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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Johns Hopkins University | 2700 | 92000 | 0.9704 | 6,354 | 1554 | 0.0611 | |
| 2 | Santa Ana College | 4600 | 23100 | 0.8003 | 27,248 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | University of Michigan-Flint | 4600 | 43700 | 0.8952 | 5,534 | 1079 | 0.6734 | |
| 4 | California State University-Los Angeles | 5100 | 69100 | 0.9266 | 22,077 | 965 | 0.9124 | |
| 5 | California State University-Northridge | 7700 | 22000 | 0.6489 | 32,846 | 1005 | 0.9176 | |
| 5 | Northwestern University | 7700 | 94200 | 0.9183 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 7 | Emory University | 7900 | 96200 | 0.9177 | 7,320 | 1499 | 0.103 | |
| 8 | University of Central Florida | 10000 | 31700 | 0.6853 | 60,083 | 1289 | 0.428 | |
| 9 | Eastern Kentucky University | 10500 | 27300 | 0.6164 | 13,448 | 1075 | 0.9683 | |
| 10 | University of St Francis | 10600 | 83800 | 0.8734 | 1,416 | 1030 | 0.6528 | |
| 11 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 10700 | 36600 | 0.7073 | 27,963 | 1090 | 0.8395 | |
| 12 | Marshall University | 10800 | 39800 | 0.7285 | 9,960 | 1070 | 0.9663 | |
| 13 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 11300 | 27800 | 0.5919 | 22,007 | 1427 | 0.1672 | |
| 14 | Arkansas State University | 11400 | 28400 | 0.5995 | 11,189 | 1080 | 0.7818 | |
| 14 | Eastern Illinois University | 11400 | 24700 | 0.5369 | 6,731 | 1020 | 0.7073 | |
| 16 | San Francisco State University | 11700 | 46700 | 0.7489 | 19,444 | 1035 | 0.9644 | |
| 17 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 11800 | 29300 | 0.5973 | 8,421 | 1054 | 0.9444 | |
| 18 | Wayne State University | 12200 | 32900 | 0.6289 | 16,390 | 1183 | 0.8359 | |
| 19 | Boston University | 12300 | 93200 | 0.868 | 18,289 | 1475 | 0.1283 | |
| 20 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 13000 | 40800 | 0.6816 | 6,761 | 1105 | 0.8475 | |
| 21 | Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts | 13300 | 40700 | 0.6728 | 828 | 1070 | 0.9131 | |
| 22 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 13400 | 19000 | 0.295 | 11,994 | 1090 | 0.8651 | |
| 23 | Youngstown State University | 13800 | 28400 | 0.5139 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 24 | Baptist Health Sciences University | 14100 | 27600 | 0.49 | 782 | 1020 | 0.8202 | |
| 25 | Goshen College | 14300 | 56000 | 0.7446 | 738 | 995 | 0.8342 | |
| 26 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 14400 | 50100 | 0.7122 | 7,501 | 1055 | 0.9467 | |
| 26 | Troy University | 14400 | 34700 | 0.585 | 10,130 | 1075 | 0.9535 | |
| 28 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 14500 | 31700 | 0.5434 | 7,402 | 1054 | 0.9684 | |
| 28 | Texas State University | 14500 | 26700 | 0.4562 | 39,353 | 1080 | 0.9118 | |
| 30 | Murray State University | 14600 | 27000 | 0.4597 | 8,217 | 1124 | 0.8413 | |
| 31 | Colorado Mesa University | 14800 | 66200 | 0.7767 | 9,459 | 1050 | 0.8314 | |
| 31 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 14800 | 26000 | 0.4303 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 33 | California State University-Chico | 15000 | 23700 | 0.3661 | 13,599 | 1054 | 0.9107 | |
| 34 | Avila University | 15100 | 81100 | 0.8137 | 1,538 | 985 | 0.878 | |
| 34 | Bluefield State University | 15100 | 45000 | 0.665 | 1,117 | 990 | 0.9723 | |
| 36 | Central Michigan University | 15200 | 38700 | 0.6071 | 10,238 | 1099 | 0.9104 | |
| 36 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 15200 | 90700 | 0.8325 | 8,727 | 1055 | 0.9703 | |
