Considering a degree in Architecture?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Architecture majors who live in California.
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 California.
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 | 1302 | 0.0936 | |
| 3 | Rice University | 4300 | 85500 | 0.9496 | 4,789 | 1535 | 0.08 | |
| 4 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 4900 | 86800 | 0.9433 | 4,576 | 1535 | 0.0485 | |
| 5 | Yale University | 5500 | 92300 | 0.9403 | 6,814 | 1507 | 0.0387 | |
| 6 | Santa Ana College | 6300 | 23100 | 0.7268 | 26,073 | 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 7000 | 39100 | 0.8219 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 7 | Wellesley College | 7000 | 90900 | 0.9233 | 2,407 | 1500 | 0.1405 | |
| 9 | Santa Monica College | 7100 | 15500 | 0.5427 | 23,164 | 0 | 0.4384 | |
| 10 | Princeton University | 7600 | 81800 | 0.9069 | 5,813 | 1535 | 0.0462 | |
| 11 | Washington University in St Louis | 9400 | 96200 | 0.9026 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 12 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 10200 | 94100 | 0.8919 | 9,157 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 12 | United States Merchant Marine Academy | 10200 | 10200 | 0 | 947 | 1239 | 0.3247 | |
| 12 | University of Notre Dame | 10200 | 86100 | 0.8815 | 8,880 | 1499 | 0.1127 | |
| 15 | Cornell University | 10400 | 92000 | 0.8866 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
| 16 | University of Pennsylvania | 11000 | 93000 | 0.8819 | 10,013 | 1528 | 0.054 | |
| 17 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 12100 | 26300 | 0.5391 | 21,947 | 1335 | 0.3122 | |
| 17 | Florida Atlantic University | 12100 | 24800 | 0.5112 | 24,942 | 1130 | 0.6613 | |
| 17 | Utah State University | 12100 | 20300 | 0.4037 | 25,920 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 20 | Mount Holyoke College | 12200 | 89700 | 0.8644 | 2,178 | 1449 | 0.3603 | |
| 20 | The University of Texas at Austin | 12200 | 30700 | 0.6023 | 43,165 | 1335 | 0.2664 | |
| 22 | Middlebury College | 12400 | 89800 | 0.8618 | 2,760 | 1499 | 0.1075 | |
| 23 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0.0009 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 24 | University of Central Florida | 12700 | 23600 | 0.4619 | 59,649 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
| 25 | Indiana State University | 13100 | 25900 | 0.495 | 6,224 | 1020 | 0.8077 | |
| 26 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 13200 | 38500 | 0.657 | 17,901 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 27 | Louisiana Tech University | 13500 | 24900 | 0.4571 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 28 | University of Delaware | 13600 | 32500 | 0.5809 | 19,119 | 1303 | 0.6356 | |
| 29 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 32200 | 0.5744 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 30 | North Carolina A & T State University | 14000 | 17900 | 0.2185 | 12,216 | 1020 | 0.4617 | |
| 31 | Texas Tech University | 14100 | 27000 | 0.4776 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 31 | University of Idaho | 14100 | 31300 | 0.55 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 33 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 14300 | 26500 | 0.4594 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 34 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 15200 | 35700 | 0.5744 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 35 | Northeastern University | 15300 | 89900 | 0.8302 | 22,695 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 36 | Carnegie Mellon University | 15700 | 87300 | 0.8199 | 7,824 | 1528 | 0.1166 | |
| 37 | University of Florida | 16000 | 22300 | 0.2826 | 36,567 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 38 | Tufts University | 16100 | 92400 | 0.8262 | 7,126 | 1507 | 0.1153 | |
| 39 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 16800 | 22300 | 0.2464 | 24,868 | 1214 | 0.796 | |
| 40 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 17200 | 27200 | 0.3671 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 40 | SUNY College of Technology at Alfred | 17200 | 26000 | 0.3388 | 3,525 | 1070 | 0.8175 | |
| 40 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 17200 | 27400 | 0.3721 | 27,082 | 1099 | 0.8459 | |
| 40 | University of Southern Mississippi | 17200 | 23100 | 0.2552 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
| 44 | Bennington College | 17300 | 89500 | 0.8071 | 797 | 1360 | 0.4453 | |
| 45 | University of Rhode Island | 17400 | 34400 | 0.4939 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 46 | Barnard College | 17600 | 93200 | 0.8112 | 3,269 | 1490 | 0.0796 | |
| 47 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 17800 | 26300 | 0.3236 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 48 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 17900 | 28100 | 0.3632 | 20,592 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 48 | Keene State College | 17900 | 31900 | 0.4399 | 2,744 | 1020 | 0.9033 | |
