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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 | CUNY Graduate School and University Center | 6300 | 34100 | 0.8155 | 3,237 | 0 | 0.3861 | |
| 2 | California Institute of Technology | 8000 | 90300 | 0.9112 | 987 | 1557 | 0.0257 | |
| 3 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 8800 | 33400 | 0.7374 | 10,049 | 1005 | 0.9234 | |
| 4 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 9400 | 30500 | 0.6917 | 3,207 | 1050 | 0.8034 | |
| 5 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 10200 | 94100 | 0.8919 | 9,157 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 6 | New Mexico Highlands University | 10500 | 21500 | 0.5112 | 1,710 | 945 | 0.9481 | |
| 6 | Valdosta State University | 10500 | 24800 | 0.5776 | 7,206 | 1015 | 0.7214 | |
| 8 | Savannah State University | 11400 | 17400 | 0.3441 | 2,857 | 950 | 0.8368 | |
| 9 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 11600 | 34300 | 0.6614 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 10 | Christopher Newport University | 11800 | 32800 | 0.6403 | 4,407 | 1209 | 0.8796 | |
| 11 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 12900 | 27100 | 0.5232 | 28,674 | 980 | 0.9401 | |
| 12 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 13200 | 37100 | 0.6437 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 13 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 32200 | 0.5744 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 14 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 13800 | 19400 | 0.2887 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
| 15 | University of North Alabama | 14100 | 28200 | 0.501 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 15 | University of South Florida | 14100 | 17100 | 0.1753 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 17 | Radford University | 14300 | 21900 | 0.347 | 6,161 | 1070 | 0.8953 | |
| 18 | Alabama State University | 14400 | 28100 | 0.486 | 3,322 | 945 | 0.9564 | |
| 19 | Goshen College | 14800 | 55800 | 0.7357 | 780 | 995 | 0.8404 | |
| 19 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 14800 | 29300 | 0.4945 | 6,550 | 1140 | 0.7456 | |
| 21 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 15200 | 35700 | 0.5744 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 22 | University of Michigan-Flint | 15400 | 36600 | 0.5792 | 5,011 | 1084 | 0.7047 | |
| 23 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 15500 | 27700 | 0.4405 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 24 | James Madison University | 15700 | 28600 | 0.4503 | 21,112 | 1260 | 0.7151 | |
| 25 | Troy University | 15900 | 26800 | 0.4056 | 10,222 | 1090 | 0.9604 | |
| 25 | Wayne State College | 15900 | 26400 | 0.3983 | 3,902 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 27 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 16200 | 28800 | 0.4373 | 7,595 | 1075 | 0.9226 | |
| 27 | Southern University at New Orleans | 16200 | 31600 | 0.4872 | 1,773 | 885 | 0.6021 | |
| 29 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 16500 | 32400 | 0.491 | 352 | 1180 | 0.9647 | |
| 30 | Grand Valley State University | 16800 | 25300 | 0.3364 | 19,002 | 1233 | 0.8302 | |
| 30 | Northwestern University | 16800 | 89500 | 0.8127 | 8,846 | 1513 | 0.0722 | |
| 30 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16800 | 64800 | 0.7406 | 21,075 | 1420 | 0.1534 | |
| 33 | Northeastern University | 17000 | 89900 | 0.8112 | 22,695 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 34 | Dickinson State University | 17500 | 23700 | 0.2612 | 1,339 | 1005 | 0.3695 | |
| 35 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Schuylkill | 18400 | 32900 | 0.4413 | 624 | 1115 | 0.9664 | |
| 36 | Angelo State University | 18500 | 23100 | 0.1979 | 9,779 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 37 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 18600 | 25200 | 0.2618 | 6,853 | 1090 | 0.7147 | |
| 37 | State University of New York at Oswego | 18600 | 27500 | 0.3235 | 5,517 | 1174 | 0.8057 | |
| 39 | University of Houston-Victoria | 19100 | 34400 | 0.445 | 2,707 | 930 | 0.7671 | |
| 39 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 19100 | 27000 | 0.293 | 7,505 | 1059 | 0.9633 | |
| 41 | Coppin State University | 19200 | 43100 | 0.555 | 1,810 | 950 | 0.4956 | |
| 42 | University of Illinois Chicago | 19300 | 30300 | 0.3627 | 22,495 | 1247 | 0.7735 | |
