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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 | Savannah State University | 6900 | 29000 | 0.7616 | 2,966 | 925 | 0.4614 | |
| 2 | California Institute of Technology | 7400 | 91800 | 0.9194 | 987 | 1557 | 0.0257 | |
| 3 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8400 | 97100 | 0.914 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0399 | |
| 4 | Valdosta State University | 10500 | 24800 | 0.5775 | 7,166 | 1015 | 0.7229 | |
| 5 | University of Michigan-Flint | 13200 | 46300 | 0.7147 | 5,011 | 1109 | 0.7046 | |
| 6 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 47300 | 0.7099 | 38,040 | 1418 | 0.452 | |
| 7 | Alabama State University | 14200 | 31300 | 0.5476 | 3,521 | 945 | 0.9755 | |
| 8 | Dickinson State University | 14400 | 25000 | 0.4231 | 1,339 | 990 | 0.3702 | |
| 9 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 14600 | 37400 | 0.6091 | 7,622 | 1075 | 0.9254 | |
| 10 | Wayne State College | 15200 | 20300 | 0.2512 | 3,902 | 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | Goshen College | 16500 | 55900 | 0.705 | 780 | 995 | 0.8407 | |
| 11 | Grove City College | 16500 | 39700 | 0.5851 | 2,341 | 1266 | 0.7232 | |
| 13 | Northwestern University | 16600 | 89500 | 0.8149 | 9,399 | 1527 | 0.0769 | |
| 13 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16600 | 64800 | 0.7438 | 20,885 | 1420 | 0.1534 | |
| 15 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 17000 | 44500 | 0.6176 | 352 | 1180 | 0.9647 | |
| 16 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 17400 | 43500 | 0.5995 | 581 | 1132 | 0.9821 | |
| 17 | Central Connecticut State University | 17800 | 34000 | 0.476 | 8,170 | 1075 | 0.7333 | |
| 18 | Boston College | 17900 | 97600 | 0.8164 | 10,314 | 1490 | 0.1643 | |
| 19 | College of Charleston | 18100 | 33900 | 0.4667 | 10,880 | 1255 | 0.6003 | |
| 19 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 18100 | 54300 | 0.6666 | 10,051 | 1064 | 0.9234 | |
| 21 | State University of New York at Oswego | 18200 | 27700 | 0.3428 | 5,517 | 1180 | 0.8055 | |
| 21 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18200 | 28600 | 0.3634 | 4,218 | 1030 | 0.9489 | |
| 23 | Central College | 18800 | 36600 | 0.4863 | 1,084 | 1145 | 0.8617 | |
| 24 | University of Houston-Victoria | 19500 | 35800 | 0.4555 | 2,627 | 1095 | 0.959 | |
| 25 | Norwich University | 19700 | 73800 | 0.7328 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 26 | Iowa State University | 19900 | 24200 | 0.1786 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 26 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 19900 | 30400 | 0.3451 | 3,224 | 1085 | 0.7643 | |
| 28 | Dakota State University | 20000 | 22500 | 0.1112 | 3,066 | 1192 | 0.8805 | |
| 29 | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | 20200 | 25700 | 0.2142 | 10,632 | 1075 | 0.8859 | |
| 30 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20500 | 39900 | 0.4865 | 5,255 | 1109 | 0.7295 | |
| 31 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 20600 | 57800 | 0.6431 | 1,932 | 1193 | 0.9278 | |
| 32 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 20900 | 27600 | 0.2431 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8698 | |
| 33 | Albright College | 21000 | 49300 | 0.5739 | 1,230 | 1050 | 0.7633 | |
| 34 | Luther College | 21300 | 71900 | 0.7033 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.7154 | |
| 35 | Grand Valley State University | 22100 | 35900 | 0.3849 | 19,002 | 1084 | 0.8302 | |
| 36 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 22500 | 53000 | 0.575 | 1,472 | 1075 | 0.8459 | |
| 37 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 22600 | 25400 | 0.1104 | 2,906 | 1125 | 0.4696 | |
| 37 | New Mexico Highlands University | 22600 | 27200 | 0.169 | 1,603 | 0 | 0 | |
| 39 | Florida Memorial University | 23100 | 42000 | 0.4495 | 1,206 | 0 | 0.8526 | |
| 39 | San Jose State University | 23100 | 41100 | 0.4381 | 28,008 | 1124 | 0.8461 | |
| 41 | Houghton University | 23200 | 44300 | 0.4763 | 1,162 | 1277 | 0.8866 | |
| 41 | Robert Morris University | 23200 | 58000 | 0.6011 | 4,325 | 1145 | 0.8989 | |
| 43 | Dominican University | 23900 | 56000 | 0.5728 | 2,690 | 1005 | 0.9032 | |
