Considering a degree in Architecture?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Architecture majors who live in Virginia.
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 Virginia.
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 | Princeton University | 5300 | 82400 | 0.9353 | 5,813 | 1535 | 0.0462 | |
| 4 | Yale University | 5500 | 92200 | 0.94 | 6,814 | 1507 | 0.0387 | |
| 5 | University of Pennsylvania | 7700 | 92900 | 0.9173 | 10,013 | 1528 | 0.054 | |
| 6 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 8200 | 90000 | 0.9093 | 4,580 | 1542 | 0.0455 | |
| 7 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8400 | 98000 | 0.9146 | 9,164 | 1494 | 0.2965 | |
| 8 | Rice University | 8600 | 89100 | 0.9038 | 4,789 | 1535 | 0.08 | |
| 8 | United States Merchant Marine Academy | 8600 | 8600 | 0 | 947 | 1230 | 0.3247 | |
| 10 | Carnegie Mellon University | 9000 | 90900 | 0.9007 | 7,824 | 1528 | 0.1166 | |
| 10 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 9000 | 30000 | 0.6998 | 40,754 | 1391 | 0.3915 | |
| 12 | Washington University in St Louis | 9400 | 96200 | 0.9024 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 13 | Wellesley College | 10400 | 91300 | 0.8862 | 2,407 | 1500 | 0.1405 | |
| 14 | University of Notre Dame | 10600 | 86200 | 0.8775 | 8,880 | 1471 | 0.1127 | |
| 15 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 11000 | 36600 | 0.6991 | 27,082 | 1099 | 0.8459 | |
| 16 | Middlebury College | 11300 | 89900 | 0.8746 | 2,760 | 1499 | 0.1075 | |
| 17 | Utah State University | 11500 | 28500 | 0.5964 | 25,920 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 18 | Brown University | 11600 | 94000 | 0.8763 | 7,910 | 1535 | 0.0539 | |
| 19 | Cornell University | 11900 | 93100 | 0.8724 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
| 19 | University of Illinois Chicago | 11900 | 30400 | 0.6077 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 21 | Massachusetts Maritime Academy | 12200 | 21000 | 0.4192 | 1,407 | 1120 | 0.7207 | |
| 22 | University of North Alabama | 12300 | 28200 | 0.5642 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 23 | California State University-Fresno | 12400 | 19600 | 0.3666 | 21,430 | 995 | 0.9638 | |
| 23 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 29100 | 0.5734 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 25 | Indiana State University | 12500 | 31200 | 0.6 | 6,224 | 1140 | 0.8077 | |
| 26 | Louisiana Tech University | 13000 | 36900 | 0.6476 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 27 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 13200 | 38900 | 0.6593 | 17,901 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 28 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 13300 | 13300 | 0 | 18,667 | 1090 | 0.9711 | |
| 29 | Mount Holyoke College | 13400 | 89900 | 0.8512 | 2,178 | 1449 | 0.3603 | |
| 29 | University of Idaho | 13400 | 25800 | 0.4809 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 31 | Portland State University | 13500 | 43100 | 0.6876 | 15,414 | 1112 | 0.9087 | |
| 31 | University of Houston | 13500 | 23100 | 0.4157 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 33 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 14300 | 28000 | 0.489 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 34 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 14500 | 26500 | 0.4539 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 35 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 14800 | 64500 | 0.7705 | 15,375 | 1179 | 0.866 | |
| 36 | Northeastern University | 15000 | 89900 | 0.8331 | 22,695 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 37 | University of Maine at Augusta | 15100 | 44900 | 0.6639 | 4,250 | 0 | 0.0683 | |
| 38 | Lehigh University | 15700 | 89600 | 0.8252 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 38 | University of Memphis | 15700 | 26400 | 0.4061 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 40 | Keene State College | 16200 | 51200 | 0.6841 | 2,744 | 1020 | 0.9033 | |
| 41 | University of Southern Mississippi | 16500 | 23100 | 0.2857 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
| 42 | California State University-Sacramento | 16700 | 27600 | 0.3952 | 28,226 | 1015 | 0.9343 | |
| 42 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 16700 | 39000 | 0.5708 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 44 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 17000 | 52500 | 0.6761 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 45 | Bennington College | 17300 | 89500 | 0.8068 | 797 | 1360 | 0.4453 | |
| 45 | University of Rhode Island | 17300 | 33900 | 0.4898 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 47 | SUNY College of Technology at Alfred | 17500 | 46700 | 0.6255 | 3,525 | 1070 | 0.8175 | |
| 48 | Barnard College | 17600 | 99700 | 0.8232 | 3,269 | 1499 | 0.1147 | |
| 49 | Prairie View A & M University | 17700 | 39600 | 0.5528 | 8,836 | 970 | 0.7794 | |
