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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 | 5500 | 43900 | 0.875 | 3,237 | 0 | 0.3861 | |
| 2 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 6000 | 39100 | 0.8475 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 3 | California Institute of Technology | 8000 | 90300 | 0.9112 | 987 | 1557 | 0.0257 | |
| 4 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 8100 | 33400 | 0.7584 | 10,049 | 1005 | 0.9234 | |
| 5 | CUNY Bernard M Baruch College | 8200 | 34500 | 0.7619 | 16,086 | 1293 | 0.5117 | |
| 6 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 9400 | 20000 | 0.5299 | 3,207 | 1050 | 0.8034 | |
| 7 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 10200 | 94100 | 0.8919 | 9,157 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 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 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 11600 | 34300 | 0.6614 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 11 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 11800 | 27800 | 0.5744 | 21,075 | 1420 | 0.1534 | |
| 12 | Christopher Newport University | 11900 | 33900 | 0.6489 | 4,407 | 1209 | 0.8796 | |
| 12 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 11900 | 24000 | 0.5041 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 14 | Fairmont State University | 12200 | 21400 | 0.4304 | 3,060 | 1005 | 0.9924 | |
| 14 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 12200 | 27100 | 0.549 | 28,674 | 980 | 0.9401 | |
| 16 | Boston College | 12500 | 93600 | 0.8666 | 9,654 | 1490 | 0.1619 | |
| 17 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 12600 | 37100 | 0.6599 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 18 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 13300 | 19400 | 0.3145 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
| 19 | Northeastern University | 13400 | 88700 | 0.8494 | 22,695 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 20 | Fort Hays State University | 13700 | 22000 | 0.3774 | 10,206 | 1120 | 0.9177 | |
| 20 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 32200 | 0.5744 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 22 | Radford University | 14300 | 21900 | 0.347 | 6,161 | 1070 | 0.8953 | |
| 23 | Coastal Carolina University | 14800 | 27200 | 0.4559 | 10,811 | 1145 | 0.7527 | |
| 23 | Goshen College | 14800 | 55800 | 0.7357 | 780 | 995 | 0.8404 | |
| 25 | Alabama State University | 15100 | 28000 | 0.4604 | 3,322 | 945 | 0.9564 | |
| 26 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 15400 | 23400 | 0.3423 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 27 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 15500 | 24800 | 0.3744 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 27 | Wayne State College | 15500 | 26400 | 0.4134 | 3,902 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 29 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver | 15600 | 35400 | 0.5588 | 482 | 1195 | 0.9565 | |
| 30 | Dickinson State University | 15700 | 21600 | 0.2737 | 1,339 | 1005 | 0.3695 | |
| 31 | University of California-Riverside | 15900 | 36500 | 0.564 | 22,599 | 1199 | 0.7685 | |
| 31 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 15900 | 26800 | 0.4069 | 4,478 | 1065 | 0.8132 | |
| 33 | Southern University at New Orleans | 16200 | 31600 | 0.4872 | 1,773 | 885 | 0.6021 | |
| 34 | Emporia State University | 16600 | 27000 | 0.3854 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 35 | Jacksonville State University | 16700 | 26600 | 0.3725 | 8,663 | 1065 | 0.7769 | |
| 36 | Northwestern University | 16800 | 89500 | 0.8127 | 8,846 | 1513 | 0.0722 | |
| 37 | Frostburg State University | 17100 | 26900 | 0.3637 | 2,619 | 1082 | 0.892 | |
| 38 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 17900 | 33600 | 0.4669 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 39 | University of Houston-Victoria | 18200 | 34400 | 0.4712 | 2,707 | 930 | 0.7671 | |
| 40 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 18600 | 27000 | 0.3116 | 7,505 | 1059 | 0.9633 | |
| 41 | Towson University | 18900 | 30000 | 0.3695 | 16,264 | 1093 | 0.8198 | |
| 42 | Westfield State University | 19100 | 32500 | 0.4135 | 3,868 | 1105 | 0.8671 | |
| 43 | Coppin State University | 19200 | 43100 | 0.555 | 1,810 | 950 | 0.4956 | |
