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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 | California Institute of Technology | 7400 | 91800 | 0.9194 | 987 | 1557 | 0.0257 | |
| 2 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 7900 | 36100 | 0.7821 | 10,051 | 1064 | 0.9234 | |
| 3 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8400 | 97100 | 0.914 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0399 | |
| 4 | Valdosta State University | 10500 | 24800 | 0.5775 | 7,166 | 1015 | 0.7229 | |
| 5 | Savannah State University | 10800 | 26700 | 0.5962 | 2,966 | 925 | 0.4614 | |
| 6 | Marshall University | 11400 | 33400 | 0.6586 | 9,146 | 1065 | 0.9573 | |
| 7 | Fort Hays State University | 13000 | 22600 | 0.4275 | 10,172 | 1075 | 0.9026 | |
| 7 | University of North Florida | 13000 | 22400 | 0.4202 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
| 9 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 13300 | 13300 | 0 | 18,288 | 1090 | 0.9068 | |
| 10 | University of Michigan-Flint | 13500 | 46300 | 0.7082 | 5,011 | 1109 | 0.7046 | |
| 11 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 13600 | 19400 | 0.299 | 14,416 | 1210 | 0.8851 | |
| 12 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 47300 | 0.7099 | 38,040 | 1418 | 0.452 | |
| 13 | Alabama State University | 14200 | 31300 | 0.5476 | 3,521 | 945 | 0.9755 | |
| 14 | Dickinson State University | 14500 | 25000 | 0.4191 | 1,339 | 990 | 0.3702 | |
| 14 | Grand Valley State University | 14500 | 25300 | 0.4274 | 19,002 | 1084 | 0.8302 | |
| 16 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 15000 | 29600 | 0.4939 | 7,622 | 1075 | 0.9254 | |
| 17 | Wayne State College | 15300 | 20300 | 0.2463 | 3,902 | 0 | 0 | |
| 18 | James Madison University | 15600 | 28900 | 0.4608 | 20,973 | 1260 | 0.7152 | |
| 18 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 15600 | 28700 | 0.4564 | 6,761 | 1105 | 0.8475 | |
| 20 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 15900 | 27700 | 0.4254 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 21 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 16400 | 23400 | 0.2995 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8698 | |
| 22 | Frostburg State University | 16500 | 26600 | 0.3794 | 3,422 | 1095 | 0.8918 | |
| 22 | Goshen College | 16500 | 55900 | 0.705 | 780 | 995 | 0.8407 | |
| 24 | Emporia State University | 16600 | 22900 | 0.2753 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 24 | Northwestern University | 16600 | 89500 | 0.8149 | 9,399 | 1527 | 0.0769 | |
| 24 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 16600 | 64800 | 0.7438 | 20,885 | 1420 | 0.1534 | |
| 27 | Grove City College | 16700 | 39700 | 0.5801 | 2,341 | 1266 | 0.7232 | |
| 27 | Wayne State University | 16700 | 32900 | 0.4921 | 16,012 | 1174 | 0.8116 | |
| 29 | West Virginia University | 16900 | 40900 | 0.5865 | 18,206 | 1125 | 0.89 | |
| 30 | Southern University at New Orleans | 17000 | 31000 | 0.451 | 2,179 | 950 | 0.789 | |
| 31 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 17100 | 35700 | 0.5211 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8304 | |
| 31 | University of South Florida | 17100 | 17100 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 33 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 17400 | 44500 | 0.6086 | 352 | 1180 | 0.9647 | |
| 34 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 17700 | 43500 | 0.5926 | 581 | 1132 | 0.9821 | |
| 35 | Morgan State University | 17900 | 28500 | 0.3717 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 36 | Boston College | 18100 | 97600 | 0.8144 | 10,314 | 1490 | 0.1643 | |
| 37 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 18200 | 28600 | 0.3634 | 4,218 | 1030 | 0.9489 | |
| 37 | Towson University | 18200 | 29900 | 0.3909 | 16,264 | 1098 | 0.8197 | |
| 39 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 18300 | 35300 | 0.4813 | 1,813 | 1109 | 0.9484 | |
| 40 | SUNY Brockport | 18500 | 26200 | 0.2934 | 5,816 | 1195 | 0.7068 | |
| 41 | University of Houston-Victoria | 19200 | 25000 | 0.2322 | 2,627 | 1095 | 0.959 | |
