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

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Iowa 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 Iowa, there were 45 library and information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 45 library and information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,298 and $45,299 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Library and Information Science Schools for a Master’s in Iowa For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in library and information science. 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.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the library and information science program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Library & Information Science in Iowa (With Aid)

#1

University of Northern Iowa

Cedar Falls, Iowa

$22,648 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Library and Information Science Schools for a Master’s in Iowa For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Northern Iowa landed the #1 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Cedar Falls, Iowa, and it awarded 8 masters’s library and information science degrees in 2019-2020.

UNI also made our “Best Library & Information Science Master’s Degree Schools in Iowa” list, coming in at #0. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Northern Iowa are $22,648.

Full University of Northern Iowa Library & Information Science Report

#2

University of Iowa

Iowa City, Iowa

#1 in overall quality

$27,613 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Library and Information Science Schools for a Master’s in Iowa For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Iowa landed the #2 spot on the list. Iowa City, Iowa is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s library and information science degrees to 37 students in 2019-2020.

Iowa also took the #1 spot in our “Best Library & Information Science Master’s Degree Schools in Iowa” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Iowa are $27,613.

Full University of Iowa Library & Information Science Report

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• 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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