Considering a degree in Radio?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Radio majors who live in Illinois.
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 Illinois.
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 | Emory University | 8400 | 92500 | 0.9091 | 7,320 | 1499 | 0.103 | |
| 3 | Marshall University | 11100 | 33400 | 0.6675 | 9,960 | 1070 | 0.9663 | |
| 4 | Idaho State University | 11500 | 27000 | 0.5733 | 10,834 | 0 | 0.8396 | |
| 4 | Northern Arizona University | 11500 | 27900 | 0.5865 | 22,203 | 1129 | 0.8961 | |
| 6 | Eastern Kentucky University | 11800 | 22900 | 0.4856 | 13,448 | 1075 | 0.9683 | |
| 7 | University of Central Florida | 12000 | 25300 | 0.525 | 60,083 | 1289 | 0.428 | |
| 8 | California State University-Northridge | 12100 | 22000 | 0.4498 | 32,846 | 1005 | 0.9176 | |
| 9 | Boston University | 12300 | 92800 | 0.8676 | 18,289 | 1475 | 0.1283 | |
| 10 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 12500 | 28100 | 0.5551 | 8,421 | 1054 | 0.9444 | |
| 11 | Missouri State University-Springfield | 12600 | 25700 | 0.5097 | 21,138 | 1134 | 0.9039 | |
| 12 | Eastern Illinois University | 12700 | 24300 | 0.4764 | 6,731 | 1020 | 0.7073 | |
| 13 | University of Michigan-Flint | 12900 | 34900 | 0.6311 | 5,534 | 1079 | 0.6734 | |
| 14 | Western Kentucky University | 13000 | 27000 | 0.5169 | 13,732 | 1090 | 0.9145 | |
| 15 | Southern Illinois University Edwardsville | 13600 | 34600 | 0.6076 | 8,945 | 1099 | 0.975 | |
| 16 | University of Houston | 13700 | 22000 | 0.3766 | 40,366 | 1224 | 0.7577 | |
| 17 | Baptist Health Sciences University | 14100 | 26600 | 0.4691 | 782 | 1020 | 0.8202 | |
| 18 | Northern Illinois University | 14300 | 28800 | 0.5048 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 19 | Central Michigan University | 14500 | 37800 | 0.6157 | 10,238 | 1099 | 0.9104 | |
| 20 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 14600 | 29600 | 0.5075 | 7,501 | 1055 | 0.9467 | |
| 20 | Northwestern University | 14600 | 88300 | 0.8348 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 22 | Murray State University | 14900 | 27000 | 0.4493 | 8,217 | 1124 | 0.8413 | |
| 23 | Austin Peay State University | 15100 | 29100 | 0.4815 | 9,593 | 1075 | 0.9691 | |
| 24 | Texas State University | 15200 | 25500 | 0.4042 | 39,353 | 1080 | 0.9118 | |
| 25 | Western Carolina University | 15400 | 16500 | 0.0668 | 10,268 | 1140 | 0.7076 | |
| 26 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 29800 | 0.4782 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8613 | |
| 27 | Appalachian State University | 15800 | 19500 | 0.1899 | 19,732 | 1174 | 0.9388 | |
| 27 | Sam Houston State University | 15800 | 30300 | 0.4782 | 17,822 | 1035 | 0.9372 | |
| 29 | California State University-Long Beach | 16100 | 25800 | 0.3761 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 29 | Morehead State University | 16100 | 28000 | 0.4247 | 7,941 | 1080 | 0.8328 | |
| 31 | Arkansas State University | 16500 | 28100 | 0.413 | 11,189 | 1080 | 0.7818 | |
| 31 | Ferris State University | 16500 | 31000 | 0.4685 | 8,980 | 1015 | 0.8237 | |
| 31 | Goshen College | 16500 | 55900 | 0.7051 | 738 | 995 | 0.8342 | |
| 31 | Wayne State University | 16500 | 32900 | 0.4982 | 16,390 | 1183 | 0.8359 | |
| 35 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16600 | 64800 | 0.7439 | 22,007 | 1427 | 0.1672 | |
| 36 | Georgia Southern University | 16700 | 20100 | 0.1687 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 37 | SUNY at Fredonia | 17100 | 27800 | 0.3854 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 38 | University of St Francis | 17300 | 57200 | 0.6974 | 1,416 | 1030 | 0.6528 | |
