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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 | 6,356 | 1543 | 0.0644 | |
| 2 | Emory University | 8500 | 92500 | 0.908 | 7,407 | 1499 | 0.1065 | |
| 3 | Idaho State University | 11500 | 27000 | 0.5733 | 10,834 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | Eastern Kentucky University | 11900 | 22900 | 0.4812 | 13,448 | 1110 | 0.7761 | |
| 4 | Marshall University | 11900 | 36600 | 0.6745 | 9,146 | 1065 | 0.9573 | |
| 6 | University of Houston | 12000 | 28400 | 0.5781 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 7 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 12200 | 25700 | 0.5247 | 46,815 | 1378 | 0.6057 | |
| 7 | University of Central Florida | 12200 | 25300 | 0.5172 | 59,552 | 1280 | 0.4011 | |
| 9 | Boston University | 12600 | 92800 | 0.8644 | 18,805 | 1475 | 0.1111 | |
| 10 | University of Michigan-Flint | 13200 | 46300 | 0.7147 | 5,011 | 1109 | 0.7046 | |
| 11 | Baptist Health Sciences University | 14100 | 26600 | 0.4691 | 782 | 1020 | 0.8202 | |
| 12 | Central Michigan University | 14500 | 37800 | 0.6157 | 10,193 | 1095 | 0.8982 | |
| 13 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 14700 | 29600 | 0.5041 | 7,622 | 1075 | 0.9254 | |
| 14 | Northern Kentucky University | 14800 | 25900 | 0.4291 | 10,163 | 1090 | 0.6765 | |
| 15 | Murray State University | 15000 | 27000 | 0.4443 | 7,851 | 1115 | 0.8568 | |
| 16 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 15300 | 28700 | 0.4669 | 6,761 | 1105 | 0.8475 | |
| 17 | Troy University | 15500 | 26700 | 0.4194 | 10,222 | 1090 | 0.9604 | |
| 18 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 38800 | 0.5992 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8609 | |
| 19 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 15700 | 31000 | 0.4932 | 8,553 | 1045 | 0.8688 | |
| 20 | Oakland University | 16200 | 28200 | 0.4258 | 12,587 | 1130 | 0.8784 | |
| 21 | Goshen College | 16500 | 55900 | 0.7045 | 780 | 995 | 0.8407 | |
| 21 | Wayne State University | 16500 | 32900 | 0.4982 | 16,012 | 1174 | 0.8116 | |
| 23 | Arkansas State University | 16600 | 28100 | 0.4095 | 9,985 | 1075 | 0.8226 | |
| 24 | Northwestern University | 16700 | 89500 | 0.8138 | 9,399 | 1527 | 0.0769 | |
| 24 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16700 | 64800 | 0.7418 | 20,885 | 1420 | 0.1534 | |
| 26 | Western Carolina University | 16800 | 19400 | 0.1341 | 10,112 | 1130 | 0.8183 | |
| 27 | Morehead State University | 16900 | 28000 | 0.3962 | 8,258 | 1140 | 0.7721 | |
| 28 | Ferris State University | 17000 | 31000 | 0.4523 | 8,991 | 1015 | 0.9139 | |
| 29 | Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts | 17100 | 34200 | 0.4998 | 794 | 1070 | 0.8974 | |
| 30 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 17200 | 35400 | 0.5147 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 30 | Sam Houston State University | 17200 | 27000 | 0.3631 | 17,787 | 1030 | 0.9026 | |
| 32 | Augusta University | 17500 | 47400 | 0.6305 | 6,049 | 1065 | 0.8641 | |
| 33 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 17600 | 27400 | 0.3575 | 27,132 | 1099 | 0.9617 | |
| 34 | Avila University | 17700 | 64100 | 0.7236 | 1,331 | 985 | 0.878 | |
