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 | 1294 | 0.2432 | |
| 1 | United States Naval Academy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4,465 | 1302 | 0.0936 | |
| 3 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 5100 | 40700 | 0.8738 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 4 | Princeton University | 5500 | 82400 | 0.9329 | 5,813 | 1535 | 0.0462 | |
| 4 | Yale University | 5500 | 92200 | 0.94 | 6,814 | 1507 | 0.0387 | |
| 6 | Greenville Technical College | 7200 | 18300 | 0.6082 | 10,661 | 0 | 0.5257 | |
| 7 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 7800 | 90000 | 0.9138 | 4,580 | 1542 | 0.0455 | |
| 8 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8400 | 98000 | 0.9146 | 9,164 | 1494 | 0.2965 | |
| 8 | University of Pennsylvania | 8400 | 92900 | 0.9098 | 10,013 | 1528 | 0.054 | |
| 10 | Rice University | 8600 | 89100 | 0.9038 | 4,789 | 1535 | 0.08 | |
| 10 | United States Merchant Marine Academy | 8600 | 8600 | 0 | 947 | 1230 | 0.3247 | |
| 12 | Carnegie Mellon University | 9000 | 90900 | 0.9007 | 7,824 | 1528 | 0.1166 | |
| 13 | Washington University in St Louis | 9400 | 96200 | 0.9024 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 14 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 10800 | 25000 | 0.5672 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 15 | University of Notre Dame | 10900 | 86200 | 0.874 | 8,880 | 1471 | 0.1127 | |
| 16 | Wellesley College | 11000 | 91300 | 0.8797 | 2,407 | 1500 | 0.1405 | |
| 17 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 11200 | 27400 | 0.5909 | 27,082 | 1099 | 0.8459 | |
| 18 | Utah State University | 11500 | 28500 | 0.5964 | 25,920 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 19 | Middlebury College | 11600 | 89900 | 0.8713 | 2,760 | 1499 | 0.1075 | |
| 20 | California State University-Sacramento | 11700 | 30700 | 0.6186 | 28,226 | 1015 | 0.9343 | |
| 21 | Brown University | 11900 | 94000 | 0.8731 | 7,910 | 1535 | 0.0539 | |
| 21 | Cornell University | 11900 | 93100 | 0.8724 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
| 23 | California State University-Fresno | 12500 | 45900 | 0.7284 | 21,430 | 995 | 0.9638 | |
| 24 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 12600 | 26100 | 0.5167 | 21,947 | 1335 | 0.3122 | |
| 24 | Indiana State University | 12600 | 25900 | 0.5143 | 6,224 | 1140 | 0.8077 | |
| 26 | University of Central Florida | 12900 | 25300 | 0.4895 | 59,649 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
| 27 | University of North Alabama | 13300 | 30800 | 0.5674 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 28 | Portland State University | 13500 | 26100 | 0.4816 | 15,414 | 1112 | 0.9087 | |
| 29 | University of Idaho | 13600 | 25800 | 0.4735 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 30 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 49300 | 0.7221 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 31 | University of Houston | 13800 | 23100 | 0.4027 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 32 | Mount Holyoke College | 13900 | 89900 | 0.8457 | 2,178 | 1449 | 0.3603 | |
| 33 | North Carolina A & T State University | 14000 | 17900 | 0.2185 | 12,216 | 1040 | 0.4617 | |
| 34 | Louisiana Tech University | 14500 | 36900 | 0.6069 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 35 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 14800 | 28000 | 0.4711 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 36 | University of Georgia | 14900 | 26600 | 0.4381 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 37 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 15000 | 64500 | 0.7674 | 15,375 | 1179 | 0.866 | |
| 38 | University of Maine at Augusta | 15200 | 44900 | 0.6617 | 4,250 | 0 | 0.0683 | |
| 39 | Northeastern University | 15400 | 89900 | 0.8287 | 22,695 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 40 | Lehigh University | 15700 | 89600 | 0.8252 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 41 | Ball State University | 15800 | 22400 | 0.2951 | 15,189 | 1170 | 0.855 | |
| 42 | University of Memphis | 15900 | 26400 | 0.3985 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 43 | University of Florida | 16300 | 22500 | 0.2755 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 44 | Keene State College | 16400 | 51200 | 0.6795 | 2,744 | 1020 | 0.9033 | |
| 45 | North Carolina State University | 16600 | 28500 | 0.4168 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 46 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 16700 | 29200 | 0.4283 | 18,667 | 1090 | 0.9711 | |
| 47 | University of Kansas | 16900 | 37100 | 0.5434 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 48 | Bennington College | 17300 | 89500 | 0.8068 | 797 | 1360 | 0.4453 | |
| 49 | University of California-Berkeley | 17500 | 43500 | 0.5982 | 33,469 | 1407 | 0.1104 | |
| 50 | Barnard College | 17600 | 99700 | 0.8232 | 3,269 | 1499 | 0.1147 | |
