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Considering a degree in Architecture?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Architecture majors who live in Wisconsin.
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 Wisconsin.
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 | Utah State University | 4700 | 21700 | 0.7832 | 25,920 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 4 | Princeton University | 5300 | 82400 | 0.9353 | 5,813 | 1535 | 0.0462 | |
| 5 | Yale University | 5500 | 92200 | 0.94 | 6,814 | 1507 | 0.0387 | |
| 6 | University of Pennsylvania | 8100 | 92900 | 0.913 | 10,013 | 1528 | 0.054 | |
| 7 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 8200 | 90000 | 0.9093 | 4,576 | 1535 | 0.0485 | |
| 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 | Washington University in St Louis | 9200 | 96200 | 0.904 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 13 | Wellesley College | 10400 | 91300 | 0.8862 | 2,407 | 1500 | 0.1405 | |
| 14 | University of Notre Dame | 10600 | 86200 | 0.8775 | 8,880 | 1499 | 0.1127 | |
| 14 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 10600 | 36400 | 0.7094 | 40,754 | 1391 | 0.3915 | |
| 16 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 11000 | 27400 | 0.5982 | 27,082 | 1099 | 0.8459 | |
| 17 | Middlebury College | 11300 | 89900 | 0.8746 | 2,760 | 1499 | 0.1075 | |
| 18 | Brown University | 11600 | 94000 | 0.8763 | 7,910 | 1535 | 0.0539 | |
| 19 | Cornell University | 11700 | 93100 | 0.8745 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
| 20 | University of Houston | 12000 | 28400 | 0.5781 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 21 | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | 12100 | 25700 | 0.5297 | 10,656 | 1075 | 0.7289 | |
| 22 | Massachusetts Maritime Academy | 12200 | 21000 | 0.4192 | 1,407 | 1120 | 0.7207 | |
| 23 | University of North Alabama | 12300 | 28200 | 0.5642 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 24 | California State University-Fresno | 12400 | 19600 | 0.3666 | 21,430 | 995 | 0.9638 | |
| 24 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 30900 | 0.5987 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 26 | Indiana State University | 12500 | 31200 | 0.6 | 6,224 | 1140 | 0.8077 | |
| 27 | Florida Atlantic University | 12700 | 25800 | 0.5084 | 24,942 | 1130 | 0.6613 | |
| 28 | Louisiana Tech University | 13000 | 36900 | 0.6476 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 29 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 13300 | 13300 | 0.0001 | 18,428 | 1090 | 0.9529 | |
| 30 | Mount Holyoke College | 13400 | 89900 | 0.8512 | 2,178 | 1449 | 0.3603 | |
| 30 | University of Idaho | 13400 | 25800 | 0.4807 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 32 | Portland State University | 13500 | 26100 | 0.4837 | 15,960 | 1176 | 0.9091 | |
| 33 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 13800 | 64500 | 0.786 | 14,576 | 1179 | 0.6967 | |
| 34 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 14400 | 26500 | 0.4582 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 34 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 14400 | 28000 | 0.4854 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 34 | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | 14400 | 19300 | 0.2545 | 10,090 | 1075 | 0.9368 | |
| 37 | Northeastern University | 15100 | 89900 | 0.832 | 22,695 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 37 | University of Maine at Augusta | 15100 | 44900 | 0.6639 | 4,250 | 0 | 0.0683 | |
| 39 | Lehigh University | 15600 | 89600 | 0.8263 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 40 | University of Memphis | 15700 | 29900 | 0.4745 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 41 | The University of Texas at Austin | 15800 | 30500 | 0.4817 | 43,165 | 1335 | 0.2664 | |
| 42 | University of Florida | 16100 | 22500 | 0.2843 | 36,567 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 43 | Keene State College | 16200 | 51200 | 0.684 | 2,744 | 1020 | 0.9033 | |
| 44 | University of California-Los Angeles | 16300 | 36700 | 0.5555 | 33,471 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 45 | University of Southern Mississippi | 16500 | 23100 | 0.2857 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
| 46 | California State University-Sacramento | 16700 | 27600 | 0.3952 | 28,226 | 1015 | 0.9343 | |
| 46 | University of Kansas | 16700 | 37100 | 0.5503 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 48 | Bennington College | 17100 | 89500 | 0.8085 | 797 | 1360 | 0.4453 | |
| 48 | University of California-Berkeley | 17100 | 43500 | 0.6074 | 33,469 | 1407 | 0.1104 | |
| 50 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 17200 | 27200 | 0.3671 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 51 | Prairie View A & M University | 17300 | 49200 | 0.648 | 8,056 | 955 | 0.7441 | |
