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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-Flint | 5500 | 43700 | 0.8746 | 5,534 | 1079 | 0.6734 | |
| 2 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 6100 | 40700 | 0.8492 | 35,358 | 1448 | 0.1642 | |
| 3 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 6900 | 41500 | 0.8333 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 4 | Northern Kentucky University | 8000 | 25900 | 0.692 | 10,136 | 1110 | 0.9666 | |
| 4 | Northwestern University | 8000 | 94200 | 0.9152 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 6 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8600 | 98000 | 0.9125 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 7 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 8900 | 72200 | 0.8771 | 10,368 | 1064 | 0.999 | |
| 8 | Louisiana State University-Shreveport | 9700 | 36800 | 0.7359 | 2,651 | 1085 | 0.5055 | |
| 9 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 9800 | 41400 | 0.7639 | 3,224 | 1085 | 0.7643 | |
| 10 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 10300 | 10300 | 0 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 11 | Portland State University | 10400 | 43300 | 0.7598 | 14,932 | 1174 | 0.8586 | |
| 12 | Concord University | 11000 | 49200 | 0.776 | 1,638 | 1015 | 0.9728 | |
| 12 | Savannah State University | 11000 | 50900 | 0.7842 | 2,966 | 950 | 1 | |
| 14 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 11200 | 39000 | 0.7131 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 15 | University of Illinois Chicago | 12000 | 30200 | 0.6025 | 24,260 | 1174 | 0.7576 | |
| 16 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 31100 | 0.6022 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 17 | Fort Hays State University | 13000 | 19900 | 0.3457 | 10,172 | 1075 | 0.9026 | |
| 18 | University of North Florida | 13300 | 22400 | 0.4068 | 14,837 | 1124 | 0.6815 | |
| 19 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 13400 | 27100 | 0.5048 | 29,727 | 990 | 0.9229 | |
| 20 | Coastal Carolina University | 13700 | 27200 | 0.4964 | 11,471 | 1160 | 0.7003 | |
| 20 | Louisiana Tech University | 13700 | 43000 | 0.6812 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 20 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 13700 | 40900 | 0.6651 | 6,761 | 1105 | 0.8475 | |
| 23 | University of California-Riverside | 13800 | 36500 | 0.6215 | 24,034 | 1199 | 0.8609 | |
| 23 | University of South Florida | 13800 | 22400 | 0.3843 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 23 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 13800 | 21300 | 0.352 | 18,667 | 1090 | 0.9711 | |
| 26 | University of North Georgia | 14400 | 21400 | 0.3271 | 19,321 | 1100 | 0.9618 | |
| 27 | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | 14500 | 25700 | 0.4362 | 10,995 | 1090 | 0.7476 | |
| 28 | Mercy University | 14600 | 46400 | 0.6858 | 6,692 | 1135 | 0.8724 | |
| 29 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 14700 | 49300 | 0.7011 | 7,501 | 1055 | 0.9467 | |
| 30 | Wayne State College | 15000 | 30200 | 0.5039 | 3,886 | 0 | 1 | |
| 31 | Coppin State University | 15600 | 25300 | 0.3829 | 1,908 | 950 | 0.4583 | |
| 32 | Grand Valley State University | 15700 | 28300 | 0.4445 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 32 | Jacksonville State University | 15700 | 38200 | 0.5886 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 32 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 15700 | 44000 | 0.6435 | 308 | 1144 | 0.9053 | |
| 35 | Christopher Newport University | 16000 | 42800 | 0.6266 | 4,369 | 1189 | 0.8604 | |
| 36 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver | 16100 | 43700 | 0.6311 | 475 | 1195 | 0.9418 | |
| 37 | Southeastern Louisiana University | 16200 | 51300 | 0.684 | 14,294 | 1125 | 0.915 | |
| 38 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16300 | 64800 | 0.7481 | 22,007 | 1427 | 0.1672 | |
| 38 | University of North Texas | 16300 | 26100 | 0.3752 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 40 | Southern University at New Orleans | 16400 | 40700 | 0.5974 | 2,179 | 950 | 0.789 | |
