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-Ann Arbor | 4800 | 40700 | 0.8811 | 35,358 | 1448 | 0.1642 | |
| 2 | Savannah State University | 6800 | 29000 | 0.7651 | 2,966 | 950 | 1 | |
| 3 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 7600 | 36100 | 0.7904 | 10,368 | 1064 | 0.999 | |
| 4 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8300 | 97100 | 0.915 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 5 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 9700 | 20400 | 0.525 | 3,224 | 1085 | 0.7643 | |
| 6 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 10300 | 10300 | 0 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 7 | Valdosta State University | 10500 | 24800 | 0.5775 | 7,199 | 1005 | 0.7769 | |
| 8 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 11600 | 27800 | 0.582 | 22,007 | 1427 | 0.1672 | |
| 9 | Lamar University | 12300 | 22900 | 0.4623 | 8,387 | 1040 | 0.8353 | |
| 10 | University of Michigan-Flint | 12800 | 34900 | 0.6339 | 5,534 | 1079 | 0.6734 | |
| 11 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 13300 | 13300 | 0 | 18,667 | 1090 | 0.9711 | |
| 12 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 13500 | 13500 | 0 | 1,973 | 1189 | 0.8142 | |
| 13 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 57800 | 0.7626 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 14 | Fairmont State University | 13800 | 21400 | 0.3556 | 3,090 | 970 | 0.9862 | |
| 15 | Alabama State University | 14200 | 31300 | 0.5476 | 3,521 | 945 | 0.9755 | |
| 16 | University of North Georgia | 14300 | 21400 | 0.3318 | 19,321 | 1100 | 0.9618 | |
| 17 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 14400 | 29600 | 0.5142 | 7,501 | 1055 | 0.9467 | |
| 18 | Salisbury University | 14500 | 28700 | 0.4951 | 6,477 | 1245 | 0.8826 | |
| 19 | Wayne State College | 15000 | 20300 | 0.2611 | 3,886 | 0 | 1 | |
| 20 | Coastal Carolina University | 15300 | 27200 | 0.4376 | 11,471 | 1160 | 0.7003 | |
| 21 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 15700 | 26800 | 0.4146 | 4,789 | 1040 | 0.6671 | |
| 22 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver | 15900 | 38700 | 0.5888 | 475 | 1195 | 0.9418 | |
| 22 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 15900 | 44500 | 0.6423 | 308 | 1144 | 0.9053 | |
| 22 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 15900 | 27700 | 0.4254 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 25 | Emporia State University | 16000 | 22900 | 0.3015 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 26 | Northwestern University | 16600 | 89500 | 0.8149 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 27 | Westfield State University | 16900 | 37600 | 0.5511 | 3,868 | 1105 | 0.8671 | |
| 28 | Boston College | 17000 | 96100 | 0.823 | 9,677 | 1484 | 0.1422 | |
| 29 | Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi | 17100 | 20700 | 0.1739 | 8,673 | 1095 | 0.9156 | |
| 30 | Morgan State University | 17500 | 28500 | 0.3858 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 31 | East Carolina University | 17600 | 26100 | 0.3256 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 31 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 17600 | 43500 | 0.5949 | 586 | 1140 | 0.9577 | |
| 33 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 17700 | 35300 | 0.4983 | 1,829 | 1149 | 0.945 | |
| 34 | College of Charleston | 17900 | 33900 | 0.4726 | 10,596 | 1234 | 0.73 | |
| 35 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18000 | 28600 | 0.3704 | 3,991 | 1010 | 0.9654 | |
| 36 | Coppin State University | 18100 | 29200 | 0.3805 | 1,908 | 950 | 0.4583 | |
| 37 | Towson University | 18200 | 29900 | 0.3909 | 16,361 | 1082 | 0.8057 | |
| 38 | Texas A&M University-Victoria | 18900 | 35800 | 0.4723 | 2,627 | 1000 | 0.5253 | |
| 39 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 19000 | 68100 | 0.7212 | 711 | 1030 | 0.8214 | |
| 40 | Norwich University | 19400 | 73800 | 0.7369 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 41 | Pennsylvania Western University | 19600 | 29000 | 0.3246 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 41 | University of Colorado Boulder | 19600 | 31900 | 0.3852 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7809 | |
