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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 | Santa Monica College | 6400 | 15500 | 0.588 | 23,453 | 0 | 1 | |
| 6 | Northwestern University | 7700 | 94200 | 0.9183 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 7 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 8400 | 72200 | 0.884 | 10,368 | 1064 | 0.999 | |
| 8 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8600 | 98000 | 0.9125 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 9 | Lamar University | 8700 | 22900 | 0.6193 | 8,387 | 1040 | 0.8353 | |
| 10 | Portland State University | 9700 | 43300 | 0.776 | 14,932 | 1174 | 0.8586 | |
| 11 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 10000 | 41400 | 0.7591 | 3,224 | 1085 | 0.7643 | |
| 12 | Concord University | 10500 | 49200 | 0.7861 | 1,638 | 1015 | 0.9728 | |
| 12 | Savannah State University | 10500 | 50900 | 0.794 | 2,966 | 950 | 1 | |
| 14 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 11200 | 39000 | 0.7131 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 14 | University of Illinois Chicago | 11200 | 30200 | 0.63 | 24,260 | 1174 | 0.7576 | |
| 16 | Central Connecticut State University | 11600 | 34200 | 0.6605 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 17 | Fort Hays State University | 12600 | 19900 | 0.3659 | 10,172 | 1075 | 0.9026 | |
| 17 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 12600 | 21300 | 0.4083 | 18,667 | 1090 | 0.9711 | |
| 19 | University of North Florida | 12700 | 22400 | 0.4336 | 14,837 | 1124 | 0.6815 | |
| 20 | University of South Florida | 12800 | 22400 | 0.429 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 21 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 13000 | 27100 | 0.5195 | 29,727 | 990 | 0.9229 | |
| 21 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 13000 | 40800 | 0.6816 | 6,761 | 1105 | 0.8475 | |
| 23 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 13600 | 26800 | 0.4932 | 4,789 | 1040 | 0.6671 | |
| 23 | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | 13600 | 19600 | 0.306 | 10,995 | 1090 | 0.7476 | |
| 25 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 61700 | 0.7774 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 26 | Coastal Carolina University | 13900 | 45300 | 0.6935 | 11,471 | 1160 | 0.7003 | |
| 27 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 14400 | 50100 | 0.7122 | 7,501 | 1055 | 0.9467 | |
| 27 | University of California-Riverside | 14400 | 36500 | 0.6053 | 24,034 | 1199 | 0.8609 | |
| 29 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 14500 | 44000 | 0.6708 | 308 | 1144 | 0.9053 | |
| 29 | Wayne State College | 14500 | 30200 | 0.5205 | 3,886 | 0 | 1 | |
| 31 | Mercy University | 14600 | 46400 | 0.6858 | 6,692 | 1135 | 0.8724 | |
| 32 | Jacksonville State University | 15300 | 38200 | 0.5991 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 33 | University of North Texas | 15400 | 26100 | 0.4097 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 34 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver | 15800 | 43700 | 0.6379 | 475 | 1195 | 0.9418 | |
| 35 | Frostburg State University | 15900 | 26600 | 0.402 | 3,436 | 1095 | 0.907 | |
| 36 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 16100 | 23400 | 0.3124 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 37 | Emporia State University | 16200 | 30900 | 0.476 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 37 | Southern University at New Orleans | 16200 | 41700 | 0.6117 | 2,179 | 950 | 0.789 | |
| 39 | Morgan State University | 16300 | 30700 | 0.4686 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 39 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 16300 | 31500 | 0.4826 | 9,827 | 1329 | 0.6737 | |
| 39 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16300 | 64800 | 0.7481 | 22,007 | 1427 | 0.1672 | |
| 42 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 16500 | 36400 | 0.546 | 2,710 | 1218 | 0.9374 | |
| 43 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 16600 | 26600 | 0.3763 | 7,747 | 1073 | 0.9617 | |
