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 | 6900 | 29000 | 0.7616 | 2,966 | 925 | 0.4614 | |
| 2 | California Institute of Technology | 7500 | 91800 | 0.9183 | 987 | 1557 | 0.0257 | |
| 3 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8300 | 97100 | 0.915 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0399 | |
| 4 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 10300 | 10300 | 0 | 6,139 | 1070 | 0.9052 | |
| 5 | Valdosta State University | 10500 | 24800 | 0.5775 | 7,166 | 1015 | 0.7229 | |
| 6 | University of North Florida | 12500 | 22400 | 0.4425 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
| 7 | University of Michigan-Flint | 12900 | 46300 | 0.7212 | 5,011 | 1109 | 0.7046 | |
| 8 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 13100 | 25700 | 0.49 | 28,674 | 980 | 0.9419 | |
| 9 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 13500 | 13500 | 0 | 1,973 | 1189 | 0.8135 | |
| 10 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 50700 | 0.7294 | 38,040 | 1418 | 0.452 | |
| 11 | Grand Valley State University | 14000 | 25300 | 0.4472 | 19,002 | 1084 | 0.8302 | |
| 11 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 14000 | 40600 | 0.6545 | 352 | 1180 | 0.9647 | |
| 13 | Alabama State University | 14200 | 31300 | 0.5476 | 3,521 | 945 | 0.9755 | |
| 14 | Dickinson State University | 14300 | 25000 | 0.4299 | 1,339 | 990 | 0.3702 | |
| 14 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 14300 | 37400 | 0.6171 | 7,622 | 1075 | 0.9254 | |
| 16 | Northern Kentucky University | 14400 | 25900 | 0.4446 | 10,163 | 1090 | 0.6765 | |
| 17 | Wayne State College | 15000 | 20300 | 0.2611 | 3,902 | 0 | 0 | |
| 18 | Coastal Carolina University | 15300 | 27200 | 0.4376 | 10,811 | 1145 | 0.7527 | |
| 19 | Radford University | 15500 | 32000 | 0.5152 | 6,161 | 1070 | 0.8953 | |
| 20 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 15600 | 25800 | 0.3938 | 5,386 | 1050 | 0.9092 | |
| 21 | James Madison University | 15700 | 28900 | 0.4573 | 20,973 | 1260 | 0.7152 | |
| 21 | University of North Texas | 15700 | 26100 | 0.3991 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 21 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 15700 | 26800 | 0.4146 | 4,487 | 1115 | 0.6726 | |
| 24 | Emporia State University | 16000 | 22900 | 0.3015 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 25 | Frostburg State University | 16100 | 26600 | 0.3945 | 3,422 | 1095 | 0.8918 | |
| 26 | Grove City College | 16300 | 39700 | 0.5902 | 2,341 | 1266 | 0.7232 | |
| 26 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 16300 | 40600 | 0.5979 | 581 | 1132 | 0.9821 | |
| 28 | Goshen College | 16400 | 55900 | 0.7063 | 780 | 995 | 0.8407 | |
| 28 | Wayne State University | 16400 | 32900 | 0.5013 | 16,012 | 1174 | 0.8116 | |
| 30 | Southern University at New Orleans | 16500 | 31000 | 0.4671 | 2,179 | 950 | 0.789 | |
| 31 | Northwestern University | 16700 | 89500 | 0.8138 | 9,399 | 1527 | 0.0769 | |
| 31 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16700 | 64800 | 0.7418 | 20,885 | 1420 | 0.1534 | |
| 31 | Westfield State University | 16700 | 33100 | 0.4966 | 3,868 | 1085 | 0.8141 | |
| 34 | Boston College | 16900 | 96100 | 0.824 | 10,314 | 1490 | 0.1643 | |
| 35 | Central Connecticut State University | 17300 | 36000 | 0.5189 | 8,170 | 1075 | 0.7333 | |
| 36 | Morgan State University | 17500 | 28500 | 0.3858 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 37 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 17700 | 35300 | 0.4983 | 1,813 | 1109 | 0.9484 | |
| 38 | College of Charleston | 17900 | 33900 | 0.4726 | 10,880 | 1255 | 0.6003 | |
| 38 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 17900 | 54300 | 0.6703 | 10,051 | 1064 | 0.9234 | |
| 40 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18100 | 28600 | 0.3669 | 4,218 | 1030 | 0.9489 | |
| 41 | Towson University | 18300 | 29900 | 0.3876 | 16,264 | 1098 | 0.8197 | |
| 42 | SUNY Brockport | 18400 | 26200 | 0.2972 | 5,816 | 1195 | 0.7068 | |
| 43 | University of Illinois Chicago | 18700 | 30100 | 0.3793 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 44 | University of Houston-Victoria | 19300 | 35800 | 0.4611 | 2,627 | 1095 | 0.959 | |
