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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 Alabama.
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 Alabama.
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 | 5100 | 40700 | 0.8738 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 2 | Savannah State University | 6800 | 29000 | 0.7651 | 2,966 | 925 | 0.4614 | |
| 3 | California Institute of Technology | 7400 | 91800 | 0.9194 | 987 | 1557 | 0.0257 | |
| 4 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8400 | 97100 | 0.914 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0399 | |
| 5 | Valdosta State University | 10500 | 24800 | 0.5775 | 7,166 | 1015 | 0.7229 | |
| 6 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 13300 | 13300 | 0 | 18,288 | 1090 | 0.9068 | |
| 7 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 13500 | 13500 | 0 | 1,973 | 1189 | 0.8135 | |
| 7 | University of Michigan-Flint | 13500 | 46300 | 0.7082 | 5,011 | 1109 | 0.7046 | |
| 7 | University of South Florida | 13500 | 17100 | 0.2104 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 10 | University of North Alabama | 13600 | 28200 | 0.5187 | 7,662 | 1140 | 0.8731 | |
| 11 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 47300 | 0.7099 | 38,040 | 1418 | 0.452 | |
| 12 | Alabama State University | 14200 | 31300 | 0.5476 | 3,521 | 945 | 0.9755 | |
| 13 | Dickinson State University | 14500 | 25000 | 0.4191 | 1,339 | 990 | 0.3702 | |
| 14 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 14900 | 37400 | 0.601 | 7,622 | 1075 | 0.9254 | |
| 15 | Salisbury University | 15000 | 28700 | 0.4776 | 6,288 | 1250 | 0.8747 | |
| 16 | Northern Kentucky University | 15100 | 25900 | 0.4175 | 10,163 | 1090 | 0.6765 | |
| 17 | Wayne State College | 15300 | 20300 | 0.2463 | 3,902 | 0 | 0 | |
| 18 | Radford University | 15400 | 32000 | 0.5193 | 6,161 | 1070 | 0.8953 | |
| 19 | James Madison University | 15600 | 28900 | 0.4608 | 20,973 | 1260 | 0.7152 | |
| 19 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 15600 | 28700 | 0.4564 | 6,761 | 1105 | 0.8475 | |
| 21 | Jacksonville State University | 16100 | 27000 | 0.4049 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 22 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 16400 | 23400 | 0.2995 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8698 | |
| 23 | Frostburg State University | 16500 | 26600 | 0.3794 | 3,422 | 1095 | 0.8918 | |
| 23 | Goshen College | 16500 | 55900 | 0.705 | 780 | 995 | 0.8407 | |
| 25 | Emporia State University | 16600 | 22900 | 0.2753 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 25 | Northwestern University | 16600 | 89500 | 0.8149 | 9,399 | 1527 | 0.0769 | |
| 25 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16600 | 64800 | 0.7438 | 20,885 | 1420 | 0.1534 | |
| 28 | Grove City College | 16700 | 39700 | 0.5801 | 2,341 | 1266 | 0.7232 | |
| 29 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 17000 | 40600 | 0.5807 | 581 | 1132 | 0.9821 | |
| 29 | Southern University at New Orleans | 17000 | 31000 | 0.451 | 2,179 | 950 | 0.789 | |
| 31 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 17400 | 44500 | 0.6086 | 352 | 1180 | 0.9647 | |
| 32 | Morgan State University | 17900 | 28500 | 0.3717 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 33 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 18000 | 26600 | 0.3236 | 7,505 | 1073 | 0.9633 | |
| 34 | Boston College | 18100 | 97600 | 0.8144 | 10,314 | 1490 | 0.1643 | |
| 35 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 18200 | 54300 | 0.6647 | 10,051 | 1064 | 0.9234 | |
| 35 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18200 | 28600 | 0.3634 | 4,218 | 1030 | 0.9489 | |
| 35 | Towson University | 18200 | 29900 | 0.3909 | 16,264 | 1098 | 0.8197 | |
| 38 | College of Charleston | 18300 | 33900 | 0.4607 | 10,880 | 1255 | 0.6003 | |
| 38 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 18300 | 35300 | 0.4813 | 1,813 | 1109 | 0.9484 | |
| 40 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 18500 | 25200 | 0.2654 | 6,835 | 1090 | 0.7147 | |
