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 | 1319 | 0.206 | |
| 1 | United States Naval Academy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4,474 | 1305 | 0.0927 | |
| 3 | Princeton University | 3900 | 82600 | 0.9528 | 5,916 | 1528 | 0.0442 | |
| 4 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 4900 | 40700 | 0.8787 | 35,358 | 1448 | 0.1642 | |
| 5 | Yale University | 5500 | 92200 | 0.94 | 6,667 | 1507 | 0.0475 | |
| 6 | United States Merchant Marine Academy | 7400 | 8600 | 0.1395 | 962 | 1214 | 0.3424 | |
| 7 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 8200 | 90000 | 0.9093 | 4,561 | 1542 | 0.0456 | |
| 8 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8300 | 97100 | 0.915 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 9 | Carnegie Mellon University | 9000 | 90900 | 0.9007 | 7,728 | 1528 | 0.1107 | |
| 10 | Mount Holyoke College | 9500 | 89900 | 0.8946 | 2,135 | 1419 | 0.3841 | |
| 11 | Wellesley College | 9700 | 91300 | 0.8939 | 2,366 | 1499 | 0.1479 | |
| 12 | Rice University | 9800 | 89100 | 0.8903 | 4,807 | 1528 | 0.0801 | |
| 13 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 10600 | 26000 | 0.5929 | 22,313 | 1341 | 0.2996 | |
| 14 | University of Notre Dame | 10800 | 86200 | 0.8752 | 8,950 | 1497 | 0.0938 | |
| 14 | Washington University in St Louis | 10800 | 102300 | 0.8943 | 8,153 | 1512 | 0.1192 | |
| 16 | California State University-Fresno | 11300 | 19600 | 0.4223 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 17 | California State University-Sacramento | 11700 | 30700 | 0.6186 | 28,619 | 1015 | 0.9357 | |
| 18 | Cornell University | 11800 | 93100 | 0.8735 | 16,138 | 1528 | 0.0838 | |
| 19 | University of Houston | 12000 | 28400 | 0.5781 | 40,366 | 1224 | 0.7577 | |
| 20 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 12200 | 38800 | 0.6861 | 17,848 | 1470 | 0.1565 | |
| 21 | University of Pennsylvania | 12300 | 92900 | 0.8676 | 9,989 | 1535 | 0.0492 | |
| 22 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 12500 | 28100 | 0.5551 | 8,421 | 1054 | 0.9444 | |
| 23 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 24 | North Carolina A & T State University | 12800 | 17900 | 0.2857 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.5125 | |
| 25 | University of Delaware | 13600 | 34500 | 0.6053 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 26 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 57800 | 0.7626 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 27 | Utah State University | 13800 | 20800 | 0.3369 | 26,629 | 1168 | 0.9212 | |
| 28 | Brown University | 13900 | 94000 | 0.8521 | 7,951 | 1500 | 0.0634 | |
| 28 | Middlebury College | 13900 | 89900 | 0.8454 | 2,640 | 1499 | 0.1277 | |
| 30 | Northern Illinois University | 14300 | 28800 | 0.5048 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 31 | University of Maine at Augusta | 15200 | 30600 | 0.5036 | 4,313 | 0 | 0 | |
| 32 | Lehigh University | 15600 | 89600 | 0.8263 | 5,986 | 1436 | 0.2896 | |
| 33 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 16000 | 27700 | 0.4218 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 33 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 16000 | 22300 | 0.2822 | 26,213 | 1209 | 0.7778 | |
| 35 | North Carolina State University | 16600 | 28500 | 0.4184 | 29,340 | 1374 | 0.3954 | |
| 35 | The University of Texas at Austin | 16600 | 28000 | 0.4076 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 37 | SUNY College of Technology at Alfred | 17100 | 29500 | 0.4201 | 3,758 | 0 | 0.7236 | |
| 38 | Bennington College | 17200 | 89500 | 0.8073 | 708 | 1402 | 0.3721 | |
| 39 | Keene State College | 17500 | 41400 | 0.5775 | 2,640 | 1064 | 0.8982 | |
| 39 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 17500 | 29900 | 0.4141 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 41 | Barnard College | 17600 | 99700 | 0.8232 | 3,223 | 1499 | 0.1005 | |
| 41 | Morgan State University | 17600 | 28500 | 0.3823 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 41 | Prairie View A & M University | 17600 | 25400 | 0.3071 | 9,022 | 960 | 0.7836 | |
| 44 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 17700 | 17700 | 0 | 18,667 | 1090 | 0.9711 | |
| 45 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 17900 | 44300 | 0.5956 | 21,028 | 1450 | 0.1334 | |
| 46 | University of California-Berkeley | 18300 | 43500 | 0.5798 | 33,513 | 1407 | 0.1145 | |
| 47 | University of New Orleans | 19200 | 27200 | 0.2941 | 5,419 | 1040 | 0.7431 | |
| 47 | University of Rhode Island | 19200 | 33900 | 0.4337 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 49 | Connecticut College | 19500 | 95300 | 0.795 | 1,953 | 1284 | 0.3923 | |
| 49 | SUNY College of Technology at Delhi | 19500 | 30400 | 0.3584 | 2,881 | 1040 | 0.89 | |
| 51 | Norwich University | 19600 | 73800 | 0.7342 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 51 | Olivet Nazarene University | 19600 | 80900 | 0.7575 | 2,704 | 1104 | 0.5586 | |
| 53 | University of Colorado Boulder | 19800 | 31900 | 0.3784 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7809 | |
