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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 | 5900 | 34100 | 0.8272 | 3,237 | 0 | 0.3861 | |
| 2 | California Institute of Technology | 7600 | 90300 | 0.9157 | 987 | 1557 | 0.0257 | |
| 3 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8900 | 94100 | 0.9057 | 9,157 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 4 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 9400 | 30500 | 0.6917 | 3,207 | 1050 | 0.8034 | |
| 5 | New Mexico Highlands University | 10400 | 21500 | 0.5158 | 1,710 | 945 | 0.9481 | |
| 6 | Valdosta State University | 10500 | 24800 | 0.5776 | 7,206 | 1015 | 0.7214 | |
| 7 | Christopher Newport University | 11800 | 32800 | 0.6403 | 4,407 | 1209 | 0.8796 | |
| 8 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 12000 | 27800 | 0.5675 | 21,075 | 1420 | 0.1534 | |
| 9 | Northern Kentucky University | 12700 | 25900 | 0.5105 | 10,163 | 1090 | 0.8307 | |
| 10 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 12900 | 37100 | 0.6518 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 11 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 13200 | 24000 | 0.4499 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 12 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 13300 | 13300 | 0 | 18,428 | 1090 | 0.9529 | |
| 13 | Fort Hays State University | 13400 | 22000 | 0.3911 | 10,206 | 1120 | 0.9177 | |
| 14 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 32200 | 0.5744 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 15 | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | 13900 | 19600 | 0.2907 | 10,656 | 1075 | 0.7289 | |
| 16 | University of North Alabama | 14100 | 28200 | 0.501 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 17 | Alabama State University | 14400 | 28100 | 0.4859 | 3,322 | 945 | 0.9564 | |
| 18 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver | 15100 | 35400 | 0.5729 | 482 | 1195 | 0.9565 | |
| 19 | Coastal Carolina University | 15400 | 27200 | 0.4339 | 10,811 | 1145 | 0.7527 | |
| 20 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 15500 | 27700 | 0.4405 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 21 | Goshen College | 15600 | 55800 | 0.7198 | 780 | 995 | 0.8404 | |
| 22 | Dickinson State University | 15700 | 21600 | 0.2737 | 1,339 | 1005 | 0.3695 | |
| 22 | Northeastern University | 15700 | 89900 | 0.8257 | 22,695 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 24 | Wayne State College | 15800 | 26400 | 0.402 | 3,902 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 25 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 15900 | 28800 | 0.4478 | 7,595 | 1075 | 0.9226 | |
| 25 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 15900 | 25800 | 0.3835 | 5,187 | 1005 | 0.9229 | |
| 27 | Grand Valley State University | 16200 | 25300 | 0.3601 | 19,002 | 1233 | 0.8302 | |
| 27 | Southern University at New Orleans | 16200 | 31600 | 0.4872 | 1,773 | 885 | 0.6021 | |
| 29 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 16600 | 42300 | 0.6078 | 10,049 | 1005 | 0.9234 | |
| 30 | Jacksonville State University | 17000 | 26600 | 0.3617 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 30 | Northwestern University | 17000 | 89500 | 0.8104 | 8,846 | 1513 | 0.0722 | |
| 32 | University of South Florida | 17100 | 17100 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 33 | Georgia Southern University | 17900 | 23800 | 0.2483 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 34 | State University of New York at Oswego | 18600 | 27500 | 0.3235 | 5,517 | 1174 | 0.8057 | |
| 35 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Schuylkill | 19000 | 32900 | 0.4231 | 624 | 1115 | 0.9664 | |
| 36 | University of Houston-Victoria | 19100 | 34400 | 0.445 | 2,707 | 930 | 0.7671 | |
| 36 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 19100 | 27000 | 0.293 | 7,505 | 1059 | 0.9633 | |
| 38 | Coppin State University | 19200 | 43100 | 0.555 | 1,810 | 950 | 0.4956 | |
| 39 | San Jose State University | 19300 | 29900 | 0.3542 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 40 | University of Illinois Chicago | 19400 | 30300 | 0.3594 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 41 | Towson University | 19500 | 30000 | 0.3495 | 16,264 | 1093 | 0.8198 | |
| 42 | Savannah State University | 19800 | 27300 | 0.2742 | 2,857 | 950 | 0.8368 | |
