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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 | CUNY Graduate School and University Center | 4000 | 43900 | 0.9092 | 3,237 | 0 | 0.3861 | |
| 2 | California Institute of Technology | 4700 | 90300 | 0.9478 | 987 | 1557 | 0.0257 | |
| 3 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 6900 | 94100 | 0.9269 | 9,157 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 4 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 8100 | 33400 | 0.7584 | 10,049 | 1005 | 0.9234 | |
| 5 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 9500 | 20000 | 0.5249 | 3,207 | 1050 | 0.8034 | |
| 6 | University of Houston-Victoria | 9800 | 23500 | 0.5838 | 2,707 | 930 | 0.7671 | |
| 7 | New Mexico Highlands University | 10400 | 21500 | 0.5158 | 1,710 | 945 | 0.9481 | |
| 8 | Valdosta State University | 10500 | 24800 | 0.5776 | 7,206 | 1015 | 0.7214 | |
| 9 | Eastern Washington University | 11600 | 28600 | 0.5966 | 6,951 | 1055 | 0.9437 | |
| 10 | Christopher Newport University | 11800 | 33900 | 0.6518 | 4,407 | 1209 | 0.8796 | |
| 11 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 12200 | 34300 | 0.6439 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 12 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 27200 | 0.5443 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 13 | Fairmont State University | 12500 | 21400 | 0.4164 | 3,060 | 1005 | 0.9924 | |
| 14 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 12900 | 37100 | 0.6518 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 15 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 13200 | 24000 | 0.4499 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 16 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 13300 | 27100 | 0.5085 | 28,674 | 980 | 0.9401 | |
| 17 | University of South Florida | 14100 | 17100 | 0.1753 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 18 | Radford University | 14300 | 21900 | 0.347 | 6,161 | 1070 | 0.8953 | |
| 19 | Goshen College | 14700 | 55800 | 0.7363 | 780 | 995 | 0.8404 | |
| 20 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 15400 | 24800 | 0.3784 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 21 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 15600 | 25800 | 0.3959 | 5,187 | 1005 | 0.9229 | |
| 22 | Wayne State College | 15900 | 26400 | 0.3983 | 3,902 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 23 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 16000 | 23400 | 0.3166 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 24 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 16200 | 28800 | 0.4373 | 7,595 | 1075 | 0.9226 | |
| 24 | Southern University at New Orleans | 16200 | 31600 | 0.4872 | 1,773 | 885 | 0.6021 | |
| 26 | Bellevue College | 16300 | 16700 | 0.0242 | 11,472 | 0 | 0.1736 | |
| 27 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 16500 | 32400 | 0.491 | 352 | 1180 | 0.9647 | |
| 28 | Northwestern University | 16700 | 89500 | 0.8138 | 8,846 | 1513 | 0.0722 | |
| 28 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16700 | 64800 | 0.7426 | 21,075 | 1420 | 0.1534 | |
| 30 | Northeastern University | 17100 | 89900 | 0.8101 | 22,695 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 31 | Dickinson State University | 17500 | 26100 | 0.3293 | 1,339 | 1005 | 0.3695 | |
| 32 | Frostburg State University | 17900 | 26900 | 0.334 | 2,619 | 1082 | 0.892 | |
| 33 | University of South Alabama | 18300 | 22400 | 0.1834 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 34 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 18400 | 20300 | 0.0936 | 1,919 | 1245 | 0.7844 | |
| 35 | State University of New York at Oswego | 18600 | 27500 | 0.3235 | 5,517 | 1174 | 0.8057 | |
| 36 | Florida Memorial University | 18700 | 46100 | 0.5945 | 1,299 | 0 | 0.7431 | |
| 37 | Coppin State University | 19200 | 43100 | 0.555 | 1,810 | 950 | 0.4956 | |
| 38 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 19300 | 27000 | 0.2856 | 7,505 | 1059 | 0.9633 | |
| 39 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Schuylkill | 19600 | 32900 | 0.4048 | 624 | 1115 | 0.9664 | |
| 39 | San Jose State University | 19600 | 29900 | 0.3442 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 41 | Cleveland State University | 19700 | 37300 | 0.4721 | 9,418 | 1005 | 0.913 | |
| 42 | Savannah State University | 19800 | 27300 | 0.2742 | 2,857 | 950 | 0.8368 | |
| 43 | Towson University | 20000 | 30000 | 0.3329 | 16,264 | 1093 | 0.8198 | |
