2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Library & Information Science (Income $30-$48k) in the Far Western US Region

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 for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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

Across the Far Western US region, there were 810 library and information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 51 library and information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,083 and $22,209 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.

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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 Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $30-$48k”.

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Best Value Library and Information Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region 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 in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Library & Information Science (Income $30-$48k) in the Far Western US Region

#1

The University of Arizona Global Campus

San Diego, California

#1 in overall quality

$20,998 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Arizona Global Campus. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Library and Information Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Located in San Diego, California, this large private for-profit school handed out 51 degrees to qualified bachelors’s library and information science students in 2019-2020.

UAGC also took the #1 spot in our “Best Library & Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UAGC is $20,998 for Far Western US Region Bachelor’s Degree Library and Information Science students whose families make $30-$48k.

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

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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