Considering a degree in Information Science/Studies?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Information Science/Studies majors who live in Iowa.
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 Iowa.
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 | 6200 | 43600 | 0.858 | 5,534 | 1079 | 0.6734 | |
| 2 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 7000 | 41500 | 0.8321 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 3 | Northwestern University | 7900 | 94200 | 0.916 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 4 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8700 | 98000 | 0.9113 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 5 | Portland State University | 10100 | 43300 | 0.7673 | 14,932 | 1174 | 0.8586 | |
| 6 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 10500 | 41400 | 0.747 | 3,224 | 1085 | 0.7643 | |
| 7 | Fairmont State University | 10600 | 21600 | 0.5084 | 3,090 | 970 | 0.9862 | |
| 8 | Concord University | 10800 | 49200 | 0.78 | 1,638 | 1015 | 0.9728 | |
| 8 | Savannah State University | 10800 | 50900 | 0.7881 | 2,966 | 950 | 1 | |
| 10 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 11400 | 36800 | 0.69 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 11 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 31100 | 0.6022 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 12 | Wayne State University | 12500 | 32900 | 0.6197 | 16,390 | 1183 | 0.8359 | |
| 13 | Fort Hays State University | 12900 | 19900 | 0.3523 | 10,172 | 1075 | 0.9026 | |
| 14 | Central Connecticut State University | 13000 | 34200 | 0.6196 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 14 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 13000 | 40500 | 0.6789 | 29,727 | 990 | 0.9229 | |
| 16 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 13200 | 19400 | 0.3197 | 14,865 | 1175 | 0.9113 | |
| 17 | University of North Florida | 13400 | 28100 | 0.5233 | 14,837 | 1124 | 0.6815 | |
| 17 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 13400 | 21300 | 0.3708 | 18,667 | 1090 | 0.9711 | |
| 19 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 13500 | 40800 | 0.6693 | 6,761 | 1105 | 0.8475 | |
| 20 | University of California-Riverside | 13600 | 36500 | 0.627 | 24,034 | 1199 | 0.8609 | |
| 21 | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | 14200 | 25700 | 0.4479 | 10,995 | 1090 | 0.7476 | |
| 22 | Coastal Carolina University | 14300 | 45300 | 0.6847 | 11,471 | 1160 | 0.7003 | |
| 22 | Valdosta State University | 14300 | 29700 | 0.5182 | 7,199 | 1005 | 0.7769 | |
| 24 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 14400 | 38200 | 0.6223 | 7,501 | 1055 | 0.9467 | |
| 25 | Mercy University | 14700 | 46400 | 0.6836 | 6,692 | 1135 | 0.8724 | |
| 26 | Wayne State College | 15100 | 30500 | 0.5057 | 3,886 | 0 | 1 | |
| 27 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 15300 | 44000 | 0.6526 | 308 | 1144 | 0.9053 | |
| 28 | Jacksonville State University | 15500 | 38200 | 0.5938 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 29 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16500 | 64800 | 0.7456 | 22,007 | 1427 | 0.1672 | |
| 30 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 16600 | 27600 | 0.3991 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 31 | Morgan State University | 16700 | 30700 | 0.4556 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 32 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 17100 | 36400 | 0.5296 | 2,710 | 1218 | 0.9374 | |
| 32 | Southern University at New Orleans | 17100 | 42000 | 0.5925 | 2,179 | 950 | 0.789 | |
| 32 | SUNY at Fredonia | 17100 | 27800 | 0.3854 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 32 | University of Colorado Boulder | 17100 | 31900 | 0.4622 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7809 | |
| 36 | College of Charleston | 17300 | 33900 | 0.4902 | 10,596 | 1234 | 0.73 | |
| 36 | Emporia State University | 17300 | 31200 | 0.4457 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 38 | Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi | 17400 | 28900 | 0.3985 | 8,673 | 1095 | 0.9156 | |
| 38 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 17400 | 44200 | 0.607 | 1,829 | 1149 | 0.945 | |
