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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 Maryland.
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 Maryland.
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 | 4700 | 43700 | 0.8929 | 5,534 | 1079 | 0.6734 | |
| 2 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 6900 | 41500 | 0.8333 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 3 | Northern Kentucky University | 7200 | 25900 | 0.723 | 10,136 | 1110 | 0.9666 | |
| 4 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 7600 | 36100 | 0.7904 | 10,368 | 1064 | 0.999 | |
| 5 | Northwestern University | 7700 | 94200 | 0.9183 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 6 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8600 | 98000 | 0.9125 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 7 | Lamar University | 8900 | 22900 | 0.6106 | 8,387 | 1040 | 0.8353 | |
| 8 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 9100 | 41400 | 0.7808 | 3,224 | 1085 | 0.7643 | |
| 9 | Portland State University | 9800 | 43300 | 0.7737 | 14,932 | 1174 | 0.8586 | |
| 10 | Concord University | 10600 | 49200 | 0.7841 | 1,638 | 1015 | 0.9728 | |
| 10 | Savannah State University | 10600 | 50900 | 0.792 | 2,966 | 950 | 1 | |
| 12 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 12400 | 30000 | 0.5867 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 12 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 31100 | 0.6022 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 14 | Fort Hays State University | 12700 | 19900 | 0.3608 | 10,172 | 1075 | 0.9026 | |
| 15 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 12800 | 40500 | 0.6839 | 29,727 | 990 | 0.9229 | |
| 15 | University of North Florida | 12800 | 22400 | 0.4291 | 14,837 | 1124 | 0.6815 | |
| 15 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 12800 | 21300 | 0.3989 | 18,667 | 1090 | 0.9711 | |
| 18 | University of South Florida | 13000 | 22400 | 0.4201 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 19 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 13100 | 40800 | 0.6791 | 6,761 | 1105 | 0.8475 | |
| 20 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 13700 | 26800 | 0.4894 | 4,789 | 1040 | 0.6671 | |
| 21 | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | 13800 | 25700 | 0.4635 | 10,995 | 1090 | 0.7476 | |
| 22 | Coppin State University | 13900 | 25300 | 0.45 | 1,908 | 950 | 0.4583 | |
| 23 | Coastal Carolina University | 14000 | 45300 | 0.6913 | 11,471 | 1160 | 0.7003 | |
| 24 | University of North Georgia | 14100 | 21400 | 0.3411 | 19,321 | 1100 | 0.9618 | |
| 25 | University of California-Riverside | 14500 | 66000 | 0.7807 | 24,034 | 1199 | 0.8609 | |
| 26 | Mercy University | 14600 | 46400 | 0.6858 | 6,692 | 1135 | 0.8724 | |
| 26 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 14600 | 50100 | 0.7083 | 7,501 | 1055 | 0.9467 | |
| 26 | Wayne State College | 14600 | 30200 | 0.5172 | 3,886 | 0 | 1 | |
| 29 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 14700 | 44000 | 0.6662 | 308 | 1144 | 0.9053 | |
| 30 | Christopher Newport University | 14800 | 42800 | 0.6547 | 4,369 | 1189 | 0.8604 | |
| 31 | Jacksonville State University | 15500 | 27000 | 0.4267 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 32 | Grand Valley State University | 15700 | 28300 | 0.4445 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 33 | Morgan State University | 15800 | 30700 | 0.4849 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 34 | Emporia State University | 16300 | 30900 | 0.4727 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 34 | Southern University at New Orleans | 16300 | 41700 | 0.6093 | 2,179 | 950 | 0.789 | |
| 34 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16300 | 64800 | 0.7481 | 22,007 | 1427 | 0.1672 | |
| 37 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 16400 | 31500 | 0.4794 | 9,827 | 1329 | 0.6737 | |
| 37 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 16400 | 27800 | 0.4105 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 39 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 16700 | 28100 | 0.4063 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 39 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 16700 | 36500 | 0.5428 | 7,747 | 1073 | 0.9617 | |
