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 | 6700 | 91800 | 0.9274 | 987 | 1557 | 0.0257 | |
| 2 | Savannah State University | 6800 | 40400 | 0.8308 | 2,857 | 950 | 0.8368 | |
| 3 | University of Houston-Victoria | 7300 | 39700 | 0.8164 | 2,707 | 930 | 0.7671 | |
| 4 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 7900 | 43500 | 0.8191 | 28,674 | 980 | 0.9401 | |
| 5 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8400 | 98000 | 0.9146 | 9,157 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 6 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 9100 | 48800 | 0.8137 | 10,049 | 1005 | 0.9234 | |
| 7 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 9400 | 36900 | 0.7455 | 3,207 | 1050 | 0.8034 | |
| 8 | Coppin State University | 10000 | 39600 | 0.7472 | 1,810 | 950 | 0.4956 | |
| 9 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 10100 | 29300 | 0.6564 | 31,112 | 1130 | 0.8129 | |
| 10 | Valdosta State University | 10500 | 24800 | 0.5775 | 7,206 | 1015 | 0.7214 | |
| 11 | University of Michigan-Flint | 11300 | 45600 | 0.7519 | 5,011 | 1103 | 0.7047 | |
| 12 | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | 11500 | 19600 | 0.4131 | 10,656 | 1075 | 0.7289 | |
| 13 | Concord University | 11600 | 39500 | 0.7066 | 1,609 | 990 | 0.9256 | |
| 14 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 11700 | 27800 | 0.579 | 21,075 | 1420 | 0.1534 | |
| 15 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 13300 | 27800 | 0.5207 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 16 | Fort Hays State University | 13400 | 40700 | 0.6708 | 10,206 | 1120 | 0.9177 | |
| 17 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 31700 | 0.5674 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 18 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 13800 | 46000 | 0.6996 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 18 | University of South Florida | 13800 | 17100 | 0.1928 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 20 | University of California-Riverside | 13900 | 66000 | 0.7898 | 22,599 | 1199 | 0.7685 | |
| 21 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 14200 | 26800 | 0.4706 | 4,478 | 1065 | 0.8132 | |
| 22 | Northeastern University | 14700 | 89900 | 0.8365 | 22,695 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 23 | Alabama State University | 15100 | 37900 | 0.5998 | 3,322 | 945 | 0.9564 | |
| 23 | University of North Georgia | 15100 | 21400 | 0.2944 | 18,329 | 1100 | 0.6794 | |
| 25 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 15200 | 35700 | 0.5744 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 26 | Dickinson State University | 15300 | 21700 | 0.2946 | 1,339 | 1005 | 0.3695 | |
| 27 | University of North Florida | 15500 | 22400 | 0.3084 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
| 27 | Wayne State College | 15500 | 20000 | 0.2249 | 3,902 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 29 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 15700 | 42600 | 0.6317 | 7,595 | 1075 | 0.9226 | |
| 29 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 15700 | 42500 | 0.6307 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 31 | New Mexico Highlands University | 15800 | 31500 | 0.4981 | 1,710 | 945 | 0.9481 | |
| 32 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 15900 | 46800 | 0.6608 | 6,550 | 1140 | 0.7456 | |
| 32 | University of South Alabama | 15900 | 22400 | 0.2907 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 34 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 16200 | 45400 | 0.6426 | 18,428 | 1090 | 0.9529 | |
| 34 | Wayne State University | 16200 | 46200 | 0.6495 | 16,173 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
| 36 | Jacksonville State University | 16300 | 36100 | 0.5482 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 37 | Goshen College | 16400 | 55900 | 0.7073 | 780 | 995 | 0.8404 | |
| 38 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 16700 | 33600 | 0.5026 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 39 | University of Maryland Global Campus | 16800 | 29700 | 0.4345 | 50,793 | 0 | 0.7633 | |
| 40 | Frostburg State University | 17300 | 26700 | 0.3506 | 2,619 | 1082 | 0.892 | |
| 41 | Southern University at New Orleans | 17400 | 34200 | 0.4911 | 1,773 | 885 | 0.6021 | |
| 42 | Boston College | 17500 | 96200 | 0.8177 | 9,654 | 1490 | 0.1619 | |
| 42 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 17500 | 36400 | 0.5186 | 2,884 | 1175 | 0.9677 | |
