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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 | 3600 | 93300 | 0.9613 | 4,561 | 1542 | 0.0456 | |
| 4 | Princeton University | 4000 | 83400 | 0.952 | 5,916 | 1528 | 0.0442 | |
| 5 | University of Pennsylvania | 4800 | 93100 | 0.9489 | 9,989 | 1535 | 0.0492 | |
| 6 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 5700 | 40700 | 0.859 | 35,358 | 1448 | 0.1642 | |
| 7 | United States Merchant Marine Academy | 7400 | 8800 | 0.16 | 962 | 1214 | 0.3424 | |
| 7 | Washington University in St Louis | 7400 | 102300 | 0.9278 | 8,153 | 1512 | 0.1192 | |
| 9 | University of Notre Dame | 8000 | 89100 | 0.91 | 8,950 | 1497 | 0.0938 | |
| 10 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8600 | 98000 | 0.9125 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 11 | Middlebury College | 8700 | 94500 | 0.908 | 2,640 | 1499 | 0.1277 | |
| 12 | Carnegie Mellon University | 8900 | 90900 | 0.9025 | 7,728 | 1528 | 0.1107 | |
| 13 | Portland State University | 9600 | 26100 | 0.6318 | 14,932 | 1174 | 0.8586 | |
| 14 | Rice University | 9800 | 92500 | 0.8944 | 4,807 | 1528 | 0.0801 | |
| 15 | Cornell University | 10500 | 93700 | 0.8878 | 16,138 | 1528 | 0.0838 | |
| 15 | Wellesley College | 10500 | 95400 | 0.8895 | 2,366 | 1499 | 0.1479 | |
| 17 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 10800 | 26000 | 0.5852 | 22,313 | 1341 | 0.2996 | |
| 18 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 11000 | 27400 | 0.5982 | 27,963 | 1090 | 0.8395 | |
| 19 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 11100 | 33800 | 0.6718 | 40,996 | 1399 | 0.4175 | |
| 20 | California State University-Fresno | 11600 | 19600 | 0.4106 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 20 | Massachusetts Maritime Academy | 11600 | 46600 | 0.7511 | 1,511 | 1120 | 0.9202 | |
| 22 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 11800 | 39000 | 0.6966 | 17,848 | 1470 | 0.1565 | |
| 23 | Brown University | 11900 | 94000 | 0.8733 | 7,951 | 1500 | 0.0634 | |
| 24 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 24 | Mount Holyoke College | 12600 | 89900 | 0.8599 | 2,135 | 1419 | 0.3841 | |
| 24 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 12600 | 29300 | 0.57 | 8,421 | 1054 | 0.9444 | |
| 27 | North Carolina A & T State University | 13000 | 17900 | 0.2758 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.5125 | |
| 28 | Kean University | 13300 | 39200 | 0.6607 | 11,932 | 1040 | 0.7811 | |
| 28 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 13300 | 35000 | 0.6196 | 18,667 | 1090 | 0.9711 | |
| 30 | Louisiana Tech University | 13400 | 42900 | 0.6875 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 30 | University of Delaware | 13400 | 34500 | 0.6119 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 32 | University of Houston | 13500 | 21800 | 0.3806 | 40,366 | 1224 | 0.7577 | |
| 33 | University of Georgia | 13600 | 27200 | 0.4993 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 34 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 61700 | 0.7774 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 35 | Utah State University | 13800 | 20800 | 0.3369 | 26,629 | 1168 | 0.9212 | |
| 36 | Western Carolina University | 14000 | 16600 | 0.1541 | 10,268 | 1140 | 0.7076 | |
| 37 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 14200 | 31000 | 0.5426 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 37 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 14200 | 19400 | 0.2693 | 14,865 | 1175 | 0.9113 | |
| 39 | University of Memphis | 14400 | 26400 | 0.4554 | 15,538 | 1080 | 0.7878 | |
| 40 | University of North Alabama | 14700 | 37300 | 0.606 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 41 | University of Maine at Augusta | 14900 | 54900 | 0.7283 | 4,313 | 0 | 0 | |
| 42 | Ball State University | 15100 | 22400 | 0.3261 | 15,950 | 1185 | 0.8625 | |
| 42 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 15100 | 54400 | 0.7229 | 15,735 | 1069 | 0.8797 | |
| 44 | University of Kansas | 15700 | 34900 | 0.5496 | 22,544 | 1176 | 0.9258 | |
| 45 | University of Florida | 15800 | 22500 | 0.2977 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 46 | Keene State College | 16300 | 51400 | 0.6838 | 2,640 | 1064 | 0.8982 | |
| 46 | Texas Tech University | 16300 | 27100 | 0.3984 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 48 | Indiana State University | 16500 | 32400 | 0.4909 | 6,352 | 1015 | 0.9157 | |
| 49 | Georgia Southern University | 16700 | 49700 | 0.6641 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 49 | Morgan State University | 16700 | 30700 | 0.4556 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 49 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 16700 | 26500 | 0.3701 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 52 | Bennington College | 16800 | 89500 | 0.8125 | 708 | 1402 | 0.3721 | |
| 53 | University of Colorado Boulder | 17000 | 31800 | 0.4656 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7809 | |
