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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 | Savannah State University | 6800 | 29000 | 0.7651 | 2,966 | 925 | 0.4614 | |
| 2 | California Institute of Technology | 7400 | 91800 | 0.9194 | 987 | 1557 | 0.0257 | |
| 3 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 8000 | 36100 | 0.7793 | 10,051 | 1064 | 0.9234 | |
| 4 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8500 | 97100 | 0.9129 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0399 | |
| 5 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 10400 | 20400 | 0.4907 | 3,224 | 1085 | 0.7643 | |
| 6 | Valdosta State University | 10500 | 24800 | 0.5775 | 7,166 | 1015 | 0.7229 | |
| 7 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 11600 | 27800 | 0.5818 | 20,885 | 1420 | 0.1534 | |
| 8 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 29200 | 0.5745 | 38,040 | 1418 | 0.452 | |
| 9 | Fort Hays State University | 13100 | 22600 | 0.4231 | 10,172 | 1075 | 0.9026 | |
| 10 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 13400 | 25700 | 0.4784 | 28,674 | 980 | 0.9419 | |
| 11 | University of Michigan-Flint | 13700 | 46300 | 0.7039 | 5,011 | 1109 | 0.7046 | |
| 12 | East Texas A&M University | 13800 | 30000 | 0.5401 | 9,992 | 1045 | 0.9224 | |
| 12 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 13800 | 19400 | 0.2887 | 14,416 | 1210 | 0.8851 | |
| 14 | Dickinson State University | 14600 | 25000 | 0.4151 | 1,339 | 990 | 0.3702 | |
| 15 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 15000 | 37400 | 0.5984 | 7,622 | 1075 | 0.9254 | |
| 16 | Northern Kentucky University | 15300 | 25900 | 0.4098 | 10,163 | 1090 | 0.6765 | |
| 17 | Wayne State College | 15400 | 20300 | 0.2414 | 3,902 | 0 | 0 | |
| 18 | Alabama State University | 15500 | 24300 | 0.3632 | 3,521 | 945 | 0.9755 | |
| 19 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 15700 | 28700 | 0.453 | 6,761 | 1105 | 0.8475 | |
| 20 | Coastal Carolina University | 15800 | 27200 | 0.4192 | 10,811 | 1145 | 0.7527 | |
| 21 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver | 16100 | 38700 | 0.5837 | 482 | 1195 | 0.9565 | |
| 22 | University of California-Riverside | 16300 | 36500 | 0.553 | 22,600 | 1199 | 0.7639 | |
| 23 | University of Alaska Fairbanks | 16400 | 24400 | 0.3283 | 5,827 | 1157 | 0.6469 | |
| 24 | Goshen College | 16500 | 55900 | 0.705 | 780 | 995 | 0.8407 | |
| 24 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 16500 | 23400 | 0.2952 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8698 | |
| 26 | Northwestern University | 16600 | 89500 | 0.8149 | 9,399 | 1527 | 0.0769 | |
| 27 | Emporia State University | 16700 | 22900 | 0.2709 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 27 | Frostburg State University | 16700 | 26600 | 0.3719 | 3,422 | 1095 | 0.8918 | |
| 29 | Grove City College | 16800 | 39700 | 0.5776 | 2,341 | 1266 | 0.7232 | |
| 30 | Southern University at New Orleans | 17100 | 31000 | 0.4478 | 2,179 | 950 | 0.789 | |
| 31 | Westfield State University | 17300 | 33100 | 0.4779 | 3,868 | 1085 | 0.8141 | |
| 32 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 17600 | 44500 | 0.6041 | 352 | 1180 | 0.9647 | |
| 33 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 17900 | 43500 | 0.588 | 581 | 1132 | 0.9821 | |
| 34 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 18100 | 26600 | 0.3199 | 7,505 | 1073 | 0.9633 | |
| 35 | Boston College | 18200 | 97600 | 0.8133 | 10,314 | 1490 | 0.1643 | |
| 35 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18200 | 28600 | 0.3634 | 4,218 | 1030 | 0.9489 | |
| 37 | State University of New York at Oswego | 18400 | 27700 | 0.3356 | 5,517 | 1180 | 0.8055 | |
| 37 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 18400 | 35300 | 0.4784 | 1,813 | 1109 | 0.9484 | |
| 39 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 18700 | 25200 | 0.2575 | 6,835 | 1090 | 0.7147 | |
| 40 | Central Connecticut State University | 18800 | 34000 | 0.4466 | 8,170 | 1075 | 0.7333 | |
| 40 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 18800 | 39000 | 0.5174 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 42 | University of Houston-Victoria | 19700 | 35800 | 0.45 | 2,627 | 1095 | 0.959 | |
