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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 Montana.
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 Montana.
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 | 5200 | 44000 | 0.8823 | 5,534 | 1079 | 0.6734 | |
| 2 | Savannah State University | 6800 | 28000 | 0.756 | 2,966 | 950 | 1 | |
| 3 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 7800 | 36100 | 0.7849 | 10,368 | 1064 | 0.999 | |
| 4 | Northwestern University | 7900 | 93000 | 0.9152 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 5 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8900 | 96500 | 0.9082 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 6 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 9100 | 38900 | 0.7664 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 7 | Portland State University | 9600 | 73900 | 0.8699 | 14,932 | 1174 | 0.8586 | |
| 8 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 10300 | 10300 | 0 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 9 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 10500 | 42400 | 0.7519 | 3,224 | 1085 | 0.7643 | |
| 10 | Valdosta State University | 11500 | 25300 | 0.5447 | 7,199 | 1005 | 0.7769 | |
| 11 | Wayne State University | 12500 | 32900 | 0.6197 | 16,390 | 1183 | 0.8359 | |
| 12 | Lamar University | 12600 | 22900 | 0.4492 | 8,387 | 1040 | 0.8353 | |
| 13 | University of North Florida | 12700 | 22400 | 0.4336 | 14,837 | 1124 | 0.6815 | |
| 14 | Fort Hays State University | 12900 | 19900 | 0.352 | 10,172 | 1075 | 0.9026 | |
| 15 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 13300 | 27600 | 0.5176 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 16 | Coastal Carolina University | 13500 | 72300 | 0.8135 | 11,471 | 1160 | 0.7003 | |
| 16 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 13500 | 52800 | 0.7446 | 6,761 | 1105 | 0.8475 | |
| 18 | University of California-Riverside | 13600 | 118100 | 0.8845 | 24,034 | 1199 | 0.8609 | |
| 19 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 61700 | 0.7784 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 20 | Fairmont State University | 13800 | 21600 | 0.3605 | 3,090 | 970 | 0.9862 | |
| 21 | University of North Georgia | 14400 | 56800 | 0.7467 | 19,321 | 1100 | 0.9618 | |
| 22 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 14700 | 28600 | 0.4867 | 7,501 | 1055 | 0.9467 | |
| 23 | Wayne State College | 15000 | 26400 | 0.4314 | 3,886 | 0 | 1 | |
| 24 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 15200 | 43300 | 0.6491 | 308 | 1144 | 0.9053 | |
| 25 | Jacksonville State University | 15500 | 42900 | 0.638 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 26 | Grand Valley State University | 15800 | 28500 | 0.4448 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 27 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver | 16000 | 43700 | 0.6333 | 475 | 1195 | 0.9418 | |
| 28 | Alabama State University | 16300 | 33500 | 0.5127 | 3,521 | 945 | 0.9755 | |
| 29 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16600 | 64800 | 0.7439 | 22,007 | 1427 | 0.1672 | |
| 30 | Morgan State University | 16700 | 28500 | 0.4138 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 31 | Southern University at New Orleans | 16800 | 41400 | 0.5949 | 2,179 | 950 | 0.789 | |
| 32 | Boston College | 17100 | 122200 | 0.8597 | 9,677 | 1484 | 0.1422 | |
| 32 | Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi | 17100 | 20700 | 0.1739 | 8,673 | 1095 | 0.9156 | |
| 34 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 17400 | 43500 | 0.6005 | 1,829 | 1149 | 0.945 | |
| 35 | East Carolina University | 17600 | 26100 | 0.3256 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 35 | University of Kentucky | 17600 | 46800 | 0.6237 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 37 | University of South Alabama | 17900 | 40600 | 0.5585 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 38 | Kennesaw State University | 18100 | 61500 | 0.7052 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 38 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18100 | 28600 | 0.3669 | 3,991 | 1010 | 0.9654 | |
| 40 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 18200 | 68100 | 0.733 | 711 | 1030 | 0.8214 | |