| 41 | Boston College | 16900 | 97700 | 0.8273 | 9,677 | 1484 | 0.1422 | |
| 41 | Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi | 16900 | 28900 | 0.4158 | 8,673 | 1095 | 0.9156 | |
| 43 | University of Colorado Boulder | 17000 | 31800 | 0.4656 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7809 | |
| 43 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 17000 | 44200 | 0.6161 | 1,829 | 1149 | 0.945 | |
| 45 | SUNY at Fredonia | 17100 | 27800 | 0.3854 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 46 | James Madison University | 17200 | 28900 | 0.4047 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 47 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 17500 | 44000 | 0.6019 | 586 | 1140 | 0.9577 | |
| 47 | Westfield State University | 17500 | 37600 | 0.5347 | 3,868 | 1105 | 0.8671 | |
| 49 | East Carolina University | 17600 | 26100 | 0.3256 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 50 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 17800 | 66500 | 0.7327 | 711 | 1030 | 0.8214 | |
| 50 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 17800 | 25200 | 0.2933 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 52 | Kennesaw State University | 17900 | 26700 | 0.3295 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 53 | San Jose State University | 18100 | 41100 | 0.5591 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 54 | Texas A&M University-Victoria | 18300 | 45400 | 0.5974 | 2,627 | 1000 | 0.5253 | |
| 55 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 18400 | 45300 | 0.5935 | 504 | 1200 | 0.9095 | |
| 55 | SUNY Brockport | 18400 | 26200 | 0.2972 | 5,816 | 1195 | 0.7068 | |
| 57 | Fairmont State University | 18500 | 30900 | 0.4012 | 3,090 | 970 | 0.9862 | |
| 58 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18700 | 54000 | 0.6534 | 3,991 | 1010 | 0.9654 | |
| 58 | Valdosta State University | 18700 | 29600 | 0.3681 | 7,199 | 1005 | 0.7769 | |
| 60 | Norwich University | 18800 | 100600 | 0.8134 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 61 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 19200 | 38900 | 0.506 | 1,973 | 1189 | 0.8142 | |
| 62 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 19300 | 40900 | 0.5287 | 1,078 | 1217 | 0.9646 | |
| 63 | State University of New York at Oswego | 19700 | 40200 | 0.5101 | 5,293 | 1179 | 0.7989 | |
| 64 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 19900 | 40600 | 0.511 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 65 | Stockton University | 20000 | 45800 | 0.5635 | 7,583 | 1134 | 0.901 | |
| 66 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 20100 | 26100 | 0.2295 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 67 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20200 | 57800 | 0.6503 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 68 | Grove City College | 20300 | 39700 | 0.4893 | 2,247 | 1248 | 0.667 | |
| 68 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 20300 | 57800 | 0.648 | 1,109 | 1175 | 0.9088 | |
| 68 | Syracuse University | 20300 | 83600 | 0.7572 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 71 | Dakota State University | 20400 | 22500 | 0.0912 | 3,085 | 1174 | 0.9241 | |
| 71 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 20400 | 38100 | 0.4645 | 2,710 | 1218 | 0.9374 | |
| 73 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 20700 | 40900 | 0.4944 | 1,709 | 1218 | 0.9653 | |
| 74 | Thiel College | 20900 | 69100 | 0.6973 | 830 | 1065 | 0.7189 | |
| 74 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27100 | 0.229 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 76 | Tarleton State University | 21000 | 23000 | 0.087 | 17,556 | 1090 | 0.5386 | |
| 77 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 21100 | 51900 | 0.594 | 5,939 | 1065 | 0.5878 | |
| 78 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 21200 | 41600 | 0.4904 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 79 | Luther College | 21300 | 75400 | 0.7183 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.8398 | |
