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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 | 43700 | 0.87 | 5,534 | 1079 | 0.6734 | |
| 2 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 6900 | 41500 | 0.8345 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 3 | Northwestern University | 8000 | 94200 | 0.9152 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 4 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8600 | 98000 | 0.9125 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 5 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 8900 | 72200 | 0.8771 | 10,368 | 1064 | 0.999 | |
| 6 | Lamar University | 9700 | 22900 | 0.5757 | 8,387 | 1040 | 0.8353 | |
| 7 | Portland State University | 9900 | 26100 | 0.6203 | 14,932 | 1174 | 0.8586 | |
| 8 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 10300 | 10300 | 0 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 9 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 11000 | 41400 | 0.7349 | 3,224 | 1085 | 0.7643 | |
| 10 | Concord University | 11100 | 49200 | 0.7739 | 1,638 | 1015 | 0.9728 | |
| 11 | Savannah State University | 11500 | 50900 | 0.7743 | 2,966 | 950 | 1 | |
| 12 | University of Illinois Chicago | 12200 | 30200 | 0.5969 | 24,260 | 1174 | 0.7576 | |
| 13 | Wayne State University | 12700 | 32900 | 0.6137 | 16,390 | 1183 | 0.8359 | |
| 14 | Fort Hays State University | 13100 | 19900 | 0.3407 | 10,172 | 1075 | 0.9026 | |
| 15 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 13300 | 30000 | 0.5567 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 16 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 13500 | 13500 | 0 | 1,973 | 1189 | 0.8142 | |
| 16 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 13500 | 27100 | 0.5011 | 29,727 | 990 | 0.9229 | |
| 18 | University of North Florida | 13700 | 30500 | 0.5507 | 14,837 | 1124 | 0.6815 | |
| 18 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 61700 | 0.7774 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 20 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 13900 | 40800 | 0.6595 | 6,761 | 1105 | 0.8475 | |
| 21 | University of South Florida | 14000 | 22400 | 0.3754 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 21 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 14000 | 21300 | 0.3426 | 18,667 | 1090 | 0.9711 | |
| 23 | Coastal Carolina University | 14600 | 45300 | 0.678 | 11,471 | 1160 | 0.7003 | |
| 23 | Mercy University | 14600 | 46400 | 0.6858 | 6,692 | 1135 | 0.8724 | |
| 23 | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | 14600 | 19600 | 0.255 | 10,995 | 1090 | 0.7476 | |
| 26 | University of California-Riverside | 15100 | 66000 | 0.7716 | 24,034 | 1199 | 0.8609 | |
| 26 | Wayne State College | 15100 | 30200 | 0.5006 | 3,886 | 0 | 1 | |
| 28 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 15500 | 50100 | 0.6903 | 7,501 | 1055 | 0.9467 | |
| 29 | Coppin State University | 15700 | 25300 | 0.3789 | 1,908 | 950 | 0.4583 | |
| 29 | Grand Valley State University | 15700 | 28300 | 0.4445 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 29 | Jacksonville State University | 15700 | 38200 | 0.5886 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 32 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 15900 | 44000 | 0.6389 | 308 | 1144 | 0.9053 | |
| 33 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver | 16100 | 43700 | 0.6311 | 475 | 1195 | 0.9418 | |
| 34 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16300 | 64800 | 0.7481 | 22,007 | 1427 | 0.1672 | |
| 35 | Boston College | 16900 | 97700 | 0.8273 | 9,677 | 1484 | 0.1422 | |
| 35 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 16900 | 27800 | 0.3925 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 37 | Morgan State University | 17000 | 30700 | 0.4458 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 38 | Emporia State University | 17100 | 30900 | 0.4468 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 38 | Southern University at New Orleans | 17100 | 41700 | 0.5901 | 2,179 | 950 | 0.789 | |
| 40 | Westfield State University | 17500 | 37600 | 0.5347 | 3,868 | 1105 | 0.8671 | |
| 40 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 17500 | 36500 | 0.5209 | 7,747 | 1073 | 0.9617 | |
