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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 | CUNY Graduate School and University Center | 6500 | 34100 | 0.8096 | 3,237 | 0 | 0.3861 | |
| 2 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 7100 | 39100 | 0.8193 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 3 | California Institute of Technology | 7600 | 90300 | 0.9157 | 987 | 1557 | 0.0257 | |
| 4 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 8800 | 33400 | 0.7374 | 10,049 | 1005 | 0.9234 | |
| 5 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8900 | 94100 | 0.9057 | 9,157 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 5 | CUNY Lehman College | 8900 | 35100 | 0.7472 | 11,217 | 1020 | 0.4601 | |
| 7 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 9400 | 30500 | 0.6917 | 3,207 | 1050 | 0.8034 | |
| 8 | New Mexico Highlands University | 10400 | 21500 | 0.5158 | 1,710 | 945 | 0.9481 | |
| 9 | Valdosta State University | 10500 | 24800 | 0.5776 | 7,206 | 1015 | 0.7214 | |
| 10 | Christopher Newport University | 11800 | 33900 | 0.6518 | 4,407 | 1209 | 0.8796 | |
| 11 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 12000 | 27800 | 0.5675 | 21,075 | 1420 | 0.1534 | |
| 12 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 12200 | 34300 | 0.6439 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 13 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 27200 | 0.5443 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 14 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 12900 | 37100 | 0.6518 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 15 | Northern Kentucky University | 13100 | 25900 | 0.495 | 10,163 | 1090 | 0.8307 | |
| 16 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 13300 | 27100 | 0.5085 | 28,674 | 980 | 0.9401 | |
| 17 | Radford University | 14400 | 21900 | 0.3425 | 6,161 | 1070 | 0.8953 | |
| 18 | University of North Texas | 15300 | 25400 | 0.3983 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 19 | Goshen College | 15600 | 55800 | 0.7198 | 780 | 995 | 0.8404 | |
| 20 | Dickinson State University | 15700 | 21600 | 0.2737 | 1,339 | 1005 | 0.3695 | |
| 21 | Northeastern University | 15900 | 89900 | 0.8235 | 22,695 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 21 | Wayne State College | 15900 | 26400 | 0.3983 | 3,902 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 23 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 16000 | 23400 | 0.3166 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 24 | Southern University at New Orleans | 16200 | 31600 | 0.4872 | 1,773 | 885 | 0.6021 | |
| 25 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 16400 | 32400 | 0.494 | 352 | 1180 | 0.9647 | |
| 26 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 16600 | 26800 | 0.3808 | 4,478 | 1065 | 0.8132 | |
| 27 | Northwestern University | 17000 | 89500 | 0.8104 | 8,846 | 1513 | 0.0722 | |
| 28 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 17800 | 26600 | 0.3318 | 3,413 | 1085 | 0.5295 | |
| 29 | University of South Alabama | 18300 | 22400 | 0.1834 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 30 | State University of New York at Oswego | 18600 | 27500 | 0.3235 | 5,517 | 1174 | 0.8057 | |
| 31 | Dakota State University | 18700 | 22500 | 0.169 | 3,066 | 1192 | 0.8814 | |
| 32 | Coppin State University | 19200 | 43100 | 0.555 | 1,810 | 950 | 0.4956 | |
| 33 | University of Houston-Victoria | 19300 | 34400 | 0.4392 | 2,707 | 930 | 0.7671 | |
| 34 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Schuylkill | 19400 | 32900 | 0.4109 | 624 | 1115 | 0.9664 | |
| 35 | San Jose State University | 19600 | 29900 | 0.3442 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 36 | Savannah State University | 19800 | 27300 | 0.2742 | 2,857 | 950 | 0.8368 | |
| 37 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 20000 | 27200 | 0.265 | 31,112 | 1130 | 0.8129 | |
| 37 | Towson University | 20000 | 30000 | 0.3329 | 16,264 | 1093 | 0.8198 | |
| 39 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 20100 | 38800 | 0.4812 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 40 | Alabama State University | 20200 | 37400 | 0.4592 | 3,322 | 945 | 0.9564 | |
| 40 | Florida Memorial University | 20200 | 46100 | 0.5619 | 1,299 | 0 | 0.7431 | |
| 42 | Central College | 20700 | 36800 | 0.4373 | 1,084 | 1140 | 0.8617 | |