| 41 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 16600 | 23400 | 0.291 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 42 | Boston College | 16900 | 97700 | 0.8273 | 9,677 | 1484 | 0.1422 | |
| 42 | Morgan State University | 16900 | 30700 | 0.449 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 44 | Emporia State University | 17000 | 30900 | 0.4501 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 45 | Radford University | 17200 | 33100 | 0.4818 | 6,206 | 1050 | 0.8939 | |
| 45 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 17200 | 28100 | 0.3885 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 47 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 17300 | 26600 | 0.35 | 7,747 | 1073 | 0.9617 | |
| 48 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 17500 | 36400 | 0.5186 | 2,710 | 1218 | 0.9374 | |
| 48 | Westfield State University | 17500 | 37600 | 0.5347 | 3,868 | 1105 | 0.8671 | |
| 50 | State University of New York at Oswego | 17700 | 27700 | 0.3609 | 5,293 | 1179 | 0.7989 | |
| 50 | Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi | 17700 | 28900 | 0.3881 | 8,673 | 1095 | 0.9156 | |
| 50 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 17700 | 44200 | 0.6002 | 1,829 | 1149 | 0.945 | |
| 53 | University of Kentucky | 17900 | 36500 | 0.509 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 54 | Kennesaw State University | 18300 | 26700 | 0.3145 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 54 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 18300 | 44000 | 0.5837 | 586 | 1140 | 0.9577 | |
| 56 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 18400 | 69500 | 0.7358 | 711 | 1030 | 0.8214 | |
| 57 | San Jose State University | 18500 | 41100 | 0.5494 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 57 | SUNY Brockport | 18500 | 26200 | 0.2934 | 5,816 | 1195 | 0.7068 | |
| 59 | Fairmont State University | 18600 | 30900 | 0.398 | 3,090 | 970 | 0.9862 | |
| 60 | Texas A&M University-Victoria | 18700 | 45400 | 0.5885 | 2,627 | 1000 | 0.5253 | |
| 61 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18800 | 54000 | 0.6515 | 3,991 | 1010 | 0.9654 | |
| 62 | Ramapo College of New Jersey | 19100 | 36700 | 0.4809 | 5,492 | 1210 | 0.7026 | |
| 62 | Valdosta State University | 19100 | 29600 | 0.3546 | 7,199 | 1005 | 0.7769 | |
| 64 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 19200 | 45300 | 0.5759 | 504 | 1200 | 0.9095 | |
| 65 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 19300 | 40900 | 0.5287 | 1,078 | 1217 | 0.9646 | |
| 66 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 19400 | 38900 | 0.5008 | 1,973 | 1189 | 0.8142 | |
| 67 | Norwich University | 19500 | 100600 | 0.8065 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 67 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Schuylkill | 19500 | 32900 | 0.4078 | 653 | 1145 | 0.7972 | |
| 69 | Pennsylvania Western University | 20000 | 30900 | 0.3529 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 70 | SUNY at Fredonia | 20100 | 53600 | 0.6248 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 71 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 20300 | 57800 | 0.648 | 1,109 | 1175 | 0.9088 | |
| 71 | Syracuse University | 20300 | 83600 | 0.7572 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 73 | Stockton University | 20400 | 32100 | 0.3643 | 7,583 | 1134 | 0.901 | |
| 73 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20400 | 57800 | 0.6468 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 75 | Grove City College | 20700 | 39700 | 0.4792 | 2,247 | 1248 | 0.667 | |
| 76 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 20900 | 40600 | 0.4864 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 77 | Grambling State University | 21000 | 39700 | 0.4712 | 4,313 | 950 | 0.4486 | |
| 78 | Lincoln University | 21100 | 46500 | 0.5467 | 1,926 | 920 | 0 | |
| 79 | Luther College | 21300 | 75400 | 0.7183 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.8398 | |
| 79 | Thiel College | 21300 | 69100 | 0.6916 | 830 | 1065 | 0.7189 | |
| 81 | Texas Southern University | 21400 | 38900 | 0.4499 | 6,844 | 915 | 0.9691 | |
| 82 | Alabama State University | 21700 | 43200 | 0.4979 | 3,521 | 945 | 0.9755 | |
| 82 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 21700 | 33600 | 0.3539 | 21,469 | 1167 | 0.9061 | |
