Considering a degree in Information Science/Studies?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Information Science/Studies majors who live in Alabama.
Rankings are calculated by estimating the net price at every college offering Information Science/Studies degrees for a "typical" middle class family living in the state of Alabama.
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 | California Institute of Technology | 7000 | 91800 | 0.9242 | 987 | 1557 | 0.0257 | |
| 2 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8400 | 98000 | 0.9146 | 9,157 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 2 | University of Houston-Victoria | 8400 | 39700 | 0.7887 | 2,707 | 930 | 0.7671 | |
| 4 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 8800 | 27100 | 0.6743 | 28,674 | 980 | 0.9401 | |
| 5 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 9400 | 48800 | 0.8076 | 10,049 | 1005 | 0.9234 | |
| 6 | Fairmont State University | 9500 | 21400 | 0.5568 | 3,060 | 975 | 0.9924 | |
| 7 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 9700 | 36900 | 0.7373 | 3,207 | 1060 | 0.8034 | |
| 8 | Valdosta State University | 10500 | 24800 | 0.5775 | 7,206 | 1015 | 0.7214 | |
| 9 | Savannah State University | 11600 | 40400 | 0.7121 | 2,857 | 950 | 0.8368 | |
| 10 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 11800 | 27800 | 0.5765 | 21,075 | 1420 | 0.1534 | |
| 11 | University of Michigan-Flint | 11900 | 45600 | 0.7387 | 5,011 | 1103 | 0.7047 | |
| 12 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 12100 | 21100 | 0.4276 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 13 | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | 12200 | 19600 | 0.3774 | 10,656 | 1075 | 0.7289 | |
| 14 | University of North Alabama | 12800 | 28200 | 0.5471 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 15 | East Texas A&M University | 13200 | 30000 | 0.5601 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 15 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 13200 | 23400 | 0.4364 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 17 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 13300 | 13300 | 0 | 18,667 | 1090 | 0.9711 | |
| 18 | University of California-Riverside | 13400 | 36500 | 0.6324 | 22,599 | 1199 | 0.7685 | |
| 19 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 51900 | 0.7365 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 20 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 14100 | 46000 | 0.6931 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 21 | Fort Hays State University | 14200 | 40700 | 0.6518 | 10,206 | 1110 | 0.9177 | |
| 22 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 14400 | 32200 | 0.5534 | 2,836 | 1135 | 0.3787 | |
| 23 | Alabama State University | 14600 | 37600 | 0.6131 | 3,322 | 970 | 0.9564 | |
| 24 | Troy University | 15200 | 26800 | 0.4317 | 10,222 | 1090 | 0.9604 | |
| 25 | University of North Georgia | 15400 | 21400 | 0.2804 | 18,329 | 1100 | 0.6794 | |
| 26 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 15600 | 25800 | 0.3932 | 5,386 | 995 | 0.9092 | |
| 27 | Dickinson State University | 15800 | 21700 | 0.273 | 1,339 | 1005 | 0.3695 | |
| 28 | Grand Valley State University | 15900 | 25300 | 0.372 | 19,002 | 1233 | 0.8302 | |
| 28 | New Mexico Highlands University | 15900 | 31500 | 0.4949 | 1,710 | 945 | 0.9481 | |
| 30 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver | 16000 | 42500 | 0.6242 | 482 | 1195 | 0.9565 | |
| 30 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 16000 | 46800 | 0.6586 | 6,550 | 1110 | 0.7456 | |
| 32 | Wayne State College | 16100 | 20000 | 0.1949 | 3,902 | 0 | 1 | |
| 33 | University of North Florida | 16200 | 22400 | 0.2771 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
| 34 | Goshen College | 16500 | 55900 | 0.7042 | 780 | 995 | 0.8404 | |
| 35 | Jacksonville State University | 16600 | 27000 | 0.3864 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 35 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 16600 | 42600 | 0.6106 | 7,595 | 1075 | 0.9226 | |
| 35 | SUNY at Fredonia | 16600 | 27800 | 0.4034 | 2,876 | 1193 | 0.792 | |
| 38 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 16700 | 39000 | 0.5705 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 39 | Wayne State University | 16800 | 46200 | 0.6365 | 16,173 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
