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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 Arkansas.
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 Arkansas.
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 | California Institute of Technology | 4600 | 90300 | 0.9489 | 987 | 1557 | 0.0257 | |
| 2 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 6800 | 94100 | 0.928 | 9,157 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 3 | CUNY Bernard M Baruch College | 7700 | 34500 | 0.7763 | 16,086 | 1293 | 0.5117 | |
| 4 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 9400 | 20000 | 0.5299 | 3,207 | 1050 | 0.8034 | |
| 5 | New Mexico Highlands University | 10500 | 21500 | 0.5112 | 1,710 | 945 | 0.9481 | |
| 5 | Valdosta State University | 10500 | 24800 | 0.5776 | 7,206 | 1015 | 0.7214 | |
| 7 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 11700 | 27800 | 0.579 | 21,075 | 1420 | 0.1534 | |
| 8 | Christopher Newport University | 11800 | 32800 | 0.6403 | 4,407 | 1209 | 0.8796 | |
| 9 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 11900 | 34300 | 0.6527 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 10 | Fairmont State University | 12400 | 21400 | 0.4211 | 3,060 | 1005 | 0.9924 | |
| 11 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 13000 | 37100 | 0.6491 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 12 | Fort Hays State University | 13600 | 22000 | 0.382 | 10,206 | 1120 | 0.9177 | |
| 13 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 32200 | 0.5744 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 14 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 13900 | 19400 | 0.2836 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
| 14 | University of South Florida | 13900 | 17100 | 0.187 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 16 | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | 14000 | 19600 | 0.2856 | 10,656 | 1075 | 0.7289 | |
| 17 | University of North Florida | 14100 | 22400 | 0.371 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
| 18 | Goshen College | 14800 | 55800 | 0.7345 | 780 | 995 | 0.8404 | |
| 19 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 15200 | 35700 | 0.5744 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 19 | University of North Texas | 15200 | 25400 | 0.4022 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 21 | Coastal Carolina University | 15500 | 27200 | 0.4302 | 10,811 | 1145 | 0.7527 | |
| 21 | Concord University | 15500 | 31700 | 0.5108 | 1,609 | 990 | 0.9256 | |
| 21 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 15500 | 27700 | 0.4405 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 24 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver | 15600 | 35400 | 0.5588 | 482 | 1195 | 0.9565 | |
| 25 | University of California-Riverside | 15700 | 36500 | 0.5695 | 22,599 | 1199 | 0.7685 | |
| 26 | Wayne State College | 15800 | 26400 | 0.402 | 3,902 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 27 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 16100 | 28800 | 0.4408 | 7,595 | 1075 | 0.9226 | |
| 28 | 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 | |
| 29 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 16500 | 26800 | 0.3845 | 4,478 | 1065 | 0.8132 | |
| 31 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 16600 | 42300 | 0.6078 | 10,049 | 1005 | 0.9234 | |
| 32 | Northeastern University | 16700 | 89900 | 0.8146 | 22,695 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 32 | Northwestern University | 16700 | 89500 | 0.8138 | 8,846 | 1513 | 0.0722 | |
| 34 | Arkansas State University | 17000 | 28100 | 0.3963 | 9,985 | 1075 | 0.7959 | |
| 34 | Jacksonville State University | 17000 | 26600 | 0.3612 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 36 | Emporia State University | 17100 | 27000 | 0.3668 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 37 | Dickinson State University | 17400 | 23700 | 0.2654 | 1,339 | 1005 | 0.3695 | |
| 38 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 17700 | 33600 | 0.4728 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 39 | Georgia Southern University | 18100 | 23800 | 0.2399 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 40 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 18300 | 20300 | 0.0985 | 1,919 | 1245 | 0.7844 | |
| 41 | Florida Memorial University | 18700 | 46100 | 0.5945 | 1,299 | 0 | 0.7431 | |
| 42 | University of Houston-Victoria | 18900 | 34400 | 0.4509 | 2,707 | 930 | 0.7671 | |
