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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 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 2 | Savannah State University | 6900 | 29000 | 0.7616 | 2,966 | 925 | 0.4614 | |
| 3 | California Institute of Technology | 7500 | 91800 | 0.9183 | 987 | 1557 | 0.0257 | |
| 4 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8500 | 97100 | 0.9129 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0399 | |
| 5 | Valdosta State University | 10500 | 24800 | 0.5775 | 7,166 | 1015 | 0.7229 | |
| 6 | University of North Florida | 13100 | 22400 | 0.4157 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
| 7 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 13300 | 13300 | 0 | 18,288 | 1090 | 0.9068 | |
| 8 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 13500 | 13500 | 0 | 1,973 | 1189 | 0.8135 | |
| 9 | University of Michigan-Flint | 13700 | 46300 | 0.7039 | 5,011 | 1109 | 0.7046 | |
| 9 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 50700 | 0.7294 | 38,040 | 1418 | 0.452 | |
| 11 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 13800 | 19400 | 0.2887 | 14,416 | 1210 | 0.8851 | |
| 12 | Dickinson State University | 14600 | 25000 | 0.4179 | 1,339 | 990 | 0.3702 | |
| 12 | Grand Valley State University | 14600 | 25300 | 0.4234 | 19,002 | 1084 | 0.8302 | |
| 14 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 15000 | 40600 | 0.6299 | 352 | 1180 | 0.9647 | |
| 15 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 15200 | 29600 | 0.4872 | 7,622 | 1075 | 0.9254 | |
| 16 | Northern Kentucky University | 15300 | 25900 | 0.4098 | 10,163 | 1090 | 0.6765 | |
| 17 | Wayne State College | 15400 | 20300 | 0.2414 | 3,902 | 0 | 0 | |
| 18 | Alabama State University | 15500 | 24300 | 0.3632 | 3,521 | 945 | 0.9755 | |
| 18 | Austin Peay State University | 15500 | 29100 | 0.469 | 8,926 | 1075 | 0.9641 | |
| 18 | Radford University | 15500 | 32000 | 0.5152 | 6,161 | 1070 | 0.8953 | |
| 21 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 15700 | 28700 | 0.453 | 6,761 | 1105 | 0.8475 | |
| 22 | Coastal Carolina University | 15800 | 27200 | 0.4192 | 10,811 | 1145 | 0.7527 | |
| 23 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 15900 | 25800 | 0.3808 | 10,202 | 1140 | 0.8109 | |
| 24 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 16000 | 27700 | 0.4218 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 25 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver | 16100 | 38700 | 0.5837 | 482 | 1195 | 0.9565 | |
| 26 | University of California-Riverside | 16300 | 36500 | 0.553 | 22,600 | 1199 | 0.7639 | |
| 27 | Goshen College | 16500 | 55900 | 0.7045 | 780 | 995 | 0.8407 | |
| 27 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 16500 | 23400 | 0.2952 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8698 | |
| 29 | Frostburg State University | 16700 | 26600 | 0.3719 | 3,422 | 1095 | 0.8918 | |
| 29 | Northwestern University | 16700 | 89500 | 0.8138 | 9,399 | 1527 | 0.0769 | |
| 29 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16700 | 64800 | 0.7418 | 20,885 | 1420 | 0.1534 | |
| 32 | Grove City College | 16800 | 39700 | 0.5776 | 2,341 | 1266 | 0.7232 | |
| 33 | Southern University at New Orleans | 17100 | 31000 | 0.4478 | 2,179 | 950 | 0.789 | |
| 33 | University of South Florida | 17100 | 17100 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 35 | University of Memphis | 17800 | 26400 | 0.3265 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 36 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 17900 | 43500 | 0.588 | 581 | 1132 | 0.9821 | |
| 37 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 18100 | 26600 | 0.3199 | 7,505 | 1073 | 0.9633 | |
| 38 | Boston College | 18200 | 97600 | 0.8133 | 10,314 | 1490 | 0.1643 | |
| 38 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18200 | 28600 | 0.3634 | 4,218 | 1030 | 0.9489 | |
| 40 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 18300 | 54300 | 0.6629 | 10,051 | 1064 | 0.9234 | |
| 41 | Angelo State University | 18500 | 23100 | 0.2011 | 9,702 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 42 | Central Connecticut State University | 18800 | 34000 | 0.4466 | 8,170 | 1075 | 0.7333 | |
