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Considering a degree in Architecture?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Architecture majors who live in West Virginia.
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 West Virginia.
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 | |
| 1 | University of California-Los Angeles | 0 | 68600 | 1 | 33,471 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 1 | Utah State University | 0 | 30000 | 1 | 25,920 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 5 | Rice University | 4200 | 85500 | 0.9508 | 4,789 | 1535 | 0.08 | |
| 6 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 5200 | 86800 | 0.9398 | 4,576 | 1535 | 0.0485 | |
| 7 | Yale University | 5500 | 92300 | 0.9403 | 6,814 | 1507 | 0.0387 | |
| 8 | Princeton University | 8600 | 81800 | 0.8947 | 5,813 | 1535 | 0.0462 | |
| 9 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8900 | 94100 | 0.9057 | 9,157 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 10 | University of Pennsylvania | 9000 | 93000 | 0.9034 | 10,013 | 1528 | 0.054 | |
| 11 | Washington University in St Louis | 9600 | 96200 | 0.9006 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 12 | United States Merchant Marine Academy | 10200 | 10200 | 0 | 947 | 1239 | 0.3247 | |
| 13 | Cornell University | 10700 | 92000 | 0.8834 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
| 14 | Wellesley College | 11100 | 90900 | 0.8782 | 2,407 | 1500 | 0.1405 | |
| 15 | University of Notre Dame | 11500 | 86100 | 0.8664 | 8,880 | 1499 | 0.1127 | |
| 16 | The University of Texas at Austin | 12200 | 30700 | 0.6023 | 43,165 | 1335 | 0.2664 | |
| 17 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 18 | Middlebury College | 12800 | 89800 | 0.8573 | 2,760 | 1499 | 0.1075 | |
| 19 | University of North Alabama | 13300 | 28200 | 0.5287 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 20 | University of Delaware | 13700 | 32500 | 0.578 | 19,119 | 1303 | 0.6356 | |
| 20 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 32200 | 0.5744 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 22 | Texas Tech University | 13900 | 26800 | 0.4809 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 23 | Louisiana Tech University | 14200 | 24800 | 0.428 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 24 | University of Idaho | 14600 | 26400 | 0.4466 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 25 | Carnegie Mellon University | 14700 | 87300 | 0.8314 | 7,824 | 1528 | 0.1166 | |
| 26 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 15200 | 35700 | 0.5744 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 27 | Webb Institute | 15500 | 73700 | 0.7899 | 106 | 1475 | 0.1404 | |
| 28 | Northeastern University | 15700 | 89900 | 0.8257 | 22,695 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 28 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 15700 | 28000 | 0.439 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 30 | University of Southern Mississippi | 16800 | 23100 | 0.2725 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
| 31 | University of Georgia | 17300 | 27100 | 0.3599 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 32 | Bennington College | 17500 | 89500 | 0.805 | 797 | 1360 | 0.4453 | |
| 33 | Morgan State University | 18100 | 19700 | 0.0813 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 34 | University of Southern California | 18300 | 76000 | 0.7592 | 21,023 | 1485 | 0.1002 | |
| 35 | Prairie View A & M University | 18600 | 25400 | 0.2678 | 8,056 | 955 | 0.7441 | |
| 36 | University of New Orleans | 18700 | 29500 | 0.3661 | 5,476 | 1125 | 0.6677 | |
| 37 | Barnard College | 19100 | 93200 | 0.7951 | 3,269 | 1490 | 0.0796 | |
| 38 | University of Memphis | 19400 | 26400 | 0.2657 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 39 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 19800 | 40000 | 0.5049 | 1,984 | 1369 | 0.6328 | |
| 40 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20400 | 43700 | 0.5336 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 41 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 20500 | 36200 | 0.4334 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 41 | West Virginia University | 20500 | 28800 | 0.2884 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 43 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 20600 | 30000 | 0.3138 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 44 | Marshall University | 21000 | 36300 | 0.4218 | 9,165 | 1065 | 0.9572 | |
| 45 | Brown University | 21100 | 93900 | 0.7751 | 7,910 | 1535 | 0.0539 | |
| 46 | Tufts University | 21400 | 92400 | 0.7688 | 7,126 | 1507 | 0.1153 | |
| 47 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 22200 | 34400 | 0.3546 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 48 | University of Florida | 22300 | 43800 | 0.4912 | 36,567 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 49 | Hobart William Smith Colleges | 22600 | 81100 | 0.721 | 1,794 | 1313 | 0.6399 | |
