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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 Dakota.
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 Dakota.
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 | University of Michigan-Flint | 5700 | 44000 | 0.8709 | 5,534 | 1079 | 0.6734 | |
| 2 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 6300 | 50600 | 0.875 | 35,358 | 1448 | 0.1642 | |
| 3 | Savannah State University | 6800 | 28000 | 0.756 | 2,966 | 950 | 1 | |
| 4 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 8000 | 36100 | 0.7793 | 10,368 | 1064 | 0.999 | |
| 5 | Northwestern University | 8100 | 93000 | 0.9131 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 6 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8900 | 96500 | 0.9082 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 7 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 10300 | 10300 | 0 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 8 | Portland State University | 10500 | 73900 | 0.8577 | 14,932 | 1174 | 0.8586 | |
| 9 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 10900 | 42400 | 0.7425 | 3,224 | 1085 | 0.7643 | |
| 10 | Valdosta State University | 11400 | 25300 | 0.5487 | 7,199 | 1005 | 0.7769 | |
| 11 | Lamar University | 13100 | 22900 | 0.4274 | 8,387 | 1040 | 0.8353 | |
| 12 | University of South Florida | 13300 | 16300 | 0.1836 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 12 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 13300 | 13300 | 0 | 18,667 | 1090 | 0.9711 | |
| 14 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 61700 | 0.7784 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 15 | Coastal Carolina University | 13800 | 72300 | 0.8094 | 11,471 | 1160 | 0.7003 | |
| 15 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 13800 | 27600 | 0.4995 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 15 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 13800 | 19400 | 0.2887 | 14,865 | 1175 | 0.9113 | |
| 18 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 13900 | 52800 | 0.737 | 6,761 | 1105 | 0.8475 | |
| 19 | University of North Georgia | 14600 | 56800 | 0.7432 | 19,321 | 1100 | 0.9618 | |
| 20 | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | 14700 | 19600 | 0.2499 | 10,995 | 1090 | 0.7476 | |
| 21 | University of California-Riverside | 15000 | 118100 | 0.8727 | 24,034 | 1199 | 0.8609 | |
| 22 | Central Connecticut State University | 15100 | 34200 | 0.5582 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 23 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 15200 | 28600 | 0.4692 | 7,501 | 1055 | 0.9467 | |
| 23 | Wayne State College | 15200 | 26400 | 0.4238 | 3,886 | 0 | 1 | |
| 25 | Coppin State University | 15700 | 51800 | 0.6963 | 1,908 | 950 | 0.4583 | |
| 25 | Jacksonville State University | 15700 | 42900 | 0.6334 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 27 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 15900 | 43300 | 0.6329 | 308 | 1144 | 0.9053 | |
| 28 | Alabama State University | 16300 | 33500 | 0.5127 | 3,521 | 945 | 0.9755 | |
| 29 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16600 | 64800 | 0.7439 | 22,007 | 1427 | 0.1672 | |
| 30 | Emporia State University | 16700 | 22900 | 0.2709 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 31 | Boston College | 17100 | 122200 | 0.8597 | 9,677 | 1484 | 0.1422 | |
| 32 | Southern University at New Orleans | 17200 | 41400 | 0.5852 | 2,179 | 950 | 0.789 | |
| 33 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 17800 | 43500 | 0.5913 | 1,829 | 1149 | 0.945 | |
| 34 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18100 | 28600 | 0.3669 | 3,991 | 1010 | 0.9654 | |
| 34 | University of Kentucky | 18100 | 46800 | 0.6139 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 36 | Kennesaw State University | 18400 | 61500 | 0.7004 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 37 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 18500 | 68100 | 0.7285 | 711 | 1030 | 0.8214 | |
| 37 | University of South Alabama | 18500 | 40600 | 0.5438 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 39 | SUNY Brockport | 18600 | 26200 | 0.2895 | 5,816 | 1195 | 0.7068 | |
