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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 Illinois.
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 Illinois.
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 |
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1 | CUNY Graduate School and University Center | 4900 | 43900 | 0.8886 | 3,237 | 0 | 0.3861 | |
2 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 6100 | 39100 | 0.8449 | 33,921 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
3 | California Institute of Technology | 7500 | 90300 | 0.9168 | 987 | 1557 | 0.0257 | |
4 | University of Houston-Victoria | 7900 | 23500 | 0.6648 | 2,707 | 930 | 0.7671 | |
5 | CUNY Lehman College | 8200 | 35100 | 0.7671 | 11,176 | 1020 | 0.4601 | |
6 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 8900 | 30500 | 0.7081 | 3,207 | 1050 | 0.8034 | |
7 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 9700 | 94100 | 0.8972 | 9,007 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
8 | New Mexico Highlands University | 10400 | 21500 | 0.5158 | 1,710 | 945 | 0.9481 | |
8 | Valdosta State University | 10400 | 24800 | 0.5817 | 7,206 | 1015 | 0.7214 | |
10 | Savannah State University | 10800 | 17400 | 0.3785 | 2,857 | 950 | 0.8368 | |
11 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 11100 | 27800 | 0.6016 | 21,075 | 1420 | 0.1534 | |
12 | Christopher Newport University | 11900 | 33900 | 0.6489 | 4,407 | 1209 | 0.8796 | |
12 | Northern Illinois University | 11900 | 29000 | 0.5885 | 11,339 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
14 | Northwestern University | 12300 | 87700 | 0.8598 | 8,839 | 1513 | 0.0722 | |
14 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 12300 | 37100 | 0.668 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
16 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 27200 | 0.5443 | 39,256 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
17 | Fort Hays State University | 12600 | 22000 | 0.4274 | 10,206 | 1120 | 0.9177 | |
17 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 12600 | 27100 | 0.5342 | 28,674 | 980 | 0.9401 | |
19 | University of South Florida | 13100 | 17100 | 0.2337 | 44,120 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
20 | University of North Florida | 13300 | 22400 | 0.4068 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
21 | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | 13600 | 19600 | 0.306 | 10,630 | 1075 | 0.7289 | |
22 | Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville | 13700 | 41100 | 0.6673 | 8,975 | 1045 | 0.9721 | |
23 | Radford University | 13900 | 21900 | 0.3653 | 6,143 | 1070 | 0.8953 | |
24 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 14200 | 28100 | 0.4946 | 8,526 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
24 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 14200 | 29300 | 0.5149 | 6,550 | 1140 | 0.7456 | |
24 | University of Michigan-Flint | 14200 | 36600 | 0.612 | 5,011 | 1103 | 0.7047 | |
27 | Goshen College | 14700 | 55700 | 0.7366 | 773 | 995 | 0.8404 | |
27 | University of North Texas | 14700 | 25400 | 0.4219 | 37,529 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
29 | Coastal Carolina University | 14900 | 27200 | 0.4522 | 10,811 | 1145 | 0.7527 | |
30 | Alabama State University | 15000 | 28000 | 0.4636 | 3,322 | 945 | 0.9564 | |
30 | Northeastern University | 15000 | 89900 | 0.8335 | 22,649 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
32 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 15200 | 35700 | 0.5744 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
32 | Wayne State College | 15200 | 26400 | 0.4248 | 3,898 | 1075 | 1 | |
34 | Concord University | 15300 | 31700 | 0.5171 | 1,609 | 990 | 0.9256 | |
34 | Dickinson State University | 15300 | 21600 | 0.2922 | 1,339 | 1005 | 0.3695 | |
36 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 15400 | 28800 | 0.4651 | 7,595 | 1075 | 0.9226 | |
37 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 15600 | 23400 | 0.3337 | 11,721 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
38 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 15700 | 26800 | 0.4144 | 4,478 | 1065 | 0.8132 | |
39 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 15900 | 35700 | 0.5549 | 12,108 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
40 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 16100 | 42300 | 0.6196 | 9,784 | 1005 | 0.9234 | |
40 | Southern University at New Orleans | 16100 | 31600 | 0.4903 | 1,773 | 885 | 0.6021 | |
