2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Library & Information Science (Income $75-$110k) in South Carolina

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 South Carolina 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 South Carolina, there were 120 library and information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 116 library and information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 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.

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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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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 Master’s in South Carolina 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 Master’s in South Carolina For Those Making $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for south carolina master’s degree library and information science students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Library & Information Science (Income $75-$110k) in South Carolina

#1

University of South Carolina - Columbia

Columbia, South Carolina

#1 in overall quality

$30,160 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of South Carolina - Columbia. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Library and Information Science Schools for a Master’s in South Carolina For Those Making $75-$110k. University of South Carolina - Columbia is located in Columbia, South Carolina and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 116 masters’s library and information science degrees to qualified students.

UofSC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Library & Information Science Master’s Degree Schools in South Carolina” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of South Carolina - Columbia are $30,160, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full University of South Carolina - Columbia Library & Information Science Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Library & Information Science (Income $75-$110k) in the Southeast Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Library & Information Science (Income $75-$110k)

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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