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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 | California Institute of Technology | 7100 | 91800 | 0.9231 | 987 | 1557 | 0.0257 | |
| 2 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8400 | 98000 | 0.9146 | 9,157 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 3 | University of Houston-Victoria | 8700 | 39700 | 0.7811 | 2,707 | 930 | 0.7671 | |
| 4 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 8800 | 43500 | 0.7984 | 28,674 | 980 | 0.9401 | |
| 5 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 9400 | 48800 | 0.8076 | 10,049 | 1005 | 0.9234 | |
| 6 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 9800 | 36900 | 0.7346 | 3,207 | 1050 | 0.8034 | |
| 7 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 10100 | 29300 | 0.6564 | 31,112 | 1130 | 0.8129 | |
| 8 | Coppin State University | 10300 | 39900 | 0.741 | 1,810 | 950 | 0.4956 | |
| 9 | Valdosta State University | 10500 | 24800 | 0.5775 | 7,206 | 1015 | 0.7214 | |
| 10 | Savannah State University | 11600 | 40400 | 0.7121 | 2,857 | 950 | 0.8368 | |
| 11 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 11700 | 27800 | 0.579 | 21,075 | 1420 | 0.1534 | |
| 12 | University of Illinois Chicago | 11800 | 30400 | 0.611 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 13 | Concord University | 12100 | 39500 | 0.6939 | 1,609 | 990 | 0.9256 | |
| 13 | University of Michigan-Flint | 12100 | 45600 | 0.7343 | 5,011 | 1103 | 0.7047 | |
| 15 | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | 12500 | 25700 | 0.5141 | 10,656 | 1075 | 0.7289 | |
| 16 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 31700 | 0.5674 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 17 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 13900 | 27800 | 0.4992 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 18 | Fort Hays State University | 14100 | 40700 | 0.6534 | 10,206 | 1120 | 0.9177 | |
| 19 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 14200 | 46000 | 0.6909 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 19 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 14200 | 19400 | 0.2681 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
| 21 | University of California-Riverside | 14800 | 66000 | 0.7762 | 22,599 | 1199 | 0.7685 | |
| 21 | University of South Florida | 14800 | 17100 | 0.1344 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 23 | Alabama State University | 15300 | 37900 | 0.5968 | 3,322 | 945 | 0.9564 | |
| 24 | University of North Georgia | 15400 | 48000 | 0.6795 | 18,329 | 1100 | 0.6794 | |
| 25 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 15700 | 42500 | 0.6307 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 26 | New Mexico Highlands University | 15800 | 31500 | 0.4981 | 1,710 | 945 | 0.9481 | |
| 27 | Dickinson State University | 15900 | 23400 | 0.3206 | 1,339 | 1005 | 0.3695 | |
| 27 | Northeastern University | 15900 | 89900 | 0.8231 | 22,695 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 27 | Wayne State University | 15900 | 32900 | 0.5165 | 16,173 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
| 30 | Wayne State College | 16100 | 20000 | 0.1949 | 3,902 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 31 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 16400 | 46800 | 0.6501 | 6,550 | 1140 | 0.7456 | |
| 31 | University of North Florida | 16400 | 33000 | 0.5034 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
| 33 | Goshen College | 16600 | 55900 | 0.7037 | 780 | 995 | 0.8404 | |
| 34 | Jacksonville State University | 16700 | 27000 | 0.3821 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 34 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 16700 | 42600 | 0.6082 | 7,595 | 1075 | 0.9226 | |
| 34 | SUNY at Fredonia | 16700 | 27800 | 0.3998 | 2,876 | 1193 | 0.792 | |
| 37 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 16900 | 45400 | 0.6272 | 18,428 | 1090 | 0.9529 | |
| 38 | Southern University at New Orleans | 17400 | 34200 | 0.4911 | 1,773 | 885 | 0.6021 | |
| 39 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 17800 | 26600 | 0.3318 | 3,413 | 1085 | 0.5295 | |
| 40 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 18000 | 44900 | 0.5986 | 5,205 | 1118 | 0.744 | |
| 41 | University of South Alabama | 18100 | 35200 | 0.486 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 42 | Georgia Southern University | 18300 | 26800 | 0.3177 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 43 | Boston College | 18400 | 96200 | 0.8083 | 9,654 | 1490 | 0.1619 | |
