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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 Rhode Island.
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 Rhode Island.
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 | 5000 | 44000 | 0.8868 | 5,534 | 1079 | 0.6734 | |
| 2 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 5600 | 50600 | 0.8888 | 35,358 | 1448 | 0.1642 | |
| 3 | Savannah State University | 6800 | 28000 | 0.756 | 2,966 | 950 | 1 | |
| 4 | Northern Kentucky University | 7500 | 26600 | 0.7193 | 10,136 | 1110 | 0.9666 | |
| 5 | Northwestern University | 7800 | 93000 | 0.9163 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 6 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8900 | 96500 | 0.9082 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 7 | Rhode Island College | 9000 | 62600 | 0.8561 | 5,695 | 995 | 0.8557 | |
| 8 | Portland State University | 10000 | 73900 | 0.8645 | 14,932 | 1174 | 0.8586 | |
| 9 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 10300 | 42400 | 0.7566 | 3,224 | 1085 | 0.7643 | |
| 10 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 11400 | 40100 | 0.7156 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 11 | Valdosta State University | 11500 | 25300 | 0.5447 | 7,199 | 1005 | 0.7769 | |
| 12 | Wayne State University | 12400 | 32900 | 0.6228 | 16,390 | 1183 | 0.8359 | |
| 13 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 13200 | 27600 | 0.5213 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 14 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 13300 | 52800 | 0.7484 | 6,761 | 1105 | 0.8475 | |
| 15 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 13500 | 13500 | 0 | 1,973 | 1189 | 0.8142 | |
| 15 | University of California-Riverside | 13500 | 118100 | 0.8854 | 24,034 | 1199 | 0.8609 | |
| 17 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 61700 | 0.7784 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 18 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 13900 | 34500 | 0.5969 | 4,789 | 1040 | 0.6671 | |
| 19 | Coastal Carolina University | 14200 | 72300 | 0.8039 | 11,471 | 1160 | 0.7003 | |
| 20 | University of North Georgia | 14300 | 56800 | 0.7485 | 19,321 | 1100 | 0.9618 | |
| 21 | Wayne State College | 14900 | 26400 | 0.4352 | 3,886 | 0 | 1 | |
| 22 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 15000 | 43300 | 0.6537 | 308 | 1144 | 0.9053 | |
| 23 | Concord University | 15200 | 31700 | 0.5213 | 1,638 | 1015 | 0.9728 | |
| 24 | Jacksonville State University | 15500 | 42900 | 0.638 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 25 | Grand Valley State University | 15800 | 28500 | 0.4448 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 26 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver | 16000 | 43700 | 0.6333 | 475 | 1195 | 0.9418 | |
| 27 | Frostburg State University | 16200 | 34600 | 0.5318 | 3,436 | 1095 | 0.907 | |
| 28 | Alabama State University | 16300 | 33500 | 0.5127 | 3,521 | 945 | 0.9755 | |
| 29 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16600 | 64800 | 0.7439 | 22,007 | 1427 | 0.1672 | |
| 30 | Southern University at New Orleans | 16700 | 41400 | 0.5973 | 2,179 | 950 | 0.789 | |
| 31 | Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi | 17000 | 20700 | 0.1787 | 8,673 | 1095 | 0.9156 | |
| 32 | Boston College | 17100 | 122200 | 0.8597 | 9,677 | 1484 | 0.1422 | |
| 33 | College of Charleston | 17200 | 43600 | 0.6049 | 10,596 | 1234 | 0.73 | |
| 33 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 17200 | 43500 | 0.6051 | 1,829 | 1149 | 0.945 | |
| 35 | University of Kentucky | 17500 | 46800 | 0.6264 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 36 | East Carolina University | 17600 | 26100 | 0.3256 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 37 | University of South Alabama | 17700 | 40600 | 0.5635 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 38 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 18000 | 54300 | 0.6684 | 10,368 | 1064 | 0.999 | |
| 38 | Kennesaw State University | 18000 | 61500 | 0.7069 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 40 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 18100 | 68100 | 0.7344 | 711 | 1030 | 0.8214 | |
