Considering a degree in Information Science/Studies?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Information Science/Studies majors who live in South 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 South 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 | California Institute of Technology | 7500 | 91800 | 0.9183 | 987 | 1557 | 0.0257 | |
| 2 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 7900 | 36100 | 0.7821 | 10,051 | 1064 | 0.9234 | |
| 3 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8400 | 97100 | 0.914 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0399 | |
| 4 | Valdosta State University | 10500 | 24800 | 0.5775 | 7,166 | 1015 | 0.7229 | |
| 5 | Savannah State University | 10700 | 26700 | 0.6 | 2,966 | 925 | 0.4614 | |
| 6 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 11800 | 27800 | 0.5754 | 20,885 | 1420 | 0.1534 | |
| 7 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 29200 | 0.5745 | 38,040 | 1418 | 0.452 | |
| 8 | Greenville Technical College | 12700 | 23700 | 0.4642 | 11,999 | 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | University of Michigan-Flint | 13300 | 46300 | 0.7125 | 5,011 | 1109 | 0.7046 | |
| 9 | University of South Florida | 13300 | 17100 | 0.222 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 11 | East Texas A&M University | 13500 | 30000 | 0.5501 | 9,992 | 1045 | 0.9224 | |
| 11 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 13500 | 13500 | 0 | 1,973 | 1189 | 0.8135 | |
| 13 | Alabama State University | 14200 | 31300 | 0.5476 | 3,521 | 945 | 0.9755 | |
| 14 | University of North Georgia | 14400 | 21400 | 0.3271 | 18,322 | 1100 | 0.6794 | |
| 15 | Dickinson State University | 14500 | 25000 | 0.4201 | 1,339 | 990 | 0.3702 | |
| 16 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 14700 | 37400 | 0.6064 | 7,622 | 1075 | 0.9254 | |
| 17 | Wayne State College | 15200 | 20300 | 0.2512 | 3,902 | 0 | 0 | |
| 18 | James Madison University | 15700 | 28900 | 0.4573 | 20,973 | 1260 | 0.7152 | |
| 19 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver | 16000 | 38700 | 0.5863 | 482 | 1195 | 0.9565 | |
| 20 | Jacksonville State University | 16100 | 27000 | 0.4044 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 20 | University of North Texas | 16100 | 26100 | 0.3838 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 22 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 16300 | 23400 | 0.3038 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8698 | |
| 23 | Coastal Carolina University | 16400 | 27200 | 0.3979 | 10,811 | 1145 | 0.7527 | |
| 23 | Emporia State University | 16400 | 22900 | 0.284 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 23 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 16400 | 26800 | 0.3901 | 4,487 | 1115 | 0.6726 | |
| 26 | Goshen College | 16600 | 55900 | 0.7037 | 780 | 995 | 0.8407 | |
| 26 | Grove City College | 16600 | 39700 | 0.5826 | 2,341 | 1266 | 0.7232 | |
| 26 | Wayne State University | 16600 | 32900 | 0.4952 | 16,012 | 1174 | 0.8116 | |
| 29 | Northwestern University | 16800 | 89500 | 0.8126 | 9,399 | 1527 | 0.0769 | |
| 29 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 16800 | 40600 | 0.5856 | 581 | 1132 | 0.9821 | |
| 31 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 17200 | 44500 | 0.6131 | 352 | 1180 | 0.9647 | |
| 32 | Morgan State University | 17800 | 28500 | 0.3752 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 33 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 17900 | 26600 | 0.3274 | 7,505 | 1073 | 0.9633 | |
| 34 | Boston College | 18100 | 97600 | 0.8144 | 10,314 | 1490 | 0.1643 | |
| 34 | Central Connecticut State University | 18100 | 34000 | 0.4671 | 8,170 | 1075 | 0.7333 | |
| 34 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 18100 | 35300 | 0.4869 | 1,813 | 1109 | 0.9484 | |
| 37 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18200 | 28600 | 0.3634 | 4,218 | 1030 | 0.9489 | |
| 38 | State University of New York at Oswego | 18300 | 27700 | 0.3392 | 5,517 | 1180 | 0.8055 | |
| 39 | SUNY Brockport | 18500 | 26200 | 0.2934 | 5,816 | 1195 | 0.7068 | |
| 40 | Furman University | 18800 | 78900 | 0.7614 | 2,383 | 1359 | 0.4295 | |
