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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 | |
| 3 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 4700 | 40700 | 0.8836 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 3 | Utah State University | 4700 | 21700 | 0.7832 | 25,920 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 5 | Princeton University | 5100 | 75600 | 0.9325 | 5,813 | 1535 | 0.0462 | |
| 6 | Yale University | 5500 | 92200 | 0.94 | 6,814 | 1507 | 0.0387 | |
| 7 | University of Pennsylvania | 7100 | 92900 | 0.9238 | 10,013 | 1528 | 0.054 | |
| 8 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8400 | 98000 | 0.9146 | 9,157 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 9 | Rice University | 8600 | 89100 | 0.9038 | 4,789 | 1535 | 0.08 | |
| 9 | United States Merchant Marine Academy | 8600 | 8600 | 0 | 947 | 1239 | 0.3247 | |
| 11 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 8800 | 90000 | 0.9027 | 4,576 | 1535 | 0.0485 | |
| 12 | Carnegie Mellon University | 9000 | 90900 | 0.9007 | 7,824 | 1528 | 0.1166 | |
| 13 | Washington University in St Louis | 9200 | 96200 | 0.904 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 14 | Wellesley College | 9400 | 91300 | 0.8972 | 2,407 | 1500 | 0.1405 | |
| 15 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 10100 | 29300 | 0.6564 | 31,112 | 1130 | 0.8129 | |
| 16 | University of Notre Dame | 10200 | 86200 | 0.8821 | 8,880 | 1499 | 0.1127 | |
| 17 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 10600 | 36400 | 0.7094 | 40,754 | 1391 | 0.3915 | |
| 18 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 10700 | 36600 | 0.7073 | 27,082 | 1099 | 0.8459 | |
| 19 | Middlebury College | 10900 | 89900 | 0.879 | 2,760 | 1499 | 0.1075 | |
| 20 | Brown University | 11100 | 94000 | 0.8816 | 7,910 | 1535 | 0.0539 | |
| 21 | Massachusetts Maritime Academy | 11400 | 21000 | 0.4573 | 1,407 | 1120 | 0.7207 | |
| 22 | California State University-Sacramento | 11600 | 30700 | 0.6219 | 28,226 | 1015 | 0.9343 | |
| 23 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 11700 | 26100 | 0.5511 | 21,947 | 1335 | 0.3122 | |
| 23 | Cornell University | 11700 | 93100 | 0.8745 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
| 23 | Indiana State University | 11700 | 25900 | 0.5491 | 6,224 | 1140 | 0.8077 | |
| 26 | University of Houston | 12000 | 28400 | 0.5781 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 27 | California State University-Fresno | 12100 | 19600 | 0.3819 | 21,430 | 995 | 0.9638 | |
| 28 | Louisiana Tech University | 12700 | 36900 | 0.6557 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 29 | Mount Holyoke College | 12800 | 89900 | 0.8579 | 2,178 | 1449 | 0.3603 | |
| 30 | University of North Alabama | 12900 | 30800 | 0.5804 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 31 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 13100 | 38800 | 0.6616 | 17,901 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 32 | Portland State University | 13300 | 26100 | 0.4914 | 15,960 | 1176 | 0.9091 | |
| 32 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 13300 | 13300 | 0 | 18,428 | 1090 | 0.9529 | |
| 34 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 13500 | 28000 | 0.5175 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 35 | University of Delaware | 13600 | 34500 | 0.6068 | 19,119 | 1303 | 0.6356 | |
| 36 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 31700 | 0.5674 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 37 | Northeastern University | 14500 | 89900 | 0.8387 | 22,695 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 37 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 14500 | 64500 | 0.7751 | 14,576 | 1179 | 0.6967 | |
| 39 | University of Maine at Augusta | 15000 | 44900 | 0.6661 | 4,250 | 0 | 0.0683 | |
| 40 | University of Memphis | 15500 | 26400 | 0.4137 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 41 | Lehigh University | 15600 | 89600 | 0.8263 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 42 | Keene State College | 15700 | 51200 | 0.6932 | 2,744 | 1020 | 0.9033 | |
| 43 | University of Florida | 16100 | 22500 | 0.2843 | 36,567 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 44 | University of California-Los Angeles | 16300 | 36700 | 0.5555 | 33,471 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 44 | University of Southern Mississippi | 16300 | 23100 | 0.2943 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
| 46 | University of California-Berkeley | 16500 | 43500 | 0.6212 | 33,469 | 1407 | 0.1104 | |
| 47 | Bennington College | 17100 | 89500 | 0.8085 | 797 | 1360 | 0.4453 | |
| 48 | Morgan State University | 17200 | 37200 | 0.5377 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 49 | SUNY College of Technology at Alfred | 17300 | 46700 | 0.6298 | 3,525 | 1070 | 0.8175 | |
