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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 | CUNY Graduate School and University Center | 5500 | 34100 | 0.839 | 3,237 | 0 | 0.3861 | |
| 2 | California Institute of Technology | 8000 | 90300 | 0.9112 | 987 | 1557 | 0.0257 | |
| 3 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 9100 | 30500 | 0.7015 | 3,207 | 1050 | 0.8034 | |
| 4 | Coppin State University | 10100 | 32800 | 0.6919 | 1,810 | 950 | 0.4956 | |
| 5 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 10200 | 94100 | 0.8919 | 9,157 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 6 | New Mexico Highlands University | 10400 | 21500 | 0.5158 | 1,710 | 945 | 0.9481 | |
| 7 | Valdosta State University | 10500 | 24800 | 0.5776 | 7,206 | 1015 | 0.7214 | |
| 8 | Savannah State University | 11500 | 17400 | 0.3384 | 2,857 | 950 | 0.8368 | |
| 9 | Christopher Newport University | 11900 | 32800 | 0.6372 | 4,407 | 1209 | 0.8796 | |
| 10 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 12800 | 24000 | 0.4666 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 11 | Northern Kentucky University | 12900 | 25900 | 0.5028 | 10,163 | 1090 | 0.8307 | |
| 11 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 12900 | 37100 | 0.6518 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 13 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 13300 | 13300 | 0 | 18,428 | 1090 | 0.9529 | |
| 14 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 32200 | 0.5744 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 15 | University of South Florida | 14200 | 17100 | 0.1695 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 16 | Goshen College | 14800 | 55800 | 0.7357 | 780 | 995 | 0.8404 | |
| 17 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver | 14900 | 35400 | 0.5786 | 482 | 1195 | 0.9565 | |
| 18 | University of Michigan-Flint | 15200 | 36600 | 0.5847 | 5,011 | 1103 | 0.7047 | |
| 19 | Coastal Carolina University | 15400 | 27200 | 0.4339 | 10,811 | 1145 | 0.7527 | |
| 19 | Wayne State College | 15400 | 26400 | 0.4172 | 3,902 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 21 | Dickinson State University | 15500 | 21600 | 0.283 | 1,339 | 1005 | 0.3695 | |
| 22 | Northeastern University | 15600 | 89900 | 0.8268 | 22,695 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 23 | Concord University | 15700 | 31700 | 0.5045 | 1,609 | 990 | 0.9256 | |
| 24 | University of California-Riverside | 15900 | 36500 | 0.564 | 22,599 | 1199 | 0.7685 | |
| 25 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 16200 | 28800 | 0.4373 | 7,595 | 1075 | 0.9226 | |
| 25 | Southern University at New Orleans | 16200 | 31600 | 0.4872 | 1,773 | 885 | 0.6021 | |
| 27 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 16400 | 42300 | 0.6125 | 10,049 | 1005 | 0.9234 | |
| 28 | Northwestern University | 16800 | 89500 | 0.8127 | 8,846 | 1513 | 0.0722 | |
| 28 | University of Maryland Global Campus | 16800 | 29700 | 0.4345 | 50,793 | 0 | 0.7633 | |
| 28 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16800 | 64800 | 0.7406 | 21,075 | 1420 | 0.1534 | |
| 31 | Morgan State University | 17200 | 19700 | 0.1272 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 32 | Frostburg State University | 17300 | 27000 | 0.3574 | 2,619 | 1082 | 0.892 | |
| 33 | SUNY Brockport | 17900 | 26200 | 0.3162 | 5,816 | 1195 | 0.7068 | |
| 33 | University of Houston-Victoria | 17900 | 34400 | 0.4799 | 2,707 | 930 | 0.7671 | |
| 35 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 18600 | 25200 | 0.2618 | 6,853 | 1090 | 0.7147 | |
| 36 | Towson University | 19200 | 30000 | 0.3596 | 16,264 | 1093 | 0.8198 | |
| 37 | University of Illinois Chicago | 19300 | 30300 | 0.3627 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 37 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 19300 | 27000 | 0.2856 | 7,505 | 1059 | 0.9633 | |
| 39 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Schuylkill | 19400 | 32900 | 0.4109 | 624 | 1115 | 0.9664 | |
| 40 | Cleveland State University | 19600 | 37300 | 0.4748 | 9,418 | 1005 | 0.913 | |
| 41 | Florida Memorial University | 20100 | 46100 | 0.5641 | 1,299 | 0 | 0.7431 | |
| 42 | Alabama State University | 20200 | 37400 | 0.4592 | 3,322 | 945 | 0.9564 | |
| 42 | Central College | 20200 | 36800 | 0.4509 | 1,084 | 1140 | 0.8617 | |
| 42 | University of Colorado Boulder | 20200 | 30600 | 0.3398 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