| 50 | Mount Holyoke College | 23200 | 89700 | 0.7417 | 2,178 | 1449 | 0.3603 | |
| 51 | University of Central Florida | 23600 | 31400 | 0.2482 | 59,649 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
| 51 | University of Houston | 23600 | 23600 | 0 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 53 | Judson University | 24400 | 49100 | 0.5035 | 793 | 1049 | 0.624 | |
| 54 | La Roche University | 24500 | 55400 | 0.558 | 1,986 | 1150 | 0.7761 | |
| 55 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 25000 | 36600 | 0.3173 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 56 | Mount Mary University | 25100 | 53300 | 0.529 | 749 | 1005 | 0.6634 | |
| 57 | California State University-Fresno | 25600 | 35900 | 0.2868 | 21,430 | 995 | 0.9638 | |
| 58 | South Dakota State University | 25800 | 28700 | 0.1005 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 58 | University of Arkansas | 25800 | 27700 | 0.068 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 60 | Norwich University | 25900 | 70900 | 0.6349 | 2,642 | 1209 | 0.7361 | |
| 60 | SUNY College of Technology at Alfred | 25900 | 35600 | 0.2729 | 3,525 | 1070 | 0.8175 | |
| 62 | Ball State University | 26000 | 26000 | 0 | 15,189 | 1170 | 0.855 | |
| 62 | University of Kansas | 26000 | 42000 | 0.3807 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 64 | Stony Brook University | 26100 | 33200 | 0.2129 | 18,263 | 1395 | 0.4904 | |
| 65 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 26500 | 36500 | 0.2741 | 27,082 | 1099 | 0.8459 | |
| 66 | Marywood University | 26800 | 55500 | 0.5174 | 1,834 | 1160 | 0.6058 | |
| 67 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 27200 | 83600 | 0.6749 | 7,283 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
| 68 | Kent State University at Kent | 27400 | 28400 | 0.0352 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 69 | Indiana State University | 27500 | 30900 | 0.1101 | 6,224 | 1140 | 0.8077 | |
| 69 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 17,771 | 1044 | 0.7933 | |
| 71 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 27600 | 40300 | 0.315 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 72 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 27900 | 78300 | 0.6438 | 17,901 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 73 | North Dakota State University | 28100 | 30400 | 0.0752 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 74 | Drury University | 28200 | 52900 | 0.4668 | 1,391 | 1228 | 0.5758 | |
| 74 | Keene State College | 28200 | 40700 | 0.307 | 2,744 | 1020 | 0.9033 | |
| 76 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 28400 | 36700 | 0.224 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 77 | Florida Atlantic University | 28600 | 39200 | 0.2706 | 24,942 | 1130 | 0.6613 | |
| 78 | Connecticut College | 28800 | 83300 | 0.6546 | 1,990 | 1287 | 0.3704 | |
| 79 | Lehigh University | 29400 | 85700 | 0.6573 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 80 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 29900 | 31100 | 0.0385 | 20,592 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 80 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 29900 | 30000 | 0.0033 | 18,428 | 1090 | 0.9529 | |
| 82 | Syracuse University | 30400 | 83100 | 0.6342 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 83 | University of Maine at Augusta | 30900 | 38900 | 0.2059 | 4,250 | 0 | 0.0683 | |
| 83 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 30900 | 33100 | 0.0665 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 85 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 31100 | 41800 | 0.2561 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 86 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 31200 | 39500 | 0.2099 | 14,576 | 1179 | 0.6967 | |
| 87 | North Carolina State University | 31300 | 53000 | 0.4091 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 88 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 31400 | 42400 | 0.2595 | 21,947 | 1335 | 0.3122 | |
| 88 | Portland State University | 31400 | 43000 | 0.2694 | 15,960 | 1176 | 0.9091 | |
| 90 | Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design | 31700 | 57100 | 0.4449 | 885 | 0 | 0.628 | |
| 90 | Thomas Jefferson University | 31700 | 67700 | 0.5316 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 92 | University of Rhode Island | 31800 | 46700 | 0.319 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 93 | Benedictine College | 31900 | 50800 | 0.3722 | 2,391 | 1229 | 0.7645 | |
| 94 | North Carolina A & T State University | 32000 | 36400 | 0.1207 | 12,216 | 1020 | 0.4617 | |
| 95 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 32700 | 38500 | 0.1507 | 7,890 | 1105 | 0.2056 | |
| 96 | Ithaca College | 33200 | 72500 | 0.542 | 4,268 | 1314 | 0.6901 | |
| 97 | Anderson University | 33500 | 52400 | 0.3607 | 3,405 | 1209 | 0.5471 | |
