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 | 1,108 | 1334 | 0.2244 | |
| 1 | United States Naval Academy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4,474 | 1305 | 0.0927 | |
| 3 | Santa Ana College | 4500 | 23100 | 0.8046 | 27,248 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 4700 | 40700 | 0.8836 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 5 | Princeton University | 5100 | 82400 | 0.9377 | 5,813 | 1535 | 0.0462 | |
| 6 | Yale University | 5500 | 92200 | 0.94 | 6,814 | 1507 | 0.0387 | |
| 7 | Santa Monica College | 6400 | 15500 | 0.5879 | 23,453 | 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | University of Pennsylvania | 7000 | 92900 | 0.9249 | 11,478 | 1536 | 0.054 | |
| 9 | Utah State University | 8200 | 25200 | 0.6743 | 25,706 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 10 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8400 | 98000 | 0.9146 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0399 | |
| 11 | Rice University | 8600 | 89100 | 0.9038 | 4,789 | 1535 | 0.08 | |
| 11 | United States Merchant Marine Academy | 8600 | 8600 | 0 | 962 | 1214 | 0.3424 | |
| 13 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 8900 | 90000 | 0.9016 | 4,535 | 1542 | 0.0455 | |
| 14 | Carnegie Mellon University | 9000 | 90900 | 0.9007 | 7,377 | 1528 | 0.1166 | |
| 15 | Washington University in St Louis | 9300 | 102300 | 0.9089 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 16 | Wellesley College | 9400 | 91300 | 0.8972 | 2,407 | 1500 | 0.1405 | |
| 17 | University of Notre Dame | 10200 | 86200 | 0.8821 | 8,880 | 1500 | 0.1127 | |
| 18 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 10700 | 27400 | 0.6092 | 27,132 | 1099 | 0.9617 | |
| 19 | Middlebury College | 10900 | 89900 | 0.879 | 2,760 | 1499 | 0.1075 | |
| 20 | Brown University | 11100 | 94000 | 0.8816 | 7,910 | 1535 | 0.0539 | |
| 21 | Massachusetts Maritime Academy | 11400 | 21000 | 0.4573 | 1,402 | 1120 | 0.947 | |
| 22 | Indiana State University | 11500 | 31200 | 0.6321 | 6,224 | 1020 | 0.8077 | |
| 23 | Cornell University | 11800 | 93100 | 0.8735 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0876 | |
| 24 | University of Illinois Chicago | 11900 | 30400 | 0.6077 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 25 | University of Houston | 12000 | 28400 | 0.5781 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 26 | California State University-Fresno | 12200 | 45900 | 0.7349 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 26 | Florida Atlantic University | 12200 | 25800 | 0.5278 | 24,876 | 1130 | 0.6613 | |
| 28 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 29100 | 0.5734 | 38,040 | 1418 | 0.452 | |
| 29 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 12500 | 26200 | 0.5216 | 22,033 | 1321 | 0.3132 | |
| 30 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0.0009 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.7517 | |
| 31 | Louisiana Tech University | 12700 | 36900 | 0.6557 | 10,881 | 1189 | 0.864 | |
| 32 | Mount Holyoke College | 12800 | 89900 | 0.8579 | 2,178 | 1449 | 0.3603 | |
| 33 | University of North Alabama | 13100 | 37300 | 0.6489 | 7,662 | 1140 | 0.8731 | |
| 34 | Portland State University | 13200 | 26100 | 0.4923 | 15,414 | 1094 | 0.9087 | |
| 35 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 13300 | 13300 | 0 | 18,288 | 1090 | 0.9068 | |
| 36 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 13400 | 31000 | 0.5673 | 8,553 | 1045 | 0.8688 | |
| 37 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 13500 | 86200 | 0.8438 | 15,375 | 1103 | 0.866 | |
| 38 | University of Delaware | 13600 | 34500 | 0.6057 | 20,026 | 1294 | 0.706 | |
| 39 | Northeastern University | 14500 | 89900 | 0.8387 | 17,432 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 39 | University of Georgia | 14500 | 26600 | 0.454 | 32,399 | 1382 | 0.377 | |
| 41 | University of Maine at Augusta | 14900 | 44900 | 0.6684 | 4,313 | 0 | 0 | |
| 42 | Ball State University | 15100 | 22400 | 0.3264 | 15,189 | 1170 | 0.855 | |
| 43 | University of Memphis | 15500 | 26400 | 0.4137 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 44 | Lehigh University | 15600 | 89600 | 0.8263 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 45 | Keene State College | 16000 | 51200 | 0.6873 | 2,725 | 1085 | 0.9033 | |
| 45 | University of Southern California | 16000 | 71400 | 0.7762 | 20,630 | 1492 | 0.0981 | |
| 47 | California State University-Sacramento | 16100 | 27700 | 0.42 | 28,820 | 1035 | 0.9399 | |
| 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 | University of California-Los Angeles | 16300 | 36700 | 0.5559 | 33,475 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 50 | University of Kansas | 16300 | 37100 | 0.5617 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 52 | North Carolina State University | 16500 | 28500 | 0.4197 | 28,422 | 1378 | 0.4174 | |
| 52 | University of California-Berkeley | 16500 | 43600 | 0.6224 | 33,070 | 1407 | 0.1098 | |
