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 | California Institute of Technology | 4400 | 90300 | 0.9511 | 987 | 1557 | 0.0257 | |
| 2 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 6600 | 94100 | 0.9301 | 9,157 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 3 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 9400 | 20000 | 0.5299 | 3,207 | 1050 | 0.8034 | |
| 4 | New Mexico Highlands University | 10500 | 21500 | 0.5112 | 1,710 | 945 | 0.9481 | |
| 4 | Valdosta State University | 10500 | 24800 | 0.5776 | 7,206 | 1015 | 0.7214 | |
| 6 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 11700 | 27800 | 0.579 | 21,075 | 1420 | 0.1534 | |
| 7 | Christopher Newport University | 11800 | 33900 | 0.6518 | 4,407 | 1209 | 0.8796 | |
| 8 | Fairmont State University | 12400 | 21400 | 0.4211 | 3,060 | 1005 | 0.9924 | |
| 8 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 27200 | 0.5443 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 10 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 12800 | 24000 | 0.4666 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 10 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 12800 | 37100 | 0.6545 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 12 | Fort Hays State University | 13400 | 22000 | 0.3911 | 10,206 | 1120 | 0.9177 | |
| 13 | University of South Florida | 13800 | 17100 | 0.1928 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 14 | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | 13900 | 19600 | 0.2907 | 10,656 | 1075 | 0.7289 | |
| 15 | Goshen College | 14800 | 55800 | 0.7345 | 780 | 995 | 0.8404 | |
| 16 | Alabama State University | 15100 | 28000 | 0.461 | 3,322 | 945 | 0.9564 | |
| 16 | University of Michigan-Flint | 15100 | 36600 | 0.5874 | 5,011 | 1103 | 0.7047 | |
| 18 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 15200 | 35700 | 0.5744 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 19 | Concord University | 15400 | 31700 | 0.514 | 1,609 | 990 | 0.9256 | |
| 20 | Dickinson State University | 15500 | 21600 | 0.2832 | 1,339 | 1005 | 0.3695 | |
| 21 | Wayne State College | 15700 | 26400 | 0.4058 | 3,902 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 22 | Southern University at New Orleans | 16200 | 31600 | 0.4872 | 1,773 | 885 | 0.6021 | |
| 23 | Northeastern University | 16400 | 89900 | 0.8179 | 22,695 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 24 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 16600 | 42300 | 0.6078 | 10,049 | 1005 | 0.9234 | |
| 24 | SUNY at Fredonia | 16600 | 27800 | 0.4034 | 2,876 | 1193 | 0.792 | |
| 26 | Northwestern University | 16700 | 89500 | 0.8138 | 8,846 | 1513 | 0.0722 | |
| 27 | SUNY Brockport | 17900 | 26200 | 0.3162 | 5,816 | 1195 | 0.7068 | |
| 28 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 18300 | 20300 | 0.0985 | 1,919 | 1245 | 0.7844 | |
| 29 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 18400 | 25200 | 0.2698 | 6,853 | 1090 | 0.7147 | |
| 30 | Florida Memorial University | 18600 | 46100 | 0.5966 | 1,299 | 0 | 0.7431 | |
| 30 | University of Houston-Victoria | 18600 | 34400 | 0.4596 | 2,707 | 930 | 0.7671 | |
| 32 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 19100 | 27000 | 0.293 | 7,505 | 1059 | 0.9633 | |
| 33 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Schuylkill | 19200 | 32900 | 0.417 | 624 | 1115 | 0.9664 | |
| 34 | Coppin State University | 19300 | 43100 | 0.5526 | 1,810 | 950 | 0.4956 | |
| 35 | Cleveland State University | 19700 | 37300 | 0.4721 | 9,418 | 1005 | 0.913 | |
| 35 | Savannah State University | 19700 | 27300 | 0.2779 | 2,857 | 950 | 0.8368 | |
| 37 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 20300 | 36200 | 0.4395 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 38 | Dakota State University | 20400 | 22500 | 0.0912 | 3,066 | 1192 | 0.8814 | |
| 39 | Central College | 20500 | 36500 | 0.4383 | 1,084 | 1140 | 0.8617 | |
| 40 | Boston College | 20600 | 94600 | 0.7822 | 9,654 | 1490 | 0.1619 | |
| 41 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 20700 | 57800 | 0.6418 | 1,083 | 1205 | 0.9278 | |
| 42 | Luther College | 21400 | 71900 | 0.7025 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.8402 | |
| 42 | Pennsylvania Western University | 21400 | 29400 | 0.2722 | 7,586 | 1070 | 0.9433 | |
| 44 | Rutgers University-Newark | 21500 | 38900 | 0.4474 | 7,417 | 1214 | 0.7873 | |
