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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 | Old Dominion University | 0 | 32400 | 1 | 17,746 | 1205 | 0.9036 | |
| 2 | Johns Hopkins University | 2700 | 92000 | 0.9704 | 6,356 | 1543 | 0.0644 | |
| 3 | Emory University | 8300 | 92500 | 0.9102 | 7,407 | 1499 | 0.1065 | |
| 4 | Idaho State University | 11500 | 27000 | 0.5733 | 10,834 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 11700 | 27800 | 0.5771 | 20,885 | 1420 | 0.1534 | |
| 6 | Eastern Kentucky University | 11800 | 22900 | 0.4856 | 13,448 | 1110 | 0.7761 | |
| 6 | Marshall University | 11800 | 36600 | 0.6773 | 9,146 | 1065 | 0.9573 | |
| 8 | University of Houston | 11900 | 22000 | 0.4582 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 9 | Boston University | 12700 | 92800 | 0.8633 | 18,805 | 1475 | 0.1111 | |
| 10 | Eastern Illinois University | 12800 | 24300 | 0.4721 | 6,785 | 985 | 0.6535 | |
| 11 | University of Michigan-Flint | 13000 | 46300 | 0.719 | 5,011 | 1109 | 0.7046 | |
| 12 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 13400 | 25700 | 0.4786 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 13 | Baptist Health Sciences University | 14100 | 26600 | 0.4691 | 782 | 1020 | 0.8202 | |
| 14 | Central Michigan University | 14400 | 37800 | 0.6183 | 10,193 | 1095 | 0.8982 | |
| 15 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 14600 | 29600 | 0.5075 | 7,622 | 1075 | 0.9254 | |
| 16 | California State University-Chico | 15200 | 23500 | 0.3528 | 13,792 | 1075 | 0.9272 | |
| 17 | Western Carolina University | 15300 | 16500 | 0.0729 | 10,112 | 1130 | 0.8183 | |
| 18 | Troy University | 15400 | 26700 | 0.4231 | 10,222 | 1090 | 0.9604 | |
| 19 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 15500 | 31000 | 0.4996 | 8,553 | 1045 | 0.8688 | |
| 20 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 38800 | 0.5992 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8609 | |
| 21 | Appalachian State University | 15800 | 19500 | 0.1899 | 19,560 | 1190 | 0.9014 | |
| 22 | Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania | 16000 | 26900 | 0.4059 | 9,847 | 1090 | 0.9309 | |
| 22 | Weber State University | 16000 | 23600 | 0.3216 | 31,672 | 0 | 0 | |
| 24 | Arkansas State University | 16500 | 28100 | 0.413 | 9,985 | 1075 | 0.8226 | |
| 24 | Goshen College | 16500 | 55900 | 0.7045 | 780 | 995 | 0.8407 | |
| 24 | Wayne State University | 16500 | 32900 | 0.4982 | 16,012 | 1174 | 0.8116 | |
| 27 | Northwestern University | 16700 | 89500 | 0.8138 | 9,399 | 1527 | 0.0769 | |
| 28 | Ferris State University | 17000 | 31000 | 0.4523 | 8,991 | 1015 | 0.9139 | |
| 28 | Sam Houston State University | 17000 | 27000 | 0.3705 | 17,787 | 1030 | 0.9026 | |
| 30 | Vermont State University | 17300 | 26900 | 0.3562 | 4,108 | 960 | 0.8167 | |
| 31 | Colorado Mesa University | 17400 | 28600 | 0.3916 | 9,473 | 1055 | 0.8203 | |
| 32 | Augusta University | 17500 | 29400 | 0.4049 | 6,049 | 1065 | 0.8641 | |
| 33 | Avila University | 17700 | 64100 | 0.7236 | 1,331 | 985 | 0.878 | |
| 33 | University of Miami | 17700 | 95700 | 0.8149 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 35 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 17800 | 22800 | 0.2196 | 11,994 | 1090 | 0.865 | |
| 36 | Texas Tech University | 18300 | 27100 | 0.3253 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 36 | Towson University | 18300 | 29900 | 0.3876 | 16,264 | 1098 | 0.8197 | |
