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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 | 1302 | 0.0936 | |
| 3 | Rice University | 4300 | 85500 | 0.9496 | 4,789 | 1535 | 0.08 | |
| 4 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 4900 | 86800 | 0.9433 | 4,576 | 1535 | 0.0485 | |
| 5 | Yale University | 5500 | 92300 | 0.9403 | 6,814 | 1507 | 0.0387 | |
| 6 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 6700 | 39100 | 0.8296 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 7 | Wellesley College | 7000 | 90900 | 0.9233 | 2,407 | 1500 | 0.1405 | |
| 8 | Princeton University | 8600 | 81800 | 0.8947 | 5,813 | 1535 | 0.0462 | |
| 9 | Washington University in St Louis | 9400 | 96200 | 0.9026 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 10 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 9800 | 94100 | 0.8961 | 9,157 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 11 | United States Merchant Marine Academy | 10200 | 10200 | 0 | 947 | 1239 | 0.3247 | |
| 11 | University of Notre Dame | 10200 | 86100 | 0.8815 | 8,880 | 1499 | 0.1127 | |
| 13 | Cornell University | 10400 | 92000 | 0.8866 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
| 14 | University of Pennsylvania | 12100 | 93000 | 0.8701 | 10,013 | 1528 | 0.054 | |
| 15 | Mount Holyoke College | 12200 | 89700 | 0.8644 | 2,178 | 1449 | 0.3603 | |
| 16 | Middlebury College | 12400 | 89800 | 0.8618 | 2,760 | 1499 | 0.1075 | |
| 16 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 27200 | 0.5443 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 18 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 13000 | 24400 | 0.4677 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 18 | Utah State University | 13000 | 30000 | 0.5659 | 25,920 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 20 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 13200 | 38500 | 0.657 | 17,901 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 21 | Florida Atlantic University | 13300 | 24800 | 0.4629 | 24,942 | 1130 | 0.6613 | |
| 21 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 13300 | 13300 | 0 | 18,428 | 1090 | 0.9529 | |
| 23 | Texas Tech University | 13900 | 26800 | 0.4809 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 24 | Louisiana Tech University | 14300 | 24800 | 0.424 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 25 | University of Idaho | 14700 | 26400 | 0.4429 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 26 | University of Maine at Augusta | 15000 | 23200 | 0.3532 | 4,250 | 0 | 0.0683 | |
| 27 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 15200 | 35700 | 0.5744 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 28 | North Carolina State University | 15600 | 27500 | 0.4331 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 29 | University of California-Los Angeles | 16300 | 36700 | 0.5548 | 33,471 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 30 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 16800 | 22300 | 0.2464 | 24,868 | 1214 | 0.796 | |
| 31 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 17200 | 27400 | 0.3721 | 27,082 | 1099 | 0.8459 | |
| 32 | Bennington College | 17300 | 89500 | 0.8071 | 797 | 1360 | 0.4453 | |
| 32 | Middle Tennessee State University | 17300 | 23300 | 0.2566 | 17,668 | 1124 | 0.68 | |
| 34 | Northeastern University | 17400 | 89900 | 0.8068 | 22,695 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 35 | Carnegie Mellon University | 17500 | 87300 | 0.7993 | 7,824 | 1528 | 0.1166 | |
| 36 | Barnard College | 17600 | 93200 | 0.8112 | 3,269 | 1490 | 0.0796 | |
| 37 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 17900 | 28100 | 0.3632 | 20,592 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 38 | Tufts University | 18100 | 92400 | 0.8045 | 7,126 | 1507 | 0.1153 | |
| 39 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 18200 | 18200 | 0 | 34,242 | 1260 | 0.7333 | |
| 40 | Prairie View A & M University | 18300 | 25400 | 0.2796 | 8,056 | 955 | 0.7441 | |
| 41 | Lehigh University | 18400 | 85700 | 0.7857 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 42 | Portland State University | 18500 | 26100 | 0.2907 | 15,960 | 1176 | 0.9091 | |
| 43 | University of Southern California | 19200 | 76000 | 0.7473 | 21,023 | 1485 | 0.1002 | |
| 44 | University of Memphis | 19300 | 26400 | 0.2695 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 45 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 19700 | 29300 | 0.3271 | 1,984 | 1369 | 0.6328 | |
| 46 | The University of Texas at Austin | 19900 | 26900 | 0.2601 | 43,165 | 1335 | 0.2664 | |
| 47 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 20000 | 31000 | 0.3545 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 48 | University of Southern Mississippi | 20100 | 23100 | 0.1298 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
