Considering a degree in Information Science/Studies?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Information Science/Studies majors who live in Pennsylvania.
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 Pennsylvania.
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-Flint | 6200 | 43600 | 0.858 | 5,534 | 1079 | 0.6734 | |
| 2 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 7000 | 41500 | 0.8321 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 3 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 7800 | 36100 | 0.7849 | 10,368 | 1064 | 0.999 | |
| 4 | Northwestern University | 7900 | 94200 | 0.916 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 5 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8700 | 98000 | 0.9113 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 6 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 9500 | 41400 | 0.7711 | 3,224 | 1085 | 0.7643 | |
| 7 | Savannah State University | 10000 | 50900 | 0.8038 | 2,966 | 950 | 1 | |
| 8 | Portland State University | 10100 | 43300 | 0.7673 | 14,932 | 1174 | 0.8586 | |
| 9 | Fairmont State University | 10600 | 21600 | 0.5084 | 3,090 | 970 | 0.9862 | |
| 10 | Concord University | 10700 | 49200 | 0.7821 | 1,638 | 1015 | 0.9728 | |
| 11 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 11400 | 36800 | 0.69 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 12 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 11500 | 27800 | 0.5858 | 22,007 | 1427 | 0.1672 | |
| 13 | Wayne State University | 12500 | 32900 | 0.6197 | 16,390 | 1183 | 0.8359 | |
| 14 | Fort Hays State University | 12900 | 19900 | 0.3523 | 10,172 | 1075 | 0.9026 | |
| 15 | Central Connecticut State University | 13000 | 34200 | 0.6196 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 15 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 13000 | 40500 | 0.6789 | 29,727 | 990 | 0.9229 | |
| 17 | University of North Florida | 13100 | 22400 | 0.4157 | 14,837 | 1124 | 0.6815 | |
| 18 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 13200 | 19400 | 0.3197 | 14,865 | 1175 | 0.9113 | |
| 19 | Coastal Carolina University | 13400 | 27200 | 0.5074 | 11,471 | 1160 | 0.7003 | |
| 19 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 13400 | 35200 | 0.62 | 18,667 | 1090 | 0.9711 | |
| 21 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 13500 | 13500 | 0 | 1,973 | 1189 | 0.8142 | |
| 21 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 13500 | 40800 | 0.6693 | 6,761 | 1105 | 0.8475 | |
| 23 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 61700 | 0.7781 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 24 | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | 14100 | 19600 | 0.2805 | 10,995 | 1090 | 0.7476 | |
| 25 | University of North Georgia | 14300 | 21400 | 0.3318 | 19,321 | 1100 | 0.9618 | |
| 25 | Valdosta State University | 14300 | 29700 | 0.5182 | 7,199 | 1005 | 0.7769 | |
| 27 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 14400 | 38200 | 0.6223 | 7,501 | 1055 | 0.9467 | |
| 28 | Mercy University | 14700 | 46400 | 0.6836 | 6,692 | 1135 | 0.8724 | |
| 29 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 14800 | 43000 | 0.6557 | 308 | 1144 | 0.9053 | |
| 29 | University of California-Riverside | 14800 | 66100 | 0.7764 | 24,034 | 1199 | 0.8609 | |
| 31 | Wayne State College | 15100 | 30500 | 0.5057 | 3,886 | 0 | 1 | |
| 32 | Christopher Newport University | 15500 | 45100 | 0.6567 | 4,369 | 1189 | 0.8604 | |
| 32 | Jacksonville State University | 15500 | 38200 | 0.5938 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 34 | Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania | 16100 | 26900 | 0.4031 | 9,847 | 1090 | 0.9309 | |
| 35 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 16600 | 27800 | 0.4033 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 35 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 16600 | 42900 | 0.6125 | 1,829 | 1149 | 0.945 | |
| 37 | Morgan State University | 16700 | 30700 | 0.4556 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 38 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 16900 | 28100 | 0.3984 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 39 | Southern University at New Orleans | 17100 | 42000 | 0.5925 | 2,179 | 950 | 0.789 | |
