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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 | Savannah State University | 6800 | 29000 | 0.7651 | 2,966 | 950 | 1 | |
| 2 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8500 | 97100 | 0.9129 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 3 | Valdosta State University | 10500 | 24800 | 0.5775 | 7,199 | 1005 | 0.7769 | |
| 4 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 11600 | 27800 | 0.582 | 22,007 | 1427 | 0.1672 | |
| 5 | Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi | 12800 | 28900 | 0.5579 | 8,673 | 1095 | 0.9156 | |
| 6 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 13500 | 13500 | 0 | 1,973 | 1189 | 0.8142 | |
| 6 | University of Michigan-Flint | 13500 | 46300 | 0.7082 | 5,534 | 1079 | 0.6734 | |
| 8 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 63200 | 0.7838 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 9 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 13800 | 30000 | 0.5401 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 9 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 13800 | 19400 | 0.2887 | 14,865 | 1175 | 0.9113 | |
| 11 | Alabama State University | 14200 | 31300 | 0.5476 | 3,521 | 945 | 0.9755 | |
| 12 | Grand Valley State University | 14600 | 25300 | 0.4234 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 13 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 14900 | 37400 | 0.601 | 7,501 | 1055 | 0.9467 | |
| 14 | Austin Peay State University | 15400 | 29100 | 0.4725 | 9,593 | 1075 | 0.9691 | |
| 14 | Radford University | 15400 | 32000 | 0.5196 | 6,206 | 1050 | 0.8939 | |
| 14 | Wayne State College | 15400 | 20300 | 0.2414 | 3,886 | 0 | 1 | |
| 17 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 15800 | 38400 | 0.5882 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 18 | Northwestern University | 16600 | 89500 | 0.8149 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 19 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 16900 | 44500 | 0.6198 | 308 | 1144 | 0.9053 | |
| 20 | Southern University at New Orleans | 17100 | 31000 | 0.4478 | 2,179 | 950 | 0.789 | |
| 20 | University of South Florida | 17100 | 17100 | 0 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 22 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 17200 | 35700 | 0.5183 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 23 | University of Memphis | 17800 | 26400 | 0.3265 | 15,538 | 1080 | 0.7878 | |
| 24 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18100 | 28600 | 0.3669 | 3,991 | 1010 | 0.9654 | |
| 24 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 18100 | 26600 | 0.3199 | 7,747 | 1073 | 0.9617 | |
| 26 | Boston College | 18200 | 97600 | 0.8133 | 9,677 | 1484 | 0.1422 | |
| 27 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 18300 | 54300 | 0.6629 | 10,368 | 1064 | 0.999 | |
| 28 | State University of New York at Oswego | 18400 | 27700 | 0.3356 | 5,293 | 1179 | 0.7989 | |
| 29 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 18500 | 43500 | 0.5743 | 586 | 1140 | 0.9577 | |
| 30 | Central Connecticut State University | 18600 | 34000 | 0.4524 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 31 | Coppin State University | 18700 | 29200 | 0.36 | 1,908 | 950 | 0.4583 | |
| 32 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 18800 | 39000 | 0.5176 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 33 | Texas A&M University-Victoria | 19300 | 35800 | 0.4611 | 2,627 | 1000 | 0.5253 | |
| 34 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 19500 | 68100 | 0.7139 | 711 | 1030 | 0.8214 | |
| 35 | Norwich University | 20100 | 73800 | 0.7274 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 35 | University of South Alabama | 20100 | 22400 | 0.1029 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 37 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 20300 | 30400 | 0.3319 | 3,224 | 1085 | 0.7643 | |
| 37 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20300 | 39900 | 0.4915 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 39 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 20600 | 57800 | 0.6433 | 1,109 | 1175 | 0.9088 | |
| 40 | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | 20700 | 25700 | 0.1947 | 10,995 | 1090 | 0.7476 | |
