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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 | California Institute of Technology | 6700 | 91800 | 0.9274 | 987 | 1557 | 0.0257 | |
| 2 | Savannah State University | 6900 | 40400 | 0.8283 | 2,857 | 950 | 0.8368 | |
| 3 | University of Houston-Victoria | 7500 | 39700 | 0.8113 | 2,707 | 930 | 0.7671 | |
| 4 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 7900 | 36100 | 0.7821 | 10,049 | 1005 | 0.9234 | |
| 5 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 8200 | 27100 | 0.6964 | 28,674 | 980 | 0.9401 | |
| 6 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8400 | 98000 | 0.9146 | 9,157 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 7 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 9600 | 36900 | 0.74 | 3,207 | 1060 | 0.8034 | |
| 8 | Valdosta State University | 10500 | 24800 | 0.5775 | 7,206 | 1015 | 0.7214 | |
| 9 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 11000 | 21100 | 0.4798 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 10 | University of Michigan-Flint | 11400 | 45600 | 0.7497 | 5,011 | 1103 | 0.7047 | |
| 11 | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | 11700 | 19600 | 0.4029 | 10,656 | 1075 | 0.7289 | |
| 12 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 11800 | 27800 | 0.5765 | 21,075 | 1420 | 0.1534 | |
| 13 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 11900 | 41800 | 0.7151 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 14 | East Texas A&M University | 12400 | 30000 | 0.5867 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 15 | University of California-Riverside | 12900 | 36500 | 0.6461 | 22,599 | 1199 | 0.7685 | |
| 16 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 13400 | 27800 | 0.5171 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 17 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 13500 | 13500 | 0 | 1,919 | 1245 | 0.7844 | |
| 18 | Fort Hays State University | 13700 | 40700 | 0.6641 | 10,206 | 1110 | 0.9177 | |
| 18 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 51900 | 0.7365 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 20 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 14100 | 46000 | 0.6931 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 21 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 14500 | 32200 | 0.5503 | 2,836 | 1135 | 0.3787 | |
| 22 | University of North Texas | 14800 | 25700 | 0.4247 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 23 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver | 15000 | 42500 | 0.6478 | 482 | 1195 | 0.9565 | |
| 24 | Alabama State University | 15200 | 37900 | 0.5983 | 3,322 | 970 | 0.9564 | |
| 24 | University of North Georgia | 15200 | 48000 | 0.6836 | 18,329 | 1100 | 0.6794 | |
| 26 | Dickinson State University | 15400 | 21700 | 0.2914 | 1,339 | 1005 | 0.3695 | |
| 26 | Salisbury University | 15400 | 28700 | 0.4632 | 6,288 | 1250 | 0.8747 | |
| 28 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 15600 | 46800 | 0.6672 | 6,550 | 1110 | 0.7456 | |
| 29 | University of North Florida | 15700 | 33000 | 0.5246 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
| 29 | Wayne State College | 15700 | 20000 | 0.2149 | 3,902 | 0 | 1 | |
| 31 | Boston College | 15900 | 94200 | 0.8315 | 9,654 | 1490 | 0.1619 | |
| 31 | New Mexico Highlands University | 15900 | 31500 | 0.4949 | 1,710 | 945 | 0.9481 | |
| 33 | University of South Alabama | 16000 | 22400 | 0.2863 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 34 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 16300 | 42600 | 0.6176 | 7,595 | 1075 | 0.9226 | |
| 34 | Wayne State University | 16300 | 46200 | 0.6473 | 16,173 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
| 36 | Goshen College | 16400 | 55900 | 0.706 | 780 | 995 | 0.8404 | |
| 36 | Jacksonville State University | 16400 | 27000 | 0.3933 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 36 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 16400 | 29200 | 0.4385 | 18,667 | 1090 | 0.9711 | |
