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Considering a degree in Radio and Television?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Radio and Television majors who live in Iowa.
Rankings are calculated by estimating the net price at every college offering Radio and Television degrees for a "typical" middle class family living in the state of Iowa.
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 | Johns Hopkins University | 2700 | 92000 | 0.9704 | 6,356 | 1543 | 0.0644 | |
| 2 | California State University-Northridge | 9600 | 22400 | 0.5725 | 32,499 | 1005 | 0.9219 | |
| 3 | Boston University | 11400 | 91600 | 0.8759 | 18,805 | 1475 | 0.1111 | |
| 4 | University of Houston | 12000 | 28400 | 0.5781 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 5 | Southwest Minnesota State University | 13300 | 31600 | 0.5793 | 7,290 | 1035 | 0.6409 | |
| 6 | Youngstown State University | 13500 | 26800 | 0.4958 | 8,436 | 1065 | 0.8066 | |
| 7 | University of Southern Indiana | 14400 | 35900 | 0.5997 | 5,347 | 1145 | 0.9581 | |
| 8 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 14500 | 28000 | 0.4818 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 8 | Texas State University | 14500 | 24500 | 0.4075 | 36,268 | 1100 | 0.8908 | |
| 8 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 14500 | 19000 | 0.237 | 11,874 | 1082 | 0.8377 | |
| 11 | Northern Arizona University | 14900 | 25400 | 0.4131 | 22,991 | 1145 | 0.8961 | |
| 11 | University of Central Missouri | 14900 | 25400 | 0.4125 | 7,584 | 1055 | 0.638 | |
| 13 | California State University-Chico | 15100 | 30700 | 0.5073 | 13,392 | 1117 | 0.9158 | |
| 13 | University of North Texas | 15100 | 25700 | 0.413 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 15 | Troy University | 15200 | 26700 | 0.4306 | 10,222 | 1090 | 0.9604 | |
| 16 | Wayne State University | 15500 | 32900 | 0.5286 | 16,173 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
| 17 | Sam Houston State University | 15900 | 30300 | 0.4749 | 17,787 | 1030 | 0.9026 | |
| 18 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 16000 | 23200 | 0.3103 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
| 19 | University of Florida | 16100 | 22500 | 0.2843 | 36,567 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 20 | Goshen College | 16500 | 55900 | 0.7055 | 780 | 995 | 0.8404 | |
| 21 | SUNY at Fredonia | 16600 | 27800 | 0.4034 | 2,876 | 1193 | 0.792 | |
| 22 | Alabama A & M University | 16700 | 44800 | 0.6266 | 5,845 | 940 | 0.6622 | |
| 23 | Ferris State University | 17000 | 31000 | 0.4523 | 8,989 | 1015 | 0.9151 | |
| 24 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 17400 | 34000 | 0.4878 | 6,910 | 1053 | 0.9734 | |
| 25 | Husson University | 17900 | 48100 | 0.6272 | 2,762 | 1115 | 0.8095 | |
| 25 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 17900 | 44900 | 0.6009 | 5,205 | 1118 | 0.744 | |
| 25 | University of Pittsburgh-Bradford | 17900 | 42900 | 0.5825 | 1,002 | 1115 | 0.8898 | |
| 28 | Campbellsville University | 18000 | 43200 | 0.5827 | 6,411 | 1055 | 0.7235 | |
| 29 | San Francisco State University | 18200 | 55400 | 0.6715 | 20,756 | 1035 | 0.9615 | |
| 30 | California State University-Fullerton | 18500 | 41500 | 0.5544 | 38,597 | 0 | 0.9052 | |
| 31 | State University of New York at Oswego | 18600 | 27700 | 0.3284 | 5,517 | 1174 | 0.8057 | |
| 32 | Eastern Kentucky University | 19200 | 34400 | 0.4413 | 12,726 | 1055 | 0.9695 | |
| 33 | La Sierra University | 19300 | 70200 | 0.7249 | 1,244 | 1015 | 0.933 | |
| 34 | California State University-Los Angeles | 19400 | 59200 | 0.6728 | 19,354 | 965 | 0.9125 | |
| 35 | San Diego State University | 19700 | 28900 | 0.3184 | 34,637 | 1208 | 0.3598 | |
| 35 | The University of Texas at Austin | 19700 | 26900 | 0.2675 | 43,165 | 1335 | 0.2664 | |
| 37 | Texas Southern University | 19800 | 25500 | 0.2239 | 6,619 | 920 | 0.9335 | |
| 38 | Iowa State University | 20000 | 24200 | 0.1755 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 39 | University of Montevallo | 20500 | 31500 | 0.3497 | 2,545 | 1124 | 0.5579 | |
| 40 | Northwestern University | 20800 | 89500 | 0.7679 | 8,846 | 1513 | 0.0722 | |
| 40 | Saint Ambrose University | 20800 | 54900 | 0.6209 | 1,939 | 1085 | 0.7733 | |
| 42 | Bowie State University | 21000 | 44300 | 0.5266 | 5,136 | 875 | 0.75 | |
| 42 | SUNY College at Plattsburgh | 21000 | 50000 | 0.5797 | 3,856 | 1169 | 0.7518 | |
