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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 Louisiana.
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 Louisiana.
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 | 7500 | 91800 | 0.9183 | 987 | 1557 | 0.0257 | |
| 3 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 7900 | 36100 | 0.7821 | 10,051 | 1064 | 0.9234 | |
| 4 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8400 | 97100 | 0.914 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0399 | |
| 5 | Valdosta State University | 10500 | 24800 | 0.5775 | 7,166 | 1015 | 0.7229 | |
| 6 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 29200 | 0.5745 | 38,040 | 1418 | 0.452 | |
| 7 | Louisiana State University-Shreveport | 12700 | 34200 | 0.6286 | 2,651 | 1085 | 0.5055 | |
| 8 | Fort Hays State University | 13000 | 22600 | 0.4262 | 10,172 | 1075 | 0.9026 | |
| 8 | University of North Florida | 13000 | 22400 | 0.4202 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
| 10 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 13300 | 13300 | 0 | 18,288 | 1090 | 0.9068 | |
| 11 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 13400 | 25700 | 0.4784 | 28,674 | 980 | 0.9419 | |
| 12 | University of Michigan-Flint | 13500 | 46300 | 0.7082 | 5,011 | 1109 | 0.7046 | |
| 13 | Louisiana Tech University | 13700 | 25400 | 0.4608 | 10,881 | 1189 | 0.864 | |
| 14 | Alabama State University | 14200 | 31300 | 0.5476 | 3,521 | 945 | 0.9755 | |
| 15 | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | 14500 | 19600 | 0.2601 | 10,632 | 1075 | 0.8859 | |
| 16 | Dickinson State University | 14600 | 25000 | 0.4179 | 1,339 | 990 | 0.3702 | |
| 17 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 14800 | 40600 | 0.6349 | 352 | 1180 | 0.9647 | |
| 18 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 15000 | 37400 | 0.5984 | 7,622 | 1075 | 0.9254 | |
| 19 | Wayne State College | 15300 | 20300 | 0.2463 | 3,902 | 0 | 0 | |
| 20 | Radford University | 15500 | 32000 | 0.5152 | 6,161 | 1070 | 0.8953 | |
| 21 | Coastal Carolina University | 15700 | 27200 | 0.4229 | 10,811 | 1145 | 0.7527 | |
| 22 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 15800 | 28800 | 0.4511 | 6,761 | 1105 | 0.8475 | |
| 23 | University of California-Riverside | 16200 | 36500 | 0.5558 | 22,600 | 1199 | 0.7639 | |
| 24 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 16400 | 23400 | 0.2995 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8698 | |
| 25 | Goshen College | 16500 | 55900 | 0.7045 | 780 | 995 | 0.8407 | |
| 25 | Southeastern Louisiana University | 16500 | 40000 | 0.5879 | 13,192 | 1075 | 0.9931 | |
| 27 | Emporia State University | 16600 | 22900 | 0.2753 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 28 | Grove City College | 16700 | 39700 | 0.5801 | 2,341 | 1266 | 0.7232 | |
| 28 | Northwestern University | 16700 | 89500 | 0.8138 | 9,399 | 1527 | 0.0769 | |
| 28 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16700 | 64800 | 0.7418 | 20,885 | 1420 | 0.1534 | |
| 31 | University of South Florida | 17100 | 17100 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 32 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 17800 | 43500 | 0.5903 | 581 | 1132 | 0.9821 | |
| 33 | Boston College | 18100 | 97600 | 0.8144 | 10,314 | 1490 | 0.1643 | |
| 34 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18200 | 28600 | 0.3634 | 4,218 | 1030 | 0.9489 | |
| 35 | College of Charleston | 18300 | 33900 | 0.4607 | 10,880 | 1255 | 0.6003 | |
| 35 | State University of New York at Oswego | 18300 | 27700 | 0.3392 | 5,517 | 1180 | 0.8055 | |
| 35 | Towson University | 18300 | 29900 | 0.3876 | 16,264 | 1098 | 0.8197 | |
| 35 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 18300 | 35300 | 0.4813 | 1,813 | 1109 | 0.9484 | |
| 39 | Central Connecticut State University | 18500 | 34000 | 0.4554 | 8,170 | 1075 | 0.7333 | |
| 39 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 18500 | 25200 | 0.2654 | 6,835 | 1090 | 0.7147 | |
| 41 | University of Houston-Victoria | 19200 | 25000 | 0.2322 | 2,627 | 1095 | 0.959 | |
