Considering a degree in Architecture?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Architecture majors who live in Maryland.
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 Maryland.
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 | 3700 | 82600 | 0.9552 | 5,916 | 1528 | 0.0442 | |
| 4 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 4700 | 40700 | 0.8836 | 35,358 | 1448 | 0.1642 | |
| 5 | Yale University | 5500 | 92200 | 0.94 | 6,667 | 1507 | 0.0475 | |
| 6 | United States Merchant Marine Academy | 7200 | 8600 | 0.1627 | 962 | 1214 | 0.3424 | |
| 7 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8300 | 97100 | 0.915 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 8 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 8700 | 90000 | 0.9038 | 4,561 | 1542 | 0.0456 | |
| 9 | Carnegie Mellon University | 9000 | 90900 | 0.9006 | 7,728 | 1528 | 0.1107 | |
| 9 | Wellesley College | 9000 | 91300 | 0.9016 | 2,366 | 1499 | 0.1479 | |
| 11 | Mount Holyoke College | 9500 | 89900 | 0.8946 | 2,135 | 1419 | 0.3841 | |
| 12 | Utah State University | 9700 | 26700 | 0.6361 | 26,629 | 1168 | 0.9212 | |
| 13 | Rice University | 9800 | 89100 | 0.8903 | 4,807 | 1528 | 0.0801 | |
| 14 | University of Notre Dame | 10500 | 86200 | 0.8787 | 8,950 | 1497 | 0.0938 | |
| 15 | Washington University in St Louis | 10700 | 102300 | 0.8957 | 8,153 | 1512 | 0.1192 | |
| 16 | Indiana State University | 11100 | 25900 | 0.5723 | 6,352 | 1015 | 0.9157 | |
| 16 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 11100 | 29100 | 0.619 | 40,996 | 1399 | 0.4175 | |
| 18 | California State University-Fresno | 11200 | 19600 | 0.4323 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 19 | Cornell University | 11500 | 93100 | 0.8767 | 16,138 | 1528 | 0.0838 | |
| 20 | University of Central Florida | 11800 | 25300 | 0.5329 | 60,083 | 1289 | 0.428 | |
| 21 | University of Houston | 12000 | 22000 | 0.4537 | 40,366 | 1224 | 0.7577 | |
| 21 | University of Pennsylvania | 12000 | 92900 | 0.8708 | 9,989 | 1535 | 0.0492 | |
| 23 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 29200 | 0.5745 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 24 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 25 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 13300 | 13300 | 0 | 18,667 | 1090 | 0.9711 | |
| 26 | University of Delaware | 13500 | 34500 | 0.608 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 27 | Middlebury College | 13600 | 89900 | 0.8488 | 2,640 | 1499 | 0.1277 | |
| 28 | Brown University | 13900 | 94000 | 0.8521 | 7,951 | 1500 | 0.0634 | |
| 29 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 15100 | 29300 | 0.4847 | 8,421 | 1054 | 0.9444 | |
| 29 | University of Maine at Augusta | 15100 | 30600 | 0.5069 | 4,313 | 0 | 0 | |
| 31 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 15300 | 25600 | 0.4016 | 10,396 | 1125 | 0.7162 | |
| 32 | Ball State University | 15400 | 22400 | 0.3129 | 15,950 | 1185 | 0.8625 | |
| 33 | Lehigh University | 15500 | 89600 | 0.8275 | 5,986 | 1436 | 0.2896 | |
| 34 | California State University-Sacramento | 16100 | 27600 | 0.417 | 28,619 | 1015 | 0.9357 | |
| 35 | University of Florida | 16300 | 22500 | 0.2755 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 36 | North Carolina State University | 16400 | 28500 | 0.4252 | 29,340 | 1374 | 0.3954 | |
| 37 | Morgan State University | 16800 | 28500 | 0.4104 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 38 | Bennington College | 17100 | 89500 | 0.8095 | 708 | 1402 | 0.3721 | |
| 39 | Keene State College | 17400 | 32100 | 0.4556 | 2,640 | 1064 | 0.8982 | |
| 39 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 17400 | 27400 | 0.3648 | 27,963 | 1090 | 0.8395 | |
| 41 | Barnard College | 17600 | 99700 | 0.8232 | 3,223 | 1499 | 0.1005 | |
| 41 | SUNY College of Technology at Alfred | 17600 | 38700 | 0.5447 | 3,758 | 0 | 0.7236 | |
| 43 | Texas Tech University | 18000 | 27100 | 0.3363 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 43 | University of California-Berkeley | 18000 | 43500 | 0.5867 | 33,513 | 1407 | 0.1145 | |
| 45 | Towson University | 18100 | 29900 | 0.3943 | 16,361 | 1082 | 0.8057 | |
| 46 | University of Illinois Chicago | 18500 | 30100 | 0.386 | 24,260 | 1174 | 0.7576 | |
| 47 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 18800 | 29900 | 0.3705 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 48 | Connecticut College | 19300 | 95300 | 0.7971 | 1,953 | 1284 | 0.3923 | |
| 48 | Norwich University | 19300 | 73800 | 0.7382 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 48 | Olivet Nazarene University | 19300 | 79300 | 0.7563 | 2,704 | 1104 | 0.5586 | |
| 51 | University of Colorado Boulder | 19400 | 31900 | 0.3919 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7809 | |
| 52 | University of New Orleans | 19700 | 30600 | 0.3568 | 5,419 | 1040 | 0.7431 | |
| 52 | University of Southern California | 19700 | 75900 | 0.7408 | 20,768 | 1499 | 0.1119 | |
| 52 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 19700 | 78600 | 0.7492 | 17,848 | 1470 | 0.1565 | |
