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-Ann Arbor | 5100 | 40700 | 0.8738 | 35,358 | 1448 | 0.1642 | |
| 2 | Savannah State University | 6800 | 29000 | 0.7651 | 2,966 | 950 | 1 | |
| 3 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8500 | 97100 | 0.9129 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 4 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 10300 | 10300 | 0 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 5 | Valdosta State University | 10500 | 24800 | 0.5775 | 7,199 | 1005 | 0.7769 | |
| 6 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 29200 | 0.5745 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 7 | Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi | 12600 | 28900 | 0.5648 | 8,673 | 1095 | 0.9156 | |
| 8 | Fort Hays State University | 13000 | 22600 | 0.4279 | 10,172 | 1075 | 0.9026 | |
| 9 | University of Michigan-Flint | 13300 | 46300 | 0.7125 | 5,534 | 1079 | 0.6734 | |
| 9 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 13300 | 13300 | 0 | 18,667 | 1090 | 0.9711 | |
| 11 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 13400 | 49100 | 0.7272 | 29,727 | 990 | 0.9229 | |
| 11 | University of South Florida | 13400 | 17100 | 0.2162 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 13 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 13500 | 13500 | 0 | 1,973 | 1189 | 0.8142 | |
| 13 | University of North Alabama | 13500 | 28200 | 0.5224 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 15 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 13600 | 19400 | 0.299 | 14,865 | 1175 | 0.9113 | |
| 16 | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | 14500 | 19600 | 0.2601 | 10,995 | 1090 | 0.7476 | |
| 17 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 15000 | 29600 | 0.4939 | 7,501 | 1055 | 0.9467 | |
| 17 | Salisbury University | 15000 | 28700 | 0.4776 | 6,477 | 1245 | 0.8826 | |
| 19 | Northern Kentucky University | 15100 | 25900 | 0.4175 | 10,136 | 1110 | 0.9666 | |
| 20 | Wayne State College | 15300 | 20300 | 0.2463 | 3,886 | 0 | 1 | |
| 21 | Alabama State University | 15500 | 24300 | 0.364 | 3,521 | 945 | 0.9755 | |
| 22 | James Madison University | 15600 | 28900 | 0.4608 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 22 | Troy University | 15600 | 26800 | 0.4167 | 10,130 | 1075 | 0.9535 | |
| 22 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 15600 | 28700 | 0.4564 | 6,761 | 1105 | 0.8475 | |
| 25 | Coastal Carolina University | 15700 | 27200 | 0.4229 | 11,471 | 1160 | 0.7003 | |
| 26 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 15800 | 38400 | 0.5882 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 27 | Jacksonville State University | 16100 | 27000 | 0.405 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 27 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver | 16100 | 38700 | 0.5837 | 475 | 1195 | 0.9418 | |
| 29 | University of California-Riverside | 16200 | 36500 | 0.5558 | 24,034 | 1199 | 0.8609 | |
| 29 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 16200 | 26800 | 0.3959 | 4,789 | 1040 | 0.6671 | |
| 31 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 16400 | 23400 | 0.2995 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 32 | Portland State University | 16500 | 26100 | 0.368 | 14,932 | 1174 | 0.8586 | |
| 33 | Northwestern University | 16600 | 89500 | 0.8149 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 33 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 16600 | 44500 | 0.6265 | 308 | 1144 | 0.9053 | |
| 33 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16600 | 64800 | 0.7439 | 22,007 | 1427 | 0.1672 | |
| 36 | SUNY at Fredonia | 17100 | 27800 | 0.3854 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 36 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 17100 | 35700 | 0.5211 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 38 | East Carolina University | 17600 | 26100 | 0.3256 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 39 | Boston College | 18100 | 97600 | 0.8144 | 9,677 | 1484 | 0.1422 | |
| 39 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18100 | 28600 | 0.3669 | 3,991 | 1010 | 0.9654 | |
| 41 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 18200 | 54300 | 0.6647 | 10,368 | 1064 | 0.999 | |