| 40 | SUNY Brockport | 18500 | 26200 | 0.2934 | 5,816 | 1195 | 0.7068 | |
| 42 | University of Houston-Victoria | 19200 | 25000 | 0.2322 | 2,627 | 1095 | 0.959 | |
| 43 | Norwich University | 20000 | 73800 | 0.7288 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 43 | Pennsylvania Western University | 20000 | 29000 | 0.3108 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 45 | Central Connecticut State University | 20100 | 29500 | 0.3185 | 8,170 | 1075 | 0.7333 | |
| 45 | Cleveland State University | 20100 | 30900 | 0.3491 | 9,482 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 45 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 20100 | 30400 | 0.3385 | 3,224 | 1085 | 0.7643 | |
| 48 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20400 | 29400 | 0.3056 | 5,255 | 1109 | 0.7295 | |
| 49 | University of South Alabama | 20500 | 22400 | 0.0885 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 49 | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | 20500 | 25700 | 0.2025 | 10,632 | 1075 | 0.8859 | |
| 51 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 20600 | 57800 | 0.6431 | 1,932 | 1193 | 0.9278 | |
| 52 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27300 | 0.2346 | 31,133 | 1463 | 0.4479 | |
| 53 | Tarleton State University | 21000 | 23000 | 0.087 | 15,254 | 1080 | 0.8955 | |
| 54 | Luther College | 21300 | 71900 | 0.7033 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.7154 | |
| 55 | University of North Georgia | 21400 | 21400 | 0 | 18,322 | 1100 | 0.6794 | |
| 56 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 22000 | 36400 | 0.3951 | 2,884 | 1175 | 0.9677 | |
| 57 | Grand Valley State University | 22100 | 35900 | 0.3849 | 19,002 | 1084 | 0.8302 | |
| 57 | Lincoln University | 22100 | 24900 | 0.1124 | 1,926 | 0 | 0 | |
| 59 | University of North Florida | 22400 | 22400 | 0 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
| 60 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 22500 | 25400 | 0.1143 | 2,906 | 1125 | 0.4696 | |
| 60 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 22500 | 33600 | 0.3301 | 21,210 | 1148 | 0.9262 | |
| 62 | New Mexico Highlands University | 22600 | 27200 | 0.169 | 1,603 | 0 | 0 | |
| 63 | Grambling State University | 22700 | 25700 | 0.1169 | 4,313 | 950 | 0.4486 | |
| 63 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 22700 | 53000 | 0.5712 | 1,472 | 1075 | 0.8459 | |
| 65 | Dakota State University | 23100 | 25600 | 0.0977 | 3,066 | 1192 | 0.8805 | |
| 66 | Florida Memorial University | 23200 | 42000 | 0.4471 | 1,206 | 0 | 0.8526 | |
| 66 | Houghton University | 23200 | 44300 | 0.4763 | 1,162 | 1277 | 0.8866 | |
| 66 | Robert Morris University | 23200 | 58000 | 0.6011 | 4,325 | 1145 | 0.8989 | |
| 69 | San Jose State University | 23300 | 41100 | 0.4332 | 28,008 | 1124 | 0.8461 | |
| 70 | Dominican University | 23900 | 56000 | 0.5728 | 2,690 | 1005 | 0.9032 | |
| 71 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 24000 | 34400 | 0.3023 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 72 | Bradley University | 24500 | 50800 | 0.5177 | 3,596 | 1223 | 0.7676 | |
| 73 | Ramapo College of New Jersey | 24600 | 36300 | 0.3227 | 5,444 | 1220 | 0.7064 | |
| 73 | Western Oregon University | 24600 | 24600 | 0 | 3,167 | 1040 | 0.981 | |
| 73 | Westfield State University | 24600 | 39000 | 0.3688 | 3,868 | 1085 | 0.8141 | |
| 76 | Stockton University | 24700 | 32100 | 0.2304 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 77 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 25100 | 30600 | 0.1797 | 10,200 | 1325 | 0.6507 | |
| 78 | Doane University | 25400 | 71000 | 0.6426 | 1,315 | 1125 | 0.9801 | |
| 78 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 25400 | 45900 | 0.447 | 502 | 1189 | 0.9641 | |
| 80 | Bethune-Cookman University | 25700 | 32700 | 0.2141 | 2,738 | 910 | 0.8824 | |
| 81 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 26000 | 28300 | 0.0806 | 3,375 | 1090 | 0.5876 | |
| 82 | Fort Hays State University | 26100 | 36100 | 0.2789 | 10,172 | 1075 | 0.9026 | |
