Considering a degree in Architecture?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Architecture majors who live in Illinois.
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 Illinois.
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 | Princeton University | 3900 | 83500 | 0.9538 | 5,916 | 1535 | 0.0442 | |
| 4 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 4000 | 93300 | 0.9568 | 4,561 | 1542 | 0.0456 | |
| 5 | University of Pennsylvania | 4600 | 93100 | 0.951 | 9,989 | 1536 | 0.0492 | |
| 6 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 7000 | 41500 | 0.8323 | 38,572 | 1406 | 0.3659 | |
| 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 | 7600 | 89100 | 0.9146 | 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 | 9200 | 90900 | 0.8984 | 7,728 | 1528 | 0.1107 | |
| 12 | Portland State University | 9600 | 43300 | 0.7788 | 14,932 | 1094 | 0.8586 | |
| 13 | Indiana State University | 9900 | 32400 | 0.6947 | 6,352 | 1020 | 0.9157 | |
| 13 | Rice University | 9900 | 92500 | 0.8932 | 4,807 | 1535 | 0.0801 | |
| 15 | Southern Illinois University Edwardsville | 10200 | 41300 | 0.7533 | 8,945 | 1099 | 0.975 | |
| 16 | University of California-Berkeley | 10400 | 44400 | 0.766 | 33,513 | 1407 | 0.1145 | |
| 17 | Wellesley College | 10500 | 95500 | 0.8904 | 2,366 | 1499 | 0.1479 | |
| 18 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 11000 | 31800 | 0.6544 | 27,963 | 1099 | 0.8395 | |
| 19 | Middlebury College | 11100 | 94500 | 0.8829 | 2,640 | 1499 | 0.1277 | |
| 19 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 11100 | 28100 | 0.6048 | 8,421 | 1045 | 0.9444 | |
| 21 | Massachusetts Maritime Academy | 11400 | 46600 | 0.7553 | 1,511 | 1120 | 0.9202 | |
| 22 | California State University-Fresno | 11500 | 19600 | 0.4121 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 23 | Cornell University | 11600 | 93700 | 0.8761 | 16,138 | 1521 | 0.0838 | |
| 24 | Mount Holyoke College | 12400 | 89900 | 0.8621 | 2,135 | 1449 | 0.3841 | |
| 24 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 31100 | 0.6022 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 26 | Brown University | 12900 | 94000 | 0.8627 | 7,951 | 1500 | 0.0634 | |
| 27 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 13200 | 21300 | 0.3801 | 18,667 | 1090 | 0.9711 | |
| 28 | Louisiana Tech University | 13300 | 42900 | 0.6899 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 28 | Northern Illinois University | 13300 | 32200 | 0.5857 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 28 | University of Houston | 13300 | 21800 | 0.3898 | 40,366 | 1249 | 0.7577 | |
| 31 | University of Georgia | 13500 | 27200 | 0.503 | 32,824 | 1382 | 0.3425 | |
| 32 | University of North Alabama | 13700 | 28200 | 0.5145 | 8,078 | 1140 | 0.7054 | |
| 33 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 14100 | 31000 | 0.5458 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 34 | University of Memphis | 14300 | 29100 | 0.5088 | 15,538 | 1075 | 0.7878 | |
| 35 | University of Maine at Augusta | 14800 | 54900 | 0.7301 | 4,313 | 0 | 0 | |
| 36 | Ball State University | 15000 | 22400 | 0.3305 | 15,950 | 1170 | 0.8625 | |
| 36 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 15000 | 56900 | 0.7364 | 15,735 | 1103 | 0.8797 | |
| 38 | Lehigh University | 15700 | 89800 | 0.8252 | 5,986 | 1436 | 0.2896 | |
| 38 | University of Kansas | 15700 | 34900 | 0.5504 | 22,544 | 1176 | 0.9258 | |
| 40 | Keene State College | 16200 | 51400 | 0.6843 | 2,640 | 1085 | 0.8982 | |
| 41 | University of California-Los Angeles | 16300 | 36700 | 0.5554 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 42 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 16600 | 41200 | 0.5978 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 42 | Morgan State University | 16600 | 30700 | 0.4588 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 42 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 16600 | 26500 | 0.3756 | 23,003 | 1159 | 0.7367 | |
| 45 | Georgia Southern University | 16700 | 49700 | 0.6641 | 25,595 | 1065 | 0.695 | |
| 46 | Bennington College | 17000 | 89500 | 0.8107 | 708 | 1370 | 0.3721 | |
| 46 | Connecticut College | 17000 | 93000 | 0.8169 | 1,953 | 1421 | 0.3923 | |
| 48 | Barnard College | 17500 | 99700 | 0.8241 | 3,223 | 1499 | 0.1005 | |
| 49 | Prairie View A & M University | 17700 | 25400 | 0.3032 | 9,022 | 975 | 0.7836 | |
| 49 | Yale University | 17700 | 278600 | 0.9364 | 6,667 | 1507 | 0.0475 | |
| 51 | University of Arkansas | 17800 | 28400 | 0.3726 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 52 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 17900 | 47900 | 0.6257 | 21,028 | 1435 | 0.1334 | |
