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 | Antelope Valley Community College District | 4500 | 12900 | 0.6514 | 13,532 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | Santa Ana College | 4600 | 23100 | 0.8003 | 27,248 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | University of Michigan-Flint | 5700 | 43600 | 0.8695 | 5,534 | 1109 | 0.6734 | |
| 4 | Northwestern University | 7600 | 94200 | 0.9192 | 9,060 | 1527 | 0.0769 | |
| 5 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8700 | 98000 | 0.9113 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 6 | Portland State University | 9200 | 43300 | 0.7881 | 14,932 | 1094 | 0.8586 | |
| 7 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 10000 | 41400 | 0.7591 | 3,224 | 1085 | 0.7643 | |
| 8 | Concord University | 10500 | 49200 | 0.7861 | 1,638 | 990 | 0.9728 | |
| 8 | Savannah State University | 10500 | 50900 | 0.794 | 2,966 | 925 | 1 | |
| 10 | Central Connecticut State University | 11200 | 34200 | 0.6722 | 9,463 | 1075 | 0.793 | |
| 10 | University of Illinois Chicago | 11200 | 30200 | 0.6295 | 24,260 | 1252 | 0.7576 | |
| 12 | Santa Monica College | 11700 | 33300 | 0.6478 | 23,453 | 0 | 1 | |
| 13 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 12600 | 40500 | 0.6888 | 29,727 | 980 | 0.9229 | |
| 13 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 12600 | 35200 | 0.6427 | 18,667 | 1090 | 0.9711 | |
| 15 | Fort Hays State University | 12700 | 19900 | 0.3624 | 10,172 | 1075 | 0.9026 | |
| 15 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 12700 | 19400 | 0.3454 | 14,865 | 1210 | 0.9113 | |
| 17 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 13000 | 40800 | 0.6816 | 6,761 | 1105 | 0.8475 | |
| 18 | Coastal Carolina University | 13100 | 27200 | 0.5185 | 11,471 | 1145 | 0.7003 | |
| 18 | Wayne State University | 13100 | 46800 | 0.7205 | 16,390 | 1174 | 0.8359 | |
| 20 | University of North Florida | 13400 | 28100 | 0.5233 | 14,837 | 1150 | 0.6815 | |
| 21 | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | 13600 | 19600 | 0.306 | 10,995 | 1075 | 0.7476 | |
| 22 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 61700 | 0.7781 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 23 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 13900 | 38200 | 0.6353 | 7,501 | 1075 | 0.9467 | |
| 23 | Valdosta State University | 13900 | 29700 | 0.5316 | 7,199 | 1015 | 0.7769 | |
| 25 | University of North Georgia | 14100 | 21400 | 0.3411 | 19,321 | 1100 | 0.9618 | |
| 26 | University of California-Riverside | 14400 | 36500 | 0.6053 | 24,034 | 1199 | 0.8609 | |
| 27 | Mercy University | 14700 | 46400 | 0.6836 | 6,692 | 1135 | 0.8724 | |
| 28 | Coppin State University | 14800 | 25300 | 0.4145 | 1,908 | 950 | 0.4583 | |
| 28 | Wayne State College | 14800 | 30500 | 0.5156 | 3,886 | 0 | 1 | |
| 30 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 15200 | 44000 | 0.6548 | 308 | 1180 | 0.9053 | |
| 31 | Jacksonville State University | 15300 | 38200 | 0.5991 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 32 | University of North Texas | 15500 | 26200 | 0.4091 | 34,414 | 1114 | 0.7089 | |
| 33 | Grand Valley State University | 15800 | 28300 | 0.441 | 19,154 | 1084 | 0.9271 | |
| 34 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver | 15900 | 39600 | 0.5991 | 475 | 1195 | 0.9418 | |
| 35 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 16100 | 23400 | 0.3124 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 36 | Grove City College | 16200 | 39700 | 0.5919 | 2,247 | 1266 | 0.667 | |
| 37 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 16300 | 44200 | 0.6319 | 1,829 | 1109 | 0.945 | |
| 38 | Southern University at New Orleans | 16500 | 42000 | 0.6067 | 2,179 | 950 | 0.789 | |
| 38 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16500 | 64800 | 0.7456 | 22,007 | 1427 | 0.1672 | |
| 40 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 16600 | 26600 | 0.3763 | 7,747 | 1073 | 0.9617 | |
| 41 | Emporia State University | 16800 | 31200 | 0.4617 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 41 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 16800 | 44000 | 0.6178 | 586 | 1132 | 0.9577 | |
