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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 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 5200 | 40700 | 0.8713 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 5 | Yale University | 5500 | 92200 | 0.94 | 6,814 | 1507 | 0.0387 | |
| 6 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 7300 | 90000 | 0.9193 | 4,535 | 1542 | 0.0455 | |
| 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 | 0.0399 | |
| 9 | Carnegie Mellon University | 9000 | 90900 | 0.9007 | 7,377 | 1528 | 0.1166 | |
| 10 | Washington University in St Louis | 9300 | 102300 | 0.9091 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 11 | University of Pennsylvania | 9400 | 92900 | 0.8988 | 11,478 | 1536 | 0.054 | |
| 12 | Utah State University | 9700 | 26700 | 0.6361 | 25,706 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 13 | Rice University | 9800 | 89100 | 0.8903 | 4,789 | 1535 | 0.08 | |
| 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 | California State University-Fresno | 11700 | 19600 | 0.4048 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 16 | Cornell University | 11700 | 93100 | 0.8745 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0876 | |
| 18 | University of Houston | 11900 | 22000 | 0.4582 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 19 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 12100 | 38800 | 0.6887 | 17,885 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 20 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 29200 | 0.5745 | 38,040 | 1418 | 0.452 | |
| 21 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.7517 | |
| 22 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 13000 | 25000 | 0.4793 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 23 | University of North Alabama | 13300 | 28200 | 0.5287 | 7,662 | 1140 | 0.8731 | |
| 24 | University of Delaware | 13600 | 34500 | 0.606 | 20,026 | 1294 | 0.706 | |
| 25 | Brown University | 13900 | 94000 | 0.8521 | 7,910 | 1535 | 0.0539 | |
| 26 | University of Georgia | 14100 | 26600 | 0.4699 | 32,399 | 1382 | 0.377 | |
| 27 | Mount Holyoke College | 14300 | 89900 | 0.8412 | 2,178 | 1449 | 0.3603 | |
| 28 | Middlebury College | 14400 | 89900 | 0.8399 | 2,760 | 1499 | 0.1075 | |
| 29 | University of Idaho | 14500 | 25800 | 0.4369 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 30 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 14600 | 26500 | 0.4478 | 22,364 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 31 | Lehigh University | 15600 | 89600 | 0.8263 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 31 | University of Maine at Augusta | 15600 | 30600 | 0.4905 | 4,313 | 0 | 0 | |
| 33 | Northeastern University | 15900 | 89900 | 0.8231 | 17,432 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 34 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 16000 | 25800 | 0.3769 | 10,202 | 1140 | 0.8109 | |
| 35 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 16400 | 31000 | 0.4706 | 8,553 | 1045 | 0.8688 | |
| 35 | University of Florida | 16400 | 22500 | 0.271 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 37 | California State University-Sacramento | 16500 | 27600 | 0.4025 | 28,820 | 1035 | 0.9399 | |
| 37 | University of Kansas | 16500 | 34900 | 0.5262 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 39 | Connecticut College | 16700 | 95300 | 0.8244 | 1,990 | 1421 | 0.3704 | |
| 39 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 16700 | 22300 | 0.2509 | 24,868 | 1214 | 0.796 | |
| 41 | Bennington College | 17200 | 89500 | 0.8079 | 797 | 1370 | 0.4453 | |
| 42 | SUNY College of Technology at Alfred | 17300 | 29500 | 0.4134 | 3,781 | 1100 | 0.7568 | |
| 43 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 17400 | 29900 | 0.4193 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5743 | |
| 44 | Barnard College | 17600 | 99700 | 0.8232 | 3,487 | 1499 | 0.0884 | |
| 45 | Keene State College | 17700 | 41400 | 0.5716 | 2,725 | 1085 | 0.9033 | |
| 46 | Texas Tech University | 18900 | 27100 | 0.3031 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 47 | University of Illinois Chicago | 19400 | 30100 | 0.356 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 48 | University of Rhode Island | 19800 | 33900 | 0.416 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 49 | Norwich University | 20200 | 73800 | 0.726 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 49 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20200 | 45200 | 0.5537 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5478 | |
