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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-Flint | 4700 | 43700 | 0.8929 | 5,534 | 1079 | 0.6734 | |
| 2 | Northwestern University | 7700 | 94200 | 0.9183 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 3 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 8500 | 72200 | 0.8826 | 10,368 | 1064 | 0.999 | |
| 4 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8600 | 98000 | 0.9125 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 5 | Lamar University | 8900 | 22900 | 0.6106 | 8,387 | 1040 | 0.8353 | |
| 6 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 9100 | 41400 | 0.7808 | 3,224 | 1085 | 0.7643 | |
| 7 | Portland State University | 9300 | 26100 | 0.6433 | 14,932 | 1174 | 0.8586 | |
| 8 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 10300 | 10300 | 0 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 9 | Concord University | 10600 | 49200 | 0.7841 | 1,638 | 1015 | 0.9728 | |
| 10 | Savannah State University | 11000 | 50900 | 0.7842 | 2,966 | 950 | 1 | |
| 11 | University of Illinois Chicago | 11300 | 30200 | 0.6267 | 24,260 | 1174 | 0.7576 | |
| 11 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 11300 | 27800 | 0.5919 | 22,007 | 1427 | 0.1672 | |
| 13 | Central Connecticut State University | 12100 | 34200 | 0.6459 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 14 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 12400 | 30000 | 0.5867 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 14 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 31100 | 0.6022 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 16 | Fort Hays State University | 12700 | 19900 | 0.3608 | 10,172 | 1075 | 0.9026 | |
| 17 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 12800 | 19400 | 0.3403 | 14,865 | 1175 | 0.9113 | |
| 17 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 12800 | 21300 | 0.3989 | 18,667 | 1090 | 0.9711 | |
| 19 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 13100 | 27100 | 0.5158 | 29,727 | 990 | 0.9229 | |
| 19 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 13100 | 40800 | 0.6791 | 6,761 | 1105 | 0.8475 | |
| 19 | University of North Florida | 13100 | 22400 | 0.4157 | 14,837 | 1124 | 0.6815 | |
| 22 | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | 13700 | 19600 | 0.3009 | 10,995 | 1090 | 0.7476 | |
| 23 | Coppin State University | 13900 | 25300 | 0.45 | 1,908 | 950 | 0.4583 | |
| 24 | Coastal Carolina University | 14000 | 45300 | 0.6913 | 11,471 | 1160 | 0.7003 | |
| 25 | University of North Georgia | 14100 | 21400 | 0.3411 | 19,321 | 1100 | 0.9618 | |
| 26 | University of California-Riverside | 14500 | 66000 | 0.7807 | 24,034 | 1199 | 0.8609 | |
| 27 | Mercy University | 14600 | 46400 | 0.6858 | 6,692 | 1135 | 0.8724 | |
| 27 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 14600 | 50100 | 0.7083 | 7,501 | 1055 | 0.9467 | |
| 27 | Wayne State College | 14600 | 30200 | 0.5172 | 3,886 | 0 | 1 | |
| 30 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 14700 | 44000 | 0.6662 | 308 | 1144 | 0.9053 | |
| 31 | Jacksonville State University | 15300 | 38200 | 0.5991 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 32 | Morgan State University | 15800 | 30700 | 0.4849 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 33 | Frostburg State University | 16000 | 26700 | 0.3993 | 3,436 | 1095 | 0.907 | |
| 34 | Emporia State University | 16300 | 30900 | 0.4727 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 34 | Southern University at New Orleans | 16300 | 41700 | 0.6093 | 2,179 | 950 | 0.789 | |
| 36 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 16400 | 27800 | 0.4105 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 37 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 16700 | 28100 | 0.4063 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 37 | University of South Alabama | 16700 | 22400 | 0.2549 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 37 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 16700 | 26600 | 0.3726 | 7,747 | 1073 | 0.9617 | |
| 40 | University of Maryland Global Campus | 16800 | 29700 | 0.433 | 52,187 | 0 | 1 | |
| 41 | Boston College | 16900 | 97700 | 0.8273 | 9,677 | 1484 | 0.1422 | |