| 43 | Cleveland State University | 20100 | 30900 | 0.3491 | 9,482 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 43 | University of South Alabama | 20100 | 22400 | 0.1029 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 45 | Norwich University | 20200 | 73800 | 0.726 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 45 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 20200 | 41400 | 0.5117 | 502 | 1189 | 0.9641 | |
| 47 | Dakota State University | 20400 | 22500 | 0.0912 | 3,066 | 1192 | 0.8805 | |
| 47 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20400 | 29400 | 0.3056 | 5,255 | 1109 | 0.7295 | |
| 49 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 20600 | 57800 | 0.6431 | 1,932 | 1193 | 0.9278 | |
| 50 | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | 20700 | 25700 | 0.1947 | 10,632 | 1075 | 0.8859 | |
| 51 | University of Colorado Boulder | 20800 | 31900 | 0.3485 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7808 | |
| 52 | Luther College | 21300 | 71900 | 0.7033 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.7154 | |
| 53 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,221 | 1204 | 0.8854 | |
| 54 | Grand Valley State University | 22100 | 35900 | 0.3849 | 19,002 | 1084 | 0.8302 | |
| 55 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 22500 | 25400 | 0.1143 | 2,906 | 1125 | 0.4696 | |
| 56 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 22600 | 33600 | 0.3271 | 21,210 | 1148 | 0.9262 | |
| 57 | New Mexico Highlands University | 22700 | 27200 | 0.1653 | 1,603 | 0 | 0 | |
| 58 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 22800 | 53000 | 0.5693 | 1,472 | 1075 | 0.8459 | |
| 59 | Houghton University | 23100 | 44300 | 0.4786 | 1,162 | 1277 | 0.8866 | |
| 60 | Florida Memorial University | 23200 | 42000 | 0.4471 | 1,206 | 0 | 0.8526 | |
| 60 | Robert Morris University | 23200 | 58000 | 0.6011 | 4,325 | 1145 | 0.8989 | |
| 62 | San Jose State University | 23400 | 41100 | 0.4308 | 28,008 | 1124 | 0.8461 | |
| 63 | Dominican University | 23900 | 56000 | 0.5728 | 2,690 | 1005 | 0.9032 | |
| 64 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 24200 | 34400 | 0.2965 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 65 | Western Oregon University | 24600 | 24600 | 0 | 3,167 | 1040 | 0.981 | |
| 66 | Bradley University | 24700 | 50800 | 0.5137 | 3,596 | 1223 | 0.7676 | |
| 67 | Stockton University | 24900 | 32100 | 0.2242 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 68 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 25300 | 30600 | 0.1732 | 10,200 | 1325 | 0.6507 | |
| 68 | Pennsylvania Western University | 25300 | 34400 | 0.2643 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 70 | Doane University | 25500 | 71000 | 0.6412 | 1,315 | 1125 | 0.9801 | |
| 71 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 25600 | 40500 | 0.368 | 25,900 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 72 | Bethune-Cookman University | 25700 | 32700 | 0.2141 | 2,738 | 910 | 0.8824 | |
| 73 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 26000 | 28300 | 0.0806 | 3,375 | 1090 | 0.5876 | |
| 74 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 26200 | 28400 | 0.0802 | 14,504 | 1149 | 0.7637 | |
| 75 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 26300 | 37500 | 0.299 | 1,236 | 1193 | 0.9811 | |
| 76 | Columbia College | 26400 | 46900 | 0.4372 | 5,207 | 1145 | 0.4714 | |
| 76 | University of Alaska Anchorage | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 9,853 | 990 | 0.6652 | |
| 78 | Albright College | 26600 | 49300 | 0.4604 | 1,230 | 1050 | 0.7633 | |
| 79 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 26800 | 30100 | 0.109 | 5,086 | 1124 | 0.949 | |
| 79 | Northwood University | 26800 | 54500 | 0.5087 | 2,045 | 1055 | 0.6451 | |
| 81 | Kennesaw State University | 27400 | 27400 | 0 | 42,760 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 82 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 27500 | 41500 | 0.3371 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 83 | University of North Georgia | 27600 | 38600 | 0.2853 | 18,322 | 1100 | 0.6794 | |
