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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 | 1,063 | 1319 | 0.206 | |
| 1 | United States Naval Academy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4,474 | 1305 | 0.0927 | |
| 3 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 3600 | 93300 | 0.9613 | 4,561 | 1542 | 0.0456 | |
| 4 | Princeton University | 4200 | 83400 | 0.9496 | 5,916 | 1528 | 0.0442 | |
| 5 | Bellevue College | 5200 | 5200 | 0.0006 | 12,485 | 0 | 1 | |
| 6 | University of Pennsylvania | 5300 | 93100 | 0.9435 | 9,989 | 1535 | 0.0492 | |
| 7 | United States Merchant Marine Academy | 7500 | 8800 | 0.1485 | 962 | 1214 | 0.3424 | |
| 8 | Washington University in St Louis | 7700 | 102300 | 0.9248 | 8,153 | 1512 | 0.1192 | |
| 9 | Utah State University | 8200 | 25200 | 0.6743 | 26,629 | 1168 | 0.9212 | |
| 10 | University of Notre Dame | 8400 | 89100 | 0.9055 | 8,950 | 1497 | 0.0938 | |
| 11 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8600 | 98000 | 0.9125 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 12 | Carnegie Mellon University | 8900 | 90900 | 0.9025 | 7,728 | 1528 | 0.1107 | |
| 13 | Middlebury College | 9000 | 94500 | 0.9048 | 2,640 | 1499 | 0.1277 | |
| 14 | Florida Atlantic University | 9500 | 26900 | 0.648 | 25,626 | 1150 | 0.5497 | |
| 15 | Rice University | 9900 | 92500 | 0.8933 | 4,807 | 1528 | 0.0801 | |
| 16 | Portland State University | 10400 | 43300 | 0.7598 | 14,932 | 1174 | 0.8586 | |
| 17 | Cornell University | 10500 | 93700 | 0.8878 | 16,138 | 1528 | 0.0838 | |
| 18 | Wellesley College | 10800 | 95400 | 0.8864 | 2,366 | 1499 | 0.1479 | |
| 19 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 11100 | 33800 | 0.6718 | 40,996 | 1399 | 0.4175 | |
| 20 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 11200 | 26000 | 0.5698 | 22,313 | 1341 | 0.2996 | |
| 20 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 11200 | 27400 | 0.5909 | 27,963 | 1090 | 0.8395 | |
| 22 | California State University-Fresno | 11500 | 54600 | 0.7886 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 22 | Eastern Washington University | 11500 | 28700 | 0.5996 | 7,640 | 1045 | 0.8526 | |
| 24 | Brown University | 11900 | 94000 | 0.8733 | 7,951 | 1500 | 0.0634 | |
| 24 | Massachusetts Maritime Academy | 11900 | 46600 | 0.7446 | 1,511 | 1120 | 0.9202 | |
| 26 | University of Illinois Chicago | 12000 | 30200 | 0.6025 | 24,260 | 1174 | 0.7576 | |
| 27 | Mount Holyoke College | 12600 | 89900 | 0.8599 | 2,135 | 1419 | 0.3841 | |
| 28 | Louisiana Tech University | 12700 | 42900 | 0.7038 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 29 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 13000 | 29300 | 0.5563 | 8,421 | 1054 | 0.9444 | |
| 30 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 61700 | 0.7774 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 30 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 13700 | 35000 | 0.6081 | 18,667 | 1090 | 0.9711 | |
| 32 | University of Georgia | 13900 | 27200 | 0.4883 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 33 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 14400 | 31000 | 0.5361 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 34 | University of Memphis | 14700 | 26400 | 0.444 | 15,538 | 1080 | 0.7878 | |
| 35 | University of North Alabama | 14800 | 37300 | 0.6033 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 36 | University of Maine at Augusta | 15100 | 54900 | 0.7247 | 4,313 | 0 | 0 | |
| 37 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 15400 | 54400 | 0.7174 | 15,735 | 1069 | 0.8797 | |
| 38 | University of Florida | 15800 | 22500 | 0.2977 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 39 | Keene State College | 16400 | 51400 | 0.6816 | 2,640 | 1064 | 0.8982 | |
| 40 | Bennington College | 16800 | 89500 | 0.8125 | 708 | 1402 | 0.3721 | |
| 41 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 16900 | 41200 | 0.5905 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 41 | Georgia Southern University | 16900 | 49700 | 0.6601 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 41 | Indiana State University | 16900 | 32400 | 0.4786 | 6,352 | 1015 | 0.9157 | |
| 44 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 17100 | 26500 | 0.3561 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 45 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 17300 | 26300 | 0.3413 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 46 | Barnard College | 17500 | 99700 | 0.8241 | 3,223 | 1499 | 0.1005 | |
| 46 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 17500 | 29900 | 0.4164 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 48 | Yale University | 17700 | 278600 | 0.9365 | 6,667 | 1507 | 0.0475 | |
| 49 | California State University-Sacramento | 17800 | 31400 | 0.4337 | 28,619 | 1015 | 0.9357 | |
| 50 | Morgan State University | 18000 | 42200 | 0.5739 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 51 | SUNY College of Technology at Alfred | 18300 | 37500 | 0.512 | 3,758 | 0 | 0.7236 | |
