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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 | Savannah State University | 6800 | 40400 | 0.8308 | 2,857 | 950 | 0.8368 | |
| 2 | California Institute of Technology | 6900 | 91800 | 0.9253 | 987 | 1557 | 0.0257 | |
| 3 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 8200 | 36100 | 0.7738 | 10,049 | 1005 | 0.9234 | |
| 4 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8400 | 98000 | 0.9146 | 9,157 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 5 | University of Houston-Victoria | 8700 | 39700 | 0.7811 | 2,707 | 930 | 0.7671 | |
| 6 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 9000 | 27100 | 0.6669 | 28,674 | 980 | 0.9401 | |
| 7 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 9900 | 36900 | 0.7319 | 3,207 | 1060 | 0.8034 | |
| 8 | Valdosta State University | 10500 | 24800 | 0.5775 | 7,206 | 1015 | 0.7214 | |
| 9 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 11800 | 27800 | 0.5765 | 21,075 | 1420 | 0.1534 | |
| 10 | University of Illinois Chicago | 11900 | 30400 | 0.6077 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 11 | University of Michigan-Flint | 12000 | 45600 | 0.7365 | 5,011 | 1103 | 0.7047 | |
| 12 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 29100 | 0.5734 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 13 | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | 12500 | 25700 | 0.5141 | 10,656 | 1075 | 0.7289 | |
| 14 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 13200 | 51900 | 0.746 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 15 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 13300 | 23400 | 0.4322 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 16 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 13400 | 41800 | 0.6793 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 17 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 13500 | 13500 | 0 | 1,919 | 1245 | 0.7844 | |
| 18 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 14200 | 46000 | 0.6909 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 18 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 14200 | 19400 | 0.2681 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
| 20 | Coastal Carolina University | 14300 | 27200 | 0.4744 | 10,811 | 1145 | 0.7527 | |
| 20 | Fort Hays State University | 14300 | 40700 | 0.6494 | 10,206 | 1110 | 0.9177 | |
| 20 | Middle Tennessee State University | 14300 | 23300 | 0.3857 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 23 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 14400 | 32200 | 0.5534 | 2,836 | 1135 | 0.3787 | |
| 24 | University of California-Riverside | 14800 | 66000 | 0.7762 | 22,599 | 1199 | 0.7685 | |
| 24 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 14800 | 26800 | 0.4482 | 4,478 | 1065 | 0.8132 | |
| 24 | University of South Florida | 14800 | 17100 | 0.1344 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 27 | Alabama State University | 15300 | 37900 | 0.597 | 3,322 | 970 | 0.9564 | |
| 28 | University of North Georgia | 15400 | 21400 | 0.2804 | 18,329 | 1100 | 0.6794 | |
| 29 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 15600 | 25800 | 0.3932 | 5,386 | 995 | 0.9092 | |
| 30 | James Madison University | 15800 | 28900 | 0.4537 | 21,112 | 1260 | 0.7151 | |
| 30 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 15800 | 25800 | 0.3846 | 9,982 | 1125 | 0.7702 | |
| 32 | Dickinson State University | 15900 | 21700 | 0.2684 | 1,339 | 1005 | 0.3695 | |
| 32 | Wayne State University | 15900 | 32900 | 0.5165 | 16,173 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
| 34 | Grand Valley State University | 16100 | 25300 | 0.3641 | 19,002 | 1233 | 0.8302 | |
| 34 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 16100 | 46800 | 0.6565 | 6,550 | 1110 | 0.7456 | |
| 34 | University of Memphis | 16100 | 26400 | 0.3909 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 37 | New Mexico Highlands University | 16200 | 31500 | 0.4854 | 1,710 | 945 | 0.9481 | |
| 37 | Wayne State College | 16200 | 20000 | 0.1899 | 3,902 | 0 | 1 | |
| 39 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver | 16300 | 42500 | 0.6172 | 482 | 1195 | 0.9565 | |
