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

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Indiana 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 Indiana, there were 160 library and information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,900 and $36,950 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 157 library and information science graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,737 and $39,894 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Library Science Schools for a Master’s in Indiana For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in library and information science. 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.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the library and information science program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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

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

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Library & Information Science in Indiana (With Aid)

#1

Indiana University - Bloomington

Bloomington, Indiana

#1 in overall quality

$33,338 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$42,682 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Indiana University - Bloomington. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Library Science Schools for a Master’s in Indiana For Those Getting Aid. This large school is located in Bloomington, Indiana, and it awarded 54 masters’s library science degrees in 2019-2020.

IU Bloomington also took the #1 spot in our “Best Library & Information Science Master’s Degree Schools in Indiana” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at IU Bloomington are $33,338, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Library & Information Science at IU Bloomington

#2

Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis

Indianapolis, Indiana

#2 in overall quality

$26,013 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$35,975 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Library Science Schools for a Master’s in Indiana For Those Getting Aid. Located in Indianapolis, Indiana, this large public school awarded 103 diplomas to qualified masters’s library science students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at IUPUI, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Library & Information Science Master’s Degree Schools in Indiana” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at IUPUI are $26,013.

Read more about Library & Information Science at IUPUI

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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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