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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 Washington.
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 Washington.
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 | Savannah State University | 6800 | 28000 | 0.756 | 2,966 | 950 | 1 | |
| 3 | Northern Kentucky University | 8000 | 26600 | 0.7005 | 10,136 | 1110 | 0.9666 | |
| 3 | Northwestern University | 8000 | 93000 | 0.9142 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 5 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8900 | 96500 | 0.9082 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 6 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 9500 | 38900 | 0.7561 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 7 | Portland State University | 10300 | 73900 | 0.8604 | 14,932 | 1174 | 0.8586 | |
| 8 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 10800 | 42400 | 0.7448 | 3,224 | 1085 | 0.7643 | |
| 9 | Eastern Washington University | 11400 | 28700 | 0.6031 | 7,640 | 1045 | 0.8526 | |
| 10 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 29600 | 0.5802 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 11 | Lamar University | 12900 | 22900 | 0.4361 | 8,387 | 1040 | 0.8353 | |
| 12 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 13300 | 13300 | 0 | 18,667 | 1090 | 0.9711 | |
| 12 | Valdosta State University | 13300 | 23500 | 0.4346 | 7,199 | 1005 | 0.7769 | |
| 14 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 13400 | 25700 | 0.4784 | 29,727 | 990 | 0.9229 | |
| 15 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 13600 | 27600 | 0.5068 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 15 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 13600 | 19400 | 0.299 | 14,865 | 1175 | 0.9113 | |
| 17 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 13700 | 52800 | 0.7408 | 6,761 | 1105 | 0.8475 | |
| 18 | University of California-Riverside | 13800 | 118100 | 0.8829 | 24,034 | 1199 | 0.8609 | |
| 19 | Coastal Carolina University | 14500 | 72300 | 0.7997 | 11,471 | 1160 | 0.7003 | |
| 19 | University of North Georgia | 14500 | 56800 | 0.745 | 19,321 | 1100 | 0.9618 | |
| 19 | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | 14500 | 19600 | 0.2601 | 10,995 | 1090 | 0.7476 | |
| 22 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 15000 | 28600 | 0.4762 | 7,501 | 1055 | 0.9467 | |
| 23 | Wayne State College | 15100 | 26400 | 0.4276 | 3,886 | 0 | 1 | |
| 24 | Concord University | 15400 | 31700 | 0.515 | 1,638 | 1015 | 0.9728 | |
| 24 | Radford University | 15400 | 32000 | 0.5196 | 6,206 | 1050 | 0.8939 | |
| 26 | Jacksonville State University | 15600 | 42900 | 0.6357 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 26 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 15600 | 43300 | 0.6399 | 308 | 1144 | 0.9053 | |
| 28 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 15900 | 27700 | 0.4254 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 29 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver | 16100 | 43700 | 0.6311 | 475 | 1195 | 0.9418 | |
| 30 | University of North Texas | 16200 | 26100 | 0.379 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 31 | Alabama State University | 16300 | 33500 | 0.5127 | 3,521 | 945 | 0.9755 | |
| 31 | Bellevue College | 16300 | 16700 | 0.0242 | 12,485 | 0 | 1 | |
| 33 | Frostburg State University | 16500 | 34600 | 0.5231 | 3,436 | 1095 | 0.907 | |
| 34 | Emporia State University | 16600 | 22900 | 0.2753 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 34 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16600 | 64800 | 0.7439 | 22,007 | 1427 | 0.1672 | |
| 36 | Southern University at New Orleans | 17000 | 41400 | 0.5901 | 2,179 | 950 | 0.789 | |
| 37 | Boston College | 17100 | 122200 | 0.8597 | 9,677 | 1484 | 0.1422 | |
| 37 | SUNY at Fredonia | 17100 | 27800 | 0.3854 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 39 | Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi | 17400 | 20700 | 0.1594 | 8,673 | 1095 | 0.9156 | |
| 40 | East Carolina University | 17600 | 26100 | 0.3256 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 41 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 17700 | 43500 | 0.5936 | 1,829 | 1149 | 0.945 | |
