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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 | 1,063 | 1319 | 0.206 | |
| 1 | United States Naval Academy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4,474 | 1305 | 0.0927 | |
| 3 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 3900 | 112100 | 0.9651 | 4,561 | 1542 | 0.0456 | |
| 4 | Princeton University | 4000 | 83400 | 0.9521 | 5,916 | 1528 | 0.0442 | |
| 5 | University of Pennsylvania | 4700 | 93100 | 0.95 | 9,989 | 1535 | 0.0492 | |
| 6 | United States Merchant Marine Academy | 7400 | 8800 | 0.16 | 962 | 1214 | 0.3424 | |
| 7 | University of Notre Dame | 8100 | 86900 | 0.9073 | 8,950 | 1497 | 0.0938 | |
| 8 | Carnegie Mellon University | 8900 | 112200 | 0.9209 | 7,728 | 1528 | 0.1107 | |
| 8 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8900 | 96500 | 0.9082 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 10 | Portland State University | 9600 | 73900 | 0.8699 | 14,932 | 1174 | 0.8586 | |
| 11 | Rice University | 9700 | 92600 | 0.895 | 4,807 | 1528 | 0.0801 | |
| 11 | Utah State University | 9700 | 26700 | 0.6361 | 26,629 | 1168 | 0.9212 | |
| 13 | University of California-Davis | 10100 | 49800 | 0.7964 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 14 | University of Central Florida | 10500 | 25300 | 0.5856 | 60,083 | 1289 | 0.428 | |
| 15 | Wellesley College | 10600 | 117800 | 0.91 | 2,366 | 1499 | 0.1479 | |
| 16 | Washington University in St Louis | 10700 | 102300 | 0.8957 | 8,153 | 1512 | 0.1192 | |
| 17 | California State University-Fresno | 11400 | 54800 | 0.7919 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 17 | Middlebury College | 11400 | 94500 | 0.8794 | 2,640 | 1499 | 0.1277 | |
| 19 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 29600 | 0.5802 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 20 | Cornell University | 13100 | 93700 | 0.8601 | 16,138 | 1528 | 0.0838 | |
| 21 | University of North Alabama | 13700 | 28200 | 0.5145 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 22 | Brown University | 13900 | 120200 | 0.8843 | 7,951 | 1500 | 0.0634 | |
| 23 | Louisiana Tech University | 14000 | 43500 | 0.6781 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 24 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 14100 | 25600 | 0.4484 | 10,396 | 1125 | 0.7162 | |
| 25 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 14200 | 31000 | 0.5426 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 26 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 14300 | 19400 | 0.2642 | 14,865 | 1175 | 0.9113 | |
| 27 | University of Memphis | 14400 | 37800 | 0.6194 | 15,538 | 1080 | 0.7878 | |
| 28 | Mount Holyoke College | 14900 | 89900 | 0.8343 | 2,135 | 1419 | 0.3841 | |
| 28 | University of Maine at Augusta | 14900 | 54900 | 0.7283 | 4,313 | 0 | 0 | |
| 30 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 15700 | 29300 | 0.4642 | 8,421 | 1054 | 0.9444 | |
| 31 | Ball State University | 15800 | 22400 | 0.2951 | 15,950 | 1185 | 0.8625 | |
| 32 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 15900 | 27700 | 0.4254 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 33 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 16100 | 62800 | 0.7433 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 34 | University of California-Los Angeles | 16400 | 47400 | 0.6546 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 35 | Bennington College | 17100 | 89500 | 0.8095 | 708 | 1402 | 0.3721 | |
| 36 | Barnard College | 17500 | 99700 | 0.8241 | 3,223 | 1499 | 0.1005 | |
| 37 | Keene State College | 17600 | 31100 | 0.433 | 2,640 | 1064 | 0.8982 | |
| 37 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 17600 | 27400 | 0.3575 | 27,963 | 1090 | 0.8395 | |
| 39 | California State University-Sacramento | 17700 | 35700 | 0.5043 | 28,619 | 1015 | 0.9357 | |
| 39 | Prairie View A & M University | 17700 | 25400 | 0.3032 | 9,022 | 960 | 0.7836 | |
| 39 | Western Carolina University | 17700 | 20500 | 0.1368 | 10,268 | 1140 | 0.7076 | |
| 39 | Yale University | 17700 | 275000 | 0.9356 | 6,667 | 1507 | 0.0475 | |
| 43 | Texas Tech University | 18300 | 27100 | 0.3246 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 44 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 18400 | 30600 | 0.3971 | 38,463 | 1324 | 0.7589 | |
| 45 | La Roche University | 18700 | 87300 | 0.786 | 1,972 | 990 | 0.6638 | |
| 46 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 18900 | 37900 | 0.5031 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 46 | University of Illinois Chicago | 18900 | 30100 | 0.3718 | 24,260 | 1174 | 0.7576 | |
| 48 | Connecticut College | 19300 | 93000 | 0.7922 | 1,953 | 1284 | 0.3923 | |
| 49 | Lehigh University | 19400 | 111000 | 0.8254 | 5,986 | 1436 | 0.2896 | |
| 50 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 19500 | 29900 | 0.3471 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 51 | Kean University | 19700 | 39400 | 0.5 | 11,932 | 1040 | 0.7811 | |
| 51 | Norwich University | 19700 | 76000 | 0.7404 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 51 | Olivet Nazarene University | 19700 | 79300 | 0.7513 | 2,704 | 1104 | 0.5586 | |
