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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 | California Institute of Technology | 7500 | 91800 | 0.9183 | 987 | 1557 | 0.0257 | |
| 2 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8500 | 97100 | 0.9129 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0399 | |
| 3 | Valdosta State University | 10500 | 24800 | 0.5775 | 7,166 | 1015 | 0.7229 | |
| 4 | Savannah State University | 10900 | 26700 | 0.5925 | 2,966 | 925 | 0.4614 | |
| 5 | University of North Florida | 13100 | 22400 | 0.4157 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
| 6 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 13400 | 25700 | 0.4784 | 28,674 | 980 | 0.9419 | |
| 7 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 13500 | 13500 | 0 | 1,973 | 1189 | 0.8135 | |
| 8 | University of South Florida | 13600 | 17100 | 0.2045 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 9 | University of Michigan-Flint | 13700 | 46300 | 0.7039 | 5,011 | 1109 | 0.7046 | |
| 9 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 50700 | 0.7294 | 38,040 | 1418 | 0.452 | |
| 11 | Alabama State University | 14200 | 31300 | 0.5476 | 3,521 | 945 | 0.9755 | |
| 12 | Dickinson State University | 14600 | 25000 | 0.4179 | 1,339 | 990 | 0.3702 | |
| 13 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 15200 | 29600 | 0.4872 | 7,622 | 1075 | 0.9254 | |
| 14 | Wayne State College | 15400 | 20300 | 0.2414 | 3,902 | 0 | 0 | |
| 15 | Austin Peay State University | 15500 | 29100 | 0.469 | 8,926 | 1075 | 0.9641 | |
| 15 | Radford University | 15500 | 32000 | 0.5152 | 6,161 | 1070 | 0.8953 | |
| 17 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 15600 | 25800 | 0.3938 | 5,386 | 1050 | 0.9092 | |
| 18 | James Madison University | 15700 | 28900 | 0.4573 | 20,973 | 1260 | 0.7152 | |
| 18 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 15700 | 28700 | 0.453 | 6,761 | 1105 | 0.8475 | |
| 20 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 15900 | 25800 | 0.3808 | 10,202 | 1140 | 0.8109 | |
| 21 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 16000 | 27700 | 0.4218 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 22 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver | 16100 | 38700 | 0.5837 | 482 | 1195 | 0.9565 | |
| 23 | Goshen College | 16500 | 55900 | 0.7045 | 780 | 995 | 0.8407 | |
| 23 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 16500 | 23400 | 0.2952 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8698 | |
| 25 | Frostburg State University | 16700 | 26600 | 0.3719 | 3,422 | 1095 | 0.8918 | |
| 25 | Northwestern University | 16700 | 89500 | 0.8138 | 9,399 | 1527 | 0.0769 | |
| 25 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16700 | 64800 | 0.7418 | 20,885 | 1420 | 0.1534 | |
| 28 | Grove City College | 16800 | 39700 | 0.5776 | 2,341 | 1266 | 0.7232 | |
| 28 | Wayne State University | 16800 | 32900 | 0.4891 | 16,012 | 1174 | 0.8116 | |
| 30 | Southern University at New Orleans | 17100 | 31000 | 0.4478 | 2,179 | 950 | 0.789 | |
| 30 | SUNY at Fredonia | 17100 | 27800 | 0.3854 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 32 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 17200 | 40600 | 0.5758 | 581 | 1132 | 0.9821 | |
| 33 | Westfield State University | 17300 | 33100 | 0.4779 | 3,868 | 1085 | 0.8141 | |
| 34 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 17600 | 44500 | 0.6041 | 352 | 1180 | 0.9647 | |
| 35 | University of Memphis | 17800 | 26400 | 0.3265 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 36 | Morgan State University | 18000 | 28500 | 0.3682 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 37 | Boston College | 18200 | 97600 | 0.8133 | 10,314 | 1490 | 0.1643 | |
| 37 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18200 | 28600 | 0.3634 | 4,218 | 1030 | 0.9489 | |
| 39 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 18300 | 54300 | 0.6629 | 10,051 | 1064 | 0.9234 | |
| 39 | Towson University | 18300 | 29900 | 0.3876 | 16,264 | 1098 | 0.8197 | |
| 41 | College of Charleston | 18400 | 33900 | 0.4578 | 10,880 | 1255 | 0.6003 | |
| 41 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 18400 | 35300 | 0.4784 | 1,813 | 1109 | 0.9484 | |