| 51 | Morgan State University | 17700 | 37200 | 0.5242 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 51 | SUNY College of Technology at Alfred | 17700 | 46700 | 0.6213 | 3,525 | 1070 | 0.8175 | |
| 53 | University of Arkansas | 18000 | 27700 | 0.3518 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 54 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 18100 | 27700 | 0.3461 | 31,112 | 1114 | 0.8129 | |
| 54 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 18100 | 35300 | 0.4868 | 5,731 | 1174 | 0.9064 | |
| 56 | University of Rhode Island | 18300 | 46400 | 0.6051 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 57 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 18400 | 41200 | 0.554 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 57 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 18400 | 30600 | 0.3971 | 38,093 | 1302 | 0.7821 | |
| 57 | Prairie View A & M University | 18400 | 25400 | 0.2756 | 8,836 | 970 | 0.7794 | |
| 60 | Connecticut College | 19400 | 115500 | 0.8318 | 1,990 | 1287 | 0.3704 | |
| 61 | La Roche University | 19900 | 66200 | 0.6998 | 755 | 1069 | 0.7016 | |
| 62 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 20100 | 78700 | 0.7447 | 17,901 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 63 | University of Southern California | 20200 | 75800 | 0.7338 | 20,630 | 1492 | 0.0981 | |
| 64 | University of New Orleans | 20300 | 30200 | 0.3277 | 5,476 | 1050 | 0.6677 | |
| 64 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20300 | 45200 | 0.5514 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 66 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 20500 | 26500 | 0.2261 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 67 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 20900 | 32800 | 0.3638 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 68 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 21000 | 30700 | 0.3148 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 69 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 21500 | 42700 | 0.4966 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 69 | Webb Institute | 21500 | 73700 | 0.7085 | 106 | 1475 | 0.1404 | |
| 71 | Tufts University | 22100 | 98900 | 0.7763 | 7,126 | 1507 | 0.1153 | |
| 72 | SUNY Maritime College | 22300 | 46800 | 0.524 | 1,286 | 1215 | 0.7242 | |
| 73 | Marywood University | 22400 | 79900 | 0.7199 | 1,834 | 1160 | 0.6058 | |
| 74 | University of Southern Mississippi | 23100 | 23100 | 0 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
| 75 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 23200 | 40000 | 0.4201 | 1,984 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 76 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 23400 | 35000 | 0.3315 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 77 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 23500 | 36800 | 0.3616 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 78 | Hampshire College | 23800 | 101500 | 0.7652 | 844 | 1254 | 0.7528 | |
| 79 | Judson University | 24300 | 49100 | 0.5056 | 793 | 985 | 0.6233 | |
| 79 | University at Buffalo | 24300 | 34000 | 0.2853 | 20,360 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 81 | Norwich University | 24400 | 88400 | 0.7242 | 2,642 | 1182 | 0.7361 | |
| 82 | Temple University | 25100 | 36400 | 0.3107 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 83 | South Dakota State University | 25700 | 28700 | 0.1062 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 84 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 26100 | 59900 | 0.5642 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 84 | Mount Mary University | 26100 | 57200 | 0.5439 | 749 | 1005 | 0.6634 | |
| 84 | Stony Brook University | 26100 | 33200 | 0.2129 | 18,263 | 1404 | 0.4904 | |
| 87 | Hobart William Smith Colleges | 26200 | 88300 | 0.7033 | 1,794 | 1313 | 0.6399 | |
| 88 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 27500 | 41500 | 0.3371 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 88 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 17,771 | 1044 | 0.7933 | |
| 90 | Thomas Jefferson University | 27600 | 67700 | 0.5922 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 91 | Syracuse University | 27800 | 83100 | 0.6654 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 92 | North Dakota State University | 27900 | 30400 | 0.0807 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 92 | Texas Tech University | 27900 | 27900 | 0 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 94 | University of Delaware | 28500 | 34500 | 0.1741 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 95 | Drury University | 28700 | 52900 | 0.4573 | 1,391 | 1228 | 0.5758 | |
| 96 | Coastal Carolina University | 30000 | 45100 | 0.3349 | 10,811 | 1145 | 0.7527 | |
| 96 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 98 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 31100 | 49800 | 0.3755 | 20,592 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 98 | University of Kentucky | 31100 | 36100 | 0.1386 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 100 | Ithaca College | 32200 | 72500 | 0.5557 | 4,268 | 1314 | 0.6901 | |
