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 | 1319 | 0.206 | |
| 1 | United States Naval Academy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4,474 | 1305 | 0.0927 | |
| 3 | Princeton University | 4000 | 82600 | 0.9516 | 5,916 | 1528 | 0.0442 | |
| 4 | Yale University | 5500 | 92200 | 0.94 | 6,667 | 1507 | 0.0475 | |
| 5 | United States Merchant Marine Academy | 7500 | 8600 | 0.1278 | 962 | 1214 | 0.3424 | |
| 6 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 8000 | 90000 | 0.9116 | 4,561 | 1542 | 0.0456 | |
| 7 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8400 | 97100 | 0.914 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 8 | Carnegie Mellon University | 9000 | 90900 | 0.9007 | 7,728 | 1528 | 0.1107 | |
| 9 | Mount Holyoke College | 9500 | 89900 | 0.8946 | 2,135 | 1419 | 0.3841 | |
| 10 | Rice University | 9800 | 89100 | 0.8903 | 4,807 | 1528 | 0.0801 | |
| 11 | Wellesley College | 10000 | 91300 | 0.8906 | 2,366 | 1499 | 0.1479 | |
| 12 | Washington University in St Louis | 10800 | 102300 | 0.8943 | 8,153 | 1512 | 0.1192 | |
| 13 | University of Notre Dame | 10900 | 86200 | 0.874 | 8,950 | 1497 | 0.0938 | |
| 14 | California State University-Sacramento | 11700 | 30700 | 0.6186 | 28,619 | 1015 | 0.9357 | |
| 15 | Cornell University | 11800 | 93100 | 0.8735 | 16,138 | 1528 | 0.0838 | |
| 16 | University of Pennsylvania | 12300 | 92900 | 0.8676 | 9,989 | 1535 | 0.0492 | |
| 17 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 18 | North Carolina A & T State University | 12900 | 17900 | 0.2814 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.5125 | |
| 19 | University of North Alabama | 13100 | 28200 | 0.5358 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 20 | University of Delaware | 13600 | 34500 | 0.6053 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 21 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 57800 | 0.7626 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 22 | University of Georgia | 13800 | 26600 | 0.4812 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 22 | Utah State University | 13800 | 20800 | 0.3369 | 26,629 | 1168 | 0.9212 | |
| 24 | Brown University | 13900 | 94000 | 0.8521 | 7,951 | 1500 | 0.0634 | |
| 24 | University of Houston | 13900 | 22000 | 0.3675 | 40,366 | 1224 | 0.7577 | |
| 26 | Middlebury College | 14000 | 89900 | 0.8443 | 2,640 | 1499 | 0.1277 | |
| 27 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 14300 | 19400 | 0.2642 | 14,865 | 1175 | 0.9113 | |
| 28 | Western Carolina University | 15400 | 16500 | 0.0697 | 10,268 | 1140 | 0.7076 | |
| 29 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 15500 | 25600 | 0.3938 | 10,396 | 1125 | 0.7162 | |
| 30 | Lehigh University | 15600 | 89600 | 0.8263 | 5,986 | 1436 | 0.2896 | |
| 31 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 15700 | 29300 | 0.4642 | 8,421 | 1054 | 0.9444 | |
| 32 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 15900 | 38400 | 0.5856 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 33 | University of Kansas | 16100 | 34900 | 0.539 | 22,544 | 1176 | 0.9258 | |
| 34 | Portland State University | 16200 | 26100 | 0.3797 | 14,932 | 1174 | 0.8586 | |
| 35 | Bennington College | 17200 | 89500 | 0.8073 | 708 | 1402 | 0.3721 | |
| 36 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 17400 | 29900 | 0.4174 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 37 | Barnard College | 17600 | 99700 | 0.8232 | 3,223 | 1499 | 0.1005 | |
| 37 | Keene State College | 17600 | 32100 | 0.4507 | 2,640 | 1064 | 0.8982 | |
| 39 | Prairie View A & M University | 17700 | 25400 | 0.3032 | 9,022 | 960 | 0.7836 | |
| 39 | SUNY College of Technology at Alfred | 17700 | 38700 | 0.5421 | 3,758 | 0 | 0.7236 | |
| 41 | University of California-Berkeley | 18400 | 43500 | 0.5775 | 33,513 | 1407 | 0.1145 | |
| 42 | University of Illinois Chicago | 19000 | 30100 | 0.3693 | 24,260 | 1174 | 0.7576 | |
| 43 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 19100 | 22300 | 0.1435 | 26,213 | 1209 | 0.7778 | |
| 44 | Connecticut College | 19400 | 95300 | 0.7961 | 1,953 | 1284 | 0.3923 | |
| 45 | Norwich University | 19700 | 73800 | 0.7328 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 45 | Olivet Nazarene University | 19700 | 80900 | 0.7565 | 2,704 | 1104 | 0.5586 | |
| 47 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 19900 | 78600 | 0.7467 | 17,848 | 1470 | 0.1565 | |
| 48 | University of New Orleans | 20000 | 30600 | 0.347 | 5,419 | 1040 | 0.7431 | |
| 49 | University of Southern California | 20200 | 75900 | 0.7342 | 20,768 | 1499 | 0.1119 | |
| 50 | Hampshire College | 20600 | 83900 | 0.7548 | 844 | 1254 | 0.7528 | |
| 51 | North Dakota State University | 21000 | 25700 | 0.1826 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 52 | University of Memphis | 21100 | 26400 | 0.2011 | 15,538 | 1080 | 0.7878 | |
| 53 | Louisiana Tech University | 21400 | 26100 | 0.1802 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 54 | Webb Institute | 21500 | 73700 | 0.7085 | 104 | 1465 | 0.2484 | |
| 55 | Tufts University | 21700 | 98900 | 0.7803 | 7,031 | 1497 | 0.1082 | |
