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 | Savannah State University | 6900 | 29000 | 0.7616 | 2,966 | 925 | 0.4614 | |
| 2 | California Institute of Technology | 7500 | 91800 | 0.9183 | 987 | 1557 | 0.0257 | |
| 3 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 7600 | 36100 | 0.7904 | 10,051 | 1064 | 0.9234 | |
| 4 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8300 | 97100 | 0.915 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0399 | |
| 5 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 9700 | 20400 | 0.525 | 3,224 | 1085 | 0.7643 | |
| 6 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 10300 | 10300 | 0 | 6,139 | 1070 | 0.9052 | |
| 7 | Valdosta State University | 10500 | 24800 | 0.5775 | 7,166 | 1015 | 0.7229 | |
| 8 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 11800 | 27800 | 0.5754 | 20,885 | 1420 | 0.1534 | |
| 9 | University of North Florida | 12500 | 22400 | 0.4425 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
| 10 | Fort Hays State University | 12700 | 22600 | 0.4374 | 10,172 | 1075 | 0.9026 | |
| 11 | University of Michigan-Flint | 12900 | 46300 | 0.7212 | 5,011 | 1109 | 0.7046 | |
| 12 | East Texas A&M University | 13100 | 30000 | 0.5634 | 9,992 | 1045 | 0.9224 | |
| 12 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 13100 | 25700 | 0.49 | 28,674 | 980 | 0.9419 | |
| 14 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 13300 | 13300 | 0 | 18,288 | 1090 | 0.9068 | |
| 15 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 50700 | 0.7294 | 38,040 | 1418 | 0.452 | |
| 16 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 14000 | 40600 | 0.6545 | 352 | 1180 | 0.9647 | |
| 17 | Alabama State University | 14200 | 31300 | 0.5476 | 3,521 | 945 | 0.9755 | |
| 17 | Dickinson State University | 14200 | 25000 | 0.4321 | 1,339 | 990 | 0.3702 | |
| 19 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 14300 | 37400 | 0.6171 | 7,622 | 1075 | 0.9254 | |
| 20 | Northern Kentucky University | 14400 | 25900 | 0.4446 | 10,163 | 1090 | 0.6765 | |
| 21 | Salisbury University | 14500 | 28700 | 0.4951 | 6,288 | 1250 | 0.8747 | |
| 22 | Wayne State College | 15000 | 20300 | 0.2611 | 3,902 | 0 | 0 | |
| 23 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 15100 | 28700 | 0.4739 | 6,761 | 1105 | 0.8475 | |
| 24 | Coastal Carolina University | 15300 | 27200 | 0.4376 | 10,811 | 1145 | 0.7527 | |
| 25 | Radford University | 15500 | 32000 | 0.5138 | 6,161 | 1070 | 0.8953 | |
| 26 | James Madison University | 15700 | 28900 | 0.4573 | 20,973 | 1260 | 0.7152 | |
| 26 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 15700 | 25800 | 0.392 | 5,386 | 1050 | 0.9092 | |
| 28 | Jacksonville State University | 15900 | 27000 | 0.4118 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 28 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver | 15900 | 38700 | 0.5888 | 482 | 1195 | 0.9565 | |
| 28 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 15900 | 38400 | 0.5856 | 37,140 | 1406 | 0.4237 | |
| 31 | Emporia State University | 16000 | 22900 | 0.3015 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 31 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 16000 | 27700 | 0.4218 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 33 | Grove City College | 16300 | 39700 | 0.5902 | 2,341 | 1266 | 0.7232 | |
| 33 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 16300 | 40600 | 0.5979 | 581 | 1132 | 0.9821 | |
| 35 | Goshen College | 16500 | 55900 | 0.7055 | 780 | 995 | 0.8407 | |
| 35 | Southern University at New Orleans | 16500 | 31000 | 0.4671 | 2,179 | 950 | 0.789 | |
| 37 | Northwestern University | 16800 | 89500 | 0.8126 | 9,399 | 1527 | 0.0769 | |
| 38 | Boston College | 16900 | 96100 | 0.824 | 10,314 | 1490 | 0.1643 | |
| 39 | SUNY at Fredonia | 17100 | 27800 | 0.3854 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 40 | Morgan State University | 17500 | 28500 | 0.3858 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 40 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 17500 | 26600 | 0.3425 | 7,505 | 1073 | 0.9633 | |
