Considering a degree in Architecture?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Architecture majors who live in Massachusetts.
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 Massachusetts.
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 | 5200 | 82400 | 0.9365 | 5,813 | 1535 | 0.0462 | |
| 4 | Yale University | 5500 | 92200 | 0.94 | 6,814 | 1507 | 0.0387 | |
| 5 | University of Pennsylvania | 7800 | 92900 | 0.9162 | 11,478 | 1536 | 0.054 | |
| 6 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8400 | 98000 | 0.9146 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0399 | |
| 7 | Rice University | 8600 | 89100 | 0.9038 | 4,789 | 1535 | 0.08 | |
| 7 | United States Merchant Marine Academy | 8600 | 8600 | 0 | 962 | 1214 | 0.3424 | |
| 9 | Carnegie Mellon University | 9000 | 90900 | 0.9007 | 7,377 | 1528 | 0.1166 | |
| 10 | Washington University in St Louis | 9300 | 102300 | 0.9089 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 11 | University of Notre Dame | 10500 | 86200 | 0.8787 | 8,880 | 1500 | 0.1127 | |
| 12 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 10900 | 27400 | 0.6019 | 27,132 | 1099 | 0.9617 | |
| 13 | Middlebury College | 11200 | 89900 | 0.8757 | 2,760 | 1499 | 0.1075 | |
| 14 | Wellesley College | 11300 | 90300 | 0.8754 | 2,407 | 1500 | 0.1405 | |
| 15 | Brown University | 11400 | 94000 | 0.8784 | 7,910 | 1535 | 0.0539 | |
| 16 | California State University-Sacramento | 11700 | 30700 | 0.6186 | 28,820 | 1035 | 0.9399 | |
| 17 | Cornell University | 11800 | 93100 | 0.8735 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0876 | |
| 18 | University of Houston | 12000 | 28400 | 0.5781 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 19 | California State University-Fresno | 12100 | 45900 | 0.7371 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 19 | Indiana State University | 12100 | 25900 | 0.5337 | 6,224 | 1020 | 0.8077 | |
| 21 | Massachusetts Maritime Academy | 12200 | 21000 | 0.4197 | 1,402 | 1120 | 0.947 | |
| 22 | Florida Atlantic University | 12500 | 25800 | 0.5162 | 24,876 | 1130 | 0.6613 | |
| 23 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.7517 | |
| 23 | Northeastern University | 12600 | 89100 | 0.8589 | 17,432 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 23 | Tufts University | 12600 | 92100 | 0.8633 | 7,126 | 1507 | 0.1149 | |
| 26 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 13100 | 38800 | 0.6616 | 17,885 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 27 | University of North Alabama | 13300 | 37300 | 0.6435 | 7,662 | 1140 | 0.8731 | |
| 27 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 13300 | 13300 | 0 | 18,288 | 1090 | 0.9068 | |
| 29 | Portland State University | 13400 | 43100 | 0.6895 | 15,414 | 1094 | 0.9087 | |
| 30 | University of Delaware | 13600 | 34500 | 0.6057 | 20,026 | 1294 | 0.706 | |
| 31 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 13700 | 64500 | 0.7875 | 15,375 | 1103 | 0.866 | |
| 31 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 47300 | 0.7099 | 38,040 | 1418 | 0.452 | |
| 33 | Utah State University | 13800 | 20800 | 0.3369 | 25,706 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 34 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 14000 | 31000 | 0.5479 | 8,553 | 1045 | 0.8688 | |
| 35 | Louisiana Tech University | 14600 | 36900 | 0.6042 | 10,881 | 1189 | 0.864 | |
| 36 | University of Maine at Augusta | 15000 | 44900 | 0.6661 | 4,313 | 0 | 0 | |
| 37 | Lehigh University | 15600 | 89600 | 0.8263 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 38 | University of Memphis | 15700 | 26400 | 0.4061 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 39 | Keene State College | 16200 | 68700 | 0.7642 | 2,725 | 1085 | 0.9033 | |
| 40 | University of California-Los Angeles | 16300 | 36700 | 0.5555 | 33,475 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 41 | University of Southern Mississippi | 16400 | 23100 | 0.29 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
| 42 | Connecticut College | 16700 | 115500 | 0.8551 | 1,990 | 1421 | 0.3704 | |
| 43 | Bennington College | 17200 | 89500 | 0.8077 | 797 | 1370 | 0.4453 | |
| 43 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 17200 | 26300 | 0.3437 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 45 | Morgan State University | 17400 | 37200 | 0.5323 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 46 | Barnard College | 17600 | 99700 | 0.8232 | 3,487 | 1499 | 0.0884 | |
| 46 | Prairie View A & M University | 17600 | 39600 | 0.5553 | 8,877 | 975 | 0.7931 | |
| 48 | SUNY College of Technology at Alfred | 17700 | 46700 | 0.6213 | 3,781 | 1100 | 0.7568 | |
| 48 | University of Arkansas | 17700 | 27700 | 0.3619 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.743 | |
| 50 | University of Rhode Island | 17800 | 44300 | 0.5976 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 51 | University of Massachusetts-Boston | 18000 | 57000 | 0.6843 | 12,138 | 1189 | 0.8378 | |
