Considering a degree in Architecture?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Architecture majors who live in South 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 South 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 | |
| 4 | Princeton University | 4200 | 83500 | 0.9502 | 5,916 | 1535 | 0.0442 | |
| 5 | University of Pennsylvania | 5000 | 93100 | 0.9467 | 9,989 | 1536 | 0.0492 | |
| 6 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 5900 | 40700 | 0.8541 | 35,358 | 1435 | 0.1642 | |
| 7 | United States Merchant Marine Academy | 7400 | 7900 | 0.0632 | 962 | 1214 | 0.3424 | |
| 8 | Washington University in St Louis | 7500 | 102300 | 0.9262 | 8,153 | 1513 | 0.1192 | |
| 9 | University of Notre Dame | 8000 | 89100 | 0.9101 | 8,950 | 1500 | 0.0938 | |
| 10 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8700 | 98000 | 0.9113 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 11 | Carnegie Mellon University | 9500 | 90900 | 0.8951 | 7,728 | 1528 | 0.1107 | |
| 12 | Portland State University | 9700 | 26100 | 0.6291 | 14,932 | 1094 | 0.8586 | |
| 13 | Rice University | 10000 | 92500 | 0.8922 | 4,807 | 1535 | 0.0801 | |
| 13 | University of Central Florida | 10000 | 31900 | 0.6867 | 60,083 | 1280 | 0.428 | |
| 15 | University of California-Davis | 10200 | 38600 | 0.7366 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 16 | Indiana State University | 10300 | 32400 | 0.6824 | 6,352 | 1020 | 0.9157 | |
| 17 | University of California-Berkeley | 10700 | 44400 | 0.7592 | 33,513 | 1407 | 0.1145 | |
| 18 | Wellesley College | 10800 | 95500 | 0.8873 | 2,366 | 1499 | 0.1479 | |
| 19 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 11000 | 25900 | 0.5758 | 22,313 | 1321 | 0.2996 | |
| 20 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 11200 | 36500 | 0.6938 | 27,963 | 1099 | 0.8395 | |
| 21 | California State University-Fresno | 11500 | 44000 | 0.7388 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 21 | Middlebury College | 11500 | 94500 | 0.8787 | 2,640 | 1499 | 0.1277 | |
| 23 | Cornell University | 11600 | 93700 | 0.8761 | 16,138 | 1521 | 0.0838 | |
| 24 | Massachusetts Maritime Academy | 11700 | 46600 | 0.7489 | 1,511 | 1120 | 0.9202 | |
| 25 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 11900 | 39000 | 0.6941 | 17,848 | 1470 | 0.1565 | |
| 26 | Mount Holyoke College | 12400 | 89900 | 0.8621 | 2,135 | 1449 | 0.3841 | |
| 27 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 28 | Greenville Technical College | 12700 | 23700 | 0.4642 | 11,999 | 0 | 1 | |
| 29 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 12800 | 29300 | 0.5632 | 8,421 | 1045 | 0.9444 | |
| 30 | Brown University | 12900 | 94000 | 0.8627 | 7,951 | 1500 | 0.0634 | |
| 31 | University of Idaho | 13000 | 27800 | 0.5344 | 9,656 | 1119 | 0.7476 | |
| 32 | North Carolina A & T State University | 13200 | 17900 | 0.2633 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.5125 | |
| 33 | Kean University | 13600 | 39200 | 0.653 | 11,932 | 1040 | 0.7811 | |
| 33 | Louisiana Tech University | 13600 | 42900 | 0.6829 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 33 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 13600 | 21300 | 0.3614 | 18,667 | 1090 | 0.9711 | |
| 36 | University of Georgia | 13700 | 27200 | 0.4956 | 32,824 | 1382 | 0.3425 | |
| 36 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 61700 | 0.7781 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 38 | University of North Alabama | 13800 | 28200 | 0.5109 | 8,078 | 1140 | 0.7054 | |
| 39 | Utah State University | 14000 | 21000 | 0.3327 | 26,629 | 1176 | 0.9212 | |