| 41 | Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi | 16800 | 28900 | 0.4193 | 8,673 | 1090 | 0.9156 | |
| 44 | SUNY at Fredonia | 17100 | 27800 | 0.3854 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 44 | University of Colorado Boulder | 17100 | 31900 | 0.4622 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7809 | |
| 44 | University of Kentucky | 17100 | 37300 | 0.5421 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 44 | University of South Alabama | 17100 | 40200 | 0.5752 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 48 | Morgan State University | 17300 | 42200 | 0.5905 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 48 | Radford University | 17300 | 33100 | 0.4767 | 6,206 | 1070 | 0.8939 | |
| 50 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 17700 | 95700 | 0.8147 | 711 | 1030 | 0.8214 | |
| 50 | Texas A&M University-Victoria | 17700 | 46500 | 0.6189 | 2,627 | 1095 | 0.5253 | |
| 52 | Kennesaw State University | 17800 | 27400 | 0.3501 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 53 | San Jose State University | 18000 | 41200 | 0.5618 | 29,890 | 1124 | 0.8039 | |
| 54 | Angelo State University | 18200 | 23100 | 0.2117 | 10,103 | 1055 | 0.7981 | |
| 54 | Ramapo College of New Jersey | 18200 | 36700 | 0.5035 | 5,492 | 1220 | 0.7026 | |
| 56 | Norwich University | 18700 | 100600 | 0.8144 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 57 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 19100 | 38900 | 0.5085 | 1,973 | 1189 | 0.8142 | |
| 57 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 19100 | 54000 | 0.646 | 3,991 | 1030 | 0.9654 | |
| 59 | Pennsylvania Western University | 19300 | 30900 | 0.3756 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 60 | Fairmont State University | 19400 | 30900 | 0.3721 | 3,090 | 970 | 0.9862 | |
| 61 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 19500 | 40900 | 0.5238 | 1,078 | 1193 | 0.9646 | |
| 62 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 19600 | 38100 | 0.4855 | 2,710 | 1175 | 0.9374 | |
| 62 | Rowan University | 19600 | 41300 | 0.5257 | 17,157 | 1219 | 0.7654 | |
| 64 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Schuylkill | 19700 | 45300 | 0.5649 | 653 | 1125 | 0.7972 | |
| 65 | State University of New York at Oswego | 19800 | 40200 | 0.5076 | 5,293 | 1180 | 0.7989 | |
| 66 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 20000 | 26100 | 0.2334 | 31,845 | 1292 | 0.5651 | |
| 67 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 20100 | 39000 | 0.4848 | 9,666 | 1045 | 0.7498 | |
| 68 | Stockton University | 20200 | 46100 | 0.562 | 7,583 | 1135 | 0.901 | |
| 69 | Dakota State University | 20400 | 22500 | 0.0912 | 3,085 | 1192 | 0.9241 | |
| 69 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20400 | 57800 | 0.6468 | 5,196 | 1109 | 0.8422 | |
| 71 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 20500 | 57800 | 0.6451 | 1,109 | 1193 | 0.9088 | |
| 71 | Syracuse University | 20500 | 83600 | 0.7548 | 16,149 | 1363 | 0.4879 | |
| 73 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 20600 | 40100 | 0.4864 | 6,029 | 1070 | 0.9173 | |
| 74 | Thiel College | 20900 | 69100 | 0.6973 | 830 | 1065 | 0.7189 | |
| 75 | Grambling State University | 21000 | 40500 | 0.4817 | 4,313 | 950 | 0.4486 | |
| 75 | Tarleton State University | 21000 | 23000 | 0.087 | 17,556 | 1090 | 0.5386 | |
| 77 | Texas Southern University | 21100 | 38900 | 0.4576 | 6,844 | 915 | 0.9691 | |
| 78 | Alabama State University | 21300 | 43200 | 0.5075 | 3,521 | 945 | 0.9755 | |
| 79 | Luther College | 21400 | 75400 | 0.7164 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.8398 | |
| 80 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 21500 | 47900 | 0.5507 | 2,280 | 1189 | 0.9675 | |
| 81 | Boston College | 21700 | 97700 | 0.7782 | 9,677 | 1490 | 0.1422 | |
| 81 | Christopher Newport University | 21700 | 50800 | 0.5724 | 4,369 | 1189 | 0.8604 | |
| 83 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 21900 | 39100 | 0.4402 | 2,907 | 1125 | 0.4696 | |
| 84 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 22000 | 34200 | 0.357 | 15,273 | 1124 | 0.8089 | |
