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 | 1,081 | 1294 | 0.2432 | |
| 1 | United States Naval Academy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4,465 | 1302 | 0.0936 | |
| 3 | Princeton University | 5200 | 82400 | 0.9365 | 5,813 | 1535 | 0.0462 | |
| 4 | Yale University | 5500 | 92200 | 0.94 | 6,814 | 1507 | 0.0387 | |
| 5 | University of Pennsylvania | 7800 | 92900 | 0.9162 | 10,013 | 1528 | 0.054 | |
| 6 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8400 | 98000 | 0.9146 | 9,164 | 1494 | 0.2965 | |
| 6 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 8400 | 90000 | 0.9071 | 4,580 | 1542 | 0.0455 | |
| 8 | Rice University | 8600 | 89100 | 0.9038 | 4,789 | 1535 | 0.08 | |
| 8 | United States Merchant Marine Academy | 8600 | 8600 | 0 | 947 | 1230 | 0.3247 | |
| 10 | Carnegie Mellon University | 9000 | 90900 | 0.9007 | 7,824 | 1528 | 0.1166 | |
| 11 | Washington University in St Louis | 9400 | 96200 | 0.9024 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 12 | Wellesley College | 10000 | 91300 | 0.8906 | 2,407 | 1500 | 0.1405 | |
| 13 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 10300 | 25000 | 0.5872 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 14 | University of Notre Dame | 10500 | 86200 | 0.8787 | 8,880 | 1471 | 0.1127 | |
| 15 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 10900 | 36600 | 0.7018 | 27,082 | 1099 | 0.8459 | |
| 16 | Middlebury College | 11200 | 89900 | 0.8757 | 2,760 | 1499 | 0.1075 | |
| 17 | Brown University | 11400 | 94000 | 0.8784 | 7,910 | 1535 | 0.0539 | |
| 18 | Utah State University | 11500 | 28500 | 0.5964 | 25,920 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 19 | California State University-Sacramento | 11700 | 30700 | 0.6186 | 28,226 | 1015 | 0.9343 | |
| 20 | Cornell University | 11900 | 93100 | 0.8724 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
| 20 | University of Illinois Chicago | 11900 | 30400 | 0.6077 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 22 | California State University-Fresno | 12100 | 45900 | 0.7371 | 21,430 | 995 | 0.9638 | |
| 22 | Indiana State University | 12100 | 25900 | 0.5337 | 6,224 | 1140 | 0.8077 | |
| 24 | University of North Alabama | 12200 | 28200 | 0.5677 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 25 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 26 | Mount Holyoke College | 13200 | 89900 | 0.8534 | 2,178 | 1449 | 0.3603 | |
| 27 | University of Houston | 13300 | 23100 | 0.4244 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 28 | Portland State University | 13400 | 26100 | 0.4854 | 15,414 | 1112 | 0.9087 | |
| 29 | North Carolina A & T State University | 13600 | 17900 | 0.2409 | 12,216 | 1040 | 0.4617 | |
| 30 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 49300 | 0.7221 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 31 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 14000 | 28000 | 0.4997 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 32 | Louisiana Tech University | 14200 | 36900 | 0.6151 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 33 | University of the District of Columbia | 14300 | 26900 | 0.469 | 3,297 | 0 | 0.8384 | |
| 34 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 14700 | 64500 | 0.772 | 15,375 | 1179 | 0.866 | |
| 35 | Northeastern University | 14900 | 89900 | 0.8343 | 22,695 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 36 | University of Maine at Augusta | 15000 | 44900 | 0.6661 | 4,250 | 0 | 0.0683 | |
| 37 | Ball State University | 15400 | 22400 | 0.3129 | 15,189 | 1170 | 0.855 | |
| 38 | Lehigh University | 15700 | 89600 | 0.8252 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 38 | University of Memphis | 15700 | 26400 | 0.4061 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 40 | Keene State College | 16300 | 51200 | 0.6824 | 2,744 | 1020 | 0.9033 | |
| 41 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 16400 | 22300 | 0.2643 | 24,868 | 1214 | 0.796 | |
| 41 | University of Southern Mississippi | 16400 | 23100 | 0.29 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
| 41 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 16400 | 29200 | 0.4385 | 18,667 | 1090 | 0.9711 | |
| 44 | University of Kansas | 16500 | 37100 | 0.5542 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 45 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 16700 | 39000 | 0.5708 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 46 | Bennington College | 17300 | 89500 | 0.8068 | 797 | 1360 | 0.4453 | |
| 46 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 17300 | 26300 | 0.3407 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 48 | SUNY College of Technology at Alfred | 17500 | 46700 | 0.6255 | 3,525 | 1070 | 0.8175 | |
| 49 | Barnard College | 17600 | 99700 | 0.8232 | 3,269 | 1499 | 0.1147 | |
