Recent Articles
Considering a degree in Information Science/Studies?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Information Science/Studies majors who live in California.
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 California.
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 | Antelope Valley Community College District | 6200 | 12900 | 0.5181 | 12,937 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | Santa Ana College | 6300 | 30400 | 0.792 | 26,073 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 6700 | 39100 | 0.8296 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 5 | California Institute of Technology | 7100 | 90300 | 0.9212 | 987 | 1557 | 0.0257 | |
| 5 | Santa Monica College | 7100 | 15500 | 0.5427 | 23,164 | 0 | 0.4384 | |
| 7 | CUNY Bernard M Baruch College | 7700 | 34500 | 0.7763 | 16,086 | 1293 | 0.5117 | |
| 8 | CUNY Brooklyn College | 8500 | 31800 | 0.7337 | 11,562 | 1110 | 0.5836 | |
| 9 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 9400 | 20000 | 0.5299 | 3,207 | 1050 | 0.8034 | |
| 10 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 10200 | 94100 | 0.8919 | 9,157 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 11 | New Mexico Highlands University | 10400 | 21500 | 0.5158 | 1,710 | 945 | 0.9481 | |
| 11 | Valdosta State University | 10400 | 24800 | 0.5817 | 7,206 | 1015 | 0.7214 | |
| 13 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 11300 | 34300 | 0.6702 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 14 | Savannah State University | 11400 | 17400 | 0.3441 | 2,857 | 950 | 0.8368 | |
| 15 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 11800 | 27800 | 0.5744 | 21,075 | 1420 | 0.1534 | |
| 16 | Christopher Newport University | 11900 | 33900 | 0.6489 | 4,407 | 1209 | 0.8796 | |
| 17 | Fairmont State University | 12200 | 21400 | 0.4304 | 3,060 | 1005 | 0.9924 | |
| 18 | Northern Kentucky University | 13000 | 25900 | 0.4989 | 10,163 | 1090 | 0.8307 | |
| 19 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 13100 | 37100 | 0.6464 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 20 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 32200 | 0.5744 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 21 | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | 13800 | 19600 | 0.2958 | 10,656 | 1075 | 0.7289 | |
| 22 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 13900 | 19400 | 0.2836 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
| 23 | University of North Florida | 14300 | 22400 | 0.3621 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
| 24 | Goshen College | 14700 | 55800 | 0.7375 | 780 | 995 | 0.8404 | |
| 25 | University of North Texas | 14900 | 25400 | 0.4141 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 26 | Alabama State University | 15000 | 28000 | 0.4634 | 3,322 | 945 | 0.9564 | |
| 27 | Northeastern University | 15300 | 89900 | 0.8302 | 22,695 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 27 | Wayne State College | 15300 | 26400 | 0.421 | 3,902 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 29 | Coastal Carolina University | 15400 | 27200 | 0.4339 | 10,811 | 1145 | 0.7527 | |
| 29 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver | 15400 | 35400 | 0.5645 | 482 | 1195 | 0.9565 | |
| 31 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 15700 | 25800 | 0.3909 | 5,187 | 1005 | 0.9229 | |
| 32 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 15800 | 23400 | 0.3252 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 33 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 16100 | 28800 | 0.4408 | 7,595 | 1075 | 0.9226 | |
| 33 | Southern University at New Orleans | 16100 | 31600 | 0.4903 | 1,773 | 885 | 0.6021 | |
| 35 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 16300 | 42300 | 0.6149 | 10,049 | 1005 | 0.9234 | |
| 36 | SUNY at Fredonia | 16600 | 27800 | 0.4034 | 2,876 | 1193 | 0.792 | |
| 37 | Northwestern University | 16800 | 89500 | 0.8127 | 8,846 | 1513 | 0.0722 | |
| 38 | Dickinson State University | 16900 | 26100 | 0.3523 | 1,339 | 1005 | 0.3695 | |
| 39 | Frostburg State University | 17600 | 26900 | 0.3451 | 2,619 | 1082 | 0.892 | |
| 39 | University of Houston-Victoria | 17600 | 34400 | 0.4887 | 2,707 | 930 | 0.7671 | |
| 41 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 17900 | 33600 | 0.4669 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 42 | Morgan State University | 18000 | 19700 | 0.0864 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 43 | Georgia Southern University | 18300 | 23800 | 0.2315 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 44 | State University of New York at Oswego | 18600 | 27500 | 0.3235 | 5,517 | 1174 | 0.8057 | |