| 53 | The University of Texas at Austin | 18100 | 28200 | 0.3585 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 54 | SUNY College of Technology at Alfred | 18300 | 37500 | 0.512 | 3,758 | 1100 | 0.7236 | |
| 55 | La Roche University | 18700 | 87300 | 0.786 | 1,972 | 1059 | 0.6638 | |
| 55 | Olivet Nazarene University | 18700 | 79300 | 0.7637 | 2,704 | 1104 | 0.5586 | |
| 57 | Norwich University | 19100 | 100600 | 0.8104 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 58 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 19200 | 29900 | 0.3573 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 59 | SUNY College of Technology at Delhi | 20000 | 55300 | 0.6381 | 2,881 | 1040 | 0.89 | |
| 60 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 20100 | 31100 | 0.3539 | 19,787 | 1214 | 0.8807 | |
| 61 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 20300 | 39800 | 0.4894 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 62 | Syracuse University | 20500 | 83600 | 0.7548 | 16,149 | 1363 | 0.4879 | |
| 63 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 20700 | 30600 | 0.3258 | 43,633 | 1327 | 0.4343 | |
| 64 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 20900 | 80400 | 0.7399 | 17,848 | 1470 | 0.1565 | |
| 65 | University of New Orleans | 21300 | 30400 | 0.2995 | 5,419 | 1040 | 0.7431 | |
| 66 | University of Florida | 21700 | 22500 | 0.0355 | 37,283 | 1399 | 0.2033 | |
| 67 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,490 | 1204 | 0.8863 | |
| 67 | South Dakota State University | 21800 | 25200 | 0.1346 | 10,883 | 1120 | 0.9618 | |
| 69 | Utah State University | 22000 | 39000 | 0.4358 | 26,629 | 1176 | 0.9212 | |
| 70 | Marywood University | 22600 | 93800 | 0.7591 | 1,936 | 1160 | 0.7878 | |
| 71 | Tufts University | 23100 | 99000 | 0.7665 | 7,031 | 1507 | 0.1082 | |
| 71 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 23100 | 36100 | 0.3598 | 34,447 | 1264 | 0.8804 | |
| 73 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 23700 | 34500 | 0.3133 | 10,396 | 1125 | 0.7162 | |
| 74 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 24100 | 60700 | 0.6029 | 1,984 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 74 | University of Southern Mississippi | 24100 | 27200 | 0.114 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 76 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 24200 | 40400 | 0.4012 | 21,388 | 1375 | 0.5945 | |
| 77 | Judson University | 24800 | 51000 | 0.5145 | 697 | 1015 | 0.8905 | |
| 78 | California State University-Sacramento | 24900 | 29700 | 0.1615 | 28,619 | 1035 | 0.9357 | |
| 78 | Temple University | 24900 | 36100 | 0.3105 | 21,031 | 1135 | 0.8622 | |
| 80 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 25100 | 36900 | 0.3201 | 15,273 | 1124 | 0.8089 | |
| 81 | Hobart William Smith Colleges | 25400 | 88300 | 0.7122 | 1,862 | 1308 | 0.667 | |
| 82 | SUNY Maritime College | 25600 | 59200 | 0.5679 | 1,401 | 1215 | 0.785 | |
| 83 | Mount Mary University | 25900 | 57200 | 0.5475 | 616 | 1025 | 0.831 | |
| 84 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 26400 | 40600 | 0.3495 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 85 | Drury University | 27000 | 54500 | 0.5045 | 1,453 | 1228 | 0.6575 | |
| 86 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 18,028 | 1044 | 0.7996 | |
| 87 | Kent State University at Kent | 27600 | 37500 | 0.2639 | 21,144 | 1105 | 0.7603 | |
| 87 | North Dakota State University | 27600 | 30400 | 0.092 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 89 | Chatham University | 28500 | 60800 | 0.5311 | 1,555 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 90 | Iowa State University | 28800 | 45200 | 0.3626 | 26,346 | 1207 | 0.8793 | |
| 91 | University of Southern California | 29700 | 98300 | 0.698 | 20,768 | 1492 | 0.1119 | |
| 92 | Thomas Jefferson University | 29800 | 70000 | 0.574 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 93 | Lawrence Technological University | 30100 | 99100 | 0.6966 | 2,661 | 1159 | 0.8101 | |
| 94 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32000 | 35200 | 0.0908 | 32,041 | 1302 | 0.4358 | |
| 95 | Anderson University | 32200 | 54700 | 0.4116 | 3,724 | 1209 | 0.5491 | |
| 96 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 32500 | 54400 | 0.4025 | 35,248 | 1273 | 0.6939 | |
| 97 | North Carolina State University | 32600 | 54800 | 0.4052 | 29,340 | 1378 | 0.3954 | |
| 98 | Ithaca College | 33600 | 76000 | 0.5582 | 4,205 | 1314 | 0.7015 | |
| 98 | Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design | 33600 | 61800 | 0.4561 | 838 | 1143 | 0.6054 | |
| 100 | University of Idaho | 34000 | 48700 | 0.302 | 9,656 | 1119 | 0.7476 | |
