2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Library & Information Science in Illinois (With Aid)

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Library and Information Science Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 Illinois, there were 70 library and information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 65 library and information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,267 and $46,814 respectively.

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.

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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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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 Illinois For Those Getting Aid” 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 Illinois For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for illinois master’s degree library and information science students with aid.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Library & Information Science in Illinois (With Aid)

#1

Dominican University

River Forest, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$20,884 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Dominican University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Library and Information Science Schools for a Master’s in Illinois For Those Getting Aid list. Dominican U is located in River Forest, Illinois and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 63 masters’s library and information science degrees to qualified students.

Dominican U not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Library & Information Science Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Dominican U are $20,884, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Library & Information Science at Dominican University

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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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