| 40 | University of South Florida | 17100 | 17100 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 41 | University of South Alabama | 17200 | 22400 | 0.2355 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 42 | Southern University at New Orleans | 17400 | 34200 | 0.4911 | 1,773 | 885 | 0.6021 | |
| 43 | Morgan State University | 17800 | 37200 | 0.5216 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 44 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 17900 | 44900 | 0.6009 | 5,205 | 1118 | 0.744 | |
| 45 | SUNY Brockport | 18100 | 26200 | 0.3086 | 5,816 | 1195 | 0.7068 | |
| 46 | Boston College | 18300 | 96200 | 0.8094 | 9,654 | 1490 | 0.1619 | |
| 46 | Central Connecticut State University | 18300 | 34000 | 0.4615 | 8,170 | 1010 | 0.7333 | |
| 46 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 18300 | 52500 | 0.6514 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 46 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 18300 | 36500 | 0.4989 | 7,505 | 1059 | 0.9633 | |
| 50 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 18400 | 36400 | 0.4939 | 2,884 | 1175 | 0.9677 | |
| 51 | Angelo State University | 18500 | 23100 | 0.2005 | 9,779 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 51 | Westfield State University | 18500 | 36600 | 0.494 | 3,868 | 1105 | 0.8671 | |
| 53 | Emporia State University | 18800 | 29800 | 0.3696 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 53 | Florida Memorial University | 18800 | 44900 | 0.5814 | 1,299 | 0 | 0.7431 | |
| 53 | Rutgers University-Newark | 18800 | 38000 | 0.505 | 7,417 | 1214 | 0.7873 | |
| 56 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 19000 | 43800 | 0.5657 | 352 | 1180 | 0.9647 | |
| 57 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 19100 | 42800 | 0.5531 | 581 | 1129 | 0.9821 | |
| 58 | College of Charleston | 19200 | 33900 | 0.4342 | 10,880 | 1255 | 0.6003 | |
| 59 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 19300 | 25200 | 0.2338 | 6,853 | 1090 | 0.7147 | |
| 60 | Stockton University | 19800 | 44500 | 0.5554 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 61 | State University of New York at Oswego | 20300 | 40200 | 0.4952 | 5,517 | 1164 | 0.8057 | |
| 62 | Dakota State University | 20400 | 22500 | 0.0912 | 3,066 | 1192 | 0.8814 | |
| 63 | Towson University | 20500 | 30000 | 0.3162 | 16,264 | 1093 | 0.8198 | |
| 64 | Central College | 20700 | 36800 | 0.4373 | 1,084 | 1140 | 0.8617 | |
| 64 | Grove City College | 20700 | 39700 | 0.4792 | 2,341 | 1256 | 0.7232 | |
| 66 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 20800 | 57800 | 0.6406 | 1,083 | 1171 | 0.9278 | |
| 67 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 20900 | 34400 | 0.3924 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 67 | Lincoln University | 20900 | 24900 | 0.1606 | 1,707 | 920 | 0 | |
| 67 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27100 | 0.2285 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 70 | Tarleton State University | 21000 | 23000 | 0.087 | 15,130 | 1095 | 0.5256 | |
| 71 | Pennsylvania Western University | 21200 | 26600 | 0.2029 | 7,586 | 0 | 0.9433 | |
| 72 | Luther College | 21500 | 71900 | 0.7017 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.8402 | |
| 72 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 21500 | 38900 | 0.4469 | 1,919 | 1245 | 0.7844 | |
| 74 | Kennesaw State University | 21600 | 26600 | 0.1881 | 42,840 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 75 | Northwestern University | 21700 | 89500 | 0.7579 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 76 | Elmhurst University | 21900 | 67000 | 0.6734 | 3,170 | 1148 | 0.7357 | |
| 77 | Bradley University | 22000 | 50800 | 0.5669 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 78 | Averett University | 22100 | 57200 | 0.614 | 1,180 | 1070 | 0.478 | |
| 79 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 22500 | 43000 | 0.4763 | 5,789 | 1060 | 0.5774 | |
| 80 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 22600 | 45300 | 0.5006 | 1,236 | 1203 | 0.9811 | |
