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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 | 6800 | 29000 | 0.7651 | 2,966 | 950 | 1 | |
| 2 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 7900 | 36100 | 0.7821 | 10,368 | 1064 | 0.999 | |
| 3 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8500 | 97100 | 0.9129 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 4 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 10200 | 20400 | 0.5005 | 3,224 | 1085 | 0.7643 | |
| 5 | Valdosta State University | 10500 | 24800 | 0.5775 | 7,199 | 1005 | 0.7769 | |
| 6 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 11600 | 27800 | 0.582 | 22,007 | 1427 | 0.1672 | |
| 7 | Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi | 12600 | 28900 | 0.5648 | 8,673 | 1095 | 0.9156 | |
| 8 | Louisiana State University-Shreveport | 12700 | 34200 | 0.6286 | 2,651 | 1085 | 0.5055 | |
| 9 | Lamar University | 12900 | 22900 | 0.4361 | 8,387 | 1040 | 0.8353 | |
| 10 | University of North Florida | 13000 | 22400 | 0.4202 | 14,837 | 1124 | 0.6815 | |
| 11 | University of Michigan-Flint | 13300 | 46300 | 0.7125 | 5,534 | 1079 | 0.6734 | |
| 11 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 13300 | 13300 | 0 | 18,667 | 1090 | 0.9711 | |
| 13 | Louisiana Tech University | 13700 | 25400 | 0.4608 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 13 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 63200 | 0.7838 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 15 | Alabama State University | 14200 | 31300 | 0.5476 | 3,521 | 945 | 0.9755 | |
| 16 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 14800 | 40600 | 0.6349 | 308 | 1144 | 0.9053 | |
| 17 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 14900 | 29600 | 0.4988 | 7,501 | 1055 | 0.9467 | |
| 18 | Wayne State College | 15300 | 20300 | 0.2463 | 3,886 | 0 | 1 | |
| 19 | Radford University | 15400 | 32000 | 0.5196 | 6,206 | 1050 | 0.8939 | |
| 20 | Coppin State University | 15600 | 27100 | 0.4243 | 1,908 | 950 | 0.4583 | |
| 21 | Coastal Carolina University | 15700 | 27200 | 0.4229 | 11,471 | 1160 | 0.7003 | |
| 22 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 15900 | 27700 | 0.4254 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 23 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver | 16100 | 38700 | 0.5837 | 475 | 1195 | 0.9418 | |
| 24 | Jacksonville State University | 16200 | 27000 | 0.4007 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 24 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 16200 | 26800 | 0.3959 | 4,789 | 1040 | 0.6671 | |
| 26 | Southeastern Louisiana University | 16300 | 26900 | 0.3916 | 14,294 | 1125 | 0.915 | |
| 26 | Southern University at New Orleans | 16300 | 31000 | 0.4736 | 2,179 | 950 | 0.789 | |
| 28 | Frostburg State University | 16500 | 26600 | 0.3794 | 3,436 | 1095 | 0.907 | |
| 28 | Portland State University | 16500 | 26100 | 0.368 | 14,932 | 1174 | 0.8586 | |
| 30 | Emporia State University | 16600 | 22900 | 0.2753 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 30 | Northwestern University | 16600 | 89500 | 0.8149 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 32 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 17000 | 40600 | 0.5807 | 586 | 1140 | 0.9577 | |
| 33 | University of South Florida | 17100 | 17100 | 0 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 34 | Morgan State University | 17900 | 28500 | 0.3717 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 35 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 18000 | 26600 | 0.3236 | 7,747 | 1073 | 0.9617 | |
| 36 | Boston College | 18100 | 97600 | 0.8144 | 9,677 | 1484 | 0.1422 | |
| 36 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18100 | 28600 | 0.3669 | 3,991 | 1010 | 0.9654 | |
| 38 | Central Connecticut State University | 18300 | 34000 | 0.4613 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 38 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 18300 | 35300 | 0.4813 | 1,829 | 1149 | 0.945 | |
| 40 | SUNY Brockport | 18500 | 26200 | 0.2934 | 5,816 | 1195 | 0.7068 | |
| 41 | Texas A&M University-Victoria | 19200 | 35800 | 0.4639 | 2,627 | 1000 | 0.5253 | |
| 42 | University of Illinois Chicago | 19300 | 30100 | 0.3593 | 24,260 | 1174 | 0.7576 | |
