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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | California Institute of Technology | 3900 | 90300 | 0.9566 | 987 | 1557 | 0.0257 | |
| 2 | Antelope Valley Community College District | 4500 | 12900 | 0.6524 | 12,937 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | Santa Ana College | 4600 | 23100 | 0.8003 | 26,073 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 6000 | 94100 | 0.9365 | 9,157 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 5 | Santa Monica College | 6400 | 15500 | 0.5879 | 23,164 | 0 | 0.4384 | |
| 6 | CUNY Bernard M Baruch College | 7400 | 34500 | 0.785 | 16,086 | 1293 | 0.5117 | |
| 7 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 9100 | 20000 | 0.5449 | 3,207 | 1050 | 0.8034 | |
| 8 | New Mexico Highlands University | 10400 | 21500 | 0.5158 | 1,710 | 945 | 0.9481 | |
| 8 | Valdosta State University | 10400 | 24800 | 0.5817 | 7,206 | 1015 | 0.7214 | |
| 10 | Christopher Newport University | 11900 | 33900 | 0.6489 | 4,407 | 1209 | 0.8796 | |
| 11 | Northern Kentucky University | 12400 | 25900 | 0.5221 | 10,163 | 1090 | 0.8307 | |
| 12 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 12700 | 37100 | 0.6572 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 13 | Fort Hays State University | 13000 | 22000 | 0.4093 | 10,206 | 1120 | 0.9177 | |
| 14 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 13400 | 19400 | 0.3093 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
| 14 | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | 13400 | 19600 | 0.3162 | 10,656 | 1075 | 0.7289 | |
| 16 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 32200 | 0.5744 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 17 | Radford University | 14300 | 21900 | 0.347 | 6,161 | 1070 | 0.8953 | |
| 18 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 14500 | 29300 | 0.5047 | 6,550 | 1140 | 0.7456 | |
| 18 | University of North Texas | 14500 | 25400 | 0.4298 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 20 | Goshen College | 14700 | 55800 | 0.7363 | 780 | 995 | 0.8404 | |
| 21 | Alabama State University | 15000 | 28000 | 0.4634 | 3,322 | 945 | 0.9564 | |
| 22 | Dickinson State University | 15200 | 21600 | 0.2969 | 1,339 | 1005 | 0.3695 | |
| 23 | Northeastern University | 15300 | 89900 | 0.8302 | 22,695 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 23 | Wayne State College | 15300 | 26400 | 0.421 | 3,902 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 25 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 15500 | 23400 | 0.338 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 25 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 15500 | 24800 | 0.3744 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 27 | James Madison University | 15600 | 28600 | 0.4538 | 21,112 | 1260 | 0.7151 | |
| 27 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 15600 | 25800 | 0.3959 | 5,187 | 1005 | 0.9229 | |
| 29 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 16000 | 26800 | 0.4032 | 4,478 | 1065 | 0.8132 | |
| 30 | Southern University at New Orleans | 16100 | 31600 | 0.4903 | 1,773 | 885 | 0.6021 | |
| 31 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 16300 | 42300 | 0.6149 | 10,049 | 1005 | 0.9234 | |
| 32 | University of California-Riverside | 16400 | 36500 | 0.5505 | 22,599 | 1199 | 0.7685 | |
| 33 | Emporia State University | 16700 | 27000 | 0.3817 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 33 | Northwestern University | 16700 | 89500 | 0.8138 | 8,846 | 1513 | 0.0722 | |
| 33 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16700 | 64800 | 0.7426 | 21,075 | 1420 | 0.1534 | |
| 36 | Frostburg State University | 17200 | 26900 | 0.36 | 2,619 | 1082 | 0.892 | |
| 37 | University of South Alabama | 17300 | 22400 | 0.2281 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 38 | University of Houston-Victoria | 17600 | 34400 | 0.4887 | 2,707 | 930 | 0.7671 | |
| 39 | Morgan State University | 17700 | 19700 | 0.1017 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 40 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 18200 | 20300 | 0.1034 | 1,919 | 1245 | 0.7844 | |
| 41 | Florida Memorial University | 18400 | 46100 | 0.601 | 1,299 | 0 | 0.7431 | |
| 41 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Schuylkill | 18400 | 32900 | 0.4413 | 624 | 1115 | 0.9664 | |
| 43 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 18700 | 27000 | 0.3079 | 7,505 | 1059 | 0.9633 | |
