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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 | 4100 | 90800 | 0.9549 | 987 | 1557 | 0.0257 | |
| 2 | Santa Monica College | 6400 | 15500 | 0.5879 | 23,164 | 0 | 0.4384 | |
| 3 | Northern Kentucky University | 6900 | 25900 | 0.7346 | 10,163 | 1090 | 0.8307 | |
| 4 | University of Houston-Victoria | 7000 | 39700 | 0.8239 | 2,707 | 930 | 0.7671 | |
| 5 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 7700 | 43500 | 0.8237 | 28,674 | 980 | 0.9401 | |
| 6 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8400 | 98000 | 0.9146 | 9,157 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 7 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 9000 | 48800 | 0.8158 | 10,049 | 1005 | 0.9234 | |
| 8 | Fairmont State University | 9300 | 21400 | 0.5661 | 3,060 | 975 | 0.9924 | |
| 9 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 9400 | 36900 | 0.7455 | 3,207 | 1060 | 0.8034 | |
| 10 | Valdosta State University | 10400 | 24800 | 0.5815 | 7,206 | 1015 | 0.7214 | |
| 11 | Antelope Valley Community College District | 10900 | 20400 | 0.4669 | 12,937 | 0 | 0 | |
| 12 | Savannah State University | 11200 | 40400 | 0.722 | 2,857 | 950 | 0.8368 | |
| 12 | University of Michigan-Flint | 11200 | 45600 | 0.7541 | 5,011 | 1103 | 0.7047 | |
| 14 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 11300 | 51900 | 0.7827 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 15 | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | 11400 | 19600 | 0.4182 | 10,656 | 1075 | 0.7289 | |
| 16 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 29100 | 0.5734 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 17 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 13200 | 27800 | 0.5243 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 18 | Fort Hays State University | 13500 | 40700 | 0.669 | 10,206 | 1110 | 0.9177 | |
| 18 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 13500 | 19400 | 0.3042 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
| 20 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 13700 | 46000 | 0.7018 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 20 | University of California-Riverside | 13700 | 36500 | 0.6244 | 22,599 | 1199 | 0.7685 | |
| 22 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 14100 | 26800 | 0.4744 | 4,478 | 1065 | 0.8132 | |
| 23 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 14500 | 32200 | 0.5503 | 2,836 | 1135 | 0.3787 | |
| 24 | University of North Texas | 14600 | 25700 | 0.4325 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 25 | Grand Valley State University | 14800 | 25300 | 0.4155 | 19,002 | 1233 | 0.8302 | |
| 26 | Radford University | 15000 | 32000 | 0.5318 | 6,161 | 1070 | 0.8953 | |
| 27 | Alabama State University | 15100 | 37900 | 0.6016 | 3,322 | 970 | 0.9564 | |
| 27 | University of North Georgia | 15100 | 48000 | 0.6857 | 18,329 | 1100 | 0.6794 | |
| 29 | Dickinson State University | 15200 | 25300 | 0.4 | 1,339 | 1005 | 0.3695 | |
| 30 | University of North Florida | 15400 | 33000 | 0.5337 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
| 31 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 15500 | 46800 | 0.6693 | 6,550 | 1110 | 0.7456 | |
| 32 | Wayne State College | 15600 | 20000 | 0.2199 | 3,902 | 0 | 1 | |
| 33 | James Madison University | 15800 | 28900 | 0.4537 | 21,112 | 1260 | 0.7151 | |
| 33 | New Mexico Highlands University | 15800 | 31500 | 0.4981 | 1,710 | 945 | 0.9481 | |
| 33 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 15800 | 35700 | 0.5575 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 36 | Santa Ana College | 15900 | 35300 | 0.5498 | 26,073 | 0 | 0 | |
| 37 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 16100 | 42600 | 0.6223 | 7,595 | 1075 | 0.9226 | |
| 37 | Wayne State University | 16100 | 46200 | 0.6516 | 16,173 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
| 39 | Goshen College | 16200 | 55900 | 0.7096 | 780 | 995 | 0.8404 | |
| 39 | Jacksonville State University | 16200 | 36100 | 0.551 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 39 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 16200 | 29200 | 0.4454 | 18,667 | 1090 | 0.9711 | |
