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 | California Institute of Technology | 4000 | 90300 | 0.9555 | 987 | 1557 | 0.0257 | |
| 2 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 4800 | 39100 | 0.8782 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 3 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 6200 | 94100 | 0.9344 | 9,157 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 4 | CUNY Bernard M Baruch College | 7400 | 34500 | 0.785 | 16,086 | 1293 | 0.5117 | |
| 5 | CUNY Brooklyn College | 7700 | 31800 | 0.7589 | 11,562 | 1110 | 0.5836 | |
| 6 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 7900 | 33400 | 0.7644 | 10,049 | 1005 | 0.9234 | |
| 7 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 9200 | 20000 | 0.5399 | 3,207 | 1050 | 0.8034 | |
| 8 | Coppin State University | 10100 | 32800 | 0.6919 | 1,810 | 950 | 0.4956 | |
| 9 | New Mexico Highlands University | 10400 | 21500 | 0.5158 | 1,710 | 945 | 0.9481 | |
| 10 | Valdosta State University | 10500 | 24800 | 0.5776 | 7,206 | 1015 | 0.7214 | |
| 11 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 10800 | 34300 | 0.6847 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 12 | Savannah State University | 11200 | 17400 | 0.3556 | 2,857 | 950 | 0.8368 | |
| 13 | Christopher Newport University | 11900 | 32800 | 0.6372 | 4,407 | 1209 | 0.8796 | |
| 14 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 12500 | 37100 | 0.6626 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 15 | Fort Hays State University | 13100 | 22000 | 0.4047 | 10,206 | 1120 | 0.9177 | |
| 16 | University of North Florida | 13600 | 22400 | 0.3933 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
| 17 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 32200 | 0.5744 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 18 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 14600 | 29300 | 0.5013 | 6,550 | 1140 | 0.7456 | |
| 18 | University of North Texas | 14600 | 25400 | 0.4259 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 20 | Goshen College | 14700 | 55800 | 0.7363 | 780 | 995 | 0.8404 | |
| 21 | University of North Georgia | 15100 | 21400 | 0.2944 | 18,329 | 1100 | 0.6794 | |
| 22 | Concord University | 15200 | 31700 | 0.5203 | 1,609 | 990 | 0.9256 | |
| 23 | Wayne State College | 15400 | 26400 | 0.4172 | 3,902 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 24 | Northeastern University | 15600 | 89900 | 0.8268 | 22,695 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 24 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 15600 | 23400 | 0.3337 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 24 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 15600 | 27700 | 0.4369 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 27 | Grand Valley State University | 15700 | 25300 | 0.3799 | 19,002 | 1233 | 0.8302 | |
| 27 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 15700 | 28800 | 0.4547 | 7,595 | 1075 | 0.9226 | |
| 29 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 16100 | 26800 | 0.3994 | 4,478 | 1065 | 0.8132 | |
| 30 | Southern University at New Orleans | 16200 | 31600 | 0.4872 | 1,773 | 885 | 0.6021 | |
| 31 | SUNY at Fredonia | 16500 | 27800 | 0.407 | 2,876 | 1193 | 0.792 | |
| 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 | 16800 | 26600 | 0.3687 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 34 | University of Maryland Global Campus | 16800 | 29700 | 0.4345 | 50,793 | 0 | 0.7633 | |
| 36 | Dickinson State University | 17000 | 23700 | 0.2825 | 1,339 | 1005 | 0.3695 | |
| 37 | University of South Florida | 17100 | 17100 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 38 | Frostburg State University | 17300 | 27000 | 0.3574 | 2,619 | 1082 | 0.892 | |
| 39 | University of South Alabama | 17500 | 22400 | 0.2192 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 40 | SUNY Brockport | 17800 | 26200 | 0.32 | 5,816 | 1195 | 0.7068 | |
| 41 | University of Houston-Victoria | 17900 | 34400 | 0.4799 | 2,707 | 930 | 0.7671 | |
| 42 | Angelo State University | 18400 | 23100 | 0.2035 | 9,779 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 42 | Florida Memorial University | 18400 | 46100 | 0.601 | 1,299 | 0 | 0.7431 | |
| 44 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Schuylkill | 18600 | 32900 | 0.4352 | 624 | 1115 | 0.9664 | |
| 45 | Westfield State University | 18900 | 32500 | 0.4191 | 3,868 | 1105 | 0.8671 | |
