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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 | 40400 | 0.8308 | 2,857 | 950 | 0.8368 | |
| 2 | California Institute of Technology | 6900 | 91800 | 0.9253 | 987 | 1557 | 0.0257 | |
| 3 | Northern Kentucky University | 7800 | 25900 | 0.6998 | 10,163 | 1090 | 0.8307 | |
| 4 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8400 | 98000 | 0.9146 | 9,157 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 5 | University of Houston-Victoria | 8700 | 39700 | 0.7811 | 2,707 | 930 | 0.7671 | |
| 6 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 8800 | 43500 | 0.7984 | 28,674 | 980 | 0.9401 | |
| 7 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 9400 | 48800 | 0.8076 | 10,049 | 1005 | 0.9234 | |
| 8 | Fairmont State University | 9500 | 21400 | 0.5568 | 3,060 | 975 | 0.9924 | |
| 9 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 9900 | 36900 | 0.7319 | 3,207 | 1060 | 0.8034 | |
| 10 | Valdosta State University | 10500 | 24800 | 0.5775 | 7,206 | 1015 | 0.7214 | |
| 11 | University of Illinois Chicago | 11900 | 30400 | 0.6077 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 12 | University of Michigan-Flint | 12000 | 45600 | 0.7365 | 5,011 | 1103 | 0.7047 | |
| 13 | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | 12300 | 19600 | 0.3723 | 10,656 | 1075 | 0.7289 | |
| 14 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 13200 | 51900 | 0.746 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 15 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 13300 | 23400 | 0.4322 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 15 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 13300 | 13300 | 0 | 18,667 | 1090 | 0.9711 | |
| 17 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 13400 | 41800 | 0.6793 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 18 | University of California-Riverside | 13600 | 36500 | 0.627 | 22,599 | 1199 | 0.7685 | |
| 19 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 51900 | 0.7365 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 20 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 14200 | 46000 | 0.6909 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 20 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 14200 | 19400 | 0.2681 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
| 22 | Coastal Carolina University | 14300 | 27200 | 0.4744 | 10,811 | 1145 | 0.7527 | |
| 22 | Fort Hays State University | 14300 | 40700 | 0.6494 | 10,206 | 1110 | 0.9177 | |
| 24 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 14400 | 32200 | 0.5534 | 2,836 | 1135 | 0.3787 | |
| 25 | University of South Florida | 14800 | 17100 | 0.1344 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 26 | Radford University | 15000 | 32000 | 0.5318 | 6,161 | 1070 | 0.8953 | |
| 27 | Alabama State University | 15300 | 37900 | 0.597 | 3,322 | 970 | 0.9564 | |
| 28 | University of North Georgia | 15400 | 21400 | 0.2804 | 18,329 | 1100 | 0.6794 | |
| 29 | University of North Texas | 15600 | 25700 | 0.3935 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 30 | New Mexico Highlands University | 15800 | 31500 | 0.4981 | 1,710 | 945 | 0.9481 | |
| 31 | Dickinson State University | 15900 | 21700 | 0.2684 | 1,339 | 1005 | 0.3695 | |
| 32 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 16100 | 46800 | 0.6565 | 6,550 | 1110 | 0.7456 | |
| 32 | University of Memphis | 16100 | 26400 | 0.3909 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 34 | Wayne State College | 16200 | 20000 | 0.1899 | 3,902 | 0 | 1 | |
| 35 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 16300 | 42600 | 0.6176 | 7,595 | 1075 | 0.9226 | |
| 35 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver | 16300 | 42500 | 0.6172 | 482 | 1195 | 0.9565 | |
| 37 | University of North Florida | 16400 | 22400 | 0.2682 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
| 38 | Goshen College | 16500 | 55900 | 0.7042 | 780 | 995 | 0.8404 | |
| 39 | Jacksonville State University | 16600 | 36100 | 0.5399 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 40 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16800 | 64800 | 0.7416 | 21,075 | 1420 | 0.1534 | |
