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 | 1,108 | 1334 | 0.2244 | |
| 1 | United States Naval Academy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4,474 | 1305 | 0.0927 | |
| 3 | Yale University | 5500 | 92200 | 0.94 | 6,814 | 1507 | 0.0387 | |
| 4 | Princeton University | 5800 | 82400 | 0.9292 | 5,813 | 1535 | 0.0462 | |
| 5 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 7300 | 90000 | 0.9193 | 4,535 | 1542 | 0.0455 | |
| 6 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8400 | 98000 | 0.9146 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0399 | |
| 7 | Rice University | 8600 | 89100 | 0.9038 | 4,789 | 1535 | 0.08 | |
| 7 | United States Merchant Marine Academy | 8600 | 8600 | 0 | 962 | 1214 | 0.3424 | |
| 9 | Carnegie Mellon University | 9000 | 90900 | 0.9007 | 7,377 | 1528 | 0.1166 | |
| 10 | University of Pennsylvania | 9100 | 92900 | 0.9022 | 11,478 | 1536 | 0.054 | |
| 11 | Washington University in St Louis | 9300 | 102300 | 0.9089 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 12 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 11200 | 25000 | 0.5512 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 12 | University of Notre Dame | 11200 | 86200 | 0.8705 | 8,880 | 1500 | 0.1127 | |
| 14 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 11400 | 36600 | 0.6882 | 27,132 | 1099 | 0.9617 | |
| 15 | Utah State University | 11500 | 28500 | 0.5964 | 25,706 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 16 | Wellesley College | 11700 | 91300 | 0.872 | 2,407 | 1500 | 0.1405 | |
| 17 | Cornell University | 11800 | 93100 | 0.8735 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0876 | |
| 18 | Middlebury College | 11900 | 89900 | 0.8679 | 2,760 | 1499 | 0.1075 | |
| 18 | University of Illinois Chicago | 11900 | 30400 | 0.6077 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 20 | Brown University | 12200 | 94000 | 0.8699 | 7,910 | 1535 | 0.0539 | |
| 21 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 29100 | 0.5734 | 38,040 | 1418 | 0.452 | |
| 22 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.7517 | |
| 22 | University of North Alabama | 12600 | 28200 | 0.5535 | 7,662 | 1140 | 0.8731 | |
| 24 | California State University-Fresno | 12700 | 45900 | 0.724 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 25 | Indiana State University | 13000 | 25900 | 0.4989 | 6,224 | 1020 | 0.8077 | |
| 26 | University of Central Florida | 13200 | 25300 | 0.4777 | 59,552 | 1280 | 0.4011 | |
| 27 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 13300 | 13300 | 0 | 18,288 | 1090 | 0.9068 | |
| 28 | Florida Atlantic University | 13400 | 25800 | 0.4812 | 24,876 | 1130 | 0.6613 | |
| 28 | Massachusetts Maritime Academy | 13400 | 21000 | 0.362 | 1,402 | 1120 | 0.947 | |
| 30 | University of Delaware | 13600 | 34500 | 0.6057 | 20,026 | 1294 | 0.706 | |
| 31 | Portland State University | 13700 | 26100 | 0.4732 | 15,414 | 1094 | 0.9087 | |
| 32 | North Carolina A & T State University | 14200 | 17900 | 0.2073 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.499 | |
| 32 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 14200 | 64500 | 0.7798 | 15,375 | 1103 | 0.866 | |
| 34 | Middle Tennessee State University | 14300 | 23300 | 0.3857 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 34 | Mount Holyoke College | 14300 | 89900 | 0.8412 | 2,178 | 1449 | 0.3603 | |
| 34 | University of Houston | 14300 | 23100 | 0.3811 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 37 | Louisiana Tech University | 15200 | 36900 | 0.588 | 10,881 | 1189 | 0.864 | |
| 38 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 15300 | 31000 | 0.506 | 8,553 | 1045 | 0.8688 | |
| 38 | University of Maine at Augusta | 15300 | 44900 | 0.6594 | 4,313 | 0 | 0 | |
| 40 | Lehigh University | 15600 | 89600 | 0.8263 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 41 | Northeastern University | 15900 | 89900 | 0.8231 | 17,432 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 42 | Ball State University | 16100 | 22400 | 0.2817 | 15,189 | 1170 | 0.855 | |
| 42 | University of Memphis | 16100 | 29900 | 0.4612 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 44 | Connecticut College | 16700 | 115500 | 0.8551 | 1,990 | 1421 | 0.3704 | |
| 44 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 16700 | 39000 | 0.5703 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 46 | Keene State College | 16900 | 51200 | 0.6705 | 2,725 | 1085 | 0.9033 | |
| 47 | Bennington College | 17200 | 89500 | 0.8077 | 797 | 1370 | 0.4453 | |
| 47 | California State University-Sacramento | 17200 | 27600 | 0.3771 | 28,820 | 1035 | 0.9399 | |
| 49 | Barnard College | 17600 | 99700 | 0.8232 | 3,487 | 1499 | 0.0884 | |
| 50 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 17900 | 30400 | 0.4118 | 20,591 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 51 | SUNY College of Technology at Alfred | 18000 | 46700 | 0.6148 | 3,781 | 1100 | 0.7568 | |
