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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 | Savannah State University | 6900 | 29000 | 0.7616 | 2,966 | 925 | 0.4614 | |
| 2 | Greenville Technical College | 7200 | 18400 | 0.6091 | 11,999 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | California Institute of Technology | 7500 | 91800 | 0.9183 | 987 | 1557 | 0.0257 | |
| 4 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 7900 | 36100 | 0.7821 | 10,051 | 1064 | 0.9234 | |
| 5 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8400 | 97100 | 0.914 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0399 | |
| 6 | Valdosta State University | 10500 | 24800 | 0.5775 | 7,166 | 1015 | 0.7229 | |
| 7 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 29200 | 0.5745 | 38,040 | 1418 | 0.452 | |
| 8 | University of Michigan-Flint | 13200 | 34900 | 0.6225 | 5,011 | 1109 | 0.7046 | |
| 9 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 13300 | 25700 | 0.4823 | 28,674 | 980 | 0.9419 | |
| 10 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 13500 | 13500 | 0 | 1,973 | 1189 | 0.8135 | |
| 11 | Alabama State University | 14200 | 31300 | 0.5476 | 3,521 | 945 | 0.9755 | |
| 12 | University of North Georgia | 14400 | 21400 | 0.3271 | 18,322 | 1100 | 0.6794 | |
| 12 | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | 14400 | 19600 | 0.2652 | 10,632 | 1075 | 0.8859 | |
| 14 | Dickinson State University | 14500 | 25000 | 0.4219 | 1,339 | 990 | 0.3702 | |
| 15 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 14600 | 40600 | 0.6398 | 352 | 1180 | 0.9647 | |
| 16 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 14700 | 37400 | 0.6064 | 7,622 | 1075 | 0.9254 | |
| 17 | Wayne State College | 15200 | 20300 | 0.2512 | 3,902 | 0 | 0 | |
| 18 | Radford University | 15500 | 32000 | 0.5152 | 6,161 | 1070 | 0.8953 | |
| 18 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 15500 | 28700 | 0.4599 | 6,761 | 1105 | 0.8475 | |
| 20 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 15600 | 25800 | 0.3938 | 5,386 | 1050 | 0.9092 | |
| 21 | James Madison University | 15700 | 28900 | 0.4573 | 20,973 | 1260 | 0.7152 | |
| 22 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 15900 | 38400 | 0.5856 | 37,140 | 1406 | 0.4237 | |
| 23 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver | 16000 | 38700 | 0.5863 | 482 | 1195 | 0.9565 | |
| 23 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 16000 | 27700 | 0.4218 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 25 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 16300 | 23400 | 0.3038 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8698 | |
| 26 | Coastal Carolina University | 16400 | 27200 | 0.3979 | 10,811 | 1145 | 0.7527 | |
| 26 | Emporia State University | 16400 | 22900 | 0.284 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 26 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 16400 | 26800 | 0.3901 | 4,487 | 1115 | 0.6726 | |
| 29 | Goshen College | 16500 | 55900 | 0.7045 | 780 | 995 | 0.8407 | |
| 30 | Grove City College | 16600 | 39700 | 0.5826 | 2,341 | 1266 | 0.7232 | |
| 31 | Northwestern University | 16700 | 89500 | 0.8138 | 9,399 | 1527 | 0.0769 | |
| 31 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16700 | 64800 | 0.7418 | 20,885 | 1420 | 0.1534 | |
| 33 | Southern University at New Orleans | 16800 | 31000 | 0.4574 | 2,179 | 950 | 0.789 | |
| 34 | Westfield State University | 17000 | 33100 | 0.487 | 3,868 | 1085 | 0.8141 | |
| 35 | SUNY at Fredonia | 17100 | 27800 | 0.3854 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 35 | University of South Florida | 17100 | 17100 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 37 | East Carolina University | 17600 | 26100 | 0.3256 | 21,445 | 1160 | 0.8921 | |
| 37 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 17600 | 43500 | 0.5949 | 581 | 1132 | 0.9821 | |
| 39 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 17900 | 26600 | 0.3274 | 7,505 | 1073 | 0.9633 | |
| 40 | Boston College | 18000 | 97600 | 0.8154 | 10,314 | 1490 | 0.1643 | |
| 41 | Central Connecticut State University | 18200 | 34000 | 0.4642 | 8,170 | 1075 | 0.7333 | |
