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 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 5900 | 40700 | 0.8541 | 35,358 | 1448 | 0.1642 | |
| 2 | University of Michigan-Flint | 6300 | 43600 | 0.8557 | 5,534 | 1079 | 0.6734 | |
| 3 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 7000 | 41500 | 0.8321 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 4 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 7900 | 36100 | 0.7821 | 10,368 | 1064 | 0.999 | |
| 4 | Northwestern University | 7900 | 94200 | 0.916 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 6 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8700 | 98000 | 0.9113 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 7 | Lamar University | 9400 | 22900 | 0.5888 | 8,387 | 1040 | 0.8353 | |
| 8 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 9700 | 41400 | 0.7663 | 3,224 | 1085 | 0.7643 | |
| 9 | Savannah State University | 10100 | 50900 | 0.8019 | 2,966 | 950 | 1 | |
| 10 | Portland State University | 10300 | 43300 | 0.7627 | 14,932 | 1174 | 0.8586 | |
| 11 | Fairmont State University | 10600 | 21600 | 0.5084 | 3,090 | 970 | 0.9862 | |
| 12 | Concord University | 10900 | 49200 | 0.778 | 1,638 | 1015 | 0.9728 | |
| 13 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 11400 | 36800 | 0.69 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 14 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 11500 | 27800 | 0.5858 | 22,007 | 1427 | 0.1672 | |
| 15 | University of Illinois Chicago | 11900 | 30200 | 0.6063 | 24,260 | 1174 | 0.7576 | |
| 16 | Greenville Technical College | 12700 | 23700 | 0.4642 | 11,999 | 0 | 1 | |
| 17 | Fort Hays State University | 13000 | 19900 | 0.3473 | 10,172 | 1075 | 0.9026 | |
| 18 | University of North Florida | 13200 | 22400 | 0.4112 | 14,837 | 1124 | 0.6815 | |
| 19 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 13300 | 27100 | 0.5085 | 29,727 | 990 | 0.9229 | |
| 20 | Central Connecticut State University | 13500 | 34200 | 0.605 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 20 | Wayne State University | 13500 | 46800 | 0.712 | 16,390 | 1183 | 0.8359 | |
| 22 | Coastal Carolina University | 13600 | 45300 | 0.7001 | 11,471 | 1160 | 0.7003 | |
| 22 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 13600 | 40800 | 0.6669 | 6,761 | 1105 | 0.8475 | |
| 22 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 13600 | 21300 | 0.3614 | 18,667 | 1090 | 0.9711 | |
| 25 | University of California-Riverside | 13700 | 36500 | 0.6242 | 24,034 | 1199 | 0.8609 | |
| 25 | University of South Florida | 13700 | 22400 | 0.3888 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 25 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 61700 | 0.7781 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 28 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 14000 | 26800 | 0.4797 | 4,789 | 1040 | 0.6671 | |
| 29 | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | 14400 | 25700 | 0.4401 | 10,995 | 1090 | 0.7476 | |
| 29 | Valdosta State University | 14400 | 29700 | 0.5148 | 7,199 | 1005 | 0.7769 | |
| 31 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 14600 | 38200 | 0.617 | 7,501 | 1055 | 0.9467 | |
| 32 | Mercy University | 14700 | 46400 | 0.6836 | 6,692 | 1135 | 0.8724 | |
| 33 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 14800 | 41400 | 0.6427 | 504 | 1200 | 0.9095 | |
| 34 | Wayne State College | 15200 | 30500 | 0.5024 | 3,886 | 0 | 1 | |
| 35 | Coppin State University | 15400 | 25300 | 0.3908 | 1,908 | 950 | 0.4583 | |
| 36 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 15500 | 44000 | 0.648 | 308 | 1144 | 0.9053 | |
| 37 | Christopher Newport University | 15700 | 45100 | 0.6523 | 4,369 | 1189 | 0.8604 | |
| 38 | Jacksonville State University | 15800 | 27000 | 0.4155 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 39 | Boston College | 16300 | 97700 | 0.8335 | 9,677 | 1484 | 0.1422 | |
| 40 | Frostburg State University | 16400 | 26600 | 0.3832 | 3,436 | 1095 | 0.907 | |
| 41 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 16500 | 23400 | 0.2952 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 42 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 17100 | 28100 | 0.3913 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 43 | Southern University at New Orleans | 17200 | 42000 | 0.5901 | 2,179 | 950 | 0.789 | |
