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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-Ann Arbor | 5200 | 40700 | 0.8713 | 35,358 | 1448 | 0.1642 | |
| 2 | Savannah State University | 6800 | 29000 | 0.7651 | 2,966 | 950 | 1 | |
| 3 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8500 | 97100 | 0.9129 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 4 | Valdosta State University | 10500 | 24800 | 0.5775 | 7,199 | 1005 | 0.7769 | |
| 5 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 29200 | 0.5745 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 6 | University of North Florida | 13100 | 22400 | 0.4157 | 14,837 | 1124 | 0.6815 | |
| 7 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 13300 | 13300 | 0 | 18,667 | 1090 | 0.9711 | |
| 8 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 13500 | 13500 | 0 | 1,973 | 1189 | 0.8142 | |
| 9 | University of Michigan-Flint | 13600 | 34900 | 0.611 | 5,534 | 1079 | 0.6734 | |
| 10 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 13800 | 30000 | 0.5401 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 11 | Alabama State University | 14200 | 31300 | 0.5476 | 3,521 | 945 | 0.9755 | |
| 12 | Grand Valley State University | 14600 | 25300 | 0.4234 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 13 | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | 14700 | 19600 | 0.2499 | 10,995 | 1090 | 0.7476 | |
| 14 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 15000 | 40600 | 0.6299 | 308 | 1144 | 0.9053 | |
| 15 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 15200 | 29600 | 0.4872 | 7,501 | 1055 | 0.9467 | |
| 16 | Northern Kentucky University | 15300 | 25900 | 0.4098 | 10,136 | 1110 | 0.9666 | |
| 17 | Austin Peay State University | 15400 | 29100 | 0.4725 | 9,593 | 1075 | 0.9691 | |
| 17 | Radford University | 15400 | 32000 | 0.5196 | 6,206 | 1050 | 0.8939 | |
| 17 | Wayne State College | 15400 | 20300 | 0.2414 | 3,886 | 0 | 1 | |
| 20 | James Madison University | 15600 | 28900 | 0.4608 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 21 | Coppin State University | 15700 | 27100 | 0.4206 | 1,908 | 950 | 0.4583 | |
| 22 | Coastal Carolina University | 15800 | 27200 | 0.4192 | 11,471 | 1160 | 0.7003 | |
| 23 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 15900 | 27700 | 0.4254 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 24 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver | 16100 | 38700 | 0.5837 | 475 | 1195 | 0.9418 | |
| 25 | Jacksonville State University | 16300 | 27000 | 0.397 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 25 | University of California-Riverside | 16300 | 36500 | 0.553 | 24,034 | 1199 | 0.8609 | |
| 25 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 16300 | 26800 | 0.3922 | 4,789 | 1040 | 0.6671 | |
| 28 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 16500 | 23400 | 0.2952 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 29 | Northwestern University | 16600 | 89500 | 0.8149 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 29 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16600 | 64800 | 0.7439 | 22,007 | 1427 | 0.1672 | |
| 31 | Frostburg State University | 16700 | 26600 | 0.3719 | 3,436 | 1095 | 0.907 | |
| 32 | Wayne State University | 16800 | 32900 | 0.4891 | 16,390 | 1183 | 0.8359 | |
| 33 | Southern University at New Orleans | 17100 | 31000 | 0.4478 | 2,179 | 950 | 0.789 | |
| 33 | SUNY at Fredonia | 17100 | 27800 | 0.3854 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 33 | University of South Florida | 17100 | 17100 | 0 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 36 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 17200 | 40600 | 0.5758 | 586 | 1140 | 0.9577 | |
| 37 | Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi | 17800 | 20700 | 0.1401 | 8,673 | 1095 | 0.9156 | |
| 38 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18100 | 28600 | 0.3669 | 3,991 | 1010 | 0.9654 | |
| 39 | Boston College | 18200 | 97600 | 0.8133 | 9,677 | 1484 | 0.1422 | |
| 40 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 18300 | 54300 | 0.6629 | 10,368 | 1064 | 0.999 | |
| 41 | College of Charleston | 18400 | 33900 | 0.4578 | 10,596 | 1234 | 0.73 | |
