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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 | 1,081 | 1283 | 0.2432 | |
| 1 | United States Naval Academy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4,465 | 1314 | 0.0936 | |
| 1 | University of California-Los Angeles | 0 | 36700 | 1 | 33,471 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 4 | Utah State University | 3900 | 20300 | 0.8091 | 25,920 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 5 | Rice University | 4200 | 85500 | 0.9508 | 4,789 | 1535 | 0.08 | |
| 6 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 5200 | 86800 | 0.9398 | 4,576 | 1535 | 0.0485 | |
| 7 | Yale University | 5500 | 92300 | 0.9403 | 6,814 | 1507 | 0.0387 | |
| 8 | Princeton University | 7800 | 75600 | 0.8967 | 5,813 | 1535 | 0.0462 | |
| 9 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8900 | 94100 | 0.9057 | 9,157 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 10 | University of Pennsylvania | 9000 | 93000 | 0.9034 | 10,013 | 1528 | 0.054 | |
| 11 | Washington University in St Louis | 9600 | 96200 | 0.9006 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 12 | United States Merchant Marine Academy | 10200 | 10200 | 0 | 947 | 1239 | 0.3247 | |
| 13 | Cornell University | 10700 | 92000 | 0.8834 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
| 14 | Wellesley College | 11100 | 90900 | 0.8782 | 2,407 | 1500 | 0.1405 | |
| 15 | University of Notre Dame | 11500 | 86100 | 0.8664 | 8,880 | 1499 | 0.1127 | |
| 16 | The University of Texas at Austin | 12200 | 30700 | 0.6023 | 43,165 | 1335 | 0.2664 | |
| 17 | Middlebury College | 12800 | 89800 | 0.8573 | 2,760 | 1499 | 0.1075 | |
| 18 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 13300 | 13300 | 0 | 18,428 | 1090 | 0.9529 | |
| 19 | Louisiana Tech University | 13500 | 24900 | 0.4571 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 20 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 32200 | 0.5744 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 21 | University of Idaho | 14000 | 26400 | 0.4694 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 22 | Texas Tech University | 14100 | 27000 | 0.4776 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 23 | Northeastern University | 14500 | 89900 | 0.8391 | 22,695 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 24 | Carnegie Mellon University | 14700 | 87300 | 0.8314 | 7,824 | 1528 | 0.1166 | |
| 25 | University of Maine at Augusta | 15300 | 23200 | 0.3403 | 4,250 | 0 | 0.0683 | |
| 26 | Webb Institute | 15500 | 73700 | 0.7899 | 106 | 1475 | 0.1404 | |
| 27 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 15700 | 28000 | 0.439 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 28 | North Carolina State University | 15800 | 27500 | 0.4261 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 29 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 16600 | 22300 | 0.2554 | 24,868 | 1214 | 0.796 | |
| 30 | University of Southern Mississippi | 16800 | 23100 | 0.2725 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
| 31 | SUNY College of Technology at Alfred | 17200 | 26000 | 0.3388 | 3,525 | 1070 | 0.8175 | |
| 32 | Bennington College | 17500 | 89500 | 0.805 | 797 | 1360 | 0.4453 | |
| 32 | Brown University | 17500 | 93900 | 0.8134 | 7,910 | 1535 | 0.0539 | |
| 34 | University of Kansas | 17700 | 34900 | 0.4928 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 35 | University of Arkansas | 17800 | 27700 | 0.3567 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 35 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 17800 | 26300 | 0.3236 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 37 | University of Rhode Island | 18000 | 34400 | 0.4765 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 38 | Tufts University | 18100 | 92400 | 0.8045 | 7,126 | 1507 | 0.1153 | |
| 39 | University of Southern California | 18300 | 76000 | 0.7592 | 21,023 | 1485 | 0.1002 | |
| 40 | Prairie View A & M University | 18600 | 25400 | 0.2678 | 8,056 | 955 | 0.7441 | |
| 41 | Portland State University | 18700 | 26100 | 0.2834 | 15,960 | 1176 | 0.9091 | |
| 42 | Barnard College | 19100 | 93200 | 0.7951 | 3,269 | 1490 | 0.0796 | |
| 43 | Rutgers University-Newark | 19200 | 37900 | 0.4932 | 7,417 | 1214 | 0.7873 | |
| 44 | University of Memphis | 19400 | 26400 | 0.2657 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 45 | Mount Holyoke College | 19600 | 89700 | 0.7819 | 2,178 | 1449 | 0.3603 | |
| 45 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 19600 | 29300 | 0.3305 | 1,984 | 1369 | 0.6328 | |
| 47 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 19700 | 36200 | 0.4554 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 48 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 20200 | 27200 | 0.2576 | 31,112 | 1130 | 0.8129 | |
| 49 | University of Colorado Boulder | 20400 | 30600 | 0.3333 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
