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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 | Savannah State University | 6800 | 40400 | 0.8308 | 2,857 | 950 | 0.8368 | |
| 2 | California Institute of Technology | 7000 | 91800 | 0.9242 | 987 | 1557 | 0.0257 | |
| 3 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8400 | 98000 | 0.9146 | 9,157 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 3 | University of Houston-Victoria | 8400 | 39700 | 0.7887 | 2,707 | 930 | 0.7671 | |
| 5 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 8700 | 43500 | 0.8007 | 28,674 | 980 | 0.9401 | |
| 6 | Marshall University | 8800 | 33700 | 0.7373 | 9,165 | 1065 | 0.9572 | |
| 7 | Fairmont State University | 9200 | 21400 | 0.5717 | 3,060 | 1005 | 0.9924 | |
| 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 | 1050 | 0.8034 | |
| 10 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 10100 | 29300 | 0.6564 | 31,112 | 1130 | 0.8129 | |
| 11 | Coppin State University | 10300 | 39900 | 0.741 | 1,810 | 950 | 0.4956 | |
| 12 | Valdosta State University | 10500 | 24800 | 0.5775 | 7,206 | 1015 | 0.7214 | |
| 13 | Concord University | 11300 | 38800 | 0.7074 | 1,609 | 990 | 0.9256 | |
| 14 | University of Michigan-Flint | 11900 | 45600 | 0.7387 | 5,011 | 1103 | 0.7047 | |
| 15 | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | 12200 | 19600 | 0.3774 | 10,656 | 1075 | 0.7289 | |
| 16 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 13200 | 23400 | 0.4364 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 17 | West Virginia University | 13300 | 57800 | 0.7695 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 18 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 13500 | 13500 | 0 | 1,919 | 1245 | 0.7844 | |
| 18 | University of California-Riverside | 13500 | 36500 | 0.6297 | 22,599 | 1199 | 0.7685 | |
| 20 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 31700 | 0.5674 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 21 | Fort Hays State University | 14000 | 40700 | 0.6559 | 10,206 | 1120 | 0.9177 | |
| 22 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 14100 | 46000 | 0.6931 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 23 | Radford University | 14200 | 20800 | 0.3168 | 6,161 | 1070 | 0.8953 | |
| 24 | Alabama State University | 15300 | 37900 | 0.5967 | 3,322 | 945 | 0.9564 | |
| 25 | University of North Georgia | 15400 | 21400 | 0.2804 | 18,329 | 1100 | 0.6794 | |
| 26 | Dickinson State University | 15700 | 21700 | 0.276 | 1,339 | 1005 | 0.3695 | |
| 26 | Northeastern University | 15700 | 89900 | 0.8254 | 22,695 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 26 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 15700 | 42500 | 0.6307 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 29 | James Madison University | 15800 | 28900 | 0.4537 | 21,112 | 1260 | 0.7151 | |
| 30 | Grand Valley State University | 15900 | 25300 | 0.372 | 19,002 | 1233 | 0.8302 | |
| 31 | Wayne State College | 16000 | 20000 | 0.1999 | 3,902 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 32 | New Mexico Highlands University | 16200 | 31500 | 0.4854 | 1,710 | 945 | 0.9481 | |
| 32 | University of North Florida | 16200 | 22400 | 0.2771 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
| 34 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 16300 | 46800 | 0.6522 | 6,550 | 1140 | 0.7456 | |
| 35 | Goshen College | 16600 | 55900 | 0.7037 | 780 | 995 | 0.8404 | |
| 35 | Jacksonville State University | 16600 | 36100 | 0.5399 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 35 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 16600 | 42600 | 0.6106 | 7,595 | 1075 | 0.9226 | |
| 38 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16700 | 64800 | 0.7426 | 21,075 | 1420 | 0.1534 | |
| 38 | University of South Alabama | 16700 | 22400 | 0.2549 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 40 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 16800 | 45400 | 0.6294 | 18,428 | 1090 | 0.9529 | |
| 41 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 16900 | 35700 | 0.5267 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 41 | Wayne State University | 16900 | 46200 | 0.6343 | 16,173 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
| 43 | University of South Florida | 17100 | 17100 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 44 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 17300 | 33600 | 0.4847 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 45 | Southern University at New Orleans | 17400 | 34200 | 0.4911 | 1,773 | 885 | 0.6021 | |
