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 | 8000 | 43500 | 0.8168 | 28,674 | 980 | 0.9401 | |
| 5 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8400 | 98000 | 0.9146 | 9,164 | 1494 | 0.2965 | |
| 6 | Fairmont State University | 9300 | 21400 | 0.5661 | 3,060 | 975 | 0.9924 | |
| 7 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 9500 | 36900 | 0.7427 | 3,207 | 1060 | 0.8034 | |
| 8 | Valdosta State University | 10500 | 24800 | 0.5775 | 7,206 | 1015 | 0.7214 | |
| 9 | Savannah State University | 11300 | 40400 | 0.7195 | 2,857 | 950 | 0.8368 | |
| 10 | University of Michigan-Flint | 11400 | 45600 | 0.7497 | 5,011 | 1103 | 0.7047 | |
| 11 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 11800 | 51900 | 0.773 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 12 | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | 11900 | 25700 | 0.5375 | 10,656 | 1075 | 0.7289 | |
| 13 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 12400 | 30000 | 0.5867 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 13 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 29100 | 0.5734 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 15 | University of California-Riverside | 12900 | 36500 | 0.6461 | 22,599 | 1199 | 0.7685 | |
| 16 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 13300 | 13300 | 0 | 18,667 | 1090 | 0.9711 | |
| 17 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 13400 | 27800 | 0.5171 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 18 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 13500 | 13500 | 0 | 1,919 | 1245 | 0.7844 | |
| 19 | Fort Hays State University | 13700 | 40700 | 0.6645 | 10,206 | 1110 | 0.9177 | |
| 19 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 13700 | 19400 | 0.2939 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
| 21 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 13800 | 46000 | 0.6996 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 22 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 14500 | 32200 | 0.5503 | 2,836 | 1135 | 0.3787 | |
| 23 | University of North Texas | 14800 | 25700 | 0.4247 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 24 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver | 15000 | 42500 | 0.6478 | 482 | 1195 | 0.9565 | |
| 25 | Grand Valley State University | 15100 | 25300 | 0.4036 | 19,002 | 1233 | 0.8302 | |
| 26 | Alabama State University | 15200 | 37900 | 0.5984 | 3,322 | 970 | 0.9564 | |
| 26 | University of North Georgia | 15200 | 48000 | 0.6836 | 18,329 | 1100 | 0.6794 | |
| 28 | Dickinson State University | 15400 | 21700 | 0.292 | 1,339 | 1005 | 0.3695 | |
| 29 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 15600 | 46800 | 0.6672 | 6,550 | 1110 | 0.7456 | |
| 30 | University of North Florida | 15700 | 33000 | 0.5246 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
| 30 | Wayne State College | 15700 | 20000 | 0.2149 | 3,902 | 0 | 1 | |
| 32 | Boston College | 15900 | 94200 | 0.8315 | 9,654 | 1490 | 0.1619 | |
| 32 | James Madison University | 15900 | 28900 | 0.4502 | 21,112 | 1260 | 0.7151 | |
| 34 | University of South Alabama | 16000 | 22400 | 0.2863 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 35 | New Mexico Highlands University | 16200 | 31500 | 0.4854 | 1,710 | 945 | 0.9481 | |
| 36 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 16300 | 42600 | 0.6176 | 7,595 | 1075 | 0.9226 | |
| 36 | Wayne State University | 16300 | 46200 | 0.6473 | 16,173 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
| 38 | Goshen College | 16400 | 55900 | 0.7063 | 780 | 995 | 0.8404 | |
| 38 | Jacksonville State University | 16400 | 36100 | 0.5455 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 40 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16800 | 64800 | 0.7402 | 21,075 | 1420 | 0.1534 | |
| 40 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 16800 | 33600 | 0.4996 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 42 | Morgan State University | 17400 | 37200 | 0.5323 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 42 | Southern University at New Orleans | 17400 | 34200 | 0.4911 | 1,773 | 885 | 0.6021 | |
