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These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Radio majors who live in Virginia.
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 Virginia.
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 | Emory University | 8400 | 92500 | 0.9091 | 7,320 | 1499 | 0.103 | |
| 3 | Idaho State University | 11500 | 27000 | 0.5733 | 10,834 | 0 | 0.8396 | |
| 4 | Eastern Kentucky University | 11800 | 22900 | 0.4856 | 13,448 | 1075 | 0.9683 | |
| 4 | Marshall University | 11800 | 36600 | 0.6773 | 9,960 | 1070 | 0.9663 | |
| 6 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 11900 | 25700 | 0.5363 | 46,627 | 1366 | 0.492 | |
| 7 | University of Houston | 12000 | 22000 | 0.4537 | 40,366 | 1224 | 0.7577 | |
| 8 | Boston University | 12300 | 92800 | 0.8676 | 18,289 | 1475 | 0.1283 | |
| 9 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 12600 | 25700 | 0.5097 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 10 | University of Michigan-Flint | 12800 | 46300 | 0.7233 | 5,534 | 1079 | 0.6734 | |
| 11 | Baptist Health Sciences University | 14100 | 26600 | 0.4691 | 782 | 1020 | 0.8202 | |
| 12 | Central Michigan University | 14500 | 37800 | 0.6157 | 10,238 | 1099 | 0.9104 | |
| 13 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 14600 | 29600 | 0.5075 | 7,501 | 1055 | 0.9467 | |
| 14 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 14800 | 31600 | 0.5323 | 7,402 | 1054 | 0.9684 | |
| 15 | Troy University | 15400 | 26700 | 0.4231 | 10,130 | 1075 | 0.9535 | |
| 15 | Western Carolina University | 15400 | 16500 | 0.0668 | 10,268 | 1140 | 0.7076 | |
| 17 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 29800 | 0.4782 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 17 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 15600 | 29300 | 0.4676 | 8,421 | 1054 | 0.9444 | |
| 19 | University of Central Missouri | 15700 | 26600 | 0.4094 | 10,397 | 1055 | 0.7439 | |
| 20 | University of North Texas | 15800 | 26100 | 0.3953 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 21 | Oakland University | 16000 | 28200 | 0.4329 | 12,770 | 1039 | 0.8897 | |
| 21 | Weber State University | 16000 | 23600 | 0.3216 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 23 | California State University-Long Beach | 16100 | 25800 | 0.3761 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 23 | Morehead State University | 16100 | 28000 | 0.4247 | 7,941 | 1080 | 0.8328 | |
| 25 | University of Florida | 16300 | 22500 | 0.2755 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 26 | Arkansas State University | 16500 | 28100 | 0.413 | 11,189 | 1080 | 0.7818 | |
| 26 | Ferris State University | 16500 | 31000 | 0.4685 | 8,980 | 1015 | 0.8237 | |
| 26 | Goshen College | 16500 | 55900 | 0.7052 | 738 | 995 | 0.8342 | |
| 26 | The University of Texas at Austin | 16500 | 28000 | 0.4111 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 26 | Wayne State University | 16500 | 32900 | 0.4982 | 16,390 | 1183 | 0.8359 | |
| 31 | Northwestern University | 16600 | 89500 | 0.8149 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 31 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16600 | 64800 | 0.7439 | 22,007 | 1427 | 0.1672 | |
| 33 | Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts | 17000 | 34200 | 0.5028 | 828 | 1070 | 0.9131 | |
| 33 | Sam Houston State University | 17000 | 27000 | 0.3705 | 17,822 | 1035 | 0.9372 | |
| 35 | University of Wisconsin-La Crosse | 17200 | 21300 | 0.1948 | 9,656 | 1205 | 0.7997 | |