| 53 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 17000 | 26300 | 0.3527 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 55 | Barnard College | 17500 | 99700 | 0.8241 | 3,223 | 1499 | 0.1005 | |
| 56 | California State University-Sacramento | 17600 | 30700 | 0.4265 | 28,619 | 1015 | 0.9357 | |
| 56 | University of Kentucky | 17600 | 36500 | 0.5173 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 58 | Yale University | 17700 | 278600 | 0.9365 | 6,667 | 1507 | 0.0475 | |
| 59 | University of Arkansas | 17900 | 28500 | 0.3737 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 60 | SUNY College of Technology at Alfred | 18200 | 37500 | 0.5147 | 3,758 | 0 | 0.7236 | |
| 60 | The University of Texas at Austin | 18200 | 28100 | 0.3519 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 60 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 18200 | 37200 | 0.5105 | 5,986 | 1110 | 0.8916 | |
| 63 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 18400 | 30600 | 0.3971 | 38,463 | 1324 | 0.7589 | |
| 64 | University of Rhode Island | 18600 | 33900 | 0.4514 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 65 | La Roche University | 18700 | 87300 | 0.786 | 1,972 | 990 | 0.6638 | |
| 66 | Connecticut College | 18900 | 93000 | 0.7965 | 1,953 | 1284 | 0.3923 | |
| 66 | Olivet Nazarene University | 18900 | 79300 | 0.7623 | 2,704 | 1104 | 0.5586 | |
| 68 | Lehigh University | 19200 | 89800 | 0.7863 | 5,986 | 1436 | 0.2896 | |
| 68 | Norwich University | 19200 | 100600 | 0.8094 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 70 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 19300 | 22300 | 0.1345 | 26,213 | 1209 | 0.7778 | |
| 71 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 19500 | 29900 | 0.3496 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 72 | SUNY College of Technology at Delhi | 20100 | 55300 | 0.6363 | 2,881 | 1040 | 0.89 | |
| 72 | University of Southern California | 20100 | 76400 | 0.7373 | 20,768 | 1499 | 0.1119 | |
| 74 | Syracuse University | 20300 | 83600 | 0.7572 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 75 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 20400 | 60700 | 0.6639 | 1,984 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 76 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 20500 | 40600 | 0.4962 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 77 | University of New Orleans | 21000 | 30000 | 0.2996 | 5,419 | 1040 | 0.7431 | |
| 78 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 21400 | 27800 | 0.23 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 79 | Mount Mary University | 22100 | 57200 | 0.6134 | 616 | 1069 | 0.831 | |
| 80 | Marywood University | 22300 | 93800 | 0.7623 | 1,936 | 1144 | 0.7878 | |
| 81 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 22400 | 34200 | 0.3453 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 81 | Tufts University | 22400 | 99000 | 0.7738 | 7,031 | 1497 | 0.1082 | |
| 83 | SUNY Maritime College | 22900 | 59200 | 0.6135 | 1,401 | 1164 | 0.785 | |
| 84 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 23000 | 27500 | 0.1618 | 18,028 | 1059 | 0.7996 | |
| 85 | University of Southern Mississippi | 23100 | 23100 | 0 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 86 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 23200 | 36100 | 0.357 | 34,447 | 1273 | 0.8804 | |
| 87 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 23800 | 34500 | 0.3104 | 10,396 | 1125 | 0.7162 | |
| 88 | Judson University | 24000 | 49100 | 0.5122 | 697 | 1010 | 0.8905 | |
| 89 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 24400 | 40500 | 0.3976 | 21,388 | 1369 | 0.5945 | |
| 90 | Miami University-Oxford | 24600 | 28300 | 0.1307 | 16,405 | 1284 | 0.74 | |
| 91 | South Dakota State University | 25100 | 28700 | 0.1242 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 92 | Delaware Valley University | 25700 | 95800 | 0.7318 | 1,680 | 1189 | 0.9268 | |
| 93 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 26600 | 40600 | 0.3448 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 94 | Drury University | 26800 | 54500 | 0.5082 | 1,453 | 1209 | 0.6575 | |
| 95 | Hobart William Smith Colleges | 27100 | 88300 | 0.693 | 1,862 | 1296 | 0.667 | |
| 96 | North Dakota State University | 27400 | 30400 | 0.0976 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 97 | Maine Maritime Academy | 28300 | 34400 | 0.1772 | 977 | 1189 | 0.9615 | |
| 98 | University of Connecticut | 29200 | 55500 | 0.4737 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 99 | Mississippi State University | 29900 | 34400 | 0.1326 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 100 | Thomas Jefferson University | 30000 | 70000 | 0.5721 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 101 | Lawrence Technological University | 30100 | 99100 | 0.6966 | 2,661 | 1149 | 0.8101 | |
| 102 | Ithaca College | 30500 | 72600 | 0.5796 | 4,205 | 1328 | 0.7015 | |