| 44 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 20100 | 38800 | 0.4817 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 44 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 20100 | 27200 | 0.2613 | 31,112 | 1130 | 0.8129 | |
| 46 | Alabama State University | 20200 | 37400 | 0.4592 | 3,322 | 945 | 0.9564 | |
| 47 | Dakota State University | 20400 | 22500 | 0.0912 | 3,066 | 1192 | 0.8814 | |
| 48 | Central College | 20700 | 36800 | 0.4373 | 1,084 | 1140 | 0.8617 | |
| 48 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 20700 | 57800 | 0.6418 | 1,083 | 1205 | 0.9278 | |
| 50 | East Carolina University | 20800 | 23800 | 0.1258 | 21,445 | 1120 | 0.8922 | |
| 51 | Luther College | 21400 | 71900 | 0.7025 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.8402 | |
| 52 | Rutgers University-Newark | 21500 | 38900 | 0.4474 | 7,417 | 1214 | 0.7873 | |
| 53 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 22100 | 34400 | 0.3575 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 54 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 22500 | 32000 | 0.2967 | 5,205 | 1118 | 0.744 | |
| 55 | Bradley University | 22800 | 50900 | 0.5521 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 56 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 23200 | 36400 | 0.3622 | 2,884 | 1175 | 0.9677 | |
| 56 | Robert Morris University | 23200 | 58000 | 0.5998 | 3,769 | 1180 | 0.9057 | |
| 58 | Averett University | 23300 | 57200 | 0.593 | 1,180 | 1010 | 0.478 | |
| 58 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 23300 | 33800 | 0.3104 | 502 | 1204 | 0.9641 | |
| 60 | Syracuse University | 23500 | 83100 | 0.7172 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 61 | Dominican University | 24000 | 56000 | 0.5714 | 2,690 | 1035 | 0.9032 | |
| 62 | Bemidji State University | 24200 | 26400 | 0.0835 | 3,610 | 1110 | 0.9131 | |
| 63 | Grambling State University | 24300 | 26700 | 0.09 | 4,279 | 965 | 0.2368 | |
| 64 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 24400 | 26600 | 0.0828 | 3,413 | 1085 | 0.5295 | |
| 64 | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | 24400 | 30300 | 0.1948 | 10,656 | 1075 | 0.7289 | |
| 66 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 24800 | 28000 | 0.1144 | 5,086 | 1000 | 0.9821 | |
| 67 | Boston College | 25100 | 94600 | 0.7347 | 9,654 | 1490 | 0.1619 | |
| 68 | Elmhurst University | 25200 | 67000 | 0.6241 | 3,170 | 1148 | 0.7357 | |
| 68 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 25200 | 62200 | 0.5953 | 686 | 1030 | 0.8649 | |
| 70 | Houghton University | 25300 | 35500 | 0.2872 | 939 | 1277 | 0.8866 | |
| 71 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 25600 | 35700 | 0.2831 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 72 | Bethune-Cookman University | 25800 | 32700 | 0.2111 | 2,739 | 910 | 0.8824 | |
| 73 | Northwood University | 25900 | 54500 | 0.5252 | 1,989 | 1075 | 0.839 | |
| 74 | Doane University | 26000 | 62800 | 0.5861 | 1,323 | 1125 | 0.9801 | |
| 75 | Stony Brook University | 26100 | 33200 | 0.2129 | 18,263 | 1395 | 0.4904 | |
| 76 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 26200 | 28400 | 0.0776 | 14,504 | 1145 | 0.7637 | |
| 77 | Norwich University | 26300 | 70900 | 0.6293 | 2,642 | 1209 | 0.7361 | |
| 77 | Westfield State University | 26300 | 39000 | 0.3253 | 3,868 | 1105 | 0.8671 | |
| 79 | Georgia Southern University | 26400 | 26700 | 0.0112 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 80 | Fort Hays State University | 26600 | 35200 | 0.2446 | 10,206 | 1120 | 0.9177 | |
| 81 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 26700 | 36800 | 0.2744 | 1,880 | 1185 | 0.9867 | |
| 82 | Columbia College | 26800 | 41300 | 0.3514 | 876 | 1025 | 0.8878 | |
| 83 | Kennesaw State University | 27000 | 27000 | 0 | 42,840 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 83 | Pennsylvania Western University | 27000 | 35600 | 0.2418 | 7,586 | 1070 | 0.9433 | |
| 85 | University of North Georgia | 27200 | 35500 | 0.2337 | 18,329 | 1100 | 0.6794 | |
| 86 | Emporia State University | 27400 | 37700 | 0.273 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 86 | Northern Kentucky University | 27400 | 31600 | 0.1328 | 10,163 | 1090 | 0.8307 | |
| 86 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 27400 | 35600 | 0.2302 | 1,236 | 1203 | 0.9811 | |
| 86 | Rowan University | 27400 | 40500 | 0.3234 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
