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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 | Emory University | 8500 | 92500 | 0.908 | 7,407 | 1499 | 0.1065 | |
| 3 | Idaho State University | 9500 | 23500 | 0.5966 | 10,834 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | Northern Arizona University | 11600 | 27900 | 0.5837 | 22,990 | 1090 | 0.8961 | |
| 5 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 11700 | 27800 | 0.5771 | 20,885 | 1420 | 0.1534 | |
| 6 | Marshall University | 11900 | 36600 | 0.6745 | 9,146 | 1065 | 0.9573 | |
| 7 | University of Houston | 12000 | 28400 | 0.5781 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 8 | California State University-Northridge | 12100 | 22000 | 0.4483 | 32,756 | 1005 | 0.9345 | |
| 9 | University of Central Florida | 12200 | 25300 | 0.5172 | 59,552 | 1280 | 0.4011 | |
| 10 | Boston University | 12600 | 92800 | 0.8644 | 18,805 | 1475 | 0.1111 | |
| 11 | University of Michigan-Flint | 13200 | 46300 | 0.7147 | 5,011 | 1109 | 0.7046 | |
| 11 | Western Kentucky University | 13200 | 27000 | 0.5126 | 14,151 | 970 | 0.9387 | |
| 13 | Baptist Health Sciences University | 14100 | 26600 | 0.4691 | 782 | 1020 | 0.8202 | |
| 14 | Central Michigan University | 14500 | 37800 | 0.6157 | 10,193 | 1095 | 0.8982 | |
| 15 | Midwestern State University | 14600 | 21600 | 0.3237 | 4,303 | 1010 | 0.9352 | |
| 16 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 14700 | 29600 | 0.5041 | 7,622 | 1075 | 0.9254 | |
| 17 | Northern Kentucky University | 14800 | 25900 | 0.4291 | 10,163 | 1090 | 0.6765 | |
| 18 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 14900 | 31600 | 0.5291 | 6,907 | 1060 | 0.974 | |
| 19 | Murray State University | 15000 | 27000 | 0.4443 | 7,851 | 1115 | 0.8568 | |
| 20 | Austin Peay State University | 15200 | 29100 | 0.478 | 8,926 | 1075 | 0.9641 | |
| 21 | California State University-Chico | 15300 | 23500 | 0.3486 | 13,792 | 1075 | 0.9272 | |
| 21 | Texas State University | 15300 | 25500 | 0.4002 | 36,236 | 1100 | 0.8932 | |
| 21 | Western Carolina University | 15300 | 16500 | 0.0729 | 10,112 | 1130 | 0.8183 | |
| 24 | Troy University | 15500 | 26700 | 0.4194 | 10,222 | 1090 | 0.9604 | |
| 25 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 29800 | 0.4782 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8609 | |
| 26 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 15700 | 31000 | 0.4932 | 8,553 | 1045 | 0.8688 | |
| 26 | University of Arkansas-Fort Smith | 15700 | 29300 | 0.4664 | 5,459 | 1055 | 0.8046 | |
| 26 | University of Central Missouri | 15700 | 26600 | 0.4094 | 7,584 | 1055 | 0.638 | |
| 29 | Sam Houston State University | 15800 | 30300 | 0.4782 | 17,787 | 1030 | 0.9026 | |
| 30 | Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania | 16100 | 26900 | 0.4022 | 9,847 | 1090 | 0.9309 | |
| 31 | Oakland University | 16200 | 28200 | 0.4258 | 12,587 | 1130 | 0.8784 | |
| 32 | Goshen College | 16500 | 55900 | 0.7045 | 780 | 995 | 0.8407 | |
| 32 | Wayne State University | 16500 | 32900 | 0.4982 | 16,012 | 1174 | 0.8116 | |
| 34 | The University of Texas at Austin | 16600 | 28000 | 0.4076 | 43,165 | 1356 | 0.2664 | |
| 35 | Northwestern University | 16700 | 89500 | 0.8138 | 9,399 | 1527 | 0.0769 | |
| 36 | Morehead State University | 16900 | 28000 | 0.3962 | 8,258 | 1140 | 0.7721 | |
