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These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Radio majors who live in South Carolina.
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 South Carolina.
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 | Greenville Technical College | 7200 | 18300 | 0.6082 | 10,661 | 0 | 0.5257 | |
| 3 | Northern Kentucky University | 7500 | 25900 | 0.7114 | 10,163 | 1090 | 0.8307 | |
| 4 | Emory University | 8600 | 92500 | 0.907 | 7,407 | 1499 | 0.1029 | |
| 5 | Marshall University | 9400 | 34400 | 0.7262 | 9,146 | 1065 | 0.9572 | |
| 6 | California State University-Northridge | 9700 | 22400 | 0.5649 | 32,499 | 1005 | 0.881 | |
| 7 | Eastern Kentucky University | 10200 | 22900 | 0.5556 | 12,726 | 1055 | 0.9695 | |
| 8 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 11200 | 36600 | 0.6936 | 27,082 | 1099 | 0.8459 | |
| 9 | Boston University | 11400 | 91600 | 0.8759 | 18,805 | 1475 | 0.1111 | |
| 10 | Idaho State University | 11500 | 27000 | 0.5735 | 10,406 | 0 | 0.8396 | |
| 11 | Rhode Island College | 11800 | 54600 | 0.7839 | 5,157 | 995 | 0.9182 | |
| 11 | University of Michigan-Flint | 11800 | 45600 | 0.7409 | 5,011 | 1103 | 0.7047 | |
| 13 | University of Houston | 11900 | 23100 | 0.485 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 14 | Midwestern State University | 12300 | 21600 | 0.43 | 4,303 | 1055 | 0.9347 | |
| 15 | University of Central Florida | 12900 | 25300 | 0.4895 | 59,649 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
| 16 | Northern Arizona University | 13200 | 27100 | 0.5135 | 22,991 | 1145 | 0.8961 | |
| 17 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 13300 | 25700 | 0.4825 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 18 | Youngstown State University | 13600 | 26800 | 0.4921 | 8,436 | 1065 | 0.8066 | |
| 19 | University of Southern Indiana | 13900 | 26000 | 0.4669 | 5,347 | 1145 | 0.9581 | |
| 20 | Texas State University | 14500 | 24500 | 0.4075 | 36,268 | 1100 | 0.8908 | |
| 21 | Central Michigan University | 14800 | 37400 | 0.6048 | 10,219 | 1095 | 0.8982 | |
| 22 | Baptist Health Sciences University | 14900 | 36300 | 0.5897 | 733 | 1045 | 0.6776 | |
| 22 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 14900 | 28000 | 0.4675 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 24 | California State University-Chico | 15100 | 23500 | 0.3571 | 13,392 | 1117 | 0.9158 | |
| 24 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15100 | 37700 | 0.6009 | 5,241 | 1075 | 0.8613 | |
| 26 | Troy University | 15200 | 26700 | 0.4306 | 10,222 | 1090 | 0.9604 | |
| 26 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 15200 | 22800 | 0.3338 | 11,874 | 1082 | 0.8377 | |
| 28 | Western Carolina University | 15300 | 16500 | 0.0729 | 10,112 | 1130 | 0.818 | |
| 29 | Avila University | 15400 | 67500 | 0.7718 | 1,335 | 985 | 0.878 | |
| 30 | Colorado Mesa University | 15600 | 40000 | 0.6097 | 9,473 | 1090 | 0.9829 | |
| 30 | University of Arkansas-Fort Smith | 15600 | 21700 | 0.2805 | 5,463 | 1055 | 0.8147 | |
| 30 | Wayne State University | 15600 | 32900 | 0.5256 | 16,173 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
| 33 | University of St Francis | 15800 | 71700 | 0.7791 | 1,338 | 1030 | 0.653 | |
| 34 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 15900 | 46800 | 0.6608 | 6,550 | 1110 | 0.7456 | |
| 35 | Sam Houston State University | 16000 | 23000 | 0.3045 | 17,787 | 1030 | 0.9026 | |
| 36 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 16100 | 42600 | 0.6223 | 7,595 | 1075 | 0.9226 | |
| 36 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 16100 | 23200 | 0.306 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
| 38 | University of Florida | 16200 | 22500 | 0.2799 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 39 | Oakland University | 16400 | 28200 | 0.4187 | 12,587 | 1050 | 0.8784 | |
| 40 | Goshen College | 16500 | 55900 | 0.7042 | 780 | 995 | 0.8404 | |
| 41 | Eastern Illinois University | 16600 | 27500 | 0.3974 | 6,785 | 990 | 0.6535 | |
