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Considering a degree in Information Science/Studies?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Information Science/Studies majors who live in Alaska.
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 Alaska.
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 | 5700 | 43700 | 0.87 | 5,534 | 1079 | 0.6734 | |
| 2 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 6300 | 40700 | 0.8443 | 35,358 | 1448 | 0.1642 | |
| 3 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 6900 | 41500 | 0.8333 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 4 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 8000 | 36100 | 0.7793 | 10,368 | 1064 | 0.999 | |
| 4 | Northwestern University | 8000 | 94200 | 0.9152 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 6 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8600 | 98000 | 0.9125 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 7 | Portland State University | 9900 | 26100 | 0.6203 | 14,932 | 1174 | 0.8586 | |
| 8 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 11000 | 41400 | 0.7349 | 3,224 | 1085 | 0.7643 | |
| 9 | Concord University | 11100 | 49200 | 0.7739 | 1,638 | 1015 | 0.9728 | |
| 9 | Savannah State University | 11100 | 50900 | 0.7822 | 2,966 | 950 | 1 | |
| 11 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 11200 | 39000 | 0.7131 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 12 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 11300 | 27800 | 0.5919 | 22,007 | 1427 | 0.1672 | |
| 13 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 31100 | 0.6022 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 14 | University of Alaska Fairbanks | 12700 | 25900 | 0.5107 | 6,209 | 1144 | 0.6424 | |
| 14 | Wayne State University | 12700 | 32900 | 0.6137 | 16,390 | 1183 | 0.8359 | |
| 16 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 13500 | 27100 | 0.5011 | 29,727 | 990 | 0.9229 | |
| 17 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 13700 | 19400 | 0.2939 | 14,865 | 1175 | 0.9113 | |
| 17 | University of North Florida | 13700 | 30500 | 0.5507 | 14,837 | 1124 | 0.6815 | |
| 19 | Coastal Carolina University | 13800 | 27200 | 0.4927 | 11,471 | 1160 | 0.7003 | |
| 20 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 13900 | 40800 | 0.6595 | 6,761 | 1105 | 0.8475 | |
| 21 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 14000 | 35000 | 0.5996 | 18,667 | 1090 | 0.9711 | |
| 22 | University of North Georgia | 14500 | 21400 | 0.3224 | 19,321 | 1100 | 0.9618 | |
| 23 | Mercy University | 14600 | 46400 | 0.6858 | 6,692 | 1135 | 0.8724 | |
| 24 | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | 14700 | 25700 | 0.4284 | 10,995 | 1090 | 0.7476 | |
| 25 | Central Connecticut State University | 15100 | 34200 | 0.5582 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 25 | University of California-Riverside | 15100 | 66000 | 0.7716 | 24,034 | 1199 | 0.8609 | |
| 25 | Wayne State College | 15100 | 30200 | 0.5006 | 3,886 | 0 | 1 | |
| 28 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 15500 | 50100 | 0.6903 | 7,501 | 1055 | 0.9467 | |
| 29 | Coppin State University | 15700 | 25300 | 0.3789 | 1,908 | 950 | 0.4583 | |
| 29 | Jacksonville State University | 15700 | 38200 | 0.5886 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 31 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 15900 | 44000 | 0.6389 | 308 | 1144 | 0.9053 | |
| 32 | Christopher Newport University | 16300 | 42800 | 0.6196 | 4,369 | 1189 | 0.8604 | |
| 33 | Boston College | 16900 | 97700 | 0.8273 | 9,677 | 1484 | 0.1422 | |
| 33 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 16900 | 27800 | 0.3925 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 35 | Emporia State University | 17100 | 30900 | 0.4468 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 35 | Southern University at New Orleans | 17100 | 41700 | 0.5901 | 2,179 | 950 | 0.789 | |
| 37 | Westfield State University | 17500 | 37600 | 0.5347 | 3,868 | 1105 | 0.8671 | |
| 37 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 17500 | 36500 | 0.5209 | 7,747 | 1073 | 0.9617 | |
| 39 | Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi | 17800 | 28900 | 0.3846 | 8,673 | 1095 | 0.9156 | |