| 37 | Ferris State University | 17000 | 31000 | 0.4523 | 8,991 | 1015 | 0.9139 | |
| 38 | SUNY at Fredonia | 17100 | 27800 | 0.3854 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 39 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 17200 | 35400 | 0.5147 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 40 | Vermont State University | 17400 | 26900 | 0.3525 | 4,108 | 960 | 0.8167 | |
| 41 | Augusta University | 17500 | 47400 | 0.6305 | 6,049 | 1065 | 0.8641 | |
| 42 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 17600 | 27400 | 0.3575 | 27,132 | 1099 | 0.9617 | |
| 43 | Avila University | 17700 | 64100 | 0.7236 | 1,331 | 985 | 0.878 | |
| 43 | University of Miami | 17700 | 95700 | 0.8149 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 45 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 17900 | 22800 | 0.2152 | 11,994 | 1090 | 0.865 | |
| 46 | State University of New York at Oswego | 18200 | 27700 | 0.3428 | 5,517 | 1180 | 0.8055 | |
| 47 | Towson University | 18300 | 29900 | 0.3876 | 16,264 | 1098 | 0.8197 | |
| 47 | University of Pittsburgh-Bradford | 18300 | 33300 | 0.4505 | 1,009 | 1115 | 0.8854 | |
| 47 | University of St Francis | 18300 | 57800 | 0.6842 | 1,343 | 1145 | 0.6529 | |
| 50 | California State University-Fullerton | 18400 | 20600 | 0.1045 | 38,760 | 1090 | 0.9052 | |
| 50 | Texas Tech University | 18400 | 27100 | 0.3216 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 50 | Youngstown State University | 18400 | 34000 | 0.4589 | 9,400 | 1115 | 0.8445 | |
| 53 | East Tennessee State University | 18600 | 26100 | 0.2869 | 10,829 | 1124 | 0.8619 | |
| 54 | Bluefield State University | 18800 | 27600 | 0.3183 | 1,117 | 990 | 0.9723 | |
| 54 | University of Mary | 18800 | 32600 | 0.4233 | 2,821 | 1175 | 0.753 | |
| 56 | McNeese State University | 18900 | 27400 | 0.3102 | 5,668 | 1060 | 0.7827 | |
| 56 | Quincy University | 18900 | 57800 | 0.6728 | 1,072 | 1115 | 0.5093 | |
| 58 | Holy Family University | 19000 | 56200 | 0.6625 | 2,643 | 1030 | 0.7104 | |
| 59 | Campbellsville University | 19100 | 43200 | 0.5573 | 6,848 | 1075 | 0.7974 | |
| 60 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 19200 | 68100 | 0.7183 | 709 | 1030 | 0.8216 | |
| 61 | University of South Alabama | 19400 | 22400 | 0.1342 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 62 | University of Mississippi | 19500 | 27000 | 0.2777 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 63 | California State University-Los Angeles | 19800 | 38000 | 0.479 | 19,586 | 965 | 0.9125 | |
| 64 | University of Northern Iowa | 19900 | 24000 | 0.1728 | 7,711 | 1129 | 0.9274 | |
| 65 | Iowa State University | 20000 | 24200 | 0.1732 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 66 | Eastern Illinois University | 20200 | 28100 | 0.2827 | 6,785 | 985 | 0.6535 | |
| 66 | Lasell University | 20200 | 48500 | 0.5831 | 1,293 | 1095 | 0.8122 | |
| 66 | Minot State University | 20200 | 23500 | 0.1393 | 2,499 | 1075 | 0.6462 | |
| 66 | San Diego State University | 20200 | 28900 | 0.3011 | 35,782 | 1208 | 0.3619 | |
| 70 | Marian University | 20300 | 47200 | 0.5693 | 1,021 | 1020 | 0.7498 | |
| 70 | University of Saint Francis-Fort Wayne | 20300 | 57300 | 0.6461 | 1,567 | 980 | 0.9597 | |
| 72 | Alabama A & M University | 20400 | 28200 | 0.2762 | 6,370 | 915 | 0.5795 | |
