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 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 2 | Savannah State University | 6900 | 29000 | 0.7616 | 2,966 | 925 | 0.4614 | |
| 3 | California Institute of Technology | 7500 | 91800 | 0.9183 | 987 | 1557 | 0.0257 | |
| 4 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8200 | 97100 | 0.916 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0399 | |
| 5 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 10300 | 10300 | 0 | 6,139 | 1070 | 0.9052 | |
| 6 | Valdosta State University | 10500 | 24800 | 0.5775 | 7,166 | 1015 | 0.7229 | |
| 7 | University of North Florida | 12400 | 22400 | 0.447 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
| 8 | University of Michigan-Flint | 12700 | 46300 | 0.7255 | 5,011 | 1109 | 0.7046 | |
| 9 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 13300 | 13300 | 0 | 18,288 | 1090 | 0.9068 | |
| 10 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 50700 | 0.7294 | 38,040 | 1418 | 0.452 | |
| 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 | 0.4361 | 1,339 | 990 | 0.3702 | |
| 14 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 14100 | 37400 | 0.6224 | 7,622 | 1075 | 0.9254 | |
| 16 | Alabama State University | 14200 | 31300 | 0.5476 | 3,521 | 945 | 0.9755 | |
| 17 | Northern Kentucky University | 14300 | 25900 | 0.4485 | 10,163 | 1090 | 0.6765 | |
| 18 | Wayne State College | 14900 | 20300 | 0.266 | 3,902 | 0 | 0 | |
| 19 | Coastal Carolina University | 15200 | 27200 | 0.4413 | 10,811 | 1145 | 0.7527 | |
| 20 | University of North Texas | 15600 | 26100 | 0.403 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 21 | James Madison University | 15700 | 28900 | 0.4573 | 20,973 | 1260 | 0.7152 | |
| 21 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 15700 | 25800 | 0.392 | 5,386 | 1050 | 0.9092 | |
| 21 | University of California-Riverside | 15700 | 36500 | 0.5695 | 22,600 | 1199 | 0.7639 | |
| 24 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 15900 | 23400 | 0.3209 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8698 | |
| 25 | Frostburg State University | 16000 | 26700 | 0.3993 | 3,422 | 1095 | 0.8918 | |
| 25 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 16000 | 27700 | 0.4218 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 27 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 16200 | 40600 | 0.6004 | 581 | 1132 | 0.9821 | |
| 28 | Grove City College | 16300 | 39700 | 0.5902 | 2,341 | 1266 | 0.7232 | |
| 29 | Goshen College | 16400 | 55900 | 0.7073 | 780 | 995 | 0.8407 | |
| 30 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 16500 | 44500 | 0.6288 | 352 | 1180 | 0.9647 | |
| 30 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 16500 | 35700 | 0.5379 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8304 | |
| 32 | Westfield State University | 16600 | 33100 | 0.4991 | 3,868 | 1085 | 0.8141 | |
| 33 | Morgan State University | 16800 | 28500 | 0.4104 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 33 | Northwestern University | 16800 | 89500 | 0.8126 | 9,399 | 1527 | 0.0769 | |
| 33 | University of Maryland Global Campus | 16800 | 29700 | 0.4345 | 52,187 | 0 | 0 | |
| 33 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16800 | 64800 | 0.7411 | 20,885 | 1420 | 0.1534 | |
| 37 | Central Connecticut State University | 17000 | 34000 | 0.4995 | 8,170 | 1075 | 0.7333 | |
| 38 | University of South Florida | 17100 | 17100 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 39 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 17400 | 26600 | 0.3462 | 7,505 | 1073 | 0.9633 | |
| 40 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 17600 | 39000 | 0.5488 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 40 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 17600 | 35300 | 0.5011 | 1,813 | 1109 | 0.9484 | |
| 42 | Boston College | 17700 | 97600 | 0.8185 | 10,314 | 1490 | 0.1643 | |
| 43 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 17800 | 25200 | 0.2931 | 6,835 | 1090 | 0.7147 | |