| 39 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 16800 | 33600 | 0.4996 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 40 | Morgan State University | 17400 | 37200 | 0.5323 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 40 | Southern University at New Orleans | 17400 | 34200 | 0.4911 | 1,773 | 885 | 0.6021 | |
| 40 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 17400 | 44900 | 0.612 | 5,205 | 1118 | 0.744 | |
| 43 | Frostburg State University | 17500 | 26600 | 0.3419 | 2,619 | 1095 | 0.892 | |
| 44 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 17700 | 36400 | 0.5131 | 2,884 | 1175 | 0.9677 | |
| 44 | Westfield State University | 17700 | 37500 | 0.5276 | 3,868 | 1105 | 0.8671 | |
| 46 | SUNY at Fredonia | 17800 | 39600 | 0.5512 | 2,876 | 1193 | 0.792 | |
| 47 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 17900 | 36500 | 0.5099 | 7,505 | 1059 | 0.9633 | |
| 48 | SUNY Brockport | 18000 | 26200 | 0.3124 | 5,816 | 1195 | 0.7068 | |
| 49 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 18100 | 27700 | 0.3461 | 31,112 | 1114 | 0.8129 | |
| 49 | University of Colorado Boulder | 18100 | 30600 | 0.4085 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
| 51 | Stockton University | 18200 | 32100 | 0.4328 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 52 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 18400 | 42800 | 0.5695 | 581 | 1129 | 0.9821 | |
| 53 | Emporia State University | 18500 | 29800 | 0.3797 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 53 | Florida Memorial University | 18500 | 44900 | 0.5881 | 1,299 | 0 | 0.7431 | |
| 55 | College of Charleston | 18600 | 33900 | 0.4519 | 10,880 | 1255 | 0.6003 | |
| 55 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 18600 | 43800 | 0.5748 | 352 | 1180 | 0.9647 | |
| 55 | State University of New York at Oswego | 18600 | 27700 | 0.3284 | 5,517 | 1164 | 0.8057 | |
| 58 | Rutgers University-Newark | 18800 | 38000 | 0.505 | 7,417 | 1214 | 0.7873 | |
| 58 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 18800 | 35700 | 0.4736 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 60 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 18900 | 25200 | 0.2497 | 6,853 | 1090 | 0.7147 | |
| 61 | University of Massachusetts-Boston | 19600 | 88900 | 0.7798 | 12,234 | 1194 | 0.8296 | |
| 62 | San Jose State University | 19700 | 33600 | 0.4134 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 63 | Lincoln University | 19800 | 40800 | 0.5152 | 1,707 | 920 | 0 | |
| 63 | Towson University | 19800 | 30000 | 0.3395 | 16,264 | 1093 | 0.8198 | |
| 65 | Central Connecticut State University | 19900 | 29500 | 0.3253 | 8,170 | 1010 | 0.7333 | |
| 66 | Central College | 20300 | 36800 | 0.4482 | 1,084 | 1140 | 0.8617 | |
| 66 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 20300 | 40900 | 0.5042 | 1,880 | 1185 | 0.9867 | |
| 68 | Grove City College | 20400 | 39700 | 0.4868 | 2,341 | 1256 | 0.7232 | |
| 69 | Pennsylvania Western University | 20700 | 26600 | 0.2217 | 7,586 | 0 | 0.9433 | |
| 70 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 20800 | 57800 | 0.6406 | 1,083 | 1171 | 0.9278 | |
| 71 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27100 | 0.2285 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 71 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 20900 | 42600 | 0.5099 | 1,809 | 1109 | 0.9484 | |
| 73 | Northwestern University | 21000 | 89500 | 0.7657 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 73 | Tarleton State University | 21000 | 23000 | 0.087 | 15,130 | 1095 | 0.5256 | |
| 75 | Bradley University | 21300 | 50800 | 0.5806 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 75 | Kennesaw State University | 21300 | 27200 | 0.217 | 42,840 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 77 | Elmhurst University | 21400 | 67000 | 0.6808 | 3,170 | 1148 | 0.7357 | |
| 78 | Luther College | 21500 | 71900 | 0.7017 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.8402 | |
| 79 | Averett University | 22100 | 57200 | 0.614 | 1,180 | 1070 | 0.478 | |
| 79 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 22100 | 45300 | 0.5117 | 1,236 | 1203 | 0.9811 | |
| 81 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 22300 | 43000 | 0.4809 | 5,789 | 1060 | 0.5774 | |
| 82 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 22700 | 58100 | 0.6097 | 1,477 | 1075 | 0.8068 | |
