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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 | California Institute of Technology | 4900 | 90300 | 0.9456 | 987 | 1557 | 0.0257 | |
| 2 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 7100 | 94100 | 0.9248 | 9,157 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 3 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 8200 | 33400 | 0.7554 | 10,049 | 1005 | 0.9234 | |
| 4 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 9500 | 30500 | 0.6884 | 3,207 | 1050 | 0.8034 | |
| 5 | New Mexico Highlands University | 10400 | 21500 | 0.5158 | 1,710 | 945 | 0.9481 | |
| 6 | Valdosta State University | 10500 | 24800 | 0.5776 | 7,206 | 1015 | 0.7214 | |
| 7 | Savannah State University | 11600 | 17400 | 0.3327 | 2,857 | 950 | 0.8368 | |
| 8 | Christopher Newport University | 11800 | 33900 | 0.6518 | 4,407 | 1209 | 0.8796 | |
| 9 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 12500 | 34300 | 0.6352 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 10 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 13200 | 37100 | 0.6437 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 11 | Northern Kentucky University | 13300 | 25900 | 0.4873 | 10,163 | 1090 | 0.8307 | |
| 12 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 13400 | 24000 | 0.4416 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 13 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 32200 | 0.5744 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 14 | Fort Hays State University | 13800 | 22000 | 0.3729 | 10,206 | 1120 | 0.9177 | |
| 15 | University of South Florida | 14200 | 17100 | 0.1695 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 16 | Radford University | 14300 | 21900 | 0.347 | 6,161 | 1070 | 0.8953 | |
| 17 | University of North Florida | 14400 | 22400 | 0.3576 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
| 18 | Goshen College | 14700 | 55800 | 0.7363 | 780 | 995 | 0.8404 | |
| 19 | University of North Texas | 15500 | 25400 | 0.3904 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 20 | Dickinson State University | 15800 | 21600 | 0.269 | 1,339 | 1005 | 0.3695 | |
| 21 | Wayne State College | 15900 | 26400 | 0.3983 | 3,902 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 22 | University of California-Riverside | 16000 | 36500 | 0.5612 | 22,599 | 1199 | 0.7685 | |
| 23 | Southern University at New Orleans | 16200 | 31600 | 0.4872 | 1,773 | 885 | 0.6021 | |
| 23 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 16200 | 23400 | 0.3081 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 25 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 16300 | 28800 | 0.4339 | 7,595 | 1075 | 0.9226 | |
| 26 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 16600 | 32400 | 0.4879 | 352 | 1180 | 0.9647 | |
| 27 | Northwestern University | 16700 | 89500 | 0.8138 | 8,846 | 1513 | 0.0722 | |
| 27 | SUNY at Fredonia | 16700 | 27800 | 0.3998 | 2,876 | 1193 | 0.792 | |
| 27 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16700 | 64800 | 0.7426 | 21,075 | 1420 | 0.1534 | |
| 30 | Grand Valley State University | 16800 | 25300 | 0.3364 | 19,002 | 1233 | 0.8302 | |
| 31 | Northeastern University | 17400 | 89900 | 0.8068 | 22,695 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 32 | Frostburg State University | 18000 | 26900 | 0.3303 | 2,619 | 1082 | 0.892 | |
| 32 | SUNY Brockport | 18000 | 26200 | 0.3124 | 5,816 | 1195 | 0.7068 | |
| 34 | Georgia Southern University | 18400 | 23800 | 0.2273 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 34 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 18400 | 20300 | 0.0936 | 1,919 | 1245 | 0.7844 | |
| 36 | University of South Alabama | 18500 | 22400 | 0.1744 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 37 | Florida Memorial University | 18800 | 46100 | 0.5923 | 1,299 | 0 | 0.7431 | |
| 38 | Coppin State University | 19200 | 43100 | 0.555 | 1,810 | 950 | 0.4956 | |
| 38 | University of Illinois Chicago | 19200 | 30300 | 0.366 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 40 | University of Houston-Victoria | 19300 | 34400 | 0.4392 | 2,707 | 930 | 0.7671 | |
| 41 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Schuylkill | 19900 | 32900 | 0.3957 | 624 | 1115 | 0.9664 | |
| 42 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 20100 | 38800 | 0.4817 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 43 | Alabama State University | 20200 | 37400 | 0.4592 | 3,322 | 945 | 0.9564 | |