| 43 | Coppin State University | 19200 | 43100 | 0.555 | 1,810 | 950 | 0.4956 | |
| 43 | University of Illinois Chicago | 19200 | 30300 | 0.366 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 43 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 19200 | 27000 | 0.2893 | 7,505 | 1059 | 0.9633 | |
| 46 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Schuylkill | 19400 | 32900 | 0.4109 | 624 | 1115 | 0.9664 | |
| 47 | San Jose State University | 19500 | 29900 | 0.3476 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 48 | Savannah State University | 19800 | 27300 | 0.2742 | 2,857 | 950 | 0.8368 | |
| 49 | Towson University | 19900 | 30000 | 0.3362 | 16,264 | 1093 | 0.8198 | |
| 50 | University of Colorado Boulder | 20100 | 30600 | 0.3431 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
| 51 | Alabama State University | 20200 | 37400 | 0.4592 | 3,322 | 945 | 0.9564 | |
| 52 | Dakota State University | 20400 | 22500 | 0.0912 | 3,066 | 1192 | 0.8814 | |
| 53 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 20500 | 36200 | 0.4339 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 54 | Central College | 20600 | 36800 | 0.44 | 1,084 | 1140 | 0.8617 | |
| 55 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 20700 | 57800 | 0.6418 | 1,083 | 1205 | 0.9278 | |
| 56 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27100 | 0.2289 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 57 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 21200 | 30300 | 0.3 | 1,809 | 1109 | 0.9484 | |
| 58 | Luther College | 21400 | 71900 | 0.7025 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.8402 | |
| 58 | University of North Georgia | 21400 | 21400 | 0 | 18,329 | 1100 | 0.6794 | |
| 60 | Pennsylvania Western University | 21500 | 29400 | 0.2688 | 7,586 | 1070 | 0.9433 | |
| 60 | Rutgers University-Newark | 21500 | 38900 | 0.4474 | 7,417 | 1214 | 0.7873 | |
| 62 | Cleveland State University | 21600 | 30900 | 0.3006 | 9,418 | 1005 | 0.913 | |
| 63 | Radford University | 21800 | 21900 | 0.0046 | 6,161 | 1070 | 0.8953 | |
| 64 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 22000 | 34400 | 0.3604 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 64 | Stockton University | 22000 | 32100 | 0.3145 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 66 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 22500 | 32000 | 0.2967 | 5,205 | 1118 | 0.744 | |
| 67 | Bradley University | 22600 | 50900 | 0.556 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 68 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 23000 | 36400 | 0.3677 | 2,884 | 1175 | 0.9677 | |
| 69 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 23200 | 33800 | 0.3133 | 502 | 1204 | 0.9641 | |
| 69 | Robert Morris University | 23200 | 58000 | 0.5998 | 3,769 | 1180 | 0.9057 | |
| 71 | Averett University | 23300 | 57200 | 0.593 | 1,180 | 1010 | 0.478 | |
| 72 | Syracuse University | 23500 | 83100 | 0.7172 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 73 | University of Kentucky | 23800 | 36000 | 0.3388 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 74 | Dominican University | 24000 | 56000 | 0.5714 | 2,690 | 1035 | 0.9032 | |
| 75 | Bemidji State University | 24200 | 26400 | 0.0835 | 3,610 | 1110 | 0.9131 | |
| 76 | Grambling State University | 24300 | 26700 | 0.09 | 4,279 | 965 | 0.2368 | |
| 77 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 24400 | 26600 | 0.0828 | 3,413 | 1085 | 0.5295 | |
| 77 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 24400 | 39200 | 0.3776 | 28,674 | 980 | 0.9401 | |
| 79 | Western Oregon University | 24600 | 24600 | 0 | 3,343 | 1120 | 0.9871 | |
| 80 | Boston College | 25100 | 94600 | 0.7347 | 9,654 | 1490 | 0.1619 | |
| 80 | Elmhurst University | 25100 | 67000 | 0.6256 | 3,170 | 1148 | 0.7357 | |
| 80 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 25100 | 62200 | 0.5969 | 686 | 1030 | 0.8649 | |
| 83 | Houghton University | 25200 | 35500 | 0.29 | 939 | 1277 | 0.8866 | |
| 84 | University of Arkansas | 25500 | 30800 | 0.1724 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 85 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 25700 | 35700 | 0.2803 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 86 | Bethune-Cookman University | 25900 | 32700 | 0.208 | 2,739 | 910 | 0.8824 | |
| 86 | Kennesaw State University | 25900 | 25900 | 0 | 42,840 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 86 | Northwood University | 25900 | 54500 | 0.5252 | 1,989 | 1075 | 0.839 | |
