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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 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 2 | California Institute of Technology | 7500 | 91800 | 0.9183 | 987 | 1557 | 0.0257 | |
| 3 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8200 | 97100 | 0.916 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0399 | |
| 4 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 9500 | 20400 | 0.5348 | 3,224 | 1085 | 0.7643 | |
| 5 | Savannah State University | 10400 | 26700 | 0.6112 | 2,966 | 925 | 0.4614 | |
| 6 | Valdosta State University | 10500 | 24800 | 0.5775 | 7,166 | 1015 | 0.7229 | |
| 7 | University of South Florida | 12600 | 17100 | 0.2629 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 8 | University of Michigan-Flint | 12700 | 46300 | 0.7255 | 5,011 | 1109 | 0.7046 | |
| 9 | East Texas A&M University | 12900 | 30000 | 0.5701 | 9,992 | 1045 | 0.9224 | |
| 10 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 13300 | 13300 | 0 | 18,288 | 1090 | 0.9068 | |
| 11 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 50700 | 0.7294 | 38,040 | 1418 | 0.452 | |
| 12 | Grand Valley State University | 13900 | 25300 | 0.4511 | 19,002 | 1084 | 0.8302 | |
| 13 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 14100 | 37400 | 0.6224 | 7,622 | 1075 | 0.9254 | |
| 14 | Alabama State University | 14200 | 31300 | 0.5476 | 3,521 | 945 | 0.9755 | |
| 14 | Dickinson State University | 14200 | 25000 | 0.4339 | 1,339 | 990 | 0.3702 | |
| 16 | Northern Kentucky University | 14300 | 25900 | 0.4485 | 10,163 | 1090 | 0.6765 | |
| 17 | Wayne State College | 14900 | 20300 | 0.266 | 3,902 | 0 | 0 | |
| 18 | Radford University | 15500 | 32000 | 0.5152 | 6,161 | 1070 | 0.8953 | |
| 19 | James Madison University | 15700 | 28900 | 0.4573 | 20,973 | 1260 | 0.7152 | |
| 20 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 15900 | 23400 | 0.3209 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8698 | |
| 21 | Goshen College | 16300 | 55900 | 0.7081 | 780 | 995 | 0.8407 | |
| 21 | Grove City College | 16300 | 39700 | 0.5902 | 2,341 | 1266 | 0.7232 | |
| 21 | Wayne State University | 16300 | 32900 | 0.5043 | 16,012 | 1174 | 0.8116 | |
| 24 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 16500 | 44500 | 0.6288 | 352 | 1180 | 0.9647 | |
| 25 | Northwestern University | 16700 | 89500 | 0.8138 | 9,399 | 1527 | 0.0769 | |
| 25 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16700 | 64800 | 0.7418 | 20,885 | 1420 | 0.1534 | |
| 27 | Morgan State University | 16800 | 28500 | 0.4104 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 27 | University of Maryland Global Campus | 16800 | 29700 | 0.4345 | 52,187 | 0 | 0 | |
| 29 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 16900 | 43500 | 0.611 | 581 | 1132 | 0.9821 | |
| 30 | Central Connecticut State University | 17000 | 34000 | 0.4995 | 8,170 | 1075 | 0.7333 | |
| 31 | Salisbury University | 17100 | 28700 | 0.4051 | 6,288 | 1250 | 0.8747 | |
| 31 | SUNY at Fredonia | 17100 | 27800 | 0.3854 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 33 | East Carolina University | 17600 | 26100 | 0.3256 | 21,445 | 1160 | 0.8921 | |
| 33 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 17600 | 35300 | 0.5011 | 1,813 | 1109 | 0.9484 | |
| 35 | Boston College | 17700 | 97600 | 0.8185 | 10,314 | 1490 | 0.1643 | |
| 35 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 17700 | 39000 | 0.5474 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 37 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 17900 | 54300 | 0.6703 | 10,051 | 1064 | 0.9234 | |
| 38 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18100 | 28600 | 0.3669 | 4,218 | 1030 | 0.9489 | |
| 39 | Towson University | 18400 | 29900 | 0.3843 | 16,264 | 1098 | 0.8197 | |
| 40 | University of Illinois Chicago | 18500 | 30100 | 0.386 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 41 | University of South Alabama | 18900 | 22400 | 0.1565 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 42 | University of Houston-Victoria | 19200 | 35800 | 0.4639 | 2,627 | 1095 | 0.959 | |
