Considering a degree in Information Science/Studies?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Information Science/Studies majors who live in South Carolina.
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 South Carolina.
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 | 5400 | 41300 | 0.8695 | 5,534 | 1079 | 0.6734 | |
| 2 | Greenville Technical College | 7200 | 18400 | 0.6091 | 11,999 | 0 | 1 | |
| 3 | Northwestern University | 7900 | 94200 | 0.916 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 4 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8700 | 98000 | 0.9113 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 5 | Lamar University | 9400 | 22900 | 0.5888 | 8,387 | 1040 | 0.8353 | |
| 6 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 9700 | 41400 | 0.7663 | 3,224 | 1085 | 0.7643 | |
| 7 | Portland State University | 10300 | 43300 | 0.7627 | 14,932 | 1174 | 0.8586 | |
| 8 | Concord University | 10900 | 49200 | 0.778 | 1,638 | 1015 | 0.9728 | |
| 8 | Savannah State University | 10900 | 50900 | 0.7861 | 2,966 | 950 | 1 | |
| 10 | Fort Hays State University | 13000 | 19900 | 0.3473 | 10,172 | 1075 | 0.9026 | |
| 10 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 13000 | 30000 | 0.5667 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 12 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 13100 | 40500 | 0.6765 | 29,727 | 990 | 0.9229 | |
| 13 | Central Connecticut State University | 13500 | 34200 | 0.605 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 13 | University of North Florida | 13500 | 22400 | 0.3978 | 14,837 | 1124 | 0.6815 | |
| 13 | Wayne State University | 13500 | 46800 | 0.712 | 16,390 | 1183 | 0.8359 | |
| 16 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 13600 | 40800 | 0.6669 | 6,761 | 1105 | 0.8475 | |
| 16 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 13600 | 35200 | 0.6143 | 18,667 | 1090 | 0.9711 | |
| 18 | University of California-Riverside | 13700 | 36500 | 0.6242 | 24,034 | 1199 | 0.8609 | |
| 18 | University of South Florida | 13700 | 22400 | 0.3888 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 18 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 61700 | 0.7781 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 21 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 14000 | 26800 | 0.4797 | 4,789 | 1040 | 0.6671 | |
| 22 | Coastal Carolina University | 14300 | 27200 | 0.475 | 11,471 | 1160 | 0.7003 | |
| 22 | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | 14300 | 19600 | 0.2703 | 10,995 | 1090 | 0.7476 | |
| 24 | Valdosta State University | 14400 | 29700 | 0.5148 | 7,199 | 1005 | 0.7769 | |
| 25 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 14600 | 38200 | 0.617 | 7,501 | 1055 | 0.9467 | |
| 26 | Mercy University | 14700 | 46400 | 0.6836 | 6,692 | 1135 | 0.8724 | |
| 27 | Wayne State College | 15200 | 30500 | 0.5024 | 3,886 | 0 | 1 | |
| 28 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 15500 | 44000 | 0.648 | 308 | 1144 | 0.9053 | |
| 29 | Jacksonville State University | 15600 | 38200 | 0.5912 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 30 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver | 16100 | 39600 | 0.594 | 475 | 1195 | 0.9418 | |
| 31 | Boston College | 16300 | 97700 | 0.8335 | 9,677 | 1484 | 0.1422 | |
| 32 | Frostburg State University | 16400 | 26600 | 0.3832 | 3,436 | 1095 | 0.907 | |
| 33 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 16500 | 23400 | 0.2952 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 33 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16500 | 64800 | 0.7456 | 22,007 | 1427 | 0.1672 | |
| 35 | University of Colorado Boulder | 17100 | 31900 | 0.4622 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7809 | |
| 36 | Southern University at New Orleans | 17200 | 42000 | 0.5901 | 2,179 | 950 | 0.789 | |
| 37 | Emporia State University | 17500 | 31200 | 0.4392 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 37 | Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi | 17500 | 28900 | 0.395 | 8,673 | 1095 | 0.9156 | |
| 37 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 17500 | 44200 | 0.6047 | 1,829 | 1149 | 0.945 | |
