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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 Virginia.
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 Virginia.
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 | 5000 | 44000 | 0.8868 | 5,534 | 1079 | 0.6734 | |
| 2 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 5600 | 50600 | 0.8888 | 35,358 | 1448 | 0.1642 | |
| 3 | Savannah State University | 6800 | 28000 | 0.756 | 2,966 | 950 | 1 | |
| 4 | Northern Kentucky University | 7500 | 26600 | 0.7193 | 10,136 | 1110 | 0.9666 | |
| 5 | Northwestern University | 7800 | 93000 | 0.9163 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 6 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8900 | 96500 | 0.9082 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 7 | Portland State University | 9400 | 73900 | 0.8726 | 14,932 | 1174 | 0.8586 | |
| 8 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 10300 | 42400 | 0.7566 | 3,224 | 1085 | 0.7643 | |
| 8 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 10300 | 10300 | 0 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 10 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 11400 | 40100 | 0.7156 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 11 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 11600 | 27800 | 0.582 | 22,007 | 1427 | 0.1672 | |
| 12 | Wayne State University | 12400 | 32900 | 0.6228 | 16,390 | 1183 | 0.8359 | |
| 13 | University of South Florida | 12800 | 16300 | 0.2143 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 14 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 13300 | 52800 | 0.7484 | 6,761 | 1105 | 0.8475 | |
| 14 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 13300 | 13300 | 0 | 18,667 | 1090 | 0.9711 | |
| 14 | Valdosta State University | 13300 | 23500 | 0.4346 | 7,199 | 1005 | 0.7769 | |
| 17 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 13500 | 13500 | 0 | 1,973 | 1189 | 0.8142 | |
| 18 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 61700 | 0.7784 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 19 | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | 14100 | 19600 | 0.2805 | 10,995 | 1090 | 0.7476 | |
| 20 | Coastal Carolina University | 14200 | 72300 | 0.8039 | 11,471 | 1160 | 0.7003 | |
| 21 | University of North Georgia | 14300 | 56800 | 0.7485 | 19,321 | 1100 | 0.9618 | |
| 22 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 14500 | 28600 | 0.4937 | 7,501 | 1055 | 0.9467 | |
| 23 | University of California-Riverside | 14600 | 118100 | 0.8761 | 24,034 | 1199 | 0.8609 | |
| 24 | Wayne State College | 14900 | 26400 | 0.4352 | 3,886 | 0 | 1 | |
| 25 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 15000 | 43300 | 0.6537 | 308 | 1144 | 0.9053 | |
| 26 | Jacksonville State University | 15500 | 42900 | 0.638 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 27 | University of North Texas | 15800 | 26100 | 0.3943 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 28 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 15900 | 27700 | 0.4254 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 29 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 16100 | 23400 | 0.3124 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 30 | Frostburg State University | 16200 | 34600 | 0.5318 | 3,436 | 1095 | 0.907 | |
| 31 | Alabama State University | 16300 | 33500 | 0.5127 | 3,521 | 945 | 0.9755 | |
| 32 | Morgan State University | 16600 | 28500 | 0.4173 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 33 | Southern University at New Orleans | 16700 | 41400 | 0.5973 | 2,179 | 950 | 0.789 | |
| 34 | Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi | 17000 | 20700 | 0.1787 | 8,673 | 1095 | 0.9156 | |
| 35 | Boston College | 17100 | 122200 | 0.8597 | 9,677 | 1484 | 0.1422 | |
| 35 | SUNY at Fredonia | 17100 | 27800 | 0.3854 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 37 | College of Charleston | 17200 | 43600 | 0.6049 | 10,596 | 1234 | 0.73 | |
| 37 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 17200 | 43500 | 0.6051 | 1,829 | 1149 | 0.945 | |
