2022 Best Value Library and Information Science Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $48-$75k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $48-$75k” 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 Rocky Mountains region, there were 80 library and information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 71 library and information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,560 and $37,817 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Library and Information Science Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in library and information science. 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.

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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Library and Information Science Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Library and Information Science Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Library & Information Science (Income $48-$75k) in the Rocky Mountains Region

#1

University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus

Denver, Colorado

#1 in overall quality

$23,915 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Library and Information Science Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $48-$75k. Located in Denver, Colorado, this large public school awarded 45 degrees to qualified masters’s library and information science students in 2019-2020.

CU Anschutz not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Library & Information Science Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at CU Anschutz are $23,915.

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#2

University of Denver

Denver, Colorado

#2 in overall quality

$52,899 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Denver. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Library and Information Science Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $48-$75k. DU is a fairly large school located in Denver, Colorado that handed out 26 masters’s library and information science degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at DU, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Library & Information Science Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at DU are $52,899, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Library & Information Science (Income $48-$75k)

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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