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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 | 43700 | 0.8884 | 5,534 | 1079 | 0.6734 | |
| 2 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 6600 | 98000 | 0.9329 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 3 | Northern Kentucky University | 7300 | 25900 | 0.7191 | 10,136 | 1110 | 0.9666 | |
| 4 | Northwestern University | 7800 | 94200 | 0.9173 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 5 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 8600 | 72200 | 0.8812 | 10,368 | 1064 | 0.999 | |
| 6 | Lamar University | 9000 | 22900 | 0.6062 | 8,387 | 1040 | 0.8353 | |
| 7 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 9300 | 41400 | 0.776 | 3,224 | 1085 | 0.7643 | |
| 8 | Portland State University | 9900 | 43300 | 0.7714 | 14,932 | 1174 | 0.8586 | |
| 9 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 10300 | 10300 | 0 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 10 | Fairmont State University | 10500 | 21600 | 0.513 | 3,090 | 970 | 0.9862 | |
| 11 | Concord University | 10700 | 49200 | 0.7821 | 1,638 | 1015 | 0.9728 | |
| 11 | Savannah State University | 10700 | 50900 | 0.7901 | 2,966 | 950 | 1 | |
| 13 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 11300 | 27800 | 0.5919 | 22,007 | 1427 | 0.1672 | |
| 14 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 12600 | 30000 | 0.5801 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 15 | Fort Hays State University | 12700 | 19900 | 0.3608 | 10,172 | 1075 | 0.9026 | |
| 16 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 12900 | 40500 | 0.6814 | 29,727 | 990 | 0.9229 | |
| 17 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 13000 | 21300 | 0.3895 | 18,667 | 1090 | 0.9711 | |
| 18 | University of North Florida | 13100 | 30500 | 0.5703 | 14,837 | 1124 | 0.6815 | |
| 19 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 13200 | 40800 | 0.6767 | 6,761 | 1105 | 0.8475 | |
| 19 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 13200 | 35700 | 0.6299 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 21 | University of California-Riverside | 13400 | 36500 | 0.6324 | 24,034 | 1199 | 0.8609 | |
| 22 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 13500 | 13500 | 0 | 1,973 | 1189 | 0.8142 | |
| 23 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 61700 | 0.7774 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 24 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 13800 | 26800 | 0.4857 | 4,789 | 1040 | 0.6671 | |
| 24 | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | 13800 | 19600 | 0.2958 | 10,995 | 1090 | 0.7476 | |
| 26 | Coastal Carolina University | 14100 | 45300 | 0.6891 | 11,471 | 1160 | 0.7003 | |
| 27 | Mercy University | 14600 | 46400 | 0.6858 | 6,692 | 1135 | 0.8724 | |
| 28 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 14700 | 50100 | 0.7063 | 7,501 | 1055 | 0.9467 | |
| 28 | Wayne State College | 14700 | 30200 | 0.5139 | 3,886 | 0 | 1 | |
| 30 | Westfield State University | 14800 | 37600 | 0.6069 | 3,868 | 1105 | 0.8671 | |
| 31 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 14900 | 44000 | 0.6617 | 308 | 1144 | 0.9053 | |
| 32 | Coppin State University | 15000 | 25300 | 0.4066 | 1,908 | 950 | 0.4583 | |
| 33 | Jacksonville State University | 15400 | 38200 | 0.5964 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 34 | Grand Valley State University | 15700 | 28300 | 0.4445 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 35 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 16200 | 23400 | 0.3081 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 36 | Emporia State University | 16500 | 30900 | 0.4662 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 36 | Southern University at New Orleans | 16500 | 41700 | 0.6045 | 2,179 | 950 | 0.789 | |
| 38 | Boston College | 16600 | 96300 | 0.8274 | 9,677 | 1484 | 0.1422 | |
| 38 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 16600 | 31500 | 0.4731 | 9,827 | 1329 | 0.6737 | |
| 40 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 16800 | 28100 | 0.4027 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 40 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 16800 | 26600 | 0.3688 | 7,747 | 1073 | 0.9617 | |
