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 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8400 | 97100 | 0.914 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0399 | |
| 2 | Valdosta State University | 10500 | 24800 | 0.5775 | 7,166 | 1015 | 0.7229 | |
| 3 | Savannah State University | 10700 | 26700 | 0.6 | 2,966 | 925 | 0.4614 | |
| 4 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 11800 | 27800 | 0.5751 | 20,885 | 1420 | 0.1534 | |
| 5 | Lamar University | 12600 | 22900 | 0.4492 | 8,184 | 1050 | 0.8641 | |
| 6 | University of North Florida | 12700 | 22400 | 0.4336 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
| 7 | University of Michigan-Flint | 13200 | 46300 | 0.7147 | 5,011 | 1109 | 0.7046 | |
| 8 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 13300 | 30000 | 0.5567 | 9,992 | 1045 | 0.9224 | |
| 8 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 13300 | 19400 | 0.3145 | 14,416 | 1210 | 0.8851 | |
| 10 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 13500 | 13500 | 0 | 1,973 | 1189 | 0.8135 | |
| 11 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 52800 | 0.741 | 38,040 | 1418 | 0.452 | |
| 12 | Alabama State University | 14200 | 31300 | 0.5476 | 3,521 | 945 | 0.9755 | |
| 12 | Grove City College | 14200 | 39700 | 0.6421 | 2,341 | 1266 | 0.7232 | |
| 12 | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | 14200 | 19600 | 0.2754 | 10,632 | 1075 | 0.8859 | |
| 15 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 14600 | 37400 | 0.6091 | 7,622 | 1075 | 0.9254 | |
| 16 | Northern Kentucky University | 14700 | 25900 | 0.433 | 10,163 | 1090 | 0.6765 | |
| 16 | Salisbury University | 14700 | 28700 | 0.4881 | 6,288 | 1250 | 0.8747 | |
| 18 | Wayne State College | 15200 | 20300 | 0.2512 | 3,902 | 0 | 0 | |
| 19 | Concord University | 15300 | 31700 | 0.5182 | 1,609 | 990 | 0.9256 | |
| 19 | Coppin State University | 15300 | 27100 | 0.4354 | 1,907 | 950 | 0.4583 | |
| 21 | Coastal Carolina University | 15500 | 27200 | 0.4302 | 10,811 | 1145 | 0.7527 | |
| 22 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 15700 | 44500 | 0.6468 | 352 | 1180 | 0.9647 | |
| 23 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 15900 | 38400 | 0.5856 | 37,140 | 1406 | 0.4237 | |
| 24 | Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania | 16100 | 26900 | 0.4031 | 9,847 | 1090 | 0.9309 | |
| 24 | Jacksonville State University | 16100 | 27000 | 0.4044 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 26 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 16200 | 23400 | 0.3081 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8698 | |
| 27 | Wayne State University | 16500 | 32900 | 0.4982 | 16,012 | 1174 | 0.8116 | |
| 28 | Northwestern University | 16800 | 89500 | 0.8126 | 9,399 | 1527 | 0.0769 | |
| 29 | Westfield State University | 16900 | 33100 | 0.49 | 3,868 | 1085 | 0.8141 | |
| 30 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 17000 | 40700 | 0.5812 | 581 | 1132 | 0.9821 | |
| 31 | SUNY at Fredonia | 17100 | 27800 | 0.3854 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 31 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 17100 | 17100 | 0.0005 | 14,449 | 1195 | 0.784 | |
| 33 | Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi | 17300 | 20700 | 0.1642 | 8,320 | 1090 | 0.8858 | |
| 34 | Morgan State University | 17700 | 28500 | 0.3787 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 35 | Boston College | 18000 | 97600 | 0.8154 | 10,314 | 1490 | 0.1643 | |
| 36 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 18100 | 54300 | 0.6666 | 10,051 | 1064 | 0.9234 | |
| 37 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18200 | 28600 | 0.3634 | 4,218 | 1030 | 0.9489 | |
| 37 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 18200 | 35400 | 0.4852 | 1,813 | 1109 | 0.9484 | |
| 39 | Towson University | 18400 | 29900 | 0.3842 | 16,264 | 1098 | 0.8197 | |
| 40 | Central Connecticut State University | 18500 | 34000 | 0.4554 | 8,170 | 1075 | 0.7333 | |
| 40 | SUNY Brockport | 18500 | 26200 | 0.2934 | 5,816 | 1195 | 0.7068 | |
| 42 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver | 19000 | 38800 | 0.5102 | 482 | 1195 | 0.9565 | |
