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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 | 44000 | 0.8754 | 5,534 | 1079 | 0.6734 | |
| 2 | Savannah State University | 6800 | 28000 | 0.756 | 2,966 | 950 | 1 | |
| 3 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 7900 | 36100 | 0.7821 | 10,368 | 1064 | 0.999 | |
| 4 | Northern Kentucky University | 8000 | 26600 | 0.7005 | 10,136 | 1110 | 0.9666 | |
| 4 | Northwestern University | 8000 | 93000 | 0.9142 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 6 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8900 | 96500 | 0.9082 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 7 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 9500 | 38900 | 0.7561 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 8 | Portland State University | 10300 | 73900 | 0.8604 | 14,932 | 1174 | 0.8586 | |
| 8 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 10300 | 10300 | 0 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 10 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 10800 | 42400 | 0.7448 | 3,224 | 1085 | 0.7643 | |
| 11 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 11600 | 27800 | 0.582 | 22,007 | 1427 | 0.1672 | |
| 12 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 29600 | 0.5802 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 13 | Wayne State University | 12600 | 32900 | 0.6167 | 16,390 | 1183 | 0.8359 | |
| 14 | Louisiana State University-Shreveport | 12700 | 34200 | 0.6286 | 2,651 | 1085 | 0.5055 | |
| 15 | University of North Florida | 13000 | 22400 | 0.4202 | 14,837 | 1124 | 0.6815 | |
| 16 | Valdosta State University | 13300 | 23500 | 0.4346 | 7,199 | 1005 | 0.7769 | |
| 17 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 13400 | 25700 | 0.4784 | 29,727 | 990 | 0.9229 | |
| 18 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 13500 | 13500 | 0 | 1,973 | 1189 | 0.8142 | |
| 19 | Coastal Carolina University | 13700 | 72300 | 0.8108 | 11,471 | 1160 | 0.7003 | |
| 19 | Louisiana Tech University | 13700 | 43000 | 0.6812 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 19 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 13700 | 52900 | 0.7412 | 6,761 | 1105 | 0.8475 | |
| 22 | University of North Georgia | 14500 | 56800 | 0.745 | 19,321 | 1100 | 0.9618 | |
| 23 | Central Connecticut State University | 14600 | 34200 | 0.5728 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 24 | University of California-Riverside | 14900 | 118100 | 0.8735 | 24,034 | 1199 | 0.8609 | |
| 25 | Wayne State College | 15100 | 26400 | 0.4276 | 3,886 | 0 | 1 | |
| 26 | Concord University | 15400 | 31700 | 0.515 | 1,638 | 1015 | 0.9728 | |
| 27 | Alabama State University | 15500 | 24300 | 0.3632 | 3,521 | 945 | 0.9755 | |
| 27 | Coppin State University | 15500 | 51800 | 0.7001 | 1,908 | 950 | 0.4583 | |
| 29 | Jacksonville State University | 15600 | 42900 | 0.6357 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 29 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 15600 | 43300 | 0.6399 | 308 | 1144 | 0.9053 | |
| 31 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 15900 | 27700 | 0.4254 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 32 | Southeastern Louisiana University | 16200 | 51300 | 0.6842 | 14,294 | 1125 | 0.915 | |
| 33 | University of South Florida | 16300 | 16300 | 0 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 34 | Southern University at New Orleans | 16400 | 40700 | 0.5974 | 2,179 | 950 | 0.789 | |
| 34 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 16400 | 23400 | 0.2995 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 36 | Emporia State University | 16600 | 22900 | 0.2753 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 37 | Boston College | 17100 | 122200 | 0.8597 | 9,677 | 1484 | 0.1422 | |
| 37 | SUNY at Fredonia | 17100 | 27800 | 0.3854 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 39 | East Carolina University | 17600 | 26100 | 0.3256 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 40 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 17700 | 43500 | 0.5936 | 1,829 | 1149 | 0.945 | |
