Considering a degree in Information Science/Studies?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Information Science/Studies majors who live in North Carolina.
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 North Carolina.
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-Flint | 5200 | 43700 | 0.8815 | 5,534 | 1079 | 0.6734 | |
| 2 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 5700 | 40700 | 0.859 | 35,358 | 1448 | 0.1642 | |
| 3 | Northern Kentucky University | 7700 | 25900 | 0.7036 | 10,136 | 1110 | 0.9666 | |
| 4 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 7800 | 36100 | 0.7849 | 10,368 | 1064 | 0.999 | |
| 5 | Northwestern University | 7900 | 94200 | 0.9162 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 6 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8900 | 98000 | 0.9095 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 7 | Lamar University | 9300 | 22900 | 0.5932 | 8,387 | 1040 | 0.8353 | |
| 8 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 9500 | 41400 | 0.7711 | 3,224 | 1085 | 0.7643 | |
| 9 | Portland State University | 9600 | 26100 | 0.6326 | 14,932 | 1174 | 0.8586 | |
| 10 | Concord University | 10700 | 49200 | 0.7821 | 1,638 | 1015 | 0.9728 | |
| 11 | Savannah State University | 11300 | 50900 | 0.7783 | 2,966 | 950 | 1 | |
| 11 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 11300 | 39000 | 0.7105 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 13 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 11600 | 27800 | 0.5819 | 22,007 | 1427 | 0.1672 | |
| 14 | University of Illinois Chicago | 11700 | 30200 | 0.6134 | 24,260 | 1174 | 0.7576 | |
| 15 | Wayne State University | 12500 | 32900 | 0.6197 | 16,390 | 1183 | 0.8359 | |
| 16 | Fort Hays State University | 12900 | 19900 | 0.3518 | 10,172 | 1075 | 0.9026 | |
| 17 | North Carolina A & T State University | 13000 | 17900 | 0.2758 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.5125 | |
| 18 | University of North Florida | 13100 | 22400 | 0.4157 | 14,837 | 1124 | 0.6815 | |
| 19 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 13300 | 27100 | 0.5085 | 29,727 | 990 | 0.9229 | |
| 19 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 13300 | 35000 | 0.6196 | 18,667 | 1090 | 0.9711 | |
| 21 | Coastal Carolina University | 13400 | 27200 | 0.5074 | 11,471 | 1160 | 0.7003 | |
| 22 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 13500 | 13500 | 0 | 1,973 | 1189 | 0.8142 | |
| 22 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 13500 | 40800 | 0.6693 | 6,761 | 1105 | 0.8475 | |
| 22 | University of South Florida | 13500 | 22400 | 0.3977 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 25 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 61700 | 0.7774 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 26 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 14000 | 26800 | 0.4782 | 4,789 | 1040 | 0.6671 | |
| 27 | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | 14100 | 19600 | 0.2805 | 10,995 | 1090 | 0.7476 | |
| 28 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 14200 | 19400 | 0.2693 | 14,865 | 1175 | 0.9113 | |
| 29 | Mercy University | 14800 | 46400 | 0.6815 | 6,692 | 1135 | 0.8724 | |
| 29 | University of California-Riverside | 14800 | 66000 | 0.7762 | 24,034 | 1199 | 0.8609 | |
| 29 | Wayne State College | 14800 | 30200 | 0.5106 | 3,886 | 0 | 1 | |
| 32 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 15000 | 50100 | 0.7003 | 7,501 | 1055 | 0.9467 | |
| 33 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 15200 | 44000 | 0.6548 | 308 | 1144 | 0.9053 | |
| 34 | Christopher Newport University | 15500 | 42800 | 0.6383 | 4,369 | 1189 | 0.8604 | |
| 35 | Jacksonville State University | 15700 | 27000 | 0.4192 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 36 | University of North Texas | 16000 | 26100 | 0.3867 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 37 | Frostburg State University | 16300 | 26600 | 0.387 | 3,436 | 1095 | 0.907 | |
| 38 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 16600 | 27800 | 0.4033 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 39 | Emporia State University | 16700 | 30900 | 0.4598 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 40 | Southern University at New Orleans | 16800 | 41700 | 0.5973 | 2,179 | 950 | 0.789 | |
