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These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Radio majors who live in South Dakota.
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 Dakota.
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 | 7800 | 25900 | 0.6998 | 10,163 | 1090 | 0.8307 | |
| 3 | Emory University | 9000 | 92500 | 0.9027 | 7,407 | 1499 | 0.1029 | |
| 4 | Marshall University | 9700 | 34400 | 0.7175 | 9,146 | 1065 | 0.9572 | |
| 5 | California State University-Northridge | 9800 | 36500 | 0.7317 | 32,499 | 1005 | 0.881 | |
| 6 | Eastern Kentucky University | 10600 | 22900 | 0.5381 | 12,726 | 1055 | 0.9695 | |
| 7 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 11400 | 36600 | 0.6882 | 27,082 | 1099 | 0.8459 | |
| 8 | Idaho State University | 11500 | 27000 | 0.5735 | 10,406 | 0 | 0.8396 | |
| 9 | Boston University | 11600 | 91600 | 0.8737 | 18,805 | 1475 | 0.1111 | |
| 10 | University of Houston | 11900 | 28400 | 0.5817 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 11 | Rhode Island College | 12000 | 54600 | 0.7802 | 5,157 | 995 | 0.9182 | |
| 11 | University of Michigan-Flint | 12000 | 45600 | 0.7365 | 5,011 | 1103 | 0.7047 | |
| 13 | Midwestern State University | 12700 | 21600 | 0.4115 | 4,303 | 1055 | 0.9347 | |
| 14 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 13300 | 25700 | 0.4825 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 15 | Youngstown State University | 13700 | 26800 | 0.4884 | 8,436 | 1065 | 0.8066 | |
| 16 | University of Southern Indiana | 14200 | 26000 | 0.4554 | 5,347 | 1145 | 0.9581 | |
| 17 | Baptist Health Sciences University | 14800 | 36300 | 0.5925 | 733 | 1045 | 0.6776 | |
| 17 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 14800 | 19000 | 0.2212 | 11,874 | 1082 | 0.8377 | |
| 19 | Central Michigan University | 15000 | 37400 | 0.5995 | 10,219 | 1095 | 0.8982 | |
| 19 | Murray State University | 15000 | 27000 | 0.4438 | 8,281 | 1124 | 0.8568 | |
| 21 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15100 | 29000 | 0.4808 | 5,241 | 1075 | 0.8613 | |
| 21 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 15100 | 25700 | 0.412 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 23 | Troy University | 15200 | 32600 | 0.5335 | 10,222 | 1090 | 0.9604 | |
| 24 | California State University-Chico | 15400 | 23500 | 0.3443 | 13,392 | 1117 | 0.9158 | |
| 25 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 15500 | 28000 | 0.4461 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 26 | University of North Texas | 15600 | 25700 | 0.3935 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 27 | Avila University | 15700 | 67500 | 0.7674 | 1,335 | 985 | 0.878 | |
| 28 | Colorado Mesa University | 15800 | 40000 | 0.6049 | 9,473 | 1090 | 0.9829 | |
| 29 | Sam Houston State University | 15900 | 30300 | 0.4749 | 17,787 | 1030 | 0.9026 | |
| 29 | Wayne State University | 15900 | 32900 | 0.5165 | 16,173 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
| 31 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 16100 | 23200 | 0.306 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
| 31 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 16100 | 46800 | 0.6565 | 6,550 | 1110 | 0.7456 | |
| 31 | University of St Francis | 16100 | 71700 | 0.7749 | 1,338 | 1030 | 0.653 | |
