Considering a degree in Information Science/Studies?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Information Science/Studies majors who live in California.
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 California.
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 | Antelope Valley Community College District | 4500 | 12900 | 0.6514 | 13,532 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | Santa Ana College | 4600 | 23100 | 0.8003 | 27,248 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | University of Michigan-Flint | 5700 | 43600 | 0.8695 | 5,534 | 1109 | 0.6734 | |
| 4 | Santa Monica College | 6400 | 15500 | 0.588 | 23,453 | 0 | 1 | |
| 5 | Northern Kentucky University | 7000 | 25900 | 0.7307 | 10,136 | 1090 | 0.9666 | |
| 5 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 7000 | 41500 | 0.8321 | 38,572 | 1406 | 0.3659 | |
| 7 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 7500 | 36100 | 0.7932 | 10,368 | 1064 | 0.999 | |
| 8 | Northwestern University | 7600 | 94200 | 0.9192 | 9,060 | 1527 | 0.0769 | |
| 9 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8700 | 98000 | 0.9113 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 9 | Lamar University | 8700 | 22900 | 0.6193 | 8,387 | 1050 | 0.8353 | |
| 11 | Portland State University | 9200 | 43300 | 0.7881 | 14,932 | 1094 | 0.8586 | |
| 12 | Savannah State University | 9700 | 50900 | 0.8097 | 2,966 | 925 | 1 | |
| 13 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 10000 | 41400 | 0.7591 | 3,224 | 1085 | 0.7643 | |
| 14 | Concord University | 10500 | 49200 | 0.7861 | 1,638 | 990 | 0.9728 | |
| 15 | Central Connecticut State University | 11200 | 34200 | 0.6722 | 9,463 | 1075 | 0.793 | |
| 15 | University of Illinois Chicago | 11200 | 30200 | 0.6295 | 24,260 | 1252 | 0.7576 | |
| 17 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 12600 | 35200 | 0.6427 | 18,667 | 1090 | 0.9711 | |
| 18 | Fort Hays State University | 12700 | 19900 | 0.3624 | 10,172 | 1075 | 0.9026 | |
| 18 | University of North Florida | 12700 | 22400 | 0.4336 | 14,837 | 1150 | 0.6815 | |
| 20 | University of South Florida | 12900 | 22400 | 0.4245 | 39,093 | 1239 | 0.4071 | |
| 21 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 13000 | 27100 | 0.5195 | 29,727 | 980 | 0.9229 | |
| 21 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 13000 | 40800 | 0.6816 | 6,761 | 1105 | 0.8475 | |
| 23 | Coastal Carolina University | 13100 | 27200 | 0.5185 | 11,471 | 1145 | 0.7003 | |
| 23 | Wayne State University | 13100 | 46800 | 0.7205 | 16,390 | 1174 | 0.8359 | |
| 25 | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | 13700 | 25700 | 0.4674 | 10,995 | 1075 | 0.7476 | |
| 25 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 61700 | 0.7781 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 27 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 13900 | 38200 | 0.6353 | 7,501 | 1075 | 0.9467 | |
| 27 | Valdosta State University | 13900 | 29700 | 0.5316 | 7,199 | 1015 | 0.7769 | |
| 29 | University of California-Riverside | 14400 | 36500 | 0.6053 | 24,034 | 1199 | 0.8609 | |
| 30 | Mercy University | 14700 | 46400 | 0.6836 | 6,692 | 1135 | 0.8724 | |
| 31 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 14800 | 41400 | 0.6427 | 504 | 1189 | 0.9095 | |
| 31 | Wayne State College | 14800 | 30500 | 0.5156 | 3,886 | 0 | 1 | |
| 33 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 15200 | 44000 | 0.6548 | 308 | 1180 | 0.9053 | |
| 34 | Jacksonville State University | 15300 | 38200 | 0.5991 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 35 | Grand Valley State University | 15800 | 28300 | 0.441 | 19,154 | 1084 | 0.9271 | |
| 36 | Frostburg State University | 15900 | 26600 | 0.402 | 3,436 | 1095 | 0.907 | |
| 37 | Grove City College | 16200 | 39700 | 0.5919 | 2,247 | 1266 | 0.667 | |
| 38 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 16300 | 27800 | 0.4141 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 38 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 16300 | 44200 | 0.6319 | 1,829 | 1109 | 0.945 | |
| 40 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 16500 | 36400 | 0.546 | 2,710 | 1175 | 0.9374 | |
