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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 | Northern Kentucky University | 7100 | 25900 | 0.7268 | 10,163 | 1090 | 0.8307 | |
| 3 | Emory University | 8200 | 92500 | 0.9114 | 7,407 | 1499 | 0.1029 | |
| 4 | Marshall University | 9100 | 34400 | 0.735 | 9,146 | 1065 | 0.9572 | |
| 5 | California State University-Northridge | 9300 | 22400 | 0.5828 | 32,499 | 1005 | 0.881 | |
| 6 | Idaho State University | 9600 | 22200 | 0.5683 | 10,406 | 0 | 0.8396 | |
| 7 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 10900 | 36600 | 0.7018 | 27,082 | 1099 | 0.8459 | |
| 8 | Rhode Island College | 11400 | 54600 | 0.7912 | 5,157 | 995 | 0.9182 | |
| 8 | University of Michigan-Flint | 11400 | 45600 | 0.7497 | 5,011 | 1103 | 0.7047 | |
| 10 | Midwestern State University | 11800 | 21600 | 0.4531 | 4,303 | 1055 | 0.9347 | |
| 10 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 11800 | 27800 | 0.5765 | 21,075 | 1420 | 0.1534 | |
| 12 | University of Houston | 12000 | 28400 | 0.5781 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 13 | Eastern Illinois University | 13000 | 24300 | 0.4632 | 6,785 | 990 | 0.6535 | |
| 14 | Northern Arizona University | 13200 | 27100 | 0.5135 | 22,991 | 1145 | 0.8961 | |
| 15 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 13300 | 25700 | 0.4825 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 16 | Youngstown State University | 13400 | 26800 | 0.4996 | 8,436 | 1065 | 0.8066 | |
| 17 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 13600 | 25700 | 0.4702 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 18 | Boston University | 13700 | 91600 | 0.8507 | 18,805 | 1475 | 0.1111 | |
| 19 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 14100 | 28000 | 0.4961 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 20 | University of Southern Indiana | 14200 | 35900 | 0.6033 | 5,347 | 1145 | 0.9581 | |
| 21 | Central Michigan University | 14500 | 37400 | 0.6129 | 10,219 | 1095 | 0.8982 | |
| 21 | Texas State University | 14500 | 24500 | 0.4075 | 36,268 | 1100 | 0.8908 | |
| 23 | Baptist Health Sciences University | 14800 | 36300 | 0.5925 | 733 | 1045 | 0.6776 | |
| 23 | University of North Texas | 14800 | 25700 | 0.4247 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 25 | California State University-Chico | 14900 | 30700 | 0.5138 | 13,392 | 1117 | 0.9158 | |
| 25 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 14900 | 22800 | 0.3469 | 11,874 | 1082 | 0.8377 | |
| 27 | Avila University | 15000 | 67500 | 0.7777 | 1,335 | 985 | 0.878 | |
| 28 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15100 | 37700 | 0.6009 | 5,241 | 1075 | 0.8613 | |
| 28 | Troy University | 15100 | 26700 | 0.4344 | 10,222 | 1090 | 0.9604 | |
| 30 | Lewis-Clark State College | 15200 | 23500 | 0.3525 | 3,793 | 1010 | 0.9407 | |
| 31 | Wayne State University | 15300 | 32900 | 0.5347 | 16,173 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
| 32 | Colorado Mesa University | 15400 | 24800 | 0.3799 | 9,473 | 1090 | 0.9829 | |
| 33 | University of Arkansas-Fort Smith | 15500 | 21700 | 0.2851 | 5,463 | 1055 | 0.8147 | |
| 33 | University of St Francis | 15500 | 71700 | 0.7833 | 1,338 | 1030 | 0.653 | |
| 35 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 15600 | 46800 | 0.6672 | 6,550 | 1110 | 0.7456 | |
| 36 | University of Central Missouri | 15700 | 26600 | 0.4094 | 7,584 | 1055 | 0.638 | |
