Considering a degree in Information Science/Studies?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Information Science/Studies majors who live in Pennsylvania.
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 Pennsylvania.
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 | 5000 | 40700 | 0.8762 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 2 | California Institute of Technology | 6900 | 91800 | 0.9253 | 987 | 1557 | 0.0257 | |
| 3 | Northern Kentucky University | 7300 | 25900 | 0.7191 | 10,163 | 1090 | 0.6765 | |
| 4 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 8300 | 43500 | 0.8099 | 28,674 | 980 | 0.9419 | |
| 5 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8400 | 98000 | 0.9146 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0399 | |
| 6 | University of Houston-Victoria | 8500 | 39700 | 0.7861 | 2,627 | 1095 | 0.959 | |
| 7 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 9400 | 48800 | 0.8076 | 10,051 | 1064 | 0.9234 | |
| 8 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 9700 | 36900 | 0.7373 | 3,224 | 1085 | 0.7643 | |
| 9 | Valdosta State University | 10500 | 24800 | 0.5775 | 7,166 | 1015 | 0.7229 | |
| 10 | Savannah State University | 11400 | 40400 | 0.717 | 2,966 | 925 | 0.4614 | |
| 11 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 11500 | 21100 | 0.4561 | 6,139 | 1070 | 0.9052 | |
| 12 | University of Michigan-Flint | 11700 | 45600 | 0.7431 | 5,011 | 1109 | 0.7046 | |
| 13 | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | 11900 | 19600 | 0.3927 | 10,632 | 1075 | 0.8859 | |
| 14 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 29100 | 0.5734 | 38,040 | 1418 | 0.452 | |
| 15 | University of California-Riverside | 13100 | 36500 | 0.6406 | 22,600 | 1199 | 0.7639 | |
| 16 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 13600 | 27800 | 0.5099 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8698 | |
| 17 | Fort Hays State University | 13700 | 40700 | 0.664 | 10,172 | 1075 | 0.9026 | |
| 18 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 14000 | 46000 | 0.6953 | 4,218 | 1030 | 0.9489 | |
| 19 | Grove City College | 14200 | 39700 | 0.6421 | 2,341 | 1266 | 0.7232 | |
| 20 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 14300 | 32200 | 0.5566 | 2,906 | 1125 | 0.4696 | |
| 20 | University of North Florida | 14300 | 22400 | 0.3621 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
| 22 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 14500 | 26800 | 0.4594 | 4,487 | 1115 | 0.6726 | |
| 23 | University of North Texas | 15100 | 25700 | 0.413 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 24 | University of North Georgia | 15200 | 21400 | 0.2897 | 18,322 | 1100 | 0.6794 | |
| 25 | Alabama State University | 15300 | 37900 | 0.5965 | 3,521 | 945 | 0.9755 | |
| 26 | Dickinson State University | 15500 | 21700 | 0.2865 | 1,339 | 990 | 0.3702 | |
| 26 | Grand Valley State University | 15500 | 25300 | 0.3878 | 19,002 | 1084 | 0.8302 | |
| 28 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 15600 | 25800 | 0.393 | 5,386 | 1050 | 0.9092 | |
| 29 | Salisbury University | 15700 | 28700 | 0.4528 | 6,288 | 1250 | 0.8747 | |
| 29 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 15700 | 46800 | 0.665 | 6,761 | 1105 | 0.8475 | |
| 31 | James Madison University | 15800 | 28900 | 0.4537 | 20,973 | 1260 | 0.7152 | |
| 32 | Wayne State College | 15900 | 20000 | 0.2049 | 3,902 | 0 | 0 | |
| 33 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 16000 | 42600 | 0.6247 | 7,622 | 1075 | 0.9254 | |
| 34 | New Mexico Highlands University | 16200 | 31500 | 0.4854 | 1,603 | 0 | 0 | |
| 35 | University of South Alabama | 16300 | 22400 | 0.2728 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 36 | Goshen College | 16500 | 55900 | 0.7041 | 780 | 995 | 0.8407 | |
| 36 | Jacksonville State University | 16500 | 36100 | 0.5427 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 36 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 16500 | 35700 | 0.5379 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8304 | |
| 39 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 16600 | 29200 | 0.4317 | 18,288 | 1090 | 0.9068 | |
| 39 | Wayne State University | 16600 | 46200 | 0.6408 | 16,012 | 1174 | 0.8116 | |
