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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 | University of Michigan-Flint | 4900 | 44000 | 0.8891 | 5,534 | 1079 | 0.6734 | |
| 2 | Savannah State University | 6800 | 28000 | 0.756 | 2,966 | 950 | 1 | |
| 3 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 6900 | 96500 | 0.929 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 4 | Northwestern University | 7800 | 93000 | 0.9163 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 5 | Portland State University | 9900 | 73900 | 0.8658 | 14,932 | 1174 | 0.8586 | |
| 6 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 10200 | 42400 | 0.759 | 3,224 | 1085 | 0.7643 | |
| 7 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 10300 | 10300 | 0 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 8 | Valdosta State University | 11500 | 25300 | 0.5447 | 7,199 | 1005 | 0.7769 | |
| 9 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 11600 | 27800 | 0.582 | 22,007 | 1427 | 0.1672 | |
| 10 | Lamar University | 12300 | 22900 | 0.4623 | 8,387 | 1040 | 0.8353 | |
| 11 | Central Connecticut State University | 12600 | 34200 | 0.6313 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 11 | University of South Florida | 12600 | 16300 | 0.2265 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 13 | Fort Hays State University | 12800 | 19900 | 0.3571 | 10,172 | 1075 | 0.9026 | |
| 14 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 13000 | 19400 | 0.33 | 14,865 | 1175 | 0.9113 | |
| 15 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 13100 | 25700 | 0.49 | 29,727 | 990 | 0.9229 | |
| 16 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 13200 | 52800 | 0.7503 | 6,761 | 1105 | 0.8475 | |
| 17 | Coastal Carolina University | 13300 | 72300 | 0.8163 | 11,471 | 1160 | 0.7003 | |
| 17 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 13300 | 40100 | 0.6683 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 17 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 13300 | 13300 | 0 | 18,667 | 1090 | 0.9711 | |
| 20 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 61700 | 0.7784 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 21 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 13800 | 34500 | 0.5998 | 4,789 | 1040 | 0.6671 | |
| 22 | University of North Georgia | 14300 | 56800 | 0.7485 | 19,321 | 1100 | 0.9618 | |
| 23 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 14400 | 28600 | 0.4972 | 7,501 | 1055 | 0.9467 | |
| 24 | University of California-Riverside | 14500 | 118100 | 0.8769 | 24,034 | 1199 | 0.8609 | |
| 25 | Westfield State University | 14700 | 37600 | 0.6096 | 3,868 | 1105 | 0.8671 | |
| 26 | Wayne State College | 14800 | 26400 | 0.439 | 3,886 | 0 | 1 | |
| 27 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 14900 | 43300 | 0.656 | 308 | 1144 | 0.9053 | |
| 28 | Concord University | 15100 | 31700 | 0.5245 | 1,638 | 1015 | 0.9728 | |
| 29 | Jacksonville State University | 15400 | 42900 | 0.6404 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 30 | Alabama State University | 15500 | 24300 | 0.3632 | 3,521 | 945 | 0.9755 | |
| 31 | Grand Valley State University | 15800 | 28500 | 0.4448 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 32 | Emporia State University | 16000 | 22900 | 0.3015 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 33 | Southern University at New Orleans | 16500 | 41400 | 0.6022 | 2,179 | 950 | 0.789 | |
| 34 | Boston College | 16600 | 121200 | 0.8627 | 9,677 | 1484 | 0.1422 | |
| 35 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 17100 | 43500 | 0.6074 | 1,829 | 1149 | 0.945 | |
| 36 | University of Massachusetts-Boston | 17300 | 89500 | 0.8064 | 12,138 | 1189 | 0.8379 | |
| 37 | University of South Alabama | 17500 | 40600 | 0.5684 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 38 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 17900 | 54300 | 0.6703 | 10,368 | 1064 | 0.999 | |
| 39 | Kennesaw State University | 18000 | 61500 | 0.7069 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 39 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 18000 | 68100 | 0.7359 | 711 | 1030 | 0.8214 | |
