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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 Dakota.
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 Dakota.
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 | 5700 | 44000 | 0.8709 | 5,534 | 1079 | 0.6734 | |
| 2 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 6300 | 50600 | 0.875 | 35,358 | 1448 | 0.1642 | |
| 3 | Savannah State University | 6800 | 28000 | 0.756 | 2,966 | 950 | 1 | |
| 4 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 8000 | 36100 | 0.7793 | 10,368 | 1064 | 0.999 | |
| 5 | Northwestern University | 8100 | 93000 | 0.9131 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 6 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8900 | 96500 | 0.9082 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 7 | Portland State University | 9900 | 73900 | 0.8658 | 14,932 | 1174 | 0.8586 | |
| 8 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 10900 | 42400 | 0.7425 | 3,224 | 1085 | 0.7643 | |
| 9 | Wayne State University | 12700 | 32900 | 0.6137 | 16,390 | 1183 | 0.8359 | |
| 10 | University of South Florida | 13300 | 16300 | 0.1836 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 10 | Valdosta State University | 13300 | 23500 | 0.4346 | 7,199 | 1005 | 0.7769 | |
| 12 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 13500 | 13500 | 0 | 1,973 | 1189 | 0.8142 | |
| 13 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 61700 | 0.7784 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 14 | Coastal Carolina University | 13800 | 72300 | 0.8094 | 11,471 | 1160 | 0.7003 | |
| 14 | Fairmont State University | 13800 | 21600 | 0.3605 | 3,090 | 970 | 0.9862 | |
| 14 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 13800 | 27600 | 0.4995 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 17 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 13900 | 52800 | 0.737 | 6,761 | 1105 | 0.8475 | |
| 18 | University of North Georgia | 14600 | 56800 | 0.7432 | 19,321 | 1100 | 0.9618 | |
| 19 | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | 14700 | 19600 | 0.2499 | 10,995 | 1090 | 0.7476 | |
| 20 | University of California-Riverside | 15000 | 118100 | 0.8727 | 24,034 | 1199 | 0.8609 | |
| 21 | Wayne State College | 15200 | 26400 | 0.4238 | 3,886 | 0 | 1 | |
| 22 | Radford University | 15400 | 32000 | 0.5196 | 6,206 | 1050 | 0.8939 | |
| 23 | Alabama State University | 15500 | 24300 | 0.3632 | 3,521 | 945 | 0.9755 | |
| 23 | Concord University | 15500 | 31700 | 0.5118 | 1,638 | 1015 | 0.9728 | |
| 25 | Coppin State University | 15700 | 51800 | 0.6963 | 1,908 | 950 | 0.4583 | |
| 25 | Jacksonville State University | 15700 | 42900 | 0.6334 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 27 | Grand Valley State University | 15800 | 28500 | 0.4448 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 28 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 15900 | 43300 | 0.6329 | 308 | 1144 | 0.9053 | |
| 28 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 15900 | 27700 | 0.4254 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 30 | University of North Texas | 16400 | 26100 | 0.3714 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 31 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16600 | 64800 | 0.7439 | 22,007 | 1427 | 0.1672 | |
| 32 | Emporia State University | 16700 | 22900 | 0.2709 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 33 | Boston College | 17100 | 122200 | 0.8597 | 9,677 | 1484 | 0.1422 | |
| 33 | SUNY at Fredonia | 17100 | 27800 | 0.3854 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 35 | Southern University at New Orleans | 17200 | 41400 | 0.5852 | 2,179 | 950 | 0.789 | |
| 36 | College of Charleston | 17500 | 43600 | 0.5981 | 10,596 | 1234 | 0.73 | |
| 37 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 17800 | 43500 | 0.5913 | 1,829 | 1149 | 0.945 | |
| 38 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18100 | 28600 | 0.3669 | 3,991 | 1010 | 0.9654 | |
| 39 | Angelo State University | 18300 | 23100 | 0.2072 | 10,103 | 1045 | 0.7981 | |
| 40 | Kennesaw State University | 18400 | 61500 | 0.7004 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 41 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 18500 | 68100 | 0.7285 | 711 | 1030 | 0.8214 | |