| 54 | Syracuse University | 19800 | 83600 | 0.7632 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 55 | Iowa State University | 19900 | 24200 | 0.179 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 56 | University of Rhode Island | 20100 | 81200 | 0.7524 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 56 | University of Southern California | 20100 | 76200 | 0.7362 | 20,768 | 1499 | 0.1119 | |
| 58 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 20200 | 32300 | 0.3744 | 15,735 | 1069 | 0.8797 | |
| 59 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 20700 | 30600 | 0.326 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 60 | North Dakota State University | 20800 | 25700 | 0.1902 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 61 | University of New Orleans | 21100 | 29700 | 0.2895 | 5,419 | 1040 | 0.7431 | |
| 62 | Marywood University | 22300 | 93800 | 0.7623 | 1,936 | 1144 | 0.7878 | |
| 62 | Mount Mary University | 22300 | 57200 | 0.6102 | 616 | 1069 | 0.831 | |
| 64 | Tufts University | 22400 | 120000 | 0.813 | 7,031 | 1497 | 0.1082 | |
| 65 | University of Houston | 22600 | 27800 | 0.1872 | 40,366 | 1224 | 0.7577 | |
| 66 | Hampshire College | 22700 | 81600 | 0.7221 | 844 | 1254 | 0.7528 | |
| 67 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 23200 | 36100 | 0.357 | 34,447 | 1273 | 0.8804 | |
| 68 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 23500 | 32900 | 0.2853 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 69 | Massachusetts Maritime Academy | 23700 | 46900 | 0.495 | 1,511 | 1120 | 0.9202 | |
| 70 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 23800 | 34200 | 0.3044 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 71 | Judson University | 24100 | 49100 | 0.5087 | 697 | 1010 | 0.8905 | |
| 71 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24100 | 38400 | 0.3726 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 73 | University of Southern Mississippi | 24200 | 30400 | 0.204 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 74 | Indiana State University | 24300 | 32400 | 0.2501 | 6,352 | 1015 | 0.9157 | |
| 75 | SUNY College of Technology at Delhi | 24500 | 36300 | 0.3247 | 2,881 | 1040 | 0.89 | |
| 75 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 24500 | 42000 | 0.4172 | 21,388 | 1369 | 0.5945 | |
| 77 | University at Buffalo | 24800 | 34000 | 0.2706 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 78 | South Dakota State University | 25400 | 28700 | 0.1146 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 79 | University of Kansas | 25500 | 43000 | 0.4066 | 22,544 | 1176 | 0.9258 | |
| 80 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 25600 | 80500 | 0.6823 | 17,848 | 1470 | 0.1565 | |
| 81 | Stony Brook University | 26100 | 33200 | 0.2129 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 82 | SUNY College of Technology at Alfred | 26400 | 37700 | 0.2994 | 3,758 | 0 | 0.7236 | |
| 83 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 26600 | 40600 | 0.3448 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 84 | University of Arkansas | 26900 | 52400 | 0.4869 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 85 | Delaware Valley University | 27400 | 95800 | 0.7141 | 1,680 | 1189 | 0.9268 | |
| 85 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 27400 | 29900 | 0.0837 | 18,667 | 1090 | 0.9711 | |
| 87 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 18,028 | 1059 | 0.7996 | |
| 88 | Hobart William Smith Colleges | 27600 | 88300 | 0.6873 | 1,862 | 1296 | 0.667 | |
| 89 | Drury University | 28700 | 68900 | 0.5839 | 1,453 | 1209 | 0.6575 | |
| 90 | Clemson University | 29000 | 37100 | 0.2179 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 91 | Morgan State University | 29200 | 41800 | 0.3014 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 92 | Thomas Jefferson University | 30000 | 68700 | 0.5635 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 93 | Lawrence Technological University | 30100 | 99100 | 0.6966 | 2,661 | 1149 | 0.8101 | |
| 94 | Ithaca College | 30500 | 72600 | 0.5796 | 4,205 | 1328 | 0.7015 | |
| 95 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 31200 | 48800 | 0.361 | 21,028 | 1450 | 0.1334 | |
| 95 | Kent State University at Kent | 31200 | 37500 | 0.1678 | 21,144 | 1104 | 0.7603 | |
| 97 | North Carolina A & T State University | 31700 | 36700 | 0.1361 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.5125 | |
| 98 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 32100 | 54400 | 0.4099 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 99 | Anderson University | 32300 | 53600 | 0.3973 | 3,724 | 1209 | 0.5491 | |
| 99 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32300 | 35100 | 0.0799 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 101 | SUNY Maritime College | 32600 | 42300 | 0.2292 | 1,401 | 1164 | 0.785 | |
| 102 | North Carolina State University | 32700 | 54800 | 0.4033 | 29,340 | 1374 | 0.3954 | |
| 103 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 33500 | 40300 | 0.1686 | 26,213 | 1209 | 0.7778 | |