| 39 | Augusta University | 17400 | 47400 | 0.6326 | 6,102 | 1065 | 0.6276 | |
| 39 | Colorado Mesa University | 17400 | 28600 | 0.3917 | 9,459 | 1050 | 0.8314 | |
| 39 | Rhode Island College | 17400 | 27400 | 0.3654 | 5,695 | 995 | 0.8557 | |
| 42 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 17600 | 27400 | 0.3575 | 27,963 | 1090 | 0.8395 | |
| 43 | Avila University | 17700 | 64100 | 0.7236 | 1,538 | 985 | 0.878 | |
| 43 | University of Miami | 17700 | 95700 | 0.8149 | 13,241 | 1408 | 0.1761 | |
| 45 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 17800 | 22200 | 0.1986 | 11,994 | 1090 | 0.8651 | |
| 46 | State University of New York at Oswego | 18200 | 27700 | 0.3428 | 5,293 | 1179 | 0.7989 | |
| 47 | California State University-Fullerton | 18300 | 20600 | 0.111 | 40,705 | 960 | 0.8811 | |
| 47 | Texas Tech University | 18300 | 27100 | 0.3253 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 47 | University of Pittsburgh-Bradford | 18300 | 33300 | 0.4505 | 1,094 | 1109 | 0.8917 | |
| 50 | Holy Family University | 18400 | 56200 | 0.6732 | 2,808 | 975 | 0.7456 | |
| 51 | University of Mary | 18600 | 32600 | 0.4281 | 2,821 | 1175 | 0.753 | |
| 52 | McNeese State University | 18900 | 27400 | 0.3102 | 5,668 | 1060 | 0.7827 | |
| 52 | Quincy University | 18900 | 57900 | 0.6733 | 1,096 | 1115 | 0.551 | |
| 54 | Campbellsville University | 19100 | 43200 | 0.5573 | 6,848 | 1075 | 0.7974 | |
| 54 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 19100 | 68100 | 0.7197 | 711 | 1030 | 0.8214 | |
| 56 | Louisiana Christian University | 19200 | 26000 | 0.2613 | 769 | 1065 | 0.7719 | |
| 57 | University of Mississippi | 19400 | 27000 | 0.2814 | 22,939 | 1172 | 0.9738 | |
| 58 | California State University-Los Angeles | 19700 | 38000 | 0.4816 | 22,077 | 965 | 0.9124 | |
| 59 | Youngstown State University | 19900 | 34000 | 0.4147 | 9,687 | 1120 | 0.9145 | |
| 60 | Minot State University | 20100 | 23500 | 0.145 | 2,499 | 1075 | 0.6462 | |
| 60 | San Diego State University | 20100 | 28900 | 0.3046 | 36,196 | 1208 | 0.3741 | |
| 62 | Lasell University | 20200 | 48500 | 0.5831 | 1,347 | 1095 | 0.7457 | |
| 62 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20200 | 29400 | 0.3124 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 62 | University of Saint Francis-Fort Wayne | 20200 | 57300 | 0.6479 | 1,567 | 980 | 0.9597 | |
| 65 | Marian University | 20300 | 47200 | 0.5693 | 1,026 | 1020 | 0.75 | |
| 66 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 20400 | 23200 | 0.1207 | 20,786 | 1225 | 0.8689 | |
| 67 | University of Northern Iowa | 20500 | 24800 | 0.1731 | 7,800 | 1115 | 0.9313 | |
| 68 | University of Montevallo | 20600 | 30300 | 0.3202 | 2,643 | 1124 | 0.5385 | |
| 69 | Indiana University-South Bend | 20700 | 23900 | 0.1372 | 4,206 | 1050 | 0.8146 | |
| 70 | Midwestern State University | 21200 | 28600 | 0.2583 | 4,303 | 1055 | 0.9347 | |
| 70 | University of Sioux Falls | 21200 | 40100 | 0.471 | 1,177 | 1075 | 0.8274 | |
| 72 | Henderson State University | 21400 | 30600 | 0.3002 | 1,461 | 1075 | 0.8192 | |
| 73 | Bradley University | 21700 | 49900 | 0.5642 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 73 | La Roche University | 21700 | 72600 | 0.7014 | 1,972 | 990 | 0.6638 | |
| 75 | Culver-Stockton College | 21900 | 50600 | 0.567 | 889 | 1055 | 0.9827 | |
| 76 | Bluefield State University | 22100 | 32100 | 0.312 | 1,117 | 990 | 0.9723 | |
