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

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Library and Information Science Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this 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.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality library and information science 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 library and information science 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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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Library and Information Science Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $30-$48k” list to help you make the college decision.

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

The colleges and universities below are the best for illinois master’s degree library and information science students whose families make $30-$48k.

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

#1

Dominican University

River Forest, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$20,884 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Dominican University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Library and Information Science Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Making $30-$48k. This small school is located in River Forest, Illinois, and it awarded 63 masters’s library and information science degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Dominican U, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Library & Information Science Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Dominican University are $20,884.

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• Best Value Master’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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