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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 | 6000 | 39100 | 0.8475 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 2 | CUNY Graduate School and University Center | 6100 | 34100 | 0.8214 | 3,237 | 0 | 0.3861 | |
| 3 | California Institute of Technology | 8000 | 90300 | 0.9112 | 987 | 1557 | 0.0257 | |
| 4 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 8100 | 33400 | 0.7584 | 10,049 | 1005 | 0.9234 | |
| 5 | CUNY Bernard M Baruch College | 8200 | 34500 | 0.7619 | 16,086 | 1293 | 0.5117 | |
| 6 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 9400 | 20000 | 0.5299 | 3,207 | 1050 | 0.8034 | |
| 7 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 10200 | 94100 | 0.8919 | 9,157 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 8 | New Mexico Highlands University | 10400 | 21500 | 0.5158 | 1,710 | 945 | 0.9481 | |
| 9 | Valdosta State University | 10500 | 24800 | 0.5776 | 7,206 | 1015 | 0.7214 | |
| 10 | Savannah State University | 11600 | 17400 | 0.3327 | 2,857 | 950 | 0.8368 | |
| 10 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 11600 | 34300 | 0.6614 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 12 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 11800 | 27800 | 0.5744 | 21,075 | 1420 | 0.1534 | |
| 13 | Christopher Newport University | 11900 | 32800 | 0.6372 | 4,407 | 1209 | 0.8796 | |
| 14 | Fairmont State University | 12200 | 21400 | 0.4304 | 3,060 | 1005 | 0.9924 | |
| 15 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 12500 | 37100 | 0.6626 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 16 | Fort Hays State University | 13700 | 22000 | 0.3774 | 10,206 | 1120 | 0.9177 | |
| 16 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 32200 | 0.5744 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 18 | University of South Florida | 14100 | 17100 | 0.1753 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 19 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 14500 | 29300 | 0.5047 | 6,550 | 1140 | 0.7456 | |
| 20 | Coastal Carolina University | 14800 | 27200 | 0.4559 | 10,811 | 1145 | 0.7527 | |
| 20 | Goshen College | 14800 | 55800 | 0.7357 | 780 | 995 | 0.8404 | |
| 22 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 15200 | 35700 | 0.5744 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 23 | Wayne State College | 15400 | 26400 | 0.4172 | 3,902 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 24 | Concord University | 15600 | 31700 | 0.5077 | 1,609 | 990 | 0.9256 | |
| 24 | Northeastern University | 15600 | 89900 | 0.8268 | 22,695 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 24 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver | 15600 | 35400 | 0.5588 | 482 | 1195 | 0.9565 | |
| 24 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 15600 | 27700 | 0.4369 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 28 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 15700 | 25800 | 0.3909 | 5,187 | 1005 | 0.9229 | |
| 29 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 16200 | 28800 | 0.4373 | 7,595 | 1075 | 0.9226 | |
| 29 | Southern University at New Orleans | 16200 | 31600 | 0.4872 | 1,773 | 885 | 0.6021 | |
| 31 | Emporia State University | 16600 | 27000 | 0.3854 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 31 | Grand Valley State University | 16600 | 25300 | 0.3443 | 19,002 | 1233 | 0.8302 | |
| 33 | Northwestern University | 16800 | 89500 | 0.8127 | 8,846 | 1513 | 0.0722 | |
| 33 | University of Maryland Global Campus | 16800 | 29700 | 0.4345 | 50,793 | 0 | 0.7633 | |
| 35 | Dickinson State University | 17000 | 23700 | 0.2823 | 1,339 | 1005 | 0.3695 | |
| 36 | University of Houston-Victoria | 17900 | 34400 | 0.4799 | 2,707 | 930 | 0.7671 | |
| 37 | Georgia Southern University | 18000 | 23800 | 0.2441 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 37 | SUNY Brockport | 18000 | 26200 | 0.3124 | 5,816 | 1195 | 0.7068 | |
| 39 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 18600 | 25200 | 0.2618 | 6,853 | 1090 | 0.7147 | |
| 40 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Schuylkill | 19000 | 32900 | 0.4231 | 624 | 1115 | 0.9664 | |
| 41 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 19100 | 27200 | 0.2981 | 31,112 | 1130 | 0.8129 | |
| 42 | Towson University | 19200 | 30000 | 0.3596 | 16,264 | 1093 | 0.8198 | |