| 43 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 17200 | 26600 | 0.3537 | 7,747 | 1073 | 0.9617 | |
| 45 | Emporia State University | 17500 | 31200 | 0.4392 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 45 | Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi | 17500 | 20700 | 0.1546 | 8,673 | 1095 | 0.9156 | |
| 45 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 17500 | 44200 | 0.6047 | 1,829 | 1149 | 0.945 | |
| 48 | University of South Alabama | 17600 | 22400 | 0.2147 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 49 | Texas A&M University-Victoria | 17700 | 46500 | 0.6189 | 2,627 | 1000 | 0.5253 | |
| 50 | James Madison University | 17900 | 28900 | 0.3805 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 51 | Morgan State University | 18000 | 42200 | 0.5739 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 52 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 18100 | 44000 | 0.5883 | 586 | 1140 | 0.9577 | |
| 53 | Kennesaw State University | 18200 | 26700 | 0.3183 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 53 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 18200 | 95700 | 0.8095 | 711 | 1030 | 0.8214 | |
| 55 | San Jose State University | 18400 | 41100 | 0.5518 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 56 | SUNY Brockport | 18500 | 26200 | 0.2934 | 5,816 | 1195 | 0.7068 | |
| 57 | Ramapo College of New Jersey | 18900 | 36700 | 0.4844 | 5,492 | 1210 | 0.7026 | |
| 58 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 19200 | 54000 | 0.6441 | 3,991 | 1010 | 0.9654 | |
| 59 | Norwich University | 19400 | 100600 | 0.8075 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 59 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Schuylkill | 19400 | 32900 | 0.4109 | 653 | 1145 | 0.7972 | |
| 59 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 19400 | 38900 | 0.5008 | 1,973 | 1189 | 0.8142 | |
| 62 | State University of New York at Oswego | 19900 | 40200 | 0.5051 | 5,293 | 1179 | 0.7989 | |
| 63 | SUNY at Fredonia | 20100 | 53600 | 0.6248 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 64 | Stockton University | 20200 | 32100 | 0.3705 | 7,583 | 1134 | 0.901 | |
| 64 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 20200 | 39000 | 0.4822 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 66 | Syracuse University | 20400 | 83600 | 0.756 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 67 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 20500 | 57800 | 0.6451 | 1,109 | 1175 | 0.9088 | |
| 67 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20500 | 57800 | 0.6451 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 69 | College of Charleston | 20600 | 33900 | 0.3927 | 10,596 | 1234 | 0.73 | |
| 69 | Grove City College | 20600 | 39700 | 0.4817 | 2,247 | 1248 | 0.667 | |
| 71 | Tarleton State University | 21000 | 23000 | 0.087 | 17,556 | 1090 | 0.5386 | |
| 72 | Lincoln University | 21100 | 46500 | 0.5467 | 1,926 | 920 | 0 | |
| 73 | Thiel College | 21300 | 69100 | 0.6916 | 830 | 1065 | 0.7189 | |
| 74 | Alabama State University | 21400 | 43200 | 0.5041 | 3,521 | 945 | 0.9755 | |
| 74 | Luther College | 21400 | 75400 | 0.7164 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.8398 | |
| 74 | Salisbury University | 21400 | 29300 | 0.2697 | 6,477 | 1245 | 0.8826 | |
| 74 | Texas Southern University | 21400 | 38900 | 0.4499 | 6,844 | 915 | 0.9691 | |
| 74 | University of North Georgia | 21400 | 21400 | 0 | 19,321 | 1100 | 0.9618 | |
| 79 | Grambling State University | 21500 | 40500 | 0.4694 | 4,313 | 950 | 0.4486 | |
| 80 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 80 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 21800 | 49600 | 0.5601 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 82 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 21900 | 39100 | 0.4402 | 2,907 | 1125 | 0.4696 | |
| 82 | Grand Valley State University | 21900 | 36600 | 0.4014 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 84 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 22500 | 38100 | 0.4094 | 2,710 | 1218 | 0.9374 | |