| 41 | University of Houston-Victoria | 19100 | 25000 | 0.2362 | 2,627 | 1095 | 0.959 | |
| 42 | University of South Alabama | 19600 | 22400 | 0.1252 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 43 | Norwich University | 19900 | 73800 | 0.7301 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 44 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 20000 | 30400 | 0.3418 | 3,224 | 1085 | 0.7643 | |
| 45 | Cleveland State University | 20100 | 30900 | 0.3491 | 9,482 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 46 | Dakota State University | 20400 | 22500 | 0.0912 | 3,066 | 1192 | 0.8805 | |
| 46 | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | 20400 | 25700 | 0.2064 | 10,632 | 1075 | 0.8859 | |
| 48 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20600 | 39900 | 0.484 | 5,255 | 1109 | 0.7295 | |
| 49 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 20800 | 57800 | 0.6401 | 1,932 | 1193 | 0.9278 | |
| 50 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27300 | 0.2346 | 31,133 | 1463 | 0.4479 | |
| 51 | Luther College | 21500 | 71900 | 0.7014 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.7154 | |
| 52 | Grand Valley State University | 22100 | 35900 | 0.3849 | 19,002 | 1084 | 0.8302 | |
| 52 | Lincoln University | 22100 | 24900 | 0.1124 | 1,926 | 0 | 0 | |
| 54 | University of North Florida | 22400 | 22400 | 0 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
| 54 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 22400 | 33600 | 0.3331 | 21,210 | 1148 | 0.9262 | |
| 56 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 22600 | 25400 | 0.1104 | 2,906 | 1125 | 0.4696 | |
| 56 | Grambling State University | 22600 | 25700 | 0.1208 | 4,313 | 950 | 0.4486 | |
| 56 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 22600 | 53000 | 0.5731 | 1,472 | 1075 | 0.8459 | |
| 56 | New Mexico Highlands University | 22600 | 27200 | 0.169 | 1,603 | 0 | 0 | |
| 60 | Florida Memorial University | 23200 | 42000 | 0.4471 | 1,206 | 0 | 0.8526 | |
| 60 | Houghton University | 23200 | 44300 | 0.4763 | 1,162 | 1277 | 0.8866 | |
| 60 | Robert Morris University | 23200 | 58000 | 0.5998 | 4,325 | 1145 | 0.8989 | |
| 60 | San Jose State University | 23200 | 41100 | 0.4356 | 28,008 | 1124 | 0.8461 | |
| 64 | University of Kentucky | 23900 | 36400 | 0.3443 | 25,534 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 65 | Dominican University | 24100 | 56000 | 0.5697 | 2,690 | 1005 | 0.9032 | |
| 66 | Bradley University | 24400 | 50800 | 0.5196 | 3,596 | 1223 | 0.7676 | |
| 67 | Ramapo College of New Jersey | 24500 | 36300 | 0.3255 | 5,444 | 1220 | 0.7064 | |
| 67 | Stockton University | 24500 | 32100 | 0.2366 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 67 | Westfield State University | 24500 | 39000 | 0.3714 | 3,868 | 1085 | 0.8141 | |
| 70 | Western Oregon University | 24600 | 24600 | 0 | 3,167 | 1040 | 0.981 | |
| 71 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 24900 | 25000 | 0.0016 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 72 | Pennsylvania Western University | 25100 | 34400 | 0.2701 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 73 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 25300 | 45900 | 0.4492 | 502 | 1189 | 0.9641 | |
| 74 | Doane University | 25400 | 71000 | 0.6426 | 1,315 | 1125 | 0.9801 | |
| 75 | Bethune-Cookman University | 25900 | 32700 | 0.208 | 2,738 | 910 | 0.8824 | |
| 76 | Fort Hays State University | 26000 | 36100 | 0.2796 | 10,172 | 1075 | 0.9026 | |
| 77 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 26200 | 28300 | 0.0744 | 3,375 | 1090 | 0.5876 | |
| 78 | Columbia College | 26400 | 46900 | 0.4371 | 5,207 | 1145 | 0.4714 | |
| 79 | Kennesaw State University | 26600 | 26600 | 0 | 42,760 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 80 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 26700 | 36800 | 0.2746 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 80 | Southern University at New Orleans | 26700 | 42300 | 0.3686 | 2,179 | 950 | 0.789 | |
| 82 | Albright College | 26800 | 49300 | 0.4563 | 1,230 | 1050 | 0.7633 | |
| 82 | Northwood University | 26800 | 54500 | 0.5087 | 2,045 | 1055 | 0.6451 | |
| 84 | Rowan University | 27500 | 41300 | 0.3345 | 16,100 | 1219 | 0.7766 | |
