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-Flint | 6200 | 43600 | 0.858 | 5,534 | 1079 | 0.6734 | |
| 2 | Northwestern University | 7900 | 94200 | 0.916 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 3 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8700 | 98000 | 0.9113 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 4 | Savannah State University | 10000 | 50900 | 0.8038 | 2,966 | 950 | 1 | |
| 5 | Portland State University | 10100 | 43300 | 0.7673 | 14,932 | 1174 | 0.8586 | |
| 6 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 10500 | 41400 | 0.747 | 3,224 | 1085 | 0.7643 | |
| 7 | Concord University | 10800 | 49200 | 0.78 | 1,638 | 1015 | 0.9728 | |
| 8 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 11500 | 27800 | 0.5858 | 22,007 | 1427 | 0.1672 | |
| 9 | Central Connecticut State University | 13000 | 34200 | 0.6196 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 9 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 13000 | 40500 | 0.6789 | 29,727 | 990 | 0.9229 | |
| 11 | University of North Florida | 13400 | 28100 | 0.5233 | 14,837 | 1124 | 0.6815 | |
| 11 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 13400 | 35200 | 0.62 | 18,667 | 1090 | 0.9711 | |
| 11 | Wayne State University | 13400 | 46800 | 0.7141 | 16,390 | 1183 | 0.8359 | |
| 14 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 13500 | 40800 | 0.6693 | 6,761 | 1105 | 0.8475 | |
| 15 | University of California-Riverside | 13600 | 36500 | 0.627 | 24,034 | 1199 | 0.8609 | |
| 16 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 61700 | 0.7781 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 17 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 14000 | 26800 | 0.4782 | 4,789 | 1040 | 0.6671 | |
| 18 | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | 14200 | 25700 | 0.4479 | 10,995 | 1090 | 0.7476 | |
| 19 | Coastal Carolina University | 14300 | 45300 | 0.6847 | 11,471 | 1160 | 0.7003 | |
| 19 | Valdosta State University | 14300 | 29700 | 0.5182 | 7,199 | 1005 | 0.7769 | |
| 21 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 14400 | 38200 | 0.6223 | 7,501 | 1055 | 0.9467 | |
| 22 | Mercy University | 14700 | 46400 | 0.6836 | 6,692 | 1135 | 0.8724 | |
| 23 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 14800 | 43000 | 0.6557 | 308 | 1144 | 0.9053 | |
| 24 | Wayne State College | 15100 | 30500 | 0.5057 | 3,886 | 0 | 1 | |
| 25 | Coppin State University | 15300 | 25300 | 0.3947 | 1,908 | 950 | 0.4583 | |
| 26 | Jacksonville State University | 15500 | 38200 | 0.5938 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 27 | Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania | 16100 | 26900 | 0.4031 | 9,847 | 1090 | 0.9309 | |
| 28 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 16600 | 27800 | 0.4033 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 29 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 16700 | 42900 | 0.6102 | 1,829 | 1149 | 0.945 | |
| 30 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 16900 | 28100 | 0.3984 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 31 | Southern University at New Orleans | 17100 | 42000 | 0.5925 | 2,179 | 950 | 0.789 | |
| 32 | Emporia State University | 17300 | 31200 | 0.4457 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 32 | Radford University | 17300 | 33100 | 0.4767 | 6,206 | 1050 | 0.8939 | |
| 32 | Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi | 17300 | 20700 | 0.1642 | 8,673 | 1095 | 0.9156 | |
| 35 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 17500 | 41400 | 0.5778 | 504 | 1200 | 0.9095 | |
| 35 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 17500 | 43000 | 0.5925 | 586 | 1140 | 0.9577 | |
| 37 | Texas A&M University-Victoria | 17600 | 46500 | 0.6211 | 2,627 | 1000 | 0.5253 | |
| 38 | Morgan State University | 17900 | 42200 | 0.5763 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 39 | University of South Alabama | 18000 | 40200 | 0.5528 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 40 | Kennesaw State University | 18100 | 27400 | 0.3391 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 40 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 18100 | 95700 | 0.8105 | 711 | 1030 | 0.8214 | |
