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These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Radio majors who live in Texas.
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 Texas.
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 | 5500 | 69100 | 0.9208 | 22,077 | 965 | 0.9124 | |
| 2 | University of Michigan-Flint | 5500 | 43700 | 0.8746 | 5,534 | 1079 | 0.6734 | |
| 4 | Dallas College | 8000 | 19000 | 0.578 | 125,613 | 0 | 1 | |
| 4 | Northwestern University | 8000 | 94200 | 0.9152 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 6 | California State University-Northridge | 8400 | 36500 | 0.7709 | 32,846 | 1005 | 0.9176 | |
| 7 | Emory University | 8800 | 96200 | 0.9083 | 7,320 | 1499 | 0.103 | |
| 8 | University of Central Florida | 10000 | 31700 | 0.6853 | 60,083 | 1289 | 0.428 | |
| 9 | University of St Francis | 10700 | 83800 | 0.8722 | 1,416 | 1030 | 0.6528 | |
| 10 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 11200 | 27400 | 0.5909 | 27,963 | 1090 | 0.8395 | |
| 11 | Eastern Kentucky University | 11300 | 22900 | 0.5075 | 13,448 | 1075 | 0.9683 | |
| 11 | San Jacinto Community College | 11300 | 14300 | 0.2097 | 33,215 | 1135 | 1 | |
| 11 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 11300 | 27800 | 0.5919 | 22,007 | 1427 | 0.1672 | |
| 14 | Marshall University | 11600 | 39800 | 0.7084 | 9,960 | 1070 | 0.9663 | |
| 15 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 12000 | 32800 | 0.6338 | 46,627 | 1366 | 0.492 | |
| 16 | Eastern Illinois University | 12200 | 24700 | 0.5045 | 6,731 | 1020 | 0.7073 | |
| 17 | Boston University | 12300 | 93200 | 0.868 | 18,289 | 1475 | 0.1283 | |
| 18 | Houston City College | 12700 | 18900 | 0.3281 | 59,451 | 0 | 0 | |
| 19 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 13000 | 29300 | 0.5563 | 8,421 | 1054 | 0.9444 | |
| 20 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 13700 | 40800 | 0.6644 | 6,761 | 1105 | 0.8475 | |
| 21 | Baptist Health Sciences University | 14200 | 27600 | 0.4864 | 782 | 1020 | 0.8202 | |
| 22 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 14300 | 22800 | 0.3733 | 11,994 | 1090 | 0.8651 | |
| 22 | Youngstown State University | 14300 | 28400 | 0.4963 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 24 | Goshen College | 14400 | 56000 | 0.7428 | 738 | 995 | 0.8342 | |
| 24 | San Francisco State University | 14400 | 47700 | 0.6983 | 19,444 | 1035 | 0.9644 | |
| 26 | Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts | 14700 | 42400 | 0.653 | 828 | 1070 | 0.9131 | |
| 27 | Troy University | 15100 | 34700 | 0.5648 | 10,130 | 1075 | 0.9535 | |
| 28 | Colorado Mesa University | 15200 | 66200 | 0.771 | 9,459 | 1050 | 0.8314 | |
| 29 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 15300 | 31600 | 0.5164 | 7,402 | 1054 | 0.9684 | |
| 29 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 15300 | 50100 | 0.6943 | 7,501 | 1055 | 0.9467 | |
| 31 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 15500 | 26000 | 0.4034 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 31 | Texas State University | 15500 | 26200 | 0.4074 | 39,353 | 1080 | 0.9118 | |
| 33 | Avila University | 15600 | 81100 | 0.8075 | 1,538 | 985 | 0.878 | |
| 33 | Bluefield State University | 15600 | 45000 | 0.6539 | 1,117 | 990 | 0.9723 | |
| 33 | Central Michigan University | 15600 | 38700 | 0.5967 | 10,238 | 1099 | 0.9104 | |
| 33 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 38800 | 0.5992 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 37 | California State University-Chico | 15700 | 23500 | 0.3316 | 13,599 | 1054 | 0.9107 | |
