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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 | Auburn University | 0 | 34400 | 1 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 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 | 33,471 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 1 | Utah State University | 0 | 24900 | 1 | 25,920 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 6 | Rice University | 4200 | 85500 | 0.9508 | 4,789 | 1535 | 0.08 | |
| 7 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 5200 | 86800 | 0.9398 | 4,576 | 1535 | 0.0485 | |
| 8 | Yale University | 5500 | 92300 | 0.9403 | 6,814 | 1507 | 0.0387 | |
| 9 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 7100 | 39100 | 0.8193 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 10 | Princeton University | 8600 | 81800 | 0.8947 | 5,813 | 1535 | 0.0462 | |
| 11 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8900 | 94100 | 0.9057 | 9,157 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 12 | University of Pennsylvania | 9000 | 93000 | 0.9034 | 10,013 | 1528 | 0.054 | |
| 13 | Washington University in St Louis | 9600 | 96200 | 0.9006 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 14 | United States Merchant Marine Academy | 10200 | 10200 | 0 | 947 | 1239 | 0.3247 | |
| 15 | Cornell University | 10700 | 92000 | 0.8834 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
| 16 | Wellesley College | 11100 | 90900 | 0.8782 | 2,407 | 1500 | 0.1405 | |
| 17 | University of Notre Dame | 11500 | 86100 | 0.8664 | 8,880 | 1499 | 0.1127 | |
| 18 | Eastern Washington University | 11700 | 30900 | 0.6208 | 6,951 | 1055 | 0.9437 | |
| 19 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 11900 | 27200 | 0.5632 | 40,754 | 1391 | 0.3915 | |
| 20 | The University of Texas at Austin | 12200 | 30700 | 0.6023 | 43,165 | 1335 | 0.2664 | |
| 21 | University of Central Florida | 12500 | 23600 | 0.4704 | 59,649 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
| 22 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 23 | Massachusetts Maritime Academy | 12800 | 21000 | 0.3906 | 1,407 | 1120 | 0.7207 | |
| 23 | Middlebury College | 12800 | 89800 | 0.8573 | 2,760 | 1499 | 0.1075 | |
| 25 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 13100 | 24400 | 0.4636 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 26 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 13300 | 13300 | 0 | 18,428 | 1090 | 0.9529 | |
| 27 | Brown University | 13400 | 93900 | 0.857 | 7,910 | 1535 | 0.0539 | |
| 28 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 32200 | 0.5744 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 29 | Texas Tech University | 13900 | 27000 | 0.485 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 30 | Louisiana Tech University | 14100 | 24900 | 0.433 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 31 | Tufts University | 14300 | 92400 | 0.8456 | 7,126 | 1507 | 0.1153 | |
| 32 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 14500 | 26500 | 0.454 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 33 | University of Idaho | 14600 | 31300 | 0.534 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 34 | Carnegie Mellon University | 14700 | 87300 | 0.8314 | 7,824 | 1528 | 0.1166 | |
| 35 | University of Houston | 15000 | 23600 | 0.3649 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 36 | University of Maine at Augusta | 15300 | 23200 | 0.3403 | 4,250 | 0 | 0.0683 | |
| 37 | Mount Holyoke College | 15500 | 89700 | 0.8276 | 2,178 | 1449 | 0.3603 | |
| 37 | Webb Institute | 15500 | 73700 | 0.7899 | 106 | 1475 | 0.1404 | |
| 39 | Northeastern University | 15700 | 89900 | 0.8257 | 22,695 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 40 | North Carolina State University | 15800 | 27500 | 0.4261 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 41 | Bellevue College | 16300 | 16700 | 0.0242 | 11,472 | 0 | 0.1736 | |
| 42 | Western Washington University | 16500 | 31600 | 0.4787 | 13,752 | 1218 | 0.9325 | |
| 43 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 16600 | 22300 | 0.2554 | 24,868 | 1214 | 0.796 | |
| 44 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 17100 | 27400 | 0.3757 | 27,082 | 1099 | 0.8459 | |
| 45 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 17200 | 27200 | 0.3671 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 46 | Bennington College | 17500 | 89500 | 0.805 | 797 | 1360 | 0.4453 | |
| 46 | California State University-Sacramento | 17500 | 27200 | 0.3565 | 28,226 | 1015 | 0.9343 | |
| 48 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 18200 | 18200 | 0 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 49 | University of Southern California | 18300 | 76000 | 0.7592 | 21,023 | 1485 | 0.1002 | |
| 50 | Barnard College | 19100 | 93200 | 0.7951 | 3,269 | 1490 | 0.0796 | |
| 51 | University of Illinois Chicago | 19400 | 30300 | 0.3594 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 52 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 19600 | 29300 | 0.3305 | 1,984 | 1369 | 0.6328 | |
