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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 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 4700 | 40700 | 0.8836 | 35,358 | 1448 | 0.1642 | |
| 2 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8300 | 97100 | 0.915 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 3 | Savannah State University | 10400 | 26700 | 0.6112 | 2,966 | 950 | 1 | |
| 3 | Valdosta State University | 10400 | 24800 | 0.5815 | 7,199 | 1005 | 0.7769 | |
| 5 | Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi | 11900 | 28900 | 0.5891 | 8,673 | 1095 | 0.9156 | |
| 6 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 29200 | 0.5745 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 7 | University of Michigan-Flint | 12500 | 46300 | 0.7298 | 5,534 | 1079 | 0.6734 | |
| 8 | University of South Florida | 12600 | 17100 | 0.2629 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 9 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 12900 | 19400 | 0.3351 | 14,865 | 1175 | 0.9113 | |
| 10 | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | 13800 | 19600 | 0.2958 | 10,995 | 1090 | 0.7476 | |
| 11 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 14000 | 37400 | 0.6251 | 7,501 | 1055 | 0.9467 | |
| 12 | Northern Kentucky University | 14300 | 25900 | 0.4485 | 10,136 | 1110 | 0.9666 | |
| 13 | Wayne State College | 14900 | 20300 | 0.266 | 3,886 | 0 | 1 | |
| 14 | Concord University | 15000 | 31700 | 0.5276 | 1,638 | 1015 | 0.9728 | |
| 15 | Alabama State University | 15500 | 24300 | 0.3632 | 3,521 | 945 | 0.9755 | |
| 16 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 15700 | 44500 | 0.6468 | 308 | 1144 | 0.9053 | |
| 17 | Emporia State University | 15900 | 22900 | 0.3059 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 17 | Jacksonville State University | 15900 | 27000 | 0.4118 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 17 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver | 15900 | 38700 | 0.5888 | 475 | 1195 | 0.9418 | |
| 17 | Portland State University | 15900 | 26100 | 0.391 | 14,932 | 1174 | 0.8586 | |
| 17 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 15900 | 27700 | 0.4254 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 22 | Southern University at New Orleans | 16300 | 31000 | 0.4735 | 2,179 | 950 | 0.789 | |
| 22 | Wayne State University | 16300 | 32900 | 0.5043 | 16,390 | 1183 | 0.8359 | |
| 24 | Northwestern University | 16600 | 89500 | 0.8149 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 24 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16600 | 64800 | 0.7439 | 22,007 | 1427 | 0.1672 | |
| 26 | Central Connecticut State University | 16800 | 34000 | 0.5053 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 26 | University of Maryland Global Campus | 16800 | 29700 | 0.4338 | 52,187 | 0 | 1 | |
| 28 | Salisbury University | 17100 | 28700 | 0.4051 | 6,477 | 1245 | 0.8826 | |
| 29 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 17400 | 43500 | 0.5995 | 586 | 1140 | 0.9577 | |
| 29 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 17400 | 26600 | 0.3462 | 7,747 | 1073 | 0.9617 | |
| 31 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 17600 | 39000 | 0.5484 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 32 | Boston College | 17700 | 97600 | 0.8185 | 9,677 | 1484 | 0.1422 | |
| 33 | College of Charleston | 17800 | 33900 | 0.4755 | 10,596 | 1234 | 0.73 | |
| 34 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 17900 | 54300 | 0.6703 | 10,368 | 1064 | 0.999 | |
| 35 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18000 | 28600 | 0.3704 | 3,991 | 1010 | 0.9654 | |
| 36 | Towson University | 18100 | 29900 | 0.3943 | 16,361 | 1082 | 0.8057 | |
| 37 | Angelo State University | 18300 | 23100 | 0.2072 | 10,103 | 1045 | 0.7981 | |
| 38 | University of Illinois Chicago | 18500 | 30100 | 0.386 | 24,260 | 1174 | 0.7576 | |
| 39 | Texas A&M University-Victoria | 18800 | 35800 | 0.4751 | 2,627 | 1000 | 0.5253 | |
| 40 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 18900 | 66500 | 0.7161 | 711 | 1030 | 0.8214 | |
| 41 | Rutgers University-Newark | 19200 | 38000 | 0.4945 | 7,989 | 1159 | 0.7136 | |