| 51 | University of New Orleans | 20300 | 30600 | 0.3372 | 5,419 | 1040 | 0.7431 | |
| 52 | Hampshire College | 20500 | 83900 | 0.756 | 844 | 1254 | 0.7528 | |
| 52 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 20500 | 29300 | 0.2999 | 2,381 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 54 | South Dakota State University | 20600 | 25200 | 0.1844 | 10,719 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 54 | University of Southern California | 20600 | 75900 | 0.729 | 20,630 | 1492 | 0.0981 | |
| 56 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 20700 | 30600 | 0.326 | 44,819 | 1327 | 0.4987 | |
| 56 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 20700 | 32300 | 0.359 | 15,375 | 1103 | 0.866 | |
| 58 | North Dakota State University | 21000 | 25700 | 0.1847 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 59 | SUNY Maritime College | 21400 | 32000 | 0.3314 | 1,285 | 1215 | 0.7241 | |
| 59 | Webb Institute | 21400 | 89600 | 0.7608 | 106 | 1475 | 0.1404 | |
| 61 | University of Memphis | 21500 | 29600 | 0.274 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 62 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,221 | 1204 | 0.8854 | |
| 63 | Louisiana Tech University | 21900 | 25300 | 0.1345 | 10,881 | 1189 | 0.864 | |
| 64 | Tufts University | 22000 | 98900 | 0.7773 | 7,126 | 1507 | 0.1149 | |
| 64 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 22000 | 35300 | 0.3764 | 5,731 | 1174 | 0.9064 | |
| 66 | Austin Peay State University | 22400 | 35900 | 0.376 | 8,926 | 1075 | 0.9641 | |
| 67 | La Roche University | 22700 | 72600 | 0.6876 | 1,828 | 1059 | 0.7576 | |
| 68 | University of Southern Mississippi | 23100 | 23100 | 0 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
| 69 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 23400 | 34500 | 0.3221 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 70 | University of Kentucky | 23800 | 36400 | 0.3465 | 25,534 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 71 | Judson University | 24200 | 49100 | 0.5069 | 718 | 1015 | 0.4759 | |
| 72 | Miami University-Oxford | 24700 | 27500 | 0.1019 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 73 | Indiana State University | 24800 | 32400 | 0.2347 | 6,224 | 1020 | 0.8077 | |
| 74 | Drury University | 25200 | 52900 | 0.5235 | 1,391 | 1228 | 0.5758 | |
| 75 | University of Central Florida | 25300 | 25300 | 0 | 59,552 | 1280 | 0.4011 | |
| 76 | University of Arkansas | 25600 | 27700 | 0.0776 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.743 | |
| 77 | Mount Mary University | 26000 | 57200 | 0.545 | 752 | 1025 | 0.6233 | |
| 78 | Ball State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 15,189 | 1170 | 0.855 | |
| 78 | Marywood University | 26400 | 67700 | 0.6098 | 1,833 | 1160 | 0.6058 | |
| 80 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 26900 | 36800 | 0.2692 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 81 | Hobart William Smith Colleges | 27000 | 88300 | 0.6941 | 1,794 | 1308 | 0.6399 | |
| 82 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 27100 | 36600 | 0.2594 | 27,132 | 1099 | 0.9617 | |
| 83 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 27500 | 41500 | 0.3371 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 83 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 17,450 | 1044 | 0.9518 | |
| 85 | Syracuse University | 27700 | 83100 | 0.6665 | 15,957 | 1363 | 0.4592 | |
| 86 | Mississippi State University | 28200 | 32300 | 0.1283 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 86 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 28200 | 32800 | 0.1389 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 88 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 29100 | 29200 | 0.0034 | 18,288 | 1090 | 0.9068 | |
| 89 | Clemson University | 29200 | 37100 | 0.2141 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 90 | Morgan State University | 29500 | 41900 | 0.2962 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 91 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 92 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 31200 | 48800 | 0.361 | 20,591 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 92 | Maine Maritime Academy | 31200 | 33400 | 0.066 | 945 | 1180 | 0.5414 | |
| 94 | Portland State University | 31300 | 43100 | 0.2748 | 15,414 | 1094 | 0.9087 | |
| 95 | Kean University | 31400 | 39500 | 0.2051 | 11,758 | 1040 | 0.759 | |
| 96 | Massachusetts Maritime Academy | 31700 | 40200 | 0.2116 | 1,402 | 1120 | 0.947 | |
| 97 | Ithaca College | 32000 | 72500 | 0.5585 | 4,268 | 1314 | 0.6901 | |