| 42 | University of Illinois Chicago | 19300 | 30100 | 0.3593 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 43 | University of South Alabama | 19900 | 22400 | 0.1118 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 44 | Norwich University | 20000 | 73800 | 0.7288 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 45 | Central Connecticut State University | 20100 | 29500 | 0.3185 | 8,170 | 1075 | 0.7333 | |
| 45 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 20100 | 30400 | 0.3385 | 3,224 | 1085 | 0.7643 | |
| 47 | Dakota State University | 20400 | 22500 | 0.0912 | 3,066 | 1192 | 0.8805 | |
| 47 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20400 | 29400 | 0.3056 | 5,255 | 1109 | 0.7295 | |
| 49 | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | 20500 | 25700 | 0.2025 | 10,632 | 1075 | 0.8859 | |
| 50 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 20600 | 57800 | 0.6431 | 1,932 | 1193 | 0.9278 | |
| 51 | East Carolina University | 20800 | 23800 | 0.1258 | 21,445 | 1160 | 0.8921 | |
| 52 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27300 | 0.2346 | 31,133 | 1463 | 0.4479 | |
| 53 | Tarleton State University | 21000 | 23000 | 0.087 | 15,254 | 1080 | 0.8955 | |
| 54 | Luther College | 21300 | 71900 | 0.7033 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.7154 | |
| 55 | University of North Georgia | 21400 | 21400 | 0 | 18,322 | 1100 | 0.6794 | |
| 56 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 22000 | 36400 | 0.3951 | 2,884 | 1175 | 0.9677 | |
| 57 | Lincoln University | 22100 | 24900 | 0.1124 | 1,926 | 0 | 0 | |
| 58 | Brigham Young University-Hawaii | 22500 | 25400 | 0.1143 | 2,906 | 1125 | 0.4696 | |
| 59 | New Mexico Highlands University | 22600 | 27200 | 0.169 | 1,603 | 0 | 0 | |
| 60 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 22700 | 53000 | 0.5712 | 1,472 | 1075 | 0.8459 | |
| 61 | Florida Memorial University | 23200 | 42000 | 0.4471 | 1,206 | 0 | 0.8526 | |
| 61 | Houghton University | 23200 | 44300 | 0.4763 | 1,162 | 1277 | 0.8866 | |
| 61 | Robert Morris University | 23200 | 58000 | 0.6011 | 4,325 | 1145 | 0.8989 | |
| 64 | San Jose State University | 23300 | 41100 | 0.4332 | 28,008 | 1124 | 0.8461 | |
| 65 | University of Kentucky | 23700 | 36400 | 0.3485 | 25,534 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 66 | Dominican University | 23900 | 56000 | 0.5728 | 2,690 | 1005 | 0.9032 | |
| 67 | Bradley University | 24500 | 50800 | 0.5177 | 3,596 | 1223 | 0.7676 | |
| 68 | Westfield State University | 24600 | 39000 | 0.3688 | 3,868 | 1085 | 0.8141 | |
| 69 | Stockton University | 24700 | 32100 | 0.2304 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 70 | Pennsylvania Western University | 25200 | 34400 | 0.2672 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 71 | Doane University | 25400 | 71000 | 0.6426 | 1,315 | 1125 | 0.9801 | |
| 71 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 25400 | 45900 | 0.447 | 502 | 1189 | 0.9641 | |
| 73 | Bethune-Cookman University | 25700 | 32700 | 0.2141 | 2,738 | 910 | 0.8824 | |
| 74 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 26000 | 28300 | 0.0806 | 3,375 | 1090 | 0.5876 | |
| 75 | University of North Texas | 26100 | 26100 | 0 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 76 | Columbia College | 26400 | 46900 | 0.4372 | 5,207 | 1145 | 0.4714 | |
| 77 | Albright College | 26600 | 49300 | 0.4604 | 1,230 | 1050 | 0.7633 | |
| 77 | Kennesaw State University | 26600 | 26600 | 0 | 42,760 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 79 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 26800 | 36800 | 0.2719 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 79 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 26800 | 30100 | 0.109 | 5,086 | 1124 | 0.949 | |
| 79 | Fairmont State University | 26800 | 32200 | 0.1678 | 3,088 | 970 | 0.9862 | |
| 79 | Northwood University | 26800 | 54500 | 0.5087 | 2,045 | 1055 | 0.6451 | |
| 83 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 27300 | 41500 | 0.342 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 83 | Syracuse University | 27300 | 83100 | 0.6713 | 15,957 | 1363 | 0.4592 | |
