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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 Virginia.
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 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 | Johns Hopkins University | 2700 | 92000 | 0.9704 | 6,356 | 1543 | 0.0644 | |
| 2 | California State University-Northridge | 9500 | 22400 | 0.5769 | 32,499 | 1005 | 0.9219 | |
| 3 | Boston University | 11300 | 91600 | 0.8769 | 18,805 | 1475 | 0.1111 | |
| 4 | Southwest Minnesota State University | 13200 | 31600 | 0.5824 | 7,290 | 1035 | 0.6409 | |
| 5 | Youngstown State University | 13400 | 26800 | 0.4996 | 8,436 | 1065 | 0.8066 | |
| 6 | University of Houston | 13500 | 23100 | 0.4157 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 7 | University of Southern Indiana | 13700 | 26000 | 0.4735 | 5,347 | 1145 | 0.9581 | |
| 8 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 14400 | 28000 | 0.4854 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 9 | Texas State University | 14500 | 24500 | 0.4075 | 36,268 | 1100 | 0.8908 | |
| 10 | California State University-Chico | 14900 | 23500 | 0.3656 | 13,392 | 1117 | 0.9158 | |
| 11 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 15000 | 22800 | 0.3426 | 11,874 | 1082 | 0.8377 | |
| 12 | Troy University | 15100 | 32600 | 0.5365 | 10,222 | 1090 | 0.9604 | |
| 13 | The University of Texas at Austin | 15800 | 30500 | 0.4817 | 43,165 | 1335 | 0.2664 | |
| 14 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 16000 | 23200 | 0.3103 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
| 14 | Sam Houston State University | 16000 | 29700 | 0.4617 | 17,787 | 1030 | 0.9026 | |
| 16 | Appalachian State University | 16500 | 19500 | 0.1541 | 19,560 | 1159 | 0.9014 | |
| 16 | Goshen College | 16500 | 55900 | 0.7055 | 780 | 995 | 0.8404 | |
| 16 | SUNY at Fredonia | 16500 | 27800 | 0.407 | 2,876 | 1193 | 0.792 | |
| 16 | Wayne State University | 16500 | 46200 | 0.643 | 16,173 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
| 20 | Alabama A & M University | 16700 | 44800 | 0.6266 | 5,845 | 940 | 0.6622 | |
| 21 | Ferris State University | 17000 | 31000 | 0.4523 | 8,989 | 1015 | 0.9151 | |
| 22 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 17300 | 34000 | 0.4908 | 6,910 | 1053 | 0.9734 | |
| 23 | University of Pittsburgh-Bradford | 17700 | 42900 | 0.5872 | 1,002 | 1115 | 0.8898 | |
| 24 | Husson University | 17800 | 48100 | 0.6293 | 2,762 | 1115 | 0.8095 | |
| 25 | Campbellsville University | 17900 | 43200 | 0.585 | 6,411 | 1055 | 0.7235 | |
| 25 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 17900 | 44900 | 0.6009 | 5,205 | 1118 | 0.744 | |
| 25 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 17900 | 33600 | 0.4669 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 28 | California State University-Fullerton | 18400 | 41500 | 0.5569 | 38,597 | 0 | 0.9052 | |
| 29 | Eastern Kentucky University | 19000 | 34400 | 0.4471 | 12,726 | 1055 | 0.9695 | |
| 30 | La Sierra University | 19300 | 70200 | 0.7249 | 1,244 | 1015 | 0.933 | |
| 31 | Texas Southern University | 19500 | 42500 | 0.5415 | 6,619 | 920 | 0.9335 | |
| 32 | San Jose State University | 19800 | 33600 | 0.4104 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 33 | California State University-Los Angeles | 20000 | 59200 | 0.6626 | 19,354 | 965 | 0.9125 | |
| 34 | State University of New York at Oswego | 20400 | 40200 | 0.4927 | 5,517 | 1174 | 0.8057 | |
| 34 | University of Montevallo | 20400 | 31500 | 0.3529 | 2,545 | 1124 | 0.5579 | |
| 36 | Northwestern University | 20600 | 89500 | 0.7702 | 8,846 | 1513 | 0.0722 | |
| 37 | University of the Incarnate Word | 20900 | 73100 | 0.7143 | 4,638 | 1035 | 0.9813 | |
| 38 | Bowie State University | 21000 | 44300 | 0.5266 | 5,136 | 875 | 0.75 | |
| 38 | SUNY College at Plattsburgh | 21000 | 50000 | 0.5797 | 3,856 | 1169 | 0.7518 | |
| 40 | Southwestern Adventist University | 21300 | 49800 | 0.5721 | 813 | 1060 | 0.5552 | |
| 41 | Bradley University | 21500 | 50800 | 0.5767 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 42 | University of Florida | 22500 | 43100 | 0.4779 | 36,567 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 43 | San Francisco State University | 22700 | 55400 | 0.5903 | 20,756 | 1035 | 0.9615 | |
| 44 | Murray State University | 22900 | 27600 | 0.1707 | 8,281 | 1124 | 0.8568 | |