| 41 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 17000 | 31500 | 0.4604 | 9,827 | 1329 | 0.6737 | |
| 41 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 17000 | 28100 | 0.3956 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 43 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 17100 | 36500 | 0.5318 | 7,747 | 1073 | 0.9617 | |
| 44 | Boston College | 17200 | 97700 | 0.8243 | 9,677 | 1484 | 0.1422 | |
| 44 | University of Colorado Boulder | 17200 | 31800 | 0.4578 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7809 | |
| 44 | University of South Alabama | 17200 | 22400 | 0.2326 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 47 | Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi | 17300 | 20700 | 0.1642 | 8,673 | 1095 | 0.9156 | |
| 48 | Radford University | 17400 | 33100 | 0.4733 | 6,206 | 1050 | 0.8939 | |
| 48 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 17400 | 44200 | 0.607 | 1,829 | 1149 | 0.945 | |
| 50 | East Carolina University | 17600 | 26100 | 0.3256 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 50 | State University of New York at Oswego | 17600 | 27700 | 0.3645 | 5,293 | 1179 | 0.7989 | |
| 50 | University of Kentucky | 17600 | 36500 | 0.5173 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 53 | Westfield State University | 17700 | 37600 | 0.5294 | 3,868 | 1105 | 0.8671 | |
| 54 | Morgan State University | 17900 | 42200 | 0.5763 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 54 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 17900 | 44000 | 0.5928 | 586 | 1140 | 0.9577 | |
| 56 | Kennesaw State University | 18100 | 26700 | 0.322 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 57 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 18200 | 69500 | 0.7387 | 711 | 1030 | 0.8214 | |
| 57 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 18200 | 25200 | 0.2774 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 59 | San Jose State University | 18300 | 41100 | 0.5542 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 60 | SUNY Brockport | 18500 | 26200 | 0.2934 | 5,816 | 1195 | 0.7068 | |
| 60 | Western Carolina University | 18500 | 20500 | 0.0977 | 10,268 | 1140 | 0.7076 | |
| 62 | Texas A&M University-Victoria | 18600 | 45400 | 0.5907 | 2,627 | 1000 | 0.5253 | |
| 63 | Fairmont State University | 18700 | 30900 | 0.3948 | 3,090 | 970 | 0.9862 | |
| 64 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 18800 | 45300 | 0.5847 | 504 | 1200 | 0.9095 | |
| 65 | Valdosta State University | 19000 | 29600 | 0.358 | 7,199 | 1005 | 0.7769 | |
| 66 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 19200 | 58100 | 0.6701 | 1,495 | 1075 | 0.8761 | |
| 66 | Norwich University | 19200 | 100600 | 0.8094 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 66 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 19200 | 54000 | 0.6441 | 3,991 | 1010 | 0.9654 | |
| 69 | Rutgers University-Newark | 19700 | 39200 | 0.4979 | 7,989 | 1159 | 0.7136 | |
| 70 | Stockton University | 20000 | 32100 | 0.3767 | 7,583 | 1134 | 0.901 | |
| 71 | SUNY at Fredonia | 20100 | 53600 | 0.6248 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 72 | Dakota State University | 20400 | 22500 | 0.0912 | 3,085 | 1174 | 0.9241 | |
| 72 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20400 | 57800 | 0.6468 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 74 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 20500 | 40600 | 0.4967 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 75 | Grove City College | 20600 | 39700 | 0.4817 | 2,247 | 1248 | 0.667 | |
| 75 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 20600 | 57800 | 0.6432 | 1,109 | 1175 | 0.9088 | |
| 75 | Syracuse University | 20600 | 83600 | 0.7536 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 78 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 20900 | 38100 | 0.4514 | 2,710 | 1218 | 0.9374 | |
| 79 | Tarleton State University | 21000 | 23000 | 0.087 | 17,556 | 1090 | 0.5386 | |
| 80 | Lincoln University | 21200 | 46500 | 0.5445 | 1,926 | 920 | 0 | |
| 80 | Thiel College | 21200 | 69100 | 0.693 | 830 | 1065 | 0.7189 | |
| 82 | Texas Southern University | 21400 | 38900 | 0.4499 | 6,844 | 915 | 0.9691 | |