| 36 | University of St Francis | 17300 | 57800 | 0.7005 | 1,416 | 1030 | 0.6528 | |
| 36 | Vermont State University | 17300 | 26900 | 0.3562 | 4,087 | 960 | 0.8323 | |
| 38 | Colorado Mesa University | 17400 | 28600 | 0.3917 | 9,459 | 1050 | 0.8314 | |
| 39 | Augusta University | 17500 | 29400 | 0.4049 | 6,102 | 1065 | 0.6276 | |
| 40 | Avila University | 17700 | 64100 | 0.7236 | 1,538 | 985 | 0.878 | |
| 40 | University of Miami | 17700 | 95700 | 0.8149 | 13,241 | 1408 | 0.1761 | |
| 42 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 17800 | 22800 | 0.2196 | 11,994 | 1090 | 0.8651 | |
| 43 | Lewis-Clark State College | 18200 | 23500 | 0.2251 | 4,015 | 990 | 0.9964 | |
| 43 | State University of New York at Oswego | 18200 | 27700 | 0.3428 | 5,293 | 1179 | 0.7989 | |
| 43 | Towson University | 18200 | 29900 | 0.3909 | 16,361 | 1082 | 0.8057 | |
| 46 | California State University-Fullerton | 18300 | 20600 | 0.1113 | 40,705 | 960 | 0.8811 | |
| 47 | Holy Family University | 18400 | 56200 | 0.6732 | 2,808 | 975 | 0.7456 | |
| 47 | Rogers State University | 18400 | 49200 | 0.6261 | 3,278 | 1025 | 0.6784 | |
| 49 | East Tennessee State University | 18500 | 26100 | 0.2907 | 10,829 | 1124 | 0.8619 | |
| 50 | University of Mary | 18600 | 32600 | 0.4281 | 2,821 | 1175 | 0.753 | |
| 51 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 18800 | 32000 | 0.4129 | 3,825 | 1175 | 0.7841 | |
| 52 | McNeese State University | 18900 | 27400 | 0.3102 | 5,668 | 1060 | 0.7827 | |
| 52 | Quincy University | 18900 | 57800 | 0.6728 | 1,096 | 1115 | 0.551 | |
| 54 | Campbellsville University | 19100 | 43200 | 0.5573 | 6,848 | 1075 | 0.7974 | |
| 54 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 19100 | 68100 | 0.7197 | 711 | 1030 | 0.8214 | |
| 56 | Louisiana Christian University | 19200 | 26000 | 0.2615 | 769 | 1065 | 0.7719 | |
| 57 | University of Mississippi | 19400 | 27000 | 0.2814 | 22,939 | 1172 | 0.9738 | |
| 58 | California State University-Los Angeles | 19700 | 38000 | 0.4816 | 22,077 | 965 | 0.9124 | |
| 59 | Georgia Southern University | 19900 | 20100 | 0.0099 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 59 | Youngstown State University | 19900 | 34000 | 0.4147 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 61 | Minot State University | 20100 | 23500 | 0.1452 | 2,499 | 1075 | 0.6462 | |
| 62 | Lasell University | 20200 | 48500 | 0.5831 | 1,347 | 1095 | 0.7457 | |
| 62 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20200 | 29400 | 0.3124 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 62 | University of Saint Francis-Fort Wayne | 20200 | 57300 | 0.6479 | 1,567 | 980 | 0.9597 | |
| 65 | Alabama A & M University | 20300 | 28200 | 0.2798 | 6,370 | 915 | 0.5795 | |
| 65 | Eastern Illinois University | 20300 | 28100 | 0.277 | 6,731 | 1020 | 0.7073 | |
| 65 | Marian University | 20300 | 47200 | 0.5693 | 1,026 | 1020 | 0.75 | |
| 68 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 20400 | 23200 | 0.1207 | 20,786 | 1225 | 0.8689 | |
| 69 | Bowie State University | 20600 | 25600 | 0.1952 | 4,810 | 1044 | 0.824 | |
| 70 | Midwestern State University | 21200 | 28600 | 0.2583 | 4,303 | 1055 | 0.9347 | |
| 70 | University of Sioux Falls | 21200 | 40100 | 0.4712 | 1,177 | 1075 | 0.8274 | |
| 72 | Henderson State University | 21400 | 30600 | 0.3002 | 1,461 | 1075 | 0.8192 | |
| 73 | La Roche University | 21700 | 72600 | 0.7014 | 1,972 | 990 | 0.6638 | |
| 74 | Bradley University | 21800 | 50800 | 0.5708 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 75 | Austin Peay State University | 21900 | 31600 | 0.3074 | 9,593 | 1075 | 0.9691 | |
