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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 Maine.
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 Maine.
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 | 5900 | 34100 | 0.8272 | 3,237 | 0 | 0.3861 | |
| 2 | California Institute of Technology | 7600 | 90300 | 0.9157 | 987 | 1557 | 0.0257 | |
| 3 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8900 | 94100 | 0.9057 | 9,157 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 3 | CUNY Lehman College | 8900 | 35100 | 0.7472 | 11,217 | 1020 | 0.4601 | |
| 5 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 9200 | 30500 | 0.6982 | 3,207 | 1050 | 0.8034 | |
| 6 | New Mexico Highlands University | 10500 | 21500 | 0.5112 | 1,710 | 945 | 0.9481 | |
| 6 | Valdosta State University | 10500 | 24800 | 0.5776 | 7,206 | 1015 | 0.7214 | |
| 8 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 11500 | 34300 | 0.6643 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 9 | Christopher Newport University | 11900 | 33900 | 0.6489 | 4,407 | 1209 | 0.8796 | |
| 10 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 12700 | 37100 | 0.6572 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 11 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 13700 | 19400 | 0.2939 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
| 11 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 32200 | 0.5744 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 13 | University of South Florida | 13800 | 17100 | 0.1928 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 14 | University of North Texas | 15000 | 25400 | 0.4101 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 15 | Northeastern University | 15100 | 89900 | 0.8324 | 22,695 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 16 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 15500 | 24800 | 0.3744 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 17 | Wayne State College | 15600 | 26400 | 0.4096 | 3,902 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 18 | Goshen College | 15700 | 55800 | 0.718 | 780 | 995 | 0.8404 | |
| 18 | University of Southern Maine | 15700 | 23000 | 0.317 | 5,525 | 1129 | 0.7931 | |
| 20 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 15800 | 23400 | 0.3252 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 21 | Southern University at New Orleans | 16200 | 31600 | 0.4872 | 1,773 | 885 | 0.6021 | |
| 22 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 16500 | 42300 | 0.6101 | 10,049 | 1005 | 0.9234 | |
| 23 | Northwestern University | 17000 | 89500 | 0.8104 | 8,846 | 1513 | 0.0722 | |
| 23 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 17000 | 64800 | 0.7377 | 21,075 | 1420 | 0.1534 | |
| 25 | Dickinson State University | 17200 | 23700 | 0.2739 | 1,339 | 1005 | 0.3695 | |
| 26 | Morgan State University | 17800 | 19700 | 0.0966 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 26 | University of South Alabama | 17800 | 22400 | 0.2057 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 28 | SUNY Brockport | 17900 | 26200 | 0.3162 | 5,816 | 1195 | 0.7068 | |
| 29 | University of Houston-Victoria | 18400 | 34400 | 0.4654 | 2,707 | 930 | 0.7671 | |
| 30 | Angelo State University | 18700 | 23100 | 0.1897 | 9,779 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 31 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Schuylkill | 19000 | 32900 | 0.4231 | 624 | 1115 | 0.9664 | |
| 32 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 19100 | 27000 | 0.293 | 7,505 | 1059 | 0.9633 | |
| 33 | Coppin State University | 19300 | 43100 | 0.5526 | 1,810 | 950 | 0.4956 | |
| 33 | San Jose State University | 19300 | 29900 | 0.3542 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 33 | Westfield State University | 19300 | 32500 | 0.4067 | 3,868 | 1105 | 0.8671 | |
| 36 | Towson University | 19500 | 30000 | 0.3495 | 16,264 | 1093 | 0.8198 | |
| 37 | Savannah State University | 19700 | 27300 | 0.2779 | 2,857 | 950 | 0.8368 | |
| 38 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 20000 | 27200 | 0.265 | 31,112 | 1130 | 0.8129 | |
| 39 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 20100 | 38800 | 0.4812 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 40 | Alabama State University | 20200 | 37400 | 0.4592 | 3,322 | 945 | 0.9564 | |
| 40 | Florida Memorial University | 20200 | 46100 | 0.5619 | 1,299 | 0 | 0.7431 | |
| 42 | Central College | 20400 | 36800 | 0.4455 | 1,084 | 1140 | 0.8617 | |
