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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 Louisiana.
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 Louisiana.
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 | 5100 | 40700 | 0.8738 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 2 | Savannah State University | 6900 | 29000 | 0.7616 | 2,966 | 925 | 0.4614 | |
| 3 | California Institute of Technology | 7500 | 91800 | 0.9183 | 987 | 1557 | 0.0257 | |
| 4 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 7900 | 36100 | 0.7821 | 10,051 | 1064 | 0.9234 | |
| 5 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8400 | 97100 | 0.914 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0399 | |
| 6 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 10300 | 20400 | 0.4956 | 3,224 | 1085 | 0.7643 | |
| 6 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 10300 | 10300 | 0 | 6,139 | 1070 | 0.9052 | |
| 8 | Valdosta State University | 10500 | 24800 | 0.5775 | 7,166 | 1015 | 0.7229 | |
| 9 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 11700 | 27800 | 0.5771 | 20,885 | 1420 | 0.1534 | |
| 10 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 29200 | 0.5745 | 38,040 | 1418 | 0.452 | |
| 11 | Louisiana State University-Shreveport | 12700 | 34200 | 0.6286 | 2,651 | 1085 | 0.5055 | |
| 12 | Fort Hays State University | 13000 | 22600 | 0.4262 | 10,172 | 1075 | 0.9026 | |
| 12 | University of North Florida | 13000 | 22400 | 0.4202 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
| 14 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 13300 | 13300 | 0 | 18,288 | 1090 | 0.9068 | |
| 15 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 13400 | 25700 | 0.4784 | 28,674 | 980 | 0.9419 | |
| 16 | University of Michigan-Flint | 13500 | 46300 | 0.7082 | 5,011 | 1109 | 0.7046 | |
| 17 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 13600 | 19400 | 0.299 | 14,416 | 1210 | 0.8851 | |
| 18 | East Texas A&M University | 13700 | 30000 | 0.5434 | 9,992 | 1045 | 0.9224 | |
| 18 | Louisiana Tech University | 13700 | 25400 | 0.4608 | 10,881 | 1189 | 0.864 | |
| 20 | Grand Valley State University | 14500 | 25300 | 0.4274 | 19,002 | 1084 | 0.8302 | |
| 21 | Dickinson State University | 14600 | 25000 | 0.4179 | 1,339 | 990 | 0.3702 | |
| 22 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 14900 | 29600 | 0.4988 | 7,622 | 1075 | 0.9254 | |
| 23 | Salisbury University | 15000 | 28700 | 0.4776 | 6,288 | 1250 | 0.8747 | |
| 24 | Wayne State College | 15300 | 20300 | 0.2463 | 3,902 | 0 | 0 | |
| 25 | Alabama State University | 15500 | 24300 | 0.3632 | 3,521 | 945 | 0.9755 | |
| 25 | Radford University | 15500 | 32000 | 0.5152 | 6,161 | 1070 | 0.8953 | |
| 27 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 15600 | 25800 | 0.3938 | 5,386 | 1050 | 0.9092 | |
| 28 | Southeastern Louisiana University | 15800 | 26900 | 0.4102 | 13,192 | 1075 | 0.9931 | |
| 29 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 15900 | 38400 | 0.5856 | 37,140 | 1406 | 0.4237 | |
| 30 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver | 16100 | 38700 | 0.5837 | 482 | 1195 | 0.9565 | |
| 31 | Jacksonville State University | 16200 | 27000 | 0.4007 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 31 | University of California-Riverside | 16200 | 36500 | 0.5558 | 22,600 | 1199 | 0.7639 | |
| 33 | Southern University at New Orleans | 16300 | 31000 | 0.4736 | 2,179 | 950 | 0.789 | |
| 34 | Frostburg State University | 16500 | 26600 | 0.3794 | 3,422 | 1095 | 0.8918 | |
| 34 | Goshen College | 16500 | 55900 | 0.7045 | 780 | 995 | 0.8407 | |
| 36 | Grove City College | 16700 | 39700 | 0.5801 | 2,341 | 1266 | 0.7232 | |
| 36 | Northwestern University | 16700 | 89500 | 0.8138 | 9,399 | 1527 | 0.0769 | |
| 38 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 17100 | 35700 | 0.5211 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8304 | |
| 38 | University of South Florida | 17100 | 17100 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 40 | Westfield State University | 17200 | 33100 | 0.481 | 3,868 | 1085 | 0.8141 | |
| 41 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 17500 | 44500 | 0.6063 | 352 | 1180 | 0.9647 | |
