Considering a degree in Radio?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Radio majors who live in California.
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 California.
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 | Santa Ana College | 4600 | 23100 | 0.8003 | 27,248 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | Santa Monica College | 6400 | 15500 | 0.588 | 23,453 | 0 | 1 | |
| 4 | Emory University | 7900 | 92500 | 0.9145 | 7,320 | 1499 | 0.103 | |
| 5 | Marshall University | 11400 | 36600 | 0.6882 | 9,960 | 1070 | 0.9663 | |
| 6 | California State University-Northridge | 11500 | 22000 | 0.4769 | 32,846 | 1005 | 0.9176 | |
| 6 | Eastern Kentucky University | 11500 | 22900 | 0.4987 | 13,448 | 1075 | 0.9683 | |
| 6 | Idaho State University | 11500 | 27000 | 0.5733 | 10,834 | 0 | 0.8396 | |
| 9 | University of Michigan-Flint | 12500 | 34900 | 0.6425 | 5,534 | 1079 | 0.6734 | |
| 10 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 12600 | 25700 | 0.5097 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 11 | Boston University | 12700 | 92800 | 0.8633 | 18,289 | 1475 | 0.1283 | |
| 12 | University of Houston | 13200 | 22000 | 0.3993 | 40,366 | 1224 | 0.7577 | |
| 13 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 13900 | 37400 | 0.6278 | 7,501 | 1055 | 0.9467 | |
| 14 | Baptist Health Sciences University | 14000 | 26600 | 0.4728 | 782 | 1020 | 0.8202 | |
| 15 | Midwestern State University | 14100 | 21600 | 0.3468 | 4,303 | 1055 | 0.9347 | |
| 15 | Northern Kentucky University | 14100 | 25900 | 0.4562 | 10,136 | 1110 | 0.9666 | |
| 17 | Central Michigan University | 14300 | 37800 | 0.621 | 10,238 | 1099 | 0.9104 | |
| 18 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 14400 | 31700 | 0.5465 | 7,402 | 1054 | 0.9684 | |
| 19 | Texas State University | 14700 | 25500 | 0.4238 | 39,353 | 1080 | 0.9118 | |
| 20 | California State University-Chico | 14800 | 23700 | 0.3746 | 13,599 | 1054 | 0.9107 | |
| 21 | Austin Peay State University | 14900 | 29100 | 0.4884 | 9,593 | 1075 | 0.9691 | |
| 21 | Murray State University | 14900 | 27000 | 0.4493 | 8,217 | 1124 | 0.8413 | |
| 21 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 14900 | 29300 | 0.4915 | 8,421 | 1054 | 0.9444 | |
| 24 | Troy University | 15000 | 26700 | 0.4381 | 10,130 | 1075 | 0.9535 | |
| 25 | Western Carolina University | 15400 | 16500 | 0.0668 | 10,268 | 1140 | 0.7076 | |
| 26 | Oakland University | 15500 | 28200 | 0.4507 | 12,770 | 1039 | 0.8897 | |
| 27 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 29800 | 0.4782 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 28 | San Francisco State University | 15800 | 46700 | 0.6611 | 19,444 | 1035 | 0.9644 | |
| 28 | Weber State University | 15800 | 23600 | 0.33 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 30 | Morehead State University | 16100 | 28000 | 0.4247 | 7,941 | 1080 | 0.8328 | |
| 31 | Wayne State University | 16200 | 32900 | 0.5073 | 16,390 | 1183 | 0.8359 | |
| 32 | Goshen College | 16300 | 55900 | 0.7087 | 738 | 995 | 0.8342 | |
| 33 | Ferris State University | 16400 | 31000 | 0.4717 | 8,980 | 1015 | 0.8237 | |
| 34 | Sam Houston State University | 16500 | 27000 | 0.389 | 17,822 | 1035 | 0.9372 | |
| 35 | Northwestern University | 16600 | 89500 | 0.8149 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 35 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16600 | 64800 | 0.7439 | 22,007 | 1427 | 0.1672 | |
| 37 | Augusta University | 17000 | 47400 | 0.641 | 6,102 | 1065 | 0.6276 | |