| 44 | Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi | 16700 | 20700 | 0.1932 | 8,673 | 1095 | 0.9156 | |
| 45 | Boston College | 16900 | 97700 | 0.8273 | 9,677 | 1484 | 0.1422 | |
| 45 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 16900 | 44200 | 0.6183 | 1,829 | 1149 | 0.945 | |
| 47 | University of Colorado Boulder | 17000 | 31800 | 0.4656 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7809 | |
| 48 | SUNY at Fredonia | 17100 | 27800 | 0.3854 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 49 | Radford University | 17200 | 33100 | 0.4818 | 6,206 | 1050 | 0.8939 | |
| 50 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 17300 | 44000 | 0.6064 | 586 | 1140 | 0.9577 | |
| 51 | State University of New York at Oswego | 17500 | 27700 | 0.3681 | 5,293 | 1179 | 0.7989 | |
| 51 | Westfield State University | 17500 | 37600 | 0.5347 | 3,868 | 1105 | 0.8671 | |
| 53 | East Carolina University | 17600 | 26100 | 0.3256 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 54 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 17700 | 69500 | 0.7458 | 711 | 1030 | 0.8214 | |
| 55 | Kennesaw State University | 17800 | 27400 | 0.3501 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 56 | San Jose State University | 18000 | 41200 | 0.5618 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 57 | Angelo State University | 18100 | 23100 | 0.2191 | 10,103 | 1045 | 0.7981 | |
| 58 | Texas A&M University-Victoria | 18200 | 45400 | 0.5996 | 2,627 | 1000 | 0.5253 | |
| 59 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 18300 | 45300 | 0.5957 | 504 | 1200 | 0.9095 | |
| 59 | SUNY Brockport | 18300 | 26200 | 0.301 | 5,816 | 1195 | 0.7068 | |
| 61 | Fairmont State University | 18400 | 30900 | 0.4045 | 3,090 | 970 | 0.9862 | |
| 62 | Valdosta State University | 18500 | 29600 | 0.3749 | 7,199 | 1005 | 0.7769 | |
| 63 | Norwich University | 18700 | 100600 | 0.8144 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 64 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 19100 | 38900 | 0.5085 | 1,973 | 1189 | 0.8142 | |
| 64 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 19100 | 54000 | 0.646 | 3,991 | 1010 | 0.9654 | |
| 66 | Stockton University | 19200 | 32100 | 0.4017 | 7,583 | 1134 | 0.901 | |
| 67 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 19900 | 57800 | 0.6554 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 68 | Grove City College | 20200 | 39700 | 0.4918 | 2,247 | 1248 | 0.667 | |
| 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 | Thiel College | 20800 | 69100 | 0.6988 | 830 | 1065 | 0.7189 | |
| 73 | Grambling State University | 21000 | 39600 | 0.47 | 4,313 | 950 | 0.4486 | |
| 73 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 21000 | 33600 | 0.3747 | 21,469 | 1167 | 0.9061 | |
| 75 | Texas Southern University | 21100 | 38900 | 0.4576 | 6,844 | 915 | 0.9691 | |
| 76 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 21200 | 41600 | 0.4904 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 77 | Luther College | 21300 | 75400 | 0.7183 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.8398 | |
| 77 | Western Oregon University | 21300 | 24600 | 0.134 | 3,034 | 1120 | 0.8345 | |
| 79 | Alabama State University | 21700 | 43200 | 0.4979 | 3,521 | 945 | 0.9755 | |
| 80 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 21900 | 39100 | 0.4402 | 2,907 | 1125 | 0.4696 | |
| 80 | Grand Valley State University | 21900 | 36200 | 0.3949 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 82 | Lincoln University | 22100 | 24900 | 0.1124 | 1,926 | 920 | 0 | |
| 83 | Pennsylvania Western University | 22500 | 34400 | 0.3456 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 84 | Houghton University | 22700 | 51300 | 0.5576 | 958 | 1277 | 0.89 | |
| 85 | Robert Morris University | 23000 | 58000 | 0.6043 | 4,325 | 1145 | 0.8989 | |
| 86 | Florida Memorial University | 23100 | 51000 | 0.5466 | 1,206 | 0 | 0.8526 | |
| 87 | Columbia College | 23500 | 40200 | 0.4155 | 876 | 1025 | 0.8878 | |
| 87 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 23500 | 40500 | 0.4198 | 21,388 | 1369 | 0.5945 | |
