Considering a degree in Information Science/Studies?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Information Science/Studies majors who live in Massachusetts.
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 Massachusetts.
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 | 8300 | 97100 | 0.915 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 3 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 9700 | 20400 | 0.525 | 3,224 | 1085 | 0.7643 | |
| 4 | Valdosta State University | 10500 | 24800 | 0.5775 | 7,199 | 1005 | 0.7769 | |
| 5 | Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi | 12000 | 28900 | 0.5856 | 8,673 | 1095 | 0.9156 | |
| 6 | Lamar University | 12300 | 22900 | 0.4623 | 8,387 | 1040 | 0.8353 | |
| 7 | University of North Florida | 12500 | 22400 | 0.4425 | 14,837 | 1124 | 0.6815 | |
| 8 | University of Michigan-Flint | 12800 | 34900 | 0.6339 | 5,534 | 1079 | 0.6734 | |
| 8 | University of South Florida | 12800 | 17100 | 0.2513 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 10 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 13100 | 30000 | 0.5634 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 10 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 13100 | 49100 | 0.7333 | 29,727 | 990 | 0.9229 | |
| 12 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 13500 | 13500 | 0 | 1,973 | 1189 | 0.8142 | |
| 13 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 61700 | 0.7784 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 14 | Fairmont State University | 13800 | 21400 | 0.3556 | 3,090 | 970 | 0.9862 | |
| 15 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 14000 | 40600 | 0.6545 | 308 | 1144 | 0.9053 | |
| 16 | Alabama State University | 14200 | 31300 | 0.5476 | 3,521 | 945 | 0.9755 | |
| 16 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 14200 | 37400 | 0.6197 | 7,501 | 1055 | 0.9467 | |
| 18 | Northern Kentucky University | 14400 | 25900 | 0.4446 | 10,136 | 1110 | 0.9666 | |
| 19 | Wayne State College | 15000 | 20300 | 0.2611 | 3,886 | 0 | 1 | |
| 20 | Radford University | 15400 | 32000 | 0.5196 | 6,206 | 1050 | 0.8939 | |
| 21 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 15700 | 26800 | 0.4146 | 4,789 | 1040 | 0.6671 | |
| 22 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 15800 | 38400 | 0.5882 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 23 | Jacksonville State University | 15900 | 27000 | 0.4118 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 23 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 15900 | 27700 | 0.4254 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 25 | Portland State University | 16000 | 26100 | 0.3872 | 14,932 | 1174 | 0.8586 | |
| 26 | Northwestern University | 16600 | 89500 | 0.8149 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 26 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16600 | 64800 | 0.7439 | 22,007 | 1427 | 0.1672 | |
| 28 | Westfield State University | 16900 | 37600 | 0.5511 | 3,868 | 1105 | 0.8671 | |
| 29 | Boston College | 17000 | 96100 | 0.823 | 9,677 | 1484 | 0.1422 | |
| 30 | Central Connecticut State University | 17100 | 36000 | 0.5244 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 30 | SUNY at Fredonia | 17100 | 27800 | 0.3854 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 32 | East Carolina University | 17600 | 26100 | 0.3256 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 32 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 17600 | 43500 | 0.5949 | 586 | 1140 | 0.9577 | |
| 34 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 17700 | 35300 | 0.4983 | 1,829 | 1149 | 0.945 | |
| 35 | College of Charleston | 17900 | 33900 | 0.4726 | 10,596 | 1234 | 0.73 | |
| 35 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 17900 | 54300 | 0.6703 | 10,368 | 1064 | 0.999 | |
| 37 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18000 | 28600 | 0.3704 | 3,991 | 1010 | 0.9654 | |
| 38 | Coppin State University | 18100 | 29200 | 0.3805 | 1,908 | 950 | 0.4583 | |
| 39 | Texas A&M University-Victoria | 18900 | 35800 | 0.4723 | 2,627 | 1000 | 0.5253 | |
| 40 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 19000 | 68100 | 0.7212 | 711 | 1030 | 0.8214 | |
