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 | University of Michigan-Flint | 4900 | 41300 | 0.8817 | 5,534 | 1079 | 0.6734 | |
| 2 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 5400 | 40700 | 0.8664 | 35,358 | 1448 | 0.1642 | |
| 3 | Northern Kentucky University | 7400 | 25900 | 0.7152 | 10,136 | 1110 | 0.9666 | |
| 4 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 7700 | 36100 | 0.7877 | 10,368 | 1064 | 0.999 | |
| 4 | Northwestern University | 7700 | 94200 | 0.9182 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 6 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8700 | 98000 | 0.9113 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 7 | Lamar University | 9000 | 22900 | 0.6062 | 8,387 | 1040 | 0.8353 | |
| 8 | Portland State University | 9900 | 43300 | 0.7719 | 14,932 | 1174 | 0.8586 | |
| 9 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 10300 | 41400 | 0.7518 | 3,224 | 1085 | 0.7643 | |
| 10 | Concord University | 10500 | 49200 | 0.7861 | 1,638 | 1015 | 0.9728 | |
| 10 | Fairmont State University | 10500 | 21600 | 0.513 | 3,090 | 970 | 0.9862 | |
| 12 | Savannah State University | 10700 | 50900 | 0.7901 | 2,966 | 950 | 1 | |
| 13 | University of Illinois Chicago | 11400 | 30200 | 0.6229 | 24,260 | 1174 | 0.7576 | |
| 14 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 12900 | 40500 | 0.6814 | 29,727 | 990 | 0.9229 | |
| 14 | University of North Florida | 12900 | 22400 | 0.4246 | 14,837 | 1124 | 0.6815 | |
| 16 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 13000 | 19400 | 0.33 | 14,865 | 1175 | 0.9113 | |
| 16 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 13000 | 35200 | 0.6314 | 18,667 | 1090 | 0.9711 | |
| 18 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 13200 | 40800 | 0.6767 | 6,761 | 1105 | 0.8475 | |
| 18 | Wayne State University | 13200 | 46800 | 0.7184 | 16,390 | 1183 | 0.8359 | |
| 20 | Coastal Carolina University | 13300 | 27200 | 0.5111 | 11,471 | 1160 | 0.7003 | |
| 20 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 13300 | 36800 | 0.6385 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 22 | University of California-Riverside | 13400 | 36500 | 0.6324 | 24,034 | 1199 | 0.8609 | |
| 23 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 61700 | 0.7781 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 24 | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | 13900 | 19600 | 0.2907 | 10,995 | 1090 | 0.7476 | |
| 25 | Valdosta State University | 14100 | 29700 | 0.5249 | 7,199 | 1005 | 0.7769 | |
| 26 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 14200 | 38200 | 0.6275 | 7,501 | 1055 | 0.9467 | |
| 27 | Mercy University | 14700 | 46400 | 0.6836 | 6,692 | 1135 | 0.8724 | |
| 28 | Westfield State University | 14800 | 37600 | 0.6069 | 3,868 | 1105 | 0.8671 | |
| 29 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 14900 | 44000 | 0.6617 | 308 | 1144 | 0.9053 | |
| 30 | Christopher Newport University | 15000 | 45100 | 0.6678 | 4,369 | 1189 | 0.8604 | |
| 30 | Wayne State College | 15000 | 30500 | 0.509 | 3,886 | 0 | 1 | |
| 32 | Jacksonville State University | 15400 | 38200 | 0.5964 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 33 | Grand Valley State University | 15800 | 28300 | 0.441 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 34 | Morgan State University | 16500 | 30700 | 0.4621 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 34 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 16500 | 27800 | 0.4069 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 34 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16500 | 64800 | 0.7456 | 22,007 | 1427 | 0.1672 | |
| 37 | Boston College | 16600 | 96300 | 0.8274 | 9,677 | 1484 | 0.1422 | |
| 38 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 16700 | 28100 | 0.4055 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 39 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 16800 | 36400 | 0.5378 | 2,710 | 1218 | 0.9374 | |
| 39 | Southern University at New Orleans | 16800 | 42000 | 0.5996 | 2,179 | 950 | 0.789 | |
| 39 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 16800 | 26600 | 0.3688 | 7,747 | 1073 | 0.9617 | |
