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 | 1,081 | 1283 | 0.2432 | |
| 1 | United States Naval Academy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4,465 | 1302 | 0.0936 | |
| 3 | Rice University | 4300 | 85500 | 0.9496 | 4,789 | 1535 | 0.08 | |
| 4 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 4900 | 86800 | 0.9433 | 4,576 | 1535 | 0.0485 | |
| 5 | Yale University | 5500 | 92300 | 0.9403 | 6,814 | 1507 | 0.0387 | |
| 6 | Wellesley College | 7000 | 90900 | 0.9233 | 2,407 | 1500 | 0.1405 | |
| 7 | Princeton University | 7600 | 81800 | 0.9069 | 5,813 | 1535 | 0.0462 | |
| 8 | Washington University in St Louis | 9400 | 96200 | 0.9026 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 9 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 10200 | 94100 | 0.8919 | 9,157 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 9 | United States Merchant Marine Academy | 10200 | 10200 | 0 | 947 | 1239 | 0.3247 | |
| 9 | University of Notre Dame | 10200 | 86100 | 0.8815 | 8,880 | 1499 | 0.1127 | |
| 12 | Cornell University | 10400 | 92000 | 0.8866 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
| 13 | University of Pennsylvania | 11200 | 93000 | 0.8797 | 10,013 | 1528 | 0.054 | |
| 14 | Mount Holyoke College | 12200 | 89700 | 0.8644 | 2,178 | 1449 | 0.3603 | |
| 14 | The University of Texas at Austin | 12200 | 30700 | 0.6023 | 43,165 | 1335 | 0.2664 | |
| 14 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 12200 | 27200 | 0.5522 | 40,754 | 1391 | 0.3915 | |
| 17 | Middlebury College | 12400 | 89800 | 0.8618 | 2,760 | 1499 | 0.1075 | |
| 17 | University of Central Florida | 12400 | 23600 | 0.4746 | 59,649 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
| 19 | Massachusetts Maritime Academy | 12600 | 21000 | 0.4002 | 1,407 | 1120 | 0.7207 | |
| 20 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 13000 | 26200 | 0.5037 | 21,947 | 1335 | 0.3122 | |
| 20 | Utah State University | 13000 | 30000 | 0.5659 | 25,920 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 22 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 13300 | 13300 | 0 | 18,428 | 1090 | 0.9529 | |
| 23 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 13600 | 24400 | 0.4431 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 23 | University of North Alabama | 13600 | 28200 | 0.518 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 25 | Louisiana Tech University | 13700 | 24800 | 0.4482 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 25 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 32200 | 0.5744 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 27 | Texas Tech University | 14000 | 26800 | 0.4772 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 28 | University of Idaho | 14100 | 26400 | 0.4656 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 29 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 14300 | 26500 | 0.4594 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 30 | University of Houston | 14800 | 23600 | 0.3734 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 31 | Northeastern University | 15600 | 89900 | 0.8268 | 22,695 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 32 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 15800 | 22300 | 0.2912 | 24,868 | 1214 | 0.796 | |
| 33 | Carnegie Mellon University | 16000 | 87300 | 0.8165 | 7,824 | 1528 | 0.1166 | |
| 34 | University of California-Los Angeles | 16100 | 36700 | 0.5622 | 33,471 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 35 | Tufts University | 16300 | 92400 | 0.824 | 7,126 | 1507 | 0.1153 | |
| 36 | University of Maryland Global Campus | 16800 | 29700 | 0.4345 | 50,793 | 0 | 0.7633 | |
| 37 | Morgan State University | 17200 | 19700 | 0.1272 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 37 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 17200 | 27200 | 0.3671 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 39 | Bennington College | 17300 | 89500 | 0.8071 | 797 | 1360 | 0.4453 | |
| 40 | Barnard College | 17600 | 93200 | 0.8112 | 3,269 | 1490 | 0.0796 | |
| 41 | University of Arkansas | 17900 | 27700 | 0.3527 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 42 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 18000 | 24200 | 0.2567 | 7,890 | 1105 | 0.2056 | |
| 42 | Lehigh University | 18000 | 85700 | 0.7904 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 44 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 18200 | 18200 | 0 | 34,242 | 1260 | 0.7333 | |
| 45 | University of Rhode Island | 18400 | 34400 | 0.4649 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 46 | Portland State University | 18500 | 26100 | 0.2907 | 15,960 | 1176 | 0.9091 | |
| 46 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 18500 | 78300 | 0.7638 | 17,901 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 48 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 19000 | 27200 | 0.3018 | 31,112 | 1130 | 0.8129 | |