| 42 | University of South Alabama | 19900 | 22400 | 0.1118 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 43 | Norwich University | 20000 | 73800 | 0.7288 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 43 | Pennsylvania Western University | 20000 | 29000 | 0.3108 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 45 | Cleveland State University | 20100 | 30900 | 0.3491 | 9,482 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 45 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 20100 | 30400 | 0.3385 | 3,224 | 1085 | 0.7643 | |
| 47 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20400 | 29400 | 0.3056 | 5,255 | 1109 | 0.7295 | |
| 48 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 20800 | 57800 | 0.6408 | 1,932 | 1193 | 0.9278 | |
| 49 | Tarleton State University | 21000 | 23000 | 0.087 | 15,254 | 1080 | 0.8955 | |
| 50 | Luther College | 21400 | 71900 | 0.7019 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.7154 | |
| 50 | University of North Georgia | 21400 | 21400 | 0 | 18,322 | 1100 | 0.6794 | |
| 52 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,221 | 1204 | 0.8854 | |
| 53 | Grand Valley State University | 22100 | 35900 | 0.3849 | 19,002 | 1084 | 0.8302 | |
| 53 | Lincoln University | 22100 | 24900 | 0.1124 | 1,926 | 0 | 0 | |
| 55 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 22500 | 25400 | 0.1143 | 2,906 | 1125 | 0.4696 | |
| 56 | New Mexico Highlands University | 22600 | 27200 | 0.169 | 1,603 | 0 | 0 | |
| 57 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 22700 | 53000 | 0.5712 | 1,472 | 1075 | 0.8459 | |
| 58 | Dakota State University | 23100 | 25600 | 0.0977 | 3,066 | 1192 | 0.8805 | |
| 59 | Florida Memorial University | 23200 | 42000 | 0.4471 | 1,206 | 0 | 0.8526 | |
| 59 | Houghton University | 23200 | 44300 | 0.4763 | 1,162 | 1277 | 0.8866 | |
| 61 | Robert Morris University | 23300 | 58000 | 0.5988 | 4,325 | 1145 | 0.8989 | |
| 61 | San Jose State University | 23300 | 41100 | 0.4332 | 28,008 | 1124 | 0.8461 | |
| 63 | University of Kentucky | 23800 | 36400 | 0.3455 | 25,534 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 64 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 24000 | 34400 | 0.3023 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 65 | Dominican University | 24100 | 56000 | 0.5705 | 2,690 | 1005 | 0.9032 | |
| 66 | Bradley University | 24500 | 50800 | 0.5177 | 3,596 | 1223 | 0.7676 | |
| 67 | Western Oregon University | 24600 | 24600 | 0 | 3,167 | 1040 | 0.981 | |
| 67 | Westfield State University | 24600 | 39000 | 0.3688 | 3,868 | 1085 | 0.8141 | |
| 69 | Stockton University | 24700 | 32100 | 0.2304 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 70 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 25300 | 40500 | 0.3754 | 25,900 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 71 | Doane University | 25400 | 71000 | 0.6426 | 1,315 | 1125 | 0.9801 | |
| 71 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 25400 | 45900 | 0.447 | 502 | 1189 | 0.9641 | |
| 73 | Bethune-Cookman University | 25800 | 32700 | 0.2111 | 2,738 | 910 | 0.8824 | |
| 74 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 26100 | 28300 | 0.076 | 3,375 | 1090 | 0.5876 | |
| 74 | Stony Brook University | 26100 | 33200 | 0.2129 | 18,263 | 1410 | 0.4904 | |
| 74 | University of North Texas | 26100 | 26100 | 0 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 77 | Columbia College | 26400 | 46900 | 0.4371 | 5,207 | 1145 | 0.4714 | |
| 78 | Kennesaw State University | 26600 | 26600 | 0 | 42,760 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 79 | Albright College | 26700 | 49300 | 0.4583 | 1,230 | 1050 | 0.7633 | |
| 80 | Northwood University | 26800 | 54500 | 0.5087 | 2,045 | 1055 | 0.6451 | |
| 81 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 27600 | 37700 | 0.2681 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 81 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 27600 | 36500 | 0.244 | 7,505 | 1073 | 0.9633 | |
| 83 | Syracuse University | 27700 | 83100 | 0.6665 | 15,957 | 1363 | 0.4592 | |
| 83 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 27700 | 31000 | 0.1066 | 10,767 | 1326 | 0.7243 | |
| 85 | Southern University at New Orleans | 27900 | 42300 | 0.3403 | 2,179 | 950 | 0.789 | |