| 104 | Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design | 33700 | 60900 | 0.4468 | 838 | 1143 | 0.6054 | |
| 105 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 33800 | 55500 | 0.3911 | 22,313 | 1341 | 0.2996 | |
| 106 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 34000 | 47000 | 0.2767 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 107 | University of Oregon | 34500 | 40200 | 0.1418 | 20,710 | 1193 | 0.8742 | |
| 108 | Samford University | 34700 | 93800 | 0.6301 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 109 | University of Idaho | 34800 | 48700 | 0.2854 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 110 | Chatham University | 34900 | 80600 | 0.5671 | 1,555 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 111 | Temple University | 35800 | 57200 | 0.3739 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 112 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 36600 | 40000 | 0.0851 | 1,984 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 113 | University of Connecticut | 37100 | 70600 | 0.4746 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 114 | Andrews University | 37200 | 76700 | 0.5148 | 1,384 | 1143 | 0.8185 | |
| 115 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 37400 | 63100 | 0.407 | 5,986 | 1110 | 0.8916 | |
| 116 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37500 | 66600 | 0.4367 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 117 | Benedictine College | 37600 | 52500 | 0.2836 | 2,404 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 118 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 37800 | 40100 | 0.0571 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 119 | Maine Maritime Academy | 38500 | 53000 | 0.2737 | 977 | 1189 | 0.9615 | |
| 120 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 38600 | 60200 | 0.3589 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 121 | Mississippi State University | 39100 | 53400 | 0.2675 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 122 | Drexel University | 39700 | 107600 | 0.6308 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 123 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41200 | 57400 | 0.2823 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 124 | University of Arizona | 42800 | 43800 | 0.0228 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 125 | University of Florida | 43100 | 45700 | 0.057 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 125 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43100 | 68700 | 0.3728 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 127 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 43200 | 108500 | 0.6019 | 35,358 | 1448 | 0.1642 | |
| 128 | Florida Atlantic University | 44900 | 44900 | 0 | 25,626 | 1150 | 0.5497 | |
| 129 | Otis College of Art and Design | 46700 | 102100 | 0.5426 | 1,188 | 1335 | 0.8034 | |
| 130 | Georgia Southern University | 47300 | 47900 | 0.0125 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 131 | University of Delaware | 47800 | 62000 | 0.2293 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 132 | University of Georgia | 48600 | 51800 | 0.0618 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 133 | The University of Texas at Austin | 49700 | 58800 | 0.1547 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 134 | University of Colorado Boulder | 50000 | 56000 | 0.1072 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7809 | |
| 135 | University of Kentucky | 51400 | 74100 | 0.3062 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 136 | University of California-Berkeley | 51800 | 98700 | 0.4751 | 33,513 | 1407 | 0.1145 | |
| 137 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 53000 | 86300 | 0.3859 | 5,833 | 1440 | 0.6725 | |
| 138 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53200 | 61000 | 0.1293 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 139 | University of San Francisco | 53900 | 87300 | 0.3827 | 5,171 | 1333 | 0.7176 | |
| 140 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 54100 | 95100 | 0.4311 | 6,839 | 1469 | 0.1446 | |
| 141 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 54500 | 66200 | 0.1767 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 142 | Miami University-Oxford | 57300 | 57300 | 0 | 16,405 | 1284 | 0.74 | |
| 143 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 57900 | 65700 | 0.1188 | 40,996 | 1399 | 0.4175 | |
| 144 | Maryland Institute College of Art | 58400 | 71200 | 0.1798 | 1,192 | 1232 | 0.7681 | |
| 145 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 58900 | 61200 | 0.0374 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 146 | Howard University | 59900 | 67300 | 0.1099 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 147 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 60000 | 64800 | 0.074 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 148 | Webb Institute | 61100 | 74200 | 0.1765 | 104 | 1465 | 0.2484 | |
| 149 | Auburn University | 75300 | 85500 | 0.1193 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 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.