42 | Jacksonville State University | 16600 | 26600 | 0.3762 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
43 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 17300 | 33600 | 0.4847 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
44 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 17600 | 17700 | 0.0057 | 18,428 | 1090 | 0.9529 | |
45 | Georgia Southern University | 17800 | 23800 | 0.2525 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
45 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 17800 | 25200 | 0.2936 | 6,853 | 1090 | 0.7147 | |
47 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 18200 | 20300 | 0.1034 | 1,919 | 1245 | 0.7844 | |
48 | Coppin State University | 19000 | 43100 | 0.5596 | 1,810 | 950 | 0.4956 | |
49 | San Jose State University | 19100 | 29900 | 0.3609 | 27,902 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
50 | Towson University | 19300 | 30000 | 0.3562 | 16,264 | 1093 | 0.8198 | |
51 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 19400 | 27200 | 0.2871 | 31,112 | 1130 | 0.8129 | |
52 | Cleveland State University | 19500 | 37300 | 0.4775 | 9,410 | 1005 | 0.913 | |
52 | University of Colorado Boulder | 19500 | 30600 | 0.3627 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
54 | Florida Memorial University | 19900 | 46100 | 0.5684 | 1,299 | 0 | 0.7431 | |
54 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 19900 | 36200 | 0.4512 | 40,978 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
56 | Central College | 20100 | 36800 | 0.4536 | 1,081 | 1140 | 0.8617 | |
56 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 20100 | 57800 | 0.6526 | 1,083 | 1205 | 0.9278 | |
58 | East Carolina University | 20800 | 23800 | 0.1258 | 21,445 | 1120 | 0.8922 | |
58 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 20800 | 33000 | 0.3694 | 578 | 1129 | 0.9821 | |
58 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 20800 | 30300 | 0.3132 | 1,809 | 1109 | 0.9484 | |
61 | Tarleton State University | 21000 | 23000 | 0.087 | 15,130 | 0 | 0.5256 | |
62 | Pennsylvania Western University | 21100 | 29400 | 0.2824 | 7,586 | 1070 | 0.9433 | |
63 | Stockton University | 21200 | 32100 | 0.3394 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
64 | Western Oregon University | 21300 | 24600 | 0.134 | 3,343 | 1120 | 0.9871 | |
65 | Bradley University | 21500 | 48300 | 0.5541 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
66 | Rutgers University-Newark | 21600 | 38900 | 0.4448 | 7,417 | 1214 | 0.7873 | |
67 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 21800 | 34400 | 0.3662 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
68 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 21900 | 36400 | 0.3979 | 2,834 | 1175 | 0.9677 | |
69 | Robert Morris University | 22200 | 56300 | 0.6063 | 3,769 | 1180 | 0.9057 | |
70 | Luther College | 22300 | 70900 | 0.6849 | 1,341 | 1226 | 0.8402 | |
71 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 22400 | 32000 | 0.2999 | 5,203 | 1118 | 0.744 | |
71 | University of Illinois Chicago | 22400 | 30300 | 0.2605 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
73 | Syracuse University | 22900 | 83100 | 0.7244 | 15,955 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
73 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 22900 | 22900 | 0 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
75 | Averett University | 23100 | 57200 | 0.5965 | 1,180 | 1010 | 0.478 | |
75 | Dakota State University | 23100 | 25600 | 0.0977 | 3,066 | 1192 | 0.8814 | |
77 | Bemidji State University | 23600 | 26400 | 0.1072 | 3,610 | 1110 | 0.9131 | |
78 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 23800 | 26600 | 0.1062 | 3,413 | 1085 | 0.5295 | |
78 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 23800 | 62200 | 0.6178 | 686 | 1030 | 0.8649 | |
78 | Ramapo College of New Jersey | 23800 | 34500 | 0.31 | 5,444 | 1214 | 0.7064 | |
81 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 24100 | 32200 | 0.2515 | 10,200 | 1346 | 0.6507 | |
82 | McKendree University | 24200 | 55600 | 0.5653 | 1,605 | 1098 | 0.6388 | |
83 | Elmhurst University | 24300 | 67000 | 0.6376 | 3,170 | 1148 | 0.7357 | |
84 | Dominican University | 24400 | 55500 | 0.5604 | 2,570 | 1035 | 0.9032 | |
85 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 24500 | 51700 | 0.5267 | 1,409 | 1110 | 0.6327 | |
86 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 24600 | 37400 | 0.3427 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