| 41 | Rogers State University | 16600 | 39700 | 0.5825 | 3,141 | 936 | 0.6683 | |
| 43 | McNeese State University | 16800 | 32800 | 0.4884 | 5,560 | 1070 | 0.6755 | |
| 43 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16800 | 64800 | 0.7416 | 21,075 | 1420 | 0.1534 | |
| 43 | University of Pittsburgh-Bradford | 16800 | 33300 | 0.4956 | 1,002 | 1115 | 0.8898 | |
| 46 | Alabama A & M University | 16900 | 44800 | 0.6222 | 5,845 | 920 | 0.6622 | |
| 46 | Ferris State University | 16900 | 31000 | 0.4555 | 8,989 | 1015 | 0.9151 | |
| 48 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 17200 | 33600 | 0.4877 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 49 | University of Wisconsin-La Crosse | 17400 | 21300 | 0.1846 | 9,513 | 1200 | 0.8122 | |
| 50 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 17500 | 34000 | 0.4849 | 6,910 | 1053 | 0.9734 | |
| 50 | Weber State University | 17500 | 41300 | 0.5757 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 52 | Western Kentucky University | 17600 | 27000 | 0.3498 | 14,151 | 1090 | 0.9387 | |
| 53 | Bluefield State University | 17700 | 30700 | 0.4239 | 1,249 | 990 | 0.8722 | |
| 53 | University of Miami | 17700 | 96300 | 0.8159 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 53 | University of South Alabama | 17700 | 35200 | 0.4974 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 56 | SUNY at Fredonia | 17800 | 39600 | 0.5512 | 2,876 | 1193 | 0.792 | |
| 57 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 17900 | 48000 | 0.6266 | 3,856 | 1185 | 0.7518 | |
| 57 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 17900 | 44900 | 0.6009 | 5,205 | 1118 | 0.744 | |
| 59 | University of Mary | 18000 | 32600 | 0.4467 | 2,650 | 1189 | 0.7825 | |
| 60 | Campbellsville University | 18100 | 43200 | 0.5804 | 6,853 | 1055 | 0.9833 | |
| 60 | Georgia Southern University | 18100 | 23800 | 0.2399 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 60 | University of Holy Cross | 18100 | 36300 | 0.5021 | 806 | 985 | 0.9901 | |
| 63 | Augusta University | 18200 | 51200 | 0.6441 | 6,078 | 1125 | 0.6276 | |
| 63 | Holy Family University | 18200 | 56400 | 0.6777 | 2,650 | 1030 | 0.7104 | |
| 63 | Quincy University | 18200 | 68000 | 0.7318 | 1,072 | 1115 | 0.5093 | |
| 66 | Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts | 18300 | 35800 | 0.4886 | 836 | 1070 | 0.9235 | |
| 66 | University of Vermont | 18300 | 37800 | 0.5164 | 12,276 | 1379 | 0.653 | |
| 68 | California State University-Fullerton | 18600 | 41500 | 0.5528 | 38,597 | 0 | 0.9052 | |
| 68 | State University of New York at Oswego | 18600 | 27700 | 0.3284 | 5,517 | 1164 | 0.8057 | |
| 70 | University of Mississippi | 18700 | 27000 | 0.3073 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 71 | East Tennessee State University | 18900 | 26100 | 0.2754 | 10,633 | 1124 | 0.8706 | |
| 72 | University of Saint Francis-Fort Wayne | 19100 | 67900 | 0.7182 | 1,567 | 980 | 0.9597 | |
| 73 | California State University-Los Angeles | 19500 | 59200 | 0.6711 | 19,354 | 965 | 0.9125 | |
| 74 | Culver-Stockton College | 19600 | 59900 | 0.6725 | 861 | 0 | 0.6518 | |
| 75 | Texas Southern University | 19800 | 25500 | 0.2239 | 6,619 | 915 | 0.9335 | |
| 76 | La Roche University | 19900 | 66200 | 0.6998 | 755 | 1069 | 0.7016 | |
| 77 | Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania | 20000 | 26500 | 0.2456 | 9,967 | 1080 | 0.9475 | |
| 78 | Marian University | 20200 | 47200 | 0.5714 | 1,074 | 1035 | 0.6677 | |
| 79 | Minot State University | 20300 | 23500 | 0.1386 | 2,499 | 1075 | 0.6462 | |
| 79 | Towson University | 20300 | 30000 | 0.3229 | 16,264 | 1093 | 0.8198 | |
| 81 | Boise State University | 20400 | 59700 | 0.6583 | 24,030 | 1025 | 0.8721 | |
| 81 | Henderson State University | 20400 | 37500 | 0.4564 | 1,493 | 1075 | 0.8192 | |
| 83 | Southwestern Adventist University | 21400 | 49800 | 0.5701 | 813 | 1064 | 0.5552 | |
