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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 |
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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 | 34,398 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
4 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 3800 | 86800 | 0.9559 | 4,576 | 1535 | 0.0485 | |
5 | Utah State University | 3900 | 20300 | 0.8091 | 25,920 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
6 | Rice University | 4300 | 85500 | 0.9496 | 4,788 | 1535 | 0.08 | |
7 | Yale University | 5500 | 92300 | 0.9403 | 6,717 | 1507 | 0.0387 | |
8 | Wellesley College | 7000 | 90900 | 0.9233 | 2,405 | 1500 | 0.1405 | |
9 | Princeton University | 7200 | 81800 | 0.9118 | 5,811 | 1535 | 0.0462 | |
10 | Washington University in St Louis | 8600 | 96200 | 0.9105 | 8,219 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
11 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 9300 | 94100 | 0.9014 | 9,007 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
12 | Cornell University | 9400 | 92000 | 0.8975 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
12 | University of Notre Dame | 9400 | 86100 | 0.8907 | 8,880 | 1499 | 0.1127 | |
14 | University of Pennsylvania | 10100 | 93000 | 0.8916 | 10,013 | 1528 | 0.054 | |
15 | United States Merchant Marine Academy | 10200 | 10200 | 0 | 947 | 1239 | 0.3247 | |
16 | Middlebury College | 11800 | 89800 | 0.8684 | 2,751 | 1499 | 0.1075 | |
16 | Mount Holyoke College | 11800 | 89700 | 0.8689 | 2,178 | 1449 | 0.3603 | |
18 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 11900 | 26200 | 0.5457 | 21,917 | 1335 | 0.3122 | |
19 | Massachusetts Maritime Academy | 12200 | 21900 | 0.4436 | 1,402 | 1120 | 0.7207 | |
20 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 12300 | 24400 | 0.4964 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
21 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,194 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
22 | North Carolina A & T State University | 13100 | 17900 | 0.27 | 12,216 | 1020 | 0.4617 | |
23 | University of Delaware | 13200 | 32500 | 0.5923 | 19,119 | 1303 | 0.6356 | |
24 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 13300 | 13300 | 0 | 18,428 | 1090 | 0.9529 | |
25 | Louisiana Tech University | 13500 | 24900 | 0.4571 | 11,058 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
26 | The University of Texas at Austin | 13600 | 30700 | 0.5567 | 43,718 | 1335 | 0.2664 | |
27 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 32200 | 0.5744 | 39,256 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
28 | University of Idaho | 14000 | 26400 | 0.4694 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
29 | Texas Tech University | 14100 | 27000 | 0.4776 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
30 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 14800 | 28000 | 0.4711 | 8,526 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
31 | University of Maine at Augusta | 15000 | 23200 | 0.3532 | 4,250 | 0 | 0.0683 | |
32 | Carnegie Mellon University | 15200 | 87300 | 0.8257 | 7,616 | 1528 | 0.1166 | |
32 | Northeastern University | 15200 | 89900 | 0.8313 | 22,649 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
34 | Western Carolina University | 15400 | 16600 | 0.0697 | 10,112 | 1130 | 0.818 | |
35 | Tufts University | 16000 | 92400 | 0.8272 | 6,972 | 1507 | 0.1153 | |
35 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 16000 | 78300 | 0.7958 | 17,885 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
37 | Appalachian State University | 16400 | 19600 | 0.1602 | 19,560 | 1159 | 0.9014 | |
38 | Bennington College | 16500 | 89500 | 0.8155 | 797 | 1360 | 0.4453 | |
39 | SUNY College of Technology at Alfred | 16900 | 26000 | 0.3503 | 3,525 | 1070 | 0.8175 | |
39 | University of Georgia | 16900 | 27100 | 0.3771 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
39 | University of Southern Mississippi | 16900 | 23100 | 0.2682 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
42 | Keene State College | 17000 | 31900 | 0.4686 | 2,719 | 1020 | 0.9033 | |
43 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 17200 | 27200 | 0.3673 | 41,678 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
44 | Barnard College | 17600 | 93200 | 0.8112 | 3,269 | 1490 | 0.0796 | |
45 | Lehigh University | 17800 | 85700 | 0.7927 | 5,910 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
46 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 17900 | 28100 | 0.3632 | 20,592 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
47 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 18200 | 18200 | 0 | 33,626 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
48 | Portland State University | 18300 | 26100 | 0.2966 | 15,675 | 1176 | 0.9091 | |
49 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 18800 | 30900 | 0.3927 | 48,857 | 1302 | 0.7821 | |
