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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 Massachusetts.
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 Massachusetts.
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 | 3600 | 43900 | 0.9183 | 3,237 | 0 | 0.3861 | |
| 2 | California Institute of Technology | 4100 | 90300 | 0.9544 | 987 | 1557 | 0.0257 | |
| 3 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 4900 | 39100 | 0.8757 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 4 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 6300 | 94100 | 0.9333 | 9,157 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 5 | Boston College | 8700 | 93600 | 0.9072 | 9,654 | 1490 | 0.1619 | |
| 6 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 9200 | 20000 | 0.5399 | 3,207 | 1050 | 0.8034 | |
| 7 | Northeastern University | 10200 | 88700 | 0.8854 | 22,695 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 8 | New Mexico Highlands University | 10500 | 21500 | 0.5112 | 1,710 | 945 | 0.9481 | |
| 8 | Valdosta State University | 10500 | 24800 | 0.5776 | 7,206 | 1015 | 0.7214 | |
| 10 | Coppin State University | 10700 | 32800 | 0.6736 | 1,810 | 950 | 0.4956 | |
| 11 | Christopher Newport University | 11900 | 33900 | 0.6489 | 4,407 | 1209 | 0.8796 | |
| 12 | Northern Kentucky University | 12600 | 25900 | 0.5144 | 10,163 | 1090 | 0.8307 | |
| 12 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 12600 | 37100 | 0.6599 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 14 | Fort Hays State University | 13200 | 22000 | 0.4002 | 10,206 | 1120 | 0.9177 | |
| 15 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 13300 | 13300 | 0 | 18,428 | 1090 | 0.9529 | |
| 16 | University of North Florida | 13700 | 22400 | 0.3889 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
| 16 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 32200 | 0.5744 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 18 | Radford University | 14300 | 21900 | 0.347 | 6,161 | 1070 | 0.8953 | |
| 19 | Goshen College | 14700 | 55800 | 0.7363 | 780 | 995 | 0.8404 | |
| 20 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 15500 | 24800 | 0.3744 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 20 | Wayne State College | 15500 | 26400 | 0.4134 | 3,902 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 22 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 15600 | 25800 | 0.3959 | 5,187 | 1005 | 0.9229 | |
| 23 | Southern University at New Orleans | 16200 | 31600 | 0.4872 | 1,773 | 885 | 0.6021 | |
| 24 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 16500 | 42300 | 0.6101 | 10,049 | 1005 | 0.9234 | |
| 25 | Northwestern University | 16700 | 89500 | 0.8138 | 8,846 | 1513 | 0.0722 | |
| 25 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16700 | 64800 | 0.7426 | 21,075 | 1420 | 0.1534 | |
| 27 | Jacksonville State University | 16900 | 26600 | 0.3649 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 28 | Dickinson State University | 17100 | 23700 | 0.2781 | 1,339 | 1005 | 0.3695 | |
| 29 | Frostburg State University | 17400 | 26900 | 0.3525 | 2,619 | 1082 | 0.892 | |
| 29 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 17400 | 33600 | 0.4818 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 31 | Morgan State University | 17800 | 19700 | 0.0966 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 32 | University of Houston-Victoria | 18200 | 34400 | 0.4712 | 2,707 | 930 | 0.7671 | |
| 33 | Angelo State University | 18400 | 23100 | 0.2035 | 9,779 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 34 | Florida Memorial University | 18500 | 46100 | 0.5988 | 1,299 | 0 | 0.7431 | |
| 35 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Schuylkill | 18800 | 32900 | 0.4291 | 624 | 1115 | 0.9664 | |
| 36 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 18900 | 27000 | 0.3004 | 7,505 | 1059 | 0.9633 | |
| 37 | University of Illinois Chicago | 19200 | 30300 | 0.366 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 38 | Savannah State University | 19600 | 27300 | 0.2816 | 2,857 | 950 | 0.8368 | |
| 39 | Cleveland State University | 19700 | 37300 | 0.4721 | 9,418 | 1005 | 0.913 | |
| 40 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 20000 | 36200 | 0.4478 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 41 | University of Colorado Boulder | 20100 | 30600 | 0.3431 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
