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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 West Virginia.
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 West Virginia.
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 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 7900 | 36100 | 0.7821 | 10,051 | 1064 | 0.9234 | |
| 3 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8400 | 97100 | 0.914 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0399 | |
| 4 | Valdosta State University | 10500 | 24800 | 0.5775 | 7,166 | 1015 | 0.7229 | |
| 5 | Savannah State University | 10800 | 26700 | 0.5962 | 2,966 | 925 | 0.4614 | |
| 6 | Marshall University | 12200 | 36600 | 0.6663 | 9,146 | 1065 | 0.9573 | |
| 7 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 13400 | 25700 | 0.4784 | 28,674 | 980 | 0.9419 | |
| 8 | University of Michigan-Flint | 13500 | 46300 | 0.7082 | 5,011 | 1109 | 0.7046 | |
| 8 | University of South Florida | 13500 | 17100 | 0.2104 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 10 | Fairmont State University | 13600 | 21400 | 0.3663 | 3,088 | 970 | 0.9862 | |
| 10 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 13600 | 19400 | 0.299 | 14,416 | 1210 | 0.8851 | |
| 12 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 50700 | 0.7294 | 38,040 | 1418 | 0.452 | |
| 13 | Alabama State University | 14200 | 31300 | 0.5476 | 3,521 | 945 | 0.9755 | |
| 14 | Grand Valley State University | 14500 | 25300 | 0.4274 | 19,002 | 1084 | 0.8302 | |
| 15 | Dickinson State University | 14600 | 25000 | 0.4179 | 1,339 | 990 | 0.3702 | |
| 16 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 15000 | 29600 | 0.4939 | 7,622 | 1075 | 0.9254 | |
| 17 | Wayne State College | 15300 | 20300 | 0.2463 | 3,902 | 0 | 0 | |
| 18 | James Madison University | 15700 | 28900 | 0.4573 | 20,973 | 1260 | 0.7152 | |
| 19 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 15900 | 38400 | 0.5856 | 37,140 | 1406 | 0.4237 | |
| 20 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver | 16100 | 38700 | 0.5837 | 482 | 1195 | 0.9565 | |
| 21 | University of California-Riverside | 16200 | 36500 | 0.5558 | 22,600 | 1199 | 0.7639 | |
| 21 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 16200 | 26800 | 0.3959 | 4,487 | 1115 | 0.6726 | |
| 23 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 16400 | 23400 | 0.2995 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8698 | |
| 24 | Frostburg State University | 16500 | 26600 | 0.3794 | 3,422 | 1095 | 0.8918 | |
| 24 | Goshen College | 16500 | 55900 | 0.7045 | 780 | 995 | 0.8407 | |
| 26 | Emporia State University | 16600 | 22900 | 0.2753 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 27 | Grove City College | 16700 | 39700 | 0.5801 | 2,341 | 1266 | 0.7232 | |
| 27 | Northwestern University | 16700 | 89500 | 0.8138 | 9,399 | 1527 | 0.0769 | |
| 27 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16700 | 64800 | 0.7418 | 20,885 | 1420 | 0.1534 | |
| 30 | West Virginia University | 16900 | 40900 | 0.5865 | 18,206 | 1125 | 0.89 | |
| 31 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 17000 | 40600 | 0.5807 | 581 | 1132 | 0.9821 | |
| 31 | Southern University at New Orleans | 17000 | 31000 | 0.451 | 2,179 | 950 | 0.789 | |
| 33 | Westfield State University | 17200 | 33100 | 0.481 | 3,868 | 1085 | 0.8141 | |
| 34 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 17400 | 44500 | 0.6086 | 352 | 1180 | 0.9647 | |
| 35 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 18000 | 26600 | 0.3236 | 7,505 | 1073 | 0.9633 | |
| 36 | Boston College | 18100 | 97600 | 0.8144 | 10,314 | 1490 | 0.1643 | |
| 37 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18200 | 28600 | 0.3634 | 4,218 | 1030 | 0.9489 | |
| 38 | College of Charleston | 18300 | 33900 | 0.4607 | 10,880 | 1255 | 0.6003 | |
| 38 | Towson University | 18300 | 29900 | 0.3876 | 16,264 | 1098 | 0.8197 | |
| 38 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 18300 | 35300 | 0.4813 | 1,813 | 1109 | 0.9484 | |
| 41 | Angelo State University | 18500 | 23100 | 0.2011 | 9,702 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 41 | Central Connecticut State University | 18500 | 34000 | 0.4554 | 8,170 | 1075 | 0.7333 | |
