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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-Ann Arbor | 5200 | 40700 | 0.8713 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 2 | California Institute of Technology | 7000 | 91800 | 0.9242 | 987 | 1557 | 0.0257 | |
| 3 | University of Houston-Victoria | 8100 | 39300 | 0.7946 | 2,707 | 930 | 0.7671 | |
| 4 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8400 | 98000 | 0.9146 | 9,157 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 5 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 8600 | 27300 | 0.683 | 28,674 | 980 | 0.9401 | |
| 6 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 9400 | 48800 | 0.8076 | 10,049 | 1005 | 0.9234 | |
| 7 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 9700 | 36900 | 0.7373 | 3,207 | 1060 | 0.8034 | |
| 8 | Valdosta State University | 10500 | 24800 | 0.5775 | 7,206 | 1015 | 0.7214 | |
| 9 | Savannah State University | 11600 | 40400 | 0.7121 | 2,857 | 950 | 0.8368 | |
| 10 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 11800 | 27800 | 0.5765 | 21,075 | 1420 | 0.1534 | |
| 11 | University of Illinois Chicago | 11900 | 30400 | 0.6077 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 11 | University of Michigan-Flint | 11900 | 45600 | 0.7387 | 5,011 | 1103 | 0.7047 | |
| 13 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 12000 | 21100 | 0.4326 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 14 | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | 12200 | 19600 | 0.3774 | 10,656 | 1075 | 0.7289 | |
| 15 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 13100 | 41800 | 0.6864 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 16 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 13200 | 23400 | 0.4364 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 17 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 13300 | 13300 | 0 | 18,667 | 1090 | 0.9711 | |
| 18 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 51900 | 0.7365 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 19 | Coastal Carolina University | 14100 | 27200 | 0.4817 | 10,811 | 1145 | 0.7527 | |
| 19 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 14100 | 19400 | 0.2733 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
| 21 | Fort Hays State University | 14200 | 40700 | 0.6518 | 10,206 | 1110 | 0.9177 | |
| 22 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 14300 | 46000 | 0.6888 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 23 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 14400 | 32200 | 0.5534 | 2,836 | 1135 | 0.3787 | |
| 24 | University of California-Riverside | 14600 | 66000 | 0.7792 | 22,599 | 1199 | 0.7685 | |
| 24 | University of North Florida | 14600 | 22400 | 0.3487 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
| 24 | University of South Florida | 14600 | 17100 | 0.1461 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 27 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 14700 | 26800 | 0.452 | 4,478 | 1065 | 0.8132 | |
| 28 | Goshen College | 15000 | 55900 | 0.7311 | 780 | 995 | 0.8404 | |
| 28 | Radford University | 15000 | 32000 | 0.5318 | 6,161 | 1070 | 0.8953 | |
| 30 | Alabama State University | 15300 | 37900 | 0.5969 | 3,322 | 970 | 0.9564 | |
| 30 | University of North Georgia | 15300 | 21400 | 0.285 | 18,329 | 1100 | 0.6794 | |
| 32 | Dickinson State University | 15800 | 21700 | 0.273 | 1,339 | 1005 | 0.3695 | |
| 32 | Wayne State University | 15800 | 32900 | 0.5195 | 16,173 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
| 34 | Grand Valley State University | 15900 | 25300 | 0.372 | 19,002 | 1233 | 0.8302 | |
| 34 | New Mexico Highlands University | 15900 | 31500 | 0.4949 | 1,710 | 945 | 0.9481 | |
| 36 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver | 16000 | 42500 | 0.6242 | 482 | 1195 | 0.9565 | |
| 36 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 16000 | 46800 | 0.6586 | 6,550 | 1110 | 0.7456 | |
| 38 | Wayne State College | 16100 | 20000 | 0.1949 | 3,902 | 0 | 1 | |
| 39 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 16200 | 42600 | 0.62 | 7,595 | 1075 | 0.9226 | |
