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 | University of Houston-Victoria | 7500 | 39700 | 0.8113 | 2,707 | 930 | 0.7671 | |
| 3 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 7900 | 36100 | 0.7821 | 10,049 | 1005 | 0.9234 | |
| 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 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 9500 | 36900 | 0.7427 | 3,207 | 1060 | 0.8034 | |
| 7 | Valdosta State University | 10500 | 24800 | 0.5775 | 7,206 | 1015 | 0.7214 | |
| 8 | Savannah State University | 11300 | 40400 | 0.7195 | 2,857 | 950 | 0.8368 | |
| 9 | University of Michigan-Flint | 11400 | 45600 | 0.7497 | 5,011 | 1103 | 0.7047 | |
| 10 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 11800 | 51900 | 0.773 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 11 | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | 11900 | 25700 | 0.5375 | 10,656 | 1075 | 0.7289 | |
| 12 | East Texas A&M University | 12400 | 30000 | 0.5867 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 13 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 12800 | 23400 | 0.4536 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 14 | Fort Hays State University | 13700 | 40700 | 0.6641 | 10,206 | 1110 | 0.9177 | |
| 14 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 13700 | 19400 | 0.2939 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
| 14 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 51900 | 0.7365 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 17 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 13900 | 46000 | 0.6974 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 18 | University of California-Riverside | 14000 | 66000 | 0.7883 | 22,599 | 1199 | 0.7685 | |
| 19 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 14300 | 26800 | 0.4669 | 4,478 | 1065 | 0.8132 | |
| 20 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 14500 | 32200 | 0.5503 | 2,836 | 1135 | 0.3787 | |
| 21 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver | 15000 | 42500 | 0.6478 | 482 | 1195 | 0.9565 | |
| 21 | Radford University | 15000 | 32000 | 0.5318 | 6,161 | 1070 | 0.8953 | |
| 23 | University of North Georgia | 15100 | 21400 | 0.2944 | 18,329 | 1100 | 0.6794 | |
| 24 | Alabama State University | 15200 | 37900 | 0.5983 | 3,322 | 970 | 0.9564 | |
| 25 | Dickinson State University | 15400 | 21700 | 0.2914 | 1,339 | 1005 | 0.3695 | |
| 25 | Salisbury University | 15400 | 28700 | 0.4632 | 6,288 | 1250 | 0.8747 | |
| 27 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 15600 | 46800 | 0.6672 | 6,550 | 1110 | 0.7456 | |
| 28 | University of North Florida | 15700 | 33000 | 0.5246 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
| 28 | Wayne State College | 15700 | 20000 | 0.2149 | 3,902 | 0 | 1 | |
| 30 | Boston College | 15900 | 94200 | 0.8315 | 9,654 | 1490 | 0.1619 | |
| 30 | New Mexico Highlands University | 15900 | 31500 | 0.4949 | 1,710 | 945 | 0.9481 | |
| 32 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 16300 | 42600 | 0.6176 | 7,595 | 1075 | 0.9226 | |
| 32 | Wayne State University | 16300 | 46200 | 0.6473 | 16,173 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
| 34 | Goshen College | 16400 | 55900 | 0.706 | 780 | 995 | 0.8404 | |
| 34 | Jacksonville State University | 16400 | 36100 | 0.5455 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 34 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 16400 | 29200 | 0.4385 | 18,667 | 1090 | 0.9711 | |
| 37 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16800 | 64800 | 0.7416 | 21,075 | 1420 | 0.1534 | |
| 37 | Westfield State University | 16800 | 35700 | 0.528 | 3,868 | 1105 | 0.8671 | |
| 39 | University of South Alabama | 17200 | 35200 | 0.5116 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 40 | Morgan State University | 17400 | 37200 | 0.5323 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 40 | Southern University at New Orleans | 17400 | 34200 | 0.4911 | 1,773 | 885 | 0.6021 | |
| 42 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 17700 | 36400 | 0.5131 | 2,884 | 1175 | 0.9677 | |
| 43 | SUNY at Fredonia | 17800 | 39600 | 0.5512 | 2,876 | 1193 | 0.792 | |
| 43 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 17800 | 44900 | 0.6031 | 5,205 | 1118 | 0.744 | |
| 43 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 17800 | 52500 | 0.6609 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 46 | SUNY Brockport | 18000 | 26200 | 0.3124 | 5,816 | 1195 | 0.7068 | |
| 46 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 18000 | 26700 | 0.3258 | 7,505 | 1059 | 0.9633 | |
| 48 | University of Colorado Boulder | 18100 | 30600 | 0.4085 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
| 49 | Stockton University | 18200 | 32100 | 0.4328 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 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 | College of Charleston | 18600 | 33900 | 0.4519 | 10,880 | 1255 | 0.6003 | |
| 53 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 18600 | 43800 | 0.5748 | 352 | 1180 | 0.9647 | |
| 55 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 18800 | 35700 | 0.4736 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 56 | University of Massachusetts-Boston | 19600 | 88900 | 0.7798 | 12,234 | 1194 | 0.8296 | |
