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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 | Antelope Valley Community College District | 4500 | 12900 | 0.6491 | 13,532 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | Santa Ana College | 4600 | 23100 | 0.8003 | 27,248 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | University of Michigan-Flint | 4600 | 43700 | 0.8952 | 5,534 | 1079 | 0.6734 | |
| 4 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 5100 | 40700 | 0.8738 | 35,358 | 1448 | 0.1642 | |
| 5 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 7500 | 36100 | 0.7932 | 10,368 | 1064 | 0.999 | |
| 6 | Northwestern University | 7700 | 94200 | 0.9183 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 7 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8600 | 98000 | 0.9125 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 8 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 9000 | 41400 | 0.7832 | 3,224 | 1085 | 0.7643 | |
| 9 | Portland State University | 9700 | 43300 | 0.776 | 14,932 | 1174 | 0.8586 | |
| 10 | Concord University | 10300 | 49200 | 0.7902 | 1,638 | 1015 | 0.9728 | |
| 11 | Fairmont State University | 10500 | 21600 | 0.513 | 3,090 | 970 | 0.9862 | |
| 11 | Savannah State University | 10500 | 50900 | 0.794 | 2,966 | 950 | 1 | |
| 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 | Central Connecticut State University | 11600 | 34200 | 0.6605 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 16 | Santa Monica College | 11700 | 33300 | 0.6478 | 23,453 | 0 | 1 | |
| 17 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 12300 | 30000 | 0.5901 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 18 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 12600 | 35000 | 0.6395 | 18,667 | 1090 | 0.9711 | |
| 19 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 12700 | 19400 | 0.3454 | 14,865 | 1175 | 0.9113 | |
| 19 | University of North Florida | 12700 | 22400 | 0.4336 | 14,837 | 1124 | 0.6815 | |
| 21 | University of South Florida | 12800 | 22400 | 0.429 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 22 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 13000 | 27100 | 0.5195 | 29,727 | 990 | 0.9229 | |
| 22 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 13000 | 40800 | 0.6816 | 6,761 | 1105 | 0.8475 | |
| 24 | Coastal Carolina University | 13100 | 27200 | 0.5185 | 11,471 | 1160 | 0.7003 | |
| 25 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 13600 | 26800 | 0.4932 | 4,789 | 1040 | 0.6671 | |
| 25 | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | 13600 | 19600 | 0.306 | 10,995 | 1090 | 0.7476 | |
| 27 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 61700 | 0.7774 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 28 | University of California-Riverside | 14300 | 36500 | 0.608 | 24,034 | 1199 | 0.8609 | |
| 29 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 14400 | 50100 | 0.7122 | 7,501 | 1055 | 0.9467 | |
| 30 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 14500 | 44000 | 0.6708 | 308 | 1144 | 0.9053 | |
| 30 | Wayne State College | 14500 | 30200 | 0.5205 | 3,886 | 0 | 1 | |
| 32 | Mercy University | 14600 | 46400 | 0.6858 | 6,692 | 1135 | 0.8724 | |
| 33 | Coppin State University | 14800 | 25300 | 0.4145 | 1,908 | 950 | 0.4583 | |
| 34 | Jacksonville State University | 15300 | 38200 | 0.5991 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 35 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver | 15800 | 43700 | 0.6379 | 475 | 1195 | 0.9418 | |
| 36 | Emporia State University | 16200 | 30900 | 0.476 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 36 | Southern University at New Orleans | 16200 | 41700 | 0.6117 | 2,179 | 950 | 0.789 | |
| 38 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 16300 | 27800 | 0.4141 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 39 | University of South Alabama | 16600 | 22400 | 0.2594 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 39 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 16600 | 36500 | 0.5455 | 7,747 | 1073 | 0.9617 | |
| 41 | Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi | 16800 | 28900 | 0.4193 | 8,673 | 1095 | 0.9156 | |
| 42 | Boston College | 16900 | 97700 | 0.8273 | 9,677 | 1484 | 0.1422 | |
