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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 | Greenville Technical College | 7200 | 18400 | 0.6091 | 11,999 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 7900 | 36100 | 0.7821 | 10,368 | 1064 | 0.999 | |
| 3 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8400 | 97100 | 0.914 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 4 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 10100 | 20400 | 0.5054 | 3,224 | 1085 | 0.7643 | |
| 5 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 10300 | 10300 | 0 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 6 | Valdosta State University | 10500 | 24800 | 0.5775 | 7,199 | 1005 | 0.7769 | |
| 7 | Savannah State University | 10700 | 26700 | 0.6 | 2,966 | 950 | 1 | |
| 8 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 11600 | 27800 | 0.582 | 22,007 | 1427 | 0.1672 | |
| 9 | University of North Florida | 12900 | 22400 | 0.4246 | 14,837 | 1124 | 0.6815 | |
| 10 | University of Michigan-Flint | 13200 | 34900 | 0.6225 | 5,534 | 1079 | 0.6734 | |
| 11 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 13300 | 13300 | 0 | 18,667 | 1090 | 0.9711 | |
| 12 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 63200 | 0.7838 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 13 | Fairmont State University | 13900 | 21400 | 0.3509 | 3,090 | 970 | 0.9862 | |
| 14 | University of North Georgia | 14400 | 21400 | 0.3271 | 19,321 | 1100 | 0.9618 | |
| 15 | Northern Kentucky University | 14900 | 25900 | 0.4253 | 10,136 | 1110 | 0.9666 | |
| 15 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 14900 | 29600 | 0.4973 | 7,501 | 1055 | 0.9467 | |
| 17 | Wayne State College | 15200 | 20300 | 0.2512 | 3,886 | 0 | 1 | |
| 18 | Concord University | 15300 | 31700 | 0.5182 | 1,638 | 1015 | 0.9728 | |
| 19 | Radford University | 15400 | 32000 | 0.5196 | 6,206 | 1050 | 0.8939 | |
| 20 | Alabama State University | 15500 | 24300 | 0.3632 | 3,521 | 945 | 0.9755 | |
| 21 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 15900 | 27700 | 0.4254 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 21 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 15900 | 26800 | 0.4088 | 4,789 | 1040 | 0.6671 | |
| 23 | Jacksonville State University | 16100 | 27000 | 0.4044 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 24 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 16300 | 23400 | 0.3038 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 25 | Emporia State University | 16400 | 22900 | 0.284 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 25 | Frostburg State University | 16400 | 26600 | 0.3832 | 3,436 | 1095 | 0.907 | |
| 25 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 16400 | 44500 | 0.631 | 308 | 1144 | 0.9053 | |
| 28 | Northwestern University | 16600 | 89500 | 0.8149 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 29 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 16800 | 40600 | 0.5856 | 586 | 1140 | 0.9577 | |
| 29 | Southern University at New Orleans | 16800 | 31000 | 0.4574 | 2,179 | 950 | 0.789 | |
| 31 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 16900 | 35700 | 0.5267 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 32 | University of South Florida | 17100 | 17100 | 0 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 33 | Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi | 17500 | 20700 | 0.1546 | 8,673 | 1095 | 0.9156 | |
| 34 | Boston College | 18000 | 97600 | 0.8154 | 9,677 | 1484 | 0.1422 | |
| 35 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18100 | 28600 | 0.3669 | 3,991 | 1010 | 0.9654 | |
| 35 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 18100 | 35300 | 0.4869 | 1,829 | 1149 | 0.945 | |
| 37 | State University of New York at Oswego | 18300 | 27700 | 0.3392 | 5,293 | 1179 | 0.7989 | |
| 38 | Coppin State University | 18500 | 29200 | 0.3668 | 1,908 | 950 | 0.4583 | |
| 39 | Furman University | 18800 | 78900 | 0.7614 | 2,304 | 1372 | 0.4869 | |
| 40 | Texas A&M University-Victoria | 19100 | 35800 | 0.4667 | 2,627 | 1000 | 0.5253 | |
| 41 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 19300 | 68100 | 0.7168 | 711 | 1030 | 0.8214 | |
