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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 West 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 West 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 | CUNY Graduate School and University Center | 6300 | 43900 | 0.8567 | 3,237 | 0 | 0.3861 | |
| 2 | California Institute of Technology | 7600 | 90300 | 0.9157 | 987 | 1557 | 0.0257 | |
| 3 | CUNY Brooklyn College | 8300 | 31800 | 0.74 | 11,562 | 1110 | 0.5836 | |
| 4 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8900 | 94100 | 0.9057 | 9,157 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 5 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 9400 | 30500 | 0.6917 | 3,207 | 1050 | 0.8034 | |
| 6 | New Mexico Highlands University | 10400 | 21500 | 0.5158 | 1,710 | 945 | 0.9481 | |
| 7 | Valdosta State University | 10500 | 24800 | 0.5776 | 7,206 | 1015 | 0.7214 | |
| 8 | Savannah State University | 11500 | 17400 | 0.3384 | 2,857 | 950 | 0.8368 | |
| 9 | Marshall University | 11700 | 27200 | 0.5676 | 9,165 | 1065 | 0.9572 | |
| 10 | Christopher Newport University | 11800 | 32800 | 0.6403 | 4,407 | 1209 | 0.8796 | |
| 11 | Fairmont State University | 12100 | 21400 | 0.4363 | 3,060 | 1005 | 0.9924 | |
| 12 | Northern Kentucky University | 12700 | 25900 | 0.5105 | 10,163 | 1090 | 0.8307 | |
| 13 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 12900 | 37100 | 0.6518 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 13 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 12900 | 27100 | 0.5232 | 28,674 | 980 | 0.9401 | |
| 15 | Fort Hays State University | 13400 | 22000 | 0.3911 | 10,206 | 1120 | 0.9177 | |
| 16 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 13700 | 19400 | 0.2939 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
| 16 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 32200 | 0.5744 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 18 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 14800 | 29300 | 0.4945 | 6,550 | 1140 | 0.7456 | |
| 19 | University of Michigan-Flint | 14900 | 36600 | 0.5928 | 5,011 | 1103 | 0.7047 | |
| 20 | Alabama State University | 15100 | 28000 | 0.4617 | 3,322 | 945 | 0.9564 | |
| 21 | Concord University | 15300 | 31700 | 0.5176 | 1,609 | 990 | 0.9256 | |
| 22 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 15500 | 27700 | 0.4405 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 23 | Goshen College | 15600 | 55800 | 0.7198 | 780 | 995 | 0.8404 | |
| 24 | Dickinson State University | 15700 | 21600 | 0.2737 | 1,339 | 1005 | 0.3695 | |
| 24 | Northeastern University | 15700 | 89900 | 0.8257 | 22,695 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 26 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 15800 | 23400 | 0.3252 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 26 | Wayne State College | 15800 | 26400 | 0.402 | 3,902 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 28 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 15900 | 28800 | 0.4478 | 7,595 | 1075 | 0.9226 | |
| 29 | Southern University at New Orleans | 16200 | 31600 | 0.4872 | 1,773 | 885 | 0.6021 | |
| 30 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 16300 | 32400 | 0.4971 | 352 | 1180 | 0.9647 | |
| 31 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 16600 | 42300 | 0.6078 | 10,049 | 1005 | 0.9234 | |
| 32 | Northwestern University | 17000 | 89500 | 0.8104 | 8,846 | 1513 | 0.0722 | |
| 32 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 17000 | 64800 | 0.7377 | 21,075 | 1420 | 0.1534 | |
| 34 | University of South Florida | 17100 | 17100 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 35 | University of South Alabama | 17800 | 22400 | 0.2057 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 35 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 17800 | 33600 | 0.4699 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 37 | Georgia Southern University | 17900 | 23800 | 0.2483 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 37 | Morgan State University | 17900 | 19700 | 0.0915 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 37 | SUNY Brockport | 17900 | 26200 | 0.3162 | 5,816 | 1195 | 0.7068 | |
| 40 | State University of New York at Oswego | 18600 | 27500 | 0.3235 | 5,517 | 1174 | 0.8057 | |
| 41 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Schuylkill | 19000 | 32900 | 0.4231 | 624 | 1115 | 0.9664 | |
| 42 | University of Houston-Victoria | 19100 | 34400 | 0.445 | 2,707 | 930 | 0.7671 | |
