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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 | 7200 | 88600 | 0.9186 | 6,356 | 1543 | 0.0644 | |
| 2 | Idaho State University | 9400 | 22200 | 0.5774 | 10,406 | 0 | 0.8396 | |
| 3 | The University of Texas at Austin | 12200 | 30700 | 0.6023 | 43,165 | 1335 | 0.2664 | |
| 4 | Emory University | 12300 | 90100 | 0.8635 | 7,407 | 1499 | 0.1029 | |
| 5 | Northern Kentucky University | 12700 | 25900 | 0.5105 | 10,163 | 1090 | 0.8307 | |
| 6 | Bluefield State University | 12900 | 29500 | 0.5633 | 1,249 | 1000 | 0.8722 | |
| 6 | Eastern Illinois University | 12900 | 24400 | 0.4717 | 6,785 | 1020 | 0.6535 | |
| 8 | Boston University | 13600 | 88800 | 0.8472 | 18,805 | 1475 | 0.1111 | |
| 9 | Indiana University-South Bend | 13800 | 27500 | 0.4982 | 4,083 | 1070 | 0.8384 | |
| 10 | Texas Tech University | 13900 | 27000 | 0.485 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 11 | Northern Arizona University | 14100 | 25400 | 0.4461 | 22,991 | 1145 | 0.8961 | |
| 12 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 14400 | 25700 | 0.4391 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 13 | Northwest Missouri State University | 14600 | 27900 | 0.476 | 5,241 | 1075 | 0.8613 | |
| 14 | Goshen College | 14800 | 55800 | 0.7357 | 780 | 995 | 0.8404 | |
| 15 | Southwest Minnesota State University | 15000 | 31600 | 0.5245 | 7,290 | 1035 | 0.6409 | |
| 16 | Baptist Health Sciences University | 15500 | 28500 | 0.4565 | 733 | 1110 | 0.6776 | |
| 17 | Central Michigan University | 15600 | 40600 | 0.6159 | 10,219 | 1095 | 0.8982 | |
| 18 | California State University-Chico | 15800 | 23500 | 0.3273 | 13,392 | 1117 | 0.9158 | |
| 18 | University of Southern Indiana | 15800 | 26000 | 0.3925 | 5,347 | 1145 | 0.9581 | |
| 20 | Troy University | 15900 | 26700 | 0.4044 | 10,222 | 1090 | 0.9604 | |
| 21 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 16000 | 28800 | 0.4443 | 7,595 | 1075 | 0.9226 | |
| 21 | University of Arkansas-Fort Smith | 16000 | 21700 | 0.2621 | 5,463 | 1095 | 0.8147 | |
| 23 | Western Carolina University | 16400 | 19600 | 0.1633 | 10,112 | 1130 | 0.818 | |
| 24 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 16500 | 30700 | 0.4629 | 6,910 | 1053 | 0.9734 | |
| 24 | University of Pittsburgh-Bradford | 16500 | 32100 | 0.4853 | 1,002 | 1115 | 0.8898 | |
| 26 | Ferris State University | 16800 | 31000 | 0.4588 | 8,989 | 1015 | 0.9151 | |
| 26 | Northwestern University | 16800 | 89500 | 0.8127 | 8,846 | 1513 | 0.0722 | |
| 26 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16800 | 64800 | 0.7406 | 21,075 | 1420 | 0.1534 | |
| 29 | Arkansas State University | 17000 | 28100 | 0.3952 | 9,985 | 1075 | 0.7959 | |
| 30 | Sam Houston State University | 17100 | 23000 | 0.2565 | 17,787 | 1030 | 0.9026 | |
| 31 | Avila University | 17400 | 67600 | 0.7432 | 1,335 | 985 | 0.878 | |
| 31 | Rogers State University | 17400 | 24900 | 0.3007 | 3,141 | 936 | 0.6683 | |
| 33 | Lewis-Clark State College | 17600 | 24400 | 0.2786 | 3,793 | 1010 | 0.9407 | |
| 34 | SUNY College at Plattsburgh | 17900 | 32100 | 0.443 | 3,856 | 1169 | 0.7518 | |
| 35 | Colorado Mesa University | 18100 | 24800 | 0.2707 | 9,473 | 1050 | 0.9829 | |
| 36 | Husson University | 18400 | 48100 | 0.6168 | 2,762 | 1115 | 0.8095 | |
| 36 | Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts | 18400 | 35800 | 0.4858 | 836 | 1070 | 0.9235 | |
| 36 | University of Mary | 18400 | 32600 | 0.4349 | 2,650 | 1189 | 0.7825 | |