| 73 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 20500 | 23200 | 0.1164 | 20,444 | 1209 | 0.8499 | |
| 73 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20500 | 39900 | 0.4865 | 5,255 | 1109 | 0.7295 | |
| 75 | North Dakota State University | 21000 | 25700 | 0.1847 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 76 | Henderson State University | 21100 | 30600 | 0.31 | 1,461 | 990 | 0.8192 | |
| 77 | University of Sioux Falls | 21300 | 40100 | 0.4694 | 1,241 | 1135 | 0.8289 | |
| 78 | Culver-Stockton College | 21400 | 50600 | 0.5769 | 861 | 1025 | 0.991 | |
| 79 | La Roche University | 22100 | 72600 | 0.6958 | 1,828 | 1059 | 0.7576 | |
| 80 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 22300 | 33600 | 0.336 | 21,210 | 1148 | 0.9262 | |
| 81 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 22400 | 43200 | 0.4816 | 3,825 | 1175 | 0.7841 | |
| 82 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 23000 | 27500 | 0.1618 | 17,450 | 1044 | 0.9518 | |
| 83 | Saint Cloud State University | 23100 | 36800 | 0.3737 | 8,738 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 83 | San Jose State University | 23100 | 41100 | 0.4381 | 28,008 | 1124 | 0.8461 | |
| 83 | Southwest Minnesota State University | 23100 | 25800 | 0.1029 | 7,735 | 1015 | 0.6218 | |
| 86 | York College of Pennsylvania | 23500 | 45800 | 0.4873 | 3,369 | 1153 | 0.7374 | |
| 87 | Mount Marty University | 23900 | 56400 | 0.5762 | 1,022 | 1090 | 0.4257 | |
| 88 | Bradley University | 24300 | 50800 | 0.5216 | 3,596 | 1223 | 0.7676 | |
| 88 | Saint Ambrose University | 24300 | 54900 | 0.5571 | 1,939 | 1085 | 0.7733 | |
| 90 | Southwestern Adventist University | 24500 | 43200 | 0.433 | 758 | 1064 | 0.7836 | |
| 91 | Boise State University | 24700 | 31200 | 0.2084 | 23,983 | 1135 | 0.8721 | |
| 92 | Lewis University | 24800 | 57700 | 0.57 | 4,326 | 1099 | 0.7129 | |
| 93 | Indiana University-South Bend | 24900 | 38800 | 0.3578 | 4,083 | 1075 | 0.8384 | |
| 94 | Pennsylvania Western University | 25000 | 34400 | 0.273 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 95 | Point Park University | 25200 | 57000 | 0.5582 | 2,337 | 1140 | 0.9691 | |
| 95 | St Catherine University | 25200 | 71900 | 0.6491 | 2,498 | 1140 | 0.9185 | |
| 97 | Eastern Kentucky University | 25600 | 38400 | 0.3337 | 13,448 | 1110 | 0.7761 | |
| 98 | Westminster College | 26000 | 57600 | 0.5486 | 1,137 | 1149 | 0.9256 | |
| 99 | Briar Cliff University | 26100 | 74300 | 0.6484 | 766 | 1050 | 0.5834 | |
| 100 | Mount Aloysius College | 26300 | 49200 | 0.4657 | 2,942 | 1045 | 0.8205 | |
| 101 | Georgia Southern University | 26600 | 26800 | 0.0075 | 23,541 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 101 | Regis College | 26600 | 70700 | 0.6238 | 987 | 965 | 0.6978 | |
| 103 | Rogers State University | 26700 | 40000 | 0.3322 | 3,135 | 930 | 0.8184 | |
| 104 | University of La Verne | 26800 | 67300 | 0.6015 | 3,050 | 1109 | 0.7117 | |
| 105 | University of Central Arkansas | 27100 | 31200 | 0.1329 | 8,268 | 1110 | 0.8949 | |
| 106 | Capital University | 27300 | 62400 | 0.5624 | 1,609 | 1084 | 0.7022 | |
| 107 | Rider University | 27700 | 60600 | 0.5426 | 3,145 | 1233 | 0.7864 | |
| 107 | St. Francis College | 27700 | 39400 | 0.2973 | 1,719 | 1119 | 0.8427 | |
| 109 | Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts | 27800 | 34200 | 0.1871 | 794 | 1070 | 0.8974 | |
