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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 | CUNY Graduate School and University Center | 5500 | 43900 | 0.875 | 3,237 | 0 | 0.3861 | |
| 2 | California Institute of Technology | 7600 | 90300 | 0.9157 | 987 | 1557 | 0.0257 | |
| 3 | CUNY Bernard M Baruch College | 8100 | 34500 | 0.7648 | 16,086 | 1293 | 0.5117 | |
| 4 | CUNY Brooklyn College | 8300 | 31800 | 0.74 | 11,562 | 1110 | 0.5836 | |
| 5 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8900 | 94100 | 0.9057 | 9,157 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 6 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 9100 | 30500 | 0.7015 | 3,207 | 1050 | 0.8034 | |
| 7 | New Mexico Highlands University | 10400 | 21500 | 0.5158 | 1,710 | 945 | 0.9481 | |
| 8 | Valdosta State University | 10500 | 24800 | 0.5776 | 7,206 | 1015 | 0.7214 | |
| 9 | Coppin State University | 10700 | 32800 | 0.6736 | 1,810 | 950 | 0.4956 | |
| 10 | Christopher Newport University | 11900 | 33900 | 0.6489 | 4,407 | 1209 | 0.8796 | |
| 11 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 27200 | 0.5443 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 12 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 12600 | 37100 | 0.6599 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 13 | Northern Kentucky University | 12700 | 25900 | 0.5105 | 10,163 | 1090 | 0.8307 | |
| 14 | Boston College | 12900 | 93600 | 0.8623 | 9,654 | 1490 | 0.1619 | |
| 15 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 13300 | 13300 | 0 | 18,428 | 1090 | 0.9529 | |
| 16 | Fort Hays State University | 13400 | 22000 | 0.3911 | 10,206 | 1120 | 0.9177 | |
| 17 | University of South Florida | 13800 | 17100 | 0.1928 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 18 | University of Michigan-Flint | 14900 | 36600 | 0.5928 | 5,011 | 1103 | 0.7047 | |
| 19 | University of North Texas | 15000 | 25400 | 0.4101 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 20 | Wayne State College | 15500 | 26400 | 0.4134 | 3,902 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 21 | Goshen College | 15600 | 55800 | 0.7198 | 780 | 995 | 0.8404 | |
| 22 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 15800 | 23400 | 0.3252 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 23 | Northeastern University | 15900 | 88700 | 0.8212 | 22,695 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 23 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 15900 | 25800 | 0.3835 | 5,187 | 1005 | 0.9229 | |
| 25 | Southern University at New Orleans | 16200 | 31600 | 0.4872 | 1,773 | 885 | 0.6021 | |
| 26 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 16400 | 42300 | 0.6125 | 10,049 | 1005 | 0.9234 | |
| 27 | Northwestern University | 17000 | 89500 | 0.8104 | 8,846 | 1513 | 0.0722 | |
| 27 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 17000 | 64800 | 0.7377 | 21,075 | 1420 | 0.1534 | |
| 29 | Dickinson State University | 17100 | 23700 | 0.2781 | 1,339 | 1005 | 0.3695 | |
| 30 | Morgan State University | 17800 | 19700 | 0.0966 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 31 | SUNY Brockport | 17900 | 26200 | 0.3162 | 5,816 | 1195 | 0.7068 | |
| 32 | University of Houston-Victoria | 18100 | 34400 | 0.4741 | 2,707 | 930 | 0.7671 | |
| 33 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 18800 | 25200 | 0.2539 | 6,853 | 1090 | 0.7147 | |
| 34 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Schuylkill | 19000 | 32900 | 0.4231 | 624 | 1115 | 0.9664 | |
| 34 | Westfield State University | 19000 | 32500 | 0.4166 | 3,868 | 1105 | 0.8671 | |
| 36 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 19100 | 27000 | 0.293 | 7,505 | 1059 | 0.9633 | |
| 37 | Savannah State University | 19600 | 27300 | 0.2816 | 2,857 | 950 | 0.8368 | |
| 38 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 20100 | 38800 | 0.4812 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 39 | Alabama State University | 20200 | 37400 | 0.4592 | 3,322 | 945 | 0.9564 | |
| 39 | Florida Memorial University | 20200 | 46100 | 0.5619 | 1,299 | 0 | 0.7431 | |
| 41 | Central College | 20300 | 36800 | 0.4482 | 1,084 | 1140 | 0.8617 | |
| 42 | University of Colorado Boulder | 20400 | 30600 | 0.3333 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
| 43 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 20900 | 30300 | 0.3099 | 1,809 | 1109 | 0.9484 | |
| 44 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 21000 | 57800 | 0.6362 | 1,083 | 1205 | 0.9278 | |
