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 | 4700 | 40700 | 0.8836 | 35,358 | 1448 | 0.1642 | |
| 2 | Savannah State University | 6800 | 29000 | 0.7651 | 2,966 | 950 | 1 | |
| 3 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 7600 | 36100 | 0.7904 | 10,368 | 1064 | 0.999 | |
| 4 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8300 | 97100 | 0.915 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 5 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 10300 | 10300 | 0 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 6 | Valdosta State University | 10400 | 24800 | 0.5815 | 7,199 | 1005 | 0.7769 | |
| 7 | Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi | 11900 | 28900 | 0.5891 | 8,673 | 1095 | 0.9156 | |
| 8 | Lamar University | 12200 | 22900 | 0.4667 | 8,387 | 1040 | 0.8353 | |
| 9 | University of Michigan-Flint | 12600 | 34900 | 0.6397 | 5,534 | 1079 | 0.6734 | |
| 10 | Fort Hays State University | 12700 | 22600 | 0.4412 | 10,172 | 1075 | 0.9026 | |
| 11 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 12900 | 30000 | 0.5701 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 12 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 13300 | 13300 | 0 | 18,667 | 1090 | 0.9711 | |
| 13 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 13500 | 13500 | 0 | 1,973 | 1189 | 0.8142 | |
| 14 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 57800 | 0.7626 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 15 | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | 13800 | 19600 | 0.2958 | 10,995 | 1090 | 0.7476 | |
| 16 | Coppin State University | 13900 | 27100 | 0.487 | 1,908 | 950 | 0.4583 | |
| 17 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 14000 | 37400 | 0.6251 | 7,501 | 1055 | 0.9467 | |
| 18 | Northern Kentucky University | 14300 | 25900 | 0.4485 | 10,136 | 1110 | 0.9666 | |
| 19 | Wayne State College | 14900 | 20300 | 0.266 | 3,886 | 0 | 1 | |
| 20 | Concord University | 15000 | 31700 | 0.5276 | 1,638 | 1015 | 0.9728 | |
| 21 | Coastal Carolina University | 15200 | 27200 | 0.4413 | 11,471 | 1160 | 0.7003 | |
| 22 | Radford University | 15400 | 32000 | 0.5196 | 6,206 | 1050 | 0.8939 | |
| 23 | Alabama State University | 15500 | 24300 | 0.3632 | 3,521 | 945 | 0.9755 | |
| 24 | University of North Texas | 15600 | 26100 | 0.403 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 25 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 15700 | 44500 | 0.6468 | 308 | 1144 | 0.9053 | |
| 25 | University of California-Riverside | 15700 | 36500 | 0.5695 | 24,034 | 1199 | 0.8609 | |
| 27 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 15800 | 38400 | 0.5882 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 28 | Emporia State University | 15900 | 22900 | 0.3059 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 28 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 15900 | 23400 | 0.3209 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 30 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 16200 | 40600 | 0.6004 | 586 | 1140 | 0.9577 | |
| 31 | Southern University at New Orleans | 16300 | 31000 | 0.4735 | 2,179 | 950 | 0.789 | |
| 32 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 16500 | 35700 | 0.5379 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 33 | Northwestern University | 16600 | 89500 | 0.8149 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 33 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16600 | 64800 | 0.7439 | 22,007 | 1427 | 0.1672 | |
| 35 | Morgan State University | 16800 | 28500 | 0.4104 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 35 | University of Maryland Global Campus | 16800 | 29700 | 0.4338 | 52,187 | 0 | 1 | |
| 37 | Salisbury University | 17100 | 28700 | 0.4051 | 6,477 | 1245 | 0.8826 | |
| 37 | University of South Florida | 17100 | 17100 | 0 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 39 | Boston College | 17700 | 97600 | 0.8185 | 9,677 | 1484 | 0.1422 | |
| 40 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 17800 | 25200 | 0.2931 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 41 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18000 | 28600 | 0.3704 | 3,991 | 1010 | 0.9654 | |
