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Considering a degree in Architecture?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Architecture majors who live in Ohio.
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 Ohio.
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 | Rice University | 4300 | 85500 | 0.9496 | 4,789 | 1535 | 0.08 | |
| 4 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 4700 | 86800 | 0.9456 | 4,576 | 1535 | 0.0485 | |
| 5 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 5100 | 39100 | 0.8705 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 6 | Princeton University | 5400 | 81800 | 0.9338 | 5,813 | 1535 | 0.0462 | |
| 7 | Yale University | 5500 | 92300 | 0.9403 | 6,814 | 1507 | 0.0387 | |
| 8 | University of Pennsylvania | 6100 | 93000 | 0.9346 | 10,013 | 1528 | 0.054 | |
| 9 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 6600 | 94100 | 0.9301 | 9,157 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 10 | Sinclair Community College | 7000 | 11300 | 0.3825 | 17,431 | 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | Wellesley College | 7000 | 90900 | 0.9233 | 2,407 | 1500 | 0.1405 | |
| 12 | Middlebury College | 8600 | 89800 | 0.9041 | 2,760 | 1499 | 0.1075 | |
| 13 | Brown University | 8900 | 93900 | 0.905 | 7,910 | 1535 | 0.0539 | |
| 14 | Washington University in St Louis | 9200 | 96200 | 0.904 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 15 | Mount Holyoke College | 9400 | 89700 | 0.8957 | 2,178 | 1449 | 0.3603 | |
| 16 | University of Notre Dame | 10000 | 86100 | 0.8838 | 8,880 | 1499 | 0.1127 | |
| 17 | United States Merchant Marine Academy | 10200 | 10200 | 0 | 947 | 1239 | 0.3247 | |
| 18 | Cornell University | 10300 | 92000 | 0.8877 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
| 19 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 11400 | 27200 | 0.5816 | 40,754 | 1391 | 0.3915 | |
| 20 | California State University-Fresno | 12100 | 19600 | 0.3819 | 21,430 | 995 | 0.9638 | |
| 20 | Utah State University | 12100 | 20300 | 0.4035 | 25,920 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 22 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 12400 | 26200 | 0.5266 | 21,947 | 1335 | 0.3122 | |
| 23 | University of Central Florida | 12600 | 23600 | 0.4661 | 59,649 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
| 24 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 13300 | 13300 | 0 | 18,428 | 1090 | 0.9529 | |
| 25 | Lehigh University | 13700 | 85700 | 0.8406 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 25 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 32200 | 0.5744 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 27 | Louisiana Tech University | 13900 | 24900 | 0.4411 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 28 | Carnegie Mellon University | 14000 | 87300 | 0.8394 | 7,824 | 1528 | 0.1166 | |
| 28 | Texas Tech University | 14000 | 27000 | 0.4813 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 30 | University of Houston | 14300 | 23600 | 0.3946 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 31 | University of Idaho | 14400 | 26400 | 0.4542 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 32 | University of California-Berkeley | 15000 | 43500 | 0.655 | 33,469 | 1407 | 0.1104 | |
| 33 | Northeastern University | 16400 | 89900 | 0.8179 | 22,695 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 34 | University of Southern California | 16700 | 76000 | 0.7802 | 21,023 | 1485 | 0.1002 | |
| 35 | Bennington College | 17100 | 89500 | 0.8085 | 797 | 1360 | 0.4453 | |
| 36 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 17200 | 27200 | 0.3671 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 36 | SUNY College of Technology at Alfred | 17200 | 26000 | 0.3388 | 3,525 | 1070 | 0.8175 | |
| 36 | Tufts University | 17200 | 92400 | 0.8142 | 7,126 | 1507 | 0.1153 | |
| 36 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 17200 | 27400 | 0.3721 | 27,082 | 1099 | 0.8459 | |
| 40 | University of Kansas | 17300 | 34900 | 0.5048 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 40 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 17300 | 26300 | 0.3426 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 42 | Barnard College | 17600 | 93200 | 0.8112 | 3,269 | 1490 | 0.0796 | |
| 43 | Keene State College | 17900 | 31900 | 0.4396 | 2,744 | 1020 | 0.9033 | |
| 43 | University of Arkansas | 17900 | 27700 | 0.3538 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 45 | University of Rhode Island | 18000 | 34400 | 0.4765 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 46 | Youngstown State University | 18200 | 29400 | 0.3805 | 8,436 | 1065 | 0.8066 | |
| 47 | Prairie View A & M University | 18300 | 25400 | 0.2796 | 8,056 | 955 | 0.7441 | |
| 47 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 18300 | 78300 | 0.7664 | 17,901 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 49 | Portland State University | 18500 | 26100 | 0.2918 | 15,960 | 1176 | 0.9091 | |
