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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 | Johns Hopkins University | 2700 | 92000 | 0.9704 | 6,356 | 1543 | 0.0644 | |
| 2 | Northern Kentucky University | 7600 | 25900 | 0.7075 | 10,163 | 1090 | 0.8307 | |
| 3 | Emory University | 8800 | 92500 | 0.9049 | 7,407 | 1499 | 0.1029 | |
| 4 | Marshall University | 9600 | 34400 | 0.7204 | 9,146 | 1065 | 0.9572 | |
| 5 | California State University-Northridge | 9700 | 36500 | 0.7345 | 32,499 | 1005 | 0.881 | |
| 6 | Idaho State University | 9900 | 22200 | 0.5548 | 10,406 | 0 | 0.8396 | |
| 7 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 11300 | 36600 | 0.6909 | 27,082 | 1099 | 0.8459 | |
| 8 | Boston University | 11500 | 91600 | 0.8748 | 18,805 | 1475 | 0.1111 | |
| 9 | Rhode Island College | 11900 | 54600 | 0.7821 | 5,157 | 995 | 0.9182 | |
| 9 | University of Michigan-Flint | 11900 | 45600 | 0.7387 | 5,011 | 1103 | 0.7047 | |
| 11 | University of Central Florida | 13100 | 25300 | 0.4816 | 59,649 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
| 12 | University of North Alabama | 13200 | 30800 | 0.5707 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 13 | Youngstown State University | 13700 | 26800 | 0.4884 | 8,436 | 1065 | 0.8066 | |
| 14 | University of Houston | 14100 | 23100 | 0.3897 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 15 | Texas State University | 14500 | 24500 | 0.4075 | 36,268 | 1100 | 0.8908 | |
| 16 | University of Southern Indiana | 14600 | 35900 | 0.5921 | 5,347 | 1145 | 0.9581 | |
| 17 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 14700 | 19000 | 0.2265 | 11,874 | 1082 | 0.8377 | |
| 18 | Baptist Health Sciences University | 14800 | 36300 | 0.5925 | 733 | 1045 | 0.6776 | |
| 19 | Central Michigan University | 14900 | 37400 | 0.6022 | 10,219 | 1095 | 0.8982 | |
| 20 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15100 | 37700 | 0.6009 | 5,241 | 1075 | 0.8613 | |
| 21 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 15200 | 28000 | 0.4568 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 21 | Troy University | 15200 | 26800 | 0.4317 | 10,222 | 1090 | 0.9604 | |
| 23 | California State University-Chico | 15300 | 23500 | 0.3486 | 13,392 | 1117 | 0.9158 | |
| 23 | Lewis-Clark State College | 15300 | 23500 | 0.3483 | 3,793 | 1010 | 0.9407 | |
| 25 | University of North Texas | 15400 | 25700 | 0.4013 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 26 | Avila University | 15500 | 67500 | 0.7703 | 1,335 | 985 | 0.878 | |
| 27 | Colorado Mesa University | 15700 | 40000 | 0.6073 | 9,473 | 1090 | 0.9829 | |
| 28 | Sam Houston State University | 16000 | 23000 | 0.3045 | 17,787 | 1030 | 0.9026 | |
| 28 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 16000 | 46800 | 0.6586 | 6,550 | 1110 | 0.7456 | |
| 28 | University of St Francis | 16000 | 71700 | 0.7763 | 1,338 | 1030 | 0.653 | |
| 31 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 16100 | 23200 | 0.306 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
| 32 | University of Arkansas-Fort Smith | 16200 | 40300 | 0.5987 | 5,463 | 1055 | 0.8147 | |
| 32 | University of Florida | 16200 | 22500 | 0.2799 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 34 | Goshen College | 16500 | 55900 | 0.7042 | 780 | 995 | 0.8404 | |
| 35 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 16600 | 42600 | 0.6106 | 7,595 | 1075 | 0.9226 | |
