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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 | University of Michigan-Flint | 5200 | 43700 | 0.8815 | 5,534 | 1079 | 0.6734 | |
| 2 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 5700 | 40700 | 0.859 | 35,358 | 1448 | 0.1642 | |
| 3 | Northwestern University | 7900 | 94200 | 0.9162 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 4 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8600 | 98000 | 0.9125 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 5 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 8700 | 72200 | 0.8799 | 10,368 | 1064 | 0.999 | |
| 6 | Portland State University | 9600 | 26100 | 0.6318 | 14,932 | 1174 | 0.8586 | |
| 7 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 10500 | 41400 | 0.747 | 3,224 | 1085 | 0.7643 | |
| 8 | Fairmont State University | 10600 | 21600 | 0.5084 | 3,090 | 970 | 0.9862 | |
| 9 | Concord University | 10700 | 49200 | 0.7821 | 1,638 | 1015 | 0.9728 | |
| 10 | Savannah State University | 10800 | 50900 | 0.7881 | 2,966 | 950 | 1 | |
| 11 | University of Illinois Chicago | 11700 | 30200 | 0.6125 | 24,260 | 1174 | 0.7576 | |
| 12 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 31100 | 0.6022 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 13 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 12800 | 30000 | 0.5734 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 14 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 13000 | 40500 | 0.6789 | 29,727 | 990 | 0.9229 | |
| 15 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 13200 | 19400 | 0.3197 | 14,865 | 1175 | 0.9113 | |
| 16 | University of North Florida | 13300 | 30500 | 0.5638 | 14,837 | 1124 | 0.6815 | |
| 16 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 13300 | 35000 | 0.6196 | 18,667 | 1090 | 0.9711 | |
| 18 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 13500 | 40800 | 0.6693 | 6,761 | 1105 | 0.8475 | |
| 19 | Central Connecticut State University | 13600 | 34200 | 0.6021 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 20 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 14000 | 26800 | 0.4782 | 4,789 | 1040 | 0.6671 | |
| 21 | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | 14100 | 19600 | 0.2805 | 10,995 | 1090 | 0.7476 | |
| 22 | Coastal Carolina University | 14300 | 45300 | 0.6847 | 11,471 | 1160 | 0.7003 | |
| 22 | University of North Georgia | 14300 | 21400 | 0.3318 | 19,321 | 1100 | 0.9618 | |
| 24 | Mercy University | 14600 | 46400 | 0.6858 | 6,692 | 1135 | 0.8724 | |
| 25 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 14800 | 43000 | 0.6557 | 308 | 1144 | 0.9053 | |
| 25 | University of California-Riverside | 14800 | 66000 | 0.7762 | 24,034 | 1199 | 0.8609 | |
| 25 | Wayne State College | 14800 | 30200 | 0.5106 | 3,886 | 0 | 1 | |
| 28 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 15000 | 50100 | 0.7003 | 7,501 | 1055 | 0.9467 | |
| 29 | Jacksonville State University | 15500 | 38200 | 0.5938 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 30 | Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania | 16100 | 26900 | 0.4031 | 9,847 | 1090 | 0.9309 | |
| 31 | Frostburg State University | 16300 | 26600 | 0.387 | 3,436 | 1095 | 0.907 | |
| 31 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16300 | 64800 | 0.7481 | 22,007 | 1427 | 0.1672 | |
| 33 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 16600 | 27800 | 0.4033 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 33 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 16600 | 42900 | 0.6125 | 1,829 | 1149 | 0.945 | |
| 35 | Emporia State University | 16700 | 30900 | 0.4598 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 36 | Southern University at New Orleans | 16800 | 41700 | 0.5973 | 2,179 | 950 | 0.789 | |
| 37 | Boston College | 16900 | 97700 | 0.8273 | 9,677 | 1484 | 0.1422 | |
| 38 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 17000 | 31500 | 0.4604 | 9,827 | 1329 | 0.6737 | |
| 38 | University of Colorado Boulder | 17000 | 31800 | 0.4656 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7809 | |
| 40 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 17100 | 36500 | 0.5318 | 7,747 | 1073 | 0.9617 | |