| 86 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28500 | 32300 | 0.1176 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 87 | Saint Xavier University | 28700 | 53700 | 0.4652 | 3,098 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 88 | Elmhurst University | 28800 | 67000 | 0.5704 | 3,213 | 1148 | 0.7364 | |
| 89 | James Madison University | 28900 | 28900 | 0 | 20,973 | 1260 | 0.7152 | |
| 89 | University of Utah | 28900 | 32000 | 0.0984 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 91 | George Fox University | 29000 | 69400 | 0.5824 | 3,354 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 92 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29100 | 31800 | 0.0849 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 93 | Clemson University | 29200 | 37100 | 0.2141 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 94 | Jacksonville State University | 29300 | 38200 | 0.2328 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 95 | East Texas A&M University | 29400 | 36500 | 0.1945 | 9,992 | 1045 | 0.9224 | |
| 96 | University of Toledo | 29500 | 32600 | 0.0966 | 11,013 | 1229 | 0.9202 | |
| 97 | Morgan State University | 29600 | 41900 | 0.2938 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 98 | Fairmont State University | 29700 | 32200 | 0.0777 | 3,088 | 970 | 0.9862 | |
| 99 | Northern Kentucky University | 30100 | 32100 | 0.0623 | 10,163 | 1090 | 0.6765 | |
| 99 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 30100 | 39700 | 0.2419 | 4,487 | 1115 | 0.6726 | |
| 101 | Central College | 30400 | 36800 | 0.174 | 1,084 | 1145 | 0.8617 | |
| 101 | Mercy University | 30400 | 44500 | 0.317 | 6,774 | 1135 | 0.8584 | |
| 103 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 30500 | 54700 | 0.4419 | 1,427 | 1025 | 0.4941 | |
| 104 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30600 | 54600 | 0.4387 | 3,163 | 1165 | 0.9347 | |
| 105 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1161 | 0.9523 | |
| 105 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 30900 | 36900 | 0.1624 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 107 | Frostburg State University | 31000 | 43000 | 0.2792 | 3,422 | 1095 | 0.8918 | |
| 108 | Hampton University | 31300 | 54800 | 0.4288 | 3,728 | 947 | 0.6225 | |
| 109 | Angelo State University | 31700 | 35400 | 0.1031 | 9,702 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 109 | Saint Michael's College | 31700 | 68500 | 0.5375 | 1,120 | 1240 | 0.8451 | |
| 111 | Grambling State University | 32300 | 35300 | 0.085 | 4,313 | 950 | 0.4486 | |
| 111 | Washington Adventist University | 32300 | 37800 | 0.1457 | 513 | 995 | 0.4618 | |
| 113 | SUNY Brockport | 32400 | 35800 | 0.095 | 5,816 | 1195 | 0.7068 | |
| 114 | University of Scranton | 32500 | 78700 | 0.5874 | 3,613 | 1250 | 0.8123 | |
| 115 | Suffolk University | 33100 | 70300 | 0.5291 | 4,326 | 1209 | 0.8233 | |
| 116 | George Washington University | 33800 | 81800 | 0.5869 | 11,677 | 1430 | 0.4709 | |
| 117 | LeTourneau University | 33900 | 54800 | 0.3817 | 3,187 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 117 | Salisbury University | 33900 | 41700 | 0.1868 | 6,288 | 1250 | 0.8747 | |
| 117 | Thomas Jefferson University | 33900 | 68100 | 0.5024 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8097 | |
| 120 | SUNY at Fredonia | 34000 | 39600 | 0.1416 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 121 | Charleston Southern University | 34300 | 48400 | 0.2921 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 122 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 35100 | 35100 | 0 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 123 | Adelphi University | 35200 | 63300 | 0.4445 | 5,325 | 1237 | 0.6591 | |
| 123 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 35200 | 56700 | 0.3792 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8304 | |
| 125 | Averett University | 35400 | 57200 | 0.3813 | 1,244 | 1054 | 0.5659 | |
| 125 | Christopher Newport University | 35400 | 36200 | 0.0221 | 4,369 | 1189 | 0.8604 | |
| 127 | California Lutheran University | 35500 | 70000 | 0.4931 | 2,297 | 1254 | 0.7567 | |
