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 | 3400 | 90800 | 0.9626 | 987 | 1557 | 0.0257 | |
| 2 | Santa Ana College | 4500 | 23100 | 0.8046 | 27,248 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | Santa Monica College | 6400 | 15500 | 0.588 | 23,453 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8200 | 97100 | 0.916 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0399 | |
| 5 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 10300 | 10300 | 0 | 6,139 | 1070 | 0.9052 | |
| 6 | Savannah State University | 10400 | 26700 | 0.6112 | 2,966 | 925 | 0.4614 | |
| 6 | Valdosta State University | 10400 | 24800 | 0.5815 | 7,166 | 1015 | 0.7229 | |
| 8 | University of North Florida | 12300 | 22400 | 0.4515 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
| 9 | University of South Florida | 12500 | 17100 | 0.2688 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 10 | Fort Hays State University | 12600 | 22600 | 0.4438 | 10,172 | 1075 | 0.9026 | |
| 10 | University of Michigan-Flint | 12600 | 46300 | 0.7277 | 5,011 | 1109 | 0.7046 | |
| 12 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 13500 | 13500 | 0 | 1,973 | 1189 | 0.8135 | |
| 13 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 50700 | 0.7294 | 38,040 | 1418 | 0.452 | |
| 14 | Grand Valley State University | 13800 | 25300 | 0.4551 | 19,002 | 1084 | 0.8302 | |
| 15 | Dickinson State University | 14100 | 25000 | 0.4379 | 1,339 | 990 | 0.3702 | |
| 15 | Northern Kentucky University | 14100 | 25900 | 0.4562 | 10,163 | 1090 | 0.6765 | |
| 17 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 14200 | 29600 | 0.521 | 7,622 | 1075 | 0.9254 | |
| 18 | Wayne State College | 14800 | 20300 | 0.2709 | 3,902 | 0 | 0 | |
| 19 | Alabama State University | 15500 | 24300 | 0.3632 | 3,521 | 945 | 0.9755 | |
| 19 | Radford University | 15500 | 32000 | 0.5152 | 6,161 | 1070 | 0.8953 | |
| 21 | Emporia State University | 15800 | 22900 | 0.3102 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 22 | Goshen College | 16200 | 55900 | 0.7099 | 780 | 995 | 0.8407 | |
| 22 | Grove City College | 16200 | 39700 | 0.5919 | 2,341 | 1266 | 0.7232 | |
| 22 | Southern University at New Orleans | 16200 | 31000 | 0.4768 | 2,179 | 950 | 0.789 | |
| 25 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 16300 | 44500 | 0.6333 | 352 | 1180 | 0.9647 | |
| 25 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 16300 | 35700 | 0.5435 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8304 | |
| 27 | Westfield State University | 16500 | 33100 | 0.5021 | 3,868 | 1085 | 0.8141 | |
| 28 | Central Connecticut State University | 16700 | 34000 | 0.5083 | 8,170 | 1075 | 0.7333 | |
| 28 | Northwestern University | 16700 | 89500 | 0.8138 | 9,399 | 1527 | 0.0769 | |
| 28 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16700 | 64800 | 0.7418 | 20,885 | 1420 | 0.1534 | |
| 31 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 16800 | 43500 | 0.6133 | 581 | 1132 | 0.9821 | |
| 32 | University of California-Riverside | 17000 | 36500 | 0.5341 | 22,600 | 1199 | 0.7639 | |
| 33 | Morgan State University | 17300 | 28500 | 0.3928 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 33 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 17300 | 26600 | 0.35 | 7,505 | 1073 | 0.9633 | |
| 35 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 17500 | 35300 | 0.5039 | 1,813 | 1109 | 0.9484 | |
| 36 | Rio Hondo College | 17600 | 39500 | 0.5546 | 17,441 | 0 | 0 | |
| 37 | Boston College | 17700 | 97600 | 0.8185 | 10,314 | 1490 | 0.1643 | |
| 37 | College of Charleston | 17700 | 33900 | 0.4785 | 10,880 | 1255 | 0.6003 | |
| 37 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 17700 | 25200 | 0.2971 | 6,835 | 1090 | 0.7147 | |
| 40 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 17800 | 54300 | 0.6721 | 10,051 | 1064 | 0.9234 | |
| 41 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18000 | 28600 | 0.3704 | 4,218 | 1030 | 0.9489 | |
| 42 | SUNY Brockport | 18300 | 26200 | 0.301 | 5,816 | 1195 | 0.7068 | |
| 42 | Towson University | 18300 | 29900 | 0.3876 | 16,264 | 1098 | 0.8197 | |
