Recent Articles
Considering a degree in Information Science/Studies?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Information Science/Studies majors who live in Illinois.
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 Illinois.
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 | CUNY Graduate School and University Center | 4900 | 43900 | 0.8886 | 3,237 | 0 | 0.3861 | |
2 | California Institute of Technology | 7500 | 90300 | 0.9168 | 987 | 1557 | 0.0257 | |
3 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 8900 | 30500 | 0.7081 | 3,207 | 1050 | 0.8034 | |
4 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 9700 | 94100 | 0.8972 | 9,007 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
5 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 10100 | 34400 | 0.7055 | 36,970 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
6 | New Mexico Highlands University | 10400 | 21500 | 0.5158 | 1,710 | 945 | 0.9481 | |
6 | Valdosta State University | 10400 | 24800 | 0.5817 | 7,206 | 1015 | 0.7214 | |
8 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 10900 | 27200 | 0.5995 | 39,256 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
9 | Savannah State University | 11100 | 17400 | 0.3613 | 2,857 | 950 | 0.8368 | |
10 | Christopher Newport University | 11900 | 33900 | 0.6489 | 4,407 | 1209 | 0.8796 | |
10 | Northern Illinois University | 11900 | 29000 | 0.5885 | 11,339 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
12 | Northwestern University | 12300 | 87700 | 0.8598 | 8,839 | 1513 | 0.0722 | |
12 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 12300 | 37100 | 0.668 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
14 | Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville | 13700 | 41100 | 0.6673 | 8,975 | 1045 | 0.9721 | |
15 | University of Michigan-Flint | 14100 | 36600 | 0.6147 | 5,011 | 1103 | 0.7047 | |
16 | Goshen College | 14700 | 55700 | 0.7366 | 773 | 995 | 0.8404 | |
17 | Dickinson State University | 14900 | 21600 | 0.3108 | 1,339 | 1005 | 0.3695 | |
18 | Northeastern University | 15000 | 89900 | 0.8335 | 22,649 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
19 | Concord University | 15200 | 31700 | 0.5203 | 1,609 | 990 | 0.9256 | |
19 | Wayne State College | 15200 | 26400 | 0.4248 | 3,898 | 1075 | 1 | |
21 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 15600 | 24800 | 0.3704 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
22 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 16100 | 42300 | 0.6196 | 9,784 | 1005 | 0.9234 | |
22 | Southern University at New Orleans | 16100 | 31600 | 0.4903 | 1,773 | 885 | 0.6021 | |
22 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16100 | 64800 | 0.7523 | 21,075 | 1420 | 0.1534 | |
25 | Frostburg State University | 17200 | 26900 | 0.36 | 2,619 | 1082 | 0.892 | |
26 | University of Houston-Victoria | 17300 | 34400 | 0.4974 | 2,707 | 930 | 0.7671 | |
27 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 17600 | 17700 | 0.0057 | 18,428 | 1090 | 0.9529 | |
28 | Angelo State University | 17800 | 23100 | 0.2305 | 9,778 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
29 | State University of New York at Oswego | 18500 | 27500 | 0.3272 | 5,515 | 1174 | 0.8057 | |
30 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Schuylkill | 18600 | 32900 | 0.4352 | 620 | 1115 | 0.9664 | |
31 | Coppin State University | 19000 | 43100 | 0.5596 | 1,810 | 950 | 0.4956 | |
32 | Towson University | 19200 | 30000 | 0.3595 | 16,264 | 1093 | 0.8198 | |
33 | Wayne State University | 19400 | 32300 | 0.3999 | 15,371 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
34 | Cleveland State University | 19500 | 37300 | 0.4775 | 9,410 | 1005 | 0.913 | |
35 | Florida Memorial University | 19900 | 46100 | 0.5684 | 1,299 | 0 | 0.7431 | |
36 | Central College | 20100 | 36800 | 0.4536 | 1,081 | 1140 | 0.8617 | |
36 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 20100 | 57800 | 0.6526 | 1,083 | 1205 | 0.9278 | |
38 | Alabama State University | 20200 | 37400 | 0.4592 | 3,322 | 945 | 0.9564 | |
38 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 20200 | 38800 | 0.4798 | 40,978 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
40 | Stockton University | 20800 | 32100 | 0.3518 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
41 | Bradley University | 21500 | 48300 | 0.5541 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
42 | Rutgers University-Newark | 21600 | 38900 | 0.4448 | 7,417 | 1214 | 0.7873 | |