| 37 | Oakland University | 15900 | 28200 | 0.4365 | 12,587 | 1050 | 0.8784 | |
| 38 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 16200 | 23200 | 0.3017 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
| 38 | Rogers State University | 16200 | 39700 | 0.5925 | 3,141 | 936 | 0.6683 | |
| 38 | University of Florida | 16200 | 22500 | 0.2799 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 41 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 16300 | 31600 | 0.4847 | 6,910 | 1053 | 0.9734 | |
| 41 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 16300 | 42600 | 0.6176 | 7,595 | 1075 | 0.9226 | |
| 43 | Goshen College | 16400 | 55900 | 0.706 | 780 | 995 | 0.8404 | |
| 44 | Sam Houston State University | 16600 | 23000 | 0.2784 | 17,787 | 1030 | 0.9026 | |
| 45 | Alabama A & M University | 16700 | 44800 | 0.6266 | 5,845 | 920 | 0.6622 | |
| 46 | Western Carolina University | 16800 | 19400 | 0.1341 | 10,112 | 1130 | 0.818 | |
| 47 | Arkansas State University | 16900 | 28100 | 0.3988 | 9,985 | 1075 | 0.7959 | |
| 47 | Bluefield State University | 16900 | 29200 | 0.4219 | 1,249 | 990 | 0.8722 | |
| 49 | Ferris State University | 17000 | 31000 | 0.4523 | 8,989 | 1015 | 0.9151 | |
| 50 | Morehead State University | 17200 | 28000 | 0.3855 | 8,258 | 1140 | 0.7721 | |
| 50 | University of South Alabama | 17200 | 35200 | 0.5116 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 52 | Weber State University | 17300 | 41300 | 0.5806 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 53 | University of Mary | 17500 | 32600 | 0.4628 | 2,650 | 1189 | 0.7825 | |
| 53 | University of Pittsburgh-Bradford | 17500 | 42900 | 0.5919 | 1,002 | 1115 | 0.8898 | |
| 53 | Western Kentucky University | 17500 | 27000 | 0.3522 | 14,151 | 1090 | 0.9387 | |
| 56 | Holy Family University | 17600 | 56400 | 0.6883 | 2,650 | 1030 | 0.7104 | |
| 57 | University of Miami | 17700 | 96300 | 0.8159 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 58 | Campbellsville University | 17800 | 43200 | 0.5874 | 6,853 | 1055 | 0.9833 | |
| 58 | SUNY at Fredonia | 17800 | 39600 | 0.5512 | 2,876 | 1193 | 0.792 | |
| 58 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 17800 | 44900 | 0.6031 | 5,205 | 1118 | 0.744 | |
| 58 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 17800 | 52500 | 0.6609 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 62 | Quincy University | 17900 | 68000 | 0.7363 | 1,072 | 1115 | 0.5093 | |
| 63 | Augusta University | 18000 | 51200 | 0.648 | 6,078 | 1125 | 0.6276 | |
| 63 | Georgia Southern University | 18000 | 23800 | 0.2441 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 63 | University of Holy Cross | 18000 | 36300 | 0.5048 | 806 | 985 | 0.9901 | |
| 66 | University of Massachusetts-Boston | 18100 | 88900 | 0.7966 | 12,234 | 1194 | 0.8296 | |
| 67 | Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts | 18200 | 35800 | 0.4914 | 836 | 1070 | 0.9235 | |
| 68 | California State University-Fullerton | 18300 | 41500 | 0.56 | 38,597 | 0 | 0.9052 | |
| 69 | University of Mississippi | 18800 | 45000 | 0.5828 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 69 | University of Saint Francis-Fort Wayne | 18800 | 67900 | 0.7227 | 1,567 | 980 | 0.9597 | |
| 71 | Eastern Kentucky University | 18900 | 34400 | 0.45 | 12,726 | 1055 | 0.9695 | |
| 72 | McNeese State University | 19000 | 32800 | 0.4213 | 5,560 | 1070 | 0.6755 | |