| 34 | University of Arkansas-Fort Smith | 16200 | 40300 | 0.5987 | 5,463 | 1055 | 0.8147 | |
| 35 | Goshen College | 16500 | 55900 | 0.7042 | 780 | 995 | 0.8404 | |
| 36 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 16700 | 42600 | 0.6082 | 7,595 | 1075 | 0.9226 | |
| 37 | Alabama A & M University | 16800 | 44800 | 0.6244 | 5,845 | 920 | 0.6622 | |
| 37 | Ferris State University | 16800 | 31000 | 0.4588 | 8,989 | 1015 | 0.9151 | |
| 37 | Rogers State University | 16800 | 39700 | 0.5774 | 3,141 | 936 | 0.6683 | |
| 37 | Texas State University | 16800 | 26800 | 0.3727 | 36,268 | 1100 | 0.8908 | |
| 37 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16800 | 64800 | 0.7416 | 21,075 | 1420 | 0.1534 | |
| 37 | Western Carolina University | 16800 | 19400 | 0.1341 | 10,112 | 1130 | 0.818 | |
| 43 | Eastern Illinois University | 16900 | 27500 | 0.3835 | 6,785 | 990 | 0.6535 | |
| 44 | Appalachian State University | 17100 | 19500 | 0.1232 | 19,560 | 1159 | 0.9014 | |
| 45 | University of Pittsburgh-Bradford | 17200 | 33300 | 0.4835 | 1,002 | 1115 | 0.8898 | |
| 46 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 17600 | 44900 | 0.6075 | 5,205 | 1118 | 0.744 | |
| 46 | Weber State University | 17600 | 41300 | 0.5733 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 46 | Western Kentucky University | 17600 | 27000 | 0.3479 | 14,151 | 1090 | 0.9387 | |
| 49 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 17700 | 34000 | 0.479 | 6,910 | 1053 | 0.9734 | |
| 49 | Morehead State University | 17700 | 28000 | 0.3676 | 8,258 | 1140 | 0.7721 | |
| 49 | University of Miami | 17700 | 96300 | 0.8159 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 52 | Bluefield State University | 17900 | 30700 | 0.4174 | 1,249 | 990 | 0.8722 | |
| 52 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 17900 | 48000 | 0.6266 | 3,856 | 1185 | 0.7518 | |
| 52 | SUNY at Fredonia | 17900 | 39600 | 0.5486 | 2,876 | 1193 | 0.792 | |
| 55 | University of Holy Cross | 18000 | 36300 | 0.5048 | 806 | 985 | 0.9901 | |
| 56 | University of South Alabama | 18100 | 35200 | 0.486 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 57 | Campbellsville University | 18300 | 43200 | 0.5758 | 6,853 | 1055 | 0.9833 | |
| 57 | Georgia Southern University | 18300 | 26800 | 0.3177 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 57 | University of Vermont | 18300 | 37800 | 0.5164 | 12,276 | 1379 | 0.653 | |
| 60 | Augusta University | 18400 | 51200 | 0.6402 | 6,078 | 1125 | 0.6276 | |
| 60 | Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts | 18400 | 35800 | 0.4858 | 836 | 1070 | 0.9235 | |
| 60 | Quincy University | 18400 | 68000 | 0.7289 | 1,072 | 1115 | 0.5093 | |
| 60 | University of Mary | 18400 | 32600 | 0.4347 | 2,650 | 1189 | 0.7825 | |
| 60 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 18400 | 52500 | 0.6495 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 65 | Holy Family University | 18500 | 56400 | 0.6724 | 2,650 | 1030 | 0.7104 | |
| 66 | San Francisco State University | 18600 | 55400 | 0.6643 | 20,756 | 1035 | 0.9615 | |
| 67 | California State University-Fullerton | 18800 | 41500 | 0.5479 | 38,597 | 0 | 0.9052 | |
| 68 | McNeese State University | 19000 | 32800 | 0.4213 | 5,560 | 1070 | 0.6755 | |
| 69 | University of Saint Francis-Fort Wayne | 19200 | 67900 | 0.7168 | 1,567 | 980 | 0.9597 | |
