Considering a degree in Information Science/Studies?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Information Science/Studies majors who live in Maryland.
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 Maryland.
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 | 7400 | 91800 | 0.9194 | 987 | 1557 | 0.0257 | |
| 2 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 7600 | 36100 | 0.7904 | 10,051 | 1064 | 0.9234 | |
| 3 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8200 | 97100 | 0.916 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0399 | |
| 4 | Savannah State University | 10400 | 26700 | 0.6112 | 2,966 | 925 | 0.4614 | |
| 5 | Valdosta State University | 10500 | 24800 | 0.5775 | 7,166 | 1015 | 0.7229 | |
| 6 | University of North Florida | 12400 | 22400 | 0.447 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
| 6 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 29200 | 0.5745 | 38,040 | 1418 | 0.452 | |
| 8 | University of Michigan-Flint | 12700 | 46300 | 0.7255 | 5,011 | 1109 | 0.7046 | |
| 9 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 12900 | 19400 | 0.3351 | 14,416 | 1210 | 0.8851 | |
| 10 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 13300 | 13300 | 0 | 18,288 | 1090 | 0.9068 | |
| 11 | Fairmont State University | 13800 | 21400 | 0.3556 | 3,088 | 970 | 0.9862 | |
| 11 | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | 13800 | 19600 | 0.2958 | 10,632 | 1075 | 0.8859 | |
| 13 | Grand Valley State University | 13900 | 25300 | 0.4511 | 19,002 | 1084 | 0.8302 | |
| 14 | Dickinson State University | 14100 | 25000 | 0.4351 | 1,339 | 990 | 0.3702 | |
| 15 | Northern Kentucky University | 14300 | 25900 | 0.4485 | 10,163 | 1090 | 0.6765 | |
| 15 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 14300 | 29600 | 0.5176 | 7,622 | 1075 | 0.9254 | |
| 17 | Wayne State College | 14900 | 20300 | 0.266 | 3,902 | 0 | 0 | |
| 18 | Alabama State University | 15500 | 24300 | 0.3632 | 3,521 | 945 | 0.9755 | |
| 19 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 15800 | 38400 | 0.5882 | 37,140 | 1406 | 0.4237 | |
| 20 | Emporia State University | 15900 | 22900 | 0.3059 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 21 | Frostburg State University | 16000 | 26700 | 0.3993 | 3,422 | 1095 | 0.8918 | |
| 22 | Goshen College | 16300 | 55900 | 0.7086 | 780 | 995 | 0.8407 | |
| 22 | Grove City College | 16300 | 39700 | 0.5902 | 2,341 | 1266 | 0.7232 | |
| 22 | Southern University at New Orleans | 16300 | 31000 | 0.4735 | 2,179 | 950 | 0.789 | |
| 25 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 16400 | 44500 | 0.631 | 352 | 1180 | 0.9647 | |
| 26 | Northwestern University | 16600 | 89500 | 0.8149 | 9,399 | 1527 | 0.0769 | |
| 26 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16600 | 64800 | 0.7438 | 20,885 | 1420 | 0.1534 | |
| 26 | Westfield State University | 16600 | 33100 | 0.4991 | 3,868 | 1085 | 0.8141 | |
| 29 | Morgan State University | 16800 | 28500 | 0.4104 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 30 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 16900 | 43500 | 0.611 | 581 | 1132 | 0.9821 | |
| 31 | Salisbury University | 17100 | 28700 | 0.4051 | 6,288 | 1250 | 0.8747 | |
| 31 | University of South Florida | 17100 | 17100 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 33 | Boston College | 17700 | 97600 | 0.8185 | 10,314 | 1490 | 0.1643 | |
| 34 | State University of New York at Oswego | 18100 | 27700 | 0.3465 | 5,517 | 1180 | 0.8055 | |
| 34 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18100 | 28600 | 0.3669 | 4,218 | 1030 | 0.9489 | |
| 36 | Angelo State University | 18300 | 23100 | 0.2067 | 9,702 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 37 | SUNY Brockport | 18400 | 26200 | 0.2972 | 5,816 | 1195 | 0.7068 | |
| 38 | University of Illinois Chicago | 18500 | 30100 | 0.386 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 39 | Norwich University | 19300 | 73800 | 0.7382 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 39 | University of Houston-Victoria | 19300 | 35800 | 0.4611 | 2,627 | 1095 | 0.959 | |
| 41 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 19400 | 30400 | 0.3615 | 3,224 | 1085 | 0.7643 | |
