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 | 1,081 | 1283 | 0.2432 | |
| 1 | United States Naval Academy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4,465 | 1314 | 0.0936 | |
| 3 | Rice University | 4300 | 85500 | 0.9496 | 4,789 | 1535 | 0.08 | |
| 4 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 4700 | 86800 | 0.9456 | 4,576 | 1535 | 0.0485 | |
| 5 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 5200 | 39100 | 0.868 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 6 | Yale University | 5500 | 92300 | 0.9403 | 6,814 | 1507 | 0.0387 | |
| 7 | Princeton University | 5600 | 81800 | 0.9314 | 5,813 | 1535 | 0.0462 | |
| 8 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 6500 | 94100 | 0.9312 | 9,157 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 9 | University of Pennsylvania | 6600 | 93000 | 0.9292 | 10,013 | 1528 | 0.054 | |
| 10 | Wellesley College | 7000 | 90900 | 0.9233 | 2,407 | 1500 | 0.1405 | |
| 11 | Greenville Technical College | 7200 | 18300 | 0.6081 | 10,661 | 0 | 0.5257 | |
| 12 | Middlebury College | 8900 | 89800 | 0.9007 | 2,760 | 1499 | 0.1075 | |
| 13 | Washington University in St Louis | 9300 | 96200 | 0.9037 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 14 | Mount Holyoke College | 9600 | 89700 | 0.8934 | 2,178 | 1449 | 0.3603 | |
| 15 | Brown University | 9700 | 93900 | 0.8964 | 7,910 | 1535 | 0.0539 | |
| 16 | University of Notre Dame | 10100 | 86100 | 0.8826 | 8,880 | 1499 | 0.1127 | |
| 17 | United States Merchant Marine Academy | 10200 | 10200 | 0 | 947 | 1239 | 0.3247 | |
| 18 | Cornell University | 10300 | 92000 | 0.8877 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
| 19 | The University of Texas at Austin | 12200 | 30700 | 0.6023 | 43,165 | 1335 | 0.2664 | |
| 20 | Utah State University | 13000 | 30000 | 0.5659 | 25,920 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 21 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 13300 | 13300 | 0 | 18,428 | 1090 | 0.9529 | |
| 22 | University of Delaware | 13600 | 32500 | 0.5825 | 19,119 | 1303 | 0.6356 | |
| 23 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 32200 | 0.5744 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 24 | North Carolina A & T State University | 14000 | 17900 | 0.2185 | 12,216 | 1020 | 0.4617 | |
| 24 | Texas Tech University | 14000 | 26800 | 0.4772 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 26 | Louisiana Tech University | 14100 | 24800 | 0.4321 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 27 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 14300 | 26500 | 0.4624 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 28 | Carnegie Mellon University | 14400 | 87300 | 0.8348 | 7,824 | 1528 | 0.1166 | |
| 29 | University of Idaho | 14500 | 26400 | 0.4504 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 30 | University of Houston | 14600 | 23600 | 0.3818 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 31 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 15200 | 35700 | 0.5744 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 32 | Lehigh University | 15700 | 85700 | 0.8173 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 33 | Coastal Carolina University | 16300 | 27200 | 0.4016 | 10,811 | 1145 | 0.7527 | |
| 34 | Northeastern University | 16700 | 89900 | 0.8146 | 22,695 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 34 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 16700 | 22300 | 0.2509 | 24,868 | 1214 | 0.796 | |
| 36 | University of Southern California | 16900 | 76000 | 0.7776 | 21,023 | 1485 | 0.1002 | |
| 37 | University of Georgia | 17100 | 27100 | 0.3665 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 38 | Bennington College | 17200 | 89500 | 0.8083 | 797 | 1360 | 0.4453 | |
| 39 | Tufts University | 17500 | 92400 | 0.811 | 7,126 | 1507 | 0.1153 | |
| 40 | Barnard College | 17600 | 93200 | 0.8112 | 3,269 | 1490 | 0.0796 | |
| 41 | Keene State College | 18000 | 31900 | 0.4352 | 2,744 | 1020 | 0.9033 | |
| 41 | Morgan State University | 18000 | 19700 | 0.0864 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 41 | University of Arkansas | 18000 | 27700 | 0.3495 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 44 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 18400 | 78300 | 0.7651 | 17,901 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 45 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 19800 | 40000 | 0.5049 | 1,984 | 1369 | 0.6328 | |
| 46 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 19900 | 27200 | 0.2687 | 31,112 | 1130 | 0.8129 | |
| 46 | University of Southern Mississippi | 19900 | 23100 | 0.1384 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
| 48 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 20100 | 38800 | 0.4812 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 48 | University of Colorado Boulder | 20100 | 30600 | 0.3431 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