| 82 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 21400 | 41600 | 0.4856 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 84 | Luther College | 21500 | 75400 | 0.7153 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.8398 | |
| 85 | Alabama State University | 21700 | 43200 | 0.4979 | 3,521 | 945 | 0.9755 | |
| 86 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 21900 | 39100 | 0.4402 | 2,907 | 1125 | 0.4696 | |
| 86 | Grand Valley State University | 21900 | 36200 | 0.3949 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 88 | Grambling State University | 22200 | 39600 | 0.4397 | 4,313 | 950 | 0.4486 | |
| 89 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 22600 | 53400 | 0.5772 | 21,469 | 1167 | 0.9061 | |
| 90 | Houghton University | 22700 | 51300 | 0.5576 | 958 | 1277 | 0.89 | |
| 91 | Pennsylvania Western University | 23000 | 34400 | 0.3311 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 92 | Robert Morris University | 23100 | 58000 | 0.6012 | 4,325 | 1145 | 0.8989 | |
| 93 | Florida Memorial University | 23200 | 51000 | 0.5446 | 1,206 | 0 | 0.8526 | |
| 94 | Columbia College | 23600 | 40200 | 0.413 | 876 | 1025 | 0.8878 | |
| 95 | Dominican University | 23900 | 56000 | 0.5729 | 2,642 | 1005 | 0.8879 | |
| 96 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 24100 | 47900 | 0.4964 | 2,280 | 1224 | 0.9675 | |
| 97 | Western Oregon University | 24600 | 24600 | 0 | 3,034 | 1120 | 0.8345 | |
| 98 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 25000 | 36800 | 0.3208 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 99 | Coppin State University | 25100 | 27500 | 0.0874 | 1,908 | 950 | 0.4583 | |
| 100 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 25400 | 54300 | 0.5319 | 5,939 | 1065 | 0.5878 | |
| 101 | Northwood University | 25800 | 54500 | 0.5271 | 2,045 | 1055 | 0.6451 | |
| 102 | Loyola University Maryland | 25900 | 78800 | 0.6714 | 4,013 | 1329 | 0.6986 | |
| 103 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 26000 | 28300 | 0.0808 | 3,375 | 1090 | 0.5885 | |
| 103 | West Virginia Wesleyan College | 26000 | 53800 | 0.5168 | 971 | 1030 | 0.9334 | |
| 105 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 26100 | 28400 | 0.0804 | 14,834 | 1149 | 0.7803 | |
| 105 | Stony Brook University | 26100 | 33200 | 0.2129 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 107 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 26200 | 49600 | 0.4715 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 107 | University of Akron Main Campus | 26200 | 28000 | 0.0642 | 11,691 | 1074 | 0.7722 | |
| 109 | Bemidji State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 3,751 | 1075 | 0.5598 | |
| 110 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 26800 | 30100 | 0.1092 | 3,893 | 1015 | 0.9839 | |
| 111 | Central Connecticut State University | 28000 | 30400 | 0.0791 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 112 | Clemson University | 29000 | 37100 | 0.2177 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 113 | Bethune-Cookman University | 29200 | 32300 | 0.0958 | 2,739 | 910 | 0.8824 | |
| 114 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29500 | 34200 | 0.1373 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 115 | California Lutheran University | 29700 | 71700 | 0.586 | 2,160 | 1218 | 0.7631 | |
| 116 | Saint Xavier University | 29900 | 58200 | 0.4859 | 3,100 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 116 | Thomas Jefferson University | 29900 | 70000 | 0.5724 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 118 | Towson University | 30000 | 30100 | 0.0033 | 16,361 | 1082 | 0.8057 | |
| 119 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30500 | 54600 | 0.4412 | 3,120 | 1193 | 0.3992 | |
| 120 | University of Toledo | 30700 | 42000 | 0.2689 | 10,726 | 1134 | 0.8889 | |
| 121 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 30800 | 36900 | 0.1661 | 5,687 | 1305 | 0.7863 | |
| 122 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 2,082 | 1124 | 0.9576 | |
| 123 | Suffolk University | 31100 | 83500 | 0.6276 | 4,247 | 1209 | 0.8228 | |
| 124 | Angelo State University | 31600 | 35400 | 0.107 | 10,103 | 1045 | 0.7981 | |
| 125 | Cleveland State University | 31700 | 32100 | 0.0125 | 9,418 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 125 | Hampton University | 31700 | 54800 | 0.4215 | 4,046 | 1005 | 0.6358 | |
