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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 Texas.
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 Texas.
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-Ann Arbor | 5200 | 40700 | 0.8713 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 2 | Savannah State University | 6900 | 40400 | 0.8283 | 2,857 | 950 | 0.8368 | |
| 3 | California Institute of Technology | 7000 | 91800 | 0.9242 | 987 | 1557 | 0.0257 | |
| 4 | Northern Kentucky University | 7600 | 25900 | 0.7075 | 10,163 | 1090 | 0.8307 | |
| 5 | University of Houston-Victoria | 8100 | 39300 | 0.7946 | 2,707 | 930 | 0.7671 | |
| 6 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8400 | 98000 | 0.9146 | 9,157 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 7 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 8600 | 27300 | 0.683 | 28,674 | 980 | 0.9401 | |
| 8 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 9400 | 48800 | 0.8076 | 10,049 | 1005 | 0.9234 | |
| 9 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 9700 | 36900 | 0.7373 | 3,207 | 1060 | 0.8034 | |
| 10 | Valdosta State University | 10500 | 24800 | 0.5775 | 7,206 | 1015 | 0.7214 | |
| 11 | University of Michigan-Flint | 11900 | 45600 | 0.7387 | 5,011 | 1103 | 0.7047 | |
| 12 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 12000 | 21100 | 0.4326 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 13 | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | 12400 | 25700 | 0.518 | 10,656 | 1075 | 0.7289 | |
| 13 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 29100 | 0.5734 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 15 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 13300 | 13300 | 0 | 18,667 | 1090 | 0.9711 | |
| 16 | University of California-Riverside | 13400 | 36500 | 0.6324 | 22,599 | 1199 | 0.7685 | |
| 17 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 13800 | 27800 | 0.5028 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 18 | Fort Hays State University | 14200 | 40700 | 0.6518 | 10,206 | 1110 | 0.9177 | |
| 19 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 14300 | 46000 | 0.6888 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 20 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 14400 | 32200 | 0.5534 | 2,836 | 1135 | 0.3787 | |
| 21 | University of North Florida | 14600 | 22400 | 0.3487 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
| 21 | University of South Florida | 14600 | 17100 | 0.1461 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 23 | Goshen College | 15000 | 55900 | 0.7311 | 780 | 995 | 0.8404 | |
| 24 | Alabama State University | 15300 | 37900 | 0.5969 | 3,322 | 970 | 0.9564 | |
| 25 | University of North Georgia | 15400 | 21400 | 0.2804 | 18,329 | 1100 | 0.6794 | |
| 26 | University of North Texas | 15700 | 25800 | 0.392 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 27 | Dickinson State University | 15800 | 21700 | 0.273 | 1,339 | 1005 | 0.3695 | |
| 27 | Wayne State University | 15800 | 32900 | 0.5195 | 16,173 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
| 29 | New Mexico Highlands University | 15900 | 31500 | 0.4949 | 1,710 | 945 | 0.9481 | |
| 30 | Salisbury University | 16000 | 28700 | 0.4423 | 6,288 | 1250 | 0.8747 | |
| 30 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 16000 | 46800 | 0.6586 | 6,550 | 1110 | 0.7456 | |
| 32 | Wayne State College | 16100 | 20000 | 0.1949 | 3,902 | 0 | 1 | |
| 33 | Jacksonville State University | 16600 | 36100 | 0.5399 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 33 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 16600 | 42600 | 0.6106 | 7,595 | 1075 | 0.9226 | |
| 33 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 16600 | 25800 | 0.3544 | 5,386 | 995 | 0.9092 | |
| 36 | University of South Alabama | 16700 | 22400 | 0.2549 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 37 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16800 | 64800 | 0.7416 | 21,075 | 1420 | 0.1534 | |
| 38 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 16900 | 35700 | 0.5267 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 39 | Southern University at New Orleans | 17400 | 34200 | 0.4911 | 1,773 | 885 | 0.6021 | |
