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 | Massachusetts Maritime Academy | 10000 | 21000 | 0.524 | 1,511 | 1120 | 0.9202 | |
| 15 | University of California-Davis | 10200 | 38100 | 0.7328 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 16 | University of Notre Dame | 10500 | 86200 | 0.8787 | 8,950 | 1497 | 0.0938 | |
| 17 | Washington University in St Louis | 10700 | 102300 | 0.8957 | 8,153 | 1512 | 0.1192 | |
| 18 | Indiana State University | 11100 | 25900 | 0.5723 | 6,352 | 1015 | 0.9157 | |
| 19 | Cornell University | 11500 | 93100 | 0.8767 | 16,138 | 1528 | 0.0838 | |
| 19 | Florida Atlantic University | 11500 | 25800 | 0.555 | 25,626 | 1150 | 0.5497 | |
| 21 | California State University-Sacramento | 11600 | 30700 | 0.6219 | 28,619 | 1015 | 0.9357 | |
| 22 | University of Central Florida | 11800 | 25300 | 0.5329 | 60,083 | 1289 | 0.428 | |
| 23 | University of Houston | 12000 | 22000 | 0.4537 | 40,366 | 1224 | 0.7577 | |
| 23 | University of Pennsylvania | 12000 | 92900 | 0.8708 | 9,989 | 1535 | 0.0492 | |
| 25 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 29200 | 0.5745 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 26 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 26 | North Carolina A & T State University | 12600 | 17900 | 0.2969 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.5125 | |
| 28 | University of Arizona | 12900 | 30900 | 0.5835 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 29 | University of Delaware | 13500 | 34500 | 0.608 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 30 | Middlebury College | 13600 | 89900 | 0.8488 | 2,640 | 1499 | 0.1277 | |
| 31 | Brown University | 13900 | 94000 | 0.8521 | 7,951 | 1500 | 0.0634 | |
| 32 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 15100 | 29300 | 0.4847 | 8,421 | 1054 | 0.9444 | |
| 32 | University of Maine at Augusta | 15100 | 30600 | 0.5069 | 4,313 | 0 | 0 | |
| 34 | Lehigh University | 15500 | 89600 | 0.8275 | 5,986 | 1436 | 0.2896 | |
| 35 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 15800 | 38400 | 0.5882 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 36 | Portland State University | 15900 | 26100 | 0.391 | 14,932 | 1174 | 0.8586 | |
| 37 | Bennington College | 17100 | 89500 | 0.8095 | 708 | 1402 | 0.3721 | |
| 38 | University of Memphis | 17300 | 26400 | 0.3454 | 15,538 | 1080 | 0.7878 | |
| 39 | Keene State College | 17400 | 41400 | 0.5806 | 2,640 | 1064 | 0.8982 | |
| 39 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 17400 | 27400 | 0.3648 | 27,963 | 1090 | 0.8395 | |
| 41 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 17500 | 29900 | 0.4139 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 42 | Barnard College | 17600 | 99700 | 0.8232 | 3,223 | 1499 | 0.1005 | |
| 42 | SUNY College of Technology at Alfred | 17600 | 38700 | 0.5447 | 3,758 | 0 | 0.7236 | |
| 44 | Towson University | 18100 | 29900 | 0.3943 | 16,361 | 1082 | 0.8057 | |
| 45 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 18400 | 30600 | 0.3971 | 38,463 | 1324 | 0.7589 | |
| 46 | University of Illinois Chicago | 18500 | 30100 | 0.386 | 24,260 | 1174 | 0.7576 | |
| 47 | University of Rhode Island | 18900 | 33900 | 0.4426 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 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 | SUNY College of Technology at Delhi | 19400 | 30400 | 0.3617 | 2,881 | 1040 | 0.89 | |
| 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 | |
| 57 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 20200 | 29300 | 0.3101 | 1,984 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 58 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 20500 | 26500 | 0.2262 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 59 | North Dakota State University | 20800 | 25700 | 0.1902 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 60 | SUNY Maritime College | 20900 | 32000 | 0.347 | 1,401 | 1164 | 0.785 | |
| 61 | Louisiana Tech University | 21000 | 25300 | 0.1701 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 62 | La Roche University | 21200 | 72600 | 0.7082 | 1,972 | 990 | 0.6638 | |
| 63 | Tufts University | 21400 | 98900 | 0.7833 | 7,031 | 1497 | 0.1082 | |
| 63 | Webb Institute | 21400 | 89600 | 0.7608 | 104 | 1465 | 0.2484 | |
| 65 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 66 | Mount Mary University | 22300 | 57200 | 0.6102 | 616 | 1069 | 0.831 | |
| 67 | University of Florida | 22500 | 43000 | 0.4765 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 67 | University of Maryland Global Campus | 22500 | 35300 | 0.3628 | 52,187 | 0 | 1 | |
| 69 | University of Southern Mississippi | 23100 | 23100 | 0 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 70 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 23200 | 34500 | 0.3279 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 70 | Drury University | 23200 | 52900 | 0.5613 | 1,453 | 1209 | 0.6575 | |
| 72 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 23500 | 34400 | 0.3168 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 73 | University of Kentucky | 23700 | 36400 | 0.3477 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 74 | University of Kansas | 23900 | 43000 | 0.4438 | 22,544 | 1176 | 0.9258 | |
| 75 | Judson University | 24100 | 49100 | 0.5087 | 697 | 1010 | 0.8905 | |
| 75 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24100 | 39300 | 0.3873 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 75 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 24100 | 40500 | 0.405 | 21,388 | 1369 | 0.5945 | |
| 78 | Marywood University | 25000 | 67700 | 0.6305 | 1,936 | 1144 | 0.7878 | |
| 78 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 25000 | 32800 | 0.2377 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 80 | South Dakota State University | 25400 | 28700 | 0.1146 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 80 | University of Arkansas | 25400 | 27700 | 0.0826 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 82 | Ball State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 15,950 | 1185 | 0.8625 | |
| 83 | University of Georgia | 26600 | 48600 | 0.4523 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 84 | University of Idaho | 26700 | 45200 | 0.4089 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 85 | Texas Tech University | 27100 | 27100 | 0 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 86 | University of North Alabama | 27200 | 37300 | 0.2708 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 87 | Syracuse University | 27400 | 83100 | 0.6701 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 88 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 18,028 | 1059 | 0.7996 | |