| 44 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 19300 | 35700 | 0.4596 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8304 | |
| 46 | Norwich University | 19500 | 73800 | 0.7355 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 46 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 19500 | 41400 | 0.5286 | 502 | 1189 | 0.9641 | |
| 48 | Pennsylvania Western University | 19600 | 29000 | 0.3246 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 48 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 19600 | 30400 | 0.3549 | 3,224 | 1085 | 0.7643 | |
| 48 | University of Colorado Boulder | 19600 | 31900 | 0.385 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7808 | |
| 51 | Cleveland State University | 20000 | 30900 | 0.3523 | 9,482 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 51 | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | 20000 | 25700 | 0.222 | 10,632 | 1075 | 0.8859 | |
| 53 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20100 | 29400 | 0.3158 | 5,255 | 1109 | 0.7295 | |
| 54 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 20700 | 27800 | 0.255 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8698 | |
| 55 | East Carolina University | 20800 | 23800 | 0.1258 | 21,445 | 1160 | 0.8921 | |
| 55 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 20800 | 57800 | 0.6408 | 1,932 | 1193 | 0.9278 | |
| 57 | Luther College | 21400 | 71900 | 0.7019 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.7154 | |
| 58 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,221 | 1204 | 0.8854 | |
| 59 | Lincoln University | 22100 | 24900 | 0.1124 | 1,926 | 0 | 0 | |
| 60 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 22300 | 53000 | 0.5787 | 1,472 | 1075 | 0.8459 | |
| 61 | New Mexico Highlands University | 22500 | 27200 | 0.1726 | 1,603 | 0 | 0 | |
| 62 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 22600 | 25400 | 0.1104 | 2,906 | 1125 | 0.4696 | |
| 63 | San Jose State University | 22900 | 41100 | 0.4429 | 28,008 | 1124 | 0.8461 | |
| 64 | Florida Memorial University | 23000 | 42000 | 0.4519 | 1,206 | 0 | 0.8526 | |
| 65 | Dakota State University | 23100 | 25600 | 0.0977 | 3,066 | 1192 | 0.8805 | |
| 66 | Houghton University | 23200 | 44300 | 0.4763 | 1,162 | 1277 | 0.8866 | |
| 67 | Robert Morris University | 23300 | 58000 | 0.5988 | 4,325 | 1145 | 0.8989 | |
| 68 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 23600 | 34400 | 0.3139 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 68 | University of Massachusetts-Boston | 23600 | 43300 | 0.4555 | 12,138 | 1189 | 0.8378 | |
| 70 | University of Kentucky | 23800 | 36400 | 0.345 | 25,534 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 71 | Bradley University | 24100 | 50800 | 0.5255 | 3,596 | 1223 | 0.7676 | |
| 71 | Dominican University | 24100 | 56000 | 0.5705 | 2,690 | 1005 | 0.9032 | |
| 71 | Ramapo College of New Jersey | 24100 | 36300 | 0.3365 | 5,444 | 1220 | 0.7064 | |
| 74 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 24400 | 40500 | 0.3976 | 25,900 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 75 | Doane University | 25200 | 71000 | 0.6454 | 1,315 | 1125 | 0.9801 | |
| 76 | Fort Hays State University | 25800 | 36100 | 0.2864 | 10,172 | 1075 | 0.9026 | |
| 77 | Bethune-Cookman University | 25900 | 32700 | 0.208 | 2,738 | 910 | 0.8824 | |
| 78 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 26100 | 28300 | 0.076 | 3,375 | 1090 | 0.5876 | |
| 79 | Columbia College | 26400 | 46900 | 0.4372 | 5,207 | 1145 | 0.4714 | |
| 80 | Albright College | 26700 | 49300 | 0.4583 | 1,230 | 1050 | 0.7633 | |
| 81 | Northwood University | 26800 | 54500 | 0.5087 | 2,045 | 1055 | 0.6451 | |
| 82 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 26900 | 30100 | 0.1047 | 5,086 | 1124 | 0.949 | |
| 83 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 27100 | 37700 | 0.2814 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 83 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 27100 | 36500 | 0.2577 | 7,505 | 1073 | 0.9633 | |
| 85 | University of North Georgia | 27300 | 38600 | 0.2931 | 18,322 | 1100 | 0.6794 | |
