Considering a degree in Information Science/Studies?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Information Science/Studies majors who live in Maryland.
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 Maryland.
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-Ann Arbor | 4800 | 40700 | 0.8811 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 2 | California Institute of Technology | 6700 | 91800 | 0.9274 | 987 | 1557 | 0.0257 | |
| 3 | University of Houston-Victoria | 7300 | 39700 | 0.8164 | 2,707 | 930 | 0.7671 | |
| 4 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 7900 | 43500 | 0.8191 | 28,674 | 980 | 0.9401 | |
| 5 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8400 | 98000 | 0.9146 | 9,157 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 6 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 9100 | 48800 | 0.8137 | 10,049 | 1005 | 0.9234 | |
| 7 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 9400 | 36900 | 0.7455 | 3,207 | 1060 | 0.8034 | |
| 8 | Valdosta State University | 10500 | 24800 | 0.5775 | 7,206 | 1015 | 0.7214 | |
| 9 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 10700 | 21100 | 0.4941 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 10 | Savannah State University | 11300 | 40400 | 0.7195 | 2,857 | 950 | 0.8368 | |
| 10 | University of Michigan-Flint | 11300 | 45600 | 0.7519 | 5,011 | 1103 | 0.7047 | |
| 12 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 11600 | 41800 | 0.7223 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 13 | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | 11700 | 25700 | 0.5453 | 10,656 | 1075 | 0.7289 | |
| 14 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 13300 | 27800 | 0.5207 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 15 | Coastal Carolina University | 13500 | 27200 | 0.5038 | 10,811 | 1145 | 0.7527 | |
| 16 | Fort Hays State University | 13600 | 40700 | 0.6666 | 10,206 | 1110 | 0.9177 | |
| 17 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 51900 | 0.7365 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 18 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 13800 | 46000 | 0.6996 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 19 | University of California-Riverside | 13900 | 66000 | 0.7898 | 22,599 | 1199 | 0.7685 | |
| 20 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 14400 | 32200 | 0.5534 | 2,836 | 1135 | 0.3787 | |
| 21 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver | 14700 | 42500 | 0.6549 | 482 | 1195 | 0.9565 | |
| 22 | University of North Georgia | 15000 | 21400 | 0.2991 | 18,329 | 1100 | 0.6794 | |
| 23 | Alabama State University | 15100 | 37900 | 0.5999 | 3,322 | 970 | 0.9564 | |
| 24 | Dickinson State University | 15300 | 21700 | 0.296 | 1,339 | 1005 | 0.3695 | |
| 25 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 15500 | 46800 | 0.6693 | 6,550 | 1110 | 0.7456 | |
| 25 | University of North Florida | 15500 | 22400 | 0.3084 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
| 27 | Wayne State College | 15600 | 20000 | 0.2199 | 3,902 | 0 | 1 | |
| 28 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 15700 | 42600 | 0.6317 | 7,595 | 1075 | 0.9226 | |
| 29 | James Madison University | 15800 | 28900 | 0.4537 | 21,112 | 1260 | 0.7151 | |
| 29 | New Mexico Highlands University | 15800 | 31500 | 0.4981 | 1,710 | 945 | 0.9481 | |
| 31 | Wayne State University | 16200 | 46200 | 0.6495 | 16,173 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
| 32 | Goshen College | 16300 | 55900 | 0.7078 | 780 | 995 | 0.8404 | |
| 32 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 16300 | 29200 | 0.442 | 18,667 | 1090 | 0.9711 | |
| 34 | Jacksonville State University | 16400 | 27000 | 0.3933 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 35 | Central Connecticut State University | 16800 | 34000 | 0.5056 | 8,170 | 1010 | 0.7333 | |
| 35 | University of Maryland Global Campus | 16800 | 29700 | 0.4345 | 50,793 | 0 | 0.7633 | |
| 35 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16800 | 64800 | 0.7416 | 21,075 | 1420 | 0.1534 | |