| 43 | University of Houston-Victoria | 19700 | 35800 | 0.45 | 2,627 | 1095 | 0.959 | |
| 44 | Cleveland State University | 20100 | 30900 | 0.3491 | 9,482 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 45 | Norwich University | 20200 | 73800 | 0.726 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 45 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 20200 | 41400 | 0.5117 | 502 | 1189 | 0.9641 | |
| 47 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 20300 | 30400 | 0.3319 | 3,224 | 1085 | 0.7643 | |
| 48 | Dakota State University | 20400 | 22500 | 0.0912 | 3,066 | 1192 | 0.8805 | |
| 48 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20400 | 29400 | 0.3056 | 5,255 | 1109 | 0.7295 | |
| 50 | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | 20700 | 25700 | 0.1947 | 10,632 | 1075 | 0.8859 | |
| 51 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 20800 | 57800 | 0.6408 | 1,932 | 1193 | 0.9278 | |
| 52 | Luther College | 21400 | 71900 | 0.7019 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.7154 | |
| 52 | University of North Georgia | 21400 | 21400 | 0 | 18,322 | 1100 | 0.6794 | |
| 54 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,221 | 1204 | 0.8854 | |
| 55 | Lincoln University | 22100 | 24900 | 0.1124 | 1,926 | 0 | 0 | |
| 56 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 22500 | 25400 | 0.1143 | 2,906 | 1125 | 0.4696 | |
| 57 | New Mexico Highlands University | 22700 | 27200 | 0.1653 | 1,603 | 0 | 0 | |
| 58 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 22800 | 53000 | 0.5693 | 1,472 | 1075 | 0.8459 | |
| 59 | Houghton University | 23100 | 44300 | 0.4786 | 1,162 | 1277 | 0.8866 | |
| 60 | Florida Memorial University | 23200 | 42000 | 0.4471 | 1,206 | 0 | 0.8526 | |
| 61 | Robert Morris University | 23300 | 58000 | 0.5988 | 4,325 | 1145 | 0.8989 | |
| 62 | San Jose State University | 23400 | 41100 | 0.4308 | 28,008 | 1124 | 0.8461 | |
| 63 | Dominican University | 24100 | 56000 | 0.5705 | 2,690 | 1005 | 0.9032 | |
| 64 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 24200 | 34400 | 0.2965 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 65 | Bradley University | 24700 | 50800 | 0.5137 | 3,596 | 1223 | 0.7676 | |
| 65 | Westfield State University | 24700 | 39000 | 0.3663 | 3,868 | 1085 | 0.8141 | |
| 67 | Pennsylvania Western University | 25300 | 34400 | 0.2643 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 68 | Emporia State University | 25400 | 32000 | 0.2062 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 69 | Doane University | 25500 | 71000 | 0.6412 | 1,315 | 1125 | 0.9801 | |
| 70 | Bethune-Cookman University | 25800 | 32700 | 0.2111 | 2,738 | 910 | 0.8824 | |
| 71 | Fort Hays State University | 26100 | 36100 | 0.2781 | 10,172 | 1075 | 0.9026 | |
| 71 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 26100 | 28300 | 0.076 | 3,375 | 1090 | 0.5876 | |
| 71 | Stony Brook University | 26100 | 33200 | 0.2129 | 18,263 | 1410 | 0.4904 | |
| 71 | University of North Texas | 26100 | 26100 | 0 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 75 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 26300 | 28400 | 0.0756 | 14,504 | 1149 | 0.7637 | |
| 76 | Columbia College | 26400 | 46900 | 0.4371 | 5,207 | 1145 | 0.4714 | |
| 77 | Kennesaw State University | 26600 | 26600 | 0 | 42,760 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 78 | Albright College | 26700 | 49300 | 0.4583 | 1,230 | 1050 | 0.7633 | |
| 79 | Northwood University | 26800 | 54500 | 0.5087 | 2,045 | 1055 | 0.6451 | |
| 80 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 26900 | 30100 | 0.1047 | 5,086 | 1124 | 0.949 | |
| 81 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 27600 | 27600 | 0 | 10,767 | 1326 | 0.7243 | |
| 82 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 27700 | 37700 | 0.2655 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 82 | Syracuse University | 27700 | 83100 | 0.6665 | 15,957 | 1363 | 0.4592 | |
| 84 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28500 | 32300 | 0.1176 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 85 | Saint Xavier University | 28700 | 53700 | 0.4652 | 3,098 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 86 | Elmhurst University | 28900 | 67000 | 0.5689 | 3,213 | 1148 | 0.7364 | |