| 39 | Holy Family University | 18500 | 54000 | 0.6571 | 2,650 | 1030 | 0.7104 | |
| 39 | Midwestern State University | 18500 | 29000 | 0.3617 | 4,508 | 1055 | 0.8738 | |
| 41 | State University of New York at Oswego | 18600 | 27500 | 0.3235 | 5,517 | 1174 | 0.8057 | |
| 42 | Campbellsville University | 18900 | 41800 | 0.5478 | 6,411 | 1055 | 0.7235 | |
| 42 | Texas Southern University | 18900 | 42400 | 0.5537 | 6,619 | 920 | 0.9335 | |
| 42 | Texas State University | 18900 | 28900 | 0.3455 | 36,268 | 1100 | 0.8908 | |
| 42 | University of Mississippi | 18900 | 45500 | 0.5851 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 46 | San Jose State University | 19200 | 29900 | 0.3576 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 47 | McNeese State University | 19300 | 29200 | 0.3395 | 5,560 | 1110 | 0.6755 | |
| 48 | Youngstown State University | 19600 | 29300 | 0.3307 | 8,436 | 1065 | 0.8066 | |
| 49 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 19800 | 24500 | 0.1915 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
| 49 | Saint Cloud State University | 19800 | 24500 | 0.1916 | 8,013 | 1094 | 0.9495 | |
| 51 | Marian University | 20200 | 46100 | 0.5615 | 1,074 | 1035 | 0.6677 | |
| 51 | Rhode Island College | 20200 | 27900 | 0.276 | 5,157 | 995 | 0.9182 | |
| 53 | Minot State University | 20300 | 23500 | 0.1361 | 2,499 | 1075 | 0.6462 | |
| 54 | Indiana Wesleyan University-Marion | 20900 | 49400 | 0.5764 | 2,079 | 1135 | 0.8221 | |
| 54 | University of Northern Iowa | 20900 | 24000 | 0.128 | 7,716 | 1115 | 0.8713 | |
| 56 | Marshall University | 21000 | 36300 | 0.4218 | 9,165 | 1065 | 0.9572 | |
| 57 | Bowie State University | 21300 | 28800 | 0.2603 | 5,136 | 875 | 0.75 | |
| 58 | Austin Peay State University | 21400 | 32700 | 0.346 | 8,926 | 0 | 0.9638 | |
| 59 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 21500 | 35400 | 0.3932 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 59 | Pennsylvania Western University | 21500 | 29400 | 0.2688 | 7,586 | 1070 | 0.9433 | |
| 59 | University of Miami | 21500 | 70800 | 0.6967 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 62 | University of St Francis | 21700 | 57200 | 0.6204 | 1,338 | 1030 | 0.653 | |
| 63 | Madonna University | 22000 | 50400 | 0.5635 | 1,839 | 1005 | 0.9293 | |
| 64 | Bradley University | 23000 | 50900 | 0.5481 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 65 | Henderson State University | 23100 | 35900 | 0.357 | 1,493 | 1075 | 0.8192 | |
| 66 | University of Central Missouri | 23300 | 34300 | 0.3206 | 7,584 | 1055 | 0.638 | |
| 67 | Southwestern Adventist University | 23400 | 40800 | 0.4262 | 813 | 1060 | 0.5552 | |
| 68 | Briar Cliff University | 23500 | 55700 | 0.578 | 737 | 1075 | 0.5983 | |
| 69 | Syracuse University | 23600 | 83100 | 0.716 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 70 | Saint Ambrose University | 23700 | 54500 | 0.5652 | 1,939 | 1085 | 0.7733 | |
| 70 | University of Charleston | 23700 | 56300 | 0.5794 | 2,087 | 1075 | 0.6458 | |
| 72 | Eastern Kentucky University | 24100 | 38000 | 0.3654 | 12,726 | 1055 | 0.9695 | |
| 73 | University of Central Arkansas | 24400 | 29500 | 0.1719 | 8,268 | 1110 | 0.8949 | |
| 73 | University of Sioux Falls | 24400 | 40100 | 0.3901 | 1,241 | 1055 | 0.8298 | |
| 75 | St Catherine University | 24600 | 69800 | 0.647 | 2,505 | 1135 | 0.9185 | |
| 76 | La Roche University | 24700 | 55400 | 0.5544 | 1,986 | 1150 | 0.7761 | |