| 40 | East Carolina University | 17600 | 26100 | 0.3256 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 40 | State University of New York at Oswego | 17600 | 27700 | 0.3645 | 5,293 | 1179 | 0.7989 | |
| 40 | Texas A&M University-Victoria | 17600 | 46500 | 0.6211 | 2,627 | 1000 | 0.5253 | |
| 43 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 18000 | 44000 | 0.5905 | 586 | 1140 | 0.9577 | |
| 43 | University of South Alabama | 18000 | 40200 | 0.5528 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 45 | Kennesaw State University | 18100 | 27400 | 0.3391 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 45 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 18100 | 95700 | 0.8105 | 711 | 1030 | 0.8214 | |
| 47 | San Jose State University | 18300 | 41100 | 0.5542 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 48 | Rutgers University-Newark | 18400 | 39200 | 0.5311 | 7,989 | 1159 | 0.7136 | |
| 49 | Ramapo College of New Jersey | 18800 | 36700 | 0.4871 | 5,492 | 1210 | 0.7026 | |
| 50 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18900 | 54000 | 0.6497 | 3,991 | 1010 | 0.9654 | |
| 51 | Central College | 19200 | 36800 | 0.4764 | 1,050 | 1159 | 0.8698 | |
| 51 | Norwich University | 19200 | 100600 | 0.8094 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 53 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 19300 | 38900 | 0.5034 | 1,973 | 1189 | 0.8142 | |
| 54 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 19500 | 40900 | 0.5238 | 1,078 | 1217 | 0.9646 | |
| 55 | Coppin State University | 20000 | 27600 | 0.2756 | 1,908 | 950 | 0.4583 | |
| 55 | Dakota State University | 20000 | 22500 | 0.1112 | 3,085 | 1174 | 0.9241 | |
| 55 | Stockton University | 20000 | 32100 | 0.3767 | 7,583 | 1134 | 0.901 | |
| 58 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 20200 | 39000 | 0.4822 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 59 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20300 | 57800 | 0.6485 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 60 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 20400 | 39800 | 0.4869 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 60 | Syracuse University | 20400 | 83600 | 0.756 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 62 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Schuylkill | 20500 | 45300 | 0.5472 | 653 | 1145 | 0.7972 | |
| 62 | Rowan University | 20500 | 41300 | 0.5039 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 62 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 20500 | 57800 | 0.6451 | 1,109 | 1175 | 0.9088 | |
| 65 | Grove City College | 20600 | 39700 | 0.4817 | 2,247 | 1248 | 0.667 | |
| 66 | Lincoln University | 21200 | 46500 | 0.5445 | 1,926 | 920 | 0 | |
| 66 | Thiel College | 21200 | 69100 | 0.693 | 830 | 1065 | 0.7189 | |
| 68 | Iowa State University | 21300 | 25700 | 0.1728 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 69 | Alabama State University | 21400 | 43200 | 0.5034 | 3,521 | 945 | 0.9755 | |
| 69 | Grambling State University | 21400 | 40500 | 0.4718 | 4,313 | 950 | 0.4486 | |
| 69 | Luther College | 21400 | 75400 | 0.7164 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.8398 | |
| 69 | Salisbury University | 21400 | 29300 | 0.2697 | 6,477 | 1245 | 0.8826 | |
| 73 | Boston College | 21700 | 97700 | 0.7782 | 9,677 | 1484 | 0.1422 | |
| 73 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 21700 | 49600 | 0.5621 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 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 | Texas Southern University | 22200 | 25500 | 0.1296 | 6,844 | 915 | 0.9691 | |
| 78 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 22400 | 34200 | 0.3453 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 79 | Houghton University | 22600 | 60900 | 0.6285 | 958 | 1277 | 0.89 | |
| 79 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 22600 | 42000 | 0.4624 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 81 | Christopher Newport University | 22700 | 50800 | 0.5527 | 4,369 | 1189 | 0.8604 | |
| 82 | Robert Morris University | 23000 | 58000 | 0.6031 | 4,325 | 1145 | 0.8989 | |
| 83 | Pennsylvania Western University | 23100 | 34400 | 0.3282 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 84 | Florida Memorial University | 23200 | 51000 | 0.5446 | 1,206 | 0 | 0.8526 | |