| 42 | Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi | 17100 | 28900 | 0.4089 | 8,673 | 1095 | 0.9156 | |
| 42 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 17100 | 44200 | 0.6138 | 1,829 | 1149 | 0.945 | |
| 44 | Radford University | 17200 | 33100 | 0.4818 | 6,206 | 1050 | 0.8939 | |
| 45 | University of Kentucky | 17300 | 36500 | 0.5244 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 45 | University of Massachusetts-Boston | 17300 | 89500 | 0.8064 | 12,138 | 1189 | 0.8379 | |
| 47 | James Madison University | 17400 | 28900 | 0.3978 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 48 | Morgan State University | 17600 | 42200 | 0.5834 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 48 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 17600 | 44000 | 0.5996 | 586 | 1140 | 0.9577 | |
| 48 | State University of New York at Oswego | 17600 | 27700 | 0.3645 | 5,293 | 1179 | 0.7989 | |
| 51 | Kennesaw State University | 18000 | 27400 | 0.3428 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 51 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 18000 | 69500 | 0.7415 | 711 | 1030 | 0.8214 | |
| 53 | San Jose State University | 18100 | 41100 | 0.5591 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 54 | SUNY Brockport | 18400 | 26200 | 0.2972 | 5,816 | 1195 | 0.7068 | |
| 54 | Texas A&M University-Victoria | 18400 | 45400 | 0.5951 | 2,627 | 1000 | 0.5253 | |
| 56 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 18600 | 45300 | 0.5891 | 504 | 1200 | 0.9095 | |
| 56 | Ramapo College of New Jersey | 18600 | 36700 | 0.4945 | 5,492 | 1210 | 0.7026 | |
| 58 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18800 | 54000 | 0.6515 | 3,991 | 1010 | 0.9654 | |
| 58 | Valdosta State University | 18800 | 29600 | 0.3647 | 7,199 | 1005 | 0.7769 | |
| 60 | Norwich University | 19000 | 100600 | 0.8114 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 60 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Schuylkill | 19000 | 32900 | 0.4231 | 653 | 1145 | 0.7972 | |
| 62 | Stockton University | 19600 | 32100 | 0.3892 | 7,583 | 1134 | 0.901 | |
| 63 | SUNY at Fredonia | 20200 | 53600 | 0.6229 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 64 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 20300 | 57800 | 0.648 | 1,109 | 1175 | 0.9088 | |
| 64 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20300 | 57800 | 0.6485 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 64 | Syracuse University | 20300 | 83600 | 0.7572 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 67 | Grove City College | 20400 | 39700 | 0.4868 | 2,247 | 1248 | 0.667 | |
| 68 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 20500 | 38100 | 0.4619 | 2,710 | 1218 | 0.9374 | |
| 69 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 20700 | 40900 | 0.4944 | 1,709 | 1218 | 0.9653 | |
| 70 | Thiel College | 21000 | 69100 | 0.6959 | 830 | 1065 | 0.7189 | |
| 71 | Lincoln University | 21100 | 46500 | 0.5467 | 1,926 | 920 | 0 | |
| 72 | Grambling State University | 21200 | 39600 | 0.4649 | 4,313 | 950 | 0.4486 | |
| 72 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 21200 | 51900 | 0.5921 | 5,939 | 1065 | 0.5878 | |
| 74 | Luther College | 21300 | 75400 | 0.7183 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.8398 | |
| 74 | Texas Southern University | 21300 | 38900 | 0.4524 | 6,844 | 915 | 0.9691 | |
| 76 | Salisbury University | 21400 | 29300 | 0.2697 | 6,477 | 1245 | 0.8826 | |
| 77 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 21500 | 49600 | 0.5661 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 78 | Alabama State University | 21700 | 43200 | 0.4979 | 3,521 | 945 | 0.9755 | |
| 79 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 80 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 21900 | 39100 | 0.4402 | 2,907 | 1125 | 0.4696 | |
| 81 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 22400 | 53400 | 0.581 | 21,469 | 1167 | 0.9061 | |
| 82 | Houghton University | 22700 | 51300 | 0.5576 | 958 | 1277 | 0.89 | |
| 83 | Pennsylvania Western University | 22800 | 34400 | 0.3369 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 84 | Robert Morris University | 23000 | 58000 | 0.6043 | 4,325 | 1145 | 0.8989 | |
