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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-Ann Arbor | 4700 | 40700 | 0.8836 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 2 | California Institute of Technology | 7500 | 91800 | 0.9183 | 987 | 1557 | 0.0257 | |
| 3 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 7600 | 36100 | 0.7904 | 10,051 | 1064 | 0.9234 | |
| 4 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8200 | 97100 | 0.916 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0399 | |
| 5 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 9500 | 20400 | 0.5348 | 3,224 | 1085 | 0.7643 | |
| 6 | Savannah State University | 10400 | 26700 | 0.6112 | 2,966 | 925 | 0.4614 | |
| 7 | Valdosta State University | 10500 | 24800 | 0.5775 | 7,166 | 1015 | 0.7229 | |
| 8 | University of Michigan-Flint | 12700 | 46300 | 0.7255 | 5,011 | 1109 | 0.7046 | |
| 9 | East Texas A&M University | 12900 | 30000 | 0.5701 | 9,992 | 1045 | 0.9224 | |
| 10 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 50700 | 0.7294 | 38,040 | 1418 | 0.452 | |
| 11 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 14100 | 37400 | 0.6224 | 7,622 | 1075 | 0.9254 | |
| 12 | Alabama State University | 14200 | 31300 | 0.5476 | 3,521 | 945 | 0.9755 | |
| 12 | Dickinson State University | 14200 | 25000 | 0.4339 | 1,339 | 990 | 0.3702 | |
| 14 | Wayne State College | 14900 | 20300 | 0.266 | 3,902 | 0 | 0 | |
| 15 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 15000 | 28700 | 0.4774 | 6,761 | 1105 | 0.8475 | |
| 16 | Coastal Carolina University | 15200 | 27200 | 0.4413 | 10,811 | 1145 | 0.7527 | |
| 17 | Radford University | 15500 | 32000 | 0.5152 | 6,161 | 1070 | 0.8953 | |
| 18 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 15600 | 25800 | 0.3938 | 5,386 | 1050 | 0.9092 | |
| 18 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 15600 | 26800 | 0.4183 | 4,487 | 1115 | 0.6726 | |
| 20 | University of California-Riverside | 15700 | 36500 | 0.5695 | 22,600 | 1199 | 0.7639 | |
| 21 | Emporia State University | 15900 | 22900 | 0.3059 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 21 | Jacksonville State University | 15900 | 27000 | 0.4118 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 21 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver | 15900 | 38700 | 0.5888 | 482 | 1195 | 0.9565 | |
| 21 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 15900 | 23400 | 0.3209 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8698 | |
| 25 | Frostburg State University | 16000 | 26700 | 0.3993 | 3,422 | 1095 | 0.8918 | |
| 25 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 16000 | 27700 | 0.4218 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 27 | Goshen College | 16300 | 55900 | 0.7081 | 780 | 995 | 0.8407 | |
| 27 | Grove City College | 16300 | 39700 | 0.5902 | 2,341 | 1266 | 0.7232 | |
| 29 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 16500 | 44500 | 0.6288 | 352 | 1180 | 0.9647 | |
| 30 | Northwestern University | 16700 | 89500 | 0.8138 | 9,399 | 1527 | 0.0769 | |
| 30 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16700 | 64800 | 0.7418 | 20,885 | 1420 | 0.1534 | |
| 32 | Morgan State University | 16800 | 28500 | 0.4104 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 32 | University of Maryland Global Campus | 16800 | 29700 | 0.4345 | 52,187 | 0 | 0 | |
| 34 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 16900 | 43500 | 0.611 | 581 | 1132 | 0.9821 | |
| 35 | Central Connecticut State University | 17000 | 34000 | 0.4995 | 8,170 | 1075 | 0.7333 | |
| 36 | SUNY at Fredonia | 17100 | 27800 | 0.3854 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 36 | University of South Florida | 17100 | 17100 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 38 | East Carolina University | 17600 | 26100 | 0.3256 | 21,445 | 1160 | 0.8921 | |
| 38 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 17600 | 35300 | 0.5011 | 1,813 | 1109 | 0.9484 | |
| 40 | Boston College | 17700 | 97600 | 0.8185 | 10,314 | 1490 | 0.1643 | |
| 41 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 17800 | 25200 | 0.2931 | 6,835 | 1090 | 0.7147 | |
