Considering a degree in Architecture?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Architecture majors who live in Tennessee.
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 Tennessee.
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 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 3900 | 93300 | 0.9581 | 4,561 | 1542 | 0.0456 | |
| 4 | Princeton University | 4300 | 83400 | 0.9484 | 5,916 | 1528 | 0.0442 | |
| 5 | University of Pennsylvania | 5400 | 93100 | 0.9424 | 9,989 | 1535 | 0.0492 | |
| 6 | United States Merchant Marine Academy | 7600 | 8800 | 0.1371 | 962 | 1214 | 0.3424 | |
| 7 | Washington University in St Louis | 7800 | 102300 | 0.9233 | 8,153 | 1512 | 0.1192 | |
| 8 | University of Notre Dame | 8600 | 89100 | 0.9033 | 8,950 | 1497 | 0.0938 | |
| 9 | Carnegie Mellon University | 8800 | 90900 | 0.9027 | 7,728 | 1528 | 0.1107 | |
| 10 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8900 | 98000 | 0.9095 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 11 | Middlebury College | 9100 | 94500 | 0.9037 | 2,640 | 1499 | 0.1277 | |
| 12 | Rice University | 9900 | 92500 | 0.8933 | 4,807 | 1528 | 0.0801 | |
| 13 | Portland State University | 10500 | 43300 | 0.758 | 14,932 | 1174 | 0.8586 | |
| 14 | Cornell University | 10800 | 93700 | 0.8846 | 16,138 | 1528 | 0.0838 | |
| 15 | Wellesley College | 11000 | 95400 | 0.8843 | 2,366 | 1499 | 0.1479 | |
| 16 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 11100 | 33800 | 0.6718 | 40,996 | 1399 | 0.4175 | |
| 17 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 11300 | 27400 | 0.5873 | 27,963 | 1090 | 0.8395 | |
| 18 | California State University-Fresno | 11600 | 54600 | 0.7871 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 19 | Massachusetts Maritime Academy | 12000 | 46600 | 0.7425 | 1,511 | 1120 | 0.9202 | |
| 20 | Brown University | 12100 | 94000 | 0.8712 | 7,951 | 1500 | 0.0634 | |
| 21 | Mount Holyoke College | 12800 | 89900 | 0.8577 | 2,135 | 1419 | 0.3841 | |
| 22 | University of Arizona | 13000 | 31000 | 0.5803 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 23 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 13300 | 29300 | 0.5461 | 8,421 | 1054 | 0.9444 | |
| 24 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 61700 | 0.7774 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 25 | Louisiana Tech University | 13800 | 42900 | 0.6782 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 26 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 14000 | 35000 | 0.5996 | 18,667 | 1090 | 0.9711 | |
| 27 | University of Houston | 14100 | 21800 | 0.3531 | 40,366 | 1224 | 0.7577 | |
| 28 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 14800 | 25800 | 0.4235 | 10,396 | 1125 | 0.7162 | |
| 28 | University of Memphis | 14800 | 29100 | 0.4916 | 15,538 | 1080 | 0.7878 | |
| 30 | University of North Alabama | 14900 | 37300 | 0.6006 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 31 | University of Maine at Augusta | 15100 | 54900 | 0.7247 | 4,313 | 0 | 0 | |
| 32 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 15500 | 54400 | 0.7156 | 15,735 | 1069 | 0.8797 | |
| 33 | Austin Peay State University | 16100 | 31400 | 0.489 | 9,593 | 1075 | 0.9691 | |
| 34 | University of California-Los Angeles | 16300 | 36700 | 0.5554 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 35 | Keene State College | 16500 | 51400 | 0.679 | 2,640 | 1064 | 0.8982 | |
| 36 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 17000 | 41200 | 0.588 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 36 | Indiana State University | 17000 | 32400 | 0.4755 | 6,352 | 1015 | 0.9157 | |
| 38 | Bennington College | 17100 | 89500 | 0.8095 | 708 | 1402 | 0.3721 | |
| 39 | Georgia Southern University | 17200 | 20100 | 0.1439 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 39 | University of Colorado Boulder | 17200 | 31800 | 0.4578 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7809 | |
| 41 | Barnard College | 17500 | 99700 | 0.8241 | 3,223 | 1499 | 0.1005 | |
| 42 | Yale University | 17700 | 278600 | 0.9365 | 6,667 | 1507 | 0.0475 | |
| 43 | California State University-Sacramento | 17800 | 30700 | 0.42 | 28,619 | 1015 | 0.9357 | |
| 43 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 17800 | 44100 | 0.5967 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 45 | Prairie View A & M University | 17900 | 25400 | 0.2953 | 9,022 | 960 | 0.7836 | |
| 46 | Morgan State University | 18100 | 42200 | 0.5715 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 47 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 18200 | 18200 | 0 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 48 | SUNY College of Technology at Alfred | 18300 | 37500 | 0.512 | 3,758 | 0 | 0.7236 | |
| 49 | The University of Texas at Austin | 18900 | 28100 | 0.327 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 50 | Connecticut College | 19200 | 93000 | 0.7932 | 1,953 | 1284 | 0.3923 | |
| 51 | La Roche University | 19300 | 87300 | 0.7791 | 1,972 | 990 | 0.6638 | |
| 51 | Olivet Nazarene University | 19300 | 79300 | 0.7562 | 2,704 | 1104 | 0.5586 | |
