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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Library & Information Science (Income $48-$75k) in California

1 Ranked Colleges
51 Degrees Awarded
$23,400 Avg Salary
Best Value Library Science Schools for a Bachelor's in California For Those Making $48-$75k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Library Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in California For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 California, there were 690 library and information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,033 and $50,719 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 51 library and information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,907 and $21,546 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality library and information science programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the library and information science program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Library Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in California For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Library Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in California For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Library & Information Science (Income $48-$75k) in California

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Arizona Global Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Library Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in California For Those Making $48-$75k list. Located in San Diego, California, this large private for-profit school awarded 51 degrees to qualified bachelors’s library science students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our california bachelor’s degree library science students whose families make $48-$75k list, UAGC has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Library & Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. The yearly cost to attend The University of Arizona Global Campus is $22,687 for california bachelor’s degree library science students whose families make $48-$75k.

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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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