Considering a degree in Information Science/Studies?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Information Science/Studies majors who live in Iowa.
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 Iowa.
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 | Savannah State University | 6800 | 29000 | 0.7651 | 2,966 | 950 | 1 | |
| 2 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8400 | 97100 | 0.914 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 3 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 10300 | 10300 | 0 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 4 | Valdosta State University | 10500 | 24800 | 0.5775 | 7,199 | 1005 | 0.7769 | |
| 5 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 11600 | 27800 | 0.582 | 22,007 | 1427 | 0.1672 | |
| 6 | Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi | 12300 | 28900 | 0.5752 | 8,673 | 1095 | 0.9156 | |
| 7 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 29200 | 0.5745 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 8 | Lamar University | 12600 | 22900 | 0.4492 | 8,387 | 1040 | 0.8353 | |
| 9 | University of Michigan-Flint | 13100 | 34900 | 0.6253 | 5,534 | 1079 | 0.6734 | |
| 10 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 13300 | 30000 | 0.5567 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 10 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 13300 | 19400 | 0.3145 | 14,865 | 1175 | 0.9113 | |
| 10 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 13300 | 13300 | 0 | 18,667 | 1090 | 0.9711 | |
| 13 | Grand Valley State University | 14200 | 25300 | 0.4393 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 14 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 14700 | 29600 | 0.5041 | 7,501 | 1055 | 0.9467 | |
| 15 | Wayne State College | 15200 | 20300 | 0.2512 | 3,886 | 0 | 1 | |
| 16 | Concord University | 15300 | 31700 | 0.5182 | 1,638 | 1015 | 0.9728 | |
| 17 | Alabama State University | 15500 | 24300 | 0.3632 | 3,521 | 945 | 0.9755 | |
| 17 | Coastal Carolina University | 15500 | 27200 | 0.4302 | 11,471 | 1160 | 0.7003 | |
| 19 | James Madison University | 15600 | 28900 | 0.4608 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 20 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 15800 | 38400 | 0.5882 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 21 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 16200 | 44500 | 0.6355 | 308 | 1144 | 0.9053 | |
| 21 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 16200 | 23400 | 0.3081 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 23 | Emporia State University | 16300 | 22900 | 0.2884 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 23 | Frostburg State University | 16300 | 26600 | 0.387 | 3,436 | 1095 | 0.907 | |
| 25 | Northwestern University | 16600 | 89500 | 0.8149 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 25 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 16600 | 40600 | 0.5906 | 586 | 1140 | 0.9577 | |
| 27 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 16800 | 35700 | 0.5295 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 28 | Central Connecticut State University | 17700 | 34000 | 0.4789 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 28 | Morgan State University | 17700 | 28500 | 0.3787 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 28 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 17700 | 26600 | 0.3349 | 7,747 | 1073 | 0.9617 | |
| 31 | Boston College | 17900 | 97600 | 0.8164 | 9,677 | 1484 | 0.1422 | |
| 32 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 18000 | 35300 | 0.4898 | 1,829 | 1149 | 0.945 | |
| 33 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 18100 | 54300 | 0.6666 | 10,368 | 1064 | 0.999 | |
| 33 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18100 | 28600 | 0.3669 | 3,991 | 1010 | 0.9654 | |
| 35 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 18200 | 25200 | 0.2773 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 35 | State University of New York at Oswego | 18200 | 27700 | 0.3428 | 5,293 | 1179 | 0.7989 | |
| 37 | Coppin State University | 18400 | 29200 | 0.3703 | 1,908 | 950 | 0.4583 | |
| 38 | Texas A&M University-Victoria | 19100 | 35800 | 0.4667 | 2,627 | 1000 | 0.5253 | |