| 128 | Loyola University Maryland | 36300 | 78800 | 0.5394 | 3,881 | 1303 | 0.7549 | |
| 129 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 36500 | 41600 | 0.1237 | 5,386 | 1050 | 0.9092 | |
| 130 | Furman University | 36700 | 82900 | 0.5571 | 2,383 | 1359 | 0.4295 | |
| 131 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 36800 | 38900 | 0.0552 | 23,329 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 132 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 36900 | 37100 | 0.0054 | 5,939 | 1065 | 0.5878 | |
| 133 | East Carolina University | 37000 | 42700 | 0.1324 | 21,445 | 1160 | 0.8921 | |
| 134 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 37500 | 38100 | 0.0157 | 2,884 | 1175 | 0.9677 | |
| 135 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 37600 | 40700 | 0.0774 | 5,086 | 1124 | 0.949 | |
| 136 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38700 | 38700 | 0 | 14,416 | 1210 | 0.8851 | |
| 137 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 38900 | 38900 | 0 | 1,973 | 1189 | 0.8135 | |
| 138 | Rutgers University-Newark | 40000 | 57900 | 0.309 | 7,989 | 1159 | 0.7136 | |
| 139 | McKendree University | 40100 | 52200 | 0.2327 | 1,757 | 1098 | 0.7172 | |
| 140 | Wayne State University | 40700 | 46200 | 0.1191 | 16,012 | 1174 | 0.8116 | |
| 141 | Pace University | 40900 | 74800 | 0.4531 | 8,038 | 1260 | 0.7592 | |
| 142 | Immaculata University | 42000 | 47500 | 0.1157 | 1,652 | 1245 | 0.8576 | |
| 143 | University of Mount Olive | 42300 | 50400 | 0.1617 | 1,944 | 1075 | 0.7575 | |
| 144 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43400 | 53600 | 0.1904 | 31,133 | 1463 | 0.4479 | |
| 145 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4474 | 4,102 | 1115 | 0.7002 | |
| 146 | Mercer University | 45200 | 65400 | 0.3085 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
| 147 | University of Illinois Chicago | 45600 | 50600 | 0.0988 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 148 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 46300 | 46600 | 0.0064 | 6,139 | 1070 | 0.9052 | |
| 149 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47100 | 59700 | 0.2117 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 150 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 47700 | 67900 | 0.2974 | 3,965 | 1229 | 0.9121 | |
| 151 | University of Colorado Boulder | 47800 | 57700 | 0.172 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7808 | |
| 152 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 48000 | 55800 | 0.1398 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 153 | Drexel University | 48800 | 83900 | 0.4184 | 13,309 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 154 | DePaul University | 49200 | 66000 | 0.2547 | 14,188 | 1254 | 0.7589 | |
| 155 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 49800 | 62200 | 0.1995 | 37,140 | 1406 | 0.4237 | |
| 156 | Ramapo College of New Jersey | 50600 | 55400 | 0.0867 | 5,444 | 1220 | 0.7064 | |
| 157 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 50700 | 52900 | 0.0406 | 14,504 | 1149 | 0.7637 | |
| 158 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 50900 | 84700 | 0.3991 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 159 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 51900 | 52800 | 0.017 | 21,210 | 1148 | 0.9262 | |
| 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 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58200 | 64100 | 0.092 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 163 | Molloy University | 59700 | 62300 | 0.0418 | 3,240 | 1199 | 0.8174 | |
| 164 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 60300 | 64100 | 0.0592 | 1,236 | 1193 | 0.9811 | |
| 165 | Thiel College | 60500 | 69100 | 0.1244 | 833 | 1065 | 0.7155 | |
| 166 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 61900 | 64200 | 0.0358 | 1,880 | 1185 | 0.9867 | |
| 167 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 63700 | 63700 | 0 | 10,200 | 1325 | 0.6507 | |
| 168 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver | 63900 | 63900 | 0 | 482 | 1195 | 0.9565 | |
| 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.