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Considering a degree in Architecture?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Architecture majors who live in Washington.
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 Washington.
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 | 4200 | 82600 | 0.9492 | 5,813 | 1535 | 0.0462 | |
| 4 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 5100 | 40700 | 0.8738 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 5 | Yale University | 5500 | 92200 | 0.94 | 6,814 | 1507 | 0.0387 | |
| 6 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 7500 | 90000 | 0.9171 | 4,535 | 1542 | 0.0455 | |
| 7 | United States Merchant Marine Academy | 7600 | 8600 | 0.1162 | 962 | 1214 | 0.3424 | |
| 8 | Utah State University | 8200 | 25200 | 0.6743 | 25,706 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 9 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8400 | 97100 | 0.914 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0399 | |
| 10 | Carnegie Mellon University | 9000 | 90900 | 0.9007 | 7,377 | 1528 | 0.1166 | |
| 11 | University of Pennsylvania | 9200 | 92900 | 0.9009 | 11,478 | 1536 | 0.054 | |
| 11 | Washington University in St Louis | 9200 | 102300 | 0.9104 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 13 | Rice University | 9800 | 89100 | 0.8903 | 4,789 | 1535 | 0.08 | |
| 14 | Wellesley College | 10400 | 91300 | 0.8862 | 2,407 | 1500 | 0.1405 | |
| 15 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 11200 | 26000 | 0.5698 | 22,033 | 1321 | 0.3132 | |
| 15 | University of Notre Dame | 11200 | 86200 | 0.8705 | 8,880 | 1500 | 0.1127 | |
| 17 | Cornell University | 11500 | 93100 | 0.8767 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0876 | |
| 18 | California State University-Sacramento | 11700 | 31300 | 0.6265 | 28,820 | 1035 | 0.9399 | |
| 18 | Eastern Washington University | 11700 | 31200 | 0.6251 | 6,952 | 995 | 0.9075 | |
| 20 | Indiana State University | 11900 | 25900 | 0.5414 | 6,224 | 1020 | 0.8077 | |
| 21 | University of Houston | 12000 | 28400 | 0.5781 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 22 | University of Central Florida | 12500 | 25300 | 0.5053 | 59,552 | 1280 | 0.4011 | |
| 23 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.7517 | |
| 24 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 12800 | 25000 | 0.4873 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 25 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 13300 | 28000 | 0.5246 | 8,553 | 1045 | 0.8688 | |
| 26 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 47300 | 0.7099 | 38,040 | 1418 | 0.452 | |
| 27 | Brown University | 13900 | 94000 | 0.8521 | 7,910 | 1535 | 0.0539 | |
| 28 | Mount Holyoke College | 14100 | 89900 | 0.8434 | 2,178 | 1449 | 0.3603 | |
| 29 | Middlebury College | 14300 | 89900 | 0.841 | 2,760 | 1499 | 0.1075 | |
| 30 | University of Idaho | 14400 | 25800 | 0.4415 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 31 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 14600 | 26500 | 0.4513 | 22,364 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 32 | Lehigh University | 15400 | 89600 | 0.8286 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 33 | Northeastern University | 15700 | 89900 | 0.8254 | 17,432 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 34 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 15900 | 27700 | 0.4254 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 35 | Connecticut College | 16600 | 95300 | 0.8254 | 1,990 | 1421 | 0.3704 | |
| 36 | Bennington College | 17100 | 89500 | 0.8094 | 797 | 1370 | 0.4453 | |
| 37 | Barnard College | 17600 | 99700 | 0.8232 | 3,487 | 1499 | 0.0884 | |
| 38 | Keene State College | 17700 | 32100 | 0.4469 | 2,725 | 1085 | 0.9033 | |
| 39 | Prairie View A & M University | 17800 | 25400 | 0.2993 | 8,877 | 975 | 0.7931 | |
| 40 | Morgan State University | 17900 | 28500 | 0.3717 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 40 | SUNY College of Technology at Alfred | 17900 | 38700 | 0.5369 | 3,781 | 1100 | 0.7568 | |
| 42 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 18400 | 30600 | 0.3971 | 38,093 | 1302 | 0.7821 | |
| 43 | Texas Tech University | 18700 | 27100 | 0.3105 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 44 | University of Rhode Island | 19700 | 33900 | 0.419 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 44 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 19700 | 78700 | 0.7498 | 17,885 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 46 | Norwich University | 20000 | 73800 | 0.7288 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 47 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 20200 | 29900 | 0.3267 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5743 | |
| 47 | University of New Orleans | 20200 | 30600 | 0.3404 | 5,419 | 1040 | 0.7431 | |
| 49 | University of Southern California | 20400 | 75900 | 0.7316 | 20,630 | 1492 | 0.0981 | |