| 85 | Columbia College | 23600 | 38700 | 0.3898 | 876 | 1025 | 0.8878 | |
| 86 | Lamar University | 23800 | 37900 | 0.3716 | 8,387 | 1040 | 0.8353 | |
| 87 | Dominican University | 23900 | 56000 | 0.573 | 2,642 | 1005 | 0.8879 | |
| 87 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 23900 | 40900 | 0.4161 | 1,709 | 1218 | 0.9653 | |
| 87 | University of North Texas | 23900 | 37400 | 0.3607 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 90 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 24100 | 47900 | 0.4964 | 2,280 | 1224 | 0.9675 | |
| 91 | Western Oregon University | 24600 | 24600 | 0 | 3,034 | 1120 | 0.8345 | |
| 92 | University of South Florida | 24900 | 36500 | 0.3175 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 93 | Northwood University | 25800 | 54500 | 0.5271 | 2,045 | 1055 | 0.6451 | |
| 94 | Loyola University Maryland | 25900 | 78800 | 0.6714 | 4,013 | 1329 | 0.6986 | |
| 94 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 25900 | 28300 | 0.0847 | 3,375 | 1090 | 0.5885 | |
| 94 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 25900 | 54300 | 0.5227 | 5,939 | 1065 | 0.5878 | |
| 94 | West Virginia Wesleyan College | 25900 | 53800 | 0.5189 | 971 | 1030 | 0.9334 | |
| 98 | Stony Brook University | 26100 | 33200 | 0.2129 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 99 | Bemidji State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 3,751 | 1075 | 0.5598 | |
| 100 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 26600 | 40600 | 0.3446 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 101 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 26700 | 30100 | 0.1128 | 3,893 | 1015 | 0.9839 | |
| 102 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 26800 | 36500 | 0.2659 | 7,747 | 1073 | 0.9617 | |
| 103 | Cleveland State University | 27100 | 38600 | 0.2981 | 9,418 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 103 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 27100 | 63100 | 0.5701 | 1,495 | 1075 | 0.8761 | |
| 105 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 36400 | 0.2144 | 11,691 | 1074 | 0.7722 | |
| 105 | University of Utah | 28600 | 32000 | 0.1061 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 107 | Bethune-Cookman University | 28700 | 32300 | 0.1113 | 2,739 | 910 | 0.8824 | |
| 108 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 29300 | 33000 | 0.112 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 109 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29500 | 34200 | 0.1373 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 110 | California Lutheran University | 29700 | 71700 | 0.586 | 2,160 | 1218 | 0.7631 | |
| 110 | University of Iowa | 29700 | 32100 | 0.0746 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 112 | Saint Xavier University | 29900 | 58200 | 0.4859 | 3,100 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 113 | Thomas Jefferson University | 30000 | 70000 | 0.5711 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 114 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30400 | 54600 | 0.4432 | 3,120 | 1193 | 0.3992 | |
| 115 | University of Toledo | 30600 | 42000 | 0.2715 | 10,726 | 1134 | 0.8889 | |
| 116 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 2,082 | 1124 | 0.9576 | |
| 117 | Suffolk University | 31100 | 83500 | 0.6276 | 4,247 | 1209 | 0.8228 | |
| 118 | Angelo State University | 31500 | 35400 | 0.1101 | 10,103 | 1045 | 0.7981 | |
| 119 | Hampton University | 31700 | 54800 | 0.4215 | 4,046 | 1005 | 0.6358 | |
| 119 | Immaculata University | 31700 | 48600 | 0.3478 | 1,889 | 1264 | 0.8656 | |
| 121 | Northern Kentucky University | 32000 | 32100 | 0.0031 | 10,136 | 1110 | 0.9666 | |
| 121 | Westfield State University | 32000 | 37600 | 0.149 | 3,868 | 1105 | 0.8671 | |
| 123 | University of Scranton | 32300 | 78700 | 0.5893 | 3,689 | 1245 | 0.8006 | |
| 124 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 32900 | 59900 | 0.4511 | 11,087 | 1326 | 0.7397 | |
| 125 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 17,556 | 1090 | 0.5386 | |
| 126 | Harding University | 33400 | 47800 | 0.3012 | 3,536 | 1184 | 0.7052 | |
