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Considering a degree in Architecture?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Architecture majors who live in New Jersey.
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 New Jersey.
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 | Princeton University | 3500 | 75600 | 0.9536 | 5,916 | 1528 | 0.0442 | |
| 4 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 3600 | 93300 | 0.9613 | 4,561 | 1542 | 0.0456 | |
| 5 | University of Pennsylvania | 4000 | 93100 | 0.9575 | 9,989 | 1535 | 0.0492 | |
| 6 | United States Merchant Marine Academy | 7200 | 8800 | 0.1828 | 962 | 1214 | 0.3424 | |
| 6 | University of Notre Dame | 7200 | 89100 | 0.919 | 8,950 | 1497 | 0.0938 | |
| 8 | Washington University in St Louis | 7300 | 102300 | 0.9283 | 8,153 | 1512 | 0.1192 | |
| 9 | Florida Atlantic University | 8400 | 26900 | 0.6889 | 25,626 | 1150 | 0.5497 | |
| 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 | 9100 | 26100 | 0.651 | 14,932 | 1174 | 0.8586 | |
| 14 | Rice University | 9600 | 92500 | 0.8965 | 4,807 | 1528 | 0.0801 | |
| 15 | Wellesley College | 9900 | 95400 | 0.8958 | 2,366 | 1499 | 0.1479 | |
| 16 | Cornell University | 10500 | 93700 | 0.8878 | 16,138 | 1528 | 0.0838 | |
| 17 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 10700 | 27400 | 0.6092 | 27,963 | 1090 | 0.8395 | |
| 18 | Massachusetts Maritime Academy | 11000 | 46600 | 0.7639 | 1,511 | 1120 | 0.9202 | |
| 19 | California State University-Fresno | 11300 | 19600 | 0.4259 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 20 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 11800 | 29300 | 0.5973 | 8,421 | 1054 | 0.9444 | |
| 21 | Brown University | 11900 | 94000 | 0.8733 | 7,951 | 1500 | 0.0634 | |
| 22 | Kean University | 12300 | 39200 | 0.6862 | 11,932 | 1040 | 0.7811 | |
| 23 | Mount Holyoke College | 12600 | 89900 | 0.8599 | 2,135 | 1419 | 0.3841 | |
| 23 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 12600 | 35000 | 0.6395 | 18,667 | 1090 | 0.9711 | |
| 25 | University of Houston | 12800 | 21800 | 0.4127 | 40,366 | 1224 | 0.7577 | |
| 26 | Louisiana Tech University | 12900 | 42900 | 0.6992 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 27 | University of North Alabama | 13500 | 28200 | 0.5216 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 28 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 61700 | 0.7774 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 29 | University of Memphis | 14000 | 29100 | 0.5191 | 15,538 | 1080 | 0.7878 | |
| 30 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 14400 | 57100 | 0.7474 | 15,735 | 1069 | 0.8797 | |
| 31 | Ball State University | 14600 | 22400 | 0.3484 | 15,950 | 1185 | 0.8625 | |
| 31 | University of Maine at Augusta | 14600 | 54900 | 0.7338 | 4,313 | 0 | 0 | |
| 33 | Indiana State University | 15800 | 32400 | 0.5126 | 6,352 | 1015 | 0.9157 | |
| 34 | Keene State College | 16000 | 51400 | 0.6884 | 2,640 | 1064 | 0.8982 | |
| 35 | North Carolina State University | 16100 | 28500 | 0.4348 | 29,340 | 1374 | 0.3954 | |
| 36 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 16300 | 41200 | 0.6051 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 36 | Georgia Southern University | 16300 | 49700 | 0.6722 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 36 | Texas Tech University | 16300 | 27100 | 0.3984 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 39 | Montclair State University | 16400 | 36000 | 0.5451 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 40 | Bennington College | 16800 | 89500 | 0.8125 | 708 | 1402 | 0.3721 | |
| 41 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 17200 | 44100 | 0.6103 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 42 | California State University-Sacramento | 17300 | 30700 | 0.4363 | 28,619 | 1015 | 0.9357 | |
| 42 | Morgan State University | 17300 | 42200 | 0.5905 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 44 | Barnard College | 17500 | 99700 | 0.8241 | 3,223 | 1499 | 0.1005 | |
| 44 | The University of Texas at Austin | 17500 | 28100 | 0.3768 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 46 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 17600 | 29900 | 0.4131 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 47 | Yale University | 17700 | 278600 | 0.9365 | 6,667 | 1507 | 0.0475 | |
| 48 | La Roche University | 17800 | 87300 | 0.7963 | 1,972 | 990 | 0.6638 | |
| 49 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 17900 | 47900 | 0.6257 | 21,028 | 1450 | 0.1334 | |
| 50 | University of Rhode Island | 18000 | 33900 | 0.4691 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 51 | SUNY College of Technology at Alfred | 18100 | 37500 | 0.5173 | 3,758 | 0 | 0.7236 | |
| 52 | Olivet Nazarene University | 18400 | 79300 | 0.7686 | 2,704 | 1104 | 0.5586 | |
