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Considering a degree in Management Information Systems?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Management Information Systems majors who live in South Dakota.
Rankings are calculated by estimating the net price at every college offering Management Information Systems degrees for a "typical" middle class family living in the state of South Dakota.
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 | Wilberforce University | 5600 | 35500 | 0.8422 | 822 | 965 | 0.405 | |
| 2 | University of Notre Dame | 11300 | 86200 | 0.8694 | 8,880 | 1500 | 0.1127 | |
| 3 | Dalton State College | 11600 | 18300 | 0.3666 | 5,135 | 950 | 0.4343 | |
| 3 | Marshall University | 11600 | 33400 | 0.6525 | 9,146 | 1065 | 0.9573 | |
| 3 | Northern Arizona University | 11600 | 27900 | 0.5837 | 22,990 | 1090 | 0.8961 | |
| 6 | The University of Texas at El Paso | 11700 | 26900 | 0.5645 | 21,118 | 980 | 0.9992 | |
| 7 | Eastern Washington University | 11800 | 28600 | 0.5879 | 6,952 | 995 | 0.9075 | |
| 7 | Fayetteville State University | 11800 | 20300 | 0.4182 | 6,074 | 945 | 0.8215 | |
| 9 | Eastern Kentucky University | 12300 | 22900 | 0.4637 | 13,448 | 1110 | 0.7761 | |
| 10 | University of West Florida | 12500 | 21500 | 0.4181 | 9,970 | 1149 | 0.5824 | |
| 11 | Florida Atlantic University | 12600 | 25800 | 0.5123 | 24,876 | 1130 | 0.6613 | |
| 12 | Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi | 12800 | 28900 | 0.5579 | 8,320 | 1090 | 0.8858 | |
| 13 | Fort Hays State University | 13100 | 22600 | 0.4218 | 10,172 | 1075 | 0.9026 | |
| 13 | University of North Florida | 13100 | 22400 | 0.4157 | 13,735 | 1150 | 0.5324 | |
| 15 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 13200 | 25700 | 0.4858 | 46,815 | 1378 | 0.6057 | |
| 16 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 13300 | 13300 | 0 | 18,288 | 1090 | 0.9068 | |
| 17 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 50700 | 0.7294 | 38,040 | 1418 | 0.452 | |
| 18 | Delta State University | 14000 | 23200 | 0.3971 | 1,876 | 1040 | 1 | |
| 19 | University of Georgia | 14100 | 26600 | 0.4699 | 32,399 | 1382 | 0.377 | |
| 20 | University of Houston | 14500 | 22000 | 0.3403 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 20 | University of Idaho | 14500 | 25800 | 0.4369 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 20 | University of Virginia's College at Wise | 14500 | 31100 | 0.5347 | 2,142 | 1040 | 0.2854 | |
| 23 | Central Michigan University | 14700 | 37800 | 0.6104 | 10,193 | 1095 | 0.8982 | |
| 24 | Midwestern State University | 14900 | 21600 | 0.3098 | 4,303 | 1010 | 0.9352 | |
| 24 | Miles College | 14900 | 25400 | 0.4128 | 1,180 | 0 | 0 | |
| 26 | Western Carolina University | 15300 | 16500 | 0.0729 | 10,112 | 1130 | 0.8183 | |
| 27 | Florida Gulf Coast University | 15400 | 22500 | 0.3152 | 14,463 | 1125 | 0.6344 | |
| 28 | Northwest Missouri State University | 15600 | 29800 | 0.4782 | 5,241 | 1095 | 0.8609 | |