| 41 | Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi | 16900 | 20700 | 0.1835 | 8,673 | 1095 | 0.9156 | |
| 43 | University of Colorado Boulder | 17000 | 31800 | 0.4656 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7809 | |
| 43 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 17000 | 44200 | 0.6161 | 1,829 | 1149 | 0.945 | |
| 45 | James Madison University | 17200 | 28900 | 0.4047 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 45 | University of Kentucky | 17200 | 36500 | 0.528 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 47 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 17500 | 44000 | 0.6019 | 586 | 1140 | 0.9577 | |
| 47 | Westfield State University | 17500 | 37600 | 0.5347 | 3,868 | 1105 | 0.8671 | |
| 49 | East Carolina University | 17600 | 26100 | 0.3256 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 50 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 17800 | 66500 | 0.7327 | 711 | 1030 | 0.8214 | |
| 50 | Texas A&M University-Victoria | 17800 | 45400 | 0.6084 | 2,627 | 1000 | 0.5253 | |
| 52 | Kennesaw State University | 17900 | 26700 | 0.3295 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 53 | San Jose State University | 18100 | 41100 | 0.5591 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 54 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 18400 | 45300 | 0.5935 | 504 | 1200 | 0.9095 | |
| 55 | Fairmont State University | 18500 | 30900 | 0.4012 | 3,090 | 970 | 0.9862 | |
| 56 | Valdosta State University | 18600 | 29600 | 0.3715 | 7,199 | 1005 | 0.7769 | |
| 57 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18700 | 54000 | 0.6534 | 3,991 | 1010 | 0.9654 | |
| 58 | Norwich University | 18800 | 100600 | 0.8134 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 59 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 19200 | 38900 | 0.506 | 1,973 | 1189 | 0.8142 | |
| 60 | Pennsylvania Western University | 19400 | 30900 | 0.3724 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 60 | Stockton University | 19400 | 32100 | 0.3954 | 7,583 | 1134 | 0.901 | |
| 62 | State University of New York at Oswego | 19700 | 40200 | 0.5101 | 5,293 | 1179 | 0.7989 | |
| 63 | Rowan University | 19800 | 41300 | 0.5209 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 64 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20000 | 57800 | 0.6537 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 65 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 20100 | 26100 | 0.2295 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 66 | SUNY at Fredonia | 20200 | 53600 | 0.6229 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 67 | Grove City College | 20300 | 39700 | 0.4893 | 2,247 | 1248 | 0.667 | |
| 67 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 20300 | 57800 | 0.648 | 1,109 | 1175 | 0.9088 | |
| 67 | Syracuse University | 20300 | 83600 | 0.7572 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 70 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 20400 | 38100 | 0.4645 | 2,710 | 1218 | 0.9374 | |
| 71 | Thiel College | 20900 | 69100 | 0.6973 | 830 | 1065 | 0.7189 | |
| 71 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27100 | 0.229 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 73 | Lincoln University | 21000 | 46500 | 0.5488 | 1,926 | 920 | 0 | |
| 74 | Grambling State University | 21100 | 39600 | 0.4675 | 4,313 | 950 | 0.4486 | |
| 75 | Luther College | 21300 | 75400 | 0.7183 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.8398 | |
| 76 | Alabama State University | 21700 | 43200 | 0.4979 | 3,521 | 945 | 0.9755 | |
| 77 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 21900 | 39100 | 0.4402 | 2,907 | 1125 | 0.4696 | |
| 77 | Grand Valley State University | 21900 | 36200 | 0.3949 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 79 | Texas Southern University | 22100 | 25500 | 0.1335 | 6,844 | 915 | 0.9691 | |
| 80 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 22300 | 53400 | 0.5829 | 21,469 | 1167 | 0.9061 | |
| 81 | University of South Florida | 22400 | 22400 | 0 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 82 | Houghton University | 22700 | 51300 | 0.5576 | 958 | 1277 | 0.89 | |
