Considering a degree in Architecture?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Architecture majors who live in North Carolina.
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 North Carolina.
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 | 5400 | 82400 | 0.9341 | 5,813 | 1535 | 0.0462 | |
| 4 | Yale University | 5500 | 92200 | 0.94 | 6,814 | 1507 | 0.0387 | |
| 5 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 8000 | 90000 | 0.9116 | 4,535 | 1542 | 0.0455 | |
| 5 | University of Pennsylvania | 8000 | 92900 | 0.9141 | 11,478 | 1536 | 0.054 | |
| 7 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8400 | 98000 | 0.9146 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0399 | |
| 8 | Rice University | 8600 | 89100 | 0.9038 | 4,789 | 1535 | 0.08 | |
| 8 | United States Merchant Marine Academy | 8600 | 8600 | 0 | 962 | 1214 | 0.3424 | |
| 10 | Carnegie Mellon University | 9000 | 90900 | 0.9007 | 7,377 | 1528 | 0.1166 | |
| 11 | Washington University in St Louis | 9300 | 102300 | 0.9089 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 12 | Wellesley College | 10700 | 91300 | 0.883 | 2,407 | 1500 | 0.1405 | |
| 13 | University of Notre Dame | 10800 | 86200 | 0.8752 | 8,880 | 1500 | 0.1127 | |
| 14 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 11000 | 27400 | 0.5982 | 27,132 | 1099 | 0.9617 | |
| 15 | Middlebury College | 11500 | 89900 | 0.8724 | 2,760 | 1499 | 0.1075 | |
| 15 | Utah State University | 11500 | 28500 | 0.5964 | 25,706 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 17 | Brown University | 11700 | 94000 | 0.8752 | 7,910 | 1535 | 0.0539 | |
| 17 | California State University-Sacramento | 11700 | 30700 | 0.6186 | 28,820 | 1035 | 0.9399 | |
| 19 | Cornell University | 11800 | 93100 | 0.8735 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0876 | |
| 20 | Indiana State University | 12200 | 31200 | 0.6096 | 6,224 | 1020 | 0.8077 | |
| 21 | California State University-Fresno | 12300 | 45900 | 0.7327 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 22 | University of North Alabama | 12400 | 28200 | 0.5606 | 7,662 | 1140 | 0.8731 | |
| 23 | Florida Atlantic University | 12800 | 25800 | 0.5045 | 24,876 | 1130 | 0.6613 | |
| 24 | Louisiana Tech University | 13100 | 36900 | 0.6449 | 10,881 | 1189 | 0.864 | |
| 24 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 13100 | 38800 | 0.6616 | 17,885 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 26 | Portland State University | 13500 | 26100 | 0.4808 | 15,414 | 1094 | 0.9087 | |
| 27 | Mount Holyoke College | 13600 | 89900 | 0.849 | 2,178 | 1449 | 0.3603 | |
| 27 | University of Houston | 13600 | 23100 | 0.4114 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 29 | North Carolina A & T State University | 13700 | 17900 | 0.2365 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.499 | |
| 29 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 47300 | 0.7099 | 38,040 | 1418 | 0.452 | |
| 31 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 13900 | 64500 | 0.7844 | 15,375 | 1103 | 0.866 | |
| 32 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 14400 | 26500 | 0.4561 | 22,364 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 33 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 14500 | 31000 | 0.5318 | 8,553 | 1045 | 0.8688 | |
| 34 | University of Maine at Augusta | 15100 | 44900 | 0.6639 | 4,313 | 0 | 0 | |
| 35 | Northeastern University | 15200 | 89900 | 0.8309 | 17,432 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 36 | Lehigh University | 15600 | 89600 | 0.8263 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 37 | University of Memphis | 15800 | 26400 | 0.4023 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 38 | Keene State College | 16400 | 51200 | 0.6786 | 2,725 | 1085 | 0.9033 | |
| 39 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 16600 | 29200 | 0.4317 | 18,288 | 1090 | 0.9068 | |
| 40 | Connecticut College | 16700 | 115500 | 0.8551 | 1,990 | 1421 | 0.3704 | |
| 40 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 16700 | 39000 | 0.5703 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 42 | Western Carolina University | 16800 | 19400 | 0.1341 | 10,112 | 1130 | 0.8183 | |
| 43 | Bennington College | 17200 | 89500 | 0.8077 | 797 | 1370 | 0.4453 | |
| 44 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 17500 | 26300 | 0.3323 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 44 | University of Rhode Island | 17500 | 33900 | 0.4839 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 46 | Barnard College | 17600 | 99700 | 0.8232 | 3,487 | 1499 | 0.0884 | |
| 47 | Prairie View A & M University | 17800 | 39600 | 0.5503 | 8,877 | 975 | 0.7931 | |
| 47 | SUNY College of Technology at Alfred | 17800 | 46700 | 0.6191 | 3,781 | 1100 | 0.7568 | |
| 49 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 17900 | 30400 | 0.4118 | 20,591 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 49 | University of Arkansas | 17900 | 27700 | 0.3547 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.743 | |
