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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 | 43700 | 0.87 | 5,534 | 1079 | 0.6734 | |
| 2 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 6300 | 40700 | 0.8443 | 35,358 | 1448 | 0.1642 | |
| 3 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 6900 | 41500 | 0.8345 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 4 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 8000 | 36100 | 0.7793 | 10,368 | 1064 | 0.999 | |
| 4 | Northwestern University | 8000 | 94200 | 0.9152 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 6 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8600 | 98000 | 0.9125 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 7 | Lamar University | 9700 | 22900 | 0.5757 | 8,387 | 1040 | 0.8353 | |
| 8 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 10000 | 41400 | 0.7591 | 3,224 | 1085 | 0.7643 | |
| 9 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 10300 | 10300 | 0 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 10 | Portland State University | 10500 | 43300 | 0.7575 | 14,932 | 1174 | 0.8586 | |
| 11 | Concord University | 10900 | 49200 | 0.778 | 1,638 | 1015 | 0.9728 | |
| 12 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 11200 | 39000 | 0.7131 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 13 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 11300 | 35700 | 0.683 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 14 | Savannah State University | 11500 | 50900 | 0.7743 | 2,966 | 950 | 1 | |
| 15 | University of Illinois Chicago | 12200 | 30200 | 0.5969 | 24,260 | 1174 | 0.7576 | |
| 16 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 31100 | 0.6022 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 17 | Wayne State University | 12700 | 32900 | 0.6137 | 16,390 | 1183 | 0.8359 | |
| 18 | Fort Hays State University | 13100 | 19900 | 0.3407 | 10,172 | 1075 | 0.9026 | |
| 19 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 13500 | 27100 | 0.5011 | 29,727 | 990 | 0.9229 | |
| 19 | University of North Florida | 13500 | 22400 | 0.3978 | 14,837 | 1124 | 0.6815 | |
| 21 | Coastal Carolina University | 13800 | 27200 | 0.4927 | 11,471 | 1160 | 0.7003 | |
| 22 | University of California-Riverside | 13900 | 36500 | 0.6187 | 24,034 | 1199 | 0.8609 | |
| 22 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 13900 | 40800 | 0.6595 | 6,761 | 1105 | 0.8475 | |
| 24 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 14000 | 21300 | 0.3426 | 18,667 | 1090 | 0.9711 | |
| 25 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 14400 | 26800 | 0.4633 | 4,789 | 1040 | 0.6671 | |
| 26 | Mercy University | 14600 | 46400 | 0.6858 | 6,692 | 1135 | 0.8724 | |
| 27 | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | 14700 | 25700 | 0.4284 | 10,995 | 1090 | 0.7476 | |
| 28 | Wayne State College | 15100 | 30200 | 0.5006 | 3,886 | 0 | 1 | |
| 29 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 15500 | 50100 | 0.6903 | 7,501 | 1055 | 0.9467 | |
| 30 | Coppin State University | 15700 | 25300 | 0.3789 | 1,908 | 950 | 0.4583 | |
| 31 | Jacksonville State University | 15900 | 27000 | 0.4118 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 31 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 15900 | 44000 | 0.6389 | 308 | 1144 | 0.9053 | |
| 33 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver | 16100 | 43700 | 0.6311 | 475 | 1195 | 0.9418 | |
| 34 | Christopher Newport University | 16300 | 42800 | 0.6196 | 4,369 | 1189 | 0.8604 | |
| 34 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16300 | 64800 | 0.7481 | 22,007 | 1427 | 0.1672 | |
| 36 | Frostburg State University | 16700 | 26600 | 0.3719 | 3,436 | 1095 | 0.907 | |
| 37 | Boston College | 16900 | 97700 | 0.8273 | 9,677 | 1484 | 0.1422 | |
| 37 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 16900 | 27800 | 0.3925 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 39 | University of Colorado Boulder | 17000 | 31800 | 0.4656 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7809 | |
| 40 | Emporia State University | 17100 | 30900 | 0.4468 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 40 | Southern University at New Orleans | 17100 | 41700 | 0.5901 | 2,179 | 950 | 0.789 | |
