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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 Pennsylvania.
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 Pennsylvania.
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 | Savannah State University | 6800 | 40400 | 0.8308 | 2,857 | 950 | 0.8368 | |
| 2 | California Institute of Technology | 6900 | 91800 | 0.9253 | 987 | 1557 | 0.0257 | |
| 3 | University of Houston-Victoria | 7900 | 39700 | 0.8012 | 2,707 | 930 | 0.7671 | |
| 4 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 8300 | 43500 | 0.8099 | 28,674 | 980 | 0.9401 | |
| 5 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8400 | 98000 | 0.9146 | 9,157 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 6 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 9300 | 48800 | 0.8096 | 10,049 | 1005 | 0.9234 | |
| 7 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 9600 | 36900 | 0.74 | 3,207 | 1050 | 0.8034 | |
| 8 | Coppin State University | 10400 | 39900 | 0.7385 | 1,810 | 950 | 0.4956 | |
| 9 | Valdosta State University | 10500 | 24800 | 0.5775 | 7,206 | 1015 | 0.7214 | |
| 10 | University of Michigan-Flint | 11700 | 45600 | 0.7431 | 5,011 | 1103 | 0.7047 | |
| 10 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 11700 | 27800 | 0.579 | 21,075 | 1420 | 0.1534 | |
| 12 | Concord University | 11900 | 39500 | 0.699 | 1,609 | 990 | 0.9256 | |
| 12 | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | 11900 | 19600 | 0.3927 | 10,656 | 1075 | 0.7289 | |
| 14 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 12700 | 30000 | 0.5767 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 15 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 13000 | 23400 | 0.445 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 16 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 13300 | 13300 | 0 | 18,428 | 1090 | 0.9529 | |
| 17 | Fort Hays State University | 13700 | 40700 | 0.6633 | 10,206 | 1120 | 0.9177 | |
| 17 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 31700 | 0.5674 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 19 | Coastal Carolina University | 13900 | 27200 | 0.4891 | 10,811 | 1145 | 0.7527 | |
| 19 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 13900 | 19400 | 0.2836 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
| 21 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 14000 | 46000 | 0.6953 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 22 | Radford University | 14200 | 20800 | 0.3168 | 6,161 | 1070 | 0.8953 | |
| 23 | University of California-Riverside | 14300 | 66000 | 0.7838 | 22,599 | 1199 | 0.7685 | |
| 24 | University of North Texas | 15100 | 25700 | 0.413 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 25 | Alabama State University | 15300 | 37900 | 0.5965 | 3,322 | 945 | 0.9564 | |
| 25 | University of North Georgia | 15300 | 48000 | 0.6815 | 18,329 | 1100 | 0.6794 | |
| 27 | Grand Valley State University | 15500 | 25300 | 0.3878 | 19,002 | 1233 | 0.8302 | |
| 27 | Wayne State University | 15500 | 32900 | 0.5286 | 16,173 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
| 29 | Dickinson State University | 15600 | 21700 | 0.2806 | 1,339 | 1005 | 0.3695 | |
| 29 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 15600 | 25800 | 0.3959 | 5,187 | 1005 | 0.9229 | |
| 31 | Northeastern University | 15700 | 89900 | 0.8254 | 22,695 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 31 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 15700 | 42500 | 0.6307 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 33 | Wayne State College | 15800 | 20000 | 0.2099 | 3,902 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 34 | New Mexico Highlands University | 15900 | 31500 | 0.4949 | 1,710 | 945 | 0.9481 | |
| 34 | University of North Florida | 15900 | 33000 | 0.5186 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
| 36 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 16000 | 42600 | 0.6247 | 7,595 | 1075 | 0.9226 | |
| 37 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 16100 | 46800 | 0.6565 | 6,550 | 1140 | 0.7456 | |
| 38 | Goshen College | 16500 | 55900 | 0.7055 | 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 | |
| 41 | Cleveland State University | 17100 | 30900 | 0.4461 | 9,418 | 1005 | 0.913 | |
| 42 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 17200 | 32200 | 0.4657 | 10,200 | 1346 | 0.6507 | |
| 43 | Southern University at New Orleans | 17500 | 34200 | 0.4881 | 1,773 | 885 | 0.6021 | |
