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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 Texas.
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 Texas.
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-Flint | 5500 | 44000 | 0.8754 | 5,534 | 1079 | 0.6734 | |
| 2 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 6100 | 50600 | 0.8789 | 35,358 | 1448 | 0.1642 | |
| 3 | Savannah State University | 6800 | 28000 | 0.756 | 2,966 | 950 | 1 | |
| 4 | Northern Kentucky University | 8000 | 26600 | 0.7005 | 10,136 | 1110 | 0.9666 | |
| 4 | Northwestern University | 8000 | 93000 | 0.9142 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 6 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8900 | 96500 | 0.9082 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 7 | Houston City College | 9300 | 15100 | 0.3854 | 59,451 | 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | Portland State University | 9800 | 73900 | 0.8672 | 14,932 | 1174 | 0.8586 | |
| 9 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 10800 | 42400 | 0.7448 | 3,224 | 1085 | 0.7643 | |
| 10 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 11400 | 40100 | 0.7156 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 11 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 29600 | 0.5802 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 12 | Lamar University | 12800 | 23000 | 0.4413 | 8,387 | 1040 | 0.8353 | |
| 13 | University of North Florida | 13000 | 22400 | 0.4202 | 14,837 | 1124 | 0.6815 | |
| 14 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 13100 | 25800 | 0.4923 | 29,727 | 990 | 0.9229 | |
| 15 | San Jacinto Community College | 13300 | 16800 | 0.208 | 33,215 | 1135 | 1 | |
| 15 | Valdosta State University | 13300 | 23500 | 0.4346 | 7,199 | 1005 | 0.7769 | |
| 17 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 13600 | 19400 | 0.299 | 14,865 | 1175 | 0.9113 | |
| 18 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 13700 | 52800 | 0.7408 | 6,761 | 1105 | 0.8475 | |
| 19 | Fairmont State University | 13800 | 21600 | 0.3605 | 3,090 | 970 | 0.9862 | |
| 20 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 14200 | 34500 | 0.5882 | 4,789 | 1040 | 0.6671 | |
| 21 | Coastal Carolina University | 14500 | 72300 | 0.7997 | 11,471 | 1160 | 0.7003 | |
| 21 | University of North Georgia | 14500 | 56800 | 0.745 | 19,321 | 1100 | 0.9618 | |
| 21 | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | 14500 | 19600 | 0.2601 | 10,995 | 1090 | 0.7476 | |
| 24 | University of California-Riverside | 14900 | 118100 | 0.8735 | 24,034 | 1199 | 0.8609 | |
| 25 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 15000 | 28600 | 0.4762 | 7,501 | 1055 | 0.9467 | |
| 26 | Wayne State College | 15100 | 26400 | 0.4276 | 3,886 | 0 | 1 | |
| 27 | Alabama State University | 15500 | 24300 | 0.3632 | 3,521 | 945 | 0.9755 | |
| 27 | Coppin State University | 15500 | 51800 | 0.7001 | 1,908 | 950 | 0.4583 | |
| 29 | Jacksonville State University | 15600 | 42900 | 0.6357 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 29 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 15600 | 43300 | 0.6399 | 308 | 1144 | 0.9053 | |
| 31 | Grand Valley State University | 15800 | 28500 | 0.4448 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 32 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver | 16100 | 43700 | 0.6311 | 475 | 1195 | 0.9418 | |
| 33 | University of North Texas | 16200 | 26200 | 0.3815 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 34 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 16300 | 62800 | 0.7403 | 1,495 | 1075 | 0.8761 | |
| 34 | University of South Florida | 16300 | 16300 | 0 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 36 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 16400 | 27800 | 0.4093 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 36 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 16400 | 23400 | 0.2995 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 38 | Emporia State University | 16600 | 22900 | 0.2753 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 38 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16600 | 64800 | 0.7439 | 22,007 | 1427 | 0.1672 | |
