Considering a degree in Information Science/Studies?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Information Science/Studies majors who live in Massachusetts.
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 Massachusetts.
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 | 4900 | 41300 | 0.8817 | 5,534 | 1079 | 0.6734 | |
| 2 | Northern Kentucky University | 7400 | 25900 | 0.7152 | 10,136 | 1110 | 0.9666 | |
| 3 | Northwestern University | 7700 | 94200 | 0.9182 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 4 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8700 | 98000 | 0.9113 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 5 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 9300 | 41400 | 0.776 | 3,224 | 1085 | 0.7643 | |
| 6 | Portland State University | 9900 | 43300 | 0.7719 | 14,932 | 1174 | 0.8586 | |
| 6 | Savannah State University | 9900 | 50900 | 0.8058 | 2,966 | 950 | 1 | |
| 8 | Concord University | 10500 | 49200 | 0.7861 | 1,638 | 1015 | 0.9728 | |
| 8 | Fairmont State University | 10500 | 21600 | 0.513 | 3,090 | 970 | 0.9862 | |
| 10 | Central Connecticut State University | 12000 | 37200 | 0.6773 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 11 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 31100 | 0.6022 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 12 | Fort Hays State University | 12800 | 19900 | 0.3573 | 10,172 | 1075 | 0.9026 | |
| 13 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 12900 | 40500 | 0.6814 | 29,727 | 990 | 0.9229 | |
| 13 | University of North Florida | 12900 | 22400 | 0.4246 | 14,837 | 1124 | 0.6815 | |
| 15 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 13000 | 35200 | 0.6314 | 18,667 | 1090 | 0.9711 | |
| 16 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 13200 | 40800 | 0.6767 | 6,761 | 1105 | 0.8475 | |
| 16 | University of South Florida | 13200 | 22400 | 0.4111 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 16 | Wayne State University | 13200 | 46800 | 0.7184 | 16,390 | 1183 | 0.8359 | |
| 19 | Coastal Carolina University | 13300 | 27200 | 0.5111 | 11,471 | 1160 | 0.7003 | |
| 19 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 13300 | 36800 | 0.6385 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 21 | University of California-Riverside | 13400 | 36500 | 0.6324 | 24,034 | 1199 | 0.8609 | |
| 22 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 13800 | 26800 | 0.4857 | 4,789 | 1040 | 0.6671 | |
| 23 | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | 13900 | 19600 | 0.2907 | 10,995 | 1090 | 0.7476 | |
| 24 | Valdosta State University | 14100 | 29700 | 0.5249 | 7,199 | 1005 | 0.7769 | |
| 25 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 14200 | 38200 | 0.6275 | 7,501 | 1055 | 0.9467 | |
| 25 | University of North Georgia | 14200 | 21400 | 0.3364 | 19,321 | 1100 | 0.9618 | |
| 27 | Mercy University | 14700 | 46400 | 0.6836 | 6,692 | 1135 | 0.8724 | |
| 27 | Westfield State University | 14700 | 37600 | 0.6096 | 3,868 | 1105 | 0.8671 | |
| 29 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 14800 | 41400 | 0.6427 | 504 | 1200 | 0.9095 | |
| 30 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 14900 | 44000 | 0.6617 | 308 | 1144 | 0.9053 | |
| 31 | Coppin State University | 15000 | 25300 | 0.4066 | 1,908 | 950 | 0.4583 | |
| 31 | Wayne State College | 15000 | 30500 | 0.509 | 3,886 | 0 | 1 | |
| 33 | Jacksonville State University | 15600 | 27000 | 0.423 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 34 | Frostburg State University | 16100 | 26600 | 0.3945 | 3,436 | 1095 | 0.907 | |
| 35 | Morgan State University | 16500 | 30700 | 0.4621 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 35 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 16500 | 27800 | 0.4069 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 35 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16500 | 64800 | 0.7456 | 22,007 | 1427 | 0.1672 | |
| 38 | Boston College | 16600 | 96300 | 0.8274 | 9,677 | 1484 | 0.1422 | |
| 39 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 16800 | 36400 | 0.5378 | 2,710 | 1218 | 0.9374 | |
| 39 | Southern University at New Orleans | 16800 | 42000 | 0.5996 | 2,179 | 950 | 0.789 | |
