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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 | California Institute of Technology | 3400 | 90800 | 0.9626 | 987 | 1557 | 0.0257 | |
| 2 | Santa Ana College | 4500 | 23100 | 0.8046 | 27,248 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 4600 | 40700 | 0.886 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 4 | Savannah State University | 6900 | 29000 | 0.7616 | 2,966 | 925 | 0.4614 | |
| 5 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 7500 | 36100 | 0.7932 | 10,051 | 1064 | 0.9234 | |
| 6 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8200 | 97100 | 0.916 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0399 | |
| 7 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 9400 | 20400 | 0.5397 | 3,224 | 1085 | 0.7643 | |
| 8 | Valdosta State University | 10400 | 24800 | 0.5815 | 7,166 | 1015 | 0.7229 | |
| 9 | Santa Monica College | 11700 | 33300 | 0.6478 | 23,453 | 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | University of North Florida | 12300 | 22400 | 0.4515 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
| 11 | University of South Florida | 12500 | 17100 | 0.2688 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 12 | Fort Hays State University | 12600 | 22600 | 0.4438 | 10,172 | 1075 | 0.9026 | |
| 12 | University of Michigan-Flint | 12600 | 46300 | 0.7277 | 5,011 | 1109 | 0.7046 | |
| 14 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 13000 | 25700 | 0.4939 | 28,674 | 980 | 0.9419 | |
| 15 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 13300 | 13300 | 0 | 18,288 | 1090 | 0.9068 | |
| 16 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 13500 | 13500 | 0 | 1,973 | 1189 | 0.8135 | |
| 17 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 50700 | 0.7294 | 38,040 | 1418 | 0.452 | |
| 18 | Fairmont State University | 13800 | 21400 | 0.3556 | 3,088 | 970 | 0.9862 | |
| 18 | Grand Valley State University | 13800 | 25300 | 0.4551 | 19,002 | 1084 | 0.8302 | |
| 20 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 14000 | 37400 | 0.6251 | 7,622 | 1075 | 0.9254 | |
| 21 | Dickinson State University | 14100 | 25000 | 0.4379 | 1,339 | 990 | 0.3702 | |
| 21 | Northern Kentucky University | 14100 | 25900 | 0.4562 | 10,163 | 1090 | 0.6765 | |
| 23 | University of North Georgia | 14200 | 21400 | 0.3364 | 18,322 | 1100 | 0.6794 | |
| 24 | Wayne State College | 14800 | 20300 | 0.2709 | 3,902 | 0 | 0 | |
| 25 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 14900 | 28700 | 0.4808 | 6,761 | 1105 | 0.8475 | |
| 26 | Alabama State University | 15500 | 24300 | 0.3632 | 3,521 | 945 | 0.9755 | |
| 26 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 15500 | 26800 | 0.4221 | 4,487 | 1115 | 0.6726 | |
| 28 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 15600 | 25800 | 0.3938 | 5,386 | 1050 | 0.9092 | |
| 29 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 15800 | 23400 | 0.3252 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8698 | |
| 30 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver | 15900 | 38700 | 0.5888 | 482 | 1195 | 0.9565 | |
| 31 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 16000 | 40600 | 0.6053 | 581 | 1132 | 0.9821 | |
| 32 | Goshen College | 16200 | 55900 | 0.7099 | 780 | 995 | 0.8407 | |
| 32 | Grove City College | 16200 | 39700 | 0.5919 | 2,341 | 1266 | 0.7232 | |
| 32 | Wayne State University | 16200 | 32900 | 0.5073 | 16,012 | 1174 | 0.8116 | |
| 35 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 16300 | 44500 | 0.6333 | 352 | 1180 | 0.9647 | |
| 35 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 16300 | 35700 | 0.5435 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8304 | |
| 37 | Northwestern University | 16700 | 89500 | 0.8138 | 9,399 | 1527 | 0.0769 | |
| 37 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16700 | 64800 | 0.7418 | 20,885 | 1420 | 0.1534 | |
| 39 | Morgan State University | 17300 | 28500 | 0.3928 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 39 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 17300 | 26600 | 0.35 | 7,505 | 1073 | 0.9633 | |
