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These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Radio majors who live in Massachusetts.
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 Massachusetts.
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 | 8100 | 92500 | 0.9123 | 7,407 | 1499 | 0.1065 | |
| 3 | Idaho State University | 11500 | 27000 | 0.5733 | 10,834 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | Northern Arizona University | 11600 | 27900 | 0.5837 | 22,990 | 1090 | 0.8961 | |
| 5 | Eastern Kentucky University | 11700 | 22900 | 0.49 | 13,448 | 1110 | 0.7761 | |
| 5 | Marshall University | 11700 | 36600 | 0.68 | 9,146 | 1065 | 0.9573 | |
| 5 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 11700 | 27800 | 0.5771 | 20,885 | 1420 | 0.1534 | |
| 8 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 12400 | 28000 | 0.5568 | 8,553 | 1045 | 0.8688 | |
| 9 | University of Michigan-Flint | 12900 | 46300 | 0.7212 | 5,011 | 1109 | 0.7046 | |
| 10 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 13400 | 25700 | 0.4786 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 11 | University of Houston | 13600 | 22000 | 0.3811 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 12 | Boston University | 14000 | 91700 | 0.8476 | 18,805 | 1475 | 0.1111 | |
| 13 | Baptist Health Sciences University | 14100 | 26600 | 0.4691 | 782 | 1020 | 0.8202 | |
| 14 | Central Michigan University | 14300 | 37800 | 0.621 | 10,193 | 1095 | 0.8982 | |
| 15 | Northern Kentucky University | 14400 | 25900 | 0.4446 | 10,163 | 1090 | 0.6765 | |
| 15 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 14400 | 29600 | 0.5142 | 7,622 | 1075 | 0.9254 | |
| 17 | Texas State University | 15000 | 25500 | 0.412 | 36,236 | 1100 | 0.8932 | |
| 18 | Troy University | 15200 | 26700 | 0.4306 | 10,222 | 1090 | 0.9604 | |
| 19 | Western Carolina University | 15300 | 16500 | 0.0729 | 10,112 | 1130 | 0.8183 | |
| 20 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 29800 | 0.4782 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8609 | |
| 21 | Appalachian State University | 15700 | 19500 | 0.195 | 19,560 | 1190 | 0.9014 | |
| 21 | University of Arkansas-Fort Smith | 15700 | 29300 | 0.4664 | 5,459 | 1055 | 0.8046 | |
| 21 | University of North Texas | 15700 | 26100 | 0.3991 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 24 | Sam Houston State University | 15800 | 30300 | 0.4782 | 17,787 | 1030 | 0.9026 | |
| 25 | Oakland University | 15900 | 28200 | 0.4365 | 12,587 | 1130 | 0.8784 | |
| 26 | Goshen College | 16400 | 55900 | 0.7063 | 780 | 995 | 0.8407 | |
| 26 | Wayne State University | 16400 | 32900 | 0.5013 | 16,012 | 1174 | 0.8116 | |
| 28 | Georgia Southern University | 16600 | 20100 | 0.1737 | 23,541 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 29 | Northwestern University | 16700 | 89500 | 0.8138 | 9,399 | 1527 | 0.0769 | |
| 30 | Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts | 16900 | 34300 | 0.5063 | 794 | 1070 | 0.8974 | |
| 31 | Ferris State University | 17000 | 31000 | 0.4523 | 8,991 | 1015 | 0.9139 | |
| 32 | Vermont State University | 17200 | 26900 | 0.36 | 4,108 | 960 | 0.8167 | |
| 33 | Rhode Island College | 17300 | 27400 | 0.369 | 5,154 | 995 | 0.9182 | |
| 34 | Augusta University | 17400 | 29400 | 0.4083 | 6,049 | 1065 | 0.8641 | |
