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 | Antelope Valley Community College District | 4400 | 12900 | 0.6547 | 12,937 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | Santa Ana College | 4600 | 23100 | 0.8003 | 26,073 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | Savannah State University | 6800 | 40400 | 0.8308 | 2,857 | 950 | 0.8368 | |
| 5 | Northern Kentucky University | 6900 | 25900 | 0.7346 | 10,163 | 1090 | 0.8307 | |
| 6 | University of Houston-Victoria | 7000 | 39700 | 0.8239 | 2,707 | 930 | 0.7671 | |
| 7 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 7700 | 43500 | 0.8237 | 28,674 | 980 | 0.9401 | |
| 8 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8400 | 98000 | 0.9146 | 9,157 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 9 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 9000 | 48800 | 0.8158 | 10,049 | 1005 | 0.9234 | |
| 10 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 9300 | 36900 | 0.7482 | 3,207 | 1060 | 0.8034 | |
| 11 | Valdosta State University | 10400 | 24800 | 0.5815 | 7,206 | 1015 | 0.7214 | |
| 12 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 10500 | 21100 | 0.5036 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 13 | University of Michigan-Flint | 11200 | 45600 | 0.7541 | 5,011 | 1103 | 0.7047 | |
| 14 | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | 11400 | 19600 | 0.4182 | 10,656 | 1075 | 0.7289 | |
| 15 | Santa Monica College | 11700 | 33300 | 0.6478 | 23,164 | 0 | 0.4384 | |
| 16 | University of Illinois Chicago | 11900 | 30400 | 0.6077 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 17 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 29100 | 0.5734 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 18 | University of California-Riverside | 12700 | 66000 | 0.808 | 22,599 | 1199 | 0.7685 | |
| 19 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 13200 | 27800 | 0.5243 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 20 | Coastal Carolina University | 13400 | 27200 | 0.5075 | 10,811 | 1145 | 0.7527 | |
| 21 | Fort Hays State University | 13500 | 40700 | 0.669 | 10,206 | 1110 | 0.9177 | |
| 21 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 13500 | 13500 | 0 | 1,919 | 1245 | 0.7844 | |
| 21 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 13500 | 19400 | 0.3042 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
| 24 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 13700 | 46000 | 0.7018 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 25 | University of North Florida | 13800 | 22400 | 0.3844 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
| 26 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 14500 | 32200 | 0.5503 | 2,836 | 1135 | 0.3787 | |
| 27 | University of North Texas | 14600 | 25700 | 0.4325 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 28 | Grand Valley State University | 14800 | 25300 | 0.4155 | 19,002 | 1233 | 0.8302 | |
| 29 | Radford University | 15000 | 32000 | 0.5318 | 6,161 | 1070 | 0.8953 | |
| 30 | Alabama State University | 15100 | 37900 | 0.6016 | 3,322 | 970 | 0.9564 | |
| 30 | University of North Georgia | 15100 | 48000 | 0.6857 | 18,329 | 1100 | 0.6794 | |
| 32 | Dickinson State University | 15200 | 25300 | 0.4 | 1,339 | 1005 | 0.3695 | |
| 33 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 15500 | 46800 | 0.6693 | 6,550 | 1110 | 0.7456 | |
| 34 | Wayne State College | 15600 | 20000 | 0.2199 | 3,902 | 0 | 1 | |
| 35 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 15800 | 35700 | 0.5575 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 36 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 16100 | 42600 | 0.6223 | 7,595 | 1075 | 0.9226 | |
| 36 | Wayne State University | 16100 | 46200 | 0.6516 | 16,173 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
| 38 | Goshen College | 16200 | 55900 | 0.7096 | 780 | 995 | 0.8404 | |
| 38 | Jacksonville State University | 16200 | 36100 | 0.551 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 38 | New Mexico Highlands University | 16200 | 31500 | 0.4854 | 1,710 | 945 | 0.9481 | |
| 38 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 16200 | 29200 | 0.4454 | 18,667 | 1090 | 0.9711 | |
