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These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Radio majors who live in Alabama.
Rankings are calculated by estimating the net price at every college offering Radio degrees for a "typical" middle class family living in the state of Alabama.
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 | CUNY Brooklyn College | 8300 | 31800 | 0.74 | 11,562 | 1110 | 0.5836 | |
| 2 | Johns Hopkins University | 9600 | 88600 | 0.8915 | 6,356 | 1543 | 0.0644 | |
| 3 | Boston University | 10300 | 88800 | 0.8844 | 18,805 | 1475 | 0.1111 | |
| 4 | Idaho State University | 11500 | 27700 | 0.5846 | 10,406 | 0 | 0.8396 | |
| 5 | The University of Texas at Austin | 12200 | 30700 | 0.6023 | 43,165 | 1335 | 0.2664 | |
| 6 | Morehead State University | 12800 | 28000 | 0.5432 | 8,258 | 1120 | 0.7721 | |
| 7 | Eastern Illinois University | 12900 | 24400 | 0.4701 | 6,785 | 1020 | 0.6535 | |
| 8 | Emory University | 13000 | 90100 | 0.8558 | 7,407 | 1499 | 0.1029 | |
| 9 | Texas State University | 13200 | 23200 | 0.4313 | 36,268 | 1100 | 0.8908 | |
| 10 | Texas Tech University | 13900 | 26800 | 0.4809 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 11 | Northwest Missouri State University | 14600 | 36300 | 0.5973 | 5,241 | 1075 | 0.8613 | |
| 12 | Southwest Minnesota State University | 14900 | 31600 | 0.528 | 7,290 | 1035 | 0.6409 | |
| 13 | Indiana University-South Bend | 15000 | 27500 | 0.4546 | 4,083 | 1070 | 0.8384 | |
| 13 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 15000 | 25700 | 0.4158 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 15 | Baptist Health Sciences University | 15500 | 28500 | 0.4565 | 733 | 1110 | 0.6776 | |
| 15 | Central Michigan University | 15500 | 40600 | 0.6183 | 10,219 | 1095 | 0.8982 | |
| 15 | Oakland University | 15500 | 28000 | 0.447 | 12,587 | 1050 | 0.8784 | |
| 18 | Goshen College | 15600 | 55800 | 0.7198 | 780 | 995 | 0.8404 | |
| 19 | Troy University | 15900 | 26800 | 0.4056 | 10,222 | 1090 | 0.9604 | |
| 19 | University of Arkansas-Fort Smith | 15900 | 21700 | 0.2667 | 5,463 | 1095 | 0.8147 | |
| 21 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 16400 | 19000 | 0.137 | 11,874 | 1082 | 0.8377 | |
| 22 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 16500 | 30700 | 0.4629 | 6,910 | 1053 | 0.9734 | |
| 22 | Western Carolina University | 16500 | 19600 | 0.1582 | 10,112 | 1130 | 0.818 | |
| 24 | Ferris State University | 16800 | 31000 | 0.4588 | 8,989 | 1015 | 0.9151 | |
| 25 | Northwestern University | 17000 | 89500 | 0.8104 | 8,846 | 1513 | 0.0722 | |
| 25 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 17000 | 64800 | 0.7377 | 21,075 | 1420 | 0.1534 | |
| 27 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 17100 | 27400 | 0.3757 | 27,082 | 1099 | 0.8459 | |
| 28 | Avila University | 17300 | 67600 | 0.7446 | 1,335 | 985 | 0.878 | |
| 29 | Lewis-Clark State College | 17600 | 24400 | 0.2786 | 3,793 | 1010 | 0.9407 | |
| 30 | Northern Arizona University | 18000 | 32000 | 0.4372 | 22,991 | 1145 | 0.8961 | |
| 31 | Husson University | 18200 | 48100 | 0.621 | 2,762 | 1115 | 0.8095 | |
| 31 | University of Mary | 18200 | 32600 | 0.4414 | 2,650 | 1189 | 0.7825 | |
| 33 | Holy Family University | 18300 | 54000 | 0.6608 | 2,650 | 1030 | 0.7104 | |
| 33 | Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts | 18300 | 35800 | 0.4886 | 836 | 1070 | 0.9235 | |
| 33 | Midwestern State University | 18300 | 29000 | 0.3686 | 4,508 | 1055 | 0.8738 | |
| 33 | University of Vermont | 18300 | 37800 | 0.5164 | 12,276 | 1379 | 0.653 | |
