Considering a degree in Architecture?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Architecture majors who live in Texas.
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 Texas.
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 | 4300 | 83500 | 0.949 | 5,916 | 1535 | 0.0442 | |
| 5 | University of Pennsylvania | 5400 | 93100 | 0.9424 | 9,989 | 1536 | 0.0492 | |
| 6 | Dallas College | 5600 | 16500 | 0.6604 | 125,613 | 0 | 1 | |
| 7 | Rice University | 5800 | 87400 | 0.9337 | 4,807 | 1535 | 0.0801 | |
| 8 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 6100 | 40700 | 0.8492 | 35,358 | 1435 | 0.1642 | |
| 9 | United States Merchant Marine Academy | 7500 | 7900 | 0.0506 | 962 | 1214 | 0.3424 | |
| 10 | Washington University in St Louis | 7700 | 102300 | 0.9247 | 8,153 | 1513 | 0.1192 | |
| 11 | University of Notre Dame | 8200 | 89100 | 0.9078 | 8,950 | 1500 | 0.0938 | |
| 12 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8700 | 98000 | 0.9113 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 13 | Carnegie Mellon University | 9700 | 90900 | 0.8929 | 7,728 | 1528 | 0.1107 | |
| 14 | Portland State University | 9900 | 26100 | 0.6215 | 14,932 | 1094 | 0.8586 | |
| 15 | Indiana State University | 10500 | 32400 | 0.6762 | 6,352 | 1020 | 0.9157 | |
| 16 | University of California-Berkeley | 10800 | 44400 | 0.757 | 33,513 | 1407 | 0.1145 | |
| 17 | Wellesley College | 10900 | 95500 | 0.8862 | 2,366 | 1499 | 0.1479 | |
| 18 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 11200 | 27400 | 0.5909 | 27,963 | 1099 | 0.8395 | |
| 19 | California State University-Fresno | 11600 | 44000 | 0.7366 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 19 | Cornell University | 11600 | 93700 | 0.8761 | 16,138 | 1521 | 0.0838 | |
| 21 | Middlebury College | 11700 | 94500 | 0.8765 | 2,640 | 1499 | 0.1277 | |
| 22 | Massachusetts Maritime Academy | 11900 | 46600 | 0.7446 | 1,511 | 1120 | 0.9202 | |
| 22 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 11900 | 39000 | 0.6941 | 17,848 | 1470 | 0.1565 | |
| 24 | University of Illinois Chicago | 12000 | 30200 | 0.603 | 24,260 | 1252 | 0.7576 | |
| 25 | Mount Holyoke College | 12400 | 89900 | 0.8621 | 2,135 | 1449 | 0.3841 | |
| 26 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 27 | Houston City College | 12700 | 18900 | 0.3281 | 59,451 | 0 | 0 | |
| 27 | Louisiana Tech University | 12700 | 42900 | 0.7038 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 29 | Brown University | 12900 | 94000 | 0.8627 | 7,951 | 1500 | 0.0634 | |
| 30 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 13000 | 29300 | 0.5563 | 8,421 | 1045 | 0.9444 | |
| 31 | North Carolina A & T State University | 13400 | 17900 | 0.2521 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.5125 | |
| 32 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 61700 | 0.7781 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 33 | Kean University | 13800 | 39200 | 0.6479 | 11,932 | 1040 | 0.7811 | |
| 33 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 13800 | 35200 | 0.6086 | 18,667 | 1090 | 0.9711 | |
| 35 | University of Georgia | 13900 | 27200 | 0.4883 | 32,824 | 1382 | 0.3425 | |
| 36 | University of Memphis | 14600 | 26400 | 0.4478 | 15,538 | 1075 | 0.7878 | |
| 37 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 14900 | 29900 | 0.501 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 38 | University of North Alabama | 15000 | 37300 | 0.598 | 8,078 | 1140 | 0.7054 | |
| 39 | University of Maine at Augusta | 15100 | 54900 | 0.7247 | 4,313 | 0 | 0 | |
| 40 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 15400 | 56900 | 0.7293 | 15,735 | 1103 | 0.8797 | |
| 41 | Lehigh University | 15700 | 89800 | 0.8252 | 5,986 | 1436 | 0.2896 | |
| 42 | Keene State College | 16400 | 51400 | 0.6811 | 2,640 | 1085 | 0.8982 | |
| 42 | University of Houston | 16400 | 21800 | 0.2477 | 40,366 | 1249 | 0.7577 | |
| 44 | Georgia Southern University | 16900 | 20100 | 0.1588 | 25,595 | 1065 | 0.695 | |
| 44 | Morgan State University | 16900 | 30700 | 0.449 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 46 | Bennington College | 17000 | 89500 | 0.8107 | 708 | 1370 | 0.3721 | |
| 46 | Connecticut College | 17000 | 93000 | 0.8169 | 1,953 | 1421 | 0.3923 | |
| 48 | University of Colorado Boulder | 17100 | 31900 | 0.4622 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7809 | |
| 49 | Barnard College | 17500 | 99700 | 0.8241 | 3,223 | 1499 | 0.1005 | |
| 50 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 17600 | 35600 | 0.5063 | 8,513 | 1203 | 0.9261 | |
| 50 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 17600 | 28200 | 0.3755 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 52 | Yale University | 17700 | 278600 | 0.9364 | 6,667 | 1507 | 0.0475 | |
