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 | 1294 | 0.2432 | |
| 1 | United States Naval Academy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4,465 | 1302 | 0.0936 | |
| 3 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 4800 | 40700 | 0.8811 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 4 | Princeton University | 5200 | 82400 | 0.9365 | 5,813 | 1535 | 0.0462 | |
| 5 | Yale University | 5500 | 92200 | 0.94 | 6,814 | 1507 | 0.0387 | |
| 6 | University of Pennsylvania | 7400 | 92900 | 0.9206 | 10,013 | 1528 | 0.054 | |
| 7 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8400 | 98000 | 0.9146 | 9,164 | 1494 | 0.2965 | |
| 8 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 8600 | 90000 | 0.9049 | 4,580 | 1542 | 0.0455 | |
| 8 | Rice University | 8600 | 89100 | 0.9038 | 4,789 | 1535 | 0.08 | |
| 8 | United States Merchant Marine Academy | 8600 | 8600 | 0 | 947 | 1230 | 0.3247 | |
| 11 | Carnegie Mellon University | 9000 | 90900 | 0.9007 | 7,824 | 1528 | 0.1166 | |
| 12 | Washington University in St Louis | 9400 | 96200 | 0.9024 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 13 | Wellesley College | 9700 | 91300 | 0.8939 | 2,407 | 1500 | 0.1405 | |
| 14 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 10100 | 25000 | 0.5951 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 15 | University of Notre Dame | 10300 | 86200 | 0.881 | 8,880 | 1471 | 0.1127 | |
| 16 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 10800 | 36600 | 0.7046 | 27,082 | 1099 | 0.8459 | |
| 17 | Middlebury College | 11100 | 89900 | 0.8768 | 2,760 | 1499 | 0.1075 | |
| 18 | Brown University | 11200 | 94000 | 0.8806 | 7,910 | 1535 | 0.0539 | |
| 19 | Cornell University | 11900 | 93100 | 0.8724 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
| 20 | California State University-Fresno | 12000 | 45900 | 0.7393 | 21,430 | 995 | 0.9638 | |
| 20 | University of Houston | 12000 | 23100 | 0.4807 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 22 | Indiana State University | 12100 | 31200 | 0.6128 | 6,224 | 1140 | 0.8077 | |
| 23 | Louisiana Tech University | 12800 | 36900 | 0.653 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 24 | Mount Holyoke College | 13000 | 89900 | 0.8557 | 2,178 | 1449 | 0.3603 | |
| 24 | University of North Alabama | 13000 | 30800 | 0.5772 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 26 | University of Idaho | 13200 | 25800 | 0.4878 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 26 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 13200 | 38800 | 0.659 | 17,901 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 28 | Portland State University | 13400 | 43100 | 0.6899 | 15,414 | 1112 | 0.9087 | |
| 29 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 49300 | 0.7221 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 30 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 13800 | 28000 | 0.5068 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 30 | Utah State University | 13800 | 20800 | 0.3369 | 25,920 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 32 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 14600 | 64500 | 0.7736 | 15,375 | 1179 | 0.866 | |
| 33 | Northeastern University | 14700 | 89900 | 0.8365 | 22,695 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 34 | University of Maine at Augusta | 15000 | 44900 | 0.6661 | 4,250 | 0 | 0.0683 | |
| 35 | University of Memphis | 15600 | 26400 | 0.4099 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 36 | Lehigh University | 15700 | 89600 | 0.8252 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 37 | Keene State College | 15900 | 51200 | 0.6902 | 2,744 | 1020 | 0.9033 | |
| 38 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 16300 | 29200 | 0.442 | 18,667 | 1090 | 0.9711 | |
| 39 | California State University-Sacramento | 16500 | 27600 | 0.4025 | 28,226 | 1015 | 0.9343 | |
| 40 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 16700 | 39000 | 0.5708 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 41 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 17100 | 26300 | 0.3483 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 42 | Morgan State University | 17200 | 19700 | 0.1272 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 43 | Bennington College | 17300 | 89500 | 0.8068 | 797 | 1360 | 0.4453 | |
| 44 | SUNY College of Technology at Alfred | 17400 | 46700 | 0.6277 | 3,525 | 1070 | 0.8175 | |
| 45 | Barnard College | 17600 | 99700 | 0.8232 | 3,269 | 1499 | 0.1147 | |
| 45 | University of Rhode Island | 17600 | 46400 | 0.6202 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 47 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 17900 | 30400 | 0.4118 | 20,592 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 48 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 18000 | 41200 | 0.5637 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 49 | Prairie View A & M University | 18100 | 25400 | 0.2874 | 8,836 | 970 | 0.7794 | |