| 85 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 27600 | 36500 | 0.244 | 7,505 | 1073 | 0.9633 | |
| 86 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 27700 | 31000 | 0.1066 | 10,767 | 1326 | 0.7243 | |
| 87 | University of Akron Main Campus | 28500 | 32300 | 0.1176 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 88 | Saint Xavier University | 28600 | 53700 | 0.4671 | 3,098 | 1050 | 0.843 | |
| 89 | University of Utah | 28700 | 32000 | 0.1025 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 90 | Elmhurst University | 28800 | 67000 | 0.5704 | 3,213 | 1148 | 0.7364 | |
| 91 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 28900 | 36700 | 0.2124 | 28,674 | 980 | 0.9419 | |
| 92 | George Fox University | 29000 | 69400 | 0.5824 | 3,354 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 93 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 29100 | 31800 | 0.0849 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 94 | East Texas A&M University | 29300 | 36500 | 0.1972 | 9,992 | 1045 | 0.9224 | |
| 94 | Jacksonville State University | 29300 | 38200 | 0.2328 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 94 | University of Toledo | 29300 | 32600 | 0.1006 | 11,013 | 1229 | 0.9202 | |
| 97 | Northern Kentucky University | 29400 | 32100 | 0.0842 | 10,163 | 1090 | 0.6765 | |
| 98 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 29500 | 31600 | 0.0664 | 6,835 | 1090 | 0.7147 | |
| 99 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 30100 | 39700 | 0.2419 | 4,487 | 1115 | 0.6726 | |
| 100 | Central College | 30300 | 36800 | 0.1767 | 1,084 | 1145 | 0.8617 | |
| 100 | Grambling State University | 30300 | 35300 | 0.1417 | 4,313 | 950 | 0.4486 | |
| 102 | Mercy University | 30400 | 44500 | 0.317 | 6,774 | 1135 | 0.8584 | |
| 102 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 30400 | 54700 | 0.4443 | 1,427 | 1025 | 0.4941 | |
| 104 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30500 | 54600 | 0.4411 | 3,163 | 1165 | 0.9347 | |
| 105 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 30800 | 36900 | 0.166 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 106 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1161 | 0.9523 | |
| 107 | Hampton University | 31300 | 54800 | 0.4288 | 3,728 | 947 | 0.6225 | |
| 108 | Angelo State University | 31600 | 35400 | 0.1068 | 9,702 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 108 | Saint Michael's College | 31600 | 68500 | 0.539 | 1,120 | 1240 | 0.8451 | |
| 110 | Washington Adventist University | 32100 | 37800 | 0.151 | 513 | 995 | 0.4618 | |
| 111 | University of Scranton | 32300 | 78700 | 0.5891 | 3,613 | 1250 | 0.8123 | |
| 112 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 32500 | 40900 | 0.2054 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 113 | State University of New York at Oswego | 33100 | 40200 | 0.1767 | 5,517 | 1180 | 0.8055 | |
| 113 | Suffolk University | 33100 | 70300 | 0.5291 | 4,326 | 1209 | 0.8233 | |
| 115 | Cleveland State University | 33400 | 37300 | 0.1046 | 9,482 | 1069 | 0.913 | |
| 116 | George Washington University | 33700 | 81800 | 0.5881 | 11,677 | 1430 | 0.4709 | |
| 117 | Salisbury University | 33800 | 41700 | 0.1892 | 6,288 | 1250 | 0.8747 | |
| 118 | LeTourneau University | 33900 | 54800 | 0.3817 | 3,187 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 118 | Thomas Jefferson University | 33900 | 68100 | 0.5024 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8097 | |
| 120 | SUNY at Fredonia | 34000 | 39600 | 0.1416 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 121 | Charleston Southern University | 34200 | 48400 | 0.2948 | 3,126 | 1060 | 0.9646 | |
| 122 | Coastal Carolina University | 35000 | 45100 | 0.2237 | 10,811 | 1145 | 0.7527 | |
| 123 | Adelphi University | 35100 | 63300 | 0.4465 | 5,325 | 1237 | 0.6591 | |
| 123 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 35100 | 35100 | 0 | 30,564 | 1302 | 0.416 | |
| 125 | Averett University | 35400 | 57200 | 0.3813 | 1,244 | 1054 | 0.5659 | |
| 126 | California Lutheran University | 35500 | 70000 | 0.4931 | 2,297 | 1254 | 0.7567 | |
| 127 | Loyola University Maryland | 36100 | 78800 | 0.542 | 3,881 | 1303 | 0.7549 | |