| 53 | Prairie View A & M University | 17800 | 44200 | 0.597 | 9,022 | 975 | 0.7836 | |
| 53 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 17800 | 44100 | 0.5967 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 55 | University of Kentucky | 17900 | 37300 | 0.5201 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 56 | University of Arkansas | 18100 | 28400 | 0.362 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 57 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 18400 | 30600 | 0.3971 | 38,463 | 1302 | 0.7589 | |
| 57 | SUNY College of Technology at Alfred | 18400 | 37500 | 0.5093 | 3,758 | 1100 | 0.7236 | |
| 59 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 18500 | 37200 | 0.5024 | 5,986 | 1174 | 0.8916 | |
| 60 | The University of Texas at Austin | 19000 | 28200 | 0.3279 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 61 | Olivet Nazarene University | 19200 | 79300 | 0.7576 | 2,704 | 1104 | 0.5586 | |
| 62 | La Roche University | 19300 | 87300 | 0.7791 | 1,972 | 1059 | 0.6638 | |
| 63 | Norwich University | 19500 | 100600 | 0.8065 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 64 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20000 | 45100 | 0.5568 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 65 | SUNY College of Technology at Delhi | 20200 | 55300 | 0.6345 | 2,881 | 1040 | 0.89 | |
| 66 | South Dakota State University | 20300 | 25200 | 0.1941 | 10,883 | 1120 | 0.9618 | |
| 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 | |
| 67 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 20500 | 32900 | 0.3769 | 19,787 | 1214 | 0.8807 | |
| 70 | North Dakota State University | 20700 | 25700 | 0.1942 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 71 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 21400 | 24100 | 0.1119 | 35,248 | 1273 | 0.6939 | |
| 72 | University of New Orleans | 21600 | 30400 | 0.2897 | 5,419 | 1040 | 0.7431 | |
| 73 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,490 | 1204 | 0.8863 | |
| 74 | Utah State University | 22000 | 39000 | 0.4358 | 26,629 | 1176 | 0.9212 | |
| 75 | University of Florida | 22500 | 43100 | 0.4783 | 37,283 | 1399 | 0.2033 | |
| 76 | Marywood University | 22600 | 93800 | 0.7591 | 1,936 | 1160 | 0.7878 | |
| 77 | University of Southern Mississippi | 23100 | 23100 | 0 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 78 | Tufts University | 23200 | 99000 | 0.7655 | 7,031 | 1507 | 0.1082 | |
| 79 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24000 | 38500 | 0.3764 | 24,019 | 1397 | 0.5989 | |
| 80 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 24100 | 34500 | 0.3017 | 10,396 | 1125 | 0.7162 | |
| 81 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 24200 | 60700 | 0.6013 | 1,984 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 82 | Lamar University | 24400 | 37900 | 0.3558 | 8,387 | 1050 | 0.8353 | |
| 83 | Judson University | 24800 | 51000 | 0.5145 | 697 | 1015 | 0.8905 | |
| 84 | University at Buffalo | 25100 | 34000 | 0.2618 | 21,192 | 1303 | 0.8059 | |
| 85 | California State University-Sacramento | 25200 | 29700 | 0.1514 | 28,619 | 1035 | 0.9357 | |
| 86 | Temple University | 25300 | 36100 | 0.2994 | 21,031 | 1135 | 0.8622 | |
| 87 | Hobart William Smith Colleges | 25400 | 88300 | 0.7122 | 1,862 | 1308 | 0.667 | |
| 88 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 25500 | 36900 | 0.3092 | 15,273 | 1124 | 0.8089 | |
| 89 | SUNY Maritime College | 25800 | 59200 | 0.5645 | 1,401 | 1215 | 0.785 | |
| 90 | Mount Mary University | 25900 | 57200 | 0.5475 | 616 | 1025 | 0.831 | |
| 91 | Stony Brook University | 26100 | 33200 | 0.2129 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 92 | Ball State University | 26600 | 26600 | 0 | 15,950 | 1170 | 0.8625 | |
| 93 | Drury University | 26800 | 54500 | 0.5082 | 1,453 | 1228 | 0.6575 | |
| 94 | University of Kansas | 26900 | 44400 | 0.3944 | 22,544 | 1176 | 0.9258 | |
| 95 | Florida Atlantic University | 27300 | 27300 | 0 | 25,626 | 1130 | 0.5497 | |
| 96 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 18,028 | 1044 | 0.7996 | |
| 97 | Kent State University at Kent | 27600 | 37500 | 0.2639 | 21,144 | 1105 | 0.7603 | |
| 98 | Iowa State University | 27800 | 45200 | 0.3847 | 26,346 | 1207 | 0.8793 | |
| 99 | University of Delaware | 28500 | 34500 | 0.1741 | 19,287 | 1294 | 0.6924 | |
| 100 | Chatham University | 28900 | 60800 | 0.5245 | 1,555 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 101 | University of Southern California | 29700 | 98300 | 0.698 | 20,768 | 1492 | 0.1119 | |
| 102 | Mississippi State University | 30000 | 34400 | 0.1276 | 19,093 | 1214 | 0.8363 | |
