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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 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 6000 | 39100 | 0.8475 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 2 | CUNY Graduate School and University Center | 6100 | 34100 | 0.8214 | 3,237 | 0 | 0.3861 | |
| 3 | Antelope Valley Community College District | 6200 | 12900 | 0.5181 | 12,937 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | Santa Ana College | 6300 | 23100 | 0.7268 | 26,073 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | California Institute of Technology | 7100 | 90300 | 0.9212 | 987 | 1557 | 0.0257 | |
| 5 | Santa Monica College | 7100 | 15500 | 0.5427 | 23,164 | 0 | 0.4384 | |
| 7 | CUNY Bernard M Baruch College | 8200 | 34500 | 0.7619 | 16,086 | 1293 | 0.5117 | |
| 8 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 9000 | 30500 | 0.7048 | 3,207 | 1050 | 0.8034 | |
| 9 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 10200 | 94100 | 0.8919 | 9,157 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 10 | New Mexico Highlands University | 10400 | 21500 | 0.5158 | 1,710 | 945 | 0.9481 | |
| 10 | Valdosta State University | 10400 | 24800 | 0.5817 | 7,206 | 1015 | 0.7214 | |
| 12 | Christopher Newport University | 11900 | 33900 | 0.6489 | 4,407 | 1209 | 0.8796 | |
| 13 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 12200 | 27100 | 0.549 | 28,674 | 980 | 0.9401 | |
| 14 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 12400 | 37100 | 0.6653 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 15 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 13300 | 13300 | 0 | 18,428 | 1090 | 0.9529 | |
| 16 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 32200 | 0.5744 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 17 | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | 14200 | 19600 | 0.2754 | 10,656 | 1075 | 0.7289 | |
| 18 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 14500 | 29300 | 0.5047 | 6,550 | 1140 | 0.7456 | |
| 19 | Goshen College | 14700 | 55800 | 0.7375 | 780 | 995 | 0.8404 | |
| 20 | Northeastern University | 15300 | 89900 | 0.8302 | 22,695 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 20 | Wayne State College | 15300 | 26400 | 0.421 | 3,902 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 22 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 15400 | 23400 | 0.3423 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 23 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 15500 | 24800 | 0.3744 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 24 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 15900 | 26800 | 0.4069 | 4,478 | 1065 | 0.8132 | |
| 25 | Southern University at New Orleans | 16100 | 31600 | 0.4903 | 1,773 | 885 | 0.6021 | |
| 26 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 16200 | 28800 | 0.4373 | 7,595 | 1075 | 0.9226 | |
| 27 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 16300 | 42300 | 0.6149 | 10,049 | 1005 | 0.9234 | |
| 27 | University of California-Riverside | 16300 | 36500 | 0.5533 | 22,599 | 1199 | 0.7685 | |
| 29 | Northwestern University | 16800 | 89500 | 0.8127 | 8,846 | 1513 | 0.0722 | |
| 29 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16800 | 64800 | 0.7406 | 21,075 | 1420 | 0.1534 | |
| 31 | Dickinson State University | 16900 | 26100 | 0.3523 | 1,339 | 1005 | 0.3695 | |
| 32 | Frostburg State University | 17100 | 26900 | 0.3637 | 2,619 | 1082 | 0.892 | |
| 33 | University of Houston-Victoria | 17600 | 34400 | 0.4887 | 2,707 | 930 | 0.7671 | |
| 34 | Georgia Southern University | 18000 | 23800 | 0.2441 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 35 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 18600 | 25200 | 0.2618 | 6,853 | 1090 | 0.7147 | |
| 35 | State University of New York at Oswego | 18600 | 27500 | 0.3235 | 5,517 | 1174 | 0.8057 | |
| 37 | Towson University | 18900 | 30000 | 0.3695 | 16,264 | 1093 | 0.8198 | |
| 38 | Coppin State University | 19100 | 43100 | 0.5573 | 1,810 | 950 | 0.4956 | |
| 39 | University of Illinois Chicago | 19300 | 30300 | 0.3627 | 22,495 | 1247 | 0.7735 | |
| 40 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 19400 | 36200 | 0.4635 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 40 | Savannah State University | 19400 | 27300 | 0.2889 | 2,857 | 950 | 0.8368 | |
| 42 | Florida Memorial University | 20100 | 46100 | 0.5641 | 1,299 | 0 | 0.7431 | |