| 44 | Dakota State University | 20400 | 22500 | 0.0912 | 3,066 | 1192 | 0.8814 | |
| 45 | Central College | 20700 | 36800 | 0.4373 | 1,084 | 1140 | 0.8617 | |
| 45 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 20700 | 57800 | 0.6418 | 1,083 | 1205 | 0.9278 | |
| 47 | East Carolina University | 20800 | 23800 | 0.1258 | 21,445 | 1120 | 0.8922 | |
| 48 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27100 | 0.2289 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 49 | Luther College | 21400 | 71900 | 0.7025 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.8402 | |
| 50 | Rutgers University-Newark | 21500 | 38900 | 0.4474 | 7,417 | 1214 | 0.7873 | |
| 51 | Cleveland State University | 21700 | 30900 | 0.2974 | 9,418 | 1005 | 0.913 | |
| 52 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 22200 | 34400 | 0.3546 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 53 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 22400 | 28000 | 0.1999 | 5,789 | 1115 | 0.5774 | |
| 54 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 22500 | 33000 | 0.3179 | 581 | 1129 | 0.9821 | |
| 54 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 22500 | 32000 | 0.2967 | 5,205 | 1118 | 0.744 | |
| 56 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 22900 | 22900 | 0 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 57 | Bradley University | 23000 | 50900 | 0.5481 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 58 | Averett University | 23200 | 57200 | 0.5947 | 1,180 | 1010 | 0.478 | |
| 58 | Robert Morris University | 23200 | 58000 | 0.5998 | 3,769 | 1180 | 0.9057 | |
| 60 | Syracuse University | 23500 | 83100 | 0.7172 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 61 | University of Kentucky | 23800 | 36000 | 0.3397 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 62 | Dominican University | 24000 | 56000 | 0.5714 | 2,690 | 1035 | 0.9032 | |
| 62 | University of Alaska Anchorage | 24000 | 26400 | 0.0902 | 9,965 | 1095 | 0.5958 | |
| 64 | Bemidji State University | 24200 | 26400 | 0.0835 | 3,610 | 1110 | 0.9131 | |
| 65 | Grambling State University | 24300 | 26700 | 0.09 | 4,279 | 965 | 0.2368 | |
| 66 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 24400 | 26600 | 0.0828 | 3,413 | 1085 | 0.5295 | |
| 67 | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | 24500 | 30300 | 0.1915 | 10,656 | 1075 | 0.7289 | |
| 68 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 24700 | 39200 | 0.37 | 28,674 | 980 | 0.9401 | |
| 69 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 24800 | 28000 | 0.1144 | 5,086 | 1000 | 0.9821 | |
| 70 | Boston College | 25100 | 94600 | 0.7347 | 9,654 | 1490 | 0.1619 | |
| 71 | Houghton University | 25300 | 35500 | 0.2872 | 939 | 1277 | 0.8866 | |
| 72 | Elmhurst University | 25400 | 67000 | 0.6211 | 3,170 | 1148 | 0.7357 | |
| 72 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 25400 | 62200 | 0.592 | 686 | 1030 | 0.8649 | |
| 74 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 25600 | 35700 | 0.2831 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 75 | Bethune-Cookman University | 25800 | 32700 | 0.2111 | 2,739 | 910 | 0.8824 | |
| 76 | Northwood University | 25900 | 54500 | 0.5252 | 1,989 | 1075 | 0.839 | |
| 77 | Doane University | 26000 | 62800 | 0.5861 | 1,323 | 1125 | 0.9801 | |
| 78 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 26200 | 28400 | 0.0776 | 14,504 | 1145 | 0.7637 | |
| 78 | University of Alaska Fairbanks | 26200 | 39100 | 0.3295 | 5,912 | 1149 | 0.6212 | |
| 80 | Norwich University | 26300 | 70900 | 0.6293 | 2,642 | 1209 | 0.7361 | |
| 81 | Westfield State University | 26500 | 39000 | 0.3202 | 3,868 | 1105 | 0.8671 | |
| 82 | Columbia College | 26800 | 41300 | 0.3514 | 876 | 1025 | 0.8878 | |
| 82 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 26800 | 36800 | 0.2717 | 1,880 | 1185 | 0.9867 | |
| 84 | Kennesaw State University | 27000 | 27000 | 0 | 42,840 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 85 | Pennsylvania Western University | 27100 | 35600 | 0.239 | 7,586 | 1070 | 0.9433 | |
| 86 | Fairmont State University | 27200 | 32000 | 0.1502 | 3,060 | 1005 | 0.9924 | |
| 86 | University of North Georgia | 27200 | 35500 | 0.2337 | 18,329 | 1100 | 0.6794 | |
| 88 | Rowan University | 27400 | 40500 | 0.3234 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
| 89 | Emporia State University | 27500 | 37700 | 0.2703 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 90 | Saint Xavier University | 28300 | 52000 | 0.4557 | 3,039 | 1125 | 0.8575 | |
