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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 Tennessee.
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 Tennessee.
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 Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 6900 | 41500 | 0.8345 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 3 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 8000 | 36100 | 0.7793 | 10,368 | 1064 | 0.999 | |
| 3 | Northwestern University | 8000 | 94200 | 0.9152 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 5 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8600 | 98000 | 0.9125 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 6 | Portland State University | 9900 | 26100 | 0.6203 | 14,932 | 1174 | 0.8586 | |
| 7 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 10000 | 41400 | 0.7591 | 3,224 | 1085 | 0.7643 | |
| 8 | Fairmont State University | 10600 | 21600 | 0.5084 | 3,090 | 970 | 0.9862 | |
| 9 | Concord University | 10900 | 49200 | 0.778 | 1,638 | 1015 | 0.9728 | |
| 10 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 11200 | 39000 | 0.7131 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 11 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 11300 | 27800 | 0.5919 | 22,007 | 1427 | 0.1672 | |
| 12 | Savannah State University | 11500 | 50900 | 0.7743 | 2,966 | 950 | 1 | |
| 13 | University of Illinois Chicago | 12200 | 30200 | 0.5969 | 24,260 | 1174 | 0.7576 | |
| 14 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 13200 | 40500 | 0.674 | 29,727 | 990 | 0.9229 | |
| 15 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 13700 | 19400 | 0.2939 | 14,865 | 1175 | 0.9113 | |
| 15 | University of North Florida | 13700 | 22400 | 0.3889 | 14,837 | 1124 | 0.6815 | |
| 15 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 61700 | 0.7774 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 18 | University of California-Riverside | 13900 | 36500 | 0.6187 | 24,034 | 1199 | 0.8609 | |
| 18 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 13900 | 40800 | 0.6595 | 6,761 | 1105 | 0.8475 | |
| 20 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 14000 | 21300 | 0.3426 | 18,667 | 1090 | 0.9711 | |
| 21 | University of North Georgia | 14500 | 21400 | 0.3224 | 19,321 | 1100 | 0.9618 | |
| 22 | Coastal Carolina University | 14600 | 45300 | 0.678 | 11,471 | 1160 | 0.7003 | |
| 22 | Mercy University | 14600 | 46400 | 0.6858 | 6,692 | 1135 | 0.8724 | |
| 24 | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | 14700 | 25700 | 0.4284 | 10,995 | 1090 | 0.7476 | |
| 25 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 14800 | 25800 | 0.4235 | 10,396 | 1125 | 0.7162 | |
| 25 | University of Memphis | 14800 | 29100 | 0.4916 | 15,538 | 1080 | 0.7878 | |
| 27 | Central Connecticut State University | 15100 | 34200 | 0.5582 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 27 | 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 | Jacksonville State University | 15700 | 38200 | 0.5886 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 31 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 15900 | 44000 | 0.6389 | 308 | 1144 | 0.9053 | |
| 32 | Austin Peay State University | 16100 | 31400 | 0.489 | 9,593 | 1075 | 0.9691 | |
| 33 | Frostburg State University | 16700 | 26600 | 0.3719 | 3,436 | 1095 | 0.907 | |
| 34 | Boston College | 16900 | 97700 | 0.8273 | 9,677 | 1484 | 0.1422 | |
| 34 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 16900 | 27800 | 0.3925 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 36 | University of Colorado Boulder | 17000 | 31800 | 0.4656 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7809 | |
| 37 | Emporia State University | 17100 | 30900 | 0.4468 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 37 | Southern University at New Orleans | 17100 | 41700 | 0.5901 | 2,179 | 950 | 0.789 | |
| 39 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 17300 | 28100 | 0.3849 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 40 | Westfield State University | 17500 | 37600 | 0.5347 | 3,868 | 1105 | 0.8671 | |
| 40 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 17500 | 36500 | 0.5209 | 7,747 | 1073 | 0.9617 | |
