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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 | 1,108 | 1334 | 0.2244 | |
| 1 | United States Naval Academy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4,474 | 1305 | 0.0927 | |
| 3 | Princeton University | 4300 | 82600 | 0.9479 | 5,813 | 1535 | 0.0462 | |
| 4 | Yale University | 5500 | 92200 | 0.94 | 6,814 | 1507 | 0.0387 | |
| 5 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 7300 | 90000 | 0.9193 | 4,535 | 1542 | 0.0455 | |
| 6 | United States Merchant Marine Academy | 7700 | 8600 | 0.1046 | 962 | 1214 | 0.3424 | |
| 7 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8500 | 97100 | 0.9129 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0399 | |
| 8 | Carnegie Mellon University | 9000 | 90900 | 0.9007 | 7,377 | 1528 | 0.1166 | |
| 9 | Washington University in St Louis | 9300 | 102300 | 0.9091 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 10 | University of Pennsylvania | 9400 | 92900 | 0.8988 | 11,478 | 1536 | 0.054 | |
| 11 | Rice University | 9800 | 89100 | 0.8903 | 4,789 | 1535 | 0.08 | |
| 12 | Wellesley College | 10700 | 91300 | 0.883 | 2,407 | 1500 | 0.1405 | |
| 13 | University of Notre Dame | 11300 | 86200 | 0.8694 | 8,880 | 1500 | 0.1127 | |
| 14 | California State University-Fresno | 11700 | 19600 | 0.4048 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 14 | California State University-Sacramento | 11700 | 31300 | 0.6265 | 28,820 | 1035 | 0.9399 | |
| 14 | Cornell University | 11700 | 93100 | 0.8745 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0876 | |
| 17 | University of Houston | 11900 | 28400 | 0.5817 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 18 | Indiana State University | 12100 | 25900 | 0.5337 | 6,224 | 1020 | 0.8077 | |
| 19 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.7517 | |
| 19 | University of Central Florida | 12600 | 25300 | 0.5014 | 59,552 | 1280 | 0.4011 | |
| 21 | North Carolina A & T State University | 13300 | 17900 | 0.2577 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.499 | |
| 22 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 50700 | 0.7294 | 38,040 | 1418 | 0.452 | |
| 23 | Utah State University | 13800 | 20800 | 0.3369 | 25,706 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 24 | Brown University | 13900 | 94000 | 0.8521 | 7,910 | 1535 | 0.0539 | |
| 25 | Mount Holyoke College | 14300 | 89900 | 0.8412 | 2,178 | 1449 | 0.3603 | |
| 26 | Middlebury College | 14400 | 89900 | 0.8399 | 2,760 | 1499 | 0.1075 | |
| 27 | Lehigh University | 15600 | 89600 | 0.8263 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 28 | Northeastern University | 15900 | 89900 | 0.8231 | 17,432 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 29 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 16400 | 31000 | 0.4706 | 8,553 | 1045 | 0.8688 | |
| 30 | University of Kansas | 16500 | 34900 | 0.5262 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 31 | Connecticut College | 16700 | 95300 | 0.8244 | 1,990 | 1421 | 0.3704 | |
| 32 | Bennington College | 17200 | 89500 | 0.8079 | 797 | 1370 | 0.4453 | |
| 33 | Barnard College | 17600 | 99700 | 0.8232 | 3,487 | 1499 | 0.0884 | |
| 34 | Keene State College | 17700 | 41400 | 0.5716 | 2,725 | 1085 | 0.9033 | |
| 35 | SUNY College of Technology at Alfred | 17900 | 38700 | 0.5369 | 3,781 | 1100 | 0.7568 | |
| 36 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 18900 | 39000 | 0.5166 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 36 | Texas Tech University | 18900 | 27100 | 0.3031 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 38 | University of New Orleans | 19600 | 27200 | 0.2794 | 5,419 | 1040 | 0.7431 | |
| 39 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 19900 | 78600 | 0.7467 | 17,885 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 40 | Norwich University | 20200 | 73800 | 0.726 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 40 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20200 | 45200 | 0.5537 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5478 | |
| 42 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 20400 | 29900 | 0.319 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5743 | |
| 43 | Hampshire College | 20500 | 83900 | 0.756 | 844 | 1254 | 0.7528 | |
| 44 | South Dakota State University | 20600 | 25200 | 0.1844 | 10,719 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 44 | University of Southern California | 20600 | 75900 | 0.729 | 20,630 | 1492 | 0.0981 | |
| 46 | University of Colorado Boulder | 20800 | 31900 | 0.3479 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7808 | |
| 47 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27300 | 0.2346 | 31,133 | 1463 | 0.4479 | |
| 48 | University of Memphis | 21300 | 29600 | 0.2807 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 49 | Webb Institute | 21500 | 73700 | 0.7085 | 106 | 1475 | 0.1404 | |
| 50 | Louisiana Tech University | 21900 | 26100 | 0.1611 | 10,881 | 1189 | 0.864 | |