| 85 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 27600 | 27600 | 0 | 10,767 | 1326 | 0.7243 | |
| 86 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 27900 | 36700 | 0.24 | 1,880 | 1185 | 0.9867 | |
| 87 | Syracuse University | 28200 | 83100 | 0.6604 | 15,957 | 1363 | 0.4592 | |
| 88 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 32300 | 0.1145 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 89 | Elmhurst University | 28800 | 67000 | 0.5704 | 3,213 | 1148 | 0.7364 | |
| 89 | George Fox University | 28800 | 69400 | 0.5853 | 3,354 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 89 | Saint Xavier University | 28800 | 53700 | 0.4634 | 3,098 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 92 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 28900 | 36700 | 0.2124 | 28,674 | 980 | 0.9419 | |
| 92 | University of Utah | 28900 | 32000 | 0.097 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 94 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 29100 | 29200 | 0.0034 | 18,288 | 1090 | 0.9068 | |
| 95 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 29200 | 42400 | 0.3117 | 6,761 | 1105 | 0.8475 | |
| 96 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 29700 | 31600 | 0.0601 | 6,835 | 1090 | 0.7147 | |
| 97 | Fairmont State University | 29800 | 32200 | 0.0746 | 3,088 | 970 | 0.9862 | |
| 98 | Towson University | 29900 | 29900 | 0 | 16,264 | 1098 | 0.8197 | |
| 98 | University of Toledo | 29900 | 42000 | 0.2884 | 11,013 | 1229 | 0.9202 | |
| 100 | Northern Kentucky University | 30100 | 32100 | 0.0623 | 10,163 | 1090 | 0.6765 | |
| 101 | Mercy University | 30300 | 44500 | 0.3192 | 6,774 | 1135 | 0.8584 | |
| 102 | Central College | 30500 | 36800 | 0.1713 | 1,084 | 1145 | 0.8617 | |
| 102 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 30500 | 54700 | 0.4411 | 1,427 | 1025 | 0.4941 | |
| 104 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30700 | 54600 | 0.4379 | 3,163 | 1165 | 0.9347 | |
| 105 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1161 | 0.9523 | |
| 106 | Frostburg State University | 31000 | 43000 | 0.2792 | 3,422 | 1095 | 0.8918 | |
| 107 | Hampton University | 31400 | 54800 | 0.427 | 3,728 | 947 | 0.6225 | |
| 108 | Charleston Southern University | 31500 | 48400 | 0.349 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 109 | Angelo State University | 31800 | 35400 | 0.1019 | 9,702 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 109 | Saint Michael's College | 31800 | 68500 | 0.536 | 1,120 | 1240 | 0.8451 | |
| 111 | Washington Adventist University | 32300 | 37800 | 0.1457 | 513 | 995 | 0.4618 | |
| 112 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 32400 | 40900 | 0.2078 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 113 | University of Scranton | 32500 | 78700 | 0.5869 | 3,613 | 1250 | 0.8123 | |
| 114 | Suffolk University | 33000 | 70300 | 0.5305 | 4,326 | 1209 | 0.8233 | |
| 115 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 15,254 | 1080 | 0.8955 | |
| 116 | George Washington University | 33800 | 81800 | 0.5869 | 11,677 | 1430 | 0.4709 | |
| 117 | LeTourneau University | 34000 | 54800 | 0.3798 | 3,187 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 117 | Salisbury University | 34000 | 41700 | 0.1845 | 6,288 | 1250 | 0.8747 | |
| 117 | SUNY at Fredonia | 34000 | 39600 | 0.1416 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 117 | Thomas Jefferson University | 34000 | 68100 | 0.501 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8097 | |
| 121 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 35100 | 35100 | 0 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 122 | Adelphi University | 35200 | 63300 | 0.4438 | 5,325 | 1237 | 0.6591 | |
| 123 | California Lutheran University | 35300 | 70000 | 0.4959 | 2,297 | 1254 | 0.7567 | |
| 123 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 35300 | 56700 | 0.3775 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8304 | |
| 125 | Averett University | 35400 | 57200 | 0.3813 | 1,244 | 1054 | 0.5659 | |
| 126 | Christopher Newport University | 36200 | 36200 | 0 | 4,369 | 1189 | 0.8604 | |