| 51 | Morgan State University | 18100 | 19700 | 0.0813 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 52 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 18300 | 41200 | 0.5565 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.7517 | |
| 53 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 18400 | 30600 | 0.3971 | 38,093 | 1302 | 0.7821 | |
| 54 | University of Colorado Boulder | 18500 | 30600 | 0.3954 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7808 | |
| 55 | The University of Texas at Austin | 19600 | 27600 | 0.2894 | 43,165 | 1356 | 0.2664 | |
| 56 | La Roche University | 19800 | 66200 | 0.7013 | 1,828 | 1059 | 0.7576 | |
| 56 | Texas Tech University | 19800 | 27900 | 0.2906 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 56 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 19800 | 22300 | 0.112 | 24,868 | 1214 | 0.796 | |
| 59 | University of New Orleans | 20100 | 30200 | 0.3343 | 5,419 | 1040 | 0.7431 | |
| 59 | University of Southern California | 20100 | 75800 | 0.7352 | 20,630 | 1492 | 0.0981 | |
| 61 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 20700 | 34400 | 0.3982 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 61 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 20700 | 30600 | 0.326 | 44,819 | 1327 | 0.4987 | |
| 63 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27100 | 0.2285 | 31,133 | 1463 | 0.4479 | |
| 64 | North Dakota State University | 21000 | 25700 | 0.1839 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 65 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 21300 | 53000 | 0.5987 | 5,731 | 1174 | 0.9064 | |
| 66 | 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 | Tufts University | 22000 | 98900 | 0.7773 | 7,126 | 1507 | 0.1149 | |
| 69 | Marywood University | 22100 | 79900 | 0.7237 | 1,833 | 1160 | 0.6058 | |
| 70 | SUNY Maritime College | 22300 | 46800 | 0.524 | 1,285 | 1215 | 0.7241 | |
| 71 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 23000 | 27500 | 0.1618 | 17,450 | 1044 | 0.9518 | |
| 72 | University of Southern Mississippi | 23100 | 23100 | 0 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
| 73 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 23200 | 40000 | 0.4199 | 2,381 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 74 | Hampshire College | 23700 | 101500 | 0.7662 | 844 | 1254 | 0.7528 | |
| 75 | Judson University | 24200 | 49100 | 0.5067 | 718 | 1015 | 0.4759 | |
| 76 | Norwich University | 24300 | 88400 | 0.7253 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 77 | Miami University-Oxford | 24900 | 28400 | 0.1232 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 78 | Temple University | 25000 | 36400 | 0.3134 | 21,457 | 1135 | 0.8041 | |
| 79 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 25100 | 42700 | 0.4123 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 80 | Drury University | 25200 | 52900 | 0.5235 | 1,391 | 1228 | 0.5758 | |
| 80 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 25200 | 52700 | 0.5218 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 82 | University of Kansas | 25400 | 44000 | 0.4229 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 83 | South Dakota State University | 25600 | 28700 | 0.109 | 10,719 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 84 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 26000 | 59900 | 0.5658 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 84 | Mount Mary University | 26000 | 57200 | 0.5448 | 752 | 1025 | 0.6233 | |
| 86 | Stony Brook University | 26100 | 33200 | 0.2129 | 18,263 | 1410 | 0.4904 | |
| 87 | Ball State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 15,189 | 1170 | 0.855 | |
| 87 | Hobart William Smith Colleges | 26400 | 88300 | 0.7011 | 1,794 | 1308 | 0.6399 | |
| 89 | University of Idaho | 27000 | 45200 | 0.4023 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 89 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 27000 | 40500 | 0.3334 | 25,900 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 91 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 27300 | 41500 | 0.342 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 92 | Thomas Jefferson University | 27600 | 67700 | 0.5922 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8097 | |
| 93 | Syracuse University | 27800 | 83100 | 0.6654 | 15,957 | 1363 | 0.4592 | |
| 94 | University of Utah | 28900 | 32000 | 0.0978 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 95 | Clemson University | 29200 | 37100 | 0.2136 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 96 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 97 | Ithaca College | 32100 | 72500 | 0.5571 | 4,268 | 1314 | 0.6901 | |
| 98 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 32200 | 36700 | 0.1209 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 99 | North Carolina State University | 32800 | 54800 | 0.4003 | 28,422 | 1378 | 0.4174 | |
