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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 | Savannah State University | 6800 | 29000 | 0.7651 | 2,966 | 950 | 1 | |
| 2 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8300 | 97100 | 0.915 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 3 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 9500 | 20400 | 0.5348 | 3,224 | 1085 | 0.7643 | |
| 4 | Valdosta State University | 10400 | 24800 | 0.5815 | 7,199 | 1005 | 0.7769 | |
| 5 | University of Michigan-Flint | 12500 | 46300 | 0.7298 | 5,534 | 1079 | 0.6734 | |
| 6 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 12900 | 30000 | 0.5701 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 7 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 13500 | 13500 | 0 | 1,973 | 1189 | 0.8142 | |
| 8 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 63200 | 0.7838 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 9 | Grand Valley State University | 13900 | 25300 | 0.4511 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 10 | Alabama State University | 14200 | 31300 | 0.5476 | 3,521 | 945 | 0.9755 | |
| 11 | Northern Kentucky University | 14300 | 25900 | 0.4485 | 10,136 | 1110 | 0.9666 | |
| 11 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 14300 | 29600 | 0.5176 | 7,501 | 1055 | 0.9467 | |
| 13 | Wayne State College | 14900 | 20300 | 0.266 | 3,886 | 0 | 1 | |
| 14 | James Madison University | 15600 | 28900 | 0.4608 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 14 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 15600 | 26800 | 0.4183 | 4,789 | 1040 | 0.6671 | |
| 16 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 15700 | 44500 | 0.6468 | 308 | 1144 | 0.9053 | |
| 16 | University of California-Riverside | 15700 | 36500 | 0.5695 | 24,034 | 1199 | 0.8609 | |
| 18 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 15800 | 38400 | 0.5882 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 19 | Emporia State University | 15900 | 22900 | 0.3059 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 19 | Portland State University | 15900 | 26100 | 0.391 | 14,932 | 1174 | 0.8586 | |
| 19 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 15900 | 23400 | 0.3209 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 22 | Frostburg State University | 16000 | 26700 | 0.3993 | 3,436 | 1095 | 0.907 | |
| 23 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 16200 | 40600 | 0.6004 | 586 | 1140 | 0.9577 | |
| 24 | Southern University at New Orleans | 16300 | 31000 | 0.4735 | 2,179 | 950 | 0.789 | |
| 24 | Wayne State University | 16300 | 32900 | 0.5043 | 16,390 | 1183 | 0.8359 | |
| 26 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 16500 | 35700 | 0.5379 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 27 | Northwestern University | 16600 | 89500 | 0.8149 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 27 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16600 | 64800 | 0.7439 | 22,007 | 1427 | 0.1672 | |
| 29 | Central Connecticut State University | 16800 | 34000 | 0.5053 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 29 | University of Maryland Global Campus | 16800 | 29700 | 0.4338 | 52,187 | 0 | 1 | |
| 31 | Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi | 16900 | 20700 | 0.1835 | 8,673 | 1095 | 0.9156 | |
| 32 | University of South Florida | 17100 | 17100 | 0 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 33 | East Carolina University | 17600 | 26100 | 0.3256 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 33 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 17600 | 35300 | 0.5011 | 1,829 | 1149 | 0.945 | |
| 35 | Boston College | 17700 | 97600 | 0.8185 | 9,677 | 1484 | 0.1422 | |
| 36 | College of Charleston | 17800 | 33900 | 0.4755 | 10,596 | 1234 | 0.73 | |
| 36 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 17800 | 25200 | 0.2931 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 38 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 17900 | 54300 | 0.6703 | 10,368 | 1064 | 0.999 | |
| 39 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18000 | 28600 | 0.3704 | 3,991 | 1010 | 0.9654 | |
| 40 | Towson University | 18100 | 29900 | 0.3943 | 16,361 | 1082 | 0.8057 | |