| 29 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 16000 | 27700 | 0.4218 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 29 | University of Arkansas at Monticello | 16000 | 31500 | 0.4917 | 2,457 | 0 | 0 | |
| 31 | Appalachian State University | 16300 | 19500 | 0.1642 | 19,560 | 1190 | 0.9014 | |
| 32 | The University of Texas at Austin | 16600 | 28000 | 0.4076 | 43,165 | 1356 | 0.2664 | |
| 33 | Emporia State University | 16700 | 22900 | 0.2709 | 2,396 | 1075 | 0.9771 | |
| 33 | West Liberty University | 16700 | 32100 | 0.4804 | 1,934 | 1035 | 0.9727 | |
| 35 | University of Wisconsin-Parkside | 16800 | 21800 | 0.2316 | 3,184 | 1069 | 0.7539 | |
| 35 | Wayne State University | 16800 | 32900 | 0.4891 | 16,012 | 1174 | 0.8116 | |
| 37 | Eastern Michigan University | 16900 | 36100 | 0.5309 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 38 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus | 17000 | 28200 | 0.3967 | 7,353 | 1085 | 0.9077 | |
| 38 | University of Maine | 17000 | 29300 | 0.42 | 9,601 | 1205 | 0.9664 | |
| 40 | Georgia Southern University | 17100 | 20100 | 0.1489 | 23,541 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 40 | Millikin University | 17100 | 45000 | 0.6198 | 1,495 | 1020 | 0.6668 | |
| 40 | West Virginia University | 17100 | 40900 | 0.5816 | 18,206 | 1125 | 0.89 | |
| 43 | Albany State University | 17200 | 29000 | 0.4065 | 6,154 | 855 | 0.7302 | |
| 44 | University of Wisconsin-La Crosse | 17300 | 21300 | 0.1856 | 9,501 | 1195 | 0.755 | |
| 45 | Middle Tennessee State University | 17700 | 23200 | 0.237 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 45 | Sam Houston State University | 17700 | 27000 | 0.3446 | 17,787 | 1030 | 0.9026 | |
| 47 | Prairie View A & M University | 17800 | 25400 | 0.2993 | 8,877 | 975 | 0.7931 | |
| 48 | Bethel University | 17900 | 35300 | 0.4924 | 2,674 | 970 | 0.6023 | |
| 48 | University of Memphis | 17900 | 26400 | 0.3226 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 50 | Montana Technological University | 18000 | 30600 | 0.4112 | 1,497 | 1120 | 0.9105 | |
| 50 | Salem State University | 18000 | 28500 | 0.3684 | 4,867 | 1075 | 0.9588 | |
| 52 | Nicholls State University | 18400 | 28500 | 0.3539 | 5,518 | 1100 | 0.908 | |
| 52 | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 18400 | 22800 | 0.1932 | 11,994 | 1090 | 0.865 | |
| 54 | Muhlenberg College | 18500 | 74700 | 0.7521 | 1,737 | 1353 | 0.7199 | |
| 55 | Simpson College | 18700 | 60500 | 0.6906 | 1,235 | 1430 | 0.8622 | |
| 56 | SUNY Old Westbury | 19000 | 24400 | 0.2216 | 4,260 | 1110 | 0.8363 | |
| 57 | Virginia State University | 19600 | 29500 | 0.3353 | 5,124 | 955 | 0.8863 | |
| 58 | University of Alabama in Huntsville | 19900 | 30500 | 0.3473 | 6,800 | 1293 | 0.6857 | |
| 58 | University of Mississippi | 19900 | 27000 | 0.2629 | 21,585 | 1182 | 0.9658 | |
| 60 | Carson-Newman University | 20000 | 51900 | 0.6149 | 1,596 | 1110 | 0.9045 | |
| 61 | University of Arizona | 20100 | 30900 | 0.3501 | 44,848 | 1233 | 0.8614 | |
| 62 | Minot State University | 20200 | 23500 | 0.1393 | 2,499 | 1075 | 0.6462 | |
| 62 | Olivet Nazarene University | 20200 | 62200 | 0.6756 | 2,711 | 1104 | 0.5586 | |