| 43 | Norwich University | 19300 | 73800 | 0.7382 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 44 | Pennsylvania Western University | 19500 | 29000 | 0.3281 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 45 | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | 19800 | 25700 | 0.2298 | 10,632 | 1075 | 0.8859 | |
| 46 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20300 | 39900 | 0.4915 | 5,255 | 1109 | 0.7295 | |
| 47 | Dakota State University | 20400 | 22500 | 0.0912 | 3,066 | 1192 | 0.8805 | |
| 48 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 20800 | 57800 | 0.6408 | 1,932 | 1193 | 0.9278 | |
| 49 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27300 | 0.2349 | 31,133 | 1463 | 0.4479 | |
| 50 | Luther College | 21400 | 71900 | 0.7019 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.7154 | |
| 50 | University of North Georgia | 21400 | 21400 | 0 | 18,322 | 1100 | 0.6794 | |
| 50 | Washington Adventist University | 21400 | 36900 | 0.4182 | 513 | 995 | 0.4618 | |
| 53 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 22000 | 33600 | 0.345 | 21,210 | 1148 | 0.9262 | |
| 54 | Lincoln University | 22100 | 24900 | 0.1124 | 1,926 | 0 | 0 | |
| 55 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 22200 | 53000 | 0.5806 | 1,472 | 1075 | 0.8459 | |
| 56 | New Mexico Highlands University | 22400 | 27200 | 0.1763 | 1,603 | 0 | 0 | |
| 56 | University of North Florida | 22400 | 22400 | 0 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
| 58 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 22500 | 25400 | 0.1143 | 2,906 | 1125 | 0.4696 | |
| 59 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 22600 | 45900 | 0.5081 | 502 | 1189 | 0.9641 | |
| 60 | San Jose State University | 22800 | 41100 | 0.4454 | 28,008 | 1124 | 0.8461 | |
| 61 | Florida Memorial University | 23000 | 42000 | 0.4519 | 1,206 | 0 | 0.8526 | |
| 62 | Houghton University | 23200 | 44300 | 0.4763 | 1,162 | 1277 | 0.8866 | |
| 63 | Robert Morris University | 23300 | 58000 | 0.5988 | 4,325 | 1145 | 0.8989 | |
| 64 | University of Kentucky | 23800 | 36400 | 0.3452 | 25,534 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 65 | Bradley University | 24000 | 50800 | 0.5275 | 3,596 | 1223 | 0.7676 | |
| 65 | Ramapo College of New Jersey | 24000 | 36300 | 0.3392 | 5,444 | 1220 | 0.7064 | |
| 65 | Westfield State University | 24000 | 39000 | 0.3842 | 3,868 | 1085 | 0.8141 | |
| 68 | Dominican University | 24100 | 56000 | 0.5705 | 2,690 | 1005 | 0.9032 | |
| 68 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 24100 | 40500 | 0.405 | 25,900 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 70 | Emporia State University | 24600 | 32000 | 0.2312 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 71 | Doane University | 25200 | 71000 | 0.6454 | 1,315 | 1125 | 0.9801 | |
| 72 | Fort Hays State University | 25700 | 36100 | 0.2891 | 10,172 | 1075 | 0.9026 | |
| 73 | Bethune-Cookman University | 25800 | 32700 | 0.2111 | 2,738 | 910 | 0.8824 | |
| 74 | Southern University at New Orleans | 26000 | 42300 | 0.3852 | 2,179 | 950 | 0.789 | |
| 75 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 26100 | 28300 | 0.076 | 3,375 | 1090 | 0.5876 | |
| 75 | Stony Brook University | 26100 | 33200 | 0.2129 | 18,263 | 1410 | 0.4904 | |
| 75 | University of North Texas | 26100 | 26100 | 0 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 78 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 26200 | 36800 | 0.2882 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 79 | Columbia College | 26400 | 46900 | 0.4371 | 5,207 | 1145 | 0.4714 | |
| 80 | Kennesaw State University | 26600 | 26600 | 0 | 42,760 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 81 | Albright College | 26700 | 49300 | 0.4583 | 1,230 | 1050 | 0.7633 | |
| 81 | Northwood University | 26700 | 54500 | 0.5105 | 2,045 | 1055 | 0.6451 | |
| 83 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 26900 | 30100 | 0.1047 | 5,086 | 1124 | 0.949 | |
| 84 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 27000 | 37700 | 0.2841 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 84 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 27000 | 36500 | 0.2604 | 7,505 | 1073 | 0.9633 | |
