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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 | Princeton University | 4300 | 82600 | 0.9479 | 5,916 | 1528 | 0.0442 | |
| 4 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 5200 | 40700 | 0.8713 | 35,358 | 1448 | 0.1642 | |
| 5 | Yale University | 5500 | 92200 | 0.94 | 6,667 | 1507 | 0.0475 | |
| 6 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 7300 | 90000 | 0.9193 | 4,561 | 1542 | 0.0456 | |
| 7 | United States Merchant Marine Academy | 7700 | 8600 | 0.1046 | 962 | 1214 | 0.3424 | |
| 8 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8500 | 97100 | 0.9129 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 9 | Carnegie Mellon University | 9000 | 90900 | 0.9006 | 7,728 | 1528 | 0.1107 | |
| 10 | Mount Holyoke College | 9500 | 89900 | 0.8946 | 2,135 | 1419 | 0.3841 | |
| 11 | Rice University | 9800 | 89100 | 0.8903 | 4,807 | 1528 | 0.0801 | |
| 12 | University of California-Davis | 10200 | 38100 | 0.7328 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 13 | Washington University in St Louis | 10700 | 102300 | 0.8957 | 8,153 | 1512 | 0.1192 | |
| 14 | Wellesley College | 10900 | 91300 | 0.8808 | 2,366 | 1499 | 0.1479 | |
| 15 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 11400 | 26000 | 0.5621 | 22,313 | 1341 | 0.2996 | |
| 15 | University of Notre Dame | 11400 | 86200 | 0.8682 | 8,950 | 1497 | 0.0938 | |
| 17 | Cornell University | 11500 | 93100 | 0.8767 | 16,138 | 1528 | 0.0838 | |
| 18 | California State University-Sacramento | 11700 | 31300 | 0.6265 | 28,619 | 1015 | 0.9357 | |
| 19 | University of Houston | 12000 | 28400 | 0.5781 | 40,366 | 1224 | 0.7577 | |
| 19 | University of Pennsylvania | 12000 | 92900 | 0.8708 | 9,989 | 1535 | 0.0492 | |
| 19 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 12000 | 38800 | 0.6912 | 17,848 | 1470 | 0.1565 | |
| 22 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 22 | University of Central Florida | 12600 | 25300 | 0.5014 | 60,083 | 1289 | 0.428 | |
| 24 | North Carolina A & T State University | 13300 | 17900 | 0.2577 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.5125 | |
| 24 | University of North Alabama | 13300 | 28200 | 0.5287 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 24 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 13300 | 13300 | 0 | 18,667 | 1090 | 0.9711 | |
| 27 | University of Delaware | 13500 | 34500 | 0.608 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 28 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 63200 | 0.7838 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 29 | Utah State University | 13800 | 20800 | 0.3369 | 26,629 | 1168 | 0.9212 | |
| 30 | Brown University | 13900 | 94000 | 0.8521 | 7,951 | 1500 | 0.0634 | |
| 31 | Middlebury College | 14500 | 89900 | 0.8388 | 2,640 | 1499 | 0.1277 | |
| 31 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 14500 | 26500 | 0.4515 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 33 | Lehigh University | 15500 | 89600 | 0.8275 | 5,986 | 1436 | 0.2896 | |
| 34 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 15900 | 27700 | 0.4254 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 35 | Ball State University | 16300 | 22400 | 0.2727 | 15,950 | 1185 | 0.8625 | |
| 36 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 16400 | 29300 | 0.4403 | 8,421 | 1054 | 0.9444 | |
| 37 | Bennington College | 17100 | 89500 | 0.8095 | 708 | 1402 | 0.3721 | |
| 37 | Georgia Southern University | 17100 | 20100 | 0.1489 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 39 | SUNY College of Technology at Alfred | 17300 | 29500 | 0.4134 | 3,758 | 0 | 0.7236 | |
| 40 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 17400 | 29900 | 0.4173 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 40 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 17400 | 26300 | 0.3384 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 42 | Barnard College | 17600 | 99700 | 0.8232 | 3,223 | 1499 | 0.1005 | |
| 43 | Keene State College | 17800 | 32100 | 0.445 | 2,640 | 1064 | 0.8982 | |
| 44 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 17900 | 27400 | 0.3465 | 27,963 | 1090 | 0.8395 | |
| 45 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 18800 | 39000 | 0.5176 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 46 | Connecticut College | 19100 | 95300 | 0.7992 | 1,953 | 1284 | 0.3923 | |
| 47 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 19200 | 31000 | 0.3811 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 48 | University of Illinois Chicago | 19400 | 30100 | 0.356 | 24,260 | 1174 | 0.7576 | |
| 49 | University of New Orleans | 19600 | 27200 | 0.2794 | 5,419 | 1040 | 0.7431 | |
| 50 | Iowa State University | 19900 | 24200 | 0.179 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 51 | Norwich University | 20100 | 73800 | 0.7274 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 52 | Olivet Nazarene University | 20200 | 79300 | 0.7449 | 2,704 | 1104 | 0.5586 | |
