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 | 1,063 | 1334 | 0.206 | |
| 1 | United States Naval Academy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4,474 | 1305 | 0.0927 | |
| 3 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 4000 | 93300 | 0.9568 | 4,561 | 1542 | 0.0456 | |
| 3 | Princeton University | 4000 | 83500 | 0.9526 | 5,916 | 1535 | 0.0442 | |
| 5 | University of Pennsylvania | 4800 | 93100 | 0.9489 | 9,989 | 1536 | 0.0492 | |
| 6 | United States Merchant Marine Academy | 7300 | 7900 | 0.0759 | 962 | 1214 | 0.3424 | |
| 7 | Washington University in St Louis | 7500 | 102300 | 0.9267 | 8,153 | 1513 | 0.1192 | |
| 8 | University of Notre Dame | 7800 | 89100 | 0.9123 | 8,950 | 1500 | 0.0938 | |
| 9 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8700 | 98000 | 0.9113 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 10 | Carnegie Mellon University | 9400 | 90900 | 0.8962 | 7,728 | 1528 | 0.1107 | |
| 11 | Portland State University | 9700 | 43300 | 0.7765 | 14,932 | 1094 | 0.8586 | |
| 12 | Rice University | 10000 | 92500 | 0.8922 | 4,807 | 1535 | 0.0801 | |
| 13 | Indiana State University | 10100 | 32400 | 0.6885 | 6,352 | 1020 | 0.9157 | |
| 14 | University of California-Berkeley | 10500 | 44400 | 0.7637 | 33,513 | 1407 | 0.1145 | |
| 15 | Wellesley College | 10600 | 95500 | 0.8893 | 2,366 | 1499 | 0.1479 | |
| 16 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 10800 | 25900 | 0.5836 | 22,313 | 1321 | 0.2996 | |
| 17 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 11000 | 27400 | 0.5982 | 27,963 | 1099 | 0.8395 | |
| 18 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 11200 | 33800 | 0.6688 | 40,996 | 1331 | 0.4175 | |
| 19 | Middlebury College | 11300 | 94500 | 0.8808 | 2,640 | 1499 | 0.1277 | |
| 20 | California State University-Fresno | 11600 | 19600 | 0.4071 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 20 | Cornell University | 11600 | 93700 | 0.8761 | 16,138 | 1521 | 0.0838 | |
| 20 | Massachusetts Maritime Academy | 11600 | 46600 | 0.7511 | 1,511 | 1120 | 0.9202 | |
| 23 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 11900 | 39000 | 0.6941 | 17,848 | 1470 | 0.1565 | |
| 24 | Mount Holyoke College | 12400 | 89900 | 0.8621 | 2,135 | 1449 | 0.3841 | |
| 24 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 31100 | 0.6022 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 26 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 26 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 12600 | 29300 | 0.57 | 8,421 | 1045 | 0.9444 | |
| 28 | Brown University | 12900 | 94000 | 0.8627 | 7,951 | 1500 | 0.0634 | |
| 29 | North Carolina A & T State University | 13000 | 17900 | 0.2758 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.5125 | |
| 29 | University of Idaho | 13000 | 27800 | 0.5344 | 9,656 | 1119 | 0.7476 | |
| 31 | Kean University | 13300 | 39200 | 0.6607 | 11,932 | 1040 | 0.7811 | |
| 32 | Louisiana Tech University | 13400 | 42900 | 0.6875 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 32 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 13400 | 35200 | 0.62 | 18,667 | 1090 | 0.9711 | |
| 34 | University of Georgia | 13600 | 27200 | 0.4993 | 32,824 | 1382 | 0.3425 | |
| 35 | Western Carolina University | 13900 | 16600 | 0.1601 | 10,268 | 1130 | 0.7076 | |
| 36 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 14100 | 25600 | 0.4484 | 10,396 | 1125 | 0.7162 | |
| 37 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 14200 | 31000 | 0.5426 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 38 | University of Memphis | 14400 | 26400 | 0.4554 | 15,538 | 1075 | 0.7878 | |
