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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 California.
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 California.
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 |
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1 | CUNY Graduate School and University Center | 5200 | 34100 | 0.8462 | 3,237 | 0 | 0.3861 | |
2 | Antelope Valley Community College District | 5400 | 12900 | 0.5844 | 12,937 | 0 | 0.6296 | |
3 | California Institute of Technology | 6300 | 90300 | 0.9305 | 987 | 1557 | 0.0257 | |
4 | CUNY Brooklyn College | 7100 | 31800 | 0.7761 | 11,406 | 1110 | 0.5836 | |
5 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 7700 | 33400 | 0.7688 | 9,784 | 1005 | 0.9234 | |
5 | CUNY Bernard M Baruch College | 7700 | 34500 | 0.7776 | 16,060 | 1293 | 0.5117 | |
7 | University of Houston-Victoria | 7900 | 23500 | 0.6624 | 2,707 | 930 | 0.7671 | |
8 | CUNY Lehman College | 8100 | 35100 | 0.7684 | 11,176 | 1020 | 0.4601 | |
9 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 8700 | 30500 | 0.7161 | 3,207 | 1050 | 0.8034 | |
10 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 9600 | 94100 | 0.8976 | 9,007 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
11 | New Mexico Highlands University | 10300 | 21500 | 0.5225 | 1,710 | 945 | 0.9481 | |
11 | Valdosta State University | 10300 | 24800 | 0.5835 | 7,206 | 1015 | 0.7214 | |
13 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 10800 | 27200 | 0.6011 | 39,256 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
14 | Santa Monica College | 11400 | 20900 | 0.453 | 23,164 | 0 | 0.4384 | |
15 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 11500 | 24000 | 0.5226 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
16 | Christopher Newport University | 12000 | 33900 | 0.6472 | 4,407 | 1209 | 0.8796 | |
17 | Fairmont State University | 12200 | 21400 | 0.4279 | 3,060 | 1005 | 0.9924 | |
18 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 12700 | 37100 | 0.6584 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
19 | University of North Florida | 12800 | 22400 | 0.4266 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
20 | Radford University | 14000 | 21900 | 0.3628 | 6,143 | 1070 | 0.8953 | |
21 | Northeastern University | 14200 | 89900 | 0.8418 | 22,649 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
22 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver | 14600 | 35400 | 0.5883 | 464 | 1195 | 0.9565 | |
23 | Northwestern University | 14700 | 89500 | 0.8355 | 8,839 | 1513 | 0.0722 | |
23 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 14700 | 29300 | 0.4994 | 6,550 | 1140 | 0.7456 | |
23 | University of North Texas | 14700 | 25400 | 0.4198 | 37,529 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
23 | Wayne State College | 14700 | 26400 | 0.4417 | 3,898 | 1075 | 1 | |
27 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 14900 | 25800 | 0.4202 | 5,187 | 1005 | 0.9229 | |
28 | Alabama State University | 15100 | 28000 | 0.4624 | 3,322 | 945 | 0.9564 | |
29 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 15200 | 35700 | 0.5744 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
30 | Santa Ana College | 15400 | 41800 | 0.6322 | 26,073 | 0 | 0.0674 | |
31 | Southern University at New Orleans | 15800 | 31600 | 0.5012 | 1,773 | 885 | 0.6021 | |
32 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 16100 | 32400 | 0.5016 | 345 | 1180 | 0.9647 | |
32 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16100 | 64800 | 0.7523 | 21,075 | 1420 | 0.1534 | |
34 | Dickinson State University | 16300 | 26100 | 0.377 | 1,339 | 1005 | 0.3695 | |
35 | SUNY at Fredonia | 16400 | 27800 | 0.4086 | 2,839 | 1193 | 0.792 | |
36 | Goshen College | 17200 | 55700 | 0.6917 | 773 | 995 | 0.8404 | |
36 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 17200 | 33600 | 0.489 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
38 | Frostburg State University | 17300 | 26900 | 0.3579 | 2,619 | 1082 | 0.892 | |
39 | Boston College | 17600 | 94600 | 0.8144 | 9,654 | 1490 | 0.1619 | |
39 | SUNY Brockport | 17600 | 26200 | 0.3294 | 5,816 | 1195 | 0.7068 | |
41 | Georgia Southern University | 17700 | 23800 | 0.2544 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
42 | Morgan State University | 17800 | 19700 | 0.0938 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
43 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 18300 | 20300 | 0.1007 | 1,919 | 1245 | 0.7844 | |