| 40 | East Carolina University | 17600 | 26100 | 0.3256 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 41 | Texas A&M University-Victoria | 17700 | 46500 | 0.6189 | 2,627 | 1000 | 0.5253 | |
| 42 | University of Kentucky | 17800 | 37300 | 0.5242 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 43 | Morgan State University | 18000 | 42200 | 0.5739 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 44 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 18100 | 44000 | 0.5883 | 586 | 1140 | 0.9577 | |
| 45 | Kennesaw State University | 18200 | 26700 | 0.3183 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 45 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 18200 | 95700 | 0.8095 | 711 | 1030 | 0.8214 | |
| 45 | University of South Alabama | 18200 | 40200 | 0.5478 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 48 | Rutgers University-Newark | 18400 | 39200 | 0.5311 | 7,989 | 1159 | 0.7136 | |
| 48 | San Jose State University | 18400 | 41100 | 0.5518 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 50 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18800 | 54000 | 0.6515 | 3,991 | 1010 | 0.9654 | |
| 51 | Ramapo College of New Jersey | 18900 | 36700 | 0.4844 | 5,492 | 1210 | 0.7026 | |
| 52 | Norwich University | 19400 | 100600 | 0.8075 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 52 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 19400 | 38900 | 0.5008 | 1,973 | 1189 | 0.8142 | |
| 54 | Fairmont State University | 19600 | 30900 | 0.3656 | 3,090 | 970 | 0.9862 | |
| 55 | Pennsylvania Western University | 19900 | 30900 | 0.3562 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 55 | State University of New York at Oswego | 19900 | 40200 | 0.5051 | 5,293 | 1179 | 0.7989 | |
| 57 | Coppin State University | 20000 | 27600 | 0.2756 | 1,908 | 950 | 0.4583 | |
| 58 | SUNY at Fredonia | 20100 | 53600 | 0.6248 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 59 | Stockton University | 20200 | 32100 | 0.3705 | 7,583 | 1134 | 0.901 | |
| 60 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20300 | 57800 | 0.6485 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 61 | Syracuse University | 20400 | 83600 | 0.756 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 62 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 20500 | 57800 | 0.6451 | 1,109 | 1175 | 0.9088 | |
| 63 | Grove City College | 20600 | 39700 | 0.4817 | 2,247 | 1248 | 0.667 | |
| 63 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Schuylkill | 20600 | 45300 | 0.545 | 653 | 1145 | 0.7972 | |
| 65 | Rowan University | 20800 | 41300 | 0.4967 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 66 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27100 | 0.2287 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 67 | Tarleton State University | 21000 | 23000 | 0.087 | 17,556 | 1090 | 0.5386 | |
| 68 | Lincoln University | 21100 | 46500 | 0.5467 | 1,926 | 920 | 0 | |
| 69 | Thiel College | 21300 | 69100 | 0.6916 | 830 | 1065 | 0.7189 | |
| 70 | Alabama State University | 21400 | 43200 | 0.5041 | 3,521 | 945 | 0.9755 | |
| 70 | Luther College | 21400 | 75400 | 0.7164 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.8398 | |
| 70 | Salisbury University | 21400 | 29300 | 0.2697 | 6,477 | 1245 | 0.8826 | |
| 70 | Texas Southern University | 21400 | 38900 | 0.4499 | 6,844 | 915 | 0.9691 | |
| 70 | University of North Georgia | 21400 | 21400 | 0 | 19,321 | 1100 | 0.9618 | |
| 75 | Grambling State University | 21500 | 40500 | 0.4694 | 4,313 | 950 | 0.4486 | |
| 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 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 22500 | 38100 | 0.4094 | 2,710 | 1218 | 0.9374 | |
| 79 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 22600 | 34200 | 0.3395 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 79 | Houghton University | 22600 | 60900 | 0.6285 | 958 | 1277 | 0.89 | |
| 79 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 22600 | 42000 | 0.4624 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 82 | Christopher Newport University | 23000 | 45100 | 0.4903 | 4,369 | 1189 | 0.8604 | |
| 82 | Robert Morris University | 23000 | 58000 | 0.6031 | 4,325 | 1145 | 0.8989 | |
