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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-Ann Arbor | 4900 | 40700 | 0.8787 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 2 | California Institute of Technology | 6700 | 91800 | 0.9274 | 987 | 1557 | 0.0257 | |
| 3 | Savannah State University | 6900 | 40400 | 0.8283 | 2,857 | 950 | 0.8368 | |
| 4 | University of Houston-Victoria | 7500 | 39700 | 0.8113 | 2,707 | 930 | 0.7671 | |
| 5 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 8200 | 27100 | 0.6964 | 28,674 | 980 | 0.9401 | |
| 6 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8400 | 98000 | 0.9146 | 9,157 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 7 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 9200 | 48800 | 0.8117 | 10,049 | 1005 | 0.9234 | |
| 8 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 9600 | 36900 | 0.74 | 3,207 | 1060 | 0.8034 | |
| 9 | Valdosta State University | 10500 | 24800 | 0.5775 | 7,206 | 1015 | 0.7214 | |
| 10 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 11000 | 21100 | 0.4798 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 11 | University of Michigan-Flint | 11400 | 45600 | 0.7497 | 5,011 | 1103 | 0.7047 | |
| 12 | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | 11900 | 25700 | 0.5375 | 10,656 | 1075 | 0.7289 | |
| 13 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 13300 | 13300 | 0 | 18,667 | 1090 | 0.9711 | |
| 14 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 13400 | 27800 | 0.5171 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 15 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 13500 | 13500 | 0 | 1,919 | 1245 | 0.7844 | |
| 16 | Coastal Carolina University | 13600 | 27200 | 0.5001 | 10,811 | 1145 | 0.7527 | |
| 17 | Fort Hays State University | 13700 | 40700 | 0.6641 | 10,206 | 1110 | 0.9177 | |
| 17 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 51900 | 0.7365 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 19 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 13900 | 46000 | 0.6974 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 20 | University of California-Riverside | 14000 | 66000 | 0.7883 | 22,599 | 1199 | 0.7685 | |
| 21 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 14500 | 32200 | 0.5503 | 2,836 | 1135 | 0.3787 | |
| 22 | Alabama State University | 15200 | 37900 | 0.5983 | 3,322 | 970 | 0.9564 | |
| 22 | University of North Georgia | 15200 | 48000 | 0.6836 | 18,329 | 1100 | 0.6794 | |
| 24 | Dickinson State University | 15400 | 21700 | 0.2914 | 1,339 | 1005 | 0.3695 | |
| 25 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 15600 | 46800 | 0.6672 | 6,550 | 1110 | 0.7456 | |
| 26 | University of North Florida | 15700 | 33000 | 0.5246 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
| 26 | Wayne State College | 15700 | 20000 | 0.2149 | 3,902 | 0 | 1 | |
| 28 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 15800 | 42600 | 0.6294 | 7,595 | 1075 | 0.9226 | |
| 29 | Boston College | 15900 | 94200 | 0.8315 | 9,654 | 1490 | 0.1619 | |
| 29 | New Mexico Highlands University | 15900 | 31500 | 0.4949 | 1,710 | 945 | 0.9481 | |
| 31 | Wayne State University | 16300 | 46200 | 0.6473 | 16,173 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
| 32 | Goshen College | 16400 | 55900 | 0.706 | 780 | 995 | 0.8404 | |
| 32 | Jacksonville State University | 16400 | 36100 | 0.5455 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 34 | SUNY at Fredonia | 16500 | 27800 | 0.407 | 2,876 | 1193 | 0.792 | |
| 35 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16800 | 64800 | 0.7416 | 21,075 | 1420 | 0.1534 | |
| 35 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 16800 | 33600 | 0.4996 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 35 | Westfield State University | 16800 | 35700 | 0.528 | 3,868 | 1105 | 0.8671 | |
| 38 | University of South Alabama | 17200 | 35200 | 0.5116 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 39 | Southern University at New Orleans | 17400 | 34200 | 0.4911 | 1,773 | 885 | 0.6021 | |
| 39 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 17400 | 44900 | 0.612 | 5,205 | 1118 | 0.744 | |