| 42 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 17800 | 39000 | 0.5436 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 43 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 18000 | 25200 | 0.2852 | 6,835 | 1090 | 0.7147 | |
| 44 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18100 | 28600 | 0.3669 | 4,218 | 1030 | 0.9489 | |
| 45 | Angelo State University | 18500 | 23100 | 0.1992 | 9,702 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 46 | University of Houston-Victoria | 18900 | 25000 | 0.2442 | 2,627 | 1095 | 0.959 | |
| 47 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 19300 | 35700 | 0.4596 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8304 | |
| 48 | Rutgers University-Newark | 19400 | 38000 | 0.4893 | 7,989 | 1159 | 0.7136 | |
| 49 | Norwich University | 19500 | 73800 | 0.7355 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 50 | Pennsylvania Western University | 19600 | 29000 | 0.3246 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 51 | Central Connecticut State University | 19700 | 29500 | 0.332 | 8,170 | 1075 | 0.7333 | |
| 52 | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | 20000 | 25700 | 0.222 | 10,632 | 1075 | 0.8859 | |
| 53 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20100 | 29400 | 0.3158 | 5,255 | 1109 | 0.7295 | |
| 54 | Dakota State University | 20400 | 22500 | 0.0912 | 3,066 | 1192 | 0.8805 | |
| 55 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 20700 | 27800 | 0.255 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8698 | |
| 56 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 20800 | 57800 | 0.6401 | 1,932 | 1193 | 0.9278 | |
| 57 | Tarleton State University | 21000 | 23000 | 0.087 | 15,254 | 1080 | 0.8955 | |
| 58 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 21300 | 36400 | 0.4143 | 2,884 | 1175 | 0.9677 | |
| 59 | Luther College | 21500 | 71900 | 0.7014 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.7154 | |
| 60 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,221 | 1204 | 0.8854 | |
| 61 | Grand Valley State University | 22100 | 35900 | 0.3849 | 19,002 | 1084 | 0.8302 | |
| 61 | Lincoln University | 22100 | 24900 | 0.1124 | 1,926 | 0 | 0 | |
| 63 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 22300 | 53000 | 0.5787 | 1,472 | 1075 | 0.8459 | |
| 64 | New Mexico Highlands University | 22500 | 27200 | 0.1726 | 1,603 | 0 | 0 | |
| 65 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 22600 | 25400 | 0.1104 | 2,906 | 1125 | 0.4696 | |
| 66 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 22800 | 45900 | 0.5037 | 502 | 1189 | 0.9641 | |
| 67 | San Jose State University | 22900 | 41100 | 0.4429 | 28,008 | 1124 | 0.8461 | |
| 68 | Florida Memorial University | 23000 | 42000 | 0.4519 | 1,206 | 0 | 0.8526 | |
| 69 | Houghton University | 23200 | 44300 | 0.4763 | 1,162 | 1277 | 0.8866 | |
| 69 | Robert Morris University | 23200 | 58000 | 0.5998 | 4,325 | 1145 | 0.8989 | |
| 71 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 23400 | 24900 | 0.0602 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 72 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 23600 | 34400 | 0.3139 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 73 | Stockton University | 23900 | 32100 | 0.2553 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 74 | Bradley University | 24100 | 50800 | 0.5255 | 3,596 | 1223 | 0.7676 | |
| 74 | Dominican University | 24100 | 56000 | 0.5697 | 2,690 | 1005 | 0.9032 | |
| 76 | Westfield State University | 24200 | 39000 | 0.3791 | 3,868 | 1085 | 0.8141 | |
| 77 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 24400 | 40500 | 0.3976 | 25,900 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 78 | Doane University | 25200 | 71000 | 0.6454 | 1,315 | 1125 | 0.9801 | |
| 79 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 25700 | 37500 | 0.3151 | 1,236 | 1193 | 0.9811 | |
| 80 | Bethune-Cookman University | 25900 | 32700 | 0.208 | 2,738 | 910 | 0.8824 | |
| 81 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 26200 | 28300 | 0.0744 | 3,375 | 1090 | 0.5876 | |
| 82 | Columbia College | 26400 | 46900 | 0.4371 | 5,207 | 1145 | 0.4714 | |
| 83 | Albright College | 26800 | 49300 | 0.4563 | 1,230 | 1050 | 0.7633 | |
