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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 Maryland.
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 Maryland.
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 | University of Houston-Victoria | 7300 | 39700 | 0.8164 | 2,707 | 930 | 0.7671 | |
| 3 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 8000 | 27100 | 0.7037 | 28,674 | 980 | 0.9401 | |
| 4 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8400 | 98000 | 0.9146 | 9,157 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 5 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 9100 | 48800 | 0.8137 | 10,049 | 1005 | 0.9234 | |
| 6 | Fairmont State University | 9300 | 21400 | 0.5661 | 3,060 | 975 | 0.9924 | |
| 7 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 9400 | 36900 | 0.7455 | 3,207 | 1060 | 0.8034 | |
| 8 | Valdosta State University | 10500 | 24800 | 0.5775 | 7,206 | 1015 | 0.7214 | |
| 9 | Savannah State University | 11300 | 40400 | 0.7195 | 2,857 | 950 | 0.8368 | |
| 9 | University of Michigan-Flint | 11300 | 45600 | 0.7519 | 5,011 | 1103 | 0.7047 | |
| 11 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 11600 | 51900 | 0.7769 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 12 | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | 11700 | 25700 | 0.5453 | 10,656 | 1075 | 0.7289 | |
| 13 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 11800 | 27800 | 0.5765 | 21,075 | 1420 | 0.1534 | |
| 14 | University of Illinois Chicago | 11900 | 30400 | 0.6077 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 15 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 29100 | 0.5734 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 16 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 12700 | 23400 | 0.4578 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 17 | Coastal Carolina University | 13500 | 27200 | 0.5038 | 10,811 | 1145 | 0.7527 | |
| 18 | Fort Hays State University | 13600 | 40700 | 0.6666 | 10,206 | 1110 | 0.9177 | |
| 19 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 13800 | 46000 | 0.6996 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 19 | University of South Florida | 13800 | 17100 | 0.1928 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 21 | University of California-Riverside | 13900 | 66000 | 0.7898 | 22,599 | 1199 | 0.7685 | |
| 22 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 14500 | 32200 | 0.5503 | 2,836 | 1135 | 0.3787 | |
| 23 | University of North Texas | 14700 | 25700 | 0.4286 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 24 | Grand Valley State University | 15000 | 25300 | 0.4076 | 19,002 | 1233 | 0.8302 | |
| 25 | Alabama State University | 15100 | 37900 | 0.6 | 3,322 | 970 | 0.9564 | |
| 25 | University of North Georgia | 15100 | 21400 | 0.2944 | 18,329 | 1100 | 0.6794 | |
| 27 | Dickinson State University | 15300 | 21700 | 0.296 | 1,339 | 1005 | 0.3695 | |
| 28 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 15500 | 46800 | 0.6693 | 6,550 | 1110 | 0.7456 | |
| 28 | University of North Florida | 15500 | 22400 | 0.3084 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
| 30 | Wayne State College | 15600 | 20000 | 0.2199 | 3,902 | 0 | 1 | |
| 31 | University of South Alabama | 15900 | 22400 | 0.2907 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 32 | New Mexico Highlands University | 16200 | 31500 | 0.4854 | 1,710 | 945 | 0.9481 | |
| 32 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 16200 | 42600 | 0.62 | 7,595 | 1075 | 0.9226 | |
| 32 | Wayne State University | 16200 | 46200 | 0.6495 | 16,173 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
| 35 | Goshen College | 16300 | 55900 | 0.7078 | 780 | 995 | 0.8404 | |
| 35 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 16300 | 29200 | 0.442 | 18,667 | 1090 | 0.9711 | |
| 37 | Jacksonville State University | 16400 | 27000 | 0.3933 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 38 | Frostburg State University | 17400 | 26700 | 0.3468 | 2,619 | 1095 | 0.892 | |
| 38 | Southern University at New Orleans | 17400 | 34200 | 0.4911 | 1,773 | 885 | 0.6021 | |