| 37 | Campbellsville University | 18800 | 41800 | 0.5502 | 6,411 | 1055 | 0.7235 | |
| 37 | East Tennessee State University | 18800 | 26300 | 0.2854 | 10,633 | 1124 | 0.8706 | |
| 37 | University of South Alabama | 18800 | 22400 | 0.1642 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 40 | Texas Southern University | 18900 | 42400 | 0.5537 | 6,619 | 920 | 0.9335 | |
| 41 | Minot State University | 19100 | 22100 | 0.136 | 2,499 | 1075 | 0.6462 | |
| 42 | McNeese State University | 19200 | 29200 | 0.3429 | 5,560 | 1110 | 0.6755 | |
| 43 | Saint Cloud State University | 19600 | 24500 | 0.2028 | 8,013 | 1094 | 0.9495 | |
| 43 | Youngstown State University | 19600 | 29300 | 0.3307 | 8,436 | 1065 | 0.8066 | |
| 45 | Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania | 19800 | 26500 | 0.2531 | 9,967 | 1080 | 0.9475 | |
| 46 | University of Mississippi | 19900 | 27000 | 0.2629 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 47 | University of Northern Iowa | 20100 | 24000 | 0.1618 | 7,716 | 1115 | 0.8713 | |
| 48 | Marian University | 20200 | 46100 | 0.5615 | 1,074 | 1035 | 0.6677 | |
| 49 | Rhode Island College | 20600 | 27900 | 0.2616 | 5,157 | 995 | 0.9182 | |
| 50 | Indiana Wesleyan University-Marion | 20700 | 49400 | 0.5804 | 2,079 | 1135 | 0.8221 | |
| 51 | Marshall University | 20800 | 36300 | 0.4273 | 9,165 | 1065 | 0.9572 | |
| 52 | Bluefield State University | 20900 | 38900 | 0.4625 | 1,249 | 1000 | 0.8722 | |
| 53 | University of Montevallo | 21000 | 31500 | 0.3341 | 2,545 | 1124 | 0.5579 | |
| 54 | University of St Francis | 21500 | 57200 | 0.6244 | 1,338 | 1030 | 0.653 | |
| 55 | Austin Peay State University | 21700 | 32700 | 0.3368 | 8,926 | 0 | 0.9638 | |
| 55 | University of Miami | 21700 | 70800 | 0.6939 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 57 | Madonna University | 22000 | 50400 | 0.5635 | 1,839 | 1005 | 0.9293 | |
| 58 | University of Florida | 22300 | 43800 | 0.4912 | 36,567 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 59 | Boise State University | 22500 | 41000 | 0.4509 | 24,030 | 1025 | 0.8721 | |
| 60 | Manhattanville University | 22600 | 65300 | 0.6532 | 1,466 | 1145 | 0.8734 | |
| 61 | Sam Houston State University | 22700 | 23000 | 0.013 | 17,787 | 1030 | 0.9026 | |
| 62 | Bradley University | 22800 | 50900 | 0.5521 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 63 | Henderson State University | 23200 | 35900 | 0.3542 | 1,493 | 1075 | 0.8192 | |
| 63 | Murray State University | 23200 | 27600 | 0.1591 | 8,281 | 1124 | 0.8568 | |
| 65 | Southwestern Adventist University | 23400 | 40800 | 0.4262 | 813 | 1060 | 0.5552 | |
| 66 | Briar Cliff University | 23500 | 55700 | 0.578 | 737 | 1075 | 0.5983 | |
| 66 | Saint Ambrose University | 23500 | 54500 | 0.5689 | 1,939 | 1085 | 0.7733 | |
| 68 | Georgia Southern University | 23600 | 23800 | 0.0084 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 68 | University of Central Florida | 23600 | 31400 | 0.2482 | 59,649 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
| 68 | University of Houston | 23600 | 23600 | 0 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 71 | University of Charleston | 23700 | 56300 | 0.5794 | 2,087 | 1075 | 0.6458 | |
| 72 | Eastern Kentucky University | 23900 | 38000 | 0.3706 | 12,726 | 1055 | 0.9695 | |
| 73 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 24000 | 24500 | 0.0204 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
| 74 | La Roche University | 24500 | 55400 | 0.558 | 1,986 | 1150 | 0.7761 | |