| 42 | State University of New York at Oswego | 18100 | 27700 | 0.3465 | 5,517 | 1180 | 0.8055 | |
| 42 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18100 | 28600 | 0.3669 | 4,218 | 1030 | 0.9489 | |
| 44 | SUNY Brockport | 18400 | 26200 | 0.2972 | 5,816 | 1195 | 0.7068 | |
| 45 | Angelo State University | 18500 | 23100 | 0.2011 | 9,702 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 46 | University of South Alabama | 18900 | 22400 | 0.1565 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 47 | Norwich University | 19300 | 73800 | 0.7382 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 47 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 19300 | 41400 | 0.5334 | 502 | 1189 | 0.9641 | |
| 47 | University of Houston-Victoria | 19300 | 35800 | 0.4611 | 2,627 | 1095 | 0.959 | |
| 50 | University of Colorado Boulder | 19400 | 31900 | 0.3918 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7808 | |
| 51 | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | 19800 | 25700 | 0.2298 | 10,632 | 1075 | 0.8859 | |
| 52 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20000 | 29400 | 0.3192 | 5,255 | 1109 | 0.7295 | |
| 53 | Dakota State University | 20400 | 22500 | 0.0912 | 3,066 | 1192 | 0.8805 | |
| 54 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 20800 | 57800 | 0.6408 | 1,932 | 1193 | 0.9278 | |
| 55 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27300 | 0.2349 | 31,133 | 1463 | 0.4479 | |
| 56 | Western Oregon University | 21300 | 24600 | 0.134 | 3,167 | 1040 | 0.981 | |
| 57 | Luther College | 21400 | 71900 | 0.7019 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.7154 | |
| 57 | University of North Georgia | 21400 | 21400 | 0 | 18,322 | 1100 | 0.6794 | |
| 57 | Washington Adventist University | 21400 | 36900 | 0.4182 | 513 | 995 | 0.4618 | |
| 60 | Grand Valley State University | 22100 | 35900 | 0.3849 | 19,002 | 1084 | 0.8302 | |
| 61 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 22200 | 53000 | 0.5806 | 1,472 | 1075 | 0.8459 | |
| 62 | New Mexico Highlands University | 22400 | 27200 | 0.1763 | 1,603 | 0 | 0 | |
| 62 | University of North Florida | 22400 | 22400 | 0 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
| 64 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 22600 | 25400 | 0.1104 | 2,906 | 1125 | 0.4696 | |
| 65 | San Jose State University | 22800 | 41100 | 0.4454 | 28,008 | 1124 | 0.8461 | |
| 66 | Florida Memorial University | 23000 | 42000 | 0.4519 | 1,206 | 0 | 0.8526 | |
| 67 | Houghton University | 23200 | 44300 | 0.4763 | 1,162 | 1277 | 0.8866 | |
| 68 | Robert Morris University | 23300 | 58000 | 0.5988 | 4,325 | 1145 | 0.8989 | |
| 69 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 23500 | 34400 | 0.3168 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 70 | Stockton University | 23700 | 32100 | 0.2615 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 71 | University of Kentucky | 23900 | 36400 | 0.3449 | 25,534 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 72 | Bradley University | 24000 | 50800 | 0.5275 | 3,596 | 1223 | 0.7676 | |
| 72 | Westfield State University | 24000 | 39000 | 0.3842 | 3,868 | 1085 | 0.8141 | |
| 74 | Dominican University | 24100 | 56000 | 0.5705 | 2,690 | 1005 | 0.9032 | |
| 75 | Pennsylvania Western University | 24600 | 34400 | 0.2846 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 76 | Doane University | 25200 | 71000 | 0.6454 | 1,315 | 1125 | 0.9801 | |
| 77 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 25600 | 37500 | 0.3177 | 1,236 | 1193 | 0.9811 | |
| 78 | Fort Hays State University | 25700 | 36100 | 0.2891 | 10,172 | 1075 | 0.9026 | |
| 79 | Bethune-Cookman University | 25800 | 32700 | 0.2111 | 2,738 | 910 | 0.8824 | |
| 80 | Southern University at New Orleans | 26000 | 42300 | 0.3852 | 2,179 | 950 | 0.789 | |
| 81 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 26100 | 28300 | 0.076 | 3,375 | 1090 | 0.5876 | |
| 81 | University of North Texas | 26100 | 26100 | 0 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 83 | Columbia College | 26400 | 46900 | 0.4371 | 5,207 | 1145 | 0.4714 | |
