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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 Ohio.
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 Ohio.
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-Flint | 5200 | 44000 | 0.8823 | 5,534 | 1079 | 0.6734 | |
| 2 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 5700 | 50600 | 0.8868 | 35,358 | 1448 | 0.1642 | |
| 3 | Savannah State University | 6800 | 28000 | 0.756 | 2,966 | 950 | 1 | |
| 4 | Sinclair Community College | 7200 | 11300 | 0.3648 | 19,415 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 7800 | 36100 | 0.7849 | 10,368 | 1064 | 0.999 | |
| 6 | Northwestern University | 7900 | 93000 | 0.9152 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 7 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8900 | 96500 | 0.9082 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 8 | Columbus State Community College | 9000 | 20800 | 0.5679 | 28,081 | 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | Portland State University | 9600 | 73900 | 0.8699 | 14,932 | 1174 | 0.8586 | |
| 10 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 10300 | 10300 | 0 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 11 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 10500 | 42400 | 0.7519 | 3,224 | 1085 | 0.7643 | |
| 12 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 11400 | 40100 | 0.7156 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 13 | Valdosta State University | 11500 | 25300 | 0.5447 | 7,199 | 1005 | 0.7769 | |
| 14 | Fort Hays State University | 12900 | 19900 | 0.352 | 10,172 | 1075 | 0.9026 | |
| 15 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 13300 | 27600 | 0.5176 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 16 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 13500 | 52800 | 0.7446 | 6,761 | 1105 | 0.8475 | |
| 17 | Central Connecticut State University | 13600 | 34200 | 0.6021 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 18 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 61700 | 0.7784 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 19 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 14000 | 34500 | 0.594 | 4,789 | 1040 | 0.6671 | |
| 20 | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | 14200 | 19600 | 0.2754 | 10,995 | 1090 | 0.7476 | |
| 21 | Coastal Carolina University | 14300 | 72300 | 0.8025 | 11,471 | 1160 | 0.7003 | |
| 22 | University of North Georgia | 14400 | 56800 | 0.7467 | 19,321 | 1100 | 0.9618 | |
| 23 | University of California-Riverside | 14700 | 118100 | 0.8752 | 24,034 | 1199 | 0.8609 | |
| 24 | Wayne State College | 15000 | 26400 | 0.4314 | 3,886 | 0 | 1 | |
| 25 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 15200 | 43300 | 0.6491 | 308 | 1144 | 0.9053 | |
| 26 | Concord University | 15300 | 31700 | 0.5182 | 1,638 | 1015 | 0.9728 | |
| 26 | Coppin State University | 15300 | 51800 | 0.704 | 1,908 | 950 | 0.4583 | |
| 28 | Radford University | 15400 | 32000 | 0.5196 | 6,206 | 1050 | 0.8939 | |
| 29 | Jacksonville State University | 15500 | 42900 | 0.638 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 30 | Grand Valley State University | 15800 | 28500 | 0.4448 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 31 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver | 16000 | 43700 | 0.6333 | 475 | 1195 | 0.9418 | |
| 32 | Alabama State University | 16300 | 33500 | 0.5127 | 3,521 | 945 | 0.9755 | |
| 33 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16600 | 64800 | 0.7439 | 22,007 | 1427 | 0.1672 | |
| 34 | Morgan State University | 16700 | 28500 | 0.4138 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 35 | Southern University at New Orleans | 16800 | 41400 | 0.5949 | 2,179 | 950 | 0.789 | |
| 36 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 16900 | 43100 | 0.6079 | 7,747 | 1073 | 0.9617 | |
| 37 | Boston College | 17100 | 122200 | 0.8597 | 9,677 | 1484 | 0.1422 | |
| 38 | College of Charleston | 17200 | 43600 | 0.6049 | 10,596 | 1234 | 0.73 | |
| 39 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 17400 | 43500 | 0.6005 | 1,829 | 1149 | 0.945 | |