| 40 | University of Arizona | 14100 | 32100 | 0.5606 | 43,294 | 1233 | 0.8351 | |
| 41 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 14200 | 25600 | 0.4445 | 10,396 | 1125 | 0.7162 | |
| 42 | Coastal Carolina University | 14300 | 27200 | 0.475 | 11,471 | 1145 | 0.7003 | |
| 42 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 14300 | 31000 | 0.5394 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 44 | University of Memphis | 14600 | 26400 | 0.4478 | 15,538 | 1075 | 0.7878 | |
| 45 | University of Maine at Augusta | 15000 | 54900 | 0.7265 | 4,313 | 0 | 0 | |
| 46 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 15200 | 56900 | 0.7329 | 15,735 | 1103 | 0.8797 | |
| 47 | Lehigh University | 15700 | 89800 | 0.8252 | 5,986 | 1436 | 0.2896 | |
| 48 | Keene State College | 16400 | 51400 | 0.6813 | 2,640 | 1085 | 0.8982 | |
| 49 | Morgan State University | 16800 | 30700 | 0.4523 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 50 | Bennington College | 17000 | 89500 | 0.8107 | 708 | 1370 | 0.3721 | |
| 50 | Connecticut College | 17000 | 93000 | 0.8169 | 1,953 | 1421 | 0.3923 | |
| 50 | Georgia Southern University | 17000 | 20100 | 0.1539 | 25,595 | 1065 | 0.695 | |
| 53 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 17100 | 28100 | 0.3913 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 54 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 17200 | 26300 | 0.3462 | 19,787 | 1214 | 0.8807 | |
| 55 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 17400 | 29900 | 0.4174 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 56 | Barnard College | 17500 | 99700 | 0.8241 | 3,223 | 1499 | 0.1005 | |
| 57 | Yale University | 17700 | 278600 | 0.9364 | 6,667 | 1507 | 0.0475 | |
| 58 | Prairie View A & M University | 17800 | 25400 | 0.2993 | 9,022 | 975 | 0.7836 | |
| 59 | University of Arkansas | 18000 | 28400 | 0.3655 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 60 | SUNY College of Technology at Alfred | 18300 | 37500 | 0.512 | 3,758 | 1100 | 0.7236 | |
| 61 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 18400 | 30600 | 0.3971 | 38,463 | 1302 | 0.7589 | |
| 62 | University of Rhode Island | 18800 | 33900 | 0.4455 | 14,466 | 1148 | 0.7456 | |
| 63 | Olivet Nazarene University | 19000 | 79300 | 0.7601 | 2,704 | 1104 | 0.5586 | |
| 64 | La Roche University | 19100 | 87300 | 0.7814 | 1,972 | 1059 | 0.6638 | |
| 65 | Norwich University | 19400 | 100600 | 0.8075 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 66 | SUNY College of Technology at Delhi | 20100 | 55300 | 0.6363 | 2,881 | 1040 | 0.89 | |
| 67 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 20500 | 26500 | 0.2262 | 23,003 | 1159 | 0.7367 | |
| 67 | Syracuse University | 20500 | 83600 | 0.7548 | 16,149 | 1363 | 0.4879 | |
| 69 | North Dakota State University | 20700 | 25700 | 0.1942 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 70 | University of New Orleans | 21500 | 30400 | 0.293 | 5,419 | 1040 | 0.7431 | |
| 71 | University of Florida | 21700 | 22500 | 0.0355 | 37,283 | 1399 | 0.2033 | |
| 72 | University of Houston | 21800 | 21800 | 0 | 40,366 | 1249 | 0.7577 | |
| 73 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 22600 | 34200 | 0.3395 | 15,273 | 1124 | 0.8089 | |
| 73 | Marywood University | 22600 | 93800 | 0.7591 | 1,936 | 1160 | 0.7878 | |
| 75 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 23000 | 27500 | 0.1618 | 18,028 | 1044 | 0.7996 | |
| 76 | University of Southern Mississippi | 23100 | 23100 | 0 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 77 | Tufts University | 23200 | 99000 | 0.7655 | 7,031 | 1507 | 0.1082 | |
