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 | 1294 | 0.2432 | |
| 1 | United States Naval Academy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4,465 | 1302 | 0.0936 | |
| 3 | Santa Ana College | 4600 | 23100 | 0.8003 | 26,073 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | Princeton University | 5100 | 82400 | 0.9377 | 5,813 | 1535 | 0.0462 | |
| 5 | Yale University | 5500 | 92200 | 0.94 | 6,814 | 1507 | 0.0387 | |
| 6 | University of Pennsylvania | 7100 | 92900 | 0.9238 | 10,013 | 1528 | 0.054 | |
| 7 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 8200 | 30000 | 0.7264 | 40,754 | 1391 | 0.3915 | |
| 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 | 1230 | 0.3247 | |
| 11 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 8800 | 90000 | 0.9027 | 4,580 | 1542 | 0.0455 | |
| 12 | Carnegie Mellon University | 9000 | 90900 | 0.9007 | 7,824 | 1528 | 0.1166 | |
| 13 | Washington University in St Louis | 9300 | 102300 | 0.909 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 14 | Wellesley College | 9400 | 91300 | 0.8972 | 2,407 | 1500 | 0.1405 | |
| 15 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 9900 | 25000 | 0.6031 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 16 | University of Notre Dame | 10200 | 86200 | 0.8821 | 8,880 | 1471 | 0.1127 | |
| 17 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 10700 | 36600 | 0.7073 | 27,082 | 1099 | 0.8459 | |
| 18 | Middlebury College | 10900 | 89900 | 0.879 | 2,760 | 1499 | 0.1075 | |
| 19 | Brown University | 11100 | 94000 | 0.8816 | 7,910 | 1535 | 0.0539 | |
| 20 | Indiana State University | 11700 | 25900 | 0.5491 | 6,224 | 1140 | 0.8077 | |
| 20 | Santa Monica College | 11700 | 33300 | 0.6478 | 23,164 | 0 | 0.4384 | |
| 22 | Cornell University | 11800 | 93100 | 0.8735 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
| 23 | University of Illinois Chicago | 11900 | 30400 | 0.6077 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 24 | University of Houston | 12000 | 28400 | 0.5781 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 25 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 12200 | 26200 | 0.5331 | 21,947 | 1335 | 0.3122 | |
| 25 | California State University-Fresno | 12200 | 45900 | 0.7349 | 21,430 | 995 | 0.9638 | |
| 25 | University of Central Florida | 12200 | 25300 | 0.5172 | 59,649 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
| 28 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 29100 | 0.5734 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 29 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0.0009 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 30 | Louisiana Tech University | 12700 | 36900 | 0.6557 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 31 | Mount Holyoke College | 12800 | 89900 | 0.8579 | 2,178 | 1449 | 0.3603 | |
| 32 | University of North Alabama | 12900 | 30800 | 0.5804 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 33 | Portland State University | 13200 | 26100 | 0.4925 | 15,414 | 1112 | 0.9087 | |
| 34 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 13500 | 28000 | 0.5175 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 35 | University of Delaware | 13600 | 34500 | 0.6058 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 36 | Utah State University | 13800 | 20800 | 0.3369 | 25,920 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 37 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 14400 | 26500 | 0.4563 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 38 | Northeastern University | 14500 | 89900 | 0.8387 | 22,695 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 39 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 14600 | 86200 | 0.8311 | 15,375 | 1179 | 0.866 | |
| 40 | University of Maine at Augusta | 15000 | 44900 | 0.6661 | 4,250 | 0 | 0.0683 | |
| 41 | Ball State University | 15100 | 22400 | 0.3264 | 15,189 | 1170 | 0.855 | |
| 42 | University of Memphis | 15500 | 26400 | 0.4137 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 43 | Lehigh University | 15600 | 89600 | 0.8263 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 44 | Keene State College | 15700 | 51200 | 0.6932 | 2,744 | 1020 | 0.9033 | |
| 45 | University of Southern California | 16000 | 71400 | 0.7762 | 20,630 | 1492 | 0.0981 | |
| 46 | California State University-Sacramento | 16100 | 27700 | 0.42 | 28,226 | 1015 | 0.9343 | |
| 46 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 16100 | 29200 | 0.4488 | 18,667 | 1090 | 0.9711 | |
| 48 | University of Florida | 16200 | 22500 | 0.2799 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 48 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 16200 | 22300 | 0.2733 | 24,868 | 1214 | 0.796 | |
| 50 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 16700 | 39000 | 0.5705 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 51 | Bennington College | 17200 | 89500 | 0.8078 | 797 | 1360 | 0.4453 | |
