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These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Radio majors who live in Tennessee.
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 Tennessee.
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 | 10000 | 22400 | 0.5515 | 32,499 | 1005 | 0.881 | |
| 5 | Idaho State University | 10000 | 22200 | 0.5503 | 10,406 | 0 | 0.8396 | |
| 7 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 11400 | 36600 | 0.6882 | 27,082 | 1099 | 0.8459 | |
| 8 | Boston University | 11600 | 91600 | 0.8737 | 18,805 | 1475 | 0.1111 | |
| 9 | University of Houston | 11900 | 23100 | 0.485 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 10 | Rhode Island College | 12000 | 54600 | 0.7802 | 5,157 | 995 | 0.9182 | |
| 10 | University of Michigan-Flint | 12000 | 45600 | 0.7365 | 5,011 | 1103 | 0.7047 | |
| 12 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 13300 | 25700 | 0.4825 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 13 | Youngstown State University | 13700 | 26800 | 0.4884 | 8,436 | 1065 | 0.8066 | |
| 14 | Eastern Illinois University | 14000 | 24300 | 0.4223 | 6,785 | 990 | 0.6535 | |
| 15 | Middle Tennessee State University | 14300 | 23300 | 0.3857 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 16 | Texas State University | 14500 | 24500 | 0.4075 | 36,268 | 1100 | 0.8908 | |
| 17 | University of Southern Indiana | 14700 | 35900 | 0.5893 | 5,347 | 1145 | 0.9581 | |
| 18 | Baptist Health Sciences University | 14800 | 35800 | 0.586 | 733 | 1045 | 0.6776 | |
| 18 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 14800 | 19000 | 0.2212 | 11,874 | 1082 | 0.8377 | |
| 20 | Central Michigan University | 15000 | 37400 | 0.5995 | 10,219 | 1095 | 0.8982 | |
| 21 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15100 | 37700 | 0.6009 | 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 | Lewis-Clark State College | 15300 | 23500 | 0.3483 | 3,793 | 1010 | 0.9407 | |
| 25 | California State University-Chico | 15500 | 30700 | 0.4943 | 13,392 | 1117 | 0.9158 | |
| 25 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 15500 | 28000 | 0.4461 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 27 | University of North Texas | 15600 | 25700 | 0.3935 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 28 | Avila University | 15700 | 67500 | 0.7674 | 1,335 | 985 | 0.878 | |
| 28 | University of Arkansas-Fort Smith | 15700 | 21700 | 0.2759 | 5,463 | 1055 | 0.8147 | |
| 28 | University of Central Missouri | 15700 | 26600 | 0.4094 | 7,584 | 1055 | 0.638 | |
| 31 | Colorado Mesa University | 15800 | 40000 | 0.6049 | 9,473 | 1090 | 0.9829 | |
| 32 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 16100 | 23200 | 0.306 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
| 32 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 16100 | 46800 | 0.6565 | 6,550 | 1110 | 0.7456 | |
| 32 | University of Memphis | 16100 | 26400 | 0.3909 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 32 | University of St Francis | 16100 | 71700 | 0.7749 | 1,338 | 1030 | 0.653 | |
| 36 | Goshen College | 16500 | 55900 | 0.7042 | 780 | 995 | 0.8404 | |
| 37 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 16700 | 42600 | 0.6082 | 7,595 | 1075 | 0.9226 | |
| 38 | Ferris State University | 16800 | 31000 | 0.4588 | 8,989 | 1015 | 0.9151 | |
| 38 | Rogers State University | 16800 | 39700 | 0.5774 | 3,141 | 936 | 0.6683 | |
| 38 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16800 | 64800 | 0.7416 | 21,075 | 1420 | 0.1534 | |
