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 | 1283 | 0.2432 | |
| 1 | United States Naval Academy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4,465 | 1314 | 0.0936 | |
| 3 | Rice University | 4300 | 85500 | 0.9496 | 4,789 | 1535 | 0.08 | |
| 4 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 4700 | 86800 | 0.9456 | 4,576 | 1535 | 0.0485 | |
| 5 | Princeton University | 5400 | 81800 | 0.9338 | 5,813 | 1535 | 0.0462 | |
| 6 | Yale University | 5500 | 92300 | 0.9403 | 6,814 | 1507 | 0.0387 | |
| 7 | University of Pennsylvania | 5700 | 93000 | 0.9389 | 10,013 | 1528 | 0.054 | |
| 8 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 6100 | 94100 | 0.9354 | 9,157 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 9 | Wellesley College | 7000 | 90900 | 0.9233 | 2,407 | 1500 | 0.1405 | |
| 10 | Brown University | 8400 | 93900 | 0.9103 | 7,910 | 1535 | 0.0539 | |
| 11 | Middlebury College | 8500 | 89800 | 0.9052 | 2,760 | 1499 | 0.1075 | |
| 12 | Washington University in St Louis | 9200 | 96200 | 0.904 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 13 | Mount Holyoke College | 9300 | 89700 | 0.8968 | 2,178 | 1449 | 0.3603 | |
| 14 | University of Notre Dame | 10000 | 86100 | 0.8838 | 8,880 | 1499 | 0.1127 | |
| 15 | United States Merchant Marine Academy | 10200 | 10200 | 0 | 947 | 1239 | 0.3247 | |
| 16 | Cornell University | 10300 | 92000 | 0.8877 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
| 17 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 11100 | 27200 | 0.5927 | 40,754 | 1391 | 0.3915 | |
| 18 | The University of Texas at Austin | 12100 | 30700 | 0.6055 | 43,165 | 1335 | 0.2664 | |
| 19 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 27200 | 0.5443 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 20 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 12600 | 12600 | 0 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 21 | Lehigh University | 13000 | 85700 | 0.8488 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 21 | Utah State University | 13000 | 30000 | 0.5659 | 25,920 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 23 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 13100 | 38500 | 0.6598 | 17,901 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 24 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 13300 | 13300 | 0 | 18,428 | 1090 | 0.9529 | |
| 25 | Carnegie Mellon University | 13600 | 87300 | 0.844 | 7,824 | 1528 | 0.1166 | |
| 25 | University of Delaware | 13600 | 32500 | 0.5829 | 19,119 | 1303 | 0.6356 | |
| 27 | North Carolina A & T State University | 13700 | 17900 | 0.2353 | 12,216 | 1020 | 0.4617 | |
| 28 | Louisiana Tech University | 13900 | 24800 | 0.4401 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 29 | Texas Tech University | 14000 | 26800 | 0.4772 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 30 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 14200 | 26500 | 0.463 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 30 | University of Houston | 14200 | 23600 | 0.3988 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 32 | University of Idaho | 14300 | 26400 | 0.458 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 33 | University of Florida | 15900 | 22300 | 0.2871 | 36,567 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 34 | Northeastern University | 16100 | 89900 | 0.8213 | 22,695 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 35 | University of California-Los Angeles | 16300 | 36700 | 0.5548 | 33,471 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 36 | University of Southern California | 16600 | 76000 | 0.7815 | 21,023 | 1485 | 0.1002 | |
| 37 | Tufts University | 16900 | 92400 | 0.8175 | 7,126 | 1507 | 0.1153 | |
| 38 | Bennington College | 17100 | 89500 | 0.8085 | 797 | 1360 | 0.4453 | |
| 38 | SUNY College of Technology at Alfred | 17100 | 26000 | 0.3426 | 3,525 | 1070 | 0.8175 | |
| 40 | California State University-Sacramento | 17400 | 27200 | 0.3601 | 28,226 | 1015 | 0.9343 | |
| 41 | Barnard College | 17600 | 93200 | 0.8112 | 3,269 | 1490 | 0.0796 | |
| 42 | Keene State College | 17800 | 31900 | 0.4435 | 2,744 | 1020 | 0.9033 | |
| 43 | Prairie View A & M University | 18200 | 25400 | 0.2835 | 8,056 | 955 | 0.7441 | |
| 44 | University of New Orleans | 18300 | 29500 | 0.3797 | 5,476 | 1125 | 0.6677 | |
| 45 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 18500 | 33600 | 0.4491 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 46 | University of Illinois Chicago | 19200 | 30300 | 0.366 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 47 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 19700 | 40000 | 0.5074 | 1,984 | 1369 | 0.6328 | |
| 48 | University of Southern Mississippi | 19800 | 23100 | 0.1428 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
| 49 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 20100 | 38800 | 0.4817 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 49 | University of Colorado Boulder | 20100 | 30600 | 0.3431 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
