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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 Iowa.
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 Iowa.
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 | University of Michigan-Flint | 5200 | 44000 | 0.8823 | 5,534 | 1079 | 0.6734 | |
| 2 | Savannah State University | 6800 | 28000 | 0.756 | 2,966 | 950 | 1 | |
| 3 | Northwestern University | 7900 | 93000 | 0.9152 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 4 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8900 | 96500 | 0.9082 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 5 | Portland State University | 10100 | 73900 | 0.8631 | 14,932 | 1174 | 0.8586 | |
| 6 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 10500 | 42400 | 0.7519 | 3,224 | 1085 | 0.7643 | |
| 7 | Valdosta State University | 11500 | 25300 | 0.5447 | 7,199 | 1005 | 0.7769 | |
| 8 | Lamar University | 12600 | 22900 | 0.4492 | 8,387 | 1040 | 0.8353 | |
| 9 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 13200 | 25700 | 0.4862 | 29,727 | 990 | 0.9229 | |
| 10 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 13300 | 27600 | 0.5176 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 10 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 13300 | 19400 | 0.3145 | 14,865 | 1175 | 0.9113 | |
| 12 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 13500 | 13500 | 0 | 1,973 | 1189 | 0.8142 | |
| 12 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 13500 | 52800 | 0.7446 | 6,761 | 1105 | 0.8475 | |
| 14 | University of California-Riverside | 13600 | 118100 | 0.8845 | 24,034 | 1199 | 0.8609 | |
| 15 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 61700 | 0.7784 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 16 | Fairmont State University | 13800 | 21600 | 0.3605 | 3,090 | 970 | 0.9862 | |
| 17 | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | 14200 | 19600 | 0.2754 | 10,995 | 1090 | 0.7476 | |
| 18 | Coastal Carolina University | 14300 | 72300 | 0.8025 | 11,471 | 1160 | 0.7003 | |
| 19 | University of North Georgia | 14400 | 56800 | 0.7467 | 19,321 | 1100 | 0.9618 | |
| 20 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 14700 | 28600 | 0.4867 | 7,501 | 1055 | 0.9467 | |
| 21 | Wayne State College | 15000 | 26400 | 0.4314 | 3,886 | 0 | 1 | |
| 22 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 15200 | 43300 | 0.6491 | 308 | 1144 | 0.9053 | |
| 23 | Alabama State University | 15500 | 24300 | 0.3632 | 3,521 | 945 | 0.9755 | |
| 23 | Jacksonville State University | 15500 | 42900 | 0.638 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 25 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 15900 | 27700 | 0.4254 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 26 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver | 16000 | 43700 | 0.6333 | 475 | 1195 | 0.9418 | |
| 27 | Emporia State University | 16300 | 22900 | 0.2884 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 28 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16600 | 64800 | 0.7439 | 22,007 | 1427 | 0.1672 | |
| 29 | Morgan State University | 16700 | 28500 | 0.4138 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 30 | Southern University at New Orleans | 16800 | 41400 | 0.5949 | 2,179 | 950 | 0.789 | |
| 31 | Boston College | 17100 | 122200 | 0.8597 | 9,677 | 1484 | 0.1422 | |
| 31 | SUNY at Fredonia | 17100 | 27800 | 0.3854 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 33 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 17400 | 43500 | 0.6005 | 1,829 | 1149 | 0.945 | |
| 34 | East Carolina University | 17600 | 26100 | 0.3256 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 34 | University of Kentucky | 17600 | 46800 | 0.6237 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 36 | University of South Alabama | 17900 | 40600 | 0.5585 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 37 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 18100 | 54300 | 0.6666 | 10,368 | 1064 | 0.999 | |
| 37 | Kennesaw State University | 18100 | 61500 | 0.7052 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 37 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18100 | 28600 | 0.3669 | 3,991 | 1010 | 0.9654 | |
