Considering a degree in Architecture?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Architecture majors who live in District of Columbia.
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 District of Columbia.
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 | Princeton University | 3800 | 83400 | 0.9544 | 5,916 | 1528 | 0.0442 | |
| 4 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 3900 | 93300 | 0.9581 | 4,561 | 1542 | 0.0456 | |
| 5 | University of Pennsylvania | 4400 | 93100 | 0.9532 | 9,989 | 1535 | 0.0492 | |
| 6 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 7100 | 41500 | 0.8297 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 7 | United States Merchant Marine Academy | 7300 | 8800 | 0.1714 | 962 | 1214 | 0.3424 | |
| 8 | University of Notre Dame | 7600 | 89100 | 0.9145 | 8,950 | 1497 | 0.0938 | |
| 8 | Washington University in St Louis | 7600 | 102300 | 0.9256 | 8,153 | 1512 | 0.1192 | |
| 10 | Carnegie Mellon University | 8800 | 90900 | 0.9027 | 7,728 | 1528 | 0.1107 | |
| 11 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8900 | 98000 | 0.9095 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 11 | Middlebury College | 8900 | 94500 | 0.9058 | 2,640 | 1499 | 0.1277 | |
| 13 | Rice University | 9700 | 92500 | 0.8954 | 4,807 | 1528 | 0.0801 | |
| 14 | Portland State University | 9900 | 43300 | 0.7719 | 14,932 | 1174 | 0.8586 | |
| 15 | University of California-Davis | 10200 | 38600 | 0.7362 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 15 | Wellesley College | 10200 | 95400 | 0.8926 | 2,366 | 1499 | 0.1479 | |
| 17 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 10500 | 26000 | 0.5968 | 22,313 | 1341 | 0.2996 | |
| 18 | Cornell University | 10800 | 93700 | 0.8846 | 16,138 | 1528 | 0.0838 | |
| 19 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 10900 | 27400 | 0.6019 | 27,963 | 1090 | 0.8395 | |
| 20 | University of the District of Columbia | 11100 | 27500 | 0.5972 | 3,610 | 0 | 0.8384 | |
| 21 | Massachusetts Maritime Academy | 11300 | 46600 | 0.7575 | 1,511 | 1120 | 0.9202 | |
| 22 | California State University-Fresno | 11500 | 19600 | 0.4167 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 22 | University of Illinois Chicago | 11500 | 30200 | 0.6201 | 24,260 | 1174 | 0.7576 | |
| 24 | Brown University | 12100 | 94000 | 0.8712 | 7,951 | 1500 | 0.0634 | |
| 25 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 12200 | 29300 | 0.5836 | 8,421 | 1054 | 0.9444 | |
| 26 | Mount Holyoke College | 12800 | 89900 | 0.8577 | 2,135 | 1419 | 0.3841 | |
| 26 | North Carolina A & T State University | 12800 | 17900 | 0.2857 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.5125 | |
| 28 | Kean University | 12900 | 39200 | 0.6709 | 11,932 | 1040 | 0.7811 | |
| 28 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 12900 | 35000 | 0.631 | 18,667 | 1090 | 0.9711 | |
| 30 | Louisiana Tech University | 13100 | 42900 | 0.6945 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 31 | University of North Alabama | 13600 | 28200 | 0.518 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 32 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 61700 | 0.7774 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 33 | Utah State University | 13800 | 20800 | 0.3369 | 26,629 | 1168 | 0.9212 | |
| 34 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 13900 | 25600 | 0.4562 | 10,396 | 1125 | 0.7162 | |
| 35 | University of Memphis | 14300 | 26400 | 0.4592 | 15,538 | 1080 | 0.7878 | |
| 36 | University of Maine at Augusta | 14700 | 54900 | 0.732 | 4,313 | 0 | 0 | |
| 37 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 14900 | 54400 | 0.7266 | 15,735 | 1069 | 0.8797 | |
| 38 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 15900 | 22300 | 0.2867 | 26,213 | 1209 | 0.7778 | |
| 39 | Indiana State University | 16200 | 32400 | 0.5002 | 6,352 | 1015 | 0.9157 | |
| 39 | Keene State College | 16200 | 51400 | 0.686 | 2,640 | 1064 | 0.8982 | |
| 41 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 16400 | 26500 | 0.3822 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 42 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 16500 | 41200 | 0.6002 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 42 | Georgia Southern University | 16500 | 49700 | 0.6682 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 44 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 16800 | 28100 | 0.4027 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 44 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 16800 | 26300 | 0.3611 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 46 | Bennington College | 17100 | 89500 | 0.8095 | 708 | 1402 | 0.3721 | |
| 47 | University of Kentucky | 17300 | 36500 | 0.5244 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 48 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 17400 | 44100 | 0.6057 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 49 | Barnard College | 17500 | 99700 | 0.8241 | 3,223 | 1499 | 0.1005 | |
| 49 | California State University-Sacramento | 17500 | 30700 | 0.4298 | 28,619 | 1015 | 0.9357 | |
