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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 South Carolina.
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 South Carolina.
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 | 6100 | 43900 | 0.8613 | 3,237 | 0 | 0.3861 | |
| 2 | California Institute of Technology | 7600 | 90300 | 0.9157 | 987 | 1557 | 0.0257 | |
| 3 | Greenville Technical College | 8300 | 18300 | 0.5481 | 10,661 | 0 | 0.5257 | |
| 4 | CUNY Bernard M Baruch College | 8600 | 34500 | 0.7503 | 16,086 | 1293 | 0.5117 | |
| 5 | CUNY Brooklyn College | 8700 | 31800 | 0.7274 | 11,562 | 1110 | 0.5836 | |
| 6 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 8800 | 33400 | 0.7374 | 10,049 | 1005 | 0.9234 | |
| 7 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8900 | 94100 | 0.9057 | 9,157 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 7 | CUNY Lehman College | 8900 | 35100 | 0.7472 | 11,217 | 1020 | 0.4601 | |
| 9 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 9300 | 30500 | 0.695 | 3,207 | 1050 | 0.8034 | |
| 10 | University of Houston-Victoria | 9800 | 23500 | 0.5838 | 2,707 | 930 | 0.7671 | |
| 11 | New Mexico Highlands University | 10400 | 21500 | 0.5158 | 1,710 | 945 | 0.9481 | |
| 12 | Valdosta State University | 10500 | 24800 | 0.5776 | 7,206 | 1015 | 0.7214 | |
| 13 | Savannah State University | 11500 | 17400 | 0.3384 | 2,857 | 950 | 0.8368 | |
| 14 | Christopher Newport University | 11800 | 32800 | 0.6403 | 4,407 | 1209 | 0.8796 | |
| 15 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 12800 | 37100 | 0.6545 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 16 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 13300 | 27100 | 0.5085 | 28,674 | 980 | 0.9401 | |
| 17 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 13500 | 24800 | 0.4549 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 18 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 32200 | 0.5744 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 19 | University of South Florida | 14100 | 17100 | 0.1753 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 20 | University of North Florida | 14300 | 22400 | 0.3621 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
| 21 | Radford University | 14400 | 21900 | 0.3425 | 6,161 | 1070 | 0.8953 | |
| 22 | Alabama State University | 15100 | 28000 | 0.4597 | 3,322 | 945 | 0.9564 | |
| 23 | University of Michigan-Flint | 15200 | 36600 | 0.5847 | 5,011 | 1103 | 0.7047 | |
| 24 | University of North Georgia | 15400 | 21400 | 0.2804 | 18,329 | 1100 | 0.6794 | |
| 25 | Northeastern University | 15500 | 89900 | 0.8279 | 22,695 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 26 | Concord University | 15600 | 31700 | 0.5077 | 1,609 | 990 | 0.9256 | |
| 26 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver | 15600 | 35400 | 0.5588 | 482 | 1195 | 0.9565 | |
| 28 | Dickinson State University | 15700 | 21600 | 0.2737 | 1,339 | 1005 | 0.3695 | |
| 28 | Goshen College | 15700 | 55800 | 0.718 | 780 | 995 | 0.8404 | |
| 30 | Wayne State College | 15800 | 26400 | 0.402 | 3,902 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 31 | James Madison University | 15900 | 28600 | 0.4433 | 21,112 | 1260 | 0.7151 | |
| 31 | University of California-Riverside | 15900 | 36500 | 0.564 | 22,599 | 1199 | 0.7685 | |
| 33 | Southern University at New Orleans | 16200 | 31600 | 0.4872 | 1,773 | 885 | 0.6021 | |
| 34 | Coastal Carolina University | 16300 | 27200 | 0.4016 | 10,811 | 1145 | 0.7527 | |
| 34 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 16300 | 26800 | 0.3927 | 4,478 | 1065 | 0.8132 | |
| 36 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 16400 | 32400 | 0.494 | 352 | 1180 | 0.9647 | |
| 37 | SUNY at Fredonia | 16600 | 27800 | 0.4034 | 2,876 | 1193 | 0.792 | |
| 38 | Northwestern University | 17000 | 89500 | 0.8104 | 8,846 | 1513 | 0.0722 | |
| 38 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 17000 | 64800 | 0.7377 | 21,075 | 1420 | 0.1534 | |
| 40 | Emporia State University | 17100 | 27000 | 0.3668 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 41 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 17800 | 33600 | 0.4699 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 42 | Georgia Southern University | 18200 | 23800 | 0.2357 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 43 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 18300 | 20300 | 0.0985 | 1,919 | 1245 | 0.7844 | |