| 84 | Dakota State University | 23100 | 25600 | 0.0977 | 3,085 | 1174 | 0.9241 | |
| 85 | Florida Memorial University | 23300 | 51000 | 0.5426 | 1,206 | 0 | 0.8526 | |
| 86 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 23400 | 26200 | 0.1047 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 87 | Columbia College | 23600 | 38700 | 0.3898 | 876 | 1025 | 0.8878 | |
| 88 | Dominican University | 23900 | 56000 | 0.573 | 2,642 | 1005 | 0.8879 | |
| 89 | University of North Texas | 24200 | 26200 | 0.0765 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 90 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 24300 | 47900 | 0.4923 | 2,280 | 1224 | 0.9675 | |
| 91 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 24700 | 40400 | 0.3889 | 21,388 | 1369 | 0.5945 | |
| 92 | Northwood University | 25800 | 54500 | 0.5271 | 2,045 | 1055 | 0.6451 | |
| 93 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 25900 | 28300 | 0.0847 | 3,375 | 1090 | 0.5885 | |
| 93 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 25900 | 54300 | 0.5227 | 5,939 | 1065 | 0.5878 | |
| 93 | West Virginia Wesleyan College | 25900 | 53800 | 0.5189 | 971 | 1030 | 0.9334 | |
| 96 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 26000 | 28400 | 0.0842 | 14,834 | 1149 | 0.7803 | |
| 96 | Loyola University Maryland | 26000 | 78800 | 0.6701 | 4,013 | 1329 | 0.6986 | |
| 98 | Stony Brook University | 26100 | 33200 | 0.2129 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 99 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 26300 | 49600 | 0.4694 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 100 | Bemidji State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 3,751 | 1075 | 0.5598 | |
| 100 | Central College | 26400 | 38700 | 0.3178 | 1,050 | 1159 | 0.8698 | |
| 100 | University of Akron Main Campus | 26400 | 28000 | 0.0571 | 11,691 | 1074 | 0.7722 | |
| 103 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 26900 | 36500 | 0.2632 | 7,747 | 1073 | 0.9617 | |
| 104 | Cleveland State University | 27100 | 38600 | 0.2981 | 9,418 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 104 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 27100 | 63100 | 0.5701 | 1,495 | 1075 | 0.8761 | |
| 106 | Bethune-Cookman University | 28600 | 32300 | 0.1144 | 2,739 | 910 | 0.8824 | |
| 106 | University of Utah | 28600 | 32000 | 0.1061 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 108 | James Madison University | 28900 | 28900 | 0 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 109 | University of Toledo | 29200 | 32600 | 0.1041 | 10,726 | 1134 | 0.8889 | |
| 110 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 29300 | 33000 | 0.112 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 111 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 29600 | 31000 | 0.0452 | 11,087 | 1326 | 0.7397 | |
| 112 | California Lutheran University | 29800 | 71700 | 0.5846 | 2,160 | 1218 | 0.7631 | |
| 113 | Saint Xavier University | 30100 | 58200 | 0.4825 | 3,100 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 113 | Thomas Jefferson University | 30100 | 70000 | 0.5697 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 113 | Towson University | 30100 | 30200 | 0.0033 | 16,361 | 1082 | 0.8057 | |
| 116 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30400 | 54600 | 0.4432 | 3,120 | 1193 | 0.3992 | |
| 117 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 30700 | 36900 | 0.1691 | 5,687 | 1305 | 0.7863 | |
| 118 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 2,082 | 1124 | 0.9576 | |
| 119 | Suffolk University | 31200 | 83500 | 0.6264 | 4,247 | 1209 | 0.8228 | |
| 120 | Charleston Southern University | 31300 | 48400 | 0.3549 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 121 | Angelo State University | 31500 | 35400 | 0.1101 | 10,103 | 1045 | 0.7981 | |
| 122 | Hampton University | 31600 | 54800 | 0.4233 | 4,046 | 1005 | 0.6358 | |
| 123 | Immaculata University | 31700 | 48600 | 0.3478 | 1,889 | 1264 | 0.8656 | |
| 124 | Northern Kentucky University | 32000 | 32100 | 0.0031 | 10,136 | 1110 | 0.9666 | |
| 124 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32000 | 35200 | 0.0908 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 124 | Westfield State University | 32000 | 37600 | 0.149 | 3,868 | 1105 | 0.8671 | |
