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 | 1,063 | 1334 | 0.206 | |
| 1 | United States Naval Academy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4,474 | 1305 | 0.0927 | |
| 3 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 4000 | 93300 | 0.9568 | 4,561 | 1542 | 0.0456 | |
| 3 | Princeton University | 4000 | 83500 | 0.9526 | 5,916 | 1535 | 0.0442 | |
| 5 | University of Pennsylvania | 4800 | 93100 | 0.9489 | 9,989 | 1536 | 0.0492 | |
| 6 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 5700 | 40700 | 0.859 | 35,358 | 1435 | 0.1642 | |
| 7 | United States Merchant Marine Academy | 7300 | 7900 | 0.0759 | 962 | 1214 | 0.3424 | |
| 8 | Washington University in St Louis | 7500 | 102300 | 0.9267 | 8,153 | 1513 | 0.1192 | |
| 9 | University of Notre Dame | 7800 | 89100 | 0.9123 | 8,950 | 1500 | 0.0938 | |
| 10 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8700 | 98000 | 0.9113 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 11 | Carnegie Mellon University | 9400 | 90900 | 0.8962 | 7,728 | 1528 | 0.1107 | |
| 12 | Portland State University | 9600 | 26100 | 0.633 | 14,932 | 1094 | 0.8586 | |
| 13 | Rice University | 10000 | 92500 | 0.8922 | 4,807 | 1535 | 0.0801 | |
| 14 | Indiana State University | 10100 | 32400 | 0.6885 | 6,352 | 1020 | 0.9157 | |
| 15 | University of California-Berkeley | 10500 | 44400 | 0.7637 | 33,513 | 1407 | 0.1145 | |
| 16 | Wellesley College | 10600 | 95500 | 0.8893 | 2,366 | 1499 | 0.1479 | |
| 17 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 11000 | 27400 | 0.5982 | 27,963 | 1099 | 0.8395 | |
| 18 | Middlebury College | 11300 | 94500 | 0.8808 | 2,640 | 1499 | 0.1277 | |
| 19 | California State University-Fresno | 11600 | 19600 | 0.4071 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 19 | Cornell University | 11600 | 93700 | 0.8761 | 16,138 | 1521 | 0.0838 | |
| 19 | Massachusetts Maritime Academy | 11600 | 46600 | 0.7511 | 1,511 | 1120 | 0.9202 | |
| 22 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 11900 | 39000 | 0.6941 | 17,848 | 1470 | 0.1565 | |
| 23 | Mount Holyoke College | 12400 | 89900 | 0.8621 | 2,135 | 1449 | 0.3841 | |
| 23 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 31100 | 0.6022 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 25 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 12600 | 29300 | 0.57 | 8,421 | 1045 | 0.9444 | |
| 26 | Brown University | 12900 | 94000 | 0.8627 | 7,951 | 1500 | 0.0634 | |
| 27 | Louisiana Tech University | 13400 | 42900 | 0.6875 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 27 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 13400 | 35200 | 0.62 | 18,667 | 1090 | 0.9711 | |
| 29 | University of North Alabama | 13700 | 28200 | 0.5145 | 8,078 | 1140 | 0.7054 | |
| 30 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 14100 | 25600 | 0.4484 | 10,396 | 1125 | 0.7162 | |
| 30 | University of Arizona | 14100 | 32100 | 0.5606 | 43,294 | 1233 | 0.8351 | |
| 32 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 14200 | 31000 | 0.5426 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 33 | University of Memphis | 14500 | 26400 | 0.4516 | 15,538 | 1075 | 0.7878 | |
| 34 | University of Maine at Augusta | 14900 | 54900 | 0.7283 | 4,313 | 0 | 0 | |
| 35 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 15100 | 56900 | 0.7346 | 15,735 | 1103 | 0.8797 | |
| 36 | Lehigh University | 15700 | 89800 | 0.8252 | 5,986 | 1436 | 0.2896 | |
| 37 | Keene State College | 16300 | 51400 | 0.6834 | 2,640 | 1085 | 0.8982 | |
| 37 | North Carolina State University | 16300 | 28500 | 0.4289 | 29,340 | 1378 | 0.3954 | |
