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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 | California Institute of Technology | 6800 | 91800 | 0.9264 | 987 | 1557 | 0.0257 | |
| 2 | Savannah State University | 6900 | 40400 | 0.8283 | 2,857 | 950 | 0.8368 | |
| 3 | Greenville Technical College | 7200 | 18300 | 0.6082 | 10,661 | 0 | 0.5257 | |
| 4 | Northern Kentucky University | 7500 | 25900 | 0.7114 | 10,163 | 1090 | 0.8307 | |
| 5 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 8100 | 36100 | 0.7766 | 10,049 | 1005 | 0.9234 | |
| 6 | University of Houston-Victoria | 8200 | 39700 | 0.7937 | 2,707 | 930 | 0.7671 | |
| 7 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8400 | 98000 | 0.9146 | 9,157 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 8 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 8500 | 43500 | 0.8053 | 28,674 | 980 | 0.9401 | |
| 9 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 9700 | 36900 | 0.7373 | 3,207 | 1060 | 0.8034 | |
| 10 | Valdosta State University | 10500 | 24800 | 0.5775 | 7,206 | 1015 | 0.7214 | |
| 11 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 11800 | 21100 | 0.4418 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 11 | University of Michigan-Flint | 11800 | 45600 | 0.7409 | 5,011 | 1103 | 0.7047 | |
| 11 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 11800 | 27800 | 0.5765 | 21,075 | 1420 | 0.1534 | |
| 14 | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | 12100 | 19600 | 0.3825 | 10,656 | 1075 | 0.7289 | |
| 15 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 12700 | 41800 | 0.696 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 16 | East Texas A&M University | 12900 | 30000 | 0.5701 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 17 | University of California-Riverside | 13300 | 36500 | 0.6352 | 22,599 | 1199 | 0.7685 | |
| 18 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 13700 | 27800 | 0.5064 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 18 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 51900 | 0.7365 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 20 | Fort Hays State University | 14100 | 40700 | 0.6543 | 10,206 | 1110 | 0.9177 | |
| 21 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 14300 | 46000 | 0.6888 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 22 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 14400 | 32200 | 0.5534 | 2,836 | 1135 | 0.3787 | |
| 22 | University of South Florida | 14400 | 17100 | 0.1578 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 24 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 14500 | 26800 | 0.4601 | 4,478 | 1065 | 0.8132 | |
| 25 | Coastal Carolina University | 14700 | 27200 | 0.4605 | 10,811 | 1145 | 0.7527 | |
| 26 | Alabama State University | 15300 | 37900 | 0.5968 | 3,322 | 970 | 0.9564 | |
| 26 | University of North Georgia | 15300 | 21400 | 0.285 | 18,329 | 1100 | 0.6794 | |
| 26 | University of North Texas | 15300 | 25700 | 0.4052 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 29 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 15600 | 25800 | 0.3932 | 5,386 | 995 | 0.9092 | |
| 30 | Dickinson State University | 15700 | 21700 | 0.2776 | 1,339 | 1005 | 0.3695 | |
| 31 | New Mexico Highlands University | 15900 | 31500 | 0.4949 | 1,710 | 945 | 0.9481 | |
| 31 | Salisbury University | 15900 | 28700 | 0.4458 | 6,288 | 1250 | 0.8747 | |
| 31 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 15900 | 46800 | 0.6608 | 6,550 | 1110 | 0.7456 | |
| 34 | Wayne State College | 16000 | 20000 | 0.1999 | 3,902 | 0 | 1 | |
| 35 | University of North Florida | 16100 | 22400 | 0.2816 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
| 36 | Goshen College | 16500 | 55900 | 0.7042 | 780 | 995 | 0.8404 | |
| 37 | Jacksonville State University | 16600 | 27000 | 0.3859 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 37 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 16600 | 42600 | 0.6106 | 7,595 | 1075 | 0.9226 | |
| 39 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 16700 | 35700 | 0.5323 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 39 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 16700 | 29200 | 0.4283 | 18,667 | 1090 | 0.9711 | |
