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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 | 4700 | 90300 | 0.9478 | 987 | 1557 | 0.0257 | |
| 2 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 6900 | 94100 | 0.9269 | 9,157 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 3 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 8100 | 33400 | 0.7584 | 10,049 | 1005 | 0.9234 | |
| 4 | Southeastern Oklahoma State University | 9500 | 20000 | 0.5249 | 3,207 | 1050 | 0.8034 | |
| 5 | New Mexico Highlands University | 10400 | 21500 | 0.5158 | 1,710 | 945 | 0.9481 | |
| 6 | Valdosta State University | 10500 | 24800 | 0.5776 | 7,206 | 1015 | 0.7214 | |
| 7 | Coppin State University | 10700 | 32800 | 0.6736 | 1,810 | 950 | 0.4956 | |
| 8 | Savannah State University | 11500 | 17400 | 0.3384 | 2,857 | 950 | 0.8368 | |
| 9 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 11700 | 27800 | 0.579 | 21,075 | 1420 | 0.1534 | |
| 10 | Christopher Newport University | 11800 | 32800 | 0.6403 | 4,407 | 1209 | 0.8796 | |
| 11 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 12200 | 34300 | 0.6439 | 37,140 | 1442 | 0.4237 | |
| 12 | The University of Texas Permian Basin | 13100 | 37100 | 0.6464 | 4,218 | 1020 | 0.9307 | |
| 13 | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | 13300 | 27100 | 0.5085 | 28,674 | 980 | 0.9401 | |
| 14 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 32200 | 0.5744 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 15 | Radford University | 14300 | 21900 | 0.347 | 6,161 | 1070 | 0.8953 | |
| 16 | Goshen College | 14700 | 55800 | 0.7363 | 780 | 995 | 0.8404 | |
| 17 | Alabama State University | 15100 | 28000 | 0.4597 | 3,322 | 945 | 0.9564 | |
| 18 | University of North Texas | 15400 | 25400 | 0.3943 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 19 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | 15500 | 27700 | 0.4405 | 30,187 | 1292 | 0.6015 | |
| 20 | James Madison University | 15600 | 28600 | 0.4538 | 21,112 | 1260 | 0.7151 | |
| 21 | Wayne State College | 15900 | 26400 | 0.3983 | 3,902 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 22 | University of Nebraska at Omaha | 16000 | 23400 | 0.3166 | 11,756 | 1124 | 0.8727 | |
| 23 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 16200 | 28800 | 0.4373 | 7,595 | 1075 | 0.9226 | |
| 23 | Southern University at New Orleans | 16200 | 31600 | 0.4872 | 1,773 | 885 | 0.6021 | |
| 25 | Northwestern University | 16700 | 89500 | 0.8138 | 8,846 | 1513 | 0.0722 | |
| 26 | Northeastern University | 17100 | 89900 | 0.8101 | 22,695 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 26 | University of South Florida | 17100 | 17100 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 28 | Dickinson State University | 17500 | 23700 | 0.2612 | 1,339 | 1005 | 0.3695 | |
| 29 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 17900 | 33600 | 0.4669 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 30 | University of South Alabama | 18300 | 22400 | 0.1834 | 9,241 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 31 | Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania | 18400 | 25200 | 0.2698 | 6,853 | 1090 | 0.7147 | |
| 32 | State University of New York at Oswego | 18600 | 27500 | 0.3235 | 5,517 | 1174 | 0.8057 | |
| 33 | Florida Memorial University | 18700 | 46100 | 0.5945 | 1,299 | 0 | 0.7431 | |