| 46 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 17500 | 32200 | 0.4564 | 10,200 | 1346 | 0.6507 | |
| 47 | Morgan State University | 17800 | 37200 | 0.5216 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 48 | SUNY at Fredonia | 17900 | 39600 | 0.5486 | 2,876 | 1193 | 0.792 | |
| 48 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 17900 | 44900 | 0.6009 | 5,205 | 1118 | 0.744 | |
| 50 | Boston College | 18300 | 96200 | 0.8094 | 9,654 | 1490 | 0.1619 | |
| 50 | Georgia Southern University | 18300 | 23800 | 0.2315 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 50 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 18300 | 36500 | 0.4989 | 7,505 | 1059 | 0.9633 | |
| 53 | Angelo State University | 18400 | 23100 | 0.2035 | 9,779 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 54 | Emporia State University | 18700 | 29800 | 0.373 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 54 | Westfield State University | 18700 | 32400 | 0.4233 | 3,868 | 1105 | 0.8671 | |
| 56 | Florida Memorial University | 18800 | 44900 | 0.5814 | 1,299 | 0 | 0.7431 | |
| 57 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 18900 | 43800 | 0.568 | 352 | 1180 | 0.9647 | |
| 58 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 19100 | 42800 | 0.5531 | 581 | 1129 | 0.9821 | |
| 58 | Stockton University | 19100 | 32100 | 0.4048 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 58 | University of Colorado Boulder | 19100 | 30600 | 0.3758 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
| 61 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 19300 | 25200 | 0.2338 | 6,853 | 1090 | 0.7147 | |
| 62 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Schuylkill | 19700 | 32900 | 0.4018 | 624 | 1115 | 0.9664 | |
| 63 | San Jose State University | 20200 | 33600 | 0.3985 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 64 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 20300 | 38100 | 0.4672 | 2,884 | 1175 | 0.9677 | |
| 65 | State University of New York at Oswego | 20400 | 40200 | 0.4927 | 5,517 | 1174 | 0.8057 | |
| 66 | Towson University | 20500 | 30000 | 0.3162 | 16,264 | 1093 | 0.8198 | |
| 67 | Central College | 20700 | 36800 | 0.4373 | 1,084 | 1140 | 0.8617 | |
| 67 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 20700 | 57800 | 0.6418 | 1,083 | 1205 | 0.9278 | |
| 69 | Lincoln University | 20900 | 24900 | 0.1606 | 1,707 | 920 | 0 | |
| 69 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27100 | 0.2285 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 71 | Northwestern University | 21200 | 89500 | 0.7635 | 8,846 | 1513 | 0.0722 | |
| 71 | Pennsylvania Western University | 21200 | 26600 | 0.2029 | 7,586 | 1070 | 0.9433 | |
| 73 | Luther College | 21400 | 71900 | 0.7025 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.8402 | |
| 73 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 21400 | 40100 | 0.4662 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 73 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 21400 | 42600 | 0.4982 | 1,809 | 1109 | 0.9484 | |
| 76 | Rutgers University-Newark | 21500 | 38900 | 0.4474 | 7,417 | 1214 | 0.7873 | |
| 77 | Kennesaw State University | 21600 | 26600 | 0.1881 | 42,840 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 78 | Averett University | 21800 | 57200 | 0.6192 | 1,180 | 1010 | 0.478 | |
| 79 | Elmhurst University | 21900 | 67000 | 0.6734 | 3,170 | 1148 | 0.7357 | |
| 80 | Bradley University | 22000 | 50800 | 0.5669 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 81 | SUNY Brockport | 22500 | 35100 | 0.359 | 5,816 | 1195 | 0.7068 | |
| 82 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 22600 | 45300 | 0.5006 | 1,236 | 1203 | 0.9811 | |
| 83 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 23000 | 47900 | 0.5195 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 84 | Dakota State University | 23100 | 25600 | 0.0977 | 3,066 | 1192 | 0.8814 | |
| 84 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 23100 | 58100 | 0.6028 | 1,477 | 1075 | 0.8068 | |
| 86 | Robert Morris University | 23200 | 58000 | 0.5998 | 3,769 | 1180 | 0.9057 | |
| 87 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 23600 | 36800 | 0.3589 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 87 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 23600 | 45200 | 0.4782 | 502 | 1204 | 0.9641 | |