| 83 | SUNY Brockport | 22900 | 51000 | 0.5507 | 5,816 | 1195 | 0.7068 | |
| 84 | Robert Morris University | 23000 | 58000 | 0.6043 | 4,325 | 1145 | 0.8989 | |
| 85 | Dakota State University | 23100 | 25600 | 0.0977 | 3,085 | 1174 | 0.9241 | |
| 85 | Florida Memorial University | 23100 | 51000 | 0.5466 | 1,206 | 0 | 0.8526 | |
| 87 | Columbia College | 23500 | 40200 | 0.4155 | 876 | 1025 | 0.8878 | |
| 88 | University of North Texas | 23600 | 26100 | 0.0957 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 89 | Dominican University | 23700 | 56000 | 0.5761 | 2,642 | 1005 | 0.8879 | |
| 90 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 23800 | 47900 | 0.5027 | 2,280 | 1224 | 0.9675 | |
| 90 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 23800 | 40500 | 0.4124 | 21,388 | 1369 | 0.5945 | |
| 92 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 24700 | 36800 | 0.329 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 93 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 24800 | 62800 | 0.6055 | 1,495 | 1075 | 0.8761 | |
| 94 | Christopher Newport University | 25000 | 42800 | 0.4162 | 4,369 | 1189 | 0.8604 | |
| 95 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 25200 | 54300 | 0.5356 | 5,939 | 1065 | 0.5878 | |
| 96 | Salisbury University | 25400 | 29300 | 0.1341 | 6,477 | 1245 | 0.8826 | |
| 97 | Loyola University Maryland | 25500 | 76200 | 0.6653 | 4,013 | 1329 | 0.6986 | |
| 98 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 25700 | 28300 | 0.0907 | 3,375 | 1090 | 0.5885 | |
| 98 | Northwood University | 25700 | 54500 | 0.5289 | 2,045 | 1055 | 0.6451 | |
| 98 | West Virginia Wesleyan College | 25700 | 53800 | 0.522 | 971 | 1030 | 0.9334 | |
| 101 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 25900 | 28400 | 0.0902 | 14,834 | 1149 | 0.7803 | |
| 101 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 25900 | 49600 | 0.4775 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 103 | Bemidji State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 3,751 | 1075 | 0.5598 | |
| 104 | Wayne State University | 28000 | 46800 | 0.402 | 16,390 | 1183 | 0.8359 | |
| 105 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28500 | 36500 | 0.2194 | 11,691 | 1074 | 0.7722 | |
| 106 | Bethune-Cookman University | 28700 | 32300 | 0.1113 | 2,739 | 910 | 0.8824 | |
| 107 | Clemson University | 28800 | 37100 | 0.2253 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 108 | California Lutheran University | 29300 | 71700 | 0.5915 | 2,160 | 1218 | 0.7631 | |
| 109 | Saint Xavier University | 29400 | 58200 | 0.4945 | 3,100 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 110 | Thomas Jefferson University | 29700 | 70000 | 0.5764 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 111 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 30100 | 33200 | 0.0932 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 112 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30200 | 54600 | 0.4463 | 3,120 | 1193 | 0.3992 | |
| 113 | University of Toledo | 30400 | 42000 | 0.2756 | 10,726 | 1134 | 0.8889 | |
| 114 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 30500 | 36900 | 0.1737 | 5,687 | 1305 | 0.7863 | |
| 115 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 2,082 | 1124 | 0.9576 | |
| 115 | Suffolk University | 30900 | 83500 | 0.63 | 4,247 | 1209 | 0.8228 | |
| 117 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 31000 | 59400 | 0.4781 | 11,087 | 1326 | 0.7397 | |
| 118 | Angelo State University | 31300 | 35400 | 0.1149 | 10,103 | 1045 | 0.7981 | |
| 119 | Hampton University | 31500 | 54800 | 0.4252 | 4,046 | 1005 | 0.6358 | |
| 120 | Cleveland State University | 31600 | 32100 | 0.0156 | 9,418 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 120 | Northern Kentucky University | 31600 | 32100 | 0.0156 | 10,136 | 1110 | 0.9666 | |
| 122 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 31900 | 35200 | 0.0938 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 123 | Central College | 32000 | 38700 | 0.1732 | 1,050 | 1159 | 0.8698 | |
| 124 | University of Scranton | 32300 | 78700 | 0.5902 | 3,689 | 1245 | 0.8006 | |
| 125 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Schuylkill | 32900 | 45600 | 0.2784 | 653 | 1145 | 0.7972 | |