| 36 | University of St Francis | 18300 | 57800 | 0.6842 | 1,343 | 1145 | 0.6529 | |
| 36 | University of Vermont | 18300 | 37800 | 0.5164 | 12,276 | 1379 | 0.653 | |
| 40 | California State University-Fullerton | 18400 | 20600 | 0.1045 | 38,760 | 1090 | 0.9052 | |
| 40 | Rogers State University | 18400 | 29400 | 0.3741 | 3,135 | 930 | 0.8184 | |
| 42 | University of Mary | 18600 | 32600 | 0.428 | 2,821 | 1175 | 0.753 | |
| 43 | Bluefield State University | 18800 | 27600 | 0.3183 | 1,117 | 990 | 0.9723 | |
| 43 | Holy Family University | 18800 | 56200 | 0.666 | 2,643 | 1030 | 0.7104 | |
| 45 | McNeese State University | 18900 | 27400 | 0.3102 | 5,668 | 1060 | 0.7827 | |
| 45 | Quincy University | 18900 | 57800 | 0.6728 | 1,072 | 1115 | 0.5093 | |
| 47 | Campbellsville University | 19100 | 43200 | 0.5573 | 6,848 | 1075 | 0.7974 | |
| 47 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 19100 | 68100 | 0.7197 | 709 | 1030 | 0.8216 | |
| 49 | University of South Alabama | 19300 | 22400 | 0.1387 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 50 | University of Mississippi | 19400 | 27000 | 0.2814 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 51 | California State University-Los Angeles | 19700 | 38000 | 0.4816 | 19,586 | 965 | 0.9125 | |
| 52 | Georgia Southern University | 19900 | 20100 | 0.0099 | 23,541 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 52 | Youngstown State University | 19900 | 34000 | 0.4147 | 9,400 | 1115 | 0.8445 | |
| 54 | Lasell University | 20200 | 48500 | 0.5831 | 1,293 | 1095 | 0.8122 | |
| 54 | Minot State University | 20200 | 23500 | 0.1393 | 2,499 | 1075 | 0.6462 | |
| 54 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20200 | 29400 | 0.3124 | 5,255 | 1109 | 0.7295 | |
| 54 | University of Saint Francis-Fort Wayne | 20200 | 57300 | 0.6479 | 1,567 | 980 | 0.9597 | |
| 58 | Marian University | 20300 | 47200 | 0.5693 | 1,021 | 1020 | 0.7498 | |
| 59 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 20500 | 23200 | 0.1164 | 20,444 | 1209 | 0.8499 | |
| 60 | Bowie State University | 20600 | 25600 | 0.1952 | 5,136 | 946 | 0.7241 | |
| 61 | Midwestern State University | 21100 | 28600 | 0.2618 | 4,303 | 1010 | 0.9352 | |
| 62 | Culver-Stockton College | 21300 | 50600 | 0.5789 | 861 | 1025 | 0.991 | |
| 62 | University of Sioux Falls | 21300 | 40100 | 0.4694 | 1,241 | 1135 | 0.8289 | |
| 64 | Austin Peay State University | 21800 | 35900 | 0.3927 | 8,926 | 1075 | 0.9641 | |
| 65 | La Roche University | 21900 | 72600 | 0.6986 | 1,828 | 1059 | 0.7576 | |
| 66 | Texas Southern University | 22100 | 25500 | 0.1335 | 6,844 | 915 | 0.9691 | |
| 67 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 22400 | 43200 | 0.4816 | 3,825 | 1175 | 0.7841 | |
| 68 | University of Florida | 22500 | 43200 | 0.4796 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 69 | Murray State University | 22900 | 27600 | 0.1687 | 7,851 | 1115 | 0.8568 | |
| 70 | San Jose State University | 23000 | 41100 | 0.4405 | 28,008 | 1124 | 0.8461 | |
| 71 | Saint Cloud State University | 23100 | 36800 | 0.3737 | 8,738 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 71 | Southwest Minnesota State University | 23100 | 25800 | 0.1029 | 7,735 | 1015 | 0.6218 | |
| 71 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 23100 | 33600 | 0.3123 | 21,210 | 1148 | 0.9262 | |
