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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 | 9300 | 23500 | 0.6051 | 10,834 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | Marshall University | 11000 | 33400 | 0.6705 | 9,146 | 1065 | 0.9573 | |
| 5 | Northern Arizona University | 11500 | 27900 | 0.5864 | 22,990 | 1090 | 0.8961 | |
| 6 | Eastern Kentucky University | 11700 | 22900 | 0.49 | 13,448 | 1110 | 0.7761 | |
| 7 | University of Central Florida | 11900 | 25300 | 0.529 | 59,552 | 1280 | 0.4011 | |
| 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 | University of Houston | 13600 | 22000 | 0.3811 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 11 | Boston University | 14000 | 91700 | 0.8476 | 18,805 | 1475 | 0.1111 | |
| 12 | Baptist Health Sciences University | 14100 | 26600 | 0.4691 | 782 | 1020 | 0.8202 | |
| 13 | Central Michigan University | 14300 | 37800 | 0.621 | 10,193 | 1095 | 0.8982 | |
| 14 | Northern Kentucky University | 14400 | 25900 | 0.4446 | 10,163 | 1090 | 0.6765 | |
| 14 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 14400 | 29600 | 0.5142 | 7,622 | 1075 | 0.9254 | |
| 16 | Murray State University | 14900 | 27000 | 0.4491 | 7,851 | 1115 | 0.8568 | |
| 17 | Texas State University | 15000 | 25500 | 0.412 | 36,236 | 1100 | 0.8932 | |
| 18 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15100 | 37700 | 0.6009 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8609 | |
| 18 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 15100 | 28700 | 0.4739 | 6,761 | 1105 | 0.8475 | |
| 20 | Western Carolina University | 15300 | 16500 | 0.0729 | 10,112 | 1130 | 0.8183 | |
| 21 | University of Southern Indiana | 15400 | 26000 | 0.4071 | 7,600 | 1145 | 0.9581 | |
| 22 | University of Arkansas-Fort Smith | 15500 | 21700 | 0.2851 | 5,459 | 1055 | 0.8046 | |
| 23 | Appalachian State University | 15700 | 19500 | 0.195 | 19,560 | 1190 | 0.9014 | |
| 23 | Sam Houston State University | 15700 | 30300 | 0.4815 | 17,787 | 1030 | 0.9026 | |
| 23 | University of Central Missouri | 15700 | 26600 | 0.4094 | 7,584 | 1055 | 0.638 | |
| 23 | University of North Texas | 15700 | 26100 | 0.3991 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 27 | Oakland University | 15900 | 28200 | 0.4365 | 12,587 | 1130 | 0.8784 | |
| 28 | Weber State University | 16000 | 23600 | 0.3216 | 31,672 | 0 | 0 | |
| 29 | University of Florida | 16300 | 22500 | 0.2755 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 30 | Arkansas State University | 16400 | 28100 | 0.4166 | 9,985 | 1075 | 0.8226 | |
| 30 | Goshen College | 16400 | 55900 | 0.7068 | 780 | 995 | 0.8407 | |
| 30 | Wayne State University | 16400 | 32900 | 0.5013 | 16,012 | 1174 | 0.8116 | |
| 33 | Georgia Southern University | 16600 | 20100 | 0.1737 | 23,541 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 33 | Northwestern University | 16600 | 89500 | 0.8149 | 9,399 | 1527 | 0.0769 | |
| 33 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16600 | 64800 | 0.7438 | 20,885 | 1420 | 0.1534 | |
| 36 | Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts | 16900 | 34300 | 0.5063 | 794 | 1070 | 0.8974 | |
