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Considering a degree in Architecture?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Architecture majors who live in Pennsylvania.
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 Pennsylvania.
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 | Utah State University | 4700 | 21700 | 0.7832 | 25,920 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 4 | Princeton University | 5400 | 82400 | 0.9341 | 5,813 | 1535 | 0.0462 | |
| 5 | Yale University | 5500 | 92200 | 0.94 | 6,814 | 1507 | 0.0387 | |
| 6 | Carnegie Mellon University | 6800 | 90200 | 0.9249 | 7,824 | 1528 | 0.1166 | |
| 7 | University of Pennsylvania | 7300 | 92700 | 0.9213 | 10,013 | 1528 | 0.054 | |
| 8 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 8000 | 90000 | 0.9116 | 4,576 | 1535 | 0.0485 | |
| 9 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8400 | 98000 | 0.9146 | 9,157 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 10 | Rice University | 8600 | 89100 | 0.9038 | 4,789 | 1535 | 0.08 | |
| 10 | United States Merchant Marine Academy | 8600 | 8600 | 0 | 947 | 1239 | 0.3247 | |
| 12 | Washington University in St Louis | 9200 | 96200 | 0.904 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 13 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 10700 | 28400 | 0.6224 | 40,754 | 1391 | 0.3915 | |
| 13 | Wellesley College | 10700 | 91300 | 0.883 | 2,407 | 1500 | 0.1405 | |
| 15 | University of Notre Dame | 10800 | 86200 | 0.8752 | 8,880 | 1499 | 0.1127 | |
| 16 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 11100 | 36600 | 0.6964 | 27,082 | 1099 | 0.8459 | |
| 17 | Middlebury College | 11500 | 89900 | 0.8724 | 2,760 | 1499 | 0.1075 | |
| 18 | Brown University | 11700 | 94000 | 0.8752 | 7,910 | 1535 | 0.0539 | |
| 18 | California State University-Sacramento | 11700 | 30700 | 0.6186 | 28,226 | 1015 | 0.9343 | |
| 18 | Cornell University | 11700 | 93100 | 0.8745 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
| 21 | University of Illinois Chicago | 11800 | 30400 | 0.611 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 22 | California State University-Fresno | 12400 | 45900 | 0.7306 | 21,430 | 995 | 0.9638 | |
| 23 | Indiana State University | 12600 | 31200 | 0.5968 | 6,224 | 1140 | 0.8077 | |
| 24 | Florida Atlantic University | 12800 | 25800 | 0.5045 | 24,942 | 1130 | 0.6613 | |
| 25 | Louisiana Tech University | 13100 | 36900 | 0.6449 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 26 | University of North Alabama | 13200 | 30800 | 0.5707 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 27 | University of Idaho | 13500 | 25800 | 0.4772 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 28 | Mount Holyoke College | 13600 | 89900 | 0.849 | 2,178 | 1449 | 0.3603 | |
| 28 | University of Delaware | 13600 | 34500 | 0.6068 | 19,119 | 1303 | 0.6356 | |
| 28 | University of Houston | 13600 | 23100 | 0.4114 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 31 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 31700 | 0.5674 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 32 | North Carolina A & T State University | 13800 | 17900 | 0.2297 | 12,216 | 1020 | 0.4617 | |
| 33 | Portland State University | 14200 | 43100 | 0.6703 | 15,960 | 1176 | 0.9091 | |
| 34 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 14500 | 28000 | 0.4818 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 35 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 14900 | 64500 | 0.7689 | 14,576 | 1179 | 0.6967 | |
| 36 | University of Maine at Augusta | 15100 | 44900 | 0.6639 | 4,250 | 0 | 0.0683 | |
| 37 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 15200 | 35700 | 0.5744 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 38 | Northeastern University | 15700 | 89900 | 0.8254 | 22,695 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 38 | University of Memphis | 15700 | 29900 | 0.4745 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 40 | The University of Texas at Austin | 15800 | 30500 | 0.4817 | 43,165 | 1335 | 0.2664 | |
| 41 | Lehigh University | 16100 | 88600 | 0.8183 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 42 | University of California-Los Angeles | 16300 | 36700 | 0.5555 | 33,471 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 43 | Keene State College | 16500 | 51200 | 0.6774 | 2,744 | 1020 | 0.9033 | |
| 43 | University of Southern Mississippi | 16500 | 23100 | 0.2857 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
| 43 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 16500 | 45400 | 0.636 | 18,428 | 1090 | 0.9529 | |
| 46 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 16700 | 22300 | 0.2509 | 24,868 | 1214 | 0.796 | |
| 47 | University of Kansas | 16800 | 37100 | 0.5476 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 48 | Bennington College | 17100 | 89500 | 0.8085 | 797 | 1360 | 0.4453 | |
