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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 | 1,108 | 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 | University of Pennsylvania | 9200 | 92900 | 0.9009 | 11,478 | 1536 | 0.054 | |
| 9 | Washington University in St Louis | 9200 | 102300 | 0.9104 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 11 | Utah State University | 9700 | 26700 | 0.6361 | 25,706 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 12 | Rice University | 9800 | 89100 | 0.8903 | 4,789 | 1535 | 0.08 | |
| 13 | Massachusetts Maritime Academy | 10000 | 21000 | 0.524 | 1,402 | 1120 | 0.947 | |
| 14 | Wellesley College | 10700 | 91300 | 0.883 | 2,407 | 1500 | 0.1405 | |
| 15 | University of Notre Dame | 11300 | 86200 | 0.8694 | 8,880 | 1500 | 0.1127 | |
| 16 | Cornell University | 11500 | 93100 | 0.8767 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0876 | |
| 17 | California State University-Fresno | 11600 | 19600 | 0.4073 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 18 | California State University-Sacramento | 11700 | 30700 | 0.6186 | 28,820 | 1035 | 0.9399 | |
| 19 | University of Houston | 11900 | 22000 | 0.4582 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 20 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 12200 | 29100 | 0.5812 | 40,684 | 1331 | 0.3915 | |
| 21 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 13000 | 25000 | 0.4793 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 22 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 47300 | 0.7099 | 38,040 | 1418 | 0.452 | |
| 23 | Brown University | 13900 | 94000 | 0.8521 | 7,910 | 1535 | 0.0539 | |
| 24 | University of Georgia | 14100 | 26600 | 0.4699 | 32,399 | 1382 | 0.377 | |
| 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 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 14600 | 26500 | 0.4513 | 22,364 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 28 | Lehigh University | 15400 | 89600 | 0.8286 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 29 | Austin Peay State University | 15500 | 29100 | 0.469 | 8,926 | 1075 | 0.9641 | |
| 30 | Northeastern University | 15900 | 89900 | 0.8231 | 17,432 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 31 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 16400 | 31000 | 0.4706 | 8,553 | 1045 | 0.8688 | |
| 32 | The University of Texas at Austin | 16500 | 28000 | 0.4111 | 43,165 | 1356 | 0.2664 | |
| 33 | Connecticut College | 16600 | 95300 | 0.8254 | 1,990 | 1421 | 0.3704 | |
| 33 | Portland State University | 16600 | 26100 | 0.3638 | 15,414 | 1094 | 0.9087 | |
| 35 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 16700 | 22300 | 0.2509 | 24,868 | 1214 | 0.796 | |
| 36 | Bennington College | 17100 | 89500 | 0.8094 | 797 | 1370 | 0.4453 | |
| 37 | SUNY College of Technology at Alfred | 17300 | 29500 | 0.4134 | 3,781 | 1100 | 0.7568 | |
| 38 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 17400 | 26300 | 0.338 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 39 | Barnard College | 17600 | 99700 | 0.8232 | 3,487 | 1499 | 0.0884 | |
| 40 | Keene State College | 17700 | 41400 | 0.5716 | 2,725 | 1085 | 0.9033 | |
| 41 | Prairie View A & M University | 17800 | 25400 | 0.2993 | 8,877 | 975 | 0.7931 | |
| 41 | University of Memphis | 17800 | 26400 | 0.3264 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 43 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 17900 | 37700 | 0.5256 | 20,591 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 43 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 17900 | 27400 | 0.3465 | 27,132 | 1099 | 0.9617 | |
| 45 | Morgan State University | 18000 | 28500 | 0.3682 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 46 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 18200 | 18200 | 0 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 47 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 18400 | 30600 | 0.3971 | 38,093 | 1302 | 0.7821 | |
| 48 | University of Illinois Chicago | 19400 | 30100 | 0.356 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 49 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 19700 | 78700 | 0.7498 | 17,885 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 50 | University of Rhode Island | 19800 | 33900 | 0.416 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 51 | Norwich University | 20200 | 73800 | 0.726 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 52 | University of New Orleans | 20300 | 30600 | 0.3372 | 5,419 | 1040 | 0.7431 | |
| 53 | Hampshire College | 20400 | 83900 | 0.7572 | 844 | 1254 | 0.7528 | |