| 34 | University of Houston-Victoria | 19100 | 34400 | 0.445 | 2,707 | 930 | 0.7671 | |
| 35 | Wright State University-Main Campus | 19300 | 27000 | 0.2856 | 7,505 | 1059 | 0.9633 | |
| 36 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Schuylkill | 19600 | 32900 | 0.4048 | 624 | 1115 | 0.9664 | |
| 36 | San Jose State University | 19600 | 29900 | 0.3442 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 38 | Cleveland State University | 19700 | 37300 | 0.4721 | 9,418 | 1005 | 0.913 | |
| 38 | Westfield State University | 19700 | 32500 | 0.3944 | 3,868 | 1105 | 0.8671 | |
| 40 | Towson University | 20000 | 30000 | 0.3329 | 16,264 | 1093 | 0.8198 | |
| 41 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 20100 | 38800 | 0.4817 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 41 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 20100 | 27200 | 0.2613 | 31,112 | 1130 | 0.8129 | |
| 41 | University of Colorado Boulder | 20100 | 30600 | 0.3431 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
| 44 | Dakota State University | 20400 | 22500 | 0.0912 | 3,066 | 1192 | 0.8814 | |
| 45 | West Virginia University | 20500 | 28800 | 0.2884 | 18,614 | 1125 | 0.778 | |
| 46 | Central College | 20700 | 36800 | 0.4373 | 1,084 | 1140 | 0.8617 | |
| 46 | Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 20700 | 57800 | 0.6418 | 1,083 | 1205 | 0.9278 | |
| 48 | University of Maryland-College Park | 20900 | 27100 | 0.2289 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 49 | Marshall University | 21000 | 36300 | 0.4218 | 9,165 | 1065 | 0.9572 | |
| 50 | Luther College | 21400 | 71900 | 0.7025 | 1,384 | 1226 | 0.8402 | |
| 50 | University of North Georgia | 21400 | 21400 | 0 | 18,329 | 1100 | 0.6794 | |
| 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 | Stockton University | 22200 | 32100 | 0.3082 | 7,565 | 1135 | 0.8894 | |
| 55 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Mont Alto | 22400 | 33000 | 0.3209 | 581 | 1129 | 0.9821 | |
| 55 | University of North Florida | 22400 | 22400 | 0 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
| 57 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 22500 | 32000 | 0.2967 | 5,205 | 1118 | 0.744 | |
| 58 | Bradley University | 22800 | 50900 | 0.5521 | 3,596 | 1174 | 0.7675 | |
| 59 | Robert Morris University | 23200 | 58000 | 0.5998 | 3,769 | 1180 | 0.9057 | |
| 60 | Averett University | 23300 | 57200 | 0.593 | 1,180 | 1010 | 0.478 | |
| 61 | Syracuse University | 23500 | 83100 | 0.7172 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 62 | Georgia Southern University | 23600 | 23800 | 0.0084 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 63 | Dominican University | 24000 | 56000 | 0.5714 | 2,690 | 1035 | 0.9032 | |
| 64 | Bemidji State University | 24200 | 26400 | 0.0835 | 3,610 | 1110 | 0.9131 | |
| 65 | Grambling State University | 24300 | 26700 | 0.09 | 4,279 | 965 | 0.2368 | |
| 66 | Minnesota State University Moorhead | 24400 | 26600 | 0.0828 | 3,413 | 1085 | 0.5295 | |
| 66 | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | 24400 | 30300 | 0.1948 | 10,656 | 1075 | 0.7289 | |
| 68 | University of Akron Main Campus | 25000 | 25000 | 0 | 11,160 | 1069 | 0.5967 | |
| 69 | Boston College | 25100 | 94600 | 0.7347 | 9,654 | 1490 | 0.1619 | |
| 70 | Elmhurst University | 25200 | 67000 | 0.6241 | 3,170 | 1148 | 0.7357 | |
