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 | 6,356 | 1543 | 0.0644 | |
| 2 | Santa Monica College | 6400 | 15500 | 0.5879 | 23,164 | 0 | 0.4384 | |
| 3 | Emory University | 7800 | 92500 | 0.9157 | 7,407 | 1499 | 0.1029 | |
| 4 | Marshall University | 8800 | 34400 | 0.7437 | 9,146 | 1065 | 0.9572 | |
| 5 | California State University-Northridge | 8900 | 22400 | 0.6011 | 32,499 | 1005 | 0.881 | |
| 6 | Eastern Kentucky University | 9600 | 22900 | 0.5818 | 12,726 | 1055 | 0.9695 | |
| 7 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 10700 | 36600 | 0.7073 | 27,082 | 1099 | 0.8459 | |
| 8 | Boston University | 11100 | 91600 | 0.8791 | 18,805 | 1475 | 0.1111 | |
| 9 | Rhode Island College | 11200 | 54600 | 0.7949 | 5,157 | 995 | 0.9182 | |
| 9 | University of Michigan-Flint | 11200 | 45600 | 0.7541 | 5,011 | 1103 | 0.7047 | |
| 11 | Idaho State University | 11500 | 27000 | 0.5735 | 10,406 | 0 | 0.8396 | |
| 11 | Midwestern State University | 11500 | 21600 | 0.467 | 4,303 | 1055 | 0.9347 | |
| 13 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 11800 | 27800 | 0.5734 | 21,075 | 1420 | 0.1534 | |
| 14 | University of Houston | 12000 | 28400 | 0.5781 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 15 | Northern Arizona University | 13200 | 27100 | 0.5115 | 22,991 | 1145 | 0.8961 | |
| 15 | Youngstown State University | 13200 | 26800 | 0.507 | 8,436 | 1065 | 0.8066 | |
| 17 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 13600 | 28000 | 0.5139 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 18 | University of Southern Indiana | 14000 | 35900 | 0.6093 | 5,347 | 1145 | 0.9581 | |
| 19 | Central Michigan University | 14400 | 37400 | 0.6155 | 10,219 | 1095 | 0.8982 | |
| 20 | Avila University | 14600 | 67500 | 0.7836 | 1,335 | 985 | 0.878 | |
| 21 | Baptist Health Sciences University | 14700 | 36300 | 0.5952 | 733 | 1045 | 0.6776 | |
| 21 | California State University-Chico | 14700 | 23700 | 0.3787 | 13,392 | 1117 | 0.9158 | |
| 21 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 14700 | 22800 | 0.3557 | 11,874 | 1082 | 0.8377 | |
| 24 | Wayne State University | 15000 | 32900 | 0.5438 | 16,173 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
| 25 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15100 | 37700 | 0.6009 | 5,241 | 1075 | 0.8613 | |
| 25 | Troy University | 15100 | 26700 | 0.4344 | 10,222 | 1090 | 0.9604 | |
| 27 | Colorado Mesa University | 15200 | 40000 | 0.6206 | 9,473 | 1090 | 0.9829 | |
| 27 | University of St Francis | 15200 | 71700 | 0.7877 | 1,338 | 1030 | 0.653 | |
| 29 | Eastern Illinois University | 15500 | 27500 | 0.4341 | 6,785 | 990 | 0.6535 | |
| 29 | Oakland University | 15500 | 28200 | 0.4507 | 12,587 | 1050 | 0.8784 | |
| 29 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 15500 | 46800 | 0.6693 | 6,550 | 1110 | 0.7456 | |
| 32 | University of Central Missouri | 15700 | 26600 | 0.4094 | 7,584 | 1055 | 0.638 | |
| 33 | Rogers State University | 15900 | 39700 | 0.6001 | 3,141 | 936 | 0.6683 | |
| 33 | Santa Ana College | 15900 | 35300 | 0.5498 | 26,073 | 0 | 0 | |
| 33 | University of Arkansas-Fort Smith | 15900 | 40300 | 0.6062 | 5,463 | 1055 | 0.8147 | |
| 36 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 16000 | 31700 | 0.4959 | 6,910 | 1053 | 0.9734 | |
| 37 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 16100 | 42600 | 0.6223 | 7,595 | 1075 | 0.9226 | |
