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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 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 |
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1 | CUNY Graduate School and University Center | 4300 | 43900 | 0.9011 | 3,237 | 0 | 0.3861 | |
2 | Antelope Valley Community College District | 5400 | 12900 | 0.5844 | 12,937 | 0 | 0.6296 | |
3 | Santa Monica College | 6100 | 15500 | 0.6035 | 23,164 | 0 | 0.4384 | |
3 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 6100 | 39100 | 0.8435 | 33,921 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
5 | California Institute of Technology | 6300 | 90300 | 0.9305 | 987 | 1557 | 0.0257 | |
6 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 6500 | 32200 | 0.7994 | 39,256 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
7 | CUNY Brooklyn College | 7100 | 31800 | 0.7761 | 11,406 | 1110 | 0.5836 | |
8 | CUNY Lehman College | 8200 | 35100 | 0.7656 | 11,176 | 1020 | 0.4601 | |
9 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 8700 | 30500 | 0.7161 | 3,207 | 1050 | 0.8034 | |
10 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 9600 | 94100 | 0.8976 | 9,007 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
11 | New Mexico Highlands University | 10300 | 21500 | 0.5225 | 1,710 | 945 | 0.9481 | |
11 | Valdosta State University | 10300 | 24800 | 0.5835 | 7,206 | 1015 | 0.7214 | |
13 | Savannah State University | 10800 | 17400 | 0.3811 | 2,857 | 950 | 0.8368 | |
14 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 11000 | 34300 | 0.6802 | 36,970 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
15 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 11100 | 27800 | 0.6016 | 21,075 | 1420 | 0.1534 | |
16 | Christopher Newport University | 12000 | 33900 | 0.6472 | 4,407 | 1209 | 0.8796 | |
17 | Fairmont State University | 12100 | 21400 | 0.4326 | 3,060 | 1005 | 0.9924 | |
18 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 12400 | 24000 | 0.4851 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
19 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 12600 | 37100 | 0.6611 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
20 | University of South Florida | 13200 | 17100 | 0.2305 | 44,120 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
21 | University of North Florida | 13300 | 22400 | 0.4043 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
22 | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | 13700 | 19600 | 0.3032 | 10,630 | 1075 | 0.7289 | |
23 | Radford University | 14000 | 21900 | 0.3628 | 6,143 | 1070 | 0.8953 | |
24 | Northeastern University | 14200 | 89900 | 0.8418 | 22,649 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
25 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver | 14400 | 35400 | 0.594 | 464 | 1195 | 0.9565 | |
26 | Northwestern University | 14700 | 89500 | 0.8355 | 8,839 | 1513 | 0.0722 | |
26 | Wayne State College | 14700 | 26400 | 0.4417 | 3,898 | 1075 | 1 | |
28 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 15200 | 35700 | 0.5744 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
28 | Grand Valley State University | 15200 | 25300 | 0.3975 | 18,962 | 1233 | 0.8302 | |
30 | Dickinson State University | 15300 | 21600 | 0.2897 | 1,339 | 1005 | 0.3695 | |
30 | Santa Ana College | 15300 | 35300 | 0.5653 | 26,073 | 0 | 0.0674 | |
32 | Concord University | 15400 | 31700 | 0.5154 | 1,609 | 990 | 0.9256 | |
33 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 15500 | 28800 | 0.4632 | 7,595 | 1075 | 0.9226 | |
34 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 15600 | 42300 | 0.6301 | 9,784 | 1005 | 0.9234 | |
35 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 15700 | 24800 | 0.3682 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
36 | Southern University at New Orleans | 15800 | 31600 | 0.5012 | 1,773 | 885 | 0.6021 | |
36 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 15800 | 35700 | 0.5562 | 12,108 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
38 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 16100 | 32400 | 0.5016 | 345 | 1180 | 0.9647 | |
39 | Jacksonville State University | 16500 | 26600 | 0.3779 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
40 | University of Houston-Victoria | 17000 | 34400 | 0.5045 | 2,707 | 930 | 0.7671 | |
41 | Goshen College | 17200 | 55700 | 0.6917 | 773 | 995 | 0.8404 | |
42 | Boston College | 17600 | 94600 | 0.8144 | 9,654 | 1490 | 0.1619 | |
