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 | Savannah State University | 6800 | 40400 | 0.8308 | 2,857 | 950 | 0.8368 | |
| 4 | Northern Kentucky University | 7000 | 25900 | 0.7307 | 10,163 | 1090 | 0.8307 | |
| 5 | University of Houston-Victoria | 7300 | 39700 | 0.8164 | 2,707 | 930 | 0.7671 | |
| 6 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 7900 | 43500 | 0.8191 | 28,674 | 980 | 0.9401 | |
| 7 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8400 | 98000 | 0.9146 | 9,164 | 1494 | 0.2965 | |
| 8 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 9100 | 48800 | 0.8137 | 10,049 | 1005 | 0.9234 | |
| 9 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 9400 | 36900 | 0.7455 | 3,207 | 1060 | 0.8034 | |
| 10 | Valdosta State University | 10500 | 24800 | 0.5775 | 7,206 | 1015 | 0.7214 | |
| 11 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 10700 | 21100 | 0.4941 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 12 | University of Michigan-Flint | 11300 | 45600 | 0.7519 | 5,011 | 1103 | 0.7047 | |
| 13 | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | 11500 | 19600 | 0.4131 | 10,656 | 1075 | 0.7289 | |
| 14 | University of Illinois Chicago | 11900 | 30400 | 0.6077 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 15 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 29100 | 0.5734 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 16 | University of California-Riverside | 12800 | 36500 | 0.6489 | 22,599 | 1199 | 0.7685 | |
| 17 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 13300 | 27800 | 0.5207 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 18 | Fort Hays State University | 13600 | 40700 | 0.6666 | 10,206 | 1110 | 0.9177 | |
| 19 | University of South Florida | 13800 | 17100 | 0.1928 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 20 | University of North Florida | 13900 | 22400 | 0.3799 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
| 21 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 14000 | 46000 | 0.6953 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 22 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 14200 | 26800 | 0.4706 | 4,478 | 1065 | 0.8132 | |
| 23 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 14500 | 32200 | 0.5503 | 2,836 | 1135 | 0.3787 | |
| 24 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver | 14700 | 42500 | 0.6549 | 482 | 1195 | 0.9565 | |
| 25 | Radford University | 15000 | 32000 | 0.5318 | 6,161 | 1070 | 0.8953 | |
| 25 | University of North Georgia | 15000 | 21400 | 0.2991 | 18,329 | 1100 | 0.6794 | |
| 27 | Alabama State University | 15100 | 37900 | 0.6001 | 3,322 | 970 | 0.9564 | |
| 27 | Wayne State University | 15100 | 32900 | 0.5408 | 16,173 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
| 29 | Dickinson State University | 15300 | 21700 | 0.296 | 1,339 | 1005 | 0.3695 | |
| 30 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 15600 | 46800 | 0.6672 | 6,550 | 1110 | 0.7456 | |
| 30 | Wayne State College | 15600 | 20000 | 0.2199 | 3,902 | 0 | 1 | |
| 32 | James Madison University | 15800 | 28900 | 0.4537 | 21,112 | 1260 | 0.7151 | |
| 33 | University of South Alabama | 15900 | 22400 | 0.2907 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 34 | New Mexico Highlands University | 16200 | 31500 | 0.4854 | 1,710 | 945 | 0.9481 | |
| 34 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 16200 | 42600 | 0.62 | 7,595 | 1075 | 0.9226 | |
| 36 | Goshen College | 16300 | 55900 | 0.7078 | 780 | 995 | 0.8404 | |
| 36 | Jacksonville State University | 16300 | 36100 | 0.5482 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 36 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 16300 | 29200 | 0.442 | 18,667 | 1090 | 0.9711 | |
| 39 | SUNY at Fredonia | 16500 | 27800 | 0.407 | 2,876 | 1193 | 0.792 | |
| 40 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 16700 | 32200 | 0.4812 | 10,200 | 1346 | 0.6507 | |
| 40 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 16700 | 39000 | 0.5705 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 40 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 16700 | 33600 | 0.5026 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 43 | Central Connecticut State University | 16800 | 34000 | 0.5056 | 8,170 | 1010 | 0.7333 | |