| 48 | University of Arkansas | 17900 | 27700 | 0.3527 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 51 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 18200 | 18200 | 0 | 34,242 | 1260 | 0.7333 | |
| 52 | University of Southern California | 19200 | 71400 | 0.7313 | 21,023 | 1485 | 0.1002 | |
| 53 | Lehigh University | 19500 | 85700 | 0.7729 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 54 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 19600 | 40000 | 0.5099 | 1,984 | 1369 | 0.6328 | |
| 55 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 19700 | 27200 | 0.276 | 31,112 | 1130 | 0.8129 | |
| 56 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 20000 | 31000 | 0.3545 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 57 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 20200 | 38800 | 0.481 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 58 | South Dakota State University | 20600 | 25200 | 0.1814 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 59 | Brown University | 21300 | 93900 | 0.7729 | 7,910 | 1535 | 0.0539 | |
| 60 | Webb Institute | 21500 | 73700 | 0.7085 | 106 | 1475 | 0.1404 | |
| 61 | Hobart William Smith Colleges | 21800 | 81100 | 0.7309 | 1,794 | 1313 | 0.6399 | |
| 62 | Ball State University | 22400 | 22400 | 0 | 15,189 | 1170 | 0.855 | |
| 62 | University of Memphis | 22400 | 30000 | 0.2538 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 64 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 22800 | 35400 | 0.3555 | 5,731 | 1174 | 0.9064 | |
| 65 | Syracuse University | 23600 | 83100 | 0.716 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 66 | La Roche University | 24000 | 55400 | 0.567 | 1,986 | 1150 | 0.7761 | |
| 66 | University of New Orleans | 24000 | 31000 | 0.2258 | 5,476 | 1125 | 0.6677 | |
| 68 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24100 | 37100 | 0.3508 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
| 69 | Judson University | 24300 | 49100 | 0.506 | 793 | 1049 | 0.624 | |
| 70 | Temple University | 24500 | 36300 | 0.3253 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 71 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 25000 | 40700 | 0.3855 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 71 | Mount Mary University | 25000 | 53300 | 0.5311 | 749 | 1005 | 0.6634 | |
| 73 | University of Kansas | 25200 | 42000 | 0.3995 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 74 | California State University-Fresno | 25500 | 35900 | 0.2896 | 21,430 | 995 | 0.9638 | |
| 75 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 25900 | 36500 | 0.2901 | 14,783 | 1140 | 0.8096 | |
| 76 | Stony Brook University | 26100 | 33200 | 0.2129 | 18,263 | 1395 | 0.4904 | |
| 77 | Marywood University | 26300 | 55500 | 0.5264 | 1,834 | 1160 | 0.6058 | |
| 78 | Norwich University | 26500 | 70900 | 0.6264 | 2,642 | 1209 | 0.7361 | |
| 79 | University of North Alabama | 26600 | 41500 | 0.3592 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 80 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 26900 | 83600 | 0.6785 | 7,283 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
| 81 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 27000 | 41900 | 0.3555 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 82 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 17,771 | 1044 | 0.7933 | |
| 83 | North Dakota State University | 27900 | 30400 | 0.0815 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 84 | Drury University | 28300 | 52900 | 0.4649 | 1,391 | 1228 | 0.5758 | |
| 85 | Connecticut College | 28700 | 83300 | 0.6558 | 1,990 | 1287 | 0.3704 | |
| 86 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 29400 | 43700 | 0.3275 | 14,576 | 1144 | 0.6967 | |
| 87 | University of Connecticut | 29600 | 33200 | 0.1086 | 19,388 | 1324 | 0.5395 | |
| 88 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 29900 | 30000 | 0.0033 | 18,428 | 1090 | 0.9529 | |
| 89 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 89 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 30000 | 41800 | 0.2824 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 91 | Maine Maritime Academy | 30400 | 33400 | 0.0899 | 945 | 1180 | 0.5606 | |
| 91 | University of Houston | 30400 | 35200 | 0.1365 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 93 | University of Maine at Augusta | 30600 | 38900 | 0.2136 | 4,250 | 0 | 0.0683 | |
| 94 | North Carolina State University | 31100 | 53000 | 0.4127 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 94 | Portland State University | 31100 | 43000 | 0.2762 | 15,960 | 1176 | 0.9091 | |
| 96 | Woodbury University | 31200 | 66600 | 0.5316 | 825 | 1087 | 0.7287 | |
| 97 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 31300 | 53900 | 0.4193 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 98 | Kean University | 31600 | 39600 | 0.2021 | 11,758 | 1035 | 0.7688 | |