| 41 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 17500 | 39000 | 0.5525 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 42 | Rio Hondo College | 17600 | 39500 | 0.5546 | 17,441 | 0 | 0 | |
| 43 | Boston College | 17700 | 97600 | 0.8185 | 10,314 | 1490 | 0.1643 | |
| 44 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18000 | 28600 | 0.3704 | 4,218 | 1030 | 0.9489 | |
| 45 | SUNY Brockport | 18300 | 26200 | 0.301 | 5,816 | 1195 | 0.7068 | |
| 46 | University of Illinois Chicago | 18400 | 30100 | 0.3893 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 47 | Angelo State University | 18500 | 23100 | 0.2011 | 9,702 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 48 | University of South Alabama | 18700 | 22400 | 0.1655 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 49 | San Jose State University | 19000 | 40800 | 0.5349 | 28,008 | 1124 | 0.8461 | |
| 50 | Norwich University | 19200 | 73800 | 0.7396 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 50 | University of Houston-Victoria | 19200 | 35800 | 0.4639 | 2,627 | 1095 | 0.959 | |
| 52 | Central Connecticut State University | 19600 | 29500 | 0.3354 | 8,170 | 1075 | 0.7333 | |
| 53 | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | 19700 | 25700 | 0.2337 | 10,632 | 1075 | 0.8859 | |
| 54 | Cleveland State University | 19900 | 30900 | 0.3555 | 9,482 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 55 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20300 | 39900 | 0.4915 | 5,255 | 1109 | 0.7295 | |
| 56 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 20800 | 57800 | 0.6408 | 1,932 | 1193 | 0.9278 | |
| 57 | Tarleton State University | 21000 | 23000 | 0.087 | 15,254 | 1080 | 0.8955 | |
| 58 | Western Oregon University | 21300 | 24600 | 0.134 | 3,167 | 1040 | 0.981 | |
| 59 | Luther College | 21400 | 71900 | 0.7019 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.7154 | |
| 60 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,221 | 1204 | 0.8854 | |
| 61 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 22100 | 53000 | 0.5825 | 1,472 | 1075 | 0.8459 | |
| 62 | New Mexico Highlands University | 22400 | 27200 | 0.1763 | 1,603 | 0 | 0 | |
| 63 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 22600 | 25400 | 0.1104 | 2,906 | 1125 | 0.4696 | |
| 64 | Florida Memorial University | 22900 | 42000 | 0.4542 | 1,206 | 0 | 0.8526 | |
| 65 | Dakota State University | 23100 | 25600 | 0.0977 | 3,066 | 1192 | 0.8805 | |
| 66 | Houghton University | 23200 | 44300 | 0.4763 | 1,162 | 1277 | 0.8866 | |
| 67 | Robert Morris University | 23300 | 58000 | 0.5988 | 4,325 | 1145 | 0.8989 | |
| 68 | Bradley University | 23900 | 50800 | 0.5295 | 3,596 | 1223 | 0.7676 | |
| 68 | Westfield State University | 23900 | 39000 | 0.3868 | 3,868 | 1085 | 0.8141 | |
| 70 | Dominican University | 24100 | 56000 | 0.5705 | 2,690 | 1005 | 0.9032 | |
| 71 | Emporia State University | 24400 | 32000 | 0.2374 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 71 | Pennsylvania Western University | 24400 | 34400 | 0.2904 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 73 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 24600 | 45900 | 0.4645 | 502 | 1189 | 0.9641 | |
| 74 | Doane University | 25100 | 71000 | 0.6468 | 1,315 | 1125 | 0.9801 | |
| 75 | Bethune-Cookman University | 25700 | 32700 | 0.2141 | 2,738 | 910 | 0.8824 | |
| 76 | Southern University at New Orleans | 25900 | 42300 | 0.3875 | 2,179 | 950 | 0.789 | |
| 77 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 26100 | 36800 | 0.2909 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 77 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 26100 | 28300 | 0.076 | 3,375 | 1090 | 0.5876 | |
| 79 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 26300 | 28400 | 0.0756 | 14,504 | 1149 | 0.7637 | |
| 79 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 26300 | 41500 | 0.366 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 81 | Columbia College | 26400 | 46900 | 0.4371 | 5,207 | 1145 | 0.4714 | |
| 82 | Albright College | 26600 | 49300 | 0.4604 | 1,230 | 1050 | 0.7633 | |
| 83 | Northwood University | 26700 | 54500 | 0.5105 | 2,045 | 1055 | 0.6451 | |
| 84 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 26900 | 30100 | 0.1047 | 5,086 | 1124 | 0.949 | |
