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

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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 Kentucky, there were 102 library and information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,150 and $28,145 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 102 library and information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,847 and $34,311 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Library Science Schools for a Master’s in Kentucky For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Library Science Schools for a Master’s in Kentucky For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Library Science Schools for a Master’s in Kentucky For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Library & Information Science (Income $30-$48k) in Kentucky

#1

University of Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky

#1 in overall quality

$33,216 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$37,980 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Library Science Schools for a Master’s in Kentucky For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Kentucky landed the #1 spot on the list. Lexington, Kentucky is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s library science degrees to 73 students in 2019-2020.

UK also made our “Best Library & Information Science Master’s Degree Schools in Kentucky” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UK are $33,216.

Read more about Library & Information Science at University of Kentucky

#2

Western Kentucky University

Bowling Green, Kentucky

#2 in overall quality

$18,340 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$43,638 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Western Kentucky University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Library Science Schools for a Master’s in Kentucky For Those Making $30-$48k. WKU is located in Bowling Green, Kentucky and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 29 masters’s library science degrees to qualified students.

WKU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Library & Information Science Master’s Degree Schools in Kentucky” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Western Kentucky University are $18,340, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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