| 90 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 27800 | 40300 | 0.31 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 91 | Saint Xavier University | 28100 | 52000 | 0.4595 | 3,039 | 1125 | 0.8575 | |
| 91 | University of North Texas | 28100 | 37400 | 0.2488 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 93 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 28300 | 41900 | 0.3245 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 94 | Jacksonville State University | 28600 | 38200 | 0.2511 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 94 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28600 | 31500 | 0.0921 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 96 | Grand Valley State University | 28700 | 35700 | 0.1961 | 19,002 | 1233 | 0.8302 | |
| 97 | University of Utah | 28800 | 32000 | 0.1002 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 97 | Western Oregon University | 28800 | 28800 | 0 | 3,343 | 1120 | 0.9871 | |
| 99 | Mercy University | 28900 | 44500 | 0.3507 | 6,775 | 1074 | 0.8584 | |
| 100 | George Fox University | 29000 | 67100 | 0.5682 | 3,401 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 101 | Lincoln University | 29100 | 40900 | 0.2884 | 1,707 | 920 | 0 | |
| 101 | West Virginia Wesleyan College | 29100 | 52800 | 0.4491 | 938 | 1090 | 0.951 | |
| 103 | Concord University | 29200 | 46500 | 0.372 | 1,609 | 990 | 0.9256 | |
| 103 | Furman University | 29200 | 79600 | 0.6329 | 2,383 | 1359 | 0.4295 | |
| 103 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 29200 | 39700 | 0.2646 | 4,478 | 1065 | 0.8132 | |
| 106 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 29900 | 30000 | 0.0033 | 18,428 | 1090 | 0.9529 | |
| 107 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 30000 | 38200 | 0.2149 | 6,550 | 1140 | 0.7456 | |
| 108 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 30100 | 51100 | 0.4112 | 1,477 | 1075 | 0.8068 | |
| 109 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 30400 | 54700 | 0.4429 | 1,409 | 1110 | 0.6327 | |
| 110 | Albright College | 30500 | 48700 | 0.3738 | 1,328 | 1050 | 0.8615 | |
| 110 | SUNY at Fredonia | 30500 | 39600 | 0.2301 | 2,876 | 1193 | 0.792 | |
| 112 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30600 | 54600 | 0.4397 | 3,163 | 1165 | 0.9347 | |
| 113 | University of Toledo | 30800 | 42000 | 0.267 | 11,013 | 1159 | 0.9202 | |
| 114 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1150 | 0.9523 | |
| 115 | SUNY Brockport | 31100 | 37900 | 0.1794 | 5,816 | 1195 | 0.7068 | |
| 116 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 31400 | 31400 | 0 | 6,853 | 1090 | 0.7147 | |
| 116 | Thomas Jefferson University | 31400 | 67700 | 0.5361 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 118 | Washington Adventist University | 31500 | 37800 | 0.1668 | 605 | 950 | 0.4536 | |
| 119 | Angelo State University | 31700 | 35400 | 0.1047 | 9,779 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 119 | Saint Michael's College | 31700 | 68400 | 0.5362 | 1,120 | 1240 | 0.8451 | |
| 119 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 31700 | 36700 | 0.1363 | 5,789 | 1115 | 0.5774 | |
| 122 | CUNY Brooklyn College | 31800 | 31800 | 0 | 11,562 | 1110 | 0.5836 | |
| 123 | Hampton University | 32200 | 47000 | 0.315 | 3,728 | 956 | 0.6225 | |
| 123 | University of North Florida | 32200 | 37900 | 0.1504 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
| 125 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32300 | 34700 | 0.0691 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 126 | University of Scranton | 32400 | 78700 | 0.5881 | 3,613 | 1220 | 0.812 | |
| 127 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver | 32500 | 40200 | 0.1917 | 482 | 1195 | 0.9565 | |
| 128 | California Lutheran University | 32600 | 65800 | 0.5042 | 2,297 | 1258 | 0.7567 | |
| 129 | Harding University | 32800 | 47000 | 0.3023 | 3,523 | 1193 | 0.3942 | |
| 130 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 32900 | 45200 | 0.2722 | 10,767 | 1326 | 0.7243 | |
| 131 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 15,130 | 0 | 0.5256 | |
| 132 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 33400 | 44100 | 0.2425 | 581 | 1129 | 0.9821 | |
| 133 | George Washington University | 33700 | 81800 | 0.5882 | 11,677 | 1421 | 0.4709 | |
| 134 | Elizabethtown College | 33800 | 54600 | 0.3812 | 1,903 | 1214 | 0.7787 | |
| 135 | Wilkes University | 33900 | 61900 | 0.4516 | 1,956 | 1153 | 0.9146 | |