| 43 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 18700 | 25200 | 0.2575 | 6,835 | 1090 | 0.7147 | |
| 44 | University of Houston-Victoria | 19200 | 25000 | 0.2322 | 2,627 | 1095 | 0.959 | |
| 45 | Cleveland State University | 20100 | 30900 | 0.3491 | 9,482 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 45 | Rutgers University-Newark | 20100 | 38000 | 0.4708 | 7,989 | 1159 | 0.7136 | |
| 45 | University of South Alabama | 20100 | 22400 | 0.1029 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 48 | Central Connecticut State University | 20200 | 29500 | 0.3151 | 8,170 | 1075 | 0.7333 | |
| 48 | Norwich University | 20200 | 73800 | 0.726 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 50 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 20300 | 30400 | 0.3319 | 3,224 | 1085 | 0.7643 | |
| 51 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20700 | 39900 | 0.4815 | 5,255 | 1109 | 0.7295 | |
| 51 | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | 20700 | 25700 | 0.1947 | 10,632 | 1075 | 0.8859 | |
| 53 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 20800 | 57800 | 0.6408 | 1,932 | 1193 | 0.9278 | |
| 53 | University of Colorado Boulder | 20800 | 31900 | 0.3479 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7808 | |
| 55 | Tarleton State University | 21000 | 23000 | 0.087 | 15,254 | 1080 | 0.8955 | |
| 56 | Luther College | 21400 | 71900 | 0.7019 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.7154 | |
| 56 | University of North Georgia | 21400 | 21400 | 0 | 18,322 | 1100 | 0.6794 | |
| 58 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,221 | 1204 | 0.8854 | |
| 59 | Grand Valley State University | 22100 | 35900 | 0.3849 | 19,002 | 1084 | 0.8302 | |
| 59 | Lincoln University | 22100 | 24900 | 0.1124 | 1,926 | 0 | 0 | |
| 61 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 22200 | 36400 | 0.3896 | 2,884 | 1175 | 0.9677 | |
| 62 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 22500 | 25400 | 0.1143 | 2,906 | 1125 | 0.4696 | |
| 63 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 22600 | 33600 | 0.3271 | 21,210 | 1148 | 0.9262 | |
| 64 | New Mexico Highlands University | 22700 | 27200 | 0.1653 | 1,603 | 0 | 0 | |
| 65 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 22800 | 53000 | 0.5693 | 1,472 | 1075 | 0.8459 | |
| 66 | Dakota State University | 23100 | 25600 | 0.0977 | 3,066 | 1192 | 0.8805 | |
| 66 | Houghton University | 23100 | 44300 | 0.4786 | 1,162 | 1277 | 0.8866 | |
| 68 | Florida Memorial University | 23200 | 42000 | 0.4471 | 1,206 | 0 | 0.8526 | |
| 69 | Robert Morris University | 23300 | 58000 | 0.5988 | 4,325 | 1145 | 0.8989 | |
| 70 | San Jose State University | 23400 | 41100 | 0.4308 | 28,008 | 1124 | 0.8461 | |
| 71 | Dominican University | 24100 | 56000 | 0.5705 | 2,690 | 1005 | 0.9032 | |
| 72 | Bradley University | 24700 | 50800 | 0.5137 | 3,596 | 1223 | 0.7676 | |
| 73 | Stockton University | 24900 | 32100 | 0.2242 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 74 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 25300 | 30600 | 0.1732 | 10,200 | 1325 | 0.6507 | |
| 74 | Pennsylvania Western University | 25300 | 34400 | 0.2643 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 76 | Emporia State University | 25400 | 32000 | 0.2062 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 77 | Doane University | 25500 | 71000 | 0.6412 | 1,315 | 1125 | 0.9801 | |
| 78 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 25600 | 45900 | 0.4427 | 502 | 1189 | 0.9641 | |
| 78 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 25600 | 40500 | 0.368 | 25,900 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 80 | Bethune-Cookman University | 25800 | 32700 | 0.2111 | 2,738 | 910 | 0.8824 | |
| 81 | Fort Hays State University | 26100 | 36100 | 0.2781 | 10,172 | 1075 | 0.9026 | |
| 81 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 26100 | 28300 | 0.076 | 3,375 | 1090 | 0.5876 | |
| 81 | University of North Texas | 26100 | 26100 | 0 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 84 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 26300 | 37500 | 0.299 | 1,236 | 1193 | 0.9811 | |
| 85 | Columbia College | 26400 | 46900 | 0.4371 | 5,207 | 1145 | 0.4714 | |
