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 | University of Michigan-Flint | 5500 | 43700 | 0.8746 | 5,534 | 1079 | 0.6734 | |
| 2 | Northwestern University | 8000 | 94200 | 0.9152 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 3 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 8900 | 72200 | 0.8771 | 10,368 | 1064 | 0.999 | |
| 3 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8900 | 98000 | 0.9095 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 5 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 10300 | 10300 | 0 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 6 | Portland State University | 10400 | 43300 | 0.7603 | 14,932 | 1174 | 0.8586 | |
| 7 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 10800 | 41400 | 0.7397 | 3,224 | 1085 | 0.7643 | |
| 8 | Concord University | 11000 | 49200 | 0.776 | 1,638 | 1015 | 0.9728 | |
| 8 | Savannah State University | 11000 | 50900 | 0.7842 | 2,966 | 950 | 1 | |
| 10 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 11600 | 27800 | 0.5819 | 22,007 | 1427 | 0.1672 | |
| 11 | University of Illinois Chicago | 12100 | 30200 | 0.6002 | 24,260 | 1174 | 0.7576 | |
| 12 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 31100 | 0.6022 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 13 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 13100 | 30000 | 0.5634 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 13 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 13100 | 40500 | 0.6765 | 29,727 | 990 | 0.9229 | |
| 15 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 13500 | 13500 | 0 | 1,973 | 1189 | 0.8142 | |
| 16 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 13600 | 19400 | 0.299 | 14,865 | 1175 | 0.9113 | |
| 16 | University of North Florida | 13600 | 22400 | 0.3933 | 14,837 | 1124 | 0.6815 | |
| 18 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 13700 | 40800 | 0.6644 | 6,761 | 1105 | 0.8475 | |
| 19 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 13800 | 21300 | 0.352 | 18,667 | 1090 | 0.9711 | |
| 20 | University of North Alabama | 14100 | 28200 | 0.5011 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 21 | University of North Georgia | 14400 | 21400 | 0.3271 | 19,321 | 1100 | 0.9618 | |
| 21 | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | 14400 | 19600 | 0.2652 | 10,995 | 1090 | 0.7476 | |
| 23 | Coastal Carolina University | 14500 | 45300 | 0.6802 | 11,471 | 1160 | 0.7003 | |
| 24 | Central Connecticut State University | 14600 | 34200 | 0.5728 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 25 | Mercy University | 14700 | 46400 | 0.6836 | 6,692 | 1135 | 0.8724 | |
| 26 | University of California-Riverside | 15000 | 66000 | 0.7732 | 24,034 | 1199 | 0.8609 | |
| 26 | Wayne State College | 15000 | 30200 | 0.5039 | 3,886 | 0 | 1 | |
| 28 | Troy University | 15200 | 34700 | 0.5619 | 10,130 | 1075 | 0.9535 | |
| 29 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 15300 | 50100 | 0.6943 | 7,501 | 1055 | 0.9467 | |
| 30 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 15600 | 44000 | 0.6457 | 308 | 1144 | 0.9053 | |
| 31 | Grand Valley State University | 15800 | 28300 | 0.441 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 31 | Jacksonville State University | 15800 | 38200 | 0.586 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 33 | Christopher Newport University | 16000 | 42800 | 0.6266 | 4,369 | 1189 | 0.8604 | |
| 34 | Frostburg State University | 16500 | 26600 | 0.3794 | 3,436 | 1095 | 0.907 | |
| 35 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 16800 | 27800 | 0.3961 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 36 | Emporia State University | 17000 | 30900 | 0.4501 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 36 | Southern University at New Orleans | 17000 | 41700 | 0.5925 | 2,179 | 950 | 0.789 | |
| 38 | SUNY at Fredonia | 17100 | 27800 | 0.3854 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 39 | Boston College | 17200 | 97700 | 0.8243 | 9,677 | 1484 | 0.1422 | |
| 39 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 17200 | 28100 | 0.3885 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 41 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 17300 | 36500 | 0.5264 | 7,747 | 1073 | 0.9617 | |
