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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 | California Institute of Technology | 4200 | 90300 | 0.9533 | 987 | 1557 | 0.0257 | |
| 2 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 5200 | 39100 | 0.868 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 3 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 6400 | 94100 | 0.9322 | 9,157 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 4 | Greenville Technical College | 7200 | 18300 | 0.6082 | 10,661 | 0 | 0.5257 | |
| 5 | CUNY Lehman College | 8400 | 35100 | 0.7614 | 11,217 | 1020 | 0.4601 | |
| 6 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 9300 | 30500 | 0.695 | 3,207 | 1050 | 0.8034 | |
| 7 | New Mexico Highlands University | 10500 | 21500 | 0.5112 | 1,710 | 945 | 0.9481 | |
| 7 | Valdosta State University | 10500 | 24800 | 0.5776 | 7,206 | 1015 | 0.7214 | |
| 9 | Coppin State University | 10700 | 32800 | 0.6736 | 1,810 | 950 | 0.4956 | |
| 10 | Christopher Newport University | 11800 | 32800 | 0.6403 | 4,407 | 1209 | 0.8796 | |
| 11 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 11900 | 34300 | 0.6527 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 12 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 12800 | 37100 | 0.6545 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 13 | Northern Kentucky University | 13000 | 25900 | 0.4989 | 10,163 | 1090 | 0.8307 | |
| 14 | Fort Hays State University | 13600 | 22000 | 0.382 | 10,206 | 1120 | 0.9177 | |
| 15 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 32200 | 0.5744 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 16 | University of South Florida | 13900 | 17100 | 0.187 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 17 | Goshen College | 14800 | 55800 | 0.7345 | 780 | 995 | 0.8404 | |
| 18 | Dickinson State University | 15600 | 21600 | 0.2783 | 1,339 | 1005 | 0.3695 | |
| 19 | Wayne State College | 15800 | 26400 | 0.402 | 3,902 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 20 | Southern University at New Orleans | 16200 | 31600 | 0.4872 | 1,773 | 885 | 0.6021 | |
| 21 | Coastal Carolina University | 16300 | 27200 | 0.4016 | 10,811 | 1145 | 0.7527 | |
| 22 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 16400 | 26800 | 0.389 | 4,478 | 1065 | 0.8132 | |
| 23 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 16500 | 32400 | 0.491 | 352 | 1180 | 0.9647 | |
| 24 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 16600 | 42300 | 0.6078 | 10,049 | 1005 | 0.9234 | |
| 25 | Northeastern University | 16700 | 89900 | 0.8146 | 22,695 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 25 | Northwestern University | 16700 | 89500 | 0.8138 | 8,846 | 1513 | 0.0722 | |
| 25 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16700 | 64800 | 0.7426 | 21,075 | 1420 | 0.1534 | |
| 28 | Frostburg State University | 17800 | 26900 | 0.3377 | 2,619 | 1082 | 0.892 | |
| 29 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 18300 | 20300 | 0.0985 | 1,919 | 1245 | 0.7844 | |
| 30 | Florida Memorial University | 18700 | 46100 | 0.5945 | 1,299 | 0 | 0.7431 | |
| 31 | University of Houston-Victoria | 18900 | 34400 | 0.4509 | 2,707 | 930 | 0.7671 | |
| 32 | University of Illinois Chicago | 19200 | 30300 | 0.366 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 33 | Savannah State University | 19800 | 27300 | 0.2742 | 2,857 | 950 | 0.8368 | |
| 34 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 20100 | 38800 | 0.4817 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 35 | Alabama State University | 20200 | 37400 | 0.4592 | 3,322 | 945 | 0.9564 | |
| 36 | Dakota State University | 20400 | 22500 | 0.0912 | 3,066 | 1192 | 0.8814 | |
| 37 | Central College | 20600 | 36800 | 0.44 | 1,084 | 1140 | 0.8617 | |
| 38 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 20700 | 57800 | 0.6418 | 1,083 | 1205 | 0.9278 | |
| 39 | Tarleton State University | 21000 | 23000 | 0.087 | 15,130 | 0 | 0.5256 | |
| 40 | Luther College | 21400 | 71900 | 0.7025 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.8402 | |
| 40 | University of North Georgia | 21400 | 21400 | 0 | 18,329 | 1100 | 0.6794 | |
| 42 | Rutgers University-Newark | 21500 | 38900 | 0.4474 | 7,417 | 1214 | 0.7873 | |
| 43 | Cleveland State University | 21600 | 30900 | 0.3006 | 9,418 | 1005 | 0.913 | |
| 44 | Radford University | 21800 | 21900 | 0.0046 | 6,161 | 1070 | 0.8953 | |