| 85 | Lincoln University | 22200 | 46500 | 0.523 | 1,926 | 0 | 0 | |
| 86 | Houghton University | 22700 | 60900 | 0.6269 | 958 | 1277 | 0.89 | |
| 87 | Robert Morris University | 23000 | 58000 | 0.6031 | 4,325 | 1145 | 0.8989 | |
| 88 | Florida Memorial University | 23100 | 51000 | 0.5466 | 1,206 | 0 | 0.8526 | |
| 89 | Lamar University | 23200 | 37900 | 0.3875 | 8,387 | 1050 | 0.8353 | |
| 90 | Columbia College | 23400 | 38700 | 0.395 | 876 | 1025 | 0.8878 | |
| 91 | Dominican University | 23900 | 56000 | 0.573 | 2,642 | 1005 | 0.8879 | |
| 92 | University of South Florida | 24300 | 36500 | 0.3339 | 39,093 | 1239 | 0.4071 | |
| 93 | Central College | 25500 | 38700 | 0.3411 | 1,050 | 1145 | 0.8698 | |
| 94 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 25600 | 54300 | 0.5282 | 5,939 | 1065 | 0.5878 | |
| 95 | Northwood University | 25700 | 54500 | 0.5289 | 2,045 | 1055 | 0.6451 | |
| 96 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 25800 | 49600 | 0.4795 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 97 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 25900 | 28300 | 0.0847 | 3,375 | 1090 | 0.5885 | |
| 97 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 25900 | 40600 | 0.3618 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 97 | West Virginia Wesleyan College | 25900 | 53800 | 0.5189 | 971 | 1030 | 0.9334 | |
| 100 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 26000 | 28400 | 0.0842 | 14,834 | 1149 | 0.7803 | |
| 101 | Stony Brook University | 26100 | 33200 | 0.2129 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 102 | Bemidji State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 3,751 | 1075 | 0.5598 | |
| 103 | Cleveland State University | 27000 | 38600 | 0.3007 | 9,418 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 104 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 27100 | 63100 | 0.5701 | 1,495 | 1075 | 0.8761 | |
| 105 | Bethune-Cookman University | 28500 | 32300 | 0.1175 | 2,739 | 910 | 0.8824 | |
| 105 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28500 | 36400 | 0.2172 | 11,691 | 1069 | 0.7722 | |
| 107 | University of Utah | 28600 | 32000 | 0.1061 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 108 | Western Oregon University | 28800 | 28800 | 0 | 3,034 | 1040 | 0.8345 | |
| 109 | Clemson University | 28900 | 37100 | 0.2207 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 110 | Saint Xavier University | 29200 | 58200 | 0.498 | 3,100 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 110 | University of Toledo | 29200 | 32600 | 0.1041 | 10,726 | 1229 | 0.8889 | |
| 112 | Towson University | 29400 | 30200 | 0.0265 | 16,361 | 1098 | 0.8057 | |
| 113 | Thomas Jefferson University | 29500 | 70000 | 0.5782 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 114 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 29700 | 33000 | 0.0999 | 7,088 | 1090 | 0.7448 | |
| 115 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 30200 | 33600 | 0.1011 | 3,893 | 1124 | 0.9839 | |
| 116 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30400 | 54600 | 0.4432 | 3,120 | 1165 | 0.3992 | |
| 117 | Suffolk University | 30800 | 83500 | 0.6312 | 4,247 | 1209 | 0.8228 | |
| 118 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 2,082 | 1161 | 0.9576 | |
| 119 | Loyola University Maryland | 31000 | 78800 | 0.6067 | 4,013 | 1303 | 0.6986 | |
| 120 | Hampton University | 31200 | 54800 | 0.4306 | 4,046 | 947 | 0.6358 | |
| 120 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 31200 | 59900 | 0.4795 | 11,087 | 1326 | 0.7397 | |
| 122 | Westfield State University | 31500 | 37600 | 0.1623 | 3,868 | 1085 | 0.8671 | |
| 123 | Northern Kentucky University | 31700 | 32100 | 0.0125 | 10,136 | 1090 | 0.9666 | |
| 124 | Immaculata University | 32000 | 48600 | 0.3417 | 1,889 | 1245 | 0.8656 | |
| 125 | University of Scranton | 32300 | 78700 | 0.5893 | 3,689 | 1250 | 0.8006 | |
| 126 | Harding University | 33400 | 47800 | 0.3012 | 3,536 | 1184 | 0.7052 | |
| 127 | Elizabethtown College | 33500 | 57500 | 0.4172 | 1,935 | 1214 | 0.8892 | |
| 128 | Pace University | 33900 | 75700 | 0.5525 | 5,520 | 1260 | 0.7827 | |
