2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Library & Information Science in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Library and Information Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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

Across the Southwest region, there were 910 library and information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 1 library and information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,970 and $95,025 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Library and Information Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Library and Information Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Library & Information Science in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

#1

Texas Woman's University

Denton, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$14,962 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Library and Information Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas Woman’s University landed the #1 spot on the list. TWU is located in Denton, Texas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 doctorate’s library and information science degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our southwest region doctor’s degree library and information science students with aid list, TWU has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Library & Information Science Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at TWU are $14,962, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Library & Information Science at TWU

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Library & Information Science (With Aid)

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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