Considering a degree in Information Science/Studies?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Information Science/Studies majors who live in Illinois.
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 Illinois.
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 | 5100 | 41300 | 0.8768 | 5,534 | 1079 | 0.6734 | |
| 2 | Northwestern University | 6500 | 90200 | 0.9278 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 3 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 7000 | 41500 | 0.8323 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 4 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 7700 | 36100 | 0.7877 | 10,368 | 1064 | 0.999 | |
| 5 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8700 | 98000 | 0.9113 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 6 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 9400 | 41400 | 0.7736 | 3,224 | 1085 | 0.7643 | |
| 7 | Portland State University | 9500 | 26100 | 0.6368 | 14,932 | 1174 | 0.8586 | |
| 8 | Southern Illinois University Edwardsville | 10200 | 41300 | 0.7533 | 8,945 | 1099 | 0.975 | |
| 9 | Saint Xavier University | 10300 | 57000 | 0.819 | 3,100 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 10 | Savannah State University | 10700 | 50900 | 0.7901 | 2,966 | 950 | 1 | |
| 11 | Concord University | 10800 | 49200 | 0.78 | 1,638 | 1015 | 0.9728 | |
| 12 | University of Illinois Chicago | 12200 | 30200 | 0.5964 | 24,260 | 1174 | 0.7576 | |
| 13 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 12700 | 30000 | 0.5767 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 14 | University of North Florida | 13000 | 22400 | 0.4202 | 14,837 | 1124 | 0.6815 | |
| 15 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 13100 | 19400 | 0.3248 | 14,865 | 1175 | 0.9113 | |
| 16 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 13200 | 27100 | 0.5121 | 29,727 | 990 | 0.9229 | |
| 16 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 13200 | 27400 | 0.519 | 18,667 | 1090 | 0.9711 | |
| 18 | Northern Illinois University | 13300 | 32200 | 0.5857 | 12,118 | 1070 | 0.7164 | |
| 18 | Wayne State University | 13300 | 46800 | 0.7163 | 16,390 | 1183 | 0.8359 | |
| 20 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 13400 | 40800 | 0.6718 | 6,761 | 1105 | 0.8475 | |
| 21 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 13500 | 13500 | 0 | 1,973 | 1189 | 0.8142 | |
| 22 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 61700 | 0.7781 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 23 | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | 14000 | 19600 | 0.2856 | 10,995 | 1090 | 0.7476 | |
| 24 | Coastal Carolina University | 14200 | 45300 | 0.6869 | 11,471 | 1160 | 0.7003 | |
| 24 | Valdosta State University | 14200 | 29700 | 0.5215 | 7,199 | 1005 | 0.7769 | |
| 26 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 14300 | 38200 | 0.6249 | 7,501 | 1055 | 0.9467 | |
| 27 | Mercy University | 14700 | 46400 | 0.6836 | 6,692 | 1135 | 0.8724 | |
| 27 | University of California-Riverside | 14700 | 66100 | 0.7779 | 24,034 | 1199 | 0.8609 | |
| 29 | Wayne State College | 15000 | 30500 | 0.509 | 3,886 | 0 | 1 | |
| 30 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 15100 | 44000 | 0.6571 | 308 | 1144 | 0.9053 | |
| 31 | Coppin State University | 15200 | 25300 | 0.3987 | 1,908 | 950 | 0.4583 | |
| 32 | Jacksonville State University | 15700 | 27000 | 0.4192 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 33 | Frostburg State University | 16200 | 26600 | 0.3907 | 3,436 | 1095 | 0.907 | |
| 34 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16500 | 64800 | 0.7456 | 22,007 | 1427 | 0.1672 | |
| 35 | Morgan State University | 16600 | 30700 | 0.4588 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 35 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 16600 | 27600 | 0.3991 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 37 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 16800 | 28100 | 0.4019 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 38 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 17000 | 36400 | 0.5323 | 2,710 | 1218 | 0.9374 | |
| 38 | Southern University at New Orleans | 17000 | 42000 | 0.5948 | 2,179 | 950 | 0.789 | |
| 40 | Emporia State University | 17200 | 31200 | 0.4489 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 40 | Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi | 17200 | 20700 | 0.169 | 8,673 | 1095 | 0.9156 | |
| 42 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 17300 | 44200 | 0.6093 | 1,829 | 1149 | 0.945 | |
| 43 | Texas A&M University-Victoria | 17500 | 46500 | 0.6232 | 2,627 | 1000 | 0.5253 | |
| 44 | East Carolina University | 17600 | 26100 | 0.3256 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 44 | State University of New York at Oswego | 17600 | 27700 | 0.3645 | 5,293 | 1179 | 0.7989 | |
| 46 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 17800 | 44000 | 0.5951 | 586 | 1140 | 0.9577 | |
| 46 | University of South Alabama | 17800 | 40200 | 0.5578 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 48 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 18000 | 95700 | 0.8116 | 711 | 1030 | 0.8214 | |