| 49 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20400 | 43700 | 0.5336 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 51 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 20700 | 31000 | 0.3322 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 52 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27100 | 0.2289 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 53 | Hobart William Smith Colleges | 21800 | 81100 | 0.7309 | 1,794 | 1313 | 0.6399 | |
| 54 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 22200 | 34400 | 0.3546 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 54 | SUNY Maritime College | 22200 | 31700 | 0.2998 | 1,286 | 1215 | 0.7242 | |
| 56 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 23300 | 35400 | 0.3414 | 5,731 | 1174 | 0.9064 | |
| 57 | La Roche University | 24000 | 55400 | 0.567 | 1,986 | 1150 | 0.7761 | |
| 57 | University of New Orleans | 24000 | 31000 | 0.2258 | 5,476 | 1125 | 0.6677 | |
| 59 | University at Buffalo | 24100 | 34000 | 0.2912 | 20,360 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 59 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24100 | 37100 | 0.3508 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
| 61 | Judson University | 24400 | 49100 | 0.5035 | 793 | 1049 | 0.624 | |
| 62 | California State University-Fresno | 24700 | 35900 | 0.3119 | 21,430 | 995 | 0.9638 | |
| 63 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 25100 | 36600 | 0.3146 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 63 | Mount Mary University | 25100 | 53300 | 0.529 | 749 | 1005 | 0.6634 | |
| 65 | South Dakota State University | 25800 | 28700 | 0.1005 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 66 | Norwich University | 25900 | 70900 | 0.6349 | 2,642 | 1209 | 0.7361 | |
| 66 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 25900 | 36500 | 0.2906 | 27,082 | 1099 | 0.8459 | |
| 68 | Ball State University | 26000 | 26000 | 0 | 15,189 | 1170 | 0.855 | |
| 69 | Marywood University | 26300 | 55500 | 0.5264 | 1,834 | 1160 | 0.6058 | |
| 70 | Indiana State University | 26400 | 30900 | 0.1458 | 6,224 | 1140 | 0.8077 | |
| 71 | University of North Alabama | 26600 | 41500 | 0.3592 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 72 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 26700 | 36700 | 0.2708 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 73 | Lehigh University | 27200 | 85700 | 0.683 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 73 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 27200 | 83600 | 0.6749 | 7,283 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
| 75 | Montclair State University | 27300 | 36300 | 0.2481 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 76 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 17,771 | 1044 | 0.7933 | |
| 77 | Florida Atlantic University | 27600 | 39200 | 0.2961 | 24,942 | 1130 | 0.6613 | |
| 78 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 27900 | 78300 | 0.6438 | 17,901 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 79 | North Dakota State University | 28100 | 30400 | 0.0752 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 80 | Keene State College | 28200 | 40700 | 0.307 | 2,744 | 1020 | 0.9033 | |
| 81 | Drury University | 28400 | 52900 | 0.463 | 1,391 | 1228 | 0.5758 | |
| 82 | Mississippi State University | 28500 | 32300 | 0.1201 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 83 | Connecticut College | 29000 | 83300 | 0.6522 | 1,990 | 1287 | 0.3704 | |
| 84 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 29900 | 31100 | 0.0385 | 20,592 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 85 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 85 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 30000 | 41800 | 0.2824 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 87 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 30300 | 42400 | 0.2855 | 21,947 | 1335 | 0.3122 | |
| 88 | Syracuse University | 30400 | 83100 | 0.6342 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 88 | University of Houston | 30400 | 35200 | 0.1365 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 90 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 30600 | 39500 | 0.225 | 14,576 | 1179 | 0.6967 | |
| 91 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 30900 | 41100 | 0.2484 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 92 | University of Kentucky | 31000 | 36000 | 0.139 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 93 | North Carolina A & T State University | 31200 | 36400 | 0.1427 | 12,216 | 1020 | 0.4617 | |
| 94 | Kean University | 31300 | 39600 | 0.2097 | 11,758 | 1035 | 0.7688 | |
| 95 | Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design | 31700 | 57100 | 0.4449 | 885 | 0 | 0.628 | |
| 96 | Massachusetts Maritime Academy | 31800 | 40200 | 0.2091 | 1,407 | 1120 | 0.7207 | |