| 38 | University of South Alabama | 17100 | 35200 | 0.5145 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 38 | University of South Florida | 17100 | 17100 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 40 | Morgan State University | 17300 | 19700 | 0.1221 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 41 | Frostburg State University | 17400 | 26700 | 0.3468 | 2,619 | 1095 | 0.892 | |
| 41 | Southern University at New Orleans | 17400 | 34200 | 0.4911 | 1,773 | 885 | 0.6021 | |
| 41 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 17400 | 44900 | 0.612 | 5,205 | 1118 | 0.744 | |
| 44 | Boston College | 17500 | 96200 | 0.8177 | 9,654 | 1490 | 0.1619 | |
| 45 | SUNY at Fredonia | 17700 | 39600 | 0.5537 | 2,876 | 1193 | 0.792 | |
| 45 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 17700 | 52500 | 0.6628 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 45 | Westfield State University | 17700 | 36600 | 0.5158 | 3,868 | 1105 | 0.8671 | |
| 48 | University of Colorado Boulder | 17800 | 30600 | 0.4183 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
| 49 | Stockton University | 17900 | 32100 | 0.4421 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 49 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 17900 | 26700 | 0.3296 | 7,505 | 1059 | 0.9633 | |
| 51 | Salisbury University | 18100 | 28700 | 0.3699 | 6,288 | 1250 | 0.8747 | |
| 52 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 18200 | 42800 | 0.5741 | 581 | 1129 | 0.9821 | |
| 53 | Emporia State University | 18400 | 29800 | 0.3831 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 54 | Florida Memorial University | 18500 | 44900 | 0.5881 | 1,299 | 0 | 0.7431 | |
| 54 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 18500 | 43800 | 0.5771 | 352 | 1180 | 0.9647 | |
| 56 | Rutgers University-Newark | 18800 | 38000 | 0.505 | 7,417 | 1214 | 0.7873 | |
| 57 | Ramapo College of New Jersey | 19000 | 38000 | 0.4997 | 5,444 | 1214 | 0.7064 | |
| 58 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 19300 | 38100 | 0.4935 | 2,884 | 1175 | 0.9677 | |
| 59 | Towson University | 19700 | 30000 | 0.3429 | 16,264 | 1093 | 0.8198 | |
| 60 | Central College | 20200 | 36800 | 0.4509 | 1,084 | 1140 | 0.8617 | |
| 61 | Grove City College | 20300 | 39700 | 0.4893 | 2,341 | 1256 | 0.7232 | |
| 61 | State University of New York at Oswego | 20300 | 40200 | 0.4952 | 5,517 | 1164 | 0.8057 | |
| 63 | Dakota State University | 20400 | 22500 | 0.0912 | 3,066 | 1192 | 0.8814 | |
| 64 | Lincoln University | 20800 | 24900 | 0.1646 | 1,707 | 920 | 0 | |
| 64 | Northwestern University | 20800 | 89500 | 0.7679 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 64 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 20800 | 57800 | 0.6406 | 1,083 | 1171 | 0.9278 | |
| 67 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27100 | 0.2288 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 68 | Tarleton State University | 21000 | 23000 | 0.087 | 15,130 | 1095 | 0.5256 | |
| 69 | Bradley University | 21100 | 50800 | 0.5846 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 70 | Elmhurst University | 21200 | 67000 | 0.6838 | 3,170 | 1148 | 0.7357 | |
| 71 | Kennesaw State University | 21300 | 26600 | 0.1994 | 42,840 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 72 | Luther College | 21500 | 71900 | 0.7017 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.8402 | |
| 72 | Pennsylvania Western University | 21500 | 28200 | 0.238 | 7,586 | 0 | 0.9433 | |
| 72 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 21500 | 38900 | 0.4469 | 1,919 | 1245 | 0.7844 | |
| 75 | San Jose State University | 22000 | 41100 | 0.4648 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 76 | Averett University | 22100 | 57200 | 0.614 | 1,180 | 1070 | 0.478 | |
| 77 | SUNY Brockport | 22400 | 35100 | 0.3618 | 5,816 | 1195 | 0.7068 | |
| 78 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 22600 | 58100 | 0.6115 | 1,477 | 1075 | 0.8068 | |
| 79 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 22800 | 44400 | 0.4861 | 1,809 | 1109 | 0.9484 | |
| 80 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 22900 | 45200 | 0.4937 | 502 | 1204 | 0.9641 | |
| 81 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 23200 | 36800 | 0.3698 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 82 | Robert Morris University | 23300 | 58000 | 0.5986 | 3,769 | 1180 | 0.9057 | |