| 43 | University of South Alabama | 18300 | 22400 | 0.1834 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 45 | Coppin State University | 19300 | 43100 | 0.5526 | 1,810 | 950 | 0.4956 | |
| 46 | University of Illinois Chicago | 19400 | 30300 | 0.3594 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 47 | Westfield State University | 19600 | 32500 | 0.3975 | 3,868 | 1105 | 0.8671 | |
| 48 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 20000 | 27200 | 0.265 | 31,112 | 1130 | 0.8129 | |
| 49 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 20100 | 38800 | 0.4812 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 50 | Florida Memorial University | 20200 | 46100 | 0.5619 | 1,299 | 0 | 0.7431 | |
| 51 | University of Colorado Boulder | 20400 | 30600 | 0.3333 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
| 52 | Central College | 20600 | 36800 | 0.44 | 1,084 | 1140 | 0.8617 | |
| 53 | East Carolina University | 20800 | 23800 | 0.1258 | 21,445 | 1120 | 0.8922 | |
| 54 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 21000 | 57800 | 0.6362 | 1,083 | 1205 | 0.9278 | |
| 55 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 21200 | 30300 | 0.3 | 1,809 | 1109 | 0.9484 | |
| 56 | Rutgers University-Newark | 21400 | 38900 | 0.45 | 7,417 | 1214 | 0.7873 | |
| 57 | Cleveland State University | 21600 | 30900 | 0.3006 | 9,418 | 1005 | 0.913 | |
| 57 | Luther College | 21600 | 71900 | 0.699 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.8402 | |
| 59 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 22300 | 28000 | 0.2034 | 5,789 | 1115 | 0.5774 | |
| 60 | Fairmont State University | 22500 | 32000 | 0.2972 | 3,060 | 1005 | 0.9924 | |
| 61 | Bradley University | 22600 | 50900 | 0.556 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 62 | Robert Morris University | 22800 | 56300 | 0.5949 | 3,769 | 1180 | 0.9057 | |
| 63 | Dakota State University | 23100 | 25600 | 0.0977 | 3,066 | 1192 | 0.8814 | |
| 63 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 23100 | 33800 | 0.3163 | 502 | 1204 | 0.9641 | |
| 65 | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | 24300 | 30300 | 0.1981 | 10,656 | 1075 | 0.7289 | |
| 66 | Bemidji State University | 24500 | 26400 | 0.0714 | 3,610 | 1110 | 0.9131 | |
| 66 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 24500 | 37400 | 0.3446 | 7,595 | 1075 | 0.9226 | |
| 68 | Western Oregon University | 24600 | 24600 | 0 | 3,343 | 1120 | 0.9871 | |
| 69 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 24800 | 26600 | 0.0708 | 3,413 | 1085 | 0.5295 | |
| 70 | McKendree University | 24900 | 55500 | 0.5511 | 1,605 | 1098 | 0.6388 | |
| 71 | Dominican University | 25000 | 55500 | 0.5494 | 2,690 | 1035 | 0.9032 | |
| 71 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 25000 | 62200 | 0.5985 | 686 | 1030 | 0.8649 | |
| 71 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 25000 | 51700 | 0.5162 | 1,409 | 1110 | 0.6327 | |
| 74 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 25100 | 28000 | 0.103 | 5,086 | 1000 | 0.9821 | |
| 74 | Elmhurst University | 25100 | 67000 | 0.6256 | 3,170 | 1148 | 0.7357 | |
| 76 | Houghton University | 25200 | 35500 | 0.29 | 939 | 1277 | 0.8866 | |
| 77 | Furman University | 25400 | 78900 | 0.6776 | 2,383 | 1359 | 0.4295 | |
| 77 | University of North Texas | 25400 | 25400 | 0 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 79 | Boston College | 25600 | 94600 | 0.7294 | 9,654 | 1490 | 0.1619 | |
| 80 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 25900 | 36500 | 0.2901 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 80 | Doane University | 25900 | 62800 | 0.5877 | 1,323 | 1125 | 0.9801 | |
| 80 | Kennesaw State University | 25900 | 25900 | 0 | 42,840 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 80 | Northwood University | 25900 | 54500 | 0.5252 | 1,989 | 1075 | 0.839 | |
| 80 | Norwich University | 25900 | 70900 | 0.6349 | 2,642 | 1209 | 0.7361 | |
| 80 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 25900 | 37400 | 0.3079 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 86 | Bethune-Cookman University | 26200 | 32700 | 0.1988 | 2,739 | 910 | 0.8824 | |
| 87 | Fort Hays State University | 26400 | 35200 | 0.2503 | 10,206 | 1120 | 0.9177 | |
| 88 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 26500 | 51100 | 0.4817 | 1,477 | 1075 | 0.8068 | |
| 89 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 26800 | 36800 | 0.2717 | 1,880 | 1185 | 0.9867 | |