| 42 | Alabama State University | 20200 | 37400 | 0.4592 | 3,322 | 945 | 0.9564 | |
| 43 | Central College | 20300 | 36800 | 0.4482 | 1,084 | 1140 | 0.8617 | |
| 44 | Dakota State University | 20400 | 22500 | 0.0912 | 3,066 | 1192 | 0.8814 | |
| 45 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 20700 | 57800 | 0.6418 | 1,083 | 1205 | 0.9278 | |
| 46 | Lincoln University | 20800 | 24900 | 0.1646 | 1,707 | 920 | 0 | |
| 47 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27100 | 0.2289 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 48 | Pennsylvania Western University | 21100 | 29400 | 0.2824 | 7,586 | 1070 | 0.9433 | |
| 49 | Luther College | 21400 | 71900 | 0.7025 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.8402 | |
| 50 | Rutgers University-Newark | 21500 | 38900 | 0.4474 | 7,417 | 1214 | 0.7873 | |
| 51 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 21600 | 33000 | 0.3451 | 581 | 1129 | 0.9821 | |
| 52 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 21800 | 34400 | 0.3662 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 53 | Bradley University | 22100 | 50900 | 0.5658 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 54 | Robert Morris University | 23200 | 58000 | 0.5998 | 3,769 | 1180 | 0.9057 | |
| 55 | Averett University | 23300 | 57200 | 0.593 | 1,180 | 1010 | 0.478 | |
| 56 | Syracuse University | 23500 | 83100 | 0.7172 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 57 | Ramapo College of New Jersey | 23900 | 34500 | 0.3071 | 5,444 | 1214 | 0.7064 | |
| 57 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 23900 | 39200 | 0.3904 | 28,674 | 980 | 0.9401 | |
| 57 | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | 23900 | 30300 | 0.2113 | 10,656 | 1075 | 0.7289 | |
| 60 | Dominican University | 24000 | 56000 | 0.5714 | 2,690 | 1035 | 0.9032 | |
| 61 | Bemidji State University | 24200 | 26400 | 0.0835 | 3,610 | 1110 | 0.9131 | |
| 62 | Grambling State University | 24300 | 26700 | 0.09 | 4,279 | 965 | 0.2368 | |
| 62 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 24300 | 37400 | 0.3499 | 7,595 | 1075 | 0.9226 | |
| 64 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 24400 | 26600 | 0.0828 | 3,413 | 1085 | 0.5295 | |
| 64 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 24400 | 32200 | 0.2422 | 10,200 | 1346 | 0.6507 | |
| 66 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 24500 | 62200 | 0.6065 | 686 | 1030 | 0.8649 | |
| 67 | Elmhurst University | 24700 | 67000 | 0.6316 | 3,170 | 1148 | 0.7357 | |
| 68 | Houghton University | 25100 | 35500 | 0.2928 | 939 | 1277 | 0.8866 | |
| 69 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 25300 | 37400 | 0.3239 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 69 | Westfield State University | 25300 | 39000 | 0.3509 | 3,868 | 1105 | 0.8671 | |
| 71 | University of Massachusetts-Boston | 25400 | 42200 | 0.3981 | 12,234 | 1194 | 0.8296 | |
| 72 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 25800 | 35700 | 0.2777 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 73 | Bethune-Cookman University | 25900 | 32700 | 0.208 | 2,739 | 910 | 0.8824 | |
| 73 | Northwood University | 25900 | 54500 | 0.5252 | 1,989 | 1075 | 0.839 | |
| 75 | Doane University | 26000 | 62800 | 0.5861 | 1,323 | 1125 | 0.9801 | |
| 76 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 26200 | 36800 | 0.288 | 1,880 | 1185 | 0.9867 | |
| 77 | Norwich University | 26300 | 70900 | 0.6293 | 2,642 | 1209 | 0.7361 | |
| 78 | Georgia Southern University | 26400 | 26700 | 0.0112 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 79 | Columbia College | 26800 | 41300 | 0.3514 | 876 | 1025 | 0.8878 | |
| 80 | Kennesaw State University | 27000 | 27000 | 0 | 42,840 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 80 | University of North Georgia | 27000 | 35500 | 0.2393 | 18,329 | 1100 | 0.6794 | |
| 82 | Emporia State University | 27100 | 37700 | 0.2809 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 83 | Fairmont State University | 27300 | 32000 | 0.1471 | 3,060 | 1005 | 0.9924 | |
| 84 | Saint Xavier University | 27400 | 52000 | 0.473 | 3,039 | 1125 | 0.8575 | |
| 85 | University of North Texas | 27500 | 37400 | 0.2649 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 86 | Grand Valley State University | 28000 | 35700 | 0.2157 | 19,002 | 1233 | 0.8302 | |
| 86 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 28000 | 28000 | 0 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 88 | George Fox University | 28500 | 67100 | 0.5757 | 3,401 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 89 | Mercy University | 28600 | 44500 | 0.3574 | 6,775 | 1074 | 0.8584 | |