| 40 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 18200 | 25200 | 0.2774 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 42 | Angelo State University | 18300 | 23100 | 0.2072 | 10,103 | 1045 | 0.7981 | |
| 43 | SUNY Brockport | 18500 | 26200 | 0.2934 | 5,816 | 1195 | 0.7068 | |
| 44 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 18800 | 44600 | 0.5781 | 504 | 1200 | 0.9095 | |
| 44 | San Jose State University | 18800 | 41100 | 0.5427 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 46 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 18900 | 37900 | 0.5031 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 47 | Coppin State University | 19000 | 51800 | 0.6326 | 1,908 | 950 | 0.4583 | |
| 47 | Texas A&M University-Victoria | 19000 | 25000 | 0.2402 | 2,627 | 1000 | 0.5253 | |
| 49 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Schuylkill | 19300 | 32900 | 0.4139 | 653 | 1145 | 0.7972 | |
| 50 | Norwich University | 19700 | 76000 | 0.7404 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 50 | Rutgers University-Newark | 19700 | 39200 | 0.4979 | 7,989 | 1159 | 0.7136 | |
| 52 | Pennsylvania Western University | 19800 | 30900 | 0.3594 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 52 | Syracuse University | 19800 | 83600 | 0.7632 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 54 | Dakota State University | 20400 | 22500 | 0.0912 | 3,085 | 1174 | 0.9241 | |
| 54 | The University of Montana | 20400 | 75300 | 0.7287 | 8,014 | 1184 | 0.9586 | |
| 56 | Grove City College | 20600 | 39700 | 0.4817 | 2,247 | 1248 | 0.667 | |
| 56 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 20600 | 57800 | 0.6433 | 1,109 | 1175 | 0.9088 | |
| 58 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 20800 | 48100 | 0.5673 | 2,710 | 1218 | 0.9374 | |
| 59 | Tarleton State University | 21000 | 23000 | 0.087 | 17,556 | 1090 | 0.5386 | |
| 59 | University of Maryland-College Park | 21000 | 35000 | 0.4004 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 61 | Thiel College | 21300 | 88800 | 0.7606 | 830 | 1065 | 0.7189 | |
| 61 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 21300 | 51900 | 0.5901 | 5,939 | 1065 | 0.5878 | |
| 63 | Luther College | 21500 | 75400 | 0.7153 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.8398 | |
| 64 | Salisbury University | 21600 | 29300 | 0.2628 | 6,477 | 1245 | 0.8826 | |
| 65 | Lincoln University | 22100 | 24900 | 0.1124 | 1,926 | 920 | 0 | |
| 66 | Grambling State University | 22200 | 25700 | 0.1364 | 4,313 | 950 | 0.4486 | |
| 66 | Texas Southern University | 22200 | 25500 | 0.1296 | 6,844 | 915 | 0.9691 | |
| 68 | Averett University | 22300 | 57400 | 0.612 | 1,244 | 1054 | 0.5659 | |
| 69 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 22600 | 25400 | 0.1104 | 2,907 | 1125 | 0.4696 | |
| 70 | Robert Morris University | 23100 | 58000 | 0.6012 | 4,325 | 1145 | 0.8989 | |
| 71 | Florida Memorial University | 23200 | 41500 | 0.4408 | 1,206 | 0 | 0.8526 | |
| 71 | Houghton University | 23200 | 44300 | 0.4763 | 958 | 1277 | 0.89 | |
| 71 | Montana State University | 23200 | 73500 | 0.6845 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 74 | Columbia College | 23600 | 65100 | 0.6372 | 876 | 1025 | 0.8878 | |
| 75 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 23800 | 34200 | 0.3044 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 76 | Dominican University | 23900 | 56000 | 0.573 | 2,642 | 1005 | 0.8879 | |
| 77 | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | 24000 | 25700 | 0.0662 | 10,995 | 1090 | 0.7476 | |
| 78 | Western Oregon University | 24600 | 24600 | 0 | 3,034 | 1120 | 0.8345 | |
| 79 | Emporia State University | 25000 | 32000 | 0.2187 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 80 | Concord University | 25100 | 41900 | 0.4014 | 1,638 | 1015 | 0.9728 | |
| 81 | Central College | 25600 | 38700 | 0.3388 | 1,050 | 1159 | 0.8698 | |
| 82 | Northwood University | 25800 | 75700 | 0.6596 | 2,045 | 1055 | 0.6451 | |
| 83 | Loyola University Maryland | 25900 | 78800 | 0.6714 | 4,013 | 1329 | 0.6986 | |
| 84 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 26000 | 28300 | 0.0809 | 3,375 | 1090 | 0.5885 | |
| 84 | University of North Texas | 26000 | 36900 | 0.2956 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 84 | West Virginia Wesleyan College | 26000 | 53800 | 0.5169 | 971 | 1030 | 0.9334 | |