| 43 | Morgan State University | 18400 | 19700 | 0.0661 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 43 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 18400 | 52500 | 0.6495 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 43 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 18400 | 36500 | 0.4962 | 7,505 | 1059 | 0.9633 | |
| 47 | Grand Valley State University | 18600 | 29500 | 0.3694 | 19,002 | 1233 | 0.8302 | |
| 48 | Dakota State University | 18700 | 22500 | 0.169 | 3,066 | 1192 | 0.8814 | |
| 49 | Emporia State University | 18800 | 29800 | 0.3696 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 49 | Westfield State University | 18800 | 32400 | 0.4202 | 3,868 | 1105 | 0.8671 | |
| 51 | Florida Memorial University | 18900 | 44900 | 0.5792 | 1,299 | 0 | 0.7431 | |
| 52 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 19100 | 43800 | 0.5634 | 352 | 1180 | 0.9647 | |
| 53 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 19300 | 42800 | 0.5485 | 581 | 1129 | 0.9821 | |
| 54 | Lincoln University | 19900 | 40800 | 0.5128 | 1,707 | 920 | 0 | |
| 55 | Stockton University | 20100 | 44500 | 0.5486 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 56 | San Jose State University | 20300 | 33600 | 0.3955 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 57 | State University of New York at Oswego | 20400 | 40200 | 0.4927 | 5,517 | 1174 | 0.8057 | |
| 58 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 20500 | 38100 | 0.462 | 2,884 | 1175 | 0.9677 | |
| 59 | Central College | 20700 | 36800 | 0.4373 | 1,084 | 1140 | 0.8617 | |
| 59 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 20700 | 57800 | 0.6418 | 1,083 | 1205 | 0.9278 | |
| 61 | Albright College | 21100 | 49300 | 0.5719 | 1,328 | 1050 | 0.8615 | |
| 62 | Luther College | 21400 | 71900 | 0.7025 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.8402 | |
| 62 | Northwestern University | 21400 | 89500 | 0.7612 | 8,846 | 1513 | 0.0722 | |
| 62 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Schuylkill | 21400 | 45200 | 0.527 | 624 | 1115 | 0.9664 | |
| 62 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 21400 | 40100 | 0.4662 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 62 | Rutgers University-Newark | 21400 | 38900 | 0.4499 | 7,417 | 1214 | 0.7873 | |
| 67 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 21500 | 38900 | 0.4469 | 1,919 | 1245 | 0.7844 | |
| 68 | Kennesaw State University | 21700 | 27200 | 0.2023 | 42,840 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 69 | Averett University | 21800 | 57200 | 0.6192 | 1,180 | 1010 | 0.478 | |
| 70 | Elmhurst University | 22000 | 67000 | 0.6719 | 3,170 | 1148 | 0.7357 | |
| 71 | Pennsylvania Western University | 22100 | 28200 | 0.2167 | 7,586 | 1070 | 0.9433 | |
| 72 | Bradley University | 22200 | 50800 | 0.5629 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 73 | SUNY Brockport | 22500 | 35100 | 0.359 | 5,816 | 1195 | 0.7068 | |
| 74 | University of South Dakota | 22800 | 26000 | 0.1232 | 7,619 | 1120 | 0.9878 | |
| 75 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 23200 | 58100 | 0.6011 | 1,477 | 1075 | 0.8068 | |
| 75 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 23200 | 47900 | 0.5153 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 75 | Robert Morris University | 23200 | 58000 | 0.5998 | 3,769 | 1180 | 0.9057 | |
| 78 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 23700 | 36800 | 0.3562 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 78 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 23700 | 45200 | 0.476 | 502 | 1204 | 0.9641 | |
| 78 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 23700 | 44400 | 0.4659 | 1,809 | 1109 | 0.9484 | |
| 81 | Dominican University | 24000 | 56000 | 0.5714 | 2,690 | 1035 | 0.9032 | |
| 82 | Houghton University | 24100 | 61900 | 0.611 | 939 | 1277 | 0.8866 | |
| 83 | Bemidji State University | 24200 | 26400 | 0.0835 | 3,610 | 1110 | 0.9131 | |
| 83 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 24200 | 47300 | 0.4882 | 1,880 | 1185 | 0.9867 | |
| 85 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 24700 | 45300 | 0.4543 | 1,236 | 1203 | 0.9811 | |
| 86 | Norwich University | 25000 | 88400 | 0.7174 | 2,642 | 1209 | 0.7361 | |
| 87 | Northwood University | 25200 | 54500 | 0.5381 | 1,989 | 1075 | 0.839 | |