| 41 | James Madison University | 18100 | 28900 | 0.3742 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 41 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18100 | 28600 | 0.3669 | 3,991 | 1010 | 0.9654 | |
| 43 | Angelo State University | 18300 | 23100 | 0.2072 | 10,103 | 1045 | 0.7981 | |
| 43 | Kennesaw State University | 18300 | 61500 | 0.702 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 43 | University of South Alabama | 18300 | 40600 | 0.5487 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 46 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 18400 | 68100 | 0.73 | 711 | 1030 | 0.8214 | |
| 47 | San Jose State University | 19000 | 41100 | 0.5379 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 48 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 19100 | 44600 | 0.5714 | 504 | 1200 | 0.9095 | |
| 49 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Schuylkill | 19500 | 32900 | 0.4078 | 653 | 1145 | 0.7972 | |
| 50 | Syracuse University | 19800 | 83600 | 0.7632 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 51 | Norwich University | 20000 | 76000 | 0.7364 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 52 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20400 | 28400 | 0.2812 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 53 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 20500 | 36600 | 0.4396 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 54 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 20600 | 57800 | 0.6433 | 1,109 | 1175 | 0.9088 | |
| 55 | Grove City College | 20700 | 39700 | 0.4792 | 2,247 | 1248 | 0.667 | |
| 56 | Grambling State University | 21000 | 25800 | 0.1861 | 4,313 | 950 | 0.4486 | |
| 56 | University of Maryland-College Park | 21000 | 35000 | 0.4004 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 58 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 21200 | 48100 | 0.559 | 2,710 | 1218 | 0.9374 | |
| 59 | Thiel College | 21400 | 88800 | 0.7594 | 830 | 1065 | 0.7189 | |
| 60 | Luther College | 21500 | 75400 | 0.7153 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.8398 | |
| 61 | Grand Valley State University | 21900 | 36600 | 0.4016 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 62 | Averett University | 22300 | 57400 | 0.612 | 1,244 | 1054 | 0.5659 | |
| 63 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 22500 | 25400 | 0.1143 | 2,907 | 1125 | 0.4696 | |
| 63 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 22500 | 33600 | 0.3301 | 21,469 | 1167 | 0.9061 | |
| 65 | Fort Hays State University | 22900 | 28500 | 0.196 | 10,172 | 1075 | 0.9026 | |
| 66 | Dakota State University | 23100 | 25600 | 0.0977 | 3,085 | 1174 | 0.9241 | |
| 66 | Robert Morris University | 23100 | 58000 | 0.6012 | 4,325 | 1145 | 0.8989 | |
| 68 | Houghton University | 23200 | 44300 | 0.4763 | 958 | 1277 | 0.89 | |
| 69 | Florida Memorial University | 23300 | 41500 | 0.4384 | 1,206 | 0 | 0.8526 | |
| 69 | Pennsylvania Western University | 23300 | 34400 | 0.3224 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 71 | Lamar University | 23400 | 37500 | 0.376 | 8,387 | 1040 | 0.8353 | |
| 72 | Columbia College | 23500 | 65100 | 0.6388 | 876 | 1025 | 0.8878 | |
| 73 | Dominican University | 23900 | 56000 | 0.573 | 2,642 | 1005 | 0.8879 | |
| 74 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 24100 | 34200 | 0.2956 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 74 | Fairmont State University | 24100 | 30900 | 0.22 | 3,090 | 970 | 0.9862 | |
| 76 | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | 24300 | 25700 | 0.0545 | 10,995 | 1090 | 0.7476 | |
| 77 | Ramapo College of New Jersey | 24600 | 36700 | 0.3294 | 5,492 | 1210 | 0.7026 | |
| 77 | Western Oregon University | 24600 | 24600 | 0 | 3,034 | 1120 | 0.8345 | |
| 79 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 25000 | 55700 | 0.5514 | 5,939 | 1065 | 0.5878 | |
| 80 | Central College | 25600 | 38700 | 0.3388 | 1,050 | 1159 | 0.8698 | |
| 80 | Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi | 25600 | 28900 | 0.1144 | 8,673 | 1095 | 0.9156 | |
| 82 | Northwood University | 25800 | 75700 | 0.6596 | 2,045 | 1055 | 0.6451 | |