| 86 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 25900 | 37400 | 0.3079 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 90 | Doane University | 26000 | 62800 | 0.5861 | 1,323 | 1125 | 0.9801 | |
| 91 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 26200 | 28400 | 0.0776 | 14,504 | 1145 | 0.7637 | |
| 91 | Westfield State University | 26200 | 39000 | 0.3278 | 3,868 | 1105 | 0.8671 | |
| 93 | Norwich University | 26300 | 70900 | 0.6293 | 2,642 | 1209 | 0.7361 | |
| 94 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 26600 | 36800 | 0.2771 | 1,880 | 1185 | 0.9867 | |
| 95 | Columbia College | 26800 | 41300 | 0.3514 | 876 | 1025 | 0.8878 | |
| 96 | Northern Kentucky University | 27200 | 31600 | 0.1391 | 10,163 | 1090 | 0.8307 | |
| 97 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 27600 | 40300 | 0.315 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 98 | Saint Xavier University | 27900 | 52000 | 0.4634 | 3,039 | 1125 | 0.8575 | |
| 99 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 28000 | 28000 | 0 | 10,767 | 1326 | 0.7243 | |
| 99 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 28000 | 28000 | 0 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 101 | Grand Valley State University | 28500 | 35700 | 0.2017 | 19,002 | 1233 | 0.8302 | |
| 102 | James Madison University | 28600 | 28600 | 0 | 21,112 | 1260 | 0.7151 | |
| 102 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 31500 | 0.0921 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 104 | Mercy University | 28800 | 44500 | 0.353 | 6,775 | 1074 | 0.8584 | |
| 104 | University of Utah | 28800 | 32000 | 0.1002 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 106 | George Fox University | 28900 | 67100 | 0.5697 | 3,401 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 107 | West Virginia Wesleyan College | 29100 | 52800 | 0.4491 | 938 | 1090 | 0.951 | |
| 108 | Furman University | 29200 | 79600 | 0.6329 | 2,383 | 1359 | 0.4295 | |
| 108 | Lincoln University | 29200 | 40900 | 0.2859 | 1,707 | 920 | 0 | |
| 110 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 29900 | 38200 | 0.2175 | 6,550 | 1140 | 0.7456 | |
| 110 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 29900 | 30000 | 0.0033 | 18,428 | 1090 | 0.9529 | |
| 112 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 30000 | 51100 | 0.4131 | 1,477 | 1075 | 0.8068 | |
| 113 | University of South Alabama | 30300 | 35000 | 0.1343 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 114 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 30400 | 54700 | 0.4429 | 1,409 | 1110 | 0.6327 | |
| 115 | Albright College | 30500 | 48700 | 0.3738 | 1,328 | 1050 | 0.8615 | |
| 115 | SUNY at Fredonia | 30500 | 39600 | 0.2301 | 2,876 | 1193 | 0.792 | |
| 117 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30600 | 54600 | 0.4397 | 3,163 | 1165 | 0.9347 | |
| 118 | Harding University | 30800 | 47000 | 0.3448 | 3,523 | 1193 | 0.3942 | |
| 118 | University of Toledo | 30800 | 42000 | 0.267 | 11,013 | 1159 | 0.9202 | |
| 120 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1150 | 0.9523 | |
| 120 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 30900 | 36700 | 0.1581 | 5,789 | 1115 | 0.5774 | |
| 122 | SUNY Brockport | 31100 | 37900 | 0.1794 | 5,816 | 1195 | 0.7068 | |
| 123 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 31400 | 31400 | 0 | 6,853 | 1090 | 0.7147 | |
| 123 | State University of New York at Oswego | 31400 | 38300 | 0.1799 | 5,517 | 1174 | 0.8057 | |
| 123 | Thomas Jefferson University | 31400 | 67700 | 0.5361 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 126 | Washington Adventist University | 31500 | 37800 | 0.1668 | 605 | 950 | 0.4536 | |
| 127 | Angelo State University | 31700 | 35400 | 0.1047 | 9,779 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 128 | CUNY Brooklyn College | 31800 | 31800 | 0 | 11,562 | 1110 | 0.5836 | |
| 128 | Saint Michael's College | 31800 | 68400 | 0.5348 | 1,120 | 1240 | 0.8451 | |
| 130 | Hampton University | 32200 | 47000 | 0.315 | 3,728 | 956 | 0.6225 | |
| 131 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32300 | 34700 | 0.0691 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 132 | University of Scranton | 32400 | 78700 | 0.5881 | 3,613 | 1220 | 0.812 | |
| 133 | California Lutheran University | 32700 | 65800 | 0.5027 | 2,297 | 1258 | 0.7567 | |