| 126 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 36200 | 56300 | 0.357 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 128 | Loyola University Maryland | 36500 | 78800 | 0.5369 | 3,881 | 1303 | 0.7549 | |
| 128 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 36500 | 41600 | 0.1226 | 5,386 | 1050 | 0.9092 | |
| 130 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 36800 | 38900 | 0.0541 | 23,329 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 131 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 36900 | 37100 | 0.0054 | 5,939 | 1065 | 0.5878 | |
| 132 | East Carolina University | 37100 | 42700 | 0.1313 | 21,445 | 1160 | 0.8921 | |
| 133 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 37300 | 38100 | 0.021 | 2,884 | 1175 | 0.9677 | |
| 134 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 37600 | 40700 | 0.0763 | 5,086 | 1124 | 0.949 | |
| 135 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38700 | 38700 | 0 | 14,416 | 1210 | 0.8851 | |
| 136 | Rutgers University-Newark | 39800 | 57900 | 0.3125 | 7,989 | 1159 | 0.7136 | |
| 137 | Stony Brook University | 39900 | 53000 | 0.2473 | 18,263 | 1410 | 0.4904 | |
| 138 | McKendree University | 40800 | 52900 | 0.2289 | 1,757 | 1098 | 0.7172 | |
| 138 | Pace University | 40800 | 74800 | 0.4544 | 8,038 | 1260 | 0.7592 | |
| 140 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 42000 | 55200 | 0.2391 | 25,900 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 141 | Immaculata University | 42100 | 47500 | 0.1136 | 1,652 | 1245 | 0.8576 | |
| 142 | University of Mount Olive | 42300 | 50400 | 0.1608 | 1,944 | 1075 | 0.7575 | |
| 143 | Merrimack College | 43600 | 78800 | 0.4468 | 4,102 | 1115 | 0.7002 | |
| 143 | Radford University | 43600 | 45700 | 0.046 | 6,161 | 1070 | 0.8953 | |
| 145 | Mercer University | 45300 | 65400 | 0.3078 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
| 146 | University of Illinois Chicago | 45400 | 50600 | 0.1028 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 147 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 46300 | 46600 | 0.0064 | 6,139 | 1070 | 0.9052 | |
| 148 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47000 | 59700 | 0.2127 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 149 | University of Colorado Boulder | 47500 | 57700 | 0.1764 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7808 | |
| 150 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 47800 | 67900 | 0.296 | 3,965 | 1229 | 0.9121 | |
| 151 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 48000 | 55800 | 0.1398 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 152 | Drexel University | 48800 | 83900 | 0.4184 | 13,309 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 153 | DePaul University | 49200 | 66000 | 0.2547 | 14,188 | 1254 | 0.7589 | |
| 154 | University of California-Riverside | 49400 | 66000 | 0.2517 | 22,600 | 1199 | 0.7639 | |
| 155 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 49800 | 62200 | 0.1995 | 37,140 | 1406 | 0.4237 | |
| 156 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 50800 | 52900 | 0.0398 | 14,504 | 1149 | 0.7637 | |
| 157 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 51000 | 84700 | 0.398 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 158 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 53100 | 61200 | 0.1324 | 26,221 | 1204 | 0.8854 | |
| 159 | Dallas Baptist University | 56400 | 63400 | 0.1104 | 2,785 | 1109 | 0.8884 | |
| 160 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58200 | 64100 | 0.092 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 161 | Molloy University | 59700 | 62300 | 0.0418 | 3,240 | 1199 | 0.8174 | |
| 162 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 60300 | 64100 | 0.0592 | 1,236 | 1193 | 0.9811 | |
| 163 | College of Charleston | 60400 | 61200 | 0.0131 | 10,880 | 1255 | 0.6003 | |
| 164 | Thiel College | 60600 | 69100 | 0.123 | 833 | 1065 | 0.7155 | |
| 165 | Clemson University | 61500 | 63700 | 0.0331 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 166 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 63700 | 63700 | 0 | 10,200 | 1325 | 0.6507 | |
| 167 | Fordham University | 70000 | 95100 | 0.2638 | 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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