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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 | CUNY Graduate School and University Center | 6500 | 43900 | 0.8522 | 3,237 | 0 | 0.3861 | |
| 2 | California Institute of Technology | 7600 | 90300 | 0.9157 | 987 | 1557 | 0.0257 | |
| 3 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8900 | 94100 | 0.9057 | 9,157 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 4 | University of Houston-Victoria | 9200 | 23500 | 0.6094 | 2,707 | 930 | 0.7671 | |
| 5 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 9300 | 20000 | 0.5349 | 3,207 | 1050 | 0.8034 | |
| 6 | New Mexico Highlands University | 10400 | 21500 | 0.5158 | 1,710 | 945 | 0.9481 | |
| 7 | Valdosta State University | 10500 | 24800 | 0.5776 | 7,206 | 1015 | 0.7214 | |
| 8 | Christopher Newport University | 11800 | 32800 | 0.6403 | 4,407 | 1209 | 0.8796 | |
| 9 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 12900 | 37100 | 0.6518 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 10 | Fort Hays State University | 13300 | 22000 | 0.3956 | 10,206 | 1120 | 0.9177 | |
| 11 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 32200 | 0.5744 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 12 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 14800 | 25800 | 0.4235 | 9,982 | 1125 | 0.7702 | |
| 13 | University of North Texas | 14900 | 25400 | 0.4141 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 14 | Alabama State University | 15100 | 28000 | 0.4617 | 3,322 | 945 | 0.9564 | |
| 15 | Dickinson State University | 15500 | 21600 | 0.283 | 1,339 | 1005 | 0.3695 | |
| 15 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 15500 | 27700 | 0.4405 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 17 | Goshen College | 15600 | 55800 | 0.7198 | 780 | 995 | 0.8404 | |
| 18 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 15700 | 23400 | 0.3295 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 19 | Northeastern University | 15900 | 89900 | 0.8235 | 22,695 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 19 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 15900 | 25800 | 0.3835 | 5,187 | 1005 | 0.9229 | |
| 19 | 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 | |
| 23 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 16600 | 32400 | 0.4879 | 352 | 1180 | 0.9647 | |
| 23 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 16600 | 28000 | 0.4069 | 10,767 | 1326 | 0.7243 | |
| 25 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 16700 | 42300 | 0.6054 | 10,049 | 1005 | 0.9234 | |
| 26 | Jacksonville State University | 16900 | 26600 | 0.3649 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 27 | Northwestern University | 17000 | 89500 | 0.8104 | 8,846 | 1513 | 0.0722 | |
| 27 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 17000 | 64800 | 0.7377 | 21,075 | 1420 | 0.1534 | |
| 29 | University of South Florida | 17100 | 17100 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 30 | University of South Alabama | 17800 | 22400 | 0.2057 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 31 | Georgia Southern University | 17900 | 23800 | 0.2483 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 32 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 18300 | 20300 | 0.0985 | 1,919 | 1245 | 0.7844 | |
| 33 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 18800 | 25200 | 0.2539 | 6,853 | 1090 | 0.7147 | |
| 34 | Westfield State University | 19100 | 32500 | 0.4129 | 3,868 | 1105 | 0.8671 | |
| 35 | Coppin State University | 19200 | 43100 | 0.555 | 1,810 | 950 | 0.4956 | |
| 36 | San Jose State University | 19300 | 29900 | 0.3542 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 37 | University of Illinois Chicago | 19400 | 30300 | 0.3594 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 38 | Savannah State University | 19800 | 27300 | 0.2742 | 2,857 | 950 | 0.8368 | |
| 39 | Towson University | 20000 | 30000 | 0.3329 | 16,264 | 1093 | 0.8198 | |
| 40 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 20100 | 36200 | 0.4444 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 41 | Florida Memorial University | 20200 | 46100 | 0.5619 | 1,299 | 0 | 0.7431 | |