| 42 | Coppin State University | 19300 | 29200 | 0.3394 | 1,908 | 950 | 0.4583 | |
| 42 | Norwich University | 19300 | 73800 | 0.7382 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 44 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 19400 | 30400 | 0.3615 | 3,224 | 1085 | 0.7643 | |
| 45 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 19900 | 39900 | 0.5015 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 46 | Grove City College | 20300 | 39700 | 0.4893 | 2,247 | 1248 | 0.667 | |
| 47 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 20600 | 57800 | 0.6433 | 1,109 | 1175 | 0.9088 | |
| 47 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 20600 | 27800 | 0.2586 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 49 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27300 | 0.2349 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 50 | Western Oregon University | 21300 | 24600 | 0.134 | 3,034 | 1120 | 0.8345 | |
| 51 | University of North Georgia | 21400 | 21400 | 0 | 19,321 | 1100 | 0.9618 | |
| 52 | Bradley University | 21500 | 50800 | 0.5767 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 52 | Luther College | 21500 | 75400 | 0.7153 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.8398 | |
| 54 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 55 | Grand Valley State University | 22100 | 35900 | 0.3849 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 55 | Lincoln University | 22100 | 24900 | 0.1124 | 1,926 | 920 | 0 | |
| 57 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 22200 | 53000 | 0.5806 | 1,495 | 1075 | 0.8761 | |
| 58 | Grambling State University | 22300 | 25700 | 0.1325 | 4,313 | 950 | 0.4486 | |
| 59 | University of North Florida | 22400 | 22400 | 0 | 14,837 | 1124 | 0.6815 | |
| 60 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 22600 | 25400 | 0.1104 | 2,907 | 1125 | 0.4696 | |
| 61 | San Jose State University | 22800 | 41100 | 0.4454 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 62 | Florida Memorial University | 23000 | 42000 | 0.4519 | 1,206 | 0 | 0.8526 | |
| 63 | Dakota State University | 23100 | 25600 | 0.0977 | 3,085 | 1174 | 0.9241 | |
| 63 | Robert Morris University | 23100 | 58000 | 0.6012 | 4,325 | 1145 | 0.8989 | |
| 65 | Houghton University | 23200 | 44300 | 0.4763 | 958 | 1277 | 0.89 | |
| 66 | University of Kentucky | 23700 | 36400 | 0.3477 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 67 | Dominican University | 23900 | 56000 | 0.573 | 2,642 | 1005 | 0.8879 | |
| 68 | Westfield State University | 24400 | 39000 | 0.3739 | 3,868 | 1105 | 0.8671 | |
| 69 | Pennsylvania Western University | 24600 | 34400 | 0.2846 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 70 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 24700 | 45900 | 0.4623 | 504 | 1200 | 0.9095 | |
| 71 | Columbia College | 24900 | 46900 | 0.4691 | 876 | 1025 | 0.8878 | |
| 72 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 25600 | 37500 | 0.3177 | 1,078 | 1217 | 0.9646 | |
| 73 | Fort Hays State University | 25800 | 36100 | 0.2875 | 10,172 | 1075 | 0.9026 | |
| 74 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 26000 | 28300 | 0.0809 | 3,375 | 1090 | 0.5885 | |
| 74 | West Virginia Wesleyan College | 26000 | 53800 | 0.5169 | 971 | 1030 | 0.9334 | |
| 76 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 26100 | 36800 | 0.2909 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 76 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 26100 | 28400 | 0.0805 | 14,834 | 1149 | 0.7803 | |
| 76 | University of North Texas | 26100 | 26100 | 0 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 79 | Bemidji State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 3,751 | 1075 | 0.5598 | |
| 80 | Kennesaw State University | 26600 | 26600 | 0 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 81 | Northwood University | 26700 | 54500 | 0.5105 | 2,045 | 1055 | 0.6451 | |
| 82 | Bethune-Cookman University | 27000 | 32700 | 0.1744 | 2,739 | 910 | 0.8824 | |
| 82 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 27000 | 37700 | 0.2841 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 84 | Rowan University | 27400 | 41300 | 0.3369 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 84 | Syracuse University | 27400 | 83100 | 0.6701 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 86 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 27600 | 27600 | 0.0001 | 11,087 | 1326 | 0.7397 | |