| 49 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 17500 | 29900 | 0.4138 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 52 | Morgan State University | 17600 | 42200 | 0.5834 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 53 | Yale University | 17700 | 278600 | 0.9365 | 6,667 | 1507 | 0.0475 | |
| 54 | The University of Texas at Austin | 17800 | 28100 | 0.3661 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 55 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 17900 | 47900 | 0.6257 | 21,028 | 1450 | 0.1334 | |
| 56 | SUNY College of Technology at Alfred | 18100 | 37500 | 0.5173 | 3,758 | 0 | 0.7236 | |
| 57 | La Roche University | 18300 | 87300 | 0.7906 | 1,972 | 990 | 0.6638 | |
| 58 | Olivet Nazarene University | 18600 | 79300 | 0.7651 | 2,704 | 1104 | 0.5586 | |
| 59 | Norwich University | 19000 | 100600 | 0.8114 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 60 | Connecticut College | 19300 | 93000 | 0.7922 | 1,953 | 1284 | 0.3923 | |
| 61 | Lehigh University | 19400 | 89800 | 0.7841 | 5,986 | 1436 | 0.2896 | |
| 62 | University of Houston | 19700 | 28400 | 0.3067 | 40,366 | 1224 | 0.7577 | |
| 63 | University of Rhode Island | 19800 | 47400 | 0.5824 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 63 | University of Southern California | 19800 | 76400 | 0.7413 | 20,768 | 1499 | 0.1119 | |
| 65 | SUNY College of Technology at Delhi | 19900 | 55300 | 0.6399 | 2,881 | 1040 | 0.89 | |
| 66 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20100 | 45100 | 0.5546 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 67 | South Dakota State University | 20400 | 25200 | 0.1898 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 68 | Syracuse University | 20600 | 83600 | 0.7536 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 69 | University of New Orleans | 20800 | 30000 | 0.3062 | 5,419 | 1040 | 0.7431 | |
| 70 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 21700 | 80400 | 0.7298 | 17,848 | 1470 | 0.1565 | |
| 71 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 71 | University of Kansas | 21800 | 44400 | 0.5091 | 22,544 | 1176 | 0.9258 | |
| 73 | Marywood University | 22100 | 93800 | 0.7644 | 1,936 | 1144 | 0.7878 | |
| 74 | Mount Mary University | 22300 | 57200 | 0.6101 | 616 | 1069 | 0.831 | |
| 75 | Tufts University | 22400 | 99000 | 0.7738 | 7,031 | 1497 | 0.1082 | |
| 76 | SUNY Maritime College | 22800 | 59200 | 0.6152 | 1,401 | 1164 | 0.785 | |
| 77 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 22900 | 36100 | 0.3653 | 34,447 | 1273 | 0.8804 | |
| 78 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 24000 | 60700 | 0.6046 | 1,984 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 78 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24000 | 38500 | 0.3764 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 80 | Judson University | 24100 | 49100 | 0.5087 | 697 | 1010 | 0.8905 | |
| 81 | Miami University-Oxford | 24300 | 28300 | 0.1413 | 16,405 | 1284 | 0.74 | |
| 82 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 24800 | 36800 | 0.3263 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 83 | Delaware Valley University | 25900 | 95800 | 0.7297 | 1,680 | 1189 | 0.9268 | |
| 84 | Ball State University | 26500 | 26500 | 0 | 15,950 | 1185 | 0.8625 | |
| 85 | University of Arkansas | 26600 | 44700 | 0.4046 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 86 | Drury University | 26700 | 54500 | 0.51 | 1,453 | 1209 | 0.6575 | |
| 87 | University of Southern Mississippi | 27200 | 27200 | 0 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 88 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 18,028 | 1059 | 0.7996 | |
| 89 | Hobart William Smith Colleges | 27600 | 88300 | 0.6873 | 1,862 | 1296 | 0.667 | |
| 90 | North Dakota State University | 27700 | 30400 | 0.0884 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 91 | Thomas Jefferson University | 29700 | 70000 | 0.5752 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 92 | Lawrence Technological University | 29800 | 99100 | 0.6996 | 2,661 | 1149 | 0.8101 | |
| 92 | The Catholic University of America | 29800 | 81200 | 0.6334 | 3,294 | 1229 | 0.7328 | |
| 94 | Ithaca College | 30100 | 72600 | 0.5851 | 4,205 | 1328 | 0.7015 | |
| 94 | Mississippi State University | 30100 | 34400 | 0.1245 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 96 | Prairie View A & M University | 30700 | 39600 | 0.2247 | 9,022 | 960 | 0.7836 | |
| 97 | Iowa State University | 30900 | 45200 | 0.3159 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 98 | Kent State University at Kent | 31200 | 37500 | 0.1676 | 21,144 | 1104 | 0.7603 | |
| 99 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 31900 | 54400 | 0.4135 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 100 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32200 | 35200 | 0.0853 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 101 | Anderson University | 32300 | 54700 | 0.4098 | 3,724 | 1209 | 0.5491 | |
