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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 | Northern Kentucky University | 7200 | 25900 | 0.723 | 10,163 | 1090 | 0.8307 | |
| 4 | Emory University | 8300 | 92500 | 0.9103 | 7,407 | 1499 | 0.1029 | |
| 5 | Marshall University | 9200 | 34400 | 0.732 | 9,146 | 1065 | 0.9572 | |
| 6 | California State University-Northridge | 9400 | 22400 | 0.5783 | 32,499 | 1005 | 0.881 | |
| 7 | Idaho State University | 9700 | 22200 | 0.5638 | 10,406 | 0 | 0.8396 | |
| 8 | Eastern Kentucky University | 10000 | 22900 | 0.5643 | 12,726 | 1055 | 0.9695 | |
| 9 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 11000 | 27400 | 0.5982 | 27,082 | 1099 | 0.8459 | |
| 10 | Boston University | 11300 | 91600 | 0.8769 | 18,805 | 1475 | 0.1111 | |
| 11 | Rhode Island College | 11600 | 54600 | 0.7876 | 5,157 | 995 | 0.9182 | |
| 11 | University of Michigan-Flint | 11600 | 45600 | 0.7453 | 5,011 | 1103 | 0.7047 | |
| 13 | Midwestern State University | 12000 | 21600 | 0.4439 | 4,303 | 1055 | 0.9347 | |
| 13 | University of Houston | 12000 | 23100 | 0.4807 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 15 | University of Central Florida | 12600 | 25300 | 0.5014 | 59,649 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
| 16 | Northern Arizona University | 13200 | 27100 | 0.5135 | 22,991 | 1145 | 0.8961 | |
| 17 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 13300 | 25700 | 0.4825 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 18 | Youngstown State University | 13400 | 26800 | 0.4996 | 8,436 | 1065 | 0.8066 | |
| 19 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 13900 | 25700 | 0.4586 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 20 | University of Southern Indiana | 14300 | 35900 | 0.6005 | 5,347 | 1145 | 0.9581 | |
| 21 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 14400 | 28100 | 0.4875 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 22 | Texas State University | 14500 | 24500 | 0.4075 | 36,268 | 1100 | 0.8908 | |
| 23 | Central Michigan University | 14600 | 37400 | 0.6102 | 10,219 | 1095 | 0.8982 | |
| 24 | Baptist Health Sciences University | 14900 | 36300 | 0.5897 | 733 | 1045 | 0.6776 | |
| 25 | California State University-Chico | 15000 | 30700 | 0.5106 | 13,392 | 1117 | 0.9158 | |
| 25 | Murray State University | 15000 | 27000 | 0.4438 | 8,281 | 1124 | 0.8568 | |
| 25 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 15000 | 22800 | 0.3426 | 11,874 | 1082 | 0.8377 | |
| 28 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15100 | 37700 | 0.6009 | 5,241 | 1075 | 0.8613 | |
| 28 | Troy University | 15100 | 32600 | 0.5365 | 10,222 | 1090 | 0.9604 | |
| 30 | Avila University | 15200 | 67500 | 0.7748 | 1,335 | 985 | 0.878 | |
| 31 | Western Carolina University | 15300 | 16500 | 0.0729 | 10,112 | 1130 | 0.818 | |
| 32 | Colorado Mesa University | 15400 | 40000 | 0.6142 | 9,473 | 1090 | 0.9829 | |
| 33 | University of Arkansas-Fort Smith | 15500 | 21700 | 0.2851 | 5,463 | 1055 | 0.8147 | |
| 34 | University of St Francis | 15600 | 71700 | 0.7819 | 1,338 | 1030 | 0.653 | |
| 35 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 15700 | 46800 | 0.665 | 6,550 | 1110 | 0.7456 | |
| 36 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 15900 | 42600 | 0.627 | 7,595 | 1075 | 0.9226 | |
