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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 | CUNY Graduate School and University Center | 3500 | 43900 | 0.9205 | 3,237 | 0 | 0.3861 | |
| 2 | California Institute of Technology | 4000 | 90300 | 0.9555 | 987 | 1557 | 0.0257 | |
| 3 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 6200 | 94100 | 0.9344 | 9,157 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 4 | CUNY Bernard M Baruch College | 7400 | 34500 | 0.785 | 16,086 | 1293 | 0.5117 | |
| 5 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 7900 | 33400 | 0.7644 | 10,049 | 1005 | 0.9234 | |
| 6 | CUNY Lehman College | 8200 | 35100 | 0.7671 | 11,217 | 1020 | 0.4601 | |
| 7 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 9100 | 30500 | 0.7015 | 3,207 | 1050 | 0.8034 | |
| 8 | Coppin State University | 10100 | 32800 | 0.6919 | 1,810 | 950 | 0.4956 | |
| 9 | New Mexico Highlands University | 10400 | 21500 | 0.5158 | 1,710 | 945 | 0.9481 | |
| 10 | Valdosta State University | 10500 | 24800 | 0.5776 | 7,206 | 1015 | 0.7214 | |
| 11 | Christopher Newport University | 11900 | 32800 | 0.6372 | 4,407 | 1209 | 0.8796 | |
| 12 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 12200 | 24000 | 0.4916 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 13 | Fairmont State University | 12300 | 21400 | 0.4258 | 3,060 | 1005 | 0.9924 | |
| 14 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 12800 | 37100 | 0.6545 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 15 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 13300 | 13300 | 0 | 18,428 | 1090 | 0.9529 | |
| 16 | University of North Florida | 13600 | 22400 | 0.3933 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
| 17 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 32200 | 0.5744 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 18 | Radford University | 14300 | 21900 | 0.347 | 6,161 | 1070 | 0.8953 | |
| 19 | Goshen College | 14700 | 55800 | 0.7363 | 780 | 995 | 0.8404 | |
| 20 | Coastal Carolina University | 15000 | 27200 | 0.4486 | 10,811 | 1145 | 0.7527 | |
| 21 | Concord University | 15200 | 31700 | 0.5203 | 1,609 | 990 | 0.9256 | |
| 22 | Wayne State College | 15400 | 26400 | 0.4172 | 3,902 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 23 | James Madison University | 15600 | 28600 | 0.4538 | 21,112 | 1260 | 0.7151 | |
| 23 | Northeastern University | 15600 | 89900 | 0.8268 | 22,695 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 23 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 15600 | 23400 | 0.3337 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 23 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 15600 | 27700 | 0.4369 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 27 | Grand Valley State University | 15700 | 25300 | 0.3799 | 19,002 | 1233 | 0.8302 | |
| 27 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 15700 | 28800 | 0.4547 | 7,595 | 1075 | 0.9226 | |
| 29 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 16100 | 26800 | 0.3994 | 4,478 | 1065 | 0.8132 | |
| 30 | Southern University at New Orleans | 16200 | 31600 | 0.4872 | 1,773 | 885 | 0.6021 | |
| 31 | SUNY at Fredonia | 16500 | 27800 | 0.407 | 2,876 | 1193 | 0.792 | |
| 32 | Northwestern University | 16700 | 89500 | 0.8138 | 8,846 | 1513 | 0.0722 | |
| 32 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16700 | 64800 | 0.7426 | 21,075 | 1420 | 0.1534 | |
| 34 | Emporia State University | 16800 | 27000 | 0.378 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 34 | Jacksonville State University | 16800 | 26600 | 0.3687 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 34 | University of Maryland Global Campus | 16800 | 29700 | 0.4345 | 50,793 | 0 | 0.7633 | |
| 37 | Dickinson State University | 17000 | 23700 | 0.2823 | 1,339 | 1005 | 0.3695 | |
| 38 | University of South Florida | 17100 | 17100 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 39 | Morgan State University | 17200 | 19700 | 0.1272 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 40 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 17300 | 33600 | 0.4847 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 41 | University of South Alabama | 17500 | 22400 | 0.2192 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 42 | Georgia Southern University | 17800 | 23800 | 0.2525 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 43 | University of Houston-Victoria | 17900 | 34400 | 0.4799 | 2,707 | 930 | 0.7671 | |