| 43 | Coppin State University | 19200 | 43100 | 0.555 | 1,810 | 950 | 0.4956 | |
| 44 | San Jose State University | 19300 | 29900 | 0.3542 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 44 | Westfield State University | 19300 | 32500 | 0.4067 | 3,868 | 1105 | 0.8671 | |
| 46 | Towson University | 19500 | 30000 | 0.3495 | 16,264 | 1093 | 0.8198 | |
| 47 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 20000 | 27200 | 0.265 | 31,112 | 1130 | 0.8129 | |
| 48 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 20100 | 38800 | 0.4812 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 49 | Florida Memorial University | 20200 | 46100 | 0.5619 | 1,299 | 0 | 0.7431 | |
| 50 | University of Colorado Boulder | 20400 | 30600 | 0.3333 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
| 51 | West Virginia University | 20500 | 28800 | 0.2884 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 52 | Central College | 20600 | 36800 | 0.44 | 1,084 | 1140 | 0.8617 | |
| 53 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 20900 | 30300 | 0.3099 | 1,809 | 1109 | 0.9484 | |
| 54 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 21000 | 57800 | 0.6362 | 1,083 | 1205 | 0.9278 | |
| 55 | University of North Georgia | 21400 | 21400 | 0 | 18,329 | 1100 | 0.6794 | |
| 56 | Rutgers University-Newark | 21500 | 38900 | 0.4474 | 7,417 | 1214 | 0.7873 | |
| 57 | Luther College | 21600 | 71900 | 0.699 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.8402 | |
| 58 | Radford University | 21700 | 21900 | 0.0091 | 6,161 | 1070 | 0.8953 | |
| 59 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 22100 | 34400 | 0.3575 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 60 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 22400 | 32000 | 0.2999 | 5,205 | 1118 | 0.744 | |
| 60 | University of North Florida | 22400 | 22400 | 0 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
| 62 | Bradley University | 22800 | 50900 | 0.5521 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 62 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 22800 | 36400 | 0.3732 | 2,884 | 1175 | 0.9677 | |
| 62 | Robert Morris University | 22800 | 56300 | 0.5949 | 3,769 | 1180 | 0.9057 | |
| 65 | Dakota State University | 23100 | 25600 | 0.0977 | 3,066 | 1192 | 0.8814 | |
| 66 | Grambling State University | 24300 | 26700 | 0.09 | 4,279 | 965 | 0.2368 | |
| 67 | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | 24400 | 30300 | 0.1948 | 10,656 | 1075 | 0.7289 | |
| 68 | Bemidji State University | 24500 | 26400 | 0.0714 | 3,610 | 1110 | 0.9131 | |
| 69 | Western Oregon University | 24600 | 24600 | 0 | 3,343 | 1120 | 0.9871 | |
| 70 | Ramapo College of New Jersey | 24700 | 34500 | 0.284 | 5,444 | 1214 | 0.7064 | |
| 71 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 24800 | 26600 | 0.0708 | 3,413 | 1085 | 0.5295 | |
| 72 | Dominican University | 25000 | 55500 | 0.5494 | 2,690 | 1035 | 0.9032 | |
| 72 | McKendree University | 25000 | 55500 | 0.5493 | 1,605 | 1098 | 0.6388 | |
| 72 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 25000 | 51700 | 0.5162 | 1,409 | 1110 | 0.6327 | |
| 75 | Elmhurst University | 25200 | 67000 | 0.6241 | 3,170 | 1148 | 0.7357 | |
| 75 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 25200 | 62200 | 0.5953 | 686 | 1030 | 0.8649 | |
| 77 | Houghton University | 25300 | 35500 | 0.2872 | 939 | 1277 | 0.8866 | |
| 78 | University of North Texas | 25400 | 25400 | 0 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 79 | Boston College | 25600 | 94600 | 0.7294 | 9,654 | 1490 | 0.1619 | |
| 80 | Doane University | 25900 | 62800 | 0.5877 | 1,323 | 1125 | 0.9801 | |
| 80 | Kennesaw State University | 25900 | 25900 | 0 | 42,840 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 80 | Northwood University | 25900 | 54500 | 0.5252 | 1,989 | 1075 | 0.839 | |
| 80 | Norwich University | 25900 | 70900 | 0.6349 | 2,642 | 1209 | 0.7361 | |
| 84 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 26000 | 37400 | 0.3052 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 85 | Bethune-Cookman University | 26100 | 32700 | 0.2019 | 2,739 | 910 | 0.8824 | |
| 85 | Stony Brook University | 26100 | 33200 | 0.2129 | 18,263 | 1395 | 0.4904 | |
| 87 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 26200 | 36800 | 0.288 | 1,880 | 1185 | 0.9867 | |
| 88 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 26500 | 51100 | 0.4817 | 1,477 | 1075 | 0.8068 | |
| 89 | Columbia College | 26800 | 41300 | 0.3514 | 876 | 1025 | 0.8878 | |
