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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 | 43700 | 0.8884 | 5,534 | 1079 | 0.6734 | |
| 2 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 5400 | 40700 | 0.8664 | 35,358 | 1448 | 0.1642 | |
| 3 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 6600 | 98000 | 0.9329 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 4 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 7600 | 36100 | 0.7904 | 10,368 | 1064 | 0.999 | |
| 5 | Northwestern University | 7800 | 94200 | 0.9173 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 6 | Portland State University | 9400 | 26100 | 0.6395 | 14,932 | 1174 | 0.8586 | |
| 7 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 10300 | 41400 | 0.7518 | 3,224 | 1085 | 0.7643 | |
| 7 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 10300 | 10300 | 0 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 9 | Fairmont State University | 10500 | 21600 | 0.513 | 3,090 | 970 | 0.9862 | |
| 10 | Concord University | 10700 | 49200 | 0.7821 | 1,638 | 1015 | 0.9728 | |
| 10 | Savannah State University | 10700 | 50900 | 0.7901 | 2,966 | 950 | 1 | |
| 12 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 11200 | 39000 | 0.7131 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 13 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 31100 | 0.6022 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 14 | Central Connecticut State University | 12600 | 37200 | 0.6611 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 15 | Fort Hays State University | 12700 | 19900 | 0.3608 | 10,172 | 1075 | 0.9026 | |
| 16 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 12900 | 40500 | 0.6814 | 29,727 | 990 | 0.9229 | |
| 16 | University of North Florida | 12900 | 22400 | 0.4246 | 14,837 | 1124 | 0.6815 | |
| 16 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 12900 | 35000 | 0.631 | 18,667 | 1090 | 0.9711 | |
| 19 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 13200 | 40800 | 0.6767 | 6,761 | 1105 | 0.8475 | |
| 19 | University of South Florida | 13200 | 22400 | 0.4111 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 21 | University of California-Riverside | 13400 | 36500 | 0.6324 | 24,034 | 1199 | 0.8609 | |
| 22 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 13800 | 26800 | 0.4857 | 4,789 | 1040 | 0.6671 | |
| 23 | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | 14000 | 25700 | 0.4557 | 10,995 | 1090 | 0.7476 | |
| 24 | Coastal Carolina University | 14100 | 45300 | 0.6891 | 11,471 | 1160 | 0.7003 | |
| 25 | Mercy University | 14600 | 46400 | 0.6858 | 6,692 | 1135 | 0.8724 | |
| 26 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 14700 | 50100 | 0.7063 | 7,501 | 1055 | 0.9467 | |
| 26 | Wayne State College | 14700 | 30200 | 0.5139 | 3,886 | 0 | 1 | |
| 26 | Westfield State University | 14700 | 37600 | 0.6096 | 3,868 | 1105 | 0.8671 | |
| 29 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 14900 | 44000 | 0.6617 | 308 | 1144 | 0.9053 | |
| 30 | Christopher Newport University | 15000 | 42800 | 0.65 | 4,369 | 1189 | 0.8604 | |
| 31 | Jacksonville State University | 15400 | 38200 | 0.5964 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 32 | University of North Texas | 15700 | 26100 | 0.3982 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 33 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver | 15900 | 43700 | 0.6356 | 475 | 1195 | 0.9418 | |
| 34 | University of Massachusetts-Boston | 16100 | 89500 | 0.8198 | 12,138 | 1189 | 0.8379 | |
| 35 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 16200 | 23400 | 0.3081 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 36 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16300 | 64800 | 0.7481 | 22,007 | 1427 | 0.1672 | |
| 37 | Emporia State University | 16500 | 30900 | 0.4662 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 37 | Southern University at New Orleans | 16500 | 41700 | 0.6045 | 2,179 | 950 | 0.789 | |
| 39 | Boston College | 16600 | 96300 | 0.8274 | 9,677 | 1484 | 0.1422 | |
| 40 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 16900 | 36500 | 0.5373 | 7,747 | 1073 | 0.9617 | |
