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 | California Institute of Technology | 6700 | 91800 | 0.9274 | 987 | 1557 | 0.0257 | |
| 2 | Savannah State University | 6900 | 40400 | 0.8283 | 2,966 | 925 | 0.4614 | |
| 3 | Northern Kentucky University | 7100 | 25900 | 0.7268 | 10,163 | 1090 | 0.6765 | |
| 4 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 8000 | 43500 | 0.8168 | 28,674 | 980 | 0.9419 | |
| 4 | University of Houston-Victoria | 8000 | 39700 | 0.7987 | 2,627 | 1095 | 0.959 | |
| 6 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8400 | 98000 | 0.9146 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0399 | |
| 7 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 9300 | 48800 | 0.8096 | 10,051 | 1064 | 0.9234 | |
| 7 | Fairmont State University | 9300 | 21400 | 0.5661 | 3,088 | 970 | 0.9862 | |
| 9 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 9500 | 36900 | 0.7427 | 3,224 | 1085 | 0.7643 | |
| 10 | Valdosta State University | 10500 | 24800 | 0.5775 | 7,166 | 1015 | 0.7229 | |
| 11 | University of Michigan-Flint | 11500 | 45600 | 0.7475 | 5,011 | 1109 | 0.7046 | |
| 12 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 11800 | 51900 | 0.773 | 6,139 | 1070 | 0.9052 | |
| 13 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 11900 | 41800 | 0.7151 | 37,140 | 1406 | 0.4237 | |
| 13 | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | 11900 | 25700 | 0.5375 | 10,632 | 1075 | 0.8859 | |
| 15 | East Texas A&M University | 12400 | 30000 | 0.5867 | 9,992 | 1045 | 0.9224 | |
| 16 | University of California-Riverside | 12900 | 36500 | 0.6461 | 22,600 | 1199 | 0.7639 | |
| 17 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 13300 | 13300 | 0 | 18,288 | 1090 | 0.9068 | |
| 18 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 13400 | 27800 | 0.5171 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8698 | |
| 19 | Fort Hays State University | 13500 | 40700 | 0.6689 | 10,172 | 1075 | 0.9026 | |
| 19 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 13500 | 13500 | 0 | 1,973 | 1189 | 0.8135 | |
| 21 | Coastal Carolina University | 13600 | 27200 | 0.5001 | 10,811 | 1145 | 0.7527 | |
| 22 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 47300 | 0.7099 | 38,040 | 1418 | 0.452 | |
| 23 | University of South Florida | 13900 | 17100 | 0.187 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 24 | University of North Florida | 14000 | 22400 | 0.3755 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
| 25 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 14100 | 46000 | 0.6931 | 4,218 | 1030 | 0.9489 | |
| 26 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 14300 | 32200 | 0.5566 | 2,906 | 1125 | 0.4696 | |
| 27 | University of North Texas | 14800 | 25700 | 0.4247 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 28 | Grand Valley State University | 15100 | 25300 | 0.4036 | 19,002 | 1084 | 0.8302 | |
| 29 | Alabama State University | 15200 | 37900 | 0.5983 | 3,521 | 945 | 0.9755 | |
| 29 | University of North Georgia | 15200 | 48000 | 0.6836 | 18,322 | 1100 | 0.6794 | |
| 31 | Dickinson State University | 15300 | 21700 | 0.2957 | 1,339 | 990 | 0.3702 | |
| 32 | Salisbury University | 15400 | 28700 | 0.4632 | 6,288 | 1250 | 0.8747 | |
| 33 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 15600 | 46800 | 0.6672 | 6,761 | 1105 | 0.8475 | |
| 34 | Wayne State College | 15700 | 20000 | 0.2149 | 3,902 | 0 | 0 | |
| 35 | Boston College | 15900 | 94200 | 0.8315 | 10,314 | 1490 | 0.1643 | |
| 36 | New Mexico Highlands University | 16200 | 31500 | 0.4854 | 1,603 | 0 | 0 | |
| 37 | Grove City College | 16300 | 39700 | 0.5902 | 2,341 | 1266 | 0.7232 | |
| 37 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 16300 | 42600 | 0.6176 | 7,622 | 1075 | 0.9254 | |
| 37 | Wayne State University | 16300 | 46200 | 0.6473 | 16,012 | 1174 | 0.8116 | |
| 40 | Goshen College | 16400 | 55900 | 0.7059 | 780 | 995 | 0.8407 | |
| 40 | Jacksonville State University | 16400 | 36100 | 0.5455 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 42 | SUNY at Fredonia | 16500 | 27800 | 0.407 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 43 | Westfield State University | 16700 | 33100 | 0.4966 | 3,868 | 1085 | 0.8141 | |
