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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 | Washington University in St Louis | 9300 | 102300 | 0.9091 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 12 | University of Pennsylvania | 9400 | 92900 | 0.8988 | 11,478 | 1536 | 0.054 | |
| 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 | Eastern Washington University | 11500 | 28700 | 0.5996 | 6,952 | 995 | 0.9075 | |
| 18 | California State University-Sacramento | 11700 | 31300 | 0.6265 | 28,820 | 1035 | 0.9399 | |
| 18 | Cornell University | 11700 | 93100 | 0.8745 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0876 | |
| 20 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 29200 | 0.5745 | 38,040 | 1418 | 0.452 | |
| 21 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.7517 | |
| 21 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 12600 | 29100 | 0.5675 | 40,684 | 1331 | 0.3915 | |
| 23 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 12800 | 25000 | 0.4873 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 24 | North Carolina A & T State University | 13200 | 17900 | 0.2633 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.499 | |
| 25 | University of Delaware | 13600 | 34500 | 0.606 | 20,026 | 1294 | 0.706 | |
| 26 | Brown University | 13900 | 94000 | 0.8521 | 7,910 | 1535 | 0.0539 | |
| 27 | Mount Holyoke College | 14100 | 89900 | 0.8434 | 2,178 | 1449 | 0.3603 | |
| 28 | Middlebury College | 14300 | 89900 | 0.841 | 2,760 | 1499 | 0.1075 | |
| 28 | University of Houston | 14300 | 22000 | 0.3493 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 30 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 14600 | 26500 | 0.4478 | 22,364 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 31 | Lehigh University | 15600 | 89600 | 0.8263 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 32 | Northeastern University | 15700 | 89900 | 0.8254 | 17,432 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 33 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 16000 | 27700 | 0.4218 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 34 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 16100 | 31000 | 0.4803 | 8,553 | 1045 | 0.8688 | |
| 35 | University of California-Los Angeles | 16300 | 36700 | 0.5554 | 33,475 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 35 | University of Kansas | 16300 | 34900 | 0.5319 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 37 | University of Florida | 16400 | 22500 | 0.271 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 38 | Connecticut College | 16700 | 95300 | 0.8244 | 1,990 | 1421 | 0.3704 | |
| 39 | Bennington College | 17200 | 89500 | 0.8079 | 797 | 1370 | 0.4453 | |
| 39 | SUNY College of Technology at Alfred | 17200 | 29500 | 0.4168 | 3,781 | 1100 | 0.7568 | |
| 39 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 17200 | 26300 | 0.3445 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 42 | Barnard College | 17600 | 99700 | 0.8232 | 3,487 | 1499 | 0.0884 | |
| 43 | Keene State College | 17700 | 32100 | 0.4469 | 2,725 | 1085 | 0.9033 | |
| 44 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 17800 | 27400 | 0.3502 | 27,132 | 1099 | 0.9617 | |
| 45 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 18600 | 39000 | 0.5243 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 46 | University of California-Berkeley | 18800 | 43500 | 0.5683 | 33,070 | 1407 | 0.1098 | |
| 47 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 19100 | 31000 | 0.3843 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 48 | University of Illinois Chicago | 19300 | 30100 | 0.3593 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 49 | University of New Orleans | 19500 | 27200 | 0.283 | 5,419 | 1040 | 0.7431 | |
| 50 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 19900 | 78600 | 0.7467 | 17,885 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 51 | Norwich University | 20000 | 73800 | 0.7288 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 52 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 20100 | 29900 | 0.3291 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5743 | |
| 53 | University of Southern California | 20400 | 75900 | 0.7316 | 20,630 | 1492 | 0.0981 | |
| 54 | Hampshire College | 20500 | 83900 | 0.756 | 844 | 1254 | 0.7528 | |
| 55 | University of Memphis | 21200 | 29600 | 0.2841 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 56 | Webb Institute | 21400 | 89600 | 0.7608 | 106 | 1475 | 0.1404 | |