| 44 | Angelo State University | 18500 | 23100 | 0.2011 | 9,702 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 45 | University of Houston-Victoria | 18700 | 25000 | 0.2522 | 2,627 | 1095 | 0.959 | |
| 45 | University of South Alabama | 18700 | 22400 | 0.1655 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 47 | San Jose State University | 19000 | 40800 | 0.5349 | 28,008 | 1124 | 0.8461 | |
| 48 | Norwich University | 19200 | 73800 | 0.7396 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 49 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 19300 | 30400 | 0.3648 | 3,224 | 1085 | 0.7643 | |
| 50 | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | 19700 | 25700 | 0.2337 | 10,632 | 1075 | 0.8859 | |
| 51 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20200 | 39900 | 0.494 | 5,255 | 1109 | 0.7295 | |
| 52 | Dakota State University | 20400 | 22500 | 0.0912 | 3,066 | 1192 | 0.8805 | |
| 53 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 20500 | 27800 | 0.2622 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8698 | |
| 54 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 20800 | 57800 | 0.6408 | 1,932 | 1193 | 0.9278 | |
| 55 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27300 | 0.2346 | 31,133 | 1463 | 0.4479 | |
| 56 | Luther College | 21400 | 71900 | 0.7019 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.7154 | |
| 57 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,221 | 1204 | 0.8854 | |
| 58 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 22100 | 53000 | 0.5825 | 1,472 | 1075 | 0.8459 | |
| 58 | Lincoln University | 22100 | 24900 | 0.1124 | 1,926 | 0 | 0 | |
| 60 | New Mexico Highlands University | 22400 | 27200 | 0.1763 | 1,603 | 0 | 0 | |
| 61 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 22500 | 45900 | 0.5102 | 502 | 1189 | 0.9641 | |
| 62 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 22600 | 25400 | 0.1104 | 2,906 | 1125 | 0.4696 | |
| 63 | Florida Memorial University | 22900 | 42000 | 0.4542 | 1,206 | 0 | 0.8526 | |
| 64 | Houghton University | 23200 | 44300 | 0.4763 | 1,162 | 1277 | 0.8866 | |
| 65 | Robert Morris University | 23300 | 58000 | 0.5988 | 4,325 | 1145 | 0.8989 | |
| 66 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 23400 | 34400 | 0.3197 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 67 | Bradley University | 23900 | 50800 | 0.5295 | 3,596 | 1223 | 0.7676 | |
| 67 | University of Kentucky | 23900 | 36400 | 0.3448 | 25,534 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 67 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 23900 | 40500 | 0.4099 | 25,900 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 70 | Dominican University | 24100 | 56000 | 0.5705 | 2,690 | 1005 | 0.9032 | |
| 71 | Pennsylvania Western University | 24400 | 34400 | 0.2904 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 72 | Doane University | 25100 | 71000 | 0.6468 | 1,315 | 1125 | 0.9801 | |
| 73 | Bethune-Cookman University | 25700 | 32700 | 0.2141 | 2,738 | 910 | 0.8824 | |
| 74 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 26100 | 28300 | 0.076 | 3,375 | 1090 | 0.5876 | |
| 74 | Stony Brook University | 26100 | 33200 | 0.2129 | 18,263 | 1410 | 0.4904 | |
| 76 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 26300 | 28400 | 0.0756 | 14,504 | 1149 | 0.7637 | |
| 76 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 26300 | 41500 | 0.366 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 78 | Columbia College | 26400 | 46900 | 0.4372 | 5,207 | 1145 | 0.4714 | |
| 79 | Albright College | 26600 | 49300 | 0.4604 | 1,230 | 1050 | 0.7633 | |
| 80 | Northwood University | 26700 | 54500 | 0.5105 | 2,045 | 1055 | 0.6451 | |
| 81 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 26900 | 30100 | 0.1047 | 5,086 | 1124 | 0.949 | |
| 82 | University of North Georgia | 27200 | 38600 | 0.2957 | 18,322 | 1100 | 0.6794 | |
| 83 | Syracuse University | 27300 | 83100 | 0.6713 | 15,957 | 1363 | 0.4592 | |
| 84 | Kennesaw State University | 27400 | 27400 | 0 | 42,760 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 85 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 27600 | 27600 | 0 | 10,767 | 1326 | 0.7243 | |