| 41 | University of South Alabama | 19100 | 22400 | 0.1476 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 42 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 19300 | 35700 | 0.4596 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 43 | Norwich University | 19400 | 73800 | 0.7369 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 44 | University of Colorado Boulder | 19600 | 31900 | 0.3852 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7809 | |
| 45 | Cleveland State University | 20000 | 30900 | 0.3523 | 9,418 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 45 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20000 | 39900 | 0.499 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 45 | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | 20000 | 25700 | 0.222 | 10,995 | 1090 | 0.7476 | |
| 48 | Dakota State University | 20400 | 22500 | 0.0912 | 3,085 | 1174 | 0.9241 | |
| 48 | Grove City College | 20400 | 39700 | 0.4868 | 2,247 | 1248 | 0.667 | |
| 50 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 20600 | 57800 | 0.6433 | 1,109 | 1175 | 0.9088 | |
| 51 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 20700 | 27800 | 0.255 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 52 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27300 | 0.2346 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 53 | Tarleton State University | 21000 | 23000 | 0.087 | 17,556 | 1090 | 0.5386 | |
| 54 | Western Oregon University | 21300 | 24600 | 0.134 | 3,034 | 1120 | 0.8345 | |
| 55 | Luther College | 21500 | 75400 | 0.7153 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.8398 | |
| 56 | Bradley University | 21600 | 50800 | 0.5747 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 57 | Grand Valley State University | 22100 | 35900 | 0.3849 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 57 | Lincoln University | 22100 | 24900 | 0.1124 | 1,926 | 920 | 0 | |
| 59 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 22300 | 53000 | 0.5787 | 1,495 | 1075 | 0.8761 | |
| 60 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 22600 | 25400 | 0.1104 | 2,907 | 1125 | 0.4696 | |
| 61 | San Jose State University | 22900 | 41100 | 0.4429 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 62 | Florida Memorial University | 23000 | 42000 | 0.4519 | 1,206 | 0 | 0.8526 | |
| 63 | Robert Morris University | 23100 | 58000 | 0.6012 | 4,325 | 1145 | 0.8989 | |
| 64 | Concord University | 23200 | 40800 | 0.4317 | 1,638 | 1015 | 0.9728 | |
| 64 | Houghton University | 23200 | 44300 | 0.4763 | 958 | 1277 | 0.89 | |
| 66 | University of Massachusetts-Boston | 23400 | 89500 | 0.7383 | 12,138 | 1189 | 0.8379 | |
| 67 | University of Kentucky | 23700 | 36400 | 0.3478 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 68 | Dominican University | 23900 | 56000 | 0.573 | 2,642 | 1005 | 0.8879 | |
| 69 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 24200 | 30600 | 0.2091 | 9,827 | 1329 | 0.6737 | |
| 70 | Emporia State University | 24700 | 32000 | 0.228 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 70 | Pennsylvania Western University | 24700 | 34400 | 0.2817 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 72 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 24900 | 45900 | 0.4579 | 504 | 1200 | 0.9095 | |
| 73 | Columbia College | 25000 | 46900 | 0.467 | 876 | 1025 | 0.8878 | |
| 74 | Fort Hays State University | 25800 | 36100 | 0.2875 | 10,172 | 1075 | 0.9026 | |
| 75 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 26000 | 28300 | 0.0809 | 3,375 | 1090 | 0.5885 | |
| 75 | West Virginia Wesleyan College | 26000 | 53800 | 0.5169 | 971 | 1030 | 0.9334 | |
| 77 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 26100 | 28400 | 0.0805 | 14,834 | 1149 | 0.7803 | |
| 78 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 26200 | 36800 | 0.2882 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 79 | Southern University at New Orleans | 26300 | 42300 | 0.3781 | 2,179 | 950 | 0.789 | |
| 80 | Bemidji State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 3,751 | 1075 | 0.5598 | |
| 81 | Northwood University | 26800 | 54500 | 0.5087 | 2,045 | 1055 | 0.6451 | |
| 82 | Bethune-Cookman University | 27100 | 32700 | 0.1713 | 2,739 | 910 | 0.8824 | |