| 83 | Northwood University | 26800 | 54500 | 0.5087 | 2,045 | 1055 | 0.6451 | |
| 85 | University of North Georgia | 27300 | 38600 | 0.2931 | 18,322 | 1100 | 0.6794 | |
| 86 | Kennesaw State University | 27400 | 27400 | 0 | 42,760 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 87 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 27700 | 36700 | 0.2455 | 1,880 | 1185 | 0.9867 | |
| 87 | Syracuse University | 27700 | 83100 | 0.6665 | 15,957 | 1363 | 0.4592 | |
| 89 | George Fox University | 28100 | 69400 | 0.5954 | 3,354 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 90 | Elmhurst University | 28600 | 67000 | 0.5733 | 3,213 | 1148 | 0.7364 | |
| 90 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 32300 | 0.1145 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 92 | University of North Texas | 28700 | 37400 | 0.2325 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 93 | Saint Xavier University | 28800 | 53700 | 0.4634 | 3,098 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 94 | Fairmont State University | 29700 | 32200 | 0.0777 | 3,088 | 970 | 0.9862 | |
| 94 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 29700 | 39700 | 0.252 | 4,487 | 1115 | 0.6726 | |
| 96 | University of Toledo | 29900 | 42000 | 0.2884 | 11,013 | 1229 | 0.9202 | |
| 97 | Grambling State University | 30000 | 35300 | 0.1502 | 4,313 | 950 | 0.4486 | |
| 97 | Mercy University | 30000 | 44500 | 0.326 | 6,774 | 1135 | 0.8584 | |
| 99 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 30500 | 54700 | 0.4411 | 1,427 | 1025 | 0.4941 | |
| 100 | Central College | 30600 | 36800 | 0.1686 | 1,084 | 1145 | 0.8617 | |
| 101 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30700 | 54600 | 0.4379 | 3,163 | 1165 | 0.9347 | |
| 102 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1161 | 0.9523 | |
| 103 | Frostburg State University | 31000 | 43000 | 0.2792 | 3,422 | 1095 | 0.8918 | |
| 104 | Hampton University | 31300 | 54800 | 0.4288 | 3,728 | 947 | 0.6225 | |
| 105 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 31700 | 49500 | 0.3599 | 1,813 | 1109 | 0.9484 | |
| 106 | Saint Michael's College | 32000 | 68500 | 0.5331 | 1,120 | 1240 | 0.8451 | |
| 107 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 32100 | 40900 | 0.2151 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 108 | Washington Adventist University | 32300 | 37800 | 0.1457 | 513 | 995 | 0.4618 | |
| 109 | SUNY Brockport | 32400 | 35800 | 0.095 | 5,816 | 1195 | 0.7068 | |
| 110 | University of Scranton | 32500 | 78700 | 0.5869 | 3,613 | 1250 | 0.8123 | |
| 111 | Suffolk University | 32800 | 68900 | 0.5241 | 4,326 | 1209 | 0.8233 | |
| 112 | State University of New York at Oswego | 32900 | 40200 | 0.1817 | 5,517 | 1180 | 0.8055 | |
| 112 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 32900 | 45100 | 0.2705 | 10,767 | 1326 | 0.7243 | |
| 114 | Cleveland State University | 33400 | 37300 | 0.1046 | 9,482 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 115 | George Washington University | 33700 | 81800 | 0.5881 | 11,677 | 1430 | 0.4709 | |
| 116 | LeTourneau University | 34000 | 54800 | 0.3798 | 3,187 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 117 | Thomas Jefferson University | 34100 | 68100 | 0.4995 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8097 | |
| 118 | Charleston Southern University | 34300 | 48400 | 0.2912 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 119 | California Lutheran University | 35000 | 70000 | 0.5002 | 2,297 | 1254 | 0.7567 | |
| 119 | University of South Florida | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 121 | Adelphi University | 35200 | 63300 | 0.4438 | 5,325 | 1237 | 0.6591 | |
| 122 | Averett University | 35300 | 57200 | 0.3831 | 1,244 | 1054 | 0.5659 | |
| 123 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 36200 | 56300 | 0.357 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 124 | Furman University | 36700 | 82900 | 0.5571 | 2,383 | 1359 | 0.4295 | |
| 125 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 36800 | 39900 | 0.0779 | 5,086 | 1124 | 0.949 | |
| 126 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 36900 | 37100 | 0.0054 | 5,939 | 1065 | 0.5878 | |