43 | Robert Morris University | 22200 | 56300 | 0.6063 | 3,769 | 1180 | 0.9057 | |
44 | Luther College | 22300 | 70900 | 0.6849 | 1,341 | 1226 | 0.8402 | |
45 | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | 22600 | 22800 | 0.0088 | 10,630 | 1075 | 0.7289 | |
46 | Syracuse University | 22900 | 83100 | 0.7244 | 15,955 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
47 | Averett University | 23100 | 57200 | 0.5965 | 1,180 | 1010 | 0.478 | |
47 | Dakota State University | 23100 | 25600 | 0.0977 | 3,066 | 1192 | 0.8814 | |
49 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 23200 | 39200 | 0.4083 | 28,674 | 980 | 0.9401 | |
50 | Bemidji State University | 23600 | 26400 | 0.1072 | 3,610 | 1110 | 0.9131 | |
51 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 23800 | 26600 | 0.1062 | 3,413 | 1085 | 0.5295 | |
51 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 23800 | 62200 | 0.6178 | 686 | 1030 | 0.8649 | |
53 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 23900 | 37400 | 0.3606 | 7,595 | 1075 | 0.9226 | |
54 | McKendree University | 24200 | 55600 | 0.5653 | 1,605 | 1098 | 0.6388 | |
55 | Elmhurst University | 24300 | 67000 | 0.6376 | 3,170 | 1148 | 0.7357 | |
56 | Dominican University | 24400 | 55500 | 0.5604 | 2,570 | 1035 | 0.9032 | |
57 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 24500 | 51700 | 0.5267 | 1,409 | 1110 | 0.6327 | |
58 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 24600 | 37400 | 0.3427 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
59 | Bethune-Cookman University | 25000 | 32700 | 0.2355 | 2,739 | 910 | 0.8824 | |
59 | Houghton University | 25000 | 35500 | 0.2956 | 939 | 1277 | 0.8866 | |
61 | Boston College | 25100 | 94600 | 0.7347 | 9,654 | 1490 | 0.1619 | |
62 | Westfield State University | 25200 | 39000 | 0.3535 | 3,767 | 1105 | 0.8671 | |
63 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 25300 | 35700 | 0.2915 | 12,108 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
64 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 25400 | 36500 | 0.3038 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
65 | Fort Hays State University | 25700 | 35200 | 0.2702 | 10,206 | 1120 | 0.9177 | |
66 | Northwood University | 25800 | 54500 | 0.5271 | 1,989 | 1075 | 0.839 | |
67 | Doane University | 26000 | 62800 | 0.5861 | 1,313 | 1125 | 0.9801 | |
67 | Pennsylvania Western University | 26000 | 35600 | 0.27 | 7,586 | 1070 | 0.9433 | |
69 | Georgia Southern University | 26300 | 26700 | 0.015 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
70 | Fairmont State University | 26400 | 32000 | 0.1752 | 3,060 | 1005 | 0.9924 | |
70 | Northern Kentucky University | 26400 | 31600 | 0.1644 | 10,162 | 1090 | 0.8307 | |
72 | Benedictine University | 26500 | 48900 | 0.4581 | 1,970 | 1150 | 0.9523 | |
73 | Columbia College | 26600 | 41300 | 0.3562 | 876 | 1025 | 0.8878 | |
74 | Emporia State University | 26800 | 37700 | 0.2889 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
74 | University of North Georgia | 26800 | 35500 | 0.245 | 18,329 | 1100 | 0.6794 | |
76 | Kennesaw State University | 27000 | 27000 | 0 | 44,419 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
76 | University of North Texas | 27000 | 37400 | 0.2782 | 37,529 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
78 | Grand Valley State University | 27500 | 35700 | 0.2297 | 18,962 | 1233 | 0.8302 | |
79 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 27600 | 27600 | 0 | 11,721 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
80 | Furman University | 28200 | 79600 | 0.6454 | 2,374 | 1359 | 0.4295 | |
80 | George Fox University | 28200 | 67100 | 0.5801 | 3,401 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
80 | Jacksonville State University | 28200 | 38200 | 0.2616 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
80 | Mercy University | 28200 | 44500 | 0.3664 | 6,769 | 1074 | 0.8584 | |
80 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28200 | 31500 | 0.1048 | 11,127 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
85 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 28300 | 39700 | 0.2873 | 4,478 | 1065 | 0.8132 | |
86 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 28400 | 44100 | 0.3563 | 345 | 1180 | 0.9647 | |
86 | Radford University | 28400 | 32800 | 0.1342 | 6,143 | 1070 | 0.8953 | |
88 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 28600 | 53300 | 0.4624 | 3,163 | 1165 | 0.9347 | |
89 | Lincoln University | 28700 | 40900 | 0.2982 | 1,707 | 920 | 0 | |
