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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 North Carolina.
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 North Carolina.
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 | 5000 | 40700 | 0.8762 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 2 | California Institute of Technology | 6700 | 91800 | 0.9274 | 987 | 1557 | 0.0257 | |
| 3 | Savannah State University | 6900 | 40400 | 0.8283 | 2,857 | 950 | 0.8368 | |
| 4 | Northern Kentucky University | 7400 | 25900 | 0.7152 | 10,163 | 1090 | 0.8307 | |
| 5 | University of Houston-Victoria | 7900 | 39700 | 0.8012 | 2,707 | 930 | 0.7671 | |
| 6 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 8000 | 36100 | 0.7793 | 10,049 | 1005 | 0.9234 | |
| 7 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 8300 | 43500 | 0.8099 | 28,674 | 980 | 0.9401 | |
| 8 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8400 | 98000 | 0.9146 | 9,157 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 9 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 9700 | 36900 | 0.7373 | 3,207 | 1060 | 0.8034 | |
| 10 | Valdosta State University | 10500 | 24800 | 0.5775 | 7,206 | 1015 | 0.7214 | |
| 11 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 11500 | 21100 | 0.4561 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 12 | University of Michigan-Flint | 11700 | 45600 | 0.7431 | 5,011 | 1103 | 0.7047 | |
| 13 | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | 11900 | 19600 | 0.3927 | 10,656 | 1075 | 0.7289 | |
| 14 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 13300 | 13300 | 0 | 18,667 | 1090 | 0.9711 | |
| 15 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 13600 | 27800 | 0.5099 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 16 | North Carolina A & T State University | 13700 | 17900 | 0.2365 | 12,216 | 1040 | 0.4617 | |
| 16 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 51900 | 0.7365 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 18 | Fort Hays State University | 13900 | 40700 | 0.6592 | 10,206 | 1110 | 0.9177 | |
| 19 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 14200 | 46000 | 0.6909 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 19 | University of South Florida | 14200 | 17100 | 0.1695 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 21 | University of California-Riverside | 14300 | 66000 | 0.7838 | 22,599 | 1199 | 0.7685 | |
| 22 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 14400 | 32200 | 0.5534 | 2,836 | 1135 | 0.3787 | |
| 23 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 14500 | 26800 | 0.4594 | 4,478 | 1065 | 0.8132 | |
| 24 | Radford University | 15000 | 32000 | 0.5318 | 6,161 | 1070 | 0.8953 | |
| 25 | University of North Texas | 15100 | 25700 | 0.413 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 26 | Alabama State University | 15300 | 37900 | 0.5967 | 3,322 | 970 | 0.9564 | |
| 26 | University of North Georgia | 15300 | 48000 | 0.6815 | 18,329 | 1100 | 0.6794 | |
| 26 | Western Carolina University | 15300 | 16500 | 0.0759 | 10,112 | 1130 | 0.818 | |
| 29 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver | 15400 | 42500 | 0.6384 | 482 | 1195 | 0.9565 | |
| 30 | Dickinson State University | 15600 | 21700 | 0.2822 | 1,339 | 1005 | 0.3695 | |
| 30 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 15600 | 25800 | 0.3932 | 5,386 | 995 | 0.9092 | |
| 32 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 15800 | 46800 | 0.6629 | 6,550 | 1110 | 0.7456 | |
| 33 | University of North Florida | 15900 | 33000 | 0.5186 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
| 33 | Wayne State College | 15900 | 20000 | 0.2049 | 3,902 | 0 | 1 | |
| 35 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 16000 | 42600 | 0.6247 | 7,595 | 1075 | 0.9226 | |
| 36 | New Mexico Highlands University | 16200 | 31500 | 0.4854 | 1,710 | 945 | 0.9481 | |
| 37 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 16400 | 19400 | 0.156 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
| 38 | Goshen College | 16500 | 55900 | 0.7042 | 780 | 995 | 0.8404 | |