| 40 | Morgan State University | 16900 | 28500 | 0.4068 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 41 | Boston College | 17100 | 122200 | 0.8597 | 9,677 | 1484 | 0.1422 | |
| 41 | Southern University at New Orleans | 17100 | 41400 | 0.5877 | 2,179 | 950 | 0.789 | |
| 43 | Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi | 17400 | 20800 | 0.1623 | 8,673 | 1095 | 0.9156 | |
| 44 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 17700 | 43500 | 0.5936 | 1,829 | 1149 | 0.945 | |
| 45 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18100 | 28700 | 0.3713 | 3,991 | 1010 | 0.9654 | |
| 46 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 18200 | 54300 | 0.6647 | 10,368 | 1064 | 0.999 | |
| 47 | Kennesaw State University | 18300 | 61500 | 0.702 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 47 | University of South Alabama | 18300 | 40600 | 0.5487 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 49 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 18400 | 68100 | 0.73 | 711 | 1030 | 0.8214 | |
| 50 | SUNY Brockport | 18500 | 26200 | 0.2934 | 5,816 | 1195 | 0.7068 | |
| 51 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 18600 | 25200 | 0.2616 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 52 | San Jose State University | 19000 | 41100 | 0.5379 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 53 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 19100 | 44600 | 0.5714 | 504 | 1200 | 0.9095 | |
| 54 | University of Illinois Chicago | 19200 | 30100 | 0.3619 | 24,260 | 1174 | 0.7576 | |
| 55 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 19300 | 37900 | 0.4926 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 56 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Schuylkill | 19500 | 32900 | 0.4078 | 653 | 1145 | 0.7972 | |
| 57 | Syracuse University | 19800 | 83600 | 0.7632 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 58 | Norwich University | 20000 | 76000 | 0.7364 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 59 | Dakota State University | 20400 | 22500 | 0.0912 | 3,085 | 1174 | 0.9241 | |
| 59 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20400 | 28400 | 0.2812 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 61 | University of Colorado Boulder | 20500 | 32100 | 0.3617 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7809 | |
| 62 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 20600 | 57800 | 0.6433 | 1,109 | 1175 | 0.9088 | |
| 63 | Grove City College | 20700 | 39700 | 0.4792 | 2,247 | 1248 | 0.667 | |
| 63 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 20700 | 36600 | 0.4342 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 65 | Angelo State University | 20800 | 23100 | 0.099 | 10,103 | 1045 | 0.7981 | |
| 65 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 20800 | 25500 | 0.1844 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 67 | Texas Southern University | 20900 | 25500 | 0.1808 | 6,844 | 915 | 0.9691 | |
| 68 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 21000 | 48000 | 0.5625 | 1,709 | 1218 | 0.9653 | |
| 69 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 21200 | 48100 | 0.559 | 2,710 | 1218 | 0.9374 | |
| 70 | Thiel College | 21400 | 88800 | 0.7594 | 830 | 1065 | 0.7189 | |
| 70 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 21400 | 51900 | 0.5882 | 5,939 | 1065 | 0.5878 | |
| 72 | Luther College | 21500 | 75400 | 0.7153 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.8398 | |
| 73 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 74 | Lincoln University | 22100 | 24900 | 0.1124 | 1,926 | 920 | 0 | |
| 75 | Averett University | 22300 | 57400 | 0.612 | 1,244 | 1054 | 0.5659 | |
| 76 | Grambling State University | 22400 | 25700 | 0.1286 | 4,313 | 950 | 0.4486 | |
| 77 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 22500 | 25400 | 0.1143 | 2,907 | 1125 | 0.4696 | |
| 78 | Fort Hays State University | 22900 | 28500 | 0.196 | 10,172 | 1075 | 0.9026 | |
| 79 | Robert Morris University | 23100 | 58000 | 0.6012 | 4,325 | 1145 | 0.8989 | |
| 80 | Houghton University | 23200 | 44300 | 0.4763 | 958 | 1277 | 0.89 | |
| 81 | Florida Memorial University | 23300 | 41500 | 0.4384 | 1,206 | 0 | 0.8526 | |
| 81 | Pennsylvania Western University | 23300 | 34400 | 0.3224 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 83 | Columbia College | 23500 | 65100 | 0.6388 | 876 | 1025 | 0.8878 | |