| 40 | Southern University at New Orleans | 16500 | 42000 | 0.6067 | 2,179 | 950 | 0.789 | |
| 40 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16500 | 64800 | 0.7456 | 22,007 | 1427 | 0.1672 | |
| 43 | Emporia State University | 16800 | 31200 | 0.4617 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 43 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 16800 | 44000 | 0.6178 | 586 | 1132 | 0.9577 | |
| 43 | Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi | 16800 | 28900 | 0.4193 | 8,673 | 1090 | 0.9156 | |
| 46 | University of Colorado Boulder | 17100 | 31900 | 0.4622 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7809 | |
| 46 | University of Kentucky | 17100 | 37300 | 0.5421 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 46 | University of South Alabama | 17100 | 40200 | 0.5752 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 49 | Morgan State University | 17300 | 42200 | 0.5905 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 49 | Radford University | 17300 | 33100 | 0.4767 | 6,206 | 1070 | 0.8939 | |
| 51 | East Carolina University | 17600 | 26100 | 0.3256 | 21,693 | 1160 | 0.9003 | |
| 52 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 17700 | 95700 | 0.8147 | 711 | 1030 | 0.8214 | |
| 52 | Texas A&M University-Victoria | 17700 | 46500 | 0.6189 | 2,627 | 1095 | 0.5253 | |
| 54 | Kennesaw State University | 17800 | 27400 | 0.3501 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 55 | San Jose State University | 18000 | 41200 | 0.5618 | 29,890 | 1124 | 0.8039 | |
| 56 | Ramapo College of New Jersey | 18200 | 36700 | 0.5035 | 5,492 | 1220 | 0.7026 | |
| 57 | SUNY Brockport | 18300 | 26200 | 0.301 | 5,816 | 1195 | 0.7068 | |
| 58 | Rutgers University-Newark | 18400 | 39200 | 0.5311 | 7,989 | 1159 | 0.7136 | |
| 59 | Norwich University | 18700 | 100600 | 0.8144 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 60 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18800 | 54000 | 0.6515 | 3,991 | 1030 | 0.9654 | |
| 61 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 19100 | 38900 | 0.5085 | 1,973 | 1189 | 0.8142 | |
| 62 | Fairmont State University | 19400 | 30900 | 0.3721 | 3,090 | 970 | 0.9862 | |
| 63 | Rowan University | 19600 | 41300 | 0.5257 | 17,157 | 1219 | 0.7654 | |
| 64 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Schuylkill | 19700 | 45300 | 0.5649 | 653 | 1125 | 0.7972 | |
| 65 | State University of New York at Oswego | 19800 | 40200 | 0.5076 | 5,293 | 1180 | 0.7989 | |
| 66 | Coppin State University | 19900 | 27600 | 0.2792 | 1,908 | 950 | 0.4583 | |
| 67 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 20100 | 39000 | 0.4848 | 9,666 | 1045 | 0.7498 | |
| 68 | Stockton University | 20200 | 46100 | 0.562 | 7,583 | 1135 | 0.901 | |
| 68 | SUNY at Fredonia | 20200 | 53600 | 0.6229 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 68 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20200 | 57800 | 0.6503 | 5,196 | 1109 | 0.8422 | |
| 71 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 20500 | 57800 | 0.6451 | 1,109 | 1193 | 0.9088 | |
| 71 | Syracuse University | 20500 | 83600 | 0.7548 | 16,149 | 1363 | 0.4879 | |
| 73 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 20600 | 40100 | 0.4864 | 6,029 | 1070 | 0.9173 | |
| 74 | Thiel College | 20900 | 69100 | 0.6973 | 830 | 1065 | 0.7189 | |
| 75 | Grambling State University | 21000 | 40500 | 0.4817 | 4,313 | 950 | 0.4486 | |
| 75 | Tarleton State University | 21000 | 23000 | 0.087 | 17,556 | 1090 | 0.5386 | |
| 77 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 21100 | 51900 | 0.594 | 5,939 | 1065 | 0.5878 | |
| 77 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 21100 | 29900 | 0.2948 | 21,469 | 1148 | 0.9061 | |
| 79 | Alabama State University | 21300 | 43200 | 0.5075 | 3,521 | 945 | 0.9755 | |
| 80 | Luther College | 21400 | 75400 | 0.7164 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.8398 | |
| 80 | Salisbury University | 21400 | 29300 | 0.2697 | 6,477 | 1250 | 0.8826 | |
| 82 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 21500 | 47900 | 0.5507 | 2,280 | 1189 | 0.9675 | |
| 83 | Boston College | 21700 | 97700 | 0.7782 | 9,677 | 1490 | 0.1422 | |