| 35 | SUNY at Fredonia | 16600 | 27800 | 0.4034 | 2,876 | 1193 | 0.792 | |
| 37 | Eastern Illinois University | 16700 | 27500 | 0.3905 | 6,785 | 990 | 0.6535 | |
| 37 | Rogers State University | 16700 | 39700 | 0.5799 | 3,141 | 936 | 0.6683 | |
| 39 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16800 | 64800 | 0.7416 | 21,075 | 1420 | 0.1534 | |
| 39 | Wayne State University | 16800 | 46200 | 0.6365 | 16,173 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
| 39 | Western Carolina University | 16800 | 19400 | 0.1341 | 10,112 | 1130 | 0.818 | |
| 42 | Appalachian State University | 16900 | 19500 | 0.1335 | 19,560 | 1159 | 0.9014 | |
| 42 | Ferris State University | 16900 | 31000 | 0.4555 | 8,989 | 1015 | 0.9151 | |
| 44 | Arkansas State University | 17100 | 28100 | 0.3917 | 9,985 | 1075 | 0.7959 | |
| 45 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 17300 | 33600 | 0.4847 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 46 | University of South Alabama | 17400 | 35200 | 0.5059 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 46 | University of Wisconsin-La Crosse | 17400 | 21300 | 0.1846 | 9,513 | 1200 | 0.8122 | |
| 48 | Weber State University | 17500 | 41300 | 0.5757 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 49 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 17600 | 34000 | 0.482 | 6,910 | 1053 | 0.9734 | |
| 50 | Alabama A & M University | 17700 | 44800 | 0.6043 | 5,845 | 920 | 0.6622 | |
| 50 | University of Miami | 17700 | 96300 | 0.8159 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 52 | Bluefield State University | 17800 | 30700 | 0.4206 | 1,249 | 990 | 0.8722 | |
| 53 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 17900 | 48000 | 0.6266 | 3,856 | 1185 | 0.7518 | |
| 53 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 17900 | 44900 | 0.6009 | 5,205 | 1118 | 0.744 | |
| 55 | University of Holy Cross | 18000 | 36300 | 0.5048 | 806 | 985 | 0.9901 | |
| 56 | Campbellsville University | 18200 | 43200 | 0.5781 | 6,853 | 1055 | 0.9833 | |
| 56 | Georgia Southern University | 18200 | 23800 | 0.2357 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 56 | University of Mary | 18200 | 32600 | 0.4407 | 2,650 | 1189 | 0.7825 | |
| 59 | Augusta University | 18300 | 51200 | 0.6422 | 6,078 | 1125 | 0.6276 | |
| 59 | Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts | 18300 | 35800 | 0.4886 | 836 | 1070 | 0.9235 | |
| 59 | Quincy University | 18300 | 68000 | 0.7304 | 1,072 | 1115 | 0.5093 | |
| 59 | University of Pittsburgh-Bradford | 18300 | 42900 | 0.5732 | 1,002 | 1115 | 0.8898 | |
| 63 | California State University-Fullerton | 18400 | 20600 | 0.1037 | 38,597 | 0 | 0.9052 | |
| 63 | Holy Family University | 18400 | 56400 | 0.6741 | 2,650 | 1030 | 0.7104 | |
| 65 | State University of New York at Oswego | 18600 | 27700 | 0.3284 | 5,517 | 1164 | 0.8057 | |
| 66 | University of Mississippi | 18700 | 27000 | 0.3073 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 67 | McNeese State University | 19000 | 32800 | 0.4213 | 5,560 | 1070 | 0.6755 | |
| 68 | University of Saint Francis-Fort Wayne | 19100 | 67900 | 0.7182 | 1,567 | 980 | 0.9597 | |
| 69 | Eastern Kentucky University | 19400 | 34400 | 0.4355 | 12,726 | 1055 | 0.9695 | |
| 69 | Texas Southern University | 19400 | 42500 | 0.5438 | 6,619 | 915 | 0.9335 | |
| 71 | Culver-Stockton College | 19700 | 59900 | 0.6708 | 861 | 0 | 0.6518 | |