| 90 | Columbia College | 26900 | 41300 | 0.349 | 876 | 1025 | 0.8878 | |
| 90 | Pennsylvania Western University | 26900 | 35600 | 0.2447 | 7,586 | 1070 | 0.9433 | |
| 92 | Clemson University | 27200 | 37100 | 0.2662 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 92 | Northern Kentucky University | 27200 | 31600 | 0.1391 | 10,163 | 1090 | 0.8307 | |
| 94 | Saint Xavier University | 27300 | 52000 | 0.4749 | 3,039 | 1125 | 0.8575 | |
| 95 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 28000 | 40300 | 0.3053 | 10,767 | 1326 | 0.7243 | |
| 95 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 28000 | 28000 | 0 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 97 | Grand Valley State University | 28500 | 35700 | 0.2017 | 19,002 | 1233 | 0.8302 | |
| 98 | Jacksonville State University | 28600 | 38200 | 0.2511 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 99 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28700 | 31500 | 0.0889 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 100 | Mercy University | 28800 | 44500 | 0.353 | 6,775 | 1074 | 0.8584 | |
| 101 | George Fox University | 28900 | 67100 | 0.5697 | 3,401 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 102 | Lincoln University | 29100 | 40900 | 0.2884 | 1,707 | 920 | 0 | |
| 103 | Frostburg State University | 29300 | 43100 | 0.3202 | 2,619 | 1082 | 0.892 | |
| 104 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 29700 | 36500 | 0.1864 | 7,505 | 1059 | 0.9633 | |
| 105 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 29900 | 38200 | 0.2175 | 6,550 | 1140 | 0.7456 | |
| 106 | Towson University | 30000 | 30000 | 0 | 16,264 | 1093 | 0.8198 | |
| 106 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 30000 | 30000 | 0 | 18,428 | 1090 | 0.9529 | |
| 108 | Syracuse University | 30400 | 83100 | 0.6342 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 109 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 30500 | 39500 | 0.2277 | 5,205 | 1118 | 0.744 | |
| 109 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 30500 | 52900 | 0.4236 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 111 | Averett University | 30600 | 57200 | 0.4653 | 1,180 | 1010 | 0.478 | |
| 111 | San Jose State University | 30600 | 41000 | 0.2534 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 113 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1150 | 0.9523 | |
| 113 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30900 | 54600 | 0.4339 | 3,163 | 1165 | 0.9347 | |
| 113 | West Virginia Wesleyan College | 30900 | 52800 | 0.4146 | 938 | 1090 | 0.951 | |
| 116 | University of Kentucky | 31000 | 36000 | 0.139 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 117 | SUNY Brockport | 31100 | 37900 | 0.1794 | 5,816 | 1195 | 0.7068 | |
| 117 | University of Toledo | 31100 | 42000 | 0.2594 | 11,013 | 1159 | 0.9202 | |
| 119 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 31400 | 31400 | 0 | 6,853 | 1090 | 0.7147 | |
| 119 | State University of New York at Oswego | 31400 | 38300 | 0.1799 | 5,517 | 1174 | 0.8057 | |
| 121 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Schuylkill | 31500 | 45200 | 0.3032 | 624 | 1115 | 0.9664 | |
| 121 | Washington Adventist University | 31500 | 37800 | 0.1668 | 605 | 950 | 0.4536 | |
| 123 | Thomas Jefferson University | 31700 | 67700 | 0.5316 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 124 | Albright College | 31900 | 48700 | 0.345 | 1,328 | 1050 | 0.8615 | |
| 124 | Harding University | 31900 | 43800 | 0.2712 | 3,523 | 1193 | 0.3942 | |
| 126 | Angelo State University | 32000 | 35400 | 0.0956 | 9,779 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 127 | Saint Michael's College | 32100 | 68400 | 0.5304 | 1,120 | 1240 | 0.8451 | |
| 128 | Hampton University | 32200 | 47000 | 0.315 | 3,728 | 956 | 0.6225 | |
| 129 | University of Scranton | 32400 | 76300 | 0.5751 | 3,613 | 1220 | 0.812 | |
| 130 | California Lutheran University | 32700 | 65800 | 0.5027 | 2,297 | 1258 | 0.7567 | |
| 131 | Grambling State University | 33200 | 35300 | 0.0595 | 4,279 | 965 | 0.2368 | |
| 131 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 33200 | 44100 | 0.2471 | 581 | 1129 | 0.9821 | |
| 133 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 15,130 | 0 | 0.5256 | |
| 134 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 33400 | 54600 | 0.3881 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 135 | College of Charleston | 33700 | 33800 | 0.0012 | 10,880 | 1255 | 0.6003 | |