| 101 | Samford University | 34600 | 93800 | 0.6312 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 102 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 35200 | 46500 | 0.2431 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 103 | Auburn University | 35300 | 35300 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 103 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 35300 | 43100 | 0.1811 | 22,313 | 1321 | 0.2996 | |
| 105 | Texas Tech University | 35800 | 42100 | 0.1495 | 34,021 | 1200 | 0.6906 | |
| 106 | University of Rhode Island | 36000 | 58400 | 0.3835 | 14,466 | 1148 | 0.7456 | |
| 107 | North Carolina A & T State University | 36500 | 36700 | 0.0054 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.5125 | |
| 108 | University of Connecticut | 37000 | 66200 | 0.4414 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 109 | Andrews University | 37200 | 76700 | 0.5148 | 1,384 | 1143 | 0.8185 | |
| 110 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37400 | 66700 | 0.4394 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 111 | Benedictine College | 37600 | 52700 | 0.2866 | 2,404 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 112 | University of Illinois Chicago | 38300 | 51400 | 0.2551 | 24,260 | 1252 | 0.7576 | |
| 113 | Mississippi State University | 39000 | 53400 | 0.2695 | 19,093 | 1214 | 0.8363 | |
| 114 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 39300 | 40300 | 0.0248 | 26,213 | 1214 | 0.7778 | |
| 115 | Stony Brook University | 39600 | 53000 | 0.2527 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 116 | Drexel University | 40400 | 86400 | 0.5324 | 12,318 | 1339 | 0.699 | |
| 117 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41100 | 58700 | 0.3 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 118 | University of Central Florida | 42100 | 42100 | 0 | 60,083 | 1280 | 0.428 | |
| 119 | Delaware Valley University | 42400 | 67200 | 0.3689 | 1,680 | 1208 | 0.9268 | |
| 120 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 42500 | 59200 | 0.2819 | 5,986 | 1174 | 0.8916 | |
| 121 | University of Maryland-College Park | 42900 | 58600 | 0.2679 | 31,875 | 1463 | 0.4503 | |
| 122 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 43200 | 88100 | 0.5098 | 35,358 | 1435 | 0.1642 | |
| 123 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 43400 | 58800 | 0.262 | 25,054 | 1239 | 0.7762 | |
| 124 | Kean University | 44600 | 45700 | 0.0222 | 11,932 | 1040 | 0.7811 | |
| 125 | Florida Atlantic University | 45300 | 47900 | 0.0542 | 25,626 | 1130 | 0.5497 | |
| 126 | University at Buffalo | 46400 | 46400 | 0 | 21,192 | 1303 | 0.8059 | |
| 127 | Otis College of Art and Design | 46700 | 79800 | 0.4145 | 1,188 | 1335 | 0.8034 | |
| 128 | Maine Maritime Academy | 47100 | 53000 | 0.1114 | 977 | 1180 | 0.9615 | |
| 129 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 47200 | 57200 | 0.1748 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 130 | University of Delaware | 48400 | 62500 | 0.2259 | 19,287 | 1294 | 0.6924 | |
| 131 | University of Kentucky | 48500 | 59900 | 0.1905 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 132 | University of Arizona | 48600 | 48600 | 0 | 43,294 | 1233 | 0.8351 | |
| 133 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 50800 | 63800 | 0.2038 | 42,565 | 1338 | 0.7887 | |
| 134 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 51100 | 86300 | 0.4079 | 5,833 | 1438 | 0.6725 | |
| 135 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53500 | 63400 | 0.1562 | 24,019 | 1397 | 0.5989 | |
| 136 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 53900 | 96100 | 0.439 | 6,839 | 1469 | 0.1446 | |
| 137 | Howard University | 55000 | 88500 | 0.3787 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 138 | University of Colorado Boulder | 55400 | 70900 | 0.2186 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7809 | |
| 139 | University of San Francisco | 56100 | 90300 | 0.3788 | 5,171 | 1292 | 0.7176 | |
| 140 | Miami University-Oxford | 57500 | 57500 | 0 | 16,405 | 1299 | 0.74 | |
| 141 | Maryland Institute College of Art | 58300 | 71200 | 0.1812 | 1,192 | 1232 | 0.7681 | |
| 142 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 59700 | 62300 | 0.0417 | 8,513 | 1203 | 0.9261 | |
| 143 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 60600 | 63000 | 0.038 | 38,463 | 1302 | 0.7589 | |
| 144 | Webb Institute | 61100 | 124900 | 0.5106 | 104 | 1475 | 0.2484 | |
| 145 | Clemson University | 61300 | 63700 | 0.0376 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 146 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 63600 | 67600 | 0.0591 | 40,996 | 1331 | 0.4175 | |
| 147 | University of Oregon | 63900 | 71300 | 0.1038 | 20,710 | 1250 | 0.8742 | |
| 148 | University of California-Davis | 68300 | 69900 | 0.0229 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 149 | 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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