2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Library & Information Science (Income $0-$30k) in the Far Western US Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Library Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Library & Information Science is the 124th most popular major in the country with 5,403 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, library and information science graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $41,496 and had an average of $36,654 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 826 library and information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,680 and $48,922 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 51 library and information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,083 and $22,209 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality library and information science programs that also have a lower cost than 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Library Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $0-$30k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Library Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Library Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Library & Information Science (Income $0-$30k) in the Far Western US Region

#1

The University of Arizona Global Campus

San Diego, California

#1 in overall quality

$20,283 Average Net Price

$25,426 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Library Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Arizona Global Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. The University of Arizona Global Campus is a large private for-profit school situated in San Diego, California. It awarded 51 bachelors’s library science degrees in 2019-2020.

UAGC also made our “Best Library & Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $20,283 for Far Western US Region Bachelor’s Degree Library Science students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend UAGC.

Read full report on Library & Information Science at The University of Arizona Global Campus

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Library & Information Science (Income $0-$30k)

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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