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 | 4000 | 82600 | 0.9516 | 5,813 | 1535 | 0.0462 | |
| 4 | Yale University | 5500 | 92200 | 0.94 | 6,814 | 1507 | 0.0387 | |
| 5 | United States Merchant Marine Academy | 7500 | 8600 | 0.1278 | 962 | 1214 | 0.3424 | |
| 6 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 8000 | 90000 | 0.9116 | 4,535 | 1542 | 0.0455 | |
| 7 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8400 | 97100 | 0.914 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0399 | |
| 8 | Carnegie Mellon University | 9000 | 90900 | 0.9007 | 7,377 | 1528 | 0.1166 | |
| 9 | Washington University in St Louis | 9300 | 102300 | 0.9091 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 10 | University of Pennsylvania | 9400 | 92900 | 0.8988 | 11,478 | 1536 | 0.054 | |
| 11 | Utah State University | 9700 | 26700 | 0.6361 | 25,706 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 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 | University of Notre Dame | 10900 | 86200 | 0.874 | 8,880 | 1500 | 0.1127 | |
| 15 | Indiana State University | 11500 | 25900 | 0.5569 | 6,224 | 1020 | 0.8077 | |
| 16 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 11600 | 29100 | 0.6019 | 40,684 | 1331 | 0.3915 | |
| 17 | Cornell University | 11700 | 93100 | 0.8745 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0876 | |
| 18 | Florida Atlantic University | 12000 | 25800 | 0.5356 | 24,876 | 1130 | 0.6613 | |
| 19 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.7517 | |
| 20 | North Carolina A & T State University | 12900 | 17900 | 0.2801 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.499 | |
| 21 | University of North Alabama | 13100 | 28200 | 0.5358 | 7,662 | 1140 | 0.8731 | |
| 22 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 13300 | 13300 | 0 | 18,288 | 1090 | 0.9068 | |
| 23 | Mount Holyoke College | 13600 | 89900 | 0.849 | 2,178 | 1449 | 0.3603 | |
| 24 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 50700 | 0.7294 | 38,040 | 1418 | 0.452 | |
| 25 | Brown University | 13900 | 94000 | 0.8521 | 7,910 | 1535 | 0.0539 | |
| 25 | University of Houston | 13900 | 22000 | 0.3675 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 27 | Middlebury College | 14000 | 89900 | 0.8443 | 2,760 | 1499 | 0.1075 | |
| 28 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 14600 | 26500 | 0.4478 | 22,364 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 29 | Northeastern University | 15200 | 89900 | 0.8309 | 17,432 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 30 | Lehigh University | 15600 | 89600 | 0.8263 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 31 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 15700 | 31000 | 0.4932 | 8,553 | 1045 | 0.8688 | |
| 32 | Ball State University | 15800 | 22400 | 0.2951 | 15,189 | 1170 | 0.855 | |
| 33 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 16000 | 27700 | 0.4218 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 34 | University of Kansas | 16100 | 34900 | 0.5377 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 35 | Portland State University | 16200 | 26100 | 0.378 | 15,414 | 1094 | 0.9087 | |
| 35 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 16200 | 22300 | 0.2733 | 24,868 | 1214 | 0.796 | |
| 37 | California State University-Sacramento | 16300 | 27600 | 0.4097 | 28,820 | 1035 | 0.9399 | |
| 37 | University of California-Los Angeles | 16300 | 36700 | 0.5554 | 33,475 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 39 | University of Florida | 16400 | 22500 | 0.271 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 40 | Connecticut College | 16700 | 95300 | 0.8244 | 1,990 | 1421 | 0.3704 | |
| 41 | Bennington College | 17200 | 89500 | 0.8079 | 797 | 1370 | 0.4453 | |
| 41 | SUNY College of Technology at Alfred | 17200 | 29500 | 0.4168 | 3,781 | 1100 | 0.7568 | |
| 43 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 17500 | 29900 | 0.4159 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5743 | |
| 44 | Barnard College | 17600 | 99700 | 0.8232 | 3,487 | 1499 | 0.0884 | |
| 44 | Keene State College | 17600 | 32100 | 0.4507 | 2,725 | 1085 | 0.9033 | |
| 44 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 17600 | 27400 | 0.3575 | 27,132 | 1099 | 0.9617 | |
| 47 | Prairie View A & M University | 17700 | 25400 | 0.3032 | 8,877 | 975 | 0.7931 | |
| 48 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 18400 | 30600 | 0.3971 | 38,093 | 1302 | 0.7821 | |
