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-Ann Arbor | 5000 | 40700 | 0.8762 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 2 | Savannah State University | 6900 | 29000 | 0.7616 | 2,966 | 925 | 0.4614 | |
| 3 | Greenville Technical College | 7200 | 18300 | 0.6083 | 11,999 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | California Institute of Technology | 7500 | 91800 | 0.9183 | 987 | 1557 | 0.0257 | |
| 5 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 7900 | 36100 | 0.7821 | 10,051 | 1064 | 0.9234 | |
| 6 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8400 | 97100 | 0.914 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0399 | |
| 7 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 10300 | 10300 | 0 | 6,139 | 1070 | 0.9052 | |
| 8 | Valdosta State University | 10500 | 24800 | 0.5775 | 7,166 | 1015 | 0.7229 | |
| 9 | University of North Florida | 12900 | 22400 | 0.4246 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
| 10 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 13300 | 25700 | 0.4823 | 28,674 | 980 | 0.9419 | |
| 10 | University of Michigan-Flint | 13300 | 46300 | 0.7125 | 5,011 | 1109 | 0.7046 | |
| 12 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 13500 | 13500 | 0 | 1,973 | 1189 | 0.8135 | |
| 12 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 13500 | 19400 | 0.3042 | 14,416 | 1210 | 0.8851 | |
| 14 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 50700 | 0.7294 | 38,040 | 1418 | 0.452 | |
| 15 | Alabama State University | 14200 | 31300 | 0.5476 | 3,521 | 945 | 0.9755 | |
| 16 | Grand Valley State University | 14300 | 25300 | 0.4353 | 19,002 | 1084 | 0.8302 | |
| 17 | Dickinson State University | 14500 | 25000 | 0.4219 | 1,339 | 990 | 0.3702 | |
| 18 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 14600 | 40600 | 0.6398 | 352 | 1180 | 0.9647 | |
| 19 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 14900 | 29600 | 0.4973 | 7,622 | 1075 | 0.9254 | |
| 20 | Wayne State College | 15200 | 20300 | 0.2512 | 3,902 | 0 | 0 | |
| 21 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 15500 | 28700 | 0.4599 | 6,761 | 1105 | 0.8475 | |
| 22 | James Madison University | 15700 | 28900 | 0.4573 | 20,973 | 1260 | 0.7152 | |
| 23 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 15900 | 38400 | 0.5856 | 37,140 | 1406 | 0.4237 | |
| 24 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver | 16000 | 38700 | 0.5863 | 482 | 1195 | 0.9565 | |
| 24 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 16000 | 27700 | 0.4218 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 26 | University of California-Riverside | 16100 | 36500 | 0.5585 | 22,600 | 1199 | 0.7639 | |
| 26 | University of North Texas | 16100 | 26100 | 0.3838 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 28 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 16300 | 23400 | 0.3038 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8698 | |
| 29 | Emporia State University | 16400 | 22900 | 0.284 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 30 | Goshen College | 16500 | 55900 | 0.7045 | 780 | 995 | 0.8407 | |
| 31 | Grove City College | 16600 | 39700 | 0.5826 | 2,341 | 1266 | 0.7232 | |
| 31 | Wayne State University | 16600 | 32900 | 0.4952 | 16,012 | 1174 | 0.8116 | |
| 33 | Northwestern University | 16700 | 89500 | 0.8138 | 9,399 | 1527 | 0.0769 | |
| 33 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16700 | 64800 | 0.7418 | 20,885 | 1420 | 0.1534 | |
| 35 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 16800 | 40600 | 0.5856 | 581 | 1132 | 0.9821 | |
| 35 | Southern University at New Orleans | 16800 | 31000 | 0.4574 | 2,179 | 950 | 0.789 | |
| 37 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 16900 | 35700 | 0.5267 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8304 | |
| 38 | University of South Florida | 17100 | 17100 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 39 | Boston College | 18000 | 97600 | 0.8154 | 10,314 | 1490 | 0.1643 | |
| 40 | Central Connecticut State University | 18100 | 34000 | 0.4671 | 8,170 | 1075 | 0.7333 | |
| 40 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 18100 | 35300 | 0.4869 | 1,813 | 1109 | 0.9484 | |