| 41 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 17700 | 36400 | 0.5131 | 2,884 | 1175 | 0.9677 | |
| 42 | Morgan State University | 17900 | 19700 | 0.0915 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 43 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 18000 | 26700 | 0.3258 | 7,505 | 1059 | 0.9633 | |
| 44 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 18100 | 27700 | 0.3461 | 31,112 | 1114 | 0.8129 | |
| 45 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 18400 | 42800 | 0.5695 | 581 | 1129 | 0.9821 | |
| 46 | Angelo State University | 18500 | 23100 | 0.2005 | 9,779 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 46 | Emporia State University | 18500 | 29800 | 0.3797 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 46 | Florida Memorial University | 18500 | 44900 | 0.5881 | 1,299 | 0 | 0.7431 | |
| 49 | College of Charleston | 18600 | 33900 | 0.4519 | 10,880 | 1255 | 0.6003 | |
| 49 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 18600 | 43800 | 0.5748 | 352 | 1180 | 0.9647 | |
| 49 | State University of New York at Oswego | 18600 | 27700 | 0.3284 | 5,517 | 1164 | 0.8057 | |
| 52 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 18800 | 35700 | 0.4736 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 53 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 18900 | 25200 | 0.2497 | 6,853 | 1090 | 0.7147 | |
| 53 | Stockton University | 18900 | 44500 | 0.5756 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 55 | University of Massachusetts-Boston | 19600 | 88900 | 0.7798 | 12,234 | 1194 | 0.8296 | |
| 56 | San Jose State University | 19700 | 33600 | 0.4134 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 57 | Lincoln University | 19800 | 40800 | 0.5152 | 1,707 | 920 | 0 | |
| 57 | Towson University | 19800 | 30000 | 0.3395 | 16,264 | 1093 | 0.8198 | |
| 59 | Central Connecticut State University | 19900 | 29500 | 0.3253 | 8,170 | 1010 | 0.7333 | |
| 60 | Central College | 20300 | 36800 | 0.4482 | 1,084 | 1140 | 0.8617 | |
| 61 | Dakota State University | 20400 | 22500 | 0.0912 | 3,066 | 1192 | 0.8814 | |
| 61 | Grove City College | 20400 | 39700 | 0.4868 | 2,341 | 1256 | 0.7232 | |
| 63 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 20600 | 34400 | 0.4011 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 64 | Pennsylvania Western University | 20700 | 26600 | 0.2217 | 7,586 | 0 | 0.9433 | |
| 65 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 20800 | 57800 | 0.6406 | 1,083 | 1171 | 0.9278 | |
| 66 | Northwestern University | 21000 | 89500 | 0.7657 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 67 | Bradley University | 21300 | 50800 | 0.5806 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 67 | Kennesaw State University | 21300 | 27200 | 0.217 | 42,840 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 69 | Elmhurst University | 21400 | 67000 | 0.6808 | 3,170 | 1148 | 0.7357 | |
| 70 | Luther College | 21500 | 71900 | 0.7017 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.8402 | |
| 71 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 72 | Averett University | 22100 | 57200 | 0.614 | 1,180 | 1070 | 0.478 | |
| 72 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 22100 | 45300 | 0.5117 | 1,236 | 1203 | 0.9811 | |
| 74 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 22300 | 43000 | 0.4809 | 5,789 | 1060 | 0.5774 | |
| 75 | SUNY Brockport | 22400 | 35100 | 0.3618 | 5,816 | 1195 | 0.7068 | |
| 76 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 22700 | 58100 | 0.6097 | 1,477 | 1075 | 0.8068 | |
| 77 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 23000 | 45200 | 0.4915 | 502 | 1204 | 0.9641 | |
| 77 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 23000 | 44400 | 0.4816 | 1,809 | 1109 | 0.9484 | |
| 79 | Robert Morris University | 23300 | 58000 | 0.5986 | 3,769 | 1180 | 0.9057 | |
| 80 | Albright College | 23800 | 49300 | 0.5171 | 1,328 | 1050 | 0.8615 | |
| 80 | Houghton University | 23800 | 61900 | 0.6158 | 939 | 1277 | 0.8866 | |
| 82 | University of Kentucky | 23900 | 36100 | 0.3385 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 83 | Dominican University | 24100 | 56000 | 0.5702 | 2,690 | 1060 | 0.9032 | |