90 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 29000 | 36500 | 0.2056 | 7,505 | 1059 | 0.9633 | |
91 | University of South Alabama | 29300 | 35000 | 0.1629 | 9,205 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
92 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 29400 | 51100 | 0.4249 | 1,477 | 1075 | 0.8068 | |
92 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 29400 | 38200 | 0.2306 | 6,550 | 1140 | 0.7456 | |
94 | Saint Xavier University | 29800 | 51200 | 0.4165 | 3,039 | 1125 | 0.8575 | |
95 | San Jose State University | 29900 | 41000 | 0.2705 | 27,902 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
96 | West Virginia Wesleyan College | 30000 | 52800 | 0.4325 | 938 | 1090 | 0.951 | |
97 | University of Toledo | 30100 | 42000 | 0.2819 | 11,013 | 1159 | 0.9202 | |
98 | Albright College | 30300 | 48700 | 0.3779 | 1,328 | 1050 | 0.8615 | |
99 | SUNY at Fredonia | 30400 | 39600 | 0.2326 | 2,839 | 1193 | 0.792 | |
99 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 30400 | 39500 | 0.2302 | 5,203 | 1118 | 0.744 | |
101 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 30700 | 33500 | 0.0845 | 14,504 | 1145 | 0.7637 | |
102 | Harding University | 31000 | 43800 | 0.2928 | 3,523 | 1193 | 0.3942 | |
102 | Washington Adventist University | 31000 | 37800 | 0.1801 | 605 | 951 | 0.4536 | |
104 | SUNY Brockport | 31100 | 37900 | 0.1794 | 5,816 | 1195 | 0.7068 | |
104 | Thomas Jefferson University | 31100 | 67700 | 0.5405 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
106 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 31200 | 36700 | 0.1499 | 5,789 | 1115 | 0.5774 | |
106 | University of North Florida | 31200 | 37900 | 0.1768 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
108 | Saint Michael's College | 31300 | 68400 | 0.5421 | 1,120 | 1240 | 0.8451 | |
108 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 31300 | 31400 | 0.0032 | 6,853 | 1090 | 0.7147 | |
110 | CUNY Brooklyn College | 31800 | 31800 | 0 | 11,406 | 1110 | 0.5836 | |
110 | Hampton University | 31800 | 47000 | 0.3235 | 3,728 | 956 | 0.6225 | |
112 | University of Scranton | 31900 | 76300 | 0.5822 | 3,613 | 1220 | 0.812 | |
113 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 32200 | 44100 | 0.2697 | 578 | 1129 | 0.9821 | |
114 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 32500 | 46200 | 0.2968 | 8,526 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
115 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver | 32600 | 40200 | 0.1892 | 464 | 1195 | 0.9565 | |
116 | Grambling State University | 32800 | 35300 | 0.0709 | 4,279 | 965 | 0.2368 | |
116 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 32800 | 40900 | 0.1982 | 1,214 | 1203 | 0.9811 | |
116 | Wilkes University | 32800 | 61900 | 0.4694 | 1,946 | 1153 | 0.9146 | |
119 | California Lutheran University | 32900 | 65800 | 0.4996 | 2,297 | 1258 | 0.7567 | |
120 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 33000 | 45200 | 0.27 | 10,767 | 1326 | 0.7243 | |
121 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 15,130 | 0 | 0.5256 | |
122 | Norwich University | 33400 | 70900 | 0.5291 | 2,642 | 1209 | 0.7361 | |
123 | Elizabethtown College | 33600 | 54600 | 0.3849 | 1,901 | 1214 | 0.7787 | |
123 | LeTourneau University | 33600 | 54600 | 0.3845 | 3,184 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
125 | George Washington University | 33700 | 81800 | 0.5882 | 11,677 | 1421 | 0.4709 | |
125 | Morgan State University | 33700 | 37200 | 0.0941 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
127 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 34000 | 37800 | 0.1013 | 5,086 | 1000 | 0.9821 | |
128 | Adelphi University | 34500 | 63300 | 0.4552 | 5,322 | 1218 | 0.6591 | |
129 | Coastal Carolina University | 34600 | 44700 | 0.2258 | 10,811 | 1145 | 0.7527 | |
129 | DePaul University | 34600 | 56200 | 0.3845 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
129 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 34600 | 49600 | 0.3022 | 1,809 | 1109 | 0.9484 | |
132 | University of South Florida | 34700 | 34700 | 0 | 44,120 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
133 | City University of Seattle | 35100 | 45400 | 0.227 | 1,180 | 0 | 0.9025 | |
133 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 35100 | 42400 | 0.1721 | 31,112 | 1130 | 0.8129 | |
135 | Stevenson University | 35300 | 59900 | 0.4105 | 3,087 | 1100 | 0.7891 | |
135 | University of Mount Olive | 35300 | 35300 | 0 | 1,937 | 945 | 0.7775 | |
137 | Salisbury University | 35900 | 40900 | 0.1224 | 6,288 | 1250 | 0.8747 | |
