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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 | 1,081 | 1283 | 0.2432 | |
| 1 | United States Naval Academy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4,465 | 1314 | 0.0936 | |
| 3 | Rice University | 4300 | 85500 | 0.9496 | 4,789 | 1535 | 0.08 | |
| 4 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 4700 | 86800 | 0.9456 | 4,576 | 1535 | 0.0485 | |
| 5 | Yale University | 5500 | 92300 | 0.9403 | 6,814 | 1507 | 0.0387 | |
| 6 | Princeton University | 5800 | 81800 | 0.9289 | 5,813 | 1535 | 0.0462 | |
| 7 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 6700 | 94100 | 0.9291 | 9,157 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 8 | Wellesley College | 7000 | 90900 | 0.9233 | 2,407 | 1500 | 0.1405 | |
| 9 | University of Pennsylvania | 7300 | 93000 | 0.9217 | 10,013 | 1528 | 0.054 | |
| 10 | Middlebury College | 9100 | 89800 | 0.8985 | 2,760 | 1499 | 0.1075 | |
| 11 | Washington University in St Louis | 9200 | 96200 | 0.904 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 12 | Mount Holyoke College | 9800 | 89700 | 0.8912 | 2,178 | 1449 | 0.3603 | |
| 13 | University of Notre Dame | 10000 | 86100 | 0.8838 | 8,880 | 1499 | 0.1127 | |
| 14 | United States Merchant Marine Academy | 10200 | 10200 | 0 | 947 | 1239 | 0.3247 | |
| 15 | Cornell University | 10300 | 92000 | 0.8877 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
| 16 | Brown University | 10500 | 93900 | 0.8879 | 7,910 | 1535 | 0.0539 | |
| 17 | The University of Texas at Austin | 12100 | 30700 | 0.6055 | 43,165 | 1335 | 0.2664 | |
| 18 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 12200 | 27200 | 0.5522 | 40,754 | 1391 | 0.3915 | |
| 19 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 13000 | 26200 | 0.5037 | 21,947 | 1335 | 0.3122 | |
| 19 | University of Central Florida | 13000 | 23600 | 0.4492 | 59,649 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
| 19 | Utah State University | 13000 | 30000 | 0.5659 | 25,920 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 22 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 13100 | 38500 | 0.6596 | 17,901 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 23 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 13300 | 13300 | 0 | 18,428 | 1090 | 0.9529 | |
| 24 | University of Delaware | 13600 | 32500 | 0.5829 | 19,119 | 1303 | 0.6356 | |
| 25 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 32200 | 0.5744 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 26 | Texas Tech University | 13900 | 26800 | 0.4809 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 26 | University of North Alabama | 13900 | 28200 | 0.5074 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 28 | Indiana State University | 14400 | 25900 | 0.4447 | 6,224 | 1140 | 0.8077 | |
| 28 | Louisiana Tech University | 14400 | 24800 | 0.4199 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 30 | Lehigh University | 14700 | 85700 | 0.8289 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 30 | University of Idaho | 14700 | 26400 | 0.4429 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 32 | Carnegie Mellon University | 15200 | 87300 | 0.8257 | 7,824 | 1528 | 0.1166 | |
| 33 | University of Maine at Augusta | 15300 | 23200 | 0.3403 | 4,250 | 0 | 0.0683 | |
| 34 | North Carolina State University | 16500 | 28500 | 0.4223 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 35 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 17000 | 22300 | 0.2374 | 24,868 | 1214 | 0.796 | |
| 35 | University of Southern California | 17000 | 76000 | 0.7763 | 21,023 | 1485 | 0.1002 | |
| 37 | Bennington College | 17100 | 89500 | 0.8085 | 797 | 1360 | 0.4453 | |
| 38 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 17200 | 27200 | 0.3671 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 38 | University of Southern Mississippi | 17200 | 23100 | 0.2552 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
| 40 | Middle Tennessee State University | 17300 | 23300 | 0.2566 | 17,668 | 1124 | 0.68 | |
| 40 | University of Georgia | 17300 | 27100 | 0.3594 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 42 | Northeastern University | 17400 | 89900 | 0.8068 | 22,695 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 42 | SUNY College of Technology at Alfred | 17400 | 26000 | 0.3311 | 3,525 | 1070 | 0.8175 | |
| 44 | Barnard College | 17600 | 93200 | 0.8112 | 3,269 | 1490 | 0.0796 | |
| 45 | University of Kansas | 17800 | 34900 | 0.4905 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 45 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 17800 | 26300 | 0.3236 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 47 | Tufts University | 18100 | 92400 | 0.8045 | 7,126 | 1507 | 0.1153 | |
| 48 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 18200 | 18200 | 0 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 49 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 18400 | 30600 | 0.3971 | 38,093 | 1302 | 0.7821 | |
