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Considering a degree in Architecture?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Architecture majors who live in Virginia.
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 Virginia.
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 | Old Dominion University | 0 | 32400 | 1 | 17,504 | 1205 | 0.9135 | |
| 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 | |
| 4 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 3600 | 93300 | 0.9613 | 4,561 | 1542 | 0.0456 | |
| 5 | Princeton University | 3900 | 83400 | 0.9532 | 5,916 | 1528 | 0.0442 | |
| 6 | University of Pennsylvania | 4500 | 93100 | 0.9521 | 9,989 | 1535 | 0.0492 | |
| 7 | United States Merchant Marine Academy | 7300 | 8800 | 0.1714 | 962 | 1214 | 0.3424 | |
| 7 | Washington University in St Louis | 7300 | 102300 | 0.9283 | 8,153 | 1512 | 0.1192 | |
| 9 | University of Notre Dame | 7800 | 89100 | 0.9123 | 8,950 | 1497 | 0.0938 | |
| 10 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8600 | 98000 | 0.9125 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 11 | Middlebury College | 8700 | 94500 | 0.908 | 2,640 | 1499 | 0.1277 | |
| 12 | Carnegie Mellon University | 8900 | 90900 | 0.9025 | 7,728 | 1528 | 0.1107 | |
| 13 | Portland State University | 9500 | 26100 | 0.6357 | 14,932 | 1174 | 0.8586 | |
| 14 | Rice University | 9700 | 92500 | 0.8954 | 4,807 | 1528 | 0.0801 | |
| 15 | University of Central Florida | 10000 | 31700 | 0.6853 | 60,083 | 1289 | 0.428 | |
| 16 | Indiana State University | 10100 | 25900 | 0.611 | 6,352 | 1015 | 0.9157 | |
| 17 | Wellesley College | 10400 | 95400 | 0.8905 | 2,366 | 1499 | 0.1479 | |
| 18 | Cornell University | 10500 | 93700 | 0.8878 | 16,138 | 1528 | 0.0838 | |
| 19 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 10700 | 26000 | 0.5891 | 22,313 | 1341 | 0.2996 | |
| 20 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 10900 | 36600 | 0.7018 | 27,963 | 1090 | 0.8395 | |
| 21 | California State University-Fresno | 11300 | 54600 | 0.7923 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 22 | Massachusetts Maritime Academy | 11400 | 46600 | 0.7553 | 1,511 | 1120 | 0.9202 | |
| 23 | University of Illinois Chicago | 11500 | 30200 | 0.6191 | 24,260 | 1174 | 0.7576 | |
| 24 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 11800 | 39100 | 0.6975 | 17,848 | 1470 | 0.1565 | |
| 25 | Brown University | 11900 | 94000 | 0.8733 | 7,951 | 1500 | 0.0634 | |
| 26 | Louisiana Tech University | 12300 | 42900 | 0.7132 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 27 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 12400 | 29300 | 0.5768 | 8,421 | 1054 | 0.9444 | |
| 28 | Mount Holyoke College | 12600 | 89900 | 0.8599 | 2,135 | 1419 | 0.3841 | |
| 29 | North Carolina A & T State University | 13000 | 17900 | 0.2745 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.5125 | |
| 29 | University of Arizona | 13000 | 31000 | 0.5803 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 31 | Kean University | 13100 | 39200 | 0.6658 | 11,932 | 1040 | 0.7811 | |
| 31 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 13100 | 35000 | 0.6253 | 18,667 | 1090 | 0.9711 | |
| 33 | University of North Alabama | 13700 | 28200 | 0.5145 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 33 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 61700 | 0.7774 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 35 | University of Memphis | 14400 | 26400 | 0.4554 | 15,538 | 1080 | 0.7878 | |
| 36 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 14800 | 57100 | 0.7404 | 15,735 | 1069 | 0.8797 | |
| 36 | University of Maine at Augusta | 14800 | 54900 | 0.7301 | 4,313 | 0 | 0 | |
| 38 | Ball State University | 15000 | 22400 | 0.3305 | 15,950 | 1185 | 0.8625 | |
| 39 | University of Kansas | 15600 | 34900 | 0.5524 | 22,544 | 1176 | 0.9258 | |
| 40 | University of Florida | 15800 | 22500 | 0.2977 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 41 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 16100 | 22300 | 0.2778 | 26,213 | 1209 | 0.7778 | |
| 42 | Keene State College | 16200 | 51400 | 0.6848 | 2,640 | 1064 | 0.8982 | |
| 43 | Texas Tech University | 16300 | 27100 | 0.3984 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 43 | University of California-Los Angeles | 16300 | 36700 | 0.5554 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 45 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 16500 | 26500 | 0.3761 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 46 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 16600 | 41200 | 0.5978 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 46 | Morgan State University | 16600 | 30700 | 0.4588 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 48 | Bennington College | 16800 | 89500 | 0.8125 | 708 | 1402 | 0.3721 | |
| 48 | Georgia Southern University | 16800 | 20100 | 0.1638 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 50 | Barnard College | 17500 | 99700 | 0.8241 | 3,223 | 1499 | 0.1005 | |
