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 | 1,081 | 1294 | 0.2432 | |
| 1 | United States Naval Academy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4,465 | 1302 | 0.0936 | |
| 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 | 10,013 | 1528 | 0.054 | |
| 6 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8400 | 98000 | 0.9146 | 9,164 | 1494 | 0.2965 | |
| 7 | Rice University | 8600 | 89100 | 0.9038 | 4,789 | 1535 | 0.08 | |
| 7 | United States Merchant Marine Academy | 8600 | 8600 | 0 | 947 | 1230 | 0.3247 | |
| 9 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 8700 | 30000 | 0.7098 | 40,754 | 1391 | 0.3915 | |
| 10 | Carnegie Mellon University | 9000 | 90900 | 0.9007 | 7,824 | 1528 | 0.1166 | |
| 11 | Washington University in St Louis | 9300 | 96200 | 0.9033 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 12 | University of Notre Dame | 10500 | 86200 | 0.8787 | 8,880 | 1471 | 0.1127 | |
| 13 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 10900 | 36600 | 0.7018 | 27,082 | 1099 | 0.8459 | |
| 14 | Middlebury College | 11200 | 89900 | 0.8757 | 2,760 | 1499 | 0.1075 | |
| 15 | Wellesley College | 11300 | 90300 | 0.8754 | 2,407 | 1500 | 0.1405 | |
| 16 | Brown University | 11400 | 94000 | 0.8784 | 7,910 | 1535 | 0.0539 | |
| 17 | Utah State University | 11500 | 28500 | 0.5964 | 25,920 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 18 | Cornell University | 11800 | 93100 | 0.8735 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
| 19 | University of Houston | 12000 | 28400 | 0.5781 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 20 | California State University-Fresno | 12100 | 45900 | 0.7371 | 21,430 | 995 | 0.9638 | |
| 21 | Massachusetts Maritime Academy | 12200 | 21000 | 0.4197 | 1,407 | 1120 | 0.7207 | |
| 22 | Indiana State University | 12300 | 31200 | 0.6064 | 6,224 | 1140 | 0.8077 | |
| 23 | University of Central Florida | 12500 | 25300 | 0.5053 | 59,649 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
| 24 | Northeastern University | 12600 | 89100 | 0.8589 | 22,695 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 24 | Tufts University | 12600 | 92100 | 0.8633 | 7,126 | 1507 | 0.1153 | |
| 26 | University of North Alabama | 13100 | 30800 | 0.5739 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 26 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 13100 | 38800 | 0.6616 | 17,901 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 28 | Portland State University | 13300 | 26100 | 0.4887 | 15,414 | 1112 | 0.9087 | |
| 29 | University of Delaware | 13600 | 34500 | 0.6058 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 30 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 49300 | 0.7221 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 31 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 14100 | 28000 | 0.4961 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 32 | Louisiana Tech University | 14200 | 36900 | 0.6151 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 33 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 14400 | 26500 | 0.4563 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 34 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 14700 | 64500 | 0.772 | 15,375 | 1179 | 0.866 | |
| 35 | University of Maine at Augusta | 15000 | 44900 | 0.6661 | 4,250 | 0 | 0.0683 | |
| 36 | Lehigh University | 15600 | 89600 | 0.8263 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 36 | University of Memphis | 15600 | 29900 | 0.4779 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 38 | Keene State College | 16000 | 68700 | 0.7668 | 2,744 | 1020 | 0.9033 | |
| 39 | University of California-Los Angeles | 16300 | 36700 | 0.5555 | 33,471 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 40 | University of Southern Mississippi | 16400 | 23100 | 0.29 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
| 40 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 16400 | 29200 | 0.4385 | 18,667 | 1090 | 0.9711 | |
| 42 | California State University-Sacramento | 16600 | 27600 | 0.3989 | 28,226 | 1015 | 0.9343 | |
| 43 | Bennington College | 17200 | 89500 | 0.8078 | 797 | 1360 | 0.4453 | |
| 44 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 17300 | 26300 | 0.3401 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 45 | SUNY College of Technology at Alfred | 17500 | 46700 | 0.6255 | 3,525 | 1070 | 0.8175 | |
| 46 | Barnard College | 17600 | 99700 | 0.8232 | 3,269 | 1499 | 0.1147 | |
| 47 | University of Rhode Island | 17800 | 44300 | 0.5976 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 48 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 17900 | 30400 | 0.4118 | 20,592 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 48 | Morgan State University | 17900 | 19700 | 0.0915 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 50 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 18100 | 41200 | 0.5613 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 50 | Prairie View A & M University | 18100 | 25400 | 0.2874 | 8,836 | 970 | 0.7794 | |