| 86 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 27600 | 27600 | 0.0001 | 10,767 | 1326 | 0.7243 | |
| 87 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 27700 | 36700 | 0.2455 | 1,880 | 1185 | 0.9867 | |
| 87 | Syracuse University | 27700 | 83100 | 0.6665 | 15,957 | 1363 | 0.4592 | |
| 89 | George Fox University | 27900 | 69400 | 0.5983 | 3,354 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 90 | Elmhurst University | 28500 | 67000 | 0.5748 | 3,213 | 1148 | 0.7364 | |
| 90 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 28500 | 36700 | 0.2233 | 28,674 | 980 | 0.9419 | |
| 90 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28500 | 32300 | 0.1176 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 93 | Saint Xavier University | 28700 | 53700 | 0.4652 | 3,098 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 93 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 28700 | 42400 | 0.3235 | 6,761 | 1105 | 0.8475 | |
| 95 | Jacksonville State University | 28900 | 38200 | 0.2433 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 96 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29300 | 31800 | 0.0786 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 97 | Fairmont State University | 29600 | 32200 | 0.0808 | 3,088 | 970 | 0.9862 | |
| 97 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 29600 | 31600 | 0.0633 | 6,835 | 1090 | 0.7147 | |
| 97 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 29600 | 39700 | 0.2545 | 4,487 | 1115 | 0.6726 | |
| 100 | Grambling State University | 29800 | 35300 | 0.1559 | 4,313 | 950 | 0.4486 | |
| 100 | University of Toledo | 29800 | 42000 | 0.2895 | 11,013 | 1229 | 0.9202 | |
| 102 | Mercy University | 29900 | 44500 | 0.3282 | 6,774 | 1135 | 0.8584 | |
| 103 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 30500 | 54700 | 0.4419 | 1,427 | 1025 | 0.4941 | |
| 104 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30600 | 54600 | 0.4387 | 3,163 | 1165 | 0.9347 | |
| 105 | Central College | 30700 | 36800 | 0.1659 | 1,084 | 1145 | 0.8617 | |
| 106 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1161 | 0.9523 | |
| 107 | Frostburg State University | 31000 | 43000 | 0.2792 | 3,422 | 1095 | 0.8918 | |
| 108 | Hampton University | 31200 | 54800 | 0.4306 | 3,728 | 947 | 0.6225 | |
| 109 | Angelo State University | 31700 | 35400 | 0.1031 | 9,702 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 110 | Saint Michael's College | 31900 | 68500 | 0.5346 | 1,120 | 1240 | 0.8451 | |
| 111 | SUNY Brockport | 32400 | 35800 | 0.095 | 5,816 | 1195 | 0.7068 | |
| 112 | University of Scranton | 32500 | 78700 | 0.5874 | 3,613 | 1250 | 0.8123 | |
| 113 | Suffolk University | 32700 | 70300 | 0.5348 | 4,326 | 1209 | 0.8233 | |
| 114 | State University of New York at Oswego | 32900 | 40200 | 0.1817 | 5,517 | 1180 | 0.8055 | |
| 115 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 15,254 | 1080 | 0.8955 | |
| 116 | Cleveland State University | 33400 | 37300 | 0.1046 | 9,482 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 117 | George Washington University | 33700 | 81800 | 0.5881 | 11,677 | 1430 | 0.4709 | |
| 118 | LeTourneau University | 34000 | 54800 | 0.3798 | 3,187 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 119 | Thomas Jefferson University | 34100 | 68100 | 0.4995 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8097 | |
| 120 | Charleston Southern University | 34300 | 48400 | 0.2921 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 121 | Coastal Carolina University | 34500 | 45100 | 0.2348 | 10,811 | 1145 | 0.7527 | |
| 122 | Stockton University | 34800 | 44500 | 0.2181 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 123 | California Lutheran University | 34900 | 70000 | 0.5016 | 2,297 | 1254 | 0.7567 | |
| 124 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 35100 | 35100 | 0 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 125 | Adelphi University | 35200 | 63300 | 0.4445 | 5,325 | 1237 | 0.6591 | |
| 126 | Averett University | 35300 | 57200 | 0.3831 | 1,244 | 1054 | 0.5659 | |
