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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 |
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1 | CUNY Graduate School and University Center | 5100 | 43900 | 0.8841 | 3,237 | 0 | 0.3861 | |
2 | California Institute of Technology | 7500 | 90300 | 0.9168 | 987 | 1557 | 0.0257 | |
3 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 9000 | 30500 | 0.7048 | 3,207 | 1050 | 0.8034 | |
4 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 9700 | 94100 | 0.8972 | 9,007 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
5 | New Mexico Highlands University | 10400 | 21500 | 0.5158 | 1,710 | 945 | 0.9481 | |
5 | Valdosta State University | 10400 | 24800 | 0.5817 | 7,206 | 1015 | 0.7214 | |
7 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 10900 | 34300 | 0.6818 | 36,970 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
8 | Christopher Newport University | 11900 | 33900 | 0.6489 | 4,407 | 1209 | 0.8796 | |
9 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 12400 | 37100 | 0.6653 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
10 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 12700 | 27100 | 0.5306 | 28,674 | 980 | 0.9401 | |
11 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 32200 | 0.5744 | 39,256 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
12 | Goshen College | 14700 | 55700 | 0.7366 | 773 | 995 | 0.8404 | |
13 | University of North Georgia | 15100 | 21400 | 0.2944 | 18,329 | 1100 | 0.6794 | |
14 | Concord University | 15200 | 31700 | 0.5203 | 1,609 | 990 | 0.9256 | |
15 | Wayne State College | 15300 | 26400 | 0.421 | 3,898 | 1075 | 1 | |
16 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 15600 | 24800 | 0.3704 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
17 | Northeastern University | 15900 | 89900 | 0.8235 | 22,649 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
18 | Northwestern University | 16000 | 89500 | 0.8216 | 8,839 | 1513 | 0.0722 | |
19 | Southern University at New Orleans | 16100 | 31600 | 0.4903 | 1,773 | 885 | 0.6021 | |
19 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16100 | 64800 | 0.7523 | 21,075 | 1420 | 0.1534 | |
21 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 16200 | 42300 | 0.6172 | 9,784 | 1005 | 0.9234 | |
22 | Dickinson State University | 16800 | 23700 | 0.2907 | 1,339 | 1005 | 0.3695 | |
23 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 17300 | 32500 | 0.4679 | 345 | 1180 | 0.9647 | |
24 | Frostburg State University | 17400 | 26900 | 0.3525 | 2,619 | 1082 | 0.892 | |
25 | University of Houston-Victoria | 17500 | 34400 | 0.4916 | 2,707 | 930 | 0.7671 | |
26 | State University of New York at Oswego | 18000 | 27500 | 0.3453 | 5,515 | 1174 | 0.8057 | |
27 | Towson University | 19000 | 30000 | 0.3662 | 16,264 | 1093 | 0.8198 | |
28 | Coppin State University | 19100 | 43100 | 0.5573 | 1,810 | 950 | 0.4956 | |
29 | Savannah State University | 19300 | 27300 | 0.2925 | 2,857 | 950 | 0.8368 | |
30 | Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania | 19400 | 26500 | 0.2693 | 9,967 | 1080 | 0.9475 | |
31 | Florida Memorial University | 19900 | 46100 | 0.5684 | 1,299 | 0 | 0.7431 | |
32 | Central College | 20100 | 36800 | 0.4536 | 1,081 | 1140 | 0.8617 | |
32 | Pennsylvania State University-World Campus | 20100 | 33400 | 0.3998 | 8,012 | 1139 | 1 | |
32 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 20100 | 57800 | 0.6526 | 1,083 | 1205 | 0.9278 | |
35 | Alabama State University | 20200 | 37400 | 0.4592 | 3,322 | 945 | 0.9564 | |
35 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 20200 | 38800 | 0.4798 | 40,978 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
37 | Pennsylvania Western University | 20700 | 29500 | 0.2984 | 7,586 | 1070 | 0.9433 | |
38 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 20900 | 25300 | 0.174 | 6,853 | 1090 | 0.7147 | |
39 | Cleveland State University | 21400 | 30900 | 0.3071 | 9,410 | 1005 | 0.913 | |
40 | Rutgers University-Newark | 21500 | 38900 | 0.4474 | 7,417 | 1214 | 0.7873 | |
41 | Bradley University | 21700 | 50900 | 0.5737 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
41 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 21700 | 33100 | 0.3431 | 578 | 1129 | 0.9821 | |
43 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 21900 | 28000 | 0.2177 | 5,789 | 1115 | 0.5774 | |
44 | Albright College | 22000 | 48000 | 0.5417 | 1,328 | 1050 | 0.8615 | |
