16
Colleges
324,951
Bachelor's Degrees
$32,605
Avg Cost*
With 324,951 bachelor's degrees handed out in 2021-2022, information science is the #31 most popular major in New York. This means that 6.0% of the degrees earned in the country were from a school in the state.
This year's Best Value Bachelor's Degree Colleges for Information Science in New York ranking analyzed 16 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.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Value IS Schools ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that 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.
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The following schools top our list of the Best Information Science Colleges for the Money.
Baruch College comes in at #1 in this year's ranking. Located in the city of New York, Baruch is a public school with a fairly large student population. Baruch did well in our quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Information Science Schools in New York list.
It takes the average student at Baruch about 4.4 years to graduate, and the estimated yearly cost for the school is $31,259. Thus, the average cost to get a bachelor’s degree from the Baruch is $138,477. If you can shave even one term off your degree, you can save a substantial amount of money.
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Stony Brook University comes in at #2 in this year's ranking. SUNY Stony Brook is a very large public school located in the large suburb of Stony Brook. SUNY Stony Brook not only placed well in our value rankings. It is also #8 on our Best Information Science Schools in New York list.
The average amount of time it takes for a student to receive their degree at SUNY Stony Brook is 4.3 years, and it costs about $30,495 per year to attend the school. When we combine these numbers, we estimate that the cost to get a bachelor’s degree from SUNY Stony Brook is $129,909. If you can shave even one term off your degree, you can save a substantial amount of money.
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Our rankings recognize SUNY Polytechnic Institute as the #3 school in this year's rankings. SUNY Poly is a small public school located in the midsize suburb of Utica.
The average student at SUNY Poly graduates in less than 4.3 years, and on average, the annual cost to attend the school is $22,456. This makes the estimated cost of a bachelor’s degree from SUNY Poly be around $95,438. If you can shave even one term off your degree, you can save a substantial amount of money.
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Brooklyn College comes in at #4 in this year's ranking. Located in the large city of Brooklyn, Brooklyn College is a public college with a fairly large student population.
If you can shave even one term off your degree, you can save a substantial amount of money.
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New York City College of Technology earned the #5 spot in our 2024 rankings. City Tech is a large public school located in the city of Brooklyn.
When you graduate sooner, you can save a lot of money.
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SUNY Fredonia earned the #6 spot in our 2024 rankings. SUNY Fredonia is a small public school located in the town of Fredonia.
The average amount of time it takes for a student to receive their degree at SUNY Fredonia is 4.3 years, and it costs about $23,442 per year to attend the school. This makes the estimated cost of a bachelor’s degree from SUNY Fredonia be around $99,629. Graduating sooner can prevent you from having to pay more money out of pocket.
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Lehman College comes in at #7 in this year's ranking. Lehman is a large public school located in the large city of Bronx.
The average amount of time it takes for a student to receive their degree at Lehman is 4.7 years, and the yearly average cost to attend the school is $27,086. 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 Lehman is $126,221. Graduating sooner can prevent you from having to pay more money out of pocket.
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The #8 spot in this year's ranking belongs to SUNY Oswego. Located in the town of Oswego, SUNY Oswego is a public school with a medium-sized student population.
At SUNY Oswego, the average time it takes a student to graduate is 4.2 years, and on average, the annual cost to attend the school is $23,421. This means that the average student pays around $99,305 to get a bachelor’s degree from SUNY Oswego. When you graduate sooner, you can save a lot of money.
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Our rankings recognize The College at Brockport as the #9 school in this year's rankings. Located in the fringe town of Brockport, SUNY Brockport is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.
It takes the average student at SUNY Brockport about 4.3 years to graduate, and the yearly average cost to attend the school is $24,225. When we combine these numbers, we estimate that the cost to get a bachelor’s degree from SUNY Brockport is $103,925. The sooner a student graduates, the more money they can save.
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The #10 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Buffalo State. Located in the city of Buffalo, Buffalo State is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.
It takes about 4.5 years for the average student at Buffalo State to complete their degree, and it costs about $24,102 per year to attend the school. When we combine these numbers, we estimate that the cost to get a bachelor’s degree from Buffalo State is $107,736. If you can shave even one term off your degree, you can save a substantial amount of money.
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Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 16 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.