| 74 | East Tennessee State University | 23500 | 30600 | 0.2318 | 10,829 | 1124 | 0.8619 | |
| 74 | York College of Pennsylvania | 23500 | 45800 | 0.4873 | 3,369 | 1153 | 0.7374 | |
| 76 | Mount Marty University | 23900 | 56400 | 0.5762 | 1,022 | 1090 | 0.4257 | |
| 76 | University of Kentucky | 23900 | 36400 | 0.3448 | 25,534 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 78 | Bradley University | 24200 | 50800 | 0.5236 | 3,596 | 1223 | 0.7676 | |
| 78 | Saint Ambrose University | 24200 | 55400 | 0.5628 | 1,939 | 1085 | 0.7733 | |
| 80 | Southwestern Adventist University | 24300 | 43200 | 0.4376 | 758 | 1064 | 0.7836 | |
| 81 | Boise State University | 24600 | 31200 | 0.2116 | 23,983 | 1135 | 0.8721 | |
| 81 | Lewis University | 24600 | 57700 | 0.5734 | 4,326 | 1099 | 0.7129 | |
| 83 | Temple University | 24800 | 36100 | 0.3132 | 21,457 | 1135 | 0.8041 | |
| 84 | Indiana University-South Bend | 24900 | 38800 | 0.3578 | 4,083 | 1075 | 0.8384 | |
| 84 | Pennsylvania Western University | 24900 | 34400 | 0.2759 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 86 | St Catherine University | 25200 | 71900 | 0.6491 | 2,498 | 1140 | 0.9185 | |
| 87 | Point Park University | 25300 | 57000 | 0.5564 | 2,337 | 1140 | 0.9691 | |
| 87 | University of Central Florida | 25300 | 25300 | 0 | 59,552 | 1280 | 0.4011 | |
| 89 | Texas State University | 25500 | 25500 | 0 | 36,236 | 1100 | 0.8932 | |
| 90 | Northern Arizona University | 25600 | 43200 | 0.4081 | 22,990 | 1090 | 0.8961 | |
| 91 | Western Kentucky University | 25900 | 27000 | 0.0407 | 14,151 | 970 | 0.9387 | |
| 92 | Briar Cliff University | 26000 | 74200 | 0.6494 | 766 | 1050 | 0.5834 | |
| 92 | Westminster College | 26000 | 57600 | 0.5486 | 1,137 | 1149 | 0.9256 | |
| 94 | University of North Texas | 26100 | 26100 | 0 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 95 | Mount Aloysius College | 26300 | 49200 | 0.4657 | 2,942 | 1045 | 0.8205 | |
| 96 | Regis College | 26500 | 70700 | 0.6252 | 987 | 965 | 0.6978 | |
| 97 | University of La Verne | 26800 | 67300 | 0.6015 | 3,050 | 1109 | 0.7117 | |
| 97 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 26800 | 36600 | 0.2676 | 27,132 | 1099 | 0.9617 | |
| 99 | Henderson State University | 26900 | 27200 | 0.011 | 1,461 | 990 | 0.8192 | |
| 100 | California State University-Northridge | 27100 | 36500 | 0.2586 | 32,756 | 1005 | 0.9345 | |
| 100 | University of Central Arkansas | 27100 | 31200 | 0.1329 | 8,268 | 1110 | 0.8949 | |
| 102 | Capital University | 27200 | 62400 | 0.564 | 1,609 | 1084 | 0.7022 | |
| 103 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 17,450 | 1044 | 0.9518 | |
| 104 | Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts | 27700 | 34200 | 0.19 | 794 | 1070 | 0.8974 | |
| 104 | Syracuse University | 27700 | 83100 | 0.6665 | 15,957 | 1363 | 0.4592 | |
| 106 | North Dakota State University | 27800 | 30400 | 0.084 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 106 | St. Francis College | 27800 | 39400 | 0.2948 | 1,719 | 1119 | 0.8427 | |
| 108 | Morehead State University | 27900 | 32600 | 0.1441 | 8,258 | 1140 | 0.7721 | |
| 108 | Oakland University | 27900 | 39300 | 0.2899 | 12,587 | 1130 | 0.8784 | |
| 110 | University of Northern Iowa | 28000 | 36200 | 0.2253 | 7,711 | 1129 | 0.9274 | |