| 42 | Towson University | 18100 | 29900 | 0.3943 | 16,361 | 1082 | 0.8057 | |
| 43 | University of Illinois Chicago | 18500 | 30100 | 0.386 | 24,260 | 1174 | 0.7576 | |
| 44 | Texas A&M University-Victoria | 18800 | 25000 | 0.2482 | 2,627 | 1000 | 0.5253 | |
| 45 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 18900 | 66500 | 0.7161 | 711 | 1030 | 0.8214 | |
| 46 | Norwich University | 19300 | 73800 | 0.7382 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 47 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 19400 | 30400 | 0.3615 | 3,224 | 1085 | 0.7643 | |
| 48 | Pennsylvania Western University | 19500 | 29000 | 0.3281 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 49 | Central Connecticut State University | 19700 | 29500 | 0.332 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 50 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 19900 | 39900 | 0.5015 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 51 | Grove City College | 20300 | 39700 | 0.4893 | 2,247 | 1248 | 0.667 | |
| 52 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 20600 | 57800 | 0.6433 | 1,109 | 1175 | 0.9088 | |
| 53 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27300 | 0.2349 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 54 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 21200 | 36400 | 0.4171 | 2,710 | 1218 | 0.9374 | |
| 55 | Western Oregon University | 21300 | 24600 | 0.134 | 3,034 | 1120 | 0.8345 | |
| 56 | University of North Georgia | 21400 | 21400 | 0 | 19,321 | 1100 | 0.9618 | |
| 57 | Bradley University | 21500 | 50800 | 0.5767 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 57 | Luther College | 21500 | 75400 | 0.7153 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.8398 | |
| 59 | Grand Valley State University | 22100 | 35900 | 0.3849 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 60 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 22200 | 53000 | 0.5806 | 1,495 | 1075 | 0.8761 | |
| 61 | Grambling State University | 22300 | 25700 | 0.1325 | 4,313 | 950 | 0.4486 | |
| 62 | University of North Florida | 22400 | 22400 | 0 | 14,837 | 1124 | 0.6815 | |
| 63 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 22600 | 25400 | 0.1104 | 2,907 | 1125 | 0.4696 | |
| 64 | San Jose State University | 22800 | 41100 | 0.4454 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 65 | Florida Memorial University | 23000 | 42000 | 0.4519 | 1,206 | 0 | 0.8526 | |
| 66 | Dakota State University | 23100 | 25600 | 0.0977 | 3,085 | 1174 | 0.9241 | |
| 66 | Robert Morris University | 23100 | 58000 | 0.6012 | 4,325 | 1145 | 0.8989 | |
| 68 | Houghton University | 23200 | 44300 | 0.4763 | 958 | 1277 | 0.89 | |
| 69 | Stockton University | 23700 | 32100 | 0.2615 | 7,583 | 1134 | 0.901 | |
| 70 | Dominican University | 23900 | 56000 | 0.573 | 2,642 | 1005 | 0.8879 | |
| 71 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 24000 | 30600 | 0.2157 | 9,827 | 1329 | 0.6737 | |
| 72 | Westfield State University | 24400 | 39000 | 0.3739 | 3,868 | 1105 | 0.8671 | |
| 73 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 24700 | 45900 | 0.4623 | 504 | 1200 | 0.9095 | |
| 74 | Columbia College | 24900 | 46900 | 0.4691 | 876 | 1025 | 0.8878 | |
| 75 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 25600 | 37500 | 0.3177 | 1,078 | 1217 | 0.9646 | |
| 76 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 26000 | 28300 | 0.0809 | 3,375 | 1090 | 0.5885 | |
| 76 | West Virginia Wesleyan College | 26000 | 53800 | 0.5169 | 971 | 1030 | 0.9334 | |
| 78 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 26100 | 36800 | 0.2909 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 78 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 26100 | 28400 | 0.0805 | 14,834 | 1149 | 0.7803 | |
| 80 | Bemidji State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 3,751 | 1075 | 0.5598 | |
| 81 | Kennesaw State University | 26600 | 26600 | 0 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 82 | Northwood University | 26700 | 54500 | 0.5105 | 2,045 | 1055 | 0.6451 | |
| 83 | Bethune-Cookman University | 27000 | 32700 | 0.1744 | 2,739 | 910 | 0.8824 | |
| 83 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 27000 | 36500 | 0.2604 | 7,747 | 1073 | 0.9617 | |