| 82 | University of North Texas | 26100 | 26100 | 0 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 84 | Columbia College | 26400 | 46900 | 0.4372 | 5,207 | 1145 | 0.4714 | |
| 85 | Albright College | 26600 | 49300 | 0.4604 | 1,230 | 1050 | 0.7633 | |
| 85 | Kennesaw State University | 26600 | 26600 | 0 | 42,760 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 87 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 26800 | 30100 | 0.109 | 5,086 | 1124 | 0.949 | |
| 87 | Northwood University | 26800 | 54500 | 0.5087 | 2,045 | 1055 | 0.6451 | |
| 89 | Troy University | 26900 | 34700 | 0.2248 | 10,222 | 1090 | 0.9604 | |
| 90 | Syracuse University | 27300 | 83100 | 0.6713 | 15,957 | 1363 | 0.4592 | |
| 91 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 27500 | 37700 | 0.2708 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 92 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 27700 | 31000 | 0.1066 | 10,767 | 1326 | 0.7243 | |
| 93 | Fairmont State University | 27800 | 32200 | 0.1367 | 3,088 | 970 | 0.9862 | |
| 94 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 27900 | 36700 | 0.24 | 1,880 | 1185 | 0.9867 | |
| 95 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28500 | 32300 | 0.1176 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 96 | Saint Xavier University | 28600 | 53700 | 0.4671 | 3,098 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 97 | Elmhurst University | 28800 | 67000 | 0.5704 | 3,213 | 1148 | 0.7364 | |
| 98 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 28900 | 36700 | 0.2124 | 28,674 | 980 | 0.9419 | |
| 99 | George Fox University | 29000 | 69400 | 0.5824 | 3,354 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 100 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29100 | 31800 | 0.0849 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 101 | East Texas A&M University | 29300 | 36500 | 0.1972 | 9,992 | 1045 | 0.9224 | |
| 102 | University of Toledo | 29700 | 42000 | 0.2926 | 11,013 | 1229 | 0.9202 | |
| 103 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 30100 | 39700 | 0.2419 | 4,487 | 1115 | 0.6726 | |
| 104 | Central College | 30300 | 36800 | 0.1767 | 1,084 | 1145 | 0.8617 | |
| 105 | Mercy University | 30400 | 44500 | 0.317 | 6,774 | 1135 | 0.8584 | |
| 105 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 30400 | 54700 | 0.4443 | 1,427 | 1025 | 0.4941 | |
| 107 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30500 | 54600 | 0.4411 | 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 | University of Kentucky | 31400 | 36400 | 0.1373 | 25,534 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 111 | Angelo State University | 31600 | 35400 | 0.1068 | 9,702 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 111 | Saint Michael's College | 31600 | 68500 | 0.539 | 1,120 | 1240 | 0.8451 | |
| 113 | Washington Adventist University | 32100 | 37800 | 0.151 | 513 | 995 | 0.4618 | |
| 114 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32300 | 35100 | 0.0799 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 114 | University of Scranton | 32300 | 78700 | 0.5891 | 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 | 33700 | 81800 | 0.5881 | 11,677 | 1430 | 0.4709 | |
| 119 | LeTourneau University | 33900 | 54800 | 0.3817 | 3,187 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 119 | Thomas Jefferson University | 33900 | 68100 | 0.5024 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8097 | |
| 121 | SUNY at Fredonia | 34000 | 39600 | 0.1416 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 122 | Charleston Southern University | 34200 | 48400 | 0.2948 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 123 | Coastal Carolina University | 35000 | 45100 | 0.2237 | 10,811 | 1145 | 0.7527 | |
| 124 | Adelphi University | 35100 | 63300 | 0.4465 | 5,325 | 1237 | 0.6591 | |
| 125 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 35200 | 56700 | 0.3792 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8304 | |
| 126 | Averett University | 35400 | 57200 | 0.3813 | 1,244 | 1054 | 0.5659 | |
| 127 | California Lutheran University | 35500 | 70000 | 0.4931 | 2,297 | 1254 | 0.7567 | |
