2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Library & Information Science in Illinois (With Aid)

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Library Science Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois For Those Getting Aid” ranking - to help you make that 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 Illinois, there were 70 library and information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,500 and $34,462 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 1 library and information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,900 and $148,219 respectively.

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.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the library and information science program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Library Science Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for illinois doctor’s degree library science students with aid.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Library & Information Science in Illinois (With Aid)

#1

Dominican University

River Forest, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$20,884 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Dominican University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Library Science Schools for a Doctorate in Illinois For Those Getting Aid list. Located in River Forest, Illinois, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 1 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s library science students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Dominican U, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Library & Information Science Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Dominican U are $20,884, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Dominican University Library & Information Science Report

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Library & Information Science in the Great Lakes Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Library & Information Science (With Aid)

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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