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These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Radio majors who live in California.
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 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 |
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1 | Johns Hopkins University | 5500 | 88600 | 0.9383 | 6,328 | 1543 | 0.0644 | |
2 | Santa Monica College | 6100 | 15500 | 0.6035 | 23,164 | 0 | 0.4384 | |
3 | CUNY Brooklyn College | 7100 | 31800 | 0.7761 | 11,406 | 1110 | 0.5836 | |
4 | Marshall University | 10900 | 27100 | 0.5985 | 9,165 | 1065 | 0.9572 | |
4 | Northern Arizona University | 10900 | 25400 | 0.5699 | 22,943 | 1145 | 0.8961 | |
6 | California State University-Northridge | 11600 | 23200 | 0.4976 | 32,352 | 1005 | 0.9219 | |
6 | Idaho State University | 11600 | 27700 | 0.5826 | 10,406 | 0 | 0.8396 | |
8 | Bluefield State University | 11800 | 29500 | 0.5987 | 1,249 | 1000 | 0.8722 | |
8 | Emory University | 11800 | 90100 | 0.8696 | 7,407 | 1499 | 0.1029 | |
10 | Northern Kentucky University | 12100 | 25900 | 0.5316 | 10,162 | 1090 | 0.8307 | |
11 | Boston University | 12400 | 88800 | 0.8601 | 18,310 | 1475 | 0.1111 | |
12 | The University of Texas at Austin | 13600 | 30700 | 0.5582 | 43,718 | 1335 | 0.2664 | |
13 | Southwest Minnesota State University | 13800 | 31600 | 0.5647 | 6,982 | 1035 | 0.6409 | |
14 | Texas Tech University | 14200 | 27000 | 0.4755 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
15 | Central Michigan University | 14600 | 40600 | 0.6392 | 10,208 | 1095 | 0.8982 | |
15 | Northwest Missouri State University | 14600 | 36300 | 0.5973 | 5,164 | 1075 | 0.8613 | |
17 | Northwestern University | 14700 | 89500 | 0.8355 | 8,839 | 1513 | 0.0722 | |
17 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 14700 | 29300 | 0.4994 | 6,550 | 1140 | 0.7456 | |
19 | California State University-Chico | 14900 | 23700 | 0.3732 | 13,337 | 1117 | 0.9158 | |
20 | Baptist Health Sciences University | 15100 | 28500 | 0.4686 | 733 | 1110 | 0.6776 | |
21 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 15300 | 30800 | 0.5018 | 6,875 | 1053 | 0.9734 | |
22 | Santa Ana College | 15400 | 41800 | 0.6322 | 26,073 | 0 | 0.0674 | |
23 | Avila University | 15800 | 67600 | 0.766 | 1,315 | 985 | 0.878 | |
24 | Oakland University | 15900 | 28000 | 0.4307 | 12,587 | 1050 | 0.8784 | |
24 | Troy University | 15900 | 26700 | 0.4061 | 10,222 | 1090 | 0.9604 | |
26 | Eastern Illinois University | 16100 | 27700 | 0.4195 | 6,785 | 1020 | 0.6535 | |
26 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16100 | 64800 | 0.7523 | 21,075 | 1420 | 0.1534 | |
28 | Western Carolina University | 16200 | 19600 | 0.1758 | 10,112 | 1130 | 0.818 | |
29 | California State University-Fullerton | 16300 | 20600 | 0.2062 | 39,697 | 0 | 0.9052 | |
29 | Ferris State University | 16300 | 31000 | 0.4732 | 8,989 | 1015 | 0.9151 | |
29 | San Francisco State University | 16300 | 33400 | 0.5127 | 20,756 | 1035 | 0.9615 | |
32 | Augusta University | 16500 | 30700 | 0.4641 | 5,684 | 1125 | 0.8931 | |
32 | Holy Family University | 16500 | 54000 | 0.6949 | 2,638 | 1030 | 0.7104 | |
32 | SUNY at Fredonia | 16500 | 27800 | 0.405 | 2,839 | 1193 | 0.792 | |
32 | University of Mary | 16500 | 32600 | 0.4934 | 2,650 | 1189 | 0.7825 | |
36 | Arkansas State University | 16800 | 28100 | 0.4004 | 9,984 | 1075 | 0.7959 | |
36 | Midwestern State University | 16800 | 29000 | 0.4218 | 4,508 | 1055 | 0.8738 | |