| 88 | Syracuse University | 25300 | 83100 | 0.6955 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 89 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 25400 | 80400 | 0.6839 | 686 | 1030 | 0.8649 | |
| 90 | South Dakota State University | 25500 | 28700 | 0.1116 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 91 | Columbia College | 25800 | 51600 | 0.5004 | 876 | 1025 | 0.8878 | |
| 92 | Doane University | 25900 | 77700 | 0.6663 | 1,323 | 1125 | 0.9801 | |
| 93 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 26200 | 39200 | 0.3317 | 4,478 | 1065 | 0.8132 | |
| 94 | Bethune-Cookman University | 26500 | 32700 | 0.1897 | 2,739 | 910 | 0.8824 | |
| 95 | Furman University | 26600 | 79600 | 0.6655 | 2,383 | 1359 | 0.4295 | |
| 96 | Cleveland State University | 26800 | 37300 | 0.2817 | 9,418 | 1005 | 0.913 | |
| 97 | Fairmont State University | 27300 | 32200 | 0.1522 | 3,060 | 1005 | 0.9924 | |
| 98 | Rowan University | 27400 | 41600 | 0.341 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
| 98 | Thomas Jefferson University | 27400 | 67700 | 0.5951 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 98 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 27400 | 43000 | 0.3624 | 5,789 | 1115 | 0.5774 | |
| 101 | George Fox University | 28200 | 76800 | 0.6328 | 3,401 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 102 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28500 | 33400 | 0.1467 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 103 | Radford University | 28800 | 32800 | 0.122 | 6,161 | 1070 | 0.8953 | |
| 103 | Western Oregon University | 28800 | 28800 | 0 | 3,343 | 1120 | 0.9871 | |
| 105 | Mercy University | 29000 | 44500 | 0.3485 | 6,775 | 1074 | 0.8584 | |
| 106 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29100 | 33900 | 0.1417 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 106 | West Virginia Wesleyan College | 29100 | 52800 | 0.4491 | 938 | 1090 | 0.951 | |
| 108 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 29400 | 42400 | 0.3065 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 109 | Saint Xavier University | 29700 | 53600 | 0.4457 | 3,039 | 1125 | 0.8575 | |
| 110 | Northern Kentucky University | 30300 | 32100 | 0.0561 | 10,163 | 1090 | 0.8307 | |
| 111 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 30400 | 54700 | 0.4429 | 1,409 | 1110 | 0.6327 | |
| 112 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30600 | 54600 | 0.4397 | 3,163 | 1165 | 0.9347 | |
| 113 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 30700 | 36500 | 0.1589 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 114 | University of Toledo | 30800 | 42000 | 0.267 | 11,013 | 1159 | 0.9202 | |
| 115 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1150 | 0.9523 | |
| 116 | University of North Texas | 31200 | 48200 | 0.3526 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 117 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 31300 | 31300 | 0 | 6,853 | 1090 | 0.7147 | |
| 118 | Washington Adventist University | 31500 | 37800 | 0.1668 | 605 | 950 | 0.4536 | |
| 119 | Angelo State University | 31700 | 35400 | 0.1047 | 9,779 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 119 | Saint Michael's College | 31700 | 68500 | 0.5375 | 1,120 | 1240 | 0.8451 | |
| 121 | Coastal Carolina University | 31800 | 45100 | 0.295 | 10,811 | 1145 | 0.7527 | |
| 121 | CUNY Brooklyn College | 31800 | 31800 | 0 | 11,562 | 1110 | 0.5836 | |
| 123 | Grambling State University | 32100 | 38100 | 0.1576 | 4,279 | 965 | 0.2368 | |
| 123 | Hampton University | 32100 | 62400 | 0.4852 | 3,728 | 956 | 0.6225 | |
| 125 | University of Scranton | 32400 | 78700 | 0.5881 | 3,613 | 1220 | 0.812 | |
| 126 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver | 32500 | 42500 | 0.2356 | 482 | 1195 | 0.9565 | |
| 127 | Suffolk University | 32700 | 69700 | 0.5312 | 4,324 | 1209 | 0.822 | |
| 128 | Harding University | 32800 | 47000 | 0.3023 | 3,523 | 1193 | 0.3942 | |
| 128 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 32800 | 45100 | 0.2727 | 10,767 | 1326 | 0.7243 | |
| 130 | Frostburg State University | 33200 | 43000 | 0.228 | 2,619 | 1082 | 0.892 | |
| 131 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 15,130 | 0 | 0.5256 | |
| 132 | Elizabethtown College | 33800 | 55900 | 0.3956 | 1,903 | 1214 | 0.7787 | |
| 132 | George Washington University | 33800 | 81800 | 0.587 | 11,677 | 1421 | 0.4709 | |
| 134 | LeTourneau University | 34000 | 54800 | 0.3798 | 3,184 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 134 | Salisbury University | 34000 | 41700 | 0.1845 | 6,288 | 1250 | 0.8747 | |