| 42 | Pennsylvania Western University | 19500 | 29000 | 0.3281 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 43 | Central Connecticut State University | 19700 | 29500 | 0.332 | 8,170 | 1075 | 0.7333 | |
| 44 | Cleveland State University | 20000 | 30900 | 0.3523 | 9,482 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 44 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20000 | 29400 | 0.3192 | 5,255 | 1109 | 0.7295 | |
| 46 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 20600 | 57800 | 0.6431 | 1,932 | 1193 | 0.9278 | |
| 46 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 20600 | 27800 | 0.2586 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8698 | |
| 48 | Luther College | 21300 | 71900 | 0.7033 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.7154 | |
| 48 | Western Oregon University | 21300 | 24600 | 0.134 | 3,167 | 1040 | 0.981 | |
| 50 | University of North Georgia | 21400 | 21400 | 0 | 18,322 | 1100 | 0.6794 | |
| 50 | Washington Adventist University | 21400 | 36900 | 0.4182 | 513 | 995 | 0.4618 | |
| 52 | Lincoln University | 22100 | 24900 | 0.1124 | 1,926 | 0 | 0 | |
| 53 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 22200 | 53000 | 0.5806 | 1,472 | 1075 | 0.8459 | |
| 54 | New Mexico Highlands University | 22400 | 27200 | 0.1763 | 1,603 | 0 | 0 | |
| 55 | University of Maryland Global Campus | 22500 | 35300 | 0.3631 | 52,187 | 0 | 0 | |
| 56 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 22600 | 25400 | 0.1104 | 2,906 | 1125 | 0.4696 | |
| 57 | San Jose State University | 22800 | 41100 | 0.4454 | 28,008 | 1124 | 0.8461 | |
| 58 | Florida Memorial University | 23000 | 42000 | 0.4519 | 1,206 | 0 | 0.8526 | |
| 59 | Dakota State University | 23100 | 25600 | 0.0977 | 3,066 | 1192 | 0.8805 | |
| 60 | Houghton University | 23200 | 44300 | 0.4763 | 1,162 | 1277 | 0.8866 | |
| 60 | Robert Morris University | 23200 | 58000 | 0.6011 | 4,325 | 1145 | 0.8989 | |
| 62 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 23500 | 34400 | 0.3168 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 63 | Dominican University | 23900 | 56000 | 0.5728 | 2,690 | 1005 | 0.9032 | |
| 64 | Bradley University | 24000 | 50800 | 0.5275 | 3,596 | 1223 | 0.7676 | |
| 64 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 24000 | 30600 | 0.2157 | 10,200 | 1325 | 0.6507 | |
| 66 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 24800 | 45900 | 0.4601 | 502 | 1189 | 0.9641 | |
| 67 | Doane University | 25200 | 71000 | 0.6454 | 1,315 | 1125 | 0.9801 | |
| 68 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 25600 | 37500 | 0.3177 | 1,236 | 1193 | 0.9811 | |
| 69 | Bethune-Cookman University | 25700 | 32700 | 0.2141 | 2,738 | 910 | 0.8824 | |
| 70 | Fort Hays State University | 25800 | 36100 | 0.2872 | 10,172 | 1075 | 0.9026 | |
| 71 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 26000 | 28300 | 0.0806 | 3,375 | 1090 | 0.5876 | |
| 72 | Stony Brook University | 26100 | 33200 | 0.2129 | 18,263 | 1410 | 0.4904 | |
| 72 | University of North Texas | 26100 | 26100 | 0 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 74 | Columbia College | 26400 | 46900 | 0.4372 | 5,207 | 1145 | 0.4714 | |
| 75 | Albright College | 26600 | 49300 | 0.4604 | 1,230 | 1050 | 0.7633 | |
| 75 | Kennesaw State University | 26600 | 26600 | 0 | 42,760 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 77 | Northwood University | 26700 | 54500 | 0.5105 | 2,045 | 1055 | 0.6451 | |
| 78 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 26800 | 30100 | 0.109 | 5,086 | 1124 | 0.949 | |
| 79 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 27000 | 36500 | 0.2604 | 7,505 | 1073 | 0.9633 | |
| 80 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 27600 | 27600 | 0.0001 | 10,767 | 1326 | 0.7243 | |
| 81 | Syracuse University | 27800 | 83100 | 0.6653 | 15,957 | 1363 | 0.4592 | |
| 82 | George Fox University | 27900 | 69400 | 0.5983 | 3,354 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 83 | Elmhurst University | 28500 | 67000 | 0.5748 | 3,213 | 1148 | 0.7364 | |
| 83 | Saint Xavier University | 28500 | 53700 | 0.4689 | 3,098 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 83 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 28500 | 36700 | 0.2233 | 28,674 | 980 | 0.9419 | |