| 127 | Elizabethtown College | 33600 | 57500 | 0.4154 | 1,935 | 1214 | 0.8892 | |
| 128 | Pace University | 33900 | 75700 | 0.5525 | 5,520 | 1273 | 0.7827 | |
| 129 | Charleston Southern University | 34100 | 48400 | 0.2971 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 130 | George Washington University | 34400 | 81800 | 0.5796 | 11,495 | 1436 | 0.4713 | |
| 131 | Averett University | 34600 | 57600 | 0.3994 | 1,244 | 1054 | 0.5659 | |
| 132 | Adelphi University | 34900 | 63300 | 0.4484 | 5,097 | 1241 | 0.7215 | |
| 133 | Bradley University | 35500 | 60600 | 0.4141 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 134 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 35900 | 56300 | 0.3622 | 5,687 | 1305 | 0.7863 | |
| 135 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 36100 | 39700 | 0.0907 | 4,789 | 1040 | 0.6671 | |
| 136 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 36200 | 54400 | 0.3346 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 137 | Frostburg State University | 37600 | 42500 | 0.1153 | 3,436 | 1095 | 0.907 | |
| 138 | Drexel University | 39800 | 86400 | 0.5394 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 139 | Elmhurst University | 40100 | 69600 | 0.4236 | 3,170 | 1133 | 0.7501 | |
| 140 | Saint Michael's College | 40200 | 75800 | 0.4696 | 1,051 | 1280 | 0.8976 | |
| 141 | University of Illinois Chicago | 40400 | 51400 | 0.2142 | 24,260 | 1174 | 0.7576 | |
| 142 | McKendree University | 40500 | 52900 | 0.2343 | 1,757 | 1098 | 0.7172 | |
| 143 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 41700 | 55300 | 0.2461 | 21,388 | 1369 | 0.5945 | |
| 144 | University of Mount Olive | 42000 | 50400 | 0.1666 | 1,944 | 1075 | 0.7575 | |
| 145 | Furman University | 43100 | 84700 | 0.4914 | 2,304 | 1372 | 0.4869 | |
| 145 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43100 | 58600 | 0.2645 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 147 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 43200 | 88100 | 0.5098 | 35,358 | 1448 | 0.1642 | |
| 148 | Merrimack College | 43400 | 78800 | 0.4492 | 4,123 | 1124 | 0.6927 | |
| 148 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 43400 | 53400 | 0.1874 | 21,469 | 1167 | 0.9061 | |
| 150 | James Madison University | 43600 | 45000 | 0.0311 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 151 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 43700 | 72500 | 0.3974 | 10,368 | 1064 | 0.999 | |
| 152 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 43900 | 71800 | 0.3886 | 4,182 | 1317 | 0.8783 | |
| 153 | Radford University | 45200 | 47600 | 0.0503 | 6,206 | 1050 | 0.8939 | |
| 154 | Mercer University | 45600 | 65400 | 0.3031 | 4,719 | 1263 | 0.643 | |
| 155 | Towson University | 46100 | 46600 | 0.0107 | 16,361 | 1082 | 0.8057 | |
| 156 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 47300 | 57200 | 0.1731 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 157 | Molloy University | 47600 | 62300 | 0.2361 | 3,396 | 1188 | 0.6633 | |
| 158 | University of Kentucky | 48600 | 59900 | 0.1884 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 159 | DePaul University | 49000 | 69400 | 0.2938 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 160 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 49400 | 58800 | 0.1599 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 161 | University of North Georgia | 50100 | 57000 | 0.121 | 19,321 | 1100 | 0.9618 | |
| 162 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 50500 | 52900 | 0.0453 | 14,834 | 1149 | 0.7803 | |
| 163 | SUNY Brockport | 51200 | 51300 | 0.0019 | 5,816 | 1195 | 0.7068 | |
| 164 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 58800 | 61200 | 0.0391 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 165 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 60300 | 60300 | 0 | 504 | 1200 | 0.9095 | |
| 166 | Clemson University | 61300 | 63700 | 0.0376 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 167 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver | 64000 | 64000 | 0 | 475 | 1195 | 0.9418 | |
| 168 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 66900 | 66900 | 0 | 9,827 | 1329 | 0.6737 | |
| 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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