| 42 | Angelo State University | 18300 | 23100 | 0.2072 | 10,103 | 1045 | 0.7981 | |
| 42 | Central Connecticut State University | 18300 | 34000 | 0.4613 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 42 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 18300 | 43500 | 0.5789 | 586 | 1140 | 0.9577 | |
| 42 | State University of New York at Oswego | 18300 | 27700 | 0.3392 | 5,293 | 1179 | 0.7989 | |
| 42 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 18300 | 35300 | 0.4813 | 1,829 | 1149 | 0.945 | |
| 47 | Coppin State University | 18600 | 29200 | 0.3634 | 1,908 | 950 | 0.4583 | |
| 47 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 18600 | 39000 | 0.5228 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 49 | Texas A&M University-Victoria | 19200 | 35800 | 0.4639 | 2,627 | 1000 | 0.5253 | |
| 50 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 19400 | 68100 | 0.7153 | 711 | 1030 | 0.8214 | |
| 51 | Norwich University | 20000 | 73800 | 0.7288 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 52 | Cleveland State University | 20100 | 30900 | 0.3491 | 9,418 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 52 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 20100 | 30400 | 0.3385 | 3,224 | 1085 | 0.7643 | |
| 54 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20300 | 39900 | 0.4915 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 55 | Dakota State University | 20400 | 22500 | 0.0912 | 3,085 | 1174 | 0.9241 | |
| 56 | University of Colorado Boulder | 20500 | 31900 | 0.356 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7809 | |
| 57 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 20600 | 57800 | 0.6433 | 1,109 | 1175 | 0.9088 | |
| 57 | University of South Alabama | 20600 | 22400 | 0.0838 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 59 | Grove City College | 20700 | 39700 | 0.4792 | 2,247 | 1248 | 0.667 | |
| 60 | Tarleton State University | 21000 | 23000 | 0.087 | 17,556 | 1090 | 0.5386 | |
| 61 | University of North Georgia | 21400 | 21400 | 0 | 19,321 | 1100 | 0.9618 | |
| 62 | Luther College | 21500 | 75400 | 0.7153 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.8398 | |
| 63 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 22000 | 36400 | 0.3951 | 2,710 | 1218 | 0.9374 | |
| 64 | Bradley University | 22100 | 50800 | 0.5649 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 64 | Grand Valley State University | 22100 | 35900 | 0.3849 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 66 | Texas Southern University | 22300 | 25500 | 0.1257 | 6,844 | 915 | 0.9691 | |
| 67 | University of North Florida | 22400 | 22400 | 0 | 14,837 | 1124 | 0.6815 | |
| 68 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 22500 | 25400 | 0.1143 | 2,907 | 1125 | 0.4696 | |
| 69 | Grambling State University | 22700 | 25700 | 0.1169 | 4,313 | 950 | 0.4486 | |
| 69 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 22700 | 53000 | 0.5712 | 1,495 | 1075 | 0.8761 | |
| 71 | Robert Morris University | 23100 | 58000 | 0.6012 | 4,325 | 1145 | 0.8989 | |
| 72 | Florida Memorial University | 23200 | 42000 | 0.4471 | 1,206 | 0 | 0.8526 | |
| 72 | Houghton University | 23200 | 44300 | 0.4763 | 958 | 1277 | 0.89 | |
| 72 | San Jose State University | 23200 | 41100 | 0.4356 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 75 | Concord University | 23500 | 40800 | 0.4244 | 1,638 | 1015 | 0.9728 | |
| 76 | Dominican University | 23900 | 56000 | 0.573 | 2,642 | 1005 | 0.8879 | |
| 77 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 24000 | 24900 | 0.0361 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 78 | Ramapo College of New Jersey | 24600 | 36300 | 0.3224 | 5,492 | 1210 | 0.7026 | |
| 78 | Western Oregon University | 24600 | 24600 | 0 | 3,034 | 1120 | 0.8345 | |
| 80 | Stockton University | 24700 | 32100 | 0.2304 | 7,583 | 1134 | 0.901 | |
| 81 | Westfield State University | 24900 | 39000 | 0.3611 | 3,868 | 1105 | 0.8671 | |
| 82 | Columbia College | 25000 | 46900 | 0.467 | 876 | 1025 | 0.8878 | |
| 82 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 25000 | 30600 | 0.183 | 9,827 | 1329 | 0.6737 | |