| 39 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18000 | 28600 | 0.3704 | 3,991 | 1010 | 0.9654 | |
| 42 | State University of New York at Oswego | 18100 | 27700 | 0.3465 | 5,293 | 1179 | 0.7989 | |
| 43 | Angelo State University | 18300 | 23100 | 0.2072 | 10,103 | 1045 | 0.7981 | |
| 44 | SUNY Brockport | 18400 | 26200 | 0.2972 | 5,816 | 1195 | 0.7068 | |
| 45 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 18600 | 44600 | 0.5826 | 504 | 1200 | 0.9095 | |
| 45 | San Jose State University | 18600 | 41100 | 0.5476 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 47 | Coppin State University | 18900 | 51800 | 0.6345 | 1,908 | 950 | 0.4583 | |
| 48 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Schuylkill | 19000 | 32900 | 0.4231 | 653 | 1145 | 0.7972 | |
| 49 | Norwich University | 19400 | 76000 | 0.7443 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 49 | Rutgers University-Newark | 19400 | 39200 | 0.5056 | 7,989 | 1159 | 0.7136 | |
| 51 | University of Colorado Boulder | 19600 | 32100 | 0.3906 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7809 | |
| 52 | Syracuse University | 19800 | 83600 | 0.7632 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 53 | Dakota State University | 20400 | 22500 | 0.0912 | 3,085 | 1174 | 0.9241 | |
| 53 | Grove City College | 20400 | 39700 | 0.4868 | 2,247 | 1248 | 0.667 | |
| 55 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 20500 | 48100 | 0.5735 | 2,710 | 1218 | 0.9374 | |
| 55 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 20500 | 36600 | 0.4396 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 57 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 20600 | 57800 | 0.6433 | 1,109 | 1175 | 0.9088 | |
| 58 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 21000 | 48000 | 0.5625 | 1,709 | 1218 | 0.9653 | |
| 58 | University of Maryland-College Park | 21000 | 35000 | 0.4004 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 60 | Thiel College | 21100 | 88800 | 0.7628 | 830 | 1065 | 0.7189 | |
| 61 | Luther College | 21500 | 75400 | 0.7153 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.8398 | |
| 62 | Grambling State University | 22000 | 25700 | 0.1442 | 4,313 | 950 | 0.4486 | |
| 63 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 22100 | 33600 | 0.342 | 21,469 | 1167 | 0.9061 | |
| 64 | Averett University | 22300 | 57400 | 0.612 | 1,244 | 1054 | 0.5659 | |
| 65 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 22600 | 25400 | 0.1104 | 2,907 | 1125 | 0.4696 | |
| 66 | Pennsylvania Western University | 22800 | 34400 | 0.3369 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 67 | Florida Memorial University | 23100 | 41500 | 0.4433 | 1,206 | 0 | 0.8526 | |
| 67 | Robert Morris University | 23100 | 58000 | 0.6012 | 4,325 | 1145 | 0.8989 | |
| 69 | Houghton University | 23200 | 44300 | 0.4763 | 958 | 1277 | 0.89 | |
| 70 | Columbia College | 23500 | 65100 | 0.6388 | 876 | 1025 | 0.8878 | |
| 71 | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | 23800 | 25700 | 0.074 | 10,995 | 1090 | 0.7476 | |
| 72 | Dominican University | 23900 | 56000 | 0.573 | 2,642 | 1005 | 0.8879 | |
| 72 | Stockton University | 23900 | 32100 | 0.2553 | 7,583 | 1134 | 0.901 | |
| 74 | Fairmont State University | 24000 | 30900 | 0.2233 | 3,090 | 970 | 0.9862 | |
| 75 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 24800 | 55700 | 0.5549 | 5,939 | 1065 | 0.5878 | |
| 76 | Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi | 25100 | 28900 | 0.1317 | 8,673 | 1095 | 0.9156 | |
| 77 | Central College | 25600 | 38700 | 0.3388 | 1,050 | 1159 | 0.8698 | |
| 78 | Loyola University Maryland | 25700 | 78800 | 0.6739 | 4,013 | 1329 | 0.6986 | |
| 78 | Northwood University | 25700 | 75700 | 0.6609 | 2,045 | 1055 | 0.6451 | |
| 78 | University of North Texas | 25700 | 36900 | 0.3037 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 81 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 26000 | 28300 | 0.0809 | 3,375 | 1090 | 0.5885 | |
| 81 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 26000 | 50000 | 0.4797 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 81 | University of Akron Main Campus | 26000 | 28000 | 0.0713 | 11,691 | 1074 | 0.7722 | |