| 40 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 18200 | 68100 | 0.733 | 711 | 1030 | 0.8214 | |
| 41 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 18800 | 44600 | 0.5781 | 504 | 1200 | 0.9095 | |
| 41 | San Jose State University | 18800 | 41100 | 0.5427 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 43 | Coppin State University | 19000 | 51800 | 0.6326 | 1,908 | 950 | 0.4583 | |
| 43 | Texas A&M University-Victoria | 19000 | 25000 | 0.2402 | 2,627 | 1000 | 0.5253 | |
| 45 | Central College | 19300 | 36400 | 0.4697 | 1,050 | 1159 | 0.8698 | |
| 46 | Norwich University | 19700 | 76000 | 0.7404 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 47 | Syracuse University | 19800 | 83600 | 0.7632 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 48 | Iowa State University | 19900 | 24200 | 0.179 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 49 | University of Colorado Boulder | 20000 | 32100 | 0.3772 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7809 | |
| 50 | Dakota State University | 20400 | 22500 | 0.0912 | 3,085 | 1174 | 0.9241 | |
| 51 | Grove City College | 20600 | 39700 | 0.4817 | 2,247 | 1248 | 0.667 | |
| 51 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 20600 | 57800 | 0.6433 | 1,109 | 1175 | 0.9088 | |
| 53 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 20800 | 48100 | 0.5673 | 2,710 | 1218 | 0.9374 | |
| 54 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 21000 | 48000 | 0.5625 | 1,709 | 1218 | 0.9653 | |
| 54 | University of Maryland-College Park | 21000 | 35000 | 0.4004 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 56 | Thiel College | 21300 | 88800 | 0.7606 | 830 | 1065 | 0.7189 | |
| 57 | Luther College | 21500 | 75400 | 0.7153 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.8398 | |
| 58 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 59 | Grand Valley State University | 21900 | 36600 | 0.4016 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 60 | Grambling State University | 22200 | 25700 | 0.1364 | 4,313 | 950 | 0.4486 | |
| 60 | Texas Southern University | 22200 | 25500 | 0.1296 | 6,844 | 915 | 0.9691 | |
| 62 | Averett University | 22300 | 57400 | 0.612 | 1,244 | 1054 | 0.5659 | |
| 62 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 22300 | 33600 | 0.336 | 21,469 | 1167 | 0.9061 | |
| 64 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 22600 | 25400 | 0.1104 | 2,907 | 1125 | 0.4696 | |
| 65 | Fort Hays State University | 22900 | 28500 | 0.196 | 10,172 | 1075 | 0.9026 | |
| 66 | Pennsylvania Western University | 23000 | 34400 | 0.3311 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 67 | Robert Morris University | 23100 | 58000 | 0.6012 | 4,325 | 1145 | 0.8989 | |
| 68 | Florida Memorial University | 23200 | 41500 | 0.4408 | 1,206 | 0 | 0.8526 | |
| 68 | Houghton University | 23200 | 44300 | 0.4763 | 958 | 1277 | 0.89 | |
| 70 | Columbia College | 23600 | 65100 | 0.6372 | 876 | 1025 | 0.8878 | |
| 71 | Dominican University | 23900 | 56000 | 0.573 | 2,642 | 1005 | 0.8879 | |
| 72 | Stockton University | 24200 | 32100 | 0.246 | 7,583 | 1134 | 0.901 | |
| 73 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 24500 | 42000 | 0.4172 | 21,388 | 1369 | 0.5945 | |
| 74 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 24600 | 31600 | 0.2212 | 9,827 | 1329 | 0.6737 | |
| 75 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 24900 | 55700 | 0.5532 | 5,939 | 1065 | 0.5878 | |
| 76 | Concord University | 25100 | 41900 | 0.4014 | 1,638 | 1015 | 0.9728 | |
| 77 | Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi | 25300 | 28900 | 0.1247 | 8,673 | 1095 | 0.9156 | |
| 78 | Northwood University | 25800 | 75700 | 0.6596 | 2,045 | 1055 | 0.6451 | |
| 79 | Loyola University Maryland | 25900 | 78800 | 0.6714 | 4,013 | 1329 | 0.6986 | |
| 80 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 26000 | 28300 | 0.0809 | 3,375 | 1090 | 0.5885 | |
| 80 | University of North Texas | 26000 | 36900 | 0.2956 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 80 | West Virginia Wesleyan College | 26000 | 53800 | 0.5169 | 971 | 1030 | 0.9334 | |
| 83 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 26100 | 28400 | 0.0805 | 14,834 | 1149 | 0.7803 | |
