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 | 1,081 | 1294 | 0.2432 | |
| 1 | United States Naval Academy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4,465 | 1302 | 0.0936 | |
| 3 | Princeton University | 5400 | 82400 | 0.9341 | 5,813 | 1535 | 0.0462 | |
| 4 | Yale University | 5500 | 92200 | 0.94 | 6,814 | 1507 | 0.0387 | |
| 5 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 8000 | 90000 | 0.9116 | 4,580 | 1542 | 0.0455 | |
| 6 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8400 | 98000 | 0.9146 | 9,164 | 1494 | 0.2965 | |
| 7 | University of Pennsylvania | 8500 | 92900 | 0.9087 | 10,013 | 1528 | 0.054 | |
| 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 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 9200 | 30000 | 0.6931 | 40,754 | 1391 | 0.3915 | |
| 12 | Washington University in St Louis | 9300 | 96200 | 0.9033 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 13 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 10600 | 25000 | 0.5752 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 14 | Wellesley College | 10700 | 91300 | 0.883 | 2,407 | 1500 | 0.1405 | |
| 15 | University of Notre Dame | 10800 | 86200 | 0.8752 | 8,880 | 1471 | 0.1127 | |
| 16 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 11100 | 27400 | 0.5946 | 27,082 | 1099 | 0.8459 | |
| 17 | Middlebury College | 11500 | 89900 | 0.8724 | 2,760 | 1499 | 0.1075 | |
| 17 | Utah State University | 11500 | 28500 | 0.5964 | 25,920 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 19 | Brown University | 11700 | 94000 | 0.8752 | 7,910 | 1535 | 0.0539 | |
| 20 | Cornell University | 11800 | 93100 | 0.8735 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
| 21 | University of Houston | 12000 | 28400 | 0.5781 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 22 | California State University-Fresno | 12400 | 45900 | 0.7306 | 21,430 | 995 | 0.9638 | |
| 23 | Massachusetts Maritime Academy | 12500 | 21000 | 0.4049 | 1,407 | 1120 | 0.7207 | |
| 24 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 24 | Indiana State University | 12600 | 31200 | 0.5968 | 6,224 | 1140 | 0.8077 | |
| 26 | Louisiana Tech University | 13100 | 36900 | 0.6449 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 27 | University of North Alabama | 13200 | 30800 | 0.5707 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 28 | Portland State University | 13500 | 26100 | 0.481 | 15,414 | 1112 | 0.9087 | |
| 28 | University of Idaho | 13500 | 25800 | 0.4773 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 30 | Mount Holyoke College | 13600 | 89900 | 0.849 | 2,178 | 1449 | 0.3603 | |
| 31 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 49300 | 0.7221 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 32 | North Carolina A & T State University | 13800 | 17900 | 0.2297 | 12,216 | 1040 | 0.4617 | |
| 33 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 13900 | 64500 | 0.7844 | 15,375 | 1179 | 0.866 | |
| 34 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 14600 | 28000 | 0.4782 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 35 | University of Georgia | 14900 | 26600 | 0.4416 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 36 | University of Maine at Augusta | 15100 | 44900 | 0.6639 | 4,250 | 0 | 0.0683 | |
| 37 | Northeastern University | 15200 | 89900 | 0.8309 | 22,695 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 38 | Lehigh University | 15600 | 89600 | 0.8263 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 39 | University of Memphis | 15700 | 29900 | 0.4745 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 40 | University of Florida | 16200 | 22500 | 0.2799 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 41 | Keene State College | 16500 | 51200 | 0.6775 | 2,744 | 1020 | 0.9033 | |
| 41 | University of Southern Mississippi | 16500 | 23100 | 0.2857 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
| 43 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 16600 | 29200 | 0.4317 | 18,667 | 1090 | 0.9711 | |
| 44 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 16700 | 22300 | 0.2509 | 24,868 | 1214 | 0.796 | |
| 45 | California State University-Sacramento | 16800 | 27600 | 0.3916 | 28,226 | 1015 | 0.9343 | |
| 46 | Bennington College | 17200 | 89500 | 0.8078 | 797 | 1360 | 0.4453 | |
| 47 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 17500 | 26300 | 0.3325 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 48 | Barnard College | 17600 | 99700 | 0.8232 | 3,269 | 1499 | 0.1147 | |
| 48 | Morgan State University | 17600 | 37200 | 0.5269 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 48 | SUNY College of Technology at Alfred | 17600 | 46700 | 0.6234 | 3,525 | 1070 | 0.8175 | |
| 51 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 18100 | 27700 | 0.3461 | 31,112 | 1114 | 0.8129 | |
