2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Library & Information Science (Income $0-$30k) in Illinois

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Library and Information Science Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Library & Information Science is the 141st most popular major in the country with 5,191 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Illinois, there were 70 library and information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 65 library and information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,267 and $46,814 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great library and information science 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 library and information science program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The library and information science 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 Library and Information Science Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k”.

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Best Value Library and Information Science Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Library and Information Science Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Library & Information Science (Income $0-$30k) in Illinois

#1

Dominican University

River Forest, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$20,884 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Library and Information Science Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Dominican University landed the #1 spot on the list. Dominican University is a small school located in River Forest, Illinois that handed out 63 masters’s library and information science degrees in 2019-2020.

Dominican U also took the #1 spot in our “Best Library & Information Science Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Dominican U are $20,884, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Library & Information Science at Dominican U

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Library & Information Science (Income $0-$30k) in the Great Lakes Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Library & Information Science (Income $0-$30k)

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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