| 45 | University of North Florida | 22400 | 22400 | 0 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
| 46 | Bradley University | 22600 | 50900 | 0.556 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 47 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 22900 | 22900 | 0 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 48 | Robert Morris University | 23200 | 58000 | 0.5998 | 3,769 | 1180 | 0.9057 | |
| 49 | Averett University | 23300 | 57200 | 0.593 | 1,180 | 1010 | 0.478 | |
| 50 | Syracuse University | 23500 | 83100 | 0.7172 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 51 | Georgia Southern University | 23600 | 23800 | 0.0084 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 52 | University of Kentucky | 23800 | 36000 | 0.3388 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 53 | Dominican University | 24000 | 56000 | 0.5714 | 2,690 | 1035 | 0.9032 | |
| 54 | Bemidji State University | 24200 | 26400 | 0.0835 | 3,610 | 1110 | 0.9131 | |
| 55 | Grambling State University | 24300 | 26700 | 0.09 | 4,279 | 965 | 0.2368 | |
| 55 | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | 24300 | 30300 | 0.1981 | 10,656 | 1075 | 0.7289 | |
| 57 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 24400 | 26600 | 0.0828 | 3,413 | 1085 | 0.5295 | |
| 57 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 24400 | 39200 | 0.3776 | 28,674 | 980 | 0.9401 | |
| 59 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 24500 | 37400 | 0.3446 | 7,595 | 1075 | 0.9226 | |
| 59 | Ramapo College of New Jersey | 24500 | 34500 | 0.2898 | 5,444 | 1214 | 0.7064 | |
| 61 | Boston College | 25100 | 94600 | 0.7347 | 9,654 | 1490 | 0.1619 | |
| 61 | Elmhurst University | 25100 | 67000 | 0.6256 | 3,170 | 1148 | 0.7357 | |
| 61 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 25100 | 62200 | 0.5969 | 686 | 1030 | 0.8649 | |
| 64 | Houghton University | 25200 | 35500 | 0.29 | 939 | 1277 | 0.8866 | |
| 65 | University of North Texas | 25400 | 25400 | 0 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 66 | Bethune-Cookman University | 25900 | 32700 | 0.208 | 2,739 | 910 | 0.8824 | |
| 66 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 25900 | 36500 | 0.2901 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 66 | Kennesaw State University | 25900 | 25900 | 0 | 42,840 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 66 | Northwood University | 25900 | 54500 | 0.5252 | 1,989 | 1075 | 0.839 | |
| 66 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 25900 | 37400 | 0.3079 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 71 | Doane University | 26000 | 62800 | 0.5861 | 1,323 | 1125 | 0.9801 | |
| 72 | Stony Brook University | 26100 | 33200 | 0.2129 | 18,263 | 1395 | 0.4904 | |
| 73 | Westfield State University | 26200 | 39000 | 0.3278 | 3,868 | 1105 | 0.8671 | |
| 74 | Norwich University | 26300 | 70900 | 0.6293 | 2,642 | 1209 | 0.7361 | |
| 75 | Columbia College | 26800 | 41300 | 0.3514 | 876 | 1025 | 0.8878 | |
| 76 | Clemson University | 26900 | 37100 | 0.2748 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 76 | Pennsylvania Western University | 26900 | 35600 | 0.2447 | 7,586 | 1070 | 0.9433 | |
| 78 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 27200 | 35600 | 0.2358 | 1,236 | 1203 | 0.9811 | |
| 79 | Emporia State University | 27300 | 37700 | 0.2756 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 79 | Fairmont State University | 27300 | 32000 | 0.1471 | 3,060 | 1005 | 0.9924 | |
| 81 | Furman University | 27400 | 78900 | 0.6523 | 2,383 | 1359 | 0.4295 | |
| 81 | Rowan University | 27400 | 40500 | 0.3234 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
| 83 | Saint Xavier University | 27900 | 52000 | 0.4634 | 3,039 | 1125 | 0.8575 | |
| 84 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 28000 | 28000 | 0 | 10,767 | 1326 | 0.7243 | |
| 84 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 28000 | 28000 | 0 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 86 | Grand Valley State University | 28500 | 35700 | 0.2017 | 19,002 | 1233 | 0.8302 | |
| 87 | Jacksonville State University | 28600 | 38200 | 0.2511 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 87 | James Madison University | 28600 | 28600 | 0 | 21,112 | 1260 | 0.7151 | |