| 51 | University of Rhode Island | 18000 | 33900 | 0.4691 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 53 | University of Arkansas | 18200 | 27700 | 0.3439 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.743 | |
| 54 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 18400 | 30600 | 0.3971 | 38,093 | 1302 | 0.7821 | |
| 54 | Morgan State University | 18400 | 19700 | 0.0661 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 56 | Prairie View A & M University | 18600 | 25400 | 0.2678 | 8,877 | 975 | 0.7931 | |
| 57 | La Roche University | 20000 | 66200 | 0.6983 | 1,828 | 1059 | 0.7576 | |
| 58 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20200 | 45200 | 0.5537 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5478 | |
| 59 | The University of Texas at Austin | 20300 | 27600 | 0.264 | 43,165 | 1356 | 0.2664 | |
| 59 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 20300 | 78700 | 0.7421 | 17,885 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 61 | University of New Orleans | 20400 | 30200 | 0.3244 | 5,419 | 1040 | 0.7431 | |
| 61 | University of Southern California | 20400 | 75800 | 0.7312 | 20,630 | 1492 | 0.0981 | |
| 63 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 20500 | 26500 | 0.2261 | 22,364 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 64 | South Dakota State University | 20600 | 25200 | 0.1836 | 10,719 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 65 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27100 | 0.2285 | 31,133 | 1463 | 0.4479 | |
| 66 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 21200 | 32800 | 0.3541 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 67 | Webb Institute | 21500 | 73700 | 0.7085 | 106 | 1475 | 0.1404 | |
| 68 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 21900 | 53000 | 0.5873 | 5,731 | 1174 | 0.9064 | |
| 69 | SUNY Maritime College | 22300 | 46800 | 0.524 | 1,285 | 1215 | 0.7241 | |
| 69 | Tufts University | 22300 | 98900 | 0.7742 | 7,126 | 1507 | 0.1149 | |
| 71 | Marywood University | 22400 | 79900 | 0.7199 | 1,833 | 1160 | 0.6058 | |
| 72 | University of Florida | 22500 | 43200 | 0.4794 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 73 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 23000 | 27500 | 0.1618 | 17,450 | 1044 | 0.9518 | |
| 74 | University of Southern Mississippi | 23100 | 23100 | 0 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
| 75 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 23300 | 40000 | 0.4174 | 2,381 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 76 | Hampshire College | 23600 | 101500 | 0.7671 | 844 | 1254 | 0.7528 | |
| 77 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 23700 | 36800 | 0.3562 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 78 | University of Kentucky | 23800 | 36100 | 0.3395 | 25,534 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 79 | Judson University | 24200 | 49100 | 0.5067 | 718 | 1015 | 0.4759 | |
| 80 | University at Buffalo | 24400 | 34000 | 0.2824 | 20,359 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 81 | Norwich University | 24600 | 88400 | 0.7219 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 82 | Drury University | 25100 | 52900 | 0.5254 | 1,391 | 1228 | 0.5758 | |
| 83 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 25300 | 42700 | 0.4076 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 84 | Miami University-Oxford | 25400 | 28400 | 0.1056 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 84 | Temple University | 25400 | 36400 | 0.3024 | 21,457 | 1135 | 0.8041 | |
| 86 | University of Kansas | 25900 | 44000 | 0.4116 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 87 | Mount Mary University | 26000 | 57200 | 0.5448 | 752 | 1025 | 0.6233 | |
| 88 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 26300 | 59900 | 0.5608 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 89 | Hobart William Smith Colleges | 26400 | 88300 | 0.7011 | 1,794 | 1308 | 0.6399 | |
| 90 | University of Idaho | 27000 | 45200 | 0.4023 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 91 | Thomas Jefferson University | 27500 | 67700 | 0.5937 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8097 | |
| 92 | North Dakota State University | 27800 | 30400 | 0.0833 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 92 | Syracuse University | 27800 | 83100 | 0.6654 | 15,957 | 1363 | 0.4592 | |
| 94 | Texas Tech University | 27900 | 27900 | 0 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 95 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 28000 | 41500 | 0.3251 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 96 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 97 | Ithaca College | 32000 | 72500 | 0.5585 | 4,268 | 1314 | 0.6901 | |
| 98 | North Carolina State University | 32800 | 54800 | 0.4003 | 28,422 | 1378 | 0.4174 | |
| 99 | Anderson University | 33000 | 52500 | 0.3716 | 3,683 | 1209 | 0.5471 | |
| 100 | Lawrence Technological University | 33800 | 82500 | 0.59 | 2,579 | 1159 | 0.559 | |
