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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 | California Institute of Technology | 6900 | 91800 | 0.9253 | 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 | 9000 | 27100 | 0.6669 | 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 | 9900 | 36900 | 0.7319 | 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 | Concord University | 12100 | 39500 | 0.6939 | 1,609 | 990 | 0.9256 | |
| 11 | University of Michigan-Flint | 12100 | 45600 | 0.7343 | 5,011 | 1103 | 0.7047 | |
| 13 | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | 12500 | 25700 | 0.5141 | 10,656 | 1075 | 0.7289 | |
| 14 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 13300 | 13300 | 0 | 18,428 | 1090 | 0.9529 | |
| 15 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 13400 | 30000 | 0.5534 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 16 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 13500 | 13500 | 0 | 1,919 | 1245 | 0.7844 | |
| 17 | University of California-Riverside | 13600 | 36500 | 0.627 | 22,599 | 1199 | 0.7685 | |
| 18 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 31700 | 0.5674 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 19 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 13900 | 27800 | 0.4992 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 20 | Fort Hays State University | 14100 | 40700 | 0.6534 | 10,206 | 1120 | 0.9177 | |
| 21 | Middle Tennessee State University | 14200 | 23300 | 0.39 | 17,668 | 1124 | 0.68 | |
| 22 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 14400 | 46000 | 0.6866 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 23 | University of North Florida | 14700 | 22400 | 0.3442 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
| 24 | Alabama State University | 15300 | 37900 | 0.5968 | 3,322 | 945 | 0.9564 | |
| 25 | University of North Georgia | 15400 | 21400 | 0.2804 | 18,329 | 1100 | 0.6794 | |
| 26 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 15600 | 25800 | 0.3959 | 5,187 | 1005 | 0.9229 | |
| 26 | University of North Texas | 15600 | 25700 | 0.3935 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 28 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 15700 | 42500 | 0.6307 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 29 | Dickinson State University | 15800 | 21700 | 0.2714 | 1,339 | 1005 | 0.3695 | |
| 29 | New Mexico Highlands University | 15800 | 31500 | 0.4981 | 1,710 | 945 | 0.9481 | |
| 29 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 15800 | 25800 | 0.3846 | 9,982 | 1125 | 0.7702 | |
| 32 | Northeastern University | 15900 | 89900 | 0.8231 | 22,695 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 33 | University of Memphis | 16100 | 26400 | 0.3909 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 33 | Wayne State College | 16100 | 20000 | 0.1949 | 3,902 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 35 | Salisbury University | 16200 | 28700 | 0.4354 | 6,288 | 1250 | 0.8747 | |
| 36 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 16300 | 42600 | 0.6176 | 7,595 | 1075 | 0.9226 | |
| 37 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 16400 | 46800 | 0.6501 | 6,550 | 1140 | 0.7456 | |
| 38 | Goshen College | 16600 | 55900 | 0.7037 | 780 | 995 | 0.8404 | |
| 39 | Jacksonville State University | 16700 | 27000 | 0.3821 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 39 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16700 | 64800 | 0.7426 | 21,075 | 1420 | 0.1534 | |
| 41 | Wayne State University | 17000 | 46200 | 0.6321 | 16,173 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
| 42 | University of South Florida | 17100 | 17100 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 43 | Southern University at New Orleans | 17400 | 34200 | 0.4911 | 1,773 | 885 | 0.6021 | |
| 43 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 17400 | 33600 | 0.4818 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 45 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 17600 | 44900 | 0.6075 | 5,205 | 1118 | 0.744 | |
| 46 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 17700 | 32200 | 0.4502 | 10,200 | 1346 | 0.6507 | |