| 40 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 18100 | 25200 | 0.2814 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 40 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18100 | 28600 | 0.3669 | 3,991 | 1010 | 0.9654 | |
| 43 | Angelo State University | 18300 | 23100 | 0.2072 | 10,103 | 1045 | 0.7981 | |
| 44 | SUNY Brockport | 18400 | 26200 | 0.2972 | 5,816 | 1195 | 0.7068 | |
| 45 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 18700 | 44600 | 0.5804 | 504 | 1200 | 0.9095 | |
| 45 | San Jose State University | 18700 | 41100 | 0.5452 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 47 | Texas A&M University-Victoria | 18900 | 25000 | 0.2442 | 2,627 | 1000 | 0.5253 | |
| 48 | Coppin State University | 19000 | 51800 | 0.6326 | 1,908 | 950 | 0.4583 | |
| 49 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Schuylkill | 19100 | 32900 | 0.42 | 653 | 1145 | 0.7972 | |
| 50 | Norwich University | 19600 | 76000 | 0.7417 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 51 | Pennsylvania Western University | 19700 | 30900 | 0.3626 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 52 | Syracuse University | 19800 | 83600 | 0.7632 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 52 | University of Colorado Boulder | 19800 | 32100 | 0.3839 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7809 | |
| 54 | University of Rhode Island | 20000 | 81200 | 0.7537 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 55 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 20400 | 25500 | 0.2 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 56 | Grove City College | 20500 | 39700 | 0.4842 | 2,247 | 1248 | 0.667 | |
| 57 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 20600 | 57800 | 0.6433 | 1,109 | 1175 | 0.9088 | |
| 58 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 20700 | 48100 | 0.5694 | 2,710 | 1218 | 0.9374 | |
| 59 | Tarleton State University | 21000 | 23000 | 0.087 | 17,556 | 1090 | 0.5386 | |
| 60 | Thiel College | 21200 | 88800 | 0.7617 | 830 | 1065 | 0.7189 | |
| 61 | Luther College | 21500 | 75400 | 0.7153 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.8398 | |
| 62 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 21600 | 46000 | 0.5306 | 1,078 | 1217 | 0.9646 | |
| 63 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 64 | Lincoln University | 22100 | 24900 | 0.1124 | 1,926 | 920 | 0 | |
| 65 | Averett University | 22300 | 57400 | 0.612 | 1,244 | 1054 | 0.5659 | |
| 66 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 22600 | 25400 | 0.1104 | 2,907 | 1125 | 0.4696 | |
| 67 | Fort Hays State University | 22900 | 28500 | 0.196 | 10,172 | 1075 | 0.9026 | |
| 68 | Lamar University | 23000 | 37500 | 0.3867 | 8,387 | 1040 | 0.8353 | |
| 69 | Dakota State University | 23100 | 25600 | 0.0977 | 3,085 | 1174 | 0.9241 | |
| 69 | Florida Memorial University | 23100 | 41500 | 0.4433 | 1,206 | 0 | 0.8526 | |
| 69 | Robert Morris University | 23100 | 58000 | 0.6012 | 4,325 | 1145 | 0.8989 | |
| 72 | 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 | |
| 74 | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | 23900 | 25700 | 0.0701 | 10,995 | 1090 | 0.7476 | |
| 76 | Fairmont State University | 24100 | 30900 | 0.22 | 3,090 | 970 | 0.9862 | |
| 77 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 24400 | 31600 | 0.2275 | 9,827 | 1329 | 0.6737 | |
| 78 | Emporia State University | 24800 | 32000 | 0.2249 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 79 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 24900 | 55700 | 0.5532 | 5,939 | 1065 | 0.5878 | |
| 80 | Central College | 25600 | 38700 | 0.3388 | 1,050 | 1159 | 0.8698 | |
| 81 | Loyola University Maryland | 25800 | 78800 | 0.6727 | 4,013 | 1329 | 0.6986 | |
| 81 | Northwood University | 25800 | 75700 | 0.6596 | 2,045 | 1055 | 0.6451 | |
| 83 | University of North Texas | 25900 | 36900 | 0.2983 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 84 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 26000 | 28300 | 0.0809 | 3,375 | 1090 | 0.5885 | |
| 84 | West Virginia Wesleyan College | 26000 | 53800 | 0.5169 | 971 | 1030 | 0.9334 | |