| 53 | University of Southern Mississippi | 20000 | 26300 | 0.2392 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
| 54 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 20100 | 38800 | 0.4812 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 55 | University of Colorado Boulder | 20400 | 30600 | 0.3333 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
| 56 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 22200 | 34400 | 0.3546 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 57 | Hobart William Smith Colleges | 22600 | 81100 | 0.721 | 1,794 | 1313 | 0.6399 | |
| 58 | University of Memphis | 22900 | 30000 | 0.2371 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 59 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 23000 | 27500 | 0.1618 | 17,771 | 1044 | 0.7933 | |
| 60 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 23600 | 33600 | 0.2978 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 61 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24100 | 37100 | 0.3508 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
| 62 | Judson University | 24400 | 49100 | 0.5035 | 793 | 1049 | 0.624 | |
| 63 | La Roche University | 24500 | 55400 | 0.558 | 1,986 | 1150 | 0.7761 | |
| 64 | University of New Orleans | 24600 | 31000 | 0.2064 | 5,476 | 1125 | 0.6677 | |
| 65 | Miami University-Oxford | 24700 | 27200 | 0.0917 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 66 | Mount Mary University | 25100 | 53300 | 0.529 | 749 | 1005 | 0.6634 | |
| 67 | California State University-Fresno | 25600 | 35900 | 0.2868 | 21,430 | 995 | 0.9638 | |
| 68 | South Dakota State University | 25800 | 28700 | 0.1005 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 69 | Norwich University | 25900 | 70900 | 0.6349 | 2,642 | 1209 | 0.7361 | |
| 69 | SUNY College of Technology at Alfred | 25900 | 35600 | 0.2729 | 3,525 | 1070 | 0.8175 | |
| 71 | Ball State University | 26000 | 26000 | 0 | 15,189 | 1170 | 0.855 | |
| 71 | University of Kansas | 26000 | 42000 | 0.3807 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 73 | Stony Brook University | 26100 | 33200 | 0.2129 | 18,263 | 1395 | 0.4904 | |
| 74 | Marywood University | 26800 | 55500 | 0.5174 | 1,834 | 1160 | 0.6058 | |
| 75 | University of Arkansas | 27000 | 30800 | 0.123 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 76 | University of North Alabama | 27100 | 41500 | 0.3472 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 77 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 27200 | 83600 | 0.6749 | 7,283 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
| 78 | Kent State University at Kent | 27400 | 28400 | 0.0352 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 79 | Indiana State University | 27500 | 30900 | 0.1101 | 6,224 | 1140 | 0.8077 | |
| 80 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 27900 | 78300 | 0.6438 | 17,901 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 81 | North Dakota State University | 28100 | 30400 | 0.0752 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 82 | Drury University | 28200 | 52900 | 0.4668 | 1,391 | 1228 | 0.5758 | |
| 82 | Keene State College | 28200 | 40700 | 0.307 | 2,744 | 1020 | 0.9033 | |
| 82 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 28200 | 41900 | 0.3269 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 85 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 28400 | 36700 | 0.224 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 86 | Florida Atlantic University | 28600 | 39200 | 0.2706 | 24,942 | 1130 | 0.6613 | |
| 87 | Connecticut College | 28800 | 83300 | 0.6546 | 1,990 | 1287 | 0.3704 | |
| 88 | Lehigh University | 29400 | 85700 | 0.6573 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 89 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 29900 | 31100 | 0.0385 | 20,592 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 90 | Syracuse University | 30400 | 83100 | 0.6342 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 91 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 30900 | 33100 | 0.0665 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 92 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 31200 | 43700 | 0.2863 | 14,576 | 1179 | 0.6967 | |
| 93 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 31400 | 42400 | 0.2595 | 21,947 | 1335 | 0.3122 | |
| 93 | Portland State University | 31400 | 43000 | 0.2694 | 15,960 | 1176 | 0.9091 | |
| 95 | Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design | 31700 | 57100 | 0.4449 | 885 | 0 | 0.628 | |
| 95 | Thomas Jefferson University | 31700 | 67700 | 0.5316 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 97 | Kean University | 31800 | 39600 | 0.197 | 11,758 | 1035 | 0.7688 | |
| 97 | University of Rhode Island | 31800 | 46700 | 0.319 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 99 | Benedictine College | 31900 | 50800 | 0.3722 | 2,391 | 1229 | 0.7645 | |
