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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 | University of Michigan-Flint | 4900 | 44000 | 0.8891 | 5,534 | 1079 | 0.6734 | |
| 2 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 5400 | 50600 | 0.8927 | 35,358 | 1448 | 0.1642 | |
| 3 | Savannah State University | 6800 | 28000 | 0.756 | 2,966 | 950 | 1 | |
| 4 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 6900 | 96500 | 0.929 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 5 | Northern Kentucky University | 7400 | 26600 | 0.7231 | 10,136 | 1110 | 0.9666 | |
| 6 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 7600 | 36100 | 0.7904 | 10,368 | 1064 | 0.999 | |
| 7 | Northwestern University | 7800 | 93000 | 0.9163 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 8 | Portland State University | 9300 | 73900 | 0.8739 | 14,932 | 1174 | 0.8586 | |
| 9 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 10200 | 42400 | 0.759 | 3,224 | 1085 | 0.7643 | |
| 10 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 10300 | 10300 | 0 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 11 | Valdosta State University | 11500 | 25300 | 0.5447 | 7,199 | 1005 | 0.7769 | |
| 12 | Lamar University | 12300 | 22900 | 0.4623 | 8,387 | 1040 | 0.8353 | |
| 13 | University of North Florida | 12500 | 22400 | 0.4425 | 14,837 | 1124 | 0.6815 | |
| 14 | Central Connecticut State University | 12600 | 34200 | 0.6313 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 14 | University of South Florida | 12600 | 16300 | 0.2265 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 16 | Fort Hays State University | 12800 | 19900 | 0.3571 | 10,172 | 1075 | 0.9026 | |
| 17 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 13000 | 27600 | 0.5285 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 18 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 13100 | 25700 | 0.49 | 29,727 | 990 | 0.9229 | |
| 19 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 13200 | 52800 | 0.7503 | 6,761 | 1105 | 0.8475 | |
| 20 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 13300 | 40100 | 0.6683 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 21 | Fairmont State University | 13700 | 21600 | 0.3651 | 3,090 | 970 | 0.9862 | |
| 21 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 61700 | 0.7784 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 23 | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | 13900 | 19600 | 0.2907 | 10,995 | 1090 | 0.7476 | |
| 24 | Coastal Carolina University | 14100 | 72300 | 0.8052 | 11,471 | 1160 | 0.7003 | |
| 25 | University of North Georgia | 14300 | 56800 | 0.7485 | 19,321 | 1100 | 0.9618 | |
| 26 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 14400 | 28600 | 0.4972 | 7,501 | 1055 | 0.9467 | |
| 27 | University of California-Riverside | 14500 | 118100 | 0.8769 | 24,034 | 1199 | 0.8609 | |
| 28 | Westfield State University | 14700 | 37600 | 0.6096 | 3,868 | 1105 | 0.8671 | |
| 29 | Wayne State College | 14800 | 26400 | 0.439 | 3,886 | 0 | 1 | |
| 30 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 14900 | 43300 | 0.656 | 308 | 1144 | 0.9053 | |
| 31 | Jacksonville State University | 15400 | 42900 | 0.6404 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 31 | Radford University | 15400 | 32000 | 0.5196 | 6,206 | 1050 | 0.8939 | |
| 33 | Alabama State University | 15500 | 24300 | 0.3632 | 3,521 | 945 | 0.9755 | |
| 34 | Grand Valley State University | 15800 | 28500 | 0.4448 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 35 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver | 15900 | 43700 | 0.6356 | 475 | 1195 | 0.9418 | |
| 35 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 15900 | 27700 | 0.4254 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 37 | Frostburg State University | 16100 | 34600 | 0.5347 | 3,436 | 1095 | 0.907 | |
| 38 | Southern University at New Orleans | 16500 | 41400 | 0.6022 | 2,179 | 950 | 0.789 | |
| 39 | Boston College | 16600 | 121200 | 0.8627 | 9,677 | 1484 | 0.1422 | |
| 39 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16600 | 64800 | 0.7439 | 22,007 | 1427 | 0.1672 | |
| 41 | Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi | 16900 | 20700 | 0.1835 | 8,673 | 1095 | 0.9156 | |
