2022 Best Value Library Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

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 Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” 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 the Southwest region, there were 910 library and information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,943 and $30,469 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 1 library and information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,970 and $95,025 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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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Library Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Library Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Library Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid.

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

#1

Texas Woman's University

Denton, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$14,962 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Library Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas Woman’s University landed the #1 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Denton, Texas, and it awarded 1 doctorate’s library science degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region doctor’s degree library science students with aid list, TWU has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Library & Information Science Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at TWU are $14,962.

Read full report on Library & Information Science at TWU

• 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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