| 49 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 17200 | 27200 | 0.3671 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 50 | Barnard College | 17600 | 99700 | 0.8232 | 3,269 | 1490 | 0.0796 | |
| 50 | Morgan State University | 17600 | 37200 | 0.5269 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 50 | SUNY College of Technology at Alfred | 17600 | 46700 | 0.6234 | 3,525 | 1070 | 0.8175 | |
| 53 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 18000 | 35300 | 0.4896 | 5,731 | 1174 | 0.9064 | |
| 54 | University of Rhode Island | 18100 | 46400 | 0.6094 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 55 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 18300 | 41200 | 0.5565 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 55 | Prairie View A & M University | 18300 | 49200 | 0.6277 | 8,056 | 955 | 0.7441 | |
| 57 | University of Colorado Boulder | 18600 | 30600 | 0.3921 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
| 58 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 18900 | 18900 | 0.0004 | 14,449 | 1195 | 0.7816 | |
| 59 | Connecticut College | 19200 | 115500 | 0.8335 | 1,990 | 1287 | 0.3704 | |
| 60 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 19300 | 27500 | 0.2985 | 31,112 | 1130 | 0.8129 | |
| 61 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 19600 | 29300 | 0.3305 | 1,984 | 1369 | 0.6328 | |
| 62 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 19700 | 78700 | 0.7498 | 17,901 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 63 | Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania | 19800 | 26500 | 0.2542 | 9,967 | 1080 | 0.9475 | |
| 64 | University of Southern California | 20100 | 75800 | 0.7352 | 21,023 | 1485 | 0.1002 | |
| 65 | University of New Orleans | 20600 | 30200 | 0.3178 | 5,476 | 1125 | 0.6677 | |
| 66 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 20700 | 34400 | 0.3982 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 66 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 20700 | 30700 | 0.3231 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 66 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 20700 | 32800 | 0.3684 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 69 | Pennsylvania State University-World Campus | 20800 | 33400 | 0.3789 | 8,012 | 1139 | 1 | |
| 70 | La Roche University | 21000 | 66300 | 0.6836 | 1,986 | 1150 | 0.7761 | |
| 71 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 21400 | 40100 | 0.4662 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 72 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 21500 | 42700 | 0.4966 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 72 | Webb Institute | 21500 | 73700 | 0.7085 | 106 | 1475 | 0.1404 | |
| 74 | Tufts University | 22000 | 98900 | 0.7773 | 7,126 | 1507 | 0.1153 | |
| 75 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 22200 | 59900 | 0.6293 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 76 | Marywood University | 22300 | 79900 | 0.7213 | 1,834 | 1160 | 0.6058 | |
| 76 | SUNY Maritime College | 22300 | 46800 | 0.524 | 1,286 | 1215 | 0.7242 | |
| 78 | Judson University | 24200 | 49100 | 0.5076 | 793 | 1049 | 0.624 | |
| 79 | Norwich University | 24800 | 88400 | 0.7197 | 2,642 | 1209 | 0.7361 | |
| 80 | Mount Mary University | 24900 | 53300 | 0.5325 | 749 | 1005 | 0.6634 | |
| 81 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 25000 | 37100 | 0.3264 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 82 | Chatham University | 25200 | 60900 | 0.586 | 1,555 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 82 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 25200 | 38500 | 0.3456 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 84 | Syracuse University | 25300 | 83100 | 0.6955 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 85 | South Dakota State University | 25500 | 28700 | 0.1116 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 86 | Hobart William Smith Colleges | 26000 | 88300 | 0.7056 | 1,794 | 1313 | 0.6399 | |
| 87 | Ball State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 15,189 | 1170 | 0.855 | |
| 88 | Delaware Valley University | 26700 | 83300 | 0.6795 | 1,768 | 1180 | 0.9326 | |
| 89 | University of Arkansas | 26800 | 29600 | 0.0947 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 90 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 17,771 | 1044 | 0.7933 | |
| 91 | North Dakota State University | 27800 | 30400 | 0.0858 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 92 | Drury University | 28700 | 52900 | 0.4573 | 1,391 | 1228 | 0.5758 | |
| 93 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 29000 | 41600 | 0.302 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 94 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 95 | Thomas Jefferson University | 30100 | 63300 | 0.5249 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 96 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 31100 | 49800 | 0.3755 | 20,592 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 97 | Ithaca College | 32000 | 72500 | 0.5585 | 4,268 | 1314 | 0.6901 | |