| 40 | University of North Florida | 16400 | 22400 | 0.2682 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
| 41 | Goshen College | 16500 | 55900 | 0.7042 | 780 | 995 | 0.8404 | |
| 42 | Jacksonville State University | 16600 | 36100 | 0.5399 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 43 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 16700 | 42600 | 0.6082 | 7,595 | 1075 | 0.9226 | |
| 43 | SUNY at Fredonia | 16700 | 27800 | 0.3998 | 2,876 | 1193 | 0.792 | |
| 45 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 17000 | 29200 | 0.418 | 18,667 | 1090 | 0.9711 | |
| 46 | Southern University at New Orleans | 17400 | 34200 | 0.4911 | 1,773 | 885 | 0.6021 | |
| 47 | Westfield State University | 17700 | 35600 | 0.5023 | 3,868 | 1105 | 0.8671 | |
| 48 | Morgan State University | 17800 | 37200 | 0.5216 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 49 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 18000 | 44900 | 0.5986 | 5,205 | 1118 | 0.744 | |
| 50 | University of South Alabama | 18100 | 35200 | 0.486 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 51 | Boston College | 18400 | 96200 | 0.8083 | 9,654 | 1490 | 0.1619 | |
| 51 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 18400 | 52500 | 0.6495 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 53 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 18500 | 26700 | 0.3071 | 7,505 | 1059 | 0.9633 | |
| 54 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 18600 | 36400 | 0.4884 | 2,884 | 1175 | 0.9677 | |
| 54 | State University of New York at Oswego | 18600 | 27700 | 0.3284 | 5,517 | 1164 | 0.8057 | |
| 56 | Emporia State University | 18800 | 29800 | 0.3696 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 56 | Rutgers University-Newark | 18800 | 38000 | 0.505 | 7,417 | 1214 | 0.7873 | |
| 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 | College of Charleston | 19300 | 33900 | 0.4312 | 10,880 | 1255 | 0.6003 | |
| 60 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 19300 | 42800 | 0.5485 | 581 | 1129 | 0.9821 | |
| 62 | Stockton University | 20100 | 44500 | 0.5486 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 63 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 20300 | 40900 | 0.5042 | 1,880 | 1185 | 0.9867 | |
| 64 | Central Connecticut State University | 20400 | 29500 | 0.3083 | 8,170 | 1010 | 0.7333 | |
| 64 | Dakota State University | 20400 | 22500 | 0.0912 | 3,066 | 1192 | 0.8814 | |
| 66 | Central College | 20700 | 36800 | 0.4373 | 1,084 | 1140 | 0.8617 | |
| 67 | Grove City College | 20800 | 39700 | 0.4767 | 2,341 | 1256 | 0.7232 | |
| 67 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 20800 | 57800 | 0.6406 | 1,083 | 1171 | 0.9278 | |
| 69 | Lincoln University | 20900 | 24900 | 0.1606 | 1,707 | 920 | 0 | |
| 69 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27100 | 0.2285 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 71 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 21000 | 34400 | 0.3895 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 71 | Tarleton State University | 21000 | 23000 | 0.087 | 15,130 | 1095 | 0.5256 | |
| 73 | Luther College | 21500 | 71900 | 0.7017 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.8402 | |
| 74 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 21600 | 42600 | 0.4935 | 1,809 | 1109 | 0.9484 | |
| 75 | Kennesaw State University | 21700 | 26600 | 0.1844 | 42,840 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 76 | Northwestern University | 21800 | 89500 | 0.7567 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 77 | Elmhurst University | 22000 | 67000 | 0.6719 | 3,170 | 1148 | 0.7357 | |
| 78 | Averett University | 22100 | 57200 | 0.614 | 1,180 | 1070 | 0.478 | |
| 79 | Bradley University | 22200 | 50800 | 0.5629 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 79 | Pennsylvania Western University | 22200 | 28200 | 0.2131 | 7,586 | 0 | 0.9433 | |
| 81 | SUNY Brockport | 22500 | 35100 | 0.359 | 5,816 | 1195 | 0.7068 | |
| 82 | San Jose State University | 22700 | 41100 | 0.4478 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 83 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 22800 | 45300 | 0.4962 | 1,236 | 1203 | 0.9811 | |