| 52 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 18100 | 27700 | 0.3461 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 53 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 18400 | 30600 | 0.3971 | 38,093 | 1302 | 0.7821 | |
| 54 | Mount Holyoke College | 18500 | 88900 | 0.7923 | 2,178 | 1449 | 0.3603 | |
| 55 | La Roche University | 19600 | 66200 | 0.7043 | 1,828 | 1059 | 0.7576 | |
| 55 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 19600 | 53000 | 0.6308 | 5,731 | 1174 | 0.9064 | |
| 57 | University of Southern California | 19800 | 75800 | 0.7391 | 20,630 | 1492 | 0.0981 | |
| 58 | University of New Orleans | 19900 | 30200 | 0.3409 | 5,419 | 1040 | 0.7431 | |
| 59 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20200 | 45200 | 0.5537 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5478 | |
| 60 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 20700 | 30600 | 0.326 | 44,819 | 1327 | 0.4987 | |
| 61 | North Dakota State University | 21000 | 25700 | 0.1839 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 62 | Webb Institute | 21500 | 73700 | 0.7085 | 106 | 1475 | 0.1404 | |
| 63 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,221 | 1204 | 0.8854 | |
| 64 | Marywood University | 21900 | 79900 | 0.7262 | 1,833 | 1160 | 0.6058 | |
| 65 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 23000 | 27500 | 0.1618 | 17,450 | 1044 | 0.9518 | |
| 66 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 23100 | 40000 | 0.4224 | 2,381 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 67 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 23300 | 36800 | 0.367 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 68 | University of Kentucky | 23900 | 36100 | 0.3384 | 25,534 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 69 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24100 | 38000 | 0.3663 | 23,920 | 1397 | 0.5973 | |
| 70 | Judson University | 24200 | 49100 | 0.5067 | 718 | 1015 | 0.4759 | |
| 70 | Norwich University | 24200 | 88400 | 0.7264 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 72 | Miami University-Oxford | 24600 | 28400 | 0.1337 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 73 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 24800 | 52700 | 0.5294 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 74 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 25000 | 42700 | 0.4146 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 75 | Drury University | 25200 | 52900 | 0.5235 | 1,391 | 1228 | 0.5758 | |
| 75 | University of Kansas | 25200 | 44000 | 0.4275 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 77 | South Dakota State University | 25600 | 28700 | 0.109 | 10,719 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 78 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 25800 | 59900 | 0.5692 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 79 | Mount Mary University | 26000 | 57200 | 0.5448 | 752 | 1025 | 0.6233 | |
| 80 | Ball State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 15,189 | 1170 | 0.855 | |
| 81 | Hobart William Smith Colleges | 26500 | 88300 | 0.6999 | 1,794 | 1308 | 0.6399 | |
| 82 | SUNY Maritime College | 26600 | 46800 | 0.432 | 1,285 | 1215 | 0.7241 | |
| 83 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 26900 | 41500 | 0.3516 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 84 | University of Idaho | 27000 | 45200 | 0.4023 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 85 | Hampshire College | 27100 | 101600 | 0.7327 | 844 | 1254 | 0.7528 | |
| 86 | Kent State University at Kent | 27400 | 28400 | 0.0352 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 87 | Thomas Jefferson University | 27700 | 67700 | 0.5907 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8097 | |
| 88 | Syracuse University | 27900 | 83100 | 0.6642 | 15,957 | 1363 | 0.4592 | |
| 89 | Clemson University | 29200 | 37100 | 0.2136 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 90 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 31100 | 49800 | 0.3755 | 20,591 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 91 | Ithaca College | 32100 | 72500 | 0.5571 | 4,268 | 1314 | 0.6901 | |
| 92 | North Carolina State University | 32800 | 54800 | 0.4003 | 28,422 | 1378 | 0.4174 | |
| 93 | Lawrence Technological University | 33200 | 82500 | 0.5973 | 2,579 | 1159 | 0.559 | |
| 93 | Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design | 33200 | 57400 | 0.4206 | 838 | 1143 | 0.6054 | |
| 95 | Anderson University | 33300 | 52500 | 0.3659 | 3,683 | 1209 | 0.5471 | |
| 96 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 33500 | 88900 | 0.6234 | 4,535 | 1542 | 0.0455 | |
| 97 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 33600 | 43100 | 0.2206 | 22,033 | 1321 | 0.3132 | |
| 97 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 33600 | 58500 | 0.4261 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 99 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 33900 | 36100 | 0.0609 | 33,033 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 100 | Andrews University | 35000 | 62100 | 0.4364 | 1,384 | 1143 | 0.8185 | |