| 128 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 36000 | 56300 | 0.3601 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 129 | Christopher Newport University | 36200 | 36200 | 0 | 4,369 | 1189 | 0.8604 | |
| 129 | Loyola University Maryland | 36200 | 78800 | 0.5407 | 3,881 | 1303 | 0.7549 | |
| 131 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 36400 | 41600 | 0.1268 | 5,386 | 1050 | 0.9092 | |
| 132 | Furman University | 36700 | 82900 | 0.5571 | 2,383 | 1359 | 0.4295 | |
| 132 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 36700 | 38900 | 0.0586 | 23,329 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 134 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 36900 | 37100 | 0.0054 | 5,939 | 1065 | 0.5878 | |
| 135 | East Carolina University | 37100 | 40100 | 0.0748 | 21,445 | 1160 | 0.8921 | |
| 136 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38700 | 38700 | 0 | 14,416 | 1210 | 0.8851 | |
| 137 | Stony Brook University | 39700 | 53000 | 0.2506 | 18,263 | 1410 | 0.4904 | |
| 138 | McKendree University | 39900 | 52200 | 0.2352 | 1,757 | 1098 | 0.7172 | |
| 139 | Rutgers University-Newark | 40000 | 57900 | 0.309 | 7,989 | 1159 | 0.7136 | |
| 140 | Wayne State University | 40700 | 46200 | 0.1191 | 16,012 | 1174 | 0.8116 | |
| 141 | Pace University | 40900 | 74800 | 0.4531 | 8,038 | 1260 | 0.7592 | |
| 142 | Immaculata University | 41500 | 47900 | 0.1337 | 1,652 | 1245 | 0.8576 | |
| 143 | University of Mount Olive | 42100 | 50400 | 0.1643 | 1,944 | 1075 | 0.7575 | |
| 144 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 42200 | 55200 | 0.2354 | 25,900 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 145 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4477 | 4,102 | 1115 | 0.7002 | |
| 146 | University of Illinois Chicago | 45600 | 50600 | 0.0988 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 147 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 46300 | 46600 | 0.0064 | 6,139 | 1070 | 0.9052 | |
| 148 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47100 | 59700 | 0.2122 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 149 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 47700 | 67900 | 0.2974 | 3,965 | 1229 | 0.9121 | |
| 150 | University of Colorado Boulder | 47800 | 57700 | 0.1717 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7808 | |
| 151 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 48000 | 55800 | 0.1398 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 152 | Drexel University | 48600 | 83900 | 0.4208 | 13,309 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 153 | Mercer University | 48700 | 63700 | 0.2356 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
| 154 | DePaul University | 49200 | 66000 | 0.2547 | 14,188 | 1254 | 0.7589 | |
| 155 | University of California-Riverside | 49500 | 66000 | 0.2501 | 22,600 | 1199 | 0.7639 | |
| 156 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 49800 | 62200 | 0.1995 | 37,140 | 1406 | 0.4237 | |
| 157 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 50600 | 52900 | 0.0431 | 14,504 | 1149 | 0.7637 | |
| 158 | University of Utah | 51400 | 53700 | 0.0425 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 159 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 52900 | 61200 | 0.1353 | 26,221 | 1204 | 0.8854 | |
| 160 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 16,100 | 1219 | 0.7766 | |
| 161 | Dallas Baptist University | 56400 | 63400 | 0.1104 | 2,785 | 1109 | 0.8884 | |
| 162 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58200 | 64100 | 0.092 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 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 | 60400 | 69100 | 0.1259 | 833 | 1065 | 0.7155 | |
| 166 | Clemson University | 61400 | 63700 | 0.0358 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 167 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver | 63900 | 63900 | 0 | 482 | 1195 | 0.9565 | |
| 168 | Fordham University | 69600 | 95100 | 0.268 | 10,582 | 1406 | 0.5931 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.