Considering a degree in Information Science/Studies?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Information Science/Studies majors who live in California.
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 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 | Santa Ana College | 4600 | 23100 | 0.8003 | 27,248 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | Santa Monica College | 6400 | 15500 | 0.588 | 23,453 | 0 | 1 | |
| 3 | Savannah State University | 6800 | 29000 | 0.7651 | 2,966 | 950 | 1 | |
| 4 | MiraCosta College | 7100 | 22400 | 0.6813 | 12,125 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8200 | 97100 | 0.916 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 6 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 10300 | 10300 | 0 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 7 | Valdosta State University | 10400 | 24800 | 0.5815 | 7,199 | 1005 | 0.7769 | |
| 8 | Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi | 11700 | 28900 | 0.596 | 8,673 | 1095 | 0.9156 | |
| 9 | Lamar University | 12000 | 22900 | 0.4754 | 8,387 | 1040 | 0.8353 | |
| 10 | University of North Florida | 12300 | 22400 | 0.4515 | 14,837 | 1124 | 0.6815 | |
| 11 | University of Michigan-Flint | 12400 | 46300 | 0.732 | 5,534 | 1079 | 0.6734 | |
| 12 | Fort Hays State University | 12700 | 22600 | 0.4412 | 10,172 | 1075 | 0.9026 | |
| 13 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 12800 | 30000 | 0.5734 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 14 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 13600 | 40600 | 0.6644 | 308 | 1144 | 0.9053 | |
| 15 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 57800 | 0.7626 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 16 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 13900 | 37400 | 0.6278 | 7,501 | 1055 | 0.9467 | |
| 17 | Alabama State University | 14200 | 31300 | 0.5476 | 3,521 | 945 | 0.9755 | |
| 17 | University of North Georgia | 14200 | 21400 | 0.3364 | 19,321 | 1100 | 0.9618 | |
| 19 | Wayne State College | 14800 | 20300 | 0.2709 | 3,886 | 0 | 1 | |
| 20 | Coastal Carolina University | 15100 | 27200 | 0.445 | 11,471 | 1160 | 0.7003 | |
| 21 | Emporia State University | 15800 | 22900 | 0.3102 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 21 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 15800 | 38400 | 0.5882 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 23 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 15900 | 27700 | 0.4254 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 24 | Central Connecticut State University | 16500 | 34000 | 0.5141 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 25 | Northwestern University | 16600 | 89500 | 0.8149 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 25 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16600 | 64800 | 0.7439 | 22,007 | 1427 | 0.1672 | |
| 27 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 17300 | 43500 | 0.6018 | 586 | 1140 | 0.9577 | |
| 28 | Boston College | 17600 | 97600 | 0.8195 | 9,677 | 1484 | 0.1422 | |
| 29 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 17800 | 54300 | 0.6721 | 10,368 | 1064 | 0.999 | |
| 29 | Coppin State University | 17800 | 29200 | 0.3908 | 1,908 | 950 | 0.4583 | |
| 31 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 17900 | 28600 | 0.3739 | 3,991 | 1010 | 0.9654 | |
| 32 | State University of New York at Oswego | 18000 | 27700 | 0.3501 | 5,293 | 1179 | 0.7989 | |
| 33 | SUNY Brockport | 18300 | 26200 | 0.301 | 5,816 | 1195 | 0.7068 | |
| 34 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 18700 | 68100 | 0.7256 | 711 | 1030 | 0.8214 | |
| 34 | Texas A&M University-Victoria | 18700 | 35800 | 0.4779 | 2,627 | 1000 | 0.5253 | |
| 36 | San Jose State University | 19000 | 40800 | 0.5349 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 37 | Norwich University | 19200 | 73800 | 0.7396 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 38 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 19300 | 30400 | 0.3648 | 3,224 | 1085 | 0.7643 | |
| 39 | Pennsylvania Western University | 19400 | 29000 | 0.3315 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 40 | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | 19700 | 25700 | 0.2337 | 10,995 | 1090 | 0.7476 | |