| 75 | Culver-Stockton College | 21900 | 50600 | 0.567 | 889 | 1055 | 0.9827 | |
| 77 | Bluefield State University | 22100 | 32100 | 0.312 | 1,117 | 990 | 0.9723 | |
| 78 | California State University-Chico | 22300 | 31000 | 0.2803 | 13,599 | 1054 | 0.9107 | |
| 79 | Murray State University | 22800 | 27600 | 0.1738 | 8,217 | 1124 | 0.8413 | |
| 80 | Saint Cloud State University | 22900 | 36800 | 0.3775 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 80 | San Jose State University | 22900 | 41100 | 0.4429 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 82 | Southwest Minnesota State University | 23000 | 25800 | 0.1083 | 7,290 | 1015 | 0.6409 | |
| 82 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 23000 | 27500 | 0.1618 | 18,028 | 1059 | 0.7996 | |
| 84 | Florida Memorial University | 23100 | 42000 | 0.4495 | 1,206 | 0 | 0.8526 | |
| 85 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 23300 | 33600 | 0.3063 | 21,469 | 1167 | 0.9061 | |
| 86 | York College of Pennsylvania | 23400 | 45800 | 0.4895 | 3,369 | 1153 | 0.7374 | |
| 87 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 23600 | 90700 | 0.7398 | 8,727 | 1055 | 0.9703 | |
| 88 | Saint Ambrose University | 24100 | 55400 | 0.5646 | 1,884 | 1065 | 0.8006 | |
| 89 | Wisconsin Lutheran College | 24200 | 55200 | 0.5627 | 957 | 1233 | 0.7816 | |
| 90 | Southwestern Adventist University | 24300 | 43200 | 0.4376 | 758 | 1064 | 0.7836 | |
| 91 | Boise State University | 24600 | 31200 | 0.2116 | 25,308 | 1025 | 0.8389 | |
| 92 | Pennsylvania Western University | 24900 | 34400 | 0.2759 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 93 | Lewis University | 25000 | 57700 | 0.5665 | 4,914 | 1127 | 0.6916 | |
| 94 | St Catherine University | 25100 | 71900 | 0.6503 | 2,602 | 1148 | 0.9047 | |
| 95 | Point Park University | 25200 | 57000 | 0.5582 | 2,498 | 1144 | 0.984 | |
| 96 | University of Central Florida | 25300 | 25300 | 0 | 60,083 | 1289 | 0.428 | |
| 97 | Mount Marty University | 25400 | 56400 | 0.5496 | 1,053 | 1145 | 0.8603 | |
| 97 | Texas State University | 25400 | 25500 | 0.0039 | 39,353 | 1080 | 0.9118 | |
| 99 | Westminster College | 25800 | 57600 | 0.5521 | 1,110 | 1145 | 0.9167 | |
| 100 | Briar Cliff University | 26100 | 74200 | 0.6481 | 766 | 1075 | 0.5834 | |
| 100 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 26100 | 28400 | 0.0805 | 14,834 | 1149 | 0.7803 | |
| 102 | Mount Aloysius College | 26300 | 49200 | 0.4657 | 3,135 | 1045 | 0.936 | |
| 102 | Northern Arizona University | 26300 | 43200 | 0.3921 | 22,203 | 1129 | 0.8961 | |
| 104 | University of La Verne | 26600 | 67300 | 0.6044 | 3,052 | 1109 | 0.7117 | |
| 105 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 26700 | 36600 | 0.2704 | 27,963 | 1090 | 0.8395 | |
| 106 | Western Kentucky University | 26800 | 27000 | 0.0074 | 13,732 | 1090 | 0.9145 | |
| 107 | St. Francis College | 26900 | 39400 | 0.3177 | 1,719 | 1035 | 1 | |
| 107 | University of Central Arkansas | 26900 | 31200 | 0.1373 | 8,238 | 1110 | 0.9157 | |
| 109 | California State University-Northridge | 27000 | 36500 | 0.2597 | 32,846 | 1005 | 0.9176 | |
| 110 | Capital University | 27100 | 62400 | 0.5656 | 1,642 | 1045 | 0.6501 | |
| 110 | Texas Tech University | 27100 | 27100 | 0 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 112 | Rowan University | 27400 | 41300 | 0.3369 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 113 | North Dakota State University | 27700 | 30400 | 0.0886 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 114 | Syracuse University | 27900 | 83100 | 0.6641 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 114 | University of Northern Iowa | 27900 | 36200 | 0.2292 | 7,800 | 1115 | 0.9313 | |