| 44 | Tarleton State University | 21000 | 23000 | 0.087 | 15,130 | 0 | 0.5256 | |
| 46 | Western Oregon University | 21300 | 24600 | 0.134 | 3,343 | 1120 | 0.9871 | |
| 47 | Rutgers University-Newark | 21500 | 38900 | 0.4474 | 7,417 | 1214 | 0.7873 | |
| 48 | Luther College | 21600 | 71900 | 0.699 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.8402 | |
| 49 | Stockton University | 21700 | 32100 | 0.3238 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 50 | Bradley University | 22000 | 50900 | 0.5678 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 51 | Fairmont State University | 22300 | 32000 | 0.3035 | 3,060 | 1005 | 0.9924 | |
| 51 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 22300 | 28000 | 0.2034 | 5,789 | 1115 | 0.5774 | |
| 53 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 22400 | 32000 | 0.2999 | 5,205 | 1118 | 0.744 | |
| 54 | Robert Morris University | 22800 | 56300 | 0.5949 | 3,769 | 1180 | 0.9057 | |
| 55 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 22900 | 22900 | 0 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 56 | Dakota State University | 23100 | 25600 | 0.0977 | 3,066 | 1192 | 0.8814 | |
| 57 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 23900 | 39200 | 0.3904 | 28,674 | 980 | 0.9401 | |
| 57 | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | 23900 | 30300 | 0.2113 | 10,656 | 1075 | 0.7289 | |
| 59 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 24200 | 37400 | 0.3526 | 7,595 | 1075 | 0.9226 | |
| 60 | Bemidji State University | 24500 | 26400 | 0.0714 | 3,610 | 1110 | 0.9131 | |
| 60 | McKendree University | 24500 | 55500 | 0.5583 | 1,605 | 1098 | 0.6388 | |
| 60 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 24500 | 62200 | 0.6065 | 686 | 1030 | 0.8649 | |
| 63 | Elmhurst University | 24700 | 67000 | 0.6316 | 3,170 | 1148 | 0.7357 | |
| 64 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 24800 | 26600 | 0.0708 | 3,413 | 1085 | 0.5295 | |
| 65 | Dominican University | 25000 | 55500 | 0.5494 | 2,690 | 1035 | 0.9032 | |
| 65 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 25000 | 51700 | 0.5162 | 1,409 | 1110 | 0.6327 | |
| 65 | University of Akron Main Campus | 25000 | 25000 | 0 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 68 | Houghton University | 25100 | 35500 | 0.2928 | 939 | 1277 | 0.8866 | |
| 69 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 25300 | 37400 | 0.3239 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 70 | University of Massachusetts-Boston | 25400 | 42200 | 0.3981 | 12,234 | 1194 | 0.8296 | |
| 71 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 25700 | 36500 | 0.2955 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 72 | Northwood University | 25800 | 54500 | 0.5271 | 1,989 | 1075 | 0.839 | |
| 73 | Norwich University | 25900 | 70900 | 0.6349 | 2,642 | 1209 | 0.7361 | |
| 74 | Doane University | 26000 | 62800 | 0.5861 | 1,323 | 1125 | 0.9801 | |
| 74 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 26000 | 35700 | 0.2721 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 76 | Bethune-Cookman University | 26100 | 32700 | 0.2019 | 2,739 | 910 | 0.8824 | |
| 76 | Stony Brook University | 26100 | 33200 | 0.2129 | 18,263 | 1395 | 0.4904 | |
| 78 | Georgia Southern University | 26500 | 26700 | 0.0075 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 78 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 26500 | 51100 | 0.4817 | 1,477 | 1075 | 0.8068 | |
| 78 | Pennsylvania Western University | 26500 | 35600 | 0.2559 | 7,586 | 1070 | 0.9433 | |
| 81 | Columbia College | 26800 | 41300 | 0.3514 | 876 | 1025 | 0.8878 | |
| 82 | University of North Georgia | 26900 | 35500 | 0.2422 | 18,329 | 1100 | 0.6794 | |
| 83 | Kennesaw State University | 27000 | 27000 | 0 | 42,840 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 84 | Emporia State University | 27100 | 37700 | 0.2809 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 85 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 27300 | 35600 | 0.233 | 1,236 | 1203 | 0.9811 | |
| 85 | Saint Xavier University | 27300 | 52000 | 0.4749 | 3,039 | 1125 | 0.8575 | |
| 87 | Rowan University | 27700 | 40500 | 0.316 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
| 88 | Cleveland State University | 27800 | 37300 | 0.2548 | 9,418 | 1005 | 0.913 | |