| 50 | University of Arkansas | 17800 | 27700 | 0.3591 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 50 | University of Rhode Island | 17800 | 46400 | 0.6159 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 52 | Morgan State University | 17900 | 19700 | 0.0915 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 53 | Prairie View A & M University | 18100 | 25400 | 0.2874 | 8,836 | 970 | 0.7794 | |
| 53 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 18100 | 35300 | 0.4868 | 5,731 | 1174 | 0.9064 | |
| 55 | The University of Texas at Austin | 19200 | 27600 | 0.3038 | 43,165 | 1348 | 0.2664 | |
| 56 | Connecticut College | 19500 | 115500 | 0.8309 | 1,990 | 1287 | 0.3704 | |
| 56 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 19500 | 29300 | 0.3339 | 1,984 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 56 | Texas Tech University | 19500 | 27900 | 0.3014 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 59 | La Roche University | 19600 | 66200 | 0.7043 | 755 | 1069 | 0.7016 | |
| 59 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 19600 | 78700 | 0.751 | 17,901 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 61 | University of Southern California | 19900 | 75800 | 0.7378 | 20,630 | 1492 | 0.0981 | |
| 62 | University of New Orleans | 20000 | 30200 | 0.3376 | 5,476 | 1050 | 0.6677 | |
| 63 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 20400 | 30700 | 0.3344 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 64 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 20600 | 34400 | 0.4011 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 65 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 20700 | 30600 | 0.326 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 66 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 21300 | 42700 | 0.5013 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 67 | Webb Institute | 21500 | 73700 | 0.7085 | 106 | 1475 | 0.1404 | |
| 68 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 68 | Tufts University | 21800 | 98900 | 0.7793 | 7,126 | 1507 | 0.1153 | |
| 70 | Marywood University | 22100 | 79900 | 0.7237 | 1,834 | 1160 | 0.6058 | |
| 71 | SUNY Maritime College | 22300 | 46800 | 0.524 | 1,286 | 1215 | 0.7242 | |
| 72 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 23400 | 35000 | 0.3315 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 73 | Hampshire College | 23900 | 101500 | 0.7642 | 844 | 1254 | 0.7528 | |
| 73 | University of Kentucky | 23900 | 36100 | 0.3365 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 75 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24100 | 38000 | 0.3658 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
| 76 | Norwich University | 24200 | 88400 | 0.7264 | 2,642 | 1182 | 0.7361 | |
| 77 | Judson University | 24300 | 49100 | 0.5056 | 793 | 985 | 0.6233 | |
| 78 | Miami University-Oxford | 24600 | 28400 | 0.1337 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 79 | South Dakota State University | 25700 | 28700 | 0.1062 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 80 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 25800 | 59900 | 0.5692 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 81 | Mount Mary University | 26100 | 57200 | 0.5439 | 749 | 1005 | 0.6634 | |
| 81 | Stony Brook University | 26100 | 33200 | 0.2129 | 18,263 | 1404 | 0.4904 | |
| 83 | Hobart William Smith Colleges | 26200 | 88300 | 0.7033 | 1,794 | 1313 | 0.6399 | |
| 84 | University of Idaho | 27100 | 45200 | 0.4001 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 85 | The Catholic University of America | 27400 | 81200 | 0.6629 | 3,177 | 1155 | 0.8278 | |
| 86 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 17,771 | 1044 | 0.7933 | |
| 87 | Thomas Jefferson University | 27700 | 67700 | 0.5907 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 88 | North Dakota State University | 27900 | 30400 | 0.0807 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 88 | Syracuse University | 27900 | 83100 | 0.6642 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 90 | Drury University | 28800 | 52900 | 0.4554 | 1,391 | 1228 | 0.5758 | |
| 91 | Clemson University | 29300 | 37100 | 0.2114 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 91 | University of Connecticut | 29300 | 33700 | 0.1307 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 93 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 94 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 31100 | 49800 | 0.3755 | 20,592 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 95 | Ithaca College | 32200 | 72500 | 0.5557 | 4,268 | 1314 | 0.6901 | |
| 96 | Massachusetts Maritime Academy | 32400 | 40200 | 0.1942 | 1,407 | 1120 | 0.7207 | |
| 97 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 32600 | 43100 | 0.2438 | 21,947 | 1335 | 0.3122 | |
| 98 | North Carolina State University | 32900 | 54800 | 0.3989 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 99 | Lawrence Technological University | 33200 | 82500 | 0.5973 | 2,579 | 1159 | 0.7403 | |
| 100 | Anderson University | 33300 | 52500 | 0.3659 | 3,405 | 1209 | 0.5471 | |