44 | Coppin State University | 18600 | 43100 | 0.5676 | 1,810 | 950 | 0.4956 | |
44 | State University of New York at Oswego | 18600 | 27500 | 0.3252 | 5,515 | 1174 | 0.8057 | |
46 | Savannah State University | 18700 | 27300 | 0.3161 | 2,857 | 950 | 0.8368 | |
46 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 18700 | 27200 | 0.3108 | 31,112 | 1130 | 0.8129 | |
46 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 18700 | 27000 | 0.3058 | 7,505 | 1059 | 0.9633 | |
49 | Dakota State University | 19300 | 22500 | 0.1421 | 3,066 | 1192 | 0.8814 | |
49 | Wayne State University | 19300 | 32300 | 0.4012 | 15,371 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
49 | Western Oregon University | 19300 | 24600 | 0.217 | 3,343 | 1120 | 0.9871 | |
52 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 19500 | 51100 | 0.6177 | 1,477 | 1075 | 0.8068 | |
53 | University of Colorado Boulder | 19600 | 30600 | 0.3609 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
54 | East Carolina University | 19700 | 23800 | 0.1738 | 21,445 | 1120 | 0.8922 | |
55 | Florida Memorial University | 19800 | 46100 | 0.5694 | 1,299 | 0 | 0.7431 | |
55 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 19800 | 36200 | 0.454 | 40,978 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
57 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 20100 | 57800 | 0.6526 | 1,083 | 1205 | 0.9278 | |
58 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 20900 | 34400 | 0.3937 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
58 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27100 | 0.2269 | 30,994 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
60 | Cleveland State University | 21000 | 30900 | 0.3214 | 9,410 | 1005 | 0.913 | |
61 | Bradley University | 21300 | 50900 | 0.5824 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
62 | Rutgers University-Newark | 21500 | 38900 | 0.446 | 7,417 | 1214 | 0.7873 | |
63 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 22000 | 31400 | 0.2977 | 6,853 | 1090 | 0.7147 | |
64 | Robert Morris University | 22200 | 56300 | 0.6063 | 3,769 | 1180 | 0.9057 | |
65 | Luther College | 22300 | 70900 | 0.6849 | 1,341 | 1226 | 0.8402 | |
66 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 22700 | 39200 | 0.4196 | 28,674 | 980 | 0.9401 | |
67 | Averett University | 22800 | 57200 | 0.6008 | 1,180 | 1010 | 0.478 | |
67 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 22800 | 33800 | 0.3265 | 494 | 1204 | 0.9641 | |
69 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 22900 | 22900 | 0 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
69 | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | 22900 | 30300 | 0.2426 | 10,630 | 1075 | 0.7289 | |
71 | Ramapo College of New Jersey | 23000 | 34500 | 0.3345 | 5,444 | 1214 | 0.7064 | |
72 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 23100 | 62200 | 0.6282 | 686 | 1030 | 0.8649 | |
72 | Syracuse University | 23100 | 83100 | 0.7226 | 15,955 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
74 | University of Kentucky | 23300 | 36000 | 0.3523 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
75 | Bemidji State University | 23600 | 26400 | 0.1072 | 3,610 | 1110 | 0.9131 | |
75 | Elmhurst University | 23600 | 67000 | 0.6472 | 3,170 | 1148 | 0.7357 | |
75 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 23600 | 37400 | 0.3698 | 7,595 | 1075 | 0.9226 | |
78 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 23800 | 26600 | 0.1062 | 3,413 | 1085 | 0.5295 | |
79 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 24200 | 28000 | 0.1367 | 5,086 | 1000 | 0.9821 | |
79 | McKendree University | 24200 | 55500 | 0.5645 | 1,605 | 1098 | 0.6388 | |
81 | Dominican University | 24500 | 55500 | 0.5592 | 2,570 | 1035 | 0.9032 | |
81 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 24500 | 51700 | 0.5267 | 1,409 | 1110 | 0.6327 | |
83 | Houghton University | 24700 | 35500 | 0.3053 | 939 | 1277 | 0.8866 | |
84 | Westfield State University | 24800 | 39000 | 0.3649 | 3,767 | 1105 | 0.8671 | |
85 | Albright College | 24900 | 48700 | 0.4897 | 1,328 | 1050 | 0.8615 | |
86 | Fort Hays State University | 25400 | 35200 | 0.2772 | 10,206 | 1120 | 0.9177 | |
86 | Northwood University | 25400 | 54500 | 0.5334 | 1,989 | 1075 | 0.839 | |
86 | Pennsylvania Western University | 25400 | 35600 | 0.2853 | 7,586 | 1070 | 0.9433 | |
89 | Doane University | 25800 | 62800 | 0.5884 | 1,313 | 1125 | 0.9801 | |
89 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 25800 | 28600 | 0.0988 | 14,504 | 1145 | 0.7637 | |