| 43 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 19400 | 68100 | 0.7153 | 711 | 1030 | 0.8214 | |
| 44 | University of South Alabama | 19900 | 22400 | 0.1118 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 45 | Norwich University | 20000 | 73800 | 0.7288 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 45 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 20000 | 41400 | 0.5165 | 504 | 1200 | 0.9095 | |
| 45 | Rutgers University-Newark | 20000 | 38000 | 0.4735 | 7,989 | 1159 | 0.7136 | |
| 48 | Cleveland State University | 20100 | 30900 | 0.3491 | 9,418 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 49 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Schuylkill | 20200 | 32900 | 0.3865 | 653 | 1145 | 0.7972 | |
| 50 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20400 | 29400 | 0.3056 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 51 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 20600 | 57800 | 0.6433 | 1,109 | 1175 | 0.9088 | |
| 51 | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | 20600 | 25700 | 0.1986 | 10,995 | 1090 | 0.7476 | |
| 53 | Grove City College | 20700 | 39700 | 0.4792 | 2,247 | 1248 | 0.667 | |
| 54 | Tarleton State University | 21000 | 23000 | 0.087 | 17,556 | 1090 | 0.5386 | |
| 55 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 21100 | 27800 | 0.2406 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 56 | Grambling State University | 21300 | 25800 | 0.1744 | 4,313 | 950 | 0.4486 | |
| 57 | University of North Georgia | 21400 | 21400 | 0 | 19,321 | 1100 | 0.9618 | |
| 58 | Luther College | 21500 | 75400 | 0.7153 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.8398 | |
| 59 | Bradley University | 22100 | 50800 | 0.5649 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 59 | Grand Valley State University | 22100 | 35900 | 0.3849 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 61 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 22500 | 25400 | 0.1143 | 2,907 | 1125 | 0.4696 | |
| 62 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 22700 | 53000 | 0.5712 | 1,495 | 1075 | 0.8761 | |
| 63 | Dakota State University | 23100 | 25600 | 0.0977 | 3,085 | 1174 | 0.9241 | |
| 63 | Robert Morris University | 23100 | 58000 | 0.6012 | 4,325 | 1145 | 0.8989 | |
| 65 | Florida Memorial University | 23200 | 42000 | 0.4471 | 1,206 | 0 | 0.8526 | |
| 65 | Houghton University | 23200 | 44300 | 0.4763 | 958 | 1277 | 0.89 | |
| 65 | San Jose State University | 23200 | 41100 | 0.4356 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 68 | Concord University | 23500 | 40800 | 0.4244 | 1,638 | 1015 | 0.9728 | |
| 69 | University of Kentucky | 23700 | 36400 | 0.3487 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 70 | Dominican University | 23900 | 56000 | 0.573 | 2,642 | 1005 | 0.8879 | |
| 70 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 23900 | 38200 | 0.3742 | 2,280 | 1224 | 0.9675 | |
| 72 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 24000 | 24900 | 0.0361 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 73 | Western Oregon University | 24600 | 24600 | 0 | 3,034 | 1120 | 0.8345 | |
| 74 | Westfield State University | 24900 | 39000 | 0.3611 | 3,868 | 1105 | 0.8671 | |
| 75 | Columbia College | 25000 | 46900 | 0.467 | 876 | 1025 | 0.8878 | |
| 76 | Pennsylvania Western University | 25200 | 34400 | 0.2672 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 77 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 25300 | 40500 | 0.3754 | 21,388 | 1369 | 0.5945 | |
| 78 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 26000 | 28300 | 0.0809 | 3,375 | 1090 | 0.5885 | |
| 78 | West Virginia Wesleyan College | 26000 | 53800 | 0.5169 | 971 | 1030 | 0.9334 | |
| 80 | Fort Hays State University | 26100 | 36100 | 0.2792 | 10,172 | 1075 | 0.9026 | |
| 80 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 26100 | 28400 | 0.0805 | 14,834 | 1149 | 0.7803 | |
| 80 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 26100 | 37500 | 0.3044 | 1,078 | 1217 | 0.9646 | |
| 80 | University of North Texas | 26100 | 26100 | 0 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 84 | Bemidji State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 3,751 | 1075 | 0.5598 | |