| 43 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 17500 | 44900 | 0.6098 | 5,205 | 1118 | 0.744 | |
| 45 | University of South Alabama | 17600 | 35200 | 0.5003 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 46 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 17700 | 42600 | 0.5851 | 352 | 1180 | 0.9647 | |
| 47 | Boston College | 18000 | 96200 | 0.8125 | 9,654 | 1490 | 0.1619 | |
| 47 | Georgia Southern University | 18000 | 26800 | 0.3289 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 47 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 18000 | 52500 | 0.6571 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 50 | Morgan State University | 18100 | 19700 | 0.0813 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 50 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 18100 | 36500 | 0.5044 | 7,505 | 1059 | 0.9633 | |
| 52 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver | 18300 | 42600 | 0.5711 | 482 | 1195 | 0.9565 | |
| 52 | Westfield State University | 18300 | 32400 | 0.4356 | 3,868 | 1105 | 0.8671 | |
| 54 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 18400 | 42500 | 0.5682 | 581 | 1129 | 0.9821 | |
| 55 | Emporia State University | 18600 | 29800 | 0.3763 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 55 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 18600 | 38100 | 0.5119 | 2,884 | 1175 | 0.9677 | |
| 55 | State University of New York at Oswego | 18600 | 27700 | 0.3284 | 5,517 | 1174 | 0.8057 | |
| 58 | Florida Memorial University | 18700 | 44900 | 0.5836 | 1,299 | 0 | 0.7431 | |
| 59 | Stockton University | 19300 | 44500 | 0.5666 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 59 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 19300 | 27500 | 0.2985 | 31,112 | 1130 | 0.8129 | |
| 61 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Schuylkill | 19600 | 32900 | 0.4053 | 624 | 1115 | 0.9664 | |
| 62 | Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania | 19800 | 26500 | 0.2542 | 9,967 | 1080 | 0.9475 | |
| 63 | Lincoln University | 19900 | 40800 | 0.5128 | 1,707 | 920 | 0 | |
| 64 | Towson University | 20200 | 30000 | 0.3262 | 16,264 | 1093 | 0.8198 | |
| 65 | Albright College | 20300 | 48400 | 0.5811 | 1,328 | 1050 | 0.8615 | |
| 66 | Central College | 20500 | 36800 | 0.4427 | 1,084 | 1140 | 0.8617 | |
| 67 | Pennsylvania State University-World Campus | 20700 | 33400 | 0.3819 | 8,012 | 1139 | 1 | |
| 67 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 20700 | 57800 | 0.6418 | 1,083 | 1205 | 0.9278 | |
| 69 | Northwestern University | 20800 | 89500 | 0.7679 | 8,846 | 1513 | 0.0722 | |
| 69 | Pennsylvania Western University | 20800 | 26700 | 0.2208 | 7,586 | 1070 | 0.9433 | |
| 71 | Tarleton State University | 21000 | 23000 | 0.087 | 15,130 | 0 | 0.5256 | |
| 72 | Luther College | 21400 | 71900 | 0.7025 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.8402 | |
| 72 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 21400 | 40100 | 0.4662 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 72 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 21400 | 42600 | 0.4991 | 1,809 | 1109 | 0.9484 | |
| 75 | Kennesaw State University | 21500 | 27200 | 0.2096 | 42,840 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 75 | Rutgers University-Newark | 21500 | 38900 | 0.4474 | 7,417 | 1214 | 0.7873 | |
| 75 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 21500 | 38900 | 0.4469 | 1,919 | 1245 | 0.7844 | |
| 78 | Bradley University | 21600 | 50800 | 0.5747 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 78 | Elmhurst University | 21600 | 67000 | 0.6779 | 3,170 | 1148 | 0.7357 | |
| 80 | Averett University | 21900 | 57200 | 0.6175 | 1,180 | 1010 | 0.478 | |
| 81 | San Jose State University | 22300 | 41100 | 0.4575 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 82 | SUNY Brockport | 22500 | 35100 | 0.359 | 5,816 | 1195 | 0.7068 | |
| 83 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 22700 | 43800 | 0.4807 | 502 | 1204 | 0.9641 | |
| 84 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 22900 | 58100 | 0.6063 | 1,477 | 1075 | 0.8068 | |
| 85 | Dakota State University | 23100 | 25600 | 0.0977 | 3,066 | 1192 | 0.8814 | |
| 85 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 23100 | 47900 | 0.5174 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 87 | Robert Morris University | 23300 | 58000 | 0.5993 | 3,769 | 1180 | 0.9057 | |
