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 | Savannah State University | 6900 | 29000 | 0.7616 | 2,966 | 925 | 0.4614 | |
| 2 | California Institute of Technology | 7500 | 91800 | 0.9183 | 987 | 1557 | 0.0257 | |
| 3 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 7900 | 36100 | 0.7821 | 10,051 | 1064 | 0.9234 | |
| 4 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8400 | 97100 | 0.914 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0399 | |
| 5 | Valdosta State University | 10500 | 24800 | 0.5775 | 7,166 | 1015 | 0.7229 | |
| 6 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 11800 | 27800 | 0.5754 | 20,885 | 1420 | 0.1534 | |
| 7 | Greenville Technical College | 12700 | 23700 | 0.4642 | 11,999 | 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | Fort Hays State University | 12900 | 22600 | 0.4286 | 10,172 | 1075 | 0.9026 | |
| 9 | University of Michigan-Flint | 13300 | 46300 | 0.7125 | 5,011 | 1109 | 0.7046 | |
| 9 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 13300 | 13300 | 0 | 18,288 | 1090 | 0.9068 | |
| 11 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 50700 | 0.7294 | 38,040 | 1418 | 0.452 | |
| 12 | Alabama State University | 14200 | 31300 | 0.5476 | 3,521 | 945 | 0.9755 | |
| 13 | Dickinson State University | 14500 | 25000 | 0.4201 | 1,339 | 990 | 0.3702 | |
| 14 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 14700 | 37400 | 0.6064 | 7,622 | 1075 | 0.9254 | |
| 15 | Wayne State College | 15200 | 20300 | 0.2512 | 3,902 | 0 | 0 | |
| 16 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 15500 | 28700 | 0.4599 | 6,761 | 1105 | 0.8475 | |
| 17 | James Madison University | 15700 | 28900 | 0.4573 | 20,973 | 1260 | 0.7152 | |
| 18 | University of North Texas | 16100 | 26100 | 0.3838 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 19 | Coastal Carolina University | 16400 | 27200 | 0.3979 | 10,811 | 1145 | 0.7527 | |
| 19 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 16400 | 26800 | 0.3901 | 4,487 | 1115 | 0.6726 | |
| 21 | Goshen College | 16600 | 55900 | 0.7037 | 780 | 995 | 0.8407 | |
| 21 | Grove City College | 16600 | 39700 | 0.5826 | 2,341 | 1266 | 0.7232 | |
| 23 | Northwestern University | 16800 | 89500 | 0.8126 | 9,399 | 1527 | 0.0769 | |
| 24 | Westfield State University | 17000 | 33100 | 0.487 | 3,868 | 1085 | 0.8141 | |
| 25 | University of South Florida | 17100 | 17100 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 26 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 17200 | 44500 | 0.6131 | 352 | 1180 | 0.9647 | |
| 27 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 17600 | 43500 | 0.5949 | 581 | 1132 | 0.9821 | |
| 28 | Morgan State University | 17800 | 28500 | 0.3752 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 29 | Boston College | 18100 | 97600 | 0.8144 | 10,314 | 1490 | 0.1643 | |
| 29 | Central Connecticut State University | 18100 | 34000 | 0.4671 | 8,170 | 1075 | 0.7333 | |
| 31 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18200 | 28600 | 0.3634 | 4,218 | 1030 | 0.9489 | |
| 32 | State University of New York at Oswego | 18300 | 27700 | 0.3392 | 5,517 | 1180 | 0.8055 | |
| 33 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 18400 | 39000 | 0.5283 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 33 | Towson University | 18400 | 29900 | 0.3842 | 16,264 | 1098 | 0.8197 | |
| 35 | Angelo State University | 18500 | 23100 | 0.1992 | 9,702 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 35 | SUNY Brockport | 18500 | 26200 | 0.2934 | 5,816 | 1195 | 0.7068 | |
| 37 | Furman University | 18800 | 78900 | 0.7614 | 2,383 | 1359 | 0.4295 | |
| 38 | University of Houston-Victoria | 19100 | 25000 | 0.2362 | 2,627 | 1095 | 0.959 | |
| 38 | University of Illinois Chicago | 19100 | 30100 | 0.366 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 40 | Norwich University | 19900 | 73800 | 0.7301 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 41 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 20000 | 30400 | 0.3418 | 3,224 | 1085 | 0.7643 | |
| 42 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20300 | 29400 | 0.309 | 5,255 | 1109 | 0.7295 | |