| 126 | Harding University | 33200 | 47800 | 0.3047 | 3,536 | 1184 | 0.7052 | |
| 127 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 17,556 | 1090 | 0.5386 | |
| 128 | Elizabethtown College | 33600 | 57500 | 0.4154 | 1,935 | 1214 | 0.8892 | |
| 129 | Pace University | 33700 | 75700 | 0.5551 | 5,520 | 1273 | 0.7827 | |
| 130 | Charleston Southern University | 33900 | 48400 | 0.3007 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 131 | George Washington University | 34300 | 81800 | 0.5808 | 11,495 | 1436 | 0.4713 | |
| 132 | Averett University | 34400 | 57600 | 0.4029 | 1,244 | 1054 | 0.5659 | |
| 133 | Adelphi University | 34800 | 63300 | 0.4511 | 5,097 | 1241 | 0.7215 | |
| 134 | Bradley University | 35200 | 60300 | 0.4164 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 135 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 35700 | 39700 | 0.1008 | 4,789 | 1040 | 0.6671 | |
| 136 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 36300 | 39900 | 0.0894 | 3,893 | 1015 | 0.9839 | |
| 137 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 38000 | 55500 | 0.3156 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 138 | Drexel University | 39300 | 86400 | 0.5455 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 138 | Saint Michael's College | 39300 | 75800 | 0.4814 | 1,051 | 1280 | 0.8976 | |
| 140 | Stony Brook University | 39400 | 53000 | 0.2559 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 141 | Immaculata University | 39900 | 48600 | 0.1791 | 1,889 | 1264 | 0.8656 | |
| 142 | Elmhurst University | 40000 | 69600 | 0.4251 | 3,170 | 1133 | 0.7501 | |
| 143 | Furman University | 40100 | 84600 | 0.5258 | 2,304 | 1372 | 0.4869 | |
| 144 | McKendree University | 40300 | 52900 | 0.2376 | 1,757 | 1098 | 0.7172 | |
| 145 | University of Mount Olive | 41800 | 50400 | 0.1699 | 1,944 | 1075 | 0.7575 | |
| 146 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 42900 | 88100 | 0.5129 | 35,358 | 1448 | 0.1642 | |
| 147 | Merrimack College | 43300 | 78800 | 0.4501 | 4,123 | 1124 | 0.6927 | |
| 148 | Western Oregon University | 43400 | 43400 | 0 | 3,034 | 1120 | 0.8345 | |
| 149 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 44000 | 71800 | 0.3872 | 4,182 | 1317 | 0.8783 | |
| 150 | Radford University | 45000 | 47600 | 0.0539 | 6,206 | 1050 | 0.8939 | |
| 151 | Mercer University | 45400 | 65400 | 0.3058 | 4,719 | 1263 | 0.643 | |
| 152 | Towson University | 46400 | 46400 | 0 | 16,361 | 1082 | 0.8057 | |
| 153 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47200 | 61500 | 0.2335 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 154 | Ramapo College of New Jersey | 48600 | 60000 | 0.191 | 5,492 | 1210 | 0.7026 | |
| 155 | DePaul University | 49000 | 69400 | 0.2938 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 156 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 49200 | 58800 | 0.1628 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 157 | College of Charleston | 49800 | 62300 | 0.2005 | 10,596 | 1234 | 0.73 | |
| 158 | University of Utah | 51100 | 53700 | 0.0478 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 159 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 54900 | 68800 | 0.2022 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 160 | Molloy University | 55900 | 62300 | 0.1028 | 3,396 | 1188 | 0.6633 | |
| 161 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58500 | 63600 | 0.0803 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 162 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 58600 | 61200 | 0.0419 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 163 | Rutgers University-Newark | 60500 | 60500 | 0 | 7,989 | 1159 | 0.7136 | |
| 164 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 60800 | 63600 | 0.044 | 1,078 | 1217 | 0.9646 | |
| 165 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 61400 | 66900 | 0.0823 | 9,827 | 1329 | 0.6737 | |
| 166 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 63700 | 63700 | 0 | 1,709 | 1218 | 0.9653 | |
| 167 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver | 63900 | 63900 | 0 | 475 | 1195 | 0.9418 | |
| 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.