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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-Flint | 5500 | 43700 | 0.8746 | 5,534 | 1079 | 0.6734 | |
| 2 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 6100 | 40700 | 0.8492 | 35,358 | 1448 | 0.1642 | |
| 3 | Northwestern University | 8000 | 94200 | 0.9152 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 4 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8600 | 98000 | 0.9125 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 5 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 8900 | 72200 | 0.8771 | 10,368 | 1064 | 0.999 | |
| 6 | Portland State University | 10400 | 43300 | 0.7598 | 14,932 | 1174 | 0.8586 | |
| 7 | Fairmont State University | 10600 | 21600 | 0.5084 | 3,090 | 970 | 0.9862 | |
| 8 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 10800 | 41400 | 0.7397 | 3,224 | 1085 | 0.7643 | |
| 9 | Concord University | 11000 | 49200 | 0.776 | 1,638 | 1015 | 0.9728 | |
| 9 | Savannah State University | 11000 | 50900 | 0.7842 | 2,966 | 950 | 1 | |
| 11 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 13100 | 30000 | 0.5634 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 12 | University of North Florida | 13300 | 22400 | 0.4068 | 14,837 | 1124 | 0.6815 | |
| 13 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 13400 | 27100 | 0.5048 | 29,727 | 990 | 0.9229 | |
| 14 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 13500 | 13500 | 0 | 1,973 | 1189 | 0.8142 | |
| 15 | Coastal Carolina University | 13700 | 27200 | 0.4964 | 11,471 | 1160 | 0.7003 | |
| 15 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 13700 | 40800 | 0.6644 | 6,761 | 1105 | 0.8475 | |
| 15 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 61700 | 0.7774 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 18 | University of California-Riverside | 13800 | 36500 | 0.6215 | 24,034 | 1199 | 0.8609 | |
| 18 | University of South Florida | 13800 | 22400 | 0.3843 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 18 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 13800 | 21300 | 0.352 | 18,667 | 1090 | 0.9711 | |
| 21 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 14300 | 26800 | 0.467 | 4,789 | 1040 | 0.6671 | |
| 22 | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | 14500 | 25700 | 0.4362 | 10,995 | 1090 | 0.7476 | |
| 23 | Central Connecticut State University | 14600 | 34200 | 0.5728 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 23 | Mercy University | 14600 | 46400 | 0.6858 | 6,692 | 1135 | 0.8724 | |
| 23 | University of North Alabama | 14600 | 37300 | 0.6087 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 26 | Wayne State College | 15000 | 30200 | 0.5039 | 3,886 | 0 | 1 | |
| 27 | Troy University | 15100 | 26800 | 0.4354 | 10,130 | 1075 | 0.9535 | |
| 28 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 15300 | 50100 | 0.6943 | 7,501 | 1055 | 0.9467 | |
| 29 | Coppin State University | 15600 | 25300 | 0.3829 | 1,908 | 950 | 0.4583 | |
| 30 | Jacksonville State University | 15700 | 27000 | 0.4198 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 30 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 15700 | 44000 | 0.6435 | 308 | 1144 | 0.9053 | |
| 32 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16300 | 64800 | 0.7481 | 22,007 | 1427 | 0.1672 | |
| 32 | University of North Texas | 16300 | 26100 | 0.3752 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 34 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 16800 | 27800 | 0.3961 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 35 | Boston College | 16900 | 97700 | 0.8273 | 9,677 | 1484 | 0.1422 | |
| 36 | Emporia State University | 17000 | 30900 | 0.4501 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 36 | Southern University at New Orleans | 17000 | 41700 | 0.5925 | 2,179 | 950 | 0.789 | |
| 36 | University of Colorado Boulder | 17000 | 31800 | 0.4656 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7809 | |
| 39 | SUNY at Fredonia | 17100 | 27800 | 0.3854 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 40 | Radford University | 17200 | 33100 | 0.4818 | 6,206 | 1050 | 0.8939 | |
