2022 Best Value Library Science Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $0-$30k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Library Science Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking - to help you make that 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 Pennsylvania, there were 257 library and information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,967 and $36,488 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 250 library and information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Library Science Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $0-$30k” 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.

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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Library Science Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for pennsylvania master’s degree library science students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Library & Information Science (Income $0-$30k) in Pennsylvania

#1

Clarion University of Pennsylvania

Clarion, Pennsylvania

#2 in overall quality

$13,862 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$41,610 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Library Science Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Clarion University of Pennsylvania landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Clarion, Pennsylvania, this small public school handed out 164 degrees to qualified masters’s library science students in 2019-2020.

Clarion University also took the #2 spot in our “Best Library & Information Science Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Clarion University are $13,862, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Clarion University of Pennsylvania Library & Information Science Report

#2

Drexel University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

#1 in overall quality

$37,074 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$42,682 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Library Science Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Drexel University landed the #2 spot on the list. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s library science degrees to 60 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Drexel, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Library & Information Science Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Drexel University are $37,074, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Drexel Library & Information Science Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Library & Information Science (Income $0-$30k) in the Middle Atlantic Region
• Best Value Master’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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