| 38 | Alabama A & M University | 16200 | 44800 | 0.6378 | 5,845 | 920 | 0.6622 | |
| 39 | Goshen College | 16300 | 55900 | 0.7081 | 780 | 995 | 0.8404 | |
| 39 | Sam Houston State University | 16300 | 23000 | 0.2914 | 17,787 | 1030 | 0.9026 | |
| 41 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 16400 | 23200 | 0.2931 | 19,888 | 1209 | 0.8517 | |
| 42 | Bluefield State University | 16600 | 29200 | 0.4322 | 1,249 | 990 | 0.8722 | |
| 43 | Texas State University | 16800 | 26800 | 0.3727 | 36,268 | 1100 | 0.8908 | |
| 43 | Western Carolina University | 16800 | 19400 | 0.1341 | 10,112 | 1130 | 0.818 | |
| 45 | Ferris State University | 16900 | 31000 | 0.4555 | 8,989 | 1015 | 0.9151 | |
| 45 | University of South Alabama | 16900 | 35200 | 0.5202 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 47 | Morehead State University | 17000 | 28000 | 0.3926 | 8,258 | 1140 | 0.7721 | |
| 48 | University of Pittsburgh-Bradford | 17100 | 42900 | 0.6012 | 1,002 | 1115 | 0.8898 | |
| 48 | Weber State University | 17100 | 41300 | 0.5854 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 50 | University of Mary | 17200 | 32600 | 0.4732 | 2,650 | 1189 | 0.7825 | |
| 51 | Holy Family University | 17300 | 56400 | 0.6936 | 2,650 | 1030 | 0.7104 | |
| 52 | San Francisco State University | 17400 | 55500 | 0.6867 | 20,756 | 1035 | 0.9615 | |
| 52 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 17400 | 44900 | 0.612 | 5,205 | 1118 | 0.744 | |
| 54 | Campbellsville University | 17600 | 43200 | 0.592 | 6,853 | 1055 | 0.9833 | |
| 54 | Georgia Southern University | 17600 | 26800 | 0.3439 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 54 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 17600 | 52500 | 0.6647 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 57 | Quincy University | 17700 | 68000 | 0.7392 | 1,072 | 1115 | 0.5093 | |
| 57 | SUNY at Fredonia | 17700 | 39600 | 0.5537 | 2,876 | 1193 | 0.792 | |
| 57 | University of Miami | 17700 | 96300 | 0.8159 | 13,250 | 1406 | 0.189 | |
| 60 | Augusta University | 17800 | 51200 | 0.6519 | 6,078 | 1125 | 0.6276 | |
| 61 | Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts | 17900 | 35800 | 0.4998 | 836 | 1070 | 0.9235 | |
| 61 | University of Holy Cross | 17900 | 36300 | 0.5076 | 806 | 985 | 0.9901 | |
| 63 | California State University-Fullerton | 18000 | 20600 | 0.1239 | 38,597 | 0 | 0.9052 | |
| 64 | East Tennessee State University | 18500 | 26100 | 0.2907 | 10,633 | 1124 | 0.8706 | |
| 65 | University of Saint Francis-Fort Wayne | 18600 | 67900 | 0.7256 | 1,567 | 980 | 0.9597 | |
| 66 | California State University-Los Angeles | 18900 | 59200 | 0.6812 | 19,354 | 965 | 0.9125 | |
| 66 | McNeese State University | 18900 | 32800 | 0.4243 | 5,560 | 1070 | 0.6755 | |
| 66 | University of Mississippi | 18900 | 45000 | 0.5806 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 69 | Culver-Stockton College | 19000 | 59900 | 0.6825 | 861 | 0 | 0.6518 | |
| 70 | Texas Southern University | 19300 | 42500 | 0.5462 | 6,619 | 915 | 0.9335 | |
| 71 | La Roche University | 19400 | 66200 | 0.7073 | 755 | 1069 | 0.7016 | |
| 72 | San Jose State University | 19500 | 33700 | 0.4214 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 73 | Marian University | 20100 | 47200 | 0.5736 | 1,074 | 1035 | 0.6677 | |
| 74 | Boise State University | 20300 | 59700 | 0.66 | 24,030 | 1025 | 0.8721 | |