| 44 | Westfield State University | 17700 | 37500 | 0.5276 | 3,868 | 1105 | 0.8671 | |
| 45 | SUNY at Fredonia | 17800 | 39600 | 0.5512 | 2,876 | 1193 | 0.792 | |
| 45 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 17800 | 44900 | 0.6031 | 5,205 | 1118 | 0.744 | |
| 47 | SUNY Brockport | 18000 | 26200 | 0.3124 | 5,816 | 1195 | 0.7068 | |
| 47 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 18000 | 26700 | 0.3258 | 7,505 | 1059 | 0.9633 | |
| 49 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 18100 | 27700 | 0.3461 | 31,112 | 1114 | 0.8129 | |
| 49 | University of Colorado Boulder | 18100 | 30600 | 0.4085 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
| 51 | Stockton University | 18200 | 32100 | 0.4328 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 52 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 18400 | 42800 | 0.5695 | 581 | 1129 | 0.9821 | |
| 53 | Emporia State University | 18500 | 29800 | 0.3797 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 53 | Florida Memorial University | 18500 | 44900 | 0.5881 | 1,299 | 0 | 0.7431 | |
| 55 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 18600 | 43800 | 0.5748 | 352 | 1180 | 0.9647 | |
| 56 | Rutgers University-Newark | 18800 | 38000 | 0.505 | 7,417 | 1214 | 0.7873 | |
| 56 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 18800 | 35700 | 0.4736 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 58 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 18900 | 25200 | 0.2497 | 6,853 | 1090 | 0.7147 | |
| 59 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 19500 | 38100 | 0.4882 | 2,884 | 1175 | 0.9677 | |
| 60 | University of Massachusetts-Boston | 19600 | 88900 | 0.7798 | 12,234 | 1194 | 0.8296 | |
| 61 | Lincoln University | 19800 | 40800 | 0.5152 | 1,707 | 920 | 0 | |
| 62 | Central Connecticut State University | 19900 | 29500 | 0.3253 | 8,170 | 1010 | 0.7333 | |
| 63 | Central College | 20300 | 36800 | 0.4482 | 1,084 | 1140 | 0.8617 | |
| 63 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 20300 | 40900 | 0.5042 | 1,880 | 1185 | 0.9867 | |
| 63 | State University of New York at Oswego | 20300 | 40200 | 0.4952 | 5,517 | 1164 | 0.8057 | |
| 66 | Grove City College | 20400 | 39700 | 0.4868 | 2,341 | 1256 | 0.7232 | |
| 67 | Pennsylvania Western University | 20700 | 26600 | 0.2217 | 7,586 | 0 | 0.9433 | |
| 68 | Northwestern University | 20900 | 89500 | 0.7668 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 68 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 20900 | 57800 | 0.6391 | 1,083 | 1171 | 0.9278 | |
| 70 | Tarleton State University | 21000 | 23000 | 0.087 | 15,130 | 1095 | 0.5256 | |
| 71 | Bradley University | 21300 | 50800 | 0.5806 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 71 | Kennesaw State University | 21300 | 27200 | 0.217 | 42,840 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 73 | Elmhurst University | 21400 | 67000 | 0.6808 | 3,170 | 1148 | 0.7357 | |
| 74 | Luther College | 21500 | 71900 | 0.7008 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.8402 | |
| 75 | Averett University | 22100 | 57200 | 0.614 | 1,180 | 1070 | 0.478 | |
| 75 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 22100 | 45300 | 0.5117 | 1,236 | 1203 | 0.9811 | |
| 75 | San Jose State University | 22100 | 41100 | 0.4624 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 78 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 22700 | 58100 | 0.6097 | 1,477 | 1075 | 0.8068 | |
| 79 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 23000 | 45200 | 0.4915 | 502 | 1204 | 0.9641 | |
| 79 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 23000 | 44400 | 0.4816 | 1,809 | 1109 | 0.9484 | |
| 81 | Dakota State University | 23100 | 25600 | 0.0977 | 3,066 | 1192 | 0.8814 | |
| 82 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 23300 | 36800 | 0.367 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 82 | Robert Morris University | 23300 | 58000 | 0.5988 | 3,769 | 1180 | 0.9057 | |
| 84 | Grambling State University | 23600 | 34800 | 0.3215 | 4,279 | 955 | 0.2368 | |