| 42 | Radford University | 17200 | 33100 | 0.4818 | 6,206 | 1050 | 0.8939 | |
| 43 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 17300 | 28100 | 0.3849 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 44 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 17400 | 26600 | 0.3462 | 7,747 | 1073 | 0.9617 | |
| 45 | Westfield State University | 17500 | 37600 | 0.5347 | 3,868 | 1105 | 0.8671 | |
| 46 | East Carolina University | 17600 | 26100 | 0.3256 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 47 | State University of New York at Oswego | 17800 | 27700 | 0.3573 | 5,293 | 1179 | 0.7989 | |
| 47 | Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi | 17800 | 20700 | 0.1401 | 8,673 | 1095 | 0.9156 | |
| 47 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 17800 | 44200 | 0.5979 | 1,829 | 1149 | 0.945 | |
| 50 | Morgan State University | 18100 | 42200 | 0.5715 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 50 | University of Kentucky | 18100 | 36500 | 0.5048 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 52 | Kennesaw State University | 18400 | 27400 | 0.3282 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 53 | Fairmont State University | 18500 | 30900 | 0.4012 | 3,090 | 970 | 0.9862 | |
| 53 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 18500 | 69500 | 0.7343 | 711 | 1030 | 0.8214 | |
| 53 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 18500 | 44000 | 0.5792 | 586 | 1140 | 0.9577 | |
| 56 | San Jose State University | 18600 | 41100 | 0.5469 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 57 | Dakota State University | 18700 | 22500 | 0.169 | 3,085 | 1174 | 0.9241 | |
| 58 | Texas A&M University-Victoria | 18800 | 45400 | 0.5863 | 2,627 | 1000 | 0.5253 | |
| 58 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18800 | 54000 | 0.6515 | 3,991 | 1010 | 0.9654 | |
| 60 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 18900 | 28300 | 0.3311 | 3,375 | 1090 | 0.5885 | |
| 61 | Valdosta State University | 19200 | 29600 | 0.3512 | 7,199 | 1005 | 0.7769 | |
| 62 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 19300 | 40900 | 0.5287 | 1,078 | 1217 | 0.9646 | |
| 62 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 19300 | 45300 | 0.5737 | 504 | 1200 | 0.9095 | |
| 64 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 19500 | 38900 | 0.4983 | 1,973 | 1189 | 0.8142 | |
| 65 | Norwich University | 19700 | 100600 | 0.8045 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 66 | SUNY at Fredonia | 20100 | 53600 | 0.6248 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 67 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 20300 | 57800 | 0.648 | 1,109 | 1175 | 0.9088 | |
| 68 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20500 | 57800 | 0.6451 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 69 | Stockton University | 20700 | 32100 | 0.355 | 7,583 | 1134 | 0.901 | |
| 70 | Grove City College | 20800 | 39700 | 0.4767 | 2,247 | 1248 | 0.667 | |
| 71 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27100 | 0.2287 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 71 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 20900 | 26100 | 0.1989 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 73 | Tarleton State University | 21000 | 23000 | 0.087 | 17,556 | 1090 | 0.5386 | |
| 74 | Lincoln University | 21100 | 46500 | 0.5467 | 1,926 | 920 | 0 | |
| 75 | Luther College | 21300 | 75400 | 0.7183 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.8398 | |
| 76 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 21400 | 38100 | 0.4383 | 2,710 | 1218 | 0.9374 | |
| 76 | Salisbury University | 21400 | 29300 | 0.2697 | 6,477 | 1245 | 0.8826 | |
| 76 | Texas Southern University | 21400 | 38900 | 0.4499 | 6,844 | 915 | 0.9691 | |
| 76 | Thiel College | 21400 | 69100 | 0.6901 | 830 | 1065 | 0.7189 | |
| 80 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 21500 | 51900 | 0.5863 | 5,939 | 1065 | 0.5878 | |
| 81 | Alabama State University | 21700 | 43200 | 0.4979 | 3,521 | 945 | 0.9755 | |
| 82 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 21800 | 39100 | 0.4427 | 2,907 | 1125 | 0.4696 | |