| 42 | East Carolina University | 17600 | 26100 | 0.3256 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 42 | Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi | 17600 | 20700 | 0.1497 | 8,673 | 1095 | 0.9156 | |
| 42 | Westfield State University | 17600 | 37600 | 0.5321 | 3,868 | 1105 | 0.8671 | |
| 45 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 17700 | 44200 | 0.6002 | 1,829 | 1149 | 0.945 | |
| 46 | Morgan State University | 18000 | 42200 | 0.5739 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 47 | James Madison University | 18100 | 28900 | 0.3735 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 47 | Texas A&M University-Victoria | 18100 | 45400 | 0.6018 | 2,627 | 1000 | 0.5253 | |
| 49 | Kennesaw State University | 18300 | 26700 | 0.3145 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 49 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 18300 | 44000 | 0.5837 | 586 | 1140 | 0.9577 | |
| 51 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 18400 | 69500 | 0.7358 | 711 | 1030 | 0.8214 | |
| 52 | San Jose State University | 18500 | 41100 | 0.5494 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 53 | Fairmont State University | 18700 | 30900 | 0.3948 | 3,090 | 970 | 0.9862 | |
| 54 | Valdosta State University | 19100 | 29600 | 0.3546 | 7,199 | 1005 | 0.7769 | |
| 55 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 19200 | 45300 | 0.5759 | 504 | 1200 | 0.9095 | |
| 55 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 19200 | 54000 | 0.6441 | 3,991 | 1010 | 0.9654 | |
| 57 | Norwich University | 19500 | 100600 | 0.8065 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 58 | State University of New York at Oswego | 19900 | 40200 | 0.5051 | 5,293 | 1179 | 0.7989 | |
| 59 | Dakota State University | 20400 | 22500 | 0.0912 | 3,085 | 1174 | 0.9241 | |
| 59 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20400 | 57800 | 0.6468 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 61 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 20600 | 57800 | 0.6432 | 1,109 | 1175 | 0.9088 | |
| 61 | Syracuse University | 20600 | 83600 | 0.7536 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 63 | Alabama State University | 20700 | 43200 | 0.5219 | 3,521 | 945 | 0.9755 | |
| 63 | Grove City College | 20700 | 39700 | 0.4792 | 2,247 | 1248 | 0.667 | |
| 65 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 20900 | 40600 | 0.4869 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 66 | Rowan University | 21000 | 41300 | 0.4918 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 67 | Lincoln University | 21100 | 46500 | 0.5467 | 1,926 | 920 | 0 | |
| 67 | Stockton University | 21100 | 45800 | 0.5394 | 7,583 | 1134 | 0.901 | |
| 69 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 21200 | 38100 | 0.4435 | 2,710 | 1218 | 0.9374 | |
| 70 | Thiel College | 21300 | 69100 | 0.6916 | 830 | 1065 | 0.7189 | |
| 71 | Texas Southern University | 21400 | 38900 | 0.4499 | 6,844 | 915 | 0.9691 | |
| 71 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 21400 | 51900 | 0.5882 | 5,939 | 1065 | 0.5878 | |
| 73 | Grambling State University | 21500 | 39600 | 0.4573 | 4,313 | 950 | 0.4486 | |
| 73 | Luther College | 21500 | 75400 | 0.7153 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.8398 | |
| 75 | Salisbury University | 21600 | 29300 | 0.2628 | 6,477 | 1245 | 0.8826 | |
| 76 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 21900 | 39100 | 0.4402 | 2,907 | 1125 | 0.4696 | |
| 77 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 22000 | 49600 | 0.5561 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 78 | University of South Florida | 22400 | 22400 | 0 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 79 | Houghton University | 22700 | 51300 | 0.5576 | 958 | 1277 | 0.89 | |
| 80 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 22900 | 53400 | 0.5716 | 21,469 | 1167 | 0.9061 | |
| 81 | SUNY Brockport | 23000 | 51000 | 0.5487 | 5,816 | 1195 | 0.7068 | |
| 82 | Robert Morris University | 23100 | 58000 | 0.6012 | 4,325 | 1145 | 0.8989 | |
| 83 | Florida Memorial University | 23300 | 51000 | 0.5426 | 1,206 | 0 | 0.8526 | |
| 83 | Pennsylvania Western University | 23300 | 34400 | 0.3224 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 85 | Columbia College | 23600 | 40200 | 0.413 | 876 | 1025 | 0.8878 | |