| 51 | Tufts University | 22000 | 98900 | 0.7773 | 7,126 | 1507 | 0.1149 | |
| 51 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 22000 | 35300 | 0.3764 | 5,731 | 1174 | 0.9064 | |
| 53 | La Roche University | 22700 | 72600 | 0.6876 | 1,828 | 1059 | 0.7576 | |
| 54 | University of South Dakota | 22900 | 26000 | 0.1211 | 7,619 | 1120 | 0.9878 | |
| 55 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 23400 | 34500 | 0.3221 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 56 | University of Kentucky | 23800 | 36400 | 0.3462 | 25,534 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 57 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24100 | 39300 | 0.3873 | 23,920 | 1397 | 0.5973 | |
| 58 | Judson University | 24200 | 49100 | 0.5069 | 718 | 1015 | 0.4759 | |
| 59 | Miami University-Oxford | 24700 | 27500 | 0.1019 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 60 | North Dakota State University | 25000 | 27600 | 0.0925 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 61 | Drury University | 25200 | 52900 | 0.5235 | 1,391 | 1228 | 0.5758 | |
| 62 | Temple University | 25400 | 36100 | 0.2966 | 21,457 | 1135 | 0.8041 | |
| 63 | Mount Mary University | 26000 | 57200 | 0.545 | 752 | 1025 | 0.6233 | |
| 64 | Ball State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 15,189 | 1170 | 0.855 | |
| 64 | Marywood University | 26400 | 67700 | 0.6098 | 1,833 | 1160 | 0.6058 | |
| 66 | University of Southern Mississippi | 26500 | 26500 | 0 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
| 67 | University of Arkansas | 26700 | 28900 | 0.0745 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.743 | |
| 68 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 26900 | 36800 | 0.2692 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 69 | Hobart William Smith Colleges | 27000 | 88300 | 0.6941 | 1,794 | 1308 | 0.6399 | |
| 69 | University of Idaho | 27000 | 30600 | 0.1178 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 71 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 27100 | 36600 | 0.2594 | 27,132 | 1099 | 0.9617 | |
| 72 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 27500 | 41500 | 0.3371 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 72 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 17,450 | 1044 | 0.9518 | |
| 74 | Syracuse University | 27700 | 83100 | 0.6665 | 15,957 | 1363 | 0.4592 | |
| 75 | University of North Alabama | 28000 | 37300 | 0.2494 | 7,662 | 1140 | 0.8731 | |
| 76 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 28200 | 32800 | 0.1389 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 77 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 29100 | 29200 | 0.0034 | 18,288 | 1090 | 0.9068 | |
| 78 | University of Connecticut | 29200 | 39500 | 0.2608 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 79 | Morgan State University | 29500 | 41900 | 0.2962 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 80 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 81 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 30500 | 38400 | 0.2057 | 15,375 | 1103 | 0.866 | |
| 82 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 31200 | 48800 | 0.361 | 20,591 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 82 | Maine Maritime Academy | 31200 | 33400 | 0.066 | 945 | 1180 | 0.5414 | |
| 84 | Portland State University | 31300 | 43100 | 0.2748 | 15,414 | 1094 | 0.9087 | |
| 85 | Kean University | 31400 | 39500 | 0.2051 | 11,758 | 1040 | 0.759 | |
| 86 | Massachusetts Maritime Academy | 31700 | 40200 | 0.2116 | 1,402 | 1120 | 0.947 | |
| 87 | Ithaca College | 32000 | 72500 | 0.5585 | 4,268 | 1314 | 0.6901 | |
| 88 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 32200 | 36700 | 0.1214 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 89 | North Carolina State University | 32800 | 54800 | 0.4007 | 28,422 | 1378 | 0.4174 | |
| 90 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 32900 | 43100 | 0.2368 | 22,033 | 1321 | 0.3132 | |
| 90 | Prairie View A & M University | 32900 | 39600 | 0.1691 | 8,877 | 975 | 0.7931 | |
| 92 | Lawrence Technological University | 33000 | 71900 | 0.5409 | 2,579 | 1159 | 0.559 | |
| 93 | University of Maine at Augusta | 33100 | 39600 | 0.1641 | 4,313 | 0 | 0 | |
| 94 | University of Rhode Island | 33600 | 46400 | 0.2756 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 95 | Auburn University | 33700 | 34100 | 0.0117 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4592 | |
| 96 | Thomas Jefferson University | 33900 | 68100 | 0.5024 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8097 | |
| 97 | Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design | 34200 | 57400 | 0.4035 | 838 | 1143 | 0.6054 | |
| 98 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 34600 | 41000 | 0.1565 | 22,364 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 99 | University of Oregon | 34700 | 40200 | 0.1383 | 20,622 | 1250 | 0.883 | |
