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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 | |
| 3 | Santa Monica College | 6400 | 15500 | 0.588 | 23,453 | 0 | 1 | |
| 4 | Emory University | 7900 | 92500 | 0.9145 | 7,320 | 1499 | 0.103 | |
| 5 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 11000 | 25700 | 0.5713 | 46,627 | 1366 | 0.492 | |
| 6 | Marshall University | 11400 | 36600 | 0.6882 | 9,960 | 1070 | 0.9663 | |
| 7 | California State University-Northridge | 11500 | 22000 | 0.4772 | 32,846 | 1005 | 0.9176 | |
| 7 | Eastern Kentucky University | 11500 | 22900 | 0.4987 | 13,448 | 1075 | 0.9683 | |
| 7 | Idaho State University | 11500 | 27000 | 0.5733 | 10,834 | 0 | 0.8396 | |
| 7 | Northern Arizona University | 11500 | 27900 | 0.5865 | 22,203 | 1129 | 0.8961 | |
| 11 | University of Central Florida | 11700 | 25300 | 0.5369 | 60,083 | 1289 | 0.428 | |
| 12 | University of Houston | 12100 | 28400 | 0.5746 | 40,366 | 1224 | 0.7577 | |
| 13 | University of Michigan-Flint | 12500 | 34900 | 0.6425 | 5,534 | 1079 | 0.6734 | |
| 14 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 12600 | 25700 | 0.5097 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 15 | Boston University | 12700 | 92800 | 0.8633 | 18,289 | 1475 | 0.1283 | |
| 16 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 13900 | 37400 | 0.6278 | 7,501 | 1055 | 0.9467 | |
| 17 | Baptist Health Sciences University | 14000 | 26600 | 0.4728 | 782 | 1020 | 0.8202 | |
| 18 | Midwestern State University | 14100 | 21600 | 0.3468 | 4,303 | 1055 | 0.9347 | |
| 18 | Northern Kentucky University | 14100 | 25900 | 0.4562 | 10,136 | 1110 | 0.9666 | |
| 20 | Central Michigan University | 14300 | 37800 | 0.621 | 10,238 | 1099 | 0.9104 | |
| 21 | Texas State University | 14700 | 25500 | 0.4238 | 39,353 | 1080 | 0.9118 | |
| 22 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 14900 | 29300 | 0.4915 | 8,421 | 1054 | 0.9444 | |
| 23 | Troy University | 15000 | 26700 | 0.4381 | 10,130 | 1075 | 0.9535 | |
| 24 | University of North Texas | 15400 | 26100 | 0.4106 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 24 | Western Carolina University | 15400 | 16500 | 0.0668 | 10,268 | 1140 | 0.7076 | |
| 26 | Oakland University | 15500 | 28200 | 0.4507 | 12,770 | 1039 | 0.8897 | |
| 27 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 38800 | 0.5992 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 28 | San Francisco State University | 15800 | 46700 | 0.6611 | 19,444 | 1035 | 0.9644 | |
| 29 | Goshen College | 16300 | 55900 | 0.7088 | 738 | 995 | 0.8342 | |
| 29 | University of Florida | 16300 | 22500 | 0.2755 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 31 | Ferris State University | 16400 | 31000 | 0.4717 | 8,980 | 1015 | 0.8237 | |
| 31 | Georgia Southern University | 16400 | 20100 | 0.1836 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 33 | Sam Houston State University | 16500 | 27000 | 0.389 | 17,822 | 1035 | 0.9372 | |
| 34 | Northwestern University | 16600 | 89500 | 0.8149 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 34 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16600 | 64800 | 0.7439 | 22,007 | 1427 | 0.1672 | |
| 36 | Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts | 16800 | 34200 | 0.5086 | 828 | 1070 | 0.9131 | |
| 37 | Vermont State University | 16900 | 26900 | 0.3711 | 4,087 | 960 | 0.8323 | |
| 38 | Augusta University | 17000 | 47400 | 0.641 | 6,102 | 1065 | 0.6276 | |
| 39 | Rhode Island College | 17100 | 27400 | 0.3763 | 5,695 | 995 | 0.8557 | |
