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 | 1,108 | 1334 | 0.2244 | |
| 1 | United States Naval Academy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4,474 | 1305 | 0.0927 | |
| 3 | Princeton University | 3700 | 82600 | 0.9552 | 5,813 | 1535 | 0.0462 | |
| 4 | Yale University | 5500 | 92200 | 0.94 | 6,814 | 1507 | 0.0387 | |
| 5 | United States Merchant Marine Academy | 7300 | 8600 | 0.1511 | 962 | 1214 | 0.3424 | |
| 6 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8300 | 97100 | 0.915 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0399 | |
| 7 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 8400 | 90000 | 0.9071 | 4,535 | 1542 | 0.0455 | |
| 8 | Carnegie Mellon University | 9000 | 90900 | 0.9007 | 7,377 | 1528 | 0.1166 | |
| 9 | Wellesley College | 9200 | 91300 | 0.8994 | 2,407 | 1500 | 0.1405 | |
| 10 | Washington University in St Louis | 9300 | 102300 | 0.9087 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 11 | University of Pennsylvania | 9500 | 92900 | 0.8977 | 11,478 | 1536 | 0.054 | |
| 12 | Utah State University | 9700 | 26700 | 0.6361 | 25,706 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 13 | Rice University | 9800 | 89100 | 0.8903 | 4,789 | 1535 | 0.08 | |
| 14 | Massachusetts Maritime Academy | 10100 | 21000 | 0.5192 | 1,402 | 1120 | 0.947 | |
| 15 | University of Notre Dame | 10600 | 86200 | 0.8775 | 8,880 | 1500 | 0.1127 | |
| 16 | Indiana State University | 11200 | 25900 | 0.5685 | 6,224 | 1020 | 0.8077 | |
| 17 | Florida Atlantic University | 11600 | 25800 | 0.5511 | 24,876 | 1130 | 0.6613 | |
| 18 | California State University-Sacramento | 11700 | 30700 | 0.6186 | 28,820 | 1035 | 0.9399 | |
| 19 | Cornell University | 11800 | 93100 | 0.8735 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0876 | |
| 20 | University of Central Florida | 11900 | 25300 | 0.529 | 59,552 | 1280 | 0.4011 | |
| 21 | University of Houston | 12000 | 28400 | 0.5781 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 22 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 29200 | 0.5745 | 38,040 | 1418 | 0.452 | |
| 23 | Mount Holyoke College | 13200 | 89900 | 0.8534 | 2,178 | 1449 | 0.3603 | |
| 24 | University of Georgia | 13600 | 26600 | 0.4887 | 32,399 | 1382 | 0.377 | |
| 25 | Middlebury College | 13700 | 89900 | 0.8477 | 2,760 | 1499 | 0.1075 | |
| 26 | Brown University | 13900 | 94000 | 0.8521 | 7,910 | 1535 | 0.0539 | |
| 27 | University of Idaho | 14000 | 25800 | 0.4582 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 28 | University of the District of Columbia | 14300 | 26900 | 0.469 | 3,610 | 0 | 0 | |
| 29 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 14700 | 26500 | 0.4465 | 22,364 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 30 | Northeastern University | 14800 | 89900 | 0.8354 | 17,432 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 31 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 15300 | 31000 | 0.506 | 8,553 | 1045 | 0.8688 | |
| 32 | Ball State University | 15500 | 22400 | 0.3085 | 15,189 | 1170 | 0.855 | |
| 33 | Lehigh University | 15600 | 89600 | 0.8263 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 34 | University of Kansas | 15900 | 34900 | 0.545 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 35 | Connecticut College | 16700 | 95300 | 0.8244 | 1,990 | 1421 | 0.3704 | |
| 36 | SUNY College of Technology at Alfred | 17100 | 29500 | 0.4201 | 3,781 | 1100 | 0.7568 | |
| 37 | Bennington College | 17200 | 89500 | 0.8074 | 797 | 1370 | 0.4453 | |
| 38 | Keene State College | 17400 | 41400 | 0.5784 | 2,725 | 1085 | 0.9033 | |
| 39 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 17500 | 29900 | 0.4144 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5743 | |
| 40 | Barnard College | 17600 | 99700 | 0.8232 | 3,487 | 1499 | 0.0884 | |
| 40 | Prairie View A & M University | 17600 | 25400 | 0.3071 | 8,877 | 975 | 0.7931 | |
| 42 | University of California-Berkeley | 18100 | 43500 | 0.5844 | 33,070 | 1407 | 0.1098 | |
| 43 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 18400 | 30600 | 0.3971 | 38,093 | 1302 | 0.7821 | |
| 44 | University of Illinois Chicago | 18700 | 30100 | 0.3793 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 45 | University of Rhode Island | 19000 | 33900 | 0.4396 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 46 | Norwich University | 19500 | 73800 | 0.7355 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 47 | University of Colorado Boulder | 19600 | 31900 | 0.3851 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7808 | |
| 48 | University of New Orleans | 19800 | 30600 | 0.3535 | 5,419 | 1040 | 0.7431 | |
| 48 | University of Southern California | 19800 | 75900 | 0.7395 | 20,630 | 1492 | 0.0981 | |
| 50 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 19900 | 78600 | 0.7467 | 17,885 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 51 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20200 | 45200 | 0.5537 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5478 | |