| 64 | Bellevue University | 20300 | 36400 | 0.4434 | 11,037 | 0 | 0 | |
| 64 | Marian University | 20300 | 47200 | 0.5693 | 1,021 | 1020 | 0.7498 | |
| 66 | Ohio University-Main Campus | 20400 | 23200 | 0.1207 | 20,444 | 1209 | 0.8499 | |
| 66 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 20400 | 29900 | 0.319 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5743 | |
| 68 | South Dakota State University | 20600 | 25200 | 0.1844 | 10,719 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 69 | Claflin University | 21200 | 36000 | 0.4114 | 1,731 | 940 | 0.6493 | |
| 70 | Stetson University | 21400 | 79100 | 0.7298 | 2,349 | 1179 | 0.716 | |
| 71 | Le Moyne College | 21800 | 58100 | 0.6243 | 2,529 | 1255 | 0.8298 | |
| 72 | Louisiana Tech University | 21900 | 26100 | 0.1611 | 10,881 | 1189 | 0.864 | |
| 73 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 22000 | 35300 | 0.3764 | 5,731 | 1174 | 0.9064 | |
| 74 | Newman University | 22300 | 54000 | 0.5871 | 2,529 | 1069 | 0.7398 | |
| 75 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 22400 | 43200 | 0.4816 | 3,825 | 1175 | 0.7841 | |
| 75 | University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire | 22400 | 22400 | 0 | 9,351 | 1195 | 0.8234 | |
| 77 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 22500 | 48900 | 0.5395 | 5,692 | 1124 | 0.9508 | |
| 78 | Florida State University | 22600 | 32400 | 0.3029 | 32,720 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 79 | Upper Iowa University | 22900 | 41700 | 0.4499 | 3,054 | 1035 | 0.9646 | |
| 80 | Faulkner University | 23000 | 40600 | 0.434 | 1,758 | 1025 | 0.7307 | |
| 81 | Concordia University-Nebraska | 23100 | 61100 | 0.6212 | 3,000 | 1130 | 0.8572 | |
| 82 | North Central University | 23400 | 43900 | 0.4671 | 759 | 1075 | 0.9898 | |
| 83 | York College of Pennsylvania | 23500 | 45800 | 0.4873 | 3,369 | 1153 | 0.7374 | |
| 84 | The University of Tennessee Southern | 23700 | 28100 | 0.1583 | 1,012 | 1075 | 0.8671 | |
| 85 | West Texas A & M University | 23800 | 29200 | 0.1848 | 6,926 | 1060 | 0.9868 | |
| 86 | Thomas More University | 23900 | 61800 | 0.6132 | 2,126 | 1180 | 0.9035 | |
| 86 | Wittenberg University | 23900 | 65400 | 0.6347 | 1,227 | 1178 | 0.7235 | |
| 88 | University of Alaska Anchorage | 24000 | 26400 | 0.0902 | 9,853 | 990 | 0.6652 | |
| 89 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 24200 | 34400 | 0.2965 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 90 | Texas Wesleyan University | 24300 | 64500 | 0.6231 | 1,796 | 1060 | 0.6916 | |
| 91 | Midland University | 24500 | 65300 | 0.6254 | 1,309 | 1045 | 0.6612 | |
| 92 | Park University | 24700 | 31300 | 0.2112 | 4,657 | 1035 | 0.6904 | |
| 92 | University of Kansas | 24700 | 43000 | 0.4266 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 94 | Indiana State University | 24800 | 32400 | 0.2347 | 6,224 | 1020 | 0.8077 | |
| 95 | North Dakota State University | 25000 | 27600 | 0.0925 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 95 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College | 25000 | 41300 | 0.3947 | 3,244 | 1224 | 0.9683 | |