| 39 | SUNY at Fredonia | 17100 | 27800 | 0.3854 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 39 | University of St Francis | 17100 | 57800 | 0.7039 | 1,416 | 1030 | 0.6528 | |
| 42 | University of Wisconsin-La Crosse | 17200 | 21300 | 0.1948 | 9,656 | 1205 | 0.7997 | |
| 43 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 17300 | 22800 | 0.2415 | 11,994 | 1090 | 0.8651 | |
| 44 | Avila University | 17400 | 64100 | 0.7283 | 1,538 | 985 | 0.878 | |
| 45 | University of Miami | 17700 | 95700 | 0.8149 | 13,241 | 1408 | 0.1761 | |
| 46 | Holy Family University | 17800 | 56200 | 0.6838 | 2,808 | 975 | 0.7456 | |
| 47 | Lewis-Clark State College | 17900 | 23500 | 0.2378 | 4,015 | 990 | 0.9964 | |
| 48 | University of Pittsburgh-Bradford | 18100 | 33300 | 0.4565 | 1,094 | 1109 | 0.8917 | |
| 48 | Youngstown State University | 18100 | 34000 | 0.4677 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 50 | University of Mary | 18200 | 32600 | 0.4424 | 2,821 | 1175 | 0.753 | |
| 51 | University of Vermont | 18300 | 37800 | 0.5164 | 12,159 | 1372 | 0.7304 | |
| 52 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 18700 | 68100 | 0.7256 | 711 | 1030 | 0.8214 | |
| 53 | McNeese State University | 18800 | 27400 | 0.3138 | 5,668 | 1060 | 0.7827 | |
| 53 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 18800 | 32000 | 0.4129 | 3,825 | 1175 | 0.7841 | |
| 55 | Quincy University | 18900 | 57800 | 0.6728 | 1,096 | 1115 | 0.551 | |
| 56 | Campbellsville University | 19000 | 43200 | 0.5596 | 6,848 | 1075 | 0.7974 | |
| 56 | San Jose State University | 19000 | 40800 | 0.5349 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 58 | University of Mississippi | 19100 | 27000 | 0.2925 | 22,939 | 1172 | 0.9738 | |
| 59 | Louisiana Christian University | 19200 | 26000 | 0.2615 | 769 | 1065 | 0.7719 | |
| 60 | California State University-Los Angeles | 19400 | 38000 | 0.4896 | 22,077 | 965 | 0.9124 | |
| 60 | Pennsylvania Western University | 19400 | 29000 | 0.3315 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 62 | University of Saint Francis-Fort Wayne | 19500 | 57300 | 0.6601 | 1,567 | 980 | 0.9597 | |
| 63 | Eastern Illinois University | 19900 | 28100 | 0.2912 | 6,731 | 1020 | 0.7073 | |
| 64 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20000 | 29400 | 0.3192 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 65 | Marian University | 20100 | 47200 | 0.5736 | 1,026 | 1020 | 0.75 | |
| 65 | Minot State University | 20100 | 23500 | 0.1452 | 2,499 | 1075 | 0.6462 | |
| 67 | Lasell University | 20200 | 48500 | 0.5831 | 1,347 | 1095 | 0.7457 | |
| 68 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 20400 | 23200 | 0.1207 | 20,786 | 1225 | 0.8689 | |
| 68 | University of Montevallo | 20400 | 30300 | 0.3268 | 2,643 | 1124 | 0.5385 | |
| 70 | North Dakota State University | 20800 | 25700 | 0.1902 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 71 | La Roche University | 20900 | 72600 | 0.7124 | 1,972 | 990 | 0.6638 | |
| 72 | University of Sioux Falls | 21200 | 40100 | 0.4712 | 1,177 | 1075 | 0.8274 | |
| 73 | Bradley University | 21400 | 50800 | 0.5787 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 74 | Austin Peay State University | 21500 | 31600 | 0.3201 | 9,593 | 1075 | 0.9691 | |
| 75 | Culver-Stockton College | 21600 | 50600 | 0.573 | 889 | 1055 | 0.9827 | |
| 76 | Bluefield State University | 21700 | 32100 | 0.3245 | 1,117 | 990 | 0.9723 | |
| 77 | Texas Southern University | 22000 | 25500 | 0.1375 | 6,844 | 915 | 0.9691 | |
