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Considering a degree in Architecture?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Architecture majors who live in Tennessee.
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 Tennessee.
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 | United States Merchant Marine Academy | 7600 | 8800 | 0.1371 | 962 | 1214 | 0.3424 | |
| 7 | Washington University in St Louis | 7800 | 102300 | 0.9233 | 8,153 | 1512 | 0.1192 | |
| 8 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8600 | 98000 | 0.9125 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 8 | University of Notre Dame | 8600 | 89100 | 0.9033 | 8,950 | 1497 | 0.0938 | |
| 10 | Carnegie Mellon University | 8900 | 90900 | 0.9025 | 7,728 | 1528 | 0.1107 | |
| 11 | Middlebury College | 9100 | 94500 | 0.9037 | 2,640 | 1499 | 0.1277 | |
| 12 | Florida Atlantic University | 9700 | 26900 | 0.6405 | 25,626 | 1150 | 0.5497 | |
| 13 | Rice University | 9900 | 92500 | 0.8933 | 4,807 | 1528 | 0.0801 | |
| 14 | Cornell University | 10500 | 93700 | 0.8878 | 16,138 | 1528 | 0.0838 | |
| 14 | Portland State University | 10500 | 43300 | 0.7575 | 14,932 | 1174 | 0.8586 | |
| 16 | Wellesley College | 11000 | 95400 | 0.8843 | 2,366 | 1499 | 0.1479 | |
| 17 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 11100 | 33800 | 0.6718 | 40,996 | 1399 | 0.4175 | |
| 18 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 11300 | 36600 | 0.6909 | 27,963 | 1090 | 0.8395 | |
| 19 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 11400 | 26000 | 0.5621 | 22,313 | 1341 | 0.2996 | |
| 20 | California State University-Fresno | 11600 | 54600 | 0.7868 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 21 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 11800 | 39000 | 0.6966 | 17,848 | 1470 | 0.1565 | |
| 22 | Brown University | 11900 | 94000 | 0.8733 | 7,951 | 1500 | 0.0634 | |
| 23 | Massachusetts Maritime Academy | 12000 | 46600 | 0.7425 | 1,511 | 1120 | 0.9202 | |
| 24 | University of Illinois Chicago | 12200 | 30200 | 0.5959 | 24,260 | 1174 | 0.7576 | |
| 25 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 25 | Mount Holyoke College | 12600 | 89900 | 0.8599 | 2,135 | 1419 | 0.3841 | |
| 27 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 13300 | 29300 | 0.5461 | 8,421 | 1054 | 0.9444 | |
| 28 | University of Delaware | 13400 | 34500 | 0.6119 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 29 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 61700 | 0.7774 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 30 | Louisiana Tech University | 13800 | 42900 | 0.6782 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 31 | University of Georgia | 14000 | 27200 | 0.4846 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 31 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 14000 | 35000 | 0.5996 | 18,667 | 1090 | 0.9711 | |
| 33 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 14500 | 31000 | 0.5329 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 34 | University of Memphis | 14700 | 26400 | 0.4441 | 15,538 | 1080 | 0.7878 | |
| 35 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 14800 | 25800 | 0.4235 | 10,396 | 1125 | 0.7162 | |
| 36 | University of North Alabama | 14900 | 37300 | 0.6006 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 37 | University of Maine at Augusta | 15100 | 54900 | 0.7247 | 4,313 | 0 | 0 | |
| 38 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 15300 | 57100 | 0.7316 | 15,735 | 1069 | 0.8797 | |
| 39 | Austin Peay State University | 16100 | 31400 | 0.489 | 9,593 | 1075 | 0.9691 | |
| 39 | North Carolina State University | 16100 | 28500 | 0.4348 | 29,340 | 1374 | 0.3954 | |
| 41 | Keene State College | 16500 | 51400 | 0.679 | 2,640 | 1064 | 0.8982 | |
| 42 | Bennington College | 16800 | 89500 | 0.8125 | 708 | 1402 | 0.3721 | |
| 43 | Georgia Southern University | 16900 | 20100 | 0.1588 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 44 | Indiana State University | 17000 | 32400 | 0.4755 | 6,352 | 1015 | 0.9157 | |
| 45 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 17300 | 26500 | 0.349 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 46 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 17400 | 29900 | 0.4198 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 47 | Barnard College | 17500 | 99700 | 0.8241 | 3,223 | 1499 | 0.1005 | |
| 48 | Yale University | 17700 | 278600 | 0.9365 | 6,667 | 1507 | 0.0475 | |
| 49 | California State University-Sacramento | 17800 | 30700 | 0.42 | 28,619 | 1015 | 0.9357 | |
| 50 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 17900 | 47900 | 0.6257 | 21,028 | 1450 | 0.1334 | |
| 50 | Prairie View A & M University | 17900 | 25400 | 0.2953 | 9,022 | 960 | 0.7836 | |
| 52 | Morgan State University | 18100 | 42200 | 0.5715 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 53 | SUNY College of Technology at Alfred | 18300 | 37500 | 0.512 | 3,758 | 0 | 0.7236 | |