| 87 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 26200 | 50000 | 0.4757 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 87 | University of Akron Main Campus | 26200 | 28000 | 0.0642 | 11,691 | 1074 | 0.7722 | |
| 89 | Bemidji State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 3,751 | 1075 | 0.5598 | |
| 90 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 26800 | 39800 | 0.3264 | 29,727 | 990 | 0.9229 | |
| 90 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 26800 | 43300 | 0.3814 | 7,747 | 1073 | 0.9617 | |
| 92 | Cleveland State University | 27100 | 38500 | 0.2959 | 9,418 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 93 | Rowan University | 27300 | 41300 | 0.3392 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 94 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 27400 | 29900 | 0.0837 | 18,667 | 1090 | 0.9711 | |
| 95 | Bethune-Cookman University | 27700 | 32300 | 0.1422 | 2,739 | 910 | 0.8824 | |
| 96 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 27800 | 27800 | 0 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 97 | Central Connecticut State University | 27900 | 29500 | 0.0542 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 98 | Northern Kentucky University | 29600 | 34800 | 0.1493 | 10,136 | 1110 | 0.9666 | |
| 98 | University of South Florida | 29600 | 36700 | 0.1934 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 100 | California Lutheran University | 29700 | 109800 | 0.7298 | 2,160 | 1218 | 0.7631 | |
| 101 | Saint Xavier University | 30000 | 57200 | 0.4758 | 3,100 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 101 | Thomas Jefferson University | 30000 | 68700 | 0.5635 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 103 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30500 | 54600 | 0.4413 | 3,120 | 1193 | 0.3992 | |
| 104 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 30700 | 44300 | 0.3067 | 586 | 1140 | 0.9577 | |
| 104 | University of Toledo | 30700 | 42000 | 0.269 | 10,726 | 1134 | 0.8889 | |
| 106 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 2,082 | 1124 | 0.9576 | |
| 107 | Westfield State University | 31000 | 41500 | 0.2532 | 3,868 | 1105 | 0.8671 | |
| 108 | Suffolk University | 31100 | 110800 | 0.7192 | 4,247 | 1209 | 0.8228 | |
| 109 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 31300 | 39400 | 0.2054 | 11,087 | 1326 | 0.7397 | |
| 110 | Hampton University | 31600 | 54800 | 0.4233 | 4,046 | 1005 | 0.6358 | |
| 111 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 32100 | 39900 | 0.1956 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 112 | University of Scranton | 32400 | 78700 | 0.5879 | 3,689 | 1245 | 0.8006 | |
| 113 | State University of New York at Oswego | 32800 | 40200 | 0.1841 | 5,293 | 1179 | 0.7989 | |
| 114 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 33200 | 34200 | 0.0292 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 115 | Harding University | 33500 | 47800 | 0.299 | 3,536 | 1184 | 0.7052 | |
| 116 | Elizabethtown College | 33700 | 69900 | 0.5181 | 1,935 | 1214 | 0.8892 | |
| 117 | Charleston Southern University | 34200 | 48400 | 0.295 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 118 | George Washington University | 34300 | 81800 | 0.5808 | 11,495 | 1436 | 0.4713 | |
| 119 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 34500 | 62800 | 0.4506 | 1,495 | 1075 | 0.8761 | |
| 119 | SUNY at Fredonia | 34500 | 41000 | 0.1586 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 121 | Adelphi University | 35000 | 63300 | 0.4467 | 5,097 | 1241 | 0.7215 | |
| 121 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 35000 | 38900 | 0.1002 | 1,973 | 1189 | 0.8142 | |
| 123 | Christopher Newport University | 35300 | 38700 | 0.0879 | 4,369 | 1189 | 0.8604 | |
| 124 | Bradley University | 35500 | 60000 | 0.4086 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 125 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 36000 | 56300 | 0.3603 | 5,687 | 1305 | 0.7863 | |
| 126 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 36100 | 57000 | 0.3664 | 4,789 | 1040 | 0.6671 | |