| 49 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 18100 | 27700 | 0.3461 | 31,112 | 1114 | 0.8129 | |
| 51 | Connecticut College | 19500 | 115500 | 0.8309 | 1,990 | 1287 | 0.3704 | |
| 51 | La Roche University | 19500 | 66200 | 0.7058 | 755 | 1069 | 0.7016 | |
| 53 | University of Southern California | 19700 | 75800 | 0.7404 | 20,630 | 1492 | 0.0981 | |
| 54 | University of New Orleans | 19800 | 30200 | 0.3443 | 5,476 | 1050 | 0.6677 | |
| 55 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20300 | 45200 | 0.5514 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 56 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 20500 | 26500 | 0.2261 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 57 | South Dakota State University | 20700 | 25200 | 0.1804 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 58 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 20900 | 53000 | 0.6062 | 5,731 | 1174 | 0.9064 | |
| 59 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 21200 | 42700 | 0.5036 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 60 | Webb Institute | 21500 | 73700 | 0.7085 | 106 | 1475 | 0.1404 | |
| 61 | Tufts University | 21700 | 98900 | 0.7803 | 7,126 | 1507 | 0.1153 | |
| 62 | Marywood University | 22000 | 79900 | 0.7249 | 1,834 | 1160 | 0.6058 | |
| 63 | University of Florida | 22500 | 43300 | 0.4808 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 63 | University of Maryland Global Campus | 22500 | 35300 | 0.3631 | 50,793 | 0 | 0.7633 | |
| 65 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 23000 | 27500 | 0.1618 | 17,771 | 1044 | 0.7933 | |
| 66 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 23100 | 40000 | 0.4226 | 1,984 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 66 | University of Southern Mississippi | 23100 | 23100 | 0 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
| 68 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 23200 | 36800 | 0.3698 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 69 | Hampshire College | 23900 | 101500 | 0.7642 | 844 | 1254 | 0.7528 | |
| 70 | Norwich University | 24100 | 88400 | 0.7276 | 2,642 | 1182 | 0.7361 | |
| 70 | University at Buffalo | 24100 | 34000 | 0.2912 | 20,360 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 70 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24100 | 38000 | 0.3658 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
| 73 | Judson University | 24300 | 49100 | 0.5056 | 793 | 985 | 0.6233 | |
| 74 | University of Kansas | 25100 | 44000 | 0.4302 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 75 | University of Central Florida | 25300 | 25300 | 0 | 59,649 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
| 76 | University of Arkansas | 25700 | 27700 | 0.074 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 77 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 25800 | 59900 | 0.5692 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 78 | Mount Mary University | 26100 | 57200 | 0.5439 | 749 | 1005 | 0.6634 | |
| 79 | Hobart William Smith Colleges | 26300 | 88300 | 0.7022 | 1,794 | 1313 | 0.6399 | |
| 80 | Ball State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 15,189 | 1170 | 0.855 | |
| 81 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 26600 | 40500 | 0.3433 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 82 | SUNY Maritime College | 26700 | 46800 | 0.4299 | 1,286 | 1215 | 0.7242 | |
| 83 | Thomas Jefferson University | 27800 | 67700 | 0.5892 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 84 | North Dakota State University | 27900 | 30400 | 0.0807 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 84 | Syracuse University | 27900 | 83100 | 0.6642 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 84 | Texas Tech University | 27900 | 27900 | 0 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 87 | University of Delaware | 28500 | 34500 | 0.1741 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 88 | Drury University | 28800 | 52900 | 0.4554 | 1,391 | 1228 | 0.5758 | |
| 89 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 90 | University of Kentucky | 31100 | 36100 | 0.1386 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 91 | Massachusetts Maritime Academy | 32100 | 40200 | 0.2017 | 1,407 | 1120 | 0.7207 | |
| 92 | Ithaca College | 32300 | 72500 | 0.5543 | 4,268 | 1314 | 0.6901 | |
| 92 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 32300 | 36700 | 0.1187 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 94 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 32400 | 43100 | 0.2484 | 21,947 | 1335 | 0.3122 | |
| 95 | North Carolina State University | 32900 | 54800 | 0.3989 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 96 | Lawrence Technological University | 33100 | 82500 | 0.5985 | 2,579 | 1159 | 0.7403 | |
| 96 | Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design | 33100 | 57400 | 0.4227 | 885 | 1143 | 0.628 | |
| 98 | Anderson University | 33300 | 52500 | 0.3659 | 3,405 | 1209 | 0.5471 | |