| 47 | SUNY at Fredonia | 17900 | 39600 | 0.5486 | 2,876 | 1193 | 0.792 | |
| 48 | Frostburg State University | 18000 | 26600 | 0.3231 | 2,619 | 1082 | 0.892 | |
| 49 | University of South Alabama | 18100 | 35200 | 0.486 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 50 | SUNY Brockport | 18200 | 26200 | 0.3048 | 5,816 | 1195 | 0.7068 | |
| 51 | Georgia Southern University | 18300 | 23800 | 0.2315 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 52 | Boston College | 18400 | 96200 | 0.8083 | 9,654 | 1490 | 0.1619 | |
| 52 | Morgan State University | 18400 | 19700 | 0.0661 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 52 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 18400 | 36500 | 0.4962 | 7,505 | 1059 | 0.9633 | |
| 55 | Grand Valley State University | 18600 | 29500 | 0.3694 | 19,002 | 1233 | 0.8302 | |
| 56 | Emporia State University | 18800 | 29800 | 0.3696 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 56 | Westfield State University | 18800 | 32400 | 0.4202 | 3,868 | 1105 | 0.8671 | |
| 58 | Florida Memorial University | 18900 | 44900 | 0.5792 | 1,299 | 0 | 0.7431 | |
| 59 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 19100 | 43800 | 0.5634 | 352 | 1180 | 0.9647 | |
| 60 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 19300 | 42800 | 0.5485 | 581 | 1129 | 0.9821 | |
| 60 | Stockton University | 19300 | 32100 | 0.3985 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 62 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 19500 | 25200 | 0.2259 | 6,853 | 1090 | 0.7147 | |
| 63 | San Jose State University | 20300 | 33600 | 0.3955 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 64 | Dakota State University | 20400 | 22500 | 0.0912 | 3,066 | 1192 | 0.8814 | |
| 64 | State University of New York at Oswego | 20400 | 40200 | 0.4927 | 5,517 | 1174 | 0.8057 | |
| 66 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 20500 | 38100 | 0.462 | 2,884 | 1175 | 0.9677 | |
| 67 | Radford University | 20600 | 20800 | 0.0096 | 6,161 | 1070 | 0.8953 | |
| 68 | Central College | 20700 | 36800 | 0.4373 | 1,084 | 1140 | 0.8617 | |
| 68 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 20700 | 57800 | 0.6418 | 1,083 | 1205 | 0.9278 | |
| 70 | East Carolina University | 20800 | 23800 | 0.1258 | 21,445 | 1120 | 0.8922 | |
| 71 | Lincoln University | 20900 | 24900 | 0.1606 | 1,707 | 920 | 0 | |
| 71 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27100 | 0.2285 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 73 | Luther College | 21400 | 71900 | 0.7025 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.8402 | |
| 73 | Northwestern University | 21400 | 89500 | 0.7612 | 8,846 | 1513 | 0.0722 | |
| 73 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Schuylkill | 21400 | 45200 | 0.527 | 624 | 1115 | 0.9664 | |
| 73 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 21400 | 40100 | 0.4662 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 73 | Rutgers University-Newark | 21400 | 38900 | 0.4499 | 7,417 | 1214 | 0.7873 | |
| 78 | Kennesaw State University | 21700 | 26600 | 0.1844 | 42,840 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 79 | Averett University | 21800 | 57200 | 0.6192 | 1,180 | 1010 | 0.478 | |
| 80 | Elmhurst University | 22000 | 67000 | 0.6719 | 3,170 | 1148 | 0.7357 | |
| 80 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 22000 | 47300 | 0.5347 | 1,880 | 1185 | 0.9867 | |
| 82 | Pennsylvania Western University | 22100 | 28200 | 0.2167 | 7,586 | 1070 | 0.9433 | |
| 83 | Bradley University | 22200 | 50800 | 0.5629 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 84 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 22600 | 43000 | 0.474 | 5,789 | 1115 | 0.5774 | |
| 85 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 23200 | 58100 | 0.6011 | 1,477 | 1075 | 0.8068 | |
| 85 | Robert Morris University | 23200 | 58000 | 0.5998 | 3,769 | 1180 | 0.9057 | |
| 87 | Albright College | 23700 | 49300 | 0.5192 | 1,328 | 1050 | 0.8615 | |
| 87 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 23700 | 36800 | 0.3562 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 87 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 23700 | 45200 | 0.476 | 502 | 1204 | 0.9641 | |
