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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 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 8800 | 33400 | 0.7374 | 10,049 | 1005 | 0.9234 | |
| 5 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 9300 | 30500 | 0.695 | 3,207 | 1050 | 0.8034 | |
| 6 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 9800 | 94100 | 0.8961 | 9,157 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 7 | University of Houston-Victoria | 10100 | 23500 | 0.571 | 2,707 | 930 | 0.7671 | |
| 8 | New Mexico Highlands University | 10500 | 21500 | 0.5112 | 1,710 | 945 | 0.9481 | |
| 8 | Valdosta State University | 10500 | 24800 | 0.5776 | 7,206 | 1015 | 0.7214 | |
| 10 | Savannah State University | 11400 | 17400 | 0.3441 | 2,857 | 950 | 0.8368 | |
| 11 | Christopher Newport University | 11800 | 32800 | 0.6403 | 4,407 | 1209 | 0.8796 | |
| 11 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 11800 | 27800 | 0.5744 | 21,075 | 1420 | 0.1534 | |
| 13 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 12200 | 34300 | 0.6439 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 14 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 27200 | 0.5443 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 15 | Fairmont State University | 12500 | 21400 | 0.4164 | 3,060 | 1005 | 0.9924 | |
| 16 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 13100 | 27100 | 0.5158 | 28,674 | 980 | 0.9401 | |
| 17 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 13200 | 37100 | 0.6437 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 18 | Fort Hays State University | 13300 | 22000 | 0.3956 | 10,206 | 1120 | 0.9177 | |
| 19 | University of South Florida | 14100 | 17100 | 0.1753 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 20 | Radford University | 14300 | 21900 | 0.347 | 6,161 | 1070 | 0.8953 | |
| 21 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver | 14600 | 35400 | 0.587 | 482 | 1195 | 0.9565 | |
| 22 | Goshen College | 14800 | 55800 | 0.7357 | 780 | 995 | 0.8404 | |
| 22 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 14800 | 29300 | 0.4945 | 6,550 | 1140 | 0.7456 | |
| 24 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 15200 | 35700 | 0.5744 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 25 | University of Michigan-Flint | 15400 | 36600 | 0.5792 | 5,011 | 1084 | 0.7047 | |
| 26 | University of California-Riverside | 15600 | 36500 | 0.5722 | 22,599 | 1199 | 0.7685 | |
| 27 | Wayne State College | 15800 | 26400 | 0.402 | 3,902 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 28 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 15900 | 23400 | 0.3209 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 29 | Grand Valley State University | 16200 | 25300 | 0.3601 | 19,002 | 1233 | 0.8302 | |
| 29 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 16200 | 28800 | 0.4373 | 7,595 | 1075 | 0.9226 | |
| 29 | Southern University at New Orleans | 16200 | 31600 | 0.4872 | 1,773 | 885 | 0.6021 | |
| 32 | Coastal Carolina University | 16300 | 27200 | 0.4016 | 10,811 | 1145 | 0.7527 | |
| 32 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 16300 | 26800 | 0.3927 | 4,478 | 1065 | 0.8132 | |
| 34 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 16500 | 32400 | 0.491 | 352 | 1180 | 0.9647 | |
| 35 | Northeastern University | 16700 | 89900 | 0.8146 | 22,695 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 36 | Northwestern University | 16800 | 89500 | 0.8127 | 8,846 | 1513 | 0.0722 | |
| 37 | Jacksonville State University | 17000 | 26600 | 0.3612 | 8,663 | 1065 | 0.7769 | |
| 38 | Dickinson State University | 17400 | 23700 | 0.2654 | 1,339 | 1005 | 0.3695 | |
| 39 | University of South Alabama | 17800 | 22400 | 0.2057 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 40 | Frostburg State University | 17900 | 26900 | 0.334 | 2,619 | 1082 | 0.892 | |
| 41 | Morgan State University | 18100 | 19700 | 0.0813 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 42 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Schuylkill | 18400 | 32900 | 0.4413 | 624 | 1115 | 0.9664 | |
| 43 | Angelo State University | 18500 | 23100 | 0.1979 | 9,779 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 44 | Coppin State University | 19200 | 43100 | 0.555 | 1,810 | 950 | 0.4956 | |
