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 | 4100 | 90300 | 0.9544 | 987 | 1557 | 0.0257 | |
| 2 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 6300 | 94100 | 0.9333 | 9,157 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 3 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 7900 | 33400 | 0.7644 | 10,049 | 1005 | 0.9234 | |
| 4 | CUNY Lehman College | 8200 | 35100 | 0.7671 | 11,217 | 1020 | 0.4601 | |
| 5 | Boston College | 8700 | 93600 | 0.9072 | 9,654 | 1490 | 0.1619 | |
| 6 | University of Houston-Victoria | 8800 | 23500 | 0.6264 | 2,707 | 930 | 0.7671 | |
| 7 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 9200 | 20000 | 0.5399 | 3,207 | 1050 | 0.8034 | |
| 8 | Northeastern University | 10200 | 88700 | 0.8854 | 22,695 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 9 | New Mexico Highlands University | 10500 | 21500 | 0.5112 | 1,710 | 945 | 0.9481 | |
| 9 | Valdosta State University | 10500 | 24800 | 0.5776 | 7,206 | 1015 | 0.7214 | |
| 11 | Coppin State University | 10700 | 32800 | 0.6736 | 1,810 | 950 | 0.4956 | |
| 12 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 11000 | 34300 | 0.6789 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 13 | Christopher Newport University | 11900 | 33900 | 0.6489 | 4,407 | 1209 | 0.8796 | |
| 14 | Fairmont State University | 12300 | 21400 | 0.4258 | 3,060 | 1005 | 0.9924 | |
| 15 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 12400 | 24000 | 0.4833 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 15 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 27200 | 0.5443 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 17 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 12600 | 27100 | 0.5342 | 28,674 | 980 | 0.9401 | |
| 18 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 12800 | 37100 | 0.6545 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 19 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 13300 | 13300 | 0 | 18,428 | 1090 | 0.9529 | |
| 20 | University of South Florida | 13500 | 17100 | 0.2104 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 21 | University of North Florida | 13700 | 22400 | 0.3889 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
| 21 | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | 13700 | 19600 | 0.3009 | 10,656 | 1075 | 0.7289 | |
| 23 | Goshen College | 14700 | 55800 | 0.7363 | 780 | 995 | 0.8404 | |
| 24 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver | 14900 | 35400 | 0.5786 | 482 | 1195 | 0.9565 | |
| 25 | Coastal Carolina University | 15200 | 27200 | 0.4412 | 10,811 | 1145 | 0.7527 | |
| 25 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 15200 | 35700 | 0.5744 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 27 | Wayne State College | 15500 | 26400 | 0.4134 | 3,902 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 28 | James Madison University | 15600 | 28600 | 0.4538 | 21,112 | 1260 | 0.7151 | |
| 29 | Grand Valley State University | 15900 | 25300 | 0.372 | 19,002 | 1233 | 0.8302 | |
| 30 | Southern University at New Orleans | 16200 | 31600 | 0.4872 | 1,773 | 885 | 0.6021 | |
| 30 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 16200 | 26800 | 0.3957 | 4,478 | 1065 | 0.8132 | |
| 32 | Northwestern University | 16700 | 89500 | 0.8138 | 8,846 | 1513 | 0.0722 | |
| 32 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16700 | 64800 | 0.7426 | 21,075 | 1420 | 0.1534 | |
| 34 | Jacksonville State University | 16900 | 26600 | 0.3649 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 35 | Dickinson State University | 17100 | 23700 | 0.2783 | 1,339 | 1005 | 0.3695 | |
| 36 | University of South Alabama | 17600 | 22400 | 0.2147 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 37 | Florida Memorial University | 18500 | 46100 | 0.5988 | 1,299 | 0 | 0.7431 | |
| 38 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 18900 | 27000 | 0.3004 | 7,505 | 1059 | 0.9633 | |
| 39 | Westfield State University | 19100 | 32500 | 0.4135 | 3,868 | 1105 | 0.8671 | |
| 40 | University of Illinois Chicago | 19200 | 30300 | 0.366 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 41 | Savannah State University | 19600 | 27300 | 0.2816 | 2,857 | 950 | 0.8368 | |
| 41 | Wayne State University | 19600 | 32300 | 0.3937 | 16,173 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