| 37 | Sam Houston State University | 16000 | 23000 | 0.3045 | 17,787 | 1030 | 0.9026 | |
| 38 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 16100 | 23200 | 0.306 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
| 39 | Eastern Illinois University | 16200 | 27500 | 0.4104 | 6,785 | 990 | 0.6535 | |
| 40 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 16400 | 31600 | 0.4816 | 6,910 | 1053 | 0.9734 | |
| 40 | Rogers State University | 16400 | 39700 | 0.5875 | 3,141 | 936 | 0.6683 | |
| 42 | Appalachian State University | 16500 | 19500 | 0.1541 | 19,560 | 1159 | 0.9014 | |
| 42 | Goshen College | 16500 | 55900 | 0.7042 | 780 | 995 | 0.8404 | |
| 42 | Wayne State University | 16500 | 46200 | 0.643 | 16,173 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
| 45 | McNeese State University | 16600 | 32800 | 0.4945 | 5,560 | 1070 | 0.6755 | |
| 46 | Alabama A & M University | 16700 | 44800 | 0.6266 | 5,845 | 920 | 0.6622 | |
| 47 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16800 | 64800 | 0.7416 | 21,075 | 1420 | 0.1534 | |
| 48 | Ferris State University | 17000 | 31000 | 0.4523 | 8,989 | 1015 | 0.9151 | |
| 48 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 17000 | 52500 | 0.6761 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 50 | Morehead State University | 17300 | 28000 | 0.3819 | 8,258 | 1140 | 0.7721 | |
| 51 | Bluefield State University | 17400 | 30700 | 0.4337 | 1,249 | 990 | 0.8722 | |
| 51 | University of South Alabama | 17400 | 35200 | 0.5059 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 51 | University of Wisconsin-La Crosse | 17400 | 21300 | 0.1846 | 9,513 | 1200 | 0.8122 | |
| 51 | Weber State University | 17400 | 41300 | 0.5782 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 55 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 17500 | 44900 | 0.6098 | 5,205 | 1118 | 0.744 | |
| 55 | Western Kentucky University | 17500 | 27000 | 0.3515 | 14,151 | 1090 | 0.9387 | |
| 57 | University of Mary | 17700 | 32600 | 0.4577 | 2,650 | 1189 | 0.7825 | |
| 57 | University of Miami | 17700 | 96300 | 0.8159 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 57 | University of Pittsburgh-Bradford | 17700 | 42900 | 0.5872 | 1,002 | 1115 | 0.8898 | |
| 60 | Holy Family University | 17800 | 56400 | 0.6848 | 2,650 | 1030 | 0.7104 | |
| 60 | SUNY at Fredonia | 17800 | 39600 | 0.5512 | 2,876 | 1193 | 0.792 | |
| 62 | Campbellsville University | 17900 | 43200 | 0.585 | 6,853 | 1055 | 0.9833 | |
| 63 | Quincy University | 18000 | 68000 | 0.7348 | 1,072 | 1115 | 0.5093 | |
| 64 | Augusta University | 18100 | 51200 | 0.6461 | 6,078 | 1125 | 0.6276 | |
| 64 | Georgia Southern University | 18100 | 23800 | 0.2399 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 64 | Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts | 18100 | 35800 | 0.4942 | 836 | 1070 | 0.9235 | |
| 64 | University of Holy Cross | 18100 | 36300 | 0.5021 | 806 | 985 | 0.9901 | |
| 68 | California State University-Fullerton | 18400 | 41500 | 0.5576 | 38,597 | 0 | 0.9052 | |
| 69 | East Tennessee State University | 18700 | 26100 | 0.283 | 10,633 | 1124 | 0.8706 | |
| 70 | University of Mississippi | 18800 | 27000 | 0.3036 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 71 | University of Saint Francis-Fort Wayne | 19000 | 67900 | 0.7197 | 1,567 | 980 | 0.9597 | |
