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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Santa Ana College | 4600 | 23100 | 0.8003 | 27,248 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | MiraCosta College | 7100 | 22400 | 0.6813 | 12,125 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8200 | 97100 | 0.916 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 4 | Savannah State University | 10400 | 26700 | 0.6112 | 2,966 | 950 | 1 | |
| 4 | Valdosta State University | 10400 | 24800 | 0.5815 | 7,199 | 1005 | 0.7769 | |
| 6 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 11600 | 27800 | 0.582 | 22,007 | 1427 | 0.1672 | |
| 7 | Santa Monica College | 11700 | 33300 | 0.6478 | 23,453 | 0 | 1 | |
| 7 | Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi | 11700 | 28900 | 0.596 | 8,673 | 1095 | 0.9156 | |
| 9 | University of Michigan-Flint | 12500 | 34900 | 0.6425 | 5,534 | 1079 | 0.6734 | |
| 10 | Fort Hays State University | 12700 | 22600 | 0.4412 | 10,172 | 1075 | 0.9026 | |
| 10 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 12700 | 19400 | 0.3454 | 14,865 | 1175 | 0.9113 | |
| 12 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 12800 | 30000 | 0.5734 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 13 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 13000 | 49100 | 0.7353 | 29,727 | 990 | 0.9229 | |
| 14 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 13300 | 13300 | 0 | 18,667 | 1090 | 0.9711 | |
| 15 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 13500 | 13500 | 0 | 1,973 | 1189 | 0.8142 | |
| 16 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 13600 | 40600 | 0.6644 | 308 | 1144 | 0.9053 | |
| 17 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 63200 | 0.7838 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 18 | Grand Valley State University | 13800 | 25300 | 0.4551 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 19 | Northern Kentucky University | 14100 | 25900 | 0.4562 | 10,136 | 1110 | 0.9666 | |
| 20 | Alabama State University | 14200 | 31300 | 0.5476 | 3,521 | 945 | 0.9755 | |
| 20 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 14200 | 29600 | 0.521 | 7,501 | 1055 | 0.9467 | |
| 22 | Salisbury University | 14300 | 28700 | 0.502 | 6,477 | 1245 | 0.8826 | |
| 23 | Coppin State University | 14800 | 27100 | 0.4538 | 1,908 | 950 | 0.4583 | |
| 23 | Wayne State College | 14800 | 20300 | 0.2709 | 3,886 | 0 | 1 | |
| 25 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 15800 | 38400 | 0.5882 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 25 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 15800 | 23400 | 0.3252 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 27 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver | 15900 | 38700 | 0.5888 | 475 | 1195 | 0.9418 | |
| 27 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 15900 | 27700 | 0.4254 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 29 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 16300 | 35700 | 0.5435 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 30 | Central Connecticut State University | 16500 | 34000 | 0.5141 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 31 | Northwestern University | 16600 | 89500 | 0.8149 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 32 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 17300 | 43500 | 0.6018 | 586 | 1140 | 0.9577 | |
| 32 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 17300 | 26600 | 0.35 | 7,747 | 1073 | 0.9617 | |
| 34 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 17500 | 35300 | 0.5039 | 1,829 | 1149 | 0.945 | |
| 35 | Boston College | 17600 | 97600 | 0.8195 | 9,677 | 1484 | 0.1422 | |
| 36 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 17700 | 25200 | 0.2971 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 37 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 17800 | 54300 | 0.6721 | 10,368 | 1064 | 0.999 | |
| 38 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 17900 | 28600 | 0.3739 | 3,991 | 1010 | 0.9654 | |
| 39 | Towson University | 18200 | 29900 | 0.3909 | 16,361 | 1082 | 0.8057 | |
| 40 | Angelo State University | 18300 | 23100 | 0.2072 | 10,103 | 1045 | 0.7981 | |
