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These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Radio majors who live in Illinois.
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 Illinois.
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 |
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1 | Johns Hopkins University | 6300 | 88600 | 0.9288 | 6,328 | 1543 | 0.0644 | |
2 | Eastern Kentucky University | 11000 | 22900 | 0.5206 | 12,726 | 1055 | 0.9695 | |
3 | Idaho State University | 11500 | 27700 | 0.5846 | 10,406 | 0 | 0.8396 | |
4 | Marshall University | 11700 | 27100 | 0.5673 | 9,165 | 1065 | 0.9572 | |
5 | Emory University | 12100 | 90100 | 0.8657 | 7,407 | 1499 | 0.1029 | |
6 | Northern Illinois University | 12300 | 29000 | 0.574 | 11,339 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
7 | Northwestern University | 12600 | 87700 | 0.8563 | 8,839 | 1513 | 0.0722 | |
8 | Eastern Illinois University | 12700 | 24500 | 0.4811 | 6,785 | 1020 | 0.6535 | |
8 | University of Central Florida | 12700 | 23600 | 0.4619 | 68,470 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
10 | Boston University | 13100 | 88800 | 0.8529 | 18,310 | 1475 | 0.1111 | |
11 | California State University-Northridge | 13200 | 23200 | 0.4298 | 32,352 | 1005 | 0.9219 | |
11 | Texas State University | 13200 | 23200 | 0.4313 | 36,613 | 1100 | 0.8908 | |
13 | Texas Tech University | 14000 | 27000 | 0.4813 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
14 | Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville | 14100 | 41100 | 0.6576 | 8,975 | 1045 | 0.9721 | |
15 | Southwest Minnesota State University | 14300 | 31600 | 0.5475 | 6,982 | 1035 | 0.6409 | |
16 | Northwest Missouri State University | 14600 | 27900 | 0.476 | 5,164 | 1075 | 0.8613 | |
16 | University of Houston | 14600 | 23600 | 0.3818 | 42,050 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
16 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 14600 | 29300 | 0.5013 | 6,550 | 1140 | 0.7456 | |
19 | Goshen College | 14700 | 55700 | 0.7352 | 773 | 995 | 0.8404 | |
20 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 14800 | 28100 | 0.4733 | 8,526 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
21 | Central Michigan University | 15000 | 40600 | 0.6307 | 10,208 | 1095 | 0.8982 | |
22 | The University of Texas at Austin | 15400 | 30700 | 0.4981 | 43,718 | 1335 | 0.2664 | |
23 | Baptist Health Sciences University | 15500 | 28500 | 0.4565 | 733 | 1110 | 0.6776 | |
24 | California State University-Chico | 15900 | 23500 | 0.3231 | 13,337 | 1117 | 0.9158 | |
24 | University of Southern Indiana | 15900 | 26000 | 0.3886 | 5,347 | 1145 | 0.9581 | |
26 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 16200 | 30700 | 0.4727 | 6,875 | 1053 | 0.9734 | |
27 | Appalachian State University | 16300 | 19500 | 0.1639 | 19,560 | 1159 | 0.9014 | |
27 | Western Carolina University | 16300 | 19600 | 0.1684 | 10,112 | 1130 | 0.818 | |
29 | Avila University | 16600 | 67600 | 0.755 | 1,315 | 985 | 0.878 | |
30 | Ferris State University | 16700 | 31000 | 0.462 | 8,989 | 1015 | 0.9151 | |
30 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16700 | 64800 | 0.7419 | 21,075 | 1420 | 0.1534 | |
30 | University of Pittsburgh-Bradford | 16700 | 32100 | 0.4791 | 1,002 | 1115 | 0.8898 | |
33 | Weber State University | 17000 | 22100 | 0.2309 | 31,625 | 1075 | 1 | |
34 | California State University-Fullerton | 17300 | 20600 | 0.1603 | 39,697 | 0 | 0.9052 | |