| 84 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 27700 | 37700 | 0.2655 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 85 | Fairmont State University | 27800 | 32200 | 0.1367 | 3,088 | 970 | 0.9862 | |
| 85 | Syracuse University | 27800 | 83100 | 0.6653 | 15,957 | 1363 | 0.4592 | |
| 87 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28500 | 32300 | 0.1176 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 88 | Saint Xavier University | 28600 | 53700 | 0.4671 | 3,098 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 89 | Elmhurst University | 28900 | 67000 | 0.5689 | 3,213 | 1148 | 0.7364 | |
| 90 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29100 | 34000 | 0.1442 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 90 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 29100 | 29200 | 0.0034 | 18,288 | 1090 | 0.9068 | |
| 92 | George Fox University | 29200 | 69400 | 0.5796 | 3,354 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 93 | Jacksonville State University | 29300 | 38200 | 0.2328 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 94 | Morgan State University | 29400 | 41900 | 0.2986 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 95 | University of North Texas | 29500 | 37400 | 0.2111 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 96 | University of Toledo | 29700 | 42000 | 0.2926 | 11,013 | 1229 | 0.9202 | |
| 97 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 30200 | 39700 | 0.2394 | 4,487 | 1115 | 0.6726 | |
| 98 | Central College | 30300 | 36800 | 0.1767 | 1,084 | 1145 | 0.8617 | |
| 98 | Grambling State University | 30300 | 35300 | 0.1417 | 4,313 | 950 | 0.4486 | |
| 100 | Mercy University | 30400 | 44500 | 0.317 | 6,774 | 1135 | 0.8584 | |
| 100 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 30400 | 54700 | 0.4443 | 1,427 | 1025 | 0.4941 | |
| 102 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30500 | 54600 | 0.4411 | 3,163 | 1165 | 0.9347 | |
| 103 | Lincoln University | 30600 | 34500 | 0.1129 | 1,926 | 0 | 0 | |
| 104 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1161 | 0.9523 | |
| 105 | Hampton University | 31300 | 54800 | 0.4288 | 3,728 | 947 | 0.6225 | |
| 106 | Saint Michael's College | 31500 | 68500 | 0.5404 | 1,120 | 1240 | 0.8451 | |
| 107 | Angelo State University | 31600 | 35400 | 0.1068 | 9,702 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 108 | University of North Florida | 31800 | 33000 | 0.0364 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
| 109 | Washington Adventist University | 32100 | 37800 | 0.151 | 513 | 995 | 0.4618 | |
| 110 | University of Scranton | 32300 | 78700 | 0.5891 | 3,613 | 1250 | 0.8123 | |
| 111 | SUNY Brockport | 32400 | 35800 | 0.095 | 5,816 | 1195 | 0.7068 | |
| 112 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 32800 | 45100 | 0.2727 | 10,767 | 1326 | 0.7243 | |
| 113 | Suffolk University | 33200 | 70300 | 0.5277 | 4,326 | 1209 | 0.8233 | |
| 114 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 15,254 | 1080 | 0.8955 | |
| 115 | George Washington University | 33800 | 81800 | 0.5869 | 11,677 | 1430 | 0.4709 | |
| 115 | Salisbury University | 33800 | 41700 | 0.1892 | 6,288 | 1250 | 0.8747 | |
| 115 | Thomas Jefferson University | 33800 | 68100 | 0.5039 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8097 | |
| 118 | LeTourneau University | 33900 | 54800 | 0.3817 | 3,187 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 118 | SUNY at Fredonia | 33900 | 39600 | 0.1441 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 120 | Charleston Southern University | 34200 | 48400 | 0.2948 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 121 | University of South Florida | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 122 | Adelphi University | 35100 | 63300 | 0.4465 | 5,325 | 1237 | 0.6591 | |
| 122 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 35100 | 56700 | 0.381 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8304 | |
| 124 | Averett University | 35300 | 57200 | 0.3831 | 1,244 | 1054 | 0.5659 | |
| 125 | California Lutheran University | 35600 | 70000 | 0.4916 | 2,297 | 1254 | 0.7567 | |