| 39 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 16800 | 26600 | 0.3688 | 7,747 | 1073 | 0.9617 | |
| 42 | Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi | 17000 | 20700 | 0.1787 | 8,673 | 1095 | 0.9156 | |
| 42 | University of South Alabama | 17000 | 22400 | 0.2415 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 44 | College of Charleston | 17100 | 33900 | 0.4961 | 10,596 | 1234 | 0.73 | |
| 44 | Emporia State University | 17100 | 31200 | 0.4521 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 44 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 17100 | 44200 | 0.6138 | 1,829 | 1149 | 0.945 | |
| 47 | University of Massachusetts-Boston | 17300 | 89500 | 0.8064 | 12,138 | 1189 | 0.8379 | |
| 48 | Texas A&M University-Victoria | 17400 | 46500 | 0.6254 | 2,627 | 1000 | 0.5253 | |
| 48 | University of Kentucky | 17400 | 37300 | 0.5352 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 50 | East Carolina University | 17600 | 26100 | 0.3256 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 50 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 17600 | 44000 | 0.5996 | 586 | 1140 | 0.9577 | |
| 52 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 17900 | 95700 | 0.8126 | 711 | 1030 | 0.8214 | |
| 53 | Kennesaw State University | 18000 | 27400 | 0.3428 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 54 | San Jose State University | 18100 | 41100 | 0.5591 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 55 | Ramapo College of New Jersey | 18500 | 36700 | 0.4953 | 5,492 | 1210 | 0.7026 | |
| 56 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18800 | 54000 | 0.6515 | 3,991 | 1010 | 0.9654 | |
| 57 | Norwich University | 19000 | 100600 | 0.8114 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 57 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Schuylkill | 19000 | 32900 | 0.4231 | 653 | 1145 | 0.7972 | |
| 59 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 19200 | 38900 | 0.506 | 1,973 | 1189 | 0.8142 | |
| 60 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 19500 | 40900 | 0.5238 | 1,078 | 1217 | 0.9646 | |
| 61 | Pennsylvania Western University | 19600 | 30900 | 0.3659 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 62 | State University of New York at Oswego | 19700 | 40200 | 0.5101 | 5,293 | 1179 | 0.7989 | |
| 63 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20100 | 57800 | 0.652 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 64 | SUNY at Fredonia | 20200 | 53600 | 0.6229 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 64 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 20200 | 39000 | 0.4822 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 66 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 20300 | 26100 | 0.2219 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 67 | Dakota State University | 20400 | 22500 | 0.0912 | 3,085 | 1174 | 0.9241 | |
| 67 | Grove City College | 20400 | 39700 | 0.4868 | 2,247 | 1248 | 0.667 | |
| 67 | Stockton University | 20400 | 46100 | 0.5577 | 7,583 | 1134 | 0.901 | |
| 67 | Syracuse University | 20400 | 83600 | 0.756 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 71 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 20500 | 57800 | 0.6451 | 1,109 | 1175 | 0.9088 | |
| 72 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27100 | 0.2287 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 73 | Tarleton State University | 21000 | 23000 | 0.087 | 17,556 | 1090 | 0.5386 | |
| 73 | Thiel College | 21000 | 69100 | 0.6959 | 830 | 1065 | 0.7189 | |
| 75 | Lincoln University | 21100 | 46500 | 0.5467 | 1,926 | 920 | 0 | |
| 76 | Grambling State University | 21200 | 40500 | 0.4768 | 4,313 | 950 | 0.4486 | |
| 77 | Texas Southern University | 21300 | 38900 | 0.4524 | 6,844 | 915 | 0.9691 | |
| 78 | Alabama State University | 21400 | 43200 | 0.5049 | 3,521 | 945 | 0.9755 | |
| 78 | Luther College | 21400 | 75400 | 0.7164 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.8398 | |
| 80 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 21500 | 49600 | 0.5661 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 81 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 82 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 21900 | 39100 | 0.4402 | 2,907 | 1125 | 0.4696 | |