| 80 | Alabama State University | 21700 | 43200 | 0.4979 | 3,521 | 945 | 0.9755 | |
| 81 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 82 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 21900 | 39100 | 0.4402 | 2,907 | 1125 | 0.4696 | |
| 83 | Grambling State University | 22000 | 39600 | 0.4447 | 4,313 | 950 | 0.4486 | |
| 84 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 22100 | 34200 | 0.3541 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 84 | Lincoln University | 22100 | 24900 | 0.1124 | 1,926 | 920 | 0 | |
| 84 | Texas Southern University | 22100 | 25500 | 0.1335 | 6,844 | 915 | 0.9691 | |
| 87 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 22300 | 53400 | 0.5829 | 21,469 | 1167 | 0.9061 | |
| 88 | University of Maryland Global Campus | 22400 | 35300 | 0.3649 | 52,187 | 0 | 1 | |
| 89 | Houghton University | 22700 | 51300 | 0.5576 | 958 | 1277 | 0.89 | |
| 89 | Pennsylvania Western University | 22700 | 34400 | 0.3398 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 91 | Robert Morris University | 23000 | 58000 | 0.6043 | 4,325 | 1145 | 0.8989 | |
| 92 | Florida Memorial University | 23100 | 51000 | 0.5466 | 1,206 | 0 | 0.8526 | |
| 93 | Columbia College | 23500 | 40200 | 0.4155 | 876 | 1025 | 0.8878 | |
| 94 | University of North Texas | 23600 | 26100 | 0.0957 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 95 | Dominican University | 23700 | 56000 | 0.5761 | 2,642 | 1005 | 0.8879 | |
| 96 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 23800 | 47900 | 0.5027 | 2,280 | 1224 | 0.9675 | |
| 97 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 24800 | 62800 | 0.6055 | 1,495 | 1075 | 0.8761 | |
| 98 | Loyola University Maryland | 25500 | 76200 | 0.6653 | 4,013 | 1329 | 0.6986 | |
| 99 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 25700 | 28300 | 0.0907 | 3,375 | 1090 | 0.5885 | |
| 99 | Northwood University | 25700 | 54500 | 0.5289 | 2,045 | 1055 | 0.6451 | |
| 99 | West Virginia Wesleyan College | 25700 | 53800 | 0.522 | 971 | 1030 | 0.9334 | |
| 102 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 25900 | 49600 | 0.4775 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 103 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 26100 | 40600 | 0.3571 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 103 | Stony Brook University | 26100 | 33200 | 0.2129 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 105 | Bemidji State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 3,751 | 1075 | 0.5598 | |
| 106 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 26500 | 30100 | 0.1185 | 3,893 | 1015 | 0.9839 | |
| 107 | Central Connecticut State University | 27700 | 30400 | 0.0889 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 107 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 27700 | 30100 | 0.0798 | 11,087 | 1326 | 0.7397 | |
| 109 | Wayne State University | 28000 | 46800 | 0.402 | 16,390 | 1183 | 0.8359 | |
| 110 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28500 | 36500 | 0.2194 | 11,691 | 1074 | 0.7722 | |
| 111 | Bethune-Cookman University | 28700 | 32300 | 0.1113 | 2,739 | 910 | 0.8824 | |
| 112 | California Lutheran University | 29300 | 71700 | 0.5915 | 2,160 | 1218 | 0.7631 | |
| 113 | Saint Xavier University | 29400 | 58200 | 0.4945 | 3,100 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 114 | Thomas Jefferson University | 29700 | 70000 | 0.5764 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 115 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30200 | 54600 | 0.4463 | 3,120 | 1193 | 0.3992 | |
| 116 | University of Toledo | 30400 | 42000 | 0.2756 | 10,726 | 1134 | 0.8889 | |
| 117 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 2,082 | 1124 | 0.9576 | |
| 117 | Suffolk University | 30900 | 83500 | 0.63 | 4,247 | 1209 | 0.8228 | |
| 119 | Angelo State University | 31300 | 35400 | 0.1149 | 10,103 | 1045 | 0.7981 | |
| 120 | Hampton University | 31500 | 54800 | 0.4252 | 4,046 | 1005 | 0.6358 | |
