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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 | University of Michigan-Flint | 5200 | 43700 | 0.8815 | 5,534 | 1079 | 0.6734 | |
| 3 | California State University-Los Angeles | 5500 | 69100 | 0.9208 | 22,077 | 965 | 0.9124 | |
| 4 | Northern Kentucky University | 7700 | 25900 | 0.7036 | 10,136 | 1110 | 0.9666 | |
| 5 | Northwestern University | 7900 | 94200 | 0.9162 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 6 | California State University-Northridge | 8300 | 22000 | 0.6219 | 32,846 | 1005 | 0.9176 | |
| 7 | Emory University | 8500 | 96200 | 0.9115 | 7,320 | 1499 | 0.103 | |
| 8 | University of St Francis | 10700 | 83800 | 0.8722 | 1,416 | 1030 | 0.6528 | |
| 9 | Eastern Kentucky University | 11000 | 27300 | 0.5981 | 13,448 | 1075 | 0.9683 | |
| 9 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 11000 | 36600 | 0.6991 | 27,963 | 1090 | 0.8395 | |
| 11 | Marshall University | 11300 | 39800 | 0.7159 | 9,960 | 1070 | 0.9663 | |
| 12 | Arkansas State University | 11400 | 28400 | 0.5995 | 11,189 | 1080 | 0.7818 | |
| 13 | Eastern Illinois University | 11900 | 24700 | 0.5167 | 6,731 | 1020 | 0.7073 | |
| 14 | Midwestern State University | 12000 | 21600 | 0.4439 | 4,303 | 1055 | 0.9347 | |
| 15 | Northern Arizona University | 12100 | 30400 | 0.6012 | 22,203 | 1129 | 0.8961 | |
| 16 | Boston University | 12300 | 93200 | 0.868 | 18,289 | 1475 | 0.1283 | |
| 17 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 12600 | 29300 | 0.57 | 8,421 | 1054 | 0.9444 | |
| 18 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 13500 | 40800 | 0.6693 | 6,761 | 1105 | 0.8475 | |
| 19 | Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts | 13600 | 40700 | 0.6654 | 828 | 1070 | 0.9131 | |
| 19 | Western Carolina University | 13600 | 16500 | 0.1757 | 10,268 | 1140 | 0.7076 | |
| 21 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 14000 | 22800 | 0.3865 | 11,994 | 1090 | 0.8651 | |
| 22 | Baptist Health Sciences University | 14200 | 27600 | 0.4864 | 782 | 1020 | 0.8202 | |
| 22 | San Francisco State University | 14200 | 47700 | 0.7025 | 19,444 | 1035 | 0.9644 | |
| 22 | Youngstown State University | 14200 | 28400 | 0.4998 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 25 | Goshen College | 14500 | 56000 | 0.7411 | 738 | 995 | 0.8342 | |
| 26 | Murray State University | 14600 | 27000 | 0.4597 | 8,217 | 1124 | 0.8413 | |
| 27 | Troy University | 14800 | 34700 | 0.5735 | 10,130 | 1075 | 0.9535 | |
| 28 | Colorado Mesa University | 14900 | 66200 | 0.775 | 9,459 | 1050 | 0.8314 | |
| 29 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 15000 | 50100 | 0.7003 | 7,501 | 1055 | 0.9467 | |
| 30 | Texas State University | 15100 | 26700 | 0.4338 | 39,353 | 1080 | 0.9118 | |
| 31 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 15300 | 26000 | 0.4111 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 31 | University of Mississippi | 15300 | 27000 | 0.4332 | 22,939 | 1172 | 0.9738 | |
| 33 | Central Michigan University | 15400 | 38700 | 0.6019 | 10,238 | 1099 | 0.9104 | |
| 34 | Avila University | 15500 | 81100 | 0.8087 | 1,538 | 985 | 0.878 | |
| 34 | Bluefield State University | 15500 | 45000 | 0.6561 | 1,117 | 990 | 0.9723 | |
| 34 | California State University-Chico | 15500 | 41000 | 0.6224 | 13,599 | 1054 | 0.9107 | |
| 37 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 29800 | 0.4782 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 38 | University of Central Missouri | 15700 | 26600 | 0.4094 | 10,397 | 1055 | 0.7439 | |