| 43 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16800 | 64800 | 0.7416 | 21,075 | 1420 | 0.1534 | |
| 45 | Morgan State University | 17300 | 19700 | 0.1221 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 46 | Frostburg State University | 17400 | 26700 | 0.3468 | 2,619 | 1095 | 0.892 | |
| 46 | Southern University at New Orleans | 17400 | 34200 | 0.4911 | 1,773 | 885 | 0.6021 | |
| 48 | Boston College | 17500 | 96200 | 0.8177 | 9,654 | 1490 | 0.1619 | |
| 48 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 17500 | 36400 | 0.5186 | 2,884 | 1175 | 0.9677 | |
| 50 | Westfield State University | 17700 | 36600 | 0.5158 | 3,868 | 1105 | 0.8671 | |
| 51 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 17800 | 44900 | 0.6031 | 5,205 | 1118 | 0.744 | |
| 51 | University of Colorado Boulder | 17800 | 30600 | 0.4183 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
| 53 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 17900 | 26700 | 0.3296 | 7,505 | 1059 | 0.9633 | |
| 54 | Salisbury University | 18100 | 28700 | 0.3699 | 6,288 | 1250 | 0.8747 | |
| 54 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 18100 | 27700 | 0.3461 | 31,112 | 1114 | 0.8129 | |
| 56 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 18200 | 42800 | 0.5741 | 581 | 1129 | 0.9821 | |
| 57 | College of Charleston | 18400 | 33900 | 0.4578 | 10,880 | 1255 | 0.6003 | |
| 57 | Emporia State University | 18400 | 29800 | 0.3831 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 59 | Florida Memorial University | 18500 | 44900 | 0.5881 | 1,299 | 0 | 0.7431 | |
| 60 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 18600 | 43800 | 0.5748 | 352 | 1180 | 0.9647 | |
| 61 | Stockton University | 18700 | 44500 | 0.5801 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 62 | Rutgers University-Newark | 18800 | 38000 | 0.505 | 7,417 | 1214 | 0.7873 | |
| 63 | Ramapo College of New Jersey | 19000 | 38000 | 0.4997 | 5,444 | 1214 | 0.7064 | |
| 64 | San Jose State University | 19600 | 33600 | 0.4163 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 65 | Central College | 20200 | 36800 | 0.4509 | 1,084 | 1140 | 0.8617 | |
| 66 | Grove City College | 20300 | 39700 | 0.4893 | 2,341 | 1256 | 0.7232 | |
| 66 | State University of New York at Oswego | 20300 | 40200 | 0.4952 | 5,517 | 1164 | 0.8057 | |
| 68 | Dakota State University | 20400 | 22500 | 0.0912 | 3,066 | 1192 | 0.8814 | |
| 69 | Pennsylvania Western University | 20600 | 26600 | 0.2255 | 7,586 | 0 | 0.9433 | |
| 70 | Lincoln University | 20800 | 24900 | 0.1646 | 1,707 | 920 | 0 | |
| 70 | Northwestern University | 20800 | 89500 | 0.7679 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 70 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 20800 | 57800 | 0.6406 | 1,083 | 1171 | 0.9278 | |
| 73 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27100 | 0.2288 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 74 | Tarleton State University | 21000 | 23000 | 0.087 | 15,130 | 1095 | 0.5256 | |
| 75 | Bradley University | 21100 | 50800 | 0.5846 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 76 | Elmhurst University | 21300 | 67000 | 0.6823 | 3,170 | 1148 | 0.7357 | |
| 76 | Kennesaw State University | 21300 | 26600 | 0.1994 | 42,840 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 78 | Luther College | 21500 | 71900 | 0.7017 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.8402 | |
| 78 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 21500 | 38900 | 0.4469 | 1,919 | 1245 | 0.7844 | |
| 80 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 81 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 21900 | 45300 | 0.5161 | 1,236 | 1203 | 0.9811 | |
| 82 | Averett University | 22100 | 57200 | 0.614 | 1,180 | 1070 | 0.478 | |
| 83 | SUNY Brockport | 22400 | 35100 | 0.3618 | 5,816 | 1195 | 0.7068 | |
| 84 | University of Maryland Global Campus | 22500 | 35300 | 0.3631 | 50,793 | 0 | 0.7633 | |