| 57 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,221 | 1204 | 0.8854 | |
| 57 | Louisiana Tech University | 21800 | 26100 | 0.1649 | 10,881 | 1189 | 0.864 | |
| 57 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 21800 | 35300 | 0.3821 | 5,731 | 1174 | 0.9064 | |
| 60 | Tufts University | 21900 | 98900 | 0.7783 | 7,126 | 1507 | 0.1149 | |
| 61 | La Roche University | 22500 | 72600 | 0.6903 | 1,828 | 1059 | 0.7576 | |
| 62 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 23000 | 27500 | 0.1618 | 17,450 | 1044 | 0.9518 | |
| 63 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 23400 | 34500 | 0.3221 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 64 | University of Kentucky | 23800 | 36400 | 0.3459 | 25,534 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 65 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 24000 | 34400 | 0.3023 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 65 | Central Washington University | 24000 | 27900 | 0.14 | 10,317 | 1045 | 0.9062 | |
| 67 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24100 | 39300 | 0.3873 | 23,920 | 1397 | 0.5973 | |
| 68 | Judson University | 24200 | 49100 | 0.5069 | 718 | 1015 | 0.4759 | |
| 69 | Indiana State University | 24600 | 32400 | 0.2408 | 6,224 | 1020 | 0.8077 | |
| 70 | Drury University | 25200 | 52900 | 0.5235 | 1,391 | 1228 | 0.5758 | |
| 71 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 25300 | 40500 | 0.3754 | 25,900 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 72 | South Dakota State University | 25600 | 28700 | 0.1097 | 10,719 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 73 | Mount Mary University | 26000 | 57200 | 0.545 | 752 | 1025 | 0.6233 | |
| 74 | Marywood University | 26300 | 67700 | 0.6113 | 1,833 | 1160 | 0.6058 | |
| 75 | Ball State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 15,189 | 1170 | 0.855 | |
| 76 | University of Southern Mississippi | 26500 | 26500 | 0 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
| 77 | University of Arkansas | 26700 | 28900 | 0.0745 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.743 | |
| 78 | Hobart William Smith Colleges | 27000 | 88300 | 0.6941 | 1,794 | 1308 | 0.6399 | |
| 78 | University of Idaho | 27000 | 30600 | 0.1178 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 80 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 27300 | 41500 | 0.342 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 81 | Syracuse University | 27700 | 83100 | 0.6665 | 15,957 | 1363 | 0.4592 | |
| 82 | North Dakota State University | 27800 | 30400 | 0.084 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 83 | University of North Alabama | 27900 | 37300 | 0.2521 | 7,662 | 1140 | 0.8731 | |
| 84 | Mississippi State University | 28200 | 32300 | 0.1283 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 85 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 29100 | 29200 | 0.0034 | 18,288 | 1090 | 0.9068 | |
| 86 | Clemson University | 29200 | 37100 | 0.2141 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 86 | University of Connecticut | 29200 | 39500 | 0.2608 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 88 | Morgan State University | 29600 | 41900 | 0.2938 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 89 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 90 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 30400 | 38400 | 0.2083 | 15,375 | 1103 | 0.866 | |
| 91 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 31200 | 48800 | 0.361 | 20,591 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 91 | Portland State University | 31200 | 43100 | 0.2771 | 15,414 | 1094 | 0.9087 | |
| 93 | Kean University | 31400 | 39500 | 0.2051 | 11,758 | 1040 | 0.759 | |
| 94 | Massachusetts Maritime Academy | 31600 | 40200 | 0.2141 | 1,402 | 1120 | 0.947 | |
| 95 | Ithaca College | 32000 | 72500 | 0.5585 | 4,268 | 1314 | 0.6901 | |
| 96 | Lawrence Technological University | 32800 | 71900 | 0.5437 | 2,579 | 1159 | 0.559 | |
| 96 | North Carolina State University | 32800 | 54800 | 0.4007 | 28,422 | 1378 | 0.4174 | |
| 98 | Prairie View A & M University | 32900 | 39600 | 0.1691 | 8,877 | 975 | 0.7931 | |
| 99 | University of Maine at Augusta | 33000 | 39600 | 0.1666 | 4,313 | 0 | 0 | |
| 100 | University of Rhode Island | 33400 | 46400 | 0.2799 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 101 | Auburn University | 33700 | 34100 | 0.0117 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4592 | |
| 102 | Thomas Jefferson University | 33900 | 68100 | 0.5024 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8097 | |