| 70 | Texas Southern University | 19400 | 42500 | 0.5438 | 6,619 | 915 | 0.9335 | |
| 71 | Culver-Stockton College | 19800 | 59900 | 0.6691 | 861 | 0 | 0.6518 | |
| 72 | University of Mississippi | 19900 | 27000 | 0.2629 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 72 | University of Northern Iowa | 19900 | 24000 | 0.1722 | 7,716 | 1115 | 0.8713 | |
| 74 | San Diego State University | 20000 | 28900 | 0.308 | 34,637 | 1208 | 0.3598 | |
| 75 | La Roche University | 20100 | 66200 | 0.6968 | 755 | 1069 | 0.7016 | |
| 76 | Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania | 20200 | 26500 | 0.238 | 9,967 | 1080 | 0.9475 | |
| 76 | Marian University | 20200 | 47200 | 0.5714 | 1,074 | 1035 | 0.6677 | |
| 78 | Minot State University | 20300 | 23500 | 0.1386 | 2,499 | 1075 | 0.6462 | |
| 78 | State University of New York at Oswego | 20300 | 40200 | 0.4952 | 5,517 | 1164 | 0.8057 | |
| 78 | Texas Tech University | 20300 | 27900 | 0.2727 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 78 | The University of Texas at Austin | 20300 | 27600 | 0.264 | 43,165 | 1348 | 0.2664 | |
| 82 | Henderson State University | 20400 | 37500 | 0.4564 | 1,493 | 1075 | 0.8192 | |
| 83 | California State University-Los Angeles | 20500 | 59200 | 0.6542 | 19,354 | 965 | 0.9125 | |
| 84 | South Dakota State University | 20600 | 25200 | 0.1838 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 85 | Towson University | 20700 | 30000 | 0.3096 | 16,264 | 1093 | 0.8198 | |
| 86 | Indiana University-South Bend | 20800 | 23900 | 0.1309 | 4,083 | 1070 | 0.8384 | |
| 87 | Boise State University | 20900 | 59700 | 0.65 | 24,030 | 1025 | 0.8721 | |
| 88 | Southwestern Adventist University | 21500 | 49800 | 0.5681 | 813 | 1064 | 0.5552 | |
| 89 | University of Montevallo | 21700 | 53500 | 0.5942 | 2,545 | 1124 | 0.539 | |
| 90 | Bowie State University | 21800 | 43300 | 0.4963 | 5,136 | 875 | 0.75 | |
| 90 | Northwestern University | 21800 | 89500 | 0.7567 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 92 | Austin Peay State University | 22100 | 29100 | 0.2404 | 8,926 | 0 | 0.9638 | |
| 92 | Morningside University | 22100 | 79200 | 0.7208 | 1,177 | 922 | 0.7057 | |
| 94 | Bradley University | 22200 | 50800 | 0.5629 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 94 | Pennsylvania Western University | 22200 | 28200 | 0.2131 | 7,586 | 0 | 0.9433 | |
| 96 | San Jose State University | 22700 | 41100 | 0.4478 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 97 | University of South Dakota | 22900 | 26000 | 0.1205 | 7,619 | 1120 | 0.9878 | |
| 98 | Briar Cliff University | 23100 | 67700 | 0.6588 | 737 | 1075 | 0.6169 | |
| 98 | Southwest Minnesota State University | 23100 | 25800 | 0.1023 | 7,290 | 1035 | 0.6409 | |
| 100 | Saint Cloud State University | 23400 | 26300 | 0.1097 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 101 | Saint Ambrose University | 23600 | 55400 | 0.5737 | 1,939 | 1085 | 0.7733 | |
| 102 | University of Kentucky | 23800 | 36100 | 0.3396 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 103 | Point Park University | 23900 | 57000 | 0.581 | 2,337 | 1144 | 0.9691 | |
| 104 | Northern Arizona University | 24100 | 33100 | 0.2727 | 22,991 | 1145 | 0.8961 | |
| 105 | University of Central Missouri | 24400 | 35800 | 0.3181 | 7,584 | 1055 | 0.638 | |
| 105 | University of Sioux Falls | 24400 | 40100 | 0.3909 | 1,241 | 1055 | 0.8298 | |