| 85 | Kennesaw State University | 26600 | 26600 | 0 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 86 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 26700 | 36800 | 0.2746 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 87 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 26800 | 30100 | 0.1094 | 3,893 | 1015 | 0.9839 | |
| 87 | Northwood University | 26800 | 54500 | 0.5087 | 2,045 | 1055 | 0.6451 | |
| 89 | Bethune-Cookman University | 27100 | 32700 | 0.1713 | 2,739 | 910 | 0.8824 | |
| 90 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 27300 | 41500 | 0.342 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 91 | Syracuse University | 27400 | 83100 | 0.6701 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 92 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 27700 | 31000 | 0.1066 | 11,087 | 1326 | 0.7397 | |
| 93 | Elmhurst University | 28400 | 67000 | 0.5763 | 3,170 | 1133 | 0.7501 | |
| 94 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28500 | 32300 | 0.1176 | 11,691 | 1074 | 0.7722 | |
| 95 | Saint Xavier University | 28600 | 53700 | 0.4671 | 3,100 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 96 | James Madison University | 28900 | 28900 | 0 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 97 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 29000 | 42400 | 0.3164 | 6,761 | 1105 | 0.8475 | |
| 98 | Lincoln University | 29100 | 34500 | 0.1564 | 1,926 | 920 | 0 | |
| 98 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 29100 | 49100 | 0.4074 | 29,727 | 990 | 0.9229 | |
| 100 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 29300 | 36500 | 0.1972 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 100 | University of Toledo | 29300 | 32600 | 0.1009 | 10,726 | 1134 | 0.8889 | |
| 102 | Fairmont State University | 29500 | 32200 | 0.0839 | 3,090 | 970 | 0.9862 | |
| 103 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 29700 | 31600 | 0.0601 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 104 | Towson University | 29800 | 29900 | 0.0033 | 16,361 | 1082 | 0.8057 | |
| 105 | Northern Kentucky University | 30200 | 32100 | 0.0592 | 10,136 | 1110 | 0.9666 | |
| 106 | Mercy University | 30400 | 44500 | 0.317 | 6,692 | 1135 | 0.8724 | |
| 107 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30500 | 54600 | 0.4413 | 3,120 | 1193 | 0.3992 | |
| 108 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 2,082 | 1124 | 0.9576 | |
| 109 | Central College | 31100 | 36800 | 0.155 | 1,050 | 1159 | 0.8698 | |
| 109 | Saint Michael's College | 31100 | 68500 | 0.5463 | 1,051 | 1280 | 0.8976 | |
| 111 | Hampton University | 31500 | 54800 | 0.4252 | 4,046 | 1005 | 0.6358 | |
| 112 | Angelo State University | 31600 | 35400 | 0.1071 | 10,103 | 1045 | 0.7981 | |
| 113 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32300 | 35100 | 0.0799 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 114 | University of Scranton | 32400 | 78700 | 0.5879 | 3,689 | 1245 | 0.8006 | |
| 115 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 32500 | 40900 | 0.2054 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 116 | State University of New York at Oswego | 32800 | 40200 | 0.1841 | 5,293 | 1179 | 0.7989 | |
| 117 | Suffolk University | 33100 | 70300 | 0.5291 | 4,247 | 1209 | 0.8228 | |
| 118 | Harding University | 33500 | 47800 | 0.299 | 3,536 | 1184 | 0.7052 | |
| 119 | Elizabethtown College | 33700 | 55300 | 0.3907 | 1,935 | 1214 | 0.8892 | |
| 119 | George Washington University | 33700 | 81800 | 0.5881 | 11,495 | 1436 | 0.4713 | |
| 121 | Loyola University Maryland | 33900 | 78800 | 0.5699 | 4,013 | 1329 | 0.6986 | |
| 121 | Salisbury University | 33900 | 41700 | 0.1868 | 6,477 | 1245 | 0.8826 | |
| 121 | Thomas Jefferson University | 33900 | 68100 | 0.5023 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 124 | SUNY at Fredonia | 34000 | 39600 | 0.1416 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 125 | Charleston Southern University | 34200 | 48400 | 0.295 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 126 | Texas Southern University | 34500 | 42500 | 0.1883 | 6,844 | 915 | 0.9691 | |
| 127 | Adelphi University | 35000 | 63300 | 0.4467 | 5,097 | 1241 | 0.7215 | |