| 135 | Elizabethtown College | 33700 | 54600 | 0.383 | 1,903 | 1214 | 0.7787 | |
| 135 | Wilkes University | 33700 | 61900 | 0.4548 | 1,956 | 1153 | 0.9146 | |
| 138 | George Washington University | 33800 | 81800 | 0.587 | 11,677 | 1421 | 0.4709 | |
| 139 | Stockton University | 34000 | 44500 | 0.2361 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 140 | LeTourneau University | 34200 | 54600 | 0.3736 | 3,184 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 141 | Morgan State University | 34500 | 37200 | 0.0726 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 142 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 34700 | 34700 | 0 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 143 | DePaul University | 35000 | 59100 | 0.4076 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 144 | Stevenson University | 35300 | 59900 | 0.4105 | 3,106 | 1100 | 0.7891 | |
| 144 | University of Mount Olive | 35300 | 35300 | 0 | 1,937 | 945 | 0.7775 | |
| 146 | Adelphi University | 35400 | 63300 | 0.4403 | 5,325 | 1218 | 0.6591 | |
| 147 | Salisbury University | 36100 | 40900 | 0.1175 | 6,288 | 1250 | 0.8747 | |
| 148 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 36400 | 56300 | 0.3531 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 149 | Mercer University | 36500 | 60500 | 0.3967 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
| 150 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 36800 | 40900 | 0.1003 | 1,236 | 1203 | 0.9811 | |
| 151 | Immaculata University | 37200 | 47800 | 0.2215 | 1,652 | 1245 | 0.8578 | |
| 152 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 37400 | 38100 | 0.0184 | 2,884 | 1175 | 0.9677 | |
| 153 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 37700 | 41600 | 0.0933 | 5,187 | 1005 | 0.9229 | |
| 154 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38400 | 38400 | 0 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
| 155 | Suffolk University | 38600 | 73600 | 0.4758 | 4,324 | 1209 | 0.822 | |
| 156 | Wayne State University | 39500 | 45500 | 0.1318 | 16,173 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
| 157 | Pace University | 39700 | 74100 | 0.464 | 8,038 | 1274 | 0.7592 | |
| 158 | Stony Brook University | 40100 | 53000 | 0.2431 | 18,263 | 1395 | 0.4904 | |
| 159 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 40500 | 40500 | 0 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 160 | Loyola University Maryland | 42100 | 78800 | 0.4658 | 3,881 | 1309 | 0.7549 | |
| 161 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 42800 | 54900 | 0.2206 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 162 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 43000 | 55100 | 0.2197 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 163 | Fordham University | 43200 | 94600 | 0.5436 | 10,307 | 1415 | 0.5628 | |
| 164 | Merrimack College | 43700 | 78800 | 0.4453 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
| 165 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43900 | 52900 | 0.1701 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 166 | City University of Seattle | 44200 | 45400 | 0.0264 | 1,180 | 0 | 0.9025 | |
| 167 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 45200 | 57100 | 0.2083 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 168 | Ramapo College of New Jersey | 47700 | 48100 | 0.0083 | 5,444 | 1214 | 0.7064 | |
| 169 | Molloy University | 48200 | 62300 | 0.2265 | 3,240 | 1199 | 0.8174 | |
| 170 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 50200 | 56400 | 0.1098 | 10,200 | 1346 | 0.6507 | |
| 171 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 50400 | 56200 | 0.1031 | 3,965 | 1229 | 0.9121 | |
| 172 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 51000 | 52900 | 0.0356 | 14,504 | 1145 | 0.7637 | |
| 173 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 51200 | 84200 | 0.392 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 174 | Drexel University | 51400 | 82600 | 0.3776 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 175 | University of Utah | 51800 | 53700 | 0.0351 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 176 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
| 177 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 57100 | 58900 | 0.032 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 178 | Thiel College | 67700 | 69100 | 0.0203 | 831 | 1065 | 0.7189 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.