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

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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.

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 Master’s in South Carolina For Those Getting Aid

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

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

#1

University of South Carolina - Columbia

Columbia, South Carolina

#1 in overall quality

$30,160 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of South Carolina - Columbia. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Library and Information Science Schools for a Master’s in South Carolina For Those Getting Aid list. 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 also made our “Best Library & Information Science Master’s Degree Schools in South Carolina” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at UofSC are $30,160, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Library & Information Science at University of South Carolina - Columbia

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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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