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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 Iowa.
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 Iowa.
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-Flint | 5200 | 44000 | 0.8823 | 5,534 | 1079 | 0.6734 | |
| 2 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 5700 | 50600 | 0.8868 | 35,358 | 1448 | 0.1642 | |
| 3 | Savannah State University | 6800 | 28000 | 0.756 | 2,966 | 950 | 1 | |
| 4 | Northern Kentucky University | 7700 | 26600 | 0.7118 | 10,136 | 1110 | 0.9666 | |
| 5 | Northwestern University | 7900 | 93000 | 0.9152 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 6 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8900 | 96500 | 0.9082 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 7 | Portland State University | 9600 | 73900 | 0.8699 | 14,932 | 1174 | 0.8586 | |
| 8 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 10300 | 10300 | 0 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 9 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 10500 | 42400 | 0.7519 | 3,224 | 1085 | 0.7643 | |
| 10 | Valdosta State University | 11500 | 25300 | 0.5447 | 7,199 | 1005 | 0.7769 | |
| 11 | University of North Florida | 12700 | 22400 | 0.4336 | 14,837 | 1124 | 0.6815 | |
| 12 | University of South Florida | 12900 | 16300 | 0.2081 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 13 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 13300 | 27600 | 0.5176 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 13 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 13300 | 19400 | 0.3145 | 14,865 | 1175 | 0.9113 | |
| 15 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 13500 | 52800 | 0.7446 | 6,761 | 1105 | 0.8475 | |
| 16 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 61700 | 0.7784 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 17 | Fairmont State University | 13800 | 21600 | 0.3605 | 3,090 | 970 | 0.9862 | |
| 18 | Coastal Carolina University | 14300 | 72300 | 0.8025 | 11,471 | 1160 | 0.7003 | |
| 19 | University of North Georgia | 14400 | 56800 | 0.7467 | 19,321 | 1100 | 0.9618 | |
| 20 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 14700 | 28600 | 0.4867 | 7,501 | 1055 | 0.9467 | |
| 20 | University of California-Riverside | 14700 | 118100 | 0.8752 | 24,034 | 1199 | 0.8609 | |
| 22 | Wayne State College | 15000 | 26400 | 0.4314 | 3,886 | 0 | 1 | |
| 23 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 15200 | 43300 | 0.6491 | 308 | 1144 | 0.9053 | |
| 24 | Alabama State University | 15500 | 24300 | 0.3632 | 3,521 | 945 | 0.9755 | |
| 24 | Jacksonville State University | 15500 | 42900 | 0.638 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 26 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 15900 | 27700 | 0.4254 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 27 | Emporia State University | 16300 | 22900 | 0.2884 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 28 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16600 | 64800 | 0.7439 | 22,007 | 1427 | 0.1672 | |
| 29 | Southern University at New Orleans | 16800 | 41400 | 0.5949 | 2,179 | 950 | 0.789 | |
| 30 | Boston College | 17100 | 122200 | 0.8597 | 9,677 | 1484 | 0.1422 | |
| 30 | Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi | 17100 | 20700 | 0.1739 | 8,673 | 1095 | 0.9156 | |
| 32 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 17400 | 43500 | 0.6005 | 1,829 | 1149 | 0.945 | |
| 33 | University of Kentucky | 17600 | 46800 | 0.6237 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 34 | University of South Alabama | 17900 | 40600 | 0.5585 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 35 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 18100 | 54300 | 0.6666 | 10,368 | 1064 | 0.999 | |
| 35 | Kennesaw State University | 18100 | 61500 | 0.7052 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 35 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18100 | 28600 | 0.3669 | 3,991 | 1010 | 0.9654 | |
| 38 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 18200 | 68100 | 0.733 | 711 | 1030 | 0.8214 | |
| 38 | State University of New York at Oswego | 18200 | 27700 | 0.3428 | 5,293 | 1179 | 0.7989 | |
| 40 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 18800 | 44600 | 0.5781 | 504 | 1200 | 0.9095 | |
