Considering a degree in Information Science/Studies?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Information Science/Studies majors who live in Alabama.
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 Alabama.
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 | 5500 | 41300 | 0.8671 | 5,534 | 1079 | 0.6734 | |
| 2 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 7900 | 36100 | 0.7821 | 10,368 | 1064 | 0.999 | |
| 3 | Northern Kentucky University | 8000 | 25900 | 0.692 | 10,136 | 1110 | 0.9666 | |
| 3 | Northwestern University | 8000 | 94200 | 0.915 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 5 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8700 | 98000 | 0.9113 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 6 | Lamar University | 9600 | 22900 | 0.5801 | 8,387 | 1040 | 0.8353 | |
| 7 | Portland State University | 9900 | 26100 | 0.6215 | 14,932 | 1174 | 0.8586 | |
| 8 | Savannah State University | 10200 | 50900 | 0.7999 | 2,966 | 950 | 1 | |
| 9 | Concord University | 10800 | 49200 | 0.78 | 1,638 | 1015 | 0.9728 | |
| 9 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 10800 | 41400 | 0.7397 | 3,224 | 1085 | 0.7643 | |
| 11 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 11400 | 36800 | 0.69 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 12 | Fort Hays State University | 13000 | 19900 | 0.3473 | 10,172 | 1075 | 0.9026 | |
| 13 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 13200 | 30000 | 0.5601 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 14 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 13400 | 27100 | 0.5048 | 29,727 | 990 | 0.9229 | |
| 15 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 13500 | 13500 | 0 | 1,973 | 1189 | 0.8142 | |
| 15 | Wayne State University | 13500 | 46800 | 0.712 | 16,390 | 1183 | 0.8359 | |
| 17 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 13600 | 19400 | 0.299 | 14,865 | 1175 | 0.9113 | |
| 17 | University of North Florida | 13600 | 22400 | 0.3933 | 14,837 | 1124 | 0.6815 | |
| 19 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 13700 | 40800 | 0.6644 | 6,761 | 1105 | 0.8475 | |
| 19 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 61700 | 0.7781 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 21 | University of South Florida | 13800 | 22400 | 0.3843 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 21 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 13800 | 21300 | 0.352 | 18,667 | 1090 | 0.9711 | |
| 23 | University of North Georgia | 14400 | 21400 | 0.3271 | 19,321 | 1100 | 0.9618 | |
| 23 | Valdosta State University | 14400 | 29700 | 0.5148 | 7,199 | 1005 | 0.7769 | |
| 25 | Coastal Carolina University | 14500 | 45300 | 0.6802 | 11,471 | 1160 | 0.7003 | |
| 25 | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | 14500 | 25700 | 0.4362 | 10,995 | 1090 | 0.7476 | |
| 27 | University of North Alabama | 14600 | 37300 | 0.6087 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 28 | Mercy University | 14700 | 46400 | 0.6836 | 6,692 | 1135 | 0.8724 | |
| 28 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 14700 | 38200 | 0.6144 | 7,501 | 1055 | 0.9467 | |
| 30 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 14800 | 41400 | 0.6427 | 504 | 1200 | 0.9095 | |
| 31 | University of California-Riverside | 15000 | 66100 | 0.7734 | 24,034 | 1199 | 0.8609 | |
| 32 | Wayne State College | 15300 | 30500 | 0.4992 | 3,886 | 0 | 1 | |
| 33 | Jacksonville State University | 15700 | 27000 | 0.4198 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 33 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 15700 | 44000 | 0.6435 | 308 | 1144 | 0.9053 | |
| 35 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver | 16100 | 39600 | 0.594 | 475 | 1195 | 0.9418 | |
| 36 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16500 | 64800 | 0.7456 | 22,007 | 1427 | 0.1672 | |
| 37 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 16800 | 27800 | 0.3961 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 38 | Morgan State University | 16900 | 30700 | 0.449 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 39 | SUNY at Fredonia | 17100 | 27800 | 0.3854 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 40 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 17200 | 28100 | 0.3877 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 41 | Radford University | 17300 | 33100 | 0.4767 | 6,206 | 1050 | 0.8939 | |