| 44 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 17900 | 54300 | 0.6703 | 10,051 | 1064 | 0.9234 | |
| 45 | State University of New York at Oswego | 18100 | 27700 | 0.3465 | 5,517 | 1180 | 0.8055 | |
| 45 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18100 | 28600 | 0.3669 | 4,218 | 1030 | 0.9489 | |
| 47 | SUNY Brockport | 18400 | 26200 | 0.2972 | 5,816 | 1195 | 0.7068 | |
| 47 | Towson University | 18400 | 29900 | 0.3843 | 16,264 | 1098 | 0.8197 | |
| 49 | Angelo State University | 18500 | 23100 | 0.1992 | 9,702 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 49 | University of Illinois Chicago | 18500 | 30100 | 0.386 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 51 | University of Houston-Victoria | 18800 | 25000 | 0.2482 | 2,627 | 1095 | 0.959 | |
| 52 | Rutgers University-Newark | 19200 | 38000 | 0.4945 | 7,989 | 1159 | 0.7136 | |
| 53 | Norwich University | 19300 | 73800 | 0.7382 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 54 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 19400 | 30400 | 0.3615 | 3,224 | 1085 | 0.7643 | |
| 55 | Pennsylvania Western University | 19500 | 29000 | 0.3281 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 56 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20000 | 29400 | 0.3192 | 5,255 | 1109 | 0.7295 | |
| 57 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 20800 | 57800 | 0.6401 | 1,932 | 1193 | 0.9278 | |
| 58 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27300 | 0.2349 | 31,133 | 1463 | 0.4479 | |
| 59 | Tarleton State University | 21000 | 23000 | 0.087 | 15,254 | 1080 | 0.8955 | |
| 60 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 21200 | 36400 | 0.4171 | 2,884 | 1175 | 0.9677 | |
| 61 | University of North Georgia | 21400 | 21400 | 0 | 18,322 | 1100 | 0.6794 | |
| 62 | Luther College | 21500 | 71900 | 0.7014 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.7154 | |
| 62 | Washington Adventist University | 21500 | 36900 | 0.4155 | 513 | 995 | 0.4618 | |
| 64 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,221 | 1204 | 0.8854 | |
| 65 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 22200 | 53000 | 0.5806 | 1,472 | 1075 | 0.8459 | |
| 66 | Grambling State University | 22300 | 25700 | 0.1325 | 4,313 | 950 | 0.4486 | |
| 67 | New Mexico Highlands University | 22400 | 27200 | 0.1763 | 1,603 | 0 | 0 | |
| 68 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 22500 | 25400 | 0.1143 | 2,906 | 1125 | 0.4696 | |
| 69 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 22600 | 45900 | 0.5081 | 502 | 1189 | 0.9641 | |
| 70 | San Jose State University | 22800 | 41100 | 0.4454 | 28,008 | 1124 | 0.8461 | |
| 71 | Florida Memorial University | 23000 | 42000 | 0.4519 | 1,206 | 0 | 0.8526 | |
| 72 | Dakota State University | 23100 | 25600 | 0.0977 | 3,066 | 1192 | 0.8805 | |
| 73 | Houghton University | 23200 | 44300 | 0.4763 | 1,162 | 1277 | 0.8866 | |
| 73 | Robert Morris University | 23200 | 58000 | 0.5998 | 4,325 | 1145 | 0.8989 | |
| 75 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 23500 | 34400 | 0.3168 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 76 | Stockton University | 23700 | 32100 | 0.2615 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 77 | Ramapo College of New Jersey | 23900 | 36300 | 0.342 | 5,444 | 1220 | 0.7064 | |
| 77 | University of Kentucky | 23900 | 36400 | 0.3442 | 25,534 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 79 | Bradley University | 24000 | 50800 | 0.5275 | 3,596 | 1223 | 0.7676 | |
| 80 | Dominican University | 24100 | 56000 | 0.5697 | 2,690 | 1005 | 0.9032 | |
| 81 | Emporia State University | 24600 | 32000 | 0.2312 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 82 | Doane University | 25200 | 71000 | 0.6454 | 1,315 | 1125 | 0.9801 | |
| 83 | Fort Hays State University | 25700 | 36100 | 0.2879 | 10,172 | 1075 | 0.9026 | |
| 84 | Bethune-Cookman University | 25800 | 32700 | 0.2111 | 2,738 | 910 | 0.8824 | |
| 85 | Southern University at New Orleans | 26000 | 42300 | 0.3852 | 2,179 | 950 | 0.789 | |
