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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 Montana.
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 Montana.
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 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 7800 | 36100 | 0.7849 | 10,368 | 1064 | 0.999 | |
| 2 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8400 | 97100 | 0.914 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 3 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 9900 | 20400 | 0.5152 | 3,224 | 1085 | 0.7643 | |
| 4 | Valdosta State University | 10500 | 24800 | 0.5775 | 7,199 | 1005 | 0.7769 | |
| 5 | Savannah State University | 10700 | 26700 | 0.6 | 2,966 | 950 | 1 | |
| 6 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 11600 | 27800 | 0.582 | 22,007 | 1427 | 0.1672 | |
| 7 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 29200 | 0.5745 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 8 | Lamar University | 12600 | 22900 | 0.4492 | 8,387 | 1040 | 0.8353 | |
| 9 | Fort Hays State University | 12900 | 22600 | 0.4324 | 10,172 | 1075 | 0.9026 | |
| 10 | University of Michigan-Flint | 13100 | 34900 | 0.6253 | 5,534 | 1079 | 0.6734 | |
| 11 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 13300 | 30000 | 0.5567 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 11 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 13300 | 19400 | 0.3145 | 14,865 | 1175 | 0.9113 | |
| 13 | Fairmont State University | 13800 | 21400 | 0.3556 | 3,090 | 970 | 0.9862 | |
| 14 | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | 14200 | 19600 | 0.2754 | 10,995 | 1090 | 0.7476 | |
| 15 | University of North Georgia | 14400 | 21400 | 0.3271 | 19,321 | 1100 | 0.9618 | |
| 16 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 14700 | 29600 | 0.5041 | 7,501 | 1055 | 0.9467 | |
| 17 | Wayne State College | 15200 | 20300 | 0.2512 | 3,886 | 0 | 1 | |
| 18 | Concord University | 15300 | 31700 | 0.5182 | 1,638 | 1015 | 0.9728 | |
| 19 | Radford University | 15400 | 32000 | 0.5196 | 6,206 | 1050 | 0.8939 | |
| 20 | Alabama State University | 15500 | 24300 | 0.3632 | 3,521 | 945 | 0.9755 | |
| 21 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 15900 | 27700 | 0.4254 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 22 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver | 16000 | 38700 | 0.5863 | 475 | 1195 | 0.9418 | |
| 23 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 16200 | 44500 | 0.6355 | 308 | 1144 | 0.9053 | |
| 23 | Portland State University | 16200 | 26100 | 0.3795 | 14,932 | 1174 | 0.8586 | |
| 23 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 16200 | 23400 | 0.3081 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 26 | Northwestern University | 16600 | 89500 | 0.8149 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 26 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 16600 | 40600 | 0.5906 | 586 | 1140 | 0.9577 | |
| 28 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 16800 | 35700 | 0.5295 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 29 | SUNY at Fredonia | 17100 | 27800 | 0.3854 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 30 | Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi | 17300 | 20700 | 0.1642 | 8,673 | 1095 | 0.9156 | |
| 31 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 17700 | 26600 | 0.3349 | 7,747 | 1073 | 0.9617 | |
| 32 | Boston College | 17900 | 97600 | 0.8164 | 9,677 | 1484 | 0.1422 | |
| 33 | College of Charleston | 18100 | 33900 | 0.4667 | 10,596 | 1234 | 0.73 | |
| 33 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18100 | 28600 | 0.3669 | 3,991 | 1010 | 0.9654 | |
| 35 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 18200 | 39000 | 0.533 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 35 | State University of New York at Oswego | 18200 | 27700 | 0.3428 | 5,293 | 1179 | 0.7989 | |
| 35 | Towson University | 18200 | 29900 | 0.3909 | 16,361 | 1082 | 0.8057 | |
| 38 | Angelo State University | 18300 | 23100 | 0.2072 | 10,103 | 1045 | 0.7981 | |
| 39 | Coppin State University | 18400 | 29200 | 0.3703 | 1,908 | 950 | 0.4583 | |
| 40 | University of Illinois Chicago | 19000 | 30100 | 0.3693 | 24,260 | 1174 | 0.7576 | |