| 100 | North Carolina A & T State University | 32000 | 36400 | 0.1207 | 12,216 | 1020 | 0.4617 | |
| 101 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 32700 | 38500 | 0.1507 | 7,890 | 1105 | 0.2056 | |
| 102 | Ithaca College | 33200 | 72500 | 0.542 | 4,268 | 1314 | 0.6901 | |
| 103 | Anderson University | 33500 | 52400 | 0.3607 | 3,405 | 1209 | 0.5471 | |
| 104 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 34200 | 46200 | 0.2599 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 105 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 34300 | 35100 | 0.0228 | 33,572 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 106 | Morgan State University | 34500 | 37200 | 0.0726 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 107 | Prairie View A & M University | 34600 | 39600 | 0.1263 | 8,056 | 955 | 0.7441 | |
| 108 | Chatham University | 35100 | 63300 | 0.4458 | 1,555 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 109 | Delaware Valley University | 35700 | 63800 | 0.4403 | 1,768 | 1180 | 0.9326 | |
| 110 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 35900 | 43500 | 0.1748 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 111 | Andrews University | 36100 | 47100 | 0.2333 | 1,312 | 1208 | 0.874 | |
| 112 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 36200 | 42400 | 0.1462 | 31,112 | 1130 | 0.8129 | |
| 113 | Mississippi State University | 36600 | 50500 | 0.2752 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 114 | Lawrence Technological University | 37100 | 67800 | 0.4526 | 2,579 | 1155 | 0.7403 | |
| 115 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 37900 | 53900 | 0.2968 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 116 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 38000 | 62000 | 0.3872 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 117 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 39200 | 52900 | 0.2588 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 118 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 39400 | 48900 | 0.1942 | 5,731 | 1174 | 0.9064 | |
| 119 | SUNY Maritime College | 39800 | 40900 | 0.0269 | 1,286 | 1215 | 0.7242 | |
| 120 | University of Georgia | 40300 | 46000 | 0.1242 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 121 | Temple University | 40700 | 56100 | 0.2744 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 122 | Endicott College | 41100 | 63200 | 0.3496 | 3,176 | 1215 | 0.7229 | |
| 123 | University of Connecticut | 41800 | 41800 | 0 | 19,388 | 1324 | 0.5395 | |
| 124 | University at Buffalo | 42700 | 46800 | 0.0876 | 20,360 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 125 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 43000 | 54900 | 0.2169 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 126 | University of Florida | 43700 | 45600 | 0.0416 | 36,567 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 127 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43900 | 52900 | 0.1701 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 128 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 45200 | 57100 | 0.2083 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 129 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 46800 | 58900 | 0.2067 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 130 | University of Delaware | 47200 | 53200 | 0.1127 | 19,119 | 1303 | 0.6356 | |
| 131 | Maine Maritime Academy | 47400 | 49800 | 0.0482 | 945 | 1180 | 0.5606 | |
| 132 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 48200 | 85700 | 0.4374 | 5,743 | 1438 | 0.6343 | |
| 133 | University of Kentucky | 49000 | 56000 | 0.1246 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 134 | Woodbury University | 51100 | 68700 | 0.2563 | 825 | 1087 | 0.7287 | |
| 135 | Drexel University | 51300 | 82600 | 0.3788 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 136 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 52900 | 56100 | 0.0568 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 137 | University of San Francisco | 53900 | 83200 | 0.352 | 5,321 | 1292 | 0.6171 | |
| 138 | Howard University | 58300 | 61600 | 0.0536 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 139 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 59200 | 61100 | 0.0309 | 38,093 | 1302 | 0.7821 | |
| 140 | University of Oregon | 59500 | 68900 | 0.1362 | 20,622 | 1250 | 0.883 | |
| 141 | Maryland Institute College of Art | 60700 | 71200 | 0.1476 | 1,324 | 1196 | 0.7729 | |
| 142 | Clemson University | 61800 | 63700 | 0.0296 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 143 | Otis College of Art and Design | 64900 | 79000 | 0.1786 | 1,224 | 1055 | 0.8176 | |
| 144 | University of California-Berkeley | 74600 | 75500 | 0.0119 | 33,469 | 1407 | 0.1104 | |
| 145 | The Catholic University of America | 79300 | 82500 | 0.0388 | 3,177 | 1204 | 0.8278 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.