45 | Robert Morris University | 22200 | 56300 | 0.6063 | 3,769 | 1180 | 0.9057 | |
46 | Luther College | 22300 | 70900 | 0.6849 | 1,341 | 1226 | 0.8402 | |
47 | Syracuse University | 22900 | 83100 | 0.7244 | 15,955 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
48 | Dakota State University | 23100 | 25600 | 0.0977 | 3,066 | 1192 | 0.8814 | |
49 | Averett University | 23200 | 57200 | 0.5947 | 1,180 | 1010 | 0.478 | |
50 | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | 23500 | 30300 | 0.2246 | 10,630 | 1075 | 0.7289 | |
51 | Bemidji State University | 23600 | 26400 | 0.1072 | 3,610 | 1110 | 0.9131 | |
52 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 23700 | 36400 | 0.3486 | 2,834 | 1175 | 0.9677 | |
53 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 23800 | 26600 | 0.1062 | 3,413 | 1085 | 0.5295 | |
54 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 24000 | 37400 | 0.358 | 7,595 | 1075 | 0.9226 | |
54 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 24000 | 62200 | 0.6146 | 686 | 1030 | 0.8649 | |
56 | McKendree University | 24300 | 55500 | 0.5627 | 1,605 | 1098 | 0.6388 | |
57 | Elmhurst University | 24400 | 67000 | 0.636 | 3,170 | 1148 | 0.7357 | |
57 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 24400 | 32200 | 0.2422 | 10,200 | 1346 | 0.6507 | |
59 | Dominican University | 24500 | 55500 | 0.5592 | 2,570 | 1035 | 0.9032 | |
59 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 24500 | 51700 | 0.5267 | 1,409 | 1110 | 0.6327 | |
61 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 24800 | 37400 | 0.3373 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
62 | Houghton University | 25000 | 35500 | 0.2956 | 939 | 1277 | 0.8866 | |
63 | Bethune-Cookman University | 25100 | 32700 | 0.2325 | 2,739 | 910 | 0.8824 | |
63 | Boston College | 25100 | 94600 | 0.7347 | 9,654 | 1490 | 0.1619 | |
65 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 25300 | 35700 | 0.2915 | 12,108 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
65 | Westfield State University | 25300 | 39000 | 0.3509 | 3,767 | 1105 | 0.8671 | |
67 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 25500 | 36500 | 0.301 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
68 | Fort Hays State University | 25800 | 35200 | 0.2674 | 10,206 | 1120 | 0.9177 | |
68 | Northwood University | 25800 | 54500 | 0.5271 | 1,989 | 1075 | 0.839 | |
70 | Doane University | 26000 | 62800 | 0.5861 | 1,313 | 1125 | 0.9801 | |
71 | Georgia Southern University | 26400 | 26700 | 0.0112 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
72 | Fairmont State University | 26500 | 32000 | 0.1721 | 3,060 | 1005 | 0.9924 | |
73 | Northern Kentucky University | 26600 | 31600 | 0.1581 | 10,162 | 1090 | 0.8307 | |
74 | Columbia College | 26700 | 41300 | 0.3538 | 876 | 1025 | 0.8878 | |
74 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 26700 | 33900 | 0.2106 | 494 | 1204 | 0.9641 | |
76 | Emporia State University | 26900 | 37700 | 0.2862 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
76 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 26900 | 40400 | 0.334 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
78 | Kennesaw State University | 27000 | 27000 | 0 | 44,419 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
78 | Saint Xavier University | 27000 | 52000 | 0.4807 | 3,039 | 1125 | 0.8575 | |
80 | University of North Texas | 27200 | 37400 | 0.2729 | 37,529 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
81 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver | 27400 | 40200 | 0.3186 | 464 | 1195 | 0.9565 | |
82 | Grand Valley State University | 27600 | 35700 | 0.2269 | 18,962 | 1233 | 0.8302 | |
83 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 28000 | 28000 | 0 | 11,721 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
84 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 28100 | 42000 | 0.3302 | 43,729 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
85 | Furman University | 28200 | 79600 | 0.6454 | 2,374 | 1359 | 0.4295 | |
85 | Jacksonville State University | 28200 | 38200 | 0.2616 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
87 | George Fox University | 28300 | 67100 | 0.5787 | 3,401 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
87 | Mercy University | 28300 | 44500 | 0.3642 | 6,769 | 1074 | 0.8584 | |
87 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28300 | 31500 | 0.1016 | 11,127 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