| 45 | Coppin State University | 19100 | 43100 | 0.5573 | 1,810 | 950 | 0.4956 | |
| 46 | University of Illinois Chicago | 19300 | 30300 | 0.3627 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 47 | Westfield State University | 19500 | 32500 | 0.4006 | 3,868 | 1105 | 0.8671 | |
| 48 | Wayne State University | 19800 | 32300 | 0.3875 | 16,173 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
| 49 | Florida Memorial University | 20100 | 46100 | 0.5641 | 1,299 | 0 | 0.7431 | |
| 50 | Central College | 20200 | 36800 | 0.4509 | 1,084 | 1140 | 0.8617 | |
| 50 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 20200 | 38800 | 0.481 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 50 | University of Colorado Boulder | 20200 | 30600 | 0.3398 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
| 53 | East Carolina University | 20800 | 23800 | 0.1258 | 21,445 | 1120 | 0.8922 | |
| 53 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 20800 | 57800 | 0.6395 | 1,083 | 1205 | 0.9278 | |
| 53 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 20800 | 30300 | 0.3132 | 1,809 | 1109 | 0.9484 | |
| 56 | Stockton University | 21300 | 32100 | 0.3363 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 56 | Western Oregon University | 21300 | 24600 | 0.134 | 3,343 | 1120 | 0.9871 | |
| 58 | Luther College | 21500 | 71900 | 0.7011 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.8402 | |
| 58 | Rutgers University-Newark | 21500 | 38900 | 0.4474 | 7,417 | 1214 | 0.7873 | |
| 60 | Bradley University | 21700 | 50900 | 0.5737 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 60 | Cleveland State University | 21700 | 30900 | 0.2974 | 9,418 | 1005 | 0.913 | |
| 62 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 22000 | 33000 | 0.333 | 581 | 1129 | 0.9821 | |
| 63 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 22500 | 32000 | 0.2967 | 5,205 | 1118 | 0.744 | |
| 64 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 22900 | 22900 | 0 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 65 | Dakota State University | 23100 | 25600 | 0.0977 | 3,066 | 1192 | 0.8814 | |
| 66 | Averett University | 23200 | 57200 | 0.5947 | 1,180 | 1010 | 0.478 | |
| 66 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 23200 | 36400 | 0.3622 | 2,884 | 1175 | 0.9677 | |
| 68 | Robert Morris University | 23300 | 58000 | 0.5993 | 3,769 | 1180 | 0.9057 | |
| 69 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 23500 | 39200 | 0.4006 | 28,674 | 980 | 0.9401 | |
| 70 | Syracuse University | 23600 | 83100 | 0.716 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 71 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 24100 | 62200 | 0.613 | 686 | 1030 | 0.8649 | |
| 72 | Bemidji State University | 24300 | 26400 | 0.0786 | 3,610 | 1110 | 0.9131 | |
| 73 | Elmhurst University | 24500 | 67000 | 0.6346 | 3,170 | 1148 | 0.7357 | |
| 74 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 24600 | 26600 | 0.0779 | 3,413 | 1085 | 0.5295 | |
| 75 | Dominican University | 24900 | 55500 | 0.551 | 2,690 | 1035 | 0.9032 | |
| 75 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 24900 | 51700 | 0.5179 | 1,409 | 1110 | 0.6327 | |
| 75 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 24900 | 37400 | 0.3346 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 78 | Houghton University | 25000 | 35500 | 0.2956 | 939 | 1277 | 0.8866 | |
| 79 | Boston College | 25100 | 94600 | 0.7347 | 9,654 | 1490 | 0.1619 | |
| 79 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 25100 | 32200 | 0.2204 | 10,200 | 1346 | 0.6507 | |
| 81 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 25500 | 36500 | 0.301 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 82 | Bethune-Cookman University | 25800 | 32700 | 0.2111 | 2,739 | 910 | 0.8824 | |
| 82 | Northwood University | 25800 | 54500 | 0.5271 | 1,989 | 1075 | 0.839 | |
| 84 | Fort Hays State University | 25900 | 35200 | 0.2645 | 10,206 | 1120 | 0.9177 | |
| 85 | Doane University | 26000 | 62800 | 0.5861 | 1,323 | 1125 | 0.9801 | |
| 86 | Pennsylvania Western University | 26200 | 35600 | 0.2643 | 7,586 | 1070 | 0.9433 | |
| 87 | Norwich University | 26500 | 70900 | 0.6264 | 2,642 | 1209 | 0.7361 | |
| 88 | Columbia College | 26700 | 41300 | 0.3538 | 876 | 1025 | 0.8878 | |
| 89 | University of North Georgia | 26900 | 35500 | 0.2422 | 18,329 | 1100 | 0.6794 | |