| 38 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 17400 | 44900 | 0.612 | 5,205 | 1118 | 0.744 | |
| 41 | Boston College | 17500 | 96200 | 0.8177 | 9,654 | 1490 | 0.1619 | |
| 41 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 17500 | 36400 | 0.5186 | 2,884 | 1175 | 0.9677 | |
| 43 | SUNY at Fredonia | 17700 | 39600 | 0.5537 | 2,876 | 1193 | 0.792 | |
| 43 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 17700 | 52500 | 0.6628 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 43 | Westfield State University | 17700 | 36600 | 0.5158 | 3,868 | 1105 | 0.8671 | |
| 46 | University of Colorado Boulder | 17800 | 30600 | 0.4183 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
| 47 | Morgan State University | 17900 | 37200 | 0.5189 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 47 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 17900 | 26700 | 0.3296 | 7,505 | 1059 | 0.9633 | |
| 49 | Salisbury University | 18100 | 28700 | 0.3699 | 6,288 | 1250 | 0.8747 | |
| 49 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 18100 | 27700 | 0.3461 | 31,112 | 1114 | 0.8129 | |
| 51 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 18200 | 42800 | 0.5741 | 581 | 1129 | 0.9821 | |
| 52 | Emporia State University | 18400 | 29800 | 0.3831 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 53 | Florida Memorial University | 18500 | 44900 | 0.5881 | 1,299 | 0 | 0.7431 | |
| 54 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 18600 | 43800 | 0.5748 | 352 | 1180 | 0.9647 | |
| 55 | Stockton University | 18700 | 44500 | 0.5801 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 56 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 18800 | 25200 | 0.2536 | 6,853 | 1090 | 0.7147 | |
| 57 | Ramapo College of New Jersey | 19000 | 38000 | 0.4997 | 5,444 | 1214 | 0.7064 | |
| 58 | San Jose State University | 19600 | 33600 | 0.4163 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 59 | Towson University | 19700 | 30000 | 0.3429 | 16,264 | 1093 | 0.8198 | |
| 60 | Central Connecticut State University | 19800 | 29500 | 0.3286 | 8,170 | 1010 | 0.7333 | |
| 61 | Central College | 20200 | 36800 | 0.4509 | 1,084 | 1140 | 0.8617 | |
| 62 | Grove City College | 20300 | 39700 | 0.4893 | 2,341 | 1256 | 0.7232 | |
| 62 | State University of New York at Oswego | 20300 | 40200 | 0.4952 | 5,517 | 1164 | 0.8057 | |
| 64 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 20500 | 34400 | 0.404 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 65 | Lincoln University | 20800 | 24900 | 0.1646 | 1,707 | 920 | 0 | |
| 65 | Northwestern University | 20800 | 89500 | 0.7679 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 65 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 20800 | 57800 | 0.6406 | 1,083 | 1171 | 0.9278 | |
| 65 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 20800 | 42600 | 0.5123 | 1,809 | 1109 | 0.9484 | |
| 69 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27100 | 0.2288 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 70 | Bradley University | 21100 | 50800 | 0.5846 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 71 | Elmhurst University | 21300 | 67000 | 0.6823 | 3,170 | 1148 | 0.7357 | |
| 71 | Kennesaw State University | 21300 | 26600 | 0.1994 | 42,840 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 73 | Luther College | 21500 | 71900 | 0.7017 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.8402 | |
| 73 | Pennsylvania Western University | 21500 | 28200 | 0.238 | 7,586 | 0 | 0.9433 | |
| 73 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 21500 | 38900 | 0.4469 | 1,919 | 1245 | 0.7844 | |
| 76 | Averett University | 22100 | 57200 | 0.614 | 1,180 | 1070 | 0.478 | |
| 77 | SUNY Brockport | 22400 | 35100 | 0.3618 | 5,816 | 1195 | 0.7068 | |
| 78 | University of Maryland Global Campus | 22500 | 35300 | 0.3631 | 50,793 | 0 | 0.7633 | |
| 79 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 22600 | 58100 | 0.6115 | 1,477 | 1075 | 0.8068 | |
| 80 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 22900 | 45200 | 0.4937 | 502 | 1204 | 0.9641 | |