| 84 | Norwich University | 24200 | 88400 | 0.7264 | 2,642 | 1182 | 0.7361 | |
| 85 | Northwood University | 25100 | 54500 | 0.5399 | 1,989 | 1075 | 0.839 | |
| 86 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 25700 | 39200 | 0.3445 | 4,478 | 1065 | 0.8132 | |
| 87 | Columbia College | 25800 | 51600 | 0.5004 | 876 | 1025 | 0.8878 | |
| 88 | Doane University | 26000 | 77700 | 0.665 | 1,323 | 1125 | 0.9801 | |
| 89 | Grand Valley State University | 26200 | 36300 | 0.2786 | 19,002 | 1233 | 0.8302 | |
| 89 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 26200 | 28300 | 0.0755 | 3,413 | 1095 | 0.5295 | |
| 91 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 26300 | 28400 | 0.0751 | 14,504 | 1145 | 0.7637 | |
| 92 | Bethune-Cookman University | 26700 | 32700 | 0.1835 | 2,739 | 910 | 0.8824 | |
| 92 | Furman University | 26700 | 79600 | 0.6643 | 2,383 | 1359 | 0.4295 | |
| 94 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 26900 | 41500 | 0.3516 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 95 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 27000 | 30100 | 0.1042 | 5,086 | 1000 | 0.9821 | |
| 96 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 27100 | 47900 | 0.4339 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 97 | Cleveland State University | 27300 | 37300 | 0.2682 | 9,418 | 1105 | 0.913 | |
| 97 | Fairmont State University | 27300 | 32200 | 0.1522 | 3,060 | 975 | 0.9924 | |
| 99 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 27500 | 27500 | 0 | 10,767 | 1326 | 0.7243 | |
| 100 | George Fox University | 27600 | 76800 | 0.6406 | 3,401 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 100 | Thomas Jefferson University | 27600 | 67700 | 0.5922 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 102 | Syracuse University | 27900 | 83100 | 0.6642 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 103 | California Lutheran University | 28100 | 70000 | 0.5988 | 2,297 | 1258 | 0.7567 | |
| 104 | Mercy University | 28600 | 44500 | 0.3574 | 6,775 | 1074 | 0.8584 | |
| 104 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 33400 | 0.1437 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 106 | University of Utah | 28900 | 32000 | 0.098 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 107 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29300 | 33900 | 0.1358 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 108 | Saint Xavier University | 29800 | 53600 | 0.4438 | 3,039 | 1125 | 0.8575 | |
| 109 | Northern Kentucky University | 29900 | 32100 | 0.0686 | 10,163 | 1090 | 0.8307 | |
| 110 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 30300 | 62800 | 0.5172 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 111 | University of North Texas | 30400 | 37400 | 0.187 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 112 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 30500 | 54700 | 0.4416 | 1,409 | 1110 | 0.5568 | |
| 113 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30700 | 54600 | 0.4385 | 3,163 | 1165 | 0.9347 | |
| 114 | East Texas A&M University | 30800 | 36500 | 0.1561 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 114 | University of Toledo | 30800 | 42000 | 0.2653 | 11,013 | 1159 | 0.9202 | |
| 116 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1150 | 0.9523 | |
| 117 | Saint Michael's College | 32000 | 68500 | 0.5331 | 1,120 | 1240 | 0.8451 | |
| 118 | Washington Adventist University | 32100 | 37800 | 0.151 | 605 | 951 | 0.4536 | |
| 119 | Hampton University | 32200 | 62400 | 0.4836 | 3,728 | 956 | 0.6225 | |
| 120 | Grambling State University | 32500 | 38100 | 0.1471 | 4,279 | 955 | 0.2368 | |
| 120 | Suffolk University | 32500 | 68900 | 0.5285 | 4,324 | 1209 | 0.822 | |
| 120 | University of Scranton | 32500 | 78700 | 0.5872 | 3,613 | 1220 | 0.8029 | |
| 123 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 15,130 | 1095 | 0.5256 | |
| 124 | Frostburg State University | 33400 | 43000 | 0.2234 | 2,619 | 1095 | 0.892 | |
| 125 | George Washington University | 33700 | 81800 | 0.5882 | 11,677 | 1421 | 0.4709 | |