| 37 | Ferris State University | 17000 | 31000 | 0.4523 | 8,991 | 1015 | 0.9139 | |
| 38 | Augusta University | 17200 | 47400 | 0.6368 | 6,049 | 1065 | 0.8641 | |
| 38 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 17200 | 35400 | 0.5147 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 38 | Vermont State University | 17200 | 26900 | 0.36 | 4,108 | 960 | 0.8167 | |
| 41 | Avila University | 17600 | 64100 | 0.7252 | 1,331 | 985 | 0.878 | |
| 41 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 17600 | 22800 | 0.2284 | 11,994 | 1090 | 0.865 | |
| 43 | University of Miami | 17700 | 95700 | 0.8149 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 44 | State University of New York at Oswego | 18100 | 27700 | 0.3465 | 5,517 | 1180 | 0.8055 | |
| 45 | University of St Francis | 18200 | 57800 | 0.6847 | 1,343 | 1145 | 0.6529 | |
| 46 | California State University-Fullerton | 18300 | 20600 | 0.1108 | 38,760 | 1090 | 0.9052 | |
| 46 | Rogers State University | 18300 | 29400 | 0.3775 | 3,135 | 930 | 0.8184 | |
| 46 | University of Vermont | 18300 | 37800 | 0.5164 | 12,276 | 1379 | 0.653 | |
| 46 | Youngstown State University | 18300 | 34000 | 0.4618 | 9,400 | 1115 | 0.8445 | |
| 50 | East Tennessee State University | 18400 | 26100 | 0.2945 | 10,829 | 1124 | 0.8619 | |
| 51 | University of Mary | 18500 | 32600 | 0.4328 | 2,821 | 1175 | 0.753 | |
| 52 | Holy Family University | 18600 | 56200 | 0.6696 | 2,643 | 1030 | 0.7104 | |
| 53 | Bluefield State University | 18700 | 27600 | 0.3219 | 1,117 | 990 | 0.9723 | |
| 54 | McNeese State University | 18900 | 27400 | 0.3102 | 5,668 | 1060 | 0.7827 | |
| 54 | Quincy University | 18900 | 57800 | 0.6728 | 1,072 | 1115 | 0.5093 | |
| 56 | Campbellsville University | 19000 | 43200 | 0.5596 | 6,848 | 1075 | 0.7974 | |
| 56 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 19000 | 68100 | 0.7212 | 709 | 1030 | 0.8216 | |
| 58 | University of Mississippi | 19300 | 27000 | 0.2851 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 59 | California State University-Los Angeles | 19600 | 38000 | 0.4843 | 19,586 | 965 | 0.9125 | |
| 59 | Pennsylvania Western University | 19600 | 29000 | 0.3246 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 61 | University of Northern Iowa | 19700 | 24000 | 0.1782 | 7,711 | 1129 | 0.9274 | |
| 62 | Eastern Illinois University | 19800 | 28100 | 0.2944 | 6,785 | 985 | 0.6535 | |
| 63 | University of Saint Francis-Fort Wayne | 20000 | 57300 | 0.6514 | 1,567 | 980 | 0.9597 | |
| 64 | Minot State University | 20100 | 23500 | 0.1448 | 2,499 | 1075 | 0.6462 | |
| 65 | Marian University | 20300 | 47200 | 0.5693 | 1,021 | 1020 | 0.7498 | |
| 66 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 20400 | 23200 | 0.1207 | 20,444 | 1209 | 0.8499 | |
| 66 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20400 | 39900 | 0.489 | 5,255 | 1109 | 0.7295 | |
| 68 | University of Montevallo | 20500 | 30300 | 0.3235 | 2,642 | 1124 | 0.5385 | |
| 69 | Indiana University-South Bend | 20700 | 23900 | 0.137 | 4,083 | 1075 | 0.8384 | |
| 70 | Midwestern State University | 20900 | 28600 | 0.2688 | 4,303 | 1010 | 0.9352 | |
| 71 | Culver-Stockton College | 21200 | 50600 | 0.5809 | 861 | 1025 | 0.991 | |
