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Considering a degree in Architecture?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Architecture majors who live in South Dakota.
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 Dakota.
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 | 3600 | 93300 | 0.9613 | 4,561 | 1542 | 0.0456 | |
| 4 | Princeton University | 4300 | 83400 | 0.9484 | 5,916 | 1528 | 0.0442 | |
| 5 | University of Pennsylvania | 5600 | 93100 | 0.9403 | 9,989 | 1535 | 0.0492 | |
| 6 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 6300 | 40700 | 0.8443 | 35,358 | 1448 | 0.1642 | |
| 7 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 6900 | 41500 | 0.8345 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 8 | United States Merchant Marine Academy | 7600 | 8800 | 0.1371 | 962 | 1214 | 0.3424 | |
| 9 | Washington University in St Louis | 7800 | 102300 | 0.9233 | 8,153 | 1512 | 0.1192 | |
| 10 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8600 | 98000 | 0.9125 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 10 | University of Notre Dame | 8600 | 89100 | 0.9033 | 8,950 | 1497 | 0.0938 | |
| 12 | Carnegie Mellon University | 8900 | 90900 | 0.9025 | 7,728 | 1528 | 0.1107 | |
| 13 | Middlebury College | 9100 | 94500 | 0.9037 | 2,640 | 1499 | 0.1277 | |
| 14 | Portland State University | 9900 | 26100 | 0.6203 | 14,932 | 1174 | 0.8586 | |
| 14 | Rice University | 9900 | 92500 | 0.8933 | 4,807 | 1528 | 0.0801 | |
| 16 | University of Central Florida | 10000 | 31700 | 0.6853 | 60,083 | 1289 | 0.428 | |
| 17 | University of California-Davis | 10100 | 38600 | 0.7387 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 18 | Cornell University | 10500 | 93700 | 0.8878 | 16,138 | 1528 | 0.0838 | |
| 19 | Wellesley College | 11000 | 95400 | 0.8843 | 2,366 | 1499 | 0.1479 | |
| 20 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 11100 | 33800 | 0.6718 | 40,996 | 1399 | 0.4175 | |
| 21 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 11300 | 36600 | 0.6909 | 27,963 | 1090 | 0.8395 | |
| 22 | California State University-Fresno | 11600 | 54600 | 0.7868 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 23 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 11800 | 39000 | 0.6966 | 17,848 | 1470 | 0.1565 | |
| 24 | Brown University | 11900 | 94000 | 0.8733 | 7,951 | 1500 | 0.0634 | |
| 25 | Massachusetts Maritime Academy | 12000 | 46600 | 0.7425 | 1,511 | 1120 | 0.9202 | |
| 26 | University of Illinois Chicago | 12200 | 30200 | 0.5969 | 24,260 | 1174 | 0.7576 | |
| 27 | Mount Holyoke College | 12600 | 89900 | 0.8599 | 2,135 | 1419 | 0.3841 | |
| 28 | University of Arizona | 13000 | 31000 | 0.5803 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 29 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 13300 | 29300 | 0.5461 | 8,421 | 1054 | 0.9444 | |
| 30 | University of Delaware | 13400 | 34500 | 0.6119 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 31 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 61700 | 0.7774 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 32 | Louisiana Tech University | 13800 | 42900 | 0.6782 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 32 | Utah State University | 13800 | 20800 | 0.3369 | 26,629 | 1168 | 0.9212 | |
| 34 | University of North Alabama | 13900 | 28200 | 0.5074 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 35 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 14000 | 21300 | 0.3426 | 18,667 | 1090 | 0.9711 | |
| 36 | Kean University | 14100 | 39200 | 0.6403 | 11,932 | 1040 | 0.7811 | |
| 37 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 14500 | 25600 | 0.4328 | 10,396 | 1125 | 0.7162 | |
| 38 | University of Memphis | 14800 | 26400 | 0.4402 | 15,538 | 1080 | 0.7878 | |
| 39 | University of Maine at Augusta | 15100 | 54900 | 0.7247 | 4,313 | 0 | 0 | |
| 40 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 15500 | 54400 | 0.7156 | 15,735 | 1069 | 0.8797 | |
| 41 | University of Florida | 15800 | 22500 | 0.2977 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 42 | North Carolina State University | 16100 | 28500 | 0.4348 | 29,340 | 1374 | 0.3954 | |
| 43 | Keene State College | 16500 | 51400 | 0.679 | 2,640 | 1064 | 0.8982 | |
| 44 | Bennington College | 16800 | 89500 | 0.8125 | 708 | 1402 | 0.3721 | |
| 44 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 16800 | 22300 | 0.2464 | 26,213 | 1209 | 0.7778 | |
| 46 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 17000 | 41200 | 0.588 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 46 | Georgia Southern University | 17000 | 49700 | 0.6581 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 46 | Indiana State University | 17000 | 32400 | 0.4755 | 6,352 | 1015 | 0.9157 | |
| 46 | University of Colorado Boulder | 17000 | 31800 | 0.4656 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7809 | |
| 50 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 17300 | 28100 | 0.3849 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 51 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 17400 | 29900 | 0.4198 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 52 | Barnard College | 17500 | 99700 | 0.8241 | 3,223 | 1499 | 0.1005 | |