| 42 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 17700 | 31500 | 0.4382 | 9,827 | 1329 | 0.6737 | |
| 43 | Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi | 17800 | 28900 | 0.3846 | 8,673 | 1095 | 0.9156 | |
| 43 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 17800 | 44200 | 0.5979 | 1,829 | 1149 | 0.945 | |
| 43 | University of South Alabama | 17800 | 22400 | 0.2057 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 46 | University of Kentucky | 18100 | 36500 | 0.5048 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 47 | Texas A&M University-Victoria | 18200 | 45400 | 0.5996 | 2,627 | 1000 | 0.5253 | |
| 48 | Kennesaw State University | 18400 | 27400 | 0.3282 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 49 | Fairmont State University | 18500 | 30900 | 0.4012 | 3,090 | 970 | 0.9862 | |
| 49 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 18500 | 69500 | 0.7343 | 711 | 1030 | 0.8214 | |
| 49 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 18500 | 44000 | 0.5792 | 586 | 1140 | 0.9577 | |
| 52 | San Jose State University | 18600 | 41100 | 0.5469 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 52 | SUNY Brockport | 18600 | 26200 | 0.2895 | 5,816 | 1195 | 0.7068 | |
| 54 | Dakota State University | 18700 | 22500 | 0.169 | 3,085 | 1174 | 0.9241 | |
| 54 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 18700 | 25200 | 0.2576 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 56 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 18900 | 28300 | 0.3311 | 3,375 | 1090 | 0.5885 | |
| 57 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 19200 | 54000 | 0.6441 | 3,991 | 1010 | 0.9654 | |
| 57 | Valdosta State University | 19200 | 29600 | 0.3512 | 7,199 | 1005 | 0.7769 | |
| 59 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 19300 | 45300 | 0.5737 | 504 | 1200 | 0.9095 | |
| 60 | Norwich University | 19700 | 100600 | 0.8045 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 61 | State University of New York at Oswego | 20000 | 40200 | 0.5027 | 5,293 | 1179 | 0.7989 | |
| 62 | SUNY at Fredonia | 20100 | 53600 | 0.6248 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 63 | Rutgers University-Newark | 20200 | 39200 | 0.4851 | 7,989 | 1159 | 0.7136 | |
| 63 | South Dakota State University | 20200 | 25200 | 0.2009 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 65 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 20300 | 57800 | 0.648 | 1,109 | 1175 | 0.9088 | |
| 66 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20600 | 57800 | 0.6433 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 67 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 20700 | 40900 | 0.4944 | 1,709 | 1218 | 0.9653 | |
| 68 | Grove City College | 20800 | 39700 | 0.4767 | 2,247 | 1248 | 0.667 | |
| 69 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27100 | 0.2287 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 70 | Tarleton State University | 21000 | 23000 | 0.087 | 17,556 | 1090 | 0.5386 | |
| 71 | Lincoln University | 21100 | 46500 | 0.5467 | 1,926 | 920 | 0 | |
| 71 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 21100 | 40600 | 0.4814 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 73 | Luther College | 21300 | 75400 | 0.7183 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.8398 | |
| 73 | Stockton University | 21300 | 45800 | 0.5351 | 7,583 | 1134 | 0.901 | |
| 75 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 21400 | 38100 | 0.4383 | 2,710 | 1218 | 0.9374 | |
| 75 | Salisbury University | 21400 | 29300 | 0.2697 | 6,477 | 1245 | 0.8826 | |
| 75 | Thiel College | 21400 | 69100 | 0.6901 | 830 | 1065 | 0.7189 | |
| 78 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 21500 | 51900 | 0.5863 | 5,939 | 1065 | 0.5878 | |
| 79 | Grambling State University | 21600 | 39600 | 0.4548 | 4,313 | 950 | 0.4486 | |
| 80 | Alabama State University | 21700 | 43200 | 0.4979 | 3,521 | 945 | 0.9755 | |
| 81 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 21800 | 39100 | 0.4427 | 2,907 | 1125 | 0.4696 | |
| 82 | Texas Southern University | 22400 | 25500 | 0.1218 | 6,844 | 915 | 0.9691 | |
| 83 | Syracuse University | 22600 | 83600 | 0.7297 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 84 | Houghton University | 22700 | 51300 | 0.5576 | 958 | 1277 | 0.89 | |