89 | Kennesaw State University | 25800 | 27000 | 0.0425 | 44,419 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
92 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 25900 | 41900 | 0.3828 | 43,729 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
93 | Bethune-Cookman University | 26000 | 32700 | 0.2033 | 2,739 | 910 | 0.8824 | |
94 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 26100 | 36800 | 0.292 | 1,854 | 1185 | 0.9867 | |
95 | Emporia State University | 26200 | 37700 | 0.306 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
96 | Columbia College | 26400 | 41300 | 0.3597 | 876 | 1025 | 0.8878 | |
96 | Saint Xavier University | 26400 | 52000 | 0.4931 | 3,039 | 1125 | 0.8575 | |
98 | University of North Georgia | 26500 | 35500 | 0.2547 | 18,329 | 1100 | 0.6794 | |
99 | Norwich University | 26800 | 70900 | 0.6214 | 2,642 | 1209 | 0.7361 | |
99 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 26800 | 28000 | 0.041 | 11,721 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
101 | Grand Valley State University | 27100 | 35700 | 0.2422 | 18,962 | 1233 | 0.8302 | |
102 | Salisbury University | 27300 | 28700 | 0.0503 | 6,288 | 1250 | 0.8747 | |
103 | Lincoln University | 27500 | 40900 | 0.3286 | 1,707 | 920 | 0 | |
104 | George Fox University | 27800 | 67100 | 0.5853 | 3,401 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
104 | Jacksonville State University | 27800 | 38200 | 0.2732 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
106 | Concord University | 27900 | 46500 | 0.4009 | 1,609 | 990 | 0.9256 | |
106 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 27900 | 39700 | 0.296 | 4,478 | 1065 | 0.8132 | |
108 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 28000 | 28000 | 0 | 10,767 | 1326 | 0.7243 | |
109 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 28100 | 52900 | 0.468 | 36,970 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
110 | University of Utah | 28200 | 32000 | 0.1197 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
111 | Furman University | 28300 | 79600 | 0.6447 | 2,374 | 1359 | 0.4295 | |
112 | Elizabethtown College | 28400 | 54600 | 0.4791 | 1,901 | 1214 | 0.7787 | |
113 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 28600 | 53300 | 0.4624 | 3,163 | 1165 | 0.9347 | |
114 | University of South Alabama | 28700 | 35000 | 0.1785 | 9,205 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
115 | University of Toledo | 28800 | 32600 | 0.1175 | 11,013 | 1159 | 0.9202 | |
115 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 28800 | 30000 | 0.0382 | 18,428 | 1090 | 0.9529 | |
117 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28900 | 31500 | 0.0808 | 11,127 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
118 | Mercy University | 29000 | 44500 | 0.3472 | 6,769 | 1074 | 0.8584 | |
119 | San Jose State University | 29500 | 41000 | 0.2813 | 27,902 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
120 | Benedictine University | 29800 | 48900 | 0.3915 | 1,970 | 1150 | 0.9523 | |
120 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 29800 | 39500 | 0.2465 | 5,203 | 1118 | 0.744 | |
122 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Schuylkill | 29900 | 45200 | 0.3374 | 620 | 1115 | 0.9664 | |
123 | West Virginia Wesleyan College | 30000 | 52800 | 0.4325 | 938 | 1090 | 0.951 | |
124 | Northern Kentucky University | 30500 | 31600 | 0.0362 | 10,162 | 1090 | 0.8307 | |
125 | Washington Adventist University | 30700 | 37800 | 0.1866 | 605 | 951 | 0.4536 | |
126 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 30900 | 36700 | 0.1593 | 5,789 | 1115 | 0.5774 | |
127 | Harding University | 31000 | 43800 | 0.2928 | 3,523 | 1193 | 0.3942 | |
127 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 31000 | 84200 | 0.6313 | 33,921 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
129 | Angelo State University | 31100 | 35400 | 0.1224 | 9,778 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
130 | Hampton University | 31200 | 47000 | 0.3351 | 3,728 | 956 | 0.6225 | |
131 | Central College | 31300 | 36800 | 0.1506 | 1,081 | 1140 | 0.8617 | |
131 | Wilkes University | 31300 | 61900 | 0.4935 | 1,946 | 1153 | 0.9146 | |
133 | Saint Michael's College | 31500 | 68400 | 0.5398 | 1,120 | 1240 | 0.8451 | |
134 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 31700 | 44100 | 0.2821 | 578 | 1129 | 0.9821 | |
135 | University of Scranton | 31900 | 76300 | 0.5822 | 3,613 | 1220 | 0.812 | |
136 | Stockton University | 32000 | 44500 | 0.2798 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
