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 | 43700 | 0.8884 | 5,534 | 1079 | 0.6734 | |
| 2 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 5400 | 40700 | 0.8664 | 35,358 | 1448 | 0.1642 | |
| 3 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 6900 | 98000 | 0.9299 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 4 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 7100 | 41500 | 0.8297 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 5 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 7600 | 36100 | 0.7904 | 10,368 | 1064 | 0.999 | |
| 6 | Northwestern University | 7800 | 94200 | 0.9173 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 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 | |
| 9 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 10300 | 10300 | 0 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 11 | Concord University | 10500 | 49200 | 0.7861 | 1,638 | 1015 | 0.9728 | |
| 12 | Savannah State University | 11100 | 50900 | 0.7822 | 2,966 | 950 | 1 | |
| 13 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 11300 | 39000 | 0.7105 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 14 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 31100 | 0.6022 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 15 | Fort Hays State University | 12800 | 19900 | 0.3568 | 10,172 | 1075 | 0.9026 | |
| 16 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 12900 | 40500 | 0.6814 | 29,727 | 990 | 0.9229 | |
| 17 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 13000 | 21300 | 0.3895 | 18,667 | 1090 | 0.9711 | |
| 18 | University of North Florida | 13100 | 30500 | 0.5703 | 14,837 | 1124 | 0.6815 | |
| 19 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 13200 | 40800 | 0.6767 | 6,761 | 1105 | 0.8475 | |
| 19 | University of South Florida | 13200 | 22400 | 0.4111 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 21 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 13300 | 35700 | 0.6271 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 22 | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | 13800 | 19600 | 0.2958 | 10,995 | 1090 | 0.7476 | |
| 23 | Coastal Carolina University | 14100 | 45300 | 0.6891 | 11,471 | 1160 | 0.7003 | |
| 24 | University of North Georgia | 14200 | 21400 | 0.3364 | 19,321 | 1100 | 0.9618 | |
| 25 | University of California-Riverside | 14600 | 66000 | 0.7792 | 24,034 | 1199 | 0.8609 | |
| 26 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 14700 | 50100 | 0.7063 | 7,501 | 1055 | 0.9467 | |
| 26 | Wayne State College | 14700 | 30200 | 0.5139 | 3,886 | 0 | 1 | |
| 28 | Mercy University | 14800 | 46400 | 0.6815 | 6,692 | 1135 | 0.8724 | |
| 28 | Westfield State University | 14800 | 37600 | 0.6069 | 3,868 | 1105 | 0.8671 | |
| 30 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 14900 | 44000 | 0.6617 | 308 | 1144 | 0.9053 | |
| 31 | Coppin State University | 15000 | 25300 | 0.4066 | 1,908 | 950 | 0.4583 | |
| 32 | Jacksonville State University | 15600 | 27000 | 0.423 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 33 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver | 15900 | 43700 | 0.6356 | 475 | 1195 | 0.9418 | |
| 34 | Frostburg State University | 16100 | 26600 | 0.3945 | 3,436 | 1095 | 0.907 | |
| 35 | Emporia State University | 16500 | 30900 | 0.4662 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 35 | Southern University at New Orleans | 16500 | 41700 | 0.6045 | 2,179 | 950 | 0.789 | |
| 35 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 16500 | 27800 | 0.4069 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 38 | Boston College | 16600 | 96300 | 0.8274 | 9,677 | 1484 | 0.1422 | |
| 38 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16600 | 64800 | 0.7439 | 22,007 | 1427 | 0.1672 | |
| 40 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 16800 | 36400 | 0.5378 | 2,710 | 1218 | 0.9374 | |
| 41 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 16900 | 36500 | 0.5373 | 7,747 | 1073 | 0.9617 | |
| 42 | Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi | 17000 | 20700 | 0.1787 | 8,673 | 1095 | 0.9156 | |