| 71 | University of Sioux Falls | 21200 | 40100 | 0.4712 | 1,241 | 1135 | 0.8289 | |
| 73 | Austin Peay State University | 21700 | 35900 | 0.3955 | 8,926 | 1075 | 0.9641 | |
| 73 | La Roche University | 21700 | 72600 | 0.7014 | 1,828 | 1059 | 0.7576 | |
| 75 | Texas Southern University | 22100 | 25500 | 0.1335 | 6,844 | 915 | 0.9691 | |
| 76 | California State University-Chico | 22200 | 31000 | 0.2835 | 13,792 | 1075 | 0.9272 | |
| 77 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 22400 | 43200 | 0.4816 | 3,825 | 1175 | 0.7841 | |
| 78 | Saint Cloud State University | 22900 | 36800 | 0.3772 | 8,738 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 78 | San Jose State University | 22900 | 41100 | 0.4429 | 28,008 | 1124 | 0.8461 | |
| 80 | Southwest Minnesota State University | 23000 | 25800 | 0.1079 | 7,735 | 1015 | 0.6218 | |
| 81 | York College of Pennsylvania | 23400 | 45800 | 0.4895 | 3,369 | 1153 | 0.7374 | |
| 82 | University of Massachusetts-Boston | 23500 | 43300 | 0.4578 | 12,138 | 1189 | 0.8378 | |
| 83 | University of Kentucky | 23800 | 36400 | 0.3476 | 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 | Boise State University | 24500 | 31200 | 0.2148 | 23,983 | 1135 | 0.8721 | |
| 90 | Temple University | 24700 | 36100 | 0.316 | 21,457 | 1135 | 0.8041 | |
| 91 | St Catherine University | 25100 | 71900 | 0.6502 | 2,498 | 1140 | 0.9185 | |
| 92 | Point Park University | 25300 | 57000 | 0.5564 | 2,337 | 1140 | 0.9691 | |
| 93 | Briar Cliff University | 25800 | 74200 | 0.6521 | 766 | 1050 | 0.5834 | |
| 93 | Western Kentucky University | 25800 | 41800 | 0.3827 | 14,151 | 970 | 0.9387 | |
| 95 | Westminster College | 25900 | 57600 | 0.5504 | 1,137 | 1149 | 0.9256 | |
| 96 | Mount Aloysius College | 26200 | 49200 | 0.4677 | 2,942 | 1045 | 0.8205 | |
| 97 | Regis College | 26300 | 70700 | 0.628 | 987 | 965 | 0.6978 | |
| 98 | University of La Verne | 26600 | 67300 | 0.6044 | 3,050 | 1109 | 0.7117 | |
| 99 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 26700 | 36600 | 0.2704 | 27,132 | 1099 | 0.9617 | |
| 100 | Henderson State University | 26900 | 27200 | 0.011 | 1,461 | 990 | 0.8192 | |
| 100 | Troy University | 26900 | 34700 | 0.2248 | 10,222 | 1090 | 0.9604 | |
| 102 | California State University-Northridge | 27000 | 36500 | 0.2622 | 32,756 | 1005 | 0.9345 | |
| 102 | University of Central Arkansas | 27000 | 31200 | 0.137 | 8,268 | 1110 | 0.8949 | |
| 104 | Capital University | 27100 | 62400 | 0.5656 | 1,609 | 1084 | 0.7022 | |
| 105 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 17,450 | 1044 | 0.9518 | |
| 106 | North Dakota State University | 27700 | 30400 | 0.0882 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 107 | Morehead State University | 27800 | 32600 | 0.1471 | 8,258 | 1140 | 0.7721 | |
| 107 | St. Francis College | 27800 | 39400 | 0.2948 | 1,719 | 1119 | 0.8427 | |
| 107 | Syracuse University | 27800 | 83100 | 0.6653 | 15,957 | 1363 | 0.4592 | |
| 110 | Alabama A & M University | 28100 | 37700 | 0.2545 | 6,370 | 915 | 0.5795 | |
| 111 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28500 | 32300 | 0.1176 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 111 | University of Hartford | 28500 | 70100 | 0.5933 | 4,223 | 1224 | 0.9575 | |