| 72 | La Roche University | 20000 | 66200 | 0.6983 | 755 | 1069 | 0.7016 | |
| 72 | Midwestern State University | 20000 | 28600 | 0.3002 | 4,303 | 1055 | 0.9347 | |
| 74 | Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania | 20100 | 26500 | 0.2418 | 9,967 | 1080 | 0.9475 | |
| 74 | Texas Tech University | 20100 | 27900 | 0.2799 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 74 | The University of Texas at Austin | 20100 | 27600 | 0.2713 | 43,165 | 1348 | 0.2664 | |
| 77 | Marian University | 20200 | 47200 | 0.5714 | 1,074 | 1035 | 0.6677 | |
| 77 | San Jose State University | 20200 | 33600 | 0.3985 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 79 | California State University-Los Angeles | 20300 | 59200 | 0.6575 | 19,354 | 965 | 0.9125 | |
| 79 | Minot State University | 20300 | 23500 | 0.1386 | 2,499 | 1075 | 0.6462 | |
| 81 | Henderson State University | 20400 | 37500 | 0.4564 | 1,493 | 1075 | 0.8192 | |
| 82 | Towson University | 20500 | 30000 | 0.3162 | 16,264 | 1093 | 0.8198 | |
| 83 | Boise State University | 20800 | 59700 | 0.6516 | 24,030 | 1025 | 0.8721 | |
| 83 | Indiana University-South Bend | 20800 | 23900 | 0.1309 | 4,083 | 1070 | 0.8384 | |
| 85 | University of Montevallo | 21000 | 31500 | 0.3341 | 2,545 | 1124 | 0.539 | |
| 86 | Southwestern Adventist University | 21400 | 49800 | 0.5701 | 813 | 1064 | 0.5552 | |
| 87 | Bowie State University | 21700 | 43300 | 0.4986 | 5,136 | 875 | 0.75 | |
| 87 | Northwestern University | 21700 | 89500 | 0.7579 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 89 | Austin Peay State University | 22000 | 29100 | 0.2438 | 8,926 | 0 | 0.9638 | |
| 89 | Bradley University | 22000 | 50800 | 0.5669 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 89 | Morningside University | 22000 | 79200 | 0.7221 | 1,177 | 922 | 0.7057 | |
| 92 | Pennsylvania Western University | 22100 | 28200 | 0.2167 | 7,586 | 0 | 0.9433 | |
| 93 | Vermont State University | 22500 | 26900 | 0.1633 | 4,087 | 960 | 0.8323 | |
| 94 | Murray State University | 22900 | 27600 | 0.1682 | 8,281 | 1124 | 0.8568 | |
| 95 | San Francisco State University | 23000 | 55400 | 0.5848 | 20,756 | 1035 | 0.9615 | |
| 96 | Briar Cliff University | 23100 | 67700 | 0.6588 | 737 | 1075 | 0.6169 | |
| 96 | Saint Cloud State University | 23100 | 36800 | 0.3733 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 96 | Southwest Minnesota State University | 23100 | 25800 | 0.1023 | 7,290 | 1035 | 0.6409 | |
| 96 | York College of Pennsylvania | 23100 | 45800 | 0.496 | 3,308 | 1140 | 0.942 | |
| 100 | Saint Ambrose University | 23500 | 55400 | 0.5755 | 1,939 | 1085 | 0.7733 | |
| 101 | Point Park University | 23900 | 57000 | 0.581 | 2,337 | 1144 | 0.9691 | |
| 102 | Northern Arizona University | 24100 | 43700 | 0.449 | 22,991 | 1145 | 0.8961 | |
| 103 | University of Central Arkansas | 24400 | 29500 | 0.174 | 8,268 | 1124 | 0.8949 | |
| 103 | University of Sioux Falls | 24400 | 40100 | 0.3909 | 1,241 | 1055 | 0.8298 | |
| 105 | Regis College | 25000 | 70700 | 0.6464 | 1,055 | 965 | 0.9009 | |
| 106 | Mount Marty University | 25200 | 61700 | 0.592 | 1,022 | 1090 | 0.4257 | |
| 106 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 25200 | 80400 | 0.6864 | 686 | 1030 | 0.8649 | |
| 106 | St Catherine University | 25200 | 71900 | 0.6489 | 2,505 | 1124 | 0.9185 | |
| 109 | Temple University | 25300 | 36400 | 0.3052 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 110 | Lewis University | 25600 | 57700 | 0.5561 | 4,326 | 1099 | 0.7128 | |