| 103 | Thomas Jefferson University | 30200 | 70000 | 0.5682 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 104 | Lawrence Technological University | 30600 | 99100 | 0.6915 | 2,661 | 1159 | 0.8101 | |
| 105 | Texas Tech University | 30700 | 42100 | 0.2706 | 34,021 | 1200 | 0.6906 | |
| 106 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 31100 | 50300 | 0.3816 | 21,028 | 1435 | 0.1334 | |
| 107 | University of Central Florida | 31900 | 31900 | 0 | 60,083 | 1280 | 0.428 | |
| 108 | Anderson University | 32100 | 54700 | 0.4134 | 3,724 | 1209 | 0.5491 | |
| 109 | North Carolina State University | 32600 | 54800 | 0.4052 | 29,340 | 1378 | 0.3954 | |
| 110 | Ithaca College | 33500 | 76000 | 0.5595 | 4,205 | 1314 | 0.7015 | |
| 111 | Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design | 34000 | 61800 | 0.4496 | 838 | 1143 | 0.6054 | |
| 111 | University of Idaho | 34000 | 48700 | 0.302 | 9,656 | 1119 | 0.7476 | |
| 113 | Samford University | 34900 | 93800 | 0.628 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 114 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 35200 | 35200 | 0 | 32,041 | 1302 | 0.4358 | |
| 114 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 35200 | 46500 | 0.2431 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 116 | Auburn University | 35300 | 35300 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 117 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 35800 | 43100 | 0.1695 | 22,313 | 1321 | 0.2996 | |
| 118 | University of Rhode Island | 36500 | 58400 | 0.3749 | 14,466 | 1148 | 0.7456 | |
| 119 | University of Connecticut | 37000 | 66200 | 0.4414 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 120 | Andrews University | 37200 | 76700 | 0.5148 | 1,384 | 1143 | 0.8185 | |
| 121 | Benedictine College | 37500 | 52700 | 0.2885 | 2,404 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 122 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 37700 | 40100 | 0.0598 | 25,054 | 1239 | 0.7762 | |
| 123 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 39800 | 40300 | 0.0124 | 26,213 | 1214 | 0.7778 | |
| 124 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5061 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 125 | Drexel University | 40800 | 86400 | 0.5278 | 12,318 | 1339 | 0.699 | |
| 126 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41000 | 58700 | 0.3018 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 127 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 42100 | 55300 | 0.2389 | 21,388 | 1375 | 0.5945 | |
| 128 | Delaware Valley University | 42200 | 67200 | 0.3719 | 1,680 | 1208 | 0.9268 | |
| 129 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43300 | 58600 | 0.2611 | 31,875 | 1463 | 0.4503 | |
| 130 | Otis College of Art and Design | 46600 | 79800 | 0.4158 | 1,188 | 1335 | 0.8034 | |
| 131 | Maine Maritime Academy | 46900 | 53000 | 0.1151 | 977 | 1180 | 0.9615 | |
| 132 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47100 | 61500 | 0.234 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 133 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48300 | 51200 | 0.0565 | 43,633 | 1327 | 0.4343 | |
| 134 | University of Arizona | 48600 | 48600 | 0 | 43,294 | 1233 | 0.8351 | |
| 135 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 50800 | 63800 | 0.2038 | 42,565 | 1338 | 0.7887 | |
| 136 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 51100 | 86300 | 0.4079 | 5,833 | 1438 | 0.6725 | |
| 137 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 53300 | 53300 | 0 | 34,447 | 1264 | 0.8804 | |
| 138 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 53900 | 96100 | 0.439 | 6,839 | 1469 | 0.1446 | |
| 139 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 54900 | 68800 | 0.2022 | 38,572 | 1406 | 0.3659 | |
| 140 | Howard University | 55200 | 88500 | 0.3764 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 141 | University of San Francisco | 55900 | 90300 | 0.381 | 5,171 | 1292 | 0.7176 | |
| 142 | Miami University-Oxford | 57500 | 57500 | 0 | 16,405 | 1299 | 0.74 | |
| 143 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58200 | 63700 | 0.0864 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 144 | Maryland Institute College of Art | 58300 | 71200 | 0.1812 | 1,192 | 1232 | 0.7681 | |
| 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 | 63500 | 67600 | 0.0606 | 40,996 | 1331 | 0.4175 | |
| 148 | University of Oregon | 63900 | 71300 | 0.1038 | 20,710 | 1250 | 0.8742 | |
| 149 | University of California-Davis | 68100 | 69900 | 0.0258 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 150 | 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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