| 87 | Elmhurst University | 28100 | 67000 | 0.5808 | 3,170 | 1133 | 0.7501 | |
| 88 | Saint Xavier University | 28500 | 53700 | 0.4689 | 3,100 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 88 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28500 | 32300 | 0.1176 | 11,691 | 1074 | 0.7722 | |
| 88 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 28500 | 39700 | 0.2822 | 4,789 | 1040 | 0.6671 | |
| 91 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 28600 | 49100 | 0.4176 | 29,727 | 990 | 0.9229 | |
| 92 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 28700 | 42400 | 0.3235 | 6,761 | 1105 | 0.8475 | |
| 92 | University of Utah | 28700 | 32000 | 0.1028 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 94 | James Madison University | 28900 | 28900 | 0 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 95 | Clemson University | 29000 | 37100 | 0.2179 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 95 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29000 | 31800 | 0.088 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 97 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 29100 | 29200 | 0.0034 | 18,667 | 1090 | 0.9711 | |
| 98 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 29300 | 36500 | 0.1972 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 98 | University of Toledo | 29300 | 32600 | 0.1009 | 10,726 | 1134 | 0.8889 | |
| 100 | Fairmont State University | 29400 | 32200 | 0.087 | 3,090 | 970 | 0.9862 | |
| 100 | Morgan State University | 29400 | 41900 | 0.2986 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 100 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 29400 | 48100 | 0.3891 | 2,280 | 1224 | 0.9675 | |
| 103 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 29700 | 31600 | 0.0601 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 104 | Mercy University | 30000 | 44500 | 0.326 | 6,692 | 1135 | 0.8724 | |
| 105 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30500 | 54600 | 0.4413 | 3,120 | 1193 | 0.3992 | |
| 106 | Lamar University | 30800 | 38300 | 0.1959 | 8,387 | 1040 | 0.8353 | |
| 106 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 30800 | 36900 | 0.1662 | 5,687 | 1305 | 0.7863 | |
| 108 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 2,082 | 1124 | 0.9576 | |
| 108 | Frostburg State University | 30900 | 43000 | 0.2815 | 3,436 | 1095 | 0.907 | |
| 110 | Central College | 31100 | 36800 | 0.155 | 1,050 | 1159 | 0.8698 | |
| 111 | Saint Michael's College | 31300 | 68500 | 0.5434 | 1,051 | 1280 | 0.8976 | |
| 112 | Hampton University | 31500 | 54800 | 0.4252 | 4,046 | 1005 | 0.6358 | |
| 113 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32300 | 35100 | 0.0799 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 114 | SUNY Brockport | 32400 | 35800 | 0.095 | 5,816 | 1195 | 0.7068 | |
| 114 | University of Scranton | 32400 | 78700 | 0.5879 | 3,689 | 1245 | 0.8006 | |
| 116 | State University of New York at Oswego | 32600 | 40200 | 0.1891 | 5,293 | 1179 | 0.7989 | |
| 116 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 32600 | 49500 | 0.3417 | 1,829 | 1149 | 0.945 | |
| 118 | Suffolk University | 32700 | 70300 | 0.5348 | 4,247 | 1209 | 0.8228 | |
| 119 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 17,556 | 1090 | 0.5386 | |
| 120 | Cleveland State University | 33400 | 37300 | 0.1046 | 9,418 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 121 | Harding University | 33500 | 47800 | 0.299 | 3,536 | 1184 | 0.7052 | |
| 122 | Elizabethtown College | 33600 | 55300 | 0.3925 | 1,935 | 1214 | 0.8892 | |
| 123 | George Washington University | 33700 | 81800 | 0.5881 | 11,495 | 1436 | 0.4713 | |
| 124 | Loyola University Maryland | 34000 | 76200 | 0.5537 | 4,013 | 1329 | 0.6986 | |
| 125 | SUNY at Fredonia | 34100 | 39600 | 0.1391 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 125 | Thomas Jefferson University | 34100 | 68100 | 0.4993 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 127 | Charleston Southern University | 34200 | 48400 | 0.295 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 127 | Texas Southern University | 34200 | 42500 | 0.1954 | 6,844 | 915 | 0.9691 | |