| 40 | Westfield State University | 17500 | 35600 | 0.5079 | 3,868 | 1105 | 0.8671 | |
| 41 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 17600 | 44900 | 0.6075 | 5,205 | 1118 | 0.744 | |
| 42 | Frostburg State University | 17900 | 26600 | 0.3268 | 2,619 | 1095 | 0.892 | |
| 42 | SUNY at Fredonia | 17900 | 39600 | 0.5486 | 2,876 | 1193 | 0.792 | |
| 44 | SUNY Brockport | 18100 | 26200 | 0.3086 | 5,816 | 1195 | 0.7068 | |
| 45 | Boston College | 18300 | 96200 | 0.8094 | 9,654 | 1490 | 0.1619 | |
| 45 | Central Connecticut State University | 18300 | 34000 | 0.4615 | 8,170 | 1010 | 0.7333 | |
| 45 | Morgan State University | 18300 | 19700 | 0.0712 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 45 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 18300 | 27800 | 0.341 | 31,112 | 1114 | 0.8129 | |
| 45 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 18300 | 52500 | 0.6514 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 45 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 18300 | 36500 | 0.4989 | 7,505 | 1059 | 0.9633 | |
| 51 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 18400 | 36400 | 0.4939 | 2,884 | 1175 | 0.9677 | |
| 52 | Angelo State University | 18500 | 35400 | 0.4777 | 9,779 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 53 | Emporia State University | 18800 | 29800 | 0.3696 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 53 | Florida Memorial University | 18800 | 44900 | 0.5814 | 1,299 | 0 | 0.7431 | |
| 55 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 19000 | 43800 | 0.5657 | 352 | 1180 | 0.9647 | |
| 56 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 19100 | 42800 | 0.5531 | 581 | 1129 | 0.9821 | |
| 56 | Stockton University | 19100 | 32100 | 0.4048 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 56 | University of Colorado Boulder | 19100 | 30600 | 0.3758 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
| 59 | Lincoln University | 19900 | 40800 | 0.5128 | 1,707 | 920 | 0 | |
| 60 | Ramapo College of New Jersey | 20000 | 38000 | 0.4734 | 5,444 | 1214 | 0.7064 | |
| 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 | Towson University | 20500 | 30000 | 0.3162 | 16,264 | 1093 | 0.8198 | |
| 64 | Central College | 20700 | 36800 | 0.4373 | 1,084 | 1140 | 0.8617 | |
| 64 | Grove City College | 20700 | 39700 | 0.4792 | 2,341 | 1256 | 0.7232 | |
| 66 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 20800 | 57800 | 0.6406 | 1,083 | 1171 | 0.9278 | |
| 67 | Tarleton State University | 21000 | 23000 | 0.087 | 15,130 | 1095 | 0.5256 | |
| 68 | Luther College | 21500 | 71900 | 0.7017 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.8402 | |
| 68 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 21500 | 38900 | 0.4469 | 1,919 | 1245 | 0.7844 | |
| 70 | Kennesaw State University | 21600 | 26600 | 0.1881 | 42,840 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 71 | Northwestern University | 21700 | 89500 | 0.7579 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 72 | Elmhurst University | 21900 | 67000 | 0.6734 | 3,170 | 1148 | 0.7357 | |
| 73 | Bradley University | 22000 | 50800 | 0.5669 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 74 | Averett University | 22100 | 57200 | 0.614 | 1,180 | 1070 | 0.478 | |
| 74 | Pennsylvania Western University | 22100 | 28200 | 0.2167 | 7,586 | 0 | 0.9433 | |
| 76 | San Jose State University | 22600 | 41100 | 0.4502 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 77 | Dakota State University | 23100 | 25600 | 0.0977 | 3,066 | 1192 | 0.8814 | |
| 77 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 23100 | 58100 | 0.6028 | 1,477 | 1075 | 0.8068 | |
| 79 | Robert Morris University | 23300 | 58000 | 0.5986 | 3,769 | 1180 | 0.9057 | |
| 80 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 23500 | 44400 | 0.4704 | 1,809 | 1109 | 0.9484 | |
| 81 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 23600 | 36800 | 0.3589 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 81 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 23600 | 45200 | 0.4782 | 502 | 1204 | 0.9641 | |