| 52 | Prairie View A & M University | 17300 | 39600 | 0.5629 | 8,836 | 970 | 0.7794 | |
| 52 | SUNY College of Technology at Alfred | 17300 | 46700 | 0.6298 | 3,525 | 1070 | 0.8175 | |
| 54 | University of Rhode Island | 17400 | 46400 | 0.6245 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 55 | Barnard College | 17600 | 99700 | 0.8232 | 3,269 | 1499 | 0.1147 | |
| 55 | University of Colorado Boulder | 17600 | 30600 | 0.4248 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
| 57 | Morgan State University | 17800 | 19700 | 0.0966 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 58 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 17900 | 30400 | 0.4118 | 20,592 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 59 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 18100 | 27700 | 0.3461 | 31,112 | 1114 | 0.8129 | |
| 60 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 18400 | 30600 | 0.3971 | 38,093 | 1302 | 0.7821 | |
| 61 | The University of Texas at Austin | 18900 | 27600 | 0.3147 | 43,165 | 1348 | 0.2664 | |
| 62 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 19200 | 78700 | 0.7561 | 17,901 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 63 | Connecticut College | 19400 | 115500 | 0.8318 | 1,990 | 1287 | 0.3704 | |
| 63 | La Roche University | 19400 | 66200 | 0.7073 | 755 | 1069 | 0.7016 | |
| 65 | University of New Orleans | 19700 | 30200 | 0.3476 | 5,476 | 1050 | 0.6677 | |
| 66 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 19900 | 30700 | 0.3502 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 67 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 20200 | 32800 | 0.3847 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 68 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 20400 | 34400 | 0.4069 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 69 | South Dakota State University | 20600 | 25200 | 0.1838 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 70 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 20700 | 53000 | 0.61 | 5,731 | 1174 | 0.9064 | |
| 71 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27100 | 0.2285 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 72 | North Dakota State University | 21000 | 25700 | 0.1841 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 73 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 21200 | 42700 | 0.5036 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 74 | Webb Institute | 21500 | 73700 | 0.7085 | 106 | 1475 | 0.1404 | |
| 75 | Tufts University | 21700 | 98900 | 0.7803 | 7,126 | 1507 | 0.1153 | |
| 76 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 77 | Marywood University | 21900 | 79900 | 0.7262 | 1,834 | 1160 | 0.6058 | |
| 78 | SUNY Maritime College | 22300 | 46800 | 0.524 | 1,286 | 1215 | 0.7242 | |
| 79 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 23100 | 40000 | 0.4224 | 1,984 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 80 | Hampshire College | 23800 | 101500 | 0.7652 | 844 | 1254 | 0.7528 | |
| 81 | Norwich University | 24000 | 88400 | 0.7287 | 2,642 | 1182 | 0.7361 | |
| 82 | Judson University | 24200 | 49100 | 0.5067 | 793 | 985 | 0.6233 | |
| 82 | University of Southern Mississippi | 24200 | 26500 | 0.0868 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
| 84 | Temple University | 24500 | 36400 | 0.3272 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 85 | University of Kansas | 24900 | 44000 | 0.4344 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 86 | Drury University | 25300 | 52900 | 0.5216 | 1,391 | 1228 | 0.5758 | |
| 87 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 25700 | 59900 | 0.5708 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 88 | Mount Mary University | 26000 | 57200 | 0.5448 | 749 | 1005 | 0.6634 | |
| 89 | Hobart William Smith Colleges | 26200 | 88300 | 0.7033 | 1,794 | 1313 | 0.6399 | |
| 90 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 26400 | 40500 | 0.3482 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 91 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 26500 | 41500 | 0.3612 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 91 | University of Arkansas | 26500 | 29600 | 0.1058 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 93 | University of Idaho | 27100 | 30600 | 0.1146 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 94 | Syracuse University | 27300 | 83100 | 0.6714 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 95 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 17,771 | 1044 | 0.7933 | |
| 95 | Woodbury University | 27500 | 66600 | 0.5871 | 825 | 1087 | 0.7287 | |
| 97 | Thomas Jefferson University | 27700 | 67700 | 0.5907 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 98 | University of Connecticut | 29300 | 33700 | 0.1307 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 99 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 100 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 31300 | 57000 | 0.4511 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 101 | Kean University | 31500 | 39600 | 0.2046 | 11,758 | 1035 | 0.759 | |