| 43 | Northern Kentucky University | 23900 | 32100 | 0.2556 | 10,163 | 1090 | 0.6765 | |
| 45 | Bradley University | 24300 | 50800 | 0.5216 | 3,596 | 1223 | 0.7676 | |
| 46 | Westfield State University | 24400 | 39000 | 0.3739 | 3,868 | 1085 | 0.8141 | |
| 47 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 24800 | 40500 | 0.3877 | 25,900 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 48 | Emporia State University | 25000 | 32000 | 0.2187 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 48 | Pennsylvania Western University | 25000 | 34400 | 0.273 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 50 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 25100 | 45900 | 0.4536 | 502 | 1189 | 0.9641 | |
| 51 | Doane University | 25300 | 71000 | 0.644 | 1,315 | 1125 | 0.9801 | |
| 52 | Bethune-Cookman University | 25800 | 32700 | 0.2111 | 2,738 | 910 | 0.8824 | |
| 53 | Fort Hays State University | 26000 | 36100 | 0.2817 | 10,172 | 1075 | 0.9026 | |
| 53 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 26000 | 28300 | 0.0806 | 3,375 | 1090 | 0.5876 | |
| 55 | Columbia College | 26400 | 46900 | 0.4372 | 5,207 | 1145 | 0.4714 | |
| 56 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 26500 | 36800 | 0.28 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 57 | Southern University at New Orleans | 26600 | 42300 | 0.371 | 2,179 | 950 | 0.789 | |
| 58 | Northwood University | 26800 | 54500 | 0.5087 | 2,045 | 1055 | 0.6451 | |
| 59 | Kennesaw State University | 27400 | 27400 | 0 | 42,760 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 59 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 27400 | 36500 | 0.2495 | 7,505 | 1073 | 0.9633 | |
| 61 | University of North Georgia | 27500 | 38600 | 0.2879 | 18,322 | 1100 | 0.6794 | |
| 62 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 27800 | 36700 | 0.2427 | 1,880 | 1185 | 0.9867 | |
| 62 | Syracuse University | 27800 | 83100 | 0.6653 | 15,957 | 1363 | 0.4592 | |
| 64 | Fairmont State University | 27900 | 32200 | 0.1336 | 3,088 | 970 | 0.9862 | |
| 65 | George Fox University | 28500 | 69400 | 0.5897 | 3,354 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 65 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28500 | 32300 | 0.1176 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 67 | Saint Xavier University | 28600 | 53700 | 0.4671 | 3,098 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 68 | Elmhurst University | 28700 | 67000 | 0.5718 | 3,213 | 1148 | 0.7364 | |
| 69 | University of Iowa | 28800 | 31100 | 0.0733 | 22,738 | 1208 | 0.8362 | |
| 70 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 28900 | 36700 | 0.2124 | 28,674 | 980 | 0.9419 | |
| 71 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 29000 | 42400 | 0.3164 | 6,761 | 1105 | 0.8475 | |
| 71 | University of North Texas | 29000 | 37400 | 0.2244 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 73 | Jacksonville State University | 29100 | 38200 | 0.2381 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 73 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 29100 | 29200 | 0.0034 | 18,288 | 1090 | 0.9068 | |
| 75 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29200 | 34000 | 0.1413 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 76 | East Texas A&M University | 29400 | 36500 | 0.1945 | 9,992 | 1045 | 0.9224 | |
| 77 | Morgan State University | 29500 | 41900 | 0.2962 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 77 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 29500 | 31600 | 0.0664 | 6,835 | 1090 | 0.7147 | |
| 79 | University of Toledo | 29700 | 42000 | 0.2926 | 11,013 | 1229 | 0.9202 | |
| 80 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 29900 | 39700 | 0.247 | 4,487 | 1115 | 0.6726 | |
| 81 | Grambling State University | 30200 | 35300 | 0.1446 | 4,313 | 950 | 0.4486 | |
| 81 | Mercy University | 30200 | 44500 | 0.3215 | 6,774 | 1135 | 0.8584 | |
| 83 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 30400 | 54700 | 0.4443 | 1,427 | 1025 | 0.4941 | |
| 84 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30500 | 54600 | 0.4411 | 3,163 | 1165 | 0.9347 | |
| 85 | Lincoln University | 30600 | 34500 | 0.1129 | 1,926 | 0 | 0 | |