| 42 | Norwich University | 19900 | 73800 | 0.7301 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 42 | Pennsylvania Western University | 19900 | 29000 | 0.3143 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 44 | Central Connecticut State University | 20000 | 29500 | 0.3219 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 45 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20300 | 29400 | 0.309 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 46 | Dakota State University | 20400 | 22500 | 0.0912 | 3,085 | 1174 | 0.9241 | |
| 46 | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | 20400 | 25700 | 0.2064 | 10,995 | 1090 | 0.7476 | |
| 48 | Grove City College | 20600 | 39700 | 0.4817 | 2,247 | 1248 | 0.667 | |
| 48 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 20600 | 57800 | 0.6433 | 1,109 | 1175 | 0.9088 | |
| 50 | Tarleton State University | 21000 | 23000 | 0.087 | 17,556 | 1090 | 0.5386 | |
| 51 | College of Charleston | 21400 | 33900 | 0.3692 | 10,596 | 1234 | 0.73 | |
| 52 | Luther College | 21500 | 75400 | 0.7153 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.8398 | |
| 53 | Bradley University | 22000 | 50800 | 0.5669 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 54 | Grand Valley State University | 22100 | 35900 | 0.3849 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 55 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 22400 | 33600 | 0.3331 | 21,469 | 1167 | 0.9061 | |
| 56 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 22600 | 25400 | 0.1104 | 2,907 | 1125 | 0.4696 | |
| 56 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 22600 | 53000 | 0.5731 | 1,495 | 1075 | 0.8761 | |
| 58 | Robert Morris University | 23100 | 58000 | 0.6012 | 4,325 | 1145 | 0.8989 | |
| 58 | San Jose State University | 23100 | 41100 | 0.4381 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 60 | Florida Memorial University | 23200 | 42000 | 0.4471 | 1,206 | 0 | 0.8526 | |
| 60 | Houghton University | 23200 | 44300 | 0.4763 | 958 | 1277 | 0.89 | |
| 62 | Dominican University | 23900 | 56000 | 0.573 | 2,642 | 1005 | 0.8879 | |
| 63 | Ramapo College of New Jersey | 24500 | 36300 | 0.3255 | 5,492 | 1210 | 0.7026 | |
| 64 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 24800 | 30600 | 0.1895 | 9,827 | 1329 | 0.6737 | |
| 64 | Westfield State University | 24800 | 39000 | 0.3637 | 3,868 | 1105 | 0.8671 | |
| 66 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 24900 | 25000 | 0.0016 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 67 | Columbia College | 25000 | 46900 | 0.467 | 876 | 1025 | 0.8878 | |
| 68 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 25100 | 40500 | 0.3803 | 21,388 | 1369 | 0.5945 | |
| 69 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 25300 | 45900 | 0.4492 | 504 | 1200 | 0.9095 | |
| 70 | Fort Hays State University | 26000 | 36100 | 0.282 | 10,172 | 1075 | 0.9026 | |
| 70 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 26000 | 28300 | 0.0809 | 3,375 | 1090 | 0.5885 | |
| 70 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 26000 | 37500 | 0.307 | 1,078 | 1217 | 0.9646 | |
| 70 | West Virginia Wesleyan College | 26000 | 53800 | 0.5169 | 971 | 1030 | 0.9334 | |
| 74 | Stony Brook University | 26100 | 33200 | 0.2129 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 74 | University of North Texas | 26100 | 26100 | 0 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 76 | Bemidji State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 3,751 | 1075 | 0.5598 | |
| 77 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 26500 | 36800 | 0.28 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 78 | Kennesaw State University | 26600 | 26600 | 0 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 79 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 26800 | 30100 | 0.1094 | 3,893 | 1015 | 0.9839 | |
| 79 | Northwood University | 26800 | 54500 | 0.5087 | 2,045 | 1055 | 0.6451 | |
| 81 | Bethune-Cookman University | 27100 | 32700 | 0.1713 | 2,739 | 910 | 0.8824 | |
| 81 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 27100 | 41500 | 0.3468 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 83 | Rowan University | 27400 | 41300 | 0.3369 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 84 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 27500 | 36500 | 0.2467 | 7,747 | 1073 | 0.9617 | |