| 42 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 16900 | 44200 | 0.6183 | 1,829 | 1149 | 0.945 | |
| 44 | SUNY at Fredonia | 17100 | 27800 | 0.3854 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 44 | University of Kentucky | 17100 | 36500 | 0.5315 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 46 | Morgan State University | 17300 | 42200 | 0.5905 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 46 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 17300 | 44000 | 0.6064 | 586 | 1140 | 0.9577 | |
| 48 | State University of New York at Oswego | 17500 | 27700 | 0.3681 | 5,293 | 1179 | 0.7989 | |
| 48 | Westfield State University | 17500 | 37600 | 0.5347 | 3,868 | 1105 | 0.8671 | |
| 50 | East Carolina University | 17600 | 26100 | 0.3256 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 51 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 17700 | 69500 | 0.7458 | 711 | 1030 | 0.8214 | |
| 51 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 17700 | 25200 | 0.2972 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 51 | Texas A&M University-Victoria | 17700 | 45400 | 0.6106 | 2,627 | 1000 | 0.5253 | |
| 54 | Kennesaw State University | 17800 | 27400 | 0.3501 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 55 | San Jose State University | 18000 | 41200 | 0.5618 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 56 | Angelo State University | 18100 | 23100 | 0.2191 | 10,103 | 1045 | 0.7981 | |
| 57 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 18300 | 45300 | 0.5957 | 504 | 1200 | 0.9095 | |
| 57 | Ramapo College of New Jersey | 18300 | 36700 | 0.5027 | 5,492 | 1210 | 0.7026 | |
| 59 | Valdosta State University | 18500 | 29600 | 0.3749 | 7,199 | 1005 | 0.7769 | |
| 60 | Norwich University | 18700 | 100600 | 0.8144 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 60 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18700 | 54000 | 0.6534 | 3,991 | 1010 | 0.9654 | |
| 62 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 19100 | 38900 | 0.5085 | 1,973 | 1189 | 0.8142 | |
| 63 | Rutgers University-Newark | 19200 | 39200 | 0.5107 | 7,989 | 1159 | 0.7136 | |
| 64 | Rowan University | 19600 | 41300 | 0.5257 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 65 | Stockton University | 19800 | 45800 | 0.5678 | 7,583 | 1134 | 0.901 | |
| 66 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 19900 | 57800 | 0.6554 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 67 | Grove City College | 20200 | 39700 | 0.4918 | 2,247 | 1248 | 0.667 | |
| 67 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 20200 | 38100 | 0.4698 | 2,710 | 1218 | 0.9374 | |
| 69 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 20300 | 57800 | 0.648 | 1,109 | 1175 | 0.9088 | |
| 69 | Syracuse University | 20300 | 83600 | 0.7572 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 71 | Dakota State University | 20400 | 22500 | 0.0912 | 3,085 | 1174 | 0.9241 | |
| 72 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 20700 | 40900 | 0.4944 | 1,709 | 1218 | 0.9653 | |
| 73 | Thiel College | 20800 | 69100 | 0.6988 | 830 | 1065 | 0.7189 | |
| 74 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27100 | 0.2287 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 75 | Grambling State University | 21000 | 39600 | 0.47 | 4,313 | 950 | 0.4486 | |
| 75 | Lincoln University | 21000 | 46500 | 0.5488 | 1,926 | 920 | 0 | |
| 77 | Texas Southern University | 21100 | 38900 | 0.4576 | 6,844 | 915 | 0.9691 | |
| 77 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 21100 | 51900 | 0.594 | 5,939 | 1065 | 0.5878 | |
| 79 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 21200 | 41600 | 0.4904 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 80 | Luther College | 21300 | 75400 | 0.7183 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.8398 | |
| 80 | Western Oregon University | 21300 | 24600 | 0.134 | 3,034 | 1120 | 0.8345 | |
| 82 | Salisbury University | 21400 | 29300 | 0.2697 | 6,477 | 1245 | 0.8826 | |
| 83 | Alabama State University | 21700 | 43200 | 0.4979 | 3,521 | 945 | 0.9755 | |
| 84 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 21900 | 39100 | 0.4402 | 2,907 | 1125 | 0.4696 | |