36 | Sam Houston State University | 16800 | 23000 | 0.2715 | 17,787 | 1030 | 0.9026 | |
39 | Goshen College | 17200 | 55700 | 0.6917 | 773 | 995 | 0.8404 | |
40 | Lewis-Clark State College | 17400 | 24400 | 0.2886 | 3,793 | 1010 | 0.9407 | |
41 | California State University-Los Angeles | 17700 | 39400 | 0.5499 | 19,290 | 965 | 0.9125 | |
42 | Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts | 17800 | 30600 | 0.4196 | 814 | 1070 | 0.9235 | |
42 | Texas State University | 17800 | 28900 | 0.3851 | 36,613 | 1100 | 0.8908 | |
42 | University of Mississippi | 17800 | 45500 | 0.6081 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
45 | Marian University | 18000 | 46100 | 0.6102 | 1,074 | 1035 | 0.6677 | |
45 | McNeese State University | 18000 | 29200 | 0.3821 | 5,560 | 1110 | 0.6755 | |
47 | Campbellsville University | 18100 | 41800 | 0.568 | 6,411 | 1055 | 0.7235 | |
48 | Minot State University | 18200 | 22100 | 0.1787 | 2,499 | 1075 | 0.6462 | |
49 | Husson University | 18400 | 40800 | 0.5498 | 2,752 | 1115 | 0.8095 | |
49 | San Jose State University | 18400 | 30000 | 0.3876 | 27,902 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
49 | Youngstown State University | 18400 | 29300 | 0.3731 | 8,436 | 1065 | 0.8066 | |
52 | Texas Southern University | 18700 | 42400 | 0.5595 | 6,619 | 920 | 0.9335 | |
53 | Wayne State University | 19300 | 32300 | 0.4012 | 15,371 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
54 | Indiana Wesleyan University-Marion | 19800 | 49400 | 0.5995 | 2,079 | 1135 | 0.8221 | |
55 | University of St Francis | 20200 | 57200 | 0.6461 | 1,338 | 1030 | 0.653 | |
56 | Austin Peay State University | 20600 | 32700 | 0.3688 | 8,842 | 0 | 0.9638 | |
57 | Madonna University | 20700 | 50400 | 0.5902 | 1,839 | 1005 | 0.9293 | |
58 | Bradley University | 21300 | 50900 | 0.5824 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
58 | Saint Ambrose University | 21300 | 54500 | 0.6082 | 1,937 | 1085 | 0.7733 | |
60 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 21400 | 35400 | 0.3945 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
60 | University of Miami | 21400 | 70800 | 0.6973 | 13,221 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
62 | Manhattanville University | 22000 | 65300 | 0.6631 | 1,466 | 1145 | 0.8734 | |
63 | Henderson State University | 22300 | 35900 | 0.3777 | 1,493 | 1075 | 0.8192 | |
63 | Lewis University | 22300 | 57400 | 0.6118 | 4,326 | 1099 | 0.7128 | |
65 | Eastern Kentucky University | 22500 | 38000 | 0.4086 | 12,726 | 1055 | 0.9695 | |
66 | Southwestern Adventist University | 22800 | 40800 | 0.442 | 813 | 1060 | 0.5552 | |
67 | Briar Cliff University | 22900 | 55700 | 0.5896 | 737 | 1075 | 0.5983 | |
67 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 22900 | 76300 | 0.6994 | 7,702 | 1105 | 1.8583 | |
67 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 22900 | 24500 | 0.067 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
70 | Evangel University | 23000 | 39900 | 0.4224 | 1,843 | 1183 | 0.7161 | |
71 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 23100 | 62200 | 0.6282 | 686 | 1030 | 0.8649 | |
71 | Syracuse University | 23100 | 83100 | 0.7226 | 15,955 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
73 | Friends University | 23200 | 59300 | 0.6078 | 1,548 | 1030 | 0.6046 | |
73 | La Roche University | 23200 | 55400 | 0.5805 | 1,986 | 1150 | 0.7761 | |
73 | The University of Alabama | 23200 | 29900 | 0.2226 | 35,413 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