| 51 | University of Rhode Island | 17300 | 33900 | 0.4898 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 53 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 17400 | 26300 | 0.3388 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 54 | Barnard College | 17600 | 99700 | 0.8232 | 3,269 | 1490 | 0.0796 | |
| 54 | Morgan State University | 17600 | 37200 | 0.5269 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 54 | SUNY College of Technology at Alfred | 17600 | 46700 | 0.6234 | 3,525 | 1070 | 0.8175 | |
| 57 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 18000 | 35300 | 0.4896 | 5,731 | 1174 | 0.9064 | |
| 58 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 18200 | 41200 | 0.5589 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 59 | University of Colorado Boulder | 18300 | 30600 | 0.4019 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
| 60 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 18400 | 30600 | 0.3971 | 38,093 | 1302 | 0.7821 | |
| 61 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 19100 | 27500 | 0.3057 | 31,112 | 1130 | 0.8129 | |
| 62 | Connecticut College | 19300 | 115500 | 0.8326 | 1,990 | 1287 | 0.3704 | |
| 63 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 19600 | 78700 | 0.751 | 17,901 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 64 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 19700 | 40000 | 0.5074 | 1,984 | 1369 | 0.6328 | |
| 64 | Texas Tech University | 19700 | 27900 | 0.2942 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 66 | University of Southern California | 20000 | 75800 | 0.7365 | 21,023 | 1485 | 0.1002 | |
| 67 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20200 | 45200 | 0.5537 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 68 | South Dakota State University | 20500 | 25200 | 0.1866 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 68 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 20500 | 30700 | 0.3297 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 68 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 20500 | 31000 | 0.3391 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 68 | University of New Orleans | 20500 | 30200 | 0.3211 | 5,476 | 1125 | 0.6677 | |
| 72 | North Dakota State University | 20900 | 25700 | 0.1868 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 73 | La Roche University | 21000 | 66200 | 0.6832 | 1,986 | 1150 | 0.7761 | |
| 74 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 21400 | 40100 | 0.4662 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 75 | Webb Institute | 21500 | 73700 | 0.7085 | 106 | 1475 | 0.1404 | |
| 76 | Tufts University | 21900 | 98900 | 0.7783 | 7,126 | 1507 | 0.1153 | |
| 77 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 22100 | 59900 | 0.6309 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 78 | Marywood University | 22200 | 79900 | 0.7224 | 1,834 | 1160 | 0.6058 | |
| 79 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 23000 | 27500 | 0.1618 | 17,771 | 1044 | 0.7933 | |
| 80 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 23300 | 36800 | 0.367 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 81 | University of Kentucky | 23800 | 36100 | 0.3395 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 82 | Judson University | 24200 | 49100 | 0.5076 | 793 | 1049 | 0.624 | |
| 83 | Norwich University | 24700 | 88400 | 0.7208 | 2,642 | 1209 | 0.7361 | |
| 84 | Mount Mary University | 24900 | 53300 | 0.5325 | 749 | 1005 | 0.6634 | |
| 84 | Temple University | 24900 | 36400 | 0.3162 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 86 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 25000 | 37100 | 0.3264 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 86 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 25000 | 38500 | 0.3508 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 88 | Syracuse University | 25300 | 83100 | 0.6955 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 89 | Ball State University | 25500 | 25500 | 0 | 15,189 | 1170 | 0.855 | |
| 90 | Hobart William Smith Colleges | 26000 | 88300 | 0.7056 | 1,794 | 1313 | 0.6399 | |
| 91 | SUNY Maritime College | 26600 | 46800 | 0.432 | 1,286 | 1215 | 0.7242 | |
| 92 | University of Arkansas | 26700 | 29600 | 0.098 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 93 | Thomas Jefferson University | 27500 | 67700 | 0.5937 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 94 | Maine Maritime Academy | 27700 | 33400 | 0.1709 | 945 | 1180 | 0.5606 | |
| 95 | Mississippi State University | 28100 | 32300 | 0.13 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 96 | Drury University | 28700 | 52900 | 0.4573 | 1,391 | 1228 | 0.5758 | |