| 53 | Yale University | 17700 | 278600 | 0.9365 | 6,667 | 1507 | 0.0475 | |
| 54 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 17800 | 44100 | 0.5967 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 55 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 17900 | 47900 | 0.6257 | 21,028 | 1450 | 0.1334 | |
| 56 | Morgan State University | 18100 | 42200 | 0.5715 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 57 | California State University-Sacramento | 18200 | 27700 | 0.3436 | 28,619 | 1015 | 0.9357 | |
| 57 | University of Arkansas | 18200 | 28500 | 0.3632 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 59 | SUNY College of Technology at Alfred | 18300 | 37500 | 0.512 | 3,758 | 0 | 0.7236 | |
| 60 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 18400 | 30600 | 0.3971 | 38,463 | 1324 | 0.7589 | |
| 61 | Connecticut College | 18900 | 93000 | 0.7965 | 1,953 | 1284 | 0.3923 | |
| 62 | Lehigh University | 19200 | 89800 | 0.7863 | 5,986 | 1436 | 0.2896 | |
| 63 | La Roche University | 19300 | 87300 | 0.7791 | 1,972 | 990 | 0.6638 | |
| 64 | Olivet Nazarene University | 19400 | 79300 | 0.756 | 2,704 | 1104 | 0.5586 | |
| 65 | Norwich University | 19700 | 100600 | 0.8045 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 66 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 19900 | 45100 | 0.559 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 67 | South Dakota State University | 20200 | 25200 | 0.2009 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 67 | SUNY College of Technology at Delhi | 20200 | 55300 | 0.6345 | 2,881 | 1040 | 0.89 | |
| 69 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 20600 | 60700 | 0.6606 | 1,984 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 69 | University of Southern California | 20600 | 76400 | 0.7308 | 20,768 | 1499 | 0.1119 | |
| 71 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 20700 | 30600 | 0.3258 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 71 | University of Rhode Island | 20700 | 47400 | 0.5634 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 73 | University of Houston | 20800 | 28400 | 0.2679 | 40,366 | 1224 | 0.7577 | |
| 74 | Iowa State University | 21100 | 25700 | 0.1794 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 75 | University of New Orleans | 21300 | 30000 | 0.2896 | 5,419 | 1040 | 0.7431 | |
| 76 | Mount Mary University | 22100 | 57200 | 0.6134 | 616 | 1069 | 0.831 | |
| 77 | University of Kansas | 22300 | 44400 | 0.4974 | 22,544 | 1176 | 0.9258 | |
| 78 | Marywood University | 22500 | 93800 | 0.7601 | 1,936 | 1144 | 0.7878 | |
| 78 | Tufts University | 22500 | 99000 | 0.7728 | 7,031 | 1497 | 0.1082 | |
| 80 | Syracuse University | 22600 | 83600 | 0.7297 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 81 | SUNY Maritime College | 23200 | 59200 | 0.6084 | 1,401 | 1164 | 0.785 | |
| 82 | Judson University | 24000 | 49100 | 0.5122 | 697 | 1010 | 0.8905 | |
| 82 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24000 | 38500 | 0.3764 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 84 | North Dakota State University | 24600 | 27600 | 0.1075 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 85 | Miami University-Oxford | 25100 | 28300 | 0.113 | 16,405 | 1284 | 0.74 | |
| 86 | University at Buffalo | 25200 | 34000 | 0.2589 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 86 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 25200 | 40500 | 0.3778 | 21,388 | 1369 | 0.5945 | |
| 88 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 25400 | 36800 | 0.3099 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 89 | Delaware Valley University | 25700 | 95800 | 0.7318 | 1,680 | 1189 | 0.9268 | |
| 90 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 25900 | 32900 | 0.2146 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 91 | Stony Brook University | 26100 | 33200 | 0.2129 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 92 | Ball State University | 26500 | 26500 | 0 | 15,950 | 1185 | 0.8625 | |
| 93 | Drury University | 26900 | 54500 | 0.5063 | 1,453 | 1209 | 0.6575 | |
| 94 | Hobart William Smith Colleges | 27000 | 88300 | 0.6941 | 1,862 | 1296 | 0.667 | |
| 95 | University of Southern Mississippi | 27200 | 27200 | 0 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 96 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 18,028 | 1059 | 0.7996 | |
| 97 | University of South Dakota | 28000 | 30600 | 0.0839 | 7,515 | 1120 | 0.9884 | |
| 98 | Maine Maritime Academy | 28200 | 34400 | 0.1801 | 977 | 1189 | 0.9615 | |
| 99 | Clemson University | 28800 | 37100 | 0.2253 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 100 | University of Connecticut | 29100 | 55500 | 0.4755 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 101 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 29300 | 43100 | 0.3204 | 22,313 | 1341 | 0.2996 | |