| 40 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 17200 | 28100 | 0.3885 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 42 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 17300 | 26600 | 0.35 | 7,747 | 1073 | 0.9617 | |
| 43 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 17500 | 31500 | 0.4445 | 9,827 | 1329 | 0.6737 | |
| 43 | Westfield State University | 17500 | 37600 | 0.5347 | 3,868 | 1105 | 0.8671 | |
| 45 | Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi | 17600 | 20700 | 0.1497 | 8,673 | 1095 | 0.9156 | |
| 46 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 17700 | 44200 | 0.6002 | 1,829 | 1149 | 0.945 | |
| 47 | University of Kentucky | 17900 | 36500 | 0.509 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 48 | Morgan State University | 18000 | 42200 | 0.5739 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 49 | Angelo State University | 18100 | 23100 | 0.2191 | 10,103 | 1045 | 0.7981 | |
| 49 | Texas A&M University-Victoria | 18100 | 45400 | 0.6018 | 2,627 | 1000 | 0.5253 | |
| 51 | University of South Alabama | 18200 | 22400 | 0.1908 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 52 | Kennesaw State University | 18300 | 26700 | 0.3145 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 52 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 18300 | 44000 | 0.5837 | 586 | 1140 | 0.9577 | |
| 54 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 18400 | 69500 | 0.7358 | 711 | 1030 | 0.8214 | |
| 55 | San Jose State University | 18500 | 41100 | 0.5494 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 55 | SUNY Brockport | 18500 | 26200 | 0.2934 | 5,816 | 1195 | 0.7068 | |
| 57 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18800 | 54000 | 0.6515 | 3,991 | 1010 | 0.9654 | |
| 58 | Valdosta State University | 19100 | 29600 | 0.3546 | 7,199 | 1005 | 0.7769 | |
| 59 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 19200 | 45300 | 0.5759 | 504 | 1200 | 0.9095 | |
| 60 | Norwich University | 19500 | 100600 | 0.8065 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 60 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Schuylkill | 19500 | 32900 | 0.4078 | 653 | 1145 | 0.7972 | |
| 62 | State University of New York at Oswego | 19900 | 40200 | 0.5051 | 5,293 | 1179 | 0.7989 | |
| 63 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 20300 | 57800 | 0.648 | 1,109 | 1175 | 0.9088 | |
| 63 | Syracuse University | 20300 | 83600 | 0.7572 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 65 | Stockton University | 20400 | 32100 | 0.3643 | 7,583 | 1134 | 0.901 | |
| 66 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20600 | 57800 | 0.6433 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 67 | Alabama State University | 20700 | 43200 | 0.5215 | 3,521 | 945 | 0.9755 | |
| 67 | Grove City College | 20700 | 39700 | 0.4792 | 2,247 | 1248 | 0.667 | |
| 69 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 20800 | 26100 | 0.2028 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 70 | Rowan University | 21000 | 41300 | 0.4918 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 70 | Tarleton State University | 21000 | 23000 | 0.087 | 17,556 | 1090 | 0.5386 | |
| 72 | Lincoln University | 21100 | 46500 | 0.5467 | 1,926 | 920 | 0 | |
| 73 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 21200 | 38100 | 0.4435 | 2,710 | 1218 | 0.9374 | |
| 74 | Luther College | 21300 | 75400 | 0.7183 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.8398 | |
| 74 | Thiel College | 21300 | 69100 | 0.6916 | 830 | 1065 | 0.7189 | |
| 76 | Salisbury University | 21400 | 29300 | 0.2697 | 6,477 | 1245 | 0.8826 | |
| 76 | University of North Georgia | 21400 | 21400 | 0 | 19,321 | 1100 | 0.9618 | |
| 78 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 21500 | 41600 | 0.4832 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 79 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 21700 | 33600 | 0.3539 | 21,469 | 1167 | 0.9061 | |
| 80 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 21900 | 39100 | 0.4402 | 2,907 | 1125 | 0.4696 | |
| 80 | Grand Valley State University | 21900 | 36200 | 0.3949 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 82 | Grambling State University | 22300 | 39600 | 0.4371 | 4,313 | 950 | 0.4486 | |
| 82 | Texas Southern University | 22300 | 25500 | 0.1257 | 6,844 | 915 | 0.9691 | |