| 44 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 18200 | 20300 | 0.1034 | 1,919 | 1245 | 0.7844 | |
| 45 | Florida Memorial University | 18400 | 46100 | 0.601 | 1,299 | 0 | 0.7431 | |
| 46 | San Jose State University | 19000 | 29900 | 0.3643 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 47 | University of Illinois Chicago | 19200 | 30300 | 0.366 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 48 | Wayne State University | 19400 | 32300 | 0.3999 | 16,173 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
| 49 | Savannah State University | 19500 | 27300 | 0.2852 | 2,857 | 950 | 0.8368 | |
| 50 | Cleveland State University | 19600 | 37300 | 0.4748 | 9,418 | 1005 | 0.913 | |
| 51 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 19800 | 36200 | 0.4533 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 52 | Alabama State University | 20200 | 37400 | 0.4592 | 3,322 | 945 | 0.9564 | |
| 52 | Central College | 20200 | 36800 | 0.4509 | 1,084 | 1140 | 0.8617 | |
| 54 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 20700 | 57800 | 0.6418 | 1,083 | 1205 | 0.9278 | |
| 54 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 20700 | 30300 | 0.3165 | 1,809 | 1109 | 0.9484 | |
| 56 | Lincoln University | 20800 | 24900 | 0.1646 | 1,707 | 920 | 0 | |
| 57 | Western Oregon University | 21300 | 24600 | 0.134 | 3,343 | 1120 | 0.9871 | |
| 58 | Luther College | 21400 | 71900 | 0.7025 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.8402 | |
| 58 | University of North Georgia | 21400 | 21400 | 0 | 18,329 | 1100 | 0.6794 | |
| 60 | Rutgers University-Newark | 21500 | 38900 | 0.4474 | 7,417 | 1214 | 0.7873 | |
| 61 | Bradley University | 21900 | 50900 | 0.5697 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 62 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 22300 | 32000 | 0.303 | 5,205 | 1118 | 0.744 | |
| 63 | Dakota State University | 23100 | 25600 | 0.0977 | 3,066 | 1192 | 0.8814 | |
| 64 | Averett University | 23200 | 57200 | 0.5947 | 1,180 | 1010 | 0.478 | |
| 64 | Robert Morris University | 23200 | 58000 | 0.5998 | 3,769 | 1180 | 0.9057 | |
| 66 | Syracuse University | 23500 | 83100 | 0.7172 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 67 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 23700 | 39200 | 0.3955 | 28,674 | 980 | 0.9401 | |
| 67 | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | 23700 | 30300 | 0.218 | 10,656 | 1075 | 0.7289 | |
| 69 | Dominican University | 24000 | 56000 | 0.5714 | 2,690 | 1035 | 0.9032 | |
| 70 | Bemidji State University | 24200 | 26400 | 0.0835 | 3,610 | 1110 | 0.9131 | |
| 70 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 24200 | 60500 | 0.5996 | 686 | 1030 | 0.8649 | |
| 72 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 24400 | 26600 | 0.0828 | 3,413 | 1085 | 0.5295 | |
| 73 | Elmhurst University | 24600 | 67000 | 0.6331 | 3,170 | 1148 | 0.7357 | |
| 74 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 24800 | 28000 | 0.1144 | 5,086 | 1000 | 0.9821 | |
| 75 | Boston College | 25100 | 94600 | 0.7347 | 9,654 | 1490 | 0.1619 | |
| 75 | Houghton University | 25100 | 35500 | 0.2928 | 939 | 1277 | 0.8866 | |
| 77 | University of North Texas | 25400 | 25400 | 0 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 78 | Westfield State University | 25500 | 39000 | 0.3458 | 3,868 | 1105 | 0.8671 | |
| 79 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 25600 | 36500 | 0.2983 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 80 | Bethune-Cookman University | 25800 | 32700 | 0.2111 | 2,739 | 910 | 0.8824 | |
| 80 | Northwood University | 25800 | 54500 | 0.5271 | 1,989 | 1075 | 0.839 | |
| 80 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 25800 | 35700 | 0.2775 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 83 | Kennesaw State University | 25900 | 25900 | 0 | 42,840 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 84 | Doane University | 26000 | 62800 | 0.5861 | 1,323 | 1125 | 0.9801 | |
| 84 | Fort Hays State University | 26000 | 35200 | 0.2617 | 10,206 | 1120 | 0.9177 | |
| 86 | Stony Brook University | 26100 | 33200 | 0.2129 | 18,263 | 1395 | 0.4904 | |
| 87 | Norwich University | 26300 | 70900 | 0.6293 | 2,642 | 1209 | 0.7361 | |
| 88 | Pennsylvania Western University | 26400 | 35600 | 0.2587 | 7,586 | 1070 | 0.9433 | |
| 89 | Northern Kentucky University | 26700 | 31600 | 0.1549 | 10,163 | 1090 | 0.8307 | |
