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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 | California Institute of Technology | 6900 | 91800 | 0.9253 | 987 | 1557 | 0.0257 | |
| 2 | Northern Kentucky University | 7400 | 25900 | 0.7152 | 10,163 | 1090 | 0.8307 | |
| 3 | University of Houston-Victoria | 7900 | 39700 | 0.8012 | 2,707 | 930 | 0.7671 | |
| 4 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 8000 | 36100 | 0.7793 | 10,049 | 1005 | 0.9234 | |
| 5 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 8300 | 43500 | 0.8099 | 28,674 | 980 | 0.9401 | |
| 6 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8400 | 98000 | 0.9146 | 9,157 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 7 | Fairmont State University | 9400 | 21400 | 0.5615 | 3,060 | 975 | 0.9924 | |
| 8 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 9700 | 36900 | 0.7373 | 3,207 | 1060 | 0.8034 | |
| 9 | Valdosta State University | 10500 | 24800 | 0.5775 | 7,206 | 1015 | 0.7214 | |
| 10 | Savannah State University | 11400 | 40400 | 0.717 | 2,857 | 950 | 0.8368 | |
| 11 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 11500 | 21100 | 0.4561 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 12 | University of Michigan-Flint | 11700 | 45600 | 0.7431 | 5,011 | 1103 | 0.7047 | |
| 13 | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | 11900 | 19600 | 0.3927 | 10,656 | 1075 | 0.7289 | |
| 14 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 29100 | 0.5734 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 15 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 13000 | 23400 | 0.445 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 16 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 13300 | 13300 | 0 | 18,667 | 1090 | 0.9711 | |
| 17 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 13500 | 13500 | 0 | 1,919 | 1245 | 0.7844 | |
| 18 | Fort Hays State University | 13900 | 40700 | 0.6592 | 10,206 | 1110 | 0.9177 | |
| 18 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 13900 | 19400 | 0.2836 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
| 20 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 14200 | 46000 | 0.6909 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 20 | University of South Florida | 14200 | 17100 | 0.1695 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 22 | University of California-Riverside | 14300 | 66000 | 0.7838 | 22,599 | 1199 | 0.7685 | |
| 22 | University of North Florida | 14300 | 22400 | 0.3621 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
| 24 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 14400 | 32200 | 0.5534 | 2,836 | 1135 | 0.3787 | |
| 25 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 14500 | 26800 | 0.4594 | 4,478 | 1065 | 0.8132 | |
| 26 | University of North Texas | 15100 | 25700 | 0.413 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 27 | Alabama State University | 15300 | 37900 | 0.5967 | 3,322 | 970 | 0.9564 | |
| 27 | University of North Georgia | 15300 | 48000 | 0.6815 | 18,329 | 1100 | 0.6794 | |
| 29 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver | 15400 | 42500 | 0.6384 | 482 | 1195 | 0.9565 | |
| 30 | Grand Valley State University | 15500 | 25300 | 0.3878 | 19,002 | 1233 | 0.8302 | |
| 30 | Wayne State University | 15500 | 32900 | 0.5286 | 16,173 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
| 32 | Dickinson State University | 15700 | 23400 | 0.3307 | 1,339 | 1005 | 0.3695 | |
| 33 | James Madison University | 15800 | 28900 | 0.4537 | 21,112 | 1260 | 0.7151 | |
| 33 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 15800 | 46800 | 0.6629 | 6,550 | 1110 | 0.7456 | |
| 35 | New Mexico Highlands University | 15900 | 31500 | 0.4949 | 1,710 | 945 | 0.9481 | |
| 35 | Wayne State College | 15900 | 20000 | 0.2049 | 3,902 | 0 | 1 | |
| 37 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 16000 | 42600 | 0.6247 | 7,595 | 1075 | 0.9226 | |
| 38 | Goshen College | 16500 | 55900 | 0.7042 | 780 | 995 | 0.8404 | |
| 38 | Jacksonville State University | 16500 | 27000 | 0.3896 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 40 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16800 | 64800 | 0.7416 | 21,075 | 1420 | 0.1534 | |