| 43 | Central Connecticut State University | 19700 | 29500 | 0.332 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 44 | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | 20000 | 25700 | 0.222 | 10,995 | 1090 | 0.7476 | |
| 45 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20100 | 29400 | 0.3158 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 46 | Grove City College | 20400 | 39700 | 0.4868 | 2,247 | 1248 | 0.667 | |
| 47 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 20600 | 57800 | 0.6433 | 1,109 | 1175 | 0.9088 | |
| 48 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 20700 | 27800 | 0.255 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 49 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27300 | 0.2346 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 50 | Western Oregon University | 21300 | 24600 | 0.134 | 3,034 | 1120 | 0.8345 | |
| 51 | Luther College | 21500 | 75400 | 0.7153 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.8398 | |
| 52 | Bradley University | 21600 | 50800 | 0.5747 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 53 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 54 | Grand Valley State University | 22100 | 35900 | 0.3849 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 54 | Lincoln University | 22100 | 24900 | 0.1124 | 1,926 | 920 | 0 | |
| 54 | Texas Southern University | 22100 | 25500 | 0.1335 | 6,844 | 915 | 0.9691 | |
| 54 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 22100 | 33600 | 0.342 | 21,469 | 1167 | 0.9061 | |
| 58 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 22300 | 53000 | 0.5787 | 1,495 | 1075 | 0.8761 | |
| 59 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 22600 | 25400 | 0.1104 | 2,907 | 1125 | 0.4696 | |
| 60 | San Jose State University | 22900 | 41100 | 0.4429 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 61 | Florida Memorial University | 23000 | 42000 | 0.4519 | 1,206 | 0 | 0.8526 | |
| 62 | Dakota State University | 23100 | 25600 | 0.0977 | 3,085 | 1174 | 0.9241 | |
| 62 | Robert Morris University | 23100 | 58000 | 0.6012 | 4,325 | 1145 | 0.8989 | |
| 64 | Concord University | 23200 | 40800 | 0.4317 | 1,638 | 1015 | 0.9728 | |
| 64 | Houghton University | 23200 | 44300 | 0.4763 | 958 | 1277 | 0.89 | |
| 66 | University of Massachusetts-Boston | 23400 | 89500 | 0.7383 | 12,138 | 1189 | 0.8379 | |
| 66 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 23400 | 24900 | 0.0602 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 68 | Dominican University | 23900 | 56000 | 0.573 | 2,642 | 1005 | 0.8879 | |
| 68 | Stockton University | 23900 | 32100 | 0.2553 | 7,583 | 1134 | 0.901 | |
| 70 | Ramapo College of New Jersey | 24100 | 36300 | 0.3362 | 5,492 | 1210 | 0.7026 | |
| 71 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 24200 | 30600 | 0.2091 | 9,827 | 1329 | 0.6737 | |
| 72 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 24900 | 45900 | 0.4579 | 504 | 1200 | 0.9095 | |
| 73 | Columbia College | 25000 | 46900 | 0.467 | 876 | 1025 | 0.8878 | |
| 74 | Fort Hays State University | 25800 | 36100 | 0.2875 | 10,172 | 1075 | 0.9026 | |
| 75 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 26000 | 28300 | 0.0809 | 3,375 | 1090 | 0.5885 | |
| 75 | West Virginia Wesleyan College | 26000 | 53800 | 0.5169 | 971 | 1030 | 0.9334 | |
| 77 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 26200 | 36800 | 0.2882 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 78 | Southern University at New Orleans | 26300 | 42300 | 0.3781 | 2,179 | 950 | 0.789 | |
| 79 | Bemidji State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 3,751 | 1075 | 0.5598 | |
| 80 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 26600 | 41500 | 0.3588 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 81 | Northwood University | 26800 | 54500 | 0.5087 | 2,045 | 1055 | 0.6451 | |
| 82 | Bethune-Cookman University | 27100 | 32700 | 0.1713 | 2,739 | 910 | 0.8824 | |
| 83 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 27200 | 36500 | 0.255 | 7,747 | 1073 | 0.9617 | |