| 38 | Jacksonville State University | 16500 | 36100 | 0.5427 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 40 | SUNY at Fredonia | 16600 | 27800 | 0.4034 | 2,876 | 1193 | 0.792 | |
| 40 | Wayne State University | 16600 | 46200 | 0.6408 | 16,173 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
| 42 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16800 | 64800 | 0.7416 | 21,075 | 1420 | 0.1534 | |
| 43 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 17100 | 32200 | 0.4688 | 10,200 | 1346 | 0.6507 | |
| 44 | University of South Alabama | 17500 | 35200 | 0.5031 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 45 | Morgan State University | 17600 | 37200 | 0.5269 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 46 | Central Connecticut State University | 17700 | 34000 | 0.4791 | 8,170 | 1010 | 0.7333 | |
| 46 | Frostburg State University | 17700 | 26600 | 0.3344 | 2,619 | 1095 | 0.892 | |
| 48 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 17900 | 44900 | 0.6009 | 5,205 | 1118 | 0.744 | |
| 49 | Boston College | 18000 | 96200 | 0.8125 | 9,654 | 1490 | 0.1619 | |
| 49 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 18000 | 36400 | 0.5049 | 2,884 | 1175 | 0.9677 | |
| 49 | SUNY Brockport | 18000 | 26200 | 0.3124 | 5,816 | 1195 | 0.7068 | |
| 49 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 18000 | 52500 | 0.6571 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 53 | Southern University at New Orleans | 18100 | 34200 | 0.4706 | 1,773 | 885 | 0.6021 | |
| 53 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 18100 | 27700 | 0.3461 | 31,112 | 1114 | 0.8129 | |
| 53 | Westfield State University | 18100 | 36600 | 0.5049 | 3,868 | 1105 | 0.8671 | |
| 53 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 18100 | 36500 | 0.5044 | 7,505 | 1059 | 0.9633 | |
| 57 | Emporia State University | 18600 | 29800 | 0.3763 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 57 | State University of New York at Oswego | 18600 | 27700 | 0.3284 | 5,517 | 1164 | 0.8057 | |
| 57 | University of Colorado Boulder | 18600 | 30600 | 0.3921 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
| 60 | Florida Memorial University | 18700 | 44900 | 0.5836 | 1,299 | 0 | 0.7431 | |
| 60 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 18700 | 42800 | 0.5625 | 581 | 1129 | 0.9821 | |
| 62 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 18800 | 43800 | 0.5703 | 352 | 1180 | 0.9647 | |
| 62 | Rutgers University-Newark | 18800 | 38000 | 0.505 | 7,417 | 1214 | 0.7873 | |
| 64 | Stockton University | 19300 | 44500 | 0.5666 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 65 | San Jose State University | 19900 | 33600 | 0.4074 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 66 | Towson University | 20200 | 30000 | 0.3262 | 16,264 | 1093 | 0.8198 | |
| 67 | Dakota State University | 20400 | 22500 | 0.0912 | 3,066 | 1192 | 0.8814 | |
| 68 | Central College | 20500 | 36800 | 0.4427 | 1,084 | 1140 | 0.8617 | |
| 68 | Grove City College | 20500 | 39700 | 0.4842 | 2,341 | 1256 | 0.7232 | |
| 70 | East Carolina University | 20800 | 23800 | 0.1258 | 21,445 | 1120 | 0.8922 | |
| 70 | Lincoln University | 20800 | 24900 | 0.1646 | 1,707 | 920 | 0 | |
| 70 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 20800 | 57800 | 0.6406 | 1,083 | 1171 | 0.9278 | |
| 73 | Pennsylvania Western University | 20900 | 26600 | 0.2142 | 7,586 | 0 | 0.9433 | |
| 73 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27100 | 0.2285 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 75 | Tarleton State University | 21000 | 23000 | 0.087 | 15,130 | 1095 | 0.5256 | |
| 76 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 21100 | 42600 | 0.5052 | 1,809 | 1109 | 0.9484 | |
| 77 | Northwestern University | 21300 | 89500 | 0.7623 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 78 | Kennesaw State University | 21500 | 26600 | 0.1919 | 42,840 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 78 | Luther College | 21500 | 71900 | 0.7017 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.8402 | |
| 78 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 21500 | 38900 | 0.4469 | 1,919 | 1245 | 0.7844 | |