| 41 | Southern University at New Orleans | 17500 | 34200 | 0.4881 | 1,773 | 885 | 0.6021 | |
| 41 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 17500 | 44900 | 0.6098 | 5,205 | 1118 | 0.744 | |
| 41 | University of South Alabama | 17500 | 35200 | 0.5031 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 44 | Frostburg State University | 17700 | 26600 | 0.3344 | 2,619 | 1095 | 0.892 | |
| 45 | SUNY at Fredonia | 17800 | 39600 | 0.5512 | 2,876 | 1193 | 0.792 | |
| 46 | Boston College | 18000 | 96200 | 0.8125 | 9,654 | 1490 | 0.1619 | |
| 46 | SUNY Brockport | 18000 | 26200 | 0.3124 | 5,816 | 1195 | 0.7068 | |
| 46 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 18000 | 52500 | 0.6571 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 49 | Morgan State University | 18100 | 19700 | 0.0813 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 49 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 18100 | 27700 | 0.3461 | 31,112 | 1114 | 0.8129 | |
| 49 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 18100 | 36500 | 0.5044 | 7,505 | 1059 | 0.9633 | |
| 52 | Westfield State University | 18200 | 37500 | 0.5142 | 3,868 | 1105 | 0.8671 | |
| 53 | Angelo State University | 18500 | 23100 | 0.2005 | 9,779 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 54 | Emporia State University | 18600 | 29800 | 0.3763 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 54 | State University of New York at Oswego | 18600 | 27700 | 0.3284 | 5,517 | 1164 | 0.8057 | |
| 54 | Stockton University | 18600 | 32100 | 0.4203 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 57 | Florida Memorial University | 18700 | 44900 | 0.5836 | 1,299 | 0 | 0.7431 | |
| 57 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 18700 | 42800 | 0.5625 | 581 | 1129 | 0.9821 | |
| 59 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 18800 | 43800 | 0.5703 | 352 | 1180 | 0.9647 | |
| 59 | Rutgers University-Newark | 18800 | 38000 | 0.505 | 7,417 | 1214 | 0.7873 | |
| 61 | College of Charleston | 18900 | 33900 | 0.443 | 10,880 | 1255 | 0.6003 | |
| 62 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 19100 | 25200 | 0.2417 | 6,853 | 1090 | 0.7147 | |
| 63 | Ramapo College of New Jersey | 19600 | 38000 | 0.484 | 5,444 | 1214 | 0.7064 | |
| 64 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 19900 | 38100 | 0.4777 | 2,884 | 1175 | 0.9677 | |
| 64 | San Jose State University | 19900 | 33600 | 0.4074 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 66 | Dakota State University | 20000 | 22500 | 0.1112 | 3,066 | 1192 | 0.8814 | |
| 67 | Central Connecticut State University | 20100 | 29500 | 0.3185 | 8,170 | 1010 | 0.7333 | |
| 68 | Towson University | 20200 | 30000 | 0.3262 | 16,264 | 1093 | 0.8198 | |
| 69 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 20300 | 40900 | 0.5042 | 1,880 | 1185 | 0.9867 | |
| 70 | Central College | 20500 | 36800 | 0.4427 | 1,084 | 1140 | 0.8617 | |
| 70 | Grove City College | 20500 | 39700 | 0.4842 | 2,341 | 1256 | 0.7232 | |
| 72 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 20700 | 34400 | 0.3982 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 72 | The University of Montana | 20700 | 25300 | 0.1818 | 8,014 | 1184 | 0.9586 | |
| 74 | East Carolina University | 20800 | 23800 | 0.1258 | 21,445 | 1120 | 0.8922 | |
| 74 | Lincoln University | 20800 | 24900 | 0.1646 | 1,707 | 920 | 0 | |
| 74 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 20800 | 57800 | 0.6406 | 1,083 | 1171 | 0.9278 | |
| 77 | Tarleton State University | 21000 | 23000 | 0.087 | 15,130 | 1095 | 0.5256 | |
| 78 | Northwestern University | 21300 | 89500 | 0.7623 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 79 | Kennesaw State University | 21500 | 27200 | 0.2096 | 42,840 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 79 | Luther College | 21500 | 71900 | 0.7017 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.8402 | |
| 81 | Bradley University | 21600 | 50800 | 0.5747 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 81 | Elmhurst University | 21600 | 67000 | 0.6779 | 3,170 | 1148 | 0.7357 | |
| 83 | Montana State University | 21700 | 31500 | 0.3112 | 15,053 | 1184 | 0.8214 | |