| 129 | Charleston Southern University | 34100 | 48400 | 0.2971 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 130 | George Washington University | 34400 | 81800 | 0.5796 | 11,495 | 1430 | 0.4713 | |
| 131 | Averett University | 34500 | 57600 | 0.4012 | 1,244 | 1054 | 0.5659 | |
| 131 | Salisbury University | 34500 | 41800 | 0.1748 | 6,477 | 1250 | 0.8826 | |
| 133 | Adelphi University | 34900 | 63300 | 0.4484 | 5,097 | 1237 | 0.7215 | |
| 134 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 35900 | 56300 | 0.3622 | 5,687 | 1305 | 0.7863 | |
| 135 | East Carolina University | 36800 | 42700 | 0.1381 | 21,693 | 1160 | 0.9003 | |
| 136 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 36900 | 39700 | 0.0706 | 4,789 | 1115 | 0.6671 | |
| 137 | Frostburg State University | 37200 | 42500 | 0.1247 | 3,436 | 1095 | 0.907 | |
| 138 | Molloy University | 37500 | 62300 | 0.3983 | 3,396 | 1199 | 0.6633 | |
| 139 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 38300 | 54400 | 0.296 | 32,041 | 1302 | 0.4358 | |
| 140 | Bradley University | 39100 | 60600 | 0.3547 | 3,258 | 1223 | 0.7459 | |
| 141 | Drexel University | 39900 | 86400 | 0.5382 | 12,318 | 1339 | 0.699 | |
| 142 | McKendree University | 40500 | 52900 | 0.2343 | 1,757 | 1098 | 0.7172 | |
| 143 | Elmhurst University | 40700 | 69600 | 0.415 | 3,170 | 1148 | 0.7501 | |
| 143 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 40700 | 55300 | 0.2642 | 21,388 | 1375 | 0.5945 | |
| 145 | Saint Michael's College | 40900 | 75800 | 0.4604 | 1,051 | 1240 | 0.8976 | |
| 146 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 41900 | 71800 | 0.4165 | 4,182 | 1229 | 0.8783 | |
| 147 | University of Mount Olive | 42000 | 50400 | 0.1666 | 1,944 | 1075 | 0.7575 | |
| 148 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 42500 | 53400 | 0.2043 | 21,469 | 1148 | 0.9061 | |
| 149 | University of Maryland-College Park | 42600 | 58600 | 0.2731 | 31,875 | 1463 | 0.4503 | |
| 150 | James Madison University | 43100 | 45000 | 0.0422 | 21,358 | 1260 | 0.6879 | |
| 151 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 43200 | 88100 | 0.5098 | 35,358 | 1435 | 0.1642 | |
| 152 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 43300 | 72500 | 0.4029 | 10,368 | 1064 | 0.999 | |
| 153 | Furman University | 43400 | 84700 | 0.4879 | 2,304 | 1359 | 0.4869 | |
| 153 | Merrimack College | 43400 | 78800 | 0.4492 | 4,123 | 1115 | 0.6927 | |
| 153 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 43400 | 58800 | 0.262 | 25,054 | 1239 | 0.7762 | |
| 156 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 44800 | 56600 | 0.2084 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 157 | Mercer University | 45000 | 65400 | 0.3123 | 4,719 | 1273 | 0.643 | |
| 158 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 46900 | 57200 | 0.1801 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 159 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47100 | 61500 | 0.234 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 160 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 48500 | 61200 | 0.2075 | 26,490 | 1204 | 0.8863 | |
| 161 | DePaul University | 49000 | 69400 | 0.2938 | 14,338 | 1254 | 0.878 | |
| 162 | Rutgers University-Newark | 49500 | 61200 | 0.1911 | 7,989 | 1159 | 0.7136 | |
| 163 | College of Charleston | 49900 | 64600 | 0.2276 | 10,596 | 1255 | 0.73 | |
| 164 | SUNY Brockport | 51300 | 51300 | 0 | 5,816 | 1195 | 0.7068 | |
| 165 | California Lutheran University | 53400 | 71700 | 0.2555 | 2,160 | 1254 | 0.7631 | |
| 166 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 54900 | 68800 | 0.2022 | 38,572 | 1406 | 0.3659 | |
| 167 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 60300 | 60300 | 0 | 504 | 1189 | 0.9095 | |
| 168 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 60800 | 64200 | 0.053 | 1,709 | 1185 | 0.9653 | |
| 169 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 66900 | 66900 | 0 | 9,827 | 1325 | 0.6737 | |
| 170 | Fordham University | 88500 | 143900 | 0.3851 | 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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