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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 | 1,108 | 1334 | 0.2244 | |
| 1 | United States Naval Academy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4,474 | 1305 | 0.0927 | |
| 3 | Princeton University | 4000 | 82600 | 0.9516 | 5,813 | 1535 | 0.0462 | |
| 4 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 4900 | 40700 | 0.8787 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 5 | Yale University | 5500 | 92200 | 0.94 | 6,814 | 1507 | 0.0387 | |
| 6 | Sinclair Community College | 7200 | 11300 | 0.3648 | 19,415 | 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | United States Merchant Marine Academy | 7500 | 8600 | 0.1278 | 962 | 1214 | 0.3424 | |
| 8 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 8000 | 90000 | 0.9116 | 4,535 | 1542 | 0.0455 | |
| 9 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8400 | 97100 | 0.914 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0399 | |
| 10 | Carnegie Mellon University | 9000 | 90900 | 0.9007 | 7,377 | 1528 | 0.1166 | |
| 11 | University of Pennsylvania | 9200 | 92900 | 0.9009 | 11,478 | 1536 | 0.054 | |
| 11 | Washington University in St Louis | 9200 | 102300 | 0.9104 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 13 | Rice University | 9800 | 89100 | 0.8903 | 4,789 | 1535 | 0.08 | |
| 13 | Wellesley College | 9800 | 91300 | 0.8928 | 2,407 | 1500 | 0.1405 | |
| 15 | University of Notre Dame | 10900 | 86200 | 0.874 | 8,880 | 1500 | 0.1127 | |
| 16 | Cornell University | 11500 | 93100 | 0.8767 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0876 | |
| 17 | California State University-Sacramento | 11700 | 30700 | 0.6186 | 28,820 | 1035 | 0.9399 | |
| 18 | Florida Atlantic University | 12000 | 25800 | 0.5356 | 24,876 | 1130 | 0.6613 | |
| 19 | North Carolina A & T State University | 12900 | 17900 | 0.2801 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.499 | |
| 20 | University of North Alabama | 13100 | 28200 | 0.5358 | 7,662 | 1140 | 0.8731 | |
| 21 | Mount Holyoke College | 13600 | 89900 | 0.849 | 2,178 | 1449 | 0.3603 | |
| 22 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 47300 | 0.7099 | 38,040 | 1418 | 0.452 | |
| 23 | University of Georgia | 13800 | 26600 | 0.4812 | 32,399 | 1382 | 0.377 | |
| 23 | Utah State University | 13800 | 20800 | 0.3369 | 25,706 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 25 | Brown University | 13900 | 94000 | 0.8521 | 7,910 | 1535 | 0.0539 | |
| 25 | University of Houston | 13900 | 22000 | 0.3675 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 27 | Middlebury College | 14000 | 89900 | 0.8443 | 2,760 | 1499 | 0.1075 | |
| 28 | University of Idaho | 14200 | 25800 | 0.4504 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 29 | Northeastern University | 15200 | 89900 | 0.8309 | 17,432 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 30 | University of Maine at Augusta | 15300 | 30600 | 0.5003 | 4,313 | 0 | 0 | |
| 31 | Lehigh University | 15400 | 89600 | 0.8286 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 32 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 15700 | 31000 | 0.4932 | 8,553 | 1045 | 0.8688 | |
| 33 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 15900 | 27700 | 0.4254 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 34 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 16200 | 22300 | 0.2733 | 24,868 | 1214 | 0.796 | |
| 35 | The University of Texas at Austin | 16500 | 28000 | 0.4111 | 43,165 | 1356 | 0.2664 | |
| 36 | Connecticut College | 16600 | 95300 | 0.8254 | 1,990 | 1421 | 0.3704 | |
| 37 | Bennington College | 17100 | 89500 | 0.8094 | 797 | 1370 | 0.4453 | |
| 38 | SUNY College of Technology at Alfred | 17200 | 29500 | 0.4168 | 3,781 | 1100 | 0.7568 | |
| 39 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 17500 | 29900 | 0.4169 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5743 | |
| 40 | Barnard College | 17600 | 99700 | 0.8232 | 3,487 | 1499 | 0.0884 | |
| 40 | Keene State College | 17600 | 32100 | 0.4507 | 2,725 | 1085 | 0.9033 | |
| 40 | University of Memphis | 17600 | 26400 | 0.334 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 43 | Prairie View A & M University | 17700 | 25400 | 0.3032 | 8,877 | 975 | 0.7931 | |
| 43 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 17700 | 26600 | 0.3354 | 7,505 | 1073 | 0.9633 | |
| 45 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 18200 | 18200 | 0 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 46 | University of Rhode Island | 19300 | 33900 | 0.4308 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 47 | Norwich University | 19700 | 73800 | 0.7328 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 47 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 19700 | 78700 | 0.7498 | 17,885 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 49 | University of New Orleans | 20000 | 30600 | 0.347 | 5,419 | 1040 | 0.7431 | |
| 50 | University of Southern California | 20100 | 75900 | 0.7356 | 20,630 | 1492 | 0.0981 | |