| 37 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 16300 | 22300 | 0.2688 | 26,213 | 1214 | 0.7778 | |
| 40 | Texas Tech University | 16400 | 27900 | 0.4116 | 34,021 | 1200 | 0.6906 | |
| 41 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 16700 | 41200 | 0.5953 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 41 | Morgan State University | 16700 | 30700 | 0.4556 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 43 | Georgia Southern University | 16800 | 49700 | 0.6621 | 25,595 | 1065 | 0.695 | |
| 44 | Bennington College | 17000 | 89500 | 0.8107 | 708 | 1370 | 0.3721 | |
| 44 | Connecticut College | 17000 | 93000 | 0.8169 | 1,953 | 1421 | 0.3923 | |
| 46 | University of Colorado Boulder | 17100 | 31900 | 0.4622 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7809 | |
| 47 | Prairie View A & M University | 17200 | 44200 | 0.6105 | 9,022 | 975 | 0.7836 | |
| 48 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 17400 | 29900 | 0.4174 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 49 | Barnard College | 17500 | 99700 | 0.8241 | 3,223 | 1499 | 0.1005 | |
| 50 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 17600 | 35600 | 0.5063 | 8,513 | 1203 | 0.9261 | |
| 51 | Yale University | 17700 | 278600 | 0.9364 | 6,667 | 1507 | 0.0475 | |
| 52 | SUNY College of Technology at Alfred | 18300 | 37500 | 0.512 | 3,758 | 1100 | 0.7236 | |
| 53 | La Roche University | 18900 | 87300 | 0.7837 | 1,972 | 1059 | 0.6638 | |
| 53 | Olivet Nazarene University | 18900 | 79300 | 0.7614 | 2,704 | 1104 | 0.5586 | |
| 55 | Norwich University | 19200 | 100600 | 0.8094 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 56 | SUNY College of Technology at Delhi | 20100 | 55300 | 0.6363 | 2,881 | 1040 | 0.89 | |
| 57 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 20200 | 32900 | 0.386 | 19,787 | 1214 | 0.8807 | |
| 58 | South Dakota State University | 20300 | 25200 | 0.1941 | 10,883 | 1120 | 0.9618 | |
| 59 | Syracuse University | 20500 | 83600 | 0.7548 | 16,149 | 1363 | 0.4879 | |
| 60 | University of Southern California | 20600 | 98300 | 0.7906 | 20,768 | 1492 | 0.1119 | |
| 61 | North Dakota State University | 20700 | 25700 | 0.1942 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 62 | Iowa State University | 21300 | 25700 | 0.1728 | 26,346 | 1207 | 0.8793 | |
| 63 | University of New Orleans | 21400 | 30400 | 0.2962 | 5,419 | 1040 | 0.7431 | |
| 64 | Utah State University | 22000 | 39000 | 0.4358 | 26,629 | 1176 | 0.9212 | |
| 65 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 22400 | 34200 | 0.3453 | 15,273 | 1124 | 0.8089 | |
| 66 | Marywood University | 22600 | 93800 | 0.7591 | 1,936 | 1160 | 0.7878 | |
| 67 | Tufts University | 23100 | 99000 | 0.7665 | 7,031 | 1507 | 0.1082 | |
| 68 | University of Houston | 23800 | 28400 | 0.1622 | 40,366 | 1249 | 0.7577 | |
| 69 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 24100 | 60700 | 0.6029 | 1,984 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 70 | University of Southern Mississippi | 24200 | 27200 | 0.1103 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 71 | Miami University-Oxford | 24500 | 28300 | 0.1342 | 16,405 | 1299 | 0.74 | |
| 72 | Judson University | 24800 | 51000 | 0.5145 | 697 | 1015 | 0.8905 | |
| 73 | California State University-Sacramento | 25000 | 29700 | 0.1581 | 28,619 | 1035 | 0.9357 | |
| 73 | Temple University | 25000 | 36100 | 0.3077 | 21,031 | 1135 | 0.8622 | |
| 73 | University at Buffalo | 25000 | 34000 | 0.2647 | 21,192 | 1303 | 0.8059 | |
| 76 | Hobart William Smith Colleges | 25400 | 88300 | 0.7122 | 1,862 | 1308 | 0.667 | |
| 77 | SUNY Maritime College | 25700 | 59200 | 0.5662 | 1,401 | 1215 | 0.785 | |