| 83 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 23000 | 45200 | 0.4915 | 502 | 1204 | 0.9641 | |
| 84 | Dakota State University | 23100 | 25600 | 0.0977 | 3,066 | 1192 | 0.8814 | |
| 85 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 23300 | 36800 | 0.367 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 85 | Robert Morris University | 23300 | 58000 | 0.5986 | 3,769 | 1180 | 0.9057 | |
| 87 | Albright College | 23800 | 49300 | 0.5171 | 1,328 | 1050 | 0.8615 | |
| 87 | Houghton University | 23800 | 61900 | 0.6158 | 939 | 1277 | 0.8866 | |
| 89 | University of Kentucky | 23900 | 36100 | 0.3385 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 90 | Dominican University | 24100 | 56000 | 0.5702 | 2,690 | 1060 | 0.9032 | |
| 91 | Norwich University | 24200 | 88400 | 0.7264 | 2,642 | 1182 | 0.7361 | |
| 92 | Northwood University | 25100 | 54500 | 0.5399 | 1,989 | 1075 | 0.839 | |
| 93 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 25700 | 39200 | 0.3445 | 4,478 | 1065 | 0.8132 | |
| 94 | Columbia College | 25800 | 51600 | 0.5004 | 876 | 1025 | 0.8878 | |
| 95 | Doane University | 26000 | 77700 | 0.665 | 1,323 | 1125 | 0.9801 | |
| 96 | Stony Brook University | 26100 | 33200 | 0.2129 | 18,263 | 1404 | 0.4904 | |
| 97 | Grand Valley State University | 26200 | 36300 | 0.2786 | 19,002 | 1233 | 0.8302 | |
| 97 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 26200 | 28300 | 0.0755 | 3,413 | 1095 | 0.5295 | |
| 99 | Bethune-Cookman University | 26700 | 32700 | 0.1835 | 2,739 | 910 | 0.8824 | |
| 99 | Furman University | 26700 | 79600 | 0.6643 | 2,383 | 1359 | 0.4295 | |
| 101 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 27000 | 30100 | 0.1042 | 5,086 | 1000 | 0.9821 | |
| 102 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 27100 | 47900 | 0.4339 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 103 | Cleveland State University | 27300 | 37300 | 0.2682 | 9,418 | 1105 | 0.913 | |
| 103 | Fairmont State University | 27300 | 32200 | 0.1522 | 3,060 | 975 | 0.9924 | |
| 105 | George Fox University | 27600 | 76800 | 0.6406 | 3,401 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 105 | Thomas Jefferson University | 27600 | 67700 | 0.5922 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 107 | Syracuse University | 27900 | 83100 | 0.6642 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 108 | California Lutheran University | 28100 | 70000 | 0.5988 | 2,297 | 1258 | 0.7567 | |
| 109 | Mercy University | 28600 | 44500 | 0.3574 | 6,775 | 1074 | 0.8584 | |
| 109 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 33400 | 0.1437 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 111 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29300 | 33900 | 0.1358 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 112 | University of Toledo | 29500 | 32600 | 0.0961 | 11,013 | 1159 | 0.9202 | |
| 113 | Saint Xavier University | 29800 | 53600 | 0.4438 | 3,039 | 1125 | 0.8575 | |
| 114 | Northern Kentucky University | 29900 | 32100 | 0.0686 | 10,163 | 1090 | 0.8307 | |
| 115 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 30500 | 54700 | 0.4416 | 1,409 | 1110 | 0.5568 | |
| 116 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30700 | 54600 | 0.4385 | 3,163 | 1165 | 0.9347 | |
| 117 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1150 | 0.9523 | |
| 118 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 31000 | 36900 | 0.162 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 119 | Coastal Carolina University | 31200 | 45100 | 0.3083 | 10,811 | 1145 | 0.7527 | |
| 120 | Angelo State University | 31800 | 35400 | 0.1027 | 9,779 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 121 | Saint Michael's College | 32000 | 68500 | 0.5331 | 1,120 | 1240 | 0.8451 | |
| 122 | Washington Adventist University | 32100 | 37800 | 0.151 | 605 | 951 | 0.4536 | |
| 123 | Hampton University | 32200 | 62400 | 0.4836 | 3,728 | 956 | 0.6225 | |
| 124 | Grambling State University | 32500 | 38100 | 0.1471 | 4,279 | 955 | 0.2368 | |
| 124 | Suffolk University | 32500 | 68900 | 0.5285 | 4,324 | 1209 | 0.822 | |
| 124 | University of Scranton | 32500 | 78700 | 0.5872 | 3,613 | 1220 | 0.8029 | |