| 134 | Frostburg State University | 32800 | 43100 | 0.239 | 2,619 | 1082 | 0.892 | |
| 135 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 33200 | 44100 | 0.2471 | 581 | 1129 | 0.9821 | |
| 136 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 15,130 | 0 | 0.5256 | |
| 137 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 33400 | 40900 | 0.1835 | 1,236 | 1203 | 0.9811 | |
| 138 | Elizabethtown College | 33700 | 54600 | 0.383 | 1,903 | 1214 | 0.7787 | |
| 138 | George Washington University | 33700 | 81800 | 0.5882 | 11,677 | 1421 | 0.4709 | |
| 140 | Wilkes University | 33800 | 61900 | 0.454 | 1,956 | 1153 | 0.9146 | |
| 141 | LeTourneau University | 34000 | 54600 | 0.3772 | 3,184 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 142 | Morgan State University | 34500 | 37200 | 0.0726 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 143 | DePaul University | 35000 | 59100 | 0.4076 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 144 | Adelphi University | 35100 | 63300 | 0.4454 | 5,325 | 1218 | 0.6591 | |
| 144 | City University of Seattle | 35100 | 45400 | 0.227 | 1,180 | 0 | 0.9025 | |
| 146 | Stevenson University | 35300 | 59900 | 0.4105 | 3,106 | 1100 | 0.7891 | |
| 147 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 35500 | 38700 | 0.0828 | 5,086 | 1000 | 0.9821 | |
| 148 | Salisbury University | 35900 | 40900 | 0.1224 | 6,288 | 1250 | 0.8747 | |
| 149 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 36000 | 42400 | 0.1509 | 31,112 | 1130 | 0.8129 | |
| 150 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 36100 | 56300 | 0.3588 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 151 | Mercer University | 36300 | 60500 | 0.4 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
| 152 | Immaculata University | 37000 | 47800 | 0.2257 | 1,652 | 1245 | 0.8578 | |
| 153 | East Carolina University | 37100 | 40100 | 0.0748 | 21,445 | 1120 | 0.8922 | |
| 154 | University of Michigan-Flint | 37300 | 39400 | 0.0533 | 5,011 | 1103 | 0.7047 | |
| 155 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 37400 | 41600 | 0.101 | 5,187 | 1005 | 0.9229 | |
| 156 | Suffolk University | 38400 | 73600 | 0.4785 | 4,324 | 1209 | 0.822 | |
| 157 | Wayne State University | 39600 | 45500 | 0.1296 | 16,173 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
| 158 | Pace University | 39700 | 74100 | 0.464 | 8,038 | 1274 | 0.7592 | |
| 159 | Stony Brook University | 39800 | 53000 | 0.2491 | 18,263 | 1395 | 0.4904 | |
| 160 | McKendree University | 40000 | 52200 | 0.2338 | 1,605 | 1098 | 0.6388 | |
| 161 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 40500 | 40500 | 0 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 162 | Loyola University Maryland | 41900 | 78800 | 0.4684 | 3,881 | 1309 | 0.7549 | |
| 163 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 43000 | 55100 | 0.2197 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 164 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4481 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
| 165 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 43800 | 57100 | 0.2315 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 166 | CUNY Graduate School and University Center | 43900 | 43900 | 0 | 3,237 | 0 | 0.3861 | |
| 167 | CUNY Lehman College | 44300 | 45800 | 0.0328 | 11,217 | 1020 | 0.4601 | |
| 168 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 47700 | 56200 | 0.1512 | 3,965 | 1229 | 0.9121 | |
| 169 | Ramapo College of New Jersey | 47800 | 48100 | 0.0062 | 5,444 | 1214 | 0.7064 | |
| 170 | Molloy University | 48200 | 62300 | 0.2265 | 3,240 | 1199 | 0.8174 | |
| 170 | University of Mount Olive | 48200 | 50400 | 0.0438 | 1,937 | 945 | 0.7775 | |
| 172 | College of Charleston | 49400 | 59000 | 0.1627 | 10,880 | 1255 | 0.6003 | |
| 173 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 50300 | 56400 | 0.1081 | 10,200 | 1346 | 0.6507 | |
| 174 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 50900 | 84200 | 0.3956 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 175 | Drexel University | 51100 | 82600 | 0.3812 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 176 | Fordham University | 52900 | 94600 | 0.441 | 10,307 | 1415 | 0.5628 | |
| 177 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
| 178 | Clemson University | 61400 | 63700 | 0.0346 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 179 | Thiel College | 67800 | 69100 | 0.0188 | 831 | 1065 | 0.7189 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.