| 39 | University of Kentucky | 17500 | 46800 | 0.6264 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 40 | East Carolina University | 17600 | 26100 | 0.3256 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 41 | University of South Alabama | 17700 | 40600 | 0.5635 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 42 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 18000 | 54300 | 0.6684 | 10,368 | 1064 | 0.999 | |
| 42 | Kennesaw State University | 18000 | 61500 | 0.7069 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 44 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 18100 | 68100 | 0.7344 | 711 | 1030 | 0.8214 | |
| 44 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 18100 | 25200 | 0.2814 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 44 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18100 | 28600 | 0.3669 | 3,991 | 1010 | 0.9654 | |
| 47 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 18700 | 44600 | 0.5804 | 504 | 1200 | 0.9095 | |
| 47 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 18700 | 37900 | 0.5084 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 47 | San Jose State University | 18700 | 41100 | 0.5452 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 47 | University of Illinois Chicago | 18700 | 30100 | 0.3785 | 24,260 | 1174 | 0.7576 | |
| 51 | Texas A&M University-Victoria | 18900 | 25000 | 0.2442 | 2,627 | 1000 | 0.5253 | |
| 52 | Coppin State University | 19000 | 51800 | 0.6326 | 1,908 | 950 | 0.4583 | |
| 53 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Schuylkill | 19100 | 32900 | 0.42 | 653 | 1145 | 0.7972 | |
| 54 | Norwich University | 19600 | 76000 | 0.7417 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 54 | Rutgers University-Newark | 19600 | 39200 | 0.5005 | 7,989 | 1159 | 0.7136 | |
| 56 | Syracuse University | 19800 | 83600 | 0.7632 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 56 | University of Colorado Boulder | 19800 | 32100 | 0.3839 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7809 | |
| 58 | Grove City College | 20500 | 39700 | 0.4842 | 2,247 | 1248 | 0.667 | |
| 58 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 20500 | 36600 | 0.4396 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 60 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 20600 | 57800 | 0.6433 | 1,109 | 1175 | 0.9088 | |
| 61 | James Madison University | 20700 | 28900 | 0.2851 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 61 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 20700 | 48100 | 0.5694 | 2,710 | 1218 | 0.9374 | |
| 63 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 21000 | 48000 | 0.5625 | 1,709 | 1218 | 0.9653 | |
| 63 | Tarleton State University | 21000 | 23000 | 0.087 | 17,556 | 1090 | 0.5386 | |
| 63 | University of Maryland-College Park | 21000 | 35000 | 0.4004 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 66 | Thiel College | 21200 | 88800 | 0.7617 | 830 | 1065 | 0.7189 | |
| 66 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 21200 | 51900 | 0.5921 | 5,939 | 1065 | 0.5878 | |
| 68 | Luther College | 21500 | 75400 | 0.7153 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.8398 | |
| 69 | Salisbury University | 21600 | 29300 | 0.2628 | 6,477 | 1245 | 0.8826 | |
| 70 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 21800 | 37300 | 0.4156 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 71 | Grand Valley State University | 21900 | 36600 | 0.4016 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 72 | Texas Southern University | 22100 | 25500 | 0.1335 | 6,844 | 915 | 0.9691 | |
| 73 | University of North Florida | 22400 | 22400 | 0 | 14,837 | 1124 | 0.6815 | |
| 74 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 22600 | 25400 | 0.1104 | 2,907 | 1125 | 0.4696 | |
| 75 | Fort Hays State University | 22900 | 28500 | 0.196 | 10,172 | 1075 | 0.9026 | |
| 75 | Pennsylvania Western University | 22900 | 34400 | 0.334 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 77 | Lamar University | 23000 | 37500 | 0.3867 | 8,387 | 1040 | 0.8353 | |
| 78 | Dakota State University | 23100 | 25600 | 0.0977 | 3,085 | 1174 | 0.9241 | |
| 78 | Florida Memorial University | 23100 | 41500 | 0.4433 | 1,206 | 0 | 0.8526 | |