| 127 | Central College | 32200 | 38700 | 0.168 | 1,050 | 1159 | 0.8698 | |
| 128 | University of Scranton | 32400 | 78700 | 0.5879 | 3,689 | 1245 | 0.8006 | |
| 129 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 32900 | 59400 | 0.4461 | 11,087 | 1326 | 0.7397 | |
| 130 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Schuylkill | 33300 | 45600 | 0.2696 | 653 | 1145 | 0.7972 | |
| 131 | Harding University | 33500 | 47800 | 0.2988 | 3,536 | 1184 | 0.7052 | |
| 132 | Elizabethtown College | 33600 | 57500 | 0.4154 | 1,935 | 1214 | 0.8892 | |
| 133 | Pace University | 33900 | 75700 | 0.5525 | 5,520 | 1273 | 0.7827 | |
| 134 | Charleston Southern University | 34200 | 48400 | 0.2949 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 134 | Salisbury University | 34200 | 41700 | 0.1799 | 6,477 | 1245 | 0.8826 | |
| 136 | George Washington University | 34300 | 81800 | 0.5808 | 11,495 | 1436 | 0.4713 | |
| 137 | Averett University | 34700 | 57600 | 0.3977 | 1,244 | 1054 | 0.5659 | |
| 138 | Adelphi University | 35000 | 63300 | 0.4466 | 5,097 | 1241 | 0.7215 | |
| 139 | Bradley University | 35500 | 60300 | 0.4114 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 140 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 36300 | 54000 | 0.3278 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 141 | Rowan University | 36700 | 53600 | 0.3151 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 142 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 38200 | 55500 | 0.312 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 143 | Drexel University | 39800 | 86400 | 0.5397 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 144 | University of Mount Olive | 39900 | 48200 | 0.1719 | 1,944 | 1075 | 0.7575 | |
| 145 | Immaculata University | 40100 | 48600 | 0.175 | 1,889 | 1264 | 0.8656 | |
| 146 | Elmhurst University | 40200 | 69600 | 0.4222 | 3,170 | 1133 | 0.7501 | |
| 147 | Furman University | 40300 | 84600 | 0.5234 | 2,304 | 1372 | 0.4869 | |
| 148 | McKendree University | 40600 | 52900 | 0.2323 | 1,757 | 1098 | 0.7172 | |
| 149 | Saint Michael's College | 40700 | 75800 | 0.463 | 1,051 | 1280 | 0.8976 | |
| 150 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 41700 | 55300 | 0.2461 | 21,388 | 1369 | 0.5945 | |
| 151 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43000 | 58500 | 0.2648 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 152 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4478 | 4,123 | 1124 | 0.6927 | |
| 153 | James Madison University | 43700 | 45100 | 0.031 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 154 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 43900 | 71800 | 0.3886 | 4,182 | 1317 | 0.8783 | |
| 155 | Ramapo College of New Jersey | 44500 | 60000 | 0.2579 | 5,492 | 1210 | 0.7026 | |
| 156 | Mercer University | 45700 | 65400 | 0.3014 | 4,719 | 1263 | 0.643 | |
| 157 | DePaul University | 49000 | 69400 | 0.2938 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 158 | College of Charleston | 49900 | 62300 | 0.1989 | 10,596 | 1234 | 0.73 | |
| 159 | University of North Georgia | 50100 | 57000 | 0.121 | 19,321 | 1100 | 0.9618 | |
| 160 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 50500 | 58800 | 0.141 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 161 | University of Utah | 51400 | 53700 | 0.0425 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 162 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 54900 | 68800 | 0.2022 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 163 | Molloy University | 56100 | 62300 | 0.0996 | 3,396 | 1188 | 0.6633 | |
| 164 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58500 | 63600 | 0.0803 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 165 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 58900 | 61200 | 0.0373 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 166 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 60800 | 63600 | 0.044 | 1,078 | 1217 | 0.9646 | |
| 167 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 63700 | 63700 | 0 | 1,709 | 1218 | 0.9653 | |
| 168 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver | 63900 | 63900 | 0 | 475 | 1195 | 0.9418 | |
| 169 | Fordham University | 74800 | 143900 | 0.4803 | 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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