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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 Tennessee.
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 Tennessee.
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 Michigan-Ann Arbor | 6300 | 40700 | 0.8443 | 35,358 | 1448 | 0.1642 | |
| 3 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 6900 | 41500 | 0.8345 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 4 | Northwestern University | 8000 | 94200 | 0.9152 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 5 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8600 | 98000 | 0.9125 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 6 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 8900 | 72200 | 0.8771 | 10,368 | 1064 | 0.999 | |
| 7 | Portland State University | 10500 | 43300 | 0.7575 | 14,932 | 1174 | 0.8586 | |
| 8 | Fairmont State University | 10600 | 21600 | 0.5084 | 3,090 | 970 | 0.9862 | |
| 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 | |
| 10 | Savannah State University | 11100 | 50900 | 0.7822 | 2,966 | 950 | 1 | |
| 12 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 11300 | 35700 | 0.683 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 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 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 13200 | 40500 | 0.674 | 29,727 | 990 | 0.9229 | |
| 16 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 13300 | 30000 | 0.5567 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 17 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 13500 | 13500 | 0 | 1,973 | 1189 | 0.8142 | |
| 18 | University of North Florida | 13700 | 22400 | 0.3889 | 14,837 | 1124 | 0.6815 | |
| 18 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 61700 | 0.7774 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 20 | Coastal Carolina University | 13800 | 27200 | 0.4927 | 11,471 | 1160 | 0.7003 | |
| 21 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 13900 | 40800 | 0.6595 | 6,761 | 1105 | 0.8475 | |
| 22 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 14000 | 35000 | 0.5996 | 18,667 | 1090 | 0.9711 | |
| 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 | |
| 25 | University of Memphis | 14800 | 29100 | 0.4916 | 15,538 | 1080 | 0.7878 | |
| 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 | Jacksonville State University | 15900 | 27000 | 0.4118 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 29 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 15900 | 44000 | 0.6389 | 308 | 1144 | 0.9053 | |
| 31 | Austin Peay State University | 16100 | 31400 | 0.489 | 9,593 | 1075 | 0.9691 | |
| 32 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16300 | 64800 | 0.7481 | 22,007 | 1427 | 0.1672 | |
| 33 | Boston College | 16900 | 97700 | 0.8273 | 9,677 | 1484 | 0.1422 | |
| 33 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 16900 | 27800 | 0.3925 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 35 | Morgan State University | 17000 | 30700 | 0.4458 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 35 | University of Colorado Boulder | 17000 | 31800 | 0.4656 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7809 | |
| 37 | Emporia State University | 17100 | 30900 | 0.4468 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 37 | Southern University at New Orleans | 17100 | 41700 | 0.5901 | 2,179 | 950 | 0.789 | |
| 37 | SUNY at Fredonia | 17100 | 27800 | 0.3854 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 40 | Radford University | 17200 | 33100 | 0.4818 | 6,206 | 1050 | 0.8939 | |
| 41 | Westfield State University | 17500 | 37600 | 0.5347 | 3,868 | 1105 | 0.8671 | |
| 41 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 17500 | 36500 | 0.5209 | 7,747 | 1073 | 0.9617 | |
| 43 | College of Charleston | 17600 | 33900 | 0.4813 | 10,596 | 1234 | 0.73 | |
| 44 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 17700 | 31500 | 0.4382 | 9,827 | 1329 | 0.6737 | |
| 44 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 17700 | 36400 | 0.5131 | 2,710 | 1218 | 0.9374 | |