| 46 | Towson University | 19200 | 30000 | 0.3596 | 16,264 | 1093 | 0.8198 | |
| 46 | University of Illinois Chicago | 19200 | 30300 | 0.366 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 48 | Cleveland State University | 19600 | 37300 | 0.4748 | 9,418 | 1005 | 0.913 | |
| 49 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 19800 | 36200 | 0.4533 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 50 | Alabama State University | 20200 | 37400 | 0.4592 | 3,322 | 945 | 0.9564 | |
| 50 | Central College | 20200 | 36800 | 0.4509 | 1,084 | 1140 | 0.8617 | |
| 52 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 20700 | 57800 | 0.6418 | 1,083 | 1205 | 0.9278 | |
| 53 | East Carolina University | 20800 | 23800 | 0.1258 | 21,445 | 1120 | 0.8922 | |
| 54 | Tarleton State University | 21000 | 23000 | 0.087 | 15,130 | 0 | 0.5256 | |
| 55 | Western Oregon University | 21300 | 24600 | 0.134 | 3,343 | 1120 | 0.9871 | |
| 56 | Luther College | 21400 | 71900 | 0.7025 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.8402 | |
| 57 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 21500 | 33000 | 0.3482 | 581 | 1129 | 0.9821 | |
| 57 | Rutgers University-Newark | 21500 | 38900 | 0.4474 | 7,417 | 1214 | 0.7873 | |
| 59 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 21700 | 34400 | 0.3691 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 59 | Radford University | 21700 | 21900 | 0.0091 | 6,161 | 1070 | 0.8953 | |
| 61 | Bradley University | 21900 | 50900 | 0.5697 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 62 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 22600 | 33800 | 0.3311 | 502 | 1204 | 0.9641 | |
| 63 | Dakota State University | 23100 | 25600 | 0.0977 | 3,066 | 1192 | 0.8814 | |
| 64 | Averett University | 23200 | 57200 | 0.5947 | 1,180 | 1010 | 0.478 | |
| 64 | Robert Morris University | 23200 | 58000 | 0.5998 | 3,769 | 1180 | 0.9057 | |
| 66 | Georgia Southern University | 23500 | 23800 | 0.0126 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 66 | Syracuse University | 23500 | 83100 | 0.7172 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 68 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 23700 | 39200 | 0.3955 | 28,674 | 980 | 0.9401 | |
| 68 | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | 23700 | 30300 | 0.218 | 10,656 | 1075 | 0.7289 | |
| 70 | Dominican University | 24000 | 56000 | 0.5714 | 2,690 | 1035 | 0.9032 | |
| 71 | Bemidji State University | 24200 | 26400 | 0.0835 | 3,610 | 1110 | 0.9131 | |
| 71 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 24200 | 60500 | 0.5996 | 686 | 1030 | 0.8649 | |
| 73 | Grambling State University | 24300 | 26700 | 0.09 | 4,279 | 965 | 0.2368 | |
| 74 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 24400 | 26600 | 0.0828 | 3,413 | 1085 | 0.5295 | |
| 75 | Elmhurst University | 24600 | 67000 | 0.6331 | 3,170 | 1148 | 0.7357 | |
| 76 | Boston College | 25100 | 94600 | 0.7347 | 9,654 | 1490 | 0.1619 | |
| 76 | Houghton University | 25100 | 35500 | 0.2928 | 939 | 1277 | 0.8866 | |
| 76 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 25100 | 37400 | 0.3293 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 79 | Bethune-Cookman University | 25800 | 32700 | 0.2111 | 2,739 | 910 | 0.8824 | |
| 79 | Northwood University | 25800 | 54500 | 0.5271 | 1,989 | 1075 | 0.839 | |
| 81 | Kennesaw State University | 25900 | 25900 | 0 | 42,840 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 82 | Doane University | 26000 | 62800 | 0.5861 | 1,323 | 1125 | 0.9801 | |
| 83 | Stony Brook University | 26100 | 33200 | 0.2129 | 18,263 | 1395 | 0.4904 | |
| 84 | Norwich University | 26300 | 70900 | 0.6293 | 2,642 | 1209 | 0.7361 | |
| 85 | Pennsylvania Western University | 26400 | 35600 | 0.2587 | 7,586 | 1070 | 0.9433 | |
| 86 | Northern Kentucky University | 26700 | 31600 | 0.1549 | 10,163 | 1090 | 0.8307 | |
| 86 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 26700 | 35600 | 0.2498 | 1,236 | 1203 | 0.9811 | |
| 88 | Columbia College | 26800 | 41300 | 0.3514 | 876 | 1025 | 0.8878 | |
| 89 | Emporia State University | 27000 | 37700 | 0.2836 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 89 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 27000 | 40300 | 0.3299 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 91 | Fairmont State University | 27200 | 32000 | 0.1502 | 3,060 | 1005 | 0.9924 | |
