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 | California Institute of Technology | 4100 | 90800 | 0.9549 | 987 | 1557 | 0.0257 | |
| 2 | Santa Ana College | 4600 | 23100 | 0.8003 | 26,073 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | Savannah State University | 6900 | 40400 | 0.8283 | 2,857 | 950 | 0.8368 | |
| 4 | University of Houston-Victoria | 7000 | 39700 | 0.8239 | 2,707 | 930 | 0.7671 | |
| 5 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 7700 | 43500 | 0.8237 | 28,674 | 980 | 0.9401 | |
| 6 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8400 | 98000 | 0.9146 | 9,164 | 1494 | 0.2965 | |
| 7 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 9000 | 48800 | 0.8158 | 10,049 | 1005 | 0.9234 | |
| 8 | Fairmont State University | 9300 | 21400 | 0.5661 | 3,060 | 975 | 0.9924 | |
| 8 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 9300 | 36900 | 0.7482 | 3,207 | 1060 | 0.8034 | |
| 10 | Valdosta State University | 10400 | 24800 | 0.5815 | 7,206 | 1015 | 0.7214 | |
| 11 | Antelope Valley Community College District | 10900 | 20400 | 0.4676 | 12,937 | 0 | 0 | |
| 12 | University of Michigan-Flint | 11200 | 45600 | 0.7541 | 5,011 | 1103 | 0.7047 | |
| 13 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 11300 | 51900 | 0.7827 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 14 | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | 11600 | 25700 | 0.5492 | 10,656 | 1075 | 0.7289 | |
| 15 | Santa Monica College | 11700 | 33300 | 0.6478 | 23,164 | 0 | 0.4384 | |
| 16 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 12600 | 23400 | 0.4621 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 17 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 13300 | 13300 | 0 | 18,667 | 1090 | 0.9711 | |
| 18 | Fort Hays State University | 13500 | 40700 | 0.6694 | 10,206 | 1110 | 0.9177 | |
| 19 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 13700 | 46000 | 0.7018 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 19 | University of California-Riverside | 13700 | 36500 | 0.6244 | 22,599 | 1199 | 0.7685 | |
| 19 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 49300 | 0.7221 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 22 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 14100 | 26800 | 0.4744 | 4,478 | 1065 | 0.8132 | |
| 23 | Radford University | 14300 | 20800 | 0.312 | 6,161 | 1070 | 0.8953 | |
| 24 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 14500 | 32200 | 0.5503 | 2,836 | 1135 | 0.3787 | |
| 25 | Alabama State University | 15100 | 37900 | 0.6018 | 3,322 | 970 | 0.9564 | |
| 25 | Salisbury University | 15100 | 28700 | 0.4737 | 6,288 | 1250 | 0.8747 | |
| 25 | University of North Georgia | 15100 | 48000 | 0.6857 | 18,329 | 1100 | 0.6794 | |
| 28 | Dickinson State University | 15200 | 25300 | 0.4006 | 1,339 | 1005 | 0.3695 | |
| 29 | University of North Florida | 15400 | 33000 | 0.5337 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
| 30 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 15500 | 46800 | 0.6693 | 6,550 | 1110 | 0.7456 | |
| 31 | Wayne State College | 15600 | 20000 | 0.2199 | 3,902 | 0 | 1 | |
| 32 | James Madison University | 15900 | 28900 | 0.4502 | 21,112 | 1260 | 0.7151 | |
| 33 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 16100 | 42600 | 0.6223 | 7,595 | 1075 | 0.9226 | |
| 33 | Wayne State University | 16100 | 46200 | 0.6516 | 16,173 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
| 35 | New Mexico Highlands University | 16200 | 31500 | 0.4854 | 1,710 | 945 | 0.9481 | |
| 36 | Goshen College | 16300 | 55900 | 0.7081 | 780 | 995 | 0.8404 | |
| 36 | Jacksonville State University | 16300 | 27000 | 0.397 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 38 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 16500 | 32200 | 0.4874 | 10,200 | 1346 | 0.6507 | |
| 39 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 16600 | 33600 | 0.5055 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 40 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16800 | 64800 | 0.7402 | 21,075 | 1420 | 0.1534 | |
| 41 | University of South Alabama | 16900 | 35200 | 0.5202 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 42 | Southern University at New Orleans | 17300 | 34200 | 0.494 | 1,773 | 885 | 0.6021 | |