76 | Saint Cloud State University | 23300 | 35100 | 0.3357 | 8,013 | 1094 | 0.9495 | |
77 | University of Charleston | 23400 | 56300 | 0.5838 | 2,087 | 1075 | 0.6458 | |
78 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 23600 | 37400 | 0.3698 | 7,595 | 1075 | 0.9226 | |
78 | San Diego State University | 23600 | 28100 | 0.1616 | 34,805 | 1208 | 0.3598 | |
80 | Rogers State University | 23700 | 33400 | 0.2915 | 3,111 | 936 | 0.6683 | |
80 | University of Arkansas-Fort Smith | 23700 | 34800 | 0.32 | 5,463 | 1095 | 0.8147 | |
82 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 24000 | 25600 | 0.0605 | 11,874 | 1082 | 0.8377 | |
83 | St Catherine University | 24100 | 69800 | 0.6542 | 2,499 | 1135 | 0.9185 | |
84 | St. Francis College | 25000 | 39400 | 0.3645 | 1,934 | 1035 | 0.8153 | |
84 | Walla Walla University | 25000 | 51100 | 0.51 | 1,238 | 1159 | 0.604 | |
86 | La Sierra University | 25100 | 53800 | 0.534 | 1,244 | 1015 | 0.933 | |
87 | Mount Marty University | 25200 | 55200 | 0.5442 | 1,022 | 1090 | 0.4257 | |
87 | University of the Incarnate Word | 25200 | 59900 | 0.5788 | 4,638 | 1035 | 0.9813 | |
89 | Morehead State University | 25300 | 32600 | 0.2252 | 8,258 | 1120 | 0.7721 | |
89 | University of Sioux Falls | 25300 | 38500 | 0.3437 | 1,241 | 1055 | 0.8298 | |
91 | Pennsylvania Western University | 25400 | 35600 | 0.2853 | 7,586 | 1070 | 0.9433 | |
92 | Georgia Southern University | 25500 | 26700 | 0.0429 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
92 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 25500 | 36500 | 0.3 | 26,994 | 1099 | 0.8459 | |
94 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 25800 | 28600 | 0.0988 | 14,504 | 1145 | 0.7637 | |
95 | Murray State University | 26300 | 30000 | 0.1216 | 8,281 | 1124 | 0.8568 | |
95 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 26300 | 43800 | 0.3986 | 17,402 | 1044 | 0.7933 | |
97 | University of Wisconsin-La Crosse | 26400 | 29500 | 0.1029 | 9,513 | 1200 | 0.8122 | |
98 | Capital University | 26700 | 68600 | 0.6101 | 1,609 | 1084 | 0.7022 | |
98 | University of North Texas | 26700 | 37400 | 0.2848 | 37,529 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
100 | York College of Pennsylvania | 26800 | 41400 | 0.3515 | 3,308 | 1135 | 0.942 | |
101 | Alabama A & M University | 26900 | 42800 | 0.3724 | 5,845 | 940 | 0.6622 | |
101 | California Baptist University | 26900 | 64600 | 0.5839 | 8,417 | 1069 | 0.8535 | |
101 | Point Park University | 26900 | 56800 | 0.5258 | 2,326 | 1144 | 0.9691 | |
101 | Weber State University | 26900 | 33300 | 0.1906 | 31,625 | 1075 | 1 | |
105 | North Dakota State University | 27100 | 30400 | 0.1064 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
106 | Regis College | 27200 | 70400 | 0.614 | 1,055 | 965 | 0.9009 | |
107 | University of Central Missouri | 27300 | 33200 | 0.1758 | 7,343 | 1055 | 0.638 | |
107 | University of Northern Iowa | 27300 | 36200 | 0.2441 | 7,715 | 1115 | 0.8713 | |
109 | North Central College | 27900 | 62700 | 0.5554 | 2,454 | 1203 | 0.7733 | |
110 | University of Hartford | 28100 | 70100 | 0.5983 | 4,222 | 1224 | 0.9579 | |
111 | University of Iowa | 28300 | 31100 | 0.091 | 22,473 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
112 | Grace College and Theological Seminary | 28600 | 41800 | 0.3148 | 1,817 | 1080 | 0.8078 | |
112 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 28600 | 53300 | 0.4624 | 3,163 | 1165 | 0.9347 | |
114 | University of South Alabama | 28700 | 35000 | 0.1785 | 9,205 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
