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 | Old Dominion University | 0 | 32400 | 1 | 17,746 | 1205 | 0.9036 | |
| 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 | |
| 4 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 4900 | 40700 | 0.8787 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 5 | Princeton University | 5300 | 82400 | 0.9353 | 5,813 | 1535 | 0.0462 | |
| 6 | Yale University | 5500 | 92200 | 0.94 | 6,814 | 1507 | 0.0387 | |
| 7 | University of Pennsylvania | 7700 | 92900 | 0.9173 | 10,013 | 1528 | 0.054 | |
| 8 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 8200 | 90000 | 0.9093 | 4,580 | 1542 | 0.0455 | |
| 9 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8400 | 98000 | 0.9146 | 9,157 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 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 | 9300 | 102300 | 0.909 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 14 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 10400 | 25000 | 0.5832 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 14 | Wellesley College | 10400 | 91300 | 0.8862 | 2,407 | 1500 | 0.1405 | |
| 16 | University of Notre Dame | 10600 | 86200 | 0.8775 | 8,880 | 1471 | 0.1127 | |
| 17 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 11000 | 36600 | 0.6991 | 27,082 | 1099 | 0.8459 | |
| 18 | Middlebury College | 11300 | 89900 | 0.8746 | 2,760 | 1499 | 0.1075 | |
| 19 | Brown University | 11600 | 94000 | 0.8763 | 7,910 | 1535 | 0.0539 | |
| 20 | California State University-Sacramento | 11700 | 30700 | 0.6186 | 28,226 | 1015 | 0.9343 | |
| 21 | Cornell University | 11800 | 93100 | 0.8735 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
| 22 | University of Illinois Chicago | 11900 | 30400 | 0.6077 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 23 | University of Houston | 12000 | 23100 | 0.4807 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 24 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 12200 | 26100 | 0.532 | 21,947 | 1335 | 0.3122 | |
| 25 | California State University-Fresno | 12400 | 19600 | 0.3666 | 21,430 | 995 | 0.9638 | |
| 25 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 29100 | 0.5734 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 27 | Indiana State University | 12500 | 31200 | 0.6 | 6,224 | 1140 | 0.8077 | |
| 28 | Florida Atlantic University | 12700 | 25800 | 0.5084 | 24,942 | 1130 | 0.6613 | |
| 29 | University of North Alabama | 13200 | 30800 | 0.5707 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 30 | Mount Holyoke College | 13400 | 89900 | 0.8512 | 2,178 | 1449 | 0.3603 | |
| 30 | Portland State University | 13400 | 26100 | 0.4849 | 15,414 | 1112 | 0.9087 | |
| 30 | University of Idaho | 13400 | 25800 | 0.4808 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 33 | University of Delaware | 13600 | 34500 | 0.6058 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 34 | North Carolina A & T State University | 13700 | 17900 | 0.2353 | 12,216 | 1040 | 0.4617 | |
| 35 | Utah State University | 13800 | 20800 | 0.3369 | 25,920 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 36 | Louisiana Tech University | 14300 | 36900 | 0.6124 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 37 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 14400 | 26500 | 0.4563 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 37 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 14400 | 28000 | 0.4854 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 39 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 14800 | 64500 | 0.7705 | 15,375 | 1179 | 0.866 | |
| 40 | Northeastern University | 15000 | 89900 | 0.8331 | 22,695 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 41 | University of Maine at Augusta | 15100 | 44900 | 0.6639 | 4,250 | 0 | 0.0683 | |
| 42 | Ball State University | 15500 | 22400 | 0.3085 | 15,189 | 1170 | 0.855 | |
| 43 | Lehigh University | 15600 | 89600 | 0.8263 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 44 | University of Memphis | 15800 | 26400 | 0.4023 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 45 | Keene State College | 16200 | 51200 | 0.684 | 2,744 | 1020 | 0.9033 | |
| 46 | University of Southern Mississippi | 16500 | 23100 | 0.2857 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
| 46 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 16500 | 29200 | 0.4351 | 18,667 | 1090 | 0.9711 | |
| 48 | University of Kansas | 16600 | 37100 | 0.5511 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 48 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 16600 | 22300 | 0.2554 | 24,868 | 1214 | 0.796 | |
| 50 | University of California-Berkeley | 17100 | 43500 | 0.6074 | 33,469 | 1407 | 0.1104 | |
| 51 | Bennington College | 17200 | 89500 | 0.8078 | 797 | 1360 | 0.4453 | |