| 50 | Hampshire College | 20500 | 83900 | 0.756 | 844 | 1254 | 0.7528 | |
| 51 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27300 | 0.2346 | 31,133 | 1463 | 0.4479 | |
| 52 | University of Memphis | 21200 | 29600 | 0.2841 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 53 | SUNY Maritime College | 21300 | 32000 | 0.3345 | 1,285 | 1215 | 0.7241 | |
| 54 | Webb Institute | 21400 | 89600 | 0.7608 | 106 | 1475 | 0.1404 | |
| 55 | Louisiana Tech University | 21800 | 26100 | 0.1649 | 10,881 | 1189 | 0.864 | |
| 55 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 21800 | 35300 | 0.3821 | 5,731 | 1174 | 0.9064 | |
| 57 | Tufts University | 21900 | 98900 | 0.7783 | 7,126 | 1507 | 0.1149 | |
| 58 | La Roche University | 22500 | 72600 | 0.6903 | 1,828 | 1059 | 0.7576 | |
| 59 | Bellevue College | 22800 | 28900 | 0.2109 | 12,485 | 0 | 0 | |
| 60 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 23000 | 27500 | 0.1618 | 17,450 | 1044 | 0.9518 | |
| 61 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 23200 | 34500 | 0.3279 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 62 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 24000 | 34400 | 0.3023 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 63 | Judson University | 24100 | 49100 | 0.5086 | 718 | 1015 | 0.4759 | |
| 64 | University of Kansas | 24500 | 43000 | 0.4297 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 65 | Drury University | 25100 | 52900 | 0.5254 | 1,391 | 1228 | 0.5758 | |
| 66 | Temple University | 25300 | 36100 | 0.2994 | 21,457 | 1135 | 0.8041 | |
| 67 | South Dakota State University | 25400 | 28700 | 0.1143 | 10,719 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 68 | Mount Mary University | 25900 | 57200 | 0.5463 | 752 | 1025 | 0.6233 | |
| 69 | Marywood University | 26300 | 67700 | 0.6113 | 1,833 | 1160 | 0.6058 | |
| 70 | Ball State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 15,189 | 1170 | 0.855 | |
| 71 | University of Southern Mississippi | 26500 | 26500 | 0 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
| 72 | University of Arkansas | 26600 | 28900 | 0.079 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.743 | |
| 73 | Hobart William Smith Colleges | 26800 | 88300 | 0.6964 | 1,794 | 1308 | 0.6399 | |
| 74 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 27000 | 36600 | 0.2622 | 27,132 | 1099 | 0.9617 | |
| 75 | Syracuse University | 27300 | 83100 | 0.6713 | 15,957 | 1363 | 0.4592 | |
| 76 | North Dakota State University | 27700 | 30400 | 0.0882 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 77 | University of North Alabama | 28000 | 37300 | 0.2494 | 7,662 | 1140 | 0.8731 | |
| 78 | Mississippi State University | 28100 | 32300 | 0.1323 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 78 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 28100 | 32800 | 0.1428 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 80 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 29100 | 29200 | 0.0034 | 18,288 | 1090 | 0.9068 | |
| 81 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 81 | Maine Maritime Academy | 30000 | 33400 | 0.1019 | 945 | 1180 | 0.5414 | |
| 83 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 30400 | 38400 | 0.2083 | 15,375 | 1103 | 0.866 | |
| 84 | Portland State University | 31100 | 43100 | 0.2778 | 15,414 | 1094 | 0.9087 | |
| 85 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 31200 | 48800 | 0.361 | 20,591 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 86 | Kean University | 31300 | 39500 | 0.2077 | 11,758 | 1040 | 0.759 | |
| 87 | Massachusetts Maritime Academy | 31600 | 40200 | 0.2141 | 1,402 | 1120 | 0.947 | |
| 88 | Ithaca College | 31900 | 72500 | 0.5599 | 4,268 | 1314 | 0.6901 | |
| 88 | North Carolina A & T State University | 31900 | 36700 | 0.1307 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.499 | |
| 90 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 32100 | 36700 | 0.1249 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 91 | North Carolina State University | 32700 | 54800 | 0.4031 | 28,422 | 1378 | 0.4174 | |
| 92 | Lawrence Technological University | 32800 | 71900 | 0.5437 | 2,579 | 1159 | 0.559 | |
| 93 | University of Maine at Augusta | 33000 | 39600 | 0.1666 | 4,313 | 0 | 0 | |
| 93 | University of Oregon | 33000 | 38600 | 0.1444 | 20,622 | 1250 | 0.883 | |
| 95 | Thomas Jefferson University | 33900 | 68100 | 0.5024 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8097 | |
| 96 | Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design | 34000 | 57400 | 0.4075 | 838 | 1143 | 0.6054 | |
| 97 | Chatham University | 34900 | 63300 | 0.449 | 1,550 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 98 | Andrews University | 35000 | 70100 | 0.5008 | 1,384 | 1143 | 0.8185 | |
| 99 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 36700 | 40000 | 0.0825 | 2,381 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 100 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 36800 | 57000 | 0.3546 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.782 | |