| 99 | Massachusetts Maritime Academy | 31800 | 40200 | 0.2091 | 1,407 | 1120 | 0.7207 | |
| 99 | Thomas Jefferson University | 31800 | 67700 | 0.5302 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 101 | Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design | 31900 | 57100 | 0.4412 | 885 | 0 | 0.628 | |
| 102 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 32400 | 38500 | 0.1585 | 7,890 | 1105 | 0.2056 | |
| 103 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 32500 | 46200 | 0.2968 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 103 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32500 | 34700 | 0.0633 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 105 | Anderson University | 33700 | 52400 | 0.3568 | 3,405 | 1209 | 0.5471 | |
| 105 | Ithaca College | 33700 | 72500 | 0.5351 | 4,268 | 1314 | 0.6901 | |
| 107 | Morgan State University | 33900 | 37200 | 0.0887 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 108 | Prairie View A & M University | 34000 | 39600 | 0.1415 | 8,056 | 955 | 0.7441 | |
| 109 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 34300 | 35100 | 0.0228 | 33,572 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 110 | California State University-Sacramento | 34500 | 44900 | 0.2317 | 28,226 | 1015 | 0.9343 | |
| 111 | Delaware Valley University | 34900 | 63800 | 0.4528 | 1,768 | 1180 | 0.9326 | |
| 112 | Chatham University | 35100 | 63300 | 0.4458 | 1,555 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 113 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 35400 | 43500 | 0.1863 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 114 | Lawrence Technological University | 35900 | 67800 | 0.4703 | 2,579 | 1159 | 0.7403 | |
| 115 | Andrews University | 36400 | 47100 | 0.227 | 1,312 | 1208 | 0.874 | |
| 115 | Mississippi State University | 36400 | 50500 | 0.2789 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 117 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 36900 | 62000 | 0.4049 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 118 | Benedictine College | 37800 | 50800 | 0.256 | 2,391 | 1229 | 0.7645 | |
| 119 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 39600 | 56700 | 0.3017 | 40,754 | 1391 | 0.3915 | |
| 120 | University of San Francisco | 40000 | 83400 | 0.5198 | 5,321 | 1292 | 0.6171 | |
| 121 | SUNY Maritime College | 40100 | 40900 | 0.0195 | 1,286 | 1215 | 0.7242 | |
| 122 | University of Georgia | 40300 | 46000 | 0.1242 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 123 | Endicott College | 40400 | 63200 | 0.3607 | 3,176 | 1255 | 0.7229 | |
| 123 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 68600 | 0.4116 | 33,471 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 125 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 42000 | 54900 | 0.2352 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 126 | University of Maryland-College Park | 42300 | 52900 | 0.2004 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 127 | University at Buffalo | 42500 | 46800 | 0.0919 | 20,360 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 128 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 44000 | 57100 | 0.2292 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 129 | Otis College of Art and Design | 44900 | 78800 | 0.4301 | 1,224 | 1055 | 0.8176 | |
| 130 | University of Illinois Chicago | 46000 | 48000 | 0.0416 | 22,495 | 1247 | 0.7735 | |
| 131 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 48300 | 85700 | 0.4362 | 5,743 | 1438 | 0.6343 | |
| 132 | University of Kentucky | 51000 | 56000 | 0.0893 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 133 | Drexel University | 51300 | 82600 | 0.3788 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 134 | University of Colorado Boulder | 51600 | 56300 | 0.0834 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
| 135 | Howard University | 53400 | 61600 | 0.1331 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 135 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53400 | 61000 | 0.1257 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 137 | Auburn University | 55400 | 55400 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 138 | Miami University-Oxford | 56100 | 56100 | 0 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 139 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 59000 | 61100 | 0.034 | 38,093 | 1302 | 0.7821 | |
| 140 | University of Oregon | 59400 | 68900 | 0.1389 | 20,622 | 1250 | 0.883 | |
| 141 | Maryland Institute College of Art | 60700 | 71200 | 0.1476 | 1,324 | 1196 | 0.7729 | |
| 142 | Clemson University | 61600 | 63700 | 0.0326 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 143 | University of California-Berkeley | 74600 | 75500 | 0.0119 | 33,469 | 1407 | 0.1104 | |
| 144 | The Catholic University of America | 82500 | 82500 | 0 | 3,177 | 1204 | 0.8278 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.
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