| 38 | University of St Francis | 17100 | 57800 | 0.7039 | 1,416 | 1030 | 0.6528 | |
| 39 | Colorado Mesa University | 17200 | 28600 | 0.398 | 9,459 | 1050 | 0.8314 | |
| 40 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 17300 | 27400 | 0.3684 | 27,963 | 1090 | 0.8395 | |
| 40 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 17300 | 22800 | 0.2415 | 11,994 | 1090 | 0.8651 | |
| 42 | Avila University | 17400 | 64100 | 0.7283 | 1,538 | 985 | 0.878 | |
| 43 | University of Miami | 17700 | 95700 | 0.8149 | 13,241 | 1408 | 0.1761 | |
| 44 | Holy Family University | 17800 | 56200 | 0.6838 | 2,808 | 975 | 0.7456 | |
| 45 | Lewis-Clark State College | 17900 | 23500 | 0.2378 | 4,015 | 990 | 0.9964 | |
| 45 | Texas Tech University | 17900 | 27100 | 0.34 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 47 | University of Pittsburgh-Bradford | 18100 | 33300 | 0.4565 | 1,094 | 1109 | 0.8917 | |
| 47 | Youngstown State University | 18100 | 34000 | 0.4677 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 49 | East Tennessee State University | 18200 | 26100 | 0.3022 | 10,829 | 1124 | 0.8619 | |
| 49 | Towson University | 18200 | 29900 | 0.3909 | 16,361 | 1082 | 0.8057 | |
| 49 | University of Mary | 18200 | 32600 | 0.4424 | 2,821 | 1175 | 0.753 | |
| 52 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 18700 | 68100 | 0.7256 | 711 | 1030 | 0.8214 | |
| 52 | University of South Alabama | 18700 | 22400 | 0.1655 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 54 | McNeese State University | 18800 | 27400 | 0.3138 | 5,668 | 1060 | 0.7827 | |
| 54 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 18800 | 32000 | 0.4129 | 3,825 | 1175 | 0.7841 | |
| 56 | Quincy University | 18900 | 57800 | 0.6728 | 1,096 | 1115 | 0.551 | |
| 57 | Campbellsville University | 19000 | 43200 | 0.5596 | 6,848 | 1075 | 0.7974 | |
| 57 | San Jose State University | 19000 | 40800 | 0.5349 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 59 | University of Mississippi | 19100 | 27000 | 0.2925 | 22,939 | 1172 | 0.9738 | |
| 60 | Louisiana Christian University | 19200 | 26000 | 0.2613 | 769 | 1065 | 0.7719 | |
| 61 | California State University-Los Angeles | 19400 | 38000 | 0.4896 | 22,077 | 965 | 0.9124 | |
| 61 | Pennsylvania Western University | 19400 | 29000 | 0.3315 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 63 | University of Saint Francis-Fort Wayne | 19500 | 57300 | 0.6601 | 1,567 | 980 | 0.9597 | |
| 64 | Eastern Illinois University | 19900 | 28100 | 0.2911 | 6,731 | 1020 | 0.7073 | |
| 65 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20000 | 29400 | 0.3192 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 66 | Marian University | 20100 | 47200 | 0.5736 | 1,026 | 1020 | 0.75 | |
| 66 | Minot State University | 20100 | 23500 | 0.145 | 2,499 | 1075 | 0.6462 | |
| 68 | Alabama A & M University | 20200 | 28200 | 0.2856 | 6,370 | 915 | 0.5795 | |
| 68 | Lasell University | 20200 | 48500 | 0.5831 | 1,347 | 1095 | 0.7457 | |
| 70 | Bowie State University | 20300 | 25600 | 0.2069 | 4,810 | 1044 | 0.824 | |
| 71 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 20400 | 23200 | 0.1207 | 20,786 | 1225 | 0.8689 | |
| 72 | University of Northern Iowa | 20500 | 24800 | 0.1731 | 7,800 | 1115 | 0.9313 | |
| 73 | North Dakota State University | 20800 | 25700 | 0.19 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 74 | La Roche University | 20900 | 72600 | 0.7124 | 1,972 | 990 | 0.6638 | |
| 75 | University of Sioux Falls | 21200 | 40100 | 0.471 | 1,177 | 1075 | 0.8274 | |