| 136 | LeTourneau University | 34000 | 54600 | 0.3772 | 3,184 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 137 | Stockton University | 34300 | 44500 | 0.2293 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 138 | Morgan State University | 34500 | 37200 | 0.0726 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 139 | Adelphi University | 35100 | 63300 | 0.4454 | 5,325 | 1218 | 0.6591 | |
| 139 | City University of Seattle | 35100 | 45400 | 0.227 | 1,180 | 0 | 0.9025 | |
| 139 | DePaul University | 35100 | 59100 | 0.4059 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 142 | Stevenson University | 35300 | 59900 | 0.4105 | 3,106 | 1100 | 0.7891 | |
| 143 | Coastal Carolina University | 35500 | 44700 | 0.2057 | 10,811 | 1145 | 0.7527 | |
| 143 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 35500 | 49600 | 0.2841 | 1,809 | 1109 | 0.9484 | |
| 145 | Salisbury University | 35800 | 40900 | 0.1248 | 6,288 | 1250 | 0.8747 | |
| 146 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 36100 | 56300 | 0.3588 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 147 | Mercer University | 36300 | 60500 | 0.4 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
| 148 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 36700 | 38900 | 0.0566 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 149 | Immaculata University | 37000 | 47800 | 0.2257 | 1,652 | 1245 | 0.8578 | |
| 150 | University of Michigan-Flint | 37400 | 39400 | 0.0508 | 5,011 | 1103 | 0.7047 | |
| 151 | Suffolk University | 38300 | 73600 | 0.4799 | 4,324 | 1209 | 0.822 | |
| 152 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38400 | 38400 | 0 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
| 153 | Wayne State University | 39700 | 45500 | 0.1274 | 16,173 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
| 154 | Pace University | 39800 | 74100 | 0.4627 | 8,038 | 1274 | 0.7592 | |
| 155 | McKendree University | 40000 | 52200 | 0.2338 | 1,605 | 1098 | 0.6388 | |
| 156 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 40500 | 40500 | 0 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 157 | Loyola University Maryland | 41800 | 78800 | 0.4696 | 3,881 | 1309 | 0.7549 | |
| 158 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43100 | 52900 | 0.1853 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 159 | CUNY Bernard M Baruch College | 43400 | 43400 | 0 | 16,086 | 1293 | 0.5117 | |
| 160 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4481 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
| 161 | University of California-Riverside | 43900 | 66400 | 0.3388 | 22,599 | 1199 | 0.7685 | |
| 162 | CUNY Lehman College | 44200 | 45800 | 0.0349 | 11,217 | 1020 | 0.4601 | |
| 163 | Western Washington University | 44600 | 50900 | 0.1237 | 13,752 | 1218 | 0.9325 | |
| 164 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 46400 | 58900 | 0.2121 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 164 | James Madison University | 46400 | 46400 | 0 | 21,112 | 1260 | 0.7151 | |
| 166 | University of Illinois Chicago | 46800 | 48000 | 0.025 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 167 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 47700 | 56200 | 0.1512 | 3,965 | 1229 | 0.9121 | |
| 168 | Ramapo College of New Jersey | 47900 | 48100 | 0.0042 | 5,444 | 1214 | 0.7064 | |
| 169 | Molloy University | 48200 | 62300 | 0.2265 | 3,240 | 1199 | 0.8174 | |
| 169 | University of Mount Olive | 48200 | 50400 | 0.0438 | 1,937 | 945 | 0.7775 | |
| 171 | College of Charleston | 49400 | 59000 | 0.1627 | 10,880 | 1255 | 0.6003 | |
| 172 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 50400 | 56400 | 0.1063 | 10,200 | 1346 | 0.6507 | |
| 173 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 50500 | 52300 | 0.0344 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 174 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 50900 | 84200 | 0.3956 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 175 | University of Kentucky | 51000 | 56000 | 0.0893 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 176 | Drexel University | 51100 | 82600 | 0.3812 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 176 | University of Colorado Boulder | 51100 | 56300 | 0.0923 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
| 178 | Fordham University | 53000 | 94600 | 0.44 | 10,307 | 1415 | 0.5628 | |
| 179 | Clemson University | 61400 | 63700 | 0.0346 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 180 | Thiel College | 68000 | 69100 | 0.0159 | 831 | 1065 | 0.7189 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.