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These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Radio majors who live in District of Columbia.
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 District of Columbia.
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 | 6500 | 88600 | 0.9265 | 6,356 | 1543 | 0.0644 | |
| 2 | Idaho State University | 9800 | 22200 | 0.5593 | 10,406 | 0 | 0.8396 | |
| 3 | Eastern Kentucky University | 11300 | 22900 | 0.5075 | 12,726 | 1055 | 0.9695 | |
| 4 | Emory University | 12300 | 90100 | 0.8635 | 7,407 | 1499 | 0.1029 | |
| 5 | Bluefield State University | 12900 | 29500 | 0.5633 | 1,249 | 1000 | 0.8722 | |
| 6 | University of Central Florida | 13000 | 23600 | 0.4492 | 59,649 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
| 7 | California State University-Northridge | 13200 | 23200 | 0.4307 | 32,499 | 1005 | 0.9219 | |
| 8 | Northern Kentucky University | 13300 | 25900 | 0.4873 | 10,163 | 1090 | 0.8307 | |
| 9 | Boston University | 13600 | 88800 | 0.8472 | 18,805 | 1475 | 0.1111 | |
| 10 | Northern Arizona University | 14000 | 25400 | 0.4511 | 22,991 | 1145 | 0.8961 | |
| 10 | Texas Tech University | 14000 | 27000 | 0.4813 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 12 | University of the District of Columbia | 14300 | 26900 | 0.469 | 3,297 | 0 | 0.8384 | |
| 13 | Southwest Minnesota State University | 14400 | 31600 | 0.5435 | 7,290 | 1035 | 0.6409 | |
| 14 | Northwest Missouri State University | 14600 | 36300 | 0.5973 | 5,241 | 1075 | 0.8613 | |
| 15 | Midwestern State University | 14700 | 21600 | 0.319 | 4,508 | 1055 | 0.8738 | |
| 16 | Goshen College | 14800 | 55800 | 0.7357 | 780 | 995 | 0.8404 | |
| 17 | University of North Texas | 15000 | 25400 | 0.4101 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 18 | Central Michigan University | 15100 | 40600 | 0.6282 | 10,219 | 1095 | 0.8982 | |
| 19 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 15300 | 25700 | 0.4042 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 19 | Western Carolina University | 15300 | 16500 | 0.0727 | 10,112 | 1130 | 0.818 | |
| 21 | Baptist Health Sciences University | 15500 | 28500 | 0.4565 | 733 | 1110 | 0.6776 | |
| 22 | University of Southern Indiana | 15800 | 26000 | 0.3925 | 5,347 | 1145 | 0.9581 | |
| 23 | University of Arkansas-Fort Smith | 16000 | 21700 | 0.2621 | 5,463 | 1095 | 0.8147 | |
| 24 | Appalachian State University | 16100 | 19500 | 0.1742 | 19,560 | 1159 | 0.9014 | |
| 25 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 16200 | 28800 | 0.4373 | 7,595 | 1075 | 0.9226 | |
| 26 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 16400 | 30700 | 0.4662 | 6,910 | 1053 | 0.9734 | |
| 27 | Oakland University | 16600 | 28000 | 0.4077 | 12,587 | 1050 | 0.8784 | |
| 27 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 16600 | 28000 | 0.4069 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 29 | Avila University | 16700 | 67600 | 0.7535 | 1,335 | 985 | 0.878 | |
| 29 | University of Pittsburgh-Bradford | 16700 | 32100 | 0.4791 | 1,002 | 1115 | 0.8898 | |
| 31 | Ferris State University | 16800 | 31000 | 0.4588 | 8,989 | 1015 | 0.9151 | |
| 31 | Northwestern University | 16800 | 89500 | 0.8127 | 8,846 | 1513 | 0.0722 | |
| 31 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16800 | 64800 | 0.7406 | 21,075 | 1420 | 0.1534 | |
| 34 | Eastern Illinois University | 17000 | 27700 | 0.3856 | 6,785 | 1020 | 0.6535 | |
| 35 | Arkansas State University | 17100 | 28100 | 0.3917 | 9,985 | 1075 | 0.7959 | |