| 76 | Bradley University | 21400 | 50800 | 0.5787 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 77 | Culver-Stockton College | 21600 | 50600 | 0.573 | 889 | 1055 | 0.9827 | |
| 78 | Bluefield State University | 21700 | 32100 | 0.3245 | 1,117 | 990 | 0.9723 | |
| 79 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 22900 | 90700 | 0.7476 | 8,727 | 1055 | 0.9703 | |
| 79 | Florida Memorial University | 22900 | 42000 | 0.4542 | 1,206 | 0 | 0.8526 | |
| 79 | Saint Cloud State University | 22900 | 36800 | 0.3773 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 82 | Southwest Minnesota State University | 23400 | 26700 | 0.1231 | 7,290 | 1015 | 0.6409 | |
| 82 | York College of Pennsylvania | 23400 | 45800 | 0.4895 | 3,369 | 1153 | 0.7374 | |
| 84 | Saint Ambrose University | 23800 | 55400 | 0.5701 | 1,884 | 1065 | 0.8006 | |
| 84 | Southwestern Adventist University | 23800 | 43200 | 0.4492 | 758 | 1064 | 0.7836 | |
| 86 | Northern Arizona University | 23900 | 34100 | 0.301 | 22,203 | 1129 | 0.8961 | |
| 87 | Lewis University | 24400 | 57700 | 0.5769 | 4,914 | 1127 | 0.6916 | |
| 87 | Temple University | 24400 | 36100 | 0.3243 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 89 | Wisconsin Lutheran College | 24700 | 56700 | 0.5642 | 957 | 1233 | 0.7816 | |
| 90 | St Catherine University | 25100 | 71900 | 0.6503 | 2,602 | 1148 | 0.9047 | |
| 91 | Point Park University | 25200 | 57000 | 0.5582 | 2,498 | 1144 | 0.984 | |
| 92 | Mount Marty University | 25400 | 56400 | 0.5496 | 1,053 | 1145 | 0.8603 | |
| 93 | Briar Cliff University | 25600 | 74200 | 0.6548 | 766 | 1075 | 0.5834 | |
| 94 | University of La Verne | 25800 | 66800 | 0.6136 | 3,052 | 1109 | 0.7117 | |
| 94 | Westminster College | 25800 | 57600 | 0.5521 | 1,110 | 1145 | 0.9167 | |
| 96 | Mount Aloysius College | 26200 | 49200 | 0.4677 | 3,135 | 1045 | 0.936 | |
| 97 | Georgia Southern University | 26300 | 26800 | 0.0187 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 98 | Capital University | 26700 | 62400 | 0.572 | 1,642 | 1045 | 0.6501 | |
| 99 | St. Francis College | 26800 | 39400 | 0.3202 | 1,719 | 1035 | 1 | |
| 99 | Western Kentucky University | 26800 | 41800 | 0.3588 | 13,732 | 1090 | 0.9145 | |
| 101 | Henderson State University | 26900 | 27200 | 0.011 | 1,461 | 1075 | 0.8192 | |
| 102 | University of Central Arkansas | 27000 | 31200 | 0.1372 | 8,238 | 1110 | 0.9157 | |
| 103 | Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts | 27400 | 34200 | 0.1988 | 828 | 1070 | 0.9131 | |
| 103 | Rowan University | 27400 | 41300 | 0.3369 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 103 | Syracuse University | 27400 | 83100 | 0.6701 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 106 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 18,028 | 1059 | 0.7996 | |
| 107 | Oregon Institute of Technology | 27700 | 36400 | 0.2397 | 5,288 | 1138 | 0.9459 | |
| 108 | Rogers State University | 27800 | 40000 | 0.3047 | 3,278 | 1025 | 0.6784 | |
| 109 | Grace College and Theological Seminary | 28000 | 41800 | 0.3301 | 1,795 | 1130 | 0.8215 | |
| 109 | University of North Texas | 28000 | 37400 | 0.2512 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 111 | Asbury University | 28400 | 50700 | 0.4396 | 2,066 | 1157 | 0.954 | |
| 112 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28500 | 32300 | 0.1176 | 11,691 | 1074 | 0.7722 | |
| 112 | University of Hartford | 28500 | 70100 | 0.5933 | 4,223 | 1224 | 0.9579 | |
| 114 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 28600 | 42400 | 0.3258 | 6,761 | 1105 | 0.8475 | |
| 115 | University of Arkansas-Fort Smith | 28700 | 34500 | 0.1677 | 5,467 | 1035 | 0.7041 | |