| 44 | University of Illinois Chicago | 19300 | 30300 | 0.3627 | 22,495 | 1247 | 0.7735 | |
| 45 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 19400 | 36200 | 0.4635 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 46 | Savannah State University | 19600 | 27300 | 0.2816 | 2,857 | 950 | 0.8368 | |
| 47 | Florida Memorial University | 20100 | 46100 | 0.5641 | 1,299 | 0 | 0.7431 | |
| 47 | Wayne State University | 20100 | 32300 | 0.3782 | 16,173 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
| 49 | Central College | 20300 | 36800 | 0.4482 | 1,084 | 1140 | 0.8617 | |
| 50 | Dakota State University | 20400 | 22500 | 0.0912 | 3,066 | 1192 | 0.8814 | |
| 51 | East Carolina University | 20800 | 23800 | 0.1258 | 21,445 | 1120 | 0.8922 | |
| 51 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 20800 | 57800 | 0.6395 | 1,083 | 1193 | 0.9278 | |
| 53 | Rutgers University-Newark | 21000 | 38900 | 0.4603 | 7,417 | 1159 | 0.7873 | |
| 53 | Tarleton State University | 21000 | 23000 | 0.087 | 15,130 | 0 | 0.5256 | |
| 55 | Western Oregon University | 21300 | 24600 | 0.134 | 3,343 | 1120 | 0.9871 | |
| 56 | Luther College | 21500 | 71900 | 0.7011 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.8402 | |
| 57 | Cleveland State University | 21700 | 30900 | 0.2974 | 9,418 | 1005 | 0.913 | |
| 58 | Stockton University | 22000 | 32100 | 0.3145 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 59 | Bradley University | 22100 | 50900 | 0.5658 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 60 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 22500 | 32000 | 0.2967 | 5,205 | 1118 | 0.744 | |
| 61 | Averett University | 23300 | 57200 | 0.593 | 1,180 | 1010 | 0.478 | |
| 61 | Robert Morris University | 23300 | 58000 | 0.5993 | 3,769 | 1180 | 0.9057 | |
| 63 | Syracuse University | 23600 | 83100 | 0.716 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 64 | University of Kentucky | 23900 | 36000 | 0.3359 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 64 | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | 23900 | 30300 | 0.2113 | 10,656 | 1075 | 0.7289 | |
| 66 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 24200 | 37400 | 0.3526 | 7,595 | 1075 | 0.9226 | |
| 67 | Bemidji State University | 24300 | 26400 | 0.0786 | 3,610 | 1110 | 0.9131 | |
| 68 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 24500 | 62200 | 0.6065 | 686 | 1030 | 0.8649 | |
| 69 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 24600 | 26600 | 0.0779 | 3,413 | 1085 | 0.5295 | |
| 70 | Elmhurst University | 24700 | 67000 | 0.6316 | 3,170 | 1148 | 0.7357 | |
| 70 | Ramapo College of New Jersey | 24700 | 34500 | 0.284 | 5,444 | 1214 | 0.7064 | |
| 72 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 24900 | 28000 | 0.1098 | 5,086 | 1000 | 0.9821 | |
| 72 | Dominican University | 24900 | 55500 | 0.551 | 2,690 | 1035 | 0.9032 | |
| 72 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 24900 | 32200 | 0.2266 | 10,200 | 1346 | 0.6507 | |
| 72 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 24900 | 51700 | 0.5179 | 1,409 | 1110 | 0.6327 | |
| 76 | University of Akron Main Campus | 25000 | 25000 | 0 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 77 | Houghton University | 25100 | 35500 | 0.2928 | 939 | 1277 | 0.8866 | |
| 78 | University of Massachusetts-Boston | 25400 | 42200 | 0.3981 | 12,234 | 1194 | 0.8296 | |
| 79 | Northwood University | 25800 | 54500 | 0.5271 | 1,989 | 1075 | 0.839 | |
| 80 | Bethune-Cookman University | 25900 | 32700 | 0.208 | 2,739 | 915 | 0.8824 | |
| 81 | Doane University | 26000 | 62800 | 0.5861 | 1,323 | 1125 | 0.9801 | |
| 82 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 26100 | 36500 | 0.2846 | 14,783 | 1140 | 0.8096 | |
| 82 | Stony Brook University | 26100 | 33200 | 0.2129 | 18,263 | 1395 | 0.4904 | |
| 84 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 26400 | 28400 | 0.073 | 14,504 | 1145 | 0.7637 | |
| 85 | Georgia Southern University | 26500 | 26700 | 0.0075 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 85 | Norwich University | 26500 | 70900 | 0.6264 | 2,642 | 1209 | 0.7361 | |
| 85 | Pennsylvania Western University | 26500 | 35600 | 0.2559 | 7,586 | 1070 | 0.9433 | |
| 88 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 26700 | 36800 | 0.2744 | 1,880 | 1185 | 0.9867 | |