| 42 | SUNY at Fredonia | 16500 | 27800 | 0.407 | 2,876 | 1193 | 0.792 | |
| 43 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 16700 | 39000 | 0.5705 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 44 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16800 | 64800 | 0.7416 | 21,075 | 1420 | 0.1534 | |
| 45 | University of South Alabama | 16900 | 35200 | 0.5202 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 46 | Morgan State University | 17200 | 37200 | 0.5377 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 47 | Boston College | 17400 | 96200 | 0.8187 | 9,654 | 1490 | 0.1619 | |
| 47 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 17400 | 36400 | 0.5213 | 2,884 | 1175 | 0.9677 | |
| 49 | Westfield State University | 17500 | 36600 | 0.5213 | 3,868 | 1105 | 0.8671 | |
| 50 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 17600 | 52500 | 0.6647 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 51 | Stockton University | 17700 | 32100 | 0.4484 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 52 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 17800 | 44900 | 0.6031 | 5,205 | 1118 | 0.744 | |
| 53 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 17900 | 26700 | 0.3296 | 7,505 | 1059 | 0.9633 | |
| 54 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 18100 | 42800 | 0.5765 | 581 | 1129 | 0.9821 | |
| 54 | Southern University at New Orleans | 18100 | 34200 | 0.4706 | 1,773 | 885 | 0.6021 | |
| 56 | Emporia State University | 18300 | 29800 | 0.3864 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 57 | Florida Memorial University | 18400 | 44900 | 0.5903 | 1,299 | 0 | 0.7431 | |
| 58 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 18500 | 43800 | 0.5771 | 352 | 1180 | 0.9647 | |
| 58 | State University of New York at Oswego | 18500 | 27700 | 0.332 | 5,517 | 1164 | 0.8057 | |
| 60 | Ramapo College of New Jersey | 18800 | 38000 | 0.505 | 5,444 | 1214 | 0.7064 | |
| 61 | San Jose State University | 19500 | 33700 | 0.4214 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 61 | Towson University | 19500 | 30000 | 0.3495 | 16,264 | 1093 | 0.8198 | |
| 63 | Central Connecticut State University | 19700 | 29500 | 0.332 | 8,170 | 1010 | 0.7333 | |
| 63 | Lincoln University | 19700 | 40800 | 0.5177 | 1,707 | 920 | 0 | |
| 65 | Central College | 20200 | 36800 | 0.4509 | 1,084 | 1140 | 0.8617 | |
| 65 | Grove City College | 20200 | 39700 | 0.4918 | 2,341 | 1256 | 0.7232 | |
| 67 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 20400 | 34400 | 0.4069 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 67 | Dakota State University | 20400 | 22500 | 0.0912 | 3,066 | 1192 | 0.8814 | |
| 69 | Pennsylvania Western University | 20500 | 26600 | 0.2292 | 7,586 | 0 | 0.9433 | |
| 70 | Northwestern University | 20600 | 89500 | 0.7702 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 71 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 20800 | 57800 | 0.6406 | 1,083 | 1171 | 0.9278 | |
| 72 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27100 | 0.2285 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 73 | Bradley University | 21000 | 50800 | 0.5865 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 74 | Elmhurst University | 21100 | 67000 | 0.6853 | 3,170 | 1148 | 0.7357 | |
| 75 | Kennesaw State University | 21200 | 27200 | 0.2207 | 42,840 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 76 | Western Oregon University | 21300 | 24600 | 0.134 | 3,343 | 1120 | 0.9871 | |
| 77 | Luther College | 21500 | 71900 | 0.7017 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.8402 | |
| 78 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 79 | Averett University | 22000 | 57200 | 0.6158 | 1,180 | 1070 | 0.478 | |
| 80 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 22100 | 43000 | 0.4856 | 5,789 | 1060 | 0.5774 | |
| 81 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 22200 | 47900 | 0.5362 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 82 | SUNY Brockport | 22400 | 35100 | 0.3618 | 5,816 | 1195 | 0.7068 | |
| 83 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 22500 | 58100 | 0.6132 | 1,477 | 1075 | 0.8068 | |