| 87 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 31500 | 0.0921 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 90 | Salisbury University | 28700 | 28700 | 0 | 6,288 | 1250 | 0.8747 | |
| 91 | Mercy University | 28800 | 44500 | 0.353 | 6,775 | 1074 | 0.8584 | |
| 92 | George Fox University | 28900 | 67100 | 0.5697 | 3,401 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 93 | Concord University | 29100 | 46500 | 0.3741 | 1,609 | 990 | 0.9256 | |
| 93 | West Virginia Wesleyan College | 29100 | 52800 | 0.4491 | 938 | 1090 | 0.951 | |
| 95 | Lincoln University | 29200 | 40900 | 0.2859 | 1,707 | 920 | 0 | |
| 96 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 29700 | 36500 | 0.1864 | 7,505 | 1059 | 0.9633 | |
| 97 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 29900 | 38200 | 0.2175 | 6,550 | 1140 | 0.7456 | |
| 97 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 29900 | 30000 | 0.0033 | 18,428 | 1090 | 0.9529 | |
| 99 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 30000 | 51100 | 0.4131 | 1,477 | 1075 | 0.8068 | |
| 99 | Towson University | 30000 | 30000 | 0 | 16,264 | 1093 | 0.8198 | |
| 101 | University of South Alabama | 30300 | 35000 | 0.1343 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 102 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 30400 | 54700 | 0.4429 | 1,409 | 1110 | 0.6327 | |
| 103 | Albright College | 30500 | 48700 | 0.3738 | 1,328 | 1050 | 0.8615 | |
| 103 | SUNY at Fredonia | 30500 | 39600 | 0.2301 | 2,876 | 1193 | 0.792 | |
| 103 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 30500 | 39500 | 0.2277 | 5,205 | 1118 | 0.744 | |
| 106 | San Jose State University | 30600 | 41000 | 0.2534 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 106 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30600 | 54600 | 0.4397 | 3,163 | 1165 | 0.9347 | |
| 108 | University of Toledo | 30800 | 42000 | 0.267 | 11,013 | 1159 | 0.9202 | |
| 109 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1150 | 0.9523 | |
| 109 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 30900 | 36900 | 0.1639 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 111 | SUNY Brockport | 31100 | 37900 | 0.1794 | 5,816 | 1195 | 0.7068 | |
| 112 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 31400 | 31400 | 0 | 6,853 | 1090 | 0.7147 | |
| 112 | State University of New York at Oswego | 31400 | 38300 | 0.1799 | 5,517 | 1174 | 0.8057 | |
| 112 | Thomas Jefferson University | 31400 | 67700 | 0.5361 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 115 | Washington Adventist University | 31500 | 37800 | 0.1668 | 605 | 950 | 0.4536 | |
| 116 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Schuylkill | 31600 | 45200 | 0.301 | 624 | 1115 | 0.9664 | |
| 116 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 31600 | 36700 | 0.139 | 5,789 | 1115 | 0.5774 | |
| 118 | Angelo State University | 31700 | 35400 | 0.1047 | 9,779 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 119 | CUNY Brooklyn College | 31800 | 31800 | 0 | 11,562 | 1110 | 0.5836 | |
| 119 | Saint Michael's College | 31800 | 68400 | 0.5348 | 1,120 | 1240 | 0.8451 | |
| 121 | Hampton University | 32200 | 47000 | 0.315 | 3,728 | 956 | 0.6225 | |
| 122 | University of Scranton | 32400 | 78700 | 0.5881 | 3,613 | 1220 | 0.812 | |
| 123 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver | 32600 | 40200 | 0.1892 | 482 | 1195 | 0.9565 | |
| 124 | California Lutheran University | 32700 | 65800 | 0.5027 | 2,297 | 1258 | 0.7567 | |
| 125 | Harding University | 32800 | 47000 | 0.3023 | 3,523 | 1193 | 0.3942 | |
| 126 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 33100 | 54600 | 0.3936 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 127 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 33200 | 44100 | 0.2471 | 581 | 1129 | 0.9821 | |
| 128 | Elizabethtown College | 33700 | 54600 | 0.383 | 1,903 | 1214 | 0.7787 | |
| 128 | George Washington University | 33700 | 81800 | 0.5882 | 11,677 | 1421 | 0.4709 | |
| 130 | Wilkes University | 33800 | 61900 | 0.454 | 1,956 | 1153 | 0.9146 | |
| 131 | LeTourneau University | 34000 | 54600 | 0.3772 | 3,184 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 131 | Stockton University | 34000 | 44500 | 0.2361 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 133 | CUNY Graduate School and University Center | 34100 | 34100 | 0 | 3,237 | 0 | 0.3861 | |