| 78 | Robert Morris University | 23100 | 58000 | 0.6012 | 4,325 | 1145 | 0.8989 | |
| 81 | Houghton University | 23200 | 44300 | 0.4763 | 958 | 1277 | 0.89 | |
| 82 | Columbia College | 23600 | 65100 | 0.6372 | 876 | 1025 | 0.8878 | |
| 83 | Dominican University | 23900 | 56000 | 0.573 | 2,642 | 1005 | 0.8879 | |
| 84 | Fairmont State University | 24100 | 30900 | 0.22 | 3,090 | 970 | 0.9862 | |
| 84 | Ramapo College of New Jersey | 24100 | 36700 | 0.343 | 5,492 | 1210 | 0.7026 | |
| 84 | Stockton University | 24100 | 32100 | 0.2491 | 7,583 | 1134 | 0.901 | |
| 87 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 24200 | 42000 | 0.4243 | 21,388 | 1369 | 0.5945 | |
| 88 | Emporia State University | 24800 | 32000 | 0.2249 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 89 | Concord University | 25000 | 41900 | 0.4038 | 1,638 | 1015 | 0.9728 | |
| 90 | Central College | 25600 | 38700 | 0.3388 | 1,050 | 1159 | 0.8698 | |
| 91 | Loyola University Maryland | 25800 | 78800 | 0.6727 | 4,013 | 1329 | 0.6986 | |
| 91 | 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 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 26100 | 50000 | 0.4777 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 97 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 26300 | 36800 | 0.2855 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 98 | Bemidji State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 3,751 | 1075 | 0.5598 | |
| 99 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 26700 | 39800 | 0.3289 | 29,727 | 990 | 0.9229 | |
| 99 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 26700 | 43300 | 0.3837 | 7,747 | 1073 | 0.9617 | |
| 101 | Bethune-Cookman University | 27700 | 32300 | 0.1422 | 2,739 | 910 | 0.8824 | |
| 102 | Central Connecticut State University | 27800 | 29500 | 0.0576 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 103 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 36500 | 0.2167 | 11,691 | 1074 | 0.7722 | |
| 104 | University of Toledo | 29300 | 32600 | 0.1009 | 10,726 | 1134 | 0.8889 | |
| 105 | California Lutheran University | 29600 | 109800 | 0.7307 | 2,160 | 1218 | 0.7631 | |
| 106 | Saint Xavier University | 29900 | 57200 | 0.4775 | 3,100 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 106 | Thomas Jefferson University | 29900 | 68700 | 0.5649 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 106 | Towson University | 29900 | 39200 | 0.2374 | 16,361 | 1082 | 0.8057 | |
| 109 | Grambling State University | 30300 | 35800 | 0.1538 | 4,313 | 950 | 0.4486 | |
| 110 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 30500 | 44300 | 0.3112 | 586 | 1140 | 0.9577 | |
| 110 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30500 | 54600 | 0.4413 | 3,120 | 1193 | 0.3992 | |
| 112 | Lincoln University | 30800 | 35000 | 0.12 | 1,926 | 920 | 0 | |
| 113 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 2,082 | 1124 | 0.9576 | |
| 113 | Westfield State University | 30900 | 41500 | 0.2556 | 3,868 | 1105 | 0.8671 | |
| 115 | Suffolk University | 31000 | 110800 | 0.7201 | 4,247 | 1209 | 0.8228 | |
| 116 | Angelo State University | 31600 | 35400 | 0.1071 | 10,103 | 1045 | 0.7981 | |
| 116 | Hampton University | 31600 | 54800 | 0.4236 | 4,046 | 1005 | 0.6358 | |
| 118 | Cleveland State University | 31700 | 32100 | 0.0125 | 9,418 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 119 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 32000 | 39900 | 0.1981 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 120 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32300 | 35100 | 0.0799 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 121 | University of Scranton | 32400 | 78700 | 0.5879 | 3,689 | 1245 | 0.8006 | |
| 122 | State University of New York at Oswego | 32700 | 40200 | 0.1866 | 5,293 | 1179 | 0.7989 | |
| 123 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 32800 | 69700 | 0.529 | 11,087 | 1326 | 0.7397 | |
| 124 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 33100 | 34200 | 0.0321 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 125 | SUNY Brockport | 33200 | 36500 | 0.0904 | 5,816 | 1195 | 0.7068 | |