| 44 | Georgia Southern University | 17700 | 23800 | 0.2567 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 44 | SUNY at Fredonia | 17700 | 39600 | 0.5537 | 2,876 | 1193 | 0.792 | |
| 46 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 17800 | 44900 | 0.6031 | 5,205 | 1118 | 0.744 | |
| 46 | University of Colorado Boulder | 17800 | 30600 | 0.4183 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
| 46 | Westfield State University | 17800 | 32400 | 0.4511 | 3,868 | 1105 | 0.8671 | |
| 49 | Morgan State University | 17900 | 37200 | 0.5189 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 49 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 17900 | 26700 | 0.3296 | 7,505 | 1059 | 0.9633 | |
| 51 | Salisbury University | 18100 | 28700 | 0.3699 | 6,288 | 1250 | 0.8747 | |
| 52 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 18200 | 42800 | 0.5741 | 581 | 1129 | 0.9821 | |
| 53 | Emporia State University | 18400 | 29800 | 0.3831 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 54 | College of Charleston | 18500 | 33900 | 0.4548 | 10,880 | 1255 | 0.6003 | |
| 54 | Florida Memorial University | 18500 | 44900 | 0.5881 | 1,299 | 0 | 0.7431 | |
| 54 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 18500 | 43800 | 0.5771 | 352 | 1180 | 0.9647 | |
| 54 | State University of New York at Oswego | 18500 | 27700 | 0.332 | 5,517 | 1174 | 0.8057 | |
| 58 | Stockton University | 18700 | 44500 | 0.5801 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 59 | Grand Valley State University | 18800 | 29500 | 0.3626 | 19,002 | 1233 | 0.8302 | |
| 60 | Towson University | 19700 | 30000 | 0.3429 | 16,264 | 1093 | 0.8198 | |
| 61 | Central College | 20200 | 36800 | 0.4509 | 1,084 | 1140 | 0.8617 | |
| 61 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Schuylkill | 20200 | 45200 | 0.5536 | 624 | 1115 | 0.9664 | |
| 63 | Northwestern University | 20300 | 89500 | 0.7735 | 8,846 | 1513 | 0.0722 | |
| 64 | Dakota State University | 20400 | 22500 | 0.0912 | 3,066 | 1192 | 0.8814 | |
| 65 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 20500 | 34400 | 0.404 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 66 | Radford University | 20600 | 20800 | 0.0096 | 6,161 | 1070 | 0.8953 | |
| 67 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 20700 | 57800 | 0.6418 | 1,083 | 1205 | 0.9278 | |
| 68 | Lincoln University | 20800 | 24900 | 0.1646 | 1,707 | 920 | 0 | |
| 69 | Tarleton State University | 21000 | 23000 | 0.087 | 15,130 | 0 | 0.5256 | |
| 70 | Bradley University | 21100 | 50800 | 0.5846 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 71 | Elmhurst University | 21200 | 67000 | 0.6838 | 3,170 | 1148 | 0.7357 | |
| 72 | Kennesaw State University | 21300 | 26600 | 0.1994 | 42,840 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 72 | Western Oregon University | 21300 | 24600 | 0.134 | 3,343 | 1120 | 0.9871 | |
| 74 | Luther College | 21400 | 71900 | 0.7025 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.8402 | |
| 74 | Pennsylvania Western University | 21400 | 28200 | 0.2415 | 7,586 | 1070 | 0.9433 | |
| 74 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 21400 | 40100 | 0.4662 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 77 | Rutgers University-Newark | 21500 | 38900 | 0.4474 | 7,417 | 1214 | 0.7873 | |
| 77 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 21500 | 38900 | 0.4469 | 1,919 | 1245 | 0.7844 | |
| 79 | Averett University | 21800 | 57200 | 0.6192 | 1,180 | 1010 | 0.478 | |
| 80 | San Jose State University | 22000 | 41100 | 0.4648 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 81 | SUNY Brockport | 22400 | 35100 | 0.3618 | 5,816 | 1195 | 0.7068 | |
| 82 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 22600 | 58100 | 0.6115 | 1,477 | 1075 | 0.8068 | |
| 83 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 22800 | 44400 | 0.4861 | 1,809 | 1109 | 0.9484 | |
| 84 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 22900 | 45200 | 0.4937 | 502 | 1204 | 0.9641 | |
| 85 | Robert Morris University | 23200 | 58000 | 0.5998 | 3,769 | 1180 | 0.9057 | |
| 86 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 23500 | 47300 | 0.503 | 1,880 | 1185 | 0.9867 | |
| 87 | Grambling State University | 23600 | 34800 | 0.3215 | 4,279 | 965 | 0.2368 | |
| 88 | Albright College | 23700 | 49300 | 0.5192 | 1,328 | 1050 | 0.8615 | |
| 89 | Houghton University | 23800 | 61900 | 0.6158 | 939 | 1277 | 0.8866 | |