| 45 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 20700 | 36200 | 0.4276 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 46 | East Carolina University | 20800 | 23800 | 0.1258 | 21,445 | 1120 | 0.8922 | |
| 46 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 20800 | 57800 | 0.6395 | 1,083 | 1205 | 0.9278 | |
| 48 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 21000 | 30300 | 0.3066 | 1,809 | 1109 | 0.9484 | |
| 49 | University of North Georgia | 21400 | 21400 | 0 | 18,329 | 1100 | 0.6794 | |
| 50 | Luther College | 21500 | 71900 | 0.7011 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.8402 | |
| 50 | Rutgers University-Newark | 21500 | 38900 | 0.4474 | 7,417 | 1214 | 0.7873 | |
| 52 | Radford University | 21700 | 21900 | 0.0091 | 6,161 | 1070 | 0.8953 | |
| 52 | Stockton University | 21700 | 32100 | 0.3238 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 54 | Bradley University | 21900 | 50900 | 0.5697 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 55 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 22100 | 34400 | 0.3575 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 56 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 22200 | 33000 | 0.327 | 581 | 1129 | 0.9821 | |
| 57 | University of North Florida | 22400 | 22400 | 0 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
| 58 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 22900 | 22900 | 0 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 59 | Dakota State University | 23100 | 25600 | 0.0977 | 3,066 | 1192 | 0.8814 | |
| 60 | Averett University | 23200 | 57200 | 0.5947 | 1,180 | 1010 | 0.478 | |
| 60 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 23200 | 33800 | 0.3133 | 502 | 1204 | 0.9641 | |
| 62 | Robert Morris University | 23300 | 58000 | 0.5993 | 3,769 | 1180 | 0.9057 | |
| 63 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 23400 | 36400 | 0.3567 | 2,884 | 1175 | 0.9677 | |
| 64 | Georgia Southern University | 23500 | 23800 | 0.0126 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 65 | Syracuse University | 23600 | 83100 | 0.716 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 66 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 23700 | 39200 | 0.3955 | 28,674 | 980 | 0.9401 | |
| 66 | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | 23700 | 30300 | 0.218 | 10,656 | 1075 | 0.7289 | |
| 68 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 24200 | 60500 | 0.5996 | 686 | 1030 | 0.8649 | |
| 69 | Bemidji State University | 24300 | 26400 | 0.0786 | 3,610 | 1110 | 0.9131 | |
| 70 | Elmhurst University | 24600 | 67000 | 0.6331 | 3,170 | 1148 | 0.7357 | |
| 70 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 24600 | 26600 | 0.0779 | 3,413 | 1085 | 0.5295 | |
| 70 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 24600 | 32200 | 0.2359 | 10,200 | 1346 | 0.6507 | |
| 73 | Dominican University | 24900 | 55500 | 0.551 | 2,690 | 1035 | 0.9032 | |
| 73 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 24900 | 51700 | 0.5179 | 1,409 | 1110 | 0.6327 | |
| 75 | Boston College | 25100 | 94600 | 0.7347 | 9,654 | 1490 | 0.1619 | |
| 75 | Houghton University | 25100 | 35500 | 0.2928 | 939 | 1277 | 0.8866 | |
| 77 | University of North Texas | 25400 | 25400 | 0 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 78 | Westfield State University | 25500 | 39000 | 0.3458 | 3,868 | 1105 | 0.8671 | |
| 79 | Northwood University | 25800 | 54500 | 0.5271 | 1,989 | 1075 | 0.839 | |
| 79 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 25800 | 35700 | 0.2775 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 81 | Bethune-Cookman University | 25900 | 32700 | 0.208 | 2,739 | 910 | 0.8824 | |
| 81 | Kennesaw State University | 25900 | 25900 | 0 | 42,840 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 83 | Doane University | 26000 | 62800 | 0.5861 | 1,323 | 1125 | 0.9801 | |
| 83 | Fort Hays State University | 26000 | 35200 | 0.2617 | 10,206 | 1120 | 0.9177 | |
| 83 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 26000 | 36800 | 0.2934 | 1,880 | 1185 | 0.9867 | |
| 86 | Stony Brook University | 26100 | 33200 | 0.2129 | 18,263 | 1395 | 0.4904 | |
| 87 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 26400 | 28400 | 0.073 | 14,504 | 1145 | 0.7637 | |
| 87 | Pennsylvania Western University | 26400 | 35600 | 0.2587 | 7,586 | 1070 | 0.9433 | |
| 89 | Norwich University | 26500 | 70900 | 0.6264 | 2,642 | 1209 | 0.7361 | |