| 74 | Henderson State University | 20300 | 37500 | 0.459 | 1,493 | 1075 | 0.8192 | |
| 74 | Minot State University | 20300 | 23500 | 0.135 | 2,499 | 1075 | 0.6462 | |
| 74 | State University of New York at Oswego | 20300 | 40200 | 0.4952 | 5,517 | 1164 | 0.8057 | |
| 78 | Bowie State University | 20500 | 50200 | 0.5922 | 5,136 | 875 | 0.75 | |
| 79 | Northwestern University | 20600 | 89500 | 0.7702 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 80 | Bradley University | 21000 | 50800 | 0.5865 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 81 | Southwestern Adventist University | 21300 | 49800 | 0.5721 | 813 | 1064 | 0.5552 | |
| 82 | Pennsylvania Western University | 21400 | 28200 | 0.2415 | 7,586 | 0 | 0.9433 | |
| 82 | University of Montevallo | 21400 | 53500 | 0.5998 | 2,545 | 1124 | 0.539 | |
| 84 | Austin Peay State University | 21500 | 29100 | 0.261 | 8,926 | 0 | 0.9638 | |
| 84 | Morningside University | 21500 | 79200 | 0.7284 | 1,177 | 922 | 0.7057 | |
| 86 | Saint Ambrose University | 22800 | 55400 | 0.5881 | 1,939 | 1085 | 0.7733 | |
| 87 | San Diego State University | 22900 | 28900 | 0.2089 | 34,637 | 1208 | 0.3598 | |
| 88 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 23000 | 27500 | 0.1618 | 17,771 | 1044 | 0.7933 | |
| 89 | Briar Cliff University | 23100 | 67700 | 0.6588 | 737 | 1075 | 0.6169 | |
| 90 | Saint Cloud State University | 23200 | 36800 | 0.371 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 90 | Southwest Minnesota State University | 23200 | 25800 | 0.099 | 7,290 | 1035 | 0.6409 | |
| 92 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 23500 | 50000 | 0.5298 | 3,856 | 1185 | 0.7518 | |
| 93 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 24000 | 80400 | 0.7014 | 686 | 1030 | 0.8649 | |
| 93 | Point Park University | 24000 | 57000 | 0.5793 | 2,337 | 1144 | 0.9691 | |
| 95 | University of Sioux Falls | 24400 | 40100 | 0.39 | 1,241 | 1055 | 0.8298 | |
| 96 | University of Central Arkansas | 24500 | 29500 | 0.1711 | 8,268 | 1124 | 0.8949 | |
| 97 | Regis College | 24900 | 70700 | 0.6478 | 1,055 | 965 | 0.9009 | |
| 98 | Lewis University | 25000 | 57700 | 0.5665 | 4,326 | 1099 | 0.7128 | |
| 99 | Mount Marty University | 25200 | 61700 | 0.592 | 1,022 | 1090 | 0.4257 | |
| 100 | St Catherine University | 25300 | 71900 | 0.6477 | 2,505 | 1124 | 0.9185 | |
| 101 | Mount Aloysius College | 26000 | 49200 | 0.4718 | 2,942 | 1010 | 0.904 | |
| 101 | St. Francis College | 26000 | 39400 | 0.3405 | 1,934 | 1035 | 0.8153 | |
| 103 | Ashland University | 26400 | 56600 | 0.534 | 5,180 | 1145 | 0.8053 | |
| 104 | Capital University | 27000 | 80300 | 0.6639 | 1,609 | 1084 | 0.7022 | |
| 105 | Long Island University | 27300 | 59800 | 0.5439 | 11,753 | 1252 | 0.8977 | |
| 105 | Syracuse University | 27300 | 83100 | 0.6714 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 107 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 27600 | 35400 | 0.2206 | 20,584 | 1134 | 0.9053 | |
| 108 | Murray State University | 27800 | 32400 | 0.1406 | 8,281 | 1124 | 0.8568 | |
| 109 | North Dakota State University | 27900 | 30400 | 0.0807 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 109 | Oregon Institute of Technology | 27900 | 36400 | 0.2333 | 5,162 | 1131 | 0.9502 | |
| 111 | University of Northern Iowa | 28100 | 36200 | 0.2225 | 7,716 | 1115 | 0.8713 | |