| 127 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 35400 | 56700 | 0.3757 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8304 | |
| 128 | Christopher Newport University | 36200 | 36200 | 0 | 4,369 | 1189 | 0.8604 | |
| 128 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 36200 | 56300 | 0.3578 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 130 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 36500 | 41600 | 0.1237 | 5,386 | 1050 | 0.9092 | |
| 131 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 36600 | 38100 | 0.0394 | 2,884 | 1175 | 0.9677 | |
| 132 | Furman University | 36700 | 82900 | 0.5571 | 2,383 | 1359 | 0.4295 | |
| 133 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 36800 | 37100 | 0.0081 | 5,939 | 1065 | 0.5878 | |
| 134 | Loyola University Maryland | 37800 | 76200 | 0.5039 | 3,881 | 1303 | 0.7549 | |
| 135 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38200 | 38700 | 0.0129 | 14,416 | 1210 | 0.8851 | |
| 136 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 38900 | 38900 | 0 | 1,973 | 1189 | 0.8135 | |
| 137 | Rutgers University-Newark | 39300 | 57900 | 0.3211 | 7,989 | 1159 | 0.7136 | |
| 138 | McKendree University | 40100 | 52200 | 0.2327 | 1,757 | 1098 | 0.7172 | |
| 139 | Pace University | 40700 | 74800 | 0.4558 | 8,038 | 1260 | 0.7592 | |
| 140 | Immaculata University | 42300 | 47500 | 0.1094 | 1,652 | 1245 | 0.8576 | |
| 140 | University of Mount Olive | 42300 | 50400 | 0.1617 | 1,944 | 1075 | 0.7575 | |
| 142 | Western Oregon University | 43400 | 43400 | 0 | 3,167 | 1040 | 0.981 | |
| 143 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4474 | 4,102 | 1115 | 0.7002 | |
| 144 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 43900 | 57100 | 0.2305 | 23,329 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 145 | Mercer University | 45200 | 65400 | 0.3085 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
| 146 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 46300 | 46600 | 0.0064 | 6,139 | 1070 | 0.9052 | |
| 147 | University of Colorado Boulder | 46600 | 57700 | 0.1916 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7808 | |
| 148 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 48000 | 55800 | 0.1398 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 148 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 48000 | 67900 | 0.293 | 3,965 | 1229 | 0.9121 | |
| 150 | Drexel University | 48800 | 83900 | 0.4184 | 13,309 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 151 | DePaul University | 49100 | 66000 | 0.2562 | 14,188 | 1254 | 0.7589 | |
| 151 | University of California-Riverside | 49100 | 66000 | 0.2562 | 22,600 | 1199 | 0.7639 | |
| 153 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 49800 | 62200 | 0.1995 | 37,140 | 1406 | 0.4237 | |
| 154 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 50700 | 52900 | 0.0406 | 14,504 | 1149 | 0.7637 | |
| 155 | University of Utah | 51600 | 53700 | 0.04 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 156 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 53000 | 61200 | 0.1332 | 26,221 | 1204 | 0.8854 | |
| 157 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 16,100 | 1219 | 0.7766 | |
| 158 | Dallas Baptist University | 56400 | 63400 | 0.1104 | 2,785 | 1109 | 0.8884 | |
| 159 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58300 | 64100 | 0.0905 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 160 | Molloy University | 59800 | 62300 | 0.0402 | 3,240 | 1199 | 0.8174 | |
| 161 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 60400 | 64100 | 0.0577 | 1,236 | 1193 | 0.9811 | |
| 162 | Thiel College | 60500 | 69100 | 0.1244 | 833 | 1065 | 0.7155 | |
| 163 | College of Charleston | 61200 | 61200 | 0 | 10,880 | 1255 | 0.6003 | |
| 164 | Clemson University | 61500 | 63700 | 0.0338 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 165 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 63700 | 63700 | 0 | 10,200 | 1325 | 0.6507 | |
| 166 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver | 63900 | 63900 | 0 | 482 | 1195 | 0.9565 | |
| 167 | Fordham University | 69900 | 95100 | 0.2649 | 10,582 | 1406 | 0.5931 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.