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These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Radio majors who live in Iowa.
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 Iowa.
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 | 7400 | 25900 | 0.7152 | 10,163 | 1090 | 0.8307 | |
| 3 | Emory University | 8500 | 92500 | 0.9081 | 7,407 | 1499 | 0.1029 | |
| 4 | Marshall University | 9300 | 34400 | 0.7291 | 9,146 | 1065 | 0.9572 | |
| 5 | California State University-Northridge | 9400 | 36500 | 0.7427 | 32,499 | 1005 | 0.881 | |
| 6 | Eastern Kentucky University | 10100 | 22900 | 0.56 | 12,726 | 1055 | 0.9695 | |
| 7 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 11100 | 27400 | 0.5946 | 27,082 | 1099 | 0.8459 | |
| 8 | Boston University | 11400 | 91600 | 0.8759 | 18,805 | 1475 | 0.1111 | |
| 9 | Idaho State University | 11500 | 27000 | 0.5735 | 10,406 | 0 | 0.8396 | |
| 10 | Rhode Island College | 11700 | 54600 | 0.7857 | 5,157 | 995 | 0.9182 | |
| 10 | University of Michigan-Flint | 11700 | 45600 | 0.7431 | 5,011 | 1103 | 0.7047 | |
| 12 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 11800 | 27800 | 0.5765 | 21,075 | 1420 | 0.1534 | |
| 13 | Midwestern State University | 12100 | 21600 | 0.4393 | 4,303 | 1055 | 0.9347 | |
| 14 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 13300 | 25700 | 0.4825 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 15 | Youngstown State University | 13500 | 26800 | 0.4958 | 8,436 | 1065 | 0.8066 | |
| 16 | University of Houston | 13600 | 23100 | 0.4114 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 17 | University of Southern Indiana | 14400 | 35900 | 0.5977 | 5,347 | 1145 | 0.9581 | |
| 18 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 14500 | 28000 | 0.4818 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 18 | Texas State University | 14500 | 24500 | 0.4075 | 36,268 | 1100 | 0.8908 | |
| 20 | Central Michigan University | 14700 | 37400 | 0.6075 | 10,219 | 1095 | 0.8982 | |
| 21 | Baptist Health Sciences University | 14900 | 36300 | 0.5897 | 733 | 1045 | 0.6776 | |
| 22 | California State University-Chico | 15000 | 23500 | 0.3613 | 13,392 | 1117 | 0.9158 | |
| 22 | Murray State University | 15000 | 27000 | 0.4438 | 8,281 | 1124 | 0.8568 | |
| 24 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15100 | 37700 | 0.6009 | 5,241 | 1075 | 0.8613 | |
| 24 | Troy University | 15100 | 32600 | 0.5365 | 10,222 | 1090 | 0.9604 | |
| 24 | University of North Texas | 15100 | 25700 | 0.413 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 24 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 15100 | 22800 | 0.3382 | 11,874 | 1082 | 0.8377 | |
| 28 | Avila University | 15300 | 67500 | 0.7733 | 1,335 | 985 | 0.878 | |
| 28 | Western Carolina University | 15300 | 16500 | 0.0729 | 10,112 | 1130 | 0.818 | |
| 30 | Colorado Mesa University | 15500 | 24800 | 0.3732 | 9,473 | 1090 | 0.9829 | |
| 30 | Wayne State University | 15500 | 32900 | 0.5286 | 16,173 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
| 32 | University of St Francis | 15700 | 71700 | 0.7805 | 1,338 | 1030 | 0.653 | |
| 33 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 15800 | 46800 | 0.6629 | 6,550 | 1110 | 0.7456 | |
| 34 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 16000 | 42600 | 0.6247 | 7,595 | 1075 | 0.9226 | |
| 35 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 16100 | 23200 | 0.306 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