| 112 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 33400 | 0.1437 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 112 | University of Hartford | 28600 | 70100 | 0.5912 | 4,223 | 1224 | 0.9579 | |
| 114 | Montclair State University | 29100 | 36300 | 0.1985 | 18,712 | 1058 | 0.8789 | |
| 115 | Cornerstone University | 29200 | 40800 | 0.2832 | 1,444 | 1124 | 0.7316 | |
| 115 | University of Wisconsin-La Crosse | 29200 | 31400 | 0.0717 | 9,513 | 1200 | 0.8122 | |
| 117 | Huntington University | 29400 | 44300 | 0.3364 | 1,589 | 1055 | 0.7564 | |
| 118 | Northern Kentucky University | 29600 | 32100 | 0.0779 | 10,163 | 1090 | 0.8307 | |
| 118 | Southeastern University | 29600 | 60500 | 0.5105 | 10,351 | 1110 | 0.6165 | |
| 118 | Westminster College | 29600 | 57600 | 0.4861 | 1,136 | 1190 | 0.9256 | |
| 121 | York College of Pennsylvania | 29900 | 45800 | 0.3474 | 3,308 | 1140 | 0.942 | |
| 122 | University of North Texas | 30100 | 37400 | 0.1951 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 123 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30700 | 54600 | 0.4369 | 3,163 | 1165 | 0.9347 | |
| 124 | California Baptist University | 30900 | 64800 | 0.5223 | 8,417 | 1069 | 0.8535 | |
| 125 | Manhattanville University | 31200 | 68500 | 0.5439 | 1,466 | 1145 | 0.8734 | |
| 125 | Siena Heights University | 31200 | 46300 | 0.3254 | 1,669 | 1000 | 0.6656 | |
| 127 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 31400 | 57000 | 0.4494 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 128 | Rider University | 31500 | 60600 | 0.4803 | 3,196 | 1214 | 0.794 | |
| 129 | Vermont State University | 31700 | 38700 | 0.1808 | 4,087 | 960 | 0.8323 | |
| 130 | Missouri Baptist University | 31800 | 53800 | 0.4097 | 4,958 | 843 | 0.686 | |
| 131 | Washington Adventist University | 31900 | 37800 | 0.1562 | 605 | 951 | 0.4536 | |
| 132 | Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania | 32100 | 39900 | 0.1954 | 9,967 | 1080 | 0.9475 | |
| 133 | Manhattan University | 32200 | 72500 | 0.5559 | 2,928 | 1248 | 0.785 | |
| 133 | Misericordia University | 32200 | 65100 | 0.5061 | 1,721 | 1175 | 0.8871 | |
| 135 | Ithaca College | 32300 | 72500 | 0.5543 | 4,268 | 1314 | 0.6901 | |
| 136 | North Central College | 32400 | 64900 | 0.5008 | 2,454 | 1203 | 0.7733 | |
| 136 | St. John's University-New York | 32400 | 78000 | 0.5842 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 138 | Suffolk University | 32500 | 69700 | 0.5341 | 4,324 | 1209 | 0.822 | |
| 139 | Roosevelt University | 32800 | 47600 | 0.3107 | 2,605 | 995 | 0.9427 | |
| 140 | Lewis-Clark State College | 33200 | 40000 | 0.17 | 3,793 | 1010 | 0.9407 | |
| 141 | Adrian College | 33700 | 70200 | 0.5193 | 1,678 | 1025 | 0.6843 | |
| 142 | Hofstra University | 34400 | 77000 | 0.5531 | 6,581 | 1323 | 0.6808 | |
| 142 | New England Institute of Technology | 34400 | 77700 | 0.5575 | 1,718 | 1055 | 0.6673 | |
| 144 | University of Vermont | 34600 | 66300 | 0.478 | 12,276 | 1379 | 0.653 | |
| 145 | Trevecca Nazarene University | 34800 | 50900 | 0.3155 | 1,903 | 1085 | 0.6944 | |
| 146 | Gwynedd Mercy University | 34900 | 65100 | 0.4634 | 1,301 | 1115 | 0.8963 | |
| 147 | Asbury University | 35100 | 49100 | 0.2861 | 2,066 | 1157 | 0.954 | |
| 148 | Chicago State University | 35600 | 37600 | 0.0545 | 1,495 | 885 | 0.4052 | |
| 149 | Clark Atlanta University | 36400 | 61700 | 0.4102 | 3,495 | 1000 | 0.6463 | |