| 39 | SUNY at Fredonia | 17100 | 27800 | 0.3854 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 41 | Emporia State University | 17300 | 31200 | 0.4457 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 41 | Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi | 17300 | 20700 | 0.1642 | 8,673 | 1095 | 0.9156 | |
| 43 | University of South Alabama | 17400 | 22400 | 0.2236 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 44 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 17500 | 43000 | 0.5925 | 586 | 1140 | 0.9577 | |
| 45 | State University of New York at Oswego | 17600 | 27700 | 0.3645 | 5,293 | 1179 | 0.7989 | |
| 45 | Texas A&M University-Victoria | 17600 | 46500 | 0.6211 | 2,627 | 1000 | 0.5253 | |
| 45 | University of Kentucky | 17600 | 37300 | 0.5282 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 48 | Kennesaw State University | 18100 | 27400 | 0.3391 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 48 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 18100 | 95700 | 0.8105 | 711 | 1030 | 0.8214 | |
| 50 | Angelo State University | 18200 | 23100 | 0.2117 | 10,103 | 1045 | 0.7981 | |
| 50 | Grove City College | 18200 | 39700 | 0.5412 | 2,247 | 1248 | 0.667 | |
| 52 | San Jose State University | 18300 | 41100 | 0.5542 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 52 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 18300 | 25300 | 0.2765 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 54 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 18800 | 38100 | 0.5065 | 2,710 | 1218 | 0.9374 | |
| 55 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver | 19000 | 39700 | 0.522 | 475 | 1195 | 0.9418 | |
| 56 | Norwich University | 19200 | 100600 | 0.8094 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 56 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 19200 | 54000 | 0.6441 | 3,991 | 1010 | 0.9654 | |
| 58 | Stockton University | 20000 | 32100 | 0.3767 | 7,583 | 1134 | 0.901 | |
| 59 | Coppin State University | 20100 | 27600 | 0.272 | 1,908 | 950 | 0.4583 | |
| 59 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Schuylkill | 20100 | 32900 | 0.3901 | 653 | 1145 | 0.7972 | |
| 61 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 20200 | 39000 | 0.4822 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 62 | Dakota State University | 20400 | 22500 | 0.0912 | 3,085 | 1174 | 0.9241 | |
| 62 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20400 | 57800 | 0.6468 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 62 | Syracuse University | 20400 | 83600 | 0.756 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 65 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 20500 | 57800 | 0.6451 | 1,109 | 1175 | 0.9088 | |
| 65 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 20500 | 26100 | 0.2142 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 67 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27100 | 0.2287 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 68 | Tarleton State University | 21000 | 23000 | 0.087 | 17,556 | 1090 | 0.5386 | |
| 69 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 21100 | 40900 | 0.4847 | 1,078 | 1217 | 0.9646 | |
| 70 | Thiel College | 21200 | 69200 | 0.6935 | 830 | 1065 | 0.7189 | |
| 71 | Alabama State University | 21400 | 43200 | 0.5039 | 3,521 | 945 | 0.9755 | |
| 71 | Grambling State University | 21400 | 40500 | 0.4718 | 4,313 | 950 | 0.4486 | |
| 71 | Luther College | 21400 | 75400 | 0.7164 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.8398 | |
| 74 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 21500 | 29900 | 0.2814 | 21,469 | 1167 | 0.9061 | |
| 75 | Boston College | 21700 | 97700 | 0.7782 | 9,677 | 1484 | 0.1422 | |
| 76 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 21900 | 39100 | 0.4402 | 2,907 | 1125 | 0.4696 | |
| 76 | Grand Valley State University | 21900 | 36600 | 0.4014 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 78 | Lincoln University | 22100 | 24900 | 0.1124 | 1,926 | 920 | 0 | |
| 78 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 22100 | 49600 | 0.5541 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 80 | Texas Southern University | 22200 | 25500 | 0.1296 | 6,844 | 915 | 0.9691 | |
| 81 | Houghton University | 22600 | 60900 | 0.6285 | 958 | 1277 | 0.89 | |
