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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 |
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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 | |
1 | University of California-Los Angeles | 0 | 68600 | 1 | 34,398 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
1 | University of Connecticut | 0 | 33200 | 1 | 19,388 | 1324 | 0.5395 | |
1 | Utah State University | 0 | 30000 | 1 | 25,920 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
6 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 3800 | 86800 | 0.9559 | 4,576 | 1535 | 0.0485 | |
7 | Rice University | 4300 | 85500 | 0.9496 | 4,788 | 1535 | 0.08 | |
8 | Yale University | 5500 | 92300 | 0.9403 | 6,717 | 1507 | 0.0387 | |
9 | Wellesley College | 7000 | 90900 | 0.9233 | 2,405 | 1500 | 0.1405 | |
10 | Princeton University | 7200 | 81800 | 0.9118 | 5,811 | 1535 | 0.0462 | |
11 | Washington University in St Louis | 8600 | 96200 | 0.9105 | 8,219 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
12 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 9300 | 94100 | 0.9014 | 9,007 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
13 | Cornell University | 9400 | 92000 | 0.8975 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
13 | University of Notre Dame | 9400 | 86100 | 0.8907 | 8,880 | 1499 | 0.1127 | |
15 | University of Pennsylvania | 10000 | 93000 | 0.8926 | 10,013 | 1528 | 0.054 | |
16 | United States Merchant Marine Academy | 10200 | 10200 | 0 | 947 | 1239 | 0.3247 | |
17 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 10900 | 27200 | 0.5995 | 39,256 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
18 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 11800 | 26200 | 0.5495 | 21,917 | 1335 | 0.3122 | |
18 | Middlebury College | 11800 | 89800 | 0.8684 | 2,751 | 1499 | 0.1075 | |
18 | Mount Holyoke College | 11800 | 89700 | 0.8689 | 2,178 | 1449 | 0.3603 | |
21 | University of Central Florida | 12000 | 23600 | 0.4916 | 68,470 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
22 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 12200 | 13300 | 0.0829 | 18,428 | 1090 | 0.9529 | |
23 | Massachusetts Maritime Academy | 12400 | 21900 | 0.4344 | 1,402 | 1120 | 0.7207 | |
24 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 12500 | 38500 | 0.6754 | 17,885 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
25 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,194 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
25 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 12600 | 24400 | 0.4841 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
25 | University of North Alabama | 12600 | 28200 | 0.5535 | 8,076 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
28 | Indiana State University | 12900 | 25900 | 0.5027 | 6,118 | 1140 | 0.8077 | |
29 | University of Houston | 13100 | 23600 | 0.4455 | 42,050 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
30 | University of Delaware | 13200 | 32500 | 0.5923 | 19,119 | 1303 | 0.6356 | |
31 | Louisiana Tech University | 13500 | 24800 | 0.4563 | 11,058 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
32 | The University of Texas at Austin | 13600 | 30700 | 0.5567 | 43,718 | 1335 | 0.2664 | |
33 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 13800 | 26500 | 0.4805 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
34 | University of Idaho | 13900 | 26400 | 0.4731 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
35 | Texas Tech University | 14100 | 26800 | 0.4735 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
36 | University of California-Berkeley | 14200 | 43500 | 0.6734 | 32,429 | 1407 | 0.1104 | |
37 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 14800 | 28000 | 0.4711 | 8,526 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
38 | Carnegie Mellon University | 15000 | 87300 | 0.8279 | 7,616 | 1528 | 0.1166 | |
38 | Northeastern University | 15000 | 89900 | 0.8335 | 22,649 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
40 | Tufts University | 15700 | 92400 | 0.8305 | 6,972 | 1507 | 0.1153 | |
41 | Lehigh University | 16200 | 85700 | 0.8114 | 5,910 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
42 | Bennington College | 16500 | 89500 | 0.8155 | 797 | 1360 | 0.4453 | |
43 | University of Georgia | 16800 | 27100 | 0.3801 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
44 | SUNY College of Technology at Alfred | 16900 | 26000 | 0.3503 | 3,525 | 1070 | 0.8175 | |
44 | University of Kansas | 16900 | 34900 | 0.5162 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
46 | Barnard College | 17600 | 93200 | 0.8112 | 3,269 | 1490 | 0.0796 | |
46 | University of Arkansas | 17600 | 27700 | 0.3655 | 28,855 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
48 | Morgan State University | 17800 | 19700 | 0.0966 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
49 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 17900 | 33600 | 0.4669 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