| 111 | Mount Aloysius College | 26100 | 49200 | 0.4697 | 2,942 | 1010 | 0.904 | |
| 112 | East Tennessee State University | 26200 | 30600 | 0.1437 | 10,633 | 1124 | 0.8706 | |
| 113 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 26300 | 28400 | 0.0751 | 14,504 | 1145 | 0.7637 | |
| 113 | St. Francis College | 26300 | 39400 | 0.3329 | 1,934 | 1035 | 0.8153 | |
| 115 | Ashland University | 26600 | 56600 | 0.5305 | 5,180 | 1145 | 0.8053 | |
| 116 | Western Kentucky University | 27000 | 27000 | 0 | 14,151 | 1090 | 0.9387 | |
| 117 | Oakland University | 27300 | 39700 | 0.3124 | 12,587 | 1050 | 0.8784 | |
| 117 | Syracuse University | 27300 | 83100 | 0.6714 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 119 | Capital University | 27500 | 80300 | 0.6576 | 1,609 | 1084 | 0.7022 | |
| 119 | Rowan University | 27500 | 41600 | 0.3386 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
| 119 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 17,771 | 1044 | 0.7933 | |
| 122 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 27600 | 35400 | 0.2206 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 123 | North Dakota State University | 27800 | 30400 | 0.0835 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 123 | The University of Alabama | 27800 | 31000 | 0.1037 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 125 | Morehead State University | 28000 | 32600 | 0.141 | 8,258 | 1140 | 0.7721 | |
| 125 | University of Northern Iowa | 28000 | 36200 | 0.2249 | 7,716 | 1115 | 0.8713 | |
| 127 | Long Island University | 28300 | 59800 | 0.5272 | 11,753 | 1252 | 0.8977 | |
| 128 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 33400 | 0.1437 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 128 | University of Hartford | 28600 | 70100 | 0.592 | 4,223 | 1224 | 0.9579 | |
| 130 | Cornerstone University | 29100 | 40800 | 0.2853 | 1,444 | 1124 | 0.7316 | |
| 131 | Westminster College | 29300 | 57600 | 0.4913 | 1,136 | 1190 | 0.9256 | |
| 132 | Huntington University | 29400 | 44300 | 0.3364 | 1,589 | 1055 | 0.7564 | |
| 133 | Southeastern University | 30000 | 60500 | 0.5038 | 10,351 | 1110 | 0.6165 | |
| 134 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30700 | 54600 | 0.4385 | 3,163 | 1165 | 0.9347 | |
| 135 | Siena Heights University | 31100 | 46300 | 0.3272 | 1,669 | 1000 | 0.6656 | |
| 135 | University of Kentucky | 31100 | 36100 | 0.1386 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 137 | Manhattanville University | 31200 | 68500 | 0.5447 | 1,466 | 1145 | 0.8734 | |
| 138 | Missouri Baptist University | 31700 | 53800 | 0.4113 | 4,958 | 843 | 0.686 | |
| 139 | Ithaca College | 32000 | 72500 | 0.5585 | 4,268 | 1314 | 0.6901 | |
| 140 | Misericordia University | 32100 | 65100 | 0.5074 | 1,721 | 1175 | 0.8871 | |
| 140 | Washington Adventist University | 32100 | 37800 | 0.151 | 605 | 951 | 0.4536 | |
| 142 | Manhattan University | 32300 | 72500 | 0.5545 | 2,928 | 1248 | 0.785 | |
| 142 | North Central College | 32300 | 64900 | 0.5023 | 2,454 | 1203 | 0.7733 | |
| 144 | Rider University | 32500 | 60600 | 0.4637 | 3,196 | 1214 | 0.794 | |
| 145 | St. John's University-New York | 32700 | 78000 | 0.5804 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 145 | Suffolk University | 32700 | 69700 | 0.5312 | 4,324 | 1209 | 0.822 | |
| 147 | Roosevelt University | 32800 | 47600 | 0.3114 | 2,605 | 995 | 0.9427 | |