| 42 | Central Connecticut State University | 16500 | 34000 | 0.5144 | 8,170 | 1010 | 0.7333 | |
| 43 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 16700 | 39000 | 0.5705 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 44 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16800 | 64800 | 0.7416 | 21,075 | 1420 | 0.1534 | |
| 45 | University of South Alabama | 16900 | 35200 | 0.5202 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 46 | Morgan State University | 17200 | 37200 | 0.5377 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 47 | Southern University at New Orleans | 17300 | 34200 | 0.494 | 1,773 | 885 | 0.6021 | |
| 48 | Boston College | 17400 | 96200 | 0.8187 | 9,654 | 1490 | 0.1619 | |
| 48 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 17400 | 36400 | 0.5213 | 2,884 | 1175 | 0.9677 | |
| 50 | Westfield State University | 17500 | 36600 | 0.5213 | 3,868 | 1105 | 0.8671 | |
| 51 | University of Colorado Boulder | 17600 | 30600 | 0.4248 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
| 51 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 17600 | 52500 | 0.6647 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 53 | Stockton University | 17700 | 32100 | 0.4484 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 53 | SUNY at Fredonia | 17700 | 39600 | 0.5537 | 2,876 | 1193 | 0.792 | |
| 53 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 17700 | 36500 | 0.5154 | 7,505 | 1059 | 0.9633 | |
| 56 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 17800 | 44900 | 0.6031 | 5,205 | 1118 | 0.744 | |
| 57 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 18100 | 42800 | 0.5765 | 581 | 1129 | 0.9821 | |
| 58 | Emporia State University | 18300 | 29800 | 0.3864 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 59 | Florida Memorial University | 18400 | 44900 | 0.5903 | 1,299 | 0 | 0.7431 | |
| 60 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 18500 | 43800 | 0.5771 | 352 | 1180 | 0.9647 | |
| 60 | State University of New York at Oswego | 18500 | 27700 | 0.332 | 5,517 | 1164 | 0.8057 | |
| 62 | San Jose State University | 19500 | 33700 | 0.4214 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 62 | Towson University | 19500 | 30000 | 0.3495 | 16,264 | 1093 | 0.8198 | |
| 64 | Lincoln University | 19700 | 40800 | 0.5177 | 1,707 | 920 | 0 | |
| 65 | Central College | 20200 | 36800 | 0.4509 | 1,084 | 1140 | 0.8617 | |
| 65 | Grove City College | 20200 | 39700 | 0.4918 | 2,341 | 1256 | 0.7232 | |
| 67 | Pennsylvania Western University | 20500 | 26600 | 0.2292 | 7,586 | 0 | 0.9433 | |
| 68 | Northwestern University | 20600 | 89500 | 0.7702 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 69 | East Carolina University | 20800 | 23800 | 0.1258 | 21,445 | 1120 | 0.8922 | |
| 69 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 20800 | 57800 | 0.6406 | 1,083 | 1171 | 0.9278 | |
| 71 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27100 | 0.2285 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 72 | Bradley University | 21000 | 50800 | 0.5865 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 73 | Elmhurst University | 21100 | 67000 | 0.6853 | 3,170 | 1148 | 0.7357 | |
| 74 | Kennesaw State University | 21200 | 27200 | 0.2207 | 42,840 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 75 | Luther College | 21500 | 71900 | 0.7017 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.8402 | |
| 75 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 21500 | 38900 | 0.4469 | 1,919 | 1245 | 0.7844 | |
| 77 | Averett University | 22000 | 57200 | 0.6158 | 1,180 | 1070 | 0.478 | |
| 78 | SUNY Brockport | 22400 | 35100 | 0.3618 | 5,816 | 1195 | 0.7068 | |
| 79 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 22500 | 58100 | 0.6132 | 1,477 | 1075 | 0.8068 | |
| 80 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 22700 | 44400 | 0.4884 | 1,809 | 1109 | 0.9484 | |
| 81 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 22800 | 45200 | 0.496 | 502 | 1204 | 0.9641 | |
| 82 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 23100 | 36800 | 0.3725 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 82 | Dakota State University | 23100 | 25600 | 0.0977 | 3,066 | 1192 | 0.8814 | |
| 84 | Robert Morris University | 23300 | 58000 | 0.5986 | 3,769 | 1180 | 0.9057 | |
