Considering a degree in Information Science/Studies?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Information Science/Studies majors who live in Virginia.
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 Virginia.
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 | Old Dominion University | 0 | 32400 | 1 | 17,504 | 1205 | 0.9135 | |
| 2 | University of Michigan-Flint | 5100 | 41300 | 0.8768 | 5,534 | 1079 | 0.6734 | |
| 3 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 5600 | 40700 | 0.8615 | 35,358 | 1448 | 0.1642 | |
| 4 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 7700 | 36100 | 0.7877 | 10,368 | 1064 | 0.999 | |
| 5 | Northwestern University | 7800 | 94200 | 0.9171 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 6 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8700 | 98000 | 0.9113 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 7 | Portland State University | 10000 | 43300 | 0.7696 | 14,932 | 1174 | 0.8586 | |
| 8 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 10400 | 41400 | 0.7494 | 3,224 | 1085 | 0.7643 | |
| 9 | Concord University | 10600 | 49200 | 0.7841 | 1,638 | 1015 | 0.9728 | |
| 10 | Savannah State University | 10700 | 50900 | 0.7901 | 2,966 | 950 | 1 | |
| 11 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 11400 | 36800 | 0.69 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 12 | Central Connecticut State University | 12500 | 34200 | 0.6342 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 13 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 12700 | 30000 | 0.5767 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 14 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 13000 | 40500 | 0.6789 | 29,727 | 990 | 0.9229 | |
| 14 | University of North Florida | 13000 | 22400 | 0.4202 | 14,837 | 1124 | 0.6815 | |
| 16 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 13100 | 19400 | 0.3248 | 14,865 | 1175 | 0.9113 | |
| 17 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 13200 | 21300 | 0.3801 | 18,667 | 1090 | 0.9711 | |
| 18 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 13300 | 40800 | 0.6743 | 6,761 | 1105 | 0.8475 | |
| 18 | University of South Florida | 13300 | 22400 | 0.4067 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 18 | Wayne State University | 13300 | 46800 | 0.7163 | 16,390 | 1183 | 0.8359 | |
| 21 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 13500 | 13500 | 0 | 1,973 | 1189 | 0.8142 | |
| 21 | University of California-Riverside | 13500 | 36500 | 0.6297 | 24,034 | 1199 | 0.8609 | |
| 23 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 61700 | 0.7781 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 24 | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | 14100 | 25700 | 0.4518 | 10,995 | 1090 | 0.7476 | |
| 25 | Coastal Carolina University | 14200 | 45300 | 0.6869 | 11,471 | 1160 | 0.7003 | |
| 25 | Valdosta State University | 14200 | 29700 | 0.5215 | 7,199 | 1005 | 0.7769 | |
| 27 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 14300 | 38200 | 0.6249 | 7,501 | 1055 | 0.9467 | |
| 28 | Mercy University | 14700 | 46400 | 0.6836 | 6,692 | 1135 | 0.8724 | |
| 29 | Wayne State College | 15000 | 30500 | 0.509 | 3,886 | 0 | 1 | |
| 30 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 15100 | 44000 | 0.6571 | 308 | 1144 | 0.9053 | |
| 31 | Jacksonville State University | 15700 | 27000 | 0.4192 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 32 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver | 16000 | 39600 | 0.5966 | 475 | 1195 | 0.9418 | |
| 33 | Christopher Newport University | 16300 | 45100 | 0.6391 | 4,369 | 1189 | 0.8604 | |
| 34 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 16500 | 27800 | 0.4069 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 34 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16500 | 64800 | 0.7456 | 22,007 | 1427 | 0.1672 | |
| 36 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 16800 | 28100 | 0.4019 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 37 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 16900 | 26600 | 0.365 | 7,747 | 1073 | 0.9617 | |
| 38 | Southern University at New Orleans | 17000 | 42000 | 0.5948 | 2,179 | 950 | 0.789 | |
