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These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Radio majors who live in Rhode Island.
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 Rhode Island.
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 | 7200 | 25900 | 0.723 | 10,163 | 1090 | 0.8307 | |
| 3 | Emory University | 8300 | 92500 | 0.9103 | 7,407 | 1499 | 0.1029 | |
| 4 | Marshall University | 9200 | 34400 | 0.732 | 9,146 | 1065 | 0.9572 | |
| 5 | California State University-Northridge | 9400 | 22400 | 0.5783 | 32,499 | 1005 | 0.881 | |
| 6 | Idaho State University | 9700 | 22200 | 0.5638 | 10,406 | 0 | 0.8396 | |
| 7 | Eastern Kentucky University | 10000 | 22900 | 0.5643 | 12,726 | 1055 | 0.9695 | |
| 8 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 11000 | 36600 | 0.6991 | 27,082 | 1099 | 0.8459 | |
| 9 | Boston University | 11300 | 91600 | 0.8769 | 18,805 | 1475 | 0.1111 | |
| 10 | Rhode Island College | 11600 | 54600 | 0.7876 | 5,157 | 995 | 0.9182 | |
| 10 | University of Michigan-Flint | 11600 | 45600 | 0.7453 | 5,011 | 1103 | 0.7047 | |
| 12 | Northern Arizona University | 13200 | 27100 | 0.5135 | 22,991 | 1145 | 0.8961 | |
| 13 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 13300 | 25700 | 0.4825 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 14 | Youngstown State University | 13400 | 26800 | 0.4996 | 8,436 | 1065 | 0.8066 | |
| 15 | University of Houston | 13500 | 23100 | 0.4157 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 16 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 13900 | 25700 | 0.4586 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 17 | University of Southern Indiana | 14300 | 35900 | 0.6005 | 5,347 | 1145 | 0.9581 | |
| 18 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 14400 | 28000 | 0.4854 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 18 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 14400 | 19000 | 0.2423 | 11,874 | 1082 | 0.8377 | |
| 20 | Texas State University | 14500 | 24500 | 0.4075 | 36,268 | 1100 | 0.8908 | |
| 21 | Central Michigan University | 14600 | 37400 | 0.6102 | 10,219 | 1095 | 0.8982 | |
| 22 | Baptist Health Sciences University | 14900 | 36300 | 0.5897 | 733 | 1045 | 0.6776 | |
| 23 | California State University-Chico | 15000 | 30700 | 0.5106 | 13,392 | 1117 | 0.9158 | |
| 23 | Murray State University | 15000 | 27000 | 0.4438 | 8,281 | 1124 | 0.8568 | |
| 23 | University of North Texas | 15000 | 25700 | 0.4169 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 26 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15100 | 37700 | 0.6009 | 5,241 | 1075 | 0.8613 | |
| 26 | Troy University | 15100 | 32600 | 0.5365 | 10,222 | 1090 | 0.9604 | |
| 28 | Avila University | 15200 | 67500 | 0.7748 | 1,335 | 985 | 0.878 | |
| 29 | Colorado Mesa University | 15400 | 40000 | 0.6142 | 9,473 | 1090 | 0.9829 | |
| 30 | University of St Francis | 15600 | 71700 | 0.7819 | 1,338 | 1030 | 0.653 | |
| 31 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 15700 | 46800 | 0.665 | 6,550 | 1110 | 0.7456 | |
| 32 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 15900 | 42600 | 0.627 | 7,595 | 1075 | 0.9226 | |
| 33 | Oakland University | 16000 | 28200 | 0.4329 | 12,587 | 1050 | 0.8784 | |
| 34 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 16100 | 23200 | 0.306 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