| 40 | San Jose State University | 18800 | 41100 | 0.5427 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 42 | Coppin State University | 18900 | 51800 | 0.6345 | 1,908 | 950 | 0.4583 | |
| 42 | University of Illinois Chicago | 18900 | 30100 | 0.3718 | 24,260 | 1174 | 0.7576 | |
| 44 | Texas A&M University-Victoria | 19000 | 25000 | 0.2402 | 2,627 | 1000 | 0.5253 | |
| 45 | Central College | 19300 | 36400 | 0.4697 | 1,050 | 1159 | 0.8698 | |
| 45 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Schuylkill | 19300 | 32900 | 0.4139 | 653 | 1145 | 0.7972 | |
| 47 | Norwich University | 19700 | 76000 | 0.7404 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 48 | Syracuse University | 19800 | 83600 | 0.7632 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 49 | Iowa State University | 19900 | 24200 | 0.179 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 50 | Dakota State University | 20400 | 22500 | 0.0912 | 3,085 | 1174 | 0.9241 | |
| 51 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 20500 | 25500 | 0.1961 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 52 | Grove City College | 20600 | 39700 | 0.4817 | 2,247 | 1248 | 0.667 | |
| 52 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 20600 | 57800 | 0.6433 | 1,109 | 1175 | 0.9088 | |
| 54 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 20800 | 48100 | 0.5673 | 2,710 | 1218 | 0.9374 | |
| 55 | Tarleton State University | 21000 | 23000 | 0.087 | 17,556 | 1090 | 0.5386 | |
| 55 | University of Maryland-College Park | 21000 | 35000 | 0.4004 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 57 | Thiel College | 21300 | 88800 | 0.7606 | 830 | 1065 | 0.7189 | |
| 58 | Luther College | 21500 | 75400 | 0.7153 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.8398 | |
| 59 | Salisbury University | 21600 | 29300 | 0.2628 | 6,477 | 1245 | 0.8826 | |
| 60 | Grand Valley State University | 21900 | 36600 | 0.4016 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 61 | Averett University | 22300 | 57400 | 0.612 | 1,244 | 1054 | 0.5659 | |
| 61 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 22300 | 33600 | 0.336 | 21,469 | 1167 | 0.9061 | |
| 63 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 22600 | 25400 | 0.1104 | 2,907 | 1125 | 0.4696 | |
| 64 | Fort Hays State University | 22900 | 28500 | 0.196 | 10,172 | 1075 | 0.9026 | |
| 65 | Pennsylvania Western University | 23000 | 34400 | 0.3311 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 66 | Lamar University | 23100 | 37500 | 0.384 | 8,387 | 1040 | 0.8353 | |
| 66 | Robert Morris University | 23100 | 58000 | 0.6012 | 4,325 | 1145 | 0.8989 | |
| 68 | Florida Memorial University | 23200 | 41500 | 0.4408 | 1,206 | 0 | 0.8526 | |
| 68 | Houghton University | 23200 | 44300 | 0.4763 | 958 | 1277 | 0.89 | |
| 70 | Columbia College | 23600 | 65100 | 0.6372 | 876 | 1025 | 0.8878 | |
| 71 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 23800 | 34200 | 0.3044 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 72 | Dominican University | 23900 | 56000 | 0.573 | 2,642 | 1005 | 0.8879 | |
| 73 | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | 24000 | 25700 | 0.0662 | 10,995 | 1090 | 0.7476 | |
| 74 | Stockton University | 24200 | 32100 | 0.246 | 7,583 | 1134 | 0.901 | |
| 75 | Ramapo College of New Jersey | 24300 | 36700 | 0.3376 | 5,492 | 1210 | 0.7026 | |
| 76 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 24600 | 31600 | 0.2212 | 9,827 | 1329 | 0.6737 | |
| 76 | Western Oregon University | 24600 | 24600 | 0 | 3,034 | 1120 | 0.8345 | |
| 78 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 24900 | 55700 | 0.5532 | 5,939 | 1065 | 0.5878 | |
| 79 | Concord University | 25100 | 41900 | 0.4014 | 1,638 | 1015 | 0.9728 | |
| 80 | Northwood University | 25800 | 75700 | 0.6596 | 2,045 | 1055 | 0.6451 | |
| 81 | Loyola University Maryland | 25900 | 78800 | 0.6714 | 4,013 | 1329 | 0.6986 | |
| 82 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 26000 | 28300 | 0.0809 | 3,375 | 1090 | 0.5885 | |
| 82 | University of North Texas | 26000 | 36900 | 0.2956 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 82 | West Virginia Wesleyan College | 26000 | 53800 | 0.5169 | 971 | 1030 | 0.9334 | |
