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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 | 1,063 | 1319 | 0.206 | |
| 1 | United States Naval Academy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4,474 | 1305 | 0.0927 | |
| 3 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 3900 | 112100 | 0.9651 | 4,561 | 1542 | 0.0456 | |
| 3 | Princeton University | 3900 | 83400 | 0.9533 | 5,916 | 1528 | 0.0442 | |
| 5 | University of Pennsylvania | 4600 | 93100 | 0.951 | 9,989 | 1535 | 0.0492 | |
| 6 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 5600 | 50600 | 0.8888 | 35,358 | 1448 | 0.1642 | |
| 7 | United States Merchant Marine Academy | 7300 | 8800 | 0.1714 | 962 | 1214 | 0.3424 | |
| 8 | University of Notre Dame | 7900 | 86900 | 0.9096 | 8,950 | 1497 | 0.0938 | |
| 9 | Carnegie Mellon University | 8900 | 112200 | 0.9209 | 7,728 | 1528 | 0.1107 | |
| 9 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8900 | 96500 | 0.9082 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 11 | Rice University | 9700 | 92600 | 0.895 | 4,807 | 1528 | 0.0801 | |
| 12 | Portland State University | 10000 | 73900 | 0.8645 | 14,932 | 1174 | 0.8586 | |
| 13 | University of California-Davis | 10100 | 49800 | 0.7964 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 14 | University of California-Berkeley | 10300 | 57300 | 0.8197 | 33,513 | 1407 | 0.1145 | |
| 15 | Wellesley College | 10400 | 117800 | 0.9117 | 2,366 | 1499 | 0.1479 | |
| 16 | University of Central Florida | 10500 | 25300 | 0.5856 | 60,083 | 1289 | 0.428 | |
| 17 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 10600 | 33500 | 0.6829 | 22,313 | 1341 | 0.2996 | |
| 18 | Washington University in St Louis | 10700 | 102300 | 0.8957 | 8,153 | 1512 | 0.1192 | |
| 19 | Middlebury College | 11200 | 94500 | 0.8815 | 2,640 | 1499 | 0.1277 | |
| 20 | California State University-Fresno | 11300 | 54800 | 0.7938 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 21 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 29700 | 0.5806 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 22 | University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | 12700 | 19300 | 0.3425 | 10,743 | 1075 | 0.9598 | |
| 23 | Cornell University | 13100 | 93700 | 0.8601 | 16,138 | 1528 | 0.0838 | |
| 24 | University of Delaware | 13500 | 34500 | 0.608 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 25 | University of Georgia | 13600 | 27200 | 0.4993 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 26 | University of Houston | 13800 | 21800 | 0.3669 | 40,366 | 1224 | 0.7577 | |
| 26 | Utah State University | 13800 | 20800 | 0.3369 | 26,629 | 1168 | 0.9212 | |
| 28 | Brown University | 13900 | 120200 | 0.8843 | 7,951 | 1500 | 0.0634 | |
| 28 | Louisiana Tech University | 13900 | 43500 | 0.6804 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 30 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 14100 | 31000 | 0.5458 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 31 | University of Memphis | 14300 | 37800 | 0.622 | 15,538 | 1080 | 0.7878 | |
| 32 | Mount Holyoke College | 14700 | 89900 | 0.8366 | 2,135 | 1419 | 0.3841 | |
| 33 | University of Maine at Augusta | 14800 | 54900 | 0.7301 | 4,313 | 0 | 0 | |
| 34 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 15600 | 29300 | 0.4676 | 8,421 | 1054 | 0.9444 | |
| 35 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 15900 | 27700 | 0.4254 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 36 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 16000 | 62800 | 0.7449 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 36 | University of Kansas | 16000 | 34900 | 0.5417 | 22,544 | 1176 | 0.9258 | |
| 38 | University of California-Los Angeles | 16400 | 47400 | 0.6546 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 39 | University of Arizona | 16500 | 41400 | 0.6016 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 40 | Georgia Southern University | 16700 | 20100 | 0.1687 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 41 | Bennington College | 17100 | 89500 | 0.8095 | 708 | 1402 | 0.3721 | |
| 41 | University of Florida | 17100 | 22500 | 0.2399 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 43 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 17400 | 29900 | 0.4173 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 44 | Barnard College | 17500 | 99700 | 0.8241 | 3,223 | 1499 | 0.1005 | |
| 44 | University of Kentucky | 17500 | 46800 | 0.6264 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 46 | California State University-Sacramento | 17600 | 35700 | 0.5071 | 28,619 | 1015 | 0.9357 | |
| 46 | Keene State College | 17600 | 31100 | 0.4347 | 2,640 | 1064 | 0.8982 | |
| 46 | Prairie View A & M University | 17600 | 25400 | 0.3071 | 9,022 | 960 | 0.7836 | |
| 49 | Yale University | 17700 | 275000 | 0.9356 | 6,667 | 1507 | 0.0475 | |
| 50 | University of Arkansas | 17800 | 36800 | 0.5156 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 50 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 17800 | 22800 | 0.2196 | 11,994 | 1090 | 0.8651 | |