| 34 | University of Arkansas-Fort Smith | 16100 | 40300 | 0.6012 | 5,463 | 1055 | 0.8147 | |
| 36 | Eastern Illinois University | 16200 | 27500 | 0.4104 | 6,785 | 990 | 0.6535 | |
| 36 | University of Florida | 16200 | 22500 | 0.2799 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 38 | Rogers State University | 16400 | 39700 | 0.5875 | 3,141 | 936 | 0.6683 | |
| 39 | Goshen College | 16500 | 55900 | 0.7042 | 780 | 995 | 0.8404 | |
| 39 | Wayne State University | 16500 | 46200 | 0.643 | 16,173 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
| 41 | Alabama A & M University | 16600 | 44800 | 0.6289 | 5,845 | 920 | 0.6622 | |
| 42 | Sam Houston State University | 16800 | 23000 | 0.2697 | 17,787 | 1030 | 0.9026 | |
| 42 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16800 | 64800 | 0.7416 | 21,075 | 1420 | 0.1534 | |
| 42 | Western Carolina University | 16800 | 19400 | 0.1341 | 10,112 | 1130 | 0.818 | |
| 45 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 16900 | 33600 | 0.4966 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 46 | Ferris State University | 17000 | 31000 | 0.4523 | 8,989 | 1015 | 0.9151 | |
| 47 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 17300 | 34000 | 0.4908 | 6,910 | 1053 | 0.9734 | |
| 47 | Weber State University | 17300 | 41300 | 0.5806 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 49 | Bluefield State University | 17400 | 30700 | 0.4337 | 1,249 | 990 | 0.8722 | |
| 49 | University of South Alabama | 17400 | 35200 | 0.5059 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 49 | University of Wisconsin-La Crosse | 17400 | 21300 | 0.1846 | 9,513 | 1200 | 0.8122 | |
| 52 | University of Mary | 17700 | 32600 | 0.4577 | 2,650 | 1189 | 0.7825 | |
| 52 | University of Miami | 17700 | 96300 | 0.8159 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 52 | University of Pittsburgh-Bradford | 17700 | 42900 | 0.5872 | 1,002 | 1115 | 0.8898 | |
| 55 | Holy Family University | 17800 | 56400 | 0.6848 | 2,650 | 1030 | 0.7104 | |
| 55 | SUNY at Fredonia | 17800 | 39600 | 0.5512 | 2,876 | 1193 | 0.792 | |
| 55 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 17800 | 44900 | 0.6031 | 5,205 | 1118 | 0.744 | |
| 58 | Campbellsville University | 17900 | 43200 | 0.585 | 6,853 | 1055 | 0.9833 | |
| 59 | Quincy University | 18000 | 68000 | 0.7348 | 1,072 | 1115 | 0.5093 | |
| 59 | University of Rhode Island | 18000 | 33900 | 0.4693 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 61 | Augusta University | 18100 | 51200 | 0.6461 | 6,078 | 1125 | 0.6276 | |
| 61 | Georgia Southern University | 18100 | 23800 | 0.2399 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 61 | University of Holy Cross | 18100 | 36300 | 0.5021 | 806 | 985 | 0.9901 | |
| 64 | Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts | 18200 | 36500 | 0.5018 | 836 | 1070 | 0.9235 | |
| 65 | University of Vermont | 18300 | 37800 | 0.5164 | 12,276 | 1379 | 0.653 | |
| 66 | California State University-Fullerton | 18400 | 41500 | 0.5576 | 38,597 | 0 | 0.9052 | |
| 67 | University of Mississippi | 18800 | 45000 | 0.5828 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 68 | McNeese State University | 19000 | 32800 | 0.4213 | 5,560 | 1070 | 0.6755 | |
| 68 | University of Saint Francis-Fort Wayne | 19000 | 67900 | 0.7197 | 1,567 | 980 | 0.9597 | |
| 70 | Culver-Stockton College | 19400 | 59900 | 0.6758 | 861 | 0 | 0.6518 | |
