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These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Radio majors who live in Pennsylvania.
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 Pennsylvania.
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 | 6,354 | 1554 | 0.0611 | |
| 2 | Emory University | 8500 | 92500 | 0.908 | 7,320 | 1499 | 0.103 | |
| 3 | Marshall University | 11200 | 33400 | 0.6645 | 9,960 | 1070 | 0.9663 | |
| 4 | Idaho State University | 11500 | 27000 | 0.5733 | 10,834 | 0 | 0.8396 | |
| 5 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 11600 | 27800 | 0.582 | 22,007 | 1427 | 0.1672 | |
| 6 | Eastern Kentucky University | 11900 | 22900 | 0.4812 | 13,448 | 1075 | 0.9683 | |
| 7 | University of Houston | 12000 | 28400 | 0.5781 | 40,366 | 1224 | 0.7577 | |
| 8 | Boston University | 12200 | 92800 | 0.8687 | 18,289 | 1475 | 0.1283 | |
| 8 | California State University-Northridge | 12200 | 22000 | 0.4455 | 32,846 | 1005 | 0.9176 | |
| 10 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 12600 | 25700 | 0.5097 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 11 | University of Michigan-Flint | 13100 | 34900 | 0.6253 | 5,534 | 1079 | 0.6734 | |
| 12 | Baptist Health Sciences University | 14100 | 26600 | 0.4691 | 782 | 1020 | 0.8202 | |
| 13 | Central Michigan University | 14500 | 37800 | 0.6157 | 10,238 | 1099 | 0.9104 | |
| 14 | Northern Kentucky University | 14700 | 25900 | 0.433 | 10,136 | 1110 | 0.9666 | |
| 14 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 14700 | 29600 | 0.5041 | 7,501 | 1055 | 0.9467 | |
| 16 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 14900 | 31600 | 0.5291 | 7,402 | 1054 | 0.9684 | |
| 17 | Austin Peay State University | 15200 | 29100 | 0.478 | 9,593 | 1075 | 0.9691 | |
| 18 | Texas State University | 15300 | 25500 | 0.4002 | 39,353 | 1080 | 0.9118 | |
| 19 | Western Carolina University | 15400 | 16500 | 0.0668 | 10,268 | 1140 | 0.7076 | |
| 20 | Troy University | 15500 | 26700 | 0.4194 | 10,130 | 1075 | 0.9535 | |
| 21 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 29800 | 0.4782 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 22 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 15700 | 29300 | 0.4642 | 8,421 | 1054 | 0.9444 | |
| 23 | Appalachian State University | 15900 | 19500 | 0.1847 | 19,732 | 1174 | 0.9388 | |
| 24 | University of North Texas | 16000 | 26100 | 0.3876 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 25 | Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania | 16100 | 26900 | 0.4031 | 9,847 | 1090 | 0.9309 | |
| 26 | Oakland University | 16200 | 28200 | 0.4258 | 12,770 | 1039 | 0.8897 | |
| 27 | University of Florida | 16300 | 22500 | 0.2755 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 28 | Ferris State University | 16500 | 31000 | 0.4685 | 8,980 | 1015 | 0.8237 | |
| 28 | Goshen College | 16500 | 55900 | 0.7052 | 738 | 995 | 0.8342 | |
| 28 | Wayne State University | 16500 | 32900 | 0.4982 | 16,390 | 1183 | 0.8359 | |
| 31 | Arkansas State University | 16600 | 28100 | 0.4095 | 11,189 | 1080 | 0.7818 | |
| 31 | Northwestern University | 16600 | 89500 | 0.8149 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 33 | Sam Houston State University | 17200 | 27000 | 0.3631 | 17,822 | 1035 | 0.9372 | |
| 34 | University of St Francis | 17300 | 57800 | 0.7005 | 1,416 | 1030 | 0.6528 | |
| 35 | Rhode Island College | 17500 | 27400 | 0.3617 | 5,695 | 995 | 0.8557 | |
| 36 | Augusta University | 17600 | 29400 | 0.4015 | 6,102 | 1065 | 0.6276 | |