| 54 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 20500 | 29300 | 0.2999 | 2,381 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 54 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 20500 | 29900 | 0.3167 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5743 | |
| 56 | University of Southern California | 20600 | 75900 | 0.729 | 20,630 | 1492 | 0.0981 | |
| 57 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27300 | 0.2346 | 31,133 | 1463 | 0.4479 | |
| 58 | Webb Institute | 21400 | 89600 | 0.7608 | 106 | 1475 | 0.1404 | |
| 59 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,221 | 1204 | 0.8854 | |
| 60 | Louisiana Tech University | 21900 | 25300 | 0.1345 | 10,881 | 1189 | 0.864 | |
| 61 | Tufts University | 22000 | 98900 | 0.7773 | 7,126 | 1507 | 0.1149 | |
| 62 | University of Florida | 22500 | 43000 | 0.4764 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 63 | La Roche University | 22700 | 72600 | 0.6876 | 1,828 | 1059 | 0.7576 | |
| 64 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 23000 | 27500 | 0.1618 | 17,450 | 1044 | 0.9518 | |
| 65 | University of Southern Mississippi | 23100 | 23100 | 0 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
| 66 | University of Kentucky | 23700 | 36400 | 0.3488 | 25,534 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 67 | Judson University | 24100 | 49100 | 0.5086 | 718 | 1015 | 0.4759 | |
| 67 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24100 | 39300 | 0.3873 | 23,920 | 1397 | 0.5973 | |
| 69 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 24200 | 34400 | 0.2965 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 70 | University of Kansas | 24600 | 43000 | 0.4273 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 71 | Miami University-Oxford | 24700 | 27500 | 0.1019 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 72 | Indiana State University | 24800 | 32400 | 0.2347 | 6,224 | 1020 | 0.8077 | |
| 73 | Drury University | 25100 | 52900 | 0.5254 | 1,391 | 1228 | 0.5758 | |
| 74 | University of Central Florida | 25300 | 25300 | 0 | 59,552 | 1280 | 0.4011 | |
| 75 | South Dakota State University | 25400 | 28700 | 0.1143 | 10,719 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 75 | University of Arkansas | 25400 | 27700 | 0.0823 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.743 | |
| 77 | Mount Mary University | 25900 | 57200 | 0.5463 | 752 | 1025 | 0.6233 | |
| 78 | Stony Brook University | 26100 | 33200 | 0.2129 | 18,263 | 1410 | 0.4904 | |
| 79 | Ball State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 15,189 | 1170 | 0.855 | |
| 79 | Marywood University | 26400 | 67700 | 0.6098 | 1,833 | 1160 | 0.6058 | |
| 81 | Hobart William Smith Colleges | 26800 | 88300 | 0.6964 | 1,794 | 1308 | 0.6399 | |
| 81 | University of Idaho | 26800 | 45200 | 0.4067 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 83 | Texas Tech University | 27100 | 27100 | 0 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 84 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 27500 | 41500 | 0.3371 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 85 | North Dakota State University | 27700 | 30400 | 0.0882 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 86 | Syracuse University | 27800 | 83100 | 0.6653 | 15,957 | 1363 | 0.4592 | |
| 87 | University of North Alabama | 28000 | 37300 | 0.2494 | 7,662 | 1140 | 0.8731 | |
| 88 | Mississippi State University | 28100 | 32300 | 0.1323 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 89 | University of Delaware | 28500 | 34500 | 0.1741 | 20,026 | 1294 | 0.706 | |
| 90 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 29100 | 29200 | 0.0034 | 18,288 | 1090 | 0.9068 | |
| 91 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 92 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 30500 | 42200 | 0.2771 | 15,375 | 1103 | 0.866 | |
| 93 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 31900 | 41200 | 0.226 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.7517 | |
| 93 | Ithaca College | 31900 | 72500 | 0.5599 | 4,268 | 1314 | 0.6901 | |
| 95 | North Carolina A & T State University | 32000 | 36700 | 0.128 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.499 | |
| 96 | North Carolina State University | 32700 | 54800 | 0.4031 | 28,422 | 1378 | 0.4174 | |
| 97 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 32900 | 43100 | 0.2368 | 22,033 | 1321 | 0.3132 | |
| 98 | Lawrence Technological University | 33000 | 71900 | 0.5409 | 2,579 | 1159 | 0.559 | |
| 98 | University of Oregon | 33000 | 38600 | 0.1444 | 20,622 | 1250 | 0.883 | |
| 100 | University of Maine at Augusta | 33100 | 39600 | 0.1641 | 4,313 | 0 | 0 | |
| 101 | Auburn University | 33700 | 34100 | 0.0117 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4592 | |
| 102 | Thomas Jefferson University | 33800 | 68100 | 0.5039 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8097 | |
