Radford University

Radford, Virginia · Public · Predominantly bachelor's · Town: Fringe

Official websiteNet price calculatorAccreditor: Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges

The average annual net price for first-time, full-time undergraduates receiving federal aid (in-state) is $13,701. 48% of first-time, full-time students completed within 150% of normal time. Students who received federal aid had median earnings of $59,134 ten years after entering. The median federal loan debt of graduates is $20,500.

Average net price
$13,701
per year Verified data
Completion rate
48%
within 150% of normal time Verified data
Median earnings
$59,134
10 years after entry Verified data
Median debt
$20,500
graduates, federal loans Verified data

Cost and net price

In-state tuition and fees$12,952
Out-of-state tuition and fees$26,734
Average cost of attendance$29,771
Books and supplies$1,360
Room and board, on campus$13,093
Average net price, all aided students$13,701
Average net price, family income $0 to $30,000$9,553
Average net price, family income over $110,000$24,518

Net price is the average cost after grants and scholarships for first-time, full-time undergraduates who receive federal aid, at in-state rates. Your price depends on your family finances; use the school's net price calculator for an estimate. Tuition: AcadYr 2025-26, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26. Net price and cost of attendance: AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26.

Admissions and enrollment

Admission rate
90%
SAT range, middle 50% (reading plus math)
940 to 1160
ACT composite range, middle 50%
19 to 26
Undergraduate enrollment
6,038
Graduate enrollment
1,651
Students receiving Pell grants
44%
Student to faculty ratio
14 to 1

Admission rate and enrollment: Fall 2024, reported in IPEDS DCY2024-25. SAT and ACT ranges come from IPEDS and may not reflect test-optional policies.

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Graduation, earnings, and debt

Completion within 150% of normal time48%
Completion within normal time36%
First-year retention (full-time)76%
Median federal debt, graduates$20,500
Typical monthly payment on that debt (10 years)$233
Median Parent PLUS debt, completers$22,000
Share earning more than a typical high school graduate, 6 years after entry75%
1 year after completion$45,131
4 years after completion$57,832
6 years after entry$49,453
8 years after entry$54,587
10 years after entry$59,134
Median earnings of former students who received federal aid and are working and not enrolled. Ten years after entry the median is $59,134; the middle half earned $41,853 to $82,527. Cohorts differ by measure; see definitions below.
Measure definitions and cohorts
  • Median earnings of students working and not enrolled 10 years after entry (MD_EARN_WNE_P10): Treasury AY2011-12, AY2012-13 pooled cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
  • Median earnings of graduates working and not enrolled 1 year after completing (MD_EARN_WNE_1YR): Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
  • Median earnings of graduates working and not enrolled 4 years after completing (MD_EARN_WNE_4YR): Treasury AY2017-18, AY2018-19 pooled cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
  • The median debt for students who have completed (GRAD_DEBT_MDN): NSLDS FY2024, FY2025 pooled cohorts
  • Completion rate for first-time, full-time students at four-year institutions (150% of expected time to completion) (C150_4): Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
  • Average net price for Title IV institutions (public institutions) (NPT4_PUB): AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26

Institution-level earnings cover students who received federal financial aid, including students who did not complete. Debt figures include federal loans only and exclude private loans.

Programs and program-level outcomes

Highest early earnings among programs at Radford University

Median earnings of graduates working and not enrolled one year after completing, by program. Programs with too few graduates are suppressed for privacy and not shown.

103 programs reported. Program earnings are for graduates of this school's program, which is different from the wages of everyone working in a related occupation.