| 42 | James Madison University | 18100 | 28900 | 0.3742 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 42 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18100 | 28600 | 0.3669 | 3,991 | 1010 | 0.9654 | |
| 44 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 18200 | 54300 | 0.6647 | 10,368 | 1064 | 0.999 | |
| 45 | Angelo State University | 18300 | 23100 | 0.2072 | 10,103 | 1045 | 0.7981 | |
| 45 | Kennesaw State University | 18300 | 61500 | 0.702 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 45 | State University of New York at Oswego | 18300 | 27700 | 0.3392 | 5,293 | 1179 | 0.7989 | |
| 45 | 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 | Coppin State University | 18900 | 51800 | 0.6345 | 1,908 | 950 | 0.4583 | |
| 51 | San Jose State University | 19000 | 41100 | 0.5379 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 52 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 19100 | 44600 | 0.5714 | 504 | 1200 | 0.9095 | |
| 53 | University of Illinois Chicago | 19200 | 30100 | 0.3619 | 24,260 | 1174 | 0.7576 | |
| 54 | Syracuse University | 19800 | 83600 | 0.7632 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 55 | Norwich University | 20000 | 76000 | 0.7364 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 56 | Dakota State University | 20400 | 22500 | 0.0912 | 3,085 | 1174 | 0.9241 | |
| 56 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20400 | 28400 | 0.2812 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 58 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 20600 | 57800 | 0.6433 | 1,109 | 1175 | 0.9088 | |
| 59 | Grove City College | 20700 | 39700 | 0.4792 | 2,247 | 1248 | 0.667 | |
| 60 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 20800 | 25500 | 0.1844 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 61 | Tarleton State University | 21000 | 23000 | 0.087 | 17,556 | 1090 | 0.5386 | |
| 61 | University of Maryland-College Park | 21000 | 35000 | 0.4004 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 63 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 21200 | 48100 | 0.559 | 2,710 | 1218 | 0.9374 | |
| 64 | Thiel College | 21400 | 88800 | 0.7594 | 830 | 1065 | 0.7189 | |
| 65 | Luther College | 21500 | 75400 | 0.7153 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.8398 | |
| 66 | Salisbury University | 21600 | 29300 | 0.2628 | 6,477 | 1245 | 0.8826 | |
| 67 | Grand Valley State University | 21900 | 36600 | 0.4016 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 68 | Averett University | 22300 | 57400 | 0.612 | 1,244 | 1054 | 0.5659 | |
| 69 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 22500 | 25400 | 0.1143 | 2,907 | 1125 | 0.4696 | |
| 70 | Fort Hays State University | 22900 | 28500 | 0.196 | 10,172 | 1075 | 0.9026 | |
| 71 | Robert Morris University | 23100 | 58000 | 0.6012 | 4,325 | 1145 | 0.8989 | |
| 72 | Houghton University | 23200 | 44300 | 0.4763 | 958 | 1277 | 0.89 | |
| 73 | Florida Memorial University | 23300 | 41500 | 0.4384 | 1,206 | 0 | 0.8526 | |
| 73 | Pennsylvania Western University | 23300 | 34400 | 0.3224 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 75 | Columbia College | 23500 | 65100 | 0.6388 | 876 | 1025 | 0.8878 | |
| 76 | Dominican University | 23900 | 56000 | 0.573 | 2,642 | 1005 | 0.8879 | |
| 77 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 24100 | 34200 | 0.2956 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 77 | Fairmont State University | 24100 | 30900 | 0.22 | 3,090 | 970 | 0.9862 | |
| 79 | Ramapo College of New Jersey | 24600 | 36700 | 0.3294 | 5,492 | 1210 | 0.7026 | |
| 80 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 25000 | 31600 | 0.2086 | 9,827 | 1329 | 0.6737 | |
| 80 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 25000 | 55700 | 0.5514 | 5,939 | 1065 | 0.5878 | |
| 82 | Central College | 25600 | 38700 | 0.3388 | 1,050 | 1159 | 0.8698 | |
| 83 | Northwood University | 25800 | 75700 | 0.6596 | 2,045 | 1055 | 0.6451 | |
| 84 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 26000 | 28300 | 0.0809 | 3,375 | 1090 | 0.5885 | |
| 84 | West Virginia Wesleyan College | 26000 | 53800 | 0.5169 | 971 | 1030 | 0.9334 | |