| 86 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 30800 | 36900 | 0.166 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 87 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1161 | 0.9523 | |
| 88 | Frostburg State University | 31000 | 43000 | 0.2792 | 3,422 | 1095 | 0.8918 | |
| 89 | Hampton University | 31400 | 54800 | 0.427 | 3,728 | 947 | 0.6225 | |
| 89 | University of North Florida | 31400 | 33000 | 0.0485 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
| 91 | Angelo State University | 31600 | 35400 | 0.1068 | 9,702 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 92 | Saint Michael's College | 31700 | 68500 | 0.5375 | 1,120 | 1240 | 0.8451 | |
| 93 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 31900 | 49500 | 0.3559 | 1,813 | 1109 | 0.9484 | |
| 94 | Washington Adventist University | 32200 | 37800 | 0.1483 | 513 | 995 | 0.4618 | |
| 95 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 32300 | 40900 | 0.2103 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 95 | University of Scranton | 32300 | 78700 | 0.5891 | 3,613 | 1250 | 0.8123 | |
| 97 | SUNY Brockport | 32400 | 35800 | 0.095 | 5,816 | 1195 | 0.7068 | |
| 98 | Suffolk University | 32900 | 70300 | 0.5319 | 4,326 | 1209 | 0.8233 | |
| 98 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 32900 | 45100 | 0.2705 | 10,767 | 1326 | 0.7243 | |
| 100 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 15,254 | 1080 | 0.8955 | |
| 101 | Cleveland State University | 33500 | 37300 | 0.1019 | 9,482 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 101 | Immaculata University | 33500 | 47900 | 0.3008 | 1,652 | 1245 | 0.8576 | |
| 103 | George Washington University | 33700 | 81800 | 0.5881 | 11,677 | 1430 | 0.4709 | |
| 104 | LeTourneau University | 33900 | 54800 | 0.3817 | 3,187 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 104 | Salisbury University | 33900 | 41700 | 0.1868 | 6,288 | 1250 | 0.8747 | |
| 106 | SUNY at Fredonia | 34000 | 39600 | 0.1416 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 106 | Thomas Jefferson University | 34000 | 68100 | 0.501 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8097 | |
| 108 | Charleston Southern University | 34200 | 48400 | 0.2948 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 109 | Coastal Carolina University | 34800 | 45100 | 0.2281 | 10,811 | 1145 | 0.7527 | |
| 110 | University of South Florida | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 111 | Adelphi University | 35100 | 63300 | 0.4465 | 5,325 | 1237 | 0.6591 | |
| 112 | California Lutheran University | 35200 | 70000 | 0.4973 | 2,297 | 1254 | 0.7567 | |
| 112 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 35200 | 56700 | 0.3792 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8304 | |
| 114 | Averett University | 35400 | 57200 | 0.3813 | 1,244 | 1054 | 0.5659 | |
| 114 | Stockton University | 35400 | 44500 | 0.2046 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 116 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 36400 | 41600 | 0.1268 | 5,386 | 1050 | 0.9092 | |
| 117 | Loyola University Maryland | 36500 | 78800 | 0.5369 | 3,881 | 1303 | 0.7549 | |
| 118 | Furman University | 36700 | 82900 | 0.5571 | 2,383 | 1359 | 0.4295 | |
| 119 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 36900 | 37100 | 0.0054 | 5,939 | 1065 | 0.5878 | |
| 120 | East Carolina University | 37100 | 40100 | 0.0748 | 21,445 | 1160 | 0.8921 | |
| 120 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 37100 | 38100 | 0.0262 | 2,884 | 1175 | 0.9677 | |
| 122 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 37400 | 40700 | 0.0806 | 5,086 | 1124 | 0.949 | |
| 123 | Christopher Newport University | 37900 | 51000 | 0.2571 | 4,369 | 1189 | 0.8604 | |
| 124 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 38300 | 53100 | 0.2786 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 125 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38500 | 38700 | 0.0052 | 14,416 | 1210 | 0.8851 | |
| 126 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 38900 | 38900 | 0 | 1,973 | 1189 | 0.8135 | |
| 127 | Rutgers University-Newark | 39700 | 57900 | 0.3142 | 7,989 | 1159 | 0.7136 | |
