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These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Radio majors who live in West 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 West 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 | 6,356 | 1543 | 0.0644 | |
| 2 | Northern Kentucky University | 7600 | 25900 | 0.7075 | 10,163 | 1090 | 0.8307 | |
| 3 | Emory University | 8800 | 92500 | 0.9049 | 7,407 | 1499 | 0.1029 | |
| 3 | Marshall University | 8800 | 33700 | 0.7373 | 9,146 | 1065 | 0.9572 | |
| 5 | California State University-Northridge | 9700 | 36500 | 0.7345 | 32,499 | 1005 | 0.881 | |
| 6 | Idaho State University | 9900 | 22200 | 0.5548 | 10,406 | 0 | 0.8396 | |
| 7 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 11300 | 27400 | 0.5873 | 27,082 | 1099 | 0.8459 | |
| 8 | Boston University | 11500 | 91600 | 0.8748 | 18,805 | 1475 | 0.1111 | |
| 9 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 11800 | 27800 | 0.5765 | 21,075 | 1420 | 0.1534 | |
| 10 | Rhode Island College | 11900 | 54600 | 0.7821 | 5,157 | 995 | 0.9182 | |
| 10 | University of Houston | 11900 | 23100 | 0.485 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 10 | University of Michigan-Flint | 11900 | 45600 | 0.7387 | 5,011 | 1103 | 0.7047 | |
| 13 | West Virginia University | 13100 | 57700 | 0.7728 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 14 | Youngstown State University | 13700 | 26800 | 0.4884 | 8,436 | 1065 | 0.8066 | |
| 15 | Eastern Illinois University | 13800 | 24300 | 0.431 | 6,785 | 990 | 0.6535 | |
| 16 | Texas State University | 14500 | 24500 | 0.4075 | 36,268 | 1100 | 0.8908 | |
| 17 | University of Southern Indiana | 14600 | 35900 | 0.5921 | 5,347 | 1145 | 0.9581 | |
| 18 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 14700 | 19000 | 0.2265 | 11,874 | 1082 | 0.8377 | |
| 19 | Baptist Health Sciences University | 14800 | 36300 | 0.5925 | 733 | 1045 | 0.6776 | |
| 20 | Central Michigan University | 14900 | 37400 | 0.6022 | 10,219 | 1095 | 0.8982 | |
| 21 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15100 | 37700 | 0.6009 | 5,241 | 1075 | 0.8613 | |
| 22 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 15200 | 28000 | 0.4568 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 22 | Troy University | 15200 | 26700 | 0.4306 | 10,222 | 1090 | 0.9604 | |
| 24 | California State University-Chico | 15300 | 23500 | 0.3486 | 13,392 | 1117 | 0.9158 | |
| 24 | Lewis-Clark State College | 15300 | 23500 | 0.3483 | 3,793 | 1010 | 0.9407 | |
| 24 | Western Carolina University | 15300 | 16500 | 0.0729 | 10,112 | 1130 | 0.818 | |
| 27 | University of North Texas | 15400 | 25700 | 0.4013 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 28 | Avila University | 15500 | 67500 | 0.7703 | 1,335 | 985 | 0.878 | |
| 29 | Colorado Mesa University | 15700 | 40000 | 0.6073 | 9,473 | 1090 | 0.9829 | |
| 29 | University of Central Missouri | 15700 | 26600 | 0.4094 | 7,584 | 1055 | 0.638 | |
| 31 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 16000 | 46800 | 0.6586 | 6,550 | 1110 | 0.7456 | |
| 31 | University of St Francis | 16000 | 71700 | 0.7763 | 1,338 | 1030 | 0.653 | |
| 33 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 16100 | 23200 | 0.306 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
| 34 | University of Arkansas-Fort Smith | 16200 | 40300 | 0.5987 | 5,463 | 1055 | 0.8147 | |
| 35 | Goshen College | 16500 | 55900 | 0.7042 | 780 | 995 | 0.8404 | |
| 36 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 16600 | 42600 | 0.6106 | 7,595 | 1075 | 0.9226 | |
| 37 | Rogers State University | 16700 | 39700 | 0.5799 | 3,141 | 936 | 0.6683 | |
| 38 | Alabama A & M University | 16800 | 44800 | 0.6244 | 5,845 | 920 | 0.6622 | |
| 38 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 16800 | 31600 | 0.4689 | 6,910 | 1053 | 0.9734 | |
| 38 | Wayne State University | 16800 | 46200 | 0.6365 | 16,173 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