| 45 | Stockton University | 21700 | 32100 | 0.3238 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 46 | Bradley University | 22400 | 50900 | 0.5599 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 47 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 22900 | 22900 | 0 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 48 | Robert Morris University | 23200 | 58000 | 0.5998 | 3,769 | 1180 | 0.9057 | |
| 49 | Averett University | 23300 | 57200 | 0.593 | 1,180 | 1010 | 0.478 | |
| 50 | Syracuse University | 23500 | 83100 | 0.7172 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 51 | Dominican University | 24000 | 56000 | 0.5714 | 2,690 | 1035 | 0.9032 | |
| 52 | Bemidji State University | 24200 | 26400 | 0.0835 | 3,610 | 1110 | 0.9131 | |
| 53 | Grambling State University | 24300 | 26700 | 0.09 | 4,279 | 965 | 0.2368 | |
| 53 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 24300 | 39200 | 0.3802 | 28,674 | 980 | 0.9401 | |
| 55 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 24400 | 26600 | 0.0828 | 3,413 | 1085 | 0.5295 | |
| 55 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 24400 | 37400 | 0.3473 | 7,595 | 1075 | 0.9226 | |
| 57 | Elmhurst University | 24900 | 67000 | 0.6286 | 3,170 | 1148 | 0.7357 | |
| 57 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 24900 | 62200 | 0.6001 | 686 | 1030 | 0.8649 | |
| 59 | Houghton University | 25200 | 35500 | 0.29 | 939 | 1277 | 0.8866 | |
| 60 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 25700 | 35700 | 0.2803 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 61 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 25800 | 36500 | 0.2928 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 62 | Bethune-Cookman University | 25900 | 32700 | 0.208 | 2,739 | 910 | 0.8824 | |
| 62 | Northwood University | 25900 | 54500 | 0.5252 | 1,989 | 1075 | 0.839 | |
| 62 | Westfield State University | 25900 | 39000 | 0.3355 | 3,868 | 1105 | 0.8671 | |
| 65 | Doane University | 26000 | 62800 | 0.5861 | 1,323 | 1125 | 0.9801 | |
| 66 | Norwich University | 26300 | 70900 | 0.6293 | 2,642 | 1209 | 0.7361 | |
| 67 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 26400 | 36800 | 0.2826 | 1,880 | 1185 | 0.9867 | |
| 68 | Georgia Southern University | 26500 | 26700 | 0.0075 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 69 | Iowa State University | 26700 | 43300 | 0.3842 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 70 | Columbia College | 26900 | 41300 | 0.349 | 876 | 1025 | 0.8878 | |
| 71 | Kennesaw State University | 27000 | 27000 | 0 | 42,840 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 72 | Northern Kentucky University | 27100 | 31600 | 0.1423 | 10,163 | 1090 | 0.8307 | |
| 72 | University of North Georgia | 27100 | 35500 | 0.2365 | 18,329 | 1100 | 0.6794 | |
| 74 | Emporia State University | 27300 | 37700 | 0.2756 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 75 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 27600 | 27600 | 0 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 76 | Saint Xavier University | 27700 | 52000 | 0.4672 | 3,039 | 1125 | 0.8575 | |
| 77 | University of North Texas | 27800 | 37400 | 0.2568 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 78 | Grand Valley State University | 28300 | 35700 | 0.2073 | 19,002 | 1233 | 0.8302 | |
| 79 | Jacksonville State University | 28500 | 38200 | 0.2537 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 80 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 31500 | 0.0921 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 81 | Mercy University | 28700 | 44500 | 0.3552 | 6,775 | 1074 | 0.8584 | |
| 82 | George Fox University | 28800 | 67100 | 0.5712 | 3,401 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 82 | Radford University | 28800 | 32800 | 0.122 | 6,161 | 1070 | 0.8953 | |
| 82 | University of Utah | 28800 | 32000 | 0.1002 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 85 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 28900 | 44100 | 0.3449 | 352 | 1180 | 0.9647 | |
| 86 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 29000 | 39700 | 0.2696 | 4,478 | 1065 | 0.8132 | |
| 87 | Clemson University | 29100 | 37100 | 0.2156 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 87 | West Virginia Wesleyan College | 29100 | 52800 | 0.4491 | 938 | 1090 | 0.951 | |
| 89 | Furman University | 29200 | 79600 | 0.6329 | 2,383 | 1359 | 0.4295 | |
| 89 | Lincoln University | 29200 | 40900 | 0.2859 | 1,707 | 920 | 0 | |
| 91 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 29800 | 38200 | 0.2201 | 6,550 | 1140 | 0.7456 | |