| 50 | University of Memphis | 19200 | 26400 | 0.2732 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 51 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 19700 | 40000 | 0.5074 | 1,984 | 1369 | 0.6328 | |
| 51 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 19700 | 27200 | 0.276 | 31,112 | 1130 | 0.8129 | |
| 53 | University of Southern Mississippi | 19900 | 26300 | 0.243 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
| 54 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 20000 | 31000 | 0.3554 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 55 | The University of Texas at Austin | 20100 | 26900 | 0.2527 | 43,165 | 1335 | 0.2664 | |
| 55 | University of Colorado Boulder | 20100 | 30600 | 0.3431 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
| 57 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 20300 | 36200 | 0.4395 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 57 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 20300 | 36700 | 0.4464 | 14,576 | 1179 | 0.6967 | |
| 59 | South Dakota State University | 20500 | 25200 | 0.1866 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 60 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 20600 | 30000 | 0.3138 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 61 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27100 | 0.2289 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 62 | Webb Institute | 21500 | 73700 | 0.7085 | 106 | 1475 | 0.1404 | |
| 63 | SUNY Maritime College | 22200 | 31700 | 0.2998 | 1,286 | 1215 | 0.7242 | |
| 64 | Ball State University | 22300 | 25900 | 0.1389 | 15,189 | 1170 | 0.855 | |
| 64 | Hobart William Smith Colleges | 22300 | 81100 | 0.7247 | 1,794 | 1313 | 0.6399 | |
| 66 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 23300 | 33600 | 0.3067 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 67 | Syracuse University | 23500 | 83100 | 0.7172 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 68 | University of Kentucky | 23800 | 36000 | 0.3389 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 69 | Judson University | 24200 | 49100 | 0.5076 | 793 | 1049 | 0.624 | |
| 69 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 24200 | 83600 | 0.7108 | 7,283 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
| 71 | La Roche University | 24400 | 55400 | 0.5598 | 1,986 | 1150 | 0.7761 | |
| 71 | University of New Orleans | 24400 | 31000 | 0.2129 | 5,476 | 1125 | 0.6677 | |
| 73 | Mount Mary University | 24900 | 53300 | 0.5325 | 749 | 1005 | 0.6634 | |
| 74 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 25500 | 36500 | 0.301 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 75 | Norwich University | 26300 | 70900 | 0.6293 | 2,642 | 1209 | 0.7361 | |
| 76 | Marywood University | 26700 | 55500 | 0.5192 | 1,834 | 1160 | 0.6058 | |
| 77 | University of North Alabama | 26900 | 41500 | 0.352 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 78 | Indiana State University | 27100 | 30900 | 0.1231 | 6,224 | 1140 | 0.8077 | |
| 79 | Miami University-Oxford | 27200 | 27300 | 0.0004 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 80 | Kent State University at Kent | 27400 | 28400 | 0.0352 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 81 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 17,771 | 1044 | 0.7933 | |
| 82 | North Dakota State University | 27800 | 30400 | 0.0858 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 82 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 27800 | 41900 | 0.3364 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 84 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 27900 | 36700 | 0.2402 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 85 | Drury University | 28100 | 52900 | 0.4687 | 1,391 | 1228 | 0.5758 | |
| 85 | Mississippi State University | 28100 | 32300 | 0.13 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 87 | Florida Atlantic University | 28300 | 39200 | 0.2782 | 24,942 | 1130 | 0.6613 | |
| 88 | Connecticut College | 28400 | 83300 | 0.6595 | 1,990 | 1287 | 0.3704 | |
| 89 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 29900 | 31100 | 0.0385 | 20,592 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 90 | Maine Maritime Academy | 30200 | 33400 | 0.0959 | 945 | 1180 | 0.5606 | |
| 91 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 30700 | 41800 | 0.2657 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 92 | University of Maine at Augusta | 30800 | 38900 | 0.2085 | 4,250 | 0 | 0.0683 | |
| 93 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 31400 | 41100 | 0.2362 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 94 | Kean University | 31500 | 39600 | 0.2046 | 11,758 | 1035 | 0.7688 | |
| 94 | Thomas Jefferson University | 31500 | 67700 | 0.5346 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 96 | North Carolina A & T State University | 31800 | 36400 | 0.1262 | 12,216 | 1020 | 0.4617 | |