| 84 | Emporia State University | 25200 | 32000 | 0.2124 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 84 | Pennsylvania Western University | 25200 | 34400 | 0.2672 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 86 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 25400 | 45900 | 0.447 | 504 | 1200 | 0.9095 | |
| 87 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 26000 | 28300 | 0.0809 | 3,375 | 1090 | 0.5885 | |
| 87 | West Virginia Wesleyan College | 26000 | 53800 | 0.5169 | 971 | 1030 | 0.9334 | |
| 89 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 26100 | 28400 | 0.0805 | 14,834 | 1149 | 0.7803 | |
| 89 | University of North Texas | 26100 | 26100 | 0 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 91 | Bemidji State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 3,751 | 1075 | 0.5598 | |
| 92 | Kennesaw State University | 26600 | 26600 | 0 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 93 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 26700 | 36800 | 0.2746 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 94 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 26800 | 30100 | 0.1094 | 3,893 | 1015 | 0.9839 | |
| 94 | Northwood University | 26800 | 54500 | 0.5087 | 2,045 | 1055 | 0.6451 | |
| 94 | Southern University at New Orleans | 26800 | 42300 | 0.3662 | 2,179 | 950 | 0.789 | |
| 97 | Bethune-Cookman University | 27100 | 32700 | 0.1713 | 2,739 | 910 | 0.8824 | |
| 98 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 27300 | 41500 | 0.342 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 99 | Rowan University | 27400 | 41300 | 0.3369 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 99 | Syracuse University | 27400 | 83100 | 0.6701 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 101 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 27500 | 37700 | 0.2708 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 102 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 27600 | 36500 | 0.244 | 7,747 | 1073 | 0.9617 | |
| 103 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 27700 | 31000 | 0.1066 | 11,087 | 1326 | 0.7397 | |
| 104 | Elmhurst University | 28400 | 67000 | 0.5763 | 3,170 | 1133 | 0.7501 | |
| 105 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28500 | 32300 | 0.1176 | 11,691 | 1074 | 0.7722 | |
| 106 | Saint Xavier University | 28600 | 53700 | 0.4671 | 3,100 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 107 | Lincoln University | 29100 | 34500 | 0.1564 | 1,926 | 920 | 0 | |
| 108 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 29300 | 36500 | 0.1972 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 109 | Fairmont State University | 29500 | 32200 | 0.0839 | 3,090 | 970 | 0.9862 | |
| 110 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 29700 | 31600 | 0.0601 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 111 | Towson University | 29800 | 29900 | 0.0033 | 16,361 | 1082 | 0.8057 | |
| 112 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 29900 | 48100 | 0.3787 | 2,280 | 1224 | 0.9675 | |
| 113 | Mercy University | 30400 | 44500 | 0.317 | 6,692 | 1135 | 0.8724 | |
| 114 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30500 | 54600 | 0.4413 | 3,120 | 1193 | 0.3992 | |
| 115 | University of Toledo | 30700 | 42000 | 0.269 | 10,726 | 1134 | 0.8889 | |
| 116 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 30800 | 36900 | 0.1662 | 5,687 | 1305 | 0.7863 | |
| 117 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 2,082 | 1124 | 0.9576 | |
| 117 | Frostburg State University | 30900 | 43000 | 0.2815 | 3,436 | 1095 | 0.907 | |
| 119 | Central College | 31100 | 36800 | 0.155 | 1,050 | 1159 | 0.8698 | |
| 119 | Saint Michael's College | 31100 | 68500 | 0.5463 | 1,051 | 1280 | 0.8976 | |
| 121 | University of Kentucky | 31400 | 36400 | 0.1373 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 122 | Hampton University | 31500 | 54800 | 0.4252 | 4,046 | 1005 | 0.6358 | |
| 123 | Lamar University | 31600 | 38300 | 0.175 | 8,387 | 1040 | 0.8353 | |
| 124 | Morgan State University | 32400 | 41900 | 0.2269 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 124 | SUNY Brockport | 32400 | 35800 | 0.095 | 5,816 | 1195 | 0.7068 | |
| 124 | University of Scranton | 32400 | 78700 | 0.5879 | 3,689 | 1245 | 0.8006 | |