| 84 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 23200 | 58100 | 0.6011 | 1,477 | 1075 | 0.8068 | |
| 84 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 23200 | 47900 | 0.5153 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 86 | Robert Morris University | 23300 | 58000 | 0.5986 | 3,769 | 1180 | 0.9057 | |
| 87 | Grambling State University | 23700 | 34800 | 0.3186 | 4,279 | 955 | 0.2368 | |
| 87 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 23700 | 45200 | 0.476 | 502 | 1204 | 0.9641 | |
| 89 | Albright College | 23800 | 49300 | 0.5171 | 1,328 | 1050 | 0.8615 | |
| 89 | University of Kentucky | 23800 | 36100 | 0.3396 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 91 | Dominican University | 24100 | 56000 | 0.5702 | 2,690 | 1060 | 0.9032 | |
| 91 | Houghton University | 24100 | 61900 | 0.611 | 939 | 1277 | 0.8866 | |
| 93 | Norwich University | 24600 | 88400 | 0.7219 | 2,642 | 1182 | 0.7361 | |
| 94 | Northwood University | 25200 | 54500 | 0.5381 | 1,989 | 1075 | 0.839 | |
| 95 | University of North Texas | 25700 | 25700 | 0 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 96 | Columbia College | 25800 | 51600 | 0.5004 | 876 | 1025 | 0.8878 | |
| 97 | Doane University | 26000 | 77700 | 0.665 | 1,323 | 1125 | 0.9801 | |
| 98 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 26200 | 28300 | 0.0755 | 3,413 | 1095 | 0.5295 | |
| 99 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 26500 | 43000 | 0.3833 | 5,789 | 1060 | 0.5774 | |
| 100 | Bethune-Cookman University | 26600 | 32700 | 0.1866 | 2,739 | 910 | 0.8824 | |
| 101 | Furman University | 26700 | 79600 | 0.6643 | 2,383 | 1359 | 0.4295 | |
| 102 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 27000 | 30100 | 0.1042 | 5,086 | 1000 | 0.9821 | |
| 103 | Fairmont State University | 27200 | 32200 | 0.1553 | 3,060 | 975 | 0.9924 | |
| 104 | Cleveland State University | 27300 | 37300 | 0.2682 | 9,418 | 1105 | 0.913 | |
| 105 | Thomas Jefferson University | 27500 | 67700 | 0.5937 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 106 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 27600 | 31000 | 0.1098 | 10,767 | 1326 | 0.7243 | |
| 107 | Syracuse University | 27800 | 83100 | 0.6654 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 108 | California Lutheran University | 27900 | 70000 | 0.6017 | 2,297 | 1258 | 0.7567 | |
| 109 | George Fox University | 28200 | 76800 | 0.6328 | 3,401 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 110 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 33400 | 0.1437 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 111 | Mercy University | 29000 | 44500 | 0.3485 | 6,775 | 1074 | 0.8584 | |
| 112 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29100 | 33200 | 0.1234 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 113 | University of Toledo | 29500 | 32600 | 0.0961 | 11,013 | 1159 | 0.9202 | |
| 114 | Saint Xavier University | 29700 | 53600 | 0.4457 | 3,039 | 1125 | 0.8575 | |
| 115 | Towson University | 30000 | 30000 | 0 | 16,264 | 1093 | 0.8198 | |
| 116 | Northern Kentucky University | 30300 | 32100 | 0.0561 | 10,163 | 1090 | 0.8307 | |
| 117 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 30500 | 54700 | 0.4416 | 1,409 | 1110 | 0.5568 | |
| 118 | East Texas A&M University | 30700 | 36500 | 0.1589 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 118 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30700 | 54600 | 0.4385 | 3,163 | 1165 | 0.9347 | |
| 120 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1150 | 0.9523 | |
| 121 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 31000 | 36900 | 0.162 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 122 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 31300 | 31300 | 0 | 6,853 | 1090 | 0.7147 | |
| 123 | Angelo State University | 31800 | 35400 | 0.1027 | 9,779 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 123 | Saint Michael's College | 31800 | 68500 | 0.536 | 1,120 | 1240 | 0.8451 | |
| 125 | Washington Adventist University | 32000 | 37800 | 0.1536 | 605 | 951 | 0.4536 | |
| 126 | Hampton University | 32100 | 62400 | 0.4852 | 3,728 | 956 | 0.6225 | |
| 127 | University of Scranton | 32500 | 78700 | 0.5872 | 3,613 | 1220 | 0.8029 | |