| 86 | James Madison University | 28900 | 28900 | 0 | 20,973 | 1260 | 0.7152 | |
| 88 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 29000 | 36700 | 0.2096 | 28,674 | 980 | 0.9419 | |
| 89 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29100 | 31800 | 0.0849 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 90 | George Fox University | 29200 | 69400 | 0.5796 | 3,354 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 91 | Jacksonville State University | 29300 | 38200 | 0.2328 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 92 | East Texas A&M University | 29400 | 36500 | 0.1945 | 9,992 | 1045 | 0.9224 | |
| 93 | Morgan State University | 29500 | 41900 | 0.2962 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 93 | University of Toledo | 29500 | 32600 | 0.0966 | 11,013 | 1229 | 0.9202 | |
| 95 | Fairmont State University | 29600 | 32200 | 0.0808 | 3,088 | 970 | 0.9862 | |
| 95 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 29600 | 31600 | 0.0633 | 6,835 | 1090 | 0.7147 | |
| 97 | Towson University | 29900 | 29900 | 0 | 16,264 | 1098 | 0.8197 | |
| 98 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 30200 | 39700 | 0.2394 | 4,487 | 1115 | 0.6726 | |
| 99 | Grambling State University | 30300 | 35300 | 0.1417 | 4,313 | 950 | 0.4486 | |
| 100 | Central College | 30400 | 36800 | 0.174 | 1,084 | 1145 | 0.8617 | |
| 100 | Mercy University | 30400 | 44500 | 0.317 | 6,774 | 1135 | 0.8584 | |
| 102 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 30500 | 54700 | 0.4419 | 1,427 | 1025 | 0.4941 | |
| 103 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30600 | 54600 | 0.4387 | 3,163 | 1165 | 0.9347 | |
| 104 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1161 | 0.9523 | |
| 104 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 30900 | 36900 | 0.1624 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 106 | Hampton University | 31300 | 54800 | 0.4288 | 3,728 | 947 | 0.6225 | |
| 107 | University of Kentucky | 31400 | 36400 | 0.1373 | 25,534 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 108 | Saint Michael's College | 31700 | 68500 | 0.5375 | 1,120 | 1240 | 0.8451 | |
| 109 | Washington Adventist University | 32200 | 37800 | 0.1483 | 513 | 995 | 0.4618 | |
| 110 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 32300 | 49500 | 0.3478 | 1,813 | 1109 | 0.9484 | |
| 111 | SUNY Brockport | 32400 | 35800 | 0.095 | 5,816 | 1195 | 0.7068 | |
| 112 | University of Scranton | 32500 | 78700 | 0.5874 | 3,613 | 1250 | 0.8123 | |
| 113 | State University of New York at Oswego | 33100 | 40200 | 0.1767 | 5,517 | 1180 | 0.8055 | |
| 114 | Suffolk University | 33200 | 70300 | 0.5277 | 4,326 | 1209 | 0.8233 | |
| 115 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 15,254 | 1080 | 0.8955 | |
| 116 | George Washington University | 33900 | 81800 | 0.5857 | 11,677 | 1430 | 0.4709 | |
| 116 | LeTourneau University | 33900 | 54800 | 0.3817 | 3,187 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 116 | Salisbury University | 33900 | 41700 | 0.1868 | 6,288 | 1250 | 0.8747 | |
| 116 | SUNY at Fredonia | 33900 | 39600 | 0.1441 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 116 | Thomas Jefferson University | 33900 | 68100 | 0.5024 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8097 | |
| 121 | Charleston Southern University | 34300 | 48400 | 0.2921 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 122 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 35100 | 35200 | 0.0039 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 123 | Adelphi University | 35200 | 63300 | 0.4445 | 5,325 | 1237 | 0.6591 | |
| 123 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 35200 | 56700 | 0.3792 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8304 | |
| 125 | Averett University | 35300 | 57200 | 0.3831 | 1,244 | 1054 | 0.5659 | |
| 126 | Christopher Newport University | 35400 | 36200 | 0.0221 | 4,369 | 1189 | 0.8604 | |
| 127 | California Lutheran University | 35600 | 70000 | 0.4916 | 2,297 | 1254 | 0.7567 | |
