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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 | 1,081 | 1283 | 0.2432 | |
| 1 | United States Naval Academy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4,465 | 1314 | 0.0936 | |
| 3 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 5200 | 40700 | 0.8713 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 4 | Yale University | 5500 | 92200 | 0.94 | 6,814 | 1507 | 0.0387 | |
| 5 | Princeton University | 5700 | 82400 | 0.9305 | 5,813 | 1535 | 0.0462 | |
| 6 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 7500 | 90000 | 0.9171 | 4,576 | 1535 | 0.0485 | |
| 7 | Utah State University | 8200 | 25200 | 0.6743 | 25,920 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 8 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8400 | 98000 | 0.9146 | 9,157 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 9 | Rice University | 8600 | 89100 | 0.9038 | 4,789 | 1535 | 0.08 | |
| 9 | United States Merchant Marine Academy | 8600 | 8600 | 0 | 947 | 1239 | 0.3247 | |
| 11 | Carnegie Mellon University | 9000 | 90900 | 0.9007 | 7,824 | 1528 | 0.1166 | |
| 12 | University of Pennsylvania | 9200 | 92900 | 0.9012 | 10,013 | 1528 | 0.054 | |
| 12 | Washington University in St Louis | 9200 | 96200 | 0.904 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 14 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 10700 | 28400 | 0.6224 | 40,754 | 1391 | 0.3915 | |
| 15 | University of Notre Dame | 11100 | 86200 | 0.8717 | 8,880 | 1499 | 0.1127 | |
| 16 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 11300 | 36600 | 0.6909 | 27,082 | 1099 | 0.8459 | |
| 17 | Wellesley College | 11400 | 91300 | 0.8753 | 2,407 | 1500 | 0.1405 | |
| 18 | California State University-Sacramento | 11700 | 31300 | 0.6266 | 28,226 | 1015 | 0.9343 | |
| 18 | Cornell University | 11700 | 93100 | 0.8745 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
| 18 | Eastern Washington University | 11700 | 31200 | 0.6251 | 6,951 | 1055 | 0.9437 | |
| 18 | Middlebury College | 11700 | 89900 | 0.8701 | 2,760 | 1499 | 0.1075 | |
| 22 | Brown University | 12100 | 94000 | 0.871 | 7,910 | 1535 | 0.0539 | |
| 23 | California State University-Fresno | 12600 | 45900 | 0.7262 | 21,430 | 995 | 0.9638 | |
| 23 | University of North Alabama | 12600 | 28200 | 0.5535 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 25 | Indiana State University | 12800 | 25900 | 0.5066 | 6,224 | 1140 | 0.8077 | |
| 26 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 13100 | 38800 | 0.6616 | 17,901 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 27 | Louisiana Tech University | 13300 | 36900 | 0.6395 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 28 | University of Delaware | 13600 | 34500 | 0.6068 | 19,119 | 1303 | 0.6356 | |
| 29 | University of Idaho | 13700 | 25800 | 0.4691 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 29 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 31700 | 0.5674 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 31 | Mount Holyoke College | 14100 | 89900 | 0.8434 | 2,178 | 1449 | 0.3603 | |
| 31 | North Carolina A & T State University | 14100 | 17900 | 0.2129 | 12,216 | 1020 | 0.4617 | |
| 31 | University of Houston | 14100 | 23100 | 0.3897 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 34 | Portland State University | 14300 | 43100 | 0.668 | 15,960 | 1176 | 0.9091 | |
| 35 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 14400 | 26500 | 0.4582 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 36 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 15200 | 28000 | 0.4568 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 36 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 15200 | 86200 | 0.8241 | 14,576 | 1179 | 0.6967 | |
| 38 | University of Maine at Augusta | 15300 | 44900 | 0.6594 | 4,250 | 0 | 0.0683 | |
| 39 | Lehigh University | 15600 | 89600 | 0.8263 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 40 | Northeastern University | 15700 | 89900 | 0.8254 | 22,695 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 41 | Ball State University | 15900 | 22400 | 0.2906 | 15,189 | 1170 | 0.855 | |
| 42 | University of Memphis | 16100 | 26400 | 0.3909 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 43 | Western Washington University | 16300 | 31600 | 0.4851 | 13,752 | 1218 | 0.9325 | |
| 44 | North Carolina State University | 16500 | 28500 | 0.4223 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 45 | University of Southern Mississippi | 16700 | 23100 | 0.277 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
| 46 | Keene State College | 16800 | 51200 | 0.6718 | 2,744 | 1020 | 0.9033 | |
| 46 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 16800 | 45400 | 0.6294 | 18,428 | 1090 | 0.9529 | |
| 48 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 17000 | 22300 | 0.2374 | 24,868 | 1214 | 0.796 | |
| 49 | Bennington College | 17100 | 89500 | 0.8085 | 797 | 1360 | 0.4453 | |