| 39 | University of Florida | 15800 | 22500 | 0.2977 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 40 | University of Saint Francis-Fort Wayne | 15900 | 79400 | 0.7993 | 1,567 | 980 | 0.9597 | |
| 41 | University of North Texas | 16000 | 26100 | 0.3867 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 42 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 16100 | 90700 | 0.8225 | 8,727 | 1055 | 0.9703 | |
| 43 | Appalachian State University | 16200 | 26000 | 0.3771 | 19,732 | 1174 | 0.9388 | |
| 43 | Oakland University | 16200 | 28200 | 0.4258 | 12,770 | 1039 | 0.8897 | |
| 45 | Texas Tech University | 16300 | 27100 | 0.3984 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 45 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16300 | 64800 | 0.7481 | 22,007 | 1427 | 0.1672 | |
| 47 | McNeese State University | 16600 | 27800 | 0.4032 | 5,668 | 1060 | 0.7827 | |
| 48 | Georgia Southern University | 16700 | 49700 | 0.6641 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 49 | Sam Houston State University | 17000 | 30300 | 0.4386 | 17,822 | 1035 | 0.9372 | |
| 50 | University of South Alabama | 17200 | 22400 | 0.2326 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 51 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 17300 | 33900 | 0.4895 | 7,402 | 1054 | 0.9684 | |
| 52 | University of Miami | 17400 | 96300 | 0.8194 | 13,241 | 1408 | 0.1761 | |
| 52 | Vermont State University | 17400 | 26900 | 0.3525 | 4,087 | 960 | 0.8323 | |
| 54 | State University of New York at Oswego | 17600 | 27700 | 0.3645 | 5,293 | 1179 | 0.7989 | |
| 55 | Augusta University | 17800 | 62500 | 0.7155 | 6,102 | 1065 | 0.6276 | |
| 56 | York College of Pennsylvania | 17900 | 44900 | 0.6021 | 3,369 | 1153 | 0.7374 | |
| 57 | Quincy University | 18100 | 80500 | 0.7747 | 1,096 | 1115 | 0.551 | |
| 58 | Austin Peay State University | 18200 | 31600 | 0.4247 | 9,593 | 1075 | 0.9691 | |
| 58 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 18200 | 69500 | 0.7387 | 711 | 1030 | 0.8214 | |
| 58 | The University of Texas at Austin | 18200 | 28100 | 0.3519 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 58 | University of Pittsburgh-Bradford | 18200 | 43500 | 0.5813 | 1,094 | 1109 | 0.8917 | |
| 62 | San Jose State University | 18300 | 41100 | 0.5542 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 62 | University of Vermont | 18300 | 37800 | 0.5164 | 12,159 | 1372 | 0.7304 | |
| 64 | San Diego State University | 18600 | 28900 | 0.3565 | 36,196 | 1208 | 0.3741 | |
| 65 | La Roche University | 18700 | 87400 | 0.7862 | 1,972 | 990 | 0.6638 | |
| 66 | California State University-Fullerton | 18800 | 41600 | 0.5479 | 40,705 | 960 | 0.8811 | |
| 66 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 18800 | 32000 | 0.4129 | 3,825 | 1175 | 0.7841 | |
| 66 | University of Mary | 18800 | 32600 | 0.4234 | 2,821 | 1175 | 0.753 | |
| 66 | Westminster College | 18800 | 56900 | 0.6703 | 1,110 | 1145 | 0.9167 | |
| 70 | Louisiana Christian University | 18900 | 26000 | 0.2721 | 769 | 1065 | 0.7719 | |
| 71 | Idaho State University | 19000 | 39100 | 0.5146 | 10,834 | 0 | 0.8396 | |
| 71 | University of Sioux Falls | 19000 | 43100 | 0.5598 | 1,177 | 1075 | 0.8274 | |
| 73 | Holy Family University | 19600 | 55000 | 0.6437 | 2,808 | 975 | 0.7456 | |
| 74 | Minot State University | 19800 | 23500 | 0.1569 | 2,499 | 1075 | 0.6462 | |
| 75 | Alabama A & M University | 19900 | 51200 | 0.6108 | 6,370 | 915 | 0.5795 | |