| 88 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 23400 | 36800 | 0.3643 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 88 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 23400 | 47300 | 0.5053 | 1,880 | 1185 | 0.9867 | |
| 90 | Grambling State University | 23600 | 34800 | 0.3215 | 4,279 | 965 | 0.2368 | |
| 91 | University of Kentucky | 23800 | 36100 | 0.3404 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 92 | Houghton University | 23900 | 61900 | 0.6142 | 939 | 1277 | 0.8866 | |
| 92 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 23900 | 26300 | 0.0914 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 94 | Dominican University | 24000 | 56000 | 0.5714 | 2,690 | 1035 | 0.9032 | |
| 95 | Bemidji State University | 24200 | 26400 | 0.0835 | 3,610 | 1110 | 0.9131 | |
| 96 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 24300 | 45300 | 0.4632 | 1,236 | 1203 | 0.9811 | |
| 97 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 24400 | 26600 | 0.0828 | 3,413 | 1085 | 0.5295 | |
| 98 | Western Oregon University | 24600 | 24600 | 0 | 3,343 | 1120 | 0.9871 | |
| 99 | Norwich University | 24800 | 88400 | 0.7197 | 2,642 | 1209 | 0.7361 | |
| 99 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 24800 | 80400 | 0.6914 | 686 | 1030 | 0.8649 | |
| 101 | Northwood University | 25200 | 54500 | 0.5381 | 1,989 | 1075 | 0.839 | |
| 102 | Syracuse University | 25300 | 83100 | 0.6955 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 103 | Columbia College | 25900 | 51600 | 0.4985 | 876 | 1025 | 0.8878 | |
| 103 | Doane University | 25900 | 77700 | 0.6663 | 1,323 | 1125 | 0.9801 | |
| 103 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 25900 | 39200 | 0.3394 | 4,478 | 1065 | 0.8132 | |
| 106 | Bethune-Cookman University | 26600 | 32700 | 0.1866 | 2,739 | 910 | 0.8824 | |
| 106 | Furman University | 26600 | 79600 | 0.6655 | 2,383 | 1359 | 0.4295 | |
| 108 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 27200 | 43000 | 0.3671 | 5,789 | 1115 | 0.5774 | |
| 108 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 27200 | 40600 | 0.3301 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 110 | Fairmont State University | 27400 | 32200 | 0.1491 | 3,060 | 1005 | 0.9924 | |
| 111 | Northern Kentucky University | 27600 | 32100 | 0.1403 | 10,163 | 1090 | 0.8307 | |
| 112 | George Fox University | 27800 | 76800 | 0.638 | 3,401 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 113 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 33400 | 0.1437 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 114 | Mercy University | 28700 | 44500 | 0.3552 | 6,775 | 1074 | 0.8584 | |
| 115 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 29000 | 41600 | 0.302 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 116 | Elizabethtown College | 29100 | 54600 | 0.4672 | 1,903 | 1214 | 0.7787 | |
| 116 | West Virginia Wesleyan College | 29100 | 52800 | 0.4491 | 938 | 1090 | 0.951 | |
| 118 | Saint Xavier University | 29700 | 53600 | 0.4457 | 3,039 | 1125 | 0.8575 | |
| 119 | Thomas Jefferson University | 30100 | 63300 | 0.5249 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 120 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 30400 | 54700 | 0.4429 | 1,409 | 1110 | 0.6327 | |
| 121 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30600 | 54600 | 0.4397 | 3,163 | 1165 | 0.9347 | |
| 122 | University of Toledo | 30800 | 42000 | 0.267 | 11,013 | 1159 | 0.9202 | |
| 123 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1150 | 0.9523 | |
| 124 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 31300 | 31300 | 0 | 6,853 | 1090 | 0.7147 | |
| 125 | Angelo State University | 31700 | 35400 | 0.1047 | 9,779 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 125 | Washington Adventist University | 31700 | 37800 | 0.1615 | 605 | 950 | 0.4536 | |
| 127 | CUNY Brooklyn College | 31800 | 31800 | 0 | 11,562 | 1110 | 0.5836 | |
| 128 | Saint Michael's College | 31900 | 68500 | 0.5346 | 1,120 | 1240 | 0.8451 | |
| 129 | Hampton University | 32300 | 62400 | 0.482 | 3,728 | 956 | 0.6225 | |
| 130 | University of Scranton | 32400 | 78700 | 0.5878 | 3,613 | 1220 | 0.812 | |
| 131 | Suffolk University | 32600 | 69700 | 0.5326 | 4,324 | 1209 | 0.822 | |
| 132 | Harding University | 32800 | 47000 | 0.3023 | 3,523 | 1193 | 0.3942 | |
| 133 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 32900 | 45100 | 0.2705 | 10,767 | 1326 | 0.7243 | |
| 134 | Immaculata University | 33000 | 46000 | 0.2809 | 1,652 | 1245 | 0.8578 | |
