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 | California Institute of Technology | 6700 | 91800 | 0.9274 | 987 | 1557 | 0.0257 | |
| 2 | Northern Kentucky University | 7100 | 25900 | 0.7268 | 10,163 | 1090 | 0.8307 | |
| 3 | University of Houston-Victoria | 7500 | 39700 | 0.8113 | 2,707 | 930 | 0.7671 | |
| 4 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 8200 | 27100 | 0.6964 | 28,674 | 980 | 0.9401 | |
| 5 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8400 | 98000 | 0.9146 | 9,157 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 6 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 9200 | 48800 | 0.8117 | 10,049 | 1005 | 0.9234 | |
| 7 | Fairmont State University | 9300 | 21400 | 0.5661 | 3,060 | 975 | 0.9924 | |
| 8 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 9500 | 36900 | 0.7427 | 3,207 | 1060 | 0.8034 | |
| 9 | Valdosta State University | 10500 | 24800 | 0.5775 | 7,206 | 1015 | 0.7214 | |
| 10 | Savannah State University | 11300 | 40400 | 0.7195 | 2,857 | 950 | 0.8368 | |
| 11 | University of Michigan-Flint | 11400 | 45600 | 0.7497 | 5,011 | 1103 | 0.7047 | |
| 12 | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | 11700 | 19600 | 0.4029 | 10,656 | 1075 | 0.7289 | |
| 13 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 11800 | 51900 | 0.773 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 14 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 13400 | 27800 | 0.5171 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 15 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 13500 | 13500 | 0 | 1,919 | 1245 | 0.7844 | |
| 16 | Coastal Carolina University | 13600 | 27200 | 0.5001 | 10,811 | 1145 | 0.7527 | |
| 17 | Fort Hays State University | 13700 | 40700 | 0.6641 | 10,206 | 1110 | 0.9177 | |
| 17 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 51900 | 0.7365 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 19 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 13900 | 46000 | 0.6974 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 20 | University of California-Riverside | 14000 | 66000 | 0.7883 | 22,599 | 1199 | 0.7685 | |
| 20 | University of North Florida | 14000 | 22400 | 0.3755 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
| 22 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 14300 | 26800 | 0.4669 | 4,478 | 1065 | 0.8132 | |
| 23 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 14500 | 32200 | 0.5503 | 2,836 | 1135 | 0.3787 | |
| 24 | Alabama State University | 15200 | 37900 | 0.5983 | 3,322 | 970 | 0.9564 | |
| 24 | University of North Georgia | 15200 | 48000 | 0.6836 | 18,329 | 1100 | 0.6794 | |
| 26 | Dickinson State University | 15400 | 21700 | 0.2914 | 1,339 | 1005 | 0.3695 | |
| 27 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 15600 | 25800 | 0.3932 | 5,386 | 995 | 0.9092 | |
| 27 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 15600 | 46800 | 0.6672 | 6,550 | 1110 | 0.7456 | |
| 29 | Wayne State College | 15700 | 20000 | 0.2149 | 3,902 | 0 | 1 | |
| 30 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 15800 | 42600 | 0.6294 | 7,595 | 1075 | 0.9226 | |
| 31 | Boston College | 15900 | 94200 | 0.8315 | 9,654 | 1490 | 0.1619 | |
| 31 | New Mexico Highlands University | 15900 | 31500 | 0.4949 | 1,710 | 945 | 0.9481 | |
| 33 | University of South Alabama | 16000 | 22400 | 0.2863 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 34 | Wayne State University | 16300 | 46200 | 0.6473 | 16,173 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
| 35 | Goshen College | 16400 | 55900 | 0.706 | 780 | 995 | 0.8404 | |
| 35 | Jacksonville State University | 16400 | 36100 | 0.5455 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 35 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 16400 | 29200 | 0.4385 | 18,667 | 1090 | 0.9711 | |
| 38 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 16700 | 39000 | 0.5705 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 39 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 16800 | 32200 | 0.4781 | 10,200 | 1346 | 0.6507 | |