| 84 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 84 | Pennsylvania Western University | 21800 | 28200 | 0.2273 | 7,586 | 0 | 0.9433 | |
| 86 | Averett University | 22100 | 57200 | 0.614 | 1,180 | 1070 | 0.478 | |
| 87 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 22300 | 45300 | 0.5073 | 1,236 | 1203 | 0.9811 | |
| 88 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 22900 | 58100 | 0.6063 | 1,477 | 1075 | 0.8068 | |
| 89 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 23200 | 44400 | 0.4771 | 1,809 | 1109 | 0.9484 | |
| 90 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 23300 | 45200 | 0.4849 | 502 | 1204 | 0.9641 | |
| 90 | Robert Morris University | 23300 | 58000 | 0.5986 | 3,769 | 1180 | 0.9057 | |
| 92 | Grambling State University | 23600 | 34800 | 0.3215 | 4,279 | 955 | 0.2368 | |
| 93 | Albright College | 23800 | 49300 | 0.5171 | 1,328 | 1050 | 0.8615 | |
| 93 | University of Kentucky | 23800 | 36100 | 0.3388 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 95 | Houghton University | 23900 | 61900 | 0.6142 | 939 | 1277 | 0.8866 | |
| 95 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 23900 | 26300 | 0.0914 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 97 | Dominican University | 24100 | 56000 | 0.5702 | 2,690 | 1060 | 0.9032 | |
| 98 | Norwich University | 24300 | 88400 | 0.7253 | 2,642 | 1182 | 0.7361 | |
| 99 | Northwood University | 25200 | 54500 | 0.5381 | 1,989 | 1075 | 0.839 | |
| 100 | Columbia College | 25900 | 51600 | 0.4985 | 876 | 1025 | 0.8878 | |
| 101 | Doane University | 26000 | 77700 | 0.665 | 1,323 | 1125 | 0.9801 | |
| 102 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 26200 | 28300 | 0.0755 | 3,413 | 1095 | 0.5295 | |
| 103 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 26300 | 28400 | 0.0751 | 14,504 | 1145 | 0.7637 | |
| 103 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 26300 | 43000 | 0.388 | 5,789 | 1060 | 0.5774 | |
| 105 | Bethune-Cookman University | 26700 | 32700 | 0.1835 | 2,739 | 910 | 0.8824 | |
| 105 | Furman University | 26700 | 79600 | 0.6643 | 2,383 | 1359 | 0.4295 | |
| 107 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 27000 | 40500 | 0.3334 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 108 | Cleveland State University | 27300 | 37300 | 0.2682 | 9,418 | 1105 | 0.913 | |
| 108 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 27300 | 41500 | 0.342 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 110 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 27400 | 47900 | 0.4277 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 111 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 27500 | 27500 | 0 | 10,767 | 1326 | 0.7243 | |
| 112 | Thomas Jefferson University | 27600 | 67700 | 0.5922 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 113 | George Fox University | 27800 | 76800 | 0.638 | 3,401 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 113 | Syracuse University | 27800 | 83100 | 0.6654 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 115 | California Lutheran University | 28000 | 70000 | 0.6002 | 2,297 | 1258 | 0.7567 | |
| 116 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 33400 | 0.1437 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 117 | Mercy University | 28700 | 44500 | 0.3552 | 6,775 | 1074 | 0.8584 | |
| 118 | Western Oregon University | 28800 | 28800 | 0 | 3,343 | 1120 | 0.9871 | |
| 119 | University of Utah | 28900 | 32000 | 0.098 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 120 | Saint Xavier University | 29800 | 53600 | 0.4438 | 3,039 | 1125 | 0.8575 | |
| 121 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 30500 | 54700 | 0.4416 | 1,409 | 1110 | 0.5568 | |
| 122 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30700 | 54600 | 0.4385 | 3,163 | 1165 | 0.9347 | |
| 123 | East Texas A&M University | 30800 | 36500 | 0.1561 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 123 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 30800 | 62800 | 0.5092 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 123 | University of Toledo | 30800 | 42000 | 0.2653 | 11,013 | 1159 | 0.9202 | |
| 126 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1150 | 0.9523 | |
