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Considering a degree in Architecture?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Architecture majors who live in North Carolina.
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 North Carolina.
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 | 1302 | 0.0936 | |
| 3 | Rice University | 4300 | 85500 | 0.9496 | 4,789 | 1535 | 0.08 | |
| 4 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 4900 | 86800 | 0.9433 | 4,576 | 1535 | 0.0485 | |
| 5 | Yale University | 5500 | 92300 | 0.9403 | 6,814 | 1507 | 0.0387 | |
| 6 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 6700 | 39100 | 0.8296 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 7 | Wellesley College | 7000 | 90900 | 0.9233 | 2,407 | 1500 | 0.1405 | |
| 8 | Princeton University | 8100 | 81800 | 0.9008 | 5,813 | 1535 | 0.0462 | |
| 9 | Washington University in St Louis | 9400 | 96200 | 0.9026 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 10 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 9800 | 94100 | 0.8961 | 9,157 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 11 | United States Merchant Marine Academy | 10200 | 10200 | 0 | 947 | 1239 | 0.3247 | |
| 11 | University of Notre Dame | 10200 | 86100 | 0.8815 | 8,880 | 1499 | 0.1127 | |
| 13 | Cornell University | 10400 | 92000 | 0.8866 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
| 14 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 11300 | 27200 | 0.5853 | 40,754 | 1391 | 0.3915 | |
| 15 | University of Pennsylvania | 11600 | 93000 | 0.8754 | 10,013 | 1528 | 0.054 | |
| 16 | California State University-Fresno | 12000 | 19600 | 0.3869 | 21,430 | 995 | 0.9638 | |
| 17 | Utah State University | 12100 | 20300 | 0.4037 | 25,920 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 18 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 12200 | 26200 | 0.5342 | 21,947 | 1335 | 0.3122 | |
| 18 | Mount Holyoke College | 12200 | 89700 | 0.8644 | 2,178 | 1449 | 0.3603 | |
| 20 | Middlebury College | 12400 | 89800 | 0.8618 | 2,760 | 1499 | 0.1075 | |
| 20 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 27200 | 0.5443 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 22 | Massachusetts Maritime Academy | 12600 | 21000 | 0.4002 | 1,407 | 1120 | 0.7207 | |
| 23 | University of Central Florida | 13000 | 23600 | 0.4492 | 59,649 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
| 24 | University of North Alabama | 13800 | 28200 | 0.5109 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 25 | Louisiana Tech University | 13900 | 24900 | 0.4411 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 26 | Texas Tech University | 14000 | 27000 | 0.4813 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 27 | Indiana State University | 14200 | 25900 | 0.4525 | 6,224 | 1020 | 0.8077 | |
| 28 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 14300 | 26500 | 0.4594 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 29 | University of Idaho | 14400 | 26400 | 0.4542 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 30 | University of Houston | 14800 | 23600 | 0.3734 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 31 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 15200 | 35700 | 0.5744 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 32 | Western Carolina University | 15300 | 16600 | 0.0757 | 10,112 | 1130 | 0.818 | |
| 33 | University of California-Los Angeles | 16300 | 36700 | 0.5548 | 33,471 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 34 | Northeastern University | 16400 | 89900 | 0.8179 | 22,695 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 35 | Carnegie Mellon University | 16700 | 87300 | 0.8085 | 7,824 | 1528 | 0.1166 | |
| 36 | Appalachian State University | 16900 | 19600 | 0.1347 | 19,560 | 1159 | 0.9014 | |
| 37 | SUNY College of Technology at Alfred | 17200 | 26000 | 0.3388 | 3,525 | 1070 | 0.8175 | |
| 37 | Tufts University | 17200 | 92400 | 0.8142 | 7,126 | 1507 | 0.1153 | |
| 39 | Bennington College | 17300 | 89500 | 0.8071 | 797 | 1360 | 0.4453 | |
| 40 | University of Kansas | 17400 | 34900 | 0.5011 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 41 | Barnard College | 17600 | 93200 | 0.8112 | 3,269 | 1490 | 0.0796 | |
| 42 | California State University-Sacramento | 17700 | 27200 | 0.3491 | 28,226 | 1015 | 0.9343 | |
| 42 | Keene State College | 17700 | 31900 | 0.4437 | 2,744 | 1020 | 0.9033 | |
| 44 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 18000 | 24200 | 0.2567 | 7,890 | 1105 | 0.2056 | |
| 45 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 18200 | 18200 | 0 | 34,242 | 1260 | 0.7333 | |
| 46 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 18500 | 78300 | 0.7638 | 17,901 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 47 | University of Rhode Island | 18600 | 34400 | 0.4591 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 48 | Lehigh University | 18900 | 85700 | 0.7799 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 49 | University of Memphis | 19100 | 26400 | 0.277 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 50 | University of Southern California | 19200 | 76000 | 0.7473 | 21,023 | 1485 | 0.1002 | |