| 85 | Morgan State University | 27700 | 41900 | 0.3392 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 85 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 27700 | 31000 | 0.1066 | 11,087 | 1326 | 0.7397 | |
| 87 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 27900 | 36700 | 0.24 | 1,709 | 1218 | 0.9653 | |
| 87 | Syracuse University | 27900 | 83100 | 0.6641 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 89 | Elmhurst University | 28400 | 67000 | 0.5763 | 3,170 | 1133 | 0.7501 | |
| 90 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28500 | 32300 | 0.1176 | 11,691 | 1074 | 0.7722 | |
| 91 | Saint Xavier University | 28600 | 53700 | 0.4671 | 3,100 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 92 | James Madison University | 28900 | 28900 | 0 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 93 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 29000 | 49100 | 0.4094 | 29,727 | 990 | 0.9229 | |
| 94 | Lincoln University | 29200 | 34500 | 0.1535 | 1,926 | 920 | 0 | |
| 94 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 29200 | 42400 | 0.3117 | 6,761 | 1105 | 0.8475 | |
| 96 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 29300 | 36500 | 0.1972 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 97 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 29700 | 31600 | 0.0601 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 98 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 29800 | 48100 | 0.3807 | 2,280 | 1224 | 0.9675 | |
| 98 | Towson University | 29800 | 29900 | 0.0033 | 16,361 | 1082 | 0.8057 | |
| 100 | Grambling State University | 30200 | 35300 | 0.1446 | 4,313 | 950 | 0.4486 | |
| 101 | Mercy University | 30300 | 44500 | 0.3192 | 6,692 | 1135 | 0.8724 | |
| 102 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30500 | 54600 | 0.4413 | 3,120 | 1193 | 0.3992 | |
| 103 | University of Toledo | 30700 | 42000 | 0.269 | 10,726 | 1134 | 0.8889 | |
| 104 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 2,082 | 1124 | 0.9576 | |
| 105 | Central College | 31100 | 36800 | 0.155 | 1,050 | 1159 | 0.8698 | |
| 105 | Saint Michael's College | 31100 | 68500 | 0.5463 | 1,051 | 1280 | 0.8976 | |
| 107 | Charleston Southern University | 31400 | 48400 | 0.3528 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 107 | Lamar University | 31400 | 38300 | 0.1803 | 8,387 | 1040 | 0.8353 | |
| 107 | University of Kentucky | 31400 | 36400 | 0.1373 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 110 | Angelo State University | 31600 | 35400 | 0.1071 | 10,103 | 1045 | 0.7981 | |
| 110 | Hampton University | 31600 | 54800 | 0.4233 | 4,046 | 1005 | 0.6358 | |
| 112 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 32400 | 40900 | 0.2078 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 112 | SUNY Brockport | 32400 | 35800 | 0.095 | 5,816 | 1195 | 0.7068 | |
| 112 | University of Scranton | 32400 | 78700 | 0.5879 | 3,689 | 1245 | 0.8006 | |
| 115 | Portland State University | 32500 | 43100 | 0.2456 | 14,932 | 1174 | 0.8586 | |
| 116 | Suffolk University | 33000 | 70300 | 0.5305 | 4,247 | 1209 | 0.8228 | |
| 117 | Coastal Carolina University | 33200 | 45100 | 0.2636 | 11,471 | 1160 | 0.7003 | |
| 118 | Cleveland State University | 33400 | 37300 | 0.1046 | 9,418 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 119 | Harding University | 33500 | 47800 | 0.299 | 3,536 | 1184 | 0.7052 | |
| 120 | Elizabethtown College | 33700 | 55300 | 0.3907 | 1,935 | 1214 | 0.8892 | |
| 120 | George Washington University | 33700 | 81800 | 0.5881 | 11,495 | 1436 | 0.4713 | |
| 122 | Salisbury University | 33900 | 41700 | 0.1868 | 6,477 | 1245 | 0.8826 | |
| 122 | Thomas Jefferson University | 33900 | 68100 | 0.5023 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 124 | SUNY at Fredonia | 34000 | 39600 | 0.1416 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 125 | Loyola University Maryland | 34100 | 78800 | 0.5673 | 4,013 | 1329 | 0.6986 | |
| 126 | Texas Southern University | 34500 | 42500 | 0.1883 | 6,844 | 915 | 0.9691 | |
| 127 | Adelphi University | 35000 | 63300 | 0.4467 | 5,097 | 1241 | 0.7215 | |