| 43 | Cleveland State University | 19700 | 37300 | 0.4721 | 9,418 | 1005 | 0.913 | |
| 44 | Florida Memorial University | 20100 | 46100 | 0.5641 | 1,299 | 0 | 0.7431 | |
| 45 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 20200 | 38800 | 0.481 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 46 | Dakota State University | 20400 | 22500 | 0.0912 | 3,066 | 1192 | 0.8814 | |
| 47 | Central College | 20700 | 36800 | 0.4373 | 1,084 | 1140 | 0.8617 | |
| 48 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 20800 | 57800 | 0.6395 | 1,083 | 1193 | 0.9278 | |
| 49 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 20900 | 30300 | 0.3099 | 1,809 | 1109 | 0.9484 | |
| 50 | Rutgers University-Newark | 21000 | 38900 | 0.4603 | 7,417 | 1159 | 0.7873 | |
| 50 | Tarleton State University | 21000 | 23000 | 0.087 | 15,130 | 0 | 0.5256 | |
| 52 | Pennsylvania Western University | 21300 | 29400 | 0.2756 | 7,586 | 1070 | 0.9433 | |
| 53 | University of North Georgia | 21400 | 21400 | 0 | 18,329 | 1100 | 0.6794 | |
| 54 | Luther College | 21500 | 71900 | 0.7011 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.8402 | |
| 55 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 22000 | 34400 | 0.3604 | 14,783 | 1140 | 0.8096 | |
| 56 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 22300 | 28000 | 0.2034 | 5,789 | 1115 | 0.5774 | |
| 57 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 22400 | 32000 | 0.2999 | 5,205 | 1118 | 0.744 | |
| 57 | University of North Florida | 22400 | 22400 | 0 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
| 59 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 22500 | 33000 | 0.3179 | 581 | 1129 | 0.9821 | |
| 60 | Bradley University | 22800 | 50900 | 0.5521 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 61 | Averett University | 23300 | 57200 | 0.593 | 1,180 | 1010 | 0.478 | |
| 61 | Robert Morris University | 23300 | 58000 | 0.5993 | 3,769 | 1180 | 0.9057 | |
| 63 | Georgia Southern University | 23600 | 23800 | 0.0084 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 63 | Syracuse University | 23600 | 83100 | 0.716 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 65 | Bemidji State University | 24300 | 26400 | 0.0786 | 3,610 | 1110 | 0.9131 | |
| 66 | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | 24400 | 30300 | 0.1948 | 10,656 | 1075 | 0.7289 | |
| 67 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 24600 | 26600 | 0.0779 | 3,413 | 1085 | 0.5295 | |
| 67 | Western Oregon University | 24600 | 24600 | 0 | 3,343 | 1120 | 0.9871 | |
| 69 | Dominican University | 24900 | 55500 | 0.551 | 2,690 | 1035 | 0.9032 | |
| 69 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 24900 | 51700 | 0.5179 | 1,409 | 1110 | 0.6327 | |
| 71 | University of Akron Main Campus | 25000 | 25000 | 0 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 72 | Boston College | 25100 | 94600 | 0.7347 | 9,654 | 1490 | 0.1619 | |
| 73 | Elmhurst University | 25200 | 67000 | 0.6241 | 3,170 | 1148 | 0.7357 | |
| 73 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 25200 | 62200 | 0.5953 | 686 | 1030 | 0.8649 | |
| 75 | Houghton University | 25300 | 35500 | 0.2872 | 939 | 1277 | 0.8866 | |
| 76 | University of North Texas | 25400 | 25400 | 0 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 77 | Bethune-Cookman University | 25900 | 32700 | 0.208 | 2,739 | 915 | 0.8824 | |
| 77 | Kennesaw State University | 25900 | 25900 | 0 | 42,840 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 77 | Northwood University | 25900 | 54500 | 0.5252 | 1,989 | 1075 | 0.839 | |
| 80 | Doane University | 26000 | 62800 | 0.5861 | 1,323 | 1125 | 0.9801 | |
| 81 | Stony Brook University | 26100 | 33200 | 0.2129 | 18,263 | 1395 | 0.4904 | |
| 81 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 26100 | 37400 | 0.3025 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 83 | Westfield State University | 26300 | 39000 | 0.3253 | 3,868 | 1105 | 0.8671 | |
| 84 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 26400 | 28400 | 0.073 | 14,504 | 1145 | 0.7637 | |
| 84 | Norwich University | 26400 | 70900 | 0.6278 | 2,642 | 1209 | 0.7361 | |
| 86 | Fort Hays State University | 26600 | 35200 | 0.2446 | 10,206 | 1120 | 0.9177 | |
| 87 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 26700 | 36800 | 0.2744 | 1,880 | 1185 | 0.9867 | |
| 88 | Columbia College | 26800 | 41300 | 0.3514 | 876 | 1025 | 0.8878 | |
