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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 | 6,354 | 1554 | 0.0611 | |
| 2 | California State University-Los Angeles | 5600 | 69100 | 0.9194 | 22,077 | 965 | 0.9124 | |
| 3 | University of Michigan-Flint | 5700 | 43700 | 0.87 | 5,534 | 1079 | 0.6734 | |
| 4 | Northwestern University | 8000 | 94200 | 0.9152 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 5 | Northern Kentucky University | 8200 | 25900 | 0.6843 | 10,136 | 1110 | 0.9666 | |
| 6 | California State University-Northridge | 8500 | 36500 | 0.7681 | 32,846 | 1005 | 0.9176 | |
| 7 | Emory University | 9000 | 96200 | 0.9063 | 7,320 | 1499 | 0.103 | |
| 8 | Rhode Island College | 9700 | 30200 | 0.6795 | 5,695 | 995 | 0.8557 | |
| 9 | University of St Francis | 10700 | 83800 | 0.8722 | 1,416 | 1030 | 0.6528 | |
| 10 | Western Kentucky University | 10800 | 27500 | 0.6071 | 13,732 | 1090 | 0.9145 | |
| 11 | Eastern Kentucky University | 11300 | 27300 | 0.5871 | 13,448 | 1075 | 0.9683 | |
| 11 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 11300 | 36600 | 0.6909 | 27,963 | 1090 | 0.8395 | |
| 13 | Marshall University | 11800 | 27800 | 0.575 | 9,960 | 1070 | 0.9663 | |
| 14 | Boston University | 12300 | 93200 | 0.868 | 18,289 | 1475 | 0.1283 | |
| 14 | Eastern Illinois University | 12300 | 24700 | 0.5005 | 6,731 | 1020 | 0.7073 | |
| 16 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 13300 | 29300 | 0.5461 | 8,421 | 1054 | 0.9444 | |
| 17 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 13900 | 40800 | 0.6595 | 6,761 | 1105 | 0.8475 | |
| 18 | Western Carolina University | 14000 | 16500 | 0.1514 | 10,268 | 1140 | 0.7076 | |
| 19 | Baptist Health Sciences University | 14100 | 27600 | 0.49 | 782 | 1020 | 0.8202 | |
| 20 | Goshen College | 14400 | 56000 | 0.7428 | 738 | 995 | 0.8342 | |
| 20 | San Francisco State University | 14400 | 47700 | 0.6983 | 19,444 | 1035 | 0.9644 | |
| 20 | Youngstown State University | 14400 | 28400 | 0.4928 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 23 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 14500 | 22800 | 0.3645 | 11,994 | 1090 | 0.8651 | |
| 24 | Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts | 14800 | 42400 | 0.6506 | 828 | 1070 | 0.9131 | |
| 25 | Colorado Mesa University | 15100 | 66200 | 0.7723 | 9,459 | 1050 | 0.8314 | |
| 26 | Troy University | 15200 | 34700 | 0.5619 | 10,130 | 1075 | 0.9535 | |
| 27 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 15500 | 50100 | 0.6903 | 7,501 | 1055 | 0.9467 | |
| 28 | Avila University | 15600 | 81100 | 0.8075 | 1,538 | 985 | 0.878 | |
| 28 | Bluefield State University | 15600 | 45000 | 0.6539 | 1,117 | 990 | 0.9723 | |
| 28 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 38800 | 0.5992 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 31 | Central Michigan University | 15700 | 38700 | 0.5942 | 10,238 | 1099 | 0.9104 | |
| 31 | Texas State University | 15700 | 26700 | 0.4114 | 39,353 | 1080 | 0.9118 | |
| 31 | University of Mississippi | 15700 | 27000 | 0.4184 | 22,939 | 1172 | 0.9738 | |
| 34 | California State University-Chico | 15800 | 23500 | 0.3273 | 13,599 | 1054 | 0.9107 | |
| 34 | Rogers State University | 15800 | 39200 | 0.5962 | 3,278 | 1025 | 0.6784 | |
| 34 | University of Florida | 15800 | 22500 | 0.2977 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 37 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16300 | 64800 | 0.7481 | 22,007 | 1427 | 0.1672 | |