| 83 | Christopher Newport University | 21700 | 50800 | 0.5724 | 4,369 | 1189 | 0.8604 | |
| 85 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,490 | 1204 | 0.8863 | |
| 86 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 21900 | 39100 | 0.4402 | 2,907 | 1125 | 0.4696 | |
| 87 | Texas Southern University | 22100 | 25500 | 0.1335 | 6,844 | 915 | 0.9691 | |
| 88 | Lincoln University | 22200 | 46500 | 0.523 | 1,926 | 0 | 0 | |
| 89 | Pennsylvania Western University | 22500 | 34400 | 0.3456 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 90 | Houghton University | 22700 | 60900 | 0.6269 | 958 | 1277 | 0.89 | |
| 91 | Robert Morris University | 23000 | 58000 | 0.6031 | 4,325 | 1145 | 0.8989 | |
| 92 | Dakota State University | 23100 | 25600 | 0.0977 | 3,085 | 1192 | 0.9241 | |
| 92 | Florida Memorial University | 23100 | 51000 | 0.5466 | 1,206 | 0 | 0.8526 | |
| 94 | Columbia College | 23400 | 38700 | 0.395 | 876 | 1025 | 0.8878 | |
| 95 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 23700 | 40900 | 0.421 | 1,709 | 1185 | 0.9653 | |
| 96 | University of North Texas | 23800 | 37400 | 0.3634 | 34,414 | 1114 | 0.7089 | |
| 97 | Dominican University | 23900 | 56000 | 0.573 | 2,642 | 1005 | 0.8879 | |
| 98 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 24800 | 36900 | 0.3282 | 15,273 | 1124 | 0.8089 | |
| 99 | Central College | 25500 | 38700 | 0.3411 | 1,050 | 1145 | 0.8698 | |
| 100 | Northwood University | 25700 | 54500 | 0.5289 | 2,045 | 1055 | 0.6451 | |
| 101 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 25800 | 49600 | 0.4795 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 101 | University of Akron Main Campus | 25800 | 28000 | 0.0784 | 11,691 | 1069 | 0.7722 | |
| 103 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 25900 | 28300 | 0.0847 | 3,375 | 1090 | 0.5885 | |
| 103 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 25900 | 40600 | 0.3618 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 103 | West Virginia Wesleyan College | 25900 | 53800 | 0.5189 | 971 | 1030 | 0.9334 | |
| 106 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 26300 | 36500 | 0.2796 | 7,747 | 1073 | 0.9617 | |
| 107 | Bemidji State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 3,751 | 1075 | 0.5598 | |
| 108 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 26700 | 30100 | 0.1128 | 3,893 | 1124 | 0.9839 | |
| 109 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 27100 | 63100 | 0.5701 | 1,495 | 1075 | 0.8761 | |
| 110 | Bethune-Cookman University | 28500 | 32300 | 0.1175 | 2,739 | 910 | 0.8824 | |
| 111 | University of Utah | 28600 | 32000 | 0.1061 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 112 | Western Oregon University | 28800 | 28800 | 0 | 3,034 | 1040 | 0.8345 | |
| 113 | Saint Xavier University | 29200 | 58200 | 0.498 | 3,100 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 114 | Towson University | 29400 | 30200 | 0.0265 | 16,361 | 1098 | 0.8057 | |
| 114 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29400 | 34200 | 0.1402 | 31,845 | 1292 | 0.5651 | |
| 116 | Thomas Jefferson University | 29500 | 70000 | 0.5782 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 117 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 29600 | 29600 | 0 | 11,087 | 1326 | 0.7397 | |
| 117 | University of Toledo | 29600 | 42000 | 0.2954 | 10,726 | 1229 | 0.8889 | |
| 119 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 29700 | 33000 | 0.0999 | 7,088 | 1090 | 0.7448 | |
| 120 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30400 | 54600 | 0.4432 | 3,120 | 1165 | 0.3992 | |
| 121 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 30700 | 36900 | 0.1691 | 5,687 | 1305 | 0.7863 | |
| 122 | Suffolk University | 30800 | 83500 | 0.6312 | 4,247 | 1209 | 0.8228 | |
| 123 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 2,082 | 1161 | 0.9576 | |
| 124 | Loyola University Maryland | 31000 | 78800 | 0.6067 | 4,013 | 1303 | 0.6986 | |
| 125 | Hampton University | 31200 | 54800 | 0.4306 | 4,046 | 947 | 0.6358 | |
| 126 | Angelo State University | 31500 | 35400 | 0.1101 | 10,103 | 1055 | 0.7981 | |
| 126 | Westfield State University | 31500 | 37600 | 0.1623 | 3,868 | 1085 | 0.8671 | |