| 42 | University of South Alabama | 17000 | 22400 | 0.2415 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 43 | College of Charleston | 17100 | 33900 | 0.4961 | 10,596 | 1234 | 0.73 | |
| 43 | Emporia State University | 17100 | 31200 | 0.4521 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 43 | Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi | 17100 | 28900 | 0.4089 | 8,673 | 1095 | 0.9156 | |
| 43 | University of Colorado Boulder | 17100 | 31900 | 0.4622 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7809 | |
| 43 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 17100 | 44200 | 0.6138 | 1,829 | 1149 | 0.945 | |
| 48 | University of Massachusetts-Boston | 17300 | 89500 | 0.8064 | 12,138 | 1189 | 0.8379 | |
| 49 | Texas A&M University-Victoria | 17400 | 46500 | 0.6254 | 2,627 | 1000 | 0.5253 | |
| 50 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 17600 | 44000 | 0.5996 | 586 | 1140 | 0.9577 | |
| 50 | State University of New York at Oswego | 17600 | 27700 | 0.3645 | 5,293 | 1179 | 0.7989 | |
| 52 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 17900 | 95700 | 0.8126 | 711 | 1030 | 0.8214 | |
| 53 | Kennesaw State University | 18000 | 27400 | 0.3428 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 54 | San Jose State University | 18100 | 41100 | 0.5591 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 55 | Angelo State University | 18200 | 23100 | 0.2117 | 10,103 | 1045 | 0.7981 | |
| 56 | Rutgers University-Newark | 18400 | 39200 | 0.5311 | 7,989 | 1159 | 0.7136 | |
| 56 | SUNY Brockport | 18400 | 26200 | 0.2972 | 5,816 | 1195 | 0.7068 | |
| 58 | Ramapo College of New Jersey | 18500 | 36700 | 0.4953 | 5,492 | 1210 | 0.7026 | |
| 59 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18800 | 54000 | 0.6515 | 3,991 | 1010 | 0.9654 | |
| 60 | Norwich University | 19000 | 100600 | 0.8114 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 61 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 19200 | 38900 | 0.506 | 1,973 | 1189 | 0.8142 | |
| 62 | Coppin State University | 20000 | 27600 | 0.2756 | 1,908 | 950 | 0.4583 | |
| 63 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20100 | 57800 | 0.652 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 64 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Schuylkill | 20200 | 45300 | 0.5539 | 653 | 1145 | 0.7972 | |
| 64 | SUNY at Fredonia | 20200 | 53600 | 0.6229 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 64 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 20200 | 39000 | 0.4822 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 67 | Stockton University | 20300 | 46100 | 0.5598 | 7,583 | 1134 | 0.901 | |
| 67 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 20300 | 26100 | 0.2219 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 69 | Dakota State University | 20400 | 22500 | 0.0912 | 3,085 | 1174 | 0.9241 | |
| 69 | Grove City College | 20400 | 39700 | 0.4868 | 2,247 | 1248 | 0.667 | |
| 69 | Syracuse University | 20400 | 83600 | 0.756 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 72 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 20500 | 57800 | 0.6451 | 1,109 | 1175 | 0.9088 | |
| 73 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 20700 | 40100 | 0.4839 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 74 | Tarleton State University | 21000 | 23000 | 0.087 | 17,556 | 1090 | 0.5386 | |
| 74 | Thiel College | 21000 | 69100 | 0.6959 | 830 | 1065 | 0.7189 | |
| 76 | Lincoln University | 21100 | 46500 | 0.5467 | 1,926 | 920 | 0 | |
| 77 | Grambling State University | 21200 | 40500 | 0.4768 | 4,313 | 950 | 0.4486 | |
| 77 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 21200 | 51900 | 0.5921 | 5,939 | 1065 | 0.5878 | |
| 79 | Texas Southern University | 21300 | 38900 | 0.4524 | 6,844 | 915 | 0.9691 | |
| 79 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 21300 | 29900 | 0.2881 | 21,469 | 1167 | 0.9061 | |
| 81 | Alabama State University | 21400 | 43200 | 0.5045 | 3,521 | 945 | 0.9755 | |
| 81 | Luther College | 21400 | 75400 | 0.7164 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.8398 | |
| 81 | Salisbury University | 21400 | 29300 | 0.2697 | 6,477 | 1245 | 0.8826 | |
| 84 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 21900 | 39100 | 0.4402 | 2,907 | 1125 | 0.4696 | |