| 36 | California State University-Fullerton | 17400 | 20600 | 0.1543 | 38,597 | 0 | 0.9052 | |
| 37 | Lewis-Clark State College | 17500 | 24400 | 0.2827 | 3,793 | 980 | 0.9407 | |
| 37 | Sam Houston State University | 17500 | 23000 | 0.2392 | 17,787 | 1030 | 0.9026 | |
| 37 | University of Mary | 17500 | 32600 | 0.4629 | 2,650 | 1189 | 0.7825 | |
| 37 | University of Wisconsin-La Crosse | 17500 | 21300 | 0.1807 | 9,513 | 1200 | 0.8122 | |
| 41 | Holy Family University | 17600 | 54000 | 0.6737 | 2,650 | 1030 | 0.7104 | |
| 42 | Husson University | 17700 | 48100 | 0.6314 | 2,762 | 1115 | 0.8095 | |
| 43 | San Francisco State University | 18000 | 33300 | 0.4594 | 20,756 | 1035 | 0.9615 | |
| 44 | Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts | 18100 | 35800 | 0.4942 | 836 | 1070 | 0.9235 | |
| 45 | Campbellsville University | 18500 | 41800 | 0.5573 | 6,411 | 1055 | 0.7235 | |
| 46 | East Tennessee State University | 18600 | 26300 | 0.293 | 10,633 | 1124 | 0.8706 | |
| 46 | State University of New York at Oswego | 18600 | 27500 | 0.3235 | 5,517 | 1174 | 0.8057 | |
| 48 | McNeese State University | 18800 | 29200 | 0.3566 | 5,560 | 1110 | 0.6755 | |
| 49 | Texas State University | 18900 | 28900 | 0.3455 | 36,268 | 1100 | 0.8908 | |
| 49 | University of Mississippi | 18900 | 45500 | 0.5851 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 51 | Youngstown State University | 19300 | 29300 | 0.3409 | 8,436 | 1065 | 0.8066 | |
| 52 | The University of Texas at Austin | 19900 | 26900 | 0.2601 | 43,165 | 1335 | 0.2664 | |
| 52 | University of Northern Iowa | 19900 | 24000 | 0.1697 | 7,716 | 1115 | 0.8713 | |
| 54 | Towson University | 20000 | 30000 | 0.3329 | 16,264 | 1093 | 0.8198 | |
| 55 | Marian University | 20200 | 46100 | 0.5615 | 1,074 | 1035 | 0.6677 | |
| 56 | Indiana Wesleyan University-Marion | 20300 | 49400 | 0.5885 | 2,079 | 1135 | 0.8221 | |
| 56 | Minot State University | 20300 | 23500 | 0.1361 | 2,499 | 1075 | 0.6462 | |
| 56 | Texas Southern University | 20300 | 25700 | 0.2104 | 6,619 | 920 | 0.9335 | |
| 59 | Marshall University | 20400 | 36300 | 0.4383 | 9,165 | 1065 | 0.9572 | |
| 60 | University of St Francis | 21100 | 57200 | 0.6309 | 1,338 | 1030 | 0.653 | |
| 61 | Bowie State University | 21300 | 28800 | 0.2603 | 5,136 | 946 | 0.75 | |
| 61 | Pennsylvania Western University | 21300 | 29400 | 0.2756 | 7,586 | 1070 | 0.9433 | |
| 63 | Austin Peay State University | 21400 | 32700 | 0.346 | 8,926 | 0 | 0.9638 | |
| 64 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 21500 | 35400 | 0.3932 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 64 | University of Miami | 21500 | 70800 | 0.6967 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 66 | Madonna University | 21800 | 50400 | 0.5675 | 1,839 | 1005 | 0.9293 | |
| 67 | Bradley University | 22000 | 50900 | 0.5678 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 68 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 22400 | 32000 | 0.2999 | 5,205 | 1118 | 0.744 | |
| 69 | Boise State University | 22600 | 41000 | 0.4485 | 24,030 | 1025 | 0.8721 | |
| 70 | Henderson State University | 22800 | 35900 | 0.3653 | 1,493 | 990 | 0.8192 | |
| 71 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 23000 | 27500 | 0.1618 | 17,771 | 1044 | 0.7933 | |
| 72 | Saint Ambrose University | 23100 | 54500 | 0.5762 | 1,939 | 1085 | 0.7733 | |
| 73 | Southwestern Adventist University | 23300 | 40800 | 0.4287 | 813 | 1060 | 0.5552 | |
| 74 | Briar Cliff University | 23500 | 55700 | 0.578 | 737 | 1075 | 0.5983 | |
