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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 | California Institute of Technology | 6700 | 91800 | 0.9274 | 987 | 1557 | 0.0257 | |
| 2 | Savannah State University | 6800 | 40400 | 0.8308 | 2,857 | 950 | 0.8368 | |
| 3 | Northern Kentucky University | 7000 | 25900 | 0.7307 | 10,163 | 1090 | 0.8307 | |
| 4 | University of Houston-Victoria | 7300 | 39700 | 0.8164 | 2,707 | 930 | 0.7671 | |
| 5 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 7900 | 36100 | 0.7821 | 10,049 | 1005 | 0.9234 | |
| 6 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 8000 | 27100 | 0.7037 | 28,674 | 980 | 0.9401 | |
| 7 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8400 | 98000 | 0.9146 | 9,157 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 8 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 9400 | 36900 | 0.7455 | 3,207 | 1060 | 0.8034 | |
| 9 | Valdosta State University | 10500 | 24800 | 0.5775 | 7,206 | 1015 | 0.7214 | |
| 10 | University of Michigan-Flint | 11300 | 45600 | 0.7519 | 5,011 | 1103 | 0.7047 | |
| 11 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 11600 | 51900 | 0.7769 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 12 | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | 11700 | 25700 | 0.5453 | 10,656 | 1075 | 0.7289 | |
| 13 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 11800 | 27800 | 0.5765 | 21,075 | 1420 | 0.1534 | |
| 14 | University of Illinois Chicago | 11900 | 30400 | 0.6077 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 15 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 29100 | 0.5734 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 16 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 12700 | 23400 | 0.4578 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 17 | Fort Hays State University | 13600 | 40700 | 0.6666 | 10,206 | 1110 | 0.9177 | |
| 18 | University of California-Riverside | 13900 | 66000 | 0.7898 | 22,599 | 1199 | 0.7685 | |
| 18 | University of North Florida | 13900 | 22400 | 0.3799 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
| 20 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 14000 | 46000 | 0.6953 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 21 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 14500 | 32200 | 0.5503 | 2,836 | 1135 | 0.3787 | |
| 22 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver | 14700 | 42500 | 0.6549 | 482 | 1195 | 0.9565 | |
| 23 | Grand Valley State University | 15000 | 25300 | 0.4076 | 19,002 | 1233 | 0.8302 | |
| 23 | Radford University | 15000 | 32000 | 0.5318 | 6,161 | 1070 | 0.8953 | |
| 23 | University of North Georgia | 15000 | 21400 | 0.2991 | 18,329 | 1100 | 0.6794 | |
| 26 | Alabama State University | 15100 | 37900 | 0.6 | 3,322 | 970 | 0.9564 | |
| 27 | Dickinson State University | 15300 | 21700 | 0.296 | 1,339 | 1005 | 0.3695 | |
| 28 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 15500 | 46800 | 0.6693 | 6,550 | 1110 | 0.7456 | |
| 29 | Wayne State College | 15600 | 20000 | 0.2199 | 3,902 | 0 | 1 | |
| 30 | New Mexico Highlands University | 15800 | 31500 | 0.4981 | 1,710 | 945 | 0.9481 | |
| 31 | University of South Alabama | 15900 | 22400 | 0.2907 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 32 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 16200 | 42600 | 0.62 | 7,595 | 1075 | 0.9226 | |
| 32 | Wayne State University | 16200 | 46200 | 0.6495 | 16,173 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
| 34 | Goshen College | 16300 | 55900 | 0.7078 | 780 | 995 | 0.8404 | |
| 34 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 16300 | 29200 | 0.442 | 18,667 | 1090 | 0.9711 | |
| 36 | Jacksonville State University | 16400 | 27000 | 0.3933 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 37 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 16700 | 32200 | 0.4812 | 10,200 | 1346 | 0.6507 | |
| 38 | Central Connecticut State University | 16800 | 34000 | 0.5056 | 8,170 | 1010 | 0.7333 | |
| 38 | University of Maryland Global Campus | 16800 | 29700 | 0.4345 | 50,793 | 0 | 0.7633 | |