| 41 | Ferris State University | 16900 | 31000 | 0.4555 | 8,989 | 1015 | 0.9151 | |
| 41 | McNeese State University | 16900 | 32800 | 0.4854 | 5,560 | 1070 | 0.6755 | |
| 43 | University of Pittsburgh-Bradford | 17000 | 33300 | 0.4895 | 1,002 | 1115 | 0.8898 | |
| 44 | Sam Houston State University | 17300 | 23000 | 0.2479 | 17,787 | 1030 | 0.9026 | |
| 44 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 17300 | 33600 | 0.4847 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 46 | Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts | 17400 | 35800 | 0.5138 | 836 | 1070 | 0.9235 | |
| 47 | Weber State University | 17600 | 41300 | 0.5733 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 48 | University of Miami | 17700 | 96300 | 0.8159 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 49 | SUNY at Fredonia | 17900 | 39600 | 0.5486 | 2,876 | 1193 | 0.792 | |
| 49 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 17900 | 44900 | 0.6009 | 5,205 | 1118 | 0.744 | |
| 49 | University of South Alabama | 17900 | 35200 | 0.4917 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 52 | University of Holy Cross | 18000 | 36300 | 0.5048 | 806 | 985 | 0.9901 | |
| 53 | Bluefield State University | 18200 | 30700 | 0.4076 | 1,249 | 990 | 0.8722 | |
| 53 | Campbellsville University | 18200 | 43200 | 0.5781 | 6,853 | 1055 | 0.9833 | |
| 53 | Georgia Southern University | 18200 | 23800 | 0.2357 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 53 | University of Mary | 18200 | 32600 | 0.4407 | 2,650 | 1189 | 0.7825 | |
| 57 | Augusta University | 18300 | 51200 | 0.6422 | 6,078 | 1125 | 0.6276 | |
| 57 | Quincy University | 18300 | 68000 | 0.7304 | 1,072 | 1115 | 0.5093 | |
| 57 | University of Vermont | 18300 | 37800 | 0.5164 | 12,276 | 1379 | 0.653 | |
| 60 | California State University-Fullerton | 18400 | 20600 | 0.1037 | 38,597 | 0 | 0.9052 | |
| 60 | Holy Family University | 18400 | 56400 | 0.6741 | 2,650 | 1030 | 0.7104 | |
| 60 | San Francisco State University | 18400 | 55400 | 0.6679 | 20,756 | 1035 | 0.9615 | |
| 63 | State University of New York at Oswego | 18600 | 27700 | 0.3284 | 5,517 | 1164 | 0.8057 | |
| 64 | University of Saint Francis-Fort Wayne | 19100 | 67900 | 0.7182 | 1,567 | 980 | 0.9597 | |
| 65 | Eastern Kentucky University | 19400 | 34400 | 0.4355 | 12,726 | 1055 | 0.9695 | |
| 65 | Texas Southern University | 19400 | 42500 | 0.5438 | 6,619 | 915 | 0.9335 | |
| 67 | California State University-Los Angeles | 19600 | 59200 | 0.6694 | 19,354 | 965 | 0.9125 | |
| 68 | Culver-Stockton College | 19700 | 59900 | 0.6708 | 861 | 0 | 0.6518 | |
| 69 | University of Mississippi | 19800 | 27000 | 0.2666 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 70 | La Roche University | 20000 | 66200 | 0.6983 | 755 | 1069 | 0.7016 | |
| 70 | Midwestern State University | 20000 | 28600 | 0.3002 | 4,303 | 1055 | 0.9347 | |
| 72 | Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania | 20100 | 26500 | 0.2418 | 9,967 | 1080 | 0.9475 | |
| 72 | Texas Tech University | 20100 | 27900 | 0.2799 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 74 | Marian University | 20200 | 47200 | 0.5714 | 1,074 | 1035 | 0.6677 | |
| 75 | Minot State University | 20300 | 23500 | 0.1386 | 2,499 | 1075 | 0.6462 | |
| 76 | Henderson State University | 20400 | 37500 | 0.4564 | 1,493 | 1075 | 0.8192 | |
| 77 | Towson University | 20500 | 30000 | 0.3162 | 16,264 | 1093 | 0.8198 | |
| 78 | University of Montevallo | 20600 | 31500 | 0.3465 | 2,545 | 1124 | 0.539 | |
| 79 | Boise State University | 20800 | 59700 | 0.6516 | 24,030 | 1025 | 0.8721 | |
| 80 | Bowie State University | 21200 | 50200 | 0.5782 | 5,136 | 875 | 0.75 | |
| 81 | Southwestern Adventist University | 21400 | 49800 | 0.5701 | 813 | 1064 | 0.5552 | |
| 82 | Northwestern University | 21700 | 89500 | 0.7579 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 82 | University of Charleston | 21700 | 50400 | 0.5692 | 2,087 | 1075 | 0.6458 | |