| 76 | SUNY at Fredonia | 20100 | 53600 | 0.6248 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 76 | University of Houston | 20100 | 28400 | 0.2926 | 40,366 | 1224 | 0.7577 | |
| 78 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20300 | 57800 | 0.6485 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 78 | Syracuse University | 20300 | 83600 | 0.7572 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 80 | Rowan University | 20500 | 41300 | 0.5039 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 81 | Bowie State University | 20600 | 50800 | 0.5945 | 4,810 | 1044 | 0.824 | |
| 81 | North Dakota State University | 20600 | 25700 | 0.2008 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 83 | Ferris State University | 20700 | 31000 | 0.3328 | 8,980 | 1015 | 0.8237 | |
| 84 | University of Montevallo | 21000 | 61300 | 0.6569 | 2,643 | 1124 | 0.5385 | |
| 85 | Mount Aloysius College | 21400 | 48500 | 0.5584 | 3,135 | 1045 | 0.936 | |
| 86 | Boise State University | 21700 | 31200 | 0.3046 | 25,308 | 1025 | 0.8389 | |
| 86 | Culver-Stockton College | 21700 | 70000 | 0.6904 | 889 | 1055 | 0.9827 | |
| 88 | Texas Southern University | 22200 | 25500 | 0.1296 | 6,844 | 915 | 0.9691 | |
| 89 | Southwestern Adventist University | 22300 | 58700 | 0.6205 | 758 | 1064 | 0.7836 | |
| 90 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 22500 | 22500 | 0 | 20,786 | 1225 | 0.8689 | |
| 91 | Saint Cloud State University | 22600 | 36800 | 0.3849 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 91 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 22600 | 53400 | 0.5772 | 21,469 | 1167 | 0.9061 | |
| 93 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 23000 | 27500 | 0.1618 | 18,028 | 1059 | 0.7996 | |
| 94 | Marian University | 23100 | 47600 | 0.5142 | 1,026 | 1020 | 0.75 | |
| 94 | Southwest Minnesota State University | 23100 | 26700 | 0.1336 | 7,290 | 1015 | 0.6409 | |
| 94 | University of Southern Indiana | 23100 | 27200 | 0.1495 | 5,347 | 1145 | 0.9581 | |
| 97 | Florida Memorial University | 23200 | 51000 | 0.5446 | 1,206 | 0 | 0.8526 | |
| 98 | Pennsylvania Western University | 23300 | 34400 | 0.3224 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 99 | Point Park University | 24000 | 54400 | 0.5586 | 2,498 | 1144 | 0.984 | |
| 100 | Campbellsville University | 24100 | 45100 | 0.4653 | 6,848 | 1075 | 0.7974 | |
| 101 | Lewis University | 24500 | 59800 | 0.5902 | 4,914 | 1127 | 0.6916 | |
| 102 | Seton Hall University | 24600 | 67400 | 0.6347 | 6,178 | 1328 | 0.6915 | |
| 102 | Wisconsin Lutheran College | 24600 | 56700 | 0.5672 | 957 | 1233 | 0.7816 | |
| 104 | Mount Marty University | 25000 | 56400 | 0.5567 | 1,053 | 1145 | 0.8603 | |
| 104 | St Catherine University | 25000 | 71900 | 0.6528 | 2,602 | 1148 | 0.9047 | |
| 106 | Rogers State University | 25300 | 49700 | 0.4905 | 3,278 | 1025 | 0.6784 | |
| 107 | Susquehanna University | 25600 | 80100 | 0.6799 | 2,220 | 1199 | 0.7908 | |
| 108 | Briar Cliff University | 26000 | 83800 | 0.6897 | 766 | 1075 | 0.5834 | |
| 109 | Oregon Institute of Technology | 26200 | 36400 | 0.2798 | 5,288 | 1138 | 0.9459 | |
| 110 | Saint Joseph's College of Maine | 26300 | 66900 | 0.6071 | 1,105 | 1055 | 0.8351 | |
| 111 | Henderson State University | 26500 | 27200 | 0.0258 | 1,461 | 1075 | 0.8192 | |
| 112 | University of La Verne | 26600 | 71200 | 0.6266 | 3,052 | 1109 | 0.7117 | |
| 113 | St. Francis College | 26900 | 39400 | 0.3177 | 1,719 | 1035 | 1 | |