| 44 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 16800 | 32200 | 0.4781 | 10,200 | 1325 | 0.6507 | |
| 44 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16800 | 64800 | 0.7415 | 20,885 | 1420 | 0.1534 | |
| 44 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 16800 | 33600 | 0.4996 | 21,210 | 1148 | 0.9262 | |
| 47 | Cleveland State University | 16900 | 30900 | 0.4525 | 9,482 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 48 | University of South Alabama | 17200 | 35200 | 0.5116 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 49 | Morgan State University | 17400 | 37200 | 0.5323 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 49 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 17400 | 44900 | 0.612 | 5,255 | 1109 | 0.7295 | |
| 51 | Frostburg State University | 17500 | 26600 | 0.3419 | 3,422 | 1095 | 0.8918 | |
| 52 | University of Massachusetts-Boston | 18000 | 57000 | 0.6843 | 12,138 | 1189 | 0.8378 | |
| 52 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 18000 | 26700 | 0.3258 | 7,505 | 1073 | 0.9633 | |
| 54 | Southern University at New Orleans | 18100 | 34200 | 0.4706 | 2,179 | 950 | 0.789 | |
| 54 | Stockton University | 18100 | 32100 | 0.4359 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 54 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 18100 | 27700 | 0.3461 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 54 | University of Colorado Boulder | 18100 | 30600 | 0.4085 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7808 | |
| 58 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 18400 | 42800 | 0.5695 | 581 | 1132 | 0.9821 | |
| 59 | Emporia State University | 18500 | 29800 | 0.3797 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 59 | Florida Memorial University | 18500 | 44900 | 0.5881 | 1,206 | 0 | 0.8526 | |
| 61 | College of Charleston | 18600 | 33900 | 0.4519 | 10,880 | 1255 | 0.6003 | |
| 61 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 18600 | 43800 | 0.5748 | 352 | 1180 | 0.9647 | |
| 63 | Rutgers University-Newark | 18800 | 38000 | 0.505 | 7,989 | 1159 | 0.7136 | |
| 63 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 18800 | 35700 | 0.4736 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8304 | |
| 65 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 19600 | 38100 | 0.4856 | 2,884 | 1175 | 0.9677 | |
| 66 | San Jose State University | 19700 | 33600 | 0.4134 | 28,008 | 1124 | 0.8461 | |
| 67 | Central Connecticut State University | 19900 | 29500 | 0.3253 | 8,170 | 1075 | 0.7333 | |
| 68 | Central College | 20300 | 36800 | 0.4482 | 1,084 | 1145 | 0.8617 | |
| 69 | State University of New York at Oswego | 20500 | 40200 | 0.4902 | 5,517 | 1180 | 0.8055 | |
| 70 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 20600 | 34400 | 0.4011 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 71 | Lincoln University | 20800 | 24900 | 0.1646 | 1,926 | 0 | 0 | |
| 71 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 20800 | 57800 | 0.6405 | 1,932 | 1193 | 0.9278 | |
| 73 | Northwestern University | 20900 | 89500 | 0.7668 | 9,399 | 1527 | 0.0769 | |
| 73 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27100 | 0.2285 | 31,133 | 1463 | 0.4479 | |
| 75 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 21100 | 45200 | 0.5336 | 502 | 1189 | 0.9641 | |
| 76 | Kennesaw State University | 21300 | 27200 | 0.217 | 42,760 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 77 | Elmhurst University | 21400 | 67000 | 0.6808 | 3,213 | 1148 | 0.7364 | |
| 77 | Pennsylvania Western University | 21400 | 28200 | 0.2415 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 79 | Luther College | 21500 | 71900 | 0.7016 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.7154 | |
| 80 | Averett University | 22000 | 57200 | 0.6158 | 1,244 | 1054 | 0.5659 | |
| 81 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 22300 | 43000 | 0.4809 | 5,939 | 1065 | 0.5878 | |
| 82 | SUNY Brockport | 22400 | 35100 | 0.3618 | 5,816 | 1195 | 0.7068 | |
| 83 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 22700 | 58100 | 0.6097 | 1,472 | 1075 | 0.8459 | |