| 86 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 26200 | 28300 | 0.0744 | 3,375 | 1090 | 0.5876 | |
| 87 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 26300 | 28400 | 0.074 | 14,504 | 1149 | 0.7637 | |
| 88 | Columbia College | 26400 | 46900 | 0.4371 | 5,207 | 1145 | 0.4714 | |
| 89 | Kennesaw State University | 26600 | 26600 | 0 | 42,760 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 90 | Albright College | 26700 | 49300 | 0.4583 | 1,230 | 1050 | 0.7633 | |
| 90 | Northwood University | 26700 | 54500 | 0.5105 | 2,045 | 1055 | 0.6451 | |
| 92 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 27000 | 30100 | 0.1032 | 5,086 | 1124 | 0.949 | |
| 92 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 27000 | 37700 | 0.2841 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 94 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 27600 | 27600 | 0.0001 | 10,767 | 1326 | 0.7243 | |
| 95 | Syracuse University | 27700 | 83100 | 0.6665 | 15,957 | 1363 | 0.4592 | |
| 96 | George Fox University | 27900 | 69400 | 0.5983 | 3,354 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 97 | Elmhurst University | 28500 | 67000 | 0.5748 | 3,213 | 1148 | 0.7364 | |
| 97 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 28500 | 36700 | 0.2233 | 28,674 | 980 | 0.9419 | |
| 97 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28500 | 32300 | 0.1176 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 100 | Saint Xavier University | 28700 | 53700 | 0.4652 | 3,098 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 100 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 28700 | 42400 | 0.3235 | 6,761 | 1105 | 0.8475 | |
| 102 | Salisbury University | 28800 | 41700 | 0.309 | 6,288 | 1250 | 0.8747 | |
| 103 | Jacksonville State University | 28900 | 38200 | 0.2433 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 103 | University of Utah | 28900 | 32000 | 0.097 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 105 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29300 | 31800 | 0.0786 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 106 | East Texas A&M University | 29400 | 36500 | 0.1945 | 9,992 | 1045 | 0.9224 | |
| 107 | University of Toledo | 29500 | 32600 | 0.0952 | 11,013 | 1229 | 0.9202 | |
| 108 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 29600 | 39700 | 0.2545 | 4,487 | 1115 | 0.6726 | |
| 109 | Mercy University | 29900 | 44500 | 0.3282 | 6,774 | 1135 | 0.8584 | |
| 110 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 30500 | 54700 | 0.4411 | 1,427 | 1025 | 0.4941 | |
| 111 | Lincoln University | 30600 | 34500 | 0.1129 | 1,926 | 0 | 0 | |
| 112 | Central College | 30700 | 36800 | 0.1659 | 1,084 | 1145 | 0.8617 | |
| 112 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30700 | 54600 | 0.4379 | 3,163 | 1165 | 0.9347 | |
| 114 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1161 | 0.9523 | |
| 115 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 31000 | 36900 | 0.1612 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 116 | Hampton University | 31200 | 54800 | 0.4306 | 3,728 | 947 | 0.6225 | |
| 117 | Saint Michael's College | 32000 | 68500 | 0.5331 | 1,120 | 1240 | 0.8451 | |
| 118 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32500 | 35100 | 0.0742 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 118 | University of Scranton | 32500 | 78700 | 0.5869 | 3,613 | 1250 | 0.8123 | |
| 120 | Suffolk University | 32700 | 70300 | 0.5348 | 4,326 | 1209 | 0.8233 | |
| 121 | Cleveland State University | 33400 | 37300 | 0.1046 | 9,482 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 122 | George Washington University | 33700 | 81800 | 0.5881 | 11,677 | 1430 | 0.4709 | |
| 123 | LeTourneau University | 34000 | 54800 | 0.3798 | 3,187 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 124 | SUNY at Fredonia | 34100 | 39600 | 0.1391 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 124 | Thomas Jefferson University | 34100 | 68100 | 0.4995 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8097 | |