| 48 | Texas Tech University | 18400 | 27100 | 0.3216 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 50 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 18900 | 31000 | 0.3908 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 51 | Norwich University | 19700 | 73800 | 0.7328 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 52 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 19900 | 78700 | 0.7472 | 17,885 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 53 | Iowa State University | 20000 | 24200 | 0.1732 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 53 | University of New Orleans | 20000 | 30600 | 0.347 | 5,419 | 1040 | 0.7431 | |
| 55 | University of Southern California | 20100 | 75900 | 0.7356 | 20,630 | 1492 | 0.0981 | |
| 56 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20200 | 45200 | 0.5537 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5478 | |
| 57 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 20300 | 29300 | 0.3067 | 2,381 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 58 | Hampshire College | 20600 | 83900 | 0.7548 | 844 | 1254 | 0.7528 | |
| 58 | South Dakota State University | 20600 | 25200 | 0.1844 | 10,719 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 60 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 20700 | 30600 | 0.326 | 44,819 | 1327 | 0.4987 | |
| 61 | University of Memphis | 21000 | 29600 | 0.2909 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 62 | Webb Institute | 21400 | 89600 | 0.7608 | 106 | 1475 | 0.1404 | |
| 63 | Louisiana Tech University | 21500 | 26100 | 0.1764 | 10,881 | 1189 | 0.864 | |
| 64 | Tufts University | 21700 | 98900 | 0.7803 | 7,126 | 1507 | 0.1149 | |
| 65 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,221 | 1204 | 0.8854 | |
| 66 | La Roche University | 22100 | 72600 | 0.6958 | 1,828 | 1059 | 0.7576 | |
| 67 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 23000 | 27500 | 0.1618 | 17,450 | 1044 | 0.9518 | |
| 68 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 23800 | 34400 | 0.3081 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 69 | Judson University | 24200 | 49100 | 0.5069 | 718 | 1015 | 0.4759 | |
| 70 | Miami University-Oxford | 24400 | 27500 | 0.1129 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 71 | Temple University | 25000 | 36100 | 0.3077 | 21,457 | 1135 | 0.8041 | |
| 72 | Drury University | 25300 | 52900 | 0.5216 | 1,391 | 1228 | 0.5758 | |
| 73 | Mount Mary University | 26000 | 57200 | 0.545 | 752 | 1025 | 0.6233 | |
| 74 | Marywood University | 26200 | 67700 | 0.6128 | 1,833 | 1160 | 0.6058 | |
| 75 | University of Southern Mississippi | 26500 | 26500 | 0 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
| 76 | University of Arkansas | 26700 | 28900 | 0.0745 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.743 | |
| 77 | University of Idaho | 27000 | 45200 | 0.4023 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 78 | Hobart William Smith Colleges | 27100 | 88300 | 0.693 | 1,794 | 1308 | 0.6399 | |
| 79 | North Dakota State University | 27800 | 30400 | 0.084 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 79 | Syracuse University | 27800 | 83100 | 0.6653 | 15,957 | 1363 | 0.4592 | |
| 81 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 27900 | 32800 | 0.148 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 82 | University of Utah | 28900 | 32000 | 0.0984 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 83 | University of Iowa | 29000 | 31100 | 0.0691 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 84 | Morgan State University | 29700 | 41900 | 0.2914 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 85 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 86 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 30100 | 42200 | 0.2866 | 15,375 | 1103 | 0.866 | |
| 87 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 31200 | 48800 | 0.361 | 20,591 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 88 | Massachusetts Maritime Academy | 31300 | 40200 | 0.2216 | 1,402 | 1120 | 0.947 | |
| 89 | Kean University | 31400 | 39500 | 0.2051 | 11,758 | 1040 | 0.759 | |
| 90 | Ithaca College | 32100 | 72500 | 0.5571 | 4,268 | 1314 | 0.6901 | |
| 91 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 32200 | 36700 | 0.1214 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 92 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 32400 | 43100 | 0.2484 | 22,033 | 1321 | 0.3132 | |
| 93 | Lawrence Technological University | 32500 | 71900 | 0.5479 | 2,579 | 1159 | 0.559 | |
| 94 | North Carolina State University | 32800 | 54800 | 0.4007 | 28,422 | 1378 | 0.4174 | |