| 43 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 20000 | 36200 | 0.4478 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 44 | University of Colorado Boulder | 20100 | 30600 | 0.3431 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
| 45 | Alabama State University | 20200 | 37400 | 0.4592 | 3,322 | 945 | 0.9564 | |
| 46 | Central College | 20300 | 36800 | 0.4482 | 1,084 | 1140 | 0.8617 | |
| 47 | Dakota State University | 20400 | 22500 | 0.0912 | 3,066 | 1192 | 0.8814 | |
| 48 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 20700 | 57800 | 0.6418 | 1,083 | 1205 | 0.9278 | |
| 49 | Lincoln University | 20800 | 24900 | 0.1646 | 1,707 | 920 | 0 | |
| 49 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 20800 | 30300 | 0.3132 | 1,809 | 1109 | 0.9484 | |
| 51 | Tarleton State University | 21000 | 23000 | 0.087 | 15,130 | 0 | 0.5256 | |
| 52 | Pennsylvania Western University | 21100 | 29400 | 0.2824 | 7,586 | 1070 | 0.9433 | |
| 53 | Cleveland State University | 21300 | 30900 | 0.3103 | 9,418 | 1005 | 0.913 | |
| 53 | Stockton University | 21300 | 32100 | 0.3363 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 55 | Luther College | 21400 | 71900 | 0.7025 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.8402 | |
| 56 | Rutgers University-Newark | 21500 | 38900 | 0.4474 | 7,417 | 1214 | 0.7873 | |
| 57 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 21600 | 33000 | 0.3451 | 581 | 1129 | 0.9821 | |
| 58 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 22000 | 28000 | 0.2141 | 5,789 | 1115 | 0.5774 | |
| 59 | Bradley University | 22100 | 50900 | 0.5658 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 60 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 22500 | 36400 | 0.3814 | 2,884 | 1175 | 0.9677 | |
| 61 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 22900 | 22900 | 0 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 62 | Robert Morris University | 23200 | 58000 | 0.5998 | 3,769 | 1180 | 0.9057 | |
| 63 | Averett University | 23300 | 57200 | 0.593 | 1,180 | 1010 | 0.478 | |
| 64 | Syracuse University | 23500 | 83100 | 0.7172 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 65 | University of Kentucky | 23800 | 36000 | 0.3385 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 66 | Dominican University | 24000 | 56000 | 0.5714 | 2,690 | 1035 | 0.9032 | |
| 67 | Bemidji State University | 24200 | 26400 | 0.0835 | 3,610 | 1110 | 0.9131 | |
| 68 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 24300 | 37400 | 0.3499 | 7,595 | 1075 | 0.9226 | |
| 69 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 24400 | 26600 | 0.0828 | 3,413 | 1085 | 0.5295 | |
| 70 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 24500 | 62200 | 0.6065 | 686 | 1030 | 0.8649 | |
| 71 | Elmhurst University | 24700 | 67000 | 0.6316 | 3,170 | 1148 | 0.7357 | |
| 72 | Houghton University | 25100 | 35500 | 0.2928 | 939 | 1277 | 0.8866 | |
| 73 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 25700 | 36500 | 0.2955 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 74 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 25800 | 35700 | 0.2777 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 75 | Bethune-Cookman University | 25900 | 32700 | 0.208 | 2,739 | 910 | 0.8824 | |
| 75 | Northwood University | 25900 | 54500 | 0.5252 | 1,989 | 1075 | 0.839 | |
| 77 | Doane University | 26000 | 62800 | 0.5861 | 1,323 | 1125 | 0.9801 | |
| 78 | Fort Hays State University | 26100 | 35200 | 0.2589 | 10,206 | 1120 | 0.9177 | |
| 78 | Stony Brook University | 26100 | 33200 | 0.2129 | 18,263 | 1395 | 0.4904 | |
| 80 | Norwich University | 26300 | 70900 | 0.6293 | 2,642 | 1209 | 0.7361 | |
| 81 | Georgia Southern University | 26500 | 26700 | 0.0075 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 82 | Columbia College | 26800 | 41300 | 0.3514 | 876 | 1025 | 0.8878 | |
| 82 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 26800 | 35600 | 0.247 | 1,236 | 1203 | 0.9811 | |
| 84 | Northern Kentucky University | 26900 | 31600 | 0.1486 | 10,163 | 1090 | 0.8307 | |
| 85 | Kennesaw State University | 27000 | 27000 | 0 | 42,840 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 85 | University of North Georgia | 27000 | 35500 | 0.2393 | 18,329 | 1100 | 0.6794 | |
| 87 | Emporia State University | 27100 | 37700 | 0.2809 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 88 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 27400 | 41900 | 0.346 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 88 | Saint Xavier University | 27400 | 52000 | 0.473 | 3,039 | 1125 | 0.8575 | |