| 113 | University of Arkansas-Fort Smith | 26900 | 34500 | 0.2193 | 5,467 | 1035 | 0.7041 | |
| 115 | Capital University | 27100 | 63800 | 0.5751 | 1,642 | 1045 | 0.6501 | |
| 115 | Saint Ambrose University | 27100 | 57700 | 0.5306 | 1,884 | 1065 | 0.8006 | |
| 115 | Weber State University | 27100 | 31500 | 0.1399 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 118 | California State University-Long Beach | 27300 | 38800 | 0.2963 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 119 | Asbury University | 28100 | 50700 | 0.4451 | 2,066 | 1157 | 0.954 | |
| 120 | Wayne State University | 28200 | 46800 | 0.3977 | 16,390 | 1183 | 0.8359 | |
| 121 | University of Hartford | 28300 | 70100 | 0.5959 | 4,223 | 1224 | 0.9579 | |
| 122 | Grace College and Theological Seminary | 28400 | 41800 | 0.3197 | 1,795 | 1130 | 0.8215 | |
| 123 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28500 | 36500 | 0.2194 | 11,691 | 1074 | 0.7722 | |
| 124 | University of Northern Iowa | 28700 | 37300 | 0.2297 | 7,800 | 1115 | 0.9313 | |
| 124 | University of Wisconsin-La Crosse | 28700 | 31400 | 0.0881 | 9,656 | 1205 | 0.7997 | |
| 126 | Cornerstone University | 28900 | 40800 | 0.291 | 1,354 | 1110 | 0.7777 | |
| 127 | Huntington University | 29000 | 44400 | 0.3465 | 1,512 | 1065 | 0.7518 | |
| 128 | Morehead State University | 29400 | 31600 | 0.0696 | 7,941 | 1080 | 0.8328 | |
| 129 | Long Island University | 29500 | 60500 | 0.5127 | 12,072 | 1229 | 0.8616 | |
| 129 | University of Iowa | 29500 | 32100 | 0.0799 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 131 | Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania | 30200 | 45400 | 0.3345 | 9,847 | 1090 | 0.9309 | |
| 131 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30200 | 54600 | 0.4463 | 3,120 | 1193 | 0.3992 | |
| 133 | Ithaca College | 30500 | 72600 | 0.5796 | 4,205 | 1328 | 0.7015 | |
| 134 | Misericordia University | 30600 | 67700 | 0.5474 | 1,721 | 1078 | 0.8871 | |
| 135 | Siena Heights University | 30700 | 46300 | 0.3365 | 1,628 | 980 | 0.689 | |
| 136 | Southeastern University | 30800 | 79400 | 0.6123 | 11,981 | 1110 | 0.4247 | |
| 137 | Manhattanville University | 30900 | 68500 | 0.5483 | 1,465 | 1140 | 0.8688 | |
| 138 | Western Kentucky University | 31000 | 42800 | 0.276 | 13,732 | 1090 | 0.9145 | |
| 139 | Lasell University | 31100 | 50800 | 0.3881 | 1,347 | 1095 | 0.7457 | |
| 139 | Suffolk University | 31100 | 83500 | 0.6276 | 4,247 | 1209 | 0.8228 | |
| 141 | Friends University | 31300 | 58000 | 0.4611 | 1,084 | 1020 | 0.5174 | |
| 141 | Missouri Baptist University | 31300 | 53800 | 0.4193 | 5,253 | 910 | 0.7062 | |
| 143 | Elon University | 32200 | 69900 | 0.5397 | 6,191 | 1283 | 0.6326 | |
| 144 | Rider University | 32700 | 60200 | 0.4568 | 3,052 | 1214 | 0.7741 | |
| 144 | Roosevelt University | 32700 | 47600 | 0.3145 | 2,868 | 1049 | 0.9716 | |
| 146 | Adrian College | 33200 | 70200 | 0.5267 | 1,675 | 1045 | 0.7257 | |
| 147 | St. John's University-New York | 33900 | 83800 | 0.5958 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 147 | Temple University | 33900 | 57200 | 0.4071 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 149 | Lewis-Clark State College | 34100 | 39600 | 0.1389 | 4,015 | 990 | 0.9964 | |
| 150 | California Baptist University | 34300 | 69800 | 0.5084 | 8,707 | 1024 | 0.8139 | |
| 150 | Trevecca Nazarene University | 34300 | 50900 | 0.3256 | 1,961 | 1099 | 0.7512 | |
| 152 | Gwynedd Mercy University | 34600 | 65100 | 0.4679 | 1,816 | 1070 | 0.9164 | |