| 50 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 17500 | 29900 | 0.4164 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 50 | University of Kentucky | 17500 | 36500 | 0.5208 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 50 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 17500 | 44100 | 0.6035 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 54 | Yale University | 17700 | 278600 | 0.9365 | 6,667 | 1507 | 0.0475 | |
| 55 | University of Arkansas | 17800 | 28500 | 0.3772 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 56 | California State University-Sacramento | 17900 | 27700 | 0.3544 | 28,619 | 1015 | 0.9357 | |
| 56 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 17900 | 47900 | 0.6257 | 21,028 | 1450 | 0.1334 | |
| 58 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 18100 | 37200 | 0.5132 | 5,986 | 1110 | 0.8916 | |
| 59 | SUNY College of Technology at Alfred | 18200 | 37500 | 0.5147 | 3,758 | 0 | 0.7236 | |
| 60 | La Roche University | 18500 | 87300 | 0.7883 | 1,972 | 990 | 0.6638 | |
| 60 | University of Rhode Island | 18500 | 33900 | 0.4544 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 62 | Olivet Nazarene University | 18800 | 79300 | 0.7635 | 2,704 | 1104 | 0.5586 | |
| 63 | Connecticut College | 19000 | 93000 | 0.7954 | 1,953 | 1284 | 0.3923 | |
| 64 | Norwich University | 19100 | 100600 | 0.8104 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 65 | Lehigh University | 19200 | 89800 | 0.7863 | 5,986 | 1436 | 0.2896 | |
| 66 | University of Houston | 19900 | 21800 | 0.0871 | 40,366 | 1224 | 0.7577 | |
| 67 | SUNY College of Technology at Delhi | 20000 | 55300 | 0.6381 | 2,881 | 1040 | 0.89 | |
| 67 | University of Southern California | 20000 | 76400 | 0.7387 | 20,768 | 1499 | 0.1119 | |
| 67 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20000 | 45100 | 0.5574 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 70 | South Dakota State University | 20200 | 25200 | 0.2009 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 71 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 20300 | 35200 | 0.4229 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 71 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 20300 | 40600 | 0.5011 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 71 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 20300 | 60700 | 0.6655 | 1,984 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 71 | Syracuse University | 20300 | 83600 | 0.7572 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 75 | North Dakota State University | 20600 | 25700 | 0.2008 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 76 | University of New Orleans | 20900 | 30000 | 0.3029 | 5,419 | 1040 | 0.7431 | |
| 77 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 21400 | 53400 | 0.5997 | 21,469 | 1167 | 0.9061 | |
| 78 | Utah State University | 21800 | 38800 | 0.4382 | 26,629 | 1168 | 0.9212 | |
| 79 | Mount Mary University | 22100 | 57200 | 0.6134 | 616 | 1069 | 0.831 | |
| 80 | Marywood University | 22200 | 93800 | 0.7633 | 1,936 | 1144 | 0.7878 | |
| 81 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 22300 | 34200 | 0.3483 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 82 | Tufts University | 22400 | 99000 | 0.7738 | 7,031 | 1497 | 0.1082 | |
| 83 | SUNY Maritime College | 22800 | 59200 | 0.6152 | 1,401 | 1164 | 0.785 | |
| 84 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 23000 | 27500 | 0.1618 | 18,028 | 1059 | 0.7996 | |
| 85 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 23100 | 36100 | 0.3598 | 34,447 | 1273 | 0.8804 | |
| 85 | University of Southern Mississippi | 23100 | 23100 | 0 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 87 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 23700 | 34500 | 0.3133 | 10,396 | 1125 | 0.7162 | |
| 88 | Judson University | 24000 | 49100 | 0.5122 | 697 | 1010 | 0.8905 | |
| 88 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24000 | 38500 | 0.3764 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 90 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 24200 | 40500 | 0.4025 | 21,388 | 1369 | 0.5945 | |
| 91 | Temple University | 24800 | 36100 | 0.3132 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 92 | Kent State University at Kent | 24900 | 28400 | 0.1253 | 21,144 | 1104 | 0.7603 | |
| 92 | University at Buffalo | 24900 | 34000 | 0.2677 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 94 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 25400 | 32900 | 0.2298 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 95 | Delaware Valley University | 25700 | 95800 | 0.7318 | 1,680 | 1189 | 0.9268 | |
| 96 | Stony Brook University | 26100 | 33200 | 0.2129 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 97 | Drury University | 26800 | 54500 | 0.5082 | 1,453 | 1209 | 0.6575 | |
| 98 | Hobart William Smith Colleges | 27100 | 88300 | 0.693 | 1,862 | 1296 | 0.667 | |
| 99 | University of Georgia | 27200 | 27200 | 0 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 100 | Maine Maritime Academy | 28300 | 34400 | 0.1772 | 977 | 1189 | 0.9615 | |