| 85 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 23500 | 26300 | 0.1066 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 86 | Grambling State University | 23600 | 34800 | 0.3215 | 4,279 | 955 | 0.2368 | |
| 87 | Albright College | 23700 | 49300 | 0.5192 | 1,328 | 1050 | 0.8615 | |
| 88 | Houghton University | 23800 | 61900 | 0.6158 | 939 | 1277 | 0.8866 | |
| 89 | Dominican University | 24100 | 56000 | 0.5702 | 2,690 | 1060 | 0.9032 | |
| 89 | Norwich University | 24100 | 88400 | 0.7276 | 2,642 | 1182 | 0.7361 | |
| 91 | Northwood University | 25100 | 54500 | 0.5399 | 1,989 | 1075 | 0.839 | |
| 92 | Columbia College | 25700 | 51600 | 0.5023 | 876 | 1025 | 0.8878 | |
| 93 | Doane University | 26000 | 77700 | 0.665 | 1,323 | 1125 | 0.9801 | |
| 93 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 26000 | 43000 | 0.395 | 5,789 | 1060 | 0.5774 | |
| 95 | Stony Brook University | 26100 | 33200 | 0.2129 | 18,263 | 1404 | 0.4904 | |
| 96 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 26200 | 28300 | 0.0755 | 3,413 | 1095 | 0.5295 | |
| 97 | Bethune-Cookman University | 26500 | 32700 | 0.1897 | 2,739 | 910 | 0.8824 | |
| 98 | Furman University | 26700 | 79600 | 0.6643 | 2,383 | 1359 | 0.4295 | |
| 99 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 26900 | 47900 | 0.4381 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 100 | Cleveland State University | 27300 | 37300 | 0.2682 | 9,418 | 1105 | 0.913 | |
| 100 | Syracuse University | 27300 | 83100 | 0.6714 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 102 | George Fox University | 27400 | 76800 | 0.6432 | 3,401 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 103 | Rowan University | 27500 | 41600 | 0.3386 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
| 103 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 27500 | 27500 | 0 | 10,767 | 1326 | 0.7243 | |
| 105 | Thomas Jefferson University | 27700 | 67700 | 0.5907 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 106 | Mercy University | 28400 | 44500 | 0.3619 | 6,775 | 1074 | 0.8584 | |
| 107 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28500 | 33400 | 0.1467 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 108 | Western Oregon University | 28800 | 28800 | 0 | 3,343 | 1120 | 0.9871 | |
| 109 | Clemson University | 29200 | 37100 | 0.2137 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 110 | Saint Xavier University | 29800 | 53600 | 0.4438 | 3,039 | 1125 | 0.8575 | |
| 110 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 29800 | 62800 | 0.5251 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 112 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 30400 | 33600 | 0.0934 | 5,086 | 1000 | 0.9821 | |
| 113 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 30500 | 54700 | 0.4416 | 1,409 | 1110 | 0.5568 | |
| 114 | East Texas A&M University | 30700 | 36500 | 0.1589 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 114 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30700 | 54600 | 0.4385 | 3,163 | 1165 | 0.9347 | |
| 116 | University of Toledo | 30800 | 42000 | 0.2653 | 11,013 | 1159 | 0.9202 | |
| 117 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1150 | 0.9523 | |
| 118 | Coastal Carolina University | 31000 | 45100 | 0.3127 | 10,811 | 1145 | 0.7527 | |
| 119 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 31300 | 31300 | 0 | 6,853 | 1090 | 0.7147 | |
| 120 | Angelo State University | 31800 | 35400 | 0.1027 | 9,779 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 121 | Washington Adventist University | 31900 | 37800 | 0.1562 | 605 | 951 | 0.4536 | |
| 122 | Hampton University | 32000 | 62400 | 0.4868 | 3,728 | 956 | 0.6225 | |
| 123 | Saint Michael's College | 32100 | 68500 | 0.5317 | 1,120 | 1240 | 0.8451 | |
| 124 | Suffolk University | 32500 | 69700 | 0.5341 | 4,324 | 1209 | 0.822 | |
| 124 | University of Scranton | 32500 | 78700 | 0.5872 | 3,613 | 1220 | 0.8029 | |
| 126 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 15,130 | 1095 | 0.5256 | |
| 127 | Frostburg State University | 33400 | 43000 | 0.2234 | 2,619 | 1095 | 0.892 | |
| 128 | George Washington University | 33700 | 81800 | 0.5882 | 11,677 | 1421 | 0.4709 | |