| 70 | Notre Dame of Maryland University | 25200 | 62200 | 0.5953 | 686 | 1030 | 0.8649 | |
| 72 | Houghton University | 25300 | 35500 | 0.2872 | 939 | 1277 | 0.8866 | |
| 73 | West Virginia Wesleyan College | 25700 | 52800 | 0.5135 | 938 | 1090 | 0.951 | |
| 74 | Bethune-Cookman University | 25800 | 32700 | 0.2111 | 2,739 | 910 | 0.8824 | |
| 75 | Kennesaw State University | 25900 | 25900 | 0 | 42,840 | 1120 | 0.6919 | |
| 75 | Northwood University | 25900 | 54500 | 0.5252 | 1,989 | 1075 | 0.839 | |
| 77 | Doane University | 26000 | 62800 | 0.5861 | 1,323 | 1125 | 0.9801 | |
| 78 | Stony Brook University | 26100 | 33200 | 0.2129 | 18,263 | 1395 | 0.4904 | |
| 78 | Texas A&M University-Commerce | 26100 | 37400 | 0.3025 | 9,666 | 1040 | 0.7498 | |
| 80 | Norwich University | 26300 | 70900 | 0.6293 | 2,642 | 1209 | 0.7361 | |
| 81 | Fort Hays State University | 26600 | 35200 | 0.2446 | 10,206 | 1120 | 0.9177 | |
| 82 | Columbia College | 26800 | 41300 | 0.3514 | 876 | 1025 | 0.8878 | |
| 83 | Pennsylvania Western University | 27000 | 35600 | 0.2418 | 7,586 | 1070 | 0.9433 | |
| 84 | Fairmont State University | 27300 | 32000 | 0.1471 | 3,060 | 1005 | 0.9924 | |
| 85 | Emporia State University | 27400 | 37700 | 0.273 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 85 | Northern Kentucky University | 27400 | 31600 | 0.1328 | 10,163 | 1090 | 0.8307 | |
| 85 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 27400 | 35600 | 0.2302 | 1,236 | 1203 | 0.9811 | |
| 88 | University of Maryland-Baltimore County | 28000 | 28000 | 0 | 10,767 | 1326 | 0.7243 | |
| 89 | Saint Xavier University | 28100 | 52000 | 0.4595 | 3,039 | 1125 | 0.8575 | |
| 90 | Jacksonville State University | 28600 | 38200 | 0.2511 | 8,663 | 1069 | 0.7769 | |
| 91 | Grand Valley State University | 28700 | 35700 | 0.1961 | 19,002 | 1233 | 0.8302 | |
| 92 | Mercy University | 28900 | 44500 | 0.3507 | 6,775 | 1074 | 0.8584 | |
| 93 | George Fox University | 29000 | 67100 | 0.5682 | 3,401 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 94 | Clemson University | 29100 | 37100 | 0.2156 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 94 | Lincoln University | 29100 | 40900 | 0.2884 | 1,707 | 920 | 0 | |
| 94 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny | 29100 | 44100 | 0.3404 | 352 | 1180 | 0.9647 | |
| 97 | Furman University | 29200 | 79600 | 0.6329 | 2,383 | 1359 | 0.4295 | |
| 97 | University of South Carolina-Upstate | 29200 | 39700 | 0.2646 | 4,478 | 1065 | 0.8132 | |
| 99 | University of Toledo | 29400 | 32600 | 0.0983 | 11,013 | 1159 | 0.9202 | |
| 100 | Concord University | 29800 | 46500 | 0.3591 | 1,609 | 990 | 0.9256 | |
| 101 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 29900 | 30000 | 0.0033 | 18,428 | 1090 | 0.9529 | |
| 102 | University of Louisiana at Monroe | 30000 | 38200 | 0.2149 | 6,550 | 1140 | 0.7456 | |
| 103 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 30100 | 51100 | 0.4112 | 1,477 | 1075 | 0.8068 | |
| 104 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 30400 | 54700 | 0.4429 | 1,409 | 1110 | 0.6327 | |
| 105 | Albright College | 30500 | 48700 | 0.3738 | 1,328 | 1050 | 0.8615 | |
| 105 | SUNY at Fredonia | 30500 | 39600 | 0.2301 | 2,876 | 1193 | 0.792 | |
| 107 | University of Northwestern-St Paul | 30600 | 54600 | 0.4397 | 3,163 | 1165 | 0.9347 | |
| 108 | Benedictine University | 30900 | 48900 | 0.3681 | 1,972 | 1150 | 0.9523 | |