| 90 | Pennsylvania Western University | 27000 | 35600 | 0.2418 | 7,586 | 1070 | 0.9433 | |
| 91 | Saint Xavier University | 27300 | 52000 | 0.4749 | 3,039 | 1125 | 0.8575 | |
| 92 | Emporia State University | 27400 | 37700 | 0.273 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 93 | West Virginia Wesleyan College | 27500 | 52800 | 0.479 | 938 | 1090 | 0.951 | |
| 94 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 27800 | 41900 | 0.3364 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 95 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 28000 | 40300 | 0.3053 | 10,767 | 1326 | 0.7243 | |
| 96 | Cleveland State University | 28200 | 37300 | 0.2441 | 9,418 | 1005 | 0.913 | |
| 97 | Jacksonville State University | 28600 | 38200 | 0.2511 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 97 | James Madison University | 28600 | 28600 | 0 | 21,112 | 1260 | 0.7151 | |
| 99 | Grand Valley State University | 28700 | 35700 | 0.1961 | 19,002 | 1233 | 0.8302 | |
| 99 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28700 | 31500 | 0.0889 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 101 | Mercy University | 28900 | 44500 | 0.3507 | 6,775 | 1074 | 0.8584 | |
| 102 | Frostburg State University | 29000 | 43100 | 0.3272 | 2,619 | 1082 | 0.892 | |
| 102 | George Fox University | 29000 | 67100 | 0.5682 | 3,401 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 104 | Lincoln University | 29100 | 40900 | 0.2884 | 1,707 | 920 | 0 | |
| 104 | University of Utah | 29100 | 32000 | 0.0902 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 106 | Furman University | 29200 | 79600 | 0.6329 | 2,383 | 1359 | 0.4295 | |
| 106 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 29200 | 39700 | 0.2646 | 4,478 | 1065 | 0.8132 | |
| 108 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 29800 | 36500 | 0.1837 | 7,505 | 1059 | 0.9633 | |
| 109 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 29900 | 30000 | 0.0033 | 18,428 | 1090 | 0.9529 | |
| 110 | Syracuse University | 30400 | 83100 | 0.6342 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 111 | SUNY at Fredonia | 30500 | 39600 | 0.2301 | 2,876 | 1193 | 0.792 | |
| 112 | Averett University | 30600 | 57200 | 0.4653 | 1,180 | 1010 | 0.478 | |
| 113 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 30800 | 52900 | 0.4179 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 114 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1150 | 0.9523 | |
| 114 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30900 | 54600 | 0.4339 | 3,163 | 1165 | 0.9347 | |
| 116 | University of Kentucky | 31000 | 36000 | 0.139 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 117 | University of Toledo | 31100 | 42000 | 0.2594 | 11,013 | 1159 | 0.9202 | |
| 118 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 31400 | 31400 | 0 | 6,853 | 1090 | 0.7147 | |
| 119 | Washington Adventist University | 31500 | 37800 | 0.1668 | 605 | 950 | 0.4536 | |
| 120 | Thomas Jefferson University | 31700 | 67700 | 0.5316 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 120 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 31700 | 36700 | 0.1363 | 5,789 | 1115 | 0.5774 | |
| 122 | Albright College | 31900 | 48700 | 0.345 | 1,328 | 1050 | 0.8615 | |
| 122 | Harding University | 31900 | 43800 | 0.2712 | 3,523 | 1193 | 0.3942 | |
| 124 | Angelo State University | 32000 | 35400 | 0.0956 | 9,779 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 125 | Saint Michael's College | 32100 | 68400 | 0.5304 | 1,120 | 1240 | 0.8451 | |
| 126 | Hampton University | 32200 | 47000 | 0.315 | 3,728 | 956 | 0.6225 | |
| 127 | University of Scranton | 32400 | 76300 | 0.5751 | 3,613 | 1220 | 0.812 | |
| 128 | California Lutheran University | 32600 | 65800 | 0.5042 | 2,297 | 1258 | 0.7567 | |
| 128 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver | 32600 | 40200 | 0.1892 | 482 | 1195 | 0.9565 | |
| 130 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 15,130 | 0 | 0.5256 | |
| 131 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 33400 | 44100 | 0.2425 | 581 | 1129 | 0.9821 | |
| 131 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 33400 | 54600 | 0.3881 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 133 | College of Charleston | 33700 | 33700 | 0 | 10,880 | 1255 | 0.6003 | |
| 134 | Elizabethtown College | 33800 | 54600 | 0.3812 | 1,903 | 1214 | 0.7787 | |
| 134 | George Washington University | 33800 | 81800 | 0.587 | 11,677 | 1421 | 0.4709 | |