34 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 17300 | 27400 | 0.3684 | 26,994 | 1099 | 0.8459 | |
36 | Holy Family University | 17400 | 54000 | 0.6774 | 2,638 | 1030 | 0.7104 | |
36 | Midwestern State University | 17400 | 29000 | 0.3996 | 4,508 | 1055 | 0.8738 | |
36 | University of Mary | 17400 | 32600 | 0.4673 | 2,650 | 1189 | 0.7825 | |
39 | Lewis-Clark State College | 17500 | 24400 | 0.2827 | 3,793 | 1010 | 0.9407 | |
39 | Morehead State University | 17500 | 28000 | 0.3752 | 8,258 | 1120 | 0.7721 | |
41 | SUNY College at Plattsburgh | 17700 | 32100 | 0.4492 | 3,856 | 1169 | 0.7518 | |
41 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 17700 | 33600 | 0.4728 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
43 | Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts | 18000 | 30600 | 0.4116 | 814 | 1070 | 0.9235 | |
43 | Northern Arizona University | 18000 | 32000 | 0.4372 | 22,943 | 1145 | 0.8961 | |
45 | Georgia Southern University | 18200 | 23800 | 0.2357 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
46 | Colorado Mesa University | 18300 | 24800 | 0.263 | 9,447 | 1050 | 0.9829 | |
47 | Campbellsville University | 18400 | 41800 | 0.5597 | 6,411 | 1055 | 0.7235 | |
48 | Saint Cloud State University | 18500 | 24500 | 0.2475 | 8,013 | 1094 | 0.9495 | |
49 | State University of New York at Oswego | 18600 | 27500 | 0.3235 | 5,515 | 1174 | 0.8057 | |
50 | East Tennessee State University | 18700 | 26300 | 0.2892 | 10,633 | 1124 | 0.8706 | |
51 | McNeese State University | 18800 | 29200 | 0.3566 | 5,560 | 1110 | 0.6755 | |
52 | Husson University | 18900 | 40800 | 0.5365 | 2,752 | 1115 | 0.8095 | |
52 | Minot State University | 18900 | 22100 | 0.1482 | 2,499 | 1075 | 0.6462 | |
54 | Youngstown State University | 19200 | 29300 | 0.3443 | 8,436 | 1065 | 0.8066 | |
55 | California State University-Los Angeles | 19700 | 39400 | 0.5005 | 19,290 | 965 | 0.9125 | |
55 | University of Mississippi | 19700 | 27000 | 0.2703 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
57 | Wayne State University | 19900 | 32300 | 0.3844 | 15,371 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
58 | Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania | 20000 | 26500 | 0.2456 | 9,967 | 1080 | 0.9475 | |
58 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 20000 | 24500 | 0.1833 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
58 | Rhode Island College | 20000 | 27900 | 0.2831 | 5,142 | 995 | 0.9182 | |
61 | Indiana Wesleyan University-Marion | 20100 | 49400 | 0.5926 | 2,079 | 1135 | 0.8221 | |
62 | Marian University | 20200 | 46100 | 0.5615 | 1,074 | 1035 | 0.6677 | |
62 | University of Montevallo | 20200 | 31500 | 0.3593 | 2,509 | 1124 | 0.5579 | |
64 | Bluefield State University | 20300 | 38900 | 0.4779 | 1,249 | 1000 | 0.8722 | |
64 | Texas Southern University | 20300 | 25700 | 0.2104 | 6,619 | 920 | 0.9335 | |
66 | Bowie State University | 20700 | 28800 | 0.2812 | 5,136 | 875 | 0.75 | |
67 | University of Northern Iowa | 20900 | 24000 | 0.1314 | 7,715 | 1115 | 0.8713 | |
67 | University of St Francis | 20900 | 56000 | 0.6266 | 1,338 | 1030 | 0.653 | |
69 | Austin Peay State University | 21300 | 32700 | 0.3491 | 8,842 | 0 | 0.9638 | |
70 | University of Miami | 21500 | 70800 | 0.6967 | 13,221 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
71 | Madonna University | 21800 | 50400 | 0.5675 | 1,839 | 1005 | 0.9293 | |
72 | Bradley University | 21900 | 48300 | 0.5458 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
73 | University of Central Missouri | 22000 | 33200 | 0.3366 | 7,343 | 1055 | 0.638 | |
