38
Colleges
753,263
Bachelor's Degrees
$29,201
Avg Cost*
Information Science is the #52 most popular major in the country with 5,415,716 bachelor's degrees awarded in 2021-2022. Of those degrees, 753,263 went to students in the Middle Atlantic region of the United States.
This year's Best Value Bachelor's Degree Colleges for Information Science in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking analyzed 38 colleges that offered a bachelor's degree in is. To us, 'best value' doesn't just mean the school with the lowest overall costs. For this ranking, we are identifying those is schools that provide their students with a hiqh quality education at a price that is lower than other colleges and universities of the same caliber.
To determine the average cost, we look at total expenses - such as tuition, fees, room and board, books, and other related expenses - and then subtract the average financial award a student receives. Knowing this amount can help you determine how much you may have to borrow in loans or take out of savings. Depending on your income and other factors, the cost for you to attend a particular school may be more or less.
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Value IS Schools list to help you make the college decision.
In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat.
Test it out when you get a chance! You may also want to bookmark the link and share it with others who are trying to make the college decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best Information Science Colleges for the Money.
Our rankings recognize University of Maryland Global Campus as the #1 school in this year's rankings. Located in the large suburb of Adelphi, UMGC is a public college with a fairly large student population. UMGC not only placed well in our value rankings. It is also #4 on our Best Information Science Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list.
When students graduate in a lesser amount of time, they can save thousands of dollars.
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Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania comes in at #2 in this year's ranking. SRU is a moderately-sized public school located in the distant town of Slippery Rock.
At SRU, the average time it takes a student to graduate is 4.2 years, and it costs about $20,964 per year to attend the school. Thus, the average cost to get a bachelor’s degree from the SRU is $88,678. When students graduate in a lesser amount of time, they can save thousands of dollars.
Full Information Science at Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania Report
Our rankings recognize Baruch College as the #3 school in this year's rankings. Located in the large city of New York, Baruch is a public college with a large student population.
At Baruch, the average time it takes a student to graduate is 4.4 years, and the average full-time cost to attend the school is around $31,259. This means that the average student pays around $138,477 to get a bachelor’s degree from Baruch. The sooner a student graduates, the more money they can save.
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University of Maryland - Baltimore County landed the #4 spot in our 2024 rankings for best value information science schools. Located in the suburb of Baltimore, UMBC is a public college with a fairly large student population. UMBC did well in our quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our Best Information Science Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list.
At UMBC, the average time it takes a student to graduate is 4.5 years, and it costs about $28,724 per year to attend the school. This means that the average student pays around $128,971 to get a bachelor’s degree from UMBC. When students graduate in a lesser amount of time, they can save thousands of dollars.
Full Information Science at University of Maryland - Baltimore County Report
Salisbury University landed the #7 spot in our 2024 rankings for best value information science schools. Salisbury is a moderately-sized public school located in the suburb of Salisbury.
It takes about 4.3 years for the average student at Salisbury to complete their degree, and the yearly average cost to attend the school is $27,854. Putting this cost and the average time to graduate together, we find that the average amount you’ll pay to get a bachelor’s degree from Salisbury is $119,772. When you graduate sooner, you can save a lot of money.
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Rutgers University - New Brunswick landed the #9 spot in our 2024 rankings for best value information science schools. Located in the city of New Brunswick, Rutgers New Brunswick is a public college with a very large student population. In addition to its great value ranking, Rutgers New Brunswick is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Information Science Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list.
It takes the average student at Rutgers New Brunswick about 4.3 years to graduate, and the average full-time cost to attend the school is around $31,996. Thus, the average cost to get a bachelor’s degree from the Rutgers New Brunswick is $136,303. When students graduate in a lesser amount of time, they can save thousands of dollars.
Full Information Science at Rutgers University - New Brunswick Report
Our rankings recognize University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus as the #10 school in this year's rankings. Pitt is a very large public school located in the city of Pittsburgh. Pitt also made our Best Information Science Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list, coming in at #6.
It takes the average student at Pitt about 4.2 years to graduate, and the estimated yearly cost for the school is $34,698. Putting this cost and the average time to graduate together, we find that the average amount you’ll pay to get a bachelor’s degree from Pitt is $147,120. The sooner a student graduates, the more money they can save.
Full Information Science at University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus Report
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Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 25 schools only.
- The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
- Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
- Credit for the banner image above goes to The Opte Project.
More about our data sources and methodologies.
