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 | |
| 1 | University of Michigan-Flint | 4600 | 43700 | 0.8952 | 5,534 | 1079 | 0.6734 | |
| 3 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 5100 | 40700 | 0.8738 | 35,358 | 1448 | 0.1642 | |
| 4 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 7100 | 41500 | 0.8297 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 5 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 7500 | 36100 | 0.7932 | 10,368 | 1064 | 0.999 | |
| 6 | Northwestern University | 7700 | 94200 | 0.9183 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 7 | Lamar University | 8700 | 22900 | 0.6193 | 8,387 | 1040 | 0.8353 | |
| 8 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8900 | 98000 | 0.9095 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 9 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 9000 | 41400 | 0.7832 | 3,224 | 1085 | 0.7643 | |
| 10 | Portland State University | 9700 | 43300 | 0.7765 | 14,932 | 1174 | 0.8586 | |
| 11 | Concord University | 10500 | 49200 | 0.7861 | 1,638 | 1015 | 0.9728 | |
| 12 | Antelope Valley Community College District | 10900 | 20400 | 0.4644 | 13,532 | 0 | 0 | |
| 12 | Savannah State University | 10900 | 50900 | 0.7861 | 2,966 | 950 | 1 | |
| 14 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 11300 | 39000 | 0.7105 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 15 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 11400 | 35700 | 0.6802 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 16 | Santa Monica College | 11700 | 33300 | 0.6478 | 23,453 | 0 | 1 | |
| 17 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 31100 | 0.6022 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 18 | Fort Hays State University | 12600 | 19900 | 0.3669 | 10,172 | 1075 | 0.9026 | |
| 18 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 12600 | 21300 | 0.4083 | 18,667 | 1090 | 0.9711 | |
| 20 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 12700 | 40500 | 0.6863 | 29,727 | 990 | 0.9229 | |
| 21 | University of North Florida | 12900 | 30500 | 0.5769 | 14,837 | 1124 | 0.6815 | |
| 22 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 13000 | 40800 | 0.6816 | 6,761 | 1105 | 0.8475 | |
| 23 | Coastal Carolina University | 13100 | 27200 | 0.5185 | 11,471 | 1160 | 0.7003 | |
| 24 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 13600 | 26800 | 0.4932 | 4,789 | 1040 | 0.6671 | |
| 24 | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | 13600 | 19600 | 0.306 | 10,995 | 1090 | 0.7476 | |
| 26 | University of North Georgia | 14100 | 21400 | 0.3411 | 19,321 | 1100 | 0.9618 | |
| 27 | University of California-Riverside | 14300 | 36500 | 0.608 | 24,034 | 1199 | 0.8609 | |
| 28 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 14400 | 50100 | 0.7122 | 7,501 | 1055 | 0.9467 | |
| 29 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 14500 | 44000 | 0.6708 | 308 | 1144 | 0.9053 | |
| 29 | Wayne State College | 14500 | 30200 | 0.5205 | 3,886 | 0 | 1 | |
| 31 | Coppin State University | 14800 | 25300 | 0.4145 | 1,908 | 950 | 0.4583 | |
| 31 | Mercy University | 14800 | 46400 | 0.6815 | 6,692 | 1135 | 0.8724 | |
| 33 | Jacksonville State University | 15500 | 27000 | 0.4267 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 34 | Grand Valley State University | 15800 | 28300 | 0.441 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 35 | Frostburg State University | 15900 | 26600 | 0.402 | 3,436 | 1095 | 0.907 | |
| 36 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 16100 | 23400 | 0.3124 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 37 | Emporia State University | 16200 | 30900 | 0.476 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 37 | Southern University at New Orleans | 16200 | 41700 | 0.6117 | 2,179 | 950 | 0.789 | |
| 39 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 16300 | 31500 | 0.4826 | 9,827 | 1329 | 0.6737 | |
| 40 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 16500 | 36400 | 0.546 | 2,710 | 1218 | 0.9374 | |
| 41 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 16600 | 28100 | 0.4099 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 41 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16600 | 64800 | 0.7439 | 22,007 | 1427 | 0.1672 | |