87 | Bethune-Cookman University | 25000 | 32700 | 0.2355 | 2,739 | 910 | 0.8824 | |
87 | Houghton University | 25000 | 35500 | 0.2956 | 939 | 1277 | 0.8866 | |
87 | University of Akron Main Campus | 25000 | 25000 | 0 | 11,127 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
90 | Boston College | 25100 | 94600 | 0.7347 | 9,654 | 1490 | 0.1619 | |
91 | Westfield State University | 25200 | 39000 | 0.3535 | 3,767 | 1105 | 0.8671 | |
92 | Northwood University | 25800 | 54500 | 0.5271 | 1,989 | 1075 | 0.839 | |
93 | Doane University | 26000 | 62800 | 0.5861 | 1,313 | 1125 | 0.9801 | |
94 | Stony Brook University | 26100 | 33200 | 0.2129 | 18,263 | 1395 | 0.4904 | |
95 | Fairmont State University | 26400 | 32000 | 0.1752 | 3,060 | 1005 | 0.9924 | |
95 | Northern Kentucky University | 26400 | 31600 | 0.1644 | 10,162 | 1090 | 0.8307 | |
97 | Benedictine University | 26500 | 48900 | 0.4581 | 1,970 | 1150 | 0.9523 | |
98 | Columbia College | 26600 | 41300 | 0.3562 | 876 | 1025 | 0.8878 | |
99 | Emporia State University | 26800 | 37700 | 0.2889 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
99 | University of North Georgia | 26800 | 35500 | 0.245 | 18,329 | 1100 | 0.6794 | |
101 | Kennesaw State University | 27000 | 27000 | 0 | 44,419 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
102 | Clemson University | 27200 | 35800 | 0.241 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
103 | Grand Valley State University | 27500 | 35700 | 0.2297 | 18,962 | 1233 | 0.8302 | |
104 | George Fox University | 28200 | 67100 | 0.5801 | 3,401 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
104 | Mercy University | 28200 | 44500 | 0.3664 | 6,769 | 1074 | 0.8584 | |
106 | Furman University | 28300 | 86300 | 0.6722 | 2,374 | 1359 | 0.4295 | |
107 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 28400 | 44100 | 0.3563 | 345 | 1180 | 0.9647 | |
108 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 28600 | 53300 | 0.4624 | 3,163 | 1165 | 0.9347 | |
109 | Lincoln University | 28700 | 40900 | 0.2982 | 1,707 | 920 | 0 | |
109 | Salisbury University | 28700 | 28700 | 0 | 6,288 | 1250 | 0.8747 | |
109 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 28700 | 52900 | 0.4576 | 36,970 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
112 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 29000 | 36500 | 0.2056 | 7,505 | 1059 | 0.9633 | |
113 | University of South Alabama | 29300 | 35000 | 0.1629 | 9,205 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
114 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 29400 | 51100 | 0.4249 | 1,477 | 1075 | 0.8068 | |
115 | Saint Xavier University | 29800 | 51200 | 0.4165 | 3,039 | 1125 | 0.8575 | |
116 | West Virginia Wesleyan College | 30000 | 52800 | 0.4325 | 938 | 1090 | 0.951 | |
117 | University of Toledo | 30100 | 42000 | 0.2819 | 11,013 | 1159 | 0.9202 | |
118 | Albright College | 30300 | 48700 | 0.3779 | 1,328 | 1050 | 0.8615 | |
118 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Schuylkill | 30300 | 45200 | 0.3298 | 620 | 1115 | 0.9664 | |
120 | SUNY at Fredonia | 30400 | 39600 | 0.2326 | 2,839 | 1193 | 0.792 | |
121 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 30700 | 33500 | 0.0845 | 14,504 | 1145 | 0.7637 | |
121 | Washington Adventist University | 30700 | 37800 | 0.188 | 605 | 950 | 0.4536 | |
123 | Harding University | 31000 | 43800 | 0.2928 | 3,523 | 1193 | 0.3942 | |
124 | Angelo State University | 31100 | 35400 | 0.1224 | 9,778 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
124 | SUNY Brockport | 31100 | 37900 | 0.1794 | 5,816 | 1195 | 0.7068 | |
124 | Thomas Jefferson University | 31100 | 67700 | 0.5405 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
127 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 31200 | 36700 | 0.1499 | 5,789 | 1115 | 0.5774 | |
128 | Saint Michael's College | 31300 | 68400 | 0.5421 | 1,120 | 1240 | 0.8451 | |
128 | State University of New York at Oswego | 31300 | 38300 | 0.1825 | 5,515 | 1174 | 0.8057 | |
130 | CUNY Brooklyn College | 31800 | 31800 | 0 | 11,406 | 1110 | 0.5836 | |
130 | Hampton University | 31800 | 47000 | 0.3235 | 3,728 | 956 | 0.6225 | |
132 | University of Scranton | 31900 | 76300 | 0.5822 | 3,613 | 1220 | 0.812 | |
133 | Frostburg State University | 32100 | 43100 | 0.2553 | 2,619 | 1082 | 0.892 | |
134 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver | 32600 | 40200 | 0.1892 | 464 | 1195 | 0.9565 | |
135 | Grambling State University | 32800 | 35300 | 0.0709 | 4,279 | 965 | 0.2368 | |