| 54 | University of Southern California | 20000 | 75900 | 0.7369 | 20,768 | 1499 | 0.1119 | |
| 55 | Iowa State University | 20100 | 24200 | 0.171 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 55 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 20100 | 32300 | 0.3775 | 15,735 | 1069 | 0.8797 | |
| 57 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 20300 | 29300 | 0.3067 | 1,984 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 58 | Hampshire College | 20700 | 83900 | 0.7536 | 844 | 1254 | 0.7528 | |
| 59 | University of Memphis | 21000 | 29600 | 0.2909 | 15,538 | 1080 | 0.7878 | |
| 60 | Louisiana Tech University | 21300 | 26100 | 0.1841 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 61 | Webb Institute | 21500 | 73700 | 0.7085 | 104 | 1465 | 0.2484 | |
| 62 | Tufts University | 21600 | 98900 | 0.7813 | 7,031 | 1497 | 0.1082 | |
| 63 | La Roche University | 21700 | 72600 | 0.7014 | 1,972 | 990 | 0.6638 | |
| 64 | South Dakota State University | 22100 | 25200 | 0.1227 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 65 | Mount Mary University | 22400 | 57200 | 0.6079 | 616 | 1069 | 0.831 | |
| 66 | Drury University | 23200 | 52900 | 0.5613 | 1,453 | 1209 | 0.6575 | |
| 67 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 23500 | 34500 | 0.3192 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 68 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24100 | 39300 | 0.3873 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 69 | Indiana State University | 24200 | 32400 | 0.2532 | 6,352 | 1015 | 0.9157 | |
| 69 | University of Kansas | 24200 | 37600 | 0.3585 | 22,544 | 1176 | 0.9258 | |
| 71 | Judson University | 24300 | 49100 | 0.5062 | 697 | 1010 | 0.8905 | |
| 72 | University of Arizona | 24400 | 38100 | 0.3597 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 73 | University at Buffalo | 24700 | 34000 | 0.2736 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 74 | Marywood University | 25200 | 67700 | 0.6275 | 1,936 | 1144 | 0.7878 | |
| 74 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 25200 | 31100 | 0.1898 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 76 | Ball State University | 25500 | 25500 | 0 | 15,950 | 1185 | 0.8625 | |
| 77 | Stony Brook University | 26100 | 33200 | 0.2129 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 78 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 26300 | 36800 | 0.2855 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 79 | Georgia Southern University | 26500 | 26800 | 0.0112 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 79 | University of Southern Mississippi | 26500 | 26500 | 0 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 81 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 26700 | 31800 | 0.1605 | 27,963 | 1090 | 0.8395 | |
| 82 | University of Arkansas | 26800 | 28900 | 0.0726 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 83 | University of Idaho | 26900 | 45200 | 0.4045 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 84 | University of North Alabama | 27400 | 37300 | 0.2655 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 85 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 18,028 | 1059 | 0.7996 | |
| 86 | Syracuse University | 27600 | 83100 | 0.6677 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 87 | Hobart William Smith Colleges | 27900 | 88300 | 0.6839 | 1,862 | 1296 | 0.667 | |
| 87 | North Dakota State University | 27900 | 30400 | 0.0822 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 89 | Clemson University | 29200 | 37100 | 0.2126 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 90 | Ithaca College | 31000 | 72500 | 0.5723 | 4,205 | 1328 | 0.7015 | |
| 91 | Massachusetts Maritime Academy | 31100 | 40200 | 0.2265 | 1,511 | 1120 | 0.9202 | |
| 92 | Kean University | 31400 | 39500 | 0.2051 | 11,932 | 1040 | 0.7811 | |
| 92 | Kent State University at Kent | 31400 | 37500 | 0.1626 | 21,144 | 1104 | 0.7603 | |
| 94 | SUNY Maritime College | 31700 | 41600 | 0.2378 | 1,401 | 1164 | 0.785 | |
| 95 | Lawrence Technological University | 32200 | 71900 | 0.552 | 2,661 | 1149 | 0.8101 | |
| 96 | Portland State University | 32300 | 43100 | 0.2503 | 14,932 | 1174 | 0.8586 | |
| 97 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32500 | 35100 | 0.0742 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 98 | Samford University | 32600 | 64600 | 0.4955 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 99 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 32800 | 34500 | 0.0493 | 10,396 | 1125 | 0.7162 | |
| 100 | Auburn University | 33700 | 34100 | 0.0117 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 100 | Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design | 33700 | 57400 | 0.413 | 838 | 1143 | 0.6054 | |
| 102 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 33900 | 41000 | 0.1739 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 103 | Thomas Jefferson University | 34000 | 68100 | 0.5009 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 104 | University of Oregon | 34700 | 40200 | 0.1369 | 20,710 | 1193 | 0.8742 | |