| 41 | Texas A&M University-Victoria | 19100 | 35800 | 0.4667 | 2,627 | 1000 | 0.5253 | |
| 42 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 19200 | 68100 | 0.7183 | 711 | 1030 | 0.8214 | |
| 43 | University of South Alabama | 19400 | 22400 | 0.1342 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 44 | Rutgers University-Newark | 19600 | 38000 | 0.484 | 7,989 | 1159 | 0.7136 | |
| 45 | Norwich University | 19700 | 73800 | 0.7328 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 46 | Pennsylvania Western University | 19800 | 29000 | 0.3177 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 47 | Central Connecticut State University | 19900 | 29500 | 0.3253 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 48 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20100 | 39900 | 0.4965 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 49 | The University of Montana | 20200 | 25300 | 0.2015 | 8,014 | 1184 | 0.9586 | |
| 50 | Dakota State University | 20400 | 22500 | 0.0912 | 3,085 | 1174 | 0.9241 | |
| 51 | Grove City College | 20600 | 39700 | 0.4817 | 2,247 | 1248 | 0.667 | |
| 51 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 20600 | 57800 | 0.6433 | 1,109 | 1175 | 0.9088 | |
| 53 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27300 | 0.2346 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 54 | Luther College | 21500 | 75400 | 0.7153 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.8398 | |
| 55 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 21700 | 36400 | 0.4034 | 2,710 | 1218 | 0.9374 | |
| 56 | Bradley University | 21900 | 50800 | 0.5688 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 57 | Grand Valley State University | 22100 | 35900 | 0.3849 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 57 | Lincoln University | 22100 | 24900 | 0.1124 | 1,926 | 920 | 0 | |
| 59 | Grambling State University | 22500 | 25700 | 0.1247 | 4,313 | 950 | 0.4486 | |
| 59 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 22500 | 53000 | 0.575 | 1,495 | 1075 | 0.8761 | |
| 61 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 22600 | 25400 | 0.1104 | 2,907 | 1125 | 0.4696 | |
| 62 | San Jose State University | 23000 | 41100 | 0.4405 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 63 | Florida Memorial University | 23100 | 42000 | 0.4495 | 1,206 | 0 | 0.8526 | |
| 63 | Robert Morris University | 23100 | 58000 | 0.6012 | 4,325 | 1145 | 0.8989 | |
| 65 | Houghton University | 23200 | 44300 | 0.4763 | 958 | 1277 | 0.89 | |
| 66 | University of Kentucky | 23700 | 36400 | 0.3481 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 67 | Montana State University | 23800 | 27200 | 0.123 | 15,142 | 1184 | 0.9938 | |
| 68 | Dominican University | 23900 | 56000 | 0.573 | 2,642 | 1005 | 0.8879 | |
| 69 | Stockton University | 24200 | 32100 | 0.246 | 7,583 | 1134 | 0.901 | |
| 70 | Western Oregon University | 24600 | 24600 | 0 | 3,034 | 1120 | 0.8345 | |
| 71 | Westfield State University | 24700 | 39000 | 0.3663 | 3,868 | 1105 | 0.8671 | |
| 72 | Columbia College | 25000 | 46900 | 0.467 | 876 | 1025 | 0.8878 | |
| 72 | Emporia State University | 25000 | 32000 | 0.2187 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 74 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 25100 | 45900 | 0.4536 | 504 | 1200 | 0.9095 | |
| 75 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 25900 | 37500 | 0.3097 | 1,078 | 1217 | 0.9646 | |
| 76 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 26000 | 28300 | 0.0809 | 3,375 | 1090 | 0.5885 | |
| 76 | West Virginia Wesleyan College | 26000 | 53800 | 0.5169 | 971 | 1030 | 0.9334 | |
| 78 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 26100 | 28400 | 0.0805 | 14,834 | 1149 | 0.7803 | |
| 79 | Bemidji State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 3,751 | 1075 | 0.5598 | |
| 79 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 26400 | 36800 | 0.2828 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 81 | Southern University at New Orleans | 26600 | 42300 | 0.371 | 2,179 | 950 | 0.789 | |
| 82 | Northwood University | 26800 | 54500 | 0.5087 | 2,045 | 1055 | 0.6451 | |
| 83 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 26900 | 41500 | 0.3516 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 84 | Bethune-Cookman University | 27200 | 32700 | 0.1682 | 2,739 | 910 | 0.8824 | |