| 84 | Kennesaw State University | 27400 | 27400 | 0 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 84 | Syracuse University | 27400 | 83100 | 0.6701 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 86 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 27600 | 27600 | 0 | 11,087 | 1326 | 0.7397 | |
| 87 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 27700 | 36700 | 0.2455 | 1,709 | 1218 | 0.9653 | |
| 88 | Elmhurst University | 28200 | 67000 | 0.5793 | 3,170 | 1133 | 0.7501 | |
| 89 | University of North Texas | 28300 | 37400 | 0.2431 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 90 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28500 | 32300 | 0.1176 | 11,691 | 1074 | 0.7722 | |
| 91 | Saint Xavier University | 28600 | 53700 | 0.4671 | 3,100 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 92 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 28800 | 49100 | 0.4135 | 29,727 | 990 | 0.9229 | |
| 92 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 28800 | 42400 | 0.3211 | 6,761 | 1105 | 0.8475 | |
| 94 | Jacksonville State University | 29000 | 38200 | 0.2407 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 95 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 29300 | 36500 | 0.1972 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 95 | University of Toledo | 29300 | 32600 | 0.1009 | 10,726 | 1134 | 0.8889 | |
| 97 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 29500 | 48100 | 0.387 | 2,280 | 1224 | 0.9675 | |
| 98 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 29700 | 31600 | 0.0601 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 99 | Grambling State University | 30000 | 35300 | 0.1502 | 4,313 | 950 | 0.4486 | |
| 100 | Mercy University | 30100 | 44500 | 0.3237 | 6,692 | 1135 | 0.8724 | |
| 101 | Northern Kentucky University | 30200 | 32100 | 0.0592 | 10,136 | 1110 | 0.9666 | |
| 102 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 30300 | 56700 | 0.4656 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 102 | University of North Florida | 30300 | 33000 | 0.0819 | 14,837 | 1124 | 0.6815 | |
| 104 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30500 | 54600 | 0.4413 | 3,120 | 1193 | 0.3992 | |
| 105 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 30800 | 36900 | 0.1662 | 5,687 | 1305 | 0.7863 | |
| 106 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 2,082 | 1124 | 0.9576 | |
| 106 | Frostburg State University | 30900 | 43000 | 0.2815 | 3,436 | 1095 | 0.907 | |
| 108 | Central College | 31100 | 36800 | 0.155 | 1,050 | 1159 | 0.8698 | |
| 109 | Saint Michael's College | 31300 | 68500 | 0.5434 | 1,051 | 1280 | 0.8976 | |
| 110 | Hampton University | 31500 | 54800 | 0.4252 | 4,046 | 1005 | 0.6358 | |
| 111 | Angelo State University | 31600 | 35400 | 0.1071 | 10,103 | 1045 | 0.7981 | |
| 112 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 32100 | 40900 | 0.2151 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 113 | Portland State University | 32200 | 43100 | 0.2526 | 14,932 | 1174 | 0.8586 | |
| 114 | SUNY Brockport | 32400 | 35800 | 0.095 | 5,816 | 1195 | 0.7068 | |
| 114 | University of Scranton | 32400 | 78700 | 0.5879 | 3,689 | 1245 | 0.8006 | |
| 116 | State University of New York at Oswego | 32700 | 40200 | 0.1866 | 5,293 | 1179 | 0.7989 | |
| 117 | Suffolk University | 32800 | 68900 | 0.5241 | 4,247 | 1209 | 0.8228 | |
| 118 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 17,556 | 1090 | 0.5386 | |
| 119 | Cleveland State University | 33400 | 37300 | 0.1046 | 9,418 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 120 | Harding University | 33500 | 47800 | 0.299 | 3,536 | 1184 | 0.7052 | |
| 121 | Elizabethtown College | 33600 | 55300 | 0.3925 | 1,935 | 1214 | 0.8892 | |
| 122 | George Washington University | 33700 | 81800 | 0.5881 | 11,495 | 1436 | 0.4713 | |
| 123 | SUNY at Fredonia | 34100 | 39600 | 0.1391 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 123 | Thomas Jefferson University | 34100 | 68100 | 0.4993 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 125 | Charleston Southern University | 34200 | 48400 | 0.295 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 126 | Loyola University Maryland | 34500 | 78800 | 0.5623 | 4,013 | 1329 | 0.6986 | |
