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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 | 4100 | 90800 | 0.9549 | 987 | 1557 | 0.0257 | |
| 2 | Antelope Valley Community College District | 4400 | 12900 | 0.6547 | 12,937 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | Santa Ana College | 4600 | 23100 | 0.8003 | 26,073 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 4700 | 40700 | 0.8836 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 5 | Santa Monica College | 6400 | 15500 | 0.5879 | 23,164 | 0 | 0.4384 | |
| 6 | University of Houston-Victoria | 7000 | 39700 | 0.8239 | 2,707 | 930 | 0.7671 | |
| 7 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 7900 | 27100 | 0.7074 | 28,674 | 980 | 0.9401 | |
| 8 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8400 | 98000 | 0.9146 | 9,157 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 9 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 9000 | 48800 | 0.8158 | 10,049 | 1005 | 0.9234 | |
| 10 | Fairmont State University | 9300 | 21400 | 0.5661 | 3,060 | 975 | 0.9924 | |
| 11 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 9400 | 36900 | 0.7455 | 3,207 | 1060 | 0.8034 | |
| 12 | Valdosta State University | 10400 | 24800 | 0.5815 | 7,206 | 1015 | 0.7214 | |
| 13 | Savannah State University | 11200 | 40400 | 0.722 | 2,857 | 950 | 0.8368 | |
| 13 | University of Michigan-Flint | 11200 | 45600 | 0.7541 | 5,011 | 1103 | 0.7047 | |
| 15 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 11300 | 51900 | 0.7827 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 15 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 11300 | 41800 | 0.7295 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 17 | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | 11600 | 25700 | 0.5492 | 10,656 | 1075 | 0.7289 | |
| 18 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 11800 | 27800 | 0.5765 | 21,075 | 1420 | 0.1534 | |
| 19 | University of Illinois Chicago | 11900 | 30400 | 0.6077 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 20 | East Texas A&M University | 12000 | 30000 | 0.6001 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 21 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 29100 | 0.5734 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 22 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 12600 | 23400 | 0.4621 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 23 | Fort Hays State University | 13500 | 40700 | 0.669 | 10,206 | 1110 | 0.9177 | |
| 24 | University of California-Riverside | 13700 | 36500 | 0.6244 | 22,599 | 1199 | 0.7685 | |
| 25 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 14000 | 46000 | 0.6953 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 26 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 14500 | 32200 | 0.5503 | 2,836 | 1135 | 0.3787 | |
| 26 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver | 14500 | 42500 | 0.6596 | 482 | 1195 | 0.9565 | |
| 28 | Grand Valley State University | 14800 | 25300 | 0.4155 | 19,002 | 1233 | 0.8302 | |
| 29 | Alabama State University | 15100 | 37900 | 0.6016 | 3,322 | 970 | 0.9564 | |
| 29 | University of North Georgia | 15100 | 48000 | 0.6857 | 18,329 | 1100 | 0.6794 | |
| 31 | Dickinson State University | 15200 | 25300 | 0.4 | 1,339 | 1005 | 0.3695 | |
| 32 | University of North Florida | 15400 | 33000 | 0.5337 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
| 33 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 15500 | 46800 | 0.6693 | 6,550 | 1110 | 0.7456 | |
| 34 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 15600 | 42600 | 0.6341 | 7,595 | 1075 | 0.9226 | |
| 34 | Wayne State College | 15600 | 20000 | 0.2199 | 3,902 | 0 | 1 | |
| 36 | James Madison University | 15800 | 28900 | 0.4537 | 21,112 | 1260 | 0.7151 | |
| 36 | New Mexico Highlands University | 15800 | 31500 | 0.4981 | 1,710 | 945 | 0.9481 | |
| 38 | Wayne State University | 16100 | 46200 | 0.6516 | 16,173 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
| 39 | Goshen College | 16200 | 55900 | 0.7096 | 780 | 995 | 0.8404 | |
| 39 | Jacksonville State University | 16200 | 36100 | 0.551 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 39 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 16200 | 29200 | 0.4454 | 18,667 | 1090 | 0.9711 | |