| 92 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 29900 | 51100 | 0.4151 | 1,477 | 1075 | 0.8068 | |
| 92 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 29900 | 30000 | 0.0033 | 18,428 | 1090 | 0.9529 | |
| 94 | University of South Alabama | 30100 | 35000 | 0.14 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 95 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 30200 | 52900 | 0.4293 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 96 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 30400 | 54700 | 0.4429 | 1,409 | 1110 | 0.6327 | |
| 97 | San Jose State University | 30500 | 41000 | 0.2559 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 97 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 30500 | 39500 | 0.2277 | 5,205 | 1118 | 0.744 | |
| 99 | Albright College | 30600 | 48700 | 0.3717 | 1,328 | 1050 | 0.8615 | |
| 99 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30600 | 54600 | 0.4397 | 3,163 | 1165 | 0.9347 | |
| 101 | University of Toledo | 30800 | 42000 | 0.267 | 11,013 | 1159 | 0.9202 | |
| 102 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1150 | 0.9523 | |
| 102 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 30900 | 36900 | 0.1639 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 104 | State University of New York at Oswego | 31400 | 38300 | 0.1799 | 5,517 | 1174 | 0.8057 | |
| 105 | Thomas Jefferson University | 31500 | 67700 | 0.5346 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 105 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 31500 | 36700 | 0.1417 | 5,789 | 1115 | 0.5774 | |
| 107 | Washington Adventist University | 31600 | 37800 | 0.1642 | 605 | 950 | 0.4536 | |
| 108 | Angelo State University | 31700 | 35400 | 0.1047 | 9,779 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 109 | CUNY Brooklyn College | 31800 | 31800 | 0 | 11,562 | 1110 | 0.5836 | |
| 109 | Saint Michael's College | 31800 | 68400 | 0.5348 | 1,120 | 1240 | 0.8451 | |
| 111 | University of North Florida | 31900 | 37900 | 0.1583 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
| 112 | Hampton University | 32300 | 47000 | 0.3128 | 3,728 | 956 | 0.6225 | |
| 113 | University of Scranton | 32400 | 78700 | 0.5881 | 3,613 | 1220 | 0.812 | |
| 114 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver | 32600 | 40200 | 0.1892 | 482 | 1195 | 0.9565 | |
| 115 | California Lutheran University | 32700 | 65800 | 0.5027 | 2,297 | 1258 | 0.7567 | |
| 116 | Frostburg State University | 32800 | 43100 | 0.239 | 2,619 | 1082 | 0.892 | |
| 116 | Harding University | 32800 | 47000 | 0.3023 | 3,523 | 1193 | 0.3942 | |
| 118 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 32900 | 45200 | 0.2722 | 10,767 | 1326 | 0.7243 | |
| 119 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 33100 | 44100 | 0.2493 | 581 | 1129 | 0.9821 | |
| 120 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 15,130 | 0 | 0.5256 | |
| 121 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 33400 | 40900 | 0.1835 | 1,236 | 1203 | 0.9811 | |
| 122 | Wilkes University | 33600 | 61900 | 0.4572 | 1,956 | 1153 | 0.9146 | |
| 123 | College of Charleston | 33700 | 33700 | 0 | 10,880 | 1255 | 0.6003 | |
| 123 | Elizabethtown College | 33700 | 54600 | 0.383 | 1,903 | 1214 | 0.7787 | |
| 123 | George Washington University | 33700 | 81800 | 0.5882 | 11,677 | 1421 | 0.4709 | |
| 126 | LeTourneau University | 34000 | 54600 | 0.3772 | 3,184 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 127 | Morgan State University | 34500 | 37200 | 0.0726 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 128 | DePaul University | 34900 | 59100 | 0.4093 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 129 | Adelphi University | 35100 | 63300 | 0.4454 | 5,325 | 1218 | 0.6591 | |
| 129 | City University of Seattle | 35100 | 45400 | 0.227 | 1,180 | 0 | 0.9025 | |
| 131 | Coastal Carolina University | 35200 | 44700 | 0.2124 | 10,811 | 1145 | 0.7527 | |
| 131 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 35200 | 49600 | 0.2901 | 1,809 | 1109 | 0.9484 | |
| 133 | Stevenson University | 35300 | 59900 | 0.4105 | 3,106 | 1100 | 0.7891 | |
| 134 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 35500 | 38700 | 0.0828 | 5,086 | 1000 | 0.9821 | |
| 135 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 35900 | 42400 | 0.1533 | 31,112 | 1130 | 0.8129 | |
| 136 | Salisbury University | 36000 | 40900 | 0.1199 | 6,288 | 1250 | 0.8747 | |