| 35 | University of Arkansas-Fort Smith | 16100 | 40300 | 0.6012 | 5,463 | 1055 | 0.8147 | |
| 37 | Oakland University | 16200 | 28200 | 0.4258 | 12,587 | 1050 | 0.8784 | |
| 38 | University of South Alabama | 16300 | 22400 | 0.2728 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 39 | Eastern Illinois University | 16400 | 27500 | 0.4044 | 6,785 | 990 | 0.6535 | |
| 40 | Goshen College | 16500 | 55900 | 0.7042 | 780 | 995 | 0.8404 | |
| 40 | Rogers State University | 16500 | 39700 | 0.585 | 3,141 | 936 | 0.6683 | |
| 42 | Appalachian State University | 16600 | 19500 | 0.1489 | 19,560 | 1159 | 0.9014 | |
| 42 | SUNY at Fredonia | 16600 | 27800 | 0.4034 | 2,876 | 1193 | 0.792 | |
| 44 | Alabama A & M University | 16800 | 44800 | 0.6244 | 5,845 | 920 | 0.6622 | |
| 45 | Sam Houston State University | 16900 | 23000 | 0.2653 | 17,787 | 1030 | 0.9026 | |
| 46 | Ferris State University | 17000 | 31000 | 0.4523 | 8,989 | 1015 | 0.9151 | |
| 47 | Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts | 17300 | 35800 | 0.5165 | 836 | 1070 | 0.9235 | |
| 48 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 17400 | 34000 | 0.4878 | 6,910 | 1053 | 0.9734 | |
| 48 | Morehead State University | 17400 | 28000 | 0.3783 | 8,258 | 1140 | 0.7721 | |
| 48 | University of Wisconsin-La Crosse | 17400 | 21300 | 0.1846 | 9,513 | 1200 | 0.8122 | |
| 51 | Bluefield State University | 17500 | 30700 | 0.4304 | 1,249 | 990 | 0.8722 | |
| 51 | Weber State University | 17500 | 41300 | 0.5757 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 51 | Western Kentucky University | 17500 | 27000 | 0.3507 | 14,151 | 1090 | 0.9387 | |
| 54 | University of Miami | 17700 | 96300 | 0.8159 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 55 | University of Mary | 17800 | 32600 | 0.4526 | 2,650 | 1189 | 0.7825 | |
| 56 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 17900 | 44900 | 0.6009 | 5,205 | 1118 | 0.744 | |
| 56 | University of Pittsburgh-Bradford | 17900 | 42900 | 0.5825 | 1,002 | 1115 | 0.8898 | |
| 58 | Campbellsville University | 18000 | 43200 | 0.5827 | 6,853 | 1055 | 0.9833 | |
| 58 | Holy Family University | 18000 | 56400 | 0.6812 | 2,650 | 1030 | 0.7104 | |
| 58 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 18000 | 52500 | 0.6571 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 61 | Augusta University | 18100 | 51200 | 0.6461 | 6,078 | 1125 | 0.6276 | |
| 61 | Georgia Southern University | 18100 | 23800 | 0.2399 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 61 | Quincy University | 18100 | 68000 | 0.7333 | 1,072 | 1115 | 0.5093 | |
| 61 | University of Holy Cross | 18100 | 36300 | 0.5021 | 806 | 985 | 0.9901 | |
| 65 | California State University-Fullerton | 18400 | 20600 | 0.1037 | 38,597 | 0 | 0.9052 | |
| 66 | State University of New York at Oswego | 18600 | 27700 | 0.3284 | 5,517 | 1164 | 0.8057 | |
| 67 | East Tennessee State University | 18800 | 26100 | 0.2792 | 10,633 | 1124 | 0.8706 | |
| 67 | University of Mississippi | 18800 | 45000 | 0.5828 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 69 | McNeese State University | 19000 | 32800 | 0.4213 | 5,560 | 1070 | 0.6755 | |
| 69 | University of Saint Francis-Fort Wayne | 19000 | 67900 | 0.7197 | 1,567 | 980 | 0.9597 | |
| 71 | California State University-Los Angeles | 19400 | 59200 | 0.6728 | 19,354 | 965 | 0.9125 | |