| 49 | Towson University | 19200 | 30000 | 0.3596 | 16,264 | 1093 | 0.8198 | |
| 49 | University of Southern California | 19200 | 76000 | 0.7473 | 21,023 | 1485 | 0.1002 | |
| 51 | University of Illinois Chicago | 19300 | 30300 | 0.3627 | 22,495 | 1247 | 0.7735 | |
| 52 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 19600 | 40000 | 0.5099 | 1,984 | 1369 | 0.6328 | |
| 53 | University of Southern Mississippi | 19700 | 23100 | 0.1471 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
| 54 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 20200 | 38800 | 0.481 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 54 | University of Colorado Boulder | 20200 | 30600 | 0.3398 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
| 56 | South Dakota State University | 20600 | 25200 | 0.1814 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 57 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 20900 | 30000 | 0.3038 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 57 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27100 | 0.2292 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 59 | Brown University | 21300 | 93900 | 0.7729 | 7,910 | 1535 | 0.0539 | |
| 59 | University of Georgia | 21300 | 27100 | 0.2113 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 61 | Webb Institute | 21500 | 73700 | 0.7085 | 106 | 1475 | 0.1404 | |
| 62 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 21900 | 34400 | 0.3633 | 14,783 | 1140 | 0.8096 | |
| 62 | Hobart William Smith Colleges | 21900 | 81100 | 0.7297 | 1,794 | 1313 | 0.6399 | |
| 64 | University of Florida | 22300 | 43300 | 0.4847 | 36,567 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 65 | Ball State University | 22400 | 22400 | 0 | 15,189 | 1170 | 0.855 | |
| 66 | University of Memphis | 22500 | 26400 | 0.148 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 67 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 23000 | 27500 | 0.1618 | 17,771 | 1044 | 0.7933 | |
| 68 | Syracuse University | 23600 | 83100 | 0.716 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 69 | La Roche University | 24100 | 55400 | 0.5652 | 1,986 | 1150 | 0.7761 | |
| 69 | University at Buffalo | 24100 | 34000 | 0.2912 | 20,360 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 69 | University of New Orleans | 24100 | 31000 | 0.2226 | 5,476 | 1125 | 0.6677 | |
| 72 | Judson University | 24300 | 49100 | 0.506 | 793 | 1049 | 0.624 | |
| 73 | Miami University-Oxford | 24700 | 27200 | 0.0917 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 74 | California State University-Fresno | 25000 | 35900 | 0.3035 | 21,430 | 995 | 0.9638 | |
| 74 | Mount Mary University | 25000 | 53300 | 0.5311 | 749 | 1005 | 0.6634 | |
| 76 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 25100 | 36600 | 0.3146 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 77 | University of Kansas | 25300 | 42000 | 0.3971 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 78 | Indiana State University | 25600 | 30900 | 0.1717 | 6,224 | 1020 | 0.8077 | |
| 78 | SUNY College of Technology at Alfred | 25600 | 35600 | 0.2813 | 3,525 | 1070 | 0.8175 | |
| 80 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 26000 | 36500 | 0.2878 | 27,082 | 1099 | 0.8459 | |
| 81 | Marywood University | 26400 | 55500 | 0.5246 | 1,834 | 1160 | 0.6058 | |
| 82 | Norwich University | 26500 | 70900 | 0.6264 | 2,642 | 1209 | 0.7361 | |
| 82 | University of Delaware | 26500 | 32500 | 0.1847 | 19,119 | 1303 | 0.6356 | |
| 84 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 26900 | 83600 | 0.6785 | 7,283 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
| 85 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 27000 | 36700 | 0.2628 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 86 | Florida Atlantic University | 27800 | 39200 | 0.291 | 24,942 | 1130 | 0.6613 | |
| 87 | North Dakota State University | 27900 | 30400 | 0.0815 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 88 | Drury University | 28300 | 52900 | 0.4649 | 1,391 | 1228 | 0.5758 | |
| 89 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 28500 | 41900 | 0.3197 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 90 | Connecticut College | 28700 | 83300 | 0.6558 | 1,990 | 1287 | 0.3704 | |
| 91 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 29500 | 39500 | 0.2529 | 14,576 | 1144 | 0.6967 | |
| 92 | Keene State College | 29800 | 40700 | 0.2687 | 2,744 | 1020 | 0.9033 | |
| 93 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 29900 | 31100 | 0.0385 | 20,592 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 94 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 95 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 30300 | 33100 | 0.0846 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 96 | University of Maine at Augusta | 30700 | 38900 | 0.2111 | 4,250 | 0 | 0.0683 | |