| 50 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20200 | 43700 | 0.5382 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 51 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 20400 | 36700 | 0.4437 | 14,576 | 1179 | 0.6967 | |
| 52 | Webb Institute | 21500 | 73700 | 0.7085 | 106 | 1475 | 0.1404 | |
| 53 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 22000 | 34400 | 0.3604 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 54 | SUNY Maritime College | 22200 | 31700 | 0.2998 | 1,286 | 1215 | 0.7242 | |
| 55 | University of Florida | 22300 | 43800 | 0.4906 | 36,567 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 56 | Hobart William Smith Colleges | 22500 | 81100 | 0.7223 | 1,794 | 1313 | 0.6399 | |
| 57 | University of Memphis | 22900 | 26400 | 0.1328 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 58 | Syracuse University | 23500 | 83100 | 0.7172 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 59 | University of Central Florida | 23600 | 31400 | 0.2482 | 59,649 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
| 60 | University of Kentucky | 23800 | 36000 | 0.3387 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 61 | Judson University | 24200 | 49100 | 0.5073 | 793 | 1049 | 0.624 | |
| 61 | University at Buffalo | 24200 | 34000 | 0.2883 | 20,360 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 63 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 24400 | 83600 | 0.7084 | 7,283 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
| 64 | La Roche University | 24500 | 55400 | 0.558 | 1,986 | 1150 | 0.7761 | |
| 64 | University of New Orleans | 24500 | 31000 | 0.2097 | 5,476 | 1125 | 0.6677 | |
| 66 | Mount Mary University | 24900 | 53300 | 0.5323 | 749 | 1005 | 0.6634 | |
| 67 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 25000 | 36600 | 0.3173 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 68 | Temple University | 25100 | 36300 | 0.3088 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 69 | California State University-Fresno | 25500 | 35900 | 0.2896 | 21,430 | 995 | 0.9638 | |
| 69 | South Dakota State University | 25500 | 28700 | 0.1109 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 71 | SUNY College of Technology at Alfred | 25900 | 35600 | 0.2729 | 3,525 | 1070 | 0.8175 | |
| 71 | University of Kansas | 25900 | 42000 | 0.3831 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 73 | Ball State University | 26000 | 26000 | 0 | 15,189 | 1170 | 0.855 | |
| 74 | Stony Brook University | 26100 | 33200 | 0.2129 | 18,263 | 1395 | 0.4904 | |
| 75 | Norwich University | 26300 | 70900 | 0.6293 | 2,642 | 1209 | 0.7361 | |
| 76 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 26400 | 36500 | 0.2769 | 27,082 | 1099 | 0.8459 | |
| 77 | Marywood University | 26800 | 55500 | 0.5174 | 1,834 | 1160 | 0.6058 | |
| 78 | University of North Alabama | 27000 | 41500 | 0.3496 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 79 | Indiana State University | 27300 | 30900 | 0.1166 | 6,224 | 1140 | 0.8077 | |
| 80 | Kent State University at Kent | 27400 | 28400 | 0.0352 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 81 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 17,771 | 1044 | 0.7933 | |
| 82 | North Dakota State University | 27800 | 30400 | 0.0851 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 83 | Drury University | 28100 | 52900 | 0.4687 | 1,391 | 1228 | 0.5758 | |
| 84 | Mississippi State University | 28200 | 32300 | 0.1294 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 84 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 28200 | 36700 | 0.2316 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 86 | Connecticut College | 28400 | 83300 | 0.6595 | 1,990 | 1287 | 0.3704 | |
| 87 | Florida Atlantic University | 28500 | 39200 | 0.2731 | 24,942 | 1130 | 0.6613 | |
| 88 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 29900 | 31100 | 0.0385 | 20,592 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 89 | Maine Maritime Academy | 30200 | 33400 | 0.0959 | 945 | 1180 | 0.5606 | |
| 90 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 30800 | 33100 | 0.0695 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 91 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 30900 | 41800 | 0.2609 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 91 | University of Maine at Augusta | 30900 | 38900 | 0.2059 | 4,250 | 0 | 0.0683 | |
| 93 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 31300 | 42400 | 0.2619 | 21,947 | 1335 | 0.3122 | |
| 94 | Portland State University | 31400 | 43000 | 0.2694 | 15,960 | 1176 | 0.9091 | |
| 95 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 31500 | 41100 | 0.2338 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 95 | Thomas Jefferson University | 31500 | 67700 | 0.5346 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 97 | University of Rhode Island | 31700 | 46700 | 0.3212 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 98 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 32700 | 38500 | 0.1507 | 7,890 | 1105 | 0.2056 | |