| 84 | Dominican University | 23900 | 56000 | 0.573 | 2,642 | 1005 | 0.8879 | |
| 85 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 24100 | 34200 | 0.2956 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 86 | Western Oregon University | 24600 | 24600 | 0 | 3,034 | 1120 | 0.8345 | |
| 87 | Stockton University | 24700 | 32100 | 0.2304 | 7,583 | 1134 | 0.901 | |
| 88 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 25000 | 31600 | 0.2086 | 9,827 | 1329 | 0.6737 | |
| 88 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 25000 | 42000 | 0.4052 | 21,388 | 1369 | 0.5945 | |
| 90 | Concord University | 25200 | 41900 | 0.399 | 1,638 | 1015 | 0.9728 | |
| 91 | Central College | 25600 | 38700 | 0.3388 | 1,050 | 1159 | 0.8698 | |
| 92 | Northwood University | 25800 | 75700 | 0.6596 | 2,045 | 1055 | 0.6451 | |
| 93 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 26000 | 28300 | 0.0809 | 3,375 | 1090 | 0.5885 | |
| 93 | West Virginia Wesleyan College | 26000 | 53800 | 0.5169 | 971 | 1030 | 0.9334 | |
| 95 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 26100 | 28400 | 0.0805 | 14,834 | 1149 | 0.7803 | |
| 95 | Loyola University Maryland | 26100 | 78800 | 0.6689 | 4,013 | 1329 | 0.6986 | |
| 97 | Bemidji State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 3,751 | 1075 | 0.5598 | |
| 97 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 26400 | 50000 | 0.4717 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 99 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 26900 | 40600 | 0.3374 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 100 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 27100 | 43300 | 0.3745 | 7,747 | 1073 | 0.9617 | |
| 101 | Rowan University | 27300 | 41300 | 0.3392 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 102 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 27400 | 29900 | 0.0837 | 18,667 | 1090 | 0.9711 | |
| 103 | Bethune-Cookman University | 27600 | 32300 | 0.1453 | 2,739 | 910 | 0.8824 | |
| 104 | Central Connecticut State University | 28100 | 29500 | 0.0474 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 105 | Wayne State University | 28300 | 46800 | 0.3956 | 16,390 | 1183 | 0.8359 | |
| 106 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 36500 | 0.2167 | 11,691 | 1074 | 0.7722 | |
| 107 | James Madison University | 28900 | 28900 | 0 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 108 | University of Toledo | 29300 | 32600 | 0.1009 | 10,726 | 1134 | 0.8889 | |
| 109 | California Lutheran University | 30000 | 109800 | 0.727 | 2,160 | 1218 | 0.7631 | |
| 109 | Texas A&M University-Victoria | 30000 | 35800 | 0.1621 | 2,627 | 1000 | 0.5253 | |
| 111 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 30300 | 33600 | 0.098 | 3,893 | 1015 | 0.9839 | |
| 111 | Saint Xavier University | 30300 | 57200 | 0.4706 | 3,100 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 111 | Thomas Jefferson University | 30300 | 68700 | 0.5591 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 114 | Towson University | 30500 | 39200 | 0.2221 | 16,361 | 1082 | 0.8057 | |
| 114 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30500 | 54600 | 0.4413 | 3,120 | 1193 | 0.3992 | |
| 116 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 30800 | 36900 | 0.1662 | 5,687 | 1305 | 0.7863 | |
| 117 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 2,082 | 1124 | 0.9576 | |
| 118 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 31100 | 44300 | 0.2977 | 586 | 1140 | 0.9577 | |
| 119 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 31200 | 39400 | 0.2079 | 11,087 | 1326 | 0.7397 | |
| 120 | Suffolk University | 31300 | 110800 | 0.7174 | 4,247 | 1209 | 0.8228 | |
| 121 | Westfield State University | 31400 | 41500 | 0.2436 | 3,868 | 1105 | 0.8671 | |
| 122 | Hampton University | 31500 | 54800 | 0.4252 | 4,046 | 1005 | 0.6358 | |
| 123 | Cleveland State University | 31700 | 32100 | 0.0125 | 9,418 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 124 | University of Scranton | 32400 | 78700 | 0.5879 | 3,689 | 1245 | 0.8006 | |
| 125 | State University of New York at Oswego | 32800 | 40200 | 0.1841 | 5,293 | 1179 | 0.7989 | |
