Best colleges with Architecture degrees

There are 124 colleges in the U.S. where you can study and earn a degree in architecture. These are the top ranked colleges offering majors in architecture based on the CollegeSimply ranking methodology. The average net price to attend these colleges is $22,469 per year. Texas Southmost College offers the cheapest architecture degree with an average net price of $2,905 annually.

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  • Public 4 Year
  • Atlanta, GA
  • | 0 reviews
  • Jan 4 application deadline

Georgia Tech is a highly selective public university known for undergraduate engineering, computer science, and the sciences. The urban campus sits in midtown Atlanta.

#3 Best Colleges in Georgia 8/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1370-1540
  • Predicted Avg GPA 3.85
  • Acceptance Rate 14%
  • Net Price $15,918
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  • Public 4 Year
  • Blacksburg, VA
  • 5.0 | 3 reviews
  • Jan 15 application deadline

Virginia Tech is a large public university known for undergraduate engineering and architecture. The campus sits in the college town of Blacksburg in Virginia's Blue Ridge region.

#4 Best Public Universities in Virginia 8/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1280-1450
  • Avg GPA 3.97
  • Acceptance Rate 55%
  • Net Price $24,912
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  • Public 4 Year
  • San Luis Obispo, CA
  • 4.7 | 3 reviews
  • Nov 30 application deadline

Cal Poly is a public polytechnic university known for undergraduate engineering, architecture, and agriculture. Students study on a Central Coast campus in the college town of San Luis Obispo.

#7 Best Public Universities in California 8/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1220-1410
  • Avg GPA 4.0
  • Acceptance Rate 31%
  • Net Price $17,453
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  • Private 4 Year
  • Syracuse, NY
  • 4.0 | 3 reviews
  • Jan 1 application deadline

Syracuse is a private university known for undergraduate communications, journalism, and architecture. The residential campus sits on a hill overlooking the city of Syracuse.

#18 Best Private Colleges in New York 8/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1270-1440
  • Avg GPA 3.69
  • Acceptance Rate 46%
  • Net Price $48,215
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  • Public 4 Year
  • Minneapolis, MN
  • 5.0 | 1 reviews
  • Jan 1 application deadline

Minnesota is a large public university known for undergraduate engineering, business, and biological sciences. The Twin Cities campus spans Minneapolis and St. Paul along the Mississippi River.

#1 Best Public Universities in Minnesota 8/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1300-1500
  • Predicted Avg GPA 3.75
  • Acceptance Rate 80%
  • Net Price $17,209
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  • Private 4 Year
  • Waco, TX
  • 4.2 | 14 reviews
  • Feb 1 application deadline

Baylor is a private Baptist university known for undergraduate business, nursing, and prehealth programs. The residential campus sits along the Brazos River in Waco.

#5 Best Private Colleges in Texas 8/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1200-1400
  • Predicted Avg GPA 3.74
  • Acceptance Rate 51%
  • Net Price $47,001
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  • Public 4 Year
  • Amherst, MA
  • 5.0 | 1 reviews
  • Jan 15 application deadline

UMass Amherst is a large public university known for undergraduate computer science, business, and engineering. Students can cross-register at nearby colleges through the Five College Consortium in the Pioneer Valley.

#1 Best Public Universities in Massachusetts 8/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1310-1500
  • Avg GPA 3.99
  • Acceptance Rate 60%
  • Net Price $22,948
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  • Public 4 Year
  • University Park, PA
  • 4.2 | 12 reviews

Penn State is a large public university known for undergraduate engineering, business, and communications. The University Park campus anchors the college town of State College in central Pennsylvania.

#2 Best Public Universities in Pennsylvania 8/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1240-1420
  • Avg GPA NA
  • Acceptance Rate 61%
  • Net Price $27,889
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  • Public 4 Year
  • Newark, NJ
  • 5.0 | 1 reviews
  • Mar 1 application deadline

NJIT is a public technological university known for undergraduate engineering, computer science, and architecture. The urban campus is located in Newark.

