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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 South 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 South 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 | CUNY Graduate School and University Center | 5900 | 34100 | 0.8272 | 3,237 | 0 | 0.3861 | |
| 2 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 7100 | 39100 | 0.8193 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 3 | California Institute of Technology | 7600 | 90300 | 0.9157 | 987 | 1557 | 0.0257 | |
| 4 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 7900 | 33400 | 0.7644 | 10,049 | 1005 | 0.9234 | |
| 5 | CUNY Bernard M Baruch College | 8100 | 34500 | 0.7648 | 16,086 | 1293 | 0.5117 | |
| 6 | CUNY Brooklyn College | 8300 | 31800 | 0.74 | 11,562 | 1110 | 0.5836 | |
| 6 | Greenville Technical College | 8300 | 18300 | 0.5481 | 10,661 | 0 | 0.5257 | |
| 8 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8900 | 94100 | 0.9057 | 9,157 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 9 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 9300 | 30500 | 0.695 | 3,207 | 1050 | 0.8034 | |
| 10 | New Mexico Highlands University | 10400 | 21500 | 0.5158 | 1,710 | 945 | 0.9481 | |
| 11 | Valdosta State University | 10500 | 24800 | 0.5776 | 7,206 | 1015 | 0.7214 | |
| 12 | Coppin State University | 10700 | 32800 | 0.6736 | 1,810 | 950 | 0.4956 | |
| 13 | Christopher Newport University | 11800 | 32800 | 0.6403 | 4,407 | 1209 | 0.8796 | |
| 14 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 12000 | 27800 | 0.5675 | 21,075 | 1420 | 0.1534 | |
| 15 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 27200 | 0.5443 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 16 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 13100 | 37100 | 0.6464 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 17 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 13200 | 24000 | 0.4499 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 18 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 13300 | 13300 | 0 | 18,428 | 1090 | 0.9529 | |
| 19 | University of Michigan-Flint | 14900 | 36600 | 0.5928 | 5,011 | 1103 | 0.7047 | |
| 20 | Alabama State University | 15100 | 28000 | 0.4617 | 3,322 | 945 | 0.9564 | |
| 20 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver | 15100 | 35400 | 0.5729 | 482 | 1195 | 0.9565 | |
| 22 | Northeastern University | 15500 | 89900 | 0.8279 | 22,695 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 23 | Goshen College | 15700 | 55800 | 0.718 | 780 | 995 | 0.8404 | |
| 24 | Wayne State College | 15800 | 26400 | 0.402 | 3,902 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 25 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 15900 | 28800 | 0.4478 | 7,595 | 1075 | 0.9226 | |
| 25 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 15900 | 25800 | 0.3835 | 5,187 | 1005 | 0.9229 | |
| 27 | Southern University at New Orleans | 16200 | 31600 | 0.4872 | 1,773 | 885 | 0.6021 | |
| 28 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 16300 | 32400 | 0.4971 | 352 | 1180 | 0.9647 | |
| 28 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 16300 | 26800 | 0.3927 | 4,478 | 1065 | 0.8132 | |
| 30 | SUNY at Fredonia | 16500 | 27800 | 0.407 | 2,876 | 1193 | 0.792 | |
| 31 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 16600 | 28000 | 0.4069 | 10,767 | 1326 | 0.7243 | |
| 32 | Emporia State University | 17000 | 27000 | 0.3705 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 32 | Jacksonville State University | 17000 | 26600 | 0.3612 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 32 | Northwestern University | 17000 | 89500 | 0.8104 | 8,846 | 1513 | 0.0722 | |
| 35 | University of South Florida | 17100 | 17100 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 36 | Dickinson State University | 17400 | 23700 | 0.2654 | 1,339 | 1005 | 0.3695 | |
| 37 | Frostburg State University | 17500 | 26900 | 0.3488 | 2,619 | 1082 | 0.892 | |
| 38 | Morgan State University | 17800 | 19700 | 0.0966 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 39 | SUNY Brockport | 17900 | 26200 | 0.3162 | 5,816 | 1195 | 0.7068 | |
| 40 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 18300 | 20300 | 0.0985 | 1,919 | 1245 | 0.7844 | |
| 41 | State University of New York at Oswego | 18600 | 27500 | 0.3235 | 5,517 | 1174 | 0.8057 | |
| 42 | University of Houston-Victoria | 18800 | 34400 | 0.4538 | 2,707 | 930 | 0.7671 | |