| 86 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 26100 | 28400 | 0.0805 | 14,834 | 1149 | 0.7803 | |
| 86 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 26100 | 50000 | 0.4777 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 88 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 26300 | 36800 | 0.2855 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 89 | Bemidji State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 3,751 | 1075 | 0.5598 | |
| 89 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 26400 | 40700 | 0.3512 | 7,501 | 1055 | 0.9467 | |
| 91 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 26700 | 39800 | 0.3289 | 29,727 | 990 | 0.9229 | |
| 91 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 26700 | 43300 | 0.3837 | 7,747 | 1073 | 0.9617 | |
| 93 | Cleveland State University | 27100 | 38500 | 0.2959 | 9,418 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 94 | Rowan University | 27300 | 41300 | 0.3392 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 95 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 27400 | 29900 | 0.0837 | 18,667 | 1090 | 0.9711 | |
| 96 | Bethune-Cookman University | 27700 | 32300 | 0.1422 | 2,739 | 910 | 0.8824 | |
| 97 | Central Connecticut State University | 27800 | 29500 | 0.0576 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 97 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 27800 | 27800 | 0 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 99 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 36500 | 0.2167 | 11,691 | 1074 | 0.7722 | |
| 100 | Clemson University | 29000 | 37100 | 0.2179 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 101 | Morgan State University | 29100 | 41800 | 0.3038 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 102 | University of Toledo | 29300 | 32600 | 0.1009 | 10,726 | 1134 | 0.8889 | |
| 103 | California Lutheran University | 29600 | 109800 | 0.7307 | 2,160 | 1218 | 0.7631 | |
| 103 | University of South Florida | 29600 | 36700 | 0.1934 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 105 | Saint Xavier University | 29900 | 57200 | 0.4775 | 3,100 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 105 | Thomas Jefferson University | 29900 | 68700 | 0.5649 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 107 | Grambling State University | 30300 | 35800 | 0.1538 | 4,313 | 950 | 0.4486 | |
| 108 | University of North Florida | 30400 | 30500 | 0.0033 | 14,837 | 1124 | 0.6815 | |
| 109 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 30500 | 44300 | 0.3112 | 586 | 1140 | 0.9577 | |
| 109 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30500 | 54600 | 0.4413 | 3,120 | 1193 | 0.3992 | |
| 111 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 30800 | 36900 | 0.1662 | 5,687 | 1305 | 0.7863 | |
| 112 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 2,082 | 1124 | 0.9576 | |
| 112 | Westfield State University | 30900 | 41500 | 0.2556 | 3,868 | 1105 | 0.8671 | |
| 114 | Suffolk University | 31000 | 110800 | 0.7201 | 4,247 | 1209 | 0.8228 | |
| 115 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 31300 | 39400 | 0.2054 | 11,087 | 1326 | 0.7397 | |
| 116 | Hampton University | 31600 | 54800 | 0.4233 | 4,046 | 1005 | 0.6358 | |
| 117 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 32000 | 39900 | 0.1981 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 118 | University of Scranton | 32400 | 78700 | 0.5879 | 3,689 | 1245 | 0.8006 | |
| 119 | State University of New York at Oswego | 32700 | 40200 | 0.1866 | 5,293 | 1179 | 0.7989 | |
| 120 | Harding University | 33500 | 47800 | 0.299 | 3,536 | 1184 | 0.7052 | |
| 121 | Elizabethtown College | 33700 | 69900 | 0.5181 | 1,935 | 1214 | 0.8892 | |
| 122 | Charleston Southern University | 34200 | 48400 | 0.295 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 123 | George Washington University | 34300 | 81800 | 0.5808 | 11,495 | 1436 | 0.4713 | |
| 123 | Salisbury University | 34300 | 41600 | 0.1755 | 6,477 | 1245 | 0.8826 | |
| 125 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 34500 | 62800 | 0.4506 | 1,495 | 1075 | 0.8761 | |