| 100 | Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design | 33300 | 57400 | 0.4192 | 885 | 1143 | 0.628 | |
| 102 | Chatham University | 35100 | 63900 | 0.451 | 1,555 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 103 | Delaware Valley University | 35200 | 83300 | 0.5774 | 1,768 | 1180 | 0.9326 | |
| 104 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 35600 | 42800 | 0.1685 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 105 | Andrews University | 35800 | 62100 | 0.4235 | 1,312 | 1196 | 0.874 | |
| 106 | Auburn University | 36400 | 38000 | 0.0421 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 106 | Mississippi State University | 36400 | 50500 | 0.2784 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 108 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37200 | 66500 | 0.4403 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 109 | Benedictine College | 37700 | 50800 | 0.2579 | 2,391 | 1223 | 0.7645 | |
| 110 | Kean University | 38800 | 48300 | 0.1967 | 11,758 | 1035 | 0.759 | |
| 110 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 38800 | 53400 | 0.2735 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 112 | University of Central Florida | 39600 | 39600 | 0 | 59,649 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
| 113 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5067 | 33,471 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 114 | Temple University | 40800 | 55300 | 0.2624 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 115 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41500 | 57000 | 0.2721 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 116 | California College of the Arts | 42400 | 87600 | 0.5158 | 1,004 | 1079 | 0.911 | |
| 117 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 42500 | 54700 | 0.223 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 118 | University of Maryland-College Park | 42800 | 53400 | 0.1985 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 119 | University of Florida | 43200 | 45600 | 0.0526 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 120 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 44000 | 57100 | 0.2287 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 121 | Florida Atlantic University | 44400 | 44400 | 0 | 24,942 | 1130 | 0.6613 | |
| 122 | University of Georgia | 45900 | 51600 | 0.1108 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 123 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 46100 | 86200 | 0.4651 | 5,743 | 1438 | 0.6343 | |
| 123 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 46100 | 60000 | 0.2315 | 31,112 | 1114 | 0.8129 | |
| 125 | University at Buffalo | 46800 | 46800 | 0 | 20,360 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 126 | Maine Maritime Academy | 47400 | 49800 | 0.0482 | 945 | 1180 | 0.5606 | |
| 127 | University of Delaware | 47500 | 61300 | 0.2251 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 128 | Drexel University | 48900 | 83800 | 0.4164 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 128 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 48900 | 92100 | 0.4693 | 7,283 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
| 130 | Woodbury University | 50700 | 69500 | 0.2704 | 825 | 1087 | 0.7287 | |
| 131 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 51000 | 84700 | 0.398 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 132 | University of Utah | 51700 | 53700 | 0.0382 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 133 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 53400 | 53400 | 0 | 33,572 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 133 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53400 | 61000 | 0.1253 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 135 | University of San Francisco | 53500 | 84800 | 0.369 | 5,321 | 1292 | 0.6171 | |
| 136 | University of Colorado Boulder | 55000 | 56600 | 0.0282 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
| 137 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 58100 | 66100 | 0.121 | 40,754 | 1391 | 0.3915 | |
| 138 | Howard University | 58300 | 76900 | 0.2418 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 138 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58300 | 64100 | 0.0905 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 140 | Maryland Institute College of Art | 60700 | 71200 | 0.1476 | 1,324 | 1174 | 0.7729 | |
| 141 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 60900 | 63000 | 0.0326 | 38,093 | 1302 | 0.7821 | |
| 142 | University of Oregon | 66900 | 68900 | 0.0297 | 20,622 | 1250 | 0.883 | |
| 143 | University of California-Berkeley | 70500 | 75900 | 0.0712 | 33,469 | 1407 | 0.1104 | |
| 144 | Otis College of Art and Design | 79000 | 79800 | 0.01 | 1,224 | 1235 | 0.8176 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.
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