| 42 | SUNY at Fredonia | 16500 | 27800 | 0.407 | 2,876 | 1193 | 0.792 | |
| 43 | University of South Alabama | 16900 | 35200 | 0.5202 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 44 | Morgan State University | 17200 | 37200 | 0.5377 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 45 | Boston College | 17400 | 96200 | 0.8187 | 9,654 | 1490 | 0.1619 | |
| 46 | Westfield State University | 17500 | 36600 | 0.5213 | 3,868 | 1105 | 0.8671 | |
| 47 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 17600 | 52500 | 0.6647 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 48 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 17700 | 36500 | 0.5154 | 7,505 | 1059 | 0.9633 | |
| 49 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 17800 | 44900 | 0.6031 | 5,205 | 1118 | 0.744 | |
| 50 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 18100 | 42800 | 0.5765 | 581 | 1129 | 0.9821 | |
| 50 | Southern University at New Orleans | 18100 | 34200 | 0.4706 | 1,773 | 885 | 0.6021 | |
| 50 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 18100 | 27700 | 0.3461 | 31,112 | 1114 | 0.8129 | |
| 53 | Emporia State University | 18300 | 29800 | 0.3864 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 54 | Florida Memorial University | 18400 | 44900 | 0.5903 | 1,299 | 0 | 0.7431 | |
| 54 | Stockton University | 18400 | 44500 | 0.5868 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 56 | Angelo State University | 18500 | 23100 | 0.2005 | 9,779 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 56 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 18500 | 43800 | 0.5771 | 352 | 1180 | 0.9647 | |
| 58 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 19100 | 38100 | 0.4987 | 2,884 | 1175 | 0.9677 | |
| 59 | San Jose State University | 19500 | 33700 | 0.4214 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 60 | Central Connecticut State University | 19700 | 29500 | 0.332 | 8,170 | 1010 | 0.7333 | |
| 61 | Central College | 20200 | 36800 | 0.4509 | 1,084 | 1140 | 0.8617 | |
| 61 | Grove City College | 20200 | 39700 | 0.4918 | 2,341 | 1256 | 0.7232 | |
| 63 | State University of New York at Oswego | 20300 | 40200 | 0.4952 | 5,517 | 1164 | 0.8057 | |
| 64 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 20400 | 34400 | 0.4069 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 64 | Dakota State University | 20400 | 22500 | 0.0912 | 3,066 | 1192 | 0.8814 | |
| 66 | Pennsylvania Western University | 20500 | 26600 | 0.2292 | 7,586 | 0 | 0.9433 | |
| 67 | Northwestern University | 20600 | 89500 | 0.7702 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 68 | Lincoln University | 20700 | 24900 | 0.1686 | 1,707 | 920 | 0 | |
| 69 | East Carolina University | 20800 | 23800 | 0.1258 | 21,445 | 1120 | 0.8922 | |
| 69 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 20800 | 57800 | 0.6406 | 1,083 | 1171 | 0.9278 | |
| 71 | Bradley University | 21000 | 50800 | 0.5865 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 72 | Elmhurst University | 21100 | 67000 | 0.6853 | 3,170 | 1148 | 0.7357 | |
| 73 | Kennesaw State University | 21200 | 27200 | 0.2207 | 42,840 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 74 | Luther College | 21500 | 71900 | 0.7017 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.8402 | |
| 74 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 21500 | 38900 | 0.4469 | 1,919 | 1245 | 0.7844 | |
| 76 | Averett University | 22000 | 57200 | 0.6158 | 1,180 | 1070 | 0.478 | |
| 77 | SUNY Brockport | 22400 | 35100 | 0.3618 | 5,816 | 1195 | 0.7068 | |
| 78 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 22500 | 58100 | 0.6132 | 1,477 | 1075 | 0.8068 | |
| 79 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 22700 | 44400 | 0.4884 | 1,809 | 1109 | 0.9484 | |
| 80 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 22800 | 45200 | 0.496 | 502 | 1204 | 0.9641 | |
| 81 | Robert Morris University | 23300 | 58000 | 0.5986 | 3,769 | 1180 | 0.9057 | |
| 82 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 23500 | 26300 | 0.1066 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 83 | Grambling State University | 23600 | 34800 | 0.3215 | 4,279 | 955 | 0.2368 | |