| 101 | California State University-Fresno | 37000 | 43800 | 0.1554 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 102 | University of Connecticut | 37100 | 53600 | 0.3081 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 103 | Benedictine College | 37500 | 50800 | 0.2619 | 2,403 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 104 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 38000 | 66300 | 0.427 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5478 | |
| 105 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 38300 | 53100 | 0.2786 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 106 | Delaware Valley University | 39400 | 66900 | 0.4111 | 1,768 | 1208 | 0.9321 | |
| 107 | Stony Brook University | 39700 | 53000 | 0.2506 | 18,263 | 1410 | 0.4904 | |
| 108 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 39800 | 39800 | 0 | 24,868 | 1214 | 0.796 | |
| 109 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5061 | 33,475 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 110 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 40500 | 44100 | 0.0817 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 111 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 40600 | 50000 | 0.1882 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 112 | Anderson University | 42200 | 53600 | 0.2127 | 3,683 | 1209 | 0.5471 | |
| 112 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 42200 | 55200 | 0.2354 | 25,900 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 114 | University of Florida | 43100 | 45700 | 0.057 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 115 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 43800 | 57100 | 0.2328 | 23,329 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 116 | University at Buffalo | 44100 | 46700 | 0.0557 | 20,359 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 117 | Florida Atlantic University | 44400 | 44400 | 0 | 24,876 | 1130 | 0.6613 | |
| 118 | University of Illinois Chicago | 45600 | 50600 | 0.0988 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 119 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 46300 | 86300 | 0.4633 | 5,741 | 1438 | 0.6347 | |
| 120 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47100 | 59700 | 0.2122 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 121 | University of Colorado Boulder | 47800 | 57700 | 0.1717 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7808 | |
| 122 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 48400 | 91400 | 0.4706 | 8,192 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
| 123 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48500 | 51200 | 0.0543 | 44,819 | 1327 | 0.4987 | |
| 124 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 48600 | 61200 | 0.2056 | 26,221 | 1204 | 0.8854 | |
| 124 | Drexel University | 48600 | 83900 | 0.4208 | 13,309 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 124 | University of Georgia | 48600 | 51600 | 0.0581 | 32,399 | 1382 | 0.377 | |
| 127 | University of Delaware | 48800 | 61300 | 0.2041 | 20,026 | 1294 | 0.706 | |
| 128 | University of Kentucky | 49000 | 58000 | 0.1561 | 25,534 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 129 | The University of Texas at Austin | 49600 | 59400 | 0.165 | 43,165 | 1356 | 0.2664 | |
| 130 | University of Utah | 51400 | 53700 | 0.0425 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 131 | Woodbury University | 52800 | 69500 | 0.2402 | 786 | 1087 | 0.8165 | |
| 132 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 53300 | 53300 | 0 | 33,033 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 133 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53600 | 62800 | 0.1465 | 23,920 | 1397 | 0.5973 | |
| 134 | University of San Francisco | 54000 | 84800 | 0.3631 | 5,321 | 1292 | 0.6171 | |
| 135 | Howard University | 55200 | 66500 | 0.17 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 136 | Miami University-Oxford | 57400 | 57400 | 0 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 137 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 58100 | 63200 | 0.0806 | 40,684 | 1331 | 0.3915 | |
| 138 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58200 | 64100 | 0.092 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 139 | Auburn University | 58500 | 58500 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4592 | |
| 140 | Maryland Institute College of Art | 60700 | 71200 | 0.1476 | 1,191 | 1232 | 0.7679 | |
| 141 | Clemson University | 61400 | 63700 | 0.0358 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 142 | California College of the Arts | 65300 | 87600 | 0.2545 | 1,004 | 1079 | 0.911 | |
| 143 | Otis College of Art and Design | 66500 | 79800 | 0.1666 | 1,224 | 1335 | 0.8176 | |
| 144 | University of California-Berkeley | 71100 | 76100 | 0.0657 | 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.