| 85 | Dakota State University | 23100 | 25600 | 0.0977 | 3,085 | 1174 | 0.9241 | |
| 86 | Florida Memorial University | 23200 | 51000 | 0.5446 | 1,206 | 0 | 0.8526 | |
| 87 | Columbia College | 23600 | 40200 | 0.413 | 876 | 1025 | 0.8878 | |
| 88 | Dominican University | 23700 | 56000 | 0.5761 | 2,642 | 1005 | 0.8879 | |
| 88 | University of North Texas | 23700 | 37400 | 0.3661 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 90 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 23900 | 47900 | 0.5006 | 2,280 | 1224 | 0.9675 | |
| 91 | University of South Florida | 24500 | 36500 | 0.3284 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 92 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 24800 | 36800 | 0.3263 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 92 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 24800 | 62800 | 0.6055 | 1,495 | 1075 | 0.8761 | |
| 94 | Christopher Newport University | 25200 | 50600 | 0.502 | 4,369 | 1189 | 0.8604 | |
| 95 | Loyola University Maryland | 25700 | 78800 | 0.674 | 4,013 | 1329 | 0.6986 | |
| 95 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 25700 | 28300 | 0.0907 | 3,375 | 1090 | 0.5885 | |
| 95 | Northwood University | 25700 | 54500 | 0.5289 | 2,045 | 1055 | 0.6451 | |
| 95 | West Virginia Wesleyan College | 25700 | 53800 | 0.522 | 971 | 1030 | 0.9334 | |
| 99 | University of Akron Main Campus | 26000 | 28000 | 0.0713 | 11,691 | 1074 | 0.7722 | |
| 100 | Stony Brook University | 26100 | 33200 | 0.2129 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 101 | Bemidji State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 3,751 | 1075 | 0.5598 | |
| 102 | Central Connecticut State University | 27800 | 30400 | 0.0856 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 103 | Wayne State University | 28000 | 46800 | 0.402 | 16,390 | 1183 | 0.8359 | |
| 104 | Bethune-Cookman University | 28800 | 32300 | 0.1082 | 2,739 | 910 | 0.8824 | |
| 105 | University of Toledo | 29000 | 32600 | 0.1093 | 10,726 | 1134 | 0.8889 | |
| 106 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29300 | 34200 | 0.1431 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 107 | California Lutheran University | 29400 | 71700 | 0.5901 | 2,160 | 1218 | 0.7631 | |
| 108 | Saint Xavier University | 29600 | 58200 | 0.4911 | 3,100 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 109 | Thomas Jefferson University | 29800 | 70000 | 0.575 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 110 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 30100 | 33200 | 0.0932 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 111 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30200 | 54600 | 0.4463 | 3,120 | 1193 | 0.3992 | |
| 112 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 2,082 | 1124 | 0.9576 | |
| 113 | Suffolk University | 31000 | 75700 | 0.5907 | 4,247 | 1209 | 0.8228 | |
| 114 | Angelo State University | 31300 | 35400 | 0.1149 | 10,103 | 1045 | 0.7981 | |
| 115 | Cleveland State University | 31600 | 32100 | 0.0156 | 9,418 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 115 | Hampton University | 31600 | 54800 | 0.4233 | 4,046 | 1005 | 0.6358 | |
| 117 | Central College | 32000 | 38700 | 0.1732 | 1,050 | 1159 | 0.8698 | |
| 118 | University of Scranton | 32300 | 78700 | 0.5902 | 3,689 | 1245 | 0.8006 | |
| 119 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 32900 | 59400 | 0.4461 | 11,087 | 1326 | 0.7397 | |
| 120 | Harding University | 33200 | 47800 | 0.3047 | 3,536 | 1184 | 0.7052 | |
| 121 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 17,556 | 1090 | 0.5386 | |
| 122 | Elizabethtown College | 33600 | 57500 | 0.4154 | 1,935 | 1214 | 0.8892 | |
| 123 | Pace University | 33800 | 75700 | 0.5538 | 5,520 | 1273 | 0.7827 | |
| 124 | Charleston Southern University | 33900 | 48400 | 0.3007 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 125 | George Washington University | 34300 | 81800 | 0.5808 | 11,495 | 1436 | 0.4713 | |
| 125 | University of Illinois Chicago | 34300 | 51300 | 0.3313 | 24,260 | 1174 | 0.7576 | |
| 127 | Averett University | 34400 | 57600 | 0.4029 | 1,244 | 1054 | 0.5659 | |