| 40 | University of South Florida | 17100 | 17100 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 41 | Frostburg State University | 17400 | 26700 | 0.3468 | 2,619 | 1095 | 0.892 | |
| 41 | Southern University at New Orleans | 17400 | 34200 | 0.4911 | 1,773 | 885 | 0.6021 | |
| 41 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 17400 | 44900 | 0.612 | 5,205 | 1118 | 0.744 | |
| 44 | Boston College | 17500 | 96200 | 0.8177 | 9,654 | 1490 | 0.1619 | |
| 44 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 17500 | 36400 | 0.5186 | 2,884 | 1175 | 0.9677 | |
| 46 | SUNY at Fredonia | 17700 | 39600 | 0.5537 | 2,876 | 1193 | 0.792 | |
| 46 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 17700 | 52500 | 0.6628 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 46 | Westfield State University | 17700 | 36600 | 0.5158 | 3,868 | 1105 | 0.8671 | |
| 49 | University of Colorado Boulder | 17800 | 30600 | 0.4183 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
| 50 | Morgan State University | 17900 | 37200 | 0.5189 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 50 | Stockton University | 17900 | 32100 | 0.4421 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 50 | SUNY Brockport | 17900 | 26200 | 0.3162 | 5,816 | 1195 | 0.7068 | |
| 50 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 17900 | 26700 | 0.3296 | 7,505 | 1059 | 0.9633 | |
| 54 | Salisbury University | 18100 | 28700 | 0.3699 | 6,288 | 1250 | 0.8747 | |
| 55 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 18200 | 42800 | 0.5741 | 581 | 1129 | 0.9821 | |
| 56 | Emporia State University | 18400 | 29800 | 0.3831 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 57 | Angelo State University | 18500 | 23100 | 0.2005 | 9,779 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 57 | Florida Memorial University | 18500 | 44900 | 0.5881 | 1,299 | 0 | 0.7431 | |
| 57 | State University of New York at Oswego | 18500 | 27700 | 0.332 | 5,517 | 1164 | 0.8057 | |
| 60 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 18600 | 43800 | 0.5748 | 352 | 1180 | 0.9647 | |
| 61 | Lincoln University | 19700 | 40800 | 0.5177 | 1,707 | 920 | 0 | |
| 62 | Central College | 20200 | 36800 | 0.4509 | 1,084 | 1140 | 0.8617 | |
| 63 | Grove City College | 20300 | 39700 | 0.4893 | 2,341 | 1256 | 0.7232 | |
| 64 | Pennsylvania Western University | 20600 | 26600 | 0.2255 | 7,586 | 0 | 0.9433 | |
| 65 | East Carolina University | 20800 | 23800 | 0.1258 | 21,445 | 1120 | 0.8922 | |
| 65 | Northwestern University | 20800 | 89500 | 0.7679 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 65 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 20800 | 57800 | 0.6406 | 1,083 | 1171 | 0.9278 | |
| 68 | Tarleton State University | 21000 | 23000 | 0.087 | 15,130 | 1095 | 0.5256 | |
| 69 | Bradley University | 21100 | 50800 | 0.5846 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 70 | Elmhurst University | 21300 | 67000 | 0.6823 | 3,170 | 1148 | 0.7357 | |
| 70 | Kennesaw State University | 21300 | 26600 | 0.1994 | 42,840 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 70 | Western Oregon University | 21300 | 24600 | 0.134 | 3,343 | 1120 | 0.9871 | |
| 73 | Luther College | 21500 | 71900 | 0.7017 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.8402 | |
| 73 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 21500 | 38900 | 0.4469 | 1,919 | 1245 | 0.7844 | |
| 75 | San Jose State University | 22000 | 41100 | 0.4648 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 76 | Averett University | 22100 | 57200 | 0.614 | 1,180 | 1070 | 0.478 | |
| 77 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 22600 | 58100 | 0.6115 | 1,477 | 1075 | 0.8068 | |
| 78 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 22800 | 44400 | 0.4861 | 1,809 | 1109 | 0.9484 | |
| 79 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 22900 | 45200 | 0.4937 | 502 | 1204 | 0.9641 | |
| 80 | Dakota State University | 23100 | 25600 | 0.0977 | 3,066 | 1192 | 0.8814 | |
| 81 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 23200 | 36800 | 0.3698 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 82 | Robert Morris University | 23300 | 58000 | 0.5986 | 3,769 | 1180 | 0.9057 | |