| 120 | University of Kentucky | 31500 | 36500 | 0.1371 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 122 | Cleveland State University | 31600 | 32100 | 0.0156 | 9,418 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 123 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 31900 | 35200 | 0.0938 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 124 | Central College | 32000 | 38700 | 0.1732 | 1,050 | 1159 | 0.8698 | |
| 125 | University of Scranton | 32300 | 78700 | 0.5902 | 3,689 | 1245 | 0.8006 | |
| 126 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Schuylkill | 33000 | 45600 | 0.2762 | 653 | 1145 | 0.7972 | |
| 127 | Harding University | 33200 | 47800 | 0.3047 | 3,536 | 1184 | 0.7052 | |
| 128 | Elizabethtown College | 33600 | 57500 | 0.4154 | 1,935 | 1214 | 0.8892 | |
| 129 | Pace University | 33700 | 75700 | 0.5551 | 5,520 | 1273 | 0.7827 | |
| 130 | Charleston Southern University | 33900 | 48400 | 0.3007 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 131 | Salisbury University | 34000 | 41700 | 0.1847 | 6,477 | 1245 | 0.8826 | |
| 132 | University of Illinois Chicago | 34100 | 51300 | 0.3352 | 24,260 | 1174 | 0.7576 | |
| 133 | George Washington University | 34300 | 81800 | 0.5808 | 11,495 | 1436 | 0.4713 | |
| 134 | Averett University | 34400 | 57600 | 0.4029 | 1,244 | 1054 | 0.5659 | |
| 135 | Adelphi University | 34800 | 63300 | 0.4511 | 5,097 | 1241 | 0.7215 | |
| 136 | Bradley University | 35200 | 60300 | 0.4164 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 137 | University of South Alabama | 35700 | 40200 | 0.1121 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 138 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 35800 | 56300 | 0.3652 | 5,687 | 1305 | 0.7863 | |
| 139 | Rowan University | 36000 | 53600 | 0.3282 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 140 | Frostburg State University | 37300 | 42500 | 0.1223 | 3,436 | 1095 | 0.907 | |
| 141 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 38000 | 55500 | 0.3156 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 142 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38800 | 38800 | 0 | 14,865 | 1175 | 0.9113 | |
| 143 | Drexel University | 39300 | 86400 | 0.5455 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 143 | Saint Michael's College | 39300 | 75800 | 0.4814 | 1,051 | 1280 | 0.8976 | |
| 145 | Immaculata University | 39900 | 48600 | 0.1791 | 1,889 | 1264 | 0.8656 | |
| 146 | Elmhurst University | 40000 | 69600 | 0.4251 | 3,170 | 1133 | 0.7501 | |
| 147 | Furman University | 40100 | 84600 | 0.5258 | 2,304 | 1372 | 0.4869 | |
| 148 | McKendree University | 40300 | 52900 | 0.2376 | 1,757 | 1098 | 0.7172 | |
| 149 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 41000 | 55300 | 0.2588 | 21,388 | 1369 | 0.5945 | |
| 150 | University of Mount Olive | 41800 | 50400 | 0.1699 | 1,944 | 1075 | 0.7575 | |
| 151 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 42900 | 88100 | 0.5129 | 35,358 | 1448 | 0.1642 | |
| 152 | Merrimack College | 43300 | 78800 | 0.4501 | 4,123 | 1124 | 0.6927 | |
| 153 | Western Oregon University | 43400 | 43400 | 0 | 3,034 | 1120 | 0.8345 | |
| 154 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 44000 | 71800 | 0.3872 | 4,182 | 1317 | 0.8783 | |
| 155 | Radford University | 45000 | 47600 | 0.0539 | 6,206 | 1050 | 0.8939 | |
| 156 | Mercer University | 45400 | 65400 | 0.3058 | 4,719 | 1263 | 0.643 | |
| 157 | Towson University | 46400 | 46400 | 0 | 16,361 | 1082 | 0.8057 | |
| 158 | Ramapo College of New Jersey | 48600 | 60000 | 0.191 | 5,492 | 1210 | 0.7026 | |
| 159 | DePaul University | 49000 | 69400 | 0.2938 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 160 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 49200 | 58800 | 0.1628 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 161 | College of Charleston | 49800 | 62300 | 0.2005 | 10,596 | 1234 | 0.73 | |
| 162 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 50300 | 52900 | 0.0485 | 14,834 | 1149 | 0.7803 | |
| 163 | University of Utah | 51100 | 53700 | 0.0478 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 164 | Molloy University | 55900 | 62300 | 0.1028 | 3,396 | 1188 | 0.6633 | |
| 165 | Rutgers University-Newark | 60500 | 60500 | 0 | 7,989 | 1159 | 0.7136 | |
| 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.