2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Archives/Archival Administration (Income $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 Archives/Archival Administration Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 176 people earned their degree in archives/archival administration, making the major the 1118th most popular in the United States.

At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 117 archives/archival administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,398 and $43,194 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Archives/Archival Administration Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in archives/archival administration. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality archives/archival administration programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the archives/archival administration 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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The archives/archival administration school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Archives/Archival Administration Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $30-$48k”.

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Best Value Archives/Archival Administration Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for master’s degree archives/archival administration students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Archives/Archival Administration (Income $30-$48k)

#1

San Jose State University

San Jose, California

#2 in overall quality

$18,790 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend San Jose State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Archives/Archival Administration Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $30-$48k list. San Jose State is a large school located in San Jose, California that handed out 16 masters’s archives/archival administration degrees in 2019-2020.

San Jose State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Archives/Archival Administration Master’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at San Jose State University are $18,790, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full San Jose State University Archives/Archival Administration Report

#2

Simmons University

Boston, Massachusetts

#1 in overall quality

$21,698 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Archives/Archival Administration Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Simmons University landed the #2 spot on the list. Simmons is a medium-sized school located in Boston, Massachusetts that handed out 101 masters’s archives/archival administration degrees in 2019-2020.

Simmons also made our “Best Archives/Archival Administration Master’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Simmons University are $21,698.

Full Simmons Archives/Archival Administration Report

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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