74 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 22100 | 22200 | 0.0045 | 11,874 | 1082 | 0.8377 | |
75 | Manhattanville University | 22400 | 65300 | 0.6561 | 1,466 | 1145 | 0.8734 | |
76 | Boise State University | 22600 | 41000 | 0.4485 | 24,030 | 1025 | 0.8721 | |
77 | Lewis University | 22700 | 57000 | 0.6019 | 4,326 | 1099 | 0.7128 | |
78 | Saint Ambrose University | 23000 | 54500 | 0.578 | 1,937 | 1085 | 0.7733 | |
78 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 23000 | 27500 | 0.1618 | 17,402 | 1044 | 0.7933 | |
80 | Henderson State University | 23100 | 35900 | 0.357 | 1,493 | 1075 | 0.8192 | |
80 | Murray State University | 23100 | 25600 | 0.0975 | 8,281 | 1124 | 0.8568 | |
82 | Southwestern Adventist University | 23300 | 40800 | 0.4287 | 813 | 1060 | 0.5552 | |
83 | Briar Cliff University | 23500 | 55700 | 0.578 | 737 | 1075 | 0.5983 | |
83 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 23500 | 25700 | 0.0856 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
83 | Syracuse University | 23500 | 83100 | 0.7172 | 15,955 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
83 | The University of Alabama | 23500 | 29900 | 0.2144 | 35,413 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
87 | University of Charleston | 23600 | 56300 | 0.5812 | 2,087 | 1075 | 0.6458 | |
88 | University of Kentucky | 23800 | 36000 | 0.3383 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
89 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 24000 | 76300 | 0.6857 | 7,702 | 1105 | 1.8583 | |
90 | La Roche University | 24100 | 55400 | 0.5652 | 1,986 | 1150 | 0.7761 | |
90 | North Central College | 24100 | 62500 | 0.6144 | 2,454 | 1203 | 0.7733 | |
92 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 24200 | 37400 | 0.3526 | 7,595 | 1075 | 0.9226 | |
92 | University of Arkansas-Fort Smith | 24200 | 34800 | 0.3043 | 5,463 | 1095 | 0.8147 | |
94 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 24300 | 62200 | 0.6097 | 686 | 1030 | 0.8649 | |
95 | University of Central Arkansas | 24400 | 29500 | 0.1747 | 8,268 | 1110 | 0.8949 | |
96 | Friends University | 24500 | 59300 | 0.5863 | 1,548 | 1030 | 0.6046 | |
96 | Rogers State University | 24500 | 33400 | 0.2662 | 3,111 | 936 | 0.6683 | |
98 | St Catherine University | 24600 | 69800 | 0.6474 | 2,499 | 1135 | 0.9185 | |
99 | Temple University | 25200 | 36300 | 0.306 | 20,786 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
100 | Walla Walla University | 25400 | 51100 | 0.5026 | 1,238 | 1159 | 0.604 | |
101 | University of Sioux Falls | 25500 | 38500 | 0.3368 | 1,241 | 1055 | 0.8298 | |
102 | Mount Marty University | 25900 | 55200 | 0.5307 | 1,022 | 1090 | 0.4257 | |
103 | La Sierra University | 26100 | 55100 | 0.5268 | 1,244 | 1015 | 0.933 | |
103 | University of the Incarnate Word | 26100 | 59900 | 0.5647 | 4,638 | 1035 | 0.9813 | |
105 | Point Park University | 26200 | 56800 | 0.5391 | 2,326 | 1144 | 0.9691 | |
105 | Roosevelt University | 26200 | 43300 | 0.3955 | 2,605 | 1015 | 0.9427 | |
107 | Evangel University | 26300 | 39900 | 0.341 | 1,843 | 1183 | 0.7161 | |
108 | Oakland University | 26400 | 39800 | 0.3368 | 12,587 | 1050 | 0.8784 | |
108 | Pennsylvania Western University | 26400 | 35600 | 0.2587 | 7,586 | 1070 | 0.9433 | |
110 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 26500 | 28600 | 0.0752 | 14,504 | 1145 | 0.7637 | |
111 | Northern Kentucky University | 26700 | 31600 | 0.1549 | 10,162 | 1090 | 0.8307 | |
111 | St. Francis College | 26700 | 39400 | 0.3227 | 1,934 | 1035 | 0.8153 | |