| 85 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 26100 | 28400 | 0.0805 | 14,834 | 1149 | 0.7803 | |
| 86 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 26200 | 50000 | 0.4757 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 86 | University of Akron Main Campus | 26200 | 28000 | 0.0642 | 11,691 | 1074 | 0.7722 | |
| 88 | Bemidji State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 3,751 | 1075 | 0.5598 | |
| 89 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 26800 | 39800 | 0.3264 | 29,727 | 990 | 0.9229 | |
| 89 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 26800 | 43300 | 0.3814 | 7,747 | 1073 | 0.9617 | |
| 91 | Rowan University | 27300 | 41300 | 0.3392 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 92 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 27400 | 29900 | 0.0837 | 18,667 | 1090 | 0.9711 | |
| 93 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 27600 | 27600 | 0 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 94 | Bethune-Cookman University | 27700 | 32300 | 0.1422 | 2,739 | 910 | 0.8824 | |
| 95 | Central Connecticut State University | 27900 | 29500 | 0.0542 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 96 | Wayne State University | 28200 | 46800 | 0.3977 | 16,390 | 1183 | 0.8359 | |
| 97 | Morgan State University | 29200 | 41800 | 0.3014 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 98 | California Lutheran University | 29700 | 109800 | 0.7298 | 2,160 | 1218 | 0.7631 | |
| 99 | University of Iowa | 29800 | 32100 | 0.0714 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 100 | Saint Xavier University | 30000 | 57200 | 0.4758 | 3,100 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 100 | Thomas Jefferson University | 30000 | 68700 | 0.5635 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 102 | Grambling State University | 30400 | 35800 | 0.151 | 4,313 | 950 | 0.4486 | |
| 103 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 30500 | 31800 | 0.0409 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 103 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30500 | 54600 | 0.4413 | 3,120 | 1193 | 0.3992 | |
| 105 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 30700 | 44300 | 0.3067 | 586 | 1140 | 0.9577 | |
| 105 | University of Toledo | 30700 | 42000 | 0.269 | 10,726 | 1134 | 0.8889 | |
| 107 | Lincoln University | 30800 | 35000 | 0.12 | 1,926 | 920 | 0 | |
| 107 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 30800 | 36900 | 0.1662 | 5,687 | 1305 | 0.7863 | |
| 109 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 2,082 | 1124 | 0.9576 | |
| 110 | Suffolk University | 31100 | 110800 | 0.7192 | 4,247 | 1209 | 0.8228 | |
| 110 | Westfield State University | 31100 | 41500 | 0.2508 | 3,868 | 1105 | 0.8671 | |
| 112 | Angelo State University | 31600 | 35400 | 0.1071 | 10,103 | 1045 | 0.7981 | |
| 112 | Hampton University | 31600 | 54800 | 0.4233 | 4,046 | 1005 | 0.6358 | |
| 114 | Cleveland State University | 31700 | 32100 | 0.0125 | 9,418 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 115 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 32100 | 39900 | 0.1956 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 116 | University of Scranton | 32400 | 78700 | 0.5879 | 3,689 | 1245 | 0.8006 | |
| 117 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 32800 | 69700 | 0.529 | 11,087 | 1326 | 0.7397 | |
| 118 | SUNY Brockport | 33200 | 36500 | 0.0904 | 5,816 | 1195 | 0.7068 | |
| 119 | Harding University | 33500 | 47800 | 0.299 | 3,536 | 1184 | 0.7052 | |
| 120 | Elizabethtown College | 33700 | 69900 | 0.5181 | 1,935 | 1214 | 0.8892 | |
| 121 | Charleston Southern University | 34200 | 48400 | 0.295 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 122 | George Washington University | 34300 | 81800 | 0.5808 | 11,495 | 1436 | 0.4713 | |
| 123 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 34500 | 62800 | 0.4506 | 1,495 | 1075 | 0.8761 | |
| 123 | SUNY at Fredonia | 34500 | 41000 | 0.1586 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 123 | Texas Southern University | 34500 | 42500 | 0.1883 | 6,844 | 915 | 0.9691 | |
| 126 | Adelphi University | 35000 | 63300 | 0.4467 | 5,097 | 1241 | 0.7215 | |
| 126 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 35000 | 38900 | 0.1002 | 1,973 | 1189 | 0.8142 | |