| 84 | Austin Peay State University | 22000 | 29100 | 0.2438 | 8,926 | 0 | 0.9638 | |
| 84 | Bradley University | 22000 | 50800 | 0.5669 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 84 | Morningside University | 22000 | 79200 | 0.7221 | 1,177 | 922 | 0.7057 | |
| 87 | Pennsylvania Western University | 22100 | 28200 | 0.2167 | 7,586 | 0 | 0.9433 | |
| 88 | University of Florida | 22500 | 43200 | 0.4795 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 88 | Vermont State University | 22500 | 26900 | 0.1633 | 4,087 | 960 | 0.8323 | |
| 90 | San Jose State University | 22600 | 41100 | 0.4502 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 91 | Murray State University | 22900 | 27600 | 0.1682 | 8,281 | 1124 | 0.8568 | |
| 92 | Briar Cliff University | 23100 | 67700 | 0.6588 | 737 | 1075 | 0.6169 | |
| 92 | Southwest Minnesota State University | 23100 | 25800 | 0.1023 | 7,290 | 1035 | 0.6409 | |
| 92 | York College of Pennsylvania | 23100 | 45800 | 0.496 | 3,308 | 1140 | 0.942 | |
| 95 | Saint Cloud State University | 23400 | 26300 | 0.1097 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 96 | Saint Ambrose University | 23500 | 55400 | 0.5755 | 1,939 | 1085 | 0.7733 | |
| 96 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 23500 | 50000 | 0.5298 | 3,856 | 1185 | 0.7518 | |
| 98 | Point Park University | 23900 | 57000 | 0.581 | 2,337 | 1144 | 0.9691 | |
| 99 | Northern Arizona University | 24100 | 43700 | 0.449 | 22,991 | 1145 | 0.8961 | |
| 100 | University of Central Arkansas | 24400 | 29500 | 0.174 | 8,268 | 1124 | 0.8949 | |
| 100 | University of Sioux Falls | 24400 | 40100 | 0.3909 | 1,241 | 1055 | 0.8298 | |
| 102 | Regis College | 25000 | 70700 | 0.6464 | 1,055 | 965 | 0.9009 | |
| 103 | Mount Marty University | 25200 | 61700 | 0.592 | 1,022 | 1090 | 0.4257 | |
| 103 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 25200 | 80400 | 0.6864 | 686 | 1030 | 0.8649 | |
| 103 | St Catherine University | 25200 | 71900 | 0.6489 | 2,505 | 1124 | 0.9185 | |
| 106 | University of Central Florida | 25300 | 25300 | 0 | 59,649 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
| 107 | Lewis University | 25600 | 57700 | 0.5561 | 4,326 | 1099 | 0.7128 | |
| 108 | Mount Aloysius College | 26100 | 49200 | 0.4697 | 2,942 | 1010 | 0.904 | |
| 109 | East Tennessee State University | 26200 | 30600 | 0.1437 | 10,633 | 1124 | 0.8706 | |
| 110 | St. Francis College | 26300 | 39400 | 0.3329 | 1,934 | 1035 | 0.8153 | |
| 111 | Ashland University | 26600 | 56600 | 0.5305 | 5,180 | 1145 | 0.8053 | |
| 112 | Western Kentucky University | 27000 | 27000 | 0 | 14,151 | 1090 | 0.9387 | |
| 113 | Oakland University | 27300 | 39700 | 0.3124 | 12,587 | 1050 | 0.8784 | |
| 113 | Syracuse University | 27300 | 83100 | 0.6714 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 115 | Capital University | 27500 | 80300 | 0.6576 | 1,609 | 1084 | 0.7022 | |
| 115 | Rowan University | 27500 | 41600 | 0.3386 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
| 115 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 17,771 | 1044 | 0.7933 | |
| 118 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 27600 | 35400 | 0.2206 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 119 | North Dakota State University | 27800 | 30400 | 0.0835 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 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 | 28300 | 59800 | 0.5272 | 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 | 30000 | 60500 | 0.5038 | 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 | The University of Alabama | 31100 | 55400 | 0.4389 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 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 | Ithaca College | 32000 | 72500 | 0.5585 | 4,268 | 1314 | 0.6901 | |
| 136 | Misericordia University | 32100 | 65100 | 0.5074 | 1,721 | 1175 | 0.8871 | |