| 43 | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | 20400 | 25700 | 0.2064 | 10,632 | 1075 | 0.8859 | |
| 44 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 20800 | 57800 | 0.6401 | 1,932 | 1193 | 0.9278 | |
| 45 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27300 | 0.2346 | 31,133 | 1463 | 0.4479 | |
| 46 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 21000 | 27800 | 0.2442 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8698 | |
| 47 | University of North Georgia | 21400 | 21400 | 0 | 18,322 | 1100 | 0.6794 | |
| 48 | Luther College | 21500 | 71900 | 0.7014 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.7154 | |
| 49 | Grand Valley State University | 22100 | 35900 | 0.3849 | 19,002 | 1084 | 0.8302 | |
| 50 | University of North Florida | 22400 | 22400 | 0 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
| 51 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 22600 | 25400 | 0.1104 | 2,906 | 1125 | 0.4696 | |
| 51 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 22600 | 53000 | 0.5731 | 1,472 | 1075 | 0.8459 | |
| 51 | New Mexico Highlands University | 22600 | 27200 | 0.169 | 1,603 | 0 | 0 | |
| 54 | Dakota State University | 23100 | 25600 | 0.0977 | 3,066 | 1192 | 0.8805 | |
| 55 | Florida Memorial University | 23200 | 42000 | 0.4471 | 1,206 | 0 | 0.8526 | |
| 55 | Houghton University | 23200 | 44300 | 0.4763 | 1,162 | 1277 | 0.8866 | |
| 55 | Robert Morris University | 23200 | 58000 | 0.5998 | 4,325 | 1145 | 0.8989 | |
| 55 | San Jose State University | 23200 | 41100 | 0.4356 | 28,008 | 1124 | 0.8461 | |
| 59 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 23900 | 34400 | 0.3052 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 60 | Dominican University | 24100 | 56000 | 0.5697 | 2,690 | 1005 | 0.9032 | |
| 61 | Bradley University | 24400 | 50800 | 0.5196 | 3,596 | 1223 | 0.7676 | |
| 62 | Western Oregon University | 24600 | 24600 | 0 | 3,167 | 1040 | 0.981 | |
| 63 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 24800 | 30600 | 0.1895 | 10,200 | 1325 | 0.6507 | |
| 64 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 24900 | 25000 | 0.0016 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 65 | Emporia State University | 25100 | 32000 | 0.2155 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 65 | Pennsylvania Western University | 25100 | 34400 | 0.2701 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 65 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 25100 | 40500 | 0.3803 | 25,900 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 68 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 25300 | 45900 | 0.4492 | 502 | 1189 | 0.9641 | |
| 69 | Doane University | 25400 | 71000 | 0.6426 | 1,315 | 1125 | 0.9801 | |
| 70 | Bethune-Cookman University | 25900 | 32700 | 0.208 | 2,738 | 910 | 0.8824 | |
| 71 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 26000 | 37500 | 0.307 | 1,236 | 1193 | 0.9811 | |
| 72 | Stony Brook University | 26100 | 33200 | 0.2129 | 18,263 | 1410 | 0.4904 | |
| 73 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 26200 | 28300 | 0.0744 | 3,375 | 1090 | 0.5876 | |
| 74 | Columbia College | 26400 | 46900 | 0.4371 | 5,207 | 1145 | 0.4714 | |
| 75 | Kennesaw State University | 26600 | 26600 | 0 | 42,760 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 76 | Southern University at New Orleans | 26700 | 42300 | 0.3686 | 2,179 | 950 | 0.789 | |
| 77 | Albright College | 26800 | 49300 | 0.4563 | 1,230 | 1050 | 0.7633 | |
| 77 | Northwood University | 26800 | 54500 | 0.5087 | 2,045 | 1055 | 0.6451 | |
| 79 | Rowan University | 27500 | 41300 | 0.3345 | 16,100 | 1219 | 0.7766 | |
| 79 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 27500 | 36500 | 0.2467 | 7,505 | 1073 | 0.9633 | |
| 81 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 27700 | 31000 | 0.1066 | 10,767 | 1326 | 0.7243 | |
| 82 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 27900 | 36700 | 0.24 | 1,880 | 1185 | 0.9867 | |
| 83 | Syracuse University | 28200 | 83100 | 0.6604 | 15,957 | 1363 | 0.4592 | |