| 39 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 17800 | 44200 | 0.5979 | 1,829 | 1149 | 0.945 | |
| 39 | University of South Alabama | 17800 | 22400 | 0.2057 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 42 | Morgan State University | 18100 | 42200 | 0.5715 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 43 | James Madison University | 18200 | 28900 | 0.3701 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 43 | Texas A&M University-Victoria | 18200 | 45400 | 0.5996 | 2,627 | 1000 | 0.5253 | |
| 45 | Kennesaw State University | 18400 | 27400 | 0.3282 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 46 | Fairmont State University | 18500 | 30900 | 0.4012 | 3,090 | 970 | 0.9862 | |
| 46 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 18500 | 69500 | 0.7343 | 711 | 1030 | 0.8214 | |
| 46 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 18500 | 44000 | 0.5792 | 586 | 1140 | 0.9577 | |
| 49 | San Jose State University | 18600 | 41100 | 0.5469 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 50 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 19200 | 54000 | 0.6441 | 3,991 | 1010 | 0.9654 | |
| 50 | Valdosta State University | 19200 | 29600 | 0.3512 | 7,199 | 1005 | 0.7769 | |
| 52 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 19300 | 40900 | 0.5287 | 1,078 | 1217 | 0.9646 | |
| 52 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 19300 | 45300 | 0.5737 | 504 | 1200 | 0.9095 | |
| 54 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 19500 | 38900 | 0.4983 | 1,973 | 1189 | 0.8142 | |
| 55 | Norwich University | 19700 | 100600 | 0.8045 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 56 | State University of New York at Oswego | 20000 | 40200 | 0.5027 | 5,293 | 1179 | 0.7989 | |
| 57 | SUNY at Fredonia | 20100 | 53600 | 0.6248 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 58 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 20300 | 57800 | 0.648 | 1,109 | 1175 | 0.9088 | |
| 58 | Syracuse University | 20300 | 83600 | 0.7572 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 60 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20600 | 57800 | 0.6433 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 61 | Stockton University | 20700 | 32100 | 0.355 | 7,583 | 1134 | 0.901 | |
| 62 | Grove City College | 20800 | 39700 | 0.4767 | 2,247 | 1248 | 0.667 | |
| 63 | Lincoln University | 21100 | 46500 | 0.5467 | 1,926 | 920 | 0 | |
| 64 | Luther College | 21300 | 75400 | 0.7183 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.8398 | |
| 65 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 21400 | 38100 | 0.4383 | 2,710 | 1218 | 0.9374 | |
| 65 | Thiel College | 21400 | 69100 | 0.6901 | 830 | 1065 | 0.7189 | |
| 65 | University of Alaska Anchorage | 21400 | 26400 | 0.1875 | 9,965 | 1095 | 1 | |
| 68 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 21500 | 51900 | 0.5863 | 5,939 | 1065 | 0.5878 | |
| 69 | Grambling State University | 21600 | 39600 | 0.4548 | 4,313 | 950 | 0.4486 | |
| 69 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 21600 | 41600 | 0.4808 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 71 | Alabama State University | 21700 | 43200 | 0.4979 | 3,521 | 945 | 0.9755 | |
| 72 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 21900 | 39100 | 0.4402 | 2,907 | 1125 | 0.4696 | |
| 72 | Grand Valley State University | 21900 | 36200 | 0.3949 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 74 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 22100 | 49600 | 0.5541 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 75 | Texas Southern University | 22400 | 25500 | 0.1218 | 6,844 | 915 | 0.9691 | |
| 76 | Houghton University | 22700 | 51300 | 0.5576 | 958 | 1277 | 0.89 | |
| 77 | Robert Morris University | 23000 | 58000 | 0.6043 | 4,325 | 1145 | 0.8989 | |
| 77 | SUNY Brockport | 23000 | 51000 | 0.5487 | 5,816 | 1195 | 0.7068 | |
| 77 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 23000 | 53400 | 0.5697 | 21,469 | 1167 | 0.9061 | |
| 80 | Dakota State University | 23100 | 25600 | 0.0977 | 3,085 | 1174 | 0.9241 | |
| 81 | Florida Memorial University | 23400 | 51000 | 0.5407 | 1,206 | 0 | 0.8526 | |
| 81 | Pennsylvania Western University | 23400 | 34400 | 0.3195 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 83 | Columbia College | 23500 | 40200 | 0.4155 | 876 | 1025 | 0.8878 | |