| 87 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 23700 | 44400 | 0.4659 | 1,809 | 1109 | 0.9484 | |
| 91 | University of Kentucky | 23800 | 36100 | 0.3412 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 92 | Dominican University | 24000 | 56000 | 0.5714 | 2,690 | 1035 | 0.9032 | |
| 93 | Houghton University | 24100 | 61900 | 0.611 | 939 | 1277 | 0.8866 | |
| 94 | Bemidji State University | 24200 | 26400 | 0.0835 | 3,610 | 1110 | 0.9131 | |
| 95 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 24400 | 26600 | 0.0828 | 3,413 | 1085 | 0.5295 | |
| 96 | Western Oregon University | 24600 | 24600 | 0 | 3,343 | 1120 | 0.9871 | |
| 97 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 24700 | 45300 | 0.4543 | 1,236 | 1203 | 0.9811 | |
| 98 | Norwich University | 25000 | 88400 | 0.7174 | 2,642 | 1209 | 0.7361 | |
| 99 | Northwood University | 25200 | 54500 | 0.5381 | 1,989 | 1075 | 0.839 | |
| 100 | Syracuse University | 25300 | 83100 | 0.6955 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 101 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 25400 | 80400 | 0.6839 | 686 | 1030 | 0.8649 | |
| 102 | Columbia College | 25800 | 51600 | 0.5004 | 876 | 1025 | 0.8878 | |
| 103 | Doane University | 25900 | 77700 | 0.6663 | 1,323 | 1125 | 0.9801 | |
| 104 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 26200 | 39200 | 0.3317 | 4,478 | 1065 | 0.8132 | |
| 105 | Bethune-Cookman University | 26500 | 32700 | 0.1897 | 2,739 | 910 | 0.8824 | |
| 106 | Furman University | 26600 | 79600 | 0.6655 | 2,383 | 1359 | 0.4295 | |
| 107 | Cleveland State University | 26800 | 37300 | 0.2817 | 9,418 | 1005 | 0.913 | |
| 108 | Fairmont State University | 27300 | 32200 | 0.1522 | 3,060 | 1005 | 0.9924 | |
| 109 | Thomas Jefferson University | 27400 | 67700 | 0.5951 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 110 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 27600 | 31000 | 0.1098 | 10,767 | 1326 | 0.7243 | |
| 111 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 27800 | 47900 | 0.4193 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 112 | George Fox University | 28200 | 76800 | 0.6328 | 3,401 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 113 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28500 | 33400 | 0.1467 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 114 | James Madison University | 28900 | 28900 | 0 | 21,112 | 1260 | 0.7151 | |
| 115 | Mercy University | 29000 | 44500 | 0.3485 | 6,775 | 1074 | 0.8584 | |
| 116 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29100 | 33200 | 0.1234 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 116 | West Virginia Wesleyan College | 29100 | 52800 | 0.4491 | 938 | 1090 | 0.951 | |
| 118 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 29400 | 42400 | 0.3065 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 118 | University of Toledo | 29400 | 32600 | 0.0983 | 11,013 | 1159 | 0.9202 | |
| 120 | Saint Xavier University | 29700 | 53600 | 0.4457 | 3,039 | 1125 | 0.8575 | |
| 121 | Towson University | 30000 | 30000 | 0 | 16,264 | 1093 | 0.8198 | |
| 122 | Northern Kentucky University | 30300 | 32100 | 0.0561 | 10,163 | 1090 | 0.8307 | |
| 123 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 30400 | 54700 | 0.4429 | 1,409 | 1110 | 0.6327 | |
| 124 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30600 | 54600 | 0.4397 | 3,163 | 1165 | 0.9347 | |
| 125 | Harding University | 30800 | 47000 | 0.3448 | 3,523 | 1193 | 0.3942 | |
| 126 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1150 | 0.9523 | |
| 127 | Washington Adventist University | 31500 | 37800 | 0.1668 | 605 | 950 | 0.4536 | |
| 128 | Angelo State University | 31700 | 35400 | 0.1047 | 9,779 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 128 | Saint Michael's College | 31700 | 68500 | 0.5375 | 1,120 | 1240 | 0.8451 | |
| 130 | Coastal Carolina University | 31800 | 45100 | 0.295 | 10,811 | 1145 | 0.7527 | |
| 130 | CUNY Brooklyn College | 31800 | 31800 | 0 | 11,562 | 1110 | 0.5836 | |
| 132 | Grambling State University | 32100 | 38100 | 0.1576 | 4,279 | 965 | 0.2368 | |