137 | Tarleton State University | 32100 | 33300 | 0.0344 | 15,130 | 0 | 0.5256 | |
138 | California Lutheran University | 32200 | 64900 | 0.5031 | 2,297 | 1258 | 0.7567 | |
139 | Grambling State University | 32300 | 35300 | 0.0835 | 4,279 | 965 | 0.2368 | |
140 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 32700 | 54600 | 0.4017 | 12,108 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
141 | Thomas Jefferson University | 32800 | 67700 | 0.5161 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
142 | George Washington University | 33600 | 81800 | 0.5888 | 11,677 | 1421 | 0.4709 | |
142 | University of South Florida | 33600 | 34700 | 0.033 | 44,120 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
144 | College of Charleston | 33700 | 33700 | 0 | 10,880 | 1255 | 0.6003 | |
144 | LeTourneau University | 33700 | 54600 | 0.3835 | 3,184 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
146 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 33900 | 49600 | 0.3172 | 1,809 | 1109 | 0.9484 | |
147 | Coastal Carolina University | 34200 | 44700 | 0.2357 | 10,811 | 1145 | 0.7527 | |
147 | University of Mount Olive | 34200 | 35300 | 0.0324 | 1,937 | 945 | 0.7775 | |
149 | DePaul University | 34300 | 59100 | 0.4202 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
150 | Adelphi University | 34500 | 63300 | 0.4552 | 5,322 | 1218 | 0.6591 | |
150 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 34500 | 40900 | 0.1552 | 1,214 | 1203 | 0.9811 | |
152 | City University of Seattle | 35000 | 45400 | 0.2279 | 1,180 | 0 | 0.9025 | |
152 | Towson University | 35000 | 45700 | 0.2351 | 16,264 | 1093 | 0.8198 | |
154 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 35700 | 38100 | 0.0642 | 2,834 | 1175 | 0.9677 | |
155 | Mercer University | 36000 | 60500 | 0.4057 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
155 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 36000 | 51900 | 0.3052 | 5,546 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
157 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 36100 | 38900 | 0.0727 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
158 | University of Michigan-Flint | 36200 | 39400 | 0.0823 | 5,011 | 1103 | 0.7047 | |
159 | Stevenson University | 37000 | 59900 | 0.3829 | 3,087 | 1100 | 0.7891 | |
160 | Immaculata University | 37100 | 47800 | 0.2246 | 1,628 | 1245 | 0.8578 | |
161 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 37200 | 38400 | 0.0298 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
162 | Stony Brook University | 39200 | 53000 | 0.2609 | 18,263 | 1395 | 0.4904 | |
162 | University of California-Riverside | 39200 | 66400 | 0.4102 | 21,954 | 1199 | 0.7685 | |
164 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 39400 | 40500 | 0.0282 | 3,988 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
165 | Pace University | 39600 | 74100 | 0.466 | 8,019 | 1274 | 0.7592 | |
166 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 40700 | 54900 | 0.2579 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
167 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 40800 | 52900 | 0.2295 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
168 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 41400 | 56200 | 0.264 | 3,963 | 1229 | 0.9121 | |
169 | Merrimack College | 43200 | 78800 | 0.4522 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
170 | Loyola University Maryland | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4473 | 3,843 | 1309 | 0.7549 | |
171 | Suffolk University | 44800 | 73600 | 0.3907 | 4,275 | 1209 | 0.822 | |
172 | James Madison University | 45200 | 46400 | 0.0247 | 21,045 | 1260 | 0.7151 | |
173 | University of Illinois Chicago | 45500 | 48000 | 0.053 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
174 | Molloy University | 45900 | 62300 | 0.2625 | 3,235 | 1199 | 0.8174 | |
175 | Drexel University | 48200 | 82600 | 0.4169 | 12,896 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
176 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 48800 | 56400 | 0.1354 | 10,200 | 1346 | 0.6507 | |
177 | Rowan University | 52500 | 53600 | 0.0214 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
178 | Fordham University | 55400 | 94600 | 0.414 | 10,307 | 1415 | 0.5628 | |
179 | Clemson University | 58300 | 61100 | 0.0463 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
180 | Thiel College | 65600 | 69100 | 0.0513 | 830 | 1065 | 0.7189 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.