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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 | 1,081 | 1294 | 0.2432 | |
| 1 | United States Naval Academy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4,465 | 1302 | 0.0936 | |
| 3 | Yale University | 5500 | 92200 | 0.94 | 6,814 | 1507 | 0.0387 | |
| 4 | Princeton University | 5800 | 82400 | 0.9292 | 5,813 | 1535 | 0.0462 | |
| 5 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 7200 | 90000 | 0.9204 | 4,580 | 1542 | 0.0455 | |
| 6 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8400 | 98000 | 0.9146 | 9,157 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 7 | Rice University | 8600 | 89100 | 0.9038 | 4,789 | 1535 | 0.08 | |
| 7 | United States Merchant Marine Academy | 8600 | 8600 | 0 | 947 | 1230 | 0.3247 | |
| 9 | Carnegie Mellon University | 9000 | 90900 | 0.9007 | 7,824 | 1528 | 0.1166 | |
| 10 | Washington University in St Louis | 9300 | 102300 | 0.909 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 11 | University of Pennsylvania | 9600 | 92900 | 0.8969 | 10,013 | 1528 | 0.054 | |
| 12 | University of Notre Dame | 11200 | 86200 | 0.8705 | 8,880 | 1471 | 0.1127 | |
| 13 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 11400 | 27400 | 0.5836 | 27,082 | 1099 | 0.8459 | |
| 14 | California State University-Sacramento | 11700 | 31300 | 0.6266 | 28,226 | 1015 | 0.9343 | |
| 14 | Wellesley College | 11700 | 91300 | 0.872 | 2,407 | 1500 | 0.1405 | |
| 16 | Cornell University | 11800 | 93100 | 0.8735 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
| 17 | Middlebury College | 11900 | 89900 | 0.8679 | 2,760 | 1499 | 0.1075 | |
| 17 | University of Illinois Chicago | 11900 | 30400 | 0.6077 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 19 | Brown University | 12200 | 94000 | 0.8699 | 7,910 | 1535 | 0.0539 | |
| 20 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 21 | California State University-Fresno | 12700 | 45900 | 0.724 | 21,430 | 995 | 0.9638 | |
| 22 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 13000 | 26100 | 0.5014 | 21,947 | 1335 | 0.3122 | |
| 22 | Indiana State University | 13000 | 25900 | 0.4989 | 6,224 | 1140 | 0.8077 | |
| 24 | Louisiana Tech University | 13400 | 36900 | 0.6368 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 25 | University of North Alabama | 13500 | 30800 | 0.5609 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 26 | University of Delaware | 13600 | 34500 | 0.6058 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 27 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 51900 | 0.7365 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 28 | Portland State University | 13800 | 43100 | 0.6803 | 15,414 | 1112 | 0.9087 | |
| 28 | University of Idaho | 13800 | 25800 | 0.4652 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 28 | Utah State University | 13800 | 20800 | 0.3369 | 25,920 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 31 | North Carolina A & T State University | 14200 | 17900 | 0.2073 | 12,216 | 1040 | 0.4617 | |
| 32 | University of Houston | 14300 | 23100 | 0.3811 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 33 | Mount Holyoke College | 14400 | 89900 | 0.8401 | 2,178 | 1449 | 0.3603 | |
| 34 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 15300 | 86200 | 0.823 | 15,375 | 1179 | 0.866 | |
| 34 | University of Maine at Augusta | 15300 | 44900 | 0.6594 | 4,250 | 0 | 0.0683 | |
| 36 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 15400 | 28000 | 0.4497 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 37 | Lehigh University | 15600 | 89600 | 0.8263 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 38 | Northeastern University | 15900 | 89900 | 0.8231 | 22,695 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 39 | University of Memphis | 16200 | 26400 | 0.3871 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 40 | Keene State College | 16700 | 51200 | 0.6745 | 2,744 | 1020 | 0.9033 | |
| 41 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 17000 | 29200 | 0.418 | 18,667 | 1090 | 0.9711 | |
| 42 | Bennington College | 17200 | 89500 | 0.8078 | 797 | 1360 | 0.4453 | |
| 43 | Barnard College | 17600 | 99700 | 0.8232 | 3,269 | 1499 | 0.1147 | |
| 44 | Morgan State University | 17800 | 37200 | 0.5216 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 44 | SUNY College of Technology at Alfred | 17800 | 46700 | 0.6191 | 3,525 | 1070 | 0.8175 | |
| 46 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 17900 | 30400 | 0.4118 | 20,592 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 47 | Prairie View A & M University | 18000 | 39600 | 0.5452 | 8,836 | 970 | 0.7794 | |
| 47 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 18000 | 35300 | 0.4896 | 5,731 | 1174 | 0.9064 | |
| 47 | University of Rhode Island | 18000 | 33900 | 0.4691 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 50 | University of Arkansas | 18200 | 27700 | 0.3441 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 51 | Connecticut College | 19200 | 115500 | 0.8335 | 1,990 | 1287 | 0.3704 | |