| 42 | Grove City College | 18200 | 39700 | 0.5412 | 2,247 | 1248 | 0.667 | |
| 43 | San Jose State University | 18300 | 41100 | 0.5542 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 44 | SUNY Brockport | 18500 | 26200 | 0.2934 | 5,816 | 1195 | 0.7068 | |
| 45 | Ramapo College of New Jersey | 18800 | 36700 | 0.4871 | 5,492 | 1210 | 0.7026 | |
| 46 | Norwich University | 19200 | 100600 | 0.8094 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 46 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 19200 | 54000 | 0.6441 | 3,991 | 1010 | 0.9654 | |
| 48 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 19300 | 38900 | 0.5034 | 1,973 | 1189 | 0.8142 | |
| 49 | Fairmont State University | 19600 | 30900 | 0.3656 | 3,090 | 970 | 0.9862 | |
| 49 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Schuylkill | 19600 | 45300 | 0.5671 | 653 | 1145 | 0.7972 | |
| 51 | State University of New York at Oswego | 19800 | 40200 | 0.5076 | 5,293 | 1179 | 0.7989 | |
| 52 | SUNY at Fredonia | 20100 | 53600 | 0.6248 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 53 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 20200 | 39000 | 0.4822 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 54 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 20300 | 36400 | 0.4418 | 2,710 | 1218 | 0.9374 | |
| 55 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 20400 | 39800 | 0.4869 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 55 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20400 | 57800 | 0.6468 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 55 | Syracuse University | 20400 | 83600 | 0.756 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 58 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 20500 | 57800 | 0.6451 | 1,109 | 1175 | 0.9088 | |
| 59 | Stockton University | 20700 | 46100 | 0.5511 | 7,583 | 1134 | 0.901 | |
| 60 | Tarleton State University | 21000 | 23000 | 0.087 | 17,556 | 1090 | 0.5386 | |
| 61 | Lincoln University | 21200 | 46500 | 0.5445 | 1,926 | 920 | 0 | |
| 61 | Thiel College | 21200 | 69200 | 0.6935 | 830 | 1065 | 0.7189 | |
| 63 | Alabama State University | 21400 | 43200 | 0.5034 | 3,521 | 945 | 0.9755 | |
| 63 | Grambling State University | 21400 | 40500 | 0.4718 | 4,313 | 950 | 0.4486 | |
| 63 | Luther College | 21400 | 75400 | 0.7164 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.8398 | |
| 66 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 21500 | 29900 | 0.2814 | 21,469 | 1167 | 0.9061 | |
| 67 | Boston College | 21700 | 97700 | 0.7782 | 9,677 | 1484 | 0.1422 | |
| 68 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 21900 | 39100 | 0.4402 | 2,907 | 1125 | 0.4696 | |
| 68 | Grand Valley State University | 21900 | 36600 | 0.4014 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 70 | Texas Southern University | 22200 | 25500 | 0.1296 | 6,844 | 915 | 0.9691 | |
| 71 | Houghton University | 22600 | 60900 | 0.6285 | 958 | 1277 | 0.89 | |
| 71 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 22600 | 42000 | 0.4624 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 73 | Christopher Newport University | 22700 | 50800 | 0.5527 | 4,369 | 1189 | 0.8604 | |
| 74 | Dakota State University | 23100 | 25600 | 0.0977 | 3,085 | 1174 | 0.9241 | |
| 74 | Robert Morris University | 23100 | 58000 | 0.6026 | 4,325 | 1145 | 0.8989 | |
| 76 | Florida Memorial University | 23200 | 51000 | 0.5446 | 1,206 | 0 | 0.8526 | |
| 77 | Pennsylvania Western University | 23300 | 34400 | 0.3224 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 78 | Columbia College | 23600 | 38700 | 0.3898 | 876 | 1025 | 0.8878 | |
| 79 | Pennsylvania State University-World Campus | 23700 | 33400 | 0.2921 | 8,051 | 1232 | 0.9117 | |
| 80 | Lamar University | 23800 | 37900 | 0.3716 | 8,387 | 1040 | 0.8353 | |
| 80 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 23800 | 47700 | 0.5009 | 2,280 | 1224 | 0.9675 | |
| 82 | Dominican University | 23900 | 56000 | 0.573 | 2,642 | 1005 | 0.8879 | |
| 82 | University of North Texas | 23900 | 37400 | 0.3607 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 84 | Western Oregon University | 24600 | 24600 | 0 | 3,034 | 1120 | 0.8345 | |
| 85 | Fort Hays State University | 24700 | 28500 | 0.1331 | 10,172 | 1075 | 0.9026 | |
