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2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Library & Information Science (Income $75-$110k) in the Middle Atlantic Region

1 Ranked Colleges
17 Degrees Awarded
$32,100 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Library and Information Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k” 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 Middle Atlantic region, there were 995 library and information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 17 library and information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $73,944 and $116,843 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality library and information science programs that also have a lower cost than 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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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Library and Information Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Library and Information Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region doctor’s degree library and information science students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Library & Information Science (Income $75-$110k) in the Middle Atlantic Region

#1

Rutgers University - New Brunswick

New Brunswick, New Jersey
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Rutgers University - New Brunswick. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Library and Information Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k. New Brunswick, New Jersey is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s library and information science degrees to 17 students in 2019-2020.

Rutgers New Brunswick also took the #1 spot in our “Best Library & Information Science Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Rutgers New Brunswick are $32,132.

Read full report on Library & Information Science at Rutgers University - New Brunswick

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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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