| 84 | Northwestern University | 21500 | 89500 | 0.7601 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 85 | Bowie State University | 21600 | 43300 | 0.5009 | 5,136 | 875 | 0.75 | |
| 85 | University of Montevallo | 21600 | 53500 | 0.596 | 2,545 | 1124 | 0.539 | |
| 87 | Bradley University | 21800 | 50800 | 0.5708 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 88 | Austin Peay State University | 21900 | 29100 | 0.2473 | 8,926 | 0 | 0.9638 | |
| 89 | Morningside University | 22000 | 79200 | 0.7221 | 1,177 | 922 | 0.7057 | |
| 89 | Pennsylvania Western University | 22000 | 28200 | 0.2202 | 7,586 | 0 | 0.9433 | |
| 91 | San Jose State University | 22400 | 41100 | 0.4551 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 92 | Murray State University | 22900 | 27600 | 0.1682 | 8,281 | 1124 | 0.8568 | |
| 92 | San Francisco State University | 22900 | 55400 | 0.5867 | 20,756 | 1035 | 0.9615 | |
| 94 | Briar Cliff University | 23100 | 67700 | 0.6588 | 737 | 1075 | 0.6169 | |
| 94 | Saint Cloud State University | 23100 | 36800 | 0.3733 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 94 | Southwest Minnesota State University | 23100 | 25800 | 0.1023 | 7,290 | 1035 | 0.6409 | |
| 97 | Saint Ambrose University | 23400 | 55400 | 0.5773 | 1,939 | 1085 | 0.7733 | |
| 98 | The University of Alabama | 23500 | 31000 | 0.2418 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 99 | York College of Pennsylvania | 23600 | 45800 | 0.4851 | 3,308 | 1140 | 0.942 | |
| 100 | Point Park University | 23900 | 57000 | 0.581 | 2,337 | 1144 | 0.9691 | |
| 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 | 25000 | 80400 | 0.6889 | 686 | 1030 | 0.8649 | |
| 103 | Regis College | 25000 | 70700 | 0.6464 | 1,055 | 965 | 0.9009 | |
| 105 | Temple University | 25100 | 36400 | 0.3107 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 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 | |
| 108 | Lewis University | 25400 | 57700 | 0.5596 | 4,326 | 1099 | 0.7128 | |
| 109 | University of North Texas | 25700 | 25700 | 0 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 110 | Mount Aloysius College | 26100 | 49200 | 0.4697 | 2,942 | 1010 | 0.904 | |
| 111 | St. Francis College | 26300 | 39400 | 0.3329 | 1,934 | 1035 | 0.8153 | |
| 112 | Ashland University | 26500 | 56600 | 0.5322 | 5,180 | 1145 | 0.8053 | |
| 113 | Huntington University | 26700 | 44300 | 0.3974 | 1,589 | 1055 | 0.7564 | |
| 114 | Capital University | 27400 | 80300 | 0.6589 | 1,609 | 1084 | 0.7022 | |
| 115 | Rowan University | 27500 | 41600 | 0.3386 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
| 115 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 17,771 | 1044 | 0.7933 | |
| 117 | North Dakota State University | 27800 | 30400 | 0.0835 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 117 | Syracuse University | 27800 | 83100 | 0.6654 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 119 | Texas Tech University | 27900 | 27900 | 0 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 120 | Morehead State University | 28000 | 32600 | 0.141 | 8,258 | 1140 | 0.7721 | |
| 120 | University of Northern Iowa | 28000 | 36200 | 0.2249 | 7,716 | 1115 | 0.8713 | |
| 122 | Long Island University | 28100 | 59800 | 0.5305 | 11,753 | 1252 | 0.8977 | |
| 123 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 33400 | 0.1437 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 123 | University of Hartford | 28600 | 70100 | 0.592 | 4,223 | 1224 | 0.9579 | |
| 125 | University of Iowa | 29000 | 31100 | 0.0686 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 126 | Cornerstone University | 29100 | 40800 | 0.2853 | 1,444 | 1124 | 0.7316 | |
| 127 | Westminster College | 29400 | 57600 | 0.4896 | 1,136 | 1190 | 0.9256 | |
| 128 | Southeastern University | 29900 | 60500 | 0.5055 | 10,351 | 1110 | 0.6165 | |
| 129 | Coastal Carolina University | 30000 | 45100 | 0.3349 | 10,811 | 1145 | 0.7527 | |
| 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 | |