| 84 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 26200 | 50000 | 0.4757 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 84 | University of Akron Main Campus | 26200 | 28000 | 0.0642 | 11,691 | 1074 | 0.7722 | |
| 86 | Bemidji State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 3,751 | 1075 | 0.5598 | |
| 86 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 26400 | 36800 | 0.2828 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 88 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 26600 | 40600 | 0.3448 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 89 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 26800 | 30100 | 0.1094 | 3,893 | 1015 | 0.9839 | |
| 89 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 26800 | 43300 | 0.3814 | 7,747 | 1073 | 0.9617 | |
| 91 | Cleveland State University | 27100 | 38500 | 0.2959 | 9,418 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 92 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 27400 | 29900 | 0.0837 | 18,667 | 1090 | 0.9711 | |
| 93 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 27600 | 27600 | 0 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 94 | Bethune-Cookman University | 27700 | 32300 | 0.1422 | 2,739 | 910 | 0.8824 | |
| 95 | Central Connecticut State University | 27900 | 29500 | 0.0542 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 96 | Wayne State University | 28200 | 46800 | 0.3977 | 16,390 | 1183 | 0.8359 | |
| 97 | Northern Kentucky University | 29600 | 34800 | 0.1493 | 10,136 | 1110 | 0.9666 | |
| 97 | University of South Florida | 29600 | 36700 | 0.1934 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 99 | California Lutheran University | 29700 | 109800 | 0.7298 | 2,160 | 1218 | 0.7631 | |
| 100 | University of Iowa | 29800 | 32100 | 0.0714 | 23,407 | 1203 | 0.799 | |
| 101 | Saint Xavier University | 30000 | 57200 | 0.4758 | 3,100 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 101 | Thomas Jefferson University | 30000 | 68700 | 0.5635 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 103 | Towson University | 30100 | 39200 | 0.2323 | 16,361 | 1082 | 0.8057 | |
| 104 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 30500 | 31800 | 0.0409 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 104 | University of North Florida | 30500 | 30500 | 0 | 14,837 | 1124 | 0.6815 | |
| 104 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30500 | 54600 | 0.4413 | 3,120 | 1193 | 0.3992 | |
| 107 | Lincoln University | 30700 | 35000 | 0.1229 | 1,926 | 920 | 0 | |
| 107 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 30700 | 44300 | 0.3067 | 586 | 1140 | 0.9577 | |
| 107 | University of Toledo | 30700 | 42000 | 0.269 | 10,726 | 1134 | 0.8889 | |
| 110 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 30800 | 36900 | 0.1662 | 5,687 | 1305 | 0.7863 | |
| 111 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 2,082 | 1124 | 0.9576 | |
| 112 | Westfield State University | 31000 | 41500 | 0.2532 | 3,868 | 1105 | 0.8671 | |
| 113 | Suffolk University | 31100 | 110800 | 0.7192 | 4,247 | 1209 | 0.8228 | |
| 114 | Angelo State University | 31600 | 35400 | 0.1071 | 10,103 | 1045 | 0.7981 | |
| 114 | Hampton University | 31600 | 54800 | 0.4233 | 4,046 | 1005 | 0.6358 | |
| 116 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 32100 | 39900 | 0.1956 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 117 | University of Scranton | 32400 | 78700 | 0.5879 | 3,689 | 1245 | 0.8006 | |
| 118 | State University of New York at Oswego | 32800 | 40200 | 0.1841 | 5,293 | 1179 | 0.7989 | |
| 118 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 32800 | 69700 | 0.529 | 11,087 | 1326 | 0.7397 | |
| 120 | SUNY Brockport | 33200 | 36500 | 0.0904 | 5,816 | 1195 | 0.7068 | |
| 120 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 33200 | 34200 | 0.0292 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 122 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 17,556 | 1090 | 0.5386 | |
| 123 | Harding University | 33500 | 47800 | 0.299 | 3,536 | 1184 | 0.7052 | |
| 124 | Elizabethtown College | 33700 | 69900 | 0.5181 | 1,935 | 1214 | 0.8892 | |
| 125 | Charleston Southern University | 34200 | 48400 | 0.295 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 125 | Salisbury University | 34200 | 41600 | 0.1779 | 6,477 | 1245 | 0.8826 | |