| 89 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 31500 | 0.0921 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 91 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 28700 | 44100 | 0.3494 | 352 | 1180 | 0.9647 | |
| 92 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 28800 | 39700 | 0.2747 | 4,478 | 1065 | 0.8132 | |
| 92 | University of Utah | 28800 | 32000 | 0.1002 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 94 | Concord University | 28900 | 46500 | 0.3784 | 1,609 | 990 | 0.9256 | |
| 95 | West Virginia Wesleyan College | 29100 | 52800 | 0.4491 | 938 | 1090 | 0.951 | |
| 96 | Furman University | 29200 | 79600 | 0.6329 | 2,383 | 1359 | 0.4295 | |
| 97 | University of Toledo | 29400 | 32600 | 0.0983 | 11,013 | 1159 | 0.9202 | |
| 98 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 29600 | 38200 | 0.2254 | 6,550 | 1140 | 0.7456 | |
| 99 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 29700 | 52900 | 0.4387 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 100 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 29800 | 51100 | 0.4171 | 1,477 | 1075 | 0.8068 | |
| 100 | University of South Alabama | 29800 | 35000 | 0.1486 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 102 | San Jose State University | 30200 | 41000 | 0.2632 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 103 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 30400 | 54700 | 0.4429 | 1,409 | 1110 | 0.6327 | |
| 103 | SUNY at Fredonia | 30400 | 39600 | 0.2326 | 2,876 | 1193 | 0.792 | |
| 105 | Albright College | 30500 | 48700 | 0.3738 | 1,328 | 1050 | 0.8615 | |
| 105 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 30500 | 39500 | 0.2277 | 5,205 | 1118 | 0.744 | |
| 107 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30600 | 54600 | 0.4397 | 3,163 | 1165 | 0.9347 | |
| 108 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1150 | 0.9523 | |
| 108 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 30900 | 36900 | 0.1639 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 110 | SUNY Brockport | 31100 | 37900 | 0.1794 | 5,816 | 1195 | 0.7068 | |
| 111 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 31400 | 31400 | 0 | 6,853 | 1090 | 0.7147 | |
| 111 | State University of New York at Oswego | 31400 | 38300 | 0.1799 | 5,517 | 1174 | 0.8057 | |
| 111 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 31400 | 36700 | 0.1444 | 5,789 | 1115 | 0.5774 | |
| 114 | Washington Adventist University | 31500 | 37800 | 0.1668 | 605 | 950 | 0.4536 | |
| 115 | Thomas Jefferson University | 31600 | 67700 | 0.5331 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 116 | CUNY Brooklyn College | 31800 | 31800 | 0 | 11,562 | 1110 | 0.5836 | |
| 117 | Saint Michael's College | 31900 | 68400 | 0.5333 | 1,120 | 1240 | 0.8451 | |
| 118 | Hampton University | 32200 | 47000 | 0.315 | 3,728 | 956 | 0.6225 | |
| 119 | University of Scranton | 32400 | 78700 | 0.5881 | 3,613 | 1220 | 0.812 | |
| 120 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver | 32700 | 40200 | 0.1867 | 482 | 1195 | 0.9565 | |
| 121 | California Lutheran University | 32800 | 65800 | 0.5011 | 2,297 | 1258 | 0.7567 | |
| 121 | Harding University | 32800 | 47000 | 0.3023 | 3,523 | 1193 | 0.3942 | |
| 123 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 32900 | 45200 | 0.2722 | 10,767 | 1326 | 0.7243 | |
| 124 | Stockton University | 33300 | 44500 | 0.2518 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 124 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 15,130 | 0 | 0.5256 | |
| 124 | Wilkes University | 33300 | 61900 | 0.4613 | 1,956 | 1153 | 0.9146 | |
| 127 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 33400 | 40900 | 0.1835 | 1,236 | 1203 | 0.9811 | |
| 128 | College of Charleston | 33700 | 33700 | 0 | 10,880 | 1255 | 0.6003 | |
| 128 | Elizabethtown College | 33700 | 54600 | 0.383 | 1,903 | 1214 | 0.7787 | |
| 128 | George Washington University | 33700 | 81800 | 0.5882 | 11,677 | 1421 | 0.4709 | |
| 131 | LeTourneau University | 34000 | 54600 | 0.3772 | 3,184 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 132 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 34600 | 37800 | 0.0848 | 5,086 | 1000 | 0.9821 | |