| 98 | Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design | 32500 | 64900 | 0.4981 | 885 | 0 | 0.628 | |
| 99 | North Carolina State University | 32800 | 54800 | 0.4017 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 100 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 32900 | 43100 | 0.2368 | 21,947 | 1335 | 0.3122 | |
| 100 | Massachusetts Maritime Academy | 32900 | 40200 | 0.1817 | 1,407 | 1120 | 0.7207 | |
| 102 | Anderson University | 33200 | 52500 | 0.3678 | 3,405 | 1209 | 0.5471 | |
| 103 | Lawrence Technological University | 33900 | 82500 | 0.5888 | 2,579 | 1155 | 0.7403 | |
| 104 | Temple University | 34300 | 55300 | 0.3801 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 105 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 35800 | 42800 | 0.1616 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 106 | Mississippi State University | 36300 | 50500 | 0.2815 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 107 | Andrews University | 36400 | 62100 | 0.4139 | 1,312 | 1208 | 0.874 | |
| 108 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 36700 | 38900 | 0.0566 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 109 | Benedictine College | 37600 | 50800 | 0.2599 | 2,391 | 1229 | 0.7645 | |
| 109 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37600 | 66500 | 0.4343 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 111 | University of Connecticut | 37700 | 43900 | 0.1414 | 19,388 | 1324 | 0.5395 | |
| 112 | Auburn University | 38000 | 38000 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 113 | Drexel University | 38400 | 83200 | 0.5384 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 114 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 38500 | 38500 | 0 | 7,890 | 1105 | 0.2056 | |
| 115 | Texas Tech University | 38600 | 41000 | 0.0586 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 116 | Kean University | 38800 | 48300 | 0.1967 | 11,758 | 1035 | 0.7688 | |
| 116 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 38800 | 53400 | 0.2735 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 118 | University of Central Florida | 39600 | 39600 | 0 | 59,649 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
| 119 | Stony Brook University | 39800 | 53000 | 0.2491 | 18,263 | 1395 | 0.4904 | |
| 119 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 39800 | 53700 | 0.259 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
| 121 | Endicott College | 40600 | 64200 | 0.3675 | 3,176 | 1215 | 0.7229 | |
| 122 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41300 | 57000 | 0.2756 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 123 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 42600 | 54700 | 0.2212 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 124 | University of Maryland-College Park | 42800 | 53400 | 0.1985 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 125 | University of Florida | 43100 | 45600 | 0.0548 | 36,567 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 126 | Maine Maritime Academy | 43300 | 49800 | 0.1305 | 945 | 1180 | 0.5606 | |
| 127 | University of Georgia | 45900 | 51600 | 0.1108 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 128 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 46100 | 86200 | 0.4651 | 5,743 | 1438 | 0.6343 | |
| 129 | University at Buffalo | 46800 | 46800 | 0 | 20,360 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 130 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 48500 | 92100 | 0.4736 | 7,283 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
| 131 | University of Kentucky | 48900 | 56600 | 0.1365 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 132 | Woodbury University | 50500 | 69500 | 0.2733 | 825 | 1087 | 0.7287 | |
| 133 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 50900 | 84700 | 0.3991 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 134 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53200 | 61000 | 0.1279 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 135 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 53400 | 53400 | 0 | 33,572 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 136 | Howard University | 53500 | 76900 | 0.3042 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 137 | University of San Francisco | 53700 | 84800 | 0.3666 | 5,321 | 1292 | 0.6171 | |
| 138 | Miami University-Oxford | 56600 | 56600 | 0 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 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 | 66300 | 79800 | 0.1691 | 1,224 | 1055 | 0.8176 | |
| 143 | University of Oregon | 66700 | 68900 | 0.032 | 20,622 | 1250 | 0.883 | |
| 144 | University of California-Berkeley | 70700 | 75900 | 0.0685 | 33,469 | 1407 | 0.1104 | |
| 145 | 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.