| 54 | Connecticut College | 16700 | 115500 | 0.8551 | 1,990 | 1421 | 0.3704 | |
| 54 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 16700 | 39000 | 0.5703 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 56 | University of Rhode Island | 16800 | 33900 | 0.5045 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 57 | Bennington College | 17200 | 89500 | 0.8077 | 797 | 1370 | 0.4453 | |
| 58 | Prairie View A & M University | 17300 | 39600 | 0.5629 | 8,877 | 975 | 0.7931 | |
| 59 | SUNY College of Technology at Alfred | 17500 | 46700 | 0.6255 | 3,781 | 1100 | 0.7568 | |
| 60 | Barnard College | 17600 | 99700 | 0.8232 | 3,487 | 1499 | 0.0884 | |
| 61 | Morgan State University | 17800 | 19700 | 0.0966 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 62 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 18100 | 35300 | 0.4868 | 5,731 | 1174 | 0.9064 | |
| 63 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 18400 | 30600 | 0.3971 | 38,093 | 1302 | 0.7821 | |
| 64 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 19100 | 78700 | 0.7574 | 17,885 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 65 | La Roche University | 19300 | 66200 | 0.7088 | 1,828 | 1059 | 0.7576 | |
| 66 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 19400 | 29300 | 0.3374 | 2,381 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 67 | University of New Orleans | 19700 | 30200 | 0.3476 | 5,419 | 1040 | 0.7431 | |
| 68 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 19900 | 30700 | 0.35 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5743 | |
| 69 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 20200 | 32800 | 0.3845 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 69 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20200 | 45200 | 0.5537 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5478 | |
| 71 | Webb Institute | 21500 | 73700 | 0.7085 | 106 | 1475 | 0.1404 | |
| 72 | Tufts University | 21600 | 98900 | 0.7813 | 7,126 | 1507 | 0.1149 | |
| 73 | Marywood University | 21700 | 79900 | 0.7287 | 1,833 | 1160 | 0.6058 | |
| 74 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,221 | 1204 | 0.8854 | |
| 75 | SUNY Maritime College | 22300 | 46800 | 0.524 | 1,285 | 1215 | 0.7241 | |
| 76 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 23100 | 36800 | 0.3725 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 77 | Hampshire College | 23800 | 101500 | 0.7652 | 844 | 1254 | 0.7528 | |
| 78 | University of Kentucky | 23900 | 36100 | 0.3385 | 25,534 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 79 | Norwich University | 24100 | 88400 | 0.7276 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 79 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24100 | 38000 | 0.3658 | 23,920 | 1397 | 0.5973 | |
| 81 | Judson University | 24200 | 49100 | 0.5067 | 718 | 1015 | 0.4759 | |
| 81 | University of Southern Mississippi | 24200 | 26500 | 0.0868 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
| 83 | Miami University-Oxford | 24300 | 28400 | 0.1443 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 84 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 24500 | 52700 | 0.5351 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 85 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 24900 | 42700 | 0.417 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 86 | Drury University | 25300 | 52900 | 0.5216 | 1,391 | 1228 | 0.5758 | |
| 87 | South Dakota State University | 25600 | 28700 | 0.109 | 10,719 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 88 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 25700 | 59900 | 0.5708 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 89 | Mount Mary University | 26000 | 57200 | 0.5448 | 752 | 1025 | 0.6233 | |
| 90 | University of Arkansas | 26400 | 29600 | 0.109 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.743 | |
| 91 | Hobart William Smith Colleges | 26500 | 88300 | 0.6999 | 1,794 | 1308 | 0.6399 | |
| 92 | University of Idaho | 27100 | 30600 | 0.1146 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 93 | Syracuse University | 27400 | 83100 | 0.6702 | 15,957 | 1363 | 0.4592 | |
| 93 | Woodbury University | 27400 | 66600 | 0.5886 | 786 | 1087 | 0.8165 | |
| 95 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 17,450 | 1044 | 0.9518 | |
| 96 | Thomas Jefferson University | 27700 | 67700 | 0.5907 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8097 | |
| 97 | North Dakota State University | 27800 | 30400 | 0.0833 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 98 | Mississippi State University | 28200 | 32300 | 0.1277 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 99 | University of Connecticut | 29300 | 33700 | 0.1307 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 100 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 101 | Maine Maritime Academy | 30400 | 33400 | 0.0899 | 945 | 1180 | 0.5414 | |