| 41 | University of South Alabama | 18500 | 40600 | 0.5438 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 43 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 18700 | 25200 | 0.2576 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 44 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 18900 | 28300 | 0.3311 | 3,375 | 1090 | 0.5885 | |
| 45 | San Jose State University | 19000 | 41100 | 0.5379 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 46 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 19300 | 44600 | 0.5669 | 504 | 1200 | 0.9095 | |
| 47 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 19500 | 37900 | 0.4873 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 48 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Schuylkill | 19700 | 32900 | 0.4018 | 653 | 1145 | 0.7972 | |
| 49 | Norwich University | 20100 | 76000 | 0.7351 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 50 | South Dakota State University | 20400 | 25200 | 0.19 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 51 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 20600 | 57800 | 0.6433 | 1,109 | 1175 | 0.9088 | |
| 52 | Grove City College | 20800 | 39700 | 0.4767 | 2,247 | 1248 | 0.667 | |
| 53 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 21000 | 48000 | 0.5625 | 1,709 | 1218 | 0.9653 | |
| 53 | Tarleton State University | 21000 | 23000 | 0.087 | 17,556 | 1090 | 0.5386 | |
| 55 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 21400 | 48100 | 0.5548 | 2,710 | 1218 | 0.9374 | |
| 56 | Luther College | 21500 | 75400 | 0.7153 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.8398 | |
| 56 | Thiel College | 21500 | 88800 | 0.7583 | 830 | 1065 | 0.7189 | |
| 58 | Salisbury University | 21600 | 29300 | 0.2628 | 6,477 | 1245 | 0.8826 | |
| 59 | Lincoln University | 22100 | 24900 | 0.1124 | 1,926 | 920 | 0 | |
| 59 | Syracuse University | 22100 | 83600 | 0.7356 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 61 | Averett University | 22300 | 57400 | 0.612 | 1,244 | 1054 | 0.5659 | |
| 61 | Texas Southern University | 22300 | 25500 | 0.1257 | 6,844 | 915 | 0.9691 | |
| 63 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 22500 | 25400 | 0.1143 | 2,907 | 1125 | 0.4696 | |
| 64 | Fort Hays State University | 22900 | 28500 | 0.196 | 10,172 | 1075 | 0.9026 | |
| 65 | Houghton University | 23100 | 44300 | 0.4786 | 958 | 1277 | 0.89 | |
| 65 | Robert Morris University | 23100 | 58000 | 0.6012 | 4,325 | 1145 | 0.8989 | |
| 67 | Florida Memorial University | 23300 | 41500 | 0.4384 | 1,206 | 0 | 0.8526 | |
| 68 | Pennsylvania Western University | 23400 | 34400 | 0.3195 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 69 | Columbia College | 23500 | 65100 | 0.6388 | 876 | 1025 | 0.8878 | |
| 70 | Lamar University | 23600 | 37500 | 0.3707 | 8,387 | 1040 | 0.8353 | |
| 71 | Dominican University | 23900 | 56000 | 0.573 | 2,642 | 1005 | 0.8879 | |
| 72 | Western Oregon University | 24600 | 24600 | 0 | 3,034 | 1120 | 0.8345 | |
| 73 | Dakota State University | 24800 | 25600 | 0.0293 | 3,085 | 1174 | 0.9241 | |
| 74 | Stockton University | 24900 | 32100 | 0.2242 | 7,583 | 1134 | 0.901 | |
| 75 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 25100 | 55700 | 0.5496 | 5,939 | 1065 | 0.5878 | |
| 76 | Central College | 25600 | 38700 | 0.3388 | 1,050 | 1159 | 0.8698 | |
| 77 | Northwood University | 25700 | 75700 | 0.6609 | 2,045 | 1055 | 0.6451 | |
| 77 | Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi | 25700 | 28900 | 0.1109 | 8,673 | 1095 | 0.9156 | |
| 79 | West Virginia Wesleyan College | 26000 | 53800 | 0.5169 | 971 | 1030 | 0.9334 | |
| 80 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 26100 | 28400 | 0.0805 | 14,834 | 1149 | 0.7803 | |
| 81 | Loyola University Maryland | 26200 | 78800 | 0.6676 | 4,013 | 1329 | 0.6986 | |
| 82 | Bemidji State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 3,751 | 1075 | 0.5598 | |
| 83 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 26500 | 50000 | 0.4697 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 84 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 26800 | 36800 | 0.2719 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 84 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 26800 | 30100 | 0.1094 | 3,893 | 1015 | 0.9839 | |