| 43 | South Dakota State University | 20800 | 25200 | 0.1739 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 44 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 21000 | 57800 | 0.6362 | 1,083 | 1205 | 0.9278 | |
| 44 | Tarleton State University | 21000 | 23000 | 0.087 | 15,130 | 0 | 0.5256 | |
| 46 | Rutgers University-Newark | 21400 | 38900 | 0.45 | 7,417 | 1214 | 0.7873 | |
| 47 | Luther College | 21600 | 71900 | 0.699 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.8402 | |
| 48 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 22100 | 33000 | 0.33 | 581 | 1129 | 0.9821 | |
| 49 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 22300 | 28000 | 0.2034 | 5,789 | 1115 | 0.5774 | |
| 50 | Fairmont State University | 22600 | 32000 | 0.2941 | 3,060 | 1005 | 0.9924 | |
| 51 | Robert Morris University | 22800 | 56300 | 0.5949 | 3,769 | 1180 | 0.9057 | |
| 52 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 22900 | 22900 | 0 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 53 | Bradley University | 23000 | 50900 | 0.5481 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 54 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 23100 | 33800 | 0.3163 | 502 | 1204 | 0.9641 | |
| 55 | Grambling State University | 24300 | 26700 | 0.09 | 4,279 | 965 | 0.2368 | |
| 56 | Bemidji State University | 24500 | 26400 | 0.0714 | 3,610 | 1110 | 0.9131 | |
| 56 | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | 24500 | 30300 | 0.1915 | 10,656 | 1075 | 0.7289 | |
| 58 | Averett University | 24600 | 57200 | 0.5702 | 1,180 | 1010 | 0.478 | |
| 58 | Western Oregon University | 24600 | 24600 | 0 | 3,343 | 1120 | 0.9871 | |
| 60 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 24700 | 37400 | 0.3393 | 7,595 | 1075 | 0.9226 | |
| 61 | Dominican University | 25000 | 55500 | 0.5494 | 2,690 | 1035 | 0.9032 | |
| 61 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 25000 | 51700 | 0.5162 | 1,409 | 1110 | 0.6327 | |
| 61 | University of Akron Main Campus | 25000 | 25000 | 0 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 64 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 25100 | 28000 | 0.103 | 5,086 | 1000 | 0.9821 | |
| 64 | McKendree University | 25100 | 55500 | 0.5475 | 1,605 | 1098 | 0.6388 | |
| 66 | Houghton University | 25300 | 35500 | 0.2872 | 939 | 1277 | 0.8866 | |
| 67 | Elmhurst University | 25400 | 67000 | 0.6211 | 3,170 | 1148 | 0.7357 | |
| 67 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 25400 | 62200 | 0.592 | 686 | 1030 | 0.8649 | |
| 69 | Boston College | 25600 | 94600 | 0.7294 | 9,654 | 1490 | 0.1619 | |
| 70 | Doane University | 25900 | 62800 | 0.5877 | 1,323 | 1125 | 0.9801 | |
| 70 | Northwood University | 25900 | 54500 | 0.5252 | 1,989 | 1075 | 0.839 | |
| 70 | Norwich University | 25900 | 70900 | 0.6349 | 2,642 | 1209 | 0.7361 | |
| 73 | Bethune-Cookman University | 26100 | 32700 | 0.2019 | 2,739 | 910 | 0.8824 | |
| 73 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 26100 | 36500 | 0.2846 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 75 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 26200 | 37400 | 0.2998 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 76 | Westfield State University | 26300 | 39000 | 0.3253 | 3,868 | 1105 | 0.8671 | |
| 77 | Georgia Southern University | 26400 | 26700 | 0.0112 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 78 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 26500 | 28400 | 0.0663 | 14,504 | 1145 | 0.7637 | |
| 78 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 26500 | 51100 | 0.4817 | 1,477 | 1075 | 0.8068 | |
| 80 | Fort Hays State University | 26700 | 35200 | 0.2418 | 10,206 | 1120 | 0.9177 | |
| 81 | Columbia College | 26800 | 41300 | 0.3514 | 876 | 1025 | 0.8878 | |
| 82 | Kennesaw State University | 27000 | 27000 | 0 | 42,840 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 83 | Pennsylvania Western University | 27100 | 35600 | 0.239 | 7,586 | 1070 | 0.9433 | |
| 84 | Syracuse University | 27200 | 83100 | 0.6727 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 84 | University of North Georgia | 27200 | 35500 | 0.2337 | 18,329 | 1100 | 0.6794 | |
| 86 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 27300 | 35600 | 0.233 | 1,236 | 1203 | 0.9811 | |
| 86 | Saint Xavier University | 27300 | 52000 | 0.4749 | 3,039 | 1125 | 0.8575 | |
| 88 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 27400 | 40300 | 0.32 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 89 | Emporia State University | 27500 | 37700 | 0.2703 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 90 | Rowan University | 27700 | 40500 | 0.316 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