| 49 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 20200 | 38800 | 0.481 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 49 | University of Colorado Boulder | 20200 | 30600 | 0.3398 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
| 51 | South Dakota State University | 20600 | 25200 | 0.1814 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 52 | Brown University | 21300 | 93900 | 0.7729 | 7,910 | 1535 | 0.0539 | |
| 52 | University of Georgia | 21300 | 27100 | 0.2113 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 54 | Webb Institute | 21500 | 73700 | 0.7085 | 106 | 1475 | 0.1404 | |
| 55 | University of Florida | 22300 | 44100 | 0.4944 | 36,567 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 56 | Ball State University | 22400 | 22400 | 0 | 15,189 | 1170 | 0.855 | |
| 57 | Hobart William Smith Colleges | 22800 | 81100 | 0.7186 | 1,794 | 1313 | 0.6399 | |
| 58 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 23400 | 33600 | 0.3037 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 59 | Syracuse University | 23600 | 83100 | 0.716 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 59 | University of Central Florida | 23600 | 31400 | 0.2482 | 59,649 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
| 59 | University of Houston | 23600 | 23600 | 0 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 62 | University of Kentucky | 23900 | 36000 | 0.3358 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 63 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24100 | 37100 | 0.3508 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
| 64 | Judson University | 24300 | 49100 | 0.506 | 793 | 1049 | 0.624 | |
| 64 | Miami University-Oxford | 24300 | 27200 | 0.1064 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 66 | La Roche University | 24700 | 55400 | 0.5544 | 1,986 | 1150 | 0.7761 | |
| 66 | University of New Orleans | 24700 | 31000 | 0.2032 | 5,476 | 1125 | 0.6677 | |
| 68 | Mount Mary University | 25000 | 53300 | 0.5311 | 749 | 1005 | 0.6634 | |
| 69 | University of Arkansas | 25600 | 27700 | 0.0749 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 70 | California State University-Fresno | 25700 | 35900 | 0.284 | 21,430 | 995 | 0.9638 | |
| 71 | SUNY College of Technology at Alfred | 26000 | 35600 | 0.27 | 3,525 | 1070 | 0.8175 | |
| 72 | Stony Brook University | 26100 | 33200 | 0.2129 | 18,263 | 1395 | 0.4904 | |
| 72 | University of Kansas | 26100 | 42000 | 0.3781 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 74 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 26400 | 36500 | 0.2764 | 14,783 | 1140 | 0.8096 | |
| 74 | Norwich University | 26400 | 70900 | 0.6278 | 2,642 | 1209 | 0.7361 | |
| 76 | University of Delaware | 26500 | 32500 | 0.1847 | 19,119 | 1303 | 0.6356 | |
| 77 | Indiana State University | 26700 | 30900 | 0.1361 | 6,224 | 1020 | 0.8077 | |
| 78 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 26900 | 83600 | 0.6785 | 7,283 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
| 79 | Marywood University | 27000 | 55500 | 0.5138 | 1,834 | 1160 | 0.6058 | |
| 80 | University of North Alabama | 27200 | 41500 | 0.3448 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 81 | Kent State University at Kent | 27400 | 28400 | 0.0352 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 82 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 17,771 | 1044 | 0.7933 | |
| 83 | North Dakota State University | 27900 | 30400 | 0.0815 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 84 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 28000 | 40300 | 0.3051 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 85 | Drury University | 28100 | 52900 | 0.4687 | 1,391 | 1228 | 0.5758 | |
| 86 | Mississippi State University | 28300 | 32300 | 0.126 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 87 | Connecticut College | 28500 | 83300 | 0.6583 | 1,990 | 1287 | 0.3704 | |
| 88 | University of Connecticut | 29500 | 33200 | 0.1116 | 19,388 | 1324 | 0.5395 | |
| 89 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 30000 | 39500 | 0.2402 | 14,576 | 1144 | 0.6967 | |
| 90 | Keene State College | 30600 | 40700 | 0.2487 | 2,744 | 1020 | 0.9033 | |
| 91 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 31100 | 33100 | 0.0605 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 92 | Thomas Jefferson University | 31500 | 67700 | 0.5346 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 93 | Kean University | 31600 | 39600 | 0.2021 | 11,758 | 1035 | 0.7688 | |
| 94 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 31700 | 42400 | 0.2524 | 21,947 | 1335 | 0.3122 | |
| 94 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 31700 | 41100 | 0.2289 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 96 | University of Rhode Island | 32000 | 46700 | 0.3148 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 97 | North Carolina A & T State University | 32100 | 36400 | 0.118 | 12,216 | 1020 | 0.4617 | |