| 43 | Boston College | 17400 | 96200 | 0.8187 | 9,654 | 1490 | 0.1619 | |
| 44 | Westfield State University | 17500 | 36600 | 0.5213 | 3,868 | 1105 | 0.8671 | |
| 45 | SUNY at Fredonia | 17700 | 39600 | 0.5537 | 2,876 | 1193 | 0.792 | |
| 45 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 17700 | 44900 | 0.6053 | 5,205 | 1118 | 0.744 | |
| 45 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 17700 | 36500 | 0.5154 | 7,505 | 1059 | 0.9633 | |
| 48 | Morgan State University | 17800 | 19700 | 0.0966 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 49 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 18100 | 42800 | 0.5765 | 581 | 1129 | 0.9821 | |
| 50 | College of Charleston | 18300 | 33900 | 0.4607 | 10,880 | 1255 | 0.6003 | |
| 50 | Emporia State University | 18300 | 29800 | 0.3864 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 52 | Florida Memorial University | 18400 | 44900 | 0.5903 | 1,299 | 0 | 0.7431 | |
| 52 | Stockton University | 18400 | 44500 | 0.5868 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 54 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 18500 | 43800 | 0.5771 | 352 | 1180 | 0.9647 | |
| 54 | State University of New York at Oswego | 18500 | 27700 | 0.332 | 5,517 | 1164 | 0.8057 | |
| 56 | Angelo State University | 18600 | 23100 | 0.1968 | 9,779 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 57 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 18700 | 25200 | 0.2576 | 6,853 | 1090 | 0.7147 | |
| 58 | Ramapo College of New Jersey | 18800 | 38000 | 0.505 | 5,444 | 1214 | 0.7064 | |
| 59 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 19100 | 38100 | 0.4987 | 2,884 | 1175 | 0.9677 | |
| 60 | San Jose State University | 19500 | 33700 | 0.4214 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 61 | Lincoln University | 19600 | 40800 | 0.5201 | 1,707 | 920 | 0 | |
| 62 | Central Connecticut State University | 19700 | 29500 | 0.332 | 8,170 | 1010 | 0.7333 | |
| 63 | Central College | 20200 | 36800 | 0.4509 | 1,084 | 1140 | 0.8617 | |
| 63 | Grove City College | 20200 | 39700 | 0.4918 | 2,341 | 1256 | 0.7232 | |
| 65 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 20300 | 40900 | 0.5042 | 1,880 | 1185 | 0.9867 | |
| 66 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 20400 | 34400 | 0.4069 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 67 | Northwestern University | 20600 | 89500 | 0.7702 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 67 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 20600 | 42600 | 0.517 | 1,809 | 1109 | 0.9484 | |
| 69 | East Carolina University | 20800 | 23800 | 0.1258 | 21,445 | 1120 | 0.8922 | |
| 70 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 20900 | 57800 | 0.6391 | 1,083 | 1171 | 0.9278 | |
| 71 | Bradley University | 21000 | 50800 | 0.5865 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 72 | Elmhurst University | 21100 | 67000 | 0.6853 | 3,170 | 1148 | 0.7357 | |
| 73 | Kennesaw State University | 21200 | 27200 | 0.2207 | 42,840 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 74 | Pennsylvania Western University | 21400 | 28200 | 0.2415 | 7,586 | 0 | 0.9433 | |
| 75 | Luther College | 21500 | 71900 | 0.7008 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.8402 | |
| 75 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 21500 | 38900 | 0.4469 | 1,919 | 1245 | 0.7844 | |
| 77 | Averett University | 22000 | 57200 | 0.6158 | 1,180 | 1070 | 0.478 | |
| 78 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 22200 | 47900 | 0.5362 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 79 | SUNY Brockport | 22400 | 35100 | 0.3618 | 5,816 | 1195 | 0.7068 | |
| 80 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 22500 | 58100 | 0.6132 | 1,477 | 1075 | 0.8068 | |
| 81 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 22800 | 45200 | 0.496 | 502 | 1204 | 0.9641 | |
| 82 | Dakota State University | 23100 | 25600 | 0.0977 | 3,066 | 1192 | 0.8814 | |
| 83 | Robert Morris University | 23300 | 58000 | 0.5988 | 3,769 | 1180 | 0.9057 | |
| 84 | Albright College | 23800 | 49300 | 0.5171 | 1,328 | 1050 | 0.8615 | |
| 84 | Houghton University | 23800 | 61900 | 0.6158 | 939 | 1277 | 0.8866 | |