| 88 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 27800 | 40300 | 0.31 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 90 | Grand Valley State University | 28000 | 35700 | 0.2157 | 19,002 | 1233 | 0.8302 | |
| 91 | Jacksonville State University | 28400 | 38200 | 0.2564 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 92 | George Fox University | 28500 | 67100 | 0.5757 | 3,401 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 92 | Mercy University | 28500 | 44500 | 0.3597 | 6,775 | 1074 | 0.8584 | |
| 94 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 28700 | 39700 | 0.2772 | 4,478 | 1065 | 0.8132 | |
| 95 | Concord University | 28800 | 46500 | 0.3806 | 1,609 | 990 | 0.9256 | |
| 95 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 28800 | 44100 | 0.3472 | 352 | 1180 | 0.9647 | |
| 97 | Lincoln University | 29000 | 40900 | 0.2908 | 1,707 | 920 | 0 | |
| 97 | Radford University | 29000 | 32800 | 0.1159 | 6,161 | 1070 | 0.8953 | |
| 99 | Furman University | 29200 | 79600 | 0.6329 | 2,383 | 1359 | 0.4295 | |
| 100 | Frostburg State University | 29300 | 43100 | 0.3202 | 2,619 | 1082 | 0.892 | |
| 101 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 29600 | 52900 | 0.4406 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 102 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 29700 | 38200 | 0.2227 | 6,550 | 1140 | 0.7456 | |
| 103 | University of South Alabama | 29800 | 35000 | 0.1486 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 104 | San Jose State University | 30200 | 41000 | 0.2632 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 105 | SUNY at Fredonia | 30400 | 39600 | 0.2326 | 2,876 | 1193 | 0.792 | |
| 105 | Syracuse University | 30400 | 83100 | 0.6342 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 107 | Averett University | 30600 | 57200 | 0.4653 | 1,180 | 1010 | 0.478 | |
| 108 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1150 | 0.9523 | |
| 108 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30900 | 54600 | 0.4339 | 3,163 | 1165 | 0.9347 | |
| 108 | West Virginia Wesleyan College | 30900 | 52800 | 0.4146 | 938 | 1090 | 0.951 | |
| 111 | University of Toledo | 31100 | 42000 | 0.2594 | 11,013 | 1159 | 0.9202 | |
| 112 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 31200 | 36900 | 0.1553 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 113 | State University of New York at Oswego | 31400 | 38300 | 0.1799 | 5,517 | 1174 | 0.8057 | |
| 114 | Washington Adventist University | 31500 | 37800 | 0.1668 | 605 | 950 | 0.4536 | |
| 115 | University of North Florida | 31600 | 37900 | 0.1663 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
| 116 | Albright College | 31900 | 48700 | 0.345 | 1,328 | 1050 | 0.8615 | |
| 116 | Harding University | 31900 | 43800 | 0.2712 | 3,523 | 1193 | 0.3942 | |
| 116 | Thomas Jefferson University | 31900 | 67700 | 0.5287 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 119 | Angelo State University | 32000 | 35400 | 0.0956 | 9,779 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 120 | Hampton University | 32200 | 47000 | 0.315 | 3,728 | 956 | 0.6225 | |
| 120 | Saint Michael's College | 32200 | 68400 | 0.5289 | 1,120 | 1240 | 0.8451 | |
| 122 | University of Scranton | 32400 | 76300 | 0.5751 | 3,613 | 1220 | 0.812 | |
| 123 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 32700 | 44100 | 0.2584 | 581 | 1129 | 0.9821 | |
| 124 | California Lutheran University | 32800 | 65800 | 0.5011 | 2,297 | 1258 | 0.7567 | |
| 124 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver | 32800 | 40200 | 0.1842 | 482 | 1195 | 0.9565 | |
| 126 | Grambling State University | 33100 | 35300 | 0.0624 | 4,279 | 965 | 0.2368 | |
| 127 | Wilkes University | 33300 | 61900 | 0.4621 | 1,956 | 1153 | 0.9146 | |
| 128 | Elizabethtown College | 33700 | 54600 | 0.383 | 1,903 | 1214 | 0.7787 | |
| 129 | George Washington University | 33800 | 81800 | 0.587 | 11,677 | 1421 | 0.4709 | |
| 130 | LeTourneau University | 34200 | 54600 | 0.3736 | 3,184 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 131 | DePaul University | 34800 | 59100 | 0.411 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 132 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 34900 | 37800 | 0.0763 | 5,086 | 1000 | 0.9821 | |
| 133 | Coastal Carolina University | 35000 | 44700 | 0.2168 | 10,811 | 1145 | 0.7527 | |
| 133 | Suffolk University | 35000 | 73000 | 0.5205 | 4,324 | 1209 | 0.822 | |
| 135 | Stevenson University | 35300 | 59900 | 0.4105 | 3,106 | 1100 | 0.7891 | |
| 135 | University of Mount Olive | 35300 | 35300 | 0 | 1,937 | 945 | 0.7775 | |