| 85 | Houghton University | 23800 | 61900 | 0.6158 | 939 | 1277 | 0.8866 | |
| 86 | Albright College | 23900 | 49300 | 0.5151 | 1,328 | 1050 | 0.8615 | |
| 86 | University of Kentucky | 23900 | 36100 | 0.3365 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 88 | Dominican University | 24100 | 56000 | 0.5705 | 2,690 | 1060 | 0.9032 | |
| 89 | Norwich University | 24200 | 88400 | 0.7264 | 2,642 | 1182 | 0.7361 | |
| 90 | Northwood University | 25100 | 54500 | 0.5399 | 1,989 | 1075 | 0.839 | |
| 91 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 25700 | 39200 | 0.3445 | 4,478 | 1065 | 0.8132 | |
| 92 | Columbia College | 25800 | 51600 | 0.5004 | 876 | 1025 | 0.8878 | |
| 93 | Doane University | 26000 | 77700 | 0.665 | 1,323 | 1125 | 0.9801 | |
| 94 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 26200 | 28300 | 0.0725 | 3,413 | 1095 | 0.5295 | |
| 94 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 26200 | 43000 | 0.3903 | 5,789 | 1060 | 0.5774 | |
| 96 | Bethune-Cookman University | 26700 | 32700 | 0.1835 | 2,739 | 910 | 0.8824 | |
| 96 | Furman University | 26700 | 79600 | 0.6643 | 2,383 | 1359 | 0.4295 | |
| 98 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 27100 | 47900 | 0.4339 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 99 | Cleveland State University | 27300 | 37300 | 0.2682 | 9,418 | 1105 | 0.913 | |
| 100 | Rowan University | 27500 | 41600 | 0.3386 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
| 101 | George Fox University | 27600 | 76800 | 0.6406 | 3,401 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 102 | Thomas Jefferson University | 27700 | 67700 | 0.5907 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 103 | Syracuse University | 27900 | 83100 | 0.6642 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 104 | California Lutheran University | 28100 | 70000 | 0.5988 | 2,297 | 1258 | 0.7567 | |
| 105 | Mercy University | 28600 | 44500 | 0.3574 | 6,775 | 1074 | 0.8584 | |
| 105 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 33400 | 0.1437 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 107 | University of Utah | 29000 | 32000 | 0.0953 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 108 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29300 | 33900 | 0.1358 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 109 | University of Toledo | 29600 | 32600 | 0.0935 | 11,013 | 1159 | 0.9202 | |
| 110 | Saint Xavier University | 29800 | 53600 | 0.4438 | 3,039 | 1125 | 0.8575 | |
| 111 | Northern Kentucky University | 29900 | 32100 | 0.0686 | 10,163 | 1090 | 0.8307 | |
| 112 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 30300 | 62800 | 0.5172 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 113 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 30600 | 54700 | 0.4401 | 1,409 | 1110 | 0.5568 | |
| 114 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30700 | 54600 | 0.4369 | 3,163 | 1165 | 0.9347 | |
| 115 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1150 | 0.9523 | |
| 116 | Coastal Carolina University | 31200 | 45100 | 0.3083 | 10,811 | 1145 | 0.7527 | |
| 117 | Angelo State University | 31800 | 35400 | 0.1003 | 9,779 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 118 | Saint Michael's College | 32100 | 68500 | 0.5317 | 1,120 | 1240 | 0.8451 | |
| 119 | Hampton University | 32200 | 62400 | 0.4836 | 3,728 | 956 | 0.6225 | |
| 119 | Washington Adventist University | 32200 | 37800 | 0.1483 | 605 | 951 | 0.4536 | |
| 121 | Suffolk University | 32500 | 68900 | 0.5285 | 4,324 | 1209 | 0.822 | |
| 122 | University of Scranton | 32600 | 78700 | 0.5862 | 3,613 | 1220 | 0.8029 | |
| 123 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 32900 | 45100 | 0.2705 | 10,767 | 1326 | 0.7243 | |
| 124 | Frostburg State University | 33500 | 43000 | 0.221 | 2,619 | 1095 | 0.892 | |
| 125 | George Washington University | 33700 | 81800 | 0.5882 | 11,677 | 1421 | 0.4709 | |
| 126 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 33900 | 58500 | 0.4213 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 127 | LeTourneau University | 34100 | 54800 | 0.378 | 3,184 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 128 | Salisbury University | 34300 | 41700 | 0.1773 | 6,288 | 1250 | 0.8747 | |
