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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 Pennsylvania.
                                
                                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 Pennsylvania.
                                
                                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 | CUNY Graduate School and University Center | 5900 | 43900 | 0.8659 | 3,237 | 0 | 0.3861 | |
| 2 | California Institute of Technology | 7600 | 90300 | 0.9157 | 987 | 1557 | 0.0257 | |
| 3 | CUNY Lehman College | 8300 | 35100 | 0.7643 | 11,217 | 1020 | 0.4601 | |
| 4 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8900 | 94100 | 0.9057 | 9,157 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 5 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 9300 | 30500 | 0.695 | 3,207 | 1050 | 0.8034 | |
| 6 | New Mexico Highlands University | 10500 | 21500 | 0.5112 | 1,710 | 945 | 0.9481 | |
| 6 | Valdosta State University | 10500 | 24800 | 0.5776 | 7,206 | 1015 | 0.7214 | |
| 8 | Coppin State University | 10700 | 32800 | 0.6736 | 1,810 | 950 | 0.4956 | |
| 9 | Christopher Newport University | 11900 | 33900 | 0.6489 | 4,407 | 1209 | 0.8796 | |
| 10 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 27200 | 0.5443 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 11 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 12800 | 37100 | 0.6545 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 12 | Fort Hays State University | 13400 | 22000 | 0.3911 | 10,206 | 1120 | 0.9177 | |
| 13 | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | 13800 | 19600 | 0.2958 | 10,656 | 1075 | 0.7289 | |
| 14 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 14000 | 19400 | 0.2784 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
| 15 | University of South Florida | 14200 | 17100 | 0.1695 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 16 | University of Michigan-Flint | 14900 | 36600 | 0.5928 | 5,011 | 1103 | 0.7047 | |
| 17 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 15000 | 29300 | 0.4877 | 6,550 | 1140 | 0.7456 | |
| 18 | Alabama State University | 15100 | 28000 | 0.4611 | 3,322 | 945 | 0.9564 | |
| 19 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 15200 | 35700 | 0.5744 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 20 | Goshen College | 15700 | 55800 | 0.718 | 780 | 995 | 0.8404 | |
| 20 | Northeastern University | 15700 | 89900 | 0.8257 | 22,695 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 20 | Wayne State College | 15700 | 26400 | 0.4058 | 3,902 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 23 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 15900 | 25800 | 0.3835 | 5,187 | 1005 | 0.9229 | |
| 24 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 16100 | 23400 | 0.3124 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 25 | Southern University at New Orleans | 16200 | 31600 | 0.4872 | 1,773 | 885 | 0.6021 | |
| 26 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 16400 | 26800 | 0.3882 | 4,478 | 1065 | 0.8132 | |
| 27 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 16600 | 42300 | 0.6078 | 10,049 | 1005 | 0.9234 | |
| 27 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 16600 | 28000 | 0.4069 | 10,767 | 1326 | 0.7243 | |
| 29 | Grand Valley State University | 16800 | 25300 | 0.3364 | 19,002 | 1233 | 0.8302 | |
| 30 | Northwestern University | 17000 | 89500 | 0.8104 | 8,846 | 1513 | 0.0722 | |
| 30 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 17000 | 64800 | 0.7377 | 21,075 | 1420 | 0.1534 | |
| 32 | Dickinson State University | 17300 | 23700 | 0.2696 | 1,339 | 1005 | 0.3695 | |
| 33 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 17700 | 32500 | 0.4555 | 352 | 1180 | 0.9647 | |
| 34 | SUNY Brockport | 17900 | 26200 | 0.3162 | 5,816 | 1195 | 0.7068 | |
| 35 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver | 18200 | 35500 | 0.487 | 482 | 1195 | 0.9565 | |
| 36 | Georgia Southern University | 18300 | 23800 | 0.2315 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 37 | State University of New York at Oswego | 18600 | 27500 | 0.3235 | 5,517 | 1174 | 0.8057 | |
| 37 | University of Houston-Victoria | 18600 | 34400 | 0.4596 | 2,707 | 930 | 0.7671 | |
| 39 | Angelo State University | 18700 | 23100 | 0.1897 | 9,779 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 40 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 19400 | 27000 | 0.2819 | 7,505 | 1059 | 0.9633 | |