| 103 | Iowa State University | 30700 | 45200 | 0.3221 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 104 | Kent State University at Kent | 30900 | 37500 | 0.1751 | 21,144 | 1104 | 0.7603 | |
| 104 | Prairie View A & M University | 30900 | 39600 | 0.2196 | 9,022 | 960 | 0.7836 | |
| 106 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 31100 | 50300 | 0.3816 | 21,028 | 1450 | 0.1334 | |
| 107 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 31900 | 35200 | 0.0938 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 108 | Anderson University | 32100 | 54700 | 0.4134 | 3,724 | 1209 | 0.5491 | |
| 108 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 32100 | 54400 | 0.4099 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 110 | North Carolina State University | 32400 | 54800 | 0.4083 | 29,340 | 1374 | 0.3954 | |
| 111 | Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design | 33700 | 61800 | 0.4556 | 838 | 1143 | 0.6054 | |
| 112 | University of Idaho | 34500 | 48700 | 0.2916 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 112 | University of Illinois Chicago | 34500 | 51300 | 0.3274 | 24,260 | 1174 | 0.7576 | |
| 114 | Samford University | 34700 | 93800 | 0.6301 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 115 | Chatham University | 34800 | 63900 | 0.4557 | 1,555 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 116 | Auburn University | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 117 | Temple University | 35500 | 57200 | 0.3791 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 118 | Andrews University | 37100 | 76700 | 0.5161 | 1,384 | 1143 | 0.8185 | |
| 119 | Benedictine College | 37600 | 52500 | 0.2836 | 2,404 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 119 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37600 | 66700 | 0.4364 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 121 | Stony Brook University | 39400 | 53000 | 0.2559 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 122 | Drexel University | 39800 | 86400 | 0.5397 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 123 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5061 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 124 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 40900 | 58700 | 0.3035 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 125 | University of Central Florida | 42100 | 42800 | 0.0164 | 60,083 | 1289 | 0.428 | |
| 126 | University of Arizona | 42500 | 48600 | 0.1254 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 127 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43000 | 58500 | 0.2648 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 128 | Florida Atlantic University | 45300 | 45300 | 0 | 25,626 | 1150 | 0.5497 | |
| 129 | University at Buffalo | 46400 | 46400 | 0 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 130 | Otis College of Art and Design | 46600 | 79800 | 0.4158 | 1,188 | 1335 | 0.8034 | |
| 131 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 47300 | 57100 | 0.1716 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 132 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48200 | 51200 | 0.0598 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 133 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 49200 | 58800 | 0.1628 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 134 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 50600 | 63800 | 0.2065 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 135 | University of San Francisco | 51000 | 87200 | 0.4152 | 5,171 | 1333 | 0.7176 | |
| 136 | University of California-Berkeley | 51900 | 76600 | 0.3224 | 33,513 | 1407 | 0.1145 | |
| 137 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 52600 | 86300 | 0.3905 | 5,833 | 1440 | 0.6725 | |
| 138 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 53400 | 96100 | 0.4442 | 6,839 | 1469 | 0.1446 | |
| 138 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53400 | 63400 | 0.1578 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 140 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 54900 | 68800 | 0.2022 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 141 | Howard University | 55100 | 88500 | 0.3776 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 142 | Maryland Institute College of Art | 58100 | 71200 | 0.1836 | 1,192 | 1232 | 0.7681 | |
| 143 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 58600 | 61200 | 0.0419 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 144 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 58700 | 62100 | 0.0548 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 145 | Clemson University | 61100 | 63700 | 0.0403 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 146 | Webb Institute | 61200 | 74800 | 0.1819 | 104 | 1465 | 0.2484 | |
| 147 | University of California-Davis | 68000 | 69900 | 0.0272 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 148 | University of Oregon | 68700 | 71300 | 0.036 | 20,710 | 1193 | 0.8742 | |
| 149 | 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.