| 116 | University of Southern Indiana | 28800 | 40000 | 0.2819 | 5,347 | 1145 | 0.9581 | |
| 117 | University of Wisconsin-La Crosse | 28900 | 31400 | 0.0792 | 9,656 | 1205 | 0.7997 | |
| 118 | Cornerstone University | 29100 | 40800 | 0.2865 | 1,354 | 1110 | 0.7777 | |
| 119 | Friends University | 29200 | 53600 | 0.4564 | 1,084 | 1020 | 0.5174 | |
| 120 | Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania | 29300 | 43900 | 0.3328 | 9,847 | 1090 | 0.9309 | |
| 120 | Huntington University | 29300 | 44300 | 0.3384 | 1,512 | 1065 | 0.7518 | |
| 122 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30500 | 54600 | 0.4412 | 3,120 | 1193 | 0.3992 | |
| 123 | California Baptist University | 30700 | 64800 | 0.5254 | 8,707 | 1024 | 0.8139 | |
| 124 | San Diego State University | 30800 | 36100 | 0.1467 | 36,196 | 1208 | 0.3741 | |
| 125 | Ithaca College | 30900 | 72500 | 0.5737 | 4,205 | 1328 | 0.7015 | |
| 126 | California State University-Long Beach | 31000 | 38900 | 0.2032 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 126 | Siena Heights University | 31000 | 46300 | 0.3305 | 1,628 | 980 | 0.689 | |
| 128 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 31100 | 57000 | 0.4546 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 128 | Manhattanville University | 31100 | 68500 | 0.546 | 1,465 | 1140 | 0.8688 | |
| 130 | Missouri Baptist University | 31500 | 53800 | 0.4141 | 5,253 | 910 | 0.7062 | |
| 130 | Rider University | 31500 | 60600 | 0.4799 | 3,052 | 1214 | 0.7741 | |
| 132 | State University of New York at Oswego | 32600 | 40200 | 0.1891 | 5,293 | 1179 | 0.7989 | |
| 132 | Suffolk University | 32600 | 70300 | 0.5362 | 4,247 | 1209 | 0.8228 | |
| 134 | Roosevelt University | 32800 | 47600 | 0.3125 | 2,868 | 1049 | 0.9716 | |
| 135 | Rhode Island College | 33300 | 45100 | 0.2616 | 5,695 | 995 | 0.8557 | |
| 136 | Misericordia University | 33400 | 67700 | 0.5068 | 1,721 | 1078 | 0.8871 | |
| 137 | Adrian College | 33500 | 70200 | 0.5227 | 1,675 | 1045 | 0.7257 | |
| 138 | University of Central Missouri | 33600 | 35800 | 0.0638 | 10,397 | 1055 | 0.7439 | |
| 139 | Southeastern University | 34100 | 60500 | 0.4361 | 11,981 | 1110 | 0.4247 | |
| 139 | Texas Southern University | 34100 | 42500 | 0.1978 | 6,844 | 915 | 0.9691 | |
| 141 | SUNY at Fredonia | 34200 | 39600 | 0.1365 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 142 | University of Vermont | 34500 | 66300 | 0.4799 | 12,159 | 1372 | 0.7304 | |
| 143 | Trevecca Nazarene University | 34600 | 50900 | 0.3201 | 1,961 | 1099 | 0.7512 | |
| 144 | Gwynedd Mercy University | 34800 | 65100 | 0.4655 | 1,816 | 1070 | 0.9164 | |
| 145 | University of Montevallo | 35200 | 44900 | 0.2162 | 2,643 | 1124 | 0.5385 | |
| 146 | Chicago State University | 35500 | 37800 | 0.0604 | 1,501 | 885 | 0.4326 | |
| 147 | Hofstra University | 36200 | 76900 | 0.5292 | 6,599 | 1369 | 0.7267 | |
| 148 | Indiana University-South Bend | 36500 | 38800 | 0.0589 | 4,206 | 1050 | 0.8146 | |
| 149 | Vermont State University | 37100 | 38700 | 0.0413 | 4,087 | 960 | 0.8323 | |
| 150 | Saint Joseph's College of Maine | 38100 | 65000 | 0.4136 | 1,105 | 1055 | 0.8351 | |
| 151 | Clark Atlanta University | 38200 | 61700 | 0.381 | 3,618 | 990 | 0.6422 | |
| 152 | Seton Hall University | 38300 | 67400 | 0.4315 | 6,178 | 1328 | 0.6915 | |
| 152 | The Master's University and Seminary | 38300 | 53700 | 0.2862 | 1,908 | 1139 | 0.8402 | |
| 152 | Washington Adventist University | 38300 | 45600 | 0.1596 | 513 | 995 | 0.4618 | |