| 34 | University of Miami | 17700 | 95700 | 0.8149 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 36 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 17900 | 22800 | 0.2152 | 11,994 | 1090 | 0.865 | |
| 37 | Lewis-Clark State College | 18200 | 23500 | 0.2251 | 3,793 | 980 | 0.8769 | |
| 37 | State University of New York at Oswego | 18200 | 27700 | 0.3428 | 5,517 | 1180 | 0.8055 | |
| 39 | University of St Francis | 18300 | 57800 | 0.6842 | 1,343 | 1145 | 0.6529 | |
| 40 | Youngstown State University | 18400 | 34000 | 0.4589 | 9,400 | 1115 | 0.8445 | |
| 41 | University of Pittsburgh-Bradford | 18700 | 33400 | 0.44 | 1,009 | 1115 | 0.8854 | |
| 42 | University of Mary | 18800 | 32600 | 0.4233 | 2,821 | 1175 | 0.753 | |
| 43 | McNeese State University | 18900 | 27400 | 0.3102 | 5,668 | 1060 | 0.7827 | |
| 43 | Quincy University | 18900 | 57800 | 0.6728 | 1,072 | 1115 | 0.5093 | |
| 45 | Campbellsville University | 19100 | 43200 | 0.5573 | 6,848 | 1075 | 0.7974 | |
| 46 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 19200 | 68100 | 0.7183 | 709 | 1030 | 0.8216 | |
| 47 | University of Mississippi | 19500 | 27000 | 0.2777 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 48 | Pennsylvania Western University | 19600 | 29100 | 0.3269 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 49 | California State University-Los Angeles | 19800 | 38000 | 0.479 | 19,586 | 965 | 0.9125 | |
| 50 | Westminster College | 20100 | 56900 | 0.6474 | 1,137 | 1149 | 0.9256 | |
| 51 | Eastern Illinois University | 20200 | 28100 | 0.2827 | 6,785 | 985 | 0.6535 | |
| 51 | Lasell University | 20200 | 48500 | 0.5831 | 1,293 | 1095 | 0.8122 | |
| 51 | Minot State University | 20200 | 23500 | 0.1393 | 2,499 | 1075 | 0.6462 | |
| 54 | Marian University | 20300 | 47200 | 0.5693 | 1,021 | 1020 | 0.7498 | |
| 54 | University of Saint Francis-Fort Wayne | 20300 | 57300 | 0.6461 | 1,567 | 980 | 0.9597 | |
| 56 | Alabama A & M University | 20400 | 28200 | 0.2762 | 6,370 | 915 | 0.5795 | |
| 57 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 20500 | 23200 | 0.1164 | 20,444 | 1209 | 0.8499 | |
| 57 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20500 | 39900 | 0.4865 | 5,255 | 1109 | 0.7295 | |
| 59 | Bowie State University | 20700 | 25600 | 0.1913 | 5,136 | 946 | 0.7241 | |
| 60 | Indiana University-South Bend | 20800 | 23900 | 0.1316 | 4,083 | 1075 | 0.8384 | |
| 61 | Henderson State University | 21100 | 30600 | 0.31 | 1,461 | 990 | 0.8192 | |
| 62 | Midwestern State University | 21200 | 28600 | 0.2583 | 4,303 | 1010 | 0.9352 | |
| 63 | University of Sioux Falls | 21300 | 40100 | 0.4694 | 1,241 | 1135 | 0.8289 | |
| 64 | Culver-Stockton College | 21400 | 50600 | 0.5769 | 861 | 1025 | 0.991 | |
| 65 | Austin Peay State University | 21900 | 35900 | 0.3899 | 8,926 | 1075 | 0.9641 | |
| 66 | Bluefield State University | 22100 | 32100 | 0.312 | 1,117 | 990 | 0.9723 | |
| 66 | Holy Family University | 22100 | 55000 | 0.5983 | 2,643 | 1030 | 0.7104 | |
| 66 | La Roche University | 22100 | 72700 | 0.6963 | 1,828 | 1059 | 0.7576 | |
| 69 | California State University-Chico | 22400 | 31000 | 0.2771 | 13,792 | 1075 | 0.9272 | |
| 69 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 22400 | 43200 | 0.4816 | 3,825 | 1175 | 0.7841 | |
| 71 | The University of Alabama | 22700 | 31000 | 0.2675 | 34,389 | 1284 | 0.7665 | |