| 116 | Grace College and Theological Seminary | 28300 | 41800 | 0.3223 | 1,795 | 1130 | 0.8215 | |
| 117 | University of Hartford | 28500 | 70100 | 0.5933 | 4,223 | 1224 | 0.9579 | |
| 118 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 32300 | 0.1145 | 11,691 | 1074 | 0.7722 | |
| 119 | University of Arkansas-Fort Smith | 28700 | 34500 | 0.1679 | 5,467 | 1035 | 0.7041 | |
| 119 | University of Southern Indiana | 28700 | 40000 | 0.282 | 5,347 | 1145 | 0.9581 | |
| 121 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 28900 | 42400 | 0.3187 | 6,761 | 1105 | 0.8475 | |
| 122 | Cornerstone University | 29100 | 40800 | 0.2867 | 1,354 | 1110 | 0.7777 | |
| 123 | Huntington University | 29300 | 44300 | 0.3384 | 1,512 | 1065 | 0.7518 | |
| 124 | Montclair State University | 29400 | 36300 | 0.1902 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 125 | Friends University | 29500 | 53600 | 0.4509 | 1,084 | 1020 | 0.5174 | |
| 126 | Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania | 29700 | 43900 | 0.3237 | 9,847 | 1090 | 0.9309 | |
| 127 | Northern Kentucky University | 30200 | 32100 | 0.0592 | 10,136 | 1110 | 0.9666 | |
| 128 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30500 | 54600 | 0.4413 | 3,120 | 1193 | 0.3992 | |
| 129 | Ithaca College | 30800 | 72500 | 0.575 | 4,205 | 1328 | 0.7015 | |
| 129 | San Francisco State University | 30800 | 47700 | 0.3544 | 19,444 | 1035 | 0.9644 | |
| 131 | Siena Heights University | 31000 | 46300 | 0.3306 | 1,628 | 980 | 0.689 | |
| 131 | The University of Alabama | 31000 | 58500 | 0.4698 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 133 | Manhattanville University | 31100 | 68500 | 0.546 | 1,465 | 1140 | 0.8688 | |
| 134 | San Diego State University | 31300 | 36100 | 0.1329 | 36,196 | 1208 | 0.3741 | |
| 135 | Asbury University | 31400 | 50700 | 0.3805 | 2,066 | 1157 | 0.954 | |
| 135 | Rider University | 31400 | 60600 | 0.4816 | 3,052 | 1214 | 0.7741 | |
| 135 | University of Kentucky | 31400 | 36400 | 0.1373 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 138 | Missouri Baptist University | 31500 | 53800 | 0.4142 | 5,253 | 910 | 0.7062 | |
| 139 | University of Pittsburgh-Bradford | 32300 | 48400 | 0.3328 | 1,094 | 1109 | 0.8917 | |
| 140 | Roosevelt University | 32800 | 47600 | 0.3125 | 2,868 | 1049 | 0.9716 | |
| 141 | Suffolk University | 32900 | 70300 | 0.5319 | 4,247 | 1209 | 0.8228 | |
| 142 | Misericordia University | 33400 | 67700 | 0.5068 | 1,721 | 1078 | 0.8871 | |
| 143 | Adrian College | 33500 | 70200 | 0.5227 | 1,675 | 1045 | 0.7257 | |
| 144 | Rhode Island College | 33800 | 45100 | 0.2505 | 5,695 | 995 | 0.8557 | |
| 145 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 33900 | 36100 | 0.0609 | 34,447 | 1273 | 0.8804 | |
| 146 | SUNY at Fredonia | 34100 | 39600 | 0.1391 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 147 | Southeastern University | 34400 | 60500 | 0.4312 | 11,981 | 1110 | 0.4247 | |
| 148 | Texas Southern University | 34500 | 42500 | 0.1883 | 6,844 | 915 | 0.9691 | |
| 148 | University of Vermont | 34500 | 66300 | 0.4799 | 12,159 | 1372 | 0.7304 | |
| 150 | Trevecca Nazarene University | 34600 | 50900 | 0.3202 | 1,961 | 1099 | 0.7512 | |
| 151 | Gwynedd Mercy University | 34800 | 65100 | 0.4655 | 1,816 | 1070 | 0.9164 | |
| 152 | University of Montevallo | 35400 | 44900 | 0.2118 | 2,643 | 1124 | 0.5385 | |