| 72 | Culver-Stockton College | 19500 | 59900 | 0.6741 | 861 | 0 | 0.6518 | |
| 72 | Texas Southern University | 19500 | 42500 | 0.5415 | 6,619 | 915 | 0.9335 | |
| 74 | The University of Texas at Austin | 19600 | 27600 | 0.2894 | 43,165 | 1348 | 0.2664 | |
| 75 | San Diego State University | 19700 | 28900 | 0.3184 | 34,637 | 1208 | 0.3598 | |
| 76 | Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania | 19800 | 26500 | 0.2531 | 9,967 | 1080 | 0.9475 | |
| 76 | La Roche University | 19800 | 66200 | 0.7013 | 755 | 1069 | 0.7016 | |
| 78 | San Jose State University | 19900 | 33600 | 0.4074 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 78 | University of Northern Iowa | 19900 | 24000 | 0.1722 | 7,716 | 1115 | 0.8713 | |
| 80 | Marian University | 20200 | 47200 | 0.5714 | 1,074 | 1035 | 0.6677 | |
| 80 | Towson University | 20200 | 30000 | 0.3262 | 16,264 | 1093 | 0.8198 | |
| 82 | Minot State University | 20300 | 23500 | 0.1386 | 2,499 | 1075 | 0.6462 | |
| 83 | Henderson State University | 20400 | 37500 | 0.4564 | 1,493 | 1075 | 0.8192 | |
| 84 | Boise State University | 20700 | 59700 | 0.6533 | 24,030 | 1025 | 0.8721 | |
| 85 | Indiana University-South Bend | 20800 | 23900 | 0.1309 | 4,083 | 1070 | 0.8384 | |
| 85 | Saint Ambrose University | 20800 | 54900 | 0.6209 | 1,939 | 1085 | 0.7733 | |
| 87 | Bowie State University | 21000 | 50200 | 0.5822 | 5,136 | 875 | 0.75 | |
| 88 | Northwestern University | 21300 | 89500 | 0.7623 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 89 | Southwestern Adventist University | 21400 | 49800 | 0.5701 | 813 | 1064 | 0.5552 | |
| 90 | University of Montevallo | 21500 | 53500 | 0.5979 | 2,545 | 1124 | 0.539 | |
| 91 | Bradley University | 21600 | 50800 | 0.5747 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 92 | Austin Peay State University | 21800 | 29100 | 0.2507 | 8,926 | 0 | 0.9638 | |
| 92 | Pennsylvania Western University | 21800 | 28200 | 0.2273 | 7,586 | 0 | 0.9433 | |
| 94 | Morningside University | 21900 | 79300 | 0.7236 | 1,177 | 922 | 0.7057 | |
| 95 | Vermont State University | 22200 | 26900 | 0.1744 | 4,087 | 960 | 0.8323 | |
| 96 | San Francisco State University | 22800 | 55400 | 0.5885 | 20,756 | 1035 | 0.9615 | |
| 97 | Briar Cliff University | 23100 | 67800 | 0.6591 | 737 | 1075 | 0.6169 | |
| 97 | Southwest Minnesota State University | 23100 | 25800 | 0.1023 | 7,290 | 1035 | 0.6409 | |
| 99 | Saint Cloud State University | 23400 | 26300 | 0.1097 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 100 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 23500 | 50000 | 0.5298 | 3,856 | 1185 | 0.7518 | |
| 101 | University of Kentucky | 23800 | 36100 | 0.3388 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 102 | Point Park University | 23900 | 57000 | 0.581 | 2,337 | 1144 | 0.9691 | |
| 103 | Northern Arizona University | 24100 | 43700 | 0.4487 | 22,991 | 1145 | 0.8961 | |
| 104 | University of Central Arkansas | 24400 | 29500 | 0.174 | 8,268 | 1124 | 0.8949 | |
| 104 | University of Central Missouri | 24400 | 35800 | 0.3181 | 7,584 | 1055 | 0.638 | |
| 104 | University of Sioux Falls | 24400 | 40100 | 0.3909 | 1,241 | 1055 | 0.8298 | |
| 107 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 24800 | 80400 | 0.6914 | 686 | 1030 | 0.8649 | |
| 108 | Temple University | 25000 | 36400 | 0.3134 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 109 | Regis College | 25100 | 70700 | 0.645 | 1,055 | 965 | 0.9009 | |
