Considering a degree in Architecture?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Architecture majors who live in Pennsylvania.
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 Pennsylvania.
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 | Carnegie Mellon University | 6800 | 90200 | 0.9249 | 7,377 | 1528 | 0.1166 | |
| 6 | University of Pennsylvania | 7300 | 92700 | 0.9213 | 11,478 | 1536 | 0.054 | |
| 7 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 8000 | 90000 | 0.9116 | 4,535 | 1542 | 0.0455 | |
| 8 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8400 | 98000 | 0.9146 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0399 | |
| 9 | Rice University | 8600 | 89100 | 0.9038 | 4,789 | 1535 | 0.08 | |
| 9 | United States Merchant Marine Academy | 8600 | 8600 | 0 | 962 | 1214 | 0.3424 | |
| 11 | Washington University in St Louis | 9300 | 102300 | 0.9089 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 12 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 10600 | 25000 | 0.5752 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 13 | Wellesley College | 10700 | 91300 | 0.883 | 2,407 | 1500 | 0.1405 | |
| 14 | University of Notre Dame | 10800 | 86200 | 0.8752 | 8,880 | 1500 | 0.1127 | |
| 15 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 11000 | 36600 | 0.6991 | 27,132 | 1099 | 0.9617 | |
| 16 | Middlebury College | 11500 | 89900 | 0.8724 | 2,760 | 1499 | 0.1075 | |
| 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 | University of Illinois Chicago | 11900 | 30400 | 0.6077 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 21 | University of Houston | 12000 | 28400 | 0.5781 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 22 | Indiana State University | 12200 | 31200 | 0.6096 | 6,224 | 1020 | 0.8077 | |
| 23 | California State University-Fresno | 12300 | 45900 | 0.7327 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 24 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 29100 | 0.5734 | 38,040 | 1418 | 0.452 | |
| 25 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 13300 | 13300 | 0 | 18,288 | 1090 | 0.9068 | |
| 26 | Portland State University | 13500 | 26100 | 0.4808 | 15,414 | 1094 | 0.9087 | |
| 26 | University of North Alabama | 13500 | 37300 | 0.6382 | 7,662 | 1140 | 0.8731 | |
| 28 | Mount Holyoke College | 13600 | 89900 | 0.849 | 2,178 | 1449 | 0.3603 | |
| 29 | North Carolina A & T State University | 13800 | 17900 | 0.2297 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.499 | |
| 29 | Utah State University | 13800 | 20800 | 0.3369 | 25,706 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 31 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 13900 | 64500 | 0.7844 | 15,375 | 1103 | 0.866 | |
| 32 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 14500 | 31000 | 0.5318 | 8,553 | 1045 | 0.8688 | |
| 33 | Louisiana Tech University | 14800 | 36900 | 0.5988 | 10,881 | 1189 | 0.864 | |
| 33 | University of Georgia | 14800 | 26600 | 0.4418 | 32,399 | 1382 | 0.377 | |
| 35 | University of Maine at Augusta | 15100 | 44900 | 0.6639 | 4,313 | 0 | 0 | |
| 36 | Ball State University | 15600 | 22400 | 0.304 | 15,189 | 1170 | 0.855 | |
| 37 | Northeastern University | 15700 | 89900 | 0.8254 | 17,432 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 37 | University of Memphis | 15700 | 29900 | 0.4745 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 39 | Lehigh University | 16100 | 88600 | 0.8183 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 40 | University of California-Los Angeles | 16300 | 36700 | 0.5555 | 33,475 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 41 | Keene State College | 16500 | 51200 | 0.6777 | 2,725 | 1085 | 0.9033 | |
| 42 | Connecticut College | 16700 | 115500 | 0.8551 | 1,990 | 1421 | 0.3704 | |
| 43 | University of Kansas | 16800 | 37100 | 0.5482 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 44 | Bennington College | 17200 | 89500 | 0.8077 | 797 | 1370 | 0.4453 | |
| 44 | University of California-Berkeley | 17200 | 43500 | 0.6051 | 33,070 | 1407 | 0.1098 | |
| 46 | University of Rhode Island | 17500 | 33900 | 0.4839 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 47 | Barnard College | 17600 | 99700 | 0.8232 | 3,487 | 1499 | 0.0884 | |
| 47 | Morgan State University | 17600 | 37200 | 0.5269 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 49 | Prairie View A & M University | 17800 | 39600 | 0.5503 | 8,877 | 975 | 0.7931 | |
| 49 | SUNY College of Technology at Alfred | 17800 | 46700 | 0.6191 | 3,781 | 1100 | 0.7568 | |
| 51 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 18100 | 27700 | 0.3461 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 51 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 18100 | 35300 | 0.4868 | 5,731 | 1174 | 0.9064 | |