| 110 | Syracuse University | 28200 | 83100 | 0.6604 | 15,957 | 1363 | 0.4592 | |
| 111 | Weber State University | 28400 | 33900 | 0.1621 | 31,672 | 0 | 0 | |
| 112 | Asbury University | 28500 | 50700 | 0.4369 | 1,789 | 1197 | 0.634 | |
| 113 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 32300 | 0.1145 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 113 | University of Hartford | 28600 | 70100 | 0.5921 | 4,223 | 1224 | 0.9575 | |
| 115 | University of Southern Indiana | 28900 | 40000 | 0.2785 | 7,600 | 1145 | 0.9581 | |
| 116 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 29000 | 42400 | 0.3164 | 6,761 | 1105 | 0.8475 | |
| 116 | University of North Texas | 29000 | 37400 | 0.2244 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 118 | Cornerstone University | 29100 | 40800 | 0.2857 | 1,354 | 1110 | 0.7777 | |
| 118 | University of Wisconsin-La Crosse | 29100 | 31400 | 0.0749 | 9,501 | 1195 | 0.755 | |
| 120 | Manhattanville University | 29300 | 68500 | 0.5725 | 1,466 | 1160 | 0.8734 | |
| 121 | Huntington University | 29400 | 44300 | 0.3362 | 1,588 | 1055 | 0.7564 | |
| 122 | Montclair State University | 29500 | 36300 | 0.1874 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 123 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30600 | 54600 | 0.4387 | 3,163 | 1165 | 0.9347 | |
| 124 | San Francisco State University | 30900 | 47700 | 0.3523 | 19,444 | 1035 | 0.9644 | |
| 125 | Siena Heights University | 31100 | 46300 | 0.3275 | 1,628 | 980 | 0.689 | |
| 126 | Bowie State University | 31700 | 37300 | 0.1503 | 5,136 | 946 | 0.7241 | |
| 126 | Missouri Baptist University | 31700 | 53800 | 0.4116 | 4,958 | 843 | 0.686 | |
| 128 | Ithaca College | 32100 | 72500 | 0.5571 | 4,268 | 1314 | 0.6901 | |
| 129 | Washington Adventist University | 32300 | 37800 | 0.1457 | 513 | 995 | 0.4618 | |
| 130 | Roosevelt University | 32800 | 47600 | 0.3115 | 2,868 | 1049 | 0.9716 | |
| 131 | Suffolk University | 32900 | 70300 | 0.5319 | 4,326 | 1209 | 0.8233 | |
| 132 | North Central College | 33100 | 64900 | 0.49 | 2,454 | 1203 | 0.7733 | |
| 133 | Lewis-Clark State College | 33400 | 40000 | 0.165 | 3,793 | 980 | 0.8769 | |
| 134 | California Baptist University | 33500 | 65600 | 0.4893 | 8,417 | 1070 | 0.8488 | |
| 134 | Misericordia University | 33500 | 67700 | 0.5048 | 1,720 | 1145 | 0.7093 | |
| 136 | Adrian College | 33600 | 70200 | 0.5207 | 1,673 | 1045 | 0.7253 | |
| 137 | Morningside University | 33700 | 55000 | 0.3865 | 1,172 | 922 | 0.7104 | |
| 138 | Colorado Mesa University | 33900 | 40000 | 0.1511 | 9,473 | 1055 | 0.8203 | |
| 138 | Rhode Island College | 33900 | 45100 | 0.2483 | 5,154 | 995 | 0.9182 | |
| 140 | Southeastern University | 34500 | 60500 | 0.4295 | 10,172 | 1110 | 0.5298 | |
| 140 | Texas Southern University | 34500 | 42500 | 0.1883 | 6,844 | 915 | 0.9691 | |
| 140 | University of Vermont | 34500 | 66300 | 0.4788 | 12,276 | 1379 | 0.653 | |
| 143 | Trevecca Nazarene University | 34700 | 50900 | 0.3175 | 1,903 | 1085 | 0.6944 | |
| 144 | Gwynedd Mercy University | 34900 | 65100 | 0.4643 | 1,301 | 1110 | 0.8963 | |
| 145 | University of Montevallo | 35400 | 44900 | 0.2118 | 2,642 | 1124 | 0.5385 | |
| 146 | Temple University | 35600 | 56400 | 0.3689 | 21,457 | 1135 | 0.8041 | |
| 147 | Chicago State University | 35700 | 37800 | 0.0569 | 1,501 | 885 | 0.4326 | |