| 57 | Lincoln University | 19800 | 40800 | 0.5152 | 1,707 | 920 | 0 | |
| 58 | Central Connecticut State University | 19900 | 29500 | 0.3253 | 8,170 | 1010 | 0.7333 | |
| 59 | Central College | 20300 | 36800 | 0.4482 | 1,084 | 1140 | 0.8617 | |
| 59 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 20300 | 40900 | 0.5042 | 1,880 | 1185 | 0.9867 | |
| 59 | State University of New York at Oswego | 20300 | 40200 | 0.4952 | 5,517 | 1164 | 0.8057 | |
| 62 | Dakota State University | 20400 | 22500 | 0.0912 | 3,066 | 1192 | 0.8814 | |
| 62 | Grove City College | 20400 | 39700 | 0.4868 | 2,341 | 1256 | 0.7232 | |
| 64 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 20600 | 34400 | 0.4011 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 65 | East Carolina University | 20800 | 23800 | 0.1258 | 21,445 | 1120 | 0.8922 | |
| 65 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 20800 | 57800 | 0.6406 | 1,083 | 1171 | 0.9278 | |
| 67 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27100 | 0.2285 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 68 | Northwestern University | 21000 | 89500 | 0.7657 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 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 | |
| 72 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 21500 | 38900 | 0.4469 | 1,919 | 1245 | 0.7844 | |
| 74 | Pennsylvania Western University | 21600 | 28200 | 0.2344 | 7,586 | 0 | 0.9433 | |
| 75 | Averett University | 22100 | 57200 | 0.614 | 1,180 | 1070 | 0.478 | |
| 75 | San Jose State University | 22100 | 41100 | 0.4624 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 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 | Robert Morris University | 23300 | 58000 | 0.5986 | 3,769 | 1180 | 0.9057 | |
| 81 | Albright College | 23800 | 49300 | 0.5171 | 1,328 | 1050 | 0.8615 | |
| 81 | Houghton University | 23800 | 61900 | 0.6158 | 939 | 1277 | 0.8866 | |
| 83 | Dominican University | 24100 | 56000 | 0.5702 | 2,690 | 1060 | 0.9032 | |
| 84 | Norwich University | 24200 | 88400 | 0.7264 | 2,642 | 1182 | 0.7361 | |
| 85 | Northwood University | 25100 | 54500 | 0.5399 | 1,989 | 1075 | 0.839 | |
| 86 | Columbia College | 25800 | 51600 | 0.5004 | 876 | 1025 | 0.8878 | |
| 87 | Doane University | 26000 | 77700 | 0.665 | 1,323 | 1125 | 0.9801 | |
| 88 | Grand Valley State University | 26200 | 36300 | 0.2786 | 19,002 | 1233 | 0.8302 | |
| 88 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 26200 | 28300 | 0.0755 | 3,413 | 1095 | 0.5295 | |
| 88 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 26200 | 43000 | 0.3903 | 5,789 | 1060 | 0.5774 | |
| 91 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 26300 | 28400 | 0.0751 | 14,504 | 1145 | 0.7637 | |
| 92 | Bethune-Cookman University | 26700 | 32700 | 0.1835 | 2,739 | 910 | 0.8824 | |
| 92 | Furman University | 26700 | 79600 | 0.6643 | 2,383 | 1359 | 0.4295 | |
| 92 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 26700 | 40500 | 0.3408 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 95 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 27100 | 47900 | 0.4339 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 96 | Cleveland State University | 27300 | 37300 | 0.2682 | 9,418 | 1105 | 0.913 | |
| 96 | Fairmont State University | 27300 | 32200 | 0.1522 | 3,060 | 975 | 0.9924 | |
| 98 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 27500 | 27500 | 0 | 10,767 | 1326 | 0.7243 | |
| 99 | George Fox University | 27600 | 76800 | 0.6406 | 3,401 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 99 | Thomas Jefferson University | 27600 | 67700 | 0.5922 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 101 | Syracuse University | 27900 | 83100 | 0.6642 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 102 | California Lutheran University | 28100 | 70000 | 0.5988 | 2,297 | 1258 | 0.7567 | |
| 103 | Mercy University | 28600 | 44500 | 0.3574 | 6,775 | 1074 | 0.8584 | |
| 103 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 33400 | 0.1437 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 105 | Clemson University | 29200 | 37100 | 0.2137 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 106 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29300 | 33900 | 0.1358 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 107 | Saint Xavier University | 29800 | 53600 | 0.4438 | 3,039 | 1125 | 0.8575 | |
| 108 | Northern Kentucky University | 29900 | 32100 | 0.0686 | 10,163 | 1090 | 0.8307 | |
| 109 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 30300 | 62800 | 0.5172 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 110 | University of North Texas | 30400 | 37400 | 0.187 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 111 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 30500 | 54700 | 0.4416 | 1,409 | 1110 | 0.5568 | |
| 112 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30700 | 54600 | 0.4385 | 3,163 | 1165 | 0.9347 | |
| 113 | University of Toledo | 30800 | 42000 | 0.2653 | 11,013 | 1159 | 0.9202 | |
| 114 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1150 | 0.9523 | |