| 126 | Harding University | 33500 | 47800 | 0.299 | 3,536 | 1184 | 0.7052 | |
| 127 | Elizabethtown College | 33700 | 69900 | 0.5181 | 1,935 | 1214 | 0.8892 | |
| 128 | Charleston Southern University | 34200 | 48400 | 0.295 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 129 | George Washington University | 34300 | 81800 | 0.5808 | 11,495 | 1436 | 0.4713 | |
| 130 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 34500 | 62800 | 0.4506 | 1,495 | 1075 | 0.8761 | |
| 131 | Averett University | 34900 | 56100 | 0.377 | 1,244 | 1054 | 0.5659 | |
| 132 | Adelphi University | 35000 | 63300 | 0.4467 | 5,097 | 1241 | 0.7215 | |
| 133 | Bradley University | 35400 | 60000 | 0.4103 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 133 | Christopher Newport University | 35400 | 50000 | 0.2921 | 4,369 | 1189 | 0.8604 | |
| 133 | Radford University | 35400 | 45700 | 0.225 | 6,206 | 1050 | 0.8939 | |
| 136 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 36000 | 56300 | 0.3603 | 5,687 | 1305 | 0.7863 | |
| 136 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 36000 | 57000 | 0.3681 | 4,789 | 1040 | 0.6671 | |
| 138 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 36800 | 38800 | 0.0515 | 14,865 | 1175 | 0.9113 | |
| 139 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 36900 | 47900 | 0.2294 | 2,280 | 1224 | 0.9675 | |
| 140 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 37400 | 40700 | 0.0808 | 3,893 | 1015 | 0.9839 | |
| 141 | Saint Michael's College | 37500 | 75600 | 0.5042 | 1,051 | 1280 | 0.8976 | |
| 142 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 37800 | 40100 | 0.0571 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 143 | Drexel University | 39600 | 107600 | 0.6318 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 144 | Stony Brook University | 39700 | 53000 | 0.2507 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 145 | Immaculata University | 40000 | 60400 | 0.3378 | 1,889 | 1264 | 0.8656 | |
| 146 | Elmhurst University | 40200 | 69600 | 0.4222 | 3,170 | 1133 | 0.7501 | |
| 147 | Furman University | 40300 | 84600 | 0.5234 | 2,304 | 1372 | 0.4869 | |
| 148 | Pace University | 40500 | 75500 | 0.4636 | 5,520 | 1273 | 0.7827 | |
| 149 | McKendree University | 40600 | 52900 | 0.2324 | 1,757 | 1098 | 0.7172 | |
| 150 | Mercy University | 41200 | 46400 | 0.1121 | 6,692 | 1135 | 0.8724 | |
| 151 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 41400 | 53400 | 0.2249 | 21,469 | 1167 | 0.9061 | |
| 152 | University of Mount Olive | 42100 | 50400 | 0.1645 | 1,944 | 1075 | 0.7575 | |
| 153 | Old Dominion University | 42300 | 50500 | 0.1624 | 17,504 | 1205 | 0.9135 | |
| 154 | Western Oregon University | 43400 | 43400 | 0 | 3,034 | 1120 | 0.8345 | |
| 155 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4479 | 4,123 | 1124 | 0.6927 | |
| 156 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 43900 | 103500 | 0.5757 | 4,182 | 1317 | 0.8783 | |
| 157 | Mercer University | 45700 | 65400 | 0.3015 | 4,719 | 1263 | 0.643 | |
| 158 | DePaul University | 49000 | 66400 | 0.2619 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 159 | University of Utah | 51400 | 53700 | 0.0426 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 160 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 161 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 54500 | 66200 | 0.1767 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 162 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58400 | 63500 | 0.0803 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 163 | Molloy University | 58600 | 62300 | 0.0594 | 3,396 | 1188 | 0.6633 | |
| 164 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 60600 | 65000 | 0.0677 | 1,078 | 1217 | 0.9646 | |
| 165 | Clemson University | 61400 | 63700 | 0.036 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 166 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 62800 | 65000 | 0.0339 | 9,827 | 1329 | 0.6737 | |
| 167 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver | 63600 | 63600 | 0 | 475 | 1195 | 0.9418 | |
| 168 | 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.