| 42 | East Carolina University | 17600 | 26100 | 0.3256 | 21,445 | 1160 | 0.8921 | |
| 43 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 17800 | 43500 | 0.5903 | 581 | 1132 | 0.9821 | |
| 44 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 18000 | 26600 | 0.3236 | 7,505 | 1073 | 0.9633 | |
| 45 | Boston College | 18100 | 97600 | 0.8144 | 10,314 | 1490 | 0.1643 | |
| 46 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18200 | 28600 | 0.3634 | 4,218 | 1030 | 0.9489 | |
| 47 | Angelo State University | 18500 | 23100 | 0.2011 | 9,702 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 47 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 18500 | 25200 | 0.2654 | 6,835 | 1090 | 0.7147 | |
| 49 | University of Houston-Victoria | 19200 | 25000 | 0.2322 | 2,627 | 1095 | 0.959 | |
| 50 | Norwich University | 20000 | 73800 | 0.7288 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 50 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 20000 | 41400 | 0.5165 | 502 | 1189 | 0.9641 | |
| 50 | Pennsylvania Western University | 20000 | 29000 | 0.3108 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 50 | Rutgers University-Newark | 20000 | 38000 | 0.4735 | 7,989 | 1159 | 0.7136 | |
| 54 | Central Connecticut State University | 20100 | 29500 | 0.3185 | 8,170 | 1075 | 0.7333 | |
| 55 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20400 | 29400 | 0.3056 | 5,255 | 1109 | 0.7295 | |
| 56 | University of Colorado Boulder | 20500 | 31900 | 0.3558 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7808 | |
| 56 | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | 20500 | 25700 | 0.2025 | 10,632 | 1075 | 0.8859 | |
| 58 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 20800 | 57800 | 0.6408 | 1,932 | 1193 | 0.9278 | |
| 59 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27300 | 0.2346 | 31,133 | 1463 | 0.4479 | |
| 60 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 21100 | 27800 | 0.2406 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8698 | |
| 61 | Luther College | 21400 | 71900 | 0.7019 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.7154 | |
| 61 | University of North Georgia | 21400 | 21400 | 0 | 18,322 | 1100 | 0.6794 | |
| 63 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 22500 | 25400 | 0.1143 | 2,906 | 1125 | 0.4696 | |
| 64 | New Mexico Highlands University | 22600 | 27200 | 0.169 | 1,603 | 0 | 0 | |
| 65 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 22700 | 53000 | 0.5712 | 1,472 | 1075 | 0.8459 | |
| 66 | Dakota State University | 23100 | 25600 | 0.0977 | 3,066 | 1192 | 0.8805 | |
| 67 | Florida Memorial University | 23200 | 42000 | 0.4471 | 1,206 | 0 | 0.8526 | |
| 67 | Houghton University | 23200 | 44300 | 0.4763 | 1,162 | 1277 | 0.8866 | |
| 69 | Robert Morris University | 23300 | 58000 | 0.5988 | 4,325 | 1145 | 0.8989 | |
| 69 | San Jose State University | 23300 | 41100 | 0.4332 | 28,008 | 1124 | 0.8461 | |
| 71 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 24000 | 34400 | 0.3023 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 71 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 24000 | 24900 | 0.0361 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 73 | Dominican University | 24100 | 56000 | 0.5705 | 2,690 | 1005 | 0.9032 | |
| 74 | Bradley University | 24500 | 50800 | 0.5177 | 3,596 | 1223 | 0.7676 | |
| 75 | Emporia State University | 25300 | 32000 | 0.2093 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 76 | Doane University | 25400 | 71000 | 0.6426 | 1,315 | 1125 | 0.9801 | |
| 77 | Bethune-Cookman University | 25800 | 32700 | 0.2111 | 2,738 | 910 | 0.8824 | |
| 78 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 26100 | 28300 | 0.076 | 3,375 | 1090 | 0.5876 | |
| 78 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 26100 | 37500 | 0.3044 | 1,236 | 1193 | 0.9811 | |
| 78 | Stony Brook University | 26100 | 33200 | 0.2129 | 18,263 | 1410 | 0.4904 | |
| 78 | University of North Texas | 26100 | 26100 | 0 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 82 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 26300 | 28400 | 0.0756 | 14,504 | 1149 | 0.7637 | |
| 83 | Columbia College | 26400 | 46900 | 0.4371 | 5,207 | 1145 | 0.4714 | |