| 52 | The University of Texas at Austin | 18700 | 28100 | 0.3341 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 53 | Connecticut College | 18900 | 93000 | 0.7965 | 1,953 | 1284 | 0.3923 | |
| 54 | University of Rhode Island | 19000 | 33900 | 0.4396 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 55 | La Roche University | 19100 | 87300 | 0.7814 | 1,972 | 990 | 0.6638 | |
| 56 | Lehigh University | 19200 | 89800 | 0.7863 | 5,986 | 1436 | 0.2896 | |
| 56 | Olivet Nazarene University | 19200 | 79300 | 0.7585 | 2,704 | 1104 | 0.5586 | |
| 58 | Norwich University | 19500 | 100600 | 0.8065 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 59 | SUNY College of Technology at Delhi | 20200 | 55300 | 0.6345 | 2,881 | 1040 | 0.89 | |
| 60 | Syracuse University | 20300 | 83600 | 0.7572 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 61 | University of Southern California | 20400 | 76400 | 0.7334 | 20,768 | 1499 | 0.1119 | |
| 62 | University of Houston | 20500 | 28400 | 0.2785 | 40,366 | 1224 | 0.7577 | |
| 63 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 20700 | 30600 | 0.3258 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 64 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27100 | 0.2287 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 65 | University of New Orleans | 21200 | 30000 | 0.2929 | 5,419 | 1040 | 0.7431 | |
| 66 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 67 | Mount Mary University | 22100 | 57200 | 0.6134 | 616 | 1069 | 0.831 | |
| 68 | University of Kansas | 22200 | 44400 | 0.4997 | 22,544 | 1176 | 0.9258 | |
| 69 | Marywood University | 22400 | 93800 | 0.7612 | 1,936 | 1144 | 0.7878 | |
| 69 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 22400 | 80400 | 0.7211 | 17,848 | 1470 | 0.1565 | |
| 71 | Tufts University | 22500 | 99000 | 0.7728 | 7,031 | 1497 | 0.1082 | |
| 72 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 23000 | 27500 | 0.1618 | 18,028 | 1059 | 0.7996 | |
| 73 | SUNY Maritime College | 23100 | 59200 | 0.6101 | 1,401 | 1164 | 0.785 | |
| 74 | Central Washington University | 24000 | 27900 | 0.14 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 74 | Judson University | 24000 | 49100 | 0.5122 | 697 | 1010 | 0.8905 | |
| 74 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 24000 | 34500 | 0.3046 | 10,396 | 1125 | 0.7162 | |
| 74 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24000 | 38500 | 0.3764 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 78 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 24200 | 60700 | 0.6013 | 1,984 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 79 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 24900 | 40500 | 0.3853 | 21,388 | 1369 | 0.5945 | |
| 80 | South Dakota State University | 25100 | 28700 | 0.1242 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 80 | University at Buffalo | 25100 | 34000 | 0.2618 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 82 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 25200 | 36800 | 0.3154 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 83 | Delaware Valley University | 25700 | 95800 | 0.7318 | 1,680 | 1189 | 0.9268 | |
| 84 | Ball State University | 26500 | 26500 | 0 | 15,950 | 1185 | 0.8625 | |
| 85 | Drury University | 26900 | 54500 | 0.5063 | 1,453 | 1209 | 0.6575 | |
| 86 | Hobart William Smith Colleges | 27000 | 88300 | 0.6941 | 1,862 | 1296 | 0.667 | |
| 86 | University of Arkansas | 27000 | 44700 | 0.3952 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 88 | University of Southern Mississippi | 27200 | 27200 | 0 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 89 | North Dakota State University | 27400 | 30400 | 0.0976 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 90 | Mississippi State University | 29900 | 34400 | 0.1326 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 91 | Thomas Jefferson University | 30300 | 70000 | 0.5678 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 92 | Lawrence Technological University | 30500 | 99100 | 0.6926 | 2,661 | 1149 | 0.8101 | |
| 93 | Iowa State University | 30700 | 45200 | 0.3221 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 94 | Ithaca College | 30800 | 72600 | 0.5754 | 4,205 | 1328 | 0.7015 | |
| 95 | Kent State University at Kent | 30900 | 37500 | 0.1751 | 21,144 | 1104 | 0.7603 | |
| 95 | Prairie View A & M University | 30900 | 39600 | 0.2196 | 9,022 | 960 | 0.7836 | |
| 97 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 31100 | 50300 | 0.3816 | 21,028 | 1450 | 0.1334 | |
| 98 | Anderson University | 32100 | 54700 | 0.4134 | 3,724 | 1209 | 0.5491 | |
| 99 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 32300 | 54400 | 0.4062 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 100 | North Carolina State University | 32400 | 54800 | 0.4083 | 29,340 | 1374 | 0.3954 | |
| 101 | University of Idaho | 32700 | 34100 | 0.041 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 102 | Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design | 34100 | 61800 | 0.4491 | 838 | 1143 | 0.6054 | |