| 44 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 19200 | 27000 | 0.2893 | 7,505 | 1059 | 0.9633 | |
| 46 | University of Illinois Chicago | 19300 | 30300 | 0.3627 | 22,495 | 1247 | 0.7735 | |
| 47 | Westfield State University | 19400 | 32500 | 0.4036 | 3,868 | 1105 | 0.8671 | |
| 48 | Wayne State University | 19700 | 32300 | 0.3906 | 16,173 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
| 49 | Towson University | 20000 | 30000 | 0.3329 | 16,264 | 1093 | 0.8198 | |
| 50 | Florida Memorial University | 20100 | 46100 | 0.5641 | 1,299 | 0 | 0.7431 | |
| 51 | Alabama State University | 20200 | 37400 | 0.4592 | 3,322 | 945 | 0.9564 | |
| 51 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 20200 | 38800 | 0.481 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 51 | University of Colorado Boulder | 20200 | 30600 | 0.3398 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
| 54 | Central College | 20600 | 36800 | 0.44 | 1,084 | 1140 | 0.8617 | |
| 55 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 20800 | 57800 | 0.6395 | 1,083 | 1193 | 0.9278 | |
| 56 | Rutgers University-Newark | 21000 | 38900 | 0.4603 | 7,417 | 1159 | 0.7873 | |
| 56 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 21000 | 30300 | 0.3066 | 1,809 | 1109 | 0.9484 | |
| 58 | University of North Georgia | 21400 | 21400 | 0 | 18,329 | 1100 | 0.6794 | |
| 59 | Luther College | 21500 | 71900 | 0.7011 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.8402 | |
| 59 | Pennsylvania Western University | 21500 | 29400 | 0.2688 | 7,586 | 1070 | 0.9433 | |
| 59 | Stockton University | 21500 | 32100 | 0.33 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 62 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 21600 | 33000 | 0.3451 | 581 | 1129 | 0.9821 | |
| 63 | Cleveland State University | 21700 | 30900 | 0.2974 | 9,418 | 1005 | 0.913 | |
| 64 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 21900 | 34400 | 0.3633 | 14,783 | 1140 | 0.8096 | |
| 65 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 22100 | 28000 | 0.2106 | 5,789 | 1115 | 0.5774 | |
| 66 | University of North Florida | 22400 | 22400 | 0 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
| 67 | Bradley University | 22600 | 50900 | 0.556 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 68 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 22900 | 33800 | 0.3222 | 502 | 1204 | 0.9641 | |
| 68 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 22900 | 22900 | 0 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 70 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 23000 | 36400 | 0.3677 | 2,884 | 1175 | 0.9677 | |
| 71 | Dakota State University | 23100 | 25600 | 0.0977 | 3,066 | 1192 | 0.8814 | |
| 72 | Averett University | 23300 | 57200 | 0.593 | 1,180 | 1010 | 0.478 | |
| 72 | Robert Morris University | 23300 | 58000 | 0.5993 | 3,769 | 1180 | 0.9057 | |
| 74 | Georgia Southern University | 23600 | 23800 | 0.0084 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 74 | Syracuse University | 23600 | 83100 | 0.716 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 76 | Bemidji State University | 24300 | 26400 | 0.0786 | 3,610 | 1110 | 0.9131 | |
| 76 | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | 24300 | 30300 | 0.1981 | 10,656 | 1075 | 0.7289 | |
| 78 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 24600 | 26600 | 0.0779 | 3,413 | 1085 | 0.5295 | |
| 78 | Western Oregon University | 24600 | 24600 | 0 | 3,343 | 1120 | 0.9871 | |
| 80 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 24700 | 32200 | 0.2328 | 10,200 | 1346 | 0.6507 | |
| 81 | Dominican University | 24900 | 55500 | 0.551 | 2,690 | 1035 | 0.9032 | |
| 81 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 24900 | 51700 | 0.5179 | 1,409 | 1110 | 0.6327 | |
| 83 | University of Akron Main Campus | 25000 | 25000 | 0 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 84 | Boston College | 25100 | 94600 | 0.7347 | 9,654 | 1490 | 0.1619 | |
| 84 | Elmhurst University | 25100 | 67000 | 0.6256 | 3,170 | 1148 | 0.7357 | |
| 84 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 25100 | 62200 | 0.5969 | 686 | 1030 | 0.8649 | |
| 87 | Houghton University | 25200 | 35500 | 0.29 | 939 | 1277 | 0.8866 | |
| 88 | University of North Texas | 25400 | 25400 | 0 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 89 | Bethune-Cookman University | 25900 | 32700 | 0.208 | 2,739 | 915 | 0.8824 | |
