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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 Massachusetts.
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 Massachusetts.
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 | California Institute of Technology | 7500 | 91800 | 0.9183 | 987 | 1557 | 0.0257 | |
| 2 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8300 | 97100 | 0.915 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0399 | |
| 3 | Savannah State University | 10500 | 26700 | 0.6075 | 2,966 | 925 | 0.4614 | |
| 3 | Valdosta State University | 10500 | 24800 | 0.5775 | 7,166 | 1015 | 0.7229 | |
| 5 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 11700 | 27800 | 0.5771 | 20,885 | 1420 | 0.1534 | |
| 6 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 29200 | 0.5745 | 38,040 | 1418 | 0.452 | |
| 7 | University of North Florida | 12500 | 22400 | 0.4425 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
| 8 | University of South Florida | 12800 | 17100 | 0.2513 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 9 | University of Michigan-Flint | 12900 | 46300 | 0.7212 | 5,011 | 1109 | 0.7046 | |
| 10 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 13300 | 13300 | 0 | 18,288 | 1090 | 0.9068 | |
| 11 | Grand Valley State University | 14000 | 25300 | 0.4472 | 19,002 | 1084 | 0.8302 | |
| 11 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 14000 | 40600 | 0.6545 | 352 | 1180 | 0.9647 | |
| 13 | Alabama State University | 14200 | 31300 | 0.5476 | 3,521 | 945 | 0.9755 | |
| 14 | Dickinson State University | 14300 | 25000 | 0.4299 | 1,339 | 990 | 0.3702 | |
| 14 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 14300 | 37400 | 0.6171 | 7,622 | 1075 | 0.9254 | |
| 16 | Wayne State College | 15000 | 20300 | 0.2611 | 3,902 | 0 | 0 | |
| 17 | Radford University | 15500 | 32000 | 0.5152 | 6,161 | 1070 | 0.8953 | |
| 18 | James Madison University | 15700 | 28900 | 0.4573 | 20,973 | 1260 | 0.7152 | |
| 18 | University of North Texas | 15700 | 26100 | 0.3991 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 18 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 15700 | 26800 | 0.4146 | 4,487 | 1115 | 0.6726 | |
| 21 | University of California-Riverside | 15800 | 36500 | 0.5667 | 22,600 | 1199 | 0.7639 | |
| 22 | Jacksonville State University | 15900 | 27000 | 0.4118 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 22 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver | 15900 | 38700 | 0.5888 | 482 | 1195 | 0.9565 | |
| 22 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 15900 | 38400 | 0.5856 | 37,140 | 1406 | 0.4237 | |
| 25 | Emporia State University | 16000 | 22900 | 0.3015 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 25 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 16000 | 27700 | 0.4218 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 27 | Frostburg State University | 16100 | 26600 | 0.3945 | 3,422 | 1095 | 0.8918 | |
| 28 | Grove City College | 16300 | 39700 | 0.5902 | 2,341 | 1266 | 0.7232 | |
| 29 | Goshen College | 16400 | 55900 | 0.7063 | 780 | 995 | 0.8407 | |
| 30 | Southern University at New Orleans | 16500 | 31000 | 0.4671 | 2,179 | 950 | 0.789 | |
| 31 | Northwestern University | 16700 | 89500 | 0.8138 | 9,399 | 1527 | 0.0769 | |
| 32 | Boston College | 16900 | 96100 | 0.824 | 10,314 | 1490 | 0.1643 | |
| 33 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 17100 | 43500 | 0.6064 | 581 | 1132 | 0.9821 | |
| 34 | Central Connecticut State University | 17300 | 36000 | 0.5189 | 8,170 | 1075 | 0.7333 | |
| 35 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 17500 | 26600 | 0.3425 | 7,505 | 1073 | 0.9633 | |
| 36 | East Carolina University | 17600 | 26100 | 0.3256 | 21,445 | 1160 | 0.8921 | |
| 37 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 17700 | 35300 | 0.4983 | 1,813 | 1109 | 0.9484 | |
| 38 | College of Charleston | 17900 | 33900 | 0.4726 | 10,880 | 1255 | 0.6003 | |