| 40 | SUNY Brockport | 18300 | 26200 | 0.301 | 5,816 | 1195 | 0.7068 | |
| 42 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 18700 | 68100 | 0.7256 | 711 | 1030 | 0.8214 | |
| 42 | Texas A&M University-Victoria | 18700 | 25000 | 0.2522 | 2,627 | 1000 | 0.5253 | |
| 44 | San Jose State University | 19000 | 40800 | 0.5349 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 45 | Rutgers University-Newark | 19100 | 38000 | 0.4971 | 7,989 | 1159 | 0.7136 | |
| 46 | Norwich University | 19200 | 73800 | 0.7396 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 46 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 19200 | 41400 | 0.5359 | 504 | 1200 | 0.9095 | |
| 48 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 19300 | 30400 | 0.3648 | 3,224 | 1085 | 0.7643 | |
| 49 | Pennsylvania Western University | 19400 | 29000 | 0.3315 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 50 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Schuylkill | 19500 | 32900 | 0.4078 | 653 | 1145 | 0.7972 | |
| 51 | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | 19700 | 25700 | 0.2337 | 10,995 | 1090 | 0.7476 | |
| 52 | Cleveland State University | 19900 | 30900 | 0.3555 | 9,418 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 53 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20000 | 29400 | 0.3192 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 54 | Grove City College | 20200 | 39700 | 0.4918 | 2,247 | 1248 | 0.667 | |
| 55 | Dakota State University | 20400 | 22500 | 0.0912 | 3,085 | 1174 | 0.9241 | |
| 56 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 20600 | 57800 | 0.6433 | 1,109 | 1175 | 0.9088 | |
| 57 | Bradley University | 21400 | 50800 | 0.5787 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 58 | Luther College | 21500 | 75400 | 0.7153 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.8398 | |
| 59 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 21900 | 33600 | 0.3479 | 21,469 | 1167 | 0.9061 | |
| 60 | Texas Southern University | 22000 | 25500 | 0.1375 | 6,844 | 915 | 0.9691 | |
| 61 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 22100 | 53000 | 0.5825 | 1,495 | 1075 | 0.8761 | |
| 62 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 22600 | 25400 | 0.1104 | 2,907 | 1125 | 0.4696 | |
| 63 | Concord University | 22900 | 40800 | 0.4391 | 1,638 | 1015 | 0.9728 | |
| 63 | Florida Memorial University | 22900 | 42000 | 0.4542 | 1,206 | 0 | 0.8526 | |
| 65 | Robert Morris University | 23100 | 58000 | 0.6012 | 4,325 | 1145 | 0.8989 | |
| 66 | Houghton University | 23200 | 44300 | 0.4763 | 958 | 1277 | 0.89 | |
| 66 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 23200 | 24900 | 0.0682 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 68 | Stockton University | 23500 | 32100 | 0.2678 | 7,583 | 1134 | 0.901 | |
| 69 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 23800 | 30600 | 0.2222 | 9,827 | 1329 | 0.6737 | |
| 69 | Ramapo College of New Jersey | 23800 | 36300 | 0.3448 | 5,492 | 1210 | 0.7026 | |
| 71 | Dominican University | 23900 | 56000 | 0.573 | 2,642 | 1005 | 0.8879 | |
| 72 | Westfield State University | 24300 | 39000 | 0.3765 | 3,868 | 1105 | 0.8671 | |
| 73 | Emporia State University | 24400 | 32000 | 0.2374 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 74 | Columbia College | 24900 | 46900 | 0.4691 | 876 | 1025 | 0.8878 | |
| 75 | Southern University at New Orleans | 25900 | 42300 | 0.3875 | 2,179 | 950 | 0.789 | |
| 76 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 26000 | 36800 | 0.2936 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 76 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 26000 | 28300 | 0.0809 | 3,375 | 1090 | 0.5885 | |
| 76 | West Virginia Wesleyan College | 26000 | 53800 | 0.5169 | 971 | 1030 | 0.9334 | |
| 79 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 26100 | 28400 | 0.0805 | 14,834 | 1149 | 0.7803 | |
| 80 | Bemidji State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 3,751 | 1075 | 0.5598 | |
| 81 | Northwood University | 26700 | 54500 | 0.5105 | 2,045 | 1055 | 0.6451 | |
| 82 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 26900 | 37700 | 0.2867 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 83 | Bethune-Cookman University | 27000 | 32700 | 0.1744 | 2,739 | 910 | 0.8824 | |