| 83 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28500 | 32300 | 0.1176 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 87 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 28700 | 42400 | 0.3235 | 6,761 | 1105 | 0.8475 | |
| 88 | Jacksonville State University | 28900 | 38200 | 0.2433 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 88 | James Madison University | 28900 | 28900 | 0 | 20,973 | 1260 | 0.7152 | |
| 90 | East Texas A&M University | 29300 | 36500 | 0.1972 | 9,992 | 1045 | 0.9224 | |
| 90 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29300 | 31800 | 0.0786 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 92 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 29500 | 31600 | 0.0664 | 6,835 | 1090 | 0.7147 | |
| 93 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 29600 | 39700 | 0.2545 | 4,487 | 1115 | 0.6726 | |
| 94 | University of Toledo | 29700 | 42000 | 0.2926 | 11,013 | 1229 | 0.9202 | |
| 95 | Grambling State University | 29800 | 35300 | 0.1559 | 4,313 | 950 | 0.4486 | |
| 96 | Mercy University | 30000 | 44500 | 0.326 | 6,774 | 1135 | 0.8584 | |
| 97 | Central College | 30300 | 36800 | 0.1767 | 1,084 | 1145 | 0.8617 | |
| 98 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 30400 | 54700 | 0.4443 | 1,427 | 1025 | 0.4941 | |
| 99 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30500 | 54600 | 0.4411 | 3,163 | 1165 | 0.9347 | |
| 100 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 30800 | 36900 | 0.166 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 101 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1161 | 0.9523 | |
| 102 | Hampton University | 31200 | 54800 | 0.4306 | 3,728 | 947 | 0.6225 | |
| 103 | University of Kentucky | 31400 | 36400 | 0.1373 | 25,534 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 104 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 31500 | 49500 | 0.364 | 1,813 | 1109 | 0.9484 | |
| 105 | Saint Michael's College | 31800 | 68500 | 0.536 | 1,120 | 1240 | 0.8451 | |
| 106 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 32000 | 40900 | 0.2176 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 107 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32300 | 35100 | 0.0799 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 107 | University of Scranton | 32300 | 78700 | 0.5891 | 3,613 | 1250 | 0.8123 | |
| 109 | Suffolk University | 32700 | 70300 | 0.5348 | 4,326 | 1209 | 0.8233 | |
| 110 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 15,254 | 1080 | 0.8955 | |
| 111 | George Washington University | 33700 | 81800 | 0.5881 | 11,677 | 1430 | 0.4709 | |
| 112 | LeTourneau University | 33900 | 54800 | 0.3817 | 3,187 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 113 | SUNY at Fredonia | 34100 | 39600 | 0.1391 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 113 | Thomas Jefferson University | 34100 | 68100 | 0.4995 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8097 | |
| 115 | Charleston Southern University | 34200 | 48400 | 0.2948 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 116 | Coastal Carolina University | 34500 | 45100 | 0.2348 | 10,811 | 1145 | 0.7527 | |
| 117 | Stockton University | 34800 | 44500 | 0.2181 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 118 | California Lutheran University | 34900 | 70000 | 0.5016 | 2,297 | 1254 | 0.7567 | |
| 119 | Adelphi University | 35100 | 63300 | 0.4465 | 5,325 | 1237 | 0.6591 | |
| 120 | Christopher Newport University | 35200 | 36200 | 0.0276 | 4,369 | 1189 | 0.8604 | |
| 121 | Averett University | 35300 | 57200 | 0.3831 | 1,244 | 1054 | 0.5659 | |
| 122 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 35400 | 56700 | 0.3757 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8304 | |
| 123 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 36400 | 41600 | 0.1268 | 5,386 | 1050 | 0.9092 | |
| 124 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 36600 | 38100 | 0.0394 | 2,884 | 1175 | 0.9677 | |
| 125 | Furman University | 36700 | 82900 | 0.5571 | 2,383 | 1359 | 0.4295 | |
| 126 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 36800 | 37100 | 0.0081 | 5,939 | 1065 | 0.5878 | |
