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Considering a degree in Architecture?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Architecture majors who live in South Carolina.
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 South Carolina.
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 | 1,063 | 1319 | 0.206 | |
| 1 | United States Naval Academy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4,474 | 1305 | 0.0927 | |
| 3 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 3900 | 112100 | 0.9651 | 4,561 | 1542 | 0.0456 | |
| 4 | Princeton University | 4100 | 83400 | 0.9509 | 5,916 | 1528 | 0.0442 | |
| 5 | University of Pennsylvania | 5000 | 93100 | 0.9467 | 9,989 | 1535 | 0.0492 | |
| 6 | Greenville Technical College | 7200 | 18400 | 0.6091 | 11,999 | 0 | 1 | |
| 7 | United States Merchant Marine Academy | 7400 | 8800 | 0.16 | 962 | 1214 | 0.3424 | |
| 8 | University of Notre Dame | 8300 | 86900 | 0.905 | 8,950 | 1497 | 0.0938 | |
| 9 | Carnegie Mellon University | 8900 | 112200 | 0.9209 | 7,728 | 1528 | 0.1107 | |
| 9 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8900 | 96500 | 0.9082 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 11 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 9300 | 38900 | 0.7613 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 12 | Utah State University | 9700 | 26700 | 0.6361 | 26,629 | 1168 | 0.9212 | |
| 13 | Rice University | 9800 | 92600 | 0.8939 | 4,807 | 1528 | 0.0801 | |
| 14 | Portland State University | 10200 | 73900 | 0.8618 | 14,932 | 1174 | 0.8586 | |
| 15 | University of Central Florida | 10500 | 25300 | 0.5856 | 60,083 | 1289 | 0.428 | |
| 16 | Washington University in St Louis | 10700 | 102300 | 0.8957 | 8,153 | 1512 | 0.1192 | |
| 16 | Wellesley College | 10700 | 117800 | 0.9091 | 2,366 | 1499 | 0.1479 | |
| 18 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 11100 | 30900 | 0.6402 | 40,996 | 1399 | 0.4175 | |
| 19 | California State University-Fresno | 11500 | 54800 | 0.7901 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 20 | Middlebury College | 11600 | 94500 | 0.8773 | 2,640 | 1499 | 0.1277 | |
| 21 | Florida Atlantic University | 12200 | 25800 | 0.5278 | 25,626 | 1150 | 0.5497 | |
| 22 | Cornell University | 13100 | 93700 | 0.8601 | 16,138 | 1528 | 0.0838 | |
| 22 | North Carolina A & T State University | 13100 | 17900 | 0.2689 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.5125 | |
| 24 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 61700 | 0.7784 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 25 | University of North Alabama | 13800 | 28200 | 0.5109 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 26 | Brown University | 13900 | 120200 | 0.8843 | 7,951 | 1500 | 0.0634 | |
| 27 | Louisiana Tech University | 14200 | 43500 | 0.6735 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 28 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 14300 | 31000 | 0.5394 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 29 | Coastal Carolina University | 14400 | 72300 | 0.8012 | 11,471 | 1160 | 0.7003 | |
| 30 | University of Memphis | 14500 | 37800 | 0.6167 | 15,538 | 1080 | 0.7878 | |
| 31 | University of Maine at Augusta | 15000 | 54900 | 0.7265 | 4,313 | 0 | 0 | |
| 32 | Mount Holyoke College | 15100 | 89900 | 0.8321 | 2,135 | 1419 | 0.3841 | |
| 33 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 15900 | 27700 | 0.4254 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 34 | Ball State University | 16000 | 22400 | 0.2861 | 15,950 | 1185 | 0.8625 | |
| 34 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 16000 | 29300 | 0.4539 | 8,421 | 1054 | 0.9444 | |
| 36 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 16200 | 62800 | 0.7417 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 36 | University of Kansas | 16200 | 34900 | 0.536 | 22,544 | 1176 | 0.9258 | |
| 38 | The University of Texas at Austin | 16500 | 28100 | 0.4123 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 39 | Morgan State University | 16800 | 28500 | 0.4103 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 40 | Bennington College | 17100 | 89500 | 0.8095 | 708 | 1402 | 0.3721 | |
| 40 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 17100 | 26300 | 0.3498 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 42 | Barnard College | 17500 | 99700 | 0.8241 | 3,223 | 1499 | 0.1005 | |
| 43 | California State University-Sacramento | 17700 | 35700 | 0.5043 | 28,619 | 1015 | 0.9357 | |
| 43 | Prairie View A & M University | 17700 | 25400 | 0.3032 | 9,022 | 960 | 0.7836 | |
| 43 | Yale University | 17700 | 275000 | 0.9356 | 6,667 | 1507 | 0.0475 | |
| 46 | University of Kentucky | 17800 | 46800 | 0.6205 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 47 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 18400 | 43100 | 0.5737 | 5,986 | 1110 | 0.8916 | |
| 48 | University of Rhode Island | 18800 | 81200 | 0.7684 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 49 | La Roche University | 18900 | 87300 | 0.7837 | 1,972 | 990 | 0.6638 | |
| 50 | University of Illinois Chicago | 19000 | 30100 | 0.3685 | 24,260 | 1174 | 0.7576 | |