| 75 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 24600 | 37400 | 0.3419 | 7,595 | 1075 | 0.9226 | |
| 75 | University of Central Arkansas | 24600 | 29500 | 0.1655 | 8,268 | 1110 | 0.8949 | |
| 77 | St Catherine University | 24800 | 69800 | 0.645 | 2,505 | 1135 | 0.9185 | |
| 78 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 25100 | 76300 | 0.6713 | 7,703 | 1105 | 0.9556 | |
| 78 | Friends University | 25100 | 59300 | 0.5767 | 1,549 | 1030 | 0.6046 | |
| 78 | Rogers State University | 25100 | 33400 | 0.2482 | 3,141 | 936 | 0.6683 | |
| 81 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 25200 | 62200 | 0.5953 | 686 | 1030 | 0.8649 | |
| 82 | Temple University | 25300 | 36300 | 0.3033 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 83 | University of North Texas | 25400 | 25400 | 0 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 84 | Lewis University | 25500 | 57400 | 0.5554 | 4,326 | 1099 | 0.7128 | |
| 85 | University of Sioux Falls | 25600 | 38500 | 0.3342 | 1,241 | 1055 | 0.8298 | |
| 85 | Walla Walla University | 25600 | 51100 | 0.4996 | 1,238 | 1159 | 0.604 | |
| 87 | California State University-Fullerton | 25800 | 41400 | 0.3764 | 38,597 | 0 | 0.9052 | |
| 88 | Mount Marty University | 25900 | 55200 | 0.5307 | 1,022 | 1090 | 0.4257 | |
| 89 | York College of Pennsylvania | 26100 | 41400 | 0.3697 | 3,308 | 1135 | 0.942 | |
| 90 | California State University-Northridge | 26200 | 36600 | 0.2837 | 32,499 | 1005 | 0.9219 | |
| 91 | Point Park University | 26300 | 56800 | 0.5374 | 2,337 | 1144 | 0.9691 | |
| 92 | Evangel University | 26400 | 39900 | 0.3385 | 1,843 | 1183 | 0.7161 | |
| 93 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 26500 | 28400 | 0.0663 | 14,504 | 1145 | 0.7637 | |
| 93 | University of the Incarnate Word | 26500 | 59900 | 0.558 | 4,638 | 1035 | 0.9813 | |
| 95 | University of North Alabama | 26600 | 41500 | 0.3592 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 96 | La Sierra University | 26700 | 55100 | 0.5159 | 1,244 | 1015 | 0.933 | |
| 96 | St. Francis College | 26700 | 39400 | 0.3227 | 1,934 | 1035 | 0.8153 | |
| 98 | Western Kentucky University | 26800 | 26800 | 0 | 14,151 | 1090 | 0.9387 | |
| 99 | Pennsylvania Western University | 27000 | 35600 | 0.2418 | 7,586 | 1070 | 0.9433 | |
| 100 | Capital University | 27400 | 68600 | 0.6007 | 1,609 | 1084 | 0.7022 | |
| 100 | Northern Kentucky University | 27400 | 31600 | 0.1328 | 10,163 | 1090 | 0.8307 | |
| 102 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 17,771 | 1044 | 0.7933 | |
| 103 | The University of Alabama | 27800 | 29900 | 0.071 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 103 | Weber State University | 27800 | 33300 | 0.1652 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 105 | North Dakota State University | 28100 | 30400 | 0.0752 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 106 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 28300 | 35400 | 0.2008 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 106 | University of Central Missouri | 28300 | 33200 | 0.1473 | 7,584 | 1055 | 0.638 | |
| 108 | Regis College | 28600 | 70400 | 0.5935 | 1,055 | 965 | 0.9009 | |
| 109 | Grace College and Theological Seminary | 28700 | 41800 | 0.3137 | 1,817 | 1080 | 0.8078 | |
| 109 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28700 | 31500 | 0.0889 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 111 | University of Hartford | 28800 | 70100 | 0.5897 | 4,223 | 1224 | 0.9579 | |
| 112 | Westminster College | 29600 | 57500 | 0.4849 | 1,136 | 1190 | 0.9256 | |