| 83 | Grambling State University | 23700 | 34800 | 0.3186 | 4,279 | 955 | 0.2368 | |
| 84 | Albright College | 23800 | 49300 | 0.5171 | 1,328 | 1050 | 0.8615 | |
| 85 | Houghton University | 24000 | 61900 | 0.6126 | 939 | 1277 | 0.8866 | |
| 86 | Dominican University | 24100 | 56000 | 0.5702 | 2,690 | 1060 | 0.9032 | |
| 87 | LeTourneau University | 24200 | 54200 | 0.5533 | 3,184 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 88 | Norwich University | 24500 | 88400 | 0.723 | 2,642 | 1182 | 0.7361 | |
| 89 | Western Oregon University | 24600 | 24600 | 0 | 3,343 | 1120 | 0.9871 | |
| 90 | Northwood University | 25200 | 54500 | 0.5381 | 1,989 | 1075 | 0.839 | |
| 91 | Columbia College | 25800 | 51600 | 0.5004 | 876 | 1025 | 0.8878 | |
| 92 | Doane University | 26000 | 77700 | 0.665 | 1,323 | 1125 | 0.9801 | |
| 93 | Grand Valley State University | 26100 | 36300 | 0.2814 | 19,002 | 1233 | 0.8302 | |
| 93 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 26100 | 39200 | 0.3343 | 4,478 | 1065 | 0.8132 | |
| 95 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 26200 | 28300 | 0.0755 | 3,413 | 1095 | 0.5295 | |
| 96 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 26400 | 43000 | 0.3857 | 5,789 | 1060 | 0.5774 | |
| 97 | Bethune-Cookman University | 26600 | 32700 | 0.1866 | 2,739 | 910 | 0.8824 | |
| 98 | Furman University | 26700 | 79600 | 0.6643 | 2,383 | 1359 | 0.4295 | |
| 99 | Cleveland State University | 27300 | 37300 | 0.2682 | 9,418 | 1105 | 0.913 | |
| 99 | Fairmont State University | 27300 | 32200 | 0.1522 | 3,060 | 975 | 0.9924 | |
| 99 | Syracuse University | 27300 | 83100 | 0.6714 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 102 | Rowan University | 27500 | 41600 | 0.3386 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
| 102 | Thomas Jefferson University | 27500 | 67700 | 0.5937 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 102 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 27500 | 29500 | 0.0677 | 10,767 | 1326 | 0.7243 | |
| 105 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 27700 | 47900 | 0.4214 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 106 | California Lutheran University | 28000 | 70000 | 0.6002 | 2,297 | 1258 | 0.7567 | |
| 106 | George Fox University | 28000 | 76800 | 0.6354 | 3,401 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 108 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 33400 | 0.1437 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 109 | James Madison University | 28900 | 28900 | 0 | 21,112 | 1260 | 0.7151 | |
| 109 | Mercy University | 28900 | 44500 | 0.3507 | 6,775 | 1074 | 0.8584 | |
| 111 | Dallas Baptist University | 29100 | 72000 | 0.5955 | 2,785 | 1104 | 0.8884 | |
| 111 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29100 | 33200 | 0.1234 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 113 | Clemson University | 29200 | 37100 | 0.2137 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 114 | Saint Xavier University | 29700 | 53600 | 0.4457 | 3,039 | 1125 | 0.8575 | |
| 115 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 30400 | 33600 | 0.0934 | 5,086 | 1000 | 0.9821 | |
| 116 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 30500 | 54700 | 0.4416 | 1,409 | 1110 | 0.5568 | |
| 117 | East Texas A&M University | 30700 | 36500 | 0.1589 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 117 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30700 | 54600 | 0.4385 | 3,163 | 1165 | 0.9347 | |
| 119 | University of Toledo | 30800 | 42000 | 0.2653 | 11,013 | 1159 | 0.9202 | |
| 120 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1150 | 0.9523 | |
| 121 | University of Kentucky | 31100 | 36100 | 0.1386 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 122 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 31300 | 31300 | 0 | 6,853 | 1090 | 0.7147 | |
| 123 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 31500 | 62800 | 0.4981 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 124 | Coastal Carolina University | 31700 | 45100 | 0.2972 | 10,811 | 1145 | 0.7527 | |
| 125 | Saint Michael's College | 31900 | 68500 | 0.5346 | 1,120 | 1240 | 0.8451 | |