| 71 | Midwestern State University | 19500 | 28600 | 0.3176 | 4,303 | 1055 | 0.9347 | |
| 72 | La Roche University | 19700 | 66200 | 0.7028 | 755 | 1069 | 0.7016 | |
| 72 | Texas Tech University | 19700 | 27900 | 0.2942 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 74 | San Jose State University | 19800 | 33600 | 0.4104 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 74 | Texas Southern University | 19800 | 25500 | 0.2239 | 6,619 | 915 | 0.9335 | |
| 76 | California State University-Los Angeles | 20000 | 59200 | 0.6626 | 19,354 | 965 | 0.9125 | |
| 76 | Towson University | 20000 | 30000 | 0.3329 | 16,264 | 1093 | 0.8198 | |
| 78 | Marian University | 20200 | 47200 | 0.5714 | 1,074 | 1035 | 0.6677 | |
| 79 | Boise State University | 20300 | 59700 | 0.66 | 24,030 | 1025 | 0.8721 | |
| 79 | Minot State University | 20300 | 23500 | 0.1386 | 2,499 | 1075 | 0.6462 | |
| 79 | State University of New York at Oswego | 20300 | 40200 | 0.4952 | 5,517 | 1164 | 0.8057 | |
| 82 | Henderson State University | 20400 | 37500 | 0.4564 | 1,493 | 1075 | 0.8192 | |
| 83 | Pennsylvania Western University | 20800 | 26600 | 0.218 | 7,586 | 0 | 0.9433 | |
| 84 | North Dakota State University | 21000 | 25700 | 0.1841 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 85 | Northwestern University | 21100 | 89500 | 0.7646 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 86 | Bowie State University | 21400 | 43300 | 0.5055 | 5,136 | 875 | 0.75 | |
| 86 | Southwestern Adventist University | 21400 | 49800 | 0.5701 | 813 | 1064 | 0.5552 | |
| 88 | Bradley University | 21500 | 50800 | 0.5767 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 88 | University of Montevallo | 21500 | 53500 | 0.5979 | 2,545 | 1124 | 0.539 | |
| 90 | Austin Peay State University | 21700 | 29100 | 0.2541 | 8,926 | 0 | 0.9638 | |
| 91 | Morningside University | 21900 | 79200 | 0.7234 | 1,177 | 922 | 0.7057 | |
| 92 | San Francisco State University | 22700 | 55400 | 0.5903 | 20,756 | 1035 | 0.9615 | |
| 93 | Briar Cliff University | 23100 | 67700 | 0.6588 | 737 | 1075 | 0.6169 | |
| 93 | Saint Cloud State University | 23100 | 36800 | 0.3733 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 93 | Southwest Minnesota State University | 23100 | 25800 | 0.1023 | 7,290 | 1035 | 0.6409 | |
| 96 | Saint Ambrose University | 23200 | 55400 | 0.5809 | 1,939 | 1085 | 0.7733 | |
| 97 | The University of Alabama | 23400 | 31000 | 0.245 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 98 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 23500 | 50000 | 0.5298 | 3,856 | 1185 | 0.7518 | |
| 99 | Point Park University | 23900 | 57000 | 0.581 | 2,337 | 1144 | 0.9691 | |
| 99 | University of Kentucky | 23900 | 36100 | 0.3386 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 101 | University of Central Arkansas | 24400 | 29500 | 0.174 | 8,268 | 1124 | 0.8949 | |
| 101 | University of Sioux Falls | 24400 | 40100 | 0.3909 | 1,241 | 1055 | 0.8298 | |
| 103 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 24700 | 80400 | 0.6926 | 686 | 1030 | 0.8649 | |
| 104 | Temple University | 24900 | 36400 | 0.3162 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 105 | Regis College | 25100 | 70700 | 0.645 | 1,055 | 965 | 0.9009 | |
| 106 | Lewis University | 25200 | 57700 | 0.563 | 4,326 | 1099 | 0.7128 | |
| 106 | Mount Marty University | 25200 | 61700 | 0.592 | 1,022 | 1090 | 0.4257 | |
| 106 | St Catherine University | 25200 | 71900 | 0.6489 | 2,505 | 1124 | 0.9185 | |