| 113 | Alabama A & M University | 29700 | 42800 | 0.3059 | 5,845 | 940 | 0.6622 | |
| 113 | University of Wisconsin-La Crosse | 29700 | 31800 | 0.0656 | 9,513 | 1200 | 0.8122 | |
| 115 | Huntington University | 30000 | 44300 | 0.3231 | 1,286 | 1095 | 0.7115 | |
| 115 | North Central College | 30000 | 62700 | 0.5213 | 2,454 | 1203 | 0.7733 | |
| 115 | Towson University | 30000 | 30000 | 0 | 16,264 | 1093 | 0.8198 | |
| 115 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 30000 | 38200 | 0.2149 | 6,550 | 1140 | 0.7456 | |
| 119 | Roosevelt University | 30100 | 43300 | 0.3054 | 2,605 | 1015 | 0.9427 | |
| 120 | Trevecca Nazarene University | 30200 | 46100 | 0.3444 | 1,903 | 1085 | 0.6944 | |
| 121 | California State University-Chico | 30400 | 41000 | 0.2587 | 13,392 | 1117 | 0.9158 | |
| 121 | Cornerstone University | 30400 | 40100 | 0.2413 | 1,444 | 1124 | 0.7316 | |
| 121 | Syracuse University | 30400 | 83100 | 0.6342 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 124 | SUNY at Fredonia | 30500 | 39600 | 0.2301 | 2,876 | 1193 | 0.792 | |
| 124 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 30500 | 39500 | 0.2277 | 5,205 | 1118 | 0.744 | |
| 126 | San Jose State University | 30700 | 41000 | 0.251 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 127 | Lasell University | 30900 | 47000 | 0.3423 | 1,293 | 1139 | 0.927 | |
| 127 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30900 | 54600 | 0.4339 | 3,163 | 1165 | 0.9347 | |
| 129 | University of Kentucky | 31000 | 36000 | 0.139 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 130 | University of Pittsburgh-Bradford | 31100 | 43700 | 0.2881 | 1,002 | 1115 | 0.8898 | |
| 131 | San Francisco State University | 31400 | 45200 | 0.3055 | 20,756 | 1035 | 0.9615 | |
| 131 | Siena Heights University | 31400 | 46300 | 0.3218 | 1,669 | 1000 | 0.6656 | |
| 131 | State University of New York at Oswego | 31400 | 38300 | 0.1799 | 5,517 | 1174 | 0.8057 | |
| 134 | Washington Adventist University | 31500 | 37800 | 0.1668 | 605 | 950 | 0.4536 | |
| 135 | Adrian College | 31900 | 67500 | 0.5272 | 1,678 | 1060 | 0.6843 | |
| 135 | Missouri Baptist University | 31900 | 53800 | 0.4067 | 4,958 | 843 | 0.686 | |
| 137 | Bowie State University | 32000 | 44300 | 0.278 | 5,136 | 875 | 0.75 | |
| 138 | SUNY College at Plattsburgh | 32200 | 44800 | 0.2812 | 3,856 | 1169 | 0.7518 | |
| 139 | Misericordia University | 32300 | 65100 | 0.5036 | 1,721 | 1175 | 0.8871 | |
| 140 | Southeastern University | 32800 | 60500 | 0.4576 | 10,351 | 1130 | 0.6165 | |
| 140 | University of Southern Indiana | 32800 | 44900 | 0.2696 | 5,347 | 1145 | 0.9581 | |
| 142 | Colorado Mesa University | 33200 | 40000 | 0.168 | 9,473 | 1050 | 0.9829 | |
| 142 | Ithaca College | 33200 | 72500 | 0.542 | 4,268 | 1314 | 0.6901 | |
| 144 | California State University-Los Angeles | 33400 | 39400 | 0.1525 | 19,354 | 965 | 0.9125 | |
| 145 | Arkansas State University | 33800 | 41900 | 0.1932 | 9,985 | 1075 | 0.7959 | |
| 146 | Appalachian State University | 33900 | 35800 | 0.0531 | 19,560 | 1159 | 0.9014 | |
| 147 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 34200 | 46200 | 0.2599 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 148 | Gwynedd Mercy University | 34700 | 62700 | 0.4455 | 1,301 | 1115 | 0.8963 | |
| 149 | Asbury University | 35200 | 49100 | 0.2827 | 2,066 | 1157 | 0.954 | |
| 150 | California Baptist University | 35300 | 65200 | 0.4585 | 8,417 | 1069 | 0.8535 | |
| 151 | Chicago State University | 35800 | 37600 | 0.0501 | 1,495 | 885 | 0.4052 | |
