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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 California.
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 California.
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 | Santa Monica College | 6400 | 15500 | 0.5879 | 23,164 | 0 | 0.4384 | |
| 3 | California State University-Northridge | 8800 | 22400 | 0.6049 | 32,499 | 1005 | 0.881 | |
| 4 | Eastern Kentucky University | 9600 | 22900 | 0.5818 | 12,726 | 1055 | 0.9695 | |
| 5 | Boston University | 11100 | 91600 | 0.8791 | 18,805 | 1475 | 0.1111 | |
| 6 | University of Central Florida | 12200 | 25300 | 0.5172 | 59,649 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
| 7 | University of Houston | 12900 | 23100 | 0.4417 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 8 | Youngstown State University | 13200 | 26800 | 0.507 | 8,436 | 1065 | 0.8066 | |
| 9 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 13600 | 28000 | 0.5139 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 10 | University of Southern Indiana | 13900 | 35900 | 0.6117 | 5,347 | 1145 | 0.9581 | |
| 11 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 14100 | 19000 | 0.2581 | 11,874 | 1082 | 0.8377 | |
| 12 | California State University-Chico | 14500 | 30700 | 0.5268 | 13,392 | 1117 | 0.9158 | |
| 12 | Texas State University | 14500 | 24500 | 0.4075 | 36,268 | 1100 | 0.8908 | |
| 14 | Wayne State University | 15000 | 32900 | 0.5438 | 16,173 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
| 15 | Troy University | 15100 | 32600 | 0.5365 | 10,222 | 1090 | 0.9604 | |
| 16 | University of Central Missouri | 15700 | 26600 | 0.4094 | 7,584 | 1055 | 0.638 | |
| 17 | Sam Houston State University | 15900 | 30300 | 0.4749 | 17,787 | 1030 | 0.9026 | |
| 17 | Santa Ana College | 15900 | 35300 | 0.5498 | 26,073 | 0 | 0 | |
| 17 | University of Pittsburgh-Bradford | 15900 | 33300 | 0.5226 | 1,002 | 1115 | 0.8898 | |
| 20 | Goshen College | 16200 | 55900 | 0.7096 | 780 | 995 | 0.8404 | |
| 20 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 16200 | 23200 | 0.3017 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
| 22 | Alabama A & M University | 16300 | 44800 | 0.6356 | 5,845 | 920 | 0.6622 | |
| 23 | Ferris State University | 16900 | 31000 | 0.4555 | 8,989 | 1015 | 0.9151 | |
| 24 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 17100 | 34000 | 0.4966 | 6,910 | 1053 | 0.9734 | |
| 25 | San Francisco State University | 17400 | 55500 | 0.6867 | 20,756 | 1035 | 0.9615 | |
| 26 | Campbellsville University | 17600 | 43200 | 0.592 | 6,853 | 1055 | 0.9833 | |
| 27 | SUNY at Fredonia | 17700 | 39600 | 0.5537 | 2,876 | 1193 | 0.792 | |
| 28 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 17800 | 44900 | 0.6031 | 5,205 | 1118 | 0.744 | |
| 29 | California State University-Fullerton | 18100 | 20600 | 0.1231 | 38,597 | 0 | 0.9052 | |
| 30 | State University of New York at Oswego | 18500 | 27700 | 0.332 | 5,517 | 1164 | 0.8057 | |
| 31 | California State University-Los Angeles | 18900 | 59200 | 0.6812 | 19,354 | 965 | 0.9125 | |
| 32 | Texas Southern University | 19300 | 42500 | 0.5462 | 6,619 | 915 | 0.9335 | |
| 33 | San Jose State University | 19500 | 33700 | 0.4214 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 34 | Bowie State University | 20500 | 50200 | 0.5922 | 5,136 | 875 | 0.75 | |
| 35 | Northwestern University | 20600 | 89500 | 0.7702 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 36 | Bradley University | 21000 | 50800 | 0.5865 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 37 | Southwestern Adventist University | 21300 | 49800 | 0.5721 | 813 | 1064 | 0.5552 | |
| 38 | University of Montevallo | 21400 | 53500 | 0.5998 | 2,545 | 1124 | 0.539 | |
| 39 | Saint Ambrose University | 22800 | 55400 | 0.5881 | 1,939 | 1085 | 0.7733 | |
| 40 | San Diego State University | 22900 | 28900 | 0.2089 | 34,637 | 1208 | 0.3598 | |
| 41 | Southwest Minnesota State University | 23100 | 25800 | 0.1023 | 7,290 | 1035 | 0.6409 | |