| 38 | Western Carolina University | 16800 | 19400 | 0.1341 | 10,112 | 1130 | 0.818 | |
| 42 | McNeese State University | 17000 | 32800 | 0.4823 | 5,560 | 1070 | 0.6755 | |
| 42 | Wayne State University | 17000 | 46200 | 0.6321 | 16,173 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
| 44 | Alabama A & M University | 17100 | 44800 | 0.6177 | 5,845 | 920 | 0.6622 | |
| 45 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 17400 | 33600 | 0.4818 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 46 | Bluefield State University | 17500 | 29200 | 0.4013 | 1,249 | 990 | 0.8722 | |
| 46 | Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts | 17500 | 35800 | 0.511 | 836 | 1070 | 0.9235 | |
| 46 | Sam Houston State University | 17500 | 23000 | 0.2392 | 17,787 | 1030 | 0.9026 | |
| 49 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 17700 | 34000 | 0.479 | 6,910 | 1053 | 0.9734 | |
| 49 | University of Miami | 17700 | 96300 | 0.8159 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 49 | Weber State University | 17700 | 41300 | 0.5709 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 52 | SUNY at Fredonia | 17900 | 39600 | 0.5486 | 2,876 | 1193 | 0.792 | |
| 53 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 18000 | 44900 | 0.5986 | 5,205 | 1118 | 0.744 | |
| 53 | University of Holy Cross | 18000 | 36300 | 0.5048 | 806 | 985 | 0.9901 | |
| 55 | University of South Alabama | 18100 | 35200 | 0.486 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 56 | Campbellsville University | 18300 | 43200 | 0.5758 | 6,853 | 1055 | 0.9833 | |
| 56 | University of Vermont | 18300 | 37800 | 0.5164 | 12,276 | 1379 | 0.653 | |
| 58 | Augusta University | 18400 | 51200 | 0.6402 | 6,078 | 1125 | 0.6276 | |
| 58 | Georgia Southern University | 18400 | 23800 | 0.2273 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 58 | Quincy University | 18400 | 68000 | 0.7289 | 1,072 | 1115 | 0.5093 | |
| 58 | University of Mary | 18400 | 32600 | 0.4347 | 2,650 | 1189 | 0.7825 | |
| 62 | Holy Family University | 18500 | 56400 | 0.6724 | 2,650 | 1030 | 0.7104 | |
| 62 | University of Pittsburgh-Bradford | 18500 | 42900 | 0.5686 | 1,002 | 1115 | 0.8898 | |
| 64 | San Francisco State University | 18600 | 55400 | 0.6643 | 20,756 | 1035 | 0.9615 | |
| 65 | University of Mississippi | 18700 | 27000 | 0.3073 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 66 | California State University-Fullerton | 18800 | 41500 | 0.5479 | 38,597 | 0 | 0.9052 | |
| 67 | University of Saint Francis-Fort Wayne | 19200 | 67900 | 0.7168 | 1,567 | 980 | 0.9597 | |
| 68 | East Tennessee State University | 19400 | 26300 | 0.261 | 10,633 | 1124 | 0.8706 | |
| 68 | Texas Southern University | 19400 | 42500 | 0.5438 | 6,619 | 915 | 0.9335 | |
| 70 | California State University-Los Angeles | 19600 | 59200 | 0.6694 | 19,354 | 965 | 0.9125 | |
| 70 | Eastern Kentucky University | 19600 | 34400 | 0.4297 | 12,726 | 1055 | 0.9695 | |
| 72 | Culver-Stockton College | 19800 | 59900 | 0.6691 | 861 | 0 | 0.6518 | |
| 73 | San Diego State University | 20000 | 28900 | 0.308 | 34,637 | 1208 | 0.3598 | |
| 74 | La Roche University | 20100 | 66200 | 0.6968 | 755 | 1069 | 0.7016 | |
| 74 | Midwestern State University | 20100 | 28600 | 0.2967 | 4,303 | 1055 | 0.9347 | |
| 76 | Marian University | 20200 | 47200 | 0.5714 | 1,074 | 1035 | 0.6677 | |
| 77 | Minot State University | 20300 | 23500 | 0.1386 | 2,499 | 1075 | 0.6462 | |