| 50 | Portland State University | 18700 | 26100 | 0.2842 | 15,960 | 1176 | 0.9091 | |
| 50 | University of New Orleans | 18700 | 29500 | 0.3661 | 5,476 | 1125 | 0.6677 | |
| 52 | University of Illinois Chicago | 19200 | 30300 | 0.366 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 53 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 19900 | 40000 | 0.5024 | 1,984 | 1369 | 0.6328 | |
| 54 | University of Colorado Boulder | 20100 | 30600 | 0.3431 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
| 55 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 20200 | 27200 | 0.2576 | 31,112 | 1130 | 0.8129 | |
| 56 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 20600 | 36700 | 0.4382 | 14,576 | 1179 | 0.6967 | |
| 57 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 20900 | 36200 | 0.4229 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 57 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27100 | 0.2289 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 59 | Webb Institute | 21500 | 73700 | 0.7085 | 106 | 1475 | 0.1404 | |
| 60 | University of Florida | 22300 | 44100 | 0.4943 | 36,567 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 61 | Ball State University | 22400 | 22400 | 0 | 15,189 | 1170 | 0.855 | |
| 62 | Hobart William Smith Colleges | 22800 | 81100 | 0.7186 | 1,794 | 1313 | 0.6399 | |
| 63 | University of Memphis | 23200 | 30000 | 0.227 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 64 | Syracuse University | 23500 | 83100 | 0.7172 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 65 | University of Houston | 23600 | 23600 | 0 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 66 | University of Kentucky | 23700 | 36000 | 0.34 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 67 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24100 | 37100 | 0.3508 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
| 68 | Judson University | 24200 | 49100 | 0.5076 | 793 | 1049 | 0.624 | |
| 69 | University at Buffalo | 24300 | 34000 | 0.2853 | 20,360 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 70 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 24500 | 83600 | 0.7072 | 7,283 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
| 71 | La Roche University | 24700 | 55400 | 0.5544 | 1,986 | 1150 | 0.7761 | |
| 72 | Mount Mary University | 24900 | 53300 | 0.5325 | 749 | 1005 | 0.6634 | |
| 73 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 25000 | 36600 | 0.3173 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 74 | South Dakota State University | 25500 | 28700 | 0.1116 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 74 | University of Arkansas | 25500 | 27700 | 0.0796 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 76 | California State University-Fresno | 25700 | 35900 | 0.284 | 21,430 | 995 | 0.9638 | |
| 77 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 26100 | 36500 | 0.2846 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 78 | Norwich University | 26300 | 70900 | 0.6293 | 2,642 | 1209 | 0.7361 | |
| 79 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 26700 | 36500 | 0.2686 | 27,082 | 1099 | 0.8459 | |
| 80 | Marywood University | 26900 | 55500 | 0.5156 | 1,834 | 1160 | 0.6058 | |
| 81 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 17,771 | 1044 | 0.7933 | |
| 82 | North Dakota State University | 27800 | 30400 | 0.0858 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 83 | Drury University | 28000 | 52900 | 0.4706 | 1,391 | 1228 | 0.5758 | |
| 83 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 28000 | 40300 | 0.3051 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 85 | Mississippi State University | 28100 | 32300 | 0.13 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 86 | Connecticut College | 28300 | 83300 | 0.6607 | 1,990 | 1287 | 0.3704 | |
| 87 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 28500 | 41900 | 0.3197 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 88 | Florida Atlantic University | 28800 | 39200 | 0.2655 | 24,942 | 1130 | 0.6613 | |
| 89 | University of Connecticut | 29500 | 33200 | 0.1116 | 19,388 | 1324 | 0.5395 | |
| 90 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 29900 | 31100 | 0.0385 | 20,592 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 91 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 92 | Maine Maritime Academy | 30100 | 33400 | 0.0989 | 945 | 1180 | 0.5606 | |
| 93 | Keene State College | 30600 | 40700 | 0.2484 | 2,744 | 1020 | 0.9033 | |
| 94 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 31300 | 41800 | 0.2513 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 94 | Thomas Jefferson University | 31300 | 67700 | 0.5375 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 96 | Kean University | 31500 | 39600 | 0.2046 | 11,758 | 1035 | 0.7688 | |
| 97 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 31700 | 41100 | 0.2289 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 98 | North Carolina A & T State University | 32100 | 36400 | 0.118 | 12,216 | 1020 | 0.4617 | |
