2022 Best Value Library Science Schools for a Master’s in Hawaii For Those Getting Aid

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Library Science Schools for a Master’s in Hawaii For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Hawaii, there were 17 library and information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,800 and $40,084 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 17 library and information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $49,195 and $40,792 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.

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 Value Library Science Schools for a Master’s in Hawaii For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Library Science Schools for a Master’s in Hawaii For Those Getting Aid.

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

#1

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Honolulu, Hawaii

#1 in overall quality

$34,550 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$44,356 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Library Science Schools for a Master’s in Hawaii For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Hawaii at Manoa landed the #1 spot on the list. UH Manoa is located in Honolulu, Hawaii and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 17 masters’s library science degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UH Manoa, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Library & Information Science Master’s Degree Schools in Hawaii” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UH Manoa are $34,550.

Read more about Library & Information Science at University of Hawaii at Manoa

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• Best Value Master’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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