| 100 | Massachusetts Maritime Academy | 32900 | 40200 | 0.1817 | 1,402 | 1120 | 0.947 | |
| 101 | Anderson University | 33200 | 52500 | 0.3678 | 3,683 | 1209 | 0.5471 | |
| 101 | University of Oregon | 33200 | 38600 | 0.1405 | 20,622 | 1250 | 0.883 | |
| 103 | Lawrence Technological University | 33400 | 82500 | 0.5949 | 2,579 | 1159 | 0.559 | |
| 104 | Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design | 33600 | 57400 | 0.4136 | 838 | 1143 | 0.6054 | |
| 105 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 34000 | 43100 | 0.2113 | 22,033 | 1321 | 0.3132 | |
| 106 | Andrews University | 35000 | 62100 | 0.4364 | 1,384 | 1143 | 0.8185 | |
| 106 | Chatham University | 35000 | 63900 | 0.4526 | 1,550 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 108 | Mississippi State University | 36300 | 50500 | 0.28 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 109 | Drexel University | 36400 | 83800 | 0.5656 | 13,309 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 110 | University of Connecticut | 37300 | 43900 | 0.1505 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 111 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37500 | 66500 | 0.4358 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5478 | |
| 112 | Benedictine College | 37600 | 50800 | 0.2599 | 2,403 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 113 | Kean University | 38200 | 48300 | 0.2092 | 11,758 | 1040 | 0.759 | |
| 114 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 38600 | 53400 | 0.2773 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 115 | Delaware Valley University | 38800 | 83300 | 0.5342 | 1,768 | 1208 | 0.9321 | |
| 116 | University of Central Florida | 39600 | 39600 | 0 | 59,552 | 1280 | 0.4011 | |
| 117 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5067 | 33,475 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 118 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41400 | 57000 | 0.2738 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.782 | |
| 119 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 41600 | 47200 | 0.1185 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 120 | California College of the Arts | 42500 | 87600 | 0.5147 | 1,004 | 1079 | 0.911 | |
| 121 | University of Florida | 43100 | 45600 | 0.0548 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 122 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 43900 | 57100 | 0.2301 | 23,329 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 123 | University of Illinois Chicago | 44200 | 49300 | 0.1034 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 124 | University of Georgia | 45900 | 51600 | 0.1108 | 32,399 | 1382 | 0.377 | |
| 125 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 46100 | 86200 | 0.4651 | 5,741 | 1438 | 0.6347 | |
| 126 | University at Buffalo | 46800 | 46800 | 0 | 20,359 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 127 | Maine Maritime Academy | 47200 | 49800 | 0.0522 | 945 | 1180 | 0.5414 | |
| 128 | University of Delaware | 48500 | 61300 | 0.2089 | 20,026 | 1294 | 0.706 | |
| 129 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 48700 | 92100 | 0.4715 | 8,192 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
| 130 | University of Kentucky | 48900 | 56600 | 0.1363 | 25,534 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 131 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 51000 | 84700 | 0.398 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 132 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 51300 | 60000 | 0.1449 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 133 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 53400 | 53400 | 0 | 33,033 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 134 | University of San Francisco | 53600 | 84800 | 0.3678 | 5,321 | 1292 | 0.6171 | |
| 135 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53700 | 64200 | 0.1635 | 23,920 | 1397 | 0.5973 | |
| 136 | Woodbury University | 53800 | 69500 | 0.2258 | 786 | 1087 | 0.8165 | |
| 137 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 54000 | 56100 | 0.038 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5743 | |
| 138 | Howard University | 58300 | 76900 | 0.2418 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 139 | Auburn University | 58700 | 58700 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4592 | |
| 140 | Maryland Institute College of Art | 60700 | 71200 | 0.1476 | 1,191 | 1232 | 0.7679 | |
| 141 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 61000 | 66100 | 0.0771 | 40,684 | 1331 | 0.3915 | |
| 142 | Otis College of Art and Design | 69900 | 79800 | 0.124 | 1,224 | 1335 | 0.8176 | |
| 143 | University of California-Berkeley | 70700 | 75900 | 0.0685 | 33,070 | 1407 | 0.1098 | |
| 144 | The Catholic University of America | 75800 | 82500 | 0.0812 | 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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