| 43 | Alabama State University | 20200 | 37400 | 0.4592 | 3,322 | 945 | 0.9564 | |
| 43 | Central College | 20200 | 36800 | 0.4509 | 1,084 | 1140 | 0.8617 | |
| 45 | Dakota State University | 20400 | 22500 | 0.0912 | 3,066 | 1192 | 0.8814 | |
| 46 | East Carolina University | 20800 | 23800 | 0.1258 | 21,445 | 1120 | 0.8922 | |
| 46 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 20800 | 57800 | 0.6395 | 1,083 | 1193 | 0.9278 | |
| 48 | Lincoln University | 20900 | 24900 | 0.1606 | 1,707 | 920 | 0 | |
| 49 | Rutgers University-Newark | 21000 | 38900 | 0.4603 | 7,417 | 1159 | 0.7873 | |
| 50 | Luther College | 21500 | 71900 | 0.7011 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.8402 | |
| 51 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 21600 | 34400 | 0.372 | 14,783 | 1140 | 0.8096 | |
| 52 | Bradley University | 21700 | 50900 | 0.5737 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 52 | Cleveland State University | 21700 | 30900 | 0.2974 | 9,418 | 1005 | 0.913 | |
| 54 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 21800 | 28000 | 0.2213 | 5,789 | 1115 | 0.5774 | |
| 55 | Stockton University | 22000 | 32100 | 0.3145 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 56 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 23000 | 36400 | 0.3677 | 2,884 | 1175 | 0.9677 | |
| 57 | Averett University | 23200 | 57200 | 0.5947 | 1,180 | 1010 | 0.478 | |
| 58 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 23300 | 33800 | 0.3104 | 502 | 1204 | 0.9641 | |
| 58 | Robert Morris University | 23300 | 58000 | 0.5993 | 3,769 | 1180 | 0.9057 | |
| 60 | Syracuse University | 23600 | 83100 | 0.716 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 61 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 24100 | 62200 | 0.613 | 686 | 1030 | 0.8649 | |
| 62 | Bemidji State University | 24300 | 26400 | 0.0786 | 3,610 | 1110 | 0.9131 | |
| 62 | Grambling State University | 24300 | 26700 | 0.09 | 4,279 | 955 | 0.2368 | |
| 64 | Elmhurst University | 24500 | 67000 | 0.6346 | 3,170 | 1148 | 0.7357 | |
| 65 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 24600 | 26600 | 0.0779 | 3,413 | 1085 | 0.5295 | |
| 66 | Ramapo College of New Jersey | 24700 | 34500 | 0.284 | 5,444 | 1214 | 0.7064 | |
| 67 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 24900 | 28000 | 0.1098 | 5,086 | 1000 | 0.9821 | |
| 67 | Dominican University | 24900 | 55500 | 0.551 | 2,690 | 1035 | 0.9032 | |
| 67 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 24900 | 51700 | 0.5179 | 1,409 | 1110 | 0.6327 | |
| 67 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 24900 | 37400 | 0.3346 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 71 | Houghton University | 25000 | 35500 | 0.2956 | 939 | 1277 | 0.8866 | |
| 71 | University of Akron Main Campus | 25000 | 25000 | 0 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 73 | Boston College | 25100 | 94600 | 0.7347 | 9,654 | 1490 | 0.1619 | |
| 74 | Westfield State University | 25300 | 39000 | 0.3509 | 3,868 | 1105 | 0.8671 | |
| 75 | Bethune-Cookman University | 25700 | 32700 | 0.2141 | 2,739 | 915 | 0.8824 | |
| 76 | Northwood University | 25800 | 54500 | 0.5271 | 1,989 | 1075 | 0.839 | |
| 76 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 25800 | 35700 | 0.2775 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 78 | Fort Hays State University | 25900 | 35200 | 0.2645 | 10,206 | 1120 | 0.9177 | |
| 79 | Doane University | 26000 | 62800 | 0.5861 | 1,323 | 1125 | 0.9801 | |
| 80 | Pennsylvania Western University | 26200 | 35600 | 0.2643 | 7,586 | 1070 | 0.9433 | |
| 81 | Norwich University | 26500 | 70900 | 0.6264 | 2,642 | 1209 | 0.7361 | |
| 82 | Northern Kentucky University | 26600 | 31600 | 0.1581 | 10,163 | 1090 | 0.8307 | |
| 83 | Columbia College | 26700 | 41300 | 0.3538 | 876 | 1025 | 0.8878 | |
| 83 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 26700 | 36800 | 0.2744 | 1,880 | 1185 | 0.9867 | |
| 85 | University of North Georgia | 26900 | 35500 | 0.2422 | 18,329 | 1100 | 0.6794 | |
| 86 | Emporia State University | 27000 | 37700 | 0.2836 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 86 | Kennesaw State University | 27000 | 27000 | 0 | 42,840 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 86 | Saint Xavier University | 27000 | 52000 | 0.4807 | 3,039 | 1125 | 0.8575 | |
| 89 | Fairmont State University | 27200 | 32000 | 0.1502 | 3,060 | 1005 | 0.9924 | |