| 37 | University of Central Missouri | 15700 | 26600 | 0.4094 | 10,397 | 1055 | 0.7439 | |
| 39 | University of Florida | 15800 | 22500 | 0.2977 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 40 | University of Saint Francis-Fort Wayne | 16200 | 79400 | 0.7955 | 1,567 | 980 | 0.9597 | |
| 41 | University of Houston | 16400 | 21800 | 0.2477 | 40,366 | 1224 | 0.7577 | |
| 42 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 16600 | 90700 | 0.817 | 8,727 | 1055 | 0.9703 | |
| 43 | California State University-Long Beach | 16900 | 25800 | 0.345 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 43 | McNeese State University | 16900 | 27800 | 0.3924 | 5,668 | 1060 | 0.7827 | |
| 45 | Georgia Southern University | 17100 | 20100 | 0.1489 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 46 | Sam Houston State University | 17300 | 27100 | 0.3621 | 17,822 | 1035 | 0.9372 | |
| 47 | University of Miami | 17400 | 96300 | 0.8194 | 13,241 | 1408 | 0.1761 | |
| 48 | State University of New York at Oswego | 17700 | 27700 | 0.3609 | 5,293 | 1179 | 0.7989 | |
| 48 | University of Pittsburgh-Bradford | 17700 | 33300 | 0.4685 | 1,094 | 1109 | 0.8917 | |
| 48 | Vermont State University | 17700 | 26900 | 0.3414 | 4,087 | 960 | 0.8323 | |
| 51 | York College of Pennsylvania | 17900 | 45800 | 0.6097 | 3,369 | 1153 | 0.7374 | |
| 52 | Augusta University | 18000 | 62500 | 0.7123 | 6,102 | 1065 | 0.6276 | |
| 52 | California State University-Fullerton | 18000 | 20600 | 0.1246 | 40,705 | 960 | 0.8811 | |
| 54 | Quincy University | 18100 | 80500 | 0.7747 | 1,096 | 1115 | 0.551 | |
| 55 | Austin Peay State University | 18400 | 31600 | 0.4184 | 9,593 | 1075 | 0.9691 | |
| 55 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 18400 | 69500 | 0.7358 | 711 | 1030 | 0.8214 | |
| 57 | San Jose State University | 18500 | 41100 | 0.5494 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 58 | Holy Family University | 18800 | 56900 | 0.6697 | 2,808 | 975 | 0.7456 | |
| 58 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 18800 | 32000 | 0.4129 | 3,825 | 1175 | 0.7841 | |
| 60 | Louisiana Christian University | 18900 | 26000 | 0.2721 | 769 | 1065 | 0.7719 | |
| 61 | University of Sioux Falls | 19000 | 43100 | 0.5598 | 1,177 | 1075 | 0.8274 | |
| 62 | La Roche University | 19100 | 87300 | 0.7814 | 1,972 | 990 | 0.6638 | |
| 63 | Idaho State University | 19200 | 39100 | 0.5094 | 10,834 | 0 | 0.8396 | |
| 63 | University of Mary | 19200 | 32600 | 0.4124 | 2,821 | 1175 | 0.753 | |
| 65 | Texas Tech University | 19300 | 27300 | 0.2925 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 65 | Western Carolina University | 19300 | 20500 | 0.0586 | 10,268 | 1140 | 0.7076 | |
| 67 | Alabama A & M University | 19600 | 51200 | 0.6169 | 6,370 | 915 | 0.5795 | |
| 68 | Minot State University | 19800 | 23500 | 0.1569 | 2,499 | 1075 | 0.6462 | |
| 69 | Pennsylvania Western University | 20000 | 30900 | 0.3529 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 70 | SUNY at Fredonia | 20100 | 53600 | 0.6248 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 71 | Syracuse University | 20300 | 83600 | 0.7572 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 72 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20400 | 57800 | 0.6468 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 73 | North Dakota State University | 20600 | 25700 | 0.2008 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 74 | Ferris State University | 20700 | 31000 | 0.3328 | 8,980 | 1015 | 0.8237 | |