| 86 | Immaculata University | 24800 | 48000 | 0.4825 | 1,889 | 1264 | 0.8656 | |
| 87 | University of South Florida | 24900 | 36500 | 0.3175 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 88 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 25100 | 36900 | 0.3201 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 89 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 25700 | 49700 | 0.4819 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 90 | Northwood University | 25800 | 54500 | 0.5271 | 2,045 | 1055 | 0.6451 | |
| 91 | Loyola University Maryland | 25900 | 78800 | 0.6714 | 4,013 | 1329 | 0.6986 | |
| 91 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 25900 | 28300 | 0.0847 | 3,375 | 1090 | 0.5885 | |
| 91 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 25900 | 54300 | 0.5227 | 5,939 | 1065 | 0.5878 | |
| 91 | West Virginia Wesleyan College | 25900 | 53800 | 0.5189 | 971 | 1030 | 0.9334 | |
| 95 | University of Akron Main Campus | 26200 | 28000 | 0.0642 | 11,691 | 1074 | 0.7722 | |
| 96 | Bemidji State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 3,751 | 1075 | 0.5598 | |
| 96 | Central College | 26400 | 38700 | 0.3178 | 1,050 | 1159 | 0.8698 | |
| 98 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 26700 | 30100 | 0.1128 | 3,893 | 1015 | 0.9839 | |
| 99 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 26800 | 36500 | 0.2659 | 7,747 | 1073 | 0.9617 | |
| 100 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 27100 | 63100 | 0.5701 | 1,495 | 1075 | 0.8761 | |
| 101 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 27600 | 40700 | 0.321 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 102 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 28300 | 40900 | 0.3087 | 1,709 | 1218 | 0.9653 | |
| 103 | Bethune-Cookman University | 28700 | 32300 | 0.1113 | 2,739 | 910 | 0.8824 | |
| 104 | Elizabethtown College | 29100 | 55300 | 0.4743 | 1,935 | 1214 | 0.8892 | |
| 105 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 29300 | 33000 | 0.112 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 106 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29500 | 34200 | 0.1373 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 107 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 29600 | 29600 | 0 | 11,087 | 1326 | 0.7397 | |
| 108 | California Lutheran University | 29700 | 71700 | 0.586 | 2,160 | 1218 | 0.7631 | |
| 109 | Saint Xavier University | 29900 | 58200 | 0.4859 | 3,100 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 110 | Thomas Jefferson University | 30000 | 63300 | 0.5263 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 111 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30400 | 54600 | 0.4432 | 3,120 | 1193 | 0.3992 | |
| 112 | University of Toledo | 30600 | 42000 | 0.2715 | 10,726 | 1134 | 0.8889 | |
| 113 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 30700 | 36900 | 0.1691 | 5,687 | 1305 | 0.7863 | |
| 114 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 2,082 | 1124 | 0.9576 | |
| 115 | Suffolk University | 31100 | 83500 | 0.6276 | 4,247 | 1209 | 0.8228 | |
| 116 | Angelo State University | 31500 | 35400 | 0.1101 | 10,103 | 1045 | 0.7981 | |
| 116 | Drexel University | 31500 | 84100 | 0.6257 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 118 | Cleveland State University | 31700 | 32100 | 0.0125 | 9,418 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 118 | Hampton University | 31700 | 54800 | 0.4215 | 4,046 | 1005 | 0.6358 | |
| 120 | Northern Kentucky University | 32000 | 32100 | 0.0031 | 10,136 | 1110 | 0.9666 | |
| 120 | Westfield State University | 32000 | 37600 | 0.149 | 3,868 | 1105 | 0.8671 | |
| 122 | University of Scranton | 32400 | 78700 | 0.5889 | 3,689 | 1245 | 0.8006 | |
| 123 | Harding University | 33400 | 47800 | 0.3012 | 3,536 | 1184 | 0.7052 | |
| 124 | Pace University | 33900 | 75700 | 0.5525 | 5,520 | 1273 | 0.7827 | |
| 125 | Charleston Southern University | 34100 | 48400 | 0.2971 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 126 | George Washington University | 34400 | 81800 | 0.5796 | 11,495 | 1436 | 0.4713 | |
| 126 | Salisbury University | 34400 | 41800 | 0.1772 | 6,477 | 1245 | 0.8826 | |
| 128 | Averett University | 34600 | 57600 | 0.3994 | 1,244 | 1054 | 0.5659 | |