| 39 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16800 | 64800 | 0.7416 | 21,075 | 1420 | 0.1534 | |
| 39 | Westfield State University | 16800 | 35700 | 0.528 | 3,868 | 1105 | 0.8671 | |
| 42 | Central Connecticut State University | 17100 | 36000 | 0.5244 | 8,170 | 1010 | 0.7333 | |
| 43 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 17400 | 44900 | 0.612 | 5,205 | 1118 | 0.744 | |
| 44 | SUNY at Fredonia | 17800 | 39600 | 0.5512 | 2,876 | 1193 | 0.792 | |
| 44 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 17800 | 52500 | 0.6609 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 46 | Morgan State University | 17900 | 19700 | 0.0915 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 46 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 17900 | 36500 | 0.5099 | 7,505 | 1059 | 0.9633 | |
| 48 | Southern University at New Orleans | 18100 | 34200 | 0.4706 | 1,773 | 885 | 0.6021 | |
| 48 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 18100 | 27700 | 0.3461 | 31,112 | 1114 | 0.8129 | |
| 50 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 18400 | 42800 | 0.5695 | 581 | 1129 | 0.9821 | |
| 51 | Emporia State University | 18500 | 29800 | 0.3797 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 51 | Florida Memorial University | 18500 | 44900 | 0.5881 | 1,299 | 0 | 0.7431 | |
| 53 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 18600 | 43800 | 0.5748 | 352 | 1180 | 0.9647 | |
| 53 | State University of New York at Oswego | 18600 | 27700 | 0.3284 | 5,517 | 1164 | 0.8057 | |
| 55 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 18800 | 35700 | 0.4736 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 56 | Stockton University | 18900 | 44500 | 0.5756 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 57 | Ramapo College of New Jersey | 19200 | 38000 | 0.4945 | 5,444 | 1214 | 0.7064 | |
| 58 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 19500 | 38100 | 0.4882 | 2,884 | 1175 | 0.9677 | |
| 59 | University of Massachusetts-Boston | 19600 | 88900 | 0.7798 | 12,234 | 1194 | 0.8296 | |
| 60 | Central College | 20300 | 36800 | 0.4482 | 1,084 | 1140 | 0.8617 | |
| 60 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 20300 | 40900 | 0.5042 | 1,880 | 1185 | 0.9867 | |
| 62 | Grove City College | 20400 | 39700 | 0.4868 | 2,341 | 1256 | 0.7232 | |
| 63 | Pennsylvania Western University | 20700 | 26600 | 0.2217 | 7,586 | 0 | 0.9433 | |
| 64 | Lincoln University | 20800 | 24900 | 0.1646 | 1,707 | 920 | 0 | |
| 64 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 20800 | 57800 | 0.6406 | 1,083 | 1171 | 0.9278 | |
| 66 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27100 | 0.2285 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 67 | Northwestern University | 21000 | 89500 | 0.7657 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 67 | Tarleton State University | 21000 | 23000 | 0.087 | 15,130 | 1095 | 0.5256 | |
| 69 | Bradley University | 21300 | 50800 | 0.5806 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 69 | Kennesaw State University | 21300 | 27200 | 0.217 | 42,840 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 71 | Elmhurst University | 21400 | 67000 | 0.6808 | 3,170 | 1148 | 0.7357 | |
| 72 | Luther College | 21500 | 71900 | 0.7017 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.8402 | |
| 73 | Averett University | 22100 | 57200 | 0.614 | 1,180 | 1070 | 0.478 | |
| 73 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 22100 | 45300 | 0.5117 | 1,236 | 1203 | 0.9811 | |
| 73 | San Jose State University | 22100 | 41100 | 0.4624 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 76 | SUNY Brockport | 22400 | 35100 | 0.3618 | 5,816 | 1195 | 0.7068 | |
| 77 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 22700 | 58100 | 0.6097 | 1,477 | 1075 | 0.8068 | |
| 78 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 23000 | 45200 | 0.4915 | 502 | 1204 | 0.9641 | |
| 78 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 23000 | 44400 | 0.4816 | 1,809 | 1109 | 0.9484 | |
| 80 | Dakota State University | 23100 | 25600 | 0.0977 | 3,066 | 1192 | 0.8814 | |