| 43 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 17100 | 44200 | 0.6138 | 1,829 | 1149 | 0.945 | |
| 44 | University of Colorado Boulder | 17200 | 31800 | 0.4578 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7809 | |
| 45 | University of Kentucky | 17300 | 36500 | 0.5244 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 45 | University of Massachusetts-Boston | 17300 | 89500 | 0.8064 | 12,138 | 1189 | 0.8379 | |
| 47 | James Madison University | 17400 | 28900 | 0.3978 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 47 | Radford University | 17400 | 33100 | 0.4733 | 6,206 | 1050 | 0.8939 | |
| 49 | Morgan State University | 17600 | 42200 | 0.5834 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 49 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 17600 | 44000 | 0.5996 | 586 | 1140 | 0.9577 | |
| 51 | Kennesaw State University | 18000 | 27400 | 0.3428 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 51 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 18000 | 69500 | 0.7415 | 711 | 1030 | 0.8214 | |
| 53 | San Jose State University | 18100 | 41100 | 0.5591 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 54 | Angelo State University | 18300 | 23100 | 0.207 | 10,103 | 1045 | 0.7981 | |
| 55 | SUNY Brockport | 18400 | 26200 | 0.2972 | 5,816 | 1195 | 0.7068 | |
| 55 | Texas A&M University-Victoria | 18400 | 45400 | 0.5951 | 2,627 | 1000 | 0.5253 | |
| 57 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 18600 | 45300 | 0.5891 | 504 | 1200 | 0.9095 | |
| 58 | Fairmont State University | 18700 | 30900 | 0.3948 | 3,090 | 970 | 0.9862 | |
| 59 | Valdosta State University | 18800 | 29600 | 0.3647 | 7,199 | 1005 | 0.7769 | |
| 60 | Norwich University | 19000 | 100600 | 0.8114 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 60 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Schuylkill | 19000 | 32900 | 0.4231 | 653 | 1145 | 0.7972 | |
| 62 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 19200 | 38900 | 0.506 | 1,973 | 1189 | 0.8142 | |
| 62 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 19200 | 54000 | 0.6441 | 3,991 | 1010 | 0.9654 | |
| 64 | Stockton University | 19600 | 32100 | 0.3892 | 7,583 | 1134 | 0.901 | |
| 65 | State University of New York at Oswego | 19700 | 40200 | 0.5101 | 5,293 | 1179 | 0.7989 | |
| 66 | Rowan University | 20000 | 41300 | 0.516 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 67 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 20100 | 40600 | 0.5065 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 68 | SUNY at Fredonia | 20200 | 53600 | 0.6229 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 69 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20300 | 57800 | 0.6485 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 70 | Grove City College | 20400 | 39700 | 0.4868 | 2,247 | 1248 | 0.667 | |
| 71 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 20600 | 57800 | 0.6432 | 1,109 | 1175 | 0.9088 | |
| 71 | Syracuse University | 20600 | 83600 | 0.7536 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 73 | Thiel College | 21000 | 69100 | 0.6959 | 830 | 1065 | 0.7189 | |
| 74 | Lincoln University | 21100 | 46500 | 0.5467 | 1,926 | 920 | 0 | |
| 75 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 21200 | 51900 | 0.5921 | 5,939 | 1065 | 0.5878 | |
| 75 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 21200 | 33600 | 0.3688 | 21,469 | 1167 | 0.9061 | |
| 77 | Texas Southern University | 21300 | 38900 | 0.4524 | 6,844 | 915 | 0.9691 | |
| 77 | Western Oregon University | 21300 | 24600 | 0.134 | 3,034 | 1120 | 0.8345 | |
| 79 | Luther College | 21500 | 75400 | 0.7153 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.8398 | |
| 79 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 21500 | 49600 | 0.5661 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 81 | Alabama State University | 21700 | 43200 | 0.4979 | 3,521 | 945 | 0.9755 | |
| 82 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 21900 | 39100 | 0.4402 | 2,907 | 1125 | 0.4696 | |
| 82 | Grand Valley State University | 21900 | 36200 | 0.3949 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 84 | Grambling State University | 22000 | 39600 | 0.4447 | 4,313 | 950 | 0.4486 | |