| 84 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 22700 | 44400 | 0.4884 | 1,809 | 1109 | 0.9484 | |
| 85 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 22800 | 45200 | 0.496 | 502 | 1204 | 0.9641 | |
| 86 | Robert Morris University | 23300 | 58000 | 0.5986 | 3,769 | 1180 | 0.9057 | |
| 87 | Grambling State University | 23600 | 34800 | 0.3215 | 4,279 | 955 | 0.2368 | |
| 88 | Albright College | 23700 | 49300 | 0.5192 | 1,328 | 1050 | 0.8615 | |
| 89 | Houghton University | 23800 | 61900 | 0.6158 | 939 | 1277 | 0.8866 | |
| 90 | University of Kentucky | 23900 | 36100 | 0.3383 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 91 | Dominican University | 24100 | 56000 | 0.5702 | 2,690 | 1060 | 0.9032 | |
| 91 | Norwich University | 24100 | 88400 | 0.7276 | 2,642 | 1182 | 0.7361 | |
| 93 | Northwood University | 25100 | 54500 | 0.5399 | 1,989 | 1075 | 0.839 | |
| 94 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 25400 | 39200 | 0.3521 | 4,478 | 1065 | 0.8132 | |
| 95 | Columbia College | 25700 | 51600 | 0.5023 | 876 | 1025 | 0.8878 | |
| 96 | Doane University | 26000 | 77700 | 0.665 | 1,323 | 1125 | 0.9801 | |
| 97 | Stony Brook University | 26100 | 33200 | 0.2129 | 18,263 | 1404 | 0.4904 | |
| 98 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 26200 | 28300 | 0.0755 | 3,413 | 1095 | 0.5295 | |
| 99 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 26400 | 40500 | 0.3482 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 100 | Bethune-Cookman University | 26500 | 32700 | 0.1897 | 2,739 | 910 | 0.8824 | |
| 101 | Furman University | 26700 | 79600 | 0.6643 | 2,383 | 1359 | 0.4295 | |
| 102 | Fairmont State University | 27100 | 32200 | 0.1584 | 3,060 | 975 | 0.9924 | |
| 103 | Cleveland State University | 27300 | 37300 | 0.2682 | 9,418 | 1105 | 0.913 | |
| 103 | Syracuse University | 27300 | 83100 | 0.6714 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 105 | George Fox University | 27400 | 76800 | 0.6432 | 3,401 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 106 | Thomas Jefferson University | 27700 | 67700 | 0.5907 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 107 | Mercy University | 28400 | 44500 | 0.3619 | 6,775 | 1074 | 0.8584 | |
| 108 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28500 | 33400 | 0.1467 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 109 | Clemson University | 29200 | 37100 | 0.2137 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 110 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29400 | 33900 | 0.1328 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 111 | University of Toledo | 29500 | 32600 | 0.0961 | 11,013 | 1159 | 0.9202 | |
| 112 | Saint Xavier University | 29800 | 53600 | 0.4438 | 3,039 | 1125 | 0.8575 | |
| 112 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 29800 | 62800 | 0.5251 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 114 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 30400 | 33600 | 0.0934 | 5,086 | 1000 | 0.9821 | |
| 115 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 30500 | 54700 | 0.4416 | 1,409 | 1110 | 0.5568 | |
| 116 | East Texas A&M University | 30700 | 36500 | 0.1589 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 116 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30700 | 54600 | 0.4385 | 3,163 | 1165 | 0.9347 | |
| 118 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1150 | 0.9523 | |
| 119 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 31000 | 36900 | 0.162 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 120 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 31300 | 31300 | 0 | 6,853 | 1090 | 0.7147 | |
| 121 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 31400 | 45100 | 0.3037 | 10,767 | 1326 | 0.7243 | |
| 122 | Angelo State University | 31800 | 35400 | 0.1027 | 9,779 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 123 | Washington Adventist University | 31900 | 37800 | 0.1562 | 605 | 951 | 0.4536 | |
| 124 | Hampton University | 32000 | 62400 | 0.4868 | 3,728 | 956 | 0.6225 | |
| 125 | Saint Michael's College | 32100 | 68500 | 0.5317 | 1,120 | 1240 | 0.8451 | |
| 126 | Suffolk University | 32500 | 69700 | 0.5341 | 4,324 | 1209 | 0.822 | |