| 89 | University of North Texas | 27200 | 37400 | 0.2729 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 91 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 27400 | 40300 | 0.32 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 92 | Rowan University | 27500 | 40500 | 0.3209 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
| 93 | Grand Valley State University | 27700 | 35700 | 0.2241 | 19,002 | 1233 | 0.8302 | |
| 94 | George Fox University | 28300 | 67100 | 0.5787 | 3,401 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 94 | Jacksonville State University | 28300 | 38200 | 0.259 | 8,663 | 1065 | 0.7769 | |
| 96 | Mercy University | 28400 | 44500 | 0.3619 | 6,775 | 1074 | 0.8584 | |
| 97 | Concord University | 28500 | 46500 | 0.387 | 1,609 | 990 | 0.9256 | |
| 98 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 28600 | 44100 | 0.3517 | 352 | 1180 | 0.9647 | |
| 99 | Salisbury University | 28700 | 28700 | 0 | 6,288 | 1250 | 0.8747 | |
| 100 | Radford University | 28800 | 32800 | 0.122 | 6,161 | 1070 | 0.8953 | |
| 100 | Western Oregon University | 28800 | 28800 | 0 | 3,343 | 1120 | 0.9871 | |
| 102 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 29100 | 52900 | 0.4501 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 103 | Furman University | 29200 | 79600 | 0.6329 | 2,383 | 1359 | 0.4295 | |
| 103 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 29200 | 36500 | 0.2001 | 7,505 | 1059 | 0.9633 | |
| 105 | Clemson University | 29300 | 37100 | 0.2121 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 106 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 29500 | 51100 | 0.4229 | 1,477 | 1075 | 0.8068 | |
| 106 | University of South Alabama | 29500 | 35000 | 0.1572 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 108 | San Jose State University | 30000 | 41000 | 0.2681 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 109 | Albright College | 30400 | 48700 | 0.3758 | 1,328 | 1050 | 0.8615 | |
| 109 | SUNY at Fredonia | 30400 | 39600 | 0.2326 | 2,876 | 1193 | 0.792 | |
| 109 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 30400 | 39500 | 0.2302 | 5,205 | 1118 | 0.744 | |
| 112 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Schuylkill | 30600 | 45200 | 0.3231 | 624 | 1115 | 0.9664 | |
| 113 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30700 | 54600 | 0.4374 | 3,163 | 1165 | 0.9347 | |
| 113 | West Virginia Wesleyan College | 30700 | 52800 | 0.4182 | 938 | 1090 | 0.951 | |
| 115 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1150 | 0.9523 | |
| 115 | University of Toledo | 30900 | 42000 | 0.2639 | 11,013 | 1159 | 0.9202 | |
| 117 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 31000 | 36900 | 0.1604 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 118 | SUNY Brockport | 31100 | 37900 | 0.1794 | 5,816 | 1195 | 0.7068 | |
| 119 | Washington Adventist University | 31200 | 37800 | 0.1748 | 605 | 950 | 0.4536 | |
| 120 | University of North Florida | 31400 | 37900 | 0.1715 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
| 121 | Angelo State University | 31800 | 35400 | 0.101 | 9,779 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 121 | CUNY Brooklyn College | 31800 | 31800 | 0 | 11,562 | 1110 | 0.5836 | |
| 121 | Thomas Jefferson University | 31800 | 67700 | 0.5302 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 124 | Hampton University | 32000 | 47000 | 0.3192 | 3,728 | 956 | 0.6225 | |
| 125 | Saint Michael's College | 32100 | 68400 | 0.5304 | 1,120 | 1240 | 0.8451 | |
| 126 | University of Scranton | 32300 | 76300 | 0.5763 | 3,613 | 1220 | 0.812 | |
| 127 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 32400 | 44100 | 0.2652 | 581 | 1129 | 0.9821 | |
| 128 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32500 | 34700 | 0.0633 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 129 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver | 32800 | 40200 | 0.1842 | 482 | 1195 | 0.9565 | |
| 130 | California Lutheran University | 32900 | 64900 | 0.4934 | 2,297 | 1258 | 0.7567 | |
| 130 | Harding University | 32900 | 47000 | 0.2995 | 3,523 | 1193 | 0.3942 | |
| 132 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 33000 | 45200 | 0.27 | 10,767 | 1326 | 0.7243 | |
| 132 | Wilkes University | 33000 | 61900 | 0.4661 | 1,956 | 1153 | 0.9146 | |
| 134 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 15,130 | 0 | 0.5256 | |
| 135 | Elizabethtown College | 33600 | 54600 | 0.3849 | 1,903 | 1214 | 0.7787 | |
| 135 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 33600 | 40900 | 0.1786 | 1,236 | 1203 | 0.9811 | |
