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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 | 4100 | 43900 | 0.9069 | 3,237 | 0 | 0.3861 | |
| 2 | California Institute of Technology | 4900 | 90300 | 0.9456 | 987 | 1557 | 0.0257 | |
| 3 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 5300 | 39100 | 0.8654 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 4 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 7100 | 94100 | 0.9248 | 9,157 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 5 | CUNY Brooklyn College | 8000 | 31800 | 0.7495 | 11,562 | 1110 | 0.5836 | |
| 6 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 8200 | 33400 | 0.7554 | 10,049 | 1005 | 0.9234 | |
| 7 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 9500 | 30500 | 0.6884 | 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 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 12900 | 37100 | 0.6518 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 12 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 32200 | 0.5744 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 13 | Fort Hays State University | 13800 | 22000 | 0.3729 | 10,206 | 1120 | 0.9177 | |
| 14 | Goshen College | 14700 | 55800 | 0.7363 | 780 | 995 | 0.8404 | |
| 15 | Alabama State University | 15200 | 28000 | 0.459 | 3,322 | 945 | 0.9564 | |
| 15 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 15200 | 35700 | 0.5744 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 17 | University of Michigan-Flint | 15400 | 36600 | 0.5792 | 5,011 | 1103 | 0.7047 | |
| 17 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 15400 | 24800 | 0.3784 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 19 | University of North Texas | 15500 | 25400 | 0.3904 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 20 | Coastal Carolina University | 15800 | 27200 | 0.4191 | 10,811 | 1145 | 0.7527 | |
| 21 | Wayne State College | 15900 | 26400 | 0.3983 | 3,902 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 22 | Southern University at New Orleans | 16200 | 31600 | 0.4872 | 1,773 | 885 | 0.6021 | |
| 22 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 16200 | 23400 | 0.3081 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 24 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 16300 | 28800 | 0.4339 | 7,595 | 1075 | 0.9226 | |
| 25 | Northwestern University | 16700 | 89500 | 0.8138 | 8,846 | 1513 | 0.0722 | |
| 25 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16700 | 64800 | 0.7426 | 21,075 | 1420 | 0.1534 | |
| 27 | Northeastern University | 17400 | 89900 | 0.8068 | 22,695 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 28 | Dickinson State University | 17500 | 23800 | 0.2643 | 1,339 | 1005 | 0.3695 | |
| 29 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 17800 | 26600 | 0.3318 | 3,413 | 1085 | 0.5295 | |
| 30 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 18400 | 25200 | 0.2698 | 6,853 | 1090 | 0.7147 | |
| 31 | Dakota State University | 18700 | 22500 | 0.169 | 3,066 | 1192 | 0.8814 | |
| 32 | Florida Memorial University | 18800 | 46100 | 0.5923 | 1,299 | 0 | 0.7431 | |
| 33 | Coppin State University | 19200 | 43100 | 0.555 | 1,810 | 950 | 0.4956 | |
| 33 | University of Illinois Chicago | 19200 | 30300 | 0.366 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 35 | University of Houston-Victoria | 19300 | 34400 | 0.4392 | 2,707 | 930 | 0.7671 | |
| 36 | Savannah State University | 19800 | 27300 | 0.2742 | 2,857 | 950 | 0.8368 | |
| 37 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Schuylkill | 19900 | 32900 | 0.3957 | 624 | 1115 | 0.9664 | |
| 37 | Westfield State University | 19900 | 32500 | 0.3882 | 3,868 | 1105 | 0.8671 | |
| 39 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 20200 | 27200 | 0.2576 | 31,112 | 1130 | 0.8129 | |
| 40 | Central College | 20700 | 36800 | 0.4373 | 1,084 | 1140 | 0.8617 | |
| 40 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 20700 | 57800 | 0.6418 | 1,083 | 1205 | 0.9278 | |
| 42 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 20900 | 36200 | 0.4229 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 43 | Tarleton State University | 21000 | 23000 | 0.087 | 15,130 | 0 | 0.5256 | |
| 44 | Luther College | 21400 | 71900 | 0.7025 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.8402 | |
