2023 Best Value Colleges for Library & Information Science (Income $48-$75k) in the New England Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Library Science Schools in the New England Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2020-2021, 5,950 people earned their degree in library and information science, making the major the 121st most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, library and information science graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $43,949 and had an average of $27,472 in loans still to pay off.

Across the New England region, there were 368 library and information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,275 and $22,333 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Library Science Schools in the New England Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree 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.

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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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Library Science Schools in the New England Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Library Science Schools in the New England Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Library Science Schools in the New England Region For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 2 Best Value Colleges for Library & Information Science (Income $48-$75k) in the New England Region

1

Simmons University
Boston, Massachusetts

#1 in overall quality

$26,374 Average Net Price

$55,531 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Simmons University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Best Value Library Science Schools in the New England Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Boston, Massachusetts is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out ’s library science degrees to 273 students in 2020-2021.

Simmons not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Library & Information Science Schools in the New England Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Simmons University is $26,374 for New England Region Library Science students whose families make $48-$75k.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Read more about Library & Information Science at Simmons

2

University of Rhode Island
Kingston, Rhode Island

#2 in overall quality

$18,131 Average Net Price

$44,926 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Rhode Island. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Library Science Schools in the New England Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. URI is a fairly large school located in Kingston, Rhode Island that handed out 46 ’s library science degrees in 2020-2021.

URI also made our “Best Library & Information Science Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #2. It costs about $18,131 for New England Region Library Science students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend University of Rhode Island.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full URI Library & Information Science Report

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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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