| 84 | Dominican University | 23700 | 56000 | 0.5761 | 2,642 | 1005 | 0.8879 | |
| 85 | Lamar University | 24100 | 37700 | 0.3606 | 8,387 | 1040 | 0.8353 | |
| 86 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 24500 | 47900 | 0.4881 | 2,280 | 1224 | 0.9675 | |
| 86 | University of North Texas | 24500 | 37400 | 0.3447 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 88 | Western Oregon University | 24600 | 24600 | 0 | 3,034 | 1120 | 0.8345 | |
| 89 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 24800 | 62800 | 0.6055 | 1,495 | 1075 | 0.8761 | |
| 90 | Fort Hays State University | 25000 | 28500 | 0.125 | 10,172 | 1075 | 0.9026 | |
| 91 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 25400 | 36800 | 0.3099 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 91 | University of South Florida | 25400 | 36500 | 0.3038 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 93 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 25700 | 28300 | 0.0907 | 3,375 | 1090 | 0.5885 | |
| 93 | Northwood University | 25700 | 54500 | 0.5289 | 2,045 | 1055 | 0.6451 | |
| 93 | West Virginia Wesleyan College | 25700 | 53800 | 0.522 | 971 | 1030 | 0.9334 | |
| 96 | Loyola University Maryland | 26200 | 78800 | 0.6676 | 4,013 | 1329 | 0.6986 | |
| 97 | Bemidji State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 3,751 | 1075 | 0.5598 | |
| 98 | University of Akron Main Campus | 26600 | 28000 | 0.0499 | 11,691 | 1074 | 0.7722 | |
| 99 | Cleveland State University | 28700 | 38600 | 0.2566 | 9,418 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 100 | Bethune-Cookman University | 28800 | 32300 | 0.1082 | 2,739 | 910 | 0.8824 | |
| 101 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29900 | 34200 | 0.1256 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 102 | California Lutheran University | 30100 | 71700 | 0.5804 | 2,160 | 1218 | 0.7631 | |
| 102 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 30100 | 33200 | 0.0932 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 104 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30200 | 54600 | 0.4463 | 3,120 | 1193 | 0.3992 | |
| 105 | Saint Xavier University | 30400 | 58200 | 0.4774 | 3,100 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 105 | Thomas Jefferson University | 30400 | 70000 | 0.5664 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 105 | University of Toledo | 30400 | 42000 | 0.2756 | 10,726 | 1134 | 0.8889 | |
| 108 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 2,082 | 1124 | 0.9576 | |
| 109 | Angelo State University | 31300 | 35400 | 0.1149 | 10,103 | 1045 | 0.7981 | |
| 110 | Suffolk University | 31400 | 83500 | 0.624 | 4,247 | 1209 | 0.8228 | |
| 111 | Hampton University | 31600 | 54800 | 0.4233 | 4,046 | 1005 | 0.6358 | |
| 111 | Northern Kentucky University | 31600 | 32100 | 0.0156 | 10,136 | 1110 | 0.9666 | |
| 113 | Central College | 31900 | 38700 | 0.1758 | 1,050 | 1159 | 0.8698 | |
| 114 | University of Scranton | 32300 | 78700 | 0.5902 | 3,689 | 1245 | 0.8006 | |
| 115 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 32800 | 59400 | 0.4478 | 11,087 | 1326 | 0.7397 | |
| 116 | Harding University | 33200 | 47800 | 0.3047 | 3,536 | 1184 | 0.7052 | |
| 117 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 17,556 | 1090 | 0.5386 | |
| 118 | Elizabethtown College | 33700 | 57500 | 0.4137 | 1,935 | 1214 | 0.8892 | |
| 118 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Schuylkill | 33700 | 45600 | 0.2608 | 653 | 1145 | 0.7972 | |
| 120 | Charleston Southern University | 33900 | 48400 | 0.3007 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 121 | Pace University | 34000 | 75700 | 0.5512 | 5,520 | 1273 | 0.7827 | |
| 121 | Salisbury University | 34000 | 41700 | 0.1847 | 6,477 | 1245 | 0.8826 | |
| 123 | George Washington University | 34300 | 81800 | 0.5808 | 11,495 | 1436 | 0.4713 | |
| 124 | Averett University | 34400 | 57600 | 0.4029 | 1,244 | 1054 | 0.5659 | |
| 125 | Adelphi University | 34800 | 63300 | 0.4511 | 5,097 | 1241 | 0.7215 | |
| 126 | University of Illinois Chicago | 35000 | 51300 | 0.3177 | 24,260 | 1174 | 0.7576 | |
| 127 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 35800 | 56300 | 0.3652 | 5,687 | 1305 | 0.7863 | |