| 85 | Syracuse University | 27400 | 83100 | 0.6701 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 86 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 27700 | 36700 | 0.2455 | 1,709 | 1218 | 0.9653 | |
| 87 | Elmhurst University | 28100 | 67000 | 0.5808 | 3,170 | 1133 | 0.7501 | |
| 88 | Saint Xavier University | 28500 | 53700 | 0.4689 | 3,100 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 88 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28500 | 32300 | 0.1176 | 11,691 | 1074 | 0.7722 | |
| 88 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 28500 | 39700 | 0.2822 | 4,789 | 1040 | 0.6671 | |
| 91 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 28600 | 49100 | 0.4176 | 29,727 | 990 | 0.9229 | |
| 92 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 28700 | 42400 | 0.3235 | 6,761 | 1105 | 0.8475 | |
| 93 | Jacksonville State University | 28900 | 38200 | 0.2433 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 93 | James Madison University | 28900 | 28900 | 0 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 95 | Clemson University | 29000 | 37100 | 0.2179 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 95 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29000 | 31800 | 0.088 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 97 | Lincoln University | 29100 | 34500 | 0.1564 | 1,926 | 920 | 0 | |
| 98 | Fairmont State University | 29400 | 32200 | 0.087 | 3,090 | 970 | 0.9862 | |
| 98 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 29400 | 48100 | 0.3891 | 2,280 | 1224 | 0.9675 | |
| 100 | Mercy University | 30000 | 44500 | 0.326 | 6,692 | 1135 | 0.8724 | |
| 101 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30500 | 54600 | 0.4413 | 3,120 | 1193 | 0.3992 | |
| 102 | University of Toledo | 30700 | 42000 | 0.269 | 10,726 | 1134 | 0.8889 | |
| 103 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 2,082 | 1124 | 0.9576 | |
| 103 | Frostburg State University | 30900 | 43000 | 0.2815 | 3,436 | 1095 | 0.907 | |
| 105 | Central College | 31100 | 36800 | 0.155 | 1,050 | 1159 | 0.8698 | |
| 106 | Saint Michael's College | 31300 | 68500 | 0.5434 | 1,051 | 1280 | 0.8976 | |
| 106 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 31300 | 45100 | 0.306 | 11,087 | 1326 | 0.7397 | |
| 108 | University of Kentucky | 31400 | 36400 | 0.1373 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 109 | Hampton University | 31500 | 54800 | 0.4252 | 4,046 | 1005 | 0.6358 | |
| 110 | Angelo State University | 31600 | 35400 | 0.1071 | 10,103 | 1045 | 0.7981 | |
| 111 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 32000 | 40900 | 0.2176 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 112 | Portland State University | 32100 | 43100 | 0.2549 | 14,932 | 1174 | 0.8586 | |
| 113 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32300 | 35100 | 0.0799 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 114 | SUNY Brockport | 32400 | 35800 | 0.095 | 5,816 | 1195 | 0.7068 | |
| 114 | University of Scranton | 32400 | 78700 | 0.5879 | 3,689 | 1245 | 0.8006 | |
| 116 | State University of New York at Oswego | 32600 | 40200 | 0.1891 | 5,293 | 1179 | 0.7989 | |
| 116 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 32600 | 49500 | 0.3417 | 1,829 | 1149 | 0.945 | |
| 118 | Suffolk University | 32700 | 70300 | 0.5348 | 4,247 | 1209 | 0.8228 | |
| 119 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 17,556 | 1090 | 0.5386 | |
| 120 | Cleveland State University | 33400 | 37300 | 0.1046 | 9,418 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 121 | Harding University | 33500 | 47800 | 0.299 | 3,536 | 1184 | 0.7052 | |
| 122 | Elizabethtown College | 33600 | 55300 | 0.3925 | 1,935 | 1214 | 0.8892 | |
| 123 | George Washington University | 33700 | 81800 | 0.5881 | 11,495 | 1436 | 0.4713 | |
| 124 | Loyola University Maryland | 34000 | 76200 | 0.5537 | 4,013 | 1329 | 0.6986 | |
| 125 | SUNY at Fredonia | 34100 | 39600 | 0.1391 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 125 | Thomas Jefferson University | 34100 | 68100 | 0.4993 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 127 | Charleston Southern University | 34200 | 48400 | 0.295 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 127 | Texas Southern University | 34200 | 42500 | 0.1954 | 6,844 | 915 | 0.9691 | |