| 136 | Wilkes University | 34100 | 61900 | 0.4492 | 1,956 | 1153 | 0.9146 | |
| 137 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 34600 | 37800 | 0.0848 | 5,086 | 1000 | 0.9821 | |
| 137 | Pace University | 34600 | 74800 | 0.5373 | 8,038 | 1274 | 0.7592 | |
| 139 | Adelphi University | 35100 | 63300 | 0.4454 | 5,325 | 1218 | 0.6591 | |
| 140 | Stevenson University | 35300 | 59900 | 0.4105 | 3,106 | 1100 | 0.7891 | |
| 141 | Immaculata University | 35600 | 47800 | 0.255 | 1,652 | 1245 | 0.8578 | |
| 142 | Loyola University Maryland | 35700 | 78800 | 0.547 | 3,881 | 1309 | 0.7549 | |
| 143 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 36000 | 56800 | 0.366 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 144 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 36100 | 56300 | 0.3588 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 145 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 36700 | 38900 | 0.0566 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 146 | East Carolina University | 37100 | 40100 | 0.0748 | 21,445 | 1120 | 0.8922 | |
| 147 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 37400 | 41600 | 0.101 | 5,187 | 1005 | 0.9229 | |
| 148 | Towson University | 38300 | 46400 | 0.1746 | 16,264 | 1093 | 0.8198 | |
| 149 | California Lutheran University | 38500 | 72800 | 0.4713 | 2,297 | 1258 | 0.7567 | |
| 150 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 38700 | 53400 | 0.2754 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 151 | Stony Brook University | 39800 | 53000 | 0.2491 | 18,263 | 1395 | 0.4904 | |
| 152 | McKendree University | 40000 | 52200 | 0.2338 | 1,605 | 1098 | 0.6388 | |
| 153 | Christopher Newport University | 41800 | 51000 | 0.1805 | 4,407 | 1209 | 0.8796 | |
| 154 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43300 | 53400 | 0.1892 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 154 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 43300 | 54700 | 0.2084 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 156 | CUNY Bernard M Baruch College | 43400 | 43400 | 0 | 16,086 | 1293 | 0.5117 | |
| 157 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4481 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
| 158 | CUNY Graduate School and University Center | 43900 | 43900 | 0 | 3,237 | 0 | 0.3861 | |
| 159 | CUNY Lehman College | 44200 | 45800 | 0.0349 | 11,217 | 1020 | 0.4601 | |
| 160 | James Madison University | 45300 | 45300 | 0 | 21,112 | 1260 | 0.7151 | |
| 161 | City University of Seattle | 46300 | 46300 | 0 | 1,180 | 0 | 0.9025 | |
| 162 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 46400 | 58900 | 0.2121 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 163 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 47600 | 67900 | 0.2989 | 3,965 | 1229 | 0.9121 | |
| 164 | Mercer University | 48200 | 63700 | 0.2434 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
| 164 | Ramapo College of New Jersey | 48200 | 54600 | 0.1172 | 5,444 | 1214 | 0.7064 | |
| 164 | University of Mount Olive | 48200 | 50400 | 0.0438 | 1,937 | 945 | 0.7775 | |
| 167 | Drexel University | 48600 | 83800 | 0.42 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 168 | Molloy University | 48800 | 62300 | 0.2168 | 3,240 | 1199 | 0.8174 | |
| 168 | University of Kentucky | 48800 | 56600 | 0.1384 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 170 | DePaul University | 49100 | 67100 | 0.2682 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 171 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 50700 | 52900 | 0.0417 | 14,504 | 1145 | 0.7637 | |
| 172 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 50900 | 84700 | 0.3991 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 173 | University of Utah | 51500 | 53700 | 0.0411 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 174 | University of Colorado Boulder | 56200 | 56600 | 0.0071 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
| 175 | Thiel College | 60500 | 69100 | 0.1244 | 831 | 1065 | 0.7189 | |
| 176 | Clemson University | 61400 | 63700 | 0.0346 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 177 | College of Charleston | 61600 | 61600 | 0 | 10,880 | 1255 | 0.6003 | |
| 178 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 63500 | 63500 | 0 | 10,200 | 1346 | 0.6507 | |
| 179 | Fordham University | 69800 | 95000 | 0.2651 | 10,307 | 1415 | 0.5628 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.