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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 | CUNY Graduate School and University Center | 6500 | 43900 | 0.8522 | 3,237 | 0 | 0.3861 | |
| 2 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 7100 | 39100 | 0.8193 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 3 | California Institute of Technology | 7600 | 90300 | 0.9157 | 987 | 1557 | 0.0257 | |
| 4 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8900 | 94100 | 0.9057 | 9,157 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 5 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 9400 | 20000 | 0.5299 | 3,207 | 1050 | 0.8034 | |
| 6 | New Mexico Highlands University | 10400 | 21500 | 0.5158 | 1,710 | 945 | 0.9481 | |
| 7 | Valdosta State University | 10500 | 24800 | 0.5776 | 7,206 | 1015 | 0.7214 | |
| 8 | Savannah State University | 11500 | 17400 | 0.3384 | 2,857 | 950 | 0.8368 | |
| 9 | Christopher Newport University | 11800 | 32800 | 0.6403 | 4,407 | 1209 | 0.8796 | |
| 10 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 12000 | 27800 | 0.5675 | 21,075 | 1420 | 0.1534 | |
| 11 | Northern Kentucky University | 12700 | 25900 | 0.5105 | 10,163 | 1090 | 0.8307 | |
| 12 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 13100 | 37100 | 0.6464 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 13 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 13300 | 13300 | 0 | 18,428 | 1090 | 0.9529 | |
| 14 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 13700 | 19400 | 0.2939 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
| 14 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 32200 | 0.5744 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 16 | University of South Florida | 13800 | 17100 | 0.1928 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 17 | Radford University | 14400 | 21900 | 0.3425 | 6,161 | 1070 | 0.8953 | |
| 18 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 14800 | 29300 | 0.4945 | 6,550 | 1140 | 0.7456 | |
| 19 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 15200 | 35700 | 0.5744 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 20 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 15500 | 27700 | 0.4405 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 21 | Goshen College | 15600 | 55800 | 0.7198 | 780 | 995 | 0.8404 | |
| 22 | Dickinson State University | 15700 | 21600 | 0.2737 | 1,339 | 1005 | 0.3695 | |
| 23 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 15800 | 23400 | 0.3252 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 24 | Northeastern University | 15900 | 89900 | 0.8235 | 22,695 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 24 | Wayne State College | 15900 | 26400 | 0.3983 | 3,902 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 26 | Southern University at New Orleans | 16200 | 31600 | 0.4872 | 1,773 | 885 | 0.6021 | |
| 27 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 16400 | 26800 | 0.3882 | 4,478 | 1065 | 0.8132 | |
| 28 | SUNY at Fredonia | 16500 | 27800 | 0.407 | 2,876 | 1193 | 0.792 | |
| 29 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 16700 | 42300 | 0.6054 | 10,049 | 1005 | 0.9234 | |
| 30 | Northwestern University | 17000 | 89500 | 0.8104 | 8,846 | 1513 | 0.0722 | |
| 31 | Middle Tennessee State University | 17300 | 23300 | 0.2566 | 17,668 | 1124 | 0.68 | |
| 32 | Morgan State University | 17800 | 19700 | 0.0966 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 33 | SUNY Brockport | 17900 | 26200 | 0.3162 | 5,816 | 1195 | 0.7068 | |
| 34 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 18300 | 20300 | 0.0985 | 1,919 | 1245 | 0.7844 | |
| 35 | Coppin State University | 19200 | 43100 | 0.555 | 1,810 | 950 | 0.4956 | |
| 36 | San Jose State University | 19300 | 29900 | 0.3542 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 36 | University of Houston-Victoria | 19300 | 34400 | 0.4392 | 2,707 | 930 | 0.7671 | |
| 38 | Towson University | 19500 | 30000 | 0.3495 | 16,264 | 1093 | 0.8198 | |
| 39 | Wayne State University | 19800 | 32300 | 0.3875 | 16,173 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
| 40 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 20000 | 27200 | 0.265 | 31,112 | 1130 | 0.8129 | |
| 41 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 20100 | 38800 | 0.4812 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 42 | Alabama State University | 20200 | 37400 | 0.4592 | 3,322 | 945 | 0.9564 | |