| 126 | Washington Adventist University | 32100 | 37800 | 0.151 | 605 | 951 | 0.4536 | |
| 127 | Hampton University | 32200 | 62400 | 0.4836 | 3,728 | 956 | 0.6225 | |
| 128 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32500 | 35100 | 0.0742 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 128 | University of Scranton | 32500 | 78700 | 0.5872 | 3,613 | 1220 | 0.8029 | |
| 130 | Suffolk University | 32700 | 69700 | 0.5312 | 4,324 | 1209 | 0.822 | |
| 131 | George Washington University | 33800 | 81800 | 0.587 | 11,677 | 1421 | 0.4709 | |
| 132 | Charleston Southern University | 34300 | 48400 | 0.2918 | 2,914 | 1060 | 0.7609 | |
| 133 | Pace University | 34600 | 74800 | 0.5373 | 8,038 | 1274 | 0.7592 | |
| 133 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 34600 | 58500 | 0.4091 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 135 | Adelphi University | 35200 | 63300 | 0.4443 | 5,325 | 1218 | 0.6591 | |
| 135 | Christopher Newport University | 35200 | 36200 | 0.0276 | 4,407 | 1209 | 0.8796 | |
| 137 | Loyola University Maryland | 36100 | 78800 | 0.542 | 3,881 | 1309 | 0.7549 | |
| 138 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 36200 | 56300 | 0.3575 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 139 | East Carolina University | 37100 | 40100 | 0.0748 | 21,445 | 1120 | 0.8922 | |
| 140 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38600 | 38600 | 0 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
| 141 | Stony Brook University | 39900 | 53000 | 0.2478 | 18,263 | 1404 | 0.4904 | |
| 142 | McKendree University | 40100 | 52200 | 0.2324 | 1,605 | 1098 | 0.6388 | |
| 143 | Rutgers University-Newark | 40900 | 60500 | 0.3242 | 7,417 | 1214 | 0.7873 | |
| 144 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 42100 | 67900 | 0.3799 | 3,965 | 1335 | 0.9121 | |
| 145 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 43100 | 54700 | 0.212 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 146 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43400 | 53400 | 0.1873 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 147 | Merrimack College | 43600 | 78800 | 0.4472 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
| 147 | Radford University | 43600 | 45700 | 0.0467 | 6,161 | 1070 | 0.8953 | |
| 149 | Immaculata University | 43900 | 47800 | 0.0815 | 1,652 | 1245 | 0.8578 | |
| 149 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 43900 | 57100 | 0.2302 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 151 | University of Illinois Chicago | 44500 | 49300 | 0.0973 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 152 | Mercer University | 46700 | 63700 | 0.267 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
| 153 | University of Mount Olive | 48300 | 50400 | 0.0424 | 1,937 | 1020 | 0.7775 | |
| 154 | Drexel University | 48800 | 83800 | 0.4176 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 154 | Molloy University | 48800 | 62300 | 0.2168 | 3,240 | 1199 | 0.8174 | |
| 156 | DePaul University | 49000 | 67100 | 0.2697 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 157 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 50800 | 52900 | 0.0404 | 14,504 | 1145 | 0.7637 | |
| 158 | University of Utah | 51600 | 53700 | 0.0398 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 159 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58200 | 64100 | 0.0921 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 160 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 59100 | 61200 | 0.0349 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 161 | Thiel College | 60500 | 69100 | 0.1244 | 830 | 1065 | 0.7189 | |
| 162 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 60700 | 64100 | 0.053 | 1,236 | 1203 | 0.9811 | |
| 163 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver | 61300 | 63200 | 0.0301 | 482 | 1195 | 0.9565 | |
| 164 | College of Charleston | 61600 | 61600 | 0 | 10,880 | 1255 | 0.6003 | |
| 165 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 63500 | 63500 | 0 | 10,200 | 1346 | 0.6507 | |
| 166 | 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.