| 128 | Suffolk University | 32700 | 69700 | 0.5312 | 4,324 | 1209 | 0.822 | |
| 129 | Frostburg State University | 33400 | 43000 | 0.2234 | 2,619 | 1095 | 0.892 | |
| 130 | George Washington University | 33900 | 81800 | 0.5858 | 11,677 | 1421 | 0.4709 | |
| 131 | LeTourneau University | 34000 | 54800 | 0.3798 | 3,184 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 131 | Salisbury University | 34000 | 41700 | 0.1845 | 6,288 | 1250 | 0.8747 | |
| 133 | Charleston Southern University | 34300 | 48400 | 0.2918 | 2,914 | 1060 | 0.7609 | |
| 133 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 34300 | 53400 | 0.3578 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 135 | Pace University | 34600 | 74800 | 0.5373 | 8,038 | 1274 | 0.7592 | |
| 136 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 34800 | 58500 | 0.4057 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 137 | Adelphi University | 35200 | 63300 | 0.4443 | 5,325 | 1218 | 0.6591 | |
| 138 | Christopher Newport University | 35300 | 36200 | 0.0249 | 4,407 | 1209 | 0.8796 | |
| 139 | Loyola University Maryland | 35700 | 78800 | 0.547 | 3,881 | 1309 | 0.7549 | |
| 140 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 36000 | 56800 | 0.366 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 141 | East Carolina University | 37100 | 40100 | 0.0748 | 21,445 | 1120 | 0.8922 | |
| 142 | Stony Brook University | 39900 | 53000 | 0.2478 | 18,263 | 1404 | 0.4904 | |
| 143 | McKendree University | 40100 | 52200 | 0.2324 | 1,605 | 1098 | 0.6388 | |
| 144 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 42100 | 67900 | 0.3799 | 3,965 | 1335 | 0.9121 | |
| 145 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 43300 | 54700 | 0.2084 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 146 | Western Oregon University | 43400 | 43400 | 0 | 3,343 | 1120 | 0.9871 | |
| 147 | Merrimack College | 43600 | 78800 | 0.4472 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
| 147 | Radford University | 43600 | 45700 | 0.0467 | 6,161 | 1070 | 0.8953 | |
| 149 | Immaculata University | 43900 | 47800 | 0.0815 | 1,652 | 1245 | 0.8578 | |
| 149 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 43900 | 57100 | 0.2302 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 151 | Ramapo College of New Jersey | 48300 | 54600 | 0.1153 | 5,444 | 1214 | 0.7064 | |
| 151 | University of Mount Olive | 48300 | 50400 | 0.0424 | 1,937 | 1020 | 0.7775 | |
| 153 | Drexel University | 48700 | 83800 | 0.4188 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 153 | Mercer University | 48700 | 63700 | 0.2356 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
| 155 | Molloy University | 48800 | 62300 | 0.2168 | 3,240 | 1199 | 0.8174 | |
| 156 | DePaul University | 49100 | 67100 | 0.2682 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 157 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 50700 | 60000 | 0.1549 | 31,112 | 1114 | 0.8129 | |
| 158 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 50800 | 52900 | 0.0404 | 14,504 | 1145 | 0.7637 | |
| 159 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 51000 | 84700 | 0.398 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 160 | University of Utah | 51600 | 53700 | 0.0398 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 161 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
| 162 | Dallas Baptist University | 56100 | 71900 | 0.2196 | 2,785 | 1104 | 0.8884 | |
| 163 | University of Colorado Boulder | 56200 | 56600 | 0.0071 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
| 164 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58200 | 64100 | 0.0921 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 165 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 59100 | 61200 | 0.0349 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 166 | Thiel College | 60500 | 69100 | 0.1244 | 830 | 1065 | 0.7189 | |
| 167 | Clemson University | 61500 | 63700 | 0.0335 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 168 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 63500 | 63500 | 0 | 10,200 | 1346 | 0.6507 | |
| 169 | Fordham University | 70000 | 95000 | 0.263 | 10,582 | 1406 | 0.5931 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.