| 42 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18200 | 28600 | 0.3634 | 4,218 | 1030 | 0.9489 | |
| 43 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 18400 | 39000 | 0.5294 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 44 | Furman University | 18800 | 78900 | 0.7613 | 2,383 | 1359 | 0.4295 | |
| 45 | University of Houston-Victoria | 19600 | 35800 | 0.4528 | 2,627 | 1095 | 0.959 | |
| 46 | Norwich University | 19900 | 73800 | 0.7301 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 46 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 19900 | 41400 | 0.519 | 502 | 1189 | 0.9641 | |
| 46 | Pennsylvania Western University | 19900 | 29000 | 0.3143 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 49 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 20000 | 30400 | 0.3418 | 3,224 | 1085 | 0.7643 | |
| 50 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20300 | 29400 | 0.309 | 5,255 | 1109 | 0.7295 | |
| 51 | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | 20400 | 25700 | 0.2064 | 10,632 | 1075 | 0.8859 | |
| 52 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 20800 | 57800 | 0.6408 | 1,932 | 1193 | 0.9278 | |
| 53 | Tarleton State University | 21000 | 23000 | 0.087 | 15,254 | 1080 | 0.8955 | |
| 54 | College of Charleston | 21400 | 33900 | 0.3699 | 10,880 | 1255 | 0.6003 | |
| 54 | Luther College | 21400 | 71900 | 0.7019 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.7154 | |
| 54 | University of North Georgia | 21400 | 21400 | 0 | 18,322 | 1100 | 0.6794 | |
| 57 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 21800 | 36400 | 0.4006 | 2,884 | 1175 | 0.9677 | |
| 58 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 22400 | 33600 | 0.3331 | 21,210 | 1148 | 0.9262 | |
| 59 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 22600 | 25400 | 0.1104 | 2,906 | 1125 | 0.4696 | |
| 59 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 22600 | 53000 | 0.5731 | 1,472 | 1075 | 0.8459 | |
| 59 | New Mexico Highlands University | 22600 | 27200 | 0.169 | 1,603 | 0 | 0 | |
| 62 | Dakota State University | 23100 | 25600 | 0.0977 | 3,066 | 1192 | 0.8805 | |
| 63 | Florida Memorial University | 23200 | 42000 | 0.4471 | 1,206 | 0 | 0.8526 | |
| 63 | Houghton University | 23200 | 44300 | 0.4763 | 1,162 | 1277 | 0.8866 | |
| 63 | San Jose State University | 23200 | 41100 | 0.4356 | 28,008 | 1124 | 0.8461 | |
| 66 | Robert Morris University | 23300 | 58000 | 0.5988 | 4,325 | 1145 | 0.8989 | |
| 67 | Morgan State University | 23600 | 41900 | 0.4371 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 68 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 23900 | 34400 | 0.3052 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 69 | Dominican University | 24100 | 56000 | 0.5705 | 2,690 | 1005 | 0.9032 | |
| 70 | Bradley University | 24400 | 50800 | 0.5196 | 3,596 | 1223 | 0.7676 | |
| 71 | Ramapo College of New Jersey | 24500 | 36300 | 0.3255 | 5,444 | 1220 | 0.7064 | |
| 71 | Stockton University | 24500 | 32100 | 0.2366 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 71 | Westfield State University | 24500 | 39000 | 0.3714 | 3,868 | 1085 | 0.8141 | |
| 74 | Western Oregon University | 24600 | 24600 | 0 | 3,167 | 1040 | 0.981 | |
| 75 | Doane University | 25400 | 71000 | 0.6426 | 1,315 | 1125 | 0.9801 | |
| 76 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 25500 | 34000 | 0.2502 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 77 | Bethune-Cookman University | 25900 | 32700 | 0.208 | 2,738 | 910 | 0.8824 | |
| 78 | Fort Hays State University | 26000 | 36100 | 0.2808 | 10,172 | 1075 | 0.9026 | |
| 79 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 26100 | 28300 | 0.076 | 3,375 | 1090 | 0.5876 | |
| 80 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 26300 | 28400 | 0.0756 | 14,504 | 1149 | 0.7637 | |
| 81 | Columbia College | 26400 | 46900 | 0.4372 | 5,207 | 1145 | 0.4714 | |
| 82 | Kennesaw State University | 26600 | 26600 | 0 | 42,760 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 83 | Albright College | 26800 | 49300 | 0.4563 | 1,230 | 1050 | 0.7633 | |