| 77 | North Dakota State University | 25100 | 27600 | 0.0898 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 78 | Friends University | 25200 | 59300 | 0.5748 | 1,549 | 1030 | 0.6046 | |
| 79 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 25400 | 76300 | 0.6673 | 7,703 | 1105 | 0.9556 | |
| 79 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 25400 | 62200 | 0.592 | 686 | 1030 | 0.8649 | |
| 81 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 25500 | 25600 | 0.0039 | 11,874 | 1082 | 0.8377 | |
| 82 | Lewis University | 25600 | 57400 | 0.5536 | 4,326 | 1099 | 0.7128 | |
| 82 | South Dakota State University | 25600 | 28700 | 0.1071 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 84 | Walla Walla University | 25700 | 51700 | 0.5024 | 1,238 | 1159 | 0.604 | |
| 85 | California State University-Fullerton | 25900 | 41400 | 0.3738 | 38,597 | 0 | 0.9052 | |
| 85 | Mount Marty University | 25900 | 54400 | 0.5242 | 1,022 | 1090 | 0.4257 | |
| 87 | Point Park University | 26300 | 56800 | 0.5374 | 2,337 | 1144 | 0.9691 | |
| 88 | California State University-Northridge | 26400 | 36600 | 0.2779 | 32,499 | 1005 | 0.9219 | |
| 88 | Evangel University | 26400 | 39900 | 0.3385 | 1,843 | 1183 | 0.7161 | |
| 88 | Georgia Southern University | 26400 | 26700 | 0.0112 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 88 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 26400 | 28400 | 0.073 | 14,504 | 1145 | 0.7637 | |
| 92 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 26600 | 36500 | 0.2714 | 27,082 | 1099 | 0.8459 | |
| 92 | University of the Incarnate Word | 26600 | 59900 | 0.5562 | 4,638 | 1035 | 0.9813 | |
| 94 | St. Francis College | 26700 | 39400 | 0.3227 | 1,934 | 1035 | 0.8153 | |
| 95 | La Sierra University | 26800 | 55100 | 0.514 | 1,244 | 1015 | 0.933 | |
| 96 | Morehead State University | 27400 | 32600 | 0.1594 | 8,258 | 1120 | 0.7721 | |
| 96 | Oakland University | 27400 | 39800 | 0.3117 | 12,587 | 1050 | 0.8784 | |
| 98 | Capital University | 27500 | 68600 | 0.5992 | 1,609 | 1084 | 0.7022 | |
| 98 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 17,771 | 1044 | 0.7933 | |
| 100 | University of South Dakota | 27600 | 29600 | 0.07 | 7,619 | 1120 | 0.9878 | |
| 101 | Murray State University | 27800 | 32400 | 0.1414 | 8,281 | 1124 | 0.8568 | |
| 102 | Weber State University | 27900 | 33300 | 0.1622 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 103 | North Central College | 28000 | 62700 | 0.5531 | 2,454 | 1203 | 0.7733 | |
| 104 | Alabama A & M University | 28200 | 42800 | 0.3409 | 5,845 | 940 | 0.6622 | |
| 104 | University of North Texas | 28200 | 37400 | 0.2461 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 106 | Regis College | 28600 | 70400 | 0.5935 | 1,055 | 965 | 0.9009 | |
| 106 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 31500 | 0.0921 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 106 | University of Hartford | 28600 | 70100 | 0.5914 | 4,223 | 1224 | 0.9579 | |
| 109 | Grace College and Theological Seminary | 28800 | 41800 | 0.3103 | 1,817 | 1080 | 0.8078 | |
| 110 | University of Wisconsin-La Crosse | 29100 | 31400 | 0.0725 | 9,513 | 1200 | 0.8122 | |
| 111 | Cornerstone University | 29200 | 40800 | 0.2838 | 1,444 | 1124 | 0.7316 | |
| 112 | Westminster College | 29300 | 57500 | 0.4901 | 1,136 | 1190 | 0.9256 | |
| 113 | Huntington University | 29800 | 44300 | 0.3276 | 1,286 | 1095 | 0.7115 | |
| 114 | Roosevelt University | 30000 | 43300 | 0.307 | 2,605 | 1015 | 0.9427 | |
| 114 | Trevecca Nazarene University | 30000 | 46100 | 0.3485 | 1,903 | 1085 | 0.6944 | |