| 42 | College of Charleston | 17100 | 43600 | 0.6072 | 10,596 | 1234 | 0.73 | |
| 42 | SUNY at Fredonia | 17100 | 27800 | 0.3854 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 42 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 17100 | 43500 | 0.6074 | 1,829 | 1149 | 0.945 | |
| 45 | University of Kentucky | 17300 | 46800 | 0.6292 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 45 | University of Massachusetts-Boston | 17300 | 89500 | 0.8064 | 12,138 | 1189 | 0.8379 | |
| 47 | University of South Alabama | 17500 | 40600 | 0.5684 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 48 | East Carolina University | 17600 | 26100 | 0.3256 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 49 | Kennesaw State University | 18000 | 61500 | 0.7069 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 49 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 18000 | 68100 | 0.7359 | 711 | 1030 | 0.8214 | |
| 49 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18000 | 28600 | 0.3704 | 3,991 | 1010 | 0.9654 | |
| 52 | SUNY Brockport | 18400 | 26200 | 0.2972 | 5,816 | 1195 | 0.7068 | |
| 53 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 18600 | 44600 | 0.5826 | 504 | 1200 | 0.9095 | |
| 53 | San Jose State University | 18600 | 41100 | 0.5476 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 55 | Coppin State University | 18900 | 51800 | 0.6345 | 1,908 | 950 | 0.4583 | |
| 55 | Texas A&M University-Victoria | 18900 | 25000 | 0.2442 | 2,627 | 1000 | 0.5253 | |
| 57 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Schuylkill | 19000 | 32900 | 0.4231 | 653 | 1145 | 0.7972 | |
| 58 | Norwich University | 19400 | 76000 | 0.7443 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 59 | University of Colorado Boulder | 19600 | 32100 | 0.3906 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7809 | |
| 60 | Syracuse University | 19800 | 83600 | 0.7632 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 61 | Grove City College | 20400 | 39700 | 0.4868 | 2,247 | 1248 | 0.667 | |
| 62 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 20500 | 48100 | 0.5735 | 2,710 | 1218 | 0.9374 | |
| 63 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 20600 | 57800 | 0.6433 | 1,109 | 1175 | 0.9088 | |
| 64 | Tarleton State University | 21000 | 23000 | 0.087 | 17,556 | 1090 | 0.5386 | |
| 65 | Thiel College | 21100 | 88800 | 0.7628 | 830 | 1065 | 0.7189 | |
| 66 | Luther College | 21500 | 75400 | 0.7153 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.8398 | |
| 66 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 21500 | 46000 | 0.5328 | 1,078 | 1217 | 0.9646 | |
| 68 | Texas Southern University | 22100 | 25500 | 0.1335 | 6,844 | 915 | 0.9691 | |
| 68 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 22100 | 33600 | 0.342 | 21,469 | 1167 | 0.9061 | |
| 70 | Averett University | 22300 | 57400 | 0.612 | 1,244 | 1054 | 0.5659 | |
| 71 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 22600 | 25400 | 0.1104 | 2,907 | 1125 | 0.4696 | |
| 72 | Pennsylvania Western University | 22800 | 34400 | 0.3369 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 73 | Dakota State University | 23100 | 25600 | 0.0977 | 3,085 | 1174 | 0.9241 | |
| 73 | Florida Memorial University | 23100 | 41500 | 0.4433 | 1,206 | 0 | 0.8526 | |
| 73 | Robert Morris University | 23100 | 58000 | 0.6012 | 4,325 | 1145 | 0.8989 | |
| 76 | Houghton University | 23200 | 44300 | 0.4763 | 958 | 1277 | 0.89 | |
| 77 | Columbia College | 23500 | 65100 | 0.6388 | 876 | 1025 | 0.8878 | |
| 78 | Dominican University | 23900 | 56000 | 0.573 | 2,642 | 1005 | 0.8879 | |
| 78 | Stockton University | 23900 | 32100 | 0.2553 | 7,583 | 1134 | 0.901 | |
| 80 | Ramapo College of New Jersey | 24000 | 36700 | 0.3457 | 5,492 | 1210 | 0.7026 | |
| 81 | Emporia State University | 24700 | 32000 | 0.228 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 82 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 24800 | 55700 | 0.5549 | 5,939 | 1065 | 0.5878 | |
| 83 | Concord University | 24900 | 41900 | 0.4062 | 1,638 | 1015 | 0.9728 | |
| 84 | Central College | 25600 | 38700 | 0.3388 | 1,050 | 1159 | 0.8698 | |