| 131 | University of Kentucky | 31100 | 36100 | 0.1386 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 133 | Manhattanville University | 31200 | 68500 | 0.5447 | 1,466 | 1145 | 0.8734 | |
| 134 | Missouri Baptist University | 31700 | 53800 | 0.4113 | 4,958 | 843 | 0.686 | |
| 135 | Ithaca College | 32100 | 72500 | 0.5571 | 4,268 | 1314 | 0.6901 | |
| 135 | Misericordia University | 32100 | 65100 | 0.5074 | 1,721 | 1175 | 0.8871 | |
| 135 | Washington Adventist University | 32100 | 37800 | 0.151 | 605 | 951 | 0.4536 | |
| 138 | Manhattan University | 32200 | 72500 | 0.5559 | 2,928 | 1248 | 0.785 | |
| 139 | North Central College | 32300 | 64900 | 0.5023 | 2,454 | 1203 | 0.7733 | |
| 139 | Rider University | 32300 | 60600 | 0.4671 | 3,196 | 1214 | 0.794 | |
| 141 | Vermont State University | 32500 | 38700 | 0.1601 | 4,087 | 960 | 0.8323 | |
| 142 | Suffolk University | 32600 | 69700 | 0.5326 | 4,324 | 1209 | 0.822 | |
| 143 | St. John's University-New York | 32700 | 78000 | 0.5804 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 144 | Roosevelt University | 32800 | 47600 | 0.3114 | 2,605 | 995 | 0.9427 | |
| 145 | Lewis-Clark State College | 33300 | 40000 | 0.1675 | 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 | 34300 | 36100 | 0.0498 | 33,572 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 150 | Trevecca Nazarene University | 34700 | 50900 | 0.3172 | 1,903 | 1085 | 0.6944 | |
| 151 | Gwynedd Mercy University | 34900 | 65100 | 0.4642 | 1,301 | 1115 | 0.8963 | |
| 151 | Hofstra University | 34900 | 77000 | 0.5466 | 6,581 | 1323 | 0.6808 | |
| 153 | Asbury University | 35000 | 49100 | 0.2878 | 2,066 | 1157 | 0.954 | |
| 154 | San Diego State University | 35100 | 36100 | 0.0277 | 34,637 | 1208 | 0.3598 | |
| 155 | New England Institute of Technology | 35200 | 77700 | 0.5472 | 1,718 | 1055 | 0.6673 | |
| 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 | |
| 158 | Clark Atlanta University | 36800 | 61700 | 0.4037 | 3,495 | 1000 | 0.6463 | |
| 159 | Lasell University | 37000 | 48500 | 0.2369 | 1,293 | 1212 | 0.927 | |
| 160 | Champlain College | 37600 | 90100 | 0.5828 | 1,691 | 1304 | 0.8764 | |
| 161 | Saint Joseph's College of Maine | 37900 | 65000 | 0.4167 | 1,059 | 1025 | 0.8172 | |
| 162 | Elon University | 39100 | 58200 | 0.328 | 6,452 | 1244 | 0.6635 | |
| 163 | University of Charleston | 39200 | 51200 | 0.2342 | 2,087 | 1075 | 0.6458 | |
| 164 | Seton Hall University | 39600 | 67400 | 0.4122 | 6,146 | 1313 | 0.7326 | |
| 165 | MCPHS University | 39900 | 87400 | 0.5436 | 3,477 | 1217 | 0.8521 | |
| 166 | Arkansas State University | 40300 | 40700 | 0.0096 | 9,985 | 1075 | 0.7959 | |
| 167 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41400 | 57000 | 0.2738 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 168 | Quinnipiac University | 41500 | 79200 | 0.4759 | 6,248 | 1209 | 0.77 | |
| 169 | Bellarmine University | 41600 | 66100 | 0.3698 | 2,240 | 1130 | 0.8611 | |
| 170 | Campbell University | 41700 | 65100 | 0.3601 | 2,699 | 1120 | 0.872 | |
| 171 | Montclair State University | 42100 | 46200 | 0.0888 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 172 | Susquehanna University | 42400 | 76800 | 0.4481 | 2,185 | 1204 | 0.7871 | |
| 173 | Appalachian State University | 43600 | 43600 | 0 | 19,560 | 1159 | 0.9014 | |
| 174 | Texas Christian University | 43700 | 82400 | 0.4698 | 11,049 | 1283 | 0.4449 | |
| 175 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 44000 | 53700 | 0.1806 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 176 | Saint Louis University | 44500 | 80900 | 0.4497 | 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 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 50800 | 52900 | 0.0404 | 14,504 | 1145 | 0.7637 | |
| 180 | Columbia College Chicago | 53200 | 68600 | 0.2246 | 5,422 | 0 | 0.7549 | |
| 181 | Dallas Baptist University | 56000 | 71900 | 0.221 | 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 | |
| 185 | Oregon Institute of Technology | 58900 | 67000 | 0.1214 | 5,162 | 1131 | 0.9502 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.