| 132 | Hampton University | 32100 | 62400 | 0.4852 | 3,728 | 956 | 0.6225 | |
| 134 | University of Scranton | 32400 | 78700 | 0.5881 | 3,613 | 1220 | 0.812 | |
| 135 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver | 32500 | 42500 | 0.2356 | 482 | 1195 | 0.9565 | |
| 136 | Suffolk University | 32700 | 69700 | 0.5312 | 4,324 | 1209 | 0.822 | |
| 137 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 15,130 | 0 | 0.5256 | |
| 138 | Elizabethtown College | 33800 | 55900 | 0.3956 | 1,903 | 1214 | 0.7787 | |
| 138 | George Washington University | 33800 | 81800 | 0.587 | 11,677 | 1421 | 0.4709 | |
| 140 | LeTourneau University | 34000 | 54800 | 0.3798 | 3,184 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 141 | CUNY Graduate School and University Center | 34100 | 34100 | 0 | 3,237 | 0 | 0.3861 | |
| 141 | Wilkes University | 34100 | 61900 | 0.4492 | 1,956 | 1153 | 0.9146 | |
| 143 | Pace University | 34600 | 74800 | 0.5373 | 8,038 | 1274 | 0.7592 | |
| 144 | Adelphi University | 35100 | 63300 | 0.4454 | 5,325 | 1218 | 0.6591 | |
| 144 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 35100 | 35200 | 0.0038 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 146 | Stevenson University | 35300 | 59900 | 0.4105 | 3,106 | 1100 | 0.7891 | |
| 147 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 35500 | 38700 | 0.0828 | 5,086 | 1000 | 0.9821 | |
| 148 | Loyola University Maryland | 35700 | 78800 | 0.547 | 3,881 | 1309 | 0.7549 | |
| 149 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 36000 | 56800 | 0.366 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 150 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 36100 | 56300 | 0.3588 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 151 | Christopher Newport University | 36200 | 36200 | 0 | 4,407 | 1209 | 0.8796 | |
| 152 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 36700 | 38900 | 0.0566 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 153 | California Lutheran University | 38500 | 72800 | 0.4713 | 2,297 | 1258 | 0.7567 | |
| 154 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38600 | 38600 | 0 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
| 155 | Stony Brook University | 39800 | 53000 | 0.2491 | 18,263 | 1395 | 0.4904 | |
| 156 | McKendree University | 40000 | 52200 | 0.2338 | 1,605 | 1098 | 0.6388 | |
| 157 | Immaculata University | 43300 | 47800 | 0.0941 | 1,652 | 1245 | 0.8578 | |
| 157 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 43300 | 54700 | 0.2084 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 159 | CUNY Bernard M Baruch College | 43400 | 43400 | 0 | 16,086 | 1293 | 0.5117 | |
| 160 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4481 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
| 161 | CUNY Lehman College | 44200 | 45800 | 0.0349 | 11,217 | 1020 | 0.4601 | |
| 162 | University of Illinois Chicago | 44700 | 49300 | 0.0932 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 163 | City University of Seattle | 46300 | 46300 | 0 | 1,180 | 0 | 0.9025 | |
| 164 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 47600 | 67900 | 0.2989 | 3,965 | 1229 | 0.9121 | |
| 165 | Ramapo College of New Jersey | 48200 | 54600 | 0.1172 | 5,444 | 1214 | 0.7064 | |
| 165 | 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 | Mercer University | 48700 | 63700 | 0.2356 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
| 169 | Molloy University | 48800 | 62300 | 0.2168 | 3,240 | 1199 | 0.8174 | |
| 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 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
| 175 | University of Colorado Boulder | 56200 | 56600 | 0.0071 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
| 176 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 56700 | 58900 | 0.0374 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 177 | Thiel College | 60500 | 69100 | 0.1244 | 831 | 1065 | 0.7189 | |
| 178 | Clemson University | 61400 | 63700 | 0.0346 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 179 | College of Charleston | 61600 | 61600 | 0 | 10,880 | 1255 | 0.6003 | |
| 180 | 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.