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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 | 29000 | 0.7651 | 2,966 | 950 | 1 | |
| 2 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8500 | 97100 | 0.9129 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 3 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 10300 | 10300 | 0 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 4 | Valdosta State University | 10500 | 24800 | 0.5775 | 7,199 | 1005 | 0.7769 | |
| 5 | Marshall University | 11400 | 33400 | 0.6586 | 9,960 | 1070 | 0.9663 | |
| 6 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 11600 | 27800 | 0.582 | 22,007 | 1427 | 0.1672 | |
| 7 | Lamar University | 12900 | 22900 | 0.4361 | 8,387 | 1040 | 0.8353 | |
| 8 | Fort Hays State University | 13000 | 22600 | 0.4279 | 10,172 | 1075 | 0.9026 | |
| 9 | University of Michigan-Flint | 13300 | 46300 | 0.7125 | 5,534 | 1079 | 0.6734 | |
| 10 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 13400 | 49100 | 0.7272 | 29,727 | 990 | 0.9229 | |
| 10 | University of South Florida | 13400 | 17100 | 0.2162 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 12 | Fairmont State University | 13600 | 21400 | 0.3663 | 3,090 | 970 | 0.9862 | |
| 13 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 63200 | 0.7838 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 14 | Alabama State University | 14200 | 31300 | 0.5476 | 3,521 | 945 | 0.9755 | |
| 15 | University of North Georgia | 14500 | 21400 | 0.3224 | 19,321 | 1100 | 0.9618 | |
| 16 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 14800 | 37400 | 0.6037 | 7,501 | 1055 | 0.9467 | |
| 16 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 14800 | 40600 | 0.6349 | 308 | 1144 | 0.9053 | |
| 18 | Northern Kentucky University | 15100 | 25900 | 0.4175 | 10,136 | 1110 | 0.9666 | |
| 19 | Wayne State College | 15300 | 20300 | 0.2463 | 3,886 | 0 | 1 | |
| 20 | Coppin State University | 15600 | 27100 | 0.4243 | 1,908 | 950 | 0.4583 | |
| 21 | Coastal Carolina University | 15700 | 27200 | 0.4229 | 11,471 | 1160 | 0.7003 | |
| 22 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 15900 | 27700 | 0.4254 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 23 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 16400 | 23400 | 0.2995 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 24 | Emporia State University | 16600 | 22900 | 0.2753 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 24 | Northwestern University | 16600 | 89500 | 0.8149 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 26 | Wayne State University | 16700 | 32900 | 0.4921 | 16,390 | 1183 | 0.8359 | |
| 27 | Southern University at New Orleans | 17000 | 31000 | 0.451 | 2,179 | 950 | 0.789 | |
| 28 | West Virginia University | 17200 | 41000 | 0.5797 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 29 | East Carolina University | 17600 | 26100 | 0.3256 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 30 | Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi | 17700 | 20700 | 0.1449 | 8,673 | 1095 | 0.9156 | |
| 31 | Morgan State University | 17900 | 28500 | 0.3717 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 32 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 18000 | 26600 | 0.3236 | 7,747 | 1073 | 0.9617 | |
| 33 | Boston College | 18100 | 97600 | 0.8144 | 9,677 | 1484 | 0.1422 | |
| 33 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18100 | 28600 | 0.3669 | 3,991 | 1010 | 0.9654 | |
| 35 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 18200 | 54300 | 0.6647 | 10,368 | 1064 | 0.999 | |
| 35 | Towson University | 18200 | 29900 | 0.3909 | 16,361 | 1082 | 0.8057 | |
| 37 | Central Connecticut State University | 18300 | 34000 | 0.4613 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 37 | College of Charleston | 18300 | 33900 | 0.4607 | 10,596 | 1234 | 0.73 | |
| 37 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 18300 | 43500 | 0.5789 | 586 | 1140 | 0.9577 | |
| 37 | State University of New York at Oswego | 18300 | 27700 | 0.3392 | 5,293 | 1179 | 0.7989 | |
| 41 | SUNY Brockport | 18500 | 26200 | 0.2934 | 5,816 | 1195 | 0.7068 | |
| 42 | Texas A&M University-Victoria | 19200 | 25000 | 0.2322 | 2,627 | 1000 | 0.5253 | |