| 39 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 19200 | 68100 | 0.7183 | 711 | 1030 | 0.8214 | |
| 40 | Central College | 19300 | 36600 | 0.4726 | 1,050 | 1159 | 0.8698 | |
| 41 | Norwich University | 19700 | 73800 | 0.7328 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 42 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 19900 | 30400 | 0.3451 | 3,224 | 1085 | 0.7643 | |
| 43 | Cleveland State University | 20000 | 30900 | 0.3523 | 9,418 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 44 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20200 | 29400 | 0.3124 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 45 | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | 20300 | 25700 | 0.2103 | 10,995 | 1090 | 0.7476 | |
| 46 | Dakota State University | 20400 | 22500 | 0.0912 | 3,085 | 1174 | 0.9241 | |
| 47 | Grove City College | 20600 | 39700 | 0.4817 | 2,247 | 1248 | 0.667 | |
| 47 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 20600 | 57800 | 0.6433 | 1,109 | 1175 | 0.9088 | |
| 49 | Luther College | 21500 | 75400 | 0.7153 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.8398 | |
| 50 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 51 | Bradley University | 21900 | 50800 | 0.5688 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 52 | Lincoln University | 22100 | 24900 | 0.1124 | 1,926 | 920 | 0 | |
| 53 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 22500 | 53000 | 0.575 | 1,495 | 1075 | 0.8761 | |
| 54 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 22600 | 25400 | 0.1104 | 2,907 | 1125 | 0.4696 | |
| 55 | San Jose State University | 23000 | 41100 | 0.4405 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 56 | Florida Memorial University | 23100 | 42000 | 0.4495 | 1,206 | 0 | 0.8526 | |
| 56 | Robert Morris University | 23100 | 58000 | 0.6012 | 4,325 | 1145 | 0.8989 | |
| 58 | Houghton University | 23200 | 44300 | 0.4763 | 958 | 1277 | 0.89 | |
| 59 | University of Kentucky | 23700 | 36400 | 0.3485 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 60 | Dominican University | 23900 | 56000 | 0.573 | 2,642 | 1005 | 0.8879 | |
| 61 | Ramapo College of New Jersey | 24300 | 36300 | 0.3307 | 5,492 | 1210 | 0.7026 | |
| 62 | Westfield State University | 24600 | 39000 | 0.3688 | 3,868 | 1105 | 0.8671 | |
| 63 | Northern Kentucky University | 24700 | 32100 | 0.2307 | 10,136 | 1110 | 0.9666 | |
| 64 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 24800 | 40500 | 0.3877 | 21,388 | 1369 | 0.5945 | |
| 65 | Columbia College | 25000 | 46900 | 0.467 | 876 | 1025 | 0.8878 | |
| 65 | Pennsylvania Western University | 25000 | 34400 | 0.273 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 67 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 25100 | 45900 | 0.4536 | 504 | 1200 | 0.9095 | |
| 68 | Fort Hays State University | 26000 | 36100 | 0.282 | 10,172 | 1075 | 0.9026 | |
| 68 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 26000 | 28300 | 0.0809 | 3,375 | 1090 | 0.5885 | |
| 68 | West Virginia Wesleyan College | 26000 | 53800 | 0.5169 | 971 | 1030 | 0.9334 | |
| 71 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 26100 | 28400 | 0.0805 | 14,834 | 1149 | 0.7803 | |
| 71 | Stony Brook University | 26100 | 33200 | 0.2129 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 73 | Bemidji State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 3,751 | 1075 | 0.5598 | |
| 73 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 26400 | 36800 | 0.2828 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 75 | Southern University at New Orleans | 26500 | 42300 | 0.3733 | 2,179 | 950 | 0.789 | |
| 76 | Iowa State University | 26600 | 43300 | 0.3862 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 77 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 26800 | 30100 | 0.1094 | 3,893 | 1015 | 0.9839 | |
| 77 | Northwood University | 26800 | 54500 | 0.5087 | 2,045 | 1055 | 0.6451 | |
| 79 | Bethune-Cookman University | 27200 | 32700 | 0.1682 | 2,739 | 910 | 0.8824 | |
| 80 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 27300 | 37700 | 0.2761 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 81 | Kennesaw State University | 27400 | 27400 | 0 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 81 | Rowan University | 27400 | 41300 | 0.3369 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 81 | University of North Georgia | 27400 | 38600 | 0.2905 | 19,321 | 1100 | 0.9618 | |