| 90 | Emporia State University | 27000 | 37700 | 0.2836 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 90 | Kennesaw State University | 27000 | 27000 | 0 | 42,840 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 90 | Saint Xavier University | 27000 | 52000 | 0.4807 | 3,039 | 1125 | 0.8575 | |
| 93 | Grand Valley State University | 27700 | 35700 | 0.2241 | 19,002 | 1233 | 0.8302 | |
| 94 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 28000 | 28000 | 0 | 10,767 | 1326 | 0.7243 | |
| 95 | Jacksonville State University | 28200 | 38200 | 0.2616 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 95 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 28200 | 41900 | 0.3269 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 97 | George Fox University | 28300 | 67100 | 0.5787 | 3,401 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 98 | Mercy University | 28400 | 44500 | 0.3619 | 6,775 | 1074 | 0.8584 | |
| 99 | Concord University | 28500 | 46500 | 0.387 | 1,609 | 990 | 0.9256 | |
| 99 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 28500 | 39700 | 0.2822 | 4,478 | 1065 | 0.8132 | |
| 101 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 28600 | 44100 | 0.3517 | 352 | 1180 | 0.9647 | |
| 101 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 31500 | 0.0921 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 103 | Lincoln University | 28800 | 40900 | 0.2957 | 1,707 | 920 | 0 | |
| 103 | Radford University | 28800 | 32800 | 0.122 | 6,161 | 1070 | 0.8953 | |
| 105 | University of Utah | 28900 | 32000 | 0.0961 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 106 | Furman University | 29200 | 79600 | 0.6329 | 2,383 | 1359 | 0.4295 | |
| 106 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 29200 | 36500 | 0.2001 | 7,505 | 1059 | 0.9633 | |
| 108 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 29500 | 51100 | 0.4229 | 1,477 | 1075 | 0.8068 | |
| 108 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 29500 | 38200 | 0.228 | 6,550 | 1140 | 0.7456 | |
| 108 | University of South Alabama | 29500 | 35000 | 0.1572 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 111 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 29900 | 30000 | 0.0033 | 18,428 | 1090 | 0.9529 | |
| 112 | San Jose State University | 30000 | 41000 | 0.2681 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 113 | Albright College | 30400 | 48700 | 0.3758 | 1,328 | 1050 | 0.8615 | |
| 114 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Schuylkill | 30600 | 45200 | 0.3231 | 624 | 1115 | 0.9664 | |
| 115 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30700 | 54600 | 0.4374 | 3,163 | 1165 | 0.9347 | |
| 115 | West Virginia Wesleyan College | 30700 | 52800 | 0.4182 | 938 | 1090 | 0.951 | |
| 117 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1150 | 0.9523 | |
| 117 | University of Toledo | 30900 | 42000 | 0.2639 | 11,013 | 1159 | 0.9202 | |
| 119 | SUNY Brockport | 31100 | 37900 | 0.1794 | 5,816 | 1195 | 0.7068 | |
| 120 | Washington Adventist University | 31200 | 37800 | 0.1748 | 605 | 950 | 0.4536 | |
| 121 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 31300 | 36700 | 0.1472 | 5,789 | 1115 | 0.5774 | |
| 122 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 31400 | 31400 | 0 | 6,853 | 1090 | 0.7147 | |
| 123 | Angelo State University | 31800 | 35400 | 0.101 | 9,779 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 123 | Thomas Jefferson University | 31800 | 67700 | 0.5302 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 125 | Hampton University | 32000 | 47000 | 0.3192 | 3,728 | 956 | 0.6225 | |
| 126 | Saint Michael's College | 32100 | 68400 | 0.5304 | 1,120 | 1240 | 0.8451 | |
| 127 | University of Scranton | 32300 | 76300 | 0.5763 | 3,613 | 1220 | 0.812 | |
| 128 | California Lutheran University | 32900 | 64900 | 0.4934 | 2,297 | 1258 | 0.7567 | |
| 128 | Grambling State University | 32900 | 35300 | 0.068 | 4,279 | 965 | 0.2368 | |
| 128 | Harding University | 32900 | 47000 | 0.2995 | 3,523 | 1193 | 0.3942 | |
| 131 | Wilkes University | 33000 | 61900 | 0.4661 | 1,956 | 1153 | 0.9146 | |
| 132 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 15,130 | 0 | 0.5256 | |
| 133 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 33400 | 54600 | 0.3881 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 134 | Elizabethtown College | 33600 | 54600 | 0.3849 | 1,903 | 1214 | 0.7787 | |
| 134 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 33600 | 40900 | 0.1786 | 1,236 | 1203 | 0.9811 | |