| 36 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 17600 | 27400 | 0.3575 | 27,963 | 1090 | 0.8395 | |
| 38 | Avila University | 17700 | 64100 | 0.7236 | 1,538 | 985 | 0.878 | |
| 38 | University of Miami | 17700 | 95700 | 0.8149 | 13,241 | 1408 | 0.1761 | |
| 40 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 17900 | 22800 | 0.2152 | 11,994 | 1090 | 0.8651 | |
| 41 | Lewis-Clark State College | 18200 | 23500 | 0.2251 | 4,015 | 990 | 0.9964 | |
| 41 | State University of New York at Oswego | 18200 | 27700 | 0.3428 | 5,293 | 1179 | 0.7989 | |
| 43 | University of Mississippi | 18300 | 45000 | 0.5938 | 22,939 | 1172 | 0.9738 | |
| 44 | Texas Tech University | 18400 | 27100 | 0.3216 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 45 | East Tennessee State University | 18600 | 26100 | 0.2869 | 10,829 | 1124 | 0.8619 | |
| 45 | University of Pittsburgh-Bradford | 18600 | 33400 | 0.443 | 1,094 | 1109 | 0.8917 | |
| 47 | Bluefield State University | 18800 | 27600 | 0.3183 | 1,117 | 990 | 0.9723 | |
| 47 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 18800 | 32000 | 0.4129 | 3,825 | 1175 | 0.7841 | |
| 47 | University of Mary | 18800 | 32600 | 0.4234 | 2,821 | 1175 | 0.753 | |
| 50 | McNeese State University | 18900 | 27400 | 0.3102 | 5,668 | 1060 | 0.7827 | |
| 50 | Quincy University | 18900 | 57800 | 0.6728 | 1,096 | 1115 | 0.551 | |
| 52 | Campbellsville University | 19100 | 43200 | 0.5573 | 6,848 | 1075 | 0.7974 | |
| 53 | Louisiana Christian University | 19200 | 26000 | 0.2615 | 769 | 1065 | 0.7719 | |
| 53 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 19200 | 68100 | 0.7183 | 711 | 1030 | 0.8214 | |
| 55 | University of South Alabama | 19400 | 22400 | 0.1342 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 56 | Pennsylvania Western University | 19600 | 29100 | 0.3269 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 57 | University of Northern Iowa | 19700 | 24000 | 0.1786 | 7,800 | 1115 | 0.9313 | |
| 58 | California State University-Los Angeles | 19800 | 38000 | 0.479 | 22,077 | 965 | 0.9124 | |
| 59 | Westminster College | 20000 | 56900 | 0.6492 | 1,110 | 1145 | 0.9167 | |
| 59 | Youngstown State University | 20000 | 34000 | 0.4118 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 61 | Minot State University | 20100 | 23500 | 0.1452 | 2,499 | 1075 | 0.6462 | |
| 61 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20100 | 39900 | 0.4965 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 63 | Lasell University | 20200 | 48500 | 0.5831 | 1,347 | 1095 | 0.7457 | |
| 64 | Marian University | 20300 | 47200 | 0.5693 | 1,026 | 1020 | 0.75 | |
| 64 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 20300 | 23200 | 0.125 | 20,786 | 1225 | 0.8689 | |
| 64 | University of Saint Francis-Fort Wayne | 20300 | 57300 | 0.6461 | 1,567 | 980 | 0.9597 | |
| 67 | Alabama A & M University | 20400 | 28200 | 0.2779 | 6,370 | 915 | 0.5795 | |
| 67 | Eastern Illinois University | 20400 | 28100 | 0.2735 | 6,731 | 1020 | 0.7073 | |
| 69 | University of Sioux Falls | 21200 | 40100 | 0.4712 | 1,177 | 1075 | 0.8274 | |
| 70 | Midwestern State University | 21300 | 28600 | 0.2548 | 4,303 | 1055 | 0.9347 | |
| 71 | Holy Family University | 21600 | 55000 | 0.6074 | 2,808 | 975 | 0.7456 | |
| 72 | La Roche University | 21800 | 72700 | 0.7004 | 1,972 | 990 | 0.6638 | |
| 73 | Bradley University | 21900 | 50800 | 0.5688 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 74 | Culver-Stockton College | 22000 | 50600 | 0.5651 | 889 | 1055 | 0.9827 | |