| 41 | San Jose State University | 19700 | 29900 | 0.3409 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 41 | Savannah State University | 19700 | 27300 | 0.2779 | 2,857 | 950 | 0.8368 | |
| 43 | Wayne State University | 19800 | 32300 | 0.3875 | 16,173 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
| 44 | Florida Memorial University | 20200 | 46100 | 0.5619 | 1,299 | 0 | 0.7431 | |
| 44 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 20200 | 27200 | 0.2576 | 31,112 | 1130 | 0.8129 | |
| 46 | Dakota State University | 20400 | 22500 | 0.0912 | 3,066 | 1192 | 0.8814 | |
| 47 | Central College | 20500 | 36800 | 0.4427 | 1,084 | 1140 | 0.8617 | |
| 48 | Pennsylvania State University-World Campus | 20700 | 33400 | 0.3819 | 8,012 | 1139 | 1 | |
| 49 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 20900 | 36200 | 0.4223 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 49 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27100 | 0.2289 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 51 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 21000 | 57800 | 0.6362 | 1,083 | 1205 | 0.9278 | |
| 52 | Pennsylvania Western University | 21200 | 29500 | 0.2814 | 7,586 | 1070 | 0.9433 | |
| 53 | Rutgers University-Newark | 21500 | 38900 | 0.4474 | 7,417 | 1214 | 0.7873 | |
| 54 | Luther College | 21600 | 71900 | 0.699 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.8402 | |
| 55 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 22100 | 34400 | 0.3575 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 56 | Bradley University | 22400 | 50900 | 0.5599 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 56 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 22400 | 32000 | 0.2999 | 5,205 | 1118 | 0.744 | |
| 56 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 22400 | 28000 | 0.1999 | 5,789 | 1115 | 0.5774 | |
| 59 | Fairmont State University | 22500 | 32000 | 0.2972 | 3,060 | 1005 | 0.9924 | |
| 60 | Robert Morris University | 22800 | 56300 | 0.5949 | 3,769 | 1180 | 0.9057 | |
| 61 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 22900 | 22900 | 0 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 62 | Albright College | 23000 | 48000 | 0.5209 | 1,328 | 1050 | 0.8615 | |
| 63 | Grambling State University | 24300 | 26700 | 0.09 | 4,279 | 965 | 0.2368 | |
| 63 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 24300 | 39200 | 0.3802 | 28,674 | 980 | 0.9401 | |
| 65 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 24400 | 37400 | 0.3473 | 7,595 | 1075 | 0.9226 | |
| 65 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 24400 | 36400 | 0.3293 | 2,884 | 1175 | 0.9677 | |
| 67 | Bemidji State University | 24500 | 26400 | 0.0714 | 3,610 | 1110 | 0.9131 | |
| 68 | Western Oregon University | 24600 | 24600 | 0 | 3,343 | 1120 | 0.9871 | |
| 69 | McKendree University | 24800 | 55500 | 0.5529 | 1,605 | 1098 | 0.6388 | |
| 69 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 24800 | 26600 | 0.0708 | 3,413 | 1085 | 0.5295 | |
| 71 | Elmhurst University | 24900 | 67000 | 0.6286 | 3,170 | 1148 | 0.7357 | |
| 71 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 24900 | 62200 | 0.6001 | 686 | 1030 | 0.8649 | |
| 73 | Dominican University | 25000 | 55500 | 0.5494 | 2,690 | 1035 | 0.9032 | |
| 73 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 25000 | 51700 | 0.5162 | 1,409 | 1110 | 0.6327 | |
| 75 | Houghton University | 25200 | 35500 | 0.29 | 939 | 1277 | 0.8866 | |
| 75 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 25200 | 32200 | 0.2173 | 10,200 | 1346 | 0.6507 | |
| 77 | Boston College | 25600 | 94600 | 0.7294 | 9,654 | 1490 | 0.1619 | |
| 78 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 25700 | 37400 | 0.3132 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 79 | Northwood University | 25900 | 54500 | 0.5252 | 1,989 | 1075 | 0.839 | |
| 79 | Norwich University | 25900 | 70900 | 0.6349 | 2,642 | 1209 | 0.7361 | |
| 79 | Westfield State University | 25900 | 39000 | 0.3355 | 3,868 | 1105 | 0.8671 | |
| 82 | Doane University | 26000 | 62800 | 0.5861 | 1,323 | 1125 | 0.9801 | |
| 83 | Bethune-Cookman University | 26200 | 32700 | 0.1988 | 2,739 | 910 | 0.8824 | |
| 84 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 26500 | 51100 | 0.4817 | 1,477 | 1075 | 0.8068 | |
| 85 | Columbia College | 26900 | 41300 | 0.349 | 876 | 1025 | 0.8878 | |
| 86 | Kennesaw State University | 27000 | 27000 | 0 | 42,840 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 86 | University of North Georgia | 27000 | 35500 | 0.2393 | 18,329 | 1100 | 0.6794 | |
| 88 | Northern Kentucky University | 27100 | 31600 | 0.1423 | 10,163 | 1090 | 0.8307 | |