| 41 | Texas A&M University-Victoria | 18800 | 35800 | 0.4751 | 2,627 | 1000 | 0.5253 | |
| 42 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 18900 | 66500 | 0.7161 | 711 | 1030 | 0.8214 | |
| 43 | Coppin State University | 19300 | 29200 | 0.3394 | 1,908 | 950 | 0.4583 | |
| 43 | Norwich University | 19300 | 73800 | 0.7382 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 45 | University of Colorado Boulder | 19400 | 31900 | 0.3919 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7809 | |
| 46 | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | 19800 | 25700 | 0.2298 | 10,995 | 1090 | 0.7476 | |
| 47 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 19900 | 39900 | 0.5015 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 48 | Cleveland State University | 20000 | 30900 | 0.3523 | 9,418 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 49 | Grove City College | 20300 | 39700 | 0.4893 | 2,247 | 1248 | 0.667 | |
| 50 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 20600 | 57800 | 0.6433 | 1,109 | 1175 | 0.9088 | |
| 51 | Tarleton State University | 21000 | 23000 | 0.087 | 17,556 | 1090 | 0.5386 | |
| 52 | Western Oregon University | 21300 | 24600 | 0.134 | 3,034 | 1120 | 0.8345 | |
| 53 | University of North Georgia | 21400 | 21400 | 0 | 19,321 | 1100 | 0.9618 | |
| 54 | Bradley University | 21500 | 50800 | 0.5767 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 54 | Luther College | 21500 | 75400 | 0.7153 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.8398 | |
| 56 | Lincoln University | 22100 | 24900 | 0.1124 | 1,926 | 920 | 0 | |
| 56 | Texas Southern University | 22100 | 25500 | 0.1335 | 6,844 | 915 | 0.9691 | |
| 58 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 22200 | 53000 | 0.5806 | 1,495 | 1075 | 0.8761 | |
| 59 | Grambling State University | 22300 | 25700 | 0.1325 | 4,313 | 950 | 0.4486 | |
| 60 | University of North Florida | 22400 | 22400 | 0 | 14,837 | 1124 | 0.6815 | |
| 61 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 22600 | 25400 | 0.1104 | 2,907 | 1125 | 0.4696 | |
| 62 | San Jose State University | 22800 | 41100 | 0.4454 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 63 | Concord University | 23000 | 40800 | 0.4366 | 1,638 | 1015 | 0.9728 | |
| 63 | Florida Memorial University | 23000 | 42000 | 0.4519 | 1,206 | 0 | 0.8526 | |
| 65 | Dakota State University | 23100 | 25600 | 0.0977 | 3,085 | 1174 | 0.9241 | |
| 65 | Robert Morris University | 23100 | 58000 | 0.6012 | 4,325 | 1145 | 0.8989 | |
| 67 | Houghton University | 23200 | 44300 | 0.4763 | 958 | 1277 | 0.89 | |
| 68 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 23300 | 38200 | 0.3899 | 2,280 | 1224 | 0.9675 | |
| 68 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 23300 | 24900 | 0.0642 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 70 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 23500 | 34400 | 0.3168 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 71 | University of Kentucky | 23700 | 36400 | 0.3477 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 72 | Dominican University | 23900 | 56000 | 0.573 | 2,642 | 1005 | 0.8879 | |
| 72 | Ramapo College of New Jersey | 23900 | 36300 | 0.342 | 5,492 | 1210 | 0.7026 | |
| 74 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 24000 | 30600 | 0.2157 | 9,827 | 1329 | 0.6737 | |
| 75 | Westfield State University | 24400 | 39000 | 0.3739 | 3,868 | 1105 | 0.8671 | |
| 76 | Pennsylvania Western University | 24600 | 34400 | 0.2846 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 77 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 24700 | 45900 | 0.4623 | 504 | 1200 | 0.9095 | |
| 78 | Columbia College | 24900 | 46900 | 0.4691 | 876 | 1025 | 0.8878 | |
| 79 | Fort Hays State University | 25800 | 36100 | 0.2875 | 10,172 | 1075 | 0.9026 | |
| 80 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 26000 | 28300 | 0.0809 | 3,375 | 1090 | 0.5885 | |
| 80 | West Virginia Wesleyan College | 26000 | 53800 | 0.5169 | 971 | 1030 | 0.9334 | |
| 82 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 26100 | 28400 | 0.0805 | 14,834 | 1149 | 0.7803 | |