| 55 | Georgia Southern University | 19800 | 20100 | 0.0149 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 56 | Iowa State University | 19900 | 24200 | 0.179 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 56 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 19900 | 32300 | 0.3837 | 15,735 | 1069 | 0.8797 | |
| 58 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20100 | 45200 | 0.5559 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 59 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 20200 | 29300 | 0.3101 | 1,984 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 60 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 20500 | 26500 | 0.2262 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 61 | Hampshire College | 20600 | 83900 | 0.7548 | 844 | 1254 | 0.7528 | |
| 62 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 20700 | 30600 | 0.326 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 63 | North Dakota State University | 20800 | 25700 | 0.1902 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 63 | University of Memphis | 20800 | 26400 | 0.2125 | 15,538 | 1080 | 0.7878 | |
| 65 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27300 | 0.2349 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 66 | Louisiana Tech University | 21000 | 25300 | 0.1701 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 67 | La Roche University | 21200 | 72600 | 0.7082 | 1,972 | 990 | 0.6638 | |
| 68 | Tufts University | 21400 | 98900 | 0.7833 | 7,031 | 1497 | 0.1082 | |
| 68 | Webb Institute | 21400 | 89600 | 0.7608 | 104 | 1465 | 0.2484 | |
| 70 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 71 | Mount Mary University | 22300 | 57200 | 0.6102 | 616 | 1069 | 0.831 | |
| 72 | University of Maryland Global Campus | 22500 | 35300 | 0.3628 | 52,187 | 0 | 1 | |
| 73 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 23000 | 27500 | 0.1618 | 18,028 | 1059 | 0.7996 | |
| 74 | University of Southern Mississippi | 23100 | 23100 | 0 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 75 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 23200 | 34500 | 0.3279 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 75 | Drury University | 23200 | 52900 | 0.5613 | 1,453 | 1209 | 0.6575 | |
| 77 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 23500 | 34400 | 0.3168 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 78 | University of Kentucky | 23700 | 36400 | 0.3477 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 79 | University of Kansas | 23900 | 43000 | 0.4438 | 22,544 | 1176 | 0.9258 | |
| 80 | Judson University | 24100 | 49100 | 0.5087 | 697 | 1010 | 0.8905 | |
| 80 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 24100 | 40500 | 0.405 | 21,388 | 1369 | 0.5945 | |
| 82 | SUNY College of Technology at Delhi | 24300 | 36300 | 0.3302 | 2,881 | 1040 | 0.89 | |
| 83 | University of Arizona | 24400 | 38100 | 0.3597 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 84 | Temple University | 24600 | 36100 | 0.3188 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 85 | Marywood University | 25000 | 67700 | 0.6305 | 1,936 | 1144 | 0.7878 | |
| 85 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 25000 | 32800 | 0.2377 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 87 | South Dakota State University | 25400 | 28700 | 0.1146 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 87 | University of Arkansas | 25400 | 27700 | 0.0826 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 89 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 26400 | 41500 | 0.3636 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 90 | University of Georgia | 26600 | 48600 | 0.4523 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 91 | University of Idaho | 26700 | 45200 | 0.4089 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 92 | University of North Alabama | 27200 | 37300 | 0.2708 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 93 | Syracuse University | 27400 | 83100 | 0.6701 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 94 | Hobart William Smith Colleges | 27600 | 88300 | 0.6873 | 1,862 | 1296 | 0.667 | |
| 95 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 30600 | 43100 | 0.2902 | 22,313 | 1341 | 0.2996 | |
| 96 | Massachusetts Maritime Academy | 30800 | 40200 | 0.234 | 1,511 | 1120 | 0.9202 | |
| 97 | Ithaca College | 30900 | 72500 | 0.5737 | 4,205 | 1328 | 0.7015 | |
| 98 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 31200 | 48800 | 0.361 | 21,028 | 1450 | 0.1334 | |
| 98 | Kent State University at Kent | 31200 | 37500 | 0.1678 | 21,144 | 1104 | 0.7603 | |
| 98 | North Carolina A & T State University | 31200 | 36700 | 0.1497 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.5125 | |
| 101 | SUNY Maritime College | 31600 | 41600 | 0.2402 | 1,401 | 1164 | 0.785 | |
| 102 | Lawrence Technological University | 31800 | 71900 | 0.5576 | 2,661 | 1149 | 0.8101 | |
| 103 | Portland State University | 32100 | 43100 | 0.2549 | 14,932 | 1174 | 0.8586 | |
| 104 | Prairie View A & M University | 32400 | 39600 | 0.1817 | 9,022 | 960 | 0.7836 | |
