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 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 4700 | 40700 | 0.8836 | 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 | Valdosta State University | 10400 | 24800 | 0.5815 | 7,199 | 1005 | 0.7769 | |
| 6 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 11600 | 27800 | 0.582 | 22,007 | 1427 | 0.1672 | |
| 7 | University of Michigan-Flint | 12500 | 46300 | 0.7298 | 5,534 | 1079 | 0.6734 | |
| 8 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 12900 | 30000 | 0.5701 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 9 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 13300 | 13300 | 0 | 18,667 | 1090 | 0.9711 | |
| 10 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 13500 | 13500 | 0 | 1,973 | 1189 | 0.8142 | |
| 11 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 61700 | 0.7784 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 12 | Fairmont State University | 13800 | 21400 | 0.3556 | 3,090 | 970 | 0.9862 | |
| 13 | Coppin State University | 13900 | 27100 | 0.487 | 1,908 | 950 | 0.4583 | |
| 13 | Grand Valley State University | 13900 | 25300 | 0.4511 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 15 | University of North Georgia | 14200 | 21400 | 0.3364 | 19,321 | 1100 | 0.9618 | |
| 16 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 14300 | 29600 | 0.5176 | 7,501 | 1055 | 0.9467 | |
| 17 | Wayne State College | 14900 | 20300 | 0.266 | 3,886 | 0 | 1 | |
| 18 | Concord University | 15000 | 31700 | 0.5276 | 1,638 | 1015 | 0.9728 | |
| 19 | Coastal Carolina University | 15200 | 27200 | 0.4413 | 11,471 | 1160 | 0.7003 | |
| 20 | Alabama State University | 15500 | 24300 | 0.3632 | 3,521 | 945 | 0.9755 | |
| 21 | James Madison University | 15600 | 28900 | 0.4608 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 22 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 15700 | 44500 | 0.6468 | 308 | 1144 | 0.9053 | |
| 22 | University of California-Riverside | 15700 | 36500 | 0.5695 | 24,034 | 1199 | 0.8609 | |
| 24 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver | 15900 | 38700 | 0.5888 | 475 | 1195 | 0.9418 | |
| 24 | Portland State University | 15900 | 26100 | 0.391 | 14,932 | 1174 | 0.8586 | |
| 26 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 16200 | 40600 | 0.6004 | 586 | 1140 | 0.9577 | |
| 27 | Wayne State University | 16300 | 32900 | 0.5043 | 16,390 | 1183 | 0.8359 | |
| 28 | Northwestern University | 16600 | 89500 | 0.8149 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 29 | Morgan State University | 16800 | 28500 | 0.4104 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 29 | University of Maryland Global Campus | 16800 | 29700 | 0.4338 | 52,187 | 0 | 1 | |
| 31 | Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi | 16900 | 20700 | 0.1835 | 8,673 | 1095 | 0.9156 | |
| 32 | Salisbury University | 17100 | 28700 | 0.4051 | 6,477 | 1245 | 0.8826 | |
| 32 | University of South Florida | 17100 | 17100 | 0 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 34 | East Carolina University | 17600 | 26100 | 0.3256 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 34 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 17600 | 35300 | 0.5011 | 1,829 | 1149 | 0.945 | |
| 36 | Boston College | 17700 | 97600 | 0.8185 | 9,677 | 1484 | 0.1422 | |
| 37 | College of Charleston | 17800 | 33900 | 0.4755 | 10,596 | 1234 | 0.73 | |
| 38 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18000 | 28600 | 0.3704 | 3,991 | 1010 | 0.9654 | |
| 39 | Towson University | 18100 | 29900 | 0.3943 | 16,361 | 1082 | 0.8057 | |
| 40 | Angelo State University | 18300 | 23100 | 0.2072 | 10,103 | 1045 | 0.7981 | |
| 41 | Texas A&M University-Victoria | 18800 | 35800 | 0.4751 | 2,627 | 1000 | 0.5253 | |
| 42 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 18900 | 66500 | 0.7161 | 711 | 1030 | 0.8214 | |
| 43 | Norwich University | 19300 | 73800 | 0.7382 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 43 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 19300 | 41400 | 0.5334 | 504 | 1200 | 0.9095 | |