| 43 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27100 | 0.2289 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 44 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 21000 | 57800 | 0.6362 | 1,083 | 1205 | 0.9278 | |
| 45 | Rutgers University-Newark | 21500 | 38900 | 0.4474 | 7,417 | 1214 | 0.7873 | |
| 46 | Cleveland State University | 21600 | 30900 | 0.3006 | 9,418 | 1005 | 0.913 | |
| 46 | Luther College | 21600 | 71900 | 0.699 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.8402 | |
| 48 | Bradley University | 22200 | 50900 | 0.5638 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 49 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 22300 | 28000 | 0.2034 | 5,789 | 1115 | 0.5774 | |
| 50 | Fairmont State University | 22400 | 32000 | 0.3004 | 3,060 | 1005 | 0.9924 | |
| 50 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 22400 | 32000 | 0.2999 | 5,205 | 1118 | 0.744 | |
| 52 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 22800 | 36400 | 0.3732 | 2,884 | 1175 | 0.9677 | |
| 52 | Robert Morris University | 22800 | 56300 | 0.5949 | 3,769 | 1180 | 0.9057 | |
| 54 | Dakota State University | 23100 | 25600 | 0.0977 | 3,066 | 1192 | 0.8814 | |
| 55 | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | 24000 | 30300 | 0.208 | 10,656 | 1075 | 0.7289 | |
| 56 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 24100 | 39200 | 0.3853 | 28,674 | 980 | 0.9401 | |
| 57 | Grambling State University | 24300 | 26700 | 0.09 | 4,279 | 965 | 0.2368 | |
| 57 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 24300 | 37400 | 0.3499 | 7,595 | 1075 | 0.9226 | |
| 59 | Bemidji State University | 24500 | 26400 | 0.0714 | 3,610 | 1110 | 0.9131 | |
| 60 | McKendree University | 24600 | 55500 | 0.5565 | 1,605 | 1098 | 0.6388 | |
| 60 | Western Oregon University | 24600 | 24600 | 0 | 3,343 | 1120 | 0.9871 | |
| 62 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 24700 | 32200 | 0.2328 | 10,200 | 1346 | 0.6507 | |
| 62 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 24700 | 62200 | 0.6033 | 686 | 1030 | 0.8649 | |
| 62 | Ramapo College of New Jersey | 24700 | 34500 | 0.284 | 5,444 | 1214 | 0.7064 | |
| 65 | Elmhurst University | 24800 | 67000 | 0.6301 | 3,170 | 1148 | 0.7357 | |
| 65 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 24800 | 26600 | 0.0708 | 3,413 | 1085 | 0.5295 | |
| 67 | Dominican University | 25000 | 55500 | 0.5494 | 2,690 | 1035 | 0.9032 | |
| 67 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 25000 | 51700 | 0.5162 | 1,409 | 1110 | 0.6327 | |
| 69 | Houghton University | 25100 | 35500 | 0.2928 | 939 | 1277 | 0.8866 | |
| 70 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 25500 | 37400 | 0.3186 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 71 | Boston College | 25600 | 94600 | 0.7294 | 9,654 | 1490 | 0.1619 | |
| 72 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 25800 | 36500 | 0.2928 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 73 | Northwood University | 25900 | 54500 | 0.5252 | 1,989 | 1075 | 0.839 | |
| 73 | Norwich University | 25900 | 70900 | 0.6349 | 2,642 | 1209 | 0.7361 | |
| 75 | Doane University | 26000 | 62800 | 0.5861 | 1,323 | 1125 | 0.9801 | |
| 76 | Bethune-Cookman University | 26200 | 32700 | 0.1988 | 2,739 | 910 | 0.8824 | |
| 76 | Fort Hays State University | 26200 | 35200 | 0.256 | 10,206 | 1120 | 0.9177 | |
| 78 | Georgia Southern University | 26500 | 26700 | 0.0075 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 78 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 26500 | 51100 | 0.4817 | 1,477 | 1075 | 0.8068 | |
| 80 | Pennsylvania Western University | 26600 | 35600 | 0.2531 | 7,586 | 1070 | 0.9433 | |
| 81 | Columbia College | 26900 | 41300 | 0.349 | 876 | 1025 | 0.8878 | |
| 82 | Kennesaw State University | 27000 | 27000 | 0 | 42,840 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 82 | Northern Kentucky University | 27000 | 31600 | 0.1454 | 10,163 | 1090 | 0.8307 | |
| 82 | University of North Georgia | 27000 | 35500 | 0.2393 | 18,329 | 1100 | 0.6794 | |
| 85 | Emporia State University | 27200 | 37700 | 0.2783 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 86 | Saint Xavier University | 27300 | 52000 | 0.4749 | 3,039 | 1125 | 0.8575 | |
| 87 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 27800 | 40300 | 0.31 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 88 | Grand Valley State University | 28200 | 35700 | 0.2101 | 19,002 | 1233 | 0.8302 | |