| 128 | Bradley University | 35900 | 60300 | 0.4047 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 128 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 35900 | 54000 | 0.3352 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 130 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 36300 | 39900 | 0.0894 | 3,893 | 1015 | 0.9839 | |
| 131 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 36400 | 39700 | 0.0832 | 4,789 | 1040 | 0.6671 | |
| 132 | East Carolina University | 36600 | 42700 | 0.1421 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 133 | Rowan University | 37500 | 53600 | 0.3002 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 134 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 37800 | 55500 | 0.3192 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 135 | Frostburg State University | 38000 | 42500 | 0.1059 | 3,436 | 1095 | 0.907 | |
| 136 | Saint Michael's College | 39000 | 75800 | 0.4854 | 1,051 | 1280 | 0.8976 | |
| 137 | Stony Brook University | 39400 | 53000 | 0.2559 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 138 | Elmhurst University | 40000 | 69600 | 0.4251 | 3,170 | 1133 | 0.7501 | |
| 138 | Furman University | 40000 | 84600 | 0.5269 | 2,304 | 1372 | 0.4869 | |
| 140 | Drexel University | 40300 | 86400 | 0.5339 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 140 | Immaculata University | 40300 | 48600 | 0.1708 | 1,889 | 1264 | 0.8656 | |
| 140 | McKendree University | 40300 | 52900 | 0.2376 | 1,757 | 1098 | 0.7172 | |
| 143 | University of Mount Olive | 41800 | 50400 | 0.1699 | 1,944 | 1075 | 0.7575 | |
| 144 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 42500 | 55300 | 0.2316 | 21,388 | 1369 | 0.5945 | |
| 145 | Merrimack College | 43300 | 78800 | 0.4501 | 4,123 | 1124 | 0.6927 | |
| 146 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43400 | 58500 | 0.2579 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 147 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 43800 | 71800 | 0.39 | 4,182 | 1317 | 0.8783 | |
| 148 | Radford University | 45000 | 47600 | 0.0539 | 6,206 | 1050 | 0.8939 | |
| 149 | Mercer University | 45400 | 65400 | 0.3058 | 4,719 | 1263 | 0.643 | |
| 150 | Towson University | 46300 | 46400 | 0.0022 | 16,361 | 1082 | 0.8057 | |
| 151 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47200 | 61500 | 0.2335 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 152 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 47600 | 57100 | 0.1663 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 153 | Ramapo College of New Jersey | 48200 | 60000 | 0.1976 | 5,492 | 1210 | 0.7026 | |
| 154 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 48300 | 61200 | 0.2102 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 155 | University of Kentucky | 49000 | 59900 | 0.182 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 156 | DePaul University | 49100 | 69400 | 0.2923 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 157 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 49200 | 58800 | 0.1628 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 158 | College of Charleston | 49400 | 62300 | 0.2069 | 10,596 | 1234 | 0.73 | |
| 159 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 50300 | 52900 | 0.0485 | 14,834 | 1149 | 0.7803 | |
| 160 | University of Utah | 51100 | 53700 | 0.0478 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 161 | University of Colorado Boulder | 55200 | 70900 | 0.2211 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7809 | |
| 162 | Molloy University | 55800 | 62300 | 0.1044 | 3,396 | 1188 | 0.6633 | |
| 163 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58400 | 63600 | 0.0818 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 164 | Rutgers University-Newark | 60500 | 60500 | 0 | 7,989 | 1159 | 0.7136 | |
| 165 | Clemson University | 61100 | 63700 | 0.0403 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 166 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 61200 | 66900 | 0.0852 | 9,827 | 1329 | 0.6737 | |
| 167 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 63700 | 63700 | 0 | 1,709 | 1218 | 0.9653 | |
| 168 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver | 63900 | 63900 | 0 | 475 | 1195 | 0.9418 | |
| 169 | Fordham University | 74500 | 143900 | 0.4824 | 10,582 | 1406 | 0.5931 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.