| 72 | Culver-Stockton College | 19400 | 59900 | 0.6758 | 861 | 0 | 0.6518 | |
| 72 | The University of Texas at Austin | 19400 | 27600 | 0.2966 | 43,165 | 1348 | 0.2664 | |
| 74 | La Roche University | 19700 | 66200 | 0.7028 | 755 | 1069 | 0.7016 | |
| 75 | Texas Southern University | 19800 | 25500 | 0.2239 | 6,619 | 915 | 0.9335 | |
| 76 | California State University-Los Angeles | 20000 | 59200 | 0.6626 | 19,354 | 965 | 0.9125 | |
| 76 | Towson University | 20000 | 30000 | 0.3329 | 16,264 | 1093 | 0.8198 | |
| 78 | Marian University | 20200 | 47200 | 0.5714 | 1,074 | 1035 | 0.6677 | |
| 79 | Boise State University | 20300 | 59700 | 0.66 | 24,030 | 1025 | 0.8721 | |
| 79 | Minot State University | 20300 | 23500 | 0.1386 | 2,499 | 1075 | 0.6462 | |
| 79 | State University of New York at Oswego | 20300 | 40200 | 0.4952 | 5,517 | 1164 | 0.8057 | |
| 79 | York College of Pennsylvania | 20300 | 45800 | 0.5572 | 3,308 | 1140 | 0.942 | |
| 83 | Henderson State University | 20400 | 37500 | 0.4564 | 1,493 | 1075 | 0.8192 | |
| 84 | Northwestern University | 21100 | 89500 | 0.7646 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 85 | Bowie State University | 21400 | 43300 | 0.5055 | 5,136 | 875 | 0.75 | |
| 85 | Southwestern Adventist University | 21400 | 49800 | 0.5701 | 813 | 1064 | 0.5552 | |
| 87 | Bradley University | 21500 | 50800 | 0.5767 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 87 | University of Montevallo | 21500 | 53500 | 0.5979 | 2,545 | 1124 | 0.539 | |
| 89 | Austin Peay State University | 21700 | 29100 | 0.2541 | 8,926 | 0 | 0.9638 | |
| 89 | Pennsylvania Western University | 21700 | 28200 | 0.2309 | 7,586 | 0 | 0.9433 | |
| 91 | Morningside University | 21900 | 79200 | 0.7234 | 1,177 | 922 | 0.7057 | |
| 92 | San Jose State University | 22200 | 41100 | 0.46 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 93 | University of Florida | 22500 | 43200 | 0.4795 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 94 | San Francisco State University | 22700 | 55400 | 0.5903 | 20,756 | 1035 | 0.9615 | |
| 95 | Briar Cliff University | 23100 | 67700 | 0.6588 | 737 | 1075 | 0.6169 | |
| 95 | Southwest Minnesota State University | 23100 | 25800 | 0.1023 | 7,290 | 1035 | 0.6409 | |
| 97 | Saint Ambrose University | 23200 | 55400 | 0.5809 | 1,939 | 1085 | 0.7733 | |
| 98 | Saint Cloud State University | 23400 | 26300 | 0.1097 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 98 | The University of Alabama | 23400 | 31000 | 0.245 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 100 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 23500 | 50000 | 0.5298 | 3,856 | 1185 | 0.7518 | |
| 101 | Point Park University | 23900 | 57000 | 0.581 | 2,337 | 1144 | 0.9691 | |
| 102 | University of Central Arkansas | 24400 | 29500 | 0.174 | 8,268 | 1124 | 0.8949 | |
| 102 | University of Sioux Falls | 24400 | 40100 | 0.3909 | 1,241 | 1055 | 0.8298 | |
| 104 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 24700 | 80400 | 0.6926 | 686 | 1030 | 0.8649 | |
| 105 | Regis College | 25100 | 70700 | 0.645 | 1,055 | 965 | 0.9009 | |
| 106 | Lewis University | 25200 | 57700 | 0.563 | 4,326 | 1099 | 0.7128 | |
| 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 | |
