2022 Best Value School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k

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 Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 330 people earned their degree in school librarian/school library media specialist, making the major the 741st most popular in the United States.

Across the Southwest region, there were 23 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 22 school librarian/school library media specialist graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,078 and $37,227 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in school librarian/school library media specialist. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great school librarian/school library media specialist programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the school librarian/school library media specialist program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. 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 Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist (Income $75-$110k) in the Southwest Region

#1

East Central University

Ada, Oklahoma

#1 in overall quality

$11,568 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend East Central University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Ada, Oklahoma is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s school librarian/school library media specialist degrees to 13 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at ECU, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at East Central University are $11,568, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2

University of Central Oklahoma

Edmond, Oklahoma

$17,913 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Central Oklahoma landed the #2 spot on the list. UCO is a public institution located in Edmond, Oklahoma. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 9 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UCO also took the #0 spot in our “Best School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Central Oklahoma are $17,913, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist (Income $75-$110k)

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%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

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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