| 90 | University of South Dakota | 27700 | 29600 | 0.0636 | 7,619 | 1120 | 0.9878 | |
| 92 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 28200 | 41900 | 0.3269 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 93 | Cleveland State University | 28300 | 37300 | 0.2414 | 9,418 | 1005 | 0.913 | |
| 94 | Jacksonville State University | 28700 | 38200 | 0.2485 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 95 | Grand Valley State University | 28900 | 35700 | 0.1905 | 19,002 | 1233 | 0.8302 | |
| 96 | Mercy University | 29000 | 44500 | 0.3485 | 6,775 | 1074 | 0.8584 | |
| 97 | George Fox University | 29100 | 67100 | 0.5667 | 3,401 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 97 | Lincoln University | 29100 | 40900 | 0.2884 | 1,707 | 920 | 0 | |
| 99 | Concord University | 29200 | 46500 | 0.372 | 1,609 | 990 | 0.9256 | |
| 99 | Frostburg State University | 29200 | 43100 | 0.3226 | 2,619 | 1082 | 0.892 | |
| 99 | Furman University | 29200 | 79600 | 0.6329 | 2,383 | 1359 | 0.4295 | |
| 102 | University of Toledo | 29700 | 32600 | 0.0885 | 11,013 | 1159 | 0.9202 | |
| 103 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 29900 | 30000 | 0.0033 | 18,428 | 1090 | 0.9529 | |
| 103 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 29900 | 36500 | 0.1809 | 7,505 | 1059 | 0.9633 | |
| 105 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 30100 | 38200 | 0.2123 | 6,550 | 1140 | 0.7456 | |
| 106 | SUNY at Fredonia | 30500 | 39600 | 0.2301 | 2,876 | 1193 | 0.792 | |
| 107 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 30600 | 39500 | 0.2251 | 5,205 | 1118 | 0.744 | |
| 108 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1150 | 0.9523 | |
| 108 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30900 | 54600 | 0.4339 | 3,163 | 1165 | 0.9347 | |
| 108 | West Virginia Wesleyan College | 30900 | 52800 | 0.4146 | 938 | 1090 | 0.951 | |
| 111 | SUNY Brockport | 31100 | 37900 | 0.1794 | 5,816 | 1195 | 0.7068 | |
| 112 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 31400 | 31400 | 0 | 6,853 | 1090 | 0.7147 | |
| 112 | Washington Adventist University | 31400 | 37800 | 0.1695 | 605 | 950 | 0.4536 | |
| 114 | Thomas Jefferson University | 31600 | 67700 | 0.5331 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 115 | CUNY Brooklyn College | 31800 | 31800 | 0 | 11,562 | 1110 | 0.5836 | |
| 116 | Albright College | 31900 | 48700 | 0.345 | 1,328 | 1050 | 0.8615 | |
| 116 | Harding University | 31900 | 43800 | 0.2712 | 3,523 | 1193 | 0.3942 | |
| 118 | Angelo State University | 32000 | 35400 | 0.0956 | 9,779 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 118 | Saint Michael's College | 32000 | 68400 | 0.5319 | 1,120 | 1240 | 0.8451 | |
| 120 | Hampton University | 32100 | 47000 | 0.3171 | 3,728 | 956 | 0.6225 | |
| 121 | University of North Florida | 32300 | 37900 | 0.1478 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
| 122 | University of Scranton | 32400 | 76300 | 0.5751 | 3,613 | 1220 | 0.812 | |
| 123 | California Lutheran University | 32600 | 65800 | 0.5042 | 2,297 | 1258 | 0.7567 | |
| 123 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver | 32600 | 40200 | 0.1892 | 482 | 1195 | 0.9565 | |
| 125 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32800 | 34700 | 0.0547 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 126 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 33300 | 54600 | 0.3899 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 127 | Elizabethtown College | 33800 | 54600 | 0.3812 | 1,903 | 1214 | 0.7787 | |
| 127 | George Washington University | 33800 | 81800 | 0.587 | 11,677 | 1421 | 0.4709 | |
| 129 | LeTourneau University | 34100 | 54600 | 0.3754 | 3,184 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 129 | Wilkes University | 34100 | 61900 | 0.4492 | 1,956 | 1153 | 0.9146 | |
| 131 | Morgan State University | 34500 | 37200 | 0.0726 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 132 | Stockton University | 34600 | 44500 | 0.2226 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 133 | University of South Florida | 34700 | 34700 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 134 | DePaul University | 35200 | 59100 | 0.4042 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 135 | Stevenson University | 35300 | 59900 | 0.4105 | 3,106 | 1100 | 0.7891 | |