| 128 | Christopher Newport University | 36200 | 36200 | 0 | 4,369 | 1189 | 0.8604 | |
| 129 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 36400 | 41600 | 0.1268 | 5,386 | 1050 | 0.9092 | |
| 130 | Furman University | 36700 | 82900 | 0.5571 | 2,383 | 1359 | 0.4295 | |
| 131 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 36900 | 37100 | 0.0054 | 5,939 | 1065 | 0.5878 | |
| 132 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 38900 | 38900 | 0 | 1,973 | 1189 | 0.8135 | |
| 133 | Stony Brook University | 39700 | 53000 | 0.2506 | 18,263 | 1410 | 0.4904 | |
| 134 | McKendree University | 39900 | 52200 | 0.2352 | 1,757 | 1098 | 0.7172 | |
| 135 | Rutgers University-Newark | 40000 | 57900 | 0.309 | 7,989 | 1159 | 0.7136 | |
| 136 | Pace University | 40900 | 74800 | 0.4531 | 8,038 | 1260 | 0.7592 | |
| 137 | Immaculata University | 41500 | 47900 | 0.1337 | 1,652 | 1245 | 0.8576 | |
| 138 | University of Mount Olive | 42100 | 50400 | 0.1643 | 1,944 | 1075 | 0.7575 | |
| 139 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 42200 | 55200 | 0.2354 | 25,900 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 140 | Western Oregon University | 43400 | 43400 | 0 | 3,167 | 1040 | 0.981 | |
| 141 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4477 | 4,102 | 1115 | 0.7002 | |
| 141 | Radford University | 43500 | 45700 | 0.0499 | 6,161 | 1070 | 0.8953 | |
| 143 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 43800 | 57100 | 0.2328 | 23,329 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 144 | University of Houston-Clear Lake | 46300 | 46600 | 0.0064 | 6,139 | 1070 | 0.9052 | |
| 145 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47100 | 59700 | 0.2122 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 146 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 47700 | 67900 | 0.2974 | 3,965 | 1229 | 0.9121 | |
| 147 | University of Colorado Boulder | 47800 | 57700 | 0.1717 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7808 | |
| 148 | Drexel University | 48600 | 83900 | 0.4208 | 13,309 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 149 | Mercer University | 48700 | 63700 | 0.2356 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
| 150 | DePaul University | 49200 | 66000 | 0.2547 | 14,188 | 1254 | 0.7589 | |
| 151 | University of California-Riverside | 49500 | 66000 | 0.2501 | 22,600 | 1199 | 0.7639 | |
| 152 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 49800 | 62200 | 0.1995 | 37,140 | 1406 | 0.4237 | |
| 153 | Ramapo College of New Jersey | 50500 | 55400 | 0.0885 | 5,444 | 1220 | 0.7064 | |
| 154 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 50600 | 52900 | 0.0431 | 14,504 | 1149 | 0.7637 | |
| 155 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 50800 | 84700 | 0.4003 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 156 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 51900 | 52800 | 0.017 | 21,210 | 1148 | 0.9262 | |
| 157 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 52900 | 61200 | 0.1353 | 26,221 | 1204 | 0.8854 | |
| 158 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 16,100 | 1219 | 0.7766 | |
| 159 | Dallas Baptist University | 56400 | 63400 | 0.1104 | 2,785 | 1109 | 0.8884 | |
| 160 | Molloy University | 59700 | 62300 | 0.0418 | 3,240 | 1199 | 0.8174 | |
| 161 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 60300 | 64100 | 0.0592 | 1,236 | 1193 | 0.9811 | |
| 162 | Thiel College | 60400 | 69100 | 0.1259 | 833 | 1065 | 0.7155 | |
| 163 | College of Charleston | 61200 | 61200 | 0 | 10,880 | 1255 | 0.6003 | |
| 164 | Clemson University | 61400 | 63700 | 0.0358 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 165 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 61900 | 64200 | 0.0358 | 1,880 | 1185 | 0.9867 | |
| 166 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 63700 | 63700 | 0 | 10,200 | 1325 | 0.6507 | |
| 167 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver | 63900 | 63900 | 0 | 482 | 1195 | 0.9565 | |
| 168 | Fordham University | 69600 | 95100 | 0.268 | 10,582 | 1406 | 0.5931 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.