113 | Capital University | 27100 | 68600 | 0.6051 | 1,609 | 1084 | 0.7022 | |
113 | University of Wisconsin-La Crosse | 27100 | 29500 | 0.08 | 9,513 | 1200 | 0.8122 | |
115 | Troy University | 27400 | 32600 | 0.1594 | 10,222 | 1090 | 0.9604 | |
115 | University of North Texas | 27400 | 37400 | 0.2675 | 37,529 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
117 | Alabama A & M University | 27800 | 42800 | 0.3503 | 5,845 | 940 | 0.6622 | |
117 | North Dakota State University | 27800 | 30400 | 0.0841 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
117 | Oregon Institute of Technology | 27800 | 36400 | 0.2362 | 5,151 | 1131 | 0.9502 | |
120 | Grace College and Theological Seminary | 28100 | 41800 | 0.327 | 1,817 | 1080 | 0.8078 | |
121 | Regis College | 28200 | 70400 | 0.5992 | 1,055 | 965 | 0.9009 | |
122 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 31500 | 0.0921 | 11,127 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
122 | University of Hartford | 28600 | 70100 | 0.5921 | 4,222 | 1224 | 0.9579 | |
124 | University of Iowa | 28900 | 31100 | 0.0693 | 22,473 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
125 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 29300 | 53300 | 0.4497 | 3,163 | 1165 | 0.9347 | |
126 | Chicago State University | 29600 | 37600 | 0.2127 | 1,495 | 885 | 0.4052 | |
126 | Westminster College | 29600 | 57500 | 0.4849 | 1,092 | 1190 | 0.9256 | |
128 | Huntington University | 29700 | 44300 | 0.3299 | 1,286 | 1095 | 0.7115 | |
128 | University of South Alabama | 29700 | 35000 | 0.1515 | 9,205 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
130 | Trevecca Nazarene University | 30000 | 46100 | 0.3503 | 1,903 | 1085 | 0.6944 | |
131 | San Jose State University | 30100 | 41000 | 0.2656 | 27,902 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
132 | Cornerstone University | 30200 | 40100 | 0.2481 | 1,444 | 1124 | 0.7316 | |
133 | Columbia College Chicago | 30300 | 60600 | 0.5004 | 5,417 | 0 | 0.7549 | |
134 | SUNY at Fredonia | 30400 | 39600 | 0.2326 | 2,839 | 1193 | 0.792 | |
134 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 30400 | 39500 | 0.2302 | 5,203 | 1118 | 0.744 | |
136 | San Francisco State University | 30800 | 45200 | 0.3188 | 20,756 | 1035 | 0.9615 | |
137 | Siena Heights University | 31100 | 46300 | 0.3276 | 1,669 | 1000 | 0.6656 | |
138 | Adrian College | 31600 | 67500 | 0.5312 | 1,678 | 1060 | 0.6843 | |
138 | Washington Adventist University | 31600 | 37800 | 0.1642 | 605 | 951 | 0.4536 | |
140 | Missouri Baptist University | 31700 | 53800 | 0.4117 | 4,958 | 843 | 0.686 | |
140 | Sam Houston State University | 31700 | 39900 | 0.2055 | 17,787 | 1030 | 0.9026 | |
142 | CUNY Brooklyn College | 31800 | 31800 | 0 | 11,406 | 1110 | 0.5836 | |
143 | Misericordia University | 32000 | 65100 | 0.5077 | 1,720 | 1175 | 0.8871 | |
144 | Indiana University-South Bend | 32200 | 46100 | 0.3014 | 4,082 | 1070 | 0.8384 | |
145 | Southeastern University | 32500 | 60500 | 0.4625 | 10,214 | 1130 | 0.6165 | |
146 | Lasell University | 33500 | 47000 | 0.287 | 1,293 | 1139 | 0.927 | |
147 | Ithaca College | 33600 | 72500 | 0.5365 | 4,084 | 1314 | 0.6901 | |
148 | Gwynedd Mercy University | 34600 | 62700 | 0.4478 | 1,301 | 1115 | 0.8963 | |
149 | California Baptist University | 35100 | 65200 | 0.4616 | 8,417 | 1069 | 0.8535 | |
150 | Western Kentucky University | 36100 | 41900 | 0.1385 | 14,017 | 1090 | 0.9387 | |
151 | Towson University | 36200 | 45700 | 0.2079 | 16,264 | 1093 | 0.8198 | |