| 81 | Dakota State University | 23100 | 25600 | 0.0977 | 3,066 | 1192 | 0.8814 | |
| 82 | Robert Morris University | 23300 | 58000 | 0.5986 | 3,769 | 1180 | 0.9057 | |
| 83 | Albright College | 23700 | 49300 | 0.5192 | 1,328 | 1050 | 0.8615 | |
| 84 | Houghton University | 23800 | 61900 | 0.6158 | 939 | 1277 | 0.8866 | |
| 85 | Dominican University | 24100 | 56000 | 0.5702 | 2,690 | 1060 | 0.9032 | |
| 85 | Norwich University | 24100 | 88400 | 0.7276 | 2,642 | 1182 | 0.7361 | |
| 87 | Northwood University | 25100 | 54500 | 0.5399 | 1,989 | 1075 | 0.839 | |
| 88 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 25500 | 39200 | 0.3496 | 4,478 | 1065 | 0.8132 | |
| 89 | Columbia College | 25800 | 51600 | 0.5004 | 876 | 1025 | 0.8878 | |
| 90 | Doane University | 26000 | 77700 | 0.665 | 1,323 | 1125 | 0.9801 | |
| 91 | Stony Brook University | 26100 | 33200 | 0.2129 | 18,263 | 1404 | 0.4904 | |
| 91 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 26100 | 43000 | 0.3926 | 5,789 | 1060 | 0.5774 | |
| 93 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 26200 | 28300 | 0.0755 | 3,413 | 1095 | 0.5295 | |
| 94 | Bethune-Cookman University | 26600 | 32700 | 0.1866 | 2,739 | 910 | 0.8824 | |
| 94 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 26600 | 40500 | 0.3433 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 96 | Furman University | 26700 | 79600 | 0.6643 | 2,383 | 1359 | 0.4295 | |
| 97 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 27000 | 30100 | 0.1042 | 5,086 | 1000 | 0.9821 | |
| 97 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 27000 | 47900 | 0.436 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 99 | Cleveland State University | 27300 | 37300 | 0.2682 | 9,418 | 1105 | 0.913 | |
| 100 | George Fox University | 27500 | 76800 | 0.6419 | 3,401 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 101 | Thomas Jefferson University | 27700 | 67700 | 0.5907 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 102 | Syracuse University | 27900 | 83100 | 0.6642 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 103 | California Lutheran University | 28100 | 70000 | 0.5988 | 2,297 | 1258 | 0.7567 | |
| 104 | Mercy University | 28500 | 44500 | 0.3597 | 6,775 | 1074 | 0.8584 | |
| 104 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28500 | 33400 | 0.1467 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 106 | James Madison University | 28900 | 28900 | 0 | 21,112 | 1260 | 0.7151 | |
| 107 | Clemson University | 29200 | 37100 | 0.2137 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 108 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29300 | 33200 | 0.1173 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 109 | Northern Kentucky University | 29800 | 32100 | 0.0717 | 10,163 | 1090 | 0.8307 | |
| 109 | Saint Xavier University | 29800 | 53600 | 0.4438 | 3,039 | 1125 | 0.8575 | |
| 111 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 30000 | 62800 | 0.5219 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 112 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 30500 | 54700 | 0.4416 | 1,409 | 1110 | 0.5568 | |
| 113 | East Texas A&M University | 30700 | 36500 | 0.1589 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 113 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30700 | 54600 | 0.4385 | 3,163 | 1165 | 0.9347 | |
| 115 | University of Toledo | 30800 | 42000 | 0.2653 | 11,013 | 1159 | 0.9202 | |
| 116 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1150 | 0.9523 | |
| 117 | University of Kentucky | 31100 | 36100 | 0.1386 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 118 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 31400 | 45100 | 0.3037 | 10,767 | 1326 | 0.7243 | |
| 119 | Angelo State University | 31800 | 35400 | 0.1027 | 9,779 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 120 | Hampton University | 32100 | 62400 | 0.4852 | 3,728 | 956 | 0.6225 | |
| 120 | Saint Michael's College | 32100 | 68500 | 0.5317 | 1,120 | 1240 | 0.8451 | |
| 122 | Grambling State University | 32400 | 38100 | 0.1497 | 4,279 | 955 | 0.2368 | |
| 123 | Suffolk University | 32500 | 69700 | 0.5341 | 4,324 | 1209 | 0.822 | |