| 128 | Adelphi University | 34800 | 63300 | 0.4511 | 5,097 | 1241 | 0.7215 | |
| 129 | Bradley University | 35300 | 60300 | 0.4147 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 130 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 35800 | 56300 | 0.3652 | 5,687 | 1305 | 0.7863 | |
| 131 | University of South Alabama | 35900 | 40200 | 0.1071 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 132 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 36000 | 54000 | 0.3334 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 133 | Rowan University | 36200 | 53600 | 0.3244 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 134 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 36300 | 39900 | 0.0894 | 3,893 | 1015 | 0.9839 | |
| 135 | East Carolina University | 36600 | 42700 | 0.1421 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 136 | Frostburg State University | 37400 | 42500 | 0.12 | 3,436 | 1095 | 0.907 | |
| 137 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38800 | 38800 | 0 | 14,865 | 1175 | 0.9113 | |
| 138 | Saint Michael's College | 39200 | 75800 | 0.4827 | 1,051 | 1280 | 0.8976 | |
| 139 | Drexel University | 39500 | 86400 | 0.5431 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 140 | Immaculata University | 39900 | 48600 | 0.1791 | 1,889 | 1264 | 0.8656 | |
| 141 | Elmhurst University | 40000 | 69600 | 0.4251 | 3,170 | 1133 | 0.7501 | |
| 142 | Furman University | 40100 | 84600 | 0.5258 | 2,304 | 1372 | 0.4869 | |
| 143 | McKendree University | 40300 | 52900 | 0.2376 | 1,757 | 1098 | 0.7172 | |
| 144 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 41200 | 55300 | 0.2552 | 21,388 | 1369 | 0.5945 | |
| 144 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 41200 | 64900 | 0.3653 | 4,182 | 1317 | 0.8783 | |
| 146 | University of Mount Olive | 41800 | 50400 | 0.1699 | 1,944 | 1075 | 0.7575 | |
| 147 | University of Maryland-College Park | 42800 | 58500 | 0.2682 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 148 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 42900 | 88100 | 0.5129 | 35,358 | 1448 | 0.1642 | |
| 149 | Merrimack College | 43300 | 78800 | 0.4501 | 4,123 | 1124 | 0.6927 | |
| 150 | Western Oregon University | 43400 | 43400 | 0 | 3,034 | 1120 | 0.8345 | |
| 151 | Mercer University | 45400 | 65400 | 0.3058 | 4,719 | 1263 | 0.643 | |
| 152 | Towson University | 46300 | 46400 | 0.0022 | 16,361 | 1082 | 0.8057 | |
| 153 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47200 | 61500 | 0.2335 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 154 | DePaul University | 49000 | 69400 | 0.2938 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 155 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 49200 | 58800 | 0.1628 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 156 | College of Charleston | 49800 | 62300 | 0.2005 | 10,596 | 1234 | 0.73 | |
| 157 | University of North Georgia | 50000 | 57000 | 0.1228 | 19,321 | 1100 | 0.9618 | |
| 158 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 50300 | 52900 | 0.0485 | 14,834 | 1149 | 0.7803 | |
| 159 | University of Utah | 51100 | 53700 | 0.0478 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 160 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 54900 | 68800 | 0.2022 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 161 | University of Colorado Boulder | 55200 | 70900 | 0.2205 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7809 | |
| 162 | Molloy University | 55800 | 62300 | 0.1044 | 3,396 | 1188 | 0.6633 | |
| 163 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58500 | 63600 | 0.0803 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 164 | Rutgers University-Newark | 60500 | 60500 | 0 | 7,989 | 1159 | 0.7136 | |
| 165 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 60800 | 63600 | 0.044 | 1,078 | 1217 | 0.9646 | |
| 166 | Clemson University | 61100 | 63700 | 0.0403 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 167 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver | 63900 | 63900 | 0 | 475 | 1195 | 0.9418 | |
| 168 | Fordham University | 74500 | 143900 | 0.4824 | 10,582 | 1406 | 0.5931 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.