| 52 | University of Colorado Boulder | 19400 | 30600 | 0.366 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
| 53 | La Roche University | 20100 | 66200 | 0.6968 | 755 | 1069 | 0.7016 | |
| 54 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20200 | 45200 | 0.5537 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 55 | The University of Texas at Austin | 20300 | 27600 | 0.264 | 43,165 | 1348 | 0.2664 | |
| 55 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 20300 | 78700 | 0.7421 | 17,901 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 57 | University of Southern California | 20400 | 75800 | 0.7312 | 20,630 | 1492 | 0.0981 | |
| 58 | University of New Orleans | 20500 | 30200 | 0.3211 | 5,476 | 1050 | 0.6677 | |
| 59 | South Dakota State University | 20600 | 25200 | 0.1838 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 60 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27100 | 0.2285 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 61 | North Dakota State University | 21000 | 25700 | 0.1841 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 62 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 21200 | 32800 | 0.3542 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 63 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 21500 | 30700 | 0.298 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 63 | Webb Institute | 21500 | 73700 | 0.7085 | 106 | 1475 | 0.1404 | |
| 65 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 21700 | 42700 | 0.4919 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 66 | SUNY Maritime College | 22300 | 46800 | 0.524 | 1,286 | 1215 | 0.7242 | |
| 66 | Tufts University | 22300 | 98900 | 0.7742 | 7,126 | 1507 | 0.1153 | |
| 68 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 22600 | 59900 | 0.6226 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 68 | Marywood University | 22600 | 79900 | 0.7174 | 1,834 | 1160 | 0.6058 | |
| 70 | University of South Dakota | 22900 | 26000 | 0.1205 | 7,619 | 1120 | 0.9878 | |
| 71 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 23000 | 27500 | 0.1618 | 17,771 | 1044 | 0.7933 | |
| 72 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 23300 | 40000 | 0.4174 | 1,984 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 73 | Hampshire College | 23600 | 101500 | 0.7671 | 844 | 1254 | 0.7528 | |
| 74 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 23700 | 36800 | 0.3562 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 75 | Judson University | 24200 | 49100 | 0.5067 | 793 | 985 | 0.6233 | |
| 76 | Norwich University | 24600 | 88400 | 0.7219 | 2,642 | 1182 | 0.7361 | |
| 76 | University of Southern Mississippi | 24600 | 26500 | 0.0717 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
| 78 | Drury University | 25100 | 52900 | 0.5254 | 1,391 | 1228 | 0.5758 | |
| 79 | Temple University | 25500 | 36400 | 0.2997 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 80 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 25700 | 56100 | 0.5416 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 81 | University of Kansas | 25900 | 44000 | 0.4117 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 82 | Hobart William Smith Colleges | 26000 | 88300 | 0.7056 | 1,794 | 1313 | 0.6399 | |
| 82 | Mount Mary University | 26000 | 57200 | 0.5448 | 749 | 1005 | 0.6634 | |
| 84 | Stony Brook University | 26100 | 33200 | 0.2129 | 18,263 | 1404 | 0.4904 | |
| 85 | Ball State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 15,189 | 1170 | 0.855 | |
| 86 | Thomas Jefferson University | 27500 | 67700 | 0.5937 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 87 | Syracuse University | 27800 | 83100 | 0.6654 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 88 | University of Utah | 28900 | 32000 | 0.098 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 89 | University of Connecticut | 29200 | 33700 | 0.1337 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 90 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 91 | Ithaca College | 32000 | 72500 | 0.5585 | 4,268 | 1314 | 0.6901 | |
| 92 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 32200 | 36700 | 0.121 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 93 | North Carolina State University | 32800 | 54800 | 0.4004 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 94 | Anderson University | 33000 | 52500 | 0.3716 | 3,405 | 1209 | 0.5471 | |
| 95 | Lawrence Technological University | 33800 | 82500 | 0.59 | 2,579 | 1159 | 0.7403 | |
| 96 | Massachusetts Maritime Academy | 33900 | 40200 | 0.1568 | 1,407 | 1120 | 0.7207 | |
| 97 | Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design | 34200 | 57400 | 0.4033 | 885 | 1143 | 0.628 | |