| 91 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 27200 | 41900 | 0.3507 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 91 | Saint Xavier University | 27200 | 52000 | 0.4768 | 3,039 | 1125 | 0.8575 | |
| 94 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 27700 | 28000 | 0.0108 | 10,767 | 1326 | 0.7243 | |
| 95 | George Fox University | 28400 | 67100 | 0.5772 | 3,401 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 96 | Mercy University | 28500 | 44500 | 0.3597 | 6,775 | 1074 | 0.8584 | |
| 96 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28500 | 31500 | 0.0953 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 98 | James Madison University | 28600 | 28600 | 0 | 21,112 | 1260 | 0.7151 | |
| 99 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 28700 | 44100 | 0.3494 | 352 | 1180 | 0.9647 | |
| 99 | Salisbury University | 28700 | 28700 | 0.0011 | 6,288 | 1250 | 0.8747 | |
| 101 | Lincoln University | 28900 | 40900 | 0.2933 | 1,707 | 920 | 0 | |
| 102 | West Virginia Wesleyan College | 29100 | 52800 | 0.4491 | 938 | 1090 | 0.951 | |
| 103 | Furman University | 29200 | 79600 | 0.6329 | 2,383 | 1359 | 0.4295 | |
| 104 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 29300 | 36500 | 0.1974 | 7,505 | 1059 | 0.9633 | |
| 105 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 29700 | 51100 | 0.419 | 1,477 | 1075 | 0.8068 | |
| 106 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 29900 | 30000 | 0.0033 | 18,428 | 1090 | 0.9529 | |
| 107 | San Jose State University | 30100 | 41000 | 0.2656 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 108 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 30400 | 54700 | 0.4429 | 1,409 | 1110 | 0.6327 | |
| 108 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 30400 | 39500 | 0.2302 | 5,205 | 1118 | 0.744 | |
| 110 | Albright College | 30500 | 48700 | 0.3738 | 1,328 | 1050 | 0.8615 | |
| 111 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30600 | 54600 | 0.4397 | 3,163 | 1165 | 0.9347 | |
| 112 | University of Toledo | 30800 | 42000 | 0.267 | 11,013 | 1159 | 0.9202 | |
| 113 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1150 | 0.9523 | |
| 113 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 30900 | 36900 | 0.1639 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 115 | University of Kentucky | 31000 | 36000 | 0.139 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 116 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 31400 | 31400 | 0 | 6,853 | 1090 | 0.7147 | |
| 116 | State University of New York at Oswego | 31400 | 38300 | 0.1799 | 5,517 | 1174 | 0.8057 | |
| 116 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 31400 | 36700 | 0.1444 | 5,789 | 1115 | 0.5774 | |
| 119 | Thomas Jefferson University | 31600 | 67700 | 0.5331 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 120 | Loyola University Maryland | 31700 | 75000 | 0.5775 | 3,881 | 1309 | 0.7549 | |
| 121 | Saint Michael's College | 31900 | 68400 | 0.5333 | 1,120 | 1240 | 0.8451 | |
| 122 | Hampton University | 32100 | 47000 | 0.3171 | 3,728 | 956 | 0.6225 | |
| 123 | University of Scranton | 32400 | 78700 | 0.5881 | 3,613 | 1220 | 0.812 | |
| 124 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver | 32700 | 40200 | 0.1867 | 482 | 1195 | 0.9565 | |
| 125 | California Lutheran University | 32800 | 65800 | 0.5011 | 2,297 | 1258 | 0.7567 | |
| 125 | Harding University | 32800 | 47000 | 0.3023 | 3,523 | 1193 | 0.3942 | |
| 127 | Stockton University | 33100 | 44500 | 0.2563 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 128 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 33200 | 54600 | 0.3917 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 128 | Wilkes University | 33200 | 61900 | 0.4637 | 1,956 | 1153 | 0.9146 | |
| 130 | Elizabethtown College | 33600 | 54600 | 0.3849 | 1,903 | 1214 | 0.7787 | |
| 131 | George Washington University | 33700 | 81800 | 0.5882 | 11,677 | 1421 | 0.4709 | |
| 132 | LeTourneau University | 34000 | 54600 | 0.3772 | 3,184 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 133 | CUNY Graduate School and University Center | 34100 | 34100 | 0 | 3,237 | 0 | 0.3861 | |
| 134 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 34600 | 37800 | 0.0848 | 5,086 | 1000 | 0.9821 | |