| 89 | Emporia State University | 27400 | 37700 | 0.273 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 89 | Fairmont State University | 27400 | 32000 | 0.1439 | 3,060 | 1005 | 0.9924 | |
| 89 | Northern Kentucky University | 27400 | 31600 | 0.1328 | 10,163 | 1090 | 0.8307 | |
| 92 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 28000 | 28000 | 0 | 10,767 | 1326 | 0.7243 | |
| 92 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 28000 | 28000 | 0 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 92 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 28000 | 40300 | 0.3051 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 95 | Saint Xavier University | 28100 | 52000 | 0.4595 | 3,039 | 1125 | 0.8575 | |
| 96 | Jacksonville State University | 28800 | 38200 | 0.2459 | 8,663 | 1065 | 0.7769 | |
| 97 | Mercy University | 28900 | 44500 | 0.3507 | 6,775 | 1074 | 0.8584 | |
| 97 | University of Utah | 28900 | 32000 | 0.0961 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 99 | George Fox University | 29000 | 67100 | 0.5682 | 3,401 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 100 | Concord University | 29200 | 46500 | 0.372 | 1,609 | 990 | 0.9256 | |
| 100 | Furman University | 29200 | 79600 | 0.6329 | 2,383 | 1359 | 0.4295 | |
| 100 | Lincoln University | 29200 | 40900 | 0.2859 | 1,707 | 920 | 0 | |
| 100 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 29200 | 39700 | 0.2646 | 4,478 | 1065 | 0.8132 | |
| 104 | Clemson University | 29300 | 37100 | 0.2121 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 105 | University of Toledo | 29500 | 32600 | 0.0943 | 11,013 | 1159 | 0.9202 | |
| 106 | University of South Alabama | 29600 | 35000 | 0.1543 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 107 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 29900 | 30000 | 0.0033 | 18,428 | 1090 | 0.9529 | |
| 108 | Towson University | 30000 | 30000 | 0 | 16,264 | 1093 | 0.8198 | |
| 109 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 30100 | 51100 | 0.4112 | 1,477 | 1075 | 0.8068 | |
| 110 | Albright College | 30500 | 48700 | 0.3738 | 1,328 | 1050 | 0.8615 | |
| 110 | SUNY at Fredonia | 30500 | 39600 | 0.2301 | 2,876 | 1193 | 0.792 | |
| 112 | San Jose State University | 30700 | 41000 | 0.251 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 112 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30700 | 54600 | 0.4374 | 3,163 | 1165 | 0.9347 | |
| 112 | West Virginia Wesleyan College | 30700 | 52800 | 0.4182 | 938 | 1090 | 0.951 | |
| 115 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1150 | 0.9523 | |
| 116 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 31000 | 36900 | 0.1604 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 116 | University of Kentucky | 31000 | 36000 | 0.139 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 118 | SUNY Brockport | 31100 | 37900 | 0.1794 | 5,816 | 1195 | 0.7068 | |
| 119 | Washington Adventist University | 31400 | 37800 | 0.1695 | 605 | 950 | 0.4536 | |
| 120 | Thomas Jefferson University | 31500 | 67700 | 0.5346 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 121 | CUNY Brooklyn College | 31800 | 31800 | 0 | 11,562 | 1110 | 0.5836 | |
| 122 | Saint Michael's College | 31900 | 68400 | 0.5333 | 1,120 | 1240 | 0.8451 | |
| 123 | Hampton University | 32200 | 47000 | 0.315 | 3,728 | 956 | 0.6225 | |
| 124 | University of Scranton | 32300 | 76300 | 0.5763 | 3,613 | 1220 | 0.812 | |
| 125 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver | 32500 | 40200 | 0.1917 | 482 | 1195 | 0.9565 | |
| 126 | California Lutheran University | 32600 | 65800 | 0.5042 | 2,297 | 1258 | 0.7567 | |
| 127 | Frostburg State University | 32900 | 43100 | 0.2367 | 2,619 | 1082 | 0.892 | |
| 127 | Harding University | 32900 | 47000 | 0.2995 | 3,523 | 1193 | 0.3942 | |
| 129 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 33200 | 54600 | 0.3917 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 130 | Grambling State University | 33500 | 35300 | 0.051 | 4,279 | 955 | 0.2368 | |
| 130 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 33500 | 40900 | 0.1811 | 1,236 | 1203 | 0.9811 | |
| 132 | George Washington University | 33700 | 81800 | 0.5882 | 11,677 | 1421 | 0.4709 | |
| 133 | Elizabethtown College | 33800 | 54600 | 0.3812 | 1,903 | 1214 | 0.7787 | |
| 134 | Wilkes University | 33900 | 61900 | 0.4516 | 1,956 | 1153 | 0.9146 | |