| 97 | Augsburg University | 25200 | 56400 | 0.5536 | 2,527 | 1065 | 0.8198 | |
| 97 | The University of Tennessee-Martin | 25200 | 31500 | 0.2001 | 6,809 | 1110 | 0.882 | |
| 99 | University of West Alabama | 25500 | 42100 | 0.3947 | 2,983 | 990 | 0.4265 | |
| 100 | University of Mary Hardin-Baylor | 25700 | 53800 | 0.5225 | 2,803 | 1099 | 0.9576 | |
| 101 | Bethune-Cookman University | 25800 | 32700 | 0.2111 | 2,738 | 910 | 0.8824 | |
| 102 | Lakeland University | 25900 | 56500 | 0.5412 | 2,411 | 1015 | 0.8628 | |
| 103 | Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania | 26100 | 34900 | 0.2525 | 4,371 | 1084 | 0.865 | |
| 104 | Dordt University | 26200 | 52500 | 0.5007 | 1,716 | 1205 | 0.6847 | |
| 105 | Ball State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 15,189 | 1170 | 0.855 | |
| 106 | Ottawa University-Ottawa | 26500 | 64700 | 0.5907 | 870 | 985 | 0.8296 | |
| 107 | Greenville University | 26800 | 43900 | 0.3893 | 986 | 1033 | 0.975 | |
| 107 | Texas Lutheran University | 26800 | 55400 | 0.5161 | 1,319 | 1150 | 0.9571 | |
| 109 | Rogers State University | 26900 | 40000 | 0.3272 | 3,135 | 930 | 0.8184 | |
| 110 | Flagler College | 27000 | 61200 | 0.5587 | 2,409 | 1090 | 0.8076 | |
| 111 | University of Central Arkansas | 27100 | 31200 | 0.1329 | 8,268 | 1110 | 0.8949 | |
| 112 | University of the Incarnate Word | 27300 | 61400 | 0.5555 | 4,638 | 1030 | 0.9814 | |
| 113 | Eastern Connecticut State University | 27400 | 37900 | 0.2773 | 4,174 | 1165 | 0.8298 | |
| 114 | Shawnee State University | 27500 | 35000 | 0.214 | 2,994 | 1085 | 0.6891 | |
| 114 | University of South Dakota | 27500 | 29600 | 0.0726 | 7,619 | 1120 | 0.9878 | |
| 114 | William Woods University | 27500 | 58400 | 0.5288 | 1,342 | 1140 | 0.7096 | |
| 117 | Kansas State University | 27600 | 30400 | 0.0942 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8169 | |
| 118 | Morehead State University | 27900 | 32600 | 0.1441 | 8,258 | 1140 | 0.7721 | |
| 118 | Villanova University | 27900 | 88800 | 0.6855 | 7,004 | 1457 | 0.2698 | |
| 120 | University of North Alabama | 28000 | 37300 | 0.2494 | 7,662 | 1140 | 0.8731 | |
| 121 | Francis Marion University | 28600 | 40200 | 0.2889 | 3,692 | 1015 | 0.8639 | |
| 121 | Oakland University | 28600 | 39300 | 0.2721 | 12,587 | 1130 | 0.8784 | |
| 123 | Grace College and Theological Seminary | 28800 | 41800 | 0.3105 | 1,795 | 1130 | 0.8215 | |
| 124 | Oregon State University | 28900 | 36700 | 0.2143 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 124 | Simpson University | 28900 | 58300 | 0.5047 | 820 | 1105 | 0.8603 | |
| 126 | Cornerstone University | 29100 | 40800 | 0.2857 | 1,354 | 1110 | 0.7777 | |
| 126 | University of Dayton | 29100 | 64200 | 0.5468 | 7,740 | 1302 | 0.6545 | |
| 128 | Catawba College | 29200 | 55200 | 0.4706 | 1,262 | 1098 | 0.7521 | |
| 129 | Southern Adventist University | 29800 | 46900 | 0.3637 | 2,929 | 1134 | 0.655 | |
| 130 | Northern Kentucky University | 30100 | 32100 | 0.0623 | 10,163 | 1090 | 0.6765 | |
