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2022 Best Value Library Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in California For Those Making $75-$110k

1 Ranked Colleges
51 Degrees Awarded
$23,600 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Library Science Schools for a Bachelor's in California For Those Making $75-$110k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Library Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in California For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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.

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.

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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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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 for a Bachelor’s in California For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Library Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in California For Those Making $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for california bachelor’s degree library science students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Library & Information Science (Income $75-$110k) 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 $75-$110k list. The University of Arizona Global Campus is located in San Diego, California and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 51 bachelors’s library science degrees to qualified students.

UAGC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Library & Information Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California” list. It costs about $23,585 for california bachelor’s degree library science students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend UAGC.

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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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