| 42 | College of Charleston | 17600 | 33900 | 0.4813 | 10,596 | 1234 | 0.73 | |
| 42 | East Carolina University | 17600 | 26100 | 0.3256 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 44 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 17700 | 36400 | 0.5131 | 2,710 | 1218 | 0.9374 | |
| 45 | Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi | 17800 | 20700 | 0.1401 | 8,673 | 1095 | 0.9156 | |
| 45 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 17800 | 44200 | 0.5979 | 1,829 | 1149 | 0.945 | |
| 47 | Morgan State University | 18100 | 42200 | 0.5715 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 48 | James Madison University | 18200 | 28900 | 0.3701 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 48 | Texas A&M University-Victoria | 18200 | 45400 | 0.5996 | 2,627 | 1000 | 0.5253 | |
| 50 | Kennesaw State University | 18400 | 26700 | 0.3108 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 51 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 18500 | 69500 | 0.7343 | 711 | 1030 | 0.8214 | |
| 51 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 18500 | 44000 | 0.5792 | 586 | 1140 | 0.9577 | |
| 53 | San Jose State University | 18600 | 41100 | 0.5469 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 54 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18800 | 54000 | 0.6515 | 3,991 | 1010 | 0.9654 | |
| 55 | Valdosta State University | 19200 | 29600 | 0.3512 | 7,199 | 1005 | 0.7769 | |
| 56 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 19300 | 40900 | 0.5287 | 1,078 | 1217 | 0.9646 | |
| 56 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 19300 | 45300 | 0.5737 | 504 | 1200 | 0.9095 | |
| 56 | Ramapo College of New Jersey | 19300 | 36700 | 0.4754 | 5,492 | 1210 | 0.7026 | |
| 59 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 19500 | 38900 | 0.4983 | 1,973 | 1189 | 0.8142 | |
| 60 | Norwich University | 19700 | 100600 | 0.8045 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 60 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Schuylkill | 19700 | 32900 | 0.4018 | 653 | 1145 | 0.7972 | |
| 62 | State University of New York at Oswego | 20000 | 40200 | 0.5027 | 5,293 | 1179 | 0.7989 | |
| 63 | Pennsylvania Western University | 20100 | 30900 | 0.3497 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 63 | SUNY at Fredonia | 20100 | 53600 | 0.6248 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 65 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 20300 | 57800 | 0.648 | 1,109 | 1175 | 0.9088 | |
| 65 | Syracuse University | 20300 | 83600 | 0.7572 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 67 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20600 | 57800 | 0.6433 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 68 | Grove City College | 20800 | 39700 | 0.4767 | 2,247 | 1248 | 0.667 | |
| 69 | Tarleton State University | 21000 | 23000 | 0.087 | 17,556 | 1090 | 0.5386 | |
| 70 | Lincoln University | 21100 | 46500 | 0.5467 | 1,926 | 920 | 0 | |
| 71 | Alabama State University | 21300 | 43200 | 0.506 | 3,521 | 945 | 0.9755 | |
| 71 | Luther College | 21300 | 75400 | 0.7183 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.8398 | |
| 71 | Stockton University | 21300 | 45800 | 0.5351 | 7,583 | 1134 | 0.901 | |
| 74 | Thiel College | 21400 | 69100 | 0.6901 | 830 | 1065 | 0.7189 | |
| 75 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 21500 | 51900 | 0.5863 | 5,939 | 1065 | 0.5878 | |
| 76 | Grambling State University | 21600 | 39600 | 0.4548 | 4,313 | 950 | 0.4486 | |
| 76 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 21600 | 41600 | 0.4808 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 78 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 21800 | 39100 | 0.4427 | 2,907 | 1125 | 0.4696 | |
| 79 | Grand Valley State University | 21900 | 36200 | 0.3949 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 80 | Texas Southern University | 22400 | 25500 | 0.1218 | 6,844 | 915 | 0.9691 | |
| 80 | University of South Florida | 22400 | 22400 | 0 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 82 | Houghton University | 22700 | 51300 | 0.5576 | 958 | 1277 | 0.89 | |
| 83 | Robert Morris University | 23000 | 58000 | 0.6043 | 4,325 | 1145 | 0.8989 | |