| 82 | Stony Brook University | 26100 | 33200 | 0.2129 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 82 | University of North Texas | 26100 | 26100 | 0 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 85 | Bemidji State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 3,751 | 1075 | 0.5598 | |
| 85 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 26400 | 41500 | 0.3636 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 87 | Kennesaw State University | 26600 | 26600 | 0 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 88 | Northwood University | 26700 | 54500 | 0.5105 | 2,045 | 1055 | 0.6451 | |
| 89 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 26800 | 30100 | 0.1094 | 3,893 | 1015 | 0.9839 | |
| 90 | Bethune-Cookman University | 27000 | 32700 | 0.1744 | 2,739 | 910 | 0.8824 | |
| 90 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 27000 | 37700 | 0.2841 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 90 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 27000 | 36500 | 0.2604 | 7,747 | 1073 | 0.9617 | |
| 93 | Syracuse University | 27400 | 83100 | 0.6701 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 94 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 27600 | 27600 | 0.0001 | 11,087 | 1326 | 0.7397 | |
| 95 | Elmhurst University | 28100 | 67000 | 0.5808 | 3,170 | 1133 | 0.7501 | |
| 96 | Saint Xavier University | 28500 | 53700 | 0.4689 | 3,100 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 96 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28500 | 32300 | 0.1176 | 11,691 | 1074 | 0.7722 | |
| 98 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 28600 | 49100 | 0.4176 | 29,727 | 990 | 0.9229 | |
| 99 | Salisbury University | 28700 | 41700 | 0.3114 | 6,477 | 1245 | 0.8826 | |
| 99 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 28700 | 42400 | 0.3235 | 6,761 | 1105 | 0.8475 | |
| 101 | Jacksonville State University | 28900 | 38200 | 0.2433 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 102 | Clemson University | 29000 | 37100 | 0.2179 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 103 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 29100 | 29200 | 0.0034 | 18,667 | 1090 | 0.9711 | |
| 104 | University of Toledo | 29300 | 32600 | 0.1009 | 10,726 | 1134 | 0.8889 | |
| 105 | Fairmont State University | 29400 | 32200 | 0.087 | 3,090 | 970 | 0.9862 | |
| 105 | Morgan State University | 29400 | 41900 | 0.2986 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 107 | Mercy University | 30000 | 44500 | 0.326 | 6,692 | 1135 | 0.8724 | |
| 108 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30500 | 54600 | 0.4413 | 3,120 | 1193 | 0.3992 | |
| 109 | Lamar University | 30800 | 38300 | 0.1959 | 8,387 | 1040 | 0.8353 | |
| 110 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 2,082 | 1124 | 0.9576 | |
| 111 | Central College | 31100 | 36800 | 0.155 | 1,050 | 1159 | 0.8698 | |
| 112 | Saint Michael's College | 31300 | 68500 | 0.5434 | 1,051 | 1280 | 0.8976 | |
| 113 | Hampton University | 31500 | 54800 | 0.4252 | 4,046 | 1005 | 0.6358 | |
| 114 | Angelo State University | 31600 | 35400 | 0.1071 | 10,103 | 1045 | 0.7981 | |
| 115 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32300 | 35100 | 0.0799 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 116 | SUNY Brockport | 32400 | 35800 | 0.095 | 5,816 | 1195 | 0.7068 | |
| 116 | University of Scranton | 32400 | 78700 | 0.5879 | 3,689 | 1245 | 0.8006 | |
| 118 | State University of New York at Oswego | 32600 | 40200 | 0.1891 | 5,293 | 1179 | 0.7989 | |
| 119 | Suffolk University | 32700 | 70300 | 0.5348 | 4,247 | 1209 | 0.8228 | |
| 120 | Harding University | 33500 | 47800 | 0.299 | 3,536 | 1184 | 0.7052 | |
| 121 | Elizabethtown College | 33600 | 55300 | 0.3925 | 1,935 | 1214 | 0.8892 | |
| 122 | George Washington University | 33700 | 81800 | 0.5881 | 11,495 | 1436 | 0.4713 | |
| 123 | Loyola University Maryland | 34000 | 76200 | 0.5537 | 4,013 | 1329 | 0.6986 | |
| 124 | SUNY at Fredonia | 34100 | 39600 | 0.1391 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 124 | Thomas Jefferson University | 34100 | 68100 | 0.4993 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 126 | Charleston Southern University | 34200 | 48400 | 0.295 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 127 | Stockton University | 34400 | 44500 | 0.2271 | 7,583 | 1134 | 0.901 | |