| 51 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 19100 | 37900 | 0.4979 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 52 | Connecticut College | 19200 | 93000 | 0.7932 | 1,953 | 1284 | 0.3923 | |
| 53 | Lehigh University | 19400 | 111000 | 0.8254 | 5,986 | 1436 | 0.2896 | |
| 54 | Georgia Southern University | 19800 | 20100 | 0.0149 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 54 | Norwich University | 19800 | 76000 | 0.7391 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 54 | Syracuse University | 19800 | 83600 | 0.7632 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 54 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 19800 | 29900 | 0.3371 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 58 | Olivet Nazarene University | 19900 | 79300 | 0.7487 | 2,704 | 1104 | 0.5586 | |
| 59 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20100 | 45100 | 0.5547 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 60 | University of Southern California | 20200 | 76200 | 0.7348 | 20,768 | 1499 | 0.1119 | |
| 61 | University of Colorado Boulder | 20300 | 32100 | 0.3696 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7809 | |
| 62 | South Dakota State University | 20400 | 25200 | 0.19 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 62 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 20400 | 30500 | 0.3307 | 1,984 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 64 | University of New Orleans | 21100 | 29700 | 0.2895 | 5,419 | 1040 | 0.7431 | |
| 65 | SUNY Maritime College | 21200 | 32000 | 0.3376 | 1,401 | 1164 | 0.785 | |
| 66 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 21300 | 47800 | 0.5545 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 67 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 67 | University of Houston | 21800 | 21800 | 0 | 40,366 | 1224 | 0.7577 | |
| 69 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 22000 | 35500 | 0.3799 | 27,963 | 1090 | 0.8395 | |
| 70 | Mount Mary University | 22300 | 57200 | 0.6102 | 616 | 1069 | 0.831 | |
| 71 | Marywood University | 22400 | 93800 | 0.7612 | 1,936 | 1144 | 0.7878 | |
| 71 | Tufts University | 22400 | 120000 | 0.813 | 7,031 | 1497 | 0.1082 | |
| 73 | University of Florida | 22500 | 43000 | 0.4765 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 74 | Hampshire College | 23000 | 81600 | 0.7184 | 844 | 1254 | 0.7528 | |
| 75 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 23700 | 34500 | 0.3133 | 10,396 | 1125 | 0.7162 | |
| 76 | Massachusetts Maritime Academy | 23900 | 46900 | 0.4907 | 1,511 | 1120 | 0.9202 | |
| 77 | Judson University | 24100 | 49100 | 0.5087 | 697 | 1010 | 0.8905 | |
| 77 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24100 | 38400 | 0.3726 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 79 | University of Southern Mississippi | 24200 | 30400 | 0.204 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 80 | Anderson University | 24300 | 52000 | 0.5322 | 3,724 | 1209 | 0.5491 | |
| 81 | Indiana State University | 24500 | 32400 | 0.2439 | 6,352 | 1015 | 0.9157 | |
| 82 | SUNY College of Technology at Delhi | 24600 | 36300 | 0.3219 | 2,881 | 1040 | 0.89 | |
| 83 | University at Buffalo | 24900 | 34000 | 0.2677 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 84 | Kent State University at Kent | 25200 | 28400 | 0.1157 | 21,144 | 1104 | 0.7603 | |
| 85 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 25600 | 80500 | 0.6823 | 17,848 | 1470 | 0.1565 | |
| 86 | SUNY College of Technology at Alfred | 26400 | 37700 | 0.2994 | 3,758 | 0 | 0.7236 | |
| 87 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 26500 | 36800 | 0.28 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 88 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 26800 | 40600 | 0.3399 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 89 | University of Arkansas | 27000 | 52400 | 0.485 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 90 | Texas Tech University | 27100 | 27100 | 0 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 91 | University of Georgia | 27200 | 27200 | 0 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 92 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 27400 | 29900 | 0.0837 | 18,667 | 1090 | 0.9711 | |
| 93 | Delaware Valley University | 27500 | 95800 | 0.713 | 1,680 | 1189 | 0.9268 | |
| 93 | Hobart William Smith Colleges | 27500 | 88300 | 0.6884 | 1,862 | 1296 | 0.667 | |
| 93 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 18,028 | 1059 | 0.7996 | |
| 96 | North Dakota State University | 27700 | 30400 | 0.0886 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 97 | Iowa State University | 28600 | 43300 | 0.34 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 98 | Drury University | 28700 | 68900 | 0.5839 | 1,453 | 1209 | 0.6575 | |
| 99 | Mississippi State University | 30100 | 34400 | 0.1246 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 100 | Thomas Jefferson University | 30200 | 68700 | 0.5606 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 101 | Lawrence Technological University | 30300 | 99100 | 0.6946 | 2,661 | 1149 | 0.8101 | |
| 102 | Keene State College | 30600 | 41400 | 0.2605 | 2,640 | 1064 | 0.8982 | |
| 103 | Ithaca College | 30700 | 72600 | 0.5768 | 4,205 | 1328 | 0.7015 | |