| 40 | East Carolina University | 17600 | 26100 | 0.3256 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 40 | University of Kentucky | 17600 | 46800 | 0.6237 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 42 | James Madison University | 17700 | 28900 | 0.388 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 43 | University of South Alabama | 17900 | 40600 | 0.5585 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 44 | Kennesaw State University | 18100 | 61500 | 0.7052 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 44 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18100 | 28600 | 0.3669 | 3,991 | 1010 | 0.9654 | |
| 46 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 18200 | 68100 | 0.733 | 711 | 1030 | 0.8214 | |
| 47 | Angelo State University | 18300 | 23100 | 0.2072 | 10,103 | 1045 | 0.7981 | |
| 48 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 18800 | 44600 | 0.5781 | 504 | 1200 | 0.9095 | |
| 48 | San Jose State University | 18800 | 41100 | 0.5427 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 50 | University of Illinois Chicago | 18900 | 30100 | 0.3718 | 24,260 | 1174 | 0.7576 | |
| 51 | Norwich University | 19700 | 76000 | 0.7404 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 52 | Syracuse University | 19800 | 83600 | 0.7632 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 53 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20200 | 28400 | 0.2883 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 54 | Grove City College | 20600 | 39700 | 0.4817 | 2,247 | 1248 | 0.667 | |
| 54 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 20600 | 57800 | 0.6433 | 1,109 | 1175 | 0.9088 | |
| 56 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 20800 | 48100 | 0.5673 | 2,710 | 1218 | 0.9374 | |
| 57 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 21000 | 48000 | 0.5625 | 1,709 | 1218 | 0.9653 | |
| 57 | University of Maryland-College Park | 21000 | 35000 | 0.4004 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 59 | Thiel College | 21300 | 88800 | 0.7606 | 830 | 1065 | 0.7189 | |
| 59 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 21300 | 51900 | 0.5901 | 5,939 | 1065 | 0.5878 | |
| 61 | Luther College | 21500 | 75400 | 0.7153 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.8398 | |
| 62 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 63 | Lincoln University | 22100 | 24900 | 0.1124 | 1,926 | 920 | 0 | |
| 64 | Averett University | 22300 | 57400 | 0.612 | 1,244 | 1054 | 0.5659 | |
| 64 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 22300 | 33600 | 0.336 | 21,469 | 1167 | 0.9061 | |
| 66 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 22600 | 25400 | 0.1104 | 2,907 | 1125 | 0.4696 | |
| 67 | Pennsylvania Western University | 23000 | 34400 | 0.3311 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 68 | Dakota State University | 23100 | 25600 | 0.0977 | 3,085 | 1174 | 0.9241 | |
| 68 | Lamar University | 23100 | 37500 | 0.384 | 8,387 | 1040 | 0.8353 | |
| 68 | Robert Morris University | 23100 | 58000 | 0.6012 | 4,325 | 1145 | 0.8989 | |
| 71 | Florida Memorial University | 23200 | 41500 | 0.4408 | 1,206 | 0 | 0.8526 | |
| 71 | Houghton University | 23200 | 44300 | 0.4763 | 958 | 1277 | 0.89 | |
| 73 | Columbia College | 23600 | 65100 | 0.6372 | 876 | 1025 | 0.8878 | |
| 74 | Dominican University | 23900 | 56000 | 0.573 | 2,642 | 1005 | 0.8879 | |
| 75 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 24000 | 34200 | 0.2998 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 76 | Fairmont State University | 24100 | 30900 | 0.22 | 3,090 | 970 | 0.9862 | |
| 77 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 24500 | 42000 | 0.4172 | 21,388 | 1369 | 0.5945 | |
| 78 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 24600 | 31600 | 0.2212 | 9,827 | 1329 | 0.6737 | |
| 79 | Emporia State University | 25000 | 32000 | 0.2187 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 80 | Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi | 25300 | 28900 | 0.1247 | 8,673 | 1095 | 0.9156 | |
| 81 | Central College | 25600 | 38700 | 0.3388 | 1,050 | 1159 | 0.8698 | |
| 82 | Northwood University | 25800 | 75700 | 0.6596 | 2,045 | 1055 | 0.6451 | |
| 83 | Loyola University Maryland | 25900 | 78800 | 0.6714 | 4,013 | 1329 | 0.6986 | |
| 84 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 26000 | 28300 | 0.0809 | 3,375 | 1090 | 0.5885 | |