| 83 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 26000 | 28300 | 0.0809 | 3,375 | 1090 | 0.5885 | |
| 83 | 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 | |
| 85 | Loyola University Maryland | 26100 | 78800 | 0.6689 | 4,013 | 1329 | 0.6986 | |
| 85 | Stony Brook University | 26100 | 33200 | 0.2129 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 85 | University of North Texas | 26100 | 26100 | 0 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 89 | Bemidji State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 3,751 | 1075 | 0.5598 | |
| 89 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 26400 | 50000 | 0.4717 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 91 | Cleveland State University | 27000 | 38500 | 0.2985 | 9,418 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 92 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 27100 | 40700 | 0.334 | 7,501 | 1055 | 0.9467 | |
| 92 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 27100 | 43300 | 0.3745 | 7,747 | 1073 | 0.9617 | |
| 94 | Rowan University | 27300 | 41300 | 0.3392 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 95 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 27400 | 29900 | 0.0837 | 18,667 | 1090 | 0.9711 | |
| 96 | Bethune-Cookman University | 27600 | 32300 | 0.1453 | 2,739 | 910 | 0.8824 | |
| 97 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 36500 | 0.2167 | 11,691 | 1074 | 0.7722 | |
| 98 | Morgan State University | 29300 | 41800 | 0.299 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 98 | University of Toledo | 29300 | 32600 | 0.1009 | 10,726 | 1134 | 0.8889 | |
| 100 | Texas A&M University-Victoria | 29400 | 35800 | 0.1789 | 2,627 | 1000 | 0.5253 | |
| 101 | California Lutheran University | 30000 | 109800 | 0.727 | 2,160 | 1218 | 0.7631 | |
| 102 | Saint Xavier University | 30300 | 57200 | 0.4706 | 3,100 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 102 | Thomas Jefferson University | 30300 | 68700 | 0.5591 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 104 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 30500 | 31800 | 0.0409 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 104 | Towson University | 30500 | 39200 | 0.2221 | 16,361 | 1082 | 0.8057 | |
| 104 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30500 | 54600 | 0.4413 | 3,120 | 1193 | 0.3992 | |
| 107 | Lincoln University | 30700 | 35000 | 0.1229 | 1,926 | 920 | 0 | |
| 108 | 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 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 31100 | 44300 | 0.2977 | 586 | 1140 | 0.9577 | |
| 111 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 31200 | 39400 | 0.2079 | 11,087 | 1326 | 0.7397 | |
| 112 | Suffolk University | 31300 | 110800 | 0.7174 | 4,247 | 1209 | 0.8228 | |
| 113 | Westfield State University | 31400 | 41500 | 0.2436 | 3,868 | 1105 | 0.8671 | |
| 114 | Hampton University | 31500 | 54800 | 0.4252 | 4,046 | 1005 | 0.6358 | |
| 115 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32300 | 35100 | 0.0799 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 116 | University of Scranton | 32400 | 78700 | 0.5879 | 3,689 | 1245 | 0.8006 | |
| 117 | State University of New York at Oswego | 32800 | 40200 | 0.1841 | 5,293 | 1179 | 0.7989 | |
| 118 | SUNY Brockport | 33200 | 36500 | 0.0904 | 5,816 | 1195 | 0.7068 | |
| 119 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 17,556 | 1090 | 0.5386 | |
| 120 | Harding University | 33500 | 47800 | 0.299 | 3,536 | 1184 | 0.7052 | |
| 120 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 33500 | 34200 | 0.0204 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 122 | Elizabethtown College | 33800 | 69900 | 0.5167 | 1,935 | 1214 | 0.8892 | |
| 123 | Salisbury University | 34100 | 41600 | 0.1803 | 6,477 | 1245 | 0.8826 | |
| 124 | Charleston Southern University | 34200 | 48400 | 0.295 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 125 | George Washington University | 34300 | 81800 | 0.5808 | 11,495 | 1436 | 0.4713 | |
| 126 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 34500 | 62800 | 0.4506 | 1,495 | 1075 | 0.8761 | |