| 85 | Houghton University | 22700 | 51300 | 0.5576 | 958 | 1277 | 0.89 | |
| 86 | Pennsylvania Western University | 22800 | 34400 | 0.3369 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 87 | Dakota State University | 23100 | 25600 | 0.0977 | 3,085 | 1174 | 0.9241 | |
| 87 | Robert Morris University | 23100 | 58000 | 0.6012 | 4,325 | 1145 | 0.8989 | |
| 89 | Florida Memorial University | 23200 | 51000 | 0.5446 | 1,206 | 0 | 0.8526 | |
| 90 | Columbia College | 23600 | 40200 | 0.413 | 876 | 1025 | 0.8878 | |
| 91 | University of North Texas | 23700 | 37400 | 0.3661 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 92 | Dominican University | 23900 | 56000 | 0.5729 | 2,642 | 1005 | 0.8879 | |
| 92 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 23900 | 47900 | 0.5006 | 2,280 | 1224 | 0.9675 | |
| 94 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 24800 | 36800 | 0.3263 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 95 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 25000 | 62800 | 0.6023 | 1,495 | 1075 | 0.8761 | |
| 96 | Christopher Newport University | 25200 | 50600 | 0.502 | 4,369 | 1189 | 0.8604 | |
| 97 | Loyola University Maryland | 25700 | 78800 | 0.674 | 4,013 | 1329 | 0.6986 | |
| 97 | Northwood University | 25700 | 54500 | 0.5289 | 2,045 | 1055 | 0.6451 | |
| 99 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 26000 | 28300 | 0.0808 | 3,375 | 1090 | 0.5885 | |
| 99 | West Virginia Wesleyan College | 26000 | 53800 | 0.5168 | 971 | 1030 | 0.9334 | |
| 101 | Bemidji State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 3,751 | 1075 | 0.5598 | |
| 102 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 26800 | 30100 | 0.1092 | 3,893 | 1015 | 0.9839 | |
| 103 | Central Connecticut State University | 27800 | 30400 | 0.0856 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 104 | Wayne State University | 28000 | 46800 | 0.402 | 16,390 | 1183 | 0.8359 | |
| 105 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 36500 | 0.2167 | 11,691 | 1074 | 0.7722 | |
| 106 | University of Utah | 28700 | 32000 | 0.1027 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 107 | Clemson University | 29000 | 37100 | 0.2177 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 108 | Bethune-Cookman University | 29100 | 32300 | 0.0989 | 2,739 | 910 | 0.8824 | |
| 109 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29300 | 34200 | 0.1431 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 110 | California Lutheran University | 29400 | 71700 | 0.5901 | 2,160 | 1218 | 0.7631 | |
| 111 | Saint Xavier University | 29600 | 58200 | 0.4911 | 3,100 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 112 | Thomas Jefferson University | 29700 | 70000 | 0.5752 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 112 | Towson University | 29700 | 30100 | 0.0133 | 16,361 | 1082 | 0.8057 | |
| 114 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 30400 | 33200 | 0.0842 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 115 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30500 | 54600 | 0.4412 | 3,120 | 1193 | 0.3992 | |
| 116 | University of Toledo | 30700 | 42000 | 0.2689 | 10,726 | 1134 | 0.8889 | |
| 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 | Cleveland State University | 31600 | 32100 | 0.0156 | 9,418 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 119 | Hampton University | 31600 | 54800 | 0.4233 | 4,046 | 1005 | 0.6358 | |
| 119 | Northern Kentucky University | 31600 | 32100 | 0.0156 | 10,136 | 1110 | 0.9666 | |
| 122 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32200 | 35200 | 0.0853 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 123 | Central College | 32300 | 38700 | 0.1654 | 1,050 | 1159 | 0.8698 | |
| 124 | University of Scranton | 32400 | 78700 | 0.5879 | 3,689 | 1245 | 0.8006 | |
| 125 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 32900 | 59400 | 0.4461 | 11,087 | 1326 | 0.7397 | |
| 126 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 17,556 | 1090 | 0.5386 | |
| 127 | Harding University | 33500 | 47800 | 0.2988 | 3,536 | 1184 | 0.7052 | |