| 104 | Samford University | 32400 | 64600 | 0.4986 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 106 | Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design | 33100 | 57400 | 0.4234 | 838 | 1143 | 0.6054 | |
| 107 | Auburn University | 33800 | 33800 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 108 | University of Rhode Island | 33900 | 46400 | 0.2692 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 109 | Thomas Jefferson University | 34100 | 68100 | 0.4993 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 110 | University of Oregon | 34500 | 40200 | 0.1418 | 20,710 | 1193 | 0.8742 | |
| 111 | Chatham University | 34900 | 63300 | 0.449 | 1,555 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 112 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 35100 | 35100 | 0 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 113 | Delaware Valley University | 35800 | 66900 | 0.465 | 1,680 | 1189 | 0.9268 | |
| 114 | Andrews University | 37200 | 70100 | 0.4694 | 1,384 | 1143 | 0.8185 | |
| 114 | University of Connecticut | 37200 | 53600 | 0.3062 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 116 | Benedictine College | 37800 | 50800 | 0.256 | 2,404 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 117 | Maine Maritime Academy | 38400 | 49800 | 0.2287 | 977 | 1189 | 0.9615 | |
| 118 | Mississippi State University | 39100 | 53400 | 0.2675 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 119 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 39200 | 53200 | 0.2632 | 5,986 | 1110 | 0.8916 | |
| 120 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 39300 | 39800 | 0.0126 | 26,213 | 1209 | 0.7778 | |
| 120 | University of San Francisco | 39300 | 84800 | 0.5364 | 5,171 | 1333 | 0.7176 | |
| 122 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 39600 | 50000 | 0.2082 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 123 | Stony Brook University | 39700 | 53000 | 0.2507 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 124 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 40200 | 48500 | 0.1711 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 124 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 40200 | 44100 | 0.0885 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 126 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5061 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 127 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41200 | 57000 | 0.2774 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 128 | Anderson University | 42300 | 53600 | 0.2108 | 3,724 | 1209 | 0.5491 | |
| 128 | Kean University | 42300 | 48300 | 0.1243 | 11,932 | 1040 | 0.7811 | |
| 130 | University at Buffalo | 43200 | 46700 | 0.075 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 131 | Florida Atlantic University | 44400 | 44400 | 0 | 25,626 | 1150 | 0.5497 | |
| 132 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 46000 | 86300 | 0.4668 | 5,833 | 1440 | 0.6725 | |
| 133 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47100 | 59700 | 0.2124 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 134 | Drexel University | 47700 | 83900 | 0.4315 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 135 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 48000 | 55800 | 0.1398 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 136 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 48300 | 91400 | 0.4717 | 6,839 | 1469 | 0.1446 | |
| 137 | The University of Texas at Austin | 49700 | 59400 | 0.1633 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 138 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 49800 | 62200 | 0.1995 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 139 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 50500 | 58800 | 0.1411 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 140 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53200 | 61000 | 0.1293 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 141 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 53300 | 53300 | 0 | 34,447 | 1273 | 0.8804 | |
| 142 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53600 | 62800 | 0.1465 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 143 | Howard University | 54900 | 66500 | 0.1745 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 144 | Miami University-Oxford | 57400 | 57400 | 0 | 16,405 | 1284 | 0.74 | |
| 145 | Maryland Institute College of Art | 58400 | 71200 | 0.1798 | 1,192 | 1232 | 0.7681 | |
| 146 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 60700 | 63000 | 0.0364 | 38,463 | 1324 | 0.7589 | |
| 147 | Clemson University | 61400 | 63700 | 0.036 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 148 | Otis College of Art and Design | 66600 | 79800 | 0.1654 | 1,188 | 1335 | 0.8034 | |
| 149 | University of California-Davis | 68500 | 69800 | 0.0186 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 150 | 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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