| 94 | University of Maine at Augusta | 32800 | 39600 | 0.1717 | 4,313 | 0 | 0 | |
| 96 | University of Rhode Island | 33000 | 46400 | 0.2886 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 97 | Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design | 33600 | 57400 | 0.414 | 838 | 1143 | 0.6054 | |
| 98 | Thomas Jefferson University | 34000 | 68100 | 0.501 | 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 | SUNY Maritime College | 35600 | 41600 | 0.1441 | 1,285 | 1215 | 0.7241 | |
| 102 | Mississippi State University | 36300 | 50500 | 0.2804 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 103 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 36600 | 47500 | 0.2296 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 104 | California State University-Fresno | 36900 | 43800 | 0.1577 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 105 | University of Connecticut | 37300 | 53600 | 0.3043 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 106 | Benedictine College | 37600 | 50800 | 0.2599 | 2,403 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 107 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 38600 | 53100 | 0.2729 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 108 | Delaware Valley University | 39300 | 66900 | 0.4126 | 1,768 | 1208 | 0.9321 | |
| 109 | University of Central Florida | 39700 | 39700 | 0 | 59,552 | 1280 | 0.4011 | |
| 110 | Stony Brook University | 39900 | 53000 | 0.2481 | 18,263 | 1410 | 0.4904 | |
| 111 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 40400 | 50000 | 0.1922 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 112 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 40800 | 48500 | 0.1587 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 113 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41300 | 57000 | 0.2756 | 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 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43100 | 53600 | 0.196 | 31,133 | 1463 | 0.4479 | |
| 118 | University at Buffalo | 43900 | 46700 | 0.06 | 20,359 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 118 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 43900 | 57100 | 0.2305 | 23,329 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 120 | Woodbury University | 45200 | 69500 | 0.3495 | 786 | 1087 | 0.8165 | |
| 121 | University of Illinois Chicago | 45300 | 50600 | 0.1048 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 122 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 46200 | 86300 | 0.4644 | 5,741 | 1438 | 0.6347 | |
| 123 | Maine Maritime Academy | 47100 | 49800 | 0.0542 | 945 | 1180 | 0.5414 | |
| 123 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47100 | 59700 | 0.2117 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 125 | University of Colorado Boulder | 47300 | 57700 | 0.1806 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7808 | |
| 126 | University of Delaware | 48500 | 61300 | 0.2089 | 20,026 | 1294 | 0.706 | |
| 127 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 48600 | 91400 | 0.4684 | 8,192 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
| 128 | Drexel University | 48800 | 83900 | 0.4184 | 13,309 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 128 | University of Georgia | 48800 | 51600 | 0.0542 | 32,399 | 1382 | 0.377 | |
| 130 | University of Kentucky | 49100 | 58000 | 0.1534 | 25,534 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 131 | The University of Texas at Austin | 49800 | 59400 | 0.1617 | 43,165 | 1356 | 0.2664 | |
| 132 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 50900 | 84700 | 0.3991 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 133 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 53300 | 53300 | 0 | 33,033 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 134 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53700 | 62800 | 0.1449 | 23,920 | 1397 | 0.5973 | |
| 135 | University of San Francisco | 53800 | 84800 | 0.3655 | 5,321 | 1292 | 0.6171 | |
| 136 | Howard University | 55100 | 66500 | 0.1715 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 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 | Maryland Institute College of Art | 60700 | 71200 | 0.1476 | 1,191 | 1232 | 0.7679 | |
| 140 | Clemson University | 61500 | 63700 | 0.0338 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 141 | University of Oregon | 64100 | 71300 | 0.1003 | 20,622 | 1250 | 0.883 | |
| 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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