| 89 | Albright College | 23700 | 49300 | 0.5192 | 1,328 | 1050 | 0.8615 | |
| 90 | Dominican University | 24000 | 56000 | 0.5714 | 2,690 | 1035 | 0.9032 | |
| 90 | Houghton University | 24000 | 61900 | 0.6126 | 939 | 1277 | 0.8866 | |
| 92 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 24100 | 47300 | 0.4903 | 1,880 | 1185 | 0.9867 | |
| 93 | Bemidji State University | 24200 | 26400 | 0.0835 | 3,610 | 1110 | 0.9131 | |
| 93 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 24200 | 26300 | 0.08 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 95 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 24400 | 26600 | 0.0828 | 3,413 | 1085 | 0.5295 | |
| 96 | Western Oregon University | 24600 | 24600 | 0 | 3,343 | 1120 | 0.9871 | |
| 97 | Norwich University | 24900 | 88400 | 0.7185 | 2,642 | 1209 | 0.7361 | |
| 98 | Northwood University | 25200 | 54500 | 0.5381 | 1,989 | 1075 | 0.839 | |
| 98 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 25200 | 80400 | 0.6864 | 686 | 1030 | 0.8649 | |
| 100 | Syracuse University | 25300 | 83100 | 0.6955 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 101 | University of North Texas | 25700 | 25700 | 0 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 101 | West Virginia Wesleyan College | 25700 | 52800 | 0.5135 | 938 | 1090 | 0.951 | |
| 103 | Columbia College | 25800 | 51600 | 0.5004 | 876 | 1025 | 0.8878 | |
| 104 | Doane University | 25900 | 77700 | 0.6663 | 1,323 | 1125 | 0.9801 | |
| 105 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 26100 | 39200 | 0.3343 | 4,478 | 1065 | 0.8132 | |
| 106 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 26200 | 28400 | 0.0776 | 14,504 | 1145 | 0.7637 | |
| 107 | Bethune-Cookman University | 26600 | 32700 | 0.1866 | 2,739 | 910 | 0.8824 | |
| 107 | Furman University | 26600 | 79600 | 0.6655 | 2,383 | 1359 | 0.4295 | |
| 109 | Cleveland State University | 26800 | 37300 | 0.2817 | 9,418 | 1005 | 0.913 | |
| 110 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 27300 | 43000 | 0.3648 | 5,789 | 1115 | 0.5774 | |
| 111 | Thomas Jefferson University | 27400 | 67700 | 0.5951 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 112 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 27600 | 31000 | 0.1098 | 10,767 | 1326 | 0.7243 | |
| 113 | George Fox University | 28000 | 76800 | 0.6354 | 3,401 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 114 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28500 | 33400 | 0.1467 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 115 | Mercy University | 28900 | 44500 | 0.3507 | 6,775 | 1074 | 0.8584 | |
| 116 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 29400 | 42400 | 0.3065 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 117 | Saint Xavier University | 29700 | 53600 | 0.4457 | 3,039 | 1125 | 0.8575 | |
| 118 | Northern Kentucky University | 30200 | 32100 | 0.0592 | 10,163 | 1090 | 0.8307 | |
| 119 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 30400 | 54700 | 0.4429 | 1,409 | 1110 | 0.6327 | |
| 120 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30600 | 54600 | 0.4397 | 3,163 | 1165 | 0.9347 | |
| 121 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 30700 | 36500 | 0.1589 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 122 | University of Toledo | 30800 | 42000 | 0.267 | 11,013 | 1159 | 0.9202 | |
| 123 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1150 | 0.9523 | |
| 124 | Washington Adventist University | 31600 | 37800 | 0.1642 | 605 | 950 | 0.4536 | |
| 125 | Coastal Carolina University | 31700 | 45100 | 0.2972 | 10,811 | 1145 | 0.7527 | |
| 126 | CUNY Brooklyn College | 31800 | 31800 | 0 | 11,562 | 1110 | 0.5836 | |
| 126 | Saint Michael's College | 31800 | 68500 | 0.536 | 1,120 | 1240 | 0.8451 | |
| 128 | Grambling State University | 32100 | 38100 | 0.1576 | 4,279 | 965 | 0.2368 | |
| 129 | Hampton University | 32200 | 62400 | 0.4836 | 3,728 | 956 | 0.6225 | |
| 130 | University of Scranton | 32400 | 78700 | 0.5881 | 3,613 | 1220 | 0.812 | |
| 131 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver | 32500 | 42500 | 0.2356 | 482 | 1195 | 0.9565 | |
| 132 | Suffolk University | 32700 | 69700 | 0.5312 | 4,324 | 1209 | 0.822 | |
| 133 | Harding University | 32800 | 47000 | 0.3023 | 3,523 | 1193 | 0.3942 | |
| 134 | Frostburg State University | 33200 | 43000 | 0.228 | 2,619 | 1082 | 0.892 | |