| 41 | Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi | 17100 | 28900 | 0.4089 | 8,673 | 1095 | 0.9156 | |
| 41 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 17100 | 44200 | 0.6138 | 1,829 | 1149 | 0.945 | |
| 43 | University of Kentucky | 17300 | 36500 | 0.5244 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 44 | Morgan State University | 17600 | 42200 | 0.5834 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 44 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 17600 | 44000 | 0.5996 | 586 | 1140 | 0.9577 | |
| 46 | Kennesaw State University | 18000 | 27400 | 0.3428 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 46 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 18000 | 69500 | 0.7415 | 711 | 1030 | 0.8214 | |
| 48 | San Jose State University | 18100 | 41100 | 0.5591 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 49 | Texas A&M University-Victoria | 18400 | 45400 | 0.5951 | 2,627 | 1000 | 0.5253 | |
| 50 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 18600 | 45300 | 0.5891 | 504 | 1200 | 0.9095 | |
| 51 | Valdosta State University | 18800 | 29600 | 0.3647 | 7,199 | 1005 | 0.7769 | |
| 52 | Norwich University | 19000 | 100600 | 0.8114 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 52 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Schuylkill | 19000 | 32900 | 0.4231 | 653 | 1145 | 0.7972 | |
| 54 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 19200 | 38900 | 0.506 | 1,973 | 1189 | 0.8142 | |
| 54 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 19200 | 54000 | 0.6441 | 3,991 | 1010 | 0.9654 | |
| 56 | Rutgers University-Newark | 19400 | 39200 | 0.5056 | 7,989 | 1159 | 0.7136 | |
| 57 | State University of New York at Oswego | 19700 | 40200 | 0.5101 | 5,293 | 1179 | 0.7989 | |
| 58 | Rowan University | 20000 | 41300 | 0.516 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 59 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 20100 | 40600 | 0.5061 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 60 | Stockton University | 20200 | 45800 | 0.5591 | 7,583 | 1134 | 0.901 | |
| 60 | SUNY at Fredonia | 20200 | 53600 | 0.6229 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 62 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 20300 | 57800 | 0.648 | 1,109 | 1175 | 0.9088 | |
| 62 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20300 | 57800 | 0.6485 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 62 | Syracuse University | 20300 | 83600 | 0.7572 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 65 | Dakota State University | 20400 | 22500 | 0.0912 | 3,085 | 1174 | 0.9241 | |
| 65 | Grove City College | 20400 | 39700 | 0.4868 | 2,247 | 1248 | 0.667 | |
| 67 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 20500 | 38100 | 0.4619 | 2,710 | 1218 | 0.9374 | |
| 68 | Tarleton State University | 21000 | 23000 | 0.087 | 17,556 | 1090 | 0.5386 | |
| 68 | Thiel College | 21000 | 69100 | 0.6959 | 830 | 1065 | 0.7189 | |
| 70 | Lincoln University | 21100 | 46500 | 0.5467 | 1,926 | 920 | 0 | |
| 71 | Texas Southern University | 21200 | 38900 | 0.455 | 6,844 | 915 | 0.9691 | |
| 71 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 21200 | 51900 | 0.5921 | 5,939 | 1065 | 0.5878 | |
| 71 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 21200 | 33600 | 0.3688 | 21,469 | 1167 | 0.9061 | |
| 74 | Luther College | 21300 | 75400 | 0.7183 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.8398 | |
| 74 | Western Oregon University | 21300 | 24600 | 0.134 | 3,034 | 1120 | 0.8345 | |
| 76 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 21500 | 49600 | 0.5661 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 77 | Alabama State University | 21700 | 43200 | 0.4979 | 3,521 | 945 | 0.9755 | |
| 78 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 79 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 21900 | 39100 | 0.4402 | 2,907 | 1125 | 0.4696 | |
| 79 | Grand Valley State University | 21900 | 36200 | 0.3949 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 81 | Grambling State University | 22000 | 39600 | 0.4447 | 4,313 | 950 | 0.4486 | |
| 82 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 22200 | 34200 | 0.3512 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 83 | Houghton University | 22700 | 51300 | 0.5576 | 958 | 1277 | 0.89 | |