| 86 | Kennesaw State University | 27400 | 27400 | 0 | 42,760 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 87 | Rowan University | 27500 | 41300 | 0.3345 | 16,100 | 1219 | 0.7766 | |
| 88 | Syracuse University | 27800 | 83100 | 0.6653 | 15,957 | 1363 | 0.4592 | |
| 89 | Fairmont State University | 28000 | 32200 | 0.1305 | 3,088 | 970 | 0.9862 | |
| 90 | George Fox University | 28100 | 69400 | 0.5954 | 3,354 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 91 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28500 | 32300 | 0.1176 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 92 | Elmhurst University | 28600 | 67000 | 0.5733 | 3,213 | 1148 | 0.7364 | |
| 93 | Saint Xavier University | 28700 | 53700 | 0.4652 | 3,098 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 94 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 28800 | 42400 | 0.3211 | 6,761 | 1105 | 0.8475 | |
| 95 | Jacksonville State University | 29000 | 38200 | 0.2407 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 96 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 29100 | 29200 | 0.0034 | 18,288 | 1090 | 0.9068 | |
| 97 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29300 | 34000 | 0.1383 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 98 | East Texas A&M University | 29400 | 36500 | 0.1945 | 9,992 | 1045 | 0.9224 | |
| 99 | University of Toledo | 29500 | 32600 | 0.0966 | 11,013 | 1229 | 0.9202 | |
| 100 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 29600 | 31600 | 0.0633 | 6,835 | 1090 | 0.7147 | |
| 101 | Grambling State University | 30000 | 35300 | 0.1502 | 4,313 | 950 | 0.4486 | |
| 101 | Mercy University | 30000 | 44500 | 0.326 | 6,774 | 1135 | 0.8584 | |
| 103 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 30500 | 54700 | 0.4419 | 1,427 | 1025 | 0.4941 | |
| 104 | Central College | 30600 | 36800 | 0.1686 | 1,084 | 1145 | 0.8617 | |
| 104 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30600 | 54600 | 0.4387 | 3,163 | 1165 | 0.9347 | |
| 106 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1161 | 0.9523 | |
| 106 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 30900 | 36900 | 0.1624 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 108 | Hampton University | 31300 | 54800 | 0.4288 | 3,728 | 947 | 0.6225 | |
| 109 | Angelo State University | 31700 | 35400 | 0.1031 | 9,702 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 110 | Saint Michael's College | 31900 | 68500 | 0.5346 | 1,120 | 1240 | 0.8451 | |
| 111 | Washington Adventist University | 32300 | 37800 | 0.1457 | 513 | 995 | 0.4618 | |
| 112 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32500 | 35100 | 0.0742 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 112 | University of Scranton | 32500 | 78700 | 0.5874 | 3,613 | 1250 | 0.8123 | |
| 114 | Suffolk University | 32800 | 68900 | 0.5241 | 4,326 | 1209 | 0.8233 | |
| 115 | State University of New York at Oswego | 32900 | 40200 | 0.1817 | 5,517 | 1180 | 0.8055 | |
| 115 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 32900 | 45100 | 0.2705 | 10,767 | 1326 | 0.7243 | |
| 117 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 15,254 | 1080 | 0.8955 | |
| 118 | George Washington University | 33700 | 81800 | 0.5881 | 11,677 | 1430 | 0.4709 | |
| 119 | LeTourneau University | 34000 | 54800 | 0.3798 | 3,187 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 120 | Salisbury University | 34100 | 41700 | 0.1821 | 6,288 | 1250 | 0.8747 | |
| 120 | SUNY at Fredonia | 34100 | 39600 | 0.1391 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 120 | Thomas Jefferson University | 34100 | 68100 | 0.4995 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8097 | |
| 123 | Charleston Southern University | 34300 | 48400 | 0.2921 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 124 | California Lutheran University | 35000 | 70000 | 0.5002 | 2,297 | 1254 | 0.7567 | |
| 124 | Stockton University | 35000 | 44500 | 0.2136 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 124 | University of South Florida | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 127 | Adelphi University | 35200 | 63300 | 0.4445 | 5,325 | 1237 | 0.6591 | |