| 86 | George Fox University | 27700 | 69400 | 0.6012 | 3,354 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 87 | Fairmont State University | 27800 | 32200 | 0.1367 | 3,088 | 970 | 0.9862 | |
| 88 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 28400 | 36700 | 0.226 | 28,674 | 980 | 0.9419 | |
| 89 | Elmhurst University | 28500 | 67000 | 0.5748 | 3,213 | 1148 | 0.7364 | |
| 89 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28500 | 32300 | 0.1176 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 89 | University of North Texas | 28500 | 37400 | 0.2378 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 92 | Saint Xavier University | 28600 | 53700 | 0.4671 | 3,098 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 92 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 28600 | 42400 | 0.3258 | 6,761 | 1105 | 0.8475 | |
| 94 | Jacksonville State University | 28800 | 38200 | 0.2459 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 94 | Western Oregon University | 28800 | 28800 | 0 | 3,167 | 1040 | 0.981 | |
| 96 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 29100 | 29200 | 0.0034 | 18,288 | 1090 | 0.9068 | |
| 97 | East Texas A&M University | 29400 | 36500 | 0.1945 | 9,992 | 1045 | 0.9224 | |
| 97 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29400 | 34000 | 0.1354 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 97 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 29400 | 39700 | 0.2596 | 4,487 | 1115 | 0.6726 | |
| 100 | University of Toledo | 29500 | 32600 | 0.0966 | 11,013 | 1229 | 0.9202 | |
| 101 | Grambling State University | 29700 | 35300 | 0.1587 | 4,313 | 950 | 0.4486 | |
| 102 | Mercy University | 29900 | 44500 | 0.3282 | 6,774 | 1135 | 0.8584 | |
| 103 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 30500 | 54700 | 0.4419 | 1,427 | 1025 | 0.4941 | |
| 104 | Central College | 30600 | 36800 | 0.1686 | 1,084 | 1145 | 0.8617 | |
| 104 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30600 | 54600 | 0.4387 | 3,163 | 1165 | 0.9347 | |
| 106 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1161 | 0.9523 | |
| 106 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 30900 | 36900 | 0.1624 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 108 | Frostburg State University | 31000 | 43000 | 0.2792 | 3,422 | 1095 | 0.8918 | |
| 109 | Hampton University | 31100 | 54800 | 0.4325 | 3,728 | 947 | 0.6225 | |
| 110 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 31900 | 40900 | 0.22 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 111 | Saint Michael's College | 32000 | 68500 | 0.5331 | 1,120 | 1240 | 0.8451 | |
| 112 | Washington Adventist University | 32100 | 37800 | 0.151 | 513 | 995 | 0.4618 | |
| 113 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32500 | 35100 | 0.0742 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 113 | University of Scranton | 32500 | 78700 | 0.5874 | 3,613 | 1250 | 0.8123 | |
| 115 | Suffolk University | 32600 | 70300 | 0.5362 | 4,326 | 1209 | 0.8233 | |
| 116 | State University of New York at Oswego | 32800 | 40200 | 0.1841 | 5,517 | 1180 | 0.8055 | |
| 117 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 15,254 | 1080 | 0.8955 | |
| 118 | Cleveland State University | 33400 | 37300 | 0.1046 | 9,482 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 119 | George Washington University | 33700 | 81800 | 0.5881 | 11,677 | 1430 | 0.4709 | |
| 120 | LeTourneau University | 34000 | 54800 | 0.3798 | 3,187 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 121 | Salisbury University | 34200 | 41700 | 0.1797 | 6,288 | 1250 | 0.8747 | |
| 121 | SUNY at Fredonia | 34200 | 39600 | 0.1365 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 121 | Thomas Jefferson University | 34200 | 68100 | 0.498 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8097 | |
| 124 | Charleston Southern University | 34300 | 48400 | 0.2921 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 125 | Coastal Carolina University | 34400 | 45100 | 0.237 | 10,811 | 1145 | 0.7527 | |
| 126 | Stockton University | 34600 | 44500 | 0.2226 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 127 | Christopher Newport University | 35100 | 36200 | 0.0304 | 4,369 | 1189 | 0.8604 | |
| 128 | Adelphi University | 35200 | 63300 | 0.4445 | 5,325 | 1237 | 0.6591 | |