| 91 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 28500 | 41900 | 0.3197 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 91 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28500 | 31500 | 0.0953 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 93 | Jacksonville State University | 28700 | 38200 | 0.2485 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 94 | Western Oregon University | 28800 | 28800 | 0 | 3,343 | 1120 | 0.9871 | |
| 95 | Mercy University | 29000 | 44500 | 0.3485 | 6,775 | 1074 | 0.8584 | |
| 96 | George Fox University | 29100 | 67100 | 0.5667 | 3,401 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 96 | Lincoln University | 29100 | 40900 | 0.2884 | 1,707 | 920 | 0 | |
| 96 | West Virginia Wesleyan College | 29100 | 52800 | 0.4491 | 938 | 1090 | 0.951 | |
| 99 | Concord University | 29200 | 46500 | 0.372 | 1,609 | 990 | 0.9256 | |
| 99 | Furman University | 29200 | 79600 | 0.6329 | 2,383 | 1359 | 0.4295 | |
| 101 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 29300 | 39700 | 0.2621 | 4,478 | 1065 | 0.8132 | |
| 102 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 29900 | 30000 | 0.0033 | 18,428 | 1090 | 0.9529 | |
| 102 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 29900 | 36500 | 0.1809 | 7,505 | 1059 | 0.9633 | |
| 104 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 30100 | 38200 | 0.2123 | 6,550 | 1140 | 0.7456 | |
| 105 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 30200 | 51100 | 0.4092 | 1,477 | 1075 | 0.8068 | |
| 106 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 30400 | 54700 | 0.4429 | 1,409 | 1110 | 0.6327 | |
| 107 | Albright College | 30500 | 48700 | 0.3738 | 1,328 | 1050 | 0.8615 | |
| 108 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30600 | 54600 | 0.4397 | 3,163 | 1165 | 0.9347 | |
| 109 | San Jose State University | 30800 | 41000 | 0.2486 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 109 | University of Toledo | 30800 | 42000 | 0.267 | 11,013 | 1159 | 0.9202 | |
| 111 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1150 | 0.9523 | |
| 111 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 30900 | 36900 | 0.1639 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 113 | Thomas Jefferson University | 31300 | 67700 | 0.5375 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 114 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 31400 | 31400 | 0 | 6,853 | 1090 | 0.7147 | |
| 114 | State University of New York at Oswego | 31400 | 38300 | 0.1799 | 5,517 | 1174 | 0.8057 | |
| 116 | Washington Adventist University | 31500 | 37800 | 0.1668 | 605 | 950 | 0.4536 | |
| 117 | Angelo State University | 31700 | 35400 | 0.1047 | 9,779 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 117 | Saint Michael's College | 31700 | 68400 | 0.5362 | 1,120 | 1240 | 0.8451 | |
| 119 | CUNY Brooklyn College | 31800 | 31800 | 0 | 11,562 | 1110 | 0.5836 | |
| 120 | Hampton University | 32100 | 47000 | 0.3171 | 3,728 | 956 | 0.6225 | |
| 121 | University of Scranton | 32400 | 78700 | 0.5881 | 3,613 | 1220 | 0.812 | |
| 122 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver | 32500 | 40200 | 0.1917 | 482 | 1195 | 0.9565 | |
| 123 | California Lutheran University | 32600 | 65800 | 0.5042 | 2,297 | 1258 | 0.7567 | |
| 124 | Harding University | 32800 | 47000 | 0.3023 | 3,523 | 1193 | 0.3942 | |
| 124 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 32800 | 45200 | 0.2744 | 10,767 | 1326 | 0.7243 | |
| 126 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 15,130 | 0 | 0.5256 | |
| 127 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 33400 | 40900 | 0.1835 | 1,236 | 1203 | 0.9811 | |
| 128 | George Washington University | 33700 | 81800 | 0.5882 | 11,677 | 1421 | 0.4709 | |
| 129 | Elizabethtown College | 33800 | 54600 | 0.3812 | 1,903 | 1214 | 0.7787 | |
| 130 | LeTourneau University | 33900 | 54600 | 0.3791 | 3,184 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 131 | Wilkes University | 34100 | 61900 | 0.4492 | 1,956 | 1153 | 0.9146 | |
| 132 | Morgan State University | 34500 | 37200 | 0.0726 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 132 | Stockton University | 34500 | 44500 | 0.2248 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 134 | Adelphi University | 35100 | 63300 | 0.4454 | 5,325 | 1218 | 0.6591 | |
| 134 | City University of Seattle | 35100 | 45400 | 0.227 | 1,180 | 0 | 0.9025 | |
