2022 Best Value Library and Information Science Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k

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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.

At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 118 library and information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,303 and $24,501 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Library and Information Science Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Library and Information Science Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Library & Information Science (Income $30-$48k)

#1

The University of Arizona Global Campus

San Diego, California

#1 in overall quality

$20,998 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Library and Information Science Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Arizona Global Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in San Diego, California, this large private for-profit school awarded 51 degrees to qualified bachelors’s library and information science students in 2019-2020.

UAGC also made our “Best Library & Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #1. The estimated yearly cost for UAGC is $20,998 for Bachelor’s Degree Library and Information Science students whose families make $30-$48k.

Read full report on Library & Information Science at The University of Arizona Global Campus

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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