| 43 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 19400 | 68100 | 0.7153 | 711 | 1030 | 0.8214 | |
| 44 | Norwich University | 20000 | 73800 | 0.7288 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 45 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 20100 | 30400 | 0.3385 | 3,224 | 1085 | 0.7643 | |
| 46 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20400 | 29400 | 0.3056 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 47 | University of Colorado Boulder | 20500 | 31900 | 0.356 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7809 | |
| 48 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 20600 | 57800 | 0.6433 | 1,109 | 1175 | 0.9088 | |
| 48 | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | 20600 | 25700 | 0.1986 | 10,995 | 1090 | 0.7476 | |
| 50 | Grove City College | 20700 | 39700 | 0.4792 | 2,247 | 1248 | 0.667 | |
| 51 | Luther College | 21500 | 75400 | 0.7153 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.8398 | |
| 52 | Bradley University | 22100 | 50800 | 0.5649 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 52 | Grand Valley State University | 22100 | 35900 | 0.3849 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 54 | Texas Southern University | 22300 | 25500 | 0.1257 | 6,844 | 915 | 0.9691 | |
| 55 | University of North Florida | 22400 | 22400 | 0 | 14,837 | 1124 | 0.6815 | |
| 56 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 22500 | 25400 | 0.1143 | 2,907 | 1125 | 0.4696 | |
| 56 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 22500 | 33600 | 0.3301 | 21,469 | 1167 | 0.9061 | |
| 58 | Grambling State University | 22700 | 25700 | 0.1169 | 4,313 | 950 | 0.4486 | |
| 58 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 22700 | 53000 | 0.5712 | 1,495 | 1075 | 0.8761 | |
| 60 | Dakota State University | 23100 | 25600 | 0.0977 | 3,085 | 1174 | 0.9241 | |
| 60 | Robert Morris University | 23100 | 58000 | 0.6012 | 4,325 | 1145 | 0.8989 | |
| 62 | Florida Memorial University | 23200 | 42000 | 0.4471 | 1,206 | 0 | 0.8526 | |
| 62 | Houghton University | 23200 | 44300 | 0.4763 | 958 | 1277 | 0.89 | |
| 62 | San Jose State University | 23200 | 41100 | 0.4356 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 65 | Concord University | 23900 | 40800 | 0.4146 | 1,638 | 1015 | 0.9728 | |
| 65 | Dominican University | 23900 | 56000 | 0.573 | 2,642 | 1005 | 0.8879 | |
| 65 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 23900 | 38200 | 0.3742 | 2,280 | 1224 | 0.9675 | |
| 68 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 24000 | 24900 | 0.0361 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 69 | Western Oregon University | 24600 | 24600 | 0 | 3,034 | 1120 | 0.8345 | |
| 70 | Westfield State University | 24900 | 39000 | 0.3611 | 3,868 | 1105 | 0.8671 | |
| 71 | Columbia College | 25000 | 46900 | 0.467 | 876 | 1025 | 0.8878 | |
| 72 | Pennsylvania Western University | 25200 | 34400 | 0.2672 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 73 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 25400 | 45900 | 0.447 | 504 | 1200 | 0.9095 | |
| 74 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 26000 | 28300 | 0.0809 | 3,375 | 1090 | 0.5885 | |
| 75 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 26100 | 28400 | 0.0805 | 14,834 | 1149 | 0.7803 | |
| 75 | University of North Texas | 26100 | 26100 | 0 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 77 | Bemidji State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 3,751 | 1075 | 0.5598 | |
| 78 | Kennesaw State University | 26600 | 26600 | 0 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 78 | West Virginia Wesleyan College | 26600 | 53800 | 0.5057 | 971 | 1030 | 0.9334 | |
| 80 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 26700 | 36800 | 0.2746 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 81 | Northwood University | 26800 | 54500 | 0.5087 | 2,045 | 1055 | 0.6451 | |
| 82 | Bethune-Cookman University | 27100 | 32700 | 0.1713 | 2,739 | 910 | 0.8824 | |
| 83 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 27300 | 41500 | 0.342 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 84 | Syracuse University | 27400 | 83100 | 0.6701 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 85 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 27500 | 37700 | 0.2708 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 86 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 27600 | 27600 | 0 | 11,087 | 1326 | 0.7397 | |