| 72 | York College of Pennsylvania | 22900 | 44900 | 0.4907 | 3,369 | 1153 | 0.7374 | |
| 73 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 23000 | 27500 | 0.1618 | 17,450 | 1044 | 0.9518 | |
| 74 | Saint Cloud State University | 23100 | 36800 | 0.3737 | 8,738 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 74 | San Jose State University | 23100 | 41100 | 0.4381 | 28,008 | 1124 | 0.8461 | |
| 74 | Southwest Minnesota State University | 23100 | 25800 | 0.1029 | 7,735 | 1015 | 0.6218 | |
| 77 | University of Southern Indiana | 23500 | 27200 | 0.1342 | 7,600 | 1145 | 0.9581 | |
| 78 | East Tennessee State University | 23600 | 30600 | 0.2286 | 10,829 | 1124 | 0.8619 | |
| 79 | University of Kentucky | 23800 | 36400 | 0.3453 | 25,534 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 80 | Mount Marty University | 23900 | 56400 | 0.5762 | 1,022 | 1090 | 0.4257 | |
| 81 | Bradley University | 24300 | 50800 | 0.5216 | 3,596 | 1223 | 0.7676 | |
| 81 | Saint Ambrose University | 24300 | 55400 | 0.561 | 1,939 | 1085 | 0.7733 | |
| 83 | Mount Aloysius College | 24400 | 48400 | 0.4957 | 2,942 | 1045 | 0.8205 | |
| 84 | Southwestern Adventist University | 24500 | 43200 | 0.433 | 758 | 1064 | 0.7836 | |
| 85 | Boise State University | 24700 | 31200 | 0.2084 | 23,983 | 1135 | 0.8721 | |
| 86 | Lewis University | 24800 | 57700 | 0.57 | 4,326 | 1099 | 0.7129 | |
| 87 | St Catherine University | 25200 | 71900 | 0.6491 | 2,498 | 1140 | 0.9185 | |
| 87 | Susquehanna University | 25200 | 76800 | 0.6723 | 2,246 | 1204 | 0.8143 | |
| 89 | Northern Arizona University | 25600 | 43200 | 0.4082 | 22,990 | 1090 | 0.8961 | |
| 90 | Western Kentucky University | 25900 | 41800 | 0.3803 | 14,151 | 970 | 0.9387 | |
| 91 | Point Park University | 26000 | 56200 | 0.5376 | 2,337 | 1140 | 0.9691 | |
| 92 | Briar Cliff University | 26100 | 74200 | 0.6481 | 766 | 1050 | 0.5834 | |
| 93 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 26300 | 28400 | 0.0756 | 14,504 | 1149 | 0.7637 | |
| 94 | Georgia Southern University | 26600 | 26800 | 0.0075 | 23,541 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 94 | Regis College | 26600 | 70700 | 0.6238 | 987 | 965 | 0.6978 | |
| 96 | Rogers State University | 26700 | 40000 | 0.3322 | 3,135 | 930 | 0.8184 | |
| 97 | University of La Verne | 26800 | 67300 | 0.6015 | 3,050 | 1109 | 0.7117 | |
| 98 | California State University-Northridge | 27200 | 36500 | 0.2559 | 32,756 | 1005 | 0.9345 | |
| 99 | Capital University | 27300 | 62400 | 0.5624 | 1,609 | 1084 | 0.7022 | |
| 100 | St. Francis College | 27700 | 39400 | 0.2973 | 1,719 | 1119 | 0.8427 | |
| 101 | North Dakota State University | 27800 | 30400 | 0.084 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 102 | Texas State University | 28000 | 28000 | 0 | 36,236 | 1100 | 0.8932 | |
| 102 | University of Northern Iowa | 28000 | 36200 | 0.2253 | 7,711 | 1129 | 0.9274 | |
| 104 | Syracuse University | 28200 | 83100 | 0.6604 | 15,957 | 1363 | 0.4592 | |
| 105 | Weber State University | 28400 | 33900 | 0.1621 | 31,672 | 0 | 0 | |
| 106 | Asbury University | 28500 | 50700 | 0.4369 | 1,789 | 1197 | 0.634 | |