| 82 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 27100 | 37700 | 0.2814 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 84 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 27200 | 36500 | 0.255 | 7,747 | 1073 | 0.9617 | |
| 85 | University of North Georgia | 27300 | 38600 | 0.2931 | 19,321 | 1100 | 0.9618 | |
| 86 | Kennesaw State University | 27400 | 27400 | 0 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 86 | Syracuse University | 27400 | 83100 | 0.6701 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 88 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 27700 | 36700 | 0.2455 | 1,709 | 1218 | 0.9653 | |
| 89 | Elmhurst University | 28200 | 67000 | 0.5793 | 3,170 | 1133 | 0.7501 | |
| 90 | University of North Texas | 28300 | 37400 | 0.2431 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 91 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28500 | 32300 | 0.1176 | 11,691 | 1074 | 0.7722 | |
| 92 | Saint Xavier University | 28600 | 53700 | 0.4671 | 3,100 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 93 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 28800 | 42400 | 0.3211 | 6,761 | 1105 | 0.8475 | |
| 94 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29000 | 34000 | 0.1472 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 95 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 29100 | 29200 | 0.0034 | 18,667 | 1090 | 0.9711 | |
| 96 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 29500 | 48100 | 0.387 | 2,280 | 1224 | 0.9675 | |
| 97 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 29700 | 31600 | 0.0601 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 98 | Grambling State University | 30000 | 35300 | 0.1502 | 4,313 | 950 | 0.4486 | |
| 99 | Mercy University | 30100 | 44500 | 0.3237 | 6,692 | 1135 | 0.8724 | |
| 100 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30500 | 54600 | 0.4413 | 3,120 | 1193 | 0.3992 | |
| 101 | University of Toledo | 30700 | 42000 | 0.269 | 10,726 | 1134 | 0.8889 | |
| 102 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 2,082 | 1124 | 0.9576 | |
| 102 | Frostburg State University | 30900 | 43000 | 0.2815 | 3,436 | 1095 | 0.907 | |
| 104 | Central College | 31100 | 36800 | 0.155 | 1,050 | 1159 | 0.8698 | |
| 105 | Saint Michael's College | 31300 | 68500 | 0.5434 | 1,051 | 1280 | 0.8976 | |
| 106 | Hampton University | 31500 | 54800 | 0.4252 | 4,046 | 1005 | 0.6358 | |
| 107 | Angelo State University | 31600 | 35400 | 0.1071 | 10,103 | 1045 | 0.7981 | |
| 108 | Morgan State University | 32400 | 41900 | 0.2269 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 108 | SUNY Brockport | 32400 | 35800 | 0.095 | 5,816 | 1195 | 0.7068 | |
| 108 | University of Scranton | 32400 | 78700 | 0.5879 | 3,689 | 1245 | 0.8006 | |
| 111 | State University of New York at Oswego | 32700 | 40200 | 0.1866 | 5,293 | 1179 | 0.7989 | |
| 112 | Suffolk University | 32800 | 68900 | 0.5241 | 4,247 | 1209 | 0.8228 | |
| 113 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 32900 | 45100 | 0.2705 | 11,087 | 1326 | 0.7397 | |
| 114 | Harding University | 33500 | 47800 | 0.299 | 3,536 | 1184 | 0.7052 | |
| 115 | Elizabethtown College | 33600 | 55300 | 0.3925 | 1,935 | 1214 | 0.8892 | |
| 116 | George Washington University | 33700 | 81800 | 0.5881 | 11,495 | 1436 | 0.4713 | |
| 117 | Salisbury University | 34100 | 41700 | 0.1821 | 6,477 | 1245 | 0.8826 | |
| 117 | Thomas Jefferson University | 34100 | 68100 | 0.4993 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 119 | Charleston Southern University | 34200 | 48400 | 0.295 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 120 | Texas Southern University | 34400 | 42500 | 0.1907 | 6,844 | 915 | 0.9691 | |
| 121 | Loyola University Maryland | 34500 | 78800 | 0.5623 | 4,013 | 1329 | 0.6986 | |
| 122 | Stockton University | 34600 | 44500 | 0.2226 | 7,583 | 1134 | 0.901 | |
| 122 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 34600 | 38700 | 0.106 | 14,865 | 1175 | 0.9113 | |
| 124 | Coastal Carolina University | 34800 | 45100 | 0.2281 | 11,471 | 1160 | 0.7003 | |
| 125 | Adelphi University | 35000 | 63300 | 0.4467 | 5,097 | 1241 | 0.7215 | |
| 126 | California Lutheran University | 35100 | 70000 | 0.4988 | 2,160 | 1218 | 0.7631 | |
| 127 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Schuylkill | 35200 | 61100 | 0.424 | 653 | 1145 | 0.7972 | |