| 83 | Grambling State University | 23600 | 34800 | 0.3215 | 4,279 | 955 | 0.2368 | |
| 84 | Albright College | 23700 | 49300 | 0.5192 | 1,328 | 1050 | 0.8615 | |
| 85 | Houghton University | 23800 | 61900 | 0.6158 | 939 | 1277 | 0.8866 | |
| 86 | Dominican University | 24100 | 56000 | 0.5702 | 2,690 | 1060 | 0.9032 | |
| 86 | Norwich University | 24100 | 88400 | 0.7276 | 2,642 | 1182 | 0.7361 | |
| 88 | Northwood University | 25100 | 54500 | 0.5399 | 1,989 | 1075 | 0.839 | |
| 89 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 25500 | 39200 | 0.3496 | 4,478 | 1065 | 0.8132 | |
| 90 | University of North Texas | 25700 | 25700 | 0 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 91 | Columbia College | 25800 | 51600 | 0.5004 | 876 | 1025 | 0.8878 | |
| 92 | Doane University | 26000 | 77700 | 0.665 | 1,323 | 1125 | 0.9801 | |
| 93 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 26100 | 43000 | 0.3926 | 5,789 | 1060 | 0.5774 | |
| 94 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 26200 | 28300 | 0.0755 | 3,413 | 1095 | 0.5295 | |
| 95 | Grand Valley State University | 26300 | 36300 | 0.2759 | 19,002 | 1233 | 0.8302 | |
| 96 | Bethune-Cookman University | 26600 | 32700 | 0.1866 | 2,739 | 910 | 0.8824 | |
| 97 | Furman University | 26700 | 79600 | 0.6643 | 2,383 | 1359 | 0.4295 | |
| 97 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 26700 | 41500 | 0.3564 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 99 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 27000 | 30100 | 0.1042 | 5,086 | 1000 | 0.9821 | |
| 99 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 27000 | 47900 | 0.436 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 101 | Fairmont State University | 27200 | 32200 | 0.1553 | 3,060 | 975 | 0.9924 | |
| 102 | Cleveland State University | 27300 | 37300 | 0.2682 | 9,418 | 1105 | 0.913 | |
| 103 | George Fox University | 27500 | 76800 | 0.6419 | 3,401 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 103 | Rowan University | 27500 | 41600 | 0.3386 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
| 103 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 27500 | 27500 | 0.0001 | 10,767 | 1326 | 0.7243 | |
| 106 | Thomas Jefferson University | 27700 | 67700 | 0.5907 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 107 | Syracuse University | 27900 | 83100 | 0.6642 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 108 | California Lutheran University | 28100 | 70000 | 0.5988 | 2,297 | 1258 | 0.7567 | |
| 109 | Mercy University | 28500 | 44500 | 0.3597 | 6,775 | 1074 | 0.8584 | |
| 109 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28500 | 33400 | 0.1467 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 111 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29300 | 33200 | 0.1173 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 112 | Northern Kentucky University | 29800 | 32100 | 0.0717 | 10,163 | 1090 | 0.8307 | |
| 112 | Saint Xavier University | 29800 | 53600 | 0.4438 | 3,039 | 1125 | 0.8575 | |
| 114 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 30500 | 54700 | 0.4416 | 1,409 | 1110 | 0.5568 | |
| 115 | East Texas A&M University | 30700 | 36500 | 0.1589 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 115 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30700 | 54600 | 0.4385 | 3,163 | 1165 | 0.9347 | |
| 117 | University of Toledo | 30800 | 42000 | 0.2653 | 11,013 | 1159 | 0.9202 | |
| 118 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1150 | 0.9523 | |
| 119 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 31000 | 36900 | 0.162 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 120 | University of Kentucky | 31100 | 36100 | 0.1386 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 121 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 31300 | 31300 | 0 | 6,853 | 1090 | 0.7147 | |
| 122 | Angelo State University | 31800 | 35400 | 0.1027 | 9,779 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 123 | Hampton University | 32100 | 62400 | 0.4852 | 3,728 | 956 | 0.6225 | |
| 123 | Saint Michael's College | 32100 | 68500 | 0.5317 | 1,120 | 1240 | 0.8451 | |
| 125 | Suffolk University | 32500 | 69700 | 0.5341 | 4,324 | 1209 | 0.822 | |
| 125 | University of Scranton | 32500 | 78700 | 0.5872 | 3,613 | 1220 | 0.8029 | |