| 39 | University of Maine at Augusta | 14900 | 54900 | 0.7283 | 4,313 | 0 | 0 | |
| 39 | University of North Alabama | 14900 | 37300 | 0.6006 | 8,078 | 1140 | 0.7054 | |
| 41 | Ball State University | 15100 | 22400 | 0.3261 | 15,950 | 1170 | 0.8625 | |
| 41 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 15100 | 56900 | 0.7346 | 15,735 | 1103 | 0.8797 | |
| 43 | Lehigh University | 15700 | 89800 | 0.8252 | 5,986 | 1436 | 0.2896 | |
| 44 | Keene State College | 16300 | 51400 | 0.6834 | 2,640 | 1085 | 0.8982 | |
| 44 | North Carolina State University | 16300 | 28500 | 0.4289 | 29,340 | 1378 | 0.3954 | |
| 46 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 16700 | 26500 | 0.3696 | 23,003 | 1159 | 0.7367 | |
| 47 | Georgia Southern University | 16800 | 49700 | 0.6621 | 25,595 | 1065 | 0.695 | |
| 48 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 16900 | 28100 | 0.3984 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 49 | Bennington College | 17000 | 89500 | 0.8107 | 708 | 1370 | 0.3721 | |
| 49 | Connecticut College | 17000 | 93000 | 0.8169 | 1,953 | 1421 | 0.3923 | |
| 51 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 17100 | 26300 | 0.35 | 19,787 | 1214 | 0.8807 | |
| 52 | Prairie View A & M University | 17200 | 44200 | 0.6105 | 9,022 | 975 | 0.7836 | |
| 53 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 17400 | 29900 | 0.4174 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 54 | Barnard College | 17500 | 99700 | 0.8241 | 3,223 | 1499 | 0.1005 | |
| 55 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 17600 | 35600 | 0.5063 | 8,513 | 1203 | 0.9261 | |
| 55 | University of Kentucky | 17600 | 37300 | 0.5282 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 57 | Yale University | 17700 | 278600 | 0.9364 | 6,667 | 1507 | 0.0475 | |
| 58 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 17900 | 47900 | 0.6257 | 21,028 | 1435 | 0.1334 | |
| 58 | Morgan State University | 17900 | 42200 | 0.5763 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 60 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 18200 | 37200 | 0.5105 | 5,986 | 1174 | 0.8916 | |
| 61 | SUNY College of Technology at Alfred | 18300 | 37500 | 0.512 | 3,758 | 1100 | 0.7236 | |
| 61 | The University of Texas at Austin | 18300 | 28200 | 0.3514 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 63 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 18400 | 30600 | 0.3971 | 38,463 | 1302 | 0.7589 | |
| 64 | University of Rhode Island | 18600 | 33900 | 0.4514 | 14,466 | 1148 | 0.7456 | |
| 65 | La Roche University | 18900 | 87300 | 0.7837 | 1,972 | 1059 | 0.6638 | |
| 65 | Olivet Nazarene University | 18900 | 79300 | 0.7614 | 2,704 | 1104 | 0.5586 | |
| 67 | Norwich University | 19200 | 100600 | 0.8094 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 68 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 19300 | 22300 | 0.1345 | 26,213 | 1214 | 0.7778 | |
| 69 | SUNY College of Technology at Delhi | 20100 | 55300 | 0.6363 | 2,881 | 1040 | 0.89 | |
| 70 | South Dakota State University | 20300 | 25200 | 0.1941 | 10,883 | 1120 | 0.9618 | |
| 71 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 20400 | 39800 | 0.4869 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 72 | Syracuse University | 20500 | 83600 | 0.7548 | 16,149 | 1363 | 0.4879 | |
| 73 | Iowa State University | 21300 | 25700 | 0.1728 | 26,346 | 1207 | 0.8793 | |
| 74 | University of New Orleans | 21400 | 30400 | 0.2962 | 5,419 | 1040 | 0.7431 | |
| 75 | Utah State University | 22000 | 39000 | 0.4358 | 26,629 | 1176 | 0.9212 | |
| 76 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 22400 | 34200 | 0.3453 | 15,273 | 1124 | 0.8089 | |