| 89 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 23800 | 45300 | 0.4742 | 1,236 | 1203 | 0.9811 | |
| 91 | Dominican University | 24000 | 56000 | 0.5714 | 2,690 | 1035 | 0.9032 | |
| 92 | Bemidji State University | 24200 | 26400 | 0.0835 | 3,610 | 1110 | 0.9131 | |
| 93 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 24300 | 80400 | 0.6976 | 686 | 1030 | 0.8649 | |
| 94 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 24400 | 26600 | 0.0828 | 3,413 | 1085 | 0.5295 | |
| 95 | Norwich University | 24500 | 88400 | 0.723 | 2,642 | 1209 | 0.7361 | |
| 96 | Northwood University | 25100 | 54500 | 0.5399 | 1,989 | 1075 | 0.839 | |
| 97 | Syracuse University | 25300 | 83100 | 0.6955 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 98 | University of North Texas | 25700 | 25700 | 0 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 99 | Columbia College | 25800 | 51600 | 0.5004 | 876 | 1025 | 0.8878 | |
| 100 | Doane University | 25900 | 77700 | 0.6663 | 1,323 | 1125 | 0.9801 | |
| 101 | Stony Brook University | 26100 | 33200 | 0.2129 | 18,263 | 1395 | 0.4904 | |
| 102 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 26200 | 28400 | 0.0776 | 14,504 | 1145 | 0.7637 | |
| 103 | Bethune-Cookman University | 26500 | 32700 | 0.1897 | 2,739 | 910 | 0.8824 | |
| 104 | Furman University | 26600 | 79600 | 0.6655 | 2,383 | 1359 | 0.4295 | |
| 105 | Cleveland State University | 26700 | 37300 | 0.2843 | 9,418 | 1005 | 0.913 | |
| 106 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 27000 | 47900 | 0.436 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 106 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 27000 | 43000 | 0.3717 | 5,789 | 1115 | 0.5774 | |
| 108 | Fairmont State University | 27300 | 32200 | 0.1522 | 3,060 | 1005 | 0.9924 | |
| 109 | Rowan University | 27400 | 41600 | 0.341 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
| 110 | George Fox University | 27500 | 76800 | 0.6419 | 3,401 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 111 | Thomas Jefferson University | 27600 | 67700 | 0.5922 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 112 | Mercy University | 28500 | 44500 | 0.3597 | 6,775 | 1074 | 0.8584 | |
| 112 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28500 | 33400 | 0.1467 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 114 | University of Utah | 28800 | 32000 | 0.1002 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 115 | James Madison University | 28900 | 28900 | 0 | 21,112 | 1260 | 0.7151 | |
| 116 | West Virginia Wesleyan College | 29100 | 52800 | 0.4491 | 938 | 1090 | 0.951 | |
| 117 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29300 | 33200 | 0.1173 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 118 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 29500 | 42400 | 0.3041 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 119 | Saint Xavier University | 29700 | 53600 | 0.4457 | 3,039 | 1125 | 0.8575 | |
| 120 | Northern Kentucky University | 29800 | 32100 | 0.0717 | 10,163 | 1090 | 0.8307 | |
| 121 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 30400 | 54700 | 0.4429 | 1,409 | 1110 | 0.6327 | |
| 122 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30600 | 54600 | 0.4397 | 3,163 | 1165 | 0.9347 | |
| 123 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 30700 | 36500 | 0.1589 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 124 | University of Toledo | 30800 | 42000 | 0.267 | 11,013 | 1159 | 0.9202 | |
| 125 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1150 | 0.9523 | |
| 126 | Coastal Carolina University | 31100 | 45100 | 0.3105 | 10,811 | 1145 | 0.7527 | |
| 126 | University of Kentucky | 31100 | 36100 | 0.1386 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 128 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 31300 | 31300 | 0 | 6,853 | 1090 | 0.7147 | |
| 129 | Angelo State University | 31700 | 35400 | 0.1047 | 9,779 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 130 | CUNY Brooklyn College | 31800 | 31800 | 0 | 11,562 | 1110 | 0.5836 | |
| 131 | Saint Michael's College | 32000 | 68500 | 0.5331 | 1,120 | 1240 | 0.8451 | |
| 132 | Hampton University | 32100 | 62400 | 0.4852 | 3,728 | 956 | 0.6225 | |
| 133 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32400 | 35100 | 0.077 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 133 | University of Scranton | 32400 | 78700 | 0.5881 | 3,613 | 1220 | 0.812 | |