#3 Best Value Colleges in New Jersey 8/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1210-1460
  • Avg GPA 3.72
  • Acceptance Rate 65%
  • Net Price $17,313
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  • Private 4 Year
  • Old Westbury, NY
  • 3.0 | 2 reviews

NYIT is a private university known for undergraduate architecture, engineering, and computer science. The suburban Old Westbury campus sits on Long Island.

#29 Best Private Colleges in New York 7/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1190-1420
  • Avg GPA 3.5
  • Acceptance Rate 81%
  • Net Price $24,688
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  • Public 4 Year
  • Knoxville, TN
  • 4.8 | 5 reviews

Tennessee is a large public university known for undergraduate supply chain management, business, and nuclear engineering. The campus borders the Tennessee River in Knoxville.

#1 Best Public Universities in Tennessee 7/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1200-1370
  • Predicted Avg GPA 3.66
  • Acceptance Rate 42%
  • Net Price $21,648
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  • Private 4 Year
  • Brooklyn, NY
  • 4.0 | 1 reviews
  • Jan 5 application deadline

Pratt is a private college known for undergraduate architecture, art, and design. The compact urban campus occupies a city-block setting in Brooklyn's Clinton Hill.

#31 Best Private Colleges in New York 7/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1150-1390
  • Avg GPA 3.86
  • Acceptance Rate 73%
  • Net Price $54,150
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  • Private 4 Year
  • Chicago, IL
  • 5.0 | 1 reviews
  • Mar 1 application deadline

Illinois Tech is a private university known for undergraduate engineering, architecture, and computer science. The urban Chicago campus is noted for its modernist buildings by Mies van der Rohe.

#7 Best Private Colleges in Illinois 7/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1180-1440
  • Avg GPA 3.84
  • Acceptance Rate 55%
  • Net Price $24,796
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  • Public 4 Year
  • Norman, OK
  • 4.0 | 2 reviews
  • Feb 1 application deadline

OU is a large public university known for undergraduate meteorology and petroleum engineering. Norman is a classic college town built around the campus.

#1 Best Public Universities in Oklahoma 7/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1140-1330
  • Avg GPA 3.66
  • Acceptance Rate 77%
  • Net Price $18,574
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  • Public 4 Year
  • Salt Lake City, UT
  • 4.3 | 3 reviews
  • Apr 1 application deadline

Utah is a large public university known for undergraduate engineering, computer science, and ballet. The campus sits in the foothills of the Wasatch Mountains overlooking Salt Lake City.

#1 Best Public Universities in Utah 7/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1190-1380
  • Avg GPA 3.64
  • Acceptance Rate 86%
  • Net Price $16,583
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  • Private 4 Year
  • Detroit, MI
  • | 0 reviews
  • Mar 1 application deadline

Detroit Mercy is a private Catholic university known for undergraduate architecture, engineering, and nursing. The urban campus sits in northwest Detroit.

#4 Best Private Colleges in Michigan 7/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1030-1260
  • Avg GPA 3.67
  • Acceptance Rate 75%
  • Net Price $16,790
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  • Public 4 Year
  • Oxford, OH
  • 5.0 | 1 reviews
  • Feb 1 application deadline

Miami University is a public university known for undergraduate business and education. The residential red-brick campus anchors the small college town of Oxford.

#2 Best Public Universities in Ohio 7/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1220-1390
  • Avg GPA 3.85
  • Acceptance Rate 75%
  • Net Price $28,229
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  • Public 4 Year
  • Tucson, AZ
  • | 0 reviews

Arizona is a large public university known for undergraduate astronomy, optical sciences, and planetary science. The main campus sits in the Sonoran Desert in Tucson.

#1 Best Value in Arizona 7/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1150-1420
  • Avg GPA 3.48
  • Acceptance Rate 86%
  • Net Price $19,055
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