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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 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8500 | 97100 | 0.9129 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 2 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 10200 | 20400 | 0.5005 | 3,224 | 1085 | 0.7643 | |
| 3 | Valdosta State University | 10500 | 24800 | 0.5775 | 7,199 | 1005 | 0.7769 | |
| 4 | Savannah State University | 10800 | 26700 | 0.5962 | 2,966 | 950 | 1 | |
| 5 | Marshall University | 11400 | 33400 | 0.6586 | 9,960 | 1070 | 0.9663 | |
| 6 | University of Michigan-Flint | 13300 | 46300 | 0.7125 | 5,534 | 1079 | 0.6734 | |
| 7 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 13400 | 49100 | 0.7272 | 29,727 | 990 | 0.9229 | |
| 7 | University of South Florida | 13400 | 17100 | 0.2162 | 39,093 | 1255 | 0.4071 | |
| 9 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 13600 | 19400 | 0.299 | 14,865 | 1175 | 0.9113 | |
| 10 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 63200 | 0.7838 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 11 | University of North Georgia | 14500 | 21400 | 0.3224 | 19,321 | 1100 | 0.9618 | |
| 11 | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | 14500 | 19600 | 0.2601 | 10,995 | 1090 | 0.7476 | |
| 13 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 14800 | 37400 | 0.6037 | 7,501 | 1055 | 0.9467 | |
| 14 | Salisbury University | 15000 | 28700 | 0.4776 | 6,477 | 1245 | 0.8826 | |
| 15 | Concord University | 15200 | 31700 | 0.5218 | 1,638 | 1015 | 0.9728 | |
| 16 | Wayne State College | 15300 | 20300 | 0.2463 | 3,886 | 0 | 1 | |
| 17 | Alabama State University | 15500 | 24300 | 0.3632 | 3,521 | 945 | 0.9755 | |
| 18 | James Madison University | 15600 | 28900 | 0.4608 | 21,358 | 1259 | 0.6879 | |
| 19 | Coastal Carolina University | 15700 | 27200 | 0.4229 | 11,471 | 1160 | 0.7003 | |
| 20 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 15800 | 38400 | 0.5882 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 21 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 15900 | 27700 | 0.4254 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 22 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver | 16100 | 38700 | 0.5837 | 475 | 1195 | 0.9418 | |
| 23 | Jacksonville State University | 16200 | 27000 | 0.4007 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 23 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 16200 | 26800 | 0.3959 | 4,789 | 1040 | 0.6671 | |
| 25 | Frostburg State University | 16500 | 26600 | 0.3794 | 3,436 | 1095 | 0.907 | |
| 25 | Portland State University | 16500 | 26100 | 0.368 | 14,932 | 1174 | 0.8586 | |
| 27 | Northwestern University | 16600 | 89500 | 0.8149 | 9,060 | 1533 | 0.0769 | |
| 27 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 16600 | 44500 | 0.6265 | 308 | 1144 | 0.9053 | |
| 27 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16600 | 64800 | 0.7439 | 22,007 | 1427 | 0.1672 | |
| 30 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 17100 | 35700 | 0.5211 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 31 | West Virginia University | 17200 | 41000 | 0.5797 | 18,206 | 1120 | 0.8514 | |
| 32 | Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi | 17700 | 20700 | 0.1449 | 8,673 | 1095 | 0.9156 | |
| 33 | Morgan State University | 17900 | 28500 | 0.3717 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 34 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 18000 | 26600 | 0.3236 | 7,747 | 1073 | 0.9617 | |
| 35 | Boston College | 18100 | 97600 | 0.8144 | 9,677 | 1484 | 0.1422 | |
| 35 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18100 | 28600 | 0.3669 | 3,991 | 1010 | 0.9654 | |
| 37 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 18200 | 54300 | 0.6647 | 10,368 | 1064 | 0.999 | |
| 38 | Angelo State University | 18300 | 23100 | 0.2072 | 10,103 | 1045 | 0.7981 | |
| 38 | College of Charleston | 18300 | 33900 | 0.4607 | 10,596 | 1234 | 0.73 | |
| 38 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 18300 | 43500 | 0.5789 | 586 | 1140 | 0.9577 | |
| 38 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 18300 | 35300 | 0.4813 | 1,829 | 1149 | 0.945 | |