| 78 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24000 | 38500 | 0.3764 | 24,019 | 1397 | 0.5989 | |
| 79 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 24200 | 60700 | 0.6013 | 1,984 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 80 | Anderson University | 24400 | 52100 | 0.5316 | 3,724 | 1209 | 0.5491 | |
| 81 | Miami University-Oxford | 24600 | 28300 | 0.1307 | 16,405 | 1299 | 0.74 | |
| 82 | Judson University | 24800 | 51000 | 0.5145 | 697 | 1015 | 0.8905 | |
| 83 | University at Buffalo | 25000 | 34000 | 0.2647 | 21,192 | 1303 | 0.8059 | |
| 84 | California State University-Sacramento | 25100 | 29700 | 0.1547 | 28,619 | 1035 | 0.9357 | |
| 85 | South Dakota State University | 25300 | 28700 | 0.1183 | 10,883 | 1120 | 0.9618 | |
| 86 | Hobart William Smith Colleges | 25400 | 88300 | 0.7122 | 1,862 | 1308 | 0.667 | |
| 87 | SUNY Maritime College | 25700 | 59200 | 0.5662 | 1,401 | 1215 | 0.785 | |
| 88 | Mount Mary University | 25900 | 57200 | 0.5475 | 616 | 1025 | 0.831 | |
| 89 | Ball State University | 26600 | 26600 | 0 | 15,950 | 1170 | 0.8625 | |
| 90 | University of Kansas | 26700 | 44400 | 0.3989 | 22,544 | 1176 | 0.9258 | |
| 91 | Drury University | 26900 | 54500 | 0.5063 | 1,453 | 1228 | 0.6575 | |
| 92 | Florida Atlantic University | 27300 | 27300 | 0 | 25,626 | 1130 | 0.5497 | |
| 93 | Kent State University at Kent | 27600 | 37500 | 0.2639 | 21,144 | 1105 | 0.7603 | |
| 94 | Texas Tech University | 27900 | 27900 | 0 | 34,021 | 1200 | 0.6906 | |
| 95 | University of Delaware | 28500 | 34500 | 0.1741 | 19,287 | 1294 | 0.6924 | |
| 96 | Chatham University | 28800 | 60800 | 0.5261 | 1,555 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 97 | University of Southern California | 29700 | 98300 | 0.698 | 20,768 | 1492 | 0.1119 | |
| 98 | Thomas Jefferson University | 30100 | 70000 | 0.5697 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 99 | Lawrence Technological University | 30500 | 99100 | 0.6926 | 2,661 | 1159 | 0.8101 | |
| 100 | Iowa State University | 30800 | 45200 | 0.3183 | 26,346 | 1207 | 0.8793 | |
| 101 | Maine Maritime Academy | 30900 | 34400 | 0.1016 | 977 | 1180 | 0.9615 | |
| 102 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 31100 | 50300 | 0.3816 | 21,028 | 1435 | 0.1334 | |
| 103 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32000 | 35200 | 0.0908 | 32,041 | 1302 | 0.4358 | |
| 104 | University of Kentucky | 32300 | 37300 | 0.1339 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 105 | North Carolina State University | 32600 | 54800 | 0.4052 | 29,340 | 1378 | 0.3954 | |
| 106 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 32700 | 54400 | 0.3988 | 35,248 | 1273 | 0.6939 | |
| 107 | Ithaca College | 33600 | 76000 | 0.5582 | 4,205 | 1314 | 0.7015 | |
| 108 | Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design | 33800 | 61800 | 0.4528 | 838 | 1143 | 0.6054 | |
| 109 | Samford University | 34800 | 93800 | 0.6291 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 110 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 35200 | 46500 | 0.2431 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 111 | Auburn University | 35300 | 35300 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 111 | Temple University | 35300 | 57200 | 0.3826 | 21,031 | 1135 | 0.8622 | |
| 113 | University of Connecticut | 37000 | 66200 | 0.4414 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 114 | Andrews University | 37200 | 76700 | 0.5148 | 1,384 | 1143 | 0.8185 | |