| 135 | DePaul University | 34700 | 59100 | 0.4127 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 135 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 34700 | 34700 | 0 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 137 | Coastal Carolina University | 34900 | 44700 | 0.2191 | 10,811 | 1145 | 0.7527 | |
| 137 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 34900 | 49600 | 0.2961 | 1,809 | 1109 | 0.9484 | |
| 139 | Adelphi University | 35100 | 63300 | 0.4454 | 5,325 | 1218 | 0.6591 | |
| 139 | City University of Seattle | 35100 | 45400 | 0.227 | 1,180 | 0 | 0.9025 | |
| 141 | Morgan State University | 35300 | 37200 | 0.0511 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 142 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 35400 | 42400 | 0.1651 | 31,112 | 1130 | 0.8129 | |
| 142 | Washington Adventist University | 35400 | 36900 | 0.0383 | 605 | 950 | 0.4536 | |
| 144 | Mercer University | 36500 | 60500 | 0.3967 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
| 145 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 36700 | 38100 | 0.0367 | 2,884 | 1175 | 0.9677 | |
| 146 | University of Michigan-Flint | 36900 | 39400 | 0.0634 | 5,011 | 1103 | 0.7047 | |
| 147 | Immaculata University | 37200 | 47800 | 0.2215 | 1,652 | 1245 | 0.8578 | |
| 148 | Stevenson University | 37300 | 59900 | 0.3771 | 3,106 | 1100 | 0.7891 | |
| 149 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 37400 | 41600 | 0.101 | 5,187 | 1005 | 0.9229 | |
| 150 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 37600 | 38900 | 0.0334 | 1,919 | 1245 | 0.7844 | |
| 151 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38400 | 38400 | 0 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
| 152 | Suffolk University | 38600 | 73600 | 0.4758 | 4,324 | 1209 | 0.822 | |
| 153 | Wayne State University | 39100 | 45500 | 0.1406 | 16,173 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
| 154 | Pace University | 39700 | 74100 | 0.464 | 8,038 | 1274 | 0.7592 | |
| 155 | McKendree University | 40000 | 52200 | 0.2338 | 1,605 | 1098 | 0.6388 | |
| 156 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 40300 | 40300 | 0 | 1,880 | 1185 | 0.9867 | |
| 157 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 40500 | 40500 | 0 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 158 | University of Maryland-College Park | 42500 | 52900 | 0.1966 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 159 | University of California-Riverside | 43300 | 66400 | 0.3478 | 22,599 | 1199 | 0.7685 | |
| 160 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4481 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
| 161 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 43800 | 57100 | 0.2315 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 162 | CUNY Lehman College | 44100 | 45800 | 0.0371 | 11,217 | 1020 | 0.4601 | |
| 163 | Ramapo College of New Jersey | 47100 | 48100 | 0.0208 | 5,444 | 1214 | 0.7064 | |
| 164 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 48000 | 56200 | 0.1458 | 3,965 | 1229 | 0.9121 | |
| 165 | University of Mount Olive | 48200 | 50400 | 0.0438 | 1,937 | 945 | 0.7775 | |
| 166 | Molloy University | 48300 | 62300 | 0.2249 | 3,240 | 1199 | 0.8174 | |
| 167 | College of Charleston | 49700 | 59000 | 0.1577 | 10,880 | 1255 | 0.6003 | |
| 167 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 49700 | 56400 | 0.1187 | 10,200 | 1346 | 0.6507 | |
| 169 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 49900 | 52300 | 0.0458 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 170 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 50700 | 52900 | 0.0417 | 14,504 | 1145 | 0.7637 | |
| 171 | Drexel University | 51100 | 82600 | 0.3812 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 172 | University of Colorado Boulder | 51400 | 56300 | 0.087 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
| 173 | University of Utah | 51500 | 53700 | 0.0411 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 174 | Fordham University | 52300 | 94600 | 0.4474 | 10,307 | 1415 | 0.5628 | |
| 175 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
| 176 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 56700 | 58900 | 0.0374 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 177 | Clemson University | 61400 | 63700 | 0.0346 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 178 | Thiel College | 66900 | 69100 | 0.0318 | 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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