| 75 | Bowie State University | 20800 | 50800 | 0.5906 | 4,810 | 1044 | 0.824 | |
| 75 | University of Montevallo | 20800 | 31500 | 0.3402 | 2,643 | 1124 | 0.5385 | |
| 77 | Midwestern State University | 20900 | 33600 | 0.3784 | 4,303 | 1055 | 0.9347 | |
| 77 | Texas Southern University | 20900 | 25500 | 0.1808 | 6,844 | 915 | 0.9691 | |
| 79 | Rowan University | 21000 | 41300 | 0.4918 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 80 | Culver-Stockton College | 21800 | 70000 | 0.689 | 889 | 1055 | 0.9827 | |
| 81 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 22500 | 22500 | 0 | 20,786 | 1225 | 0.8689 | |
| 82 | Saint Cloud State University | 22600 | 36800 | 0.3849 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 82 | Southwestern Adventist University | 22600 | 58700 | 0.6159 | 758 | 1064 | 0.7836 | |
| 84 | The University of Alabama | 22900 | 33400 | 0.3142 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 84 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 22900 | 53400 | 0.5716 | 21,469 | 1167 | 0.9061 | |
| 86 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 23000 | 27500 | 0.1618 | 18,028 | 1059 | 0.7996 | |
| 87 | Southwest Minnesota State University | 23100 | 26700 | 0.1336 | 7,290 | 1015 | 0.6409 | |
| 87 | University of Southern Indiana | 23100 | 27200 | 0.1495 | 5,347 | 1145 | 0.9581 | |
| 89 | Florida Memorial University | 23300 | 51000 | 0.5426 | 1,206 | 0 | 0.8526 | |
| 89 | Marian University | 23300 | 47600 | 0.51 | 1,026 | 1020 | 0.75 | |
| 89 | Point Park University | 23300 | 54300 | 0.5707 | 2,498 | 1144 | 0.984 | |
| 92 | Northern Arizona University | 23900 | 47000 | 0.493 | 22,203 | 1129 | 0.8961 | |
| 93 | Campbellsville University | 24100 | 45100 | 0.4653 | 6,848 | 1075 | 0.7974 | |
| 94 | University of North Texas | 24300 | 37400 | 0.35 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 95 | Lewis University | 24500 | 59800 | 0.5902 | 4,914 | 1127 | 0.6916 | |
| 96 | Wisconsin Lutheran College | 24600 | 56700 | 0.5672 | 957 | 1233 | 0.7816 | |
| 97 | Seton Hall University | 24900 | 67400 | 0.6302 | 6,178 | 1328 | 0.6915 | |
| 97 | University of Arkansas-Fort Smith | 24900 | 34500 | 0.2792 | 5,467 | 1035 | 0.7041 | |
| 99 | Mount Marty University | 25000 | 56400 | 0.5567 | 1,053 | 1145 | 0.8603 | |
| 99 | St Catherine University | 25000 | 71900 | 0.6528 | 2,602 | 1148 | 0.9047 | |
| 101 | Temple University | 25300 | 36100 | 0.2994 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 102 | Rogers State University | 25400 | 49700 | 0.4885 | 3,278 | 1025 | 0.6784 | |
| 103 | Westminster College | 25600 | 57600 | 0.5555 | 1,110 | 1145 | 0.9167 | |
| 104 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 25900 | 28400 | 0.0902 | 14,834 | 1149 | 0.7803 | |
| 105 | Briar Cliff University | 26300 | 83800 | 0.6862 | 766 | 1075 | 0.5834 | |
| 106 | Henderson State University | 26500 | 27200 | 0.0258 | 1,461 | 1075 | 0.8192 | |
| 107 | University of La Verne | 26600 | 71200 | 0.6266 | 3,052 | 1109 | 0.7117 | |
| 108 | University of Central Arkansas | 26700 | 31200 | 0.1461 | 8,238 | 1110 | 0.9157 | |
| 109 | St. Francis College | 26800 | 39400 | 0.3202 | 1,719 | 1035 | 1 | |
| 110 | University of Mississippi | 27000 | 27000 | 0 | 22,939 | 1172 | 0.9738 | |
| 111 | Saint Ambrose University | 27100 | 57700 | 0.5306 | 1,884 | 1065 | 0.8006 | |
| 111 | Weber State University | 27100 | 31500 | 0.1399 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 111 | William Paterson University of New Jersey | 27100 | 33000 | 0.1786 | 6,647 | 1153 | 0.9008 | |