| 89 | Jacksonville State University | 28500 | 38200 | 0.2537 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 90 | George Fox University | 28600 | 67100 | 0.5742 | 3,401 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 90 | Mercy University | 28600 | 44500 | 0.3574 | 6,775 | 1074 | 0.8584 | |
| 92 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28700 | 31500 | 0.0889 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 93 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 28900 | 44100 | 0.3449 | 352 | 1180 | 0.9647 | |
| 93 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 28900 | 39700 | 0.2722 | 4,478 | 1065 | 0.8132 | |
| 95 | Concord University | 29000 | 46500 | 0.3763 | 1,609 | 990 | 0.9256 | |
| 95 | Radford University | 29000 | 32800 | 0.1159 | 6,161 | 1070 | 0.8953 | |
| 97 | Lincoln University | 29100 | 40900 | 0.2884 | 1,707 | 920 | 0 | |
| 98 | Furman University | 29200 | 79600 | 0.6329 | 2,383 | 1359 | 0.4295 | |
| 99 | Frostburg State University | 29300 | 43100 | 0.3202 | 2,619 | 1082 | 0.892 | |
| 100 | University of Toledo | 29700 | 32600 | 0.0885 | 11,013 | 1159 | 0.9202 | |
| 101 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 29800 | 38200 | 0.2201 | 6,550 | 1140 | 0.7456 | |
| 102 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 30000 | 30000 | 0 | 18,428 | 1090 | 0.9529 | |
| 103 | SUNY at Fredonia | 30400 | 39600 | 0.2326 | 2,876 | 1193 | 0.792 | |
| 103 | Syracuse University | 30400 | 83100 | 0.6342 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 105 | Averett University | 30600 | 57200 | 0.4653 | 1,180 | 1010 | 0.478 | |
| 106 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1150 | 0.9523 | |
| 106 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30900 | 54600 | 0.4339 | 3,163 | 1165 | 0.9347 | |
| 106 | West Virginia Wesleyan College | 30900 | 52800 | 0.4146 | 938 | 1090 | 0.951 | |
| 109 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 31400 | 31400 | 0 | 6,853 | 1090 | 0.7147 | |
| 109 | State University of New York at Oswego | 31400 | 38300 | 0.1799 | 5,517 | 1174 | 0.8057 | |
| 111 | Washington Adventist University | 31600 | 37800 | 0.1642 | 605 | 950 | 0.4536 | |
| 112 | University of North Florida | 31700 | 37900 | 0.1636 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
| 113 | CUNY Brooklyn College | 31800 | 31800 | 0 | 11,562 | 1110 | 0.5836 | |
| 113 | Thomas Jefferson University | 31800 | 67700 | 0.5302 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 115 | Harding University | 31900 | 43800 | 0.2712 | 3,523 | 1193 | 0.3942 | |
| 116 | Albright College | 32000 | 48700 | 0.343 | 1,328 | 1050 | 0.8615 | |
| 117 | Saint Michael's College | 32200 | 68400 | 0.5289 | 1,120 | 1240 | 0.8451 | |
| 118 | Hampton University | 32300 | 47000 | 0.3128 | 3,728 | 956 | 0.6225 | |
| 119 | University of Scranton | 32400 | 76300 | 0.5751 | 3,613 | 1220 | 0.812 | |
| 120 | California Lutheran University | 32700 | 65800 | 0.5027 | 2,297 | 1258 | 0.7567 | |
| 120 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver | 32700 | 40200 | 0.1867 | 482 | 1195 | 0.9565 | |
| 122 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32800 | 34700 | 0.0547 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 123 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 32900 | 44100 | 0.2539 | 581 | 1129 | 0.9821 | |
| 124 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 15,130 | 0 | 0.5256 | |
| 125 | Wilkes University | 33400 | 61900 | 0.4597 | 1,956 | 1153 | 0.9146 | |
| 126 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 33500 | 54600 | 0.3863 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 127 | Stockton University | 33600 | 44500 | 0.2451 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 128 | College of Charleston | 33700 | 33700 | 0 | 10,880 | 1255 | 0.6003 | |
| 128 | Elizabethtown College | 33700 | 54600 | 0.383 | 1,903 | 1214 | 0.7787 | |
| 130 | George Washington University | 33800 | 81800 | 0.587 | 11,677 | 1421 | 0.4709 | |
| 130 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 33800 | 40900 | 0.1737 | 1,236 | 1203 | 0.9811 | |
| 132 | University of Maine | 33900 | 45100 | 0.2484 | 591 | 1199 | 0.9684 | |
| 133 | LeTourneau University | 34200 | 54600 | 0.3736 | 3,184 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 134 | DePaul University | 34900 | 59100 | 0.4093 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 135 | Coastal Carolina University | 35100 | 44700 | 0.2146 | 10,811 | 1145 | 0.7527 | |