| 137 | Mercer University | 36400 | 60500 | 0.3984 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
| 138 | Towson University | 36700 | 45700 | 0.1969 | 16,264 | 1093 | 0.8198 | |
| 139 | East Carolina University | 37100 | 40100 | 0.0748 | 21,445 | 1120 | 0.8922 | |
| 139 | Immaculata University | 37100 | 47800 | 0.2236 | 1,652 | 1245 | 0.8578 | |
| 141 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 37300 | 38100 | 0.021 | 2,884 | 1175 | 0.9677 | |
| 142 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 37400 | 41600 | 0.101 | 5,187 | 1005 | 0.9229 | |
| 143 | Suffolk University | 38400 | 73600 | 0.4785 | 4,324 | 1209 | 0.822 | |
| 143 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38400 | 38400 | 0 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
| 145 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 38800 | 52900 | 0.2664 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 146 | Wayne State University | 39400 | 45500 | 0.134 | 16,173 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
| 147 | Pace University | 39700 | 74100 | 0.464 | 8,038 | 1274 | 0.7592 | |
| 148 | Stony Brook University | 39800 | 53000 | 0.2491 | 18,263 | 1395 | 0.4904 | |
| 149 | McKendree University | 40000 | 52200 | 0.2338 | 1,605 | 1098 | 0.6388 | |
| 150 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 40200 | 45400 | 0.1145 | 502 | 1204 | 0.9641 | |
| 151 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 40500 | 40500 | 0 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 152 | Loyola University Maryland | 41900 | 78800 | 0.4684 | 3,881 | 1309 | 0.7549 | |
| 153 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 42700 | 54900 | 0.2224 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 154 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 42800 | 55100 | 0.2234 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 154 | University of Maryland-College Park | 42800 | 52900 | 0.1909 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 156 | CUNY Bernard M Baruch College | 43400 | 43400 | 0 | 16,086 | 1293 | 0.5117 | |
| 156 | Western Oregon University | 43400 | 43400 | 0 | 3,343 | 1120 | 0.9871 | |
| 158 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4481 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
| 159 | University of California-Riverside | 43600 | 66400 | 0.3433 | 22,599 | 1199 | 0.7685 | |
| 160 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 43800 | 57100 | 0.2315 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 161 | CUNY Graduate School and University Center | 43900 | 43900 | 0 | 3,237 | 0 | 0.3861 | |
| 162 | CUNY Lehman College | 44400 | 45800 | 0.0306 | 11,217 | 1020 | 0.4601 | |
| 163 | James Madison University | 46400 | 46400 | 0 | 21,112 | 1260 | 0.7151 | |
| 164 | University of Illinois Chicago | 46500 | 48000 | 0.0312 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 165 | Ramapo College of New Jersey | 47600 | 48100 | 0.0104 | 5,444 | 1214 | 0.7064 | |
| 166 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 47800 | 56200 | 0.1494 | 3,965 | 1229 | 0.9121 | |
| 167 | Molloy University | 48200 | 62300 | 0.2265 | 3,240 | 1199 | 0.8174 | |
| 167 | University of Mount Olive | 48200 | 50400 | 0.0438 | 1,937 | 945 | 0.7775 | |
| 169 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 50100 | 56400 | 0.1116 | 10,200 | 1346 | 0.6507 | |
| 170 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 50300 | 52300 | 0.0382 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 171 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 50700 | 52900 | 0.0417 | 14,504 | 1145 | 0.7637 | |
| 172 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 50900 | 84200 | 0.3956 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 173 | University of Iowa | 51000 | 53200 | 0.0415 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 173 | University of Kentucky | 51000 | 56000 | 0.0893 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 175 | Drexel University | 51100 | 82600 | 0.3812 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 176 | University of Colorado Boulder | 51300 | 56300 | 0.0887 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
| 177 | Fordham University | 52700 | 94600 | 0.4431 | 10,307 | 1415 | 0.5628 | |
| 178 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
| 179 | Thiel College | 62400 | 69100 | 0.0969 | 831 | 1065 | 0.7189 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.
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