| 75 | California State University-Chico | 22400 | 31000 | 0.2771 | 13,599 | 1054 | 0.9107 | |
| 76 | York College of Pennsylvania | 22800 | 44900 | 0.493 | 3,369 | 1153 | 0.7374 | |
| 77 | Saint Cloud State University | 22900 | 36800 | 0.3775 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 78 | San Jose State University | 23000 | 41100 | 0.4405 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 78 | Southwest Minnesota State University | 23000 | 25800 | 0.1083 | 7,290 | 1015 | 0.6409 | |
| 80 | Florida Memorial University | 23100 | 42000 | 0.4495 | 1,206 | 0 | 0.8526 | |
| 81 | University of Southern Indiana | 23400 | 27200 | 0.1394 | 5,347 | 1145 | 0.9581 | |
| 82 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 23800 | 90700 | 0.7376 | 8,727 | 1055 | 0.9703 | |
| 83 | Saint Ambrose University | 24200 | 55400 | 0.5628 | 1,884 | 1065 | 0.8006 | |
| 83 | Wisconsin Lutheran College | 24200 | 55200 | 0.5627 | 957 | 1233 | 0.7816 | |
| 85 | Mount Aloysius College | 24400 | 48400 | 0.4957 | 3,135 | 1045 | 0.936 | |
| 86 | Southwestern Adventist University | 24500 | 43200 | 0.433 | 758 | 1064 | 0.7836 | |
| 87 | St Catherine University | 25100 | 71900 | 0.6503 | 2,602 | 1148 | 0.9047 | |
| 87 | Susquehanna University | 25100 | 76800 | 0.6736 | 2,220 | 1199 | 0.7908 | |
| 89 | Lewis University | 25200 | 57700 | 0.563 | 4,914 | 1127 | 0.6916 | |
| 90 | Mount Marty University | 25400 | 56400 | 0.5496 | 1,053 | 1145 | 0.8603 | |
| 91 | Point Park University | 26000 | 56200 | 0.5376 | 2,498 | 1144 | 0.984 | |
| 92 | Briar Cliff University | 26200 | 74200 | 0.6468 | 766 | 1075 | 0.5834 | |
| 93 | Northern Arizona University | 26300 | 43200 | 0.3922 | 22,203 | 1129 | 0.8961 | |
| 94 | Georgia Southern University | 26500 | 26800 | 0.0112 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 95 | University of La Verne | 26600 | 67300 | 0.6044 | 3,052 | 1109 | 0.7117 | |
| 96 | Morehead State University | 26800 | 32600 | 0.1778 | 7,941 | 1080 | 0.8328 | |
| 96 | St. Francis College | 26800 | 39400 | 0.3202 | 1,719 | 1035 | 1 | |
| 96 | Western Kentucky University | 26800 | 41800 | 0.3588 | 13,732 | 1090 | 0.9145 | |
| 96 | William Paterson University of New Jersey | 26800 | 31100 | 0.1383 | 6,647 | 1153 | 0.9008 | |
| 100 | Henderson State University | 26900 | 27200 | 0.011 | 1,461 | 1075 | 0.8192 | |
| 101 | Capital University | 27100 | 62400 | 0.5656 | 1,642 | 1045 | 0.6501 | |
| 102 | Rowan University | 27400 | 41300 | 0.3369 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 103 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 18,028 | 1059 | 0.7996 | |
| 104 | Murray State University | 27600 | 32400 | 0.148 | 8,217 | 1124 | 0.8413 | |
| 105 | North Dakota State University | 27700 | 30400 | 0.0886 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 105 | Oregon Institute of Technology | 27700 | 36400 | 0.2399 | 5,288 | 1138 | 0.9459 | |
| 107 | Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts | 27800 | 34200 | 0.1871 | 828 | 1070 | 0.9131 | |
| 108 | Syracuse University | 27900 | 83100 | 0.6641 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 109 | Weber State University | 28200 | 33900 | 0.168 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 110 | Asbury University | 28400 | 50700 | 0.4397 | 2,066 | 1157 | 0.954 | |
| 110 | Grace College and Theological Seminary | 28400 | 41800 | 0.3197 | 1,795 | 1130 | 0.8215 | |
| 110 | Rogers State University | 28400 | 49200 | 0.4228 | 3,278 | 1025 | 0.6784 | |
| 113 | University of Hartford | 28500 | 70100 | 0.5933 | 4,223 | 1224 | 0.9579 | |