| 42 | Texas A&M University-Victoria | 19000 | 25000 | 0.2402 | 2,627 | 1095 | 0.959 | |
| 42 | University of Illinois Chicago | 19000 | 30100 | 0.3693 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 45 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 19200 | 68100 | 0.7183 | 709 | 1030 | 0.8216 | |
| 46 | Rutgers University-Newark | 19600 | 38000 | 0.484 | 7,989 | 1159 | 0.7136 | |
| 47 | Norwich University | 19700 | 73800 | 0.7328 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 48 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 19900 | 30400 | 0.3451 | 3,224 | 1085 | 0.7643 | |
| 49 | Cleveland State University | 20000 | 30900 | 0.3523 | 9,482 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 49 | University of Colorado Boulder | 20000 | 31900 | 0.3716 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7808 | |
| 51 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20500 | 39900 | 0.4865 | 5,255 | 1109 | 0.7295 | |
| 52 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 20800 | 57800 | 0.6399 | 1,932 | 1193 | 0.9278 | |
| 53 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27300 | 0.2346 | 31,133 | 1463 | 0.4479 | |
| 54 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,221 | 1204 | 0.8854 | |
| 55 | Grand Valley State University | 22100 | 35900 | 0.3849 | 19,002 | 1084 | 0.8302 | |
| 55 | Lincoln University | 22100 | 24900 | 0.1124 | 1,926 | 0 | 0 | |
| 55 | Luther College | 22100 | 75400 | 0.7075 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.7154 | |
| 58 | Texas Southern University | 22200 | 25500 | 0.1296 | 6,844 | 915 | 0.9691 | |
| 59 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 22500 | 53000 | 0.575 | 1,472 | 1075 | 0.8459 | |
| 60 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 22600 | 25400 | 0.1104 | 2,906 | 1125 | 0.4696 | |
| 61 | Dakota State University | 23100 | 25600 | 0.0977 | 3,066 | 1192 | 0.8805 | |
| 61 | Florida Memorial University | 23100 | 42000 | 0.4495 | 1,206 | 0 | 0.8526 | |
| 61 | San Jose State University | 23100 | 41100 | 0.4381 | 28,008 | 1124 | 0.8461 | |
| 64 | Houghton University | 23200 | 44300 | 0.4763 | 1,162 | 1277 | 0.8866 | |
| 65 | Robert Morris University | 23300 | 58000 | 0.5991 | 4,325 | 1145 | 0.8989 | |
| 66 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 23400 | 41500 | 0.4349 | 502 | 1189 | 0.9641 | |
| 67 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 23700 | 24900 | 0.0481 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 68 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 23800 | 34400 | 0.3081 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 69 | Dominican University | 24000 | 56000 | 0.5713 | 2,690 | 1005 | 0.9032 | |
| 70 | Bradley University | 24300 | 50800 | 0.5216 | 3,596 | 1223 | 0.7676 | |
| 71 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 24900 | 40600 | 0.3868 | 25,900 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 72 | Emporia State University | 25000 | 32000 | 0.2187 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 73 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 25100 | 48100 | 0.4785 | 2,371 | 1189 | 0.9806 | |
| 74 | Pennsylvania Western University | 25200 | 34400 | 0.2672 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 75 | Fort Hays State University | 25900 | 36100 | 0.2821 | 10,172 | 1075 | 0.9026 | |
| 76 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 26200 | 28300 | 0.074 | 3,375 | 1090 | 0.5876 | |
| 76 | West Virginia Wesleyan College | 26200 | 53800 | 0.5133 | 971 | 1030 | 0.9334 | |
| 78 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 26300 | 28400 | 0.0737 | 14,504 | 1149 | 0.7637 | |
| 79 | Bemidji State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 3,751 | 1075 | 0.5598 | |
| 79 | Columbia College | 26400 | 46900 | 0.4371 | 5,207 | 1145 | 0.4714 | |
| 81 | Southern University at New Orleans | 26600 | 42300 | 0.371 | 2,179 | 950 | 0.789 | |
| 82 | Northwood University | 26800 | 54500 | 0.5087 | 2,045 | 1055 | 0.6451 | |
| 83 | Immaculata University | 27100 | 46400 | 0.415 | 1,652 | 1245 | 0.8576 | |
| 84 | Bethune-Cookman University | 27300 | 32700 | 0.1652 | 2,738 | 910 | 0.8824 | |