| 135 | Suffolk University | 32500 | 69700 | 0.5341 | 4,324 | 1209 | 0.822 | |
| 136 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver | 32700 | 42500 | 0.2308 | 482 | 1195 | 0.9565 | |
| 137 | Harding University | 32800 | 47000 | 0.3023 | 3,523 | 1193 | 0.3942 | |
| 138 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 32900 | 45100 | 0.2705 | 10,767 | 1326 | 0.7243 | |
| 139 | Wilkes University | 33200 | 61900 | 0.4637 | 1,956 | 1153 | 0.9146 | |
| 140 | Elizabethtown College | 33600 | 55900 | 0.3992 | 1,903 | 1214 | 0.7787 | |
| 141 | George Washington University | 33700 | 81800 | 0.5882 | 11,677 | 1421 | 0.4709 | |
| 142 | LeTourneau University | 34000 | 54800 | 0.3798 | 3,184 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 143 | Pace University | 34500 | 74800 | 0.5387 | 8,038 | 1274 | 0.7592 | |
| 144 | Christopher Newport University | 34600 | 36200 | 0.0442 | 4,407 | 1209 | 0.8796 | |
| 144 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 34600 | 37800 | 0.0848 | 5,086 | 1000 | 0.9821 | |
| 146 | Adelphi University | 35100 | 63300 | 0.4454 | 5,325 | 1218 | 0.6591 | |
| 147 | Washington Adventist University | 35400 | 36900 | 0.0383 | 605 | 950 | 0.4536 | |
| 148 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 36100 | 56300 | 0.3588 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 149 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 36200 | 56800 | 0.3624 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 150 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 36700 | 38900 | 0.0566 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 151 | East Carolina University | 37100 | 40100 | 0.0748 | 21,445 | 1120 | 0.8922 | |
| 152 | Loyola University Maryland | 37200 | 76200 | 0.5117 | 3,881 | 1309 | 0.7549 | |
| 153 | Stevenson University | 37300 | 59900 | 0.3771 | 3,106 | 1100 | 0.7891 | |
| 154 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 37400 | 41600 | 0.101 | 5,187 | 1005 | 0.9229 | |
| 155 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38600 | 38600 | 0 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
| 156 | California Lutheran University | 38800 | 72800 | 0.4672 | 2,297 | 1258 | 0.7567 | |
| 157 | McKendree University | 40000 | 52200 | 0.2338 | 1,605 | 1098 | 0.6388 | |
| 158 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 42300 | 54700 | 0.2266 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 159 | University of Maryland-College Park | 42500 | 53400 | 0.2041 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 160 | CUNY Bernard M Baruch College | 43400 | 43400 | 0 | 16,086 | 1293 | 0.5117 | |
| 161 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4481 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
| 162 | Immaculata University | 43700 | 47800 | 0.0857 | 1,652 | 1245 | 0.8578 | |
| 163 | University of Illinois Chicago | 43800 | 49300 | 0.1115 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 164 | CUNY Graduate School and University Center | 43900 | 43900 | 0 | 3,237 | 0 | 0.3861 | |
| 165 | CUNY Lehman College | 44100 | 45800 | 0.0371 | 11,217 | 1020 | 0.4601 | |
| 166 | City University of Seattle | 46300 | 46300 | 0 | 1,180 | 0 | 0.9025 | |
| 167 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 48000 | 67900 | 0.293 | 3,965 | 1229 | 0.9121 | |
| 168 | University of Mount Olive | 48200 | 50400 | 0.0438 | 1,937 | 945 | 0.7775 | |
| 169 | Ramapo College of New Jersey | 48500 | 54600 | 0.1117 | 5,444 | 1214 | 0.7064 | |
| 170 | DePaul University | 48700 | 67100 | 0.2742 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 170 | Drexel University | 48700 | 83800 | 0.4188 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 172 | Molloy University | 48900 | 62300 | 0.2152 | 3,240 | 1199 | 0.8174 | |
| 173 | Mercer University | 49000 | 63700 | 0.2309 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
| 174 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 50900 | 84700 | 0.3991 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 175 | Thiel College | 60400 | 69100 | 0.1259 | 831 | 1065 | 0.7189 | |
| 176 | Clemson University | 61400 | 63700 | 0.0346 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 177 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 63500 | 63500 | 0 | 10,200 | 1346 | 0.6507 | |
| 178 | Fordham University | 69800 | 95000 | 0.2651 | 10,307 | 1415 | 0.5628 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.
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