| 45 | Northern Arizona University | 23000 | 32000 | 0.2815 | 22,991 | 1145 | 0.8961 | |
| 46 | Saint Ambrose University | 23200 | 55400 | 0.5809 | 1,939 | 1085 | 0.7733 | |
| 47 | University of Kentucky | 23800 | 36100 | 0.3395 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 48 | Point Park University | 24000 | 57000 | 0.5793 | 2,337 | 1144 | 0.9691 | |
| 49 | Lewis University | 25200 | 57700 | 0.563 | 4,326 | 1099 | 0.7128 | |
| 50 | Syracuse University | 25300 | 83100 | 0.6955 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 50 | University of Central Florida | 25300 | 25300 | 0 | 59,649 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
| 52 | University of North Texas | 25700 | 25700 | 0 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 52 | Walla Walla University | 25700 | 51700 | 0.5038 | 1,238 | 1159 | 0.604 | |
| 54 | Evangel University | 26200 | 44900 | 0.4161 | 1,843 | 1183 | 0.7161 | |
| 55 | Western Kentucky University | 27000 | 27000 | 0 | 14,151 | 1090 | 0.9387 | |
| 56 | Capital University | 27200 | 80300 | 0.6614 | 1,609 | 1084 | 0.7022 | |
| 57 | Rowan University | 27400 | 41600 | 0.341 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
| 58 | Long Island University | 27800 | 59800 | 0.5356 | 11,753 | 1222 | 0.8977 | |
| 59 | Texas Tech University | 27900 | 27900 | 0 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 60 | Indiana Wesleyan University-Marion | 28600 | 48700 | 0.4127 | 2,079 | 1135 | 0.8221 | |
| 60 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 33400 | 0.1437 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 62 | Cornerstone University | 29200 | 40800 | 0.2846 | 1,444 | 1124 | 0.7316 | |
| 63 | Westminster College | 29400 | 57600 | 0.4896 | 1,136 | 1190 | 0.9256 | |
| 64 | Huntington University | 29700 | 44300 | 0.3297 | 1,286 | 1095 | 0.7115 | |
| 65 | Trevecca Nazarene University | 29900 | 46100 | 0.3514 | 1,903 | 1085 | 0.6944 | |
| 66 | Southeastern University | 30400 | 60500 | 0.4972 | 10,351 | 1130 | 0.6165 | |
| 67 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30600 | 54600 | 0.4397 | 3,163 | 1165 | 0.9347 | |
| 68 | Missouri Baptist University | 31600 | 53800 | 0.4126 | 4,958 | 843 | 0.686 | |
| 69 | CUNY Brooklyn College | 31800 | 31800 | 0 | 11,562 | 1110 | 0.5836 | |
| 70 | Lasell University | 31900 | 48500 | 0.342 | 1,293 | 1139 | 0.927 | |
| 71 | Ithaca College | 32000 | 72500 | 0.5585 | 4,268 | 1314 | 0.6901 | |
| 72 | University of Central Missouri | 32100 | 34300 | 0.0643 | 7,584 | 1055 | 0.638 | |
| 73 | North Central College | 32200 | 64900 | 0.5039 | 2,454 | 1203 | 0.7733 | |
| 74 | Suffolk University | 32600 | 69700 | 0.5326 | 4,324 | 1209 | 0.822 | |
| 75 | Old Dominion University | 33200 | 36700 | 0.0935 | 17,746 | 1205 | 0.9036 | |
| 76 | Adrian College | 33600 | 70200 | 0.5215 | 1,678 | 1060 | 0.6843 | |
| 77 | New England Institute of Technology | 34600 | 77700 | 0.5549 | 1,718 | 995 | 0.6673 | |
| 77 | San Diego State University | 34600 | 36100 | 0.0415 | 34,637 | 1208 | 0.3598 | |
| 79 | Hofstra University | 34700 | 77000 | 0.5492 | 6,581 | 1323 | 0.6808 | |
| 80 | Chicago State University | 35400 | 37600 | 0.0586 | 1,495 | 885 | 0.4052 | |
| 81 | George Mason University | 35700 | 35800 | 0.0011 | 28,331 | 1268 | 0.8748 | |
| 82 | Ashland University | 36500 | 52700 | 0.3073 | 5,180 | 1145 | 0.8053 | |
| 83 | Elon University | 38800 | 58200 | 0.3332 | 6,452 | 1244 | 0.6635 | |
| 84 | Temple University | 40600 | 55300 | 0.266 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 85 | Campbell University | 41600 | 65100 | 0.3611 | 2,699 | 1120 | 0.872 | |
| 86 | Montclair State University | 42000 | 46200 | 0.091 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 87 | Susquehanna University | 42400 | 76800 | 0.4481 | 2,185 | 1204 | 0.7871 | |
| 88 | Savannah College of Art and Design | 47300 | 65600 | 0.2791 | 14,657 | 1180 | 0.8368 | |
| 89 | Columbia College Chicago | 52800 | 68600 | 0.2305 | 5,422 | 0 | 0.7549 | |
| 90 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 53400 | 53400 | 0 | 33,572 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 91 | Emerson College | 55800 | 82600 | 0.3245 | 4,171 | 1339 | 0.4749 | |
| 92 | University of La Verne | 57400 | 67300 | 0.1472 | 2,414 | 1123 | 0.4847 | |
| 93 | 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.