| 136 | DePaul University | 35200 | 59100 | 0.4042 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 137 | Stevenson University | 35300 | 59900 | 0.4105 | 3,106 | 1100 | 0.7891 | |
| 138 | Coastal Carolina University | 35600 | 44700 | 0.2034 | 10,811 | 1145 | 0.7527 | |
| 139 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 35700 | 49600 | 0.28 | 1,809 | 1109 | 0.9484 | |
| 140 | Salisbury University | 35800 | 40900 | 0.1248 | 6,288 | 1250 | 0.8747 | |
| 141 | Mercer University | 36200 | 60500 | 0.4017 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
| 142 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 36400 | 42400 | 0.1415 | 31,112 | 1130 | 0.8129 | |
| 143 | Immaculata University | 36900 | 47800 | 0.2278 | 1,652 | 1245 | 0.8578 | |
| 144 | Towson University | 37200 | 45700 | 0.186 | 16,264 | 1093 | 0.8198 | |
| 145 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 37400 | 41600 | 0.101 | 5,187 | 1005 | 0.9229 | |
| 146 | University of Michigan-Flint | 37600 | 39400 | 0.0457 | 5,011 | 1103 | 0.7047 | |
| 147 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 37900 | 38100 | 0.0052 | 2,884 | 1175 | 0.9677 | |
| 148 | Suffolk University | 38300 | 73600 | 0.4799 | 4,324 | 1209 | 0.822 | |
| 149 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38400 | 38400 | 0 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
| 150 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 38600 | 52900 | 0.2702 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 151 | Pace University | 39800 | 74100 | 0.4627 | 8,038 | 1274 | 0.7592 | |
| 151 | Stony Brook University | 39800 | 53000 | 0.2491 | 18,263 | 1395 | 0.4904 | |
| 151 | Wayne State University | 39800 | 45500 | 0.1252 | 16,173 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
| 154 | McKendree University | 40000 | 52200 | 0.2338 | 1,605 | 1098 | 0.6388 | |
| 155 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 40500 | 40500 | 0 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 155 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 40500 | 45400 | 0.1079 | 502 | 1204 | 0.9641 | |
| 157 | Loyola University Maryland | 41800 | 78800 | 0.4696 | 3,881 | 1309 | 0.7549 | |
| 158 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 43200 | 54900 | 0.2133 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 159 | CUNY Bernard M Baruch College | 43400 | 43400 | 0 | 16,086 | 1293 | 0.5117 | |
| 160 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4481 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
| 161 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 43800 | 57100 | 0.2315 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 162 | CUNY Graduate School and University Center | 43900 | 43900 | 0 | 3,237 | 0 | 0.3861 | |
| 163 | CUNY Lehman College | 44200 | 45800 | 0.0349 | 11,217 | 1020 | 0.4601 | |
| 164 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 46400 | 58900 | 0.2121 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 164 | James Madison University | 46400 | 46400 | 0 | 21,112 | 1260 | 0.7151 | |
| 166 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 47600 | 56200 | 0.1529 | 3,965 | 1229 | 0.9121 | |
| 167 | Ramapo College of New Jersey | 48100 | 48100 | 0 | 5,444 | 1214 | 0.7064 | |
| 168 | Molloy University | 48200 | 62300 | 0.2265 | 3,240 | 1199 | 0.8174 | |
| 168 | University of Mount Olive | 48200 | 50400 | 0.0438 | 1,937 | 945 | 0.7775 | |
| 170 | College of Charleston | 49300 | 59000 | 0.1644 | 10,880 | 1255 | 0.6003 | |
| 171 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 50600 | 56400 | 0.1028 | 10,200 | 1346 | 0.6507 | |
| 171 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 50600 | 52300 | 0.0325 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 173 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 50900 | 84200 | 0.3956 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 174 | Drexel University | 51100 | 82600 | 0.3812 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 174 | University of Colorado Boulder | 51100 | 56300 | 0.0923 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
| 176 | University of Utah | 51500 | 53700 | 0.0411 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 177 | Fordham University | 53100 | 94600 | 0.4389 | 10,307 | 1415 | 0.5628 | |
| 178 | Clemson University | 61400 | 63700 | 0.0346 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 179 | Thiel College | 68100 | 69100 | 0.0145 | 831 | 1065 | 0.7189 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.