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

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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 Missouri, there were 62 library and information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $27,086 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 62 library and information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $51,588 and $39,214 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 Science Schools for a Master’s in Missouri For Those Making $0-$30k

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

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Library & Information Science (Income $0-$30k) in Missouri

#1

University of Central Missouri

Warrensburg, Missouri

#1 in overall quality

$16,394 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$41,565 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Library Science Schools for a Master’s in Missouri For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Central Missouri landed the #1 spot on the list. UCM is located in Warrensburg, Missouri and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 22 masters’s library science degrees to qualified students.

UCM did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Library & Information Science Master’s Degree Schools in Missouri” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UCM are $16,394, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Library & Information Science at University of Central Missouri

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