| 41 | Southern University at New Orleans | 17300 | 42000 | 0.5877 | 2,179 | 950 | 0.789 | |
| 43 | College of Charleston | 17500 | 33900 | 0.4843 | 10,596 | 1234 | 0.73 | |
| 43 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 17500 | 36400 | 0.5186 | 2,710 | 1218 | 0.9374 | |
| 45 | East Carolina University | 17600 | 26100 | 0.3256 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 45 | Emporia State University | 17600 | 31200 | 0.436 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 47 | Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi | 17700 | 28900 | 0.3881 | 8,673 | 1095 | 0.9156 | |
| 47 | Texas A&M University-Victoria | 17700 | 46500 | 0.6189 | 2,627 | 1000 | 0.5253 | |
| 47 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 17700 | 44200 | 0.6002 | 1,829 | 1149 | 0.945 | |
| 50 | University of South Alabama | 17800 | 40200 | 0.5578 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 51 | University of Kentucky | 17900 | 37300 | 0.5201 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 52 | Angelo State University | 18200 | 23100 | 0.2117 | 10,103 | 1045 | 0.7981 | |
| 53 | Kennesaw State University | 18300 | 26700 | 0.3145 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 53 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 18300 | 95700 | 0.8084 | 711 | 1030 | 0.8214 | |
| 53 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 18300 | 44000 | 0.5837 | 586 | 1140 | 0.9577 | |
| 56 | Rutgers University-Newark | 18400 | 39200 | 0.5311 | 7,989 | 1159 | 0.7136 | |
| 57 | San Jose State University | 18500 | 41100 | 0.5494 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 58 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18800 | 54000 | 0.6515 | 3,991 | 1010 | 0.9654 | |
| 59 | Fairmont State University | 19500 | 30900 | 0.3689 | 3,090 | 970 | 0.9862 | |
| 59 | Norwich University | 19500 | 100600 | 0.8065 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 61 | State University of New York at Oswego | 19900 | 40200 | 0.5051 | 5,293 | 1179 | 0.7989 | |
| 62 | Coppin State University | 20000 | 27600 | 0.2756 | 1,908 | 950 | 0.4583 | |
| 63 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20400 | 57800 | 0.6468 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 63 | Syracuse University | 20400 | 83600 | 0.756 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 65 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 20500 | 57800 | 0.6451 | 1,109 | 1175 | 0.9088 | |
| 66 | Alabama State University | 20700 | 43200 | 0.522 | 3,521 | 945 | 0.9755 | |
| 66 | Grove City College | 20700 | 39700 | 0.4792 | 2,247 | 1248 | 0.667 | |
| 66 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Schuylkill | 20700 | 45300 | 0.5428 | 653 | 1145 | 0.7972 | |
| 69 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 20900 | 40100 | 0.4789 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 70 | Stockton University | 21200 | 46100 | 0.5403 | 7,583 | 1134 | 0.901 | |
| 71 | Thiel College | 21300 | 69100 | 0.6916 | 830 | 1065 | 0.7189 | |
| 72 | Luther College | 21400 | 75400 | 0.7164 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.8398 | |
| 73 | Grambling State University | 21500 | 40500 | 0.4694 | 4,313 | 950 | 0.4486 | |
| 74 | Boston College | 21700 | 97700 | 0.7782 | 9,677 | 1484 | 0.1422 | |
| 75 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 21900 | 39100 | 0.4402 | 2,907 | 1125 | 0.4696 | |
| 75 | Grand Valley State University | 21900 | 36600 | 0.4014 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 77 | Lincoln University | 22100 | 24900 | 0.1124 | 1,926 | 920 | 0 | |
| 78 | Texas Southern University | 22300 | 25500 | 0.1257 | 6,844 | 915 | 0.9691 | |
| 79 | Houghton University | 22600 | 60900 | 0.6285 | 958 | 1277 | 0.89 | |
| 80 | Robert Morris University | 23000 | 58000 | 0.6031 | 4,325 | 1145 | 0.8989 | |
| 81 | Dakota State University | 23100 | 25600 | 0.0977 | 3,085 | 1174 | 0.9241 | |
| 82 | Troy University | 23200 | 34700 | 0.3314 | 10,130 | 1075 | 0.9535 | |
| 83 | Christopher Newport University | 23300 | 45100 | 0.4837 | 4,369 | 1189 | 0.8604 | |