| 56 | La Roche University | 21800 | 72600 | 0.7 | 1,972 | 990 | 0.6638 | |
| 57 | Mount Mary University | 22400 | 57200 | 0.6079 | 616 | 1069 | 0.831 | |
| 58 | University of Southern Mississippi | 23100 | 23100 | 0 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 59 | Drury University | 23200 | 52900 | 0.5613 | 1,453 | 1209 | 0.6575 | |
| 60 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 23500 | 34500 | 0.3192 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 61 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24100 | 39300 | 0.3873 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 62 | Indiana State University | 24300 | 32400 | 0.2501 | 6,352 | 1015 | 0.9157 | |
| 62 | Judson University | 24300 | 49100 | 0.5062 | 697 | 1010 | 0.8905 | |
| 64 | Miami University-Oxford | 24400 | 27500 | 0.1129 | 16,405 | 1284 | 0.74 | |
| 64 | University of Arizona | 24400 | 38100 | 0.3597 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 66 | SUNY College of Technology at Delhi | 24500 | 36300 | 0.3247 | 2,881 | 1040 | 0.89 | |
| 67 | University at Buffalo | 24800 | 34000 | 0.2706 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 68 | Marywood University | 25300 | 67700 | 0.6261 | 1,936 | 1144 | 0.7878 | |
| 68 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 25300 | 32800 | 0.2287 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 70 | South Dakota State University | 25600 | 28700 | 0.1078 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 71 | Ball State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 15,950 | 1185 | 0.8625 | |
| 71 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 26400 | 36800 | 0.2828 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 73 | Georgia Southern University | 26500 | 26800 | 0.0112 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 74 | University of Arkansas | 26800 | 28900 | 0.0726 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 74 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 26800 | 36600 | 0.2676 | 27,963 | 1090 | 0.8395 | |
| 76 | University of Idaho | 26900 | 45200 | 0.4045 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 77 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 18,028 | 1059 | 0.7996 | |
| 78 | Syracuse University | 27600 | 83100 | 0.6677 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 79 | Hobart William Smith Colleges | 27900 | 88300 | 0.6839 | 1,862 | 1296 | 0.667 | |
| 80 | Iowa State University | 28800 | 43300 | 0.3355 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 81 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 29100 | 29200 | 0.0034 | 18,667 | 1090 | 0.9711 | |
| 82 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 29900 | 42200 | 0.2913 | 15,735 | 1069 | 0.8797 | |
| 83 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 31000 | 43100 | 0.281 | 22,313 | 1341 | 0.2996 | |
| 83 | Ithaca College | 31000 | 72500 | 0.5723 | 4,205 | 1328 | 0.7015 | |
| 85 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 31200 | 48800 | 0.361 | 21,028 | 1450 | 0.1334 | |
| 86 | Massachusetts Maritime Academy | 31300 | 40200 | 0.2216 | 1,511 | 1120 | 0.9202 | |
| 87 | Kent State University at Kent | 31400 | 37500 | 0.1626 | 21,144 | 1104 | 0.7603 | |
| 88 | SUNY Maritime College | 31800 | 41600 | 0.2354 | 1,401 | 1164 | 0.785 | |
| 89 | Lawrence Technological University | 32300 | 71900 | 0.5507 | 2,661 | 1149 | 0.8101 | |
| 90 | Morgan State University | 32600 | 41900 | 0.2221 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 91 | Samford University | 32700 | 64600 | 0.4939 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 92 | University of Maine at Augusta | 32800 | 39600 | 0.1717 | 4,313 | 0 | 0 | |
| 93 | North Carolina State University | 32900 | 54800 | 0.3997 | 29,340 | 1374 | 0.3954 | |
| 94 | Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design | 33600 | 57400 | 0.4148 | 838 | 1143 | 0.6054 | |
| 95 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 34000 | 41000 | 0.1705 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 95 | Thomas Jefferson University | 34000 | 68100 | 0.5009 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 97 | University of Rhode Island | 34400 | 46400 | 0.2584 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 98 | Chatham University | 35000 | 63300 | 0.4474 | 1,555 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 99 | Texas Tech University | 35700 | 38900 | 0.0823 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 100 | Drexel University | 35800 | 83900 | 0.5734 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 101 | Temple University | 36000 | 56400 | 0.3618 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 102 | Delaware Valley University | 36100 | 66900 | 0.4605 | 1,680 | 1189 | 0.9268 | |
| 103 | Mississippi State University | 36400 | 50500 | 0.2793 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 104 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 36600 | 40000 | 0.085 | 1,984 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 104 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 36600 | 53100 | 0.3106 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 106 | California State University-Fresno | 36900 | 43800 | 0.1576 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 107 | Andrews University | 37200 | 70100 | 0.4694 | 1,384 | 1143 | 0.8185 | |