| 41 | College of Charleston | 17300 | 33900 | 0.4902 | 10,596 | 1234 | 0.73 | |
| 41 | Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi | 17300 | 28900 | 0.402 | 8,673 | 1095 | 0.9156 | |
| 43 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 17500 | 43000 | 0.5925 | 586 | 1140 | 0.9577 | |
| 43 | Westfield State University | 17500 | 37600 | 0.5347 | 3,868 | 1105 | 0.8671 | |
| 45 | East Carolina University | 17600 | 26100 | 0.3256 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 45 | University of Kentucky | 17600 | 36500 | 0.5173 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 47 | James Madison University | 17700 | 28900 | 0.3874 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 48 | Morgan State University | 17900 | 42200 | 0.5763 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 49 | Angelo State University | 18100 | 23100 | 0.2191 | 10,103 | 1045 | 0.7981 | |
| 49 | Kennesaw State University | 18100 | 27400 | 0.3391 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 51 | Grove City College | 18200 | 39700 | 0.5412 | 2,247 | 1248 | 0.667 | |
| 51 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 18200 | 69500 | 0.7387 | 711 | 1030 | 0.8214 | |
| 53 | San Jose State University | 18300 | 41100 | 0.5542 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 53 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 18300 | 25300 | 0.2765 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 55 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 18400 | 44200 | 0.5842 | 504 | 1200 | 0.9095 | |
| 56 | SUNY Brockport | 18500 | 26200 | 0.2934 | 5,816 | 1195 | 0.7068 | |
| 57 | Texas A&M University-Victoria | 18600 | 45400 | 0.5907 | 2,627 | 1000 | 0.5253 | |
| 58 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18900 | 54000 | 0.6497 | 3,991 | 1010 | 0.9654 | |
| 59 | Valdosta State University | 19000 | 29600 | 0.358 | 7,199 | 1005 | 0.7769 | |
| 60 | Norwich University | 19200 | 100600 | 0.8094 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 61 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 19300 | 38900 | 0.5034 | 1,973 | 1189 | 0.8142 | |
| 62 | State University of New York at Oswego | 19800 | 40200 | 0.5076 | 5,293 | 1179 | 0.7989 | |
| 63 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Schuylkill | 20100 | 32900 | 0.3901 | 653 | 1145 | 0.7972 | |
| 63 | SUNY at Fredonia | 20100 | 53600 | 0.6248 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 65 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 20300 | 36400 | 0.4418 | 2,710 | 1218 | 0.9374 | |
| 65 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 20300 | 57800 | 0.648 | 1,109 | 1175 | 0.9088 | |
| 65 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20300 | 57800 | 0.6485 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 65 | Syracuse University | 20300 | 83600 | 0.7572 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 69 | Stockton University | 20600 | 45800 | 0.5504 | 7,583 | 1134 | 0.901 | |
| 70 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 20900 | 40900 | 0.4896 | 1,078 | 1217 | 0.9646 | |
| 71 | Lincoln University | 21200 | 46500 | 0.5445 | 1,926 | 920 | 0 | |
| 71 | Thiel College | 21200 | 69200 | 0.6935 | 830 | 1065 | 0.7189 | |
| 73 | Luther College | 21300 | 75400 | 0.7183 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.8398 | |
| 74 | Alabama State University | 21400 | 43200 | 0.5034 | 3,521 | 945 | 0.9755 | |
| 74 | Grambling State University | 21400 | 39600 | 0.4599 | 4,313 | 950 | 0.4486 | |
| 74 | Salisbury University | 21400 | 29300 | 0.2697 | 6,477 | 1245 | 0.8826 | |
| 74 | Texas Southern University | 21400 | 38900 | 0.4499 | 6,844 | 915 | 0.9691 | |
| 74 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 21400 | 41600 | 0.4856 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 79 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 21500 | 33600 | 0.3598 | 21,469 | 1167 | 0.9061 | |
| 80 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 81 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 21900 | 39100 | 0.4402 | 2,907 | 1125 | 0.4696 | |
| 81 | Grand Valley State University | 21900 | 36200 | 0.3949 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 83 | Houghton University | 22700 | 51300 | 0.5576 | 958 | 1277 | 0.89 | |