| 52 | University of Rhode Island | 17300 | 33900 | 0.4898 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 53 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 17400 | 26300 | 0.3363 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 54 | SUNY College of Technology at Alfred | 17500 | 46700 | 0.6255 | 3,525 | 1070 | 0.8175 | |
| 55 | Barnard College | 17600 | 99700 | 0.8232 | 3,269 | 1499 | 0.1147 | |
| 56 | Prairie View A & M University | 17700 | 39600 | 0.5528 | 8,836 | 970 | 0.7794 | |
| 57 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 17900 | 33600 | 0.4669 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 58 | Morgan State University | 18000 | 19700 | 0.0864 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 59 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 18100 | 27700 | 0.3461 | 31,112 | 1114 | 0.8129 | |
| 60 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 18200 | 41200 | 0.5589 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 61 | University of Colorado Boulder | 18300 | 30600 | 0.4019 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
| 62 | Connecticut College | 19300 | 115500 | 0.8326 | 1,990 | 1287 | 0.3704 | |
| 63 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 19600 | 78700 | 0.751 | 17,901 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 64 | La Roche University | 19700 | 66200 | 0.7028 | 755 | 1069 | 0.7016 | |
| 65 | University of Southern California | 20000 | 75800 | 0.7365 | 20,630 | 1492 | 0.0981 | |
| 66 | University of New Orleans | 20100 | 30200 | 0.3343 | 5,476 | 1050 | 0.6677 | |
| 67 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20400 | 45200 | 0.5499 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 68 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 20600 | 34400 | 0.4011 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 68 | South Dakota State University | 20600 | 25200 | 0.1838 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 68 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 20600 | 30700 | 0.3274 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 71 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 20700 | 30600 | 0.3258 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 72 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27100 | 0.2285 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 73 | North Dakota State University | 21000 | 25700 | 0.1841 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 74 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 21200 | 53000 | 0.6006 | 5,731 | 1174 | 0.9064 | |
| 75 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 21400 | 42700 | 0.499 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 76 | Webb Institute | 21500 | 73700 | 0.7085 | 106 | 1475 | 0.1404 | |
| 77 | Tufts University | 21900 | 98900 | 0.7783 | 7,126 | 1507 | 0.1153 | |
| 78 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 22100 | 59900 | 0.6309 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 79 | Marywood University | 22200 | 79900 | 0.7224 | 1,834 | 1160 | 0.6058 | |
| 80 | University of Florida | 22500 | 43200 | 0.4795 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 81 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 23200 | 40000 | 0.4199 | 1,984 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 82 | Hampshire College | 23700 | 101500 | 0.7662 | 844 | 1254 | 0.7528 | |
| 83 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24100 | 38000 | 0.3658 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
| 84 | Judson University | 24200 | 49100 | 0.5067 | 793 | 985 | 0.6233 | |
| 84 | University at Buffalo | 24200 | 34000 | 0.2883 | 20,360 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 86 | Norwich University | 24300 | 88400 | 0.7253 | 2,642 | 1182 | 0.7361 | |
| 87 | Drury University | 25200 | 52900 | 0.5235 | 1,391 | 1228 | 0.5758 | |
| 88 | University of Central Florida | 25300 | 25300 | 0 | 59,649 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
| 89 | University of Arkansas | 25600 | 27700 | 0.077 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 90 | Mount Mary University | 26000 | 57200 | 0.5448 | 749 | 1005 | 0.6634 | |
| 91 | Hobart William Smith Colleges | 26100 | 88300 | 0.7044 | 1,794 | 1313 | 0.6399 | |
| 91 | Stony Brook University | 26100 | 33200 | 0.2129 | 18,263 | 1404 | 0.4904 | |
| 93 | SUNY Maritime College | 26600 | 46800 | 0.432 | 1,286 | 1215 | 0.7242 | |
| 94 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 27100 | 41500 | 0.3468 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 95 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 17,771 | 1044 | 0.7933 | |
| 96 | Thomas Jefferson University | 27600 | 67700 | 0.5922 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 97 | Syracuse University | 27800 | 83100 | 0.6654 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 98 | Texas Tech University | 27900 | 27900 | 0 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 99 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 100 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 31100 | 49800 | 0.3755 | 20,592 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 100 | University of Kentucky | 31100 | 36100 | 0.1386 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 102 | Ithaca College | 32100 | 72500 | 0.5571 | 4,268 | 1314 | 0.6901 | |