| 77 | San Jose State University | 20300 | 33600 | 0.3955 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 77 | State University of New York at Oswego | 20300 | 40200 | 0.4952 | 5,517 | 1164 | 0.8057 | |
| 80 | Henderson State University | 20400 | 37500 | 0.4564 | 1,493 | 1075 | 0.8192 | |
| 81 | University of Montevallo | 20600 | 31500 | 0.3465 | 2,545 | 1124 | 0.539 | |
| 82 | Towson University | 20700 | 30000 | 0.3096 | 16,264 | 1093 | 0.8198 | |
| 83 | Boise State University | 20900 | 59700 | 0.65 | 24,030 | 1025 | 0.8721 | |
| 84 | North Dakota State University | 21000 | 25700 | 0.1841 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 85 | Pennsylvania Western University | 21300 | 26600 | 0.1992 | 7,586 | 0 | 0.9433 | |
| 86 | Southwestern Adventist University | 21500 | 49800 | 0.5681 | 813 | 1064 | 0.5552 | |
| 87 | Bowie State University | 21800 | 43300 | 0.4963 | 5,136 | 875 | 0.75 | |
| 87 | Northwestern University | 21800 | 89500 | 0.7567 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 89 | Austin Peay State University | 22100 | 29200 | 0.2422 | 8,926 | 0 | 0.9638 | |
| 89 | Morningside University | 22100 | 79200 | 0.7208 | 1,177 | 922 | 0.7057 | |
| 91 | Bradley University | 22200 | 50800 | 0.5629 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 92 | University of Florida | 22500 | 43200 | 0.4795 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 93 | Murray State University | 22900 | 27600 | 0.1682 | 8,281 | 1124 | 0.8568 | |
| 94 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 23000 | 27500 | 0.1618 | 17,771 | 1044 | 0.7933 | |
| 95 | Briar Cliff University | 23100 | 67700 | 0.6588 | 737 | 1075 | 0.6169 | |
| 95 | Saint Cloud State University | 23100 | 36800 | 0.3733 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 95 | Southwest Minnesota State University | 23100 | 25800 | 0.1023 | 7,290 | 1035 | 0.6409 | |
| 98 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 23500 | 50000 | 0.5298 | 3,856 | 1185 | 0.7518 | |
| 98 | York College of Pennsylvania | 23500 | 45800 | 0.4873 | 3,308 | 1140 | 0.942 | |
| 100 | Saint Ambrose University | 23600 | 55400 | 0.5737 | 1,939 | 1085 | 0.7733 | |
| 101 | University of Kentucky | 23800 | 36100 | 0.3396 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 102 | Point Park University | 23900 | 57000 | 0.581 | 2,337 | 1144 | 0.9691 | |
| 103 | Northern Arizona University | 24100 | 43700 | 0.4491 | 22,991 | 1145 | 0.8961 | |
| 104 | University of Sioux Falls | 24400 | 40100 | 0.3909 | 1,241 | 1055 | 0.8298 | |
| 105 | Regis College | 25000 | 70700 | 0.6464 | 1,055 | 965 | 0.9009 | |
| 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 | University of Central Florida | 25300 | 25300 | 0 | 59,649 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
| 109 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 25400 | 80400 | 0.6839 | 686 | 1030 | 0.8649 | |
| 110 | Temple University | 25500 | 36400 | 0.2997 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 111 | Lewis University | 25700 | 57700 | 0.5544 | 4,326 | 1099 | 0.7128 | |
| 112 | Mount Aloysius College | 26100 | 49200 | 0.4697 | 2,942 | 1010 | 0.904 | |
| 113 | St. Francis College | 26300 | 39400 | 0.3329 | 1,934 | 1035 | 0.8153 | |
| 114 | Ashland University | 26600 | 56600 | 0.5305 | 5,180 | 1145 | 0.8053 | |
| 115 | Western Kentucky University | 27000 | 27000 | 0 | 14,151 | 1090 | 0.9387 | |
| 116 | Oakland University | 27400 | 39700 | 0.3099 | 12,587 | 1050 | 0.8784 | |
| 117 | Capital University | 27500 | 80300 | 0.6576 | 1,609 | 1084 | 0.7022 | |