50 | University of New Orleans | 18200 | 29500 | 0.3831 | 5,476 | 1125 | 0.6677 | |
51 | Portland State University | 18300 | 26100 | 0.2966 | 15,675 | 1176 | 0.9091 | |
52 | University of Southern California | 18800 | 76000 | 0.7526 | 21,023 | 1485 | 0.1002 | |
53 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 19300 | 29300 | 0.3408 | 1,880 | 1369 | 0.6328 | |
54 | Brown University | 19400 | 93900 | 0.7932 | 7,909 | 1535 | 0.0539 | |
55 | South Dakota State University | 19500 | 21800 | 0.1057 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
56 | University of Southern Mississippi | 19600 | 23100 | 0.1514 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
57 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 20200 | 38800 | 0.4798 | 40,978 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
58 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 20500 | 30000 | 0.3172 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
59 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27100 | 0.2289 | 30,994 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
60 | Webb Institute | 21500 | 73700 | 0.7085 | 106 | 1475 | 0.1404 | |
61 | Hobart William Smith Colleges | 21600 | 81100 | 0.7334 | 1,767 | 1313 | 0.6399 | |
62 | University of Memphis | 22200 | 26400 | 0.1594 | 15,768 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
63 | University of Florida | 22300 | 43100 | 0.4831 | 38,113 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
64 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 22600 | 33600 | 0.3276 | 70,646 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
65 | Temple University | 22700 | 36300 | 0.375 | 20,786 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
66 | Syracuse University | 22900 | 83100 | 0.7244 | 15,955 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
67 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 23000 | 27500 | 0.1618 | 17,402 | 1044 | 0.7933 | |
68 | University of Kentucky | 23300 | 36000 | 0.3523 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
69 | Judson University | 23800 | 49100 | 0.5157 | 793 | 1049 | 0.624 | |
69 | La Roche University | 23800 | 55400 | 0.5706 | 1,986 | 1150 | 0.7761 | |
71 | California State University-Fresno | 24500 | 35900 | 0.3174 | 21,430 | 995 | 0.9638 | |
71 | Mount Mary University | 24500 | 53300 | 0.5395 | 749 | 1005 | 0.6634 | |
73 | Miami University-Oxford | 24600 | 27200 | 0.0954 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
74 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 25400 | 36500 | 0.3038 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
75 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 25800 | 36500 | 0.2933 | 26,994 | 1099 | 0.8459 | |
76 | Ball State University | 26000 | 26000 | 0 | 15,189 | 1170 | 0.855 | |
77 | Marywood University | 26200 | 55500 | 0.5282 | 1,833 | 1160 | 0.6058 | |
78 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 26500 | 83600 | 0.6833 | 7,283 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
79 | North Dakota State University | 27100 | 30400 | 0.1064 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
80 | Florida Atlantic University | 27400 | 39200 | 0.3012 | 24,942 | 1130 | 0.6613 | |
81 | Mississippi State University | 27500 | 32300 | 0.1493 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
82 | Connecticut College | 27600 | 83300 | 0.6691 | 1,990 | 1287 | 0.3704 | |
83 | Drury University | 28100 | 52900 | 0.4687 | 1,391 | 1228 | 0.5758 | |
84 | Keene State College | 28200 | 40700 | 0.307 | 2,719 | 1020 | 0.9033 | |
85 | Maine Maritime Academy | 29600 | 33400 | 0.1139 | 945 | 1180 | 0.5606 | |
86 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 29900 | 31100 | 0.0385 | 20,592 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
87 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
88 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 30100 | 33100 | 0.0907 | 19,657 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
89 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 30500 | 39500 | 0.2276 | 14,576 | 1179 | 0.6967 | |
90 | University of Maine at Augusta | 30600 | 38900 | 0.2136 | 4,250 | 0 | 0.0683 | |
90 | University of Rhode Island | 30600 | 46700 | 0.3447 | 14,296 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
92 | Kean University | 30800 | 39600 | 0.2223 | 11,758 | 1035 | 0.7688 | |
93 | North Carolina A & T State University | 30900 | 36400 | 0.1509 | 12,216 | 1020 | 0.4617 | |
94 | Thomas Jefferson University | 31100 | 67700 | 0.5405 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
95 | University of Oregon | 31200 | 38600 | 0.1913 | 20,509 | 1250 | 0.883 | |
96 | Old Dominion University | 32000 | 32100 | 0.004 | 17,735 | 1205 | 0.9036 | |
97 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 32400 | 38500 | 0.1585 | 7,890 | 1105 | 0.2056 | |
98 | Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design | 32700 | 57100 | 0.4264 | 885 | 1143 | 0.628 | |
99 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32900 | 34700 | 0.0518 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