| 43 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 20000 | 27200 | 0.265 | 31,112 | 1130 | 0.8129 | |
| 44 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 20100 | 38800 | 0.4812 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 45 | Florida Memorial University | 20200 | 46100 | 0.5619 | 1,299 | 0 | 0.7431 | |
| 46 | University of Colorado Boulder | 20400 | 30600 | 0.3333 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
| 47 | Central College | 20600 | 36800 | 0.44 | 1,084 | 1140 | 0.8617 | |
| 48 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 21000 | 57800 | 0.6362 | 1,083 | 1205 | 0.9278 | |
| 49 | University of North Georgia | 21400 | 21400 | 0 | 18,329 | 1100 | 0.6794 | |
| 50 | Rutgers University-Newark | 21500 | 38900 | 0.4474 | 7,417 | 1214 | 0.7873 | |
| 51 | Luther College | 21600 | 71900 | 0.699 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.8402 | |
| 52 | Radford University | 21700 | 21900 | 0.0091 | 6,161 | 1070 | 0.8953 | |
| 53 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 22000 | 33000 | 0.333 | 581 | 1129 | 0.9821 | |
| 54 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 22400 | 32000 | 0.2999 | 5,205 | 1118 | 0.744 | |
| 54 | University of North Florida | 22400 | 22400 | 0 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
| 56 | Fairmont State University | 22500 | 32000 | 0.2972 | 3,060 | 1005 | 0.9924 | |
| 57 | Bradley University | 22800 | 50900 | 0.5521 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 57 | Robert Morris University | 22800 | 56300 | 0.5949 | 3,769 | 1180 | 0.9057 | |
| 59 | Dakota State University | 23100 | 25600 | 0.0977 | 3,066 | 1192 | 0.8814 | |
| 60 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 23400 | 33800 | 0.3074 | 502 | 1204 | 0.9641 | |
| 61 | Bemidji State University | 24500 | 26400 | 0.0714 | 3,610 | 1110 | 0.9131 | |
| 61 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 24500 | 39200 | 0.3751 | 28,674 | 980 | 0.9401 | |
| 63 | Western Oregon University | 24600 | 24600 | 0 | 3,343 | 1120 | 0.9871 | |
| 64 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 24800 | 26600 | 0.0708 | 3,413 | 1085 | 0.5295 | |
| 65 | Dominican University | 25000 | 55500 | 0.5494 | 2,690 | 1035 | 0.9032 | |
| 65 | McKendree University | 25000 | 55500 | 0.5493 | 1,605 | 1098 | 0.6388 | |
| 65 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 25000 | 51700 | 0.5162 | 1,409 | 1110 | 0.6327 | |
| 68 | Elmhurst University | 25200 | 67000 | 0.6241 | 3,170 | 1148 | 0.7357 | |
| 68 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 25200 | 62200 | 0.5953 | 686 | 1030 | 0.8649 | |
| 70 | Houghton University | 25300 | 35500 | 0.2872 | 939 | 1277 | 0.8866 | |
| 71 | University of North Texas | 25400 | 25400 | 0 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 72 | Boston College | 25600 | 94600 | 0.7294 | 9,654 | 1490 | 0.1619 | |
| 73 | Doane University | 25900 | 62800 | 0.5877 | 1,323 | 1125 | 0.9801 | |
| 73 | Kennesaw State University | 25900 | 25900 | 0 | 42,840 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 73 | Northwood University | 25900 | 54500 | 0.5252 | 1,989 | 1075 | 0.839 | |
| 73 | Norwich University | 25900 | 70900 | 0.6349 | 2,642 | 1209 | 0.7361 | |
| 77 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 26000 | 36500 | 0.2873 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 78 | Bethune-Cookman University | 26100 | 32700 | 0.2019 | 2,739 | 910 | 0.8824 | |
| 78 | Stony Brook University | 26100 | 33200 | 0.2129 | 18,263 | 1395 | 0.4904 | |
| 80 | Westfield State University | 26200 | 39000 | 0.3278 | 3,868 | 1105 | 0.8671 | |
| 81 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 26500 | 28400 | 0.0663 | 14,504 | 1145 | 0.7637 | |
| 81 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 26500 | 51100 | 0.4817 | 1,477 | 1075 | 0.8068 | |
| 83 | Columbia College | 26800 | 41300 | 0.3514 | 876 | 1025 | 0.8878 | |
| 84 | Pennsylvania Western University | 27000 | 35600 | 0.2418 | 7,586 | 1070 | 0.9433 | |
| 85 | Saint Xavier University | 27300 | 52000 | 0.4749 | 3,039 | 1125 | 0.8575 | |
| 86 | Emporia State University | 27400 | 37700 | 0.273 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 87 | Troy University | 27500 | 32600 | 0.1564 | 10,222 | 1090 | 0.9604 | |