| 53 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 18300 | 41200 | 0.5565 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.7517 | |
| 54 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 18900 | 18900 | 0.0004 | 14,449 | 1195 | 0.784 | |
| 55 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 19600 | 29300 | 0.3305 | 2,381 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 56 | La Roche University | 19800 | 66300 | 0.7017 | 1,828 | 1059 | 0.7576 | |
| 56 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 19800 | 78700 | 0.7485 | 17,885 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 58 | University of New Orleans | 20100 | 30200 | 0.3343 | 5,419 | 1040 | 0.7431 | |
| 58 | University of Southern California | 20100 | 75800 | 0.7352 | 20,630 | 1492 | 0.0981 | |
| 60 | South Dakota State University | 20600 | 25200 | 0.1836 | 10,719 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 61 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 20700 | 30600 | 0.326 | 44,819 | 1327 | 0.4987 | |
| 61 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 20700 | 30700 | 0.3239 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5743 | |
| 61 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 20700 | 32800 | 0.3693 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 64 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27100 | 0.2285 | 31,133 | 1463 | 0.4479 | |
| 65 | Webb Institute | 21500 | 73700 | 0.7085 | 106 | 1475 | 0.1404 | |
| 66 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,221 | 1204 | 0.8854 | |
| 66 | Pennsylvania Western University | 21800 | 28200 | 0.2273 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 68 | Tufts University | 22000 | 98900 | 0.7773 | 7,126 | 1507 | 0.1149 | |
| 69 | Marywood University | 22100 | 79900 | 0.7238 | 1,833 | 1160 | 0.6058 | |
| 70 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 23000 | 27500 | 0.1618 | 17,450 | 1044 | 0.9518 | |
| 71 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 23400 | 36800 | 0.3643 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 72 | Hampshire College | 23700 | 101500 | 0.7662 | 844 | 1254 | 0.7528 | |
| 73 | Judson University | 24200 | 49100 | 0.5067 | 718 | 1015 | 0.4759 | |
| 74 | Norwich University | 24300 | 88400 | 0.7253 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 75 | University of Southern Mississippi | 24400 | 26500 | 0.0792 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
| 76 | Miami University-Oxford | 24900 | 28400 | 0.1232 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 77 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 25100 | 42700 | 0.4123 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 78 | Chatham University | 25200 | 60900 | 0.586 | 1,550 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 78 | Drury University | 25200 | 52900 | 0.5235 | 1,391 | 1228 | 0.5758 | |
| 80 | Temple University | 25900 | 36400 | 0.2887 | 21,457 | 1135 | 0.8041 | |
| 81 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 26000 | 59900 | 0.5658 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 81 | Mount Mary University | 26000 | 57200 | 0.5448 | 752 | 1025 | 0.6233 | |
| 83 | Stony Brook University | 26100 | 33200 | 0.2129 | 18,263 | 1410 | 0.4904 | |
| 84 | Hobart William Smith Colleges | 26400 | 88300 | 0.7011 | 1,794 | 1308 | 0.6399 | |
| 85 | SUNY Maritime College | 26600 | 46800 | 0.432 | 1,285 | 1215 | 0.7241 | |
| 86 | University of Arkansas | 26800 | 29600 | 0.0955 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.743 | |
| 87 | University of Idaho | 27000 | 45200 | 0.4023 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 88 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 27200 | 40600 | 0.3301 | 25,900 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 89 | Kent State University at Kent | 27400 | 28400 | 0.0352 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 90 | North Dakota State University | 27800 | 30400 | 0.0833 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 90 | Syracuse University | 27800 | 83100 | 0.6654 | 15,957 | 1363 | 0.4592 | |
| 92 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 28400 | 41600 | 0.3164 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 93 | Delaware Valley University | 29200 | 83300 | 0.6495 | 1,768 | 1208 | 0.9321 | |
| 94 | Thomas Jefferson University | 30000 | 63300 | 0.5264 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8097 | |
| 95 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 31100 | 49800 | 0.3755 | 20,591 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 96 | Ithaca College | 32100 | 72500 | 0.5571 | 4,268 | 1314 | 0.6901 | |