| 78 | California State University-Chico | 22100 | 31000 | 0.2867 | 13,599 | 1054 | 0.9107 | |
| 79 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 22900 | 90700 | 0.7476 | 8,727 | 1055 | 0.9703 | |
| 79 | Florida Memorial University | 22900 | 42000 | 0.4542 | 1,206 | 0 | 0.8526 | |
| 79 | Saint Cloud State University | 22900 | 36800 | 0.3775 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 82 | Southwest Minnesota State University | 23000 | 25800 | 0.1083 | 7,290 | 1015 | 0.6409 | |
| 82 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 23000 | 27500 | 0.1618 | 18,028 | 1059 | 0.7996 | |
| 84 | East Tennessee State University | 23200 | 30600 | 0.2416 | 10,829 | 1124 | 0.8619 | |
| 85 | York College of Pennsylvania | 23400 | 45800 | 0.4895 | 3,369 | 1153 | 0.7374 | |
| 86 | San Diego State University | 23600 | 28900 | 0.1846 | 36,196 | 1208 | 0.3741 | |
| 87 | Saint Ambrose University | 23800 | 55400 | 0.5701 | 1,884 | 1065 | 0.8006 | |
| 87 | Southwestern Adventist University | 23800 | 43200 | 0.4492 | 758 | 1064 | 0.7836 | |
| 89 | Wisconsin Lutheran College | 24200 | 55200 | 0.5627 | 957 | 1233 | 0.7816 | |
| 90 | Boise State University | 24400 | 31200 | 0.218 | 25,308 | 1025 | 0.8389 | |
| 90 | Lewis University | 24400 | 57700 | 0.5769 | 4,914 | 1127 | 0.6916 | |
| 90 | Temple University | 24400 | 36100 | 0.3243 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 93 | St Catherine University | 25100 | 71900 | 0.6503 | 2,602 | 1148 | 0.9047 | |
| 94 | Point Park University | 25200 | 57000 | 0.5582 | 2,498 | 1144 | 0.984 | |
| 95 | Mount Marty University | 25400 | 56400 | 0.5496 | 1,053 | 1145 | 0.8603 | |
| 96 | Briar Cliff University | 25600 | 74200 | 0.6548 | 766 | 1075 | 0.5834 | |
| 97 | University of La Verne | 25800 | 66800 | 0.6136 | 3,052 | 1109 | 0.7117 | |
| 97 | Westminster College | 25800 | 57600 | 0.5521 | 1,110 | 1145 | 0.9167 | |
| 99 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 26100 | 28400 | 0.0805 | 14,834 | 1149 | 0.7803 | |
| 100 | Mount Aloysius College | 26200 | 49200 | 0.4677 | 3,135 | 1045 | 0.936 | |
| 101 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 26400 | 36600 | 0.2785 | 27,963 | 1090 | 0.8395 | |
| 102 | Capital University | 26700 | 62400 | 0.572 | 1,642 | 1045 | 0.6501 | |
| 102 | Morehead State University | 26700 | 32600 | 0.1808 | 7,941 | 1080 | 0.8328 | |
| 104 | St. Francis College | 26800 | 39400 | 0.3202 | 1,719 | 1035 | 1 | |
| 104 | Western Kentucky University | 26800 | 41800 | 0.3588 | 13,732 | 1090 | 0.9145 | |
| 106 | Henderson State University | 26900 | 27200 | 0.011 | 1,461 | 1075 | 0.8192 | |
| 107 | Syracuse University | 27400 | 83100 | 0.6701 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 108 | Murray State University | 27600 | 32400 | 0.148 | 8,217 | 1124 | 0.8413 | |
| 109 | Oregon Institute of Technology | 27700 | 36400 | 0.2399 | 5,288 | 1138 | 0.9459 | |
| 110 | Alabama A & M University | 27800 | 37700 | 0.2618 | 6,370 | 915 | 0.5795 | |
| 110 | Rogers State University | 27800 | 49200 | 0.435 | 3,278 | 1025 | 0.6784 | |
| 112 | University of Northern Iowa | 27900 | 36200 | 0.2292 | 7,800 | 1115 | 0.9313 | |
| 112 | Weber State University | 27900 | 33900 | 0.1769 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 114 | Grace College and Theological Seminary | 28000 | 41800 | 0.3301 | 1,795 | 1130 | 0.8215 | |
| 115 | Asbury University | 28400 | 50700 | 0.4397 | 2,066 | 1157 | 0.954 | |