| 84 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 23000 | 44400 | 0.4816 | 1,813 | 1109 | 0.9484 | |
| 85 | Dakota State University | 23100 | 25600 | 0.0977 | 3,066 | 1192 | 0.8805 | |
| 86 | Robert Morris University | 23300 | 58000 | 0.5985 | 4,325 | 1145 | 0.8989 | |
| 87 | Bradley University | 23700 | 50800 | 0.5334 | 3,596 | 1223 | 0.7676 | |
| 88 | Houghton University | 23800 | 61900 | 0.6158 | 1,162 | 1277 | 0.8866 | |
| 89 | Dominican University | 24100 | 56000 | 0.5701 | 2,690 | 1005 | 0.9032 | |
| 90 | Norwich University | 24200 | 88400 | 0.7264 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 91 | Northwood University | 25000 | 54500 | 0.5417 | 2,045 | 1055 | 0.6451 | |
| 92 | Doane University | 26000 | 77700 | 0.665 | 1,315 | 1125 | 0.9801 | |
| 93 | Stony Brook University | 26100 | 33200 | 0.2129 | 18,263 | 1410 | 0.4904 | |
| 94 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 26200 | 28300 | 0.0753 | 3,375 | 1090 | 0.5876 | |
| 95 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 26400 | 39200 | 0.3266 | 4,487 | 1115 | 0.6726 | |
| 96 | Bethune-Cookman University | 26700 | 32700 | 0.1835 | 2,738 | 910 | 0.8824 | |
| 96 | Furman University | 26700 | 79600 | 0.6643 | 2,383 | 1359 | 0.4295 | |
| 98 | Albright College | 26800 | 49300 | 0.4563 | 1,230 | 1050 | 0.7633 | |
| 99 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 27100 | 47900 | 0.4339 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 100 | Columbia College | 27300 | 51600 | 0.4713 | 5,207 | 1145 | 0.4714 | |
| 101 | George Fox University | 27600 | 76800 | 0.6406 | 3,354 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 102 | Thomas Jefferson University | 27700 | 67700 | 0.5907 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8097 | |
| 103 | Syracuse University | 27900 | 83100 | 0.6642 | 15,957 | 1363 | 0.4592 | |
| 104 | California Lutheran University | 28100 | 70000 | 0.5988 | 2,297 | 1254 | 0.7567 | |
| 105 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 33400 | 0.1437 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 106 | Saint Xavier University | 28700 | 53600 | 0.4644 | 3,098 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 107 | University of Utah | 28900 | 32000 | 0.0978 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 108 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29300 | 33900 | 0.1358 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 109 | University of Toledo | 29500 | 32600 | 0.096 | 11,013 | 1229 | 0.9202 | |
| 110 | Mercy University | 29800 | 44500 | 0.3305 | 6,774 | 1135 | 0.8584 | |
| 111 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 30500 | 54700 | 0.4415 | 1,427 | 1025 | 0.4941 | |
| 112 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30700 | 54600 | 0.4384 | 3,163 | 1165 | 0.9347 | |
| 113 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1161 | 0.9523 | |
| 114 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 31300 | 31300 | 0 | 6,835 | 1090 | 0.7147 | |
| 115 | Angelo State University | 31800 | 35400 | 0.1026 | 9,702 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 116 | Saint Michael's College | 32000 | 68500 | 0.5331 | 1,120 | 1240 | 0.8451 | |
| 117 | Grambling State University | 32100 | 38100 | 0.1576 | 4,313 | 950 | 0.4486 | |
| 118 | Hampton University | 32200 | 62400 | 0.4836 | 3,728 | 947 | 0.6225 | |
| 119 | Washington Adventist University | 32300 | 37800 | 0.1457 | 513 | 995 | 0.4618 | |
| 120 | Suffolk University | 32500 | 68900 | 0.5285 | 4,326 | 1209 | 0.8233 | |
| 120 | University of Scranton | 32500 | 78700 | 0.5872 | 3,613 | 1250 | 0.8123 | |
| 122 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 32900 | 45100 | 0.2705 | 10,767 | 1326 | 0.7243 | |
| 123 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 15,254 | 1080 | 0.8955 | |
| 124 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 33600 | 58500 | 0.4261 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 125 | George Washington University | 33700 | 81800 | 0.5882 | 11,677 | 1430 | 0.4709 | |