| 49 | University of Kansas | 17100 | 37100 | 0.5395 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 51 | Barnard College | 17600 | 99700 | 0.8232 | 3,269 | 1490 | 0.0796 | |
| 52 | SUNY College of Technology at Alfred | 17700 | 46700 | 0.6213 | 3,525 | 1070 | 0.8175 | |
| 52 | University of California-Berkeley | 17700 | 43500 | 0.5936 | 33,469 | 1407 | 0.1104 | |
| 54 | Morgan State University | 17800 | 37200 | 0.5216 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 54 | University of Rhode Island | 17800 | 33900 | 0.475 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 56 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 18000 | 35300 | 0.4896 | 5,731 | 1174 | 0.9064 | |
| 57 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 18400 | 30600 | 0.3971 | 38,093 | 1302 | 0.7821 | |
| 58 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 18500 | 41200 | 0.5516 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 58 | Prairie View A & M University | 18500 | 49200 | 0.6236 | 8,056 | 955 | 0.7441 | |
| 60 | University of Colorado Boulder | 19100 | 30600 | 0.3758 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
| 61 | Connecticut College | 19200 | 115500 | 0.8335 | 1,990 | 1287 | 0.3704 | |
| 62 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 19600 | 27500 | 0.2875 | 31,112 | 1130 | 0.8129 | |
| 63 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 19900 | 40000 | 0.5024 | 1,984 | 1369 | 0.6328 | |
| 64 | The University of Texas at Austin | 20100 | 26900 | 0.2527 | 43,165 | 1335 | 0.2664 | |
| 65 | University of Southern California | 20300 | 75800 | 0.7325 | 21,023 | 1485 | 0.1002 | |
| 66 | South Dakota State University | 20500 | 25200 | 0.1866 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 67 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 20800 | 31000 | 0.3294 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 67 | University of New Orleans | 20800 | 30200 | 0.3112 | 5,476 | 1125 | 0.6677 | |
| 69 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 20900 | 34400 | 0.3924 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 70 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 21000 | 32800 | 0.3592 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 71 | La Roche University | 21300 | 66200 | 0.6786 | 1,986 | 1150 | 0.7761 | |
| 72 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 21400 | 40100 | 0.4662 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 73 | Webb Institute | 21500 | 73700 | 0.7085 | 106 | 1475 | 0.1404 | |
| 74 | Tufts University | 22200 | 98900 | 0.7752 | 7,126 | 1507 | 0.1153 | |
| 75 | SUNY Maritime College | 22300 | 46800 | 0.524 | 1,286 | 1215 | 0.7242 | |
| 76 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 22500 | 59900 | 0.6242 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 76 | Marywood University | 22500 | 79900 | 0.7187 | 1,834 | 1160 | 0.6058 | |
| 78 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 23000 | 27500 | 0.1618 | 17,771 | 1044 | 0.7933 | |
| 79 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 23200 | 35000 | 0.3372 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 80 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24100 | 38000 | 0.3658 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
| 81 | Judson University | 24200 | 49100 | 0.5076 | 793 | 1049 | 0.624 | |
| 82 | University at Buffalo | 24400 | 34000 | 0.2824 | 20,360 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 83 | Mount Mary University | 24900 | 53300 | 0.5325 | 749 | 1005 | 0.6634 | |
| 83 | Norwich University | 24900 | 88400 | 0.7185 | 2,642 | 1209 | 0.7361 | |
| 85 | Miami University-Oxford | 25200 | 28400 | 0.1126 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 86 | Syracuse University | 25300 | 83100 | 0.6955 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 87 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 25600 | 38500 | 0.3352 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 88 | Hobart William Smith Colleges | 26000 | 88300 | 0.7056 | 1,794 | 1313 | 0.6399 | |
| 89 | University of Arkansas | 27000 | 29600 | 0.0879 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 90 | Thomas Jefferson University | 27400 | 67700 | 0.5951 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 90 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 27400 | 40500 | 0.3235 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 92 | North Dakota State University | 27800 | 30400 | 0.0858 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 93 | Mississippi State University | 28100 | 32300 | 0.13 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 94 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 28500 | 36700 | 0.2228 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 95 | Drury University | 28600 | 52900 | 0.4592 | 1,391 | 1228 | 0.5758 | |
| 96 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 29400 | 42400 | 0.3065 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 97 | University of Connecticut | 29500 | 33700 | 0.1248 | 19,388 | 1324 | 0.5395 | |