| 83 | Grand Valley State University | 21900 | 36200 | 0.3949 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 84 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 22100 | 49600 | 0.5541 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 85 | Grambling State University | 22400 | 39600 | 0.4346 | 4,313 | 950 | 0.4486 | |
| 86 | Syracuse University | 22600 | 83600 | 0.7297 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 87 | Houghton University | 22700 | 51300 | 0.5576 | 958 | 1277 | 0.89 | |
| 88 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 22800 | 34200 | 0.3336 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 89 | Robert Morris University | 23000 | 58000 | 0.6043 | 4,325 | 1145 | 0.8989 | |
| 89 | SUNY Brockport | 23000 | 51000 | 0.5487 | 5,816 | 1195 | 0.7068 | |
| 89 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 23000 | 53400 | 0.5697 | 21,469 | 1167 | 0.9061 | |
| 92 | Florida Memorial University | 23400 | 51000 | 0.5407 | 1,206 | 0 | 0.8526 | |
| 92 | Pennsylvania Western University | 23400 | 34400 | 0.3195 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 94 | Columbia College | 23500 | 40200 | 0.4155 | 876 | 1025 | 0.8878 | |
| 95 | Dominican University | 23700 | 56000 | 0.5761 | 2,642 | 1005 | 0.8879 | |
| 96 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 24500 | 47900 | 0.4881 | 2,280 | 1224 | 0.9675 | |
| 96 | University of North Texas | 24500 | 37400 | 0.3447 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 98 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 24800 | 62800 | 0.6055 | 1,495 | 1075 | 0.8761 | |
| 99 | South Dakota State University | 25100 | 28700 | 0.1242 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 100 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 25200 | 40500 | 0.3778 | 21,388 | 1369 | 0.5945 | |
| 101 | University of South Florida | 25400 | 36500 | 0.3038 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 102 | Northwood University | 25700 | 54500 | 0.5289 | 2,045 | 1055 | 0.6451 | |
| 102 | West Virginia Wesleyan College | 25700 | 53800 | 0.522 | 971 | 1030 | 0.9334 | |
| 104 | Stony Brook University | 26100 | 33200 | 0.2129 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 105 | Loyola University Maryland | 26200 | 78800 | 0.6676 | 4,013 | 1329 | 0.6986 | |
| 106 | Bemidji State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 3,751 | 1075 | 0.5598 | |
| 107 | University of Akron Main Campus | 26600 | 28000 | 0.0499 | 11,691 | 1074 | 0.7722 | |
| 108 | University of South Dakota | 28000 | 30600 | 0.0839 | 7,515 | 1120 | 0.9884 | |
| 109 | Central Connecticut State University | 28300 | 30400 | 0.0692 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 110 | University of Utah | 28400 | 32000 | 0.1114 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 111 | Cleveland State University | 28700 | 38600 | 0.2566 | 9,418 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 112 | Bethune-Cookman University | 28800 | 32300 | 0.1082 | 2,739 | 910 | 0.8824 | |
| 112 | Western Oregon University | 28800 | 28800 | 0 | 3,034 | 1120 | 0.8345 | |
| 114 | California Lutheran University | 30100 | 71700 | 0.5804 | 2,160 | 1218 | 0.7631 | |
| 114 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 30100 | 33200 | 0.0932 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 116 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30200 | 54600 | 0.4463 | 3,120 | 1193 | 0.3992 | |
| 117 | Saint Xavier University | 30400 | 58200 | 0.4774 | 3,100 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 117 | Thomas Jefferson University | 30400 | 70000 | 0.5664 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 117 | University of Toledo | 30400 | 42000 | 0.2756 | 10,726 | 1134 | 0.8889 | |
| 120 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 30500 | 36900 | 0.1737 | 5,687 | 1305 | 0.7863 | |
| 121 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 2,082 | 1124 | 0.9576 | |
| 122 | Angelo State University | 31300 | 35400 | 0.1149 | 10,103 | 1045 | 0.7981 | |
| 123 | Suffolk University | 31400 | 83500 | 0.624 | 4,247 | 1209 | 0.8228 | |
| 124 | Hampton University | 31600 | 54800 | 0.4233 | 4,046 | 1005 | 0.6358 | |
| 124 | Northern Kentucky University | 31600 | 32100 | 0.0156 | 10,136 | 1110 | 0.9666 | |
| 126 | Central College | 31900 | 38700 | 0.1758 | 1,050 | 1159 | 0.8698 | |