| 101 | Chatham University | 35100 | 63900 | 0.451 | 1,550 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 102 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 35500 | 42800 | 0.1686 | 22,364 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 103 | Temple University | 35600 | 55300 | 0.3565 | 21,457 | 1135 | 0.8041 | |
| 104 | Mississippi State University | 36300 | 50500 | 0.28 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 105 | North Carolina A & T State University | 36400 | 36600 | 0.0055 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.499 | |
| 106 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 36800 | 38900 | 0.0547 | 23,329 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 107 | University of Connecticut | 37200 | 41400 | 0.1013 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 108 | Benedictine College | 37700 | 50800 | 0.2579 | 2,403 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 109 | Kean University | 38100 | 48300 | 0.2112 | 11,758 | 1040 | 0.759 | |
| 110 | Delaware Valley University | 38600 | 83300 | 0.5366 | 1,768 | 1208 | 0.9321 | |
| 111 | Texas Tech University | 38700 | 41000 | 0.0561 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 111 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 38700 | 53400 | 0.2754 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 113 | University of Central Florida | 39600 | 39600 | 0 | 59,552 | 1280 | 0.4011 | |
| 114 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 39700 | 39700 | 0 | 24,868 | 1214 | 0.796 | |
| 115 | Stony Brook University | 39900 | 53000 | 0.2477 | 18,263 | 1410 | 0.4904 | |
| 116 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 41400 | 47200 | 0.1228 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 116 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41400 | 57000 | 0.2738 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.782 | |
| 118 | California College of the Arts | 42400 | 87600 | 0.5158 | 1,004 | 1079 | 0.911 | |
| 119 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 42500 | 54700 | 0.223 | 25,900 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 120 | University of Maryland-College Park | 42800 | 53400 | 0.1985 | 31,133 | 1463 | 0.4479 | |
| 121 | University of Florida | 43100 | 45600 | 0.0548 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 122 | University of Illinois Chicago | 43900 | 49300 | 0.1094 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 123 | The University of Texas at Austin | 45300 | 45300 | 0 | 43,165 | 1356 | 0.2664 | |
| 124 | University of Georgia | 45900 | 51600 | 0.1108 | 32,399 | 1382 | 0.377 | |
| 125 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 46100 | 86200 | 0.4651 | 5,741 | 1438 | 0.6347 | |
| 126 | University at Buffalo | 46800 | 46800 | 0 | 20,359 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 127 | Maine Maritime Academy | 47300 | 49800 | 0.0502 | 945 | 1180 | 0.5414 | |
| 128 | University of Colorado Boulder | 48500 | 56600 | 0.143 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7808 | |
| 129 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 48700 | 92100 | 0.4715 | 8,192 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
| 130 | Drexel University | 48800 | 83800 | 0.4176 | 13,309 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 131 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 51000 | 84700 | 0.398 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 132 | University of Utah | 51600 | 53700 | 0.0397 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 133 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53300 | 61000 | 0.1266 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 134 | University of San Francisco | 53400 | 84800 | 0.3702 | 5,321 | 1292 | 0.6171 | |
| 135 | Woodbury University | 53800 | 69500 | 0.2258 | 786 | 1087 | 0.8165 | |
| 136 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 54000 | 56100 | 0.038 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5743 | |
| 137 | Howard University | 58300 | 76900 | 0.2418 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 138 | Auburn University | 58700 | 58700 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4592 | |
| 139 | Maryland Institute College of Art | 60700 | 71200 | 0.1476 | 1,191 | 1232 | 0.7679 | |
| 140 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 61100 | 66100 | 0.0756 | 40,684 | 1331 | 0.3915 | |
| 141 | University of Oregon | 66800 | 68900 | 0.0309 | 20,622 | 1250 | 0.883 | |
| 142 | Otis College of Art and Design | 69400 | 79800 | 0.1303 | 1,224 | 1335 | 0.8176 | |
| 143 | University of California-Berkeley | 70500 | 75900 | 0.0712 | 33,070 | 1407 | 0.1098 | |
| 144 | The Catholic University of America | 75800 | 82500 | 0.0812 | 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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