| 116 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28500 | 32300 | 0.1176 | 11,691 | 1074 | 0.7722 | |
| 116 | University of Hartford | 28500 | 70100 | 0.5933 | 4,223 | 1224 | 0.9579 | |
| 118 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 28600 | 42400 | 0.3258 | 6,761 | 1105 | 0.8475 | |
| 119 | University of Arkansas-Fort Smith | 28700 | 34500 | 0.1679 | 5,467 | 1035 | 0.7041 | |
| 119 | University of Southern Indiana | 28700 | 40000 | 0.282 | 5,347 | 1145 | 0.9581 | |
| 121 | Montclair State University | 28900 | 36300 | 0.204 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 122 | Cornerstone University | 29100 | 40800 | 0.2867 | 1,354 | 1110 | 0.7777 | |
| 123 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 29300 | 34000 | 0.1381 | 7,402 | 1054 | 0.9684 | |
| 123 | Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania | 29300 | 43900 | 0.3328 | 9,847 | 1090 | 0.9309 | |
| 123 | Friends University | 29300 | 53600 | 0.4546 | 1,084 | 1020 | 0.5174 | |
| 123 | Huntington University | 29300 | 44300 | 0.3384 | 1,512 | 1065 | 0.7518 | |
| 127 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30500 | 54600 | 0.4413 | 3,120 | 1193 | 0.3992 | |
| 128 | California Baptist University | 30700 | 64800 | 0.5254 | 8,707 | 1024 | 0.8139 | |
| 129 | Ithaca College | 30900 | 72500 | 0.5737 | 4,205 | 1328 | 0.7015 | |
| 130 | California State University-Long Beach | 31000 | 38900 | 0.2032 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 130 | Siena Heights University | 31000 | 46300 | 0.3306 | 1,628 | 980 | 0.689 | |
| 132 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 31100 | 57000 | 0.4546 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 132 | Manhattanville University | 31100 | 68500 | 0.546 | 1,465 | 1140 | 0.8688 | |
| 134 | Missouri Baptist University | 31500 | 53800 | 0.4142 | 5,253 | 910 | 0.7062 | |
| 134 | Rider University | 31500 | 60600 | 0.4799 | 3,052 | 1214 | 0.7741 | |
| 136 | Bowie State University | 31600 | 50200 | 0.3706 | 4,810 | 1044 | 0.824 | |
| 137 | State University of New York at Oswego | 32600 | 40200 | 0.1891 | 5,293 | 1179 | 0.7989 | |
| 137 | Suffolk University | 32600 | 70300 | 0.5362 | 4,247 | 1209 | 0.8228 | |
| 139 | Roosevelt University | 32800 | 47600 | 0.3125 | 2,868 | 1049 | 0.9716 | |
| 140 | Misericordia University | 33400 | 67700 | 0.5068 | 1,721 | 1078 | 0.8871 | |
| 141 | Adrian College | 33500 | 70200 | 0.5227 | 1,675 | 1045 | 0.7257 | |
| 141 | Colorado Mesa University | 33500 | 40000 | 0.1613 | 9,459 | 1050 | 0.8314 | |
| 141 | University of Central Missouri | 33500 | 35800 | 0.0639 | 10,397 | 1055 | 0.7439 | |
| 144 | Southeastern University | 34100 | 60500 | 0.4361 | 11,981 | 1110 | 0.4247 | |
| 145 | Trevecca Nazarene University | 34600 | 50900 | 0.3202 | 1,961 | 1099 | 0.7512 | |
| 146 | Gwynedd Mercy University | 34800 | 65100 | 0.4655 | 1,816 | 1070 | 0.9164 | |
| 147 | Texas Tech University | 35300 | 38900 | 0.0926 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 148 | Chicago State University | 35500 | 37800 | 0.0606 | 1,501 | 885 | 0.4326 | |
| 149 | Hofstra University | 36200 | 76900 | 0.5292 | 6,599 | 1369 | 0.7267 | |
| 150 | Indiana University-South Bend | 36500 | 38800 | 0.0591 | 4,206 | 1050 | 0.8146 | |
| 151 | University of Central Arkansas | 38000 | 40200 | 0.0569 | 8,238 | 1110 | 0.9157 | |
| 152 | Saint Joseph's College of Maine | 38100 | 65000 | 0.4136 | 1,105 | 1055 | 0.8351 | |
| 153 | Clark Atlanta University | 38200 | 73600 | 0.4812 | 3,618 | 990 | 0.6422 | |