| 84 | University of North Georgia | 27200 | 38600 | 0.2957 | 19,321 | 1100 | 0.9618 | |
| 85 | Kennesaw State University | 27400 | 27400 | 0 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 85 | Rowan University | 27400 | 41300 | 0.3369 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 85 | Syracuse University | 27400 | 83100 | 0.6701 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 88 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 27600 | 36700 | 0.2482 | 1,709 | 1218 | 0.9653 | |
| 89 | University of North Texas | 28000 | 37400 | 0.2512 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 90 | Elmhurst University | 28100 | 67000 | 0.5808 | 3,170 | 1133 | 0.7501 | |
| 91 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 28400 | 39700 | 0.2848 | 4,789 | 1040 | 0.6671 | |
| 92 | Saint Xavier University | 28500 | 53700 | 0.4689 | 3,100 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 92 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28500 | 32300 | 0.1176 | 11,691 | 1074 | 0.7722 | |
| 94 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 28600 | 42400 | 0.3258 | 6,761 | 1105 | 0.8475 | |
| 95 | Jacksonville State University | 28800 | 38200 | 0.2459 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 95 | Western Oregon University | 28800 | 28800 | 0 | 3,034 | 1120 | 0.8345 | |
| 97 | Clemson University | 29000 | 37100 | 0.2179 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 97 | Lincoln University | 29000 | 34500 | 0.1592 | 1,926 | 920 | 0 | |
| 99 | Fairmont State University | 29300 | 32200 | 0.0901 | 3,090 | 970 | 0.9862 | |
| 99 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 29300 | 48100 | 0.3911 | 2,280 | 1224 | 0.9675 | |
| 99 | University of Toledo | 29300 | 32600 | 0.1009 | 10,726 | 1134 | 0.8889 | |
| 102 | Grambling State University | 29700 | 35300 | 0.1587 | 4,313 | 950 | 0.4486 | |
| 103 | Mercy University | 29900 | 44500 | 0.3282 | 6,692 | 1135 | 0.8724 | |
| 104 | University of North Florida | 30100 | 33000 | 0.0879 | 14,837 | 1124 | 0.6815 | |
| 105 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 30300 | 33600 | 0.098 | 3,893 | 1015 | 0.9839 | |
| 106 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30500 | 54600 | 0.4413 | 3,120 | 1193 | 0.3992 | |
| 107 | Lamar University | 30600 | 38300 | 0.2012 | 8,387 | 1040 | 0.8353 | |
| 108 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 2,082 | 1124 | 0.9576 | |
| 108 | Frostburg State University | 30900 | 43000 | 0.2815 | 3,436 | 1095 | 0.907 | |
| 110 | Central College | 31100 | 36800 | 0.155 | 1,050 | 1159 | 0.8698 | |
| 111 | Saint Michael's College | 31300 | 68500 | 0.5434 | 1,051 | 1280 | 0.8976 | |
| 111 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 31300 | 45100 | 0.306 | 11,087 | 1326 | 0.7397 | |
| 113 | Hampton University | 31400 | 54800 | 0.427 | 4,046 | 1005 | 0.6358 | |
| 114 | Portland State University | 32000 | 43100 | 0.2572 | 14,932 | 1174 | 0.8586 | |
| 115 | Morgan State University | 32200 | 41900 | 0.2317 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 116 | University of Scranton | 32400 | 78700 | 0.5879 | 3,689 | 1245 | 0.8006 | |
| 117 | State University of New York at Oswego | 32600 | 40200 | 0.1891 | 5,293 | 1179 | 0.7989 | |
| 117 | Suffolk University | 32600 | 70300 | 0.5362 | 4,247 | 1209 | 0.8228 | |
| 119 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 17,556 | 1090 | 0.5386 | |
| 120 | Harding University | 33500 | 47800 | 0.299 | 3,536 | 1184 | 0.7052 | |
| 121 | Elizabethtown College | 33600 | 55300 | 0.3925 | 1,935 | 1214 | 0.8892 | |
| 122 | George Washington University | 33700 | 81800 | 0.5881 | 11,495 | 1436 | 0.4713 | |
| 123 | Thomas Jefferson University | 34100 | 68100 | 0.4993 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 124 | Charleston Southern University | 34200 | 48400 | 0.295 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 124 | SUNY at Fredonia | 34200 | 39600 | 0.1365 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 126 | Coastal Carolina University | 34600 | 45100 | 0.2326 | 11,471 | 1160 | 0.7003 | |
| 127 | Loyola University Maryland | 34900 | 78800 | 0.5572 | 4,013 | 1329 | 0.6986 | |
| 128 | Adelphi University | 35000 | 63300 | 0.4467 | 5,097 | 1241 | 0.7215 | |