| 41 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 16600 | 26600 | 0.3763 | 7,747 | 1073 | 0.9617 | |
| 44 | Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi | 16800 | 28900 | 0.4193 | 8,673 | 1095 | 0.9156 | |
| 45 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 16900 | 44200 | 0.6183 | 1,829 | 1149 | 0.945 | |
| 46 | University of Kentucky | 17100 | 36500 | 0.5315 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 47 | Boston College | 17200 | 97700 | 0.8243 | 9,677 | 1484 | 0.1422 | |
| 47 | University of Colorado Boulder | 17200 | 31800 | 0.4578 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7809 | |
| 49 | Morgan State University | 17300 | 42200 | 0.5905 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 49 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 17300 | 44000 | 0.6064 | 586 | 1140 | 0.9577 | |
| 51 | East Carolina University | 17600 | 26100 | 0.3256 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 52 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 17700 | 69500 | 0.7458 | 711 | 1030 | 0.8214 | |
| 52 | Westfield State University | 17700 | 37600 | 0.5294 | 3,868 | 1105 | 0.8671 | |
| 54 | Kennesaw State University | 17800 | 27400 | 0.3501 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 55 | San Jose State University | 18000 | 41200 | 0.5618 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 56 | Texas A&M University-Victoria | 18200 | 45400 | 0.5996 | 2,627 | 1000 | 0.5253 | |
| 57 | Angelo State University | 18300 | 23100 | 0.207 | 10,103 | 1045 | 0.7981 | |
| 57 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 18300 | 45300 | 0.5957 | 504 | 1200 | 0.9095 | |
| 59 | Fairmont State University | 18500 | 30900 | 0.4012 | 3,090 | 970 | 0.9862 | |
| 59 | Valdosta State University | 18500 | 29600 | 0.3749 | 7,199 | 1005 | 0.7769 | |
| 61 | Norwich University | 18700 | 100600 | 0.8144 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 61 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18700 | 54000 | 0.6534 | 3,991 | 1010 | 0.9654 | |
| 63 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 19100 | 38900 | 0.5085 | 1,973 | 1189 | 0.8142 | |
| 64 | Rutgers University-Newark | 19200 | 39200 | 0.5107 | 7,989 | 1159 | 0.7136 | |
| 65 | Rowan University | 19600 | 41300 | 0.5257 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 66 | State University of New York at Oswego | 19700 | 40200 | 0.5101 | 5,293 | 1179 | 0.7989 | |
| 67 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 19800 | 40600 | 0.5139 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 67 | Stockton University | 19800 | 45800 | 0.5678 | 7,583 | 1134 | 0.901 | |
| 69 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20100 | 57800 | 0.652 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 70 | Grove City College | 20200 | 39700 | 0.4918 | 2,247 | 1248 | 0.667 | |
| 70 | SUNY at Fredonia | 20200 | 53600 | 0.6229 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 72 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 20600 | 57800 | 0.6432 | 1,109 | 1175 | 0.9088 | |
| 72 | Syracuse University | 20600 | 83600 | 0.7536 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 74 | Thiel College | 20800 | 69100 | 0.6988 | 830 | 1065 | 0.7189 | |
| 75 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 21100 | 40900 | 0.4846 | 1,709 | 1218 | 0.9653 | |
| 76 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 21200 | 41600 | 0.4904 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 77 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 21300 | 49600 | 0.5702 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 77 | Western Oregon University | 21300 | 24600 | 0.134 | 3,034 | 1120 | 0.8345 | |
| 79 | Luther College | 21500 | 75400 | 0.7153 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.8398 | |
| 80 | Alabama State University | 21700 | 43200 | 0.4979 | 3,521 | 945 | 0.9755 | |
| 81 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 21900 | 39100 | 0.4402 | 2,907 | 1125 | 0.4696 | |
| 81 | Grambling State University | 21900 | 39600 | 0.4472 | 4,313 | 950 | 0.4486 | |
| 83 | Lincoln University | 22100 | 24900 | 0.1124 | 1,926 | 920 | 0 | |
| 83 | Texas Southern University | 22100 | 25500 | 0.1335 | 6,844 | 915 | 0.9691 | |