| 126 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32500 | 35100 | 0.0742 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 126 | University of Scranton | 32500 | 78700 | 0.5872 | 3,613 | 1220 | 0.8029 | |
| 129 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 15,130 | 1095 | 0.5256 | |
| 130 | Frostburg State University | 33400 | 43000 | 0.2234 | 2,619 | 1095 | 0.892 | |
| 131 | George Washington University | 33700 | 81800 | 0.5882 | 11,677 | 1421 | 0.4709 | |
| 132 | LeTourneau University | 34100 | 54800 | 0.378 | 3,184 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 133 | Charleston Southern University | 34300 | 48400 | 0.2918 | 2,914 | 1060 | 0.7609 | |
| 133 | Salisbury University | 34300 | 41700 | 0.1773 | 6,288 | 1250 | 0.8747 | |
| 135 | Christopher Newport University | 34500 | 36200 | 0.047 | 4,407 | 1209 | 0.8796 | |
| 135 | Pace University | 34500 | 74800 | 0.5387 | 8,038 | 1274 | 0.7592 | |
| 137 | University of South Florida | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 138 | Adelphi University | 35200 | 63300 | 0.4443 | 5,325 | 1218 | 0.6591 | |
| 139 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 36700 | 67900 | 0.4594 | 3,965 | 1335 | 0.9121 | |
| 140 | East Carolina University | 37100 | 40100 | 0.0748 | 21,445 | 1120 | 0.8922 | |
| 140 | Loyola University Maryland | 37100 | 78800 | 0.5293 | 3,881 | 1309 | 0.7549 | |
| 142 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 37500 | 41600 | 0.0993 | 5,386 | 995 | 0.9092 | |
| 143 | Rutgers University-Newark | 39500 | 60500 | 0.3474 | 7,417 | 1214 | 0.7873 | |
| 144 | McKendree University | 40100 | 52200 | 0.2324 | 1,605 | 1098 | 0.6388 | |
| 145 | Merrimack College | 43600 | 78800 | 0.4472 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
| 146 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 43900 | 57100 | 0.2302 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 147 | Immaculata University | 44300 | 47800 | 0.0732 | 1,652 | 1245 | 0.8578 | |
| 148 | James Madison University | 45300 | 45300 | 0 | 21,112 | 1260 | 0.7151 | |
| 149 | Mercer University | 47700 | 63700 | 0.2513 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
| 150 | University of Mount Olive | 48300 | 50400 | 0.0424 | 1,937 | 1020 | 0.7775 | |
| 151 | DePaul University | 48700 | 67100 | 0.2742 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 152 | Drexel University | 48800 | 83800 | 0.4176 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 153 | Molloy University | 48900 | 62300 | 0.2152 | 3,240 | 1199 | 0.8174 | |
| 154 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 50400 | 60000 | 0.1599 | 31,112 | 1114 | 0.8129 | |
| 155 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 50800 | 52900 | 0.0404 | 14,504 | 1145 | 0.7637 | |
| 156 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 51000 | 84700 | 0.398 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 157 | University of Utah | 51600 | 53700 | 0.0398 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 158 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
| 159 | California Lutheran University | 54200 | 70000 | 0.226 | 2,297 | 1258 | 0.7567 | |
| 160 | University of Colorado Boulder | 54600 | 56600 | 0.0353 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
| 161 | Dallas Baptist University | 55700 | 71900 | 0.2252 | 2,785 | 1104 | 0.8884 | |
| 162 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58300 | 64100 | 0.0905 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 163 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver | 60000 | 63200 | 0.0506 | 482 | 1195 | 0.9565 | |
| 164 | Thiel College | 60400 | 69100 | 0.1259 | 830 | 1065 | 0.7189 | |
| 165 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 60800 | 64100 | 0.0514 | 1,236 | 1203 | 0.9811 | |
| 166 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 61400 | 64200 | 0.0436 | 1,880 | 1185 | 0.9867 | |
| 167 | College of Charleston | 61600 | 61600 | 0 | 10,880 | 1255 | 0.6003 | |
| 168 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 63500 | 63500 | 0 | 10,200 | 1346 | 0.6507 | |
| 169 | Fordham University | 70000 | 95000 | 0.263 | 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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