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 | 1,108 | 1334 | 0.2244 | |
| 1 | United States Naval Academy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4,474 | 1305 | 0.0927 | |
| 3 | Princeton University | 3600 | 82600 | 0.9564 | 5,813 | 1535 | 0.0462 | |
| 4 | Yale University | 5500 | 92200 | 0.94 | 6,814 | 1507 | 0.0387 | |
| 5 | United States Merchant Marine Academy | 7200 | 8600 | 0.1627 | 962 | 1214 | 0.3424 | |
| 6 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8200 | 97100 | 0.916 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0399 | |
| 7 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 8700 | 90000 | 0.9038 | 4,535 | 1542 | 0.0455 | |
| 8 | Wellesley College | 8900 | 91300 | 0.9027 | 2,407 | 1500 | 0.1405 | |
| 9 | Carnegie Mellon University | 9000 | 90900 | 0.9007 | 7,377 | 1528 | 0.1166 | |
| 10 | Washington University in St Louis | 9300 | 102300 | 0.9091 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 11 | University of Pennsylvania | 9400 | 92900 | 0.8988 | 11,478 | 1536 | 0.054 | |
| 12 | Rice University | 9800 | 89100 | 0.8903 | 4,789 | 1535 | 0.08 | |
| 13 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 10300 | 26000 | 0.6045 | 22,033 | 1321 | 0.3132 | |
| 14 | University of Notre Dame | 10400 | 86200 | 0.8798 | 8,880 | 1500 | 0.1127 | |
| 15 | Florida Atlantic University | 11500 | 25800 | 0.555 | 24,876 | 1130 | 0.6613 | |
| 16 | California State University-Sacramento | 11700 | 30700 | 0.6186 | 28,820 | 1035 | 0.9399 | |
| 16 | Cornell University | 11700 | 93100 | 0.8745 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0876 | |
| 18 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 11900 | 25000 | 0.5232 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 19 | University of Houston | 12000 | 22000 | 0.4537 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 20 | North Carolina A & T State University | 12600 | 17900 | 0.2969 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.499 | |
| 21 | Mount Holyoke College | 13000 | 89900 | 0.8557 | 2,178 | 1449 | 0.3603 | |
| 22 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 13300 | 13300 | 0 | 18,288 | 1090 | 0.9068 | |
| 23 | Middlebury College | 13500 | 89900 | 0.8499 | 2,760 | 1499 | 0.1075 | |
| 23 | University of Georgia | 13500 | 26600 | 0.4925 | 32,399 | 1382 | 0.377 | |
| 25 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 50700 | 0.7294 | 38,040 | 1418 | 0.452 | |
| 26 | Utah State University | 13800 | 20800 | 0.3369 | 25,706 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 27 | Brown University | 13900 | 94000 | 0.8521 | 7,910 | 1535 | 0.0539 | |
| 27 | University of Idaho | 13900 | 25800 | 0.462 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 29 | Northeastern University | 14700 | 89900 | 0.8365 | 17,432 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 30 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 15100 | 31000 | 0.5125 | 8,553 | 1045 | 0.8688 | |
| 31 | Ball State University | 15400 | 22400 | 0.3129 | 15,189 | 1170 | 0.855 | |
| 32 | Lehigh University | 15600 | 89600 | 0.8263 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 33 | University of Kansas | 15800 | 34900 | 0.5463 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 34 | Portland State University | 15900 | 26100 | 0.3895 | 15,414 | 1094 | 0.9087 | |
| 35 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 16000 | 27700 | 0.4218 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 36 | The University of Texas at Austin | 16600 | 28000 | 0.4076 | 43,165 | 1356 | 0.2664 | |
| 37 | Connecticut College | 16700 | 95300 | 0.8244 | 1,990 | 1421 | 0.3704 | |
| 38 | Morgan State University | 16800 | 28500 | 0.4104 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 38 | University of Maryland Global Campus | 16800 | 29700 | 0.4345 | 52,187 | 0 | 0 | |
| 40 | Bennington College | 17200 | 89500 | 0.8079 | 797 | 1370 | 0.4453 | |
| 41 | Keene State College | 17400 | 41400 | 0.5799 | 2,725 | 1085 | 0.9033 | |
| 41 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 17400 | 27400 | 0.3648 | 27,132 | 1099 | 0.9617 | |
| 43 | Barnard College | 17600 | 99700 | 0.8232 | 3,487 | 1499 | 0.0884 | |
| 43 | Prairie View A & M University | 17600 | 25400 | 0.3071 | 8,877 | 975 | 0.7931 | |
| 45 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 17700 | 39000 | 0.5474 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 45 | SUNY College of Technology at Alfred | 17700 | 38700 | 0.5421 | 3,781 | 1100 | 0.7568 | |
| 47 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 17900 | 43200 | 0.5853 | 20,591 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 48 | Texas Tech University | 18000 | 27100 | 0.3363 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 49 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 18200 | 18200 | 0 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 50 | University of Illinois Chicago | 18500 | 30100 | 0.386 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 51 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 18700 | 31000 | 0.3972 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 52 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 18900 | 29900 | 0.3692 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5743 | |