| 137 | Adelphi University | 35400 | 63300 | 0.4403 | 5,325 | 1218 | 0.6591 | |
| 138 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 35500 | 42400 | 0.1627 | 31,112 | 1130 | 0.8129 | |
| 139 | Salisbury University | 36200 | 40900 | 0.115 | 6,288 | 1250 | 0.8747 | |
| 140 | Towson University | 36300 | 45700 | 0.2057 | 16,264 | 1093 | 0.8198 | |
| 141 | Mercer University | 36600 | 60500 | 0.3951 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
| 142 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 36900 | 38100 | 0.0315 | 2,884 | 1175 | 0.9677 | |
| 143 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 37000 | 38900 | 0.0484 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 144 | East Carolina University | 37100 | 40100 | 0.0748 | 21,445 | 1120 | 0.8922 | |
| 145 | Immaculata University | 37400 | 47800 | 0.2174 | 1,652 | 1245 | 0.8578 | |
| 146 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 37600 | 38900 | 0.0334 | 1,919 | 1245 | 0.7844 | |
| 147 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38400 | 38400 | 0 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
| 148 | Wayne State University | 39200 | 45500 | 0.1384 | 16,173 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
| 149 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 39400 | 52900 | 0.2551 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 150 | Pace University | 39700 | 74100 | 0.464 | 8,038 | 1274 | 0.7592 | |
| 151 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 39900 | 45400 | 0.1211 | 502 | 1204 | 0.9641 | |
| 152 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 40300 | 40300 | 0 | 1,880 | 1185 | 0.9867 | |
| 153 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 40500 | 40500 | 0 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 154 | Loyola University Maryland | 42200 | 78800 | 0.4645 | 3,881 | 1309 | 0.7549 | |
| 155 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 42400 | 55100 | 0.2306 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 156 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 42800 | 45200 | 0.0531 | 10,767 | 1326 | 0.7243 | |
| 157 | Fordham University | 43200 | 94600 | 0.5436 | 10,307 | 1415 | 0.5628 | |
| 158 | University of California-Riverside | 43400 | 66400 | 0.3463 | 22,599 | 1199 | 0.7685 | |
| 159 | Merrimack College | 43700 | 78800 | 0.4453 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
| 160 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43800 | 52900 | 0.172 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 161 | City University of Seattle | 44200 | 45400 | 0.0264 | 1,180 | 0 | 0.9025 | |
| 162 | CUNY Lehman College | 44300 | 45800 | 0.0328 | 11,217 | 1020 | 0.4601 | |
| 163 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 45200 | 51400 | 0.1206 | 3,965 | 1229 | 0.9121 | |
| 164 | University of Illinois Chicago | 46200 | 48000 | 0.0375 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 165 | James Madison University | 46400 | 46400 | 0 | 21,112 | 1260 | 0.7151 | |
| 166 | Ramapo College of New Jersey | 47200 | 48100 | 0.0187 | 5,444 | 1214 | 0.7064 | |
| 167 | Molloy University | 48300 | 62300 | 0.2249 | 3,240 | 1199 | 0.8174 | |
| 168 | University of Kentucky | 49100 | 56000 | 0.1235 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 169 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 49800 | 56400 | 0.1169 | 10,200 | 1346 | 0.6507 | |
| 170 | College of Charleston | 50000 | 59000 | 0.1526 | 10,880 | 1255 | 0.6003 | |
| 171 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 50100 | 52300 | 0.042 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 172 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 51000 | 52900 | 0.0356 | 14,504 | 1145 | 0.7637 | |
| 173 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 51200 | 84200 | 0.392 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 174 | Drexel University | 51400 | 82600 | 0.3776 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 175 | University of Utah | 51800 | 53700 | 0.0351 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 176 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 57100 | 58900 | 0.032 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 177 | Clemson University | 61800 | 63700 | 0.0296 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 178 | Thiel College | 67100 | 69100 | 0.0289 | 831 | 1065 | 0.7189 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.