| 127 | University of Scranton | 32300 | 78700 | 0.5893 | 3,689 | 1245 | 0.8006 | |
| 128 | Harding University | 33400 | 47800 | 0.3012 | 3,536 | 1184 | 0.7052 | |
| 129 | Elizabethtown College | 33700 | 57500 | 0.4137 | 1,935 | 1214 | 0.8892 | |
| 130 | Pace University | 33900 | 75700 | 0.5525 | 5,520 | 1273 | 0.7827 | |
| 131 | George Washington University | 34400 | 81800 | 0.5796 | 11,495 | 1436 | 0.4713 | |
| 132 | Averett University | 34600 | 57600 | 0.3994 | 1,244 | 1054 | 0.5659 | |
| 133 | Adelphi University | 34900 | 63300 | 0.4484 | 5,097 | 1241 | 0.7215 | |
| 134 | Bradley University | 35600 | 60600 | 0.4124 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 135 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 37300 | 40700 | 0.0834 | 3,893 | 1015 | 0.9839 | |
| 136 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38800 | 38800 | 0 | 14,865 | 1175 | 0.9113 | |
| 137 | Drexel University | 39900 | 86400 | 0.5382 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 138 | Furman University | 40000 | 82000 | 0.5118 | 2,304 | 1372 | 0.4869 | |
| 139 | Elmhurst University | 40100 | 69600 | 0.4236 | 3,170 | 1133 | 0.7501 | |
| 139 | Saint Michael's College | 40100 | 75800 | 0.4709 | 1,051 | 1280 | 0.8976 | |
| 141 | McKendree University | 40500 | 52900 | 0.2343 | 1,757 | 1098 | 0.7172 | |
| 141 | University of Illinois Chicago | 40500 | 51400 | 0.2123 | 24,260 | 1174 | 0.7576 | |
| 143 | University of Mount Olive | 42000 | 50400 | 0.1666 | 1,944 | 1075 | 0.7575 | |
| 144 | College of Charleston | 42100 | 64600 | 0.3484 | 10,596 | 1234 | 0.73 | |
| 145 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 42400 | 43400 | 0.023 | 9,827 | 1329 | 0.6737 | |
| 146 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 43200 | 88100 | 0.5098 | 35,358 | 1448 | 0.1642 | |
| 147 | Merrimack College | 43400 | 78800 | 0.4492 | 4,123 | 1124 | 0.6927 | |
| 147 | Western Oregon University | 43400 | 43400 | 0 | 3,034 | 1120 | 0.8345 | |
| 149 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 43500 | 53400 | 0.1855 | 21,469 | 1167 | 0.9061 | |
| 150 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 43800 | 72500 | 0.396 | 10,368 | 1064 | 0.999 | |
| 151 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 43900 | 71800 | 0.3886 | 4,182 | 1317 | 0.8783 | |
| 152 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 44500 | 56600 | 0.2137 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 153 | Radford University | 45200 | 47600 | 0.0503 | 6,206 | 1050 | 0.8939 | |
| 154 | Mercer University | 45600 | 65400 | 0.3031 | 4,719 | 1263 | 0.643 | |
| 155 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47100 | 61500 | 0.234 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 156 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 47400 | 57200 | 0.1714 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 157 | Molloy University | 47600 | 62300 | 0.2361 | 3,396 | 1188 | 0.6633 | |
| 158 | DePaul University | 49100 | 69400 | 0.2923 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 159 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 49400 | 58800 | 0.1599 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 160 | SUNY Brockport | 51200 | 51300 | 0.0019 | 5,816 | 1195 | 0.7068 | |
| 161 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 54900 | 68800 | 0.2022 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 162 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58300 | 63700 | 0.0848 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 163 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 58800 | 61200 | 0.0391 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 164 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 60300 | 60300 | 0 | 504 | 1200 | 0.9095 | |
| 165 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 60700 | 63700 | 0.0471 | 1,078 | 1217 | 0.9646 | |
| 166 | Clemson University | 61300 | 63700 | 0.0376 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 167 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 64200 | 64200 | 0 | 1,709 | 1218 | 0.9653 | |
| 168 | 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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