| 42 | Florida Memorial University | 20200 | 46100 | 0.5619 | 1,299 | 0 | 0.7431 | |
| 44 | Central College | 20700 | 36800 | 0.4373 | 1,084 | 1140 | 0.8617 | |
| 45 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27100 | 0.2289 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 46 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 21000 | 57800 | 0.6362 | 1,083 | 1205 | 0.9278 | |
| 47 | Rutgers University-Newark | 21400 | 38900 | 0.45 | 7,417 | 1214 | 0.7873 | |
| 47 | University of North Georgia | 21400 | 21400 | 0 | 18,329 | 1100 | 0.6794 | |
| 49 | Cleveland State University | 21600 | 30900 | 0.3006 | 9,418 | 1005 | 0.913 | |
| 49 | Luther College | 21600 | 71900 | 0.699 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.8402 | |
| 51 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 22000 | 33000 | 0.333 | 581 | 1129 | 0.9821 | |
| 52 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 22100 | 34400 | 0.3575 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 53 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 22300 | 28000 | 0.2034 | 5,789 | 1115 | 0.5774 | |
| 54 | University of North Florida | 22400 | 22400 | 0 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
| 55 | Fairmont State University | 22600 | 32000 | 0.2941 | 3,060 | 1005 | 0.9924 | |
| 56 | Robert Morris University | 22800 | 56300 | 0.5949 | 3,769 | 1180 | 0.9057 | |
| 57 | Bradley University | 23000 | 50900 | 0.5481 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 58 | Dakota State University | 23100 | 25600 | 0.0977 | 3,066 | 1192 | 0.8814 | |
| 59 | University of Memphis | 23200 | 30000 | 0.227 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 60 | Georgia Southern University | 23600 | 23800 | 0.0084 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 61 | Grambling State University | 24300 | 26700 | 0.09 | 4,279 | 965 | 0.2368 | |
| 62 | Bemidji State University | 24500 | 26400 | 0.0714 | 3,610 | 1110 | 0.9131 | |
| 62 | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | 24500 | 30300 | 0.1915 | 10,656 | 1075 | 0.7289 | |
| 64 | Averett University | 24600 | 57200 | 0.5702 | 1,180 | 1010 | 0.478 | |
| 64 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 24600 | 39200 | 0.3725 | 28,674 | 980 | 0.9401 | |
| 66 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 24700 | 32200 | 0.2328 | 10,200 | 1346 | 0.6507 | |
| 66 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 24700 | 37400 | 0.3393 | 7,595 | 1075 | 0.9226 | |
| 68 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 24800 | 26600 | 0.0708 | 3,413 | 1085 | 0.5295 | |
| 69 | Dominican University | 25000 | 55500 | 0.5494 | 2,690 | 1035 | 0.9032 | |
| 69 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 25000 | 51700 | 0.5162 | 1,409 | 1110 | 0.6327 | |
| 69 | University of Akron Main Campus | 25000 | 25000 | 0 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 72 | McKendree University | 25100 | 55500 | 0.5475 | 1,605 | 1098 | 0.6388 | |
| 73 | Elmhurst University | 25300 | 67000 | 0.6226 | 3,170 | 1148 | 0.7357 | |
| 73 | Houghton University | 25300 | 35500 | 0.2872 | 939 | 1277 | 0.8866 | |
| 75 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 25400 | 62200 | 0.592 | 686 | 1030 | 0.8649 | |
| 75 | University of North Texas | 25400 | 25400 | 0 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 77 | Boston College | 25600 | 94600 | 0.7294 | 9,654 | 1490 | 0.1619 | |
| 78 | Doane University | 25900 | 62800 | 0.5877 | 1,323 | 1125 | 0.9801 | |
| 78 | Kennesaw State University | 25900 | 25900 | 0 | 42,840 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 78 | Northwood University | 25900 | 54500 | 0.5252 | 1,989 | 1075 | 0.839 | |
| 78 | Norwich University | 25900 | 70900 | 0.6349 | 2,642 | 1209 | 0.7361 | |
| 82 | Bethune-Cookman University | 26100 | 32700 | 0.2019 | 2,739 | 910 | 0.8824 | |
| 83 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 26200 | 37400 | 0.2998 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 84 | Westfield State University | 26400 | 39000 | 0.3227 | 3,868 | 1105 | 0.8671 | |
| 85 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 26500 | 51100 | 0.4817 | 1,477 | 1075 | 0.8068 | |
| 86 | Fort Hays State University | 26700 | 35200 | 0.2418 | 10,206 | 1120 | 0.9177 | |
| 87 | Columbia College | 26800 | 41300 | 0.3514 | 876 | 1025 | 0.8878 | |
| 88 | Pennsylvania Western University | 27100 | 35600 | 0.239 | 7,586 | 1070 | 0.9433 | |
| 89 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 27300 | 35600 | 0.233 | 1,236 | 1203 | 0.9811 | |