| 81 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 22600 | 42000 | 0.4624 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 83 | Robert Morris University | 23100 | 58000 | 0.6026 | 4,325 | 1145 | 0.8989 | |
| 84 | Florida Memorial University | 23200 | 51000 | 0.5446 | 1,206 | 0 | 0.8526 | |
| 85 | Pennsylvania Western University | 23300 | 34400 | 0.3224 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 86 | Columbia College | 23600 | 38700 | 0.3898 | 876 | 1025 | 0.8878 | |
| 87 | Pennsylvania State University-World Campus | 23700 | 33400 | 0.2921 | 8,051 | 1232 | 0.9117 | |
| 88 | Lamar University | 23800 | 37900 | 0.3716 | 8,387 | 1040 | 0.8353 | |
| 88 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 23800 | 47700 | 0.5009 | 2,280 | 1224 | 0.9675 | |
| 90 | Dominican University | 23900 | 56000 | 0.573 | 2,642 | 1005 | 0.8879 | |
| 90 | University of North Texas | 23900 | 37400 | 0.3607 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 92 | Western Oregon University | 24600 | 24600 | 0 | 3,034 | 1120 | 0.8345 | |
| 93 | Immaculata University | 24800 | 48000 | 0.4825 | 1,889 | 1264 | 0.8656 | |
| 94 | University of South Florida | 24900 | 36500 | 0.3175 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 95 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 25100 | 36900 | 0.3201 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 96 | Northwood University | 25800 | 54500 | 0.5271 | 2,045 | 1055 | 0.6451 | |
| 97 | Loyola University Maryland | 25900 | 78800 | 0.6714 | 4,013 | 1329 | 0.6986 | |
| 97 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 25900 | 28300 | 0.0847 | 3,375 | 1090 | 0.5885 | |
| 97 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 25900 | 54300 | 0.5227 | 5,939 | 1065 | 0.5878 | |
| 97 | West Virginia Wesleyan College | 25900 | 53800 | 0.5189 | 971 | 1030 | 0.9334 | |
| 101 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 26000 | 28400 | 0.0842 | 14,834 | 1149 | 0.7803 | |
| 102 | Bemidji State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 3,751 | 1075 | 0.5598 | |
| 102 | Central College | 26400 | 38700 | 0.3178 | 1,050 | 1159 | 0.8698 | |
| 104 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 26800 | 36500 | 0.2659 | 7,747 | 1073 | 0.9617 | |
| 105 | Cleveland State University | 27100 | 38600 | 0.2981 | 9,418 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 105 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 27100 | 63100 | 0.5701 | 1,495 | 1075 | 0.8761 | |
| 107 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 28300 | 40900 | 0.3087 | 1,709 | 1218 | 0.9653 | |
| 108 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 36400 | 0.2144 | 11,691 | 1074 | 0.7722 | |
| 109 | Bethune-Cookman University | 28700 | 32300 | 0.1113 | 2,739 | 910 | 0.8824 | |
| 110 | Elizabethtown College | 29100 | 55300 | 0.4743 | 1,935 | 1214 | 0.8892 | |
| 111 | University of Toledo | 29200 | 32600 | 0.1041 | 10,726 | 1134 | 0.8889 | |
| 112 | California Lutheran University | 29700 | 71700 | 0.586 | 2,160 | 1218 | 0.7631 | |
| 113 | Saint Xavier University | 29900 | 58200 | 0.4859 | 3,100 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 114 | Thomas Jefferson University | 30000 | 63300 | 0.5263 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 115 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30400 | 54600 | 0.4432 | 3,120 | 1193 | 0.3992 | |
| 116 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 30700 | 36900 | 0.1691 | 5,687 | 1305 | 0.7863 | |
| 117 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 2,082 | 1124 | 0.9576 | |
| 118 | Suffolk University | 31100 | 83500 | 0.6276 | 4,247 | 1209 | 0.8228 | |
| 119 | Drexel University | 31500 | 84100 | 0.6257 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 120 | Hampton University | 31700 | 54800 | 0.4215 | 4,046 | 1005 | 0.6358 | |
| 121 | Westfield State University | 31900 | 37600 | 0.1516 | 3,868 | 1105 | 0.8671 | |
| 122 | Northern Kentucky University | 32000 | 32100 | 0.0031 | 10,136 | 1110 | 0.9666 | |
| 123 | University of Scranton | 32400 | 78700 | 0.5889 | 3,689 | 1245 | 0.8006 | |
| 124 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 32900 | 59900 | 0.4511 | 11,087 | 1326 | 0.7397 | |
| 125 | Harding University | 33400 | 47800 | 0.3012 | 3,536 | 1184 | 0.7052 | |
| 126 | Pace University | 33900 | 75700 | 0.5525 | 5,520 | 1273 | 0.7827 | |