| 49 | Kennesaw State University | 18100 | 27400 | 0.3391 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 50 | San Jose State University | 18200 | 41100 | 0.5567 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 51 | Rutgers University-Newark | 18400 | 39200 | 0.5311 | 7,989 | 1159 | 0.7136 | |
| 51 | SUNY Brockport | 18400 | 26200 | 0.2972 | 5,816 | 1195 | 0.7068 | |
| 53 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18900 | 54000 | 0.6497 | 3,991 | 1010 | 0.9654 | |
| 54 | Norwich University | 19100 | 100600 | 0.8104 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 54 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Schuylkill | 19100 | 32900 | 0.42 | 653 | 1145 | 0.7972 | |
| 56 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 19500 | 40900 | 0.5238 | 1,078 | 1217 | 0.9646 | |
| 57 | Fairmont State University | 19600 | 30900 | 0.3656 | 3,090 | 970 | 0.9862 | |
| 58 | Stockton University | 19800 | 32100 | 0.383 | 7,583 | 1134 | 0.901 | |
| 59 | SUNY at Fredonia | 20100 | 53600 | 0.6248 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 60 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20200 | 57800 | 0.6503 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 61 | Bradley University | 20400 | 59500 | 0.6564 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 61 | Syracuse University | 20400 | 83600 | 0.756 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 63 | Grove City College | 20500 | 39700 | 0.4842 | 2,247 | 1248 | 0.667 | |
| 63 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 20500 | 57800 | 0.6451 | 1,109 | 1175 | 0.9088 | |
| 65 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 20700 | 40100 | 0.4839 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 66 | Tarleton State University | 21000 | 23000 | 0.087 | 17,556 | 1090 | 0.5386 | |
| 67 | Thiel College | 21100 | 69100 | 0.6945 | 830 | 1065 | 0.7189 | |
| 68 | Lincoln University | 21200 | 46500 | 0.5445 | 1,926 | 920 | 0 | |
| 68 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 21200 | 51900 | 0.5921 | 5,939 | 1065 | 0.5878 | |
| 70 | Grambling State University | 21400 | 40500 | 0.4718 | 4,313 | 950 | 0.4486 | |
| 70 | Luther College | 21400 | 75400 | 0.7164 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.8398 | |
| 72 | Alabama State University | 21500 | 43200 | 0.5029 | 3,521 | 945 | 0.9755 | |
| 73 | Boston College | 21700 | 97700 | 0.7782 | 9,677 | 1484 | 0.1422 | |
| 74 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 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 | 22300 | 34200 | 0.3483 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 79 | Christopher Newport University | 22400 | 50800 | 0.5586 | 4,369 | 1189 | 0.8604 | |
| 80 | Houghton University | 22600 | 60900 | 0.6285 | 958 | 1277 | 0.89 | |
| 81 | Pennsylvania Western University | 23000 | 34400 | 0.3311 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 81 | Robert Morris University | 23000 | 58000 | 0.6031 | 4,325 | 1145 | 0.8989 | |
| 83 | Dakota State University | 23100 | 25600 | 0.0977 | 3,085 | 1174 | 0.9241 | |
| 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 | 23700 | 37900 | 0.3743 | 8,387 | 1040 | 0.8353 | |
| 87 | Dominican University | 23800 | 56000 | 0.5742 | 2,642 | 1005 | 0.8879 | |
| 87 | University of North Texas | 23800 | 37400 | 0.3634 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 89 | Elmhurst University | 24000 | 67000 | 0.642 | 3,170 | 1133 | 0.7501 | |
| 89 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 24000 | 47900 | 0.4985 | 2,280 | 1224 | 0.9675 | |
| 91 | Fort Hays State University | 24700 | 28500 | 0.1331 | 10,172 | 1075 | 0.9026 | |
| 91 | University of South Florida | 24700 | 36500 | 0.3229 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 93 | Loyola University Maryland | 25800 | 78800 | 0.6727 | 4,013 | 1329 | 0.6986 | |
| 93 | Northwood University | 25800 | 54500 | 0.5271 | 2,045 | 1055 | 0.6451 | |
| 95 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 25900 | 28300 | 0.0847 | 3,375 | 1090 | 0.5885 | |
| 95 | West Virginia Wesleyan College | 25900 | 53800 | 0.5189 | 971 | 1030 | 0.9334 | |
| 97 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 26100 | 49600 | 0.4735 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 97 | University of Akron Main Campus | 26100 | 28000 | 0.0677 | 11,691 | 1074 | 0.7722 | |
| 99 | Central College | 26300 | 38700 | 0.3204 | 1,050 | 1159 | 0.8698 | |
| 100 | Bemidji State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 3,751 | 1075 | 0.5598 | |
| 101 | Benedictine University | 26500 | 48900 | 0.4581 | 2,082 | 1124 | 0.9576 | |
| 102 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 26700 | 30100 | 0.1128 | 3,893 | 1015 | 0.9839 | |
| 102 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 26700 | 36500 | 0.2687 | 7,747 | 1073 | 0.9617 | |
| 104 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 27100 | 63100 | 0.5701 | 1,495 | 1075 | 0.8761 | |
| 105 | Central Connecticut State University | 27900 | 30400 | 0.0823 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 106 | 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 | University of Toledo | 29200 | 32600 | 0.1041 | 10,726 | 1134 | 0.8889 | |