| 155 | William Paterson University of New Jersey | 38500 | 50300 | 0.2348 | 6,647 | 1153 | 0.9008 | |
| 156 | Long Island University | 38800 | 60000 | 0.3535 | 12,072 | 1229 | 0.8616 | |
| 157 | Manhattan University | 38900 | 74100 | 0.4749 | 2,378 | 1174 | 0.8216 | |
| 158 | University of Charleston | 39100 | 51200 | 0.2361 | 2,348 | 1075 | 0.5975 | |
| 159 | California State University-Fullerton | 39200 | 41500 | 0.0551 | 40,705 | 960 | 0.8811 | |
| 160 | University of Central Florida | 39700 | 39700 | 0 | 60,083 | 1289 | 0.428 | |
| 161 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 40000 | 53600 | 0.2539 | 46,627 | 1366 | 0.492 | |
| 162 | Appalachian State University | 40200 | 40600 | 0.0099 | 19,732 | 1174 | 0.9388 | |
| 163 | Arkansas State University | 40500 | 41000 | 0.0122 | 11,189 | 1080 | 0.7818 | |
| 164 | Concordia University Ann Arbor | 40800 | 57000 | 0.2841 | 755 | 1163 | 0.6925 | |
| 165 | Champlain College | 41200 | 76000 | 0.4581 | 1,514 | 1273 | 0.873 | |
| 166 | Montclair State University | 41300 | 46600 | 0.1138 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 167 | Bellarmine University | 41500 | 66100 | 0.372 | 2,365 | 1134 | 0.9371 | |
| 168 | Susquehanna University | 41800 | 76800 | 0.4559 | 2,220 | 1199 | 0.7908 | |
| 169 | Boise State University | 42300 | 50000 | 0.154 | 25,308 | 1025 | 0.8389 | |
| 170 | Providence College | 42900 | 85000 | 0.4954 | 4,680 | 1345 | 0.4994 | |
| 171 | University of Florida | 43100 | 45700 | 0.057 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 172 | Campbell University | 44000 | 68700 | 0.3605 | 2,699 | 1120 | 0.872 | |
| 173 | New England Institute of Technology | 44100 | 68200 | 0.3532 | 1,718 | 1030 | 0.6673 | |
| 174 | St. John's University-New York | 44400 | 78000 | 0.4305 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 174 | Texas Christian University | 44400 | 87400 | 0.4922 | 11,152 | 1268 | 0.4809 | |
| 176 | Quinnipiac University | 44700 | 79200 | 0.4355 | 6,610 | 1250 | 0.7031 | |
| 177 | Ashland University | 44900 | 56400 | 0.204 | 2,977 | 1125 | 0.764 | |
| 178 | Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences | 47600 | 77500 | 0.3857 | 3,469 | 1281 | 0.8521 | |
| 179 | Saint Louis University | 48800 | 80900 | 0.3966 | 9,331 | 1250 | 0.7499 | |
| 180 | University of Kentucky | 49100 | 58000 | 0.1548 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 181 | The University of Texas at Austin | 49700 | 59400 | 0.1633 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 182 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 50600 | 52900 | 0.0432 | 14,834 | 1149 | 0.7803 | |
| 183 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 52000 | 52800 | 0.0151 | 21,469 | 1167 | 0.9061 | |
| 184 | University of Iowa | 52100 | 54400 | 0.042 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 185 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 53300 | 53300 | 0 | 34,447 | 1273 | 0.8804 | |
| 186 | Howard University | 54800 | 66500 | 0.176 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 187 | Dallas Baptist University | 55700 | 63400 | 0.1214 | 2,938 | 1073 | 0.9131 | |
| 187 | Elon University | 55700 | 68900 | 0.1917 | 6,191 | 1283 | 0.6326 | |
| 187 | The University of Alabama | 55700 | 58500 | 0.0478 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 190 | Savannah College of Art and Design | 56000 | 66400 | 0.1567 | 15,552 | 1174 | 0.8298 | |
| 191 | Columbia College Chicago | 62800 | 68600 | 0.0846 | 4,346 | 0 | 0.738 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.
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