| 85 | Kennesaw State University | 27400 | 27400 | 0 | 42,760 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 86 | George Fox University | 27700 | 69400 | 0.6012 | 3,354 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 86 | Syracuse University | 27700 | 83100 | 0.6665 | 15,957 | 1363 | 0.4592 | |
| 88 | Elmhurst University | 28500 | 67000 | 0.5748 | 3,213 | 1148 | 0.7364 | |
| 88 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28500 | 32300 | 0.1176 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 88 | University of North Texas | 28500 | 37400 | 0.2378 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 91 | Saint Xavier University | 28600 | 53700 | 0.4671 | 3,098 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 92 | Jacksonville State University | 28900 | 38200 | 0.2433 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 93 | East Texas A&M University | 29300 | 36500 | 0.1972 | 9,992 | 1045 | 0.9224 | |
| 94 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29400 | 34000 | 0.1354 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 95 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 29600 | 31600 | 0.0633 | 6,835 | 1090 | 0.7147 | |
| 96 | Grambling State University | 29700 | 35300 | 0.1587 | 4,313 | 950 | 0.4486 | |
| 97 | University of Toledo | 29800 | 42000 | 0.2895 | 11,013 | 1229 | 0.9202 | |
| 98 | Mercy University | 29900 | 44500 | 0.3282 | 6,774 | 1135 | 0.8584 | |
| 99 | Central College | 30400 | 36800 | 0.174 | 1,084 | 1145 | 0.8617 | |
| 100 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 30500 | 54700 | 0.4419 | 1,427 | 1025 | 0.4941 | |
| 101 | Lincoln University | 30600 | 34500 | 0.1129 | 1,926 | 0 | 0 | |
| 101 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30600 | 54600 | 0.4387 | 3,163 | 1165 | 0.9347 | |
| 103 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1161 | 0.9523 | |
| 104 | Frostburg State University | 31000 | 43000 | 0.2792 | 3,422 | 1095 | 0.8918 | |
| 105 | Hampton University | 31100 | 54800 | 0.4325 | 3,728 | 947 | 0.6225 | |
| 106 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 31400 | 45100 | 0.3037 | 10,767 | 1326 | 0.7243 | |
| 106 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 31400 | 49500 | 0.366 | 1,813 | 1109 | 0.9484 | |
| 108 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 31900 | 40900 | 0.22 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 109 | Saint Michael's College | 32000 | 68500 | 0.5331 | 1,120 | 1240 | 0.8451 | |
| 110 | Washington Adventist University | 32100 | 37800 | 0.151 | 513 | 995 | 0.4618 | |
| 111 | University of Scranton | 32500 | 78700 | 0.5874 | 3,613 | 1250 | 0.8123 | |
| 112 | Suffolk University | 32600 | 70300 | 0.5362 | 4,326 | 1209 | 0.8233 | |
| 113 | State University of New York at Oswego | 32800 | 40200 | 0.1841 | 5,517 | 1180 | 0.8055 | |
| 114 | George Washington University | 33700 | 81800 | 0.5881 | 11,677 | 1430 | 0.4709 | |
| 115 | LeTourneau University | 34000 | 54800 | 0.3798 | 3,187 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 116 | Salisbury University | 34200 | 41700 | 0.1797 | 6,288 | 1250 | 0.8747 | |
| 116 | SUNY at Fredonia | 34200 | 39600 | 0.1365 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 116 | Thomas Jefferson University | 34200 | 68100 | 0.498 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8097 | |
| 119 | Charleston Southern University | 34300 | 48400 | 0.2921 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 120 | Coastal Carolina University | 34400 | 45100 | 0.237 | 10,811 | 1145 | 0.7527 | |
| 121 | Stockton University | 34600 | 44500 | 0.2226 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 122 | Adelphi University | 35200 | 63300 | 0.4445 | 5,325 | 1237 | 0.6591 | |
| 123 | Averett University | 35300 | 57200 | 0.3831 | 1,244 | 1054 | 0.5659 | |
| 124 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 36200 | 56300 | 0.3578 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 125 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 36500 | 38100 | 0.042 | 2,884 | 1175 | 0.9677 | |
| 126 | Furman University | 36700 | 82900 | 0.5571 | 2,383 | 1359 | 0.4295 | |
| 127 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 36800 | 37100 | 0.0081 | 5,939 | 1065 | 0.5878 | |