| 39 | SUNY at Fredonia | 17100 | 27800 | 0.3854 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 40 | College of Charleston | 17200 | 33900 | 0.4931 | 10,596 | 1234 | 0.73 | |
| 40 | Emporia State University | 17200 | 31200 | 0.4489 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 40 | Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi | 17200 | 28900 | 0.4054 | 8,673 | 1095 | 0.9156 | |
| 43 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 17300 | 44200 | 0.6093 | 1,829 | 1149 | 0.945 | |
| 44 | Texas A&M University-Victoria | 17500 | 46500 | 0.6232 | 2,627 | 1000 | 0.5253 | |
| 44 | University of Kentucky | 17500 | 37300 | 0.5317 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 46 | East Carolina University | 17600 | 26100 | 0.3256 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 46 | State University of New York at Oswego | 17600 | 27700 | 0.3645 | 5,293 | 1179 | 0.7989 | |
| 48 | Morgan State University | 17800 | 42200 | 0.5786 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 48 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 17800 | 44000 | 0.5951 | 586 | 1140 | 0.9577 | |
| 48 | University of South Alabama | 17800 | 40200 | 0.5578 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 51 | Radford University | 17900 | 33100 | 0.4607 | 6,206 | 1050 | 0.8939 | |
| 52 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 18000 | 95700 | 0.8116 | 711 | 1030 | 0.8214 | |
| 53 | Kennesaw State University | 18100 | 26700 | 0.322 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 54 | San Jose State University | 18200 | 41100 | 0.5567 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 55 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18900 | 54000 | 0.6497 | 3,991 | 1010 | 0.9654 | |
| 56 | Norwich University | 19100 | 100600 | 0.8104 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 56 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Schuylkill | 19100 | 32900 | 0.42 | 653 | 1145 | 0.7972 | |
| 58 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 19500 | 40900 | 0.5238 | 1,078 | 1217 | 0.9646 | |
| 59 | Fairmont State University | 19600 | 30900 | 0.3656 | 3,090 | 970 | 0.9862 | |
| 60 | Coppin State University | 20100 | 27600 | 0.272 | 1,908 | 950 | 0.4583 | |
| 61 | Rowan University | 20300 | 41300 | 0.5088 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 61 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20300 | 57800 | 0.6485 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 63 | Dakota State University | 20400 | 22500 | 0.0912 | 3,085 | 1174 | 0.9241 | |
| 63 | Syracuse University | 20400 | 83600 | 0.756 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 65 | Grove City College | 20500 | 39700 | 0.4842 | 2,247 | 1248 | 0.667 | |
| 65 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 20500 | 57800 | 0.6451 | 1,109 | 1175 | 0.9088 | |
| 65 | Stockton University | 20500 | 46100 | 0.5555 | 7,583 | 1134 | 0.901 | |
| 68 | Thiel College | 21100 | 69100 | 0.6945 | 830 | 1065 | 0.7189 | |
| 69 | Alabama State University | 21400 | 43200 | 0.5034 | 3,521 | 945 | 0.9755 | |
| 69 | Grambling State University | 21400 | 40500 | 0.4718 | 4,313 | 950 | 0.4486 | |
| 69 | Luther College | 21400 | 75400 | 0.7164 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.8398 | |
| 69 | Salisbury University | 21400 | 29300 | 0.2697 | 6,477 | 1245 | 0.8826 | |
| 69 | Texas Southern University | 21400 | 38900 | 0.4499 | 6,844 | 915 | 0.9691 | |
| 69 | University of North Georgia | 21400 | 21400 | 0 | 19,321 | 1100 | 0.9618 | |
| 75 | Boston College | 21700 | 97700 | 0.7782 | 9,677 | 1484 | 0.1422 | |
| 76 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 21900 | 39100 | 0.4402 | 2,907 | 1125 | 0.4696 | |
| 76 | Grand Valley State University | 21900 | 36600 | 0.4014 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 78 | Lincoln University | 22100 | 24900 | 0.1124 | 1,926 | 920 | 0 | |
| 78 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 22100 | 38100 | 0.4199 | 2,710 | 1218 | 0.9374 | |
| 80 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 22500 | 42000 | 0.4648 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 80 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 22500 | 29900 | 0.2479 | 21,469 | 1167 | 0.9061 | |