| 43 | San Jose State University | 19300 | 29900 | 0.3542 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 43 | University of Illinois Chicago | 19300 | 30300 | 0.3627 | 22,495 | 1247 | 0.7735 | |
| 45 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 19400 | 36200 | 0.4635 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 46 | Cleveland State University | 19600 | 37300 | 0.4748 | 9,418 | 1005 | 0.913 | |
| 47 | Florida Memorial University | 20100 | 46100 | 0.5641 | 1,299 | 0 | 0.7431 | |
| 47 | Wayne State University | 20100 | 32300 | 0.3782 | 16,173 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
| 49 | Alabama State University | 20200 | 37400 | 0.4592 | 3,322 | 945 | 0.9564 | |
| 49 | Central College | 20200 | 36800 | 0.4509 | 1,084 | 1140 | 0.8617 | |
| 49 | University of Colorado Boulder | 20200 | 30600 | 0.3398 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
| 52 | Coppin State University | 20300 | 43100 | 0.5294 | 1,810 | 950 | 0.4956 | |
| 53 | Dakota State University | 20400 | 22500 | 0.0912 | 3,066 | 1192 | 0.8814 | |
| 54 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 20800 | 57800 | 0.6395 | 1,083 | 1193 | 0.9278 | |
| 55 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27100 | 0.2292 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 56 | Rutgers University-Newark | 21000 | 38900 | 0.4603 | 7,417 | 1159 | 0.7873 | |
| 57 | University of North Georgia | 21400 | 21400 | 0 | 18,329 | 1100 | 0.6794 | |
| 58 | Luther College | 21500 | 71900 | 0.7011 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.8402 | |
| 59 | Radford University | 21700 | 21900 | 0.0091 | 6,161 | 1070 | 0.8953 | |
| 60 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 21800 | 28000 | 0.2213 | 5,789 | 1115 | 0.5774 | |
| 61 | Bradley University | 21900 | 50900 | 0.5697 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 62 | Stockton University | 22000 | 32100 | 0.3145 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 63 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 22300 | 33000 | 0.3239 | 581 | 1129 | 0.9821 | |
| 64 | University of North Florida | 22400 | 22400 | 0 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
| 65 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 23000 | 36400 | 0.3677 | 2,884 | 1175 | 0.9677 | |
| 66 | Averett University | 23200 | 57200 | 0.5947 | 1,180 | 1010 | 0.478 | |
| 67 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 23300 | 33800 | 0.3104 | 502 | 1204 | 0.9641 | |
| 67 | Robert Morris University | 23300 | 58000 | 0.5993 | 3,769 | 1180 | 0.9057 | |
| 69 | Syracuse University | 23600 | 83100 | 0.716 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 70 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 23700 | 39200 | 0.3955 | 28,674 | 980 | 0.9401 | |
| 70 | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | 23700 | 30300 | 0.218 | 10,656 | 1075 | 0.7289 | |
| 72 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 24200 | 60500 | 0.5996 | 686 | 1030 | 0.8649 | |
| 73 | Bemidji State University | 24300 | 26400 | 0.0786 | 3,610 | 1110 | 0.9131 | |
| 73 | Grambling State University | 24300 | 26700 | 0.09 | 4,279 | 955 | 0.2368 | |
| 75 | Elmhurst University | 24600 | 67000 | 0.6331 | 3,170 | 1148 | 0.7357 | |
| 75 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 24600 | 26600 | 0.0779 | 3,413 | 1085 | 0.5295 | |
| 77 | Dominican University | 24900 | 55500 | 0.551 | 2,690 | 1035 | 0.9032 | |
| 77 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 24900 | 32200 | 0.2266 | 10,200 | 1346 | 0.6507 | |
| 77 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 24900 | 51700 | 0.5179 | 1,409 | 1110 | 0.6327 | |
| 80 | Boston College | 25100 | 94600 | 0.7347 | 9,654 | 1490 | 0.1619 | |
| 80 | Houghton University | 25100 | 35500 | 0.2928 | 939 | 1277 | 0.8866 | |
| 80 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 25100 | 37400 | 0.3293 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 83 | University of North Texas | 25400 | 25400 | 0 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 84 | Westfield State University | 25500 | 39000 | 0.3458 | 3,868 | 1105 | 0.8671 | |
| 85 | Bethune-Cookman University | 25800 | 32700 | 0.2111 | 2,739 | 915 | 0.8824 | |
| 85 | Northwood University | 25800 | 54500 | 0.5271 | 1,989 | 1075 | 0.839 | |