| 82 | Grand Valley State University | 21900 | 36600 | 0.4014 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 84 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 22200 | 34200 | 0.3512 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 84 | Christopher Newport University | 22200 | 50800 | 0.5626 | 4,369 | 1189 | 0.8604 | |
| 86 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 22500 | 42000 | 0.4648 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 87 | Houghton University | 22600 | 60900 | 0.6285 | 958 | 1277 | 0.89 | |
| 88 | Robert Morris University | 23000 | 58000 | 0.6031 | 4,325 | 1145 | 0.8989 | |
| 89 | Florida Memorial University | 23200 | 51000 | 0.5446 | 1,206 | 0 | 0.8526 | |
| 90 | Columbia College | 23500 | 38700 | 0.3924 | 876 | 1025 | 0.8878 | |
| 90 | Lamar University | 23500 | 37900 | 0.3795 | 8,387 | 1040 | 0.8353 | |
| 92 | University of North Texas | 23700 | 37400 | 0.3661 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 93 | Dominican University | 23900 | 56000 | 0.573 | 2,642 | 1005 | 0.8879 | |
| 93 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 23900 | 47900 | 0.5006 | 2,280 | 1224 | 0.9675 | |
| 95 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 24000 | 40400 | 0.4062 | 21,388 | 1369 | 0.5945 | |
| 96 | Loyola University Maryland | 25700 | 78800 | 0.674 | 4,013 | 1329 | 0.6986 | |
| 96 | Northwood University | 25700 | 54500 | 0.5289 | 2,045 | 1055 | 0.6451 | |
| 96 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 25700 | 54300 | 0.5264 | 5,939 | 1065 | 0.5878 | |
| 99 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 25900 | 28300 | 0.0847 | 3,375 | 1090 | 0.5885 | |
| 99 | West Virginia Wesleyan College | 25900 | 53800 | 0.5189 | 971 | 1030 | 0.9334 | |
| 101 | Stony Brook University | 26100 | 33200 | 0.2129 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 102 | Central College | 26200 | 38700 | 0.323 | 1,050 | 1159 | 0.8698 | |
| 103 | Bemidji State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 3,751 | 1075 | 0.5598 | |
| 104 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 26700 | 30100 | 0.1128 | 3,893 | 1015 | 0.9839 | |
| 105 | Cleveland State University | 27100 | 38600 | 0.2981 | 9,418 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 105 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 27100 | 63100 | 0.5701 | 1,495 | 1075 | 0.8761 | |
| 107 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28500 | 36400 | 0.2172 | 11,691 | 1074 | 0.7722 | |
| 108 | Bethune-Cookman University | 28600 | 32300 | 0.1144 | 2,739 | 910 | 0.8824 | |
| 108 | University of Utah | 28600 | 32000 | 0.1061 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 110 | University of Toledo | 29200 | 32600 | 0.1041 | 10,726 | 1134 | 0.8889 | |
| 111 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 29300 | 33000 | 0.112 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 112 | California Lutheran University | 29400 | 71700 | 0.5901 | 2,160 | 1218 | 0.7631 | |
| 113 | Saint Xavier University | 29600 | 58200 | 0.4911 | 3,100 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 113 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 29600 | 29600 | 0 | 11,087 | 1326 | 0.7397 | |
| 115 | Thomas Jefferson University | 29700 | 70000 | 0.5754 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 115 | Towson University | 29700 | 30200 | 0.0165 | 16,361 | 1082 | 0.8057 | |
| 117 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30400 | 54600 | 0.4432 | 3,120 | 1193 | 0.3992 | |
| 118 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 2,082 | 1124 | 0.9576 | |
| 119 | Suffolk University | 31000 | 75700 | 0.5907 | 4,247 | 1209 | 0.8228 | |
| 120 | Angelo State University | 31500 | 35400 | 0.1101 | 10,103 | 1045 | 0.7981 | |
| 121 | Hampton University | 31600 | 54800 | 0.4233 | 4,046 | 1005 | 0.6358 | |
| 122 | Immaculata University | 31800 | 48600 | 0.3458 | 1,889 | 1264 | 0.8656 | |
| 123 | University of Scranton | 32300 | 78700 | 0.5893 | 3,689 | 1245 | 0.8006 | |
| 124 | Harding University | 33400 | 47800 | 0.3012 | 3,536 | 1184 | 0.7052 | |
| 125 | Elizabethtown College | 33600 | 57500 | 0.4154 | 1,935 | 1214 | 0.8892 | |