| 97 | Massachusetts Maritime Academy | 33500 | 40200 | 0.1668 | 1,407 | 1120 | 0.7207 | |
| 99 | Auburn University | 34400 | 34400 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 100 | California State University-Sacramento | 34600 | 44900 | 0.2295 | 28,226 | 1015 | 0.9343 | |
| 101 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 34700 | 34700 | 0 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 102 | Chatham University | 35100 | 63300 | 0.4458 | 1,555 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 103 | Delaware Valley University | 35700 | 63800 | 0.4403 | 1,768 | 1180 | 0.9326 | |
| 104 | Andrews University | 36100 | 47100 | 0.2333 | 1,312 | 1208 | 0.874 | |
| 105 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 36200 | 42400 | 0.1462 | 31,112 | 1130 | 0.8129 | |
| 106 | Mississippi State University | 36600 | 50500 | 0.2752 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 107 | Lawrence Technological University | 37100 | 67800 | 0.4526 | 2,579 | 1155 | 0.7403 | |
| 108 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 37900 | 53900 | 0.2968 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 109 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 38400 | 44400 | 0.135 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 110 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 39400 | 48900 | 0.1942 | 5,731 | 1174 | 0.9064 | |
| 110 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 39400 | 39400 | 0 | 24,868 | 1214 | 0.796 | |
| 112 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 39600 | 57800 | 0.315 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
| 113 | SUNY Maritime College | 39800 | 40900 | 0.0269 | 1,286 | 1215 | 0.7242 | |
| 114 | Temple University | 40700 | 56100 | 0.2744 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 115 | Endicott College | 41100 | 63200 | 0.3496 | 3,176 | 1215 | 0.7229 | |
| 115 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 41100 | 56700 | 0.2752 | 40,754 | 1391 | 0.3915 | |
| 117 | University of Connecticut | 41800 | 41800 | 0 | 19,388 | 1324 | 0.5395 | |
| 118 | Kean University | 42700 | 48300 | 0.116 | 11,758 | 1035 | 0.7688 | |
| 118 | University at Buffalo | 42700 | 46800 | 0.0876 | 20,360 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 120 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 43200 | 55100 | 0.2161 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 121 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 43300 | 46200 | 0.0624 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 122 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 43800 | 50300 | 0.1293 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 123 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43900 | 52900 | 0.1701 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 124 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 45200 | 57100 | 0.2083 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 125 | University of Illinois Chicago | 46700 | 48000 | 0.0271 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 126 | Maine Maritime Academy | 47400 | 49800 | 0.0482 | 945 | 1180 | 0.5606 | |
| 127 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 48200 | 85700 | 0.4374 | 5,743 | 1438 | 0.6343 | |
| 128 | University of Kentucky | 49000 | 56000 | 0.1246 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 129 | Woodbury University | 51100 | 68700 | 0.2563 | 825 | 1087 | 0.7287 | |
| 130 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 51200 | 84200 | 0.392 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 131 | Drexel University | 51300 | 82600 | 0.3788 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 132 | University of Colorado Boulder | 51500 | 56300 | 0.0852 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
| 133 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 51700 | 51700 | 0 | 33,572 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 134 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 52900 | 56100 | 0.0568 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 135 | University of San Francisco | 53900 | 83200 | 0.352 | 5,321 | 1292 | 0.6171 | |
| 136 | Miami University-Oxford | 56100 | 56100 | 0 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 137 | Howard University | 58300 | 61600 | 0.0536 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 138 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 59200 | 61100 | 0.0309 | 38,093 | 1302 | 0.7821 | |
| 139 | University of Oregon | 59500 | 68900 | 0.1362 | 20,622 | 1250 | 0.883 | |
| 140 | Maryland Institute College of Art | 60700 | 71200 | 0.1476 | 1,324 | 1196 | 0.7729 | |
| 141 | Clemson University | 61800 | 63700 | 0.0296 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 142 | Otis College of Art and Design | 64900 | 79000 | 0.1786 | 1,224 | 1055 | 0.8176 | |
| 143 | University of California-Berkeley | 74600 | 75500 | 0.0119 | 33,469 | 1407 | 0.1104 | |
| 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.