| 127 | Suffolk University | 33100 | 70300 | 0.5291 | 4,247 | 1209 | 0.8228 | |
| 128 | Harding University | 33500 | 47800 | 0.299 | 3,536 | 1184 | 0.7052 | |
| 129 | Elizabethtown College | 33700 | 55300 | 0.3907 | 1,935 | 1214 | 0.8892 | |
| 129 | George Washington University | 33700 | 81800 | 0.5881 | 11,495 | 1436 | 0.4713 | |
| 131 | Loyola University Maryland | 33900 | 78800 | 0.5699 | 4,013 | 1329 | 0.6986 | |
| 131 | Thomas Jefferson University | 33900 | 68100 | 0.5023 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 133 | Charleston Southern University | 34200 | 48400 | 0.295 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 134 | Adelphi University | 35000 | 63300 | 0.4467 | 5,097 | 1241 | 0.7215 | |
| 135 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 35100 | 35100 | 0 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 136 | Averett University | 35400 | 57200 | 0.3813 | 1,244 | 1054 | 0.5659 | |
| 137 | California Lutheran University | 35600 | 70000 | 0.4916 | 2,160 | 1218 | 0.7631 | |
| 138 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Schuylkill | 35700 | 61100 | 0.4158 | 653 | 1145 | 0.7972 | |
| 139 | Christopher Newport University | 36200 | 36200 | 0 | 4,369 | 1189 | 0.8604 | |
| 140 | Furman University | 36500 | 82900 | 0.5595 | 2,304 | 1372 | 0.4869 | |
| 141 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 36900 | 37100 | 0.0054 | 5,939 | 1065 | 0.5878 | |
| 142 | Stony Brook University | 39700 | 53000 | 0.2507 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 143 | Rutgers University-Newark | 40000 | 57900 | 0.309 | 7,989 | 1159 | 0.7136 | |
| 144 | McKendree University | 40600 | 52900 | 0.2324 | 1,757 | 1098 | 0.7172 | |
| 144 | Pace University | 40600 | 74800 | 0.4571 | 5,520 | 1273 | 0.7827 | |
| 144 | University of Illinois Chicago | 40600 | 50600 | 0.1977 | 24,260 | 1174 | 0.7576 | |
| 147 | Wayne State University | 40700 | 46200 | 0.1191 | 16,390 | 1183 | 0.8359 | |
| 148 | University of Mount Olive | 42100 | 50400 | 0.1645 | 1,944 | 1075 | 0.7575 | |
| 149 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 42300 | 55200 | 0.2336 | 21,388 | 1369 | 0.5945 | |
| 150 | Radford University | 43400 | 45700 | 0.0501 | 6,206 | 1050 | 0.8939 | |
| 150 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43400 | 53600 | 0.1904 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 152 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4479 | 4,123 | 1124 | 0.6927 | |
| 153 | Immaculata University | 43700 | 47500 | 0.0799 | 1,889 | 1264 | 0.8656 | |
| 154 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 43800 | 67900 | 0.3549 | 4,182 | 1317 | 0.8783 | |
| 155 | Mercer University | 45700 | 65400 | 0.3015 | 4,719 | 1263 | 0.643 | |
| 156 | Drexel University | 47700 | 83900 | 0.4315 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 157 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 48000 | 55800 | 0.1398 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 158 | DePaul University | 49200 | 66000 | 0.2547 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 159 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 50500 | 58800 | 0.1411 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 160 | University of Utah | 51400 | 53700 | 0.0426 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 161 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 52600 | 52800 | 0.0038 | 21,469 | 1167 | 0.9061 | |
| 162 | Molloy University | 58500 | 62300 | 0.061 | 3,396 | 1188 | 0.6633 | |
| 163 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 58900 | 61200 | 0.0374 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 164 | Thiel College | 60400 | 69100 | 0.1259 | 830 | 1065 | 0.7189 | |
| 165 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 60600 | 64100 | 0.0546 | 1,078 | 1217 | 0.9646 | |
| 166 | College of Charleston | 61200 | 61200 | 0 | 10,596 | 1234 | 0.73 | |
| 167 | Clemson University | 61400 | 63700 | 0.036 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 168 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 64200 | 64200 | 0 | 1,709 | 1218 | 0.9653 | |
| 169 | Fordham University | 74900 | 95100 | 0.2123 | 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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