| 148 | Saint Joseph's College of Maine | 38100 | 65000 | 0.4136 | 1,097 | 1055 | 0.8351 | |
| 149 | Hofstra University | 38200 | 76900 | 0.5032 | 6,581 | 1328 | 0.6808 | |
| 150 | Clark Atlanta University | 38500 | 51900 | 0.2581 | 3,618 | 990 | 0.6422 | |
| 151 | Long Island University | 38900 | 60000 | 0.3518 | 12,072 | 1229 | 0.8616 | |
| 152 | University of Charleston | 39200 | 51200 | 0.2342 | 2,348 | 1075 | 0.6152 | |
| 153 | Bellarmine University | 39300 | 66100 | 0.4048 | 2,240 | 1220 | 0.8611 | |
| 153 | Champlain College | 39300 | 76000 | 0.4831 | 2,778 | 1304 | 0.8292 | |
| 155 | Seton Hall University | 39700 | 67400 | 0.4107 | 6,146 | 1313 | 0.7326 | |
| 156 | Arkansas State University | 40500 | 41000 | 0.0122 | 9,985 | 1075 | 0.8226 | |
| 157 | Appalachian State University | 40600 | 40600 | 0 | 19,560 | 1190 | 0.9014 | |
| 158 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 41000 | 53600 | 0.2352 | 46,815 | 1378 | 0.6057 | |
| 159 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41400 | 57000 | 0.2738 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.782 | |
| 160 | Susquehanna University | 42000 | 76800 | 0.4533 | 2,246 | 1204 | 0.8143 | |
| 161 | University of Florida | 43200 | 45700 | 0.0548 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 162 | Manhattan University | 43600 | 74100 | 0.4115 | 2,744 | 1274 | 0.7894 | |
| 163 | Texas Christian University | 43700 | 87400 | 0.5002 | 11,049 | 1283 | 0.4449 | |
| 164 | Campbell University | 44100 | 68700 | 0.3586 | 2,699 | 1120 | 0.8718 | |
| 165 | St. John's University-New York | 44500 | 78000 | 0.4292 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 166 | New England Institute of Technology | 44600 | 68200 | 0.3458 | 1,796 | 1030 | 0.6673 | |
| 167 | Ashland University | 44900 | 56400 | 0.204 | 2,977 | 1125 | 0.764 | |
| 167 | Quinnipiac University | 44900 | 79200 | 0.433 | 6,557 | 1245 | 0.7215 | |
| 169 | Saint Louis University | 46200 | 80900 | 0.4287 | 10,413 | 1305 | 0.7504 | |
| 170 | The Master's University and Seminary | 47700 | 53700 | 0.1118 | 1,908 | 1139 | 0.8402 | |
| 171 | MCPHS University | 47800 | 77500 | 0.3831 | 3,469 | 1281 | 0.8521 | |
| 172 | University of Kentucky | 49100 | 58000 | 0.1538 | 25,534 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 173 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 50700 | 52900 | 0.0406 | 14,504 | 1149 | 0.7637 | |
| 174 | University of Iowa | 51000 | 53200 | 0.0404 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 175 | Columbia College Chicago | 53000 | 68600 | 0.2275 | 5,422 | 0 | 0.8946 | |
| 176 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 53300 | 53300 | 0 | 33,033 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 177 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 16,100 | 1219 | 0.7766 | |
| 178 | Savannah College of Art and Design | 54600 | 66400 | 0.1777 | 15,552 | 1174 | 0.8298 | |
| 179 | The University of Alabama | 55800 | 55800 | 0 | 34,389 | 1284 | 0.7665 | |
| 180 | Elon University | 56200 | 68900 | 0.1844 | 6,452 | 1215 | 0.6635 | |
| 181 | Dallas Baptist University | 56400 | 63400 | 0.1104 | 2,785 | 1109 | 0.8884 | |
| 182 | Oregon Institute of Technology | 58800 | 67000 | 0.1217 | 5,160 | 1131 | 0.9502 | |
| 183 | Howard University | 60000 | 66500 | 0.0978 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.