| 98 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 34600 | 36100 | 0.0415 | 33,572 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 99 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 34800 | 58500 | 0.4057 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 100 | Chatham University | 35000 | 63900 | 0.4526 | 1,555 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 101 | Andrews University | 35800 | 62100 | 0.4235 | 1,312 | 1196 | 0.874 | |
| 101 | Delaware Valley University | 35800 | 83300 | 0.5702 | 1,768 | 1180 | 0.9326 | |
| 103 | Auburn University | 36300 | 38000 | 0.0447 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 103 | Mississippi State University | 36300 | 50500 | 0.2801 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 105 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 36400 | 42800 | 0.1492 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 106 | Benedictine College | 37500 | 50800 | 0.2619 | 2,391 | 1223 | 0.7645 | |
| 107 | Texas Tech University | 38500 | 41000 | 0.061 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 107 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 38500 | 53400 | 0.2791 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 109 | Kean University | 38800 | 48300 | 0.1967 | 11,758 | 1035 | 0.759 | |
| 110 | University of Central Florida | 39600 | 39600 | 0 | 59,649 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
| 111 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 39700 | 39700 | 0 | 24,868 | 1214 | 0.796 | |
| 112 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5067 | 33,471 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 113 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41300 | 57000 | 0.2756 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 114 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 41900 | 42100 | 0.0047 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 115 | California College of the Arts | 42700 | 87600 | 0.5124 | 1,004 | 1079 | 0.911 | |
| 116 | University of Florida | 43100 | 45600 | 0.0548 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 117 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 43300 | 54700 | 0.2084 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 118 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 43900 | 57100 | 0.2302 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 119 | Florida Atlantic University | 44400 | 44400 | 0 | 24,942 | 1130 | 0.6613 | |
| 120 | University of Georgia | 45900 | 51600 | 0.1108 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 121 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 46200 | 86200 | 0.4639 | 5,743 | 1438 | 0.6343 | |
| 122 | University at Buffalo | 46800 | 46800 | 0 | 20,360 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 123 | Maine Maritime Academy | 47000 | 49800 | 0.0562 | 945 | 1180 | 0.5606 | |
| 124 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48600 | 51200 | 0.0514 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 125 | Drexel University | 48700 | 83800 | 0.4188 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 125 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 48700 | 92100 | 0.4715 | 7,283 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
| 127 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 48800 | 61200 | 0.2032 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 127 | University of Kentucky | 48800 | 56600 | 0.1375 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 129 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 50400 | 60000 | 0.1599 | 31,112 | 1114 | 0.8129 | |
| 130 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 51000 | 84700 | 0.398 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 131 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53700 | 64200 | 0.1635 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
| 132 | Woodbury University | 53800 | 69500 | 0.2258 | 825 | 1087 | 0.7287 | |
| 133 | University of San Francisco | 54000 | 84800 | 0.3631 | 5,321 | 1292 | 0.6171 | |
| 134 | Miami University-Oxford | 56600 | 56600 | 0 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 135 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 58100 | 66100 | 0.121 | 40,754 | 1391 | 0.3915 | |
| 136 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58200 | 64100 | 0.0921 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 137 | Howard University | 58300 | 76900 | 0.2418 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 138 | Maryland Institute College of Art | 60700 | 71200 | 0.1476 | 1,324 | 1174 | 0.7729 | |
| 139 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 60800 | 63000 | 0.0339 | 38,093 | 1302 | 0.7821 | |
| 140 | Clemson University | 61500 | 63700 | 0.0335 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 141 | University of Oregon | 66800 | 68900 | 0.031 | 20,622 | 1250 | 0.883 | |
| 142 | University of California-Berkeley | 71000 | 75900 | 0.0646 | 33,469 | 1407 | 0.1104 | |
| 143 | The Catholic University of America | 76300 | 82500 | 0.0751 | 3,177 | 1155 | 0.8278 | |
| 144 | Otis College of Art and Design | 79800 | 79800 | 0 | 1,224 | 1235 | 0.8176 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.