| 36 | Rogers State University | 15200 | 39200 | 0.6115 | 3,278 | 1025 | 0.6784 | |
| 36 | University of Saint Francis-Fort Wayne | 15200 | 79400 | 0.8081 | 1,567 | 980 | 0.9597 | |
| 40 | University of North Texas | 15400 | 26100 | 0.4097 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 41 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 38800 | 0.5992 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 42 | McNeese State University | 16100 | 27800 | 0.4212 | 5,668 | 1060 | 0.7827 | |
| 43 | Georgia Southern University | 16500 | 20100 | 0.1787 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 44 | Sam Houston State University | 16600 | 27100 | 0.3873 | 17,822 | 1035 | 0.9372 | |
| 45 | University of Wisconsin-La Crosse | 16800 | 21300 | 0.2129 | 9,656 | 1205 | 0.7997 | |
| 46 | Vermont State University | 16900 | 26900 | 0.3711 | 4,087 | 960 | 0.8323 | |
| 47 | California State University-Long Beach | 17000 | 25800 | 0.3413 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 48 | SUNY at Fredonia | 17100 | 27800 | 0.3854 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 49 | Augusta University | 17200 | 62500 | 0.7251 | 6,102 | 1065 | 0.6276 | |
| 50 | University of Miami | 17400 | 96300 | 0.8194 | 13,241 | 1408 | 0.1761 | |
| 51 | State University of New York at Oswego | 17500 | 27700 | 0.3681 | 5,293 | 1179 | 0.7989 | |
| 52 | Holy Family University | 17700 | 56900 | 0.6891 | 2,808 | 975 | 0.7456 | |
| 52 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 17700 | 69500 | 0.7458 | 711 | 1030 | 0.8214 | |
| 54 | Austin Peay State University | 17800 | 31600 | 0.4374 | 9,593 | 1075 | 0.9691 | |
| 54 | La Roche University | 17800 | 87300 | 0.7963 | 1,972 | 990 | 0.6638 | |
| 54 | York College of Pennsylvania | 17800 | 45800 | 0.6119 | 3,369 | 1153 | 0.7374 | |
| 57 | Lewis-Clark State College | 18000 | 23500 | 0.2336 | 4,015 | 990 | 0.9964 | |
| 57 | San Jose State University | 18000 | 41200 | 0.5618 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 59 | Quincy University | 18100 | 80500 | 0.7747 | 1,096 | 1115 | 0.551 | |
| 60 | University of Mary | 18200 | 32600 | 0.4424 | 2,821 | 1175 | 0.753 | |
| 61 | University of Pittsburgh-Bradford | 18400 | 43500 | 0.5767 | 1,094 | 1109 | 0.8917 | |
| 62 | Western Carolina University | 18600 | 20500 | 0.0928 | 10,268 | 1140 | 0.7076 | |
| 63 | Idaho State University | 18700 | 39100 | 0.5222 | 10,834 | 0 | 0.8396 | |
| 64 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 18800 | 32000 | 0.4129 | 3,825 | 1175 | 0.7841 | |
| 65 | Louisiana Christian University | 18900 | 26000 | 0.2721 | 769 | 1065 | 0.7719 | |
| 66 | University of Sioux Falls | 19000 | 43100 | 0.5598 | 1,177 | 1075 | 0.8274 | |
| 67 | California State University-Fullerton | 19100 | 41600 | 0.5406 | 40,705 | 960 | 0.8811 | |
| 68 | Alabama A & M University | 19200 | 51200 | 0.6255 | 6,370 | 915 | 0.5795 | |
| 69 | University of Houston | 19400 | 28400 | 0.3173 | 40,366 | 1224 | 0.7577 | |
| 70 | Minot State University | 19800 | 23500 | 0.1569 | 2,499 | 1075 | 0.6462 | |
| 71 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 19900 | 57800 | 0.6554 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 72 | Midwestern State University | 20000 | 33600 | 0.4053 | 4,303 | 1055 | 0.9347 | |
| 73 | Bowie State University | 20200 | 50800 | 0.6024 | 4,810 | 1044 | 0.824 | |
| 73 | University of Northern Iowa | 20200 | 24800 | 0.1844 | 7,800 | 1115 | 0.9313 | |