| 41 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18200 | 28600 | 0.3634 | 4,218 | 1030 | 0.9489 | |
| 43 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 18400 | 39000 | 0.5294 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 44 | SUNY Brockport | 18500 | 26200 | 0.2934 | 5,816 | 1195 | 0.7068 | |
| 45 | Furman University | 18800 | 78900 | 0.7614 | 2,383 | 1359 | 0.4295 | |
| 46 | University of Houston-Victoria | 19100 | 25000 | 0.2362 | 2,627 | 1095 | 0.959 | |
| 46 | University of Illinois Chicago | 19100 | 30100 | 0.366 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 48 | Rutgers University-Newark | 19800 | 38000 | 0.4787 | 7,989 | 1159 | 0.7136 | |
| 49 | Norwich University | 19900 | 73800 | 0.7301 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 49 | Pennsylvania Western University | 19900 | 29000 | 0.3143 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 51 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 20000 | 30400 | 0.3418 | 3,224 | 1085 | 0.7643 | |
| 52 | Cleveland State University | 20100 | 30900 | 0.3491 | 9,482 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 53 | University of Colorado Boulder | 20300 | 31900 | 0.3638 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7808 | |
| 54 | Dakota State University | 20400 | 22500 | 0.0912 | 3,066 | 1192 | 0.8805 | |
| 55 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20600 | 39900 | 0.484 | 5,255 | 1109 | 0.7295 | |
| 56 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 20800 | 57800 | 0.6408 | 1,932 | 1193 | 0.9278 | |
| 57 | Luther College | 21400 | 71900 | 0.7019 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.7154 | |
| 58 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,221 | 1204 | 0.8854 | |
| 59 | Grand Valley State University | 22100 | 35900 | 0.3849 | 19,002 | 1084 | 0.8302 | |
| 60 | University of North Florida | 22400 | 22400 | 0 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
| 61 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 22500 | 25400 | 0.1143 | 2,906 | 1125 | 0.4696 | |
| 62 | Grambling State University | 22600 | 25700 | 0.1208 | 4,313 | 950 | 0.4486 | |
| 62 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 22600 | 53000 | 0.5731 | 1,472 | 1075 | 0.8459 | |
| 62 | New Mexico Highlands University | 22600 | 27200 | 0.169 | 1,603 | 0 | 0 | |
| 65 | Florida Memorial University | 23200 | 42000 | 0.4471 | 1,206 | 0 | 0.8526 | |
| 65 | Houghton University | 23200 | 44300 | 0.4763 | 1,162 | 1277 | 0.8866 | |
| 65 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 23200 | 45900 | 0.495 | 502 | 1189 | 0.9641 | |
| 65 | San Jose State University | 23200 | 41100 | 0.4356 | 28,008 | 1124 | 0.8461 | |
| 69 | Robert Morris University | 23300 | 58000 | 0.5988 | 4,325 | 1145 | 0.8989 | |
| 70 | Morgan State University | 23600 | 41900 | 0.4371 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 71 | Dominican University | 24100 | 56000 | 0.5705 | 2,690 | 1005 | 0.9032 | |
| 72 | Bradley University | 24400 | 50800 | 0.5196 | 3,596 | 1223 | 0.7676 | |
| 73 | Stockton University | 24500 | 32100 | 0.2366 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 74 | Western Oregon University | 24600 | 24600 | 0 | 3,167 | 1040 | 0.981 | |
| 75 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 24900 | 25000 | 0.0016 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 76 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 25100 | 40500 | 0.3803 | 25,900 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 77 | Doane University | 25400 | 71000 | 0.6426 | 1,315 | 1125 | 0.9801 | |
| 78 | Bethune-Cookman University | 25900 | 32700 | 0.208 | 2,738 | 910 | 0.8824 | |
| 79 | Fort Hays State University | 26000 | 36100 | 0.2808 | 10,172 | 1075 | 0.9026 | |
| 80 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 26100 | 28300 | 0.076 | 3,375 | 1090 | 0.5876 | |
| 80 | Stony Brook University | 26100 | 33200 | 0.2129 | 18,263 | 1410 | 0.4904 | |
| 80 | University of North Texas | 26100 | 26100 | 0 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 83 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 26300 | 28400 | 0.0756 | 14,504 | 1149 | 0.7637 | |