| 97 | Clemson University | 29100 | 37100 | 0.2156 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 98 | Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design | 29200 | 64900 | 0.5505 | 885 | 0 | 0.628 | |
| 99 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 29500 | 42400 | 0.3041 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 100 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 101 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 31100 | 49800 | 0.3755 | 20,592 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 102 | Ithaca College | 32000 | 72500 | 0.5585 | 4,268 | 1314 | 0.6901 | |
| 103 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32400 | 35100 | 0.077 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 104 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 32800 | 43100 | 0.2392 | 21,947 | 1335 | 0.3122 | |
| 104 | North Carolina State University | 32800 | 54800 | 0.4017 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 106 | Anderson University | 33200 | 52500 | 0.3678 | 3,405 | 1209 | 0.5471 | |
| 107 | Lawrence Technological University | 33800 | 82500 | 0.59 | 2,579 | 1155 | 0.7403 | |
| 108 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 33900 | 36700 | 0.0765 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 109 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 34100 | 36100 | 0.0554 | 33,572 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 110 | Andrews University | 34300 | 62100 | 0.4477 | 1,312 | 1208 | 0.874 | |
| 111 | Chatham University | 35100 | 63900 | 0.451 | 1,555 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 112 | Delaware Valley University | 35300 | 83300 | 0.5762 | 1,768 | 1180 | 0.9326 | |
| 113 | North Carolina A & T State University | 36100 | 36600 | 0.0137 | 12,216 | 1020 | 0.4617 | |
| 114 | Auburn University | 36400 | 38000 | 0.0421 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 114 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 36400 | 56100 | 0.3511 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 116 | Benedictine College | 37700 | 50800 | 0.2579 | 2,391 | 1229 | 0.7645 | |
| 116 | University of Connecticut | 37700 | 43900 | 0.1414 | 19,388 | 1324 | 0.5395 | |
| 118 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 38500 | 38500 | 0 | 7,890 | 1105 | 0.2056 | |
| 119 | Kean University | 38800 | 48300 | 0.1967 | 11,758 | 1035 | 0.7688 | |
| 120 | University of Central Florida | 39600 | 39600 | 0 | 59,649 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
| 121 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 39700 | 39700 | 0 | 24,868 | 1214 | 0.796 | |
| 122 | Stony Brook University | 39800 | 53000 | 0.2491 | 18,263 | 1395 | 0.4904 | |
| 122 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 39800 | 53700 | 0.259 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
| 124 | Endicott College | 40700 | 64200 | 0.366 | 3,176 | 1215 | 0.7229 | |
| 125 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 42600 | 54700 | 0.2212 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 126 | University of Maryland-College Park | 42700 | 53400 | 0.2004 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 127 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 43800 | 57100 | 0.2315 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 128 | University of Illinois Chicago | 44100 | 49300 | 0.1054 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 129 | University of Georgia | 45900 | 51600 | 0.1108 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 130 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 46100 | 86200 | 0.4651 | 5,743 | 1438 | 0.6343 | |
| 131 | University at Buffalo | 46800 | 46800 | 0 | 20,360 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 132 | University of Delaware | 47600 | 61300 | 0.2245 | 19,119 | 1303 | 0.6356 | |
| 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 | Woodbury University | 50500 | 69500 | 0.2733 | 825 | 1087 | 0.7287 | |
| 136 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 50900 | 84700 | 0.3991 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 137 | Howard University | 53500 | 76900 | 0.3042 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 138 | University of San Francisco | 53600 | 84800 | 0.3678 | 5,321 | 1292 | 0.6171 | |
| 139 | Miami University-Oxford | 56600 | 56600 | 0 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 140 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 56700 | 58900 | 0.0374 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 141 | Maryland Institute College of Art | 60700 | 71200 | 0.1476 | 1,324 | 1196 | 0.7729 | |
| 142 | Otis College of Art and Design | 66100 | 79800 | 0.1717 | 1,224 | 1055 | 0.8176 | |
| 143 | University of Oregon | 66700 | 68900 | 0.032 | 20,622 | 1250 | 0.883 | |
| 144 | The Catholic University of America | 79400 | 82500 | 0.0376 | 3,177 | 1204 | 0.8278 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.