| 135 | Frostburg State University | 33200 | 43000 | 0.228 | 2,619 | 1082 | 0.892 | |
| 136 | Wilkes University | 33600 | 61900 | 0.4572 | 1,956 | 1153 | 0.9146 | |
| 137 | George Washington University | 33700 | 81800 | 0.5882 | 11,677 | 1421 | 0.4709 | |
| 138 | LeTourneau University | 34000 | 54800 | 0.3798 | 3,184 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 139 | Salisbury University | 34100 | 41700 | 0.1821 | 6,288 | 1250 | 0.8747 | |
| 140 | Pace University | 34600 | 74800 | 0.5373 | 8,038 | 1274 | 0.7592 | |
| 141 | University of South Florida | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 142 | Adelphi University | 35100 | 63300 | 0.4454 | 5,325 | 1218 | 0.6591 | |
| 143 | Stevenson University | 35300 | 59900 | 0.4105 | 3,106 | 1100 | 0.7891 | |
| 144 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 35500 | 38700 | 0.0828 | 5,086 | 1000 | 0.9821 | |
| 145 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 36100 | 56300 | 0.3588 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 145 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 36100 | 56800 | 0.3642 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 147 | Loyola University Maryland | 36200 | 78800 | 0.5407 | 3,881 | 1309 | 0.7549 | |
| 148 | East Carolina University | 37100 | 40100 | 0.0748 | 21,445 | 1120 | 0.8922 | |
| 149 | Drexel University | 38400 | 83200 | 0.5384 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 150 | California Lutheran University | 38600 | 72800 | 0.4699 | 2,297 | 1258 | 0.7567 | |
| 151 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 38800 | 53400 | 0.2735 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 152 | Stony Brook University | 39800 | 53000 | 0.2491 | 18,263 | 1395 | 0.4904 | |
| 153 | McKendree University | 40000 | 52200 | 0.2338 | 1,605 | 1098 | 0.6388 | |
| 154 | Christopher Newport University | 42000 | 51000 | 0.1766 | 4,407 | 1209 | 0.8796 | |
| 155 | University of Maryland-College Park | 42800 | 53400 | 0.1985 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 156 | CUNY Bernard M Baruch College | 43400 | 43400 | 0 | 16,086 | 1293 | 0.5117 | |
| 157 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4481 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
| 158 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 43800 | 57100 | 0.2315 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 159 | CUNY Graduate School and University Center | 43900 | 43900 | 0 | 3,237 | 0 | 0.3861 | |
| 160 | University of Illinois Chicago | 44200 | 49300 | 0.1034 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 161 | CUNY Lehman College | 44400 | 45800 | 0.0306 | 11,217 | 1020 | 0.4601 | |
| 162 | James Madison University | 45300 | 45300 | 0 | 21,112 | 1260 | 0.7151 | |
| 163 | City University of Seattle | 46300 | 46300 | 0 | 1,180 | 0 | 0.9025 | |
| 164 | Thiel College | 47300 | 69200 | 0.3165 | 831 | 1065 | 0.7189 | |
| 165 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 47800 | 67900 | 0.296 | 3,965 | 1229 | 0.9121 | |
| 166 | University of Mount Olive | 48200 | 50400 | 0.0438 | 1,937 | 945 | 0.7775 | |
| 167 | Ramapo College of New Jersey | 48400 | 54600 | 0.1135 | 5,444 | 1214 | 0.7064 | |
| 168 | DePaul University | 48900 | 67100 | 0.2712 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 168 | Mercer University | 48900 | 63700 | 0.2324 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
| 168 | Molloy University | 48900 | 62300 | 0.2152 | 3,240 | 1199 | 0.8174 | |
| 171 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 50700 | 52900 | 0.0417 | 14,504 | 1145 | 0.7637 | |
| 172 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 50900 | 84700 | 0.3991 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 173 | University of Utah | 51500 | 53700 | 0.0411 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 174 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
| 175 | University of Colorado Boulder | 55400 | 56600 | 0.0212 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
| 176 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 56700 | 58900 | 0.0374 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 177 | Clemson University | 61400 | 63700 | 0.0346 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 178 | College of Charleston | 61600 | 61600 | 0 | 10,880 | 1255 | 0.6003 | |
| 179 | Fordham University | 69800 | 95000 | 0.2651 | 10,307 | 1415 | 0.5628 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.