| 54 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 18400 | 30600 | 0.3971 | 38,463 | 1324 | 0.7589 | |
| 55 | Connecticut College | 18900 | 93000 | 0.7965 | 1,953 | 1284 | 0.3923 | |
| 56 | Lehigh University | 19200 | 89800 | 0.7863 | 5,986 | 1436 | 0.2896 | |
| 56 | University of Rhode Island | 19200 | 33900 | 0.4337 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 58 | La Roche University | 19300 | 87300 | 0.7791 | 1,972 | 990 | 0.6638 | |
| 59 | Olivet Nazarene University | 19400 | 79300 | 0.756 | 2,704 | 1104 | 0.5586 | |
| 60 | Norwich University | 19700 | 100600 | 0.8045 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 61 | SUNY College of Technology at Delhi | 20200 | 55300 | 0.6345 | 2,881 | 1040 | 0.89 | |
| 62 | Syracuse University | 20300 | 83600 | 0.7572 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 63 | University of Southern California | 20600 | 76400 | 0.7308 | 20,768 | 1499 | 0.1119 | |
| 64 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 20700 | 35200 | 0.4116 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 64 | University of Houston | 20700 | 21800 | 0.0504 | 40,366 | 1224 | 0.7577 | |
| 66 | University of New Orleans | 21300 | 30000 | 0.2896 | 5,419 | 1040 | 0.7431 | |
| 67 | Utah State University | 21800 | 38800 | 0.4382 | 26,629 | 1168 | 0.9212 | |
| 68 | Mount Mary University | 22100 | 57200 | 0.6134 | 616 | 1069 | 0.831 | |
| 69 | University of Kansas | 22300 | 44400 | 0.4974 | 22,544 | 1176 | 0.9258 | |
| 70 | Marywood University | 22500 | 93800 | 0.7601 | 1,936 | 1144 | 0.7878 | |
| 70 | Tufts University | 22500 | 99000 | 0.7728 | 7,031 | 1497 | 0.1082 | |
| 72 | University of Florida | 22600 | 42800 | 0.4725 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 73 | University of Southern Mississippi | 23100 | 23100 | 0 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 74 | SUNY Maritime College | 23200 | 59200 | 0.6084 | 1,401 | 1164 | 0.785 | |
| 75 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 23700 | 36100 | 0.3432 | 34,447 | 1273 | 0.8804 | |
| 76 | Judson University | 24000 | 49100 | 0.5122 | 697 | 1010 | 0.8905 | |
| 77 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 24200 | 60700 | 0.6013 | 1,984 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 78 | South Dakota State University | 25100 | 28700 | 0.1242 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 79 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 25400 | 36800 | 0.3099 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 80 | Delaware Valley University | 25700 | 95800 | 0.7318 | 1,680 | 1189 | 0.9268 | |
| 81 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 25900 | 32900 | 0.2146 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 82 | University of Arkansas | 26000 | 28500 | 0.0899 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 83 | Stony Brook University | 26100 | 33200 | 0.2129 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 84 | Ball State University | 26500 | 26500 | 0 | 15,950 | 1185 | 0.8625 | |
| 85 | Drury University | 26900 | 54500 | 0.5063 | 1,453 | 1209 | 0.6575 | |
| 86 | Hobart William Smith Colleges | 27000 | 88300 | 0.6941 | 1,862 | 1296 | 0.667 | |
| 87 | Texas Tech University | 27100 | 27100 | 0 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 88 | North Dakota State University | 27400 | 30400 | 0.0976 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 89 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 18,028 | 1059 | 0.7996 | |
| 90 | University of Connecticut | 29100 | 55500 | 0.4755 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 91 | Mississippi State University | 29900 | 34400 | 0.1326 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 92 | Thomas Jefferson University | 30400 | 70000 | 0.5664 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 93 | Lawrence Technological University | 30600 | 99100 | 0.6915 | 2,661 | 1149 | 0.8101 | |
| 94 | Iowa State University | 30700 | 45200 | 0.3221 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 95 | Ithaca College | 30900 | 72600 | 0.5741 | 4,205 | 1328 | 0.7015 | |
| 95 | Kent State University at Kent | 30900 | 37500 | 0.1751 | 21,144 | 1104 | 0.7603 | |
| 97 | University of Kentucky | 31500 | 36500 | 0.1371 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 98 | University of Central Florida | 31700 | 42800 | 0.2593 | 60,083 | 1289 | 0.428 | |
| 99 | Anderson University | 32000 | 54700 | 0.4152 | 3,724 | 1209 | 0.5491 | |
| 100 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 32400 | 54400 | 0.4043 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 101 | University of Oregon | 32900 | 40200 | 0.1826 | 20,710 | 1193 | 0.8742 | |
| 102 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 33700 | 54000 | 0.376 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 103 | Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design | 34300 | 61800 | 0.4459 | 838 | 1143 | 0.6054 | |