| 81 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 23300 | 36800 | 0.367 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 81 | Robert Morris University | 23300 | 58000 | 0.5986 | 3,769 | 1180 | 0.9057 | |
| 83 | Albright College | 23800 | 49300 | 0.5171 | 1,328 | 1050 | 0.8615 | |
| 83 | Houghton University | 23800 | 61900 | 0.6158 | 939 | 1277 | 0.8866 | |
| 85 | Dominican University | 24100 | 56000 | 0.5702 | 2,690 | 1060 | 0.9032 | |
| 86 | Norwich University | 24200 | 88400 | 0.7264 | 2,642 | 1182 | 0.7361 | |
| 87 | Northwood University | 25100 | 54500 | 0.5399 | 1,989 | 1075 | 0.839 | |
| 88 | Columbia College | 25800 | 51600 | 0.5004 | 876 | 1025 | 0.8878 | |
| 89 | Doane University | 26000 | 77700 | 0.665 | 1,323 | 1125 | 0.9801 | |
| 90 | Stony Brook University | 26100 | 33200 | 0.2129 | 18,263 | 1404 | 0.4904 | |
| 91 | Grand Valley State University | 26200 | 36300 | 0.2786 | 19,002 | 1233 | 0.8302 | |
| 91 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 26200 | 28300 | 0.0755 | 3,413 | 1095 | 0.5295 | |
| 91 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 26200 | 43000 | 0.3903 | 5,789 | 1060 | 0.5774 | |
| 94 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 26300 | 28400 | 0.0751 | 14,504 | 1145 | 0.7637 | |
| 95 | Bethune-Cookman University | 26700 | 32700 | 0.1835 | 2,739 | 910 | 0.8824 | |
| 95 | Furman University | 26700 | 79600 | 0.6643 | 2,383 | 1359 | 0.4295 | |
| 95 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 26700 | 40500 | 0.3408 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 98 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 26900 | 41500 | 0.3516 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 99 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 27100 | 47900 | 0.4339 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 100 | Cleveland State University | 27300 | 37300 | 0.2682 | 9,418 | 1105 | 0.913 | |
| 101 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 27500 | 27500 | 0 | 10,767 | 1326 | 0.7243 | |
| 102 | George Fox University | 27600 | 76800 | 0.6406 | 3,401 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 102 | Thomas Jefferson University | 27600 | 67700 | 0.5922 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 104 | Syracuse University | 27900 | 83100 | 0.6642 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 105 | California Lutheran University | 28100 | 70000 | 0.5988 | 2,297 | 1258 | 0.7567 | |
| 106 | Mercy University | 28600 | 44500 | 0.3574 | 6,775 | 1074 | 0.8584 | |
| 106 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 33400 | 0.1437 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 108 | University of Utah | 28900 | 32000 | 0.098 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 109 | Clemson University | 29200 | 37100 | 0.2137 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 110 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29300 | 33900 | 0.1358 | 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 | |
| 113 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 30300 | 62800 | 0.5172 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 114 | University of North Texas | 30400 | 37400 | 0.187 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 115 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 30500 | 54700 | 0.4416 | 1,409 | 1110 | 0.5568 | |
| 116 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30700 | 54600 | 0.4385 | 3,163 | 1165 | 0.9347 | |
| 117 | East Texas A&M University | 30800 | 36500 | 0.1561 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 118 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1150 | 0.9523 | |
| 119 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 31300 | 31300 | 0 | 6,853 | 1090 | 0.7147 | |
| 120 | Angelo State University | 31800 | 35400 | 0.1027 | 9,779 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 121 | Saint Michael's College | 32000 | 68500 | 0.5331 | 1,120 | 1240 | 0.8451 | |
| 122 | Washington Adventist University | 32100 | 37800 | 0.151 | 605 | 951 | 0.4536 | |
| 123 | Hampton University | 32200 | 62400 | 0.4836 | 3,728 | 956 | 0.6225 | |