| 114 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 32300 | 0.1145 | 11,691 | 1074 | 0.7722 | |
| 115 | University of Arkansas-Fort Smith | 28700 | 34500 | 0.1679 | 5,467 | 1035 | 0.7041 | |
| 116 | University of Wisconsin-La Crosse | 28900 | 31400 | 0.0793 | 9,656 | 1205 | 0.7997 | |
| 117 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 29000 | 42400 | 0.3164 | 6,761 | 1105 | 0.8475 | |
| 118 | Cornerstone University | 29100 | 40800 | 0.2867 | 1,354 | 1110 | 0.7777 | |
| 119 | Huntington University | 29300 | 44300 | 0.3384 | 1,512 | 1065 | 0.7518 | |
| 120 | Friends University | 29500 | 53600 | 0.4509 | 1,084 | 1020 | 0.5174 | |
| 121 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30500 | 54600 | 0.4413 | 3,120 | 1193 | 0.3992 | |
| 122 | Ithaca College | 30800 | 72500 | 0.575 | 4,205 | 1328 | 0.7015 | |
| 123 | California State University-Long Beach | 30900 | 38900 | 0.2058 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 123 | Misericordia University | 30900 | 67700 | 0.5434 | 1,721 | 1078 | 0.8871 | |
| 123 | San Francisco State University | 30900 | 47700 | 0.3523 | 19,444 | 1035 | 0.9644 | |
| 126 | Siena Heights University | 31000 | 46300 | 0.3306 | 1,628 | 980 | 0.689 | |
| 127 | Manhattanville University | 31100 | 68500 | 0.546 | 1,465 | 1140 | 0.8688 | |
| 128 | San Diego State University | 31300 | 36100 | 0.1329 | 36,196 | 1208 | 0.3741 | |
| 129 | Rider University | 31400 | 60600 | 0.4816 | 3,052 | 1214 | 0.7741 | |
| 130 | Missouri Baptist University | 31500 | 53800 | 0.4142 | 5,253 | 910 | 0.7062 | |
| 131 | Bowie State University | 32100 | 50200 | 0.3606 | 4,810 | 1044 | 0.824 | |
| 132 | Roosevelt University | 32800 | 47600 | 0.3125 | 2,868 | 1049 | 0.9716 | |
| 133 | Suffolk University | 32900 | 70300 | 0.5319 | 4,247 | 1209 | 0.8228 | |
| 134 | Adrian College | 33500 | 70200 | 0.5227 | 1,675 | 1045 | 0.7257 | |
| 134 | University of Central Missouri | 33500 | 35800 | 0.0639 | 10,397 | 1055 | 0.7439 | |
| 136 | Colorado Mesa University | 33900 | 40000 | 0.1521 | 9,459 | 1050 | 0.8314 | |
| 137 | SUNY at Fredonia | 34000 | 39600 | 0.1416 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 138 | Temple University | 34200 | 56400 | 0.3937 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 139 | Southeastern University | 34500 | 60500 | 0.4295 | 11,981 | 1110 | 0.4247 | |
| 139 | Texas Southern University | 34500 | 42500 | 0.1883 | 6,844 | 915 | 0.9691 | |
| 139 | University of Vermont | 34500 | 66300 | 0.4799 | 12,159 | 1372 | 0.7304 | |
| 142 | Trevecca Nazarene University | 34600 | 50900 | 0.3202 | 1,961 | 1099 | 0.7512 | |
| 143 | Gwynedd Mercy University | 34800 | 65100 | 0.4655 | 1,816 | 1070 | 0.9164 | |
| 144 | Saint Joseph's College of Maine | 35000 | 65000 | 0.4613 | 1,105 | 1055 | 0.8351 | |
| 145 | University of Montevallo | 35400 | 44900 | 0.2118 | 2,643 | 1124 | 0.5385 | |
| 146 | Chicago State University | 35500 | 37800 | 0.0606 | 1,501 | 885 | 0.4326 | |
| 147 | Hofstra University | 36400 | 76900 | 0.5266 | 6,599 | 1369 | 0.7267 | |
| 148 | Indiana University-South Bend | 36500 | 38800 | 0.0591 | 4,206 | 1050 | 0.8146 | |
| 149 | Vermont State University | 37400 | 38700 | 0.0336 | 4,087 | 960 | 0.8323 | |
| 150 | University of Central Arkansas | 38000 | 40200 | 0.0569 | 8,238 | 1110 | 0.9157 | |
| 151 | Seton Hall University | 38200 | 67400 | 0.433 | 6,178 | 1328 | 0.6915 | |
| 152 | Washington Adventist University | 38300 | 45600 | 0.1597 | 513 | 995 | 0.4618 | |