| 135 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 35100 | 49600 | 0.2921 | 1,809 | 1109 | 0.9484 | |
| 137 | Stevenson University | 35300 | 59900 | 0.4105 | 3,106 | 1100 | 0.7891 | |
| 137 | University of Mount Olive | 35300 | 35300 | 0 | 1,937 | 945 | 0.7775 | |
| 139 | Adelphi University | 35400 | 63300 | 0.4403 | 5,325 | 1218 | 0.6591 | |
| 140 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 35800 | 38700 | 0.0746 | 5,086 | 1000 | 0.9821 | |
| 141 | Salisbury University | 36200 | 40900 | 0.115 | 6,288 | 1250 | 0.8747 | |
| 142 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 36400 | 56300 | 0.3531 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 143 | Mercer University | 36600 | 60500 | 0.3951 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
| 144 | East Carolina University | 37100 | 40100 | 0.0748 | 21,445 | 1120 | 0.8922 | |
| 144 | University of Michigan-Flint | 37100 | 39400 | 0.0584 | 5,011 | 1103 | 0.7047 | |
| 146 | Immaculata University | 37300 | 47800 | 0.2194 | 1,652 | 1245 | 0.8578 | |
| 147 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 37600 | 38900 | 0.0334 | 1,919 | 1245 | 0.7844 | |
| 148 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 37700 | 41600 | 0.0933 | 5,187 | 1005 | 0.9229 | |
| 149 | Suffolk University | 38700 | 73600 | 0.4744 | 4,324 | 1209 | 0.822 | |
| 150 | Wayne State University | 39300 | 45500 | 0.1362 | 16,173 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
| 151 | Pace University | 39700 | 74100 | 0.464 | 8,038 | 1274 | 0.7592 | |
| 152 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 40000 | 45400 | 0.1189 | 502 | 1204 | 0.9641 | |
| 153 | Stony Brook University | 40100 | 53000 | 0.2431 | 18,263 | 1395 | 0.4904 | |
| 154 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 40300 | 40300 | 0 | 1,880 | 1185 | 0.9867 | |
| 155 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 40500 | 40500 | 0 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 156 | Loyola University Maryland | 42100 | 78800 | 0.4658 | 3,881 | 1309 | 0.7549 | |
| 157 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 42600 | 55100 | 0.227 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 158 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 42800 | 45200 | 0.0531 | 10,767 | 1326 | 0.7243 | |
| 159 | Fordham University | 43200 | 94600 | 0.5436 | 10,307 | 1415 | 0.5628 | |
| 160 | CUNY Bernard M Baruch College | 43400 | 43400 | 0 | 16,086 | 1293 | 0.5117 | |
| 161 | University of California-Riverside | 43500 | 66400 | 0.3448 | 22,599 | 1199 | 0.7685 | |
| 162 | Merrimack College | 43700 | 78800 | 0.4453 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
| 163 | City University of Seattle | 44200 | 45400 | 0.0264 | 1,180 | 0 | 0.9025 | |
| 164 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 45200 | 57100 | 0.2083 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 165 | University of Illinois Chicago | 46300 | 48000 | 0.0354 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 166 | James Madison University | 46400 | 46400 | 0 | 21,112 | 1260 | 0.7151 | |
| 167 | Molloy University | 48200 | 62300 | 0.2265 | 3,240 | 1199 | 0.8174 | |
| 168 | University of Kentucky | 49000 | 56000 | 0.1236 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 169 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 50200 | 52300 | 0.0401 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 170 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 50500 | 56200 | 0.1014 | 3,965 | 1229 | 0.9121 | |
| 171 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 51000 | 52900 | 0.0356 | 14,504 | 1145 | 0.7637 | |
| 172 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 51200 | 84200 | 0.392 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 173 | Drexel University | 51400 | 82600 | 0.3776 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 174 | University of Colorado Boulder | 51700 | 56300 | 0.0816 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
| 175 | University of Utah | 51800 | 53700 | 0.0351 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 176 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
| 177 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 57100 | 58900 | 0.032 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 178 | Clemson University | 61800 | 63700 | 0.0296 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 179 | Thiel College | 67400 | 69100 | 0.0246 | 831 | 1065 | 0.7189 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.