| 154 | Seton Hall University | 38300 | 67400 | 0.4315 | 6,178 | 1328 | 0.6915 | |
| 154 | The Master's University and Seminary | 38300 | 53700 | 0.2862 | 1,908 | 1139 | 0.8402 | |
| 154 | Washington Adventist University | 38300 | 45600 | 0.1597 | 513 | 995 | 0.4618 | |
| 157 | William Paterson University of New Jersey | 38500 | 50300 | 0.2348 | 6,647 | 1153 | 0.9008 | |
| 158 | Long Island University | 38800 | 60000 | 0.3535 | 12,072 | 1229 | 0.8616 | |
| 159 | Manhattan University | 38900 | 74100 | 0.4749 | 2,378 | 1174 | 0.8216 | |
| 160 | University of Charleston | 39100 | 51200 | 0.2361 | 2,348 | 1075 | 0.5975 | |
| 161 | California State University-Fullerton | 39200 | 41500 | 0.0552 | 40,705 | 960 | 0.8811 | |
| 162 | University of South Alabama | 39700 | 39700 | 0 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 163 | Appalachian State University | 40200 | 40600 | 0.0099 | 19,732 | 1174 | 0.9388 | |
| 163 | Wayne State University | 40200 | 46200 | 0.1299 | 16,390 | 1183 | 0.8359 | |
| 165 | Arkansas State University | 40500 | 41000 | 0.0122 | 11,189 | 1080 | 0.7818 | |
| 166 | Concordia University Ann Arbor | 40800 | 57000 | 0.2841 | 755 | 1163 | 0.6925 | |
| 167 | Champlain College | 41200 | 76000 | 0.4581 | 1,514 | 1273 | 0.873 | |
| 168 | Bellarmine University | 41500 | 66100 | 0.3721 | 2,365 | 1134 | 0.9371 | |
| 169 | Susquehanna University | 41800 | 76800 | 0.4559 | 2,220 | 1199 | 0.7908 | |
| 170 | Providence College | 42900 | 85000 | 0.4954 | 4,680 | 1345 | 0.4994 | |
| 171 | Campbell University | 44000 | 68700 | 0.3606 | 2,699 | 1120 | 0.872 | |
| 172 | New England Institute of Technology | 44100 | 68200 | 0.3532 | 1,718 | 1030 | 0.6673 | |
| 173 | St. John's University-New York | 44400 | 78000 | 0.4305 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 173 | Texas Christian University | 44400 | 87400 | 0.4922 | 11,152 | 1268 | 0.4809 | |
| 175 | Quinnipiac University | 44700 | 79200 | 0.4355 | 6,610 | 1250 | 0.7031 | |
| 176 | Towson University | 44800 | 46400 | 0.0345 | 16,361 | 1082 | 0.8057 | |
| 177 | Ashland University | 44900 | 56400 | 0.204 | 2,977 | 1125 | 0.764 | |
| 178 | Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences | 47600 | 77500 | 0.3857 | 3,469 | 1281 | 0.8521 | |
| 179 | Saint Louis University | 48700 | 80900 | 0.3978 | 9,331 | 1250 | 0.7499 | |
| 180 | University of Kentucky | 49100 | 58000 | 0.1548 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 181 | The University of Texas at Austin | 49700 | 59400 | 0.1633 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 182 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 52000 | 52800 | 0.0151 | 21,469 | 1167 | 0.9061 | |
| 183 | University of Iowa | 52100 | 54400 | 0.0421 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 184 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 53300 | 53300 | 0 | 34,447 | 1273 | 0.8804 | |
| 185 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 186 | Howard University | 54800 | 66500 | 0.176 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 187 | Dallas Baptist University | 55700 | 63400 | 0.1214 | 2,938 | 1073 | 0.9131 | |
| 187 | Elon University | 55700 | 68900 | 0.1917 | 6,191 | 1283 | 0.6326 | |
| 187 | The University of Alabama | 55700 | 58500 | 0.0478 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 190 | Savannah College of Art and Design | 56000 | 66400 | 0.1567 | 15,552 | 1174 | 0.8298 | |
| 191 | Columbia College Chicago | 62800 | 68600 | 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.