| 105 | Chatham University | 35000 | 63300 | 0.4474 | 1,555 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 106 | Texas Tech University | 35600 | 38900 | 0.0848 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 107 | Delaware Valley University | 36000 | 66900 | 0.462 | 1,680 | 1189 | 0.9268 | |
| 107 | Temple University | 36000 | 56400 | 0.3618 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 109 | Mississippi State University | 36400 | 50500 | 0.2793 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 110 | Andrews University | 37200 | 70100 | 0.4694 | 1,384 | 1143 | 0.8185 | |
| 111 | University of Connecticut | 37300 | 53600 | 0.3043 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 112 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37400 | 66300 | 0.436 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 113 | Benedictine College | 37700 | 50800 | 0.2579 | 2,404 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 114 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 38000 | 40100 | 0.0523 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 115 | University of Illinois Chicago | 38200 | 50600 | 0.2451 | 24,260 | 1174 | 0.7576 | |
| 116 | Maine Maritime Academy | 38600 | 49800 | 0.2247 | 977 | 1189 | 0.9615 | |
| 117 | University of San Francisco | 39300 | 84800 | 0.5364 | 5,171 | 1333 | 0.7176 | |
| 118 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 39500 | 53200 | 0.2576 | 5,986 | 1110 | 0.8916 | |
| 119 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 39700 | 50000 | 0.2062 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 119 | University of Central Florida | 39700 | 39700 | 0 | 60,083 | 1289 | 0.428 | |
| 121 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 40300 | 44100 | 0.0862 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 122 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5061 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 123 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 40600 | 47500 | 0.1453 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 124 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41400 | 57000 | 0.2738 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 125 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 41600 | 55200 | 0.2463 | 21,388 | 1369 | 0.5945 | |
| 126 | Anderson University | 42300 | 53600 | 0.2108 | 3,724 | 1209 | 0.5491 | |
| 127 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43000 | 53600 | 0.1979 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 128 | University of Florida | 43300 | 45700 | 0.0526 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 129 | Florida Atlantic University | 44400 | 44400 | 0 | 25,626 | 1150 | 0.5497 | |
| 130 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 46200 | 86300 | 0.4644 | 5,833 | 1440 | 0.6725 | |
| 131 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47000 | 59700 | 0.2125 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 132 | Drexel University | 48000 | 83900 | 0.428 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 133 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48600 | 51200 | 0.0506 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 134 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 48700 | 91400 | 0.4673 | 6,839 | 1469 | 0.1446 | |
| 135 | University of Kentucky | 49200 | 58000 | 0.1526 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 136 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 49800 | 62200 | 0.1995 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 137 | University of Georgia | 49900 | 51600 | 0.0329 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 138 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 53300 | 53300 | 0 | 34,447 | 1273 | 0.8804 | |
| 138 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53300 | 61000 | 0.1261 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 140 | Miami University-Oxford | 57400 | 57400 | 0 | 16,405 | 1284 | 0.74 | |
| 141 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 58100 | 63200 | 0.0806 | 40,996 | 1399 | 0.4175 | |
| 142 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58200 | 64100 | 0.092 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 143 | Maryland Institute College of Art | 58600 | 71200 | 0.177 | 1,192 | 1232 | 0.7681 | |
| 144 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 59100 | 61200 | 0.0342 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 145 | Howard University | 60000 | 66500 | 0.0978 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 146 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 60900 | 63000 | 0.0333 | 38,463 | 1324 | 0.7589 | |
| 147 | Otis College of Art and Design | 66700 | 79800 | 0.1641 | 1,188 | 1335 | 0.8034 | |
| 148 | University of California-Davis | 68600 | 69800 | 0.0172 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 149 | The Catholic University of America | 82500 | 82500 | 0 | 3,294 | 1229 | 0.7328 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.
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