| 126 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 33900 | 58500 | 0.4211 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 127 | LeTourneau University | 34100 | 54800 | 0.378 | 3,184 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 128 | Salisbury University | 34200 | 41700 | 0.1797 | 6,288 | 1250 | 0.8747 | |
| 129 | Charleston Southern University | 34300 | 48400 | 0.2918 | 2,914 | 1060 | 0.7609 | |
| 130 | Pace University | 34500 | 74800 | 0.5387 | 8,038 | 1274 | 0.7592 | |
| 131 | Christopher Newport University | 34700 | 36200 | 0.0415 | 4,407 | 1209 | 0.8796 | |
| 132 | University of South Florida | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 133 | Adelphi University | 35200 | 63300 | 0.4443 | 5,325 | 1218 | 0.6591 | |
| 134 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 36200 | 56300 | 0.3575 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 135 | Loyola University Maryland | 36600 | 78800 | 0.5356 | 3,881 | 1309 | 0.7549 | |
| 136 | East Carolina University | 37100 | 40100 | 0.0748 | 21,445 | 1120 | 0.8922 | |
| 137 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 37500 | 41600 | 0.0993 | 5,386 | 995 | 0.9092 | |
| 137 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 37500 | 67900 | 0.4476 | 3,965 | 1335 | 0.9121 | |
| 139 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38600 | 38600 | 0 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
| 140 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 38700 | 53400 | 0.2754 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 141 | Rutgers University-Newark | 39900 | 60500 | 0.3408 | 7,417 | 1214 | 0.7873 | |
| 141 | Stony Brook University | 39900 | 53000 | 0.2478 | 18,263 | 1404 | 0.4904 | |
| 143 | McKendree University | 40100 | 52200 | 0.2324 | 1,605 | 1098 | 0.6388 | |
| 144 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 42500 | 54700 | 0.223 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 145 | University of Maryland-College Park | 42800 | 53400 | 0.1985 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 146 | Western Oregon University | 43400 | 43400 | 0 | 3,343 | 1120 | 0.9871 | |
| 147 | Merrimack College | 43600 | 78800 | 0.4472 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
| 147 | Radford University | 43600 | 45700 | 0.0467 | 6,161 | 1070 | 0.8953 | |
| 149 | University of Illinois Chicago | 43900 | 49300 | 0.1094 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 149 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 43900 | 57100 | 0.2302 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 151 | Immaculata University | 44200 | 47800 | 0.0753 | 1,652 | 1245 | 0.8578 | |
| 152 | James Madison University | 45300 | 45300 | 0 | 21,112 | 1260 | 0.7151 | |
| 153 | University of Mount Olive | 48300 | 50400 | 0.0424 | 1,937 | 1020 | 0.7775 | |
| 154 | Ramapo College of New Jersey | 48600 | 54600 | 0.1099 | 5,444 | 1214 | 0.7064 | |
| 155 | DePaul University | 48800 | 67100 | 0.2727 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 155 | Drexel University | 48800 | 83800 | 0.4176 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 157 | Molloy University | 48900 | 62300 | 0.2152 | 3,240 | 1199 | 0.8174 | |
| 158 | Mercer University | 49000 | 63700 | 0.2309 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
| 159 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
| 160 | University of Colorado Boulder | 55000 | 56600 | 0.0282 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
| 161 | Dallas Baptist University | 55800 | 71900 | 0.2238 | 2,785 | 1104 | 0.8884 | |
| 162 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver | 60400 | 63200 | 0.0443 | 482 | 1195 | 0.9565 | |
| 163 | Thiel College | 60600 | 69100 | 0.123 | 830 | 1065 | 0.7189 | |
| 164 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 61400 | 64200 | 0.0436 | 1,880 | 1185 | 0.9867 | |
| 165 | Clemson University | 61500 | 63700 | 0.0335 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 166 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 63500 | 63500 | 0 | 10,200 | 1346 | 0.6507 | |
| 167 | Fordham University | 70000 | 95000 | 0.263 | 10,582 | 1406 | 0.5931 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.