| 90 | Columbia College | 26800 | 41300 | 0.3514 | 876 | 1025 | 0.8878 | |
| 91 | Emporia State University | 27000 | 37700 | 0.2836 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 92 | Saint Xavier University | 27200 | 52000 | 0.4768 | 3,039 | 1125 | 0.8575 | |
| 93 | Fairmont State University | 27300 | 32000 | 0.1471 | 3,060 | 1005 | 0.9924 | |
| 94 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 27600 | 40300 | 0.315 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 95 | Grand Valley State University | 27800 | 35700 | 0.2213 | 19,002 | 1233 | 0.8302 | |
| 96 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 28000 | 28000 | 0 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 97 | Jacksonville State University | 28300 | 38200 | 0.259 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 98 | George Fox University | 28400 | 67100 | 0.5772 | 3,401 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 99 | Mercy University | 28500 | 44500 | 0.3597 | 6,775 | 1074 | 0.8584 | |
| 100 | James Madison University | 28600 | 28600 | 0 | 21,112 | 1260 | 0.7151 | |
| 100 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 28600 | 44100 | 0.3517 | 352 | 1180 | 0.9647 | |
| 100 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 31500 | 0.0921 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 100 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 28600 | 39700 | 0.2797 | 4,478 | 1065 | 0.8132 | |
| 104 | Salisbury University | 28700 | 28700 | 0.0011 | 6,288 | 1250 | 0.8747 | |
| 105 | Lincoln University | 29000 | 40900 | 0.2908 | 1,707 | 920 | 0 | |
| 106 | Furman University | 29200 | 79600 | 0.6329 | 2,383 | 1359 | 0.4295 | |
| 107 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 29400 | 52900 | 0.4444 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 108 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 29600 | 51100 | 0.421 | 1,477 | 1075 | 0.8068 | |
| 108 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 29600 | 38200 | 0.2254 | 6,550 | 1140 | 0.7456 | |
| 110 | University of South Alabama | 29700 | 35000 | 0.1515 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 111 | San Jose State University | 30100 | 41000 | 0.2656 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 112 | SUNY at Fredonia | 30400 | 39600 | 0.2326 | 2,876 | 1193 | 0.792 | |
| 112 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 30400 | 39500 | 0.2302 | 5,205 | 1118 | 0.744 | |
| 114 | Albright College | 30500 | 48700 | 0.3738 | 1,328 | 1050 | 0.8615 | |
| 115 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30700 | 54600 | 0.4374 | 3,163 | 1165 | 0.9347 | |
| 115 | West Virginia Wesleyan College | 30700 | 52800 | 0.4182 | 938 | 1090 | 0.951 | |
| 117 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1150 | 0.9523 | |
| 117 | University of Toledo | 30900 | 42000 | 0.2639 | 11,013 | 1159 | 0.9202 | |
| 119 | University of Kentucky | 31000 | 36000 | 0.139 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 120 | State University of New York at Oswego | 31400 | 38300 | 0.1799 | 5,517 | 1174 | 0.8057 | |
| 120 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 31400 | 36700 | 0.1444 | 5,789 | 1115 | 0.5774 | |
| 122 | Loyola University Maryland | 31700 | 75000 | 0.5775 | 3,881 | 1309 | 0.7549 | |
| 122 | Thomas Jefferson University | 31700 | 67700 | 0.5316 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 124 | Angelo State University | 31800 | 35400 | 0.101 | 9,779 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 124 | CUNY Brooklyn College | 31800 | 31800 | 0 | 11,562 | 1110 | 0.5836 | |
| 126 | Hampton University | 32100 | 47000 | 0.3171 | 3,728 | 956 | 0.6225 | |
| 126 | Saint Michael's College | 32100 | 68400 | 0.5304 | 1,120 | 1240 | 0.8451 | |
| 128 | University of Scranton | 32300 | 76300 | 0.5763 | 3,613 | 1220 | 0.812 | |
| 129 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32500 | 34700 | 0.0633 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 130 | California Lutheran University | 32800 | 65800 | 0.5011 | 2,297 | 1258 | 0.7567 | |
| 131 | Harding University | 32900 | 47000 | 0.2995 | 3,523 | 1193 | 0.3942 | |
| 131 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 32900 | 45200 | 0.2722 | 10,767 | 1326 | 0.7243 | |
| 133 | Grambling State University | 33000 | 35300 | 0.0652 | 4,279 | 965 | 0.2368 | |
| 134 | Wilkes University | 33100 | 61900 | 0.4645 | 1,956 | 1153 | 0.9146 | |