| 86 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 26100 | 28400 | 0.0805 | 14,834 | 1149 | 0.7803 | |
| 86 | Loyola University Maryland | 26100 | 78800 | 0.6689 | 4,013 | 1329 | 0.6986 | |
| 86 | Stony Brook University | 26100 | 33200 | 0.2129 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 89 | Bemidji State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 3,751 | 1075 | 0.5598 | |
| 89 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 26400 | 50000 | 0.4717 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 91 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 27100 | 43300 | 0.3745 | 7,747 | 1073 | 0.9617 | |
| 92 | Bethune-Cookman University | 27600 | 32300 | 0.1453 | 2,739 | 910 | 0.8824 | |
| 93 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 27800 | 27800 | 0 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 94 | Central Washington University | 27900 | 27900 | 0 | 10,033 | 1060 | 0.9061 | |
| 95 | Central Connecticut State University | 28100 | 29500 | 0.0474 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 96 | Wayne State University | 28300 | 46800 | 0.3956 | 16,390 | 1183 | 0.8359 | |
| 97 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 36500 | 0.2167 | 11,691 | 1074 | 0.7722 | |
| 98 | Western Oregon University | 28800 | 28800 | 0 | 3,034 | 1120 | 0.8345 | |
| 99 | Clemson University | 29000 | 37100 | 0.2179 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 100 | Morgan State University | 29300 | 41800 | 0.299 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 100 | University of Toledo | 29300 | 32600 | 0.1009 | 10,726 | 1134 | 0.8889 | |
| 102 | Texas A&M University-Victoria | 29400 | 35800 | 0.1789 | 2,627 | 1000 | 0.5253 | |
| 103 | University of South Florida | 29500 | 36700 | 0.1961 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 104 | California Lutheran University | 30000 | 109800 | 0.727 | 2,160 | 1218 | 0.7631 | |
| 105 | Saint Xavier University | 30300 | 57200 | 0.4706 | 3,100 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 105 | Thomas Jefferson University | 30300 | 68700 | 0.5591 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 107 | Grambling State University | 30400 | 35800 | 0.151 | 4,313 | 950 | 0.4486 | |
| 108 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 30500 | 31800 | 0.0409 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 108 | University of North Florida | 30500 | 30500 | 0 | 14,837 | 1124 | 0.6815 | |
| 108 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30500 | 54600 | 0.4413 | 3,120 | 1193 | 0.3992 | |
| 111 | Lincoln University | 30600 | 35000 | 0.1257 | 1,926 | 920 | 0 | |
| 112 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 2,082 | 1124 | 0.9576 | |
| 113 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 31100 | 44300 | 0.2977 | 586 | 1140 | 0.9577 | |
| 114 | Suffolk University | 31300 | 110800 | 0.7174 | 4,247 | 1209 | 0.8228 | |
| 114 | Westfield State University | 31300 | 41500 | 0.246 | 3,868 | 1105 | 0.8671 | |
| 116 | Hampton University | 31500 | 54800 | 0.4252 | 4,046 | 1005 | 0.6358 | |
| 117 | Cleveland State University | 31700 | 32100 | 0.0125 | 9,418 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 118 | University of Scranton | 32400 | 78700 | 0.5879 | 3,689 | 1245 | 0.8006 | |
| 119 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 32800 | 69700 | 0.529 | 11,087 | 1326 | 0.7397 | |
| 120 | SUNY Brockport | 33200 | 36500 | 0.0904 | 5,816 | 1195 | 0.7068 | |
| 121 | Harding University | 33500 | 47800 | 0.299 | 3,536 | 1184 | 0.7052 | |
| 122 | Elizabethtown College | 33800 | 69900 | 0.5167 | 1,935 | 1214 | 0.8892 | |
| 123 | Charleston Southern University | 34200 | 48400 | 0.295 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 124 | George Washington University | 34300 | 81800 | 0.5808 | 11,495 | 1436 | 0.4713 | |
| 125 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 34500 | 62800 | 0.4506 | 1,495 | 1075 | 0.8761 | |
| 125 | Texas Southern University | 34500 | 42500 | 0.1883 | 6,844 | 915 | 0.9691 | |
| 127 | Adelphi University | 35000 | 63300 | 0.4467 | 5,097 | 1241 | 0.7215 | |
| 128 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 35100 | 38900 | 0.0976 | 1,973 | 1189 | 0.8142 | |