| 127 | Loyola University Maryland | 37000 | 78800 | 0.5305 | 3,881 | 1303 | 0.7549 | |
| 128 | East Carolina University | 37100 | 42700 | 0.1313 | 21,445 | 1160 | 0.8921 | |
| 129 | Christopher Newport University | 38000 | 51000 | 0.2551 | 4,369 | 1189 | 0.8604 | |
| 130 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38300 | 38700 | 0.0103 | 14,416 | 1210 | 0.8851 | |
| 131 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 38700 | 53100 | 0.2711 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 132 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 38900 | 38900 | 0 | 1,973 | 1189 | 0.8135 | |
| 133 | University of South Alabama | 39700 | 39700 | 0 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 134 | Stony Brook University | 39900 | 53000 | 0.2473 | 18,263 | 1410 | 0.4904 | |
| 135 | Wayne State University | 40400 | 46200 | 0.1256 | 16,012 | 1174 | 0.8116 | |
| 136 | Pace University | 40700 | 74800 | 0.4558 | 8,038 | 1260 | 0.7592 | |
| 137 | McKendree University | 40800 | 52900 | 0.2289 | 1,757 | 1098 | 0.7172 | |
| 138 | Immaculata University | 42300 | 47500 | 0.1094 | 1,652 | 1245 | 0.8576 | |
| 138 | University of Mount Olive | 42300 | 50400 | 0.1608 | 1,944 | 1075 | 0.7575 | |
| 140 | University of Maryland-College Park | 42900 | 53600 | 0.1998 | 31,133 | 1463 | 0.4479 | |
| 141 | University of Massachusetts-Boston | 43300 | 57500 | 0.2469 | 12,138 | 1189 | 0.8378 | |
| 142 | Western Oregon University | 43400 | 43400 | 0 | 3,167 | 1040 | 0.981 | |
| 143 | Merrimack College | 43600 | 78800 | 0.4468 | 4,102 | 1115 | 0.7002 | |
| 144 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 43900 | 57100 | 0.2297 | 23,329 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 145 | University of Illinois Chicago | 45100 | 50600 | 0.1087 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 145 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 45100 | 67900 | 0.3357 | 3,965 | 1229 | 0.9121 | |
| 147 | Mercer University | 45300 | 65400 | 0.3078 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
| 147 | Towson University | 45300 | 46400 | 0.0237 | 16,264 | 1098 | 0.8197 | |
| 149 | University of Colorado Boulder | 46800 | 57700 | 0.1879 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7808 | |
| 150 | Drexel University | 48900 | 83900 | 0.4172 | 13,309 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 151 | DePaul University | 49100 | 66000 | 0.2562 | 14,188 | 1254 | 0.7589 | |
| 152 | University of California-Riverside | 49200 | 66000 | 0.2547 | 22,600 | 1199 | 0.7639 | |
| 152 | University of Kentucky | 49200 | 58000 | 0.1526 | 25,534 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 154 | Ramapo College of New Jersey | 50500 | 55400 | 0.0885 | 5,444 | 1220 | 0.7064 | |
| 155 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 50800 | 52900 | 0.0398 | 14,504 | 1149 | 0.7637 | |
| 156 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 51000 | 84700 | 0.398 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 157 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 51500 | 52800 | 0.0246 | 21,210 | 1148 | 0.9262 | |
| 158 | University of Utah | 51600 | 53700 | 0.0392 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 159 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 16,100 | 1219 | 0.7766 | |
| 160 | Dallas Baptist University | 56400 | 63400 | 0.1104 | 2,785 | 1109 | 0.8884 | |
| 161 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58200 | 64100 | 0.092 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 162 | Molloy University | 59800 | 62300 | 0.0402 | 3,240 | 1199 | 0.8174 | |
| 163 | Thiel College | 60600 | 69100 | 0.123 | 833 | 1065 | 0.7155 | |
| 164 | College of Charleston | 61200 | 61200 | 0 | 10,880 | 1255 | 0.6003 | |
| 165 | Clemson University | 61500 | 63700 | 0.0331 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 166 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 63700 | 63700 | 0 | 10,200 | 1325 | 0.6507 | |
| 167 | Fordham University | 70000 | 95100 | 0.2638 | 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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