2022 Best Value Colleges for Library & Information Science (Income $0-$30k) in Rhode Island

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 Library and Information Science Schools in Rhode Island For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 5,191 people earned their degree in library and information science, making the major the 141st most popular in the United States.

Across Rhode Island, there were 33 library and information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent library and information science programs, but they also cost less that 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 library and information science program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Library and Information Science Schools in Rhode Island For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for rhode island library and information science students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Colleges for Library & Information Science (Income $0-$30k) in Rhode Island

#1

University of Rhode Island

Kingston, Rhode Island

#1 in overall quality

$14,309 Average Net Price

$43,698 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Library and Information Science Schools in Rhode Island For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Rhode Island landed the #1 spot on the list. Kingston, Rhode Island is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s library and information science degrees to 33 students in 2019-2020.

URI also made our “Best Library & Information Science Schools in Rhode Island” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $14,309 for Rhode Island Library and Information Science students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend URI.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Library & Information Science at University of Rhode Island

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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%.

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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