| 84 | Houghton University | 22700 | 51300 | 0.5576 | 958 | 1277 | 0.89 | |
| 85 | Robert Morris University | 23000 | 58000 | 0.6043 | 4,325 | 1145 | 0.8989 | |
| 86 | Dakota State University | 23100 | 25600 | 0.0977 | 3,085 | 1174 | 0.9241 | |
| 87 | Florida Memorial University | 23300 | 51000 | 0.5426 | 1,206 | 0 | 0.8526 | |
| 87 | Pennsylvania Western University | 23300 | 34400 | 0.3224 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 89 | Columbia College | 23600 | 40200 | 0.413 | 876 | 1025 | 0.8878 | |
| 90 | Dominican University | 23700 | 56000 | 0.5761 | 2,642 | 1005 | 0.8879 | |
| 91 | Lamar University | 23900 | 37700 | 0.3659 | 8,387 | 1040 | 0.8353 | |
| 92 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 24400 | 47900 | 0.4902 | 2,280 | 1224 | 0.9675 | |
| 93 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 24800 | 62800 | 0.6055 | 1,495 | 1075 | 0.8761 | |
| 94 | Fort Hays State University | 24900 | 28500 | 0.1285 | 10,172 | 1075 | 0.9026 | |
| 95 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 25200 | 36800 | 0.3154 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 96 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 25500 | 54300 | 0.53 | 5,939 | 1065 | 0.5878 | |
| 97 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 25700 | 28300 | 0.0907 | 3,375 | 1090 | 0.5885 | |
| 97 | West Virginia Wesleyan College | 25700 | 53800 | 0.522 | 971 | 1030 | 0.9334 | |
| 99 | Northwood University | 25800 | 54500 | 0.5271 | 2,045 | 1055 | 0.6451 | |
| 100 | Loyola University Maryland | 26100 | 78800 | 0.6689 | 4,013 | 1329 | 0.6986 | |
| 101 | Christopher Newport University | 26200 | 42800 | 0.3881 | 4,369 | 1189 | 0.8604 | |
| 102 | Bemidji State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 3,751 | 1075 | 0.5598 | |
| 102 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 26400 | 49600 | 0.4674 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 104 | Wayne State University | 28300 | 46800 | 0.3956 | 16,390 | 1183 | 0.8359 | |
| 105 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28500 | 36500 | 0.2194 | 11,691 | 1074 | 0.7722 | |
| 106 | Bethune-Cookman University | 28800 | 32300 | 0.1082 | 2,739 | 910 | 0.8824 | |
| 107 | Cleveland State University | 28900 | 38600 | 0.2514 | 9,418 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 107 | James Madison University | 28900 | 28900 | 0 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 109 | University of Toledo | 29000 | 32600 | 0.1093 | 10,726 | 1134 | 0.8889 | |
| 110 | California Lutheran University | 30000 | 71700 | 0.5818 | 2,160 | 1218 | 0.7631 | |
| 110 | Towson University | 30000 | 30100 | 0.0033 | 16,361 | 1082 | 0.8057 | |
| 112 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 30100 | 33200 | 0.0932 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 112 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 30100 | 30100 | 0 | 11,087 | 1326 | 0.7397 | |
| 114 | Saint Xavier University | 30200 | 58200 | 0.4808 | 3,100 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 114 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30200 | 54600 | 0.4463 | 3,120 | 1193 | 0.3992 | |
| 116 | Thomas Jefferson University | 30300 | 70000 | 0.5678 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 117 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 2,082 | 1124 | 0.9576 | |
| 118 | Suffolk University | 31300 | 83500 | 0.6252 | 4,247 | 1209 | 0.8228 | |
| 119 | Hampton University | 31600 | 54800 | 0.4233 | 4,046 | 1005 | 0.6358 | |
| 119 | Northern Kentucky University | 31600 | 32100 | 0.0156 | 10,136 | 1110 | 0.9666 | |
| 121 | Central College | 31900 | 38700 | 0.1758 | 1,050 | 1159 | 0.8698 | |
| 121 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 31900 | 35200 | 0.0938 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 123 | University of Scranton | 32300 | 78700 | 0.5902 | 3,689 | 1245 | 0.8006 | |
| 124 | Harding University | 33200 | 47800 | 0.3047 | 3,536 | 1184 | 0.7052 | |
| 125 | Elizabethtown College | 33700 | 57500 | 0.4137 | 1,935 | 1214 | 0.8892 | |
| 126 | Charleston Southern University | 33900 | 48400 | 0.3007 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 127 | Pace University | 34000 | 75700 | 0.5512 | 5,520 | 1273 | 0.7827 | |