152 | Ashland University | 36400 | 52700 | 0.3091 | 5,180 | 1145 | 0.8053 | |
153 | Clark Atlanta University | 36600 | 49800 | 0.2653 | 3,495 | 1000 | 0.6463 | |
154 | Augusta University | 36900 | 50500 | 0.2692 | 5,684 | 1125 | 0.8931 | |
154 | Long Island University | 36900 | 59600 | 0.3811 | 11,753 | 1222 | 0.8977 | |
154 | University of Michigan-Flint | 36900 | 39400 | 0.0634 | 5,011 | 1103 | 0.7047 | |
157 | Asbury University | 38000 | 49100 | 0.2271 | 2,066 | 1157 | 0.954 | |
158 | Champlain College | 38400 | 70000 | 0.4517 | 1,688 | 1304 | 0.8764 | |
159 | Concordia University Ann Arbor | 38500 | 53300 | 0.2776 | 1,044 | 1095 | 0.7209 | |
160 | Saint Joseph's College of Maine | 38900 | 63600 | 0.3885 | 1,059 | 1055 | 0.8172 | |
161 | Seton Hall University | 39700 | 67400 | 0.4108 | 6,146 | 1313 | 0.7326 | |
162 | San Diego State University | 40000 | 40500 | 0.0123 | 34,805 | 1208 | 0.3598 | |
163 | University of Vermont | 40700 | 64100 | 0.3644 | 12,276 | 1379 | 0.653 | |
164 | Manhattan University | 41200 | 71700 | 0.4252 | 2,928 | 1248 | 0.785 | |
165 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41400 | 53900 | 0.2319 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
165 | York College of Pennsylvania | 41400 | 41400 | 0 | 3,308 | 1135 | 0.942 | |
167 | Hofstra University | 41500 | 74600 | 0.4435 | 6,578 | 1323 | 0.6808 | |
167 | New England Institute of Technology | 41500 | 61100 | 0.321 | 1,718 | 995 | 0.6673 | |
169 | Bellarmine University | 41600 | 66100 | 0.3701 | 2,203 | 1130 | 0.8611 | |
169 | Campbell University | 41600 | 65100 | 0.3604 | 2,699 | 1120 | 0.872 | |
171 | Arkansas State University | 41900 | 45800 | 0.085 | 9,984 | 1075 | 0.7959 | |
172 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 42000 | 52100 | 0.1939 | 49,382 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
172 | Quinnipiac University | 42000 | 79200 | 0.4696 | 6,248 | 1209 | 0.77 | |
172 | St. John's University-New York | 42000 | 80100 | 0.4754 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
175 | Susquehanna University | 42400 | 76800 | 0.4481 | 2,177 | 1204 | 0.7871 | |
176 | University of Florida | 43300 | 45600 | 0.0504 | 38,113 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
177 | Texas Christian University | 43800 | 81900 | 0.4652 | 11,049 | 1283 | 0.4449 | |
178 | Saint Louis University | 45900 | 74500 | 0.384 | 10,390 | 1260 | 0.7504 | |
179 | Montclair State University | 46300 | 46600 | 0.0064 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
180 | Suffolk University | 48300 | 73600 | 0.3439 | 4,275 | 1209 | 0.822 | |
181 | Savannah College of Art and Design | 48600 | 64400 | 0.2454 | 14,657 | 1180 | 0.8368 | |
182 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 51700 | 51700 | 0 | 34,656 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
183 | MCPHS University | 53300 | 71800 | 0.2576 | 3,477 | 1203 | 0.8521 | |
184 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
185 | Dallas Baptist University | 55800 | 56100 | 0.0053 | 2,785 | 1104 | 0.8884 | |
185 | Emerson College | 55800 | 82600 | 0.3245 | 4,171 | 1339 | 0.4749 | |
187 | Howard University | 58400 | 61600 | 0.052 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
188 | Pepperdine University | 62200 | 92800 | 0.3296 | 3,553 | 1378 | 0.6286 | |
188 | University of La Verne | 62200 | 66500 | 0.0647 | 2,414 | 1123 | 0.4847 | |
190 | Elon University | 66100 | 67300 | 0.0178 | 6,452 | 1244 | 0.6635 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.