43 | Angelo State University | 17800 | 23100 | 0.2305 | 9,778 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
43 | Georgia Southern University | 17800 | 23800 | 0.2502 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
45 | CUNY Bernard M Baruch College | 18100 | 43400 | 0.5818 | 16,060 | 1293 | 0.5117 | |
46 | San Jose State University | 18400 | 30000 | 0.3876 | 27,902 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
47 | Coppin State University | 18600 | 43100 | 0.5676 | 1,810 | 950 | 0.4956 | |
47 | State University of New York at Oswego | 18600 | 27500 | 0.3252 | 5,515 | 1174 | 0.8057 | |
49 | University of Illinois Chicago | 18900 | 30300 | 0.3773 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
50 | Westfield State University | 19000 | 32500 | 0.4143 | 3,767 | 1105 | 0.8671 | |
51 | Alabama State University | 19100 | 37400 | 0.4899 | 3,322 | 945 | 0.9564 | |
52 | Dakota State University | 19300 | 22500 | 0.1421 | 3,066 | 1192 | 0.8814 | |
52 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 19300 | 27200 | 0.2887 | 31,112 | 1130 | 0.8129 | |
52 | Western Oregon University | 19300 | 24600 | 0.217 | 3,343 | 1120 | 0.9871 | |
55 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 19500 | 51100 | 0.6177 | 1,477 | 1075 | 0.8068 | |
55 | Wayne State University | 19500 | 32300 | 0.395 | 15,371 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
57 | University of Colorado Boulder | 19600 | 30600 | 0.3609 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
58 | East Carolina University | 19700 | 23800 | 0.1738 | 21,445 | 1120 | 0.8922 | |
59 | Florida Memorial University | 19800 | 46100 | 0.5694 | 1,299 | 0 | 0.7431 | |
60 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 20100 | 57800 | 0.6526 | 1,083 | 1205 | 0.9278 | |
61 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 20200 | 38800 | 0.4798 | 40,978 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
62 | Lincoln University | 20400 | 24900 | 0.1825 | 1,707 | 920 | 0 | |
63 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 20800 | 30300 | 0.3147 | 1,809 | 1109 | 0.9484 | |
64 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27100 | 0.2269 | 30,994 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
65 | Bradley University | 21300 | 50900 | 0.5824 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
65 | Cleveland State University | 21300 | 30900 | 0.3118 | 9,410 | 1005 | 0.913 | |
65 | Stockton University | 21300 | 32100 | 0.3377 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
68 | Rutgers University-Newark | 21500 | 38900 | 0.446 | 7,417 | 1214 | 0.7873 | |
69 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 22000 | 36400 | 0.3964 | 2,834 | 1175 | 0.9677 | |
69 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 22000 | 31400 | 0.2977 | 6,853 | 1090 | 0.7147 | |
71 | Robert Morris University | 22200 | 56300 | 0.6063 | 3,769 | 1180 | 0.9057 | |
71 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 22200 | 28000 | 0.2086 | 10,767 | 1326 | 0.7243 | |
73 | Luther College | 22300 | 70900 | 0.6849 | 1,341 | 1226 | 0.8402 | |
74 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 22400 | 32000 | 0.3013 | 5,203 | 1118 | 0.744 | |
75 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 22700 | 39200 | 0.4196 | 28,674 | 980 | 0.9401 | |
76 | Averett University | 22800 | 57200 | 0.6008 | 1,180 | 1010 | 0.478 | |
77 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 23100 | 62200 | 0.6282 | 686 | 1030 | 0.8649 | |
77 | Syracuse University | 23100 | 83100 | 0.7226 | 15,955 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
79 | Bemidji State University | 23600 | 26400 | 0.1072 | 3,610 | 1110 | 0.9131 | |
79 | Elmhurst University | 23600 | 67000 | 0.6472 | 3,170 | 1148 | 0.7357 | |
81 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 23800 | 26600 | 0.1062 | 3,413 | 1085 | 0.5295 | |
82 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 24200 | 28000 | 0.1367 | 5,086 | 1000 | 0.9821 | |
82 | Grambling State University | 24200 | 26700 | 0.0917 | 4,279 | 965 | 0.2368 | |
82 | McKendree University | 24200 | 55500 | 0.5645 | 1,605 | 1098 | 0.6388 | |
85 | Dominican University | 24500 | 55500 | 0.5592 | 2,570 | 1035 | 0.9032 | |
85 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 24500 | 51700 | 0.5267 | 1,409 | 1110 | 0.6327 | |
87 | Houghton University | 24700 | 35500 | 0.3053 | 939 | 1277 | 0.8866 | |
88 | Albright College | 24900 | 48700 | 0.4897 | 1,328 | 1050 | 0.8615 | |