| 135 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 15,130 | 0 | 0.5256 | |
| 136 | Elizabethtown College | 33600 | 54600 | 0.3849 | 1,903 | 1214 | 0.7787 | |
| 136 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 33600 | 40900 | 0.1786 | 1,236 | 1203 | 0.9811 | |
| 138 | George Washington University | 33700 | 81800 | 0.5882 | 11,677 | 1421 | 0.4709 | |
| 139 | LeTourneau University | 34100 | 54600 | 0.3754 | 3,184 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 140 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 34700 | 37800 | 0.0813 | 5,086 | 1000 | 0.9821 | |
| 140 | DePaul University | 34700 | 59100 | 0.4127 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 142 | City University of Seattle | 35100 | 45400 | 0.227 | 1,180 | 0 | 0.9025 | |
| 143 | Adelphi University | 35300 | 63300 | 0.4433 | 5,325 | 1218 | 0.6591 | |
| 143 | University of Mount Olive | 35300 | 35300 | 0 | 1,937 | 945 | 0.7775 | |
| 145 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 35400 | 42400 | 0.1651 | 31,112 | 1130 | 0.8129 | |
| 145 | Washington Adventist University | 35400 | 36900 | 0.0383 | 605 | 950 | 0.4536 | |
| 147 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 36200 | 56300 | 0.3565 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 148 | Mercer University | 36600 | 60500 | 0.3951 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
| 149 | Immaculata University | 37300 | 47800 | 0.2194 | 1,652 | 1245 | 0.8578 | |
| 149 | Stevenson University | 37300 | 59900 | 0.3771 | 3,106 | 1100 | 0.7891 | |
| 151 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 37600 | 38900 | 0.0334 | 1,919 | 1245 | 0.7844 | |
| 151 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 37600 | 41600 | 0.0979 | 5,187 | 1005 | 0.9229 | |
| 153 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38400 | 38400 | 0 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
| 154 | Suffolk University | 38700 | 73600 | 0.4744 | 4,324 | 1209 | 0.822 | |
| 155 | Wayne State University | 39100 | 45500 | 0.1406 | 16,173 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
| 156 | Pace University | 39700 | 74100 | 0.464 | 8,038 | 1274 | 0.7592 | |
| 157 | McKendree University | 40100 | 52200 | 0.2313 | 1,605 | 1098 | 0.6388 | |
| 158 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 40500 | 40500 | 0 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 159 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 42200 | 55100 | 0.2343 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 160 | University of Maryland-College Park | 42500 | 52900 | 0.1966 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 161 | CUNY Bernard M Baruch College | 43400 | 43400 | 0 | 16,086 | 1293 | 0.5117 | |
| 161 | Western Oregon University | 43400 | 43400 | 0 | 3,343 | 1120 | 0.9871 | |
| 163 | Merrimack College | 43600 | 78800 | 0.4464 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
| 164 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 44000 | 57100 | 0.2292 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 165 | CUNY Lehman College | 44100 | 45800 | 0.0371 | 11,217 | 1020 | 0.4601 | |
| 166 | Ramapo College of New Jersey | 47100 | 48100 | 0.0208 | 5,444 | 1214 | 0.7064 | |
| 167 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 48000 | 56200 | 0.1458 | 3,965 | 1229 | 0.9121 | |
| 168 | Molloy University | 48300 | 62300 | 0.2249 | 3,240 | 1199 | 0.8174 | |
| 169 | College of Charleston | 49800 | 59000 | 0.156 | 10,880 | 1255 | 0.6003 | |
| 170 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 49900 | 52300 | 0.0458 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 171 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 51000 | 84200 | 0.3944 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 172 | Drexel University | 51300 | 82600 | 0.3788 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 173 | University of Utah | 51600 | 53700 | 0.0386 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 174 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
| 175 | Fordham University | 56000 | 94600 | 0.4082 | 10,307 | 1415 | 0.5628 | |
| 176 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 56900 | 58900 | 0.0352 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 177 | Clemson University | 61600 | 63700 | 0.0326 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 178 | Thiel College | 66900 | 69100 | 0.0318 | 831 | 1065 | 0.7189 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.