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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 | 1,081 | 1294 | 0.2432 | |
| 1 | United States Naval Academy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4,465 | 1302 | 0.0936 | |
| 3 | Princeton University | 5500 | 82400 | 0.9329 | 5,813 | 1535 | 0.0462 | |
| 3 | Yale University | 5500 | 92200 | 0.94 | 6,814 | 1507 | 0.0387 | |
| 5 | Greenville Technical College | 7200 | 18300 | 0.6082 | 10,661 | 0 | 0.5257 | |
| 6 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 7700 | 90000 | 0.9149 | 4,580 | 1542 | 0.0455 | |
| 7 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8400 | 98000 | 0.9146 | 9,157 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 7 | University of Pennsylvania | 8400 | 92900 | 0.9098 | 10,013 | 1528 | 0.054 | |
| 9 | Rice University | 8600 | 89100 | 0.9038 | 4,789 | 1535 | 0.08 | |
| 9 | United States Merchant Marine Academy | 8600 | 8600 | 0 | 947 | 1230 | 0.3247 | |
| 11 | Carnegie Mellon University | 9000 | 90900 | 0.9007 | 7,824 | 1528 | 0.1166 | |
| 12 | Washington University in St Louis | 9300 | 102300 | 0.909 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 13 | University of Notre Dame | 10900 | 86200 | 0.874 | 8,880 | 1471 | 0.1127 | |
| 14 | Wellesley College | 11000 | 91300 | 0.8797 | 2,407 | 1500 | 0.1405 | |
| 15 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 11200 | 27400 | 0.5909 | 27,082 | 1099 | 0.8459 | |
| 16 | Middlebury College | 11600 | 89900 | 0.8713 | 2,760 | 1499 | 0.1075 | |
| 17 | Cornell University | 11800 | 93100 | 0.8735 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
| 18 | Brown University | 11900 | 94000 | 0.8731 | 7,910 | 1535 | 0.0539 | |
| 19 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 29100 | 0.5734 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 20 | California State University-Fresno | 12500 | 45900 | 0.7284 | 21,430 | 995 | 0.9638 | |
| 21 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 12600 | 26100 | 0.5167 | 21,947 | 1335 | 0.3122 | |
| 21 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 23 | Massachusetts Maritime Academy | 12800 | 21000 | 0.3906 | 1,407 | 1120 | 0.7207 | |
| 24 | Indiana State University | 12900 | 31200 | 0.5871 | 6,224 | 1140 | 0.8077 | |
| 24 | University of Central Florida | 12900 | 25300 | 0.4895 | 59,649 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
| 26 | Florida Atlantic University | 13000 | 25800 | 0.4968 | 24,942 | 1130 | 0.6613 | |
| 27 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 13100 | 38800 | 0.6616 | 17,901 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 28 | University of North Alabama | 13300 | 30800 | 0.5674 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 28 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 13300 | 13300 | 0 | 18,667 | 1090 | 0.9711 | |
| 30 | Portland State University | 13600 | 43100 | 0.6849 | 15,414 | 1112 | 0.9087 | |
| 30 | University of Delaware | 13600 | 34500 | 0.6058 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 32 | Utah State University | 13800 | 20800 | 0.3369 | 25,920 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 33 | Mount Holyoke College | 13900 | 89900 | 0.8457 | 2,178 | 1449 | 0.3603 | |
| 33 | University of Houston | 13900 | 23100 | 0.3984 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 35 | North Carolina A & T State University | 14000 | 17900 | 0.2185 | 12,216 | 1040 | 0.4617 | |
| 36 | Louisiana Tech University | 14500 | 36900 | 0.6069 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 37 | Coastal Carolina University | 14700 | 27200 | 0.4605 | 10,811 | 1145 | 0.7527 | |
| 38 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 14800 | 28000 | 0.4711 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 39 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 15000 | 64500 | 0.7674 | 15,375 | 1179 | 0.866 | |
| 40 | University of Maine at Augusta | 15200 | 44900 | 0.6617 | 4,250 | 0 | 0.0683 | |
| 41 | Northeastern University | 15400 | 89900 | 0.8287 | 22,695 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 42 | Lehigh University | 15600 | 89600 | 0.8263 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 43 | University of Memphis | 15900 | 26400 | 0.3985 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 44 | Keene State College | 16400 | 51200 | 0.6794 | 2,744 | 1020 | 0.9033 | |
| 45 | North Carolina State University | 16500 | 28500 | 0.4199 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 46 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 16700 | 39000 | 0.5705 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 47 | California State University-Sacramento | 16900 | 27600 | 0.388 | 28,226 | 1015 | 0.9343 | |
| 47 | University of Kansas | 16900 | 37100 | 0.543 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 49 | Bennington College | 17200 | 89500 | 0.8078 | 797 | 1360 | 0.4453 | |
| 50 | University of California-Berkeley | 17500 | 43500 | 0.5982 | 33,469 | 1407 | 0.1104 | |