| 51 | University of Rhode Island | 18100 | 46400 | 0.6094 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 53 | Prairie View A & M University | 18300 | 25400 | 0.2796 | 8,836 | 970 | 0.7794 | |
| 54 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 18400 | 30600 | 0.3971 | 38,093 | 1302 | 0.7821 | |
| 55 | Connecticut College | 19300 | 115500 | 0.8326 | 1,990 | 1287 | 0.3704 | |
| 56 | The University of Texas at Austin | 19600 | 27600 | 0.2894 | 43,165 | 1348 | 0.2664 | |
| 57 | La Roche University | 19800 | 66200 | 0.7013 | 755 | 1069 | 0.7016 | |
| 57 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 19800 | 78700 | 0.7485 | 17,901 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 59 | Iowa State University | 20100 | 24200 | 0.1726 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 59 | University of Southern California | 20100 | 75800 | 0.7352 | 20,630 | 1492 | 0.0981 | |
| 61 | University of New Orleans | 20200 | 30200 | 0.331 | 5,476 | 1050 | 0.6677 | |
| 62 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 20700 | 34400 | 0.3982 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 63 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 21300 | 53000 | 0.5987 | 5,731 | 1174 | 0.9064 | |
| 64 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 21500 | 42700 | 0.4966 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 64 | Webb Institute | 21500 | 73700 | 0.7085 | 106 | 1475 | 0.1404 | |
| 66 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 67 | Tufts University | 22000 | 98900 | 0.7773 | 7,126 | 1507 | 0.1153 | |
| 68 | South Dakota State University | 22100 | 25200 | 0.1243 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 69 | Marywood University | 22300 | 79900 | 0.7212 | 1,834 | 1160 | 0.6058 | |
| 70 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 23200 | 40000 | 0.4201 | 1,984 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 71 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 23300 | 35000 | 0.3343 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 72 | Hampshire College | 23700 | 101500 | 0.7662 | 844 | 1254 | 0.7528 | |
| 73 | University of Kentucky | 23900 | 36100 | 0.3385 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 74 | Judson University | 24200 | 49100 | 0.5067 | 793 | 985 | 0.6233 | |
| 75 | Norwich University | 24300 | 88400 | 0.7253 | 2,642 | 1182 | 0.7361 | |
| 76 | Temple University | 25000 | 36400 | 0.3134 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 77 | University of Kansas | 25400 | 44000 | 0.4231 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 78 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 26000 | 59900 | 0.5658 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 78 | Mount Mary University | 26000 | 57200 | 0.5448 | 749 | 1005 | 0.6634 | |
| 80 | Hobart William Smith Colleges | 26100 | 88300 | 0.7044 | 1,794 | 1313 | 0.6399 | |
| 81 | Ball State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 15,189 | 1170 | 0.855 | |
| 82 | SUNY Maritime College | 26600 | 46800 | 0.432 | 1,286 | 1215 | 0.7242 | |
| 83 | University of Arkansas | 26800 | 29600 | 0.0957 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 84 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 17,771 | 1044 | 0.7933 | |
| 85 | Thomas Jefferson University | 27600 | 67700 | 0.5922 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 86 | North Dakota State University | 27800 | 30400 | 0.0835 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 86 | Syracuse University | 27800 | 83100 | 0.6654 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 88 | Mississippi State University | 28200 | 32300 | 0.1279 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 89 | Drury University | 28700 | 52900 | 0.4573 | 1,391 | 1228 | 0.5758 | |
| 90 | University of Iowa | 29000 | 31100 | 0.0686 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 91 | University of Connecticut | 29200 | 33700 | 0.1337 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 92 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 93 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 31100 | 49800 | 0.3755 | 20,592 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 94 | Kean University | 31500 | 39600 | 0.2046 | 11,758 | 1035 | 0.759 | |
| 95 | Ithaca College | 32100 | 72500 | 0.5571 | 4,268 | 1314 | 0.6901 | |
| 96 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 32200 | 36700 | 0.121 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 97 | North Carolina State University | 32800 | 54800 | 0.4004 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 98 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 32900 | 43100 | 0.2368 | 21,947 | 1335 | 0.3122 | |
| 99 | Anderson University | 33200 | 52500 | 0.3678 | 3,405 | 1209 | 0.5471 | |
| 100 | Lawrence Technological University | 33400 | 82500 | 0.5949 | 2,579 | 1159 | 0.7403 | |
| 101 | Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design | 33600 | 57400 | 0.4137 | 885 | 1143 | 0.628 | |