| 85 | Houghton University | 22600 | 60900 | 0.6285 | 958 | 1277 | 0.89 | |
| 86 | Pennsylvania Western University | 22800 | 34400 | 0.3369 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 87 | Robert Morris University | 23000 | 58000 | 0.6031 | 4,325 | 1145 | 0.8989 | |
| 88 | Florida Memorial University | 23200 | 51000 | 0.5446 | 1,206 | 0 | 0.8526 | |
| 89 | Columbia College | 23500 | 38700 | 0.3924 | 876 | 1025 | 0.8878 | |
| 90 | University of North Texas | 23700 | 37400 | 0.3661 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 91 | Dominican University | 23900 | 56000 | 0.573 | 2,642 | 1005 | 0.8879 | |
| 91 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 23900 | 47900 | 0.5006 | 2,280 | 1224 | 0.9675 | |
| 93 | University of South Florida | 24500 | 36500 | 0.3284 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 94 | Fort Hays State University | 24600 | 28500 | 0.1366 | 10,172 | 1075 | 0.9026 | |
| 95 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 24900 | 36900 | 0.3255 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 96 | Loyola University Maryland | 25700 | 78800 | 0.674 | 4,013 | 1329 | 0.6986 | |
| 96 | Northwood University | 25700 | 54500 | 0.5289 | 2,045 | 1055 | 0.6451 | |
| 98 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 25900 | 28300 | 0.0847 | 3,375 | 1090 | 0.5885 | |
| 98 | West Virginia Wesleyan College | 25900 | 53800 | 0.5189 | 971 | 1030 | 0.9334 | |
| 100 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 26000 | 28400 | 0.0842 | 14,834 | 1149 | 0.7803 | |
| 100 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 26000 | 49600 | 0.4755 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 102 | Stony Brook University | 26100 | 33200 | 0.2129 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 103 | Central College | 26200 | 38700 | 0.323 | 1,050 | 1159 | 0.8698 | |
| 104 | Bemidji State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 3,751 | 1075 | 0.5598 | |
| 105 | Cleveland State University | 27100 | 38600 | 0.2981 | 9,418 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 105 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 27100 | 63100 | 0.5701 | 1,495 | 1075 | 0.8761 | |
| 107 | Central Connecticut State University | 27800 | 30400 | 0.0856 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 108 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28500 | 36400 | 0.2172 | 11,691 | 1074 | 0.7722 | |
| 109 | Bethune-Cookman University | 28600 | 32300 | 0.1144 | 2,739 | 910 | 0.8824 | |
| 110 | University of Toledo | 29200 | 32600 | 0.1041 | 10,726 | 1134 | 0.8889 | |
| 111 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 29300 | 33000 | 0.112 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 112 | California Lutheran University | 29400 | 71700 | 0.5901 | 2,160 | 1218 | 0.7631 | |
| 113 | Saint Xavier University | 29600 | 58200 | 0.4911 | 3,100 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 114 | Thomas Jefferson University | 29700 | 70000 | 0.5754 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 115 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30400 | 54600 | 0.4432 | 3,120 | 1193 | 0.3992 | |
| 116 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 30700 | 36900 | 0.1691 | 5,687 | 1305 | 0.7863 | |
| 117 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 2,082 | 1124 | 0.9576 | |
| 118 | Suffolk University | 31000 | 75700 | 0.5907 | 4,247 | 1209 | 0.8228 | |
| 119 | Hampton University | 31600 | 54800 | 0.4233 | 4,046 | 1005 | 0.6358 | |
| 120 | Immaculata University | 31800 | 48600 | 0.3458 | 1,889 | 1264 | 0.8656 | |
| 121 | University of Scranton | 32300 | 78700 | 0.5893 | 3,689 | 1245 | 0.8006 | |
| 122 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 32900 | 59900 | 0.4511 | 11,087 | 1326 | 0.7397 | |
| 123 | Harding University | 33400 | 47800 | 0.3012 | 3,536 | 1184 | 0.7052 | |
| 124 | Elizabethtown College | 33600 | 57500 | 0.4154 | 1,935 | 1214 | 0.8892 | |
| 125 | Pace University | 33800 | 75700 | 0.5538 | 5,520 | 1273 | 0.7827 | |
| 126 | Charleston Southern University | 34100 | 48400 | 0.2971 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 127 | George Washington University | 34400 | 81800 | 0.5796 | 11,495 | 1436 | 0.4713 | |