| 135 | University of Mount Olive | 35300 | 35300 | 0 | 1,937 | 945 | 0.7775 | |
| 137 | Adelphi University | 35400 | 63300 | 0.4403 | 5,325 | 1218 | 0.6591 | |
| 138 | Coastal Carolina University | 35600 | 44700 | 0.2034 | 10,811 | 1145 | 0.7527 | |
| 139 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 35700 | 49600 | 0.28 | 1,809 | 1109 | 0.9484 | |
| 140 | Salisbury University | 36000 | 40900 | 0.1199 | 6,288 | 1250 | 0.8747 | |
| 141 | Mercer University | 36400 | 60500 | 0.3984 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
| 141 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 36400 | 56300 | 0.3531 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 143 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 37000 | 38900 | 0.0484 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 144 | East Carolina University | 37100 | 40100 | 0.0748 | 21,445 | 1120 | 0.8922 | |
| 144 | Immaculata University | 37100 | 47800 | 0.2236 | 1,652 | 1245 | 0.8578 | |
| 146 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 37500 | 38900 | 0.036 | 1,919 | 1245 | 0.7844 | |
| 147 | University of Michigan-Flint | 37600 | 39400 | 0.0457 | 5,011 | 1103 | 0.7047 | |
| 148 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 37700 | 41600 | 0.0933 | 5,187 | 1005 | 0.9229 | |
| 149 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 37800 | 38100 | 0.0079 | 2,884 | 1175 | 0.9677 | |
| 150 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38400 | 38400 | 0 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
| 151 | Suffolk University | 38500 | 73600 | 0.4771 | 4,324 | 1209 | 0.822 | |
| 152 | Pace University | 39800 | 74100 | 0.4627 | 8,038 | 1274 | 0.7592 | |
| 152 | Wayne State University | 39800 | 45500 | 0.1252 | 16,173 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
| 154 | Stony Brook University | 40100 | 53000 | 0.2431 | 18,263 | 1395 | 0.4904 | |
| 155 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 40300 | 40300 | 0 | 1,880 | 1185 | 0.9867 | |
| 156 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 40500 | 40500 | 0 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 157 | Loyola University Maryland | 42000 | 78800 | 0.4671 | 3,881 | 1309 | 0.7549 | |
| 158 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 42700 | 45200 | 0.0553 | 10,767 | 1326 | 0.7243 | |
| 159 | Fordham University | 43200 | 94600 | 0.5436 | 10,307 | 1415 | 0.5628 | |
| 160 | CUNY Bernard M Baruch College | 43400 | 43400 | 0 | 16,086 | 1293 | 0.5117 | |
| 161 | Merrimack College | 43700 | 78800 | 0.4453 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
| 162 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43900 | 52900 | 0.1701 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 163 | University of California-Riverside | 44100 | 66400 | 0.3358 | 22,599 | 1199 | 0.7685 | |
| 164 | City University of Seattle | 44200 | 45400 | 0.0264 | 1,180 | 0 | 0.9025 | |
| 165 | James Madison University | 46400 | 46400 | 0 | 21,112 | 1260 | 0.7151 | |
| 166 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 46800 | 58900 | 0.2067 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 167 | University of Illinois Chicago | 46900 | 48000 | 0.0229 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 168 | Ramapo College of New Jersey | 48100 | 48100 | 0 | 5,444 | 1214 | 0.7064 | |
| 169 | Molloy University | 48200 | 62300 | 0.2265 | 3,240 | 1199 | 0.8174 | |
| 170 | University of Kentucky | 48900 | 56000 | 0.1254 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 171 | College of Charleston | 49700 | 59000 | 0.1577 | 10,880 | 1255 | 0.6003 | |
| 172 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 50200 | 56200 | 0.1067 | 3,965 | 1229 | 0.9121 | |
| 173 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 50600 | 56400 | 0.1028 | 10,200 | 1346 | 0.6507 | |
| 174 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 50700 | 52300 | 0.0306 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 175 | Drexel University | 51300 | 82600 | 0.3788 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 176 | University of Colorado Boulder | 51400 | 56300 | 0.087 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
| 177 | University of Utah | 51800 | 53700 | 0.0351 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 178 | Clemson University | 61800 | 63700 | 0.0296 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 179 | Thiel College | 68100 | 69100 | 0.0145 | 831 | 1065 | 0.7189 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.