| 137 | College of Charleston | 33700 | 33700 | 0 | 10,880 | 1255 | 0.6003 | |
| 137 | George Washington University | 33700 | 81800 | 0.5882 | 11,677 | 1421 | 0.4709 | |
| 139 | Morgan State University | 33900 | 37200 | 0.0887 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 140 | LeTourneau University | 34100 | 54600 | 0.3754 | 3,184 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 141 | DePaul University | 34600 | 59100 | 0.4144 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 142 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 34700 | 49600 | 0.3002 | 1,809 | 1109 | 0.9484 | |
| 142 | University of South Florida | 34700 | 34700 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 144 | Coastal Carolina University | 34800 | 44700 | 0.2213 | 10,811 | 1145 | 0.7527 | |
| 145 | City University of Seattle | 35100 | 45400 | 0.227 | 1,180 | 0 | 0.9025 | |
| 146 | Adelphi University | 35300 | 63300 | 0.4433 | 5,325 | 1218 | 0.6591 | |
| 146 | Stevenson University | 35300 | 59900 | 0.4105 | 3,106 | 1100 | 0.7891 | |
| 146 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 35300 | 42400 | 0.1674 | 31,112 | 1130 | 0.8129 | |
| 146 | University of Mount Olive | 35300 | 35300 | 0 | 1,937 | 945 | 0.7775 | |
| 150 | University of Michigan-Flint | 36500 | 39400 | 0.0736 | 5,011 | 1084 | 0.7047 | |
| 151 | Mercer University | 36600 | 60500 | 0.3951 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
| 152 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 36900 | 38900 | 0.0533 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 153 | Immaculata University | 37300 | 47800 | 0.2194 | 1,652 | 1245 | 0.8578 | |
| 154 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 37600 | 41600 | 0.0979 | 5,187 | 1005 | 0.9229 | |
| 155 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 37700 | 38900 | 0.0309 | 1,919 | 1245 | 0.7844 | |
| 156 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38400 | 38400 | 0 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
| 157 | Suffolk University | 38700 | 73600 | 0.4744 | 4,324 | 1209 | 0.822 | |
| 158 | Wayne State University | 38900 | 45500 | 0.145 | 16,173 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
| 159 | Pace University | 39700 | 74100 | 0.464 | 8,038 | 1274 | 0.7592 | |
| 160 | Stony Brook University | 39900 | 53000 | 0.2467 | 18,263 | 1395 | 0.4904 | |
| 161 | McKendree University | 40100 | 52200 | 0.2313 | 1,605 | 1098 | 0.6388 | |
| 162 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 40500 | 40500 | 0 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 163 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 41900 | 56200 | 0.2543 | 3,965 | 1229 | 0.9121 | |
| 164 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 42000 | 55100 | 0.2379 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 165 | Loyola University Maryland | 42100 | 78800 | 0.4658 | 3,881 | 1309 | 0.7549 | |
| 166 | University of Maryland-College Park | 42300 | 52900 | 0.2004 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 167 | Merrimack College | 43600 | 78800 | 0.4464 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
| 168 | CUNY Lehman College | 45300 | 45800 | 0.0109 | 11,217 | 1037 | 0.4601 | |
| 169 | James Madison University | 46400 | 46400 | 0 | 21,112 | 1260 | 0.7151 | |
| 170 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 46600 | 58900 | 0.2099 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 171 | Molloy University | 48300 | 62300 | 0.2249 | 3,240 | 1199 | 0.8174 | |
| 172 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 49500 | 56400 | 0.1222 | 10,200 | 1346 | 0.6507 | |
| 173 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 49800 | 52300 | 0.0478 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 174 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 50800 | 52900 | 0.0392 | 14,504 | 1145 | 0.7637 | |
| 175 | University of Kentucky | 51000 | 56000 | 0.0893 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 176 | Drexel University | 51300 | 82600 | 0.3788 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 177 | University of Colorado Boulder | 51600 | 56300 | 0.0834 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
| 177 | University of Utah | 51600 | 53700 | 0.0386 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 179 | Fordham University | 56000 | 94600 | 0.4082 | 10,307 | 1415 | 0.5628 | |
| 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.