| 85 | Kennesaw State University | 27400 | 27400 | 0 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 85 | Rowan University | 27400 | 41300 | 0.3369 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 87 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 27800 | 36700 | 0.2427 | 1,709 | 1218 | 0.9653 | |
| 88 | Syracuse University | 27900 | 83100 | 0.6641 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 89 | Elmhurst University | 28300 | 67000 | 0.5778 | 3,170 | 1133 | 0.7501 | |
| 90 | Saint Xavier University | 28600 | 53700 | 0.4671 | 3,100 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 90 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 32300 | 0.1145 | 11,691 | 1074 | 0.7722 | |
| 90 | University of North Texas | 28600 | 37400 | 0.2351 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 93 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 28900 | 34000 | 0.1501 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 93 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 28900 | 39700 | 0.2722 | 4,789 | 1040 | 0.6671 | |
| 95 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 29000 | 49100 | 0.4094 | 29,727 | 990 | 0.9229 | |
| 95 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 29000 | 42400 | 0.3164 | 6,761 | 1105 | 0.8475 | |
| 97 | Jacksonville State University | 29100 | 38200 | 0.2381 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 97 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 29100 | 29200 | 0.0034 | 18,667 | 1090 | 0.9711 | |
| 99 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 29600 | 48100 | 0.3849 | 2,280 | 1224 | 0.9675 | |
| 100 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 29700 | 31600 | 0.0601 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 101 | Mercy University | 30200 | 44500 | 0.3215 | 6,692 | 1135 | 0.8724 | |
| 101 | Northern Kentucky University | 30200 | 32100 | 0.0592 | 10,136 | 1110 | 0.9666 | |
| 103 | University of North Florida | 30500 | 33000 | 0.0758 | 14,837 | 1124 | 0.6815 | |
| 103 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30500 | 54600 | 0.4413 | 3,120 | 1193 | 0.3992 | |
| 105 | University of Toledo | 30700 | 42000 | 0.269 | 10,726 | 1134 | 0.8889 | |
| 106 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 2,082 | 1124 | 0.9576 | |
| 106 | Frostburg State University | 30900 | 43000 | 0.2815 | 3,436 | 1095 | 0.907 | |
| 108 | Central College | 31100 | 36800 | 0.155 | 1,050 | 1159 | 0.8698 | |
| 109 | Saint Michael's College | 31200 | 68500 | 0.5448 | 1,051 | 1280 | 0.8976 | |
| 110 | Hampton University | 31600 | 54800 | 0.4233 | 4,046 | 1005 | 0.6358 | |
| 111 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 32300 | 40900 | 0.2103 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 112 | SUNY Brockport | 32400 | 35800 | 0.095 | 5,816 | 1195 | 0.7068 | |
| 112 | University of Scranton | 32400 | 78700 | 0.5879 | 3,689 | 1245 | 0.8006 | |
| 114 | Morgan State University | 32500 | 41900 | 0.2245 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 115 | Suffolk University | 32900 | 70300 | 0.5319 | 4,247 | 1209 | 0.8228 | |
| 115 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 32900 | 45100 | 0.2705 | 11,087 | 1326 | 0.7397 | |
| 117 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 33000 | 49500 | 0.3337 | 1,829 | 1149 | 0.945 | |
| 118 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 17,556 | 1090 | 0.5386 | |
| 119 | Cleveland State University | 33500 | 37300 | 0.1019 | 9,418 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 119 | Harding University | 33500 | 47800 | 0.299 | 3,536 | 1184 | 0.7052 | |
| 121 | Elizabethtown College | 33700 | 55300 | 0.3907 | 1,935 | 1214 | 0.8892 | |
| 121 | George Washington University | 33700 | 81800 | 0.5881 | 11,495 | 1436 | 0.4713 | |
| 123 | Salisbury University | 34000 | 41700 | 0.1845 | 6,477 | 1245 | 0.8826 | |
| 123 | Thomas Jefferson University | 34000 | 68100 | 0.5008 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 125 | Charleston Southern University | 34200 | 48400 | 0.295 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 126 | Loyola University Maryland | 34400 | 78800 | 0.5635 | 4,013 | 1329 | 0.6986 | |