| 109 | SUNY Brockport | 31100 | 37900 | 0.1794 | 5,816 | 1195 | 0.7068 | |
| 110 | Thomas Jefferson University | 31400 | 67700 | 0.5361 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 111 | Washington Adventist University | 31500 | 37800 | 0.1668 | 605 | 950 | 0.4536 | |
| 112 | Angelo State University | 31700 | 35400 | 0.1047 | 9,779 | 1055 | 0.8301 | |
| 112 | Saint Michael's College | 31700 | 68400 | 0.5362 | 1,120 | 1240 | 0.8451 | |
| 112 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 31700 | 36700 | 0.1363 | 5,789 | 1115 | 0.5774 | |
| 115 | CUNY Brooklyn College | 31800 | 31800 | 0 | 11,562 | 1110 | 0.5836 | |
| 116 | Hampton University | 32200 | 47000 | 0.315 | 3,728 | 956 | 0.6225 | |
| 117 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 32300 | 34700 | 0.0691 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 118 | University of Scranton | 32400 | 78700 | 0.5881 | 3,613 | 1220 | 0.812 | |
| 119 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver | 32500 | 40200 | 0.1917 | 482 | 1195 | 0.9565 | |
| 120 | California Lutheran University | 32600 | 65800 | 0.5042 | 2,297 | 1258 | 0.7567 | |
| 121 | Frostburg State University | 32800 | 43100 | 0.239 | 2,619 | 1082 | 0.892 | |
| 121 | Harding University | 32800 | 47000 | 0.3023 | 3,523 | 1193 | 0.3942 | |
| 123 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 33000 | 54600 | 0.3954 | 12,122 | 1283 | 0.8296 | |
| 124 | Tarleton State University | 33300 | 33300 | 0 | 15,130 | 0 | 0.5256 | |
| 125 | College of Charleston | 33700 | 33700 | 0 | 10,880 | 1255 | 0.6003 | |
| 125 | George Washington University | 33700 | 81800 | 0.5882 | 11,677 | 1421 | 0.4709 | |
| 127 | Elizabethtown College | 33800 | 54600 | 0.3812 | 1,903 | 1214 | 0.7787 | |
| 128 | Wilkes University | 33900 | 61900 | 0.4516 | 1,956 | 1153 | 0.9146 | |
| 129 | LeTourneau University | 34000 | 54600 | 0.3772 | 3,184 | 1178 | 0.3801 | |
| 130 | Morgan State University | 34500 | 37200 | 0.0726 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 131 | Adelphi University | 35100 | 63300 | 0.4454 | 5,325 | 1218 | 0.6591 | |
| 131 | City University of Seattle | 35100 | 45400 | 0.227 | 1,180 | 0 | 0.9025 | |
| 131 | DePaul University | 35100 | 59100 | 0.4059 | 14,188 | 1218 | 0.7589 | |
| 134 | Stevenson University | 35300 | 59900 | 0.4105 | 3,106 | 1100 | 0.7891 | |
| 135 | Coastal Carolina University | 35500 | 44700 | 0.2057 | 10,811 | 1145 | 0.7527 | |
| 135 | Colorado State University Pueblo | 35500 | 38700 | 0.0828 | 5,086 | 1000 | 0.9821 | |
| 135 | University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown | 35500 | 49600 | 0.2841 | 1,809 | 1109 | 0.9484 | |
| 138 | Salisbury University | 35800 | 40900 | 0.1248 | 6,288 | 1250 | 0.8747 | |
| 139 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | 36100 | 56300 | 0.3588 | 5,552 | 1305 | 0.7255 | |
| 140 | Mercer University | 36300 | 60500 | 0.4 | 4,690 | 1273 | 0.6889 | |
| 141 | Immaculata University | 37000 | 47800 | 0.2257 | 1,652 | 1245 | 0.8578 | |
| 142 | East Carolina University | 37100 | 40100 | 0.0748 | 21,445 | 1120 | 0.8922 | |
| 143 | Texas A&M University-Kingsville | 37400 | 41600 | 0.101 | 5,187 | 1005 | 0.9229 | |
| 143 | University of Michigan-Flint | 37400 | 39400 | 0.0508 | 5,011 | 1103 | 0.7047 | |
| 145 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 37500 | 38900 | 0.036 | 1,919 | 1245 | 0.7844 | |