| 40 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 18700 | 25200 | 0.2576 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 41 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 18900 | 28300 | 0.3311 | 3,375 | 1090 | 0.5885 | |
| 42 | San Jose State University | 19000 | 41100 | 0.5379 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 43 | Texas A&M University-Victoria | 19200 | 25000 | 0.2322 | 2,627 | 1000 | 0.5253 | |
| 44 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 19300 | 44600 | 0.5669 | 504 | 1200 | 0.9095 | |
| 45 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 19500 | 37900 | 0.4873 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 46 | Norwich University | 20100 | 76000 | 0.7351 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 47 | South Dakota State University | 20400 | 25200 | 0.19 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 47 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20400 | 28400 | 0.2812 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 49 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 20600 | 57800 | 0.6433 | 1,109 | 1175 | 0.9088 | |
| 50 | Grove City College | 20800 | 39700 | 0.4767 | 2,247 | 1248 | 0.667 | |
| 51 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 21000 | 48000 | 0.5625 | 1,709 | 1218 | 0.9653 | |
| 51 | University of Maryland-College Park | 21000 | 35000 | 0.4004 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 51 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 21000 | 25500 | 0.1765 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 54 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 21400 | 48100 | 0.5548 | 2,710 | 1218 | 0.9374 | |
| 55 | Luther College | 21500 | 75400 | 0.7153 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.8398 | |
| 55 | Thiel College | 21500 | 88800 | 0.7583 | 830 | 1065 | 0.7189 | |
| 55 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 21500 | 51900 | 0.5863 | 5,939 | 1065 | 0.5878 | |
| 58 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 59 | Grand Valley State University | 21900 | 36600 | 0.4016 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 60 | Syracuse University | 22100 | 83600 | 0.7356 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 61 | Averett University | 22300 | 57400 | 0.612 | 1,244 | 1054 | 0.5659 | |
| 61 | Texas Southern University | 22300 | 25500 | 0.1257 | 6,844 | 915 | 0.9691 | |
| 63 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 22500 | 25400 | 0.1143 | 2,907 | 1125 | 0.4696 | |
| 64 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 22600 | 33600 | 0.3271 | 21,469 | 1167 | 0.9061 | |
| 65 | Fort Hays State University | 22900 | 28500 | 0.196 | 10,172 | 1075 | 0.9026 | |
| 66 | Houghton University | 23100 | 44300 | 0.4786 | 958 | 1277 | 0.89 | |
| 66 | Robert Morris University | 23100 | 58000 | 0.6012 | 4,325 | 1145 | 0.8989 | |
| 68 | Florida Memorial University | 23300 | 41500 | 0.4384 | 1,206 | 0 | 0.8526 | |
| 69 | Pennsylvania Western University | 23400 | 34400 | 0.3195 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 70 | Columbia College | 23500 | 65100 | 0.6388 | 876 | 1025 | 0.8878 | |
| 71 | Dominican University | 23900 | 56000 | 0.573 | 2,642 | 1005 | 0.8879 | |
| 72 | Fairmont State University | 24100 | 30900 | 0.22 | 3,090 | 970 | 0.9862 | |
| 73 | Ramapo College of New Jersey | 24700 | 36700 | 0.3267 | 5,492 | 1210 | 0.7026 | |
| 74 | Dakota State University | 24800 | 25600 | 0.0293 | 3,085 | 1174 | 0.9241 | |
| 75 | Stockton University | 24900 | 32100 | 0.2242 | 7,583 | 1134 | 0.901 | |
| 76 | Concord University | 25300 | 41900 | 0.3966 | 1,638 | 1015 | 0.9728 | |
| 77 | Central College | 25600 | 38700 | 0.3388 | 1,050 | 1159 | 0.8698 | |
| 78 | Northwood University | 25700 | 75700 | 0.6609 | 2,045 | 1055 | 0.6451 | |
| 78 | Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi | 25700 | 28900 | 0.1109 | 8,673 | 1095 | 0.9156 | |
| 80 | West Virginia Wesleyan College | 26000 | 53800 | 0.5169 | 971 | 1030 | 0.9334 | |
| 81 | Loyola University Maryland | 26200 | 78800 | 0.6676 | 4,013 | 1329 | 0.6986 | |
| 82 | Bemidji State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 3,751 | 1075 | 0.5598 | |