| 81 | Bradley University | 21600 | 50800 | 0.5747 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 81 | Elmhurst University | 21600 | 67000 | 0.6779 | 3,170 | 1148 | 0.7357 | |
| 83 | Averett University | 22100 | 57200 | 0.614 | 1,180 | 1070 | 0.478 | |
| 84 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 22900 | 58100 | 0.6064 | 1,477 | 1075 | 0.8068 | |
| 85 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 23300 | 45200 | 0.4849 | 502 | 1204 | 0.9641 | |
| 85 | Robert Morris University | 23300 | 58000 | 0.5986 | 3,769 | 1180 | 0.9057 | |
| 87 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 23400 | 36800 | 0.3643 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 88 | Albright College | 23800 | 49300 | 0.5171 | 1,328 | 1050 | 0.8615 | |
| 89 | Houghton University | 23900 | 61900 | 0.6142 | 939 | 1277 | 0.8866 | |
| 90 | Dominican University | 24100 | 56000 | 0.5702 | 2,690 | 1060 | 0.9032 | |
| 91 | Norwich University | 24300 | 88400 | 0.7253 | 2,642 | 1182 | 0.7361 | |
| 92 | Northwood University | 25200 | 54500 | 0.5381 | 1,989 | 1075 | 0.839 | |
| 93 | Columbia College | 25900 | 51600 | 0.4985 | 876 | 1025 | 0.8878 | |
| 94 | Doane University | 26000 | 77700 | 0.665 | 1,323 | 1125 | 0.9801 | |
| 95 | Grand Valley State University | 26200 | 36300 | 0.2786 | 19,002 | 1233 | 0.8302 | |
| 95 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 26200 | 28300 | 0.0755 | 3,413 | 1095 | 0.5295 | |
| 97 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 26300 | 43000 | 0.388 | 5,789 | 1060 | 0.5774 | |
| 98 | Bethune-Cookman University | 26700 | 32700 | 0.1835 | 2,739 | 910 | 0.8824 | |
| 98 | East Texas A&M University | 26700 | 36500 | 0.2684 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 98 | Furman University | 26700 | 79600 | 0.6643 | 2,383 | 1359 | 0.4295 | |
| 101 | Cleveland State University | 27300 | 37300 | 0.2682 | 9,418 | 1105 | 0.913 | |
| 102 | Fairmont State University | 27400 | 32200 | 0.1491 | 3,060 | 975 | 0.9924 | |
| 102 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 27400 | 47900 | 0.4277 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 104 | Thomas Jefferson University | 27600 | 67700 | 0.5922 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 105 | George Fox University | 27800 | 76800 | 0.638 | 3,401 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 105 | Syracuse University | 27800 | 83100 | 0.6654 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 107 | California Lutheran University | 28000 | 70000 | 0.6002 | 2,297 | 1258 | 0.7567 | |
| 108 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 33400 | 0.1437 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 109 | Mercy University | 28700 | 44500 | 0.3552 | 6,775 | 1074 | 0.8584 | |
| 110 | University of Utah | 28900 | 32000 | 0.098 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 111 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29200 | 33900 | 0.1387 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 112 | University of Toledo | 29500 | 32600 | 0.0961 | 11,013 | 1159 | 0.9202 | |
| 113 | Saint Xavier University | 29800 | 53600 | 0.4438 | 3,039 | 1125 | 0.8575 | |
| 114 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 30500 | 54700 | 0.4416 | 1,409 | 1110 | 0.5568 | |
| 115 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30700 | 54600 | 0.4385 | 3,163 | 1165 | 0.9347 | |
| 116 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 30800 | 62800 | 0.5092 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 117 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1150 | 0.9523 | |
| 118 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 31300 | 31300 | 0 | 6,853 | 1090 | 0.7147 | |
| 119 | Coastal Carolina University | 31400 | 45100 | 0.3039 | 10,811 | 1145 | 0.7527 | |
| 120 | Angelo State University | 31800 | 35400 | 0.1027 | 9,779 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 121 | Saint Michael's College | 32000 | 68500 | 0.5331 | 1,120 | 1240 | 0.8451 | |
| 122 | Washington Adventist University | 32200 | 37800 | 0.1483 | 605 | 951 | 0.4536 | |
| 123 | Hampton University | 32300 | 62400 | 0.482 | 3,728 | 956 | 0.6225 | |
| 124 | University of Scranton | 32500 | 78700 | 0.5872 | 3,613 | 1220 | 0.8029 | |
| 125 | Grambling State University | 32600 | 38100 | 0.1445 | 4,279 | 955 | 0.2368 | |