| 84 | Kennesaw State University | 26600 | 26600 | 0 | 42,760 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 85 | Albright College | 26700 | 49300 | 0.4583 | 1,230 | 1050 | 0.7633 | |
| 86 | Northwood University | 26800 | 54500 | 0.5087 | 2,045 | 1055 | 0.6451 | |
| 87 | Rowan University | 27500 | 41300 | 0.3345 | 16,100 | 1219 | 0.7766 | |
| 88 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 27600 | 27600 | 0 | 10,767 | 1326 | 0.7243 | |
| 89 | Syracuse University | 27700 | 83100 | 0.6665 | 15,957 | 1363 | 0.4592 | |
| 90 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 27900 | 36700 | 0.24 | 1,880 | 1185 | 0.9867 | |
| 91 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28500 | 32300 | 0.1176 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 92 | Saint Xavier University | 28700 | 53700 | 0.4652 | 3,098 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 93 | Elmhurst University | 28800 | 67000 | 0.5704 | 3,213 | 1148 | 0.7364 | |
| 94 | James Madison University | 28900 | 28900 | 0 | 20,973 | 1260 | 0.7152 | |
| 95 | George Fox University | 29000 | 69400 | 0.5824 | 3,354 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 95 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 29000 | 42400 | 0.3164 | 6,761 | 1105 | 0.8475 | |
| 97 | University of Toledo | 29500 | 32600 | 0.0966 | 11,013 | 1229 | 0.9202 | |
| 98 | Morgan State University | 29600 | 41900 | 0.2938 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 99 | Fairmont State University | 29700 | 32200 | 0.0777 | 3,088 | 970 | 0.9862 | |
| 100 | Towson University | 29900 | 29900 | 0 | 16,264 | 1098 | 0.8197 | |
| 101 | Northern Kentucky University | 30100 | 32100 | 0.0623 | 10,163 | 1090 | 0.6765 | |
| 101 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 30100 | 39700 | 0.2419 | 4,487 | 1115 | 0.6726 | |
| 103 | Mercy University | 30300 | 44500 | 0.3192 | 6,774 | 1135 | 0.8584 | |
| 104 | Central College | 30500 | 36800 | 0.1713 | 1,084 | 1145 | 0.8617 | |
| 104 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 30500 | 54700 | 0.4419 | 1,427 | 1025 | 0.4941 | |
| 106 | Lincoln University | 30600 | 34500 | 0.1129 | 1,926 | 0 | 0 | |
| 106 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30600 | 54600 | 0.4387 | 3,163 | 1165 | 0.9347 | |
| 108 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1161 | 0.9523 | |
| 109 | Hampton University | 31300 | 54800 | 0.4288 | 3,728 | 947 | 0.6225 | |
| 110 | University of Kentucky | 31400 | 36400 | 0.1373 | 25,534 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 111 | Saint Michael's College | 31700 | 68500 | 0.5375 | 1,120 | 1240 | 0.8451 | |
| 112 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 32200 | 49500 | 0.3498 | 1,813 | 1109 | 0.9484 | |
| 113 | Grambling State University | 32300 | 35300 | 0.085 | 4,313 | 950 | 0.4486 | |
| 113 | Washington Adventist University | 32300 | 37800 | 0.1457 | 513 | 995 | 0.4618 | |
| 115 | SUNY Brockport | 32400 | 35800 | 0.095 | 5,816 | 1195 | 0.7068 | |
| 116 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 32500 | 40900 | 0.2054 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 116 | University of Scranton | 32500 | 78700 | 0.5874 | 3,613 | 1250 | 0.8123 | |
| 118 | State University of New York at Oswego | 33100 | 40200 | 0.1767 | 5,517 | 1180 | 0.8055 | |
| 118 | Suffolk University | 33100 | 70300 | 0.5291 | 4,326 | 1209 | 0.8233 | |
| 120 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 15,254 | 1080 | 0.8955 | |
| 121 | Cleveland State University | 33400 | 37300 | 0.1046 | 9,482 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 122 | George Washington University | 33800 | 81800 | 0.5869 | 11,677 | 1430 | 0.4709 | |
| 123 | LeTourneau University | 33900 | 54800 | 0.3817 | 3,187 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 123 | Thomas Jefferson University | 33900 | 68100 | 0.5024 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8097 | |
| 125 | SUNY at Fredonia | 34000 | 39600 | 0.1416 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 126 | Charleston Southern University | 34300 | 48400 | 0.2921 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 127 | Coastal Carolina University | 35000 | 45100 | 0.2237 | 10,811 | 1145 | 0.7527 | |