| 102 | Mississippi State University | 29900 | 34400 | 0.1326 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 103 | Thomas Jefferson University | 30400 | 70000 | 0.5664 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 104 | Lawrence Technological University | 30600 | 99100 | 0.6915 | 2,661 | 1149 | 0.8101 | |
| 105 | Ithaca College | 30900 | 72600 | 0.5741 | 4,205 | 1328 | 0.7015 | |
| 105 | Kent State University at Kent | 30900 | 37500 | 0.1751 | 21,144 | 1104 | 0.7603 | |
| 105 | Prairie View A & M University | 30900 | 39600 | 0.2196 | 9,022 | 960 | 0.7836 | |
| 108 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 31900 | 35200 | 0.0938 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 109 | Anderson University | 32000 | 54700 | 0.4152 | 3,724 | 1209 | 0.5491 | |
| 110 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 32400 | 54400 | 0.4043 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 110 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 32400 | 38400 | 0.1562 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 112 | University of Idaho | 32700 | 34100 | 0.041 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 113 | University of Oregon | 32900 | 40200 | 0.1826 | 20,710 | 1193 | 0.8742 | |
| 114 | Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design | 34300 | 61800 | 0.4459 | 838 | 1143 | 0.6054 | |
| 115 | Chatham University | 34700 | 63900 | 0.4573 | 1,555 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 115 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 34700 | 46400 | 0.2519 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 117 | Samford University | 34900 | 93800 | 0.628 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 118 | Temple University | 35500 | 57200 | 0.3791 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 119 | Texas Tech University | 36200 | 41000 | 0.1172 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 120 | North Carolina A & T State University | 36500 | 36700 | 0.0054 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.5125 | |
| 121 | Andrews University | 37100 | 76700 | 0.5161 | 1,384 | 1143 | 0.8185 | |
| 122 | Benedictine College | 37400 | 52500 | 0.2874 | 2,404 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 123 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 39900 | 59200 | 0.3258 | 5,986 | 1110 | 0.8916 | |
| 124 | Drexel University | 40300 | 86400 | 0.5339 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 125 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5061 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 126 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 40900 | 58700 | 0.3035 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 127 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 42400 | 55100 | 0.2306 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 128 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43400 | 58500 | 0.2579 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 129 | Florida Atlantic University | 45300 | 45300 | 0 | 25,626 | 1150 | 0.5497 | |
| 130 | Otis College of Art and Design | 46600 | 79800 | 0.4158 | 1,188 | 1335 | 0.8034 | |
| 131 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47500 | 61500 | 0.2286 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 132 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 48300 | 61200 | 0.2102 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 133 | University of Kentucky | 49000 | 59900 | 0.1824 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 134 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 49200 | 58800 | 0.1628 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 135 | The University of Texas at Austin | 50400 | 58900 | 0.1443 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 136 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 50600 | 63800 | 0.2065 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 137 | University of Georgia | 52000 | 52100 | 0.0019 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 138 | University of California-Berkeley | 52400 | 76600 | 0.3159 | 33,513 | 1407 | 0.1145 | |
| 139 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 52600 | 86300 | 0.3905 | 5,833 | 1440 | 0.6725 | |
| 140 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 53300 | 53300 | 0 | 34,447 | 1273 | 0.8804 | |
| 141 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 53400 | 96100 | 0.4442 | 6,839 | 1469 | 0.1446 | |
| 142 | University of San Francisco | 54600 | 87200 | 0.3739 | 5,171 | 1333 | 0.7176 | |
| 143 | Maryland Institute College of Art | 58100 | 71200 | 0.1836 | 1,192 | 1232 | 0.7681 | |
| 144 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58200 | 63600 | 0.085 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 145 | Auburn University | 59400 | 59400 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 146 | Howard University | 60000 | 88500 | 0.3222 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 147 | Webb Institute | 61200 | 74800 | 0.1819 | 104 | 1465 | 0.2484 | |
| 148 | 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.