| 42 | Dakota State University | 20400 | 22500 | 0.0912 | 3,066 | 1192 | 0.8814 | |
| 43 | Central College | 20700 | 36800 | 0.4373 | 1,084 | 1140 | 0.8617 | |
| 44 | East Carolina University | 20800 | 23800 | 0.1258 | 21,445 | 1120 | 0.8922 | |
| 44 | Lincoln University | 20800 | 24900 | 0.1646 | 1,707 | 920 | 0 | |
| 46 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 21000 | 57800 | 0.6362 | 1,083 | 1205 | 0.9278 | |
| 46 | Tarleton State University | 21000 | 23000 | 0.087 | 15,130 | 0 | 0.5256 | |
| 48 | Rutgers University-Newark | 21400 | 38900 | 0.45 | 7,417 | 1214 | 0.7873 | |
| 48 | University of North Georgia | 21400 | 21400 | 0 | 18,329 | 1100 | 0.6794 | |
| 50 | Luther College | 21600 | 71900 | 0.699 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.8402 | |
| 51 | Radford University | 21700 | 21900 | 0.0091 | 6,161 | 1070 | 0.8953 | |
| 52 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 21900 | 34400 | 0.3633 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 53 | University of North Florida | 22400 | 22400 | 0 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
| 54 | Fairmont State University | 22600 | 32000 | 0.2941 | 3,060 | 1005 | 0.9924 | |
| 55 | Robert Morris University | 22800 | 56300 | 0.5949 | 3,769 | 1180 | 0.9057 | |
| 56 | Bradley University | 23000 | 50900 | 0.5481 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 57 | University of Memphis | 23200 | 30000 | 0.227 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 58 | Ramapo College of New Jersey | 24100 | 34500 | 0.3014 | 5,444 | 1214 | 0.7064 | |
| 59 | Bemidji State University | 24500 | 26400 | 0.0714 | 3,610 | 1110 | 0.9131 | |
| 59 | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | 24500 | 30300 | 0.1915 | 10,656 | 1075 | 0.7289 | |
| 61 | Averett University | 24600 | 57200 | 0.5702 | 1,180 | 1010 | 0.478 | |
| 61 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 24600 | 39200 | 0.3725 | 28,674 | 980 | 0.9401 | |
| 61 | Western Oregon University | 24600 | 24600 | 0 | 3,343 | 1120 | 0.9871 | |
| 64 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 24700 | 37400 | 0.3393 | 7,595 | 1075 | 0.9226 | |
| 65 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 24800 | 26600 | 0.0708 | 3,413 | 1085 | 0.5295 | |
| 66 | Dominican University | 25000 | 55500 | 0.5494 | 2,690 | 1035 | 0.9032 | |
| 66 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 25000 | 51700 | 0.5162 | 1,409 | 1110 | 0.6327 | |
| 68 | McKendree University | 25100 | 55500 | 0.5475 | 1,605 | 1098 | 0.6388 | |
| 69 | Houghton University | 25300 | 35500 | 0.2872 | 939 | 1277 | 0.8866 | |
| 70 | Elmhurst University | 25400 | 67000 | 0.6211 | 3,170 | 1148 | 0.7357 | |
| 70 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 25400 | 62200 | 0.592 | 686 | 1030 | 0.8649 | |
| 72 | Boston College | 25600 | 94600 | 0.7294 | 9,654 | 1490 | 0.1619 | |
| 73 | Doane University | 25900 | 62800 | 0.5877 | 1,323 | 1125 | 0.9801 | |
| 73 | Kennesaw State University | 25900 | 25900 | 0 | 42,840 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 73 | Northwood University | 25900 | 54500 | 0.5252 | 1,989 | 1075 | 0.839 | |
| 73 | Norwich University | 25900 | 70900 | 0.6349 | 2,642 | 1209 | 0.7361 | |
| 77 | Bethune-Cookman University | 26100 | 32700 | 0.2019 | 2,739 | 910 | 0.8824 | |
| 77 | Stony Brook University | 26100 | 33200 | 0.2129 | 18,263 | 1395 | 0.4904 | |
| 79 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 26200 | 37400 | 0.2998 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 80 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 26500 | 51100 | 0.4817 | 1,477 | 1075 | 0.8068 | |
| 81 | Columbia College | 26800 | 41300 | 0.3514 | 876 | 1025 | 0.8878 | |
| 82 | Pennsylvania Western University | 27100 | 35600 | 0.239 | 7,586 | 1070 | 0.9433 | |
| 83 | Saint Xavier University | 27300 | 52000 | 0.4749 | 3,039 | 1125 | 0.8575 | |
| 83 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 27300 | 40300 | 0.3224 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 85 | Emporia State University | 27500 | 37700 | 0.2703 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 85 | Northern Kentucky University | 27500 | 31600 | 0.1296 | 10,163 | 1090 | 0.8307 | |