| 50 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 17900 | 30400 | 0.4118 | 20,592 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 51 | Morgan State University | 18000 | 19700 | 0.0864 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 52 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 18100 | 27700 | 0.3461 | 31,112 | 1114 | 0.8129 | |
| 53 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 18200 | 41200 | 0.5589 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 54 | University of Colorado Boulder | 18300 | 30600 | 0.4019 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
| 55 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 18400 | 30600 | 0.3971 | 38,093 | 1302 | 0.7821 | |
| 56 | Connecticut College | 19400 | 115500 | 0.8318 | 1,990 | 1287 | 0.3704 | |
| 56 | The University of Texas at Austin | 19400 | 27600 | 0.2966 | 43,165 | 1348 | 0.2664 | |
| 58 | La Roche University | 19700 | 66200 | 0.7028 | 755 | 1069 | 0.7016 | |
| 58 | Texas Tech University | 19700 | 27900 | 0.2942 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 60 | University of Southern California | 20000 | 75800 | 0.7365 | 20,630 | 1492 | 0.0981 | |
| 61 | University of New Orleans | 20100 | 30200 | 0.3343 | 5,476 | 1050 | 0.6677 | |
| 62 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20400 | 45200 | 0.5499 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 63 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 20500 | 31000 | 0.3391 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 64 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 20600 | 32800 | 0.3729 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 65 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 20700 | 30600 | 0.326 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 65 | South Dakota State University | 20700 | 25200 | 0.1804 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 67 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 21200 | 53000 | 0.6006 | 5,731 | 1174 | 0.9064 | |
| 68 | Webb Institute | 21500 | 73700 | 0.7085 | 106 | 1475 | 0.1404 | |
| 69 | Tufts University | 21900 | 98900 | 0.7783 | 7,126 | 1507 | 0.1153 | |
| 70 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 22100 | 59900 | 0.6309 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 71 | Marywood University | 22200 | 79900 | 0.7224 | 1,834 | 1160 | 0.6058 | |
| 72 | University of Florida | 22500 | 43300 | 0.4808 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 73 | Old Dominion University | 22600 | 32400 | 0.3029 | 17,746 | 1205 | 0.9036 | |
| 74 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 23200 | 40000 | 0.4201 | 1,984 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 75 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 23400 | 36800 | 0.3643 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 76 | Hampshire College | 23900 | 101500 | 0.7642 | 844 | 1254 | 0.7528 | |
| 77 | Judson University | 24300 | 49100 | 0.5056 | 793 | 985 | 0.6233 | |
| 77 | Norwich University | 24300 | 88400 | 0.7253 | 2,642 | 1182 | 0.7361 | |
| 79 | Miami University-Oxford | 24800 | 28400 | 0.1267 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 80 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 25000 | 56100 | 0.5541 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 81 | University of Central Florida | 25300 | 25300 | 0 | 59,649 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
| 81 | University of Kansas | 25300 | 44000 | 0.4257 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 83 | University of Arkansas | 25700 | 27700 | 0.074 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 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 | |
| 86 | Hobart William Smith Colleges | 26200 | 88300 | 0.7033 | 1,794 | 1313 | 0.6399 | |
| 87 | Ball State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 15,189 | 1170 | 0.855 | |
| 88 | SUNY Maritime College | 26600 | 46800 | 0.432 | 1,286 | 1215 | 0.7242 | |
| 89 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 26900 | 40500 | 0.3359 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 90 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 27100 | 41500 | 0.3468 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 91 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 17,771 | 1044 | 0.7933 | |
| 92 | Thomas Jefferson University | 27700 | 67700 | 0.5907 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 93 | Syracuse University | 27800 | 83100 | 0.6654 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 94 | North Dakota State University | 27900 | 30400 | 0.0807 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 95 | Mississippi State University | 28300 | 32300 | 0.1252 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 96 | University of Delaware | 28500 | 34500 | 0.1741 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 97 | Drury University | 28700 | 52900 | 0.4573 | 1,391 | 1228 | 0.5758 | |
| 98 | Clemson University | 29300 | 37100 | 0.2114 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 99 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 100 | University of Kentucky | 31100 | 36100 | 0.1386 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 101 | Ithaca College | 32200 | 72500 | 0.5557 | 4,268 | 1314 | 0.6901 | |