115 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28900 | 31500 | 0.0808 | 11,127 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
116 | Huntington University | 29000 | 44300 | 0.3445 | 1,286 | 1095 | 0.7115 | |
117 | East Tennessee State University | 29200 | 30700 | 0.0471 | 10,633 | 1124 | 0.8706 | |
118 | Trevecca Nazarene University | 29300 | 46100 | 0.3649 | 1,903 | 1085 | 0.6944 | |
118 | University of Pittsburgh-Bradford | 29300 | 43700 | 0.3303 | 1,002 | 1115 | 0.8898 | |
118 | Westminster College | 29300 | 57500 | 0.4909 | 1,092 | 1190 | 0.9256 | |
121 | Roosevelt University | 29700 | 43300 | 0.3131 | 2,605 | 1015 | 0.9427 | |
122 | Cornerstone University | 29800 | 40100 | 0.2574 | 1,444 | 1124 | 0.7316 | |
122 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 29800 | 39500 | 0.2465 | 5,203 | 1118 | 0.744 | |
124 | University of Houston | 29900 | 35200 | 0.1492 | 42,050 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
125 | Siena Heights University | 30400 | 46300 | 0.3422 | 1,669 | 1000 | 0.6656 | |
126 | Bowie State University | 30500 | 44300 | 0.3106 | 5,136 | 875 | 0.75 | |
127 | Washington Adventist University | 30700 | 37800 | 0.1866 | 605 | 951 | 0.4536 | |
128 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 30800 | 53900 | 0.4294 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
128 | State University of New York at Oswego | 30800 | 38300 | 0.1968 | 5,515 | 1174 | 0.8057 | |
130 | Adrian College | 31000 | 67500 | 0.5412 | 1,678 | 1060 | 0.6843 | |
130 | Missouri Baptist University | 31000 | 53800 | 0.4242 | 4,958 | 843 | 0.686 | |
132 | Indiana University-South Bend | 31200 | 46100 | 0.3241 | 4,082 | 1070 | 0.8384 | |
133 | Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania | 31400 | 39900 | 0.2141 | 9,967 | 1080 | 0.9475 | |
133 | Misericordia University | 31400 | 65100 | 0.5181 | 1,720 | 1175 | 0.8871 | |
133 | University of Southern Indiana | 31400 | 44900 | 0.2996 | 5,347 | 1145 | 0.9581 | |
136 | SUNY College at Plattsburgh | 31600 | 44800 | 0.2956 | 3,856 | 1169 | 0.7518 | |
137 | Appalachian State University | 31900 | 35800 | 0.1102 | 19,560 | 1159 | 0.9014 | |
137 | Colorado Mesa University | 31900 | 40000 | 0.2008 | 9,447 | 1050 | 0.9829 | |
137 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 31900 | 46200 | 0.3086 | 8,526 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
140 | Saint Louis University | 32200 | 74500 | 0.5672 | 10,390 | 1260 | 0.7504 | |
141 | Southeastern University | 32400 | 60500 | 0.4649 | 10,214 | 1130 | 0.6165 | |
142 | Lasell University | 32900 | 47000 | 0.3007 | 1,293 | 1139 | 0.927 | |
143 | Western Kentucky University | 33600 | 41900 | 0.1969 | 14,017 | 1090 | 0.9387 | |
144 | Ithaca College | 33900 | 72500 | 0.533 | 4,084 | 1314 | 0.6901 | |
145 | Gwynedd Mercy University | 34200 | 62700 | 0.4538 | 1,301 | 1115 | 0.8963 | |
146 | Asbury University | 34300 | 49100 | 0.302 | 2,066 | 1157 | 0.954 | |
147 | Boise State University | 34600 | 48800 | 0.2919 | 24,030 | 1025 | 0.8721 | |
148 | Chicago State University | 34800 | 37600 | 0.0752 | 1,495 | 885 | 0.4052 | |
149 | Towson University | 35000 | 45700 | 0.2351 | 16,264 | 1093 | 0.8198 | |
150 | University of Montevallo | 35200 | 46700 | 0.2471 | 2,509 | 1124 | 0.5579 | |
151 | University of Central Arkansas | 35500 | 38400 | 0.0737 | 8,268 | 1110 | 0.8949 | |
152 | Rhode Island College | 35600 | 45800 | 0.2216 | 5,142 | 995 | 0.9182 | |
153 | Clark Atlanta University | 35700 | 49800 | 0.2823 | 3,495 | 1000 | 0.6463 | |