| 75 | Syracuse University | 23600 | 83100 | 0.716 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 75 | University of Charleston | 23600 | 56300 | 0.5812 | 2,087 | 1075 | 0.6458 | |
| 77 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 23700 | 24500 | 0.0326 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
| 78 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 24200 | 76300 | 0.6831 | 7,703 | 1105 | 0.9556 | |
| 78 | La Roche University | 24200 | 55400 | 0.5634 | 1,986 | 1150 | 0.7761 | |
| 80 | University of Sioux Falls | 24400 | 40100 | 0.3901 | 1,241 | 1055 | 0.8298 | |
| 81 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 24500 | 62200 | 0.6065 | 686 | 1030 | 0.8649 | |
| 81 | Saint Cloud State University | 24500 | 35100 | 0.303 | 8,013 | 1094 | 0.9495 | |
| 83 | St Catherine University | 24600 | 69800 | 0.647 | 2,505 | 1135 | 0.9185 | |
| 84 | Friends University | 24700 | 59300 | 0.5833 | 1,549 | 1030 | 0.6046 | |
| 84 | Rogers State University | 24700 | 33400 | 0.2602 | 3,141 | 936 | 0.6683 | |
| 86 | University of Akron Main Campus | 25000 | 25000 | 0 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 86 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 25000 | 25600 | 0.0235 | 11,874 | 1082 | 0.8377 | |
| 88 | Lewis University | 25100 | 57400 | 0.5623 | 4,326 | 1099 | 0.7128 | |
| 89 | Walla Walla University | 25700 | 51700 | 0.5024 | 1,238 | 1159 | 0.604 | |
| 90 | Mount Marty University | 25900 | 55200 | 0.5307 | 1,022 | 1090 | 0.4257 | |
| 91 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 26100 | 36500 | 0.2851 | 27,082 | 1099 | 0.8459 | |
| 92 | La Sierra University | 26200 | 55100 | 0.5249 | 1,244 | 1015 | 0.933 | |
| 92 | University of the Incarnate Word | 26200 | 59900 | 0.563 | 4,638 | 1035 | 0.9813 | |
| 94 | Evangel University | 26300 | 39900 | 0.341 | 1,843 | 1183 | 0.7161 | |
| 94 | Point Park University | 26300 | 56800 | 0.5374 | 2,337 | 1144 | 0.9691 | |
| 96 | Georgia Southern University | 26400 | 26700 | 0.0112 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 97 | St. Francis College | 26700 | 39400 | 0.3227 | 1,934 | 1035 | 0.8153 | |
| 98 | Capital University | 27200 | 68600 | 0.6036 | 1,609 | 1084 | 0.7022 | |
| 99 | Morehead State University | 27400 | 32600 | 0.1594 | 8,258 | 1120 | 0.7721 | |
| 99 | Troy University | 27400 | 32600 | 0.1594 | 10,222 | 1090 | 0.9604 | |
| 101 | Weber State University | 27600 | 33300 | 0.1712 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 102 | Murray State University | 27800 | 32400 | 0.1414 | 8,281 | 1124 | 0.8568 | |
| 103 | Alabama A & M University | 27900 | 42800 | 0.348 | 5,845 | 940 | 0.6622 | |
| 103 | North Dakota State University | 27900 | 30400 | 0.0815 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 105 | North Central College | 28100 | 62700 | 0.5515 | 2,454 | 1203 | 0.7733 | |
| 106 | Grace College and Theological Seminary | 28200 | 41800 | 0.3247 | 1,817 | 1080 | 0.8078 | |
| 107 | Regis College | 28300 | 70400 | 0.5978 | 1,055 | 965 | 0.9009 | |
| 108 | University of Hartford | 28600 | 70100 | 0.5914 | 4,223 | 1224 | 0.9579 | |
| 109 | University of Iowa | 29000 | 31100 | 0.0667 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 110 | Cornerstone University | 29200 | 40800 | 0.2838 | 1,444 | 1124 | 0.7316 | |
| 111 | Westminster College | 29500 | 57500 | 0.4866 | 1,136 | 1190 | 0.9256 | |
| 112 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 29600 | 38200 | 0.2254 | 6,550 | 1140 | 0.7456 | |