| 89 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 26700 | 35600 | 0.2498 | 1,236 | 1203 | 0.9811 | |
| 91 | Columbia College | 26800 | 41300 | 0.3514 | 876 | 1025 | 0.8878 | |
| 92 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 27200 | 41900 | 0.3507 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 92 | Saint Xavier University | 27200 | 52000 | 0.4768 | 3,039 | 1125 | 0.8575 | |
| 94 | Rowan University | 27400 | 40500 | 0.3234 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
| 95 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 27700 | 28000 | 0.0108 | 10,767 | 1326 | 0.7243 | |
| 96 | George Fox University | 28400 | 67100 | 0.5772 | 3,401 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 97 | Mercy University | 28500 | 44500 | 0.3597 | 6,775 | 1074 | 0.8584 | |
| 97 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28500 | 31500 | 0.0953 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 99 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 28600 | 44100 | 0.3517 | 352 | 1180 | 0.9647 | |
| 100 | Salisbury University | 28700 | 28700 | 0.0011 | 6,288 | 1250 | 0.8747 | |
| 101 | West Virginia Wesleyan College | 29100 | 52800 | 0.4491 | 938 | 1090 | 0.951 | |
| 102 | Furman University | 29200 | 79600 | 0.6329 | 2,383 | 1359 | 0.4295 | |
| 103 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 29300 | 36500 | 0.1974 | 7,505 | 1059 | 0.9633 | |
| 104 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 29400 | 52900 | 0.4444 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 105 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 29600 | 38200 | 0.2254 | 6,550 | 1140 | 0.7456 | |
| 106 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 29700 | 51100 | 0.419 | 1,477 | 1075 | 0.8068 | |
| 107 | Frostburg State University | 29800 | 43100 | 0.3086 | 2,619 | 1082 | 0.892 | |
| 108 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 30400 | 54700 | 0.4429 | 1,409 | 1110 | 0.6327 | |
| 109 | Albright College | 30500 | 48700 | 0.3738 | 1,328 | 1050 | 0.8615 | |
| 110 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30600 | 54600 | 0.4397 | 3,163 | 1165 | 0.9347 | |
| 111 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Schuylkill | 30800 | 45200 | 0.3187 | 624 | 1115 | 0.9664 | |
| 111 | University of Toledo | 30800 | 42000 | 0.267 | 11,013 | 1159 | 0.9202 | |
| 113 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1150 | 0.9523 | |
| 113 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 30900 | 36900 | 0.1639 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 115 | University of Kentucky | 31000 | 36000 | 0.139 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 116 | SUNY Brockport | 31100 | 37900 | 0.1794 | 5,816 | 1195 | 0.7068 | |
| 117 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 31400 | 31400 | 0 | 6,853 | 1090 | 0.7147 | |
| 117 | State University of New York at Oswego | 31400 | 38300 | 0.1799 | 5,517 | 1174 | 0.8057 | |
| 117 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 31400 | 36700 | 0.1444 | 5,789 | 1115 | 0.5774 | |
| 120 | Thomas Jefferson University | 31600 | 67700 | 0.5331 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 121 | Angelo State University | 31700 | 35400 | 0.1047 | 9,779 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 121 | Loyola University Maryland | 31700 | 75000 | 0.5775 | 3,881 | 1309 | 0.7549 | |
| 123 | CUNY Brooklyn College | 31800 | 31800 | 0 | 11,562 | 1110 | 0.5836 | |
| 124 | Saint Michael's College | 31900 | 68400 | 0.5333 | 1,120 | 1240 | 0.8451 | |
| 125 | Hampton University | 32100 | 47000 | 0.3171 | 3,728 | 956 | 0.6225 | |
| 126 | University of Scranton | 32400 | 78700 | 0.5881 | 3,613 | 1220 | 0.812 | |
| 127 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 32600 | 44100 | 0.2607 | 581 | 1129 | 0.9821 | |
| 128 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver | 32700 | 40200 | 0.1867 | 482 | 1195 | 0.9565 | |
| 129 | California Lutheran University | 32800 | 65800 | 0.5011 | 2,297 | 1258 | 0.7567 | |
| 129 | Harding University | 32800 | 47000 | 0.3023 | 3,523 | 1193 | 0.3942 | |
| 131 | Grambling State University | 33000 | 35300 | 0.0652 | 4,279 | 965 | 0.2368 | |
| 132 | Stockton University | 33100 | 44500 | 0.2563 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 133 | Wilkes University | 33200 | 61900 | 0.4637 | 1,956 | 1153 | 0.9146 | |
| 134 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 15,130 | 0 | 0.5256 | |
| 135 | Elizabethtown College | 33600 | 54600 | 0.3849 | 1,903 | 1214 | 0.7787 | |