| 38 | University of Saint Francis-Fort Wayne | 16400 | 79400 | 0.793 | 1,567 | 980 | 0.9597 | |
| 39 | Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania | 16500 | 26900 | 0.3873 | 9,847 | 1090 | 0.9309 | |
| 39 | University of North Texas | 16500 | 26100 | 0.3675 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 41 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 16800 | 90700 | 0.8148 | 8,727 | 1055 | 0.9703 | |
| 41 | University of Wisconsin-La Crosse | 16800 | 21300 | 0.2129 | 9,656 | 1205 | 0.7997 | |
| 43 | California State University-Long Beach | 17000 | 25800 | 0.3412 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 43 | Georgia Southern University | 17000 | 49700 | 0.6581 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 43 | McNeese State University | 17000 | 27800 | 0.3888 | 5,668 | 1060 | 0.7827 | |
| 46 | University of Miami | 17400 | 96300 | 0.8194 | 13,241 | 1408 | 0.1761 | |
| 47 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 17600 | 33900 | 0.4807 | 7,402 | 1054 | 0.9684 | |
| 48 | Sam Houston State University | 17700 | 27100 | 0.3467 | 17,822 | 1035 | 0.9372 | |
| 49 | Montclair State University | 17800 | 36000 | 0.5061 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 49 | State University of New York at Oswego | 17800 | 27700 | 0.3573 | 5,293 | 1179 | 0.7989 | |
| 49 | University of Pittsburgh-Bradford | 17800 | 33300 | 0.4655 | 1,094 | 1109 | 0.8917 | |
| 49 | University of South Alabama | 17800 | 22400 | 0.2057 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 49 | Vermont State University | 17800 | 26900 | 0.3377 | 4,087 | 960 | 0.8323 | |
| 54 | York College of Pennsylvania | 17900 | 45800 | 0.6097 | 3,369 | 1153 | 0.7374 | |
| 55 | Augusta University | 18000 | 62500 | 0.7123 | 6,102 | 1065 | 0.6276 | |
| 55 | California State University-Fullerton | 18000 | 20600 | 0.1246 | 40,705 | 960 | 0.8811 | |
| 57 | Quincy University | 18100 | 80500 | 0.7747 | 1,096 | 1115 | 0.551 | |
| 57 | University of Kentucky | 18100 | 36500 | 0.5048 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 59 | University of Vermont | 18300 | 37800 | 0.5164 | 12,159 | 1372 | 0.7304 | |
| 60 | Austin Peay State University | 18500 | 31600 | 0.4152 | 9,593 | 1075 | 0.9691 | |
| 60 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 18500 | 69500 | 0.7343 | 711 | 1030 | 0.8214 | |
| 62 | Lewis-Clark State College | 18600 | 23500 | 0.2081 | 4,015 | 990 | 0.9964 | |
| 62 | San Jose State University | 18600 | 41100 | 0.5469 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 64 | Holy Family University | 18900 | 56900 | 0.668 | 2,808 | 975 | 0.7456 | |
| 64 | Louisiana Christian University | 18900 | 26000 | 0.2721 | 769 | 1065 | 0.7719 | |
| 64 | San Diego State University | 18900 | 28900 | 0.3461 | 36,196 | 1208 | 0.3741 | |
| 64 | The University of Texas at Austin | 18900 | 28100 | 0.327 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 68 | University of Sioux Falls | 19000 | 43100 | 0.5598 | 1,177 | 1075 | 0.8274 | |
| 69 | Idaho State University | 19300 | 39100 | 0.5069 | 10,834 | 0 | 0.8396 | |
| 69 | La Roche University | 19300 | 87300 | 0.7791 | 1,972 | 990 | 0.6638 | |
| 69 | University of Mary | 19300 | 32600 | 0.4067 | 2,821 | 1175 | 0.753 | |
| 72 | Alabama A & M University | 19600 | 51200 | 0.6163 | 6,370 | 915 | 0.5795 | |
| 73 | Minot State University | 19800 | 23500 | 0.1569 | 2,499 | 1075 | 0.6462 | |
