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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 | 3900 | 112100 | 0.9651 | 4,561 | 1542 | 0.0456 | |
| 4 | Princeton University | 4300 | 83400 | 0.9485 | 5,916 | 1528 | 0.0442 | |
| 5 | University of Pennsylvania | 5500 | 93100 | 0.9414 | 9,989 | 1535 | 0.0492 | |
| 6 | United States Merchant Marine Academy | 7600 | 8800 | 0.1371 | 962 | 1214 | 0.3424 | |
| 7 | University of Notre Dame | 8700 | 86900 | 0.9004 | 8,950 | 1497 | 0.0938 | |
| 8 | Carnegie Mellon University | 8900 | 112200 | 0.9209 | 7,728 | 1528 | 0.1107 | |
| 8 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8900 | 96500 | 0.9082 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 10 | Utah State University | 9700 | 26700 | 0.6361 | 26,629 | 1168 | 0.9212 | |
| 11 | Portland State University | 9900 | 73900 | 0.8658 | 14,932 | 1174 | 0.8586 | |
| 11 | Rice University | 9900 | 92600 | 0.8928 | 4,807 | 1528 | 0.0801 | |
| 13 | University of California-Davis | 10100 | 49800 | 0.7964 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 14 | Washington University in St Louis | 10700 | 102300 | 0.8957 | 8,153 | 1512 | 0.1192 | |
| 15 | University of California-Berkeley | 10900 | 57300 | 0.8092 | 33,513 | 1407 | 0.1145 | |
| 16 | Wellesley College | 11000 | 117800 | 0.9066 | 2,366 | 1499 | 0.1479 | |
| 17 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 11100 | 30900 | 0.6402 | 40,996 | 1399 | 0.4175 | |
| 18 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 11300 | 33500 | 0.662 | 22,313 | 1341 | 0.2996 | |
| 19 | California State University-Fresno | 11600 | 54800 | 0.7883 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 20 | Massachusetts Maritime Academy | 11700 | 35000 | 0.6654 | 1,511 | 1120 | 0.9202 | |
| 21 | Middlebury College | 12000 | 94500 | 0.873 | 2,640 | 1499 | 0.1277 | |
| 22 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 29600 | 0.5802 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 23 | Florida Atlantic University | 12600 | 25800 | 0.5123 | 25,626 | 1150 | 0.5497 | |
| 24 | Cornell University | 13100 | 93700 | 0.8601 | 16,138 | 1528 | 0.0838 | |
| 25 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 13300 | 13300 | 0 | 18,667 | 1090 | 0.9711 | |
| 26 | University of Delaware | 13500 | 34500 | 0.608 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 27 | Brown University | 13900 | 120200 | 0.8843 | 7,951 | 1500 | 0.0634 | |
| 28 | University of Georgia | 14100 | 27200 | 0.4809 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 29 | Louisiana Tech University | 14500 | 43500 | 0.6667 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 30 | University of Memphis | 14700 | 37800 | 0.6115 | 15,538 | 1080 | 0.7878 | |
| 31 | University of Maine at Augusta | 15100 | 54900 | 0.7247 | 4,313 | 0 | 0 | |
| 32 | Mount Holyoke College | 15400 | 89900 | 0.8288 | 2,135 | 1419 | 0.3841 | |
| 33 | Austin Peay State University | 16000 | 29100 | 0.4519 | 9,593 | 1075 | 0.9691 | |
| 34 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 16400 | 62800 | 0.7385 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 34 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 16400 | 29300 | 0.4403 | 8,421 | 1054 | 0.9444 | |
| 36 | The University of Texas at Austin | 16500 | 28100 | 0.4123 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 36 | University of Kansas | 16500 | 34900 | 0.5274 | 22,544 | 1176 | 0.9258 | |
| 38 | Bennington College | 17100 | 89500 | 0.8095 | 708 | 1402 | 0.3721 | |
| 38 | Morgan State University | 17100 | 28500 | 0.3998 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 40 | SUNY College of Technology at Alfred | 17300 | 28500 | 0.3928 | 3,758 | 0 | 0.7236 | |
| 41 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 17400 | 26300 | 0.3384 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 42 | Barnard College | 17500 | 99700 | 0.8241 | 3,223 | 1499 | 0.1005 | |
| 43 | Yale University | 17700 | 275000 | 0.9356 | 6,667 | 1507 | 0.0475 | |
| 44 | Keene State College | 17800 | 31100 | 0.4271 | 2,640 | 1064 | 0.8982 | |
| 45 | California State University-Sacramento | 17900 | 35700 | 0.4987 | 28,619 | 1015 | 0.9357 | |
| 46 | University of Kentucky | 18100 | 46800 | 0.6139 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 47 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 18400 | 30600 | 0.3971 | 38,463 | 1324 | 0.7589 | |
| 48 | Texas Tech University | 18800 | 27100 | 0.3061 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 49 | University of Rhode Island | 19100 | 81200 | 0.7647 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 50 | Connecticut College | 19200 | 93000 | 0.7932 | 1,953 | 1284 | 0.3923 | |
| 51 | La Roche University | 19300 | 87300 | 0.7791 | 1,972 | 990 | 0.6638 | |
| 52 | Lehigh University | 19400 | 111000 | 0.8254 | 5,986 | 1436 | 0.2896 | |
| 52 | University of Illinois Chicago | 19400 | 30100 | 0.3552 | 24,260 | 1174 | 0.7576 | |