| 75 | Syracuse University | 20300 | 83600 | 0.7572 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 76 | Ferris State University | 20600 | 31000 | 0.336 | 8,980 | 1015 | 0.8237 | |
| 77 | University of Montevallo | 20800 | 61300 | 0.6602 | 2,643 | 1124 | 0.5385 | |
| 78 | Culver-Stockton College | 21300 | 70000 | 0.6961 | 889 | 1055 | 0.9827 | |
| 79 | Boise State University | 21400 | 31200 | 0.3142 | 25,308 | 1025 | 0.8389 | |
| 80 | Southwestern Adventist University | 21600 | 58700 | 0.6324 | 758 | 1064 | 0.7836 | |
| 81 | San Diego State University | 21700 | 28900 | 0.2503 | 36,196 | 1208 | 0.3741 | |
| 82 | Texas Southern University | 22100 | 25500 | 0.1335 | 6,844 | 915 | 0.9691 | |
| 83 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 22200 | 53400 | 0.5847 | 21,469 | 1167 | 0.9061 | |
| 84 | California Baptist University | 22500 | 65400 | 0.6564 | 8,707 | 1024 | 0.8139 | |
| 84 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 22500 | 22500 | 0 | 20,786 | 1225 | 0.8689 | |
| 84 | Pennsylvania Western University | 22500 | 34400 | 0.3456 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 87 | Marian University | 22600 | 47600 | 0.5247 | 1,026 | 1020 | 0.75 | |
| 87 | Saint Cloud State University | 22600 | 36800 | 0.3849 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 89 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 23000 | 27500 | 0.1618 | 18,028 | 1059 | 0.7996 | |
| 90 | Florida Memorial University | 23100 | 51000 | 0.5466 | 1,206 | 0 | 0.8526 | |
| 90 | Southwest Minnesota State University | 23100 | 26700 | 0.1336 | 7,290 | 1015 | 0.6409 | |
| 90 | University of Southern Indiana | 23100 | 27200 | 0.1495 | 5,347 | 1145 | 0.9581 | |
| 93 | Point Park University | 23300 | 54300 | 0.5707 | 2,498 | 1144 | 0.984 | |
| 94 | Northern Arizona University | 23900 | 37100 | 0.3573 | 22,203 | 1129 | 0.8961 | |
| 95 | Seton Hall University | 24000 | 67400 | 0.6436 | 6,178 | 1328 | 0.6915 | |
| 96 | Campbellsville University | 24100 | 45100 | 0.4653 | 6,848 | 1075 | 0.7974 | |
| 97 | Temple University | 24400 | 36100 | 0.3243 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 98 | Lewis University | 24500 | 59800 | 0.5902 | 4,914 | 1127 | 0.6916 | |
| 99 | Wisconsin Lutheran College | 24600 | 56700 | 0.5672 | 957 | 1233 | 0.7816 | |
| 100 | Mount Marty University | 25000 | 56400 | 0.5567 | 1,053 | 1145 | 0.8603 | |
| 100 | St Catherine University | 25000 | 71900 | 0.6528 | 2,602 | 1148 | 0.9047 | |
| 102 | Briar Cliff University | 25500 | 83800 | 0.6957 | 766 | 1075 | 0.5834 | |
| 103 | Westminster College | 25600 | 57600 | 0.5555 | 1,110 | 1145 | 0.9167 | |
| 104 | University of La Verne | 25800 | 70200 | 0.6324 | 3,052 | 1109 | 0.7117 | |
| 105 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 25900 | 28400 | 0.0902 | 14,834 | 1149 | 0.7803 | |
| 106 | Henderson State University | 26000 | 30600 | 0.1501 | 1,461 | 1075 | 0.8192 | |
| 107 | Oakland University | 26100 | 39600 | 0.341 | 12,770 | 1039 | 0.8897 | |
| 108 | William Paterson University of New Jersey | 26400 | 33000 | 0.1998 | 6,647 | 1153 | 0.9008 | |
| 109 | Capital University | 26700 | 63800 | 0.5814 | 1,642 | 1045 | 0.6501 | |
| 110 | St. Francis College | 26800 | 39400 | 0.3202 | 1,719 | 1035 | 1 | |
| 111 | University of Arkansas-Fort Smith | 26900 | 34500 | 0.2193 | 5,467 | 1035 | 0.7041 | |
| 112 | Saint Ambrose University | 27100 | 57700 | 0.5306 | 1,884 | 1065 | 0.8006 | |
| 112 | Weber State University | 27100 | 31500 | 0.1399 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 114 | North Dakota State University | 27400 | 30400 | 0.0976 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 115 | Mount Aloysius College | 27800 | 51100 | 0.4558 | 3,135 | 1045 | 0.936 | |