| 42 | SUNY Brockport | 18600 | 26200 | 0.2895 | 5,816 | 1195 | 0.7068 | |
| 43 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 18700 | 25200 | 0.2575 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 44 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 18800 | 39000 | 0.5176 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 45 | Texas A&M University-Victoria | 19200 | 25000 | 0.2322 | 2,627 | 1000 | 0.5253 | |
| 46 | University of Illinois Chicago | 19400 | 30100 | 0.356 | 24,260 | 1174 | 0.7576 | |
| 47 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 19500 | 68100 | 0.7139 | 711 | 1030 | 0.8214 | |
| 48 | Cleveland State University | 20100 | 30900 | 0.3491 | 9,418 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 48 | Norwich University | 20100 | 73800 | 0.7274 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 48 | Rutgers University-Newark | 20100 | 38000 | 0.4708 | 7,989 | 1159 | 0.7136 | |
| 48 | University of South Alabama | 20100 | 22400 | 0.1029 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 52 | Central Connecticut State University | 20200 | 29500 | 0.3151 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 52 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 20200 | 41400 | 0.5117 | 504 | 1200 | 0.9095 | |
| 52 | Pennsylvania Western University | 20200 | 29000 | 0.3039 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 55 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 20300 | 30400 | 0.3319 | 3,224 | 1085 | 0.7643 | |
| 56 | Dakota State University | 20400 | 22500 | 0.0912 | 3,085 | 1174 | 0.9241 | |
| 56 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20400 | 29400 | 0.3056 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 58 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 20600 | 57800 | 0.6433 | 1,109 | 1175 | 0.9088 | |
| 59 | Grove City College | 20800 | 39700 | 0.4767 | 2,247 | 1248 | 0.667 | |
| 60 | Tarleton State University | 21000 | 23000 | 0.087 | 17,556 | 1090 | 0.5386 | |
| 61 | University of North Georgia | 21400 | 21400 | 0 | 19,321 | 1100 | 0.9618 | |
| 62 | Luther College | 21500 | 75400 | 0.7153 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.8398 | |
| 62 | University of Memphis | 21500 | 29600 | 0.274 | 15,538 | 1080 | 0.7878 | |
| 64 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 65 | Bradley University | 22300 | 50800 | 0.561 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 66 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 22500 | 25400 | 0.1143 | 2,907 | 1125 | 0.4696 | |
| 67 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 22600 | 33600 | 0.3271 | 21,469 | 1167 | 0.9061 | |
| 68 | Grambling State University | 22700 | 25700 | 0.1169 | 4,313 | 950 | 0.4486 | |
| 69 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 22800 | 53000 | 0.5693 | 1,495 | 1075 | 0.8761 | |
| 70 | Houghton University | 23100 | 44300 | 0.4786 | 958 | 1277 | 0.89 | |
| 70 | Robert Morris University | 23100 | 58000 | 0.6012 | 4,325 | 1145 | 0.8989 | |
| 72 | Florida Memorial University | 23300 | 42000 | 0.4447 | 1,206 | 0 | 0.8526 | |
| 72 | San Jose State University | 23300 | 41100 | 0.4332 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 74 | Concord University | 23600 | 40800 | 0.4219 | 1,638 | 1015 | 0.9728 | |
| 75 | Dominican University | 23900 | 56000 | 0.573 | 2,642 | 1005 | 0.8879 | |
| 76 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 24100 | 24900 | 0.0321 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 77 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 24200 | 34400 | 0.2965 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 78 | Western Oregon University | 24600 | 24600 | 0 | 3,034 | 1120 | 0.8345 | |
| 79 | Ramapo College of New Jersey | 24800 | 36300 | 0.3172 | 5,492 | 1210 | 0.7026 | |
| 80 | Stockton University | 24900 | 32100 | 0.2242 | 7,583 | 1134 | 0.901 | |
| 81 | Columbia College | 25000 | 46900 | 0.467 | 876 | 1025 | 0.8878 | |
| 82 | Westfield State University | 25100 | 39000 | 0.356 | 3,868 | 1105 | 0.8671 | |
| 83 | Emporia State University | 25400 | 32000 | 0.2062 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 84 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 26000 | 28300 | 0.0809 | 3,375 | 1090 | 0.5885 | |