49 | University of Southern California | 18800 | 76000 | 0.7526 | 21,023 | 1485 | 0.1002 | |
51 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 18900 | 22300 | 0.1524 | 24,868 | 1214 | 0.796 | |
52 | University of Memphis | 19000 | 26400 | 0.2808 | 15,768 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
53 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 19100 | 31000 | 0.3821 | 60,118 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
53 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 19100 | 27200 | 0.2981 | 31,112 | 1130 | 0.8129 | |
55 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 19300 | 29300 | 0.3408 | 1,880 | 1369 | 0.6328 | |
56 | Brown University | 19400 | 93900 | 0.7932 | 7,909 | 1535 | 0.0539 | |
57 | University of Colorado Boulder | 19500 | 30600 | 0.3627 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
58 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 20200 | 38800 | 0.4798 | 40,978 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
59 | Webb Institute | 21500 | 73700 | 0.7085 | 106 | 1475 | 0.1404 | |
60 | Hobart William Smith Colleges | 21700 | 81100 | 0.7321 | 1,767 | 1313 | 0.6399 | |
61 | SUNY Maritime College | 22200 | 31700 | 0.2998 | 1,283 | 1215 | 0.7242 | |
62 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 22800 | 35400 | 0.3555 | 5,731 | 1174 | 0.9064 | |
63 | Syracuse University | 22900 | 83100 | 0.7244 | 15,955 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
64 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 23000 | 27500 | 0.1618 | 17,402 | 1044 | 0.7933 | |
65 | Judson University | 23800 | 49100 | 0.5157 | 793 | 1049 | 0.624 | |
66 | La Roche University | 23900 | 55400 | 0.5688 | 1,986 | 1150 | 0.7761 | |
66 | University of New Orleans | 23900 | 31000 | 0.229 | 5,476 | 1125 | 0.6677 | |
68 | Miami University-Oxford | 24100 | 27200 | 0.1138 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
68 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24100 | 37100 | 0.3508 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
70 | South Dakota State University | 24300 | 25300 | 0.0396 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
71 | Mount Mary University | 24500 | 53300 | 0.5395 | 749 | 1005 | 0.6634 | |
72 | California State University-Fresno | 24700 | 35900 | 0.3119 | 21,430 | 995 | 0.9638 | |
73 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 25100 | 36600 | 0.3146 | 70,646 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
74 | University of Kansas | 25200 | 42000 | 0.4001 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
74 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 25200 | 34600 | 0.2719 | 42,178 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
76 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 25500 | 36500 | 0.301 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
77 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 25900 | 36500 | 0.2906 | 26,994 | 1099 | 0.8459 | |
78 | Ball State University | 26000 | 26000 | 0 | 15,189 | 1170 | 0.855 | |
79 | Stony Brook University | 26100 | 33200 | 0.2129 | 18,263 | 1395 | 0.4904 | |
80 | Indiana State University | 26300 | 30900 | 0.149 | 6,118 | 1140 | 0.8077 | |
80 | Marywood University | 26300 | 55500 | 0.5264 | 1,833 | 1160 | 0.6058 | |
82 | University of Arkansas | 26400 | 30800 | 0.1407 | 28,855 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
83 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 26500 | 83600 | 0.6833 | 7,283 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
84 | University of North Alabama | 26600 | 41500 | 0.3592 | 8,076 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
85 | North Dakota State University | 27100 | 30400 | 0.1064 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
86 | Connecticut College | 27500 | 83300 | 0.6703 | 1,990 | 1287 | 0.3704 | |
86 | Mississippi State University | 27500 | 32300 | 0.1493 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
88 | Florida Atlantic University | 27600 | 39200 | 0.2961 | 24,942 | 1130 | 0.6613 | |
89 | Drury University | 28100 | 52900 | 0.4687 | 1,391 | 1228 | 0.5758 | |
90 | Maine Maritime Academy | 29600 | 33400 | 0.1139 | 945 | 1180 | 0.5606 | |
91 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
92 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 30200 | 33100 | 0.0877 | 19,657 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
93 | University of Houston | 30300 | 35200 | 0.1394 | 42,050 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
94 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 30600 | 39500 | 0.225 | 14,576 | 1179 | 0.6967 | |
95 | University of Rhode Island | 30800 | 46700 | 0.3405 | 14,296 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
96 | Thomas Jefferson University | 31100 | 67700 | 0.5405 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
97 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 31400 | 34700 | 0.095 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