| 125 | SUNY at Fredonia | 34500 | 41000 | 0.1586 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 125 | Texas Southern University | 34500 | 42500 | 0.1883 | 6,844 | 915 | 0.9691 | |
| 128 | Adelphi University | 35000 | 63300 | 0.4467 | 5,097 | 1241 | 0.7215 | |
| 129 | Bradley University | 35400 | 60000 | 0.4103 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 130 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 36400 | 53600 | 0.321 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 131 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 36800 | 38800 | 0.0515 | 14,865 | 1175 | 0.9113 | |
| 132 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 36900 | 47900 | 0.2294 | 2,280 | 1224 | 0.9675 | |
| 133 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 37400 | 40700 | 0.0808 | 3,893 | 1015 | 0.9839 | |
| 134 | Saint Michael's College | 37500 | 75600 | 0.5042 | 1,051 | 1280 | 0.8976 | |
| 134 | Stockton University | 37500 | 45300 | 0.1723 | 7,583 | 1134 | 0.901 | |
| 136 | Christopher Newport University | 37900 | 50000 | 0.2421 | 4,369 | 1189 | 0.8604 | |
| 137 | Drexel University | 39600 | 107600 | 0.6318 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 138 | Stony Brook University | 39700 | 53000 | 0.2507 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 139 | James Madison University | 39900 | 45100 | 0.1153 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 140 | Immaculata University | 40000 | 60400 | 0.3378 | 1,889 | 1264 | 0.8656 | |
| 141 | Elmhurst University | 40200 | 69600 | 0.4222 | 3,170 | 1133 | 0.7501 | |
| 142 | Furman University | 40300 | 84600 | 0.5234 | 2,304 | 1372 | 0.4869 | |
| 143 | Pace University | 40500 | 75500 | 0.4636 | 5,520 | 1273 | 0.7827 | |
| 144 | McKendree University | 40600 | 52900 | 0.2324 | 1,757 | 1098 | 0.7172 | |
| 145 | University of Illinois Chicago | 40800 | 51300 | 0.2046 | 24,260 | 1174 | 0.7576 | |
| 146 | Mercy University | 41200 | 46400 | 0.1121 | 6,692 | 1135 | 0.8724 | |
| 147 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 41400 | 58900 | 0.2971 | 21,388 | 1369 | 0.5945 | |
| 148 | University of Mount Olive | 42100 | 50400 | 0.1645 | 1,944 | 1075 | 0.7575 | |
| 149 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43000 | 68700 | 0.3743 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 150 | Radford University | 43400 | 45700 | 0.0501 | 6,206 | 1050 | 0.8939 | |
| 150 | Western Oregon University | 43400 | 43400 | 0 | 3,034 | 1120 | 0.8345 | |
| 152 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4479 | 4,123 | 1124 | 0.6927 | |
| 153 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 43600 | 53400 | 0.1837 | 21,469 | 1167 | 0.9061 | |
| 154 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 43900 | 103500 | 0.5757 | 4,182 | 1317 | 0.8783 | |
| 155 | Mercer University | 45700 | 65400 | 0.3015 | 4,719 | 1263 | 0.643 | |
| 156 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 46100 | 46600 | 0.0107 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 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 | |
| 159 | Ramapo College of New Jersey | 49100 | 58900 | 0.1663 | 5,492 | 1210 | 0.7026 | |
| 160 | Towson University | 49700 | 68400 | 0.2736 | 16,361 | 1082 | 0.8057 | |
| 161 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 50200 | 57000 | 0.1194 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 162 | Rutgers University-Newark | 50400 | 59900 | 0.1587 | 7,989 | 1159 | 0.7136 | |
| 163 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 50500 | 58800 | 0.1411 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 164 | University of Utah | 51400 | 53700 | 0.0426 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 165 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 54500 | 66200 | 0.1767 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 166 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58400 | 63500 | 0.0803 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 167 | Molloy University | 58600 | 62300 | 0.0594 | 3,396 | 1188 | 0.6633 | |
| 168 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 65100 | 65100 | 0 | 1,709 | 1218 | 0.9653 | |
| 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.