| 127 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 32900 | 45100 | 0.2705 | 10,767 | 1326 | 0.7243 | |
| 128 | George Washington University | 33700 | 81800 | 0.5882 | 11,677 | 1421 | 0.4709 | |
| 129 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 33900 | 58500 | 0.4211 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 130 | LeTourneau University | 34100 | 54800 | 0.378 | 3,184 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 131 | Charleston Southern University | 34300 | 48400 | 0.2918 | 2,914 | 1060 | 0.7609 | |
| 132 | Pace University | 34500 | 74800 | 0.5387 | 8,038 | 1274 | 0.7592 | |
| 133 | University of South Florida | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 134 | Adelphi University | 35200 | 63300 | 0.4443 | 5,325 | 1218 | 0.6591 | |
| 135 | Loyola University Maryland | 36600 | 78800 | 0.5356 | 3,881 | 1309 | 0.7549 | |
| 136 | East Carolina University | 37100 | 40100 | 0.0748 | 21,445 | 1120 | 0.8922 | |
| 137 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 37500 | 41600 | 0.0993 | 5,386 | 995 | 0.9092 | |
| 137 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 37500 | 67900 | 0.4476 | 3,965 | 1335 | 0.9121 | |
| 139 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38600 | 38600 | 0 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
| 140 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 38700 | 53400 | 0.2754 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 141 | McKendree University | 40100 | 52200 | 0.2324 | 1,605 | 1098 | 0.6388 | |
| 142 | Christopher Newport University | 42100 | 51000 | 0.1747 | 4,407 | 1209 | 0.8796 | |
| 143 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 42500 | 54700 | 0.223 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 144 | Western Oregon University | 43400 | 43400 | 0 | 3,343 | 1120 | 0.9871 | |
| 145 | Merrimack College | 43600 | 78800 | 0.4472 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
| 145 | Radford University | 43600 | 45700 | 0.0467 | 6,161 | 1070 | 0.8953 | |
| 147 | University of Illinois Chicago | 43900 | 49300 | 0.1094 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 147 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 43900 | 57100 | 0.2302 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 149 | Immaculata University | 44200 | 47800 | 0.0753 | 1,652 | 1245 | 0.8578 | |
| 150 | James Madison University | 45300 | 45300 | 0 | 21,112 | 1260 | 0.7151 | |
| 151 | University of Mount Olive | 48300 | 50400 | 0.0424 | 1,937 | 1020 | 0.7775 | |
| 152 | Ramapo College of New Jersey | 48600 | 54600 | 0.1099 | 5,444 | 1214 | 0.7064 | |
| 153 | DePaul University | 48800 | 67100 | 0.2727 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 153 | Drexel University | 48800 | 83800 | 0.4176 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 155 | Molloy University | 48900 | 62300 | 0.2152 | 3,240 | 1199 | 0.8174 | |
| 156 | Mercer University | 49000 | 63700 | 0.2309 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
| 157 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 50800 | 52900 | 0.0404 | 14,504 | 1145 | 0.7637 | |
| 158 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 51000 | 84700 | 0.398 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 159 | University of Utah | 51600 | 53700 | 0.0398 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 160 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
| 161 | Dallas Baptist University | 55800 | 71900 | 0.2238 | 2,785 | 1104 | 0.8884 | |
| 162 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58300 | 64100 | 0.0905 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 163 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 59100 | 61200 | 0.0349 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 164 | Thiel College | 60600 | 69100 | 0.123 | 830 | 1065 | 0.7189 | |
| 165 | Clemson University | 61500 | 63700 | 0.0335 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 166 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 63500 | 63500 | 0 | 10,200 | 1346 | 0.6507 | |
| 167 | Fordham University | 70000 | 95000 | 0.263 | 10,582 | 1406 | 0.5931 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.