| 50 | University of Colorado Boulder | 18100 | 30600 | 0.4085 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
| 53 | Mount Holyoke College | 18500 | 88900 | 0.7923 | 2,178 | 1449 | 0.3603 | |
| 54 | The University of Texas at Austin | 19200 | 27600 | 0.3038 | 43,165 | 1348 | 0.2664 | |
| 55 | Connecticut College | 19400 | 115500 | 0.8318 | 1,990 | 1287 | 0.3704 | |
| 55 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 19400 | 35400 | 0.4503 | 5,731 | 1174 | 0.9064 | |
| 57 | La Roche University | 19600 | 66200 | 0.7043 | 755 | 1069 | 0.7016 | |
| 57 | University of Massachusetts-Boston | 19600 | 88900 | 0.7798 | 12,234 | 1194 | 0.8296 | |
| 59 | University of Southern California | 19900 | 75800 | 0.7378 | 20,630 | 1492 | 0.0981 | |
| 60 | University of New Orleans | 20000 | 30200 | 0.3376 | 5,476 | 1050 | 0.6677 | |
| 61 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20200 | 45200 | 0.5537 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 62 | South Dakota State University | 20600 | 25200 | 0.1838 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 63 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 20700 | 30600 | 0.3258 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 64 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 21300 | 42700 | 0.5013 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 65 | Webb Institute | 21500 | 73700 | 0.7085 | 106 | 1475 | 0.1404 | |
| 66 | Marywood University | 22100 | 79900 | 0.7237 | 1,834 | 1160 | 0.6058 | |
| 67 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 23000 | 27500 | 0.1618 | 17,771 | 1044 | 0.7933 | |
| 68 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 23200 | 40000 | 0.4201 | 1,984 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 69 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 23300 | 36800 | 0.367 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 70 | University of Kentucky | 23900 | 36100 | 0.3382 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 71 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24100 | 38000 | 0.3663 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
| 72 | Judson University | 24200 | 49100 | 0.5067 | 793 | 985 | 0.6233 | |
| 72 | Norwich University | 24200 | 88400 | 0.7264 | 2,642 | 1182 | 0.7361 | |
| 74 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 24800 | 56100 | 0.5577 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 75 | University of Kansas | 25200 | 44000 | 0.4276 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 76 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 25900 | 59900 | 0.5675 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 77 | Mount Mary University | 26000 | 57200 | 0.5448 | 749 | 1005 | 0.6634 | |
| 78 | Hobart William Smith Colleges | 26100 | 88300 | 0.7044 | 1,794 | 1313 | 0.6399 | |
| 78 | Stony Brook University | 26100 | 33200 | 0.2129 | 18,263 | 1404 | 0.4904 | |
| 80 | Ball State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 15,189 | 1170 | 0.855 | |
| 81 | SUNY Maritime College | 26600 | 46800 | 0.432 | 1,286 | 1215 | 0.7242 | |
| 81 | University of Arkansas | 26600 | 29600 | 0.1024 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 83 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 26700 | 40500 | 0.3408 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 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 | Thomas Jefferson University | 27600 | 67700 | 0.5922 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 87 | North Dakota State University | 27800 | 30400 | 0.0835 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 88 | Syracuse University | 27900 | 83100 | 0.6642 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 89 | Drury University | 28800 | 52900 | 0.4554 | 1,391 | 1228 | 0.5758 | |
| 90 | Clemson University | 29200 | 37100 | 0.2137 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 91 | University of Connecticut | 29300 | 33700 | 0.1307 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 92 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 93 | Kean University | 31500 | 39600 | 0.2046 | 11,758 | 1035 | 0.759 | |
| 94 | Ithaca College | 32100 | 72500 | 0.5571 | 4,268 | 1314 | 0.6901 | |
| 95 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 32600 | 43100 | 0.2438 | 21,947 | 1335 | 0.3122 | |
| 96 | North Carolina State University | 32800 | 54800 | 0.4004 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 97 | Lawrence Technological University | 33200 | 82500 | 0.5973 | 2,579 | 1159 | 0.7403 | |
| 97 | Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design | 33200 | 57400 | 0.4207 | 885 | 1143 | 0.628 | |
| 97 | University of Oregon | 33200 | 38600 | 0.1406 | 20,622 | 1250 | 0.883 | |
| 100 | Anderson University | 33300 | 52500 | 0.3659 | 3,405 | 1209 | 0.5471 | |