| 126 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 17,556 | 1090 | 0.5386 | |
| 127 | Harding University | 33500 | 47800 | 0.299 | 3,536 | 1184 | 0.7052 | |
| 128 | Elizabethtown College | 33800 | 69900 | 0.5167 | 1,935 | 1214 | 0.8892 | |
| 129 | Salisbury University | 34100 | 41600 | 0.1803 | 6,477 | 1245 | 0.8826 | |
| 130 | Charleston Southern University | 34200 | 48400 | 0.295 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 131 | George Washington University | 34300 | 81800 | 0.5808 | 11,495 | 1436 | 0.4713 | |
| 132 | SUNY at Fredonia | 34400 | 41000 | 0.161 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 133 | Adelphi University | 35000 | 63300 | 0.4467 | 5,097 | 1241 | 0.7215 | |
| 134 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 35100 | 38900 | 0.0976 | 1,973 | 1189 | 0.8142 | |
| 135 | Bradley University | 35800 | 60000 | 0.4036 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 136 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 36300 | 53600 | 0.3229 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 137 | East Carolina University | 36900 | 42700 | 0.1356 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 138 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 37100 | 47900 | 0.2253 | 2,280 | 1224 | 0.9675 | |
| 139 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 37800 | 40100 | 0.0571 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 140 | Christopher Newport University | 37900 | 38700 | 0.0207 | 4,369 | 1189 | 0.8604 | |
| 140 | Frostburg State University | 37900 | 55400 | 0.316 | 3,436 | 1095 | 0.907 | |
| 142 | Saint Michael's College | 38700 | 75600 | 0.4884 | 1,051 | 1280 | 0.8976 | |
| 143 | Stony Brook University | 39700 | 53000 | 0.2507 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 144 | Drexel University | 40100 | 107600 | 0.6271 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 145 | Elmhurst University | 40200 | 69600 | 0.4222 | 3,170 | 1133 | 0.7501 | |
| 145 | Immaculata University | 40200 | 60400 | 0.3345 | 1,889 | 1264 | 0.8656 | |
| 147 | Furman University | 40300 | 84600 | 0.5234 | 2,304 | 1372 | 0.4869 | |
| 148 | McKendree University | 40600 | 52900 | 0.2324 | 1,757 | 1098 | 0.7172 | |
| 149 | Pace University | 40700 | 75500 | 0.461 | 5,520 | 1273 | 0.7827 | |
| 150 | Mercy University | 41500 | 46400 | 0.1057 | 6,692 | 1135 | 0.8724 | |
| 151 | University of Mount Olive | 42100 | 50400 | 0.1645 | 1,944 | 1075 | 0.7575 | |
| 152 | Radford University | 43400 | 45700 | 0.0501 | 6,206 | 1050 | 0.8939 | |
| 152 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43400 | 68700 | 0.3685 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 154 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4479 | 4,123 | 1124 | 0.6927 | |
| 155 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 43800 | 103500 | 0.5766 | 4,182 | 1317 | 0.8783 | |
| 156 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 43900 | 53400 | 0.178 | 21,469 | 1167 | 0.9061 | |
| 157 | Mercer University | 45700 | 65400 | 0.3015 | 4,719 | 1263 | 0.643 | |
| 158 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 46300 | 46600 | 0.0064 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 159 | Ramapo College of New Jersey | 48900 | 58900 | 0.1697 | 5,492 | 1210 | 0.7026 | |
| 160 | DePaul University | 49100 | 66400 | 0.2604 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 161 | Rutgers University-Newark | 50300 | 59900 | 0.1604 | 7,989 | 1159 | 0.7136 | |
| 162 | University of Utah | 51400 | 53700 | 0.0426 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 163 | University of Kentucky | 51700 | 74100 | 0.3021 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 164 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 54500 | 66200 | 0.1767 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 165 | Molloy University | 58500 | 62300 | 0.061 | 3,396 | 1188 | 0.6633 | |
| 166 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 60500 | 65000 | 0.0692 | 1,078 | 1217 | 0.9646 | |
| 167 | Clemson University | 61400 | 63700 | 0.036 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 168 | College of Charleston | 69300 | 69300 | 0 | 10,596 | 1234 | 0.73 | |
| 169 | Fordham University | 73700 | 103900 | 0.2907 | 10,582 | 1406 | 0.5931 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.