| 129 | Stockton University | 34400 | 44500 | 0.2271 | 7,583 | 1134 | 0.901 | |
| 130 | Coastal Carolina University | 34700 | 45100 | 0.2304 | 11,471 | 1160 | 0.7003 | |
| 131 | Adelphi University | 35000 | 63300 | 0.4467 | 5,097 | 1241 | 0.7215 | |
| 131 | California Lutheran University | 35000 | 70000 | 0.5002 | 2,160 | 1218 | 0.7631 | |
| 133 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Schuylkill | 35100 | 61100 | 0.4256 | 653 | 1145 | 0.7972 | |
| 134 | Averett University | 35300 | 57200 | 0.3831 | 1,244 | 1054 | 0.5659 | |
| 135 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 35400 | 56700 | 0.3757 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 136 | Christopher Newport University | 36200 | 36200 | 0 | 4,369 | 1189 | 0.8604 | |
| 137 | Furman University | 36500 | 82900 | 0.5595 | 2,304 | 1372 | 0.4869 | |
| 138 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 36600 | 39900 | 0.0825 | 3,893 | 1015 | 0.9839 | |
| 139 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 36800 | 37100 | 0.0081 | 5,939 | 1065 | 0.5878 | |
| 140 | East Carolina University | 36900 | 42700 | 0.1356 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 141 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 37800 | 40100 | 0.0571 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 142 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 38100 | 38100 | 0 | 2,710 | 1218 | 0.9374 | |
| 143 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 38900 | 38900 | 0 | 1,973 | 1189 | 0.8142 | |
| 144 | Stony Brook University | 39700 | 53000 | 0.2507 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 144 | University of South Alabama | 39700 | 39700 | 0 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 146 | Pace University | 40400 | 74800 | 0.4598 | 5,520 | 1273 | 0.7827 | |
| 147 | McKendree University | 40600 | 52900 | 0.2324 | 1,757 | 1098 | 0.7172 | |
| 148 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 41100 | 55200 | 0.2554 | 21,388 | 1369 | 0.5945 | |
| 149 | University of Mount Olive | 42100 | 50400 | 0.1645 | 1,944 | 1075 | 0.7575 | |
| 150 | Radford University | 43400 | 45700 | 0.0501 | 6,206 | 1050 | 0.8939 | |
| 151 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4479 | 4,123 | 1124 | 0.6927 | |
| 152 | Immaculata University | 44000 | 47500 | 0.0736 | 1,889 | 1264 | 0.8656 | |
| 152 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 44000 | 67900 | 0.3519 | 4,182 | 1317 | 0.8783 | |
| 154 | Mercer University | 45700 | 65400 | 0.3015 | 4,719 | 1263 | 0.643 | |
| 155 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 46300 | 46600 | 0.0064 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 156 | University of Colorado Boulder | 46600 | 57700 | 0.1917 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7809 | |
| 157 | Drexel University | 47700 | 83900 | 0.4315 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 158 | University of California-Riverside | 49000 | 66000 | 0.2577 | 24,034 | 1199 | 0.8609 | |
| 159 | DePaul University | 49100 | 66000 | 0.2562 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 160 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 49800 | 62200 | 0.1995 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 161 | Ramapo College of New Jersey | 50400 | 55400 | 0.0903 | 5,492 | 1210 | 0.7026 | |
| 162 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 52100 | 52800 | 0.0133 | 21,469 | 1167 | 0.9061 | |
| 163 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58300 | 64100 | 0.0905 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 164 | Molloy University | 58600 | 62300 | 0.0594 | 3,396 | 1188 | 0.6633 | |
| 165 | Thiel College | 60400 | 69100 | 0.1259 | 830 | 1065 | 0.7189 | |
| 166 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 63700 | 63700 | 0 | 9,827 | 1329 | 0.6737 | |
| 167 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 64200 | 64200 | 0 | 1,709 | 1218 | 0.9653 | |
| 168 | Fordham University | 74900 | 95100 | 0.2123 | 10,582 | 1406 | 0.5931 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.