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Ranked Colleges
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When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist Schools in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist is the 717th most popular major in the country with 370 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Southeast region, there were 108 school librarian/school library media specialist graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist Schools in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in school librarian/school library media specialist. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality school librarian/school library media specialist programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the school librarian/school library media specialist program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist Schools in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Murray State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Best Value School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist Schools in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. This medium-sized school is located in Murray, Kentucky, and it awarded 12 ’s school librarian/school library media specialist degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Murray State, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Murray State University is $9,339 for Southeast Region School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist students whose families make $0-$30k.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Georgia College & State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist Schools in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Georgia College is a medium-sized school located in Milledgeville, Georgia that handed out 12 ’s school librarian/school library media specialist degrees in 2020-2021.
Georgia College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Georgia College is $16,203 for southeast region school librarian/school library media specialist students whose families make $0-$30k.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.4% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
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Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist Schools in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Eastern Kentucky University landed the #3 spot on the list. Eastern Kentucky University is located in Richmond, Kentucky and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 17 ’s school librarian/school library media specialist degrees to qualified students.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Eastern, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Eastern Kentucky University is $11,333 for Southeast Region School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist students whose families make $0-$30k.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Longwood University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist Schools in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. This small school is located in Farmville, Virginia, and it awarded 34 ’s school librarian/school library media specialist degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Longwood, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Longwood University is $14,071 for Southeast Region School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist students whose families make $0-$30k.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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References
- 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 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).
- Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.
Read more about our data sources and methodologies
- *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
- Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.
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