| 127 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 36300 | 53600 | 0.3229 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 128 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 36600 | 39900 | 0.0825 | 3,893 | 1015 | 0.9839 | |
| 129 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 36900 | 47900 | 0.2294 | 2,280 | 1224 | 0.9675 | |
| 129 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 36900 | 38800 | 0.049 | 14,865 | 1175 | 0.9113 | |
| 131 | Frostburg State University | 37700 | 55400 | 0.3196 | 3,436 | 1095 | 0.907 | |
| 131 | Stockton University | 37700 | 45300 | 0.1679 | 7,583 | 1134 | 0.901 | |
| 133 | Saint Michael's College | 37900 | 75600 | 0.4989 | 1,051 | 1280 | 0.8976 | |
| 134 | Drexel University | 39700 | 107600 | 0.6308 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 134 | Stony Brook University | 39700 | 53000 | 0.2507 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 136 | James Madison University | 40000 | 45100 | 0.1131 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 137 | Immaculata University | 40100 | 60400 | 0.3361 | 1,889 | 1264 | 0.8656 | |
| 138 | Elmhurst University | 40200 | 69600 | 0.4222 | 3,170 | 1133 | 0.7501 | |
| 139 | Furman University | 40300 | 84600 | 0.5234 | 2,304 | 1372 | 0.4869 | |
| 140 | McKendree University | 40600 | 52900 | 0.2324 | 1,757 | 1098 | 0.7172 | |
| 140 | Pace University | 40600 | 75500 | 0.4623 | 5,520 | 1273 | 0.7827 | |
| 142 | University of Illinois Chicago | 41000 | 51300 | 0.2007 | 24,260 | 1174 | 0.7576 | |
| 143 | Mercy University | 41300 | 46400 | 0.11 | 6,692 | 1135 | 0.8724 | |
| 144 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 41600 | 58900 | 0.2937 | 21,388 | 1369 | 0.5945 | |
| 145 | University of Mount Olive | 42100 | 50400 | 0.1645 | 1,944 | 1075 | 0.7575 | |
| 146 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 43200 | 108500 | 0.6019 | 35,358 | 1448 | 0.1642 | |
| 147 | Radford University | 43400 | 45700 | 0.0501 | 6,206 | 1050 | 0.8939 | |
| 148 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4479 | 4,123 | 1124 | 0.6927 | |
| 149 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 43700 | 53400 | 0.1818 | 21,469 | 1167 | 0.9061 | |
| 150 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 43900 | 103500 | 0.5757 | 4,182 | 1317 | 0.8783 | |
| 151 | Mercer University | 45700 | 65400 | 0.3015 | 4,719 | 1263 | 0.643 | |
| 152 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 46100 | 59900 | 0.2304 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 153 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 48600 | 61200 | 0.2057 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 154 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 48800 | 57000 | 0.144 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 155 | DePaul University | 49000 | 66400 | 0.2619 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 155 | Ramapo College of New Jersey | 49000 | 58900 | 0.168 | 5,492 | 1210 | 0.7026 | |
| 157 | Towson University | 49900 | 68400 | 0.2706 | 16,361 | 1082 | 0.8057 | |
| 158 | University of Colorado Boulder | 50000 | 56000 | 0.1072 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7809 | |
| 159 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 50500 | 58800 | 0.1411 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 160 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 50600 | 52900 | 0.0433 | 14,834 | 1149 | 0.7803 | |
| 161 | University of Utah | 51400 | 53700 | 0.0426 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 162 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58300 | 63500 | 0.0819 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 163 | Molloy University | 58600 | 62300 | 0.0594 | 3,396 | 1188 | 0.6633 | |
| 164 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 60600 | 65000 | 0.0677 | 1,078 | 1217 | 0.9646 | |
| 165 | Clemson University | 61400 | 63700 | 0.036 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 166 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 63000 | 65000 | 0.0308 | 9,827 | 1329 | 0.6737 | |
| 167 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 65100 | 65100 | 0 | 1,709 | 1218 | 0.9653 | |
| 168 | College of Charleston | 69300 | 69300 | 0 | 10,596 | 1234 | 0.73 | |
| 169 | Fordham University | 73700 | 103900 | 0.2907 | 10,582 | 1406 | 0.5931 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.