| 44 | San Jose State University | 18900 | 30000 | 0.3702 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 45 | Coppin State University | 19100 | 43100 | 0.5573 | 1,810 | 950 | 0.4956 | |
| 45 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 19100 | 27200 | 0.2981 | 31,112 | 1130 | 0.8129 | |
| 47 | University of Illinois Chicago | 19200 | 30300 | 0.366 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 48 | Wayne State University | 19300 | 32300 | 0.403 | 16,173 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
| 49 | Savannah State University | 19400 | 27300 | 0.2889 | 2,857 | 950 | 0.8368 | |
| 50 | Cleveland State University | 19600 | 37300 | 0.4748 | 9,418 | 1005 | 0.913 | |
| 50 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 19600 | 36200 | 0.4588 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 52 | University of Colorado Boulder | 20100 | 30600 | 0.3431 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
| 53 | Central College | 20200 | 36800 | 0.4509 | 1,084 | 1140 | 0.8617 | |
| 54 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 20700 | 57800 | 0.6418 | 1,083 | 1205 | 0.9278 | |
| 55 | Pennsylvania Western University | 20900 | 29400 | 0.2892 | 7,586 | 1070 | 0.9433 | |
| 55 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27100 | 0.2289 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 57 | Tarleton State University | 21000 | 23000 | 0.087 | 15,130 | 0 | 0.5256 | |
| 58 | Western Oregon University | 21300 | 24600 | 0.134 | 3,343 | 1120 | 0.9871 | |
| 59 | Luther College | 21400 | 71900 | 0.7025 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.8402 | |
| 60 | Rutgers University-Newark | 21500 | 38900 | 0.4474 | 7,417 | 1214 | 0.7873 | |
| 61 | Bradley University | 21700 | 50900 | 0.5737 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 62 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 22300 | 32000 | 0.303 | 5,205 | 1118 | 0.744 | |
| 63 | Dakota State University | 23100 | 25600 | 0.0977 | 3,066 | 1192 | 0.8814 | |
| 64 | Averett University | 23200 | 57200 | 0.5947 | 1,180 | 1010 | 0.478 | |
| 64 | Robert Morris University | 23200 | 58000 | 0.5998 | 3,769 | 1180 | 0.9057 | |
| 66 | Syracuse University | 23500 | 83100 | 0.7172 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 66 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 23500 | 39200 | 0.4006 | 28,674 | 980 | 0.9401 | |
| 68 | Dominican University | 24000 | 56000 | 0.5714 | 2,690 | 1035 | 0.9032 | |
| 68 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 24000 | 37400 | 0.358 | 7,595 | 1075 | 0.9226 | |
| 70 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 24100 | 32200 | 0.2515 | 10,200 | 1346 | 0.6507 | |
| 70 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 24100 | 62200 | 0.613 | 686 | 1030 | 0.8649 | |
| 72 | Bemidji State University | 24200 | 26400 | 0.0835 | 3,610 | 1110 | 0.9131 | |
| 73 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 24400 | 26600 | 0.0828 | 3,413 | 1085 | 0.5295 | |
| 74 | Elmhurst University | 24500 | 67000 | 0.6346 | 3,170 | 1148 | 0.7357 | |
| 75 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 24800 | 28000 | 0.1144 | 5,086 | 1000 | 0.9821 | |
| 76 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 24900 | 37400 | 0.3346 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 77 | Houghton University | 25000 | 35500 | 0.2956 | 939 | 1277 | 0.8866 | |
| 77 | University of Akron Main Campus | 25000 | 25000 | 0 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 79 | Boston College | 25100 | 94600 | 0.7347 | 9,654 | 1490 | 0.1619 | |
| 80 | Westfield State University | 25300 | 39000 | 0.3509 | 3,868 | 1105 | 0.8671 | |
| 81 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 25600 | 36500 | 0.2983 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 82 | Bethune-Cookman University | 25700 | 32700 | 0.2141 | 2,739 | 910 | 0.8824 | |
| 83 | Northwood University | 25800 | 54500 | 0.5271 | 1,989 | 1075 | 0.839 | |
| 83 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 25800 | 35700 | 0.2775 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 85 | Doane University | 26000 | 62800 | 0.5861 | 1,323 | 1125 | 0.9801 | |
| 85 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 26000 | 36800 | 0.2934 | 1,880 | 1185 | 0.9867 | |
| 87 | Norwich University | 26300 | 70900 | 0.6293 | 2,642 | 1209 | 0.7361 | |
| 88 | Georgia Southern University | 26400 | 26700 | 0.0112 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 89 | Columbia College | 26700 | 41300 | 0.3538 | 876 | 1025 | 0.8878 | |