| 109 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 29300 | 33000 | 0.112 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 110 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29400 | 34200 | 0.1402 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 111 | California Lutheran University | 29600 | 71700 | 0.5874 | 2,160 | 1218 | 0.7631 | |
| 112 | Thomas Jefferson University | 29800 | 70000 | 0.574 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 113 | Towson University | 29900 | 30200 | 0.0099 | 16,361 | 1082 | 0.8057 | |
| 114 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30400 | 54600 | 0.4432 | 3,120 | 1193 | 0.3992 | |
| 115 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 30800 | 33200 | 0.0722 | 14,834 | 1149 | 0.7803 | |
| 116 | Suffolk University | 31000 | 83500 | 0.6288 | 4,247 | 1209 | 0.8228 | |
| 117 | Angelo State University | 31500 | 35400 | 0.1101 | 10,103 | 1045 | 0.7981 | |
| 118 | Cleveland State University | 31700 | 32100 | 0.0125 | 9,418 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 118 | Hampton University | 31700 | 54800 | 0.4215 | 4,046 | 1005 | 0.6358 | |
| 118 | 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 | McKendree University | 32400 | 52900 | 0.3868 | 1,757 | 1098 | 0.7172 | |
| 125 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 32900 | 59900 | 0.4511 | 11,087 | 1326 | 0.7397 | |
| 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 | 33800 | 75700 | 0.5538 | 5,520 | 1273 | 0.7827 | |
| 129 | Charleston Southern University | 34100 | 48400 | 0.2971 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 130 | DePaul University | 34200 | 69400 | 0.5069 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 131 | George Washington University | 34400 | 81800 | 0.5796 | 11,495 | 1436 | 0.4713 | |
| 132 | Salisbury University | 34500 | 41800 | 0.1748 | 6,477 | 1245 | 0.8826 | |
| 133 | Averett University | 34700 | 57600 | 0.3977 | 1,244 | 1054 | 0.5659 | |
| 134 | Adelphi University | 34900 | 63300 | 0.4484 | 5,097 | 1241 | 0.7215 | |
| 135 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 35900 | 56300 | 0.3622 | 5,687 | 1305 | 0.7863 | |
| 136 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 36000 | 39700 | 0.0932 | 4,789 | 1040 | 0.6671 | |
| 137 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 36200 | 54400 | 0.3346 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 138 | Rowan University | 36500 | 53600 | 0.3189 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 139 | Saint Michael's College | 37700 | 75800 | 0.5026 | 1,051 | 1280 | 0.8976 | |
| 139 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 37700 | 40100 | 0.0598 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 141 | Drexel University | 39600 | 86400 | 0.5417 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 141 | Stony Brook University | 39600 | 53000 | 0.2527 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 143 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 41500 | 55300 | 0.2497 | 21,388 | 1369 | 0.5945 | |
| 144 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 42000 | 43400 | 0.0322 | 9,827 | 1329 | 0.6737 | |
| 144 | University of Mount Olive | 42000 | 50400 | 0.1666 | 1,944 | 1075 | 0.7575 | |
| 146 | University of Maryland-College Park | 42900 | 58600 | 0.2679 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 147 | Furman University | 43100 | 84700 | 0.4914 | 2,304 | 1372 | 0.4869 | |
| 148 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 43200 | 88100 | 0.5098 | 35,358 | 1448 | 0.1642 | |
| 149 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 43300 | 53400 | 0.1893 | 21,469 | 1167 | 0.9061 | |
| 150 | Merrimack College | 43400 | 78800 | 0.4492 | 4,123 | 1124 | 0.6927 | |
| 150 | Western Oregon University | 43400 | 43400 | 0 | 3,034 | 1120 | 0.8345 | |
| 152 | James Madison University | 43500 | 45000 | 0.0333 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 153 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 44000 | 71800 | 0.3872 | 4,182 | 1317 | 0.8783 | |
| 154 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 44600 | 56600 | 0.2119 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 155 | Radford University | 45200 | 47600 | 0.0503 | 6,206 | 1050 | 0.8939 | |
| 156 | Mercer University | 45600 | 65400 | 0.3031 | 4,719 | 1263 | 0.643 | |
| 157 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47100 | 61500 | 0.234 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 158 | Molloy University | 47600 | 62300 | 0.2361 | 3,396 | 1188 | 0.6633 | |
| 159 | University of Kentucky | 48500 | 59900 | 0.1905 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 160 | Ramapo College of New Jersey | 49800 | 63100 | 0.2108 | 5,492 | 1210 | 0.7026 | |
| 161 | College of Charleston | 49900 | 64600 | 0.2276 | 10,596 | 1234 | 0.73 | |
| 162 | University of North Georgia | 50100 | 57000 | 0.121 | 19,321 | 1100 | 0.9618 | |
| 163 | University of Colorado Boulder | 55400 | 70900 | 0.2186 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7809 | |
| 164 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58300 | 63700 | 0.0848 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 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 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 64200 | 64200 | 0 | 1,709 | 1218 | 0.9653 | |
| 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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