| 88 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 27800 | 41900 | 0.3364 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 89 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 28000 | 40300 | 0.3053 | 10,767 | 1326 | 0.7243 | |
| 89 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 28000 | 28000 | 0 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 91 | Cleveland State University | 28200 | 37300 | 0.2441 | 9,418 | 1005 | 0.913 | |
| 92 | James Madison University | 28600 | 28600 | 0 | 21,112 | 1260 | 0.7151 | |
| 93 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28700 | 31500 | 0.0889 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 94 | Mercy University | 28900 | 44500 | 0.3507 | 6,775 | 1074 | 0.8584 | |
| 95 | George Fox University | 29000 | 67100 | 0.5682 | 3,401 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 96 | Lincoln University | 29100 | 40900 | 0.2884 | 1,707 | 920 | 0 | |
| 96 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 29100 | 44100 | 0.3404 | 352 | 1180 | 0.9647 | |
| 96 | University of Utah | 29100 | 32000 | 0.0902 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 99 | Concord University | 29200 | 46500 | 0.372 | 1,609 | 990 | 0.9256 | |
| 99 | Furman University | 29200 | 79600 | 0.6329 | 2,383 | 1359 | 0.4295 | |
| 99 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 29200 | 39700 | 0.2646 | 4,478 | 1065 | 0.8132 | |
| 102 | Frostburg State University | 29300 | 43100 | 0.3202 | 2,619 | 1082 | 0.892 | |
| 103 | University of South Alabama | 29600 | 35000 | 0.1543 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 104 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 30000 | 38200 | 0.2149 | 6,550 | 1140 | 0.7456 | |
| 105 | Syracuse University | 30400 | 83100 | 0.6342 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 106 | SUNY at Fredonia | 30500 | 39600 | 0.2301 | 2,876 | 1193 | 0.792 | |
| 107 | Averett University | 30600 | 57200 | 0.4653 | 1,180 | 1010 | 0.478 | |
| 108 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 30800 | 52900 | 0.4179 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 109 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1150 | 0.9523 | |
| 109 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30900 | 54600 | 0.4339 | 3,163 | 1165 | 0.9347 | |
| 109 | West Virginia Wesleyan College | 30900 | 52800 | 0.4146 | 938 | 1090 | 0.951 | |
| 112 | University of Kentucky | 31000 | 36000 | 0.139 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 113 | SUNY Brockport | 31100 | 37900 | 0.1794 | 5,816 | 1195 | 0.7068 | |
| 113 | University of Toledo | 31100 | 42000 | 0.2594 | 11,013 | 1159 | 0.9202 | |
| 115 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 31400 | 31400 | 0 | 6,853 | 1090 | 0.7147 | |
| 116 | Washington Adventist University | 31500 | 37800 | 0.1668 | 605 | 950 | 0.4536 | |
| 117 | Thomas Jefferson University | 31700 | 67700 | 0.5316 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 117 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 31700 | 36700 | 0.1363 | 5,789 | 1115 | 0.5774 | |
| 119 | CUNY Brooklyn College | 31800 | 31800 | 0 | 11,562 | 1110 | 0.5836 | |
| 120 | Albright College | 31900 | 48700 | 0.345 | 1,328 | 1050 | 0.8615 | |
| 120 | Harding University | 31900 | 43800 | 0.2712 | 3,523 | 1193 | 0.3942 | |
| 122 | Angelo State University | 32000 | 35400 | 0.0956 | 9,779 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 123 | Saint Michael's College | 32100 | 68400 | 0.5304 | 1,120 | 1240 | 0.8451 | |
| 124 | Hampton University | 32200 | 47000 | 0.315 | 3,728 | 956 | 0.6225 | |
| 125 | University of Scranton | 32400 | 76300 | 0.5751 | 3,613 | 1220 | 0.812 | |
| 126 | California Lutheran University | 32600 | 65800 | 0.5042 | 2,297 | 1258 | 0.7567 | |
| 127 | Grambling State University | 33100 | 35300 | 0.0624 | 4,279 | 965 | 0.2368 | |
| 128 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 15,130 | 0 | 0.5256 | |
| 129 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 33400 | 54600 | 0.3881 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 130 | Elizabethtown College | 33800 | 54600 | 0.3812 | 1,903 | 1214 | 0.7787 | |
| 130 | George Washington University | 33800 | 81800 | 0.587 | 11,677 | 1421 | 0.4709 | |
| 130 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 33800 | 40900 | 0.1737 | 1,236 | 1203 | 0.9811 | |
| 133 | Wilkes University | 33900 | 61900 | 0.4516 | 1,956 | 1153 | 0.9146 | |