| 102 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 31100 | 49800 | 0.3755 | 20,591 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 103 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 31300 | 57000 | 0.4511 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.782 | |
| 104 | Kean University | 31500 | 39600 | 0.2046 | 11,758 | 1040 | 0.759 | |
| 105 | Ithaca College | 32200 | 72500 | 0.5557 | 4,268 | 1314 | 0.6901 | |
| 106 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32500 | 35100 | 0.0742 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 107 | Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design | 32900 | 57400 | 0.4258 | 838 | 1143 | 0.6054 | |
| 108 | Lawrence Technological University | 33000 | 82500 | 0.5997 | 2,579 | 1159 | 0.559 | |
| 109 | University of Oregon | 33200 | 38600 | 0.1405 | 20,622 | 1250 | 0.883 | |
| 110 | Anderson University | 33300 | 52500 | 0.3659 | 3,683 | 1209 | 0.5471 | |
| 111 | Andrews University | 35000 | 62100 | 0.4364 | 1,384 | 1143 | 0.8185 | |
| 112 | Chatham University | 35100 | 63900 | 0.451 | 1,550 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 113 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 35200 | 42800 | 0.1755 | 22,364 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 114 | Temple University | 35600 | 55300 | 0.3565 | 21,457 | 1135 | 0.8041 | |
| 115 | North Carolina A & T State University | 36300 | 36600 | 0.0082 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.499 | |
| 116 | Auburn University | 36500 | 38000 | 0.0394 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4592 | |
| 117 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 36800 | 38900 | 0.0547 | 23,329 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 118 | Benedictine College | 37800 | 50800 | 0.256 | 2,403 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 119 | Delaware Valley University | 38500 | 83300 | 0.5378 | 1,768 | 1208 | 0.9321 | |
| 119 | University of San Francisco | 38500 | 83900 | 0.5414 | 5,321 | 1292 | 0.6171 | |
| 121 | Texas Tech University | 38800 | 41000 | 0.0537 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 122 | University of Central Florida | 39600 | 39600 | 0 | 59,552 | 1280 | 0.4011 | |
| 123 | Stony Brook University | 39900 | 53000 | 0.2477 | 18,263 | 1410 | 0.4904 | |
| 124 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 41200 | 42100 | 0.0214 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 125 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 42200 | 54700 | 0.2285 | 25,900 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 126 | California College of the Arts | 42600 | 87800 | 0.5143 | 1,004 | 1079 | 0.911 | |
| 126 | Otis College of Art and Design | 42600 | 78800 | 0.4592 | 1,224 | 1335 | 0.8176 | |
| 126 | University of Maryland-College Park | 42600 | 53400 | 0.2023 | 31,133 | 1463 | 0.4479 | |
| 129 | The University of Texas at Austin | 45300 | 45300 | 0 | 43,165 | 1356 | 0.2664 | |
| 130 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 46000 | 86200 | 0.4662 | 5,741 | 1438 | 0.6347 | |
| 131 | University at Buffalo | 46800 | 46800 | 0 | 20,359 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 132 | University of Colorado Boulder | 48000 | 56600 | 0.1518 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7808 | |
| 133 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48600 | 51200 | 0.0513 | 44,819 | 1327 | 0.4987 | |
| 134 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 48700 | 92100 | 0.4715 | 8,192 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
| 135 | Drexel University | 48800 | 83800 | 0.4176 | 13,309 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 136 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 51100 | 60000 | 0.1482 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 137 | University of Utah | 51600 | 53700 | 0.0397 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 138 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53300 | 61000 | 0.1266 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 139 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 53400 | 53400 | 0 | 33,033 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 140 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58300 | 64100 | 0.0905 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 141 | Howard University | 58400 | 76900 | 0.2405 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 142 | Maryland Institute College of Art | 60700 | 71200 | 0.1476 | 1,191 | 1232 | 0.7679 | |
| 143 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 61100 | 66100 | 0.0756 | 40,684 | 1331 | 0.3915 | |
| 144 | Clemson University | 61500 | 63700 | 0.0335 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 145 | The Catholic University of America | 75800 | 82500 | 0.0812 | 3,177 | 1140 | 0.8278 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.
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