| 108 | University of Connecticut | 37300 | 53600 | 0.3043 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 109 | Benedictine College | 37600 | 50800 | 0.2599 | 2,404 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 109 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37600 | 66300 | 0.433 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 111 | Maine Maritime Academy | 38600 | 49800 | 0.2247 | 977 | 1189 | 0.9615 | |
| 112 | University of San Francisco | 39300 | 84800 | 0.5364 | 5,171 | 1333 | 0.7176 | |
| 113 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 39600 | 53200 | 0.2557 | 5,986 | 1110 | 0.8916 | |
| 114 | University of Central Florida | 39700 | 39700 | 0 | 60,083 | 1289 | 0.428 | |
| 115 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 39800 | 50000 | 0.2042 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 116 | Stony Brook University | 39900 | 53000 | 0.2471 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 117 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 40300 | 44100 | 0.0862 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 118 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5061 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 119 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 40800 | 47500 | 0.1411 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 120 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41400 | 57000 | 0.2738 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 121 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 41800 | 55200 | 0.2427 | 21,388 | 1369 | 0.5945 | |
| 122 | Anderson University | 42200 | 53600 | 0.2127 | 3,724 | 1209 | 0.5491 | |
| 123 | Kean University | 42600 | 48300 | 0.118 | 11,932 | 1040 | 0.7811 | |
| 124 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43100 | 53600 | 0.196 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 125 | University of Florida | 43300 | 45700 | 0.0526 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 126 | Florida Atlantic University | 44400 | 44400 | 0 | 25,626 | 1150 | 0.5497 | |
| 127 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 46200 | 86300 | 0.4644 | 5,833 | 1440 | 0.6725 | |
| 128 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47000 | 59700 | 0.2125 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 129 | University of Colorado Boulder | 47300 | 57700 | 0.1806 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7809 | |
| 130 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 48000 | 55800 | 0.1398 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 131 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48600 | 51200 | 0.0506 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 132 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 48700 | 91400 | 0.4673 | 6,839 | 1469 | 0.1446 | |
| 133 | University of Kentucky | 49200 | 58000 | 0.1525 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 134 | The University of Texas at Austin | 49800 | 59400 | 0.1617 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 135 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 50700 | 58800 | 0.1378 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 136 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 51000 | 84700 | 0.398 | 35,358 | 1448 | 0.1642 | |
| 137 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 53300 | 53300 | 0 | 34,447 | 1273 | 0.8804 | |
| 137 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53300 | 61000 | 0.1261 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 139 | Howard University | 55100 | 66500 | 0.1715 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 140 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 58100 | 63200 | 0.0806 | 40,996 | 1399 | 0.4175 | |
| 141 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58200 | 64100 | 0.092 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 142 | Auburn University | 58500 | 58500 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 143 | Maryland Institute College of Art | 58600 | 71200 | 0.177 | 1,192 | 1232 | 0.7681 | |
| 144 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 59100 | 61200 | 0.0342 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 145 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 60900 | 63000 | 0.0333 | 38,463 | 1324 | 0.7589 | |
| 146 | Clemson University | 61600 | 63700 | 0.0329 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 147 | Otis College of Art and Design | 66700 | 79800 | 0.1641 | 1,188 | 1335 | 0.8034 | |
| 148 | University of California-Davis | 68600 | 69800 | 0.0172 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 149 | University of Oregon | 69200 | 71300 | 0.0294 | 20,710 | 1193 | 0.8742 | |
| 150 | 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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