| 84 | Albright College | 23700 | 49300 | 0.5192 | 1,328 | 1050 | 0.8615 | |
| 85 | Houghton University | 23800 | 61900 | 0.6158 | 939 | 1277 | 0.8866 | |
| 86 | University of Kentucky | 23900 | 36100 | 0.3383 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 87 | Dominican University | 24100 | 56000 | 0.5702 | 2,690 | 1060 | 0.9032 | |
| 87 | Norwich University | 24100 | 88400 | 0.7276 | 2,642 | 1182 | 0.7361 | |
| 89 | Northwood University | 25100 | 54500 | 0.5399 | 1,989 | 1075 | 0.839 | |
| 90 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 25400 | 39200 | 0.3521 | 4,478 | 1065 | 0.8132 | |
| 91 | Columbia College | 25700 | 51600 | 0.5023 | 876 | 1025 | 0.8878 | |
| 92 | Doane University | 26000 | 77700 | 0.665 | 1,323 | 1125 | 0.9801 | |
| 92 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 26000 | 43000 | 0.395 | 5,789 | 1060 | 0.5774 | |
| 94 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 26200 | 28300 | 0.0755 | 3,413 | 1095 | 0.5295 | |
| 95 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 26300 | 28400 | 0.0751 | 14,504 | 1145 | 0.7637 | |
| 96 | Bethune-Cookman University | 26500 | 32700 | 0.1897 | 2,739 | 910 | 0.8824 | |
| 96 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 26500 | 41500 | 0.3612 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 98 | Furman University | 26700 | 79600 | 0.6643 | 2,383 | 1359 | 0.4295 | |
| 99 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 26900 | 47900 | 0.4381 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 100 | Cleveland State University | 27300 | 37300 | 0.2682 | 9,418 | 1105 | 0.913 | |
| 100 | Syracuse University | 27300 | 83100 | 0.6714 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 102 | George Fox University | 27400 | 76800 | 0.6432 | 3,401 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 103 | Thomas Jefferson University | 27700 | 67700 | 0.5907 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 104 | Mercy University | 28400 | 44500 | 0.3619 | 6,775 | 1074 | 0.8584 | |
| 105 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28500 | 33400 | 0.1467 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 106 | Western Oregon University | 28800 | 28800 | 0 | 3,343 | 1120 | 0.9871 | |
| 107 | University of Toledo | 29500 | 32600 | 0.0961 | 11,013 | 1159 | 0.9202 | |
| 108 | Northern Kentucky University | 29700 | 32100 | 0.0748 | 10,163 | 1090 | 0.8307 | |
| 109 | Saint Xavier University | 29800 | 53600 | 0.4438 | 3,039 | 1125 | 0.8575 | |
| 110 | University of North Texas | 30100 | 37400 | 0.1951 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 111 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 30400 | 33600 | 0.0934 | 5,086 | 1000 | 0.9821 | |
| 112 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 30500 | 54700 | 0.4416 | 1,409 | 1110 | 0.5568 | |
| 113 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30700 | 54600 | 0.4385 | 3,163 | 1165 | 0.9347 | |
| 114 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1150 | 0.9523 | |
| 115 | Coastal Carolina University | 31000 | 45100 | 0.3127 | 10,811 | 1145 | 0.7527 | |
| 115 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 31000 | 36900 | 0.162 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 117 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 31300 | 31300 | 0 | 6,853 | 1090 | 0.7147 | |
| 118 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 31400 | 45100 | 0.3037 | 10,767 | 1326 | 0.7243 | |
| 119 | Washington Adventist University | 31900 | 37800 | 0.1562 | 605 | 951 | 0.4536 | |
| 120 | Hampton University | 32000 | 62400 | 0.4868 | 3,728 | 956 | 0.6225 | |
| 121 | Saint Michael's College | 32100 | 68500 | 0.5317 | 1,120 | 1240 | 0.8451 | |
| 122 | Suffolk University | 32500 | 69700 | 0.5341 | 4,324 | 1209 | 0.822 | |
| 122 | University of Scranton | 32500 | 78700 | 0.5872 | 3,613 | 1220 | 0.8029 | |
| 124 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 15,130 | 1095 | 0.5256 | |
| 125 | Frostburg State University | 33400 | 43000 | 0.2234 | 2,619 | 1095 | 0.892 | |
| 126 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 33600 | 58500 | 0.4262 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 127 | George Washington University | 33700 | 81800 | 0.5882 | 11,677 | 1421 | 0.4709 | |