| 134 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 33800 | 40900 | 0.1737 | 1,236 | 1203 | 0.9811 | |
| 137 | Wilkes University | 33900 | 61900 | 0.4516 | 1,956 | 1153 | 0.9146 | |
| 138 | LeTourneau University | 34100 | 54600 | 0.3754 | 3,184 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 139 | Stockton University | 34300 | 44500 | 0.2293 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 140 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 34700 | 34700 | 0 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 141 | DePaul University | 35100 | 59100 | 0.4059 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 142 | Stevenson University | 35300 | 59900 | 0.4105 | 3,106 | 1100 | 0.7891 | |
| 142 | University of Mount Olive | 35300 | 35300 | 0 | 1,937 | 945 | 0.7775 | |
| 144 | Adelphi University | 35400 | 63300 | 0.4403 | 5,325 | 1218 | 0.6591 | |
| 145 | Coastal Carolina University | 35500 | 44700 | 0.2057 | 10,811 | 1145 | 0.7527 | |
| 146 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 35800 | 38700 | 0.0746 | 5,086 | 1000 | 0.9821 | |
| 147 | Salisbury University | 36000 | 40900 | 0.1199 | 6,288 | 1250 | 0.8747 | |
| 148 | Mercer University | 36400 | 60500 | 0.3984 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
| 148 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 36400 | 56300 | 0.3531 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 150 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 37000 | 38900 | 0.0484 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 151 | East Carolina University | 37100 | 40100 | 0.0748 | 21,445 | 1120 | 0.8922 | |
| 152 | Immaculata University | 37200 | 47800 | 0.2215 | 1,652 | 1245 | 0.8578 | |
| 153 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 37600 | 38900 | 0.0334 | 1,919 | 1245 | 0.7844 | |
| 154 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 37700 | 41600 | 0.0933 | 5,187 | 1005 | 0.9229 | |
| 155 | Suffolk University | 38600 | 73600 | 0.4758 | 4,324 | 1209 | 0.822 | |
| 156 | Wayne State University | 39600 | 45500 | 0.1296 | 16,173 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
| 157 | Pace University | 39800 | 74100 | 0.4627 | 8,038 | 1274 | 0.7592 | |
| 158 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 40400 | 45400 | 0.1101 | 502 | 1204 | 0.9641 | |
| 159 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 40500 | 40500 | 0 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 160 | Loyola University Maryland | 42000 | 78800 | 0.4671 | 3,881 | 1309 | 0.7549 | |
| 161 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 43000 | 54900 | 0.2169 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 162 | Fordham University | 43200 | 94600 | 0.5436 | 10,307 | 1415 | 0.5628 | |
| 163 | CUNY Bernard M Baruch College | 43400 | 43400 | 0 | 16,086 | 1293 | 0.5117 | |
| 164 | Merrimack College | 43700 | 78800 | 0.4453 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
| 165 | University of California-Riverside | 43900 | 66400 | 0.3388 | 22,599 | 1199 | 0.7685 | |
| 165 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43900 | 52900 | 0.1701 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 167 | City University of Seattle | 44200 | 45400 | 0.0264 | 1,180 | 0 | 0.9025 | |
| 167 | CUNY Lehman College | 44200 | 45800 | 0.0349 | 11,217 | 1020 | 0.4601 | |
| 169 | University of Illinois Chicago | 46700 | 48000 | 0.0271 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 170 | Molloy University | 48200 | 62300 | 0.2265 | 3,240 | 1199 | 0.8174 | |
| 171 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 50300 | 56200 | 0.1049 | 3,965 | 1229 | 0.9121 | |
| 172 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 50400 | 56400 | 0.1063 | 10,200 | 1346 | 0.6507 | |
| 173 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 51000 | 52900 | 0.0356 | 14,504 | 1145 | 0.7637 | |
| 174 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 51200 | 84200 | 0.392 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 175 | Drexel University | 51300 | 82600 | 0.3788 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 176 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
| 177 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 57100 | 58900 | 0.032 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 178 | Clemson University | 61800 | 63700 | 0.0296 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 179 | Thiel College | 67900 | 69100 | 0.0174 | 831 | 1065 | 0.7189 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.