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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 in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Library & Information Science is the 134th most popular major in the country with 5,696 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 86 library and information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Best Value Library and Information Science Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer 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.
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.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Library and Information Science Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Getting Aid” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Library and Information Science Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Getting Aid.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Best Value Library and Information Science Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Getting Aid list. CU Anschutz is a large school located in Denver, Colorado that handed out 34 ’s library and information science degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at CU Anschutz, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Library & Information Science Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend CU Anschutz is $14,470 for Rocky Mountains Region Library and Information Science students with aid.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Denver. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Library and Information Science Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Denver, Colorado, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 45 degrees to qualified ’s library and information science students in 2020-2021.
DU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Library & Information Science Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list. It costs about $33,830 for rocky mountains region library and information science students with aid per year to attend DU.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.6% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
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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
- *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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