| 134 | LeTourneau University | 34100 | 54600 | 0.3754 | 3,184 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 135 | Stockton University | 34300 | 44500 | 0.2293 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 136 | Morgan State University | 34500 | 37200 | 0.0726 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 137 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 34700 | 34700 | 0 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 138 | DePaul University | 35100 | 59100 | 0.4059 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 139 | Stevenson University | 35300 | 59900 | 0.4105 | 3,106 | 1100 | 0.7891 | |
| 139 | University of Mount Olive | 35300 | 35300 | 0 | 1,937 | 945 | 0.7775 | |
| 141 | Adelphi University | 35400 | 63300 | 0.4403 | 5,325 | 1218 | 0.6591 | |
| 142 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 35500 | 49600 | 0.2841 | 1,809 | 1109 | 0.9484 | |
| 143 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 35800 | 38700 | 0.0746 | 5,086 | 1000 | 0.9821 | |
| 144 | Salisbury University | 36000 | 40900 | 0.1199 | 6,288 | 1250 | 0.8747 | |
| 145 | Mercer University | 36400 | 60500 | 0.3984 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
| 145 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 36400 | 56300 | 0.3531 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 147 | East Carolina University | 37100 | 40100 | 0.0748 | 21,445 | 1120 | 0.8922 | |
| 148 | Immaculata University | 37200 | 47800 | 0.2215 | 1,652 | 1245 | 0.8578 | |
| 149 | University of Michigan-Flint | 37400 | 39400 | 0.0508 | 5,011 | 1103 | 0.7047 | |
| 150 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 37600 | 38100 | 0.0131 | 2,884 | 1175 | 0.9677 | |
| 150 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 37600 | 38900 | 0.0334 | 1,919 | 1245 | 0.7844 | |
| 152 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38400 | 38400 | 0 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
| 153 | Suffolk University | 38600 | 73600 | 0.4758 | 4,324 | 1209 | 0.822 | |
| 154 | Wayne State University | 39600 | 45500 | 0.1296 | 16,173 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
| 155 | Pace University | 39800 | 74100 | 0.4627 | 8,038 | 1274 | 0.7592 | |
| 156 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 40300 | 40300 | 0 | 1,880 | 1185 | 0.9867 | |
| 157 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 40500 | 40500 | 0 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 158 | Loyola University Maryland | 42000 | 78800 | 0.4671 | 3,881 | 1309 | 0.7549 | |
| 159 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 43000 | 54900 | 0.2169 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 160 | Fordham University | 43200 | 94600 | 0.5436 | 10,307 | 1415 | 0.5628 | |
| 161 | CUNY Bernard M Baruch College | 43400 | 43400 | 0 | 16,086 | 1293 | 0.5117 | |
| 162 | Merrimack College | 43700 | 78800 | 0.4453 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
| 163 | University of California-Riverside | 43900 | 66400 | 0.3388 | 22,599 | 1199 | 0.7685 | |
| 163 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43900 | 52900 | 0.1701 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 165 | City University of Seattle | 44200 | 45400 | 0.0264 | 1,180 | 0 | 0.9025 | |
| 165 | CUNY Lehman College | 44200 | 45800 | 0.0349 | 11,217 | 1020 | 0.4601 | |
| 167 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 45200 | 57100 | 0.2083 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 168 | Ramapo College of New Jersey | 47900 | 48100 | 0.0042 | 5,444 | 1214 | 0.7064 | |
| 169 | Molloy University | 48200 | 62300 | 0.2265 | 3,240 | 1199 | 0.8174 | |
| 170 | College of Charleston | 49700 | 59000 | 0.1577 | 10,880 | 1255 | 0.6003 | |
| 171 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 50300 | 56200 | 0.1049 | 3,965 | 1229 | 0.9121 | |
| 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 | 51200 | 84200 | 0.392 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 175 | Drexel University | 51300 | 82600 | 0.3788 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 176 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
| 177 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 57100 | 58900 | 0.032 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 178 | Clemson University | 61800 | 63700 | 0.0296 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 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.