| 84 | Pennsylvania Western University | 22800 | 34400 | 0.3369 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 85 | SUNY Brockport | 22900 | 51000 | 0.5507 | 5,816 | 1195 | 0.7068 | |
| 86 | Robert Morris University | 23000 | 58000 | 0.6043 | 4,325 | 1145 | 0.8989 | |
| 87 | Florida Memorial University | 23200 | 51000 | 0.5446 | 1,206 | 0 | 0.8526 | |
| 88 | Lamar University | 23300 | 37700 | 0.3818 | 8,387 | 1040 | 0.8353 | |
| 89 | Columbia College | 23600 | 40200 | 0.413 | 876 | 1025 | 0.8878 | |
| 90 | Dominican University | 23700 | 56000 | 0.5761 | 2,642 | 1005 | 0.8879 | |
| 91 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 23900 | 47900 | 0.5006 | 2,280 | 1224 | 0.9675 | |
| 92 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 24800 | 62800 | 0.6055 | 1,495 | 1075 | 0.8761 | |
| 93 | Coppin State University | 25000 | 27500 | 0.091 | 1,908 | 950 | 0.4583 | |
| 94 | Loyola University Maryland | 25700 | 78800 | 0.674 | 4,013 | 1329 | 0.6986 | |
| 94 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 25700 | 28300 | 0.0907 | 3,375 | 1090 | 0.5885 | |
| 94 | Northwood University | 25700 | 54500 | 0.5289 | 2,045 | 1055 | 0.6451 | |
| 94 | West Virginia Wesleyan College | 25700 | 53800 | 0.522 | 971 | 1030 | 0.9334 | |
| 98 | Bemidji State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 3,751 | 1075 | 0.5598 | |
| 99 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 26500 | 30100 | 0.1185 | 3,893 | 1015 | 0.9839 | |
| 100 | Wayne State University | 28000 | 46800 | 0.402 | 16,390 | 1183 | 0.8359 | |
| 101 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28500 | 36500 | 0.2194 | 11,691 | 1074 | 0.7722 | |
| 102 | Bethune-Cookman University | 28800 | 32300 | 0.1082 | 2,739 | 910 | 0.8824 | |
| 102 | Clemson University | 28800 | 37100 | 0.2253 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 104 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29300 | 34200 | 0.1431 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 105 | California Lutheran University | 29400 | 71700 | 0.5901 | 2,160 | 1218 | 0.7631 | |
| 106 | Saint Xavier University | 29600 | 58200 | 0.4911 | 3,100 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 107 | Thomas Jefferson University | 29800 | 70000 | 0.575 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 108 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 30100 | 33200 | 0.0932 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 108 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 30100 | 30100 | 0 | 11,087 | 1326 | 0.7397 | |
| 110 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30200 | 54600 | 0.4463 | 3,120 | 1193 | 0.3992 | |
| 111 | University of Toledo | 30400 | 42000 | 0.2756 | 10,726 | 1134 | 0.8889 | |
| 112 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 30500 | 36900 | 0.1737 | 5,687 | 1305 | 0.7863 | |
| 113 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 2,082 | 1124 | 0.9576 | |
| 114 | Suffolk University | 31000 | 75700 | 0.5907 | 4,247 | 1209 | 0.8228 | |
| 115 | Angelo State University | 31300 | 35400 | 0.1149 | 10,103 | 1045 | 0.7981 | |
| 116 | Cleveland State University | 31600 | 32100 | 0.0156 | 9,418 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 116 | Hampton University | 31600 | 54800 | 0.4233 | 4,046 | 1005 | 0.6358 | |
| 116 | Northern Kentucky University | 31600 | 32100 | 0.0156 | 10,136 | 1110 | 0.9666 | |
| 119 | Central College | 31900 | 38700 | 0.1758 | 1,050 | 1159 | 0.8698 | |
| 120 | University of Scranton | 32300 | 78700 | 0.5902 | 3,689 | 1245 | 0.8006 | |
| 121 | Harding University | 33200 | 47800 | 0.3047 | 3,536 | 1184 | 0.7052 | |
| 122 | Elizabethtown College | 33600 | 57500 | 0.4154 | 1,935 | 1214 | 0.8892 | |
| 123 | Pace University | 33800 | 75700 | 0.5538 | 5,520 | 1273 | 0.7827 | |
| 124 | Charleston Southern University | 33900 | 48400 | 0.3007 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 125 | George Washington University | 34300 | 81800 | 0.5808 | 11,495 | 1436 | 0.4713 | |
| 125 | Salisbury University | 34300 | 41700 | 0.1775 | 6,477 | 1245 | 0.8826 | |
| 125 | University of Illinois Chicago | 34300 | 51300 | 0.3313 | 24,260 | 1174 | 0.7576 | |
