2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Library & Information Science in the Far Western US Region (With Aid)

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 Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 5,191 people earned their degree in library and information science, making the major the 141st most popular in the United States.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 810 library and information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 727 library and information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $59,319 and $48,880 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Library and Information Science Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in library and information science. 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.

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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Best Value Library and Information Science Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Library and Information Science Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 4 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Library & Information Science in the Far Western US Region (With Aid)

#1

University of Washington - Seattle Campus

Seattle, Washington

#3 in overall quality

$30,294 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Washington - Seattle Campus. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Library and Information Science Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid. University of Washington - Seattle Campus is a public institution located in Seattle, Washington. The school has a large population, and it awarded 119 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UW Seattle also made our “Best Library & Information Science Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list, coming in at #3. Average graduate tuition and fees at UW Seattle are $30,294, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Library & Information Science at University of Washington - Seattle Campus

#2

San Jose State University

San Jose, California

#2 in overall quality

$18,790 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend San Jose State University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Library and Information Science Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid. San Jose State University is a large school located in San Jose, California that handed out 550 masters’s library and information science degrees in 2019-2020.

San Jose State also made our “Best Library & Information Science Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list, coming in at #2. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at San Jose State are $18,790.

Read full report on Library & Information Science at San Jose State University

#3

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Honolulu, Hawaii

#4 in overall quality

$34,550 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Hawaii at Manoa. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Library and Information Science Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid. Honolulu, Hawaii is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s library and information science degrees to 17 students in 2019-2020.

UH Manoa also made our “Best Library & Information Science Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list, coming in at #4. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Hawaii at Manoa are $34,550, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full UH Manoa Library & Information Science Report

#4

University of Southern California

Los Angeles, California

#1 in overall quality

$48,715 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Library and Information Science Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Southern California landed the #4 spot on the list. This large school is located in Los Angeles, California, and it awarded 40 masters’s library and information science degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at USC, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Library & Information Science Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at USC are $48,715.

Read full report on Library & Information Science at University of Southern California

• Best Value Master’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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