| 129 | Charleston Southern University | 34400 | 48400 | 0.29 | 2,914 | 1060 | 0.7609 | |
| 130 | Pace University | 34500 | 74800 | 0.5387 | 8,038 | 1274 | 0.7592 | |
| 131 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 34800 | 37800 | 0.0807 | 5,086 | 1000 | 0.9821 | |
| 132 | University of South Florida | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 133 | Adelphi University | 35300 | 63300 | 0.4429 | 5,325 | 1218 | 0.6591 | |
| 134 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 36300 | 56300 | 0.356 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 135 | Loyola University Maryland | 36700 | 78800 | 0.5343 | 3,881 | 1309 | 0.7549 | |
| 136 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 36900 | 38900 | 0.0527 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 137 | East Carolina University | 37100 | 40100 | 0.0748 | 21,445 | 1120 | 0.8922 | |
| 138 | Towson University | 37500 | 46400 | 0.1919 | 16,264 | 1093 | 0.8198 | |
| 138 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 37500 | 67900 | 0.4476 | 3,965 | 1335 | 0.9121 | |
| 140 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 37600 | 41600 | 0.0973 | 5,386 | 995 | 0.9092 | |
| 141 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 38800 | 53400 | 0.2735 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 142 | Stony Brook University | 40000 | 53000 | 0.2462 | 18,263 | 1404 | 0.4904 | |
| 143 | McKendree University | 40200 | 52200 | 0.2308 | 1,605 | 1098 | 0.6388 | |
| 144 | Christopher Newport University | 42100 | 51000 | 0.1747 | 4,407 | 1209 | 0.8796 | |
| 145 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 42500 | 54700 | 0.223 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 146 | University of Maryland-College Park | 42800 | 53400 | 0.1985 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 147 | Western Oregon University | 43400 | 43400 | 0 | 3,343 | 1120 | 0.9871 | |
| 148 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4474 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
| 149 | Radford University | 43700 | 45700 | 0.0448 | 6,161 | 1070 | 0.8953 | |
| 150 | University of Illinois Chicago | 43900 | 49300 | 0.1094 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 151 | Immaculata University | 44300 | 47800 | 0.0732 | 1,652 | 1245 | 0.8578 | |
| 152 | University of Mount Olive | 48400 | 50400 | 0.0407 | 1,937 | 1020 | 0.7775 | |
| 153 | DePaul University | 48800 | 67100 | 0.2727 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 154 | Drexel University | 48900 | 83800 | 0.4164 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 154 | Molloy University | 48900 | 62300 | 0.2152 | 3,240 | 1199 | 0.8174 | |
| 154 | Ramapo College of New Jersey | 48900 | 54600 | 0.1044 | 5,444 | 1214 | 0.7064 | |
| 157 | Mercer University | 49100 | 63700 | 0.2293 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
| 158 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 50800 | 52900 | 0.0388 | 14,504 | 1145 | 0.7637 | |
| 159 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 51000 | 84700 | 0.398 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 160 | Dallas Baptist University | 55800 | 71900 | 0.2238 | 2,785 | 1104 | 0.8884 | |
| 161 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58300 | 64100 | 0.0905 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 162 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 59100 | 61200 | 0.0335 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 163 | Thiel College | 60600 | 69100 | 0.123 | 830 | 1065 | 0.7189 | |
| 164 | Clemson University | 61600 | 63700 | 0.0322 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 164 | College of Charleston | 61600 | 61600 | 0 | 10,880 | 1255 | 0.6003 | |
| 166 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 63500 | 63500 | 0 | 10,200 | 1346 | 0.6507 | |
| 167 | Fordham University | 70200 | 95000 | 0.2609 | 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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