| 109 | East Tennessee State University | 25900 | 30600 | 0.1535 | 10,633 | 1124 | 0.8706 | |
| 110 | Mount Aloysius College | 26200 | 49200 | 0.4677 | 2,942 | 1010 | 0.904 | |
| 111 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 26300 | 28400 | 0.0751 | 14,504 | 1145 | 0.7637 | |
| 111 | St. Francis College | 26300 | 39400 | 0.3329 | 1,934 | 1035 | 0.8153 | |
| 113 | Ashland University | 26500 | 56600 | 0.5322 | 5,180 | 1145 | 0.8053 | |
| 114 | Capital University | 27200 | 80300 | 0.6614 | 1,609 | 1084 | 0.7022 | |
| 115 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 17,771 | 1044 | 0.7933 | |
| 116 | Long Island University | 27800 | 59800 | 0.5356 | 11,753 | 1252 | 0.8977 | |
| 116 | Oregon Institute of Technology | 27800 | 36400 | 0.2356 | 5,162 | 1131 | 0.9502 | |
| 116 | Syracuse University | 27800 | 83100 | 0.6654 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 119 | Morehead State University | 28000 | 32600 | 0.141 | 8,258 | 1140 | 0.7721 | |
| 119 | University of Northern Iowa | 28000 | 36200 | 0.2249 | 7,716 | 1115 | 0.8713 | |
| 121 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 33400 | 0.1437 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 121 | University of Hartford | 28600 | 70100 | 0.592 | 4,223 | 1224 | 0.9579 | |
| 123 | University of Iowa | 29000 | 31100 | 0.0686 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 124 | Cornerstone University | 29100 | 40800 | 0.2853 | 1,444 | 1124 | 0.7316 | |
| 125 | Huntington University | 29500 | 44300 | 0.3342 | 1,589 | 1055 | 0.7564 | |
| 125 | Montclair State University | 29500 | 36300 | 0.1874 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 125 | Westminster College | 29500 | 57600 | 0.4879 | 1,136 | 1190 | 0.9256 | |
| 128 | Southeastern University | 29800 | 60500 | 0.5072 | 10,351 | 1110 | 0.6165 | |
| 128 | York College of Pennsylvania | 29800 | 45800 | 0.3496 | 3,308 | 1140 | 0.942 | |
| 130 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30700 | 54600 | 0.4385 | 3,163 | 1165 | 0.9347 | |
| 131 | Siena Heights University | 31100 | 46300 | 0.3272 | 1,669 | 1000 | 0.6656 | |
| 132 | Manhattanville University | 31200 | 68500 | 0.5447 | 1,466 | 1145 | 0.8734 | |
| 133 | Vermont State University | 31500 | 32600 | 0.0337 | 4,087 | 960 | 0.8323 | |
| 134 | Missouri Baptist University | 31700 | 53800 | 0.4113 | 4,958 | 843 | 0.686 | |
| 135 | Rider University | 32000 | 60600 | 0.472 | 3,196 | 1214 | 0.794 | |
| 136 | Ithaca College | 32100 | 72500 | 0.5571 | 4,268 | 1314 | 0.6901 | |
| 136 | Misericordia University | 32100 | 65100 | 0.5074 | 1,721 | 1175 | 0.8871 | |
| 138 | Manhattan University | 32200 | 72500 | 0.5559 | 2,928 | 1248 | 0.785 | |
| 138 | Washington Adventist University | 32200 | 37800 | 0.1483 | 605 | 951 | 0.4536 | |
| 140 | North Central College | 32300 | 64900 | 0.5023 | 2,454 | 1203 | 0.7733 | |
| 141 | Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania | 32400 | 39900 | 0.1879 | 9,967 | 1080 | 0.9475 | |
| 142 | St. John's University-New York | 32500 | 78000 | 0.583 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 143 | Suffolk University | 32600 | 69700 | 0.5326 | 4,324 | 1209 | 0.822 | |
| 144 | Roosevelt University | 32800 | 47600 | 0.3114 | 2,605 | 995 | 0.9427 | |
| 145 | Lewis-Clark State College | 33400 | 40000 | 0.165 | 3,793 | 1010 | 0.9407 | |
| 146 | California Baptist University | 33600 | 65600 | 0.4876 | 8,417 | 1069 | 0.8535 | |