| 84 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 21900 | 39100 | 0.4402 | 2,907 | 1125 | 0.4696 | |
| 85 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 22700 | 34200 | 0.3366 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 85 | Houghton University | 22700 | 51300 | 0.5576 | 958 | 1277 | 0.89 | |
| 87 | Robert Morris University | 23000 | 58000 | 0.6043 | 4,325 | 1145 | 0.8989 | |
| 88 | Dakota State University | 23100 | 25600 | 0.0977 | 3,085 | 1174 | 0.9241 | |
| 89 | Florida Memorial University | 23300 | 51000 | 0.5426 | 1,206 | 0 | 0.8526 | |
| 90 | Columbia College | 23600 | 40200 | 0.413 | 876 | 1025 | 0.8878 | |
| 91 | Dominican University | 23700 | 56000 | 0.5761 | 2,642 | 1005 | 0.8879 | |
| 92 | Lamar University | 23900 | 37700 | 0.3659 | 8,387 | 1040 | 0.8353 | |
| 93 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 24400 | 47900 | 0.4902 | 2,280 | 1224 | 0.9675 | |
| 94 | Western Oregon University | 24600 | 24600 | 0 | 3,034 | 1120 | 0.8345 | |
| 95 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 24800 | 62800 | 0.6055 | 1,495 | 1075 | 0.8761 | |
| 96 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 24900 | 40500 | 0.3853 | 21,388 | 1369 | 0.5945 | |
| 97 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 25500 | 54300 | 0.53 | 5,939 | 1065 | 0.5878 | |
| 98 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 25700 | 28300 | 0.0907 | 3,375 | 1090 | 0.5885 | |
| 98 | West Virginia Wesleyan College | 25700 | 53800 | 0.522 | 971 | 1030 | 0.9334 | |
| 100 | Northwood University | 25800 | 54500 | 0.5271 | 2,045 | 1055 | 0.6451 | |
| 101 | Loyola University Maryland | 26100 | 78800 | 0.6689 | 4,013 | 1329 | 0.6986 | |
| 102 | Bemidji State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 3,751 | 1075 | 0.5598 | |
| 102 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 26400 | 49600 | 0.4674 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 104 | University of Akron Main Campus | 26500 | 28000 | 0.0535 | 11,691 | 1074 | 0.7722 | |
| 105 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 26900 | 40600 | 0.3374 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 106 | Central Connecticut State University | 28200 | 30400 | 0.0725 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 107 | Wayne State University | 28300 | 46800 | 0.3956 | 16,390 | 1183 | 0.8359 | |
| 108 | University of Utah | 28400 | 32000 | 0.1114 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 109 | Bethune-Cookman University | 28800 | 32300 | 0.1082 | 2,739 | 910 | 0.8824 | |
| 109 | Clemson University | 28800 | 37100 | 0.2253 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 111 | James Madison University | 28900 | 28900 | 0 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 112 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29800 | 33000 | 0.0969 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 113 | California Lutheran University | 30000 | 71700 | 0.5818 | 2,160 | 1218 | 0.7631 | |
| 114 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 30100 | 33200 | 0.0932 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 114 | Towson University | 30100 | 30100 | 0 | 16,361 | 1082 | 0.8057 | |
| 114 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 30100 | 30100 | 0 | 11,087 | 1326 | 0.7397 | |
| 117 | Saint Xavier University | 30200 | 58200 | 0.4808 | 3,100 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 117 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30200 | 54600 | 0.4463 | 3,120 | 1193 | 0.3992 | |
| 119 | Thomas Jefferson University | 30300 | 70000 | 0.5678 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 120 | University of Toledo | 30400 | 42000 | 0.2756 | 10,726 | 1134 | 0.8889 | |
| 121 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 2,082 | 1124 | 0.9576 | |
| 122 | Angelo State University | 31300 | 35400 | 0.1149 | 10,103 | 1045 | 0.7981 | |
| 122 | Suffolk University | 31300 | 83500 | 0.6252 | 4,247 | 1209 | 0.8228 | |
| 124 | Hampton University | 31600 | 54800 | 0.4233 | 4,046 | 1005 | 0.6358 | |
| 125 | Cleveland State University | 31700 | 32100 | 0.0125 | 9,418 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 126 | Central College | 31900 | 38700 | 0.1758 | 1,050 | 1159 | 0.8698 | |