| 41 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20000 | 29400 | 0.3192 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 42 | Grove City College | 20200 | 39700 | 0.4918 | 2,247 | 1248 | 0.667 | |
| 43 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 20500 | 27800 | 0.2622 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 44 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 20600 | 57800 | 0.6433 | 1,109 | 1175 | 0.9088 | |
| 45 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 21000 | 36400 | 0.4226 | 2,710 | 1218 | 0.9374 | |
| 46 | Western Oregon University | 21300 | 24600 | 0.134 | 3,034 | 1120 | 0.8345 | |
| 47 | Bradley University | 21400 | 50800 | 0.5787 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 48 | Luther College | 21500 | 75400 | 0.7153 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.8398 | |
| 49 | Grand Valley State University | 22100 | 35900 | 0.3849 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 49 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 22100 | 53000 | 0.5825 | 1,495 | 1075 | 0.8761 | |
| 51 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 22600 | 25400 | 0.1104 | 2,907 | 1125 | 0.4696 | |
| 52 | Concord University | 22900 | 40800 | 0.4391 | 1,638 | 1015 | 0.9728 | |
| 52 | Florida Memorial University | 22900 | 42000 | 0.4542 | 1,206 | 0 | 0.8526 | |
| 54 | Dakota State University | 23100 | 25600 | 0.0977 | 3,085 | 1174 | 0.9241 | |
| 54 | Robert Morris University | 23100 | 58000 | 0.6012 | 4,325 | 1145 | 0.8989 | |
| 56 | Houghton University | 23200 | 44300 | 0.4763 | 958 | 1277 | 0.89 | |
| 57 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 23400 | 34400 | 0.3197 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 58 | Dominican University | 23900 | 56000 | 0.573 | 2,642 | 1005 | 0.8879 | |
| 59 | Westfield State University | 24300 | 39000 | 0.3765 | 3,868 | 1105 | 0.8671 | |
| 60 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 24600 | 45900 | 0.4645 | 504 | 1200 | 0.9095 | |
| 61 | Columbia College | 24900 | 46900 | 0.4691 | 876 | 1025 | 0.8878 | |
| 62 | Southern University at New Orleans | 25900 | 42300 | 0.3875 | 2,179 | 950 | 0.789 | |
| 63 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 26000 | 28300 | 0.0809 | 3,375 | 1090 | 0.5885 | |
| 63 | West Virginia Wesleyan College | 26000 | 53800 | 0.5169 | 971 | 1030 | 0.9334 | |
| 65 | Bemidji State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 3,751 | 1075 | 0.5598 | |
| 66 | Northwood University | 26700 | 54500 | 0.5105 | 2,045 | 1055 | 0.6451 | |
| 67 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 26900 | 37700 | 0.2867 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 67 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 26900 | 36500 | 0.2632 | 7,747 | 1073 | 0.9617 | |
| 69 | Bethune-Cookman University | 27000 | 32700 | 0.1744 | 2,739 | 910 | 0.8824 | |
| 70 | Kennesaw State University | 27400 | 27400 | 0 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 70 | Syracuse University | 27400 | 83100 | 0.6701 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 72 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 27600 | 36700 | 0.2482 | 1,709 | 1218 | 0.9653 | |
| 73 | University of North Texas | 28000 | 37400 | 0.2512 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 74 | Elmhurst University | 28100 | 67000 | 0.5808 | 3,170 | 1133 | 0.7501 | |
| 75 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 28400 | 39700 | 0.2848 | 4,789 | 1040 | 0.6671 | |
| 76 | Saint Xavier University | 28500 | 53700 | 0.4689 | 3,100 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 76 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 28500 | 49100 | 0.4196 | 29,727 | 990 | 0.9229 | |
| 76 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28500 | 32300 | 0.1176 | 11,691 | 1074 | 0.7722 | |
| 79 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 28600 | 42400 | 0.3258 | 6,761 | 1105 | 0.8475 | |
| 80 | Jacksonville State University | 28800 | 38200 | 0.2459 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 81 | Clemson University | 29000 | 37100 | 0.2179 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 81 | Lincoln University | 29000 | 34500 | 0.1592 | 1,926 | 920 | 0 | |