| 85 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 22200 | 53400 | 0.5847 | 21,469 | 1167 | 0.9061 | |
| 86 | Pennsylvania Western University | 22500 | 34400 | 0.3456 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 87 | Houghton University | 22700 | 51300 | 0.5576 | 958 | 1277 | 0.89 | |
| 88 | SUNY Brockport | 22900 | 51000 | 0.5507 | 5,816 | 1195 | 0.7068 | |
| 89 | Dakota State University | 23100 | 25600 | 0.0977 | 3,085 | 1174 | 0.9241 | |
| 89 | Florida Memorial University | 23100 | 51000 | 0.5466 | 1,206 | 0 | 0.8526 | |
| 89 | Robert Morris University | 23100 | 58000 | 0.6012 | 4,325 | 1145 | 0.8989 | |
| 92 | Columbia College | 23500 | 40200 | 0.4155 | 876 | 1025 | 0.8878 | |
| 92 | University of North Texas | 23500 | 37400 | 0.3714 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 92 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 23500 | 40500 | 0.4198 | 21,388 | 1369 | 0.5945 | |
| 95 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 23700 | 47900 | 0.5048 | 2,280 | 1224 | 0.9675 | |
| 96 | Dominican University | 23900 | 56000 | 0.5729 | 2,642 | 1005 | 0.8879 | |
| 97 | University of South Florida | 24200 | 36500 | 0.3366 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 98 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 24600 | 36800 | 0.3317 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 99 | Christopher Newport University | 24700 | 50600 | 0.5119 | 4,369 | 1189 | 0.8604 | |
| 100 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 25000 | 62800 | 0.6023 | 1,495 | 1075 | 0.8761 | |
| 101 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 25100 | 54300 | 0.5374 | 5,939 | 1065 | 0.5878 | |
| 102 | Loyola University Maryland | 25400 | 78800 | 0.6778 | 4,013 | 1329 | 0.6986 | |
| 103 | Northwood University | 25700 | 54500 | 0.5289 | 2,045 | 1055 | 0.6451 | |
| 104 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 26000 | 28300 | 0.0808 | 3,375 | 1090 | 0.5885 | |
| 104 | West Virginia Wesleyan College | 26000 | 53800 | 0.5168 | 971 | 1030 | 0.9334 | |
| 106 | Bemidji State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 3,751 | 1075 | 0.5598 | |
| 107 | Central Connecticut State University | 27600 | 30400 | 0.0922 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 108 | Wayne State University | 27900 | 46800 | 0.4041 | 16,390 | 1183 | 0.8359 | |
| 109 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 36500 | 0.2167 | 11,691 | 1074 | 0.7722 | |
| 110 | University of Utah | 28700 | 32000 | 0.1027 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 111 | Bethune-Cookman University | 28900 | 32300 | 0.1051 | 2,739 | 910 | 0.8824 | |
| 112 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29100 | 34200 | 0.149 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 113 | Saint Xavier University | 29200 | 58200 | 0.498 | 3,100 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 114 | Towson University | 29400 | 30100 | 0.0232 | 16,361 | 1082 | 0.8057 | |
| 115 | Thomas Jefferson University | 29500 | 70000 | 0.5781 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 116 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 30100 | 30100 | 0 | 11,087 | 1326 | 0.7397 | |
| 117 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 30300 | 33600 | 0.0979 | 3,893 | 1015 | 0.9839 | |
| 118 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 30400 | 33200 | 0.0842 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 119 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30500 | 54600 | 0.4412 | 3,120 | 1193 | 0.3992 | |
| 120 | University of Toledo | 30700 | 42000 | 0.2689 | 10,726 | 1134 | 0.8889 | |
| 121 | Suffolk University | 30800 | 83500 | 0.6312 | 4,247 | 1209 | 0.8228 | |
| 122 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 2,082 | 1124 | 0.9576 | |
| 123 | Hampton University | 31500 | 54800 | 0.4252 | 4,046 | 1005 | 0.6358 | |
| 124 | Cleveland State University | 31600 | 32100 | 0.0156 | 9,418 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 124 | Northern Kentucky University | 31600 | 32100 | 0.0156 | 10,136 | 1110 | 0.9666 | |
| 126 | Furman University | 32100 | 84600 | 0.6203 | 2,304 | 1372 | 0.4869 | |
| 127 | Central College | 32300 | 38700 | 0.1654 | 1,050 | 1159 | 0.8698 | |