| 115 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 31000 | 36900 | 0.162 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 116 | Coastal Carolina University | 31200 | 45100 | 0.3083 | 10,811 | 1145 | 0.7527 | |
| 117 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 31300 | 31300 | 0 | 6,853 | 1090 | 0.7147 | |
| 118 | Angelo State University | 31800 | 35400 | 0.1027 | 9,779 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 119 | Saint Michael's College | 32000 | 68500 | 0.5331 | 1,120 | 1240 | 0.8451 | |
| 120 | Washington Adventist University | 32100 | 37800 | 0.151 | 605 | 951 | 0.4536 | |
| 121 | Hampton University | 32200 | 62400 | 0.4836 | 3,728 | 956 | 0.6225 | |
| 122 | Grambling State University | 32500 | 38100 | 0.1471 | 4,279 | 955 | 0.2368 | |
| 122 | Suffolk University | 32500 | 68900 | 0.5285 | 4,324 | 1209 | 0.822 | |
| 122 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32500 | 35100 | 0.0742 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 122 | University of Scranton | 32500 | 78700 | 0.5872 | 3,613 | 1220 | 0.8029 | |
| 126 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 15,130 | 1095 | 0.5256 | |
| 127 | Frostburg State University | 33400 | 43000 | 0.2234 | 2,619 | 1095 | 0.892 | |
| 128 | George Washington University | 33700 | 81800 | 0.5882 | 11,677 | 1421 | 0.4709 | |
| 129 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 33900 | 58500 | 0.4211 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 130 | LeTourneau University | 34100 | 54800 | 0.378 | 3,184 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 131 | Charleston Southern University | 34300 | 48400 | 0.2918 | 2,914 | 1060 | 0.7609 | |
| 132 | Pace University | 34500 | 74800 | 0.5387 | 8,038 | 1274 | 0.7592 | |
| 133 | University of South Florida | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 134 | Adelphi University | 35200 | 63300 | 0.4443 | 5,325 | 1218 | 0.6591 | |
| 135 | Loyola University Maryland | 36600 | 78800 | 0.5356 | 3,881 | 1309 | 0.7549 | |
| 136 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 36700 | 39900 | 0.0786 | 5,086 | 1000 | 0.9821 | |
| 137 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 37500 | 41600 | 0.0993 | 5,386 | 995 | 0.9092 | |
| 137 | Towson University | 37500 | 46400 | 0.1919 | 16,264 | 1093 | 0.8198 | |
| 137 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 37500 | 67900 | 0.4476 | 3,965 | 1335 | 0.9121 | |
| 140 | Rutgers University-Newark | 39900 | 60500 | 0.3408 | 7,417 | 1214 | 0.7873 | |
| 140 | Stony Brook University | 39900 | 53000 | 0.2478 | 18,263 | 1404 | 0.4904 | |
| 142 | McKendree University | 40100 | 52200 | 0.2324 | 1,605 | 1098 | 0.6388 | |
| 143 | Christopher Newport University | 42100 | 51000 | 0.1747 | 4,407 | 1209 | 0.8796 | |
| 144 | Western Oregon University | 43400 | 43400 | 0 | 3,343 | 1120 | 0.9871 | |
| 145 | Merrimack College | 43600 | 78800 | 0.4472 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
| 146 | University of Illinois Chicago | 43900 | 49300 | 0.1094 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 146 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 43900 | 57100 | 0.2302 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 148 | Immaculata University | 44200 | 47800 | 0.0753 | 1,652 | 1245 | 0.8578 | |
| 149 | James Madison University | 45300 | 45300 | 0 | 21,112 | 1260 | 0.7151 | |
| 150 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 47100 | 60000 | 0.2149 | 31,112 | 1114 | 0.8129 | |
| 151 | University of Mount Olive | 48300 | 50400 | 0.0424 | 1,937 | 1020 | 0.7775 | |
| 152 | Ramapo College of New Jersey | 48600 | 54600 | 0.1099 | 5,444 | 1214 | 0.7064 | |
| 153 | DePaul University | 48800 | 67100 | 0.2727 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 153 | Drexel University | 48800 | 83800 | 0.4176 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 155 | Molloy University | 48900 | 62300 | 0.2152 | 3,240 | 1199 | 0.8174 | |
| 155 | University of Kentucky | 48900 | 56600 | 0.136 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 157 | Mercer University | 49000 | 63700 | 0.2309 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
| 158 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 51000 | 84700 | 0.398 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 159 | University of Utah | 51600 | 53700 | 0.0398 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 160 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
| 161 | Dallas Baptist University | 55800 | 71900 | 0.2238 | 2,785 | 1104 | 0.8884 | |
| 162 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58300 | 64100 | 0.0905 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 163 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 59100 | 61200 | 0.0349 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 164 | Thiel College | 60600 | 69100 | 0.123 | 830 | 1065 | 0.7189 | |
| 165 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 60800 | 64100 | 0.0514 | 1,236 | 1203 | 0.9811 | |
| 166 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 63500 | 63500 | 0 | 10,200 | 1346 | 0.6507 | |
| 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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