| 43 | Westfield State University | 19300 | 32500 | 0.4067 | 3,868 | 1105 | 0.8671 | |
| 44 | University of Illinois Chicago | 19400 | 30300 | 0.3594 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 45 | Towson University | 19500 | 30000 | 0.3495 | 16,264 | 1093 | 0.8198 | |
| 46 | Savannah State University | 19700 | 27300 | 0.2779 | 2,857 | 950 | 0.8368 | |
| 47 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 20100 | 38800 | 0.4812 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 48 | Florida Memorial University | 20200 | 46100 | 0.5619 | 1,299 | 0 | 0.7431 | |
| 49 | Central College | 20600 | 36800 | 0.44 | 1,084 | 1140 | 0.8617 | |
| 50 | East Carolina University | 20800 | 23800 | 0.1258 | 21,445 | 1120 | 0.8922 | |
| 50 | Lincoln University | 20800 | 24900 | 0.1646 | 1,707 | 920 | 0 | |
| 52 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27100 | 0.2289 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 52 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 20900 | 30300 | 0.3099 | 1,809 | 1109 | 0.9484 | |
| 54 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 21000 | 57800 | 0.6362 | 1,083 | 1205 | 0.9278 | |
| 54 | Tarleton State University | 21000 | 23000 | 0.087 | 15,130 | 0 | 0.5256 | |
| 56 | University of North Georgia | 21400 | 21400 | 0 | 18,329 | 1100 | 0.6794 | |
| 57 | Rutgers University-Newark | 21500 | 38900 | 0.4474 | 7,417 | 1214 | 0.7873 | |
| 58 | Luther College | 21600 | 71900 | 0.699 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.8402 | |
| 59 | Radford University | 21800 | 21900 | 0.0046 | 6,161 | 1070 | 0.8953 | |
| 60 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 22100 | 34400 | 0.3575 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 61 | University of North Florida | 22400 | 22400 | 0 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
| 62 | Fairmont State University | 22500 | 32000 | 0.2972 | 3,060 | 1005 | 0.9924 | |
| 63 | Bradley University | 22600 | 50900 | 0.556 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 64 | Robert Morris University | 22800 | 56300 | 0.5949 | 3,769 | 1180 | 0.9057 | |
| 65 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 22900 | 22900 | 0 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 66 | Dakota State University | 23100 | 25600 | 0.0977 | 3,066 | 1192 | 0.8814 | |
| 67 | Georgia Southern University | 23600 | 23800 | 0.0084 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 68 | Grambling State University | 24300 | 26700 | 0.09 | 4,279 | 965 | 0.2368 | |
| 68 | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | 24300 | 30300 | 0.1981 | 10,656 | 1075 | 0.7289 | |
| 70 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 24400 | 39200 | 0.3776 | 28,674 | 980 | 0.9401 | |
| 71 | Bemidji State University | 24500 | 26400 | 0.0714 | 3,610 | 1110 | 0.9131 | |
| 72 | Western Oregon University | 24600 | 24600 | 0 | 3,343 | 1120 | 0.9871 | |
| 73 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 24800 | 26600 | 0.0708 | 3,413 | 1085 | 0.5295 | |
| 74 | McKendree University | 24900 | 55500 | 0.5511 | 1,605 | 1098 | 0.6388 | |
| 75 | Dominican University | 25000 | 55500 | 0.5494 | 2,690 | 1035 | 0.9032 | |
| 75 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 25000 | 62200 | 0.5985 | 686 | 1030 | 0.8649 | |
| 75 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 25000 | 51700 | 0.5162 | 1,409 | 1110 | 0.6327 | |
| 78 | Elmhurst University | 25100 | 67000 | 0.6256 | 3,170 | 1148 | 0.7357 | |
| 79 | Houghton University | 25200 | 35500 | 0.29 | 939 | 1277 | 0.8866 | |
| 80 | Furman University | 25400 | 78900 | 0.6776 | 2,383 | 1359 | 0.4295 | |
| 80 | University of North Texas | 25400 | 25400 | 0 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 82 | Boston College | 25600 | 94600 | 0.7294 | 9,654 | 1490 | 0.1619 | |
| 83 | Kennesaw State University | 25900 | 25900 | 0 | 42,840 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 83 | Northwood University | 25900 | 54500 | 0.5252 | 1,989 | 1075 | 0.839 | |
| 83 | Norwich University | 25900 | 70900 | 0.6349 | 2,642 | 1209 | 0.7361 | |
| 83 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 25900 | 35700 | 0.2747 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 87 | Doane University | 26000 | 62800 | 0.5861 | 1,323 | 1125 | 0.9801 | |
| 88 | Bethune-Cookman University | 26200 | 32700 | 0.1988 | 2,739 | 910 | 0.8824 | |
| 88 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 26200 | 36800 | 0.288 | 1,880 | 1185 | 0.9867 | |