| 42 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 23500 | 50000 | 0.5298 | 3,856 | 1185 | 0.7518 | |
| 43 | Point Park University | 23900 | 57000 | 0.581 | 2,337 | 1144 | 0.9691 | |
| 44 | Northern Arizona University | 24100 | 33100 | 0.2719 | 22,991 | 1145 | 0.8961 | |
| 45 | Temple University | 24500 | 36400 | 0.3272 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 46 | Lewis University | 24900 | 57700 | 0.5682 | 4,326 | 1099 | 0.7128 | |
| 47 | Ashland University | 26400 | 56600 | 0.534 | 5,180 | 1145 | 0.8053 | |
| 48 | Capital University | 27000 | 80300 | 0.6639 | 1,609 | 1084 | 0.7022 | |
| 49 | Long Island University | 27300 | 59800 | 0.5439 | 11,753 | 1252 | 0.8977 | |
| 49 | Syracuse University | 27300 | 83100 | 0.6714 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 51 | Murray State University | 27700 | 32400 | 0.1432 | 8,281 | 1124 | 0.8568 | |
| 52 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28500 | 33400 | 0.1467 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 53 | Cornerstone University | 29100 | 40800 | 0.2853 | 1,444 | 1124 | 0.7316 | |
| 53 | Montclair State University | 29100 | 36300 | 0.1985 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 55 | Huntington University | 29400 | 44300 | 0.3364 | 1,589 | 1055 | 0.7564 | |
| 56 | Southeastern University | 29600 | 60500 | 0.5105 | 10,351 | 1110 | 0.6165 | |
| 56 | Westminster College | 29600 | 57600 | 0.4861 | 1,136 | 1190 | 0.9256 | |
| 58 | University of North Texas | 30100 | 37400 | 0.1951 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 59 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30700 | 54600 | 0.4385 | 3,163 | 1165 | 0.9347 | |
| 60 | Rider University | 31500 | 60600 | 0.4803 | 3,196 | 1214 | 0.794 | |
| 61 | Missouri Baptist University | 31700 | 53800 | 0.4113 | 4,958 | 843 | 0.686 | |
| 61 | Vermont State University | 31700 | 38700 | 0.1808 | 4,087 | 960 | 0.8323 | |
| 63 | Ithaca College | 32200 | 72500 | 0.5557 | 4,268 | 1314 | 0.6901 | |
| 64 | Suffolk University | 32500 | 69700 | 0.5341 | 4,324 | 1209 | 0.822 | |
| 65 | Adrian College | 33700 | 70200 | 0.5205 | 1,678 | 1025 | 0.6843 | |
| 65 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 33700 | 36100 | 0.0664 | 33,572 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 67 | Hofstra University | 34400 | 77000 | 0.5531 | 6,581 | 1323 | 0.6808 | |
| 67 | New England Institute of Technology | 34400 | 77700 | 0.5575 | 1,718 | 1055 | 0.6673 | |
| 69 | Trevecca Nazarene University | 34700 | 50900 | 0.3172 | 1,903 | 1085 | 0.6944 | |
| 70 | Chicago State University | 35500 | 37600 | 0.0567 | 1,495 | 885 | 0.4052 | |
| 71 | Western Kentucky University | 36600 | 42300 | 0.1348 | 14,151 | 1090 | 0.9387 | |
| 72 | Lasell University | 37200 | 48500 | 0.2328 | 1,293 | 1212 | 0.927 | |
| 73 | Elon University | 38400 | 58200 | 0.34 | 6,452 | 1244 | 0.6635 | |
| 74 | Texas Tech University | 38800 | 41000 | 0.0537 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 75 | Campbell University | 41700 | 65100 | 0.3601 | 2,699 | 1120 | 0.872 | |
| 76 | Susquehanna University | 42400 | 76800 | 0.4481 | 2,185 | 1204 | 0.7871 | |
| 77 | University of Florida | 43100 | 45600 | 0.0548 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 78 | Appalachian State University | 43600 | 43600 | 0 | 19,560 | 1159 | 0.9014 | |
| 79 | The University of Texas at Austin | 45300 | 45300 | 0 | 43,165 | 1348 | 0.2664 | |
| 80 | University of Kentucky | 48900 | 56600 | 0.1357 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 81 | Columbia College Chicago | 52300 | 68600 | 0.2378 | 5,422 | 0 | 0.7549 | |
| 82 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
| 83 | Savannah College of Art and Design | 57100 | 66500 | 0.1414 | 14,657 | 1183 | 0.8368 | |
| 84 | University of La Verne | 57300 | 66800 | 0.1423 | 2,414 | 1123 | 0.4848 | |
| 85 | Howard University | 58400 | 76900 | 0.2405 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.