| 126 | Texas Southern University | 34500 | 42500 | 0.1883 | 6,844 | 915 | 0.9691 | |
| 128 | Adelphi University | 35000 | 63300 | 0.4467 | 5,097 | 1241 | 0.7215 | |
| 129 | Christopher Newport University | 35400 | 38700 | 0.0853 | 4,369 | 1189 | 0.8604 | |
| 130 | Bradley University | 35800 | 60000 | 0.4036 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 131 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 36300 | 57000 | 0.3629 | 4,789 | 1040 | 0.6671 | |
| 132 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 37100 | 47900 | 0.2253 | 2,280 | 1224 | 0.9675 | |
| 133 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 37200 | 38800 | 0.0412 | 14,865 | 1175 | 0.9113 | |
| 134 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 37400 | 40700 | 0.0808 | 3,893 | 1015 | 0.9839 | |
| 135 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 37800 | 40100 | 0.0571 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 136 | Frostburg State University | 37900 | 55400 | 0.316 | 3,436 | 1095 | 0.907 | |
| 137 | Stockton University | 38100 | 45300 | 0.1591 | 7,583 | 1134 | 0.901 | |
| 138 | Saint Michael's College | 38700 | 75600 | 0.4884 | 1,051 | 1280 | 0.8976 | |
| 139 | Drexel University | 40100 | 107600 | 0.6271 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 140 | Elmhurst University | 40200 | 69600 | 0.4222 | 3,170 | 1133 | 0.7501 | |
| 140 | Immaculata University | 40200 | 60400 | 0.3345 | 1,889 | 1264 | 0.8656 | |
| 142 | Furman University | 40300 | 84600 | 0.5234 | 2,304 | 1372 | 0.4869 | |
| 143 | McKendree University | 40600 | 52900 | 0.2324 | 1,757 | 1098 | 0.7172 | |
| 144 | Pace University | 40700 | 75500 | 0.461 | 5,520 | 1273 | 0.7827 | |
| 145 | University of Illinois Chicago | 41300 | 51300 | 0.1949 | 24,260 | 1174 | 0.7576 | |
| 146 | Mercy University | 41500 | 46400 | 0.1057 | 6,692 | 1135 | 0.8724 | |
| 147 | University of Mount Olive | 42100 | 50400 | 0.1645 | 1,944 | 1075 | 0.7575 | |
| 148 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 42200 | 58900 | 0.2835 | 21,388 | 1369 | 0.5945 | |
| 149 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 43200 | 108500 | 0.6019 | 35,358 | 1448 | 0.1642 | |
| 150 | Radford University | 43400 | 45700 | 0.0501 | 6,206 | 1050 | 0.8939 | |
| 151 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4479 | 4,123 | 1124 | 0.6927 | |
| 152 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 43800 | 103500 | 0.5766 | 4,182 | 1317 | 0.8783 | |
| 153 | Mercer University | 45700 | 65400 | 0.3015 | 4,719 | 1263 | 0.643 | |
| 154 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47100 | 59800 | 0.2121 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 155 | DePaul University | 49100 | 66400 | 0.2604 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 156 | University of Colorado Boulder | 50000 | 56000 | 0.1072 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7809 | |
| 157 | Rutgers University-Newark | 50300 | 59900 | 0.1604 | 7,989 | 1159 | 0.7136 | |
| 158 | University of Utah | 51400 | 53700 | 0.0426 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 159 | University of Kentucky | 51700 | 74100 | 0.3021 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 160 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 57900 | 59900 | 0.0334 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 161 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58400 | 63500 | 0.0803 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 162 | Molloy University | 58500 | 62300 | 0.061 | 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 | 60500 | 65000 | 0.0692 | 1,078 | 1217 | 0.9646 | |
| 165 | Clemson University | 61400 | 63700 | 0.036 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 166 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 63400 | 65000 | 0.0246 | 9,827 | 1329 | 0.6737 | |
| 167 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver | 63600 | 63600 | 0 | 475 | 1195 | 0.9418 | |
| 168 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 65100 | 65100 | 0 | 1,709 | 1218 | 0.9653 | |
| 169 | College of Charleston | 69300 | 69300 | 0 | 10,596 | 1234 | 0.73 | |
| 170 | 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.