| 128 | University of South Florida | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 130 | Christopher Newport University | 35100 | 36200 | 0.0304 | 4,369 | 1189 | 0.8604 | |
| 131 | Averett University | 35300 | 57200 | 0.3831 | 1,244 | 1054 | 0.5659 | |
| 132 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 36000 | 56300 | 0.3603 | 5,687 | 1305 | 0.7863 | |
| 133 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 36400 | 53100 | 0.3144 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 134 | Furman University | 36500 | 82900 | 0.5595 | 2,304 | 1372 | 0.4869 | |
| 135 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 36800 | 37100 | 0.0081 | 5,939 | 1065 | 0.5878 | |
| 136 | East Carolina University | 36900 | 42700 | 0.1356 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 137 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 37800 | 40100 | 0.0571 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 138 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 38100 | 38100 | 0 | 2,710 | 1218 | 0.9374 | |
| 139 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 38400 | 67900 | 0.4344 | 4,182 | 1317 | 0.8783 | |
| 140 | Stony Brook University | 39700 | 53000 | 0.2507 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 140 | University of South Alabama | 39700 | 39700 | 0 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 142 | University of Illinois Chicago | 39800 | 50600 | 0.2135 | 24,260 | 1174 | 0.7576 | |
| 143 | Wayne State University | 40200 | 46200 | 0.1299 | 16,390 | 1183 | 0.8359 | |
| 144 | Pace University | 40400 | 74800 | 0.4598 | 5,520 | 1273 | 0.7827 | |
| 145 | McKendree University | 40600 | 52900 | 0.2324 | 1,757 | 1098 | 0.7172 | |
| 146 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 40900 | 55200 | 0.259 | 21,388 | 1369 | 0.5945 | |
| 147 | University of Mount Olive | 42100 | 50400 | 0.1645 | 1,944 | 1075 | 0.7575 | |
| 148 | University of Maryland-College Park | 42600 | 53600 | 0.2054 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 149 | Radford University | 43400 | 45700 | 0.0501 | 6,206 | 1050 | 0.8939 | |
| 150 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4479 | 4,123 | 1124 | 0.6927 | |
| 151 | Immaculata University | 44000 | 47500 | 0.0736 | 1,889 | 1264 | 0.8656 | |
| 152 | University of California-Riverside | 45100 | 66000 | 0.3168 | 24,034 | 1199 | 0.8609 | |
| 153 | James Madison University | 45200 | 45200 | 0 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 154 | Mercer University | 45700 | 65400 | 0.3015 | 4,719 | 1263 | 0.643 | |
| 155 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 46300 | 46600 | 0.0064 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 156 | University of Colorado Boulder | 46400 | 57700 | 0.1953 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7809 | |
| 157 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47100 | 59700 | 0.2124 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 158 | Drexel University | 47700 | 83900 | 0.4315 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 159 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 48600 | 61200 | 0.2057 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 160 | DePaul University | 49100 | 66000 | 0.2562 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 160 | University of Kentucky | 49100 | 58000 | 0.1548 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 162 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 50800 | 84700 | 0.4003 | 35,358 | 1448 | 0.1642 | |
| 163 | University of Utah | 51400 | 53700 | 0.0426 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 164 | California Lutheran University | 53500 | 70000 | 0.236 | 2,160 | 1218 | 0.7631 | |
| 165 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58300 | 64100 | 0.0905 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 166 | Molloy University | 58600 | 62300 | 0.0594 | 3,396 | 1188 | 0.6633 | |
| 167 | Thiel College | 60300 | 69100 | 0.1273 | 830 | 1065 | 0.7189 | |
| 168 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 60800 | 64100 | 0.0514 | 1,078 | 1217 | 0.9646 | |
| 169 | College of Charleston | 61200 | 61200 | 0 | 10,596 | 1234 | 0.73 | |
| 170 | Fordham University | 74900 | 95100 | 0.2123 | 10,582 | 1406 | 0.5931 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.