| 41 | Grove City College | 20800 | 39700 | 0.4767 | 2,247 | 1248 | 0.667 | |
| 42 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 21200 | 27800 | 0.237 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 43 | University of North Georgia | 21400 | 21400 | 0 | 19,321 | 1100 | 0.9618 | |
| 44 | Luther College | 21500 | 75400 | 0.7153 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.8398 | |
| 45 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 46 | Bradley University | 22300 | 50800 | 0.561 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 46 | Texas Southern University | 22300 | 25500 | 0.1257 | 6,844 | 915 | 0.9691 | |
| 48 | University of North Florida | 22400 | 22400 | 0 | 14,837 | 1124 | 0.6815 | |
| 49 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 22500 | 25400 | 0.1143 | 2,907 | 1125 | 0.4696 | |
| 50 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 22800 | 53000 | 0.5693 | 1,495 | 1075 | 0.8761 | |
| 51 | Dakota State University | 23100 | 25600 | 0.0977 | 3,085 | 1174 | 0.9241 | |
| 51 | Houghton University | 23100 | 44300 | 0.4786 | 958 | 1277 | 0.89 | |
| 51 | Robert Morris University | 23100 | 58000 | 0.6012 | 4,325 | 1145 | 0.8989 | |
| 54 | Florida Memorial University | 23300 | 42000 | 0.4447 | 1,206 | 0 | 0.8526 | |
| 54 | San Jose State University | 23300 | 41100 | 0.4332 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 56 | Concord University | 23600 | 40800 | 0.4219 | 1,638 | 1015 | 0.9728 | |
| 57 | University of Kentucky | 23700 | 36400 | 0.349 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 58 | Dominican University | 23900 | 56000 | 0.573 | 2,642 | 1005 | 0.8879 | |
| 59 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 24100 | 24900 | 0.0321 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 60 | Western Oregon University | 24600 | 24600 | 0 | 3,034 | 1120 | 0.8345 | |
| 61 | Ramapo College of New Jersey | 24800 | 36300 | 0.3172 | 5,492 | 1210 | 0.7026 | |
| 62 | Columbia College | 25000 | 46900 | 0.467 | 876 | 1025 | 0.8878 | |
| 63 | Westfield State University | 25100 | 39000 | 0.356 | 3,868 | 1105 | 0.8671 | |
| 64 | Pennsylvania Western University | 25300 | 34400 | 0.2643 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 65 | Emporia State University | 25400 | 32000 | 0.2062 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 66 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 25600 | 45900 | 0.4427 | 504 | 1200 | 0.9095 | |
| 66 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 25600 | 40500 | 0.368 | 21,388 | 1369 | 0.5945 | |
| 68 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 26000 | 28300 | 0.0809 | 3,375 | 1090 | 0.5885 | |
| 68 | West Virginia Wesleyan College | 26000 | 53800 | 0.5169 | 971 | 1030 | 0.9334 | |
| 70 | Stony Brook University | 26100 | 33200 | 0.2129 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 70 | University of North Texas | 26100 | 26100 | 0 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 72 | Fort Hays State University | 26200 | 36100 | 0.2764 | 10,172 | 1075 | 0.9026 | |
| 73 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 26300 | 37500 | 0.299 | 1,078 | 1217 | 0.9646 | |
| 74 | Bemidji State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 3,751 | 1075 | 0.5598 | |
| 75 | Kennesaw State University | 26600 | 26600 | 0 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 76 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 26800 | 36800 | 0.2719 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 76 | Northwood University | 26800 | 54500 | 0.5087 | 2,045 | 1055 | 0.6451 | |
| 78 | Bethune-Cookman University | 27100 | 32700 | 0.1713 | 2,739 | 910 | 0.8824 | |
| 79 | Syracuse University | 27400 | 83100 | 0.6701 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 80 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 27500 | 41500 | 0.3371 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 81 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 27600 | 27600 | 0 | 11,087 | 1326 | 0.7397 | |
| 82 | Elmhurst University | 28500 | 67000 | 0.5748 | 3,170 | 1133 | 0.7501 | |
| 82 | Saint Xavier University | 28500 | 53700 | 0.4689 | 3,100 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 82 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28500 | 32300 | 0.1176 | 11,691 | 1074 | 0.7722 | |