| 41 | Wayne State University | 17000 | 46200 | 0.6321 | 16,173 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
| 42 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 17400 | 33600 | 0.4818 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 43 | SUNY at Fredonia | 17900 | 39600 | 0.5486 | 2,876 | 1193 | 0.792 | |
| 44 | Frostburg State University | 18000 | 26600 | 0.3231 | 2,619 | 1095 | 0.892 | |
| 44 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 18000 | 44900 | 0.5986 | 5,205 | 1118 | 0.744 | |
| 46 | Southern University at New Orleans | 18100 | 34200 | 0.4706 | 1,773 | 885 | 0.6021 | |
| 46 | University of South Alabama | 18100 | 35200 | 0.486 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 48 | SUNY Brockport | 18200 | 26200 | 0.3048 | 5,816 | 1195 | 0.7068 | |
| 49 | Boston College | 18400 | 96200 | 0.8083 | 9,654 | 1490 | 0.1619 | |
| 49 | Morgan State University | 18400 | 19700 | 0.0661 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 51 | Angelo State University | 18500 | 23100 | 0.2005 | 9,779 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 51 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 18500 | 26700 | 0.3071 | 7,505 | 1059 | 0.9633 | |
| 53 | Westfield State University | 18700 | 37500 | 0.5009 | 3,868 | 1105 | 0.8671 | |
| 54 | Emporia State University | 18800 | 29800 | 0.3696 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 54 | Rutgers University-Newark | 18800 | 38000 | 0.505 | 7,417 | 1214 | 0.7873 | |
| 56 | Florida Memorial University | 18900 | 44900 | 0.5792 | 1,299 | 0 | 0.7431 | |
| 57 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 19100 | 43800 | 0.5634 | 352 | 1180 | 0.9647 | |
| 58 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 19300 | 42800 | 0.5485 | 581 | 1129 | 0.9821 | |
| 59 | Lincoln University | 19900 | 40800 | 0.5128 | 1,707 | 920 | 0 | |
| 60 | Stockton University | 20100 | 44500 | 0.5486 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 61 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 20300 | 40900 | 0.5042 | 1,880 | 1185 | 0.9867 | |
| 61 | State University of New York at Oswego | 20300 | 40200 | 0.4952 | 5,517 | 1164 | 0.8057 | |
| 63 | Central Connecticut State University | 20400 | 29500 | 0.3083 | 8,170 | 1010 | 0.7333 | |
| 64 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 20500 | 38100 | 0.462 | 2,884 | 1175 | 0.9677 | |
| 65 | Central College | 20700 | 36800 | 0.4373 | 1,084 | 1140 | 0.8617 | |
| 65 | Towson University | 20700 | 30000 | 0.3096 | 16,264 | 1093 | 0.8198 | |
| 67 | Grove City College | 20800 | 39700 | 0.4767 | 2,341 | 1256 | 0.7232 | |
| 67 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 20800 | 57800 | 0.6406 | 1,083 | 1171 | 0.9278 | |
| 69 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27100 | 0.2285 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 70 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 21000 | 34400 | 0.3895 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 70 | Tarleton State University | 21000 | 23000 | 0.087 | 15,130 | 1095 | 0.5256 | |
| 72 | Pennsylvania Western University | 21300 | 26600 | 0.1992 | 7,586 | 0 | 0.9433 | |
| 73 | Luther College | 21500 | 71900 | 0.7017 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.8402 | |
| 73 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 21500 | 38900 | 0.4469 | 1,919 | 1245 | 0.7844 | |
| 75 | Kennesaw State University | 21700 | 26600 | 0.1844 | 42,840 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 76 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 76 | Northwestern University | 21800 | 89500 | 0.7567 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 78 | Elmhurst University | 22000 | 67000 | 0.6719 | 3,170 | 1148 | 0.7357 | |
| 79 | Averett University | 22100 | 57200 | 0.614 | 1,180 | 1070 | 0.478 | |
| 80 | Bradley University | 22200 | 50800 | 0.5629 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 81 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 22600 | 43000 | 0.474 | 5,789 | 1060 | 0.5774 | |
| 82 | San Jose State University | 22700 | 41100 | 0.4478 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 83 | Dakota State University | 23100 | 25600 | 0.0977 | 3,066 | 1192 | 0.8814 | |