| 74 | SUNY at Fredonia | 20100 | 53600 | 0.6248 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 75 | South Dakota State University | 20200 | 25200 | 0.2009 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 76 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20500 | 57800 | 0.6451 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 77 | North Dakota State University | 20600 | 25700 | 0.2008 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 78 | Ferris State University | 20700 | 31000 | 0.3328 | 8,980 | 1015 | 0.8237 | |
| 79 | Midwestern State University | 20800 | 33600 | 0.3814 | 4,303 | 1055 | 0.9347 | |
| 79 | University of Houston | 20800 | 28400 | 0.2679 | 40,366 | 1224 | 0.7577 | |
| 81 | Bowie State University | 20900 | 50800 | 0.5886 | 4,810 | 1044 | 0.824 | |
| 82 | University of Montevallo | 21200 | 61300 | 0.6537 | 2,643 | 1124 | 0.5385 | |
| 82 | University of Northern Iowa | 21200 | 24800 | 0.144 | 7,800 | 1115 | 0.9313 | |
| 84 | Rowan University | 21300 | 41300 | 0.4845 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 85 | Texas Southern University | 21400 | 38900 | 0.4499 | 6,844 | 915 | 0.9691 | |
| 86 | Culver-Stockton College | 21800 | 70000 | 0.689 | 889 | 1055 | 0.9827 | |
| 86 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 21800 | 33600 | 0.3509 | 21,469 | 1167 | 0.9061 | |
| 88 | Boise State University | 22000 | 31200 | 0.295 | 25,308 | 1025 | 0.8389 | |
| 89 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 22300 | 37600 | 0.4069 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 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 | Syracuse University | 22600 | 83600 | 0.7297 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 93 | Southwestern Adventist University | 22800 | 58700 | 0.612 | 758 | 1064 | 0.7836 | |
| 94 | The University of Alabama | 23000 | 33400 | 0.3112 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 95 | Southwest Minnesota State University | 23100 | 26700 | 0.1336 | 7,290 | 1015 | 0.6409 | |
| 96 | Marian University | 23300 | 47600 | 0.51 | 1,026 | 1020 | 0.75 | |
| 96 | Point Park University | 23300 | 54300 | 0.5707 | 2,498 | 1144 | 0.984 | |
| 96 | University of South Dakota | 23300 | 26900 | 0.1327 | 7,515 | 1120 | 0.9884 | |
| 99 | Florida Memorial University | 23400 | 51000 | 0.5407 | 1,206 | 0 | 0.8526 | |
| 99 | Pennsylvania Western University | 23400 | 34400 | 0.3195 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 101 | Northern Arizona University | 23800 | 37100 | 0.3579 | 22,203 | 1129 | 0.8961 | |
| 102 | University of Central Missouri | 24000 | 35800 | 0.3301 | 10,397 | 1055 | 0.7439 | |
| 103 | Campbellsville University | 24100 | 45100 | 0.4653 | 6,848 | 1075 | 0.7974 | |
| 104 | Lewis University | 24500 | 59800 | 0.5902 | 4,914 | 1127 | 0.6916 | |
| 105 | Wisconsin Lutheran College | 24600 | 56700 | 0.5672 | 957 | 1233 | 0.7816 | |
| 106 | Mount Marty University | 25000 | 54400 | 0.5408 | 1,053 | 1145 | 0.8603 | |
| 106 | St Catherine University | 25000 | 71900 | 0.6528 | 2,602 | 1148 | 0.9047 | |
| 108 | Seton Hall University | 25100 | 67400 | 0.6272 | 6,178 | 1328 | 0.6915 | |
| 109 | Temple University | 25400 | 36100 | 0.2966 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 110 | Westminster College | 25600 | 57600 | 0.5555 | 1,110 | 1145 | 0.9167 | |
| 111 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 25900 | 28400 | 0.0902 | 14,834 | 1149 | 0.7803 | |
| 112 | Briar Cliff University | 26400 | 83800 | 0.685 | 766 | 1075 | 0.5834 | |
| 113 | Henderson State University | 26500 | 27200 | 0.0258 | 1,461 | 1075 | 0.8192 | |