| 114 | Oakland University | 27200 | 39600 | 0.3132 | 12,770 | 1039 | 0.8897 | |
| 115 | Capital University | 27300 | 63800 | 0.572 | 1,642 | 1045 | 0.6501 | |
| 115 | Murray State University | 27300 | 32400 | 0.1565 | 8,217 | 1124 | 0.8413 | |
| 117 | Western Kentucky University | 27500 | 27500 | 0 | 13,732 | 1090 | 0.9145 | |
| 118 | Mount Aloysius College | 27900 | 51100 | 0.4539 | 3,135 | 1045 | 0.936 | |
| 119 | Dallas Baptist University | 28000 | 84400 | 0.6683 | 2,938 | 1073 | 0.9131 | |
| 120 | Asbury University | 28100 | 50700 | 0.4451 | 2,066 | 1157 | 0.954 | |
| 121 | Northern Kentucky University | 28200 | 32100 | 0.1215 | 10,136 | 1110 | 0.9666 | |
| 122 | University of Hartford | 28300 | 70100 | 0.5959 | 4,223 | 1224 | 0.9579 | |
| 122 | Wayne State University | 28300 | 46800 | 0.3956 | 16,390 | 1183 | 0.8359 | |
| 124 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28500 | 36500 | 0.2194 | 11,691 | 1074 | 0.7722 | |
| 125 | Grace College and Theological Seminary | 28700 | 41800 | 0.3136 | 1,795 | 1130 | 0.8215 | |
| 125 | University of Northern Iowa | 28700 | 37300 | 0.2297 | 7,800 | 1115 | 0.9313 | |
| 125 | University of Wisconsin-La Crosse | 28700 | 31400 | 0.0881 | 9,656 | 1205 | 0.7997 | |
| 128 | Cornerstone University | 28900 | 40800 | 0.291 | 1,354 | 1110 | 0.7777 | |
| 129 | Huntington University | 29000 | 44400 | 0.3465 | 1,512 | 1065 | 0.7518 | |
| 130 | Morehead State University | 29400 | 31600 | 0.0696 | 7,941 | 1080 | 0.8328 | |
| 131 | University of Iowa | 29500 | 32100 | 0.0799 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 132 | Long Island University | 29600 | 60500 | 0.511 | 12,072 | 1229 | 0.8616 | |
| 133 | Towson University | 30100 | 30100 | 0 | 16,361 | 1082 | 0.8057 | |
| 134 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30200 | 54600 | 0.4463 | 3,120 | 1193 | 0.3992 | |
| 135 | Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania | 30400 | 45400 | 0.3301 | 9,847 | 1090 | 0.9309 | |
| 136 | Siena Heights University | 30700 | 46300 | 0.3365 | 1,628 | 980 | 0.689 | |
| 137 | Ithaca College | 30800 | 72600 | 0.5754 | 4,205 | 1328 | 0.7015 | |
| 137 | Southeastern University | 30800 | 79400 | 0.6123 | 11,981 | 1110 | 0.4247 | |
| 139 | Manhattanville University | 30900 | 68500 | 0.5483 | 1,465 | 1140 | 0.8688 | |
| 140 | Friends University | 31100 | 58000 | 0.4646 | 1,084 | 1020 | 0.5174 | |
| 141 | Lasell University | 31200 | 50800 | 0.3861 | 1,347 | 1095 | 0.7457 | |
| 142 | Missouri Baptist University | 31300 | 53800 | 0.4193 | 5,253 | 910 | 0.7062 | |
| 142 | Suffolk University | 31300 | 83500 | 0.6252 | 4,247 | 1209 | 0.8228 | |
| 144 | University of Kentucky | 31500 | 36500 | 0.1371 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 145 | San Diego State University | 32200 | 37100 | 0.1322 | 36,196 | 1208 | 0.3741 | |
| 146 | Elon University | 32700 | 69900 | 0.5326 | 6,191 | 1283 | 0.6326 | |
| 146 | Roosevelt University | 32700 | 47600 | 0.3145 | 2,868 | 1049 | 0.9716 | |
| 148 | Rider University | 33000 | 60200 | 0.4518 | 3,052 | 1214 | 0.7741 | |
| 149 | Misericordia University | 33100 | 67700 | 0.5109 | 1,721 | 1078 | 0.8871 | |
| 150 | Adrian College | 33200 | 70200 | 0.5267 | 1,675 | 1045 | 0.7257 | |
| 151 | St. John's University-New York | 33800 | 83800 | 0.597 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 152 | Lewis-Clark State College | 34100 | 39600 | 0.1389 | 4,015 | 990 | 0.9964 | |