| 90 | University of North Texas | 27500 | 37400 | 0.2649 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 91 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 28000 | 28000 | 0 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 92 | George Fox University | 28500 | 67100 | 0.5757 | 3,401 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 93 | Mercy University | 28600 | 44500 | 0.3574 | 6,775 | 1074 | 0.8584 | |
| 93 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 31500 | 0.0921 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 95 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 28700 | 44100 | 0.3494 | 352 | 1180 | 0.9647 | |
| 96 | Radford University | 28800 | 32800 | 0.122 | 6,161 | 1070 | 0.8953 | |
| 97 | Concord University | 28900 | 46500 | 0.3784 | 1,609 | 990 | 0.9256 | |
| 98 | West Virginia Wesleyan College | 29100 | 52800 | 0.4491 | 938 | 1090 | 0.951 | |
| 99 | Furman University | 29200 | 79600 | 0.6329 | 2,383 | 1359 | 0.4295 | |
| 100 | University of Toledo | 29400 | 32600 | 0.0983 | 11,013 | 1159 | 0.9202 | |
| 101 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 29700 | 38200 | 0.2227 | 6,550 | 1140 | 0.7456 | |
| 102 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 29800 | 51100 | 0.4171 | 1,477 | 1075 | 0.8068 | |
| 103 | San Jose State University | 30200 | 41000 | 0.2632 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 104 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 30400 | 54700 | 0.4429 | 1,409 | 1110 | 0.6327 | |
| 104 | SUNY at Fredonia | 30400 | 39600 | 0.2326 | 2,876 | 1193 | 0.792 | |
| 104 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 30400 | 39500 | 0.2302 | 5,205 | 1118 | 0.744 | |
| 107 | Albright College | 30500 | 48700 | 0.3738 | 1,328 | 1050 | 0.8615 | |
| 108 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30600 | 54600 | 0.4397 | 3,163 | 1165 | 0.9347 | |
| 109 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1150 | 0.9523 | |
| 110 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Schuylkill | 31000 | 45200 | 0.3143 | 624 | 1115 | 0.9664 | |
| 111 | SUNY Brockport | 31100 | 37900 | 0.1794 | 5,816 | 1195 | 0.7068 | |
| 112 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 31400 | 31400 | 0 | 6,853 | 1090 | 0.7147 | |
| 112 | State University of New York at Oswego | 31400 | 38300 | 0.1799 | 5,517 | 1174 | 0.8057 | |
| 114 | Washington Adventist University | 31500 | 37800 | 0.1668 | 605 | 950 | 0.4536 | |
| 115 | Thomas Jefferson University | 31600 | 67700 | 0.5331 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 116 | Angelo State University | 31700 | 35400 | 0.1047 | 9,779 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 117 | CUNY Brooklyn College | 31800 | 31800 | 0 | 11,562 | 1110 | 0.5836 | |
| 118 | Saint Michael's College | 31900 | 68400 | 0.5333 | 1,120 | 1240 | 0.8451 | |
| 119 | Hampton University | 32200 | 47000 | 0.315 | 3,728 | 956 | 0.6225 | |
| 120 | University of Scranton | 32400 | 78700 | 0.5881 | 3,613 | 1220 | 0.812 | |
| 121 | California Lutheran University | 32800 | 65800 | 0.5011 | 2,297 | 1258 | 0.7567 | |
| 121 | Frostburg State University | 32800 | 43100 | 0.239 | 2,619 | 1082 | 0.892 | |
| 121 | Harding University | 32800 | 47000 | 0.3023 | 3,523 | 1193 | 0.3942 | |
| 124 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 32900 | 45200 | 0.2722 | 10,767 | 1326 | 0.7243 | |
| 125 | Grambling State University | 33100 | 35300 | 0.0624 | 4,279 | 965 | 0.2368 | |
| 126 | Wilkes University | 33300 | 61900 | 0.4613 | 1,956 | 1153 | 0.9146 | |
| 127 | College of Charleston | 33700 | 33700 | 0 | 10,880 | 1255 | 0.6003 | |
| 127 | Elizabethtown College | 33700 | 54600 | 0.383 | 1,903 | 1214 | 0.7787 | |
| 127 | George Washington University | 33700 | 81800 | 0.5882 | 11,677 | 1421 | 0.4709 | |
| 130 | LeTourneau University | 34000 | 54600 | 0.3772 | 3,184 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 131 | Morgan State University | 34300 | 37200 | 0.078 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 132 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 34600 | 37800 | 0.0848 | 5,086 | 1000 | 0.9821 | |
| 133 | DePaul University | 34800 | 59100 | 0.411 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 134 | Suffolk University | 34900 | 73000 | 0.5219 | 4,324 | 1209 | 0.822 | |
| 135 | Adelphi University | 35100 | 63300 | 0.4454 | 5,325 | 1218 | 0.6591 | |