| 102 | Massachusetts Maritime Academy | 31800 | 40200 | 0.2091 | 1,407 | 1120 | 0.7207 | |
| 103 | Ithaca College | 32200 | 72500 | 0.5557 | 4,268 | 1314 | 0.6901 | |
| 104 | North Carolina State University | 32800 | 54800 | 0.4004 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 105 | Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design | 32900 | 57400 | 0.4259 | 885 | 1143 | 0.628 | |
| 106 | Lawrence Technological University | 33000 | 82500 | 0.5997 | 2,579 | 1159 | 0.7403 | |
| 107 | University of Oregon | 33200 | 38600 | 0.1406 | 20,622 | 1250 | 0.883 | |
| 108 | Anderson University | 33300 | 52500 | 0.3659 | 3,405 | 1209 | 0.5471 | |
| 109 | Delaware Valley University | 35000 | 83300 | 0.5798 | 1,768 | 1180 | 0.9326 | |
| 110 | Chatham University | 35100 | 63900 | 0.451 | 1,555 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 111 | Andrews University | 35800 | 62100 | 0.4235 | 1,312 | 1196 | 0.874 | |
| 112 | North Carolina A & T State University | 36000 | 36600 | 0.0164 | 12,216 | 1040 | 0.4617 | |
| 113 | Mississippi State University | 36300 | 50500 | 0.2801 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 114 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 36900 | 66500 | 0.4448 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 115 | Benedictine College | 37800 | 50800 | 0.256 | 2,391 | 1223 | 0.7645 | |
| 116 | University of San Francisco | 38500 | 83900 | 0.5414 | 5,321 | 1292 | 0.6171 | |
| 117 | Texas Tech University | 38800 | 41000 | 0.0537 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 117 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 38800 | 53400 | 0.2735 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 119 | Stony Brook University | 39900 | 53000 | 0.2478 | 18,263 | 1404 | 0.4904 | |
| 120 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5067 | 33,471 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 121 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 41200 | 42100 | 0.0214 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 122 | California College of the Arts | 42600 | 87800 | 0.5143 | 1,004 | 1079 | 0.911 | |
| 123 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 43900 | 57100 | 0.2302 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 124 | Florida Atlantic University | 44400 | 44400 | 0 | 24,942 | 1130 | 0.6613 | |
| 125 | University of Georgia | 45900 | 51600 | 0.1108 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 126 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 46000 | 86200 | 0.4662 | 5,743 | 1438 | 0.6343 | |
| 127 | University at Buffalo | 46800 | 46800 | 0 | 20,360 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 128 | Maine Maritime Academy | 47400 | 49800 | 0.0482 | 945 | 1180 | 0.5606 | |
| 129 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48600 | 51200 | 0.0514 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 130 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 48700 | 92100 | 0.4715 | 7,283 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
| 131 | Drexel University | 48800 | 83800 | 0.4176 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 132 | University of Kentucky | 48900 | 56600 | 0.1353 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 133 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 51000 | 84700 | 0.398 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 134 | University of Utah | 51600 | 53700 | 0.0398 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 135 | Otis College of Art and Design | 52200 | 78800 | 0.3375 | 1,224 | 1235 | 0.8176 | |
| 136 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53300 | 61000 | 0.1267 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 137 | Howard University | 53400 | 76900 | 0.3055 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 137 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 53400 | 53400 | 0 | 33,572 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 139 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53700 | 64200 | 0.1635 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
| 140 | Miami University-Oxford | 56600 | 56600 | 0 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 141 | Auburn University | 58700 | 58700 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 142 | Maryland Institute College of Art | 60700 | 71200 | 0.1476 | 1,324 | 1174 | 0.7729 | |
| 143 | Clemson University | 61500 | 63700 | 0.0335 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 144 | University of California-Berkeley | 70300 | 75900 | 0.0738 | 33,469 | 1407 | 0.1104 | |
| 145 | The Catholic University of America | 76400 | 82500 | 0.0739 | 3,177 | 1155 | 0.8278 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.
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