| 89 | Emporia State University | 27300 | 37700 | 0.2756 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 89 | Saint Xavier University | 27300 | 52000 | 0.4749 | 3,039 | 1125 | 0.8575 | |
| 91 | Rowan University | 27700 | 40500 | 0.316 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
| 91 | University of North Texas | 27700 | 37400 | 0.2595 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 93 | Cleveland State University | 28000 | 37300 | 0.2495 | 9,418 | 1005 | 0.913 | |
| 94 | Jacksonville State University | 28500 | 38200 | 0.2537 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 95 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 28600 | 36800 | 0.2232 | 1,880 | 1185 | 0.9867 | |
| 96 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28700 | 31500 | 0.0889 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 97 | George Fox University | 28800 | 67100 | 0.5712 | 3,401 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 98 | Radford University | 29000 | 32800 | 0.1159 | 6,161 | 1070 | 0.8953 | |
| 99 | Concord University | 29100 | 46500 | 0.3741 | 1,609 | 990 | 0.9256 | |
| 99 | Elizabethtown College | 29100 | 53200 | 0.4537 | 1,903 | 1214 | 0.7787 | |
| 99 | Lincoln University | 29100 | 40900 | 0.2884 | 1,707 | 920 | 0 | |
| 102 | Frostburg State University | 29200 | 43100 | 0.3226 | 2,619 | 1082 | 0.892 | |
| 102 | Furman University | 29200 | 79600 | 0.6329 | 2,383 | 1359 | 0.4295 | |
| 104 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 29400 | 35600 | 0.1741 | 1,236 | 1203 | 0.9811 | |
| 104 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 29400 | 31400 | 0.0637 | 6,853 | 1090 | 0.7147 | |
| 106 | University of Toledo | 29700 | 32600 | 0.0885 | 11,013 | 1159 | 0.9202 | |
| 107 | Mercy University | 29900 | 44500 | 0.3282 | 6,775 | 1135 | 0.8584 | |
| 108 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 30000 | 30000 | 0 | 18,428 | 1090 | 0.9529 | |
| 109 | University of South Alabama | 30100 | 35000 | 0.14 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 110 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 30200 | 52900 | 0.4293 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 111 | SUNY at Fredonia | 30400 | 39600 | 0.2326 | 2,876 | 1193 | 0.792 | |
| 111 | Syracuse University | 30400 | 83100 | 0.6342 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 113 | Averett University | 30600 | 57200 | 0.4653 | 1,180 | 1010 | 0.478 | |
| 114 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Schuylkill | 30800 | 45200 | 0.3187 | 624 | 1115 | 0.9664 | |
| 115 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1150 | 0.9523 | |
| 115 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30900 | 54600 | 0.4339 | 3,163 | 1165 | 0.9347 | |
| 115 | West Virginia Wesleyan College | 30900 | 52800 | 0.4146 | 938 | 1090 | 0.951 | |
| 118 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 31200 | 36900 | 0.1553 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 119 | Washington Adventist University | 31600 | 37800 | 0.1642 | 605 | 950 | 0.4536 | |
| 120 | CUNY Brooklyn College | 31800 | 31800 | 0 | 11,562 | 1110 | 0.5836 | |
| 121 | Harding University | 31900 | 43800 | 0.2712 | 3,523 | 1193 | 0.3942 | |
| 121 | University of North Florida | 31900 | 37900 | 0.1583 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
| 123 | Saint Michael's College | 32200 | 68400 | 0.5289 | 1,120 | 1240 | 0.8451 | |
| 124 | Hampton University | 32300 | 47000 | 0.3128 | 3,728 | 956 | 0.6225 | |
| 125 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 32400 | 44100 | 0.2652 | 581 | 1129 | 0.9821 | |
| 125 | University of Scranton | 32400 | 76300 | 0.5751 | 3,613 | 1220 | 0.812 | |
| 127 | Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania | 32500 | 39900 | 0.1854 | 9,967 | 1080 | 0.9475 | |
| 128 | California Lutheran University | 32700 | 65800 | 0.5027 | 2,297 | 1258 | 0.7567 | |
| 129 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32800 | 34700 | 0.0547 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 130 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 15,130 | 0 | 0.5256 | |
| 131 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 33400 | 54600 | 0.3881 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 132 | Wilkes University | 33600 | 61900 | 0.4572 | 1,956 | 1153 | 0.9146 | |
| 133 | George Washington University | 33800 | 81800 | 0.587 | 11,677 | 1421 | 0.4709 | |
| 133 | Stockton University | 33800 | 44500 | 0.2406 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 135 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 33900 | 45400 | 0.2533 | 502 | 1204 | 0.9641 | |