| 98 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 99 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 31100 | 49800 | 0.3755 | 20,592 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 100 | Ithaca College | 32000 | 72500 | 0.5585 | 4,268 | 1314 | 0.6901 | |
| 101 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32400 | 35100 | 0.077 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 102 | Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design | 33000 | 64900 | 0.4904 | 885 | 0 | 0.628 | |
| 103 | Anderson University | 33100 | 52500 | 0.3697 | 3,405 | 1209 | 0.5471 | |
| 103 | University of Oregon | 33100 | 38600 | 0.1424 | 20,622 | 1250 | 0.883 | |
| 105 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 33300 | 43100 | 0.2275 | 21,947 | 1335 | 0.3122 | |
| 106 | Massachusetts Maritime Academy | 33600 | 40200 | 0.1643 | 1,407 | 1120 | 0.7207 | |
| 107 | Lawrence Technological University | 34200 | 82500 | 0.5852 | 2,579 | 1155 | 0.7403 | |
| 108 | Chatham University | 35000 | 63900 | 0.4526 | 1,555 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 109 | Delaware Valley University | 35700 | 83300 | 0.5714 | 1,768 | 1180 | 0.9326 | |
| 110 | Andrews University | 36400 | 62100 | 0.4139 | 1,312 | 1208 | 0.874 | |
| 111 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 36700 | 38900 | 0.0566 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 112 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 36900 | 57000 | 0.3528 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 113 | Benedictine College | 37500 | 50800 | 0.2619 | 2,391 | 1229 | 0.7645 | |
| 114 | Auburn University | 38000 | 38000 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 114 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 38000 | 66500 | 0.4283 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 116 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 38500 | 38500 | 0 | 7,890 | 1105 | 0.2056 | |
| 116 | Texas Tech University | 38500 | 41000 | 0.061 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 118 | Kean University | 38700 | 48300 | 0.1988 | 11,758 | 1035 | 0.7688 | |
| 119 | University of Central Florida | 39600 | 39600 | 0 | 59,649 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
| 120 | Stony Brook University | 39800 | 53000 | 0.2491 | 18,263 | 1395 | 0.4904 | |
| 121 | Temple University | 40400 | 55300 | 0.2697 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 121 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5067 | 33,471 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 123 | Endicott College | 40500 | 64200 | 0.3691 | 3,176 | 1215 | 0.7229 | |
| 124 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 43000 | 46200 | 0.0693 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 125 | University of Florida | 43100 | 45600 | 0.0548 | 36,567 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 125 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43100 | 53400 | 0.1929 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 127 | Maine Maritime Academy | 43200 | 49800 | 0.1325 | 945 | 1180 | 0.5606 | |
| 128 | Florida Atlantic University | 44400 | 44400 | 0 | 24,942 | 1130 | 0.6613 | |
| 129 | University of Illinois Chicago | 44500 | 49300 | 0.0973 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 130 | University of Georgia | 45900 | 51600 | 0.1108 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 131 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 46200 | 86200 | 0.4639 | 5,743 | 1438 | 0.6343 | |
| 132 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 46400 | 58900 | 0.2121 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 133 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 48500 | 92100 | 0.4736 | 7,283 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
| 134 | Drexel University | 48700 | 83800 | 0.4188 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 135 | University of Kentucky | 48800 | 56600 | 0.1372 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 136 | Woodbury University | 50500 | 69500 | 0.2733 | 825 | 1087 | 0.7287 | |
| 137 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 53400 | 53400 | 0 | 33,572 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 138 | Howard University | 53600 | 76900 | 0.3029 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 139 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 53900 | 56100 | 0.0393 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 139 | University of San Francisco | 53900 | 84800 | 0.3643 | 5,321 | 1292 | 0.6171 | |
| 141 | Maryland Institute College of Art | 60700 | 71200 | 0.1476 | 1,324 | 1196 | 0.7729 | |
| 142 | Clemson University | 61400 | 63700 | 0.0346 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 143 | Otis College of Art and Design | 66800 | 79800 | 0.1629 | 1,224 | 1055 | 0.8176 | |
| 144 | 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.