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 | California Institute of Technology | 4100 | 90800 | 0.9549 | 987 | 1557 | 0.0257 | |
| 2 | Antelope Valley Community College District | 4400 | 12900 | 0.6547 | 12,937 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | Santa Monica College | 6400 | 15500 | 0.5879 | 23,164 | 0 | 0.4384 | |
| 4 | University of Houston-Victoria | 7000 | 39700 | 0.8239 | 2,707 | 930 | 0.7671 | |
| 5 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 7900 | 27100 | 0.7074 | 28,674 | 980 | 0.9401 | |
| 6 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8400 | 98000 | 0.9146 | 9,157 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 7 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 9000 | 48800 | 0.8158 | 10,049 | 1005 | 0.9234 | |
| 8 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 9300 | 36900 | 0.7482 | 3,207 | 1060 | 0.8034 | |
| 9 | Valdosta State University | 10400 | 24800 | 0.5815 | 7,206 | 1015 | 0.7214 | |
| 10 | Savannah State University | 11200 | 40400 | 0.722 | 2,857 | 950 | 0.8368 | |
| 10 | University of Michigan-Flint | 11200 | 45600 | 0.7541 | 5,011 | 1103 | 0.7047 | |
| 12 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 11300 | 51900 | 0.7827 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 12 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 11300 | 41800 | 0.7295 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 14 | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | 11600 | 25700 | 0.5492 | 10,656 | 1075 | 0.7289 | |
| 15 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 11800 | 27800 | 0.5765 | 21,075 | 1420 | 0.1534 | |
| 16 | University of Illinois Chicago | 11900 | 30400 | 0.6077 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 17 | University of California-Riverside | 12700 | 66000 | 0.808 | 22,599 | 1199 | 0.7685 | |
| 18 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 13200 | 27800 | 0.5243 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 19 | Fort Hays State University | 13500 | 40700 | 0.669 | 10,206 | 1110 | 0.9177 | |
| 20 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 51900 | 0.7365 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 21 | University of North Florida | 13800 | 22400 | 0.3844 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
| 22 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 14000 | 46000 | 0.6953 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 23 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 14400 | 32200 | 0.5534 | 2,836 | 1135 | 0.3787 | |
| 24 | Grand Valley State University | 14800 | 25300 | 0.4155 | 19,002 | 1233 | 0.8302 | |
| 25 | University of North Georgia | 15000 | 21400 | 0.2991 | 18,329 | 1100 | 0.6794 | |
| 25 | Wayne State University | 15000 | 32900 | 0.5438 | 16,173 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
| 27 | Alabama State University | 15100 | 37900 | 0.6016 | 3,322 | 970 | 0.9564 | |
| 27 | Salisbury University | 15100 | 28700 | 0.4737 | 6,288 | 1250 | 0.8747 | |
| 29 | Dickinson State University | 15200 | 25300 | 0.4 | 1,339 | 1005 | 0.3695 | |
| 30 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 15500 | 46800 | 0.6693 | 6,550 | 1110 | 0.7456 | |
| 31 | Wayne State College | 15600 | 20000 | 0.2199 | 3,902 | 0 | 1 | |
| 32 | New Mexico Highlands University | 15800 | 31500 | 0.4981 | 1,710 | 945 | 0.9481 | |
| 33 | Santa Ana College | 15900 | 35300 | 0.5498 | 26,073 | 0 | 0 | |
| 34 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 16100 | 42600 | 0.6223 | 7,595 | 1075 | 0.9226 | |
| 34 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 16100 | 29200 | 0.4488 | 18,667 | 1090 | 0.9711 | |
| 36 | Goshen College | 16200 | 55900 | 0.7096 | 780 | 995 | 0.8404 | |
| 37 | Jacksonville State University | 16300 | 27000 | 0.397 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 38 | Central Connecticut State University | 16500 | 34000 | 0.5144 | 8,170 | 1010 | 0.7333 | |
| 38 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 16500 | 32200 | 0.4874 | 10,200 | 1346 | 0.6507 | |
| 40 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 16700 | 39000 | 0.5705 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 41 | Cleveland State University | 16800 | 30900 | 0.4558 | 9,418 | 1105 | 0.913 | |