| 53 | Lehigh University | 19400 | 89800 | 0.7841 | 5,986 | 1436 | 0.2896 | |
| 54 | Norwich University | 19700 | 100600 | 0.8045 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 55 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20100 | 45100 | 0.5546 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 56 | SUNY College of Technology at Delhi | 20200 | 55300 | 0.6345 | 2,881 | 1040 | 0.89 | |
| 57 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 20300 | 29900 | 0.3202 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 58 | South Dakota State University | 20400 | 25200 | 0.1898 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 59 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 20500 | 26500 | 0.2262 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 60 | Syracuse University | 20600 | 83600 | 0.7536 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 60 | University of Southern California | 20600 | 76400 | 0.7308 | 20,768 | 1499 | 0.1119 | |
| 62 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 20700 | 30600 | 0.3258 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 62 | University of Rhode Island | 20700 | 47400 | 0.5634 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 64 | North Dakota State University | 20800 | 25700 | 0.19 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 65 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27100 | 0.2287 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 66 | University of New Orleans | 21300 | 30000 | 0.2896 | 5,419 | 1040 | 0.7431 | |
| 67 | Utah State University | 21800 | 38800 | 0.4382 | 26,629 | 1168 | 0.9212 | |
| 68 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 22000 | 27800 | 0.2084 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 69 | Mount Mary University | 22300 | 57200 | 0.6101 | 616 | 1069 | 0.831 | |
| 69 | University of Kansas | 22300 | 44400 | 0.4978 | 22,544 | 1176 | 0.9258 | |
| 71 | Marywood University | 22500 | 93800 | 0.7601 | 1,936 | 1144 | 0.7878 | |
| 71 | Tufts University | 22500 | 99000 | 0.7728 | 7,031 | 1497 | 0.1082 | |
| 71 | University of Florida | 22500 | 43000 | 0.4764 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 74 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 22600 | 80400 | 0.7186 | 17,848 | 1470 | 0.1565 | |
| 75 | University of Southern Mississippi | 23100 | 23100 | 0 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 76 | SUNY Maritime College | 23200 | 59200 | 0.6084 | 1,401 | 1164 | 0.785 | |
| 77 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 23700 | 36100 | 0.3432 | 34,447 | 1273 | 0.8804 | |
| 78 | Judson University | 24100 | 49100 | 0.5087 | 697 | 1010 | 0.8905 | |
| 79 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 24200 | 60700 | 0.6013 | 1,984 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 80 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 25400 | 36800 | 0.3099 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 80 | Temple University | 25400 | 36100 | 0.2966 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 82 | Delaware Valley University | 25800 | 95800 | 0.7308 | 1,680 | 1189 | 0.9268 | |
| 82 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 25800 | 32900 | 0.2153 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 84 | University of Arkansas | 26300 | 28500 | 0.0801 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 85 | Ball State University | 26500 | 26500 | 0 | 15,950 | 1185 | 0.8625 | |
| 86 | Drury University | 26900 | 54500 | 0.5063 | 1,453 | 1209 | 0.6575 | |
| 87 | Texas Tech University | 27100 | 27100 | 0 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 88 | University of Georgia | 27200 | 27200 | 0 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 89 | Hobart William Smith Colleges | 27500 | 88300 | 0.6884 | 1,862 | 1296 | 0.667 | |
| 89 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 18,028 | 1059 | 0.7996 | |
| 91 | University of Delaware | 28500 | 34500 | 0.1741 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 92 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 29300 | 43100 | 0.3204 | 22,313 | 1341 | 0.2996 | |
| 93 | Thomas Jefferson University | 30400 | 70000 | 0.5652 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 94 | Lawrence Technological University | 30600 | 99100 | 0.6915 | 2,661 | 1149 | 0.8101 | |
| 95 | Iowa State University | 30900 | 45200 | 0.3159 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 95 | Ithaca College | 30900 | 72600 | 0.5741 | 4,205 | 1328 | 0.7015 | |
| 97 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 31100 | 50300 | 0.3816 | 21,028 | 1450 | 0.1334 | |
| 98 | Kent State University at Kent | 31200 | 37500 | 0.1676 | 21,144 | 1104 | 0.7603 | |
| 99 | University of Kentucky | 31500 | 36500 | 0.1371 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 100 | University of Central Florida | 31700 | 42800 | 0.2593 | 60,083 | 1289 | 0.428 | |
| 101 | Anderson University | 32100 | 54700 | 0.4134 | 3,724 | 1209 | 0.5491 | |