100 | North Carolina State University at Raleigh | 33400 | 51300 | 0.3492 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
100 | Norwich University | 33400 | 70900 | 0.5291 | 2,642 | 1209 | 0.7361 | |
102 | California State University-Sacramento | 33600 | 44900 | 0.2518 | 28,139 | 1015 | 0.9343 | |
103 | Ithaca College | 33700 | 72500 | 0.5351 | 4,084 | 1314 | 0.6901 | |
103 | Prairie View A & M University | 33700 | 39600 | 0.149 | 8,831 | 955 | 0.7441 | |
105 | Anderson University | 33800 | 52400 | 0.3549 | 3,405 | 1209 | 0.5471 | |
105 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 33800 | 35100 | 0.037 | 34,656 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
107 | Auburn University | 34400 | 34400 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
108 | Andrews University | 34800 | 47100 | 0.2609 | 1,312 | 1208 | 0.874 | |
108 | Chatham University | 34800 | 63300 | 0.4506 | 1,551 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
108 | Delaware Valley University | 34800 | 63800 | 0.4544 | 1,768 | 1180 | 0.9326 | |
111 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 35100 | 42400 | 0.1721 | 31,112 | 1130 | 0.8129 | |
112 | Lawrence Technological University | 36300 | 67800 | 0.4644 | 2,579 | 1155 | 0.7403 | |
113 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 36400 | 62000 | 0.413 | 30,962 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
114 | Benedictine College | 37900 | 50800 | 0.254 | 2,391 | 1229 | 0.7645 | |
115 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 38300 | 48900 | 0.2167 | 5,731 | 1174 | 0.9064 | |
116 | Stony Brook University | 39200 | 53000 | 0.2609 | 18,263 | 1395 | 0.4904 | |
116 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 39200 | 56700 | 0.3087 | 32,499 | 1391 | 0.3915 | |
118 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 39400 | 39400 | 0 | 24,868 | 1214 | 0.796 | |
119 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 39500 | 53100 | 0.2561 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
120 | SUNY Maritime College | 40200 | 40900 | 0.0171 | 1,283 | 1215 | 0.7242 | |
121 | Endicott College | 40400 | 63200 | 0.3607 | 3,176 | 1215 | 0.7229 | |
122 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 40600 | 53900 | 0.2467 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
123 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 41800 | 55100 | 0.2415 | 43,729 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
123 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 41800 | 54900 | 0.2388 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
125 | George Mason University | 41900 | 49200 | 0.1485 | 28,292 | 1268 | 0.8748 | |
126 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 42500 | 46200 | 0.0807 | 41,678 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
126 | University at Buffalo | 42500 | 46800 | 0.0919 | 20,355 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
128 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 43200 | 50300 | 0.1412 | 33,626 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
129 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 44200 | 57100 | 0.2249 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
130 | University of Illinois Chicago | 45800 | 48000 | 0.0458 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
131 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 47700 | 85700 | 0.4432 | 5,743 | 1438 | 0.6343 | |
132 | Drexel University | 48100 | 82600 | 0.4175 | 12,896 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
133 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 48800 | 57200 | 0.1473 | 42,178 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
134 | Woodbury University | 49900 | 68700 | 0.2738 | 825 | 1087 | 0.7287 | |
135 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 50300 | 84200 | 0.4027 | 33,921 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
136 | University of Colorado Boulder | 50900 | 56300 | 0.0958 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
137 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 51600 | 56100 | 0.0808 | 60,118 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
138 | University of San Francisco | 53100 | 83200 | 0.3616 | 5,321 | 1292 | 0.6171 | |
139 | Howard University | 53300 | 61600 | 0.1348 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
140 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 56100 | 58900 | 0.048 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
141 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 58200 | 61100 | 0.0463 | 48,857 | 1302 | 0.7821 | |
142 | Clemson University | 58300 | 61100 | 0.0463 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
143 | Maryland Institute College of Art | 60700 | 71200 | 0.1476 | 1,324 | 1196 | 0.7729 | |
144 | Otis College of Art and Design | 62100 | 79000 | 0.214 | 1,224 | 1055 | 0.8176 | |
145 | The Catholic University of America | 82500 | 82500 | 0 | 3,167 | 1204 | 0.8278 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.