| 83 | SUNY Brockport | 23000 | 51000 | 0.5487 | 5,816 | 1195 | 0.7068 | |
| 83 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 23000 | 53400 | 0.5697 | 21,469 | 1167 | 0.9061 | |
| 86 | Dakota State University | 23100 | 25600 | 0.0977 | 3,085 | 1174 | 0.9241 | |
| 87 | Florida Memorial University | 23400 | 51000 | 0.5407 | 1,206 | 0 | 0.8526 | |
| 88 | Columbia College | 23500 | 40200 | 0.4155 | 876 | 1025 | 0.8878 | |
| 89 | Dominican University | 23700 | 56000 | 0.5761 | 2,642 | 1005 | 0.8879 | |
| 90 | Lamar University | 24100 | 37700 | 0.3606 | 8,387 | 1040 | 0.8353 | |
| 91 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 24500 | 47900 | 0.4881 | 2,280 | 1224 | 0.9675 | |
| 91 | University of North Texas | 24500 | 26100 | 0.0613 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 93 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 24800 | 62800 | 0.6055 | 1,495 | 1075 | 0.8761 | |
| 94 | Coppin State University | 25000 | 27500 | 0.091 | 1,908 | 950 | 0.4583 | |
| 94 | Fort Hays State University | 25000 | 28500 | 0.125 | 10,172 | 1075 | 0.9026 | |
| 96 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 25200 | 40500 | 0.3778 | 21,388 | 1369 | 0.5945 | |
| 97 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 25400 | 36800 | 0.3099 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 98 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 25700 | 28300 | 0.0907 | 3,375 | 1090 | 0.5885 | |
| 98 | Northwood University | 25700 | 54500 | 0.5289 | 2,045 | 1055 | 0.6451 | |
| 98 | West Virginia Wesleyan College | 25700 | 53800 | 0.522 | 971 | 1030 | 0.9334 | |
| 101 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 25900 | 28400 | 0.0902 | 14,834 | 1149 | 0.7803 | |
| 102 | Loyola University Maryland | 26200 | 78800 | 0.6676 | 4,013 | 1329 | 0.6986 | |
| 103 | Bemidji State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 3,751 | 1075 | 0.5598 | |
| 104 | Christopher Newport University | 26500 | 42800 | 0.3811 | 4,369 | 1189 | 0.8604 | |
| 104 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 26500 | 30100 | 0.1185 | 3,893 | 1015 | 0.9839 | |
| 104 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 26500 | 49600 | 0.4654 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 107 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 27100 | 40600 | 0.3325 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 108 | University of Utah | 28400 | 32000 | 0.1114 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 108 | Wayne State University | 28400 | 46800 | 0.3934 | 16,390 | 1183 | 0.8359 | |
| 110 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28500 | 36500 | 0.2194 | 11,691 | 1074 | 0.7722 | |
| 111 | Bethune-Cookman University | 28800 | 32300 | 0.1082 | 2,739 | 910 | 0.8824 | |
| 111 | Clemson University | 28800 | 37100 | 0.2253 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 113 | University of Toledo | 29000 | 32600 | 0.1093 | 10,726 | 1134 | 0.8889 | |
| 114 | Harding University | 29200 | 47800 | 0.3884 | 3,536 | 1184 | 0.7052 | |
| 115 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29900 | 33000 | 0.0938 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 116 | California Lutheran University | 30100 | 71700 | 0.5804 | 2,160 | 1218 | 0.7631 | |
| 116 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 30100 | 33200 | 0.0932 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 116 | Towson University | 30100 | 30100 | 0 | 16,361 | 1082 | 0.8057 | |
| 116 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 30100 | 30100 | 0 | 11,087 | 1326 | 0.7397 | |
| 120 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30200 | 54600 | 0.4463 | 3,120 | 1193 | 0.3992 | |
| 121 | Saint Xavier University | 30400 | 58200 | 0.4774 | 3,100 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 121 | Thomas Jefferson University | 30400 | 70000 | 0.5664 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 123 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 2,082 | 1124 | 0.9576 | |
| 124 | Angelo State University | 31300 | 35400 | 0.1149 | 10,103 | 1045 | 0.7981 | |
| 125 | Suffolk University | 31400 | 83500 | 0.624 | 4,247 | 1209 | 0.8228 | |