| 111 | Alabama A & M University | 28200 | 37700 | 0.2518 | 6,370 | 915 | 0.5795 | |
| 112 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 32300 | 0.1145 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 112 | University of Hartford | 28600 | 70100 | 0.5921 | 4,223 | 1224 | 0.9575 | |
| 114 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 28900 | 42400 | 0.3187 | 6,761 | 1105 | 0.8475 | |
| 114 | University of Southern Indiana | 28900 | 40000 | 0.2785 | 7,600 | 1145 | 0.9581 | |
| 116 | Cornerstone University | 29100 | 40800 | 0.2857 | 1,354 | 1110 | 0.7777 | |
| 116 | University of Wisconsin-La Crosse | 29100 | 31400 | 0.0749 | 9,501 | 1195 | 0.755 | |
| 118 | Manhattanville University | 29300 | 68500 | 0.5725 | 1,466 | 1160 | 0.8734 | |
| 119 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 29400 | 34000 | 0.1352 | 6,907 | 1060 | 0.974 | |
| 119 | Huntington University | 29400 | 44300 | 0.3362 | 1,588 | 1055 | 0.7564 | |
| 119 | Montclair State University | 29400 | 36300 | 0.1902 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 122 | University of Arkansas-Fort Smith | 29800 | 34500 | 0.1348 | 5,459 | 1055 | 0.8046 | |
| 123 | Northern Kentucky University | 30100 | 32100 | 0.0623 | 10,163 | 1090 | 0.6765 | |
| 124 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30600 | 54600 | 0.4387 | 3,163 | 1165 | 0.9347 | |
| 125 | San Francisco State University | 30800 | 47700 | 0.3544 | 19,444 | 1035 | 0.9644 | |
| 126 | The University of Alabama | 31000 | 56300 | 0.4492 | 34,389 | 1284 | 0.7665 | |
| 127 | Siena Heights University | 31100 | 46300 | 0.3275 | 1,628 | 980 | 0.689 | |
| 128 | Rider University | 31400 | 60600 | 0.4816 | 3,145 | 1233 | 0.7864 | |
| 128 | San Diego State University | 31400 | 36100 | 0.1301 | 35,782 | 1208 | 0.3619 | |
| 130 | Asbury University | 31500 | 50700 | 0.3778 | 1,789 | 1197 | 0.634 | |
| 131 | Missouri Baptist University | 31700 | 53800 | 0.4116 | 4,958 | 843 | 0.686 | |
| 132 | Ithaca College | 32100 | 72500 | 0.5571 | 4,268 | 1314 | 0.6901 | |
| 133 | Washington Adventist University | 32300 | 37800 | 0.1457 | 513 | 995 | 0.4618 | |
| 134 | University of Pittsburgh-Bradford | 32600 | 48400 | 0.3266 | 1,009 | 1115 | 0.8854 | |
| 135 | Roosevelt University | 32800 | 47600 | 0.3115 | 2,868 | 1049 | 0.9716 | |
| 136 | Suffolk University | 32900 | 70300 | 0.5319 | 4,326 | 1209 | 0.8233 | |
| 137 | State University of New York at Oswego | 33000 | 40200 | 0.1792 | 5,517 | 1180 | 0.8055 | |
| 138 | North Central College | 33100 | 64900 | 0.49 | 2,454 | 1203 | 0.7733 | |
| 139 | Lewis-Clark State College | 33400 | 40000 | 0.165 | 3,793 | 980 | 0.8769 | |
| 140 | Misericordia University | 33500 | 67700 | 0.5048 | 1,720 | 1145 | 0.7093 | |
| 141 | Adrian College | 33600 | 70200 | 0.5207 | 1,673 | 1045 | 0.7253 | |
| 141 | California Baptist University | 33600 | 65600 | 0.4878 | 8,417 | 1070 | 0.8488 | |
| 143 | University of Central Missouri | 33700 | 35800 | 0.06 | 7,584 | 1055 | 0.638 | |
| 144 | Morningside University | 33800 | 60600 | 0.4421 | 1,172 | 922 | 0.7104 | |
| 145 | Rhode Island College | 33900 | 45100 | 0.2483 | 5,154 | 995 | 0.9182 | |
| 146 | SUNY at Fredonia | 34100 | 39600 | 0.1391 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 147 | Southeastern University | 34400 | 60500 | 0.4312 | 10,172 | 1110 | 0.5298 | |
| 148 | Trevecca Nazarene University | 34700 | 50900 | 0.3175 | 1,903 | 1085 | 0.6944 | |