| 84 | Syracuse University | 27900 | 83100 | 0.6641 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 85 | Elmhurst University | 28300 | 67000 | 0.5778 | 3,170 | 1133 | 0.7501 | |
| 86 | Saint Xavier University | 28600 | 53700 | 0.4671 | 3,100 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 86 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 32300 | 0.1145 | 11,691 | 1074 | 0.7722 | |
| 86 | University of North Texas | 28600 | 37400 | 0.2351 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 89 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 28900 | 34000 | 0.1501 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 89 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 28900 | 39700 | 0.2722 | 4,789 | 1040 | 0.6671 | |
| 91 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 29000 | 49100 | 0.4094 | 29,727 | 990 | 0.9229 | |
| 91 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 29000 | 42400 | 0.3164 | 6,761 | 1105 | 0.8475 | |
| 93 | Jacksonville State University | 29100 | 38200 | 0.2381 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 94 | University of Toledo | 29300 | 32600 | 0.1009 | 10,726 | 1134 | 0.8889 | |
| 95 | Fairmont State University | 29600 | 32200 | 0.0808 | 3,090 | 970 | 0.9862 | |
| 95 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 29600 | 48100 | 0.3849 | 2,280 | 1224 | 0.9675 | |
| 97 | Grambling State University | 30200 | 35300 | 0.1446 | 4,313 | 950 | 0.4486 | |
| 97 | Mercy University | 30200 | 44500 | 0.3215 | 6,692 | 1135 | 0.8724 | |
| 99 | University of North Florida | 30500 | 33000 | 0.0758 | 14,837 | 1124 | 0.6815 | |
| 99 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30500 | 54600 | 0.4413 | 3,120 | 1193 | 0.3992 | |
| 101 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 2,082 | 1124 | 0.9576 | |
| 102 | Saint Michael's College | 31200 | 68500 | 0.5448 | 1,051 | 1280 | 0.8976 | |
| 103 | Angelo State University | 31600 | 35400 | 0.1071 | 10,103 | 1045 | 0.7981 | |
| 103 | Hampton University | 31600 | 54800 | 0.4233 | 4,046 | 1005 | 0.6358 | |
| 105 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32300 | 35100 | 0.0799 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 106 | Portland State University | 32400 | 43100 | 0.2479 | 14,932 | 1174 | 0.8586 | |
| 106 | SUNY Brockport | 32400 | 35800 | 0.095 | 5,816 | 1195 | 0.7068 | |
| 106 | University of Scranton | 32400 | 78700 | 0.5879 | 3,689 | 1245 | 0.8006 | |
| 109 | Suffolk University | 32900 | 70300 | 0.5319 | 4,247 | 1209 | 0.8228 | |
| 109 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 32900 | 45100 | 0.2705 | 11,087 | 1326 | 0.7397 | |
| 111 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 17,556 | 1090 | 0.5386 | |
| 112 | Harding University | 33500 | 47800 | 0.299 | 3,536 | 1184 | 0.7052 | |
| 113 | Elizabethtown College | 33700 | 55300 | 0.3907 | 1,935 | 1214 | 0.8892 | |
| 113 | George Washington University | 33700 | 81800 | 0.5881 | 11,495 | 1436 | 0.4713 | |
| 115 | Salisbury University | 34000 | 41700 | 0.1845 | 6,477 | 1245 | 0.8826 | |
| 115 | SUNY at Fredonia | 34000 | 39600 | 0.1416 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 115 | Thomas Jefferson University | 34000 | 68100 | 0.5008 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 118 | Charleston Southern University | 34200 | 48400 | 0.295 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 118 | Loyola University Maryland | 34200 | 78800 | 0.5661 | 4,013 | 1329 | 0.6986 | |
| 120 | Texas Southern University | 34500 | 42500 | 0.1883 | 6,844 | 915 | 0.9691 | |
| 121 | Adelphi University | 35000 | 63300 | 0.4467 | 5,097 | 1241 | 0.7215 | |
| 121 | Stockton University | 35000 | 44500 | 0.2136 | 7,583 | 1134 | 0.901 | |
| 121 | University of South Florida | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 124 | California Lutheran University | 35300 | 70000 | 0.4959 | 2,160 | 1218 | 0.7631 | |
| 125 | Averett University | 35400 | 57200 | 0.3813 | 1,244 | 1054 | 0.5659 | |
| 125 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Schuylkill | 35400 | 61100 | 0.4207 | 653 | 1145 | 0.7972 | |
| 127 | Immaculata University | 35600 | 47500 | 0.2503 | 1,889 | 1264 | 0.8656 | |