| 83 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29100 | 34000 | 0.1442 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 83 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 29100 | 29200 | 0.0034 | 18,667 | 1090 | 0.9711 | |
| 85 | Fairmont State University | 29300 | 32200 | 0.0901 | 3,090 | 970 | 0.9862 | |
| 85 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 29300 | 48100 | 0.3911 | 2,280 | 1224 | 0.9675 | |
| 87 | Grambling State University | 29700 | 35300 | 0.1587 | 4,313 | 950 | 0.4486 | |
| 87 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 29700 | 31600 | 0.0601 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 89 | Mercy University | 29900 | 44500 | 0.3282 | 6,692 | 1135 | 0.8724 | |
| 90 | Northern Kentucky University | 30200 | 32100 | 0.0592 | 10,136 | 1110 | 0.9666 | |
| 91 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 30300 | 33600 | 0.098 | 3,893 | 1015 | 0.9839 | |
| 92 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30500 | 54600 | 0.4413 | 3,120 | 1193 | 0.3992 | |
| 93 | University of Toledo | 30700 | 42000 | 0.269 | 10,726 | 1134 | 0.8889 | |
| 94 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 30800 | 36900 | 0.1662 | 5,687 | 1305 | 0.7863 | |
| 95 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 2,082 | 1124 | 0.9576 | |
| 95 | Frostburg State University | 30900 | 43000 | 0.2815 | 3,436 | 1095 | 0.907 | |
| 97 | Central College | 31100 | 36800 | 0.155 | 1,050 | 1159 | 0.8698 | |
| 98 | Saint Michael's College | 31300 | 68500 | 0.5434 | 1,051 | 1280 | 0.8976 | |
| 98 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 31300 | 45100 | 0.306 | 11,087 | 1326 | 0.7397 | |
| 100 | Hampton University | 31400 | 54800 | 0.427 | 4,046 | 1005 | 0.6358 | |
| 101 | Angelo State University | 31600 | 35400 | 0.1071 | 10,103 | 1045 | 0.7981 | |
| 102 | Portland State University | 32000 | 43100 | 0.2572 | 14,932 | 1174 | 0.8586 | |
| 103 | Morgan State University | 32200 | 41900 | 0.2317 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 104 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32300 | 35100 | 0.0799 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 105 | University of Scranton | 32400 | 78700 | 0.5879 | 3,689 | 1245 | 0.8006 | |
| 106 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 32500 | 49500 | 0.3438 | 1,829 | 1149 | 0.945 | |
| 107 | Suffolk University | 32600 | 70300 | 0.5362 | 4,247 | 1209 | 0.8228 | |
| 108 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 17,556 | 1090 | 0.5386 | |
| 109 | Cleveland State University | 33400 | 37300 | 0.1046 | 9,418 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 110 | Harding University | 33500 | 47800 | 0.299 | 3,536 | 1184 | 0.7052 | |
| 111 | Elizabethtown College | 33600 | 55300 | 0.3925 | 1,935 | 1214 | 0.8892 | |
| 112 | George Washington University | 33700 | 81800 | 0.5881 | 11,495 | 1436 | 0.4713 | |
| 113 | Salisbury University | 34100 | 41700 | 0.1821 | 6,477 | 1245 | 0.8826 | |
| 113 | Texas Southern University | 34100 | 42500 | 0.1978 | 6,844 | 915 | 0.9691 | |
| 113 | Thomas Jefferson University | 34100 | 68100 | 0.4993 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 116 | Charleston Southern University | 34200 | 48400 | 0.295 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 116 | Stockton University | 34200 | 44500 | 0.2316 | 7,583 | 1134 | 0.901 | |
| 116 | SUNY at Fredonia | 34200 | 39600 | 0.1365 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 119 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 34300 | 38700 | 0.1137 | 14,865 | 1175 | 0.9113 | |
| 120 | Loyola University Maryland | 34900 | 78800 | 0.5572 | 4,013 | 1329 | 0.6986 | |
| 121 | Adelphi University | 35000 | 63300 | 0.4467 | 5,097 | 1241 | 0.7215 | |
| 121 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Schuylkill | 35000 | 61100 | 0.4272 | 653 | 1145 | 0.7972 | |
| 121 | University of South Florida | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 124 | Averett University | 35300 | 57200 | 0.3831 | 1,244 | 1054 | 0.5659 | |
| 125 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 35400 | 56700 | 0.3757 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 126 | Furman University | 36500 | 82900 | 0.5595 | 2,304 | 1372 | 0.4869 | |
| 127 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 36800 | 37100 | 0.0081 | 5,939 | 1065 | 0.5878 | |