| 147 | Adrian College | 33700 | 70200 | 0.5205 | 1,678 | 1025 | 0.6843 | |
| 147 | University of Central Missouri | 33700 | 35800 | 0.0596 | 7,584 | 1055 | 0.638 | |
| 149 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 34100 | 36100 | 0.0554 | 33,572 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 150 | Hofstra University | 34700 | 77000 | 0.5492 | 6,581 | 1323 | 0.6808 | |
| 150 | Trevecca Nazarene University | 34700 | 50900 | 0.3172 | 1,903 | 1085 | 0.6944 | |
| 152 | Gwynedd Mercy University | 34900 | 65100 | 0.4642 | 1,301 | 1115 | 0.8963 | |
| 152 | New England Institute of Technology | 34900 | 77700 | 0.5511 | 1,718 | 1055 | 0.6673 | |
| 154 | Asbury University | 35000 | 49100 | 0.2878 | 2,066 | 1157 | 0.954 | |
| 155 | San Diego State University | 35200 | 36100 | 0.0249 | 34,637 | 1208 | 0.3598 | |
| 156 | Chicago State University | 35500 | 37600 | 0.0567 | 1,495 | 885 | 0.4052 | |
| 157 | Indiana University-South Bend | 36600 | 38800 | 0.0551 | 4,083 | 1070 | 0.8384 | |
| 157 | Western Kentucky University | 36600 | 42300 | 0.1348 | 14,151 | 1090 | 0.9387 | |
| 159 | Clark Atlanta University | 36800 | 61700 | 0.4037 | 3,495 | 1000 | 0.6463 | |
| 160 | Lasell University | 37100 | 48500 | 0.2349 | 1,293 | 1212 | 0.927 | |
| 161 | Champlain College | 37500 | 90100 | 0.5839 | 1,691 | 1304 | 0.8764 | |
| 162 | Saint Joseph's College of Maine | 38000 | 65000 | 0.4151 | 1,059 | 1025 | 0.8172 | |
| 163 | Elon University | 38800 | 58200 | 0.3332 | 6,452 | 1244 | 0.6635 | |
| 164 | University of Charleston | 39200 | 51200 | 0.2342 | 2,087 | 1075 | 0.6458 | |
| 165 | University of Central Florida | 39600 | 39600 | 0 | 59,649 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
| 166 | Seton Hall University | 39700 | 67400 | 0.4107 | 6,146 | 1313 | 0.7326 | |
| 167 | MCPHS University | 39800 | 87400 | 0.5448 | 3,477 | 1217 | 0.8521 | |
| 168 | Arkansas State University | 40300 | 40800 | 0.012 | 9,985 | 1075 | 0.7959 | |
| 169 | Quinnipiac University | 41300 | 79200 | 0.4784 | 6,248 | 1209 | 0.77 | |
| 170 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41400 | 57000 | 0.2738 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 171 | Bellarmine University | 41600 | 66100 | 0.3698 | 2,240 | 1130 | 0.8611 | |
| 172 | Campbell University | 41700 | 65100 | 0.3601 | 2,699 | 1120 | 0.872 | |
| 173 | Susquehanna University | 42400 | 76800 | 0.4481 | 2,185 | 1204 | 0.7871 | |
| 174 | Appalachian State University | 43600 | 43600 | 0 | 19,560 | 1159 | 0.9014 | |
| 175 | Texas Christian University | 43800 | 82400 | 0.4686 | 11,049 | 1283 | 0.4449 | |
| 176 | Saint Louis University | 44600 | 80900 | 0.4485 | 10,436 | 1260 | 0.7504 | |
| 177 | The University of Texas at Austin | 45300 | 45300 | 0 | 43,165 | 1348 | 0.2664 | |
| 178 | The Master's University and Seminary | 47700 | 53700 | 0.1118 | 1,914 | 1110 | 0.7589 | |
| 179 | Columbia College Chicago | 52800 | 68600 | 0.2305 | 5,422 | 0 | 0.7549 | |
| 180 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
| 181 | Dallas Baptist University | 55900 | 71900 | 0.2224 | 2,785 | 1104 | 0.8884 | |
| 182 | Savannah College of Art and Design | 57000 | 66500 | 0.1429 | 14,657 | 1183 | 0.8368 | |
| 183 | University of La Verne | 57400 | 67300 | 0.1472 | 2,414 | 1123 | 0.4848 | |
| 184 | Howard University | 58300 | 76900 | 0.2418 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.