| 90 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 26800 | 40300 | 0.3348 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 91 | University of North Georgia | 26900 | 35500 | 0.2422 | 18,329 | 1100 | 0.6794 | |
| 92 | Kennesaw State University | 27000 | 27000 | 0 | 42,840 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 92 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 27000 | 41900 | 0.3555 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 92 | Saint Xavier University | 27000 | 52000 | 0.4807 | 3,039 | 1125 | 0.8575 | |
| 95 | Fairmont State University | 27100 | 32000 | 0.1533 | 3,060 | 1005 | 0.9924 | |
| 96 | Rowan University | 27400 | 40500 | 0.3234 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
| 97 | Grand Valley State University | 27700 | 35700 | 0.2241 | 19,002 | 1233 | 0.8302 | |
| 98 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 28000 | 28000 | 0 | 10,767 | 1326 | 0.7243 | |
| 99 | George Fox University | 28300 | 67100 | 0.5787 | 3,401 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 99 | Jacksonville State University | 28300 | 38200 | 0.259 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 101 | Mercy University | 28400 | 44500 | 0.3619 | 6,775 | 1074 | 0.8584 | |
| 102 | Concord University | 28500 | 46500 | 0.387 | 1,609 | 990 | 0.9256 | |
| 103 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 28600 | 44100 | 0.3517 | 352 | 1180 | 0.9647 | |
| 104 | Lincoln University | 28800 | 40900 | 0.2957 | 1,707 | 920 | 0 | |
| 104 | University of Utah | 28800 | 32000 | 0.1002 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 106 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 29100 | 52900 | 0.4501 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 106 | West Virginia Wesleyan College | 29100 | 52800 | 0.4491 | 938 | 1090 | 0.951 | |
| 108 | Furman University | 29200 | 79600 | 0.6329 | 2,383 | 1359 | 0.4295 | |
| 109 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 29500 | 51100 | 0.4229 | 1,477 | 1075 | 0.8068 | |
| 110 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 29900 | 30000 | 0.0033 | 18,428 | 1090 | 0.9529 | |
| 111 | Albright College | 30400 | 48700 | 0.3758 | 1,328 | 1050 | 0.8615 | |
| 111 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 30400 | 54700 | 0.4429 | 1,409 | 1110 | 0.6327 | |
| 111 | SUNY at Fredonia | 30400 | 39600 | 0.2326 | 2,876 | 1193 | 0.792 | |
| 114 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30600 | 54600 | 0.4397 | 3,163 | 1165 | 0.9347 | |
| 115 | University of Toledo | 30800 | 42000 | 0.267 | 11,013 | 1159 | 0.9202 | |
| 116 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1150 | 0.9523 | |
| 116 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 30900 | 36900 | 0.1639 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 118 | SUNY Brockport | 31100 | 37900 | 0.1794 | 5,816 | 1195 | 0.7068 | |
| 119 | State University of New York at Oswego | 31300 | 38300 | 0.1825 | 5,517 | 1174 | 0.8057 | |
| 119 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 31300 | 36700 | 0.1472 | 5,789 | 1115 | 0.5774 | |
| 119 | Washington Adventist University | 31300 | 37800 | 0.1721 | 605 | 950 | 0.4536 | |
| 122 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 31400 | 31400 | 0 | 6,853 | 1090 | 0.7147 | |
| 122 | University of North Florida | 31400 | 37900 | 0.1715 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
| 124 | Thomas Jefferson University | 31600 | 67700 | 0.5331 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 125 | Angelo State University | 31700 | 35400 | 0.1047 | 9,779 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 126 | CUNY Brooklyn College | 31800 | 31800 | 0 | 11,562 | 1110 | 0.5836 | |
| 127 | Hampton University | 32000 | 47000 | 0.3192 | 3,728 | 956 | 0.6225 | |
| 127 | Saint Michael's College | 32000 | 68400 | 0.5319 | 1,120 | 1240 | 0.8451 | |
| 129 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 32400 | 44100 | 0.2652 | 581 | 1129 | 0.9821 | |
| 129 | University of Scranton | 32400 | 78700 | 0.5881 | 3,613 | 1220 | 0.812 | |
| 131 | Harding University | 32800 | 47000 | 0.3023 | 3,523 | 1193 | 0.3942 | |
| 131 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver | 32800 | 40200 | 0.1842 | 482 | 1195 | 0.9565 | |
| 133 | California Lutheran University | 32900 | 64900 | 0.4934 | 2,297 | 1258 | 0.7567 | |
| 133 | Grambling State University | 32900 | 35300 | 0.068 | 4,279 | 965 | 0.2368 | |