| 84 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 32300 | 0.1145 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 85 | Elmhurst University | 28800 | 67000 | 0.5704 | 3,213 | 1148 | 0.7364 | |
| 85 | George Fox University | 28800 | 69400 | 0.5853 | 3,354 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 85 | Saint Xavier University | 28800 | 53700 | 0.4634 | 3,098 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 88 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 28900 | 36700 | 0.2124 | 28,674 | 980 | 0.9419 | |
| 89 | Jacksonville State University | 29200 | 38200 | 0.2354 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 90 | East Texas A&M University | 29500 | 36500 | 0.1917 | 9,992 | 1045 | 0.9224 | |
| 91 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 29700 | 31600 | 0.0601 | 6,835 | 1090 | 0.7147 | |
| 92 | Fairmont State University | 29800 | 32200 | 0.0746 | 3,088 | 970 | 0.9862 | |
| 93 | University of Toledo | 29900 | 42000 | 0.2884 | 11,013 | 1229 | 0.9202 | |
| 94 | Northern Kentucky University | 30100 | 32100 | 0.0623 | 10,163 | 1090 | 0.6765 | |
| 95 | Grambling State University | 30200 | 35300 | 0.1446 | 4,313 | 950 | 0.4486 | |
| 96 | Mercy University | 30300 | 44500 | 0.3192 | 6,774 | 1135 | 0.8584 | |
| 97 | Central College | 30500 | 36800 | 0.1713 | 1,084 | 1145 | 0.8617 | |
| 97 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 30500 | 54700 | 0.4411 | 1,427 | 1025 | 0.4941 | |
| 99 | Lincoln University | 30600 | 34500 | 0.1129 | 1,926 | 0 | 0 | |
| 100 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30700 | 54600 | 0.4379 | 3,163 | 1165 | 0.9347 | |
| 101 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1161 | 0.9523 | |
| 102 | Frostburg State University | 31000 | 43000 | 0.2792 | 3,422 | 1095 | 0.8918 | |
| 103 | Hampton University | 31400 | 54800 | 0.427 | 3,728 | 947 | 0.6225 | |
| 103 | University of Kentucky | 31400 | 36400 | 0.1373 | 25,534 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 105 | Charleston Southern University | 31500 | 48400 | 0.349 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 106 | Saint Michael's College | 31800 | 68500 | 0.536 | 1,120 | 1240 | 0.8451 | |
| 107 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 32000 | 49500 | 0.3539 | 1,813 | 1109 | 0.9484 | |
| 108 | Washington Adventist University | 32300 | 37800 | 0.1457 | 513 | 995 | 0.4618 | |
| 109 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 32400 | 40900 | 0.2078 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 110 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32500 | 35100 | 0.0742 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 110 | University of Scranton | 32500 | 78700 | 0.5869 | 3,613 | 1250 | 0.8123 | |
| 112 | Suffolk University | 33000 | 70300 | 0.5305 | 4,326 | 1209 | 0.8233 | |
| 113 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 15,254 | 1080 | 0.8955 | |
| 114 | Cleveland State University | 33400 | 37300 | 0.1046 | 9,482 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 115 | George Washington University | 33800 | 81800 | 0.5869 | 11,677 | 1430 | 0.4709 | |
| 116 | LeTourneau University | 34000 | 54800 | 0.3798 | 3,187 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 116 | Salisbury University | 34000 | 41700 | 0.1845 | 6,288 | 1250 | 0.8747 | |
| 116 | SUNY at Fredonia | 34000 | 39600 | 0.1416 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 116 | Thomas Jefferson University | 34000 | 68100 | 0.501 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8097 | |
| 120 | Adelphi University | 35200 | 63300 | 0.4438 | 5,325 | 1237 | 0.6591 | |
| 121 | California Lutheran University | 35300 | 70000 | 0.4959 | 2,297 | 1254 | 0.7567 | |
| 121 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 35300 | 56700 | 0.3775 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8304 | |
| 123 | Averett University | 35400 | 57200 | 0.3813 | 1,244 | 1054 | 0.5659 | |
| 124 | Stockton University | 35600 | 44500 | 0.2001 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 125 | Christopher Newport University | 36200 | 36200 | 0 | 4,369 | 1189 | 0.8604 | |