| 42 | University of South Alabama | 16900 | 35200 | 0.5202 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 43 | Morgan State University | 17200 | 37200 | 0.5377 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 44 | Southern University at New Orleans | 17300 | 34200 | 0.494 | 1,773 | 885 | 0.6021 | |
| 45 | Boston College | 17400 | 96200 | 0.8187 | 9,654 | 1490 | 0.1619 | |
| 46 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 17600 | 52500 | 0.6647 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 46 | Westfield State University | 17600 | 36600 | 0.5186 | 3,868 | 1105 | 0.8671 | |
| 48 | SUNY at Fredonia | 17700 | 39600 | 0.5537 | 2,876 | 1193 | 0.792 | |
| 49 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 17800 | 44900 | 0.6031 | 5,205 | 1118 | 0.744 | |
| 50 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 17900 | 26700 | 0.3296 | 7,505 | 1059 | 0.9633 | |
| 51 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 18100 | 42800 | 0.5765 | 581 | 1129 | 0.9821 | |
| 51 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 18100 | 27700 | 0.3461 | 31,112 | 1114 | 0.8129 | |
| 53 | College of Charleston | 18300 | 33900 | 0.4607 | 10,880 | 1255 | 0.6003 | |
| 53 | Emporia State University | 18300 | 29800 | 0.3864 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 55 | Florida Memorial University | 18400 | 44900 | 0.5903 | 1,299 | 0 | 0.7431 | |
| 55 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 18400 | 43800 | 0.5794 | 352 | 1180 | 0.9647 | |
| 55 | Stockton University | 18400 | 44500 | 0.5868 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 58 | State University of New York at Oswego | 18500 | 27700 | 0.332 | 5,517 | 1164 | 0.8057 | |
| 59 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 18700 | 25200 | 0.2576 | 6,853 | 1090 | 0.7147 | |
| 60 | Ramapo College of New Jersey | 18800 | 38000 | 0.505 | 5,444 | 1214 | 0.7064 | |
| 60 | Rutgers University-Newark | 18800 | 38000 | 0.505 | 7,417 | 1214 | 0.7873 | |
| 62 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 19100 | 38100 | 0.4987 | 2,884 | 1175 | 0.9677 | |
| 63 | San Jose State University | 19500 | 33700 | 0.4214 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 63 | Towson University | 19500 | 30000 | 0.3495 | 16,264 | 1093 | 0.8198 | |
| 65 | Central College | 20200 | 36800 | 0.4509 | 1,084 | 1140 | 0.8617 | |
| 65 | Grove City College | 20200 | 39700 | 0.4918 | 2,341 | 1256 | 0.7232 | |
| 67 | Dakota State University | 20400 | 22500 | 0.0912 | 3,066 | 1192 | 0.8814 | |
| 68 | Pennsylvania Western University | 20500 | 26600 | 0.2292 | 7,586 | 0 | 0.9433 | |
| 69 | Northwestern University | 20600 | 89500 | 0.7702 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 69 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 20600 | 42600 | 0.517 | 1,809 | 1109 | 0.9484 | |
| 71 | Lincoln University | 20700 | 24900 | 0.1686 | 1,707 | 920 | 0 | |
| 72 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 20800 | 57800 | 0.6406 | 1,083 | 1171 | 0.9278 | |
| 73 | Bradley University | 21000 | 50800 | 0.5865 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 74 | Elmhurst University | 21100 | 67000 | 0.6853 | 3,170 | 1148 | 0.7357 | |
| 75 | Kennesaw State University | 21200 | 27200 | 0.2207 | 42,840 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 76 | Luther College | 21500 | 71900 | 0.7017 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.8402 | |
| 76 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 21500 | 38900 | 0.4469 | 1,919 | 1245 | 0.7844 | |
| 78 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 78 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 21800 | 45300 | 0.5183 | 1,236 | 1203 | 0.9811 | |
| 80 | Averett University | 22000 | 57200 | 0.6158 | 1,180 | 1070 | 0.478 | |
| 81 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 22100 | 43000 | 0.4856 | 5,789 | 1060 | 0.5774 | |
| 82 | SUNY Brockport | 22400 | 35100 | 0.3618 | 5,816 | 1195 | 0.7068 | |
| 83 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 22500 | 58100 | 0.6132 | 1,477 | 1075 | 0.8068 | |
| 84 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 22800 | 45200 | 0.496 | 502 | 1204 | 0.9641 | |