| 86 | Kennesaw State University | 26600 | 26600 | 0 | 42,760 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 87 | Albright College | 26700 | 49300 | 0.4583 | 1,230 | 1050 | 0.7633 | |
| 88 | Northwood University | 26800 | 54500 | 0.5087 | 2,045 | 1055 | 0.6451 | |
| 89 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 26900 | 36800 | 0.2692 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 90 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 27500 | 41500 | 0.3371 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 91 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 27700 | 37700 | 0.2655 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 91 | Syracuse University | 27700 | 83100 | 0.6665 | 15,957 | 1363 | 0.4592 | |
| 91 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 27700 | 31000 | 0.1066 | 10,767 | 1326 | 0.7243 | |
| 94 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 27800 | 36500 | 0.2385 | 7,505 | 1073 | 0.9633 | |
| 95 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 28000 | 36700 | 0.2373 | 1,880 | 1185 | 0.9867 | |
| 96 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28500 | 32300 | 0.1176 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 97 | Saint Xavier University | 28700 | 53700 | 0.4652 | 3,098 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 98 | Elmhurst University | 28900 | 67000 | 0.5689 | 3,213 | 1148 | 0.7364 | |
| 99 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29100 | 31800 | 0.0849 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 99 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 29100 | 29200 | 0.0034 | 18,288 | 1090 | 0.9068 | |
| 101 | George Fox University | 29200 | 69400 | 0.5796 | 3,354 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 102 | Jacksonville State University | 29300 | 38200 | 0.2328 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 103 | East Texas A&M University | 29400 | 36500 | 0.1945 | 9,992 | 1045 | 0.9224 | |
| 104 | University of Toledo | 29500 | 32600 | 0.0966 | 11,013 | 1229 | 0.9202 | |
| 105 | Fairmont State University | 29600 | 32200 | 0.0808 | 3,088 | 970 | 0.9862 | |
| 106 | Northern Kentucky University | 30100 | 32100 | 0.0623 | 10,163 | 1090 | 0.6765 | |
| 107 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 30200 | 39700 | 0.2394 | 4,487 | 1115 | 0.6726 | |
| 108 | Grambling State University | 30300 | 35300 | 0.1417 | 4,313 | 950 | 0.4486 | |
| 109 | Central College | 30400 | 36800 | 0.174 | 1,084 | 1145 | 0.8617 | |
| 109 | Mercy University | 30400 | 44500 | 0.317 | 6,774 | 1135 | 0.8584 | |
| 111 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 30500 | 54700 | 0.4419 | 1,427 | 1025 | 0.4941 | |
| 112 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30600 | 54600 | 0.4387 | 3,163 | 1165 | 0.9347 | |
| 113 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1161 | 0.9523 | |
| 114 | Hampton University | 31300 | 54800 | 0.4288 | 3,728 | 947 | 0.6225 | |
| 115 | University of Kentucky | 31400 | 36400 | 0.1373 | 25,534 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 116 | Angelo State University | 31700 | 35400 | 0.1031 | 9,702 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 116 | Saint Michael's College | 31700 | 68500 | 0.5375 | 1,120 | 1240 | 0.8451 | |
| 118 | Washington Adventist University | 32200 | 37800 | 0.1483 | 513 | 995 | 0.4618 | |
| 119 | SUNY Brockport | 32400 | 35800 | 0.095 | 5,816 | 1195 | 0.7068 | |
| 120 | University of Scranton | 32500 | 78700 | 0.5874 | 3,613 | 1250 | 0.8123 | |
| 121 | State University of New York at Oswego | 33100 | 40200 | 0.1767 | 5,517 | 1180 | 0.8055 | |
| 122 | Suffolk University | 33200 | 70300 | 0.5277 | 4,326 | 1209 | 0.8233 | |
| 123 | George Washington University | 33900 | 81800 | 0.5857 | 11,677 | 1430 | 0.4709 | |
| 123 | LeTourneau University | 33900 | 54800 | 0.3817 | 3,187 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 123 | Salisbury University | 33900 | 41700 | 0.1868 | 6,288 | 1250 | 0.8747 | |
| 123 | Thomas Jefferson University | 33900 | 68100 | 0.5024 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8097 | |
| 127 | Charleston Southern University | 34300 | 48400 | 0.2921 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 128 | Coastal Carolina University | 35100 | 45100 | 0.2215 | 10,811 | 1145 | 0.7527 | |