| 83 | Northwood University | 26800 | 54500 | 0.5087 | 2,045 | 1055 | 0.6451 | |
| 85 | Rowan University | 27500 | 41300 | 0.3345 | 16,100 | 1219 | 0.7766 | |
| 85 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 27500 | 36500 | 0.2467 | 7,505 | 1073 | 0.9633 | |
| 87 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 27700 | 31000 | 0.1066 | 10,767 | 1326 | 0.7243 | |
| 88 | Syracuse University | 27800 | 83100 | 0.6653 | 15,957 | 1363 | 0.4592 | |
| 89 | Fairmont State University | 28000 | 32200 | 0.1305 | 3,088 | 970 | 0.9862 | |
| 90 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 32300 | 0.1145 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 91 | Saint Xavier University | 28700 | 53700 | 0.4652 | 3,098 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 92 | Elmhurst University | 28800 | 67000 | 0.5704 | 3,213 | 1148 | 0.7364 | |
| 92 | George Fox University | 28800 | 69400 | 0.5853 | 3,354 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 94 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 29100 | 29200 | 0.0034 | 18,288 | 1090 | 0.9068 | |
| 95 | Jacksonville State University | 29200 | 38200 | 0.2354 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 96 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 29400 | 39700 | 0.2596 | 4,487 | 1115 | 0.6726 | |
| 97 | East Texas A&M University | 29500 | 36500 | 0.1917 | 9,992 | 1045 | 0.9224 | |
| 97 | University of Toledo | 29500 | 32600 | 0.0966 | 11,013 | 1229 | 0.9202 | |
| 99 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 29600 | 31600 | 0.0633 | 6,835 | 1090 | 0.7147 | |
| 100 | Towson University | 29900 | 29900 | 0 | 16,264 | 1098 | 0.8197 | |
| 101 | Northern Kentucky University | 30100 | 32100 | 0.0623 | 10,163 | 1090 | 0.6765 | |
| 102 | Grambling State University | 30200 | 35300 | 0.1446 | 4,313 | 950 | 0.4486 | |
| 103 | Mercy University | 30300 | 44500 | 0.3192 | 6,774 | 1135 | 0.8584 | |
| 104 | Central College | 30400 | 36800 | 0.174 | 1,084 | 1145 | 0.8617 | |
| 105 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 30500 | 54700 | 0.4419 | 1,427 | 1025 | 0.4941 | |
| 106 | Lincoln University | 30600 | 34500 | 0.1129 | 1,926 | 0 | 0 | |
| 106 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30600 | 54600 | 0.4387 | 3,163 | 1165 | 0.9347 | |
| 108 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1161 | 0.9523 | |
| 108 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 30900 | 36900 | 0.1624 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 110 | Frostburg State University | 31000 | 43000 | 0.2792 | 3,422 | 1095 | 0.8918 | |
| 111 | Hampton University | 31400 | 54800 | 0.427 | 3,728 | 947 | 0.6225 | |
| 111 | University of Kentucky | 31400 | 36400 | 0.1373 | 25,534 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 113 | Charleston Southern University | 31500 | 48400 | 0.3499 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 114 | Angelo State University | 31700 | 35400 | 0.1031 | 9,702 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 115 | Saint Michael's College | 31800 | 68500 | 0.536 | 1,120 | 1240 | 0.8451 | |
| 116 | Washington Adventist University | 32300 | 37800 | 0.1457 | 513 | 995 | 0.4618 | |
| 117 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 32400 | 40900 | 0.2078 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 117 | SUNY Brockport | 32400 | 35800 | 0.095 | 5,816 | 1195 | 0.7068 | |
| 119 | University of Scranton | 32500 | 78700 | 0.5874 | 3,613 | 1250 | 0.8123 | |
| 120 | State University of New York at Oswego | 33000 | 40200 | 0.1792 | 5,517 | 1180 | 0.8055 | |
| 120 | Suffolk University | 33000 | 70300 | 0.5305 | 4,326 | 1209 | 0.8233 | |
| 122 | Coastal Carolina University | 33200 | 45100 | 0.2636 | 10,811 | 1145 | 0.7527 | |
| 123 | Cleveland State University | 33400 | 37300 | 0.1046 | 9,482 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 124 | George Washington University | 33800 | 81800 | 0.5869 | 11,677 | 1430 | 0.4709 | |
| 125 | LeTourneau University | 33900 | 54800 | 0.3817 | 3,187 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 126 | Salisbury University | 34000 | 41700 | 0.1845 | 6,288 | 1250 | 0.8747 | |