| 127 | Texas Southern University | 34500 | 42500 | 0.1883 | 6,844 | 915 | 0.9691 | |
| 128 | Adelphi University | 35000 | 63300 | 0.4467 | 5,097 | 1241 | 0.7215 | |
| 128 | Coastal Carolina University | 35000 | 45100 | 0.2237 | 11,471 | 1160 | 0.7003 | |
| 128 | University of South Florida | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 131 | California Lutheran University | 35300 | 70000 | 0.4959 | 2,160 | 1218 | 0.7631 | |
| 131 | Christopher Newport University | 35300 | 36200 | 0.0249 | 4,369 | 1189 | 0.8604 | |
| 133 | Averett University | 35400 | 57200 | 0.3813 | 1,244 | 1054 | 0.5659 | |
| 133 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Schuylkill | 35400 | 61100 | 0.4207 | 653 | 1145 | 0.7972 | |
| 135 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 36000 | 56300 | 0.3603 | 5,687 | 1305 | 0.7863 | |
| 136 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 36300 | 53100 | 0.3162 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 137 | Furman University | 36500 | 82900 | 0.5595 | 2,304 | 1372 | 0.4869 | |
| 138 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 36600 | 39900 | 0.0825 | 3,893 | 1015 | 0.9839 | |
| 139 | East Carolina University | 36900 | 42700 | 0.1356 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 139 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 36900 | 37100 | 0.0054 | 5,939 | 1065 | 0.5878 | |
| 141 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 37800 | 40100 | 0.0571 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 142 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 38900 | 38900 | 0 | 1,973 | 1189 | 0.8142 | |
| 143 | Stony Brook University | 39700 | 53000 | 0.2507 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 144 | Pace University | 40500 | 74800 | 0.4585 | 5,520 | 1273 | 0.7827 | |
| 144 | Wayne State University | 40500 | 46200 | 0.1234 | 16,390 | 1183 | 0.8359 | |
| 146 | McKendree University | 40600 | 52900 | 0.2324 | 1,757 | 1098 | 0.7172 | |
| 147 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 41800 | 55200 | 0.2427 | 21,388 | 1369 | 0.5945 | |
| 148 | University of Mount Olive | 42100 | 50400 | 0.1645 | 1,944 | 1075 | 0.7575 | |
| 149 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4479 | 4,123 | 1124 | 0.6927 | |
| 150 | Immaculata University | 43800 | 47500 | 0.0778 | 1,889 | 1264 | 0.8656 | |
| 151 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 43900 | 67900 | 0.3534 | 4,182 | 1317 | 0.8783 | |
| 152 | James Madison University | 45200 | 45200 | 0 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 153 | Mercer University | 45700 | 65400 | 0.3015 | 4,719 | 1263 | 0.643 | |
| 154 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 46400 | 46600 | 0.0043 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 155 | University of Colorado Boulder | 47300 | 57700 | 0.1806 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7809 | |
| 156 | Drexel University | 47700 | 83900 | 0.4315 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 157 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 48600 | 61200 | 0.2057 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 158 | DePaul University | 49100 | 66000 | 0.2562 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 159 | University of California-Riverside | 49300 | 66000 | 0.2532 | 24,034 | 1199 | 0.8609 | |
| 160 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 49800 | 62200 | 0.1995 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 161 | Ramapo College of New Jersey | 50500 | 55400 | 0.0885 | 5,492 | 1210 | 0.7026 | |
| 162 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 50800 | 84700 | 0.4003 | 35,358 | 1448 | 0.1642 | |
| 163 | University of Utah | 51400 | 53700 | 0.0426 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 164 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 52400 | 52800 | 0.0076 | 21,469 | 1167 | 0.9061 | |
| 165 | Molloy University | 58600 | 62300 | 0.0594 | 3,396 | 1188 | 0.6633 | |
| 166 | Thiel College | 60500 | 69100 | 0.1244 | 830 | 1065 | 0.7189 | |
| 167 | Clemson University | 61400 | 63700 | 0.036 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 168 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 63700 | 63700 | 0 | 9,827 | 1329 | 0.6737 | |
| 169 | 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.