| 98 | University of Rhode Island | 32100 | 46700 | 0.3126 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 100 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 32800 | 38500 | 0.1481 | 7,890 | 1105 | 0.2056 | |
| 101 | University of Oregon | 33100 | 38600 | 0.1424 | 20,622 | 1250 | 0.883 | |
| 102 | Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design | 33200 | 57100 | 0.4172 | 885 | 0 | 0.628 | |
| 103 | Anderson University | 33400 | 52400 | 0.3626 | 3,405 | 1209 | 0.5471 | |
| 104 | Ithaca College | 33500 | 72500 | 0.5379 | 4,268 | 1314 | 0.6901 | |
| 105 | Massachusetts Maritime Academy | 33900 | 40200 | 0.1568 | 1,407 | 1120 | 0.7207 | |
| 106 | Auburn University | 34400 | 34400 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 106 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 34400 | 34500 | 0.0029 | 9,982 | 1125 | 0.7702 | |
| 108 | Morgan State University | 34500 | 37200 | 0.0726 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 108 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 34500 | 46200 | 0.2534 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 110 | California State University-Sacramento | 34600 | 44900 | 0.2295 | 28,226 | 1015 | 0.9343 | |
| 111 | Prairie View A & M University | 34700 | 39600 | 0.1238 | 8,056 | 955 | 0.7441 | |
| 111 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 34700 | 34900 | 0.0039 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 113 | Chatham University | 34900 | 63300 | 0.449 | 1,555 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 114 | Delaware Valley University | 35800 | 63800 | 0.4387 | 1,768 | 1180 | 0.9326 | |
| 115 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 36000 | 43500 | 0.1725 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 116 | Andrews University | 36300 | 47100 | 0.2291 | 1,312 | 1208 | 0.874 | |
| 117 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 36700 | 38900 | 0.0566 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 118 | Lawrence Technological University | 37200 | 67800 | 0.4511 | 2,579 | 1155 | 0.7403 | |
| 119 | Benedictine College | 37500 | 50800 | 0.2619 | 2,391 | 1229 | 0.7645 | |
| 120 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 38200 | 62000 | 0.3839 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 121 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 38600 | 44600 | 0.1345 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 122 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 39600 | 48900 | 0.1901 | 5,731 | 1174 | 0.9064 | |
| 123 | SUNY Maritime College | 39700 | 40900 | 0.0293 | 1,286 | 1215 | 0.7242 | |
| 124 | Stony Brook University | 39800 | 53000 | 0.2491 | 18,263 | 1395 | 0.4904 | |
| 125 | Temple University | 40300 | 56100 | 0.2815 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 126 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 68600 | 0.4116 | 33,471 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 127 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41200 | 53900 | 0.2356 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 127 | Endicott College | 41200 | 63200 | 0.348 | 3,176 | 1215 | 0.7229 | |
| 129 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 47600 | 85700 | 0.4444 | 5,743 | 1438 | 0.6343 | |
| 130 | Woodbury University | 50600 | 68700 | 0.2636 | 825 | 1087 | 0.7287 | |
| 131 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 50900 | 84200 | 0.3956 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 132 | Drexel University | 51100 | 82600 | 0.3812 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 133 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 51700 | 51700 | 0 | 33,572 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 134 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 53200 | 56100 | 0.0518 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 134 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53200 | 61000 | 0.1279 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 136 | University of San Francisco | 54000 | 83200 | 0.3508 | 5,321 | 1292 | 0.6171 | |
| 137 | Miami University-Oxford | 56100 | 56100 | 0 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 138 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 56700 | 58900 | 0.0374 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 139 | Howard University | 58300 | 61600 | 0.0536 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 140 | Maryland Institute College of Art | 60700 | 71200 | 0.1476 | 1,324 | 1196 | 0.7729 | |
| 141 | Clemson University | 61400 | 63700 | 0.0346 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 142 | Otis College of Art and Design | 62300 | 79000 | 0.2115 | 1,224 | 1055 | 0.8176 | |
| 143 | University of California-Berkeley | 74600 | 75500 | 0.0119 | 33,469 | 1407 | 0.1104 | |
| 144 | The Catholic University of America | 82500 | 82500 | 0 | 3,177 | 1204 | 0.8278 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.