| 85 | Houghton University | 22600 | 60900 | 0.6285 | 958 | 1277 | 0.89 | |
| 85 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 22600 | 42000 | 0.4624 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 87 | Robert Morris University | 23000 | 58000 | 0.6031 | 4,325 | 1145 | 0.8989 | |
| 88 | Dakota State University | 23100 | 25600 | 0.0977 | 3,085 | 1174 | 0.9241 | |
| 89 | Pennsylvania Western University | 23200 | 34400 | 0.3253 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 90 | Florida Memorial University | 23300 | 51000 | 0.5426 | 1,206 | 0 | 0.8526 | |
| 91 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 23400 | 26200 | 0.1047 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 92 | Columbia College | 23600 | 38700 | 0.3898 | 876 | 1025 | 0.8878 | |
| 93 | Dominican University | 23900 | 56000 | 0.573 | 2,642 | 1005 | 0.8879 | |
| 94 | University of North Texas | 24200 | 26200 | 0.0765 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 95 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 24300 | 47900 | 0.4923 | 2,280 | 1224 | 0.9675 | |
| 96 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 25200 | 36900 | 0.3174 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 97 | Northwood University | 25800 | 54500 | 0.5271 | 2,045 | 1055 | 0.6451 | |
| 98 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 25900 | 28300 | 0.0847 | 3,375 | 1090 | 0.5885 | |
| 98 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 25900 | 54300 | 0.5227 | 5,939 | 1065 | 0.5878 | |
| 98 | West Virginia Wesleyan College | 25900 | 53800 | 0.5189 | 971 | 1030 | 0.9334 | |
| 101 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 26000 | 28400 | 0.0842 | 14,834 | 1149 | 0.7803 | |
| 101 | Loyola University Maryland | 26000 | 78800 | 0.6701 | 4,013 | 1329 | 0.6986 | |
| 103 | Bemidji State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 3,751 | 1075 | 0.5598 | |
| 103 | Central College | 26400 | 38700 | 0.3178 | 1,050 | 1159 | 0.8698 | |
| 105 | Clemson University | 26700 | 37100 | 0.28 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 106 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 27100 | 63100 | 0.5701 | 1,495 | 1075 | 0.8761 | |
| 107 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28500 | 36400 | 0.2172 | 11,691 | 1074 | 0.7722 | |
| 108 | Bethune-Cookman University | 28600 | 32300 | 0.1144 | 2,739 | 910 | 0.8824 | |
| 108 | University of Utah | 28600 | 32000 | 0.1061 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 110 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 29300 | 33000 | 0.112 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 111 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 29600 | 31000 | 0.0452 | 11,087 | 1326 | 0.7397 | |
| 112 | California Lutheran University | 29800 | 71700 | 0.5846 | 2,160 | 1218 | 0.7631 | |
| 113 | Saint Xavier University | 30100 | 58200 | 0.4825 | 3,100 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 113 | Thomas Jefferson University | 30100 | 70000 | 0.5697 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 113 | Towson University | 30100 | 30200 | 0.0033 | 16,361 | 1082 | 0.8057 | |
| 116 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30400 | 54600 | 0.4432 | 3,120 | 1193 | 0.3992 | |
| 117 | University of Toledo | 30600 | 42000 | 0.2715 | 10,726 | 1134 | 0.8889 | |
| 118 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 30700 | 36900 | 0.1691 | 5,687 | 1305 | 0.7863 | |
| 119 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 2,082 | 1124 | 0.9576 | |
| 120 | Suffolk University | 31200 | 83500 | 0.6264 | 4,247 | 1209 | 0.8228 | |
| 121 | Charleston Southern University | 31300 | 48400 | 0.3549 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 122 | Angelo State University | 31500 | 35400 | 0.1101 | 10,103 | 1045 | 0.7981 | |
| 123 | Hampton University | 31600 | 54800 | 0.4233 | 4,046 | 1005 | 0.6358 | |
| 124 | Cleveland State University | 31700 | 32100 | 0.0125 | 9,418 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 124 | Immaculata University | 31700 | 48600 | 0.3478 | 1,889 | 1264 | 0.8656 | |
| 126 | Northern Kentucky University | 32000 | 32100 | 0.0031 | 10,136 | 1110 | 0.9666 | |