| 73 | California State University-Los Angeles | 19200 | 59200 | 0.6761 | 19,354 | 965 | 0.9125 | |
| 73 | Culver-Stockton College | 19200 | 59900 | 0.6791 | 861 | 0 | 0.6518 | |
| 75 | Texas Southern University | 19400 | 42500 | 0.5438 | 6,619 | 915 | 0.9335 | |
| 76 | San Diego State University | 19500 | 28900 | 0.3253 | 34,637 | 1208 | 0.3598 | |
| 77 | La Roche University | 19600 | 66200 | 0.7043 | 755 | 1069 | 0.7016 | |
| 78 | Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania | 19700 | 26500 | 0.2569 | 9,967 | 1080 | 0.9475 | |
| 79 | Towson University | 19800 | 30000 | 0.3395 | 16,264 | 1093 | 0.8198 | |
| 80 | Boise State University | 20200 | 59700 | 0.6617 | 24,030 | 1025 | 0.8721 | |
| 80 | Marian University | 20200 | 47200 | 0.5714 | 1,074 | 1035 | 0.6677 | |
| 82 | Minot State University | 20300 | 23500 | 0.1386 | 2,499 | 1075 | 0.6462 | |
| 82 | State University of New York at Oswego | 20300 | 40200 | 0.4952 | 5,517 | 1164 | 0.8057 | |
| 84 | Henderson State University | 20400 | 37500 | 0.4564 | 1,493 | 1075 | 0.8192 | |
| 84 | University of Montevallo | 20400 | 31500 | 0.3529 | 2,545 | 1124 | 0.539 | |
| 86 | Bowie State University | 20800 | 50200 | 0.5862 | 5,136 | 875 | 0.75 | |
| 87 | Northwestern University | 21000 | 89500 | 0.7657 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 88 | Bradley University | 21300 | 50800 | 0.5806 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 89 | Southwestern Adventist University | 21400 | 49800 | 0.5701 | 813 | 1064 | 0.5552 | |
| 90 | Austin Peay State University | 21600 | 29100 | 0.2576 | 8,926 | 0 | 0.9638 | |
| 90 | Pennsylvania Western University | 21600 | 28200 | 0.2344 | 7,586 | 0 | 0.9433 | |
| 92 | Morningside University | 21800 | 79200 | 0.7246 | 1,177 | 922 | 0.7057 | |
| 93 | San Jose State University | 22100 | 41100 | 0.4624 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 94 | San Francisco State University | 22600 | 55400 | 0.5921 | 20,756 | 1035 | 0.9615 | |
| 95 | Briar Cliff University | 23100 | 67700 | 0.6588 | 737 | 1075 | 0.6169 | |
| 95 | Saint Ambrose University | 23100 | 55400 | 0.5827 | 1,939 | 1085 | 0.7733 | |
| 95 | Saint Cloud State University | 23100 | 36800 | 0.3733 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 95 | Southwest Minnesota State University | 23100 | 25800 | 0.1023 | 7,290 | 1035 | 0.6409 | |
| 99 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 23500 | 50000 | 0.5298 | 3,856 | 1185 | 0.7518 | |
| 100 | Point Park University | 23900 | 57000 | 0.581 | 2,337 | 1144 | 0.9691 | |
| 101 | University of Sioux Falls | 24400 | 40100 | 0.3909 | 1,241 | 1055 | 0.8298 | |
| 102 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 24500 | 80400 | 0.6951 | 686 | 1030 | 0.8649 | |
| 103 | Temple University | 24700 | 36400 | 0.3217 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 104 | Lewis University | 25100 | 57700 | 0.5648 | 4,326 | 1099 | 0.7128 | |
| 105 | Mount Marty University | 25200 | 61700 | 0.592 | 1,022 | 1090 | 0.4257 | |
| 105 | St Catherine University | 25200 | 71900 | 0.6489 | 2,505 | 1124 | 0.9185 | |
| 107 | Regis College | 25500 | 70700 | 0.6393 | 1,055 | 965 | 0.9009 | |
| 108 | East Tennessee State University | 25900 | 30600 | 0.1535 | 10,633 | 1124 | 0.8706 | |
| 109 | Mount Aloysius College | 26100 | 49200 | 0.4697 | 2,942 | 1010 | 0.904 | |