| 85 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 25800 | 35700 | 0.2775 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 88 | Kennesaw State University | 25900 | 25900 | 0 | 42,840 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 89 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 26000 | 36500 | 0.2873 | 14,783 | 1140 | 0.8096 | |
| 89 | Doane University | 26000 | 62800 | 0.5861 | 1,323 | 1125 | 0.9801 | |
| 91 | Pennsylvania Western University | 26400 | 35600 | 0.2587 | 7,586 | 1070 | 0.9433 | |
| 92 | Norwich University | 26500 | 70900 | 0.6264 | 2,642 | 1209 | 0.7361 | |
| 93 | Northern Kentucky University | 26700 | 31600 | 0.1549 | 10,163 | 1090 | 0.8307 | |
| 93 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 26700 | 36800 | 0.2744 | 1,880 | 1185 | 0.9867 | |
| 95 | Columbia College | 26800 | 41300 | 0.3514 | 876 | 1025 | 0.8878 | |
| 96 | Saint Xavier University | 27200 | 52000 | 0.4768 | 3,039 | 1125 | 0.8575 | |
| 97 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 27400 | 40300 | 0.32 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 98 | Rowan University | 27500 | 40500 | 0.3209 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
| 99 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 28000 | 28000 | 0 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 100 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 28200 | 41900 | 0.3269 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 101 | Jacksonville State University | 28300 | 38200 | 0.259 | 8,663 | 1065 | 0.7769 | |
| 102 | George Fox University | 28400 | 67100 | 0.5772 | 3,401 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 103 | Mercy University | 28500 | 44500 | 0.3597 | 6,775 | 1074 | 0.8584 | |
| 104 | James Madison University | 28600 | 28600 | 0 | 21,112 | 1260 | 0.7151 | |
| 104 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 31500 | 0.0921 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 104 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 28600 | 39700 | 0.2797 | 4,478 | 1065 | 0.8132 | |
| 107 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 28700 | 44100 | 0.3494 | 352 | 1180 | 0.9647 | |
| 107 | Salisbury University | 28700 | 28700 | 0.0011 | 6,288 | 1250 | 0.8747 | |
| 109 | Lincoln University | 28900 | 40900 | 0.2933 | 1,707 | 920 | 0 | |
| 109 | University of Utah | 28900 | 32000 | 0.0961 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 111 | Furman University | 29200 | 79600 | 0.6329 | 2,383 | 1359 | 0.4295 | |
| 112 | Clemson University | 29300 | 37100 | 0.2121 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 112 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 29300 | 36500 | 0.1974 | 7,505 | 1059 | 0.9633 | |
| 114 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 29600 | 51100 | 0.421 | 1,477 | 1075 | 0.8068 | |
| 115 | University of South Alabama | 29700 | 35000 | 0.1515 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 116 | Frostburg State University | 29900 | 43100 | 0.3063 | 2,619 | 1082 | 0.892 | |
| 116 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 29900 | 30000 | 0.0033 | 18,428 | 1090 | 0.9529 | |
| 118 | SUNY at Fredonia | 30400 | 39600 | 0.2326 | 2,876 | 1193 | 0.792 | |
| 118 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 30400 | 39500 | 0.2302 | 5,205 | 1118 | 0.744 | |
| 120 | Albright College | 30500 | 48700 | 0.3738 | 1,328 | 1050 | 0.8615 | |
| 121 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30700 | 54600 | 0.4374 | 3,163 | 1165 | 0.9347 | |
| 121 | West Virginia Wesleyan College | 30700 | 52800 | 0.4182 | 938 | 1090 | 0.951 | |
| 123 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1150 | 0.9523 | |
| 123 | University of Toledo | 30900 | 42000 | 0.2639 | 11,013 | 1159 | 0.9202 | |
| 125 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 31000 | 36900 | 0.1604 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 125 | University of Kentucky | 31000 | 36000 | 0.139 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 127 | State University of New York at Oswego | 31400 | 38300 | 0.1799 | 5,517 | 1174 | 0.8057 | |
| 128 | Loyola University Maryland | 31700 | 75000 | 0.5775 | 3,881 | 1309 | 0.7549 | |
| 128 | Thomas Jefferson University | 31700 | 67700 | 0.5316 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 130 | Angelo State University | 31800 | 35400 | 0.101 | 9,779 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 130 | CUNY Brooklyn College | 31800 | 31800 | 0 | 11,562 | 1110 | 0.5836 | |
| 132 | Hampton University | 32100 | 47000 | 0.3171 | 3,728 | 956 | 0.6225 | |