| 97 | North Carolina A & T State University | 32000 | 36700 | 0.128 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.499 | |
| 99 | North Carolina State University | 32800 | 54800 | 0.4007 | 28,422 | 1378 | 0.4174 | |
| 100 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 32900 | 43100 | 0.2368 | 22,033 | 1321 | 0.3132 | |
| 100 | Prairie View A & M University | 32900 | 39600 | 0.1691 | 8,877 | 975 | 0.7931 | |
| 102 | Lawrence Technological University | 33000 | 71900 | 0.5409 | 2,579 | 1159 | 0.559 | |
| 103 | Auburn University | 33700 | 34100 | 0.0117 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4592 | |
| 104 | Thomas Jefferson University | 33900 | 68100 | 0.5024 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8097 | |
| 105 | Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design | 34200 | 57400 | 0.4035 | 838 | 1143 | 0.6054 | |
| 106 | University of Oregon | 34700 | 40200 | 0.1383 | 20,622 | 1250 | 0.883 | |
| 107 | Chatham University | 34900 | 63300 | 0.449 | 1,550 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 108 | Andrews University | 35000 | 70100 | 0.5008 | 1,384 | 1143 | 0.8185 | |
| 109 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 35100 | 35200 | 0.0039 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 110 | Temple University | 35500 | 56400 | 0.3707 | 21,457 | 1135 | 0.8041 | |
| 111 | University of Connecticut | 37200 | 53600 | 0.3062 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 112 | Benedictine College | 37400 | 50800 | 0.2639 | 2,403 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 113 | Delaware Valley University | 39500 | 66900 | 0.4096 | 1,768 | 1208 | 0.9321 | |
| 114 | Stony Brook University | 39900 | 53000 | 0.2481 | 18,263 | 1410 | 0.4904 | |
| 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 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 40700 | 50000 | 0.1862 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 118 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41300 | 57000 | 0.2756 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.782 | |
| 119 | Anderson University | 42100 | 53600 | 0.2145 | 3,683 | 1209 | 0.5471 | |
| 120 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 42500 | 55200 | 0.23 | 25,900 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 121 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43500 | 53600 | 0.1886 | 31,133 | 1463 | 0.4479 | |
| 122 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 43900 | 57100 | 0.2305 | 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 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47100 | 59700 | 0.2117 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 127 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 48000 | 55800 | 0.1398 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 127 | University of Colorado Boulder | 48000 | 57700 | 0.1677 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7808 | |
| 129 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 48600 | 91400 | 0.4684 | 8,192 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
| 130 | Drexel University | 48700 | 83900 | 0.4196 | 13,309 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 131 | The University of Texas at Austin | 49800 | 59400 | 0.1617 | 43,165 | 1356 | 0.2664 | |
| 132 | University of Utah | 51600 | 53700 | 0.04 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 133 | Woodbury University | 52900 | 69500 | 0.2388 | 786 | 1087 | 0.8165 | |
| 134 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 53300 | 53300 | 0 | 33,033 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 134 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53300 | 61000 | 0.127 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 136 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53700 | 62800 | 0.1449 | 23,920 | 1397 | 0.5973 | |
| 137 | University of San Francisco | 54100 | 84800 | 0.3619 | 5,321 | 1292 | 0.6171 | |
| 138 | Howard University | 60000 | 66500 | 0.0978 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 139 | Maryland Institute College of Art | 60700 | 71200 | 0.1476 | 1,191 | 1232 | 0.7679 | |
| 140 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 60800 | 63000 | 0.0342 | 38,093 | 1302 | 0.7821 | |
| 141 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 60900 | 63200 | 0.0364 | 40,684 | 1331 | 0.3915 | |
| 142 | California College of the Arts | 65300 | 87600 | 0.2545 | 1,004 | 1079 | 0.911 | |
| 143 | Otis College of Art and Design | 66600 | 79800 | 0.1654 | 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.