| 51 | Hampshire College | 20500 | 83900 | 0.756 | 844 | 1254 | 0.7528 | |
| 52 | Webb Institute | 21400 | 89600 | 0.7608 | 106 | 1475 | 0.1404 | |
| 53 | Louisiana Tech University | 21500 | 26100 | 0.1764 | 10,881 | 1189 | 0.864 | |
| 54 | Tufts University | 21700 | 98900 | 0.7803 | 7,126 | 1507 | 0.1149 | |
| 55 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,221 | 1204 | 0.8854 | |
| 56 | La Roche University | 22100 | 72600 | 0.6958 | 1,828 | 1059 | 0.7576 | |
| 57 | Ball State University | 22400 | 22400 | 0 | 15,189 | 1170 | 0.855 | |
| 58 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 23000 | 27500 | 0.1618 | 17,450 | 1044 | 0.9518 | |
| 59 | University of Southern Mississippi | 23100 | 23100 | 0 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
| 60 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 24100 | 34500 | 0.3007 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 60 | Judson University | 24100 | 49100 | 0.5086 | 718 | 1015 | 0.4759 | |
| 62 | Indiana State University | 24300 | 32400 | 0.2501 | 6,224 | 1020 | 0.8077 | |
| 62 | University of Kansas | 24300 | 43000 | 0.4343 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 64 | Drury University | 25200 | 52900 | 0.5235 | 1,391 | 1228 | 0.5758 | |
| 65 | South Dakota State University | 25400 | 28700 | 0.1143 | 10,719 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 66 | Mount Mary University | 25900 | 57200 | 0.5463 | 752 | 1025 | 0.6233 | |
| 67 | Stony Brook University | 26100 | 33200 | 0.2129 | 18,263 | 1410 | 0.4904 | |
| 68 | Marywood University | 26200 | 67700 | 0.6128 | 1,833 | 1160 | 0.6058 | |
| 69 | University of Arkansas | 26600 | 28900 | 0.079 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.743 | |
| 70 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 26800 | 36600 | 0.2676 | 27,132 | 1099 | 0.9617 | |
| 71 | Hobart William Smith Colleges | 26900 | 88300 | 0.6952 | 1,794 | 1308 | 0.6399 | |
| 72 | Kent State University at Kent | 27400 | 28400 | 0.0352 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 73 | North Dakota State University | 27700 | 30400 | 0.0882 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 74 | Syracuse University | 27800 | 83100 | 0.6653 | 15,957 | 1363 | 0.4592 | |
| 75 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 27900 | 32800 | 0.1489 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 76 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 29100 | 29200 | 0.0034 | 18,288 | 1090 | 0.9068 | |
| 77 | Morgan State University | 29500 | 41900 | 0.2962 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 78 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 30100 | 42200 | 0.2866 | 15,375 | 1103 | 0.866 | |
| 79 | Portland State University | 30900 | 43100 | 0.2825 | 15,414 | 1094 | 0.9087 | |
| 80 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 31200 | 48800 | 0.361 | 20,591 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 81 | Massachusetts Maritime Academy | 31300 | 40200 | 0.2216 | 1,402 | 1120 | 0.947 | |
| 82 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 31600 | 41200 | 0.2333 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.7517 | |
| 83 | Ithaca College | 31900 | 72500 | 0.5599 | 4,268 | 1314 | 0.6901 | |
| 84 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 32400 | 43100 | 0.2484 | 22,033 | 1321 | 0.3132 | |
| 85 | Lawrence Technological University | 32500 | 71900 | 0.5479 | 2,579 | 1159 | 0.559 | |
| 86 | North Carolina State University | 32700 | 54800 | 0.4031 | 28,422 | 1378 | 0.4174 | |
| 87 | University of Oregon | 33000 | 38600 | 0.1444 | 20,622 | 1250 | 0.883 | |
| 88 | Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design | 33600 | 57400 | 0.4145 | 838 | 1143 | 0.6054 | |
| 89 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 34000 | 41000 | 0.1703 | 22,364 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 89 | Thomas Jefferson University | 34000 | 68100 | 0.501 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8097 | |
| 91 | Chatham University | 34900 | 63300 | 0.449 | 1,550 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 92 | Andrews University | 35000 | 70100 | 0.5008 | 1,384 | 1143 | 0.8185 | |
| 93 | Temple University | 35400 | 56400 | 0.3724 | 21,457 | 1135 | 0.8041 | |
| 94 | SUNY Maritime College | 35600 | 41600 | 0.1441 | 1,285 | 1215 | 0.7241 | |
| 95 | Texas Tech University | 35700 | 38900 | 0.0823 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 96 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 36100 | 36100 | 0 | 33,033 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 97 | Mississippi State University | 36200 | 50500 | 0.283 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 98 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 36600 | 47500 | 0.2296 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 98 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 36600 | 40000 | 0.085 | 2,381 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 100 | California State University-Fresno | 36900 | 43800 | 0.1577 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 101 | University of Connecticut | 37100 | 53600 | 0.3081 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 102 | Benedictine College | 37600 | 50800 | 0.2599 | 2,403 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 102 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37600 | 66300 | 0.433 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5478 | |
