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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 Alabama.
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 Alabama.
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 | 5500 | 43700 | 0.8746 | 5,534 | 1079 | 0.6734 | |
| 2 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 6900 | 41500 | 0.8345 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 3 | Northern Kentucky University | 8000 | 25900 | 0.692 | 10,136 | 1110 | 0.9666 | |
| 3 | Northwestern University | 8000 | 94200 | 0.9152 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 5 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8600 | 98000 | 0.9125 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 6 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 8900 | 72200 | 0.8771 | 10,368 | 1064 | 0.999 | |
| 7 | Portland State University | 9800 | 26100 | 0.6242 | 14,932 | 1174 | 0.8586 | |
| 7 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 9800 | 41400 | 0.7639 | 3,224 | 1085 | 0.7643 | |
| 9 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 10300 | 10300 | 0 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 10 | Concord University | 11000 | 49200 | 0.776 | 1,638 | 1015 | 0.9728 | |
| 10 | Savannah State University | 11000 | 50900 | 0.7842 | 2,966 | 950 | 1 | |
| 12 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 11200 | 39000 | 0.7131 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 13 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 11300 | 35700 | 0.683 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 13 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 11300 | 27800 | 0.5919 | 22,007 | 1427 | 0.1672 | |
| 15 | University of Illinois Chicago | 12100 | 30200 | 0.6002 | 24,260 | 1174 | 0.7576 | |
| 16 | Wayne State University | 12600 | 32900 | 0.6167 | 16,390 | 1183 | 0.8359 | |
| 17 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 13100 | 40500 | 0.6765 | 29,727 | 990 | 0.9229 | |
| 18 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 13500 | 13500 | 0 | 1,973 | 1189 | 0.8142 | |
| 19 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 13600 | 19400 | 0.299 | 14,865 | 1175 | 0.9113 | |
| 19 | University of North Florida | 13600 | 22400 | 0.3933 | 14,837 | 1124 | 0.6815 | |
| 21 | Coastal Carolina University | 13700 | 27200 | 0.4964 | 11,471 | 1160 | 0.7003 | |
| 21 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 13700 | 40800 | 0.6644 | 6,761 | 1105 | 0.8475 | |
| 21 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 61700 | 0.7774 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 21 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 13700 | 35000 | 0.6081 | 18,667 | 1090 | 0.9711 | |
| 25 | University of South Florida | 13800 | 22400 | 0.3843 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 26 | University of North Alabama | 14100 | 28200 | 0.5011 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 27 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 14300 | 26800 | 0.467 | 4,789 | 1040 | 0.6671 | |
| 28 | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | 14500 | 25700 | 0.4362 | 10,995 | 1090 | 0.7476 | |
| 29 | Central Connecticut State University | 14600 | 34200 | 0.5728 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 29 | Mercy University | 14600 | 46400 | 0.6858 | 6,692 | 1135 | 0.8724 | |
| 31 | University of California-Riverside | 15000 | 66000 | 0.7732 | 24,034 | 1199 | 0.8609 | |
| 31 | Wayne State College | 15000 | 30200 | 0.5039 | 3,886 | 0 | 1 | |
| 33 | Troy University | 15100 | 26800 | 0.4354 | 10,130 | 1075 | 0.9535 | |
| 34 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 15300 | 50100 | 0.6943 | 7,501 | 1055 | 0.9467 | |
| 35 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 15600 | 44000 | 0.6457 | 308 | 1144 | 0.9053 | |
| 36 | Grand Valley State University | 15700 | 28300 | 0.4445 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 37 | Jacksonville State University | 15800 | 38200 | 0.586 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 38 | Christopher Newport University | 16000 | 42800 | 0.6266 | 4,369 | 1189 | 0.8604 | |