| 107 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 32300 | 0.1145 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 107 | University of Hartford | 28600 | 70100 | 0.5921 | 4,223 | 1224 | 0.9575 | |
| 109 | University of Iowa | 29000 | 31100 | 0.0691 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 109 | University of North Texas | 29000 | 37400 | 0.2244 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 111 | Cornerstone University | 29100 | 40800 | 0.2857 | 1,354 | 1110 | 0.7777 | |
| 111 | University of Wisconsin-La Crosse | 29100 | 31400 | 0.0749 | 9,501 | 1195 | 0.755 | |
| 113 | Manhattanville University | 29300 | 68500 | 0.5725 | 1,466 | 1160 | 0.8734 | |
| 114 | Huntington University | 29400 | 44300 | 0.3362 | 1,588 | 1055 | 0.7564 | |
| 115 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 29500 | 34000 | 0.1322 | 6,907 | 1060 | 0.974 | |
| 116 | Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania | 29800 | 43900 | 0.3214 | 9,847 | 1090 | 0.9309 | |
| 116 | University of Arkansas-Fort Smith | 29800 | 34500 | 0.1348 | 5,459 | 1055 | 0.8046 | |
| 118 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30600 | 54600 | 0.4387 | 3,163 | 1165 | 0.9347 | |
| 119 | San Francisco State University | 30900 | 47700 | 0.3523 | 19,444 | 1035 | 0.9644 | |
| 120 | Misericordia University | 31000 | 67700 | 0.5413 | 1,720 | 1145 | 0.7093 | |
| 121 | Siena Heights University | 31100 | 46300 | 0.3275 | 1,628 | 980 | 0.689 | |
| 122 | Rider University | 31300 | 60600 | 0.4832 | 3,145 | 1233 | 0.7864 | |
| 123 | San Diego State University | 31400 | 36100 | 0.1301 | 35,782 | 1208 | 0.3619 | |
| 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 | |
| 128 | Suffolk University | 32900 | 70300 | 0.5319 | 4,326 | 1209 | 0.8233 | |
| 129 | North Central College | 33100 | 64900 | 0.49 | 2,454 | 1203 | 0.7733 | |
| 130 | California Baptist University | 33500 | 65600 | 0.4893 | 8,417 | 1070 | 0.8488 | |
| 131 | Adrian College | 33600 | 70200 | 0.5207 | 1,673 | 1045 | 0.7253 | |
| 132 | Morningside University | 33700 | 60600 | 0.4438 | 1,172 | 922 | 0.7104 | |
| 132 | University of Central Missouri | 33700 | 35800 | 0.06 | 7,584 | 1055 | 0.638 | |
| 134 | Colorado Mesa University | 33900 | 40000 | 0.1511 | 9,473 | 1055 | 0.8203 | |
| 134 | Rhode Island College | 33900 | 45100 | 0.2483 | 5,154 | 995 | 0.9182 | |
| 136 | SUNY at Fredonia | 34000 | 39600 | 0.1416 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 136 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 34000 | 36100 | 0.0581 | 33,033 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 138 | Temple University | 34300 | 56400 | 0.392 | 21,457 | 1135 | 0.8041 | |
| 139 | Southeastern University | 34500 | 60500 | 0.4295 | 10,172 | 1110 | 0.5298 | |
| 139 | Texas Southern University | 34500 | 42500 | 0.1883 | 6,844 | 915 | 0.9691 | |
| 139 | University of Vermont | 34500 | 66300 | 0.4788 | 12,276 | 1379 | 0.653 | |
| 142 | Trevecca Nazarene University | 34700 | 50900 | 0.3175 | 1,903 | 1085 | 0.6944 | |
| 143 | Gwynedd Mercy University | 34900 | 65100 | 0.4643 | 1,301 | 1110 | 0.8963 | |
| 144 | Saint Joseph's College of Maine | 35100 | 65000 | 0.4597 | 1,097 | 1055 | 0.8351 | |
| 145 | University of Montevallo | 35400 | 44900 | 0.2118 | 2,642 | 1124 | 0.5385 | |
| 146 | Chicago State University | 35700 | 37800 | 0.0569 | 1,501 | 885 | 0.4326 | |