| 135 | City University of Seattle | 35100 | 45400 | 0.227 | 1,180 | 0 | 0.9025 | |
| 137 | Stevenson University | 35300 | 59900 | 0.4105 | 3,106 | 1100 | 0.7891 | |
| 138 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 35600 | 42400 | 0.1603 | 31,112 | 1130 | 0.8129 | |
| 139 | Salisbury University | 36000 | 40900 | 0.1199 | 6,288 | 1250 | 0.8747 | |
| 140 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 36100 | 56300 | 0.3588 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 141 | Towson University | 36300 | 45700 | 0.2057 | 16,264 | 1093 | 0.8198 | |
| 142 | Mercer University | 36500 | 60500 | 0.3967 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
| 143 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 36700 | 38900 | 0.0566 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 144 | University of Michigan-Flint | 37000 | 39400 | 0.0609 | 5,011 | 1103 | 0.7047 | |
| 145 | East Carolina University | 37100 | 40100 | 0.0748 | 21,445 | 1120 | 0.8922 | |
| 146 | Immaculata University | 37200 | 47800 | 0.2215 | 1,652 | 1245 | 0.8578 | |
| 147 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 37400 | 41600 | 0.101 | 5,187 | 1005 | 0.9229 | |
| 148 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 37600 | 38900 | 0.0334 | 1,919 | 1245 | 0.7844 | |
| 149 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38400 | 38400 | 0 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
| 150 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 38900 | 52900 | 0.2645 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 151 | Pace University | 39700 | 74100 | 0.464 | 8,038 | 1274 | 0.7592 | |
| 152 | McKendree University | 40000 | 52200 | 0.2338 | 1,605 | 1098 | 0.6388 | |
| 152 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 40000 | 45400 | 0.1189 | 502 | 1204 | 0.9641 | |
| 154 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 40300 | 40300 | 0 | 1,880 | 1185 | 0.9867 | |
| 155 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 40500 | 40500 | 0 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 156 | University of Massachusetts-Boston | 41700 | 56800 | 0.2656 | 12,234 | 1194 | 0.8296 | |
| 157 | Loyola University Maryland | 42000 | 78800 | 0.4671 | 3,881 | 1309 | 0.7549 | |
| 158 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 42300 | 54900 | 0.2297 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 159 | University of Maryland-College Park | 42600 | 52900 | 0.1947 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 160 | CUNY Bernard M Baruch College | 43400 | 43400 | 0 | 16,086 | 1293 | 0.5117 | |
| 160 | University of California-Riverside | 43400 | 66400 | 0.3463 | 22,599 | 1199 | 0.7685 | |
| 160 | Western Oregon University | 43400 | 43400 | 0 | 3,343 | 1120 | 0.9871 | |
| 163 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4481 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
| 164 | CUNY Graduate School and University Center | 43900 | 43900 | 0 | 3,237 | 0 | 0.3861 | |
| 165 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 45000 | 51400 | 0.1244 | 3,965 | 1229 | 0.9121 | |
| 166 | Ramapo College of New Jersey | 47200 | 48100 | 0.0187 | 5,444 | 1214 | 0.7064 | |
| 167 | Molloy University | 48200 | 62300 | 0.2265 | 3,240 | 1199 | 0.8174 | |
| 167 | University of Mount Olive | 48200 | 50400 | 0.0438 | 1,937 | 945 | 0.7775 | |
| 169 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 49800 | 56400 | 0.1169 | 10,200 | 1346 | 0.6507 | |
| 170 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 50100 | 52300 | 0.042 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 171 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 50700 | 52900 | 0.0417 | 14,504 | 1145 | 0.7637 | |
| 172 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 50900 | 84200 | 0.3956 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 173 | Drexel University | 51100 | 82600 | 0.3812 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 174 | University of Utah | 51500 | 53700 | 0.0411 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 175 | Fordham University | 52400 | 94600 | 0.4463 | 10,307 | 1415 | 0.5628 | |
| 176 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
| 177 | Clemson University | 61400 | 63700 | 0.0346 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 178 | Thiel College | 67100 | 69100 | 0.0289 | 831 | 1065 | 0.7189 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.
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