| 84 | West Virginia Wesleyan College | 26000 | 53800 | 0.5169 | 971 | 1030 | 0.9334 | |
| 86 | Stony Brook University | 26100 | 33200 | 0.2129 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 86 | University of North Texas | 26100 | 26100 | 0 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 88 | Fort Hays State University | 26200 | 36100 | 0.2764 | 10,172 | 1075 | 0.9026 | |
| 89 | Bemidji State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 3,751 | 1075 | 0.5598 | |
| 90 | Kennesaw State University | 26600 | 26600 | 0 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 91 | Northwood University | 26800 | 54500 | 0.5087 | 2,045 | 1055 | 0.6451 | |
| 92 | Bethune-Cookman University | 27100 | 32700 | 0.1713 | 2,739 | 910 | 0.8824 | |
| 93 | Syracuse University | 27400 | 83100 | 0.6701 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 94 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 27700 | 31000 | 0.1066 | 11,087 | 1326 | 0.7397 | |
| 95 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 27800 | 36500 | 0.2385 | 7,747 | 1073 | 0.9617 | |
| 96 | Elmhurst University | 28500 | 67000 | 0.5748 | 3,170 | 1133 | 0.7501 | |
| 96 | Saint Xavier University | 28500 | 53700 | 0.4689 | 3,100 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 96 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28500 | 32300 | 0.1176 | 11,691 | 1074 | 0.7722 | |
| 99 | University of Utah | 28700 | 32000 | 0.1028 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 100 | Clemson University | 29000 | 37100 | 0.2179 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 101 | Lincoln University | 29100 | 34500 | 0.1564 | 1,926 | 920 | 0 | |
| 101 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 29100 | 49100 | 0.4074 | 29,727 | 990 | 0.9229 | |
| 103 | University of Toledo | 29300 | 32600 | 0.1009 | 10,726 | 1134 | 0.8889 | |
| 104 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 29400 | 42400 | 0.3069 | 6,761 | 1105 | 0.8475 | |
| 105 | Fairmont State University | 29500 | 32200 | 0.0839 | 3,090 | 970 | 0.9862 | |
| 106 | Towson University | 29800 | 29900 | 0.0033 | 16,361 | 1082 | 0.8057 | |
| 107 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 30000 | 48100 | 0.3766 | 2,280 | 1224 | 0.9675 | |
| 108 | Mercy University | 30400 | 44500 | 0.317 | 6,692 | 1135 | 0.8724 | |
| 109 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30500 | 54600 | 0.4413 | 3,120 | 1193 | 0.3992 | |
| 110 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 30800 | 36900 | 0.1662 | 5,687 | 1305 | 0.7863 | |
| 111 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 2,082 | 1124 | 0.9576 | |
| 112 | Central College | 31100 | 36800 | 0.155 | 1,050 | 1159 | 0.8698 | |
| 112 | Saint Michael's College | 31100 | 68500 | 0.5463 | 1,051 | 1280 | 0.8976 | |
| 114 | University of Kentucky | 31400 | 36400 | 0.1373 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 115 | Hampton University | 31500 | 54800 | 0.4252 | 4,046 | 1005 | 0.6358 | |
| 115 | Harding University | 31500 | 47800 | 0.3408 | 3,536 | 1184 | 0.7052 | |
| 117 | Angelo State University | 31600 | 35400 | 0.1071 | 10,103 | 1045 | 0.7981 | |
| 118 | Lamar University | 31700 | 38300 | 0.1724 | 8,387 | 1040 | 0.8353 | |
| 119 | Morgan State University | 32300 | 41900 | 0.2293 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 120 | University of Scranton | 32400 | 78700 | 0.5879 | 3,689 | 1245 | 0.8006 | |
| 121 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 32600 | 40900 | 0.2029 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 121 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 32600 | 34500 | 0.0551 | 10,396 | 1125 | 0.7162 | |
| 123 | Portland State University | 32800 | 43100 | 0.2386 | 14,932 | 1174 | 0.8586 | |
| 124 | State University of New York at Oswego | 32900 | 40200 | 0.1817 | 5,293 | 1179 | 0.7989 | |
| 125 | Suffolk University | 33200 | 70300 | 0.5277 | 4,247 | 1209 | 0.8228 | |
| 126 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 33400 | 49500 | 0.3256 | 1,829 | 1149 | 0.945 | |
| 127 | Elizabethtown College | 33800 | 55300 | 0.3889 | 1,935 | 1214 | 0.8892 | |
| 127 | George Washington University | 33800 | 81800 | 0.5869 | 11,495 | 1436 | 0.4713 | |
| 127 | Loyola University Maryland | 33800 | 78800 | 0.5711 | 4,013 | 1329 | 0.6986 | |