| 54 | Georgia Southern University | 19800 | 20100 | 0.0149 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 54 | SUNY College of Technology at Delhi | 19800 | 30400 | 0.3485 | 2,881 | 1040 | 0.89 | |
| 54 | Syracuse University | 19800 | 83600 | 0.7632 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 57 | Iowa State University | 19900 | 24200 | 0.179 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 58 | Norwich University | 20100 | 76000 | 0.7351 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 59 | Olivet Nazarene University | 20200 | 79300 | 0.7449 | 2,704 | 1104 | 0.5586 | |
| 60 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 20400 | 29900 | 0.317 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 61 | Kean University | 20500 | 39400 | 0.4797 | 11,932 | 1040 | 0.7811 | |
| 61 | University of Southern California | 20500 | 76200 | 0.7309 | 20,768 | 1499 | 0.1119 | |
| 63 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 20600 | 32300 | 0.362 | 15,735 | 1069 | 0.8797 | |
| 64 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 20700 | 43700 | 0.5264 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 64 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 20700 | 30600 | 0.326 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 66 | North Dakota State University | 20800 | 25700 | 0.1902 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 67 | University of New Orleans | 21300 | 29700 | 0.2828 | 5,419 | 1040 | 0.7431 | |
| 68 | SUNY Maritime College | 21400 | 32000 | 0.3314 | 1,401 | 1164 | 0.785 | |
| 69 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 69 | University of Houston | 21800 | 21800 | 0 | 40,366 | 1224 | 0.7577 | |
| 71 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 22200 | 35500 | 0.3743 | 27,963 | 1090 | 0.8395 | |
| 72 | Mount Mary University | 22300 | 57200 | 0.6102 | 616 | 1069 | 0.831 | |
| 73 | Tufts University | 22400 | 120000 | 0.813 | 7,031 | 1497 | 0.1082 | |
| 74 | Marywood University | 22500 | 93800 | 0.7601 | 1,936 | 1144 | 0.7878 | |
| 74 | University of Florida | 22500 | 43000 | 0.4765 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 76 | Hampshire College | 23400 | 81600 | 0.7135 | 844 | 1254 | 0.7528 | |
| 76 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 23400 | 34500 | 0.322 | 10,396 | 1125 | 0.7162 | |
| 76 | University of North Alabama | 23400 | 37300 | 0.3727 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 79 | Judson University | 24100 | 49100 | 0.5087 | 697 | 1010 | 0.8905 | |
| 80 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 24200 | 34200 | 0.2927 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 81 | University of Southern Mississippi | 24400 | 30400 | 0.1974 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 82 | Indiana State University | 24800 | 32400 | 0.2347 | 6,352 | 1015 | 0.9157 | |
| 83 | Kent State University at Kent | 25200 | 28400 | 0.1157 | 21,144 | 1104 | 0.7603 | |
| 84 | University of Central Florida | 25300 | 25300 | 0 | 60,083 | 1289 | 0.428 | |
| 85 | South Dakota State University | 25400 | 28700 | 0.1146 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 86 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 25600 | 80500 | 0.6823 | 17,848 | 1470 | 0.1565 | |
| 87 | Ball State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 15,950 | 1185 | 0.8625 | |
| 88 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 27100 | 40600 | 0.3325 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 89 | University of Arkansas | 27200 | 52400 | 0.4812 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 90 | Hobart William Smith Colleges | 27500 | 88300 | 0.6884 | 1,862 | 1296 | 0.667 | |
| 90 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 18,028 | 1059 | 0.7996 | |
| 92 | Delaware Valley University | 27700 | 95800 | 0.7109 | 1,680 | 1189 | 0.9268 | |
| 93 | Drury University | 28700 | 68900 | 0.5839 | 1,453 | 1209 | 0.6575 | |
| 94 | University of Connecticut | 29200 | 53200 | 0.4512 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 95 | Mississippi State University | 30100 | 34400 | 0.1246 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 96 | Thomas Jefferson University | 30400 | 68700 | 0.5576 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 97 | Lawrence Technological University | 30600 | 99100 | 0.6915 | 2,661 | 1149 | 0.8101 | |
| 98 | Ithaca College | 31000 | 72600 | 0.5727 | 4,205 | 1328 | 0.7015 | |
| 99 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 31200 | 48800 | 0.361 | 21,028 | 1450 | 0.1334 | |
| 100 | North Carolina A & T State University | 31900 | 36700 | 0.1307 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.5125 | |
| 101 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 32100 | 36700 | 0.1252 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 102 | Anderson University | 32200 | 53600 | 0.3992 | 3,724 | 1209 | 0.5491 | |
| 103 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 32400 | 54400 | 0.4043 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 104 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 32600 | 44100 | 0.2609 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 105 | North Carolina State University | 32700 | 54800 | 0.4033 | 29,340 | 1374 | 0.3954 | |