| 85 | Loyola University Maryland | 25700 | 78800 | 0.6739 | 4,013 | 1329 | 0.6986 | |
| 85 | Northwood University | 25700 | 75700 | 0.6609 | 2,045 | 1055 | 0.6451 | |
| 85 | University of North Texas | 25700 | 36900 | 0.3037 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 88 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 26000 | 28300 | 0.0809 | 3,375 | 1090 | 0.5885 | |
| 88 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 26000 | 50000 | 0.4797 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 88 | University of Akron Main Campus | 26000 | 28000 | 0.0713 | 11,691 | 1074 | 0.7722 | |
| 88 | West Virginia Wesleyan College | 26000 | 53800 | 0.5169 | 971 | 1030 | 0.9334 | |
| 92 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 26200 | 36800 | 0.2882 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 92 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 26200 | 40600 | 0.3546 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 94 | Bemidji State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 3,751 | 1075 | 0.5598 | |
| 94 | Bethune-Cookman University | 26400 | 32300 | 0.1824 | 2,739 | 910 | 0.8824 | |
| 96 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 26600 | 43300 | 0.386 | 7,747 | 1073 | 0.9617 | |
| 97 | Rowan University | 27300 | 41300 | 0.3392 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 98 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 27400 | 29900 | 0.0837 | 18,667 | 1090 | 0.9711 | |
| 99 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 27800 | 27800 | 0 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 100 | Wayne State University | 28000 | 46800 | 0.402 | 16,390 | 1183 | 0.8359 | |
| 101 | Morgan State University | 28900 | 41800 | 0.3086 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 102 | Clemson University | 29000 | 37100 | 0.2179 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 103 | California Lutheran University | 29500 | 109800 | 0.7316 | 2,160 | 1218 | 0.7631 | |
| 104 | Saint Xavier University | 29700 | 57200 | 0.481 | 3,100 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 105 | Thomas Jefferson University | 29800 | 68700 | 0.5664 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 106 | Grambling State University | 30200 | 35800 | 0.1566 | 4,313 | 950 | 0.4486 | |
| 107 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 30400 | 44300 | 0.3135 | 586 | 1140 | 0.9577 | |
| 108 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 30500 | 31800 | 0.0409 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 108 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30500 | 54600 | 0.4413 | 3,120 | 1193 | 0.3992 | |
| 110 | Lincoln University | 30700 | 35000 | 0.1229 | 1,926 | 920 | 0 | |
| 110 | University of Toledo | 30700 | 42000 | 0.269 | 10,726 | 1134 | 0.8889 | |
| 112 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 30800 | 36900 | 0.1662 | 5,687 | 1305 | 0.7863 | |
| 113 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 2,082 | 1124 | 0.9576 | |
| 113 | Suffolk University | 30900 | 110800 | 0.721 | 4,247 | 1209 | 0.8228 | |
| 115 | Hampton University | 31500 | 54800 | 0.4252 | 4,046 | 1005 | 0.6358 | |
| 116 | Angelo State University | 31600 | 35400 | 0.1071 | 10,103 | 1045 | 0.7981 | |
| 116 | Cleveland State University | 31600 | 32100 | 0.0156 | 9,418 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 118 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 31900 | 39900 | 0.2006 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 119 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32300 | 35100 | 0.0799 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 120 | University of Scranton | 32400 | 78700 | 0.5879 | 3,689 | 1245 | 0.8006 | |
| 121 | State University of New York at Oswego | 32700 | 40200 | 0.1866 | 5,293 | 1179 | 0.7989 | |
| 122 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 32900 | 69700 | 0.5276 | 11,087 | 1326 | 0.7397 | |
| 123 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 33000 | 34200 | 0.0351 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 124 | Harding University | 33500 | 47800 | 0.299 | 3,536 | 1184 | 0.7052 | |
| 125 | Elizabethtown College | 33700 | 69900 | 0.5181 | 1,935 | 1214 | 0.8892 | |