| 50 | University of Arkansas | 17500 | 27700 | 0.3683 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 50 | University of Rhode Island | 17500 | 46400 | 0.6223 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 52 | Barnard College | 17600 | 99700 | 0.8232 | 3,269 | 1490 | 0.0796 | |
| 53 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 17900 | 41200 | 0.5662 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 53 | Prairie View A & M University | 17900 | 49200 | 0.6358 | 8,056 | 955 | 0.7441 | |
| 55 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 18000 | 35300 | 0.4896 | 5,731 | 1174 | 0.9064 | |
| 56 | The University of Texas at Austin | 18900 | 26900 | 0.2973 | 43,165 | 1335 | 0.2664 | |
| 57 | Rutgers University-Newark | 19200 | 37900 | 0.4932 | 7,417 | 1214 | 0.7873 | |
| 58 | Connecticut College | 19300 | 115500 | 0.8326 | 1,990 | 1287 | 0.3704 | |
| 59 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 19600 | 40000 | 0.5099 | 1,984 | 1369 | 0.6328 | |
| 59 | University of Southern California | 19600 | 75800 | 0.7418 | 21,023 | 1485 | 0.1002 | |
| 61 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 19900 | 30700 | 0.3492 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 62 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 20200 | 32800 | 0.3836 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 62 | University of New Orleans | 20200 | 30200 | 0.331 | 5,476 | 1125 | 0.6677 | |
| 64 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 20600 | 39000 | 0.4722 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 65 | La Roche University | 20700 | 66200 | 0.6877 | 1,986 | 1150 | 0.7761 | |
| 66 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 21200 | 42700 | 0.5036 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 67 | Webb Institute | 21500 | 73700 | 0.7085 | 106 | 1475 | 0.1404 | |
| 68 | Tufts University | 21700 | 98900 | 0.7803 | 7,126 | 1507 | 0.1153 | |
| 69 | Marywood University | 22000 | 79900 | 0.7249 | 1,834 | 1160 | 0.6058 | |
| 70 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 23100 | 36800 | 0.3725 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 71 | University of Kentucky | 23800 | 36100 | 0.3392 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 72 | University at Buffalo | 24000 | 34000 | 0.2942 | 20,360 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 73 | Judson University | 24200 | 49100 | 0.5076 | 793 | 1049 | 0.624 | |
| 74 | Norwich University | 24500 | 88400 | 0.723 | 2,642 | 1209 | 0.7361 | |
| 74 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 24500 | 38500 | 0.3638 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 76 | Mount Mary University | 24900 | 53300 | 0.5325 | 749 | 1005 | 0.6634 | |
| 76 | University of Kansas | 24900 | 44000 | 0.4337 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 78 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 25000 | 37100 | 0.3264 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 79 | Syracuse University | 25300 | 83100 | 0.6955 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 80 | South Dakota State University | 25500 | 28700 | 0.1116 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 81 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 25700 | 59900 | 0.5708 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 82 | Hobart William Smith Colleges | 26100 | 88300 | 0.7044 | 1,794 | 1313 | 0.6399 | |
| 82 | Stony Brook University | 26100 | 33200 | 0.2129 | 18,263 | 1395 | 0.4904 | |
| 84 | Ball State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 15,189 | 1170 | 0.855 | |
| 85 | SUNY Maritime College | 26700 | 46800 | 0.4299 | 1,286 | 1215 | 0.7242 | |
| 86 | University of Idaho | 26900 | 45200 | 0.4045 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 87 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 17,771 | 1044 | 0.7933 | |
| 88 | Thomas Jefferson University | 27600 | 67700 | 0.5922 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 89 | North Dakota State University | 27800 | 30400 | 0.0858 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 90 | Mississippi State University | 28100 | 32300 | 0.13 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 91 | Drury University | 28800 | 52900 | 0.4554 | 1,391 | 1228 | 0.5758 | |
| 92 | Montclair State University | 28900 | 36300 | 0.204 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 93 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 29500 | 42400 | 0.3041 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 94 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 95 | Kean University | 31000 | 39600 | 0.2172 | 11,758 | 1035 | 0.7688 | |
| 96 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 31100 | 49800 | 0.3755 | 20,592 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 97 | Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design | 31800 | 64900 | 0.5089 | 885 | 0 | 0.628 | |
| 98 | Ithaca College | 32100 | 72500 | 0.5571 | 4,268 | 1314 | 0.6901 | |