| 83 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 23600 | 26300 | 0.1028 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 84 | Albright College | 23700 | 49300 | 0.5192 | 1,328 | 1050 | 0.8615 | |
| 85 | Houghton University | 23800 | 61900 | 0.6158 | 939 | 1277 | 0.8866 | |
| 86 | University of Kentucky | 23900 | 36100 | 0.3384 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 87 | Dominican University | 24100 | 56000 | 0.5702 | 2,690 | 1060 | 0.9032 | |
| 87 | Norwich University | 24100 | 88400 | 0.7276 | 2,642 | 1182 | 0.7361 | |
| 89 | Northwood University | 25100 | 54500 | 0.5399 | 1,989 | 1075 | 0.839 | |
| 90 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 25500 | 39200 | 0.3496 | 4,478 | 1065 | 0.8132 | |
| 91 | University of North Texas | 25700 | 25700 | 0 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 92 | Columbia College | 25800 | 51600 | 0.5004 | 876 | 1025 | 0.8878 | |
| 93 | Doane University | 26000 | 77700 | 0.665 | 1,323 | 1125 | 0.9801 | |
| 94 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 26100 | 43000 | 0.3926 | 5,789 | 1060 | 0.5774 | |
| 95 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 26200 | 28300 | 0.0755 | 3,413 | 1095 | 0.5295 | |
| 96 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 26300 | 28400 | 0.0751 | 14,504 | 1145 | 0.7637 | |
| 97 | Bethune-Cookman University | 26600 | 32700 | 0.1866 | 2,739 | 910 | 0.8824 | |
| 98 | Furman University | 26700 | 79600 | 0.6643 | 2,383 | 1359 | 0.4295 | |
| 99 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 27000 | 47900 | 0.436 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 100 | Fairmont State University | 27200 | 32200 | 0.1553 | 3,060 | 975 | 0.9924 | |
| 101 | Cleveland State University | 27300 | 37300 | 0.2682 | 9,418 | 1105 | 0.913 | |
| 102 | George Fox University | 27500 | 76800 | 0.6419 | 3,401 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 102 | Rowan University | 27500 | 41600 | 0.3386 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
| 104 | Thomas Jefferson University | 27700 | 67700 | 0.5907 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 105 | Syracuse University | 27900 | 83100 | 0.6642 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 106 | California Lutheran University | 28100 | 70000 | 0.5988 | 2,297 | 1258 | 0.7567 | |
| 107 | Mercy University | 28500 | 44500 | 0.3597 | 6,775 | 1074 | 0.8584 | |
| 107 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28500 | 33400 | 0.1467 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 109 | James Madison University | 28900 | 28900 | 0 | 21,112 | 1260 | 0.7151 | |
| 110 | Clemson University | 29200 | 37100 | 0.2137 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 111 | Saint Xavier University | 29800 | 53600 | 0.4438 | 3,039 | 1125 | 0.8575 | |
| 112 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 30000 | 62800 | 0.5219 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 113 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 30500 | 54700 | 0.4416 | 1,409 | 1110 | 0.5568 | |
| 114 | East Texas A&M University | 30700 | 36500 | 0.1589 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 114 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30700 | 54600 | 0.4385 | 3,163 | 1165 | 0.9347 | |
| 116 | University of Toledo | 30800 | 42000 | 0.2653 | 11,013 | 1159 | 0.9202 | |
| 117 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1150 | 0.9523 | |
| 118 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 31000 | 36900 | 0.162 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 119 | Coastal Carolina University | 31100 | 45100 | 0.3105 | 10,811 | 1145 | 0.7527 | |
| 120 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 31300 | 31300 | 0 | 6,853 | 1090 | 0.7147 | |
| 121 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 31400 | 45100 | 0.3037 | 10,767 | 1326 | 0.7243 | |
| 122 | Hampton University | 32100 | 62400 | 0.4852 | 3,728 | 956 | 0.6225 | |
| 122 | Saint Michael's College | 32100 | 68500 | 0.5317 | 1,120 | 1240 | 0.8451 | |
| 124 | Grambling State University | 32400 | 38100 | 0.1497 | 4,279 | 955 | 0.2368 | |
| 125 | Suffolk University | 32500 | 69700 | 0.5341 | 4,324 | 1209 | 0.822 | |