| 110 | St. Francis College | 26200 | 39400 | 0.3354 | 1,934 | 1035 | 0.8153 | |
| 111 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 26300 | 28400 | 0.0751 | 14,504 | 1145 | 0.7637 | |
| 112 | Ashland University | 26400 | 56600 | 0.534 | 5,180 | 1145 | 0.8053 | |
| 113 | Capital University | 27200 | 80300 | 0.6614 | 1,609 | 1084 | 0.7022 | |
| 114 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 17,771 | 1044 | 0.7933 | |
| 115 | Long Island University | 27600 | 59800 | 0.5389 | 11,753 | 1252 | 0.8977 | |
| 116 | Murray State University | 27700 | 32400 | 0.1432 | 8,281 | 1124 | 0.8568 | |
| 117 | North Dakota State University | 27800 | 30400 | 0.0835 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 118 | Syracuse University | 27900 | 83100 | 0.6642 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 119 | University of Northern Iowa | 28000 | 36200 | 0.2249 | 7,716 | 1115 | 0.8713 | |
| 120 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 33400 | 0.1437 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 120 | University of Hartford | 28600 | 70100 | 0.592 | 4,223 | 1224 | 0.9579 | |
| 122 | University of Iowa | 29000 | 31100 | 0.0686 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 123 | Cornerstone University | 29100 | 40800 | 0.2853 | 1,444 | 1124 | 0.7316 | |
| 123 | University of Wisconsin-La Crosse | 29100 | 31400 | 0.0744 | 9,513 | 1200 | 0.8122 | |
| 125 | Huntington University | 29400 | 44300 | 0.3364 | 1,589 | 1055 | 0.7564 | |
| 126 | Westminster College | 29500 | 57600 | 0.4879 | 1,136 | 1190 | 0.9256 | |
| 127 | Southeastern University | 29700 | 60500 | 0.5088 | 10,351 | 1110 | 0.6165 | |
| 128 | York College of Pennsylvania | 29800 | 45800 | 0.3496 | 3,308 | 1140 | 0.942 | |
| 129 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30700 | 54600 | 0.4385 | 3,163 | 1165 | 0.9347 | |
| 130 | Siena Heights University | 31100 | 46300 | 0.3272 | 1,669 | 1000 | 0.6656 | |
| 131 | Manhattanville University | 31200 | 68500 | 0.5447 | 1,466 | 1145 | 0.8734 | |
| 132 | Vermont State University | 31400 | 32600 | 0.0368 | 4,087 | 960 | 0.8323 | |
| 133 | Missouri Baptist University | 31700 | 53800 | 0.4113 | 4,958 | 843 | 0.686 | |
| 134 | Rider University | 31900 | 60600 | 0.4737 | 3,196 | 1214 | 0.794 | |
| 135 | Ithaca College | 32100 | 72500 | 0.5571 | 4,268 | 1314 | 0.6901 | |
| 135 | Misericordia University | 32100 | 65100 | 0.5074 | 1,721 | 1175 | 0.8871 | |
| 135 | Washington Adventist University | 32100 | 37800 | 0.151 | 605 | 951 | 0.4536 | |
| 138 | Manhattan University | 32200 | 72500 | 0.5559 | 2,928 | 1248 | 0.785 | |
| 139 | North Central College | 32300 | 64900 | 0.5023 | 2,454 | 1203 | 0.7733 | |
| 140 | St. John's University-New York | 32500 | 78000 | 0.583 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 140 | Suffolk University | 32500 | 68900 | 0.5285 | 4,324 | 1209 | 0.822 | |
| 142 | Roosevelt University | 32800 | 47600 | 0.3114 | 2,605 | 995 | 0.9427 | |
| 143 | California Baptist University | 33600 | 65600 | 0.4876 | 8,417 | 1069 | 0.8535 | |
| 144 | Adrian College | 33700 | 70200 | 0.5205 | 1,678 | 1025 | 0.6843 | |
| 145 | University of Vermont | 34500 | 66300 | 0.4787 | 12,276 | 1379 | 0.653 | |
| 146 | Hofstra University | 34600 | 77000 | 0.5505 | 6,581 | 1323 | 0.6808 | |
| 146 | Lasell University | 34600 | 47500 | 0.2716 | 1,293 | 1212 | 0.927 | |
| 148 | Trevecca Nazarene University | 34700 | 50900 | 0.3172 | 1,903 | 1085 | 0.6944 | |