90 | Radford University | 28400 | 32800 | 0.1342 | 6,143 | 1070 | 0.8953 | |
90 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 28400 | 39700 | 0.2848 | 4,478 | 1065 | 0.8132 | |
92 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 28600 | 53300 | 0.4624 | 3,163 | 1165 | 0.9347 | |
93 | Salisbury University | 28700 | 28700 | 0 | 6,288 | 1250 | 0.8747 | |
94 | Lincoln University | 28800 | 40900 | 0.2957 | 1,707 | 920 | 0 | |
94 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 28800 | 35600 | 0.191 | 1,214 | 1203 | 0.9811 | |
96 | Elizabethtown College | 29000 | 53200 | 0.4556 | 1,901 | 1214 | 0.7787 | |
97 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 29200 | 36500 | 0.2001 | 7,505 | 1059 | 0.9633 | |
98 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 29500 | 51100 | 0.4229 | 1,477 | 1075 | 0.8068 | |
98 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 29500 | 38200 | 0.228 | 6,550 | 1140 | 0.7456 | |
98 | University of South Alabama | 29500 | 35000 | 0.1572 | 9,205 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
101 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 29900 | 30000 | 0.0033 | 18,428 | 1090 | 0.9529 | |
102 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Schuylkill | 30000 | 45200 | 0.3364 | 620 | 1115 | 0.9664 | |
102 | San Jose State University | 30000 | 41000 | 0.2681 | 27,902 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
102 | West Virginia Wesleyan College | 30000 | 52800 | 0.4325 | 938 | 1090 | 0.951 | |
105 | University of Toledo | 30100 | 42000 | 0.2819 | 11,013 | 1159 | 0.9202 | |
106 | SUNY at Fredonia | 30400 | 39600 | 0.2326 | 2,839 | 1193 | 0.792 | |
106 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 30400 | 39500 | 0.2302 | 5,203 | 1118 | 0.744 | |
108 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,970 | 1150 | 0.9523 | |
109 | Harding University | 31000 | 43800 | 0.2928 | 3,523 | 1193 | 0.3942 | |
110 | Angelo State University | 31100 | 35400 | 0.1224 | 9,778 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
110 | SUNY Brockport | 31100 | 37900 | 0.1794 | 5,816 | 1195 | 0.7068 | |
110 | Washington Adventist University | 31100 | 37800 | 0.1774 | 605 | 951 | 0.4536 | |
113 | Saint Michael's College | 31300 | 68400 | 0.5421 | 1,120 | 1240 | 0.8451 | |
113 | University of North Florida | 31300 | 37900 | 0.1742 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
115 | CUNY Brooklyn College | 31800 | 31800 | 0 | 11,406 | 1110 | 0.5836 | |
116 | University of Scranton | 31900 | 76300 | 0.5822 | 3,613 | 1220 | 0.812 | |
117 | Hampton University | 32000 | 47000 | 0.3192 | 3,728 | 956 | 0.6225 | |
118 | Stockton University | 32800 | 44500 | 0.2631 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
119 | California Lutheran University | 32900 | 65800 | 0.4996 | 2,297 | 1258 | 0.7567 | |
119 | Grambling State University | 32900 | 35300 | 0.068 | 4,279 | 965 | 0.2368 | |
121 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 33000 | 45200 | 0.27 | 10,767 | 1326 | 0.7243 | |
121 | Wilkes University | 33000 | 61900 | 0.4669 | 1,946 | 1153 | 0.9146 | |
123 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 15,130 | 0 | 0.5256 | |
124 | Norwich University | 33400 | 70900 | 0.5291 | 2,642 | 1209 | 0.7361 | |
125 | Thomas Jefferson University | 33500 | 63300 | 0.4711 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
126 | LeTourneau University | 33600 | 54600 | 0.3845 | 3,184 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
127 | George Washington University | 33700 | 81800 | 0.5882 | 11,677 | 1421 | 0.4709 | |
127 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 33700 | 40400 | 0.1663 | 3,988 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
129 | Morgan State University | 33900 | 37200 | 0.0887 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
130 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 34300 | 49600 | 0.3082 | 1,809 | 1109 | 0.9484 | |
131 | Immaculata University | 34400 | 45900 | 0.2506 | 1,628 | 1245 | 0.8578 | |
132 | Adelphi University | 34500 | 63300 | 0.4552 | 5,322 | 1218 | 0.6591 | |
133 | DePaul University | 34600 | 59100 | 0.4144 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
134 | Coastal Carolina University | 34700 | 44700 | 0.2235 | 10,811 | 1145 | 0.7527 | |
134 | University of South Florida | 34700 | 34700 | 0 | 44,120 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