| 83 | Florida Memorial University | 23300 | 51000 | 0.5426 | 1,206 | 0 | 0.8526 | |
| 83 | Pennsylvania Western University | 23300 | 34400 | 0.3224 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 86 | Columbia College | 23500 | 38700 | 0.3924 | 876 | 1025 | 0.8878 | |
| 87 | Dominican University | 23900 | 56000 | 0.573 | 2,642 | 1005 | 0.8879 | |
| 88 | University of North Texas | 24300 | 26200 | 0.0726 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 89 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 24400 | 47900 | 0.4902 | 2,280 | 1224 | 0.9675 | |
| 90 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 25000 | 40400 | 0.3814 | 21,388 | 1369 | 0.5945 | |
| 91 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 25400 | 36900 | 0.312 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 92 | Northwood University | 25800 | 54500 | 0.5271 | 2,045 | 1055 | 0.6451 | |
| 93 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 25900 | 28300 | 0.0847 | 3,375 | 1090 | 0.5885 | |
| 93 | West Virginia Wesleyan College | 25900 | 53800 | 0.5189 | 971 | 1030 | 0.9334 | |
| 95 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 26000 | 28400 | 0.0842 | 14,834 | 1149 | 0.7803 | |
| 95 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 26000 | 54300 | 0.5208 | 5,939 | 1065 | 0.5878 | |
| 97 | Loyola University Maryland | 26100 | 78800 | 0.6689 | 4,013 | 1329 | 0.6986 | |
| 98 | Bemidji State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 3,751 | 1075 | 0.5598 | |
| 98 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 26400 | 49600 | 0.4674 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 100 | Central College | 26500 | 38700 | 0.3152 | 1,050 | 1159 | 0.8698 | |
| 101 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 26900 | 40600 | 0.3372 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 102 | Cleveland State University | 27100 | 38600 | 0.2981 | 9,418 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 102 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 27100 | 63100 | 0.5701 | 1,495 | 1075 | 0.8761 | |
| 102 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 27100 | 36500 | 0.2577 | 7,747 | 1073 | 0.9617 | |
| 105 | Central Connecticut State University | 28200 | 30400 | 0.0725 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 106 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28500 | 36400 | 0.2172 | 11,691 | 1074 | 0.7722 | |
| 107 | Bethune-Cookman University | 28600 | 32300 | 0.1144 | 2,739 | 910 | 0.8824 | |
| 107 | University of Utah | 28600 | 32000 | 0.1061 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 109 | Clemson University | 28900 | 37100 | 0.2207 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 109 | James Madison University | 28900 | 28900 | 0 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 111 | University of Toledo | 29200 | 32600 | 0.1041 | 10,726 | 1134 | 0.8889 | |
| 112 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 29300 | 33000 | 0.112 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 113 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 29600 | 31000 | 0.0452 | 11,087 | 1326 | 0.7397 | |
| 114 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29800 | 33000 | 0.0969 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 115 | California Lutheran University | 30000 | 71700 | 0.5818 | 2,160 | 1218 | 0.7631 | |
| 116 | Saint Xavier University | 30200 | 58200 | 0.4808 | 3,100 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 116 | Thomas Jefferson University | 30200 | 70000 | 0.5682 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 116 | Towson University | 30200 | 30200 | 0 | 16,361 | 1082 | 0.8057 | |
| 119 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30400 | 54600 | 0.4432 | 3,120 | 1193 | 0.3992 | |
| 120 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 30700 | 36900 | 0.1691 | 5,687 | 1305 | 0.7863 | |
| 121 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 2,082 | 1124 | 0.9576 | |
| 122 | Suffolk University | 31300 | 83500 | 0.6252 | 4,247 | 1209 | 0.8228 | |
| 123 | Hampton University | 31600 | 54800 | 0.4233 | 4,046 | 1005 | 0.6358 | |
| 123 | Immaculata University | 31600 | 48600 | 0.3499 | 1,889 | 1264 | 0.8656 | |
| 125 | Westfield State University | 31900 | 37600 | 0.1516 | 3,868 | 1105 | 0.8671 | |