| 135 | LeTourneau University | 34000 | 54600 | 0.3772 | 3,184 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 136 | Stockton University | 34300 | 44500 | 0.2293 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 137 | Morgan State University | 34500 | 37200 | 0.0726 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 138 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 34700 | 34700 | 0 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 139 | City University of Seattle | 35100 | 45400 | 0.227 | 1,180 | 0 | 0.9025 | |
| 139 | DePaul University | 35100 | 59100 | 0.4059 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 141 | Adelphi University | 35300 | 63300 | 0.4433 | 5,325 | 1218 | 0.6591 | |
| 141 | Stevenson University | 35300 | 59900 | 0.4105 | 3,106 | 1100 | 0.7891 | |
| 141 | University of Mount Olive | 35300 | 35300 | 0 | 1,937 | 945 | 0.7775 | |
| 144 | Coastal Carolina University | 35500 | 44700 | 0.2057 | 10,811 | 1145 | 0.7527 | |
| 145 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 35600 | 38700 | 0.0795 | 5,086 | 1000 | 0.9821 | |
| 146 | Salisbury University | 35900 | 40900 | 0.1224 | 6,288 | 1250 | 0.8747 | |
| 147 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 36200 | 42400 | 0.1462 | 31,112 | 1130 | 0.8129 | |
| 148 | Mercer University | 36400 | 60500 | 0.3984 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
| 149 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 36900 | 38900 | 0.0533 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 150 | East Carolina University | 37100 | 40100 | 0.0748 | 21,445 | 1120 | 0.8922 | |
| 150 | Immaculata University | 37100 | 47800 | 0.2236 | 1,652 | 1245 | 0.8578 | |
| 152 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 37500 | 38900 | 0.036 | 1,919 | 1245 | 0.7844 | |
| 153 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 37600 | 38100 | 0.0131 | 2,884 | 1175 | 0.9677 | |
| 153 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 37600 | 41600 | 0.0979 | 5,187 | 1005 | 0.9229 | |
| 155 | Suffolk University | 38400 | 73600 | 0.4785 | 4,324 | 1209 | 0.822 | |
| 156 | Wayne State University | 39700 | 45500 | 0.1274 | 16,173 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
| 157 | Pace University | 39800 | 74100 | 0.4627 | 8,038 | 1274 | 0.7592 | |
| 158 | McKendree University | 40100 | 52200 | 0.2313 | 1,605 | 1098 | 0.6388 | |
| 159 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 40400 | 45400 | 0.1101 | 502 | 1204 | 0.9641 | |
| 160 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 40500 | 40500 | 0 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 161 | Loyola University Maryland | 41900 | 78800 | 0.4684 | 3,881 | 1309 | 0.7549 | |
| 162 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43100 | 52900 | 0.1853 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 163 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 43200 | 55100 | 0.2161 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 164 | CUNY Bernard M Baruch College | 43400 | 43400 | 0 | 16,086 | 1293 | 0.5117 | |
| 165 | Merrimack College | 43600 | 78800 | 0.4464 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
| 166 | University of California-Riverside | 43900 | 66400 | 0.3388 | 22,599 | 1199 | 0.7685 | |
| 167 | CUNY Lehman College | 45400 | 45800 | 0.0087 | 11,217 | 1037 | 0.4601 | |
| 168 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 47700 | 56200 | 0.1512 | 3,965 | 1229 | 0.9121 | |
| 169 | Ramapo College of New Jersey | 47900 | 48100 | 0.0042 | 5,444 | 1214 | 0.7064 | |
| 170 | Molloy University | 48200 | 62300 | 0.2265 | 3,240 | 1199 | 0.8174 | |
| 171 | College of Charleston | 49500 | 59000 | 0.161 | 10,880 | 1255 | 0.6003 | |
| 172 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 50400 | 56400 | 0.1063 | 10,200 | 1346 | 0.6507 | |
| 173 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 50500 | 52300 | 0.0344 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 174 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 51000 | 84200 | 0.3944 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 175 | Drexel University | 51200 | 82600 | 0.38 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 176 | University of Colorado Boulder | 51300 | 56300 | 0.0887 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
| 177 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
| 178 | Fordham University | 56000 | 94600 | 0.4082 | 10,307 | 1415 | 0.5628 | |
| 179 | Thiel College | 67900 | 69100 | 0.0174 | 831 | 1065 | 0.7189 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.