| 45 | Rutgers University-Newark | 21500 | 38900 | 0.4474 | 7,417 | 1214 | 0.7873 | |
| 45 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 21500 | 30300 | 0.2901 | 1,809 | 1109 | 0.9484 | |
| 47 | Cleveland State University | 21700 | 30900 | 0.2974 | 9,418 | 1005 | 0.913 | |
| 48 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 22500 | 32000 | 0.2967 | 5,205 | 1118 | 0.744 | |
| 49 | University of South Dakota | 22800 | 26000 | 0.1232 | 7,619 | 1120 | 0.9878 | |
| 50 | Bradley University | 23000 | 50900 | 0.5481 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 51 | Averett University | 23200 | 57200 | 0.5947 | 1,180 | 1010 | 0.478 | |
| 51 | Robert Morris University | 23200 | 58000 | 0.5998 | 3,769 | 1180 | 0.9057 | |
| 53 | Syracuse University | 23500 | 83100 | 0.7172 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 54 | University of Kentucky | 23800 | 36000 | 0.3397 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 55 | Dominican University | 24000 | 56000 | 0.5714 | 2,690 | 1035 | 0.9032 | |
| 56 | Bemidji State University | 24200 | 26400 | 0.0835 | 3,610 | 1110 | 0.9131 | |
| 57 | Grambling State University | 24300 | 26700 | 0.09 | 4,279 | 965 | 0.2368 | |
| 58 | Fairmont State University | 24500 | 32000 | 0.2347 | 3,060 | 1005 | 0.9924 | |
| 58 | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | 24500 | 30300 | 0.1915 | 10,656 | 1075 | 0.7289 | |
| 60 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 24700 | 39200 | 0.37 | 28,674 | 980 | 0.9401 | |
| 61 | Ramapo College of New Jersey | 25000 | 34500 | 0.2753 | 5,444 | 1214 | 0.7064 | |
| 62 | Boston College | 25100 | 94600 | 0.7347 | 9,654 | 1490 | 0.1619 | |
| 63 | Houghton University | 25300 | 35500 | 0.2872 | 939 | 1277 | 0.8866 | |
| 64 | Elmhurst University | 25400 | 67000 | 0.6211 | 3,170 | 1148 | 0.7357 | |
| 64 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 25400 | 62200 | 0.592 | 686 | 1030 | 0.8649 | |
| 66 | South Dakota State University | 25500 | 28700 | 0.1116 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 67 | Bethune-Cookman University | 25800 | 32700 | 0.2111 | 2,739 | 910 | 0.8824 | |
| 68 | Northwood University | 25900 | 54500 | 0.5252 | 1,989 | 1075 | 0.839 | |
| 69 | Doane University | 26000 | 62800 | 0.5861 | 1,323 | 1125 | 0.9801 | |
| 70 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 26100 | 36500 | 0.2846 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 70 | Stony Brook University | 26100 | 33200 | 0.2129 | 18,263 | 1395 | 0.4904 | |
| 72 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 26200 | 28400 | 0.0776 | 14,504 | 1145 | 0.7637 | |
| 73 | Norwich University | 26300 | 70900 | 0.6293 | 2,642 | 1209 | 0.7361 | |
| 73 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 26300 | 37400 | 0.2971 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 75 | Georgia Southern University | 26400 | 26700 | 0.0112 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 76 | Columbia College | 26800 | 41300 | 0.3514 | 876 | 1025 | 0.8878 | |
| 76 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 26800 | 36800 | 0.2717 | 1,880 | 1185 | 0.9867 | |
| 78 | Kennesaw State University | 27000 | 27000 | 0 | 42,840 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 79 | Pennsylvania Western University | 27100 | 35600 | 0.239 | 7,586 | 1070 | 0.9433 | |
| 80 | University of North Georgia | 27200 | 35500 | 0.2337 | 18,329 | 1100 | 0.6794 | |
| 81 | Emporia State University | 27500 | 37700 | 0.2703 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 81 | Northern Kentucky University | 27500 | 31600 | 0.1296 | 10,163 | 1090 | 0.8307 | |
| 83 | Saint Xavier University | 28300 | 52000 | 0.4557 | 3,039 | 1125 | 0.8575 | |
| 84 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 28500 | 41900 | 0.3197 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 84 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28500 | 31500 | 0.0953 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 86 | Jacksonville State University | 28700 | 38200 | 0.2485 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 87 | Radford University | 28800 | 32800 | 0.122 | 6,161 | 1070 | 0.8953 | |
| 87 | Western Oregon University | 28800 | 28800 | 0 | 3,343 | 1120 | 0.9871 | |
| 89 | Grand Valley State University | 28900 | 35700 | 0.1905 | 19,002 | 1233 | 0.8302 | |
| 90 | Mercy University | 29000 | 44500 | 0.3485 | 6,775 | 1074 | 0.8584 | |