| 41 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 16700 | 39000 | 0.5703 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 42 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16800 | 64800 | 0.7415 | 20,885 | 1420 | 0.1534 | |
| 43 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 17000 | 33600 | 0.4937 | 21,210 | 1148 | 0.9262 | |
| 43 | Westfield State University | 17000 | 33100 | 0.487 | 3,868 | 1085 | 0.8141 | |
| 45 | Cleveland State University | 17100 | 30900 | 0.4461 | 9,482 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 46 | Morgan State University | 17600 | 37200 | 0.5269 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 47 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 17700 | 42600 | 0.5851 | 352 | 1180 | 0.9647 | |
| 47 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 17700 | 44900 | 0.6053 | 5,255 | 1109 | 0.7295 | |
| 49 | Boston College | 18000 | 96200 | 0.8125 | 10,314 | 1490 | 0.1643 | |
| 49 | Southern University at New Orleans | 18000 | 34200 | 0.4735 | 2,179 | 950 | 0.789 | |
| 51 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 18100 | 27700 | 0.3461 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 51 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 18100 | 36500 | 0.5044 | 7,505 | 1073 | 0.9633 | |
| 53 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver | 18300 | 42600 | 0.5711 | 482 | 1195 | 0.9565 | |
| 54 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 18400 | 42500 | 0.5682 | 581 | 1132 | 0.9821 | |
| 55 | Central Connecticut State University | 18500 | 34000 | 0.4556 | 8,170 | 1075 | 0.7333 | |
| 55 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 18500 | 38100 | 0.5145 | 2,884 | 1175 | 0.9677 | |
| 57 | Emporia State University | 18600 | 29800 | 0.3763 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 57 | Stockton University | 18600 | 32100 | 0.4203 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 59 | Florida Memorial University | 18700 | 44900 | 0.5836 | 1,206 | 0 | 0.8526 | |
| 60 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 19100 | 38900 | 0.5085 | 1,973 | 1189 | 0.8135 | |
| 61 | SUNY at Fredonia | 19500 | 39600 | 0.5082 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 62 | Ramapo College of New Jersey | 19600 | 38000 | 0.484 | 5,444 | 1220 | 0.7064 | |
| 63 | Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania | 19800 | 26500 | 0.2542 | 9,847 | 1090 | 0.9309 | |
| 64 | Albright College | 20400 | 48400 | 0.579 | 1,230 | 1050 | 0.7633 | |
| 64 | Central College | 20400 | 36800 | 0.4455 | 1,084 | 1145 | 0.8617 | |
| 64 | Dakota State University | 20400 | 22500 | 0.0912 | 3,066 | 1192 | 0.8805 | |
| 67 | State University of New York at Oswego | 20500 | 40200 | 0.4902 | 5,517 | 1180 | 0.8055 | |
| 68 | Lincoln University | 20800 | 24900 | 0.1646 | 1,926 | 0 | 0 | |
| 68 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 20800 | 43800 | 0.5241 | 502 | 1189 | 0.9641 | |
| 68 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 20800 | 57800 | 0.6405 | 1,932 | 1193 | 0.9278 | |
| 71 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27100 | 0.2285 | 31,133 | 1463 | 0.4479 | |
| 72 | Tarleton State University | 21000 | 23000 | 0.087 | 15,254 | 1080 | 0.8955 | |
| 73 | Northwestern University | 21300 | 89500 | 0.7623 | 9,399 | 1527 | 0.0769 | |
| 74 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 21400 | 42600 | 0.4991 | 1,813 | 1109 | 0.9484 | |
| 75 | Kennesaw State University | 21500 | 27200 | 0.2096 | 42,760 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 75 | Luther College | 21500 | 71900 | 0.7016 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.7154 | |
| 77 | Elmhurst University | 21600 | 67000 | 0.6779 | 3,213 | 1148 | 0.7364 | |
| 78 | Pennsylvania Western University | 21800 | 28200 | 0.2273 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 79 | Averett University | 22000 | 57200 | 0.6158 | 1,244 | 1054 | 0.5659 | |
| 79 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 22000 | 40900 | 0.4628 | 1,880 | 1185 | 0.9867 | |
| 81 | SUNY Brockport | 22500 | 35100 | 0.359 | 5,816 | 1195 | 0.7068 | |
| 82 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 22900 | 58100 | 0.6063 | 1,472 | 1075 | 0.8459 | |