| 84 | Kennesaw State University | 26600 | 26600 | 0 | 42,760 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 85 | Albright College | 26700 | 49300 | 0.4583 | 1,230 | 1050 | 0.7633 | |
| 85 | Northwood University | 26700 | 54500 | 0.5105 | 2,045 | 1055 | 0.6451 | |
| 87 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 27000 | 37700 | 0.2841 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 87 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 27000 | 36500 | 0.2604 | 7,505 | 1073 | 0.9633 | |
| 89 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 27600 | 27600 | 0.0001 | 10,767 | 1326 | 0.7243 | |
| 90 | Syracuse University | 27700 | 83100 | 0.6665 | 15,957 | 1363 | 0.4592 | |
| 91 | George Fox University | 27900 | 69400 | 0.5983 | 3,354 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 92 | Elmhurst University | 28500 | 67000 | 0.5748 | 3,213 | 1148 | 0.7364 | |
| 92 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 28500 | 36700 | 0.2233 | 28,674 | 980 | 0.9419 | |
| 92 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28500 | 32300 | 0.1176 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 95 | Saint Xavier University | 28700 | 53700 | 0.4652 | 3,098 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 96 | Salisbury University | 28800 | 41700 | 0.309 | 6,288 | 1250 | 0.8747 | |
| 97 | James Madison University | 28900 | 28900 | 0 | 20,973 | 1260 | 0.7152 | |
| 98 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 29100 | 29200 | 0.0034 | 18,288 | 1090 | 0.9068 | |
| 99 | Clemson University | 29200 | 37100 | 0.2141 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 100 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29300 | 31800 | 0.0786 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 101 | University of Toledo | 29500 | 32600 | 0.0966 | 11,013 | 1229 | 0.9202 | |
| 102 | Fairmont State University | 29600 | 32200 | 0.0808 | 3,088 | 970 | 0.9862 | |
| 103 | Grambling State University | 29800 | 35300 | 0.1559 | 4,313 | 950 | 0.4486 | |
| 104 | Mercy University | 30000 | 44500 | 0.326 | 6,774 | 1135 | 0.8584 | |
| 104 | Northern Kentucky University | 30000 | 32100 | 0.0655 | 10,163 | 1090 | 0.6765 | |
| 106 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 30500 | 54700 | 0.4419 | 1,427 | 1025 | 0.4941 | |
| 107 | Central College | 30600 | 36800 | 0.1686 | 1,084 | 1145 | 0.8617 | |
| 107 | Lincoln University | 30600 | 34500 | 0.1129 | 1,926 | 0 | 0 | |
| 107 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30600 | 54600 | 0.4387 | 3,163 | 1165 | 0.9347 | |
| 110 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1161 | 0.9523 | |
| 110 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 30900 | 36900 | 0.1624 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 112 | Hampton University | 31200 | 54800 | 0.4306 | 3,728 | 947 | 0.6225 | |
| 113 | Saint Michael's College | 31900 | 68500 | 0.5346 | 1,120 | 1240 | 0.8451 | |
| 114 | University of Scranton | 32500 | 78700 | 0.5874 | 3,613 | 1250 | 0.8123 | |
| 115 | Suffolk University | 32700 | 70300 | 0.5348 | 4,326 | 1209 | 0.8233 | |
| 116 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 15,254 | 1080 | 0.8955 | |
| 117 | Cleveland State University | 33400 | 37300 | 0.1046 | 9,482 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 118 | George Washington University | 33700 | 81800 | 0.5881 | 11,677 | 1430 | 0.4709 | |
| 119 | LeTourneau University | 34000 | 54800 | 0.3798 | 3,187 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 120 | Thomas Jefferson University | 34100 | 68100 | 0.4995 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8097 | |
| 121 | Charleston Southern University | 34300 | 48400 | 0.2921 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 122 | California Lutheran University | 34900 | 70000 | 0.5016 | 2,297 | 1254 | 0.7567 | |
| 123 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 35100 | 35100 | 0 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 124 | Adelphi University | 35200 | 63300 | 0.4445 | 5,325 | 1237 | 0.6591 | |
| 125 | Averett University | 35300 | 57200 | 0.3831 | 1,244 | 1054 | 0.5659 | |
| 126 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 35400 | 56700 | 0.3757 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8304 | |