| 51 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20300 | 43700 | 0.5366 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 52 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27100 | 0.2289 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 53 | University of Georgia | 21300 | 27100 | 0.2113 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 54 | Webb Institute | 21500 | 73700 | 0.7085 | 106 | 1475 | 0.1404 | |
| 55 | Hobart William Smith Colleges | 22200 | 81100 | 0.726 | 1,794 | 1313 | 0.6399 | |
| 55 | SUNY Maritime College | 22200 | 31700 | 0.2998 | 1,286 | 1215 | 0.7242 | |
| 57 | University of Memphis | 22700 | 26400 | 0.1404 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 58 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 22900 | 35400 | 0.3526 | 5,731 | 1174 | 0.9064 | |
| 59 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 23000 | 27500 | 0.1618 | 17,771 | 1044 | 0.7933 | |
| 60 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 23300 | 33600 | 0.3067 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 61 | Syracuse University | 23500 | 83100 | 0.7172 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 62 | University of Central Florida | 23600 | 31400 | 0.2482 | 59,649 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
| 63 | George Mason University | 24100 | 33500 | 0.2815 | 28,331 | 1268 | 0.8748 | |
| 63 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 24100 | 83600 | 0.712 | 7,283 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
| 63 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 24100 | 37100 | 0.3508 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
| 66 | Judson University | 24200 | 49100 | 0.5076 | 793 | 1049 | 0.624 | |
| 67 | La Roche University | 24300 | 55400 | 0.5616 | 1,986 | 1150 | 0.7761 | |
| 68 | California State University-Fresno | 25300 | 35900 | 0.2951 | 21,430 | 995 | 0.9638 | |
| 69 | South Dakota State University | 25500 | 28700 | 0.1116 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 69 | University of Arkansas | 25500 | 27700 | 0.0796 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 71 | University of Kansas | 25600 | 42000 | 0.3907 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 72 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 25800 | 36500 | 0.2928 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 73 | Ball State University | 26000 | 26000 | 0 | 15,189 | 1170 | 0.855 | |
| 73 | Mount Mary University | 26000 | 57200 | 0.5455 | 749 | 1005 | 0.6634 | |
| 75 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 26200 | 36500 | 0.2823 | 27,082 | 1099 | 0.8459 | |
| 76 | Norwich University | 26300 | 70900 | 0.6293 | 2,642 | 1209 | 0.7361 | |
| 77 | Marywood University | 26600 | 55500 | 0.521 | 1,834 | 1160 | 0.6058 | |
| 78 | University of North Alabama | 26900 | 41500 | 0.352 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 79 | Indiana State University | 27000 | 30900 | 0.1263 | 6,224 | 1140 | 0.8077 | |
| 80 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 27600 | 41900 | 0.3412 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 81 | North Dakota State University | 27800 | 30400 | 0.0858 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 82 | Florida Atlantic University | 28100 | 39200 | 0.2834 | 24,942 | 1130 | 0.6613 | |
| 82 | Mississippi State University | 28100 | 32300 | 0.13 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 84 | Drury University | 28200 | 52900 | 0.4668 | 1,391 | 1228 | 0.5758 | |
| 85 | Connecticut College | 28400 | 83300 | 0.6595 | 1,990 | 1287 | 0.3704 | |
| 86 | University of Connecticut | 29600 | 33200 | 0.1086 | 19,388 | 1324 | 0.5395 | |
| 87 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 29900 | 31100 | 0.0385 | 20,592 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 88 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 89 | Maine Maritime Academy | 30200 | 33400 | 0.0959 | 945 | 1180 | 0.5606 | |
| 90 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 30500 | 41800 | 0.2705 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 91 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 30600 | 33100 | 0.0757 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 92 | University of Maine at Augusta | 30800 | 38900 | 0.2085 | 4,250 | 0 | 0.0683 | |
| 93 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 30900 | 42400 | 0.2713 | 21,947 | 1335 | 0.3122 | |
| 93 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 30900 | 39500 | 0.2175 | 14,576 | 1179 | 0.6967 | |
| 95 | University of Kentucky | 31000 | 36000 | 0.139 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 96 | Portland State University | 31300 | 43000 | 0.2722 | 15,960 | 1176 | 0.9091 | |
| 96 | University of Rhode Island | 31300 | 46700 | 0.3298 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 98 | Kean University | 31500 | 39600 | 0.2046 | 11,758 | 1035 | 0.7688 | |
| 98 | Thomas Jefferson University | 31500 | 67700 | 0.5346 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 100 | Old Dominion University | 32100 | 32100 | 0.0009 | 17,746 | 1205 | 0.9036 | |