| 126 | University of Kentucky | 31500 | 36500 | 0.1371 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 127 | Hampton University | 31600 | 54800 | 0.4233 | 4,046 | 1005 | 0.6358 | |
| 127 | Northern Kentucky University | 31600 | 32100 | 0.0156 | 10,136 | 1110 | 0.9666 | |
| 129 | Cleveland State University | 31800 | 32100 | 0.0094 | 9,418 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 130 | Central College | 31900 | 38700 | 0.1758 | 1,050 | 1159 | 0.8698 | |
| 131 | University of Scranton | 32300 | 78700 | 0.5902 | 3,689 | 1245 | 0.8006 | |
| 132 | Elizabethtown College | 33700 | 57500 | 0.4137 | 1,935 | 1214 | 0.8892 | |
| 133 | Charleston Southern University | 33900 | 48400 | 0.3007 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 133 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 33900 | 35300 | 0.0407 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 135 | Pace University | 34000 | 75700 | 0.5512 | 5,520 | 1273 | 0.7827 | |
| 135 | Salisbury University | 34000 | 41700 | 0.1847 | 6,477 | 1245 | 0.8826 | |
| 137 | George Washington University | 34300 | 81800 | 0.5808 | 11,495 | 1436 | 0.4713 | |
| 138 | Averett University | 34400 | 57600 | 0.4029 | 1,244 | 1054 | 0.5659 | |
| 139 | Adelphi University | 34800 | 63300 | 0.4511 | 5,097 | 1241 | 0.7215 | |
| 140 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 35800 | 56300 | 0.3652 | 5,687 | 1305 | 0.7863 | |
| 141 | Bradley University | 35900 | 60300 | 0.4047 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 142 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 36400 | 39700 | 0.0832 | 4,789 | 1040 | 0.6671 | |
| 143 | University of South Alabama | 36800 | 40200 | 0.0847 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 144 | Rowan University | 37500 | 53600 | 0.3002 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 144 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 37500 | 40100 | 0.064 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 146 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 37800 | 55500 | 0.3192 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 147 | Saint Michael's College | 39000 | 75800 | 0.4854 | 1,051 | 1280 | 0.8976 | |
| 148 | Stony Brook University | 39400 | 53000 | 0.2559 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 149 | Elmhurst University | 40000 | 69600 | 0.4251 | 3,170 | 1133 | 0.7501 | |
| 149 | Furman University | 40000 | 84600 | 0.5269 | 2,304 | 1372 | 0.4869 | |
| 151 | Drexel University | 40300 | 86400 | 0.5339 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 151 | Immaculata University | 40300 | 48600 | 0.1708 | 1,889 | 1264 | 0.8656 | |
| 151 | McKendree University | 40300 | 52900 | 0.2376 | 1,757 | 1098 | 0.7172 | |
| 154 | University of Mount Olive | 41800 | 50400 | 0.1699 | 1,944 | 1075 | 0.7575 | |
| 155 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 42900 | 88100 | 0.5129 | 35,358 | 1448 | 0.1642 | |
| 156 | Merrimack College | 43300 | 78800 | 0.4501 | 4,123 | 1124 | 0.6927 | |
| 157 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43400 | 58500 | 0.2579 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 157 | Western Oregon University | 43400 | 43400 | 0 | 3,034 | 1120 | 0.8345 | |
| 159 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 43800 | 71800 | 0.39 | 4,182 | 1317 | 0.8783 | |
| 160 | Radford University | 45000 | 47600 | 0.0539 | 6,206 | 1050 | 0.8939 | |
| 161 | Mercer University | 45400 | 65400 | 0.3058 | 4,719 | 1263 | 0.643 | |
| 162 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47200 | 61500 | 0.2335 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 163 | DePaul University | 49100 | 69400 | 0.2923 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 164 | Molloy University | 55800 | 62300 | 0.1044 | 3,396 | 1188 | 0.6633 | |
| 165 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 58600 | 61200 | 0.0419 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 166 | Rutgers University-Newark | 60500 | 60500 | 0 | 7,989 | 1159 | 0.7136 | |
| 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 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver | 63900 | 63900 | 0 | 475 | 1195 | 0.9418 | |
| 170 | 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.