| 149 | Gwynedd Mercy University | 34900 | 65100 | 0.4643 | 1,301 | 1110 | 0.8963 | |
| 150 | University of Montevallo | 35400 | 44900 | 0.2118 | 2,642 | 1124 | 0.5385 | |
| 151 | Chicago State University | 35700 | 37800 | 0.0569 | 1,501 | 885 | 0.4326 | |
| 152 | Hofstra University | 38200 | 76900 | 0.5032 | 6,581 | 1328 | 0.6808 | |
| 152 | Saint Joseph's College of Maine | 38200 | 65000 | 0.4121 | 1,097 | 1055 | 0.8351 | |
| 154 | Clark Atlanta University | 38600 | 51900 | 0.2561 | 3,618 | 990 | 0.6422 | |
| 155 | Long Island University | 38800 | 60000 | 0.3535 | 12,072 | 1229 | 0.8616 | |
| 156 | University of Charleston | 39200 | 51200 | 0.2342 | 2,348 | 1075 | 0.6152 | |
| 157 | Bellarmine University | 39300 | 66100 | 0.4048 | 2,240 | 1220 | 0.8611 | |
| 157 | Champlain College | 39300 | 76000 | 0.4831 | 2,778 | 1304 | 0.8292 | |
| 159 | Seton Hall University | 39700 | 67400 | 0.4107 | 6,146 | 1313 | 0.7326 | |
| 160 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 40700 | 53600 | 0.2408 | 46,815 | 1378 | 0.6057 | |
| 161 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41400 | 57000 | 0.2738 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.782 | |
| 162 | Susquehanna University | 42000 | 76800 | 0.4533 | 2,246 | 1204 | 0.8143 | |
| 163 | Manhattan University | 43600 | 74100 | 0.4115 | 2,744 | 1274 | 0.7894 | |
| 164 | Texas Christian University | 43800 | 87400 | 0.4991 | 11,049 | 1283 | 0.4449 | |
| 165 | Campbell University | 44100 | 68700 | 0.3586 | 2,699 | 1120 | 0.8718 | |
| 166 | St. John's University-New York | 44500 | 78000 | 0.4292 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 167 | New England Institute of Technology | 44600 | 68200 | 0.3458 | 1,796 | 1030 | 0.6673 | |
| 168 | Quinnipiac University | 44800 | 79200 | 0.4343 | 6,557 | 1245 | 0.7215 | |
| 169 | Ashland University | 44900 | 56400 | 0.204 | 2,977 | 1125 | 0.764 | |
| 170 | Saint Louis University | 46200 | 80900 | 0.4287 | 10,413 | 1305 | 0.7504 | |
| 171 | The Master's University and Seminary | 47700 | 53700 | 0.1118 | 1,908 | 1139 | 0.8402 | |
| 172 | MCPHS University | 47800 | 77500 | 0.3831 | 3,469 | 1281 | 0.8521 | |
| 173 | The University of Texas at Austin | 49800 | 59400 | 0.1617 | 43,165 | 1356 | 0.2664 | |
| 174 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 50700 | 52900 | 0.0406 | 14,504 | 1149 | 0.7637 | |
| 175 | University of Iowa | 51000 | 53200 | 0.0404 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 176 | Columbia College Chicago | 52800 | 68600 | 0.2305 | 5,422 | 0 | 0.8946 | |
| 177 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 53300 | 53300 | 0 | 33,033 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 178 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 16,100 | 1219 | 0.7766 | |
| 179 | Savannah College of Art and Design | 54600 | 66400 | 0.1777 | 15,552 | 1174 | 0.8298 | |
| 180 | Howard University | 55000 | 66500 | 0.173 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 181 | Dallas Baptist University | 56400 | 63400 | 0.1104 | 2,785 | 1109 | 0.8884 | |
| 181 | Elon University | 56400 | 68900 | 0.1815 | 6,452 | 1215 | 0.6635 | |
| 183 | George Mason University | 57900 | 61000 | 0.0508 | 28,334 | 1268 | 0.8748 | |
| 184 | Oregon Institute of Technology | 58800 | 67000 | 0.1217 | 5,160 | 1131 | 0.9502 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.