| 146 | Texas Tech University | 35700 | 38900 | 0.0823 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 148 | Vermont State University | 37400 | 38700 | 0.0336 | 4,108 | 960 | 0.8167 | |
| 149 | University of Central Arkansas | 38100 | 40200 | 0.0534 | 8,268 | 1110 | 0.8949 | |
| 150 | Hofstra University | 38200 | 76900 | 0.5032 | 6,581 | 1328 | 0.6808 | |
| 151 | Clark Atlanta University | 38500 | 51900 | 0.2581 | 3,618 | 990 | 0.6422 | |
| 152 | Long Island University | 38900 | 60000 | 0.3518 | 12,072 | 1229 | 0.8616 | |
| 153 | University of Charleston | 39200 | 51200 | 0.2342 | 2,348 | 1075 | 0.6152 | |
| 154 | Bellarmine University | 39300 | 66100 | 0.4048 | 2,240 | 1220 | 0.8611 | |
| 154 | California State University-Fullerton | 39300 | 41500 | 0.0518 | 38,760 | 1090 | 0.9052 | |
| 154 | Champlain College | 39300 | 76000 | 0.4831 | 2,778 | 1304 | 0.8292 | |
| 157 | Seton Hall University | 39700 | 67400 | 0.4107 | 6,146 | 1313 | 0.7326 | |
| 157 | University of South Alabama | 39700 | 39700 | 0 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 159 | Appalachian State University | 40600 | 40600 | 0 | 19,560 | 1190 | 0.9014 | |
| 160 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41400 | 57000 | 0.2738 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.782 | |
| 161 | Montclair State University | 42000 | 46600 | 0.0987 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 162 | Saint Louis University | 43200 | 80900 | 0.4657 | 10,413 | 1305 | 0.7504 | |
| 162 | University of Florida | 43200 | 45700 | 0.0548 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 164 | Manhattan University | 43600 | 74100 | 0.4115 | 2,744 | 1274 | 0.7894 | |
| 165 | Texas Christian University | 43700 | 87400 | 0.5002 | 11,049 | 1283 | 0.4449 | |
| 166 | Campbell University | 44100 | 68700 | 0.3586 | 2,699 | 1120 | 0.8718 | |
| 167 | St. John's University-New York | 44500 | 78000 | 0.4292 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 168 | New England Institute of Technology | 44600 | 68200 | 0.3458 | 1,796 | 1030 | 0.6673 | |
| 169 | Ashland University | 44900 | 56400 | 0.204 | 2,977 | 1125 | 0.764 | |
| 169 | Quinnipiac University | 44900 | 79200 | 0.433 | 6,557 | 1245 | 0.7215 | |
| 171 | Towson University | 45600 | 46400 | 0.0172 | 16,264 | 1098 | 0.8197 | |
| 172 | The Master's University and Seminary | 47700 | 53700 | 0.1118 | 1,908 | 1139 | 0.8402 | |
| 173 | MCPHS University | 47800 | 77500 | 0.3831 | 3,469 | 1281 | 0.8521 | |
| 174 | The University of Texas at Austin | 49800 | 59400 | 0.1617 | 43,165 | 1356 | 0.2664 | |
| 175 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 51700 | 52800 | 0.0208 | 21,210 | 1148 | 0.9262 | |
| 176 | Columbia College Chicago | 53000 | 68600 | 0.2275 | 5,422 | 0 | 0.8946 | |
| 177 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 16,100 | 1219 | 0.7766 | |
| 178 | Savannah College of Art and Design | 54600 | 66400 | 0.1777 | 15,552 | 1174 | 0.8298 | |
| 179 | Elon University | 56200 | 68900 | 0.1844 | 6,452 | 1215 | 0.6635 | |
| 180 | Dallas Baptist University | 56400 | 63400 | 0.1104 | 2,785 | 1109 | 0.8884 | |
| 181 | Oregon Institute of Technology | 58800 | 67000 | 0.1217 | 5,160 | 1131 | 0.9502 | |
| 182 | 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.