| 153 | Chicago State University | 35500 | 37800 | 0.0606 | 1,501 | 885 | 0.4326 | |
| 154 | Temple University | 35900 | 56400 | 0.3636 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 155 | Hofstra University | 36400 | 76900 | 0.5266 | 6,599 | 1369 | 0.7267 | |
| 156 | Indiana University-South Bend | 36500 | 38800 | 0.0591 | 4,206 | 1050 | 0.8146 | |
| 157 | Saint Joseph's College of Maine | 38100 | 65000 | 0.4136 | 1,105 | 1055 | 0.8351 | |
| 158 | Seton Hall University | 38200 | 67400 | 0.433 | 6,178 | 1328 | 0.6915 | |
| 159 | Washington Adventist University | 38300 | 45600 | 0.1597 | 513 | 995 | 0.4618 | |
| 160 | Clark Atlanta University | 38600 | 73600 | 0.4757 | 3,618 | 990 | 0.6422 | |
| 161 | Long Island University | 38800 | 60000 | 0.3535 | 12,072 | 1229 | 0.8616 | |
| 162 | Manhattan University | 38900 | 74100 | 0.4749 | 2,378 | 1174 | 0.8216 | |
| 162 | William Paterson University of New Jersey | 38900 | 50300 | 0.2268 | 6,647 | 1153 | 0.9008 | |
| 164 | University of Charleston | 39200 | 51200 | 0.2342 | 2,348 | 1075 | 0.5975 | |
| 165 | University of South Alabama | 39700 | 39700 | 0 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 166 | California Baptist University | 39900 | 65600 | 0.3917 | 8,707 | 1024 | 0.8139 | |
| 167 | Appalachian State University | 40200 | 40600 | 0.0099 | 19,732 | 1174 | 0.9388 | |
| 168 | Concordia University Ann Arbor | 40800 | 57000 | 0.2841 | 755 | 1163 | 0.6925 | |
| 169 | Champlain College | 41100 | 76000 | 0.4595 | 1,514 | 1273 | 0.873 | |
| 170 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41200 | 57000 | 0.2774 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 171 | Bellarmine University | 41500 | 66100 | 0.3721 | 2,365 | 1134 | 0.9371 | |
| 172 | Susquehanna University | 42000 | 76800 | 0.4533 | 2,220 | 1199 | 0.7908 | |
| 173 | Old Dominion University | 42300 | 47700 | 0.1132 | 17,504 | 1205 | 0.9135 | |
| 174 | Providence College | 43400 | 85000 | 0.4895 | 4,680 | 1345 | 0.4994 | |
| 175 | Campbell University | 44000 | 68700 | 0.3606 | 2,699 | 1120 | 0.872 | |
| 176 | Texas Christian University | 44300 | 87400 | 0.4934 | 11,152 | 1268 | 0.4809 | |
| 177 | St. John's University-New York | 44500 | 78000 | 0.4292 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 178 | New England Institute of Technology | 44600 | 68200 | 0.3458 | 1,718 | 1030 | 0.6673 | |
| 179 | Quinnipiac University | 44800 | 79200 | 0.4343 | 6,610 | 1250 | 0.7031 | |
| 180 | Ashland University | 44900 | 56400 | 0.204 | 2,977 | 1125 | 0.764 | |
| 181 | The Master's University and Seminary | 47700 | 53700 | 0.1118 | 1,908 | 1139 | 0.8402 | |
| 182 | Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences | 47800 | 77500 | 0.3831 | 3,469 | 1281 | 0.8521 | |
| 183 | Saint Louis University | 48600 | 80900 | 0.399 | 9,331 | 1250 | 0.7499 | |
| 184 | University of Iowa | 52100 | 54400 | 0.0421 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 185 | Howard University | 55000 | 66500 | 0.173 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 186 | Elon University | 55200 | 68900 | 0.199 | 6,191 | 1283 | 0.6326 | |
| 187 | Dallas Baptist University | 55800 | 63400 | 0.1199 | 2,938 | 1073 | 0.9131 | |
| 188 | Savannah College of Art and Design | 56000 | 66400 | 0.1567 | 15,552 | 1174 | 0.8298 | |
| 189 | George Mason University | 57600 | 61000 | 0.0558 | 28,862 | 1271 | 0.8647 | |
| 190 | Oregon Institute of Technology | 58700 | 67000 | 0.1238 | 5,288 | 1138 | 0.9459 | |
| 191 | Columbia College Chicago | 63200 | 68600 | 0.0788 | 4,346 | 0 | 0.738 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.