| 103 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 34700 | 46400 | 0.2519 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 104 | Chatham University | 34800 | 63900 | 0.4557 | 1,555 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 104 | Samford University | 34800 | 93800 | 0.6291 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 106 | Auburn University | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 107 | Temple University | 35500 | 57200 | 0.3791 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 108 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 35900 | 54000 | 0.3352 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 109 | Texas Tech University | 36000 | 41000 | 0.122 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 110 | North Carolina A & T State University | 36500 | 36700 | 0.0054 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.5125 | |
| 111 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 36600 | 58700 | 0.3768 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 112 | Kean University | 36700 | 44900 | 0.1827 | 11,932 | 1040 | 0.7811 | |
| 113 | University of Connecticut | 36800 | 66200 | 0.4444 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 114 | Andrews University | 37100 | 76700 | 0.5161 | 1,384 | 1143 | 0.8185 | |
| 115 | Benedictine College | 37500 | 52500 | 0.2855 | 2,404 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 116 | University of Arizona | 37800 | 39900 | 0.0526 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 117 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 38000 | 66700 | 0.4304 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 118 | Maine Maritime Academy | 38300 | 53000 | 0.2775 | 977 | 1189 | 0.9615 | |
| 119 | Stony Brook University | 39400 | 53000 | 0.2559 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 120 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 39700 | 40300 | 0.0149 | 26,213 | 1209 | 0.7778 | |
| 121 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 39900 | 59200 | 0.3258 | 5,986 | 1110 | 0.8916 | |
| 122 | Drexel University | 40100 | 86400 | 0.5362 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 123 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5061 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 124 | University of Central Florida | 42100 | 42800 | 0.0164 | 60,083 | 1289 | 0.428 | |
| 125 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 42400 | 55100 | 0.2306 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 126 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 42900 | 88100 | 0.5129 | 35,358 | 1448 | 0.1642 | |
| 127 | Otis College of Art and Design | 46600 | 79800 | 0.4158 | 1,188 | 1335 | 0.8034 | |
| 128 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47200 | 61500 | 0.2335 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 129 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 47500 | 57100 | 0.1681 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 130 | University of Delaware | 48100 | 62400 | 0.2296 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 131 | University of Kentucky | 48800 | 59900 | 0.1844 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 132 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 49200 | 58800 | 0.1628 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 133 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 50600 | 63800 | 0.2065 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 134 | University of California-Berkeley | 52200 | 76600 | 0.3185 | 33,513 | 1407 | 0.1145 | |
| 135 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 52600 | 86300 | 0.3905 | 5,833 | 1440 | 0.6725 | |
| 136 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 53300 | 53300 | 0 | 34,447 | 1273 | 0.8804 | |
| 137 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 53400 | 96100 | 0.4442 | 6,839 | 1469 | 0.1446 | |
| 138 | University of San Francisco | 54600 | 87200 | 0.3739 | 5,171 | 1333 | 0.7176 | |
| 139 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 54900 | 68800 | 0.2022 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 140 | Howard University | 55200 | 88500 | 0.3764 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 140 | University of Colorado Boulder | 55200 | 70900 | 0.221 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7809 | |
| 142 | Miami University-Oxford | 57400 | 57400 | 0 | 16,405 | 1284 | 0.74 | |
| 143 | Maryland Institute College of Art | 58100 | 71200 | 0.1836 | 1,192 | 1232 | 0.7681 | |
| 144 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58400 | 63600 | 0.0818 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 145 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 60400 | 63000 | 0.0407 | 38,463 | 1324 | 0.7589 | |
| 146 | Clemson University | 61100 | 63700 | 0.0403 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 147 | Webb Institute | 61200 | 74800 | 0.1819 | 104 | 1465 | 0.2484 | |
| 148 | University of California-Davis | 67900 | 69900 | 0.0286 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 149 | University of Oregon | 68700 | 71300 | 0.036 | 20,710 | 1193 | 0.8742 | |
| 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.