| 39 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 16600 | 23400 | 0.291 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 40 | Boston College | 16900 | 97700 | 0.8273 | 9,677 | 1484 | 0.1422 | |
| 41 | Emporia State University | 17000 | 30900 | 0.4501 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 41 | Southern University at New Orleans | 17000 | 41700 | 0.5925 | 2,179 | 950 | 0.789 | |
| 41 | University of Colorado Boulder | 17000 | 31800 | 0.4656 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7809 | |
| 44 | Radford University | 17200 | 33100 | 0.4818 | 6,206 | 1050 | 0.8939 | |
| 45 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 17300 | 26600 | 0.35 | 7,747 | 1073 | 0.9617 | |
| 46 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 17500 | 36400 | 0.5186 | 2,710 | 1218 | 0.9374 | |
| 46 | Westfield State University | 17500 | 37600 | 0.5347 | 3,868 | 1105 | 0.8671 | |
| 48 | East Carolina University | 17600 | 26100 | 0.3256 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 48 | Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi | 17600 | 20700 | 0.1497 | 8,673 | 1095 | 0.9156 | |
| 50 | State University of New York at Oswego | 17700 | 27700 | 0.3609 | 5,293 | 1179 | 0.7989 | |
| 50 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 17700 | 44200 | 0.6002 | 1,829 | 1149 | 0.945 | |
| 52 | Morgan State University | 18000 | 42200 | 0.5739 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 53 | Angelo State University | 18100 | 23100 | 0.2191 | 10,103 | 1045 | 0.7981 | |
| 53 | James Madison University | 18100 | 28900 | 0.3735 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 53 | Texas A&M University-Victoria | 18100 | 45400 | 0.6018 | 2,627 | 1000 | 0.5253 | |
| 56 | Kennesaw State University | 18300 | 26700 | 0.3145 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 56 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 18300 | 44000 | 0.5837 | 586 | 1140 | 0.9577 | |
| 58 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 18400 | 69500 | 0.7358 | 711 | 1030 | 0.8214 | |
| 59 | San Jose State University | 18500 | 41100 | 0.5494 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 60 | Fairmont State University | 18600 | 30900 | 0.398 | 3,090 | 970 | 0.9862 | |
| 61 | Valdosta State University | 19100 | 29600 | 0.3546 | 7,199 | 1005 | 0.7769 | |
| 62 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 19200 | 45300 | 0.5759 | 504 | 1200 | 0.9095 | |
| 62 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 19200 | 54000 | 0.6441 | 3,991 | 1010 | 0.9654 | |
| 64 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 19300 | 40900 | 0.5287 | 1,078 | 1217 | 0.9646 | |
| 65 | Norwich University | 19500 | 100600 | 0.8065 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 66 | Pennsylvania Western University | 20000 | 30900 | 0.3529 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 67 | SUNY at Fredonia | 20100 | 53600 | 0.6248 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 68 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 20300 | 57800 | 0.648 | 1,109 | 1175 | 0.9088 | |
| 68 | Syracuse University | 20300 | 83600 | 0.7572 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 70 | Stockton University | 20400 | 32100 | 0.3643 | 7,583 | 1134 | 0.901 | |
| 70 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20400 | 57800 | 0.6468 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 72 | Alabama State University | 20700 | 43200 | 0.5219 | 3,521 | 945 | 0.9755 | |
| 72 | Grove City College | 20700 | 39700 | 0.4792 | 2,247 | 1248 | 0.667 | |
| 72 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 20700 | 40900 | 0.4944 | 1,709 | 1218 | 0.9653 | |
| 75 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 20900 | 40600 | 0.4864 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 76 | Tarleton State University | 21000 | 23000 | 0.087 | 17,556 | 1090 | 0.5386 | |
| 77 | Lincoln University | 21100 | 46500 | 0.5467 | 1,926 | 920 | 0 | |
| 78 | Luther College | 21300 | 75400 | 0.7183 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.8398 | |
| 78 | Thiel College | 21300 | 69100 | 0.6916 | 830 | 1065 | 0.7189 | |
| 80 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 21400 | 51900 | 0.5882 | 5,939 | 1065 | 0.5878 | |