| 128 | University of Scranton | 32400 | 78700 | 0.5879 | 3,689 | 1245 | 0.8006 | |
| 129 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Schuylkill | 32900 | 45600 | 0.2784 | 653 | 1145 | 0.7972 | |
| 130 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 17,556 | 1090 | 0.5386 | |
| 131 | Elizabethtown College | 33500 | 57500 | 0.4172 | 1,935 | 1214 | 0.8892 | |
| 131 | Harding University | 33500 | 47800 | 0.2988 | 3,536 | 1184 | 0.7052 | |
| 133 | Pace University | 33700 | 75700 | 0.5551 | 5,520 | 1273 | 0.7827 | |
| 134 | University of Illinois Chicago | 34000 | 51300 | 0.3371 | 24,260 | 1174 | 0.7576 | |
| 135 | Charleston Southern University | 34200 | 48400 | 0.2949 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 136 | George Washington University | 34300 | 81800 | 0.5808 | 11,495 | 1436 | 0.4713 | |
| 137 | Salisbury University | 34400 | 41700 | 0.1751 | 6,477 | 1245 | 0.8826 | |
| 138 | Averett University | 34600 | 57600 | 0.3994 | 1,244 | 1054 | 0.5659 | |
| 139 | Adelphi University | 35000 | 63300 | 0.4466 | 5,097 | 1241 | 0.7215 | |
| 139 | Bradley University | 35000 | 60300 | 0.4197 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 141 | University of South Alabama | 35600 | 40200 | 0.1145 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 142 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 36000 | 56300 | 0.3602 | 5,687 | 1305 | 0.7863 | |
| 143 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 36400 | 54000 | 0.326 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 144 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 38400 | 71800 | 0.4652 | 4,182 | 1317 | 0.8783 | |
| 145 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38800 | 38800 | 0 | 14,865 | 1175 | 0.9113 | |
| 146 | Drexel University | 39200 | 86400 | 0.5466 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 147 | Stony Brook University | 39700 | 53000 | 0.2507 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 148 | Immaculata University | 39800 | 48600 | 0.1811 | 1,889 | 1264 | 0.8656 | |
| 149 | Elmhurst University | 40200 | 69600 | 0.4222 | 3,170 | 1133 | 0.7501 | |
| 150 | McKendree University | 40600 | 52900 | 0.2323 | 1,757 | 1098 | 0.7172 | |
| 151 | Saint Michael's College | 40900 | 75800 | 0.4603 | 1,051 | 1280 | 0.8976 | |
| 152 | University of Mount Olive | 42100 | 50400 | 0.1644 | 1,944 | 1075 | 0.7575 | |
| 153 | University of Maryland-College Park | 42500 | 58500 | 0.2733 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 154 | James Madison University | 43100 | 45100 | 0.0443 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 155 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4478 | 4,123 | 1124 | 0.6927 | |
| 156 | Radford University | 45300 | 47600 | 0.048 | 6,206 | 1050 | 0.8939 | |
| 157 | Mercer University | 45700 | 65400 | 0.3014 | 4,719 | 1263 | 0.643 | |
| 158 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 48600 | 61200 | 0.2057 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 159 | Ramapo College of New Jersey | 48900 | 60000 | 0.1847 | 5,492 | 1210 | 0.7026 | |
| 160 | DePaul University | 49000 | 69400 | 0.2938 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 161 | College of Charleston | 50100 | 62300 | 0.1957 | 10,596 | 1234 | 0.73 | |
| 162 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 50500 | 58800 | 0.141 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 163 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 50600 | 52900 | 0.0432 | 14,834 | 1149 | 0.7803 | |
| 164 | California Lutheran University | 53500 | 71700 | 0.2541 | 2,160 | 1218 | 0.7631 | |
| 165 | Molloy University | 56200 | 62300 | 0.098 | 3,396 | 1188 | 0.6633 | |
| 166 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58500 | 63600 | 0.0803 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 167 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 60800 | 63600 | 0.044 | 1,078 | 1217 | 0.9646 | |
| 168 | Clemson University | 61400 | 63700 | 0.0359 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 169 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver | 63900 | 63900 | 0 | 475 | 1195 | 0.9418 | |
| 170 | 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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