| 89 | Columbia College | 26800 | 41300 | 0.3514 | 876 | 1025 | 0.8878 | |
| 89 | Northern Kentucky University | 26800 | 31600 | 0.1517 | 10,163 | 1090 | 0.8307 | |
| 91 | Kennesaw State University | 27000 | 27000 | 0 | 42,840 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 91 | University of North Georgia | 27000 | 35500 | 0.2393 | 18,329 | 1100 | 0.6794 | |
| 93 | Saint Xavier University | 27400 | 52000 | 0.473 | 3,039 | 1125 | 0.8575 | |
| 94 | University of North Texas | 27500 | 37400 | 0.2649 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 95 | Grand Valley State University | 28000 | 35700 | 0.2157 | 19,002 | 1233 | 0.8302 | |
| 96 | George Fox University | 28500 | 67100 | 0.5757 | 3,401 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 97 | Mercy University | 28600 | 44500 | 0.3574 | 6,775 | 1074 | 0.8584 | |
| 97 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 28600 | 54600 | 0.476 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 99 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 28700 | 44100 | 0.3494 | 352 | 1180 | 0.9647 | |
| 99 | Salisbury University | 28700 | 28700 | 0 | 6,288 | 1250 | 0.8747 | |
| 101 | Concord University | 28800 | 46500 | 0.3806 | 1,609 | 990 | 0.9256 | |
| 102 | University of Utah | 28900 | 32000 | 0.0961 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 103 | Lincoln University | 29100 | 40900 | 0.2884 | 1,707 | 920 | 0 | |
| 104 | Furman University | 29200 | 79600 | 0.6329 | 2,383 | 1359 | 0.4295 | |
| 105 | University of Toledo | 29500 | 32600 | 0.0943 | 11,013 | 1159 | 0.9202 | |
| 106 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 29700 | 38200 | 0.2227 | 6,550 | 1140 | 0.7456 | |
| 107 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 29800 | 51100 | 0.4171 | 1,477 | 1075 | 0.8068 | |
| 107 | University of South Alabama | 29800 | 35000 | 0.1486 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 109 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 29900 | 30000 | 0.0033 | 18,428 | 1090 | 0.9529 | |
| 110 | San Jose State University | 30200 | 41000 | 0.2632 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 111 | SUNY at Fredonia | 30400 | 39600 | 0.2326 | 2,876 | 1193 | 0.792 | |
| 112 | Albright College | 30500 | 48700 | 0.3738 | 1,328 | 1050 | 0.8615 | |
| 113 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30700 | 54600 | 0.4374 | 3,163 | 1165 | 0.9347 | |
| 113 | West Virginia Wesleyan College | 30700 | 52800 | 0.4182 | 938 | 1090 | 0.951 | |
| 115 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1150 | 0.9523 | |
| 116 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Schuylkill | 31000 | 45200 | 0.3143 | 624 | 1115 | 0.9664 | |
| 117 | SUNY Brockport | 31100 | 37900 | 0.1794 | 5,816 | 1195 | 0.7068 | |
| 118 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 31400 | 31400 | 0 | 6,853 | 1090 | 0.7147 | |
| 118 | State University of New York at Oswego | 31400 | 38300 | 0.1799 | 5,517 | 1174 | 0.8057 | |
| 118 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 31400 | 36700 | 0.1444 | 5,789 | 1115 | 0.5774 | |
| 118 | Washington Adventist University | 31400 | 37800 | 0.1695 | 605 | 950 | 0.4536 | |
| 122 | University of North Florida | 31600 | 37900 | 0.1663 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
| 123 | Thomas Jefferson University | 31700 | 67700 | 0.5316 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 124 | Angelo State University | 31800 | 35400 | 0.101 | 9,779 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 124 | CUNY Brooklyn College | 31800 | 31800 | 0 | 11,562 | 1110 | 0.5836 | |
| 126 | Saint Michael's College | 32000 | 68400 | 0.5319 | 1,120 | 1240 | 0.8451 | |
| 127 | Hampton University | 32200 | 47000 | 0.315 | 3,728 | 956 | 0.6225 | |
| 128 | University of Scranton | 32300 | 76300 | 0.5763 | 3,613 | 1220 | 0.812 | |
| 129 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32500 | 34700 | 0.0633 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 130 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 32700 | 44100 | 0.2584 | 581 | 1129 | 0.9821 | |
| 131 | California Lutheran University | 32800 | 65800 | 0.5011 | 2,297 | 1258 | 0.7567 | |
| 132 | Harding University | 32900 | 47000 | 0.2995 | 3,523 | 1193 | 0.3942 | |
| 132 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 32900 | 45200 | 0.2722 | 10,767 | 1326 | 0.7243 | |