| 52 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 17900 | 43800 | 0.5908 | 21,028 | 1450 | 0.1334 | |
| 53 | La Roche University | 18500 | 87300 | 0.7883 | 1,972 | 990 | 0.6638 | |
| 54 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 18700 | 37900 | 0.5084 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 54 | University of Illinois Chicago | 18700 | 30100 | 0.3785 | 24,260 | 1174 | 0.7576 | |
| 56 | Connecticut College | 19300 | 93000 | 0.7922 | 1,953 | 1284 | 0.3923 | |
| 57 | Lehigh University | 19400 | 111000 | 0.8254 | 5,986 | 1436 | 0.2896 | |
| 58 | Kean University | 19500 | 39400 | 0.505 | 11,932 | 1040 | 0.7811 | |
| 59 | Norwich University | 19600 | 76000 | 0.7417 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 59 | Olivet Nazarene University | 19600 | 79300 | 0.7525 | 2,704 | 1104 | 0.5586 | |
| 61 | University of Colorado Boulder | 19800 | 32100 | 0.3839 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7809 | |
| 62 | University of Southern California | 19900 | 76200 | 0.7388 | 20,768 | 1499 | 0.1119 | |
| 63 | Syracuse University | 20000 | 83600 | 0.7608 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 63 | University of Rhode Island | 20000 | 81200 | 0.7536 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 65 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 20100 | 32300 | 0.3775 | 15,735 | 1069 | 0.8797 | |
| 65 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20100 | 45100 | 0.5547 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 67 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 20300 | 43700 | 0.5355 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 67 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 20300 | 30500 | 0.334 | 1,984 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 69 | University of New Orleans | 21000 | 29700 | 0.2929 | 5,419 | 1040 | 0.7431 | |
| 70 | SUNY Maritime College | 21100 | 32000 | 0.3408 | 1,401 | 1164 | 0.785 | |
| 71 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 72 | South Dakota State University | 21900 | 25200 | 0.1305 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 72 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 21900 | 31800 | 0.3115 | 27,963 | 1090 | 0.8395 | |
| 74 | Marywood University | 22200 | 93800 | 0.7633 | 1,936 | 1144 | 0.7878 | |
| 75 | Mount Mary University | 22300 | 57200 | 0.6102 | 616 | 1069 | 0.831 | |
| 76 | Tufts University | 22400 | 120000 | 0.813 | 7,031 | 1497 | 0.1082 | |
| 77 | Hampshire College | 22500 | 81600 | 0.7245 | 844 | 1254 | 0.7528 | |
| 78 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 23100 | 36100 | 0.3598 | 34,447 | 1273 | 0.8804 | |
| 79 | University of North Alabama | 23200 | 37300 | 0.3781 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 80 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 23400 | 31100 | 0.2475 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 81 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 23500 | 34500 | 0.3191 | 10,396 | 1125 | 0.7162 | |
| 82 | Massachusetts Maritime Academy | 23600 | 46900 | 0.4971 | 1,511 | 1120 | 0.9202 | |
| 83 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 23700 | 34200 | 0.3073 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 84 | Judson University | 24100 | 49100 | 0.5087 | 697 | 1010 | 0.8905 | |
| 84 | University of Southern Mississippi | 24100 | 30400 | 0.2073 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 86 | Indiana State University | 24200 | 32400 | 0.2532 | 6,352 | 1015 | 0.9157 | |
| 87 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 24400 | 29900 | 0.1842 | 18,667 | 1090 | 0.9711 | |
| 88 | SUNY College of Technology at Delhi | 24500 | 36300 | 0.3247 | 2,881 | 1040 | 0.89 | |
| 89 | University at Buffalo | 24700 | 34000 | 0.2736 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 90 | Temple University | 24800 | 36100 | 0.3132 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 91 | Ball State University | 25400 | 25400 | 0 | 15,950 | 1185 | 0.8625 | |
| 92 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 25600 | 80500 | 0.6823 | 17,848 | 1470 | 0.1565 | |
| 93 | Stony Brook University | 26100 | 33200 | 0.2129 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 94 | SUNY College of Technology at Alfred | 26300 | 37700 | 0.3021 | 3,758 | 0 | 0.7236 | |
| 95 | Delaware Valley University | 27300 | 95800 | 0.7151 | 1,680 | 1189 | 0.9268 | |
| 96 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 18,028 | 1059 | 0.7996 | |
| 97 | Hobart William Smith Colleges | 27600 | 88300 | 0.6873 | 1,862 | 1296 | 0.667 | |
| 98 | North Dakota State University | 27700 | 30400 | 0.0886 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 99 | Iowa State University | 28000 | 42800 | 0.3446 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 100 | Drury University | 28800 | 68900 | 0.5824 | 1,453 | 1209 | 0.6575 | |
| 101 | Clemson University | 29000 | 37100 | 0.2179 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 102 | Morgan State University | 29100 | 41800 | 0.3038 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 103 | Thomas Jefferson University | 29900 | 68700 | 0.5649 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 104 | Lawrence Technological University | 30000 | 99100 | 0.6976 | 2,661 | 1149 | 0.8101 | |
