31000 | 36000 | 0.139 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 95 | University of Houston | 31100 | 35200 | 0.1166 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 96 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 31300 | 41100 | 0.2387 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 96 | North Carolina State University | 31300 | 53000 | 0.4091 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 98 | University of Rhode Island | 31500 | 46700 | 0.3255 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 99 | Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design | 31700 | 57100 | 0.4449 | 885 | 0 | 0.628 | |
| 100 | Kean University | 31800 | 39600 | 0.197 | 11,758 | 1035 | 0.7688 | |
| 100 | Thomas Jefferson University | 31800 | 67700 | 0.5302 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 102 | Benedictine College | 32000 | 50800 | 0.3702 | 2,391 | 1229 | 0.7645 | |
| 103 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 32600 | 38500 | 0.1533 | 7,890 | 1105 | 0.2056 | |
| 104 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32800 | 34700 | 0.0547 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 105 | Massachusetts Maritime Academy | 32900 | 40200 | 0.1817 | 1,407 | 1120 | 0.7207 | |
| 106 | Ithaca College | 33300 | 72500 | 0.5406 | 4,268 | 1314 | 0.6901 | |
| 107 | Anderson University | 33600 | 52400 | 0.3588 | 3,405 | 1209 | 0.5471 | |
| 107 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 33600 | 46200 | 0.2729 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 109 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 34100 | 35100 | 0.0285 | 33,572 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 110 | Prairie View A & M University | 34500 | 39600 | 0.1288 | 8,056 | 955 | 0.7441 | |
| 111 | Chatham University | 35100 | 63300 | 0.4458 | 1,555 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 112 | Delaware Valley University | 35400 | 63800 | 0.445 | 1,768 | 1180 | 0.9326 | |
| 113 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 35800 | 42400 | 0.1556 | 31,112 | 1130 | 0.8129 | |
| 114 | Andrews University | 36000 | 47100 | 0.2355 | 1,312 | 1208 | 0.874 | |
| 115 | University of Central Florida | 36600 | 39600 | 0.0758 | 59,649 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
| 116 | Lawrence Technological University | 36800 | 67800 | 0.457 | 2,579 | 1155 | 0.7403 | |
| 117 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37600 | 62000 | 0.3936 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 118 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 37900 | 53900 | 0.2968 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 119 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 38400 | 44400 | 0.1352 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 120 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 39100 | 48900 | 0.2004 | 5,731 | 1174 | 0.9064 | |
| 121 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 39400 | 39400 | 0 | 24,868 | 1214 | 0.796 | |
| 122 | SUNY Maritime College | 39900 | 40900 | 0.0244 | 1,286 | 1215 | 0.7242 | |
| 123 | Stony Brook University | 40100 | 53000 | 0.2431 | 18,263 | 1395 | 0.4904 | |
| 124 | University of Georgia | 40300 | 46000 | 0.1242 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 125 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 40600 | 56700 | 0.284 | 40,754 | 1391 | 0.3915 | |
| 126 | Endicott College | 40900 | 63200 | 0.3528 | 3,176 | 1215 | 0.7229 | |
| 127 | University of Connecticut | 41800 | 41800 | 0 | 19,388 | 1324 | 0.5395 | |
| 128 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 42700 | 55100 | 0.2252 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 129 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 45200 | 57100 | 0.2083 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 130 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 46800 | 58900 | 0.2067 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 131 | Maine Maritime Academy | 47600 | 49800 | 0.0442 | 945 | 1180 | 0.5606 | |
| 132 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 48200 | 85700 | 0.4374 | 5,743 | 1438 | 0.6343 | |
| 133 | Woodbury University | 51100 | 68700 | 0.2563 | 825 | 1087 | 0.7287 | |
| 134 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 51200 | 84200 | 0.392 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 135 | Drexel University | 51400 | 82600 | 0.3776 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 136 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 52500 | 56100 | 0.0639 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 137 | University of San Francisco | 53600 | 83200 | 0.3556 | 5,321 | 1292 | 0.6171 | |
| 138 | Auburn University | 55400 | 55400 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 139 | Howard University | 58300 | 61600 | 0.0536 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 140 | University of Oregon | 59500 | 68900 | 0.1362 | 20,622 | 1250 | 0.883 | |
| 141 | Maryland Institute College of Art | 60700 | 71200 | 0.1476 | 1,324 | 1196 | 0.7729 | |
| 142 | Otis College of Art and Design | 64400 | 79000 | 0.1849 | 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.