| 91 | Clemson University | 29100 | 37100 | 0.2156 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 91 | George Fox University | 29100 | 67100 | 0.5667 | 3,401 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 91 | Lincoln University | 29100 | 40900 | 0.2884 | 1,707 | 920 | 0 | |
| 91 | West Virginia Wesleyan College | 29100 | 52800 | 0.4491 | 938 | 1090 | 0.951 | |
| 95 | Concord University | 29200 | 46500 | 0.372 | 1,609 | 990 | 0.9256 | |
| 95 | Furman University | 29200 | 79600 | 0.6329 | 2,383 | 1359 | 0.4295 | |
| 95 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 29200 | 44100 | 0.3381 | 352 | 1180 | 0.9647 | |
| 98 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 29300 | 39700 | 0.2621 | 4,478 | 1065 | 0.8132 | |
| 99 | University of Toledo | 29400 | 32600 | 0.0983 | 11,013 | 1159 | 0.9202 | |
| 100 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 29900 | 30000 | 0.0033 | 18,428 | 1090 | 0.9529 | |
| 100 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 29900 | 36500 | 0.1809 | 7,505 | 1059 | 0.9633 | |
| 102 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 30100 | 38200 | 0.2123 | 6,550 | 1140 | 0.7456 | |
| 103 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 30200 | 51100 | 0.4092 | 1,477 | 1075 | 0.8068 | |
| 104 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 30400 | 54700 | 0.4429 | 1,409 | 1110 | 0.6327 | |
| 105 | Albright College | 30500 | 48700 | 0.3738 | 1,328 | 1050 | 0.8615 | |
| 105 | SUNY at Fredonia | 30500 | 39600 | 0.2301 | 2,876 | 1193 | 0.792 | |
| 107 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30600 | 54600 | 0.4397 | 3,163 | 1165 | 0.9347 | |
| 108 | University of South Alabama | 30700 | 35000 | 0.1229 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 109 | San Jose State University | 30800 | 41000 | 0.2486 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 110 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1150 | 0.9523 | |
| 110 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 30900 | 36900 | 0.1639 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 112 | SUNY Brockport | 31100 | 37900 | 0.1794 | 5,816 | 1195 | 0.7068 | |
| 112 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 31100 | 52900 | 0.4123 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 114 | Thomas Jefferson University | 31300 | 67700 | 0.5375 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 115 | State University of New York at Oswego | 31400 | 38300 | 0.1799 | 5,517 | 1174 | 0.8057 | |
| 116 | Washington Adventist University | 31500 | 37800 | 0.1668 | 605 | 950 | 0.4536 | |
| 117 | Angelo State University | 31700 | 35400 | 0.1047 | 9,779 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 117 | Saint Michael's College | 31700 | 68400 | 0.5362 | 1,120 | 1240 | 0.8451 | |
| 119 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 31800 | 36700 | 0.1335 | 5,789 | 1115 | 0.5774 | |
| 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 | 78700 | 0.5881 | 3,613 | 1220 | 0.812 | |
| 123 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver | 32500 | 40200 | 0.1917 | 482 | 1195 | 0.9565 | |
| 124 | California Lutheran University | 32600 | 65800 | 0.5042 | 2,297 | 1258 | 0.7567 | |
| 125 | Frostburg State University | 32800 | 43100 | 0.239 | 2,619 | 1082 | 0.892 | |
| 125 | Harding University | 32800 | 47000 | 0.3023 | 3,523 | 1193 | 0.3942 | |
| 125 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 32800 | 45200 | 0.2744 | 10,767 | 1326 | 0.7243 | |
| 128 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 33000 | 54600 | 0.3954 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 129 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 33400 | 40900 | 0.1835 | 1,236 | 1203 | 0.9811 | |
| 130 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 33600 | 44100 | 0.238 | 581 | 1129 | 0.9821 | |
| 131 | George Washington University | 33700 | 81800 | 0.5882 | 11,677 | 1421 | 0.4709 | |
| 132 | Elizabethtown College | 33800 | 54600 | 0.3812 | 1,903 | 1214 | 0.7787 | |
| 133 | LeTourneau University | 33900 | 54600 | 0.3791 | 3,184 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 134 | Wilkes University | 34100 | 61900 | 0.4492 | 1,956 | 1153 | 0.9146 | |