| 129 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 34400 | 38700 | 0.1112 | 14,865 | 1175 | 0.9113 | |
| 130 | Adelphi University | 35000 | 63300 | 0.4467 | 5,097 | 1241 | 0.7215 | |
| 130 | California Lutheran University | 35000 | 70000 | 0.5002 | 2,160 | 1218 | 0.7631 | |
| 132 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Schuylkill | 35100 | 61100 | 0.4256 | 653 | 1145 | 0.7972 | |
| 133 | Averett University | 35300 | 57200 | 0.3831 | 1,244 | 1054 | 0.5659 | |
| 134 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 36000 | 56300 | 0.3603 | 5,687 | 1305 | 0.7863 | |
| 135 | Christopher Newport University | 36200 | 36200 | 0 | 4,369 | 1189 | 0.8604 | |
| 136 | Furman University | 36500 | 82900 | 0.5595 | 2,304 | 1372 | 0.4869 | |
| 137 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 36600 | 39900 | 0.0825 | 3,893 | 1015 | 0.9839 | |
| 138 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 36800 | 37100 | 0.0081 | 5,939 | 1065 | 0.5878 | |
| 139 | East Carolina University | 36900 | 42700 | 0.1356 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 140 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 37800 | 40100 | 0.0571 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 141 | Rutgers University-Newark | 39300 | 57900 | 0.3211 | 7,989 | 1159 | 0.7136 | |
| 142 | Stony Brook University | 39700 | 53000 | 0.2507 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 142 | University of South Alabama | 39700 | 39700 | 0 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 144 | Wayne State University | 40300 | 46200 | 0.1277 | 16,390 | 1183 | 0.8359 | |
| 145 | Pace University | 40400 | 74800 | 0.4598 | 5,520 | 1273 | 0.7827 | |
| 146 | McKendree University | 40600 | 52900 | 0.2324 | 1,757 | 1098 | 0.7172 | |
| 147 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 41100 | 55200 | 0.2554 | 21,388 | 1369 | 0.5945 | |
| 148 | University of Mount Olive | 42100 | 50400 | 0.1645 | 1,944 | 1075 | 0.7575 | |
| 149 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4479 | 4,123 | 1124 | 0.6927 | |
| 150 | Immaculata University | 44000 | 47500 | 0.0736 | 1,889 | 1264 | 0.8656 | |
| 150 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 44000 | 67900 | 0.3519 | 4,182 | 1317 | 0.8783 | |
| 152 | Mercer University | 45700 | 65400 | 0.3015 | 4,719 | 1263 | 0.643 | |
| 153 | University of Colorado Boulder | 46600 | 57700 | 0.1917 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7809 | |
| 154 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47100 | 59700 | 0.2124 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 155 | Drexel University | 47700 | 83900 | 0.4315 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 156 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 48000 | 55800 | 0.1398 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 157 | DePaul University | 49100 | 66000 | 0.2562 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 158 | Ramapo College of New Jersey | 50400 | 55400 | 0.0901 | 5,492 | 1210 | 0.7026 | |
| 159 | University of Utah | 51400 | 53700 | 0.0426 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 160 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 52100 | 52800 | 0.0133 | 21,469 | 1167 | 0.9061 | |
| 161 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 162 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58300 | 64100 | 0.0905 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 163 | Molloy University | 58600 | 62300 | 0.0594 | 3,396 | 1188 | 0.6633 | |
| 164 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 58900 | 61200 | 0.0374 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 165 | Thiel College | 60400 | 69100 | 0.1259 | 830 | 1065 | 0.7189 | |
| 166 | College of Charleston | 61200 | 61200 | 0 | 10,596 | 1234 | 0.73 | |
| 167 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver | 63900 | 63900 | 0 | 475 | 1195 | 0.9418 | |
| 168 | Fordham University | 74900 | 95100 | 0.2123 | 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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