| 85 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 27500 | 35600 | 0.2273 | 1,236 | 1203 | 0.9811 | |
| 88 | Cleveland State University | 28300 | 37300 | 0.2414 | 9,418 | 1005 | 0.913 | |
| 89 | James Madison University | 28600 | 28600 | 0 | 21,112 | 1260 | 0.7151 | |
| 90 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28700 | 31500 | 0.0889 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 91 | Grand Valley State University | 28900 | 35700 | 0.1905 | 19,002 | 1233 | 0.8302 | |
| 92 | Mercy University | 29000 | 44500 | 0.3485 | 6,775 | 1074 | 0.8584 | |
| 93 | George Fox University | 29100 | 67100 | 0.5667 | 3,401 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 94 | Concord University | 29200 | 46500 | 0.372 | 1,609 | 990 | 0.9256 | |
| 94 | Frostburg State University | 29200 | 43100 | 0.3226 | 2,619 | 1082 | 0.892 | |
| 94 | Furman University | 29200 | 79600 | 0.6329 | 2,383 | 1359 | 0.4295 | |
| 97 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 29300 | 39700 | 0.2621 | 4,478 | 1065 | 0.8132 | |
| 98 | Harding University | 29900 | 43800 | 0.3169 | 3,523 | 1193 | 0.3942 | |
| 98 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 29900 | 30000 | 0.0033 | 18,428 | 1090 | 0.9529 | |
| 98 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 29900 | 36500 | 0.1809 | 7,505 | 1059 | 0.9633 | |
| 101 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 30100 | 38200 | 0.2123 | 6,550 | 1140 | 0.7456 | |
| 102 | Syracuse University | 30400 | 83100 | 0.6342 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 103 | SUNY at Fredonia | 30500 | 39600 | 0.2301 | 2,876 | 1193 | 0.792 | |
| 104 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 30600 | 39500 | 0.2251 | 5,205 | 1118 | 0.744 | |
| 105 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1150 | 0.9523 | |
| 105 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30900 | 54600 | 0.4339 | 3,163 | 1165 | 0.9347 | |
| 105 | West Virginia Wesleyan College | 30900 | 52800 | 0.4146 | 938 | 1090 | 0.951 | |
| 108 | University of Kentucky | 31000 | 36000 | 0.139 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 109 | SUNY Brockport | 31100 | 37900 | 0.1794 | 5,816 | 1195 | 0.7068 | |
| 109 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 31100 | 52900 | 0.4123 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 109 | University of Toledo | 31100 | 42000 | 0.2594 | 11,013 | 1159 | 0.9202 | |
| 112 | State University of New York at Oswego | 31400 | 38300 | 0.1799 | 5,517 | 1174 | 0.8057 | |
| 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 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 31700 | 36700 | 0.1363 | 5,789 | 1115 | 0.5774 | |
| 116 | CUNY Brooklyn College | 31800 | 31800 | 0 | 11,562 | 1110 | 0.5836 | |
| 117 | Albright College | 31900 | 48700 | 0.345 | 1,328 | 1050 | 0.8615 | |
| 117 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Schuylkill | 31900 | 45200 | 0.2943 | 624 | 1115 | 0.9664 | |
| 119 | Angelo State University | 32000 | 35400 | 0.0956 | 9,779 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 119 | Saint Michael's College | 32000 | 68400 | 0.5319 | 1,120 | 1240 | 0.8451 | |
| 121 | Hampton University | 32100 | 47000 | 0.3171 | 3,728 | 956 | 0.6225 | |
| 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 | Grambling State University | 33100 | 35300 | 0.0624 | 4,279 | 965 | 0.2368 | |
| 126 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 33300 | 54600 | 0.3899 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 127 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 33600 | 44100 | 0.238 | 581 | 1129 | 0.9821 | |
| 128 | Elizabethtown College | 33800 | 54600 | 0.3812 | 1,903 | 1214 | 0.7787 | |
| 128 | George Washington University | 33800 | 81800 | 0.587 | 11,677 | 1421 | 0.4709 | |
| 130 | LeTourneau University | 34100 | 54600 | 0.3754 | 3,184 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 130 | Wilkes University | 34100 | 61900 | 0.4492 | 1,956 | 1153 | 0.9146 | |