| 100 | Chatham University | 34900 | 63300 | 0.449 | 1,550 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 101 | Andrews University | 35000 | 70100 | 0.5008 | 1,384 | 1143 | 0.8185 | |
| 102 | SUNY Maritime College | 35800 | 41600 | 0.1393 | 1,285 | 1215 | 0.7241 | |
| 103 | Mississippi State University | 36300 | 50500 | 0.2804 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 104 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 36700 | 40000 | 0.0825 | 2,381 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 105 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 36800 | 38900 | 0.0552 | 23,329 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 106 | Benedictine College | 37400 | 50800 | 0.2639 | 2,403 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 107 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 38400 | 53100 | 0.2767 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 108 | Delaware Valley University | 39500 | 66900 | 0.4096 | 1,768 | 1208 | 0.9321 | |
| 109 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 39800 | 39800 | 0 | 24,868 | 1214 | 0.796 | |
| 110 | Stony Brook University | 39900 | 53000 | 0.2481 | 18,263 | 1410 | 0.4904 | |
| 111 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5061 | 33,475 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 112 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 40500 | 44100 | 0.0817 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 113 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 40700 | 50000 | 0.1862 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 114 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41300 | 57000 | 0.2756 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.782 | |
| 115 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 41400 | 47500 | 0.1284 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 116 | Anderson University | 42100 | 53600 | 0.2145 | 3,683 | 1209 | 0.5471 | |
| 117 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 42500 | 55200 | 0.23 | 25,900 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 118 | University of Florida | 43200 | 45700 | 0.0548 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 119 | University at Buffalo | 44100 | 46700 | 0.0557 | 20,359 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 120 | Florida Atlantic University | 44400 | 44400 | 0 | 24,876 | 1130 | 0.6613 | |
| 121 | University of Illinois Chicago | 45700 | 50600 | 0.0969 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 122 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 46400 | 86300 | 0.4621 | 5,741 | 1438 | 0.6347 | |
| 123 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 48000 | 55800 | 0.1398 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 124 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48600 | 51200 | 0.0517 | 44,819 | 1327 | 0.4987 | |
| 124 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 48600 | 91400 | 0.4684 | 8,192 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
| 126 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 48700 | 61200 | 0.2034 | 26,221 | 1204 | 0.8854 | |
| 126 | Drexel University | 48700 | 83900 | 0.4196 | 13,309 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 128 | University of Georgia | 48800 | 51600 | 0.0542 | 32,399 | 1382 | 0.377 | |
| 129 | University of Delaware | 49000 | 61300 | 0.2017 | 20,026 | 1294 | 0.706 | |
| 130 | The University of Texas at Austin | 49800 | 59400 | 0.1617 | 43,165 | 1356 | 0.2664 | |
| 131 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 50900 | 84700 | 0.3991 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 132 | University of Utah | 51600 | 53700 | 0.04 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 133 | Woodbury University | 52900 | 69500 | 0.2388 | 786 | 1087 | 0.8165 | |
| 134 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 53300 | 53300 | 0 | 33,033 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 135 | University of San Francisco | 54100 | 84800 | 0.3619 | 5,321 | 1292 | 0.6171 | |
| 136 | Howard University | 60000 | 66500 | 0.0978 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 137 | Maryland Institute College of Art | 60700 | 71200 | 0.1476 | 1,191 | 1232 | 0.7679 | |
| 138 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 60800 | 63000 | 0.0342 | 38,093 | 1302 | 0.7821 | |
| 139 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 60900 | 63200 | 0.0364 | 40,684 | 1331 | 0.3915 | |
| 140 | Clemson University | 61500 | 63700 | 0.0338 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 141 | California College of the Arts | 65300 | 87600 | 0.2545 | 1,004 | 1079 | 0.911 | |
| 142 | Otis College of Art and Design | 66600 | 79800 | 0.1654 | 1,224 | 1335 | 0.8176 | |
| 143 | University of California-Berkeley | 71200 | 76100 | 0.0644 | 33,070 | 1407 | 0.1098 | |
| 144 | The Catholic University of America | 82500 | 82500 | 0 | 3,177 | 1140 | 0.8278 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.