| 51 | University of Illinois Chicago | 19300 | 30300 | 0.3627 | 22,495 | 1247 | 0.7735 | |
| 52 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 19500 | 22300 | 0.1255 | 24,868 | 1214 | 0.796 | |
| 53 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 19700 | 29300 | 0.3271 | 1,984 | 1369 | 0.6328 | |
| 54 | The University of Texas at Austin | 19900 | 26900 | 0.2601 | 43,165 | 1335 | 0.2664 | |
| 54 | University of Southern Mississippi | 19900 | 23100 | 0.1384 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
| 56 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 20200 | 38800 | 0.481 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 57 | Brown University | 21300 | 93900 | 0.7729 | 7,910 | 1535 | 0.0539 | |
| 58 | Webb Institute | 21500 | 73700 | 0.7085 | 106 | 1475 | 0.1404 | |
| 59 | SUNY Maritime College | 22200 | 31700 | 0.2998 | 1,286 | 1215 | 0.7242 | |
| 60 | Hobart William Smith Colleges | 22300 | 81100 | 0.7247 | 1,794 | 1313 | 0.6399 | |
| 61 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 23000 | 27500 | 0.1618 | 17,771 | 1044 | 0.7933 | |
| 62 | Syracuse University | 23600 | 83100 | 0.716 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 63 | University of Kentucky | 23900 | 36000 | 0.3358 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 64 | Judson University | 24300 | 49100 | 0.506 | 793 | 1049 | 0.624 | |
| 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 | |
| 67 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 25000 | 36600 | 0.3173 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 67 | Mount Mary University | 25000 | 53300 | 0.5311 | 749 | 1005 | 0.6634 | |
| 69 | Temple University | 25400 | 36300 | 0.3005 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 70 | South Dakota State University | 25600 | 28700 | 0.1071 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 71 | Ball State University | 26000 | 26000 | 0 | 15,189 | 1170 | 0.855 | |
| 72 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 26200 | 36500 | 0.2819 | 14,783 | 1140 | 0.8096 | |
| 73 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 26300 | 36500 | 0.2796 | 27,082 | 1099 | 0.8459 | |
| 74 | Norwich University | 26500 | 70900 | 0.6264 | 2,642 | 1209 | 0.7361 | |
| 75 | Marywood University | 26700 | 55500 | 0.5192 | 1,834 | 1160 | 0.6058 | |
| 76 | University of Arkansas | 26800 | 30800 | 0.1292 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 77 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 26900 | 83600 | 0.6785 | 7,283 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
| 78 | North Dakota State University | 27900 | 30400 | 0.0815 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 79 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 28000 | 40300 | 0.3051 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 80 | Drury University | 28200 | 52900 | 0.4668 | 1,391 | 1228 | 0.5758 | |
| 81 | Florida Atlantic University | 28300 | 39200 | 0.2782 | 24,942 | 1130 | 0.6613 | |
| 81 | Mississippi State University | 28300 | 32300 | 0.126 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 83 | Connecticut College | 28600 | 83300 | 0.657 | 1,990 | 1287 | 0.3704 | |
| 84 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 29700 | 39500 | 0.2478 | 14,576 | 1144 | 0.6967 | |
| 85 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 29900 | 31100 | 0.0385 | 20,592 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 85 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 29900 | 30000 | 0.0033 | 18,428 | 1090 | 0.9529 | |
| 87 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 88 | Maine Maritime Academy | 30300 | 33400 | 0.0929 | 945 | 1180 | 0.5606 | |
| 89 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 30700 | 41800 | 0.2657 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 89 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 30700 | 33100 | 0.0726 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 91 | University of Maine at Augusta | 30800 | 38900 | 0.2085 | 4,250 | 0 | 0.0683 | |
| 92 | North Carolina State University | 31100 | 53000 | 0.4127 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 93 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 31300 | 41100 | 0.2387 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 93 | Portland State University | 31300 | 43000 | 0.2715 | 15,960 | 1176 | 0.9091 | |
| 95 | Thomas Jefferson University | 31600 | 67700 | 0.5331 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 96 | North Carolina A & T State University | 32300 | 36400 | 0.1125 | 12,216 | 1020 | 0.4617 | |
| 97 | University of Oregon | 33200 | 38600 | 0.1391 | 20,622 | 1250 | 0.883 | |