| 85 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 23100 | 36800 | 0.3725 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 86 | Robert Morris University | 23300 | 58000 | 0.5986 | 3,769 | 1180 | 0.9057 | |
| 87 | Albright College | 23700 | 49300 | 0.5192 | 1,328 | 1050 | 0.8615 | |
| 88 | Houghton University | 23800 | 61900 | 0.6158 | 939 | 1277 | 0.8866 | |
| 89 | University of Kentucky | 23900 | 36100 | 0.3379 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 90 | Norwich University | 24000 | 88400 | 0.7287 | 2,642 | 1182 | 0.7361 | |
| 91 | Dominican University | 24100 | 56000 | 0.5702 | 2,690 | 1060 | 0.9032 | |
| 92 | Northwood University | 25100 | 54500 | 0.5399 | 1,989 | 1075 | 0.839 | |
| 93 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 25400 | 39200 | 0.3521 | 4,478 | 1065 | 0.8132 | |
| 94 | Columbia College | 25700 | 51600 | 0.5023 | 876 | 1025 | 0.8878 | |
| 95 | Doane University | 26000 | 77700 | 0.665 | 1,323 | 1125 | 0.9801 | |
| 96 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 26200 | 28300 | 0.0755 | 3,413 | 1095 | 0.5295 | |
| 97 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 26300 | 28400 | 0.0751 | 14,504 | 1145 | 0.7637 | |
| 98 | Bethune-Cookman University | 26500 | 32700 | 0.1897 | 2,739 | 910 | 0.8824 | |
| 99 | Furman University | 26700 | 79600 | 0.6643 | 2,383 | 1359 | 0.4295 | |
| 100 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 26900 | 47900 | 0.4381 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 101 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 27000 | 30100 | 0.1042 | 5,086 | 1000 | 0.9821 | |
| 102 | Fairmont State University | 27100 | 32200 | 0.1584 | 3,060 | 975 | 0.9924 | |
| 103 | Syracuse University | 27300 | 83100 | 0.6714 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 104 | George Fox University | 27400 | 76800 | 0.6432 | 3,401 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 105 | Thomas Jefferson University | 27700 | 67700 | 0.5907 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 106 | Mercy University | 28400 | 44500 | 0.3619 | 6,775 | 1074 | 0.8584 | |
| 107 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28500 | 33400 | 0.1467 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 108 | Western Oregon University | 28800 | 28800 | 0 | 3,343 | 1120 | 0.9871 | |
| 109 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29400 | 33900 | 0.1328 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 110 | University of Toledo | 29500 | 32600 | 0.0961 | 11,013 | 1159 | 0.9202 | |
| 111 | Northern Kentucky University | 29700 | 32100 | 0.0748 | 10,163 | 1090 | 0.8307 | |
| 112 | Saint Xavier University | 29800 | 53600 | 0.4438 | 3,039 | 1125 | 0.8575 | |
| 113 | University of North Texas | 30100 | 37400 | 0.1951 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 114 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 30500 | 54700 | 0.4416 | 1,409 | 1110 | 0.5568 | |
| 115 | East Texas A&M University | 30600 | 36500 | 0.1616 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 116 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30700 | 54600 | 0.4385 | 3,163 | 1165 | 0.9347 | |
| 117 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1150 | 0.9523 | |
| 118 | Coastal Carolina University | 31000 | 45100 | 0.3127 | 10,811 | 1145 | 0.7527 | |
| 119 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 31400 | 45100 | 0.3037 | 10,767 | 1326 | 0.7243 | |
| 120 | Angelo State University | 31800 | 35400 | 0.1027 | 9,779 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 121 | Washington Adventist University | 31900 | 37800 | 0.1562 | 605 | 951 | 0.4536 | |
| 122 | Hampton University | 32000 | 62400 | 0.4868 | 3,728 | 956 | 0.6225 | |
| 123 | Saint Michael's College | 32100 | 68500 | 0.5317 | 1,120 | 1240 | 0.8451 | |
| 124 | Grambling State University | 32300 | 38100 | 0.1523 | 4,279 | 955 | 0.2368 | |
| 125 | Suffolk University | 32500 | 69700 | 0.5341 | 4,324 | 1209 | 0.822 | |
| 125 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32500 | 35100 | 0.0742 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 125 | University of Scranton | 32500 | 78700 | 0.5872 | 3,613 | 1220 | 0.8029 | |