| 129 | LeTourneau University | 34100 | 54800 | 0.378 | 3,184 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 130 | Charleston Southern University | 34300 | 48400 | 0.2918 | 2,914 | 1060 | 0.7609 | |
| 130 | Salisbury University | 34300 | 41700 | 0.1773 | 6,288 | 1250 | 0.8747 | |
| 132 | Pace University | 34500 | 74800 | 0.5387 | 8,038 | 1274 | 0.7592 | |
| 133 | University of South Florida | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 134 | Adelphi University | 35200 | 63300 | 0.4443 | 5,325 | 1218 | 0.6591 | |
| 135 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 36200 | 56300 | 0.3575 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 136 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 36700 | 67900 | 0.4594 | 3,965 | 1335 | 0.9121 | |
| 137 | Loyola University Maryland | 37100 | 78800 | 0.5293 | 3,881 | 1309 | 0.7549 | |
| 138 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 37500 | 41600 | 0.0993 | 5,386 | 995 | 0.9092 | |
| 139 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 38800 | 53400 | 0.2735 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 140 | Rutgers University-Newark | 39500 | 60500 | 0.3474 | 7,417 | 1214 | 0.7873 | |
| 141 | McKendree University | 40100 | 52200 | 0.2324 | 1,605 | 1098 | 0.6388 | |
| 142 | Christopher Newport University | 42200 | 51000 | 0.1727 | 4,407 | 1209 | 0.8796 | |
| 142 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 42200 | 54700 | 0.2285 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 144 | Merrimack College | 43600 | 78800 | 0.4472 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
| 145 | University of Illinois Chicago | 43700 | 49300 | 0.1135 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 146 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 43900 | 57100 | 0.2302 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 147 | Immaculata University | 44300 | 47800 | 0.0732 | 1,652 | 1245 | 0.8578 | |
| 148 | Mercer University | 47700 | 63700 | 0.2513 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
| 149 | University of Mount Olive | 48300 | 50400 | 0.0424 | 1,937 | 1020 | 0.7775 | |
| 150 | DePaul University | 48700 | 67100 | 0.2742 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 151 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 48800 | 61200 | 0.2032 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 151 | Drexel University | 48800 | 83800 | 0.4176 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 151 | Ramapo College of New Jersey | 48800 | 54600 | 0.1062 | 5,444 | 1214 | 0.7064 | |
| 154 | Molloy University | 48900 | 62300 | 0.2152 | 3,240 | 1199 | 0.8174 | |
| 154 | University of Kentucky | 48900 | 56600 | 0.1357 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 156 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 50400 | 60000 | 0.1599 | 31,112 | 1114 | 0.8129 | |
| 157 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 50800 | 52900 | 0.0404 | 14,504 | 1145 | 0.7637 | |
| 158 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 51000 | 84700 | 0.398 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 159 | University of Utah | 51600 | 53700 | 0.0398 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 160 | California Lutheran University | 54200 | 70000 | 0.226 | 2,297 | 1258 | 0.7567 | |
| 161 | Dallas Baptist University | 55700 | 71900 | 0.2252 | 2,785 | 1104 | 0.8884 | |
| 162 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58300 | 64100 | 0.0905 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 163 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver | 60000 | 63200 | 0.0506 | 482 | 1195 | 0.9565 | |
| 164 | Thiel College | 60400 | 69100 | 0.1259 | 830 | 1065 | 0.7189 | |
| 165 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 60800 | 64100 | 0.0514 | 1,236 | 1203 | 0.9811 | |
| 166 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 61400 | 64200 | 0.0436 | 1,880 | 1185 | 0.9867 | |
| 167 | College of Charleston | 61600 | 61600 | 0 | 10,880 | 1255 | 0.6003 | |
| 168 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 63500 | 63500 | 0 | 10,200 | 1346 | 0.6507 | |
| 169 | Fordham University | 70000 | 95000 | 0.263 | 10,582 | 1406 | 0.5931 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.