| 38 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 17900 | 54300 | 0.6703 | 10,051 | 1064 | 0.9234 | |
| 38 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 17900 | 39000 | 0.5422 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 41 | State University of New York at Oswego | 18100 | 27700 | 0.3465 | 5,517 | 1180 | 0.8055 | |
| 41 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18100 | 28600 | 0.3669 | 4,218 | 1030 | 0.9489 | |
| 43 | University of Illinois Chicago | 18700 | 30100 | 0.3793 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 44 | University of Houston-Victoria | 18900 | 25000 | 0.2442 | 2,627 | 1095 | 0.959 | |
| 45 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 19300 | 35700 | 0.4596 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8304 | |
| 46 | Norwich University | 19500 | 73800 | 0.7355 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 47 | Pennsylvania Western University | 19600 | 29000 | 0.3246 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 47 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 19600 | 30400 | 0.3549 | 3,224 | 1085 | 0.7643 | |
| 49 | Cleveland State University | 20000 | 30900 | 0.3523 | 9,482 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 49 | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | 20000 | 25700 | 0.222 | 10,632 | 1075 | 0.8859 | |
| 51 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20100 | 29400 | 0.3158 | 5,255 | 1109 | 0.7295 | |
| 52 | Dakota State University | 20400 | 22500 | 0.0912 | 3,066 | 1192 | 0.8805 | |
| 53 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 20700 | 27800 | 0.255 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8698 | |
| 54 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 20800 | 57800 | 0.6408 | 1,932 | 1193 | 0.9278 | |
| 55 | Tarleton State University | 21000 | 23000 | 0.087 | 15,254 | 1080 | 0.8955 | |
| 56 | Luther College | 21400 | 71900 | 0.7019 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.7154 | |
| 57 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,221 | 1204 | 0.8854 | |
| 58 | Lincoln University | 22100 | 24900 | 0.1124 | 1,926 | 0 | 0 | |
| 59 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 22300 | 53000 | 0.5787 | 1,472 | 1075 | 0.8459 | |
| 60 | New Mexico Highlands University | 22500 | 27200 | 0.1726 | 1,603 | 0 | 0 | |
| 61 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 22600 | 25400 | 0.1104 | 2,906 | 1125 | 0.4696 | |
| 62 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 22800 | 45900 | 0.5037 | 502 | 1189 | 0.9641 | |
| 63 | San Jose State University | 22900 | 41100 | 0.4429 | 28,008 | 1124 | 0.8461 | |
| 64 | Florida Memorial University | 23000 | 42000 | 0.4519 | 1,206 | 0 | 0.8526 | |
| 65 | Houghton University | 23200 | 44300 | 0.4763 | 1,162 | 1277 | 0.8866 | |
| 66 | Robert Morris University | 23300 | 58000 | 0.5988 | 4,325 | 1145 | 0.8989 | |
| 67 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 23600 | 34400 | 0.3139 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 67 | University of Massachusetts-Boston | 23600 | 43300 | 0.4555 | 12,138 | 1189 | 0.8378 | |
| 69 | Stockton University | 23900 | 32100 | 0.2553 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 70 | Bradley University | 24100 | 50800 | 0.5255 | 3,596 | 1223 | 0.7676 | |
| 70 | Dominican University | 24100 | 56000 | 0.5705 | 2,690 | 1005 | 0.9032 | |
| 72 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 24200 | 30600 | 0.2091 | 10,200 | 1325 | 0.6507 | |
| 72 | Westfield State University | 24200 | 39000 | 0.3791 | 3,868 | 1085 | 0.8141 | |
| 74 | Doane University | 25200 | 71000 | 0.6454 | 1,315 | 1125 | 0.9801 | |
| 75 | Fort Hays State University | 25800 | 36100 | 0.2864 | 10,172 | 1075 | 0.9026 | |
| 76 | Bethune-Cookman University | 25900 | 32700 | 0.208 | 2,738 | 910 | 0.8824 | |
| 77 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 26100 | 28300 | 0.076 | 3,375 | 1090 | 0.5876 | |
| 77 | Stony Brook University | 26100 | 33200 | 0.2129 | 18,263 | 1410 | 0.4904 | |