| 127 | Stony Brook University | 39700 | 53000 | 0.2506 | 18,263 | 1410 | 0.4904 | |
| 127 | University of South Alabama | 39700 | 39700 | 0 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 130 | McKendree University | 39900 | 52200 | 0.2352 | 1,757 | 1098 | 0.7172 | |
| 131 | Wayne State University | 40500 | 46200 | 0.1234 | 16,012 | 1174 | 0.8116 | |
| 132 | Pace University | 40800 | 74800 | 0.4544 | 8,038 | 1260 | 0.7592 | |
| 133 | University of Mount Olive | 42100 | 50400 | 0.1643 | 1,944 | 1075 | 0.7575 | |
| 134 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43100 | 53600 | 0.196 | 31,133 | 1463 | 0.4479 | |
| 135 | Western Oregon University | 43400 | 43400 | 0 | 3,167 | 1040 | 0.981 | |
| 136 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4477 | 4,102 | 1115 | 0.7002 | |
| 136 | Radford University | 43500 | 45700 | 0.0499 | 6,161 | 1070 | 0.8953 | |
| 138 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 43800 | 57100 | 0.2328 | 23,329 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 139 | James Madison University | 45200 | 45200 | 0 | 20,973 | 1260 | 0.7152 | |
| 140 | University of Illinois Chicago | 45300 | 50600 | 0.1048 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 141 | Towson University | 45600 | 46400 | 0.0172 | 16,264 | 1098 | 0.8197 | |
| 142 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 46300 | 46600 | 0.0064 | 6,139 | 1070 | 0.9052 | |
| 143 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47100 | 59700 | 0.2122 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 144 | University of Colorado Boulder | 47300 | 57700 | 0.1803 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7808 | |
| 145 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 47800 | 67900 | 0.296 | 3,965 | 1229 | 0.9121 | |
| 146 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 48000 | 55800 | 0.1398 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 147 | Drexel University | 48600 | 83900 | 0.4208 | 13,309 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 148 | Mercer University | 48800 | 63700 | 0.234 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
| 149 | University of Kentucky | 49000 | 58000 | 0.1554 | 25,534 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 150 | DePaul University | 49200 | 66000 | 0.2547 | 14,188 | 1254 | 0.7589 | |
| 151 | University of California-Riverside | 49300 | 66000 | 0.2532 | 22,600 | 1199 | 0.7639 | |
| 152 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 49800 | 62200 | 0.1995 | 37,140 | 1406 | 0.4237 | |
| 153 | Ramapo College of New Jersey | 50400 | 55400 | 0.0903 | 5,444 | 1220 | 0.7064 | |
| 154 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 50600 | 52900 | 0.0431 | 14,504 | 1149 | 0.7637 | |
| 155 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 50800 | 84700 | 0.4003 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 156 | University of Utah | 51400 | 53700 | 0.0425 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 157 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 51700 | 52800 | 0.0208 | 21,210 | 1148 | 0.9262 | |
| 158 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 52900 | 61200 | 0.1353 | 26,221 | 1204 | 0.8854 | |
| 159 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 16,100 | 1219 | 0.7766 | |
| 160 | Dallas Baptist University | 56400 | 63400 | 0.1104 | 2,785 | 1109 | 0.8884 | |
| 161 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58200 | 64100 | 0.092 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 162 | Molloy University | 59800 | 62300 | 0.0402 | 3,240 | 1199 | 0.8174 | |
| 163 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 60300 | 64100 | 0.0592 | 1,236 | 1193 | 0.9811 | |
| 164 | Thiel College | 60500 | 69100 | 0.1244 | 833 | 1065 | 0.7155 | |
| 165 | Clemson University | 61400 | 63700 | 0.0358 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 166 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 63700 | 63700 | 0 | 10,200 | 1325 | 0.6507 | |
| 167 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver | 63900 | 63900 | 0 | 482 | 1195 | 0.9565 | |
| 168 | Fordham University | 69600 | 95100 | 0.268 | 10,582 | 1406 | 0.5931 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.