| 89 | Saint Xavier University | 27300 | 52000 | 0.4749 | 3,039 | 1125 | 0.8575 | |
| 91 | Emporia State University | 27500 | 37700 | 0.2703 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 92 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 27800 | 41900 | 0.3364 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 92 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 27800 | 40300 | 0.31 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 94 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 28000 | 40300 | 0.3053 | 10,767 | 1326 | 0.7243 | |
| 95 | James Madison University | 28600 | 28600 | 0 | 21,112 | 1260 | 0.7151 | |
| 96 | Jacksonville State University | 28700 | 38200 | 0.2485 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 97 | Grand Valley State University | 28900 | 35700 | 0.1905 | 19,002 | 1233 | 0.8302 | |
| 98 | Mercy University | 29000 | 44500 | 0.3485 | 6,775 | 1074 | 0.8584 | |
| 99 | George Fox University | 29100 | 67100 | 0.5667 | 3,401 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 99 | Lincoln University | 29100 | 40900 | 0.2884 | 1,707 | 920 | 0 | |
| 101 | Concord University | 29200 | 46500 | 0.372 | 1,609 | 990 | 0.9256 | |
| 101 | Frostburg State University | 29200 | 43100 | 0.3226 | 2,619 | 1082 | 0.892 | |
| 101 | Furman University | 29200 | 79600 | 0.6329 | 2,383 | 1359 | 0.4295 | |
| 101 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 29200 | 44100 | 0.3381 | 352 | 1180 | 0.9647 | |
| 105 | Harding University | 29900 | 43800 | 0.3169 | 3,523 | 1193 | 0.3942 | |
| 105 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 29900 | 36500 | 0.1809 | 7,505 | 1059 | 0.9633 | |
| 107 | Syracuse University | 30400 | 83100 | 0.6342 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 108 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 30600 | 39500 | 0.2251 | 5,205 | 1118 | 0.744 | |
| 109 | University of South Alabama | 30700 | 35000 | 0.1229 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 110 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1150 | 0.9523 | |
| 110 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30900 | 54600 | 0.4339 | 3,163 | 1165 | 0.9347 | |
| 110 | West Virginia Wesleyan College | 30900 | 52800 | 0.4146 | 938 | 1090 | 0.951 | |
| 113 | University of Kentucky | 31000 | 36000 | 0.139 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 114 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 31100 | 52900 | 0.4123 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 114 | University of Toledo | 31100 | 42000 | 0.2594 | 11,013 | 1159 | 0.9202 | |
| 116 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 31400 | 31400 | 0 | 6,853 | 1090 | 0.7147 | |
| 116 | State University of New York at Oswego | 31400 | 38300 | 0.1799 | 5,517 | 1174 | 0.8057 | |
| 118 | Washington Adventist University | 31500 | 37800 | 0.1668 | 605 | 950 | 0.4536 | |
| 119 | Thomas Jefferson University | 31600 | 67700 | 0.5331 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 120 | CUNY Brooklyn College | 31800 | 31800 | 0 | 11,562 | 1110 | 0.5836 | |
| 121 | Albright College | 31900 | 48700 | 0.345 | 1,328 | 1050 | 0.8615 | |
| 121 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Schuylkill | 31900 | 45200 | 0.2943 | 624 | 1115 | 0.9664 | |
| 123 | Angelo State University | 32000 | 35400 | 0.0956 | 9,779 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 123 | Saint Michael's College | 32000 | 68400 | 0.5319 | 1,120 | 1240 | 0.8451 | |
| 125 | Hampton University | 32100 | 47000 | 0.3171 | 3,728 | 956 | 0.6225 | |
| 126 | University of Scranton | 32400 | 76300 | 0.5751 | 3,613 | 1220 | 0.812 | |
| 127 | California Lutheran University | 32600 | 65800 | 0.5042 | 2,297 | 1258 | 0.7567 | |
| 127 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver | 32600 | 40200 | 0.1892 | 482 | 1195 | 0.9565 | |
| 129 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 15,130 | 0 | 0.5256 | |
| 129 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 33300 | 54600 | 0.3899 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 131 | College of Charleston | 33700 | 33700 | 0 | 10,880 | 1255 | 0.6003 | |
| 132 | Elizabethtown College | 33800 | 54600 | 0.3812 | 1,903 | 1214 | 0.7787 | |
| 132 | George Washington University | 33800 | 81800 | 0.587 | 11,677 | 1421 | 0.4709 | |
| 134 | LeTourneau University | 34100 | 54600 | 0.3754 | 3,184 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 134 | Wilkes University | 34100 | 61900 | 0.4492 | 1,956 | 1153 | 0.9146 | |