| 85 | Robert Morris University | 23000 | 58000 | 0.6043 | 4,325 | 1145 | 0.8989 | |
| 85 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 23000 | 53400 | 0.5697 | 21,469 | 1167 | 0.9061 | |
| 87 | University of South Dakota | 23300 | 26900 | 0.1327 | 7,515 | 1120 | 0.9884 | |
| 88 | Florida Memorial University | 23400 | 51000 | 0.5407 | 1,206 | 0 | 0.8526 | |
| 88 | Pennsylvania Western University | 23400 | 34400 | 0.3195 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 90 | Columbia College | 23500 | 40200 | 0.4155 | 876 | 1025 | 0.8878 | |
| 91 | Dominican University | 23700 | 56000 | 0.5761 | 2,642 | 1005 | 0.8879 | |
| 92 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 24500 | 47900 | 0.4881 | 2,280 | 1224 | 0.9675 | |
| 92 | University of North Texas | 24500 | 37400 | 0.3447 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 94 | Western Oregon University | 24600 | 24600 | 0 | 3,034 | 1120 | 0.8345 | |
| 95 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 24800 | 62800 | 0.6055 | 1,495 | 1075 | 0.8761 | |
| 96 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 25400 | 36800 | 0.3099 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 97 | Northwood University | 25700 | 54500 | 0.5289 | 2,045 | 1055 | 0.6451 | |
| 97 | West Virginia Wesleyan College | 25700 | 53800 | 0.522 | 971 | 1030 | 0.9334 | |
| 99 | Loyola University Maryland | 26200 | 78800 | 0.6676 | 4,013 | 1329 | 0.6986 | |
| 100 | Bemidji State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 3,751 | 1075 | 0.5598 | |
| 101 | Christopher Newport University | 26500 | 50600 | 0.4763 | 4,369 | 1189 | 0.8604 | |
| 101 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 26500 | 30100 | 0.1185 | 3,893 | 1015 | 0.9839 | |
| 101 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 26500 | 49600 | 0.4654 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 104 | University of Akron Main Campus | 26600 | 28000 | 0.0499 | 11,691 | 1074 | 0.7722 | |
| 105 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 27100 | 40600 | 0.3325 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 106 | Central Connecticut State University | 28300 | 30400 | 0.0692 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 107 | Cleveland State University | 28700 | 38600 | 0.2566 | 9,418 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 108 | Bethune-Cookman University | 28800 | 32300 | 0.1082 | 2,739 | 910 | 0.8824 | |
| 109 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29900 | 34200 | 0.1256 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 110 | California Lutheran University | 30100 | 71700 | 0.5804 | 2,160 | 1218 | 0.7631 | |
| 110 | Towson University | 30100 | 30100 | 0 | 16,361 | 1082 | 0.8057 | |
| 112 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30200 | 54600 | 0.4463 | 3,120 | 1193 | 0.3992 | |
| 113 | Saint Xavier University | 30400 | 58200 | 0.4774 | 3,100 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 113 | Thomas Jefferson University | 30400 | 70000 | 0.5664 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 113 | University of Toledo | 30400 | 42000 | 0.2756 | 10,726 | 1134 | 0.8889 | |
| 116 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 30500 | 36900 | 0.1737 | 5,687 | 1305 | 0.7863 | |
| 117 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 2,082 | 1124 | 0.9576 | |
| 118 | Angelo State University | 31300 | 35400 | 0.1149 | 10,103 | 1045 | 0.7981 | |
| 119 | Suffolk University | 31400 | 83500 | 0.624 | 4,247 | 1209 | 0.8228 | |
| 120 | Hampton University | 31600 | 54800 | 0.4233 | 4,046 | 1005 | 0.6358 | |
| 120 | Northern Kentucky University | 31600 | 32100 | 0.0156 | 10,136 | 1110 | 0.9666 | |
| 122 | Central College | 31900 | 38700 | 0.1758 | 1,050 | 1159 | 0.8698 | |
| 123 | University of Scranton | 32300 | 78700 | 0.5902 | 3,689 | 1245 | 0.8006 | |
| 124 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 32800 | 59400 | 0.4478 | 11,087 | 1326 | 0.7397 | |
| 125 | Harding University | 33200 | 47800 | 0.3047 | 3,536 | 1184 | 0.7052 | |
| 126 | Elizabethtown College | 33700 | 57500 | 0.4137 | 1,935 | 1214 | 0.8892 | |
| 126 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Schuylkill | 33700 | 45600 | 0.2608 | 653 | 1145 | 0.7972 | |