| 136 | George Washington University | 33700 | 81800 | 0.5882 | 11,677 | 1421 | 0.4709 | |
| 137 | LeTourneau University | 34100 | 54600 | 0.3754 | 3,184 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 138 | DePaul University | 34600 | 59100 | 0.4144 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 139 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 34700 | 37800 | 0.0813 | 5,086 | 1000 | 0.9821 | |
| 139 | University of South Florida | 34700 | 34700 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 141 | City University of Seattle | 35100 | 45400 | 0.227 | 1,180 | 0 | 0.9025 | |
| 142 | Adelphi University | 35300 | 63300 | 0.4433 | 5,325 | 1218 | 0.6591 | |
| 142 | Stevenson University | 35300 | 59900 | 0.4105 | 3,106 | 1100 | 0.7891 | |
| 142 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 35300 | 42400 | 0.1674 | 31,112 | 1130 | 0.8129 | |
| 142 | University of Mount Olive | 35300 | 35300 | 0 | 1,937 | 945 | 0.7775 | |
| 146 | Towson University | 36000 | 45700 | 0.2122 | 16,264 | 1093 | 0.8198 | |
| 147 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 36200 | 56300 | 0.3565 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 147 | Salisbury University | 36200 | 40900 | 0.115 | 6,288 | 1250 | 0.8747 | |
| 149 | Mercer University | 36600 | 60500 | 0.3951 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
| 150 | University of Michigan-Flint | 36700 | 39400 | 0.0685 | 5,011 | 1103 | 0.7047 | |
| 151 | Immaculata University | 37300 | 47800 | 0.2194 | 1,652 | 1245 | 0.8578 | |
| 152 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 37700 | 38900 | 0.0309 | 1,919 | 1245 | 0.7844 | |
| 153 | Suffolk University | 38700 | 73600 | 0.4744 | 4,324 | 1209 | 0.822 | |
| 154 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 39100 | 52900 | 0.2607 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 155 | Pace University | 39700 | 74100 | 0.464 | 8,038 | 1274 | 0.7592 | |
| 155 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 39700 | 45400 | 0.1256 | 502 | 1204 | 0.9641 | |
| 155 | University of California-Riverside | 39700 | 66400 | 0.402 | 22,599 | 1199 | 0.7685 | |
| 158 | Stony Brook University | 39900 | 53000 | 0.2467 | 18,263 | 1395 | 0.4904 | |
| 159 | McKendree University | 40100 | 52200 | 0.2313 | 1,605 | 1098 | 0.6388 | |
| 160 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 40300 | 40300 | 0 | 1,880 | 1185 | 0.9867 | |
| 161 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 40500 | 40500 | 0 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 162 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 41900 | 56200 | 0.2543 | 3,965 | 1229 | 0.9121 | |
| 163 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 42000 | 54900 | 0.2352 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 164 | Loyola University Maryland | 42100 | 78800 | 0.4658 | 3,881 | 1309 | 0.7549 | |
| 165 | University of Maryland-College Park | 42300 | 52900 | 0.2004 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 166 | Merrimack College | 43600 | 78800 | 0.4464 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
| 167 | CUNY Lehman College | 44000 | 45800 | 0.0393 | 11,217 | 1020 | 0.4601 | |
| 167 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 44000 | 57100 | 0.2292 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 169 | James Madison University | 46400 | 46400 | 0 | 21,112 | 1260 | 0.7151 | |
| 170 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 46600 | 58900 | 0.2099 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 171 | Ramapo College of New Jersey | 46900 | 48100 | 0.0249 | 5,444 | 1214 | 0.7064 | |
| 172 | Molloy University | 48300 | 62300 | 0.2249 | 3,240 | 1199 | 0.8174 | |
| 173 | College of Charleston | 49900 | 59000 | 0.1543 | 10,880 | 1255 | 0.6003 | |
| 174 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 50800 | 52900 | 0.0392 | 14,504 | 1145 | 0.7637 | |
| 175 | University of Kentucky | 51000 | 56000 | 0.0893 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 176 | Drexel University | 51300 | 82600 | 0.3788 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 177 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
| 178 | Fordham University | 56000 | 94600 | 0.4082 | 10,307 | 1415 | 0.5628 | |
| 179 | Clemson University | 61600 | 63700 | 0.0326 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 180 | Thiel College | 66600 | 69100 | 0.0362 | 831 | 1065 | 0.7189 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.