| 127 | Charleston Southern University | 34100 | 48400 | 0.2971 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 128 | George Washington University | 34400 | 81800 | 0.5796 | 11,495 | 1436 | 0.4713 | |
| 128 | Salisbury University | 34400 | 41800 | 0.1772 | 6,477 | 1245 | 0.8826 | |
| 130 | Averett University | 34600 | 57600 | 0.3994 | 1,244 | 1054 | 0.5659 | |
| 131 | Adelphi University | 34900 | 63300 | 0.4484 | 5,097 | 1241 | 0.7215 | |
| 132 | Bradley University | 35500 | 60600 | 0.4141 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 133 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 36100 | 39700 | 0.0907 | 4,789 | 1040 | 0.6671 | |
| 134 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 36200 | 54400 | 0.3346 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 135 | East Carolina University | 36800 | 42700 | 0.1381 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 135 | Rowan University | 36800 | 53600 | 0.3133 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 137 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 37300 | 40700 | 0.0834 | 3,893 | 1015 | 0.9839 | |
| 138 | Frostburg State University | 37700 | 42500 | 0.1129 | 3,436 | 1095 | 0.907 | |
| 138 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 37700 | 40100 | 0.0598 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 140 | Stony Brook University | 39600 | 53000 | 0.2527 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 141 | Elmhurst University | 40100 | 69600 | 0.4236 | 3,170 | 1133 | 0.7501 | |
| 142 | Saint Michael's College | 40200 | 75800 | 0.4696 | 1,051 | 1280 | 0.8976 | |
| 143 | University of Illinois Chicago | 40400 | 51400 | 0.2142 | 24,260 | 1174 | 0.7576 | |
| 144 | McKendree University | 40500 | 52900 | 0.2343 | 1,757 | 1098 | 0.7172 | |
| 145 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 41400 | 55300 | 0.2516 | 21,388 | 1369 | 0.5945 | |
| 146 | University of Mount Olive | 42000 | 50400 | 0.1666 | 1,944 | 1075 | 0.7575 | |
| 147 | Furman University | 43100 | 84700 | 0.4914 | 2,304 | 1372 | 0.4869 | |
| 148 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 43200 | 88100 | 0.5098 | 35,358 | 1448 | 0.1642 | |
| 149 | Merrimack College | 43400 | 78800 | 0.4492 | 4,123 | 1124 | 0.6927 | |
| 150 | James Madison University | 43600 | 45000 | 0.0311 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 151 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 43900 | 71800 | 0.3886 | 4,182 | 1317 | 0.8783 | |
| 152 | Radford University | 45200 | 47600 | 0.0503 | 6,206 | 1050 | 0.8939 | |
| 153 | Mercer University | 45600 | 65400 | 0.3031 | 4,719 | 1263 | 0.643 | |
| 154 | Towson University | 46100 | 46600 | 0.0107 | 16,361 | 1082 | 0.8057 | |
| 155 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47100 | 61500 | 0.234 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 156 | Molloy University | 47600 | 62300 | 0.2361 | 3,396 | 1188 | 0.6633 | |
| 157 | DePaul University | 49000 | 69400 | 0.2938 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 158 | Rutgers University-Newark | 49500 | 61200 | 0.1911 | 7,989 | 1159 | 0.7136 | |
| 159 | Ramapo College of New Jersey | 49700 | 63100 | 0.2124 | 5,492 | 1210 | 0.7026 | |
| 160 | College of Charleston | 49800 | 64600 | 0.2292 | 10,596 | 1234 | 0.73 | |
| 161 | SUNY Brockport | 51200 | 51300 | 0.0019 | 5,816 | 1195 | 0.7068 | |
| 162 | University of Utah | 51300 | 53700 | 0.0446 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 163 | University of Colorado Boulder | 55400 | 70900 | 0.2187 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7809 | |
| 164 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 56600 | 60300 | 0.0613 | 504 | 1200 | 0.9095 | |
| 165 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58200 | 63700 | 0.0864 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 166 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 58800 | 61200 | 0.0391 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 167 | Clemson University | 61300 | 63700 | 0.0376 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 168 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 66900 | 66900 | 0 | 9,827 | 1329 | 0.6737 | |
| 169 | Fordham University | 88500 | 143900 | 0.3851 | 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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