| 152 | Ashland University | 36400 | 52700 | 0.3091 | 5,180 | 1145 | 0.8053 | |
| 153 | Clark Atlanta University | 36800 | 49800 | 0.2613 | 3,495 | 1000 | 0.6463 | |
| 154 | Augusta University | 37300 | 50500 | 0.2613 | 5,684 | 1125 | 0.8931 | |
| 155 | University of Michigan-Flint | 37400 | 39400 | 0.0508 | 5,011 | 1103 | 0.7047 | |
| 156 | Long Island University | 37600 | 59600 | 0.3693 | 11,753 | 1222 | 0.8977 | |
| 157 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 37900 | 53900 | 0.2968 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 158 | Champlain College | 38600 | 70000 | 0.4488 | 1,691 | 1304 | 0.8764 | |
| 158 | Suffolk University | 38600 | 73600 | 0.4758 | 4,324 | 1209 | 0.822 | |
| 160 | Saint Joseph's College of Maine | 39400 | 63600 | 0.3807 | 1,059 | 1055 | 0.8172 | |
| 161 | Seton Hall University | 39600 | 67400 | 0.4122 | 6,146 | 1313 | 0.7326 | |
| 161 | Wayne State University | 39600 | 45500 | 0.1296 | 16,173 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
| 163 | Concordia University Ann Arbor | 40000 | 53300 | 0.2495 | 1,044 | 1095 | 0.7209 | |
| 164 | San Diego State University | 40300 | 40500 | 0.0049 | 34,637 | 1208 | 0.3598 | |
| 165 | Manhattan University | 41200 | 71700 | 0.4252 | 2,928 | 1248 | 0.785 | |
| 166 | Hofstra University | 41800 | 74600 | 0.4395 | 6,581 | 1323 | 0.6808 | |
| 167 | Bellarmine University | 41900 | 66100 | 0.366 | 2,240 | 1130 | 0.8611 | |
| 167 | Campbell University | 41900 | 65100 | 0.3562 | 2,699 | 1120 | 0.872 | |
| 169 | New England Institute of Technology | 42200 | 61100 | 0.3096 | 1,718 | 995 | 0.6673 | |
| 169 | St. John's University-New York | 42200 | 80100 | 0.4729 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 171 | Susquehanna University | 42300 | 76800 | 0.4494 | 2,185 | 1204 | 0.7871 | |
| 172 | Montclair State University | 42400 | 46600 | 0.0901 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 173 | Quinnipiac University | 42500 | 79200 | 0.4633 | 6,248 | 1209 | 0.77 | |
| 174 | Texas Christian University | 43600 | 81900 | 0.4677 | 11,049 | 1283 | 0.4449 | |
| 175 | Saint Louis University | 45500 | 74500 | 0.3893 | 10,436 | 1260 | 0.7504 | |
| 176 | Savannah College of Art and Design | 48700 | 64400 | 0.2439 | 14,657 | 1180 | 0.8368 | |
| 177 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 50500 | 52300 | 0.0344 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 178 | University of Iowa | 51300 | 53200 | 0.0354 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 179 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 51700 | 51700 | 0 | 33,572 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 180 | Columbia College Chicago | 52600 | 67200 | 0.2172 | 5,422 | 0 | 0.7549 | |
| 181 | MCPHS University | 53400 | 71800 | 0.2562 | 3,477 | 1203 | 0.8521 | |
| 182 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
| 183 | Emerson College | 55700 | 82600 | 0.3257 | 4,171 | 1339 | 0.4749 | |
| 184 | Dallas Baptist University | 56000 | 56100 | 0.0018 | 2,785 | 1104 | 0.8884 | |
| 185 | Howard University | 58300 | 61600 | 0.0536 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 186 | Oregon Institute of Technology | 59100 | 67000 | 0.1177 | 5,162 | 1131 | 0.9502 | |
| 187 | Pepperdine University | 62100 | 92800 | 0.3307 | 3,553 | 1378 | 0.6286 | |
| 187 | University of La Verne | 62100 | 66500 | 0.0662 | 2,414 | 1123 | 0.4847 | |
| 189 | Elon University | 65800 | 67300 | 0.0223 | 6,452 | 1244 | 0.6635 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.