| 113 | University of Iowa | 28800 | 31100 | 0.0733 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 114 | University of Wisconsin-La Crosse | 28900 | 31400 | 0.079 | 9,501 | 1195 | 0.755 | |
| 115 | Cornerstone University | 29100 | 40800 | 0.2864 | 1,354 | 1110 | 0.7777 | |
| 116 | Huntington University | 29200 | 44300 | 0.3407 | 1,588 | 1055 | 0.7564 | |
| 116 | Manhattanville University | 29200 | 68500 | 0.5737 | 1,466 | 1160 | 0.8734 | |
| 116 | Montclair State University | 29200 | 36300 | 0.1957 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 119 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 29300 | 34000 | 0.1381 | 6,907 | 1060 | 0.974 | |
| 120 | Lasell University | 29400 | 47500 | 0.3811 | 1,293 | 1095 | 0.8122 | |
| 121 | Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania | 29500 | 43900 | 0.3282 | 9,847 | 1090 | 0.9309 | |
| 122 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30500 | 54600 | 0.4411 | 3,163 | 1165 | 0.9347 | |
| 123 | San Francisco State University | 30700 | 47700 | 0.3565 | 19,444 | 1035 | 0.9644 | |
| 124 | Siena Heights University | 31000 | 46300 | 0.3303 | 1,628 | 980 | 0.689 | |
| 125 | Bowie State University | 31400 | 37300 | 0.1583 | 5,136 | 946 | 0.7241 | |
| 125 | Rider University | 31400 | 60600 | 0.4816 | 3,145 | 1233 | 0.7864 | |
| 125 | San Diego State University | 31400 | 36100 | 0.1301 | 35,782 | 1208 | 0.3619 | |
| 128 | Missouri Baptist University | 31500 | 53800 | 0.414 | 4,958 | 843 | 0.686 | |
| 129 | Ithaca College | 32000 | 72500 | 0.5585 | 4,268 | 1314 | 0.6901 | |
| 130 | Washington Adventist University | 32100 | 37800 | 0.151 | 513 | 995 | 0.4618 | |
| 131 | University of Pittsburgh-Bradford | 32600 | 48400 | 0.3266 | 1,009 | 1115 | 0.8854 | |
| 132 | Roosevelt University | 32800 | 47600 | 0.3124 | 2,868 | 1049 | 0.9716 | |
| 132 | Suffolk University | 32800 | 68900 | 0.5241 | 4,326 | 1209 | 0.8233 | |
| 134 | North Central College | 32900 | 64900 | 0.4931 | 2,454 | 1203 | 0.7733 | |
| 135 | Lewis-Clark State College | 33300 | 40000 | 0.1675 | 3,793 | 980 | 0.8769 | |
| 136 | California Baptist University | 33400 | 65600 | 0.4908 | 8,417 | 1070 | 0.8488 | |
| 136 | Misericordia University | 33400 | 67700 | 0.5067 | 1,720 | 1145 | 0.7093 | |
| 138 | Adrian College | 33500 | 70200 | 0.5226 | 1,673 | 1045 | 0.7253 | |
| 139 | Morningside University | 33700 | 60600 | 0.4438 | 1,172 | 922 | 0.7104 | |
| 139 | Rhode Island College | 33700 | 45100 | 0.2527 | 5,154 | 995 | 0.9182 | |
| 141 | Colorado Mesa University | 33800 | 40000 | 0.155 | 9,473 | 1055 | 0.8203 | |
| 142 | SUNY at Fredonia | 34100 | 39600 | 0.1391 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 143 | Southeastern University | 34300 | 60500 | 0.4328 | 10,172 | 1110 | 0.5298 | |
| 144 | Trevecca Nazarene University | 34600 | 50900 | 0.32 | 1,903 | 1085 | 0.6944 | |
| 145 | Asbury University | 34800 | 49100 | 0.2908 | 1,789 | 1197 | 0.634 | |
| 145 | Gwynedd Mercy University | 34800 | 65100 | 0.4655 | 1,301 | 1110 | 0.8963 | |
| 147 | Chicago State University | 35400 | 37600 | 0.0606 | 1,501 | 885 | 0.4326 | |