| 126 | Westfield State University | 32000 | 37600 | 0.149 | 3,868 | 1105 | 0.8671 | |
| 128 | University of Kentucky | 32300 | 37300 | 0.1339 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 128 | University of Scranton | 32300 | 78700 | 0.5893 | 3,689 | 1245 | 0.8006 | |
| 130 | Harding University | 33400 | 47800 | 0.3012 | 3,536 | 1184 | 0.7052 | |
| 131 | Elizabethtown College | 33700 | 57500 | 0.4137 | 1,935 | 1214 | 0.8892 | |
| 132 | Pace University | 33900 | 75700 | 0.5525 | 5,520 | 1273 | 0.7827 | |
| 133 | George Washington University | 34400 | 81800 | 0.5796 | 11,495 | 1436 | 0.4713 | |
| 134 | Averett University | 34600 | 57600 | 0.3994 | 1,244 | 1054 | 0.5659 | |
| 135 | Adelphi University | 34900 | 63300 | 0.4484 | 5,097 | 1241 | 0.7215 | |
| 136 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 35200 | 35200 | 0 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 137 | Bradley University | 35600 | 60600 | 0.4124 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 138 | East Carolina University | 36800 | 42700 | 0.1381 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 139 | Rowan University | 37000 | 53600 | 0.3095 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 140 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 37300 | 40700 | 0.0834 | 3,893 | 1015 | 0.9839 | |
| 141 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38800 | 38800 | 0 | 14,865 | 1175 | 0.9113 | |
| 142 | Stony Brook University | 39600 | 53000 | 0.2527 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 143 | Drexel University | 39900 | 86400 | 0.5382 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 144 | Furman University | 40000 | 82000 | 0.5118 | 2,304 | 1372 | 0.4869 | |
| 145 | Elmhurst University | 40100 | 69600 | 0.4236 | 3,170 | 1133 | 0.7501 | |
| 145 | Saint Michael's College | 40100 | 75800 | 0.4709 | 1,051 | 1280 | 0.8976 | |
| 147 | McKendree University | 40500 | 52900 | 0.2343 | 1,757 | 1098 | 0.7172 | |
| 148 | University of Mount Olive | 42000 | 50400 | 0.1666 | 1,944 | 1075 | 0.7575 | |
| 148 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 42000 | 55300 | 0.2407 | 21,388 | 1369 | 0.5945 | |
| 150 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 42400 | 43400 | 0.023 | 9,827 | 1329 | 0.6737 | |
| 151 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43200 | 58600 | 0.2628 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 152 | Merrimack College | 43400 | 78800 | 0.4492 | 4,123 | 1124 | 0.6927 | |
| 152 | Western Oregon University | 43400 | 43400 | 0 | 3,034 | 1120 | 0.8345 | |
| 154 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 43500 | 53400 | 0.1855 | 21,469 | 1167 | 0.9061 | |
| 155 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 43900 | 71800 | 0.3886 | 4,182 | 1317 | 0.8783 | |
| 156 | Radford University | 45200 | 47600 | 0.0503 | 6,206 | 1050 | 0.8939 | |
| 157 | Mercer University | 45600 | 65400 | 0.3031 | 4,719 | 1263 | 0.643 | |
| 158 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47100 | 61500 | 0.234 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 159 | Molloy University | 47600 | 62300 | 0.2361 | 3,396 | 1188 | 0.6633 | |
| 160 | DePaul University | 49100 | 69400 | 0.2923 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 161 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 49400 | 58800 | 0.1599 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 162 | Rutgers University-Newark | 49500 | 61200 | 0.1911 | 7,989 | 1159 | 0.7136 | |
| 163 | University of Colorado Boulder | 55400 | 70900 | 0.2189 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7809 | |
| 164 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58300 | 63700 | 0.0848 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 165 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 60700 | 63700 | 0.0471 | 1,078 | 1217 | 0.9646 | |
| 166 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver | 64000 | 64000 | 0 | 475 | 1195 | 0.9418 | |
| 167 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 64200 | 64200 | 0 | 1,709 | 1218 | 0.9653 | |
| 168 | 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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