| 131 | Regis University | 30200 | 67200 | 0.5502 | 2,689 | 1222 | 0.8646 | |
| 132 | University of West Georgia | 30300 | 46800 | 0.3525 | 9,103 | 1040 | 0.5161 | |
| 133 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30500 | 78100 | 0.6093 | 14,267 | 1381 | 0.6693 | |
| 133 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 30500 | 38400 | 0.2057 | 15,375 | 1103 | 0.866 | |
| 135 | Jacksonville University | 31100 | 74200 | 0.5807 | 2,946 | 1195 | 0.5694 | |
| 136 | Hampton University | 31300 | 54800 | 0.4288 | 3,728 | 947 | 0.6225 | |
| 137 | Utah Tech University | 31400 | 35200 | 0.108 | 13,006 | 0 | 0 | |
| 138 | Columbus State University | 31700 | 41200 | 0.2303 | 6,123 | 970 | 0.9912 | |
| 138 | Lamar University | 31700 | 38300 | 0.1724 | 8,184 | 1050 | 0.8641 | |
| 140 | Baylor University | 31800 | 70300 | 0.5475 | 14,915 | 1321 | 0.5128 | |
| 141 | Michigan Technological University | 32000 | 34700 | 0.0778 | 6,013 | 1256 | 0.9243 | |
| 142 | Texas A&M University-San Antonio | 32200 | 45700 | 0.2957 | 7,062 | 965 | 0.928 | |
| 143 | Central Baptist College | 32300 | 35900 | 0.1017 | 547 | 1035 | 0.6346 | |
| 144 | Grand View University | 32400 | 58100 | 0.4416 | 1,500 | 1020 | 0.9909 | |
| 145 | Liberty University | 33100 | 44600 | 0.2578 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 146 | Suffolk University | 33200 | 70300 | 0.5277 | 4,326 | 1209 | 0.8233 | |
| 147 | University of Indianapolis | 33400 | 59900 | 0.4432 | 3,603 | 1080 | 0.665 | |
| 148 | Western Connecticut State University | 33500 | 39900 | 0.1605 | 3,567 | 1105 | 0.8701 | |
| 149 | Rhode Island College | 34200 | 45100 | 0.2417 | 5,154 | 995 | 0.9182 | |
| 150 | Texas Southern University | 34500 | 42500 | 0.1883 | 6,844 | 915 | 0.9691 | |
| 151 | Southern New Hampshire University | 34600 | 44300 | 0.2188 | 164,423 | 965 | 0.9951 | |
| 151 | University of Pittsburgh-Greensburg | 34600 | 48800 | 0.2908 | 1,321 | 1155 | 0.9521 | |
| 153 | Chatham University | 34900 | 63300 | 0.449 | 1,550 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 154 | University of South Florida | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 38,525 | 1239 | 0.4319 | |
| 155 | Seton Hill University | 35700 | 65000 | 0.4507 | 1,501 | 1134 | 0.7953 | |
| 156 | Cedarville University | 35800 | 57000 | 0.3711 | 5,790 | 1232 | 0.6529 | |
| 157 | Mississippi State University | 36300 | 50500 | 0.2804 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 157 | Texas A&M International University | 36300 | 39400 | 0.0799 | 7,210 | 995 | 0.4437 | |
| 157 | Western Washington University | 36300 | 36300 | 0 | 13,752 | 1272 | 0.9325 | |
| 160 | Florida International University | 36400 | 36800 | 0.0109 | 45,193 | 1175 | 0.5466 | |
| 160 | Tennessee Technological University | 36400 | 38500 | 0.0558 | 9,187 | 1163 | 0.7613 | |
| 162 | Georgia Gwinnett College | 36500 | 37900 | 0.0369 | 12,230 | 1055 | 0.955 | |
| 163 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 36800 | 38900 | 0.0552 | 23,329 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 164 | East Carolina University | 37000 | 42700 | 0.1324 | 21,445 | 1160 | 0.8921 | |