| 86 | Dominican University | 23900 | 56000 | 0.5729 | 2,642 | 1005 | 0.8879 | |
| 86 | Lamar University | 23900 | 37700 | 0.3659 | 8,387 | 1040 | 0.8353 | |
| 88 | University of North Texas | 24300 | 26100 | 0.0689 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 89 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 24400 | 47900 | 0.4902 | 2,280 | 1224 | 0.9675 | |
| 90 | Western Oregon University | 24600 | 24600 | 0 | 3,034 | 1120 | 0.8345 | |
| 91 | Fort Hays State University | 24800 | 28500 | 0.1292 | 10,172 | 1075 | 0.9026 | |
| 92 | Coppin State University | 25000 | 27500 | 0.091 | 1,908 | 950 | 0.4583 | |
| 92 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 25000 | 62800 | 0.6023 | 1,495 | 1075 | 0.8761 | |
| 94 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 25200 | 36800 | 0.3154 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 95 | Northwood University | 25800 | 54500 | 0.5271 | 2,045 | 1055 | 0.6451 | |
| 96 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 26000 | 28300 | 0.0808 | 3,375 | 1090 | 0.5885 | |
| 96 | West Virginia Wesleyan College | 26000 | 53800 | 0.5168 | 971 | 1030 | 0.9334 | |
| 98 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 26100 | 28400 | 0.0804 | 14,834 | 1149 | 0.7803 | |
| 98 | Loyola University Maryland | 26100 | 78800 | 0.6689 | 4,013 | 1329 | 0.6986 | |
| 100 | Bemidji State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 3,751 | 1075 | 0.5598 | |
| 101 | Wayne State University | 28300 | 46800 | 0.3956 | 16,390 | 1183 | 0.8359 | |
| 102 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 36500 | 0.2167 | 11,691 | 1074 | 0.7722 | |
| 103 | Cleveland State University | 29000 | 38600 | 0.2488 | 9,418 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 104 | Bethune-Cookman University | 29100 | 32300 | 0.0989 | 2,739 | 910 | 0.8824 | |
| 105 | University of Toledo | 29300 | 32600 | 0.1007 | 10,726 | 1134 | 0.8889 | |
| 106 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29800 | 33000 | 0.0969 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 107 | California Lutheran University | 30000 | 71700 | 0.5818 | 2,160 | 1218 | 0.7631 | |
| 107 | Towson University | 30000 | 30100 | 0.0033 | 16,361 | 1082 | 0.8057 | |
| 109 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 30100 | 30100 | 0 | 11,087 | 1326 | 0.7397 | |
| 110 | Saint Xavier University | 30200 | 58200 | 0.4808 | 3,100 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 110 | Thomas Jefferson University | 30200 | 70000 | 0.5681 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 112 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 30400 | 33200 | 0.0842 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 113 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30500 | 54600 | 0.4412 | 3,120 | 1193 | 0.3992 | |
| 114 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 2,082 | 1124 | 0.9576 | |
| 115 | Suffolk University | 31300 | 83500 | 0.6252 | 4,247 | 1209 | 0.8228 | |
| 116 | University of Kentucky | 31500 | 36500 | 0.1371 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 117 | Angelo State University | 31600 | 35400 | 0.107 | 10,103 | 1045 | 0.7981 | |
| 117 | Hampton University | 31600 | 54800 | 0.4233 | 4,046 | 1005 | 0.6358 | |
| 117 | Northern Kentucky University | 31600 | 32100 | 0.0156 | 10,136 | 1110 | 0.9666 | |
| 120 | Central College | 32200 | 38700 | 0.168 | 1,050 | 1159 | 0.8698 | |
| 121 | University of Scranton | 32400 | 78700 | 0.5879 | 3,689 | 1245 | 0.8006 | |
| 122 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 17,556 | 1090 | 0.5386 | |
| 123 | Harding University | 33500 | 47800 | 0.2988 | 3,536 | 1184 | 0.7052 | |
| 124 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Schuylkill | 33600 | 45600 | 0.263 | 653 | 1145 | 0.7972 | |
| 125 | Elizabethtown College | 33700 | 57500 | 0.4137 | 1,935 | 1214 | 0.8892 | |
| 126 | Pace University | 34000 | 75700 | 0.5512 | 5,520 | 1273 | 0.7827 | |
| 127 | Charleston Southern University | 34200 | 48400 | 0.2949 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 128 | George Washington University | 34300 | 81800 | 0.5808 | 11,495 | 1436 | 0.4713 | |
| 129 | Averett University | 34700 | 57600 | 0.3977 | 1,244 | 1054 | 0.5659 | |