| 45 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 19400 | 30400 | 0.3615 | 3,224 | 1085 | 0.7643 | |
| 46 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Schuylkill | 19600 | 32900 | 0.4048 | 653 | 1145 | 0.7972 | |
| 47 | Central Connecticut State University | 19700 | 29500 | 0.332 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 48 | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | 19800 | 25700 | 0.2298 | 10,995 | 1090 | 0.7476 | |
| 49 | Cleveland State University | 20000 | 30900 | 0.3523 | 9,418 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 49 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20000 | 29400 | 0.3192 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 51 | Grove City College | 20300 | 39700 | 0.4893 | 2,247 | 1248 | 0.667 | |
| 52 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 20600 | 57800 | 0.6433 | 1,109 | 1175 | 0.9088 | |
| 52 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 20600 | 27800 | 0.2586 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 54 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27300 | 0.2349 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 55 | Tarleton State University | 21000 | 23000 | 0.087 | 17,556 | 1090 | 0.5386 | |
| 56 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 21200 | 36400 | 0.4171 | 2,710 | 1218 | 0.9374 | |
| 57 | Western Oregon University | 21300 | 24600 | 0.134 | 3,034 | 1120 | 0.8345 | |
| 58 | Bradley University | 21500 | 50800 | 0.5767 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 58 | Luther College | 21500 | 75400 | 0.7153 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.8398 | |
| 60 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 22200 | 53000 | 0.5806 | 1,495 | 1075 | 0.8761 | |
| 61 | University of North Florida | 22400 | 22400 | 0 | 14,837 | 1124 | 0.6815 | |
| 62 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 22600 | 25400 | 0.1104 | 2,907 | 1125 | 0.4696 | |
| 63 | San Jose State University | 22800 | 41100 | 0.4454 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 64 | Florida Memorial University | 23000 | 42000 | 0.4519 | 1,206 | 0 | 0.8526 | |
| 65 | Dakota State University | 23100 | 25600 | 0.0977 | 3,085 | 1174 | 0.9241 | |
| 65 | Robert Morris University | 23100 | 58000 | 0.6012 | 4,325 | 1145 | 0.8989 | |
| 67 | Houghton University | 23200 | 44300 | 0.4763 | 958 | 1277 | 0.89 | |
| 68 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 23300 | 38200 | 0.3899 | 2,280 | 1224 | 0.9675 | |
| 69 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 23500 | 34400 | 0.3168 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 70 | Stockton University | 23700 | 32100 | 0.2615 | 7,583 | 1134 | 0.901 | |
| 70 | University of Kentucky | 23700 | 36400 | 0.3477 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 72 | Dominican University | 23900 | 56000 | 0.573 | 2,642 | 1005 | 0.8879 | |
| 72 | Ramapo College of New Jersey | 23900 | 36300 | 0.3417 | 5,492 | 1210 | 0.7026 | |
| 74 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 24100 | 40500 | 0.405 | 21,388 | 1369 | 0.5945 | |
| 75 | Westfield State University | 24400 | 39000 | 0.3739 | 3,868 | 1105 | 0.8671 | |
| 76 | Emporia State University | 24600 | 32000 | 0.2312 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 76 | Pennsylvania Western University | 24600 | 34400 | 0.2846 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 78 | Columbia College | 24900 | 46900 | 0.4691 | 876 | 1025 | 0.8878 | |
| 79 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 25600 | 37500 | 0.3177 | 1,078 | 1217 | 0.9646 | |
| 80 | Fort Hays State University | 25800 | 36100 | 0.2875 | 10,172 | 1075 | 0.9026 | |
| 81 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 26000 | 28300 | 0.0809 | 3,375 | 1090 | 0.5885 | |
| 81 | West Virginia Wesleyan College | 26000 | 53800 | 0.5169 | 971 | 1030 | 0.9334 | |
| 83 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 26100 | 28400 | 0.0805 | 14,834 | 1149 | 0.7803 | |
| 83 | Southern University at New Orleans | 26100 | 42300 | 0.3828 | 2,179 | 950 | 0.789 | |