| 42 | Coppin State University | 18600 | 29200 | 0.3634 | 1,908 | 950 | 0.4583 | |
| 43 | Texas A&M University-Victoria | 19200 | 35800 | 0.4639 | 2,627 | 1000 | 0.5253 | |
| 44 | University of Illinois Chicago | 19300 | 30100 | 0.3593 | 24,260 | 1174 | 0.7576 | |
| 45 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 19400 | 68100 | 0.7153 | 711 | 1030 | 0.8214 | |
| 46 | University of South Alabama | 19900 | 22400 | 0.1118 | 9,530 | 1140 | 0.9455 | |
| 47 | Norwich University | 20000 | 73800 | 0.7288 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 48 | Central Connecticut State University | 20100 | 29500 | 0.3185 | 9,463 | 1020 | 0.793 | |
| 49 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Schuylkill | 20200 | 32900 | 0.3865 | 653 | 1145 | 0.7972 | |
| 50 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20300 | 39900 | 0.4915 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 51 | Dakota State University | 20400 | 22500 | 0.0912 | 3,085 | 1174 | 0.9241 | |
| 52 | University of Colorado Boulder | 20500 | 31900 | 0.356 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7809 | |
| 53 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 20600 | 57800 | 0.6433 | 1,109 | 1175 | 0.9088 | |
| 54 | Grove City College | 20700 | 39700 | 0.4792 | 2,247 | 1248 | 0.667 | |
| 55 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 21100 | 27800 | 0.2406 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 56 | Luther College | 21500 | 75400 | 0.7153 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.8398 | |
| 57 | Bradley University | 22100 | 50800 | 0.5649 | 3,258 | 1174 | 0.7459 | |
| 57 | Grand Valley State University | 22100 | 35900 | 0.3849 | 19,154 | 1074 | 0.9271 | |
| 59 | University of North Florida | 22400 | 22400 | 0 | 14,837 | 1124 | 0.6815 | |
| 60 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 22500 | 25400 | 0.1143 | 2,907 | 1125 | 0.4696 | |
| 61 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 22700 | 53000 | 0.5712 | 1,495 | 1075 | 0.8761 | |
| 62 | Robert Morris University | 23100 | 58000 | 0.6012 | 4,325 | 1145 | 0.8989 | |
| 63 | Florida Memorial University | 23200 | 42000 | 0.4471 | 1,206 | 0 | 0.8526 | |
| 63 | Houghton University | 23200 | 44300 | 0.4763 | 958 | 1277 | 0.89 | |
| 63 | San Jose State University | 23200 | 41100 | 0.4356 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 66 | Dominican University | 23900 | 56000 | 0.573 | 2,642 | 1005 | 0.8879 | |
| 66 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | 23900 | 38200 | 0.3742 | 2,280 | 1224 | 0.9675 | |
| 68 | Ramapo College of New Jersey | 24600 | 36300 | 0.3227 | 5,492 | 1210 | 0.7026 | |
| 68 | Western Oregon University | 24600 | 24600 | 0 | 3,034 | 1120 | 0.8345 | |
| 70 | Westfield State University | 24900 | 39000 | 0.3611 | 3,868 | 1105 | 0.8671 | |
| 71 | Columbia College | 25000 | 46900 | 0.467 | 876 | 1025 | 0.8878 | |
| 72 | Emporia State University | 25200 | 32000 | 0.2124 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 72 | Pennsylvania Western University | 25200 | 34400 | 0.2672 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 74 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 25400 | 45900 | 0.447 | 504 | 1200 | 0.9095 | |
| 75 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 26000 | 28300 | 0.0809 | 3,375 | 1090 | 0.5885 | |
| 76 | Fort Hays State University | 26100 | 36100 | 0.2792 | 10,172 | 1075 | 0.9026 | |
| 76 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 26100 | 37500 | 0.3044 | 1,078 | 1217 | 0.9646 | |
| 76 | University of North Texas | 26100 | 26100 | 0 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 79 | Bemidji State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 3,751 | 1075 | 0.5598 | |
| 80 | Kennesaw State University | 26600 | 26600 | 0 | 46,069 | 1119 | 0.7944 | |
| 80 | West Virginia Wesleyan College | 26600 | 53800 | 0.5057 | 971 | 1030 | 0.9334 | |
| 82 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 26700 | 36800 | 0.2746 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 83 | Northwood University | 26800 | 54500 | 0.5087 | 2,045 | 1055 | 0.6451 | |