| 97 | Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design | 32500 | 57100 | 0.4295 | 885 | 0 | 0.628 | |
| 98 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 32600 | 38500 | 0.1533 | 7,890 | 1105 | 0.2056 | |
| 99 | North Carolina State University | 32800 | 54800 | 0.4017 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 100 | Massachusetts Maritime Academy | 32900 | 40200 | 0.1817 | 1,407 | 1120 | 0.7207 | |
| 101 | Anderson University | 33600 | 52400 | 0.3588 | 3,405 | 1209 | 0.5471 | |
| 101 | Ithaca College | 33600 | 72500 | 0.5365 | 4,268 | 1314 | 0.6901 | |
| 103 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 33700 | 46200 | 0.2708 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 104 | Auburn University | 34400 | 34400 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 104 | California State University-Sacramento | 34400 | 44900 | 0.234 | 28,226 | 1015 | 0.9343 | |
| 106 | Morgan State University | 34500 | 37200 | 0.0726 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 107 | Chatham University | 35000 | 63300 | 0.4474 | 1,555 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 108 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 35100 | 35100 | 0.0001 | 33,572 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 109 | Delaware Valley University | 35400 | 63800 | 0.445 | 1,768 | 1180 | 0.9326 | |
| 110 | Andrews University | 36400 | 47100 | 0.227 | 1,312 | 1208 | 0.874 | |
| 111 | Lawrence Technological University | 36900 | 67800 | 0.4556 | 2,579 | 1155 | 0.7403 | |
| 112 | Benedictine College | 37600 | 50800 | 0.2599 | 2,391 | 1229 | 0.7645 | |
| 112 | University of Connecticut | 37600 | 41800 | 0.1005 | 19,388 | 1324 | 0.5395 | |
| 112 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37600 | 62000 | 0.3936 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 115 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 38600 | 44600 | 0.1345 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 116 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 38800 | 52900 | 0.2664 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 117 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 39100 | 48900 | 0.2004 | 5,731 | 1174 | 0.9064 | |
| 118 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 39400 | 39400 | 0 | 24,868 | 1214 | 0.796 | |
| 119 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 39600 | 53700 | 0.2627 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
| 120 | Stony Brook University | 39800 | 53000 | 0.2491 | 18,263 | 1395 | 0.4904 | |
| 121 | University of Georgia | 40300 | 46000 | 0.1242 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 122 | Temple University | 40400 | 56100 | 0.2798 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 122 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 68600 | 0.4116 | 33,471 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 124 | Endicott College | 40900 | 63200 | 0.3528 | 3,176 | 1215 | 0.7229 | |
| 125 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41300 | 53900 | 0.2337 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 126 | University at Buffalo | 42600 | 46800 | 0.0897 | 20,360 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 127 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 42700 | 54900 | 0.2224 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 128 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 43600 | 50300 | 0.1332 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 128 | University of Florida | 43600 | 45600 | 0.0438 | 36,567 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 130 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 43800 | 57100 | 0.2315 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 131 | University of Illinois Chicago | 46500 | 48000 | 0.0312 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 132 | University of Delaware | 47200 | 53200 | 0.1127 | 19,119 | 1303 | 0.6356 | |
| 133 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 47300 | 85700 | 0.4479 | 5,743 | 1438 | 0.6343 | |
| 134 | Woodbury University | 50600 | 68700 | 0.2636 | 825 | 1087 | 0.7287 | |
| 135 | Drexel University | 51100 | 82600 | 0.3812 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 136 | University of San Francisco | 53600 | 83200 | 0.3556 | 5,321 | 1292 | 0.6171 | |
| 137 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 56700 | 58900 | 0.0374 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 138 | Howard University | 58300 | 61600 | 0.0536 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 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 | 62600 | 79000 | 0.2077 | 1,224 | 1055 | 0.8176 | |
| 143 | University of Oregon | 66700 | 68900 | 0.032 | 20,622 | 1250 | 0.883 | |
| 144 | The Catholic University of America | 82500 | 82500 | 0 | 3,177 | 1204 | 0.8278 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.