| 126 | Charleston Southern University | 34200 | 48400 | 0.295 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 127 | George Washington University | 34300 | 81800 | 0.5808 | 11,495 | 1436 | 0.4713 | |
| 127 | Salisbury University | 34300 | 41600 | 0.1755 | 6,477 | 1245 | 0.8826 | |
| 129 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 34500 | 62800 | 0.4506 | 1,495 | 1075 | 0.8761 | |
| 130 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 34900 | 38900 | 0.1027 | 1,973 | 1189 | 0.8142 | |
| 131 | Adelphi University | 35000 | 63300 | 0.4467 | 5,097 | 1241 | 0.7215 | |
| 132 | Christopher Newport University | 35200 | 38700 | 0.0905 | 4,369 | 1189 | 0.8604 | |
| 133 | Bradley University | 35300 | 60000 | 0.412 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 134 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 35800 | 57000 | 0.3716 | 4,789 | 1040 | 0.6671 | |
| 135 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 36600 | 39900 | 0.0825 | 3,893 | 1015 | 0.9839 | |
| 135 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 36600 | 38800 | 0.0567 | 14,865 | 1175 | 0.9113 | |
| 137 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 36800 | 47900 | 0.2315 | 2,280 | 1224 | 0.9675 | |
| 138 | Saint Michael's College | 37100 | 75600 | 0.5095 | 1,051 | 1280 | 0.8976 | |
| 139 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 37800 | 40100 | 0.0571 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 140 | Drexel University | 39400 | 107600 | 0.6336 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 141 | Stony Brook University | 39700 | 53000 | 0.2507 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 142 | James Madison University | 39800 | 45100 | 0.1175 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 143 | Immaculata University | 39900 | 60400 | 0.3395 | 1,889 | 1264 | 0.8656 | |
| 144 | Elmhurst University | 40200 | 69600 | 0.4222 | 3,170 | 1133 | 0.7501 | |
| 145 | Furman University | 40300 | 84600 | 0.5234 | 2,304 | 1372 | 0.4869 | |
| 146 | Pace University | 40500 | 75500 | 0.4636 | 5,520 | 1273 | 0.7827 | |
| 147 | McKendree University | 40600 | 52900 | 0.2324 | 1,757 | 1098 | 0.7172 | |
| 148 | University of Illinois Chicago | 40700 | 51300 | 0.2066 | 24,260 | 1174 | 0.7576 | |
| 149 | Mercy University | 41100 | 46400 | 0.1143 | 6,692 | 1135 | 0.8724 | |
| 150 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 41200 | 58900 | 0.3005 | 21,388 | 1369 | 0.5945 | |
| 151 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 41300 | 103500 | 0.6008 | 4,182 | 1317 | 0.8783 | |
| 152 | University of Mount Olive | 42100 | 50400 | 0.1645 | 1,944 | 1075 | 0.7575 | |
| 153 | University of Maryland-College Park | 42800 | 68700 | 0.3772 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 154 | Western Oregon University | 43400 | 43400 | 0 | 3,034 | 1120 | 0.8345 | |
| 155 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4479 | 4,123 | 1124 | 0.6927 | |
| 156 | Mercer University | 45700 | 65400 | 0.3015 | 4,719 | 1263 | 0.643 | |
| 157 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47100 | 59800 | 0.2121 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 158 | DePaul University | 49000 | 66400 | 0.2619 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 159 | Towson University | 49600 | 68400 | 0.275 | 16,361 | 1082 | 0.8057 | |
| 160 | Rutgers University-Newark | 50400 | 59900 | 0.1587 | 7,989 | 1159 | 0.7136 | |
| 161 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 50600 | 52900 | 0.0433 | 14,834 | 1149 | 0.7803 | |
| 162 | University of Utah | 51400 | 53700 | 0.0426 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 163 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 54500 | 66200 | 0.1767 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 164 | Molloy University | 58600 | 62300 | 0.0594 | 3,396 | 1188 | 0.6633 | |
| 165 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 58900 | 61200 | 0.0374 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 166 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 62600 | 65000 | 0.0369 | 9,827 | 1329 | 0.6737 | |
| 167 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 65100 | 65100 | 0 | 1,709 | 1218 | 0.9653 | |
| 168 | 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.