| 128 | Averett University | 34400 | 57600 | 0.4029 | 1,244 | 1054 | 0.5659 | |
| 129 | Adelphi University | 34800 | 63300 | 0.4511 | 5,097 | 1241 | 0.7215 | |
| 130 | Bradley University | 35300 | 60300 | 0.4147 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 131 | University of South Alabama | 35900 | 40200 | 0.1071 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 132 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 36000 | 54000 | 0.3334 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 133 | East Carolina University | 36600 | 42700 | 0.1421 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 134 | Frostburg State University | 37400 | 42500 | 0.12 | 3,436 | 1095 | 0.907 | |
| 135 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38800 | 38800 | 0 | 14,865 | 1175 | 0.9113 | |
| 136 | Saint Michael's College | 39200 | 75800 | 0.4827 | 1,051 | 1280 | 0.8976 | |
| 137 | Stony Brook University | 39400 | 53000 | 0.2559 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 138 | Drexel University | 39500 | 86400 | 0.5431 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 139 | Immaculata University | 39900 | 48600 | 0.1791 | 1,889 | 1264 | 0.8656 | |
| 140 | Elmhurst University | 40000 | 69600 | 0.4251 | 3,170 | 1133 | 0.7501 | |
| 141 | Furman University | 40100 | 84600 | 0.5258 | 2,304 | 1372 | 0.4869 | |
| 142 | McKendree University | 40300 | 52900 | 0.2376 | 1,757 | 1098 | 0.7172 | |
| 143 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 41200 | 55300 | 0.2552 | 21,388 | 1369 | 0.5945 | |
| 143 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 41200 | 64900 | 0.3653 | 4,182 | 1317 | 0.8783 | |
| 145 | University of Mount Olive | 41800 | 50400 | 0.1699 | 1,944 | 1075 | 0.7575 | |
| 146 | University of Maryland-College Park | 42800 | 58500 | 0.2682 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 147 | Merrimack College | 43300 | 78800 | 0.4501 | 4,123 | 1124 | 0.6927 | |
| 148 | James Madison University | 43400 | 45100 | 0.0377 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 149 | Radford University | 45000 | 47600 | 0.0539 | 6,206 | 1050 | 0.8939 | |
| 150 | Mercer University | 45400 | 65400 | 0.3058 | 4,719 | 1263 | 0.643 | |
| 151 | Towson University | 46300 | 46400 | 0.0022 | 16,361 | 1082 | 0.8057 | |
| 152 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 47100 | 57100 | 0.1751 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 153 | Ramapo College of New Jersey | 48500 | 60000 | 0.1926 | 5,492 | 1210 | 0.7026 | |
| 154 | DePaul University | 49000 | 69400 | 0.2938 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 155 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 49200 | 58800 | 0.1628 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 156 | College of Charleston | 49800 | 62300 | 0.2005 | 10,596 | 1234 | 0.73 | |
| 157 | University of North Georgia | 50000 | 57000 | 0.1228 | 19,321 | 1100 | 0.9618 | |
| 158 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 50300 | 52900 | 0.0485 | 14,834 | 1149 | 0.7803 | |
| 159 | University of Utah | 51100 | 53700 | 0.0478 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 160 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 54900 | 68800 | 0.2022 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 161 | University of Colorado Boulder | 55200 | 70900 | 0.2205 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7809 | |
| 162 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 55500 | 55500 | 0 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 163 | Molloy University | 55800 | 62300 | 0.1044 | 3,396 | 1188 | 0.6633 | |
| 164 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58500 | 63600 | 0.0803 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 165 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 60800 | 63600 | 0.044 | 1,078 | 1217 | 0.9646 | |
| 166 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 61400 | 66900 | 0.0823 | 9,827 | 1329 | 0.6737 | |
| 167 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 63700 | 63700 | 0 | 1,709 | 1218 | 0.9653 | |
| 168 | Fordham University | 74500 | 143900 | 0.4824 | 10,582 | 1406 | 0.5931 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.