| 113 | Huntington University | 29800 | 44300 | 0.3276 | 1,286 | 1095 | 0.7115 | |
| 113 | University of South Alabama | 29800 | 35000 | 0.1486 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 115 | California State University-Chico | 29900 | 41000 | 0.2709 | 13,392 | 1117 | 0.9158 | |
| 116 | Roosevelt University | 30000 | 43300 | 0.307 | 2,605 | 1015 | 0.9427 | |
| 116 | Trevecca Nazarene University | 30000 | 46100 | 0.3485 | 1,903 | 1085 | 0.6944 | |
| 118 | Montclair State University | 30200 | 36300 | 0.1681 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 118 | San Jose State University | 30200 | 41000 | 0.2632 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 120 | SUNY at Fredonia | 30400 | 39600 | 0.2326 | 2,876 | 1193 | 0.792 | |
| 121 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30700 | 54600 | 0.4374 | 3,163 | 1165 | 0.9347 | |
| 122 | University of Houston | 30800 | 35200 | 0.1251 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 123 | Manhattanville University | 31200 | 68500 | 0.5442 | 1,466 | 1145 | 0.8734 | |
| 123 | Siena Heights University | 31200 | 46300 | 0.3259 | 1,669 | 1000 | 0.6656 | |
| 125 | Washington Adventist University | 31400 | 37800 | 0.1695 | 605 | 950 | 0.4536 | |
| 126 | Adrian College | 31700 | 67500 | 0.53 | 1,678 | 1060 | 0.6843 | |
| 126 | Missouri Baptist University | 31700 | 53800 | 0.4102 | 4,958 | 843 | 0.686 | |
| 128 | CUNY Brooklyn College | 31800 | 31800 | 0 | 11,562 | 1110 | 0.5836 | |
| 129 | Misericordia University | 32100 | 65100 | 0.5065 | 1,721 | 1175 | 0.8871 | |
| 129 | SUNY College at Plattsburgh | 32100 | 44800 | 0.2835 | 3,856 | 1169 | 0.7518 | |
| 131 | University of Central Missouri | 32200 | 34300 | 0.0606 | 7,584 | 1055 | 0.638 | |
| 132 | Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania | 32300 | 39900 | 0.1904 | 9,967 | 1080 | 0.9475 | |
| 133 | Indiana University-South Bend | 32400 | 46100 | 0.2971 | 4,083 | 1070 | 0.8384 | |
| 134 | Southeastern University | 32600 | 60500 | 0.4609 | 10,351 | 1130 | 0.6165 | |
| 135 | Colorado Mesa University | 32900 | 40000 | 0.1768 | 9,473 | 1050 | 0.9829 | |
| 136 | California State University-Los Angeles | 33100 | 39400 | 0.1601 | 19,354 | 965 | 0.9125 | |
| 137 | Ithaca College | 33600 | 72500 | 0.5365 | 4,268 | 1314 | 0.6901 | |
| 138 | Lasell University | 33700 | 47000 | 0.2827 | 1,293 | 1139 | 0.927 | |
| 139 | Western Kentucky University | 34100 | 41900 | 0.1863 | 14,151 | 960 | 0.9387 | |
| 140 | Gwynedd Mercy University | 34600 | 62700 | 0.4471 | 1,301 | 1115 | 0.8963 | |
| 140 | University of Vermont | 34600 | 66300 | 0.4782 | 12,276 | 1379 | 0.653 | |
| 142 | Asbury University | 35000 | 49100 | 0.2866 | 2,066 | 1157 | 0.954 | |
| 143 | California Baptist University | 35200 | 65200 | 0.4601 | 8,417 | 1069 | 0.8535 | |
| 144 | Chicago State University | 35600 | 37600 | 0.0551 | 1,495 | 885 | 0.4052 | |
| 145 | University of Montevallo | 35800 | 46700 | 0.2333 | 2,545 | 1124 | 0.5579 | |
| 146 | University of Central Arkansas | 36300 | 38400 | 0.0541 | 8,268 | 1110 | 0.8949 | |
| 147 | Ashland University | 36400 | 52700 | 0.3091 | 5,180 | 1145 | 0.8053 | |
| 148 | Clark Atlanta University | 36700 | 49800 | 0.2633 | 3,495 | 1000 | 0.6463 | |
| 148 | University of Michigan-Flint | 36700 | 39400 | 0.0685 | 5,011 | 1084 | 0.7047 | |
| 150 | Augusta University | 37000 | 50500 | 0.2673 | 5,684 | 1125 | 0.8931 | |
| 150 | Long Island University | 37000 | 59600 | 0.3794 | 11,753 | 1222 | 0.8977 | |
| 150 | Rhode Island College | 37000 | 45800 | 0.1922 | 5,157 | 995 | 0.9182 | |