| 128 | Stockton University | 36000 | 44500 | 0.1911 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 129 | Loyola University Maryland | 36100 | 78800 | 0.542 | 3,881 | 1303 | 0.7549 | |
| 130 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 36500 | 41600 | 0.1237 | 5,386 | 1050 | 0.9092 | |
| 131 | Furman University | 36700 | 82900 | 0.5571 | 2,383 | 1359 | 0.4295 | |
| 132 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 36800 | 37100 | 0.0081 | 5,939 | 1065 | 0.5878 | |
| 133 | East Carolina University | 37000 | 42700 | 0.1324 | 21,445 | 1160 | 0.8921 | |
| 134 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 37700 | 38100 | 0.0105 | 2,884 | 1175 | 0.9677 | |
| 135 | University of South Alabama | 39700 | 39700 | 0 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 136 | McKendree University | 40100 | 52200 | 0.2327 | 1,757 | 1098 | 0.7172 | |
| 136 | Rutgers University-Newark | 40100 | 57900 | 0.3073 | 7,989 | 1159 | 0.7136 | |
| 138 | Wayne State University | 40700 | 46200 | 0.1191 | 16,012 | 1174 | 0.8116 | |
| 139 | Pace University | 40900 | 74800 | 0.4531 | 8,038 | 1260 | 0.7592 | |
| 140 | Immaculata University | 41900 | 47500 | 0.1178 | 1,652 | 1245 | 0.8576 | |
| 141 | University of Mount Olive | 42300 | 50400 | 0.1617 | 1,944 | 1075 | 0.7575 | |
| 142 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 42500 | 55200 | 0.23 | 25,900 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 143 | Western Oregon University | 43400 | 43400 | 0 | 3,167 | 1040 | 0.981 | |
| 144 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4474 | 4,102 | 1115 | 0.7002 | |
| 144 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43500 | 53600 | 0.1886 | 31,133 | 1463 | 0.4479 | |
| 146 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 43900 | 57100 | 0.2305 | 23,329 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 147 | Mercer University | 45200 | 65400 | 0.3085 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
| 148 | University of Illinois Chicago | 45700 | 50600 | 0.0969 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 149 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 46300 | 46600 | 0.0064 | 6,139 | 1070 | 0.9052 | |
| 150 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47100 | 59700 | 0.2117 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 151 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 47600 | 67900 | 0.2989 | 3,965 | 1229 | 0.9121 | |
| 152 | University of Colorado Boulder | 48000 | 57700 | 0.1677 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7808 | |
| 153 | Drexel University | 48700 | 83900 | 0.4196 | 13,309 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 154 | DePaul University | 49200 | 66000 | 0.2547 | 14,188 | 1254 | 0.7589 | |
| 155 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 49800 | 62200 | 0.1995 | 37,140 | 1406 | 0.4237 | |
| 156 | Ramapo College of New Jersey | 50700 | 55400 | 0.0849 | 5,444 | 1220 | 0.7064 | |
| 157 | University of Utah | 51600 | 53700 | 0.04 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 158 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 52000 | 52800 | 0.0151 | 21,210 | 1148 | 0.9262 | |
| 159 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 16,100 | 1219 | 0.7766 | |
| 160 | Dallas Baptist University | 56400 | 63400 | 0.1104 | 2,785 | 1109 | 0.8884 | |
| 161 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58100 | 64100 | 0.0936 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 162 | Molloy University | 59700 | 62300 | 0.0418 | 3,240 | 1199 | 0.8174 | |
| 163 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 60200 | 64100 | 0.0608 | 1,236 | 1193 | 0.9811 | |
| 164 | Thiel College | 60500 | 69100 | 0.1244 | 833 | 1065 | 0.7155 | |
| 165 | College of Charleston | 61200 | 61200 | 0 | 10,880 | 1255 | 0.6003 | |
| 166 | Clemson University | 61500 | 63700 | 0.0338 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 167 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 61800 | 64200 | 0.0374 | 1,880 | 1185 | 0.9867 | |
| 168 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 63700 | 63700 | 0 | 10,200 | 1325 | 0.6507 | |
| 169 | Fordham University | 69900 | 95100 | 0.2649 | 10,582 | 1406 | 0.5931 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.