| 128 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 35100 | 35100 | 0 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 129 | Adelphi University | 35200 | 63300 | 0.4445 | 5,325 | 1237 | 0.6591 | |
| 130 | Averett University | 35300 | 57200 | 0.3831 | 1,244 | 1054 | 0.5659 | |
| 131 | California Lutheran University | 35500 | 70000 | 0.4931 | 2,297 | 1254 | 0.7567 | |
| 132 | Stockton University | 35800 | 44500 | 0.1956 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 133 | Christopher Newport University | 36200 | 36200 | 0 | 4,369 | 1189 | 0.8604 | |
| 133 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 36200 | 56300 | 0.3578 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 135 | Loyola University Maryland | 36300 | 78800 | 0.5394 | 3,881 | 1303 | 0.7549 | |
| 136 | Furman University | 36700 | 82900 | 0.5571 | 2,383 | 1359 | 0.4295 | |
| 137 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 36900 | 37100 | 0.0054 | 5,939 | 1065 | 0.5878 | |
| 138 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 37500 | 38100 | 0.0157 | 2,884 | 1175 | 0.9677 | |
| 139 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 37600 | 40700 | 0.0774 | 5,086 | 1124 | 0.949 | |
| 140 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 38900 | 38900 | 0 | 1,973 | 1189 | 0.8135 | |
| 141 | University of South Alabama | 39700 | 39700 | 0 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 142 | McKendree University | 40100 | 52200 | 0.2327 | 1,757 | 1098 | 0.7172 | |
| 143 | Wayne State University | 40700 | 46200 | 0.1191 | 16,012 | 1174 | 0.8116 | |
| 144 | Pace University | 40900 | 74800 | 0.4531 | 8,038 | 1260 | 0.7592 | |
| 145 | Immaculata University | 42000 | 47500 | 0.1157 | 1,652 | 1245 | 0.8576 | |
| 146 | University of Mount Olive | 42300 | 50400 | 0.1617 | 1,944 | 1075 | 0.7575 | |
| 146 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 42300 | 55200 | 0.2336 | 25,900 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 148 | Western Oregon University | 43400 | 43400 | 0 | 3,167 | 1040 | 0.981 | |
| 149 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4474 | 4,102 | 1115 | 0.7002 | |
| 150 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 43900 | 57100 | 0.2305 | 23,329 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 151 | Mercer University | 45200 | 65400 | 0.3085 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
| 152 | University of Illinois Chicago | 45600 | 50600 | 0.0988 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 153 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47100 | 59700 | 0.2117 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 154 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 47700 | 67900 | 0.2974 | 3,965 | 1229 | 0.9121 | |
| 155 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 48000 | 55800 | 0.1398 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 156 | Drexel University | 48800 | 83900 | 0.4184 | 13,309 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 157 | DePaul University | 49200 | 66000 | 0.2547 | 14,188 | 1254 | 0.7589 | |
| 158 | Ramapo College of New Jersey | 50600 | 55400 | 0.0867 | 5,444 | 1220 | 0.7064 | |
| 159 | University of Utah | 51600 | 53700 | 0.04 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 160 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 51900 | 52800 | 0.017 | 21,210 | 1148 | 0.9262 | |
| 161 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 53000 | 61200 | 0.1332 | 26,221 | 1204 | 0.8854 | |
| 162 | Dallas Baptist University | 56400 | 63400 | 0.1104 | 2,785 | 1109 | 0.8884 | |
| 163 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58200 | 64100 | 0.092 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 164 | Molloy University | 59700 | 62300 | 0.0418 | 3,240 | 1199 | 0.8174 | |
| 165 | Thiel College | 60500 | 69100 | 0.1244 | 833 | 1065 | 0.7155 | |
| 166 | College of Charleston | 61200 | 61200 | 0 | 10,880 | 1255 | 0.6003 | |
| 167 | Clemson University | 61500 | 63700 | 0.0338 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 168 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 63700 | 63700 | 0 | 10,200 | 1325 | 0.6507 | |
| 169 | Fordham University | 69900 | 95100 | 0.2649 | 10,582 | 1406 | 0.5931 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.