| 80 | University of North Georgia | 21400 | 21400 | 0 | 19,321 | 1100 | 0.9618 | |
| 82 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 21700 | 33600 | 0.3539 | 21,469 | 1167 | 0.9061 | |
| 83 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 84 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 21900 | 39100 | 0.4402 | 2,907 | 1125 | 0.4696 | |
| 85 | Grambling State University | 22300 | 39600 | 0.4371 | 4,313 | 950 | 0.4486 | |
| 85 | Texas Southern University | 22300 | 25500 | 0.1257 | 6,844 | 915 | 0.9691 | |
| 87 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 22700 | 34200 | 0.3366 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 87 | Houghton University | 22700 | 51300 | 0.5576 | 958 | 1277 | 0.89 | |
| 89 | Robert Morris University | 23000 | 58000 | 0.6043 | 4,325 | 1145 | 0.8989 | |
| 89 | SUNY Brockport | 23000 | 51000 | 0.5487 | 5,816 | 1195 | 0.7068 | |
| 91 | Dakota State University | 23100 | 25600 | 0.0977 | 3,085 | 1174 | 0.9241 | |
| 92 | Florida Memorial University | 23300 | 51000 | 0.5426 | 1,206 | 0 | 0.8526 | |
| 93 | Columbia College | 23600 | 40200 | 0.413 | 876 | 1025 | 0.8878 | |
| 94 | Dominican University | 23700 | 56000 | 0.5761 | 2,642 | 1005 | 0.8879 | |
| 95 | Lamar University | 23900 | 37700 | 0.3659 | 8,387 | 1040 | 0.8353 | |
| 96 | University of North Texas | 24300 | 26100 | 0.0689 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 97 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 24400 | 47900 | 0.4902 | 2,280 | 1224 | 0.9675 | |
| 98 | Western Oregon University | 24600 | 24600 | 0 | 3,034 | 1120 | 0.8345 | |
| 99 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 24800 | 62800 | 0.6055 | 1,495 | 1075 | 0.8761 | |
| 100 | Fort Hays State University | 24900 | 28500 | 0.1285 | 10,172 | 1075 | 0.9026 | |
| 101 | Coppin State University | 25000 | 27500 | 0.091 | 1,908 | 950 | 0.4583 | |
| 102 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 25700 | 28300 | 0.0907 | 3,375 | 1090 | 0.5885 | |
| 102 | West Virginia Wesleyan College | 25700 | 53800 | 0.522 | 971 | 1030 | 0.9334 | |
| 104 | Northwood University | 25800 | 54500 | 0.5271 | 2,045 | 1055 | 0.6451 | |
| 105 | Loyola University Maryland | 26100 | 78800 | 0.6689 | 4,013 | 1329 | 0.6986 | |
| 105 | Stony Brook University | 26100 | 33200 | 0.2129 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 107 | Bemidji State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 3,751 | 1075 | 0.5598 | |
| 107 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 26400 | 49600 | 0.4674 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 109 | University of Akron Main Campus | 26500 | 28000 | 0.0535 | 11,691 | 1074 | 0.7722 | |
| 110 | University of Utah | 28400 | 32000 | 0.1114 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 111 | Bethune-Cookman University | 28800 | 32300 | 0.1082 | 2,739 | 910 | 0.8824 | |
| 112 | Cleveland State University | 28900 | 38600 | 0.2514 | 9,418 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 113 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29800 | 33000 | 0.0969 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 114 | California Lutheran University | 30000 | 71700 | 0.5818 | 2,160 | 1218 | 0.7631 | |
| 114 | Towson University | 30000 | 30100 | 0.0033 | 16,361 | 1082 | 0.8057 | |
| 116 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 30100 | 33200 | 0.0932 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 116 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 30100 | 30100 | 0 | 11,087 | 1326 | 0.7397 | |
| 118 | Saint Xavier University | 30200 | 58200 | 0.4808 | 3,100 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 118 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30200 | 54600 | 0.4463 | 3,120 | 1193 | 0.3992 | |
| 120 | Thomas Jefferson University | 30300 | 70000 | 0.5678 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 121 | University of Toledo | 30400 | 42000 | 0.2756 | 10,726 | 1134 | 0.8889 | |
| 122 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 2,082 | 1124 | 0.9576 | |
| 123 | Suffolk University | 31300 | 83500 | 0.6252 | 4,247 | 1209 | 0.8228 | |
| 124 | University of Kentucky | 31500 | 36500 | 0.1371 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 125 | Hampton University | 31600 | 54800 | 0.4233 | 4,046 | 1005 | 0.6358 | |