| 128 | Averett University | 34600 | 57600 | 0.3994 | 1,244 | 1054 | 0.5659 | |
| 129 | Adelphi University | 34900 | 63300 | 0.4484 | 5,097 | 1241 | 0.7215 | |
| 130 | Bradley University | 35300 | 60600 | 0.4174 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 131 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 35800 | 39700 | 0.0983 | 4,789 | 1040 | 0.6671 | |
| 132 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 36200 | 54400 | 0.3346 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 133 | Rowan University | 36300 | 53600 | 0.3226 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 134 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 36500 | 39900 | 0.0852 | 3,893 | 1015 | 0.9839 | |
| 135 | East Carolina University | 36800 | 42700 | 0.1381 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 136 | Frostburg State University | 37400 | 42500 | 0.12 | 3,436 | 1095 | 0.907 | |
| 137 | Drexel University | 39500 | 86400 | 0.5428 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 138 | Elmhurst University | 40200 | 69600 | 0.4222 | 3,170 | 1133 | 0.7501 | |
| 138 | Saint Michael's College | 40200 | 75800 | 0.4696 | 1,051 | 1280 | 0.8976 | |
| 140 | McKendree University | 40500 | 52900 | 0.2343 | 1,757 | 1098 | 0.7172 | |
| 141 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 41300 | 55300 | 0.2534 | 21,388 | 1369 | 0.5945 | |
| 141 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 41300 | 64900 | 0.3637 | 4,182 | 1317 | 0.8783 | |
| 143 | University of Mount Olive | 42000 | 50400 | 0.1666 | 1,944 | 1075 | 0.7575 | |
| 144 | University of Maryland-College Park | 42800 | 58600 | 0.2697 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 145 | Furman University | 43100 | 84700 | 0.4914 | 2,304 | 1372 | 0.4869 | |
| 146 | James Madison University | 43400 | 45000 | 0.0355 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 146 | Merrimack College | 43400 | 78800 | 0.4492 | 4,123 | 1124 | 0.6927 | |
| 146 | Western Oregon University | 43400 | 43400 | 0 | 3,034 | 1120 | 0.8345 | |
| 149 | Radford University | 45200 | 47600 | 0.0503 | 6,206 | 1050 | 0.8939 | |
| 150 | Mercer University | 45600 | 65400 | 0.3031 | 4,719 | 1263 | 0.643 | |
| 151 | Towson University | 45700 | 46600 | 0.0193 | 16,361 | 1082 | 0.8057 | |
| 152 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47100 | 61500 | 0.234 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 153 | Molloy University | 47600 | 62300 | 0.2361 | 3,396 | 1188 | 0.6633 | |
| 154 | University of Kentucky | 48400 | 59900 | 0.1927 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 155 | DePaul University | 49000 | 69400 | 0.2938 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 156 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 49400 | 58800 | 0.1599 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 157 | University of North Georgia | 50000 | 57000 | 0.1228 | 19,321 | 1100 | 0.9618 | |
| 158 | University of Utah | 51300 | 53700 | 0.0446 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 159 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 54900 | 68800 | 0.2022 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 160 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58300 | 63700 | 0.0848 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 161 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 58800 | 61200 | 0.0391 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 162 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 60300 | 60300 | 0 | 504 | 1200 | 0.9095 | |
| 163 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 60800 | 63700 | 0.0455 | 1,078 | 1217 | 0.9646 | |
| 164 | Clemson University | 61300 | 63700 | 0.0376 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 165 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver | 64000 | 64000 | 0 | 475 | 1195 | 0.9418 | |
| 166 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 64200 | 64200 | 0 | 1,709 | 1218 | 0.9653 | |
| 167 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 66900 | 66900 | 0 | 9,827 | 1329 | 0.6737 | |
| 168 | Fordham University | 88500 | 143900 | 0.3851 | 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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