| 129 | Adelphi University | 34900 | 63300 | 0.4484 | 5,097 | 1241 | 0.7215 | |
| 130 | Bradley University | 35500 | 60600 | 0.4141 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 131 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 36200 | 54400 | 0.3346 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 132 | East Carolina University | 36800 | 42700 | 0.1381 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 132 | Rowan University | 36800 | 53600 | 0.3133 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 134 | Frostburg State University | 37600 | 42500 | 0.1153 | 3,436 | 1095 | 0.907 | |
| 135 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38800 | 38800 | 0 | 14,865 | 1175 | 0.9113 | |
| 136 | Stony Brook University | 39600 | 53000 | 0.2527 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 137 | Elmhurst University | 40100 | 69600 | 0.4236 | 3,170 | 1133 | 0.7501 | |
| 138 | Saint Michael's College | 40200 | 75800 | 0.4696 | 1,051 | 1280 | 0.8976 | |
| 139 | University of Illinois Chicago | 40400 | 51400 | 0.2142 | 24,260 | 1174 | 0.7576 | |
| 140 | McKendree University | 40500 | 52900 | 0.2343 | 1,757 | 1098 | 0.7172 | |
| 141 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 41400 | 55300 | 0.2516 | 21,388 | 1369 | 0.5945 | |
| 142 | University of Mount Olive | 42000 | 50400 | 0.1666 | 1,944 | 1075 | 0.7575 | |
| 143 | Furman University | 43100 | 84700 | 0.4914 | 2,304 | 1372 | 0.4869 | |
| 143 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43100 | 58600 | 0.2645 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 145 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 43200 | 88100 | 0.5098 | 35,358 | 1448 | 0.1642 | |
| 146 | Merrimack College | 43400 | 78800 | 0.4492 | 4,123 | 1124 | 0.6927 | |
| 147 | James Madison University | 43600 | 45000 | 0.0311 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 148 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 43700 | 72500 | 0.3974 | 10,368 | 1064 | 0.999 | |
| 149 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 43900 | 71800 | 0.3886 | 4,182 | 1317 | 0.8783 | |
| 150 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 44600 | 56600 | 0.2119 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 151 | Mercer University | 45600 | 65400 | 0.3031 | 4,719 | 1263 | 0.643 | |
| 152 | Towson University | 46100 | 46600 | 0.0107 | 16,361 | 1082 | 0.8057 | |
| 153 | Molloy University | 47600 | 62300 | 0.2361 | 3,396 | 1188 | 0.6633 | |
| 154 | University of Kentucky | 48600 | 59900 | 0.1884 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 155 | DePaul University | 49000 | 69400 | 0.2938 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 156 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 49400 | 58800 | 0.1599 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 157 | Rutgers University-Newark | 49500 | 61200 | 0.1911 | 7,989 | 1159 | 0.7136 | |
| 158 | College of Charleston | 49800 | 64600 | 0.2292 | 10,596 | 1234 | 0.73 | |
| 159 | University of North Georgia | 50100 | 57000 | 0.121 | 19,321 | 1100 | 0.9618 | |
| 160 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 50500 | 52900 | 0.0453 | 14,834 | 1149 | 0.7803 | |
| 161 | University of Utah | 51300 | 53700 | 0.0446 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 162 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 54900 | 68800 | 0.2022 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 163 | University of Colorado Boulder | 55400 | 70900 | 0.2187 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7809 | |
| 164 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver | 56000 | 64000 | 0.1251 | 475 | 1195 | 0.9418 | |
| 164 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 56000 | 63700 | 0.1209 | 1,078 | 1217 | 0.9646 | |
| 166 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 58800 | 61200 | 0.0391 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 167 | Clemson University | 61300 | 63700 | 0.0376 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 168 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 66900 | 66900 | 0 | 9,827 | 1329 | 0.6737 | |
| 169 | Fordham University | 88500 | 143900 | 0.3851 | 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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