| 102 | North Carolina State University | 32700 | 54800 | 0.4032 | 29,340 | 1374 | 0.3954 | |
| 103 | Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design | 34200 | 61800 | 0.4462 | 838 | 1143 | 0.6054 | |
| 104 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 34400 | 35300 | 0.0266 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 105 | University of Idaho | 34700 | 48700 | 0.2875 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 106 | Chatham University | 34900 | 63900 | 0.4541 | 1,555 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 106 | Samford University | 34900 | 93800 | 0.628 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 108 | Auburn University | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 108 | University of Illinois Chicago | 35000 | 51300 | 0.3177 | 24,260 | 1174 | 0.7576 | |
| 110 | North Carolina A & T State University | 36500 | 36700 | 0.0054 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.5125 | |
| 111 | Kean University | 36700 | 44900 | 0.1827 | 11,932 | 1040 | 0.7811 | |
| 112 | University of Connecticut | 37100 | 66200 | 0.4399 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 113 | Andrews University | 37200 | 76700 | 0.5148 | 1,384 | 1143 | 0.8185 | |
| 114 | Benedictine College | 37400 | 52500 | 0.2874 | 2,404 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 115 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 37800 | 40100 | 0.057 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 116 | Maine Maritime Academy | 38400 | 53000 | 0.2756 | 977 | 1189 | 0.9615 | |
| 117 | Mississippi State University | 39100 | 53400 | 0.2674 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 118 | Stony Brook University | 39700 | 53000 | 0.2507 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 119 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 39900 | 40300 | 0.0099 | 26,213 | 1209 | 0.7778 | |
| 120 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 40000 | 59200 | 0.3241 | 5,986 | 1110 | 0.8916 | |
| 121 | Drexel University | 40300 | 86400 | 0.5339 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 122 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41100 | 58700 | 0.3 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 123 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 42500 | 55300 | 0.2316 | 21,388 | 1369 | 0.5945 | |
| 124 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 43200 | 88100 | 0.5095 | 35,358 | 1448 | 0.1642 | |
| 125 | Florida Atlantic University | 45300 | 45300 | 0 | 25,626 | 1150 | 0.5497 | |
| 126 | University at Buffalo | 46400 | 46400 | 0 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 127 | Otis College of Art and Design | 46600 | 79800 | 0.4158 | 1,188 | 1335 | 0.8034 | |
| 128 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47100 | 61500 | 0.2338 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 129 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 47600 | 57100 | 0.1663 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 130 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 50900 | 63800 | 0.2021 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 131 | University of San Francisco | 51300 | 87200 | 0.4117 | 5,171 | 1333 | 0.7176 | |
| 132 | University of California-Berkeley | 52400 | 76600 | 0.3159 | 33,513 | 1407 | 0.1145 | |
| 133 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 53000 | 86300 | 0.3858 | 5,833 | 1440 | 0.6725 | |
| 134 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53600 | 63400 | 0.1546 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 135 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 54100 | 96100 | 0.4369 | 6,839 | 1469 | 0.1446 | |
| 136 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 54900 | 68800 | 0.2022 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 137 | Howard University | 55300 | 88500 | 0.3753 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 138 | Miami University-Oxford | 57400 | 57400 | 0 | 16,405 | 1284 | 0.74 | |
| 139 | Maryland Institute College of Art | 58400 | 71200 | 0.1797 | 1,192 | 1232 | 0.7681 | |
| 139 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58400 | 63600 | 0.0818 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 141 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 58700 | 62100 | 0.0548 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 142 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 58900 | 61200 | 0.0373 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 143 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 60700 | 63000 | 0.0363 | 38,463 | 1324 | 0.7589 | |
| 144 | Webb Institute | 61200 | 74800 | 0.1819 | 104 | 1465 | 0.2484 | |
| 145 | Clemson University | 61400 | 63700 | 0.0359 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 146 | University of California-Davis | 68100 | 69900 | 0.0258 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 147 | University of Oregon | 69000 | 71300 | 0.0321 | 20,710 | 1193 | 0.8742 | |
| 148 | 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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