| 105 | Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design | 30100 | 56900 | 0.471 | 838 | 1143 | 0.6054 | |
| 105 | Mississippi State University | 30100 | 34400 | 0.1246 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 107 | Ithaca College | 30400 | 72600 | 0.581 | 4,205 | 1328 | 0.7015 | |
| 108 | Kent State University at Kent | 31200 | 37500 | 0.1678 | 21,144 | 1104 | 0.7603 | |
| 109 | North Carolina A & T State University | 31400 | 36700 | 0.1443 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.5125 | |
| 110 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 32000 | 54400 | 0.4117 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 111 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 32100 | 36700 | 0.1252 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 112 | Anderson University | 32300 | 53600 | 0.3973 | 3,724 | 1209 | 0.5491 | |
| 112 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32300 | 35100 | 0.0799 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 114 | North Carolina State University | 32700 | 54800 | 0.4033 | 29,340 | 1374 | 0.3954 | |
| 115 | Andrews University | 33000 | 76700 | 0.5696 | 1,384 | 1143 | 0.8185 | |
| 116 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 34000 | 47000 | 0.2767 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 117 | University of Oregon | 34500 | 40200 | 0.1418 | 20,710 | 1193 | 0.8742 | |
| 118 | Samford University | 34600 | 93800 | 0.6312 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 119 | University of Idaho | 34800 | 48700 | 0.2854 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 120 | Chatham University | 34900 | 80600 | 0.5671 | 1,555 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 121 | Texas Tech University | 35600 | 38900 | 0.0848 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 122 | Auburn University | 36400 | 85500 | 0.5741 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 122 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 36400 | 56100 | 0.3512 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 124 | University of Connecticut | 37100 | 70600 | 0.4746 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 125 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 37400 | 63100 | 0.407 | 5,986 | 1110 | 0.8916 | |
| 126 | Benedictine College | 37600 | 52500 | 0.2836 | 2,404 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 127 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 38400 | 60200 | 0.3616 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 128 | Maine Maritime Academy | 38500 | 53000 | 0.2737 | 977 | 1189 | 0.9615 | |
| 129 | Drexel University | 39600 | 107600 | 0.6318 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 129 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 39600 | 40300 | 0.0174 | 26,213 | 1209 | 0.7778 | |
| 131 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 41400 | 58900 | 0.2971 | 21,388 | 1369 | 0.5945 | |
| 132 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43000 | 68700 | 0.3743 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 133 | Florida Atlantic University | 44900 | 44900 | 0 | 25,626 | 1150 | 0.5497 | |
| 134 | Otis College of Art and Design | 46700 | 102100 | 0.5426 | 1,188 | 1335 | 0.8034 | |
| 135 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48500 | 51200 | 0.0544 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 136 | The University of Texas at Austin | 49800 | 58800 | 0.153 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 137 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 50500 | 58800 | 0.1411 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 138 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 53000 | 86300 | 0.3859 | 5,833 | 1440 | 0.6725 | |
| 139 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53600 | 63400 | 0.1547 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 140 | University of San Francisco | 53900 | 87300 | 0.3827 | 5,171 | 1333 | 0.7176 | |
| 141 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 54100 | 95100 | 0.4311 | 6,839 | 1469 | 0.1446 | |
| 142 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 54500 | 66200 | 0.1767 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 143 | Miami University-Oxford | 57300 | 57300 | 0 | 16,405 | 1284 | 0.74 | |
| 144 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 57900 | 65700 | 0.1188 | 40,996 | 1399 | 0.4175 | |
| 145 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58300 | 63500 | 0.0819 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 146 | Maryland Institute College of Art | 58400 | 71200 | 0.1798 | 1,192 | 1232 | 0.7681 | |
| 147 | Howard University | 59900 | 67300 | 0.1099 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 148 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 60700 | 63000 | 0.0364 | 38,463 | 1324 | 0.7589 | |
| 149 | Webb Institute | 61100 | 74200 | 0.1765 | 104 | 1465 | 0.2484 | |
| 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.