| 127 | George Washington University | 33700 | 81800 | 0.5882 | 11,677 | 1421 | 0.4709 | |
| 127 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 33700 | 58500 | 0.4245 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 129 | LeTourneau University | 34100 | 54800 | 0.378 | 3,184 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 130 | Charleston Southern University | 34300 | 48400 | 0.2918 | 2,914 | 1060 | 0.7609 | |
| 131 | Pace University | 34500 | 74800 | 0.5387 | 8,038 | 1274 | 0.7592 | |
| 132 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 35100 | 35100 | 0 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 133 | Adelphi University | 35200 | 63300 | 0.4443 | 5,325 | 1218 | 0.6591 | |
| 134 | Washington Adventist University | 35900 | 36900 | 0.0247 | 605 | 951 | 0.4536 | |
| 135 | Christopher Newport University | 36200 | 36200 | 0 | 4,407 | 1209 | 0.8796 | |
| 136 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 36300 | 56800 | 0.3607 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 137 | East Carolina University | 37100 | 40100 | 0.0748 | 21,445 | 1120 | 0.8922 | |
| 138 | Loyola University Maryland | 37200 | 76200 | 0.5117 | 3,881 | 1309 | 0.7549 | |
| 139 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 37500 | 41600 | 0.0993 | 5,386 | 995 | 0.9092 | |
| 140 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38600 | 38600 | 0 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
| 141 | Stony Brook University | 39900 | 53000 | 0.2478 | 18,263 | 1404 | 0.4904 | |
| 142 | McKendree University | 40100 | 52200 | 0.2324 | 1,605 | 1098 | 0.6388 | |
| 143 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 42100 | 67900 | 0.3799 | 3,965 | 1335 | 0.9121 | |
| 144 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 42300 | 54700 | 0.2266 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 145 | Western Oregon University | 43400 | 43400 | 0 | 3,343 | 1120 | 0.9871 | |
| 146 | Merrimack College | 43600 | 78800 | 0.4472 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
| 146 | Radford University | 43600 | 45700 | 0.0467 | 6,161 | 1070 | 0.8953 | |
| 148 | University of Illinois Chicago | 43800 | 49300 | 0.1115 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 149 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 43900 | 57100 | 0.2302 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 150 | Immaculata University | 44200 | 47800 | 0.0753 | 1,652 | 1245 | 0.8578 | |
| 151 | University of Mount Olive | 48300 | 50400 | 0.0424 | 1,937 | 1020 | 0.7775 | |
| 152 | DePaul University | 48700 | 67100 | 0.2742 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 153 | Drexel University | 48800 | 83800 | 0.4176 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 154 | Molloy University | 48900 | 62300 | 0.2152 | 3,240 | 1199 | 0.8174 | |
| 155 | Mercer University | 49100 | 63700 | 0.2293 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
| 156 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 49500 | 60000 | 0.1749 | 31,112 | 1114 | 0.8129 | |
| 157 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 50800 | 52900 | 0.0404 | 14,504 | 1145 | 0.7637 | |
| 158 | University of Utah | 51600 | 53700 | 0.0398 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 159 | Dallas Baptist University | 55800 | 71900 | 0.2238 | 2,785 | 1104 | 0.8884 | |
| 160 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 59100 | 61200 | 0.0349 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 161 | Thiel College | 60500 | 69100 | 0.1244 | 830 | 1065 | 0.7189 | |
| 162 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 60800 | 64100 | 0.0514 | 1,236 | 1203 | 0.9811 | |
| 163 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 61400 | 64200 | 0.0436 | 1,880 | 1185 | 0.9867 | |
| 164 | Clemson University | 61500 | 63700 | 0.0335 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 165 | College of Charleston | 61600 | 61600 | 0 | 10,880 | 1255 | 0.6003 | |
| 166 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 63500 | 63500 | 0 | 10,200 | 1346 | 0.6507 | |
| 167 | Fordham University | 70000 | 95000 | 0.263 | 10,582 | 1406 | 0.5931 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.
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