| 82 | San Jose State University | 22900 | 41100 | 0.4429 | 28,008 | 1124 | 0.8461 | |
| 84 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 23100 | 47900 | 0.5174 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 85 | Robert Morris University | 23200 | 58000 | 0.5997 | 4,325 | 1145 | 0.8989 | |
| 86 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 23400 | 36800 | 0.3643 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 87 | Grambling State University | 23600 | 34800 | 0.3215 | 4,313 | 950 | 0.4486 | |
| 88 | Houghton University | 23900 | 61900 | 0.6142 | 1,162 | 1277 | 0.8866 | |
| 88 | University of Kentucky | 23900 | 36100 | 0.3387 | 25,534 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 90 | Bradley University | 24000 | 50800 | 0.5275 | 3,596 | 1223 | 0.7676 | |
| 91 | Dominican University | 24100 | 56000 | 0.5701 | 2,690 | 1005 | 0.9032 | |
| 91 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 24100 | 45300 | 0.4676 | 1,236 | 1193 | 0.9811 | |
| 93 | Norwich University | 24300 | 88400 | 0.7253 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 94 | Western Oregon University | 24600 | 24600 | 0 | 3,167 | 1040 | 0.981 | |
| 95 | Northwood University | 25100 | 54500 | 0.5399 | 2,045 | 1055 | 0.6451 | |
| 96 | Doane University | 26000 | 77700 | 0.665 | 1,315 | 1125 | 0.9801 | |
| 97 | Stony Brook University | 26100 | 33200 | 0.2129 | 18,263 | 1410 | 0.4904 | |
| 98 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 26200 | 28300 | 0.0753 | 3,375 | 1090 | 0.5876 | |
| 99 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 26400 | 43000 | 0.3857 | 5,939 | 1065 | 0.5878 | |
| 100 | Bethune-Cookman University | 26700 | 32700 | 0.1835 | 2,738 | 910 | 0.8824 | |
| 100 | Furman University | 26700 | 79600 | 0.6643 | 2,383 | 1359 | 0.4295 | |
| 102 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 27200 | 40600 | 0.3301 | 25,900 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 103 | Columbia College | 27300 | 51600 | 0.4713 | 5,207 | 1145 | 0.4714 | |
| 104 | George Fox University | 27800 | 76800 | 0.638 | 3,354 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 104 | Syracuse University | 27800 | 83100 | 0.6654 | 15,957 | 1363 | 0.4592 | |
| 106 | California Lutheran University | 28100 | 70000 | 0.5988 | 2,297 | 1254 | 0.7567 | |
| 107 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 28400 | 41600 | 0.3164 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 108 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 33400 | 0.1437 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 109 | Saint Xavier University | 28800 | 53600 | 0.4625 | 3,098 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 110 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29200 | 33900 | 0.1387 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 111 | Fairmont State University | 29500 | 32200 | 0.0839 | 3,088 | 970 | 0.9862 | |
| 112 | University of Toledo | 29800 | 42000 | 0.289 | 11,013 | 1229 | 0.9202 | |
| 113 | Mercy University | 29900 | 44500 | 0.3282 | 6,774 | 1135 | 0.8584 | |
| 114 | Thomas Jefferson University | 30000 | 63300 | 0.5264 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8097 | |
| 115 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 30500 | 54700 | 0.4415 | 1,427 | 1025 | 0.4941 | |
| 115 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 30500 | 42500 | 0.2822 | 14,449 | 1195 | 0.784 | |
| 117 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30700 | 54600 | 0.4384 | 3,163 | 1165 | 0.9347 | |
| 118 | East Texas A&M University | 30800 | 36500 | 0.1561 | 9,992 | 1045 | 0.9224 | |
| 118 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 30800 | 62800 | 0.5092 | 37,140 | 1406 | 0.4237 | |
| 120 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1161 | 0.9523 | |
| 121 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 31000 | 36900 | 0.1619 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 122 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 31300 | 31300 | 0 | 6,835 | 1090 | 0.7147 | |
| 123 | Coastal Carolina University | 31500 | 45100 | 0.3016 | 10,811 | 1145 | 0.7527 | |
| 124 | Angelo State University | 31800 | 35400 | 0.1026 | 9,702 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 125 | Saint Michael's College | 32000 | 68500 | 0.5331 | 1,120 | 1240 | 0.8451 | |