| 126 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 31900 | 35200 | 0.0938 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 128 | University of Scranton | 32300 | 78700 | 0.5902 | 3,689 | 1245 | 0.8006 | |
| 129 | Harding University | 33200 | 47800 | 0.3047 | 3,536 | 1184 | 0.7052 | |
| 130 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 17,556 | 1090 | 0.5386 | |
| 131 | Elizabethtown College | 33700 | 57500 | 0.4137 | 1,935 | 1214 | 0.8892 | |
| 132 | Charleston Southern University | 33900 | 48400 | 0.3007 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 133 | Pace University | 34000 | 75700 | 0.5512 | 5,520 | 1273 | 0.7827 | |
| 134 | Salisbury University | 34100 | 41700 | 0.1823 | 6,477 | 1245 | 0.8826 | |
| 135 | George Washington University | 34300 | 81800 | 0.5808 | 11,495 | 1436 | 0.4713 | |
| 136 | Averett University | 34400 | 57600 | 0.4029 | 1,244 | 1054 | 0.5659 | |
| 137 | Adelphi University | 34800 | 63300 | 0.4511 | 5,097 | 1241 | 0.7215 | |
| 138 | Bradley University | 35800 | 60300 | 0.4064 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 138 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 35800 | 56300 | 0.3652 | 5,687 | 1305 | 0.7863 | |
| 140 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 36300 | 39700 | 0.0857 | 4,789 | 1040 | 0.6671 | |
| 141 | East Carolina University | 36600 | 42700 | 0.1421 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 141 | University of South Alabama | 36600 | 40200 | 0.0896 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 143 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 37100 | 40700 | 0.0876 | 3,893 | 1015 | 0.9839 | |
| 144 | Rowan University | 37200 | 53600 | 0.3058 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 145 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 37800 | 55500 | 0.3192 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 146 | Frostburg State University | 37900 | 42500 | 0.1082 | 3,436 | 1095 | 0.907 | |
| 147 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38800 | 38800 | 0 | 14,865 | 1175 | 0.9113 | |
| 148 | Saint Michael's College | 39000 | 75800 | 0.4854 | 1,051 | 1280 | 0.8976 | |
| 149 | Stony Brook University | 39400 | 53000 | 0.2559 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 150 | Elmhurst University | 40000 | 69600 | 0.4251 | 3,170 | 1133 | 0.7501 | |
| 151 | Drexel University | 40100 | 86400 | 0.5362 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 151 | Furman University | 40100 | 84600 | 0.5258 | 2,304 | 1372 | 0.4869 | |
| 153 | Immaculata University | 40200 | 48600 | 0.1729 | 1,889 | 1264 | 0.8656 | |
| 154 | McKendree University | 40300 | 52900 | 0.2376 | 1,757 | 1098 | 0.7172 | |
| 155 | University of Mount Olive | 41800 | 50400 | 0.1699 | 1,944 | 1075 | 0.7575 | |
| 156 | Merrimack College | 43300 | 78800 | 0.4501 | 4,123 | 1124 | 0.6927 | |
| 156 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43300 | 58500 | 0.2596 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 158 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 43900 | 71800 | 0.3886 | 4,182 | 1317 | 0.8783 | |
| 159 | Mercer University | 45400 | 65400 | 0.3058 | 4,719 | 1263 | 0.643 | |
| 160 | DePaul University | 49100 | 69400 | 0.2923 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 161 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 49200 | 58800 | 0.1628 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 162 | College of Charleston | 49500 | 62300 | 0.2053 | 10,596 | 1234 | 0.73 | |
| 163 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 50300 | 52900 | 0.0485 | 14,834 | 1149 | 0.7803 | |
| 164 | University of Colorado Boulder | 55200 | 70900 | 0.221 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7809 | |
| 165 | Molloy University | 55800 | 62300 | 0.1044 | 3,396 | 1188 | 0.6633 | |
| 166 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 58600 | 61200 | 0.0419 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 167 | Rutgers University-Newark | 60500 | 60500 | 0 | 7,989 | 1159 | 0.7136 | |
| 168 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 61200 | 66900 | 0.0852 | 9,827 | 1329 | 0.6737 | |
| 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.