| 132 | Saint Michael's College | 32100 | 68400 | 0.5304 | 1,120 | 1240 | 0.8451 | |
| 134 | University of Scranton | 32300 | 76300 | 0.5763 | 3,613 | 1220 | 0.812 | |
| 135 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32500 | 34700 | 0.0633 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 136 | California Lutheran University | 32800 | 65800 | 0.5011 | 2,297 | 1258 | 0.7567 | |
| 137 | Harding University | 32900 | 47000 | 0.2995 | 3,523 | 1193 | 0.3942 | |
| 137 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 32900 | 45200 | 0.2722 | 10,767 | 1326 | 0.7243 | |
| 139 | Wilkes University | 33100 | 61900 | 0.4645 | 1,956 | 1153 | 0.9146 | |
| 140 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 15,130 | 0 | 0.5256 | |
| 141 | Elizabethtown College | 33600 | 54600 | 0.3849 | 1,903 | 1214 | 0.7787 | |
| 141 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 33600 | 40900 | 0.1786 | 1,236 | 1203 | 0.9811 | |
| 143 | George Washington University | 33700 | 81800 | 0.5882 | 11,677 | 1421 | 0.4709 | |
| 144 | LeTourneau University | 34100 | 54600 | 0.3754 | 3,184 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 145 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 34700 | 37800 | 0.0813 | 5,086 | 1000 | 0.9821 | |
| 145 | DePaul University | 34700 | 59100 | 0.4127 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 147 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 34900 | 49600 | 0.2961 | 1,809 | 1109 | 0.9484 | |
| 148 | City University of Seattle | 35100 | 45400 | 0.227 | 1,180 | 0 | 0.9025 | |
| 149 | Adelphi University | 35300 | 63300 | 0.4433 | 5,325 | 1218 | 0.6591 | |
| 149 | Morgan State University | 35300 | 37200 | 0.0511 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 149 | University of Mount Olive | 35300 | 35300 | 0 | 1,937 | 945 | 0.7775 | |
| 152 | Washington Adventist University | 35400 | 36900 | 0.0383 | 605 | 950 | 0.4536 | |
| 153 | Mercer University | 36600 | 60500 | 0.3951 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
| 153 | University of Michigan-Flint | 36600 | 39400 | 0.0711 | 5,011 | 1084 | 0.7047 | |
| 155 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 36900 | 38900 | 0.0533 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 156 | East Carolina University | 37100 | 40100 | 0.0748 | 21,445 | 1120 | 0.8922 | |
| 157 | Immaculata University | 37300 | 47800 | 0.2194 | 1,652 | 1245 | 0.8578 | |
| 157 | Stevenson University | 37300 | 59900 | 0.3771 | 3,106 | 1100 | 0.7891 | |
| 159 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 37600 | 38900 | 0.0334 | 1,919 | 1245 | 0.7844 | |
| 160 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38400 | 38400 | 0 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
| 161 | Suffolk University | 38700 | 73600 | 0.4744 | 4,324 | 1209 | 0.822 | |
| 162 | Pace University | 39700 | 74100 | 0.464 | 8,038 | 1274 | 0.7592 | |
| 163 | Stony Brook University | 39900 | 53000 | 0.2467 | 18,263 | 1395 | 0.4904 | |
| 164 | McKendree University | 40100 | 52200 | 0.2313 | 1,605 | 1098 | 0.6388 | |
| 165 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 40500 | 40500 | 0 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 166 | University of California-Riverside | 43200 | 66400 | 0.3493 | 22,599 | 1199 | 0.7685 | |
| 167 | Western Oregon University | 43400 | 43400 | 0 | 3,343 | 1120 | 0.9871 | |
| 168 | Merrimack College | 43600 | 78800 | 0.4464 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
| 169 | CUNY Lehman College | 45300 | 45800 | 0.0109 | 11,217 | 1037 | 0.4601 | |
| 170 | Ramapo College of New Jersey | 47100 | 48100 | 0.0208 | 5,444 | 1214 | 0.7064 | |
| 171 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 48000 | 56200 | 0.1458 | 3,965 | 1229 | 0.9121 | |
| 172 | Molloy University | 48300 | 62300 | 0.2249 | 3,240 | 1199 | 0.8174 | |
| 173 | College of Charleston | 49800 | 59000 | 0.156 | 10,880 | 1255 | 0.6003 | |
| 174 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 49900 | 52300 | 0.0458 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 175 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 50800 | 52900 | 0.0392 | 14,504 | 1145 | 0.7637 | |
| 176 | Drexel University | 51300 | 82600 | 0.3788 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 177 | Fordham University | 56000 | 94600 | 0.4082 | 10,307 | 1415 | 0.5628 | |
| 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.