| 77 | Marywood University | 22600 | 93800 | 0.7591 | 1,936 | 1160 | 0.7878 | |
| 78 | Tufts University | 23100 | 99000 | 0.7665 | 7,031 | 1507 | 0.1082 | |
| 78 | University of Southern Mississippi | 23100 | 23100 | 0 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 80 | University of Houston | 23800 | 28400 | 0.1622 | 40,366 | 1249 | 0.7577 | |
| 81 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 24100 | 60700 | 0.6029 | 1,984 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 82 | Judson University | 24800 | 51000 | 0.5145 | 697 | 1015 | 0.8905 | |
| 83 | Hobart William Smith Colleges | 25400 | 88300 | 0.7122 | 1,862 | 1308 | 0.667 | |
| 84 | SUNY Maritime College | 25700 | 59200 | 0.5662 | 1,401 | 1215 | 0.785 | |
| 85 | Mount Mary University | 25900 | 57200 | 0.5475 | 616 | 1025 | 0.831 | |
| 86 | Stony Brook University | 26100 | 33200 | 0.2129 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 87 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 26600 | 40600 | 0.3446 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 87 | University of Kansas | 26600 | 44400 | 0.4011 | 22,544 | 1176 | 0.9258 | |
| 89 | University of Arkansas | 26800 | 44500 | 0.3973 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 90 | Drury University | 26900 | 54500 | 0.5063 | 1,453 | 1228 | 0.6575 | |
| 91 | Florida Atlantic University | 27300 | 27300 | 0 | 25,626 | 1130 | 0.5497 | |
| 92 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 18,028 | 1044 | 0.7996 | |
| 93 | Kent State University at Kent | 27600 | 37500 | 0.2639 | 21,144 | 1105 | 0.7603 | |
| 93 | North Dakota State University | 27600 | 30400 | 0.092 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 95 | Chatham University | 28600 | 60800 | 0.5294 | 1,555 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 96 | University of Southern California | 29700 | 98300 | 0.698 | 20,768 | 1492 | 0.1119 | |
| 97 | Thomas Jefferson University | 30000 | 70000 | 0.5711 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 98 | Lawrence Technological University | 30300 | 99100 | 0.6946 | 2,661 | 1159 | 0.8101 | |
| 99 | Maine Maritime Academy | 31000 | 34400 | 0.0987 | 977 | 1180 | 0.9615 | |
| 100 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32000 | 35200 | 0.0908 | 32,041 | 1302 | 0.4358 | |
| 101 | Anderson University | 32200 | 54700 | 0.4116 | 3,724 | 1209 | 0.5491 | |
| 102 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 32600 | 54400 | 0.4007 | 35,248 | 1273 | 0.6939 | |
| 103 | California State University-Sacramento | 33000 | 33400 | 0.012 | 28,619 | 1035 | 0.9357 | |
| 104 | Ithaca College | 33600 | 76000 | 0.5582 | 4,205 | 1314 | 0.7015 | |
| 104 | Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design | 33600 | 61800 | 0.4561 | 838 | 1143 | 0.6054 | |
| 106 | Samford University | 34700 | 93800 | 0.6301 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 107 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 35200 | 46500 | 0.2431 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 108 | Temple University | 35300 | 57200 | 0.3826 | 21,031 | 1135 | 0.8622 | |
| 109 | Texas Tech University | 36000 | 42100 | 0.1448 | 34,021 | 1200 | 0.6906 | |
| 110 | University of Connecticut | 37000 | 66200 | 0.4414 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 111 | Andrews University | 37200 | 76700 | 0.5148 | 1,384 | 1143 | 0.8185 | |
| 112 | Benedictine College | 37600 | 52700 | 0.2866 | 2,404 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 112 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37600 | 66700 | 0.4364 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 114 | Mississippi State University | 39000 | 53400 | 0.2695 | 19,093 | 1214 | 0.8363 | |