| 53 | Hampshire College | 20400 | 83900 | 0.7572 | 844 | 1254 | 0.7528 | |
| 54 | University of Southern California | 20600 | 75900 | 0.729 | 20,768 | 1499 | 0.1119 | |
| 55 | North Dakota State University | 20800 | 25700 | 0.1902 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 55 | University of Colorado Boulder | 20800 | 31900 | 0.348 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7809 | |
| 57 | University of Memphis | 21300 | 29600 | 0.2807 | 15,538 | 1080 | 0.7878 | |
| 58 | Webb Institute | 21400 | 89600 | 0.7608 | 104 | 1465 | 0.2484 | |
| 59 | Louisiana Tech University | 21800 | 26100 | 0.1649 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 60 | Tufts University | 22100 | 98900 | 0.7763 | 7,031 | 1497 | 0.1082 | |
| 61 | Mount Mary University | 22300 | 57200 | 0.6102 | 616 | 1069 | 0.831 | |
| 62 | La Roche University | 22400 | 72600 | 0.6917 | 1,972 | 990 | 0.6638 | |
| 63 | University of South Dakota | 22700 | 26000 | 0.1265 | 7,515 | 1120 | 0.9884 | |
| 64 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 23000 | 27500 | 0.1618 | 18,028 | 1059 | 0.7996 | |
| 65 | Drury University | 23100 | 52900 | 0.5632 | 1,453 | 1209 | 0.6575 | |
| 66 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 23200 | 34500 | 0.3279 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 67 | University of Kentucky | 23700 | 36400 | 0.349 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 68 | Judson University | 24100 | 49100 | 0.5087 | 697 | 1010 | 0.8905 | |
| 69 | University of Arizona | 24400 | 37700 | 0.3533 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 70 | University of Kansas | 24600 | 43000 | 0.4276 | 22,544 | 1176 | 0.9258 | |
| 71 | SUNY College of Technology at Delhi | 24700 | 36300 | 0.3192 | 2,881 | 1040 | 0.89 | |
| 72 | Indiana State University | 24800 | 32400 | 0.2347 | 6,352 | 1015 | 0.9157 | |
| 73 | South Dakota State University | 25400 | 28700 | 0.1146 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 74 | Marywood University | 25500 | 67700 | 0.6231 | 1,936 | 1144 | 0.7878 | |
| 75 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 25600 | 40500 | 0.368 | 21,388 | 1369 | 0.5945 | |
| 76 | Stony Brook University | 26100 | 33200 | 0.2129 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 77 | University of Southern Mississippi | 26500 | 26500 | 0 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 78 | University of Arkansas | 26600 | 28900 | 0.0793 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 79 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 26800 | 36800 | 0.2719 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 79 | University of Idaho | 26800 | 30600 | 0.1244 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 81 | Syracuse University | 27400 | 83100 | 0.6701 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 82 | Hobart William Smith Colleges | 27500 | 88300 | 0.6885 | 1,862 | 1296 | 0.667 | |
| 82 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 27500 | 41500 | 0.3371 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 84 | Mississippi State University | 30100 | 34400 | 0.1246 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 85 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 30300 | 38400 | 0.2109 | 15,735 | 1069 | 0.8797 | |
| 86 | Ithaca College | 30800 | 72500 | 0.575 | 4,205 | 1328 | 0.7015 | |
| 87 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 31200 | 48800 | 0.361 | 21,028 | 1450 | 0.1334 | |
| 87 | Kent State University at Kent | 31200 | 37500 | 0.1678 | 21,144 | 1104 | 0.7603 | |
| 89 | Kean University | 31300 | 39500 | 0.2077 | 11,932 | 1040 | 0.7811 | |
| 90 | Massachusetts Maritime Academy | 31700 | 40200 | 0.2116 | 1,511 | 1120 | 0.9202 | |
| 91 | SUNY Maritime College | 32100 | 41600 | 0.2282 | 1,401 | 1164 | 0.785 | |
| 91 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 32100 | 36700 | 0.1252 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 93 | Morgan State University | 32300 | 41900 | 0.2293 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 94 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 32600 | 34500 | 0.0551 | 10,396 | 1125 | 0.7162 | |
| 95 | North Carolina State University | 32700 | 54800 | 0.4033 | 29,340 | 1374 | 0.3954 | |
| 95 | Prairie View A & M University | 32700 | 39600 | 0.1742 | 9,022 | 960 | 0.7836 | |
| 97 | Lawrence Technological University | 32800 | 71900 | 0.5437 | 2,661 | 1149 | 0.8101 | |
| 97 | Portland State University | 32800 | 43100 | 0.2386 | 14,932 | 1174 | 0.8586 | |
| 99 | Samford University | 32900 | 64600 | 0.4908 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 100 | University of Maine at Augusta | 33100 | 39600 | 0.1641 | 4,313 | 0 | 0 | |
| 101 | Thomas Jefferson University | 33800 | 68100 | 0.5038 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 102 | Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design | 34300 | 57400 | 0.4025 | 838 | 1143 | 0.6054 | |
| 103 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 34500 | 36100 | 0.0443 | 34,447 | 1273 | 0.8804 | |
