2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Library & Information Science in Ohio (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 Master’s in Ohio 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 Ohio, there were 200 library and information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 200 library and information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,649 and $41,690 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality library and information science programs that also have a lower cost than 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Library and Information Science Schools for a Master’s in Ohio 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 Ohio For Those Getting Aid.

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

#1

Kent State University at Kent

Kent, Ohio

#1 in overall quality

$21,952 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Kent State University at Kent. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Library and Information Science Schools for a Master’s in Ohio For Those Getting Aid list. Kent State is a large public school situated in Kent, Ohio. It awarded 200 masters’s library and information science degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Kent State, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Library & Information Science Master’s Degree Schools in Ohio” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Kent State University at Kent are $21,952.

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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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