| 105 | Prairie View A & M University | 32700 | 39600 | 0.1742 | 9,022 | 960 | 0.7836 | |
| 107 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 34000 | 47000 | 0.2767 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 108 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 34100 | 53600 | 0.3639 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 109 | Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design | 34300 | 60900 | 0.4369 | 838 | 1143 | 0.6054 | |
| 110 | University of Idaho | 34700 | 48700 | 0.2875 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 111 | Chatham University | 34800 | 80600 | 0.5683 | 1,555 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 112 | Samford University | 34900 | 93800 | 0.628 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 113 | Temple University | 35800 | 57200 | 0.3739 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 114 | Auburn University | 36400 | 85500 | 0.5741 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 115 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 36700 | 40000 | 0.0826 | 1,984 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 116 | Andrews University | 37200 | 76700 | 0.5148 | 1,384 | 1143 | 0.8185 | |
| 117 | Benedictine College | 37400 | 52500 | 0.2874 | 2,404 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 117 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 37400 | 63100 | 0.407 | 5,986 | 1110 | 0.8916 | |
| 119 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 38100 | 66600 | 0.4277 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 120 | Maine Maritime Academy | 38400 | 53000 | 0.2756 | 977 | 1189 | 0.9615 | |
| 121 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 39100 | 60200 | 0.3502 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 122 | Stony Brook University | 39700 | 53000 | 0.2507 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 123 | Drexel University | 40200 | 107600 | 0.6262 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 123 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 40200 | 40300 | 0.0025 | 26,213 | 1209 | 0.7778 | |
| 125 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40300 | 90200 | 0.5531 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 126 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41100 | 57400 | 0.2841 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 127 | University at Buffalo | 41800 | 46400 | 0.0992 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 128 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 42400 | 58900 | 0.2801 | 21,388 | 1369 | 0.5945 | |
| 129 | University of Arizona | 42800 | 43800 | 0.0228 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 130 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 43200 | 108500 | 0.6019 | 35,358 | 1448 | 0.1642 | |
| 131 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43500 | 68700 | 0.367 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 132 | Otis College of Art and Design | 46600 | 102100 | 0.5436 | 1,188 | 1335 | 0.8034 | |
| 133 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47100 | 59800 | 0.2121 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 134 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 47700 | 53300 | 0.105 | 34,447 | 1273 | 0.8804 | |
| 135 | University of Colorado Boulder | 50000 | 56000 | 0.1072 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7809 | |
| 136 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 50500 | 58800 | 0.1411 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 137 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 53000 | 86300 | 0.3859 | 5,833 | 1440 | 0.6725 | |
| 138 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 53500 | 57000 | 0.0614 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 139 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53600 | 63400 | 0.1547 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 140 | University of San Francisco | 53800 | 87300 | 0.3839 | 5,171 | 1333 | 0.7176 | |
| 141 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 54100 | 95100 | 0.4311 | 6,839 | 1469 | 0.1446 | |
| 142 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 54500 | 66200 | 0.1767 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 143 | Howard University | 55200 | 67300 | 0.1797 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 144 | Miami University-Oxford | 57300 | 57300 | 0 | 16,405 | 1284 | 0.74 | |
| 145 | Maryland Institute College of Art | 58400 | 71200 | 0.1798 | 1,192 | 1232 | 0.7681 | |
| 146 | Webb Institute | 61100 | 74200 | 0.1765 | 104 | 1465 | 0.2484 | |
| 147 | Clemson University | 61400 | 63700 | 0.036 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 148 | University of Oregon | 69000 | 71300 | 0.0321 | 20,710 | 1193 | 0.8742 | |
| 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.