| 43 | University of Houston-Victoria | 19600 | 35800 | 0.4528 | 2,627 | 1095 | 0.959 | |
| 44 | University of South Alabama | 19900 | 22400 | 0.1118 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 45 | Norwich University | 20000 | 73800 | 0.7288 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 45 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 20000 | 41400 | 0.5165 | 502 | 1189 | 0.9641 | |
| 47 | Cleveland State University | 20100 | 30900 | 0.3491 | 9,482 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 47 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 20100 | 30400 | 0.3385 | 3,224 | 1085 | 0.7643 | |
| 49 | Dakota State University | 20400 | 22500 | 0.0912 | 3,066 | 1192 | 0.8805 | |
| 50 | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | 20500 | 25700 | 0.2025 | 10,632 | 1075 | 0.8859 | |
| 51 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20700 | 39900 | 0.4815 | 5,255 | 1109 | 0.7295 | |
| 52 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 20800 | 57800 | 0.6408 | 1,932 | 1193 | 0.9278 | |
| 53 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27300 | 0.2346 | 31,133 | 1463 | 0.4479 | |
| 54 | Tarleton State University | 21000 | 23000 | 0.087 | 15,254 | 1080 | 0.8955 | |
| 55 | Luther College | 21400 | 71900 | 0.7019 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.7154 | |
| 55 | University of North Georgia | 21400 | 21400 | 0 | 18,322 | 1100 | 0.6794 | |
| 57 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,221 | 1204 | 0.8854 | |
| 58 | University of North Florida | 22400 | 22400 | 0 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
| 59 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 22500 | 25400 | 0.1143 | 2,906 | 1125 | 0.4696 | |
| 60 | New Mexico Highlands University | 22600 | 27200 | 0.169 | 1,603 | 0 | 0 | |
| 61 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 22700 | 53000 | 0.5712 | 1,472 | 1075 | 0.8459 | |
| 62 | Florida Memorial University | 23200 | 42000 | 0.4471 | 1,206 | 0 | 0.8526 | |
| 62 | Houghton University | 23200 | 44300 | 0.4763 | 1,162 | 1277 | 0.8866 | |
| 64 | Robert Morris University | 23300 | 58000 | 0.5988 | 4,325 | 1145 | 0.8989 | |
| 64 | San Jose State University | 23300 | 41100 | 0.4332 | 28,008 | 1124 | 0.8461 | |
| 66 | University of Kentucky | 23800 | 36400 | 0.3455 | 25,534 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 67 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 24000 | 24900 | 0.0361 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 68 | Dominican University | 24100 | 56000 | 0.5705 | 2,690 | 1005 | 0.9032 | |
| 69 | Bradley University | 24500 | 50800 | 0.5177 | 3,596 | 1223 | 0.7676 | |
| 70 | Ramapo College of New Jersey | 24600 | 36300 | 0.3227 | 5,444 | 1220 | 0.7064 | |
| 70 | Western Oregon University | 24600 | 24600 | 0 | 3,167 | 1040 | 0.981 | |
| 72 | Pennsylvania Western University | 25200 | 34400 | 0.2672 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 73 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 25300 | 40500 | 0.3754 | 25,900 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 74 | Doane University | 25400 | 71000 | 0.6426 | 1,315 | 1125 | 0.9801 | |
| 75 | Bethune-Cookman University | 25800 | 32700 | 0.2111 | 2,738 | 910 | 0.8824 | |
| 76 | Fort Hays State University | 26100 | 36100 | 0.2781 | 10,172 | 1075 | 0.9026 | |
| 76 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 26100 | 28300 | 0.076 | 3,375 | 1090 | 0.5876 | |
| 76 | University of North Texas | 26100 | 26100 | 0 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 79 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 26300 | 28400 | 0.0756 | 14,504 | 1149 | 0.7637 | |
| 80 | Columbia College | 26400 | 46900 | 0.4371 | 5,207 | 1145 | 0.4714 | |
| 81 | Kennesaw State University | 26600 | 26600 | 0 | 42,760 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 82 | Albright College | 26700 | 49300 | 0.4583 | 1,230 | 1050 | 0.7633 | |
| 83 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 26800 | 36800 | 0.2719 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 83 | Northwood University | 26800 | 54500 | 0.5087 | 2,045 | 1055 | 0.6451 | |
