Considering a degree in Architecture?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Architecture majors who live in Iowa.
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 Iowa.
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 | 3900 | 82600 | 0.9528 | 5,813 | 1535 | 0.0462 | |
| 4 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 5000 | 40700 | 0.8762 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 5 | Yale University | 5500 | 92200 | 0.94 | 6,814 | 1507 | 0.0387 | |
| 6 | United States Merchant Marine Academy | 7500 | 8600 | 0.1278 | 962 | 1214 | 0.3424 | |
| 7 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 8000 | 90000 | 0.9116 | 4,535 | 1542 | 0.0455 | |
| 8 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8400 | 97100 | 0.914 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0399 | |
| 9 | Carnegie Mellon University | 9000 | 90900 | 0.9007 | 7,377 | 1528 | 0.1166 | |
| 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 | Rice University | 9800 | 89100 | 0.8903 | 4,789 | 1535 | 0.08 | |
| 12 | Wellesley College | 9800 | 91300 | 0.8928 | 2,407 | 1500 | 0.1405 | |
| 14 | Massachusetts Maritime Academy | 10100 | 21000 | 0.5192 | 1,402 | 1120 | 0.947 | |
| 15 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 10800 | 26000 | 0.5852 | 22,033 | 1321 | 0.3132 | |
| 16 | University of Notre Dame | 10900 | 86200 | 0.874 | 8,880 | 1500 | 0.1127 | |
| 17 | Indiana State University | 11500 | 25900 | 0.5569 | 6,224 | 1020 | 0.8077 | |
| 18 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 11600 | 29100 | 0.6019 | 40,684 | 1331 | 0.3915 | |
| 19 | California State University-Sacramento | 11700 | 30700 | 0.6186 | 28,820 | 1035 | 0.9399 | |
| 20 | Cornell University | 11800 | 93100 | 0.8735 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0876 | |
| 21 | University of Houston | 12000 | 28400 | 0.5781 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 22 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 12200 | 38800 | 0.6861 | 17,885 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 23 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 12400 | 25000 | 0.5033 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 23 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 29200 | 0.5745 | 38,040 | 1418 | 0.452 | |
| 25 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.7517 | |
| 26 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 12800 | 28000 | 0.5425 | 8,553 | 1045 | 0.8688 | |
| 27 | North Carolina A & T State University | 12900 | 17900 | 0.2801 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.499 | |
| 28 | University of North Alabama | 13100 | 28200 | 0.5358 | 7,662 | 1140 | 0.8731 | |
| 29 | Mount Holyoke College | 13600 | 89900 | 0.849 | 2,178 | 1449 | 0.3603 | |
| 29 | University of Delaware | 13600 | 34500 | 0.6054 | 20,026 | 1294 | 0.706 | |
| 31 | Utah State University | 13800 | 20800 | 0.3369 | 25,706 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 32 | Brown University | 13900 | 94000 | 0.8521 | 7,910 | 1535 | 0.0539 | |
| 33 | Middlebury College | 14000 | 89900 | 0.8443 | 2,760 | 1499 | 0.1075 | |
| 34 | Northeastern University | 15200 | 89900 | 0.8309 | 17,432 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 35 | Lehigh University | 15600 | 89600 | 0.8263 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 36 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 16000 | 27700 | 0.4218 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 37 | University of Kansas | 16100 | 34900 | 0.5393 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 38 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 16200 | 22300 | 0.2733 | 24,868 | 1214 | 0.796 | |
| 39 | The University of Texas at Austin | 16600 | 28000 | 0.4076 | 43,165 | 1356 | 0.2664 | |
| 40 | Connecticut College | 16700 | 95300 | 0.8244 | 1,990 | 1421 | 0.3704 | |
| 41 | Bennington College | 17200 | 89500 | 0.8074 | 797 | 1370 | 0.4453 | |
| 42 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 17400 | 29900 | 0.4178 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5743 | |
| 43 | Barnard College | 17600 | 99700 | 0.8232 | 3,487 | 1499 | 0.0884 | |
| 43 | Keene State College | 17600 | 41400 | 0.5757 | 2,725 | 1085 | 0.9033 | |
| 45 | Prairie View A & M University | 17700 | 25400 | 0.3032 | 8,877 | 975 | 0.7931 | |
| 46 | SUNY College of Technology at Alfred | 17800 | 38700 | 0.5395 | 3,781 | 1100 | 0.7568 | |
| 47 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 17900 | 44300 | 0.5956 | 20,591 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 48 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 18200 | 18200 | 0 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 48 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 18200 | 39000 | 0.5334 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 50 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 18400 | 30600 | 0.3971 | 38,093 | 1302 | 0.7821 | |