| 126 | LeTourneau University | 34100 | 54800 | 0.378 | 3,187 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 127 | Charleston Southern University | 34300 | 48400 | 0.2917 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 128 | Pace University | 34800 | 74800 | 0.5346 | 8,038 | 1260 | 0.7592 | |
| 129 | Adelphi University | 35200 | 63300 | 0.4442 | 5,325 | 1237 | 0.6591 | |
| 130 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 36200 | 56300 | 0.3574 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 131 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 36500 | 41600 | 0.1232 | 5,386 | 1050 | 0.9092 | |
| 132 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 36700 | 39900 | 0.0785 | 5,086 | 1124 | 0.949 | |
| 133 | East Carolina University | 37100 | 40100 | 0.0748 | 21,445 | 1160 | 0.8921 | |
| 133 | Loyola University Maryland | 37100 | 78800 | 0.5293 | 3,881 | 1303 | 0.7549 | |
| 135 | Towson University | 37500 | 46400 | 0.1919 | 16,264 | 1098 | 0.8197 | |
| 136 | Christopher Newport University | 38000 | 51000 | 0.2551 | 4,369 | 1189 | 0.8604 | |
| 137 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38600 | 38600 | 0 | 14,416 | 1210 | 0.8851 | |
| 138 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 38700 | 53400 | 0.2754 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 139 | McKendree University | 40100 | 52200 | 0.2323 | 1,757 | 1098 | 0.7172 | |
| 140 | University of Mount Olive | 42300 | 50400 | 0.1613 | 1,944 | 1075 | 0.7575 | |
| 141 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 42500 | 54700 | 0.223 | 25,900 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 142 | Western Oregon University | 43400 | 43400 | 0 | 3,167 | 1040 | 0.981 | |
| 143 | Merrimack College | 43600 | 78800 | 0.4471 | 4,102 | 1115 | 0.7002 | |
| 143 | Radford University | 43600 | 45700 | 0.0466 | 6,161 | 1070 | 0.8953 | |
| 145 | University of Illinois Chicago | 43900 | 49300 | 0.1094 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 145 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 43900 | 57100 | 0.2301 | 23,329 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 147 | Immaculata University | 44200 | 47800 | 0.0753 | 1,652 | 1245 | 0.8576 | |
| 148 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 45100 | 67900 | 0.3357 | 3,965 | 1229 | 0.9121 | |
| 149 | James Madison University | 45300 | 45300 | 0 | 20,973 | 1260 | 0.7152 | |
| 150 | DePaul University | 48600 | 67100 | 0.2757 | 14,188 | 1254 | 0.7589 | |
| 151 | Ramapo College of New Jersey | 48700 | 54600 | 0.108 | 5,444 | 1220 | 0.7064 | |
| 152 | Drexel University | 48800 | 83800 | 0.4176 | 13,309 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 153 | University of Kentucky | 48900 | 56600 | 0.1359 | 25,534 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 154 | Mercer University | 49000 | 63700 | 0.2309 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
| 155 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 50800 | 52900 | 0.0403 | 14,504 | 1149 | 0.7637 | |
| 156 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 51000 | 84700 | 0.398 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 157 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 53100 | 61200 | 0.1329 | 26,221 | 1204 | 0.8854 | |
| 158 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 16,100 | 1219 | 0.7766 | |
| 159 | Dallas Baptist University | 56100 | 71900 | 0.2196 | 2,785 | 1109 | 0.8884 | |
| 160 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58300 | 64100 | 0.0905 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 161 | Molloy University | 59800 | 62300 | 0.0402 | 3,240 | 1199 | 0.8174 | |
| 162 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver | 60400 | 63200 | 0.0443 | 482 | 1195 | 0.9565 | |
| 162 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 60400 | 64100 | 0.0577 | 1,236 | 1193 | 0.9811 | |
| 164 | Thiel College | 60600 | 69100 | 0.123 | 833 | 1065 | 0.7155 | |
| 165 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 61400 | 64200 | 0.0436 | 1,880 | 1185 | 0.9867 | |
| 166 | Clemson University | 61500 | 63700 | 0.0335 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 167 | Fordham University | 70000 | 95000 | 0.263 | 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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