| 87 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 27900 | 36700 | 0.24 | 1,709 | 1218 | 0.9653 | |
| 88 | Elmhurst University | 28400 | 67000 | 0.5763 | 3,170 | 1133 | 0.7501 | |
| 89 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28500 | 32300 | 0.1176 | 11,691 | 1074 | 0.7722 | |
| 90 | Saint Xavier University | 28600 | 53700 | 0.4671 | 3,100 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 91 | James Madison University | 28900 | 28900 | 0 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 92 | Lincoln University | 29100 | 34500 | 0.1564 | 1,926 | 920 | 0 | |
| 92 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 29100 | 39700 | 0.2671 | 4,789 | 1040 | 0.6671 | |
| 92 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 29100 | 29200 | 0.0034 | 18,667 | 1090 | 0.9711 | |
| 95 | Jacksonville State University | 29200 | 38200 | 0.2354 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 96 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 29300 | 36500 | 0.1972 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 96 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 29300 | 42400 | 0.3093 | 6,761 | 1105 | 0.8475 | |
| 98 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 29700 | 31600 | 0.0601 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 99 | Mercy University | 30400 | 44500 | 0.317 | 6,692 | 1135 | 0.8724 | |
| 100 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30500 | 54600 | 0.4413 | 3,120 | 1193 | 0.3992 | |
| 101 | University of Toledo | 30700 | 42000 | 0.269 | 10,726 | 1134 | 0.8889 | |
| 102 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 2,082 | 1124 | 0.9576 | |
| 102 | Frostburg State University | 30900 | 43000 | 0.2815 | 3,436 | 1095 | 0.907 | |
| 104 | Central College | 31100 | 36800 | 0.155 | 1,050 | 1159 | 0.8698 | |
| 104 | Saint Michael's College | 31100 | 68500 | 0.5463 | 1,051 | 1280 | 0.8976 | |
| 106 | Hampton University | 31500 | 54800 | 0.4252 | 4,046 | 1005 | 0.6358 | |
| 107 | Angelo State University | 31600 | 35400 | 0.1071 | 10,103 | 1045 | 0.7981 | |
| 108 | University of Scranton | 32400 | 78700 | 0.5879 | 3,689 | 1245 | 0.8006 | |
| 109 | Portland State University | 32600 | 43100 | 0.2433 | 14,932 | 1174 | 0.8586 | |
| 110 | Suffolk University | 33100 | 70300 | 0.5291 | 4,247 | 1209 | 0.8228 | |
| 111 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 33200 | 49500 | 0.3296 | 1,829 | 1149 | 0.945 | |
| 112 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 17,556 | 1090 | 0.5386 | |
| 113 | Cleveland State University | 33400 | 37300 | 0.1046 | 9,418 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 114 | Harding University | 33500 | 47800 | 0.299 | 3,536 | 1184 | 0.7052 | |
| 115 | Elizabethtown College | 33700 | 55300 | 0.3907 | 1,935 | 1214 | 0.8892 | |
| 115 | George Washington University | 33700 | 81800 | 0.5881 | 11,495 | 1436 | 0.4713 | |
| 117 | Loyola University Maryland | 33900 | 78800 | 0.5699 | 4,013 | 1329 | 0.6986 | |
| 117 | Salisbury University | 33900 | 41700 | 0.1868 | 6,477 | 1245 | 0.8826 | |
| 117 | Thomas Jefferson University | 33900 | 68100 | 0.5023 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 120 | SUNY at Fredonia | 34000 | 39600 | 0.1416 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 121 | Charleston Southern University | 34200 | 48400 | 0.295 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 122 | Adelphi University | 35000 | 63300 | 0.4467 | 5,097 | 1241 | 0.7215 | |
| 123 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 35100 | 35100 | 0 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 123 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 35100 | 56700 | 0.381 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 125 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 35200 | 38700 | 0.0905 | 14,865 | 1175 | 0.9113 | |
| 126 | Averett University | 35400 | 57200 | 0.3813 | 1,244 | 1054 | 0.5659 | |
| 126 | Stockton University | 35400 | 44500 | 0.2046 | 7,583 | 1134 | 0.901 | |