| 127 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 34600 | 38700 | 0.106 | 14,865 | 1175 | 0.9113 | |
| 128 | Adelphi University | 35000 | 63300 | 0.4467 | 5,097 | 1241 | 0.7215 | |
| 128 | University of South Florida | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 130 | California Lutheran University | 35100 | 70000 | 0.4988 | 2,160 | 1218 | 0.7631 | |
| 131 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Schuylkill | 35200 | 61100 | 0.424 | 653 | 1145 | 0.7972 | |
| 132 | Averett University | 35400 | 57200 | 0.3813 | 1,244 | 1054 | 0.5659 | |
| 133 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 36300 | 53100 | 0.3162 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 134 | Furman University | 36500 | 82900 | 0.5595 | 2,304 | 1372 | 0.4869 | |
| 135 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 36600 | 39900 | 0.0825 | 3,893 | 1015 | 0.9839 | |
| 136 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 36900 | 37100 | 0.0054 | 5,939 | 1065 | 0.5878 | |
| 137 | Christopher Newport University | 38000 | 51000 | 0.2551 | 4,369 | 1189 | 0.8604 | |
| 138 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 38100 | 38100 | 0 | 2,710 | 1218 | 0.9374 | |
| 139 | Rutgers University-Newark | 39400 | 57900 | 0.3194 | 7,989 | 1159 | 0.7136 | |
| 140 | Stony Brook University | 39700 | 53000 | 0.2507 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 140 | University of South Alabama | 39700 | 39700 | 0 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 142 | University of Illinois Chicago | 40000 | 50600 | 0.2095 | 24,260 | 1174 | 0.7576 | |
| 143 | Wayne State University | 40400 | 46200 | 0.1256 | 16,390 | 1183 | 0.8359 | |
| 144 | Pace University | 40500 | 74800 | 0.4585 | 5,520 | 1273 | 0.7827 | |
| 145 | McKendree University | 40600 | 52900 | 0.2324 | 1,757 | 1098 | 0.7172 | |
| 146 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 41300 | 67900 | 0.3917 | 4,182 | 1317 | 0.8783 | |
| 147 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 41400 | 55200 | 0.2499 | 21,388 | 1369 | 0.5945 | |
| 148 | University of Mount Olive | 42100 | 50400 | 0.1645 | 1,944 | 1075 | 0.7575 | |
| 149 | Radford University | 43400 | 45700 | 0.0501 | 6,206 | 1050 | 0.8939 | |
| 150 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4479 | 4,123 | 1124 | 0.6927 | |
| 151 | Immaculata University | 43900 | 47500 | 0.0757 | 1,889 | 1264 | 0.8656 | |
| 152 | James Madison University | 45200 | 45200 | 0 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 153 | Mercer University | 45700 | 65400 | 0.3015 | 4,719 | 1263 | 0.643 | |
| 154 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47100 | 59700 | 0.2124 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 155 | Drexel University | 47700 | 83900 | 0.4315 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 156 | University of Kentucky | 49000 | 58000 | 0.1551 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 157 | DePaul University | 49100 | 66000 | 0.2562 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 157 | University of California-Riverside | 49100 | 66000 | 0.2562 | 24,034 | 1199 | 0.8609 | |
| 159 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 49800 | 62200 | 0.1995 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 160 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 50500 | 58800 | 0.1411 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 161 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 50600 | 52900 | 0.0433 | 14,834 | 1149 | 0.7803 | |
| 162 | University of Utah | 51400 | 53700 | 0.0426 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 163 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 164 | Molloy University | 58600 | 62300 | 0.0594 | 3,396 | 1188 | 0.6633 | |
| 165 | Thiel College | 60400 | 69100 | 0.1259 | 830 | 1065 | 0.7189 | |
| 166 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 60700 | 64100 | 0.053 | 1,078 | 1217 | 0.9646 | |
| 167 | Clemson University | 61400 | 63700 | 0.036 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 168 | Fordham University | 74900 | 95100 | 0.2123 | 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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