| 51 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 18900 | 31000 | 0.3908 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 52 | Norwich University | 19700 | 73800 | 0.7328 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 53 | University of New Orleans | 20000 | 30600 | 0.347 | 5,419 | 1040 | 0.7431 | |
| 54 | University of Southern California | 20100 | 75900 | 0.7356 | 20,630 | 1492 | 0.0981 | |
| 55 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20200 | 45200 | 0.5537 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5478 | |
| 56 | Hampshire College | 20600 | 83900 | 0.7548 | 844 | 1254 | 0.7528 | |
| 56 | South Dakota State University | 20600 | 25200 | 0.1826 | 10,719 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 58 | University of Memphis | 21000 | 29600 | 0.2909 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 59 | SUNY Maritime College | 21200 | 32000 | 0.3376 | 1,285 | 1215 | 0.7241 | |
| 60 | Webb Institute | 21400 | 89600 | 0.7608 | 106 | 1475 | 0.1404 | |
| 61 | Louisiana Tech University | 21500 | 26100 | 0.1764 | 10,881 | 1189 | 0.864 | |
| 62 | Tufts University | 21700 | 98900 | 0.7803 | 7,126 | 1507 | 0.1149 | |
| 63 | La Roche University | 22100 | 72600 | 0.6958 | 1,828 | 1059 | 0.7576 | |
| 64 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 23400 | 34500 | 0.3221 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 65 | Judson University | 24200 | 49100 | 0.5063 | 718 | 1015 | 0.4759 | |
| 66 | University at Buffalo | 24800 | 34000 | 0.2706 | 20,359 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 67 | Drury University | 25300 | 52900 | 0.5216 | 1,391 | 1228 | 0.5758 | |
| 68 | Mount Mary University | 26000 | 57200 | 0.5445 | 752 | 1025 | 0.6233 | |
| 69 | Marywood University | 26100 | 67700 | 0.6142 | 1,833 | 1160 | 0.6058 | |
| 70 | Ball State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 15,189 | 1170 | 0.855 | |
| 71 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 26500 | 36800 | 0.28 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 71 | University of Southern Mississippi | 26500 | 26500 | 0 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
| 73 | Iowa State University | 26800 | 43300 | 0.3819 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 73 | University of Arkansas | 26800 | 28900 | 0.0729 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.743 | |
| 73 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 26800 | 36600 | 0.2676 | 27,132 | 1099 | 0.9617 | |
| 76 | University of Idaho | 27000 | 45200 | 0.4023 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 77 | Hobart William Smith Colleges | 27200 | 88300 | 0.6918 | 1,794 | 1308 | 0.6399 | |
| 78 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 17,450 | 1044 | 0.9518 | |
| 79 | Syracuse University | 27700 | 83100 | 0.6665 | 15,957 | 1363 | 0.4592 | |
| 80 | North Dakota State University | 27900 | 30400 | 0.0825 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 80 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 27900 | 32800 | 0.1497 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 82 | University of Utah | 28900 | 32000 | 0.097 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 83 | University of Iowa | 29000 | 31100 | 0.0677 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 84 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 29100 | 29200 | 0.0034 | 18,288 | 1090 | 0.9068 | |
| 85 | Morgan State University | 29700 | 41900 | 0.2914 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 86 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 87 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 30100 | 42200 | 0.2866 | 15,375 | 1103 | 0.866 | |
| 88 | Portland State University | 30900 | 43100 | 0.283 | 15,414 | 1094 | 0.9087 | |
| 89 | Ithaca College | 32100 | 72500 | 0.5571 | 4,268 | 1314 | 0.6901 | |
| 90 | Lawrence Technological University | 32500 | 71900 | 0.5479 | 2,579 | 1159 | 0.559 | |
| 91 | University of Maine at Augusta | 32800 | 39600 | 0.1717 | 4,313 | 0 | 0 | |
| 92 | North Carolina State University | 32900 | 54800 | 0.3999 | 28,422 | 1378 | 0.4174 | |
| 93 | University of Rhode Island | 33000 | 46400 | 0.2886 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 94 | Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design | 33700 | 57400 | 0.4132 | 838 | 1143 | 0.6054 | |
| 95 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 34000 | 41000 | 0.1699 | 22,364 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 95 | Thomas Jefferson University | 34000 | 68100 | 0.501 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8097 | |
| 95 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 34000 | 36100 | 0.0581 | 33,033 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 98 | University of Oregon | 34700 | 40200 | 0.1372 | 20,622 | 1250 | 0.883 | |