| 115 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5061 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 116 | Drexel University | 40500 | 86400 | 0.5313 | 12,318 | 1339 | 0.699 | |
| 117 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41100 | 58700 | 0.3 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 118 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 41600 | 55300 | 0.2479 | 21,388 | 1375 | 0.5945 | |
| 119 | University of Central Florida | 42100 | 42100 | 0 | 60,083 | 1280 | 0.428 | |
| 120 | Delaware Valley University | 42300 | 67200 | 0.3704 | 1,680 | 1208 | 0.9268 | |
| 121 | University of Florida | 43100 | 45700 | 0.0569 | 37,283 | 1399 | 0.2033 | |
| 121 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43100 | 58600 | 0.2645 | 31,875 | 1463 | 0.4503 | |
| 123 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 43200 | 88100 | 0.5098 | 35,358 | 1435 | 0.1642 | |
| 124 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 43400 | 58800 | 0.262 | 25,054 | 1239 | 0.7762 | |
| 125 | University of Illinois Chicago | 45400 | 51400 | 0.1168 | 24,260 | 1252 | 0.7576 | |
| 126 | University at Buffalo | 46400 | 46400 | 0 | 21,192 | 1303 | 0.8059 | |
| 127 | Otis College of Art and Design | 46600 | 79800 | 0.4158 | 1,188 | 1335 | 0.8034 | |
| 128 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48300 | 51200 | 0.0565 | 43,633 | 1327 | 0.4343 | |
| 129 | University of Delaware | 48500 | 62500 | 0.2239 | 19,287 | 1294 | 0.6924 | |
| 130 | University of Arizona | 48600 | 48600 | 0 | 43,294 | 1233 | 0.8351 | |
| 131 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 50800 | 63800 | 0.2038 | 42,565 | 1338 | 0.7887 | |
| 132 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 51100 | 86300 | 0.4079 | 5,833 | 1438 | 0.6725 | |
| 133 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 52800 | 61200 | 0.1372 | 26,490 | 1204 | 0.8863 | |
| 134 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 53300 | 53300 | 0 | 34,447 | 1264 | 0.8804 | |
| 135 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53500 | 63400 | 0.1562 | 24,019 | 1397 | 0.5989 | |
| 136 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 53900 | 96100 | 0.439 | 6,839 | 1469 | 0.1446 | |
| 137 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 54900 | 68800 | 0.2022 | 38,572 | 1406 | 0.3659 | |
| 138 | Howard University | 55100 | 88500 | 0.3776 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 139 | University of Colorado Boulder | 55200 | 70900 | 0.2219 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7809 | |
| 140 | University of San Francisco | 56000 | 90300 | 0.3799 | 5,171 | 1292 | 0.7176 | |
| 141 | Miami University-Oxford | 57500 | 57500 | 0 | 16,405 | 1299 | 0.74 | |
| 142 | Maryland Institute College of Art | 58300 | 71200 | 0.1812 | 1,192 | 1232 | 0.7681 | |
| 143 | Auburn University | 59200 | 59200 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 144 | Webb Institute | 61100 | 124900 | 0.5106 | 104 | 1475 | 0.2484 | |
| 145 | Clemson University | 61300 | 63700 | 0.0376 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 146 | University of Oregon | 63900 | 71300 | 0.1038 | 20,710 | 1250 | 0.8742 | |
| 147 | University of California-Davis | 68200 | 69900 | 0.0243 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 148 | The Catholic University of America | 81900 | 82500 | 0.0073 | 3,294 | 1140 | 0.7328 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.
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