| 99 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32400 | 35100 | 0.077 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 100 | North Carolina State University | 32800 | 54800 | 0.4017 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 101 | Anderson University | 33300 | 52500 | 0.3659 | 3,405 | 1209 | 0.5471 | |
| 102 | Lawrence Technological University | 33500 | 82500 | 0.5937 | 2,579 | 1155 | 0.7403 | |
| 103 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 33700 | 36100 | 0.0664 | 33,572 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 104 | Delaware Valley University | 35000 | 83300 | 0.5798 | 1,768 | 1180 | 0.9326 | |
| 105 | Chatham University | 35100 | 63900 | 0.451 | 1,555 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 106 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 35200 | 42800 | 0.1757 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 107 | North Carolina A & T State University | 35800 | 36600 | 0.0219 | 12,216 | 1020 | 0.4617 | |
| 108 | Andrews University | 36400 | 62100 | 0.4139 | 1,312 | 1208 | 0.874 | |
| 109 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 36900 | 66500 | 0.4448 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 110 | University of Connecticut | 37700 | 43900 | 0.1414 | 19,388 | 1324 | 0.5395 | |
| 111 | Benedictine College | 37800 | 50800 | 0.256 | 2,391 | 1229 | 0.7645 | |
| 112 | Auburn University | 38000 | 38000 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 113 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 38500 | 38500 | 0 | 7,890 | 1105 | 0.2056 | |
| 114 | Texas Tech University | 38800 | 41000 | 0.0537 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 115 | University of Central Florida | 39600 | 39600 | 0 | 59,649 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
| 116 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 39700 | 39700 | 0 | 24,868 | 1214 | 0.796 | |
| 117 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 39800 | 53700 | 0.259 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
| 118 | Temple University | 40700 | 55300 | 0.2642 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 119 | Endicott College | 40900 | 64200 | 0.3629 | 3,176 | 1215 | 0.7229 | |
| 120 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41300 | 57000 | 0.2756 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 121 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 42200 | 54700 | 0.2285 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 122 | University of Maryland-College Park | 42300 | 53400 | 0.2079 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 123 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 43000 | 46200 | 0.0693 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 124 | Maine Maritime Academy | 43300 | 49800 | 0.1305 | 945 | 1180 | 0.5606 | |
| 125 | University of Illinois Chicago | 43700 | 49300 | 0.1135 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 126 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 43800 | 57100 | 0.2315 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 127 | Florida Atlantic University | 44400 | 44400 | 0 | 24,942 | 1130 | 0.6613 | |
| 128 | University of Georgia | 45900 | 51600 | 0.1108 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 129 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 46000 | 86200 | 0.4662 | 5,743 | 1438 | 0.6343 | |
| 130 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 48500 | 92100 | 0.4736 | 7,283 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
| 131 | Drexel University | 48700 | 83800 | 0.4188 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 132 | Woodbury University | 50500 | 69500 | 0.2733 | 825 | 1087 | 0.7287 | |
| 133 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53200 | 61000 | 0.1279 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 134 | Howard University | 53300 | 76900 | 0.3068 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 134 | University of San Francisco | 53300 | 84800 | 0.3714 | 5,321 | 1292 | 0.6171 | |
| 136 | University of Colorado Boulder | 54600 | 56600 | 0.0353 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
| 137 | Miami University-Oxford | 56600 | 56600 | 0 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 138 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 56700 | 58900 | 0.0374 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 139 | Maryland Institute College of Art | 60700 | 71200 | 0.1476 | 1,324 | 1196 | 0.7729 | |
| 140 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 60800 | 63000 | 0.035 | 38,093 | 1302 | 0.7821 | |
| 141 | Clemson University | 61400 | 63700 | 0.0346 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 142 | Otis College of Art and Design | 64900 | 79800 | 0.1867 | 1,224 | 1055 | 0.8176 | |
| 143 | University of Oregon | 66700 | 68900 | 0.032 | 20,622 | 1250 | 0.883 | |
| 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.