| 130 | Adelphi University | 35000 | 63300 | 0.4466 | 5,097 | 1241 | 0.7215 | |
| 131 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 35200 | 35200 | 0 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 132 | University of South Alabama | 35400 | 40200 | 0.1195 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 133 | Bradley University | 35800 | 60300 | 0.4064 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 134 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 36000 | 56300 | 0.3602 | 5,687 | 1305 | 0.7863 | |
| 135 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 36300 | 39700 | 0.0857 | 4,789 | 1040 | 0.6671 | |
| 136 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 37400 | 40700 | 0.0807 | 3,893 | 1015 | 0.9839 | |
| 137 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 37800 | 40100 | 0.057 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 138 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 38100 | 55500 | 0.3138 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 139 | Stony Brook University | 39700 | 53000 | 0.2507 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 140 | Drexel University | 40100 | 86400 | 0.5362 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 141 | Elmhurst University | 40200 | 69600 | 0.4222 | 3,170 | 1133 | 0.7501 | |
| 141 | Immaculata University | 40200 | 48600 | 0.1729 | 1,889 | 1264 | 0.8656 | |
| 143 | Furman University | 40300 | 84600 | 0.5234 | 2,304 | 1372 | 0.4869 | |
| 144 | McKendree University | 40600 | 52900 | 0.2323 | 1,757 | 1098 | 0.7172 | |
| 144 | Saint Michael's College | 40600 | 75800 | 0.4643 | 1,051 | 1280 | 0.8976 | |
| 146 | University of Mount Olive | 42100 | 50400 | 0.1644 | 1,944 | 1075 | 0.7575 | |
| 147 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 42200 | 55300 | 0.2371 | 21,388 | 1369 | 0.5945 | |
| 148 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 43200 | 88100 | 0.5095 | 35,358 | 1448 | 0.1642 | |
| 149 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43300 | 58500 | 0.2596 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 150 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4478 | 4,123 | 1124 | 0.6927 | |
| 151 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 43900 | 71800 | 0.3886 | 4,182 | 1317 | 0.8783 | |
| 152 | Ramapo College of New Jersey | 44400 | 60000 | 0.2596 | 5,492 | 1210 | 0.7026 | |
| 153 | Radford University | 45300 | 47600 | 0.048 | 6,206 | 1050 | 0.8939 | |
| 154 | Mercer University | 45700 | 65400 | 0.3014 | 4,719 | 1263 | 0.643 | |
| 155 | DePaul University | 49100 | 69400 | 0.2923 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 156 | College of Charleston | 49700 | 62300 | 0.2021 | 10,596 | 1234 | 0.73 | |
| 157 | University of Utah | 51400 | 53700 | 0.0425 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 158 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 54900 | 68800 | 0.2022 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 159 | University of Colorado Boulder | 55200 | 70900 | 0.2205 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7809 | |
| 160 | Molloy University | 56100 | 62300 | 0.0996 | 3,396 | 1188 | 0.6633 | |
| 161 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58400 | 63600 | 0.0818 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 162 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 58900 | 61200 | 0.0373 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 163 | Rutgers University-Newark | 60500 | 60500 | 0 | 7,989 | 1159 | 0.7136 | |
| 164 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 60700 | 63600 | 0.0456 | 1,078 | 1217 | 0.9646 | |
| 165 | Clemson University | 61400 | 63700 | 0.0359 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 166 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 61500 | 66900 | 0.0808 | 9,827 | 1329 | 0.6737 | |
| 167 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 63700 | 63700 | 0 | 1,709 | 1218 | 0.9653 | |
| 168 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver | 63900 | 63900 | 0 | 475 | 1195 | 0.9418 | |
| 169 | Fordham University | 74800 | 143900 | 0.4803 | 10,582 | 1406 | 0.5931 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.
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