| 128 | Averett University | 35300 | 57200 | 0.3831 | 1,244 | 1054 | 0.5659 | |
| 129 | Furman University | 36700 | 82900 | 0.5571 | 2,383 | 1359 | 0.4295 | |
| 130 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 36800 | 38100 | 0.0341 | 2,884 | 1175 | 0.9677 | |
| 131 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 36900 | 37100 | 0.0054 | 5,939 | 1065 | 0.5878 | |
| 132 | Loyola University Maryland | 37000 | 78800 | 0.5305 | 3,881 | 1303 | 0.7549 | |
| 133 | Christopher Newport University | 38000 | 51000 | 0.2551 | 4,369 | 1189 | 0.8604 | |
| 134 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38300 | 38700 | 0.0103 | 14,416 | 1210 | 0.8851 | |
| 135 | Rutgers University-Newark | 39400 | 57900 | 0.3194 | 7,989 | 1159 | 0.7136 | |
| 136 | University of South Alabama | 39700 | 39700 | 0 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 137 | Stony Brook University | 39900 | 53000 | 0.2481 | 18,263 | 1410 | 0.4904 | |
| 138 | McKendree University | 40100 | 52200 | 0.2327 | 1,757 | 1098 | 0.7172 | |
| 139 | Pace University | 40700 | 74800 | 0.4558 | 8,038 | 1260 | 0.7592 | |
| 140 | Immaculata University | 41900 | 47900 | 0.1253 | 1,652 | 1245 | 0.8576 | |
| 141 | University of Mount Olive | 42300 | 50400 | 0.1617 | 1,944 | 1075 | 0.7575 | |
| 142 | University of Maryland-College Park | 42900 | 53600 | 0.1998 | 31,133 | 1463 | 0.4479 | |
| 143 | Western Oregon University | 43400 | 43400 | 0 | 3,167 | 1040 | 0.981 | |
| 144 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4474 | 4,102 | 1115 | 0.7002 | |
| 145 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 43900 | 57100 | 0.2305 | 23,329 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 146 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 45100 | 67900 | 0.3357 | 3,965 | 1229 | 0.9121 | |
| 147 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47100 | 59700 | 0.2117 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 148 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 48000 | 55800 | 0.1398 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 149 | Drexel University | 48800 | 83900 | 0.4184 | 13,309 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 150 | Mercer University | 49000 | 63700 | 0.2309 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
| 151 | DePaul University | 49100 | 66000 | 0.2562 | 14,188 | 1254 | 0.7589 | |
| 152 | University of California-Riverside | 49200 | 66000 | 0.2547 | 22,600 | 1199 | 0.7639 | |
| 153 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 49800 | 62200 | 0.1995 | 37,140 | 1406 | 0.4237 | |
| 154 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 50700 | 52900 | 0.0406 | 14,504 | 1149 | 0.7637 | |
| 155 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 50900 | 84700 | 0.3991 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 156 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 51500 | 52800 | 0.0246 | 21,210 | 1148 | 0.9262 | |
| 157 | University of Utah | 51600 | 53700 | 0.04 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 158 | Dallas Baptist University | 56400 | 63400 | 0.1104 | 2,785 | 1109 | 0.8884 | |
| 159 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58200 | 64100 | 0.092 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 160 | Molloy University | 59800 | 62300 | 0.0402 | 3,240 | 1199 | 0.8174 | |
| 161 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 60400 | 64100 | 0.0577 | 1,236 | 1193 | 0.9811 | |
| 162 | Thiel College | 60500 | 69100 | 0.1244 | 833 | 1065 | 0.7155 | |
| 163 | Clemson University | 61500 | 63700 | 0.0338 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 164 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 62000 | 64200 | 0.0343 | 1,880 | 1185 | 0.9867 | |
| 165 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 63700 | 63700 | 0 | 10,200 | 1325 | 0.6507 | |
| 166 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver | 63900 | 63900 | 0 | 482 | 1195 | 0.9565 | |
| 167 | Fordham University | 69900 | 95100 | 0.2649 | 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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