| 136 | Thomas Jefferson University | 34000 | 63300 | 0.4632 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 137 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 34100 | 40400 | 0.1564 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 138 | LeTourneau University | 34200 | 54600 | 0.3736 | 3,184 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 139 | Morgan State University | 34400 | 37200 | 0.0753 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 140 | Immaculata University | 34600 | 45900 | 0.2462 | 1,652 | 1245 | 0.8578 | |
| 141 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 34800 | 49600 | 0.2982 | 1,809 | 1109 | 0.9484 | |
| 142 | DePaul University | 34900 | 59100 | 0.4093 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 143 | Coastal Carolina University | 35200 | 44700 | 0.2124 | 10,811 | 1145 | 0.7527 | |
| 143 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 35200 | 42500 | 0.1717 | 14,449 | 1195 | 0.7816 | |
| 145 | Stevenson University | 35300 | 59900 | 0.4105 | 3,106 | 1100 | 0.7891 | |
| 145 | University of Mount Olive | 35300 | 35300 | 0 | 1,937 | 945 | 0.7775 | |
| 147 | Adelphi University | 35400 | 63300 | 0.4403 | 5,325 | 1218 | 0.6591 | |
| 148 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 35800 | 38700 | 0.0746 | 5,086 | 1000 | 0.9821 | |
| 149 | Salisbury University | 36100 | 40900 | 0.1175 | 6,288 | 1250 | 0.8747 | |
| 150 | Mercer University | 36500 | 60500 | 0.3967 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
| 151 | Towson University | 36600 | 45700 | 0.1991 | 16,264 | 1093 | 0.8198 | |
| 152 | East Carolina University | 37100 | 40100 | 0.0748 | 21,445 | 1120 | 0.8922 | |
| 153 | Drexel University | 37400 | 82600 | 0.547 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 154 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 37600 | 38900 | 0.0334 | 1,919 | 1245 | 0.7844 | |
| 155 | Suffolk University | 38700 | 73600 | 0.4744 | 4,324 | 1209 | 0.822 | |
| 156 | Pace University | 39700 | 74100 | 0.464 | 8,038 | 1274 | 0.7592 | |
| 157 | Stony Brook University | 40100 | 53000 | 0.2431 | 18,263 | 1395 | 0.4904 | |
| 158 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 41100 | 55100 | 0.2542 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 159 | Loyola University Maryland | 42100 | 78800 | 0.4658 | 3,881 | 1309 | 0.7549 | |
| 160 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 42400 | 54900 | 0.2279 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 161 | Fordham University | 43200 | 94600 | 0.5436 | 10,307 | 1415 | 0.5628 | |
| 162 | CUNY Bernard M Baruch College | 43400 | 43400 | 0 | 16,086 | 1293 | 0.5117 | |
| 163 | University of California-Riverside | 43600 | 66400 | 0.3433 | 22,599 | 1199 | 0.7685 | |
| 164 | Merrimack College | 43700 | 78800 | 0.4453 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
| 165 | City University of Seattle | 44200 | 45400 | 0.0264 | 1,180 | 0 | 0.9025 | |
| 166 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 45200 | 57100 | 0.2083 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 167 | James Madison University | 46400 | 46400 | 0 | 21,112 | 1260 | 0.7151 | |
| 167 | University of Illinois Chicago | 46400 | 48000 | 0.0333 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 169 | Thiel College | 46900 | 69200 | 0.3223 | 831 | 1065 | 0.7189 | |
| 170 | Ramapo College of New Jersey | 47500 | 48100 | 0.0125 | 5,444 | 1214 | 0.7064 | |
| 171 | Molloy University | 48200 | 62300 | 0.2265 | 3,240 | 1199 | 0.8174 | |
| 172 | University of Kentucky | 49000 | 56000 | 0.1239 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 173 | College of Charleston | 49900 | 59000 | 0.1543 | 10,880 | 1255 | 0.6003 | |
| 174 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 50300 | 52300 | 0.0382 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 175 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 50400 | 56200 | 0.1031 | 3,965 | 1229 | 0.9121 | |
| 176 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 51000 | 52900 | 0.0356 | 14,504 | 1145 | 0.7637 | |
| 177 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 51200 | 84200 | 0.392 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 178 | University of Colorado Boulder | 51600 | 56300 | 0.0834 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
| 179 | University of Utah | 51800 | 53700 | 0.0351 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 180 | Clemson University | 61800 | 63700 | 0.0296 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | 
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.