| 110 | Mount Marty University | 25200 | 61700 | 0.592 | 1,022 | 1090 | 0.4257 | |
| 110 | St Catherine University | 25200 | 71900 | 0.6489 | 2,505 | 1124 | 0.9185 | |
| 112 | Lewis University | 25300 | 57700 | 0.5613 | 4,326 | 1099 | 0.7128 | |
| 113 | Mount Aloysius College | 26200 | 49200 | 0.4677 | 2,942 | 1010 | 0.904 | |
| 114 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 26300 | 28400 | 0.0751 | 14,504 | 1145 | 0.7637 | |
| 114 | St. Francis College | 26300 | 39400 | 0.3329 | 1,934 | 1035 | 0.8153 | |
| 116 | Ashland University | 26500 | 56600 | 0.5322 | 5,180 | 1145 | 0.8053 | |
| 117 | Iowa State University | 26800 | 43300 | 0.3826 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 118 | Capital University | 27300 | 80300 | 0.6601 | 1,609 | 1084 | 0.7022 | |
| 119 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 17,771 | 1044 | 0.7933 | |
| 120 | North Dakota State University | 27800 | 30400 | 0.0835 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 120 | Oregon Institute of Technology | 27800 | 36400 | 0.2356 | 5,162 | 1131 | 0.9502 | |
| 120 | Syracuse University | 27800 | 83100 | 0.6654 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 123 | Long Island University | 27900 | 59800 | 0.5339 | 11,753 | 1252 | 0.8977 | |
| 124 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 33400 | 0.1437 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 124 | University of Hartford | 28600 | 70100 | 0.592 | 4,223 | 1224 | 0.9579 | |
| 126 | University of Iowa | 29000 | 31100 | 0.0686 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 127 | Cornerstone University | 29100 | 40800 | 0.2853 | 1,444 | 1124 | 0.7316 | |
| 128 | Huntington University | 29400 | 44300 | 0.3364 | 1,589 | 1055 | 0.7564 | |
| 128 | Westminster College | 29400 | 57600 | 0.4896 | 1,136 | 1190 | 0.9256 | |
| 130 | York College of Pennsylvania | 29800 | 45800 | 0.3496 | 3,308 | 1140 | 0.942 | |
| 131 | Southeastern University | 29900 | 60500 | 0.5055 | 10,351 | 1110 | 0.6165 | |
| 132 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30700 | 54600 | 0.4385 | 3,163 | 1165 | 0.9347 | |
| 133 | Siena Heights University | 31100 | 46300 | 0.3272 | 1,669 | 1000 | 0.6656 | |
| 134 | Manhattanville University | 31200 | 68500 | 0.5447 | 1,466 | 1145 | 0.8734 | |
| 135 | Missouri Baptist University | 31700 | 53800 | 0.4113 | 4,958 | 843 | 0.686 | |
| 136 | Ithaca College | 32100 | 72500 | 0.5571 | 4,268 | 1314 | 0.6901 | |
| 136 | Misericordia University | 32100 | 65100 | 0.5074 | 1,721 | 1175 | 0.8871 | |
| 138 | Manhattan University | 32200 | 72500 | 0.5559 | 2,928 | 1248 | 0.785 | |
| 138 | Rider University | 32200 | 60600 | 0.4687 | 3,196 | 1214 | 0.794 | |
| 138 | Washington Adventist University | 32200 | 37800 | 0.1483 | 605 | 951 | 0.4536 | |
| 141 | North Central College | 32300 | 64900 | 0.5023 | 2,454 | 1203 | 0.7733 | |
| 142 | St. John's University-New York | 32600 | 78000 | 0.5817 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 142 | Suffolk University | 32600 | 69700 | 0.5326 | 4,324 | 1209 | 0.822 | |
| 144 | Roosevelt University | 32800 | 47600 | 0.3114 | 2,605 | 995 | 0.9427 | |
| 145 | Lewis-Clark State College | 33400 | 40000 | 0.165 | 3,793 | 1010 | 0.9407 | |
| 146 | California Baptist University | 33600 | 65600 | 0.4876 | 8,417 | 1069 | 0.8535 | |
| 147 | Adrian College | 33700 | 70200 | 0.5205 | 1,678 | 1025 | 0.6843 | |