| 132 | Morgan State University | 34500 | 37200 | 0.0726 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 133 | Stockton University | 34600 | 44500 | 0.2226 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 133 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 34600 | 52900 | 0.3457 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 135 | DePaul University | 35200 | 59100 | 0.4042 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 136 | Stevenson University | 35300 | 59900 | 0.4105 | 3,106 | 1100 | 0.7891 | |
| 136 | University of Mount Olive | 35300 | 35300 | 0 | 1,937 | 945 | 0.7775 | |
| 138 | Adelphi University | 35400 | 63300 | 0.4403 | 5,325 | 1218 | 0.6591 | |
| 139 | Coastal Carolina University | 35600 | 44700 | 0.2034 | 10,811 | 1145 | 0.7527 | |
| 140 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 35700 | 49600 | 0.28 | 1,809 | 1109 | 0.9484 | |
| 141 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 35800 | 38700 | 0.0746 | 5,086 | 1000 | 0.9821 | |
| 142 | Salisbury University | 36000 | 40900 | 0.1199 | 6,288 | 1250 | 0.8747 | |
| 143 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 36300 | 42400 | 0.1438 | 31,112 | 1130 | 0.8129 | |
| 144 | Mercer University | 36400 | 60500 | 0.3984 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
| 144 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 36400 | 56300 | 0.3531 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 146 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 37000 | 38900 | 0.0484 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 147 | Immaculata University | 37100 | 47800 | 0.2236 | 1,652 | 1245 | 0.8578 | |
| 148 | University of Michigan-Flint | 37600 | 39400 | 0.0457 | 5,011 | 1103 | 0.7047 | |
| 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 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 40300 | 40300 | 0 | 1,880 | 1185 | 0.9867 | |
| 155 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 40500 | 40500 | 0 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 155 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 40500 | 45400 | 0.1079 | 502 | 1204 | 0.9641 | |
| 157 | Loyola University Maryland | 42000 | 78800 | 0.4671 | 3,881 | 1309 | 0.7549 | |
| 158 | Fordham University | 43200 | 94600 | 0.5436 | 10,307 | 1415 | 0.5628 | |
| 159 | CUNY Bernard M Baruch College | 43400 | 43400 | 0 | 16,086 | 1293 | 0.5117 | |
| 159 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 43400 | 55100 | 0.2125 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 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 | |
| 164 | CUNY Lehman College | 44200 | 45800 | 0.0349 | 11,217 | 1020 | 0.4601 | |
| 166 | Middle Tennessee State University | 45800 | 45800 | 0 | 17,668 | 1124 | 0.68 | |
| 167 | Molloy University | 48200 | 62300 | 0.2265 | 3,240 | 1199 | 0.8174 | |
| 168 | College of Charleston | 49700 | 59000 | 0.1577 | 10,880 | 1255 | 0.6003 | |
| 169 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 50200 | 56200 | 0.1067 | 3,965 | 1229 | 0.9121 | |
| 170 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 50600 | 56400 | 0.1028 | 10,200 | 1346 | 0.6507 | |
| 171 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 50700 | 52300 | 0.0306 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 172 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 51000 | 52900 | 0.0356 | 14,504 | 1145 | 0.7637 | |
| 173 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 51200 | 84200 | 0.392 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 174 | Drexel University | 51300 | 82600 | 0.3788 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 175 | University of Colorado Boulder | 51400 | 56300 | 0.087 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
| 176 | University of Utah | 51800 | 53700 | 0.0351 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 177 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
| 178 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 57100 | 58900 | 0.032 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 179 | Clemson University | 61800 | 63700 | 0.0296 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 180 | 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.