| 84 | Columbia College | 26400 | 46900 | 0.4371 | 5,207 | 1145 | 0.4714 | |
| 85 | Kennesaw State University | 26600 | 26600 | 0 | 42,760 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 86 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 26700 | 36800 | 0.2746 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 87 | Albright College | 26800 | 49300 | 0.4563 | 1,230 | 1050 | 0.7633 | |
| 87 | Northwood University | 26800 | 54500 | 0.5087 | 2,045 | 1055 | 0.6451 | |
| 89 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 26900 | 30100 | 0.1047 | 5,086 | 1124 | 0.949 | |
| 90 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 27400 | 37700 | 0.2735 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 91 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 27700 | 31000 | 0.1066 | 10,767 | 1326 | 0.7243 | |
| 92 | Syracuse University | 28200 | 83100 | 0.6604 | 15,957 | 1363 | 0.4592 | |
| 93 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 32300 | 0.1145 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 94 | Saint Xavier University | 28700 | 53700 | 0.4652 | 3,098 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 95 | Elmhurst University | 28800 | 67000 | 0.5704 | 3,213 | 1148 | 0.7364 | |
| 95 | George Fox University | 28800 | 69400 | 0.5853 | 3,354 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 97 | University of Utah | 28900 | 32000 | 0.0984 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 98 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 29100 | 29200 | 0.0034 | 18,288 | 1090 | 0.9068 | |
| 99 | Jacksonville State University | 29200 | 38200 | 0.2354 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 100 | East Texas A&M University | 29500 | 36500 | 0.1917 | 9,992 | 1045 | 0.9224 | |
| 100 | University of Toledo | 29500 | 32600 | 0.0966 | 11,013 | 1229 | 0.9202 | |
| 102 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 29600 | 31600 | 0.0633 | 6,835 | 1090 | 0.7147 | |
| 103 | Fairmont State University | 29700 | 32200 | 0.0777 | 3,088 | 970 | 0.9862 | |
| 104 | Towson University | 29900 | 29900 | 0 | 16,264 | 1098 | 0.8197 | |
| 105 | Northern Kentucky University | 30100 | 32100 | 0.0623 | 10,163 | 1090 | 0.6765 | |
| 106 | Mercy University | 30200 | 44500 | 0.3215 | 6,774 | 1135 | 0.8584 | |
| 107 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 30500 | 54700 | 0.4419 | 1,427 | 1025 | 0.4941 | |
| 108 | Central College | 30600 | 36800 | 0.1686 | 1,084 | 1145 | 0.8617 | |
| 108 | Lincoln University | 30600 | 34500 | 0.1129 | 1,926 | 0 | 0 | |
| 108 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30600 | 54600 | 0.4387 | 3,163 | 1165 | 0.9347 | |
| 111 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1161 | 0.9523 | |
| 112 | Frostburg State University | 31000 | 43000 | 0.2792 | 3,422 | 1095 | 0.8918 | |
| 113 | Hampton University | 31400 | 54800 | 0.427 | 3,728 | 947 | 0.6225 | |
| 113 | University of Kentucky | 31400 | 36400 | 0.1373 | 25,534 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 115 | Charleston Southern University | 31500 | 48400 | 0.3499 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 116 | Angelo State University | 31700 | 35400 | 0.1031 | 9,702 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 117 | Saint Michael's College | 31800 | 68500 | 0.536 | 1,120 | 1240 | 0.8451 | |
| 118 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 32000 | 49500 | 0.3539 | 1,813 | 1109 | 0.9484 | |
| 119 | Washington Adventist University | 32300 | 37800 | 0.1457 | 513 | 995 | 0.4618 | |
| 120 | University of Scranton | 32500 | 78700 | 0.5874 | 3,613 | 1250 | 0.8123 | |
| 121 | State University of New York at Oswego | 33000 | 40200 | 0.1792 | 5,517 | 1180 | 0.8055 | |
| 121 | Suffolk University | 33000 | 70300 | 0.5305 | 4,326 | 1209 | 0.8233 | |
| 123 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 15,254 | 1080 | 0.8955 | |
| 124 | George Washington University | 33800 | 81800 | 0.5869 | 11,677 | 1430 | 0.4709 | |
| 125 | LeTourneau University | 33900 | 54800 | 0.3817 | 3,187 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 125 | Thomas Jefferson University | 33900 | 68100 | 0.5024 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8097 | |