| 83 | Southern University at New Orleans | 26800 | 42300 | 0.3662 | 2,179 | 950 | 0.789 | |
| 85 | Bethune-Cookman University | 27100 | 32700 | 0.1713 | 2,739 | 910 | 0.8824 | |
| 86 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 27300 | 41500 | 0.342 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 87 | Syracuse University | 27400 | 83100 | 0.6701 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 88 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 27600 | 27600 | 0 | 11,087 | 1326 | 0.7397 | |
| 89 | Elmhurst University | 28400 | 67000 | 0.5763 | 3,170 | 1133 | 0.7501 | |
| 90 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28500 | 32300 | 0.1176 | 11,691 | 1074 | 0.7722 | |
| 91 | Fairmont State University | 28600 | 32200 | 0.1118 | 3,090 | 970 | 0.9862 | |
| 91 | Saint Xavier University | 28600 | 53700 | 0.4671 | 3,100 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 93 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 28800 | 31800 | 0.0943 | 31,845 | 1298 | 0.5651 | |
| 94 | Clemson University | 29000 | 37100 | 0.2179 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 95 | Lincoln University | 29100 | 34500 | 0.1564 | 1,926 | 920 | 0 | |
| 95 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 29100 | 29200 | 0.0034 | 18,667 | 1090 | 0.9711 | |
| 97 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 29300 | 36500 | 0.1972 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 97 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 29300 | 42400 | 0.3093 | 6,761 | 1105 | 0.8475 | |
| 99 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 29700 | 31600 | 0.0601 | 7,088 | 1100 | 0.7448 | |
| 100 | Towson University | 29800 | 29900 | 0.0033 | 16,361 | 1082 | 0.8057 | |
| 101 | Northern Kentucky University | 30200 | 32100 | 0.0592 | 10,136 | 1110 | 0.9666 | |
| 102 | Grambling State University | 30300 | 35300 | 0.1417 | 4,313 | 950 | 0.4486 | |
| 103 | Mercy University | 30400 | 44500 | 0.317 | 6,692 | 1135 | 0.8724 | |
| 104 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30500 | 54600 | 0.4413 | 3,120 | 1193 | 0.3992 | |
| 105 | University of Toledo | 30700 | 42000 | 0.269 | 10,726 | 1134 | 0.8889 | |
| 106 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 2,082 | 1124 | 0.9576 | |
| 107 | Central College | 31100 | 36800 | 0.155 | 1,050 | 1159 | 0.8698 | |
| 107 | Saint Michael's College | 31100 | 68500 | 0.5463 | 1,051 | 1280 | 0.8976 | |
| 109 | Hampton University | 31500 | 54800 | 0.4252 | 4,046 | 1005 | 0.6358 | |
| 110 | Lamar University | 31600 | 38300 | 0.175 | 8,387 | 1040 | 0.8353 | |
| 111 | SUNY Brockport | 32400 | 35800 | 0.095 | 5,816 | 1195 | 0.7068 | |
| 111 | University of Scranton | 32400 | 78700 | 0.5879 | 3,689 | 1245 | 0.8006 | |
| 113 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 32500 | 40900 | 0.2054 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 114 | State University of New York at Oswego | 32800 | 40200 | 0.1841 | 5,293 | 1179 | 0.7989 | |
| 115 | Suffolk University | 33100 | 70300 | 0.5291 | 4,247 | 1209 | 0.8228 | |
| 116 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 17,556 | 1090 | 0.5386 | |
| 117 | Cleveland State University | 33400 | 37300 | 0.1046 | 9,418 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 118 | Harding University | 33500 | 47800 | 0.299 | 3,536 | 1184 | 0.7052 | |
| 119 | Elizabethtown College | 33700 | 55300 | 0.3907 | 1,935 | 1214 | 0.8892 | |
| 119 | George Washington University | 33700 | 81800 | 0.5881 | 11,495 | 1436 | 0.4713 | |
| 121 | Loyola University Maryland | 33900 | 78800 | 0.5699 | 4,013 | 1329 | 0.6986 | |
| 121 | Thomas Jefferson University | 33900 | 68100 | 0.5023 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 123 | SUNY at Fredonia | 34000 | 39600 | 0.1416 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 124 | Charleston Southern University | 34200 | 48400 | 0.295 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 125 | Texas Southern University | 34500 | 42500 | 0.1883 | 6,844 | 915 | 0.9691 | |
| 126 | Adelphi University | 35000 | 63300 | 0.4467 | 5,097 | 1241 | 0.7215 | |
| 127 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 35100 | 35100 | 0 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 128 | Averett University | 35400 | 57200 | 0.3813 | 1,244 | 1054 | 0.5659 | |