| 83 | University of North Texas | 26100 | 26100 | 0 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 86 | Bemidji State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 3,751 | 1075 | 0.5598 | |
| 87 | Kennesaw State University | 26600 | 26600 | 0 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 88 | Northwood University | 26700 | 54500 | 0.5105 | 2,045 | 1055 | 0.6451 | |
| 89 | Bethune-Cookman University | 27000 | 32700 | 0.1744 | 2,739 | 910 | 0.8824 | |
| 89 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 27000 | 37700 | 0.2841 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 89 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 27000 | 36500 | 0.2604 | 7,747 | 1073 | 0.9617 | |
| 92 | Rowan University | 27400 | 41300 | 0.3369 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 92 | Syracuse University | 27400 | 83100 | 0.6701 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 94 | Elmhurst University | 28100 | 67000 | 0.5808 | 3,170 | 1133 | 0.7501 | |
| 95 | Saint Xavier University | 28500 | 53700 | 0.4689 | 3,100 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 95 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28500 | 32300 | 0.1176 | 11,691 | 1074 | 0.7722 | |
| 95 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 28500 | 39700 | 0.2822 | 4,789 | 1040 | 0.6671 | |
| 98 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 28600 | 49100 | 0.4176 | 29,727 | 990 | 0.9229 | |
| 99 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 28700 | 42400 | 0.3235 | 6,761 | 1105 | 0.8475 | |
| 99 | University of Utah | 28700 | 32000 | 0.1028 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 101 | Jacksonville State University | 28900 | 38200 | 0.2433 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 102 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29000 | 31800 | 0.088 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 103 | Lincoln University | 29100 | 34500 | 0.1564 | 1,926 | 920 | 0 | |
| 104 | University of Toledo | 29300 | 32600 | 0.1009 | 10,726 | 1134 | 0.8889 | |
| 105 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 29700 | 31600 | 0.0601 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 106 | Grambling State University | 29800 | 35300 | 0.1559 | 4,313 | 950 | 0.4486 | |
| 107 | Mercy University | 30000 | 44500 | 0.326 | 6,692 | 1135 | 0.8724 | |
| 108 | Northern Kentucky University | 30200 | 32100 | 0.0592 | 10,136 | 1110 | 0.9666 | |
| 109 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30500 | 54600 | 0.4413 | 3,120 | 1193 | 0.3992 | |
| 110 | Lamar University | 30800 | 38300 | 0.1959 | 8,387 | 1040 | 0.8353 | |
| 111 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 2,082 | 1124 | 0.9576 | |
| 111 | Frostburg State University | 30900 | 43000 | 0.2815 | 3,436 | 1095 | 0.907 | |
| 113 | Central College | 31100 | 36800 | 0.155 | 1,050 | 1159 | 0.8698 | |
| 114 | Saint Michael's College | 31300 | 68500 | 0.5434 | 1,051 | 1280 | 0.8976 | |
| 114 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 31300 | 45100 | 0.306 | 11,087 | 1326 | 0.7397 | |
| 116 | Hampton University | 31500 | 54800 | 0.4252 | 4,046 | 1005 | 0.6358 | |
| 117 | SUNY Brockport | 32400 | 35800 | 0.095 | 5,816 | 1195 | 0.7068 | |
| 117 | University of Scranton | 32400 | 78700 | 0.5879 | 3,689 | 1245 | 0.8006 | |
| 119 | State University of New York at Oswego | 32600 | 40200 | 0.1891 | 5,293 | 1179 | 0.7989 | |
| 120 | Suffolk University | 32700 | 70300 | 0.5348 | 4,247 | 1209 | 0.8228 | |
| 121 | Harding University | 33500 | 47800 | 0.299 | 3,536 | 1184 | 0.7052 | |
| 122 | Elizabethtown College | 33600 | 55300 | 0.3925 | 1,935 | 1214 | 0.8892 | |
| 123 | George Washington University | 33700 | 81800 | 0.5881 | 11,495 | 1436 | 0.4713 | |
| 124 | Loyola University Maryland | 34000 | 76200 | 0.5537 | 4,013 | 1329 | 0.6986 | |
| 125 | SUNY at Fredonia | 34100 | 39600 | 0.1391 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 125 | Thomas Jefferson University | 34100 | 68100 | 0.4993 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 127 | Charleston Southern University | 34200 | 48400 | 0.295 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 127 | Texas Southern University | 34200 | 42500 | 0.1954 | 6,844 | 915 | 0.9691 | |