| 127 | Coastal Carolina University | 31400 | 45100 | 0.3039 | 10,811 | 1145 | 0.7527 | |
| 128 | Saint Michael's College | 32000 | 68500 | 0.5331 | 1,120 | 1240 | 0.8451 | |
| 129 | Washington Adventist University | 32200 | 37800 | 0.1483 | 605 | 951 | 0.4536 | |
| 130 | Hampton University | 32300 | 62400 | 0.482 | 3,728 | 956 | 0.6225 | |
| 131 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32500 | 35100 | 0.0742 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 131 | University of Scranton | 32500 | 78700 | 0.5872 | 3,613 | 1220 | 0.8029 | |
| 133 | Suffolk University | 32600 | 69700 | 0.5326 | 4,324 | 1209 | 0.822 | |
| 134 | George Washington University | 33700 | 81800 | 0.5882 | 11,677 | 1421 | 0.4709 | |
| 135 | LeTourneau University | 34100 | 54800 | 0.378 | 3,184 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 135 | Salisbury University | 34100 | 41700 | 0.1821 | 6,288 | 1250 | 0.8747 | |
| 137 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 34200 | 58500 | 0.4159 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 138 | Charleston Southern University | 34300 | 48400 | 0.2918 | 2,914 | 1060 | 0.7609 | |
| 139 | Pace University | 34600 | 74800 | 0.5373 | 8,038 | 1274 | 0.7592 | |
| 140 | Christopher Newport University | 34900 | 36200 | 0.0359 | 4,407 | 1209 | 0.8796 | |
| 141 | Adelphi University | 35200 | 63300 | 0.4443 | 5,325 | 1218 | 0.6591 | |
| 142 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 36200 | 56300 | 0.3575 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 142 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 36200 | 56800 | 0.3624 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 144 | Loyola University Maryland | 36400 | 78800 | 0.5381 | 3,881 | 1309 | 0.7549 | |
| 145 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 36700 | 39900 | 0.0786 | 5,086 | 1000 | 0.9821 | |
| 146 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 37500 | 41600 | 0.0993 | 5,386 | 995 | 0.9092 | |
| 147 | Stony Brook University | 39900 | 53000 | 0.2478 | 18,263 | 1404 | 0.4904 | |
| 148 | McKendree University | 40100 | 52200 | 0.2324 | 1,605 | 1098 | 0.6388 | |
| 149 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 42100 | 67900 | 0.3799 | 3,965 | 1335 | 0.9121 | |
| 150 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43100 | 53400 | 0.1929 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 151 | Merrimack College | 43600 | 78800 | 0.4472 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
| 151 | Radford University | 43600 | 45700 | 0.0467 | 6,161 | 1070 | 0.8953 | |
| 153 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 43900 | 57100 | 0.2302 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 154 | Immaculata University | 44100 | 47800 | 0.0773 | 1,652 | 1245 | 0.8578 | |
| 155 | University of Illinois Chicago | 44200 | 49300 | 0.1034 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 156 | University of Mount Olive | 48300 | 50400 | 0.0424 | 1,937 | 1020 | 0.7775 | |
| 157 | Drexel University | 48800 | 83800 | 0.4176 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 158 | DePaul University | 48900 | 67100 | 0.2712 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 158 | Mercer University | 48900 | 63700 | 0.2324 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
| 158 | Molloy University | 48900 | 62300 | 0.2152 | 3,240 | 1199 | 0.8174 | |
| 161 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 51000 | 84700 | 0.398 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 162 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
| 163 | University of Colorado Boulder | 55400 | 56600 | 0.0212 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
| 164 | Dallas Baptist University | 55900 | 71900 | 0.2224 | 2,785 | 1104 | 0.8884 | |
| 165 | Thiel College | 60600 | 69100 | 0.123 | 830 | 1065 | 0.7189 | |
| 166 | Clemson University | 61500 | 63700 | 0.0335 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 167 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 63500 | 63500 | 0 | 10,200 | 1346 | 0.6507 | |
| 168 | Fordham University | 70000 | 95000 | 0.263 | 10,582 | 1406 | 0.5931 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.