| 89 | Dominican University | 23700 | 56000 | 0.5761 | 2,642 | 1005 | 0.8879 | |
| 89 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 23700 | 47900 | 0.5048 | 2,280 | 1224 | 0.9675 | |
| 91 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 24600 | 36800 | 0.3317 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 92 | Christopher Newport University | 24700 | 50600 | 0.5119 | 4,369 | 1189 | 0.8604 | |
| 93 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 24800 | 62800 | 0.6055 | 1,495 | 1075 | 0.8761 | |
| 94 | Coppin State University | 24900 | 27500 | 0.0946 | 1,908 | 950 | 0.4583 | |
| 95 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 25100 | 54300 | 0.5374 | 5,939 | 1065 | 0.5878 | |
| 96 | Loyola University Maryland | 25400 | 78800 | 0.6778 | 4,013 | 1329 | 0.6986 | |
| 97 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 25700 | 28300 | 0.0907 | 3,375 | 1090 | 0.5885 | |
| 97 | Northwood University | 25700 | 54500 | 0.5289 | 2,045 | 1055 | 0.6451 | |
| 97 | West Virginia Wesleyan College | 25700 | 53800 | 0.522 | 971 | 1030 | 0.9334 | |
| 100 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 25800 | 49600 | 0.4795 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 100 | University of Akron Main Campus | 25800 | 28000 | 0.0784 | 11,691 | 1074 | 0.7722 | |
| 102 | Bemidji State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 3,751 | 1075 | 0.5598 | |
| 103 | Wayne State University | 27900 | 46800 | 0.4041 | 16,390 | 1183 | 0.8359 | |
| 104 | Bethune-Cookman University | 28700 | 32300 | 0.1113 | 2,739 | 910 | 0.8824 | |
| 105 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29100 | 34200 | 0.149 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 106 | Saint Xavier University | 29200 | 58200 | 0.498 | 3,100 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 107 | Cleveland State University | 29400 | 38600 | 0.2385 | 9,418 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 107 | Towson University | 29400 | 30100 | 0.0232 | 16,361 | 1082 | 0.8057 | |
| 109 | Thomas Jefferson University | 29500 | 70000 | 0.5792 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 110 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 30000 | 33600 | 0.1062 | 3,893 | 1015 | 0.9839 | |
| 111 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 30100 | 33200 | 0.0932 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 111 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 30100 | 30100 | 0 | 11,087 | 1326 | 0.7397 | |
| 113 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30200 | 54600 | 0.4463 | 3,120 | 1193 | 0.3992 | |
| 114 | University of Toledo | 30400 | 42000 | 0.2756 | 10,726 | 1134 | 0.8889 | |
| 115 | Suffolk University | 30800 | 83500 | 0.6312 | 4,247 | 1209 | 0.8228 | |
| 116 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 2,082 | 1124 | 0.9576 | |
| 117 | Hampton University | 31500 | 54800 | 0.4252 | 4,046 | 1005 | 0.6358 | |
| 118 | Northern Kentucky University | 31600 | 32100 | 0.0156 | 10,136 | 1110 | 0.9666 | |
| 119 | Central College | 32000 | 38700 | 0.1732 | 1,050 | 1159 | 0.8698 | |
| 120 | Furman University | 32100 | 84600 | 0.6203 | 2,304 | 1372 | 0.4869 | |
| 121 | University of Scranton | 32300 | 78700 | 0.5902 | 3,689 | 1245 | 0.8006 | |
| 122 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Schuylkill | 32800 | 45600 | 0.2805 | 653 | 1145 | 0.7972 | |
| 123 | Harding University | 33200 | 47800 | 0.3047 | 3,536 | 1184 | 0.7052 | |
| 124 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 17,556 | 1090 | 0.5386 | |
| 125 | Elizabethtown College | 33500 | 57500 | 0.4172 | 1,935 | 1214 | 0.8892 | |
| 126 | Pace University | 33700 | 75700 | 0.5551 | 5,520 | 1273 | 0.7827 | |
| 127 | Charleston Southern University | 33900 | 48400 | 0.3007 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 128 | Averett University | 34300 | 57600 | 0.4046 | 1,244 | 1054 | 0.5659 | |
| 128 | George Washington University | 34300 | 81800 | 0.5808 | 11,495 | 1436 | 0.4713 | |
| 130 | Salisbury University | 34400 | 41700 | 0.1751 | 6,477 | 1245 | 0.8826 | |