| 77 | California State University-Chico | 22300 | 31000 | 0.2803 | 13,599 | 1054 | 0.9107 | |
| 78 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 22400 | 43200 | 0.4816 | 3,825 | 1175 | 0.7841 | |
| 79 | The University of Alabama | 22600 | 31000 | 0.2708 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 80 | Saint Cloud State University | 22900 | 36800 | 0.3773 | 8,209 | 1079 | 0.948 | |
| 80 | San Jose State University | 22900 | 41100 | 0.4429 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 82 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 23000 | 27500 | 0.1618 | 18,028 | 1059 | 0.7996 | |
| 83 | Florida Memorial University | 23100 | 42000 | 0.4495 | 1,206 | 0 | 0.8526 | |
| 84 | Southwest Minnesota State University | 23400 | 26700 | 0.1231 | 7,290 | 1015 | 0.6409 | |
| 84 | University of Southern Indiana | 23400 | 27200 | 0.1392 | 5,347 | 1145 | 0.9581 | |
| 84 | York College of Pennsylvania | 23400 | 45800 | 0.4895 | 3,369 | 1153 | 0.7374 | |
| 87 | East Tennessee State University | 23500 | 30600 | 0.2318 | 10,829 | 1124 | 0.8619 | |
| 88 | Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus | 23600 | 90700 | 0.7398 | 8,727 | 1055 | 0.9703 | |
| 89 | University of Kentucky | 23700 | 36400 | 0.3478 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 90 | Saint Ambrose University | 24100 | 55400 | 0.5646 | 1,884 | 1065 | 0.8006 | |
| 91 | Southwestern Adventist University | 24300 | 43200 | 0.4376 | 758 | 1064 | 0.7836 | |
| 91 | University of Central Missouri | 24300 | 35800 | 0.3223 | 10,397 | 1055 | 0.7439 | |
| 93 | Columbia College Chicago | 24400 | 63200 | 0.6143 | 4,346 | 0 | 0.738 | |
| 94 | Wisconsin Lutheran College | 24700 | 56700 | 0.5642 | 957 | 1233 | 0.7816 | |
| 95 | Pennsylvania Western University | 24900 | 34400 | 0.2759 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 96 | Lewis University | 25100 | 57700 | 0.5649 | 4,914 | 1127 | 0.6916 | |
| 96 | St Catherine University | 25100 | 71900 | 0.6503 | 2,602 | 1148 | 0.9047 | |
| 98 | Point Park University | 25200 | 57000 | 0.5582 | 2,498 | 1144 | 0.984 | |
| 99 | Mount Marty University | 25400 | 56400 | 0.5496 | 1,053 | 1145 | 0.8603 | |
| 100 | Westminster College | 25800 | 57600 | 0.5521 | 1,110 | 1145 | 0.9167 | |
| 101 | Briar Cliff University | 26100 | 74200 | 0.6481 | 766 | 1075 | 0.5834 | |
| 102 | Mount Aloysius College | 26300 | 49200 | 0.4657 | 3,135 | 1045 | 0.936 | |
| 103 | University of La Verne | 26600 | 67300 | 0.6044 | 3,052 | 1109 | 0.7117 | |
| 104 | Oakland University | 26700 | 39300 | 0.3205 | 12,770 | 1039 | 0.8897 | |
| 105 | Troy University | 26800 | 34700 | 0.2277 | 10,130 | 1075 | 0.9535 | |
| 106 | St. Francis College | 26900 | 39400 | 0.3177 | 1,719 | 1035 | 1 | |
| 107 | Capital University | 27100 | 62400 | 0.5656 | 1,642 | 1045 | 0.6501 | |
| 108 | Rowan University | 27400 | 41300 | 0.3369 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 109 | Chicago State University | 27500 | 37800 | 0.2737 | 1,501 | 885 | 0.4326 | |
| 110 | Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts | 27700 | 34200 | 0.19 | 828 | 1070 | 0.9131 | |
| 110 | North Dakota State University | 27700 | 30400 | 0.0884 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 112 | Syracuse University | 27900 | 83100 | 0.6641 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 113 | Weber State University | 28200 | 33900 | 0.168 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 114 | Alabama A & M University | 28300 | 37700 | 0.251 | 6,370 | 915 | 0.5795 | |
| 114 | Grace College and Theological Seminary | 28300 | 41800 | 0.3223 | 1,795 | 1130 | 0.8215 | |