| 102 | North Carolina State University | 32700 | 54800 | 0.4032 | 29,340 | 1374 | 0.3954 | |
| 103 | Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design | 33200 | 61800 | 0.4624 | 838 | 1143 | 0.6054 | |
| 104 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 33600 | 38200 | 0.1199 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 105 | University of Oregon | 34500 | 40200 | 0.1416 | 20,710 | 1193 | 0.8742 | |
| 106 | Samford University | 34600 | 93800 | 0.6312 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 107 | University of Idaho | 34800 | 48700 | 0.2854 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 108 | Chatham University | 34900 | 63900 | 0.4541 | 1,555 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 109 | Auburn University | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 109 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 35000 | 46400 | 0.2454 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 111 | Texas Tech University | 35500 | 41000 | 0.1342 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 112 | Temple University | 35800 | 57200 | 0.3739 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 113 | Andrews University | 37200 | 76700 | 0.5148 | 1,384 | 1143 | 0.8185 | |
| 113 | University of Connecticut | 37200 | 66200 | 0.4384 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 115 | Benedictine College | 37700 | 52500 | 0.2817 | 2,404 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 116 | Maine Maritime Academy | 38500 | 53000 | 0.2737 | 977 | 1189 | 0.9615 | |
| 117 | Drexel University | 39500 | 86400 | 0.5431 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 118 | Stony Brook University | 39700 | 53000 | 0.2507 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 119 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 40000 | 59200 | 0.3241 | 5,986 | 1110 | 0.8916 | |
| 120 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5061 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 121 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41200 | 58700 | 0.2983 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 121 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 41200 | 55300 | 0.2552 | 21,388 | 1369 | 0.5945 | |
| 123 | University of Central Florida | 42100 | 42800 | 0.0164 | 60,083 | 1289 | 0.428 | |
| 124 | University of Arizona | 42800 | 48600 | 0.1193 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 124 | University of Maryland-College Park | 42800 | 58500 | 0.2682 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 126 | University of Florida | 43100 | 45700 | 0.057 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 127 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 43200 | 88100 | 0.5095 | 35,358 | 1448 | 0.1642 | |
| 128 | Florida Atlantic University | 45300 | 45300 | 0 | 25,626 | 1150 | 0.5497 | |
| 129 | University at Buffalo | 46400 | 46400 | 0 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 130 | Otis College of Art and Design | 46700 | 79800 | 0.4145 | 1,188 | 1335 | 0.8034 | |
| 131 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47100 | 61500 | 0.2338 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 132 | University of Delaware | 47500 | 62400 | 0.2385 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 133 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48500 | 51200 | 0.0544 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 134 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 49000 | 67600 | 0.2752 | 40,996 | 1399 | 0.4175 | |
| 135 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 50500 | 58800 | 0.141 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 136 | University of California-Berkeley | 51600 | 76600 | 0.3263 | 33,513 | 1407 | 0.1145 | |
| 137 | University of Georgia | 52100 | 52100 | 0 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 138 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 53000 | 86300 | 0.3858 | 5,833 | 1440 | 0.6725 | |
| 139 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 54100 | 96100 | 0.4369 | 6,839 | 1469 | 0.1446 | |
| 140 | Howard University | 55000 | 88500 | 0.3787 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 140 | University of San Francisco | 55000 | 87200 | 0.3693 | 5,171 | 1333 | 0.7176 | |
| 142 | University of Colorado Boulder | 55300 | 70900 | 0.22 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7809 | |
| 143 | Maryland Institute College of Art | 58400 | 71200 | 0.1797 | 1,192 | 1232 | 0.7681 | |
| 144 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58500 | 63600 | 0.0803 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 145 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 58700 | 62100 | 0.0548 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 146 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 60700 | 63000 | 0.0363 | 38,463 | 1324 | 0.7589 | |
| 147 | Webb Institute | 61200 | 74800 | 0.1819 | 104 | 1465 | 0.2484 | |
| 148 | Clemson University | 61400 | 63700 | 0.0359 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.
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