| 34 | Colorado Mesa University | 17400 | 28600 | 0.3938 | 9,473 | 1055 | 0.8203 | |
| 36 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 17500 | 27400 | 0.3611 | 27,132 | 1099 | 0.9617 | |
| 37 | Avila University | 17600 | 64100 | 0.7252 | 1,331 | 985 | 0.878 | |
| 37 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 17600 | 22800 | 0.2284 | 11,994 | 1090 | 0.865 | |
| 39 | University of Miami | 17700 | 95700 | 0.8149 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 40 | State University of New York at Oswego | 18100 | 27700 | 0.3465 | 5,517 | 1180 | 0.8055 | |
| 40 | Texas Tech University | 18100 | 27100 | 0.3326 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 42 | University of Pittsburgh-Bradford | 18200 | 33300 | 0.4535 | 1,009 | 1115 | 0.8854 | |
| 43 | Rogers State University | 18300 | 29400 | 0.3775 | 3,135 | 930 | 0.8184 | |
| 43 | Towson University | 18300 | 29900 | 0.3876 | 16,264 | 1098 | 0.8197 | |
| 43 | University of St Francis | 18300 | 57800 | 0.6842 | 1,343 | 1145 | 0.6529 | |
| 46 | East Tennessee State University | 18400 | 26100 | 0.2945 | 10,829 | 1124 | 0.8619 | |
| 47 | University of Mary | 18500 | 32600 | 0.4328 | 2,821 | 1175 | 0.753 | |
| 48 | Holy Family University | 18600 | 56200 | 0.6696 | 2,643 | 1030 | 0.7104 | |
| 49 | Bluefield State University | 18700 | 27600 | 0.3219 | 1,117 | 990 | 0.9723 | |
| 50 | McNeese State University | 18900 | 27400 | 0.3102 | 5,668 | 1060 | 0.7827 | |
| 50 | Quincy University | 18900 | 57800 | 0.6728 | 1,072 | 1115 | 0.5093 | |
| 52 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 19000 | 68100 | 0.7212 | 709 | 1030 | 0.8216 | |
| 53 | Campbellsville University | 19100 | 43200 | 0.5573 | 6,848 | 1075 | 0.7974 | |
| 54 | University of Mississippi | 19300 | 27000 | 0.2851 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 55 | California State University-Los Angeles | 19600 | 38000 | 0.4843 | 19,586 | 965 | 0.9125 | |
| 55 | Pennsylvania Western University | 19600 | 29000 | 0.3246 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 57 | Eastern Illinois University | 19900 | 28100 | 0.2934 | 6,785 | 985 | 0.6535 | |
| 57 | University of Northern Iowa | 19900 | 24000 | 0.1728 | 7,711 | 1129 | 0.9274 | |
| 57 | Youngstown State University | 19900 | 34000 | 0.4147 | 9,400 | 1115 | 0.8445 | |
| 60 | San Diego State University | 20000 | 28900 | 0.308 | 35,782 | 1208 | 0.3619 | |
| 60 | University of Saint Francis-Fort Wayne | 20000 | 57300 | 0.6514 | 1,567 | 980 | 0.9597 | |
| 62 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20100 | 29400 | 0.3158 | 5,255 | 1109 | 0.7295 | |
| 63 | Alabama A & M University | 20200 | 28200 | 0.2833 | 6,370 | 915 | 0.5795 | |
| 63 | Minot State University | 20200 | 23500 | 0.1393 | 2,499 | 1075 | 0.6462 | |
| 65 | Marian University | 20300 | 47200 | 0.5693 | 1,021 | 1020 | 0.7498 | |
| 66 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 20600 | 23200 | 0.1121 | 20,444 | 1209 | 0.8499 | |
| 67 | Indiana University-South Bend | 20800 | 23900 | 0.1316 | 4,083 | 1075 | 0.8384 | |
| 68 | Midwestern State University | 20900 | 28600 | 0.2688 | 4,303 | 1010 | 0.9352 | |
| 69 | Henderson State University | 21000 | 30600 | 0.3133 | 1,461 | 990 | 0.8192 | |
| 70 | Culver-Stockton College | 21200 | 50600 | 0.5809 | 861 | 1025 | 0.991 | |
| 71 | University of Sioux Falls | 21300 | 40100 | 0.4694 | 1,241 | 1135 | 0.8289 | |