| 82 | Houghton University | 22600 | 60900 | 0.6285 | 958 | 1277 | 0.89 | |
| 83 | Pennsylvania Western University | 23000 | 34400 | 0.3311 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 83 | Robert Morris University | 23000 | 58000 | 0.6031 | 4,325 | 1145 | 0.8989 | |
| 85 | Florida Memorial University | 23200 | 51000 | 0.5446 | 1,206 | 0 | 0.8526 | |
| 86 | Columbia College | 23600 | 38700 | 0.3898 | 876 | 1025 | 0.8878 | |
| 87 | Lamar University | 23700 | 37900 | 0.3743 | 8,387 | 1040 | 0.8353 | |
| 88 | Dominican University | 23900 | 56000 | 0.573 | 2,642 | 1005 | 0.8879 | |
| 88 | University of North Texas | 23900 | 26200 | 0.0879 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 90 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 24000 | 47900 | 0.4985 | 2,280 | 1224 | 0.9675 | |
| 91 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 24200 | 40400 | 0.4012 | 21,388 | 1369 | 0.5945 | |
| 92 | Fort Hays State University | 24700 | 28500 | 0.1331 | 10,172 | 1075 | 0.9026 | |
| 93 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 25000 | 36900 | 0.3228 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 94 | Loyola University Maryland | 25800 | 78800 | 0.6727 | 4,013 | 1329 | 0.6986 | |
| 94 | Northwood University | 25800 | 54500 | 0.5271 | 2,045 | 1055 | 0.6451 | |
| 94 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 25800 | 54300 | 0.5245 | 5,939 | 1065 | 0.5878 | |
| 97 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 25900 | 28300 | 0.0847 | 3,375 | 1090 | 0.5885 | |
| 97 | West Virginia Wesleyan College | 25900 | 53800 | 0.5189 | 971 | 1030 | 0.9334 | |
| 99 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 26000 | 28400 | 0.0842 | 14,834 | 1149 | 0.7803 | |
| 100 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 26100 | 49600 | 0.4735 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 100 | University of Akron Main Campus | 26100 | 28000 | 0.0677 | 11,691 | 1074 | 0.7722 | |
| 102 | Central College | 26300 | 38700 | 0.3204 | 1,050 | 1159 | 0.8698 | |
| 103 | Bemidji State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 3,751 | 1075 | 0.5598 | |
| 103 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 26400 | 40600 | 0.3495 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 105 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 27100 | 63100 | 0.5701 | 1,495 | 1075 | 0.8761 | |
| 106 | Bethune-Cookman University | 28700 | 32300 | 0.1113 | 2,739 | 910 | 0.8824 | |
| 107 | Clemson University | 28900 | 37100 | 0.2207 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 108 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 29300 | 33000 | 0.112 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 109 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29400 | 33000 | 0.109 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 110 | California Lutheran University | 29600 | 71700 | 0.5874 | 2,160 | 1218 | 0.7631 | |
| 110 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 29600 | 31000 | 0.0452 | 11,087 | 1326 | 0.7397 | |
| 112 | Saint Xavier University | 29800 | 58200 | 0.4877 | 3,100 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 112 | Thomas Jefferson University | 29800 | 70000 | 0.574 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 114 | Towson University | 30100 | 30200 | 0.0033 | 16,361 | 1082 | 0.8057 | |
| 115 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30400 | 54600 | 0.4432 | 3,120 | 1193 | 0.3992 | |
| 116 | University of Toledo | 30600 | 42000 | 0.2715 | 10,726 | 1134 | 0.8889 | |
| 117 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 2,082 | 1124 | 0.9576 | |
| 118 | Suffolk University | 31000 | 83500 | 0.6288 | 4,247 | 1209 | 0.8228 | |
| 119 | Angelo State University | 31500 | 35400 | 0.1101 | 10,103 | 1045 | 0.7981 | |
| 120 | Cleveland State University | 31700 | 32100 | 0.0125 | 9,418 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 120 | Hampton University | 31700 | 54800 | 0.4218 | 4,046 | 1005 | 0.6358 | |
| 120 | Immaculata University | 31700 | 48600 | 0.3478 | 1,889 | 1264 | 0.8656 | |
| 123 | Westfield State University | 31900 | 37600 | 0.1516 | 3,868 | 1105 | 0.8671 | |