| 125 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 36200 | 56300 | 0.357 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 127 | Loyola University Maryland | 36500 | 78800 | 0.5369 | 3,881 | 1303 | 0.7549 | |
| 127 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 36500 | 41600 | 0.1226 | 5,386 | 1050 | 0.9092 | |
| 129 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 36900 | 37100 | 0.0054 | 5,939 | 1065 | 0.5878 | |
| 130 | East Carolina University | 37100 | 42700 | 0.1313 | 21,445 | 1160 | 0.8921 | |
| 131 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 37300 | 38100 | 0.021 | 2,884 | 1175 | 0.9677 | |
| 132 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 37600 | 40700 | 0.0763 | 5,086 | 1124 | 0.949 | |
| 133 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38700 | 38700 | 0 | 14,416 | 1210 | 0.8851 | |
| 134 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 38900 | 38900 | 0 | 1,973 | 1189 | 0.8135 | |
| 135 | University of South Alabama | 39700 | 39700 | 0 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 136 | Rutgers University-Newark | 39800 | 57900 | 0.3125 | 7,989 | 1159 | 0.7136 | |
| 137 | Wayne State University | 40600 | 46200 | 0.1212 | 16,012 | 1174 | 0.8116 | |
| 138 | McKendree University | 40800 | 52900 | 0.2289 | 1,757 | 1098 | 0.7172 | |
| 138 | Pace University | 40800 | 74800 | 0.4544 | 8,038 | 1260 | 0.7592 | |
| 140 | Immaculata University | 42100 | 47500 | 0.1136 | 1,652 | 1245 | 0.8576 | |
| 141 | University of Mount Olive | 42300 | 50400 | 0.1608 | 1,944 | 1075 | 0.7575 | |
| 142 | Merrimack College | 43600 | 78800 | 0.4468 | 4,102 | 1115 | 0.7002 | |
| 142 | Radford University | 43600 | 45700 | 0.046 | 6,161 | 1070 | 0.8953 | |
| 144 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 43900 | 57100 | 0.2297 | 23,329 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 145 | Mercer University | 45300 | 65400 | 0.3078 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
| 146 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 46300 | 46600 | 0.0064 | 6,139 | 1070 | 0.9052 | |
| 147 | University of Colorado Boulder | 47500 | 57700 | 0.1764 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7808 | |
| 148 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 47800 | 67900 | 0.296 | 3,965 | 1229 | 0.9121 | |
| 149 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 48000 | 55800 | 0.1398 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 150 | Drexel University | 48800 | 83900 | 0.4184 | 13,309 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 151 | DePaul University | 49200 | 66000 | 0.2547 | 14,188 | 1254 | 0.7589 | |
| 152 | University of California-Riverside | 49400 | 66000 | 0.2517 | 22,600 | 1199 | 0.7639 | |
| 153 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 49800 | 62200 | 0.1995 | 37,140 | 1406 | 0.4237 | |
| 154 | Ramapo College of New Jersey | 50600 | 55400 | 0.0867 | 5,444 | 1220 | 0.7064 | |
| 155 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 50800 | 52900 | 0.0398 | 14,504 | 1149 | 0.7637 | |
| 156 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 51000 | 84700 | 0.398 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 157 | University of Utah | 51600 | 53700 | 0.0392 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 158 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 51800 | 52800 | 0.0189 | 21,210 | 1148 | 0.9262 | |
| 159 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 53100 | 61200 | 0.1324 | 26,221 | 1204 | 0.8854 | |
| 160 | Dallas Baptist University | 56400 | 63400 | 0.1104 | 2,785 | 1109 | 0.8884 | |
| 161 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58200 | 64100 | 0.092 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 162 | Molloy University | 59700 | 62300 | 0.0418 | 3,240 | 1199 | 0.8174 | |
| 163 | College of Charleston | 60400 | 61200 | 0.0131 | 10,880 | 1255 | 0.6003 | |
| 164 | Thiel College | 60600 | 69100 | 0.123 | 833 | 1065 | 0.7155 | |
| 165 | Clemson University | 61500 | 63700 | 0.0331 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 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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