| 103 | Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design | 34300 | 57400 | 0.4023 | 838 | 1143 | 0.6054 | |
| 104 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 34500 | 34500 | 0 | 10,202 | 1140 | 0.8109 | |
| 105 | Chatham University | 34900 | 63300 | 0.449 | 1,550 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 106 | Andrews University | 35000 | 70100 | 0.5008 | 1,384 | 1143 | 0.8185 | |
| 107 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 35100 | 35200 | 0.0038 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 108 | Temple University | 35400 | 56400 | 0.3724 | 21,457 | 1135 | 0.8041 | |
| 109 | SUNY Maritime College | 35800 | 41600 | 0.1393 | 1,285 | 1215 | 0.7241 | |
| 110 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 36800 | 47500 | 0.2254 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 111 | University of Connecticut | 37100 | 53600 | 0.3081 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 112 | Benedictine College | 37400 | 50800 | 0.2639 | 2,403 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 113 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 38200 | 66300 | 0.4239 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5478 | |
| 114 | Delaware Valley University | 39500 | 66900 | 0.4096 | 1,768 | 1208 | 0.9321 | |
| 115 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5061 | 33,475 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 116 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 40500 | 44100 | 0.0817 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 117 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41100 | 57000 | 0.2791 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.782 | |
| 118 | Anderson University | 42100 | 53600 | 0.2145 | 3,683 | 1209 | 0.5471 | |
| 119 | Kean University | 42400 | 48300 | 0.1222 | 11,758 | 1040 | 0.759 | |
| 119 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 42400 | 53200 | 0.203 | 5,731 | 1174 | 0.9064 | |
| 121 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 42500 | 55200 | 0.23 | 25,900 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 122 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 43800 | 57100 | 0.2328 | 23,329 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 123 | University at Buffalo | 44100 | 46700 | 0.0557 | 20,359 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 124 | Florida Atlantic University | 44400 | 44400 | 0 | 24,876 | 1130 | 0.6613 | |
| 125 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 46400 | 86300 | 0.4621 | 5,741 | 1438 | 0.6347 | |
| 126 | Maine Maritime Academy | 46900 | 49800 | 0.0582 | 945 | 1180 | 0.5414 | |
| 127 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47100 | 59700 | 0.2122 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 128 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 48000 | 55800 | 0.1398 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 128 | University of Colorado Boulder | 48000 | 57700 | 0.1682 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7808 | |
| 130 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 48400 | 91400 | 0.4706 | 8,192 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
| 131 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48500 | 51200 | 0.0543 | 44,819 | 1327 | 0.4987 | |
| 132 | Drexel University | 48600 | 83900 | 0.4208 | 13,309 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 133 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 50800 | 84700 | 0.4003 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 134 | University of Utah | 51400 | 53700 | 0.0425 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 135 | Woodbury University | 52800 | 69500 | 0.2402 | 786 | 1087 | 0.8165 | |
| 136 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53200 | 61000 | 0.1291 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 137 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 53300 | 53300 | 0 | 33,033 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 138 | University of San Francisco | 54100 | 84800 | 0.3619 | 5,321 | 1292 | 0.6171 | |
| 139 | Howard University | 55300 | 66500 | 0.1685 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 140 | Maryland Institute College of Art | 60700 | 71200 | 0.1476 | 1,191 | 1232 | 0.7679 | |
| 141 | Clemson University | 61400 | 63700 | 0.0358 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 142 | California College of the Arts | 65200 | 87600 | 0.2556 | 1,004 | 1079 | 0.911 | |
| 143 | Otis College of Art and Design | 66400 | 79800 | 0.1679 | 1,224 | 1335 | 0.8176 | |
| 144 | University of California-Berkeley | 71200 | 76100 | 0.0644 | 33,070 | 1407 | 0.1098 | |
| 145 | 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.