| 107 | North Dakota State University | 25000 | 27600 | 0.0919 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 107 | Regis College | 25000 | 70700 | 0.6464 | 1,055 | 965 | 0.9009 | |
| 109 | Mount Marty University | 25200 | 61700 | 0.5922 | 1,022 | 1090 | 0.4257 | |
| 109 | St Catherine University | 25200 | 71900 | 0.6489 | 2,505 | 1124 | 0.9185 | |
| 111 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 25400 | 80400 | 0.6839 | 686 | 1030 | 0.8649 | |
| 112 | Lewis University | 25700 | 57700 | 0.5544 | 4,326 | 1099 | 0.7128 | |
| 113 | Mount Aloysius College | 26100 | 49200 | 0.4697 | 2,942 | 1010 | 0.904 | |
| 114 | East Tennessee State University | 26300 | 30600 | 0.1404 | 10,633 | 1124 | 0.8706 | |
| 114 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 26300 | 28400 | 0.0751 | 14,504 | 1145 | 0.7637 | |
| 114 | St. Francis College | 26300 | 39400 | 0.3329 | 1,934 | 1035 | 0.8153 | |
| 117 | Ashland University | 26600 | 56600 | 0.5305 | 5,180 | 1145 | 0.8053 | |
| 118 | Oakland University | 27400 | 39700 | 0.3099 | 12,587 | 1050 | 0.8784 | |
| 119 | Capital University | 27500 | 80300 | 0.6576 | 1,609 | 1084 | 0.7022 | |
| 119 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 17,771 | 1044 | 0.7933 | |
| 121 | Syracuse University | 27800 | 83100 | 0.6654 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 122 | Long Island University | 28400 | 59800 | 0.5255 | 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 | Cornerstone University | 29100 | 40800 | 0.2853 | 1,444 | 1124 | 0.7316 | |
| 125 | University of Wisconsin-La Crosse | 29100 | 31400 | 0.0744 | 9,513 | 1200 | 0.8122 | |
| 127 | Westminster College | 29300 | 57600 | 0.4913 | 1,136 | 1190 | 0.9256 | |
| 128 | Huntington University | 29400 | 44300 | 0.3364 | 1,589 | 1055 | 0.7564 | |
| 129 | York College of Pennsylvania | 29800 | 45800 | 0.3496 | 3,308 | 1140 | 0.942 | |
| 130 | Southeastern University | 30100 | 60500 | 0.5022 | 10,351 | 1110 | 0.6165 | |
| 131 | Montclair State University | 30200 | 36300 | 0.1681 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 132 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30700 | 54600 | 0.4385 | 3,163 | 1165 | 0.9347 | |
| 133 | Siena Heights University | 31100 | 46300 | 0.3272 | 1,669 | 1000 | 0.6656 | |
| 134 | Manhattanville University | 31200 | 68500 | 0.5447 | 1,466 | 1145 | 0.8734 | |
| 135 | Missouri Baptist University | 31700 | 53800 | 0.4113 | 4,958 | 843 | 0.686 | |
| 136 | Ithaca College | 32000 | 72500 | 0.5585 | 4,268 | 1314 | 0.6901 | |
| 136 | Washington Adventist University | 32000 | 37800 | 0.1536 | 605 | 951 | 0.4536 | |
| 138 | Misericordia University | 32100 | 65100 | 0.5074 | 1,721 | 1175 | 0.8871 | |
| 139 | Manhattan University | 32300 | 72500 | 0.5545 | 2,928 | 1248 | 0.785 | |
| 139 | North Central College | 32300 | 64900 | 0.5023 | 2,454 | 1203 | 0.7733 | |
| 141 | Rider University | 32700 | 60600 | 0.4604 | 3,196 | 1214 | 0.794 | |
| 141 | Suffolk University | 32700 | 69700 | 0.5312 | 4,324 | 1209 | 0.822 | |
| 141 | Vermont State University | 32700 | 38700 | 0.1549 | 4,087 | 960 | 0.8323 | |
| 144 | Roosevelt University | 32800 | 47600 | 0.3114 | 2,605 | 995 | 0.9427 | |
| 144 | St. John's University-New York | 32800 | 78000 | 0.5791 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 146 | Lewis-Clark State College | 33200 | 40000 | 0.17 | 3,793 | 1010 | 0.9407 | |