| 153 | Champlain College | 38400 | 70000 | 0.4517 | 1,691 | 1304 | 0.8764 | |
| 154 | Suffolk University | 38600 | 73600 | 0.4758 | 4,324 | 1209 | 0.822 | |
| 155 | Saint Joseph's College of Maine | 39100 | 63600 | 0.3854 | 1,059 | 1055 | 0.8172 | |
| 156 | Wayne State University | 39200 | 45500 | 0.1384 | 16,173 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
| 157 | Seton Hall University | 39700 | 67400 | 0.4108 | 6,146 | 1313 | 0.7326 | |
| 158 | Concordia University Ann Arbor | 39800 | 53300 | 0.2532 | 1,044 | 1095 | 0.7209 | |
| 159 | San Diego State University | 40000 | 40500 | 0.0123 | 34,637 | 1208 | 0.3598 | |
| 160 | Temple University | 40700 | 56100 | 0.2744 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 161 | Manhattan University | 41200 | 71700 | 0.4252 | 2,928 | 1248 | 0.785 | |
| 162 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41400 | 53900 | 0.2319 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 162 | York College of Pennsylvania | 41400 | 41400 | 0 | 3,308 | 1135 | 0.942 | |
| 164 | Bellarmine University | 41700 | 66100 | 0.3689 | 2,240 | 1130 | 0.8611 | |
| 164 | Campbell University | 41700 | 65100 | 0.3591 | 2,699 | 1120 | 0.872 | |
| 164 | Hofstra University | 41700 | 74600 | 0.4409 | 6,581 | 1323 | 0.6808 | |
| 164 | New England Institute of Technology | 41700 | 61100 | 0.3178 | 1,718 | 995 | 0.6673 | |
| 168 | St. John's University-New York | 42000 | 80100 | 0.4754 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 169 | Quinnipiac University | 42100 | 79200 | 0.4683 | 6,248 | 1209 | 0.77 | |
| 170 | Susquehanna University | 42400 | 76800 | 0.4481 | 2,185 | 1204 | 0.7871 | |
| 171 | University of Florida | 43400 | 45600 | 0.0482 | 36,567 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 172 | Texas Christian University | 43800 | 81900 | 0.4652 | 11,049 | 1283 | 0.4449 | |
| 173 | Saint Louis University | 45900 | 74500 | 0.384 | 10,436 | 1260 | 0.7504 | |
| 174 | Savannah College of Art and Design | 48700 | 64400 | 0.2439 | 14,657 | 1180 | 0.8368 | |
| 175 | The University of Alabama | 48800 | 48800 | 0 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 176 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 50000 | 52300 | 0.0439 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 177 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 50800 | 52900 | 0.0392 | 14,504 | 1145 | 0.7637 | |
| 178 | University of Kentucky | 51000 | 56000 | 0.0893 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 179 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 51700 | 51700 | 0 | 33,572 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 180 | MCPHS University | 53300 | 71800 | 0.2576 | 3,477 | 1203 | 0.8521 | |
| 181 | Howard University | 53500 | 61600 | 0.1315 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 182 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
| 183 | Dallas Baptist University | 55800 | 56100 | 0.0053 | 2,785 | 1104 | 0.8884 | |
| 183 | Emerson College | 55800 | 82600 | 0.3245 | 4,171 | 1339 | 0.4749 | |
| 185 | Oregon Institute of Technology | 58900 | 67000 | 0.1205 | 5,162 | 1131 | 0.9502 | |
| 186 | University of La Verne | 62100 | 66500 | 0.0662 | 2,414 | 1123 | 0.4847 | |
| 187 | Pepperdine University | 63900 | 92800 | 0.3113 | 3,553 | 1341 | 0.6286 | |
| 188 | Elon University | 66000 | 67300 | 0.0193 | 6,452 | 1244 | 0.6635 | |
| 189 | Columbia College Chicago | 67200 | 67200 | 0 | 5,422 | 0 | 0.7549 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.