| 102 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 32700 | 43100 | 0.2415 | 21,947 | 1335 | 0.3122 | |
| 103 | North Carolina State University | 32900 | 54800 | 0.3989 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 104 | Anderson University | 33200 | 52500 | 0.3678 | 3,405 | 1209 | 0.5471 | |
| 105 | Lawrence Technological University | 33300 | 82500 | 0.5961 | 2,579 | 1159 | 0.7403 | |
| 105 | University of Oregon | 33300 | 38600 | 0.1384 | 20,622 | 1250 | 0.883 | |
| 107 | Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design | 33400 | 57400 | 0.4175 | 885 | 1143 | 0.628 | |
| 108 | Chatham University | 35100 | 63900 | 0.451 | 1,555 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 108 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 35100 | 35100 | 0 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 110 | Delaware Valley University | 35300 | 83300 | 0.5762 | 1,768 | 1180 | 0.9326 | |
| 111 | George Mason University | 35700 | 35800 | 0.0011 | 28,331 | 1268 | 0.8748 | |
| 112 | Andrews University | 35800 | 62100 | 0.4235 | 1,312 | 1196 | 0.874 | |
| 113 | North Carolina A & T State University | 36200 | 36600 | 0.0109 | 12,216 | 1040 | 0.4617 | |
| 114 | Auburn University | 36400 | 38000 | 0.0421 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 115 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 36900 | 38900 | 0.0527 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 116 | University of Connecticut | 37400 | 43900 | 0.1482 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 117 | Benedictine College | 37700 | 50800 | 0.2579 | 2,391 | 1223 | 0.7645 | |
| 118 | Kean University | 38900 | 48300 | 0.1947 | 11,758 | 1035 | 0.759 | |
| 119 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 39700 | 39700 | 0 | 24,868 | 1214 | 0.796 | |
| 120 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5067 | 33,471 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 121 | Temple University | 40700 | 55300 | 0.2642 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 122 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 41500 | 47200 | 0.1206 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 122 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41500 | 57000 | 0.2721 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 124 | California College of the Arts | 42500 | 87600 | 0.5147 | 1,004 | 1079 | 0.911 | |
| 125 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43000 | 53400 | 0.1948 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 126 | University of Georgia | 43200 | 48900 | 0.117 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 127 | Florida Atlantic University | 44400 | 44400 | 0 | 24,942 | 1130 | 0.6613 | |
| 128 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 46100 | 86200 | 0.4651 | 5,743 | 1438 | 0.6343 | |
| 129 | University at Buffalo | 46800 | 46800 | 0 | 20,360 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 130 | Maine Maritime Academy | 47300 | 49800 | 0.0502 | 945 | 1180 | 0.5606 | |
| 131 | Drexel University | 48900 | 83800 | 0.4164 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 131 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 48900 | 92100 | 0.4693 | 7,283 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
| 133 | Woodbury University | 50700 | 69500 | 0.2704 | 825 | 1087 | 0.7287 | |
| 134 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 51000 | 84700 | 0.398 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 135 | University of Utah | 51700 | 53700 | 0.0382 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 136 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 53400 | 53400 | 0 | 33,572 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 136 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53400 | 61000 | 0.1253 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 138 | University of San Francisco | 53600 | 84800 | 0.3678 | 5,321 | 1292 | 0.6171 | |
| 139 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53800 | 64200 | 0.1619 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
| 140 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 54100 | 56100 | 0.0365 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 141 | Howard University | 58300 | 76900 | 0.2418 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 142 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 59100 | 61200 | 0.0335 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 143 | Maryland Institute College of Art | 60700 | 71200 | 0.1476 | 1,324 | 1174 | 0.7729 | |
| 144 | University of California-Berkeley | 70600 | 75900 | 0.0698 | 33,469 | 1407 | 0.1104 | |
| 145 | The Catholic University of America | 76300 | 82500 | 0.0751 | 3,177 | 1155 | 0.8278 | |
| 146 | Otis College of Art and Design | 79200 | 79800 | 0.0075 | 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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