| 116 | Grace College and Theological Seminary | 28000 | 41800 | 0.3301 | 1,795 | 1130 | 0.8215 | |
| 117 | Asbury University | 28100 | 50700 | 0.4451 | 2,066 | 1157 | 0.954 | |
| 118 | University of Hartford | 28300 | 70100 | 0.5959 | 4,223 | 1224 | 0.9579 | |
| 119 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28500 | 36500 | 0.2194 | 11,691 | 1074 | 0.7722 | |
| 120 | Cornerstone University | 28900 | 40800 | 0.291 | 1,354 | 1110 | 0.7777 | |
| 121 | Huntington University | 29000 | 44400 | 0.3465 | 1,512 | 1065 | 0.7518 | |
| 122 | Long Island University | 29300 | 60500 | 0.516 | 12,072 | 1229 | 0.8616 | |
| 122 | Morehead State University | 29300 | 31600 | 0.0728 | 7,941 | 1080 | 0.8328 | |
| 124 | Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania | 29700 | 45400 | 0.3455 | 9,847 | 1090 | 0.9309 | |
| 125 | Ithaca College | 29800 | 72600 | 0.5892 | 4,205 | 1328 | 0.7015 | |
| 126 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30200 | 54600 | 0.4463 | 3,120 | 1193 | 0.3992 | |
| 127 | Western Kentucky University | 30500 | 42800 | 0.2877 | 13,732 | 1090 | 0.9145 | |
| 128 | Siena Heights University | 30700 | 46300 | 0.3365 | 1,628 | 980 | 0.689 | |
| 129 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 30800 | 58700 | 0.4756 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 129 | Southeastern University | 30800 | 79400 | 0.6123 | 11,981 | 1110 | 0.4247 | |
| 129 | Suffolk University | 30800 | 83500 | 0.6312 | 4,247 | 1209 | 0.8228 | |
| 132 | Manhattanville University | 30900 | 68500 | 0.5483 | 1,465 | 1140 | 0.8688 | |
| 133 | Lasell University | 31100 | 50800 | 0.3881 | 1,347 | 1095 | 0.7457 | |
| 134 | Friends University | 31300 | 58000 | 0.4611 | 1,084 | 1020 | 0.5174 | |
| 134 | Missouri Baptist University | 31300 | 53800 | 0.4193 | 5,253 | 910 | 0.7062 | |
| 136 | Elon University | 31400 | 69900 | 0.5512 | 6,191 | 1283 | 0.6326 | |
| 137 | Northern Kentucky University | 31600 | 32100 | 0.0156 | 10,136 | 1110 | 0.9666 | |
| 138 | Rider University | 32000 | 60200 | 0.4685 | 3,052 | 1214 | 0.7741 | |
| 139 | Roosevelt University | 32700 | 47600 | 0.3145 | 2,868 | 1049 | 0.9716 | |
| 140 | Misericordia University | 33100 | 67700 | 0.5109 | 1,721 | 1078 | 0.8871 | |
| 141 | Adrian College | 33200 | 70200 | 0.5267 | 1,675 | 1045 | 0.7257 | |
| 142 | University of Central Missouri | 33300 | 35800 | 0.0716 | 10,397 | 1055 | 0.7439 | |
| 143 | St. John's University-New York | 34100 | 83800 | 0.5934 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 144 | Trevecca Nazarene University | 34300 | 50900 | 0.3256 | 1,961 | 1099 | 0.7512 | |
| 144 | University of Vermont | 34300 | 66300 | 0.4821 | 12,159 | 1372 | 0.7304 | |
| 146 | Gwynedd Mercy University | 34600 | 65100 | 0.4679 | 1,816 | 1070 | 0.9164 | |
| 147 | Bradley University | 35100 | 60300 | 0.418 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 148 | Chicago State University | 35200 | 37800 | 0.0678 | 1,501 | 885 | 0.4326 | |
| 149 | Texas Tech University | 35300 | 41000 | 0.1391 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 150 | University of South Alabama | 35600 | 40200 | 0.1145 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 151 | Rowan University | 35800 | 53600 | 0.3319 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 152 | New England Institute of Technology | 35900 | 89400 | 0.5983 | 1,718 | 1030 | 0.6673 | |