89 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 25000 | 36500 | 0.3159 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
90 | Fort Hays State University | 25400 | 35200 | 0.2772 | 10,206 | 1120 | 0.9177 | |
90 | Northwood University | 25400 | 54500 | 0.5334 | 1,989 | 1075 | 0.839 | |
90 | Pennsylvania Western University | 25400 | 35600 | 0.2853 | 7,586 | 1070 | 0.9433 | |
93 | Doane University | 25800 | 62800 | 0.5884 | 1,313 | 1125 | 0.9801 | |
93 | Kennesaw State University | 25800 | 27000 | 0.0425 | 44,419 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
95 | Bethune-Cookman University | 26000 | 32700 | 0.2033 | 2,739 | 910 | 0.8824 | |
96 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 26100 | 36800 | 0.292 | 1,854 | 1185 | 0.9867 | |
97 | Emporia State University | 26200 | 37700 | 0.306 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
98 | Columbia College | 26400 | 41300 | 0.3597 | 876 | 1025 | 0.8878 | |
98 | Saint Xavier University | 26400 | 52000 | 0.4931 | 3,039 | 1125 | 0.8575 | |
100 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 26500 | 35600 | 0.2567 | 1,214 | 1203 | 0.9811 | |
100 | University of North Georgia | 26500 | 35500 | 0.2547 | 18,329 | 1100 | 0.6794 | |
102 | University of North Texas | 26700 | 37400 | 0.2848 | 37,529 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
103 | Norwich University | 26800 | 70900 | 0.6214 | 2,642 | 1209 | 0.7361 | |
103 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 26800 | 28000 | 0.041 | 11,721 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
105 | George Fox University | 27800 | 67100 | 0.5853 | 3,401 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
106 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 27900 | 39700 | 0.296 | 4,478 | 1065 | 0.8132 | |
107 | Furman University | 28200 | 86300 | 0.6727 | 2,374 | 1359 | 0.4295 | |
108 | Elizabethtown College | 28400 | 54600 | 0.4791 | 1,901 | 1214 | 0.7787 | |
108 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 28400 | 36500 | 0.2205 | 7,505 | 1059 | 0.9633 | |
110 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 28600 | 53300 | 0.4624 | 3,163 | 1165 | 0.9347 | |
111 | Salisbury University | 28700 | 28700 | 0 | 6,288 | 1250 | 0.8747 | |
111 | University of South Alabama | 28700 | 35000 | 0.1785 | 9,205 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
113 | University of Toledo | 28800 | 32600 | 0.1175 | 11,013 | 1159 | 0.9202 | |
113 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 28800 | 30000 | 0.0382 | 18,428 | 1090 | 0.9529 | |
115 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28900 | 31500 | 0.0808 | 11,127 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
116 | Mercy University | 29000 | 44500 | 0.3472 | 6,769 | 1074 | 0.8584 | |
116 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 29000 | 38200 | 0.2396 | 6,550 | 1140 | 0.7456 | |
118 | Benedictine University | 29800 | 48900 | 0.3915 | 1,970 | 1150 | 0.9523 | |
119 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Schuylkill | 29900 | 45200 | 0.3374 | 620 | 1115 | 0.9664 | |
119 | SUNY at Fredonia | 29900 | 39600 | 0.2439 | 2,839 | 1193 | 0.792 | |
121 | West Virginia Wesleyan College | 30000 | 52800 | 0.4325 | 938 | 1090 | 0.951 | |
122 | Washington Adventist University | 30300 | 37800 | 0.1972 | 605 | 950 | 0.4536 | |
123 | Northern Kentucky University | 30500 | 31600 | 0.0362 | 10,162 | 1090 | 0.8307 | |
123 | SUNY Brockport | 30500 | 37900 | 0.1964 | 5,816 | 1195 | 0.7068 | |
125 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 30900 | 36700 | 0.1593 | 5,789 | 1115 | 0.5774 | |
126 | Harding University | 31000 | 43800 | 0.2928 | 3,523 | 1193 | 0.3942 | |
127 | Hampton University | 31200 | 47000 | 0.3351 | 3,728 | 956 | 0.6225 | |
128 | Central College | 31300 | 36800 | 0.1506 | 1,081 | 1140 | 0.8617 | |
128 | Wilkes University | 31300 | 61900 | 0.4935 | 1,946 | 1153 | 0.9146 | |
130 | Saint Michael's College | 31500 | 68400 | 0.5398 | 1,120 | 1240 | 0.8451 | |
131 | Frostburg State University | 31700 | 43100 | 0.2633 | 2,619 | 1082 | 0.892 | |
131 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 31700 | 44100 | 0.2821 | 578 | 1129 | 0.9821 | |
133 | University of Scranton | 31900 | 76300 | 0.5822 | 3,613 | 1220 | 0.812 | |
134 | Tarleton State University | 32100 | 33300 | 0.0344 | 15,130 | 0 | 0.5256 | |
135 | California Lutheran University | 32200 | 64900 | 0.5031 | 2,297 | 1258 | 0.7567 | |
136 | Thomas Jefferson University | 32800 | 67700 | 0.5161 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