| 135 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 15,130 | 0 | 0.5256 | |
| 136 | Elizabethtown College | 33800 | 55900 | 0.3956 | 1,903 | 1214 | 0.7787 | |
| 136 | George Washington University | 33800 | 81800 | 0.587 | 11,677 | 1421 | 0.4709 | |
| 138 | Wilkes University | 33900 | 61900 | 0.4516 | 1,956 | 1153 | 0.9146 | |
| 139 | LeTourneau University | 34000 | 54800 | 0.3798 | 3,184 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 139 | Salisbury University | 34000 | 41700 | 0.1845 | 6,288 | 1250 | 0.8747 | |
| 141 | Pace University | 34600 | 74800 | 0.5373 | 8,038 | 1274 | 0.7592 | |
| 142 | Adelphi University | 35100 | 63300 | 0.4454 | 5,325 | 1218 | 0.6591 | |
| 142 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 35100 | 35100 | 0 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 144 | Stevenson University | 35300 | 59900 | 0.4105 | 3,106 | 1100 | 0.7891 | |
| 145 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 35500 | 38700 | 0.0828 | 5,086 | 1000 | 0.9821 | |
| 146 | Loyola University Maryland | 35800 | 78800 | 0.5458 | 3,881 | 1309 | 0.7549 | |
| 147 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 36100 | 56300 | 0.3588 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 148 | Christopher Newport University | 36200 | 36200 | 0 | 4,407 | 1209 | 0.8796 | |
| 149 | East Carolina University | 37100 | 40100 | 0.0748 | 21,445 | 1120 | 0.8922 | |
| 150 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 37400 | 41600 | 0.101 | 5,187 | 1005 | 0.9229 | |
| 151 | California Lutheran University | 38500 | 72800 | 0.4713 | 2,297 | 1258 | 0.7567 | |
| 152 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38600 | 38600 | 0 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
| 153 | Stony Brook University | 39800 | 53000 | 0.2491 | 18,263 | 1395 | 0.4904 | |
| 154 | McKendree University | 40000 | 52200 | 0.2338 | 1,605 | 1098 | 0.6388 | |
| 155 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 43100 | 54700 | 0.212 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 156 | CUNY Bernard M Baruch College | 43400 | 43400 | 0 | 16,086 | 1293 | 0.5117 | |
| 156 | Immaculata University | 43400 | 47800 | 0.092 | 1,652 | 1245 | 0.8578 | |
| 158 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4481 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
| 159 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 43800 | 57100 | 0.2315 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 160 | CUNY Graduate School and University Center | 43900 | 43900 | 0 | 3,237 | 0 | 0.3861 | |
| 161 | CUNY Lehman College | 44200 | 45800 | 0.0349 | 11,217 | 1020 | 0.4601 | |
| 162 | University of Illinois Chicago | 44500 | 49300 | 0.0973 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 163 | City University of Seattle | 46300 | 46300 | 0 | 1,180 | 0 | 0.9025 | |
| 164 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 47700 | 67900 | 0.2974 | 3,965 | 1229 | 0.9121 | |
| 165 | Ramapo College of New Jersey | 48200 | 54600 | 0.1172 | 5,444 | 1214 | 0.7064 | |
| 165 | University of Mount Olive | 48200 | 50400 | 0.0438 | 1,937 | 945 | 0.7775 | |
| 167 | Drexel University | 48700 | 83800 | 0.4188 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 167 | Mercer University | 48700 | 63700 | 0.2356 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
| 169 | Molloy University | 48800 | 62300 | 0.2168 | 3,240 | 1199 | 0.8174 | |
| 169 | University of Kentucky | 48800 | 56600 | 0.1372 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 171 | DePaul University | 49000 | 67100 | 0.2697 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 172 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 50900 | 84700 | 0.3991 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 173 | University of Utah | 51500 | 53700 | 0.0411 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 174 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
| 175 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 56700 | 58900 | 0.0374 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 176 | Thiel College | 60500 | 69100 | 0.1244 | 831 | 1065 | 0.7189 | |
| 177 | Clemson University | 61400 | 63700 | 0.0346 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 178 | College of Charleston | 61600 | 61600 | 0 | 10,880 | 1255 | 0.6003 | |
| 179 | Fordham University | 69800 | 95000 | 0.2651 | 10,307 | 1415 | 0.5628 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.