| 40 | SUNY at Fredonia | 16600 | 27800 | 0.4034 | 2,876 | 1193 | 0.792 | |
| 40 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 16600 | 25800 | 0.3544 | 5,386 | 995 | 0.9092 | |
| 42 | Jacksonville State University | 16700 | 27000 | 0.3821 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 42 | University of South Alabama | 16700 | 22400 | 0.2549 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 44 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 16900 | 35700 | 0.5267 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 45 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 17300 | 33600 | 0.4847 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 46 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 17500 | 32200 | 0.4564 | 10,200 | 1346 | 0.6507 | |
| 46 | Westfield State University | 17500 | 35600 | 0.5079 | 3,868 | 1105 | 0.8671 | |
| 48 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 17600 | 44900 | 0.6075 | 5,205 | 1118 | 0.744 | |
| 49 | Morgan State University | 17800 | 37200 | 0.5216 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 50 | Frostburg State University | 17900 | 26600 | 0.3268 | 2,619 | 1095 | 0.892 | |
| 51 | Southern University at New Orleans | 18100 | 34200 | 0.4706 | 1,773 | 885 | 0.6021 | |
| 51 | SUNY Brockport | 18100 | 26200 | 0.3086 | 5,816 | 1195 | 0.7068 | |
| 53 | Boston College | 18300 | 96200 | 0.8094 | 9,654 | 1490 | 0.1619 | |
| 54 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 18400 | 36400 | 0.4939 | 2,884 | 1175 | 0.9677 | |
| 54 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 18400 | 26700 | 0.3108 | 7,505 | 1059 | 0.9633 | |
| 56 | State University of New York at Oswego | 18600 | 27700 | 0.3284 | 5,517 | 1164 | 0.8057 | |
| 57 | Emporia State University | 18800 | 29800 | 0.3696 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 57 | Florida Memorial University | 18800 | 44900 | 0.5814 | 1,299 | 0 | 0.7431 | |
| 59 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 19000 | 43800 | 0.5657 | 352 | 1180 | 0.9647 | |
| 60 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 19100 | 42800 | 0.5531 | 581 | 1129 | 0.9821 | |
| 61 | College of Charleston | 19200 | 33900 | 0.4342 | 10,880 | 1255 | 0.6003 | |
| 62 | Stockton University | 19800 | 44500 | 0.5554 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 63 | Ramapo College of New Jersey | 20000 | 38000 | 0.4734 | 5,444 | 1214 | 0.7064 | |
| 64 | San Jose State University | 20200 | 33600 | 0.3985 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 65 | Central Connecticut State University | 20300 | 29500 | 0.3117 | 8,170 | 1010 | 0.7333 | |
| 66 | Dakota State University | 20400 | 22500 | 0.0912 | 3,066 | 1192 | 0.8814 | |
| 67 | Central College | 20700 | 36800 | 0.4373 | 1,084 | 1140 | 0.8617 | |
| 67 | Grove City College | 20700 | 39700 | 0.4792 | 2,341 | 1256 | 0.7232 | |
| 69 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 20800 | 57800 | 0.6406 | 1,083 | 1171 | 0.9278 | |
| 70 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 20900 | 34400 | 0.3924 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 70 | Lincoln University | 20900 | 24900 | 0.1606 | 1,707 | 920 | 0 | |
| 72 | Angelo State University | 21000 | 23100 | 0.0923 | 9,779 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 73 | Pennsylvania Western University | 21200 | 26600 | 0.2029 | 7,586 | 0 | 0.9433 | |
| 74 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 21400 | 42600 | 0.4982 | 1,809 | 1109 | 0.9484 | |
| 75 | Luther College | 21500 | 71900 | 0.7017 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.8402 | |
| 75 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 21500 | 38900 | 0.4469 | 1,919 | 1245 | 0.7844 | |
| 77 | Kennesaw State University | 21600 | 26600 | 0.1881 | 42,840 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 78 | Northwestern University | 21700 | 89500 | 0.7579 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 79 | Elmhurst University | 21900 | 67000 | 0.6734 | 3,170 | 1148 | 0.7357 | |
| 80 | Bradley University | 22000 | 50800 | 0.5669 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 81 | Averett University | 22100 | 57200 | 0.614 | 1,180 | 1070 | 0.478 | |