| 101 | University of Delaware | 28500 | 34500 | 0.1741 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 102 | Clemson University | 28800 | 37100 | 0.2253 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 103 | University of Connecticut | 29200 | 55500 | 0.4737 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 104 | Mississippi State University | 29900 | 34400 | 0.1326 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 104 | Thomas Jefferson University | 29900 | 70000 | 0.5735 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 106 | Lawrence Technological University | 30000 | 99100 | 0.6976 | 2,661 | 1149 | 0.8101 | |
| 107 | Ithaca College | 30300 | 72600 | 0.5823 | 4,205 | 1328 | 0.7015 | |
| 108 | Iowa State University | 30700 | 45200 | 0.3221 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 109 | Prairie View A & M University | 30800 | 39600 | 0.2221 | 9,022 | 960 | 0.7836 | |
| 110 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 32000 | 54400 | 0.4117 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 111 | Anderson University | 32200 | 54700 | 0.4116 | 3,724 | 1209 | 0.5491 | |
| 112 | North Carolina State University | 32400 | 54800 | 0.4083 | 29,340 | 1374 | 0.3954 | |
| 113 | University of Oregon | 32900 | 40200 | 0.1826 | 20,710 | 1193 | 0.8742 | |
| 114 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 33400 | 38200 | 0.1273 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 115 | Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design | 33500 | 61800 | 0.4588 | 838 | 1143 | 0.6054 | |
| 116 | University of Idaho | 34500 | 48700 | 0.2916 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 117 | Samford University | 34600 | 93800 | 0.6312 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 118 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 34700 | 46400 | 0.2519 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 119 | Chatham University | 34800 | 63900 | 0.4557 | 1,555 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 120 | Auburn University | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 121 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 35200 | 35200 | 0 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 122 | George Mason University | 35700 | 35800 | 0.0011 | 28,862 | 1271 | 0.8647 | |
| 123 | Andrews University | 37100 | 76700 | 0.5161 | 1,384 | 1143 | 0.8185 | |
| 124 | Benedictine College | 37600 | 52500 | 0.2836 | 2,404 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 125 | Drexel University | 39700 | 86400 | 0.5408 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 126 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 40900 | 58700 | 0.3035 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 127 | University of Maryland-College Park | 42900 | 58500 | 0.2665 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 127 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 42900 | 88100 | 0.5129 | 35,358 | 1448 | 0.1642 | |
| 129 | Florida Atlantic University | 45300 | 45300 | 0 | 25,626 | 1150 | 0.5497 | |
| 130 | Otis College of Art and Design | 46700 | 79800 | 0.4145 | 1,188 | 1335 | 0.8034 | |
| 131 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 47200 | 57100 | 0.1733 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 132 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48200 | 51200 | 0.0598 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 133 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 49200 | 58800 | 0.1628 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 134 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 49300 | 67600 | 0.2708 | 40,996 | 1399 | 0.4175 | |
| 135 | The University of Texas at Austin | 49500 | 58900 | 0.1596 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 136 | University of California-Berkeley | 51700 | 76600 | 0.325 | 33,513 | 1407 | 0.1145 | |
| 137 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 52600 | 86300 | 0.3905 | 5,833 | 1440 | 0.6725 | |
| 138 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 53400 | 96100 | 0.4442 | 6,839 | 1469 | 0.1446 | |
| 139 | University of San Francisco | 54700 | 87200 | 0.3727 | 5,171 | 1333 | 0.7176 | |
| 140 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 54900 | 68800 | 0.2022 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 141 | Howard University | 55000 | 88500 | 0.3787 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 142 | University of Colorado Boulder | 55200 | 70900 | 0.2206 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7809 | |
| 143 | Miami University-Oxford | 57400 | 57400 | 0 | 16,405 | 1284 | 0.74 | |
| 144 | Maryland Institute College of Art | 58100 | 71200 | 0.1836 | 1,192 | 1232 | 0.7681 | |
| 145 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58500 | 63600 | 0.0803 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 146 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 58600 | 61200 | 0.0419 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 147 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 60400 | 63000 | 0.0407 | 38,463 | 1324 | 0.7589 | |
| 148 | Webb Institute | 61200 | 74800 | 0.1819 | 104 | 1465 | 0.2484 | |
| 149 | University of California-Davis | 68100 | 69900 | 0.0258 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 150 | 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.