| 98 | Anderson University | 33600 | 52400 | 0.3588 | 3,405 | 1209 | 0.5471 | |
| 98 | Ithaca College | 33600 | 72500 | 0.5365 | 4,268 | 1314 | 0.6901 | |
| 100 | Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design | 33700 | 57100 | 0.4097 | 885 | 1143 | 0.628 | |
| 100 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 33700 | 46200 | 0.2708 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 102 | Auburn University | 34400 | 34400 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 103 | Morgan State University | 34500 | 37200 | 0.0726 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 104 | Prairie View A & M University | 34600 | 39600 | 0.1263 | 8,056 | 955 | 0.7441 | |
| 105 | Chatham University | 35100 | 63300 | 0.4458 | 1,555 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 106 | Delaware Valley University | 35400 | 63800 | 0.445 | 1,768 | 1180 | 0.9326 | |
| 107 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 35700 | 43500 | 0.1794 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 108 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 35800 | 42400 | 0.1556 | 31,112 | 1130 | 0.8129 | |
| 109 | Lawrence Technological University | 36300 | 67800 | 0.4644 | 2,579 | 1159 | 0.7403 | |
| 110 | Andrews University | 36400 | 47100 | 0.227 | 1,312 | 1208 | 0.874 | |
| 111 | Benedictine College | 37600 | 50800 | 0.2599 | 2,391 | 1229 | 0.7645 | |
| 111 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37600 | 62000 | 0.3936 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 113 | University of Connecticut | 37800 | 41800 | 0.0957 | 19,388 | 1324 | 0.5395 | |
| 114 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 39000 | 52900 | 0.2626 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 115 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 39100 | 48900 | 0.2004 | 5,731 | 1174 | 0.9064 | |
| 116 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 39600 | 53800 | 0.264 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
| 117 | Stony Brook University | 39900 | 53000 | 0.2467 | 18,263 | 1395 | 0.4904 | |
| 118 | University of Georgia | 40300 | 46000 | 0.1242 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 119 | Endicott College | 40800 | 63200 | 0.3544 | 3,176 | 1255 | 0.7229 | |
| 120 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41400 | 53900 | 0.2319 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 121 | Kean University | 42500 | 48300 | 0.1201 | 11,758 | 1035 | 0.7688 | |
| 122 | University at Buffalo | 42600 | 46800 | 0.0897 | 20,360 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 123 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 42800 | 55100 | 0.2234 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 123 | University of Maryland-College Park | 42800 | 52900 | 0.1909 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 125 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 43200 | 46200 | 0.0665 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 126 | University of Florida | 43600 | 45600 | 0.0438 | 36,567 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 127 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 44000 | 57100 | 0.2292 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 128 | University of Delaware | 47200 | 53200 | 0.1127 | 19,119 | 1303 | 0.6356 | |
| 129 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 48400 | 85700 | 0.435 | 5,743 | 1438 | 0.6343 | |
| 130 | Woodbury University | 50700 | 68700 | 0.2621 | 825 | 1087 | 0.7287 | |
| 131 | Drexel University | 51200 | 82600 | 0.38 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 132 | University of Colorado Boulder | 51400 | 56300 | 0.087 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
| 133 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 51700 | 51700 | 0 | 33,572 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 134 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 52500 | 56100 | 0.0637 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 135 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53400 | 61000 | 0.1257 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 136 | Howard University | 53600 | 61600 | 0.1299 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 136 | University of San Francisco | 53600 | 83200 | 0.3556 | 5,321 | 1292 | 0.6171 | |
| 138 | Miami University-Oxford | 56100 | 56100 | 0 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 139 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 59000 | 61100 | 0.034 | 38,093 | 1302 | 0.7821 | |
| 140 | Maryland Institute College of Art | 60700 | 71200 | 0.1476 | 1,324 | 1196 | 0.7729 | |
| 141 | Clemson University | 61600 | 63700 | 0.0326 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 142 | Otis College of Art and Design | 62600 | 79000 | 0.2077 | 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 | 82500 | 82500 | 0 | 3,177 | 1204 | 0.8278 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.