| 147 | California Baptist University | 33500 | 65600 | 0.4891 | 8,417 | 1069 | 0.8535 | |
| 148 | Adrian College | 33700 | 70200 | 0.5205 | 1,678 | 1025 | 0.6843 | |
| 149 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 34600 | 36100 | 0.0415 | 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 | |
| 152 | Asbury University | 35000 | 49100 | 0.2878 | 2,066 | 1157 | 0.954 | |
| 152 | Hofstra University | 35000 | 77000 | 0.5453 | 6,581 | 1323 | 0.6808 | |
| 154 | Chicago State University | 35500 | 37600 | 0.0567 | 1,495 | 885 | 0.4052 | |
| 154 | New England Institute of Technology | 35500 | 77700 | 0.5434 | 1,718 | 1055 | 0.6673 | |
| 156 | University of Central Arkansas | 36200 | 38400 | 0.0556 | 8,268 | 1124 | 0.8949 | |
| 157 | Clark Atlanta University | 36800 | 61700 | 0.4037 | 3,495 | 1000 | 0.6463 | |
| 158 | Lasell University | 36900 | 48500 | 0.239 | 1,293 | 1212 | 0.927 | |
| 159 | Champlain College | 37700 | 90100 | 0.5817 | 1,691 | 1304 | 0.8764 | |
| 159 | Saint Joseph's College of Maine | 37700 | 65000 | 0.4198 | 1,059 | 1025 | 0.8172 | |
| 161 | University of Charleston | 39200 | 51200 | 0.2342 | 2,087 | 1075 | 0.6458 | |
| 162 | Oregon Institute of Technology | 39300 | 43400 | 0.0953 | 5,162 | 1131 | 0.9502 | |
| 163 | Elon University | 39400 | 58200 | 0.3229 | 6,452 | 1244 | 0.6635 | |
| 164 | Seton Hall University | 39600 | 67400 | 0.4122 | 6,146 | 1313 | 0.7326 | |
| 164 | University of Central Florida | 39600 | 39600 | 0 | 59,649 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
| 166 | MCPHS University | 39900 | 87400 | 0.5436 | 3,477 | 1217 | 0.8521 | |
| 167 | Arkansas State University | 40400 | 40600 | 0.0071 | 9,985 | 1075 | 0.7959 | |
| 167 | Temple University | 40400 | 55300 | 0.2697 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 169 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41300 | 57000 | 0.2756 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 170 | Bellarmine University | 41600 | 66100 | 0.3698 | 2,240 | 1130 | 0.8611 | |
| 171 | Campbell University | 41700 | 65100 | 0.3601 | 2,699 | 1120 | 0.872 | |
| 172 | Quinnipiac University | 41800 | 79200 | 0.4721 | 6,248 | 1209 | 0.77 | |
| 173 | Susquehanna University | 42300 | 76800 | 0.4494 | 2,185 | 1204 | 0.7871 | |
| 174 | University of Florida | 43100 | 45600 | 0.0548 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 175 | Texas Christian University | 43600 | 82400 | 0.471 | 11,049 | 1283 | 0.4449 | |
| 176 | Saint Louis University | 44400 | 80900 | 0.451 | 10,436 | 1260 | 0.7504 | |
| 177 | The Master's University and Seminary | 47700 | 53700 | 0.1118 | 1,914 | 1110 | 0.7589 | |
| 178 | University of Iowa | 51100 | 53200 | 0.0401 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 179 | Columbia College Chicago | 53600 | 68600 | 0.2188 | 5,422 | 0 | 0.7549 | |
| 179 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
| 181 | Dallas Baptist University | 56100 | 71900 | 0.2196 | 2,785 | 1104 | 0.8884 | |
| 182 | Savannah College of Art and Design | 57000 | 66500 | 0.1429 | 14,657 | 1183 | 0.8368 | |
| 183 | The University of Alabama | 57100 | 57100 | 0 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 184 | University of La Verne | 57400 | 67300 | 0.1472 | 2,414 | 1123 | 0.4848 | |
| 185 | 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.