| 128 | LeTourneau University | 34100 | 54800 | 0.378 | 3,184 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 129 | Charleston Southern University | 34300 | 48400 | 0.2918 | 2,914 | 1060 | 0.7609 | |
| 129 | Salisbury University | 34300 | 41700 | 0.1773 | 6,288 | 1250 | 0.8747 | |
| 131 | Christopher Newport University | 34500 | 36200 | 0.047 | 4,407 | 1209 | 0.8796 | |
| 131 | Pace University | 34500 | 74800 | 0.5387 | 8,038 | 1274 | 0.7592 | |
| 133 | University of South Florida | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 134 | Adelphi University | 35200 | 63300 | 0.4443 | 5,325 | 1218 | 0.6591 | |
| 135 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 36400 | 56800 | 0.3589 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 136 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 36700 | 67900 | 0.4594 | 3,965 | 1335 | 0.9121 | |
| 137 | Loyola University Maryland | 37100 | 78800 | 0.5293 | 3,881 | 1309 | 0.7549 | |
| 138 | Towson University | 37200 | 46400 | 0.1983 | 16,264 | 1093 | 0.8198 | |
| 139 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 37500 | 41600 | 0.0993 | 5,386 | 995 | 0.9092 | |
| 140 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38600 | 38600 | 0 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
| 141 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 38800 | 53400 | 0.2735 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 142 | Rutgers University-Newark | 39500 | 60500 | 0.3474 | 7,417 | 1214 | 0.7873 | |
| 143 | Stony Brook University | 39900 | 53000 | 0.2478 | 18,263 | 1404 | 0.4904 | |
| 144 | McKendree University | 40100 | 52200 | 0.2324 | 1,605 | 1098 | 0.6388 | |
| 145 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 42200 | 54700 | 0.2285 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 146 | University of Maryland-College Park | 42600 | 53400 | 0.2023 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 147 | Merrimack College | 43600 | 78800 | 0.4472 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
| 147 | Radford University | 43600 | 45700 | 0.0467 | 6,161 | 1070 | 0.8953 | |
| 149 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 43900 | 57100 | 0.2302 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 150 | Immaculata University | 44300 | 47800 | 0.0732 | 1,652 | 1245 | 0.8578 | |
| 151 | Mercer University | 47700 | 63700 | 0.2513 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
| 152 | University of Mount Olive | 48300 | 50400 | 0.0424 | 1,937 | 1020 | 0.7775 | |
| 153 | DePaul University | 48700 | 67100 | 0.2742 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 154 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 48800 | 61200 | 0.2032 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 154 | Drexel University | 48800 | 83800 | 0.4176 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 154 | Ramapo College of New Jersey | 48800 | 54600 | 0.1062 | 5,444 | 1214 | 0.7064 | |
| 157 | Molloy University | 48900 | 62300 | 0.2152 | 3,240 | 1199 | 0.8174 | |
| 158 | University of Utah | 51600 | 53700 | 0.0398 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 159 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
| 160 | California Lutheran University | 54200 | 70000 | 0.226 | 2,297 | 1258 | 0.7567 | |
| 161 | University of Colorado Boulder | 54600 | 56600 | 0.0353 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
| 162 | Dallas Baptist University | 55700 | 71900 | 0.2252 | 2,785 | 1104 | 0.8884 | |
| 163 | Thiel College | 60400 | 69100 | 0.1259 | 830 | 1065 | 0.7189 | |
| 164 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 60800 | 64100 | 0.0514 | 1,236 | 1203 | 0.9811 | |
| 165 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 61400 | 64200 | 0.0436 | 1,880 | 1185 | 0.9867 | |
| 166 | Clemson University | 61500 | 63700 | 0.0335 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 167 | College of Charleston | 61600 | 61600 | 0 | 10,880 | 1255 | 0.6003 | |
| 168 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 63500 | 63500 | 0 | 10,200 | 1346 | 0.6507 | |
| 169 | Fordham University | 70000 | 95000 | 0.263 | 10,582 | 1406 | 0.5931 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.