| 116 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 30100 | 38200 | 0.2123 | 6,550 | 1140 | 0.7456 | |
| 117 | SUNY at Fredonia | 30500 | 39600 | 0.2301 | 2,876 | 1193 | 0.792 | |
| 118 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 30600 | 39500 | 0.2251 | 5,205 | 1118 | 0.744 | |
| 119 | East Tennessee State University | 30700 | 30900 | 0.0065 | 10,633 | 1124 | 0.8706 | |
| 119 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30700 | 54600 | 0.4374 | 3,163 | 1165 | 0.9347 | |
| 119 | University of South Alabama | 30700 | 35000 | 0.1229 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 122 | Manhattanville University | 31200 | 68500 | 0.5442 | 1,466 | 1145 | 0.8734 | |
| 122 | Siena Heights University | 31200 | 46300 | 0.3259 | 1,669 | 1000 | 0.6656 | |
| 124 | Washington Adventist University | 31400 | 37800 | 0.1695 | 605 | 950 | 0.4536 | |
| 125 | San Francisco State University | 31500 | 45200 | 0.3033 | 20,756 | 1035 | 0.9615 | |
| 126 | Adrian College | 31700 | 67500 | 0.53 | 1,678 | 1060 | 0.6843 | |
| 126 | Missouri Baptist University | 31700 | 53800 | 0.4102 | 4,958 | 843 | 0.686 | |
| 126 | University of Houston | 31700 | 35200 | 0.0995 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 129 | CUNY Brooklyn College | 31800 | 31800 | 0 | 11,562 | 1110 | 0.5836 | |
| 130 | Misericordia University | 32100 | 65100 | 0.5065 | 1,721 | 1175 | 0.8871 | |
| 131 | Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania | 32800 | 39900 | 0.1779 | 9,967 | 1080 | 0.9475 | |
| 132 | Southeastern University | 32900 | 60500 | 0.4559 | 10,351 | 1130 | 0.6165 | |
| 133 | California State University-Los Angeles | 33500 | 39400 | 0.1499 | 19,354 | 965 | 0.9125 | |
| 133 | Ithaca College | 33500 | 72500 | 0.5379 | 4,268 | 1314 | 0.6901 | |
| 135 | Lasell University | 33600 | 47000 | 0.2849 | 1,293 | 1139 | 0.927 | |
| 136 | Appalachian State University | 34000 | 35800 | 0.0503 | 19,560 | 1159 | 0.9014 | |
| 137 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 34500 | 46200 | 0.2534 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 138 | Gwynedd Mercy University | 34600 | 62700 | 0.4471 | 1,301 | 1115 | 0.8963 | |
| 138 | University of Vermont | 34600 | 66300 | 0.4782 | 12,276 | 1379 | 0.653 | |
| 140 | Concordia University Ann Arbor | 34900 | 53300 | 0.3451 | 1,044 | 1095 | 0.7209 | |
| 141 | Asbury University | 35000 | 49100 | 0.2866 | 2,066 | 1157 | 0.954 | |
| 142 | California Baptist University | 35200 | 65200 | 0.4601 | 8,417 | 1069 | 0.8535 | |
| 143 | Chicago State University | 35600 | 37600 | 0.0551 | 1,495 | 885 | 0.4052 | |
| 144 | Boise State University | 36000 | 48800 | 0.2623 | 24,030 | 1025 | 0.8721 | |
| 144 | University of Montevallo | 36000 | 46700 | 0.2291 | 2,545 | 1124 | 0.5579 | |
| 146 | Western Kentucky University | 36100 | 41900 | 0.1385 | 14,151 | 1090 | 0.9387 | |
| 147 | Ashland University | 36400 | 52700 | 0.3091 | 5,180 | 1145 | 0.8053 | |
| 148 | University of Central Florida | 36500 | 39600 | 0.0783 | 59,649 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
| 149 | Clark Atlanta University | 36800 | 49800 | 0.2613 | 3,495 | 1000 | 0.6463 | |
| 150 | Towson University | 37200 | 45700 | 0.186 | 16,264 | 1093 | 0.8198 | |
| 151 | Augusta University | 37400 | 50500 | 0.2593 | 5,684 | 1125 | 0.8931 | |
| 152 | University of Michigan-Flint | 37600 | 39400 | 0.0457 | 5,011 | 1103 | 0.7047 | |
| 153 | Long Island University | 37800 | 59600 | 0.366 | 11,753 | 1222 | 0.8977 | |