| 39 | Wayne State University | 16700 | 46200 | 0.6386 | 16,173 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
| 42 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 17200 | 33600 | 0.4877 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 43 | Southern University at New Orleans | 17400 | 34200 | 0.4911 | 1,773 | 885 | 0.6021 | |
| 44 | Morgan State University | 17700 | 37200 | 0.5242 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 44 | University of South Alabama | 17700 | 35200 | 0.4974 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 46 | Frostburg State University | 17800 | 26600 | 0.3306 | 2,619 | 1095 | 0.892 | |
| 46 | SUNY at Fredonia | 17800 | 39600 | 0.5512 | 2,876 | 1193 | 0.792 | |
| 48 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 17900 | 44900 | 0.6009 | 5,205 | 1118 | 0.744 | |
| 49 | Boston College | 18100 | 96200 | 0.8114 | 9,654 | 1490 | 0.1619 | |
| 49 | SUNY Brockport | 18100 | 26200 | 0.3086 | 5,816 | 1195 | 0.7068 | |
| 49 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 18100 | 27700 | 0.3461 | 31,112 | 1114 | 0.8129 | |
| 52 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 18200 | 36400 | 0.4994 | 2,884 | 1175 | 0.9677 | |
| 52 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 18200 | 36500 | 0.5017 | 7,505 | 1059 | 0.9633 | |
| 54 | Westfield State University | 18300 | 37500 | 0.5116 | 3,868 | 1105 | 0.8671 | |
| 55 | Emporia State University | 18700 | 29800 | 0.373 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 55 | Florida Memorial University | 18700 | 44900 | 0.5836 | 1,299 | 0 | 0.7431 | |
| 57 | University of Colorado Boulder | 18800 | 30600 | 0.3856 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
| 58 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 18900 | 43800 | 0.568 | 352 | 1180 | 0.9647 | |
| 58 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 18900 | 42800 | 0.5578 | 581 | 1129 | 0.9821 | |
| 60 | Furman University | 19000 | 78900 | 0.7588 | 2,383 | 1359 | 0.4295 | |
| 61 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 19200 | 25200 | 0.2378 | 6,853 | 1090 | 0.7147 | |
| 62 | Stockton University | 19600 | 44500 | 0.5599 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 63 | Lincoln University | 19900 | 40800 | 0.5128 | 1,707 | 920 | 0 | |
| 64 | San Jose State University | 20000 | 33600 | 0.4044 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 65 | Central Connecticut State University | 20200 | 29500 | 0.3151 | 8,170 | 1010 | 0.7333 | |
| 66 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 20300 | 40900 | 0.5042 | 1,880 | 1185 | 0.9867 | |
| 66 | State University of New York at Oswego | 20300 | 40200 | 0.4952 | 5,517 | 1164 | 0.8057 | |
| 66 | Towson University | 20300 | 30000 | 0.3229 | 16,264 | 1093 | 0.8198 | |
| 69 | Dakota State University | 20400 | 22500 | 0.0912 | 3,066 | 1192 | 0.8814 | |
| 70 | Central College | 20600 | 36800 | 0.44 | 1,084 | 1140 | 0.8617 | |
| 70 | Grove City College | 20600 | 39700 | 0.4817 | 2,341 | 1256 | 0.7232 | |
| 72 | East Carolina University | 20800 | 23800 | 0.1258 | 21,445 | 1120 | 0.8922 | |
| 72 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 20800 | 57800 | 0.6406 | 1,083 | 1171 | 0.9278 | |
| 74 | Pennsylvania Western University | 21100 | 26600 | 0.2067 | 7,586 | 0 | 0.9433 | |
| 75 | Kennesaw State University | 21500 | 26600 | 0.1919 | 42,840 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 75 | Luther College | 21500 | 71900 | 0.7017 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.8402 | |
| 75 | Northwestern University | 21500 | 89500 | 0.7601 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 75 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 21500 | 38900 | 0.4469 | 1,919 | 1245 | 0.7844 | |
| 79 | Bradley University | 21800 | 50800 | 0.5708 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 79 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 79 | Elmhurst University | 21800 | 67000 | 0.6749 | 3,170 | 1148 | 0.7357 | |
| 82 | Averett University | 22100 | 57200 | 0.614 | 1,180 | 1070 | 0.478 | |