| 104 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 31200 | 48800 | 0.361 | 21,028 | 1450 | 0.1334 | |
| 105 | North Carolina State University | 32700 | 54800 | 0.4033 | 29,340 | 1374 | 0.3954 | |
| 106 | Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design | 33900 | 60900 | 0.4435 | 838 | 1143 | 0.6054 | |
| 107 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 34000 | 55500 | 0.3875 | 22,313 | 1341 | 0.2996 | |
| 107 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 34000 | 47000 | 0.2767 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 109 | Samford University | 34800 | 93800 | 0.6291 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 109 | University of Idaho | 34800 | 48700 | 0.2854 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 111 | Chatham University | 34900 | 80600 | 0.5671 | 1,555 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 112 | Temple University | 35800 | 57200 | 0.3739 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 113 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 36300 | 53600 | 0.3229 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 114 | Auburn University | 36400 | 85500 | 0.5741 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 115 | Kean University | 36700 | 45300 | 0.1898 | 11,932 | 1040 | 0.7811 | |
| 116 | University of Connecticut | 37100 | 70600 | 0.4746 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 117 | Andrews University | 37200 | 76700 | 0.5148 | 1,384 | 1143 | 0.8185 | |
| 118 | Benedictine College | 37500 | 52500 | 0.2855 | 2,404 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 119 | Maine Maritime Academy | 38400 | 53000 | 0.2756 | 977 | 1189 | 0.9615 | |
| 120 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 38800 | 60200 | 0.3559 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 121 | Stony Brook University | 39700 | 53000 | 0.2507 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 122 | Drexel University | 39900 | 107600 | 0.629 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 122 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 39900 | 40300 | 0.0099 | 26,213 | 1209 | 0.7778 | |
| 124 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40300 | 90200 | 0.5531 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 125 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41200 | 57400 | 0.2823 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 126 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 41900 | 58900 | 0.2886 | 21,388 | 1369 | 0.5945 | |
| 127 | University of Arizona | 42800 | 43800 | 0.0228 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 128 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43200 | 68700 | 0.3714 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 128 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 43200 | 108500 | 0.6019 | 35,358 | 1448 | 0.1642 | |
| 130 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 43700 | 60500 | 0.2778 | 15,735 | 1069 | 0.8797 | |
| 131 | Otis College of Art and Design | 46700 | 102100 | 0.5426 | 1,188 | 1335 | 0.8034 | |
| 132 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 47500 | 53300 | 0.1087 | 34,447 | 1273 | 0.8804 | |
| 133 | University of Delaware | 47900 | 62000 | 0.2269 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 134 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48500 | 51200 | 0.0544 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 135 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 50500 | 58800 | 0.1411 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 136 | University of California-Berkeley | 52000 | 98700 | 0.4731 | 33,513 | 1407 | 0.1145 | |
| 137 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 53000 | 86300 | 0.3859 | 5,833 | 1440 | 0.6725 | |
| 138 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53200 | 61000 | 0.1293 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 139 | University of San Francisco | 53900 | 87300 | 0.3827 | 5,171 | 1333 | 0.7176 | |
| 140 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 54100 | 95100 | 0.4311 | 6,839 | 1469 | 0.1446 | |
| 141 | Miami University-Oxford | 57300 | 57300 | 0 | 16,405 | 1284 | 0.74 | |
| 142 | Maryland Institute College of Art | 58400 | 71200 | 0.1798 | 1,192 | 1232 | 0.7681 | |
| 143 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 59900 | 64800 | 0.0756 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 143 | Howard University | 59900 | 67300 | 0.1099 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 145 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 60700 | 63000 | 0.0364 | 38,463 | 1324 | 0.7589 | |
| 146 | Webb Institute | 61100 | 74200 | 0.1765 | 104 | 1465 | 0.2484 | |
| 147 | Clemson University | 61400 | 63700 | 0.036 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 148 | University of California-Davis | 68200 | 90000 | 0.2421 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 149 | University of Oregon | 69000 | 71300 | 0.0321 | 20,710 | 1193 | 0.8742 | |
| 150 | College of Charleston | 69300 | 69300 | 0 | 10,596 | 1234 | 0.73 | |
| 151 | The Catholic University of America | 82500 | 82500 | 0 | 3,294 | 1229 | 0.7328 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.