| 148 | University of Vermont | 34500 | 66300 | 0.4787 | 12,276 | 1379 | 0.653 | |
| 149 | Trevecca Nazarene University | 34700 | 50900 | 0.3172 | 1,903 | 1085 | 0.6944 | |
| 150 | Hofstra University | 34800 | 77000 | 0.5479 | 6,581 | 1323 | 0.6808 | |
| 151 | Gwynedd Mercy University | 34900 | 65100 | 0.4642 | 1,301 | 1115 | 0.8963 | |
| 152 | Asbury University | 35000 | 49100 | 0.2878 | 2,066 | 1157 | 0.954 | |
| 152 | New England Institute of Technology | 35000 | 77700 | 0.5498 | 1,718 | 1055 | 0.6673 | |
| 154 | Chicago State University | 35500 | 37600 | 0.0567 | 1,495 | 885 | 0.4052 | |
| 155 | Clark Atlanta University | 36800 | 61700 | 0.4037 | 3,495 | 1000 | 0.6463 | |
| 156 | Lasell University | 37000 | 48500 | 0.2369 | 1,293 | 1212 | 0.927 | |
| 157 | Champlain College | 37600 | 90100 | 0.5828 | 1,691 | 1304 | 0.8764 | |
| 158 | Saint Joseph's College of Maine | 38000 | 65000 | 0.4151 | 1,059 | 1025 | 0.8172 | |
| 159 | Texas Tech University | 38600 | 41000 | 0.0586 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 160 | Elon University | 38900 | 58200 | 0.3314 | 6,452 | 1244 | 0.6635 | |
| 161 | University of Charleston | 39200 | 51200 | 0.2342 | 2,087 | 1075 | 0.6458 | |
| 162 | University of Central Florida | 39600 | 39600 | 0 | 59,649 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
| 163 | Seton Hall University | 39700 | 67400 | 0.4107 | 6,146 | 1313 | 0.7326 | |
| 164 | MCPHS University | 39800 | 87400 | 0.5448 | 3,477 | 1217 | 0.8521 | |
| 165 | Arkansas State University | 40300 | 40800 | 0.0109 | 9,985 | 1075 | 0.7959 | |
| 166 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41400 | 57000 | 0.2738 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 166 | Quinnipiac University | 41400 | 79200 | 0.4772 | 6,248 | 1209 | 0.77 | |
| 168 | Bellarmine University | 41600 | 66100 | 0.3698 | 2,240 | 1130 | 0.8611 | |
| 169 | Campbell University | 41700 | 65100 | 0.3601 | 2,699 | 1120 | 0.872 | |
| 170 | Montclair State University | 42100 | 46200 | 0.0888 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 171 | Susquehanna University | 42400 | 76800 | 0.4481 | 2,185 | 1204 | 0.7871 | |
| 172 | University of Florida | 43100 | 45600 | 0.0548 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 173 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 43600 | 53700 | 0.188 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 174 | Texas Christian University | 43700 | 82400 | 0.4698 | 11,049 | 1283 | 0.4449 | |
| 175 | Saint Louis University | 44600 | 80900 | 0.4485 | 10,436 | 1260 | 0.7504 | |
| 176 | The Master's University and Seminary | 47700 | 53700 | 0.1118 | 1,914 | 1110 | 0.7589 | |
| 177 | Columbia College Chicago | 53000 | 68600 | 0.2275 | 5,422 | 0 | 0.7549 | |
| 178 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 53400 | 53400 | 0 | 33,572 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 179 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
| 180 | Dallas Baptist University | 55900 | 71900 | 0.2224 | 2,785 | 1104 | 0.8884 | |
| 181 | Savannah College of Art and Design | 57000 | 66500 | 0.1429 | 14,657 | 1183 | 0.8368 | |
| 182 | The University of Alabama | 57100 | 57100 | 0 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 183 | University of La Verne | 57400 | 67300 | 0.1472 | 2,414 | 1123 | 0.4848 | |
| 184 | Howard University | 58300 | 76900 | 0.2418 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.