| 149 | New England Institute of Technology | 34800 | 77700 | 0.5524 | 1,718 | 1055 | 0.6673 | |
| 150 | Gwynedd Mercy University | 34900 | 65100 | 0.4642 | 1,301 | 1115 | 0.8963 | |
| 151 | Asbury University | 35000 | 49100 | 0.2878 | 2,066 | 1157 | 0.954 | |
| 152 | Chicago State University | 35500 | 37600 | 0.0567 | 1,495 | 885 | 0.4052 | |
| 153 | University of Central Arkansas | 36200 | 38400 | 0.0556 | 8,268 | 1124 | 0.8949 | |
| 154 | Indiana University-South Bend | 36600 | 38800 | 0.0551 | 4,083 | 1070 | 0.8384 | |
| 155 | Clark Atlanta University | 36700 | 61700 | 0.4053 | 3,495 | 1000 | 0.6463 | |
| 156 | Champlain College | 37400 | 90100 | 0.585 | 1,691 | 1304 | 0.8764 | |
| 157 | Saint Joseph's College of Maine | 38000 | 65000 | 0.4151 | 1,059 | 1025 | 0.8172 | |
| 158 | Elon University | 38700 | 58200 | 0.3349 | 6,452 | 1244 | 0.6635 | |
| 158 | Texas Tech University | 38700 | 41000 | 0.0561 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 160 | University of Charleston | 39200 | 51200 | 0.2342 | 2,087 | 1075 | 0.6458 | |
| 161 | University of Central Florida | 39600 | 39600 | 0 | 59,649 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
| 162 | Seton Hall University | 39700 | 67400 | 0.4107 | 6,146 | 1313 | 0.7326 | |
| 163 | MCPHS University | 39800 | 87400 | 0.5448 | 3,477 | 1217 | 0.8521 | |
| 164 | Quinnipiac University | 41200 | 79200 | 0.4797 | 6,248 | 1209 | 0.77 | |
| 165 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41400 | 57000 | 0.2738 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 166 | Bellarmine University | 41600 | 66100 | 0.3698 | 2,240 | 1130 | 0.8611 | |
| 167 | Campbell University | 41700 | 65100 | 0.3601 | 2,699 | 1120 | 0.872 | |
| 168 | Montclair State University | 42100 | 46200 | 0.0888 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 169 | Susquehanna University | 42400 | 76800 | 0.4481 | 2,185 | 1204 | 0.7871 | |
| 170 | Appalachian State University | 43600 | 43600 | 0 | 19,560 | 1159 | 0.9014 | |
| 171 | Texas Christian University | 43800 | 82400 | 0.4686 | 11,049 | 1283 | 0.4449 | |
| 172 | Saint Louis University | 44700 | 80900 | 0.4472 | 10,436 | 1260 | 0.7504 | |
| 173 | The University of Texas at Austin | 45300 | 45300 | 0 | 43,165 | 1348 | 0.2664 | |
| 174 | The Master's University and Seminary | 47700 | 53700 | 0.1118 | 1,914 | 1110 | 0.7589 | |
| 175 | University of Kentucky | 48900 | 56600 | 0.136 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 176 | Columbia College Chicago | 52600 | 68600 | 0.2334 | 5,422 | 0 | 0.7549 | |
| 177 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 53400 | 53400 | 0 | 33,572 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 178 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
| 179 | Dallas Baptist University | 55800 | 71900 | 0.2238 | 2,785 | 1104 | 0.8884 | |
| 180 | Savannah College of Art and Design | 57000 | 66500 | 0.1429 | 14,657 | 1183 | 0.8368 | |
| 181 | The University of Alabama | 57100 | 57100 | 0 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 182 | University of La Verne | 57400 | 67300 | 0.1472 | 2,414 | 1123 | 0.4848 | |
| 183 | Howard University | 58300 | 76900 | 0.2418 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 184 | Oregon Institute of Technology | 58900 | 67000 | 0.1214 | 5,162 | 1131 | 0.9502 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.