| 114 | University of Akron Main Campus | 26600 | 28000 | 0.0499 | 11,691 | 1074 | 0.7722 | |
| 114 | University of La Verne | 26600 | 71200 | 0.6266 | 3,052 | 1109 | 0.7117 | |
| 116 | St. Francis College | 26700 | 39400 | 0.3227 | 1,719 | 1035 | 1 | |
| 116 | University of Central Arkansas | 26700 | 31200 | 0.1461 | 8,238 | 1110 | 0.9157 | |
| 118 | University of Arkansas-Fort Smith | 26900 | 34500 | 0.2193 | 5,467 | 1035 | 0.7041 | |
| 119 | Saint Ambrose University | 27100 | 57700 | 0.5306 | 1,884 | 1065 | 0.8006 | |
| 119 | Weber State University | 27100 | 31500 | 0.1399 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 121 | Capital University | 27300 | 63800 | 0.572 | 1,642 | 1045 | 0.6501 | |
| 121 | Murray State University | 27300 | 32400 | 0.1565 | 8,217 | 1124 | 0.8413 | |
| 123 | Oakland University | 27400 | 39600 | 0.3082 | 12,770 | 1039 | 0.8897 | |
| 124 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 18,028 | 1059 | 0.7996 | |
| 125 | Mount Aloysius College | 27900 | 51100 | 0.4539 | 3,135 | 1045 | 0.936 | |
| 126 | Asbury University | 28100 | 50700 | 0.4451 | 2,066 | 1157 | 0.954 | |
| 127 | University of Hartford | 28300 | 70100 | 0.5959 | 4,223 | 1224 | 0.9579 | |
| 128 | Wayne State University | 28400 | 46800 | 0.3934 | 16,390 | 1183 | 0.8359 | |
| 129 | University of Southern Indiana | 28500 | 40000 | 0.2889 | 5,347 | 1145 | 0.9581 | |
| 130 | Grace College and Theological Seminary | 28800 | 41800 | 0.3106 | 1,795 | 1130 | 0.8215 | |
| 131 | Cornerstone University | 28900 | 40800 | 0.291 | 1,354 | 1110 | 0.7777 | |
| 132 | Huntington University | 29000 | 44400 | 0.3465 | 1,512 | 1065 | 0.7518 | |
| 133 | Morehead State University | 29400 | 31600 | 0.0696 | 7,941 | 1080 | 0.8328 | |
| 134 | University of Iowa | 29500 | 32100 | 0.0799 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 135 | Long Island University | 29600 | 60500 | 0.511 | 12,072 | 1229 | 0.8616 | |
| 136 | Towson University | 30100 | 30100 | 0 | 16,361 | 1082 | 0.8057 | |
| 137 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30200 | 54600 | 0.4463 | 3,120 | 1193 | 0.3992 | |
| 138 | Siena Heights University | 30700 | 46300 | 0.3365 | 1,628 | 980 | 0.689 | |
| 139 | Southeastern University | 30800 | 79400 | 0.6123 | 11,981 | 1110 | 0.4247 | |
| 140 | Ithaca College | 30900 | 72600 | 0.5741 | 4,205 | 1328 | 0.7015 | |
| 140 | Manhattanville University | 30900 | 68500 | 0.5483 | 1,465 | 1140 | 0.8688 | |
| 142 | Friends University | 31000 | 58000 | 0.4663 | 1,084 | 1020 | 0.5174 | |
| 143 | Lasell University | 31200 | 50800 | 0.3861 | 1,347 | 1095 | 0.7457 | |
| 144 | Missouri Baptist University | 31300 | 53800 | 0.4193 | 5,253 | 910 | 0.7062 | |
| 145 | Suffolk University | 31400 | 83500 | 0.624 | 4,247 | 1209 | 0.8228 | |
| 146 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 32400 | 43900 | 0.2621 | 3,825 | 1175 | 0.7841 | |
| 147 | Roosevelt University | 32700 | 47600 | 0.3145 | 2,868 | 1049 | 0.9716 | |
| 148 | Elon University | 32900 | 69900 | 0.5297 | 6,191 | 1283 | 0.6326 | |
| 149 | Misericordia University | 33100 | 67700 | 0.5109 | 1,721 | 1078 | 0.8871 | |
| 150 | Adrian College | 33200 | 70200 | 0.5267 | 1,675 | 1045 | 0.7257 | |
| 150 | Rider University | 33200 | 60200 | 0.4485 | 3,052 | 1214 | 0.7741 | |
| 152 | St. John's University-New York | 33800 | 83800 | 0.597 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 153 | California Baptist University | 34200 | 69800 | 0.5098 | 8,707 | 1024 | 0.8139 | |