| 84 | Robert Morris University | 23000 | 58000 | 0.6038 | 4,325 | 1145 | 0.8989 | |
| 85 | Dakota State University | 23100 | 25600 | 0.0977 | 3,085 | 1174 | 0.9241 | |
| 86 | Florida Memorial University | 23200 | 51000 | 0.5446 | 1,206 | 0 | 0.8526 | |
| 87 | Pennsylvania Western University | 23300 | 34400 | 0.3224 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 88 | Columbia College | 23600 | 40200 | 0.413 | 876 | 1025 | 0.8878 | |
| 88 | Lamar University | 23600 | 37700 | 0.3738 | 8,387 | 1040 | 0.8353 | |
| 90 | Dominican University | 23700 | 56000 | 0.5761 | 2,642 | 1005 | 0.8879 | |
| 90 | Pennsylvania State University-World Campus | 23700 | 33400 | 0.2921 | 8,051 | 1232 | 0.9117 | |
| 92 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 23800 | 47700 | 0.5009 | 2,280 | 1224 | 0.9675 | |
| 93 | University of North Texas | 24000 | 37400 | 0.358 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 94 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 24500 | 40900 | 0.4017 | 1,709 | 1218 | 0.9653 | |
| 95 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 24600 | 40600 | 0.3942 | 21,388 | 1369 | 0.5945 | |
| 95 | Western Oregon University | 24600 | 24600 | 0 | 3,034 | 1120 | 0.8345 | |
| 97 | Fort Hays State University | 24800 | 28500 | 0.132 | 10,172 | 1075 | 0.9026 | |
| 97 | Immaculata University | 24800 | 48000 | 0.4825 | 1,889 | 1264 | 0.8656 | |
| 97 | University of South Florida | 24800 | 36500 | 0.3202 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 100 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 24900 | 62800 | 0.6039 | 1,495 | 1075 | 0.8761 | |
| 101 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 25000 | 36800 | 0.3208 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 102 | Coppin State University | 25100 | 27500 | 0.0874 | 1,908 | 950 | 0.4583 | |
| 103 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 25400 | 54300 | 0.5319 | 5,939 | 1065 | 0.5878 | |
| 104 | Christopher Newport University | 25600 | 50600 | 0.4941 | 4,369 | 1189 | 0.8604 | |
| 105 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 25700 | 28300 | 0.0907 | 3,375 | 1090 | 0.5885 | |
| 105 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 25700 | 49700 | 0.4819 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 105 | West Virginia Wesleyan College | 25700 | 53800 | 0.522 | 971 | 1030 | 0.9334 | |
| 108 | Northwood University | 25800 | 54500 | 0.5271 | 2,045 | 1055 | 0.6451 | |
| 109 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 25900 | 28400 | 0.0902 | 14,834 | 1149 | 0.7803 | |
| 109 | Loyola University Maryland | 25900 | 78800 | 0.6714 | 4,013 | 1329 | 0.6986 | |
| 111 | Bemidji State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 3,751 | 1075 | 0.5598 | |
| 112 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 26500 | 30100 | 0.1185 | 3,893 | 1015 | 0.9839 | |
| 113 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 27600 | 40700 | 0.3212 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 114 | Wayne State University | 28200 | 46800 | 0.3977 | 16,390 | 1183 | 0.8359 | |
| 115 | University of Utah | 28400 | 32000 | 0.1114 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 116 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28500 | 36500 | 0.2194 | 11,691 | 1074 | 0.7722 | |
| 117 | Bethune-Cookman University | 28900 | 32300 | 0.1051 | 2,739 | 910 | 0.8824 | |
| 118 | Cleveland State University | 29100 | 38600 | 0.2462 | 9,418 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 118 | Elizabethtown College | 29100 | 55300 | 0.4743 | 1,935 | 1214 | 0.8892 | |
| 120 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29500 | 34200 | 0.1373 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 121 | California Lutheran University | 29700 | 71700 | 0.586 | 2,160 | 1218 | 0.7631 | |
| 122 | Saint Xavier University | 29900 | 58200 | 0.4859 | 3,100 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 123 | Thomas Jefferson University | 30000 | 63300 | 0.5259 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 123 | Towson University | 30000 | 30100 | 0.0033 | 16,361 | 1082 | 0.8057 | |
| 125 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30200 | 54600 | 0.4463 | 3,120 | 1193 | 0.3992 | |
| 126 | University of Toledo | 30400 | 42000 | 0.2756 | 10,726 | 1134 | 0.8889 | |