| 72 | Austin Peay State University | 21700 | 35900 | 0.3955 | 8,926 | 1075 | 0.9641 | |
| 72 | La Roche University | 21700 | 72600 | 0.7014 | 1,828 | 1059 | 0.7576 | |
| 74 | California State University-Chico | 22200 | 31000 | 0.2835 | 13,792 | 1075 | 0.9272 | |
| 75 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 22400 | 43200 | 0.4816 | 3,825 | 1175 | 0.7841 | |
| 76 | San Jose State University | 22900 | 41100 | 0.4429 | 28,008 | 1124 | 0.8461 | |
| 77 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 23000 | 27500 | 0.1618 | 17,450 | 1044 | 0.9518 | |
| 78 | Saint Cloud State University | 23100 | 36800 | 0.3737 | 8,738 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 78 | Southwest Minnesota State University | 23100 | 25800 | 0.1029 | 7,735 | 1015 | 0.6218 | |
| 80 | University of Southern Indiana | 23500 | 27200 | 0.1342 | 7,600 | 1145 | 0.9581 | |
| 80 | York College of Pennsylvania | 23500 | 45800 | 0.4873 | 3,369 | 1153 | 0.7374 | |
| 82 | University of Massachusetts-Boston | 23600 | 43300 | 0.4555 | 12,138 | 1189 | 0.8378 | |
| 83 | University of Kentucky | 23800 | 36400 | 0.345 | 25,534 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 84 | Mount Marty University | 23900 | 56400 | 0.5762 | 1,022 | 1090 | 0.4257 | |
| 85 | Bradley University | 24100 | 50800 | 0.5255 | 3,596 | 1223 | 0.7676 | |
| 85 | Saint Ambrose University | 24100 | 55400 | 0.5646 | 1,939 | 1085 | 0.7733 | |
| 85 | Southwestern Adventist University | 24100 | 43200 | 0.4423 | 758 | 1064 | 0.7836 | |
| 88 | Lewis University | 24400 | 57700 | 0.5769 | 4,326 | 1099 | 0.7129 | |
| 89 | Point Park University | 25200 | 57000 | 0.5582 | 2,337 | 1140 | 0.9691 | |
| 89 | St Catherine University | 25200 | 71900 | 0.6491 | 2,498 | 1140 | 0.9185 | |
| 91 | Briar Cliff University | 25800 | 74200 | 0.6521 | 766 | 1050 | 0.5834 | |
| 91 | Western Kentucky University | 25800 | 41800 | 0.3827 | 14,151 | 970 | 0.9387 | |
| 93 | Westminster College | 26000 | 57600 | 0.5486 | 1,137 | 1149 | 0.9256 | |
| 94 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 26300 | 28400 | 0.0756 | 14,504 | 1149 | 0.7637 | |
| 94 | Mount Aloysius College | 26300 | 49200 | 0.4657 | 2,942 | 1045 | 0.8205 | |
| 94 | Regis College | 26300 | 70700 | 0.628 | 987 | 965 | 0.6978 | |
| 97 | University of La Verne | 26800 | 67300 | 0.6015 | 3,050 | 1109 | 0.7117 | |
| 98 | California State University-Northridge | 26900 | 36500 | 0.2641 | 32,756 | 1005 | 0.9345 | |
| 99 | Capital University | 27100 | 62400 | 0.5656 | 1,609 | 1084 | 0.7022 | |
| 99 | University of Central Arkansas | 27100 | 31200 | 0.1329 | 8,268 | 1110 | 0.8949 | |
| 101 | Rowan University | 27500 | 41300 | 0.3345 | 16,100 | 1219 | 0.7766 | |
| 102 | Murray State University | 27700 | 32400 | 0.1437 | 7,851 | 1115 | 0.8568 | |
| 102 | Syracuse University | 27700 | 83100 | 0.6665 | 15,957 | 1363 | 0.4592 | |
| 104 | North Dakota State University | 27800 | 30400 | 0.084 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 104 | St. Francis College | 27800 | 39400 | 0.2948 | 1,719 | 1119 | 0.8427 | |
| 106 | Morehead State University | 27900 | 32600 | 0.1441 | 8,258 | 1140 | 0.7721 | |
| 107 | Weber State University | 28300 | 33900 | 0.1651 | 31,672 | 0 | 0 | |
| 108 | Asbury University | 28500 | 50700 | 0.4369 | 1,789 | 1197 | 0.634 | |