| 101 | Anderson University | 33100 | 49900 | 0.3372 | 3,405 | 1209 | 0.5471 | |
| 102 | Massachusetts Maritime Academy | 33200 | 40200 | 0.1743 | 1,407 | 1120 | 0.7207 | |
| 103 | Lawrence Technological University | 33600 | 82500 | 0.5924 | 2,579 | 1159 | 0.7403 | |
| 104 | Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design | 33800 | 57400 | 0.4105 | 885 | 1143 | 0.628 | |
| 105 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 34400 | 58500 | 0.4128 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 106 | Chatham University | 35000 | 63900 | 0.4526 | 1,555 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 107 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 35100 | 35100 | 0 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 108 | Delaware Valley University | 35600 | 83300 | 0.5726 | 1,768 | 1180 | 0.9326 | |
| 109 | Andrews University | 35800 | 62100 | 0.4235 | 1,312 | 1196 | 0.874 | |
| 110 | Auburn University | 36400 | 38000 | 0.0421 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 110 | Mississippi State University | 36400 | 50500 | 0.2784 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 112 | University of Connecticut | 37400 | 43900 | 0.1482 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 113 | Benedictine College | 37600 | 50800 | 0.2599 | 2,391 | 1223 | 0.7645 | |
| 114 | Kean University | 38900 | 48300 | 0.1947 | 11,758 | 1035 | 0.759 | |
| 115 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 39700 | 39700 | 0 | 24,868 | 1214 | 0.796 | |
| 116 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5067 | 33,471 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 117 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41500 | 57000 | 0.2721 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 118 | California College of the Arts | 42600 | 87600 | 0.5136 | 1,004 | 1079 | 0.911 | |
| 119 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 43000 | 54700 | 0.2138 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 120 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43200 | 53400 | 0.191 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 121 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 44000 | 57100 | 0.2287 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 122 | Florida Atlantic University | 44400 | 44400 | 0 | 24,942 | 1130 | 0.6613 | |
| 122 | University of Illinois Chicago | 44400 | 49300 | 0.0993 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 124 | The University of Texas at Austin | 45300 | 45300 | 0 | 43,165 | 1348 | 0.2664 | |
| 125 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 46200 | 86200 | 0.4639 | 5,743 | 1438 | 0.6343 | |
| 126 | Maine Maritime Academy | 47200 | 49800 | 0.0522 | 945 | 1180 | 0.5606 | |
| 127 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48700 | 51200 | 0.0498 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 128 | Drexel University | 48900 | 83800 | 0.4164 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 128 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 48900 | 92100 | 0.4693 | 7,283 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
| 130 | Woodbury University | 50700 | 69500 | 0.2704 | 825 | 1087 | 0.7287 | |
| 131 | University of Utah | 51700 | 53700 | 0.0382 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 132 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 53400 | 53400 | 0 | 33,572 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 132 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53400 | 61000 | 0.1253 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 134 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53800 | 64200 | 0.1619 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
| 134 | University of San Francisco | 53800 | 84800 | 0.3655 | 5,321 | 1292 | 0.6171 | |
| 136 | University of Colorado Boulder | 55700 | 56600 | 0.0159 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
| 137 | Miami University-Oxford | 56600 | 56600 | 0 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 138 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 58100 | 66100 | 0.121 | 40,754 | 1391 | 0.3915 | |
| 139 | Howard University | 58300 | 76900 | 0.2418 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 140 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 59100 | 61200 | 0.0335 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 141 | Maryland Institute College of Art | 60700 | 71200 | 0.1476 | 1,324 | 1174 | 0.7729 | |
| 142 | Clemson University | 61600 | 63700 | 0.0322 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 143 | University of Oregon | 66900 | 68900 | 0.0297 | 20,622 | 1250 | 0.883 | |
| 144 | The Catholic University of America | 76300 | 82500 | 0.0751 | 3,177 | 1155 | 0.8278 | |
| 145 | Otis College of Art and Design | 79700 | 79800 | 0.0013 | 1,224 | 1235 | 0.8176 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.
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