| 124 | Northern Kentucky University | 32000 | 32100 | 0.0031 | 10,136 | 1110 | 0.9666 | |
| 124 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32000 | 35200 | 0.0908 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 126 | University of Scranton | 32300 | 78700 | 0.5893 | 3,689 | 1245 | 0.8006 | |
| 127 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 17,556 | 1090 | 0.5386 | |
| 128 | Harding University | 33400 | 47800 | 0.3012 | 3,536 | 1184 | 0.7052 | |
| 129 | Elizabethtown College | 33600 | 57500 | 0.4154 | 1,935 | 1214 | 0.8892 | |
| 130 | Pace University | 33800 | 75700 | 0.5538 | 5,520 | 1273 | 0.7827 | |
| 131 | Charleston Southern University | 34100 | 48400 | 0.2971 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 132 | George Washington University | 34400 | 81800 | 0.5796 | 11,495 | 1436 | 0.4713 | |
| 133 | Adelphi University | 34900 | 63300 | 0.4484 | 5,097 | 1241 | 0.7215 | |
| 134 | Averett University | 35000 | 56800 | 0.3832 | 1,244 | 1054 | 0.5659 | |
| 135 | Bradley University | 35400 | 60600 | 0.4157 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 136 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 35900 | 56300 | 0.3622 | 5,687 | 1305 | 0.7863 | |
| 137 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 36000 | 39700 | 0.0932 | 4,789 | 1040 | 0.6671 | |
| 138 | James Madison University | 36900 | 45000 | 0.1799 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 139 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 37300 | 40700 | 0.0834 | 3,893 | 1015 | 0.9839 | |
| 140 | Frostburg State University | 37500 | 42500 | 0.1176 | 3,436 | 1095 | 0.907 | |
| 141 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 37700 | 40100 | 0.0598 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 142 | Drexel University | 39600 | 86400 | 0.5417 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 142 | Stony Brook University | 39600 | 53000 | 0.2527 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 144 | Elmhurst University | 40200 | 69600 | 0.4222 | 3,170 | 1133 | 0.7501 | |
| 144 | Saint Michael's College | 40200 | 75800 | 0.4696 | 1,051 | 1280 | 0.8976 | |
| 144 | University of Illinois Chicago | 40200 | 51400 | 0.2181 | 24,260 | 1174 | 0.7576 | |
| 147 | McKendree University | 40500 | 52900 | 0.2343 | 1,757 | 1098 | 0.7172 | |
| 148 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 42000 | 43400 | 0.0322 | 9,827 | 1329 | 0.6737 | |
| 148 | University of Mount Olive | 42000 | 50400 | 0.1666 | 1,944 | 1075 | 0.7575 | |
| 150 | University of Maryland-College Park | 42900 | 58600 | 0.2679 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 151 | Furman University | 43100 | 84700 | 0.4914 | 2,304 | 1372 | 0.4869 | |
| 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 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 44000 | 71800 | 0.3872 | 4,182 | 1317 | 0.8783 | |
| 155 | Mercer University | 45600 | 65400 | 0.3031 | 4,719 | 1263 | 0.643 | |
| 156 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47100 | 61500 | 0.234 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 157 | Molloy University | 47600 | 62300 | 0.2361 | 3,396 | 1188 | 0.6633 | |
| 158 | DePaul University | 49000 | 69400 | 0.2938 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 159 | Rutgers University-Newark | 49500 | 61200 | 0.1911 | 7,989 | 1159 | 0.7136 | |
| 160 | Ramapo College of New Jersey | 49800 | 63100 | 0.2108 | 5,492 | 1210 | 0.7026 | |
| 161 | SUNY Brockport | 51200 | 51300 | 0.0019 | 5,816 | 1195 | 0.7068 | |
| 162 | University of Utah | 51300 | 53700 | 0.0446 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 163 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 54900 | 68800 | 0.2022 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 164 | University of Colorado Boulder | 55400 | 70900 | 0.2186 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7809 | |
| 165 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 58800 | 61200 | 0.0391 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 166 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 60300 | 60300 | 0 | 504 | 1200 | 0.9095 | |
| 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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