| 84 | Grand Valley State University | 21900 | 36200 | 0.3949 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 86 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 22200 | 53400 | 0.5847 | 21,469 | 1167 | 0.9061 | |
| 87 | Pennsylvania Western University | 22500 | 34400 | 0.3456 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 88 | Houghton University | 22700 | 51300 | 0.5576 | 958 | 1277 | 0.89 | |
| 89 | SUNY Brockport | 22900 | 51000 | 0.5507 | 5,816 | 1195 | 0.7068 | |
| 90 | Lamar University | 23000 | 37700 | 0.3897 | 8,387 | 1040 | 0.8353 | |
| 90 | Robert Morris University | 23000 | 58000 | 0.6043 | 4,325 | 1145 | 0.8989 | |
| 92 | Florida Memorial University | 23100 | 51000 | 0.5466 | 1,206 | 0 | 0.8526 | |
| 93 | Columbia College | 23500 | 40200 | 0.4155 | 876 | 1025 | 0.8878 | |
| 93 | University of North Texas | 23500 | 37400 | 0.3714 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 95 | Dominican University | 23700 | 56000 | 0.5761 | 2,642 | 1005 | 0.8879 | |
| 95 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 23700 | 47900 | 0.5048 | 2,280 | 1224 | 0.9675 | |
| 97 | Fort Hays State University | 24500 | 28500 | 0.1425 | 10,172 | 1075 | 0.9026 | |
| 98 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 24600 | 36800 | 0.3317 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 99 | Christopher Newport University | 24700 | 50600 | 0.5119 | 4,369 | 1189 | 0.8604 | |
| 100 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 24800 | 62800 | 0.6055 | 1,495 | 1075 | 0.8761 | |
| 101 | Loyola University Maryland | 25400 | 78800 | 0.6778 | 4,013 | 1329 | 0.6986 | |
| 102 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 25700 | 28300 | 0.0907 | 3,375 | 1090 | 0.5885 | |
| 102 | Northwood University | 25700 | 54500 | 0.5289 | 2,045 | 1055 | 0.6451 | |
| 102 | West Virginia Wesleyan College | 25700 | 53800 | 0.522 | 971 | 1030 | 0.9334 | |
| 105 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 25800 | 49600 | 0.4795 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 106 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 25900 | 28400 | 0.0902 | 14,834 | 1149 | 0.7803 | |
| 106 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 25900 | 40600 | 0.362 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 108 | Bemidji State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 3,751 | 1075 | 0.5598 | |
| 109 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 26500 | 30100 | 0.1185 | 3,893 | 1015 | 0.9839 | |
| 110 | Wayne State University | 27900 | 46800 | 0.4041 | 16,390 | 1183 | 0.8359 | |
| 111 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28500 | 36500 | 0.2194 | 11,691 | 1074 | 0.7722 | |
| 112 | Bethune-Cookman University | 28700 | 32300 | 0.1113 | 2,739 | 910 | 0.8824 | |
| 113 | Clemson University | 28800 | 37100 | 0.2253 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 114 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29100 | 34200 | 0.149 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 115 | Saint Xavier University | 29200 | 58200 | 0.498 | 3,100 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 116 | Cleveland State University | 29400 | 38600 | 0.2385 | 9,418 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 117 | Thomas Jefferson University | 29500 | 70000 | 0.5792 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 118 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30200 | 54600 | 0.4463 | 3,120 | 1193 | 0.3992 | |
| 119 | University of Toledo | 30400 | 42000 | 0.2756 | 10,726 | 1134 | 0.8889 | |
| 120 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 30500 | 36900 | 0.1737 | 5,687 | 1305 | 0.7863 | |
| 121 | Suffolk University | 30800 | 83500 | 0.6312 | 4,247 | 1209 | 0.8228 | |
| 122 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 2,082 | 1124 | 0.9576 | |
| 123 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 31000 | 59400 | 0.4781 | 11,087 | 1326 | 0.7397 | |
| 124 | Hampton University | 31500 | 54800 | 0.4252 | 4,046 | 1005 | 0.6358 | |
| 125 | Northern Kentucky University | 31600 | 32100 | 0.0156 | 10,136 | 1110 | 0.9666 | |
| 126 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 31900 | 35200 | 0.0938 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 127 | Central College | 32000 | 38700 | 0.1732 | 1,050 | 1159 | 0.8698 | |