138 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 36000 | 51900 | 0.3052 | 5,546 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
139 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 36100 | 38900 | 0.0727 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
140 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 36300 | 38100 | 0.0472 | 2,834 | 1175 | 0.9677 | |
141 | Mercer University | 36400 | 60500 | 0.3984 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
142 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 36800 | 41600 | 0.116 | 5,187 | 1005 | 0.9229 | |
143 | Immaculata University | 37000 | 47800 | 0.2257 | 1,628 | 1245 | 0.8578 | |
144 | East Carolina University | 37100 | 40100 | 0.0748 | 21,445 | 1120 | 0.8922 | |
145 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 37700 | 38900 | 0.0309 | 1,919 | 1245 | 0.7844 | |
146 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 38000 | 52900 | 0.2815 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
147 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38400 | 38400 | 0 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
148 | University of Illinois Chicago | 38500 | 48000 | 0.1978 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
149 | Stony Brook University | 39200 | 53000 | 0.2609 | 18,263 | 1395 | 0.4904 | |
150 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 39600 | 45400 | 0.1278 | 494 | 1204 | 0.9641 | |
151 | Pace University | 39700 | 74100 | 0.464 | 8,019 | 1274 | 0.7592 | |
152 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 40300 | 40300 | 0 | 1,854 | 1185 | 0.9867 | |
153 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 40500 | 40500 | 0 | 3,988 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
154 | Loyola University Maryland | 41800 | 78800 | 0.4696 | 3,843 | 1309 | 0.7549 | |
154 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 41800 | 55100 | 0.2415 | 43,729 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
154 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 41800 | 54900 | 0.2388 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
157 | University of Maryland-College Park | 42100 | 52900 | 0.2042 | 30,994 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
158 | University of California-Riverside | 42900 | 66400 | 0.3539 | 21,954 | 1199 | 0.7685 | |
159 | Merrimack College | 43200 | 78800 | 0.4522 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
160 | CUNY Bernard M Baruch College | 43400 | 43400 | 0 | 16,060 | 1293 | 0.5117 | |
160 | Western Oregon University | 43400 | 43400 | 0 | 3,343 | 1120 | 0.9871 | |
162 | CUNY Lehman College | 43800 | 45800 | 0.0437 | 11,176 | 1020 | 0.4601 | |
163 | James Madison University | 46400 | 46400 | 0 | 21,045 | 1260 | 0.7151 | |
164 | Ramapo College of New Jersey | 46700 | 48100 | 0.0291 | 5,444 | 1214 | 0.7064 | |
165 | Drexel University | 48100 | 82600 | 0.4175 | 12,896 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
165 | Suffolk University | 48100 | 73600 | 0.3466 | 4,275 | 1209 | 0.822 | |
165 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 48100 | 56200 | 0.1441 | 3,963 | 1229 | 0.9121 | |
168 | Molloy University | 48300 | 62300 | 0.2249 | 3,235 | 1199 | 0.8174 | |
169 | College of Charleston | 49200 | 59000 | 0.1661 | 10,880 | 1255 | 0.6003 | |
170 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 49300 | 56400 | 0.1258 | 10,200 | 1346 | 0.6507 | |
171 | University of Kentucky | 49700 | 56000 | 0.1112 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
171 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 49700 | 52300 | 0.0497 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
173 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 50300 | 84200 | 0.4027 | 33,921 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
174 | University of Colorado Boulder | 50900 | 56300 | 0.0958 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
174 | University of Utah | 50900 | 53700 | 0.0527 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
176 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
177 | Fordham University | 55500 | 94600 | 0.4135 | 10,307 | 1415 | 0.5628 | |
178 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 56100 | 58900 | 0.048 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
179 | Clemson University | 58300 | 61100 | 0.0463 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
180 | Thiel College | 66300 | 69100 | 0.0405 | 830 | 1065 | 0.7189 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.