| 104 | University of Idaho | 34500 | 48700 | 0.2916 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 105 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 34700 | 46400 | 0.2519 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 106 | Chatham University | 34800 | 63900 | 0.4557 | 1,555 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 107 | Samford University | 34900 | 93800 | 0.628 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 108 | Auburn University | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 109 | Temple University | 35500 | 57200 | 0.3791 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 110 | North Carolina A & T State University | 36500 | 36700 | 0.0054 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.5125 | |
| 111 | Kean University | 36700 | 44900 | 0.1827 | 11,932 | 1040 | 0.7811 | |
| 112 | Andrews University | 37100 | 76700 | 0.5161 | 1,384 | 1143 | 0.8185 | |
| 113 | Benedictine College | 37400 | 52500 | 0.2874 | 2,404 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 114 | Maine Maritime Academy | 38200 | 53000 | 0.2793 | 977 | 1189 | 0.9615 | |
| 114 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 38200 | 66700 | 0.4274 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 116 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 39900 | 59200 | 0.3258 | 5,986 | 1110 | 0.8916 | |
| 116 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 39900 | 40300 | 0.0099 | 26,213 | 1209 | 0.7778 | |
| 118 | Drexel University | 40300 | 86400 | 0.5339 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 119 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5061 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 120 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 40800 | 58700 | 0.3052 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 121 | University of Arizona | 42400 | 48600 | 0.1275 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 122 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 42500 | 55300 | 0.2316 | 21,388 | 1369 | 0.5945 | |
| 123 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 42900 | 88100 | 0.5129 | 35,358 | 1448 | 0.1642 | |
| 124 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43400 | 58500 | 0.2579 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 125 | University at Buffalo | 46400 | 46400 | 0 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 126 | Otis College of Art and Design | 46600 | 79800 | 0.4158 | 1,188 | 1335 | 0.8034 | |
| 127 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47200 | 61500 | 0.2335 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 128 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 47600 | 57100 | 0.1663 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 129 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48200 | 51200 | 0.0598 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 130 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 49200 | 58800 | 0.1628 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 131 | The University of Texas at Austin | 50400 | 58900 | 0.1443 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 132 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 50600 | 63800 | 0.2065 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 133 | University of San Francisco | 51000 | 87200 | 0.4152 | 5,171 | 1333 | 0.7176 | |
| 134 | University of California-Berkeley | 52400 | 76600 | 0.3159 | 33,513 | 1407 | 0.1145 | |
| 135 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 52600 | 86300 | 0.3905 | 5,833 | 1440 | 0.6725 | |
| 136 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 53400 | 96100 | 0.4442 | 6,839 | 1469 | 0.1446 | |
| 136 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53400 | 63400 | 0.1578 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 138 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 54900 | 68800 | 0.2022 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 139 | University of Colorado Boulder | 55200 | 70900 | 0.2211 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7809 | |
| 140 | Howard University | 55300 | 88500 | 0.3753 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 141 | Miami University-Oxford | 57400 | 57400 | 0 | 16,405 | 1284 | 0.74 | |
| 142 | Maryland Institute College of Art | 58100 | 71200 | 0.1836 | 1,192 | 1232 | 0.7681 | |
| 143 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58400 | 63600 | 0.0818 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 144 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 58600 | 61200 | 0.0419 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 145 | Clemson University | 61100 | 63700 | 0.0403 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 146 | Webb Institute | 61200 | 74800 | 0.1819 | 104 | 1465 | 0.2484 | |
| 147 | University of California-Davis | 67800 | 69900 | 0.03 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 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.