| 80 | San Jose State University | 22600 | 41100 | 0.4502 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 82 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 23000 | 47900 | 0.5195 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 83 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 23100 | 58100 | 0.6028 | 1,477 | 1075 | 0.8068 | |
| 84 | Robert Morris University | 23300 | 58000 | 0.5986 | 3,769 | 1180 | 0.9057 | |
| 85 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 23500 | 44400 | 0.4704 | 1,809 | 1109 | 0.9484 | |
| 86 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 23600 | 45200 | 0.4782 | 502 | 1204 | 0.9641 | |
| 87 | Albright College | 23800 | 49300 | 0.5171 | 1,328 | 1050 | 0.8615 | |
| 88 | Houghton University | 24000 | 61900 | 0.6126 | 939 | 1277 | 0.8866 | |
| 89 | Dominican University | 24100 | 56000 | 0.5702 | 2,690 | 1060 | 0.9032 | |
| 90 | Norwich University | 24500 | 88400 | 0.723 | 2,642 | 1182 | 0.7361 | |
| 91 | Western Oregon University | 24600 | 24600 | 0 | 3,343 | 1120 | 0.9871 | |
| 92 | Northwood University | 25200 | 54500 | 0.5381 | 1,989 | 1075 | 0.839 | |
| 93 | University of North Texas | 25700 | 25700 | 0 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 94 | Columbia College | 25800 | 51600 | 0.5004 | 876 | 1025 | 0.8878 | |
| 95 | Doane University | 26000 | 77700 | 0.665 | 1,323 | 1125 | 0.9801 | |
| 96 | Stony Brook University | 26100 | 33200 | 0.2129 | 18,263 | 1404 | 0.4904 | |
| 96 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 26100 | 39200 | 0.3343 | 4,478 | 1065 | 0.8132 | |
| 98 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 26200 | 28300 | 0.0755 | 3,413 | 1095 | 0.5295 | |
| 99 | Bethune-Cookman University | 26600 | 32700 | 0.1866 | 2,739 | 910 | 0.8824 | |
| 100 | Furman University | 26700 | 79600 | 0.6643 | 2,383 | 1359 | 0.4295 | |
| 101 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 27000 | 30100 | 0.1042 | 5,086 | 1000 | 0.9821 | |
| 102 | Cleveland State University | 27300 | 37300 | 0.2682 | 9,418 | 1105 | 0.913 | |
| 102 | Syracuse University | 27300 | 83100 | 0.6714 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 104 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 27400 | 40500 | 0.3235 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 105 | Thomas Jefferson University | 27500 | 67700 | 0.5937 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 106 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 27600 | 31000 | 0.1098 | 10,767 | 1326 | 0.7243 | |
| 107 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 27800 | 41500 | 0.3299 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 108 | California Lutheran University | 28000 | 70000 | 0.6002 | 2,297 | 1258 | 0.7567 | |
| 108 | George Fox University | 28000 | 76800 | 0.6354 | 3,401 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 110 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 33400 | 0.1437 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 111 | James Madison University | 28900 | 28900 | 0 | 21,112 | 1260 | 0.7151 | |
| 111 | Mercy University | 28900 | 44500 | 0.3507 | 6,775 | 1074 | 0.8584 | |
| 113 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29100 | 33200 | 0.1234 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 114 | University of Toledo | 29500 | 32600 | 0.0961 | 11,013 | 1159 | 0.9202 | |
| 115 | Saint Xavier University | 29700 | 53600 | 0.4457 | 3,039 | 1125 | 0.8575 | |
| 116 | Northern Kentucky University | 30200 | 32100 | 0.0592 | 10,163 | 1090 | 0.8307 | |
| 117 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 30500 | 54700 | 0.4416 | 1,409 | 1110 | 0.5568 | |
| 118 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30700 | 54600 | 0.4385 | 3,163 | 1165 | 0.9347 | |
| 119 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1150 | 0.9523 | |
| 120 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 31000 | 36900 | 0.162 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 121 | University of Kentucky | 31100 | 36100 | 0.1386 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 122 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 31500 | 62800 | 0.4981 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 123 | Coastal Carolina University | 31700 | 45100 | 0.2972 | 10,811 | 1145 | 0.7527 | |
| 124 | Saint Michael's College | 31900 | 68500 | 0.5346 | 1,120 | 1240 | 0.8451 | |
| 125 | Washington Adventist University | 32100 | 37800 | 0.151 | 605 | 951 | 0.4536 | |