| 128 | Cleveland State University | 31600 | 32100 | 0.0156 | 9,418 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 129 | Immaculata University | 32000 | 48600 | 0.3417 | 1,889 | 1245 | 0.8656 | |
| 129 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32000 | 35200 | 0.0908 | 32,041 | 1302 | 0.4358 | |
| 131 | University of Scranton | 32300 | 78700 | 0.5893 | 3,689 | 1250 | 0.8006 | |
| 132 | Harding University | 33400 | 47800 | 0.3012 | 3,536 | 1184 | 0.7052 | |
| 133 | Elizabethtown College | 33500 | 57500 | 0.4172 | 1,935 | 1214 | 0.8892 | |
| 134 | Pace University | 33900 | 75700 | 0.5525 | 5,520 | 1260 | 0.7827 | |
| 135 | Charleston Southern University | 34100 | 48400 | 0.2971 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 136 | George Washington University | 34400 | 81800 | 0.5796 | 11,495 | 1430 | 0.4713 | |
| 137 | Averett University | 34500 | 57600 | 0.4012 | 1,244 | 1054 | 0.5659 | |
| 138 | Adelphi University | 34900 | 63300 | 0.4484 | 5,097 | 1237 | 0.7215 | |
| 139 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 36900 | 39700 | 0.0706 | 4,789 | 1115 | 0.6671 | |
| 140 | Molloy University | 37500 | 62300 | 0.3983 | 3,396 | 1199 | 0.6633 | |
| 141 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38800 | 38800 | 0 | 14,865 | 1210 | 0.9113 | |
| 142 | Bradley University | 39100 | 60600 | 0.3547 | 3,258 | 1223 | 0.7459 | |
| 143 | Stony Brook University | 39600 | 53000 | 0.2527 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 144 | Drexel University | 39900 | 86400 | 0.5382 | 12,318 | 1339 | 0.699 | |
| 145 | McKendree University | 40500 | 52900 | 0.2343 | 1,757 | 1098 | 0.7172 | |
| 146 | Elmhurst University | 40700 | 69600 | 0.415 | 3,170 | 1148 | 0.7501 | |
| 146 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 40700 | 55300 | 0.2642 | 21,388 | 1375 | 0.5945 | |
| 148 | Saint Michael's College | 40900 | 75800 | 0.4604 | 1,051 | 1240 | 0.8976 | |
| 149 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 41900 | 71800 | 0.4165 | 4,182 | 1229 | 0.8783 | |
| 150 | University of Mount Olive | 42000 | 50400 | 0.1666 | 1,944 | 1075 | 0.7575 | |
| 151 | University of Maryland-College Park | 42600 | 58600 | 0.2731 | 31,875 | 1463 | 0.4503 | |
| 152 | James Madison University | 43100 | 45000 | 0.0422 | 21,358 | 1260 | 0.6879 | |
| 153 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 43200 | 88100 | 0.5098 | 35,358 | 1435 | 0.1642 | |
| 154 | Furman University | 43400 | 84700 | 0.4879 | 2,304 | 1359 | 0.4869 | |
| 154 | Merrimack College | 43400 | 78800 | 0.4492 | 4,123 | 1115 | 0.6927 | |
| 154 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 43400 | 58800 | 0.262 | 25,054 | 1239 | 0.7762 | |
| 157 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 44800 | 56600 | 0.2084 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 158 | Mercer University | 45000 | 65400 | 0.3123 | 4,719 | 1273 | 0.643 | |
| 159 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 46900 | 57200 | 0.1801 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 160 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47100 | 61500 | 0.234 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 161 | DePaul University | 49000 | 69400 | 0.2938 | 14,338 | 1254 | 0.878 | |
| 162 | College of Charleston | 49900 | 64600 | 0.2276 | 10,596 | 1255 | 0.73 | |
| 163 | University of North Georgia | 50000 | 57000 | 0.1228 | 19,321 | 1100 | 0.9618 | |
| 164 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 50500 | 52900 | 0.0453 | 14,834 | 1149 | 0.7803 | |
| 165 | California Lutheran University | 53400 | 71700 | 0.2555 | 2,160 | 1254 | 0.7631 | |
| 166 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 60400 | 63700 | 0.0518 | 1,078 | 1193 | 0.9646 | |
| 167 | Clemson University | 61300 | 63700 | 0.0376 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 168 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver | 64000 | 64000 | 0 | 475 | 1195 | 0.9418 | |
| 169 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 66900 | 66900 | 0 | 9,827 | 1325 | 0.6737 | |
| 170 | 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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