| 131 | Adelphi University | 34800 | 63300 | 0.4511 | 5,097 | 1241 | 0.7215 | |
| 132 | Bradley University | 35100 | 60300 | 0.418 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 133 | University of South Alabama | 35600 | 40200 | 0.1145 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 134 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 35800 | 56300 | 0.3652 | 5,687 | 1305 | 0.7863 | |
| 134 | Rowan University | 35800 | 53600 | 0.3319 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 136 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 36000 | 54000 | 0.3334 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 137 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 38100 | 55500 | 0.3138 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 138 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 38400 | 71800 | 0.4652 | 4,182 | 1317 | 0.8783 | |
| 139 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38800 | 38800 | 0 | 14,865 | 1175 | 0.9113 | |
| 140 | Drexel University | 39200 | 86400 | 0.5466 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 141 | Saint Michael's College | 39300 | 75800 | 0.4814 | 1,051 | 1280 | 0.8976 | |
| 142 | Stony Brook University | 39400 | 53000 | 0.2559 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 143 | Immaculata University | 39800 | 48600 | 0.1811 | 1,889 | 1264 | 0.8656 | |
| 144 | Elmhurst University | 40000 | 69600 | 0.4251 | 3,170 | 1133 | 0.7501 | |
| 145 | McKendree University | 40300 | 52900 | 0.2376 | 1,757 | 1098 | 0.7172 | |
| 146 | University of Mount Olive | 41800 | 50400 | 0.1699 | 1,944 | 1075 | 0.7575 | |
| 147 | University of Maryland-College Park | 42500 | 58500 | 0.2733 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 148 | James Madison University | 43100 | 45100 | 0.0443 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 149 | Merrimack College | 43300 | 78800 | 0.4501 | 4,123 | 1124 | 0.6927 | |
| 150 | Mercer University | 45400 | 65400 | 0.3058 | 4,719 | 1263 | 0.643 | |
| 151 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 46900 | 57100 | 0.1786 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 152 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47200 | 61500 | 0.2335 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 153 | University of Kentucky | 48000 | 59900 | 0.1982 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 154 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 48300 | 61200 | 0.2102 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 155 | Ramapo College of New Jersey | 48600 | 60000 | 0.191 | 5,492 | 1210 | 0.7026 | |
| 156 | DePaul University | 49000 | 69400 | 0.2938 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 157 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 49200 | 58800 | 0.1628 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 158 | College of Charleston | 49900 | 62300 | 0.1989 | 10,596 | 1234 | 0.73 | |
| 158 | University of North Georgia | 49900 | 57000 | 0.1245 | 19,321 | 1100 | 0.9618 | |
| 160 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 50300 | 52900 | 0.0485 | 14,834 | 1149 | 0.7803 | |
| 161 | University of Utah | 51100 | 53700 | 0.0478 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 162 | California Lutheran University | 53500 | 71700 | 0.2541 | 2,160 | 1218 | 0.7631 | |
| 163 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 54900 | 68800 | 0.2022 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 164 | Molloy University | 55900 | 62300 | 0.1028 | 3,396 | 1188 | 0.6633 | |
| 165 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58500 | 63600 | 0.0803 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 165 | Rutgers University-Newark | 58500 | 60500 | 0.033 | 7,989 | 1159 | 0.7136 | |
| 167 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 60800 | 63600 | 0.044 | 1,078 | 1217 | 0.9646 | |
| 168 | Clemson University | 61100 | 63700 | 0.0403 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 169 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 63700 | 63700 | 0 | 1,709 | 1218 | 0.9653 | |
| 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.