| 165 | University of Redlands | 37900 | 84200 | 0.5501 | 2,049 | 1226 | 0.8271 | |
| 166 | Howard Payne University | 38400 | 54500 | 0.2963 | 751 | 1043 | 0.6737 | |
| 167 | Keiser University-Ft Lauderdale | 38600 | 63000 | 0.3875 | 18,071 | 0 | 0.9697 | |
| 167 | Oakwood University | 38600 | 43300 | 0.1074 | 1,177 | 1005 | 0.4522 | |
| 169 | Loyola University Chicago | 38900 | 74100 | 0.4749 | 12,538 | 1303 | 0.816 | |
| 170 | Albertus Magnus College | 39100 | 73400 | 0.4672 | 1,006 | 975 | 0.5931 | |
| 171 | Champlain College | 39200 | 76000 | 0.4845 | 2,778 | 1304 | 0.8292 | |
| 172 | Saint Francis University | 39300 | 63100 | 0.3772 | 2,567 | 1150 | 0.7682 | |
| 172 | Xavier University | 39300 | 68100 | 0.4232 | 4,239 | 1218 | 0.8641 | |
| 174 | McKendree University | 40100 | 52200 | 0.2327 | 1,757 | 1098 | 0.7172 | |
| 175 | Rutgers University-Newark | 40200 | 57900 | 0.3056 | 7,989 | 1159 | 0.7136 | |
| 176 | Butler University | 40900 | 67900 | 0.3978 | 4,489 | 1279 | 0.8508 | |
| 177 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 41300 | 48500 | 0.1484 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 177 | University of Alabama at Birmingham | 41300 | 42300 | 0.0237 | 11,959 | 1260 | 0.8818 | |
| 179 | Iona University | 41400 | 69900 | 0.4079 | 3,382 | 1220 | 0.8694 | |
| 180 | Old Dominion University | 42100 | 47700 | 0.1174 | 17,746 | 1205 | 0.9036 | |
| 181 | University of Mount Olive | 42300 | 50400 | 0.1617 | 1,944 | 1075 | 0.7575 | |
| 182 | Florida Institute of Technology | 43600 | 68700 | 0.3659 | 3,666 | 1224 | 0.577 | |
| 183 | Illinois State University | 45900 | 49100 | 0.0642 | 19,107 | 1120 | 0.8815 | |
| 184 | Fairfield University | 46000 | 84300 | 0.4542 | 5,391 | 1350 | 0.3329 | |
| 184 | Saint Louis University | 46000 | 80900 | 0.4312 | 10,413 | 1305 | 0.7504 | |
| 186 | Drexel University | 48700 | 83900 | 0.4196 | 13,309 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 187 | University of Delaware | 49000 | 61300 | 0.2017 | 20,026 | 1294 | 0.706 | |
| 188 | DePaul University | 49200 | 66000 | 0.2547 | 14,188 | 1254 | 0.7589 | |
| 189 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 50200 | 83600 | 0.3994 | 5,558 | 1292 | 0.6016 | |
| 190 | Binghamton University | 50700 | 52800 | 0.0407 | 14,669 | 1415 | 0.3861 | |
| 191 | Point Loma Nazarene University | 51300 | 68600 | 0.2515 | 3,246 | 1290 | 0.8368 | |
| 192 | University of San Francisco | 54100 | 84800 | 0.3619 | 5,321 | 1292 | 0.6171 | |
| 193 | The University of Alabama | 55800 | 55800 | 0 | 34,389 | 1284 | 0.7665 | |
| 194 | Dallas Baptist University | 56400 | 63400 | 0.1104 | 2,785 | 1109 | 0.8884 | |
| 195 | Miami University-Oxford | 57400 | 57400 | 0 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 196 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58100 | 64100 | 0.0936 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 197 | Howard University | 60000 | 66500 | 0.0978 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.