| 150 | Western Kentucky University | 36600 | 42300 | 0.1348 | 14,151 | 1090 | 0.9387 | |
| 151 | Indiana University-South Bend | 36700 | 38800 | 0.0529 | 4,083 | 1070 | 0.8384 | |
| 152 | Towson University | 37200 | 46400 | 0.1983 | 16,264 | 1093 | 0.8198 | |
| 153 | Champlain College | 37300 | 90100 | 0.5862 | 1,691 | 1304 | 0.8764 | |
| 154 | Lasell University | 37400 | 48500 | 0.2287 | 1,293 | 1212 | 0.927 | |
| 155 | Saint Joseph's College of Maine | 38000 | 65000 | 0.4151 | 1,059 | 1025 | 0.8172 | |
| 156 | The Master's University and Seminary | 38300 | 53700 | 0.2862 | 1,914 | 1110 | 0.7589 | |
| 157 | Elon University | 38400 | 58200 | 0.34 | 6,452 | 1244 | 0.6635 | |
| 158 | Texas Tech University | 38900 | 41000 | 0.0513 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 159 | University of Charleston | 39100 | 51200 | 0.2361 | 2,087 | 1075 | 0.6458 | |
| 160 | University of Central Florida | 39600 | 39600 | 0 | 59,649 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
| 161 | MCPHS University | 39700 | 87400 | 0.5459 | 3,477 | 1217 | 0.8521 | |
| 162 | Seton Hall University | 39800 | 67400 | 0.4092 | 6,146 | 1313 | 0.7326 | |
| 163 | Arkansas State University | 40300 | 40900 | 0.0154 | 9,985 | 1075 | 0.7959 | |
| 164 | Temple University | 40900 | 55300 | 0.2606 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 165 | Quinnipiac University | 41000 | 79200 | 0.4822 | 6,248 | 1209 | 0.77 | |
| 166 | Bellarmine University | 41700 | 66100 | 0.3685 | 2,240 | 1130 | 0.8611 | |
| 166 | Campbell University | 41700 | 65100 | 0.3588 | 2,699 | 1120 | 0.872 | |
| 168 | Susquehanna University | 42400 | 76800 | 0.4481 | 2,185 | 1204 | 0.7871 | |
| 169 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 42600 | 53700 | 0.2066 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 170 | University of Florida | 43200 | 45600 | 0.0526 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 171 | Appalachian State University | 43600 | 43600 | 0 | 19,560 | 1159 | 0.9014 | |
| 172 | Texas Christian University | 43900 | 82400 | 0.4674 | 11,049 | 1283 | 0.4449 | |
| 173 | Saint Louis University | 44900 | 80900 | 0.4448 | 10,436 | 1260 | 0.7504 | |
| 174 | The University of Texas at Austin | 45300 | 45300 | 0 | 43,165 | 1348 | 0.2664 | |
| 175 | University of Kentucky | 49000 | 56600 | 0.1351 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 176 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 50800 | 52900 | 0.0388 | 14,504 | 1145 | 0.7637 | |
| 177 | University of Iowa | 51100 | 53200 | 0.0385 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 178 | Columbia College Chicago | 52300 | 68600 | 0.2378 | 5,422 | 0 | 0.7549 | |
| 179 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 53400 | 53400 | 0 | 33,572 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 180 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
| 181 | Dallas Baptist University | 55700 | 71900 | 0.2252 | 2,785 | 1104 | 0.8884 | |
| 182 | The University of Alabama | 57100 | 57100 | 0 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 183 | Savannah College of Art and Design | 57300 | 66500 | 0.1384 | 14,657 | 1183 | 0.8368 | |
| 184 | University of La Verne | 57400 | 66800 | 0.1408 | 2,414 | 1123 | 0.4848 | |
| 185 | Howard University | 58400 | 76900 | 0.2405 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.
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