| 154 | Suffolk University | 38400 | 73600 | 0.4785 | 4,324 | 1209 | 0.822 | |
| 155 | Champlain College | 38700 | 70000 | 0.4474 | 1,691 | 1304 | 0.8764 | |
| 156 | Saint Joseph's College of Maine | 39100 | 63600 | 0.3854 | 1,059 | 1055 | 0.8172 | |
| 157 | Oregon Institute of Technology | 39300 | 43400 | 0.0939 | 5,162 | 1131 | 0.9502 | |
| 158 | Seton Hall University | 39600 | 67400 | 0.4122 | 6,146 | 1313 | 0.7326 | |
| 159 | Wayne State University | 39800 | 45500 | 0.1252 | 16,173 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
| 160 | San Diego State University | 40400 | 40500 | 0.0025 | 34,637 | 1208 | 0.3598 | |
| 160 | Temple University | 40400 | 56100 | 0.2798 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 162 | Manhattan University | 41200 | 71700 | 0.4252 | 2,928 | 1248 | 0.785 | |
| 163 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41300 | 53900 | 0.2337 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 164 | York College of Pennsylvania | 41400 | 41400 | 0 | 3,308 | 1135 | 0.942 | |
| 165 | Hofstra University | 41600 | 74600 | 0.4422 | 6,581 | 1323 | 0.6808 | |
| 166 | Bellarmine University | 41700 | 66100 | 0.3689 | 2,240 | 1130 | 0.8611 | |
| 166 | Campbell University | 41700 | 65100 | 0.3591 | 2,699 | 1120 | 0.872 | |
| 168 | New England Institute of Technology | 42300 | 61100 | 0.3079 | 1,718 | 995 | 0.6673 | |
| 168 | St. John's University-New York | 42300 | 80100 | 0.4717 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 168 | Susquehanna University | 42300 | 76800 | 0.4494 | 2,185 | 1204 | 0.7871 | |
| 171 | Quinnipiac University | 42700 | 79200 | 0.4608 | 6,248 | 1209 | 0.77 | |
| 172 | Texas Christian University | 43500 | 81900 | 0.4689 | 11,049 | 1283 | 0.4449 | |
| 173 | University of Florida | 44000 | 45600 | 0.0351 | 36,567 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 174 | Montclair State University | 46300 | 46600 | 0.0064 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 174 | Saint Louis University | 46300 | 74500 | 0.3786 | 10,436 | 1260 | 0.7504 | |
| 176 | Savannah College of Art and Design | 48600 | 64400 | 0.2454 | 14,657 | 1180 | 0.8368 | |
| 177 | The University of Alabama | 48800 | 48800 | 0 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 178 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 50600 | 52300 | 0.0325 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 179 | University of Kentucky | 51000 | 56000 | 0.0893 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 180 | University of Iowa | 51100 | 53200 | 0.039 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 181 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 51700 | 51700 | 0 | 33,572 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 182 | MCPHS University | 53400 | 71800 | 0.2562 | 3,477 | 1203 | 0.8521 | |
| 183 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
| 184 | Emerson College | 55700 | 82600 | 0.3257 | 4,171 | 1339 | 0.4749 | |
| 185 | Dallas Baptist University | 56100 | 56100 | 0 | 2,785 | 1104 | 0.8884 | |
| 186 | Howard University | 58300 | 61600 | 0.0536 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 187 | Pepperdine University | 62100 | 92800 | 0.3307 | 3,553 | 1378 | 0.6286 | |
| 187 | University of La Verne | 62100 | 66500 | 0.0662 | 2,414 | 1123 | 0.4847 | |
| 189 | Elon University | 65600 | 67300 | 0.0253 | 6,452 | 1244 | 0.6635 | |
| 190 | Columbia College Chicago | 67200 | 67200 | 0 | 5,422 | 0 | 0.7549 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.