| 84 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 23200 | 58100 | 0.6011 | 1,477 | 1075 | 0.8068 | |
| 84 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 23200 | 47900 | 0.5153 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 86 | Robert Morris University | 23300 | 58000 | 0.5986 | 3,769 | 1180 | 0.9057 | |
| 87 | Grambling State University | 23700 | 34800 | 0.3186 | 4,279 | 955 | 0.2368 | |
| 87 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 23700 | 45200 | 0.476 | 502 | 1204 | 0.9641 | |
| 87 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 23700 | 44400 | 0.4659 | 1,809 | 1109 | 0.9484 | |
| 90 | Albright College | 23800 | 49300 | 0.5171 | 1,328 | 1050 | 0.8615 | |
| 91 | Dominican University | 24100 | 56000 | 0.5702 | 2,690 | 1060 | 0.9032 | |
| 91 | Houghton University | 24100 | 61900 | 0.611 | 939 | 1277 | 0.8866 | |
| 93 | Norwich University | 24600 | 88400 | 0.7219 | 2,642 | 1182 | 0.7361 | |
| 93 | Western Oregon University | 24600 | 24600 | 0 | 3,343 | 1120 | 0.9871 | |
| 95 | Northwood University | 25200 | 54500 | 0.5381 | 1,989 | 1075 | 0.839 | |
| 96 | Columbia College | 25800 | 51600 | 0.5004 | 876 | 1025 | 0.8878 | |
| 97 | Doane University | 26000 | 77700 | 0.665 | 1,323 | 1125 | 0.9801 | |
| 98 | Grand Valley State University | 26100 | 36300 | 0.2814 | 19,002 | 1233 | 0.8302 | |
| 98 | Stony Brook University | 26100 | 33200 | 0.2129 | 18,263 | 1404 | 0.4904 | |
| 100 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 26200 | 28300 | 0.0755 | 3,413 | 1095 | 0.5295 | |
| 100 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 26200 | 39200 | 0.3317 | 4,478 | 1065 | 0.8132 | |
| 102 | Bethune-Cookman University | 26600 | 32700 | 0.1866 | 2,739 | 910 | 0.8824 | |
| 103 | Furman University | 26700 | 79600 | 0.6643 | 2,383 | 1359 | 0.4295 | |
| 104 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 27000 | 30100 | 0.1042 | 5,086 | 1000 | 0.9821 | |
| 105 | Cleveland State University | 27300 | 37300 | 0.2682 | 9,418 | 1105 | 0.913 | |
| 106 | Thomas Jefferson University | 27500 | 67700 | 0.5937 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 107 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 27600 | 31000 | 0.1098 | 10,767 | 1326 | 0.7243 | |
| 108 | Syracuse University | 27800 | 83100 | 0.6654 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 109 | California Lutheran University | 27900 | 70000 | 0.6017 | 2,297 | 1258 | 0.7567 | |
| 110 | George Fox University | 28200 | 76800 | 0.6328 | 3,401 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 111 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 33400 | 0.1437 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 112 | James Madison University | 28900 | 28900 | 0 | 21,112 | 1260 | 0.7151 | |
| 113 | Mercy University | 29000 | 44500 | 0.3485 | 6,775 | 1074 | 0.8584 | |
| 114 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29100 | 33200 | 0.1234 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 115 | Clemson University | 29200 | 37100 | 0.2137 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 116 | Saint Xavier University | 29700 | 53600 | 0.4457 | 3,039 | 1125 | 0.8575 | |
| 117 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 30500 | 54700 | 0.4416 | 1,409 | 1110 | 0.5568 | |
| 118 | East Texas A&M University | 30700 | 36500 | 0.1589 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 118 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30700 | 54600 | 0.4385 | 3,163 | 1165 | 0.9347 | |
| 120 | University of Toledo | 30800 | 42000 | 0.2653 | 11,013 | 1159 | 0.9202 | |
| 121 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1150 | 0.9523 | |
| 122 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 31000 | 36900 | 0.162 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 123 | University of Kentucky | 31100 | 36100 | 0.1386 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 124 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 31300 | 31300 | 0 | 6,853 | 1090 | 0.7147 | |
| 125 | Saint Michael's College | 31800 | 68500 | 0.536 | 1,120 | 1240 | 0.8451 | |
| 126 | Washington Adventist University | 32000 | 37800 | 0.1536 | 605 | 951 | 0.4536 | |
| 127 | Hampton University | 32100 | 62400 | 0.4852 | 3,728 | 956 | 0.6225 | |