| 126 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32000 | 35200 | 0.0908 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 127 | University of Scranton | 32300 | 78700 | 0.5893 | 3,689 | 1245 | 0.8006 | |
| 128 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 17,556 | 1090 | 0.5386 | |
| 129 | Harding University | 33400 | 47800 | 0.3012 | 3,536 | 1184 | 0.7052 | |
| 130 | Elizabethtown College | 33700 | 57500 | 0.4137 | 1,935 | 1214 | 0.8892 | |
| 131 | Pace University | 34000 | 75700 | 0.5512 | 5,520 | 1273 | 0.7827 | |
| 132 | Charleston Southern University | 34100 | 48400 | 0.2971 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 133 | Salisbury University | 34300 | 41800 | 0.1796 | 6,477 | 1245 | 0.8826 | |
| 134 | George Washington University | 34400 | 81800 | 0.5796 | 11,495 | 1436 | 0.4713 | |
| 135 | Averett University | 34600 | 57600 | 0.3994 | 1,244 | 1054 | 0.5659 | |
| 136 | Adelphi University | 34900 | 63300 | 0.4484 | 5,097 | 1241 | 0.7215 | |
| 137 | Bradley University | 35800 | 60600 | 0.4091 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 138 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 36300 | 39700 | 0.0857 | 4,789 | 1040 | 0.6671 | |
| 139 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 37300 | 40700 | 0.0834 | 3,893 | 1015 | 0.9839 | |
| 139 | Rowan University | 37300 | 53600 | 0.3039 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 141 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 37700 | 40100 | 0.0598 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 142 | Frostburg State University | 37900 | 42500 | 0.1082 | 3,436 | 1095 | 0.907 | |
| 143 | Stony Brook University | 39600 | 53000 | 0.2527 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 144 | Drexel University | 40100 | 86400 | 0.5359 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 144 | Elmhurst University | 40100 | 69600 | 0.4236 | 3,170 | 1133 | 0.7501 | |
| 144 | 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 Illinois Chicago | 40700 | 51400 | 0.2084 | 24,260 | 1174 | 0.7576 | |
| 149 | University of Mount Olive | 42000 | 50400 | 0.1666 | 1,944 | 1075 | 0.7575 | |
| 150 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 42700 | 43400 | 0.0161 | 9,827 | 1329 | 0.6737 | |
| 151 | Furman University | 43100 | 84700 | 0.4914 | 2,304 | 1372 | 0.4869 | |
| 152 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 43200 | 88100 | 0.5098 | 35,358 | 1448 | 0.1642 | |
| 153 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43300 | 58600 | 0.2611 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 154 | Merrimack College | 43400 | 78800 | 0.4492 | 4,123 | 1124 | 0.6927 | |
| 154 | Western Oregon University | 43400 | 43400 | 0 | 3,034 | 1120 | 0.8345 | |
| 156 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 43600 | 53400 | 0.1837 | 21,469 | 1167 | 0.9061 | |
| 157 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 43900 | 71800 | 0.3886 | 4,182 | 1317 | 0.8783 | |
| 158 | Ramapo College of New Jersey | 45400 | 63100 | 0.2805 | 5,492 | 1210 | 0.7026 | |
| 159 | Mercer University | 45600 | 65400 | 0.3031 | 4,719 | 1263 | 0.643 | |
| 160 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47100 | 61500 | 0.234 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 161 | Molloy University | 47600 | 62300 | 0.2361 | 3,396 | 1188 | 0.6633 | |
| 162 | DePaul University | 49100 | 69400 | 0.2923 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 163 | SUNY Brockport | 51200 | 51300 | 0.0019 | 5,816 | 1195 | 0.7068 | |
| 164 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 54900 | 68800 | 0.2022 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 165 | University of Colorado Boulder | 55400 | 70900 | 0.219 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7809 | |
| 166 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 58800 | 61200 | 0.0391 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 167 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 60700 | 63700 | 0.0471 | 1,078 | 1217 | 0.9646 | |
| 168 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 64200 | 64200 | 0 | 1,709 | 1218 | 0.9653 | |
| 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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