| 134 | Wilkes University | 33300 | 61900 | 0.4621 | 1,956 | 1153 | 0.9146 | |
| 135 | Grambling State University | 33500 | 35300 | 0.051 | 4,279 | 955 | 0.2368 | |
| 136 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 33600 | 40900 | 0.1786 | 1,236 | 1203 | 0.9811 | |
| 137 | College of Charleston | 33700 | 33700 | 0 | 10,880 | 1255 | 0.6003 | |
| 137 | Elizabethtown College | 33700 | 54600 | 0.383 | 1,903 | 1214 | 0.7787 | |
| 137 | George Washington University | 33700 | 81800 | 0.5882 | 11,677 | 1421 | 0.4709 | |
| 140 | LeTourneau University | 34100 | 54600 | 0.3754 | 3,184 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 141 | Morgan State University | 34300 | 37200 | 0.078 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 142 | University of South Florida | 34700 | 34700 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 143 | DePaul University | 34800 | 59100 | 0.411 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 144 | Suffolk University | 34900 | 73000 | 0.5219 | 4,324 | 1209 | 0.822 | |
| 145 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 35000 | 49600 | 0.2941 | 1,809 | 1109 | 0.9484 | |
| 146 | City University of Seattle | 35100 | 45400 | 0.227 | 1,180 | 0 | 0.9025 | |
| 147 | Adelphi University | 35300 | 63300 | 0.4433 | 5,325 | 1218 | 0.6591 | |
| 147 | Stevenson University | 35300 | 59900 | 0.4105 | 3,106 | 1100 | 0.7891 | |
| 147 | University of Mount Olive | 35300 | 35300 | 0 | 1,937 | 945 | 0.7775 | |
| 150 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 35600 | 42400 | 0.1603 | 31,112 | 1130 | 0.8129 | |
| 151 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 36200 | 56300 | 0.3565 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 152 | Mercer University | 36500 | 60500 | 0.3967 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
| 153 | University of Michigan-Flint | 36700 | 39400 | 0.0685 | 5,011 | 1084 | 0.7047 | |
| 154 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 36900 | 38100 | 0.0315 | 2,884 | 1175 | 0.9677 | |
| 154 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 36900 | 38900 | 0.0533 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 156 | Immaculata University | 37300 | 47800 | 0.2194 | 1,652 | 1245 | 0.8578 | |
| 157 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 37600 | 38900 | 0.0334 | 1,919 | 1245 | 0.7844 | |
| 157 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 37600 | 41600 | 0.0979 | 5,187 | 1005 | 0.9229 | |
| 159 | Pace University | 39700 | 74100 | 0.464 | 8,038 | 1274 | 0.7592 | |
| 160 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 39900 | 45400 | 0.1211 | 502 | 1204 | 0.9641 | |
| 161 | McKendree University | 40100 | 52200 | 0.2313 | 1,605 | 1098 | 0.6388 | |
| 162 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 40500 | 40500 | 0 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 163 | Loyola University Maryland | 42100 | 78800 | 0.4658 | 3,881 | 1309 | 0.7549 | |
| 164 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 42300 | 54900 | 0.2297 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 165 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 42400 | 55100 | 0.2306 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 166 | University of Maryland-College Park | 42600 | 52900 | 0.1947 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 167 | Merrimack College | 43600 | 78800 | 0.4464 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
| 168 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 45100 | 51400 | 0.1225 | 3,965 | 1229 | 0.9121 | |
| 169 | CUNY Lehman College | 45400 | 45800 | 0.0087 | 11,217 | 1037 | 0.4601 | |
| 170 | James Madison University | 46400 | 46400 | 0 | 21,112 | 1260 | 0.7151 | |
| 171 | Molloy University | 48300 | 62300 | 0.2249 | 3,240 | 1199 | 0.8174 | |
| 172 | Drexel University | 51200 | 82600 | 0.38 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 173 | University of Colorado Boulder | 51500 | 56300 | 0.0852 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
| 174 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
| 175 | Fordham University | 56000 | 94600 | 0.4082 | 10,307 | 1415 | 0.5628 | |
| 176 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 56900 | 58900 | 0.0352 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 177 | Clemson University | 61600 | 63700 | 0.0326 | 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.