| 153 | Chicago State University | 35200 | 37800 | 0.0678 | 1,501 | 885 | 0.4326 | |
| 154 | Bradley University | 35500 | 60300 | 0.4114 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 155 | Indiana University-South Bend | 36200 | 38800 | 0.0662 | 4,206 | 1050 | 0.8146 | |
| 156 | New England Institute of Technology | 36300 | 89400 | 0.5938 | 1,718 | 1030 | 0.6673 | |
| 157 | University of Central Arkansas | 37700 | 40200 | 0.0637 | 8,238 | 1110 | 0.9157 | |
| 158 | Washington Adventist University | 38100 | 45600 | 0.1658 | 513 | 995 | 0.4618 | |
| 159 | East Tennessee State University | 38500 | 38500 | 0 | 10,829 | 1124 | 0.8619 | |
| 160 | Clark Atlanta University | 38600 | 61700 | 0.3745 | 3,618 | 990 | 0.6422 | |
| 161 | University of Charleston | 39200 | 51200 | 0.2342 | 2,348 | 1075 | 0.5975 | |
| 162 | Champlain College | 39400 | 105100 | 0.6252 | 1,514 | 1273 | 0.873 | |
| 163 | William Paterson University of New Jersey | 39700 | 43200 | 0.081 | 6,647 | 1153 | 0.9008 | |
| 164 | Concordia University Ann Arbor | 40500 | 53600 | 0.2445 | 755 | 1163 | 0.6925 | |
| 165 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 40900 | 58700 | 0.3035 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 166 | Bellarmine University | 41200 | 66100 | 0.3763 | 2,365 | 1134 | 0.9371 | |
| 167 | Rhode Island College | 41700 | 63300 | 0.3411 | 5,695 | 995 | 0.8557 | |
| 168 | University of Central Florida | 42100 | 42800 | 0.0164 | 60,083 | 1289 | 0.428 | |
| 169 | Saint Louis University | 42600 | 84300 | 0.4944 | 9,331 | 1250 | 0.7499 | |
| 170 | Providence College | 43400 | 85000 | 0.4895 | 4,680 | 1345 | 0.4994 | |
| 171 | Campbell University | 43700 | 68700 | 0.3646 | 2,699 | 1120 | 0.872 | |
| 172 | Texas Christian University | 44200 | 87400 | 0.4945 | 11,152 | 1268 | 0.4809 | |
| 173 | Montclair State University | 44500 | 47000 | 0.0532 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 174 | Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences | 45400 | 104000 | 0.5635 | 3,469 | 1281 | 0.8521 | |
| 175 | Towson University | 46300 | 46400 | 0.0022 | 16,361 | 1082 | 0.8057 | |
| 176 | Ashland University | 47700 | 57000 | 0.163 | 2,977 | 1125 | 0.764 | |
| 176 | The Master's University and Seminary | 47700 | 53700 | 0.1118 | 1,908 | 1139 | 0.8402 | |
| 178 | University of Kentucky | 48500 | 59900 | 0.1896 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 179 | Quinnipiac University | 49000 | 79700 | 0.3854 | 6,610 | 1250 | 0.7031 | |
| 180 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 50300 | 52900 | 0.0485 | 14,834 | 1149 | 0.7803 | |
| 181 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 50500 | 64400 | 0.2158 | 46,627 | 1366 | 0.492 | |
| 182 | Manhattan University | 51200 | 72900 | 0.2975 | 2,378 | 1174 | 0.8216 | |
| 183 | Savannah College of Art and Design | 51900 | 67500 | 0.2312 | 15,552 | 1174 | 0.8298 | |
| 184 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 53300 | 53300 | 0 | 34,447 | 1273 | 0.8804 | |
| 185 | The University of Alabama | 53700 | 58000 | 0.0741 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 186 | Dallas Baptist University | 55800 | 84300 | 0.3381 | 2,938 | 1073 | 0.9131 | |
| 187 | Hofstra University | 59100 | 83300 | 0.2906 | 6,599 | 1369 | 0.7267 | |
| 188 | Howard University | 60000 | 88500 | 0.3222 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 189 | Columbia College Chicago | 63200 | 68500 | 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.