| 153 | Indiana University-South Bend | 36200 | 38800 | 0.0662 | 4,206 | 1050 | 0.8146 | |
| 154 | University of Central Arkansas | 37700 | 40200 | 0.0637 | 8,238 | 1110 | 0.9157 | |
| 155 | East Tennessee State University | 38100 | 38500 | 0.0104 | 10,829 | 1124 | 0.8619 | |
| 155 | Washington Adventist University | 38100 | 45600 | 0.1658 | 513 | 995 | 0.4618 | |
| 157 | Clark Atlanta University | 38200 | 61700 | 0.381 | 3,618 | 990 | 0.6422 | |
| 158 | The Master's University and Seminary | 38300 | 53700 | 0.2862 | 1,908 | 1139 | 0.8402 | |
| 159 | Oregon Institute of Technology | 38800 | 43400 | 0.1052 | 5,288 | 1138 | 0.9459 | |
| 160 | University of Charleston | 39100 | 51200 | 0.2361 | 2,348 | 1075 | 0.5975 | |
| 161 | Champlain College | 39600 | 105100 | 0.6233 | 1,514 | 1273 | 0.873 | |
| 162 | University of Mississippi | 39800 | 45200 | 0.1194 | 22,939 | 1172 | 0.9738 | |
| 163 | Saint Joseph's College of Maine | 39900 | 66900 | 0.4038 | 1,105 | 1055 | 0.8351 | |
| 164 | Concordia University Ann Arbor | 40500 | 53600 | 0.2445 | 755 | 1163 | 0.6925 | |
| 165 | Rhode Island College | 41000 | 63300 | 0.3522 | 5,695 | 995 | 0.8557 | |
| 166 | Bellarmine University | 41200 | 66100 | 0.3763 | 2,365 | 1134 | 0.9371 | |
| 167 | Susquehanna University | 41700 | 85600 | 0.5127 | 2,220 | 1199 | 0.7908 | |
| 168 | Providence College | 42800 | 85000 | 0.4966 | 4,680 | 1345 | 0.4994 | |
| 168 | Saint Louis University | 42800 | 84300 | 0.492 | 9,331 | 1250 | 0.7499 | |
| 168 | University of Florida | 42800 | 45700 | 0.0635 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 171 | Campbell University | 43700 | 68700 | 0.3646 | 2,699 | 1120 | 0.872 | |
| 172 | Montclair State University | 44300 | 47000 | 0.0575 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 173 | Texas Christian University | 44400 | 87400 | 0.4922 | 11,152 | 1268 | 0.4809 | |
| 174 | Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences | 45100 | 104000 | 0.5664 | 3,469 | 1281 | 0.8521 | |
| 175 | Towson University | 46200 | 46400 | 0.0043 | 16,361 | 1082 | 0.8057 | |
| 176 | Appalachian State University | 46500 | 46500 | 0 | 19,732 | 1174 | 0.9388 | |
| 177 | Ashland University | 47700 | 57000 | 0.163 | 2,977 | 1125 | 0.764 | |
| 178 | University of Kentucky | 48000 | 59900 | 0.1982 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 179 | The University of Texas at Austin | 49000 | 58900 | 0.1681 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 180 | Quinnipiac University | 49200 | 79700 | 0.3829 | 6,610 | 1250 | 0.7031 | |
| 181 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 49300 | 64400 | 0.2344 | 46,627 | 1366 | 0.492 | |
| 182 | Manhattan University | 51200 | 72900 | 0.2975 | 2,378 | 1174 | 0.8216 | |
| 183 | University of Iowa | 51800 | 54400 | 0.0472 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 184 | Savannah College of Art and Design | 51900 | 67500 | 0.2312 | 15,552 | 1174 | 0.8298 | |
| 185 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 52900 | 53300 | 0.0075 | 34,447 | 1273 | 0.8804 | |
| 186 | The University of Alabama | 53800 | 58000 | 0.0724 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 187 | Dallas Baptist University | 55700 | 84300 | 0.3393 | 2,938 | 1073 | 0.9131 | |
| 188 | Hofstra University | 58900 | 83300 | 0.293 | 6,599 | 1369 | 0.7267 | |
| 189 | Howard University | 60000 | 88500 | 0.3222 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 190 | Columbia College Chicago | 62700 | 68500 | 0.0846 | 4,346 | 0 | 0.738 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.