| 134 | Morgan State University | 34500 | 37200 | 0.0726 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 135 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 34700 | 34700 | 0 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 136 | DePaul University | 35000 | 59100 | 0.4076 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 137 | Adelphi University | 35100 | 63300 | 0.4454 | 5,325 | 1218 | 0.6591 | |
| 137 | City University of Seattle | 35100 | 45400 | 0.227 | 1,180 | 0 | 0.9025 | |
| 139 | Stevenson University | 35300 | 59900 | 0.4105 | 3,106 | 1100 | 0.7891 | |
| 140 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 35400 | 49600 | 0.2861 | 1,809 | 1109 | 0.9484 | |
| 141 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 35500 | 38700 | 0.0828 | 5,086 | 1000 | 0.9821 | |
| 142 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 36000 | 42400 | 0.1509 | 31,112 | 1130 | 0.8129 | |
| 143 | Mercer University | 36300 | 60500 | 0.4 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
| 144 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 36700 | 38900 | 0.0566 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 145 | Immaculata University | 37000 | 47800 | 0.2257 | 1,652 | 1245 | 0.8578 | |
| 146 | East Carolina University | 37100 | 40100 | 0.0748 | 21,445 | 1120 | 0.8922 | |
| 147 | University of Michigan-Flint | 37300 | 39400 | 0.0533 | 5,011 | 1103 | 0.7047 | |
| 148 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 37400 | 38100 | 0.0184 | 2,884 | 1175 | 0.9677 | |
| 148 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 37400 | 41600 | 0.101 | 5,187 | 1005 | 0.9229 | |
| 150 | Suffolk University | 38400 | 73600 | 0.4785 | 4,324 | 1209 | 0.822 | |
| 150 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38400 | 38400 | 0 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
| 152 | Wayne State University | 39600 | 45500 | 0.1296 | 16,173 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
| 153 | Pace University | 39700 | 74100 | 0.464 | 8,038 | 1274 | 0.7592 | |
| 154 | McKendree University | 40000 | 52200 | 0.2338 | 1,605 | 1098 | 0.6388 | |
| 155 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 40300 | 40300 | 0 | 1,880 | 1185 | 0.9867 | |
| 155 | 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 | 41900 | 78800 | 0.4684 | 3,881 | 1309 | 0.7549 | |
| 159 | College of Charleston | 42000 | 59000 | 0.2882 | 10,880 | 1255 | 0.6003 | |
| 160 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 42800 | 54900 | 0.2206 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 161 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 43000 | 55100 | 0.2197 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 161 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43000 | 52900 | 0.1871 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 163 | CUNY Bernard M Baruch College | 43400 | 43400 | 0 | 16,086 | 1293 | 0.5117 | |
| 163 | Western Oregon University | 43400 | 43400 | 0 | 3,343 | 1120 | 0.9871 | |
| 165 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4481 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
| 166 | University of California-Riverside | 43800 | 66400 | 0.3403 | 22,599 | 1199 | 0.7685 | |
| 167 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 47700 | 56200 | 0.1512 | 3,965 | 1229 | 0.9121 | |
| 168 | Molloy University | 48200 | 62300 | 0.2265 | 3,240 | 1199 | 0.8174 | |
| 168 | University of Mount Olive | 48200 | 50400 | 0.0438 | 1,937 | 945 | 0.7775 | |
| 170 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 50300 | 56400 | 0.1081 | 10,200 | 1346 | 0.6507 | |
| 171 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 50400 | 52300 | 0.0363 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 172 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 50700 | 52900 | 0.0417 | 14,504 | 1145 | 0.7637 | |
| 173 | Drexel University | 51100 | 82600 | 0.3812 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 174 | University of Colorado Boulder | 51200 | 56300 | 0.0905 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
| 175 | University of Utah | 51500 | 53700 | 0.0411 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 176 | Fordham University | 52900 | 94600 | 0.441 | 10,307 | 1415 | 0.5628 | |
| 177 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 56700 | 58900 | 0.0374 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 178 | Thiel College | 67800 | 69100 | 0.0188 | 831 | 1065 | 0.7189 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.