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2022 Best Value School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k

7 Ranked Colleges
101 Degrees Awarded
$22,200 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist Schools for a Master's in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist is the 741st most popular major in the country with 330 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 102 school librarian/school library media specialist graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 101 school librarian/school library media specialist graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,887 and $46,998 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking looked at 7 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the school librarian/school library media specialist program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region master’s degree school librarian/school library media specialist students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 7 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist (Income $30-$48k) in the Middle Atlantic Region

#1

Queens College

Queens, New York
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Queens College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Queens College is a fairly large public school situated in Queens, New York. It awarded 10 masters’s school librarian/school library media specialist degrees in 2019-2020.

QC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Queens College are $21,042.

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#2

University at Albany

Albany, New York
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University at Albany. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. UAlbany is a public institution located in Albany, New York. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 15 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UAlbany also took the #4 spot in our “Best School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UAlbany are $25,225.

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#3

University at Buffalo

Buffalo, New York
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University at Buffalo landed the #3 spot on the list. University at Buffalo is a large school located in Buffalo, New York that handed out 26 masters’s school librarian/school library media specialist degrees in 2019-2020.

University at Buffalo did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University at Buffalo are $26,028, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#4

Syracuse University

Syracuse, New York
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Syracuse University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Syracuse University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Syracuse, New York. The school has a large population, and it awarded 14 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Syracuse also made our “Best School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Syracuse University are $41,714, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#5

Saint Vincent College

Latrobe, Pennsylvania

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Saint Vincent College. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Located in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 2 degrees to qualified masters’s school librarian/school library media specialist students in 2019-2020.

Saint Vincent not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #0 on our “Best School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Saint Vincent are $14,310, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#6

St. John Fisher College

Rochester, New York
#6 in overall quality

St. John Fisher College did quite well in the 2022 Best Value School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k ranking, coming in at #6. Fisher is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Rochester, New York. It awarded 12 masters’s school librarian/school library media specialist degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Fisher, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at St. John Fisher College are $17,820, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#7

McDaniel College

Westminster, Maryland
#5 in overall quality

McDaniel College came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k ranking. This small school is located in Westminster, Maryland, and it awarded 22 masters’s school librarian/school library media specialist degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our middle atlantic region master’s degree school librarian/school library media specialist students whose families make $30-$48k list, McDaniel has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at McDaniel College are $9,568, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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Notes and References

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%.

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Footnotes

  • *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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