| 46 | State University of New York at Oswego | 17800 | 27700 | 0.3573 | 5,293 | 1179 | 0.7989 | |
| 46 | Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi | 17800 | 28900 | 0.3846 | 8,673 | 1095 | 0.9156 | |
| 46 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 17800 | 44200 | 0.5979 | 1,829 | 1149 | 0.945 | |
| 49 | University of Kentucky | 18100 | 36500 | 0.5048 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 50 | James Madison University | 18200 | 28900 | 0.3701 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 51 | Kennesaw State University | 18400 | 26700 | 0.3108 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 52 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 18500 | 69500 | 0.7343 | 711 | 1030 | 0.8214 | |
| 52 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 18500 | 44000 | 0.5792 | 586 | 1140 | 0.9577 | |
| 54 | San Jose State University | 18600 | 41100 | 0.5469 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 55 | Texas A&M University-Victoria | 18800 | 45400 | 0.5863 | 2,627 | 1000 | 0.5253 | |
| 55 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18800 | 54000 | 0.6515 | 3,991 | 1010 | 0.9654 | |
| 57 | Valdosta State University | 19200 | 29600 | 0.3512 | 7,199 | 1005 | 0.7769 | |
| 58 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 19300 | 40900 | 0.5287 | 1,078 | 1217 | 0.9646 | |
| 58 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 19300 | 45300 | 0.5737 | 504 | 1200 | 0.9095 | |
| 58 | Ramapo College of New Jersey | 19300 | 36700 | 0.4754 | 5,492 | 1210 | 0.7026 | |
| 61 | Norwich University | 19700 | 100600 | 0.8045 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 61 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Schuylkill | 19700 | 32900 | 0.4018 | 653 | 1145 | 0.7972 | |
| 63 | Rutgers University-Newark | 20200 | 39200 | 0.4851 | 7,989 | 1159 | 0.7136 | |
| 64 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 20300 | 57800 | 0.648 | 1,109 | 1175 | 0.9088 | |
| 64 | Syracuse University | 20300 | 83600 | 0.7572 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 66 | Dakota State University | 20400 | 22500 | 0.0912 | 3,085 | 1174 | 0.9241 | |
| 67 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20500 | 57800 | 0.6451 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 68 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 20700 | 40900 | 0.4944 | 1,709 | 1218 | 0.9653 | |
| 68 | Stockton University | 20700 | 32100 | 0.355 | 7,583 | 1134 | 0.901 | |
| 70 | Grove City College | 20800 | 39700 | 0.4767 | 2,247 | 1248 | 0.667 | |
| 71 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27100 | 0.2287 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 72 | Lincoln University | 21100 | 46500 | 0.5467 | 1,926 | 920 | 0 | |
| 72 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 21100 | 40600 | 0.4814 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 74 | Alabama State University | 21300 | 43200 | 0.506 | 3,521 | 945 | 0.9755 | |
| 74 | Luther College | 21300 | 75400 | 0.7183 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.8398 | |
| 76 | Salisbury University | 21400 | 29300 | 0.2697 | 6,477 | 1245 | 0.8826 | |
| 76 | Thiel College | 21400 | 69100 | 0.6901 | 830 | 1065 | 0.7189 | |
| 76 | University of North Georgia | 21400 | 21400 | 0 | 19,321 | 1100 | 0.9618 | |
| 79 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 21500 | 51900 | 0.5863 | 5,939 | 1065 | 0.5878 | |
| 80 | Grambling State University | 21600 | 39600 | 0.4548 | 4,313 | 950 | 0.4486 | |
| 80 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 21600 | 41600 | 0.4808 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 82 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 21800 | 39100 | 0.4427 | 2,907 | 1125 | 0.4696 | |
| 82 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 84 | Grand Valley State University | 21900 | 36200 | 0.3949 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 85 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 22100 | 49600 | 0.5541 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 86 | Texas Southern University | 22400 | 25500 | 0.1218 | 6,844 | 915 | 0.9691 | |