98 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 32400 | 38500 | 0.1585 | 7,890 | 1105 | 0.2056 | |
99 | Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design | 32800 | 57100 | 0.4247 | 885 | 1143 | 0.628 | |
100 | North Carolina State University at Raleigh | 33400 | 51300 | 0.3492 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
100 | Norwich University | 33400 | 70900 | 0.5291 | 2,642 | 1209 | 0.7361 | |
102 | Anderson University | 33700 | 52400 | 0.3568 | 3,405 | 1209 | 0.5471 | |
102 | California State University-Sacramento | 33700 | 44900 | 0.2495 | 28,139 | 1015 | 0.9343 | |
102 | Ithaca College | 33700 | 72500 | 0.5351 | 4,084 | 1314 | 0.6901 | |
102 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 33700 | 35100 | 0.0399 | 34,656 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
106 | Morgan State University | 33900 | 37200 | 0.0887 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
106 | Prairie View A & M University | 33900 | 39600 | 0.144 | 8,831 | 955 | 0.7441 | |
108 | Auburn University | 34400 | 34400 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
109 | Andrews University | 34800 | 47100 | 0.2609 | 1,312 | 1208 | 0.874 | |
109 | Chatham University | 34800 | 63300 | 0.4506 | 1,551 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
111 | Delaware Valley University | 34900 | 63800 | 0.4528 | 1,768 | 1180 | 0.9326 | |
112 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 35400 | 43500 | 0.1863 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
113 | Lawrence Technological University | 36400 | 67800 | 0.4629 | 2,579 | 1155 | 0.7403 | |
114 | University of Central Florida | 36800 | 39600 | 0.0707 | 68,470 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
115 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 36900 | 62000 | 0.4049 | 30,962 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
116 | University of Connecticut | 37000 | 41800 | 0.1148 | 19,388 | 1324 | 0.5395 | |
117 | Benedictine College | 37800 | 50800 | 0.256 | 2,391 | 1229 | 0.7645 | |
118 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 38600 | 44600 | 0.1345 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
119 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 39500 | 56700 | 0.3034 | 32,499 | 1391 | 0.3915 | |
120 | Temple University | 40000 | 56100 | 0.2869 | 20,786 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
121 | Endicott College | 40500 | 63200 | 0.3591 | 3,176 | 1215 | 0.7229 | |
122 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 40600 | 53900 | 0.2467 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
123 | Kean University | 41600 | 48300 | 0.1388 | 11,758 | 1035 | 0.7688 | |
124 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 41900 | 55100 | 0.2397 | 43,729 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
125 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 42000 | 54900 | 0.2352 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
126 | University of Maryland-College Park | 42300 | 52900 | 0.2004 | 30,994 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
127 | University at Buffalo | 42500 | 46800 | 0.0919 | 20,355 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
128 | University of Florida | 43100 | 45600 | 0.0548 | 38,113 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
129 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 44200 | 57100 | 0.2249 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
130 | University of Illinois Chicago | 45900 | 48000 | 0.0437 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
131 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 47700 | 85700 | 0.4432 | 5,743 | 1438 | 0.6343 | |
132 | Drexel University | 48100 | 82600 | 0.4175 | 12,896 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
133 | University of Kentucky | 49700 | 56000 | 0.1113 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
134 | Woodbury University | 49900 | 68700 | 0.2738 | 825 | 1087 | 0.7287 | |
135 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 50300 | 84200 | 0.4027 | 33,921 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
136 | University of San Francisco | 53200 | 83200 | 0.3604 | 5,321 | 1292 | 0.6171 | |
137 | Howard University | 53400 | 61600 | 0.1331 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
138 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 56100 | 58900 | 0.048 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
139 | Clemson University | 58300 | 61100 | 0.0463 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
140 | University of Oregon | 58600 | 68900 | 0.1499 | 20,509 | 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 | 62200 | 79000 | 0.2128 | 1,224 | 1055 | 0.8176 | |
143 | University of California-Berkeley | 74600 | 75500 | 0.0119 | 32,429 | 1407 | 0.1104 | |
144 | The Catholic University of America | 82500 | 82500 | 0 | 3,167 | 1204 | 0.8278 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.