| 82 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 22500 | 43000 | 0.4763 | 5,789 | 1060 | 0.5774 | |
| 83 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 23100 | 58100 | 0.6028 | 1,477 | 1075 | 0.8068 | |
| 84 | Robert Morris University | 23300 | 58000 | 0.5986 | 3,769 | 1180 | 0.9057 | |
| 85 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 23600 | 45200 | 0.4782 | 502 | 1204 | 0.9641 | |
| 86 | Albright College | 23800 | 49300 | 0.5171 | 1,328 | 1050 | 0.8615 | |
| 87 | Houghton University | 24000 | 61900 | 0.6126 | 939 | 1277 | 0.8866 | |
| 88 | Dominican University | 24100 | 56000 | 0.5702 | 2,690 | 1060 | 0.9032 | |
| 89 | LeTourneau University | 24200 | 54200 | 0.5533 | 3,184 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 90 | Norwich University | 24500 | 88400 | 0.723 | 2,642 | 1182 | 0.7361 | |
| 91 | Western Oregon University | 24600 | 24600 | 0 | 3,343 | 1120 | 0.9871 | |
| 92 | Northwood University | 25200 | 54500 | 0.5381 | 1,989 | 1075 | 0.839 | |
| 93 | Columbia College | 25800 | 51600 | 0.5004 | 876 | 1025 | 0.8878 | |
| 94 | Doane University | 26000 | 77700 | 0.665 | 1,323 | 1125 | 0.9801 | |
| 95 | Stony Brook University | 26100 | 33200 | 0.2129 | 18,263 | 1404 | 0.4904 | |
| 96 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 26200 | 28300 | 0.0755 | 3,413 | 1095 | 0.5295 | |
| 97 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 26300 | 28400 | 0.0751 | 14,504 | 1145 | 0.7637 | |
| 98 | Bethune-Cookman University | 26600 | 32700 | 0.1866 | 2,739 | 910 | 0.8824 | |
| 99 | Furman University | 26700 | 79600 | 0.6643 | 2,383 | 1359 | 0.4295 | |
| 100 | Cleveland State University | 27300 | 37300 | 0.2682 | 9,418 | 1105 | 0.913 | |
| 100 | Fairmont State University | 27300 | 32200 | 0.1522 | 3,060 | 975 | 0.9924 | |
| 100 | Syracuse University | 27300 | 83100 | 0.6714 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 103 | Rowan University | 27500 | 41600 | 0.3386 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
| 103 | Thomas Jefferson University | 27500 | 67700 | 0.5937 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 103 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 27500 | 29500 | 0.0677 | 10,767 | 1326 | 0.7243 | |
| 106 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 27700 | 47900 | 0.4214 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 107 | California Lutheran University | 28000 | 70000 | 0.6002 | 2,297 | 1258 | 0.7567 | |
| 107 | George Fox University | 28000 | 76800 | 0.6354 | 3,401 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 109 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 33400 | 0.1437 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 110 | James Madison University | 28900 | 28900 | 0 | 21,112 | 1260 | 0.7151 | |
| 110 | Mercy University | 28900 | 44500 | 0.3507 | 6,775 | 1074 | 0.8584 | |
| 110 | University of Utah | 28900 | 32000 | 0.098 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 113 | Dallas Baptist University | 29100 | 72000 | 0.5955 | 2,785 | 1104 | 0.8884 | |
| 113 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29100 | 33200 | 0.1234 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 115 | Clemson University | 29200 | 37100 | 0.2137 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 116 | Saint Xavier University | 29700 | 53600 | 0.4457 | 3,039 | 1125 | 0.8575 | |
| 117 | Towson University | 30000 | 30000 | 0 | 16,264 | 1093 | 0.8198 | |
| 118 | Northern Kentucky University | 30200 | 32100 | 0.0592 | 10,163 | 1090 | 0.8307 | |
| 119 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 30400 | 33600 | 0.0934 | 5,086 | 1000 | 0.9821 | |
| 120 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 30500 | 54700 | 0.4416 | 1,409 | 1110 | 0.5568 | |
| 120 | University of North Texas | 30500 | 37400 | 0.1844 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 122 | East Texas A&M University | 30700 | 36500 | 0.1589 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 122 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30700 | 54600 | 0.4385 | 3,163 | 1165 | 0.9347 | |
| 124 | University of Toledo | 30800 | 42000 | 0.2653 | 11,013 | 1159 | 0.9202 | |