| 126 | Pace University | 33800 | 75700 | 0.5538 | 5,520 | 1273 | 0.7827 | |
| 127 | Charleston Southern University | 34100 | 48400 | 0.2971 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 128 | George Washington University | 34400 | 81800 | 0.5796 | 11,495 | 1436 | 0.4713 | |
| 129 | Salisbury University | 34500 | 41800 | 0.1748 | 6,477 | 1245 | 0.8826 | |
| 130 | Averett University | 34600 | 57600 | 0.3994 | 1,244 | 1054 | 0.5659 | |
| 131 | Adelphi University | 34900 | 63300 | 0.4484 | 5,097 | 1241 | 0.7215 | |
| 132 | Bradley University | 35300 | 60600 | 0.4174 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 133 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 35900 | 56300 | 0.3622 | 5,687 | 1305 | 0.7863 | |
| 134 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 36200 | 54400 | 0.3346 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 135 | Rowan University | 36300 | 53600 | 0.3226 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 136 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 37700 | 40100 | 0.0598 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 137 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38800 | 38800 | 0 | 14,865 | 1175 | 0.9113 | |
| 138 | Drexel University | 39500 | 86400 | 0.5428 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 139 | University of Illinois Chicago | 40100 | 51400 | 0.2201 | 24,260 | 1174 | 0.7576 | |
| 140 | Elmhurst University | 40200 | 69600 | 0.4222 | 3,170 | 1133 | 0.7501 | |
| 140 | Saint Michael's College | 40200 | 75800 | 0.4696 | 1,051 | 1280 | 0.8976 | |
| 142 | McKendree University | 40500 | 52900 | 0.2343 | 1,757 | 1098 | 0.7172 | |
| 143 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 41300 | 64900 | 0.3637 | 4,182 | 1317 | 0.8783 | |
| 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 | |
| 146 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 43200 | 88100 | 0.5098 | 35,358 | 1448 | 0.1642 | |
| 146 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 43200 | 53400 | 0.1912 | 21,469 | 1167 | 0.9061 | |
| 148 | James Madison University | 43400 | 45000 | 0.0355 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 148 | Merrimack College | 43400 | 78800 | 0.4492 | 4,123 | 1124 | 0.6927 | |
| 148 | Western Oregon University | 43400 | 43400 | 0 | 3,034 | 1120 | 0.8345 | |
| 151 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 43500 | 72500 | 0.4001 | 10,368 | 1064 | 0.999 | |
| 152 | Radford University | 45200 | 47600 | 0.0503 | 6,206 | 1050 | 0.8939 | |
| 153 | Mercer University | 45600 | 65400 | 0.3031 | 4,719 | 1263 | 0.643 | |
| 154 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47100 | 61500 | 0.234 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 154 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 47100 | 57200 | 0.1766 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 156 | Molloy University | 47600 | 62300 | 0.2361 | 3,396 | 1188 | 0.6633 | |
| 157 | DePaul University | 49000 | 69400 | 0.2938 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 158 | Rutgers University-Newark | 49500 | 61200 | 0.1911 | 7,989 | 1159 | 0.7136 | |
| 159 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 50500 | 52900 | 0.0453 | 14,834 | 1149 | 0.7803 | |
| 160 | SUNY Brockport | 51300 | 51300 | 0 | 5,816 | 1195 | 0.7068 | |
| 161 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 54900 | 68800 | 0.2022 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 162 | University of Colorado Boulder | 55400 | 70900 | 0.2185 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7809 | |
| 163 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58300 | 63700 | 0.0848 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 164 | Clemson University | 61300 | 63700 | 0.0376 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 165 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver | 64000 | 64000 | 0 | 475 | 1195 | 0.9418 | |
| 166 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 64200 | 64200 | 0 | 1,709 | 1218 | 0.9653 | |
| 167 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 66900 | 66900 | 0 | 9,827 | 1329 | 0.6737 | |
| 168 | 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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