| 146 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington | 37700 | 38100 | 0.0105 | 2,884 | 1175 | 0.9677 | |
| 147 | Suffolk University | 38300 | 73600 | 0.4799 | 4,324 | 1209 | 0.822 | |
| 148 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38400 | 38400 | 0 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
| 149 | Wayne State University | 39700 | 45500 | 0.1274 | 16,173 | 1174 | 0.7786 | |
| 150 | Pace University | 39800 | 74100 | 0.4627 | 8,038 | 1274 | 0.7592 | |
| 151 | McKendree University | 40000 | 52200 | 0.2338 | 1,605 | 1098 | 0.6388 | |
| 152 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | 40300 | 40300 | 0 | 1,880 | 1185 | 0.9867 | |
| 153 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton | 40400 | 45400 | 0.1101 | 502 | 1204 | 0.9641 | |
| 154 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg | 40500 | 40500 | 0 | 4,047 | 1219 | 0.976 | |
| 155 | Loyola University Maryland | 41800 | 78800 | 0.4696 | 3,881 | 1309 | 0.7549 | |
| 156 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 43000 | 54900 | 0.2169 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 157 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 43200 | 55100 | 0.2161 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 158 | CUNY Bernard M Baruch College | 43400 | 43400 | 0 | 16,086 | 1293 | 0.5117 | |
| 158 | Western Oregon University | 43400 | 43400 | 0 | 3,343 | 1120 | 0.9871 | |
| 160 | Merrimack College | 43500 | 78800 | 0.4481 | 4,199 | 1115 | 0.7361 | |
| 161 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 43800 | 57100 | 0.2315 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 162 | CUNY Graduate School and University Center | 43900 | 43900 | 0 | 3,237 | 0 | 0.3861 | |
| 162 | University of California-Riverside | 43900 | 66400 | 0.3388 | 22,599 | 1199 | 0.7685 | |
| 164 | CUNY Lehman College | 44200 | 45800 | 0.0349 | 11,217 | 1020 | 0.4601 | |
| 165 | University of Illinois Chicago | 46800 | 48000 | 0.025 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 166 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 47700 | 56200 | 0.1512 | 3,965 | 1229 | 0.9121 | |
| 167 | Ramapo College of New Jersey | 47900 | 48100 | 0.0042 | 5,444 | 1214 | 0.7064 | |
| 168 | Molloy University | 48200 | 62300 | 0.2265 | 3,240 | 1199 | 0.8174 | |
| 168 | University of Mount Olive | 48200 | 50400 | 0.0438 | 1,937 | 945 | 0.7775 | |
| 170 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 50400 | 56400 | 0.1063 | 10,200 | 1346 | 0.6507 | |
| 171 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 50700 | 52900 | 0.0417 | 14,504 | 1145 | 0.7637 | |
| 172 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 50900 | 84200 | 0.3956 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 173 | University of Kentucky | 51000 | 56000 | 0.0893 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 174 | Drexel University | 51100 | 82600 | 0.3812 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 175 | University of Utah | 51500 | 53700 | 0.0411 | 28,064 | 1237 | 0.8598 | |
| 176 | Fordham University | 53000 | 94600 | 0.44 | 10,307 | 1415 | 0.5628 | |
| 177 | Rowan University | 53600 | 53600 | 0 | 16,199 | 1214 | 0.783 | |
| 178 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 56700 | 58900 | 0.0374 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 179 | 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.