154 | University of Michigan-Flint | 36200 | 39400 | 0.0823 | 5,011 | 1103 | 0.7047 | |
155 | Ashland University | 36500 | 52700 | 0.308 | 5,180 | 1145 | 0.8053 | |
155 | Long Island University | 36500 | 59600 | 0.3869 | 11,753 | 1222 | 0.8977 | |
157 | Champlain College | 37300 | 70000 | 0.4666 | 1,688 | 1304 | 0.8764 | |
158 | Montclair State University | 38000 | 46600 | 0.1855 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
159 | Saint Joseph's College of Maine | 38400 | 63600 | 0.3955 | 1,059 | 1055 | 0.8172 | |
159 | University of Central Florida | 38400 | 39600 | 0.0289 | 68,470 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
161 | Oregon Institute of Technology | 38600 | 43400 | 0.1113 | 5,151 | 1131 | 0.9502 | |
162 | Concordia University Ann Arbor | 39100 | 53300 | 0.2672 | 1,044 | 1095 | 0.7209 | |
163 | Seton Hall University | 39900 | 67400 | 0.4085 | 6,146 | 1313 | 0.7326 | |
163 | University of Vermont | 39900 | 64100 | 0.3781 | 12,276 | 1379 | 0.653 | |
165 | Temple University | 40200 | 56100 | 0.2841 | 20,786 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
166 | New England Institute of Technology | 40300 | 61100 | 0.3398 | 1,718 | 995 | 0.6673 | |
167 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 40600 | 52100 | 0.2216 | 49,382 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
168 | Susquehanna University | 40700 | 76800 | 0.4695 | 2,177 | 1204 | 0.7871 | |
169 | Bellarmine University | 41000 | 66100 | 0.3803 | 2,203 | 1130 | 0.8611 | |
169 | Campbell University | 41000 | 65100 | 0.3707 | 2,699 | 1120 | 0.872 | |
171 | Manhattan University | 41100 | 71700 | 0.4272 | 2,928 | 1248 | 0.785 | |
172 | Hofstra University | 41500 | 74600 | 0.4441 | 6,578 | 1323 | 0.6808 | |
173 | St. John's University-New York | 41600 | 80100 | 0.481 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
174 | Quinnipiac University | 41900 | 79200 | 0.4714 | 6,248 | 1209 | 0.77 | |
175 | University of Florida | 42500 | 45600 | 0.0689 | 38,113 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
176 | Texas Christian University | 44100 | 81900 | 0.4621 | 11,049 | 1283 | 0.4449 | |
177 | Pepperdine University | 44200 | 89600 | 0.5069 | 3,553 | 1378 | 0.6286 | |
178 | Suffolk University | 44800 | 73600 | 0.3907 | 4,275 | 1209 | 0.822 | |
179 | Dallas Baptist University | 48900 | 56100 | 0.1291 | 2,785 | 1104 | 0.8884 | |
180 | Savannah College of Art and Design | 49200 | 64400 | 0.2353 | 14,657 | 1180 | 0.8368 | |
181 | University of Kentucky | 49300 | 56000 | 0.1198 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
181 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 49300 | 52300 | 0.0582 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
183 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 50500 | 51700 | 0.0222 | 34,656 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
184 | Rowan University | 52500 | 53600 | 0.0214 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
185 | Howard University | 52900 | 61600 | 0.142 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
186 | Emerson College | 57500 | 82600 | 0.3032 | 4,171 | 1339 | 0.4749 | |
187 | MCPHS University | 58000 | 71800 | 0.1928 | 3,477 | 1203 | 0.8521 | |
188 | Columbia College Chicago | 61300 | 67200 | 0.0884 | 5,417 | 0 | 0.7549 | |
189 | University of La Verne | 62100 | 66500 | 0.0654 | 2,414 | 1123 | 0.4847 | |
190 | Elon University | 64400 | 67300 | 0.0423 | 6,452 | 1244 | 0.6635 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.