| 89 | Kennesaw State University | 25900 | 25900 | 0 | 42,840 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 89 | Northwood University | 25900 | 54500 | 0.5252 | 1,989 | 1075 | 0.839 | |
| 89 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 25900 | 37400 | 0.3079 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 93 | Doane University | 26000 | 62800 | 0.5861 | 1,323 | 1125 | 0.9801 | |
| 94 | Stony Brook University | 26100 | 33200 | 0.2129 | 18,263 | 1395 | 0.4904 | |
| 95 | Norwich University | 26400 | 70900 | 0.6278 | 2,642 | 1209 | 0.7361 | |
| 96 | Columbia College | 26800 | 41300 | 0.3514 | 876 | 1025 | 0.8878 | |
| 97 | Clemson University | 27100 | 37100 | 0.2713 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 98 | Northern Kentucky University | 27200 | 31600 | 0.1391 | 10,163 | 1090 | 0.8307 | |
| 99 | Emporia State University | 27300 | 37700 | 0.2756 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 99 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 27300 | 40300 | 0.3224 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 101 | Saint Xavier University | 27900 | 52000 | 0.4634 | 3,039 | 1125 | 0.8575 | |
| 102 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 28100 | 31000 | 0.0937 | 10,767 | 1326 | 0.7243 | |
| 103 | James Madison University | 28600 | 28600 | 0 | 21,112 | 1260 | 0.7151 | |
| 104 | Mercy University | 28800 | 44500 | 0.353 | 6,775 | 1074 | 0.8584 | |
| 105 | George Fox University | 28900 | 67100 | 0.5697 | 3,401 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 105 | University of Utah | 28900 | 32000 | 0.0961 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 107 | Concord University | 29100 | 46500 | 0.3741 | 1,609 | 990 | 0.9256 | |
| 108 | Lincoln University | 29200 | 40900 | 0.2859 | 1,707 | 920 | 0 | |
| 109 | University of Toledo | 29500 | 32600 | 0.0943 | 11,013 | 1159 | 0.9202 | |
| 110 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 29900 | 30000 | 0.0033 | 18,428 | 1090 | 0.9529 | |
| 111 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 30000 | 51100 | 0.4131 | 1,477 | 1075 | 0.8068 | |
| 112 | Albright College | 30500 | 48700 | 0.3738 | 1,328 | 1050 | 0.8615 | |
| 112 | SUNY at Fredonia | 30500 | 39600 | 0.2301 | 2,876 | 1193 | 0.792 | |
| 112 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 30500 | 39500 | 0.2277 | 5,205 | 1118 | 0.744 | |
| 115 | San Jose State University | 30600 | 41000 | 0.2534 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 116 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30700 | 54600 | 0.4374 | 3,163 | 1165 | 0.9347 | |
| 116 | West Virginia Wesleyan College | 30700 | 52800 | 0.4182 | 938 | 1090 | 0.951 | |
| 118 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1150 | 0.9523 | |
| 119 | University of Kentucky | 31000 | 36000 | 0.139 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 120 | SUNY Brockport | 31100 | 37900 | 0.1794 | 5,816 | 1195 | 0.7068 | |
| 121 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 31400 | 31400 | 0 | 6,853 | 1090 | 0.7147 | |
| 121 | State University of New York at Oswego | 31400 | 38300 | 0.1799 | 5,517 | 1174 | 0.8057 | |
| 123 | Washington Adventist University | 31500 | 37800 | 0.1668 | 605 | 950 | 0.4536 | |
| 124 | Thomas Jefferson University | 31600 | 67700 | 0.5331 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 125 | CUNY Brooklyn College | 31800 | 31800 | 0 | 11,562 | 1110 | 0.5836 | |
| 126 | Saint Michael's College | 31900 | 68400 | 0.5333 | 1,120 | 1240 | 0.8451 | |
| 127 | Hampton University | 32200 | 47000 | 0.315 | 3,728 | 956 | 0.6225 | |
| 128 | University of Scranton | 32300 | 76300 | 0.5763 | 3,613 | 1220 | 0.812 | |
| 129 | California Lutheran University | 32700 | 65800 | 0.5027 | 2,297 | 1258 | 0.7567 | |
| 130 | Harding University | 32900 | 47000 | 0.2995 | 3,523 | 1193 | 0.3942 | |
| 131 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 33200 | 54600 | 0.3917 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 132 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 15,130 | 0 | 0.5256 | |
| 133 | Furman University | 33400 | 78900 | 0.5762 | 2,383 | 1359 | 0.4295 | |
| 134 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 33500 | 40900 | 0.1811 | 1,236 | 1203 | 0.9811 | |