| 101 | Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design | 32400 | 57100 | 0.4313 | 885 | 0 | 0.628 | |
| 102 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 32500 | 38500 | 0.1559 | 7,890 | 1105 | 0.2056 | |
| 103 | Massachusetts Maritime Academy | 32700 | 40200 | 0.1867 | 1,407 | 1120 | 0.7207 | |
| 104 | North Carolina State University | 32800 | 54800 | 0.4017 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 105 | University of Oregon | 33100 | 38600 | 0.1424 | 20,622 | 1250 | 0.883 | |
| 106 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 33400 | 46200 | 0.2773 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 107 | Anderson University | 33600 | 52400 | 0.3588 | 3,405 | 1209 | 0.5471 | |
| 107 | Ithaca College | 33600 | 72500 | 0.5365 | 4,268 | 1314 | 0.6901 | |
| 109 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 34100 | 35100 | 0.0285 | 33,572 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 110 | Auburn University | 34400 | 34400 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 110 | Morgan State University | 34400 | 37200 | 0.0753 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 112 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 34700 | 34700 | 0 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 113 | Chatham University | 35000 | 63300 | 0.4474 | 1,555 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 114 | Delaware Valley University | 35300 | 63800 | 0.4466 | 1,768 | 1180 | 0.9326 | |
| 115 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 35700 | 42400 | 0.158 | 31,112 | 1130 | 0.8129 | |
| 115 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 35700 | 43500 | 0.1794 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 117 | Andrews University | 36400 | 47100 | 0.227 | 1,312 | 1208 | 0.874 | |
| 118 | Lawrence Technological University | 36800 | 67800 | 0.457 | 2,579 | 1155 | 0.7403 | |
| 119 | Benedictine College | 37700 | 50800 | 0.258 | 2,391 | 1229 | 0.7645 | |
| 120 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 39400 | 39400 | 0 | 24,868 | 1214 | 0.796 | |
| 121 | Stony Brook University | 39800 | 53000 | 0.2491 | 18,263 | 1395 | 0.4904 | |
| 122 | Temple University | 40500 | 56100 | 0.278 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 123 | Endicott College | 40800 | 63200 | 0.3544 | 3,176 | 1215 | 0.7229 | |
| 124 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41300 | 53900 | 0.2337 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 125 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 42500 | 54900 | 0.2261 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 126 | University at Buffalo | 42600 | 46800 | 0.0897 | 20,360 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 127 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 43000 | 46200 | 0.0693 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 128 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 43500 | 50300 | 0.1352 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 129 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 43800 | 57100 | 0.2315 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 130 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 47200 | 85700 | 0.449 | 5,743 | 1438 | 0.6343 | |
| 131 | Woodbury University | 50600 | 68700 | 0.2636 | 825 | 1087 | 0.7287 | |
| 132 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 50900 | 84200 | 0.3956 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 133 | Drexel University | 51100 | 82600 | 0.3812 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 134 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 52400 | 56100 | 0.0661 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 135 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53200 | 61000 | 0.1279 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 136 | University of San Francisco | 53500 | 83200 | 0.3568 | 5,321 | 1292 | 0.6171 | |
| 137 | Miami University-Oxford | 56100 | 56100 | 0 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 138 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 56700 | 58900 | 0.0374 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 139 | Howard University | 58400 | 61600 | 0.052 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 140 | Maryland Institute College of Art | 60700 | 71200 | 0.1476 | 1,324 | 1196 | 0.7729 | |
| 141 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 60800 | 63000 | 0.035 | 38,093 | 1302 | 0.7821 | |
| 142 | Clemson University | 61400 | 63700 | 0.0346 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 143 | Otis College of Art and Design | 62600 | 79000 | 0.2077 | 1,224 | 1055 | 0.8176 | |
| 144 | University of California-Berkeley | 74600 | 75500 | 0.0119 | 33,469 | 1407 | 0.1104 | |
| 145 | The Catholic University of America | 82500 | 82500 | 0 | 3,177 | 1204 | 0.8278 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.
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