| 85 | Kennesaw State University | 27400 | 27400 | 0 | 42,760 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 85 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 27400 | 36500 | 0.2495 | 7,505 | 1073 | 0.9633 | |
| 87 | University of North Georgia | 27500 | 38600 | 0.2879 | 18,322 | 1100 | 0.6794 | |
| 88 | Syracuse University | 27700 | 83100 | 0.6665 | 15,957 | 1363 | 0.4592 | |
| 89 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 28000 | 41600 | 0.3261 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 90 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 32300 | 0.1145 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 91 | Elmhurst University | 28700 | 67000 | 0.5718 | 3,213 | 1148 | 0.7364 | |
| 92 | Saint Xavier University | 28800 | 53700 | 0.4634 | 3,098 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 93 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 28900 | 36700 | 0.2124 | 28,674 | 980 | 0.9419 | |
| 93 | University of Utah | 28900 | 32000 | 0.0967 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 95 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 29000 | 42400 | 0.3164 | 6,761 | 1105 | 0.8475 | |
| 95 | University of North Texas | 29000 | 37400 | 0.2244 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 97 | Elizabethtown College | 29100 | 54600 | 0.4673 | 1,903 | 1214 | 0.7787 | |
| 97 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 29100 | 29200 | 0.0034 | 18,288 | 1090 | 0.9068 | |
| 99 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 29700 | 31600 | 0.0601 | 6,835 | 1090 | 0.7147 | |
| 100 | Fairmont State University | 29800 | 32200 | 0.0746 | 3,088 | 970 | 0.9862 | |
| 101 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 29900 | 39700 | 0.247 | 4,487 | 1115 | 0.6726 | |
| 101 | University of Toledo | 29900 | 42000 | 0.2882 | 11,013 | 1229 | 0.9202 | |
| 103 | Grambling State University | 30200 | 35300 | 0.1446 | 4,313 | 950 | 0.4486 | |
| 103 | Mercy University | 30200 | 44500 | 0.3215 | 6,774 | 1135 | 0.8584 | |
| 105 | Central College | 30500 | 36800 | 0.1713 | 1,084 | 1145 | 0.8617 | |
| 106 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30700 | 54600 | 0.4377 | 3,163 | 1165 | 0.9347 | |
| 107 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1161 | 0.9523 | |
| 107 | Portland State University | 30900 | 43100 | 0.2828 | 15,414 | 1094 | 0.9087 | |
| 109 | Frostburg State University | 31000 | 43000 | 0.2792 | 3,422 | 1095 | 0.8918 | |
| 110 | Hampton University | 31400 | 54800 | 0.427 | 3,728 | 947 | 0.6225 | |
| 111 | Angelo State University | 31800 | 35400 | 0.1016 | 9,702 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 112 | Saint Michael's College | 31900 | 68500 | 0.5346 | 1,120 | 1240 | 0.8451 | |
| 113 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 32300 | 37700 | 0.1441 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 114 | University of Scranton | 32600 | 78700 | 0.5864 | 3,613 | 1250 | 0.8123 | |
| 115 | Suffolk University | 32900 | 70300 | 0.5319 | 4,326 | 1209 | 0.8233 | |
| 115 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 32900 | 45100 | 0.2705 | 10,767 | 1326 | 0.7243 | |
| 117 | State University of New York at Oswego | 33000 | 40200 | 0.1792 | 5,517 | 1180 | 0.8055 | |
| 118 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 15,254 | 1080 | 0.8955 | |
| 119 | George Washington University | 33700 | 81800 | 0.5881 | 11,677 | 1430 | 0.4709 | |
| 119 | Harding University | 33700 | 47800 | 0.2949 | 3,536 | 1184 | 0.7052 | |
| 121 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Schuylkill | 34000 | 61100 | 0.4436 | 624 | 1125 | 0.9664 | |
| 122 | Charleston Southern University | 34400 | 48400 | 0.2909 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 122 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 34400 | 38100 | 0.0971 | 2,884 | 1175 | 0.9677 | |
| 124 | Thomas Jefferson University | 35000 | 63300 | 0.4473 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8097 | |
| 124 | University of South Florida | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 126 | Adelphi University | 35200 | 63300 | 0.4436 | 5,325 | 1237 | 0.6591 | |
| 126 | California Lutheran University | 35200 | 70000 | 0.4973 | 2,297 | 1254 | 0.7567 | |
| 128 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 35300 | 56700 | 0.3775 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8304 | |