| 114 | Rogers State University | 28300 | 40000 | 0.2923 | 3,278 | 1025 | 0.6784 | |
| 117 | University of North Texas | 28400 | 37400 | 0.2405 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 118 | Roosevelt University | 28500 | 47600 | 0.4017 | 2,868 | 1049 | 0.9716 | |
| 118 | University of Hartford | 28500 | 70100 | 0.5933 | 4,223 | 1224 | 0.9579 | |
| 120 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 32300 | 0.1145 | 11,691 | 1074 | 0.7722 | |
| 121 | University of Arkansas-Fort Smith | 28700 | 34500 | 0.1677 | 5,467 | 1035 | 0.7041 | |
| 122 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 28900 | 42400 | 0.3187 | 6,761 | 1105 | 0.8475 | |
| 122 | University of Wisconsin-La Crosse | 28900 | 31400 | 0.0792 | 9,656 | 1205 | 0.7997 | |
| 124 | Lewis-Clark State College | 29000 | 40000 | 0.275 | 4,015 | 990 | 0.9964 | |
| 125 | Cornerstone University | 29100 | 40800 | 0.2865 | 1,354 | 1110 | 0.7777 | |
| 126 | Huntington University | 29300 | 44300 | 0.3384 | 1,512 | 1065 | 0.7518 | |
| 127 | California State University-Monterey Bay | 29400 | 34000 | 0.1352 | 7,402 | 1054 | 0.9684 | |
| 127 | Montclair State University | 29400 | 36300 | 0.1902 | 19,048 | 1005 | 0.894 | |
| 129 | Friends University | 29500 | 53600 | 0.4508 | 1,084 | 1020 | 0.5174 | |
| 130 | Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania | 29700 | 43900 | 0.3237 | 9,847 | 1090 | 0.9309 | |
| 131 | Northern Kentucky University | 30200 | 32100 | 0.0592 | 10,136 | 1110 | 0.9666 | |
| 132 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30500 | 54600 | 0.4412 | 3,120 | 1193 | 0.3992 | |
| 133 | Ithaca College | 30800 | 72500 | 0.575 | 4,205 | 1328 | 0.7015 | |
| 133 | San Francisco State University | 30800 | 47700 | 0.3544 | 19,444 | 1035 | 0.9644 | |
| 135 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 30900 | 33200 | 0.0688 | 14,834 | 1149 | 0.7803 | |
| 136 | Siena Heights University | 31000 | 46300 | 0.3305 | 1,628 | 980 | 0.689 | |
| 137 | Manhattanville University | 31100 | 68500 | 0.546 | 1,465 | 1140 | 0.8688 | |
| 138 | Asbury University | 31400 | 50700 | 0.3804 | 2,066 | 1157 | 0.954 | |
| 138 | Rider University | 31400 | 60600 | 0.4816 | 3,052 | 1214 | 0.7741 | |
| 140 | Missouri Baptist University | 31500 | 53800 | 0.4141 | 5,253 | 910 | 0.7062 | |
| 141 | Bowie State University | 32100 | 50200 | 0.3606 | 4,810 | 1044 | 0.824 | |
| 142 | Suffolk University | 32900 | 70300 | 0.5319 | 4,247 | 1209 | 0.8228 | |
| 143 | Misericordia University | 33400 | 67700 | 0.5068 | 1,721 | 1078 | 0.8871 | |
| 144 | Adrian College | 33500 | 70200 | 0.5227 | 1,675 | 1045 | 0.7257 | |
| 145 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 33900 | 36100 | 0.0609 | 34,447 | 1273 | 0.8804 | |
| 146 | Southeastern University | 34400 | 60500 | 0.4312 | 11,981 | 1110 | 0.4247 | |
| 147 | Texas Southern University | 34500 | 42500 | 0.1883 | 6,844 | 915 | 0.9691 | |
| 147 | University of Vermont | 34500 | 66300 | 0.4799 | 12,159 | 1372 | 0.7304 | |
| 149 | Trevecca Nazarene University | 34600 | 50900 | 0.3201 | 1,961 | 1099 | 0.7512 | |
| 150 | Gwynedd Mercy University | 34800 | 65100 | 0.4655 | 1,816 | 1070 | 0.9164 | |
| 151 | Temple University | 35900 | 56400 | 0.3636 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 152 | Hofstra University | 36400 | 76900 | 0.5266 | 6,599 | 1369 | 0.7267 | |
| 153 | Concordia University Ann Arbor | 37200 | 57000 | 0.3472 | 755 | 1163 | 0.6925 | |
| 154 | Vermont State University | 37400 | 38700 | 0.0336 | 4,087 | 960 | 0.8323 | |