| 85 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 26900 | 30100 | 0.1047 | 5,086 | 1124 | 0.949 | |
| 86 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 27300 | 41500 | 0.342 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 87 | Syracuse University | 27700 | 83100 | 0.6665 | 15,957 | 1363 | 0.4592 | |
| 87 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 27700 | 31000 | 0.1066 | 10,767 | 1326 | 0.7243 | |
| 89 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28500 | 32300 | 0.1176 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 90 | Saint Xavier University | 28700 | 53700 | 0.4652 | 3,098 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 91 | Elmhurst University | 28800 | 67000 | 0.5704 | 3,213 | 1148 | 0.7364 | |
| 92 | George Fox University | 29000 | 69400 | 0.5824 | 3,354 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 93 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 29100 | 29200 | 0.0034 | 18,288 | 1090 | 0.9068 | |
| 94 | Clemson University | 29200 | 37100 | 0.2141 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 95 | Jacksonville State University | 29300 | 38200 | 0.2328 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 95 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 29300 | 42400 | 0.3093 | 6,761 | 1105 | 0.8475 | |
| 97 | East Texas A&M University | 29400 | 36500 | 0.1945 | 9,992 | 1045 | 0.9224 | |
| 98 | University of Toledo | 29500 | 32600 | 0.0966 | 11,013 | 1229 | 0.9202 | |
| 99 | Morgan State University | 29600 | 41900 | 0.2938 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 99 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 29600 | 31600 | 0.0633 | 6,835 | 1090 | 0.7147 | |
| 101 | Northern Kentucky University | 30100 | 32100 | 0.0623 | 10,163 | 1090 | 0.6765 | |
| 102 | Grambling State University | 30300 | 35300 | 0.1417 | 4,313 | 950 | 0.4486 | |
| 103 | Central College | 30400 | 36800 | 0.174 | 1,084 | 1145 | 0.8617 | |
| 103 | Mercy University | 30400 | 44500 | 0.317 | 6,774 | 1135 | 0.8584 | |
| 105 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 30500 | 54700 | 0.4419 | 1,427 | 1025 | 0.4941 | |
| 106 | Lincoln University | 30600 | 34500 | 0.1129 | 1,926 | 0 | 0 | |
| 106 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30600 | 54600 | 0.4387 | 3,163 | 1165 | 0.9347 | |
| 108 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1161 | 0.9523 | |
| 109 | Hampton University | 31300 | 54800 | 0.4288 | 3,728 | 947 | 0.6225 | |
| 110 | Saint Michael's College | 31700 | 68500 | 0.5375 | 1,120 | 1240 | 0.8451 | |
| 111 | Washington Adventist University | 32300 | 37800 | 0.1457 | 513 | 995 | 0.4618 | |
| 112 | SUNY Brockport | 32400 | 35800 | 0.095 | 5,816 | 1195 | 0.7068 | |
| 113 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 32500 | 40900 | 0.2054 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 113 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32500 | 35100 | 0.0742 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 113 | University of Scranton | 32500 | 78700 | 0.5874 | 3,613 | 1250 | 0.8123 | |
| 116 | State University of New York at Oswego | 33100 | 40200 | 0.1767 | 5,517 | 1180 | 0.8055 | |
| 116 | Suffolk University | 33100 | 70300 | 0.5291 | 4,326 | 1209 | 0.8233 | |
| 118 | George Washington University | 33800 | 81800 | 0.5869 | 11,677 | 1430 | 0.4709 | |
| 119 | LeTourneau University | 33900 | 54800 | 0.3817 | 3,187 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 119 | Salisbury University | 33900 | 41700 | 0.1868 | 6,288 | 1250 | 0.8747 | |
| 119 | Thomas Jefferson University | 33900 | 68100 | 0.5024 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8097 | |
| 122 | SUNY at Fredonia | 34000 | 39600 | 0.1416 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 123 | Charleston Southern University | 34300 | 48400 | 0.2921 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 124 | Coastal Carolina University | 35000 | 45100 | 0.2237 | 10,811 | 1145 | 0.7527 | |
| 125 | Adelphi University | 35200 | 63300 | 0.4445 | 5,325 | 1237 | 0.6591 | |
| 125 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 35200 | 56700 | 0.3792 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8304 | |
