2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Library & Information Science (Income $30-$48k) in Kansas

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Library Science Schools for a Doctorate in Kansas For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking.

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 Kansas, there were 151 library and information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,900 and $30,872 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 3 library and information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,017 and $87,459 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality library and information science programs that also have a lower cost than 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Library Science Schools for a Doctorate in Kansas For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for kansas doctor’s degree library science students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Library & Information Science (Income $30-$48k) in Kansas

#1

Emporia State University

Emporia, Kansas

#1 in overall quality

$22,058 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Emporia State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Library Science Schools for a Doctorate in Kansas For Those Making $30-$48k list. Emporia, Kansas is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s library science degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

ESU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Library & Information Science Doctor’s Degree Schools in Kansas” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at ESU are $22,058, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Library & Information Science at ESU

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Library & Information Science (Income $30-$48k) in the Plains States Region
• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Library & Information Science (Income $30-$48k)

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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