| 86 | University of Kentucky | 23900 | 36100 | 0.3366 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 87 | Dominican University | 24100 | 56000 | 0.5705 | 2,690 | 1060 | 0.9032 | |
| 87 | Norwich University | 24100 | 88400 | 0.7276 | 2,642 | 1182 | 0.7361 | |
| 89 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 25000 | 28000 | 0.1089 | 5,086 | 1000 | 0.9821 | |
| 90 | Northwood University | 25100 | 54500 | 0.5399 | 1,989 | 1075 | 0.839 | |
| 91 | Columbia College | 25700 | 51600 | 0.5023 | 876 | 1025 | 0.8878 | |
| 92 | Doane University | 26000 | 77700 | 0.665 | 1,323 | 1125 | 0.9801 | |
| 92 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 26000 | 43000 | 0.395 | 5,789 | 1060 | 0.5774 | |
| 94 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 26200 | 28300 | 0.0725 | 3,413 | 1095 | 0.5295 | |
| 95 | Grand Valley State University | 26300 | 36300 | 0.2759 | 19,002 | 1233 | 0.8302 | |
| 96 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 26500 | 41500 | 0.3612 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 97 | Bethune-Cookman University | 26600 | 32700 | 0.1866 | 2,739 | 910 | 0.8824 | |
| 98 | Furman University | 26700 | 79600 | 0.6643 | 2,383 | 1359 | 0.4295 | |
| 99 | Cleveland State University | 27300 | 37300 | 0.2682 | 9,418 | 1105 | 0.913 | |
| 99 | Syracuse University | 27300 | 83100 | 0.6714 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 101 | George Fox University | 27400 | 76800 | 0.6432 | 3,401 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 102 | Rowan University | 27500 | 41600 | 0.3386 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
| 102 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 27500 | 27500 | 0 | 10,767 | 1326 | 0.7243 | |
| 104 | Thomas Jefferson University | 27800 | 67700 | 0.5892 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 105 | Mercy University | 28400 | 44500 | 0.3619 | 6,775 | 1074 | 0.8584 | |
| 106 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 33400 | 0.1437 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 107 | Western Oregon University | 28800 | 28800 | 0 | 3,343 | 1120 | 0.9871 | |
| 108 | University of Utah | 29000 | 32000 | 0.0953 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 109 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29400 | 33900 | 0.1328 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 110 | Northern Kentucky University | 29600 | 32100 | 0.0779 | 10,163 | 1090 | 0.8307 | |
| 111 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 29800 | 62800 | 0.5251 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 112 | Saint Xavier University | 29900 | 53600 | 0.442 | 3,039 | 1125 | 0.8575 | |
| 113 | University of North Texas | 30100 | 37400 | 0.1951 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 114 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 30600 | 54700 | 0.4401 | 1,409 | 1110 | 0.5568 | |
| 115 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 30700 | 36500 | 0.1589 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 115 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30700 | 54600 | 0.4369 | 3,163 | 1165 | 0.9347 | |
| 117 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1150 | 0.9523 | |
| 117 | University of Toledo | 30900 | 42000 | 0.2633 | 11,013 | 1159 | 0.9202 | |
| 119 | Coastal Carolina University | 31000 | 45100 | 0.3127 | 10,811 | 1145 | 0.7527 | |
| 120 | Washington Adventist University | 31900 | 37800 | 0.1562 | 605 | 951 | 0.4536 | |
| 121 | Hampton University | 32000 | 62400 | 0.4868 | 3,728 | 956 | 0.6225 | |
| 122 | Grambling State University | 32200 | 38100 | 0.155 | 4,279 | 955 | 0.2368 | |
| 122 | Saint Michael's College | 32200 | 68500 | 0.5302 | 1,120 | 1240 | 0.8451 | |
| 124 | Suffolk University | 32500 | 69700 | 0.5341 | 4,324 | 1209 | 0.822 | |
| 125 | University of Scranton | 32600 | 78700 | 0.5862 | 3,613 | 1220 | 0.8029 | |
| 126 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 15,130 | 1095 | 0.5256 | |
| 127 | Frostburg State University | 33500 | 43000 | 0.221 | 2,619 | 1095 | 0.892 | |
| 128 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 33600 | 58500 | 0.4265 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 129 | George Washington University | 33700 | 81800 | 0.5882 | 11,677 | 1421 | 0.4709 | |