| 128 | University of Scranton | 32500 | 78700 | 0.5872 | 3,613 | 1220 | 0.8029 | |
| 129 | Suffolk University | 32700 | 69700 | 0.5312 | 4,324 | 1209 | 0.822 | |
| 130 | George Washington University | 33900 | 81800 | 0.5858 | 11,677 | 1421 | 0.4709 | |
| 131 | LeTourneau University | 34000 | 54800 | 0.3798 | 3,184 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 131 | Salisbury University | 34000 | 41700 | 0.1845 | 6,288 | 1250 | 0.8747 | |
| 133 | Charleston Southern University | 34300 | 48400 | 0.2918 | 2,914 | 1060 | 0.7609 | |
| 133 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 34300 | 53400 | 0.3578 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 135 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 34500 | 34500 | 0 | 9,982 | 1125 | 0.7702 | |
| 136 | Pace University | 34600 | 74800 | 0.5373 | 8,038 | 1274 | 0.7592 | |
| 137 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 34800 | 58500 | 0.4057 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 138 | Adelphi University | 35200 | 63300 | 0.4443 | 5,325 | 1218 | 0.6591 | |
| 139 | Loyola University Maryland | 35700 | 78800 | 0.547 | 3,881 | 1309 | 0.7549 | |
| 140 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 36000 | 56800 | 0.366 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 141 | Christopher Newport University | 36200 | 36200 | 0 | 4,407 | 1209 | 0.8796 | |
| 142 | East Carolina University | 37100 | 40100 | 0.0748 | 21,445 | 1120 | 0.8922 | |
| 143 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 37500 | 41600 | 0.0993 | 5,386 | 995 | 0.9092 | |
| 144 | McKendree University | 40100 | 52200 | 0.2324 | 1,605 | 1098 | 0.6388 | |
| 145 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 42100 | 67900 | 0.3799 | 3,965 | 1335 | 0.9121 | |
| 146 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 43300 | 54700 | 0.2084 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 147 | Merrimack College | 43600 | 78800 | 0.4472 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
| 148 | Immaculata University | 43900 | 47800 | 0.0815 | 1,652 | 1245 | 0.8578 | |
| 148 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 43900 | 57100 | 0.2302 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 150 | Middle Tennessee State University | 46000 | 46000 | 0 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 151 | Ramapo College of New Jersey | 48300 | 54600 | 0.1153 | 5,444 | 1214 | 0.7064 | |
| 151 | University of Mount Olive | 48300 | 50400 | 0.0424 | 1,937 | 1020 | 0.7775 | |
| 153 | Drexel University | 48700 | 83800 | 0.4188 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 153 | Mercer University | 48700 | 63700 | 0.2356 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
| 155 | Molloy University | 48800 | 62300 | 0.2168 | 3,240 | 1199 | 0.8174 | |
| 156 | DePaul University | 49100 | 67100 | 0.2682 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 157 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 50700 | 60000 | 0.1549 | 31,112 | 1114 | 0.8129 | |
| 158 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 50800 | 52900 | 0.0404 | 14,504 | 1145 | 0.7637 | |
| 159 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 51000 | 84700 | 0.398 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 160 | University of Utah | 51600 | 53700 | 0.0398 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 161 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
| 162 | Dallas Baptist University | 56100 | 71900 | 0.2196 | 2,785 | 1104 | 0.8884 | |
| 163 | University of Colorado Boulder | 56200 | 56600 | 0.0071 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
| 164 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58200 | 64100 | 0.0921 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 165 | Thiel College | 60500 | 69100 | 0.1244 | 830 | 1065 | 0.7189 | |
| 166 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 60700 | 64100 | 0.053 | 1,236 | 1203 | 0.9811 | |
| 167 | College of Charleston | 61600 | 61600 | 0 | 10,880 | 1255 | 0.6003 | |
| 168 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 63500 | 63500 | 0 | 10,200 | 1346 | 0.6507 | |
| 169 | Fordham University | 70000 | 95000 | 0.263 | 10,582 | 1406 | 0.5931 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.