| 52 | Hampshire College | 20700 | 83900 | 0.7536 | 844 | 1254 | 0.7528 | |
| 53 | University of Memphis | 20800 | 29600 | 0.2976 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 54 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27300 | 0.2346 | 31,133 | 1463 | 0.4479 | |
| 55 | SUNY Maritime College | 21000 | 32000 | 0.3439 | 1,285 | 1215 | 0.7241 | |
| 56 | Louisiana Tech University | 21200 | 26100 | 0.1879 | 10,881 | 1189 | 0.864 | |
| 57 | Webb Institute | 21400 | 89600 | 0.7608 | 106 | 1475 | 0.1404 | |
| 58 | Tufts University | 21500 | 98900 | 0.7823 | 7,126 | 1507 | 0.1149 | |
| 59 | La Roche University | 21700 | 72600 | 0.7014 | 1,828 | 1059 | 0.7576 | |
| 60 | University of Southern Mississippi | 23100 | 23100 | 0 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
| 61 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24100 | 39300 | 0.3873 | 23,920 | 1397 | 0.5973 | |
| 62 | Judson University | 24200 | 49100 | 0.5063 | 718 | 1015 | 0.4759 | |
| 62 | Miami University-Oxford | 24200 | 27500 | 0.1202 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 64 | Temple University | 24700 | 36100 | 0.316 | 21,457 | 1135 | 0.8041 | |
| 65 | Drury University | 25300 | 52900 | 0.5216 | 1,391 | 1228 | 0.5758 | |
| 66 | South Dakota State University | 25600 | 28700 | 0.1082 | 10,719 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 67 | Marywood University | 26000 | 67700 | 0.6157 | 1,833 | 1160 | 0.6058 | |
| 67 | Mount Mary University | 26000 | 57200 | 0.5445 | 752 | 1025 | 0.6233 | |
| 69 | Stony Brook University | 26100 | 33200 | 0.2129 | 18,263 | 1410 | 0.4904 | |
| 70 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 26300 | 36800 | 0.2855 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 71 | University of Arkansas | 26700 | 28900 | 0.0764 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.743 | |
| 71 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 26700 | 36600 | 0.2704 | 27,132 | 1099 | 0.9617 | |
| 73 | Hobart William Smith Colleges | 27200 | 88300 | 0.6918 | 1,794 | 1308 | 0.6399 | |
| 74 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 17,450 | 1044 | 0.9518 | |
| 75 | Syracuse University | 27700 | 83100 | 0.6665 | 15,957 | 1363 | 0.4592 | |
| 75 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 27700 | 32800 | 0.1558 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 75 | University of North Alabama | 27700 | 37300 | 0.2574 | 7,662 | 1140 | 0.8731 | |
| 78 | North Dakota State University | 27900 | 30400 | 0.0825 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 79 | Mississippi State University | 28200 | 32300 | 0.1269 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 80 | The Catholic University of America | 28500 | 81200 | 0.6494 | 3,177 | 1140 | 0.8278 | |
| 81 | University of Utah | 28900 | 32000 | 0.097 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 82 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 29100 | 29200 | 0.0034 | 18,288 | 1090 | 0.9068 | |
| 83 | Morgan State University | 29600 | 41900 | 0.2938 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 84 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 29900 | 42200 | 0.2913 | 15,375 | 1103 | 0.866 | |
| 85 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 86 | Portland State University | 30700 | 43100 | 0.2877 | 15,414 | 1094 | 0.9087 | |
| 87 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 31200 | 48800 | 0.361 | 20,591 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 88 | North Carolina A & T State University | 31300 | 36700 | 0.147 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.499 | |
| 89 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 31400 | 41200 | 0.2381 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.7517 | |
| 90 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 32100 | 43100 | 0.2554 | 22,033 | 1321 | 0.3132 | |
| 91 | Ithaca College | 32200 | 72500 | 0.5557 | 4,268 | 1314 | 0.6901 | |
| 91 | Lawrence Technological University | 32200 | 71900 | 0.552 | 2,579 | 1159 | 0.559 | |
| 93 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32500 | 35100 | 0.0742 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 94 | University of Maine at Augusta | 32700 | 39600 | 0.1742 | 4,313 | 0 | 0 | |
| 95 | North Carolina State University | 32900 | 54800 | 0.3999 | 28,422 | 1378 | 0.4174 | |
| 96 | Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design | 33300 | 57400 | 0.4202 | 838 | 1143 | 0.6054 | |
| 97 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 33800 | 36100 | 0.0637 | 33,033 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 98 | Thomas Jefferson University | 34100 | 68100 | 0.4995 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8097 | |
| 99 | Andrews University | 35000 | 70100 | 0.5008 | 1,384 | 1143 | 0.8185 | |