| 130 | LeTourneau University | 34100 | 54800 | 0.378 | 3,184 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 131 | Charleston Southern University | 34400 | 48400 | 0.29 | 2,914 | 1060 | 0.7609 | |
| 132 | Pace University | 34500 | 74800 | 0.5387 | 8,038 | 1274 | 0.7592 | |
| 133 | University of South Florida | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 134 | Adelphi University | 35300 | 63300 | 0.4429 | 5,325 | 1218 | 0.6591 | |
| 135 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 36300 | 56300 | 0.356 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 136 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 36400 | 56800 | 0.3589 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 137 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 36700 | 67900 | 0.4594 | 3,965 | 1335 | 0.9121 | |
| 138 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 36900 | 38900 | 0.0527 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 139 | Loyola University Maryland | 37100 | 78800 | 0.5293 | 3,881 | 1309 | 0.7549 | |
| 140 | Towson University | 37200 | 46400 | 0.1983 | 16,264 | 1093 | 0.8198 | |
| 141 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 37600 | 41600 | 0.0973 | 5,386 | 995 | 0.9092 | |
| 142 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38600 | 38600 | 0 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
| 143 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 38900 | 53400 | 0.2716 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 144 | Rutgers University-Newark | 39400 | 60500 | 0.349 | 7,417 | 1214 | 0.7873 | |
| 145 | Stony Brook University | 40000 | 53000 | 0.2462 | 18,263 | 1404 | 0.4904 | |
| 146 | McKendree University | 40200 | 52200 | 0.2308 | 1,605 | 1098 | 0.6388 | |
| 147 | Christopher Newport University | 42200 | 51000 | 0.1727 | 4,407 | 1209 | 0.8796 | |
| 147 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 42200 | 54700 | 0.2285 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 149 | University of Maryland-College Park | 42300 | 53400 | 0.2079 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 150 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4474 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
| 151 | University of Illinois Chicago | 43700 | 49300 | 0.1135 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 152 | Immaculata University | 44400 | 47800 | 0.0711 | 1,652 | 1245 | 0.8578 | |
| 153 | Mercer University | 47800 | 63700 | 0.2497 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
| 154 | University of Mount Olive | 48400 | 50400 | 0.0407 | 1,937 | 1020 | 0.7775 | |
| 155 | DePaul University | 48700 | 67100 | 0.2742 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 156 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 48800 | 61200 | 0.2018 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 157 | Molloy University | 48900 | 62300 | 0.2152 | 3,240 | 1199 | 0.8174 | |
| 158 | Drexel University | 49000 | 83800 | 0.4152 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 159 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 50400 | 60000 | 0.1599 | 31,112 | 1114 | 0.8129 | |
| 160 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 50800 | 52900 | 0.0388 | 14,504 | 1145 | 0.7637 | |
| 161 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 51000 | 84700 | 0.398 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 162 | California Lutheran University | 54300 | 70000 | 0.2245 | 2,297 | 1258 | 0.7567 | |
| 163 | University of Colorado Boulder | 54500 | 56600 | 0.0371 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
| 164 | Dallas Baptist University | 55700 | 71900 | 0.2252 | 2,785 | 1104 | 0.8884 | |
| 165 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver | 60000 | 63200 | 0.0506 | 482 | 1195 | 0.9565 | |
| 166 | Thiel College | 60500 | 69100 | 0.1244 | 830 | 1065 | 0.7189 | |
| 167 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 60900 | 64100 | 0.0499 | 1,236 | 1203 | 0.9811 | |
| 168 | Clemson University | 61600 | 63700 | 0.0322 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 169 | Fordham University | 70200 | 95000 | 0.2609 | 10,582 | 1406 | 0.5931 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.
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