| 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 | Temple University | 35600 | 56400 | 0.3689 | 21,457 | 1135 | 0.8041 | |
| 102 | Texas Tech University | 35700 | 38900 | 0.0823 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 103 | Mississippi State University | 36400 | 50500 | 0.2795 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 104 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 36600 | 40000 | 0.085 | 2,381 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 105 | California State University-Fresno | 36900 | 43800 | 0.1578 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 106 | University of Connecticut | 37300 | 53600 | 0.3043 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 107 | Benedictine College | 37600 | 50800 | 0.2599 | 2,403 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 108 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 38600 | 53100 | 0.2729 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 109 | Delaware Valley University | 39300 | 66900 | 0.4126 | 1,768 | 1208 | 0.9321 | |
| 110 | University of Central Florida | 39700 | 39700 | 0 | 59,552 | 1280 | 0.4011 | |
| 111 | Stony Brook University | 39900 | 53000 | 0.2473 | 18,263 | 1410 | 0.4904 | |
| 112 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5061 | 33,475 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 113 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41400 | 57000 | 0.2738 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.782 | |
| 114 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 41700 | 55200 | 0.2445 | 25,900 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 115 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 42000 | 53200 | 0.2106 | 5,731 | 1174 | 0.9064 | |
| 116 | Anderson University | 42200 | 53600 | 0.2127 | 3,683 | 1209 | 0.5471 | |
| 117 | Kean University | 42600 | 48300 | 0.118 | 11,758 | 1040 | 0.759 | |
| 118 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43100 | 53600 | 0.196 | 31,133 | 1463 | 0.4479 | |
| 119 | University of Florida | 43300 | 45700 | 0.0526 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 120 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 43900 | 57100 | 0.2297 | 23,329 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 121 | Florida Atlantic University | 44400 | 44400 | 0 | 24,876 | 1130 | 0.6613 | |
| 122 | Woodbury University | 45200 | 69500 | 0.3495 | 786 | 1087 | 0.8165 | |
| 123 | University of Illinois Chicago | 45300 | 50600 | 0.1048 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 124 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 46200 | 86300 | 0.4644 | 5,741 | 1438 | 0.6347 | |
| 125 | Maine Maritime Academy | 47200 | 49800 | 0.0522 | 945 | 1180 | 0.5414 | |
| 126 | University of Colorado Boulder | 47300 | 57700 | 0.1806 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7808 | |
| 127 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48600 | 51200 | 0.0508 | 44,819 | 1327 | 0.4987 | |
| 128 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 48700 | 91400 | 0.4673 | 8,192 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
| 129 | Drexel University | 48800 | 83900 | 0.4184 | 13,309 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 129 | University of Georgia | 48800 | 51600 | 0.0542 | 32,399 | 1382 | 0.377 | |
| 131 | University of Kentucky | 49100 | 58000 | 0.1535 | 25,534 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 132 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 53100 | 61200 | 0.1324 | 26,221 | 1204 | 0.8854 | |
| 133 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53300 | 61000 | 0.1262 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 134 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53800 | 62800 | 0.1433 | 23,920 | 1397 | 0.5973 | |
| 134 | University of San Francisco | 53800 | 84800 | 0.3655 | 5,321 | 1292 | 0.6171 | |
| 136 | Miami University-Oxford | 57400 | 57400 | 0 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 137 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58200 | 64100 | 0.092 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 138 | Auburn University | 58500 | 58500 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4592 | |
| 139 | Howard University | 60000 | 66500 | 0.0978 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 140 | Maryland Institute College of Art | 60700 | 71200 | 0.1476 | 1,191 | 1232 | 0.7679 | |
| 141 | Clemson University | 61500 | 63700 | 0.0331 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 142 | California College of the Arts | 65300 | 87600 | 0.2545 | 1,004 | 1079 | 0.911 | |
| 143 | Otis College of Art and Design | 66700 | 79800 | 0.1641 | 1,224 | 1335 | 0.8176 | |
| 144 | University of California-Berkeley | 70900 | 76100 | 0.0684 | 33,070 | 1407 | 0.1098 | |
| 145 | The Catholic University of America | 82500 | 82500 | 0 | 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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