| 129 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 34400 | 38700 | 0.1112 | 14,865 | 1175 | 0.9113 | |
| 130 | Adelphi University | 35000 | 63300 | 0.4467 | 5,097 | 1241 | 0.7215 | |
| 130 | California Lutheran University | 35000 | 70000 | 0.5002 | 2,160 | 1218 | 0.7631 | |
| 132 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 35100 | 35100 | 0 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 133 | Christopher Newport University | 35200 | 36200 | 0.0276 | 4,369 | 1189 | 0.8604 | |
| 134 | Averett University | 35300 | 57200 | 0.3831 | 1,244 | 1054 | 0.5659 | |
| 135 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 35400 | 56700 | 0.3757 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 136 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 36000 | 56300 | 0.3603 | 5,687 | 1305 | 0.7863 | |
| 137 | Furman University | 36500 | 82900 | 0.5595 | 2,304 | 1372 | 0.4869 | |
| 138 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 36600 | 39900 | 0.0825 | 3,893 | 1015 | 0.9839 | |
| 139 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 36800 | 37100 | 0.0081 | 5,939 | 1065 | 0.5878 | |
| 140 | Rutgers University-Newark | 39300 | 57900 | 0.3211 | 7,989 | 1159 | 0.7136 | |
| 141 | Stony Brook University | 39700 | 53000 | 0.2507 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 141 | University of South Alabama | 39700 | 39700 | 0 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 143 | University of Illinois Chicago | 39900 | 50600 | 0.2115 | 24,260 | 1174 | 0.7576 | |
| 144 | Pace University | 40400 | 74800 | 0.4598 | 5,520 | 1273 | 0.7827 | |
| 145 | McKendree University | 40600 | 52900 | 0.2324 | 1,757 | 1098 | 0.7172 | |
| 146 | University of Mount Olive | 42100 | 50400 | 0.1645 | 1,944 | 1075 | 0.7575 | |
| 147 | Radford University | 43400 | 45700 | 0.0501 | 6,206 | 1050 | 0.8939 | |
| 148 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4479 | 4,123 | 1124 | 0.6927 | |
| 149 | Immaculata University | 44000 | 47500 | 0.0736 | 1,889 | 1264 | 0.8656 | |
| 149 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 44000 | 67900 | 0.3519 | 4,182 | 1317 | 0.8783 | |
| 151 | Mercer University | 45700 | 65400 | 0.3015 | 4,719 | 1263 | 0.643 | |
| 152 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 46300 | 46600 | 0.0064 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 153 | University of Colorado Boulder | 46600 | 57700 | 0.1917 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7809 | |
| 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 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 48000 | 55800 | 0.1398 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 157 | DePaul University | 49100 | 66000 | 0.2562 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 158 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 49800 | 62200 | 0.1995 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 159 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 50500 | 58800 | 0.1411 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 160 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 52100 | 52800 | 0.0133 | 21,469 | 1167 | 0.9061 | |
| 161 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58300 | 64100 | 0.0905 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 162 | Molloy University | 58600 | 62300 | 0.0594 | 3,396 | 1188 | 0.6633 | |
| 163 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 58900 | 61200 | 0.0374 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 164 | Thiel College | 60400 | 69100 | 0.1259 | 830 | 1065 | 0.7189 | |
| 165 | Clemson University | 61400 | 63700 | 0.036 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 166 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 63700 | 63700 | 0 | 9,827 | 1329 | 0.6737 | |
| 167 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 64200 | 64200 | 0 | 1,709 | 1218 | 0.9653 | |
| 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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