| 135 | Morgan State University | 34500 | 37200 | 0.0726 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 135 | Stockton University | 34500 | 44500 | 0.2248 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 137 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 34600 | 37800 | 0.0848 | 5,086 | 1000 | 0.9821 | |
| 138 | University of South Florida | 34700 | 34700 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 139 | Adelphi University | 35100 | 63300 | 0.4454 | 5,325 | 1218 | 0.6591 | |
| 139 | City University of Seattle | 35100 | 45400 | 0.227 | 1,180 | 0 | 0.9025 | |
| 141 | DePaul University | 35200 | 59100 | 0.4042 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 142 | Stevenson University | 35300 | 59900 | 0.4105 | 3,106 | 1100 | 0.7891 | |
| 143 | Salisbury University | 35800 | 40900 | 0.1248 | 6,288 | 1250 | 0.8747 | |
| 144 | Mercer University | 36200 | 60500 | 0.4017 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
| 145 | Immaculata University | 36900 | 47800 | 0.2278 | 1,652 | 1245 | 0.8578 | |
| 146 | East Carolina University | 37100 | 40100 | 0.0748 | 21,445 | 1120 | 0.8922 | |
| 147 | Towson University | 37200 | 45700 | 0.186 | 16,264 | 1093 | 0.8198 | |
| 148 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 37400 | 41600 | 0.101 | 5,187 | 1005 | 0.9229 | |
| 149 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 37500 | 38900 | 0.036 | 1,919 | 1245 | 0.7844 | |
| 150 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 37900 | 38100 | 0.0052 | 2,884 | 1175 | 0.9677 | |
| 151 | Suffolk University | 38300 | 73600 | 0.4799 | 4,324 | 1209 | 0.822 | |
| 152 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38400 | 38400 | 0 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
| 153 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 38600 | 52900 | 0.2702 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 154 | Pace University | 39800 | 74100 | 0.4627 | 8,038 | 1274 | 0.7592 | |
| 154 | Wayne State University | 39800 | 45500 | 0.1252 | 16,173 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
| 156 | McKendree University | 40000 | 52200 | 0.2338 | 1,605 | 1098 | 0.6388 | |
| 157 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 40500 | 40500 | 0 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 157 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 40500 | 45400 | 0.1079 | 502 | 1204 | 0.9641 | |
| 159 | Loyola University Maryland | 41800 | 78800 | 0.4696 | 3,881 | 1309 | 0.7549 | |
| 160 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 43200 | 54900 | 0.2133 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 161 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43300 | 52900 | 0.1815 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 162 | CUNY Bernard M Baruch College | 43400 | 43400 | 0 | 16,086 | 1293 | 0.5117 | |
| 163 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4481 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
| 164 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 43800 | 57100 | 0.2315 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 165 | University of California-Riverside | 44100 | 66400 | 0.3358 | 22,599 | 1199 | 0.7685 | |
| 166 | CUNY Lehman College | 44200 | 45800 | 0.0349 | 11,217 | 1020 | 0.4601 | |
| 167 | James Madison University | 46400 | 46400 | 0 | 21,112 | 1260 | 0.7151 | |
| 168 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 47600 | 56200 | 0.1529 | 3,965 | 1229 | 0.9121 | |
| 169 | Molloy University | 48200 | 62300 | 0.2265 | 3,240 | 1199 | 0.8174 | |
| 169 | University of Mount Olive | 48200 | 50400 | 0.0438 | 1,937 | 945 | 0.7775 | |
| 171 | College of Charleston | 49300 | 59000 | 0.1644 | 10,880 | 1255 | 0.6003 | |
| 172 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 50600 | 56400 | 0.1028 | 10,200 | 1346 | 0.6507 | |
| 172 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 50600 | 52300 | 0.0325 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 174 | Drexel University | 51100 | 82600 | 0.3812 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 174 | University of Colorado Boulder | 51100 | 56300 | 0.0923 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
| 176 | University of Utah | 51500 | 53700 | 0.0411 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 177 | Fordham University | 53100 | 94600 | 0.4389 | 10,307 | 1415 | 0.5628 | |
| 178 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
| 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.