| 128 | Elizabethtown College | 33600 | 57500 | 0.4154 | 1,935 | 1214 | 0.8892 | |
| 129 | Pace University | 33800 | 75700 | 0.5538 | 5,520 | 1273 | 0.7827 | |
| 130 | Charleston Southern University | 34200 | 48400 | 0.2949 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 131 | George Washington University | 34300 | 81800 | 0.5808 | 11,495 | 1436 | 0.4713 | |
| 131 | Salisbury University | 34300 | 41700 | 0.1775 | 6,477 | 1245 | 0.8826 | |
| 131 | University of Illinois Chicago | 34300 | 51300 | 0.3313 | 24,260 | 1174 | 0.7576 | |
| 134 | Averett University | 34700 | 57600 | 0.3977 | 1,244 | 1054 | 0.5659 | |
| 135 | Adelphi University | 35000 | 63300 | 0.4466 | 5,097 | 1241 | 0.7215 | |
| 136 | Bradley University | 35300 | 60300 | 0.4147 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 137 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 35800 | 39700 | 0.0983 | 4,789 | 1040 | 0.6671 | |
| 138 | University of South Alabama | 35900 | 40200 | 0.1071 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 139 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 36000 | 56300 | 0.3602 | 5,687 | 1305 | 0.7863 | |
| 140 | East Carolina University | 36900 | 42700 | 0.1355 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 141 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 37800 | 40100 | 0.057 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 142 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38800 | 38800 | 0 | 14,865 | 1175 | 0.9113 | |
| 143 | Drexel University | 39500 | 86400 | 0.5431 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 144 | Stony Brook University | 39700 | 53000 | 0.2507 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 145 | Immaculata University | 39900 | 48600 | 0.1791 | 1,889 | 1264 | 0.8656 | |
| 146 | Elmhurst University | 40200 | 69600 | 0.4222 | 3,170 | 1133 | 0.7501 | |
| 147 | Furman University | 40300 | 84600 | 0.5234 | 2,304 | 1372 | 0.4869 | |
| 148 | McKendree University | 40600 | 52900 | 0.2323 | 1,757 | 1098 | 0.7172 | |
| 149 | Saint Michael's College | 40800 | 75800 | 0.4616 | 1,051 | 1280 | 0.8976 | |
| 150 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 41200 | 55300 | 0.2552 | 21,388 | 1369 | 0.5945 | |
| 151 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 41300 | 64900 | 0.3637 | 4,182 | 1317 | 0.8783 | |
| 152 | University of Mount Olive | 42100 | 50400 | 0.1644 | 1,944 | 1075 | 0.7575 | |
| 153 | University of Maryland-College Park | 42800 | 58500 | 0.2682 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 154 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4478 | 4,123 | 1124 | 0.6927 | |
| 155 | Mercer University | 45700 | 65400 | 0.3014 | 4,719 | 1263 | 0.643 | |
| 156 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 47100 | 57100 | 0.1751 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 157 | Ramapo College of New Jersey | 48700 | 60000 | 0.188 | 5,492 | 1210 | 0.7026 | |
| 158 | DePaul University | 49000 | 69400 | 0.2938 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 159 | College of Charleston | 50000 | 62300 | 0.1973 | 10,596 | 1234 | 0.73 | |
| 160 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 50600 | 52900 | 0.0432 | 14,834 | 1149 | 0.7803 | |
| 161 | Molloy University | 56100 | 62300 | 0.0996 | 3,396 | 1188 | 0.6633 | |
| 162 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58500 | 63600 | 0.0803 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 163 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 58900 | 61200 | 0.0373 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 164 | Rutgers University-Newark | 60500 | 60500 | 0 | 7,989 | 1159 | 0.7136 | |
| 165 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 60800 | 63600 | 0.044 | 1,078 | 1217 | 0.9646 | |
| 166 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 61600 | 66900 | 0.0793 | 9,827 | 1329 | 0.6737 | |
| 167 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 63700 | 63700 | 0 | 1,709 | 1218 | 0.9653 | |
| 168 | Fordham University | 74800 | 143900 | 0.4803 | 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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