| 126 | Central College | 31900 | 38700 | 0.1758 | 1,050 | 1159 | 0.8698 | |
| 126 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 31900 | 35200 | 0.0938 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 128 | University of Scranton | 32300 | 78700 | 0.5902 | 3,689 | 1245 | 0.8006 | |
| 129 | Harding University | 33200 | 47800 | 0.3047 | 3,536 | 1184 | 0.7052 | |
| 130 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Schuylkill | 33600 | 45600 | 0.263 | 653 | 1145 | 0.7972 | |
| 131 | Elizabethtown College | 33700 | 57500 | 0.4137 | 1,935 | 1214 | 0.8892 | |
| 132 | Charleston Southern University | 33900 | 48400 | 0.3007 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 133 | Pace University | 34000 | 75700 | 0.5512 | 5,520 | 1273 | 0.7827 | |
| 134 | Salisbury University | 34100 | 41700 | 0.1823 | 6,477 | 1245 | 0.8826 | |
| 135 | George Washington University | 34300 | 81800 | 0.5808 | 11,495 | 1436 | 0.4713 | |
| 136 | Averett University | 34400 | 57600 | 0.4029 | 1,244 | 1054 | 0.5659 | |
| 137 | Adelphi University | 34800 | 63300 | 0.4511 | 5,097 | 1241 | 0.7215 | |
| 138 | University of South Alabama | 35400 | 40200 | 0.1195 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 139 | Bradley University | 35800 | 60300 | 0.4064 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 139 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 35800 | 56300 | 0.3652 | 5,687 | 1305 | 0.7863 | |
| 141 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 37100 | 40700 | 0.0876 | 3,893 | 1015 | 0.9839 | |
| 142 | Rowan University | 37200 | 53600 | 0.3058 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 143 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 37500 | 40100 | 0.064 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 144 | Frostburg State University | 37900 | 42500 | 0.1082 | 3,436 | 1095 | 0.907 | |
| 145 | Saint Michael's College | 39000 | 75800 | 0.4854 | 1,051 | 1280 | 0.8976 | |
| 146 | Elmhurst University | 40000 | 69600 | 0.4251 | 3,170 | 1133 | 0.7501 | |
| 147 | Drexel University | 40100 | 86400 | 0.5362 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 147 | Furman University | 40100 | 84600 | 0.5258 | 2,304 | 1372 | 0.4869 | |
| 149 | Immaculata University | 40200 | 48600 | 0.1729 | 1,889 | 1264 | 0.8656 | |
| 150 | McKendree University | 40300 | 52900 | 0.2376 | 1,757 | 1098 | 0.7172 | |
| 151 | University of Mount Olive | 41800 | 50400 | 0.1699 | 1,944 | 1075 | 0.7575 | |
| 152 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 42200 | 55300 | 0.2371 | 21,388 | 1369 | 0.5945 | |
| 153 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 42900 | 88100 | 0.5129 | 35,358 | 1448 | 0.1642 | |
| 154 | Merrimack College | 43300 | 78800 | 0.4501 | 4,123 | 1124 | 0.6927 | |
| 154 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43300 | 58500 | 0.2596 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 156 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 43900 | 71800 | 0.3886 | 4,182 | 1317 | 0.8783 | |
| 157 | Ramapo College of New Jersey | 44100 | 60000 | 0.2659 | 5,492 | 1210 | 0.7026 | |
| 158 | Mercer University | 45400 | 65400 | 0.3058 | 4,719 | 1263 | 0.643 | |
| 159 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 47500 | 57100 | 0.1681 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 160 | DePaul University | 49100 | 69400 | 0.2923 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 161 | College of Charleston | 49500 | 62300 | 0.2053 | 10,596 | 1234 | 0.73 | |
| 162 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 50300 | 52900 | 0.0485 | 14,834 | 1149 | 0.7803 | |
| 163 | Molloy University | 55800 | 62300 | 0.1044 | 3,396 | 1188 | 0.6633 | |
| 164 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58400 | 63600 | 0.0818 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 165 | Rutgers University-Newark | 60500 | 60500 | 0 | 7,989 | 1159 | 0.7136 | |
| 166 | Clemson University | 61100 | 63700 | 0.0403 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 167 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 61200 | 66900 | 0.0852 | 9,827 | 1329 | 0.6737 | |
| 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.