| 127 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 34400 | 38700 | 0.1112 | 14,865 | 1175 | 0.9113 | |
| 129 | Coastal Carolina University | 34700 | 45100 | 0.2304 | 11,471 | 1160 | 0.7003 | |
| 130 | Adelphi University | 35000 | 63300 | 0.4467 | 5,097 | 1241 | 0.7215 | |
| 130 | California Lutheran University | 35000 | 70000 | 0.5002 | 2,160 | 1218 | 0.7631 | |
| 132 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Schuylkill | 35100 | 61100 | 0.4256 | 653 | 1145 | 0.7972 | |
| 133 | Christopher Newport University | 35200 | 36200 | 0.0276 | 4,369 | 1189 | 0.8604 | |
| 134 | Averett University | 35300 | 57200 | 0.3831 | 1,244 | 1054 | 0.5659 | |
| 135 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 36000 | 56300 | 0.3603 | 5,687 | 1305 | 0.7863 | |
| 136 | Furman University | 36500 | 82900 | 0.5595 | 2,304 | 1372 | 0.4869 | |
| 137 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 36800 | 37100 | 0.0081 | 5,939 | 1065 | 0.5878 | |
| 138 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 37800 | 40100 | 0.0571 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 139 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 38100 | 38100 | 0 | 2,710 | 1218 | 0.9374 | |
| 140 | Rutgers University-Newark | 39300 | 57900 | 0.3211 | 7,989 | 1159 | 0.7136 | |
| 141 | University of South Alabama | 39700 | 39700 | 0 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 142 | University of Illinois Chicago | 39900 | 50600 | 0.2115 | 24,260 | 1174 | 0.7576 | |
| 143 | Pace University | 40400 | 74800 | 0.4598 | 5,520 | 1273 | 0.7827 | |
| 144 | McKendree University | 40600 | 52900 | 0.2324 | 1,757 | 1098 | 0.7172 | |
| 145 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 41100 | 55200 | 0.2554 | 21,388 | 1369 | 0.5945 | |
| 146 | University of Mount Olive | 42100 | 50400 | 0.1645 | 1,944 | 1075 | 0.7575 | |
| 147 | University of Maryland-College Park | 42700 | 53600 | 0.2035 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 148 | Radford University | 43400 | 45700 | 0.0501 | 6,206 | 1050 | 0.8939 | |
| 149 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4479 | 4,123 | 1124 | 0.6927 | |
| 150 | Immaculata University | 44000 | 47500 | 0.0736 | 1,889 | 1264 | 0.8656 | |
| 150 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 44000 | 67900 | 0.3519 | 4,182 | 1317 | 0.8783 | |
| 152 | Mercer University | 45700 | 65400 | 0.3015 | 4,719 | 1263 | 0.643 | |
| 153 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 46300 | 46600 | 0.0064 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 154 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47100 | 59700 | 0.2124 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 155 | Drexel University | 47700 | 83900 | 0.4315 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 156 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 48000 | 55800 | 0.1398 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 157 | DePaul University | 49100 | 66000 | 0.2562 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 158 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 50800 | 84700 | 0.4003 | 35,358 | 1448 | 0.1642 | |
| 159 | University of Utah | 51400 | 53700 | 0.0426 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 160 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 52100 | 52800 | 0.0133 | 21,469 | 1167 | 0.9061 | |
| 161 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 162 | Molloy University | 58600 | 62300 | 0.0594 | 3,396 | 1188 | 0.6633 | |
| 163 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 58900 | 61200 | 0.0374 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 164 | Thiel College | 60400 | 69100 | 0.1259 | 830 | 1065 | 0.7189 | |
| 165 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 60700 | 64100 | 0.053 | 1,078 | 1217 | 0.9646 | |
| 166 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver | 63900 | 63900 | 0 | 475 | 1195 | 0.9418 | |
| 167 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 64200 | 64200 | 0 | 1,709 | 1218 | 0.9653 | |
| 168 | Fordham University | 74900 | 95100 | 0.2123 | 10,582 | 1406 | 0.5931 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.