| 127 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 30500 | 36900 | 0.1737 | 5,687 | 1305 | 0.7863 | |
| 128 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 2,082 | 1124 | 0.9576 | |
| 129 | Suffolk University | 31100 | 83500 | 0.6276 | 4,247 | 1209 | 0.8228 | |
| 130 | Drexel University | 31400 | 84100 | 0.6269 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 131 | Northern Kentucky University | 31600 | 32100 | 0.0156 | 10,136 | 1110 | 0.9666 | |
| 132 | Hampton University | 31700 | 54800 | 0.4215 | 4,046 | 1005 | 0.6358 | |
| 133 | Central College | 31900 | 38700 | 0.1758 | 1,050 | 1159 | 0.8698 | |
| 134 | University of Scranton | 32200 | 78700 | 0.5911 | 3,689 | 1245 | 0.8006 | |
| 135 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 32900 | 59400 | 0.4461 | 11,087 | 1326 | 0.7397 | |
| 136 | Harding University | 33200 | 47800 | 0.3047 | 3,536 | 1184 | 0.7052 | |
| 137 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 17,556 | 1090 | 0.5386 | |
| 138 | Charleston Southern University | 33900 | 48400 | 0.3007 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 138 | Pace University | 33900 | 75700 | 0.5525 | 5,520 | 1273 | 0.7827 | |
| 140 | George Washington University | 34300 | 81800 | 0.5808 | 11,495 | 1436 | 0.4713 | |
| 141 | Averett University | 34500 | 57600 | 0.4012 | 1,244 | 1054 | 0.5659 | |
| 142 | Adelphi University | 34800 | 63300 | 0.4511 | 5,097 | 1241 | 0.7215 | |
| 143 | Bradley University | 35500 | 60300 | 0.4114 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 144 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 35900 | 54000 | 0.3352 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 145 | University of South Alabama | 36200 | 40200 | 0.0996 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 146 | Rowan University | 36700 | 53600 | 0.3151 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 147 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 37500 | 40100 | 0.064 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 148 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 37900 | 55500 | 0.3174 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 149 | Saint Michael's College | 39100 | 75800 | 0.4841 | 1,051 | 1280 | 0.8976 | |
| 150 | Stony Brook University | 39400 | 53000 | 0.2559 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 151 | Elmhurst University | 40000 | 69600 | 0.4251 | 3,170 | 1133 | 0.7501 | |
| 152 | Furman University | 40100 | 84600 | 0.5258 | 2,304 | 1372 | 0.4869 | |
| 153 | McKendree University | 40300 | 52900 | 0.2376 | 1,757 | 1098 | 0.7172 | |
| 154 | University of Mount Olive | 41800 | 50400 | 0.1699 | 1,944 | 1075 | 0.7575 | |
| 155 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43000 | 58500 | 0.2648 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 156 | Merrimack College | 43300 | 78800 | 0.4501 | 4,123 | 1124 | 0.6927 | |
| 157 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 43900 | 71800 | 0.3886 | 4,182 | 1317 | 0.8783 | |
| 158 | Radford University | 45000 | 47600 | 0.0539 | 6,206 | 1050 | 0.8939 | |
| 159 | Mercer University | 45400 | 65400 | 0.3058 | 4,719 | 1263 | 0.643 | |
| 160 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47200 | 61500 | 0.2335 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 161 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 47300 | 57100 | 0.1716 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 162 | Ramapo College of New Jersey | 48400 | 60000 | 0.1943 | 5,492 | 1210 | 0.7026 | |
| 163 | DePaul University | 49000 | 69400 | 0.2938 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 164 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 54900 | 68800 | 0.2022 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 165 | Molloy University | 55800 | 62300 | 0.1044 | 3,396 | 1188 | 0.6633 | |
| 166 | Rutgers University-Newark | 60500 | 60500 | 0 | 7,989 | 1159 | 0.7136 | |
| 167 | Clemson University | 61100 | 63700 | 0.0403 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 168 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver | 63900 | 63900 | 0 | 475 | 1195 | 0.9418 | |
| 169 | Fordham University | 74500 | 143900 | 0.4824 | 10,582 | 1406 | 0.5931 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.