136 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 34900 | 38700 | 0.099 | 5,086 | 1000 | 0.9821 | |
137 | City University of Seattle | 35100 | 45400 | 0.227 | 1,180 | 0 | 0.9025 | |
138 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 35200 | 42400 | 0.1698 | 31,112 | 1130 | 0.8129 | |
139 | Stevenson University | 35300 | 59900 | 0.4105 | 3,087 | 1100 | 0.7891 | |
139 | University of Mount Olive | 35300 | 35300 | 0 | 1,937 | 945 | 0.7775 | |
141 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 36000 | 51900 | 0.3052 | 5,546 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
142 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 36100 | 38900 | 0.0727 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
143 | Mercer University | 36300 | 60500 | 0.4 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
144 | University of Michigan-Flint | 36700 | 39400 | 0.0685 | 5,011 | 1103 | 0.7047 | |
145 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 36800 | 41600 | 0.116 | 5,187 | 1005 | 0.9229 | |
146 | East Carolina University | 37100 | 40100 | 0.0748 | 21,445 | 1120 | 0.8922 | |
147 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 37600 | 40300 | 0.0671 | 1,854 | 1185 | 0.9867 | |
148 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 37700 | 38900 | 0.0309 | 1,919 | 1245 | 0.7844 | |
149 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 37900 | 52900 | 0.2834 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
150 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38400 | 38400 | 0 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
151 | Wayne State University | 38900 | 45500 | 0.145 | 15,371 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
152 | Stony Brook University | 39200 | 53000 | 0.2609 | 18,263 | 1395 | 0.4904 | |
153 | Pace University | 39700 | 74100 | 0.464 | 8,019 | 1274 | 0.7592 | |
154 | Drexel University | 40500 | 82600 | 0.5095 | 12,896 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
155 | Loyola University Maryland | 41700 | 78800 | 0.4709 | 3,843 | 1309 | 0.7549 | |
156 | University of Maryland-College Park | 42300 | 52900 | 0.2004 | 30,994 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
157 | University of California-Riverside | 43100 | 66400 | 0.3508 | 21,954 | 1199 | 0.7685 | |
158 | Merrimack College | 43200 | 78800 | 0.4522 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
159 | CUNY Bernard M Baruch College | 43400 | 43400 | 0 | 16,060 | 1293 | 0.5117 | |
159 | Western Oregon University | 43400 | 43400 | 0 | 3,343 | 1120 | 0.9871 | |
161 | CUNY Lehman College | 43900 | 45800 | 0.0415 | 11,176 | 1020 | 0.4601 | |
162 | University of Illinois Chicago | 45900 | 48000 | 0.0437 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
163 | Thiel College | 46300 | 69200 | 0.331 | 830 | 1065 | 0.7189 | |
164 | James Madison University | 46400 | 46400 | 0 | 21,045 | 1260 | 0.7151 | |
165 | Ramapo College of New Jersey | 46800 | 48100 | 0.027 | 5,444 | 1214 | 0.7064 | |
166 | Suffolk University | 48000 | 73600 | 0.348 | 4,275 | 1209 | 0.822 | |
167 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 48100 | 56200 | 0.1441 | 3,963 | 1229 | 0.9121 | |
168 | Molloy University | 48300 | 62300 | 0.2249 | 3,235 | 1199 | 0.8174 | |
169 | College of Charleston | 49100 | 59000 | 0.1678 | 10,880 | 1255 | 0.6003 | |
170 | University of Kentucky | 49700 | 56000 | 0.1113 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
171 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 49800 | 52300 | 0.0478 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
172 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 50300 | 84200 | 0.4027 | 33,921 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
173 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 50400 | 53300 | 0.0531 | 14,504 | 1145 | 0.7637 | |
174 | University of Colorado Boulder | 50800 | 56300 | 0.0976 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
175 | University of Utah | 50900 | 53700 | 0.0527 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
176 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
177 | Fordham University | 55500 | 94600 | 0.4135 | 10,307 | 1415 | 0.5628 | |
178 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 56100 | 58900 | 0.048 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
179 | Clemson University | 58300 | 61100 | 0.0463 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.