| 128 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 15,130 | 1095 | 0.5256 | |
| 129 | Frostburg State University | 33400 | 43000 | 0.2234 | 2,619 | 1095 | 0.892 | |
| 130 | George Washington University | 33700 | 81800 | 0.5882 | 11,677 | 1421 | 0.4709 | |
| 131 | LeTourneau University | 34100 | 54800 | 0.378 | 3,184 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 132 | Charleston Southern University | 34300 | 48400 | 0.2918 | 2,914 | 1060 | 0.7609 | |
| 133 | Christopher Newport University | 34500 | 36200 | 0.047 | 4,407 | 1209 | 0.8796 | |
| 133 | Pace University | 34500 | 74800 | 0.5387 | 8,038 | 1274 | 0.7592 | |
| 135 | University of South Florida | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 136 | Adelphi University | 35200 | 63300 | 0.4443 | 5,325 | 1218 | 0.6591 | |
| 137 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 36200 | 56300 | 0.3575 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 138 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 36400 | 56800 | 0.3589 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 139 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 36700 | 67900 | 0.4594 | 3,965 | 1335 | 0.9121 | |
| 140 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 36800 | 38900 | 0.0548 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 141 | East Carolina University | 37100 | 40100 | 0.0748 | 21,445 | 1120 | 0.8922 | |
| 141 | Loyola University Maryland | 37100 | 78800 | 0.5293 | 3,881 | 1309 | 0.7549 | |
| 143 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 37500 | 41600 | 0.0993 | 5,386 | 995 | 0.9092 | |
| 144 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38600 | 38600 | 0 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
| 145 | Stony Brook University | 39900 | 53000 | 0.2478 | 18,263 | 1404 | 0.4904 | |
| 146 | McKendree University | 40100 | 52200 | 0.2324 | 1,605 | 1098 | 0.6388 | |
| 147 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 42200 | 54700 | 0.2285 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 148 | University of Maryland-College Park | 42600 | 53400 | 0.2023 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 149 | Merrimack College | 43600 | 78800 | 0.4472 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
| 149 | Radford University | 43600 | 45700 | 0.0467 | 6,161 | 1070 | 0.8953 | |
| 151 | Immaculata University | 44300 | 47800 | 0.0732 | 1,652 | 1245 | 0.8578 | |
| 152 | James Madison University | 45300 | 45300 | 0 | 21,112 | 1260 | 0.7151 | |
| 153 | Mercer University | 47700 | 63700 | 0.2513 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
| 154 | University of Mount Olive | 48300 | 50400 | 0.0424 | 1,937 | 1020 | 0.7775 | |
| 155 | DePaul University | 48700 | 67100 | 0.2742 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 156 | Drexel University | 48800 | 83800 | 0.4176 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 157 | Molloy University | 48900 | 62300 | 0.2152 | 3,240 | 1199 | 0.8174 | |
| 158 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 51000 | 84700 | 0.398 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 159 | University of Utah | 51600 | 53700 | 0.0398 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 160 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
| 161 | California Lutheran University | 54200 | 70000 | 0.226 | 2,297 | 1258 | 0.7567 | |
| 162 | University of Colorado Boulder | 54600 | 56600 | 0.0353 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
| 163 | Dallas Baptist University | 55700 | 71900 | 0.2252 | 2,785 | 1104 | 0.8884 | |
| 164 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58300 | 64100 | 0.0905 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 165 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver | 60000 | 63200 | 0.0506 | 482 | 1195 | 0.9565 | |
| 166 | Thiel College | 60400 | 69100 | 0.1259 | 830 | 1065 | 0.7189 | |
| 167 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 61400 | 64200 | 0.0436 | 1,880 | 1185 | 0.9867 | |
| 168 | Clemson University | 61500 | 63700 | 0.0335 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 169 | 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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