| 128 | Furman University | 32100 | 84600 | 0.6203 | 2,304 | 1372 | 0.4869 | |
| 129 | University of Scranton | 32300 | 78700 | 0.5902 | 3,689 | 1245 | 0.8006 | |
| 130 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Schuylkill | 32900 | 45600 | 0.2784 | 653 | 1145 | 0.7972 | |
| 131 | Harding University | 33200 | 47800 | 0.3047 | 3,536 | 1184 | 0.7052 | |
| 132 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 17,556 | 1090 | 0.5386 | |
| 133 | Elizabethtown College | 33500 | 57500 | 0.4172 | 1,935 | 1214 | 0.8892 | |
| 134 | Pace University | 33700 | 75700 | 0.5551 | 5,520 | 1273 | 0.7827 | |
| 135 | Charleston Southern University | 33900 | 48400 | 0.3007 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 136 | University of Illinois Chicago | 34000 | 51300 | 0.3371 | 24,260 | 1174 | 0.7576 | |
| 137 | George Washington University | 34300 | 81800 | 0.5808 | 11,495 | 1436 | 0.4713 | |
| 138 | Averett University | 34400 | 57600 | 0.4029 | 1,244 | 1054 | 0.5659 | |
| 139 | Adelphi University | 34800 | 63300 | 0.4511 | 5,097 | 1241 | 0.7215 | |
| 140 | Bradley University | 35000 | 60300 | 0.4197 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 141 | Frostburg State University | 37200 | 42500 | 0.1247 | 3,436 | 1095 | 0.907 | |
| 142 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 38400 | 71800 | 0.4652 | 4,182 | 1317 | 0.8783 | |
| 143 | Drexel University | 39200 | 86400 | 0.5466 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 144 | Saint Michael's College | 39300 | 75800 | 0.4814 | 1,051 | 1280 | 0.8976 | |
| 145 | Stony Brook University | 39400 | 53000 | 0.2559 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 146 | Immaculata University | 39800 | 48600 | 0.1811 | 1,889 | 1264 | 0.8656 | |
| 147 | Elmhurst University | 40000 | 69600 | 0.4251 | 3,170 | 1133 | 0.7501 | |
| 148 | McKendree University | 40300 | 52900 | 0.2376 | 1,757 | 1098 | 0.7172 | |
| 149 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 40800 | 55300 | 0.2624 | 21,388 | 1369 | 0.5945 | |
| 150 | University of Mount Olive | 41800 | 50400 | 0.1699 | 1,944 | 1075 | 0.7575 | |
| 151 | James Madison University | 43100 | 45100 | 0.0443 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 152 | Merrimack College | 43300 | 78800 | 0.4501 | 4,123 | 1124 | 0.6927 | |
| 153 | Radford University | 45000 | 47600 | 0.0539 | 6,206 | 1050 | 0.8939 | |
| 154 | Mercer University | 45400 | 65400 | 0.3058 | 4,719 | 1263 | 0.643 | |
| 155 | Towson University | 46200 | 46400 | 0.0043 | 16,361 | 1082 | 0.8057 | |
| 156 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 46900 | 57100 | 0.1786 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 157 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47200 | 61500 | 0.2335 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 158 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 48300 | 61200 | 0.2102 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 159 | DePaul University | 49000 | 69400 | 0.2938 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 160 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 49200 | 58800 | 0.1628 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 161 | College of Charleston | 49900 | 62300 | 0.1989 | 10,596 | 1234 | 0.73 | |
| 161 | University of North Georgia | 49900 | 57000 | 0.1245 | 19,321 | 1100 | 0.9618 | |
| 163 | University of Utah | 51100 | 53700 | 0.0478 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 164 | California Lutheran University | 53500 | 71700 | 0.2541 | 2,160 | 1218 | 0.7631 | |
| 165 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 54900 | 68800 | 0.2022 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 166 | University of Colorado Boulder | 55300 | 70900 | 0.2202 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7809 | |
| 167 | Molloy University | 55900 | 62300 | 0.1028 | 3,396 | 1188 | 0.6633 | |
| 168 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 60800 | 63600 | 0.044 | 1,078 | 1217 | 0.9646 | |
| 169 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 61400 | 66900 | 0.0823 | 9,827 | 1329 | 0.6737 | |
| 170 | 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.