| 128 | East Carolina University | 37000 | 42700 | 0.1324 | 21,445 | 1160 | 0.8921 | |
| 129 | Loyola University Maryland | 37500 | 78800 | 0.5242 | 3,881 | 1303 | 0.7549 | |
| 130 | Christopher Newport University | 38000 | 51000 | 0.2551 | 4,369 | 1189 | 0.8604 | |
| 130 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38000 | 38700 | 0.0181 | 14,416 | 1210 | 0.8851 | |
| 132 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 38700 | 53100 | 0.2711 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 133 | Rutgers University-Newark | 39100 | 57900 | 0.3246 | 7,989 | 1159 | 0.7136 | |
| 134 | Stony Brook University | 39900 | 53000 | 0.2481 | 18,263 | 1410 | 0.4904 | |
| 135 | McKendree University | 40100 | 52200 | 0.2327 | 1,757 | 1098 | 0.7172 | |
| 136 | Pace University | 40600 | 74800 | 0.4571 | 8,038 | 1260 | 0.7592 | |
| 137 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 40800 | 55200 | 0.2608 | 25,900 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 138 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 41900 | 67900 | 0.3828 | 3,965 | 1229 | 0.9121 | |
| 139 | Immaculata University | 42300 | 47500 | 0.1094 | 1,652 | 1245 | 0.8576 | |
| 139 | University of Mount Olive | 42300 | 50400 | 0.1617 | 1,944 | 1075 | 0.7575 | |
| 141 | University of Maryland-College Park | 42600 | 53600 | 0.2054 | 31,133 | 1463 | 0.4479 | |
| 142 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4474 | 4,102 | 1115 | 0.7002 | |
| 143 | Radford University | 43600 | 45700 | 0.047 | 6,161 | 1070 | 0.8953 | |
| 144 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 43900 | 57100 | 0.2305 | 23,329 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 145 | Towson University | 45000 | 46400 | 0.0302 | 16,264 | 1098 | 0.8197 | |
| 146 | University of California-Riverside | 45100 | 66000 | 0.3168 | 22,600 | 1199 | 0.7639 | |
| 147 | James Madison University | 45200 | 45200 | 0 | 20,973 | 1260 | 0.7152 | |
| 147 | Mercer University | 45200 | 65400 | 0.3085 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
| 149 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 46200 | 46600 | 0.0086 | 6,139 | 1070 | 0.9052 | |
| 150 | University of Colorado Boulder | 46400 | 57700 | 0.1953 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7808 | |
| 151 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 48000 | 55800 | 0.1398 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 152 | Drexel University | 48800 | 83900 | 0.4184 | 13,309 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 153 | DePaul University | 49100 | 66000 | 0.2562 | 14,188 | 1254 | 0.7589 | |
| 154 | University of Kentucky | 49200 | 58000 | 0.1527 | 25,534 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 155 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 49800 | 62200 | 0.1995 | 37,140 | 1406 | 0.4237 | |
| 156 | Ramapo College of New Jersey | 50400 | 55400 | 0.0903 | 5,444 | 1220 | 0.7064 | |
| 157 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 51300 | 52800 | 0.0284 | 21,210 | 1148 | 0.9262 | |
| 158 | University of Utah | 51600 | 53700 | 0.04 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 159 | California Lutheran University | 53400 | 70000 | 0.2374 | 2,297 | 1254 | 0.7567 | |
| 160 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 16,100 | 1219 | 0.7766 | |
| 161 | Dallas Baptist University | 56400 | 63400 | 0.1104 | 2,785 | 1109 | 0.8884 | |
| 162 | Molloy University | 59800 | 62300 | 0.0402 | 3,240 | 1199 | 0.8174 | |
| 163 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 60400 | 64100 | 0.0577 | 1,236 | 1193 | 0.9811 | |
| 163 | Thiel College | 60400 | 69100 | 0.1259 | 833 | 1065 | 0.7155 | |
| 165 | College of Charleston | 61200 | 61200 | 0 | 10,880 | 1255 | 0.6003 | |
| 166 | Clemson University | 61500 | 63700 | 0.0338 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 167 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 62000 | 64200 | 0.0343 | 1,880 | 1185 | 0.9867 | |
| 168 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 63700 | 63700 | 0 | 10,200 | 1325 | 0.6507 | |
| 169 | Fordham University | 69900 | 95100 | 0.2649 | 10,582 | 1406 | 0.5931 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.