| 127 | Averett University | 35400 | 57200 | 0.3813 | 1,244 | 1054 | 0.5659 | |
| 127 | Christopher Newport University | 35400 | 36200 | 0.0221 | 4,369 | 1189 | 0.8604 | |
| 129 | California Lutheran University | 35500 | 70000 | 0.4931 | 2,297 | 1254 | 0.7567 | |
| 130 | Stockton University | 35800 | 44500 | 0.1956 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 131 | Loyola University Maryland | 36100 | 78800 | 0.542 | 3,881 | 1303 | 0.7549 | |
| 132 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 36200 | 56300 | 0.3578 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 133 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 36500 | 41600 | 0.1237 | 5,386 | 1050 | 0.9092 | |
| 134 | Furman University | 36700 | 82900 | 0.5571 | 2,383 | 1359 | 0.4295 | |
| 135 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 36800 | 38900 | 0.0552 | 23,329 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 136 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 36900 | 37100 | 0.0054 | 5,939 | 1065 | 0.5878 | |
| 137 | East Carolina University | 37000 | 42700 | 0.1324 | 21,445 | 1160 | 0.8921 | |
| 138 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 37500 | 38100 | 0.0157 | 2,884 | 1175 | 0.9677 | |
| 139 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 38900 | 38900 | 0 | 1,973 | 1189 | 0.8135 | |
| 140 | Stony Brook University | 39900 | 53000 | 0.2481 | 18,263 | 1410 | 0.4904 | |
| 141 | Rutgers University-Newark | 40000 | 57900 | 0.309 | 7,989 | 1159 | 0.7136 | |
| 142 | McKendree University | 40100 | 52200 | 0.2327 | 1,757 | 1098 | 0.7172 | |
| 143 | Wayne State University | 40700 | 46200 | 0.1191 | 16,012 | 1174 | 0.8116 | |
| 144 | Pace University | 40900 | 74800 | 0.4531 | 8,038 | 1260 | 0.7592 | |
| 145 | Immaculata University | 42000 | 47500 | 0.1157 | 1,652 | 1245 | 0.8576 | |
| 146 | University of Mount Olive | 42300 | 50400 | 0.1617 | 1,944 | 1075 | 0.7575 | |
| 147 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4474 | 4,102 | 1115 | 0.7002 | |
| 148 | Radford University | 43600 | 45700 | 0.047 | 6,161 | 1070 | 0.8953 | |
| 149 | Mercer University | 45200 | 65400 | 0.3085 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
| 150 | University of Illinois Chicago | 45600 | 50600 | 0.0988 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 151 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 46300 | 46600 | 0.0064 | 6,139 | 1070 | 0.9052 | |
| 152 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47100 | 59700 | 0.2117 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 153 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 47700 | 67900 | 0.2974 | 3,965 | 1229 | 0.9121 | |
| 154 | University of Colorado Boulder | 47800 | 57700 | 0.172 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7808 | |
| 155 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 48000 | 55800 | 0.1398 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 156 | Drexel University | 48800 | 83900 | 0.4184 | 13,309 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 157 | DePaul University | 49200 | 66000 | 0.2547 | 14,188 | 1254 | 0.7589 | |
| 158 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 50900 | 84700 | 0.3991 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 159 | University of Utah | 51600 | 53700 | 0.04 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 160 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 51900 | 52800 | 0.017 | 21,210 | 1148 | 0.9262 | |
| 161 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 16,100 | 1219 | 0.7766 | |
| 162 | Dallas Baptist University | 56400 | 63400 | 0.1104 | 2,785 | 1109 | 0.8884 | |
| 163 | Molloy University | 59700 | 62300 | 0.0418 | 3,240 | 1199 | 0.8174 | |
| 164 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 60300 | 64100 | 0.0592 | 1,236 | 1193 | 0.9811 | |
| 165 | Thiel College | 60500 | 69100 | 0.1244 | 833 | 1065 | 0.7155 | |
| 166 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 61900 | 64200 | 0.0358 | 1,880 | 1185 | 0.9867 | |
| 167 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 63700 | 63700 | 0 | 10,200 | 1325 | 0.6507 | |
| 168 | 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.