| 126 | Hampton University | 32200 | 62400 | 0.4836 | 3,728 | 956 | 0.6225 | |
| 127 | Grambling State University | 32500 | 38100 | 0.1471 | 4,279 | 955 | 0.2368 | |
| 127 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32500 | 35100 | 0.0742 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 127 | University of Scranton | 32500 | 78700 | 0.5872 | 3,613 | 1220 | 0.8029 | |
| 130 | Suffolk University | 32700 | 69700 | 0.5312 | 4,324 | 1209 | 0.822 | |
| 131 | Frostburg State University | 33400 | 43000 | 0.2234 | 2,619 | 1095 | 0.892 | |
| 132 | George Washington University | 33800 | 81800 | 0.587 | 11,677 | 1421 | 0.4709 | |
| 133 | LeTourneau University | 34000 | 54800 | 0.3798 | 3,184 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 133 | Salisbury University | 34000 | 41700 | 0.1845 | 6,288 | 1250 | 0.8747 | |
| 135 | Charleston Southern University | 34300 | 48400 | 0.2918 | 2,914 | 1060 | 0.7609 | |
| 136 | Pace University | 34600 | 74800 | 0.5373 | 8,038 | 1274 | 0.7592 | |
| 137 | Adelphi University | 35200 | 63300 | 0.4443 | 5,325 | 1218 | 0.6591 | |
| 138 | Loyola University Maryland | 35900 | 78800 | 0.5445 | 3,881 | 1309 | 0.7549 | |
| 139 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 36100 | 56800 | 0.3642 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 140 | Christopher Newport University | 36200 | 36200 | 0 | 4,407 | 1209 | 0.8796 | |
| 141 | East Carolina University | 37100 | 40100 | 0.0748 | 21,445 | 1120 | 0.8922 | |
| 142 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38600 | 38600 | 0 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
| 143 | McKendree University | 40100 | 52200 | 0.2324 | 1,605 | 1098 | 0.6388 | |
| 144 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 42100 | 67900 | 0.3799 | 3,965 | 1335 | 0.9121 | |
| 145 | Merrimack College | 43600 | 78800 | 0.4472 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
| 145 | Radford University | 43600 | 45700 | 0.0467 | 6,161 | 1070 | 0.8953 | |
| 147 | Immaculata University | 43900 | 47800 | 0.0815 | 1,652 | 1245 | 0.8578 | |
| 147 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 43900 | 57100 | 0.2302 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 149 | University of Illinois Chicago | 44500 | 49300 | 0.0973 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 150 | University of Mount Olive | 48300 | 50400 | 0.0424 | 1,937 | 1020 | 0.7775 | |
| 151 | Ramapo College of New Jersey | 48400 | 54600 | 0.1135 | 5,444 | 1214 | 0.7064 | |
| 152 | Drexel University | 48800 | 83800 | 0.4176 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 152 | Mercer University | 48800 | 63700 | 0.234 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
| 152 | Molloy University | 48800 | 62300 | 0.2168 | 3,240 | 1199 | 0.8174 | |
| 155 | DePaul University | 49000 | 67100 | 0.2697 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 156 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 50800 | 52900 | 0.0404 | 14,504 | 1145 | 0.7637 | |
| 157 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 51000 | 84700 | 0.398 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 158 | University of Utah | 51600 | 53700 | 0.0398 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 159 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 52000 | 60000 | 0.1332 | 31,112 | 1114 | 0.8129 | |
| 160 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
| 161 | University of Colorado Boulder | 55900 | 56600 | 0.0124 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
| 162 | Dallas Baptist University | 56000 | 71900 | 0.221 | 2,785 | 1104 | 0.8884 | |
| 163 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 59100 | 61200 | 0.0349 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 164 | Thiel College | 60500 | 69100 | 0.1244 | 830 | 1065 | 0.7189 | |
| 165 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 61300 | 64200 | 0.0452 | 1,880 | 1185 | 0.9867 | |
| 166 | Clemson University | 61500 | 63700 | 0.0335 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 167 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 63500 | 63500 | 0 | 10,200 | 1346 | 0.6507 | |
| 168 | Fordham University | 70000 | 95000 | 0.263 | 10,582 | 1406 | 0.5931 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.
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