| 53 | Norwich University | 18700 | 100600 | 0.8144 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 54 | Connecticut College | 19000 | 93000 | 0.7954 | 1,953 | 1284 | 0.3923 | |
| 55 | Lehigh University | 19200 | 89800 | 0.7863 | 5,986 | 1436 | 0.2896 | |
| 56 | University of Southern California | 19500 | 76400 | 0.7452 | 20,768 | 1499 | 0.1119 | |
| 57 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 19700 | 40600 | 0.5158 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 58 | SUNY College of Technology at Delhi | 19800 | 55300 | 0.6417 | 2,881 | 1040 | 0.89 | |
| 59 | Rutgers University-Newark | 20200 | 39200 | 0.4852 | 7,989 | 1159 | 0.7136 | |
| 59 | South Dakota State University | 20200 | 25200 | 0.2009 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 61 | Syracuse University | 20300 | 83600 | 0.7572 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 62 | University of New Orleans | 20500 | 30000 | 0.3162 | 5,419 | 1040 | 0.7431 | |
| 63 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 20700 | 30600 | 0.3258 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 64 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 21400 | 80400 | 0.7335 | 17,848 | 1470 | 0.1565 | |
| 65 | University of Kansas | 21500 | 44400 | 0.5154 | 22,544 | 1176 | 0.9258 | |
| 66 | Utah State University | 21800 | 38800 | 0.4382 | 26,629 | 1168 | 0.9212 | |
| 67 | Marywood University | 22000 | 93800 | 0.7655 | 1,936 | 1144 | 0.7878 | |
| 68 | Mount Mary University | 22100 | 57200 | 0.6134 | 616 | 1069 | 0.831 | |
| 69 | Tufts University | 22300 | 99000 | 0.7749 | 7,031 | 1497 | 0.1082 | |
| 70 | SUNY Maritime College | 22600 | 59200 | 0.6186 | 1,401 | 1164 | 0.785 | |
| 71 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 22700 | 36100 | 0.3709 | 34,447 | 1273 | 0.8804 | |
| 72 | University of Southern Mississippi | 22800 | 23100 | 0.013 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 73 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 23000 | 27500 | 0.1618 | 18,028 | 1059 | 0.7996 | |
| 74 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 23400 | 34500 | 0.322 | 10,396 | 1125 | 0.7162 | |
| 75 | Judson University | 24000 | 49100 | 0.5122 | 697 | 1010 | 0.8905 | |
| 75 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 24000 | 60700 | 0.6046 | 1,984 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 77 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 24600 | 36800 | 0.3317 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 78 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 25000 | 32900 | 0.242 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 79 | Delaware Valley University | 25700 | 95800 | 0.7318 | 1,680 | 1189 | 0.9268 | |
| 80 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 25900 | 40600 | 0.362 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 81 | University of Arkansas | 26400 | 44700 | 0.4087 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 82 | Drury University | 26600 | 54500 | 0.5119 | 1,453 | 1209 | 0.6575 | |
| 83 | Hobart William Smith Colleges | 27200 | 88300 | 0.6918 | 1,862 | 1296 | 0.667 | |
| 84 | North Dakota State University | 27400 | 30400 | 0.0976 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 85 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 28200 | 43100 | 0.346 | 22,313 | 1341 | 0.2996 | |
| 86 | Maine Maritime Academy | 28300 | 34400 | 0.1772 | 977 | 1189 | 0.9615 | |
| 87 | Lawrence Technological University | 29500 | 99100 | 0.7027 | 2,661 | 1149 | 0.8101 | |
| 87 | Thomas Jefferson University | 29500 | 70000 | 0.5792 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 89 | Ithaca College | 29800 | 72600 | 0.5892 | 4,205 | 1328 | 0.7015 | |
| 90 | Prairie View A & M University | 30400 | 39600 | 0.2322 | 9,022 | 960 | 0.7836 | |
| 91 | Iowa State University | 30700 | 45200 | 0.3221 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 92 | Kent State University at Kent | 30900 | 37500 | 0.1751 | 21,144 | 1104 | 0.7603 | |
| 93 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 31800 | 54400 | 0.4154 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 94 | Anderson University | 32300 | 54700 | 0.4098 | 3,724 | 1209 | 0.5491 | |
| 95 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 32400 | 38400 | 0.1562 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 96 | Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design | 33000 | 61800 | 0.4669 | 838 | 1143 | 0.6054 | |
| 97 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 33400 | 38200 | 0.1273 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 98 | University of Illinois Chicago | 34000 | 51300 | 0.3371 | 24,260 | 1174 | 0.7576 | |