| 125 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1150 | 0.9523 | |
| 126 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 31000 | 36900 | 0.162 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 127 | University of Kentucky | 31100 | 36100 | 0.1386 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 128 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 31300 | 31300 | 0 | 6,853 | 1090 | 0.7147 | |
| 129 | Saint Michael's College | 31900 | 68500 | 0.5346 | 1,120 | 1240 | 0.8451 | |
| 130 | Washington Adventist University | 32100 | 37800 | 0.151 | 605 | 951 | 0.4536 | |
| 131 | Hampton University | 32200 | 62400 | 0.4836 | 3,728 | 956 | 0.6225 | |
| 132 | Grambling State University | 32500 | 38100 | 0.1471 | 4,279 | 955 | 0.2368 | |
| 132 | University of Scranton | 32500 | 78700 | 0.5872 | 3,613 | 1220 | 0.8029 | |
| 134 | Suffolk University | 32700 | 69700 | 0.5312 | 4,324 | 1209 | 0.822 | |
| 135 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 15,130 | 1095 | 0.5256 | |
| 136 | George Washington University | 33800 | 81800 | 0.587 | 11,677 | 1421 | 0.4709 | |
| 137 | Salisbury University | 34000 | 41700 | 0.1845 | 6,288 | 1250 | 0.8747 | |
| 138 | Charleston Southern University | 34300 | 48400 | 0.2918 | 2,914 | 1060 | 0.7609 | |
| 139 | Pace University | 34600 | 74800 | 0.5373 | 8,038 | 1274 | 0.7592 | |
| 139 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 34600 | 58500 | 0.4091 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 141 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 35100 | 35100 | 0 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 142 | Adelphi University | 35200 | 63300 | 0.4443 | 5,325 | 1218 | 0.6591 | |
| 142 | Christopher Newport University | 35200 | 36200 | 0.0276 | 4,407 | 1209 | 0.8796 | |
| 144 | Loyola University Maryland | 36100 | 78800 | 0.542 | 3,881 | 1309 | 0.7549 | |
| 145 | East Carolina University | 37100 | 40100 | 0.0748 | 21,445 | 1120 | 0.8922 | |
| 146 | McKendree University | 40100 | 52200 | 0.2324 | 1,605 | 1098 | 0.6388 | |
| 147 | Rutgers University-Newark | 40900 | 60500 | 0.3242 | 7,417 | 1214 | 0.7873 | |
| 148 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 42100 | 67900 | 0.3799 | 3,965 | 1335 | 0.9121 | |
| 149 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 43100 | 54700 | 0.212 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 150 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43400 | 53400 | 0.1873 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 151 | Merrimack College | 43600 | 78800 | 0.4472 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
| 152 | Immaculata University | 43900 | 47800 | 0.0815 | 1,652 | 1245 | 0.8578 | |
| 152 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 43900 | 57100 | 0.2302 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 154 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 44900 | 60000 | 0.2515 | 31,112 | 1114 | 0.8129 | |
| 155 | Mercer University | 46700 | 63700 | 0.267 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
| 156 | University of Mount Olive | 48300 | 50400 | 0.0424 | 1,937 | 1020 | 0.7775 | |
| 157 | Drexel University | 48800 | 83800 | 0.4176 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 157 | Molloy University | 48800 | 62300 | 0.2168 | 3,240 | 1199 | 0.8174 | |
| 159 | DePaul University | 49000 | 67100 | 0.2697 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 160 | University of Colorado Boulder | 55900 | 56600 | 0.0124 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
| 161 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58200 | 64100 | 0.0921 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 162 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 59100 | 61200 | 0.0349 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 163 | Thiel College | 60500 | 69100 | 0.1244 | 830 | 1065 | 0.7189 | |
| 164 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 60700 | 64100 | 0.053 | 1,236 | 1203 | 0.9811 | |
| 165 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 61300 | 64200 | 0.0452 | 1,880 | 1185 | 0.9867 | |
| 166 | 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.