| 109 | University of North Texas | 25700 | 25700 | 0 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 110 | Mount Aloysius College | 26200 | 49200 | 0.4677 | 2,942 | 1010 | 0.904 | |
| 111 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 26300 | 28400 | 0.0751 | 14,504 | 1145 | 0.7637 | |
| 111 | St. Francis College | 26300 | 39400 | 0.3329 | 1,934 | 1035 | 0.8153 | |
| 113 | Ashland University | 26500 | 56600 | 0.5322 | 5,180 | 1145 | 0.8053 | |
| 114 | Oakland University | 26800 | 39700 | 0.325 | 12,587 | 1050 | 0.8784 | |
| 115 | Capital University | 27200 | 80300 | 0.6614 | 1,609 | 1084 | 0.7022 | |
| 116 | Rowan University | 27500 | 41600 | 0.3386 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
| 116 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 17,771 | 1044 | 0.7933 | |
| 118 | Long Island University | 27800 | 59800 | 0.5356 | 11,753 | 1252 | 0.8977 | |
| 118 | North Dakota State University | 27800 | 30400 | 0.0835 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 118 | Syracuse University | 27800 | 83100 | 0.6654 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 121 | Texas Tech University | 27900 | 27900 | 0 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 122 | University of Northern Iowa | 28000 | 36200 | 0.2249 | 7,716 | 1115 | 0.8713 | |
| 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 | University of Iowa | 29000 | 31100 | 0.0686 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 126 | Cornerstone University | 29100 | 40800 | 0.2853 | 1,444 | 1124 | 0.7316 | |
| 127 | Huntington University | 29500 | 44300 | 0.3342 | 1,589 | 1055 | 0.7564 | |
| 127 | Westminster College | 29500 | 57600 | 0.4879 | 1,136 | 1190 | 0.9256 | |
| 129 | Southeastern University | 29800 | 60500 | 0.5072 | 10,351 | 1110 | 0.6165 | |
| 130 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30700 | 54600 | 0.4385 | 3,163 | 1165 | 0.9347 | |
| 131 | Siena Heights University | 31100 | 46300 | 0.3272 | 1,669 | 1000 | 0.6656 | |
| 131 | University of Kentucky | 31100 | 36100 | 0.1386 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 133 | Manhattanville University | 31200 | 68500 | 0.5447 | 1,466 | 1145 | 0.8734 | |
| 134 | Missouri Baptist University | 31700 | 53800 | 0.4113 | 4,958 | 843 | 0.686 | |
| 135 | Rider University | 32000 | 60600 | 0.472 | 3,196 | 1214 | 0.794 | |
| 136 | Ithaca College | 32100 | 72500 | 0.5571 | 4,268 | 1314 | 0.6901 | |
| 136 | Misericordia University | 32100 | 65100 | 0.5074 | 1,721 | 1175 | 0.8871 | |
| 138 | Manhattan University | 32200 | 72500 | 0.5559 | 2,928 | 1248 | 0.785 | |
| 138 | Washington Adventist University | 32200 | 37800 | 0.1483 | 605 | 951 | 0.4536 | |
| 140 | North Central College | 32300 | 64900 | 0.5023 | 2,454 | 1203 | 0.7733 | |
| 141 | Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania | 32400 | 39900 | 0.1879 | 9,967 | 1080 | 0.9475 | |
| 141 | Vermont State University | 32400 | 38700 | 0.1627 | 4,087 | 960 | 0.8323 | |
| 143 | St. John's University-New York | 32500 | 78000 | 0.583 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 144 | Suffolk University | 32600 | 69700 | 0.5326 | 4,324 | 1209 | 0.822 | |
| 145 | Roosevelt University | 32800 | 47600 | 0.3114 | 2,605 | 995 | 0.9427 | |
| 146 | Lewis-Clark State College | 33400 | 40000 | 0.165 | 3,793 | 1010 | 0.9407 | |