| 99 | Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design | 32800 | 57100 | 0.4256 | 885 | 0 | 0.628 | |
| 99 | North Carolina State University | 32800 | 54800 | 0.4013 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 101 | Massachusetts Maritime Academy | 33200 | 40200 | 0.1743 | 1,407 | 1120 | 0.7207 | |
| 102 | Anderson University | 33500 | 52400 | 0.3611 | 3,405 | 1209 | 0.5471 | |
| 102 | Ithaca College | 33500 | 72500 | 0.5379 | 4,268 | 1314 | 0.6901 | |
| 104 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 33900 | 46200 | 0.2664 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 105 | Auburn University | 34400 | 34400 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 106 | California State University-Sacramento | 34500 | 44900 | 0.2317 | 28,226 | 1015 | 0.9343 | |
| 107 | Prairie View A & M University | 34600 | 39600 | 0.1263 | 8,056 | 955 | 0.7441 | |
| 108 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 34700 | 34700 | 0 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 109 | Chatham University | 35000 | 63300 | 0.4474 | 1,555 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 110 | Delaware Valley University | 35500 | 63800 | 0.4434 | 1,768 | 1180 | 0.9326 | |
| 111 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 35800 | 43500 | 0.1771 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 112 | Andrews University | 36300 | 47100 | 0.2291 | 1,312 | 1208 | 0.874 | |
| 113 | Lawrence Technological University | 37000 | 67800 | 0.4541 | 2,579 | 1155 | 0.7403 | |
| 114 | Benedictine College | 37600 | 50800 | 0.2599 | 2,391 | 1229 | 0.7645 | |
| 114 | University of Connecticut | 37600 | 41800 | 0.1005 | 19,388 | 1324 | 0.5395 | |
| 116 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 39300 | 48900 | 0.1963 | 5,731 | 1174 | 0.9064 | |
| 117 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 39600 | 53700 | 0.2626 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
| 118 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 68600 | 0.4116 | 33,471 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 119 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 40900 | 56700 | 0.2787 | 40,754 | 1391 | 0.3915 | |
| 120 | Endicott College | 41000 | 63200 | 0.3512 | 3,176 | 1215 | 0.7229 | |
| 121 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41300 | 53900 | 0.2337 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 122 | Kean University | 42400 | 48300 | 0.1222 | 11,758 | 1035 | 0.7688 | |
| 123 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 42800 | 54900 | 0.2206 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 124 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 43000 | 55100 | 0.2197 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 124 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 43000 | 46200 | 0.0689 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 124 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43000 | 52900 | 0.1871 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 127 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 43700 | 50300 | 0.1313 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 128 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 43900 | 57100 | 0.2311 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 129 | University of Illinois Chicago | 46600 | 48000 | 0.0291 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 130 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 47400 | 85700 | 0.4467 | 5,743 | 1438 | 0.6343 | |
| 131 | Woodbury University | 50600 | 68700 | 0.2636 | 825 | 1087 | 0.7287 | |
| 132 | Drexel University | 51100 | 82600 | 0.3812 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 133 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 51700 | 51700 | 0 | 33,572 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 134 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 52800 | 56100 | 0.0586 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 135 | University of San Francisco | 53800 | 83200 | 0.3532 | 5,321 | 1292 | 0.6171 | |
| 136 | Miami University-Oxford | 56100 | 56100 | 0 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 137 | Howard University | 58300 | 61600 | 0.0536 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 138 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 58900 | 61100 | 0.0358 | 38,093 | 1302 | 0.7821 | |
| 139 | Maryland Institute College of Art | 60700 | 71200 | 0.1476 | 1,324 | 1196 | 0.7729 | |
| 140 | Clemson University | 61500 | 63700 | 0.0343 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 141 | Otis College of Art and Design | 62500 | 79000 | 0.209 | 1,224 | 1055 | 0.8176 | |
| 142 | University of Oregon | 66700 | 68900 | 0.0317 | 20,622 | 1250 | 0.883 | |
| 143 | University of California-Berkeley | 74600 | 75500 | 0.0119 | 33,469 | 1407 | 0.1104 | |
| 144 | The Catholic University of America | 82500 | 82500 | 0 | 3,177 | 1204 | 0.8278 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.
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