| 127 | Salisbury University | 33800 | 41700 | 0.1892 | 6,477 | 1245 | 0.8826 | |
| 127 | Thomas Jefferson University | 33800 | 68100 | 0.5038 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 132 | Charleston Southern University | 34200 | 48400 | 0.295 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 133 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 34400 | 35200 | 0.0238 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 134 | Texas Southern University | 34500 | 42500 | 0.1883 | 6,844 | 915 | 0.9691 | |
| 135 | Adelphi University | 35000 | 63300 | 0.4467 | 5,097 | 1241 | 0.7215 | |
| 136 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 35100 | 56700 | 0.381 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 137 | Averett University | 35300 | 57200 | 0.3831 | 1,244 | 1054 | 0.5659 | |
| 138 | Christopher Newport University | 35400 | 36200 | 0.0221 | 4,369 | 1189 | 0.8604 | |
| 138 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 35400 | 38700 | 0.0853 | 14,865 | 1175 | 0.9113 | |
| 140 | California Lutheran University | 35700 | 70000 | 0.4902 | 2,160 | 1218 | 0.7631 | |
| 141 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Schuylkill | 35900 | 61100 | 0.4125 | 653 | 1145 | 0.7972 | |
| 142 | Furman University | 36500 | 82900 | 0.5595 | 2,304 | 1372 | 0.4869 | |
| 143 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 36800 | 37100 | 0.0081 | 5,939 | 1065 | 0.5878 | |
| 144 | East Carolina University | 36900 | 42700 | 0.1356 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 145 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 37400 | 40700 | 0.0808 | 3,893 | 1015 | 0.9839 | |
| 146 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 37800 | 40100 | 0.0571 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 147 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 38100 | 38100 | 0 | 2,710 | 1218 | 0.9374 | |
| 148 | McKendree University | 40600 | 52900 | 0.2324 | 1,757 | 1098 | 0.7172 | |
| 149 | Pace University | 40700 | 74800 | 0.4558 | 5,520 | 1273 | 0.7827 | |
| 150 | University of Mount Olive | 42100 | 50400 | 0.1645 | 1,944 | 1075 | 0.7575 | |
| 151 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 42600 | 55200 | 0.2282 | 21,388 | 1369 | 0.5945 | |
| 152 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4479 | 4,123 | 1124 | 0.6927 | |
| 152 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43500 | 53600 | 0.1886 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 154 | Immaculata University | 43600 | 47500 | 0.082 | 1,889 | 1264 | 0.8656 | |
| 155 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 43800 | 67900 | 0.3549 | 4,182 | 1317 | 0.8783 | |
| 156 | Mercer University | 45700 | 65400 | 0.3015 | 4,719 | 1263 | 0.643 | |
| 157 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 46300 | 46600 | 0.0064 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 158 | Drexel University | 47700 | 83900 | 0.4315 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 159 | University of Colorado Boulder | 48000 | 57700 | 0.1677 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7809 | |
| 160 | DePaul University | 49200 | 66000 | 0.2547 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 161 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 49800 | 62200 | 0.1995 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 162 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 50600 | 52900 | 0.0433 | 14,834 | 1149 | 0.7803 | |
| 163 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 164 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58100 | 64100 | 0.0936 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 165 | Molloy University | 58500 | 62300 | 0.061 | 3,396 | 1188 | 0.6633 | |
| 166 | Thiel College | 60400 | 69100 | 0.1259 | 830 | 1065 | 0.7189 | |
| 167 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 60600 | 64100 | 0.0546 | 1,078 | 1217 | 0.9646 | |
| 168 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 63700 | 63700 | 0 | 9,827 | 1329 | 0.6737 | |
| 169 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 64200 | 64200 | 0 | 1,709 | 1218 | 0.9653 | |
| 170 | Fordham University | 74900 | 95100 | 0.2123 | 10,582 | 1406 | 0.5931 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.