| 128 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 36000 | 56300 | 0.3603 | 5,687 | 1305 | 0.7863 | |
| 129 | Furman University | 36500 | 82900 | 0.5595 | 2,304 | 1372 | 0.4869 | |
| 130 | East Carolina University | 36900 | 42700 | 0.1356 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 130 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 36900 | 37100 | 0.0054 | 5,939 | 1065 | 0.5878 | |
| 132 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 37800 | 40100 | 0.0571 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 133 | Christopher Newport University | 38000 | 51000 | 0.2551 | 4,369 | 1189 | 0.8604 | |
| 134 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 38100 | 38100 | 0 | 2,710 | 1218 | 0.9374 | |
| 135 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 38900 | 38900 | 0 | 1,973 | 1189 | 0.8142 | |
| 136 | Rutgers University-Newark | 39700 | 57900 | 0.3142 | 7,989 | 1159 | 0.7136 | |
| 136 | University of South Alabama | 39700 | 39700 | 0 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 138 | University of Illinois Chicago | 40300 | 50600 | 0.2036 | 24,260 | 1174 | 0.7576 | |
| 139 | Pace University | 40500 | 74800 | 0.4585 | 5,520 | 1273 | 0.7827 | |
| 139 | Wayne State University | 40500 | 46200 | 0.1234 | 16,390 | 1183 | 0.8359 | |
| 141 | McKendree University | 40600 | 52900 | 0.2324 | 1,757 | 1098 | 0.7172 | |
| 142 | University of Mount Olive | 42100 | 50400 | 0.1645 | 1,944 | 1075 | 0.7575 | |
| 143 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43100 | 53600 | 0.196 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 144 | Radford University | 43400 | 45700 | 0.0501 | 6,206 | 1050 | 0.8939 | |
| 144 | Western Oregon University | 43400 | 43400 | 0 | 3,034 | 1120 | 0.8345 | |
| 146 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4479 | 4,123 | 1124 | 0.6927 | |
| 147 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 43900 | 67900 | 0.3534 | 4,182 | 1317 | 0.8783 | |
| 148 | Towson University | 45400 | 46400 | 0.0216 | 16,361 | 1082 | 0.8057 | |
| 149 | Mercer University | 45700 | 65400 | 0.3015 | 4,719 | 1263 | 0.643 | |
| 150 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47100 | 59700 | 0.2124 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 151 | University of Colorado Boulder | 47300 | 57700 | 0.1806 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7809 | |
| 152 | Drexel University | 47700 | 83900 | 0.4315 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 153 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 48000 | 55800 | 0.1398 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 154 | DePaul University | 49100 | 66000 | 0.2562 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 155 | University of California-Riverside | 49300 | 66000 | 0.2532 | 24,034 | 1199 | 0.8609 | |
| 156 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 50800 | 84700 | 0.4003 | 35,358 | 1448 | 0.1642 | |
| 157 | University of Utah | 51400 | 53700 | 0.0426 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 158 | University of Iowa | 52100 | 54400 | 0.0421 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 159 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 52400 | 52800 | 0.0076 | 21,469 | 1167 | 0.9061 | |
| 160 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58200 | 64100 | 0.092 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 161 | Molloy University | 58600 | 62300 | 0.0594 | 3,396 | 1188 | 0.6633 | |
| 162 | Thiel College | 60500 | 69100 | 0.1244 | 830 | 1065 | 0.7189 | |
| 163 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 60700 | 64100 | 0.053 | 1,078 | 1217 | 0.9646 | |
| 164 | College of Charleston | 61200 | 61200 | 0 | 10,596 | 1234 | 0.73 | |
| 165 | Clemson University | 61400 | 63700 | 0.036 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 166 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 63700 | 63700 | 0 | 9,827 | 1329 | 0.6737 | |
| 167 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver | 63900 | 63900 | 0 | 475 | 1195 | 0.9418 | |
| 168 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 64200 | 64200 | 0 | 1,709 | 1218 | 0.9653 | |
| 169 | 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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