| 86 | University of South Florida | 22400 | 22400 | 0 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 88 | Houghton University | 22700 | 51300 | 0.5576 | 958 | 1277 | 0.89 | |
| 89 | Robert Morris University | 23000 | 58000 | 0.6043 | 4,325 | 1145 | 0.8989 | |
| 89 | SUNY Brockport | 23000 | 51000 | 0.5487 | 5,816 | 1195 | 0.7068 | |
| 89 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 23000 | 53400 | 0.5697 | 21,469 | 1167 | 0.9061 | |
| 92 | Florida Memorial University | 23400 | 51000 | 0.5407 | 1,206 | 0 | 0.8526 | |
| 92 | Pennsylvania Western University | 23400 | 34400 | 0.3195 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 94 | Columbia College | 23500 | 40200 | 0.4155 | 876 | 1025 | 0.8878 | |
| 95 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 23600 | 34500 | 0.3162 | 10,396 | 1125 | 0.7162 | |
| 96 | Dominican University | 23700 | 56000 | 0.5761 | 2,642 | 1005 | 0.8879 | |
| 97 | Lamar University | 24100 | 37700 | 0.3606 | 8,387 | 1040 | 0.8353 | |
| 98 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 24500 | 47900 | 0.4881 | 2,280 | 1224 | 0.9675 | |
| 98 | University of North Texas | 24500 | 26100 | 0.0613 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 100 | Western Oregon University | 24600 | 24600 | 0 | 3,034 | 1120 | 0.8345 | |
| 101 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 24800 | 62800 | 0.6055 | 1,495 | 1075 | 0.8761 | |
| 102 | Coppin State University | 25000 | 27500 | 0.091 | 1,908 | 950 | 0.4583 | |
| 103 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 25200 | 40500 | 0.3778 | 21,388 | 1369 | 0.5945 | |
| 104 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 25400 | 36800 | 0.3099 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 105 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 25700 | 28300 | 0.0907 | 3,375 | 1090 | 0.5885 | |
| 105 | Northwood University | 25700 | 54500 | 0.5289 | 2,045 | 1055 | 0.6451 | |
| 105 | West Virginia Wesleyan College | 25700 | 53800 | 0.522 | 971 | 1030 | 0.9334 | |
| 108 | Loyola University Maryland | 26200 | 78800 | 0.6676 | 4,013 | 1329 | 0.6986 | |
| 109 | Bemidji State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 3,751 | 1075 | 0.5598 | |
| 110 | Christopher Newport University | 26500 | 42800 | 0.3811 | 4,369 | 1189 | 0.8604 | |
| 111 | University of Akron Main Campus | 26600 | 28000 | 0.0499 | 11,691 | 1074 | 0.7722 | |
| 112 | Central Connecticut State University | 28300 | 30400 | 0.0692 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 113 | University of Utah | 28400 | 32000 | 0.1114 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 114 | Bethune-Cookman University | 28800 | 32300 | 0.1082 | 2,739 | 910 | 0.8824 | |
| 115 | Harding University | 29200 | 47800 | 0.3884 | 3,536 | 1184 | 0.7052 | |
| 116 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29900 | 33000 | 0.0938 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 117 | California Lutheran University | 30100 | 71700 | 0.5804 | 2,160 | 1218 | 0.7631 | |
| 117 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 30100 | 33200 | 0.0932 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 117 | Towson University | 30100 | 30100 | 0 | 16,361 | 1082 | 0.8057 | |
| 117 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 30100 | 31000 | 0.0291 | 11,087 | 1326 | 0.7397 | |
| 121 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30200 | 54600 | 0.4463 | 3,120 | 1193 | 0.3992 | |
| 122 | Saint Xavier University | 30400 | 58200 | 0.4774 | 3,100 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 122 | Thomas Jefferson University | 30400 | 70000 | 0.5664 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 122 | University of Toledo | 30400 | 42000 | 0.2756 | 10,726 | 1134 | 0.8889 | |
| 125 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 30500 | 36900 | 0.1737 | 5,687 | 1305 | 0.7863 | |
| 126 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 2,082 | 1124 | 0.9576 | |
| 127 | Angelo State University | 31300 | 35400 | 0.1149 | 10,103 | 1045 | 0.7981 | |
| 128 | Suffolk University | 31400 | 83500 | 0.624 | 4,247 | 1209 | 0.8228 | |