| 128 | George Washington University | 34300 | 81800 | 0.5808 | 11,495 | 1436 | 0.4713 | |
| 129 | Averett University | 34400 | 57600 | 0.4029 | 1,244 | 1054 | 0.5659 | |
| 130 | Adelphi University | 34800 | 63300 | 0.4511 | 5,097 | 1241 | 0.7215 | |
| 131 | University of Illinois Chicago | 34900 | 51300 | 0.3196 | 24,260 | 1174 | 0.7576 | |
| 132 | Bradley University | 35800 | 60300 | 0.4064 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 132 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 35800 | 56300 | 0.3652 | 5,687 | 1305 | 0.7863 | |
| 134 | East Carolina University | 36600 | 42700 | 0.1421 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 135 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 37100 | 40700 | 0.0876 | 3,893 | 1015 | 0.9839 | |
| 136 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 37500 | 40100 | 0.064 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 137 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 37800 | 55500 | 0.3192 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 138 | Frostburg State University | 37900 | 42500 | 0.1082 | 3,436 | 1095 | 0.907 | |
| 139 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38800 | 38800 | 0 | 14,865 | 1175 | 0.9113 | |
| 140 | Saint Michael's College | 39000 | 75800 | 0.4854 | 1,051 | 1280 | 0.8976 | |
| 141 | Stony Brook University | 39400 | 53000 | 0.2559 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 142 | Elmhurst University | 40000 | 69600 | 0.4251 | 3,170 | 1133 | 0.7501 | |
| 143 | Drexel University | 40100 | 86400 | 0.5362 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 143 | Furman University | 40100 | 84600 | 0.5258 | 2,304 | 1372 | 0.4869 | |
| 145 | Immaculata University | 40200 | 48600 | 0.1729 | 1,889 | 1264 | 0.8656 | |
| 146 | McKendree University | 40300 | 52900 | 0.2376 | 1,757 | 1098 | 0.7172 | |
| 147 | University of Mount Olive | 41800 | 50400 | 0.1699 | 1,944 | 1075 | 0.7575 | |
| 148 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 42200 | 55300 | 0.2371 | 21,388 | 1369 | 0.5945 | |
| 149 | Merrimack College | 43300 | 78800 | 0.4501 | 4,123 | 1124 | 0.6927 | |
| 149 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43300 | 58500 | 0.2596 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 151 | Western Oregon University | 43400 | 43400 | 0 | 3,034 | 1120 | 0.8345 | |
| 152 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 43900 | 71800 | 0.3886 | 4,182 | 1317 | 0.8783 | |
| 153 | Ramapo College of New Jersey | 44100 | 60000 | 0.2659 | 5,492 | 1210 | 0.7026 | |
| 154 | Mercer University | 45400 | 65400 | 0.3058 | 4,719 | 1263 | 0.643 | |
| 155 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47200 | 61500 | 0.2335 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 156 | DePaul University | 49100 | 69400 | 0.2923 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 157 | College of Charleston | 49500 | 62300 | 0.2053 | 10,596 | 1234 | 0.73 | |
| 158 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 50300 | 52900 | 0.0485 | 14,834 | 1149 | 0.7803 | |
| 159 | University of Utah | 51100 | 53700 | 0.0478 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 160 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 54900 | 68800 | 0.2022 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 161 | Molloy University | 55800 | 62300 | 0.1044 | 3,396 | 1188 | 0.6633 | |
| 162 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58400 | 63600 | 0.0818 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 163 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 58600 | 61200 | 0.0419 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 164 | Rutgers University-Newark | 60500 | 60500 | 0 | 7,989 | 1159 | 0.7136 | |
| 165 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 60700 | 63600 | 0.0456 | 1,078 | 1217 | 0.9646 | |
| 166 | Clemson University | 61100 | 63700 | 0.0403 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 167 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 63700 | 63700 | 0 | 1,709 | 1218 | 0.9653 | |
| 168 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver | 63900 | 63900 | 0 | 475 | 1195 | 0.9418 | |
| 169 | Fordham University | 74500 | 143900 | 0.4824 | 10,582 | 1406 | 0.5931 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.