| 84 | University of North Texas | 26000 | 36900 | 0.2956 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 84 | West Virginia Wesleyan College | 26000 | 53800 | 0.5169 | 971 | 1030 | 0.9334 | |
| 87 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 26100 | 28400 | 0.0805 | 14,834 | 1149 | 0.7803 | |
| 88 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 26200 | 50000 | 0.4757 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 89 | Bemidji State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 3,751 | 1075 | 0.5598 | |
| 90 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 26500 | 40700 | 0.3488 | 7,501 | 1055 | 0.9467 | |
| 91 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 26600 | 40600 | 0.3448 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 92 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 26800 | 39800 | 0.3264 | 29,727 | 990 | 0.9229 | |
| 93 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 27400 | 29900 | 0.0837 | 18,667 | 1090 | 0.9711 | |
| 94 | Bethune-Cookman University | 27700 | 32300 | 0.1422 | 2,739 | 910 | 0.8824 | |
| 95 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 27800 | 27800 | 0 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 96 | Wayne State University | 28200 | 46800 | 0.3977 | 16,390 | 1183 | 0.8359 | |
| 97 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28700 | 36500 | 0.2139 | 11,691 | 1074 | 0.7722 | |
| 97 | University of Utah | 28700 | 32000 | 0.1028 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 99 | Clemson University | 29000 | 37100 | 0.2179 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 100 | Texas A&M University-Victoria | 29300 | 35800 | 0.1817 | 2,627 | 1000 | 0.5253 | |
| 100 | University of Toledo | 29300 | 32600 | 0.1009 | 10,726 | 1134 | 0.8889 | |
| 102 | Northern Kentucky University | 29600 | 34800 | 0.1493 | 10,136 | 1110 | 0.9666 | |
| 102 | University of South Florida | 29600 | 36700 | 0.1934 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 104 | California Lutheran University | 29700 | 109800 | 0.7298 | 2,160 | 1218 | 0.7631 | |
| 105 | Saint Xavier University | 30000 | 57200 | 0.4758 | 3,100 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 105 | Thomas Jefferson University | 30000 | 68700 | 0.5635 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 107 | Towson University | 30100 | 39200 | 0.2323 | 16,361 | 1082 | 0.8057 | |
| 108 | Grambling State University | 30400 | 35800 | 0.151 | 4,313 | 950 | 0.4486 | |
| 109 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 30500 | 31800 | 0.0409 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 109 | University of North Florida | 30500 | 30500 | 0 | 14,837 | 1124 | 0.6815 | |
| 109 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30500 | 54600 | 0.4413 | 3,120 | 1193 | 0.3992 | |
| 112 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 30700 | 44300 | 0.3067 | 586 | 1140 | 0.9577 | |
| 113 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 30800 | 36900 | 0.1662 | 5,687 | 1305 | 0.7863 | |
| 114 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 2,082 | 1124 | 0.9576 | |
| 115 | Suffolk University | 31100 | 110800 | 0.7192 | 4,247 | 1209 | 0.8228 | |
| 115 | Westfield State University | 31100 | 41500 | 0.2508 | 3,868 | 1105 | 0.8671 | |
| 117 | Cleveland State University | 31500 | 32200 | 0.0214 | 9,418 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 118 | Hampton University | 31600 | 54800 | 0.4233 | 4,046 | 1005 | 0.6358 | |
| 119 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32300 | 35100 | 0.0799 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 120 | University of Scranton | 32400 | 78700 | 0.5879 | 3,689 | 1245 | 0.8006 | |
| 121 | State University of New York at Oswego | 32800 | 40200 | 0.1841 | 5,293 | 1179 | 0.7989 | |
| 121 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 32800 | 69700 | 0.529 | 11,087 | 1326 | 0.7397 | |
| 123 | SUNY Brockport | 33200 | 36500 | 0.0904 | 5,816 | 1195 | 0.7068 | |
| 123 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 33200 | 34200 | 0.0292 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 125 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 17,556 | 1090 | 0.5386 | |