| 86 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 26900 | 40700 | 0.3389 | 7,501 | 1055 | 0.9467 | |
| 86 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 26900 | 39800 | 0.3239 | 29,727 | 990 | 0.9229 | |
| 88 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 27200 | 43300 | 0.3722 | 7,747 | 1073 | 0.9617 | |
| 89 | University of South Dakota | 27300 | 29600 | 0.0773 | 7,515 | 1120 | 0.9884 | |
| 90 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 27400 | 29900 | 0.0837 | 18,667 | 1090 | 0.9711 | |
| 91 | Bethune-Cookman University | 27500 | 32300 | 0.1484 | 2,739 | 910 | 0.8824 | |
| 92 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 27800 | 27800 | 0 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 93 | Central Connecticut State University | 28200 | 29500 | 0.044 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 94 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 36500 | 0.2167 | 11,691 | 1074 | 0.7722 | |
| 95 | University of Utah | 28700 | 32000 | 0.1028 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 96 | University of Toledo | 29300 | 32600 | 0.1009 | 10,726 | 1134 | 0.8889 | |
| 97 | Morgan State University | 29400 | 41800 | 0.2966 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 97 | Texas A&M University-Victoria | 29400 | 35800 | 0.1789 | 2,627 | 1000 | 0.5253 | |
| 99 | Northern Kentucky University | 29600 | 34800 | 0.1493 | 10,136 | 1110 | 0.9666 | |
| 100 | California Lutheran University | 30100 | 109800 | 0.7261 | 2,160 | 1218 | 0.7631 | |
| 101 | Saint Xavier University | 30400 | 57200 | 0.4688 | 3,100 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 101 | Thomas Jefferson University | 30400 | 68700 | 0.5576 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 103 | Grambling State University | 30500 | 35800 | 0.1482 | 4,313 | 950 | 0.4486 | |
| 103 | University of North Florida | 30500 | 30500 | 0 | 14,837 | 1124 | 0.6815 | |
| 103 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30500 | 54600 | 0.4413 | 3,120 | 1193 | 0.3992 | |
| 106 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 30800 | 36900 | 0.1662 | 5,687 | 1305 | 0.7863 | |
| 107 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 2,082 | 1124 | 0.9576 | |
| 108 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 31200 | 44300 | 0.2955 | 586 | 1140 | 0.9577 | |
| 109 | Suffolk University | 31400 | 110800 | 0.7165 | 4,247 | 1209 | 0.8228 | |
| 110 | Hampton University | 31500 | 54800 | 0.4252 | 4,046 | 1005 | 0.6358 | |
| 110 | Westfield State University | 31500 | 41500 | 0.2412 | 3,868 | 1105 | 0.8671 | |
| 112 | Cleveland State University | 31800 | 32100 | 0.0094 | 9,418 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 113 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 32200 | 39900 | 0.1931 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 114 | University of Scranton | 32400 | 78700 | 0.5879 | 3,689 | 1245 | 0.8006 | |
| 115 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 32800 | 69700 | 0.529 | 11,087 | 1326 | 0.7397 | |
| 116 | State University of New York at Oswego | 32900 | 40200 | 0.1817 | 5,293 | 1179 | 0.7989 | |
| 117 | SUNY Brockport | 33200 | 36500 | 0.0904 | 5,816 | 1195 | 0.7068 | |
| 118 | Harding University | 33500 | 47800 | 0.299 | 3,536 | 1184 | 0.7052 | |
| 119 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 33600 | 34200 | 0.0175 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 120 | Elizabethtown College | 33800 | 69900 | 0.5167 | 1,935 | 1214 | 0.8892 | |
| 121 | Charleston Southern University | 34200 | 48400 | 0.295 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 122 | George Washington University | 34300 | 81800 | 0.5808 | 11,495 | 1436 | 0.4713 | |
| 123 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 34500 | 62800 | 0.4506 | 1,495 | 1075 | 0.8761 | |
| 124 | Adelphi University | 35000 | 63300 | 0.4467 | 5,097 | 1241 | 0.7215 | |
| 125 | Christopher Newport University | 35400 | 38700 | 0.0853 | 4,369 | 1189 | 0.8604 | |
| 126 | Bradley University | 35900 | 60000 | 0.402 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 127 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 36300 | 53600 | 0.3229 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 127 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 36300 | 57000 | 0.3629 | 4,789 | 1040 | 0.6671 | |