| 124 | Grambling State University | 32500 | 38100 | 0.1471 | 4,279 | 955 | 0.2368 | |
| 124 | Suffolk University | 32500 | 68900 | 0.5285 | 4,324 | 1209 | 0.822 | |
| 124 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32500 | 35100 | 0.0742 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 124 | University of Scranton | 32500 | 78700 | 0.5872 | 3,613 | 1220 | 0.8029 | |
| 128 | Frostburg State University | 33400 | 43000 | 0.2234 | 2,619 | 1095 | 0.892 | |
| 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 | Salisbury University | 34200 | 41700 | 0.1797 | 6,288 | 1250 | 0.8747 | |
| 132 | Charleston Southern University | 34300 | 48400 | 0.2918 | 2,914 | 1060 | 0.7609 | |
| 133 | Pace University | 34500 | 74800 | 0.5387 | 8,038 | 1274 | 0.7592 | |
| 134 | University of South Florida | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 135 | Adelphi University | 35200 | 63300 | 0.4443 | 5,325 | 1218 | 0.6591 | |
| 136 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 36200 | 56300 | 0.3575 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 137 | Loyola University Maryland | 36600 | 78800 | 0.5356 | 3,881 | 1309 | 0.7549 | |
| 138 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 36700 | 39900 | 0.0786 | 5,086 | 1000 | 0.9821 | |
| 139 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 36800 | 38900 | 0.0548 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 140 | East Carolina University | 37100 | 40100 | 0.0748 | 21,445 | 1120 | 0.8922 | |
| 141 | Towson University | 37500 | 46400 | 0.1919 | 16,264 | 1093 | 0.8198 | |
| 141 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 37500 | 67900 | 0.4476 | 3,965 | 1335 | 0.9121 | |
| 143 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38600 | 38600 | 0 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
| 144 | Rutgers University-Newark | 39900 | 60500 | 0.3408 | 7,417 | 1214 | 0.7873 | |
| 145 | McKendree University | 40100 | 52200 | 0.2324 | 1,605 | 1098 | 0.6388 | |
| 146 | Christopher Newport University | 42100 | 51000 | 0.1747 | 4,407 | 1209 | 0.8796 | |
| 147 | Western Oregon University | 43400 | 43400 | 0 | 3,343 | 1120 | 0.9871 | |
| 148 | Merrimack College | 43600 | 78800 | 0.4472 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
| 148 | Radford University | 43600 | 45700 | 0.0467 | 6,161 | 1070 | 0.8953 | |
| 150 | University of Illinois Chicago | 43900 | 49300 | 0.1094 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 151 | Immaculata University | 44200 | 47800 | 0.0753 | 1,652 | 1245 | 0.8578 | |
| 152 | James Madison University | 45300 | 45300 | 0 | 21,112 | 1260 | 0.7151 | |
| 153 | University of Mount Olive | 48300 | 50400 | 0.0424 | 1,937 | 1020 | 0.7775 | |
| 154 | DePaul University | 48800 | 67100 | 0.2727 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 154 | Drexel University | 48800 | 83800 | 0.4176 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 156 | Molloy University | 48900 | 62300 | 0.2152 | 3,240 | 1199 | 0.8174 | |
| 156 | University of Kentucky | 48900 | 56600 | 0.136 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 158 | Mercer University | 49000 | 63700 | 0.2309 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
| 159 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 51000 | 84700 | 0.398 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 160 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
| 161 | University of Colorado Boulder | 55000 | 56600 | 0.0282 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
| 162 | Dallas Baptist University | 55800 | 71900 | 0.2238 | 2,785 | 1104 | 0.8884 | |
| 163 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 59100 | 61200 | 0.0349 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 164 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver | 60400 | 63200 | 0.0443 | 482 | 1195 | 0.9565 | |
| 165 | Thiel College | 60600 | 69100 | 0.123 | 830 | 1065 | 0.7189 | |
| 166 | College of Charleston | 61600 | 61600 | 0 | 10,880 | 1255 | 0.6003 | |
| 167 | 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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