| 99 | Samford University | 34400 | 93800 | 0.6333 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 100 | University of Idaho | 34500 | 48700 | 0.2916 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 101 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 34700 | 46400 | 0.2519 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 102 | Chatham University | 34800 | 63900 | 0.4557 | 1,555 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 103 | Temple University | 35600 | 57200 | 0.3774 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 104 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 36000 | 54000 | 0.3334 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 105 | North Carolina A & T State University | 36400 | 36700 | 0.0082 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.5125 | |
| 106 | University of Connecticut | 36900 | 66200 | 0.4429 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 106 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 36900 | 66700 | 0.4469 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 108 | Andrews University | 37200 | 76700 | 0.5148 | 1,384 | 1143 | 0.8185 | |
| 109 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 37500 | 40100 | 0.064 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 110 | Benedictine College | 37800 | 52500 | 0.2798 | 2,404 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 111 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 38800 | 40300 | 0.0372 | 26,213 | 1209 | 0.7778 | |
| 112 | Mississippi State University | 38900 | 53400 | 0.2726 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 113 | Drexel University | 39200 | 86400 | 0.5466 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 114 | Stony Brook University | 39400 | 53000 | 0.2559 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 115 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 39900 | 59200 | 0.3258 | 5,986 | 1110 | 0.8916 | |
| 116 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5061 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 117 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 40800 | 55300 | 0.2624 | 21,388 | 1369 | 0.5945 | |
| 118 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 40900 | 58700 | 0.3035 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 119 | University of Central Florida | 42100 | 42800 | 0.0164 | 60,083 | 1289 | 0.428 | |
| 120 | University of Arizona | 42500 | 48600 | 0.1254 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 120 | University of Maryland-College Park | 42500 | 58500 | 0.2733 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 122 | University of Florida | 42800 | 45700 | 0.0635 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 123 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 42900 | 88100 | 0.5129 | 35,358 | 1448 | 0.1642 | |
| 124 | University at Buffalo | 46400 | 46400 | 0 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 125 | Otis College of Art and Design | 46700 | 79800 | 0.4145 | 1,188 | 1335 | 0.8034 | |
| 126 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 46900 | 57100 | 0.1786 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 127 | University of Delaware | 47300 | 62400 | 0.2427 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 128 | University of Kentucky | 48000 | 59900 | 0.1978 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 129 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 49200 | 67600 | 0.2722 | 40,996 | 1399 | 0.4175 | |
| 130 | University of California-Berkeley | 51300 | 76600 | 0.3302 | 33,513 | 1407 | 0.1145 | |
| 131 | University of Georgia | 52000 | 52100 | 0.0019 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 132 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 52600 | 86300 | 0.3905 | 5,833 | 1440 | 0.6725 | |
| 133 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 53400 | 96100 | 0.4442 | 6,839 | 1469 | 0.1446 | |
| 133 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53400 | 63400 | 0.1578 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 135 | Howard University | 54800 | 88500 | 0.381 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 135 | University of San Francisco | 54800 | 87200 | 0.3716 | 5,171 | 1333 | 0.7176 | |
| 137 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 54900 | 68800 | 0.2022 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 138 | University of Colorado Boulder | 55300 | 70900 | 0.2202 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7809 | |
| 139 | Miami University-Oxford | 57400 | 57400 | 0 | 16,405 | 1284 | 0.74 | |
| 140 | Maryland Institute College of Art | 58100 | 71200 | 0.1836 | 1,192 | 1232 | 0.7681 | |
| 141 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 58600 | 61200 | 0.0419 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 142 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 58800 | 62100 | 0.0531 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 143 | Auburn University | 59400 | 59400 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 144 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 60400 | 63000 | 0.0407 | 38,463 | 1324 | 0.7589 | |
| 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 | 68300 | 69900 | 0.0229 | 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.