| 127 | George Washington University | 34300 | 81800 | 0.5808 | 11,495 | 1436 | 0.4713 | |
| 128 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 34500 | 62800 | 0.4506 | 1,495 | 1075 | 0.8761 | |
| 129 | Adelphi University | 35000 | 63300 | 0.4467 | 5,097 | 1241 | 0.7215 | |
| 130 | Bradley University | 35500 | 60000 | 0.4086 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 131 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 36100 | 57000 | 0.3664 | 4,789 | 1040 | 0.6671 | |
| 132 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 36300 | 53600 | 0.3229 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 133 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 36900 | 47900 | 0.2294 | 2,280 | 1224 | 0.9675 | |
| 134 | Frostburg State University | 37700 | 55400 | 0.3196 | 3,436 | 1095 | 0.907 | |
| 135 | Christopher Newport University | 37900 | 50000 | 0.2421 | 4,369 | 1189 | 0.8604 | |
| 135 | Saint Michael's College | 37900 | 75600 | 0.4989 | 1,051 | 1280 | 0.8976 | |
| 137 | Drexel University | 39700 | 107600 | 0.6308 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 137 | Stony Brook University | 39700 | 53000 | 0.2507 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 139 | James Madison University | 40000 | 45100 | 0.1131 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 140 | Immaculata University | 40100 | 60400 | 0.3361 | 1,889 | 1264 | 0.8656 | |
| 141 | Elmhurst University | 40200 | 69600 | 0.4222 | 3,170 | 1133 | 0.7501 | |
| 142 | Furman University | 40300 | 84600 | 0.5234 | 2,304 | 1372 | 0.4869 | |
| 143 | McKendree University | 40600 | 52900 | 0.2324 | 1,757 | 1098 | 0.7172 | |
| 143 | Pace University | 40600 | 75500 | 0.4623 | 5,520 | 1273 | 0.7827 | |
| 145 | University of Illinois Chicago | 41000 | 51300 | 0.2007 | 24,260 | 1174 | 0.7576 | |
| 146 | Mercy University | 41300 | 46400 | 0.11 | 6,692 | 1135 | 0.8724 | |
| 147 | University of Mount Olive | 42100 | 50400 | 0.1645 | 1,944 | 1075 | 0.7575 | |
| 148 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 43200 | 108500 | 0.6019 | 35,358 | 1448 | 0.1642 | |
| 149 | Radford University | 43400 | 45700 | 0.0501 | 6,206 | 1050 | 0.8939 | |
| 149 | Western Oregon University | 43400 | 43400 | 0 | 3,034 | 1120 | 0.8345 | |
| 151 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4479 | 4,123 | 1124 | 0.6927 | |
| 152 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 43900 | 103500 | 0.5757 | 4,182 | 1317 | 0.8783 | |
| 153 | Mercer University | 45700 | 65400 | 0.3015 | 4,719 | 1263 | 0.643 | |
| 154 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 46100 | 46600 | 0.0107 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 155 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47100 | 59800 | 0.2121 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 156 | DePaul University | 49000 | 66400 | 0.2619 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 156 | Ramapo College of New Jersey | 49000 | 58900 | 0.168 | 5,492 | 1210 | 0.7026 | |
| 158 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Schuylkill | 49500 | 61100 | 0.1899 | 653 | 1145 | 0.7972 | |
| 159 | Rutgers University-Newark | 50400 | 59900 | 0.1587 | 7,989 | 1159 | 0.7136 | |
| 160 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 50500 | 58800 | 0.1411 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 161 | University of Utah | 51400 | 53700 | 0.0426 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 162 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 163 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 54500 | 66200 | 0.1767 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 164 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 58100 | 59900 | 0.0301 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 165 | Molloy University | 58600 | 62300 | 0.0594 | 3,396 | 1188 | 0.6633 | |
| 166 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 60600 | 65000 | 0.0677 | 1,078 | 1217 | 0.9646 | |
| 167 | Clemson University | 61400 | 63700 | 0.036 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 168 | College of Charleston | 69300 | 69300 | 0 | 10,596 | 1234 | 0.73 | |
| 169 | Fordham University | 73700 | 103900 | 0.2907 | 10,582 | 1406 | 0.5931 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.