| 85 | James Madison University | 28900 | 28900 | 0 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 86 | Lincoln University | 29100 | 34500 | 0.1564 | 1,926 | 920 | 0 | |
| 86 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 29100 | 49100 | 0.4074 | 29,727 | 990 | 0.9229 | |
| 86 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 29100 | 29200 | 0.0034 | 18,667 | 1090 | 0.9711 | |
| 89 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 29200 | 39700 | 0.2646 | 4,789 | 1040 | 0.6671 | |
| 90 | Jacksonville State University | 29300 | 38200 | 0.2328 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 91 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 29400 | 42400 | 0.3069 | 6,761 | 1105 | 0.8475 | |
| 92 | Fairmont State University | 29500 | 32200 | 0.0839 | 3,090 | 970 | 0.9862 | |
| 93 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 29700 | 31600 | 0.0601 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 94 | Towson University | 29800 | 29900 | 0.0033 | 16,361 | 1082 | 0.8057 | |
| 95 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 30000 | 48100 | 0.3766 | 2,280 | 1224 | 0.9675 | |
| 96 | Northern Kentucky University | 30200 | 32100 | 0.0592 | 10,136 | 1110 | 0.9666 | |
| 97 | Grambling State University | 30300 | 35300 | 0.1417 | 4,313 | 950 | 0.4486 | |
| 98 | Mercy University | 30400 | 44500 | 0.317 | 6,692 | 1135 | 0.8724 | |
| 99 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30500 | 54600 | 0.4413 | 3,120 | 1193 | 0.3992 | |
| 100 | University of Toledo | 30700 | 42000 | 0.269 | 10,726 | 1134 | 0.8889 | |
| 101 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 30800 | 36900 | 0.1662 | 5,687 | 1305 | 0.7863 | |
| 102 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 2,082 | 1124 | 0.9576 | |
| 102 | Frostburg State University | 30900 | 43000 | 0.2815 | 3,436 | 1095 | 0.907 | |
| 104 | Central College | 31100 | 36800 | 0.155 | 1,050 | 1159 | 0.8698 | |
| 104 | Saint Michael's College | 31100 | 68500 | 0.5463 | 1,051 | 1280 | 0.8976 | |
| 106 | Hampton University | 31500 | 54800 | 0.4252 | 4,046 | 1005 | 0.6358 | |
| 106 | Harding University | 31500 | 47800 | 0.3408 | 3,536 | 1184 | 0.7052 | |
| 108 | Angelo State University | 31600 | 35400 | 0.1071 | 10,103 | 1045 | 0.7981 | |
| 109 | Lamar University | 31700 | 38300 | 0.1724 | 8,387 | 1040 | 0.8353 | |
| 110 | Morgan State University | 32300 | 41900 | 0.2293 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 111 | SUNY Brockport | 32400 | 35800 | 0.095 | 5,816 | 1195 | 0.7068 | |
| 111 | University of Scranton | 32400 | 78700 | 0.5879 | 3,689 | 1245 | 0.8006 | |
| 113 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 32600 | 40900 | 0.2029 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 113 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 32600 | 34500 | 0.0551 | 10,396 | 1125 | 0.7162 | |
| 115 | Portland State University | 32800 | 43100 | 0.2386 | 14,932 | 1174 | 0.8586 | |
| 116 | Suffolk University | 33200 | 70300 | 0.5277 | 4,247 | 1209 | 0.8228 | |
| 117 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 17,556 | 1090 | 0.5386 | |
| 118 | Cleveland State University | 33400 | 37300 | 0.1046 | 9,418 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 118 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 33400 | 49500 | 0.3256 | 1,829 | 1149 | 0.945 | |
| 120 | Elizabethtown College | 33800 | 55300 | 0.3889 | 1,935 | 1214 | 0.8892 | |
| 120 | George Washington University | 33800 | 81800 | 0.5869 | 11,495 | 1436 | 0.4713 | |
| 120 | Loyola University Maryland | 33800 | 78800 | 0.5711 | 4,013 | 1329 | 0.6986 | |
| 120 | Salisbury University | 33800 | 41700 | 0.1892 | 6,477 | 1245 | 0.8826 | |
| 120 | Thomas Jefferson University | 33800 | 68100 | 0.5038 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 125 | SUNY at Fredonia | 33900 | 39600 | 0.1441 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 126 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 34000 | 53100 | 0.3595 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 127 | Charleston Southern University | 34200 | 48400 | 0.295 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 128 | Adelphi University | 35000 | 63300 | 0.4467 | 5,097 | 1241 | 0.7215 | |