| 125 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32500 | 35100 | 0.0742 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 125 | University of Scranton | 32500 | 78700 | 0.5872 | 3,613 | 1220 | 0.8029 | |
| 128 | George Washington University | 33700 | 81800 | 0.5882 | 11,677 | 1421 | 0.4709 | |
| 128 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 33700 | 58500 | 0.4245 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 130 | LeTourneau University | 34100 | 54800 | 0.378 | 3,184 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 131 | Charleston Southern University | 34300 | 48400 | 0.2918 | 2,914 | 1060 | 0.7609 | |
| 132 | Pace University | 34500 | 74800 | 0.5387 | 8,038 | 1274 | 0.7592 | |
| 133 | Adelphi University | 35200 | 63300 | 0.4443 | 5,325 | 1218 | 0.6591 | |
| 134 | Washington Adventist University | 35800 | 36900 | 0.0274 | 605 | 951 | 0.4536 | |
| 135 | Christopher Newport University | 36200 | 36200 | 0 | 4,407 | 1209 | 0.8796 | |
| 136 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 36300 | 56800 | 0.3607 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 137 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 36700 | 39900 | 0.0786 | 5,086 | 1000 | 0.9821 | |
| 138 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 36800 | 38900 | 0.0548 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 139 | Loyola University Maryland | 37200 | 76200 | 0.5117 | 3,881 | 1309 | 0.7549 | |
| 140 | Towson University | 37300 | 46400 | 0.1962 | 16,264 | 1093 | 0.8198 | |
| 141 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 37500 | 41600 | 0.0993 | 5,386 | 995 | 0.9092 | |
| 142 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38600 | 38600 | 0 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
| 143 | Rutgers University-Newark | 39700 | 60500 | 0.3441 | 7,417 | 1214 | 0.7873 | |
| 144 | Stony Brook University | 39900 | 53000 | 0.2478 | 18,263 | 1404 | 0.4904 | |
| 145 | McKendree University | 40100 | 52200 | 0.2324 | 1,605 | 1098 | 0.6388 | |
| 146 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 42100 | 67900 | 0.3799 | 3,965 | 1335 | 0.9121 | |
| 147 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 42300 | 54700 | 0.2266 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 148 | University of Maryland-College Park | 42700 | 53400 | 0.2004 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 149 | Merrimack College | 43600 | 78800 | 0.4472 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
| 150 | Immaculata University | 44200 | 47800 | 0.0753 | 1,652 | 1245 | 0.8578 | |
| 151 | University of Mount Olive | 48300 | 50400 | 0.0424 | 1,937 | 1020 | 0.7775 | |
| 152 | DePaul University | 48700 | 67100 | 0.2742 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 152 | Ramapo College of New Jersey | 48700 | 54600 | 0.108 | 5,444 | 1214 | 0.7064 | |
| 154 | Drexel University | 48800 | 83800 | 0.4176 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 155 | Molloy University | 48900 | 62300 | 0.2152 | 3,240 | 1199 | 0.8174 | |
| 156 | Mercer University | 49100 | 63700 | 0.2293 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
| 157 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 49500 | 60000 | 0.1749 | 31,112 | 1114 | 0.8129 | |
| 158 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 51000 | 84700 | 0.398 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 159 | University of Utah | 51600 | 53700 | 0.0398 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 160 | Dallas Baptist University | 55800 | 71900 | 0.2238 | 2,785 | 1104 | 0.8884 | |
| 161 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58300 | 64100 | 0.0905 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 162 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 59100 | 61200 | 0.0349 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 163 | Thiel College | 60500 | 69100 | 0.1244 | 830 | 1065 | 0.7189 | |
| 164 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 60800 | 64100 | 0.0514 | 1,236 | 1203 | 0.9811 | |
| 165 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 61400 | 64200 | 0.0436 | 1,880 | 1185 | 0.9867 | |
| 166 | College of Charleston | 61600 | 61600 | 0 | 10,880 | 1255 | 0.6003 | |
| 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.