| 97 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 31000 | 41100 | 0.246 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 97 | University of Kentucky | 31000 | 36000 | 0.139 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 99 | North Carolina State University | 31100 | 53000 | 0.4127 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 100 | North Carolina A & T State University | 31400 | 36400 | 0.1372 | 12,216 | 1020 | 0.4617 | |
| 101 | Thomas Jefferson University | 31700 | 67700 | 0.5316 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 102 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32500 | 34700 | 0.0633 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 103 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 32800 | 46200 | 0.2903 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 104 | Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design | 33100 | 57100 | 0.4202 | 885 | 1143 | 0.628 | |
| 105 | University of Oregon | 33200 | 38600 | 0.1391 | 20,622 | 1250 | 0.883 | |
| 106 | Ithaca College | 33600 | 72500 | 0.5365 | 4,268 | 1314 | 0.6901 | |
| 107 | Anderson University | 33700 | 52400 | 0.3568 | 3,405 | 1209 | 0.5471 | |
| 108 | California State University-Sacramento | 34000 | 44900 | 0.2429 | 28,226 | 1015 | 0.9343 | |
| 109 | Prairie View A & M University | 34100 | 39600 | 0.1389 | 8,056 | 955 | 0.7441 | |
| 110 | Auburn University | 34400 | 34400 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 111 | Chatham University | 35100 | 63300 | 0.4458 | 1,555 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 111 | Delaware Valley University | 35100 | 63800 | 0.4497 | 1,768 | 1180 | 0.9326 | |
| 113 | Lawrence Technological University | 36000 | 67800 | 0.4688 | 2,579 | 1159 | 0.7403 | |
| 114 | Andrews University | 36400 | 47100 | 0.227 | 1,312 | 1208 | 0.874 | |
| 114 | Mississippi State University | 36400 | 50500 | 0.2789 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 116 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37100 | 62000 | 0.4017 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 117 | Benedictine College | 37800 | 50800 | 0.256 | 2,391 | 1229 | 0.7645 | |
| 117 | University of Connecticut | 37800 | 41800 | 0.0957 | 19,388 | 1324 | 0.5395 | |
| 119 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 38600 | 48900 | 0.2106 | 5,731 | 1174 | 0.9064 | |
| 120 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 39600 | 53800 | 0.264 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
| 121 | Stony Brook University | 39900 | 53000 | 0.2467 | 18,263 | 1395 | 0.4904 | |
| 122 | SUNY Maritime College | 40100 | 40900 | 0.0195 | 1,286 | 1215 | 0.7242 | |
| 123 | Endicott College | 40500 | 63200 | 0.3591 | 3,176 | 1255 | 0.7229 | |
| 124 | Temple University | 40700 | 56100 | 0.2744 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 125 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41400 | 53900 | 0.2319 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 126 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 42200 | 54900 | 0.2315 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 127 | Kean University | 42400 | 48300 | 0.1222 | 11,758 | 1035 | 0.7688 | |
| 128 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 44000 | 57100 | 0.2292 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 129 | Maine Maritime Academy | 47400 | 49800 | 0.0482 | 945 | 1180 | 0.5606 | |
| 130 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 48300 | 85700 | 0.4362 | 5,743 | 1438 | 0.6343 | |
| 131 | Woodbury University | 50700 | 68700 | 0.2621 | 825 | 1087 | 0.7287 | |
| 132 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 51000 | 84200 | 0.3944 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 133 | Drexel University | 51300 | 82600 | 0.3788 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 134 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 51700 | 51700 | 0 | 33,572 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 135 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 52000 | 56100 | 0.0727 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 136 | University of San Francisco | 53300 | 83200 | 0.3592 | 5,321 | 1292 | 0.6171 | |
| 137 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 56900 | 58900 | 0.0352 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 138 | Howard University | 58400 | 61600 | 0.052 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 139 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 59000 | 61100 | 0.034 | 38,093 | 1302 | 0.7821 | |
| 140 | Maryland Institute College of Art | 60700 | 71200 | 0.1476 | 1,324 | 1196 | 0.7729 | |
| 141 | Clemson University | 61600 | 63700 | 0.0326 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 142 | Otis College of Art and Design | 62300 | 79000 | 0.2115 | 1,224 | 1055 | 0.8176 | |
| 143 | University of California-Berkeley | 74600 | 75500 | 0.0119 | 33,469 | 1407 | 0.1104 | |
| 144 | The Catholic University of America | 82500 | 82500 | 0 | 3,177 | 1204 | 0.8278 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.
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