| 154 | Trevecca Nazarene University | 34300 | 50900 | 0.3256 | 1,961 | 1099 | 0.7512 | |
| 155 | Gwynedd Mercy University | 34600 | 65100 | 0.4679 | 1,816 | 1070 | 0.9164 | |
| 156 | Chicago State University | 35200 | 37800 | 0.0678 | 1,501 | 885 | 0.4326 | |
| 157 | Concordia University Ann Arbor | 35400 | 53600 | 0.3397 | 755 | 1163 | 0.6925 | |
| 158 | Bradley University | 35900 | 60300 | 0.4047 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 159 | Indiana University-South Bend | 36200 | 38800 | 0.0662 | 4,206 | 1050 | 0.8146 | |
| 159 | Texas Tech University | 36200 | 41000 | 0.1172 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 161 | New England Institute of Technology | 36500 | 89400 | 0.5916 | 1,718 | 1030 | 0.6673 | |
| 162 | Washington Adventist University | 38100 | 45600 | 0.1658 | 513 | 995 | 0.4618 | |
| 163 | Clark Atlanta University | 38400 | 61700 | 0.3777 | 3,618 | 990 | 0.6422 | |
| 164 | East Tennessee State University | 38500 | 38500 | 0 | 10,829 | 1124 | 0.8619 | |
| 165 | Oregon Institute of Technology | 38800 | 43400 | 0.1052 | 5,288 | 1138 | 0.9459 | |
| 166 | University of Charleston | 39200 | 51200 | 0.2342 | 2,348 | 1075 | 0.5975 | |
| 167 | Champlain College | 39300 | 105100 | 0.6262 | 1,514 | 1273 | 0.873 | |
| 168 | Saint Joseph's College of Maine | 40000 | 66900 | 0.4023 | 1,105 | 1055 | 0.8351 | |
| 169 | William Paterson University of New Jersey | 40100 | 43200 | 0.0718 | 6,647 | 1153 | 0.9008 | |
| 170 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 40800 | 58700 | 0.3052 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 171 | Bellarmine University | 41200 | 66100 | 0.3763 | 2,365 | 1134 | 0.9371 | |
| 172 | Susquehanna University | 42000 | 85600 | 0.5092 | 2,220 | 1199 | 0.7908 | |
| 173 | University of Central Florida | 42100 | 42800 | 0.0164 | 60,083 | 1289 | 0.428 | |
| 174 | Saint Louis University | 42400 | 84300 | 0.4968 | 9,331 | 1250 | 0.7499 | |
| 175 | Arkansas State University | 42900 | 44600 | 0.0381 | 11,189 | 1080 | 0.7818 | |
| 176 | Campbell University | 43700 | 68700 | 0.3646 | 2,699 | 1120 | 0.872 | |
| 177 | Providence College | 43900 | 85000 | 0.4837 | 4,680 | 1345 | 0.4994 | |
| 178 | Texas Christian University | 44000 | 87400 | 0.4968 | 11,152 | 1268 | 0.4809 | |
| 179 | Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences | 45700 | 104000 | 0.5607 | 3,469 | 1281 | 0.8521 | |
| 180 | Appalachian State University | 46500 | 46500 | 0 | 19,732 | 1174 | 0.9388 | |
| 181 | Ashland University | 47700 | 57000 | 0.163 | 2,977 | 1125 | 0.764 | |
| 181 | The Master's University and Seminary | 47700 | 53700 | 0.1118 | 1,908 | 1139 | 0.8402 | |
| 183 | Quinnipiac University | 48700 | 79700 | 0.3892 | 6,610 | 1250 | 0.7031 | |
| 184 | Manhattan University | 51100 | 72900 | 0.2989 | 2,378 | 1174 | 0.8216 | |
| 185 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 51500 | 64400 | 0.2003 | 46,627 | 1366 | 0.492 | |
| 186 | Savannah College of Art and Design | 51900 | 67500 | 0.2312 | 15,552 | 1174 | 0.8298 | |
| 187 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 53300 | 53300 | 0 | 34,447 | 1273 | 0.8804 | |
| 188 | Howard University | 55300 | 88500 | 0.3753 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 189 | Dallas Baptist University | 55800 | 84300 | 0.3381 | 2,938 | 1073 | 0.9131 | |
| 190 | Hofstra University | 59300 | 83300 | 0.2882 | 6,599 | 1369 | 0.7267 | |
| 191 | Columbia College Chicago | 63700 | 68500 | 0.07 | 4,346 | 0 | 0.738 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.