| 51 | Barnard College | 17600 | 99700 | 0.8232 | 3,269 | 1499 | 0.1147 | |
| 52 | SUNY College of Technology at Alfred | 17700 | 46700 | 0.6213 | 3,525 | 1070 | 0.8175 | |
| 52 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 17700 | 26300 | 0.3249 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 54 | Prairie View A & M University | 17800 | 39600 | 0.5503 | 8,836 | 970 | 0.7794 | |
| 55 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 17900 | 30400 | 0.4118 | 20,592 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 56 | University of Arkansas | 18000 | 27700 | 0.3513 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 57 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 18100 | 27700 | 0.3461 | 31,112 | 1114 | 0.8129 | |
| 58 | Morgan State University | 18200 | 19700 | 0.0763 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 59 | University of Rhode Island | 18300 | 46400 | 0.6051 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 60 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 18400 | 30600 | 0.3971 | 38,093 | 1302 | 0.7821 | |
| 61 | University of Colorado Boulder | 18800 | 30600 | 0.3856 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
| 62 | Connecticut College | 19300 | 115500 | 0.8326 | 1,990 | 1287 | 0.3704 | |
| 62 | University of Idaho | 19300 | 45200 | 0.5725 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 64 | The University of Texas at Austin | 19800 | 27600 | 0.2821 | 43,165 | 1348 | 0.2664 | |
| 65 | La Roche University | 19900 | 66200 | 0.6998 | 755 | 1069 | 0.7016 | |
| 66 | University of Southern California | 20200 | 75800 | 0.7338 | 20,630 | 1492 | 0.0981 | |
| 67 | University of New Orleans | 20300 | 30200 | 0.3277 | 5,476 | 1050 | 0.6677 | |
| 68 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 20500 | 26500 | 0.2261 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 69 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27100 | 0.2285 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 70 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 21000 | 30700 | 0.3143 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 71 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 21500 | 42700 | 0.4966 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 71 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 21500 | 53000 | 0.5949 | 5,731 | 1174 | 0.9064 | |
| 71 | Webb Institute | 21500 | 73700 | 0.7085 | 106 | 1475 | 0.1404 | |
| 74 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 75 | Tufts University | 22100 | 98900 | 0.7763 | 7,126 | 1507 | 0.1153 | |
| 76 | Marywood University | 22400 | 79900 | 0.7199 | 1,834 | 1160 | 0.6058 | |
| 77 | University of Florida | 22500 | 43200 | 0.4795 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 78 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 23000 | 27500 | 0.1618 | 17,771 | 1044 | 0.7933 | |
| 79 | University of Southern Mississippi | 23100 | 23100 | 0 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
| 80 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 23200 | 40000 | 0.4199 | 1,984 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 81 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 23300 | 35000 | 0.3343 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 82 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 23500 | 36800 | 0.3616 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 83 | Hampshire College | 23600 | 101500 | 0.7671 | 844 | 1254 | 0.7528 | |
| 84 | University of Kentucky | 23800 | 36100 | 0.3391 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 85 | Judson University | 24200 | 49100 | 0.5067 | 793 | 985 | 0.6233 | |
| 86 | University at Buffalo | 24300 | 34000 | 0.2853 | 20,360 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 87 | Norwich University | 24400 | 88400 | 0.7242 | 2,642 | 1182 | 0.7361 | |
| 88 | Drury University | 25100 | 52900 | 0.5254 | 1,391 | 1228 | 0.5758 | |
| 88 | Miami University-Oxford | 25100 | 28400 | 0.1161 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 90 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 25300 | 56100 | 0.5487 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 91 | South Dakota State University | 25600 | 28700 | 0.1092 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 92 | Mount Mary University | 26000 | 57200 | 0.5448 | 749 | 1005 | 0.6634 | |
| 93 | Hobart William Smith Colleges | 26100 | 88300 | 0.7044 | 1,794 | 1313 | 0.6399 | |
| 93 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 26100 | 59900 | 0.5642 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 93 | Stony Brook University | 26100 | 33200 | 0.2129 | 18,263 | 1404 | 0.4904 | |
| 96 | Ball State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 15,189 | 1170 | 0.855 | |
| 97 | SUNY Maritime College | 26500 | 46800 | 0.4342 | 1,286 | 1215 | 0.7242 | |