| 136 | George Washington University | 33700 | 81800 | 0.5882 | 11,677 | 1421 | 0.4709 | |
| 137 | LeTourneau University | 34000 | 54600 | 0.3772 | 3,184 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 138 | DePaul University | 34700 | 59100 | 0.4127 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 138 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 34700 | 34700 | 0 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 140 | Adelphi University | 35100 | 63300 | 0.4454 | 5,325 | 1218 | 0.6591 | |
| 140 | City University of Seattle | 35100 | 45400 | 0.227 | 1,180 | 0 | 0.9025 | |
| 142 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 35400 | 42400 | 0.1651 | 31,112 | 1130 | 0.8129 | |
| 142 | Washington Adventist University | 35400 | 36900 | 0.0383 | 605 | 950 | 0.4536 | |
| 144 | Towson University | 36200 | 45700 | 0.2079 | 16,264 | 1093 | 0.8198 | |
| 145 | Mercer University | 36500 | 60500 | 0.3967 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
| 146 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 36700 | 38100 | 0.0367 | 2,884 | 1175 | 0.9677 | |
| 147 | University of Michigan-Flint | 36900 | 39400 | 0.0634 | 5,011 | 1103 | 0.7047 | |
| 148 | East Carolina University | 37100 | 40100 | 0.0748 | 21,445 | 1120 | 0.8922 | |
| 149 | Immaculata University | 37200 | 47800 | 0.2215 | 1,652 | 1245 | 0.8578 | |
| 150 | Stevenson University | 37300 | 59900 | 0.3771 | 3,106 | 1100 | 0.7891 | |
| 151 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 37400 | 41600 | 0.101 | 5,187 | 1005 | 0.9229 | |
| 152 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38400 | 38400 | 0 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
| 153 | Suffolk University | 38600 | 73600 | 0.4758 | 4,324 | 1209 | 0.822 | |
| 154 | Pace University | 39700 | 74100 | 0.464 | 8,038 | 1274 | 0.7592 | |
| 155 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 39900 | 45400 | 0.1211 | 502 | 1204 | 0.9641 | |
| 156 | McKendree University | 40000 | 52200 | 0.2338 | 1,605 | 1098 | 0.6388 | |
| 157 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 40300 | 40300 | 0 | 1,880 | 1185 | 0.9867 | |
| 158 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 40500 | 40500 | 0 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 159 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 42200 | 54900 | 0.2315 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 160 | University of Maryland-College Park | 42500 | 52900 | 0.1966 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 161 | University of California-Riverside | 43200 | 66400 | 0.3493 | 22,599 | 1199 | 0.7685 | |
| 162 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4481 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
| 163 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 43800 | 57100 | 0.2315 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 164 | Ramapo College of New Jersey | 47100 | 48100 | 0.0208 | 5,444 | 1214 | 0.7064 | |
| 165 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 48000 | 56200 | 0.1458 | 3,965 | 1229 | 0.9121 | |
| 166 | University of Mount Olive | 48200 | 50400 | 0.0438 | 1,937 | 945 | 0.7775 | |
| 167 | Molloy University | 48300 | 62300 | 0.2249 | 3,240 | 1199 | 0.8174 | |
| 168 | College of Charleston | 49700 | 59000 | 0.1577 | 10,880 | 1255 | 0.6003 | |
| 168 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 49700 | 56400 | 0.1187 | 10,200 | 1346 | 0.6507 | |
| 170 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 50700 | 52900 | 0.0417 | 14,504 | 1145 | 0.7637 | |
| 171 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 50900 | 84200 | 0.3956 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 172 | Drexel University | 51100 | 82600 | 0.3812 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 173 | University of Colorado Boulder | 51400 | 56300 | 0.087 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
| 174 | University of Utah | 51500 | 53700 | 0.0411 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 175 | Fordham University | 52300 | 94600 | 0.4474 | 10,307 | 1415 | 0.5628 | |
| 176 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 56700 | 58900 | 0.0374 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 177 | Clemson University | 61400 | 63700 | 0.0346 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 178 | Thiel College | 66900 | 69100 | 0.0318 | 831 | 1065 | 0.7189 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.