| 97 | Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania | 32500 | 39900 | 0.1854 | 9,847 | 1090 | 0.9309 | |
| 98 | North Carolina State University | 32800 | 54800 | 0.4003 | 28,422 | 1378 | 0.4174 | |
| 99 | Massachusetts Maritime Academy | 32900 | 40200 | 0.1817 | 1,402 | 1120 | 0.947 | |
| 100 | Anderson University | 33200 | 52500 | 0.3678 | 3,683 | 1209 | 0.5471 | |
| 101 | Lawrence Technological University | 33400 | 82500 | 0.5949 | 2,579 | 1159 | 0.559 | |
| 102 | Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design | 33600 | 57400 | 0.4136 | 838 | 1143 | 0.6054 | |
| 103 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 34000 | 43100 | 0.2113 | 22,033 | 1321 | 0.3132 | |
| 103 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 34000 | 58500 | 0.4193 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 105 | Andrews University | 35000 | 62100 | 0.4364 | 1,384 | 1143 | 0.8185 | |
| 106 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 35800 | 42800 | 0.1616 | 22,364 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 107 | Mississippi State University | 36300 | 50500 | 0.28 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 108 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 36800 | 38900 | 0.0547 | 23,329 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 109 | University of Connecticut | 37300 | 43900 | 0.1505 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 110 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37500 | 66500 | 0.4358 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5478 | |
| 111 | Benedictine College | 37600 | 50800 | 0.2599 | 2,403 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 112 | Kean University | 38200 | 48300 | 0.2092 | 11,758 | 1040 | 0.759 | |
| 113 | Drexel University | 38400 | 83200 | 0.5384 | 13,309 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 114 | Texas Tech University | 38600 | 41000 | 0.0586 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 114 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 38600 | 53400 | 0.2773 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 116 | University of Central Florida | 39600 | 39600 | 0 | 59,552 | 1280 | 0.4011 | |
| 117 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 39700 | 39700 | 0 | 24,868 | 1214 | 0.796 | |
| 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 | Florida Atlantic University | 44400 | 44400 | 0 | 24,876 | 1130 | 0.6613 | |
| 123 | The University of Texas at Austin | 45300 | 45300 | 0 | 43,165 | 1356 | 0.2664 | |
| 124 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 46100 | 86200 | 0.4651 | 5,741 | 1438 | 0.6347 | |
| 125 | University at Buffalo | 46800 | 46800 | 0 | 20,359 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 126 | Maine Maritime Academy | 47200 | 49800 | 0.0522 | 945 | 1180 | 0.5414 | |
| 127 | University of Delaware | 48500 | 61300 | 0.2089 | 20,026 | 1294 | 0.706 | |
| 128 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 48700 | 92100 | 0.4715 | 8,192 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
| 129 | University of Kentucky | 48900 | 56600 | 0.1363 | 25,534 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 130 | University of Colorado Boulder | 49000 | 56600 | 0.1342 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7808 | |
| 131 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 51000 | 84700 | 0.398 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 132 | University of Utah | 51600 | 53700 | 0.0397 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 133 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53300 | 61000 | 0.1266 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 134 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 53400 | 53400 | 0 | 33,033 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 135 | University of San Francisco | 53600 | 84800 | 0.3678 | 5,321 | 1292 | 0.6171 | |
| 136 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53700 | 64200 | 0.1635 | 23,920 | 1397 | 0.5973 | |
| 137 | Woodbury University | 53800 | 69500 | 0.2258 | 786 | 1087 | 0.8165 | |
| 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 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 60800 | 63000 | 0.0338 | 38,093 | 1302 | 0.7821 | |
| 142 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 61000 | 66100 | 0.0771 | 40,684 | 1331 | 0.3915 | |
| 143 | Clemson University | 61500 | 63700 | 0.0335 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 144 | University of Oregon | 66800 | 68900 | 0.0309 | 20,622 | 1250 | 0.883 | |
| 145 | Otis College of Art and Design | 69900 | 79800 | 0.124 | 1,224 | 1335 | 0.8176 | |
| 146 | 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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