| 129 | Hampton University | 31600 | 54800 | 0.4233 | 4,046 | 1005 | 0.6358 | |
| 129 | Northern Kentucky University | 31600 | 32100 | 0.0156 | 10,136 | 1110 | 0.9666 | |
| 131 | Cleveland State University | 31800 | 32100 | 0.0094 | 9,418 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 132 | Central College | 31900 | 38700 | 0.1758 | 1,050 | 1159 | 0.8698 | |
| 133 | University of Scranton | 32300 | 78700 | 0.5902 | 3,689 | 1245 | 0.8006 | |
| 134 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 17,556 | 1090 | 0.5386 | |
| 135 | Elizabethtown College | 33700 | 57500 | 0.4137 | 1,935 | 1214 | 0.8892 | |
| 135 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 33700 | 54000 | 0.376 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 137 | Charleston Southern University | 33900 | 48400 | 0.3007 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 138 | Pace University | 34000 | 75700 | 0.5512 | 5,520 | 1273 | 0.7827 | |
| 139 | George Washington University | 34300 | 81800 | 0.5808 | 11,495 | 1436 | 0.4713 | |
| 140 | Averett University | 34400 | 57600 | 0.4029 | 1,244 | 1054 | 0.5659 | |
| 141 | Adelphi University | 34800 | 63300 | 0.4511 | 5,097 | 1241 | 0.7215 | |
| 142 | University of Illinois Chicago | 35000 | 51300 | 0.3177 | 24,260 | 1174 | 0.7576 | |
| 143 | Bradley University | 35900 | 60300 | 0.4047 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 144 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 36400 | 39700 | 0.0832 | 4,789 | 1040 | 0.6671 | |
| 145 | East Carolina University | 36600 | 42700 | 0.1421 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 146 | University of South Alabama | 36800 | 40200 | 0.0847 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 147 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 37100 | 40700 | 0.0876 | 3,893 | 1015 | 0.9839 | |
| 148 | Rowan University | 37500 | 53600 | 0.3002 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 149 | Frostburg State University | 38000 | 42500 | 0.1059 | 3,436 | 1095 | 0.907 | |
| 150 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38800 | 38800 | 0 | 14,865 | 1175 | 0.9113 | |
| 151 | Saint Michael's College | 39000 | 75800 | 0.4854 | 1,051 | 1280 | 0.8976 | |
| 152 | Stony Brook University | 39400 | 53000 | 0.2559 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 153 | Elmhurst University | 40000 | 69600 | 0.4251 | 3,170 | 1133 | 0.7501 | |
| 153 | Furman University | 40000 | 84600 | 0.5269 | 2,304 | 1372 | 0.4869 | |
| 155 | Drexel University | 40300 | 86400 | 0.5339 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 155 | Immaculata University | 40300 | 48600 | 0.1708 | 1,889 | 1264 | 0.8656 | |
| 155 | McKendree University | 40300 | 52900 | 0.2376 | 1,757 | 1098 | 0.7172 | |
| 158 | University of Mount Olive | 41800 | 50400 | 0.1699 | 1,944 | 1075 | 0.7575 | |
| 159 | Merrimack College | 43300 | 78800 | 0.4501 | 4,123 | 1124 | 0.6927 | |
| 160 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 43800 | 71800 | 0.39 | 4,182 | 1317 | 0.8783 | |
| 161 | Mercer University | 45400 | 65400 | 0.3058 | 4,719 | 1263 | 0.643 | |
| 162 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 47600 | 57100 | 0.1663 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 163 | DePaul University | 49100 | 69400 | 0.2923 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 164 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 49200 | 58800 | 0.1628 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 165 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 50300 | 52900 | 0.0485 | 14,834 | 1149 | 0.7803 | |
| 166 | Molloy University | 55800 | 62300 | 0.1044 | 3,396 | 1188 | 0.6633 | |
| 167 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58400 | 63600 | 0.0818 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 168 | Clemson University | 61100 | 63700 | 0.0403 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 169 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver | 63900 | 63900 | 0 | 475 | 1195 | 0.9418 | |
| 170 | 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.