| 133 | University of South Florida | 34700 | 34700 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 134 | DePaul University | 34800 | 59100 | 0.411 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 135 | Suffolk University | 34900 | 73000 | 0.5219 | 4,324 | 1209 | 0.822 | |
| 136 | Coastal Carolina University | 35000 | 44700 | 0.2168 | 10,811 | 1145 | 0.7527 | |
| 136 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 35000 | 49600 | 0.2941 | 1,809 | 1109 | 0.9484 | |
| 138 | Adelphi University | 35100 | 63300 | 0.4454 | 5,325 | 1218 | 0.6591 | |
| 138 | City University of Seattle | 35100 | 45400 | 0.227 | 1,180 | 0 | 0.9025 | |
| 140 | Stevenson University | 35300 | 59900 | 0.4105 | 3,106 | 1100 | 0.7891 | |
| 141 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 35600 | 42400 | 0.1603 | 31,112 | 1130 | 0.8129 | |
| 142 | Salisbury University | 36000 | 40900 | 0.1199 | 6,288 | 1250 | 0.8747 | |
| 143 | Towson University | 36300 | 45700 | 0.2057 | 16,264 | 1093 | 0.8198 | |
| 144 | Mercer University | 36500 | 60500 | 0.3967 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
| 145 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 36900 | 38100 | 0.0315 | 2,884 | 1175 | 0.9677 | |
| 146 | University of Michigan-Flint | 37000 | 39400 | 0.0609 | 5,011 | 1103 | 0.7047 | |
| 147 | East Carolina University | 37100 | 40100 | 0.0748 | 21,445 | 1120 | 0.8922 | |
| 148 | Immaculata University | 37200 | 47800 | 0.2215 | 1,652 | 1245 | 0.8578 | |
| 149 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 37600 | 38900 | 0.0334 | 1,919 | 1245 | 0.7844 | |
| 150 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38400 | 38400 | 0 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
| 151 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 38900 | 52900 | 0.2645 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 152 | Wayne State University | 39200 | 45500 | 0.1384 | 16,173 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
| 153 | Pace University | 39700 | 74100 | 0.464 | 8,038 | 1274 | 0.7592 | |
| 154 | Stony Brook University | 39800 | 53000 | 0.2491 | 18,263 | 1395 | 0.4904 | |
| 155 | McKendree University | 40000 | 52200 | 0.2338 | 1,605 | 1098 | 0.6388 | |
| 155 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 40000 | 45400 | 0.1189 | 502 | 1204 | 0.9641 | |
| 157 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 40500 | 40500 | 0 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 158 | Loyola University Maryland | 42000 | 78800 | 0.4671 | 3,881 | 1309 | 0.7549 | |
| 159 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 42300 | 54900 | 0.2297 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 160 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 42400 | 55100 | 0.2306 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 161 | CUNY Bernard M Baruch College | 43400 | 43400 | 0 | 16,086 | 1293 | 0.5117 | |
| 161 | University of California-Riverside | 43400 | 66400 | 0.3463 | 22,599 | 1199 | 0.7685 | |
| 161 | Western Oregon University | 43400 | 43400 | 0 | 3,343 | 1120 | 0.9871 | |
| 164 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4481 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
| 165 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 43800 | 57100 | 0.2315 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 166 | CUNY Lehman College | 44300 | 45800 | 0.0328 | 11,217 | 1020 | 0.4601 | |
| 167 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 45000 | 51400 | 0.1244 | 3,965 | 1229 | 0.9121 | |
| 168 | James Madison University | 46400 | 46400 | 0 | 21,112 | 1260 | 0.7151 | |
| 169 | University of Mount Olive | 48200 | 50400 | 0.0438 | 1,937 | 945 | 0.7775 | |
| 170 | Molloy University | 48300 | 62300 | 0.2249 | 3,240 | 1199 | 0.8174 | |
| 171 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 50700 | 52900 | 0.0417 | 14,504 | 1145 | 0.7637 | |
| 172 | University of Kentucky | 51000 | 56000 | 0.0893 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 173 | Drexel University | 51100 | 82600 | 0.3812 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 174 | Fordham University | 52400 | 94600 | 0.4463 | 10,307 | 1415 | 0.5628 | |
| 175 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
| 176 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 56700 | 58900 | 0.0374 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 177 | Clemson University | 61400 | 63700 | 0.0346 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 178 | Thiel College | 67100 | 69100 | 0.0289 | 831 | 1065 | 0.7189 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.