| 129 | Averett University | 35300 | 57200 | 0.3831 | 1,244 | 1054 | 0.5659 | |
| 130 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 36400 | 38100 | 0.0446 | 2,884 | 1175 | 0.9677 | |
| 131 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 36500 | 41600 | 0.1237 | 5,386 | 1050 | 0.9092 | |
| 132 | Furman University | 36700 | 82900 | 0.5571 | 2,383 | 1359 | 0.4295 | |
| 133 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 36800 | 37100 | 0.0081 | 5,939 | 1065 | 0.5878 | |
| 133 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 36800 | 38900 | 0.0552 | 23,329 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 135 | East Carolina University | 37100 | 40100 | 0.0748 | 21,445 | 1160 | 0.8921 | |
| 136 | Loyola University Maryland | 37500 | 78800 | 0.5242 | 3,881 | 1303 | 0.7549 | |
| 137 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38000 | 38700 | 0.0181 | 14,416 | 1210 | 0.8851 | |
| 138 | Rutgers University-Newark | 39100 | 57900 | 0.3246 | 7,989 | 1159 | 0.7136 | |
| 139 | McKendree University | 40100 | 52200 | 0.2327 | 1,757 | 1098 | 0.7172 | |
| 140 | Wayne State University | 40200 | 46200 | 0.1299 | 16,012 | 1174 | 0.8116 | |
| 141 | Pace University | 40600 | 74800 | 0.4571 | 8,038 | 1260 | 0.7592 | |
| 142 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 41900 | 67900 | 0.3828 | 3,965 | 1229 | 0.9121 | |
| 143 | Immaculata University | 42000 | 47900 | 0.1233 | 1,652 | 1245 | 0.8576 | |
| 144 | University of Mount Olive | 42300 | 50400 | 0.1617 | 1,944 | 1075 | 0.7575 | |
| 145 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4474 | 4,102 | 1115 | 0.7002 | |
| 146 | University of Illinois Chicago | 44900 | 50600 | 0.1127 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 147 | James Madison University | 45200 | 45200 | 0 | 20,973 | 1260 | 0.7152 | |
| 148 | University of Colorado Boulder | 46400 | 57700 | 0.1953 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7808 | |
| 149 | Mercer University | 46700 | 63700 | 0.267 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
| 150 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47100 | 59700 | 0.2117 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 151 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 48000 | 55800 | 0.1398 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 152 | Drexel University | 48800 | 83900 | 0.4184 | 13,309 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 153 | DePaul University | 49100 | 66000 | 0.2562 | 14,188 | 1254 | 0.7589 | |
| 154 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 49800 | 62200 | 0.1995 | 37,140 | 1406 | 0.4237 | |
| 155 | Ramapo College of New Jersey | 50400 | 55400 | 0.0903 | 5,444 | 1220 | 0.7064 | |
| 156 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 50900 | 84700 | 0.3991 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 157 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 51300 | 52800 | 0.0284 | 21,210 | 1148 | 0.9262 | |
| 158 | University of Utah | 51600 | 53700 | 0.04 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 159 | California Lutheran University | 53400 | 70000 | 0.2374 | 2,297 | 1254 | 0.7567 | |
| 160 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 16,100 | 1219 | 0.7766 | |
| 161 | Dallas Baptist University | 56400 | 63400 | 0.1104 | 2,785 | 1109 | 0.8884 | |
| 162 | Molloy University | 59800 | 62300 | 0.0402 | 3,240 | 1199 | 0.8174 | |
| 163 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 60400 | 64100 | 0.0577 | 1,236 | 1193 | 0.9811 | |
| 163 | Thiel College | 60400 | 69100 | 0.1259 | 833 | 1065 | 0.7155 | |
| 165 | Clemson University | 61500 | 63700 | 0.0338 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 166 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 62000 | 64200 | 0.0343 | 1,880 | 1185 | 0.9867 | |
| 167 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 63700 | 63700 | 0 | 10,200 | 1325 | 0.6507 | |
| 168 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver | 63900 | 63900 | 0 | 482 | 1195 | 0.9565 | |
| 169 | Fordham University | 69900 | 95100 | 0.2649 | 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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