| 103 | University of Oregon | 34500 | 40200 | 0.1418 | 20,710 | 1193 | 0.8742 | |
| 105 | Chatham University | 34900 | 63300 | 0.449 | 1,555 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 105 | University of Rhode Island | 34900 | 46400 | 0.2476 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 107 | Temple University | 35800 | 56400 | 0.3654 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 108 | Texas Tech University | 36100 | 38900 | 0.072 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 109 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 36200 | 53100 | 0.3181 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 110 | Delaware Valley University | 36400 | 66900 | 0.456 | 1,680 | 1189 | 0.9268 | |
| 111 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 36700 | 40000 | 0.0825 | 1,984 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 112 | California State University-Fresno | 37100 | 43800 | 0.1529 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 112 | University of Connecticut | 37100 | 53600 | 0.3081 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 114 | Andrews University | 37200 | 70100 | 0.4694 | 1,384 | 1143 | 0.8185 | |
| 115 | Benedictine College | 37400 | 50800 | 0.2639 | 2,404 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 116 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 38200 | 66300 | 0.4239 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 117 | Maine Maritime Academy | 38300 | 49800 | 0.2307 | 977 | 1189 | 0.9615 | |
| 118 | University of San Francisco | 39400 | 84800 | 0.5352 | 5,171 | 1333 | 0.7176 | |
| 119 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 39800 | 39800 | 0 | 26,213 | 1209 | 0.7778 | |
| 120 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 40000 | 50000 | 0.2002 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 120 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 40000 | 53200 | 0.2482 | 5,986 | 1110 | 0.8916 | |
| 122 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5061 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 123 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41100 | 57000 | 0.2791 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 124 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 41300 | 48500 | 0.1484 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 125 | Anderson University | 42200 | 53600 | 0.2127 | 3,724 | 1209 | 0.5491 | |
| 126 | University of Florida | 43100 | 45700 | 0.057 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 127 | University at Buffalo | 43500 | 46700 | 0.0685 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 127 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43500 | 53600 | 0.1886 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 129 | Florida Atlantic University | 44400 | 44400 | 0 | 25,626 | 1150 | 0.5497 | |
| 130 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 46400 | 86300 | 0.4621 | 5,833 | 1440 | 0.6725 | |
| 131 | Drexel University | 47700 | 83900 | 0.4315 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 132 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 48300 | 91400 | 0.4717 | 6,839 | 1469 | 0.1446 | |
| 133 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48500 | 51200 | 0.0544 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 134 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 48600 | 61200 | 0.2057 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 135 | The University of Texas at Austin | 49600 | 59400 | 0.165 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 135 | University of Georgia | 49600 | 51600 | 0.0387 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 137 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 49800 | 62200 | 0.1995 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 138 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 50500 | 58800 | 0.1411 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 139 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53600 | 62800 | 0.1465 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 140 | Howard University | 55300 | 66500 | 0.1685 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 141 | Miami University-Oxford | 57400 | 57400 | 0 | 16,405 | 1284 | 0.74 | |
| 142 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 58100 | 63200 | 0.0806 | 40,996 | 1399 | 0.4175 | |
| 143 | Maryland Institute College of Art | 58400 | 71200 | 0.1798 | 1,192 | 1232 | 0.7681 | |
| 144 | Auburn University | 58500 | 58500 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 145 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 60700 | 63000 | 0.0364 | 38,463 | 1324 | 0.7589 | |
| 146 | Clemson University | 61400 | 63700 | 0.036 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 147 | Otis College of Art and Design | 66400 | 79800 | 0.1679 | 1,188 | 1335 | 0.8034 | |
| 148 | University of California-Berkeley | 71200 | 76100 | 0.0644 | 33,513 | 1407 | 0.1145 | |
| 149 | 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.