| 83 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 26500 | 50000 | 0.4697 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 83 | University of North Texas | 26500 | 36900 | 0.282 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 85 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 26800 | 36800 | 0.2719 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 86 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 26900 | 39800 | 0.3239 | 29,727 | 990 | 0.9229 | |
| 87 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 27200 | 43300 | 0.3722 | 7,747 | 1073 | 0.9617 | |
| 88 | University of South Dakota | 27300 | 29600 | 0.0773 | 7,515 | 1120 | 0.9884 | |
| 89 | Bethune-Cookman University | 27500 | 32300 | 0.1484 | 2,739 | 910 | 0.8824 | |
| 90 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 27800 | 27800 | 0 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 91 | Wayne State University | 28400 | 46800 | 0.3934 | 16,390 | 1183 | 0.8359 | |
| 92 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 36500 | 0.2167 | 11,691 | 1074 | 0.7722 | |
| 93 | Western Oregon University | 28800 | 28800 | 0 | 3,034 | 1120 | 0.8345 | |
| 94 | University of Toledo | 29300 | 32600 | 0.1009 | 10,726 | 1134 | 0.8889 | |
| 95 | Morgan State University | 29400 | 41800 | 0.2966 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 96 | Northern Kentucky University | 29600 | 34800 | 0.1493 | 10,136 | 1110 | 0.9666 | |
| 97 | California Lutheran University | 30100 | 109800 | 0.7261 | 2,160 | 1218 | 0.7631 | |
| 98 | Saint Xavier University | 30400 | 57200 | 0.4688 | 3,100 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 98 | Thomas Jefferson University | 30400 | 68700 | 0.5576 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 100 | Grambling State University | 30500 | 35800 | 0.1482 | 4,313 | 950 | 0.4486 | |
| 100 | University of North Florida | 30500 | 30500 | 0 | 14,837 | 1124 | 0.6815 | |
| 100 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30500 | 54600 | 0.4413 | 3,120 | 1193 | 0.3992 | |
| 103 | Lincoln University | 30600 | 35000 | 0.1257 | 1,926 | 920 | 0 | |
| 103 | Towson University | 30600 | 39200 | 0.2196 | 16,361 | 1082 | 0.8057 | |
| 105 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 2,082 | 1124 | 0.9576 | |
| 106 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 31200 | 44300 | 0.2955 | 586 | 1140 | 0.9577 | |
| 107 | Suffolk University | 31400 | 110800 | 0.7165 | 4,247 | 1209 | 0.8228 | |
| 108 | Hampton University | 31500 | 54800 | 0.4252 | 4,046 | 1005 | 0.6358 | |
| 108 | Westfield State University | 31500 | 41500 | 0.2412 | 3,868 | 1105 | 0.8671 | |
| 110 | Angelo State University | 31600 | 35400 | 0.1071 | 10,103 | 1045 | 0.7981 | |
| 111 | Cleveland State University | 31800 | 32100 | 0.0094 | 9,418 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 112 | University of Scranton | 32400 | 78700 | 0.5879 | 3,689 | 1245 | 0.8006 | |
| 113 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 32800 | 69700 | 0.529 | 11,087 | 1326 | 0.7397 | |
| 114 | State University of New York at Oswego | 32900 | 40200 | 0.1817 | 5,293 | 1179 | 0.7989 | |
| 115 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 17,556 | 1090 | 0.5386 | |
| 116 | Harding University | 33500 | 47800 | 0.299 | 3,536 | 1184 | 0.7052 | |
| 117 | Elizabethtown College | 33800 | 69900 | 0.5167 | 1,935 | 1214 | 0.8892 | |
| 118 | Salisbury University | 34000 | 41600 | 0.1827 | 6,477 | 1245 | 0.8826 | |
| 119 | Charleston Southern University | 34200 | 48400 | 0.295 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 120 | George Washington University | 34300 | 81800 | 0.5808 | 11,495 | 1436 | 0.4713 | |
| 121 | SUNY at Fredonia | 34400 | 41000 | 0.161 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 122 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 34500 | 62800 | 0.4506 | 1,495 | 1075 | 0.8761 | |
| 123 | Adelphi University | 35000 | 63300 | 0.4467 | 5,097 | 1241 | 0.7215 | |
| 124 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 35200 | 38900 | 0.095 | 1,973 | 1189 | 0.8142 | |
| 125 | Christopher Newport University | 35400 | 38700 | 0.0853 | 4,369 | 1189 | 0.8604 | |
| 126 | Bradley University | 35900 | 60000 | 0.402 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 127 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 36000 | 56300 | 0.3603 | 5,687 | 1305 | 0.7863 | |