| 90 | Fort Hays State University | 26400 | 35200 | 0.2503 | 10,206 | 1120 | 0.9177 | |
| 91 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 26500 | 51100 | 0.4817 | 1,477 | 1075 | 0.8068 | |
| 92 | Pennsylvania Western University | 26800 | 35600 | 0.2475 | 7,586 | 1070 | 0.9433 | |
| 93 | Columbia College | 26900 | 41300 | 0.349 | 876 | 1025 | 0.8878 | |
| 94 | Clemson University | 27200 | 37100 | 0.2662 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 94 | Northern Kentucky University | 27200 | 31600 | 0.1391 | 10,163 | 1090 | 0.8307 | |
| 96 | Saint Xavier University | 27300 | 52000 | 0.4749 | 3,039 | 1125 | 0.8575 | |
| 97 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 28000 | 28000 | 0 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 98 | Cleveland State University | 28100 | 37300 | 0.2468 | 9,418 | 1005 | 0.913 | |
| 99 | Grand Valley State University | 28500 | 35700 | 0.2017 | 19,002 | 1233 | 0.8302 | |
| 100 | James Madison University | 28600 | 28600 | 0 | 21,112 | 1260 | 0.7151 | |
| 101 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28700 | 31500 | 0.0889 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 102 | Mercy University | 28800 | 44500 | 0.353 | 6,775 | 1074 | 0.8584 | |
| 103 | George Fox University | 28900 | 67100 | 0.5697 | 3,401 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 104 | Concord University | 29100 | 46500 | 0.3741 | 1,609 | 990 | 0.9256 | |
| 105 | University of Toledo | 29700 | 32600 | 0.0885 | 11,013 | 1159 | 0.9202 | |
| 105 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 29700 | 36500 | 0.1864 | 7,505 | 1059 | 0.9633 | |
| 107 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 29900 | 38200 | 0.2175 | 6,550 | 1140 | 0.7456 | |
| 108 | University of South Alabama | 30300 | 35000 | 0.1343 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 109 | Syracuse University | 30400 | 83100 | 0.6342 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 110 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 30500 | 39500 | 0.2277 | 5,205 | 1118 | 0.744 | |
| 110 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 30500 | 52900 | 0.4236 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 112 | Averett University | 30600 | 57200 | 0.4653 | 1,180 | 1010 | 0.478 | |
| 112 | San Jose State University | 30600 | 41000 | 0.2534 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 114 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1150 | 0.9523 | |
| 114 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30900 | 54600 | 0.4339 | 3,163 | 1165 | 0.9347 | |
| 114 | West Virginia Wesleyan College | 30900 | 52800 | 0.4146 | 938 | 1090 | 0.951 | |
| 117 | University of Kentucky | 31000 | 36000 | 0.139 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 118 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 31400 | 31400 | 0 | 6,853 | 1090 | 0.7147 | |
| 119 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Schuylkill | 31500 | 45200 | 0.3032 | 624 | 1115 | 0.9664 | |
| 119 | Washington Adventist University | 31500 | 37800 | 0.1668 | 605 | 950 | 0.4536 | |
| 121 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 31600 | 36700 | 0.139 | 5,789 | 1115 | 0.5774 | |
| 122 | Thomas Jefferson University | 31700 | 67700 | 0.5316 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 123 | Albright College | 31900 | 48700 | 0.345 | 1,328 | 1050 | 0.8615 | |
| 123 | Harding University | 31900 | 43800 | 0.2712 | 3,523 | 1193 | 0.3942 | |
| 125 | Angelo State University | 32000 | 35400 | 0.0956 | 9,779 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 126 | Saint Michael's College | 32100 | 68400 | 0.5304 | 1,120 | 1240 | 0.8451 | |
| 127 | Hampton University | 32200 | 47000 | 0.315 | 3,728 | 956 | 0.6225 | |
| 128 | University of Scranton | 32400 | 76300 | 0.5751 | 3,613 | 1220 | 0.812 | |
| 129 | California Lutheran University | 32700 | 65800 | 0.5027 | 2,297 | 1258 | 0.7567 | |
| 130 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 33200 | 44100 | 0.2471 | 581 | 1129 | 0.9821 | |
| 131 | Coastal Carolina University | 33600 | 44700 | 0.2481 | 10,811 | 1145 | 0.7527 | |
| 132 | College of Charleston | 33700 | 33800 | 0.0012 | 10,880 | 1255 | 0.6003 | |
| 132 | Elizabethtown College | 33700 | 54600 | 0.383 | 1,903 | 1214 | 0.7787 | |
| 132 | Wilkes University | 33700 | 61900 | 0.4548 | 1,956 | 1153 | 0.9146 | |
| 135 | George Washington University | 33800 | 81800 | 0.587 | 11,677 | 1421 | 0.4709 | |