| 128 | Stockton University | 35400 | 44500 | 0.2046 | 7,583 | 1134 | 0.901 | |
| 130 | California Lutheran University | 35600 | 70000 | 0.4916 | 2,160 | 1218 | 0.7631 | |
| 131 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 36000 | 56300 | 0.3603 | 5,687 | 1305 | 0.7863 | |
| 132 | Christopher Newport University | 36200 | 36200 | 0 | 4,369 | 1189 | 0.8604 | |
| 133 | Furman University | 36500 | 82900 | 0.5595 | 2,304 | 1372 | 0.4869 | |
| 134 | East Carolina University | 36900 | 42700 | 0.1356 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 134 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 36900 | 37100 | 0.0054 | 5,939 | 1065 | 0.5878 | |
| 136 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 37400 | 40700 | 0.0808 | 3,893 | 1015 | 0.9839 | |
| 137 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 37800 | 40100 | 0.0571 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 138 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 38100 | 38100 | 0 | 2,710 | 1218 | 0.9374 | |
| 139 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 38900 | 38900 | 0 | 1,973 | 1189 | 0.8142 | |
| 140 | Stony Brook University | 39700 | 53000 | 0.2507 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 141 | Rutgers University-Newark | 40000 | 57900 | 0.309 | 7,989 | 1159 | 0.7136 | |
| 142 | McKendree University | 40600 | 52900 | 0.2324 | 1,757 | 1098 | 0.7172 | |
| 142 | Pace University | 40600 | 74800 | 0.4571 | 5,520 | 1273 | 0.7827 | |
| 144 | Wayne State University | 40700 | 46200 | 0.1191 | 16,390 | 1183 | 0.8359 | |
| 145 | University of Mount Olive | 42100 | 50400 | 0.1645 | 1,944 | 1075 | 0.7575 | |
| 146 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 42300 | 55200 | 0.2336 | 21,388 | 1369 | 0.5945 | |
| 147 | Radford University | 43400 | 45700 | 0.0501 | 6,206 | 1050 | 0.8939 | |
| 147 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43400 | 53600 | 0.1904 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 149 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4479 | 4,123 | 1124 | 0.6927 | |
| 150 | Immaculata University | 43700 | 47500 | 0.0799 | 1,889 | 1264 | 0.8656 | |
| 151 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 43800 | 67900 | 0.3549 | 4,182 | 1317 | 0.8783 | |
| 152 | Mercer University | 45700 | 65400 | 0.3015 | 4,719 | 1263 | 0.643 | |
| 153 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 46400 | 46600 | 0.0043 | 6,029 | 1075 | 0.9173 | |
| 154 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47100 | 59700 | 0.2124 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 155 | Drexel University | 47700 | 83900 | 0.4315 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 156 | University of Kentucky | 49000 | 58000 | 0.1562 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 157 | DePaul University | 49200 | 66000 | 0.2547 | 14,338 | 1258 | 0.878 | |
| 158 | University of California-Riverside | 49500 | 66000 | 0.2501 | 24,034 | 1199 | 0.8609 | |
| 159 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 50600 | 52900 | 0.0433 | 14,834 | 1149 | 0.7803 | |
| 160 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 50800 | 84700 | 0.4003 | 35,358 | 1448 | 0.1642 | |
| 161 | University of Utah | 51400 | 53700 | 0.0426 | 29,335 | 1222 | 0.9015 | |
| 162 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 52600 | 52800 | 0.0038 | 21,469 | 1167 | 0.9061 | |
| 163 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 17,157 | 1204 | 0.7654 | |
| 164 | Molloy University | 58500 | 62300 | 0.061 | 3,396 | 1188 | 0.6633 | |
| 165 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 58900 | 61200 | 0.0374 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 166 | Thiel College | 60400 | 69100 | 0.1259 | 830 | 1065 | 0.7189 | |
| 167 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 63700 | 63700 | 0 | 9,827 | 1329 | 0.6737 | |
| 168 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 64200 | 64200 | 0 | 1,709 | 1218 | 0.9653 | |
| 169 | Fordham University | 74900 | 95100 | 0.2123 | 10,582 | 1406 | 0.5931 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.