Undergraduate certificate (6)
Program (CIP)Graduates (recent year)Median earnings, 1 yrMedian debt
Accounting and Related Services
CIP 52.03 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions
CIP 51.10 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management
CIP 11.10 · All credentials fully online
6Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Geography and Cartography
CIP 45.07 · All credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Information Science/Studies
CIP 11.04 · No credentials fully online
2Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Sustainability Studies
CIP 30.33 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Associate's degree (2)
Program (CIP)Graduates (recent year)Median earnings, 1 yrMedian debt
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions
CIP 51.09
Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services
CIP 51.08 · No credentials fully online
15$47,918Suppressed for privacy
Bachelor's degree (46)
Program (CIP)Graduates (recent year)Median earnings, 1 yrMedian debt
Accounting and Related Services
CIP 52.03 · No credentials fully online
20$55,848$25,000
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions
CIP 51.09 · Some credentials fully online
44$66,185$23,000
Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services
CIP 51.08
Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Anthropology
CIP 45.02 · No credentials fully online
9$34,343Suppressed for privacy
Biology, General
CIP 26.01 · No credentials fully online
58$33,556$21,500
Business Administration, Management and Operations
CIP 52.02 · No credentials fully online
87$49,756$23,250
Chemistry
CIP 40.05 · No credentials fully online
11$44,506Suppressed for privacy
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions
CIP 51.10 · No credentials fully online
16$68,469$25,504
Communication Disorders Sciences and Services
CIP 51.02 · No credentials fully online
17Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Communication and Media Studies
CIP 09.01 · No credentials fully online
27$40,833$25,000
Computer Science
CIP 11.07 · No credentials fully online
23$58,052$20,250
Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management
CIP 11.10 · No credentials fully online
14Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Criminal Justice and Corrections
CIP 43.01 · No credentials fully online
80$42,090$23,625
Dance
CIP 50.03 · No credentials fully online
9Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Design and Applied Arts
CIP 50.04 · No credentials fully online
23$36,461$27,000
Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft
CIP 50.05 · No credentials fully online
5$22,884Suppressed for privacy
Economics
CIP 45.06 · No credentials fully online
11Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
English Language and Literature, General
CIP 23.01 · No credentials fully online
16$38,508Suppressed for privacy
Finance and Financial Management Services
CIP 52.08 · No credentials fully online
38$53,760$23,449
Fine and Studio Arts
CIP 50.07 · No credentials fully online
36$33,886$25,838
Foods, Nutrition, and Related Services
CIP 19.05 · No credentials fully online
4Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Geography and Cartography
CIP 45.07 · No credentials fully online
2Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences
CIP 40.06 · No credentials fully online
4Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences, Other
CIP 51.99 · Some credentials fully online
29Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General
CIP 51.00 · No credentials fully online
35Suppressed for privacy$17,750
Health and Medical Administrative Services
CIP 51.07 · All credentials fully online
16Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
History
CIP 54.01 · No credentials fully online
11$36,544Suppressed for privacy
Information Science/Studies
CIP 11.04 · No credentials fully online
4Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Journalism
CIP 09.04 · No credentials fully online
26$35,517$23,854
Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services
CIP 16.01 · No credentials fully online
2Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Marketing
CIP 52.14 · No credentials fully online
44$49,832$22,134
Mathematics
CIP 27.01 · No credentials fully online
8Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other
CIP 30.99 · No credentials fully online
102$43,590$23,500
Music
CIP 50.09 · No credentials fully online
20$41,278$21,891
Parks, Recreation, and Leisure Studies
CIP 31.01 · No credentials fully online
28$37,028$22,474
Philosophy and Religious Studies, Other
CIP 38.99 · No credentials fully online
4Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Physics
CIP 40.08 · No credentials fully online
6Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Political Science and Government
CIP 45.10 · No credentials fully online
20$38,461$26,000
Psychology, General
CIP 42.01 · No credentials fully online
101$34,752$25,000
Public Health
CIP 51.22 · Some credentials fully online
4$43,321$26,000
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
CIP 51.38 · Some credentials fully online
259$75,542$27,000
Social Sciences, General
CIP 45.01 · No credentials fully online
12Suppressed for privacy$20,500
Social Work
CIP 44.07 · No credentials fully online
23$37,659$21,991
Sociology
CIP 45.11 · No credentials fully online
12$33,830$26,877
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness
CIP 31.05 · No credentials fully online
24Suppressed for privacy$19,500
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas
CIP 13.13 · No credentials fully online
31$37,268$27,000
Post-baccalaureate certificate (8)
Program (CIP)Graduates (recent year)Median earnings, 1 yrMedian debt
Data Analytics
CIP 30.71
Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Design and Applied Arts
CIP 50.04
Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