| 104 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 38300 | 53100 | 0.2786 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 105 | Delaware Valley University | 39300 | 66900 | 0.4126 | 1,768 | 1208 | 0.9321 | |
| 106 | University of Central Florida | 39700 | 39700 | 0 | 59,552 | 1280 | 0.4011 | |
| 107 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 40300 | 44100 | 0.0862 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 108 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5061 | 33,475 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 109 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 40800 | 52100 | 0.217 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 110 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41200 | 57000 | 0.2773 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.782 | |
| 111 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 41700 | 55200 | 0.2445 | 25,900 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 112 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 42000 | 53200 | 0.2106 | 5,731 | 1174 | 0.9064 | |
| 113 | Anderson University | 42200 | 53600 | 0.2127 | 3,683 | 1209 | 0.5471 | |
| 114 | Kean University | 42400 | 48300 | 0.1222 | 11,758 | 1040 | 0.759 | |
| 115 | University of Florida | 43100 | 45700 | 0.057 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 115 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43100 | 53600 | 0.196 | 31,133 | 1463 | 0.4479 | |
| 117 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 43800 | 57100 | 0.2328 | 23,329 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 118 | University at Buffalo | 43900 | 46700 | 0.06 | 20,359 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 119 | University of Illinois Chicago | 45300 | 50600 | 0.1048 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 120 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 46200 | 86300 | 0.4644 | 5,741 | 1438 | 0.6347 | |
| 121 | Maine Maritime Academy | 47100 | 49800 | 0.0542 | 945 | 1180 | 0.5414 | |
| 121 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47100 | 59700 | 0.2122 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 123 | University of Colorado Boulder | 47300 | 57700 | 0.1803 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7808 | |
| 124 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 48400 | 91400 | 0.4706 | 8,192 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
| 125 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48500 | 51200 | 0.0543 | 44,819 | 1327 | 0.4987 | |
| 125 | University of Delaware | 48500 | 61300 | 0.2089 | 20,026 | 1294 | 0.706 | |
| 127 | Drexel University | 48600 | 83900 | 0.4208 | 13,309 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 128 | University of Kentucky | 49000 | 58000 | 0.1554 | 25,534 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 129 | University of Utah | 51400 | 53700 | 0.0425 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 130 | Woodbury University | 52800 | 69500 | 0.2402 | 786 | 1087 | 0.8165 | |
| 131 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53200 | 61000 | 0.1291 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 132 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53600 | 62800 | 0.1465 | 23,920 | 1397 | 0.5973 | |
| 133 | University of San Francisco | 53800 | 84800 | 0.3655 | 5,321 | 1292 | 0.6171 | |
| 134 | Howard University | 55100 | 66500 | 0.1715 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 135 | Miami University-Oxford | 55500 | 57400 | 0.0331 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 136 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58200 | 64100 | 0.092 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 137 | Auburn University | 58500 | 58500 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4592 | |
| 138 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 60700 | 63000 | 0.0362 | 38,093 | 1302 | 0.7821 | |
| 138 | Maryland Institute College of Art | 60700 | 71200 | 0.1476 | 1,191 | 1232 | 0.7679 | |
| 140 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 61000 | 63200 | 0.0348 | 40,684 | 1331 | 0.3915 | |
| 141 | Clemson University | 61400 | 63700 | 0.0358 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 142 | California College of the Arts | 65300 | 87600 | 0.2545 | 1,004 | 1079 | 0.911 | |
| 143 | Otis College of Art and Design | 66500 | 79800 | 0.1666 | 1,224 | 1335 | 0.8176 | |
| 144 | University of California-Berkeley | 70900 | 76100 | 0.0684 | 33,070 | 1407 | 0.1098 | |
| 145 | The Catholic University of America | 82500 | 82500 | 0 | 3,177 | 1140 | 0.8278 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.