| 128 | East Carolina University | 36900 | 42700 | 0.1356 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 129 | Christopher Newport University | 38000 | 51000 | 0.2551 | 4,369 | 1189 | 0.8604 | |
| 130 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 38400 | 67900 | 0.4344 | 4,182 | 1317 | 0.8783 | |
| 131 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 38900 | 38900 | 0 | 1,973 | 1189 | 0.8142 | |
| 132 | Rutgers University-Newark | 39100 | 57900 | 0.3246 | 7,989 | 1159 | 0.7136 | |
| 133 | Stony Brook University | 39700 | 53000 | 0.2507 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 133 | University of South Alabama | 39700 | 39700 | 0 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 135 | University of Illinois Chicago | 39800 | 50600 | 0.2135 | 24,260 | 1174 | 0.7576 | |
| 136 | Wayne State University | 40200 | 46200 | 0.1299 | 16,390 | 1183 | 0.8359 | |
| 137 | Pace University | 40400 | 74800 | 0.4598 | 5,520 | 1273 | 0.7827 | |
| 138 | McKendree University | 40600 | 52900 | 0.2324 | 1,757 | 1098 | 0.7172 | |
| 139 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 40900 | 55200 | 0.259 | 21,388 | 1369 | 0.5945 | |
| 140 | University of Mount Olive | 42100 | 50400 | 0.1645 | 1,944 | 1075 | 0.7575 | |
| 141 | University of Maryland-College Park | 42600 | 53600 | 0.2054 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 142 | Radford University | 43400 | 45700 | 0.0501 | 6,206 | 1050 | 0.8939 | |
| 143 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4479 | 4,123 | 1124 | 0.6927 | |
| 144 | Immaculata University | 44000 | 47500 | 0.0736 | 1,889 | 1264 | 0.8656 | |
| 145 | Towson University | 44800 | 46400 | 0.0345 | 16,361 | 1082 | 0.8057 | |
| 146 | University of California-Riverside | 45100 | 66000 | 0.3168 | 24,034 | 1199 | 0.8609 | |
| 147 | James Madison University | 45200 | 45200 | 0 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 148 | Mercer University | 45700 | 65400 | 0.3015 | 4,719 | 1263 | 0.643 | |
| 149 | University of Colorado Boulder | 46400 | 57700 | 0.1953 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7809 | |
| 150 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47100 | 59700 | 0.2124 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 151 | Drexel University | 47700 | 83900 | 0.4315 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 152 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 48600 | 61200 | 0.2057 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 153 | DePaul University | 49100 | 66000 | 0.2562 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 153 | University of Kentucky | 49100 | 58000 | 0.1548 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 155 | Ramapo College of New Jersey | 50400 | 55400 | 0.0901 | 5,492 | 1210 | 0.7026 | |
| 156 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 50500 | 58800 | 0.1411 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 157 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 50600 | 52900 | 0.0433 | 14,834 | 1149 | 0.7803 | |
| 158 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 50800 | 84700 | 0.4003 | 35,358 | 1448 | 0.1642 | |
| 159 | University of Utah | 51400 | 53700 | 0.0426 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 160 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 52000 | 52800 | 0.0151 | 21,469 | 1167 | 0.9061 | |
| 161 | California Lutheran University | 53500 | 70000 | 0.236 | 2,160 | 1218 | 0.7631 | |
| 162 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 163 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58300 | 64100 | 0.0905 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 164 | Molloy University | 58600 | 62300 | 0.0594 | 3,396 | 1188 | 0.6633 | |
| 165 | Thiel College | 60300 | 69100 | 0.1273 | 830 | 1065 | 0.7189 | |
| 166 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 60800 | 64100 | 0.0514 | 1,078 | 1217 | 0.9646 | |
| 167 | College of Charleston | 61200 | 61200 | 0 | 10,596 | 1234 | 0.73 | |
| 168 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 63700 | 63700 | 0 | 9,827 | 1329 | 0.6737 | |
| 169 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver | 63900 | 63900 | 0 | 475 | 1195 | 0.9418 | |
| 170 | Fordham University | 74900 | 95100 | 0.2123 | 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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