| 97 | Thomas Jefferson University | 31900 | 67700 | 0.5287 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 98 | Benedictine College | 32200 | 50800 | 0.3663 | 2,391 | 1229 | 0.7645 | |
| 99 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 32400 | 38500 | 0.1585 | 7,890 | 1105 | 0.2056 | |
| 100 | Ithaca College | 33400 | 72500 | 0.5393 | 4,268 | 1314 | 0.6901 | |
| 100 | University of Oregon | 33400 | 38600 | 0.1341 | 20,622 | 1250 | 0.883 | |
| 102 | Anderson University | 33700 | 52400 | 0.3568 | 3,405 | 1209 | 0.5471 | |
| 103 | California State University-Sacramento | 33800 | 44900 | 0.2473 | 28,226 | 1015 | 0.9343 | |
| 104 | Morgan State University | 33900 | 37200 | 0.0887 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 105 | Delaware Valley University | 34900 | 63800 | 0.4528 | 1,768 | 1180 | 0.9326 | |
| 106 | Chatham University | 35200 | 63300 | 0.4443 | 1,555 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 107 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 35500 | 43500 | 0.184 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 108 | Andrews University | 35900 | 47100 | 0.2376 | 1,312 | 1208 | 0.874 | |
| 109 | Lawrence Technological University | 36400 | 67800 | 0.4629 | 2,579 | 1155 | 0.7403 | |
| 110 | University of Central Florida | 36800 | 39600 | 0.0707 | 59,649 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
| 111 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 37900 | 53900 | 0.2968 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 112 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 38300 | 44300 | 0.1354 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 113 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 39500 | 52900 | 0.2532 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 114 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 39600 | 56700 | 0.3017 | 40,754 | 1391 | 0.3915 | |
| 115 | Stony Brook University | 40100 | 53000 | 0.2431 | 18,263 | 1395 | 0.4904 | |
| 116 | University of Georgia | 40300 | 46000 | 0.1242 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 117 | Endicott College | 40500 | 63200 | 0.3591 | 3,176 | 1215 | 0.7229 | |
| 118 | Temple University | 41000 | 56100 | 0.2691 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 119 | University of Connecticut | 41800 | 41800 | 0 | 19,388 | 1324 | 0.5395 | |
| 120 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 42000 | 55100 | 0.2379 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 120 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 42000 | 54900 | 0.2352 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 122 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 43300 | 50300 | 0.1392 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 122 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 43300 | 46200 | 0.0624 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 124 | University of Florida | 43600 | 45600 | 0.0438 | 36,567 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 125 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 45200 | 57100 | 0.2083 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 126 | University of Illinois Chicago | 45900 | 48000 | 0.0437 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 127 | University of Delaware | 47200 | 53200 | 0.114 | 19,119 | 1303 | 0.6356 | |
| 128 | Maine Maritime Academy | 47800 | 49800 | 0.0402 | 945 | 1180 | 0.5606 | |
| 129 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 48300 | 85700 | 0.4362 | 5,743 | 1438 | 0.6343 | |
| 130 | Woodbury University | 51100 | 68700 | 0.2563 | 825 | 1087 | 0.7287 | |
| 131 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 51200 | 84200 | 0.392 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 132 | Drexel University | 51400 | 82600 | 0.3776 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 133 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 51700 | 51700 | 0 | 33,572 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 134 | University of San Francisco | 53200 | 83200 | 0.3604 | 5,321 | 1292 | 0.6171 | |
| 135 | Auburn University | 55400 | 55400 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 136 | Miami University-Oxford | 56100 | 56100 | 0 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 137 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 57100 | 58900 | 0.032 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 138 | Howard University | 58400 | 61600 | 0.052 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 139 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 59200 | 61100 | 0.0309 | 38,093 | 1302 | 0.7821 | |
| 140 | Maryland Institute College of Art | 60700 | 71200 | 0.1476 | 1,324 | 1196 | 0.7729 | |
| 141 | Clemson University | 61800 | 63700 | 0.0296 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 142 | Otis College of Art and Design | 63100 | 79000 | 0.2014 | 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 | 79400 | 82500 | 0.0376 | 3,177 | 1204 | 0.8278 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.