| 126 | Charleston Southern University | 34300 | 48400 | 0.2912 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 127 | California Lutheran University | 34900 | 70000 | 0.5016 | 2,297 | 1254 | 0.7567 | |
| 128 | Adelphi University | 35200 | 63300 | 0.4438 | 5,325 | 1237 | 0.6591 | |
| 129 | Averett University | 35300 | 57200 | 0.3831 | 1,244 | 1054 | 0.5659 | |
| 130 | Christopher Newport University | 36200 | 36200 | 0 | 4,369 | 1189 | 0.8604 | |
| 131 | Furman University | 36700 | 82900 | 0.5571 | 2,383 | 1359 | 0.4295 | |
| 132 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 36800 | 37100 | 0.0081 | 5,939 | 1065 | 0.5878 | |
| 132 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 36800 | 38900 | 0.0541 | 23,329 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 134 | East Carolina University | 37100 | 42700 | 0.1313 | 21,445 | 1160 | 0.8921 | |
| 135 | Loyola University Maryland | 37800 | 76200 | 0.5039 | 3,881 | 1303 | 0.7549 | |
| 136 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38100 | 38700 | 0.0155 | 14,416 | 1210 | 0.8851 | |
| 137 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 38900 | 38900 | 0 | 1,973 | 1189 | 0.8135 | |
| 138 | University of South Alabama | 39700 | 39700 | 0 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 139 | Stony Brook University | 39900 | 53000 | 0.2473 | 18,263 | 1410 | 0.4904 | |
| 140 | Wayne State University | 40300 | 46200 | 0.1277 | 16,012 | 1174 | 0.8116 | |
| 141 | Pace University | 40700 | 74800 | 0.4558 | 8,038 | 1260 | 0.7592 | |
| 142 | McKendree University | 40800 | 52900 | 0.2289 | 1,757 | 1098 | 0.7172 | |
| 143 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 41100 | 55200 | 0.2554 | 25,900 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 144 | Immaculata University | 42300 | 47500 | 0.1094 | 1,652 | 1245 | 0.8576 | |
| 144 | University of Mount Olive | 42300 | 50400 | 0.1608 | 1,944 | 1075 | 0.7575 | |
| 146 | Western Oregon University | 43400 | 43400 | 0 | 3,167 | 1040 | 0.981 | |
| 147 | Merrimack College | 43600 | 78800 | 0.4468 | 4,102 | 1115 | 0.7002 | |
| 147 | Radford University | 43600 | 45700 | 0.046 | 6,161 | 1070 | 0.8953 | |
| 149 | Mercer University | 45300 | 65400 | 0.3078 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
| 150 | University of Colorado Boulder | 46600 | 57700 | 0.1916 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7808 | |
| 151 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 48000 | 67900 | 0.293 | 3,965 | 1229 | 0.9121 | |
| 152 | Drexel University | 48900 | 83900 | 0.4172 | 13,309 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 153 | DePaul University | 49100 | 66000 | 0.2562 | 14,188 | 1254 | 0.7589 | |
| 154 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 49800 | 62200 | 0.1995 | 37,140 | 1406 | 0.4237 | |
| 155 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 51400 | 52800 | 0.0265 | 21,210 | 1148 | 0.9262 | |
| 156 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 16,100 | 1219 | 0.7766 | |
| 157 | Dallas Baptist University | 56400 | 63400 | 0.1104 | 2,785 | 1109 | 0.8884 | |
| 158 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58300 | 64100 | 0.0905 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 159 | Molloy University | 59800 | 62300 | 0.0402 | 3,240 | 1199 | 0.8174 | |
| 160 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 60400 | 64100 | 0.0577 | 1,236 | 1193 | 0.9811 | |
| 161 | Thiel College | 60500 | 69100 | 0.1244 | 833 | 1065 | 0.7155 | |
| 162 | College of Charleston | 61200 | 61200 | 0 | 10,880 | 1255 | 0.6003 | |
| 163 | Clemson University | 61500 | 63700 | 0.0331 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 164 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 62000 | 64200 | 0.0343 | 1,880 | 1185 | 0.9867 | |
| 165 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 63700 | 63700 | 0 | 10,200 | 1325 | 0.6507 | |
| 166 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver | 63900 | 63900 | 0 | 482 | 1195 | 0.9565 | |
| 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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