| 102 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 34200 | 58500 | 0.4159 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 103 | Chatham University | 35100 | 63900 | 0.451 | 1,555 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 104 | Delaware Valley University | 35400 | 83300 | 0.575 | 1,768 | 1180 | 0.9326 | |
| 105 | Andrews University | 35800 | 62100 | 0.4235 | 1,312 | 1196 | 0.874 | |
| 105 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 35800 | 42800 | 0.1615 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 107 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 36800 | 38900 | 0.0548 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 108 | Benedictine College | 37600 | 50800 | 0.2599 | 2,391 | 1223 | 0.7645 | |
| 108 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37600 | 66500 | 0.4343 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 110 | Texas Tech University | 38600 | 41000 | 0.0586 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 110 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 38600 | 53400 | 0.2773 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 112 | University of Central Florida | 39600 | 39600 | 0 | 59,649 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
| 113 | Stony Brook University | 39900 | 53000 | 0.2478 | 18,263 | 1404 | 0.4904 | |
| 114 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5067 | 33,471 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 115 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41400 | 57000 | 0.2738 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 116 | California College of the Arts | 42500 | 87600 | 0.5147 | 1,004 | 1079 | 0.911 | |
| 117 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 42800 | 54700 | 0.2175 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 118 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43100 | 53400 | 0.1929 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 119 | University of Illinois Chicago | 44200 | 49300 | 0.1034 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 120 | Florida Atlantic University | 44400 | 44400 | 0 | 24,942 | 1130 | 0.6613 | |
| 121 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 46100 | 86200 | 0.4651 | 5,743 | 1438 | 0.6343 | |
| 122 | University at Buffalo | 46800 | 46800 | 0 | 20,360 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 123 | Maine Maritime Academy | 47200 | 49800 | 0.0522 | 945 | 1180 | 0.5606 | |
| 124 | University of Delaware | 47800 | 61300 | 0.2208 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 125 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48600 | 51200 | 0.0514 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 126 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 48700 | 92100 | 0.4715 | 7,283 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
| 127 | Drexel University | 48800 | 83800 | 0.4176 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 128 | Woodbury University | 50600 | 69500 | 0.2719 | 825 | 1087 | 0.7287 | |
| 129 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 51000 | 84700 | 0.398 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 130 | University of Utah | 51600 | 53700 | 0.0398 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 131 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 53400 | 53400 | 0 | 33,572 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 132 | Howard University | 53500 | 76900 | 0.3042 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 133 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53700 | 64200 | 0.1635 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
| 133 | University of San Francisco | 53700 | 84800 | 0.3666 | 5,321 | 1292 | 0.6171 | |
| 135 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 54000 | 56100 | 0.038 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 136 | University of Colorado Boulder | 55400 | 56600 | 0.0212 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
| 137 | Miami University-Oxford | 56600 | 56600 | 0 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 138 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58200 | 64100 | 0.0921 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 139 | Auburn University | 58700 | 58700 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 140 | Maryland Institute College of Art | 60700 | 71200 | 0.1476 | 1,324 | 1174 | 0.7729 | |
| 141 | Clemson University | 61500 | 63700 | 0.0335 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 142 | University of Oregon | 66800 | 68900 | 0.031 | 20,622 | 1250 | 0.883 | |
| 143 | University of California-Berkeley | 70700 | 75900 | 0.0685 | 33,469 | 1407 | 0.1104 | |
| 144 | The Catholic University of America | 76300 | 82500 | 0.0751 | 3,177 | 1155 | 0.8278 | |
| 145 | Otis College of Art and Design | 79400 | 79800 | 0.005 | 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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