| 127 | Salisbury University | 34000 | 41700 | 0.1845 | 6,288 | 1250 | 0.8747 | |
| 128 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 35100 | 35100 | 0 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 129 | Adelphi University | 35200 | 63300 | 0.4445 | 5,325 | 1237 | 0.6591 | |
| 130 | California Lutheran University | 35300 | 70000 | 0.4959 | 2,297 | 1254 | 0.7567 | |
| 130 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 35300 | 56700 | 0.3775 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8304 | |
| 132 | Averett University | 35400 | 57200 | 0.3813 | 1,244 | 1054 | 0.5659 | |
| 133 | Christopher Newport University | 36200 | 36200 | 0 | 4,369 | 1189 | 0.8604 | |
| 133 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 36200 | 56300 | 0.3578 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 135 | Loyola University Maryland | 36500 | 78800 | 0.5369 | 3,881 | 1303 | 0.7549 | |
| 136 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 36900 | 37100 | 0.0054 | 5,939 | 1065 | 0.5878 | |
| 137 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 37300 | 38100 | 0.021 | 2,884 | 1175 | 0.9677 | |
| 138 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38700 | 38700 | 0 | 14,416 | 1210 | 0.8851 | |
| 139 | University of South Alabama | 39700 | 39700 | 0 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 140 | McKendree University | 40100 | 52200 | 0.2327 | 1,757 | 1098 | 0.7172 | |
| 141 | Wayne State University | 40600 | 46200 | 0.1212 | 16,012 | 1174 | 0.8116 | |
| 142 | Pace University | 40800 | 74800 | 0.4544 | 8,038 | 1260 | 0.7592 | |
| 143 | Immaculata University | 42000 | 47500 | 0.1157 | 1,652 | 1245 | 0.8576 | |
| 144 | University of Mount Olive | 42300 | 50400 | 0.1617 | 1,944 | 1075 | 0.7575 | |
| 145 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43200 | 53600 | 0.1942 | 31,133 | 1463 | 0.4479 | |
| 146 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4474 | 4,102 | 1115 | 0.7002 | |
| 147 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 43900 | 57100 | 0.2305 | 23,329 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 148 | Mercer University | 45200 | 65400 | 0.3085 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
| 149 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 46300 | 46600 | 0.0064 | 6,139 | 1070 | 0.9052 | |
| 150 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 47800 | 67900 | 0.296 | 3,965 | 1229 | 0.9121 | |
| 151 | Drexel University | 48800 | 83900 | 0.4184 | 13,309 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 152 | DePaul University | 49200 | 66000 | 0.2547 | 14,188 | 1254 | 0.7589 | |
| 153 | University of California-Riverside | 49400 | 66000 | 0.2517 | 22,600 | 1199 | 0.7639 | |
| 154 | Ramapo College of New Jersey | 50600 | 55400 | 0.0867 | 5,444 | 1220 | 0.7064 | |
| 155 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 50900 | 84700 | 0.3991 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 156 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 51800 | 52800 | 0.0189 | 21,210 | 1148 | 0.9262 | |
| 157 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 16,100 | 1219 | 0.7766 | |
| 158 | Dallas Baptist University | 56400 | 63400 | 0.1104 | 2,785 | 1109 | 0.8884 | |
| 159 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58200 | 64100 | 0.092 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 160 | Molloy University | 59700 | 62300 | 0.0418 | 3,240 | 1199 | 0.8174 | |
| 161 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 60300 | 64100 | 0.0592 | 1,236 | 1193 | 0.9811 | |
| 162 | College of Charleston | 60400 | 61200 | 0.0131 | 10,880 | 1255 | 0.6003 | |
| 163 | Thiel College | 60600 | 69100 | 0.123 | 833 | 1065 | 0.7155 | |
| 164 | Clemson University | 61500 | 63700 | 0.0338 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 165 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 61900 | 64200 | 0.0358 | 1,880 | 1185 | 0.9867 | |
| 166 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 63700 | 63700 | 0 | 10,200 | 1325 | 0.6507 | |
| 167 | Fordham University | 69900 | 95100 | 0.2649 | 10,582 | 1406 | 0.5931 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.