| 79 | Columbia College | 26400 | 46900 | 0.4371 | 5,207 | 1145 | 0.4714 | |
| 80 | Albright College | 26700 | 49300 | 0.4583 | 1,230 | 1050 | 0.7633 | |
| 81 | Northwood University | 26800 | 54500 | 0.5087 | 2,045 | 1055 | 0.6451 | |
| 82 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 26900 | 30100 | 0.1047 | 5,086 | 1124 | 0.949 | |
| 83 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 27100 | 37700 | 0.2814 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 84 | University of North Georgia | 27300 | 38600 | 0.2931 | 18,322 | 1100 | 0.6794 | |
| 85 | Kennesaw State University | 27400 | 27400 | 0 | 42,760 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 86 | Rowan University | 27500 | 41300 | 0.3345 | 16,100 | 1219 | 0.7766 | |
| 87 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 27600 | 27600 | 0 | 10,767 | 1326 | 0.7243 | |
| 88 | Syracuse University | 27700 | 83100 | 0.6665 | 15,957 | 1363 | 0.4592 | |
| 89 | George Fox University | 28100 | 69400 | 0.5954 | 3,354 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 90 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28500 | 32300 | 0.1176 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 91 | Elmhurst University | 28600 | 67000 | 0.5733 | 3,213 | 1148 | 0.7364 | |
| 92 | Saint Xavier University | 28700 | 53700 | 0.4652 | 3,098 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 92 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 28700 | 36700 | 0.2178 | 28,674 | 980 | 0.9419 | |
| 94 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 28800 | 42400 | 0.3211 | 6,761 | 1105 | 0.8475 | |
| 95 | University of Utah | 28900 | 32000 | 0.0984 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 96 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29300 | 34000 | 0.1383 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 97 | East Texas A&M University | 29400 | 36500 | 0.1945 | 9,992 | 1045 | 0.9224 | |
| 98 | University of Toledo | 29500 | 32600 | 0.0966 | 11,013 | 1229 | 0.9202 | |
| 99 | Morgan State University | 29600 | 41900 | 0.2938 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 99 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 29600 | 31600 | 0.0633 | 6,835 | 1090 | 0.7147 | |
| 101 | Fairmont State University | 29700 | 32200 | 0.0777 | 3,088 | 970 | 0.9862 | |
| 102 | Grambling State University | 30000 | 35300 | 0.1502 | 4,313 | 950 | 0.4486 | |
| 102 | Mercy University | 30000 | 44500 | 0.326 | 6,774 | 1135 | 0.8584 | |
| 104 | Northern Kentucky University | 30100 | 32100 | 0.0623 | 10,163 | 1090 | 0.6765 | |
| 105 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 30500 | 54700 | 0.4419 | 1,427 | 1025 | 0.4941 | |
| 106 | Central College | 30600 | 36800 | 0.1686 | 1,084 | 1145 | 0.8617 | |
| 106 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30600 | 54600 | 0.4387 | 3,163 | 1165 | 0.9347 | |
| 108 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1161 | 0.9523 | |
| 109 | Hampton University | 31300 | 54800 | 0.4288 | 3,728 | 947 | 0.6225 | |
| 110 | Angelo State University | 31700 | 35400 | 0.1031 | 9,702 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 111 | Saint Michael's College | 31900 | 68500 | 0.5346 | 1,120 | 1240 | 0.8451 | |
| 112 | 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 | 32800 | 68900 | 0.5241 | 4,326 | 1209 | 0.8233 | |
| 116 | George Washington University | 33700 | 81800 | 0.5881 | 11,677 | 1430 | 0.4709 | |
| 117 | LeTourneau University | 34000 | 54800 | 0.3798 | 3,187 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 118 | Salisbury University | 34100 | 41700 | 0.1821 | 6,288 | 1250 | 0.8747 | |
| 118 | SUNY at Fredonia | 34100 | 39600 | 0.1391 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 118 | Thomas Jefferson University | 34100 | 68100 | 0.4995 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8097 | |