| 127 | Christopher Newport University | 36200 | 36200 | 0 | 4,369 | 1189 | 0.8604 | |
| 128 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 36600 | 38100 | 0.0394 | 2,884 | 1175 | 0.9677 | |
| 129 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 36700 | 39900 | 0.079 | 5,086 | 1124 | 0.949 | |
| 129 | Furman University | 36700 | 82900 | 0.5571 | 2,383 | 1359 | 0.4295 | |
| 131 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 36800 | 37100 | 0.0081 | 5,939 | 1065 | 0.5878 | |
| 132 | Loyola University Maryland | 37800 | 76200 | 0.5039 | 3,881 | 1303 | 0.7549 | |
| 133 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38200 | 38700 | 0.0129 | 14,416 | 1210 | 0.8851 | |
| 134 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 38900 | 38900 | 0 | 1,973 | 1189 | 0.8135 | |
| 135 | Rutgers University-Newark | 39300 | 57900 | 0.3211 | 7,989 | 1159 | 0.7136 | |
| 136 | Stony Brook University | 39900 | 53000 | 0.2481 | 18,263 | 1410 | 0.4904 | |
| 137 | McKendree University | 40100 | 52200 | 0.2327 | 1,757 | 1098 | 0.7172 | |
| 138 | Wayne State University | 40300 | 46200 | 0.1277 | 16,012 | 1174 | 0.8116 | |
| 139 | Pace University | 40700 | 74800 | 0.4558 | 8,038 | 1260 | 0.7592 | |
| 140 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 41100 | 55200 | 0.2554 | 25,900 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 141 | Immaculata University | 42300 | 47500 | 0.1094 | 1,652 | 1245 | 0.8576 | |
| 141 | University of Mount Olive | 42300 | 50400 | 0.1617 | 1,944 | 1075 | 0.7575 | |
| 143 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4474 | 4,102 | 1115 | 0.7002 | |
| 144 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 43900 | 57100 | 0.2305 | 23,329 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 145 | University of Illinois Chicago | 45000 | 50600 | 0.1107 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 146 | Towson University | 45100 | 46400 | 0.028 | 16,264 | 1098 | 0.8197 | |
| 147 | Mercer University | 45200 | 65400 | 0.3085 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
| 148 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 46300 | 46600 | 0.0064 | 6,139 | 1070 | 0.9052 | |
| 149 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47100 | 59700 | 0.2117 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 150 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 48000 | 67900 | 0.293 | 3,965 | 1229 | 0.9121 | |
| 151 | Drexel University | 48800 | 83900 | 0.4184 | 13,309 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 152 | DePaul University | 49100 | 66000 | 0.2562 | 14,188 | 1254 | 0.7589 | |
| 153 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 49800 | 62200 | 0.1995 | 37,140 | 1406 | 0.4237 | |
| 154 | Ramapo College of New Jersey | 50400 | 55400 | 0.0903 | 5,444 | 1220 | 0.7064 | |
| 155 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 50700 | 52900 | 0.0406 | 14,504 | 1149 | 0.7637 | |
| 156 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 51400 | 52800 | 0.0265 | 21,210 | 1148 | 0.9262 | |
| 157 | University of Utah | 51600 | 53700 | 0.04 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 158 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 53000 | 61200 | 0.1332 | 26,221 | 1204 | 0.8854 | |
| 159 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 16,100 | 1219 | 0.7766 | |
| 160 | Dallas Baptist University | 56400 | 63400 | 0.1104 | 2,785 | 1109 | 0.8884 | |
| 161 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58300 | 64100 | 0.0905 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 162 | Molloy University | 59800 | 62300 | 0.0402 | 3,240 | 1199 | 0.8174 | |
| 163 | Thiel College | 60500 | 69100 | 0.1244 | 833 | 1065 | 0.7155 | |
| 164 | College of Charleston | 61200 | 61200 | 0 | 10,880 | 1255 | 0.6003 | |
| 165 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 62000 | 64200 | 0.0343 | 1,880 | 1185 | 0.9867 | |
| 166 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 63700 | 63700 | 0 | 10,200 | 1325 | 0.6507 | |
| 167 | Fordham University | 69900 | 95100 | 0.2649 | 10,582 | 1406 | 0.5931 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.