| 78 | Mount Mary University | 25900 | 57200 | 0.5475 | 616 | 1025 | 0.831 | |
| 79 | Stony Brook University | 26100 | 33200 | 0.2129 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 80 | Ball State University | 26600 | 26600 | 0 | 15,950 | 1170 | 0.8625 | |
| 80 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 26600 | 40600 | 0.3446 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 80 | University of Kansas | 26600 | 44400 | 0.4011 | 22,544 | 1176 | 0.9258 | |
| 83 | University of Arkansas | 26800 | 44500 | 0.3973 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 84 | Drury University | 26900 | 54500 | 0.5063 | 1,453 | 1228 | 0.6575 | |
| 85 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 18,028 | 1044 | 0.7996 | |
| 86 | Kent State University at Kent | 27600 | 37500 | 0.2639 | 21,144 | 1105 | 0.7603 | |
| 87 | Chatham University | 28600 | 60800 | 0.5294 | 1,555 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 88 | Clemson University | 28900 | 37100 | 0.2207 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 89 | University of Connecticut | 29200 | 56600 | 0.4843 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 90 | University of Iowa | 29700 | 32100 | 0.0746 | 23,407 | 1208 | 0.799 | |
| 91 | Mississippi State University | 30000 | 34400 | 0.1276 | 19,093 | 1214 | 0.8363 | |
| 91 | Thomas Jefferson University | 30000 | 70000 | 0.5711 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 93 | Lawrence Technological University | 30300 | 99100 | 0.6946 | 2,661 | 1159 | 0.8101 | |
| 94 | Maine Maritime Academy | 31000 | 34400 | 0.0987 | 977 | 1180 | 0.9615 | |
| 95 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 31100 | 50300 | 0.3816 | 21,028 | 1435 | 0.1334 | |
| 96 | Anderson University | 32200 | 54700 | 0.4116 | 3,724 | 1209 | 0.5491 | |
| 97 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 32400 | 38400 | 0.1562 | 23,003 | 1159 | 0.7367 | |
| 98 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 32600 | 54400 | 0.4007 | 35,248 | 1273 | 0.6939 | |
| 99 | University of Oregon | 33100 | 40200 | 0.1784 | 20,710 | 1250 | 0.8742 | |
| 100 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 33500 | 38200 | 0.1228 | 42,565 | 1338 | 0.7887 | |
| 101 | Ithaca College | 33600 | 76000 | 0.5582 | 4,205 | 1314 | 0.7015 | |
| 101 | Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design | 33600 | 61800 | 0.4561 | 838 | 1143 | 0.6054 | |
| 103 | University of Idaho | 34000 | 48700 | 0.302 | 9,656 | 1119 | 0.7476 | |
| 104 | Samford University | 34700 | 93800 | 0.6301 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 105 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 35200 | 46500 | 0.2431 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 106 | Auburn University | 35300 | 35300 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 107 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 35400 | 43100 | 0.1788 | 22,313 | 1321 | 0.2996 | |
| 108 | University of Rhode Island | 36100 | 58400 | 0.3818 | 14,466 | 1148 | 0.7456 | |
| 109 | North Carolina A & T State University | 36500 | 36700 | 0.0054 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.5125 | |
| 110 | Andrews University | 37200 | 76700 | 0.5148 | 1,384 | 1143 | 0.8185 | |
| 111 | Benedictine College | 37600 | 52700 | 0.2866 | 2,404 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 111 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37600 | 66700 | 0.4364 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 113 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 38200 | 54400 | 0.2978 | 32,041 | 1302 | 0.4358 | |