| 155 | University of Central Arkansas | 38000 | 40200 | 0.0568 | 8,238 | 1110 | 0.9157 | |
| 156 | Saint Joseph's College of Maine | 38100 | 65000 | 0.4136 | 1,105 | 1055 | 0.8351 | |
| 157 | Seton Hall University | 38200 | 67400 | 0.433 | 6,178 | 1328 | 0.6915 | |
| 158 | Washington Adventist University | 38300 | 45600 | 0.1596 | 513 | 995 | 0.4618 | |
| 159 | Clark Atlanta University | 38600 | 61700 | 0.3745 | 3,618 | 990 | 0.6422 | |
| 160 | Long Island University | 38800 | 60000 | 0.3535 | 12,072 | 1229 | 0.8616 | |
| 161 | Manhattan University | 38900 | 74100 | 0.4749 | 2,378 | 1174 | 0.8216 | |
| 161 | William Paterson University of New Jersey | 38900 | 50300 | 0.2268 | 6,647 | 1153 | 0.9008 | |
| 163 | University of Charleston | 39200 | 51200 | 0.2342 | 2,348 | 1075 | 0.5975 | |
| 164 | University of South Alabama | 39700 | 39700 | 0 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 165 | California Baptist University | 39900 | 65600 | 0.3917 | 8,707 | 1024 | 0.8139 | |
| 166 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 40800 | 53600 | 0.2389 | 46,627 | 1366 | 0.492 | |
| 167 | Champlain College | 41100 | 76000 | 0.4595 | 1,514 | 1273 | 0.873 | |
| 168 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41200 | 57000 | 0.2774 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 169 | Bellarmine University | 41500 | 66100 | 0.372 | 2,365 | 1134 | 0.9371 | |
| 170 | Susquehanna University | 42000 | 76800 | 0.4533 | 2,220 | 1199 | 0.7908 | |
| 171 | Boise State University | 42800 | 50000 | 0.144 | 25,308 | 1025 | 0.8389 | |
| 172 | University of Florida | 43100 | 45700 | 0.057 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 173 | Providence College | 43400 | 85000 | 0.4895 | 4,680 | 1345 | 0.4994 | |
| 174 | Campbell University | 44000 | 68700 | 0.3605 | 2,699 | 1120 | 0.872 | |
| 175 | Texas Christian University | 44300 | 87400 | 0.4934 | 11,152 | 1268 | 0.4809 | |
| 176 | St. John's University-New York | 44500 | 78000 | 0.4292 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 177 | New England Institute of Technology | 44600 | 68200 | 0.3458 | 1,718 | 1030 | 0.6673 | |
| 178 | Quinnipiac University | 44800 | 79200 | 0.4343 | 6,610 | 1250 | 0.7031 | |
| 179 | Ashland University | 44900 | 56400 | 0.204 | 2,977 | 1125 | 0.764 | |
| 180 | Towson University | 45300 | 46400 | 0.0237 | 16,361 | 1082 | 0.8057 | |
| 181 | The Master's University and Seminary | 47700 | 53700 | 0.1118 | 1,908 | 1139 | 0.8402 | |
| 182 | Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences | 47800 | 77500 | 0.3831 | 3,469 | 1281 | 0.8521 | |
| 183 | Saint Louis University | 48600 | 80900 | 0.399 | 9,331 | 1250 | 0.7499 | |
| 184 | The University of Texas at Austin | 49700 | 59400 | 0.1633 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 185 | University of Iowa | 52100 | 54400 | 0.042 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 186 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 52300 | 52800 | 0.0095 | 21,469 | 1167 | 0.9061 | |
| 187 | Howard University | 55000 | 66500 | 0.173 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 188 | Elon University | 55200 | 68900 | 0.199 | 6,191 | 1283 | 0.6326 | |
| 189 | Dallas Baptist University | 55800 | 63400 | 0.1199 | 2,938 | 1073 | 0.9131 | |
| 190 | Savannah College of Art and Design | 56000 | 66400 | 0.1567 | 15,552 | 1174 | 0.8298 | |
| 191 | Oregon Institute of Technology | 58700 | 67000 | 0.1237 | 5,288 | 1138 | 0.9459 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.
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