| 148 | California Baptist University | 33500 | 65600 | 0.4891 | 8,417 | 1069 | 0.8535 | |
| 149 | Adrian College | 33700 | 70200 | 0.5205 | 1,678 | 1025 | 0.6843 | |
| 149 | University of Central Missouri | 33700 | 35800 | 0.0596 | 7,584 | 1055 | 0.638 | |
| 151 | University of Vermont | 34500 | 66300 | 0.4787 | 12,276 | 1379 | 0.653 | |
| 152 | Trevecca Nazarene University | 34700 | 50900 | 0.3172 | 1,903 | 1085 | 0.6944 | |
| 153 | Gwynedd Mercy University | 34900 | 65100 | 0.4642 | 1,301 | 1115 | 0.8963 | |
| 153 | Hofstra University | 34900 | 77000 | 0.5466 | 6,581 | 1323 | 0.6808 | |
| 155 | Asbury University | 35000 | 49100 | 0.2878 | 2,066 | 1157 | 0.954 | |
| 156 | San Diego State University | 35100 | 36100 | 0.0277 | 34,637 | 1208 | 0.3598 | |
| 157 | New England Institute of Technology | 35300 | 77700 | 0.5459 | 1,718 | 1055 | 0.6673 | |
| 158 | Chicago State University | 35500 | 37600 | 0.0567 | 1,495 | 885 | 0.4052 | |
| 159 | Clark Atlanta University | 36800 | 61700 | 0.4037 | 3,495 | 1000 | 0.6463 | |
| 160 | Lasell University | 36900 | 48500 | 0.239 | 1,293 | 1212 | 0.927 | |
| 161 | Champlain College | 37700 | 90100 | 0.5817 | 1,691 | 1304 | 0.8764 | |
| 162 | Saint Joseph's College of Maine | 37800 | 65000 | 0.4182 | 1,059 | 1025 | 0.8172 | |
| 163 | Elon University | 39200 | 58200 | 0.3263 | 6,452 | 1244 | 0.6635 | |
| 163 | University of Charleston | 39200 | 51200 | 0.2342 | 2,087 | 1075 | 0.6458 | |
| 165 | Seton Hall University | 39600 | 67400 | 0.4122 | 6,146 | 1313 | 0.7326 | |
| 166 | MCPHS University | 39900 | 87400 | 0.5436 | 3,477 | 1217 | 0.8521 | |
| 167 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41300 | 57000 | 0.2756 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 168 | Bellarmine University | 41600 | 66100 | 0.3698 | 2,240 | 1130 | 0.8611 | |
| 169 | Campbell University | 41700 | 65100 | 0.3601 | 2,699 | 1120 | 0.872 | |
| 169 | Quinnipiac University | 41700 | 79200 | 0.4734 | 6,248 | 1209 | 0.77 | |
| 171 | Montclair State University | 42100 | 46200 | 0.0888 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 172 | Susquehanna University | 42300 | 76800 | 0.4494 | 2,185 | 1204 | 0.7871 | |
| 173 | Texas Christian University | 43600 | 82400 | 0.471 | 11,049 | 1283 | 0.4449 | |
| 174 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 44300 | 53700 | 0.175 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 175 | Saint Louis University | 44400 | 80900 | 0.451 | 10,436 | 1260 | 0.7504 | |
| 176 | The Master's University and Seminary | 47700 | 53700 | 0.1118 | 1,914 | 1110 | 0.7589 | |
| 177 | University of Iowa | 51100 | 53200 | 0.0401 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 178 | Columbia College Chicago | 53400 | 68600 | 0.2217 | 5,422 | 0 | 0.7549 | |
| 178 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 53400 | 53400 | 0 | 33,572 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 180 | Dallas Baptist University | 56000 | 71900 | 0.221 | 2,785 | 1104 | 0.8884 | |
| 181 | Savannah College of Art and Design | 57000 | 66500 | 0.1429 | 14,657 | 1183 | 0.8368 | |
| 182 | University of La Verne | 57400 | 67300 | 0.1472 | 2,414 | 1123 | 0.4848 | |
| 183 | Howard University | 58300 | 76900 | 0.2418 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 184 | Oregon Institute of Technology | 58900 | 67000 | 0.1214 | 5,162 | 1131 | 0.9502 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.