| 126 | Harding University | 33500 | 47800 | 0.299 | 3,536 | 1184 | 0.7052 | |
| 127 | Elizabethtown College | 33700 | 69900 | 0.5181 | 1,935 | 1214 | 0.8892 | |
| 128 | Charleston Southern University | 34200 | 48400 | 0.295 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 128 | Salisbury University | 34200 | 41600 | 0.1779 | 6,477 | 1245 | 0.8826 | |
| 130 | George Washington University | 34300 | 81800 | 0.5808 | 11,495 | 1436 | 0.4713 | |
| 131 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 34500 | 62800 | 0.4506 | 1,495 | 1075 | 0.8761 | |
| 131 | SUNY at Fredonia | 34500 | 41000 | 0.1586 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 131 | Texas Southern University | 34500 | 42500 | 0.1883 | 6,844 | 915 | 0.9691 | |
| 134 | Adelphi University | 35000 | 63300 | 0.4467 | 5,097 | 1241 | 0.7215 | |
| 134 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 35000 | 38900 | 0.1002 | 1,973 | 1189 | 0.8142 | |
| 136 | Christopher Newport University | 35300 | 38700 | 0.0879 | 4,369 | 1189 | 0.8604 | |
| 137 | Bradley University | 35500 | 60000 | 0.4086 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 138 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 36600 | 39900 | 0.0825 | 3,893 | 1015 | 0.9839 | |
| 139 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 36900 | 47900 | 0.2294 | 2,280 | 1224 | 0.9675 | |
| 139 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 36900 | 38800 | 0.049 | 14,865 | 1175 | 0.9113 | |
| 141 | Frostburg State University | 37700 | 55400 | 0.3196 | 3,436 | 1095 | 0.907 | |
| 141 | Stockton University | 37700 | 45300 | 0.1679 | 7,583 | 1134 | 0.901 | |
| 143 | Saint Michael's College | 37900 | 75600 | 0.4989 | 1,051 | 1280 | 0.8976 | |
| 144 | Drexel University | 39700 | 107600 | 0.6308 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 144 | Stony Brook University | 39700 | 53000 | 0.2507 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 146 | Immaculata University | 40100 | 60400 | 0.3361 | 1,889 | 1264 | 0.8656 | |
| 147 | Elmhurst University | 40200 | 69600 | 0.4222 | 3,170 | 1133 | 0.7501 | |
| 148 | Furman University | 40300 | 84600 | 0.5234 | 2,304 | 1372 | 0.4869 | |
| 149 | McKendree University | 40600 | 52900 | 0.2324 | 1,757 | 1098 | 0.7172 | |
| 149 | Pace University | 40600 | 75500 | 0.4623 | 5,520 | 1273 | 0.7827 | |
| 151 | Mercy University | 41300 | 46400 | 0.11 | 6,692 | 1135 | 0.8724 | |
| 152 | University of Mount Olive | 42100 | 50400 | 0.1645 | 1,944 | 1075 | 0.7575 | |
| 153 | Western Oregon University | 43400 | 43400 | 0 | 3,034 | 1120 | 0.8345 | |
| 154 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4479 | 4,123 | 1124 | 0.6927 | |
| 155 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 43900 | 103500 | 0.5757 | 4,182 | 1317 | 0.8783 | |
| 156 | Mercer University | 45700 | 65400 | 0.3015 | 4,719 | 1263 | 0.643 | |
| 157 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47100 | 59800 | 0.2121 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 158 | DePaul University | 49000 | 66400 | 0.2619 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 158 | Ramapo College of New Jersey | 49000 | 58900 | 0.168 | 5,492 | 1210 | 0.7026 | |
| 160 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Schuylkill | 49500 | 61100 | 0.1899 | 653 | 1145 | 0.7972 | |
| 161 | University of Colorado Boulder | 50000 | 56000 | 0.1072 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7809 | |
| 162 | Rutgers University-Newark | 50300 | 59900 | 0.1604 | 7,989 | 1159 | 0.7136 | |
| 163 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 50500 | 58800 | 0.1411 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 164 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 51500 | 57000 | 0.0966 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 165 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 166 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 54500 | 66200 | 0.1767 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 167 | Molloy University | 58600 | 62300 | 0.0594 | 3,396 | 1188 | 0.6633 | |
| 168 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 60600 | 65000 | 0.0677 | 1,078 | 1217 | 0.9646 | |
| 169 | Fordham University | 73700 | 103900 | 0.2907 | 10,582 | 1406 | 0.5931 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.