| 81 | West Virginia Wesleyan College | 26000 | 53800 | 0.5169 | 971 | 1030 | 0.9334 | |
| 85 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 26100 | 28400 | 0.0805 | 14,834 | 1149 | 0.7803 | |
| 85 | Stony Brook University | 26100 | 33200 | 0.2129 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 87 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 26200 | 36800 | 0.2882 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 87 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 26200 | 40600 | 0.3546 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 89 | Bemidji State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 3,751 | 1075 | 0.5598 | |
| 89 | Bethune-Cookman University | 26400 | 32300 | 0.1824 | 2,739 | 910 | 0.8824 | |
| 91 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 26600 | 43300 | 0.386 | 7,747 | 1073 | 0.9617 | |
| 92 | Rowan University | 27300 | 41300 | 0.3392 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 93 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 27800 | 27800 | 0 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 94 | Wayne State University | 28000 | 46800 | 0.402 | 16,390 | 1183 | 0.8359 | |
| 95 | Morgan State University | 28900 | 41800 | 0.3086 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 96 | Texas A&M University-Victoria | 29100 | 35800 | 0.1873 | 2,627 | 1000 | 0.5253 | |
| 97 | University of Toledo | 29300 | 32600 | 0.1009 | 10,726 | 1134 | 0.8889 | |
| 98 | California Lutheran University | 29500 | 109800 | 0.7316 | 2,160 | 1218 | 0.7631 | |
| 99 | Northern Kentucky University | 29700 | 34800 | 0.1465 | 10,136 | 1110 | 0.9666 | |
| 99 | Saint Xavier University | 29700 | 57200 | 0.481 | 3,100 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 101 | Thomas Jefferson University | 29800 | 68700 | 0.5664 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 101 | Towson University | 29800 | 39200 | 0.24 | 16,361 | 1082 | 0.8057 | |
| 103 | University of North Florida | 30300 | 30500 | 0.0066 | 14,837 | 1124 | 0.6815 | |
| 104 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 30400 | 44300 | 0.3135 | 586 | 1140 | 0.9577 | |
| 105 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 30500 | 31800 | 0.0409 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 105 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30500 | 54600 | 0.4413 | 3,120 | 1193 | 0.3992 | |
| 107 | Lincoln University | 30700 | 35000 | 0.1229 | 1,926 | 920 | 0 | |
| 108 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 2,082 | 1124 | 0.9576 | |
| 108 | Suffolk University | 30900 | 110800 | 0.721 | 4,247 | 1209 | 0.8228 | |
| 110 | Hampton University | 31500 | 54800 | 0.4252 | 4,046 | 1005 | 0.6358 | |
| 111 | Cleveland State University | 31600 | 32100 | 0.0156 | 9,418 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 112 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 31900 | 39900 | 0.2006 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 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 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 32900 | 69700 | 0.5276 | 11,087 | 1326 | 0.7397 | |
| 116 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 33000 | 34200 | 0.0351 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 117 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 17,556 | 1090 | 0.5386 | |
| 118 | Harding University | 33500 | 47800 | 0.299 | 3,536 | 1184 | 0.7052 | |
| 119 | Elizabethtown College | 33700 | 69900 | 0.5181 | 1,935 | 1214 | 0.8892 | |
| 120 | Charleston Southern University | 34200 | 48400 | 0.295 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 121 | George Washington University | 34300 | 81800 | 0.5808 | 11,495 | 1436 | 0.4713 | |
| 121 | Salisbury University | 34300 | 41600 | 0.1755 | 6,477 | 1245 | 0.8826 | |
| 123 | Texas Southern University | 34400 | 42500 | 0.1907 | 6,844 | 915 | 0.9691 | |
| 124 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 34500 | 62800 | 0.4506 | 1,495 | 1075 | 0.8761 | |
| 124 | SUNY at Fredonia | 34500 | 41000 | 0.1586 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 126 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 34900 | 38900 | 0.1027 | 1,973 | 1189 | 0.8142 | |