| 129 | Averett University | 35400 | 57200 | 0.3813 | 1,244 | 1054 | 0.5659 | |
| 129 | Stockton University | 35400 | 44500 | 0.2046 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 131 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 36200 | 56300 | 0.3568 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 132 | Loyola University Maryland | 36600 | 78800 | 0.5356 | 3,881 | 1303 | 0.7549 | |
| 133 | Furman University | 36700 | 82900 | 0.5571 | 2,383 | 1359 | 0.4295 | |
| 134 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 36900 | 37100 | 0.0054 | 5,939 | 1065 | 0.5878 | |
| 135 | East Carolina University | 37100 | 42700 | 0.1311 | 21,445 | 1160 | 0.8921 | |
| 136 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 37600 | 40700 | 0.076 | 5,086 | 1124 | 0.949 | |
| 137 | Christopher Newport University | 37900 | 51000 | 0.2571 | 4,369 | 1189 | 0.8604 | |
| 138 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 38000 | 40100 | 0.0523 | 23,329 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 139 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 38600 | 53100 | 0.2729 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 140 | Drexel University | 39100 | 83200 | 0.53 | 13,309 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 141 | University of South Alabama | 39700 | 39700 | 0 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 142 | Stony Brook University | 39900 | 53000 | 0.2471 | 18,263 | 1410 | 0.4904 | |
| 143 | McKendree University | 40800 | 52900 | 0.2287 | 1,757 | 1098 | 0.7172 | |
| 143 | Pace University | 40800 | 74800 | 0.4544 | 8,038 | 1260 | 0.7592 | |
| 145 | University of Mount Olive | 42300 | 50400 | 0.1606 | 1,944 | 1075 | 0.7575 | |
| 146 | Western Oregon University | 43400 | 43400 | 0 | 3,167 | 1040 | 0.981 | |
| 147 | Merrimack College | 43600 | 78800 | 0.4467 | 4,102 | 1115 | 0.7002 | |
| 147 | Radford University | 43600 | 45700 | 0.0458 | 6,161 | 1070 | 0.8953 | |
| 149 | James Madison University | 45200 | 45200 | 0 | 20,973 | 1260 | 0.7152 | |
| 150 | Mercer University | 45300 | 65400 | 0.3076 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
| 151 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 46300 | 46600 | 0.0064 | 6,139 | 1070 | 0.9052 | |
| 152 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47000 | 59700 | 0.2125 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 153 | Thiel College | 47500 | 69200 | 0.3137 | 833 | 1065 | 0.7155 | |
| 154 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 47800 | 67900 | 0.296 | 3,965 | 1229 | 0.9121 | |
| 155 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 48000 | 55800 | 0.1398 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 156 | DePaul University | 49200 | 66000 | 0.2547 | 14,188 | 1254 | 0.7589 | |
| 156 | University of Kentucky | 49200 | 58000 | 0.1525 | 25,534 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 158 | University of California-Riverside | 49300 | 66000 | 0.2532 | 22,600 | 1199 | 0.7639 | |
| 159 | Ramapo College of New Jersey | 50600 | 55400 | 0.0867 | 5,444 | 1220 | 0.7064 | |
| 160 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 51000 | 84700 | 0.398 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 161 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 51700 | 52800 | 0.0208 | 21,210 | 1148 | 0.9262 | |
| 162 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 16,100 | 1219 | 0.7766 | |
| 163 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 56000 | 64100 | 0.1263 | 1,236 | 1193 | 0.9811 | |
| 164 | Molloy University | 59800 | 62300 | 0.0402 | 3,240 | 1199 | 0.8174 | |
| 165 | College of Charleston | 61200 | 61200 | 0 | 10,880 | 1255 | 0.6003 | |
| 166 | Clemson University | 61600 | 63700 | 0.0329 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 167 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 61900 | 64200 | 0.0358 | 1,880 | 1185 | 0.9867 | |
| 168 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 63700 | 63700 | 0 | 10,200 | 1325 | 0.6507 | |
| 169 | Fordham University | 70100 | 95100 | 0.2628 | 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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