| 128 | California Lutheran University | 35600 | 70000 | 0.4916 | 2,160 | 1218 | 0.7631 | |
| 129 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Schuylkill | 35700 | 61100 | 0.4158 | 653 | 1145 | 0.7972 | |
| 130 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 36000 | 56300 | 0.3603 | 5,687 | 1305 | 0.7863 | |
| 131 | Christopher Newport University | 36200 | 36200 | 0 | 4,369 | 1189 | 0.8604 | |
| 132 | Furman University | 36500 | 82900 | 0.5595 | 2,304 | 1372 | 0.4869 | |
| 133 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 36900 | 37100 | 0.0054 | 5,939 | 1065 | 0.5878 | |
| 134 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 37400 | 40700 | 0.0808 | 3,893 | 1015 | 0.9839 | |
| 135 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 38100 | 38100 | 0 | 2,710 | 1218 | 0.9374 | |
| 136 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 38900 | 38900 | 0 | 1,973 | 1189 | 0.8142 | |
| 137 | Stony Brook University | 39700 | 53000 | 0.2507 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 137 | University of South Alabama | 39700 | 39700 | 0 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 139 | Rutgers University-Newark | 40000 | 57900 | 0.309 | 7,989 | 1159 | 0.7136 | |
| 140 | McKendree University | 40600 | 52900 | 0.2324 | 1,757 | 1098 | 0.7172 | |
| 140 | Pace University | 40600 | 74800 | 0.4571 | 5,520 | 1273 | 0.7827 | |
| 140 | University of Illinois Chicago | 40600 | 50600 | 0.1977 | 24,260 | 1174 | 0.7576 | |
| 143 | University of Mount Olive | 42100 | 50400 | 0.1645 | 1,944 | 1075 | 0.7575 | |
| 144 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 42300 | 55200 | 0.2336 | 21,388 | 1369 | 0.5945 | |
| 145 | Radford University | 43400 | 45700 | 0.0501 | 6,206 | 1050 | 0.8939 | |
| 145 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43400 | 53600 | 0.1904 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 147 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4479 | 4,123 | 1124 | 0.6927 | |
| 148 | Immaculata University | 43700 | 47500 | 0.0799 | 1,889 | 1264 | 0.8656 | |
| 149 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 43800 | 67900 | 0.3549 | 4,182 | 1317 | 0.8783 | |
| 150 | Mercer University | 45700 | 65400 | 0.3015 | 4,719 | 1263 | 0.643 | |
| 151 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47100 | 59700 | 0.2124 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 152 | Drexel University | 47700 | 83900 | 0.4315 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 153 | University of Kentucky | 49000 | 58000 | 0.1562 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 154 | DePaul University | 49200 | 66000 | 0.2547 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 155 | University of California-Riverside | 49500 | 66000 | 0.2501 | 24,034 | 1199 | 0.8609 | |
| 156 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 49800 | 62200 | 0.1995 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 157 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 50500 | 58800 | 0.1411 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 158 | Ramapo College of New Jersey | 50600 | 55400 | 0.0867 | 5,492 | 1210 | 0.7026 | |
| 159 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 50800 | 84700 | 0.4003 | 35,358 | 1448 | 0.1642 | |
| 160 | University of Utah | 51400 | 53700 | 0.0426 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 161 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 162 | Molloy University | 58500 | 62300 | 0.061 | 3,396 | 1188 | 0.6633 | |
| 163 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 58900 | 61200 | 0.0374 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 164 | Thiel College | 60400 | 69100 | 0.1259 | 830 | 1065 | 0.7189 | |
| 165 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 60600 | 64100 | 0.0546 | 1,078 | 1217 | 0.9646 | |
| 166 | Clemson University | 61400 | 63700 | 0.036 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 167 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 63700 | 63700 | 0 | 9,827 | 1329 | 0.6737 | |
| 168 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver | 63900 | 63900 | 0 | 475 | 1195 | 0.9418 | |
| 169 | Fordham University | 74900 | 95100 | 0.2123 | 10,582 | 1406 | 0.5931 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.