| 129 | Bradley University | 35800 | 60000 | 0.4036 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 130 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 36000 | 56300 | 0.3603 | 5,687 | 1305 | 0.7863 | |
| 131 | Furman University | 36300 | 84600 | 0.5707 | 2,304 | 1372 | 0.4869 | |
| 131 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 36300 | 53600 | 0.3229 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 131 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 36300 | 57000 | 0.3629 | 4,789 | 1040 | 0.6671 | |
| 134 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 36600 | 39900 | 0.0825 | 3,893 | 1015 | 0.9839 | |
| 135 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 37100 | 47900 | 0.2253 | 2,280 | 1224 | 0.9675 | |
| 136 | Christopher Newport University | 37900 | 50000 | 0.2421 | 4,369 | 1189 | 0.8604 | |
| 137 | Stockton University | 38200 | 45300 | 0.1569 | 7,583 | 1134 | 0.901 | |
| 138 | Saint Michael's College | 38700 | 75600 | 0.4884 | 1,051 | 1280 | 0.8976 | |
| 139 | Drexel University | 40100 | 107600 | 0.6271 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 140 | Elmhurst University | 40200 | 69600 | 0.4222 | 3,170 | 1133 | 0.7501 | |
| 140 | Immaculata University | 40200 | 60400 | 0.3345 | 1,889 | 1264 | 0.8656 | |
| 142 | McKendree University | 40600 | 52900 | 0.2324 | 1,757 | 1098 | 0.7172 | |
| 143 | Pace University | 40700 | 75500 | 0.461 | 5,520 | 1273 | 0.7827 | |
| 144 | Mercy University | 41400 | 46400 | 0.1078 | 6,692 | 1135 | 0.8724 | |
| 145 | University of Mount Olive | 42100 | 50400 | 0.1645 | 1,944 | 1075 | 0.7575 | |
| 146 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 42200 | 58900 | 0.2835 | 21,388 | 1369 | 0.5945 | |
| 147 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 43200 | 108500 | 0.6019 | 35,358 | 1448 | 0.1642 | |
| 148 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4479 | 4,123 | 1124 | 0.6927 | |
| 149 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 43800 | 103500 | 0.5766 | 4,182 | 1317 | 0.8783 | |
| 150 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 43900 | 53400 | 0.178 | 21,469 | 1167 | 0.9061 | |
| 151 | Mercer University | 45700 | 65400 | 0.3015 | 4,719 | 1263 | 0.643 | |
| 152 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 46000 | 59900 | 0.2321 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 153 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 46100 | 46600 | 0.0107 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 154 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47100 | 59800 | 0.2121 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 155 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 48600 | 61200 | 0.2057 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 156 | DePaul University | 49100 | 66400 | 0.2604 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 157 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Schuylkill | 49700 | 61100 | 0.1866 | 653 | 1145 | 0.7972 | |
| 158 | University of Colorado Boulder | 50000 | 56000 | 0.1072 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7809 | |
| 159 | Towson University | 50200 | 68400 | 0.2663 | 16,361 | 1082 | 0.8057 | |
| 160 | Rutgers University-Newark | 50300 | 59900 | 0.1604 | 7,989 | 1159 | 0.7136 | |
| 161 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 50500 | 58800 | 0.1411 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 162 | University of Utah | 51400 | 53700 | 0.0426 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 163 | University of Kentucky | 51700 | 74100 | 0.3024 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 164 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 165 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58400 | 63500 | 0.0803 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 166 | Molloy University | 58500 | 62300 | 0.061 | 3,396 | 1188 | 0.6633 | |
| 167 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 60500 | 65000 | 0.0692 | 1,078 | 1217 | 0.9646 | |
| 168 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 65100 | 65100 | 0 | 1,709 | 1218 | 0.9653 | |
| 169 | College of Charleston | 69300 | 69300 | 0 | 10,596 | 1234 | 0.73 | |
| 170 | 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.