| 128 | Averett University | 35400 | 57200 | 0.3813 | 1,244 | 1054 | 0.5659 | |
| 129 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 36000 | 56300 | 0.3603 | 5,687 | 1305 | 0.7863 | |
| 130 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 36300 | 53100 | 0.3162 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 131 | Furman University | 36500 | 82900 | 0.5595 | 2,304 | 1372 | 0.4869 | |
| 132 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 36600 | 39900 | 0.0825 | 3,893 | 1015 | 0.9839 | |
| 133 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 36900 | 37100 | 0.0054 | 5,939 | 1065 | 0.5878 | |
| 134 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 37800 | 40100 | 0.0571 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 135 | Christopher Newport University | 38000 | 51000 | 0.2551 | 4,369 | 1189 | 0.8604 | |
| 136 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 38100 | 38100 | 0 | 2,710 | 1218 | 0.9374 | |
| 137 | Rutgers University-Newark | 39400 | 57900 | 0.3194 | 7,989 | 1159 | 0.7136 | |
| 138 | Stony Brook University | 39700 | 53000 | 0.2507 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 139 | University of Illinois Chicago | 40000 | 50600 | 0.2095 | 24,260 | 1174 | 0.7576 | |
| 140 | Wayne State University | 40400 | 46200 | 0.1256 | 16,390 | 1183 | 0.8359 | |
| 141 | Pace University | 40500 | 74800 | 0.4585 | 5,520 | 1273 | 0.7827 | |
| 142 | McKendree University | 40600 | 52900 | 0.2324 | 1,757 | 1098 | 0.7172 | |
| 143 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 41300 | 67900 | 0.3917 | 4,182 | 1317 | 0.8783 | |
| 144 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 41400 | 55200 | 0.2499 | 21,388 | 1369 | 0.5945 | |
| 145 | University of Mount Olive | 42100 | 50400 | 0.1645 | 1,944 | 1075 | 0.7575 | |
| 146 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4479 | 4,123 | 1124 | 0.6927 | |
| 147 | Immaculata University | 43900 | 47500 | 0.0757 | 1,889 | 1264 | 0.8656 | |
| 148 | Towson University | 45100 | 46400 | 0.028 | 16,361 | 1082 | 0.8057 | |
| 149 | James Madison University | 45200 | 45200 | 0 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 150 | Mercer University | 45700 | 65400 | 0.3015 | 4,719 | 1263 | 0.643 | |
| 151 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 46400 | 46600 | 0.0043 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 152 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47100 | 59700 | 0.2124 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 153 | Drexel University | 47700 | 83900 | 0.4315 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 154 | DePaul University | 49100 | 66000 | 0.2562 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 154 | University of California-Riverside | 49100 | 66000 | 0.2562 | 24,034 | 1199 | 0.8609 | |
| 156 | Ramapo College of New Jersey | 50400 | 55400 | 0.0901 | 5,492 | 1210 | 0.7026 | |
| 157 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 50800 | 84700 | 0.4003 | 35,358 | 1448 | 0.1642 | |
| 158 | University of Utah | 51400 | 53700 | 0.0426 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 159 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 52200 | 52800 | 0.0114 | 21,469 | 1167 | 0.9061 | |
| 160 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 161 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58200 | 64100 | 0.092 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 162 | Molloy University | 58600 | 62300 | 0.0594 | 3,396 | 1188 | 0.6633 | |
| 163 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 58900 | 61200 | 0.0374 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 164 | Thiel College | 60400 | 69100 | 0.1259 | 830 | 1065 | 0.7189 | |
| 165 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 60700 | 64100 | 0.053 | 1,078 | 1217 | 0.9646 | |
| 166 | Clemson University | 61400 | 63700 | 0.036 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 167 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver | 63900 | 63900 | 0 | 475 | 1195 | 0.9418 | |
| 168 | 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.
Join thousands of students and parents learning about finding the right college, admissions secrets, scholarships, financial aid, and more.