| 121 | Charleston Southern University | 34300 | 48400 | 0.2921 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 122 | Coastal Carolina University | 34600 | 45100 | 0.2326 | 10,811 | 1145 | 0.7527 | |
| 123 | California Lutheran University | 35000 | 70000 | 0.5002 | 2,297 | 1254 | 0.7567 | |
| 124 | Adelphi University | 35200 | 63300 | 0.4445 | 5,325 | 1237 | 0.6591 | |
| 125 | Averett University | 35300 | 57200 | 0.3831 | 1,244 | 1054 | 0.5659 | |
| 126 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 36200 | 56300 | 0.3578 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 127 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 36500 | 41600 | 0.1237 | 5,386 | 1050 | 0.9092 | |
| 128 | Furman University | 36700 | 82900 | 0.5571 | 2,383 | 1359 | 0.4295 | |
| 129 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 36800 | 38100 | 0.0341 | 2,884 | 1175 | 0.9677 | |
| 130 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 36900 | 37100 | 0.0054 | 5,939 | 1065 | 0.5878 | |
| 131 | Loyola University Maryland | 37000 | 78800 | 0.5305 | 3,881 | 1303 | 0.7549 | |
| 132 | Christopher Newport University | 38000 | 51000 | 0.2551 | 4,369 | 1189 | 0.8604 | |
| 133 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38300 | 38700 | 0.0103 | 14,416 | 1210 | 0.8851 | |
| 134 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 38600 | 53100 | 0.2729 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 135 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 38900 | 38900 | 0 | 1,973 | 1189 | 0.8135 | |
| 136 | Rutgers University-Newark | 39400 | 57900 | 0.3194 | 7,989 | 1159 | 0.7136 | |
| 137 | University of South Alabama | 39700 | 39700 | 0 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 138 | McKendree University | 40100 | 52200 | 0.2327 | 1,757 | 1098 | 0.7172 | |
| 139 | Wayne State University | 40400 | 46200 | 0.1256 | 16,012 | 1174 | 0.8116 | |
| 140 | Pace University | 40700 | 74800 | 0.4558 | 8,038 | 1260 | 0.7592 | |
| 141 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 41300 | 55200 | 0.2517 | 25,900 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 142 | Immaculata University | 42200 | 47500 | 0.1115 | 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 | 42900 | 53600 | 0.1998 | 31,133 | 1463 | 0.4479 | |
| 145 | Western Oregon University | 43400 | 43400 | 0 | 3,167 | 1040 | 0.981 | |
| 146 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4474 | 4,102 | 1115 | 0.7002 | |
| 147 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 43900 | 57100 | 0.2305 | 23,329 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 148 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 45100 | 67900 | 0.3357 | 3,965 | 1229 | 0.9121 | |
| 149 | Mercer University | 45200 | 65400 | 0.3085 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
| 150 | Towson University | 45300 | 46400 | 0.0237 | 16,264 | 1098 | 0.8197 | |
| 151 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 46300 | 46600 | 0.0064 | 6,139 | 1070 | 0.9052 | |
| 152 | University of Colorado Boulder | 46800 | 57700 | 0.1879 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7808 | |
| 153 | Drexel University | 48800 | 83900 | 0.4184 | 13,309 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 154 | DePaul University | 49100 | 66000 | 0.2562 | 14,188 | 1254 | 0.7589 | |
| 154 | University of Kentucky | 49100 | 58000 | 0.1534 | 25,534 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 156 | Ramapo College of New Jersey | 50500 | 55400 | 0.0885 | 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 | 51500 | 52800 | 0.0246 | 21,210 | 1148 | 0.9262 | |
| 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 | 60400 | 64100 | 0.0577 | 1,236 | 1193 | 0.9811 | |
| 164 | Thiel College | 60500 | 69100 | 0.1244 | 833 | 1065 | 0.7155 | |
| 165 | Clemson University | 61500 | 63700 | 0.0338 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 166 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 62000 | 64200 | 0.0343 | 1,880 | 1185 | 0.9867 | |
| 167 | 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.