| 126 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 36000 | 56300 | 0.3601 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 127 | Loyola University Maryland | 36100 | 78800 | 0.542 | 3,881 | 1303 | 0.7549 | |
| 128 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 36400 | 41600 | 0.1268 | 5,386 | 1050 | 0.9092 | |
| 129 | Furman University | 36700 | 82900 | 0.5571 | 2,383 | 1359 | 0.4295 | |
| 129 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 36700 | 38900 | 0.0586 | 23,329 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 131 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 36800 | 37100 | 0.0081 | 5,939 | 1065 | 0.5878 | |
| 132 | East Carolina University | 37100 | 40100 | 0.0748 | 21,445 | 1160 | 0.8921 | |
| 133 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 37700 | 38100 | 0.0105 | 2,884 | 1175 | 0.9677 | |
| 134 | Christopher Newport University | 37900 | 51000 | 0.2571 | 4,369 | 1189 | 0.8604 | |
| 135 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 38200 | 53100 | 0.2805 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 136 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 38900 | 38900 | 0 | 1,973 | 1189 | 0.8135 | |
| 137 | Stony Brook University | 39700 | 53000 | 0.2506 | 18,263 | 1410 | 0.4904 | |
| 138 | McKendree University | 39900 | 52200 | 0.2352 | 1,757 | 1098 | 0.7172 | |
| 139 | Rutgers University-Newark | 40100 | 57900 | 0.3073 | 7,989 | 1159 | 0.7136 | |
| 140 | Wayne State University | 40700 | 46200 | 0.1191 | 16,012 | 1174 | 0.8116 | |
| 141 | Pace University | 40900 | 74800 | 0.4531 | 8,038 | 1260 | 0.7592 | |
| 142 | Immaculata University | 41500 | 47900 | 0.1337 | 1,652 | 1245 | 0.8576 | |
| 143 | University of Mount Olive | 42100 | 50400 | 0.1643 | 1,944 | 1075 | 0.7575 | |
| 144 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4477 | 4,102 | 1115 | 0.7002 | |
| 144 | Radford University | 43500 | 45700 | 0.0499 | 6,161 | 1070 | 0.8953 | |
| 144 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43500 | 53600 | 0.1886 | 31,133 | 1463 | 0.4479 | |
| 147 | James Madison University | 45200 | 45200 | 0 | 20,973 | 1260 | 0.7152 | |
| 148 | University of Illinois Chicago | 45700 | 50600 | 0.0969 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 149 | Mercer University | 46200 | 63700 | 0.2749 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
| 149 | Towson University | 46200 | 46400 | 0.0043 | 16,264 | 1098 | 0.8197 | |
| 151 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 46300 | 46600 | 0.0064 | 6,139 | 1070 | 0.9052 | |
| 152 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 47600 | 67900 | 0.2989 | 3,965 | 1229 | 0.9121 | |
| 153 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 48000 | 55800 | 0.1398 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 154 | Drexel University | 48600 | 83900 | 0.4208 | 13,309 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 155 | University of Kentucky | 49000 | 58000 | 0.1565 | 25,534 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 156 | DePaul University | 49200 | 66000 | 0.2547 | 14,188 | 1254 | 0.7589 | |
| 157 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 49800 | 62200 | 0.1995 | 37,140 | 1406 | 0.4237 | |
| 158 | Ramapo College of New Jersey | 50600 | 55400 | 0.0867 | 5,444 | 1220 | 0.7064 | |
| 159 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 50800 | 84700 | 0.4003 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 160 | University of Utah | 51400 | 53700 | 0.0425 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 161 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 16,100 | 1219 | 0.7766 | |
| 162 | Dallas Baptist University | 56400 | 63400 | 0.1104 | 2,785 | 1109 | 0.8884 | |
| 163 | Molloy University | 59700 | 62300 | 0.0418 | 3,240 | 1199 | 0.8174 | |
| 164 | Thiel College | 60400 | 69100 | 0.1259 | 833 | 1065 | 0.7155 | |
| 165 | College of Charleston | 61200 | 61200 | 0 | 10,880 | 1255 | 0.6003 | |
| 166 | Clemson University | 61400 | 63700 | 0.0358 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 167 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 61900 | 64200 | 0.0358 | 1,880 | 1185 | 0.9867 | |
| 168 | Fordham University | 69600 | 95100 | 0.268 | 10,582 | 1406 | 0.5931 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.