| 127 | East Carolina University | 37100 | 40100 | 0.0748 | 21,445 | 1160 | 0.8921 | |
| 128 | Loyola University Maryland | 37800 | 76200 | 0.5039 | 3,881 | 1303 | 0.7549 | |
| 129 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 38900 | 38900 | 0 | 1,973 | 1189 | 0.8135 | |
| 130 | Rutgers University-Newark | 39300 | 57900 | 0.3211 | 7,989 | 1159 | 0.7136 | |
| 131 | University of South Alabama | 39700 | 39700 | 0 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 132 | McKendree University | 39900 | 52200 | 0.2352 | 1,757 | 1098 | 0.7172 | |
| 133 | Wayne State University | 40300 | 46200 | 0.1277 | 16,012 | 1174 | 0.8116 | |
| 134 | Pace University | 40700 | 74800 | 0.4558 | 8,038 | 1260 | 0.7592 | |
| 135 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 41100 | 55200 | 0.2554 | 25,900 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 136 | Immaculata University | 41800 | 47900 | 0.1274 | 1,652 | 1245 | 0.8576 | |
| 137 | University of Mount Olive | 42100 | 50400 | 0.1643 | 1,944 | 1075 | 0.7575 | |
| 138 | University of Maryland-College Park | 42700 | 53600 | 0.2035 | 31,133 | 1463 | 0.4479 | |
| 139 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4477 | 4,102 | 1115 | 0.7002 | |
| 139 | Radford University | 43500 | 45700 | 0.0499 | 6,161 | 1070 | 0.8953 | |
| 141 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 43800 | 57100 | 0.2328 | 23,329 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 142 | Towson University | 45100 | 46400 | 0.028 | 16,264 | 1098 | 0.8197 | |
| 143 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 46300 | 46600 | 0.0064 | 6,139 | 1070 | 0.9052 | |
| 144 | University of Colorado Boulder | 46600 | 57700 | 0.1925 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7808 | |
| 145 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47100 | 59700 | 0.2122 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 146 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 48000 | 55800 | 0.1398 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 146 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 48000 | 67900 | 0.293 | 3,965 | 1229 | 0.9121 | |
| 148 | Drexel University | 48700 | 83900 | 0.4196 | 13,309 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 149 | Mercer University | 49000 | 63700 | 0.2309 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
| 149 | University of California-Riverside | 49000 | 66000 | 0.2577 | 22,600 | 1199 | 0.7639 | |
| 151 | DePaul University | 49100 | 66000 | 0.2562 | 14,188 | 1254 | 0.7589 | |
| 152 | Ramapo College of New Jersey | 50300 | 55400 | 0.0921 | 5,444 | 1220 | 0.7064 | |
| 153 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 50600 | 52900 | 0.0431 | 14,504 | 1149 | 0.7637 | |
| 154 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 50800 | 84700 | 0.4003 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 155 | University of Utah | 51400 | 53700 | 0.0425 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 155 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 51400 | 52800 | 0.0265 | 21,210 | 1148 | 0.9262 | |
| 157 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 52900 | 61200 | 0.1353 | 26,221 | 1204 | 0.8854 | |
| 158 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 16,100 | 1219 | 0.7766 | |
| 159 | Dallas Baptist University | 56400 | 63400 | 0.1104 | 2,785 | 1109 | 0.8884 | |
| 160 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58300 | 64100 | 0.0905 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 161 | Molloy University | 59800 | 62300 | 0.0402 | 3,240 | 1199 | 0.8174 | |
| 162 | Thiel College | 60400 | 69100 | 0.1259 | 833 | 1065 | 0.7155 | |
| 163 | College of Charleston | 61200 | 61200 | 0 | 10,880 | 1255 | 0.6003 | |
| 164 | Clemson University | 61400 | 63700 | 0.0358 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 165 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 62000 | 64200 | 0.0343 | 1,880 | 1185 | 0.9867 | |
| 166 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver | 63900 | 63900 | 0 | 482 | 1195 | 0.9565 | |
| 167 | Fordham University | 69600 | 95100 | 0.268 | 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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