| 98 | Clemson University | 27000 | 37100 | 0.273 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 99 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 27200 | 40500 | 0.3285 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 100 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 27500 | 41500 | 0.3371 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 100 | Thomas Jefferson University | 27500 | 67700 | 0.5937 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 102 | North Dakota State University | 27800 | 30400 | 0.0835 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 102 | Syracuse University | 27800 | 83100 | 0.6654 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 104 | Texas Tech University | 27900 | 27900 | 0 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 105 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 106 | Maine Maritime Academy | 30200 | 33400 | 0.0959 | 945 | 1180 | 0.5606 | |
| 107 | Ithaca College | 32100 | 72500 | 0.5571 | 4,268 | 1314 | 0.6901 | |
| 108 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 32200 | 36700 | 0.121 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 109 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32500 | 35100 | 0.0742 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 110 | Anderson University | 33100 | 49900 | 0.3372 | 3,405 | 1209 | 0.5471 | |
| 111 | Lawrence Technological University | 33500 | 82500 | 0.5937 | 2,579 | 1159 | 0.7403 | |
| 112 | Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design | 33800 | 57400 | 0.4102 | 885 | 1143 | 0.628 | |
| 113 | Chatham University | 35000 | 63900 | 0.4526 | 1,555 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 114 | Delaware Valley University | 35600 | 83300 | 0.5726 | 1,768 | 1180 | 0.9326 | |
| 115 | Andrews University | 35800 | 62100 | 0.4235 | 1,312 | 1196 | 0.874 | |
| 116 | Mississippi State University | 36300 | 50500 | 0.2801 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 117 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 36800 | 38900 | 0.0548 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 118 | University of Connecticut | 37300 | 43900 | 0.1505 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 119 | Benedictine College | 37600 | 50800 | 0.2599 | 2,391 | 1223 | 0.7645 | |
| 120 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37800 | 66500 | 0.4313 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 121 | Auburn University | 38000 | 38000 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 122 | Kean University | 38800 | 48300 | 0.1967 | 11,758 | 1035 | 0.759 | |
| 123 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 39700 | 39700 | 0 | 24,868 | 1214 | 0.796 | |
| 124 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5067 | 33,471 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 125 | Temple University | 40500 | 55300 | 0.2679 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 126 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41400 | 57000 | 0.2738 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 127 | California College of the Arts | 42600 | 87600 | 0.5136 | 1,004 | 1079 | 0.911 | |
| 128 | University of Georgia | 43100 | 48800 | 0.1172 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 129 | University of Illinois Chicago | 44400 | 49300 | 0.0993 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 130 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 46200 | 86200 | 0.4639 | 5,743 | 1438 | 0.6343 | |
| 131 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48600 | 51200 | 0.0514 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 132 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 48700 | 92100 | 0.4715 | 7,283 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
| 133 | Drexel University | 48800 | 83800 | 0.4176 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 134 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 51000 | 84700 | 0.398 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 135 | University of Utah | 51600 | 53700 | 0.0398 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 136 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 53400 | 53400 | 0 | 33,572 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 137 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53700 | 64200 | 0.1635 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
| 138 | University of San Francisco | 53800 | 84800 | 0.3655 | 5,321 | 1292 | 0.6171 | |
| 138 | Woodbury University | 53800 | 69500 | 0.2258 | 825 | 1087 | 0.7287 | |
| 140 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 58100 | 66100 | 0.121 | 40,754 | 1391 | 0.3915 | |
| 141 | Howard University | 58300 | 76900 | 0.2418 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 142 | Maryland Institute College of Art | 60700 | 71200 | 0.1476 | 1,324 | 1174 | 0.7729 | |
| 143 | University of Oregon | 66800 | 68900 | 0.031 | 20,622 | 1250 | 0.883 | |
| 144 | The Catholic University of America | 76300 | 82500 | 0.0751 | 3,177 | 1155 | 0.8278 | |
| 145 | Otis College of Art and Design | 79600 | 79800 | 0.0025 | 1,224 | 1235 | 0.8176 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.