| 118 | 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 | 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 | Southeastern University | 30100 | 60500 | 0.5022 | 10,351 | 1110 | 0.6165 | |
| 130 | Trevecca Nazarene University | 30200 | 50900 | 0.4056 | 1,903 | 1085 | 0.6944 | |
| 131 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30700 | 54600 | 0.4385 | 3,163 | 1165 | 0.9347 | |
| 132 | The University of Alabama | 31000 | 51200 | 0.3946 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 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 | Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania | 32800 | 39900 | 0.1779 | 9,967 | 1080 | 0.9475 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | Gwynedd Mercy University | 34900 | 65100 | 0.4642 | 1,301 | 1115 | 0.8963 | |
| 150 | Hofstra University | 35000 | 77000 | 0.5453 | 6,581 | 1323 | 0.6808 | |
| 151 | Chicago State University | 35500 | 37600 | 0.0567 | 1,495 | 885 | 0.4052 | |
| 151 | New England Institute of Technology | 35500 | 77700 | 0.5434 | 1,718 | 1055 | 0.6673 | |
| 153 | University of Central Arkansas | 36200 | 38400 | 0.0556 | 8,268 | 1124 | 0.8949 | |
| 154 | Indiana University-South Bend | 36600 | 38800 | 0.0551 | 4,083 | 1070 | 0.8384 | |
| 155 | Clark Atlanta University | 36800 | 61700 | 0.4037 | 3,495 | 1000 | 0.6463 | |
| 156 | Lasell University | 36900 | 48500 | 0.239 | 1,293 | 1212 | 0.927 | |
| 157 | Champlain College | 37700 | 90100 | 0.5817 | 1,691 | 1304 | 0.8764 | |
| 157 | Saint Joseph's College of Maine | 37700 | 65000 | 0.4198 | 1,059 | 1025 | 0.8172 | |
| 159 | Asbury University | 38000 | 49100 | 0.2267 | 2,066 | 1157 | 0.954 | |
| 160 | University of Charleston | 39200 | 51200 | 0.2342 | 2,087 | 1075 | 0.6458 | |
| 161 | Elon University | 39400 | 58200 | 0.3229 | 6,452 | 1244 | 0.6635 | |
| 162 | Seton Hall University | 39600 | 67400 | 0.4122 | 6,146 | 1313 | 0.7326 | |
| 163 | MCPHS University | 39900 | 87400 | 0.5436 | 3,477 | 1217 | 0.8521 | |
| 164 | Arkansas State University | 40400 | 40600 | 0.0071 | 9,985 | 1075 | 0.7959 | |
| 165 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41300 | 57000 | 0.2756 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 166 | Bellarmine University | 41600 | 66100 | 0.3698 | 2,240 | 1130 | 0.8611 | |
| 167 | Campbell University | 41700 | 65100 | 0.3601 | 2,699 | 1120 | 0.872 | |
| 168 | Quinnipiac University | 41800 | 79200 | 0.4721 | 6,248 | 1209 | 0.77 | |
| 169 | Montclair State University | 42000 | 46200 | 0.091 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 170 | Susquehanna University | 42300 | 76800 | 0.4494 | 2,185 | 1204 | 0.7871 | |
| 171 | Appalachian State University | 43600 | 43600 | 0 | 19,560 | 1159 | 0.9014 | |
| 171 | Texas Christian University | 43600 | 82400 | 0.471 | 11,049 | 1283 | 0.4449 | |
| 173 | Saint Louis University | 44400 | 80900 | 0.451 | 10,436 | 1260 | 0.7504 | |
| 174 | The University of Texas at Austin | 45300 | 45300 | 0 | 43,165 | 1348 | 0.2664 | |
| 175 | The Master's University and Seminary | 47700 | 53700 | 0.1118 | 1,914 | 1110 | 0.7589 | |
| 176 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 50800 | 52900 | 0.0404 | 14,504 | 1145 | 0.7637 | |
| 177 | University of Iowa | 51100 | 53200 | 0.0401 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 178 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 53400 | 53400 | 0 | 33,572 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 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 | 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.