| 153 | California State University-Fullerton | 38600 | 41500 | 0.0697 | 40,705 | 960 | 0.8811 | |
| 153 | Clark Atlanta University | 38600 | 73600 | 0.4757 | 3,618 | 990 | 0.6422 | |
| 155 | Long Island University | 38900 | 60000 | 0.3518 | 12,072 | 1229 | 0.8616 | |
| 155 | Manhattan University | 38900 | 74100 | 0.4749 | 2,378 | 1174 | 0.8216 | |
| 157 | University of Charleston | 39200 | 51200 | 0.2342 | 2,348 | 1075 | 0.5975 | |
| 158 | University of Central Florida | 39700 | 39700 | 0 | 60,083 | 1289 | 0.428 | |
| 159 | California Baptist University | 39900 | 65600 | 0.3917 | 8,707 | 1024 | 0.8139 | |
| 160 | Concordia University Ann Arbor | 40800 | 57000 | 0.2841 | 755 | 1163 | 0.6925 | |
| 161 | Champlain College | 41000 | 76000 | 0.4608 | 1,514 | 1273 | 0.873 | |
| 162 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 41100 | 53600 | 0.2333 | 46,627 | 1366 | 0.492 | |
| 163 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41200 | 57000 | 0.2774 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 164 | Bellarmine University | 41500 | 66100 | 0.3721 | 2,365 | 1134 | 0.9371 | |
| 165 | Montclair State University | 41600 | 46600 | 0.1073 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 166 | Boise State University | 42900 | 50000 | 0.142 | 25,308 | 1025 | 0.8389 | |
| 167 | Providence College | 43500 | 85000 | 0.4884 | 4,680 | 1345 | 0.4994 | |
| 168 | Campbell University | 44000 | 68700 | 0.3606 | 2,699 | 1120 | 0.872 | |
| 169 | Texas Christian University | 44200 | 87400 | 0.4945 | 11,152 | 1268 | 0.4809 | |
| 170 | St. John's University-New York | 44500 | 78000 | 0.4292 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 171 | New England Institute of Technology | 44600 | 68200 | 0.3458 | 1,718 | 1030 | 0.6673 | |
| 172 | Quinnipiac University | 44800 | 79200 | 0.4343 | 6,610 | 1250 | 0.7031 | |
| 173 | Ashland University | 44900 | 56400 | 0.204 | 2,977 | 1125 | 0.764 | |
| 174 | Towson University | 45400 | 46400 | 0.0216 | 16,361 | 1082 | 0.8057 | |
| 175 | Saint Louis University | 45600 | 80900 | 0.4361 | 9,331 | 1250 | 0.7499 | |
| 176 | The Master's University and Seminary | 47700 | 53700 | 0.1118 | 1,908 | 1139 | 0.8402 | |
| 177 | Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences | 47800 | 77500 | 0.3831 | 3,469 | 1281 | 0.8521 | |
| 178 | University of Kentucky | 49000 | 58000 | 0.1555 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 179 | The University of Texas at Austin | 49600 | 59400 | 0.165 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 180 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 50600 | 52900 | 0.0433 | 14,834 | 1149 | 0.7803 | |
| 181 | University of Iowa | 52100 | 54400 | 0.0421 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 182 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 52400 | 52800 | 0.0076 | 21,469 | 1167 | 0.9061 | |
| 183 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 53300 | 53300 | 0 | 34,447 | 1273 | 0.8804 | |
| 184 | Elon University | 55000 | 68900 | 0.2019 | 6,191 | 1283 | 0.6326 | |
| 185 | Howard University | 55100 | 66500 | 0.1715 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 186 | The University of Alabama | 55700 | 58500 | 0.0478 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 187 | Dallas Baptist University | 55800 | 63400 | 0.1199 | 2,938 | 1073 | 0.9131 | |
| 188 | Savannah College of Art and Design | 56000 | 66400 | 0.1567 | 15,552 | 1174 | 0.8298 | |
| 189 | Columbia College Chicago | 63300 | 68600 | 0.0773 | 4,346 | 0 | 0.738 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.