| 128 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 35100 | 56700 | 0.381 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 129 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 35200 | 38700 | 0.0905 | 14,865 | 1175 | 0.9113 | |
| 130 | Averett University | 35400 | 57200 | 0.3813 | 1,244 | 1054 | 0.5659 | |
| 130 | Stockton University | 35400 | 44500 | 0.2046 | 7,583 | 1134 | 0.901 | |
| 132 | California Lutheran University | 35600 | 70000 | 0.4916 | 2,160 | 1218 | 0.7631 | |
| 133 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 36000 | 56300 | 0.3603 | 5,687 | 1305 | 0.7863 | |
| 134 | Christopher Newport University | 36200 | 36200 | 0 | 4,369 | 1189 | 0.8604 | |
| 135 | Furman University | 36500 | 82900 | 0.5595 | 2,304 | 1372 | 0.4869 | |
| 136 | East Carolina University | 36900 | 42700 | 0.1356 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 136 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 36900 | 37100 | 0.0054 | 5,939 | 1065 | 0.5878 | |
| 138 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 37800 | 40100 | 0.0571 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 139 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 38100 | 38100 | 0 | 2,710 | 1218 | 0.9374 | |
| 140 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 38900 | 38900 | 0 | 1,973 | 1189 | 0.8142 | |
| 141 | Stony Brook University | 39700 | 53000 | 0.2507 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 142 | McKendree University | 40600 | 52900 | 0.2324 | 1,757 | 1098 | 0.7172 | |
| 142 | Pace University | 40600 | 74800 | 0.4571 | 5,520 | 1273 | 0.7827 | |
| 144 | Wayne State University | 40700 | 46200 | 0.1191 | 16,390 | 1183 | 0.8359 | |
| 145 | University of Mount Olive | 42100 | 50400 | 0.1645 | 1,944 | 1075 | 0.7575 | |
| 146 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43400 | 53600 | 0.1904 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 147 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4479 | 4,123 | 1124 | 0.6927 | |
| 148 | Immaculata University | 43700 | 47500 | 0.0799 | 1,889 | 1264 | 0.8656 | |
| 149 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 43800 | 67900 | 0.3549 | 4,182 | 1317 | 0.8783 | |
| 150 | Mercer University | 45700 | 65400 | 0.3015 | 4,719 | 1263 | 0.643 | |
| 151 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 46400 | 46600 | 0.0043 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 152 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47100 | 59700 | 0.2124 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 153 | Drexel University | 47700 | 83900 | 0.4315 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 153 | University of Colorado Boulder | 47700 | 57700 | 0.1721 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7809 | |
| 155 | DePaul University | 49200 | 66000 | 0.2547 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 156 | University of California-Riverside | 49500 | 66000 | 0.2501 | 24,034 | 1199 | 0.8609 | |
| 157 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 49800 | 62200 | 0.1995 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 158 | Ramapo College of New Jersey | 50600 | 55400 | 0.0867 | 5,492 | 1210 | 0.7026 | |
| 159 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 50800 | 84700 | 0.4003 | 35,358 | 1448 | 0.1642 | |
| 160 | University of Utah | 51400 | 53700 | 0.0426 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 161 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 52600 | 52800 | 0.0038 | 21,469 | 1167 | 0.9061 | |
| 162 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 163 | Molloy University | 58500 | 62300 | 0.061 | 3,396 | 1188 | 0.6633 | |
| 164 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 58900 | 61200 | 0.0374 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 165 | Thiel College | 60400 | 69100 | 0.1259 | 830 | 1065 | 0.7189 | |
| 166 | College of Charleston | 61200 | 61200 | 0 | 10,596 | 1234 | 0.73 | |
| 167 | Clemson University | 61400 | 63700 | 0.036 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 168 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 63700 | 63700 | 0 | 9,827 | 1329 | 0.6737 | |
| 169 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 64200 | 64200 | 0 | 1,709 | 1218 | 0.9653 | |
| 170 | Fordham University | 74900 | 95100 | 0.2123 | 10,582 | 1406 | 0.5931 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.