| 101 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 33500 | 88900 | 0.6234 | 4,580 | 1542 | 0.0455 | |
| 102 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 33900 | 58500 | 0.4211 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 103 | Chatham University | 35100 | 63900 | 0.451 | 1,555 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 104 | Delaware Valley University | 35200 | 83300 | 0.5774 | 1,768 | 1180 | 0.9326 | |
| 105 | Andrews University | 35800 | 62100 | 0.4235 | 1,312 | 1196 | 0.874 | |
| 106 | North Carolina A & T State University | 36200 | 36600 | 0.0109 | 12,216 | 1040 | 0.4617 | |
| 107 | Mississippi State University | 36300 | 50500 | 0.2801 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 108 | Benedictine College | 37700 | 50800 | 0.2579 | 2,391 | 1223 | 0.7645 | |
| 109 | Texas Tech University | 38700 | 41000 | 0.0561 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 109 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 38700 | 53400 | 0.2754 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 111 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 39700 | 39700 | 0 | 24,868 | 1214 | 0.796 | |
| 112 | Temple University | 40700 | 55300 | 0.2642 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 113 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 41400 | 47200 | 0.1228 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 113 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41400 | 57000 | 0.2738 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 115 | California College of the Arts | 42400 | 87600 | 0.5158 | 1,004 | 1079 | 0.911 | |
| 116 | University of Maryland-College Park | 42800 | 53400 | 0.1985 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 117 | University of Florida | 43100 | 45600 | 0.0548 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 118 | University of Illinois Chicago | 43900 | 49300 | 0.1094 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 118 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 43900 | 57100 | 0.2302 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 120 | Florida Atlantic University | 44400 | 44400 | 0 | 24,942 | 1130 | 0.6613 | |
| 121 | University of Georgia | 45900 | 51600 | 0.1108 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 122 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 46100 | 86200 | 0.4651 | 5,743 | 1438 | 0.6343 | |
| 123 | University at Buffalo | 46800 | 46800 | 0 | 20,360 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 124 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 47100 | 60000 | 0.2149 | 31,112 | 1114 | 0.8129 | |
| 125 | Maine Maritime Academy | 47300 | 49800 | 0.0502 | 945 | 1180 | 0.5606 | |
| 126 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 48700 | 92100 | 0.4715 | 7,283 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
| 127 | Drexel University | 48800 | 83800 | 0.4176 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 128 | Woodbury University | 50600 | 69500 | 0.2719 | 825 | 1087 | 0.7287 | |
| 129 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 51000 | 84700 | 0.398 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 130 | University of Utah | 51600 | 53700 | 0.0398 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 131 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53300 | 61000 | 0.1267 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 132 | Howard University | 53400 | 76900 | 0.3055 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 132 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 53400 | 53400 | 0 | 33,572 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 134 | University of San Francisco | 53500 | 84800 | 0.369 | 5,321 | 1292 | 0.6171 | |
| 135 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 54000 | 56100 | 0.038 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 136 | Miami University-Oxford | 56600 | 56600 | 0 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 137 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58300 | 64100 | 0.0905 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 138 | Auburn University | 58700 | 58700 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 139 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 59100 | 61200 | 0.0349 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 140 | Maryland Institute College of Art | 60700 | 71200 | 0.1476 | 1,324 | 1174 | 0.7729 | |
| 141 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 60800 | 63000 | 0.0339 | 38,093 | 1302 | 0.7821 | |
| 142 | University of California-Berkeley | 70500 | 75900 | 0.0712 | 33,469 | 1407 | 0.1104 | |
| 143 | The Catholic University of America | 76400 | 82500 | 0.0739 | 3,177 | 1155 | 0.8278 | |
| 144 | Otis College of Art and Design | 78900 | 79800 | 0.0113 | 1,224 | 1235 | 0.8176 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.
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