| 147 | California Baptist University | 33600 | 65600 | 0.4876 | 8,417 | 1069 | 0.8535 | |
| 148 | Adrian College | 33700 | 70200 | 0.5205 | 1,678 | 1025 | 0.6843 | |
| 148 | University of Central Missouri | 33700 | 35800 | 0.0596 | 7,584 | 1055 | 0.638 | |
| 150 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 34100 | 36100 | 0.0554 | 33,572 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 151 | University of Vermont | 34500 | 66300 | 0.4787 | 12,276 | 1379 | 0.653 | |
| 152 | Hofstra University | 34700 | 77000 | 0.5492 | 6,581 | 1323 | 0.6808 | |
| 152 | Trevecca Nazarene University | 34700 | 50900 | 0.3172 | 1,903 | 1085 | 0.6944 | |
| 154 | Gwynedd Mercy University | 34900 | 65100 | 0.4642 | 1,301 | 1115 | 0.8963 | |
| 154 | New England Institute of Technology | 34900 | 77700 | 0.5511 | 1,718 | 1055 | 0.6673 | |
| 156 | San Diego State University | 35200 | 36100 | 0.0249 | 34,637 | 1208 | 0.3598 | |
| 157 | Chicago State University | 35500 | 37600 | 0.0567 | 1,495 | 885 | 0.4052 | |
| 158 | Indiana University-South Bend | 36600 | 38800 | 0.0551 | 4,083 | 1070 | 0.8384 | |
| 159 | Clark Atlanta University | 36800 | 61700 | 0.4037 | 3,495 | 1000 | 0.6463 | |
| 160 | Lasell University | 37100 | 48500 | 0.2349 | 1,293 | 1212 | 0.927 | |
| 161 | Champlain College | 37500 | 90100 | 0.5839 | 1,691 | 1304 | 0.8764 | |
| 162 | Asbury University | 38000 | 49100 | 0.2267 | 2,066 | 1157 | 0.954 | |
| 162 | Saint Joseph's College of Maine | 38000 | 65000 | 0.4151 | 1,059 | 1025 | 0.8172 | |
| 164 | Elon University | 38800 | 58200 | 0.3332 | 6,452 | 1244 | 0.6635 | |
| 165 | University of Charleston | 39200 | 51200 | 0.2342 | 2,087 | 1075 | 0.6458 | |
| 166 | Seton Hall University | 39700 | 67400 | 0.4107 | 6,146 | 1313 | 0.7326 | |
| 167 | MCPHS University | 39800 | 87400 | 0.5448 | 3,477 | 1217 | 0.8521 | |
| 168 | Arkansas State University | 40300 | 40800 | 0.012 | 9,985 | 1075 | 0.7959 | |
| 169 | Temple University | 40600 | 55300 | 0.266 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 170 | Quinnipiac University | 41300 | 79200 | 0.4784 | 6,248 | 1209 | 0.77 | |
| 171 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41400 | 57000 | 0.2738 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 172 | Bellarmine University | 41600 | 66100 | 0.3698 | 2,240 | 1130 | 0.8611 | |
| 173 | Campbell University | 41700 | 65100 | 0.3601 | 2,699 | 1120 | 0.872 | |
| 174 | Montclair State University | 42100 | 46200 | 0.0888 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 175 | Susquehanna University | 42400 | 76800 | 0.4481 | 2,185 | 1204 | 0.7871 | |
| 176 | Texas Christian University | 43800 | 82400 | 0.4686 | 11,049 | 1283 | 0.4449 | |
| 177 | Saint Louis University | 44600 | 80900 | 0.4485 | 10,436 | 1260 | 0.7504 | |
| 178 | The Master's University and Seminary | 47700 | 53700 | 0.1118 | 1,914 | 1110 | 0.7589 | |
| 179 | Columbia College Chicago | 52800 | 68600 | 0.2305 | 5,422 | 0 | 0.7549 | |
| 180 | Dallas Baptist University | 55900 | 71900 | 0.2224 | 2,785 | 1104 | 0.8884 | |
| 181 | Savannah College of Art and Design | 57000 | 66500 | 0.1429 | 14,657 | 1183 | 0.8368 | |
| 182 | University of La Verne | 57400 | 67300 | 0.1472 | 2,414 | 1123 | 0.4848 | |
| 183 | George Mason University | 57900 | 61000 | 0.0508 | 28,331 | 1268 | 0.8748 | |
| 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.