| 89 | Hobart William Smith Colleges | 27600 | 88300 | 0.6873 | 1,862 | 1296 | 0.667 | |
| 90 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 29100 | 29200 | 0.0034 | 18,667 | 1090 | 0.9711 | |
| 91 | University of Connecticut | 29200 | 39500 | 0.2608 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 92 | Morgan State University | 29400 | 41900 | 0.2986 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 93 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 29500 | 42200 | 0.3008 | 15,735 | 1069 | 0.8797 | |
| 94 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 30600 | 43100 | 0.2902 | 22,313 | 1341 | 0.2996 | |
| 95 | Ithaca College | 30900 | 72500 | 0.5737 | 4,205 | 1328 | 0.7015 | |
| 96 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 31200 | 48800 | 0.361 | 21,028 | 1450 | 0.1334 | |
| 96 | Kent State University at Kent | 31200 | 37500 | 0.1678 | 21,144 | 1104 | 0.7603 | |
| 98 | Lawrence Technological University | 31800 | 71900 | 0.5576 | 2,661 | 1149 | 0.8101 | |
| 99 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32300 | 35100 | 0.0799 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 100 | Prairie View A & M University | 32400 | 39600 | 0.1817 | 9,022 | 960 | 0.7836 | |
| 100 | Samford University | 32400 | 64600 | 0.4986 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 102 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 32600 | 34500 | 0.0551 | 10,396 | 1125 | 0.7162 | |
| 103 | North Carolina State University | 32700 | 54800 | 0.4033 | 29,340 | 1374 | 0.3954 | |
| 104 | Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design | 33100 | 57400 | 0.4234 | 838 | 1143 | 0.6054 | |
| 105 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 33600 | 36100 | 0.0692 | 34,447 | 1273 | 0.8804 | |
| 105 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 33600 | 38200 | 0.1201 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 107 | Auburn University | 33700 | 34100 | 0.0117 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 108 | Thomas Jefferson University | 34100 | 68100 | 0.4993 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 109 | Chatham University | 34900 | 63300 | 0.449 | 1,555 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 110 | Delaware Valley University | 35800 | 66900 | 0.465 | 1,680 | 1189 | 0.9268 | |
| 111 | Temple University | 35900 | 56400 | 0.3636 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 112 | California State University-Fresno | 36500 | 43800 | 0.1666 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 113 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37100 | 66300 | 0.4405 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 114 | Andrews University | 37200 | 70100 | 0.4694 | 1,384 | 1143 | 0.8185 | |
| 115 | Benedictine College | 37800 | 50800 | 0.256 | 2,404 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 116 | Maine Maritime Academy | 38400 | 49800 | 0.2287 | 977 | 1189 | 0.9615 | |
| 117 | Mississippi State University | 39100 | 53400 | 0.2675 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 118 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 39200 | 53200 | 0.2632 | 5,986 | 1110 | 0.8916 | |
| 119 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 39300 | 39800 | 0.0126 | 26,213 | 1209 | 0.7778 | |
| 119 | University of San Francisco | 39300 | 84800 | 0.5364 | 5,171 | 1333 | 0.7176 | |
| 121 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 39600 | 50000 | 0.2082 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 122 | Stony Brook University | 39700 | 53000 | 0.2507 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 123 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 40200 | 48500 | 0.1711 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 123 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 40200 | 44100 | 0.0885 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 125 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5061 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 126 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41200 | 57000 | 0.2774 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 127 | Anderson University | 42300 | 53600 | 0.2108 | 3,724 | 1209 | 0.5491 | |
| 127 | Kean University | 42300 | 48300 | 0.1243 | 11,932 | 1040 | 0.7811 | |
| 129 | University of Maryland-College Park | 42700 | 53600 | 0.2035 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 130 | University at Buffalo | 43200 | 46700 | 0.075 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 131 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 46000 | 86300 | 0.4668 | 5,833 | 1440 | 0.6725 | |
| 132 | University of Colorado Boulder | 46600 | 57700 | 0.1917 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7809 | |
| 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 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48500 | 51200 | 0.0544 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 138 | The University of Texas at Austin | 49700 | 59400 | 0.1633 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 139 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 50500 | 58800 | 0.1411 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 140 | Howard University | 54900 | 66500 | 0.1745 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 141 | Miami University-Oxford | 57400 | 57400 | 0 | 16,405 | 1284 | 0.74 | |
| 142 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 58100 | 63200 | 0.0806 | 40,996 | 1399 | 0.4175 | |
| 143 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58300 | 64100 | 0.0905 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 144 | Maryland Institute College of Art | 58400 | 71200 | 0.1798 | 1,192 | 1232 | 0.7681 | |
| 145 | Clemson University | 61400 | 63700 | 0.036 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 146 | Otis College of Art and Design | 66600 | 79800 | 0.1654 | 1,188 | 1335 | 0.8034 | |
| 147 | University of Oregon | 69000 | 71300 | 0.0321 | 20,710 | 1193 | 0.8742 | |
| 148 | University of California-Berkeley | 70600 | 76100 | 0.0723 | 33,513 | 1407 | 0.1145 | |
| 149 | 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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