| 129 | Averett University | 35300 | 57200 | 0.3831 | 1,244 | 1054 | 0.5659 | |
| 129 | Coastal Carolina University | 35300 | 45100 | 0.2171 | 11,471 | 1160 | 0.7003 | |
| 131 | Christopher Newport University | 35400 | 36200 | 0.0221 | 4,369 | 1189 | 0.8604 | |
| 132 | California Lutheran University | 35700 | 70000 | 0.4902 | 2,160 | 1218 | 0.7631 | |
| 132 | Stockton University | 35700 | 44500 | 0.1979 | 7,583 | 1134 | 0.901 | |
| 134 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Schuylkill | 35900 | 61100 | 0.4125 | 653 | 1145 | 0.7972 | |
| 135 | Furman University | 36500 | 82900 | 0.5595 | 2,304 | 1372 | 0.4869 | |
| 136 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 36800 | 37100 | 0.0081 | 5,939 | 1065 | 0.5878 | |
| 137 | East Carolina University | 36900 | 42700 | 0.1356 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 138 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 37400 | 40700 | 0.0808 | 3,893 | 1015 | 0.9839 | |
| 139 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 38100 | 38100 | 0 | 2,710 | 1218 | 0.9374 | |
| 140 | Rutgers University-Newark | 40100 | 57900 | 0.3073 | 7,989 | 1159 | 0.7136 | |
| 141 | McKendree University | 40600 | 52900 | 0.2324 | 1,757 | 1098 | 0.7172 | |
| 142 | Pace University | 40700 | 74800 | 0.4558 | 5,520 | 1273 | 0.7827 | |
| 143 | University of Illinois Chicago | 40800 | 50600 | 0.1937 | 24,260 | 1174 | 0.7576 | |
| 143 | Wayne State University | 40800 | 46200 | 0.1169 | 16,390 | 1183 | 0.8359 | |
| 145 | University of Mount Olive | 42100 | 50400 | 0.1645 | 1,944 | 1075 | 0.7575 | |
| 146 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4479 | 4,123 | 1124 | 0.6927 | |
| 146 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43500 | 53600 | 0.1886 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 148 | Immaculata University | 43600 | 47500 | 0.082 | 1,889 | 1264 | 0.8656 | |
| 149 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 43800 | 67900 | 0.3549 | 4,182 | 1317 | 0.8783 | |
| 150 | Mercer University | 45700 | 65400 | 0.3015 | 4,719 | 1263 | 0.643 | |
| 151 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 46300 | 46600 | 0.0064 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 152 | Drexel University | 47700 | 83900 | 0.4315 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 153 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 48000 | 55800 | 0.1398 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 153 | University of Colorado Boulder | 48000 | 57700 | 0.1677 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7809 | |
| 155 | DePaul University | 49200 | 66000 | 0.2547 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 156 | University of California-Riverside | 49600 | 66000 | 0.2486 | 24,034 | 1199 | 0.8609 | |
| 157 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 50500 | 58800 | 0.1411 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 158 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 50600 | 52900 | 0.0433 | 14,834 | 1149 | 0.7803 | |
| 159 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 50800 | 84700 | 0.4003 | 35,358 | 1448 | 0.1642 | |
| 160 | University of Utah | 51400 | 53700 | 0.0426 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 161 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 52700 | 52800 | 0.0019 | 21,469 | 1167 | 0.9061 | |
| 162 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 163 | Molloy University | 58500 | 62300 | 0.061 | 3,396 | 1188 | 0.6633 | |
| 164 | Thiel College | 60400 | 69100 | 0.1259 | 830 | 1065 | 0.7189 | |
| 165 | College of Charleston | 61200 | 61200 | 0 | 10,596 | 1234 | 0.73 | |
| 166 | Clemson University | 61400 | 63700 | 0.036 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 167 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 63700 | 63700 | 0 | 9,827 | 1329 | 0.6737 | |
| 168 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver | 63900 | 63900 | 0 | 475 | 1195 | 0.9418 | |
| 169 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 64200 | 64200 | 0 | 1,709 | 1218 | 0.9653 | |
| 170 | Fordham University | 74900 | 95100 | 0.2123 | 10,582 | 1406 | 0.5931 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.