| 128 | Bradley University | 35500 | 60000 | 0.4086 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 129 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 36100 | 57000 | 0.3664 | 4,789 | 1040 | 0.6671 | |
| 130 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 36300 | 53600 | 0.3229 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 131 | East Carolina University | 36900 | 42700 | 0.1356 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 131 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 36900 | 47900 | 0.2294 | 2,280 | 1224 | 0.9675 | |
| 133 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 37400 | 40700 | 0.0808 | 3,893 | 1015 | 0.9839 | |
| 134 | Frostburg State University | 37700 | 55400 | 0.3196 | 3,436 | 1095 | 0.907 | |
| 135 | Christopher Newport University | 37900 | 50000 | 0.2421 | 4,369 | 1189 | 0.8604 | |
| 135 | Saint Michael's College | 37900 | 75600 | 0.4989 | 1,051 | 1280 | 0.8976 | |
| 137 | Drexel University | 39700 | 107600 | 0.6308 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 137 | Stony Brook University | 39700 | 53000 | 0.2507 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 139 | James Madison University | 40000 | 45100 | 0.1131 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 140 | Immaculata University | 40100 | 60400 | 0.3361 | 1,889 | 1264 | 0.8656 | |
| 141 | Elmhurst University | 40200 | 69600 | 0.4222 | 3,170 | 1133 | 0.7501 | |
| 142 | Furman University | 40300 | 84600 | 0.5234 | 2,304 | 1372 | 0.4869 | |
| 143 | McKendree University | 40600 | 52900 | 0.2324 | 1,757 | 1098 | 0.7172 | |
| 143 | Pace University | 40600 | 75500 | 0.4623 | 5,520 | 1273 | 0.7827 | |
| 145 | Mercy University | 41300 | 46400 | 0.11 | 6,692 | 1135 | 0.8724 | |
| 146 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 41600 | 58900 | 0.2937 | 21,388 | 1369 | 0.5945 | |
| 147 | University of Mount Olive | 42100 | 50400 | 0.1645 | 1,944 | 1075 | 0.7575 | |
| 148 | Radford University | 43400 | 45700 | 0.0501 | 6,206 | 1050 | 0.8939 | |
| 149 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4479 | 4,123 | 1124 | 0.6927 | |
| 150 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 43900 | 103500 | 0.5757 | 4,182 | 1317 | 0.8783 | |
| 151 | Mercer University | 45700 | 65400 | 0.3015 | 4,719 | 1263 | 0.643 | |
| 152 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47100 | 59800 | 0.2121 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 153 | DePaul University | 49000 | 66400 | 0.2619 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 154 | Towson University | 49900 | 68400 | 0.2706 | 16,361 | 1082 | 0.8057 | |
| 155 | University of Colorado Boulder | 50000 | 56000 | 0.1072 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7809 | |
| 156 | Rutgers University-Newark | 50300 | 59900 | 0.1604 | 7,989 | 1159 | 0.7136 | |
| 157 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 50500 | 58800 | 0.1411 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 158 | University of Utah | 51400 | 53700 | 0.0426 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 159 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 54500 | 66200 | 0.1767 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 160 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 58100 | 59900 | 0.0301 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 161 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58300 | 63500 | 0.0819 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 162 | Molloy University | 58600 | 62300 | 0.0594 | 3,396 | 1188 | 0.6633 | |
| 163 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 58900 | 61200 | 0.0374 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 164 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 60600 | 65000 | 0.0677 | 1,078 | 1217 | 0.9646 | |
| 165 | Clemson University | 61400 | 63700 | 0.036 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 166 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 62700 | 65100 | 0.0368 | 1,709 | 1218 | 0.9653 | |
| 167 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver | 63600 | 63600 | 0 | 475 | 1195 | 0.9418 | |
| 168 | College of Charleston | 69300 | 69300 | 0 | 10,596 | 1234 | 0.73 | |
| 169 | Fordham University | 73700 | 103900 | 0.2907 | 10,582 | 1406 | 0.5931 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.