| 127 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 35000 | 38700 | 0.0956 | 14,865 | 1175 | 0.9113 | |
| 129 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 35100 | 35100 | 0 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 130 | Stockton University | 35200 | 44500 | 0.2091 | 7,583 | 1134 | 0.901 | |
| 131 | Averett University | 35400 | 57200 | 0.3813 | 1,244 | 1054 | 0.5659 | |
| 131 | California Lutheran University | 35400 | 70000 | 0.4945 | 2,160 | 1218 | 0.7631 | |
| 133 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Schuylkill | 35600 | 61100 | 0.4174 | 653 | 1145 | 0.7972 | |
| 134 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 36000 | 56300 | 0.3603 | 5,687 | 1305 | 0.7863 | |
| 135 | Christopher Newport University | 36200 | 36200 | 0 | 4,369 | 1189 | 0.8604 | |
| 136 | East Carolina University | 36900 | 42700 | 0.1356 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 136 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 36900 | 37100 | 0.0054 | 5,939 | 1065 | 0.5878 | |
| 138 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 38100 | 38100 | 0 | 2,710 | 1218 | 0.9374 | |
| 139 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 38900 | 38900 | 0 | 1,973 | 1189 | 0.8142 | |
| 140 | University of South Alabama | 39700 | 39700 | 0 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 141 | Rutgers University-Newark | 39800 | 57900 | 0.3125 | 7,989 | 1159 | 0.7136 | |
| 142 | University of Illinois Chicago | 40500 | 50600 | 0.1996 | 24,260 | 1174 | 0.7576 | |
| 143 | McKendree University | 40600 | 52900 | 0.2324 | 1,757 | 1098 | 0.7172 | |
| 143 | Pace University | 40600 | 74800 | 0.4571 | 5,520 | 1273 | 0.7827 | |
| 143 | Wayne State University | 40600 | 46200 | 0.1212 | 16,390 | 1183 | 0.8359 | |
| 146 | University of Mount Olive | 42100 | 50400 | 0.1645 | 1,944 | 1075 | 0.7575 | |
| 147 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43200 | 53600 | 0.1942 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 148 | Western Oregon University | 43400 | 43400 | 0 | 3,034 | 1120 | 0.8345 | |
| 149 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4479 | 4,123 | 1124 | 0.6927 | |
| 150 | Immaculata University | 43800 | 47500 | 0.0778 | 1,889 | 1264 | 0.8656 | |
| 151 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 43900 | 67900 | 0.3534 | 4,182 | 1317 | 0.8783 | |
| 152 | Mercer University | 45700 | 65400 | 0.3015 | 4,719 | 1263 | 0.643 | |
| 153 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47100 | 59700 | 0.2124 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 154 | University of Colorado Boulder | 47500 | 57700 | 0.1764 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7809 | |
| 155 | Drexel University | 47700 | 83900 | 0.4315 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 156 | DePaul University | 49100 | 66000 | 0.2562 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 157 | University of California-Riverside | 49400 | 66000 | 0.2517 | 24,034 | 1199 | 0.8609 | |
| 158 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 49800 | 62200 | 0.1995 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 159 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 50500 | 58800 | 0.1411 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 160 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 50600 | 52900 | 0.0433 | 14,834 | 1149 | 0.7803 | |
| 161 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 50800 | 84700 | 0.4003 | 35,358 | 1448 | 0.1642 | |
| 162 | University of Utah | 51400 | 53700 | 0.0426 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 163 | Molloy University | 58500 | 62300 | 0.061 | 3,396 | 1188 | 0.6633 | |
| 164 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 58900 | 61200 | 0.0374 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 165 | Thiel College | 60500 | 69100 | 0.1244 | 830 | 1065 | 0.7189 | |
| 166 | Clemson University | 61400 | 63700 | 0.036 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 167 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver | 63900 | 63900 | 0 | 475 | 1195 | 0.9418 | |
| 168 | Fordham University | 74900 | 95100 | 0.2123 | 10,582 | 1406 | 0.5931 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.