2022 Best Vallue Library Science Schools for a Master’s in Michigan For Those Making Over $110k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Vallue Library Science Schools for a Master’s in Michigan For Those Making Over $110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 5,403 people earned their degree in library and information science, making the major the 124th most popular in the United States. 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 Michigan, there were 157 library and information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,950 and $40,041 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 126 library and information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,608 and $41,198 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Vallue Library Science Schools for a Master’s in Michigan For Those Making Over $110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Vallue Library Science Schools for a Master’s in Michigan For Those Making Over $110k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Library & Information Science (Income Over $110k) in Michigan

#1

Wayne State University

Detroit, Michigan

#1 in overall quality

$37,215 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$42,094 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Wayne State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Vallue Library Science Schools for a Master’s in Michigan For Those Making Over $110k list. Wayne State is a large public school situated in Detroit, Michigan. It awarded 126 masters’s library science degrees in 2019-2020.

Wayne State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Library & Information Science Master’s Degree Schools in Michigan” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Wayne State University are $37,215, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Library & Information Science at Wayne State University

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Library & Information Science (Income Over $110k) in the Great Lakes Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Library & Information Science (Income Over $110k)

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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