| 135 | Grambling State University | 33600 | 35300 | 0.0482 | 4,279 | 955 | 0.2368 | |
| 136 | Elizabethtown College | 33700 | 54600 | 0.383 | 1,903 | 1214 | 0.7787 | |
| 136 | George Washington University | 33700 | 81800 | 0.5882 | 11,677 | 1421 | 0.4709 | |
| 136 | Wilkes University | 33700 | 61900 | 0.4548 | 1,956 | 1153 | 0.9146 | |
| 139 | LeTourneau University | 34000 | 54600 | 0.3772 | 3,184 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 140 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 34700 | 34700 | 0 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 141 | DePaul University | 35000 | 59100 | 0.4076 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 142 | City University of Seattle | 35100 | 45400 | 0.227 | 1,180 | 0 | 0.9025 | |
| 143 | Adelphi University | 35300 | 63300 | 0.4433 | 5,325 | 1218 | 0.6591 | |
| 143 | Stevenson University | 35300 | 59900 | 0.4105 | 3,106 | 1100 | 0.7891 | |
| 143 | University of Mount Olive | 35300 | 35300 | 0 | 1,937 | 945 | 0.7775 | |
| 146 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 35600 | 38700 | 0.0795 | 5,086 | 1000 | 0.9821 | |
| 147 | Salisbury University | 36000 | 40900 | 0.1199 | 6,288 | 1250 | 0.8747 | |
| 147 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 36000 | 42400 | 0.1509 | 31,112 | 1130 | 0.8129 | |
| 149 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 36200 | 56300 | 0.3565 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 150 | Mercer University | 36400 | 60500 | 0.3984 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
| 151 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 36900 | 38900 | 0.0533 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 152 | East Carolina University | 37100 | 40100 | 0.0748 | 21,445 | 1120 | 0.8922 | |
| 152 | Immaculata University | 37100 | 47800 | 0.2236 | 1,652 | 1245 | 0.8578 | |
| 154 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 37600 | 38900 | 0.0334 | 1,919 | 1245 | 0.7844 | |
| 154 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 37600 | 41600 | 0.0979 | 5,187 | 1005 | 0.9229 | |
| 156 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38400 | 38400 | 0 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
| 157 | Suffolk University | 38500 | 73600 | 0.4771 | 4,324 | 1209 | 0.822 | |
| 158 | Pace University | 39700 | 74100 | 0.464 | 8,038 | 1274 | 0.7592 | |
| 159 | McKendree University | 40100 | 52200 | 0.2313 | 1,605 | 1098 | 0.6388 | |
| 160 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 40300 | 40300 | 0 | 1,880 | 1185 | 0.9867 | |
| 161 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 40500 | 40500 | 0 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 162 | Loyola University Maryland | 42000 | 78800 | 0.4671 | 3,881 | 1309 | 0.7549 | |
| 163 | College of Charleston | 42100 | 59000 | 0.2865 | 10,880 | 1255 | 0.6003 | |
| 164 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 43000 | 55100 | 0.2197 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 164 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43000 | 52900 | 0.1871 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 166 | CUNY Bernard M Baruch College | 43400 | 43400 | 0 | 16,086 | 1293 | 0.5117 | |
| 167 | Merrimack College | 43600 | 78800 | 0.4464 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
| 168 | CUNY Lehman College | 45400 | 45800 | 0.0087 | 11,217 | 1037 | 0.4601 | |
| 169 | Ramapo College of New Jersey | 47700 | 48100 | 0.0083 | 5,444 | 1214 | 0.7064 | |
| 169 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 47700 | 56200 | 0.1512 | 3,965 | 1229 | 0.9121 | |
| 171 | Molloy University | 48200 | 62300 | 0.2265 | 3,240 | 1199 | 0.8174 | |
| 172 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 50400 | 52300 | 0.0363 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 173 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 50800 | 52900 | 0.0392 | 14,504 | 1145 | 0.7637 | |
| 174 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 51000 | 84200 | 0.3944 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 175 | Drexel University | 51200 | 82600 | 0.38 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 176 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
| 177 | Fordham University | 56000 | 94600 | 0.4082 | 10,307 | 1415 | 0.5628 | |
| 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.