English Language and Literature/Letters, Other
CIP 23.99
Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
CIP 51.38
Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies
CIP 23.13
Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Security Science and Technology
CIP 43.04
Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Special Education and Teaching
CIP 13.10
Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas
CIP 13.13
Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Master's degree (21)
Program (CIP)Graduates (recent year)Median earnings, 1 yrMedian debt
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions
CIP 51.09 · No credentials fully online
42$114,163Suppressed for privacy
Business Administration, Management and Operations
CIP 52.02 · Some credentials fully online
35$88,381Suppressed for privacy
Communication Disorders Sciences and Services
CIP 51.02 · No credentials fully online
26$63,673Suppressed for privacy
Communication and Media Studies
CIP 09.01 · No credentials fully online
14Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Computer Software and Media Applications
CIP 11.08 · Some credentials fully online
2Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Criminal Justice and Corrections
CIP 43.01 · No credentials fully online
5Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Education, General
CIP 13.01 · No credentials fully online
29$52,653Suppressed for privacy
Educational Administration and Supervision
CIP 13.04 · All credentials fully online
14$64,652Suppressed for privacy
English Language and Literature, General
CIP 23.01 · No credentials fully online
7Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Fine and Studio Arts
CIP 50.07 · Some credentials fully online
6Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences, Other
CIP 51.99 · All credentials fully online
6Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Health and Medical Administrative Services
CIP 51.07 · All credentials fully online
9Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Music
CIP 50.09 · No credentials fully online
2Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Psychology, General
CIP 42.01 · No credentials fully online
19Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Public Health
CIP 51.22
Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
CIP 51.38 · Some credentials fully online
43Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions
CIP 51.23 · No credentials fully online
47$72,441Suppressed for privacy
Social Work
CIP 44.07 · Some credentials fully online
26$54,679Suppressed for privacy
Special Education and Teaching
CIP 13.10 · No credentials fully online
62$54,890Suppressed for privacy
Student Counseling and Personnel Services
CIP 13.11 · No credentials fully online
22$46,423Suppressed for privacy
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas
CIP 13.13 · No credentials fully online
7$50,384Suppressed for privacy
Graduate certificate (12)
Program (CIP)Graduates (recent year)Median earnings, 1 yrMedian debt
Area Studies
CIP 05.01 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Biology, General
CIP 26.01 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology
CIP 42.28 · No credentials fully online
9Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Data Analytics
CIP 30.71 · All credentials fully online
1Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Design and Applied Arts
CIP 50.04 · All credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Educational Administration and Supervision
CIP 13.04 · All credentials fully online
0Data unavailableSuppressed for privacy
English Language and Literature/Letters, Other
CIP 23.99 · All credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
CIP 51.38 · No credentials fully online
8Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies
CIP 23.13 · All credentials fully online
1Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Security Science and Technology
CIP 43.04 · All credentials fully online
3Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Special Education and Teaching
CIP 13.10 · No credentials fully online
1Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas
CIP 13.13 · No credentials fully online
3Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Doctoral degree (5)
Program (CIP)Graduates (recent year)Median earnings, 1 yrMedian debt
Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology
CIP 42.28
Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Educational Administration and Supervision
CIP 13.04 · All credentials fully online
15Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Public Health
CIP 51.22 · All credentials fully online
15Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
CIP 51.38 · All credentials fully online
3$114,754Suppressed for privacy
Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions
CIP 51.23
$77,661Suppressed for privacy
Professional degree (JD, MD, and similar) (3)
Program (CIP)Graduates (recent year)Median earnings, 1 yrMedian debt
Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology
CIP 42.28 · No credentials fully online
3Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
CIP 51.38 · All credentials fully online
4Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions
CIP 51.23 · No credentials fully online
24Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, Most Recent Field of Study Data. Varies by measure; see measure definitions. Published October 15, 2026. Retrieved October 18, 2026. Methodology.
UNITID 233277, OPEID 003732. Data unavailable means the Department of Education did not publish the figure or suppressed it for privacy. Report a data issue.
Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, Most Recent Institution-Level Data. Varies by measure; see measure definitions. Published October 15, 2026. Retrieved October 18, 2026. Methodology.