| 83 | College of Charleston | 22400 | 33900 | 0.3405 | 10,880 | 1255 | 0.6003 | |
| 84 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 22500 | 45300 | 0.5028 | 1,236 | 1203 | 0.9811 | |
| 84 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 22500 | 43000 | 0.4763 | 5,789 | 1060 | 0.5774 | |
| 86 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 22900 | 47900 | 0.5216 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 87 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 23000 | 58100 | 0.6046 | 1,477 | 1075 | 0.8068 | |
| 88 | Robert Morris University | 23300 | 58000 | 0.5986 | 3,769 | 1180 | 0.9057 | |
| 89 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 23400 | 45200 | 0.4827 | 502 | 1204 | 0.9641 | |
| 89 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 23400 | 44400 | 0.4726 | 1,809 | 1109 | 0.9484 | |
| 91 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 23500 | 36800 | 0.3616 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 92 | Albright College | 23800 | 49300 | 0.5171 | 1,328 | 1050 | 0.8615 | |
| 92 | University of Kentucky | 23800 | 36100 | 0.3391 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 94 | Houghton University | 24000 | 61900 | 0.6126 | 939 | 1277 | 0.8866 | |
| 95 | Dominican University | 24100 | 56000 | 0.5702 | 2,690 | 1060 | 0.9032 | |
| 96 | Norwich University | 24400 | 88400 | 0.7242 | 2,642 | 1182 | 0.7361 | |
| 97 | Western Oregon University | 24600 | 24600 | 0 | 3,343 | 1120 | 0.9871 | |
| 98 | Northwood University | 25200 | 54500 | 0.5381 | 1,989 | 1075 | 0.839 | |
| 99 | Columbia College | 25800 | 51600 | 0.5004 | 876 | 1025 | 0.8878 | |
| 100 | Doane University | 26000 | 77700 | 0.665 | 1,323 | 1125 | 0.9801 | |
| 101 | Grand Valley State University | 26200 | 36300 | 0.2786 | 19,002 | 1233 | 0.8302 | |
| 101 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 26200 | 28300 | 0.0755 | 3,413 | 1095 | 0.5295 | |
| 103 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 26300 | 26300 | 0 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 104 | Bethune-Cookman University | 26700 | 32700 | 0.1835 | 2,739 | 910 | 0.8824 | |
| 105 | Clemson University | 27000 | 37100 | 0.273 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 106 | Cleveland State University | 27300 | 37300 | 0.2682 | 9,418 | 1105 | 0.913 | |
| 106 | Fairmont State University | 27300 | 32200 | 0.1522 | 3,060 | 975 | 0.9924 | |
| 108 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 27500 | 41500 | 0.3371 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 108 | Thomas Jefferson University | 27500 | 67700 | 0.5937 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 108 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 27500 | 27500 | 0 | 10,767 | 1326 | 0.7243 | |
| 111 | Syracuse University | 27800 | 83100 | 0.6654 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 112 | George Fox University | 27900 | 76800 | 0.6367 | 3,401 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 113 | California Lutheran University | 28000 | 70000 | 0.6002 | 2,297 | 1258 | 0.7567 | |
| 114 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 33400 | 0.1437 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 115 | Mercy University | 28800 | 44500 | 0.353 | 6,775 | 1074 | 0.8584 | |
| 116 | James Madison University | 28900 | 28900 | 0 | 21,112 | 1260 | 0.7151 | |
| 117 | Saint Xavier University | 29800 | 53600 | 0.4438 | 3,039 | 1125 | 0.8575 | |
| 118 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 30500 | 54700 | 0.4416 | 1,409 | 1110 | 0.5568 | |
| 119 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30700 | 54600 | 0.4385 | 3,163 | 1165 | 0.9347 | |
| 120 | University of Toledo | 30800 | 42000 | 0.2653 | 11,013 | 1159 | 0.9202 | |
| 121 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1150 | 0.9523 | |
| 122 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 31000 | 36900 | 0.162 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 123 | Charleston Southern University | 31500 | 48400 | 0.3496 | 2,914 | 1060 | 0.7609 | |
| 124 | Angelo State University | 31800 | 35400 | 0.1027 | 9,779 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 125 | Saint Michael's College | 31900 | 68500 | 0.5346 | 1,120 | 1240 | 0.8451 | |