| 133 | Stockton University | 32900 | 44500 | 0.2608 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 136 | Wilkes University | 33000 | 61900 | 0.4661 | 1,956 | 1153 | 0.9146 | |
| 137 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 33500 | 40900 | 0.1811 | 1,236 | 1203 | 0.9811 | |
| 138 | Elizabethtown College | 33600 | 54600 | 0.3849 | 1,903 | 1214 | 0.7787 | |
| 139 | College of Charleston | 33700 | 33700 | 0 | 10,880 | 1255 | 0.6003 | |
| 139 | George Washington University | 33700 | 81800 | 0.5882 | 11,677 | 1421 | 0.4709 | |
| 141 | LeTourneau University | 34000 | 54600 | 0.3772 | 3,184 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 142 | CUNY Graduate School and University Center | 34100 | 34100 | 0 | 3,237 | 0 | 0.3861 | |
| 143 | DePaul University | 34700 | 59100 | 0.4127 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 143 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 34700 | 49600 | 0.3002 | 1,809 | 1109 | 0.9484 | |
| 143 | University of South Florida | 34700 | 34700 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 146 | Coastal Carolina University | 34800 | 44700 | 0.2213 | 10,811 | 1145 | 0.7527 | |
| 147 | Adelphi University | 35100 | 63300 | 0.4454 | 5,325 | 1218 | 0.6591 | |
| 147 | City University of Seattle | 35100 | 45400 | 0.227 | 1,180 | 0 | 0.9025 | |
| 149 | Stevenson University | 35300 | 59900 | 0.4105 | 3,106 | 1100 | 0.7891 | |
| 150 | Towson University | 36000 | 45700 | 0.2122 | 16,264 | 1093 | 0.8198 | |
| 151 | Salisbury University | 36100 | 40900 | 0.1175 | 6,288 | 1250 | 0.8747 | |
| 152 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 36500 | 38100 | 0.042 | 2,884 | 1175 | 0.9677 | |
| 153 | Mercer University | 36600 | 60500 | 0.3951 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
| 154 | University of Michigan-Flint | 36800 | 39400 | 0.066 | 5,011 | 1103 | 0.7047 | |
| 155 | East Carolina University | 37100 | 40100 | 0.0748 | 21,445 | 1120 | 0.8922 | |
| 156 | Immaculata University | 37300 | 47800 | 0.2194 | 1,652 | 1245 | 0.8578 | |
| 157 | Suffolk University | 38600 | 73600 | 0.4758 | 4,324 | 1209 | 0.822 | |
| 158 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 38900 | 52900 | 0.2645 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 159 | Pace University | 39700 | 74100 | 0.464 | 8,038 | 1274 | 0.7592 | |
| 160 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 39800 | 45400 | 0.1233 | 502 | 1204 | 0.9641 | |
| 160 | Stony Brook University | 39800 | 53000 | 0.2491 | 18,263 | 1395 | 0.4904 | |
| 162 | McKendree University | 40000 | 52200 | 0.2338 | 1,605 | 1098 | 0.6388 | |
| 163 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 40500 | 40500 | 0 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 164 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 41900 | 56200 | 0.2543 | 3,965 | 1229 | 0.9121 | |
| 165 | Loyola University Maryland | 42000 | 78800 | 0.4671 | 3,881 | 1309 | 0.7549 | |
| 166 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4481 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
| 167 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 43800 | 57100 | 0.2315 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 168 | CUNY Lehman College | 44000 | 45800 | 0.0393 | 11,217 | 1020 | 0.4601 | |
| 169 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 46400 | 58900 | 0.2121 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 170 | Ramapo College of New Jersey | 46900 | 48100 | 0.0249 | 5,444 | 1214 | 0.7064 | |
| 171 | University of Mount Olive | 48200 | 50400 | 0.0438 | 1,937 | 945 | 0.7775 | |
| 172 | Molloy University | 48300 | 62300 | 0.2249 | 3,240 | 1199 | 0.8174 | |
| 173 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 49800 | 52300 | 0.0478 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 174 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 50700 | 52900 | 0.0417 | 14,504 | 1145 | 0.7637 | |
| 175 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 50900 | 84200 | 0.3956 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 176 | University of Kentucky | 51000 | 56000 | 0.0893 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 177 | Drexel University | 51200 | 82600 | 0.38 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 178 | Fordham University | 52200 | 94600 | 0.4484 | 10,307 | 1415 | 0.5628 | |
| 179 | Clemson University | 61400 | 63700 | 0.0346 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 180 | Thiel College | 66600 | 69100 | 0.0362 | 831 | 1065 | 0.7189 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.