| 128 | Charleston Southern University | 33900 | 48400 | 0.3007 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 129 | Pace University | 34000 | 75700 | 0.5512 | 5,520 | 1273 | 0.7827 | |
| 130 | George Washington University | 34300 | 81800 | 0.5808 | 11,495 | 1436 | 0.4713 | |
| 131 | Averett University | 34400 | 57600 | 0.4029 | 1,244 | 1054 | 0.5659 | |
| 132 | Adelphi University | 34800 | 63300 | 0.4511 | 5,097 | 1241 | 0.7215 | |
| 133 | Bradley University | 35900 | 60300 | 0.4047 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 133 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 35900 | 54000 | 0.3352 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 135 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 36400 | 39700 | 0.0832 | 4,789 | 1040 | 0.6671 | |
| 136 | East Carolina University | 36600 | 42700 | 0.1421 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 137 | Rowan University | 37500 | 53600 | 0.3002 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 138 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 37800 | 55500 | 0.3192 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 139 | Frostburg State University | 38000 | 42500 | 0.1059 | 3,436 | 1095 | 0.907 | |
| 140 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38800 | 38800 | 0 | 14,865 | 1175 | 0.9113 | |
| 141 | Saint Michael's College | 39000 | 75800 | 0.4854 | 1,051 | 1280 | 0.8976 | |
| 142 | Stony Brook University | 39400 | 53000 | 0.2559 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 143 | Elmhurst University | 40000 | 69600 | 0.4251 | 3,170 | 1133 | 0.7501 | |
| 143 | Furman University | 40000 | 84600 | 0.5269 | 2,304 | 1372 | 0.4869 | |
| 145 | Drexel University | 40300 | 86400 | 0.5339 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 145 | Immaculata University | 40300 | 48600 | 0.1708 | 1,889 | 1264 | 0.8656 | |
| 145 | McKendree University | 40300 | 52900 | 0.2376 | 1,757 | 1098 | 0.7172 | |
| 148 | University of Mount Olive | 41800 | 50400 | 0.1699 | 1,944 | 1075 | 0.7575 | |
| 149 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 42500 | 55300 | 0.2316 | 21,388 | 1369 | 0.5945 | |
| 150 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 42900 | 88100 | 0.5129 | 35,358 | 1448 | 0.1642 | |
| 151 | Merrimack College | 43300 | 78800 | 0.4501 | 4,123 | 1124 | 0.6927 | |
| 152 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 43800 | 71800 | 0.39 | 4,182 | 1317 | 0.8783 | |
| 153 | James Madison University | 44100 | 45100 | 0.0222 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 154 | Radford University | 45000 | 47600 | 0.0539 | 6,206 | 1050 | 0.8939 | |
| 155 | Mercer University | 45400 | 65400 | 0.3058 | 4,719 | 1263 | 0.643 | |
| 156 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 47600 | 57100 | 0.1663 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 157 | Ramapo College of New Jersey | 48200 | 60000 | 0.1976 | 5,492 | 1210 | 0.7026 | |
| 158 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 48300 | 61200 | 0.2102 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 159 | DePaul University | 49100 | 69400 | 0.2923 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 160 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 49200 | 58800 | 0.1628 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 161 | College of Charleston | 49400 | 62300 | 0.2069 | 10,596 | 1234 | 0.73 | |
| 162 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 50300 | 52900 | 0.0485 | 14,834 | 1149 | 0.7803 | |
| 162 | University of North Georgia | 50300 | 57000 | 0.1175 | 19,321 | 1100 | 0.9618 | |
| 164 | University of Utah | 51100 | 53700 | 0.0478 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 165 | University of Colorado Boulder | 55200 | 70900 | 0.2211 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7809 | |
| 166 | Molloy University | 55800 | 62300 | 0.1044 | 3,396 | 1188 | 0.6633 | |
| 167 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 60600 | 63600 | 0.0472 | 1,078 | 1217 | 0.9646 | |
| 168 | Clemson University | 61100 | 63700 | 0.0403 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 169 | Fordham University | 74500 | 143900 | 0.4824 | 10,582 | 1406 | 0.5931 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.