| 99 | Chatham University | 35000 | 63300 | 0.4474 | 1,550 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 101 | Texas Tech University | 35500 | 38900 | 0.0874 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 102 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 36400 | 47500 | 0.2338 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 103 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 36600 | 40000 | 0.085 | 2,381 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 104 | California State University-Fresno | 36700 | 43800 | 0.1624 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 105 | University of Connecticut | 37400 | 53600 | 0.3025 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 106 | Benedictine College | 37700 | 50800 | 0.2579 | 2,403 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 107 | Delaware Valley University | 39200 | 66900 | 0.4141 | 1,768 | 1208 | 0.9321 | |
| 108 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 39500 | 39800 | 0.0075 | 24,868 | 1214 | 0.796 | |
| 109 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 40200 | 44100 | 0.0885 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 110 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 40300 | 50000 | 0.1942 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 111 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 40400 | 48500 | 0.1669 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 111 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5061 | 33,475 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 113 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 41300 | 55200 | 0.2517 | 25,900 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 114 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41400 | 57000 | 0.2738 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.782 | |
| 115 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 41700 | 53200 | 0.2162 | 5,731 | 1174 | 0.9064 | |
| 116 | Anderson University | 42300 | 53600 | 0.2108 | 3,683 | 1209 | 0.5471 | |
| 117 | Kean University | 42600 | 48300 | 0.118 | 11,758 | 1040 | 0.759 | |
| 118 | University of Florida | 43300 | 45700 | 0.0526 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 119 | University at Buffalo | 43800 | 46700 | 0.0621 | 20,359 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 120 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 43900 | 57100 | 0.2297 | 23,329 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 121 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 46100 | 86300 | 0.4656 | 5,741 | 1438 | 0.6347 | |
| 122 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47000 | 59700 | 0.2127 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 123 | Maine Maritime Academy | 47300 | 49800 | 0.0502 | 945 | 1180 | 0.5414 | |
| 124 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 48000 | 55800 | 0.1398 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 125 | University of Delaware | 48300 | 61300 | 0.213 | 20,026 | 1294 | 0.706 | |
| 126 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48600 | 51200 | 0.0508 | 44,819 | 1327 | 0.4987 | |
| 127 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 48700 | 91400 | 0.4673 | 8,192 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
| 128 | Drexel University | 48900 | 83900 | 0.4172 | 13,309 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 129 | University of Kentucky | 49200 | 58000 | 0.1526 | 25,534 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 130 | The University of Texas at Austin | 49800 | 59400 | 0.1617 | 43,165 | 1356 | 0.2664 | |
| 131 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 51000 | 84700 | 0.398 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 132 | Woodbury University | 52900 | 69500 | 0.2388 | 786 | 1087 | 0.8165 | |
| 133 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 53100 | 61200 | 0.1324 | 26,221 | 1204 | 0.8854 | |
| 134 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53300 | 61000 | 0.1262 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 135 | University of San Francisco | 53700 | 84800 | 0.3666 | 5,321 | 1292 | 0.6171 | |
| 136 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58200 | 64100 | 0.092 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 137 | Auburn University | 58500 | 58500 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4592 | |
| 138 | Howard University | 60000 | 66500 | 0.0978 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 139 | Maryland Institute College of Art | 60700 | 71200 | 0.1476 | 1,191 | 1232 | 0.7679 | |
| 140 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 61100 | 63200 | 0.0332 | 40,684 | 1331 | 0.3915 | |
| 141 | Clemson University | 61500 | 63700 | 0.0331 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 142 | University of Oregon | 64200 | 71300 | 0.0997 | 20,622 | 1250 | 0.883 | |
| 143 | California College of the Arts | 65300 | 87600 | 0.2545 | 1,004 | 1079 | 0.911 | |
| 144 | Otis College of Art and Design | 66700 | 79800 | 0.1641 | 1,224 | 1335 | 0.8176 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.
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