| 153 | California Baptist University | 34300 | 69800 | 0.5084 | 8,707 | 1024 | 0.8139 | |
| 153 | Trevecca Nazarene University | 34300 | 50900 | 0.3256 | 1,961 | 1099 | 0.7512 | |
| 153 | University of Vermont | 34300 | 66300 | 0.4821 | 12,159 | 1372 | 0.7304 | |
| 156 | Gwynedd Mercy University | 34600 | 65100 | 0.4679 | 1,816 | 1070 | 0.9164 | |
| 157 | Chicago State University | 35200 | 37800 | 0.0678 | 1,501 | 885 | 0.4326 | |
| 158 | Bradley University | 35800 | 60300 | 0.4064 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 159 | Indiana University-South Bend | 36200 | 38800 | 0.0662 | 4,206 | 1050 | 0.8146 | |
| 160 | New England Institute of Technology | 36400 | 89400 | 0.5927 | 1,718 | 1030 | 0.6673 | |
| 161 | University of South Alabama | 36600 | 40200 | 0.0896 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 162 | Washington Adventist University | 38100 | 45600 | 0.1658 | 513 | 995 | 0.4618 | |
| 163 | Clark Atlanta University | 38500 | 61700 | 0.3761 | 3,618 | 990 | 0.6422 | |
| 163 | East Tennessee State University | 38500 | 38500 | 0 | 10,829 | 1124 | 0.8619 | |
| 165 | University of Charleston | 39200 | 51200 | 0.2342 | 2,348 | 1075 | 0.5975 | |
| 166 | Champlain College | 39300 | 105100 | 0.6262 | 1,514 | 1273 | 0.873 | |
| 167 | Saint Joseph's College of Maine | 40000 | 66900 | 0.4023 | 1,105 | 1055 | 0.8351 | |
| 168 | Boise State University | 40200 | 50100 | 0.1974 | 25,308 | 1025 | 0.8389 | |
| 169 | Concordia University Ann Arbor | 40500 | 53600 | 0.2445 | 755 | 1163 | 0.6925 | |
| 170 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 40900 | 58700 | 0.3035 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 171 | Bellarmine University | 41200 | 66100 | 0.3763 | 2,365 | 1134 | 0.9371 | |
| 172 | Rhode Island College | 41900 | 63300 | 0.338 | 5,695 | 995 | 0.8557 | |
| 173 | Susquehanna University | 42000 | 85600 | 0.5092 | 2,220 | 1199 | 0.7908 | |
| 174 | Saint Louis University | 42500 | 84300 | 0.4956 | 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 | |
| 176 | Providence College | 43700 | 85000 | 0.486 | 4,680 | 1345 | 0.4994 | |
| 176 | Texas Christian University | 43700 | 87200 | 0.499 | 11,152 | 1268 | 0.4809 | |
| 179 | Montclair State University | 44500 | 47000 | 0.0532 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 180 | Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences | 45600 | 104000 | 0.5616 | 3,469 | 1281 | 0.8521 | |
| 181 | Appalachian State University | 46500 | 46500 | 0 | 19,732 | 1174 | 0.9388 | |
| 182 | Ashland University | 47700 | 57000 | 0.163 | 2,977 | 1125 | 0.764 | |
| 182 | The Master's University and Seminary | 47700 | 53700 | 0.1118 | 1,908 | 1139 | 0.8402 | |
| 184 | Quinnipiac University | 48800 | 79700 | 0.3879 | 6,610 | 1250 | 0.7031 | |
| 185 | The University of Texas at Austin | 49500 | 58900 | 0.1596 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 186 | Manhattan University | 51100 | 72900 | 0.2989 | 2,378 | 1174 | 0.8216 | |
| 187 | Savannah College of Art and Design | 51900 | 67500 | 0.2312 | 15,552 | 1174 | 0.8298 | |
| 188 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 53300 | 53300 | 0 | 34,447 | 1273 | 0.8804 | |
| 189 | Howard University | 55200 | 88500 | 0.3764 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 190 | Oregon Institute of Technology | 58400 | 67000 | 0.1279 | 5,288 | 1138 | 0.9459 | |
| 191 | Hofstra University | 59200 | 83300 | 0.2894 | 6,599 | 1369 | 0.7267 | |
| 192 | Columbia College Chicago | 63500 | 68500 | 0.073 | 4,346 | 0 | 0.738 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.