| 128 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 35100 | 35200 | 0.0039 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 130 | Adelphi University | 35200 | 63300 | 0.4445 | 5,325 | 1237 | 0.6591 | |
| 130 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 35200 | 56700 | 0.3792 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8304 | |
| 132 | Averett University | 35300 | 57200 | 0.3831 | 1,244 | 1054 | 0.5659 | |
| 133 | Christopher Newport University | 35400 | 36200 | 0.0221 | 4,369 | 1189 | 0.8604 | |
| 134 | California Lutheran University | 35600 | 70000 | 0.4916 | 2,297 | 1254 | 0.7567 | |
| 135 | Loyola University Maryland | 36100 | 78800 | 0.542 | 3,881 | 1303 | 0.7549 | |
| 136 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 36200 | 56300 | 0.3578 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 137 | Furman University | 36700 | 82900 | 0.5571 | 2,383 | 1359 | 0.4295 | |
| 138 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 36800 | 37100 | 0.0081 | 5,939 | 1065 | 0.5878 | |
| 138 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 36800 | 38900 | 0.0552 | 23,329 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 140 | East Carolina University | 37000 | 42700 | 0.1324 | 21,445 | 1160 | 0.8921 | |
| 141 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 37600 | 40700 | 0.0774 | 5,086 | 1124 | 0.949 | |
| 142 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38700 | 38700 | 0 | 14,416 | 1210 | 0.8851 | |
| 143 | Stony Brook University | 39900 | 53000 | 0.2481 | 18,263 | 1410 | 0.4904 | |
| 144 | McKendree University | 40100 | 52200 | 0.2327 | 1,757 | 1098 | 0.7172 | |
| 145 | Pace University | 40900 | 74800 | 0.4531 | 8,038 | 1260 | 0.7592 | |
| 146 | Immaculata University | 41900 | 47500 | 0.1178 | 1,652 | 1245 | 0.8576 | |
| 147 | University of Mount Olive | 42300 | 50400 | 0.1617 | 1,944 | 1075 | 0.7575 | |
| 148 | Western Oregon University | 43400 | 43400 | 0 | 3,167 | 1040 | 0.981 | |
| 149 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4474 | 4,102 | 1115 | 0.7002 | |
| 149 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43500 | 53600 | 0.1886 | 31,133 | 1463 | 0.4479 | |
| 151 | Mercer University | 45200 | 65400 | 0.3085 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
| 152 | University of Illinois Chicago | 45700 | 50600 | 0.0969 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 153 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 46300 | 46600 | 0.0064 | 6,139 | 1070 | 0.9052 | |
| 154 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47100 | 59700 | 0.2117 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 155 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 47600 | 67900 | 0.2989 | 3,965 | 1229 | 0.9121 | |
| 156 | Drexel University | 48700 | 83900 | 0.4196 | 13,309 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 157 | DePaul University | 49200 | 66000 | 0.2547 | 14,188 | 1254 | 0.7589 | |
| 158 | University of California-Riverside | 49600 | 66000 | 0.2486 | 22,600 | 1199 | 0.7639 | |
| 159 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 49800 | 62200 | 0.1995 | 37,140 | 1406 | 0.4237 | |
| 160 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 50700 | 52900 | 0.0406 | 14,504 | 1149 | 0.7637 | |
| 160 | Ramapo College of New Jersey | 50700 | 55400 | 0.0849 | 5,444 | 1220 | 0.7064 | |
| 162 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 50900 | 84700 | 0.3991 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 163 | University of Utah | 51600 | 53700 | 0.04 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 164 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 16,100 | 1219 | 0.7766 | |
| 165 | Dallas Baptist University | 56400 | 63400 | 0.1104 | 2,785 | 1109 | 0.8884 | |
| 166 | Molloy University | 59700 | 62300 | 0.0418 | 3,240 | 1199 | 0.8174 | |
| 167 | Thiel College | 60500 | 69100 | 0.1244 | 833 | 1065 | 0.7155 | |
| 168 | Clemson University | 61500 | 63700 | 0.0338 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 169 | Fordham University | 69900 | 95100 | 0.2649 | 10,582 | 1406 | 0.5931 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.