137 | Morgan State University | 33000 | 37200 | 0.1141 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
138 | George Washington University | 33600 | 81800 | 0.5888 | 11,677 | 1421 | 0.4709 | |
139 | LeTourneau University | 33700 | 54600 | 0.3835 | 3,184 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
140 | Coastal Carolina University | 34200 | 44700 | 0.2357 | 10,811 | 1145 | 0.7527 | |
140 | University of Mount Olive | 34200 | 35300 | 0.0324 | 1,937 | 945 | 0.7775 | |
142 | DePaul University | 34300 | 59100 | 0.4202 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
143 | Adelphi University | 34500 | 63300 | 0.4552 | 5,322 | 1218 | 0.6591 | |
144 | City University of Seattle | 35000 | 45400 | 0.2279 | 1,180 | 0 | 0.9025 | |
144 | Towson University | 35000 | 45700 | 0.2351 | 16,264 | 1093 | 0.8198 | |
146 | Mercer University | 36000 | 60500 | 0.4057 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
146 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 36000 | 51900 | 0.3052 | 5,546 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
148 | University of Michigan-Flint | 36200 | 39400 | 0.0823 | 5,011 | 1103 | 0.7047 | |
149 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 36800 | 41600 | 0.116 | 5,187 | 1005 | 0.9229 | |
150 | Stevenson University | 37000 | 59900 | 0.3829 | 3,087 | 1100 | 0.7891 | |
151 | Immaculata University | 37100 | 47800 | 0.2246 | 1,628 | 1245 | 0.8578 | |
151 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 37100 | 38900 | 0.0449 | 1,919 | 1245 | 0.7844 | |
153 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 37200 | 38400 | 0.0298 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
154 | Ramapo College of New Jersey | 38700 | 48100 | 0.1962 | 5,444 | 1214 | 0.7064 | |
155 | Stony Brook University | 39200 | 53000 | 0.2609 | 18,263 | 1395 | 0.4904 | |
155 | University of California-Riverside | 39200 | 66400 | 0.4102 | 21,954 | 1199 | 0.7685 | |
157 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 39400 | 40500 | 0.0282 | 3,988 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
157 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 39400 | 45400 | 0.1331 | 494 | 1204 | 0.9641 | |
159 | Pace University | 39600 | 74100 | 0.466 | 8,019 | 1274 | 0.7592 | |
160 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 40700 | 54900 | 0.2579 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
161 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 40800 | 55100 | 0.2587 | 43,729 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
161 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 40800 | 52900 | 0.2295 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
163 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 41400 | 56200 | 0.264 | 3,963 | 1229 | 0.9121 | |
164 | Merrimack College | 43200 | 78800 | 0.4522 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
165 | Loyola University Maryland | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4473 | 3,843 | 1309 | 0.7549 | |
166 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 44200 | 57100 | 0.2249 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
167 | Suffolk University | 44800 | 73600 | 0.3907 | 4,275 | 1209 | 0.822 | |
168 | James Madison University | 45200 | 46400 | 0.0247 | 21,045 | 1260 | 0.7151 | |
169 | Molloy University | 45900 | 62300 | 0.2625 | 3,235 | 1199 | 0.8174 | |
170 | Drexel University | 48200 | 82600 | 0.4169 | 12,896 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
171 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 48800 | 56400 | 0.1354 | 10,200 | 1346 | 0.6507 | |
172 | University of Kentucky | 49300 | 56000 | 0.1198 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
172 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 49300 | 52300 | 0.0582 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
174 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 50400 | 53300 | 0.0531 | 14,504 | 1145 | 0.7637 | |
175 | University of Utah | 50900 | 53700 | 0.0527 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
176 | Rowan University | 52500 | 53600 | 0.0214 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
177 | Fordham University | 55400 | 94600 | 0.414 | 10,307 | 1415 | 0.5628 | |
178 | College of Charleston | 57800 | 59000 | 0.0194 | 10,880 | 1255 | 0.6003 | |
179 | Clemson University | 58300 | 61100 | 0.0463 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
180 | Thiel College | 65600 | 69100 | 0.0513 | 830 | 1065 | 0.7189 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.