| 103 | Massachusetts Maritime Academy | 32600 | 40200 | 0.1892 | 1,407 | 1120 | 0.7207 | |
| 104 | North Carolina State University | 32800 | 54800 | 0.4004 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 105 | Anderson University | 33200 | 52500 | 0.3678 | 3,405 | 1209 | 0.5471 | |
| 106 | Lawrence Technological University | 33300 | 82500 | 0.5961 | 2,579 | 1159 | 0.7403 | |
| 107 | Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design | 33400 | 57400 | 0.4172 | 885 | 1143 | 0.628 | |
| 108 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 34100 | 58500 | 0.4177 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 109 | Chatham University | 35100 | 63900 | 0.451 | 1,555 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 109 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 35100 | 35100 | 0 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 111 | Delaware Valley University | 35300 | 83300 | 0.5762 | 1,768 | 1180 | 0.9326 | |
| 112 | Andrews University | 35800 | 62100 | 0.4235 | 1,312 | 1196 | 0.874 | |
| 113 | Mississippi State University | 36300 | 50500 | 0.2801 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 114 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 36800 | 38900 | 0.0548 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 115 | University of Connecticut | 37300 | 43900 | 0.1505 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 116 | Benedictine College | 37700 | 50800 | 0.2579 | 2,391 | 1223 | 0.7645 | |
| 117 | Auburn University | 38000 | 38000 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 118 | Kean University | 38900 | 48300 | 0.1947 | 11,758 | 1035 | 0.759 | |
| 119 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5067 | 33,471 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 120 | Temple University | 40600 | 55300 | 0.266 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 121 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41400 | 57000 | 0.2738 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 122 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 41500 | 47200 | 0.1206 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 123 | California College of the Arts | 42500 | 87600 | 0.5147 | 1,004 | 1079 | 0.911 | |
| 124 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 42600 | 54700 | 0.2212 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 125 | University of Georgia | 43100 | 48800 | 0.1172 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 126 | The University of Texas at Austin | 45300 | 45300 | 0 | 43,165 | 1348 | 0.2664 | |
| 127 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 46100 | 86200 | 0.4651 | 5,743 | 1438 | 0.6343 | |
| 128 | Maine Maritime Academy | 47200 | 49800 | 0.0522 | 945 | 1180 | 0.5606 | |
| 129 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 48700 | 92100 | 0.4715 | 7,283 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
| 130 | Drexel University | 48800 | 83800 | 0.4176 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 131 | University of Utah | 51600 | 53700 | 0.0398 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 132 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53300 | 61000 | 0.1267 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 133 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 53400 | 53400 | 0 | 33,572 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 134 | Howard University | 53500 | 76900 | 0.3042 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 135 | University of San Francisco | 53600 | 84800 | 0.3678 | 5,321 | 1292 | 0.6171 | |
| 136 | Woodbury University | 53800 | 69500 | 0.2258 | 825 | 1087 | 0.7287 | |
| 137 | Miami University-Oxford | 56600 | 56600 | 0 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 138 | George Mason University | 57900 | 61000 | 0.0508 | 28,331 | 1268 | 0.8748 | |
| 139 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 58100 | 66100 | 0.121 | 40,754 | 1391 | 0.3915 | |
| 140 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 59100 | 61200 | 0.0349 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 141 | Maryland Institute College of Art | 60700 | 71200 | 0.1476 | 1,324 | 1174 | 0.7729 | |
| 142 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 60800 | 63000 | 0.0339 | 38,093 | 1302 | 0.7821 | |
| 143 | Clemson University | 61500 | 63700 | 0.0335 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 144 | University of Oregon | 66800 | 68900 | 0.031 | 20,622 | 1250 | 0.883 | |
| 145 | The Catholic University of America | 76400 | 82500 | 0.0739 | 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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