| 129 | East Carolina University | 36900 | 42700 | 0.1356 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 130 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 37200 | 47900 | 0.2232 | 2,280 | 1224 | 0.9675 | |
| 131 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 37400 | 38800 | 0.0361 | 14,865 | 1175 | 0.9113 | |
| 132 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 37800 | 40100 | 0.0571 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 133 | Frostburg State University | 38000 | 55400 | 0.3142 | 3,436 | 1095 | 0.907 | |
| 134 | Saint Michael's College | 39100 | 75600 | 0.4831 | 1,051 | 1280 | 0.8976 | |
| 135 | Stony Brook University | 39700 | 53000 | 0.2507 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 136 | Drexel University | 40200 | 107600 | 0.6262 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 136 | Elmhurst University | 40200 | 69600 | 0.4222 | 3,170 | 1133 | 0.7501 | |
| 138 | Furman University | 40300 | 84600 | 0.5234 | 2,304 | 1372 | 0.4869 | |
| 138 | Immaculata University | 40300 | 60400 | 0.3328 | 1,889 | 1264 | 0.8656 | |
| 140 | James Madison University | 40500 | 45100 | 0.102 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 141 | McKendree University | 40600 | 52900 | 0.2324 | 1,757 | 1098 | 0.7172 | |
| 142 | Pace University | 40700 | 75500 | 0.461 | 5,520 | 1273 | 0.7827 | |
| 143 | University of Illinois Chicago | 41500 | 51300 | 0.191 | 24,260 | 1174 | 0.7576 | |
| 144 | Mercy University | 41600 | 46400 | 0.1035 | 6,692 | 1135 | 0.8724 | |
| 145 | University of Mount Olive | 42100 | 50400 | 0.1645 | 1,944 | 1075 | 0.7575 | |
| 146 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 42400 | 58900 | 0.2801 | 21,388 | 1369 | 0.5945 | |
| 147 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4479 | 4,123 | 1124 | 0.6927 | |
| 147 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43500 | 68700 | 0.367 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 149 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 43800 | 103500 | 0.5766 | 4,182 | 1317 | 0.8783 | |
| 150 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 44000 | 53400 | 0.1762 | 21,469 | 1167 | 0.9061 | |
| 151 | Mercer University | 45700 | 65400 | 0.3015 | 4,719 | 1263 | 0.643 | |
| 152 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 45900 | 59900 | 0.2338 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 153 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 46100 | 46600 | 0.0107 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 154 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 48600 | 61200 | 0.2057 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 155 | Ramapo College of New Jersey | 48800 | 58900 | 0.1714 | 5,492 | 1210 | 0.7026 | |
| 156 | DePaul University | 49100 | 66400 | 0.2604 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 157 | University of Colorado Boulder | 50000 | 56000 | 0.1072 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7809 | |
| 158 | Rutgers University-Newark | 50300 | 59900 | 0.1604 | 7,989 | 1159 | 0.7136 | |
| 159 | Towson University | 50400 | 68400 | 0.2633 | 16,361 | 1082 | 0.8057 | |
| 160 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 50800 | 65000 | 0.2184 | 1,078 | 1217 | 0.9646 | |
| 161 | University of Kentucky | 51800 | 74100 | 0.3002 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 162 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 163 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 54500 | 66200 | 0.1767 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 164 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58200 | 63500 | 0.0835 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 165 | Molloy University | 58500 | 62300 | 0.061 | 3,396 | 1188 | 0.6633 | |
| 166 | Clemson University | 61400 | 63700 | 0.036 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 167 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 63600 | 65000 | 0.0215 | 9,827 | 1329 | 0.6737 | |
| 167 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver | 63600 | 63600 | 0 | 475 | 1195 | 0.9418 | |
| 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.