| 126 | SUNY at Fredonia | 34000 | 39600 | 0.1416 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 126 | Thomas Jefferson University | 34000 | 68100 | 0.501 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8097 | |
| 129 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 35100 | 35100 | 0 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 130 | Adelphi University | 35200 | 63300 | 0.4445 | 5,325 | 1237 | 0.6591 | |
| 131 | California Lutheran University | 35300 | 70000 | 0.4959 | 2,297 | 1254 | 0.7567 | |
| 132 | Averett University | 35400 | 57200 | 0.3813 | 1,244 | 1054 | 0.5659 | |
| 133 | Christopher Newport University | 36200 | 36200 | 0 | 4,369 | 1189 | 0.8604 | |
| 134 | Loyola University Maryland | 36500 | 78800 | 0.5369 | 3,881 | 1303 | 0.7549 | |
| 134 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 36500 | 41600 | 0.1237 | 5,386 | 1050 | 0.9092 | |
| 136 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 36900 | 37100 | 0.0054 | 5,939 | 1065 | 0.5878 | |
| 137 | East Carolina University | 37100 | 40100 | 0.0748 | 21,445 | 1160 | 0.8921 | |
| 138 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 37600 | 40700 | 0.0774 | 5,086 | 1124 | 0.949 | |
| 139 | University of South Alabama | 39700 | 39700 | 0 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 140 | Rutgers University-Newark | 39800 | 57900 | 0.3125 | 7,989 | 1159 | 0.7136 | |
| 141 | Stony Brook University | 39900 | 53000 | 0.2481 | 18,263 | 1410 | 0.4904 | |
| 142 | McKendree University | 40100 | 52200 | 0.2327 | 1,757 | 1098 | 0.7172 | |
| 143 | Pace University | 40800 | 74800 | 0.4544 | 8,038 | 1260 | 0.7592 | |
| 144 | Immaculata University | 41800 | 47900 | 0.1274 | 1,652 | 1245 | 0.8576 | |
| 145 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 42000 | 55200 | 0.2391 | 25,900 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 146 | University of Mount Olive | 42300 | 50400 | 0.1617 | 1,944 | 1075 | 0.7575 | |
| 147 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43200 | 53600 | 0.1942 | 31,133 | 1463 | 0.4479 | |
| 148 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4474 | 4,102 | 1115 | 0.7002 | |
| 149 | Radford University | 43600 | 45700 | 0.047 | 6,161 | 1070 | 0.8953 | |
| 150 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 43900 | 57100 | 0.2305 | 23,329 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 151 | University of Illinois Chicago | 45400 | 50600 | 0.1028 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 152 | University of Colorado Boulder | 47500 | 57700 | 0.1763 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7808 | |
| 153 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 47800 | 67900 | 0.296 | 3,965 | 1229 | 0.9121 | |
| 154 | Drexel University | 48800 | 83900 | 0.4184 | 13,309 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 154 | Mercer University | 48800 | 63700 | 0.234 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
| 156 | DePaul University | 49200 | 66000 | 0.2547 | 14,188 | 1254 | 0.7589 | |
| 157 | University of Utah | 51600 | 53700 | 0.04 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 158 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 53000 | 61200 | 0.1332 | 26,221 | 1204 | 0.8854 | |
| 159 | Dallas Baptist University | 56400 | 63400 | 0.1104 | 2,785 | 1109 | 0.8884 | |
| 160 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58200 | 64100 | 0.092 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 161 | Molloy University | 59700 | 62300 | 0.0418 | 3,240 | 1199 | 0.8174 | |
| 162 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 60300 | 64100 | 0.0592 | 1,236 | 1193 | 0.9811 | |
| 163 | Thiel College | 60600 | 69100 | 0.123 | 833 | 1065 | 0.7155 | |
| 164 | Clemson University | 61500 | 63700 | 0.0338 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 165 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 61900 | 64200 | 0.0358 | 1,880 | 1185 | 0.9867 | |
| 166 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 63700 | 63700 | 0 | 10,200 | 1325 | 0.6507 | |
| 167 | Fordham University | 69900 | 95100 | 0.2649 | 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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