| 108 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28500 | 32300 | 0.1176 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 110 | University of Hartford | 28600 | 70100 | 0.5921 | 4,223 | 1224 | 0.9575 | |
| 111 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 28800 | 42400 | 0.3211 | 6,761 | 1105 | 0.8475 | |
| 112 | Cornerstone University | 29100 | 40800 | 0.2857 | 1,354 | 1110 | 0.7777 | |
| 112 | University of Wisconsin-La Crosse | 29100 | 31400 | 0.0749 | 9,501 | 1195 | 0.755 | |
| 114 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 29300 | 34000 | 0.1381 | 6,907 | 1060 | 0.974 | |
| 114 | Manhattanville University | 29300 | 68500 | 0.5725 | 1,466 | 1160 | 0.8734 | |
| 116 | Huntington University | 29400 | 44300 | 0.3362 | 1,588 | 1055 | 0.7564 | |
| 116 | Lasell University | 29400 | 47500 | 0.3811 | 1,293 | 1095 | 0.8122 | |
| 118 | Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania | 29500 | 43900 | 0.3282 | 9,847 | 1090 | 0.9309 | |
| 119 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30600 | 54600 | 0.4387 | 3,163 | 1165 | 0.9347 | |
| 120 | San Francisco State University | 30700 | 47700 | 0.3565 | 19,444 | 1035 | 0.9644 | |
| 121 | Siena Heights University | 31100 | 46300 | 0.3275 | 1,628 | 980 | 0.689 | |
| 122 | Bowie State University | 31400 | 37300 | 0.1583 | 5,136 | 946 | 0.7241 | |
| 122 | Rider University | 31400 | 60600 | 0.4816 | 3,145 | 1233 | 0.7864 | |
| 124 | Missouri Baptist University | 31700 | 53800 | 0.4116 | 4,958 | 843 | 0.686 | |
| 125 | Ithaca College | 32100 | 72500 | 0.5571 | 4,268 | 1314 | 0.6901 | |
| 126 | Washington Adventist University | 32300 | 37800 | 0.1457 | 513 | 995 | 0.4618 | |
| 127 | Roosevelt University | 32800 | 47600 | 0.3115 | 2,868 | 1049 | 0.9716 | |
| 127 | Suffolk University | 32800 | 68900 | 0.5241 | 4,326 | 1209 | 0.8233 | |
| 129 | North Central College | 33100 | 64900 | 0.49 | 2,454 | 1203 | 0.7733 | |
| 130 | Lewis-Clark State College | 33300 | 40000 | 0.1675 | 3,793 | 980 | 0.8769 | |
| 131 | California Baptist University | 33500 | 65600 | 0.4893 | 8,417 | 1070 | 0.8488 | |
| 131 | Misericordia University | 33500 | 67700 | 0.5048 | 1,720 | 1145 | 0.7093 | |
| 133 | Adrian College | 33600 | 70200 | 0.5207 | 1,673 | 1045 | 0.7253 | |
| 134 | Morningside University | 33700 | 60600 | 0.4438 | 1,172 | 922 | 0.7104 | |
| 134 | University of Central Missouri | 33700 | 35800 | 0.06 | 7,584 | 1055 | 0.638 | |
| 136 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 33800 | 36100 | 0.0637 | 33,033 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 137 | SUNY at Fredonia | 34100 | 39600 | 0.1391 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 138 | Southeastern University | 34400 | 60500 | 0.4312 | 10,172 | 1110 | 0.5298 | |
| 138 | Texas Southern University | 34400 | 42500 | 0.1907 | 6,844 | 915 | 0.9691 | |
| 140 | University of Vermont | 34500 | 66300 | 0.4788 | 12,276 | 1379 | 0.653 | |
| 141 | Trevecca Nazarene University | 34700 | 50900 | 0.3175 | 1,903 | 1085 | 0.6944 | |
| 142 | Gwynedd Mercy University | 34900 | 65100 | 0.4643 | 1,301 | 1110 | 0.8963 | |
| 143 | University of Montevallo | 35300 | 44900 | 0.214 | 2,642 | 1124 | 0.5385 | |
| 144 | Temple University | 35600 | 56400 | 0.3689 | 21,457 | 1135 | 0.8041 | |
| 145 | Chicago State University | 35700 | 37800 | 0.0569 | 1,501 | 885 | 0.4326 | |