| 85 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 22600 | 58100 | 0.6115 | 1,477 | 1075 | 0.8068 | |
| 86 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 22900 | 45200 | 0.4937 | 502 | 1204 | 0.9641 | |
| 86 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 22900 | 44400 | 0.4839 | 1,809 | 1109 | 0.9484 | |
| 88 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 23200 | 36800 | 0.3698 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 89 | Robert Morris University | 23300 | 58000 | 0.5986 | 3,769 | 1180 | 0.9057 | |
| 90 | Albright College | 23700 | 49300 | 0.5192 | 1,328 | 1050 | 0.8615 | |
| 91 | Houghton University | 23800 | 61900 | 0.6158 | 939 | 1277 | 0.8866 | |
| 92 | University of Kentucky | 23900 | 36100 | 0.3387 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 93 | Dominican University | 24100 | 56000 | 0.5702 | 2,690 | 1060 | 0.9032 | |
| 93 | Norwich University | 24100 | 88400 | 0.7276 | 2,642 | 1182 | 0.7361 | |
| 95 | Northwood University | 25100 | 54500 | 0.5399 | 1,989 | 1075 | 0.839 | |
| 96 | University of North Texas | 25700 | 25700 | 0 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 97 | Columbia College | 25800 | 51600 | 0.5004 | 876 | 1025 | 0.8878 | |
| 98 | Doane University | 26000 | 77700 | 0.665 | 1,323 | 1125 | 0.9801 | |
| 99 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 26100 | 43000 | 0.3926 | 5,789 | 1060 | 0.5774 | |
| 100 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 26200 | 28300 | 0.0755 | 3,413 | 1095 | 0.5295 | |
| 101 | Grand Valley State University | 26300 | 36300 | 0.2759 | 19,002 | 1233 | 0.8302 | |
| 101 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 26300 | 28400 | 0.0751 | 14,504 | 1145 | 0.7637 | |
| 103 | Bethune-Cookman University | 26600 | 32700 | 0.1866 | 2,739 | 910 | 0.8824 | |
| 104 | Furman University | 26700 | 79600 | 0.6643 | 2,383 | 1359 | 0.4295 | |
| 105 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 27000 | 47900 | 0.436 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 106 | Fairmont State University | 27200 | 32200 | 0.1553 | 3,060 | 975 | 0.9924 | |
| 107 | Cleveland State University | 27300 | 37300 | 0.2682 | 9,418 | 1105 | 0.913 | |
| 108 | George Fox University | 27500 | 76800 | 0.6419 | 3,401 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 108 | Rowan University | 27500 | 41600 | 0.3386 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
| 110 | Thomas Jefferson University | 27700 | 67700 | 0.5907 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 111 | Syracuse University | 27900 | 83100 | 0.6642 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 112 | California Lutheran University | 28100 | 70000 | 0.5988 | 2,297 | 1258 | 0.7567 | |
| 113 | Mercy University | 28500 | 44500 | 0.3597 | 6,775 | 1074 | 0.8584 | |
| 113 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28500 | 33400 | 0.1467 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 115 | Clemson University | 29200 | 37100 | 0.2137 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 116 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29300 | 33200 | 0.1173 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 117 | Saint Xavier University | 29800 | 53600 | 0.4438 | 3,039 | 1125 | 0.8575 | |
| 118 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 30000 | 62800 | 0.5219 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 119 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 30500 | 54700 | 0.4416 | 1,409 | 1110 | 0.5568 | |
| 120 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 30700 | 36500 | 0.1589 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 120 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30700 | 54600 | 0.4385 | 3,163 | 1165 | 0.9347 | |
| 122 | University of Toledo | 30800 | 42000 | 0.2653 | 11,013 | 1159 | 0.9202 | |
| 123 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1150 | 0.9523 | |
| 124 | Coastal Carolina University | 31100 | 45100 | 0.3105 | 10,811 | 1145 | 0.7527 | |
| 125 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 31300 | 31300 | 0 | 6,853 | 1090 | 0.7147 | |