| 135 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 33800 | 40900 | 0.1737 | 1,236 | 1203 | 0.9811 | |
| 137 | Stockton University | 34000 | 44500 | 0.2361 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 138 | LeTourneau University | 34200 | 54600 | 0.3736 | 3,184 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 139 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 34700 | 34700 | 0 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 140 | DePaul University | 35000 | 59100 | 0.4076 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 141 | Stevenson University | 35300 | 59900 | 0.4105 | 3,106 | 1100 | 0.7891 | |
| 141 | University of Mount Olive | 35300 | 35300 | 0 | 1,937 | 945 | 0.7775 | |
| 143 | Adelphi University | 35400 | 63300 | 0.4403 | 5,325 | 1218 | 0.6591 | |
| 144 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 35800 | 38700 | 0.0746 | 5,086 | 1000 | 0.9821 | |
| 145 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 36000 | 42400 | 0.1509 | 31,112 | 1130 | 0.8129 | |
| 146 | Salisbury University | 36100 | 40900 | 0.1175 | 6,288 | 1250 | 0.8747 | |
| 147 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 36400 | 56300 | 0.3531 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 148 | Mercer University | 36500 | 60500 | 0.3967 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
| 149 | Immaculata University | 37200 | 47800 | 0.2215 | 1,652 | 1245 | 0.8578 | |
| 150 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 37400 | 38100 | 0.0184 | 2,884 | 1175 | 0.9677 | |
| 151 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38400 | 38400 | 0 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
| 152 | Suffolk University | 38600 | 73600 | 0.4758 | 4,324 | 1209 | 0.822 | |
| 153 | Wayne State University | 39500 | 45500 | 0.1318 | 16,173 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
| 154 | Pace University | 39700 | 74100 | 0.464 | 8,038 | 1274 | 0.7592 | |
| 155 | Stony Brook University | 40100 | 53000 | 0.2431 | 18,263 | 1395 | 0.4904 | |
| 156 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 40300 | 45400 | 0.1123 | 502 | 1204 | 0.9641 | |
| 157 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 40500 | 40500 | 0 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 158 | Loyola University Maryland | 42100 | 78800 | 0.4658 | 3,881 | 1309 | 0.7549 | |
| 159 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 42800 | 54900 | 0.2206 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 160 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 43000 | 55100 | 0.2197 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 161 | Fordham University | 43200 | 94600 | 0.5436 | 10,307 | 1415 | 0.5628 | |
| 162 | Merrimack College | 43700 | 78800 | 0.4453 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
| 163 | University of California-Riverside | 43800 | 66400 | 0.3403 | 22,599 | 1199 | 0.7685 | |
| 164 | City University of Seattle | 44200 | 45400 | 0.0264 | 1,180 | 0 | 0.9025 | |
| 165 | CUNY Lehman College | 44300 | 45800 | 0.0328 | 11,217 | 1020 | 0.4601 | |
| 166 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 45200 | 57100 | 0.2083 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 167 | Ramapo College of New Jersey | 47700 | 48100 | 0.0083 | 5,444 | 1214 | 0.7064 | |
| 168 | Molloy University | 48200 | 62300 | 0.2265 | 3,240 | 1199 | 0.8174 | |
| 169 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 50200 | 56400 | 0.1098 | 10,200 | 1346 | 0.6507 | |
| 170 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 50400 | 52300 | 0.0363 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 170 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 50400 | 56200 | 0.1031 | 3,965 | 1229 | 0.9121 | |
| 172 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 51000 | 52900 | 0.0356 | 14,504 | 1145 | 0.7637 | |
| 173 | Drexel University | 51400 | 82600 | 0.3776 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 174 | University of Colorado Boulder | 51500 | 56300 | 0.0852 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
| 175 | University of Utah | 51800 | 53700 | 0.0351 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 176 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
| 177 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 57100 | 58900 | 0.032 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 178 | Thiel College | 67700 | 69100 | 0.0203 | 831 | 1065 | 0.7189 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.