| 98 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 32900 | 38500 | 0.1455 | 7,890 | 1105 | 0.2056 | |
| 99 | University of Oregon | 33200 | 38600 | 0.1391 | 20,622 | 1250 | 0.883 | |
| 100 | Anderson University | 33400 | 52400 | 0.3626 | 3,405 | 1209 | 0.5471 | |
| 101 | Ithaca College | 33500 | 72500 | 0.5379 | 4,268 | 1314 | 0.6901 | |
| 102 | Massachusetts Maritime Academy | 33900 | 40200 | 0.1568 | 1,407 | 1120 | 0.7207 | |
| 103 | Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design | 34300 | 57100 | 0.3992 | 885 | 1143 | 0.628 | |
| 104 | Auburn University | 34400 | 34400 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 104 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 34400 | 34500 | 0.0029 | 9,982 | 1125 | 0.7702 | |
| 106 | Morgan State University | 34500 | 37200 | 0.0726 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 106 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 34500 | 46200 | 0.2534 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 108 | California State University-Sacramento | 34600 | 44900 | 0.2295 | 28,226 | 1015 | 0.9343 | |
| 108 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 34600 | 35100 | 0.0142 | 33,572 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 110 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 34700 | 34900 | 0.0039 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 111 | Chatham University | 35000 | 63300 | 0.4474 | 1,555 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 112 | Delaware Valley University | 35800 | 63800 | 0.4387 | 1,768 | 1180 | 0.9326 | |
| 113 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 36000 | 43500 | 0.1725 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 114 | Andrews University | 36300 | 47100 | 0.2291 | 1,312 | 1208 | 0.874 | |
| 114 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 36300 | 42400 | 0.1438 | 31,112 | 1130 | 0.8129 | |
| 116 | Lawrence Technological University | 36700 | 67800 | 0.4585 | 2,579 | 1159 | 0.7403 | |
| 117 | Benedictine College | 37500 | 50800 | 0.2619 | 2,391 | 1229 | 0.7645 | |
| 118 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 38200 | 62000 | 0.3839 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 119 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 38600 | 44600 | 0.1345 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 120 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 39600 | 48900 | 0.1901 | 5,731 | 1174 | 0.9064 | |
| 121 | SUNY Maritime College | 39700 | 40900 | 0.0293 | 1,286 | 1215 | 0.7242 | |
| 122 | Temple University | 40400 | 56100 | 0.2798 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 123 | Endicott College | 41100 | 63200 | 0.3496 | 3,176 | 1255 | 0.7229 | |
| 124 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41300 | 53900 | 0.2337 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 125 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 41500 | 56700 | 0.2681 | 40,754 | 1391 | 0.3915 | |
| 126 | University at Buffalo | 42700 | 46800 | 0.0876 | 20,360 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 127 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 43200 | 46200 | 0.0665 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 127 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43200 | 52900 | 0.1834 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 129 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 43400 | 55100 | 0.2125 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 130 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 44000 | 57100 | 0.2292 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 131 | University of Illinois Chicago | 46900 | 48000 | 0.0229 | 22,495 | 1247 | 0.7735 | |
| 132 | Maine Maritime Academy | 47100 | 49800 | 0.0542 | 945 | 1180 | 0.5606 | |
| 133 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 48600 | 85700 | 0.4327 | 5,743 | 1438 | 0.6343 | |
| 134 | Woodbury University | 50700 | 68700 | 0.2621 | 825 | 1087 | 0.7287 | |
| 135 | Drexel University | 51200 | 82600 | 0.38 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 136 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53400 | 61000 | 0.1257 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 137 | Howard University | 53700 | 61600 | 0.1283 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 138 | University of San Francisco | 54000 | 83200 | 0.3508 | 5,321 | 1292 | 0.6171 | |
| 139 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 59000 | 61100 | 0.034 | 38,093 | 1302 | 0.7821 | |
| 140 | Maryland Institute College of Art | 60700 | 71200 | 0.1476 | 1,324 | 1196 | 0.7729 | |
| 141 | Clemson University | 61600 | 63700 | 0.0326 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 142 | Otis College of Art and Design | 62500 | 79000 | 0.209 | 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.