| 126 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 31900 | 35200 | 0.0938 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 128 | University of Scranton | 32300 | 78700 | 0.5902 | 3,689 | 1245 | 0.8006 | |
| 129 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 32800 | 59400 | 0.4478 | 11,087 | 1326 | 0.7397 | |
| 130 | Harding University | 33200 | 47800 | 0.3047 | 3,536 | 1184 | 0.7052 | |
| 131 | Elizabethtown College | 33700 | 57500 | 0.4137 | 1,935 | 1214 | 0.8892 | |
| 131 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Schuylkill | 33700 | 45600 | 0.2608 | 653 | 1145 | 0.7972 | |
| 133 | Charleston Southern University | 33900 | 48400 | 0.3007 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 134 | Pace University | 34000 | 75700 | 0.5512 | 5,520 | 1273 | 0.7827 | |
| 135 | George Washington University | 34300 | 81800 | 0.5808 | 11,495 | 1436 | 0.4713 | |
| 136 | Averett University | 34400 | 57600 | 0.4029 | 1,244 | 1054 | 0.5659 | |
| 137 | Adelphi University | 34800 | 63300 | 0.4511 | 5,097 | 1241 | 0.7215 | |
| 138 | Bradley University | 35900 | 60300 | 0.4047 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 139 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 36300 | 39900 | 0.0894 | 3,893 | 1015 | 0.9839 | |
| 140 | University of South Alabama | 36800 | 40200 | 0.0847 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 141 | Rowan University | 37500 | 53600 | 0.3002 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 141 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 37500 | 40100 | 0.064 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 143 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38800 | 38800 | 0 | 14,865 | 1175 | 0.9113 | |
| 144 | Saint Michael's College | 39000 | 75800 | 0.4854 | 1,051 | 1280 | 0.8976 | |
| 145 | Elmhurst University | 40000 | 69600 | 0.4251 | 3,170 | 1133 | 0.7501 | |
| 145 | Furman University | 40000 | 84600 | 0.5269 | 2,304 | 1372 | 0.4869 | |
| 147 | Drexel University | 40300 | 86400 | 0.5339 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 147 | Immaculata University | 40300 | 48600 | 0.1708 | 1,889 | 1264 | 0.8656 | |
| 147 | McKendree University | 40300 | 52900 | 0.2376 | 1,757 | 1098 | 0.7172 | |
| 150 | University of Mount Olive | 41800 | 50400 | 0.1699 | 1,944 | 1075 | 0.7575 | |
| 151 | Merrimack College | 43300 | 78800 | 0.4501 | 4,123 | 1124 | 0.6927 | |
| 152 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 43800 | 71800 | 0.39 | 4,182 | 1317 | 0.8783 | |
| 153 | James Madison University | 44100 | 45100 | 0.0222 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 154 | Mercer University | 45400 | 65400 | 0.3058 | 4,719 | 1263 | 0.643 | |
| 155 | Towson University | 46300 | 46400 | 0.0022 | 16,361 | 1082 | 0.8057 | |
| 156 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47500 | 61500 | 0.2286 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 157 | Ramapo College of New Jersey | 48200 | 60000 | 0.1976 | 5,492 | 1210 | 0.7026 | |
| 158 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 48300 | 61200 | 0.2102 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 159 | DePaul University | 49100 | 69400 | 0.2923 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 160 | College of Charleston | 49400 | 62300 | 0.2069 | 10,596 | 1234 | 0.73 | |
| 161 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 50300 | 52900 | 0.0485 | 14,834 | 1149 | 0.7803 | |
| 161 | University of North Georgia | 50300 | 57000 | 0.1175 | 19,321 | 1100 | 0.9618 | |
| 163 | Molloy University | 55800 | 62300 | 0.1044 | 3,396 | 1188 | 0.6633 | |
| 164 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58200 | 63600 | 0.085 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 165 | Rutgers University-Newark | 60500 | 60500 | 0 | 7,989 | 1159 | 0.7136 | |
| 166 | Clemson University | 61100 | 63700 | 0.0403 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 167 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 61200 | 66900 | 0.0852 | 9,827 | 1329 | 0.6737 | |
| 168 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 63700 | 63700 | 0 | 1,709 | 1218 | 0.9653 | |
| 169 | Fordham University | 74500 | 143900 | 0.4824 | 10,582 | 1406 | 0.5931 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.