| 127 | Adelphi University | 35000 | 63300 | 0.4467 | 5,097 | 1241 | 0.7215 | |
| 128 | Christopher Newport University | 35200 | 38700 | 0.0905 | 4,369 | 1189 | 0.8604 | |
| 129 | Bradley University | 35300 | 60000 | 0.412 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 130 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 36000 | 56300 | 0.3603 | 5,687 | 1305 | 0.7863 | |
| 131 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 36600 | 39900 | 0.0825 | 3,893 | 1015 | 0.9839 | |
| 132 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 36800 | 47900 | 0.2315 | 2,280 | 1224 | 0.9675 | |
| 133 | East Carolina University | 36900 | 42700 | 0.1356 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 134 | Saint Michael's College | 37100 | 75600 | 0.5095 | 1,051 | 1280 | 0.8976 | |
| 135 | Frostburg State University | 37500 | 55400 | 0.3232 | 3,436 | 1095 | 0.907 | |
| 136 | Drexel University | 39400 | 107600 | 0.6336 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 137 | James Madison University | 39800 | 45100 | 0.1175 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 138 | Immaculata University | 39900 | 60400 | 0.3395 | 1,889 | 1264 | 0.8656 | |
| 139 | Elmhurst University | 40200 | 69600 | 0.4222 | 3,170 | 1133 | 0.7501 | |
| 140 | Furman University | 40300 | 84600 | 0.5234 | 2,304 | 1372 | 0.4869 | |
| 141 | Pace University | 40500 | 75500 | 0.4636 | 5,520 | 1273 | 0.7827 | |
| 142 | McKendree University | 40600 | 52900 | 0.2324 | 1,757 | 1098 | 0.7172 | |
| 143 | University of Illinois Chicago | 40700 | 51300 | 0.2066 | 24,260 | 1174 | 0.7576 | |
| 144 | Mercy University | 41100 | 46400 | 0.1143 | 6,692 | 1135 | 0.8724 | |
| 145 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 41200 | 58900 | 0.3005 | 21,388 | 1369 | 0.5945 | |
| 146 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 41300 | 103500 | 0.6008 | 4,182 | 1317 | 0.8783 | |
| 147 | University of Mount Olive | 42100 | 50400 | 0.1645 | 1,944 | 1075 | 0.7575 | |
| 148 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 43200 | 108500 | 0.6019 | 35,358 | 1448 | 0.1642 | |
| 149 | Radford University | 43400 | 45700 | 0.0501 | 6,206 | 1050 | 0.8939 | |
| 149 | Western Oregon University | 43400 | 43400 | 0 | 3,034 | 1120 | 0.8345 | |
| 151 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4479 | 4,123 | 1124 | 0.6927 | |
| 152 | Mercer University | 45700 | 65400 | 0.3015 | 4,719 | 1263 | 0.643 | |
| 153 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47100 | 59800 | 0.2121 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 154 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 47600 | 57000 | 0.165 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 155 | DePaul University | 49000 | 66400 | 0.2619 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 156 | Ramapo College of New Jersey | 49100 | 58900 | 0.1663 | 5,492 | 1210 | 0.7026 | |
| 157 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 50500 | 58800 | 0.1411 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 158 | University of Kentucky | 51100 | 74100 | 0.3096 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 159 | University of Utah | 51400 | 53700 | 0.0426 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 160 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 54500 | 66200 | 0.1767 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 161 | Molloy University | 58600 | 62300 | 0.0594 | 3,396 | 1188 | 0.6633 | |
| 162 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 58900 | 61200 | 0.0374 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 163 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 60600 | 65000 | 0.0677 | 1,078 | 1217 | 0.9646 | |
| 164 | Clemson University | 61400 | 63700 | 0.036 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 165 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 62600 | 65000 | 0.0369 | 9,827 | 1329 | 0.6737 | |
| 166 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver | 63600 | 63600 | 0 | 475 | 1195 | 0.9418 | |
| 167 | College of Charleston | 69300 | 69300 | 0 | 10,596 | 1234 | 0.73 | |
| 168 | Fordham University | 73700 | 103900 | 0.2907 | 10,582 | 1406 | 0.5931 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.