| 101 | Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design | 34200 | 57400 | 0.4032 | 838 | 1143 | 0.6054 | |
| 102 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 34500 | 34500 | 0 | 10,202 | 1140 | 0.8109 | |
| 103 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 34600 | 43100 | 0.1974 | 22,033 | 1321 | 0.3132 | |
| 103 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 34600 | 36100 | 0.0415 | 33,033 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 105 | Andrews University | 35000 | 62100 | 0.4364 | 1,384 | 1143 | 0.8185 | |
| 105 | Chatham University | 35000 | 63900 | 0.4526 | 1,550 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 107 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 35100 | 35200 | 0.0038 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 108 | Mississippi State University | 36300 | 50500 | 0.28 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 109 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 36800 | 38900 | 0.0547 | 23,329 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 110 | University of Connecticut | 37200 | 43900 | 0.1528 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 111 | Benedictine College | 37400 | 50800 | 0.2639 | 2,403 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 112 | Auburn University | 38000 | 38000 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4592 | |
| 113 | Kean University | 38100 | 48300 | 0.2112 | 11,758 | 1040 | 0.759 | |
| 114 | Delaware Valley University | 39100 | 83300 | 0.5306 | 1,768 | 1208 | 0.9321 | |
| 115 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 39700 | 39700 | 0 | 24,868 | 1214 | 0.796 | |
| 116 | Stony Brook University | 39900 | 53000 | 0.2477 | 18,263 | 1410 | 0.4904 | |
| 117 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5067 | 33,475 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 118 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41300 | 57000 | 0.2756 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.782 | |
| 119 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 41900 | 47200 | 0.1122 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 120 | California College of the Arts | 42700 | 87600 | 0.5124 | 1,004 | 1079 | 0.911 | |
| 121 | University of Georgia | 43100 | 48800 | 0.1172 | 32,399 | 1382 | 0.377 | |
| 122 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 43300 | 54700 | 0.2084 | 25,900 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 123 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 46200 | 86200 | 0.4639 | 5,741 | 1438 | 0.6347 | |
| 124 | Maine Maritime Academy | 47000 | 49800 | 0.0562 | 945 | 1180 | 0.5414 | |
| 125 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48600 | 51200 | 0.0513 | 44,819 | 1327 | 0.4987 | |
| 126 | Drexel University | 48700 | 83800 | 0.4188 | 13,309 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 126 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 48700 | 92100 | 0.4715 | 8,192 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
| 128 | University of Colorado Boulder | 49800 | 56600 | 0.1201 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7808 | |
| 129 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 51000 | 84700 | 0.398 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 130 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 51300 | 60000 | 0.1449 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 131 | University of Utah | 51600 | 53700 | 0.0397 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 132 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 53100 | 61200 | 0.1329 | 26,221 | 1204 | 0.8854 | |
| 133 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53300 | 61000 | 0.1266 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 134 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53700 | 64200 | 0.1635 | 23,920 | 1397 | 0.5973 | |
| 135 | Woodbury University | 53800 | 69500 | 0.2258 | 786 | 1087 | 0.8165 | |
| 136 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 54000 | 56100 | 0.038 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5743 | |
| 136 | University of San Francisco | 54000 | 84800 | 0.3631 | 5,321 | 1292 | 0.6171 | |
| 138 | Howard University | 58300 | 76900 | 0.2418 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 139 | Maryland Institute College of Art | 60700 | 71200 | 0.1476 | 1,191 | 1232 | 0.7679 | |
| 140 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 61000 | 66100 | 0.0771 | 40,684 | 1331 | 0.3915 | |
| 141 | Clemson University | 61500 | 63700 | 0.0335 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 142 | University of Oregon | 66800 | 68900 | 0.0309 | 20,622 | 1250 | 0.883 | |
| 143 | Otis College of Art and Design | 70800 | 79800 | 0.1128 | 1,224 | 1335 | 0.8176 | |
| 144 | University of California-Berkeley | 71000 | 75900 | 0.0646 | 33,070 | 1407 | 0.1098 | |
| 145 | The Catholic University of America | 75700 | 82500 | 0.0824 | 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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