135 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 32800 | 40900 | 0.1982 | 1,214 | 1203 | 0.9811 | |
135 | Wilkes University | 32800 | 61900 | 0.4694 | 1,946 | 1153 | 0.9146 | |
138 | California Lutheran University | 32900 | 65800 | 0.4996 | 2,297 | 1258 | 0.7567 | |
139 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 33000 | 45200 | 0.27 | 10,767 | 1326 | 0.7243 | |
140 | Norwich University | 33400 | 70900 | 0.5291 | 2,642 | 1209 | 0.7361 | |
141 | Elizabethtown College | 33600 | 54600 | 0.3849 | 1,901 | 1214 | 0.7787 | |
141 | LeTourneau University | 33600 | 54600 | 0.3845 | 3,184 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
143 | College of Charleston | 33700 | 33700 | 0 | 10,880 | 1255 | 0.6003 | |
143 | George Washington University | 33700 | 81800 | 0.5882 | 11,677 | 1421 | 0.4709 | |
143 | Morgan State University | 33700 | 37200 | 0.0941 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
146 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 34000 | 37800 | 0.1013 | 5,086 | 1000 | 0.9821 | |
147 | Adelphi University | 34500 | 63300 | 0.4552 | 5,322 | 1218 | 0.6591 | |
148 | DePaul University | 34600 | 56200 | 0.3845 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
149 | City University of Seattle | 35100 | 45400 | 0.227 | 1,180 | 0 | 0.9025 | |
150 | Stevenson University | 35300 | 59900 | 0.4105 | 3,087 | 1100 | 0.7891 | |
150 | University of Mount Olive | 35300 | 35300 | 0 | 1,937 | 945 | 0.7775 | |
152 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 36000 | 51900 | 0.3052 | 5,546 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
153 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 36100 | 38900 | 0.0727 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
154 | Mercer University | 36400 | 60500 | 0.3984 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
155 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 36800 | 41600 | 0.116 | 5,187 | 1005 | 0.9229 | |
156 | Immaculata University | 37000 | 47800 | 0.2257 | 1,628 | 1245 | 0.8578 | |
157 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 38000 | 52900 | 0.2815 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
158 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38400 | 38400 | 0 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
159 | Wayne State University | 38800 | 45500 | 0.1472 | 15,371 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
160 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 39600 | 45400 | 0.1278 | 494 | 1204 | 0.9641 | |
161 | Pace University | 39700 | 74100 | 0.464 | 8,019 | 1274 | 0.7592 | |
162 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 40300 | 40300 | 0 | 1,854 | 1185 | 0.9867 | |
163 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 40500 | 40500 | 0 | 3,988 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
164 | Loyola University Maryland | 41800 | 78800 | 0.4696 | 3,843 | 1309 | 0.7549 | |
164 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 41800 | 55100 | 0.2415 | 43,729 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
164 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 41800 | 54900 | 0.2388 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
167 | University of Maryland-College Park | 42100 | 52900 | 0.2042 | 30,994 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
168 | University of California-Riverside | 42900 | 66400 | 0.3539 | 21,954 | 1199 | 0.7685 | |
169 | Merrimack College | 43200 | 78800 | 0.4522 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
170 | CUNY Bernard M Baruch College | 43400 | 43400 | 0 | 16,060 | 1293 | 0.5117 | |
171 | James Madison University | 46400 | 46400 | 0 | 21,045 | 1260 | 0.7151 | |
172 | Drexel University | 48100 | 82600 | 0.4175 | 12,896 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
172 | Suffolk University | 48100 | 73600 | 0.3466 | 4,275 | 1209 | 0.822 | |
172 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 48100 | 56200 | 0.1441 | 3,963 | 1229 | 0.9121 | |
175 | Molloy University | 48300 | 62300 | 0.2249 | 3,235 | 1199 | 0.8174 | |
176 | University of Kentucky | 49700 | 56000 | 0.1112 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
177 | University of Utah | 50900 | 53700 | 0.0527 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
178 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
179 | Fordham University | 55500 | 94600 | 0.4135 | 10,307 | 1415 | 0.5628 | |
180 | Thiel College | 66300 | 69100 | 0.0405 | 830 | 1065 | 0.7189 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.