| 52 | University of Rhode Island | 18900 | 33900 | 0.4426 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 54 | University of New Orleans | 19000 | 27200 | 0.3014 | 5,419 | 1040 | 0.7431 | |
| 55 | Norwich University | 19300 | 73800 | 0.7382 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 56 | University of Colorado Boulder | 19400 | 31900 | 0.3918 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7808 | |
| 57 | University of Southern California | 19600 | 75900 | 0.7422 | 20,630 | 1492 | 0.0981 | |
| 58 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 19900 | 78700 | 0.7472 | 17,885 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 59 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 20500 | 26500 | 0.2262 | 22,364 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 60 | Hampshire College | 20700 | 83900 | 0.7536 | 844 | 1254 | 0.7528 | |
| 60 | University of Memphis | 20700 | 26400 | 0.2163 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 62 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27300 | 0.2349 | 31,133 | 1463 | 0.4479 | |
| 63 | Louisiana Tech University | 21100 | 25300 | 0.1661 | 10,881 | 1189 | 0.864 | |
| 64 | Tufts University | 21400 | 98900 | 0.7833 | 7,126 | 1507 | 0.1149 | |
| 65 | La Roche University | 21500 | 72600 | 0.7041 | 1,828 | 1059 | 0.7576 | |
| 65 | Webb Institute | 21500 | 73700 | 0.7085 | 106 | 1475 | 0.1404 | |
| 67 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,221 | 1204 | 0.8854 | |
| 68 | University of Florida | 22500 | 43200 | 0.4796 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 69 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 23000 | 27500 | 0.1618 | 17,450 | 1044 | 0.9518 | |
| 70 | University of Southern Mississippi | 23100 | 23100 | 0 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
| 71 | Indiana State University | 23700 | 32400 | 0.2686 | 6,224 | 1020 | 0.8077 | |
| 72 | University of Kentucky | 23900 | 36400 | 0.3449 | 25,534 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 73 | Judson University | 24200 | 49100 | 0.5069 | 718 | 1015 | 0.4759 | |
| 74 | Temple University | 24600 | 36100 | 0.3188 | 21,457 | 1135 | 0.8041 | |
| 75 | University of Central Florida | 25300 | 25300 | 0 | 59,552 | 1280 | 0.4011 | |
| 76 | Drury University | 25400 | 52900 | 0.5197 | 1,391 | 1228 | 0.5758 | |
| 77 | South Dakota State University | 25600 | 28700 | 0.1097 | 10,719 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 77 | University of Arkansas | 25600 | 27700 | 0.0776 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.743 | |
| 79 | Marywood University | 25900 | 67700 | 0.6172 | 1,833 | 1160 | 0.6058 | |
| 80 | Mount Mary University | 26000 | 57200 | 0.545 | 752 | 1025 | 0.6233 | |
| 81 | Stony Brook University | 26100 | 33200 | 0.2129 | 18,263 | 1410 | 0.4904 | |
| 82 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 26200 | 36800 | 0.2882 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 83 | Hobart William Smith Colleges | 27200 | 88300 | 0.6918 | 1,794 | 1308 | 0.6399 | |
| 84 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 27600 | 32800 | 0.1572 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 84 | University of North Alabama | 27600 | 37300 | 0.2601 | 7,662 | 1140 | 0.8731 | |
| 86 | North Dakota State University | 27800 | 30400 | 0.084 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 86 | Syracuse University | 27800 | 83100 | 0.6653 | 15,957 | 1363 | 0.4592 | |
| 88 | University of Delaware | 28500 | 34500 | 0.1741 | 20,026 | 1294 | 0.706 | |
| 89 | University of Connecticut | 29200 | 39500 | 0.2608 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 90 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 29800 | 42200 | 0.2937 | 15,375 | 1103 | 0.866 | |
| 91 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 92 | Massachusetts Maritime Academy | 30900 | 40200 | 0.2315 | 1,402 | 1120 | 0.947 | |
| 93 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 31300 | 41200 | 0.2406 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.7517 | |
| 94 | Lawrence Technological University | 32000 | 71900 | 0.5548 | 2,579 | 1159 | 0.559 | |
| 95 | Ithaca College | 32100 | 72500 | 0.5571 | 4,268 | 1314 | 0.6901 | |
| 96 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32500 | 35100 | 0.0742 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 97 | University of Maine at Augusta | 32600 | 39600 | 0.1767 | 4,313 | 0 | 0 | |
| 98 | North Carolina State University | 32800 | 54800 | 0.4007 | 28,422 | 1378 | 0.4174 | |
| 99 | Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design | 33100 | 57400 | 0.4227 | 838 | 1143 | 0.6054 | |
| 100 | Auburn University | 33800 | 33800 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4592 | |