| 136 | Washington Adventist University | 32100 | 37800 | 0.151 | 605 | 951 | 0.4536 | |
| 138 | Manhattan University | 32300 | 72500 | 0.5545 | 2,928 | 1248 | 0.785 | |
| 138 | North Central College | 32300 | 64900 | 0.5023 | 2,454 | 1203 | 0.7733 | |
| 140 | Rider University | 32500 | 60600 | 0.4637 | 3,196 | 1214 | 0.794 | |
| 141 | St. John's University-New York | 32700 | 78000 | 0.5804 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 141 | Suffolk University | 32700 | 69700 | 0.5312 | 4,324 | 1209 | 0.822 | |
| 143 | Roosevelt University | 32800 | 47600 | 0.3114 | 2,605 | 995 | 0.9427 | |
| 144 | California Baptist University | 33500 | 65600 | 0.4891 | 8,417 | 1069 | 0.8535 | |
| 145 | Adrian College | 33700 | 70200 | 0.5205 | 1,678 | 1025 | 0.6843 | |
| 146 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 34500 | 36100 | 0.0443 | 33,572 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 147 | Trevecca Nazarene University | 34700 | 50900 | 0.3172 | 1,903 | 1085 | 0.6944 | |
| 148 | Gwynedd Mercy University | 34900 | 65100 | 0.4642 | 1,301 | 1115 | 0.8963 | |
| 148 | Hofstra University | 34900 | 77000 | 0.5466 | 6,581 | 1323 | 0.6808 | |
| 150 | San Diego State University | 35100 | 36100 | 0.0277 | 34,637 | 1208 | 0.3598 | |
| 151 | New England Institute of Technology | 35300 | 77700 | 0.5459 | 1,718 | 1055 | 0.6673 | |
| 152 | Chicago State University | 35500 | 37600 | 0.0567 | 1,495 | 885 | 0.4052 | |
| 153 | Indiana University-South Bend | 36600 | 38800 | 0.0551 | 4,083 | 1070 | 0.8384 | |
| 154 | Clark Atlanta University | 36800 | 61700 | 0.4037 | 3,495 | 1000 | 0.6463 | |
| 155 | Lasell University | 36900 | 48500 | 0.239 | 1,293 | 1212 | 0.927 | |
| 156 | Champlain College | 37700 | 90100 | 0.5817 | 1,691 | 1304 | 0.8764 | |
| 157 | Saint Joseph's College of Maine | 37800 | 65000 | 0.4182 | 1,059 | 1025 | 0.8172 | |
| 158 | Asbury University | 38000 | 49100 | 0.2267 | 2,066 | 1157 | 0.954 | |
| 159 | Elon University | 39200 | 58200 | 0.3263 | 6,452 | 1244 | 0.6635 | |
| 160 | Seton Hall University | 39600 | 67400 | 0.4122 | 6,146 | 1313 | 0.7326 | |
| 161 | MCPHS University | 39900 | 87400 | 0.5436 | 3,477 | 1217 | 0.8521 | |
| 162 | Arkansas State University | 40300 | 40700 | 0.0084 | 9,985 | 1075 | 0.7959 | |
| 163 | Temple University | 40500 | 55300 | 0.2679 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 164 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41300 | 57000 | 0.2756 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 165 | Bellarmine University | 41600 | 66100 | 0.3698 | 2,240 | 1130 | 0.8611 | |
| 166 | Campbell University | 41700 | 65100 | 0.3601 | 2,699 | 1120 | 0.872 | |
| 166 | Quinnipiac University | 41700 | 79200 | 0.4734 | 6,248 | 1209 | 0.77 | |
| 168 | Montclair State University | 42100 | 46200 | 0.0888 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 169 | Susquehanna University | 42300 | 76800 | 0.4494 | 2,185 | 1204 | 0.7871 | |
| 170 | Appalachian State University | 43600 | 43600 | 0 | 19,560 | 1159 | 0.9014 | |
| 170 | Texas Christian University | 43600 | 82400 | 0.471 | 11,049 | 1283 | 0.4449 | |
| 172 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 44300 | 53700 | 0.175 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 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 | University of Kentucky | 48800 | 56600 | 0.1372 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 177 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 50800 | 52900 | 0.0404 | 14,504 | 1145 | 0.7637 | |
| 178 | University of Iowa | 51100 | 53200 | 0.0401 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 179 | Columbia College Chicago | 53400 | 68600 | 0.2217 | 5,422 | 0 | 0.7549 | |
| 180 | Dallas Baptist University | 56000 | 71900 | 0.221 | 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 | Howard University | 58300 | 76900 | 0.2418 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 184 | 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.