| 42 | University of the Incarnate Word | 21000 | 73100 | 0.7129 | 4,638 | 1035 | 0.9813 | |
| 45 | Southwestern Adventist University | 21400 | 49800 | 0.5701 | 813 | 1060 | 0.5552 | |
| 46 | Bradley University | 21600 | 50800 | 0.5747 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 47 | San Jose State University | 22300 | 41100 | 0.4575 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 48 | Point Park University | 23900 | 57000 | 0.581 | 2,337 | 1144 | 0.9691 | |
| 49 | Temple University | 25000 | 36400 | 0.3134 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 50 | Lewis University | 25300 | 57700 | 0.5613 | 4,326 | 1099 | 0.7128 | |
| 50 | Syracuse University | 25300 | 83100 | 0.6955 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 52 | Walla Walla University | 25700 | 51700 | 0.5038 | 1,238 | 1159 | 0.604 | |
| 53 | Evangel University | 26200 | 44900 | 0.4161 | 1,843 | 1183 | 0.7161 | |
| 54 | Capital University | 27300 | 80300 | 0.6601 | 1,609 | 1084 | 0.7022 | |
| 55 | Murray State University | 27700 | 32400 | 0.1454 | 8,281 | 1124 | 0.8568 | |
| 56 | Long Island University | 28000 | 59800 | 0.5322 | 11,753 | 1222 | 0.8977 | |
| 57 | Indiana Wesleyan University-Marion | 28600 | 48700 | 0.4127 | 2,079 | 1135 | 0.8221 | |
| 57 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 33400 | 0.1437 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 59 | University of Iowa | 28900 | 31100 | 0.0709 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 60 | Cornerstone University | 29200 | 40800 | 0.2846 | 1,444 | 1124 | 0.7316 | |
| 61 | Westminster College | 29300 | 57600 | 0.4913 | 1,136 | 1190 | 0.9256 | |
| 62 | Huntington University | 29700 | 44300 | 0.3297 | 1,286 | 1095 | 0.7115 | |
| 63 | Trevecca Nazarene University | 29900 | 46100 | 0.3514 | 1,903 | 1085 | 0.6944 | |
| 64 | Southeastern University | 30500 | 60500 | 0.4956 | 10,351 | 1130 | 0.6165 | |
| 65 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30600 | 54600 | 0.4397 | 3,163 | 1165 | 0.9347 | |
| 66 | Missouri Baptist University | 31600 | 53800 | 0.4126 | 4,958 | 843 | 0.686 | |
| 67 | CUNY Brooklyn College | 31800 | 31800 | 0 | 11,562 | 1110 | 0.5836 | |
| 68 | Lasell University | 31900 | 48500 | 0.342 | 1,293 | 1139 | 0.927 | |
| 69 | Ithaca College | 32000 | 72500 | 0.5585 | 4,268 | 1314 | 0.6901 | |
| 70 | North Central College | 32200 | 64900 | 0.5039 | 2,454 | 1203 | 0.7733 | |
| 71 | Suffolk University | 32600 | 69700 | 0.5326 | 4,324 | 1209 | 0.822 | |
| 72 | Adrian College | 33600 | 70200 | 0.5215 | 1,678 | 1060 | 0.6843 | |
| 73 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 34200 | 36100 | 0.0526 | 33,572 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 74 | New England Institute of Technology | 34700 | 77700 | 0.5537 | 1,718 | 995 | 0.6673 | |
| 75 | Hofstra University | 34800 | 77000 | 0.5479 | 6,581 | 1323 | 0.6808 | |
| 76 | Chicago State University | 35400 | 37600 | 0.0586 | 1,495 | 885 | 0.4052 | |
| 77 | Ashland University | 36500 | 52700 | 0.3073 | 5,180 | 1145 | 0.8053 | |
| 78 | Western Kentucky University | 36600 | 42300 | 0.1348 | 14,151 | 1090 | 0.9387 | |
| 79 | Texas Tech University | 38600 | 41000 | 0.0586 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 80 | Elon University | 38900 | 58200 | 0.3314 | 6,452 | 1244 | 0.6635 | |
| 81 | University of Central Florida | 39600 | 39600 | 0 | 59,649 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
| 82 | Campbell University | 41600 | 65100 | 0.3611 | 2,699 | 1120 | 0.872 | |
| 83 | Montclair State University | 42000 | 46200 | 0.091 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 84 | Susquehanna University | 42400 | 76800 | 0.4481 | 2,185 | 1204 | 0.7871 | |
| 85 | Appalachian State University | 43600 | 43600 | 0 | 19,560 | 1159 | 0.9014 | |
| 86 | Savannah College of Art and Design | 47300 | 65600 | 0.2791 | 14,657 | 1180 | 0.8368 | |
| 87 | University of Kentucky | 48900 | 56600 | 0.1369 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 88 | Columbia College Chicago | 53000 | 68600 | 0.2275 | 5,422 | 0 | 0.7549 | |
| 89 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
| 90 | Emerson College | 55800 | 82600 | 0.3245 | 4,171 | 1339 | 0.4749 | |
| 91 | University of La Verne | 57400 | 67300 | 0.1472 | 2,414 | 1123 | 0.4847 | |
| 92 | Pepperdine University | 62200 | 105300 | 0.4094 | 3,553 | 1378 | 0.6286 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.