| 126 | Angelo State University | 31800 | 35400 | 0.1027 | 9,779 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 127 | Hampton University | 32100 | 62400 | 0.4852 | 3,728 | 956 | 0.6225 | |
| 127 | Saint Michael's College | 32100 | 68500 | 0.5317 | 1,120 | 1240 | 0.8451 | |
| 129 | Grambling State University | 32300 | 38100 | 0.1523 | 4,279 | 955 | 0.2368 | |
| 130 | Suffolk University | 32500 | 69700 | 0.5341 | 4,324 | 1209 | 0.822 | |
| 130 | University of Scranton | 32500 | 78700 | 0.5872 | 3,613 | 1220 | 0.8029 | |
| 132 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 32900 | 45100 | 0.2705 | 10,767 | 1326 | 0.7243 | |
| 133 | George Washington University | 33700 | 81800 | 0.5882 | 11,677 | 1421 | 0.4709 | |
| 134 | LeTourneau University | 34100 | 54800 | 0.378 | 3,184 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 135 | Charleston Southern University | 34300 | 48400 | 0.2918 | 2,914 | 1060 | 0.7609 | |
| 136 | Pace University | 34500 | 74800 | 0.5387 | 8,038 | 1274 | 0.7592 | |
| 137 | Christopher Newport University | 34600 | 36200 | 0.0442 | 4,407 | 1209 | 0.8796 | |
| 138 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 34700 | 37800 | 0.0829 | 5,086 | 1000 | 0.9821 | |
| 139 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 35100 | 35100 | 0 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 140 | Adelphi University | 35200 | 63300 | 0.4443 | 5,325 | 1218 | 0.6591 | |
| 141 | Washington Adventist University | 35800 | 36900 | 0.0274 | 605 | 951 | 0.4536 | |
| 142 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 36200 | 56300 | 0.3575 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 143 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 36300 | 56800 | 0.3607 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 144 | East Carolina University | 37100 | 40100 | 0.0748 | 21,445 | 1120 | 0.8922 | |
| 145 | Loyola University Maryland | 37200 | 76200 | 0.5117 | 3,881 | 1309 | 0.7549 | |
| 146 | Towson University | 37300 | 46400 | 0.1962 | 16,264 | 1093 | 0.8198 | |
| 147 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 37500 | 41600 | 0.0993 | 5,386 | 995 | 0.9092 | |
| 148 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38600 | 38600 | 0 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
| 149 | Stony Brook University | 39900 | 53000 | 0.2478 | 18,263 | 1404 | 0.4904 | |
| 150 | McKendree University | 40100 | 52200 | 0.2324 | 1,605 | 1098 | 0.6388 | |
| 151 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 42100 | 67900 | 0.3799 | 3,965 | 1335 | 0.9121 | |
| 152 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 42300 | 54700 | 0.2266 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 153 | Western Oregon University | 43400 | 43400 | 0 | 3,343 | 1120 | 0.9871 | |
| 154 | Merrimack College | 43600 | 78800 | 0.4472 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
| 155 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 43900 | 57100 | 0.2302 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 156 | Immaculata University | 44200 | 47800 | 0.0753 | 1,652 | 1245 | 0.8578 | |
| 157 | University of Mount Olive | 48300 | 50400 | 0.0424 | 1,937 | 1020 | 0.7775 | |
| 158 | DePaul University | 48700 | 67100 | 0.2742 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 159 | Drexel University | 48800 | 83800 | 0.4176 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 160 | Molloy University | 48900 | 62300 | 0.2152 | 3,240 | 1199 | 0.8174 | |
| 161 | Mercer University | 49100 | 63700 | 0.2293 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
| 162 | University of Utah | 51600 | 53700 | 0.0398 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 163 | Dallas Baptist University | 55800 | 71900 | 0.2238 | 2,785 | 1104 | 0.8884 | |
| 164 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58300 | 64100 | 0.0905 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 165 | Thiel College | 60500 | 69100 | 0.1244 | 830 | 1065 | 0.7189 | |
| 166 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 61400 | 64200 | 0.0436 | 1,880 | 1185 | 0.9867 | |
| 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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