| 126 | Washington Adventist University | 32100 | 37800 | 0.151 | 605 | 951 | 0.4536 | |
| 127 | Hampton University | 32200 | 62400 | 0.4836 | 3,728 | 956 | 0.6225 | |
| 128 | Grambling State University | 32500 | 38100 | 0.1471 | 4,279 | 955 | 0.2368 | |
| 128 | University of Scranton | 32500 | 78700 | 0.5872 | 3,613 | 1220 | 0.8029 | |
| 130 | Suffolk University | 32600 | 69700 | 0.5326 | 4,324 | 1209 | 0.822 | |
| 131 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 15,130 | 1095 | 0.5256 | |
| 132 | George Washington University | 33700 | 81800 | 0.5882 | 11,677 | 1421 | 0.4709 | |
| 133 | LeTourneau University | 34000 | 54800 | 0.3798 | 3,184 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 134 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 34400 | 58500 | 0.4125 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 135 | Pace University | 34600 | 74800 | 0.5373 | 8,038 | 1274 | 0.7592 | |
| 136 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 35100 | 35100 | 0 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 137 | Adelphi University | 35200 | 63300 | 0.4443 | 5,325 | 1218 | 0.6591 | |
| 138 | Loyola University Maryland | 36100 | 78800 | 0.542 | 3,881 | 1309 | 0.7549 | |
| 139 | Christopher Newport University | 36200 | 36200 | 0 | 4,407 | 1209 | 0.8796 | |
| 140 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 37600 | 40700 | 0.077 | 5,086 | 1000 | 0.9821 | |
| 141 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38600 | 38600 | 0 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
| 142 | Stony Brook University | 39900 | 53000 | 0.2478 | 18,263 | 1404 | 0.4904 | |
| 143 | McKendree University | 40100 | 52200 | 0.2324 | 1,605 | 1098 | 0.6388 | |
| 144 | Rutgers University-Newark | 40600 | 60500 | 0.3292 | 7,417 | 1214 | 0.7873 | |
| 145 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 42100 | 67900 | 0.3799 | 3,965 | 1335 | 0.9121 | |
| 146 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 43000 | 54700 | 0.2138 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 147 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43200 | 53400 | 0.191 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 148 | Merrimack College | 43600 | 78800 | 0.4472 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
| 148 | Radford University | 43600 | 45700 | 0.0467 | 6,161 | 1070 | 0.8953 | |
| 150 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 43900 | 57100 | 0.2302 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 151 | Immaculata University | 44000 | 47800 | 0.0794 | 1,652 | 1245 | 0.8578 | |
| 152 | University of Illinois Chicago | 44400 | 49300 | 0.0993 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 153 | University of Mount Olive | 48300 | 50400 | 0.0424 | 1,937 | 1020 | 0.7775 | |
| 154 | Ramapo College of New Jersey | 48500 | 54600 | 0.1117 | 5,444 | 1214 | 0.7064 | |
| 155 | Drexel University | 48800 | 83800 | 0.4176 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 155 | Mercer University | 48800 | 63700 | 0.234 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
| 157 | Molloy University | 48900 | 62300 | 0.2152 | 3,240 | 1199 | 0.8174 | |
| 158 | DePaul University | 49000 | 67100 | 0.2697 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 159 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 50800 | 52900 | 0.0404 | 14,504 | 1145 | 0.7637 | |
| 160 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 51000 | 84700 | 0.398 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 161 | University of Utah | 51600 | 53700 | 0.0398 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 162 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
| 163 | Dallas Baptist University | 56000 | 71900 | 0.221 | 2,785 | 1104 | 0.8884 | |
| 164 | Thiel College | 60600 | 69100 | 0.123 | 830 | 1065 | 0.7189 | |
| 165 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver | 61000 | 63200 | 0.0348 | 482 | 1195 | 0.9565 | |
| 166 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 63500 | 63500 | 0 | 10,200 | 1346 | 0.6507 | |
| 167 | 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.