| 125 | Suffolk University | 32600 | 69700 | 0.5326 | 4,324 | 1209 | 0.822 | |
| 127 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 32900 | 45100 | 0.2705 | 10,767 | 1326 | 0.7243 | |
| 128 | George Washington University | 33700 | 81800 | 0.5882 | 11,677 | 1421 | 0.4709 | |
| 129 | LeTourneau University | 34100 | 54800 | 0.378 | 3,184 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 129 | Salisbury University | 34100 | 41700 | 0.1821 | 6,288 | 1250 | 0.8747 | |
| 131 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 34200 | 58500 | 0.4159 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 132 | Charleston Southern University | 34300 | 48400 | 0.2918 | 2,914 | 1060 | 0.7609 | |
| 133 | Pace University | 34600 | 74800 | 0.5373 | 8,038 | 1274 | 0.7592 | |
| 134 | Adelphi University | 35200 | 63300 | 0.4443 | 5,325 | 1218 | 0.6591 | |
| 135 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 36200 | 56300 | 0.3575 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 135 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 36200 | 56800 | 0.3624 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 137 | Loyola University Maryland | 36300 | 78800 | 0.5394 | 3,881 | 1309 | 0.7549 | |
| 138 | Drexel University | 36400 | 83800 | 0.5656 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 139 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 36700 | 39900 | 0.0786 | 5,086 | 1000 | 0.9821 | |
| 140 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 38600 | 53400 | 0.2773 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 141 | Stony Brook University | 39900 | 53000 | 0.2478 | 18,263 | 1404 | 0.4904 | |
| 142 | McKendree University | 40100 | 52200 | 0.2324 | 1,605 | 1098 | 0.6388 | |
| 143 | Christopher Newport University | 42000 | 51000 | 0.1766 | 4,407 | 1209 | 0.8796 | |
| 144 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 42100 | 67900 | 0.3799 | 3,965 | 1335 | 0.9121 | |
| 145 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 42800 | 54700 | 0.2175 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 146 | Western Oregon University | 43400 | 43400 | 0 | 3,343 | 1120 | 0.9871 | |
| 147 | Merrimack College | 43600 | 78800 | 0.4472 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
| 148 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 43900 | 57100 | 0.2302 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 149 | Immaculata University | 44100 | 47800 | 0.0773 | 1,652 | 1245 | 0.8578 | |
| 150 | University of Illinois Chicago | 44200 | 49300 | 0.1034 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 151 | James Madison University | 45300 | 45300 | 0 | 21,112 | 1260 | 0.7151 | |
| 152 | University of Mount Olive | 46100 | 48200 | 0.0443 | 1,937 | 1020 | 0.7775 | |
| 153 | Ramapo College of New Jersey | 48500 | 54600 | 0.1117 | 5,444 | 1214 | 0.7064 | |
| 154 | DePaul University | 48900 | 67100 | 0.2712 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 154 | Mercer University | 48900 | 63700 | 0.2324 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
| 154 | Molloy University | 48900 | 62300 | 0.2152 | 3,240 | 1199 | 0.8174 | |
| 154 | University of Kentucky | 48900 | 56600 | 0.1365 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 158 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 50800 | 52900 | 0.0404 | 14,504 | 1145 | 0.7637 | |
| 159 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
| 160 | Dallas Baptist University | 55900 | 71900 | 0.2224 | 2,785 | 1104 | 0.8884 | |
| 161 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58200 | 64100 | 0.0921 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 162 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 59100 | 61200 | 0.0349 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 163 | Thiel College | 60600 | 69100 | 0.123 | 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 | 61300 | 64200 | 0.0452 | 1,880 | 1185 | 0.9867 | |
| 166 | Clemson University | 61500 | 63700 | 0.0335 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 167 | College of Charleston | 61600 | 61600 | 0 | 10,880 | 1255 | 0.6003 | |
| 168 | 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.