| 103 | Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design | 34000 | 57400 | 0.407 | 838 | 1143 | 0.6054 | |
| 104 | University of Oregon | 34700 | 40200 | 0.1383 | 20,622 | 1250 | 0.883 | |
| 105 | Chatham University | 34900 | 63300 | 0.449 | 1,550 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 106 | Andrews University | 35000 | 70100 | 0.5008 | 1,384 | 1143 | 0.8185 | |
| 107 | Temple University | 35500 | 56400 | 0.3707 | 21,457 | 1135 | 0.8041 | |
| 108 | SUNY Maritime College | 35700 | 41600 | 0.1417 | 1,285 | 1215 | 0.7241 | |
| 109 | Texas Tech University | 36000 | 38900 | 0.0746 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 110 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 36700 | 40000 | 0.0825 | 2,381 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 111 | California State University-Fresno | 37000 | 43800 | 0.1543 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 111 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 37000 | 57000 | 0.3511 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.782 | |
| 113 | Benedictine College | 37500 | 50800 | 0.2619 | 2,403 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 114 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 38000 | 66300 | 0.427 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5478 | |
| 115 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 38500 | 53100 | 0.2748 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 116 | Delaware Valley University | 39400 | 66900 | 0.4111 | 1,768 | 1208 | 0.9321 | |
| 117 | University of Central Florida | 39700 | 39700 | 0 | 59,552 | 1280 | 0.4011 | |
| 118 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 39800 | 39800 | 0 | 24,868 | 1214 | 0.796 | |
| 119 | Stony Brook University | 39900 | 53000 | 0.2481 | 18,263 | 1410 | 0.4904 | |
| 120 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 40600 | 50000 | 0.1882 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 121 | Anderson University | 42200 | 53600 | 0.2127 | 3,683 | 1209 | 0.5471 | |
| 122 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43400 | 53600 | 0.1904 | 31,133 | 1463 | 0.4479 | |
| 123 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 43900 | 57100 | 0.2305 | 23,329 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 124 | University at Buffalo | 44100 | 46700 | 0.0557 | 20,359 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 125 | Florida Atlantic University | 44400 | 44400 | 0 | 24,876 | 1130 | 0.6613 | |
| 126 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 46300 | 86300 | 0.4633 | 5,741 | 1438 | 0.6347 | |
| 127 | Maine Maritime Academy | 47000 | 49800 | 0.0562 | 945 | 1180 | 0.5414 | |
| 128 | University of Colorado Boulder | 47800 | 57700 | 0.172 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7808 | |
| 129 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48600 | 51200 | 0.0517 | 44,819 | 1327 | 0.4987 | |
| 129 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 48600 | 91400 | 0.4684 | 8,192 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
| 131 | Drexel University | 48800 | 83900 | 0.4184 | 13,309 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 131 | University of Georgia | 48800 | 51600 | 0.0542 | 32,399 | 1382 | 0.377 | |
| 133 | The University of Texas at Austin | 49800 | 59400 | 0.1617 | 43,165 | 1356 | 0.2664 | |
| 134 | University of Utah | 51600 | 53700 | 0.04 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 135 | Woodbury University | 52900 | 69500 | 0.2388 | 786 | 1087 | 0.8165 | |
| 136 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 53300 | 53300 | 0 | 33,033 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 136 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53300 | 61000 | 0.127 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 138 | University of San Francisco | 54000 | 84800 | 0.3631 | 5,321 | 1292 | 0.6171 | |
| 139 | Miami University-Oxford | 57400 | 57400 | 0 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 140 | Howard University | 60000 | 66500 | 0.0978 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 141 | Maryland Institute College of Art | 60700 | 71200 | 0.1476 | 1,191 | 1232 | 0.7679 | |
| 142 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 60800 | 63000 | 0.0342 | 38,093 | 1302 | 0.7821 | |
| 143 | California College of the Arts | 65300 | 87600 | 0.2545 | 1,004 | 1079 | 0.911 | |
| 144 | Otis College of Art and Design | 66600 | 79800 | 0.1654 | 1,224 | 1335 | 0.8176 | |
| 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.