| 126 | Hampton University | 32300 | 62400 | 0.482 | 3,728 | 947 | 0.6225 | |
| 126 | Washington Adventist University | 32300 | 37800 | 0.1457 | 513 | 995 | 0.4618 | |
| 128 | University of Scranton | 32500 | 78700 | 0.5868 | 3,613 | 1250 | 0.8123 | |
| 129 | Suffolk University | 32600 | 69700 | 0.5326 | 4,326 | 1209 | 0.8233 | |
| 130 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 32900 | 45100 | 0.2705 | 10,767 | 1326 | 0.7243 | |
| 131 | Immaculata University | 33000 | 46000 | 0.2809 | 1,652 | 1245 | 0.8576 | |
| 132 | George Washington University | 33700 | 81800 | 0.5882 | 11,677 | 1430 | 0.4709 | |
| 133 | LeTourneau University | 34100 | 54800 | 0.378 | 3,187 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 134 | Charleston Southern University | 34300 | 48400 | 0.2917 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 135 | Pace University | 34800 | 74800 | 0.5346 | 8,038 | 1260 | 0.7592 | |
| 136 | University of South Florida | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 137 | Adelphi University | 35200 | 63300 | 0.4442 | 5,325 | 1237 | 0.6591 | |
| 138 | Loyola University Maryland | 36700 | 78800 | 0.5343 | 3,881 | 1303 | 0.7549 | |
| 139 | East Carolina University | 37100 | 40100 | 0.0748 | 21,445 | 1160 | 0.8921 | |
| 140 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 37600 | 40700 | 0.0769 | 5,086 | 1124 | 0.949 | |
| 141 | Towson University | 37800 | 46400 | 0.1854 | 16,264 | 1098 | 0.8197 | |
| 142 | Christopher Newport University | 38000 | 51000 | 0.2551 | 4,369 | 1189 | 0.8604 | |
| 143 | Drexel University | 38400 | 83200 | 0.5384 | 13,309 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 144 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 38600 | 53400 | 0.2773 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 144 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38600 | 38600 | 0 | 14,416 | 1210 | 0.8851 | |
| 146 | Frostburg State University | 39400 | 43000 | 0.0838 | 3,422 | 1095 | 0.8918 | |
| 146 | Rutgers University-Newark | 39400 | 60500 | 0.349 | 7,989 | 1159 | 0.7136 | |
| 148 | McKendree University | 40100 | 52200 | 0.2323 | 1,757 | 1098 | 0.7172 | |
| 149 | University of Mount Olive | 42300 | 50400 | 0.1613 | 1,944 | 1075 | 0.7575 | |
| 150 | Merrimack College | 43600 | 78800 | 0.4471 | 4,102 | 1115 | 0.7002 | |
| 150 | Radford University | 43600 | 45700 | 0.0466 | 6,161 | 1070 | 0.8953 | |
| 152 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 43900 | 57100 | 0.2301 | 23,329 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 153 | University of Illinois Chicago | 44200 | 49300 | 0.1034 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 154 | Thiel College | 47300 | 69200 | 0.3165 | 833 | 1065 | 0.7155 | |
| 155 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 47800 | 67900 | 0.296 | 3,965 | 1229 | 0.9121 | |
| 156 | DePaul University | 48700 | 67100 | 0.2742 | 14,188 | 1254 | 0.7589 | |
| 157 | Mercer University | 48900 | 63700 | 0.2324 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
| 158 | University of Colorado Boulder | 49000 | 56600 | 0.1342 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7808 | |
| 159 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 50800 | 52900 | 0.0403 | 14,504 | 1149 | 0.7637 | |
| 160 | University of Utah | 51600 | 53700 | 0.0397 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 161 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 53100 | 61200 | 0.1329 | 26,221 | 1204 | 0.8854 | |
| 162 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 16,100 | 1219 | 0.7766 | |
| 163 | Dallas Baptist University | 56200 | 71900 | 0.2183 | 2,785 | 1109 | 0.8884 | |
| 164 | Molloy University | 59800 | 62300 | 0.0402 | 3,240 | 1199 | 0.8174 | |
| 165 | Clemson University | 61500 | 63700 | 0.0335 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 166 | College of Charleston | 61600 | 61600 | 0 | 10,880 | 1255 | 0.6003 | |
| 167 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 63500 | 63500 | 0 | 10,200 | 1325 | 0.6507 | |
| 168 | Fordham University | 70000 | 95000 | 0.263 | 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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