| 114 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5061 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 115 | Drexel University | 40500 | 86400 | 0.5313 | 12,318 | 1339 | 0.699 | |
| 116 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 40900 | 86300 | 0.5261 | 5,833 | 1438 | 0.6725 | |
| 117 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41100 | 58700 | 0.3 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 118 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 41600 | 55300 | 0.2479 | 21,388 | 1375 | 0.5945 | |
| 119 | University of Central Florida | 42100 | 42100 | 0 | 60,083 | 1280 | 0.428 | |
| 120 | Delaware Valley University | 42300 | 67200 | 0.3704 | 1,680 | 1208 | 0.9268 | |
| 121 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 42500 | 59200 | 0.2819 | 5,986 | 1174 | 0.8916 | |
| 122 | University of Florida | 43100 | 45700 | 0.0569 | 37,283 | 1399 | 0.2033 | |
| 122 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43100 | 58600 | 0.2645 | 31,875 | 1463 | 0.4503 | |
| 124 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 43400 | 58800 | 0.262 | 25,054 | 1239 | 0.7762 | |
| 125 | Kean University | 44700 | 45700 | 0.0224 | 11,932 | 1040 | 0.7811 | |
| 126 | Florida Atlantic University | 45300 | 47900 | 0.0542 | 25,626 | 1130 | 0.5497 | |
| 127 | University of Illinois Chicago | 45400 | 51400 | 0.1168 | 24,260 | 1252 | 0.7576 | |
| 128 | Otis College of Art and Design | 46600 | 79800 | 0.4158 | 1,188 | 1335 | 0.8034 | |
| 129 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47100 | 61500 | 0.234 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 130 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 47300 | 57200 | 0.1731 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 131 | University of Georgia | 47400 | 52300 | 0.0937 | 32,824 | 1382 | 0.3425 | |
| 132 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48300 | 51200 | 0.0565 | 43,633 | 1327 | 0.4343 | |
| 133 | University of Delaware | 48500 | 62500 | 0.2239 | 19,287 | 1294 | 0.6924 | |
| 134 | University of Kentucky | 48600 | 59900 | 0.1884 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 135 | The University of Texas at Austin | 50500 | 59100 | 0.1454 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 136 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 52800 | 61200 | 0.1372 | 26,490 | 1204 | 0.8863 | |
| 137 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 53300 | 53300 | 0 | 34,447 | 1264 | 0.8804 | |
| 138 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53500 | 63400 | 0.1562 | 24,019 | 1397 | 0.5989 | |
| 139 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 53900 | 96100 | 0.439 | 6,839 | 1469 | 0.1446 | |
| 140 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 54900 | 68800 | 0.2022 | 38,572 | 1406 | 0.3659 | |
| 141 | Howard University | 55100 | 88500 | 0.3776 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 142 | University of San Francisco | 56000 | 90300 | 0.3799 | 5,171 | 1292 | 0.7176 | |
| 143 | Maryland Institute College of Art | 58300 | 71200 | 0.1812 | 1,192 | 1232 | 0.7681 | |
| 144 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 60600 | 63000 | 0.038 | 38,463 | 1302 | 0.7589 | |
| 145 | Webb Institute | 61100 | 124900 | 0.5106 | 104 | 1475 | 0.2484 | |
| 146 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 63600 | 67600 | 0.0591 | 40,996 | 1331 | 0.4175 | |
| 147 | University of California-Davis | 68200 | 69900 | 0.0243 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 148 | The Catholic University of America | 81900 | 82500 | 0.0073 | 3,294 | 1140 | 0.7328 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.
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