| 99 | Chatham University | 35100 | 63900 | 0.451 | 1,555 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 99 | Delaware Valley University | 35100 | 83300 | 0.5786 | 1,768 | 1180 | 0.9326 | |
| 99 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 35100 | 35100 | 0 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 102 | Andrews University | 35800 | 62100 | 0.4235 | 1,312 | 1196 | 0.874 | |
| 103 | North Carolina A & T State University | 36100 | 36600 | 0.0137 | 12,216 | 1040 | 0.4617 | |
| 104 | Mississippi State University | 36400 | 50500 | 0.2784 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 105 | Towson University | 37300 | 46400 | 0.1962 | 16,264 | 1093 | 0.8198 | |
| 106 | University of Connecticut | 37400 | 43900 | 0.1482 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 107 | Benedictine College | 37800 | 50800 | 0.256 | 2,391 | 1223 | 0.7645 | |
| 108 | Auburn University | 38000 | 38000 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 109 | Kean University | 38800 | 48300 | 0.1967 | 11,758 | 1035 | 0.759 | |
| 110 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 39700 | 39700 | 0 | 24,868 | 1214 | 0.796 | |
| 111 | Stony Brook University | 40000 | 53000 | 0.2462 | 18,263 | 1404 | 0.4904 | |
| 112 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5067 | 33,471 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 113 | Temple University | 40800 | 55300 | 0.2624 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 114 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 41300 | 47200 | 0.1249 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 115 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41500 | 57000 | 0.2721 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 116 | California College of the Arts | 42400 | 87600 | 0.5158 | 1,004 | 1079 | 0.911 | |
| 117 | University of Maryland-College Park | 42700 | 53400 | 0.2004 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 118 | University of Georgia | 43200 | 48900 | 0.117 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 119 | University of Illinois Chicago | 43800 | 49300 | 0.1115 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 120 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 44000 | 57100 | 0.2287 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 121 | Florida Atlantic University | 44400 | 44400 | 0 | 24,942 | 1130 | 0.6613 | |
| 122 | The University of Texas at Austin | 45300 | 45300 | 0 | 43,165 | 1348 | 0.2664 | |
| 123 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 46000 | 86200 | 0.4662 | 5,743 | 1438 | 0.6343 | |
| 124 | Maine Maritime Academy | 47500 | 49800 | 0.0462 | 945 | 1180 | 0.5606 | |
| 125 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48700 | 51200 | 0.0498 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 126 | Drexel University | 48900 | 83800 | 0.4164 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 126 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 48900 | 92100 | 0.4693 | 7,283 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
| 128 | Woodbury University | 50600 | 69500 | 0.2719 | 825 | 1087 | 0.7287 | |
| 129 | University of Utah | 51700 | 53700 | 0.0382 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 130 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 53400 | 53400 | 0 | 33,572 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 130 | University of San Francisco | 53400 | 84800 | 0.3702 | 5,321 | 1292 | 0.6171 | |
| 132 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 54100 | 56100 | 0.0365 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 133 | University of Colorado Boulder | 54800 | 56600 | 0.0318 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
| 134 | Miami University-Oxford | 56600 | 56600 | 0 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 135 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 58100 | 66100 | 0.121 | 40,754 | 1391 | 0.3915 | |
| 136 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58300 | 64100 | 0.0905 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 137 | Howard University | 58400 | 76900 | 0.2405 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 138 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 59100 | 61200 | 0.0335 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 139 | Maryland Institute College of Art | 60700 | 71200 | 0.1476 | 1,324 | 1174 | 0.7729 | |
| 140 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 60900 | 63000 | 0.0326 | 38,093 | 1302 | 0.7821 | |
| 141 | Clemson University | 61600 | 63700 | 0.0322 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 142 | University of Oregon | 66900 | 68900 | 0.0297 | 20,622 | 1250 | 0.883 | |
| 143 | University of California-Berkeley | 70400 | 75900 | 0.0725 | 33,469 | 1407 | 0.1104 | |
| 144 | The Catholic University of America | 76300 | 82500 | 0.0751 | 3,177 | 1155 | 0.8278 | |
| 145 | Otis College of Art and Design | 78700 | 79800 | 0.0138 | 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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