| 146 | Hofstra University | 38100 | 76900 | 0.5045 | 6,581 | 1328 | 0.6808 | |
| 147 | Saint Joseph's College of Maine | 38200 | 65000 | 0.4121 | 1,097 | 1055 | 0.8351 | |
| 148 | Clark Atlanta University | 38400 | 51900 | 0.26 | 3,618 | 990 | 0.6422 | |
| 149 | Long Island University | 38800 | 60000 | 0.3535 | 12,072 | 1229 | 0.8616 | |
| 150 | University of Charleston | 39200 | 51200 | 0.2342 | 2,348 | 1075 | 0.6152 | |
| 151 | Bellarmine University | 39300 | 66100 | 0.4048 | 2,240 | 1220 | 0.8611 | |
| 151 | California State University-Fullerton | 39300 | 41500 | 0.0518 | 38,760 | 1090 | 0.9052 | |
| 153 | Champlain College | 39400 | 76000 | 0.4818 | 2,778 | 1304 | 0.8292 | |
| 154 | Seton Hall University | 39700 | 67400 | 0.4107 | 6,146 | 1313 | 0.7326 | |
| 154 | University of Central Florida | 39700 | 39700 | 0 | 59,552 | 1280 | 0.4011 | |
| 154 | University of South Alabama | 39700 | 39700 | 0 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 157 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 40400 | 53600 | 0.2464 | 46,815 | 1378 | 0.6057 | |
| 158 | Arkansas State University | 40500 | 41000 | 0.0122 | 9,985 | 1075 | 0.8226 | |
| 159 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41400 | 57000 | 0.2738 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.782 | |
| 160 | Susquehanna University | 41900 | 76800 | 0.4546 | 2,246 | 1204 | 0.8143 | |
| 161 | Montclair State University | 42000 | 46600 | 0.0987 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 162 | University of Florida | 43200 | 45700 | 0.0548 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 163 | Manhattan University | 43700 | 74100 | 0.4102 | 2,744 | 1274 | 0.7894 | |
| 164 | Texas Christian University | 43800 | 87400 | 0.4991 | 11,049 | 1283 | 0.4449 | |
| 165 | Campbell University | 44100 | 68700 | 0.3586 | 2,699 | 1120 | 0.8718 | |
| 166 | New England Institute of Technology | 44400 | 68200 | 0.3488 | 1,796 | 1030 | 0.6673 | |
| 166 | St. John's University-New York | 44400 | 78000 | 0.4305 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 168 | Quinnipiac University | 44800 | 79200 | 0.4343 | 6,557 | 1245 | 0.7215 | |
| 169 | Ashland University | 44900 | 56400 | 0.204 | 2,977 | 1125 | 0.764 | |
| 170 | Boise State University | 45000 | 50000 | 0.1 | 23,983 | 1135 | 0.8721 | |
| 171 | Saint Louis University | 46200 | 80900 | 0.4287 | 10,413 | 1305 | 0.7504 | |
| 172 | MCPHS University | 47700 | 77500 | 0.3844 | 3,469 | 1281 | 0.8521 | |
| 172 | The Master's University and Seminary | 47700 | 53700 | 0.1118 | 1,908 | 1139 | 0.8402 | |
| 174 | The University of Texas at Austin | 49800 | 59400 | 0.1617 | 43,165 | 1356 | 0.2664 | |
| 175 | University of Iowa | 51000 | 53200 | 0.0404 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 176 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 51500 | 52800 | 0.0246 | 21,210 | 1148 | 0.9262 | |
| 177 | Columbia College Chicago | 52600 | 68600 | 0.2334 | 5,422 | 0 | 0.8946 | |
| 178 | Savannah College of Art and Design | 54600 | 66400 | 0.1777 | 15,552 | 1174 | 0.8298 | |
| 179 | The University of Alabama | 55800 | 56500 | 0.0124 | 34,389 | 1284 | 0.7665 | |
| 180 | Dallas Baptist University | 56400 | 63400 | 0.1104 | 2,785 | 1109 | 0.8884 | |
| 181 | Elon University | 56600 | 68900 | 0.1786 | 6,452 | 1215 | 0.6635 | |
| 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.