| 136 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 34400 | 34500 | 0.0029 | 9,982 | 1125 | 0.7702 | |
| 137 | Stockton University | 34500 | 44500 | 0.2248 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 138 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 34700 | 34900 | 0.0039 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 139 | DePaul University | 35200 | 59100 | 0.4042 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 140 | Stevenson University | 35300 | 59900 | 0.4105 | 3,106 | 1100 | 0.7891 | |
| 140 | University of Mount Olive | 35300 | 35300 | 0 | 1,937 | 945 | 0.7775 | |
| 142 | Adelphi University | 35400 | 63300 | 0.4403 | 5,325 | 1218 | 0.6591 | |
| 143 | Coastal Carolina University | 35600 | 44700 | 0.2034 | 10,811 | 1145 | 0.7527 | |
| 144 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 35700 | 49600 | 0.28 | 1,809 | 1109 | 0.9484 | |
| 145 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 35800 | 38700 | 0.0746 | 5,086 | 1000 | 0.9821 | |
| 146 | Salisbury University | 36000 | 40900 | 0.1199 | 6,288 | 1250 | 0.8747 | |
| 147 | Mercer University | 36400 | 60500 | 0.3984 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
| 147 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 36400 | 56300 | 0.3531 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 149 | East Carolina University | 37100 | 40100 | 0.0748 | 21,445 | 1120 | 0.8922 | |
| 149 | Immaculata University | 37100 | 47800 | 0.2236 | 1,652 | 1245 | 0.8578 | |
| 151 | University of Michigan-Flint | 37600 | 39400 | 0.0457 | 5,011 | 1103 | 0.7047 | |
| 152 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 37700 | 41600 | 0.0933 | 5,187 | 1005 | 0.9229 | |
| 153 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 37800 | 38100 | 0.0079 | 2,884 | 1175 | 0.9677 | |
| 154 | Suffolk University | 38500 | 73600 | 0.4771 | 4,324 | 1209 | 0.822 | |
| 155 | Pace University | 39800 | 74100 | 0.4627 | 8,038 | 1274 | 0.7592 | |
| 156 | Stony Brook University | 40100 | 53000 | 0.2431 | 18,263 | 1395 | 0.4904 | |
| 157 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 40300 | 40300 | 0 | 1,880 | 1185 | 0.9867 | |
| 158 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 40500 | 40500 | 0 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 158 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 40500 | 45400 | 0.1079 | 502 | 1204 | 0.9641 | |
| 160 | Loyola University Maryland | 42000 | 78800 | 0.4671 | 3,881 | 1309 | 0.7549 | |
| 161 | Fordham University | 43200 | 94600 | 0.5436 | 10,307 | 1415 | 0.5628 | |
| 162 | CUNY Bernard M Baruch College | 43400 | 43400 | 0 | 16,086 | 1293 | 0.5117 | |
| 162 | Western Oregon University | 43400 | 43400 | 0 | 3,343 | 1120 | 0.9871 | |
| 164 | Merrimack College | 43700 | 78800 | 0.4453 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
| 165 | University of California-Riverside | 44100 | 66400 | 0.3358 | 22,599 | 1199 | 0.7685 | |
| 166 | City University of Seattle | 44200 | 45400 | 0.0264 | 1,180 | 0 | 0.9025 | |
| 166 | CUNY Lehman College | 44200 | 45800 | 0.0349 | 11,217 | 1020 | 0.4601 | |
| 168 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 45200 | 57100 | 0.2083 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 169 | University of Illinois Chicago | 46900 | 48000 | 0.0229 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 170 | Ramapo College of New Jersey | 48100 | 48100 | 0 | 5,444 | 1214 | 0.7064 | |
| 171 | Molloy University | 48200 | 62300 | 0.2265 | 3,240 | 1199 | 0.8174 | |
| 172 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 50200 | 56200 | 0.1067 | 3,965 | 1229 | 0.9121 | |
| 173 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 50600 | 52300 | 0.0325 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 174 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 51000 | 52900 | 0.0356 | 14,504 | 1145 | 0.7637 | |
| 175 | Drexel University | 51300 | 82600 | 0.3788 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 176 | University of Colorado Boulder | 51400 | 56300 | 0.087 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
| 177 | University of Utah | 51800 | 53700 | 0.0351 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 178 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
| 179 | Clemson University | 61800 | 63700 | 0.0296 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 180 | Thiel College | 68100 | 69100 | 0.0145 | 831 | 1065 | 0.7189 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.