| 128 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 36300 | 53600 | 0.3229 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 128 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 36300 | 57000 | 0.3629 | 4,789 | 1040 | 0.6671 | |
| 130 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 36600 | 39900 | 0.0825 | 3,893 | 1015 | 0.9839 | |
| 131 | East Carolina University | 36900 | 42700 | 0.1356 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 132 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 37200 | 47900 | 0.2232 | 2,280 | 1224 | 0.9675 | |
| 133 | Frostburg State University | 38000 | 55400 | 0.3142 | 3,436 | 1095 | 0.907 | |
| 134 | Saint Michael's College | 39100 | 75600 | 0.4831 | 1,051 | 1280 | 0.8976 | |
| 135 | Stony Brook University | 39700 | 53000 | 0.2507 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 136 | Drexel University | 40200 | 107600 | 0.6262 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 136 | Elmhurst University | 40200 | 69600 | 0.4222 | 3,170 | 1133 | 0.7501 | |
| 138 | Furman University | 40300 | 84600 | 0.5234 | 2,304 | 1372 | 0.4869 | |
| 138 | Immaculata University | 40300 | 60400 | 0.3328 | 1,889 | 1264 | 0.8656 | |
| 140 | James Madison University | 40500 | 45100 | 0.102 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 141 | McKendree University | 40600 | 52900 | 0.2324 | 1,757 | 1098 | 0.7172 | |
| 142 | Pace University | 40700 | 75500 | 0.461 | 5,520 | 1273 | 0.7827 | |
| 143 | University of Illinois Chicago | 41500 | 51300 | 0.191 | 24,260 | 1174 | 0.7576 | |
| 144 | Mercy University | 41600 | 46400 | 0.1035 | 6,692 | 1135 | 0.8724 | |
| 145 | University of Mount Olive | 42100 | 50400 | 0.1645 | 1,944 | 1075 | 0.7575 | |
| 146 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 42400 | 58900 | 0.2801 | 21,388 | 1369 | 0.5945 | |
| 147 | Radford University | 43400 | 45700 | 0.0501 | 6,206 | 1050 | 0.8939 | |
| 148 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4479 | 4,123 | 1124 | 0.6927 | |
| 149 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 43800 | 103500 | 0.5766 | 4,182 | 1317 | 0.8783 | |
| 150 | Mercer University | 45700 | 65400 | 0.3015 | 4,719 | 1263 | 0.643 | |
| 151 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 45900 | 59900 | 0.2338 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 152 | DePaul University | 49100 | 66400 | 0.2604 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 153 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Schuylkill | 49900 | 61100 | 0.1833 | 653 | 1145 | 0.7972 | |
| 154 | University of Colorado Boulder | 50000 | 56000 | 0.1072 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7809 | |
| 155 | Rutgers University-Newark | 50300 | 59900 | 0.1604 | 7,989 | 1159 | 0.7136 | |
| 156 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 50500 | 58800 | 0.1411 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 157 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 50600 | 52900 | 0.0433 | 14,834 | 1149 | 0.7803 | |
| 158 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 50800 | 65000 | 0.2184 | 1,078 | 1217 | 0.9646 | |
| 159 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 51200 | 57000 | 0.1018 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 160 | University of Utah | 51400 | 53700 | 0.0426 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 161 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 162 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 54500 | 66200 | 0.1767 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 163 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58200 | 63500 | 0.0835 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 164 | Molloy University | 58500 | 62300 | 0.061 | 3,396 | 1188 | 0.6633 | |
| 165 | Clemson University | 61400 | 63700 | 0.036 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 166 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 63600 | 65000 | 0.0215 | 9,827 | 1329 | 0.6737 | |
| 166 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver | 63600 | 63600 | 0 | 475 | 1195 | 0.9418 | |
| 168 | College of Charleston | 69300 | 69300 | 0 | 10,596 | 1234 | 0.73 | |
| 169 | Fordham University | 73700 | 103900 | 0.2907 | 10,582 | 1406 | 0.5931 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.