| 101 | Thomas Jefferson University | 34100 | 68100 | 0.4995 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8097 | |
| 102 | Andrews University | 35000 | 70100 | 0.5008 | 1,384 | 1143 | 0.8185 | |
| 102 | Chatham University | 35000 | 63300 | 0.4474 | 1,550 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 104 | SUNY Maritime College | 35500 | 41600 | 0.1465 | 1,285 | 1215 | 0.7241 | |
| 105 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 36300 | 47500 | 0.236 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 105 | Mississippi State University | 36300 | 50500 | 0.2804 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 107 | California State University-Fresno | 36500 | 43800 | 0.1668 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 108 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 36600 | 40000 | 0.085 | 2,381 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 109 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 36800 | 38900 | 0.0552 | 23,329 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 110 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37100 | 66300 | 0.4405 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5478 | |
| 111 | Benedictine College | 37800 | 50800 | 0.256 | 2,403 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 112 | Delaware Valley University | 39100 | 66900 | 0.4156 | 1,768 | 1208 | 0.9321 | |
| 113 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 39300 | 39800 | 0.0126 | 24,868 | 1214 | 0.796 | |
| 114 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5061 | 33,475 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 115 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 41100 | 55200 | 0.2554 | 25,900 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 116 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41400 | 57000 | 0.2738 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.782 | |
| 117 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 41600 | 53200 | 0.2181 | 5,731 | 1174 | 0.9064 | |
| 118 | Anderson University | 42300 | 53600 | 0.2108 | 3,683 | 1209 | 0.5471 | |
| 119 | Kean University | 42500 | 48300 | 0.1201 | 11,758 | 1040 | 0.759 | |
| 120 | University at Buffalo | 43800 | 46700 | 0.0621 | 20,359 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 121 | Towson University | 45100 | 46400 | 0.028 | 16,264 | 1098 | 0.8197 | |
| 122 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 46000 | 86300 | 0.4668 | 5,741 | 1438 | 0.6347 | |
| 123 | Maine Maritime Academy | 47300 | 49800 | 0.0502 | 945 | 1180 | 0.5414 | |
| 124 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48600 | 51200 | 0.0517 | 44,819 | 1327 | 0.4987 | |
| 124 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 48600 | 91400 | 0.4684 | 8,192 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
| 126 | Drexel University | 48800 | 83900 | 0.4184 | 13,309 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 127 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 50900 | 84700 | 0.3991 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 128 | University of Utah | 51600 | 53700 | 0.04 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 129 | Woodbury University | 52900 | 69500 | 0.2388 | 786 | 1087 | 0.8165 | |
| 130 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 53300 | 53300 | 0 | 33,033 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 130 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53300 | 61000 | 0.127 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 132 | University of San Francisco | 53600 | 84800 | 0.3678 | 5,321 | 1292 | 0.6171 | |
| 133 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53700 | 62800 | 0.1449 | 23,920 | 1397 | 0.5973 | |
| 134 | Miami University-Oxford | 57400 | 57400 | 0 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 135 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58300 | 64100 | 0.0905 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 136 | Howard University | 60000 | 66500 | 0.0978 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 137 | Maryland Institute College of Art | 60700 | 71200 | 0.1476 | 1,191 | 1232 | 0.7679 | |
| 138 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 60800 | 63000 | 0.0342 | 38,093 | 1302 | 0.7821 | |
| 139 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 61100 | 63200 | 0.0332 | 40,684 | 1331 | 0.3915 | |
| 140 | Clemson University | 61500 | 63700 | 0.0338 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 141 | University of Oregon | 64100 | 71300 | 0.1003 | 20,622 | 1250 | 0.883 | |
| 142 | California College of the Arts | 65200 | 87600 | 0.2556 | 1,004 | 1079 | 0.911 | |
| 143 | Otis College of Art and Design | 66700 | 79800 | 0.1641 | 1,224 | 1335 | 0.8176 | |
| 144 | University of California-Berkeley | 70600 | 76100 | 0.0723 | 33,070 | 1407 | 0.1098 | |
| 145 | The Catholic University of America | 82500 | 82500 | 0 | 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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