| 115 | Benedictine College | 37500 | 52700 | 0.2885 | 2,404 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 116 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37800 | 66700 | 0.4334 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 117 | Mississippi State University | 39000 | 53400 | 0.2695 | 19,093 | 1214 | 0.8363 | |
| 118 | Stony Brook University | 39600 | 53000 | 0.2527 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 119 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 39700 | 40300 | 0.0149 | 26,213 | 1214 | 0.7778 | |
| 120 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5061 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 121 | Drexel University | 40700 | 86400 | 0.5289 | 12,318 | 1339 | 0.699 | |
| 122 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41100 | 58700 | 0.3 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 123 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 41900 | 55300 | 0.2425 | 21,388 | 1375 | 0.5945 | |
| 124 | Delaware Valley University | 42300 | 67200 | 0.3704 | 1,680 | 1208 | 0.9268 | |
| 125 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 42500 | 59200 | 0.2819 | 5,986 | 1174 | 0.8916 | |
| 126 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43200 | 58600 | 0.2628 | 31,875 | 1463 | 0.4503 | |
| 127 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 43400 | 58800 | 0.262 | 25,054 | 1239 | 0.7762 | |
| 128 | University of Illinois Chicago | 45500 | 51400 | 0.1149 | 24,260 | 1252 | 0.7576 | |
| 129 | Otis College of Art and Design | 46600 | 79800 | 0.4158 | 1,188 | 1335 | 0.8034 | |
| 130 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47100 | 61500 | 0.234 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 131 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48300 | 51200 | 0.0565 | 43,633 | 1327 | 0.4343 | |
| 132 | The University of Texas at Austin | 50700 | 59100 | 0.142 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 133 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 50800 | 63800 | 0.2038 | 42,565 | 1338 | 0.7887 | |
| 134 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 51100 | 86300 | 0.4079 | 5,833 | 1438 | 0.6725 | |
| 135 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 52800 | 61200 | 0.1372 | 26,490 | 1204 | 0.8863 | |
| 136 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 53300 | 53300 | 0 | 34,447 | 1264 | 0.8804 | |
| 137 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 53900 | 96100 | 0.439 | 6,839 | 1469 | 0.1446 | |
| 138 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 54900 | 68800 | 0.2022 | 38,572 | 1406 | 0.3659 | |
| 139 | Howard University | 55200 | 88500 | 0.3764 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 140 | University of Colorado Boulder | 55400 | 70900 | 0.2189 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7809 | |
| 141 | University of San Francisco | 56000 | 90300 | 0.3799 | 5,171 | 1292 | 0.7176 | |
| 142 | Maryland Institute College of Art | 58300 | 71200 | 0.1812 | 1,192 | 1232 | 0.7681 | |
| 142 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58300 | 63700 | 0.0848 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 144 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 59600 | 62300 | 0.0433 | 8,513 | 1203 | 0.9261 | |
| 145 | Webb Institute | 61100 | 124900 | 0.5106 | 104 | 1475 | 0.2484 | |
| 146 | Clemson University | 61300 | 63700 | 0.0376 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 147 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 63600 | 67600 | 0.0591 | 40,996 | 1331 | 0.4175 | |
| 148 | University of Oregon | 63900 | 71300 | 0.1038 | 20,710 | 1250 | 0.8742 | |
| 149 | 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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