| 123 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32500 | 35100 | 0.0742 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 123 | University of Scranton | 32500 | 78700 | 0.5872 | 3,613 | 1220 | 0.8029 | |
| 126 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 15,130 | 1095 | 0.5256 | |
| 127 | George Washington University | 33700 | 81800 | 0.5882 | 11,677 | 1421 | 0.4709 | |
| 127 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 33700 | 58500 | 0.4245 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 129 | LeTourneau University | 34100 | 54800 | 0.378 | 3,184 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 130 | Charleston Southern University | 34300 | 48400 | 0.2918 | 2,914 | 1060 | 0.7609 | |
| 131 | Pace University | 34500 | 74800 | 0.5387 | 8,038 | 1274 | 0.7592 | |
| 132 | Adelphi University | 35200 | 63300 | 0.4443 | 5,325 | 1218 | 0.6591 | |
| 133 | Washington Adventist University | 35800 | 36900 | 0.0274 | 605 | 951 | 0.4536 | |
| 134 | Christopher Newport University | 36200 | 36200 | 0 | 4,407 | 1209 | 0.8796 | |
| 134 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 36200 | 56300 | 0.3575 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 136 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 36300 | 56800 | 0.3607 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 137 | East Carolina University | 37100 | 40100 | 0.0748 | 21,445 | 1120 | 0.8922 | |
| 138 | Loyola University Maryland | 37200 | 76200 | 0.5117 | 3,881 | 1309 | 0.7549 | |
| 139 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 37500 | 41600 | 0.0993 | 5,386 | 995 | 0.9092 | |
| 140 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38600 | 38600 | 0 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
| 141 | Rutgers University-Newark | 39700 | 60500 | 0.3441 | 7,417 | 1214 | 0.7873 | |
| 142 | McKendree University | 40100 | 52200 | 0.2324 | 1,605 | 1098 | 0.6388 | |
| 143 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 42100 | 67900 | 0.3799 | 3,965 | 1335 | 0.9121 | |
| 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 Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 43900 | 57100 | 0.2302 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 148 | Immaculata University | 44200 | 47800 | 0.0753 | 1,652 | 1245 | 0.8578 | |
| 149 | University of Mount Olive | 48300 | 50400 | 0.0424 | 1,937 | 1020 | 0.7775 | |
| 150 | DePaul University | 48700 | 67100 | 0.2742 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 151 | Drexel University | 48800 | 83800 | 0.4176 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 152 | Molloy University | 48900 | 62300 | 0.2152 | 3,240 | 1199 | 0.8174 | |
| 153 | Mercer University | 49100 | 63700 | 0.2293 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
| 154 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 50800 | 52900 | 0.0404 | 14,504 | 1145 | 0.7637 | |
| 155 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 51000 | 84700 | 0.398 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 156 | University of Utah | 51600 | 53700 | 0.0398 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 157 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
| 158 | Dallas Baptist University | 55800 | 71900 | 0.2238 | 2,785 | 1104 | 0.8884 | |
| 159 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58300 | 64100 | 0.0905 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 160 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 59100 | 61200 | 0.0349 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 161 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver | 60200 | 63200 | 0.0475 | 482 | 1195 | 0.9565 | |
| 162 | Thiel College | 60500 | 69100 | 0.1244 | 830 | 1065 | 0.7189 | |
| 163 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 60800 | 64100 | 0.0514 | 1,236 | 1203 | 0.9811 | |
| 164 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 61400 | 64200 | 0.0436 | 1,880 | 1185 | 0.9867 | |
| 165 | College of Charleston | 61600 | 61600 | 0 | 10,880 | 1255 | 0.6003 | |
| 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.