| 148 | Texas Tech University | 35500 | 38900 | 0.0874 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 149 | Hofstra University | 38100 | 76900 | 0.5045 | 6,581 | 1328 | 0.6808 | |
| 149 | Saint Joseph's College of Maine | 38100 | 65000 | 0.4136 | 1,097 | 1055 | 0.8351 | |
| 151 | Clark Atlanta University | 38400 | 51900 | 0.26 | 3,618 | 990 | 0.6422 | |
| 152 | Long Island University | 38800 | 60000 | 0.3535 | 12,072 | 1229 | 0.8616 | |
| 153 | Bellarmine University | 39200 | 66100 | 0.4068 | 2,240 | 1220 | 0.8611 | |
| 153 | University of Charleston | 39200 | 51200 | 0.2342 | 2,348 | 1075 | 0.6152 | |
| 155 | Champlain College | 39400 | 76000 | 0.4818 | 2,778 | 1304 | 0.8292 | |
| 156 | Seton Hall University | 39700 | 67400 | 0.4107 | 6,146 | 1313 | 0.7326 | |
| 156 | University of South Alabama | 39700 | 39700 | 0 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 158 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 40400 | 53600 | 0.2464 | 46,815 | 1378 | 0.6057 | |
| 159 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41200 | 57000 | 0.2773 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.782 | |
| 160 | Susquehanna University | 41900 | 76800 | 0.4546 | 2,246 | 1204 | 0.8143 | |
| 161 | Manhattan University | 43700 | 74100 | 0.4102 | 2,744 | 1274 | 0.7894 | |
| 162 | Texas Christian University | 43800 | 87400 | 0.4991 | 11,049 | 1283 | 0.4449 | |
| 163 | Campbell University | 44000 | 68700 | 0.3604 | 2,699 | 1120 | 0.8718 | |
| 164 | New England Institute of Technology | 44400 | 68200 | 0.3488 | 1,796 | 1030 | 0.6673 | |
| 164 | St. John's University-New York | 44400 | 78000 | 0.4305 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 166 | Quinnipiac University | 44800 | 79200 | 0.4343 | 6,557 | 1245 | 0.7215 | |
| 167 | Ashland University | 44900 | 56400 | 0.204 | 2,977 | 1125 | 0.764 | |
| 168 | Towson University | 45300 | 46400 | 0.0237 | 16,264 | 1098 | 0.8197 | |
| 169 | Saint Louis University | 46100 | 80900 | 0.4299 | 10,413 | 1305 | 0.7504 | |
| 170 | MCPHS University | 47700 | 77500 | 0.3844 | 3,469 | 1281 | 0.8521 | |
| 170 | The Master's University and Seminary | 47700 | 53700 | 0.1118 | 1,908 | 1139 | 0.8402 | |
| 172 | The University of Texas at Austin | 49700 | 59400 | 0.1633 | 43,165 | 1356 | 0.2664 | |
| 173 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 50600 | 52900 | 0.0431 | 14,504 | 1149 | 0.7637 | |
| 174 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 51500 | 52800 | 0.0246 | 21,210 | 1148 | 0.9262 | |
| 175 | Columbia College Chicago | 52600 | 68600 | 0.2334 | 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 | 54300 | 66400 | 0.1823 | 15,552 | 1174 | 0.8298 | |
| 179 | Howard University | 54900 | 66500 | 0.1745 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 180 | The University of Alabama | 55800 | 56300 | 0.0089 | 34,389 | 1284 | 0.7665 | |
| 181 | Dallas Baptist University | 56400 | 63400 | 0.1104 | 2,785 | 1109 | 0.8884 | |
| 182 | Elon University | 56500 | 68900 | 0.1801 | 6,452 | 1215 | 0.6635 | |
| 183 | Oregon Institute of Technology | 58700 | 67000 | 0.1236 | 5,160 | 1131 | 0.9502 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.